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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
A GREAT MANS FALL.
The Sad and Sudden Collapse of Com.
mercial Tourist.


-Four or f &c of us entered the hotel to.
gether but the man with the sealslxiu
trimmed overcoat pushed his way right
up to the desk, registered as j. n. Pow
ell Jones, Boston, and loudly remarked;
BEST parlor bedroom you have in the
caravansary, and it must be on the
front, too"
Eyes, sir" obsequiously replied the
clerk, and he ran him into the elevator
before he assigned any of the rest of us
to back room four floors up.
At dinner the Baron had his bottle OF
wine, and he had two walters jumping
at his command. When through he
strolled into the Office with gold tooth
pick in his mouth, sat down in a promi-
nent place, and, stretching out his legs,
he remarked in loud voice: "If l had
time I'd like to give the mayor of this
town few hints on how to run it.
Here, you! If the Governor calls for me
say that | am out. l don't want to be
bothered with him"
''Who is hep" | asked of one of the
group
"A drummer from Boston," he re-
piled.
why, I thought him some great
man."
well, you were right. They don't
grow any bigger in this country"
The Baron snapped his fingers for a
boy, sent for newspaper and cigar,
and was asked if any of us had ever
seen thousand dollar bill, when Jew
drummer for tobacco house entered
with an open telegram in his hand and
handed it to the owner of the earth. 1t
read:
"Firm of Blank & Blank, Boston, gone
under for 5000, 1000"
That was the firm the Baron travelled
for. He read the dispatch twice over,
gasped three or four times, and then
fell on the floor. The news became
public property in five minutes, and the
clerk of the hotel looked coldly upon
the unconscious man, and then said to
the colored porter:
Take him up the freight elevator to
a cheap back room, Sam, and don't
waste any more water than you can
help in bringing him to- AS soon as
he can walk, get him out. IN. Y.
Sun,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
NUMBER 10.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Have thy tools ready-God will find
thee work. Kingsley.
The more spiritual is mans re-
ligion, the more expansive and broad it
always is.-Phillips Brooks,
Every soul should have it's own holy
of-holies. The truths of Christ are worth
keeping, and the way to keep them is
to ponder them.-Henry.
The lands granted for educational
purposes, both for common schools and
universities, throughout the Union,
have, so far, amounted to nearly one
hundred million acres.
Great Things Would Happen
What wonderful things would happeni in
the church, ifso many people who ought
to bring oxen to the altar wouldn't try
to get of with pigeons Rams Horn.
AS we must spend time in cultivat-
ing our earthly friendships if we are to
have their blessings, so we must spend
time in cultivating the fellowship and
companionship of Christ -Drummond.
Out of 900 foreign missionaries at
present in India it is said the Oldest is
an American, Rev. John Newton, of
the Presbyterian Church, the veteran
missionary at Lahore, who, at the
age of rs, is still worker in his chosen
field.
How vast the great sun is that rules
the day; how tiny the little dewdrop on
the leaf! Yet the little globe holds and
reflects the greater in perfect beauty.
So can the humblest soul hold and re-
feet the Sun of Righteousness.-The
Churchman.
The true Christian is reformer,
worker, soldier and q sufferer for
Christ The Scriptures continually
speak of him as having work to do
and battle to fight He is to take up
his cross, put on the whole armor of
God, endure hardness as a good soldier
in the battle against all iniquity in this
present evil world--N. w. Christian
Advocate.
"A number of Missouri churches hold
roll-call services once year. The pas
tor calls the roll of members. Those
present respond by scriptural QUOTA
tions or brief words of greeting. Any
who can not attend sends letters or
messages, which are read When the
names of those who have died within
the year are called there are memorial
verses read.
Columbia College is to be enriched
by legacy from the late d. B. Fayer-
weather, which, it is expected, may
reach $500, 1000. One distinguishing
feature of nearly all requests of this
character is that they are intended to
make education more practical and to
develop the idea that knowledge helps
not only in the intellectual but in the
industrial departments of our social
economy.
Some Jewish students in Southern
| Russia who embraced Christianity in
order to be permitted to pursue their
studies at the University of Odessa have
been thrown into CONSERVATION by de-
cree that Jewish converts shall be ON
the same footing, as to education, as
Jews who retain their own religion.
The converts dare not apply for read
mission to the Hebrew faith, as they
would thereupon be prosecuted as
apostates Their only hope is in fight
from Russia.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
VOLUME VII.
AFTER DEATH,


Behold, show you o mystery"
Folded hand and nerveloss arm,
Shrouded form In icy calm,
Wrapped in dreamless, solemn sleep,
Never moro to wake or weep
Flowers strewn on coffin lid,
Soon to DO forever hid
Where the winds unhoeding pass
Through the swaying, sighing grass
With n sacred tenderness
Press silent, sob bing kiss
On the unresponsive face,
Still and strange in deaths embrace
Shut from sight A precious trust,
Earth to earth, and dust to DUST"
All the kisses, all the tears,
All the hopes Of future years,
All the tenderness crave,
Buried In the darkened grave.
What to me Is well-meant phrase,
Kindly word, and mournful praiseS
Leave me with my grief alone.
Still my love is all my own,
Mine to cherish and to keep,
Though he lies In dreamless sleep.
will keep my soul for thee,
Sweet and fadeless memory
Colfin-lid can never part
Heart that's firmly linked to heart.
When drift from earth away,
Be with me, my strength and stay,
Gently guide my untried feet,
Kiss my lips in welcome sweet.
Death to me can never bring
Fear, distrust or doubt, or sting.
On another, fairer shore
Ishall clasp thy hand once more!
Helen N. Packard, in Springfield Republican
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
Enidemics Among AnimalS.

The epidemics which show themselves
at certain intervals in cattle and other
domesticated animals have recently
been the subject of many reports and
discussions Among these diseases
none has attracted more attention than
that which has recently decimated ca
naries and other cage birds. Not very
long ago upward of 1880 canaries died
in one year in Norwich, England, and
occasioned a loss to the owners esti-
mated at about IS, 900. A medical man
is now stated to be hard at work inquiI
ing as to the true cause of the disease
which at present is thought to partake
of the character of diphtheria. The
subject is an important one, as the
transmission OF diphtheria to children
from domestic animals has come to be
not only frequent but occasionally most
serious in effects. Toledo 70. Blade.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
forty, and still no news from the

forty, and still no news from the
trains.
| could stand the suspense no longer.
| seized my hat and started for the
door; there stood undecided when nv
practised ear heard Brockton calling the
dispatcher's Office. He answere and
again, half dazed, listened Tive old
sounder licked on without realizing that
it was speaking to me words of life and
hope. 1t said:
mo "a is here and -"
/ heard no more, but fell swooning to
the floor.
The terrible strain had been too much
for me. don't know how long | Law
thus; when ! came to- | found strange
faces about me, heard the sound of
escaping steam and there before the
station stood No. 10. How did it happen,
you ask?
Well, l will tell you. No. 10 had
passed X while l slept. No. 81 had
signed its orders at Brockton and pro-
ceeded on its way.
Now comes the strange part of this
strange tale, showing how God in His
infinite goodness can and does step in
when man is powerless and in despair
Near Coal Switch is q deep cut, where
the road runs through a small SPUR of
Bearpaw mountain. Into this cut, it
seems, the snow had blown all that
night from the bank above until the
track was one huge drift.
On rushed No. ~. On, on rushed No.
9until-well-until this blessed snow
bank was reached. Then they halted
scarcely four hundred feet apart. No.
81 returned to b for help, and No. 10.
being short of water, backed to X.
where they found me lying where l fell.
In some respects l have never recov-
cred from that nights experience. OF
course l was called up TO interview the
superintendent. told him all like a
man, then babe him good-day, and went
out into the world to commence all over
again.
Through the officials kindness the
newspapers never learned of nv Grim
inal carelessness or the averted catas-
trophe, for all of which was very
thankful. / soon secured new posi-
ton IN the East, where have remained
ever since. That nights work, how
ever, carried with it lesson to which I,
perhaps owe my present success.--C,
M. Dennison, in Yankee Blade.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
Giddiness from Deep Breathing.

The effect upon the brain of taking
deep inhalations is not to cause rush
of blood to the head, but to diminish
the action of the heart and lessen the
pressure of blood. The blood is thus
drawn into the chest cavity from all
parts of the body, including the brain
as well as the extremities. So 1t will
he understood that a sensation of giddi'
ness is not the result of arush of blood
to the head, but of drawing away OF
the blood into the head. Holding
the breath drives the blood
into the brain although TAX
ing a deep breath has just the opposite
Effect. II. Kellogg, NJ. d.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
WIT AND WISDOM.

The cloven foot is often covered
with patent leather.-Ram's Horn.
The way to fame is like the way to
Heaven, through much tribulation.-
Sterne.
Very few men despise the devil SO
vehemently in private as in public
Denver Road
which fall as often on innocent people
as on any others.
The man who has never been dis
satisfied can never realize contentment.
-Elmira Gazette.
There is not much difference be-
tween careless extravaganza and hole
in the pocket.-Ram's Horn.
Some men are so stingy they expect
you to pay rent on the place you occupy
in their csteem.-Bangor News.
Young Jiggers is not wholly bad"
"No, there are several styles of wick
edness he has not heard of yet. I'm
dianapolis Journal.
We might as well try to attempt to
bring pleasure out of pain, as to unite
indulgence in sin with the enjoymentof
happiness. Hodge.
If a man serves him faithfully six
days in the week, the devil doesn't care
much whether he goes to church on
Sunday or not.-N. Y. Herald.
"A Gallons Organ-Bessie-When
George left her she cried as if her heart
would break. Florence (sweetly)-How
presumptuousl Just as if it would
| American Grocer.
-Bingo-If were rich for just one
little hour! Kingley--I should like to
know what good that would do you.
Bingo-Well, I'd spend just about fifty
five minutes in making my property
over to my wife.-Harper's Bazaar
DRESS, deah breddern, doan count
for muffin in dis var world. Many q
man wot wears 5000 sealslSin ovahcoat
amt half ez respectable in de sight of
de Lawd ez de po' African savage wot
doan wear muffin but happy SMILE
n. Y. Herald.
-Quidnunc-Are you mourning Scrib-
bier? / notice you always wear black
now, when you used always 10 wear
light colors. Scribbler-O, no; I'm not
in mourning, but I bought me one of
those fountain pens little while ago,
and find it cheaper to wear black
Boston Courier.
How She Remembered Him.-Hus'
band-How did you get along while
was away, my dear? Wife-Pretty
well. Every night l got out some OF
your old clothes and strewed them
around the floor. tracked mud all over
the stairs and swore at myself oeca'
sionally, and it seemed really like home
N. Y. Sun.
"A Desirable Catch.-Mr Million
81 am afraid that young man who is s.
: attentive to you is aspoor as churei
: mouse. He smokes wretched cigars
can't cost over five cents. Miss Million
} mo, indeed, pa, he pays TWENTY-FIVE
+ cents a piece for them, but the dealer
= cheat him." Mr.. Million-"Then It.
ell right, He's only a fool. ~ !
J Weekly,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
A NIvsterinns Visitor.

New Servant-Please mum, there's a
strange lady down stairs and she didn't
have no card. She took off her things
as if she intended to stay, and she look
ed around the room with her nose in
the air, as if things wasn't good enough
for her, an she rubbed the winder to
see if it was clean, an she peeked in
the dark corners, an then looked at the
dust on her fingers, an shifted.
Mistress-I can't imagine who the
creature can be. My husbands moth
err and sisters are in Europe.-N. Y.
WeaElv
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
The Life of Trees.

Recent information gathered by the
the German Forestry Commission as
signs to the pine tree 800 and 200 years
as the maximum, AS years to the silver
FIR, 275 years to the larch, 945 years TO
the red beech, $40 to the aspen, 200 to
the birch, 40 to the ash, t45 to the
alder and 1870 to the elm. The heart of
the oak begins to rot at about the age
800 years. The holly oak alone escapes
this law, it is said, and there is q speci-
men of this aged 4lO years in existence
near Aschaffepburg in Germany. Chi.
cago Times,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
The Reward of Heroism.

Boston Authenticated was in thu
railway accident and l think my life
was saved by the bravery of the cngi-
neer,
Another Passenger-I suppose you
are willing to do something hand
some then for the man who was injured
while saving the passengers.
Boston Millionaire-Yes, indeed, /
believe in man putting his hand in
his pocket on such occasions as this.
Here's dollar and half.-Munsey's
Weekly.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
After the Robbery.

Unresisting Passenger=Gou divided
the plumber among your friends, | see"
Snapshot Dick-Well, what of it?
Passenger-Nothing, excepting that
the ten thousand was left to you by
your uncle's will, and I've come way
out here from Boston to hand it over to
vou2-,Iudpe
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13

did you know that Miss Bjones was
going to marry young Smith,
IL know it; but can not understand
how a girl as intelligent as she is can
consent to marry man stupid enough
to want to marry her. Life;
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
A Garden of Pampas grass ten acrI

A garden of Pampas grass ten acres
in extent is one of the objects of inter
est to tourists who visit Ana
helm, Cal. This year about 10000
plumes will be harvested, and the yield
after the plants become fully estab'
Hshed will average 100000 plumes.
These plumes bring about tive 1enti
apiece.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13

Distracted Woman (at the police sta
tionl-Oh, sir, have lost my poor old
father! This morning he wandered
away, and fear for his safety, as he is
totally deaf.
Police Sergeant-ln that ease, madam,
we will soon find him. He is walking
on the railway track.-PuclI.
The latest fad of girls is friend.
ship cane. 1t is hung in the parlor, and
is oruamcnted with half yard strips of
sibbon of various eolors, each piece con-
tributed by a friend. The girl who
practices this fad is under obligations to
remember the particular piece pfyit hon
contributed by each friend
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13
Calling Costumes.

Stylish calling and reception dresses
are made of rich brocade, regence or
peau de sole, combined with velvet or
the new, lightweight highly finished
broadcloth which is known this season
as faced cloth" Fine passementeries,
jet bands or bindings of feather or fur
complete these costumes. The long
jacket or the polonaise is of the brocade
or velvet, with cloth sleeves, which are
still large at the top, but not extremely
So The cloth or brocade skirt is quite
plain, with a border of upturning velvet
points, or else a border of fur or ostrich
feather trimming. A Medici collar COM
pletes the jacket anu this may also be
trimmed with ostrich feathers or fine
passementerie.-N Y. Ledger.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13

An exchange remarks that no man
can derive enjoyment from young baby
with cigar in his mouth. No young
baby should be allowed TO have cigar
In his mouth.--Ram's Horn.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-02-13

In the puritan days a cord OF oak
Vood was worth the same a. bushsl OF
surnips. thirty-seYen cents.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-13
100 MILES AN HOUR.

Parties crossing some of the avenues
atnight, and narrowly escaping a whiz-
ziug bicycle whose approach is unob-
served, as has been frequently the case
in the vicinity of Summit park, will no
doubt increase their accident and life
policies when they realize that the pres
ent tandem wheels are likely to be sue
ceeded by a wheel that takes Its rider
along at almost any rate from IS to 120
miles an hour. 1t is claimed as an
actual fact that on good road man
may get along on this wheel at the rate
of two miles a minute and suffer no in
convenience, except from the rudeness
of the wind in sailing through his whis-
kers. The claim is made for this single
wheel that it is so much of a sue
cess that it will take the place
of the wheels now in use, and
an order is soon to be placed for the
construction of 100000. A brother of
the inventor, who lives in Massachusetts,
is credited with having actually made
seventy-thTee miles in an hour on the
vehicle. The wheel is twenty feet in di-
ameter, surrounded with a rubber tire;
but the passenger is inside of it on
saddle not far from the ground, sup
ported By a light framework held in
place by small wheels running in
grooves. The interior of the wheel is
eighteen feet, and the steering is done
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-13
THE POPULAR WAY.

The plan of designating the choice of
the party for United States senator be-
fore the election of the legislature that
is to do the legal part of the work is
growing in favor. The Democratic
state convention in MARYLAND the other
day followed the Illinois example, and
selected Senator GORMAN as their can
didate. 1t Is believed this action will
strengthen the party. At all events, it
leaves no doubt with any voter as to
the result if the legislature Is controlled
by the Democratic party. It's believed
that the gain of the senator in Illinois
was due to the presentation of the party
choice by the Democratic convention.
1t is the nearest approach to an
election by the people practicable
without an amendment of the ma
tional constitution. and amounts to
about the same. Party conventions have
usually been too timid to point out their
man in advance, although in the scat
tering cases where it has been done the
party has been benefited. The selection
of LINCOLN in 1858 did mnch to make
Illinois a Republican state, and Ger
tainly made LINCOLN the nominee for
president two years later. The nomina-
ton of PALMER in that state last year
was large factor in the political revo-
luton in Illinois, aud will have a pow
erful influence in fixing its status next
year. The composition of the senate
would be greatly changed if the
people had the chance this meth
cd affords to get in their work.
For instance, in Ohio the Repub-
licans in their convention were pre-
vented by FORAKER from naming Sena-
tor SHERMAN, although he has always
given dignity to the position and
strength to the party. 1t is the only de-
cent thing for the party to do, if it con-
trOls the Legislature, to send SHERMAN
back, but it is far more likely to be
manipulated by the FORAKER faction
into returning that blatant tumble-bug,
if it has the legislative votes to send
anybody. In Pennsylvania QUAY can
not be elected by the next legislature if
the party will name him in convention
as its choice. In this state the mass of
the Republicans desire the return OF
Senator DAVIS, but if he Is not nomi-
mated in the state convention, if the Re-
publicans have the legislature, he will
probably be enchred by some of the
political gamesters in the party.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-13
JAMES RUssELL LoMELL.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL was already
past sixty years of age when President
HAYES called him from his professor
ship at Harvard university to work in
the United States diplomatic service.
His life had been passed in academic
shades. amid books and the scholarly
society of men of letters. AS young
man he had fought effectively in free
dom's cause: but. even then, his weap-
on had been a pen, and, as he had
grown older, the books which he pro-
duced were critical essays and highly
polished poems, alive with erudItion,
but quite remote from the simple inter-
eSls ofevery-day wayfarerS. No one, I'M
less he was among his intimate friends,
thought of him as a progressive, alert,
versatile and clever man of the world
and master of affairs. But, when his OPP
pOrtunity came, he stood without peer
at the court of st. James, and won rich
laurels for himself and the nation he
represented by the charm of his man.
ner, the grace and beauty of his public
addresses, his social tact and adapta-
bility and his skill and effectiveness
in the dispatch of official bust
ness. The quiet isolation of his career
as reader of books and teacher of
young men had filed his mind with a
wealth of learning and Information, and
had left unquenched the sparkling wit
and spirit which he had breathed into
the lines of his ''Bigelow Papers" The
last ten years OF his life. until illness
robbed him of his strength, were his
brightest and gaYest and most progress
i've years. lie was one of the few men
spite of advancing age, and to keep
themselves open to new convictions and
ideas up to the end. When HENRY
WARD BEECHER in the first CLEvE
LAND campaign turned Democrat, and
took the stump for the DemOcracy'S
candidate, he gave one more proof. if
another was needed, that the leaders of
the abolition movement were bold and
able men, in sympathy with the
best thought of the times, and
superior to the thralldom of preju
dice and precedent. But HENRY
WARD BEECHER turned Democrat pre-
scented no higher evidence of enlighten-
ment and honest-mindedness than did
Mr.. LOWELL when, after his return
from England, he characterized GRO
YER CLEVELAND as the foremost Amer
lean of his times. The poet of the
abOlitionistS. born and reared in the
strongholdS of Tadicalism, honored
with rewards at the hands of the Re-
publican party, free from partisan per-
versity and blindness, he recognized
the commanding strength and power of
the great Democratic chieftain, and
openly declared his admiration for such
leader of men. Mr.. LOWELL belonged
to raceOf giants in character and in
tellect, almost all of whom have now
played their last act, but the memory of
whom is one of our cOuntry'S proudeSt
monuments.