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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16
A WORD TO THE ELDERLY.
Advice That Our Grandmothers Nigh
a- Well Take to Heart.


Among all the housekcepcr women,
young, bright, active, sober, middle.
aged, earnest, benevolent and spiritual,
there must always be some who are
getting past the center Of lifc's stream,
and who are looking longingly at the
quiet waters beyond the boiling, eddy.
ing, wildly hurrying tide against which
they have for years bravely battled.
Dear women, growing old, don't mag
inc that because you are fifty, sixty, or
even seventy, that now your rowing
days are over, and you may compare
lively rest on your oars. How many
women lose what brightness there is for
the evening of life-and there is a
brightness peculiar to every period of
ones existence-by giving up! They
give up their aims after mental i'm.
provement, their pleasurable pursuits
of art, fancy work, or reading poetry,
fearful lest such things may not com.
port with their sclf-made standard OF
quiet, idle, selfish elderliness, a
state into which natural
Inclination invites them 10 drop
themselves. They give up the mission
airy society work, the Sunday-school
and the temperance work with easy
good nature, hiding themselves under
the cloak of age, which they believe
will piously repel every conscience
thrust, every protest.
remember dear, old grandmother
who, at tifty-five, sat down in her cor
ner to be san old woman" making
patchwork there for the rest of her life,
imagining that she was too weak and
| feeble to walk to her children's homes
or to church, and growing irritable and
dispeptic for thirty-three years. Il con-
trast her with some old ladies seen OF
late, who keep up at seventy-fve the
pleasurable things which they loved in
earlier, years, dress prettily, do fancy
stitches, laugh and chat with the girls
attend every good and philanthropic
gathering, and have their hearts fresh
and young after all the hardening
wearing things behind them. Don't
give up until Providence shows plainly
that you must, for of all nice things
here below, a young-old woman is the
est"-Housekeepcr.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16
INTENSIVE FARMING.
The Kind Of Cultivation Which Assures
Good Results. t


Good Results.
As the agricultural areas gradually
grow less in proportion to population,
not only must better systems be APP
piled, but more thoroughncss in all de-
partments of land culture to obtain the
best results. This would imply smaller
farms with larger proportion of
profit. A writer upon the subject, re-
ferring particularly to the south, says,
all over the country we see farmers who
are considering the ACCESSIBILITY of rid
ding themselves of the large farm and
its attendant cares and expenses and
devoting their energies to the better
cultivation of fe wer acres.
This is move in the right direction,
especially in the older and more thickly
settled regions of the country. In many
places farm lands have reached value
where it is extremely difficult to make
the staple crops pay net return an
acre that will equal the interest upon
the investment Such branches as will
give higher return an acre are being
lOohcu W, SuCh do BdluCHlhS anu II Wv
farming, highclass dairying, etc. The
only trouble with this new movement
is that some of the men who go into it
think that these branches can be con-
Quoted on the same broad lines and
principles that they have applied in the
management of the general farm. This
is grave error, and almost always
leads to disaster. If the farmer who is
thus changing his plans cannot make
up his mind to change his methods and
practices also-in fact, to begin at the
beginning aud study the new agricul-
ture which is comprehended in the
phrase intensive cultivation'--he had
better turn the management of things
over to one of the new generation.
Send the oldest boy to the agricultural
college, and when he comes home let
him take the helm.-Western Rural
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16
NUMBER 50.
PROFITABLE SELLING.
As Important to Agricultural Success
Thorough Cultivation.

As Important to Agricultural Success AS
Thorough Cultivation.
Selling of the various products and
stock to the best advantage is OF as
much Importance as growing of them.
Often the farmer that sells well will
be able to realize profit where an
other will not With quite a number
of products the difference of q few
cents per pound or bushel will often
determine the question of profit or loss
OF course, appearance and quality are
important items, and Judgment as to
when It is best to sell must always he
used. One can keep posted as to the
probable supply and demand by read
ing the papers, and this will be great
help in determining whether or not it
is best to sell and when. In fact an
intelligent farmer cannot afford TO
farm without good newspaper, SO
| that he may keep posted not only as to
methods of farming but also as to the
condition. of the markets for his various
products. The risk of loss in selling is
too much for the average farmer to
take, as there are many buyers always
ready to take advantage of a sellers
| ignorance, and failure to get all that
product is worth in the market is di-
rect loss that should always be, avoided.
! With the majoritYrof products, whether
farm or stocks the time to sell is when
the products are fully ready. 1t is only
IN exceptional cases that the average
farmer can afford to run the risk OF
loss. by holding or storing for an adj
vance in price. Yet, at the same time,
every farmer should be able to sell
every product at the best price obtain
able. sth i| sHf.f ~
Grow the best and then sell for the
4 best price is the way to get the worth
from the farm. Send the stuff ,tomarket
in the form that will command the best
price. Take every advantage to sell
well. ~ ..i. ts.lt tl4.. r..
If il is deemed best to store arrange
so that there be as little waste as pos
sble in handling andin storing, so that
the risk of loss as damage will be
lessencd as much as possible. In stor-
ing, as in selling, Judgment must be ex-
ercised No rules can be laid down as
to the best times or manner of selling.
There are SO many conditions that
must be considered that the owner
must use his own Judgment, and it is
the exercise of this that determines the
ability to sell well,-St. Louis Republic.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16

It destroys the delicate sensitiveness to
the bit which is most desirable in guild
ing horse. DR.. Kitching says; 'lf a
horse pulling a load has his head held
in by checll-rein, he cannot throw his
weight into his collar, and is hindcrcd
from giving his body that position
which is most natural and effective /"
He goes ON to speak of the consequent
strain of his limbs and muscles, and
the injury caused by the constrained
position of the, head, whereby the
breathing and circulation are affected,
and the horse made restless irritable
and uncomfortable He says: 1.-The
check-rein inflicts unceasing torture
upon the animal in another way. BY
holding the head upwards, it puts the
muscles of the neck on a constant
strain. They become painfully uneasy
and tired If the horse cannot bear it,
he rests the weight of his head upon
the rein, and his mouth is violently
stretched. Thus he only exchanges one
torment for another 10 sum up in a
word, the check-rein lessons a horses
strength; brings on disease; keeps him
in pain; frcts and Injuries his mouth,
and spoils his temper"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16

as is held together with spring, can
be used in the nose and wire con-
nccted between this and the. other wire.
Do not draw it so tight rs to cause any
inconvenience in feeding, but have it
tight enough to hold the ring up When
the animal goes to toss rail he changes
his mind, as the ring pushes or pulls on
his nose. He will also stop fighting and
other disagreeable tactics Farm and
Hama
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16
A LIGHT PoULTRY-HoUsE.

show how easily large portion of the
house may be composed of windows.
If such house is used in the summer,
the windows at the erds aud the lower
window in front may be removed and
wire netting substituted. For winter
the glass should be returned. Til:
house is not as expensive as it appears
and is very cheerful to a flock during
winter, when it may be necessary t.
confine the hens for months. Farm anC
Fireside.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16
Ancient Illuminators.

Man was once in comparative dark
ness when the sun went down. His
primitive habitation was place of rest,
unlighted by the oil which prolongs the
hours of labor, doubles the speed of
progress and shortens life, After ages
of cropping about-feeling for the key
hole on the wrong side of the door, so
to speak-he stumbled on to the fact
that fat would make light. Looking
around for something to hold the fat
the skulls of animals were found useful,
and so the antediluvian discovered the
principle of portable illumination.
From skulls and sea shells light pro-
ceeded to vessels of burnt clay, dishlil1e,
with wicks of fax, rushes and other
fibers. Many.of these primitive lamps
have been found in the ruins of
Pompeii, Herculaneum, and elsewhere,
but the invention of lamps is supposed
to belong to the ancient East Indians,
Until the beginning of the nineteenth
century there was little improvement
in lamps. The candle kept humanity
in semi-darkness, which was relieved
81 the introduction of mineral oil,
which Standardization and brought
about the lamp of beauty and utility OF
the present. Mechanical News.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16

AT the first appearance of blight hill
your potatoes as high and steep as you
can. The fungus is washed down
through the soil by rain. If it reaches
the potatoes it causes them to rot. BY
killing, it will be washed between
the rows away from the potatoes.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
TRY IT YOURSELF.

The Check Rein Ms Had for Horses rs II
sl WOuld 30 for Men.
Over five hundred veterinary surgeons
have signed a paper condemning tight
chcck-reins, as painful to horses and
productive of disease, causing distor-
ton of the wind-pipc to such degree
as to impede respiration. They men,
ton paralysis of the muscles of the
face, megrims npoplcXy coma and in
flammation as some of the results OF its
use The ovcr.check rein will often
cause horse 70 become knee.sprung.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16
THOMAS P. MoNTFoRT.

A remark made by clever London
lady the other day is worth recording.
A gentleman whom she much disliked
said to her: Il know that you have a
great and deserved reputation for
artistic taste. Now would you kindly
exercise it on my behalf by telling me
by whom you would recommend me
to have my portrait Painted"" The
reply was prompt; by RSsa BonheuE'"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16
Sensible Advice.

An Irishman and an Italian were be-
fore magistrate for being drunk, and
the Irishman pleaded guilty. The
Italian, not knowing the ropes" SO
well, appealed to the Irishman for ad.
vice
ats thish way, Dante" said Mike
"Af ycz soy ycz was drunk, that will
ind it to wanst; but af yez soy to the
contrary, they will argy and argy ant
make yez out a drunk amy way, so
vez had better coniss and be done with
it"
Dante conf essed.-Once a Week.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16
LIGHT POULTRY HOUSE.

Very Cheerful to the Flock During the
Cold Months.
The design of poultry-hoase in this
issue is for flock of fifteen fowls, the
house being ten feet wide and sixteen
feet long. But little explanation is
necessary, as the illustration explains
itself. 1t is well known that the hens
are very partial to plenty. of light in
the poultry-housc, and the design is to
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16

Hamlet may not have been mad
man, but his reverence for his father
.hould have nude him Darwinian."
"Why?"
Didn't his fathers ghost tell him
shat he could tail nfold?"-Judge
-Physiciau-Iou are shortening your
days by attending so many balls, ma
dam Fair Pauent-Ycs, doctor. but at
the same time, am frightening my
nights.
The rise in the price Of camphoI
gum is due to its extensive use in the
manufacture Of smokeless powder.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16

IT does not pay to let milk get cool
before being set 1t mea as definite
loss Of butter when 1t goes 70 the churn.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16
WORTH KNOWING.

How TO Prevent Cattle from Throwing
Rails or Damaging Trees.
A simple arrangement oPrevent cat
tie from throwing rails or molesting
fences, trees, etc, is herewith Illus
trated. Drill hole in the end of each
horn and fasten strong wire to them
and not too taut. A leading ring, such
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-16

Dante conf essed.-Once Week
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-26

was pleased with such attentions from
me, for while he never openly resented
it, his face would take on frown, and
he would shrug his shoulders in such a
way as to make me feel that he would
rather have me stay away from him.
My father had married again soon
after my mothers death, and he had a
second daughter two years younger
than |. My sister was a very pretty
child, at least every one said she was,
and my father was exceedingly fond of
her. Sometimes, sitting unnoticed in a
corner Of the room, watched him as
he fondled and caressed her, playing
with her curls or gently tweaking her
ears, and ! wondered then what could
do to win such attentions to myself.
Once or twice left my corner and,
stealing forth, attempted to seat myself
on my fathers other knee in the hope of
sharing his attentions with my sister, but
he pushed me away from him, and
skunk back to my seat with deeply
wounded heart, feeling tinge of jeal-
ousy of the favored child.
don't think my father could have
eeyer felt much love for my mother.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-26
TO BE CONTINUED
PICTURES IN COLORS.
A Very Clever and Successful swindle In
Photography.


Photography.
The pictorial swindler who guaran-
tees to take your photograph in colors
has bobbed up again, and this time he
has located his lair on Grand street.
The feat which he ostensibly performs
is one that certain well-known scien-
lists have been vainly endeavoring to
accomplish for some time.
While photography in monotone has
been brought to the highest degree of
perfection, process by which the plate
will accurately reproduce the tints and
colors of the object before the camera
has not been discovered. However,
this don't phase the Grand street gen.
tleman. The failure Of science was a
matter of small import to him, and hav.
ing reached the conclusion that photo
graphs in color would pay he proceeded
to produce them.
His methods are the same as those OF
similar concern that had brief but
flourishing career on Broadway about
four years ago. While the subject is be-
ing posed, assistants concealed behind
properly perforated door make minute
notes Of his or her facial tints and the
colors Of the clothing. When the pic
ture is developed and mounted it is col
ored by hand according to these notes,
and sent home as an example Of instan-
taneous photography in tints. The col
lapse of the Broadway firm was due TO
a mistake on the part of one Of the Sec
ond conspirators behind the door. He
got mixed up in his notes, and when
certain brunette actress received a stack
of photos which portrayed her with rich,
ripe Observation-Disclosures, a row was raised
that ended in the silent exit of the pho
tographic confidence men. The samples
exhibited by the Grand street deceiver
would not mislead anyone familiar
with photography, but judging from
the constant crowd around the showcase
the general public seems to be taken in
by them very nicely.-N.Y. Commercial
Advertiser.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-26
BOGUS BUTTER.
1t Cannot Compete With the Genuine Ar
ticle.

Ii Cannot Compete With the Genuine Ar
ticle.
There is no question that the sale OF
bogus butter has been encouraged by
the large quantities of poor butter that
is sold. Nobody wantsp poor butter But
nobody wants oleomargarine or butter
inc for his own use. In all our observa-
ton during the years that bogus butter
has been on the ma rket, we have never
met with single individual who ever
called for p ound of imitation butter
unless he was hotel, restaurant, or
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nobody, so far
as we could ever find wants to eat it
himself, and the My way by which so
much of it is sold is by representing it
directly or ind irectly as pure butter.
Butter alws Us tells just what it is. 1t
is an honest product. 1t tells the
truth. If ii is good it is good because
it has the real merit Of goodness. If
it is bad Il tells us and we can
leave it alone. But butterine
is a liar; it seeks to deceive and
does dece i've 1t shows a beautiful
exter Tor, and does not offend the palate.
Yet it is the most offensive, dirty and
repulsive thing that comes npon our
tables. As good butter increases, this
miserable product will have less chance
of success; and good butter is all the
time increasing. Dairymen and far
mers are taking better care OF the COWS,
feeding more properly and adopting the
improved methods of dairying. Better
butter must necessarily be the result
Farmers Voice.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-26
The Cars Crown.

The Russian crown and other royal
insignia, together known as 1.-THE crown
Jewels" are valued at the enormous
sum of eleven million dollars, taking
the money of the United States as a
basis Of calculation The crown itself
is reckoned as being worth six million
dollars in cool cash. 1t is adorned
with hundreds of diamonds, individual
specimens being worth all the way
from few dollars up to many thou
sands Besides the diamonds, which
make this costly head-covering look as
if II had been buried in a shower Of
falling stars, there are fifty-four mag
niGcent pearls, each without a flaw,
set around the rim, a ruby of extraor.
binary size and beauty being used as a
centerpiece. The crown was made by
Panzie, the Genevese jeweler, and was
first used by Catherine the Great
Philadelphia Press
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-26
THE GREAT BEAR.
A Few Pointers About the DIpper and the
North Star.

North Star.
Most people on a clear day can, with
out a watch or other timepiece, form a
closely approximate idea of the time of
the day by the position of the sun, but
few, perhaps, have guessed at any SINH
lar method of computing the time dur
ing the night without any other means
than the STARRY skies" Notwithstand-
ing, a fairly reliable time indicator can
be found in the northern skies on every
cloudless night As is generally known,
the group of fixed stars called the dip
per" makes an apparent revolution to-
ward the north star in every twenty
four hours, with the two stars forming
thu outer elevation of the bowl of the
Upper pointing nearly directly to the
polar star continuously.
If the position Of the pointers" /.
taken at any given hour, say six O'Clock
in the evening in winter time and as
soon as it is dark in the summer, the
hour can thereafter be pretty accurate
ly measured by the eye during the
night Frequent observations of posi-
lions will have to be made at the given
hour, as, owing to the constant chang
ing of the earth's position in space, the
position Of the pointers" in relation to
or point Of observation and the star
also change. Observations taken dur
ing a year and impressed on the mind
will make very good time indicator Of
that part of the celestial space.-Chi-
cago Journal.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-26
JAPANESE PEARLS.
A Possible Source of Wealth for the
FlOWery Kingdom.


A traveller recently returned from
Japan has written to the London
Figaro: ga possible source of wealth to
Japan is in the abundance of pearls in
the waters around the southwestern
islands. These beds are practically I'M.
worked, and even a japanese paper adj
mits that there is scope for energy in
this direction. On these islands, it ap.
pears, the women are the laborers."
In connection with this statement a
New York gem expert said to a Jew.
elers' Weekly reporter that the pearls
are a greenish yellow variety secreted
by the abalone. The japanese name
for this mussel is 'awabi."
This shellfsh is also found in Corea
and on the Pacific coast of the United
States and Mexico. The shells them
selves are valuable, as the lining is
highly iridescent and finely colored.
They are worth about thirty dollars a
ton in San Diego, Cal. About five per
cent. of the shells contain pearls. The
pearls frequently occur two or three
in one shell and are usually Of high
value.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-26
THE DAIRY.
MILK CONSUMPTION.
As an Article Of Diet Its Use Is on the In


As an Article of Diet Its Use Is on the In
crease.
Reader. did you ever consider what
complete and superior diet milk was for
the human stomach? Used as it is in al
most every household in the land, in
conjunction with other foods, it. real
nutritive value is not always appreciated
by the laity. Physicians of the highest
repute strongly recommend its use for
form of nourishment in disorders
where other food would be prohibited.
1t is so easily digestible, and at the
same time so nourishing that very weak
stomachs will assimilate it. Milk can
by the following formula be digested
before it enters the stomach, and thus
be rapidly taken up by the blood as
nourishment without exciting the
action of a perhaps dyspeptic organ:
Take of the extract of pancreatine five
grains, and of bicarbonate of soda
fifteen grains, and add to one pint of
fresh milk and gill Of water. Heat
the whole to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. and
hold at that temperature forty-ive
minutes; then cool quickly, and it is
ready for drinking. This preparation
has slightly bitter taste, and cannot
be coagulated by any acid. 1t is digested
milk, and for feeble stomachs it makes
an excellent food.
While manufacturers are seeking to
extend the consumption Of cheese and
butter the cons umption of milk is TAX
ing care of itself, and it is increasing
especially in the cities and towns all
over the land. To what cause can this
be attributed? One thing the good
qualities Of milk are becom ing better
known, and then there is far less adul-
teration of the product than formerly.
This is not because the average milk
man has reformed specially, but be-
cause the laws of inspection are becom-
ing more thoroughly enforced. Con-
sumers have become aware of this, and
they know that they can obtain better
milk than formerly and at just as low
price.
Our observation Of city milk con-
sumption has made us confident Of this
fact, and it is a pleasing feature of the
results Of honest dairy work. Do not
be afraid to drink all the good sweet
milk you want Physicians recommend
it, and dyspeptic stomachs endorse it;
what better evidence is needed of its
nutritive and valuable qua lities as
diet? 1t is the healthy naturally fla
vored milk that is to be recommended.
Tainted or stable-Aa vored milk is not
fitted to make even good pork, much
less to be used on the ia ble. We do not
go so far as to claim that milk is
panacea for all digestive woes, but we
do say that it has exec llent and endur-
ing qualities as diet not possessed by
other foods, an that it seldom irritates
the dyspeptic stomach. - George E.
Newell, in Ohio Farmer.