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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04
THE PEAR TREE SLUG.
When and Where 1t Begins Its Work and
How to Destroy 1t.


The pear tree slug begins it work
about the middle of June or first OF
July. 1t works on the upper side Of
the leaf, eating out the tissue and leav-
ing only the under skin and veins. In
this manner it will sometimes destroy
all the foliage of pear or cherry trees.
The insect passes the winter in the
pupa state in the ground, the flies, the
progenitors of the mischievous brood
Of slugs, appearing in May or June in
the northern states The female is a
little over one-fifth of an inch long, and
the male is little smaller. When the
trees on which these flies are working
are disturbed, they fall to the ground,
and folding up their antenn@, they re-
main motionless for awhile
The female deposits her eggs early in
June, in the leaves, in Sits made with
a saw-like appendage at the end of her
body, which cuts through the skin of
the leaf. In about two weeks these
eggs hatch into little white slugs
which are not Shiny at first, but the
Shiny matter oozes out of the skin after
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04
NUMBER 8.
DRAFT OF WAGONS.
Recent Experiments Overthrow Many AZ.
cepted Conclusions,

Tests by Prof. Sanborn, of the Utah
experiment station, tend to overthrow
many accepted conclusions on this sub
ject. The following summary is taken
from the bulletin:
When the load was placed over the
hind wheels it drew 10 per cent. easier
than when it was placed over the front
wheels.
The hind wheels drew 1873 per cent
easier over an obstacle three inches
high than the front wheels. This was
when attachment of the force was
directly applied to each set of wheels.
The hind wheels, when drawn over
an obstacle by the usual'hitch, drew
only 1.2 per cent, easier than the fore
wheels.
When the ends of the wagon were
reversed and the draft was applied di.
rectly to the hind wheels it drew near.
ly per cent. easier.
The incline of the reach toward the
front wheels, as now put in, causes the
wagon to draw harder than it should.
Lowering the reach or the point OF
application of force upon the hind
wheels materially decreases the draft
therefore the reach should run horizon.
tally or on an upward incline from the
rear to the front wheels
Higher front wheels will reduce draft,
The change of the angle of draft, as
applied from the end of the pole, varied
the draft very markedly and the rela-
ton of the draft of the front to the rear
wheels.
A long hitch, or such hitch as oc.
ours when lead horses are used, in,
creases draft.
Loose burrs with one-half or moro
inches play lessen the draft of the load.
Little difference was found between
the draft of three wagons,
Draft varied with the varieties OF
grease used, from nothing to II per
cent.-lard proving the best, or prac'
tically the same as manufactured
axle grease, and but little better than
cylinder oil.
The draft of varying roads and con,
dition of roads varied very markedly,
being between the best and the poorest
classes of local roads nearly 800 per
cent. in difference. In this trial neither
the best nor the poorest roads were
available-only such as are found in
country towns.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL,

Man is always blind on the side
where he thinks it pays him to sin.
Rams Horn.
The University of Michigan has de-
termined to add women professors and
lecturers to its faculty.
Mrs. I. L. Johnson, wealthy lady
living near Rochester, N, Y, has given
Rev. ]. ]. Smallwood, the colored
speaker, $12, 900 with which to found an
educational institute for colored people
in Virginia
The division Of the Bible into chap.
ters as at present is commonly ascribed
to the Cardinal Hugo st. Cher who
lived in the thirteenth century, but
there is reason to suppose THAT it may
be much older.
The Salvation army have purchased
and equipped fine buck wagon with
full tent, and span of eighteen oxen,
and have dispatched an expedition
comprising six army" officers into
Mashonaland, South Africa, to look at
the prospects for the agricultural and
pastoral development of that region.
The religious tract society Of Lon.
don sent out from its home and foreign
depots over $40, 900, 900 publications dur
ing last year, in over two hundred Ian
guages and dialects, and the expendi-
lures reached the total of al99,444. To
the missionary income e24,943, the
society added trade profits, bringing
the outlay in grants up to total OF
;c39, 512.
When the time comes for us to
wake out of the dreams of the world
sleep why should it be otherwise than
out of the dreams of the night? Sing
ing of birds, first broken and low, as,
not to dying eyes" but to eyes that
wake to life, 1.-THE easement slowly
grows glimmering square," and then
the gray, and then the rose of dawn;
and last the light, whose going forth
is to the ends of the heaven. -Ruskin.
The Legion of Honor schools found
ed by Napoleon to educate the daugh-
ters of the legionaires have lately un-
dergone important changes. The orig
inal course trained the girls to excel in
all domestic duties, but it now seems
more necessary to give them instruc'
ton in some direction which will en-
able them to earn livelihood. Accord.
ingly, they pass examinations and take
/ diplomas in various branches prepar-
atory to business careers.
| Medical missionaries find their op
portunities for gaining admission tc
the homes of their patients constantly
increasing. One lady physician in India
has treated twelve thousand patients
up to the close of 1899. go to Persia,
says correspondent, land you will
find the splendid court at Tabriz ex
tending it's rich and dainty hospitality
to all the ladies of the mission, ant
after the reception of these ladies by
the princess every door in Tabriz woult
gladly open to admit them"
Souls are made sweet not by TAX
ing the acid fluids out, but by putting
something in, great love, new
spirit, the spirit of Christ. Christ, tn,
spirit of Christ interpenetrating ours
sweetens, purifes, transforms all. This
only can eradicate what is wrong, worl
a chemical change, renovate and regcn
crate, and rehabilitate the inner man
Will power does not change men. Tim
does not change men. Christ does
Therefore 'tlet that mind be in 20,
which was also in Jesus Christ Hen
ry Drummond.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04
WIT AND WISDOM.

Il have loved the principle of beauts
in all things Keats.
The baby can't walk much himself,
but he likes to see other people walk
Texas Siftings
Circumstances are beyond the con-
troll of man; but his Conduct is in his
own power.-Disraeli
"A good many self-made men evil
IDENTITY got tired before the job was
finished. Indianapolis Journal.
knowledge is the hill which few
may hope to climb; DUTY is the path
that all may tread. Lewis Morris.
The debtor is the fellow who isn't
at all anxious to have his creditors hur-
ry on his account Rochester Post
They talk of standard pitch" for
pianos. THE next door neighbor has no
voice in the matter. columbus Post
The first thing man does after he
has patted you on the back is to turn
his own back to be patted. -Atchison
Globe.
Fear and distrust, once sown in the
heart of love, spring up from the seed
into forest that excludes the stars. -
Lord Lytton.
Abridged editions are a good deal
like abridged trousers. They are short
er, but the style and grace are all gone
out of them. Puck
Character is like the grand old
cathedral bell. Reputation is the brass
tintinnabulum of the loud-mouthed
auctioneer.-Dallas News
Come to think of it. there is great
deal of push required in this business"
murmured the manufacturer of baby
coaches. Baltimore American.
Girls who allow sparkling in their
homes should use smokeless powder so
that the engagement may not be dis
covered. Baltimore American,
1t is so easy in the spring, when ap
ple-trees are in blossom, for a man tc
promise his friends all the apples they
want in the fall.-Atchison Globe.
We laugh at the cute sayings Of
children, but the telling remarks of q
| young brother are not always admired
by the grown-up sister Cape Coo
Item.
"A colored philosopher is reported
to have said: Life, my breddren, an
mostly made up of prayin' for rain and
then wishin' itwould clar cff."-Pres
byter an.
DO you weally believe in dwainE
the color line, Miss Westonp" asked
Cholly Weston. Yes, l object to peo
pie being green" she replied, colby
Lowell Citizen.
-Wooden-"oh, yes, Wagley is a goot
enough fellow, but he always laughs a
his own jokes" Bulfnch-"Well, some
body's got to laugh at these jokes. -
| Boston Courier.
If some people were to dounto 9th
ers as they would have others do t
them they would not have a singh
moment in which to look out for them
selves Dallas News,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04
Woolens for Young Misses.

Costumes of fancy woolens with very
light grounds, gray, ecru, mastic, mush.
room color, amber-brown, etc, crossed
with the silkiest of shaggy bars in
mixed colorings-often scarlet green
md gold-or in checks, stripes and
blurred detached patterns, are made up
ii jaunty styles, many of them too fan.
ci'ul for any but youthful wearers.
sone have bodices cut on the cross, and
shaped to the figure without darts,
some with cuirass corselets, the high
undtr-bodice covered with nailheads or
braidings, this portion being of plain
unpaNterned goods. Some have velvet
sleeves and velvet jacket-fronts, the
long square basques reaching farther
back t1an the side-seams of The bodice
and losing themselves amorg the foldc
If the s. r. IN the lack Chicago T05t
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04

anything to do and wanted 10 use uE
half an hours time" replied Mr. Bow
ser.
"And every one of them speaks of how
lonely you were, and with what joyous
anticipations you looked forward to
your next call"
Lonely Joyous anticipations! I'd
be apt to be lonely when there were a
dozen or more mighty good looking
girls after me, wouldn't ~"
"But in few brief years after mar
riage how the average husband does
changed observed Mrs. Bowser, as if
speaking to herself.
eyes, that's it. You hunted me down
and got me to marry you, and now you
are trying to make my home happy.
If you are feeling badly why don't You
go and make yourself some catnip tea?"
Husbands talk about happy homes"
she continued, as she looked the paper
over, "but what do they do to make it
happy?"
eyes, pitch into husbandsl" growled
Mr.. Bowser, as he swept over the shoe
peg and savagely kicked at the cat,
which came to rub herself against his
leg.
"While they are counting they are all
smiles and soft talk, but the honey
moon is no sooner over than they stand
revealed in their true colors."
keep pitching right in, Mrs. Bow
ser! Nothing like fault-finding wife
to make home PLEASANT
"Do you remember that Fourth of
July evening when we sat on the YER
anda?" she asked. 81 shall always re
member what you said that night anc
how much the situation affected you.
AFFECTED me! What on earth are
you talking about?"
"You took my hand in yours, Mr.
Bowser, and you asked me to please try
and learn to love you"
"Never If you'd swear to that OF
sixteen family Bibles l wouldn't be
lieve it."
"You said that life was but drear,
waste to you before l crossed you
path, and"
II never 'did-never! never! never!
he shouted, as he sprang up. "No on,
but you ever charged me with being al
idiot or lunatic!'
"Mr. Bowser, didn't you say that i
l didn't macry you you would surel,
kill YOURSELF"
"No!n
Didn't you once show me som
baking powder in a pill-box and tel
me it was strychnine, and that you
take it if married anyone else?"
"Never! Never cared two cent
whether you married me or mott"
"And you deny that when fathe
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04

wasting away because feared you
would say no!'
DO you remember the pet name you
used to call me?" she asked.
pet nonsense!"
"You called me your red wild rose"
RED wild pigweed! Are you get
ting soft in the head, Mrs. Bowser?"
ut seems curious to me-" she con-
tinued, without noticing his sarcasm,
that when a young man is counting a
girl no one can make him believe that
she is not a perfect angel. He can't
work days'nor sleep nights for thinking
of her, and the sight of her mile
away sets his heart to beating like an
engine"
ut does, eh9 II might In the case OF
9 spoony young noodle head, but Il
wouldn't with a sensible fellow.
never lost any sleep on your account "
Nearly all your letters to me were
dated anywhere from midnight to four
o'clock in the morning, and"
Never. Never wrote you a letter
except in the afternoon, when ] hadn't
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04

s. SEE" said Mrs. Bowser, as she
sat reading the paper the other
evening, while Mr.. Bowser was
trying to dig peg out of his shoe-"I
see that another Brooklyn man has run
away and left his W ife."
HAS, Ell? Well, l don't wonder at
it," replied Mr.. Bowser.
''Did you read the item?"
mo, but / know how it all hap
pened. He found out that he couldn't
take bit of comfort in his home and
he left il. No one knows the misery
that poor man suffered before he took
that step"
ut doesn't say he was unhappy"
"Of course not. No husband ever
gets justice, to say nothing of pity.
I'll bet he suffered thousand deaths
before he walked away to die in some
lonely spot by his own hand"
well, dear, you'll never be driven
away by any act of NINE" she said,
rs she went over and kissed him,
'W-what in thunder are you doing?'
shouted Mr.. Bowser, as he dropped the
shoe and sprang up.
"Why, l kissed you"
''Well, don't want anybody blow.
ing into my ears or splitting on my
chin! What struck you all at once?"
There was time, Mr.. Bowser-
there was time when"
''When what?"
when you said that if would kiss
youyou would be the happiest man in
The whole world"
Never! Never even limited at such
thing! wasn't that sort of noodle
head"
''Mr Bowser! Why, there was fol-
three months, while l was waiting to
make up my mind to marry you, that
you said you could hardly live from day
to day!"
Waiting! you waiting Well, that
is cooll That ticlsles me-hal ha! hat
he shouted as he held his sides.
Yes, waiting"
"Why-ha! ha! ba!-you said yes 81
mighty quick you bit your tongue il
doing Isl The idea of me pining ant
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04
VOLUME VIII.
AN AVERAGE MAN.


A realistlo story
Without any gush or glory,
With nj sentimental limelight
And no firework display,
Bout poor old ignoramus
Who was never rich nor famous,
And who couldn't ignite the river
And who worked out by the day,
a very common fellow
Was this Ebeneser Weller,
With the usual share of virtues,
And with vices two or three;
He'd no fatal gift of beauty,
But ar average sense OF duty,
Neither very good nor evil
just about like you and mo.
And he wed an average woman,
Very nice and very human,
Just about like Ebenezer,
Neither very good nor bad;
OFT In harmony they'd MARBLE,
Often they would scold and squabble,
But they loved each other dearly,
And they couldn't continue mad
Never had enough on Monday
40 supply the house I'LL Sunday,
Never made enough in April
To support themselves IN May;
II they worked hard in November,
They must work hard In December
And the coarse bread Of tomorrow
Was the hard work Of to day.
They worked on, grew gray and t5rayeE
Yet they never made him may =,
And she plucked no social honors,
And his wages still were small.
Then tho load of years grew weighty,
And they died when they were eighty,
And they put them in the graveyard
And they left them there. That's all
A realistic story
Without any gush or glory
Yet this fellow Ebenezer
Represents the human clan;
His the average share OF pleasure,
His the average lack Of leisure,
His the average joy and sorrow
OF the common average man.
IS. w. Foss, In Yankee Blade.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04
-The story of the dismissal OF Ip

The story of the dismissal OF Igna.
tieff, lately prime minister of Russia,
is thus told: Ignatieff one day pre-
scented some papers &c his imperial
master, seging: Your majesty may
sign these without reading them, as
they are not of much Importance.
The car handed the papers back with
the answer: Keep these foi your sue
oessor. ! never s'gu pIpers wittou,
looking at them
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04

the pipe without stopping its progress,
and entirely prevents the bad air from
passing upwards. To prevent sediment
from choking the pipe, it should he oc-
casionally flushed, or a current of wa
ter dashed throughit. Or, if this should
ever prove insufficient, IL may be
opened by pushing stiff rope through
it, the curve being near the cellar
Country Gentleman.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04
simple Traps for Drains

When lead pipe is used for cellar or
other. drains, and there is danger Of
foul odors flowing back into the cellar
through this pipe, especially at a dry
season of the year, from foul matter
below, this may be prevented and
very simple trap be made by bending
the pipe as represented in the cut. The
water as it escapes fills the curve 10
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04
What II Must Coma To.

Magistrate "a few years hence)-l
understand that you were attacked by
three footpads on your way home last
night, and shot one of them. I fine you
$40.
Citizen-What for?
Magistrate-For letting the other
two get away. Next case. Good News
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04

WHEAT may be pastured some, but
experiments prove that wheat does not
yield as well when pastured as when
the cattle are not allowed upon IT. In
some sections the stock is allowed on
the wheat only occasionally, but never
during a period when the ground lie
wet. The trampling OF the wheat is in
furious TO a certain extent at all times
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04
-Brazil was discovered in l,


as settled first by the Spaniards in
1915. Holland made a settlement in
1924, hut her land was seized in 1854 ~
Portugal
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04

A COOP range means everything ici
the growing stock
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-04
HEssIAN FLY AND TRANSFORMATIONS

Healthy wheat stalk and stalk dwarfted by
hy; a, Hessian fly egg b, maggot; C, t1axseed
or pupa case; d, pupa; ., fly laying eggs in leaf
crease; +, female fly; q, male fly, both en-
larged; h, fiaxseeds and swelling produced by
them; l. parasite of fly, enlarged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-03
INTEREsTI,NG ADDRESs.
Comrade simon Seward on War Incidents
The Walter johnson Jury Complimented.

PETERSBURG, Va, April Especial. ]
Comrade Simon Seward Of 4. ?. Hill Camp.
Confederate Veterans. delivered a very enter
aiming address before the Camp tonight M
Their hail III Masonic building on Tabb street
lils subject was How | was Captured and
Scenes IN the Old Capitol Prison"
To-day Is the anniversary Of the evacuation
oi petersburg by the Army Of Northern Viz.
Ehia' which occurred on the night of the ID
~ APril, 1865. General Grant came into Pc
.ersburg about o'clock on the morninp nj
1he sd and made II his headquarters anti II
O'Clock that day IN the brick residence on
sMNAet street now owned and occupied by
oir simon Seward. President Lincoln also
s"ihe INTO Petersburg on the Sd and had his
headquarters until " o'clock that dav in tbe
room; room now used by Mr. Seward as his parlor
Inc scenes and incidents of that memorable
% OF AprIi can still be wildly recalled.
M r. W. Sweeny. agent of the Innate
asylum AT Williamsburg, left here TODAY with
the following lunatics W. +. Alleged 81
Meckienburg county; W. r. Mscee. of Prince
George county. and Mrs. Josephine William
son, OF Petersburg "'''i''n-
The Circuit Court of Petersburg Jpd,a u
a. Han cock presiding, was in session for a
short time this morning. but no business ~
special Importance was transacted. JUDGE
Hancock, after signing various orders. ad.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-03
CAR TIfIETEs CAPTURED.
Cars on the Richmond and Danville Railroad
Pillaged.

SoUrH BosroS. Va. April Especial !
On last Friday night party Of three railway
employees here. while walking up the Rich
mond and Danvlle track near the Lynchburg
and Durham crossing. discovered that car
loaded with general merchandise consigned to
points on the Lynchburg and Durham road,
had been broken open. and while attempting
10 close the car the party were fired upon by
three or four unknown negroes.
The negroes succeeded IN making their es
cape. leaving their plumber behind. Fortu-
nately. no one was hurt.
The services Of an experienced detective were
at once secured. and to-day he succeeded in
running down one If the robbers, Vim. VI.
Fourqurean. who had a hearing before Esquire
Fry and in default Of five hundred dollar.
bond was sent 10 Jail 10 await the action Of
the Circuit Court.
Fourqurean admitted nothing and refused 70
give his accOmplices away.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-03
HrGH LICENSE PROPOSED.
panyile's Finance Committee Recommend
This-Death of Mr. Wilkinson.

InlS=DDNtn Oi hfs W liklbrons
DAx,ILLr. Va. April Especial The
City Council has before 1t a saloon high
license proposition. The Finance Committee
in submitting the tax bin for the next fiscal
wear beginning May list. proposed 10 make the
license on saloons $500. Ihe whisky men
oppose this, but would doubtless prefer II TO
the othor proposition now before the Council
10 close saloons at L. VI.
very hard rain fell hero to-day. The
showers continued nearly all day and at times
came down IN torrents.
All the Methods. preachers Of Danville and
North Danville, and quite "a number of other
people, went to- lynchturg tits morning TO
attend the funeral of hey. Dr. John f.. Ed
wards.
The meeting Of business men to organize a
merchants and business mems club. which
Wa called for to-day, was postponed until
Tuesday next
Mrs Sslhe Lucas. aged eighty.four. who has
been living IN DaLu.le siXty-iour years. died
to-day. Hcl maiden name was .,allie High
tower, ana she was born IN Halifax county.
Nirs. Lucas had leen a member Of the MethO-
dist church fifty-sX years. She leaves a
daughter. Mrs :. Il. Chatham. OF this city.
Green BannSter, a prominent cOlOred man.
died Of consumption to-day. For many years
Bannster WAS janitor of the city hall. He was
u consistent Democrat aud always. even when
The rank preJudices Of his race made it dan
ger0us to DO SO, stuck 10 his political convic-
tlOus
William W. Wilkinson. a prominent Pitt
sylyania farmer. died suddenly al his home
near kentuck yesterday morning. and was
buried to-day. MIR. Wilkinson. who was over
sixty years Of age, was in Dgnville Tuesday
attending To business. and was IN perfect
health lie went home in the afternoon. and
aiteer eating hearty supper he chatted pleas
ing the night lac was taken with congestlye
chill, and died az O'Clock in the morning.