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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07
NUMBER "A.

for making sonnet; you can only have
just so many lines, and just so few
rhymes, and the sentiment must change
in just such place, and very few peo-
pie have the patience for it. Even
Shakespeare did not keep to the severest
style Of sonnet"
"And are you trying to obey all the
rules?"
eyes"
"Why?"
"Why, for the fun of it II is so In.
teresting to see whether oue can 90 It,"
But it must be awfully tedious; and
from your own account, you are really
working harder over it than you need
to-"
'0nly because it is a great deal moro
Interesting to do thing well than just
TO do it. Let me read you something
from Wordsworth's sonnet about tho
sonnet. He says:
SIN truth the prison unto which we doom
Ourselves no prison Isl"
meaning that, if we are willing to take
palms, there is great deal of enjoy
ment in working hard over thing, even
If it is very small thing, He gives II
great many comparisons, about nuns
being contented with their narrow con-
vents, and hermits in their cells, and
students in their libraries, and weavers
at the loom; but here, oh, here, is an al
| fusion to you, dear bee; he tells how
Bees that soar for bloom,
High as the highest peak of Furness fells,
viii murmur by the hour in foxglove bells"
"Thatis just what you meant, isn'titp
that you are one of those he speaksof
who have felt the weight of too much
liberty?'"
"Yes, that is what / meant; but |
think I said it better than he says it. If
it is fine thing to say what you mean
in fourteen lines why isn't it finer
thing to say what you mean in fourteen
words? And really it seems to me that ]
put the whole of his sonnet into saying
that it is not for the honey that care,
nor for the sonnet that you care; but the
fun of the work"
1.-THE fun of the work. That is new
idea-but l believe your right"
"Of course | am right. Sweetness is
all very well, but | should think it
would be very tiresome just to 6esweet.
like flower: I'd rather be n bee and
have to hunt for the sweetness"
"And I'd rather be human being
and have to make things sweet. For,
after all, if bee doesn't find any sweet
ness he can't have any, while people
can make il for themselves. Do you
know, by the way, that You have given
me splendid subject for poem?"
"Perhaps have But if you will ex-
cuse me, / will be off to the clover field;
and my advice to you is if you must
write poem, try to put it in four lines
instead of fourteen"
So tried, and this is the poem:
Sweetness in being sweet, that's for the flow
ers;
Sweetness in finding sweets, that's for the
bee;
Sweetness In making sweet sorrowfIl hours,
That is the sweetness for you and for me.
Alice w. Robins, in st. Nicholas.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07
VOLUME VII.
OLD THINGS ARE BEST.

Old things are best. We wander
30 strangely and SO lonely
From hore to that world Wonder,
Why not grow fond and fonder
In tried afIeotions only.
Old friends nre best. Their fneos
Each year eeom daarer, denror,
And glow with now found gracesi
Then an Those vacant places
But bring the living nearer.
Ola homes ore bssA The laughter
That tolls Of caildhood's pleasures
Beneath she ancient rafter
Surpasaes oil that's nfter
And hll OF manhood's treasures.
Old love is best, It's sweetness
Makes pleasant sorrows chalice
And spite OF Times drond fleetness
III gains in calm completeness
And laughs ut Ages malice.
Old faith is best; the teaching
OF heart enshrin.ed mothers,
What profits subtle preaching,
Or oiind and eager reaching
For doubt that mooks and smothers
OLD ways are best: the gladness
or simpler lives and filter,
Ere woalth had come with madness,
Or felly left its sadness,
And sin Its lessons bitter.
Old things are best The glimmer
OF age forbids new choices.
Oh, as mine eyes grow DINNER,
Faintly across the simmer
Watt me the old, sweet voicesl
George Horton, in Chicago Herald.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07
WIT AND WISDOM.

The man who is unfaithful with
one talent wouldn't do any better with
ten thousand. Horn.
"A man or woman with money can
always buy bait with which to fish in
the matrimonial sea. Washington Star.
If we are ever in doubt what to do,
It is a good rule to ask ourselves what
we shall wish on the morrow that we
had done.-Sir John Lubbock
~ like a man who whistles at his
work." said Fayles, who was reducing
his help. "Why?" Because it gives
you such an excellent excuse for firing
him. IN. Y. Press.
Cruelty. -Edith-"Doyo you think that
Isabel's last photo flatters her?" Ethel
Yes, decidedly. 1t makes her look
Just like an average kitchen maid. -
Saturday Evening Herald.
Every man who rises above the
common level receives two educations.
The first from his instructors, and the
second the most personal and i'm.
portant, from himself Texas Siftings.
The Boston Girl.-"I sincerely hope,
Charles, that my dissertation did not
have a somnolent effect" The Boston
Youth-"Oh, assure you it did not l
tried my best to go to sleep, but ]
couldn't t"-Harper's Bazaar.
He Had Tried Them.
(selling a fishing-rod-"That one is a
little defective. OF course we will give
you straight tip" Buyer-Thanks. ]
don't want any straight tips They're
too expensive. Kate Fields Washing
ton.
-"Miss Parker" said the precept-
ress, frigidly, did you walk out with
young Thompson?" 81 did, madam.
'Did you not know it was against the
rules?" 81 did madam" 'Why, then,
did you doit?" because it was against
the rules milwaukee, Sentinel
What a discovery l made one day,
that the more l spent, the more grew;
that it was as easy to occupy large
/ place and do much work as a small
| place and do little; and that in the win
! ter in which communicated all my re-
/ suits to classes i was 1ull OF new
thoughts Emerson Journal.
-Hicks-Wonder what's the matter
with Surleigh. He never goes any
where, never sees anybody, and in fact
Is as much hermit as though he lived
thousand miles from a human habita-
ton. Wicks-Nothing at alls the mat
ter with him. He is engaged in solving
the social problem, and naturally he
does not wish to have his mind dis
tracted by association with his fellow
man.-Boston Transcript
No man does anything well who
does not feel the unknown surrounding
and pressing upon the known, and who
is not therefore aware all the time thai
what he does has deeper sources anC
more distant issues than he can com
prehend 1t is not only a pleasing
sentiment, it is a necessary element o.
power-this reverence which wells it'
eyes before something which it may
not know Irreverence everywhere /:
blindness and not sight. 1t is the stare
which is bold because it believes in it
heart that there is nothing which it
insolent intelligence may not fathom
and so which finds only what it look
for and makes the world as shallow a
it ignorantly dreams the world TO be-
! Rev. Phillips Brooks, ID. D.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07
Finish of Skirt Bottoms.

All sorts OF methods are adopted TO
overcome the slovenly dependency
which appears on the foot founces Of
skirt. IS soon as they are subjected TO
the wear and tear of ordinary use
Lace ruffies are given such support as
one of silk underneath affords Finish
ing the bottom of skirts for several
inches with heavy cords the size of a
lead pencil is one of the latest and most
effectual devices for keeping the foot of
a skirt from becoming limp. of course
this cord.ng is always covered with 4
trimming and there is no limit to the
variety of foot garniture for skirts
Chicago Post
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07
THE OLD BLACK GOWN.
what n Pretty Dinner Dress You Can
Make of 1t.

N-~-s
Make of 1t.
Dressing for dinner or the evening
meal, whatever it is, has decidedly
moral effect Not that an elaborate
toilette is necessary; nor in this coun-
try, where in most families, life is on
simple basis, is it requisite for man
to don his evening clothes.
But if each member of the family is
required to give ten or fifteen minutes
careful attention to the toilette the re-
suit will surely be apparent in increased
courtesy among the members of the
household and certain home dignity
that is very desirable
But" says the tired house-mother,
"all this involves extra expense" Here
you are mistaken, dear lady; little ex-
ira. trouble it may be at first but this
win be more than compensated by the
restful feeling it will give. Let us help
you by few suggestions. You surely
have some old black silk gown that has
done good service. Keep it for your
regular evening dress, and arrange
some pretty and becoming fichus to
brighten and freshen the corsage.
Lace being both pretty and inexpen-
sive, it really involves very small out
lay. The draped part of the fichus may
be made of white null, which can be
washed as often as requircd-or of any
pretty color of soft China silk. Cuffs
of the same lace should be basted in the
sleeves, and your shabby black gown
becomes pretty toilette that will glad
den the eyes of your family.
For young girls a pretty silk skirt
will give a becoming change from the
dark dress usually worn, while the
younger children can easily have one
particular costume reserved for even
ing wear.-Ladies' Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07
--------------------
LEARNING A TRADE.

Boys Should Follow the Gift Nature Gave
Them When Selecting n Trade or Pro-
fession.
81 have got a chance to learn the ma
chinist's trade Would you take it?"
asked boy of me the other day.
"Are you handy with toolsa'
mo"
"Had you rather take that trade than
any other?"
81 don't know"
"What made you think of the ma
chinists trade?"
"Well, a boy friend of mine quit his
place and can get it.
What would be the result If that boy
took up the trade? He'd simply work
for the money he could get out of it,
and having neither leaning that way
nor any ambition to perfect himself,
he'd leave it in couple of years and
simply have lost just that much time.
He might get to be a tinker, I" but never
man who could turn out a good piece
of work or hold place.
feel like repeating every week
"Follow the gift nature gave you, no
matter whether it is the study of law or
showing the jack-plane." If you don't
do it you need not hope for success.
The engineer who planned the big
Brooklyn bridge received the applause
of the world as an engineer. Had he
taken up law or medicine he would
never have been heard of outside of his
own ward. He was an engineer from
the day he was born. Let the father
watch his boy and see what particular
line he develops in. One of the bess
artists in great New York was discov'
cred practicing his hand in his fathers
carpenter shop. That father had al
ready apprenticed him to shoemaker,
and it was with reluctance that he per-
mitted the boy to begin lessons in
drawing. What sort of a shoemaker
would that lad have made!
do not claim that lawyer could
not act as clerk in a dry-goods store
and earn his keep, or that an insurance
agent might not develop into a journal
ist. Men who have been carpenters
and blacksmiths and shoemakers have
been exalted to high positions In the
land, but you will also find that they
liked their trades and excelled as work.
men as a first step. Had they been
half-hearted, discontented and slip-shod
worlxmen the world would never have
heard their names.-M. Quad, in N. Y.
| World
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07
No Real Loss.

A traveller who happened to be stop
ping at little Texas town, overheard
the following;
"Did your hear about the accident?"
No"
"Sam Jones was running n cotton
gin yesterday, and he lost three fin
gers
us that Sam Jones the son of old
Judge Jones?"
YES"
"Then he did not lose any fingers
He may have had them cut off, but he
never loses any, because he always puts
three fingers inside before he goes to
work on the cotton gin. Texas Sift
ings
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07
charlcy's Wonderful Grandma.

Our little Charlie had never seen q
round doughnut with hole in the CEN
ter until he went to grandma's and she
gave him one for lunch. He held 1t up
with such a thoughtful, puzzled look,
that mamma asked: "Why don't you
eat your doughnut, Charlie?' II was
thinking, mamma, what a wonderful
woman my grandma is to get so much
dough round such a little hole" y
Youth's ComDanion,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07
The Nnlne of Cnsmntics.

He-What a creamy complexion Lily
White has
She-Ncrv; and when you take the
top of it OH it becomes skim-milky.-
Judge,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07
OUR YOUNG READERS.
A DROP OF DEW.

a DROP OF DEW.
I'm just a drop of dew
You can't see why roam,
SO wee drop,
So free drop,
So far away from home.
But then, I'm not alone
just look around and seoi
A million others,
My little brothers,
They keep me company.
And tiny as we are,
The blossoms know the worth
OF tears SO bright
That Mother Night
Drops on the thirsty earthl
--Chas. +. Lumms, in Youths Companion
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07

The world would be much better
than it is if men would live mp to their
obituaries, Cod Item,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-07
rvns small Fnoneh.

A little fellow of four years went to
a blacksmith shop tc see his fathers
horse shod, and was watching closely
the work of the shoeing. The black
smith began to pare the horses hoof,
and, thinking that wrong. the little boy
said, earnestly: MY pa don't want his
horse made any smaller. RAMS Horn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-05
CLOSING PRICES OF BOSTON STOCKS.
poston MAY 4, 1891.
WHAT WAS DONE IN STOCKS.
STOCKS.


rr,o ro,,,,ino disnosition given to Saturdays
marriott Inv the Unexpectedly favorable bank state
,nent was entirely lost to-day. The tradlhg exc
ept was bent upon selling, and to it the specuIa-
ton anneored TO be surrendered for the time Delng'
London quotations did not come with any lnolca-
tion that the May-day holidays had improved tle
foreign appetite for investments, ana lhueeu 'ne
favorites of arbitrage dealers suffered le no'U -
the local movement. Louisville ana NashNle'
for instance, on small transactions feil more oi%
/ per cent and St. Paul, notwlthS' ahulng La; =
mo renort of weekly earnings, went down III
i9iiar deorse The significance of the decline IN
the last-named stock may have Deeh ehlanct e -
The fact that it led the list in regard 10 aciiNIS
in the most pronounced fashion. oV. IauI mas
haon en- AGGRESSIVE in the recent upward specula-
ton that It's heaviness and activity prooaoIS weIe
Of more influence traders IMAM even eHc 0"'I
FINANCE of last weeks late weakness III missouri
Pacific The candid announcement Jhat uiG
Northern Pacific management had Deem auIhoIl4 ~
TO buy preferred stock with the proceeus rom UiiS
land grant decision made short tlme aHo, anu H
thai tine money for the purpose expected 10 DE
received within thirty days, failed TO stmulate
speculation and Northern Pacific preferred actually
ended fractiOnally lower . ,.. .1i.
week undoubtedly repressed the desire to buy al
though ENGAGEMENTS OF only S55O,oOo nave 30 Ia
been reported. Doubt could not have Deeh enter
tanned as to the outcome of Wednesdays confer
ence of Western railroad presidents IN view oil une
preliminary sangulne statements py men WIZ az
| 10 participate. Nor could the reports OF uh-
| toward weather conditions in the Far West be
| recOnciled with the heavy break in the price OF
wheat as an influence to depress stock values. An
important falling off in the recent urgent buying
would be All easy explanation CT the success OF
| the room operators in efiectng decline, ana IN
view of the extent Of the advance conducted
| without material reaction it would be rash to
suggest that the purchasing absorbing power IN
| the market exhausted. The very dulness
| that attended the declines indicates temporary
| suspension rather than exhaustion. The closing
| was feverish but in important instances at some
| rally above lowest points.
| THE DAY IN THE BOND MARKET.
| Government bonds were steady, with a sale OF
| III 900 registered As at 1870 IL. The asking
| figures for the coupon As were reduced trlne.
! The final quotations are annexed:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-05
TIE PITTSBURGH, CINCINTyAyL GhtNSyA"o AN
ST LOUIS RAlbbWpnf "a ~" in III "a 1891
Cpuartnsrsjip Notires.
NOTICE.

~ The firm OF KIDDER, PEABODY & CO.. Of Boston
ard NewYork f. dissolved April 80, 1891 by mutual eoa
sent and any OF the partners VIII sign IN .qu,u4or
.,o tho business there and retain the title OF hlDDLs
PEABODY & CO. The New-YorK business VIII be Carriol
on under the title Of Barring, MAGoUN co. by ha
YewYork partners Of the ole firm WITH the addition Oh M
CECIL Barring whom they take into paftnef''p, oo-,
UTnnrp PEABODY g. co. ard Barring, MAGOUN
e. 90 will continue to agents and attorneys foi
9ARING BROTHERS & CO., Limited in Boston and
Now.Yorx respectively. They VIII also act as agents lO'
one another in each Of these cities
Wv KIpDER, PEABODY CO.,
OF Boston and New.York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-05
TOTAL ISSUE LIMITED TO SI,25O,OOo

A., .scnrs1 b first mortgage on all active plants
49, the estate connected Herewith ana 'os,
chinery and appliances OF the company si.u'''t ~ W,
States Of illinois, Indiana, Ohio Michigan Mar1 anu
Virginia inyentorcd at Five Million Dolinrs' ana
secured further by payment, commencing teo lo'-
Of $4,000 yearly to the trustee as sinking funa. am
This issue bonds which is Limited 10 Si'zoV'V0' "
for the purpose OF completing plants now In process OIL COLI
truction and nearly completed providing means FOR en-
arqno present plants and for payment OF roauhg seO
incurred chiefly the construction Of new plants
The American Straw Board Co.. Incorporated unoer the
laws Of the State of Illinois, with fully paid eapllal
,oc o six Million Dollars, Of the par value OF Sloo
NOR share is authorized engage in the business OF manu-
featuring buying and selling straw board, pup hheu
boards binders boards wood pulp and WOOD pup oONu
and paper OF all kinds, and has been IN succeSli ope
ton since 1889 having succeeded to the established ou
ness OF IS different plants. Notwithstanding !. lNo i
duced the selling price board from S4ooo per @
at the time Of organization to the present price VI soy
per ton it has able by reason OF economy III he
and selling and improved methods Of manufacturing, 10
earn and nav quarterly dividends at the rate OF per cent
nor annum on its capital stock Of S6,oOOOOo ana sdo
considerable sum to the surplus the net profit for year
ending Dec. 81, 1890, being s60O'44o.Ss' ,,
The total product Of all the plants 'or IL mon'h' eus
Dec 81, 1890, II, 7Oo TONS ~
The orders received for first quarter of 1890 were
10, 6J1 tons. 100, oa oxs
cain 1897 TONS requiring an annual product Of over
O2 ono TONS or an increase Of than IS per cen'
over the year 1890 to meet which new plants new ma
chinery and Improvements In manufacture have oeen pro-
vded and are now In successful operation.
The business strictly and in every sense legiAnase'
and Is so recognized and treated in every state 1ts
gradual steady from year to year. ana eSpecay
so far In the current year demonstrates that EXISTS 70
meet sure and permanent demand and furnishes INC ~
uossble guarantee OF future stability.
The following is copy Of the sworn statement OF the
financial condition OF the corporation at the close OF Dus
ness Feb 81 1891 which, with other statements by on
GERS of the corporation the basis of the essential STATE
ments Of herein concerning the character anu
49, ntes of the corporatioa and its assets and in the
onnon OF the undersigned fully justify these statements
and the conclusions drawn from them
Statement of the financial condition ofthe
AMERICAN STRAW BOARD co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-05


/ William H. Moore, treasurer Of the above named
company solemnly that the foregoing s''''"e
is true to the best Of my knowledge and oeiieL'
- WILLIAM H. MOORE, Treasurer.
l. E. NJ Watkins, secretary OF the ABOVE halneu I'm
many do soemny swear that the foregoing statement Is
true to the best OF my knowledge and belief.
T. NJ WATKINS. Secretary.
Cook County. S., Chicago, Ill
Subscribed and sworn before me this 7th day OF April
1891. CHARLES W. OhAN I noIin -,
IL. 81 '
EQUITABLE BUILDING, )
BOSTON, April 18th, 1891
ho examined the mortgage dated February 1st 1891
- h Tho American Straw Board Company to the Inter
national Trust Company OF Boston as trustee 10 secure W
,s Of twelve hundred fifty bonds of said company
amounting to si2500oo. ,,.,,.-- l..
ind the action Of the directors and stockhoders IN
respect TO this mortgage to be in conformity win INC law
and the MORTGAGE and bonds therein provided Tor 10 DC III
all respects valid binding obligations OF the company
Wa ROBERT NJ. MORSE Jr.
We offer the bonds for sale nj lOl ana aecr"e"i"-
tcrcst. payable on allotment a.,
The subscription Will be opened at the omces Oh ''o
undersigned on the morning OF Monday, May llth ana
close on Wednesday, May 18Th, 1891 at O'CLOCK NJ
Alonents Will be made promptly possible Thereafter
The right is reserved reject applications 70 close SUI
serptons earlier than said date and 10 alot snaler
amounts than those applied for. A.,
Applications will made TO list these bonus Oh 'n'
Boston New-York and Chicago stock exchanges
Comics OF the bonds and mortgage can De seen aS our
Offices Blank forms Of subscription Will be furnisheo VI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-05

The bonds are first mortgage upon the raiiroau' It's
terminals and real estate =, ,Ao
The CanItal Stock of the Company is owned by The
Lehieh Valley Railroad Company ,,..,,.y
The Lehirh Valley Railway is an extension (uouo'7
track, OF the Lehgh Valley Railroad ComTanys system
,,oro savre Pennsylvania, Buffalo, New-Hork, ana
yhcn completed viii embrace 2s3 miles Of railroad lSl
miles Of which completed the 1alance p
and t expected that the whole line between
savre and Buffalo viii be ready for business before c
close Of the present year, 1891
For further information respecting the construction OIL
,be railway now advancing toward completion, and the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, gua1antor OF tne Donus
we beg to refer letters OF President Wou wcn
~ well Ms COPIES the Bond and Mortgage, may be OBJ
tanned from the undersigned
Bonds Nos. 1 to $500 have been listed on the Pha-
dephia NewYork and London STOCK Exchanges ana APP
nIeation will be made to list this issue.
rur UNnERsIGNED OFFER THE ABOVE BONDS
FOR SALE AT 1O1 1-2 AND INTEREST, PAYABLE
NAY 18TH NEXT. when the bonds will be ready for
% Of the purchaser ex.coupon July 1891, payable
follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-05
NOTICE TO TEXAS CENTRAL
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDHOLDERS.

On ood Aprn 1891 the Texas Central Railway was
sold under foreclosure and bought by this committee tos
800 600 accoun. the Dondholders VINO subsc ne
and deposited their bonds under the agreement OF 10th
January 1891. 49,. -. .,.-- n,
deposited with the Farmers Loan and trust
Company. These outstanding bonds VIII be received by
me Farnars' Loan and Trust Company until llth May
1891 upon payment Of sl0 per bond ana thereatd unu
18th May, 1891, upon payment OF SlOo per oona-
Ncw-IOrk, 1st May. 1891. o..,
CHARLES MORAN, Committee Texas OfntTsi
CORNELTUS b. COLD First Mortgage Bondhold
HltNEY K. McnARG. y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-05

Is wALL.sT., NEW. YORK. Apr! 80, 1871; -.
Tho busiess heretofore existing IN this city unoer ne
name Of KIDDER, PEAB0DY & CO. Ttl iFo tTsSEs
s Wntt1rY% GEORGE f. CRANE, HERDEkI J., Gi1lH,s
and CECIL BARRING under the title OF BAKlSr Ma
COIN & co. EahINu' 0<N'O--. =