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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
TIMELY BEE NOTES.

THE apiary should be kept clean, neat
and tidy-clear of high grass, weeds
and rubbish.
DAMPNEss in hives is the most damag-
ing thing to bees during the winter
that can befall them.
A SUFFICIENT number OF drones is
necessary, but an overproduction Of
them should always be prevented.
NATURAL swarming is not to be COM
pared with artificial swarming, or di-
viding up, in securing numbers, if the
proper plan is followed.
THERE is nothing gained on either
side by robbing. II is an injury not
only to the colony robbed, but also to
the one doing the robbery
DIVIDING may be continued in safety
as long as the honey flow lasts, and If
afterwards we desire more increase, it
may readily be secured by feeding.
ONE of the first steps is to give an
abundance of room for storing honey.
This will arrest the first cause Of
swarming to a considerable extent.
If it is necessary to cover the hands
in handling bees, use thin rubber
gloves The sting of the bee cannot
penetrate this, while it is not cumber-
some.
ALL surplus boxes should be ar
ranged so-that they can be inspected
daily and removed as soon as they are
completed, occupying the space with
empty ones, and in this way giving
plenty Of room at all times.
| Much greater success is obtained in
securing straight combs by the use of
foundations, either by using full sheets
or starters Of the same. But by proper
management success can be secured to
some extent, without either.
A COLONY selected for queens should
not be the one in which drones are
produced, as this will bring them too
near akin, which should always be
avoided. We should infuse new blood
in the apiary every year or two.
EMPTY combs are valuable They de-
serve the best of care, and can be made
to last several years, doing good serT-
ice six months out of the year. Combs
that are new and bright are not near
ly SO liable to become infected with
worms as those of dark color.
IN managing surplus boxes, use but
one tier at time, and after they are
about half full of comb add another,
but never put in on top of the one be-
ing filed. Raise the full one out and
place the empty one under it. In this
way the bees will occupy the whole
double tier at once.
CARE must be taken to remove all
section boxes as soon as they are com
pleted and add empty ones, always
keeping the ones nearest full in the
the upper tier. If the colony becomes
so strong that two tiers of boxes will
not accommodate them, add third, OF
as many as will give the bees working
room.-St Louis Republic.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
He uill Not Droun Himself.
(From the Troy, N. r., Times. J

r. W. Edwards, of Lansingburg, was
Frustrated by sunstroke during the war
and it has entailed on him peculiar and Sc.
rious consequences. At present writing
Mr.. E. is prominent officer of Post Lyon.
G. A. R., Cohoes and past aide de camp on
the staff of the commander-in-chief of AL
bany Co. In the interview with reporter,
he said
81 was wounded and sent to the hospital
at Winchester. They sent me together with
others to Washington-a ride of about 100
miles. Having no room In the box cars we
were placed face up on the bottom of fiat
cars. The sun beat down upon our unpro-
tected heads. When reached Washington
was insensible and was unconscious for
ten days while in the hospital. An abscess
gathered in my ear and broke; 1t has been
gathering and breaking ever since The
result of this 100-mile ride and sunstroke
was heart disease, nervous prostration, in
somnia and rheumatism. A completely
shattered system which gave me no rest
night or day. AS a last resort l took some
Pink Pills and they helpedme to a wonder
full degree. My rheumatism is gone, my
heart failure dyspepsia and constipation
are about gone, and the abscess in my ear
has stopped discharglDg and my head feels
as clear as bell when before it felt as
though it would burst, and my once shat
tered nervous system is now nearly sound.
Look at those fingers" Mr.. Edwards said,
''do they look as il there was any rheuma-
tism therer' He moved his fingers rapidly
and freely and strobe about the room like a
young boy. "a year ago those fingers were
.l,.1 Al, IN ,ttR
not hold pen. My knees would swell up,
and could not straighten my leg out. My
| joints would squeak when | moved them.
That is the living truth.
"When came to think thatI was going to
| be crippled with rheumatism, together with
the rest of my ailments, ] tell you life
seemed not worth living. suffered from
dependency / cannot begin to tell you,n
| said Mr. Edwards, as he drew long breath,
"what my feeling is at present. think if
you lifted ten years right off my life and
| left me prime and vigorous at forty-seven,
] l could feel no better / was an old man
| and could only drag myself painfully about
the house. Now can walk off without any
trouble. That In ITSELF continued Mr..
Edwards, "would be sufficient to give me
cause for rejoicing, but when you come to
consider that ! am no longer what you
might call nervous and that my heart is ap-
parently nearly healthy, and that I can
sleep nights, you may realize why may APP
pear to speak in extravagant praise of Pink
Pills. These pills quiet my nerves, take
that awful pressure from my head, and at
the same time enrich my blood. There
seemed to be no circulation in my lower
limbs year ago, M, legs being cold and
there's as full and as brisk as at any other
part OF my body. used to be so light
headed and dizzy from my nervous dis
order that frequently fell while crossing
the floor of my house. Spring is coming
and never felt better in my life and am
looking forward to busy season of work.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
Profit from an Acre of Hens.

1t is progressive farmer who can
succeed in making one acre support a
COW, and he is then perfectly satisfied
with profit of $50 from her. II an
acre of land can be made to yield any
kind of crop that will pay a profit of
$50, the success attending such a result
will be considered worthy of notice.
Profit means, of course, all that por-
ton of the gross receipts which remains
after the full expenses are paid, and a
profit of $50 an acre is very large. 1t
is easy to figure ION paper the posi-
bilities of an acre of land, but there
are facts abundant to demonstrate that
$50 is but small sum to derive from
one acre of land devoted to poultry.
1t is rare to find a case where large
flock of poultry has, Teen given the
space of one acre that the hens did
not pay well, although due credit ia
not always allowed for the home
market, which calls for poultry and
eggs, accounts not being kept with tn,
family table. Farm and Preside.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
UNDER TERRIBLE PRESSURE.
Grave consequences of Diving One Hundred
and Sixty Feet.

Grave Consequences of Diving One Hundred
and Sixty Feet.
The steamer Alfonso XII, having on
board ten boxes of gold coin, each box
worth fifty thousand dollars, struck on
a rock and sank at Grand Canary while
on voyage from Cadiz to Havana in
1886.
1t was ascertained that the specie
was at depth of twenty-six and two
thirds fathoms-one hundred and sixty
feet--and grave doubts were enter
tanned OF the possibility of any diver
being able to withstand the tre-
mendous pressure incidental to such
a depth, viz, sixty-seven pounds
to every superficial square inch of his
body.
Experiments at this depth were made
off Dartmouth, and two men, Lambert
and Tessier, were found equal to the
perilous task, dresses having been pre-
pared which would remain water-tight
at this great depth.
An expedition was sent out by the
Marine Insurance Co., the divers to re.
ceive reward of five per cent. or two
thousand five hundred dollars on each
box recovered. Lambert got up seven
boxes and Tessier two. So terrible
was the pressure that neither man
could stay below for more than a few
minutes, and Lambert, for some time
after his return, suffered from chronic
paralysis Of the bowels, by which he
was in many respects reduced to the
hopeless condition of babe in the
cradle. Probably a tightly sealed ket-
tie, sent down empty to the same
depth would have been crushed fiat.
AS it was, the divers only succeeded
in finding nine boxes out of the ten,
fifty thousand dollars thus remaining
below.
A subsequent expedition went in
search of this box, and the diver, after
being down for twenty minutes, was
hauled up only to die. Not a whit dis
couraged, another expedition went out
with two divers from Germany.
The first of these was promptly
hauled up half dead, only to be sent
ashore to the hospital raving mad; the
other went down, but returned, de-
claring that no box was there. Wheth-
err he really got so far as the Lazar-
cite from which the nine boxes were
taken is open to doubt. The pressure
at such depths is positively crushing.
In the accounts of one of the deep sea
dredging expeditions it is mentioned
that when the trawl was raised from a
great depth the pressure proved to
have been such as to crush together
the wood of the trawl beam SO that the
knots started out Of it.-Boston Trav-
| a1ar
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
FETCH WORSHIP.
senseiess Faith Of Ignorant People In signs
and Symbnla.


Among primitive races, every fresh
fetch meets with consideration, for,
though it may inspire nothing else, it
inspires fear. An exclamation heard
at random. a word neither understood
nor sought to be comprehended, will
be repeated by savage, that, haply, it
may bring him good, or avert from him
evil fortune 1t can do no harm, and
may do good, like paper charm, or
the "absit omen" Of the Romans. Thus
thinks, doubtless, the peasant trudg-
ing from market in the west of Eng
land to-day, as she gives nine mods to
the new moon-'a remnant of the wor-
ship of Ashtaroth--or turns her purse
In her pocket "for luclx"--a shred of
sacrifice to the fetch the purse con-
tains, and which it will be no harm to
propitiate, provided she can do so un-
observed.
Yet what an insensate aud cruel fet-
ich 1t is; SO hard to come by! so impos-
sible to keep! now for a few happy
hours in her pocket, or the stocking, or
the old cracked teapot-and now over
the counter-never resting in her
work-wearied, willing hands, but nest
ling in, sticking to the fingers of old
CATER Grimes, who will guard it, hoard
it, treasure it; deny himself the neces-
saries of life to increase the bulk of his
bloated Fetch, and finally die miser-
- A
are told, between thirty and forty
thousand pounds sterling, and the fet-
ich having slowly tortured his slave to
death, the tidings of his approach are
received with such paroxysm Of de-
light by the next heir--his expectant
host-that it is found necessary to
shut him up, pnt him into safe custody
lest his life go with his reason
Chambers Journal.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
BROOK TROUT ouLrusk.
A Pond for This Purpose Should he Con
structed ON Every Farm.


structed on Every Farm.
The culture of brook trout, even On
a small scale, is a source OF continual
delight, and with pure running water
at hand anyone who has carefully OBJ.
served the habits and requirements Of
trout in their native brooks can sue.
cessfully raise them. II stream
crosses the farm the pond should not
be made directly in line with the
course or bed of it, or freshets may
wash it's embankments away. At least
every hard rain will roll the pond, de.
posting mud to the detriment OF the
finny prisoners. If stream is to sup
ply the water make the pond at one
side Of it, but never on Hat that may
be overhowed. The best method is to
delve the reservoir out of the side OF
some slope rising from the stream, and
then carry the water to it by an open
feeder, high enough up in its source to
permit of a gentle, easy how as seen
in the accompanying sketch. The
feeder may be deep, narrow ditch
with sod banks, and protected at both
its ingress and egress by finely woven
wire screens. The pond itself need
not be more than four or five feet deep
in the center, slopin9 to shallow
edge at the circumference. Break up
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
A Good Remedy Cor Lice.

writer in the New England Home.
stead says: The most effective remedy
for lice on horses and colts that have
used is sperm oil. 1t will promptly de.
stroy every louise and nit and also re-
move dandruff, dirt, etc., leaving the
skin clean and the hair in nice condi.
ton. There is not the least danger Of
taking off the hair or injuring the ami
NAL in any way. For large hog lice
apply common machine oil freely and
it will kill them all at once. These
are simple, reliable and effective rem
oliaS
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16

THAT relic of the medieval ages, haz.
ing, has received an abrupt check at
West Point in the punishment handed
out to member of the third class,
who had abused the authority given
him by custom over a student of low
err grade. The third class barbarian
has by an order from the officers of the
academy lost all privileges of upper
classmen by being assigned to camp
duty this year and next. Moreover, he
is required to walk extra guard hours
each camp day and every Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons during the
winter
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16

AT Delphi colossal headless statue
of Athene in porous stone was discov-
cred recently, bearing traces of poly
chrome coloring. Fragments of an
archaic group in marble, representing
lion tearing bull to pieces, were
also found OF the reliefs that adorn-
ed the scene of the ancient theater,
representing the labors Of Hercules, SC
far the shooting of the Stamphalian
birds, the struggle with Antaeus, the
contest with the sea monster to deliver
Hermeine and part of the battle with
the Centaurs have been recovered.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
SEEDS AND SHEAvES.

1iALF work very frequently brings
half results. Think of this several
times day.
THERE are men who never think they
are miserable sinners until after they
have eaten too much pie.
DON'T miss chance to go to a picnic.
The good farmer is generally ready for
such occasions, for he keeps about a
day ahead of his work
DON'T stop harvesting to talk poll
tics, though both are important. Har-
vesting depends on the season and pol
itics we have always with us.
WE heard one man say OF another:
''IIe has always been too honest for
his own good" We kept our hand on
our pocketbook until the speaker was
out OF sight.
So MANY have been complaining
about the dry weather. The Scotch
have saying that mo drought ever
brought a dearth," and besides these
things do not happen by chance.
The man who does not find faul
with the weather has very strong
symptoms of believing that an over
ruling Providence controls things il
the best interests of the whole W rid.
PETER POTTER always finds faul
with the weather and the size Of hi
crops. 1t rains SO much of the timt
that he cannot cultivate the crops, fo1
he does not like to 90 to town excep
on a fair day.
A GOOD many farmers are not homes
with themselves; they work too hard
they do not take pains enough in put
ting in their crops; they deny them
selves all pleasures, and in the ent
they discover that it is best TO be per
fectly fair with themselves as well a
with all other Inen.-Springfield TO-
| Farm News.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
AN AMERICAN LEGEND.
Don't Make Row Unless You Know You
Are Right

Don't Make a Row Unless You Know You
Are Right.
Once upon time an eminent citizen
entered the office OF gas company and
threw down the months bill he had re-
ccived that day and shouted:
Now, by the beard of my father,
bnt ] am wroth and want gore!'
Anything wrong?' kindly and sym
pathetically queried the young man AT
the window.
Wrong? Wrong? Can you not read?
Can't you get that sum total through
your young and innocent head!'
"Of a surety can, sir / see by this
bill that you are charged with fifty
thousand feet of gas at one dollar and
half per thousand, for the month of
August sevcnty-6 five dollars.
Prithce, sir, but why this fervidness OF
speech?"
II never burned that gas''
"But the meter, sir--the meter makes
no mistakes! However, ! will summon
here the secretary, who is man OF
more fluency of speech than myself"
why this kick, my dear sir??" kindly
asked the secretary as he appeared.
Because of the size OF that bill"
But you must remember that last
| month was long one.
''l.ut was away on visit and my
house was deserted. did not even
burn one foot of your Internal old
gas!'
'Tis passing strange quoth the
secretary. Il win summon hence our
| president, who hath the knacll of un-
raveling strange things"
Man, hath thy better senses left
thee?n severely asked the president as
he looked out upon the kicker Hath
news OF war or the excitement of poll.
ties turned thy head
Not by a jugful! How could
burn your gas in my house was shut
up?'
| "Prithee, sir, no one says you burned
| the gas, and no one denies that your
house was shut up. This bill is simply
for the leakage which always take.
place in house when the family Is alb
sent. 'Tis but trifle, and if thou AR
inclined to raise great row and"
''Oh no. no! mol | simply did not
understand IL looked like highway
robbery. Your explanation is not only
satisfactory, but here is the cash and
beg your pardon for my unseemly con
duet"
And he counted down seventy-fiv'
big dollars, shook hands all AROUND
and wished them peace and prosperity
and his shadow had scarcely turned
the corner when a woman came in ant
said they might take the shoes off hel
feet before she'd pay the outrageou'
bill of one dollar and seventy-five cent
they had sent by the same mail!-De
troit Free Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
FIG. BOX FOR TRoUGns.

being bent at right angles, driven
through the strips of wood and
clinched. The food is placed in the
trough by raising the cover of the box.
A tight cover is necessary to protect
the food from their droppings when
they jump on the box and make roost
of it, which they are certain to do.
Feed at one time only what will be
eaten clean and keep the trough well
washed out. Nothing is more produc-
tive of mouth, throat and bowel diseases
in chicks than soured and musty food
or filthy feed trough. Farm and
Home
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
THE Puget sound region Of Washin

THE Puget sound region Of Washing.
ton is preparing to enter into active
competition with Southern Califor'
MIA in supplying the east with fruit.
Successful experiments were made in
shipping Strawberries to eastern mar
kets early this season. Recently
several trial shipments Of cherries
were made, and plums and prunes are
to be sent later. Some kind of super.
iority over the southern grown fruit
seems to be claimed in the announce
ment of the new productions as "Pu
get sound unirrigated fruit"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16

ONE of the vegetable marvels for
July is the fraxinella, an old fashioned
Towering plant, native in southern Eu-
rope and Asia, and much cultivated in
the gardens of our grandmothers. The
plant has snowy flowers, white red
and rosy, and an odor that belongs to
the leaves as we'll as the blossoms.
The plant, If, visited at night with a
lighted match, is suddenly enveloped
with blue flames.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16

A NEW YORK food reformer insists
that the human body needs bone sup
ply as food just as much as does GER.
tain kind of vegetation. He holds that
under the existing regimen, the bones
of the human frame are not properly
supplied with the chemical elements
needed to keep them in sound and Wig
orous condition, and that these ele.
ments can most easily be obtained by
consuming the powdered bones Of ami
mails ordinarily used for food.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
FIG. TROUGH FOR SMALL CHICKS.

FIG. l.-TROUGH FOR SMALL CHICKS.
their feet. For small chicks, double
trough is made of tin as shown in
Fig. l. 1t is 2s inches long and 4
inches wide, each half being 2 inches
wide and / 4 inches deep, with square
ends soldered on. Tin is best as it is
easily washed and kept clean. This
trough is set inside of the box, seen in
Fig. 2, the same in width and length,
inside, and $ inches high. 1t has a
hinged cover fastened down with a
hook and handle to lift by. Each side
is open and fitted with wire bars placed
2 inches apart, each end of these wires
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16

THE International Mining and In
dustrial exhibition which was to be
held in Denver next summer, and
which had been widely advertised, has
been abandoned The reason given by
the committee is lack of public spirit
One citizen gave $4,000, and about
$3.50, 600 was to have been appropriated
by the city and county, but the Denver
people did not back up the project.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16

RECENT natural gas explosions have
alarmed certain members of the Chica-
go school board, and caused the contin-
nance of fuel gas in the public schools
to be regarded with disfavor. Chief
Engineer Waters filed report with
the board of education committee on
grounds and buildings recommending
that the use of fuel gas be abandoned.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
Tobacco Sinking Breath.

Not pleasant to always carry around, bu,
1t don't compare with the Notwithstanding
power that tobacco keeps at work night and
day to make you weak and impotent. Dull
eyes, loss of interest in sweet words anil
looks tell the story. Brace up-quit. No.
Bac Is sure, quick cure Guaranteed
by Druggists everywhere. Book, titled
Don Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Lift
Away free. AID. Sterling Remedy Co.,
New York City or Chicago.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16

AFTER August any Michigan girls
under Is years of age wanting to get
married will have to get the written
consent of her parents, or have her in
tended husband get it for her. A new
law going into effect on that date re-
quires that such document be filed
with the county clerk before the mar
rage license may be issued.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
THE rARMER Is uappy,

The farmer reporting 60 bushels Win.
ter Rye per acre; tons OF hayand 50
bushels of Winter Wheat has reason to
be happy and praise Salzer's seedsl
Now you try it for 1895 and sow now
Of grasses, Wheat and Rye. Catalogue
and Samples free, if you write to the
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and send this slip along. fKl
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16

Two dozen officers of every grade,
from colonel down to sergeant, and
representing every branch of service in
the German army, have just left Ber-
lin for Valparaiso. Their services
have been lent to the Gillian govern
ment by Emperor William for the
purpose of recognizing the Gillian
army. They are to remain in South
America for term of three years.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
Yhs Mistake. of Humorists

Mother ship gone down, grand
mother. said Henry, who was reading
the paper
Mercy on us!" the old lady ejacu-
lated. What dretful times. Was
anybody drowned9"
NO" Henry answered. you see,
she only went down to Panama. After
bananas. you know"
Henry laughed, for he saw it was
funny. But he won't feel so certain OF
1t when he reads grandmother will.-
n. Y. Recorder.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
Horses Are Slow to Mature,

Horses, as a rule, are short-lived ami
mails. The visible supply is being used
up at very rapid rate, and the fact
that it takes five years to produce a
horse ready for the markets. lost sight
of by the croakers who are now, and
have been for the past three years
crying the horse market down.