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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
HARNESS CLOSETS.
Suggestions which, If Carried Out, world
Save Many Dollars.


We do not know who wrote the fol-
lowing, but we know it holds good
deal of truth and some suggestions
that, carried out, would save many
dollar now spent for harness: "rhe
regulation horse stable generally con-
tains a parallel row of stalls, back of
which is partition of outer wall, to
which are attached pegs for harnesses,
halters, blankets, etc. A little shelf
above may hold curry combs, brushes
and few bottles of lotion. The har-
nesses frequently drop to the floor and
are trampled on by the horses, or even
II they are securely fastened to the pegs
the leather catches all the flying dirt,
which gives them dingy appearance.
They are also exposed to the corrosive
ammonial gases, Why not keep them
suspended in tight closets, as we do our
wearing apparel? Such closets can be
made to utilize space which would
otherwise be unoccupied, and moi in
the least Interfere with the convenience
of the stable. There are at least two
vacant corners in nearly every stable,
in which the closets may be placed
Measure from the corner each way on
the wall about five feet At each ter
minal point strike a plumb line from
ceiling to floor, marking it plainly so
that boards can be accurately matched
to it. Tack to the floor square-edged
cleat, running from the line on one
wall to that on the other. Measure the
desired width of door in the center of
the cleat ana set in two light uprights,
reaching from the floor to the ceiling,
using matched lumber Saw it in
lengths to reach from door casing to out
side corners, saving the farther ends
beveling to fit neatly against the stall
wall. Above the door full length
boards can continue to the ceiling, and,
with door hung, the closet is nearly
complete. All that remains is to fasten
the pegs or wooden hooks to the wall
inside, whercon are to be hung the har-
nesses. The whole is simple job,
which any farmer with saw and ham.
mer can do in half day"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
WIT AND WISDOM.

Fanatics are earnest men in a mi-
nority.-Sir Wilfrid Lawson.
killing people with the tongue is
not bit better than doing it with a
gun.
To possess the gift of helpfulness
Is to be mortgaged to all humanity
Edward Egglcston.
The honeymoon has waned when
the bride stops telling things and begins
to ask questions. -Atchison Globe.
Everything depends on whether
YOU take for your wife a woman or a
doll-baby. The load of lie is so heavy
it takes team of two TO draw it
Talmage. .....
Young Slowboy-O, no, Miss Smi.
lax, assure You l was not attempting
to kiss you; l should not dare to do
such thing Miss Smilax-I hate a
coward. Boston Courier.
| ALI the possible charities of life
ought to be cultivated, and when we
can neither be brethren nor friends,
let us be kind neighbors and pleasant
| acquaintance. -Durke'
Mrs. Sharpe-We are going to
housekeeping right away. am sick OF
this clearinghouse. Mrs. Bangs-Did
| YOU find hair in the butter, too? Mrs
Sharpe-No, it was on Herberts coat
collar. Denver Sun.
Mrs Terwilliger-They are adver
Using building lots at fifty cents 9
week Do you think they are intended
for women investors? Terwilliger-
No, my dear. If they were you'd SEE
them marked at forty-nine cents"
| Little by little all the romance il
being taken out of life. A new device
does away with the telephone girl, ant
there is no telling at what moment
someone may invent typewriting ma
chine that a mans wife can run herself
NY. Herald.
Theodore Hallam once defended ;
burglar. The burglars wife was on tn,
witness stand, and the prosecuting at
torney was conducting vigorous cross
examination Madam, you are tn,
wife of this man - Yes" "Yo'
knew he was burglar when you mar
ried him?" Eyes" How did you COM
to contract a matrimonial alliance will
such a MANI" We'll" the witness sait
sarcastically, 81 was getting old, and
had to choose between lawyer and ;
burglar" The cross-examination ende'
there.
Ice breaks many a branch, and so
sec great many persons bowed dow
and crushed by their Affections. Blu
now and then meet one that sings i
affliction, and then thank God for M
own sake as we'll as his. There is n
such sweet singing as song in tn
night You recollect the story of tn
woman who, when her only child dice
IN rapture looked up, as with the fac
of an angel, and said: II give you Joy, m
darling.s That single sentence hs
gone with me years and years dow
through my life, quickening and con
! forting me. Henry Ward Beecher.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
HoBGoBLINS FOR CHILDREN.
Infants Whose Days Are Haunted by 10
gle Men and Bears.

gle Men and Bears.
The best results of fiction for the
young are to be found in the enrichment
of the imagination, not in the cultiva-
ton of the moral faculties and the gen
uine nursery literature is SO clearly inn
aginative that no healthy-minded child
mistakes such moral lessons as may be
drawn from it. For my part. l should
rather trust the morals of the young to
the most improbable nurse ~ tales than
to the life-like, hateful narratives Of
real life in which the daughter-in-law
is set against her mother-in-law. Is it
worse for an impressionable youth to
contemplate the ingenious depravity of
the wicked uncle in THE Babes in the
Wood" than to imbibe from the latest,
most improved fiction the insidious poi
son which makes him critical of his
own parents disciplinary methods with
him, because they differ from those Of
an ideally charming mamma in story
book?
To draw upon my own recollections.
my childhood was haunted by bears
They were not bears out of books SO
far as | can remember, but childish
formula for the dark unknown which is
apt to brighten every little stranger
who comes alone into this great world
of ours. Many an hour have | lain
awake in an ecstasy of trembling lest
the sonorous breathing of the sister
asleep at my side should be loud enough
to rouse the dire beasts from their Turk
ing places. Yet those hours did not
"embitter my infancy" nor do they
now in retrospect cause me poignant
grief. What does shame me is the re-
membrance of other hours of that same
period when was trying to adjust my
emotions and actions to an agreement
with those of the particular heroine out
of fiction who happened to be my near
est acquaintance at the time.
am aware that there is another side
to this subject There are ignoran,
nurserymaids capable of embitterine
any infancy by their manner of intro
ducing hobgoblins to it; but so long as
there is mother love in the world there
will be mothers wise and eloquent
| enough to act as the guides and inter
preters of childhood in it's excursion!
into Fairyland, and children who will
rejoice to their latest day in the goodly
heritage they possess in the REALM
which is ruled by an aristocracy of Rec
Riding Hood and her peers. Atlantic
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28

to his boss and rode to my ranch and
then heads crowd back and runs them
reds 'leven miles and kills another
"Why, durn me! he got two ponies
out of that scrap and he gathered up
more wampum, bows, arrers, toma-
hawks, knives and sich than any six of
us had collected in five years. When /
got about helped him to box and shin
'em to some club in New York. Pears
to me it was sumthin' like the Man
haitian club. Leastwise, it had 'tarnal
longisb name, and the teller was MEM
ber."
And you came to like him?"
Say! He kin hev all I've got in this
world any time he axes for it. made
big mistake sizin' him up. He could
beat any of us with pistols and the
Teller who took hold of him for a
wrestle was throwed skyhigh before he
could bite his terbacker. He could run
like a deer, outjump kangaroo and
buck him off,
And that's why you interfered, is
it?"
Exactly. Show me dude and I'll
back him. These boys hain't learned
the difference between dude and a
fule VT, but hev, and don't want nc
better chaps behind me in pinch than
dudes, specially New York dudes.
n. Y. Herald.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
SHE ASKED FOR NOTHING.
A Picture of Independent Poverty Not
Often Seen.

Often Seen.
Occasionally, in the gamut of ia
miliar notes which is sounded on the
harp of humanity in this big city,
there rings one that is new-some
marked variation on an old theme.
Beggars are familiar object, and the
direct appeals which are made to SYM
pathy are such palpable attempts to
play on feeling that one becomes hard
ened to them.
A novelty of this kind occurred the
other night as a gentleman was passing
through West Twenty fourth street.
The clock was striking midnight. He
saw sitting on the lower steps of a
brownstone house a woman. She was
dressed poorly. She was about sixty,
and there was the droop of WEAKNESS
in her spare bowed figure. A small
paper box and a few papers were rest
ing on the steps in front of her.
The gentleman stopped and asked:
"Why don't you go home?"
ooh, just set down to rest myself"
she replied, simply.
? Have you got bed to go to? Do
you want any moneyP inquired the
gentleman.
ooh, no! l don't want anything ex-
cept to rest few minutes" she re-
turned in the same weary tone, but
with no air of counting sympathy.
A poor old woman who declined the
offer of money is rather surprising
object, especially when her appear
ance speaks of poverty and age and
WEAKNESS. But if she were independ-
ent enough to wish to avoid aims, it
seemed as though she had a right to
her few moments rest on the hard hot
steps. So the gentleman passed on.
But her looks, her tone, the hour of
the night, all worked on the man. He
felt that he ought to give the woman
something. He went back. She was
still dropping on toe steps.
II think you had better take this"
he. said, putting some money in her
hand
"Why, what is this?"~ she cx-
claimed, lingering it. "a dollar! You
can't afford this. / never can repay
you"
But the man was on his way again.
And as he passed along he thought; IL
wonder if that could have been new
bluff"
But it probably wasn't There arc
no Bernhardts sitting around on door
steps at midnight, and the thing was
too beautifully done if it were acting to
be anything short of the highest art
n. Y. World.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28

able ridicule from the dozen rough fell
lows hanging about. One of them
finally said something about 'chawing
him up" when an old man in the gang
raised his hand aud said:
"That's 'nough, boys; don't go any
further"
whats it to you?" demanded the
other.
"A heap, reckon! It's so much to
me that I'll do leetle shootin' on that
feller's account if needs te."
The two men looked meuacingly at
each other, and for twenty seconds
expected to see them draw and fire.
Then the younger one walked away,
growing as he went, leaving the field
to the old man.
"Would you have fought for the
dude?" l asked when the strain had
been relieved.
"Sartin!' he grimly answered
But you don't know him."
mo, and probably never shall; but
he sort o. reminds me of n lectle sar-
cumstanee that happened seven or
eight years ago. had ranch up on
the Pecos plains, and dude came out
from New York city to visit nay bur
o. mine. He was jest SIGH beanstalk
as this chap. He had soft hands, a
woman's way of talkin', and | looked
him over and made up my mind that a
Texas baby three years old could give
him pointers. Why, durn it, If he didn't
wear white shirts and collars and play
the piano! ! tried to be civil to him,
cause he was stranger, but it bout
made me sick | never looked at him
without thinkin' of mush and 1asses,
"Well?"
"Waal, arter he'd bin out thar about
three months Jim and me went out one
day to look up some stray mustangs
The fust thing we knew we got a volley
from a lot of Indians who had broke
loose from the reservation. Jim was
hit in the shoulder but fortunately
carried off by his boss, who was a flyer
headed for sink | knowed of auC
reached without scratch. Then
you see, my caper was to stand 'cm of
till jim could send help. had Win
chester and plenty of cartridges, ant
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28

durin' the fust hour | wounded one
cuss and killed another. Then got a
chunk o. lead through this right arm
and begun to feel n bit narvous as to
how it would turn out. swiped bull
let into another, and in return ! got
this rake along the skull. 1t wasn't
ten minutes artcr that befo' ! begun to
feel p pwerful sick and weak and | jest
reckored that my scalp was goin' TO
make an ornament on some red crit
ter's belt"
"But you still stood them otf?"
las weV as able, but the end would
hev come in about fifteen minutes
more. The last three or four shots
fred was so blind couldn't see q
rod. The reds were shoutin' to each
other and maxim ready to close in
when heard white man ycllin'.
c, uldn't see what took place, but
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
ABOUT SHEETS.
Some Valuable Suggestions Regarding
Their Make.

some NaiuaDie suggestions Regarding
Their Make.
Some housekeepers make the mistake
of purchasing too fine linen for sheets.
Very fine goods will never stay in place,
but will roll up in most unpleasant
and exasperating way. A good grade
of medium fineness will prove much
more satisfactory. A special grade now
obtainable in linen sheeting is fine,
firm, twilled goods, OF good body, and
satin finish, which comes two and one
half yards wide with pillow slip widths
to match. This, though quite cxpen-
sive as regards first cost, is both hand
some and durable.
1t is great mistake to allow sheets
to be tritle short. They may much
better be little too long than two short.
The regular two and one-half yards in
length is not quite enough. Some of
the best housekeepers now make sheets
two and three-fourths yards long when
finished. In cutting off, it will not do
to depend upon any fold in the goods,
but the Strengthening must be carefully
attend to else there may be, perhaps
three or four inches lost in length. -
Good Health.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
POOR TEETH.
They Are Very Harmful to the Health and
Require Early Treatment.

Poor, decaying, Assessed teeth are
very often the sole cause of internal de-
rangements of the digestive organs and
are at the foundation OF many nervous
diseases As breeder of foul-smelling
breath they are very important, and
one can not afford to let such tooth
remain long in the mouth. Poor people
as a rule suffer more in this respect
than the rich, for the latter have their
teeth early attended to by dentist,
while the former allow them to remain
in the head until they are very far gone.
Some teeth can not be filled with any
success, and the owner hates to have
them pulled out. The proper time for
the extraction of tooth is really y diff
ficult matter to determine. If the back
teeth are abscessed in any way, they
should at once receive skillful treat
ment, and if the discharge of pus can
not be controlled in time they should be
extracted. Chronic assesses in the
teeth discharge pus continually, and
the stomach is forced to assimilate this
septic poison along with the food. In
the course of time it must poison the
digestive organs, and eventually i'm
pregnate the whole system. Too much
attention can not be given to poor teeth
in this way, There is dry rot in some
teeth which does not discharge pus, and
great amount of injury may not be
done to the system by letting them re-
main, but tho majority are harmful.
The question of pain should not keep
one from the dentists chair, for when
gas is administered the work is compar-
atively painless. In taking gas, how
ever, it should be taken only on an
empty stomach, for if taken immediate.
ly after good meal nausea and vomit.
ing may be caused. Yankee Blade.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
STONE ROLLlNG-PiNS.
A Desirable Addition to the Kitchen
Utensils.


Utensils.
Among the most valuable of the
stoneware utensils are the rolling-pins
which seem to come nearer to solving
the problem of a rolling-pin than any
other. wooden rolling-piu is certainly
not all that could be desired. 1t is not
cold; it is apt to become rough and it is
always an absorbent of grease and
needs to be repeatedly scrubbed to be
kept clean. Paste can not stick to q
roller of stoneware, it is SO highly
glazed. 1t is nearly as cold as marble
and far better, because it is lighter.
The plate-glass rolling-pins, which
were introduced by some ingenious in
ventor some years ago and which were
intended to be filed with cracked ice
in order to chill them, proved to be a
failure.
AS on any glass dish containing ice
water, beads of moisture settled on the
outside when the rolling-pin was filled,
and drop of moisture, as every expert
pastry-maker knows, is sufficient to in
lure the best pastry. Yet the inventor
buildcd better than he knew. So cool
and smooth was his glass rolling-pin
that housekeepers speedily adopted II
without the ice filling.
Why does not some ingenious inven'
tor give us rolling-board of enameled
wood, something that is cold on the
surface and not too expensive for univer
sal use? Or has the art of enameling
wood never been brought to perfection
like the art of enameling metal? A
marble or slate board is heavy and &
marble pastry-table is cumbrous ant
expensive for family en-. Y, Tribune
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
rhn snccessfnl Earmer.

The young rmer who thinks he can
farm as did HIS grandfather and sue
coed with an education that covers a
meager knowledge of reading spelling,
writing and arithmetic will find when
too lat, that he has made an error that
will render his life well nigh useless.
The farmer of the next twenty i've
years will be thinker. EIn will be
the dominant actor in government His
papers will be the dailies and his mali
will be delivered to his house. His
business will be systematic and he
must keep accounts that will show
what crops and stock are profitable.
The coming successful farmer must not
only be educated in the ordinary Eng.
fish branches, hut he must have good
practical business training. Such an
education is as essential to the farmer
as to the man in the eounting-room. =
Ceday Rapids Gazette.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28

know how it was jest the same That
mush-and-lasses dude was out Oh boss
huntin' jack rabbits, and jim run
across him and told him how / was
fixed and axed him to ride fur help.
What do you think the burned cuss
did?"
Erode for home?'
mot much! He rode fur me! He'd
never seen war Injun in his life, and
Jim told him thar was full dozen
arter me, but it made no difference.
He comes up on dead run, yellin' and
shootin', and I'll chaw my hat If he
didn't lay out two of the critters and
kill pony afore they could git away.
He sailed right in SO mighty hard that
they thought he had big crowd be-
hind him. That thar leetle dude with
soft hands and puny arms lifted me on
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
Cotton Gowns.

Some of the cotton gowns worn at the
summer resorts this season are marvels
of delicate beauty, The India muslins,
printed with shadowy designs in pale
pink, mauve and tender green, are made
up over sheath skirts of pink shot with
green, or lilac with silver, etc. The
hemstitched skirt hens are sometimes
in plain cream white silk muslin, and
then begins an exquisite floral pattern
in soft artistic tints scattered sparingly
over the skirt, some of the designs con-
sisting only of a shaded rose petal or
single pink-tipped apple blossom, this
pattern continuing to the bottom of the
skirt, where it blends into printed
border of twining flowers and rose
vines-N. Y. Post.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
HANDsoMesr OF ALL.

Tr,,.
49, ~ moy lot eai, het .nanusohlo-
T., ~ ~ a,, 80 uoohl ny iair'
60 Ni,eNNo ~ luseS piossohi'
smoother brows there are, and whittier,
Eyes mat hold q gayer light III
Nelther are her fingers taper,
NOR her hands as lilies white:
IN her step there's nothing fawn-liko,
Low and tremulous her tones
but Tar dearer her possessions,
Sweeter still the charm she owns
There arc Others worth admiring,
handsome If you will-but she
Is my mother--tcnder, loving, s
Handsomest of all TO me,
,p., 49,,
I'm, ~ nei uio" .here "ihus e"riahu
pioufs ~ ahs "etcu prus ols' "A
~, not ,,ahu sne neals Tue liiles III
- .housan" iigntehea cares az s.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28

day. Lay the bundles in rows conven-
lent for loading and let them lay for
twenty-four to thirty-six hours to wilt
and dry to some extent Here is where
4 saving of labor comes in, for fodder
corn, if taken up at the right stage.
will not weigh nearly as much as when
grown, consequently is much easier
handled and makes sweeter ensilage.
Cut the corn one-half or three-fourth
inch i'll length and use as many teams
as necessary to keep the machine busy.
Construct platform at the machine
to unload fodder on for convenience of
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
FARM AND GARDEN.
CORN FOR THE slLo.
Explicit Directions for Cutting and Hand


Explicit Directions for Cutting and Hand
ling the Crop.
When the ears begin the glaze cut
the corn with machine similar to the
one shown in Fig, /. A frame is made
about six inches wider than the rows;
to the hind end is fastened rair of
low wheels and to the forward end two
knives, These are bolted at AA and
the angle may be changed by moving
the braces. The knives should be made
thin and kept sharp, Sled runners
may be used in place of the truck, but
it draws harder. Two rows are cut at
once and one man can cut and lay off
in bundles from six tc ten acres per
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28

The trouble in Lynn shoe factory
has been healed. 1t did not last long,
the sole cause of the difficulty not get
ting the upper hands, and the factory
is once more on its taps.-Lowell
Courier -f
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
Cerenonious.

Excited Lady ION the leach)-Why
isn't something done for that ship in
distress? Why don't some of you
Coastguard (hurriedly)-We have sent
the crew line to come ashore, mum.
Excited Lady-Good graciousl Were
they waiting for formal invitatica'-
once a Week.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28
FOR ENDING LEVELS.
A Useful Thing When Used with Discrt
ton and JudgmenL

A Useful Thing When Used with Discre-
ton and Judgment
Take a broom handle or similar stick
and tack on small straightedge near
the top, as the cut shows, braced by
square of tin between the two. The
straightedge must be level, as the
instrument hangs on q loop of cord
through small hole in its upper end.
On still day you will then have per-
feet road grader and level. Begin at
the top or bottom of the hill, as you
choose, but keep the same grade
throughout by sighting the same dis
stance each time, Suppose you begin
at the top; you stick the stake and
take, for example, 10 feet down in the
direction of your proposed road Stand
erect. Place the level to your eye and
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28

Office Boy-You want to see tn boss
bout that advertisement fer book
keeper, don't We? 81.
Applicant-Ies
"Got any refrences?"
I'm ready to produce hem when re-
qucsted.n
Where did We work."
~ was two years with Cash & Co"
"Huhi That's tn firm that discharged
me They don't know smart felleI
from idjet"-Good News
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28

feeder. A fodder rack should be used
on the wagon with pair of steps to
drop on the ground while loading and
swing up in transit. 1t can be attached
to back end Of rails as seen in Fig. 2
and will save both time and labor. N.
T.. Homestead.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28

-Customer-"Thel leather seems very
thin in this purse" Mcrchant-"You
sec, miss, it is Russian heather, and you
know they have been having such a
terrible famine over there. Chicago
Inter Ocean. r..Fg
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-28

f had stopped at
n railroad sta
ton on the Pc.
cos river, in
7 e Xas, an d
many of the
p a S S C n & c T. S
were walking
up and down
the long plat
form. Among
I II G m w a S a
dudish youn 6
man W h o ex-
cited consider