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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

marvels one better In principle the ice auto
mobile is not very different from the ordinary
commercial motors which are now employed for
delivery work in every city. However, the self
propelled adjunct of winter logging is provided
with sharp teeth which it sinks into the snow or
ice as 1t progresses, thus insuring steady prog
with slipping or sliding on the smooth
surfaces.
But because the winter finds the lumber Jacks
very busy in temperature that ranges as low
as 20 to 40 degrees below 1t must not be sup
posed that they do not find time and opportunity
for plenty of fun in the isolated camps where they
spend the season. A logging camp may be any
where from five to twenty-five miles from the
nearest store and postoflce but the Jacks" are
kept literally supplied with fresh butter fresh
meat, smoking and chewing tobacco, etc A
graphophone or photograph is an almost newt
able adjunct of the isolated logging camp and the
lumbermen manage in one way and another 10
get records of the latest song hits" from time to
time
The average logging camp has two main struc-
tures-the bunk house where the loggers sleep in
hunks arranged in tiers, and the cook shanty
where the food is cooked and served To call
this eating hall shanty is however. something
of a misnomer since the word is likely to suggest
a modest hut, whereas the cook shanty of an up
todate logging camp must be large enough to ac-
commodate crude dining table perhaps 40 feet
In length. The cooking in logging camp is
usually done by a man and wife almost invar.
iably German, who hire out as professional cooks
and who have the help of two masculine assist
ants. They work over range that is 10 feet long
and on top of which stands a coffee urn that holds
as much as barrel; meat boiler that holds 100
pounds of pork or beef and, can in which there
can be boiled at one time more than a bushel OF
potatoes Below are the ovens where are baked
some 10 to Is square feet Of biscuits every day
IN eOp1n
use on the table but at a majority of logging es
adjustments each of the so to $50 men is simply
allowed spoon, plate. and cup of tin and a
knife and fork of steel
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
nAIlMTS

Palatability is an important feature
of good dairy rations.
Facilities for handling milk are Civ.
ing an impetus to the market
Don't let the cows out In the storms
to stand around, 1t doesn't pay.
1t is rather a difficult task to dry
up a COW when in full flow Of milk.
II COW has habit Of side-stepping
while milking, examine your finger
nails.
A COW producing average testing
milk should yield from 1000 to 5000
pounds of milk in a year.
Gentleness and psyience with the
heifer that has calved for the first
time will win out every time.
Just after the COW has flIShened
she should have the same feeds she
has been given previous to calving.
To feed cows probably without
some home grown sort Of protein, such
as the leguminous hays, is difficult
Sweet corn is one of the very best
crops to grow to feed as soilinl
crop to the dairy COWS in summer.
Remember that the tendency t,
transmit a defect is just as strong
and often times Il seems stronger
than the tendency to transmit a goot
point,
Corn and cornmeal are earbonace
Gus matter. similar in composition Il
that Of cream, and there is no Zee,
that a calf likes 50 well as sbelis.
I corn or cornmeaL
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

would otherwise he the case when the forest mon
arch comes down on rocky, uneven GROUND
After all, however, it is in the various stages
of the transportation of the logs that the snow
and ice yield the greatest aid Flrst OF al II SIN
plifes the operation of skdding or dragging the
log lengths from the depths OF the forest ms
work was formerly done by horses, mules OF
oxen and Is yet to some extent but loT TIE most
part the modern donkey engine has snpplanted all
other forms Of energy for skidding Supposedly
the sliidding operation is designed only TO get
the logs out of the forest depths where no log
CARRYING vehicle could be operated without infinite
trouble and damage to the standing timber. How
ever, when the Snow King is in command it some
times happens that a similar method may be EN-
ployed for moving the logs to the rolway or stor-
age yard perhaps a mile or two distant, where
the logs are held to await the spring freshets or
are loaded aboard railroad cars that convey them
to the mills. FOR this long-distance log trailing
there is employed more powerful type of engine
than the donkey above referred to and stronger
wire cable is supplied The pathway for the logs
is an icy bouleyard--kept in condition by flood
ing" as circumstances require-and this becomes
so smooth from the polishing process afforded by
the passage Of the logs that it is practicable to
transport at each operation not merely single
log but whole strings" of logs attached end to
end by means Of stout chains.
At some lumber camps it is the practice to EN-
ploy giant sleds to carry the logs on the first
stage of their journey from the forest to the saw
mill OF course snow is requisite to the salts
factory operation OF these sleds, but when
path" has been worn for the sled runners along
the icy roads the vehicles traverse the line thus
furrowed with facility suggestive of that with
which locomotive glides along the steel rails
There is, of course minimum of resistance to
the progress of a sled along such glazed surface
and in many instances log loads of almost incred
ibe weight are thus transported over the glsten-
ing surface. A new wrinkle" that characterizes
winter practice in some of the up-to-date logging
districts consists of what might be denomlnated
an ice automobile for log carrying. Powerful
traction engines have been used for some time
past on the Pacific Coast to draw trains of log.
laden trucks out of the forest, but this new form
of commercial motor vehicle goes even these
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
Mean People.

Henry Russell, the head OF the Bos.
ton opera, was describing his foreign
tour in search Of talent.
They we're mean people, he said
Of the singers of a certain city. Il
could do no business with them. They
thought only Of money
Mr.. Russell smiled.
They we're as bad as the man who
discovered the Blank Jneater fire.
The first intimation the box office
had of this fire came, at the end Of
the third act, from a fat man who
bounded down the gallery stairs,
stuck his face in at the ticket window
and shouted breathlessly:
"'Theater's afire! Gimme me mon
ey back!'"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
BOATMAN HAD HIS OWN IDEAS
Absence Of Expected Zip" Brought
Out Excellent Sample Of Real
Irish VIII

A good story OF Irish repartee has
been published concerning John
bright He was always ready for sal
mon fishing, and on several occasions
went to Ireland with Mr. George Pea
body, the American philanthropist.
One day Mr.. Bright, noticing pO-
liceman on the bank. inquired of him
what sum the boatmen we're entitled
to ask for rowing up the Shannon on
days fishing. He said that from
seven shillings and sixpence TO ten
shilllngs was the usual payment
Mr. Bright said to Mr. Peabody.
"Haye you three half-crowns? ! have
no change" ~
Mr. Peabody produced the money
and gave il 10 the boatman. lie was
dissatisfied. and said
And is that all ye're giving me?'
That's ALL replied Mr. Peabody
well, that bates all / ever heard"
answered the boatmam An they
call ye Paybody Faith, / should call
ye Pay-noOody,"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
THE DOCTOR HABIT
And How She oVercame II.

When well selected food has helped
the honest physician place his patient
in sturdy health and free from the
doctor habit it is a source OF salts
faction TO all parties. A Chicago WON
an says:
I'VE have not had a doctor in the
house during all the years that we
have been using Grape-Nuts food. Be
fore we began, however, We had the
doctor habit and scarcely week went
by without call on our physician.
When our youngest boy arrived, 8
years ago, was very much run down
and nervous, suffering from indiges-
ton and almost continuous headaches.
was not able to attend to my ordinary
domestic duties and was so nervous
that / could scarcely control myself.
Under advice l took to Grape-Nuts.
Il am now, and have been ever since
we began to use Grape Nuts food, able
to do all my own work The dyspep-
STA, headaches, nervousness and rheu.
matism which used to drive me fairly
wild, have entirely disappeared.
My husband finds that in the night
work in which he is engaged, Grape
Nuts food supplies him the most whole
some, strengthening and satisfying
lunch he ever took with him Name
given by Postum Co. Battle Creek,
Mich
Read the little book, The Road to
Wellyille," in pkgs. There's a reason "
Ever read the above iettexf A neys
enc appears from time 70 time. They
are genuine, true, sid f"n Of hunlnn
aafereaf.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

and are fastened to the door by nails
or screws. The dotted lines show the
position OF the working parts when
the tumblers are back so that the
door may be opened.
OBJ A coil spring that holds the
tumblers In a closed position. The
edge of the door jamb where the
tumblers rub as they pass to the
sockets, are beveled so that there will
be the least possible opposition to
them entering.
The notches at (C) are oblong, that
the pins that work in them may not
bind. as the tumblers are withdrawn.
The dotted lines at Cd represent a
notch that is in the door, through
which the pin moves when the door
is Unmatched
At (E) there is piece one-eighth
OF inch thicker than the tumblers and
the pieces that are marked (C); this
permits the tumblers to move easily
There is used three-eighths-inch
bolts at (E) to bolt piece (C) to the
door. and short bolt of the same size
at I'D with the heads next to the
door. These bolts work loosely in the
holes made in piece (C).
All working parts work just loose
enough to move without rubbing hard
but not so loose that there win be any
rafting on the door by the wind.
To open the door, the pin CD ii
pushed toward the edge Of the door
and as soon as released, the tumblerI
retain their former position, and wher
the door is shut, the tumblers will
slip In place and hold the door secure
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
But Mamma Didn't.

Little Mabel was always tumbling
down and getting hurt, but as soon as
her mother kissed the bumped fore.
head Mabel would believe it cured
and cease crying. One day she accom-
panied her mother to the Union depot,
and while they were seated in the
crowded waiting room an intoxicated
man entered the door, tripped over a
suitcase, and fell sprawling on the
floor. The attention of every one was
attracted to the incident, and in the
sudden silence following the fall Ma
bel called out:
Don't cry, man. Mamma IL kiss
90, and EN- 90 II be all right. Lip
pincott's Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
NBdEn
RssAse eeA..a 5tAMs
Practical Dairy Barn.

The dotted lines in the diagram show
the partition between the old barn and
the lean-to. By doing this a consid-
cradle saving in building material was
effected as well as time saved in con
struction work.
The usual dimensions were followed
in the construction of the stalls and
alleys. By making the lean-to on the
east and south sides of the barn sun
light entered all parts Of 1t some time
of the day. Ventilation was provided
by Ringing the windows at the bottom
and providing out-takes, one at each
end and one where the additions
meet.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
PRACTICAL BARN FOR DAIRY
Diagram Given Herewith Shows How
Wisconsin Man Solved Problem Of
Modern Building.

The accompanying diagram shows
how Wisconsin dairyman solved the
problem of building a modern dairy
barn at low cost, says the Prairie Far.
mer. This dairyman was also con-
fronted with the problem of construct
ing a barn on short notice as he had
moved to a newly purchased farm
which afforded but mere excuse Of
a dairy barn. Accordingly he made
his barn in the shape of lean-to on
two sides of an old but well built barn.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

in Hamburg. Mothers put their ba-
bies to sleep under this" he explained.
The roadbed is balasted so that the
trains make no noise" We can beat
that In the South End Babies brought
to the day nursery could not sleep In
quiet rooms. So they were laid away
in cots next 70 the game rooms, and
in the general racket they slumbered
the sleep of the innocent. The secret
was that they had been born in houses
neighboring the elevated railway.
These are the short and simple annals
OF the poor.-Bost0n Transcript
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
LANTERN HANGER FOR BARNS
Safe and Handy Way to Use Light In
Stable ls Shown in lllustratlon-
Won't Turn Over.

The hanger shown In the sketch
makes safe and handy way to use a
lantern in barn or stable. 1t Is con-
structed of an old grooved pulley with
a U-shaped hanger made of sheet iron.
The U-shaped hanger, says the Popu-
lar Mechanics, is made of screw eye
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
The Farm Separator.

The farm separator and the home
reared calf keep about all the fertil-
ity on the farm, but selling milk for
the city trade takes fertility of the
farm and sells it in tin cans at so
much the hundred pounds.
There is one thing the farm separa-
tor does not dot does not separate
the dairyman from his profits.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
Ingenious Idea of Chinese

shuangh chfu-er. although the name
saPy sound like disease, is not a
fxrw of writer's cramp. On the con
sr,rv ~their" purpose Is 10 prevent It,
~ words ChI'u-er are two iron balls
- inch or so in diameter which mes
=, N the right hand of every Chinese
@sa OF letters Tor hours each day
-. belae revolved about the other
- they are worn bright. Thly are
bzst large enough to make handful
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
THE HEAVY DOOR
Catches Described Herewith VIII Hold
Fast and Prevent warplna-How
Working Parts Are Made.

To prevent a door from being blown
about by heavy winds. there should
be fastening at the top and one
near the bottom. A hook at the TOP
and a chain at the bottom looks ike
life In the primitive age.
The fastenings herewith described
are those that will stay fastened and
they will prevent the door warping
swinging out at the top or bottom
and will catch every time the door ii
closed.
The six pieces that hold the work
ing parts to the door are made Of
heavy hoop iron. bent In the shape al
shown in the small drawing at "a
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
The Man and the PLACE.

Andrew Carnegie was giving advice
on a recent Sunday to one of the
younger members of the Rockefeller
Bible class.
q am an advocate of early mar
riages," he said The right man in
the right place, at the right time. is
a very good saying, and to my mind,
the right man in the right place at the
right time is uuquestionably husband
reading to his wife on winters night
beside the radiator.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
Ration for Cows.

A COW, generally speaking, requires
one pound of grain per day for each
three to three and one-half pounds of
milk that she yields per day when
she is receiving a liberal feed of silage
and other rough feed or as many
pounds Of grain per day as she pro
duces pounds OF butter fat in sever
days
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

and the action of shifting one about
the other brings the fingers into play
and lends them that suppleness and
digital dexterity which is necessary in
the manipulation Of the Chinese letter
ing-pen or fine-pointed brush. Oh what
a simplicity September Atlantic
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
Dual Purnose Cows.

The dual purpose COW may be good
enough for the man who wants to kali
his dairy cows for beef or try to make
dairy COWS out of his beef cattle, but
for the man who is running a straight
dairy he should eliminate all beef
blood from the strain of his animals.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
Cow Must Have Water.

Remember that the COW that gives
a large flow Of milk must have an
abundance of good. pure water. If
she has to get this out in the cold the
chances are she will not drink as
much as she should.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
Lantern Hanger for a Barn.

cut off and riveted in place, the hook
being formed of heavy wire. The pull,
ley is run on a wire stretched over
head from one end of the barn to the
other. The lantern can be easily
moved from place to place, and, as 1t
is out of the way. 1t cannot be turned
over.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

Sorrow is a kind Of rust of the soul.
which every new idea contributes in
its passage to scour away. 1t Is the
petrifaction Of stagnant life, and is
remedied by exercise and motion
Johnson.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
seleet Helfer caIvea.

The heifer calves from the best
COWS must be carefully selected prop
erly handled, and even then there Will
be considerable culling to do before
the herd can be bred up to the stand.
gard Of highest profit
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
REVENGE.

J Oflcial ito barber condemned to deathl--In an
hours time now my poor man, you must prepare
for your doom Have you any last dying wish?
Condemned Barber (savagely)-Yes I'd like
to Shave the crown osecutor!-London Opinion.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
PRAISE WORTH WHILE.

"A society woman paid you handsome com.
pliment the other day, Mr.. Drugsly"
All, indeed! May | ask who the lady was? %
Certainly. 1t was Mrs Whoopindyke She
said you sold the best dog soap in town"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
EXTREMELY POLITE.

you ought to cali on DIR. Pullem, he's the
best dentist in town"
zone OF those so-called painless dentists Ell :"
NO; but he always says, beg you7 pardon.
before pulling a tooth"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
How II Hannsned.

Condescending Chappie-I weakly
can't wemember your name, but I've
an idea I've met you here before.
Nervous Host-Oh, yes; very likely.
It's my house.-Sketch.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

Could Not sleep In Quiet.
A landscape architect was showing
a photograph Of an elevated structure
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06


hermen are not menaced by quite
aliaty as to weather conditions a
N autumn. for In many OF the n
camps It Is almost unheard Of for
q season to embody less than FIVE
N8nths OF shedding, that Is. Ave
W0nths of continuous snow and
2pa.
10 the logging regions OF the
Pacific Northwest, OF course,
SAeee may be found perhaps the
greatest Of natures lumber store
hsases. the winter does not make
eAe marked difference in condi-
tsSos that 1t does in the forests OF
seine other sections OF the coun.
sTy- In western Oregon and
Washington there is so little
SaOw, and that Of such a tran.
ssent character. that the lumber.
Hea cannot depend upon 1t as
Esey do elsewhere to help them
VISTA their work But, on the 9th,
o. hand. the Puget Sound and
Columbia River country Is free
from that severe weather which
Eenders IT imperative for lumber
Jacks elsewhere to constantly
Save care lest they suffer from
fcOstbitten hands and feet. SINH
Barry in the south, where cypress
ts king and where much OF the
gagglng is done In
aEamps, the winter pre-.
aexibes no change Of
zeihod or equipment al
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

Many a girl fails to select the right
husband because she is afraid of be-
ing left
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

and to the trees
" left standing II
Z the numbering is
done after the
growing season is over
instead OF being allowed
to go on in the spring
and summer while the
bark is loose and the
leaves and twigs are ten
der. Moreover, II there
be a heavy blanket OF
snow on the ground, a
tree, after 1t has been
felled with ak or saw.
stands a chance OF
crashing to earth with
less damage than 1t
would sustain at another
season OF the year, The
tree trunk that falls on a
bed of snow is not likely
to split or to break as
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

A self-made man nearly always
makes a play for tailor made wife.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

It'll the lumber Jacks IN many
sections OF the United states the
winter lie the busy season of the
year. the harvest time, as It
were, and they work almost as
energetioally to get out" the
requisite number OF logs during
the interim OF snow and ice as
does the farmer to get In his
grain ere the autumn rains set
ia. Only. to be sure, the mm-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

WeTmen are not menaced by quite The same uncer-
aaiaty to weather conditions as is the farmer
N autumn. for In many OF the northern lumber
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-07-24
A coINER OF WORDS.
Mirabeau's Busy Brain Enlarged the
Worlds Vocabulary.

Mirabeau's Busy Brain Enlarged the
Worlds Vocabulary.
The authorities seem to assign the
origin of the word aristocrat to the
French Revolution, which coined it's
opposite. democrat Oddly enough, the
word seems to have been first applied
to our harmless military order, the
Cincinnati
When the Cincinnati was organized
in 1888 storm of objection was rails
ed One of the pamphlets that de-
nounced the military order, of which
Washington was the head, fell into the
hands of Mirabeau, who Immediately
made it the subject Of a slashing tract
in which he called the society unre-
publican. un-American and much else
that was not complimentary.
To cap the climax. he wrote, "Les
Cincinnati sont done des mobiles, des
aristocrates, de vrais patriciens" CThe
Cincinnati. then, are mobiles, aristo-
Gratis. veritable patriciansD The word
was born. Mirabeau, perhaps the ablest
F'renchman of the time, liked the new
word so well that he repeated it sew
eral times.
His pamphlet was written in 1885,
and since no Paris publisher was will
ing to take risks with an essay so
strongly republican it was printed in
London In 1888. The word was accept
ed in many languages and led to the
formation of many similar words, like
democrat, autocrat. theocrat, plutocrat,
bureaucrat and others. In 1855. when
No
dent for such words unless it were the
French form Of certain Greek names,
like Socrate. Isocrate. Hippocrate.
Mirabeau's busy brain and facile
tongue added several other useful words
to the worlds vocabulary. Capitalist.
bonhomie. parvenu, Anglo-American
primary meeting. veto (as a noun) and
universal suffrage are all words of
phrases first used by him.-Youth's
COMPANION.