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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
NUMBER 40.
AN IMPORTANT ITEM.
Have the Tools In Good Order and Secure
Clean Harvest.

An item in making the most OF the
crops is clean harvesting. 1t seems
poor economy after going to the ex-
penso OF preparing the ground, securing
and sowing the seed, and giving the
care necessary to secure good crop, to
waste more or less OF it after 1t Is ready
to harvest.
Having the tools in good working
order is an important item in doing
this. With the small grains, and clover
and grass cut for hay, it is an impor-
tant item to cut clean and then to see
that it is gathered up clean. Forcing
the machine to run over portion, or
failing to have the sickle sharp, so as to
leave more or less standing, is loss
that should always be avoided. Having
the ground clean and smooth is an inn
portant item in cutting clean, as the
cutter bar can be run closer to the
ground. One of the advantages of
rolling the ground in the spring is that
1t levels the soil and often crowds rocks
or sticks that would otherwise inter-
fere with the work into the ground, II
is important to keep the siclsles sharp.
Clean cutting can hardly be done with
dull tools, and it will be saving ON
the teams as we'll as secure cleaner
work if the sickles are kept sharp and
for this reason in majority of cases a
good sickle grinder can nearly always
be used to advantage
Every farmer knows that at best it is
hard, slow work to grind sickle on a
common grind-stone, and II the sickle
is kept in the best condition for cut
ting, something else will be needed,
and grinder made especially for the
purpose can be made profitable.
A good rake is an essential item in
cleaning up, and will be found a
profitable investment. Cut clean and
then rake clean and the waste will be
materially lessened. The sclf-binder
has, of course, materially lessencd tho
waste with wheat and oats, but with
hay as yet the rake must be depended
upon.-Prairie Farmer
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
THE STORY OF A GEM,
A beautiful Emerald That Had an Inter
esting History.

esting History.
AZ the Wcddcll house there is n
horseman staying That horseman has
an emerald the size of thumbnail and
the emerald has q history. He bears
the gem on his black necl1tie, and this
is its story: Back in 40 he was coach
ing between Sacramento and San Fran
cisco. His partner had beautiful pin,
an emerald of great size, surrounded
with diamonds. The man at the
Weddell house wanted the pin and
finally traded with his partner giving
team of horses in exchange. lie
then took the pin to San Francisco
jeweler and asked his opinion. The
jewelcr smiled rs he looked at the
stone, took little tool out and dc.
tachcd the emerald from the setting.
1t proved to be two pieces of glass
cemented together with piece of
green paper between. The man who
owned the pin was mad. He was also
flush, so he told the jeweler to put In
an emerald to match the glass In size
and color and 1t was done at an ex-
pensc Of seven hundred dollars.
The partner who had cheated his
friend liked to bet on sure thing, and
fixed it up with pal to bet the owner
of the pin that it was false. They all
met In barroom ut San Francisco, and
the pal said to the supposed dupe:
"Jim, you like that pin you got in
trade with Abe, but I'll bet It's no
good"
Jim ucted the indignant, said his own
partner would not cheat him, and Of
fered a modest bet.
"'Taint huff" said the pal. make
it IN even $500 and I'll 90 you"
oh" said Jim, carclessly, IF you
want big bet make it clean 81, 900
and put up the dust"
The money was staled and the whole
crowd went out to q jewelry store up
the street The pin was presented and
was pronounced one of the finest en-
eralds on the Pacific slope. Abe nearly
dropped in his tracks, for he furnished
the money secretly to his pal, and the
other poor fellow who made the bet was
paralyzed.
'There must be some mistake" he
said; lets try another jeweler." They
did, and the verdict of the second ex.
pert was that the stone was genuine.
Jim pocketed his thousand and said
quietly to his partner: abe, I'm Just
$500 ahead on that little deal of yours.
I'm going to open few bottles OF
champagne for the boys. st. Louis
Chronicle.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
SOAPlNG GEYSERS.
Playing Tricks on Them to Mako Them
Spout Between Periods.

Tourists in the Yellowstone national
park got into the habit some years ago
of soaping the geysers to make them
spout, and the park authorities were
compelled to enforce the rule against
throwing objects of any kind into the
springs, because some of them had been
permanently injured by such treat
ment The art of soaping geysers was
accidentally discovered by Chinese
laundryman in the Upper Geyser basin
in the summer of 1885. One day he
threw some soap into the hot spring
from which he was accustomed to draw
water, and, greatly to his surprise, he
produced an eruption resembling that
of true gcyser. Tourists who had
come long distances to see eruptions be-
gan to experiment on the larger geysers
with some success. They found they
could coax the unwilling geysers to
perform, and If the practice had been
continued it is probable that the gey-
sers would long before now have lost
much of their spectacular value.
Arnold Hague investigated the curl
Gus phenomenon. BY series of exper-
iments on the action of soap in stimu-
lating the eruptions of geysers he found
that some were much more susceptible
to the treatment than others. He found
that many of the hot springs and geys-
crs were quiet even when the surface
temperature of the water was above
the boiling point for that altitude. Any
disturbance, therefore, was likely to
cause the ebullition to begin, as the
water was in state of unstable equi-
librium. If soap or concentrated I've
was added a viscous fluid was produced
which seemed to cause the retention of
steam, and in the case of superheated
waters, when the temperature stands
above the natural boiling point, explo,
sive liberation will follow.
Henry NJ. Cadell, the English geolo.
gist who visited the Yellowstone park
last year and gave some attention to the
soaping of geysers, says that the fam
GUS Old Faithful geyscr seems to be
proof against such undignificd treat
iichIs DuJ SOIlic VI us IllOTS nJlul anu
tickle brethren that have eruptions at
uncertain intervals, pay more attention
to the artful dodge to set them in action.
Among these is the Beehive, which has
no fixed period, but is susceptible to the
action of soap. In general, however, it
seems doubtful whether much reliance
can be placed on that method of produc-
ing cruptions.
In paper on soaping geysers, which
Mr.. Hague read before scientific So
ciety while ago. he said: "Outside of
few exceptional instances, which
could not be repeated, and in which ac-
ton was probably anticipated by only
few minutes in time, gcyscr eruptions
produced by soap or allIali appear to
demand two essential requirements:
First, the surface caldron or reservoir
should hold but small amount OF
water, exposing only limited area to
the atmosphere; second, the water
| should stand at or above the boiling
point of water for the altitude of the
geyser basin above sea level."-N. Y.
Sun
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
THE FARMING WORLD.

SAwDUsT for bedding has been found
excellent. 1t absorbs the liquids and
makes the manure fine and easy to
handle.
SOME recent German experiments
have shown that fresh cream butter is
more liable to taste of the food given
cows than when the cream is ripened.
+. ID, EASTMAN, of Rochester, N. Y,
feeds 100 cows for pine and one-fourth
cents day by means of the silo. He
finds silage and cotton-seed meal a per-
feet forage.
THE late corn crops often overtalse
those that are early, owing to the cold
nights and frequent rains rctarding the
growth of the plants that appeared
early in the season.
A FEW pennies worth of oilmeal and
oatmeal, well cooked and properly
mixed with skim milk, is better for a
calf intended for an OK or dairy COW
than pound of butter fat.
As SOON as the early corn is three
inches high plant another patch, and
yet another later in the season, in order
to have succession. Sweet corn may
be had until fall by planting the seed
at intervals.
A WRITER in a contemporary says that
1t pays to grow squashes in large guam
titles for market They will sell at
from $25 to $50 per ton and will cost but
from IS TO $40 per ton to raise. Besides
they exhaust the soil but little.
PROF. RoBERTs of Cornell university
says; 1.-THE day of muscle farming
alone has gone forever from the intelli-
gent, progressive farmers home, and
has been replaced by one of thought.
To-day it is the farm run with brain
motive power that pays It's owner div
idend."
1T is necessary to balance the ration
of the soil as well as for the animals.
Feeding the soil with something it does
not require is equivalent to giving an
animal food which it will not eat The
best fertilizers are those which supply
the soil with that which it requires.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

A Christian can carry the most when
he is full of praise. Rams Horn.
There arc more baptist ministers In
Texas than in any other of the United
Statcs.-2,37S.
We can make it a Christian duty,
not only to love, but to be loving-not
only to be true friends, but to show
ourselves friendly. Harriet Beeoher
Stowe.
Prof. +. w, Scripture has been add
ed to the Yale faculty. lie is not ex-
actly in the theological branch, but is
to be at the head of the recently cstab-
lishcd psychological department.
Jacob Gould Schurman, Cornell's
new president, is yet few years under
forty, but noted student Twenty
odd years ago he was clerk in gro-
Gerry store on Prince Edward Island.
Within twenty years the number Of
Baptist churchmcmbers in the city of
New Haven, Ct, has more than doubled,
about $500 being now enrolled, tho
First and the Calvary having over TOO
each.
The Christian who clings to the
world for his pleasures is like the wasp
which goes to the rotten apple; but the
Christian who seeks his highest Joy in
doing Christ's will, Is like the bee
which sips purcst honey from the fair
est flowers.
One of the Baptist societies in New
York city is to build a church on the
rear of lot, with other buildings in
front and courtyard between. This
idea is taken from several churches In
London, which, though situated in the
busiest portion of that city arc com
paratively free from noise.
The late Mrs. w. T. Sherman and
Miss Mary Gwcndolcn Caldwell have
given more money TO the Catholic
church than any other women in
America. Miss Caldwell has given the
money through her private purse, Mrs.
Sherman through subscription raised
among her friends. Both women re.
ceived from the pope special gold
medals.
university extension" Is the
phrase commonly used in these days,
and not always fully understood. The
Woman's journal tcrsely defines it az
"a movement to extend some of tho
advantages of university training to
people who can not go to college, and it
is chiefly carried on through courses of
lectures given by professors and college
graduates.
| Humorous preachers have appeared
among the delegates to the General
Methodist difference, at Omaha One
colored delegate was so witty and glib
tongued that the conference laughed
whenever he rose, and on one occasion it
"brollc down with laughter while he
was speaking. A solemn spectator, who
did not like such displays, said that the
conference sometimes made fun of very
serious matters.
God never wrought miracle to con-
vince atheism, because his ordinary
works convince it. The care of poster
| ity is most in them that have no poster
ity. There is a youth in thoughts as
we'll as in ages. Virtue is like rich
stone, best plain set. Nature is often
hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom
extinguishcd. Force makcth nature
more violent in the return. Virtue is
like precious odors, most fragrant when
| inccnSed or cruShCd.-Bacon.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
BEES AND ORCHARDS.
why Every Fruit Grower Should Keep q
Colony of the Insects.

why Every Fruit Grower Should Keep q
Colony of the Insects.
1t is simply an aggravated case OF
base ingratitude on the part of the fruit
grower, says Popular Gardening, if he
finds fault with his Bookkeeping neigh
Dor on account of the injury done to
fruit by bees. The fruit-grower, in
fact, has no warmer friend, no more
useful agent, than the pollen-carrying,
honey little insect. The inter-
ests of the fruit-grower and bee-keeper,
far from being antagonistic, lie indeed
so nearly in the same direction that we
urgently advocate the combination OF
the avocations in the same person.
The leading cause of barrenness in
fruit trees and bush fruits is lack OF
proper pollenation, due again, in many
cases, to the absence of the right kind
| Of pollen, and in others TO its nom
transfer from the stamens to the needy
pistils. Many trees are not self-fertil-
izing, either because their own pol
len upon their own pistils has no poten-
CIV, or because the pollen is net dis
charged at the time when the pistils
are receptive.
We believe bees are good thing, and
a number of colonies should be kept in
or near every orchard
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
RECORD IN DEHORNING.
Thirty-One Cows Deprived of Horns In
Forty Minutes.

Thirty-One Cows Deprived of Horns In
Forty Minutes.
recently dehorned my herd of 81
head in about 40 minutes. There was
no pcrccptible loss of appetite or
shrinkage of milk in any case. Before
dehorning, my COWS were always in
clined to fight more or less, and occa-
sionally ] have lost cows from the
effects of this. Now they are as peace
able as sheep. My method was as fol-
lows: first bought spring back bone
saw which, with rope about 10 feet
long, is all the implement necessary to
perform the operation. Leaving the
cows in the stanchions, fastened the
rope with a halter-hitch around the
neck and a half-hitch over the nose,
then l slipped the rope up near the
eyes ! then put the rope over the
stanchion occupied by the next COW, a
distance of about three feet, and drew
the head firmly to one side, having a
man to hold the rope, / took the horn
in the left hand and sawed as closely as
possible to the head. After taking off
one of the horns drew the head to the
other side and proceeded In the sane
way, turning each COW out as soon as /
finished with her The loss of blood
was slight with few exceptions. The
application of tar about week later
aids in healing the wound, II is best
to do this before warm weather, when
the flies become troublesome. by this
method there is no danger to man or
beast am now strong advocate Of
dehorning, for my experience has given
such satisfactory results.--B. j. jerks,
in Farm and Home
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
STRONG BARN FRAME.

outside of posts and at an angle of 90
degrees. The box plates are formed by
spiking 2x6 horizontally flush with
2xS cap coming out even with the out
side and resting on the top of the posts.
To give still greater strength, spike
2x4's on the inside of the posts run
ming from the bottom of the sill to the
top of the plate. The barn complete
will be little affected by storms as it is
thoroughly braced IN every direction.
The sides are boarded up vertically.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
these obstacles without amusing his

these obstacles without amusing his
ire by being too active.
"In few minutes he had reached o
part of the woods entirely unfamiliar
to me. 1t looked as if it had once
been the scene Of an earthquake or
some violent behavior of some sort ON
the part of nature, for the ground was
torn up in some spots as if by giant
plow, and in others rose heaps of rock
that peeped out of cash in the earth.
Here the lion seemed to have its den,
though it did not take me to it, but
dropped me from sheer fatigue and fell
some feet from me to rest, without,
however, taking its eyes off me.
glanced about me in hopes of seeing
some escape from my captor, or in
search of an idea for a weapon, but the
only objects that / saw, with the ex.
ception OF some thorny shrubs, were
heaps Of sharp-pointed rocks varying
in size from powders to smaller ones
the size of turkey eggs.
"But these suggested nothing until
the lion, evidently wearied unto death,
began to yawn. AS he turned to me
his capacious jaws, blinking lazily aa
he stretched them, seized the idea to
which will always believe owed my
life. The one accomplishment that l
could lay claim to was that OF
throwing. was the crack thrower OF
the regiment, and had often killed my
bird on the wing. This accomplish,
ment was to stand me in good stead
now, for gathering stone about the
size of a coffee cup waited for the
lions next cape; and when could see
half way down the enormous red outlet
hurled my rock straight into il. With
smothered cry that broke off into a
gasp, the animal closed its jaws and
tried to evacuate the obstruction from
its throat. But my aim had been sure,
and the stone lodged right in the gullet.
The beast then sprang to its feet aid
began to paw the earth, and tried to
roar. 1t spied me, and guessed at once
the author of its misery. With n pit.
eous attempt at avenging itself, it flew
toward me, but as l jumped aside,
dreading it's dying agony, the stonn did
its work, and the superb creature fell
over, kicking and clawing in its strug
gle for breath. | could not help but
pity 1t as it turned it's bloodshot ewes
on the rocks and forest where it would
never more reign, and with q final de,
fiancc Of death sprang into the air tc
fall back dead almost at my feet.
started back to the camp, and about
half way met my friends coming tc
seek me. When they arrived at eamr
and found me missing they had not felt
alarmed, thinking l had probably
changed my mind about bath ant
sought the nearest bend IN the river. II
was when my absence grew too pro
longed to exclude the idea of this being
the cause of my stay that they sought
for some indications of the way | ha(
gone. When / told them of having
killed the lion the tale was laughed at
but prevailing on them to accompany
me to the spot where had left the car
cass, they saw that | had spoken tho
truth. have often been praised fol-
! my courage and presence of mind il
this affair, but what did was not tho
outcome of these qualities, but OF DIES
peration and born of necessity, W hicl
you know is the mother of invention.
London (Eng.) Cor. st. Louis Globe
| Democrat.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
THE THOUGHTLEsS DARLING.


rev I1laCS.
A pretty young girl stopped cab in
which she was riding in front of the
New York entrance of the Brooklyn
bridge to buy bunch of lilacs from
street vender The cab came to a stand
still just at the bridge entrance, with
the hind wheels across the tracks on
which the Avenue b, Third and Fourth
avenue cars run and blocked traffic for
half an hour. There were about twelve
cars and fifty vehicles of all kinds
tangled up in an almost hopeless block
AIDE.
The bridge policemen, in their efforts
to make the vehicles move on, seemed
to forget the fact that the little girl in
the cab was still in the way, and appar-
emily unconscious of the trouble she
had caused, fumbled in her poclketbook
for change to pay the vendor, who
hung on to the open cab door.
The cabby, fearing that his cab would
be damaged and the swinging door torn
off by the angry drivers of wagons and
trucks about him, whipped up his horse.
Then the little girl put one dainty foot
out on the step and swinging her body
out of the doorway, berated cabby for
his carelessness.
Don't you see that l am busy?' she
said. GLOW rude of you to start up be-
fore tell you to go!"
Then big policeman came along,
drove the vender away and closed the
cab door, At the same time another
policeman took the cab horse by the
bride and led him away, The weeping
lilac vender overlook the cab containing
his little customer and received the
money in payment for the flowers. 1t
was fully twenty minutes after that
oeforc traffic on the thoroughfare was
rcsumed.-N. Y. Recorder.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
AlLlNG ANIMALS.
Simple Remedies Are Usually Better Than
Harsh Medicines.

bihtpit hclVutts [ttS tNutiig
Harsh Medicines.
In slight ailments do not resort to
HASH medicines. Frequently a little
wood ashes, powdered charcoal, salt or
epson salts will be all that is needed
besides judicious feeling. If horse
gets wounded, do not become fright
ened or spend your money on veterin-
airy surgeons, unless it is badly
wounded. Apply a weak solution Of
carbolic acid to the wound, bruise
or swelling 1t is safe, cheap and
efficacious. Such simple remedies are
frequently not only all that are
required, but when efficacious they
are very much better than harsher
remedies. On one thing the horse own
er can rely: in nineteen cases out of
twenty he will know just as much
about the disease and the proper treat
ment as the horse doctor who is usually
found in every community. Unless a
man actually knows something of the
anatomy of the animal, of chemistry
and of the effect of drugs, he should
never be employed to treat a sick an
imal. But If we will remember that
all disease results from vio'
lation of the laws of nature,
and will direct our attention to the
proper care of the animal, to the end
that such violation may be avoided, we
shall not so often have sick animals
upon our hands. Allen very properly
observes that heaves, spavins, blind
ness, broken wind and most of the dis
orders so common with work horses
can usually be traced to improper
usage, neglect or abuse, Even con
tagious diseases can be warded off will
proper care. When animals have beer
neglected the system is run down anc
becomes an easy prey to contagious dis
'Rse.-Farmers' Voice.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
Table Ware.

The pendulum of fashion swings
backward and forward. short time
ago heavy cut glass was considered the
thing" at fashionable tables, and now
it is the thinnest and clearest of trans
parent glass; fashioned into the simp-
lest of forms, The latest popular fad
is to have ones coat of arms either deli
cately engraved or prettier still, enam-
elled in colors on the fragile ware. On
account of the danger of brealiage in
the firing, however, the enamelled glass
is very costly. There is another eS
quisite effect in glass which has been
lately brought out The goblets cost
from sixty to seventy-five dollars the
dozen This is glass cut in intaglio, the
effect being extremely beautiful, the
thickness and the purity of the glass be-
ing equal to those of rock crystal.-N,
Y. Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
STRONG BARN FRAME.

Thoroughly Braced In Every Direction
and Proof Against storms.
The illustrated barn frame sent to the
Orange Judd Farmer by correspond
emit, is especially strong for amount of
material used The sills are 8xS with
2x4 spiked on the outside at the bot
tom. The perpendicular posts are 2x6,
three or four feet apart, spiked on the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-12
VOLUME VIII.
WHEN ! AM DEAD.

When I am dead,
The years win come and go
AS they do row,
And words I've sold
When cares have vexed me 10,
Not thinking how
Words cling and cling to life
viii still live on,
When / am dead.
When / am gone,
Tho little universe
Which now rovolves round me,
win still roll on;
Its order none the worse
That there must be
New center found,
When ! am gone.
Life Is so short!
Too short for all the good
plan to do.
But long, I've thought
When baclSward-looking mood
Calls in review
The hours I've wasted
And the misdeeds done
So thoughtlessly.
Whilo am hero,
would live well the life
/ cannot keep,
That in the years
When l have ceased the strife
And sweetly sleep,
Some good will live
Because I've been,
Though / am dead.
And in the day
Wheh that dear prayer,
"Thy Kingdom come"
No moro wo pray;
When freed from care
And from the tomb
My life shall be,
The good I've done
Will still live on
Eternally.
Frances 3. Saunders, In Housekeepel