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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
MONDAYS MISERY.
The Day of the Week on Which Mos
Worries Come.

The Day of the Week on Which Most
Worries Come.
BY what malign goddess was Monday
set apart as the one day of the seven
when people were most likely to be
hurried and fretted and irritable and
perverse and exasperatingP We do not
hear of BLUE Tuesday" or "Blue Sat-
urday," though Tuesday, Saturday,
and the intervening days have their
temptations and their trials, and their
right to be arrayed in indigo, as surely
as has Monday. Mondays roses are as
sweet, Mondays skies are as bright,
Mondays air as exhilarating, as the
roses, the air, and the sunshine of the
rest of the week, yet from time Inn
memorial Monday has been the crucial
test of the housewives patience, and of
the temper of the maids.
We find trace of 1t even in Mother
Goose. Tomorrow will be Monday"
signs the pensive swain, who is walk
ing with his sweetheart on Sunday
afternoon. Tomorrow will be Mon
dayl' The bells of ten Thousand fac
tories will clang the fact in the ears of
civilization. The whistles of million
mills will shrek it forth. The wheels of
uncounted engines will roll swiftly at
the sound of Mondays imperial man.
date. Everywhere and always Monday
steps into the worlds arena her arms
akimbo, her brows bent, her voice for
war!
1t behooves the house-mother to be
specially careful about her looks, her
tones and her words on Monday morn
ing. The most amiable of men may be
her husband, but he is already in an
ticipation the business man besct with
cares, and carrying heavy weight
upon his shoulders, when he comes to
the breakfast table on Monday. The
dearest of children may be trifie cross
and contrary, with school in prospect,
after Saturdays outing and Sunday
cheerful variety of occupation. But all
will go pleasantly If the mistress of the
house, who is the most important per-
sonage within the four walls, the
queen of the realm, and the keeper OF
the keys, will but set Mo day morning
| to music.
Her serene face, her gayety of man
ner, her gentle, forceful purpose, have
magic in them to charm away the
legion of perverse influences which
pervade the home atmosphere, unseer
yet potent, By Monday evening every
thing will be so genial and so delight
full that the memory of Monday morn
ing will have retreated into the dim re
moteness OF the land where all our yes
terdays keep company will, forgotten
Pharaohs and the desert sphinx
Harper's Bazaar.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
August.
Flower

"I inherit some tendency to Dys-
pepsia from my mother. l suffered
two years in this way; consulted a
number of doctors. They did me
no good. l then used
Relieved In your August Flower
and it was just two
days when I felt great relief. I soon
got so that I could sleep and eat, and
l felt that I was well. That was
three years ago, and 1 am still first
class. am never
Two Days. without a bottle, and
if 1 feel constipated
the least particle a dose or two of
August Flower does the work. The
beauty of the medicine is, that you
can stopthe use without any bad
effects on the system.
Constipation While was sick l
felt everything 1t
seemed to me a man could feel. ]
was of all men most miserable. lean
say, in conclusion, that I believe
August Flower will cure anyone of
indigestion, if taken
Life ofMiserywith judgment. A.
M. Weed, 22o Belle
fontaine St., Indi-.haF>tis, Ind" Q
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
Vulgar Admiration.

Mr. Gotrox-What are you doing out
there in the chill night air? Come.into
the house.
Gladys-I was just admiring the
moon, papa.
Mr.. Gotrox-What business have you
admiring the moon when there are so
many things in the house that have
bought expressly for you to admired
Anybody can admire the moon--In.
dianapolis Journal.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
MARGIE.

That lovely brook, see Il
Still flashing In the sun,
And she and are children
Once more In Ellington;
And Margie on the bank there
see as she used to look,
Those summer days when she played with
me,
On the borders Of the brook.
Wh2t wonderful ships and shallops
made for Msrgie then,
With leaves and grass for cargoes
And sticks and straws for men:
And what brave names we gave themi
" Orlando" George. Green"
F" Sir Galahad," king Pellemore,"
The Cid" and "6ir CaulineI'
We cared not much for traffic,
Yet our captains and our mates
Brought often the honeys of Hybla
And Tunis figs and dates,
But when love called, or honor,
We sent our vessels out
In aid Of all who needed them,
With many cheer and shout
That we hoped, now Friday was gone,
He would como straight over and sec us,
With all his goat skins on;
And bring the poll parrot with him,
So when they stepped on shore
We should know them both and tax,
them homo
Never to wander more.
AS the seasons changed, so we did;
In spring we dreamed Of fame;
And In summer Of autumn's riches;
And when October came,
We stripped the yellow gold trees
And sent our ill.got gain
In caravels to Andalnoe
Across the Spanish Main.
That lovely brooke know not q
Just where IL comes from now
But In those days 1t wandered
As Margie could avow-
Right out from far Cipango
And merrily ran on
Till IT came to the fairy fields this side
The valley Of Avalon.
II heard In Sherwood forest
Brave Robins bugle calls;
And carried of the music
To dash It on the walls
OF the city OF Manoa;
And could be seen afar,
In clearest air from Samarcand,
And near to Candahar.
Sometimes see the windings
OF that brook, as in dream,
While II flows away to the sunset;
And here and there the stream
Is touched with light so tender
That II seems to my loving eyes
The course Of q beautiful human life
Ending in Paradise
And plans and schemes arc the vessels
And hope is the wind that blows
And all good aims are the harbors,
And time is the tide that flows;
And then again all changes
And see ourselves once more
Dear Margie and little boy
Playing along the shore.
Henry Ames Blood, 4, Youths Companion
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

His lnmunity.-Shingiss : THE
car may lie beset by many dangers,
but he is free from one annoyance"
Dinwiddie-"What is THAR" Shingles
Lift insurance agents don't poster
him to take ont policy, "-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

BRONCHITIS Is cured by frequent small
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
INSECTS AT SEA.
Common House-Flies Board q Ship in
Mid-0cean.

Common House-Flies Board n Ship in
Mld-Ocean.
Birds of passage make their way
across wide stretches of water with In
stinct, not only in regard to their course
but in regard to the proper season as
well. The finding of flies and butter
flies long way out at sea Is perhaps
hardly more wonderful, but to most
readers the fact is not so we'll known.
What Mr.. Collingwood found to be the
habit of such insects in Chinese waters
may be observed over large areas of
tropic seas
When we had stood out some thirty
miles from the land, plague of flies
overlook us. The cabin was so full of
them that the beams were blackened.
Common black house-fies they were,
for the most part, with, however, a
good sprinkling Of large green flies.
Where they could have come from was
a mystery; but they were a terrible
nuisance, and although we swept off
hundreds In net, their numbers were
not sensibly diminished
Another singular circumstance was,
that although no land was in sight,
large dragon-aies repeatedly flew across
the ship; and observed large, dark
butterfly fit across In the direction Of
the land, without stopping to rest or
the ship. At this time the nearest LAND
was the Chusan Islands, fully thirty
miles off.
1t is by no means an uncommon cir
cumstance to see butterflies launch
themselves off ono shore for shor'
aerial excursion to the opposite shore
half mile or mile distant, without
the least hesitation; and when we were
anchored in harbor, as at Ke-lung, they
were constantly flying through the
rigging SO rapidly that 1t was impossi
BILE to catch them, for they never rested
upon the ship. Under these circum
stances, they usually fly low, In I
straight line, and near the water
Youths Companion.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
An Unh.ppy MISUNDERSTANDING

She Ito her partially deaf lover)-oh.
/ dote on diamonds,
He (gleefullyl-I don't own them,
either. think it's extrsyagant.-JeN-
eler's Weekly,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

CHoLLY-"Miss Ethel, think you're
making game of mel' Ethel-"Nonsense
you were born II goose."-N. Y. Telegram
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

IT is the person who INDUCES in sharp
and pointed remarks that has the reputa
ton Of being q blunt speaker.-Bostor
Transcript.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17
Children Enjoy

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effects Of Syrup Of Figs, when in
need of laxative and If the father or moth
or be costlve or bilious the most gratifying
family remedy known and every family
should have q bottle.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

EASY Justihcation.-W quarrels are
shortestl Those Of the composing-room
foreman, He Is always willing TO make up
Brooklyn Eagle,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

THE man who crooked in the cradle Of
the deep" found plenty Of pillows to rest
his head .-Binghamton Republican.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

THERE is no menace implied when man
ufacturing dentist shows his teeth.-Bostor
Courier.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

"YoU told me you were quite quill
driver" "Welli" Sand here you are tend
ing geese"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

IF you are playing poker with an expert
enced dealer you need not get scared unit
you get good hand.-Dallas News.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

You can'thelpliking them, they are sovery
small and their action is so perfect One pill Q
dose. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

'THAr messenger boy will be president
of the United States some day." Never"
t'Why notf" Hell never runn-Chic.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

THE honey bee deserves recognition as
kind natures sweet restorer.-Elmira Ga
zette.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

Mrs. Hicks-I want you to match a
piece of silk for me this morning; but
you are such stupid thing, know
you will make blunder. Hicks
You evidently take me for an idiot. If
/ mistake the exact shade, texture or
even the make, I will buy you box OF
gloves. An hour later. Hicks-Here,
Tape, give me quarter of yard like
that. If you make a mistake, I'll get
you fred See? Tape-Here it is.
Do you want it straight, or on the bias9
Hicks-Both, you idiot! What do you
take me for?-Chicago Globe.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

PAIN from Indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating Is relieved at once by taking
one OF Carter's Little Liver Pills immedl.
ately after dinner. Don't forget this.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

THE desire for another dollar is the mis-
er's monogram. 1t Is written all over
him.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

A sPINsTER rarely reaches that age wher
she can be said to be in her declining years
Boston Courier.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

A CINCINNATI wife recently put machine
oil in her cake instead of lemon extract
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

"PoLrrIcs Is so funny" remarked Miss
Fiippins. "a man runs for ofiice, and then
the first thing you know the officers are
all running after the man."-Washingto
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

GLENN's Sulphur Soap is q genuine rem.
edy for Skin Diseases.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

You can never Judge how well man can
keep q secret by the way he keeps one that
Is unfavorable to him.-Atchison Globe
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

THE frog does not wear his suspenders
too tight, but he looks like it-Dallas News
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

'Is SHE queen like" SIN one way-she
takes every Jack that happens to come
along IN. Y. Herald.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

| IT seems to be one Of the rules Of an Ice
company that the purchaser pays for what
he would have received IL he had hurried
| up and got ahead Of the thaw.-W ashing-
| ton Post.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

TIE spotted veil suits freckled faces 10
dot.-N. 7. Picayune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

HE-"Wil you marry mef' She-'Do
you drink rumm He-"No; do you chew
gumr'-N. Y. Record.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-07-17

BROUGHT up with the rod-trout.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-12-12
NOTES FOR VETERANS.

GEN. A. S. WEBB, of New York, is
mourning the loss of a highly-valued
walking stick made out of part of the
flagstaff which the most advanced regi-
ment of Piclett's line carried at Gettys-
burg.
GEN. MCCLELLAN is spoken of yet
among the growing numbers of New
Workers who love horse eback-riding as
the beau-ideal of cavalier, Gen.
Sherman was nervous rider and used
loose rein. He seemed more intent on
getting there" than on the manner or
fashion of arriving.
GEN CARL SCHURz makes a proud
boast for his countrymen in America.
He says the German Americans saved
the state of Missouri to the Union when
the rebellion broke out, and that more
than 1S5, 900 men who were born in Ger
many served in the Union army from the
various states. This is proportionately
more than from any other part of our
population of foreign-born citizens.
THERE died at the little fishing village
of Port Penn. Del, the other day, Shubert
| Burrows, brother of Rube Burrows,
the outlaw. Shubert was deserter
from the confederate army, and after
ward member of Rube's outlaw gang.
For the last twelve years he has lived
alone in cabin on the Delaware shore,
and maintained himself by fishing and
trapping. He was buried the day after
his DEATH and after the funeral ex-
penses had been paid out of the one
hundred and ten dollars realized by the
sale of his possessions, the rest OF his
fortune went to charity.
THE order of confederate aoldiers
known as the United Confederate Vet
Grams, Gen. John b. Gordon command
ing, with headquarters at New Orleans,
is to extend its organization into the
North. One division is to be formed
east and one west of the Alleghenies,
each to be Differed by amajor-general.
and divided into camps The buried
dead in northern confederate celueter-
les are to be looked after, and needy
survivors to be provided for, as the
grand army cares for it's own people
A complete roster of the confederate
dead in the north is also to be COM
piled
CoMRADE RIFE gives an interesting
incident that occurred in Virginia in
1863 The army was drawn up in "a
line of battle, and the slsrmishers were
manoeuvering from both sides. One OF
the confederate boys was seen by com
rade Rife to take IA position behind a
stump and he at once aimed his rifle to
shoot, when the fellow in gray threw
up his gun and fired-the ball striking
squarely in the muzzle of com.
rade Rife's gun, and sent II
flying some ten feet from him,
and split the barrel some two inches.
1t was close call, and for few min.
utes comrade Rife did not know what
happened or what had become Of his
gun
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-12-12
PRUNING IN WINTER.
The Operation Will Not Injure Trees OF
the Hardy Kind.

The Operation Will Not InJure Trees OF
the Hardy Kind.
Trees of hardy kinds may be safely
pruned in winter, if but a moderate
amount is to be cut away Heavy
pruning always renders tree tenderer
and more liable to injury or check in
growth, if followed by intense cold
But it rarely happens that such severe
pruning is required. If the operator
always has distinct and definite OBJ
ject in view, he need not cut away
single shoot unless needed. A bearing
tree may have too thick head, and
want q slight thinning, or small
crooked branch may be in the way, re-
quiring only the clipping of pocket
knife. There is special advantage in
doing the work now-all the branches
and shape of the head may be easily
seen while the leaves are off.
When the owner of an orchard has to
give the business to hired hand, he
may avoid all danger of having the
work wrongly done by marking with
piece of chalk the place where he wants
the pocl<et-llnife or light saw to do TIN.
cutting, directing the operator to fol-
low Ine cndlk lndrk very llUlle cuu-
ting need thus be made, and no mutila.
ton.
A modification or improvement may
be made at any time in winter, if the
weather happens to be too cold, or
hands scarce for doing the labor till
spring. Take small brush or pencil
with white paint, pass through the
| orchard and wherever a branch is to
be pruned, mark with the brush white
line where the cut is to be made. Di-
rect the operator to cut nowhere but
on this line. The chalk would be
washed off by rain; the streak of white
paint will remain for months The
piece of chalk may be attached to the
end of a rod or pole, and be used to
reach any part of the tree: and if de.
sired, the owner may pass through his
orchard on horseback, and rapidly
mark as many trees in an hour as the
operator will prune in day.-Country
| Gentleman
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-12-12
Money in Raj sing Turkeys.

Raising turkeys is a profitable in.
dustry, says the Western Agriculturist.
The product of a couple of hen turkeys,
if properly managed, pays better than
the product from couple of acres of
grain. The bronze, s!lver-gray or
Narragansetts are hardy, heavy and
handsome fowls to keep. There is lit
tie danger of losing money by the ex-
pertinent, if one observes Il few simple
rules in the beginning, First, procure
healthy and robust rpecimens, not
akin, for breeding. Feed the young
poults after being Matched, with hard
boiled eggs crumbled fine. Later, feed
curdled milk and crumbled bread
mixed with milk, alternately with
meal baked or soaked in milk. Keep
them from rain, wet grass, damp and
cold places until they have feathered
out. Then encourage the hen and
brood to go off and pick up insects,
seeds and fallen grain until the early
frosts limit foraging.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-12-12

After the seedlings had been trans
ferred to the beds, the box proved con-
venient for things for the window
garden. On some accounts it was bet
ter than a real hotbed, for there was
no tiresome STOPPING. I've learned
that if one wants a tool or some con.
venience for the garden, and the money
is not handy. by looking around one
may find right under her nose some
thing that will serve the purpose very
well.-Sister Gracious, in American
Garden
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-12-12

cd away or fell hclplesS-men pltched
forward with but q single cry and died
with their faces hidden in the weeds
and grass. After Malvern Hill the SER
geant called the roll again--not the
same sergeant Us before, but another
had taken his place-he was lying dead
in the thickets at Fair oaks-and this
time only fifty-two men answered
"Here."
And so could you wonder that when
recruits came down to us we looked
upon them as intruders, even though
they were good men and true and had
come to help us win victories? What
did they know of our dead, of our wea-
risome marches, of touching elbows
with us as we waited for the word to
charge the flaming guns? Their names
were called with ours and we heard
them answer "Here!" But they were
only with us; they could not be Of us.
They had come too late.
And after South Mountain and An
tietam and Second Manassas and Fred.
ericksburg and Charlottesville and
Gettysburg and the Wilderness the roll
was called, and our dead were covered
up and other men were sent down to
take their places We shook hands
with them and pretended to be COM
rades, but we had no ties with them.
They had not learned war with us.
They could not go back to the begin
ning-to our first dead. And at last
came Appomattox and the surrender,
and then peace and the return to Wash
ington. We were almost full COM
/ %1,a
meadows of Arlington for the last roll
call. Upward of seventy living men
could have answered "Here!" to their
names.
Fall in, Company G! Attention to
roll-callv'
1t was not the sergeant who had
called the roll after fredericksburg,
after Charlottesville, after Gettys-
burg. after the awful grapple in she
thickets and swamps of the Wilder.
ness. 1t was new man-one who had
been promoted before his cheeks had
scarcely been burned by the southern
sun. But he had heard of the ties
which bound the old veterans together
he realized what this last roll-call
meant to the survivors And from the
roll of the dead and called:
Armstrong -Armitage-Als-
dorf!"
i. No one replied!
Berry = Bloomingdale - Benson
Barstow-Benhamr'
No one replied!
"Cary-Carter-Car Carnahan- Cummings
-Comstockl"
i. No one replied!
And so he called, and so the silence
of the death-roll grew deeper and deep
er, until the living felt q chill CREEP
over them.
"Young-Yeomans-Y
No one replied!
York;
"Here!"
And so he of all was the sole survi
vor-the last living man of Company G
. the only one who had the right tc
stand there in that line and answer tt
the last roll-call The others-ninety
and nine-were cripples at home ol
sleeping their last sleep on the hill
sides, in the valleys. in the forests ant
, the thickets of Virginia
The line cheered him as he stooi
apart-the last survivor of gloriou
, band which had fought in a dozen bat
S tles-but he turned away his head ant
wept-M. Quad, in N. Y. World
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-12-12
THE LAST ROLL-CALL.
hut Ono to Answer Out of q Hundre,
Names.

hut Ono to Answer Out of q Hundred
Names.
Just an even hundred men answered
"Here!" as the sergeant called the roll
on the morning we awoke beside the
Potomac. There were young men,
middle-aged men, men from the town
and men from the farm. Men who go
to war to fight and die beside each 9TH
er form strong attachments. Com
panies and regiments resolve them
selves into communities which do not
look with favor upon intruders. There
was an even hundred as we marched
away--as we took our first turn at
picket-as we first sighted the enemy
as we went into battle for the first
time. After the roar of the guns had
died away and the dead had been bur.
fed only eighty-nine men answered
"Here" to the sergeant's morning roll.
call The others were covered up in
long trenches, and their loss drew the
lines closer together
A few weeks went by, and we stood
shoulder to shoulder in battle line
again. There were charge and coun
ter charge-men screamed out as they
were wounded-men fell dead and ut
tered no cry. In the gloomy forest, by
the light of campfire, the sergeant
called the roll, and now only seventy
eight men answered "Here!" The rec
earth trenches had claimed more vic
tins, and the ties between the living
were drawn still closer. When a mar
has braved death with you that excuses
a hundred Shortcomings in camp or Oh
the march.
Then came Coal Harbor and the fall
ing back to Malvern Hill. Cannon
doomed and muslsetry cracked all day
long and far into the night Wounded
men cursed and grosned as they limp