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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-01-13

A-Well, bow do YOU like nay new house,
B.-Delightful, only tho garden has its
shady side.
A-What is that.
B.-Why, tn res not bit Of shadow
Guide-lwho is bound by rope 10 a
couple of tourists, on reaching a dangerous
place. -Geltlemen. if YOU slip, tell ne at
once, that may cut myselfloose in time.
Sweeping reductions in mons fine over
coats tor sixty days only at Kaha's, sadier
Building.
sweeping reductions in boys and chill
dren's fine suits for sixty days only at
Kahn'~, Sadler Block.
Sweeping re luciionS in men's and boys
odd pants for sixty days only at Kahn,
SadIer Block.
Sweeping reductions in all our depart
ments for sixty days only At kahns, Sadlrr
Block
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-01-13
l'irsinia frer gress.
y 81. 3. GALLAaER, Editor.
rhariesto,cm..Je6erso, County. West Va
January f3, 1892.

Here Is snort dialogue overheard ID
one of the leading shops the other day
that illustrates rather pa'helically what
Thackeray calls the "piiiful precocity Of
poverty" Two thin, pale little cash-girls
were seated opposite each other il cor
ner, and deep in discussion that made
them abso uieIy deaf 10 the most impa-
ticnt calls
Ours, said the younger enc enthusi-
aslically at the point Of the conversation
where the writer began to listen, "is per-
fectly beautiful; It's in the evenn and
the trees all covered with those shiny
balls, and each person has box Of candy
to take home"
"Why," replied the older one with
scorn, "'hat amt nothin' we have box
of candy, too, and most Of every child
that amt very much grown up gets a
1 doll aud those lha, are get something
US fu. to keep, like milIcrs Aud then
The next afternoon they give an enter
laument with games
"You d oughrcr come to our church,
she added reAecively, after while.
The young'r girl mediialed seriously.
Well, oelieye will" she said at last,
| IN tome of solemn conviction. i reck-
on your religion bout as good as ours,
and guess your Christmas Irees better.
In one Of the big uptown boarding houses
they arc talking about certain married
lady who sat on her hubby knee the other
night and strokcd his side whiskers so ten
derly that he burted out;
"Well, go ahead What is it. \ new
hat?
ooh, no, you Old darling. It's q surprise
I've got in store foryou
Chow much did it cost?'
"Oh, who cares about the cost? It's the
sentiment OF The thing
"Allright lets have the sentiment
"Nell, you see, YOU never wear those
neckties give you every Christmas, and it
isn't fair that | should ha all the benefit
and YOU none, So I've made q change this
year and got you pair Of slippers
That's very kind"
Il knew you'd appreciate it and want TO
give me something in return, 50 / thought
I'd arrange a surprise for you and went
and got something real nice in return
"Ah, you did, eh? What is it?'
"A beautiful diamond bracelet
"Jehosaphat \ thousand dollars
oh more Twenty five hundred You
are surprised :"
Ifhe wasn't the people in the next room
were when they heard the language he used
We a.e showing the very latest styles in
Hats for Fail and Winter wear All oi the
lale.l shapes aud color- IN both Drrbys and
Crush styles. WM. KAHN,
Sader Block
We have Just placed on our tables ouren
tire line of Boys and Chldren's Clothing.
Our display in this department excels any
we have heretofore made We would call
,pecial attention To some high grade novel
( ties in Jersey suits tol mall boys
WI. KAHN. Sader Block.
Our Furnishing Gaods Department Is
crowded with the novelties OF the season. a
special feature il our extensive display OF
I the celebrated and : neckwear in the
/ ltfe.i Fall shades. WM. KAHN,
s;adler Block.
An attractive line of light weight Over
coats Our assortment Is very large one
+ and made from the newest fabrics
WM KAHN. Sadler Block.
A-Well, how do YOU like nay new house!
R-Deliehtfnl. only the earden has its
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

If limb Is to be brought up on cows
milk, add very little graduated sugar
TO II the first two or three weeks. Ewes
milk is sweeter than COWS milk.
A MAN with hand-hoe or horseshoe
will do double tho execution In dis
lodging weeds when frost IA out Of the
ground than he can do six weeks later.
THERs Is cheese school in Frome,
Scotland, and In just three months the
pupils made three tons Of cheese, which
was sold at an average Of fourteen cents
per pound.
To SOW PEAsE make funnel by fold
Ing stiff paper or piece Of pasteboard,
having 9n opening OF half an inch at
the small end. The flow of seed may
be regulsted with the thumb.
If the wheat yield does not seem uni
form, or the plants are not thrifty, APP
ply one hundred pounds of nitrate of
soda per acre and change for the bet
ter will be observed In few days
AN indiana farmer estimates the cost
Of cultivating an acre of cabbage at
$40. 80 and the cost of hauling, etc, at
81, total, $3.50. The average value 10
$3.50, leaving = net profit per acre OF
$40.
THERE are tmr ways of handling ma.
nure-piling it against the barn TO rot
and leach, scattering it over the barn
yard to wash, drawing it into the field
at once, and composing 1t as garden
ers do.
| A PASTURE will accommodate only q
certain number of animals. When toe
many animals are allowed on the pas
ture there will be an insufiiciency Of
green food, while the pasture itself will
be injured.
GIVE the onion rows clean hoeing
and apply some kind of fertilizers along
the rows, so as to push them forward
rapidly, thus giving them an opportuni
~ to start off we'll before the grass be
gins to interfere.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15
NUMBER al.
ABOUT HOG CHOLERA.
An Ohio Man Tolls Why He Does Not Ooa.
slider 1t Contagious.

ldoT NJ contagious,
For years have read every article
that came under my observation in re-
gard to the so-called hog cholera" Its
cause, prevention and cure, During
last summer and early fall hundreds of
hogs and pigs died, and as many more
were shipped and sold for what they
would bring. One peculiar feature of
the disease last year was that hogs on
clover, and nothing but water to
drink, were the first to get sick, and
others that were confined in pens or
lots escaped the disease My hogs ran
on clover but got some grain and swill
every day, and they came through all
right, yet the disease was on every side
of my farm. think the disease should
be called Swine fever" and think 1t
similar if not identical to the typhoid
fever in the human family. If you
will take notice, hogs generally com.
mence to get sick about the time in the
year that typhoid fever is the most prev
alent.
Some writer's claim that germs Of the
disease can be carried on mems boots
or on the rims of buggy wheels for
miles and thus spread the disease.
don't think it contagious, but, think the
breeding and surroundings must be
similar II one herd takes II from an
other. About the first OF last Septem-
Der / had bunch of shoats that acci-
dentally got In a neighbours clover pas
ture where his sick hogs were, and
s1lne dead ones not yet buried. Wo
bi ought them home and not one OF
them ever showed any symptoms of be-
ing sick or carried the disease to our
other hogs. When we consider the
large number Of narrow-chested, fine
boned, short-bodied, wheezy hogs that
are raised every year, and the number
that are 80 closely inbred, the only
wonder is that more don't die. To pre-
vent the disease farmers must not raise
30 many hogs, have them of better
quality and more robust constitution,
be moro careful in selecting breeders,
| and not breed from any but fully ma
tured hogs, and have their food aud sur
roundings such as will promote health.
l think am safe in saying chat i'm
proper ringing, lice, buttetinilk and
kidney worm kill more hogs every year
than cholera does, and yet all that die
are said to have the cholera" Nobody
but an expert can keep one hundred
hogs and have them In perfect health.
"A. ID. Thomas, in Ohio Farmer.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15

COMBINATION BRICK AND ADOBE WALL
more of brick, with a backing Of six
courses of adobes, are laid on the wall
and tied in the same manner with
strap-iron until the successive additions
make the wall of the height desired
The usual size Of brick in this local
ity is eight and one-half by four inches
and two and one-half inches thick.
The size of the largest adobes Ia eleven
by Ave inches and three and ouc-half
inches thick when dry, though many
other dimensions are in use.
Farmers who oan make their own
adobes find the above combination
cheaper than to construct their houses
Of lumber. These HOUSES will be very
durable even in moist climates, and
possess one great advantages over solid
brick walls, for adobe walls never
sweat or show the least moisture.
They are warm in winter and cool in
summer. They may be laid with NOR
tar composed wholly Of clay and sand,
and plastered with the same where II
is an object to save the cost Of lime
mortar. The illustration shows how a
combined wall is put together, when the
sixth course of adobes, laid A. headers,
is secured to the single thick brick fac
ing by strap-iron j. l. Townsend, In
American Agriculturist.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15
Wit AND WISDOM.

People who do wrong nre always
people who love wrong.-Ram's Horn.
Ignorance is the mother OF impu-
dence. Rams Horn.
No man is great enough to veto n
millinery bill after his wife has Q, KID
it,--Galveston News.
When pretty girl discovers that
she is pretty she loses her greatest
charm. --Atchison Globe.
1t is astonishing how much self-con-
troll 1t takes sometimes to keep from
telling people what they ought to do.
The gospel Of motherhood is good
one, but we must have some more
fatherhood gospel. Mrs. A. d. Winter.
1T was observed that the rem rks of
the man who sat down on the tack were
short and to the point. Washington
E-Star
One is generally compelled to enjoy
the song of the tenor without catching
the tenor of the song -Binghamton
Leader.
Before adding insult to injury you
should be sure that your victim is too
badly injured to resent it.--lndianapolis
| Journal.
There is no beautifier of complexion
or form or behavior like the wish to
scatter Joy and not pain around U.S.
Emerson.
Hope springs eternal in the hui
man breast" but there is more spring
in the legs when fellow sits down on a
tack. -Binghamton Republican.
My wife Is so timid l never can get
her to go out on the water with me-"
Oldboy-You just hoist "a special SALE
and see if she don't get there before yo,l
do."-Intcr Ocean.
1t takes father and mother and
hired girl and school-teacher and lots
of other people to raise boy, but one
boy unaided can easily raise the dick
ens--Danvillc Breeze.
The man who has the most to say
about charity beginning at home, is
generally the one who thinks that re-
form ought to begin on the other side
of the world.-Ram's Horn.
Before they get married he spends
good deal of energy in persuading her
to tell him all her thoughts. Before
they have been married ten years he
sometimes wishes he could think OF
some way to persuade her not to.-Som
erville Journal.
"A Mystery Explained.-Mrs Scadd'
Amy makes light of Mr.. Goslin. Mr.
Scadds-Then that accounts for it
Accounts for what?" For the fac
that she always turns down the ga
when ne is with her in the parlor. "
Detroit Free Press.
-Gentlewoman lat intelligence of
fice)-Please tell the directress that /;
woman wishes to speak With her. Lady
Friend-What made yor say woman
Lady sounds so much nicer Gentle
woman-Do you think 1 want to b
taken for a servantf
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15
GlLKERSON'S CARRIAGE.
A Crest That Was 10, Expressive to Suit
tho Family.

A Crest That Was 100 Expressive to Suit
tho Family.
A fow days ago Col. Gillicrson's new
carriage came home. 1t was stylish
affair throughout and looked as COM
Portable as y government snccurc, but
Mrs. Gilkcrson wasn't satisfied. She
didn't offer any criticisms nj first, but
threw out gentle hints about some ad.
ditions that might be made and some
points of difference between it and
some other swell turnouts she had seen
The colonel was rather proud of the We.
hiclc, as it had been built for him and
was in some minor respects constructed
in accordance with ideas of his own
lie felt little nettled ut the remarks
of his better half, and finally stated
without unnecessary circumlocution
that he would like to know what in
thunder she wanted anyway. Angelina
and l have been talking it all over, "
said the good lady insinuatingly, land
have decided that we want crest on it
like Angelina has on her stationery
''You have, -have you?' snortcd the col
oncl Not by joyful, Maria! want
no such internal British .onsensc on nc
rig I'm goin to ride in" Maria used all
her persuasive powers and Angelina
seconded the motion in an able and
eloquent address, but all to no purpose.
The female side of the house insisted
and tried to press the matter to a vote
but the colonel filibustcred and avoided
the issue. You was working girl
when | married you" said he, land
was a working man" Finally, how,
ever, he yielded, and the carriage was
sent back. Yesterday it came home
again, and the colonel told the women
folks" to get ready Tor drive. They
were waiting when John drove up tc
the door and the colonel started to
help them in. Both looked for the
crest and both started back with
cries of dismay. Then they looked al
the old man. lie was gazing at the sky
with peculiar expression about hi'
mouth. Maria and Angelina began tc
| weep and went back into the house
The colonel pressed his lips together
entered the carriage, and paraded VI
and down Woodward avenue half tn,
afternoon, while passers-by smiled at {
design represented u shovel, an AK, {
broom and. a flatiron. When he go
home at 4:SO Maria met him in the hall
| way and said she had concluded tina
the carriage looked better without 1
crest, and the colonel, stepping to tn,
door, called to John to drive 'er bacl
to the shop and tell 'em to take off tn,
| frills."-Detroit Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15
How to Clean Poultry Houses.

Farmers wives and daughters who
generally have care of the poultry on
the farm, do not have the time to clean
the poultry house as often as poultry
breeders tell us must be done to keep
out disease and lice. The last three
years have used dry ashes in my coop
any kind will do, coal is best-toss
them in with fire shovel, making as
much dust as possible. Close all doors
and windows until 1t settles; use at
least q bushel at time and two or
three times week. Then, when the
coop is cleaned. every two or three
weeks dust in the same way with fresh
Stacked lime. Throw ashes under the
perches at the same time. The ashes
and lime keep it dry and think is good
for the scale disease on the legs and
feet of fowls, and they like TO pick out
the grit and charcoals.-Poultry News.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15
Too Many Sheep In q Ylock.

Sheep have the habit Of budding to-
gether, and this is perhaps one reason
why they do better In small flocss than
In large ones. Those who begin keep
ing sheep ought 70 try . small flock
frat aud increase II as they gain ex-
perieuce in sheep management There
Is hardly farm, however small, where
few sheep cannot be kept with profit
A few will seem 10 chinls In snd cost
almost nothing for feed. Enlarge the
flock 10 one hundred, and they will eat
down pastures 80 that nothing else can
get . bite, and make II necessary to
stable and feed horses and mich cows
all summer. Sheep win get their living
where other stock would starys, but Il
does not pay 10 try 10 pasture them
with any other class of domestic ans
imsts,-AmaricSn Cultivstos.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15

Railroad PRESIDENT have long OBJ
served your sterling integrity and your
conscientious regard for truth; and
| shall now advance you to an import
ant post. in which we are obliged to
trust entirely to a mans honesty to
place our funds where we want them
instead of putting the money in his own
pocket.
conscientious Youth-You will find
me trustworthy, sir. What am l to do?
Railroad PrcsideRt-Tall this bag Of
grecnbacks to tine state capito, and buy
votes.-puck.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

The devil is afraid of the woman
who has power to lead child to Christ
Rams Horn.
Pupils in the schools OF Japan are
taken out rabbit hunting one day in
every autumn.
Take along with you this holy earn.
cstnesS, for carnestncss alone makes life
eternity.
DIR. Kerr, medical missionary in
China, has treated over Ave hundred
patients, and trained one hundred med
ical assistants.
Rev. David L. Anderson, Of Atlanta,
Ga, who has been engaged In mission
ary work in China since 1884, is now on
his why h ONE, having obtained years
leave Of absence.
1t is announced that the pope has
directed that specimens of the bcauti-
full mosaic pictures, made at the mosaic
works in the vatican, shall be exhibited
ut the exposition, aud that ut least one
picture shall be made expressly for the
fair.
Bishop Potter, who doesn't believe
In the modcrn-pcwcd church, quotes in
his Forum article q remark of Daniel
Webster, "that it was an evidence of
the divine origin of Christianity that it
had SO long survived its being preached
in tub pulpits."
Patience, o SOUL The processes OF
life are divine, as truly as the results.
The seed of spiritual being is live
seed; the quickcning Power ministers to
| it, even in the darkness and cold. 1t is
sown in weakness, dishonor, corruption;
It is to be raised in power, glory, inn
mortality. --Chnrles G. Ames.
Maine has done well in her high
school development in the past ten
years. In 1880 there were l01 high
schools in the state; 1890 there were 22S;
and the pupils increased from 5000 to
Is, 900 in that time. More than u thou
sand of the teachers of summer schools
were in the high schools as pupils the
rest OF the year.
When Theodore Parker invited the
religious world to consider the transient
and the permanent elements of Chris
tianity, he made a popular application
of truth long known to philosophy.
| This truth is that life in all OF It's aspects
exhibits these two opposite qualities OF
conditions. Much is transient in the
individual, more is permanent in the
Yace.-Julia Ward Howe.
The graduate department for WON
en- in the university OF Pennsylvania
was opened May \, The address wa,
made by DR.. Thomas, dean OF Bryr
Mawr college. Eight fellowships OF ar
annual value of ss75, tenablc for two
years, have boon endowed. Rcfcrenc,
was also made ton contribution Of $40,
600 by Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore, and q
gift of two houses valued at 1000 by
Col ]. NJ. Bennett, Col. Bennett ha.
also given $500 for the endowment
fund.
The duty of perseverance on oul
part is made up of three things--ot fidel
ity in following the Spirit of God, o
fcrvor, that is, cxactness, regularity
punctuality in the discharge Of our du
tics towards God and our ncighbor, and
lastly, OF dclicacy OF conscience, so tina
our ear Ia prompt to hear the voice o
the Holy Spirit, and our eye Ia quick t.
see what he requires OF US. When TIT
conscience is dslicate and sensitive W.
listen, hear and respond When II
sight is open and clear we watch for tn
tokens, and rise up quickly st the guild
ancc of tho Holy Spirit Man
| mimi
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15
MAMMOTH TURTLES.
The Giant Tortoises of the Galapagos Is
lanln-A PaCulIAr Race.


lands--A Peculiar Race.
The Galapagos tortoiscs are the only
survivors of an ancient race of huge
turtles which lived so long ago as the
early part of the tertiary epoch. Speci'
mems weighing from six hundred tc
seven hundred pounds have been cap
tured, and there is authentic record Of
one individual taken which tipped the
scales ut eight hundred and seventy
pounds. However, nearly all of the
very big ones have been caught and de-
vourCd, and it will not be long before
the race is Observation-Disclosures
"eatcn off the face of the earth by glut-
tonous man" 1t is reckoncd that ten
million of these turtles have been
taken from the islands since their dis.
covcry.
No provisions for ships were ever
found equal to these tortoises, which
will remain i'll good condition for year
without food or water. A supply of the
latter is carried by the animals in a
bag, which contains as much as two
gallons sometimes. They arc very saga.
cious, and when kept on deck can be
taught to confnc themselves to any
space arranged FOR their accommodation
by whipping them gently with ropes
end when they get out Of it. The meat
is said TO be finer than that Of green
| turtle Dampcr, the explorer who Wis
| itrd the islands in 1854, wrote that the
flesh rcscmblcd pullets in flavor
1.-The oil. he says, eve kept in jars
and used it instead of butter 10 eat with
dumplings." Rogers. in 1907, wrote
"rhc eggs of the turtle arc as big as
those of a goose, white, hard shells and
exactly round Two men rode ON tho
back of one Of the creatures, which
! weighed seven hundred pounds, and il
carried them with ease" In 1893 Col
net reported that nests OF the tortosc'
"wcrc thrown upiu circular form, never
containing more than three eggs, which
were heated by the sun, II hole being Sc
contrivcd as 10 admit its rays through
| it's daily course" This last very re
markablc statement would seem To i'm
| ply that these chclonians were some
what familiar with astronomy.
| The tortoiscs are vegetable feeders
browsing chiefly upon y succulcnt cac
tus. 1t is said that they are cntircl,
deaf, so that even the report Of guI
does not startlc them. At intervals
they make pilgrimagrs 10 the hill-tops
whore water is 10 be found, travelling
by night only. Thus, In the course o
centuries, they have worn regular road
from the shore up the mountain sides
by following which the Spaniards frs
discovered the watering places. The.
have very long and snakr-lilc nccks ant
heads. and their feet surprisingly re
scmhlc those of an elephant Thei
clumsy method Of locomotiun also sug
gcSts likeness to the great pachydcrn
Undoubtedly they live Ia II very Erca
age, and their aspect is most venerable
| -ROStOn TRANSCRIPTS
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15
HE DIDN'T PROPOSE.
An Angry Mamma STRIKES Her Daughter
Suitnr with Fire shovel.

An Angry Mamma STRIKES Her Daughters
suitnr with u Fire shovel.
A clerk in one of the city banks
bought Il splendid cut-glass bottle Of
cologne, with glass stopper and pink
ribbon, to present to young lady he is
keeping company with; but on reaching
the house he felt little embarrassed
for fear there were members of the
family present and so left the beautiful
gift in the hat stand drawer and passed
in. The movement was perceived by a
gracelcss brother Of the young lady,
who appropriated the cologne for his
own use, and rciillcd the bottle with
hartshorn, and then hung about to OBJ
serve the result
In little while the young man slip
ped out to the secret depository, and,
securing the splendid gift, slipped back
again into the parIor, where, with a
few appropriate words, he pressed it
upon the blushing girl. Like the good
and faithful daughter that she was,
she at once hurried into the presence
of her mother, and the old lady was
charmed.
She drew out the stopper, laid her
nost.'ils over the aperture, and fetched
pull at the contents that fairly made
them bubble. Then she laid the bottle
down, and picking up n brass-mounted
fire shovel instead said, as soon as she
could saEanything-
"Wherc istkat miserable wretchP"
He, all unconscious of what had hap
pened. was in front of the mirror ad-
justing his necktie and smiling at him.
self Here she found him, and said tc
him.
sob, you are laughing at the trick
you played on an old woman, are you?'
And then she gave him one on the
car. And he, being more eloquent with
his legs than laS tongue, fastened from
thence, bowling, and accompanied tC
the gate by that brass-mounted shovel
He says he would give everything OF
earth if he could shake off the impress
sion that a mistake had been made
| Chicago Inter Ocean.