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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

To hear, to understand, and to
bring forth fruit are the grand evil
dences of genuine believer. DIR. A.
Clark.
,-Forty-eight theological graduates
of Princeton go forth from the theo-
logical seminary to preach living
Gospel.
The S. l.. Elliot library of 1000
volumes has been presented by Mrs. Ell
lot to the American Museum of Natur-
al History, New York.
Certain thoughts are prayers.
There are moments when the soul is
kneeling, no matter what the attitude
of the body may be. Victor Hugo.
The total number of pupils enroll
ed in the public schools in Canada is
46s, O25 average attendance 235, 700, per
centage of average attendance 81. In
1879 the average attendance was 45 per
cent. of the registered attendance, in
1883 1t was 80 per cent, and in 1889 1t
it was 81 per cent. Education
al Monthly.
"A unique religious crusade was un-
dertaken recently in St Louis, Mo-,
the twenty-five thousand Sunday-school
children, divided into eighty parties,
made complete canvass of the city,
from house to house, with the purpose
of ascertaining how many children in
that city do not attend church or Sun
day-school and of inviting them to do SO.
DO not the methods Of teaching in
our public schools need to be overhaul
ed? The pupils are erammed with a
superficial knowledge of nearly score
Of different studies, without an ability
to write sentence in the English Ian
guage correctly. What children need is
not to learn SO much, but to learn few
things well, and while acquiring such
knowledge to learn to think for them
selves. N. Y. Evangelist
The statistics of the Wesleyans, of
England, just published, give a total
membership in Great Britain of 424, 9O3,
which shows net increase of 6SS in the
year, with 2s,095 on trial for church
membership, and g. 416 young persons
meeting in junior society classes. Last
year the increase was 1888, and IN 1889,
5,161. The Methodist Recorder gives a
diagram which shows that the increase
in British Methodism for the past forty
years is 143, 02O, or just over so per
cent, and that during the past thirty
five years, in which there has been nc
secession, the increase has been 1853, ,445,
or little over 50 per cent.
The superintendent of the census
has issued bulletin on the subject OF
public school finances in the states oi
Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Ida
no, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire
North Carolina, Vermont and Washing
ton. A table is published giving the
number of pupils enrolled in each o.
these states and the total expenditure
per capita. In Arkansas with 22S, OIL pu
pills enrolled the per capita expenditure
Is S4.57; in California with 221, ,756 en-
rolled pupils, 1t is Ss3 os; in Connection
with 1875, sos pupils enrolled, it is S16.79
in Louisiana with 124,37O pupils, it Ii
$567; in New Hampshire with SO, 81
pupils, it is $13.62; in North Carolin;
with 1926, ,S01 pupils, it is only $2.20.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
POULTRY PlCKlNGS.

SOUR milk is treat both to hens and
to little chickens.
IF only one thing is used coal oil is
probably the best to use for lice.
PROVIDE a shelter under which the
young fowls can run whenever it rains.
DAMAGED grain or fermented food
often induces disease and should never
be fed.
AFTER warm weather sets in it will
do no harm if some of the fowls roost
out of doors.
WHENEVER the brood of turkeys is
strong enough, give them the run OF
the meadows.
LACK of gravel or gritty material is
nearly always the cause of the fowls
getting crop bound.
If q quick growth is secured it is
very necessary to give the first feed in
the morning early.
DUCKS should always have dry quar-
ters at night if they are to be kept
thrifty and healthy.
FEED the fowls early in the morning
before they are allowed any water; feed
well and water afterwards.
Do NOT keep too many brakes; one tc
every five ducks is enough. More thar
this simply adds to the expense.
NEsT-Eee gourds make good nest egg'
during the winter, but they should mo-
be planted near the squashes or othe'
vines.
TURKEYS can, to considerable ex
tent, be given sweet SKINNED milk II
place of water, and if the drinking YES
sells are kept clean will be all tn
healthier. Louis Republic.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

ground, and fill the hole with salt
When empty, refill. This will make a
white oak as durable as a locust post.
Use an augur if the ground is free from
roots or stones. Medium m-sized posts
are best. Some of our farmers are
driving the posts with sort of pile,
or rather post driver. They say it is
practical and expeditions.
/ have made an Improvement think,
in the jack, by using good pine boards
and spiking and bolting together, as
indicated in description. Anybody
can make one on this plan. The lever
should be good hickory or ash. There
can be one made where two men work
it by simply having IL by 9-inch
piece, IL inchea thick, B and T and L.
This makes light and convenient
jack, one man holding down the lever
while the other puts under the corner
piece.
B is the base, feet long, IL inches
thick at rear end, inches at front end,
inches wide at rear end and at front
end. r r, uprights, 8 feet IL inches
by inches at top and inches at base
to be nailed on and set in 1 a inches on
each edge of B, and bolted or spiked on
each side'ofD,.with holes one foot from
B, and at 6-inch intervals for fulcrum
pin. T, toe or lip, 8 inches deep and 8
inches long, spiked on each corner of
front end of B, to catch and prevent
the jack slipping back when under
pressure. G, standard, with hook pins
to hold L down when fence is elevated,
spiked on rear end of B, 2 feet IL by 8
inches, with hooks or pins with a
downward angle of As degrees. Lever
| (L) is 8 or 10 feet long, az by A inches,
heaviest at fulcrum-pin notches, where
the greatest stress is, tapering to rear
end and front end, with point turned
upward, so fence will not slip off. l.
is not fastened, but can be taken out at
pleasure or shifted on pin at will on its
notches. @ G. two braces on each side
of d and B, as r II are put on. ID,
brace 21s feet, N by 8 inches, that
holds E in contact with fence, to pre-
vent jack from rising up at rear end,
and to stay fence. b, piece is inches
long, by II inches, nailed on side OF
D flush with the end.-J. w. r. Smith,
in Country Gentleman.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
POTPOURRl JARS.
Rule for Preparing Their Odorous Con
tents.

Rule for Preparing Their Odorous Com
tents.
There is nothing more refreshing than
the faint fresh fragrance of properly
made potpourri. 1t is now an easy mat
ter to get pretty Oriental jar in the
orthodox shape for trifling sum, The
fragrance of a wellmade potpourri will
last for years, but as the scent of the
vases sometimes grows faint, house
keepers often make fresh preparation
each year as the rose season arrives
The following is well-tested rule,
which is republished by request: Meas
ure out liberal half-peck of fragrant
rose leaves. Pack them in bowl in
layers with salt, using small handful
of fine salt to three of rose leaves.
Keep them five days, turning them
twice daily. Do this thoroughly. Add
to this mixture three ounces of powder
ed allspice and one ounce of stick cinna-
mon. Let this mixture stand one week
longer, turning it daily. Now put the
preparation into the permanent jar,
mixing with it one ounce of all
spice, half a pound of dried lavender
flowers one ounce of br--i -ised cloves, one
ounce of stick cinnam> n, one nutmeg
coarsely grated, half a cup of ginger
root thinly sliced, half an ounce of anise
seed, ten grains of Canton musk, of the
finest quality, and two ounces of orris
root Stir all the ingredients thoroughly
together, and put them in a jar of suit
able size to hold them. At any time
add few drops of altar of rose, or ot
any essential oil or extract of flowers
Every morning, after airing and brush
ing out the parlor and dusting it, open
the rose jar and allow its fragrance to
diffuse through the room. In half ar
hours time close it A delicate, re
freshing fragrance will be given to the
atmosphere. A portion of this potpourr
mixture may be perfectly dried from
moisture and used with wool to fill 8
slumber roll for the back Of chair. =
N. Y, Tribune,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
All Kinds Of Headrear Worn.

There is no good and sufficient reason
why every woman should not wear be-
coming headgear this season There
are shapes that are quiet and shapes
that are bizarre. There is the small
capote, which is always good form and
almost always becoming and there is
the shepherdess, the plateau and the
three hats that suits only GER
tain faces and occasions. Then there
are the picturesque hats with their
broad brims wreathed in flowers, and
the severe little sailor hats that suggest
trim yacht As to flowers, they are
all with us, at this particular moment,
regardless of the season. The queenly
rose, the pale forget-me-not, the bleu-
stte and the primrose, the poppy ana
The orchid, meet together and are all in
ihe field as equal favorites --chi>sg
Post
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
WIT AND WISDOM.

Where there are no pigeons-in
pigeon holes.
"A weak mind is like microscrope
which magnifies trifing things, but can
not receive great ones.
Whatever l do study ought to be
engaged in with all my SOUL for will
be eminent in something -Longfellow.
There is no greater fool than he
who thinks himself wise; no one wiser
than he who suspects he is fool
Marguerite de Valois.
briggs a good business man?" 81
should say he was He was born with
fortune, you know" "Well?" He's
got it yet."-N. Y. Recorder.
-Robinson-Brown is awfully stin-
gy. Watkins-You bet he is He won't
even allow joke cracked at his ex-
pense if he can help it. it.-Washington.
Jack Witherspoon-Why do you
sing all the time? John Westhall--To
kill time. Jack Witherspoon-Y You
have good weapon. Princeton Tiger.
--Edith-I don't believe Mr.. Walton
can be the thorough and confirmed
woman-hater they say he is. Chapman
No, he hasn't been married yet
Demorests Monthly.
-"Talk about your spoon fad" said
the brakeman, as he waved his cap to a
| girl at the last station. 'Td like to see
a daisier collection of spoons than
mine. Washington Post.
| 1t does men good to admire what'is
good and beautiful; but it does them
infinitely more good to love it. We
grow like what we admire; but we be-
come one with what we love.
susceptibility to the electric cur
rent depends largely on the amount of
salt in the system. Perhaps that ex-
plains why the fresh young man is so
hard to shock. indianapolis Journal.
-Watts-There is nothing like travel
to develop man." Potts-I don't
know about that. 1t seems to have
made perfect idiot out of Cadby. Watts
We'll, suppose it would develop an
idiot, oo.-Indianapolis journal.
Wanted to Know.-"I want you to
send the finest hat you have got in the
store to my wife" Thus the long suffer.
ing husband to the milliner. "But youi
wife herself ordered the finest we had
yesterday" "She did?" Then, musing
iy. "Now, what IN the world was hel
object in getting that attack of hyster
les this morning?"-Pittsburgh Press
Eligible. ble.-Lawyer-But if you have
carefully read the newspapers yor
surely must have some opinion as to the
guilt or innocence of the accused
Would be-Juryman-But looky here
jedge, read all the papers. don't yol
see? If I'd read only one paper
might maybe a'had some ideas on thu
matter. As it is, don't know nothing
about it.
1t is chiefly through books that vi
enjoy intercourse with superior minds
and these invaluable means of com
munication are in reach of all In tn
best books great men talk to us, give u
tseir most prScious thoughts, and pou
their souls into ours God be thanke
for boolsl They are the voices oi tn
distant and the dead, and make us heir
OF the spiritual life of past ages.-Wu
EIeru Charming
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
Parasols of Gauzy Materials.

The parasols of chiffon and all sorts
of diaphanous stuffs, which last year
were novelties for especial occasions,
are now in every conceivable tint and
are worn with great variety of cos
tunes. The handles are often of fra.
grant wood carved in Japanese style or
in fruit or flower designs. Some of the
French imported parasols of these
gauzy materials are especially beauti.
full. One of these is of primrose crepe
de chene, octagonal in shape and frilled
from edge to ferrule. 1t has cherry
stick, in the knots of which colored
stones are inserted. Another handsome
French parasol is of black net hand
embroidered all over in single corn.
flowers in their natural color and size,
with full lace flounce about the edge.
The handle is of ebony finished with a
dogs head in exquisite carving, with a
wrought silver band about its neck
Chicago Post.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

painl Sayl I've eaten or drank some.
thing to poison mel"
"It's that decoction, Mr.. Bowser."
"You don't think SOP
''I'm sure of it,"
"Then I'd better send for doctor at
once!"
"Do nothing of the kind. It will only
make expense for nothing. You have
four hundred and thirty-two different
bottles and boxes of remedies in the
closet. Go down and take specific for
spring tonic poison"
He half fell out of bed, lighted the
nightlamp, and he was almost bent
double as he made his way downstairs
Mrs. Bowser followed him half way,
knowing what was coming. She heard
him clattering the bottles around for
two or three minutes, and then, seem
ing to hold one in either hand, he NUT
tered:
"Is this which, or is that which, or
which in thunder is which? It's the
first time l ever needed any medicine
in the night, and now can't tell cure
for hydrophobia from re medy for fits.
Mrs. Bowserm
"Well?"
"Come down here. I'm dyingl Look
this internal old drug shop over and
| find me something to cure these colicky
painsr'
"All want is the mustard from the
pantry" she said, and in half an houl
she had him in bed and asleep again.
Next morning he was as blithe as if
nothing had occurred, but just before
| breakfast, when she asked him if he'd
forgotten his spring tonic, he turned on
her with:
Mrs. Bowser, conscience should have
prevented you from ever mentioning
those words again!'
"How?"
"Howl Am l blind? Can't 1 put
three and two together and make five?'
Explain yourself. Your language is
ambiguousl"
81 understand all about the ambigu-
Gus business! You were determined
not to take that tonicl You also made
up your mind that if took it it would
be the worse for me. Any jury in this
land would convict you on the evi-
dencer
"What evidence?"
"Never you. mindl Let your con-
science answer for you l may feel il
my duty later on in the day to see a
lawyer-see a lawyer, Mrs. Bowser-
and If so shall, of course, be guided by
what he saysF'-M. Quad, in n. Y.
4 World.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

to the turf, cut the strips loose, while
other men rolled them up and carried
them away. These tools can be
made by any blacksmith. The cut
ting parts, in this case, were made of
saw steel
The more common cutter Gig. u
was also used, but not considered as
efficisnt as a. 1t is more useful as
trimmer of walk edges. A handy tool
of this kind can be made from an old
hoe by getting a blacksmith to
straighten the shank and cut off the
corners of the blade. Then sharpen the
edge on the grindstone. The advantage
of sod over seed is in giving firm turf
the first year, while the work can be
done much later in the season-in fact,
at any time when good sod can be OBJ
tanned, provided it is kept well watered
until new roots have formed. Country
Gentleman.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
HEREDITARY DISEASES.
Extract of a Lecture by DIR. j. III. Kellogg,
of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.


of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
tits exceedingly sad that diseased con-
ditions of the parent are hereditary.
AS Oliver Wendell Holmes says 'every
man is in an omnibus in which ride all
his ancestors" and most people carry
some rather disagreeable passengers.
We are not creatures of accident, but to
a large degree made up of hereditary
tendencies tempered by the surround'
ings in which we are placed, and what
Is true of us will be true of those who
succeed us. 1t must be 80, for child
is simply an undeveloped human bud.
This, however, should be most stir
ring argument for us to do our best not
only for ourselves but for those who
come after us.
Nature has kindly given us an over
supply of force with every organ. For
instance, in ordinary respiration we
only use about one-tenth of the real
capacity of the lungs. The overplus is
for use in running and other severe ex-
ercises and in emergencies. Every or
work than is ordinarily put upon it
that life may be fortified against un.
foreseen emergencies. But this over
plus can not be used up and kept in
store at the same time any more than
one can constantly draw upon bal
ance in the bank without exhausting it.
If he over-eats three or four times day
for three hundred and sixty-five days In
the year, he will find his bank account
of stomach vigor overdrawn sooner or
later and be unable to eat any more
big dinners without feeling immediate
consequences. We may not flatter our
selves that we can violate natures laws
to-day and atone for them tomorrow.
1t can not be done. All that can be
done is to make the most of what there
Is left Perhaps with exceeding care
we can make that little more useful
than we did our original stock, because
by experience we have learned to econ.
omize But that will not bring back
what has been squandered. The man
who has lost half of his stomach vigor
is just as permanently crippled as if he
had lost an arm. The lesson for us to
learn is that we should take care of all
the strength and capacity we have and
use our vital forces only for useful and
desirable ends. Let nothing tempt us
to squander it in excesses or exciting
recreations 1t must be saved for lon
gevity and usefulness. In this way
only can we do ourselves and the world
the most good and in the highest sense
honor our Creator. Reported by Helen
L. Manning.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
FARM AND GARDEN.
HANDY FENCE JACK.
Vow One Man Can Improve Long Lin
of Fence I'm n Day.

Vow One Man Can Improve Long Line
of Fence i'm a Day.
We practice mixed farming; fences
are necessity. In breaking an old
sod field, it needs often to be partly re-
fenced. We place the fence out, so we
san plow the old fence row, thus clear
ing out brambles as well as getting
very fertile strip for tillage. We al
ways place large 4-foot pieces of wood
lnder the corners to keep the rails up
from the ground, placing old rails
under to stop out the pigs, etc. The a.
foot pieces make more fence than a
rail, and much cheaper.
This spring we intend to take the
Johngee fence jack, as per drawing,
ind raise several good fences that have
settled until the rails are on the
ground, and put new pieces under the
corners, thus making the fence about
a foot higher and preventing the loss OF
good rail.
With this machine one man can i'm
prove long line of fence in day.
You need only to tn row off the riders
before you lift the fence. Prepare your
posts, if you build board, wire or
paling fence, by boring an oblique IL
inch hole in the end that goes in the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

closet set apart in the Bowser man.
sion for that purpose more sure cures
for coughs, colds, influenza, hay fever,
catarrh, toothache, rheumatism, con-
sumption, torpid liver, neuralgia, fatu-
lency, general decline, yellow fever,
smallpox, cholera morbus and pneu-
monia than any New York hospital
could use in a month.
Mrs. Bowser hasn't seen all this stuff
come into the house without a protest,
but protests have not been of the least
avail. At the first word of reproach
Mr.. Bowser would turn on her with:
"Mrs. Bowser, how many doctors and
drug stores are there in this country?"
II don't know"
"Of course you don't. It isn't your
business to know. do know, how
ever, and I'll tell you that there are over
100000 doctors-one to about every
thirty of our population. Just think of
thatl There are also nearly two mil
lion drug stores, each one supported by
about forty such people as you are"
"Well?" she asked
swell, 1t must follow that there Is
mighty little sense among average peo-
pie to run to doctor every time any
thing gets out of kilter. Think of the
money thrown away!''
"But nothing ever ails any Of us but
n headache" she protested.
mo; of course not. But why not?
Simply because I'm prudent and far
seeing man. lock the stable before
the horse is stolen. In other words,
during the five years we have been
married have saved us from at least
fifty fits of sickness, each one of which
would have cost at least fifty dollars in
cash"
"Well, have you been getting any
thing to-day?" she asked. "If so, you
might as well throw it out of the win
dow, for we don't need It,"
Don't need 1t, Mrs. Bowser--don't
need itr' he echoed, as he stood up and
waved a paper package aloft. "But
we do need it, all of us need it, need
1t bad. Do you know what season OF
the year this is?"
''0f course, it's spring."
well, what takes place In the
springp"
various things"
"Yes, and one of them Is sort OF
collapse of the physical system. We
lose flesh. We are spleeny. We are
bilious and subject to chills We are
In just that state to invite fever to
seize upon us, and in nine cases out OF
ten 1t would be fatal. Is it prudence
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
TWO JOURNEYS.


Ger this same road, this selfsame trip
They made three years or SO ago.
How time does fly and hurry byi
That was their wedding trip, you know.
And then 1t was the worst OF fears
That made their Joy not quite secure,
That some might guess from mien or dress
That they were on their wedding tour
She treated him with cold disdain,
He bullied her In brutal way;
She read three novels on the trip,
He also read and smoked oil day.
They quarreled mildly, snubbed and sneered,
And BY these methods they made sure
That none would for moment think
That they were on their wedding tour.
But now they take the trip again,
Like turtle doves they're side by side
And try for fun to make folk think
That they're q new-made groom and bride.
They cuddle Close they bill and COO,
he holds her hand In steadfast grip;
They think royal jest is this
Imaginary wedding trip.
Harry b. Smith, In America