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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
WIT AND WISDOM.

TO know how to be silent is more
difficult and more profitable than to
know how to speak.
The trouble with cheerful people is
that their cheerfulness is so hard to
snub,-Atchison Globe.
There was never crank born that
shrewd worker didn't turn ''it" to his
own uses Ashland Press.
Suspicious people torture themselves
while those they are afraid of are calmly
sleeping. Milwaukee journal.
"A man is known by the company he
does not keep, in measure, as well as
by the company he does keep.-N. o.
Picayune.
The human heart is like feather.
bed. 1t must be roughly handled, we'll
shaken and exposed to variety OF
turns, to prevent it becoming hard.
Timidity creates towards and never
wins success. II is strong and abiding
faith in ones own ability to perform
which overcomes difficulties that others
think can not be surmounted.
The truest successes in life are not
those into which people fall by accident
or those which they win by single bold
stroke, but those into which they grow
by slow and sure unfolding of capac.
ity and power. f#S
In all our active service we do best
when working in company with our
friends. Retirement is necessary, but
coming out from it to be workers to-
gether," is the rule Of our efficiency
United Presbyterian.
The hours we pass with happy pros
poets in view, are more pleasing than
those crowned with fruition. In the
| first case, we cook the dish to our own
appetite; in the latter, nature cooks it
for us-The Household.
1t is the perversity Of human nature
that makes the things Of mortality dear
err to us in proportion as they fade from
our hopes, like birds, whose hues are
only unfolded when they take wing and
vanish amid the skies.-0wen Meredith.
The stranger who insists on giving
you his confidence, either takes you for
fool and is trying to play on your Gre
dulity, or else he wants TO warm him
self at fire kindled by his own vanity,
and for which you furnish the fuel
Opie P. Reid.
"A rich man is he who lives upon
what he has, owes nothing and is con-
tented, for there is no determinate sum
/ OF money no quantity of estate thatcan
make man rich, since no man is truly
rich that has not so much as perfectly
satiates his desire of having more; for
the desire of more is want and want is
| poverty.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
POP WAS uNLuCkY.
He Went Out to Drop Smith, But Smith
Dropped Him Instead.

At about three o'clock in the after
noon | came along to Kentucky
squat" which differed from hundred
others only in the fact that woman
and boy sat on log in front Of the
opening in the brush fence, which might
be termed the gate, and because six
dogs were lying in the sun instead of
the usual three or four. asked after
the man of the house, and the woman
replied:
HE un hain't homo just now"
''Be back soon?"
II reckon. He 'un has gone dewn the
road piece to drop that Dave Smith"
"To what?" l asked.
ITO drop Dave Smith"
do you mean he has gone to shoot
Smith,"
''Sartin. They 'uns has bin wantin'
to pop at each other fur long time
THAR shg clatters!' shouted the boy
as the report of gun reached our ears,
and he was off down the road like a
deer.
Reckon the ole man dropped him."
calmly observed the woman as she went
on with her work of patching an old
wooden shirt.
! expressed my unbounded surprise at
this sort of man-hunting, but she said it
was one of the customs, and had to be
lived up to. In about ten minutes the
boy reappeared, and, sitting down on
the log to get his breath, he said:
Pops a-coming.'
drop Smith," she queried, without
sven looking up.
mo; Smith dropped him. Pops got
buckshot in the shoulder. Better git
things ready"
Reckon had, Jim," she shouted,
getting up, she folded her work and
moved into the house without the least
sign of excitement. A few minutes
later the husband came up at a slow
walk, with the fresh blood dripping
from his shoulder, and halted long
enough in front of me to say:
Evening to you, stranger. Sort o
make yourself to home. went out to
drop Smith, and the ornery varmint was
waitin' behind bush and dropped me.
Git the blood washed off and the shot
picked out and we'll hev visit. You,
Jim, take his knapsack and show him
whar' to wash up."-N. Y. Sun.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
SLEEP.

= ~.
Aoomo WIFI iootsteps hight as shadows fail,
anu WIN soit hhgcrs, tenderer than tears,
Asonsy aroop the curtains, silken fringed,
anu val WIN veives murhers wakeful oars
Am 40 Sne's zoe, but rather friend to all;
Ampersonai my viglls and my care;
Hno who BEAST wen sapdueo, tho timio bird,
alike my pounuiess supervision sharc
close me petals OF the flowers, while night
my on oompanion.wc are sister twins
WIN hngers aeit ana dainty as my own
A 'aeais last thelr satln lbs Win diamond pins.
Y,raps tho oosd forge, ,,o,r ,ssh,oross
Tneir whitened locks, their threc'score years
ana Ten,
Anu over hower-sprlnKied nils OF YOUTH
WIN ioo's'eps young ana hthe' they roam
again. tv
wipe out years OF parting, and although
vass oceans Toll between, piot out space;
Wlthin my happy portals once again
Ihe wen peiovea Win tender clasp embrace.
o,va thu ,roth.r hack her LONG Loot chud
Eeh tnough oea'hs 'aiiey " mas crosseo'
anal
Crsoie tne iniant; nusn its moaning wall
AND ior Inc mo'ner' KISS AWAY 's sigh'
yr,o,,. .,. roor % 81. a. srrnr,ror. ,.osts.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
AN INGENIOUS TRICK.
How Tramp Aroused the sympathy OF
Two Kind Hearted Ladies.


Two Kind Hearted Ladies'.
He was undoubtedly pretty seedy-
looking specimen of humanity. His
dress was ragged-even picturesque. 1t
was made up Of samples Of morning and
evening attire and cast-off portions OF
the airy costumes assumed by players OF
tennis and other genteel sports of sum-
mer. His whiskers were long, SO was
his hair; both free and unconfined and
exposed to the soughing winds. Sorrow
and disappointment had marked him for
their own
He stood on Fifth avenue, near TWEEN
ty-third street, and drew from his peck
ct bit Of sea biscuit fat and stale, but
not Improbable, as events proved, and
placed 1t in the middle Of the sidewalk
in plain view of passers-by. Then he
drew back and awaited developments
A number of people-men, women and
young girls-passed by, but there was
no movement on the part Of the seedy
one. The time was not ripe. Then two
benevolent looking elderly ladies
walked down tho avenue arm-in-arm.
They were almost stepping on the
bread, when the man sprang forward
and recovered it almost from beneath
their feet Now, there is nothing that
moves kind-hearted lady soquickly as
to see human being compelled to eat
food that to her would be nsuseating
One Of the ladies took the bread from
his hand, but the knowing one pleaded
for its return almost with tears in his
eyes The old ladies declined to re
turn the biscuit and threw Il away, bui
they gave Its quasi owner. some small
change, which he received with profuse
thanks.
When the old ladies had passed on.
lho seedy individual again picked up
the biscuit and replaced it in almost the
same spot lie had yorked his little
game successfully th0e or four times,
when policeman brought it to a sud
den close N. Y. Mail and Express.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
BEFORE THE WEDDING.
Tho Thoughts of Bridegroom While He
Is Waiting at the Chancei.

- "eAesnH "s viz ChohcCh
The thoughts of bridegroom, as he
awaits ut the altar the arrival of his
bride, may be supposed by the romantic
to be filed with sublimity and rapture,
while, If the truth were known, in most
cases they run something like this
"Now, where's Emily? thought she
was to come in at the church door as l
came out Of the vestry; Of course, brides
are generally late, but she made mo
promise to be punctual. don't donbt
the best man has got me out here full
fifteen minutes too soon. That is what
the matter is; we'll, at least, he has got
to stand it as we'll as /.
What a lot of people all looking at
me, of course, to see how / appear! /
declare, have lively feeling for the
lion in the circus show.
There, | caught Mrs. Blenkinsop's
eye; suppose / mustn't bow. But
where the deuce am to look and not
catch peoples eyes? Emily, Emily, the
first thing do after we're married will
be to teach you punctuality. l think it
must be twenty minutes since came
out here.
"There's an awful drought, from the
vestry door, and there is the best man
sneezing. Hang it! what does he do
that for? Every one is laughing.
Seems to me the people are smiling
at me, too. / wonder if there is any
thing wrong about me? My collar is
awfully uncomfortable; perhaps it has
got unbuttoned behind, and is riding up
over my coat ] don't like to put up my
hand and feel; I'll nod my head, and
perhaps the darned thing will settle into
place.
Gracious! there is Mrs. Blenkinsor
nodding, too; she thought bowed to
her this time. Heavens! if Emily don't
come in about a second, shall begin to
wish | had never started to go through
this sort of thing.
There's Rose Mathews; used to be
a good deal of spoons on her once; see
her laugh! OF course, it is at the figure
cut up here; now she is whispering
She is looking mighty pretty; | wonder
If she would serve a man this way?
What in the world shall do with
my hands? The best man has his be-
hind him; 1t looks rather easy and
graceful. I'll try that but here, we
can't stand here just alike, like the
Siamese twins. The rector has his
hands clasped in front; I'll see how that
goes; it won't do, it's more awkward
than ever.
mo Emily yet! I'll read over the
commandments behind the altar. Well,
l shall break the third one in just Q
minute; and as for the fifth, certainly
shall not honor my parents-in-law for
bringing Emily up no better than this.
I'll read the fourth; it's long one, and
will distract me quite awhile (Best
man pinches HIM What under Heaven
is the matter? Oh, the bridal party at
last! Now, if don't mistake one of the
bridesmaids for the 5ride!" (But he
doesn't, and the service begins, PUCK
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
BOBBY ON "JOMMETRY.
The Secrets of an Obstruse Science De.
scribed in Lucid Terms.

scribed in Lucid Terms.
Jommetry is study witch treats-an
a mighty dry treat it is-of dividin up
surfaces. On the first page is axums. A
axum is thing you can guess without
asl1in, or see without lookin, as, A ele
funt is bigger than rat. Only they
don't have any animals in jommetry,
and that's why it's SO stupid. One of
the easiest axums to remember ls-"A
strate line is the shorts distance be-
tween two points"
This is pretty true, but it depends on
how the walkin' is, and ON what lays be-.
tween the two points.
There is two kinds uf Jommetry-
plain and solid. Plain jommetry is any
thing but plain; but solid jommetry is
orfully solid.
Figgers come next. They have sides
and angles, like old maids. A square is
figger with four ekal sides and four
ekal angles The angles ARE called
right angles, because you generally
make them wrong.
A triangle has three sides, and comes
to point / always come to the point
when want money for shootin crackers
an so on; and then mother tries anglin
for me with her slipper, or her hair
brush, whichever is handiest.
After awhile you learn theeorems.
You draw lines, drop psrpendiculars,
and all that Every thing is A. B. c.
and d. L. +. One of the first you learn
is that strate line drawn. through two
parallel lines cuts them at the same
angle.
1t looks easy, but it's no fool of job
to prove it. BY and by you learn about
the square on the hippopotamus of the
right angled triangle, otherwise known
as the pawns as honorum. Them last
three words is Latin.)
Solid jommetry is more interestin than
plain jommetry. 1t is fun to make cubes
an pollygones out of pasteboard and gum
arabic. 1t keeps you so busy you cam
run errands; an the boxes is JUS the
thing to keep flies in, see Billy Adams
outside with stray dog, an guess I'll
60 out. an chin him awhile.-Jonas
Longlow, in Santa Claus.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
Hint. on Selecting silks.

A soft piece of silk wears better than
one possessing stiffness, yet it should
not be so limp as to induce the thought
that it may melt away. Look for a
high and even luster, not finish that
seems brighter in streaks or spots. OBJ
serve the weave, whether even or not
as reliable silk fabric is uniform in
this respect and does not give evidence
of something wrong with the loom. ="
Try crumpling a piece in the hand, and
then see If the wrinkles smooth out or
remain a standing evidence of the load.
ing with gum. IL the silk endures this
scrutiny successfully the buyer may
rest contented. Budget,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04

Polite clerk Showing goods) -Here Ii
something would like to call your at
tention to, lady. It's the very latest
thing out.
Mrs. Rounder (absently)-If there's
any thing out later than my husband
I'll take it, If only for a curiosity.-Life
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04

. "A reporter found stamp fiend''
gloating over some rare envelope stamps
c. the issue of 1870. The stamps-fve
in number-were sent to Muskegon,
Mich, by an agent their value being
$3.50. A So-cent stamp was quoted
$3.50, a 15-cent stamp at 50, "a and 90
cent stamp at $3.50 each and l2-ceni
stamp at 81,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
Bound to STAY,

"There is one solace left me at least"
remarked the old farmer. after all
my boys leave and and go up to the city,
after the pigs and the cattle die, and ev-
cry thing else forsakes me, there is at
least one thing that will stick to the old
farm"
"And that is-?" F
'"rhe mortgage. "-Lawrenc Amer.
lean
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
HnhIearnei ihe Moftn.

Teacher Tin spelling-class).-Jo
spell fail.
JOHNNY can't
Teacher.--You can't spell that simple
word9 Why not?
Iohnny-'Cause there's no such WORD
ss iail.-Lippincotts
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
Remarkable Woman.

Kajones-To-day is my thirtieth wed.
ding anniversary.
Kersmith-Wife still livingP
"Yes."
"Lived with you all tsast timer"
Certainly"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nerve that
woman must haver'-Chicago Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
A Good Reason.

81 do not like the way you speak Of
this paper" said the editor. why do
you persist in calling it a sheet?"
Because so many people sleep over
t."-Munsey's Weekly.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
Legislative Custom.

Anxious Tailor: BY the way, Sena-
tor, how about that little bill of mine?
Solemn Statesman: In splendid shape,
my dear sir; l will pass it toa third
reading next week. Jury.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
TOOK HOWELLS' ADVICE.
She Said the First Thing That Came In.
to Her Head.

She Said the First Thing That Came In
to Her Head.
Women as a rule do not enjoy Mr.. w.
ID. Howells' minute vivisection of their
peculiar little idiosyncracies and weak
nesses. They object to the women he
depicts on general principles. AS one
of them expressed it the other day:
"There may be and undoubtedly are ex-
actly such tiresome women in the world
as he gives us, but should avoid them
in life If encountered them, and object
to being bored by them in books 1t
may be interesting to people to read
three-page treatises on the way woman
drops her shears when she is sewing,
but it isn't to me. would rather read
of the exceptional woman, If there is
one, who didn't drop her shears, for l
might learn from her."
Doubtless the writer's fair critics will
be interested in the discontinue he may
have experienced from this little Incl
dent. 1t was at a great dinner in Bos-
ton, and a well-known woman writer
sat beside the novelist. Some one called
on her for speech, and, womanlike,
she refused to respond.
20, you must say something" Mr..
Howells insisted. Get up and say the
first thing that comes in your head
The lady rose at his instigation and
said slowly: 81 can't make speech
never could; but Mr.. Howells told me to
say the frss thing that came into my
head, and SO l will say, Mr.. Howells,
where in the world do you find the pc,
fectly atrocious women you give us in
your books?" and, under cover of the
laugh which followed, the embarrassed
lady escaped. Chicago Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04
-Parisians were lately treated to 4,

rare effect of mirage. The Eiffel tower
was seen surmounted by an inverted
image Of itself, vertical in the heavens
and looking like duplicate continu-
alton of the real structure. The base of
the image lost itself in the upper mist,
while behind the tower was low cloud
which CLEANED like silves. The sun
was shining across the haze to the left
of She tower and contributed an addi-
tional effect Of light and shadow.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-07-04

Speaking Of brief names, there is a
family in France named B, one in Bel.
GUM named o, river in Holland called
tbs Y and village in Sweden namei A.
Dodge City times., 1890-06-13
DEkONETIzIEG SILVER.

From the press dispatches from
Washington we take the following
item to show some of the tricks that
have been resorted to to contract the
currency and rob the people.
Senators Stewart and Teller have
been making an investigation into
the history Of the enactment of the
law of 1872 which demonetized silver
and they say that it was gotten
through the senate by trick. They
find that the demonetlzlng sectlcn of
the silver bill was reported from the
senate committee on finance, but that
it was not read from the secretary's
desk and was therefore not considered
in the senate. Otherwise they be-
lieve it would have been defeated.
The discovery has caused a great
deal of comment ar d will be used as
a strong argument in favor of law
remonetizing silver at this time.
They say that the demonetization of
silver would never have taken place
had it not been for tricks in the in
terest of Wall street financial BEARS
Alliduce Tribune.
Dodge City times., 1890-06-13

nugn saw InaL II would be useless to re-
monstrate He asked il it had been his
misfortune to offend her.
No" she said, you have not offended
me-"
Then what, in heavens name, does this
change in yon means"
1T means" she said, as coldly as ever,
that have lost my self-respect: it means
that my father has renouuced me. and
that you will do well to follow his exam
ple Have ] not led you to believe that
could never be the wife of Lord Harry?
Well! l have deceived you'll am going to
marry bimp'
Il can't believe it Irisi won't believe
itr'
She handed him the letter. in which the
Irshman had declared his resolution to
destroy himself Hugh read it with con-
tempt. Did my lords heart fail hims"
he asked, scornfully.
He would have died by his own hand.
Mr.. Mountjoy-"
.-Oh, IrlA-.Urr"
Il viii say Hugh if you prefer it-but
the days of our familiar friendship are
none the less at an end. l found Lard
Harry bleeding to death from wound ID
his throat. II was in a lonely place on
Hampstead Heath; was the one person
who happened to pass by it. FOrthe third
time, You see, it has been my destiny to
save him. How can l forget that, My
mind will dwell on it. try to find hap
piness-oh, only happiness enough for me
in cheering my poor Irislman on his
way back to the life that I'have preserved.
There is my motive, if | have motive.
Day after day l have helped to nurse him.
Day after day have heard him say things
TO me-what is the use of repeating theuIf
After years of resistance have given way;
let that be enough. Ny one act OF d'scre-
tiOn has been to prevent q quarrel betwee
Dodge City times., 1890-06-13

Why don't the Farmers Alliance
all over the state, join hands with
the Clark county alliance and few
others, who have resolved in favor of
the state publishin the text books
for use in our schools and furnishing
them at actual cost? This is surely a
sensible thing to do, as it will secure
a uniformity of text books and de-
stroy the aecessit.y of buying new
books for our child-nn every time 1t
becomes necessary for them to
change schools, and what is still
moro important is he fact that it
would result in saving more than one
hundred thousand Iollars to the buy
ers Of such book. in Kansas every
year, besides having the books print
ed and bound by our own people,
thereby establishing a home industry.
And if your next legislature is really
of the people and for the people,
and they are given to understand
that this is the wish of the people,
this much needed change will be
made-Allidnce Tribune.
Dodge City times., 1890-06-13

The chief cause of poverty is plainly
the lack of property. Property means
those things produced, enhanced by
human labor, and which are necessary
for human life OF enjoyment. Money
is governmental machine to meas
ure the value of property. There is
more productive power, and, there
fore, more property, to day than ever
before. Therefore poverty is not
duo to a decrease in the quantity of
property. The cause of poverty is
the unequal and unfair distribution
of property, whereby those who create
it obtain little of it. and those who
handle it become possessed of most
of it. The remedy is governmental
Intervention, IN the interest of ''the
general welfare" to increase the re-
wards of labor and decrease the &C
cumulations of cunnlng.-Ignatius
Donneily.
Dodge City times., 1890-06-13


.o,I on Gown Jarcu-u ras c-eT.c, . -
until they fall into mold slapsi like tfs
iron foot Of o Pow. Then Tho liquid
cools on into q harl metal, and, brought
out on an anvil, il is beaten AID pounded
and fashiosed, str ks after stroke, until
that which was q weapon TO resp harvests
Of men, becomes an implement turning the
soil for harvests OF corn, the Sword having
be ONE the P.owsh are.
Officers and comrades Of the Thirteenth
Regiment Of state militia: After apothsf
year Of pleasant acquaintance l hail you
with . salutat!on AL mads up OF good
wishes and prayers Honored with resi-
dence in the best city Of the best land un-
des the sun. let US dedicate ourselves anew
to God and country AMI home! In the
English co fiict called Tho Wan
Of the Roses" white rose WAS the
badge of the House of York. aad
the red rose the badge OF TIE
House Of Lancaster, and with IN .Se two
colors they opposed each othcr IN battis-
To enlist you in the Holy War for nj, elat IS
good against all that Is wroGS 1 PIN over
your he. TT two bidges. the one su s.sestivo
of the blood shell Tor cur redemption
and the other symbolic OF soul N ,,ie
white and clean, the Rose OF Sharon AMI
the Lily of the Valley. Il, these hence
forth our r.gimentIl symools-Ros, and
Lily. Lily and Rose!
Dodge City times., 1890-06-13
B. II. CLOVER.

The demand of the National Far
mers' Alliance made in congress to
have the United States erect ware
houses throughout the Union for the
free storage of grain. cotton, tobacco
and other products is not unreason-
able in view of the fact that govern
ment warehouses have been built in
a number Of States for the purpose
Of storing liquor for the accommoda-
ton of the distillers and to enable
them to manufacture ahead without
being obliged to pay the revenue un-
til they remove the liquor from these
government warehouses. There is
now nearly. fifty million dollars due
the United States on these stored
liquors. If the government will do
as much for the farmers and advance
them a loan of 80 per cent of the cash
value of their products at per cent
interest, it would relieve the money
market at time when it is most
needed in removing the volume of
products from the farms to the mar
kcts. This would have the other good
effect of protecting the farmers
against the necessity of selling at
a time when the spectators depress
the markets. The retail dealers
would largely be benefited by re-
the cash trade of farmers,
and only the speculators, these leeches
of society will be the losers. If
the United States treasury has the
right to loan large sums of money to
the national banks, the claims of the
farmers are surely justified. Con-
gress and State legislatures have for
a long time made and sustained laws
in the interest of the banks and mon
ey lenders, and it Is about time that
laws should be enacted in the inter-
est of the producers of wealth
Industrial News.