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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-14
CATTLE HERDS OF MISSIONS.
Under Many Favorable Conditions Che
Trade Has Prosperod.

Under Many Favorable Conditions Che
Trade Has Prospered.
The growth of cattle herds in Cali.
fornia from the early settlement OF the
country, and for sixty years or moro,
despite many untoward circumstances
and unfavorable conditions, such as
protracted drougl'ts, and the inability
to protect herds from inclement
weather, and the ravages of wild
beasts, was indeed, remarkable. In
l773, there were distributed among the
missions, then established, only 204
head of cattle. Twenty-Five years
later this number had increased to
$4,000, and from the beginning of the
present century the herds increased so
rapidly, that in time it became serious
question as to how pasturage should
be found for all the stock.
The padres of this missions were the
first and for many years the heaviest
cattle owners, and at one time, had ID
not been for the restrictions of the
existing government, they were in
way to build upa gigantic monopoly
in the beef, hide and tallow trade.
The government established ranches
del rey, and 1.-THE of the increase Of
all private herds was each year set
aside, branded with the royal brand
and turned loose on the ranges belong
ing to these ranches, becoming con.
siderable source of revenue to tho
state.
The missions, up to 1925 and later,
were In possession of the greatest
herds. In 1925 there belonged to
Dolores (San Francisco mission,
10000 head; Santa Clara, 74,2so;
San Jose, $4,000; San Juan Bau.
.ista, about $4,000; San Carlos, ST.
400; Soledad, $4,000; San Antonio,
So, soo San Miguel, about 100000; San
Louis Obispo, $1,000; Santa Cruz, about
$4,000; Santa Barbara, about 30,000i
San Buenaventura, $1,000, San Fernan.
do, $1,000; San Gabriel, about SO, 900;
San Louis Rey, 10000, and both La
Purissima and Santa Inez had mon.
strous herds, At one period it became
necessary to kill thousands of the cat.
tie belonging to La Purissima in order
to save the rest from starvation, but
even after this wholesale slaughter in
1880 there were 10000 head still res
naming; SO it will be seen that the
padres were capitalists of high degree,
their holdings of cattle aggregating
between 1925 end 1880 nearly l,000,000
head, San Francisco Chronicle.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-14
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A pig sly is not good pearl mar
ket. RAMS Horn.
What perfectly charming man
Mr.. Twitter is" Maud never heard
him say clever thing. mo, but he
can move about the room without
stumbling over the rugs Chicago
Record.
-"How's all the folks up your way?"
swell, mother amt SO peart now,
Molly's got the measles, Johns stove
up with rheumatism an Dicks down
with snake bite. When air you a-comin'
to see us?"-Atlanta Constitution.
Good morning, Uncle Charles. Did
you sleep well? I'm afraid your bed
was rather hard and uneven. but"
''Oh, it was all right, thank you. got
up now and then during the night and
rested bit, you know. "-Tit-Bits.
-"Wimmin," said Mr.. Grogan, sis
moighty similar in wan way" AN
fwat's thot?" inquired Mr.. Hogan
"No matter how minny av thin you
get acquainted wild, they're all alike
in bein' different wan from another"
indianapolis Journal.
And what kind of a chin has
she?" she asked, as she paused in the
middle of an attempt at description of
her features, "a movable one" said
he, after moments sober thought. And
then he hcaved a deep and pensive
sigh.-Somcrville Journal.
The incarceration brought right
eousness out of the regions of cold alb
stractions, clothed it in flesh and blood,
opened for it the shortest and broadcast
way to all our sympathies, gave it the
firmest command over the springs Of
human action by Incorporating it in a
person, and making it, as has been
beautifully said, liable to love.-Hon.
VIM. E. Gladstone.
Wife (angrlly)--Yes; l gave you a
sample button to get me half-dozen
just like it. 1t was the only one had,
and you go and lose it. don't know
what would become of you if | was so
careless with my household affairs as
you are. Where did you put the but
ton when l gave it to you, anyhow?
Husband tmeekly)-I must have put it
in this pocket with the hole in l have
been asking you to mend for over q
month.-Puck.
Something Desperate. - The man
with a red nose and other evidences OF
personal decadence struck gentleman
for dime. Il can't let you have it," re-
sponded the gentleman. You must, y
he insisted. I've got to have n big
drink of liquor or I'll do something
desperate" "0h, guess you won't do
that" II tell you l will" "Whatll
you do?" IN go down to the river
and drink gallon of water, I'm that
dry. Detroit Free Press.
james Psyn tells an amusing story
concerning a well-known club in Pail
Mall: "A member lost his umbrella
there, and caused the following notice
to be put up in the entrance hall: "A
nobleman who took away an umbrella
| not his own on such date is requested
to return it, The house committee
took umbrage at this statement; and
summoned the member who had com.
posed it before them. Why, sir, they
said, should You suppose that a noble.
man had taken your umbrellag Well,
be replied. the first article in the club
rules says that this club is composed OF
aoblemen and gentlemen; and, since
The person who stole my umbrellas
sould not have been a gentleman, he
must have been q nobleman.'"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-14

court Directly behind the net was
small grove Of scrubby pines, which in
the twilight showed merely as an ir-
regular blotch of black.
Dressed alike in suits of white fan
mel, the twins appeared against this
in bold relief, like white silhouettes
The back stop which the twins
were SO proudly regarding was, to tell
the truth, rather shaky. They had
somewhere found an old fish-net,
which they had nailed to two poles.
So much of the work had been easy;
but the task of setting the poles up
right in the ground had been long and
difficult.
When the uprights were finally
planted, and their bases abundantly
bolstered with rocks, they appeared de-
sirous of falling into each others
arms, like long-lost brothers. A ten
mis- ball driven swiftly and accurately
into the center of the net would un-
doubtedly have brought them together
But the twins thought their work
perfect.
Mr.. Prescott casually noticed that
one of the boys had his hands in his
pockets.
Tell him." said he to his wife, ''to
take his hands out of his pockets"
us it Max or Mortp asked the
mother.
"Oh, don't knowr' said her hus-
band
Neither do l." returned the wife.
They both laughed little.
why did you let them get those rid
iculous white suits?" asked Mr. Pres
colt. 'In that dress it Is impossible to
tell them apart"
They've got on different colored
neckties," said his wife.
"Well ask them to turn round"
'Oh, boysl'' called Mrs. Prescott
The twins turned with precision, and
faced their parents expectantly. The
one on the left wore blue, the one on
the right red scarf. The one on the
right was Mort, the one on the left was
Max
Norton" said his mother, "take
your hands from your pocketsl"
Max Uttered as Mort sheepishly
obeyed Then both came forward.
Boys" continued their mother,
''your father and l are going to drive
over to the Blakes' this evening. Mag
gle is going out, too. Do you think you
can go to bed quietly at the proper
timer"
"Yesm," said Max.
"Of course" said Mort.
A few minutes later, as she and her
husband were driving out of the yard,
Mrs. Prescott caught sight of the serv-
ant leaving the house
''Be sure and be in by ten, Maggie"
she called "Mr. Prescott and l will
not return until late"
"Yis, num-" said Maggie.
At the moment, lank pedestrian
was walking lazily along the road. By
certain added self-consciouspess in
his gait, close observer might have
guessed that the brief dialogue was
not without its interest to him. This
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-14
HOME INFLUENCES.
They Reach Out Into the Lives of Oncom-
ing Generations.

ing Generations.
Nothing but sin can ruin a home.
No misfortune, if it has not sin for an
ally, is powerful enough to wreck it.
There may be emptiness in the larder,
the house may be in ashes, sickness
may lay its hand on one and another of
its members, even death may assail it,
but the true home lives in glorious tri-
umph over all. A part of the family
may be on the other side of the mystic
veil, children may be scattered over
the globe, but home remains blessed
fact Rich, indeed, are they whose
treasury is filed with the wealth of
three homes, those of their childhood,
their manhood and their old age; the
first with their parents, the last with
their children.
Unconsciously, then, parents are in
fiuencing their children toward a
right or wrong marriage. Not for an
instant must it be felt by them that
children are a necessary evil" that
household cares are only a burden, that
life would have been better and far
happier for them if they had never
married. This root of selfshness will
send its poison not only through the
home of to-day, but into the homes of
the next generations. Too often the
vow taken to cleave to one another
for better or for worse" is forgotten
as the months and years develop faults
which did not appear in the days of
courtship, and morbid criticism and
unwillingness to recognize self-failures
breed ill-temper which turns love into
hate. 1t is probable that in the major
ity of households one may be sure that
for every fault discovered or imagined
in another, there is one to mate it in
the self-satisfed critic. An early rec
ognition of this truth, and consequent
humility and Tolerance, would pre-
serve happiness and give abundant har.
vest of blessing. But leaving general
and unconscious influences. there are
direct and definite questions which oc-
cur to wise, earnest and devoted par
ents in respect to the marriage of their
children. Perhaps the daughter seems
more easily guided, and the duties of a
parent toward son more difficult to
understand and to perform, but the
obligation to faithful care is as mex
orable in dealing with one child as
with another,-Mrs. Lyman Abbott, in
Ladies' Home Journal.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-14
MORT WAS CLOSE UPON HIS HEELS.

He felt that the floor was hard and
that his head ached; all else was a
blank. For a minute he lay quiet.
Then, feeling little stronger, he
raised himself upon his knees.
In doing so, his hand came in con-
tact with the pie which Hodijah in his
fright had dropped. At this he began
to remember. He had come downstairs
after pie-yes, that was it--and had
fallen, or run into something hard.
Then it occurred to him that his
brother must be growing impatient,
and he got up to go to him, pie in
hand. AS he did so he heard Mort
shouting outside the house, and, full of
surprise, made his way to the piazza.
There he dimly made out white
figure sitting on heap of something
dark, and heard his brothers. voice
calling:
Come on, Maxi Help me hold this
burglarw
The word burglar" cured Max at
once of all his pains. In his excite
ment he no longer took count of SO
small an Ill as headache.
Pm coming!" he shouted. "Tm
comingw
"Sit on his legs and stop his kick
ing" said Mort, breathlessly, when
his brother arrived. There, that's It'll
He's all right now, Iguess. just think,
Max, we've caught burglar! l guess
father won't laugh at us any more
now. My! won't he be surprised? l
wish / had that pie, just the samee"
I've got it," said Max; and the boys
began munching the pie, seated tran
GULLY on Hodijah's back.
AS they ate the boys talked.
I'D like to know where you've been
all the time, Max" said Mort
"Why, ran into door, or some
thing, and it just laid me fiat. Ididn't
hear anything till you called. Say,
where'd you find the burglar? Was he
In our room? My, if I'd seen HIM"
"'Twa'n't in the ROOM" said Mort.
81 heard you tumble, but didn't think
anything Of it. Then you didn't come
back, and was afraid you were eat
ing all the pie. And met the burglar
in the hall. You bet he was scared,
thought"
Hodijah, who had been lying still
for few moments, collecting his scat
tered senses, now spoke.
"Be you fellers both alive?" he
asked. doubtfully.
"Well, l rather guess we arel" said
Mort.
WAL said Hodijah, "T'm mighty
glad on it--you kin bet your bottom
dollar on that without much risk. now
tell ye." He heaved sigh of unut,
terable relief
What does he mean?" said Max to
Mort.
Pm sure don't knowl" said Mort
How comes it that you two fellers
look so consarnedly alike?" asked
Hodijah, after pause.
"We're twins!" said,Max.
"Oh, we be, be YEP" muttered Mr.
Styggles. Say" he resumed, after a
moments thought, I'VE needn't be
off'rin' me none of that pie, cause
don't want none"
Soon the moon, which rose late that
evening, flooded the grounds with pale
light Mr.. and Mrs, Prescott, driving
into the yard, saw the two white
figures in the tennis court.
Mercy on us!' said their mother
Boys" said their father, sharply,
what are you two doing there in your
nightgowns?"
"Sitting on a burglarl" cried Max
and Mort Youths Companion.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-14
Grape Preserve.

Grapes are good in season and out;
that is, they are delicious when pre-
served, and now is the time for putting
them up. In preparing grape preserve
a tender-skinned grape should be used.
The Concord grape is too tough-skinned
to make a satisfactory preserve.
Squeeze the pulp out of the skin, and
after putting it in the preserving ket-
tie set it on the fire. Stir frequently
and cook until the pulp will break up
readily. This will require only few
minutes boiling. Rub the pulp through
a sieve, rejecting the seeds. Measure
the skins and pulp and put them in the
preserving kettle. For every quart
of the fruit add one pint and half of
sugar and one gill of water. Cook for
twenty minutes after the preserve be-
gins to boil; then put in jars and seal.
If you choose, use less sugar, or, if you
prefer to have the preserve sweeter, al
low pound of sugar fer each pound of
fruit.-N. Y. World.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-14
A Really Advanced Woman.

A lady from Boston tells good
story OF her new cook. 81 took it for
granted that she was Catholic" she
says, land on the first Sunday after
her arrival said; Bridget, at what
time do you wish to go to church this
u1crning?' The answer came with a
lofty superiority that would have done
credit to the disciples of any new dis
pensation: OH no be goin' to church
at all, ma'am. Feth, it's meself that's
what they call an egnawstic. Louis
vile Post
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-14

Just Immediately after the last
Russo-Turkish war, happened to have
some business to transact with a well
known maker of surgical appliances,
and while q friend and / was talking
to one of the members of the firm, we
noticed a number of wooden legs being
packed for consignment to CONSTANT
nople. Rather an eloquent protest
against the war said the member OF
the firm, pointing to the cases. Yes, y
replied my friend. they sIe stumu
speeches. ILLUSTRATED LoLion News
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-14
A VICTIM OF TWINS.
How the Pres SCOTT Boys Captured
Pie Burglar.

Il. A N ID MRS.
PRESCOTT, on
the piaz z a a t
the side of their
C o t tage b y
the sea, we r Q
watching t h e
twins. s TIA u d.
ing with their
backs to their
parents, tn 9 s e
young ge n I'll e.
m Q n w Q r Q
p r o u dl y r e.
gar d n G a gi-
gantic back-net
at the end O.
the ir tennis
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-14

Cape Mendocino, in California,
took its name from that of a Spanish
viceroy. The name was given in 1916
by Cabrillo.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-14

No wild female bird ever sings
during the period OF incubation and
rarely at other timeR
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-09-28
Doubtful About the Doubt.

We are justly proud of our jury sys-
tenn, but the twelve ''good men and
true" are not always the wisest of man
kind. At recent session prisoner
was indicted for pocket picking, and
to most people in court the clcarcst
possible case was made out by the
prosecution.
''Have you anything you would like
to tell the jury before they retire?''
said the judge.
'Well, all wanter say is, hopes as
'ow they'll give me the benefit of the
Doubt replied the prisoner, despond-
emily.
The jury considered their verdict.
They were no little time over it.
''Can 1 assist you in any way, gentle
men?' said the judge at last, becoming
impatient.
''We are almost agreed, me lud," said
the foreman, ''but we can't quite un-
derstand what the doubt is the pris-
oner wishes us to give him the benefit
of.''-London Tit-Bits.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-09-28
THE HIGHEST AWARD.

Royal Baking Powder In Strength and
Value go Per Cent. Above Its Nearest
Competitors.
The Royal Baking Powder has the en-
viable record Of having received the
highest award for articles OF its class
greatest strength, purest ingredients.
most perfectly combined-wherever ex-
hibited in competition with others. In
the exhibitions of former years, at the
Centennial, at Paris, Vienna and at the
various State and Industrial fairs. where
it has been exhibited, judges have i'd
variably awarded the Royal Baking
Powder the highest honors.
At the recent Worlds Fair the ex-
aminations for the baking powder
awards were made by the experts OF
the chemical division of the Agricul-
tural Department of Washington. The
official report of the tests Of the baking
powders which were made by this de-
partment for the specific purpose OF as
certaining which was the best, and
which has been made public, shows the
leavening strength of the Royal to be 16o
cubic inches of carbonic gas per ounce
of powder. OF the cream of tartar
baking powders exhibited at tbs Fair,
the next highest in strength thus tested
contained but 1873 cubic inches of leaven-
ing gas. The other powders gave an
average of Ill. The Royal, therefore.
was found of copper cent. greater leaven-
ing strength than its nearest competi-
tor, and A per cent. above the average
of all the other tests. Its superiority
in other respects, however, in the
quality of food it makes as to fineness,
delicacy and wholesomeness, could not
be measured by figures.
1t is these high qualities, known and
appreciated by the women Of the coun-
try for SO many years, that have cansed
the sales of the Royal Baking Powder,
as shown by statistics, to exceed the
sales of all other baking powders COM
binad.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-09-28
HANDWRITING AND CHARACTER
Individual PecuIiarities Produced by the
BRAIN:

Brain:
It is curious fact that when a per-
son compares the writing done by his
hand with the writing done By his feet,
as by holding chalk between the toes
or writing with the toes themselves on
the sand, he will find that the two re-
suits are alike in their individual char
acteristics. 1 have performed the ex-
pertinent, and, though 1 am not pro-
ficient in the art of foot writing, can
see that the style and shape of the let
tiers made by my toes resemble the
characters formed by my hand.
The same is true of mouth writing.
I am no adept in this department., but
I saw Russian who had neither hands
nor feet paint and write with his
mouth. This aroused my emulation
and tried myself to trace my name by
holding in my mouth a pencil. The re-
suit at the very start was astonishingly
like my handwriting, though Of course
it was much more hesitating and uii-
connected. 1 have also written with
other parts of my body, as for instance
with pencil held tightly in the closed
elbow or the knee joint, or between
my chin and breast or fastened
to my head. From all these po-
sitions obtain defective but legible
writing which has the characteristics
of my handwriting. So it seems to me
evident beyond doubt that the char
acteristics of handwriting do not arise
from peculiarities of the right hand
and arm, and as further proof of this
conclusion 1 will adduce the expert
ence of those who, having lost their
right hands, and are obliged to make
use of their left. Such persons show
very soon remarkable dexterity in
writing, going from right to left, while
with the right hand they had always
proceeded from left to right.
From all these observations and
facts 1 was led to the conclusion al
ready expressed. Individual peculiari-
ties of handwriting do not depend on
the hand but on the brain, which die
tates what shall be written. 1t there
fore follows that not the left hand nor
the left or right leg are trained at the
same time with the right hand, which
alone learns-for they remain motion
less-but that the central portions OF
the brain assigned to them, where are
produced the thoughts of the writer
and the corresponding command to the
nerves to move the muscles in this OF
that way and no other, are alone
trained and practiced. In one word
the motive impulses must be prepared.
w. Preyer, in Chautauquaf1.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-09-28

''They are soldiers. They are run
ming in all directions"
'Yes, yes" said the doctor. "Do you
see any women"
'Now-they are gone out of the air
It is dark and light. Yes, they come
together. All, it is the fatal place.
There is the rail around it. The ground
shakes. What is that awful throb? It
is not pleasant here. choke. The
light hurts my eyes, but it is dark"
do you not see woman" asked
the doctor. ''Look well There i q
woman-you must see her."
$50 many men" said the girl Per
haps they will look for my father.
There is the sound of the train-there
are more men coming" Her face as
sumed a painful immobility. She
gasped, threw up her arms, uttered q
shrek and fell forward. The doctor,
who sprang to catch her, found both
her hands over he- ears and her arms
were rigid. One Of her hands still
clasped the hair and he could not ex-
tricate it from her fingers.
For quite an hour he worked with
IcSCOTdIlVeS over nor. heuOrlCRs
walked up and down in the arena and
waited.
At last the doctor appeared. "I've
got her around" he said; "but it's the
most extraordinary thing ever heard
of. She is suffering from shock.''
what do you make of her talk?'
asked Hendricks, somewhat inpatient
ly.
'My dear SIR" said the doctor. 81
don't know what to make of it. But
am bound to tell you that these ex
traordinary creatures not only have
clear sight but at times prescience.. II
may be that she saw and described
something that has not yet taker
place. The great Zchokke often die
it in very much the same way"
"That may be very interesting t.
science" replied Hendricks; "bu'
what we want described is the thing
that is happening at present; tha'
ought to be a much easier matter. TIL,
hair trick did not work"
There is no infallibility about it,
said the doctor. ''It may work foul
times and fail on the fifth
''Then by all means make the othe,
four experiments immediately"