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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
FOR EVERY FAMILY
MEDICINE CHEST

To the head Of every family tho
health Of ifs different members is
most important, and the value Of an
agreeable laxative that is certain In
its effect Is appreciated. one Of the
most popular remedies In the family
medicine chest Is combination OF
simple laxative herbs with pepsin that
Is known to druggists and physicians
as DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin. This
preparation is mild and gentle It's
action on the bowels, yet positi1e in
It's effect. A dose Of Syrup Pepsin al
night means relief next morning,
while IT'S tonic properties tone up and
strengthen the muscles Of stomach
liver and bowels so that these organs
are able In a short time TO again per
form their natural functions without
help.
Druggists everywhere sell DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin IN soc and $l.OO
bottles. II you have never tried this
simple, inexpensive, yet effective
remedy write to Dr. w. b. Caldwell,
POI Washington St., Monticello, Ill,
and ask for a sample bottle. Dr. Cald-
we'll will be glad to send II without
any expense to you whatever. 90
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

Italy has the distinction, enviable or
otherwise, OF being the first power to
engage practically in aerial warfare.
1t was made known some time ago
that she was sending a number of ex-
perts and daring avlators to Tripoli,
equipped with aeroplanes and bal
looms OF the most approved pattern,
and It was intimated that in addition to
scouting and observation work these
would be employed In fighting Now
we arc told that italian dirigible bal
looms have been cruising over the
lines and camps of the Turkish forces
which are beleaguring the Italians,
and dropping bombs upon them, says
the New York Tribune The effect OF
the aerial bombardment is not re-
ported, but we may imagine 1t to
have been damaging and demoraliz
ing to those who formed its target
particularly as it is not known that
the Turks have any guns suitable fol-
returning the fire from above.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

ing n2 CLUB at the Loo, near Apeldoorn, which Mr..
Sewconqe, assisted by the Duke of Leeds and Mr.
stuart Wortley, had formed in the wear 1890
majority. ''O
one detail in Stradanus drawing deserves spe-
cial notice, !. e., the turned-up heads of the two
herons at which hawks are about To sion, It
SHOWS that the artist fully believed the legend,
sanctioned even by such late writer's as Walter
Scott that the heron when hard pressed and
stopped at by the hawk will point his beak I'D
wards and thus receive the descending enemy
upon its point, thereby inficting serious injury,
II not killing him outright According to modern
experts this pretty story has no foundation in
TACT 1t seems extraordinary that for centuries
artists went on painting incidents which they
never could have seen scores, if not hundreds of
pictures of what was once favorite and aristo-
cratic sport depicting this very occurrence.
Stradanus' prediction for portly men and
women, as we'll for steeds of the cart-horse
type, and for unwieldy fat spaniels and hounds
betray his Dutch origin, and perhaps also a bust
nesslke desire to please his principal public in
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

Chinese Family Fishing Party.
of them have earrings in their ears,
circles of gold from which queer green
stones hang pendant. Yonder you re.
mark an old man, washing dishes, out
on the tumbly veranda to his house.
Then, too, you note how several OF
the homes have on their exterior, just
next the door, little shelf, with some
old tin cans In these they burn the
joss sticks, even as you pass fat old
woman is fixing such. 1t is the heart
of Cathay here and she pays no heed
to you.
Cross the rocks of the beach as you
come to this now. Their skiffs are
drawn up. Those punts are square
set at each end. From the middle a
low mast rises up, across which then
there is an iron bar at an angle. From
the upper end of that there hangs
what appears to be an iron net. AS
matter of fact this device is ar.
ranged for holding pieces of wood
which are light, to attract the fish at
night.
You pause, just a moment, to drink
in the typical Chinese life here, to
survey houses, boats and all.
The fishermen, you learn, are wont
to go out as early as two in the morn.
ing for the fish, and return perhaps
at two in the afternoon. Usually two
men go out to boat and these take
no lunch along. For the work they
employ either hook and line, or net,
and the fishing ground will lie some
GO fathoms from shore.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
ODD CHINA SCENE
Celestial Fishermen and Their
Crude Homes.
Most Of the Houses Are One Room
shantlss Built Without Windows
Men start for Fishing
Grounds at2A.M.

Canton. China,-Did you ever visit
q Chinese fishing village? Next to
rice, you know. the Chlnaman delights
In ilsh. and so, on the big rivers run.
ming into the interior, these villages
abound. You find these Celestials
friendly, even TO the stranger DO not
interfere with them and they'll not
bother you, Is a safe motto You will
find the fisherman standing In the
doorway Of their one.room shanties.
curious-looking structures these, abso-
lutely without visible window Houses
OF the sort are all about, all OF them
implanted. but black for the weather
ing Of the frame. Some few will have
second room TO them-but this also
without window except in the very top
Of the roof The door is extremely
narrow and as II stands open, permits
a peep inside. Some of these houses
have aspired to cheap wall paper, Al
most all have a low cot or bunk, with
blankets unfolded, against one wall
and a few chairs stand about Gen
eral disorder characterizes the int
rior
Soft-pedaled men go about, in loose
black trousers, Of seersucker, anC
sometimes coats of the same goods
but light blue, They wear a rathe
ministerial-looking vest, and the hal
is set into a queue, which is Otter
curled about the head.
Women, too, hobble by, barefooted
but the sole Of the foot resting upol
clogs. Among these very poores
women one doesn't find the tiny foo
one so often reads about. Some fey
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

such as the blackbirds and several va
rieties Of hawks, depend on insects
for large part of their food. The
meadow lark has large appetite for
insects and in the course of a season
rids the meadows and pastures Of
countless pests that are injurious to
crops. Even the much-abused crow
had fondness for cutworms that al
most equals his liking for corn.
As seen eaters some birds are most
tireless. To this group belong the
large number of sparrows. Many
other birds eat seeds: IN fact. most
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
MARRIAGE RESTRICTIONS.

In all the talk OF restricting mar.
Fiages TO persons OF unsound bodily
and mental health. there has hereto
fore been no serious suggestion OF
making the persons who perform the
ceremony or issue the license tho
Judges OF whether or not the candi
date fo- marriage come up TO re-
quiremCnts. II remains for a mem.
Der OF the Ontario legislature 10 put
his ideas along that line into the form
OF legislative bill. He proposes that
no minister or other person author
lied to perform the marriage cere-
mony shall do 30 in case he suspects
that one OF the applicants is insane
or intoxicated, and no official charged
with the duty of issuing marriage II.
eenses shall do 80 In such cases, says
the Buffalo Express. II they do, they
will be liable 10 a fine OF $500 for
each orense, and may possibly 80 to
jail for a year. The question arises
at once, what clerk will issue II
eense or what minister win marry q
couple in these circumstances? Also
why should these laymen be required
TO Judge Of a persons bodily or men
tai condition? Why should not thai
be left to experts in the FIRST place.
A way out OF the Lituation is provid
ed, however. for II the licenser hal
any doubts as to the eligibility OF tn,
applicants he may require a physi
clans certificate.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

A woman in New York captured a
six-foot burglar and marched him five
blocks to a police station at the point
of harmless toy pistol Another in
a New Hampshire town, on being de-
MED damages to her property by the
officials action, placed attachments
on the city hall, and tied up the entire
municipal machinery for two hours,
when the town surrendered. Still an
other in Chicago caused her husband
to desert her by following him to his
business office to caress him. The
limelight has certainly acquired the
feminine habit.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
STANLEYS EXPLOITS

No explorer before or since has approached the
harvest that Henry M. Stanley reaped (says a
writer in the New York SUM, and no man of let
ters, soldiers, or scholar has had such a single
lecture tour as Stanley's greatest In something
like ten big cities he received $4,000 for his first
appearance For the first night in another group
Of cities he received $1,000 and in still another
group $780, Travelling in a special car upon
which he lived in most places, and accompanied
by four or FIVE guests he ended the tour with 1884,
900 clear of all expenses. For that first night in
New York charity paid Stanley's agent 5000
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

beaF-Huntln9-by StTaoanus.
Arno and the harbor town on the North Sea did
not interfere in a more discOuraging manner be-
tween artist and engraver.
For more than half century that studio in
Florence, of which Stradanus gives us in one Of
his ARTS and crafts" SERIES called the Nova Re
perta characteristic picture SENS to have gone
on supplying busy hands in distant Antwerp with
material of the most heterogeneous kind. Saints
and devils popes and emperors holy legends and
scenes from purgatory, wars and sieges land bat
ties and naval engagements, royal progresses and
peasant fetes, hunting, fishing and fowling scenes
galore, the horses of all nations the crafts and
trades Of the civilized world, the discoveries Of
Columbus and Vespucci, scientific inventions Of
the day. the working of the silkworm and scores
Of other subjects of the most diverse nature, were
one and all depicted with realism and with
power of imagination that really amaze one. It
shows what an extraordinary demand for illus
tratons had suddenly sprung up in the second
half of the sixteenth century among the nations
of northern Europe, as they awoke from the intel.
lectual stupor that had enchanted them during
medieval times.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

ness in each side, could not stand tight
clothing, and was irregular. l was COM
pletely run down. On advice l took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and am enjoying good health. 1t
is now more than two years and have
not had an ache or pain since. / do all
my own work, washing and everything,
and never have backache any more. /
think your medicine is grand and / praise
it to all my'neighbors. If you think my
testimony will help others you may pub
lish it. Mrs. OLLIE WooDALL, Nor
toms Gap, Kentucky.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinlzham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
INJURED CHILD WALKS A MILE
With Her Hand Nearly Severed, Cir
Makes TournIquet and Seeks
Aid.

Glendale, Del.-With her hand neal
ly cut off as the result of an accident,
Mary Corkhill, a seyen-year-old child,
displayed remarkable fortitude when
she walked over a mile from a woods
where the accident took place and
then calmly held her hand while a
physician amputated four of the fin
gers.
The little girl and a younger brother.
er were playing in the woods, when the
boy picked up an ak and accidentally
cut the girl so that two fingers were
severed at the wrist
The child bound a string around the
arm to keep it from bleeding, walked
to her home with her brother and then
submitted to the amputation.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
SHOES FOR LEGLESS MEN
John Burke, Arrested In Minneapolis
Tells Strange Story to Judge;
Falls to Make an impression.

Minneapolis.-Jobn Burke's strange
story of one-legged men, and how he
had taken it upon himself to provide
such men with shoes, failed to get
him his freedom today, when he was
charged in the Municipal court with
stealing eight right shoes from a store.
Instead Burke got thirty days in the
w0rkhouse.
THE reason I got those shoes, all
for the right foot, is that I buy them
from the city hospital from men who
have had their legs amputated," he
told the court.
THE last eight men at the hospital
to have their legs amputated have had
their right legs cut Of"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

mice, gophers and other rodents. En-
tomologists estimate that the destruc-
ton of agricultural products from In
sects amounts to over S5O0,O00O0O a
year, What 1t might be we're not such
vast army Of birds engaged daily
from dawn till dark in making war
upon these various insect pests can
only be vaguely realized. says Farm
and Home.
Among the birds that eat insects
are the fly catchers, warblers. swal-
lows and chimney swlfts, which live
exclusively on insects. Many others,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

A woman in New York has solved
the wife-beating problem for the
abused sex. When her husband, whom
she supported, choked her because his
supper was not ready promptly, she
laid open his scalp with a coal SHOW
el, had him arrested was compliment
ed by the magistrate for her def deal
ing with the situation and was allow
ed to select her recreant spouses sem
tence for him. The hand which can
WELD the coal shovel to such good
purpose need not wait for the ballot.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

the lowlands and in northern Germany For prav
ticaly all Of his drawings were engraved and pub.
lished In the former country, as were most 9th
ers Of a similar nature, with the exception per.
haps Of those of his pupil. Tempesta, who, living
in Rome, and evincing like fertility and indus
try had some Of his drawings engraved by Itai'
ians. As edition after edition of Stradanus series
we're issued by the Gale brothers of Antwerp and
eagerly bought up. the circle Of his admirers In
northern Europe grew ever wider; but there is no
evidence that his work in the picture-book line
ever became very popular in Italy, the country OF
his adoption. There his celebrated Naples fres-
Goes, for Don Juan Of Austria, and his equally
good designs for tapestry for the Medici Grand
Duke, enjoyed far more popularity.
Considering the immense difficulties of trans
portation which then still handicapped all inter
national and especially all transalpine intercom
munication II is rather curious that the formid
able distance intervening between the city on the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

ture of elephant-hunting its
amusing details, such as
the long file of natives
carrying off loads OF
dismembered elephant on
their heads and shoulders,
are curious enough. The
picture of the bear-hunt Is
more true to life, though we
may express some doubt
whether horses could be
got to charge bears in the
way Stradanus pictures.
Our last drawing repre-
sents the Florentine artists
ideas of heron-hawking 1t
tells It's tale fairly plainly,
though, Of course, the Incl
dents it represents are far
too crowded together. 1t
was considered the noblest
of all hawking, and though
1t is not SO long ago that
more than two hundred
heronries existed in the
British Isles-some of them
comprising as many as a
hundred nests with four or
five eggs in each-the sport
Is now extinct. Mr.. Harting
tells us that in the last CEN
fury Mr.. Edward G. New
come Of Norfolk, who was
the last English falconer
who kept heron hawks Che
died in 1870, killed in two
seasons with his two IA
nous hawks, Sultan and De
Ruyter, which he had i'm.
ported from Holland. no
fewer than one hundred and
eleven herons. This shows
that the royal sport became
extinct in England not in
consequence of any dearth
OF herons. In the Neither
lands it is still kept up,
though the celebrated Hawk.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

Two more theaters are to be built
in New York. in spite of the com.
plants of the managers that all Of
the theaters are losing money. We
have not learned whether the build
ers of the new theaters are trying to
be philanthroplsts or whether it is
their belief that the only way in
which one may get seat in New
York theater without paying an exorbl.
tant price to a ticket scalper is to
build ones own theater.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
WILLING WORKERS ON FARM
Birds Assist TiIler Of Soil In Many
Ways, Board Themselves and
Ask No Pay,

Among the willing workers which
work for nothing and board them
selves are the birds, which have Of
ten been called the farmers best
friends" They assist the farmer in
three distinct ways-as insect eaters,
as consumers of weSd seed and as
testroyers Of large number of field
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
SPOT (&rtQUDrdgQin8S

!" I i
\ HE recent discoveries OF prehistoric designs In
cave In the south Of France confirm the assertion
made by medieval writer's that M sport formed
the subjects Of the earliest designs the disciples
| - OF Nimrod rightly claim to have given the
nrst impulse 70 art Unfortunately for us. the OLD
- skinelad sportsman artist who covered the walls
OF Ms Perigord with outline drawings OF his
belowdenzens-the mammoth the giant bear and the
securing for himself undyng fame as the
most archaic OF all artists and endowing that underground
cutlery with the distinction OF being he most ancient OF all
ART repositories failed to depict his form divine in con-
neouon with the trottng mammoth the stumbling bear
true the spirit Of seteacement which this omission be
Trays evneos refreshing absence Of the personal element
proves more convincngy than could library Of volumes
what an Infinite vista Of intervenes between that hin
welding cave man and the modern sefassertiye presshe
button sportsman But stay! Are Judging this instance
OF chronological sefobteTaton quite Justly? Was that
Eogodytes failure to leave single indication to the
eauve position OF man and beast really the result Of
uhe ddence? What evidence have that this artist Of
he Peistocene Age had already emerged that pimeya
CONDITION when man still the hunted instead Of the
nunterT How do we know that the huge Elephas prmgen
nus OF the formidable Ursus speoeus portrayed in that Peri
gord Louvre was not hunting him. the pgmy homunculus?
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
Their Only Use.

What's the matter with your"
Got dyspepsia"
Don't enjoy your meals?"
Enjoy my meals?' snorted the in.
dignant dyspeptic. MY meals are
merely guideposts to take medicine
before or after"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
since Teacher Did Not Know.

1t was in the primary class of a graded school
in western city, and the day was the 22d OF
February
Now, who tell me whose birthday this isY"
asked the teacher.
A little girl arose timidly.
We'll, Margaret, you may tell u.s. said the
teacher.
Mine" was the unexpected reply.-Everybody's
Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

A Chicago transit company has put
what it calls politeness posts in its
cars to prevent straphangers from
iostling one another-and incidentally,
perhaps, from picking one another's
rockets.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
BACKACHE
NOT A DISEASE
But a Symptom, a Danger Sig.
nal Which Every Woman
Should Heed.

Backache is a symptom of organic
weakness or arrangement. If you have
backache don't neglect it To get per-
manent relief you must reach the root
of the trouble. Read about Mrs. Wood
alPs experience.
Morton's Gap, Kentucky. 81 suffered
two years with female disorders, my
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

A sticker, closing the mouth, is sug.
gested as a means Of stopping snor-
ing. A Turkish bath on Saturday
night would be a fine experimental
field.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

health was very bad
and ! had a continual
backache which was
simply awful. Icould
not stand on my feet
long enough to cook
a meals vic tuals
without my back
nearly killing me,
and / would have
such dragging sensa-
tons / could hardly
] bear it. / had sore
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

birds eat both insects and seeds in
varying amounts. A large number Of
birds feed on field mice, gophers,
ground squirrels, moles. ETC., chief OF
all being hawks and owls.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

A woman in Pennsylvania is in jail
because she married ten husbands in
a vain endeavor to find perfect one.
In the meantime, the wife of the per.
feet one hunted was getting d.
vorce from one because she could not
stand his perfection 1t is impossible
to please the women.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

What proof have we that
these crude tracings were not
drawn with trembling hand
after a horrorstruok retreat
to his cave, when his senses,
which then we're still as keen
as those Of the hawk, the far.
seeming deer, or the acutely-
hearing wolverine, warned
him Of the approach Of his
relentless foe? Indeed, have
we not evidence supporting
such doubts in the shape of a
stone hammer found embed
ded in the skull of a Megace-
ros hibernicus? Had that
blow been dealt by a hunter
to an animal already down In
order to dispatch It, the prec.
ious flint tool, which to pro-
duce had cost such infinite
labor, would not have been
left where Professor Wau-
choppe found it untold ages
later. What more likely
than that the blow was in
fiicted as a despe-ate act oF
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

Now a medical expert says that
women would find 1t to their advan-
tage to stand on their heads. But
women are not so to be diverted from
their natural tendency to make men
lose theirs.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

"A Massachusetts, chicken fancier
finds a dime in each of four eggs" 1t
looks as though the men who fix the
prices of eggs have hired a press
agent.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

and the receipts from the lecture were $14,76S
On the other hand Alexander Graham Bell used to
lecture for $25 a night in schoolhouses and the
struggling inventor was glad enough of the fee.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

Sentencing a wife-beater to beg her
pardon and kiss her seems to verge
on Furnishing the innocent also.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

We have had an old-fashioned win
Ter, and an old-fashioned summer may
be in store for us.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

Before retiring, a cup OF Garfield Tea
For good digestion and continued good
health.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22
Murders Il.

Hewitt-Ie never speaks correctly.
Jewett-No; he is a regular slaugh-
ter house of the English language.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-22

But the foundation Of the average
mans self-conceit is past finding out.