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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A close mouth calls for few assess
ments and pays big dividends.-N. Y.
Herald.
No man knows his own mind, be-
cause he has nothing to know 1t with.
Dallas News.
Its not always the little things that
tell. Sometimes it's her big brother
st. Joseph News.
To landsman it would seem that q
cutter should be at home in chopping
sea.-Boston Courier.
The few men who don't make fools
of themselves generally let someone
else do it.-Elmira Gazette.
Can anyone tell just how long
clothes-line is when it stretches over
one yardP-Y onkers Statesman.
1t is easy to gain great reputation
for truthfulness by always speaking Ill
of yourself. Indianapolis Journal.
The merchant may know nothing
of the pugilist, but he has daily strug-
giles with the price-fghter.-Bo
Courier.
There are about ten years in the
best mans life in which he loves wom-
en- more than he loves woman.-Atchi-
son Globe,
-Cheerfulness has been called the
bright weather of the heart. People
who have it are always welcome.-N.
o, Picayune.
-Mendicant lin newspaper office)-
Say, boss, got any change to spare2
"No, I'm the exchange editor. "-Spo-
kane Spokesman.
To let them tell it. mems failures
are due to circumstances past human
control; their successes to native abil-
Milwaukee Sentinel
Nobody has faith enough in human
integrity to believe that the man who
guesses his conundrum has never heard
it before. .-Elmira Gazette.
"A barking dog can not bite, but the
trouble is that he is likely at any time
to stop barking and take piece out OF
your leg.-Somerville Journal.
"A good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches, though many men
seem to have pretty good time with
out either.-Indianapolis Journal.
Help a man out of hole once,
and he may forget you when he is out,
but he will not fail to call on you the
next time he falls in.-Atchison Globe.
More in the Bone.-An exchange
SAYS there is a good deal Of character
in mans back 1t may be, but isn't
there good deal more in his backbone2
Rams Horn.
Sometimes woman is so fattered
because n guest praises the excellent
quality of her cake that she forgets to
notice whether or not he eats it.-Som-
ervillc journal.
This world is not so wicked. A
mans good deeds are more apt to be
| remembered than his bad ones-except,
of course, by his intimate friends.
Minneapolis Journal.
| Photography in natural colors II
now said to be on the eTe of success
Possibly the time will come when 1
man may be able to see himself as h'
looks when painting the town red
Philadelphia Times
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08
The Dressing of To-day.

There has never been a time when
women dressed so in harmony, and she
who elects that certain color is
most becoming to her at once
not only dresses well but
economically, when she continual
ly remembers that color and caters to
it. But having all ones belongings
the slippers, the fans, the handker.
chicfs-a adopted to any of ones frocks,
it is easy to arrange a perfect toilette
without having to get fresh adjuncts.
Women who have passed girlhood, who
still look young and propose TO keep
themselves SO, but, who choose always
to wear black in the evening, find that
by having stock of black belongings
at the beginning of the season and
never losing an opportunity to take ad-
vantage of an original idea in black,
they are always gowned in good style.
A handsome black fan, well-shaped
black slippers, pretty black stockings,
and black gloves that fit perfectly
never tire anybody, and though modists
rebel and do their best to make colors
take the place of black, they fail with
women who are wise.-Ladies' Home
Journal
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08
THE CAR TRACER.
A Railrdsd Employe who Leads Very
Busy Life.

Railrdyd Empioye Who Leads a Very
Busy Life.
The car tracer Is man employed by
"a railroad company to hunt up lost
freight cars. He travels great deal,
but the beauties of the country through
which he passes are lost upon him, for
he has no eye except for lost freight
cars. If he takes a little snack in a
railroad restaurant, his eye is turned to
the window constantly, especially
when freight train goes rumbling by.
He has been known to leave his coffee
half drank, rush out and mount the
clboose with an air of triumph, which
proclaimed that he had recognized the
initials and number for which he was
searching. Studying freight cars as he
does renders him oblivious to the beauty
of the most elaborate Pullman or Wag-
ner palace car, and he looks upon the
latest improved vestibule limited with
supreme Indifference. In fact he
dreams of nothing but lost freight cars,
strayed or stolen, and initials and num-
bers dance before his sleeping vision
continually. lie doesn't con6ne his
search to the maip lines by any means,
but wanders Off on obscure roads,
branches and cutofss, and is sometimes
rewarded by finding the lost car in
some gravel pit, OF switched off at a
stone quarry and used as an office or
perhaps residence for a sub-boss. Great
is his joy zen to drag It out to light
and start the truant on Ns way home.
Verify, there is more Joy in the freight
masters office over one lost ear that is
recovered than over ninety and nine
that went not astray Texas Siftings.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08
THE oL0 FARMERS ALMANAC.


Now, Hannor, 'tant no use to tell what them
newspapers sny
About tho storms and winds and floods that's
comm right away
The cold waves that they harp about that's
BROWN In the west
An movin' east bout just so fast Ihain't no
confidence
In anything OF that ere kind; it's the new.
or vunnin' things. ssit tho Lord He wouldn't
hev' His say
About tho weather any more. amt SO tarnal
green
As It be TUX in by weather that's ground out OF
machinel
An look where I'll find It straight for snow,
an rain, an hail.
In the good old Farmers Almanac that hangs
there on the nail
Them probabilities don't count; l want to
An sartin when the winter'n come, the real
simon purel
The kind of weather that we had so plenty in
my day.
When sleighin' In November come an some
times held till Mayl
In them times, Hammer, billiards. wuz thing
VIC didn't know;
A snowstorm wuz snowstorm, and high
wind wuz blow;
An when 1t cleared away We didn't harrer up
ou: souls
A-worryin' about the storm that wuz hatchin
ut the poles
An when VIC wanted weather news bout which
there wuz no fail,
We looked in the old almanac that hung there
on the pail
We trusted some to signs, you know, as how
the wild geese few
A-goin south, an how the husks upon the field
corn grew,
An how the beavers built their DAMS whether
they's high or low,
An II the breast bone Of the goose wuz white
look out for snow;
broody hen
Shed have to have the signs all right for q good
hatch an when
My father wanted to find out If there'd be q
rainy May,
Sos he could raise his calves, an know he'd
have crop of hay
Why then they looked where weather calcula-
tions did not fail,
In the old Farmers Almanac that hung there
on the nail.
The calendars may be all right for them as
thinks ON so,
But they don't tell the farmer when his grass
Is ft TO NOW.
like to know about tho time the new moon
will be here,
An about the expected tantrums of the planets
through the year,
An what time the 'clipses visible with be along
this way,
An II therein be some thunder showers about
camp.meetin' day.
like to SEQ the picters that I've seen for many
ayear;
They bring me back to youth again-an' though
some may think tits queer
Thom Jokes In the last part Is never old or fat
or stale,
In the old Farmers Almanac that hangs there
on the nail.
30. Hammer, 'tain't no use to try to beat II into
me
That them forecasts in the newspapers that
every day we SEQ
Is OF nny sort OF consequence why there hain't
no kind Of doubt
But what man that undertakes TO plan the
weather Out
Must know the heavenly bodies, an conjunc.
tions, Just as
Know oil my cows on horses, an pigs that's in
the styi
He can't trust to them thermometers with fig
gers sot by rule,
Like the sums upon the blackboard when 1
went 10 deestrict school,
An when want to know about the rain, an
snow. an hail,
I'll look In the Farmers Almanac that hangs
there on the nail.
Clara Augusta, in N. 2. Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08
MODERATE YOUR VOICE,
Or You Are Apt to Give a False Impres.
sion, Saws TaImage.

sion, Says Talmage.
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage is fond of
any story that will illustrate sermon
or beautify moral. Here is one that he
tells now and then in his own original
way;
A German family emigrated from the
Fatherland to this country and settled
in Milwaukee. The Oldest boy, in his
teens, concluded he would start out for
himself. Finally he brought up in New
York city and soon spent all the money
the old man had given him. Then he
wrote to his father this kind of an ap-
peal:
"DEAR FATHER; | am sick and lonely,
without one single cent. Send me some
money quick. Your son, JOHN.
Now the father was illiterate, and
could not read, so he went to a great
strapping butcher and asked him to
read the letter. The butcher had a
gruff way of reading, and loud voice.
When he finished reading Johns letter,
the father was furious, and declared he
would not send penny, even if the boy
starved to death. He had never heard
of such an impudent demand for money.
On his way home the father thought
the butcher might have made mistake
in reading, and desire to hear the let
ter read again overcame him. A con.
sumptive baker, with low falling in
Election, was next asked to read the
sons letter. When he concluded, the
father said, with tears in his eyes; my
poor boy. I'll send him all the money
he wants" The baker had read, word
for word, the letter as it was read by
the butcher.
"You see, my dear friends, that there
is great deal in the human voice.
Boston Herald.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08
A Word Painter.

He-The architecture Of Europe
would interest me most.
She Dakota belle, expatiating on
her travels)-Yes, every thing is SO
quaint.
He-How did the cathedral of Cologne
impress you?
She-Oh, of course, that was too sweet
for any thing.-Jury.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08
Decidedly Flat.

"Some writers, " remarked Quilldrive,
roll their manuscripts up, then they
send them to an editor, but am always
very careful TO keep mine fiat
so l should think, from the few
have read returned Bronson Light
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08

Maud-They tell us that matches are
sometimes made in Heaven.
Ethel-There is chance for you yet,
then, isn't there, dear?-Munsey's
Weekly.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08

The Proper Material.-Mrs. pinwid-
die-"I see by this newspaper that the
Princess Beatrice has made with her
own hands an elaborate needle-work
prayer rug" Dinwiddie-"She made It
of she-llneel, suppose"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08
DANGER in Cornmeal.

When corn-meal has bitter or old
taste it is quite likely to contain poison
known as ptomaines. There being a
large percentage of oil in cornmeal, it
is more liable to rancidity than other of
the grains. Any bread or food which
has musty or stale ordor should be
avoided, as it is likely to contain this
poison. The eating of moldy bread
causes sickness by conveying the fun
gus growth or germs into the stomach
and they there attack other articles Of
food and multiply with great rapidity.
DIR. J. Ii. Kellogg.
Girl babies cry for dolls, but when
grown mp they cry for dollars, Pitts.
burgh Dispatch,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08

One Changc.-Nlrs. B.-"John, did
you change your eoat?" Mr.. R,-"Ea
Maria, changed my mind"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08
The Acme ofFrugality.

Frugal Husband-I wish had $50, 900
year.
Unappreciative Wife-What for? You
don't spend quarter of your present
income.
F. H-0h, l know; but then
could economize on a larger scale
Life.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-05-08

He Loved Her.-TOm-rm sure ]
love her. Jack-Ah, you've seen her
bank account theu,~Yankee Blade,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24

iIerodotus. the father Of history, writing
In the NTH century before Christ, tells q
very remarkable yarn about certain ants In
the country of pactyioa which were bigger
than foxes. though somewhat less In sl1a
than wolves. These extraordinary insectA
lived under ground, hcaplng up the sand
Into hills. In this sand gold WIS mingled,
being brought up from the depths, aud the
natives were accustomed 10 20 with sack.
10 collect II, choosing for the work the hot
test part Of the day, because then the ants,
which were irightfnlly fierce, wcrn hidden
In their holes. Upon arriving At the place
where the plumber was to be obtained the
men wero wont 10 MI their sacks as quickly
a. possible and get away with the utmost
expedition, for the ants. upon finding ou,
TINT their dwellings had been disturbed,
would pursue them, and, innsmuoh a. they
weto unoqualed In swlitncss by any other
animal, not one OF the robhcf. could nave
escaped being torn to pieces had they not
had long start.
A number Of other chronlclers Of the
same period make similar statements re.
ggrding these insecis-among them Nc.
Mehus, who speaks Of having seen several
Of their skins, which werc ~ large a. those
n lcoparls. II has been surmise,l that the
ants In question were. In reality. the small
foxes OF India, which may hays been repre-
ssnted by travellers hs ants because they
lived In holes In the ground. Interview In
Washington star.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24

In these days Of popular cyniclsm rs
to the reliability Of human nature an
incident that occurred at down town
hotol a few days ago cannot be too
widely disseminated.
Agcntlcnian In the breakfast room,
WHO had Just finished the extended per.
uSal Of all the morning papers, wa.
startled by tho unexpected rcappear,
ance OF tho waiter with his meal.
Warmly grasping the hash handlers
dlsengaged hand no said In voice
choked by emotion;
II knew you would return. They
started rumor a couple OF hours ago
TINT You had elopcd with the cook OF
something, but ! said; no, give him
time gentlemen-gi give Him chance.
" Will all come out right In the end |
knew you would turn up again, Il only
To bring ine the oil crlet with a ifs
In it,
Aud the excited guests gave the
lightning waiter an enthusiastic send
OIL as he left again In ballast for an IN,
voice of buckwheat cakes.-San Fran,
! cisco Examiner
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24

Every piece Of our India and China
silks arc genuine Bombay and Can.
TON manufacture, sent TO France TO
DO printed and finished, most OF
them, In excellent patterns.
Lots OF Remnants, odds and ends, in
our silk stock, Reduced 80 per cent.
Pure SILK Grenadines, In Plain Polka
Dotnnl other choice designs ut AS.
ToNisHlNG REDUCrIONsi
French Dress Patterns In Cancels
Hair or Plaid and Stripe, with dlso
or combinations.
Last weeks price So 80, this week only
5000.
only $3.50.
Last WEEKS price, $1,000, this week
only 5000.
Last weeks price, $3.50, this week
Last week. prioe, si7.5o, this week
Last weeks price, $1,000, this week
only Sl3.26.
Last weeks price, $500, this week
only sll.15.
Last weeks price, $3.50, this week
$40 Black and Colored Embroidered
brlliiantino anu Cashmere Dress
Sil5.
All OF our last weeks prices on Priest
ly's celebrated Black Goods ars cut
Tor this week only.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24

Our best $500 Black Lyons Gros Grain
SIX, warranted pure dye, fof sl.STl.
Best $500 Black Lyons eros Grain
SILK, for Sl.25.
Best sl.Oo Black Lyons eros Grain
Silk, for 76c.
Seven other grades In rame proportion.
Best Ss.a5 Black Satin Rhadames fol-
sl.67l.
Best sl.75 Black Satin Rhadames for
Sl.A.
Best $3.50 Black Satin Rhadames for
Sl.O5.
Four other grades Satin Rhndames re.
duced In sam. proportion.
Best 81 80 Black India silk for sl.i0.
soc :" :, zoe 1S,
sl.35 Colored eros Grain Silks fol
01c.
Best Black and --latest Shades s5c
Surah- for 69lr.
Choicest Polka Dot $3.50 SILK Surges
high novelties, si.i5.
Choicest 81 so genuine China Cropes,
lovellcst shades, at Sl.O7l.
Sole Fantaise In Plain and Brocades
reduced TO $500, $500, SIS aud g2lc
Lovely CIep, de Chine, worth $3.50, iol
800.
A lot Of pure China Silks, In newest
shades, ut 4Ilc
Sl.;O Pure SIX Faille Franchise for ajc
Our 05c. Printed Pongers, Ia very lat.
est designs, for ialc.
Our zoe. Printed Pongces, ia very Lat.
est designs, for 52lc.
Our 9Oc. Printed China Silks, in very
latest designs, for G7!c.
Our 95c. Printed China Silks, In vary
latest designs, for zoe.
Our sl.l5 Printed China Silks, In yeJy
latest designs, for 9Dc.
Oursl.35 Printed China Silks, in very
latest designs, for sl.i0.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24

TNlit ANNUAL MN tlNG OF THE STOCK
u iplges uf TIE Inland -nIt tolpany wil
" hrll a. ire cowpgur'. Of.cr, No, n - W,.t
IsMle ht"i falt L.sr tll, eu Nunngp, May
WI 'a'lu'sinf ue pnirntr OF ovruns.
lttelois TO tsNn tor Iho eultins year and fnr
lhc Transaction OF such other business as laay
properly GENE before the meeting.
]. A. CLAYTON, Secretary
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24

a friend Of ours was on the lookout for
n goodman. A candidate applied for the
situation.
who was your last employcri"
"Dr. -" Pcrhap- we had better sup
press tho Rentleman's name.) "Monsieir
can make Inquiries The doctor will give
me good character, know"
Our friend started OIL TO Rue ", No.
Y, and, after waiting his turn Ia tho ante.
room, was at length admitted into tho
inner sanctuary. Hero he explained the
object Of Bis visit, after which the doctor
took mp his pen and jottcd down Ia the
hasty and illegible serawl peculiar to med.
ieal practitioners.
THE man Loraln has driven me for tho
last seven years without n single accident.
lie Is honest, oiyll and punctnal In the dis.
charge OF bis dutles.n Our friend rendered
bis best thanks, put the testimonial Ia hi.
pocket, bowed and was about TO leave the
room. when tho modern Esculnpius re-
marked In freezing toner
Beg your pardon, sir; have the honor
70 inform you that my consultations are
forty francs. '-Agcnda Printemps.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24
nrsrnrr srm.wgrKLY NEWs
mn prsrrrr WEEKLY.
The l,eslNo coaerH.

The dayliih, fades upon the hills
soft are the shades that follow,
Nesillng into the aheliering wool.
ruling The lonely hollow
Breeding DER earth with silence blest,
Peace aud rest, q peace and rcsu
Tho white. white light. the far nang light
That filled my lifted vision.
That lay upon the midday land.
That III the hills Elysiani
O morning gleami o noontlde glori
The sun u set. the day Is low.
Hu,h heart And long noti SO Il Il. 'iIs brs,
What matter IL tue strong, vide reaching
day
Ne long or.hottf Tho evening come. al.
vayi
n. evening haabed aud coil and blcit.
" ttill, o heart, BE- stlli and ret.
--AufillA fufrcr In Washington f'o.t.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24

Frank White, a dItehtender for tho
south Nuha company, who makes his
headquarters u, Chrystnl Springs, ishandy
with the violin. Frequently stormy even.
ings the people at the various stations
along the line get him 10 ro,in hi, bow aud
give them telephone concerts, They hear
The music twenty or morc miles away "a
plainly as though they were at the players
side. NDada Transcript
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24

Mrs. i, W. II. Myers, sister Of Mira.
Henry NJ. Stanley, is an amateur phdtog.
rapher, and the only one In London soci.
ETY. whose work rivals that ot profession.
lls for beauty OF pose and finish.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24
HOUSE MovEns AND RAlsnRs,

ENOluslNE, PRACTICAL AND HrsPoN
IL sitle house movers m Utah, Ruulings
iaiscd, turned aud moved auy distance. Old
haldinss bought, sold and 'otn down. WORK
done N ANY, pert Of the Territory. OiFtCF-yi
Lid ~ scout, Aucrhich hlildiug 4. o. liex al
,, llAi HOUSE, MOVING COMPANY,
thAs, J., fitlpa, 40 fIl.uEsr
MAhakef Zee, anu Treas.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-07-03
JUDGING SHEEP.
The Proper Way OF Testing the Length
and Fineness OF n Fleece.

The Proper Way OF Testing the Length
| and Fineness OF n Fleece.
A sheep farmer who is growing for
wool as well az mutton should be a
good judge of wool, so that he may de-
termine the comparative values of his
heeces. In judging there must be q
standard, and this standard must have
due regard to fineness, to length of
staple, and to density. In judging as
to tneness, says Dakota Farmer, COM
mence ut the shoulders, as there the
finest wool is always 10 be found. This
may be taken as the standard and COM
pared with the wool from the ribs, the
thigh and the rump, and the nearer
the wool from the various portions of
the animal approaches this standard
the better the fleece Is. II the result IA
satisfactory 1t is pronounced as to fine
ness very ''even." In scrutinizing the
length of the staple, IL the wool from
the ribs. thigh and back approximate
reasonably in length to that OF oui
standard, the fleece Is again pro.
nounced as regards length of staple
true and even" The density of the
fleece is then examined by closing the
hand upon the portions OF the rump
and loin wool, as these parts are usual
ly the most faulty. II this point proves
satisfactory IL is pronounced even as to
density. The density is the most diff
cult to determine, as in It touch must
be the sole guide, the eye not being de-
pended upon, as In the other examina-
lions. To summarize these proofs, IL the
fleece is of nearly equal fineness and
length on shoulder, rib and back, and
of density on shoulder, rump and loins,
we have model sheep for producing
wool
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-07-03
A sERvIcEABLE' WATER LITTER.

curb is n wooden spout, rather large at
the upper end, and projecting inside of
the curb, as shown in the upper left
hand corner of the illustration. Di-
rectly above this, and also represented
IN the sketch, Is an iron rod firmly at
tached to the inside of the curb, with
the bent end projecting inward an inch
farther than the open spout. This is
the filter which catches one side of the
bucket as it comes up, and holds it I'M
til it Is tilted by the continued action
of the crank, and empties It's contents
into the open spout, The bucket has a
two-inch hole in the bottom, covered
by leather valve. The latter is simply
piece of sole leather, three inches
wide and four long, tackled by one edge
over the hole. A fat piece of iron or
lead is fastened to the upper surface of
the valve, TO keep il in place. The
buckt : must be heavy enough to sink
of its own weight 1t is well to leave
one of the hinged covers of the curb
open most of the time, to admit air for
the publication of the water.-Amer-
lean Agriculturist