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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06
Increase Of Fertility.

The value of many feeding stuffs Is
based on their digestibility, but even
when food is digested it is not all as
simulated, the larger portion being
voided. OF the protein In clover hay
nearly one-half fails to digest, and OF
the digested portion the manure heap
receives large share. If ton Of
clover hay is worth $40, enough of 1t
goes into the manure heap to equal
30 worth of fertilizers. A ton of cot
ton seed meal, which may cost $40, will
return in the manure about SIS, and
that, too, after the farmer has used
those foods for producing meat, milk
and butter though the estimates de-
pend, of course, upon the market price
of plant foods. The reason is that
much of the food is composed of fat
and starch which create heat and fat
for the animals but fat and starch
come from the air, and not from the
soil, hence the real plant foods of the
materials purchased for use on tho
| farm are those portions which are add
ed to the manure. In fact at $40 per
ten for cotton seed meal it can be
land is) probably used on the land as
fertilizer, but in SO doing the farmer
Loses some portions which can be util-
lied by stock and which are of no
value as manure. BY feeding all foods
to stock they are simply passed
through the body of the animal and
rendered more acceptable 10 the plants
the animal being machine for reduc-
ing foods to a condition fit for vetega-
ton. 1t may be several seasons before
the whole of the materials are ex-
hausted from the soil, while every
year the land increases in fetility and
produces more than before,-Missouri-
ar, in Epitomist
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06
THE FIRST INDIAN WRITER
sequoyah Who Invented an Alpha
bet for His People, an Amer
lean Genius.

John Eliot, Of Rhode Island, pub
lished the first Indian Bible. Indians
had no printed language with letters
before the white man came, rude cary
ings and picture writing being sutii"
cient, says the Philadelphia Press.
Sequoyah, a Georgian Indian, half
breed, invented perfect alphabet of
over so letters for the native Cherokee
language, BY his own zeal inspired his
nation with love of written words.
Sequoyah hated the white people. The
reason was because his white father had
basely deserted his mother when Sc
quoyah was baby His mothers father
was a proud chief and there is no doubt
that his grandson inherited his proud
spirit
Sequoyah never learned to read or
write a letter of English. His anger
was greatly aroused when he saw any
one of his tribe reading book made by
the whites. Sequoyah declared he
would make q book for his own people.
He listened for sounds while his peo-
pie talked He became silent student,
and lost all his old war-like spirit. He
sat by his doorway and made marks on
birch bark with ink made from the
juices of berries, The people looked on
him with wonder and great pity, be-
cause he would no longer fight or hunt,
nor engage in any kind of sports.
At last SeQouyah called council. He
wrote on the bark and gave the writing
to his little daughter, who had been
taught secretly to read by the new al
phabet. She read it, and did as the writ
ing commanded, The test was tried
many times aau caused great excite
ment. The yoL1s zen forgot hunting
and war for letter writing, while the
missionaries adopted the letters and
| made a bible for their students. The
Cherokees became civilized in short
time. The first printing press sent to
an Indian tribe was sent in 1920 by the
United States government to the Chero-
KEGS. The type was cast in Cherokee
characters, the same that SeQouyah had
invented.
A marble bust Of this remarkable In
dian adorns the cQurcil house in Table
quah, capital Of Indian territory, where
the Cherokees were sent after gold was
found on their reservation in Georgia
The Indians knew the value of these
mines, but the white mans power was
stronger than theirs. The CherokeeS
had to leave their homes and wealth fol
strange rev lands.
Sequola, the botanical name of thu
big trees of California, is the only me-
mortal the white man has given to Sc
Quoyah, this truly American genius.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06
ROYAL CHINESE AUTHORIZES
Empress CT Ming Dynasty Who Wrote
for the Improvement
of Her Sex.

The empress conSort of the Emperor
Tung Lo, of the Mig dynasty in A. D.
laos, committed to paper her thoughts
on the behavior Of women, under tie
title Of instructions for the Inner
Apartments" i. e., for women. These
are arranged under 20 headings, says
the Nineteenth Century, with an add
tional chapter on the education CT girls
The empress lays much stress on gentle
ness, good temper, economy, kind treat.
ment of the young and of relatives, but
thinks that speech unrestrained Is the
real rock upon which most women split
IF your mouth is like closed door
your words will become proverbial; blt
il it is like running tap no heed vii
be raid to what you say"
In her additional chapter On educa
ton, which is really more or less dog
gerel poem of about $50 lines, our al
thoress will be considered very disap
pointing by some. So far from pleading
for higher education for Chinese women
she urges only that girls governes
should teach her pupil to practice fila
piety, virtue, propriety, department.
good manners and domestic duties as
preparation for her entry into married
life Then, if she has no children t
continue the ancestral line, she Is no
to show jealousy, but rather satisfaction
if her husband takes subordinate wife
Supposing that he dies before her, sh
will be left like earth without its heaven
and must transfer her dependence to he
sen and summon up her resolution t.
| face widowhood until death. Noun
Tai may crumble way or she may hav
| to walk over sharp-edged swords, bu
| this resolve must not pass from hel
Examples are given of heroines of al
ages who have died by hanging O
drowning themselves rather than vic
late their marriage vow:
Their bodies, indeed, suffered injur
In life, but their names will be fragran
for 10000 generations"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

The Paris municipal council has
unanimously called on the French leg
islature to make 1t penal offense to
cause employees of either sex to work
more than six days a week.
The Goldfelds Labor Council, of
West Australia has passed resoln-
ton in favor of six-hour working
day. and as labor ministry is in pow
er the idea is likely to be realized.
Glass houses may soon be made
stone-proof. Silesian glassmakers are
turning out glass bricks for all sorts
Of building purposes, and hope that
the proverb will soon have no signiH-
canoe.
Fifteen million punches of bananas
were brought to the United States last
year by one fruit company, which runs
SO steamers. They came chiefly from
Cuba, Costa RIGA, Jamaica and Hon.
duras
The American smelters Of the smell
ter town Of Murray, Utah, have organ
lied to ask the employers to discharge
all Greek and Austrian employees and
to employ only Americans in future,
because the foreigners are accused Of
many recent crimes.
The restriction that salmon may not
be taken from the waters of south
eastern Alaska until after July / of
each year has been removed, and, in
view Of that, 1t is expected that the
catch will be very much larger this
year than previously.
The Journal of Education says:
taking the country as a whole, one
child in five between the ages of and
Is is at work as a wage Garner. In
Alabama 1t Is oce In four, while In
Massachusetts 1t Is but one in 200!
Massachusetts leads all other states
Is far in the lead--in this particular,
Her record is 40 times as good as that
Of the United States as whole"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06

Poultrymen arrange to hold a coun-
ty or other show, and when the time
comes the attendance is often poor or
the interest is slack One cause of this
partial or total failure has repeated
ly been brought to our attention-lack
of due notice. Of course there is al
ways committee appointed to give
publicity. The committee leaves it to
enc man. That man allows valuable
time to pass before he begins tn move
things" A few vague notices appear in
the local press. The Incoming
facts are virtually lacking. People fail
to catch on. Those who attend COM
pose the home guard, "the crowd thai
was here last year"
1t takes genuine Chicken e1thusi-
asm" to bear up against these disars
pointing shows. But it is better to try
prevention rather than salve our dis
appointment. Arrange TO hold good
show and then give due notice in adj.
vance. Allow for time in which the
statements made may soak in. Repeat
these concise facts through the state
press, as we'll as in the local papers.
This educates the farmers, merchants
and all to the fact that I'VE" are to
have big poultry show. The show is
ours" not theirs" 1t is community
enterprise and its success assured
Farm and Ranch.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06
THE FIELD OF LETTERS.

NJ Hoepli, the well.known Milanese
publisher, has undertaken the impor-
tant work of reproducing all of the man
uscripts in the vatican library and in
the Ambrosiana of Milan.
Maarten Martens, the Dutch novelist
does not believe that London Is an ugly
place. ut Is" he once remarked, "toc
grand to be ugly am never weary OF
the majestic sp)endor of London"
Even while Kipling was a working
journalist in india he was engaged on
a novel which has not yet seen the light
although it has been often spoken Of
by himself and others and is mentioned
In his story, ITO Be Filed for Refer
ence," Eighteen years ago he described
It as "the novel which is always being
written and never gets no furrarder."
This "stickit" novel, this book which
refuses to be finished, this magnificent
torso of $50 foo!scap pages of closely.
written manuscript" as it has been
called, is entitled Mother Maturin."
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06
FARMER ANDPLANTER.
CURING AND KEEPING.
A Southern Farmer Gives His Plan,
Successfully Followed In Cur
ing His Meat.

notice an article on curing and
keeping meat, (hog meaD by Mr., II.
N. Galloway. Will say | think Mr.. G.
is correct to salt while animal heat Is
still in the meat. | will give my ex-
perience and way of handling meat for
keeping, and know by experience it is
success. We ate our last ham in
August, and it was as nice and sweet
as one of those old Tennessee cured
hams. The hogs were killed during
the cold spell in February. | kill a
hog, (they dress all the way from $50
to 800 pounds, and when dressed
THROW it on table and cut and trim
close, and then salt and pack down in
nice clean box and, then kill anoth-
er, dress, cut, trim and salt, and pack
as before, and so on until all are done
with. let meat remain in bulk until
late bedtime, say ten or eleven O'Clock,
and then unpack and lay out on table
in single layer and If weather is cold
let it remain SO next LAY and night,
and on following morning, when as a
rule, this near coast weather begins
to get warmer, / then repack and
cover completely with salt Il use about
two tablespoonful of salt peter to one
peck of salt, well mixed and well
rubbed i'm, and make small opening
in each ham joint and put In about a
teaspoonful of the miXture-salt and
salt peter-at the joint. let meat re-
main four to six weeks, and then take
up and have my wash pot full OF wa
| ter nearly boiling hot and dip each
piece for second or two which dis
solves all the salt, and then wipe off
with cloth. Then / take pulverized
borax or powdered borax, and rub on
the flesh side, using large cloth, so
as to save all borax that would other
wise be lost. then hang up and smoke
and in two or three days the meat will
be beautiful brown and not fly or
insect will bother it. then take down
after hanging for ten days or two
weeks and pack in nice, bright, clean
hay, and it is done, and you can rest
assured that when you want some Of
as nice bacon or ham as you ever
stuck tooth in, you have got it, and
you know that you are not eating
dead hogs! "-wel, mean hogs that
were not killed.
p. ST. will state that generally we
have three or four days cold and then
it will turn off warm with rain, and
such weather is, as anyone knows,
hard on meat; yet ours keeps perfect
ly, my wife says, and she knows, as
she did it. Smoke the meat for two
weeks at least, but not every day, and
after third or fourth day, only in fore
noon, and let it hang TIL middle or to-
ward the last of March. Use powdered
borax and you will never have skip
pers. The night of the great storm our
store room was blown 10 atoms and
scattered all over the place and our
bacon got good washing, but it was
good still. 1t is all bosh about you
can't keep meat in Texas. Try 1t and
sce.-Jno. S. Bartlett, in Texas Farm
and Ranch.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06
Feeding Mixed Foods.

The advantage of mixing foods for
poultry in confinement depends good
deal upon how it is done. An excellent
method is to take some suitable meas
ure and use four quarts Of bran to one
each of corn meal, middlings, oats and
ground meat. No more, Of course,
should be fed at any time than the
fowls will eat up clean and, just as
their condition seems to require, the
meat should be mole or less reduced
and the grains, excepting the corn, in
creased, 1t is preferable, too, that 1t
be presented to them dry. 1t is not
natural for poultry to eat foods SO
sticky that they are like paste. Add
ing little salt and red pepper to the
mixture occasionally is beneficial, as is
likewise some fresh cut bone or an
equal weight of cut clover; one or the
other of the last two, in fact, should
be fed regularly once day and also
oyster shells for grit. The best results
are obtained by feeding this mixture
alternately with whole grains every
other morning.-Cor. Epitomist.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06
Shouting Their Praises.

Kirkland, H., Jan. 2nd.-(Special)-
Cured of the terrible Rheumatic pains
that made him cripple for years, Mr..
Richard r. Greenhon, an old and respect.
ed resident of this place, is shouting the
praises of the remedy that cured him,
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
II had the rheumatism in my left limb
sc that l could not walk over ten to fiji.
teen rods at time, and that by the use
of two canes" Mr.. Greenhon says. 81
would have to sit or lie down on the
ground when i was ont trying to walk,
and the sweat would run down my face,
with so much pain. ] could not sleep at
night for about five or six weeks
~ tried different doctors medicines, but
they were all no good. Then l sent for
Dodds Kidney Pills and almost from the
first they brought relief. BY the time
: had taken fourteen boxes of them my
rheumatism was all gone and / can truly
say l feel better than | have in the last
twenty-five years."
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06

'-sS-s-S-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s- ss-s-s-s-sse-s-S-
lnevery country of the civilized world
Sisters of Charity are known. Not only
do they minister to the spiritual and
intellectual needs of the charges COM
mitted to their care, but they also
minister to their bodily needs.
With SO many children to take care OF
and to protect from climate and disease,
these wise and prudent Sisters have
found Peruna a never falling safeguard.
DR.. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend recently
received from a Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich, reads as follows:
DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir: 1.-THE young girl who used
the Peruna was suffe ring from Iaryngi-
its and loss of voice. The result of
the treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief, and after
further use OF the medicine we hope
10 be able TO say she Is entirely cured. F"
Sisters of Charity.
The young girl was under the care Of
the Sisters Of Charity and used Pcruna
for catarrh of the throat with good re-
suits as the above letter testifies.
Send to The Peruna Medicine Co.,
Columbus, Ohio, for free book written
by DR.. Hartman.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06
TALES OF THE TITLED.

The Duchess Cecile, of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin, whom the crown prince Of
Germany is to marry, has been brought
up in many respects after the fashion Of
the German housewife. She is prof.
cient in all domestic duties, ard said to
be a first-class cook.
The little prince of Piedmont, unlike
his sisters, Princesses Yolanda and Ma
falda, is being nursed by his mother.
Queen Helene reluctantly gave the other
children up to the nurse, but when the
long-hoped-for heir to the throne ar
rived she absolutely refused to let any
other than herself give him nourish-
ment.
King Leopold, of Belgium, has APP
pointed Henry Gabriels bishop of the
Catholic diocese of Ogdensburg, an off,
Ger Of the Royal Order of Leopolds,
which was founded by the first king OF
Belgium. This honor recognizes the
labors of Bishop Gabriels in his writ
ings on various subjects published in
Belgium and the services frequently ex-
tended by him to emigrants from Bel
GUM to this country.
Lord Charles Beresford, the comman-
der in-chief of the Channel fleet, is as
popular in political circles as he is In
the navy In the house OF commons his
speeches were always invariably good
humored, and marked with sound COM
mon sense. On one occasion Lord
Charles created roar of laughter by
explaining how he would deal with cap
tured slave traders. I'd give these men
fair trial, Mr. Speaker" said he, and
then I'd hang them!"
When she was Consuelo Vanderbilt
the duchess of Marlborough had a sweet
voice--not remarkable for its timbre,
but pleasing-and she used to shock her
musical instructors little by display
Ing decided liking for the quaint
melodies of the old plantation darkies
Now, even as a stately and dignified
duchess, she loves to sing these old bal
lads and the more modern coon" songs
for the entertainment Of her friends
and she has made the melodies so popu.
lar they have become all The rage in the
families Of the nobility. The duchess
of Westminster has taken them up, ant
so has Princess Henry, of Pless.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06
HERE AND THERE.

while cleanliness is not an abso-
luto preventive of disease among
swine, it is recognized as a necessary
preaaution, and it serves in the major
ity of cases to minimize disease.
If the farmer can induce his hens
to lay during the winter, he will ma
terribly add to his income; but the "if"
seems to be as far as many go. Often
proper attention is not given to feed
ing. and this causes failure.
The average farmer who expects
success must be stock grower and
understand the methods of breeding,
growing and finishing stock, as we'll as
producing the grain, grass and forage
with which TO finish them.
The aim in feeding poultry in the
winter is to give variety and come as
near to meeting summer conditions
as possible Therefore, providing of
green food of some sort for winter
feed should not be overlooked.
Unfortunately we have as yet dis
covered no royal road to success in
weed-killing. Work and tillage is
what we must look to for getting rid
of weed pests. Lime will not kill them,
neither will salt applied in doses that
will not injure crops also.
The present methods of feeding
hogs with good, wholesome grain and
clean pasturage certainly produces as
healthy character of meat as any
animal can produce since that which
is eaten governs the resulting produc-
ton
--To-day's prosperous farmer is not
he who only raises grain to the full
capacity of his land during any sea-
son, but is the farmer who turns his
grain into meats of various kinds, &C.
oorindg to his tastes and the wants Of
the market.
True grasses furnish the bulk of
the hay crop and the greater part OF
the pastures; the cultivation of clovers
COW peas and other leguminous plants
is an essential part of all successful
farming, as they have a marked eff
feet in fertilizing and preparing the
soil for future crops.
Good keeping of milk is to a sTea'
extent promoted by the care of the
milk things" and the condition of the
room in which it is placed. Take thi:
as settled. that a healthy COW gives
pure milk. and its troubles afterwards
ars due 10 what is allowed to fall jutc
IL or 70 be absorbed
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06
HABITS CHAIN.
Certain Habits Unconsciously Formed
and Hard to Break.

An ingenious philosopher estimates
that the amount of will power neces-
Bary to break lifelong habit would,
II it could be transformed, lift q
weight of many tons.
1t sometimes requires a higher de-
gree of heroism 10 break the chains Of
a pernicious habit than to lead a for
lorn hope in bloody battle. A lady
writes from an Indiana town:
'From my earliest childhood | was
a lover of coffee. Before | was out
of my teens | was a miserable dys-
peptic, suffering terribly at times with
my stomach.
Il was convinced that it was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet
/ could not deny myself cup for
breakfast. At the age of SO was In
very poor health, indeed. My Sister
told me was in danger Of becoming
q coffee drunkard.
But | never could give up drinking
coffee for breakfast although 1t KEEP
me constantly i'll, until l tried Postum
/ learned to make 1t properly accord
ing TO directions, and now We car
hardly do without Postum for break
fast, and care nothing at all for coffee
81 am no longer troubled with dys
pspsia, do not have spells of suffering
with my stomach that used to trouble
ne so when l drank coffee" Nam
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek
Mich.
Look IN each psg, Tor the famous lit
"a b56h The Reed 70 WsilSIle"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-01-06

And His Self Importance Blinded
Him to the Possibility of
Mistake.

A lively.looking porter stood on the
rear platform Of a sleeping car in the
Pennsylvania station, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, when fussy and chQlerio
old man clambered up the steps. He
stopped at the door, pulled for moment
and then turned to the young man In
uniform.
Porter" he said, I'm going to St.
Louis, to the far. l want to be we'll
taken care of. pay for it. DO you UNI
derstandT
yes, sir, but"
"Never mind any butts You listen
to what say. Keep the train boys away
from me. Dust me off whenever want
you to. Give Inc an extra blanket, and
ii there is anyone in the berth over me,
slide him into another, want you to-"
But, say, boss, /"
"Young man, when I'm giving instruc-
tions / prefer to do the talking myself.
You do as | say. Here is two.dollar
bill. l want to get the good Of 1t. Not a
word, SIR"
The train was starting. The porter
pocketed the bill with a grin and swung
himself to the ground.
"Al right, boss" he shouted. "You
can do the talking if you want 20. I'm
powerful sorry you wouldn't let me tell
you-but amt going out on that train. "