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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
WHITE LOCO WEED.


department; the first, lasting several
months, is a period of hallucination
with defective eyesight, during which
the animal may cut all sorts of capers.
Once acquiring taste for the loco
plant the stock refuse every other kind
of food until the second stage Is ush-
cred In. This second stage Is a linger-
ing period of emaciation characterized
by sunken eye-balls, lusterless hair and
feeble movements. The animal dies,
as il from starvation, in periods rang
ing from q few months to one or two
years.
Various States have attempted to
adopt measures for the eradication Of
the loco weed, but so far these at
tempts have not met with much sue
cess. Colorado, a number OF years
ago, offered reward Of so much per
ton for quantities of the loco weed
brought in for determination The
Mexican greasers, with great thrift,
started in to farm and raise loco
weeds. One of the prime reasons for
failure to eradicate this weed ty State
action has been the inability to prop
erly identify the loco plant In some
States it has been one weed which
has caused the poison, and in others
an entirely different species has re-
suited in live stock destruction.
Experiments in Poisoning.
However, the Department Of Agricul-
ture is now making experiments with
various poisonous plants Of the West,
injecting the subtle poisons into sheep,
cattle and guinea pigs, and studying
every symptom, until it is hoped that
some measures may be adopted by
stockmen to prevent loss through eat
ing of the loco.
But 1t Is not only the West that is
complaining to the Department OF Agri
culture on account of the presence OF
poisonous plants, for there is no sec
ton of the country which does not
abound with some form Of plant life
which Is either Of an irritant or poison
GUS character. New Jersey recently
reported few cases where children
were poisoned by water hemlock. Ore
gon loses cattle every year through one
species of cicuta. Familiar to us al
is the action of poison ivy. While 1t IL
irritable to human beings, it has NJ
apparent effect upon animals, horses
mules and goats eating its leaves with
impunity. A number Of people are i'm
mune to its action, but some lose theil
resistant power in middle life; Others
have been known to attain immunit!
only through considerable exposure t
the poison ivy
Deadly Mushrooms.
The meadows and pastures Of man.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
IF YOU WANT A JACK
PENSIONS.

Over one Million Dollars
allowed Our clients during the last
six years.
Over one Thou . a n d
claims allowed through us DUR
ing the last six months. Dis
ability, Age and In.
Gre a 8 e pensions obtained
in the shortest possible tim e. (
Widows claims a specially,
Usually granted within 90
days if placed with us immedi-
ately on soldiers death. Fees
fixed b. law and payable out of
allowed pension. A successful
experience of rs years and benefit
Of daily calls at Pension Bureau
are at your service. Highest ref
erences furnished. Local Magis-
-trates pecu n la rily
benefited by sending US
claims.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
Secretary Bonaparte, Farmer.

About Is miles from Baltimore Is
the farm of Secretary Charles j. Bona
parte of the Navy. Before he became
the head Of the Navy Department, Sec
rotary Bonaparte used to spend six
months of the year on his farm. He
arose daily at $50 and always took a
look over the place before breakfast.
After breakfast he would drive into
the city, arriving usually about the
time people were getting out of bed.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
THE UNITED STATE
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

Farmers from time to time send in
complaints to the Department of Agri-
culture that not only their stock, but
sven farm hands, have been sickened
and killed through the presence
1 of some poisonous plant on their farms.
Do frequently have these complaints
| arrived at the department that Off
eials of the Bureau of Plant Industry,
under the direction of Mr.. Frederick v.
Coyille, the chief botanist, are now
making extensive experiments to as
certain the exact elements causing this
damage.
In order to aid farmers in the detec-
tion Of the most common plants found
on their farms, the department has is
sued a farmers bulletin, No. SO, en-
titled Thirty Poisonous Plants of the
United States" This gives in detail
full descriptions of the plants, the
symptoms of the poisoning, and in
many cases antidotes for the relief of
men or animals taking in the poison.
It would be well for all agriculturists
to keep copy of this pamphlet among
their ready reference books. The Off
Gals of the Bureau of Plant Industry
are only too glad to furnish this most
valuable farmers bulletin to all who
may apply.
Destructive to Live Stock.
Probably the most destructive pois-
,onous weed in the United States Is the
loco: the damage is so extensive that
during the period between 1881 and
1885 the State of Colorado paid out
over 100000 in an endeavor to exter-
inmate the weed.
The foliage of the loco weed is not
the agent which imparts the poison to
live stock grazing upon land impreg:
mated with it. 1t is the roots and stalk
which contain the poison. Animals
under the influence of the stimulant go
through antics as though they were in
toxicated, their eyes become CLASSY,
they sprawl around in maudlin fashion
until, with sheer exhaustion, they fall
to the ground in a stupor. The effect
of the poison is not acute, but in its
slow progress Stimulates diseases
caused by bacteria, worms or other
parasites. The stages of locoed ami
NAL are recognized by officials Of the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
Came as q Shock,

Flossie-"Mamma, were you at home
when was born?"
Mamma-"No, dear, was at grand
mas, in the country"
Flossie-"Wasn't you awfully sur.
prised when you heard about it?
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12

"My ancestors came over in the
Mayflower," boosted Blueblood, "but
1t isn't generally known"
"That's all right old man." said his
friend. I'll never tell. You can't help
what your ancestors didp'
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
To Shorten MouIting.

The various state experiment sta
tons have been deVoting considerable
time and attention to one feature of
poultry raising, which has been a
stumbling block in the way of obtain
ing the greatest amount Of profit out
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12

Secretary of the Navy.
Secretary Bonaparte has never ex-
pected to make a fortune out of his
farm, but simply supports it as a
means Of recreation.
Smile, a sign of happiness; miss, the
cause Of much happiness. Hence the
expression, miss is as good as smile.
The temperature in the Sahara Des-
ert often rises to $50 degrees in the
daytime and sinks below freezing
point at night.
"a little learning is a dangerous
thing.
Drink deep, or taste not of the Pieriar
Spring."-Bacon.
"And he that does one fault at frs
And lies to hide, makes two"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
The NesU Lettuce
Grows Very Rank.

large early and fine headse another
crop was raised, and it is from these
that seed will be furnished to the
greenhousemen Of the great cities. 1t
is believed that through this work
will be saved from ruin the winter
lettuce industry, which for the last
three years has been threatened with
extinction.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12

Why Is ragged boy like minister
near the end of his sermon? He's
tore'd his close.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12

homesteads TEEN with mushroom
growths, some of them edible and 9TH
ers deadly poison. Among the latter
class the farmer has to contend with
two species, the fly amanita, or, as
some call 1t, the fly killer. and the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12

Eight Weeks Growth
From Seed of Ne1v
Hybrid and Stand.
ard Variety.
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19

fact, that It is only IN certain places
that one team can pass another with
ont considerable manoeuvering. II all
the labor expended upon an American
country road were TO be concentrated
uponf a narrow track only wide
enough for a farmers wagon, great
Improvement in results would be
noted. for ii Is Of course much cheaper
to Law the foundations, build up the
body. and surface a road fourteen
feet wide than to put into shape 9
highway which, at Its narrowest point
the ambitious Americans have extend
ed TO forty feet. This, in Itself, Is
point which II intelligently adopted
would In many places solve the cues
Ton Of a practicable roadway upon
which II all kinds Of weather and az
all times OF the year single team Of
horses could haul profitable load 70
market
The English farmer uses cart up
on which n single horse draws any
where from one to two tons OF dead
weight. The tires Of the wheels are
from four to eight inches In breadth,
thereby cutting no Tuts and each pass
ing vehicle adds to the solIdity and
Of the road in that Its
wheels serve as effective rollers.
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19

ney. Westward the dust of KrakatOa
took it's way. Before the occurrence
Of that eruption no one had the slight
est suspicion that far up aloft, twenty
miles over our heads, a mighty tempest
is necessarily hurrying with a speed
much greater than that of the awful
hurricane which once laid so large a
part of Calcutta on the ground and
slew so many of its inhabitants. For
tunately for humanity, this new
"trade-Wind' does not come within
less than twenty miles of the earth's
surface. We are thus preserved from
the fearful destruction that its unin-
termittent blasts would produce
blasts against which no tree could
stand and which would, in ten min
utes, do as much damage to a city as
would the most violent earthquake.
When this great wind had become
charged with the dust of KrakatOa,
then. for the first and, | may add, for
the only time, it stood revealed to hu-
man vision. Then it was seen that
this wind circled round the earth in
the vicinity of the equator and COM
pleted its circuit in about thirteen
days.
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19

Because of the comparative isolation
OF Hawaii, its large foreign population
and the amount of silver in circula-
ton, it seems that the coming in.
dustry has been active there. Chief
Wilkie of the Secret Service has an
nounced that arrangements have been
made for the establishment of branch
of the service at Honolulu, where in
dications have pointed to the develop
ment of coming enterprises and it is
hoped that the contemplated measures
Of suppression may be effective"
Another reason why the past year
has been difficult one with criminals
is that there has been an increase Of
cooperation between the police depart
menC of the various cities, and gen
eral improvement in criminal identi-
fication and police work. AS Richard
Sylvester, major and superintendent OF
the police department OF Washington,
D. c., and president Of the Interna-
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19

tional Association of Police Chiefs re-
Gently said: "If the police forces of the
country today adhered to the methods
and practices of ten years ago they
would not be prepared to contend with
the criminal and disorderly classes.
It should not be forgotten that in this
period those agents OF the people VINO
are chosen to combat crime must more
than ever before have higher intelll-
gence. more accurate training, greater
courage. both moral and physical, IN
order to cope with educated, clever,
unsuspected professionals who have
succeeded the goldbrick man OF days
gone by. In time the bank burglar
with his can of powder and drill has
given way to the yeggman who uses
nitro-glycerine; the faker who delight
ed the citizens with cheap gold rings
has given place to the gentleman
who sells cheap gold mines and three
card monte has gone over the divide
and "bucket-shops" and "sure-things"
prevail. The charms Of rapid life have
produced embezzlers, check-raisers and
forgers"
It is a fact worth noting that the
King of Counterfeiters is at large, but
Is under surveillance of secret service
men. This old and skillful operator
is VIM. E. Brockway, and he lives IN
N. Y. He has done penance for his
offences against the statutes Of the
United States, but though now old, yet
so great is he as maker Of counterfeit
money that the secret service men
never lose sight of him. BrockWay can
uoLo money which anv banker in the
country would accept as genuine.
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19
ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA.
Continued from preceding page.

(COnIlnueu from preceding page.
hausted. The waves were then, strange
to say, reflected back from their point
of cOnvSrgence to retrace their steps
to Krakatoa. Starting from Central
America, they again described a series
Of enlarging circles, until they en-
braced the whole earth. Then, ad-
vancing into the opposite hemisphere,
they gradually contracted until they
had regained the Straits Of Sunda,
from which they had set forth about
thirty-siX hours previously. Here was,
indeed, a unique experience. The air
waves had twice gone from end to end
Of the globe. Even then the atmos-
phere did not subside until, after some
more oscillations of gradually fading
intensity, at last they became eVanes-
cent.
But, besides these phenomenal un-
dulations, this mighty incident at
Krakatoa has taught us other lessons
on the constitution of our atmosphere.
We previously knew little, or | might
almost say nothing, as to the cOndi-
tions prevailing above the height Of
ten miles overhead We were almost
altogether ignorant of what the wind
might be at an altitude of, say, twenty
miles. Krakatoa drove into those
winds prodigiOus quantities of dust.
hundreds of cubic miles of air were
thus deprived of that inVisibility
which they had hitherto maintained.
With eyes full of astOnishment, men
watched those vast volumes of Kraka-
toa dust start on tremendous jour
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19
ENGLISH COUNTRY ROAD BRIDGE, CROSSING RAILROAD TRACK

the sward. The American hailed him
and with the usual freedom and in
Quisitiyeness Of his nationality asked
many questions as TO the conduct or
affairs in such an establishment az
the gardener was connected with.
Tell me" he said to the gardener,
show do you make Il lawn like this.
l have q place In America and l am
trying to make q lawn around the
house, but it doesn't seem to do wei"
The old gardener scratched his head
and, looking doubtfully at the Ameri-
can, he said: "You must have good
ESIbsoil, and a good surface SOIL anG
the sod must be well laid. Then You
must roll 1t, and cut it and water It,
and keep on doing this until It's
right"
A CENTURY TO MAKE a LAWN.
The American agreed with him
that the process was simple, and then
asked, "How long will / have 10 DO
this before the lawn is like that oneT'
The old gardener again spoke doubt
fully, but finally gave It as his opinion
that If his directions were followed
for anywhere from fifty to a hundred
years the results would be all that
could be desired.
This same idea might also apply 70
the roads and bridges throughout Eng
land, for much OF their excellence IL
due to the fact that their foundatlona
were laid scores OF years ago and
generation after generation Of work
ers has been tinberirg at them ever
since. In fact, the roads built by the
Romans now serve as the foundations
for some OF the best known English
highways, and to the south Of Lon
don, east and west through the beautl-
ful county Of Surrey there IS q road
now greatly patTonized by the owners
or motor cars which IN its beginning
was the highway beaten hard By the
sandaled feet Of the early Britons as
they toiled to the east coast from
Wales with their back breaking bur
dens OF tin. This same road was af'
terwards improved in its texture and
grades because Of its being the high
way for the pilgrims Of western Eng
land en- route to Canterbury. It Ii
still shaded In places by the yew trees
planted perhaps p thousand years agt
to furnish bows the sturdy British
archers
ENGLISH ROADS VERY NARROW
In the first place TIE English road
is generally narrow, so narrow, Il
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19
BAD FOR COUNTRRPRITERS.
Secret Service is Hard Pushing
this Dangerous Glass of
Criminals.
Detectives Kept on Alert to Cope With
Clever and Brainy Schemes for
Passing Illegal Money-The King
of Counterfeiters.

This has been bad year for crimi-
mails. This statement is based on data
brought out at the convention OF the
Police Chiefs Association Of New 1ori.
State, an address delivered by the
president Of the international Associa-
ton of Police Chiefs and by
the operations of the var ious police
bureaus Of the United States govern
ment. The secret service division or
the Treasury alone caused the arrest OF
532 persons charged with serious
crimes. Of those taken into custody
forty-one were arrested for counter
feiting the currency, fifty-two for max
ing alterations in the currency, 344 for
ccunterfeiting coin and the remainder
for various violations Of the United
States statutes. Of the 532 alleged Of
tenders, 292 were native Americans.
forty-two were italians (some of whom
were naturalized) and thirteen were
Austrians. The largest number OF ar
rests were made in Pennsylvania where
those apprehended numbered ninety
four. New York followed with seventy
seven arrests, Ohio with thirty-fve,
California with twenty-nine, Missouri
instances every state and territory with
the exception of Alaska was represent
d
as compared with last year there
WIS a decrease in the amount OF count
erfeit currency seized by government
officers and al increase in the amount
II counterfeit coin confscated. The
total face value Of the notes seized was
S9f, ,S34, against $44,350 the preceding
year, and of the spurious coin, $24,l10
as against $16,419 the year before. The
number Of plates for printing counter
felt bills captured by the government
was 165 and the number of dies and
molds for casting and stamping count
erfeit coins was asa. Nearly all this
stuff was seized by the Government
before it had been placed in circula-
ton. Nine classes of counterfeit notes
were placed in circulation and Of these,
in the opinion of the Treasury Of
ficers only four were cleverly enough
executed to be called dangerous.
RAISING SMALL BILLS.
The feature Of the work of makers
Of false money this year was in raising
the denomination of bills. There was
rather a remarkable increase in this
Illicit industry and the raisers were
particularly busy in circulating these
altered obligations in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and other states of the middle
west. 1t is believed by the officers Of
the secret service that the$leading Of
tenders in this division TofScriminal
work were captured, though there is no
doubt that many altered bills are still
passing from hand to hand in the chan
nels of trade. Counterfeiters in the
United States do not restrict their
operations to the manufacture Of Amer
lean money, and one of the skillful
pieces of work done by the secret ser
vice men was the apprehension of
three groups Of counterfeiters who
were issuing fraudulent obligations Of
the Austro-Hungarian government
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19

In some violin experiments in a
menagerie the influence of the instru-
ment was greatest on the puma, which
became much excited when lively
music was played, but was soOthed by
slower melodies. Wolves showed an
appreciative interest, lions and hyenas
were terrified, Ieopards were uncon-
cerned, while monkeys stared in won
der at the performer.
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19

It IS not due to any peculiar advan-
tage OF soil, and certainly not TO any
advantages of climate that English
roads are better than American roads,
for If one leaves the highway in the
English country, the lanes will be
found, by q travelling American, to
have q most homelike appearance in
their rutted condition, and q very
great contrast In the matter OF holes
bogs and boulders to the highway LETT
behind. No climate could be more
threatening to the solidity OF g road
yay than the moist and changeable
weather Of the British Isles
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19

There is an old story which will
bear telling again as 1t illustrates 20
well the disadvantages to be over
come in a new country. It is OF an
American travelling in England who,
when out walking one day stopped in
front Of an old English mansion to ad-
mire it and its surroundings. What
particularly impressed him was the
magnificent sweep of velvet lawn
which extended without q flaw or
blemish from the hedge along the
roadway mp to tile very steps OF the
house. An old gardener was at work
on the place anu at that particular
time was pushing 4 lawn mower across
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19
ENGLISH LANDSCAPE.
Their Roads and Bridges are Sub
sfantiaI, Enduring and
Picturesque.

In Comparison With American Rural
Improvements They Convey The
Idea That We Think But Little Of
Posterity.
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19
STURDY APPEARANCE OF THE
BRIDGES.

IN the matter Of bridges. soIidity
seerns to be the purpose in view. The
arches and retaining walls are built
Of stone, approaches are gradual, and
when once the finishing touch Is put
upon one OF these structures, 1t will
with little supervision and care out
last even to many generations the men
whose handiwork it IS. The solid ma
eonry arch. the heavy stoHe-capped
wall, and the gradual rise Of the road
way to the centre Of the bridge are
entirely utilitarian in the minds OF
the builders, but they possess a GER
tain sturdy character Of their own
which Is a form of beauty welcomed
by the eye. Time softens the col0rs,
ivy creeps over the stones and in a
short space, even II newly built, one
OF these English country road bridges
takes q permanent place in the land
scape giving the impression Of always
having been there and Of intending
always TO remain.
The sea coast echo., 1906-05-19
THEIR VALUE TO THE TEAMS
TER,

Aside from the beauty, strength ana
durability Of these macadam roadS
and stone bridges. they possess an
economic value which plays a large
part in the conduct OF an English
farm where the margins Of profit are
small, and there IS no reason TO be-
ueve but that the American farmer,
especially In regions where the cuti-
vation OF tie land IS more or less IN.
tensive, we would find similar roads
and bridges Of enormous value
through an appreciable Increase In
his ability to reach his market IN the
shortest time at the minimum eE-
pense and with the least motive power.
The Newark journal., 1906-02-09
BRAIN LEAKS.
(From Bryan's Commoner;

(From Bryans Comm0ner:)
 Worry is an ever ready sexton.
 Pleasure is doubled by division.
 FIattery is a fattening food for fools.
 Will & Must hold mortgage on success.
 The world likes winner, but loves a good loser.
 A bird on the hat sings no songs of welcome to spring,
 Some people who pose as cynics are only cheap mimics.
 Matrimony and parsimony are not conducive to harmony.
 Cheerupathy is school of medi- cine that does not issue diplomas.
 Only the foolish give themselves cause for regretting twice thesame action.
 Charity begins at home, but if 1t is the real brand 1t soon outgrows its native place.
 There are thousands of children yearning for the caresses wasted on worthless dogs.
 There is something wrong about the father who is not hero in the eyes of his little ones.
 When a man tells you that he would like to have his faults point ed out to him, do not do it if you value his friendship.
 When all of the pretty little home ornaments go into the daughters room the son is very apt to look for his pleasant things down town.
 Has any one ever been able to explain why a schoolboy k always most interested in his lesson just when it is time to do the evening chOresI