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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
AT A GILLIAN HOTEL.
An American Traveller Finds Luxurles OF
Which He Had Not Even Dreamed.

An American Traveller Finds Luxurles Of
Which He Had Not Even Dreamed.
The favorable impression of Chilli
which / had received in descending the
western slopes of the Cordillera was aug
nlented when / reached the village, or
perhaps l should say town, of Santa
Rosa de los Andes. This was my first
experience of a Chilian hotel. AS we
rode up through clouds of dust the exter-
ior of the one-story adobe Of the Hotel
del ComerciO did not seem inviting. In
side, however, found series of court
yards, or 'patios," avenues OF trellised
vines, ayiaries, canalized water-courses,
and other pleasant features. hired a
room in the first patio" with an out
look upon the Towering shrubs, the
fountain, and the wonderful imitation
marble statues which stood around it.
Who would have expected to find speci-
mems of Greek sculpture-of the period
of decadence, it is true-at the foot Of
the Andes?
Dusty as I was, and having been who'll
ly deprived of the use of soap and water
during my six days journey across the
mountains, the old prejudices of the
dweller in towns asserted themselves,
and asked the landlady, in an off-hand
and half-apologetic tone, if it would be
possible to have bath. "C0m0 MOI"
she replied, with the usual Chilian
formula of ready affirmation, and added:
Would you likes swimming bath?" SIS
there swimming bath in the hotel?"
asked. Como no? The water is not
crystalline, but it is clean and fresh,
and brought from the Aconcagua river
by an acequia.' "Bueno, vamos a GER"
said |, and we went to see. And behold
at the end of the garden was tank some
fifteen feet square, with water running
through it, and overhead, as a protec-
tion against the snn, vines laden with
pendent lunches of grapes, forming, as it
were, ceiling to the bath. This
was delightful, and l bathed with
joy. Now after bath a man needs
refreshment of some kind. "COmO
no" was the invariable reply; and
was shown into a bar-room, where |
found greater variety of deleterous
| drinks than you would meet with in
| similar establishments in Europe or the
United States, and yet Los Andes does
| not boast $500 inhabitants. Thus for
tilted and rejuvenated, l was prepared
to dine, and l succeed in dining very
fairly, drank good Chilian wine, had a
pleasant talk with my friend Don Homo
rio and other gentlemen, and after din
ner took walk on the plaza, where
there was jealous but inferior orches-
ira playing for the distraction of ''all
Los Andes" represented by few Of
icers, employees and shop-keepers, a
dozen ladies wearing Partisan hats that
were the fashion year ago, and few
score modest natives, the women wear
ing black shawls drawn mantillawise
over their heads, and the men draped in
''ponchos," and sheltered from indis.
Greet eyes by broad-brimmed white
straw hats with black strings tied under
the chin.-Theodore Child, in Harper's
Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
HE GOT OFF LUCKY.
A Detroit Man in the booming District
of Southern Kansas.

A Detroiter who was looking for lands
In Southern Kansas got off the train at
title town at midnight, and in trying
to find his way to hotel, he went
astray and brought up against man
who held the muzzle of shotgun against
his breast and said:
Now, then, if you move foot you
are dead manw
He moved his tongue instead and
asked what was wanted. Two more
citizens joined him, and he was then
marched to the lookup and told that he
was prisoner, charged with attempted
burglary the night before. Two of the
men positively identified him as the
man they had seen running away from a
jewelry store. Seeing it was no use to
talk he kept still, and they went through
him. They found nothing suspicious, but
held to their case, and he was locked up
and left alone. Early next morning a
fat little justice of the peace came
putting in and called out:
"Why didn't you tell us we had got
the wrong man?"
ut was no use."
1T wasn't, eh? You'll have to pay
for all this!"
"But it wasn't my mistake"
''Yes, it was! Here you've gone and
laid us liable for suit for false impris-
onment, and won stand it"
"If the officers don't know their busi-
ness can't help it."
well, find you to be disorderly
person, and fine you SIS and month in
Jail! If you'll get out of town I'll remit
the Jail part"
"And must pay SIS because your Of
ficers made mistake" queried the De-
troiter.
Certainly. While we were fooling
with you the man we wanted got away,
Any more hesitation will be contempt
of court and hundred dollars fine and
six months in Jail Train is about due,
and my buggy is out side"
He rode down with him, and as the
train moved off 'his honor" said:
"You got out of this mighty lucky,
old fellow! There is only one lawyer in
town, and he was calculating to charge
you $50 for advising you to take the dirt
road out of this and strike gait of ten
miles an hour!"-Detroit Free Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
WIT AND WISDOM.


All! be quick to love, mako haste to
be kind!-Amiel.
"A consideration Of petty circum-
stances is the tomb Of great things
Voltaire
Don't argue with fool, or the lis
teners will say there is pair of You.-
Rams Horn.
Put lazy man on a hot griddle and
ne would want time to turn himself
Texas Siftings.
-"And did you fall in love with the
beautiful botanist9' mo; only took
lichen to her. Puck.
The chains OF habit are generally
too small to be felt till they are too
strong to be broken.-Johnson.
If things do not happen as narrow
minded man expects them to 1t does not
follow hat the world is on the road to
destruction.-N. o, Picayune.
Tho chronically unhappy man, who
persists in trying to sour humanity,
should get him to his closet with his
woes and give the sunshine chance TO
warm his neighbors.
A Briny Conundrum.- Fitz-Allen
Captain, what is the difference be-
tween "dog-watch" at sea and canine
vigilance ashore? Captain--One Is four
hours and the other is all night. IN. y.
Ledger.
Preserve order, pleased" shouted a
man on the platform to restless audi
ence. There's no chance for preserves
hereI' man yelled back. There's
too much m."-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
"Yes, he is dead" remarked Keedick,
speaking of favorite author; 1--WE shall
have nothing more from his pen." "But
he may write posthumous book" add
ed Mrs. Keedick, cheerfully. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
"A conscientious person should beware
OF getting into passion, for every sharp
word one speaks comes back and lodges
like a silver in ones own heart; and
such slivers hurt us worse than they
ever can any one else. Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
To try too hard to make people good
is one way to make them worse; the only
way to make good is to be good-remem-
bering well the beam and the mote. The
time for speaking comes rarely; the time
for being never departs. George Mac
donald
--''What! You don't mean to tell me
they are engaged! That's the last thing
should have expected" well, you
see, 1t came about in this wise: He un.
dertook to send her assurances of his
friendship by messenger, and the boy
was so slow that friendship had ripened
into love- indianapolis Journal.
Although a mans family rightly
claims the first and highest place in his
regard, his nearest friend the next, then
those to whom be is drawn by some com.
mon interest then his town or city,
then his nation, and finally all the hu
man race, like ever widening but more
and distant circles, yet the sentiment o.
affection should animate him and tht
principle OF justice should actuate bin
! Ihfsugh them slr--ola Hsmestesai
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
A HOMEMADE LOUNGE.
How to Produce Very Comfortable One
at Small Expense,

How to Produce n Very Comfortable Ono
at Small Expense.
There is nothing more comfortable and
desirable as an adjunctt to the furniture of
the living-room, the dining-room or the
sleeping-room than lounge. A sofa is
quite different piece of furniture. 1t
Is show-piece, which only appears
properly on dress parade in the parlor;
but lounge, on which people are in
tended to rest rather than sit up'primly,
is not out of place anywhere. 1t is fash
ionable to add this ''go easy" Turkish
piece of furniture with its soft uphol-
stery and multitudinous down pillows to
the parlor furniture; it's broad seat is
such comfortable place TO sit on during
a social call. A lounge is useful in the
dining-room, where the weary house
keeper in the interim ofmeals may take
her afternoon siesta, 1t is equally val
liable in the bedroom, where it is al
ways found in English houses, and pro-
vides comfortable resting place for the
afternoon nap without disturbing the
bed. In cases of prolonged sickness,
where it is always desirable to have a
different bed in use during the day and
the night, a lounge, if it is properly
made, with a comfortable mattress laid
over springs, offers delightful day bed.
Such bed is duly appreciated by the
invalid, and being lower ismore conven-
lent to lie upon when meals are served.
If lounge is made at home,
it need not be an expensive mat
ter to procure one First
let the house carpenter make frame of
ordinary pine boards six inches wide
and about an inch thick. This frame
should be one yard in width by two
yards in length, and should be support
ed at the four corners by turned legs of
hard wood, with castors raising the
frame from the floor nine inches. On
this frame set of springs or wire
woven mattress should be firmly fasten-
cd; such mattress can be purchased at
any dealer in upholstery supplies fol
50. so, or less. A mattress of excelsior
hair or any material must be fitted over
these springs, but not fastened down, as
the mattress must be turned occasional
ly. Over the mattress slip cover Of
cretonne or chintz, in any quality good
enough to be washed, must be arranged,
or the lounge may be draped with Bag
dad rug, which will cost from IS to IS,
according to quality. After the lounge
is covered, as many soft cushions Of
down, covered with India silk at so
cents yard, or chintz at 25 cents, may
be arranged as the owner desires. 1t is
a fancy of the hour to have these pillows
all covered with different materials and
| colors. N. Y. Tribune,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
FOR ELDERLY LADIES.
UoIors and Styles Suitable for the Gowns
of Mature Women.


That ''age is honorable" is rather an
exploded theory of late, on account Of
the oft-repeated sneers concerning "old
fsomen, so we can not blame them for
wishing to appear as young as is COM
patible with their appearance and sur
roundings. One secret of success in
growing old gracefully" is to get a
little in advance of Father Time, and
commence at forty-five to dress as yoa
will have to ten years hence. Then the
change will be SO gradual that with
care you may be dressing in mSch the
same manner at sixty, and the fight Of
years remain unnoticed by our dear
friends so ready to detect every wrinkle
on the face or in the basque.
When fifty and over, do not think you
can only wear black, gray and purple;
colors that were once the only selection
allowed an elderly woman. The fash
ionable shades of heliotrope, dark-green,
warm reds, navy and medium blues, seal
and reddish brown, and white are all
worn and made up in the reigning fash
ion. All of these colors may be trimmed
with black velvet, cord or jet passe-
menterie, steel, jet and steel mixed, or
black cord mingled with dash OF gilt.
A deeper shade of the same color is also
appropriate as garniture, though, in
making over half-worn gowns, black
silk, velvet or Henrietta will be found
convenient materials to exc the suit out
with, and when the shade is hard to
match you will be safe in selecting
black for the new material or trimming.
A woman of sixty, having silvery hair
and dark eyes, looks doubly attractive
in a gown of dark-red cashmere trimmed
with black velvet ribbon, and with
folds of cream scrim in the neck and
sleeves. Her black silk may have a
vest of black and colored brocade, edged
with fine jet gimp, or the moderately
full sleeve may be of velvet, with col
lar, cuffs and girdle of steel and jet pas
sementerie.
Avoid the jaunty styles, like a jacket
front, and have the skirts slightly
draped in 'front.' at the top, as advanc'
ing years gives matronly form that
appears better with drapery near the
top than in a perfectly fiat front.
Pointed and round fronts are worn on
the basques, and coat-tail or pointed
backs. VS. and slender vests are in bet
ter taste than yokes, and while the
sleeves are high over the shoulders, 1T is
in moderate degree only. Stripes,
brocades, checks and plain goods are
worn, leaving plaids for more youthful
women. Lace frills should be worn in
the neck and sleeves of nice dresses.
Select soft creamery quality, as 1T dis
guises the fading throat and hands,
where age 80 soon tells. Never wear a
linen collar after the first bloom OF
youth has departed. White can be worn
at any age, but creamery shade is far
more becoming than clear or blush
white; also wooden rather than cotton
fabrics. Velvet is wonderfully soften
ing to the skin and should be used for
collars and cuffs. Dress gowns are
quantity charming on an aged dame, il
cut with a wide V-shaped neck and
filled in with fichu folds of crepe lisse.
Ladies, Home journal.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
A KING OF METALS.
The Value of Platinum as Affected by
Electric Lights.


Electric Lights.
"No enterprise in the world" said a
WE'LL known electrician yesterday, 'has
increased within the last few years as
rapidly as the business of electric light
ing. The amount of money invested in
electric light plants in this country to-
day is $120, 600, 900, and it was only
eleven years ago, you remember, that
the light was first perfected. From the
few lamps burned by Edison at Menlo
Park in 1879, there have grown into
present use at least 125, 900 arc lights
and /, roo, 900 incandescent lights.
"One of the most noticeable results Of
this remarkable growth is the increase
in the price of platinum. Here is an
incandescent lamp. You see the short
strip of wire attached to the copper con-
ductor just at the top of the globe.
Well, that is platinum. 1t connects the
carbonized loop, and is one of the abso-
lutely indispensable features OF the
lamp because 1t expands at the same
temperature and in the same proportion
as the glass globe. There have been q
good many experiments for the pur-
pose of determining substitute for
platinum, but none has been found, the
experiments resulting, in each instance,
in the unequal expansion Of the metal
and the glass, and the consequent break
ing of the globe.
unfortunately every lamp requires a
strip of this metal say unfortunately
because it has come to be extremely
valuable, and the mines are not product
i've. Moreover, they are situated in
the Ural Mountains and are practically
inaccessible. AS result of this increas-
ing demand and diminishing supply,
the price of platinum has advanced tre-
mendously, until 1t is now almost as
valuable as gold, Five years ago the
metal was seldom used in this country,
being employed only in the evaporating
stills for the concentration of sulphuric
acid and in the manufacture of jewelry.
1t was then to be bought in the market
for So and SIS an ounce. A year ago il
advanced to SS an ounce, six months ago
it had increased to S14, and l see by one
of the trade journals that it has now
gone up to $50, which is only few cents
less than gold quotations"
Platinum gets its name from the
Spaniards. AS early as the sixteenth
century it appears to have been noticed
that the gold ore in the Spanish mines
of Darien included grains of white
metal endowed with the qualities of a
noble metal, and yet distinctly different
from silver. Its expectation to Europe
was prohibited, because the Spanish
Government found that it might easily
be used in the adulteration of gold. For
this reason it did not find its way tc
Europe until the middle of the last cen.
tury, when it was known as 'platina
del Pinto"-the little silver from the
River Pinto. Since its remarkable
chemical properties were established in
| 1850, it has been discovered in New
Grenada, San DCmingo, California,
Borreo and in portions OF Canada. But
the richest deposits are those in the
Ural Mountains, where the metal was
discovered in 1928, and where it has
been successfully mined by the Russians
since 1895. N, Y, Times
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02

set and determined, and as he entered
the third quarter he settled down to a
faster pace. Jimmy was still leading,
but at Browns present gait he would be
overtaken. Was Jimmy's strength fail
ing himp
Hes gainin' on you, Jim" cried the
young brother, as the boy came up for
the last lap And indeed Brown was
Twenty-ten--five yards-but-
Ye gods on high Olympus! Smile
you now, and Apollo, strike your Tyre!
He is running like the giant Utgord's
dwarf! And his rival is running, brave
ly, determinedly.
/ feel sudden, indefinable, but very
strong regard for Jim. Perhaps in
fancy I see the boy practicing in the
evening when the chores are done
with no better path, may be, than the
one that skirts the highway by the gate.
Practicing with golden visions of VIC
tory before him; of bringing home to
his mother q tall emblazoned cup or a
shining medal; and of the joy and girl
ish pride of that little rural Bessie.
am awakened from this reverie, that
has lasted scarcely ten seconds, by a
great shout The whole grand stand
has risen to its feet. The men are
cheering, the girls crying "hurrah!"
and tossing their handkerchiefs. The
band is playing beautiful rhythmical
galop; and amidst all this Jim Green
rushes down the path and carries the
tape with him, fifty yards ahead of
Brown!
There is commotion at the entrance
gate. An emissary from the Office at
that point comes down and pipes out:
"There's an old coon from wayback
in high waters out there that says his
names Green, Josh Green, b'gosh! An
he wants young gaffer named Jim
Green what's in here. Fer he's goin'
most everlastingly to whale Mister Jim
fer talsin' the hoss an rig an breakin'
the shafts all to little bits, b'gosh!
That's what he says" And after ex-
pectorating carefully upon the long in
dividual's boot, the emissary turned
gravely on his heel and returned to his
post
A committee went down to the gate
and led In Green, Senior. We gently
explained to him that his erring Off
spring had won lasting laurels, and
done it in excellent time, and somehow
we wooed the old gentleman into good
humor.
learned from the small brother, who
was flushed with pride, that Bessie"
was bed-ridden, crippled sister, who
''never went out nowhere" Perhaps
this disclosure deprived me of some of
the romance had woven into my as
sumed history of Jim; but it made of
the latter for me moral as we'll as q
physical hero.
Some one gave Jim's father cigar
and programme, and he stayed
right along to see his boy win
two more races. And when the day
was over we saw the old man drive off
beside his two sons, behind the old
white horse, pleased as Punch, and
sucking at the butt of his cigar.-C. G.
Rodgerson, in Detroit Free P.ess.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02

"Where are all the prominent citizens
this morning?' asked tourist of the
landlord of the Oklahoma House.
81 dunno, presizely," was the reply.
"You see, last night, the boys took a
hoss thief out to the tree where they
allus hang 'em, an 10 an behold! they
found newcomer had cut it down. The
hoss thief happened to know who done
it. They're after him now, the hoss
thief leadin' the pursuit. He's got a
heap of local pride, even If he does
steal. If they ketch the foller, they'll
be apt to string him up and turn the
hoss thief loose. We air people who
like to encourage public spirit. Puck,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02

stained figure disappeared in the door
way of the dressing-room.
l was not prepossessed with "Jim's"
physique as applicable to pedestrian
ism; but at the first glance l expert
enced an instructive liking for the boys
face. .IHwas plain and honest with a
jaw and a delicate but firm
.vh.
- If, however, was not gratified with
"Jim's" form, as imperfectly exhibited
and unjustly determined through his
ill-fitting clothes, was delighted with
the boys figure as he came out of the
dressing-room, a trifle furried. He was
we'll muscled, and his limbs were brown
as berries.
At this moment a long-legged indi-
vidual in high collar sauntered up to
where stood, and after lazily looking
the crowd over, drawled:
"Any one wawnt to bet?n
"Yes," ! said. who do yeu want to
bsokY'
why Brown, Of eRwssa
"Any odassa
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
A Valuable Tip.

Haven't you forgotten something,
sirP" asked the head porter of a guest
who had paid his bill and was leaving
the hotel
"Oh, no." replied the non-tipper, 'if
have you can keep it."
Much obligedl Inotice you left your
pocket book lying on the desk."-N Y.
Sun.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02

"Where did YOU get that hatq'

"Where did you get that hat?"
Don't you criticise that hat" retort-
ed buddy, 81 got it in London. 1t was
made for tho Prince of Wales"
"Did it ever occur to you that the
only way you got it was because the
Prince didn't like it?"
"Baw Jove!" cried buddy, II nevah
thought of that "-Munsey's Weekly.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02

Mrs. Barnschoot (relating expert
ences in India)-"And was alone there
in the bungalow, and the tiger was wan
dering around the versnda, endeavoring
to make his way in" Mrs. Robinson
And weren't you afrsidP" Mrs Barn
schoot-''oh, mol Captain Barnschoot
had told me that 1t was q msn-eating
tiger, so, of course, l was not IN the
least dArmSdih
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
The Difference.

McFingle-How much is Brownson
worth?
MISUNDERSTANDING
"Why, understood he had some very
valuable property"
20. yes; his property is worth good
deal But Brownson himself is worth
less. boston Traveller.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
But Not Used at Races.

Chipp-Peculiar thing about this
watch; every time get short of money
Ii stops.
Chapp-Remarkablei
Chipp-Yes, it stops at Simpsons.
Chapp-It's sort of stop watch
1awelars' Circular
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
A Strange Oversight

Customer-What is the matter with
the milk this morning? II has very
peculiar look.
Driver Of milk wagon "a new hand)--.
The truth In, ma'sm, the boss forgot to
lklm aIE ths cream. Teas siitinEs,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02

Awful Mistake.-Society Editor
Dumping up from breakfast table)-
"Elvira, pack my valise rightaway. I'm
going to leave for the mountains in
twenty minutes" His Wife-"Why,
Herbert what in the world is the mat
ter?" Society Editor-"Do you see this
item in my column? The Hon. George
Jones is starving at the Hubbell
House Iwrote it staying. Chicago
Tribune
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
Well Mnnnged.

Maud. What dear, good chaperon
you are But how did you manage to
get my rival out of the room just at that
critical moment
Chaperon. l whispered to her, in a
kind, confidential tone, that there was a
rip in the back of her waist -Hsrper's
Bazar
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
Anxious to Please.

Young Lady-Have you piece of mu.
sic called Beneath The Sad Sea
Waves?'
New Clerk-Um-n-o but we've got
Down Went McGinty. F.Weekly.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-01-02
AN OLYMPIAN DAY.
How the Country Boy Won the
Race for Bessie's Sake.

N OVAL, level
stretch Of the
greenest grass,
Dor d Q re d by a
perfect GO n d i :
toned Gin d e I
path. Beyond the
path a low fence,
yer W h | C h
leaned q varied
mingling of ath-
letic devotees,
genuine and af-
fected, from the
ragged urc h / n
who h ad con-
trived O strategic