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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29
UPSETTlNG A THEORY.


fossils snow Ihat the OXus Never joined
the Caspian.
Between the Aral and the Caspian
seas Is deep, dry, narrow depression,
which has long been supposed to have
been many speculations as to the ORR
gin and history of this stream, and the
view has been held for years that the
famous OxuS river, which now flows
into the Aral sea, in former era
found its way into the Caspian, and
that this dry channel, known as the
Usboi or old channel of the OXus,
marks the course the river followed in
its way across the desert hundreds Of
miles further west than its present
mouth in the Aral sea.
There has been much tnlk within four
or five years of digging channel be-
tween the Oxus river and this old river
bed, and thus diverting the Oxus from
the Aral to the Caspian, 1t was thought
navigation could thus be secured from
the Caspian for many hundreds of miles
up the Oxus.
This enterprise has been abandoned,
for it has been found that for great
many miles there is no sign whatever
of the old river channels; and now a
Russian scientific man named Konshine,
who has passed five years on the wide
plain between the Aral and the Caspian,
has reached the conclusion that the
OXus never flowed along this channel to
the Caspian. He relies chiefly on the
geological data that have been brought
to light by recent Investigations.
These data, he says, afford ample evil
dence that the SaryKamysh lake,
southwest of the Aral sea, was within
recent geological times vast river delta
completely separated from the Caspian
basin by ridge of higher land. The
mollusks found in the region of this
Sary-Kamysh lake are similar to exist
ing forms in the Aral sea, while in the
Usboi the organisms are almost identi,
cal with those found in the salt Caspian
sea at the present day. AS furthur ev-
idence he gives the results of behring's
| dlOIR lllt CONlNt VI Viz OSbOl, HEST
behring's penetrated nothing but clays
and sands containing salt water or
marine shells, while similar behring's
in the Sary-Kamysh beds show plenty
of fresh-water deposits. Thus geolog-
zeal Investigations have been called in
to service to show that the theory that
the Oxus once joined the Caspian
through the Usboi channel Is untena.
/ BILE.
Mr.. Konshine believes that the Usboi
charncl was at one time a part of a
great gulf of the Caspian sea, the STEEP
banks of the Usboi marking the deep
water channel. If further investiga
ton confirms the truth of this theory
it will upset one of the most interest
ing and widely accepted geographic
hypothesis of recent years. IN. Y
| SIM
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

To Clean White Wooden Shawls,-
Steam in steamer over q kettle of
strong soap-suds. This is good way
to treat soiled lace. Ladies' Home Jour.
nal.
Charlotte Russo With Strawberries.
Ordinary Charlotte Russo is very
delicious with fine large Strawberries
mixed gently in just before putting it
in the mold.-Demorest's Magazine,
The true physiological method of
treating burns or scalds is to at once
exclude the air with cotton batting,
flour, scraped potato, varnish, white of
an egg, paste, or anything that is most
quickly obtained
--Hickorynut Cookies Two cups of
sugar, two eggs, half cup of melted
butter, onc-third of cup of milk, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one
cup of chopped kernels stirred into the
dough, -Detroit Free Press.
The makers of wooden butter bowls
turn them out green, and turn bottom
side up on the floor, SO that they will
not crack while seasoning. Now let
your inquirer oil her butter-bowl on the
outside with boiled oil, and then when
not in use keep it bottom side up on
| some broad shelf.
Apple Frittcrs. pint of milk,
three eggs, salt just to taste, as much
flour as will make batter. Beat the
yolks and whites separately, add the
yollls to the milk, stir in the whites
with as much flour as will make a bat
| ter; have ready some tender apples,
peel Them cut them in slices round the
| apple; take the core carefully out Of
the center of each slice, and to every
spoonful of batter lay in slice of the
| apple, which must be cut very thin; fry
them in hot lard of light brown color
on both sides.
-Escallopcd Tomatoes.-After cook
ing a macaroni soft, place a layer in
the bottom of u baking dish. Then a
| layer of fresh or canned tomatoes. Con-
tinue till the dish is filled, having the
tomatoes the last layer. Season the
| layers Of tomatoes with salt and pep
per. Bake until the tomatoes look
brown. Instead of macaroni bread
crumbs may be used, having bread for
top layer. If onions is liked add little
well chopped, -Christian at Work
Rice Pudding With Raisins.-
Thoroughly wash one-half cupful of
rice and let it soak for one hour In a
pint of rich milk. Let slowly come to
the boil; simmer for five minutes and
set to cool. Beat well together three
eggs, onc-half cupful of sugar and a
lump of butter. Stir this into the rice
and add pint of cold milk, cupful OF
secdless raisins and some grated nut
meg. Bake in moderate oven fol
forty-fivc minutes and serve with cream
or sauco.-Ohio Farmer.
Potato Souflle.-Boil two pounds OF
potatoes, then pass them through &
sieve. Into a stcwpan put half pint
of water and four ounces of butter; LEI
it boil; whilst boiling stir in four ounce,
of flour, work quite smooth, then ado
the potatoes, seasoning to taste, ant
the yollts of six eggs. Work it all wei
together Beat the whites of the egg!
to stiff froth, then stir them lightly
in with the other ingredients; turn the
mixture into well-buttcred pie-dish
bake about half an hour in good oven
pin napkin neatly around the disl
and serve very hot.-lIousckcepcr
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29

above pocleting such things as they
found handy; but was glad of the addi-
tional time thus gained. Something
might happen, even yet, to save the
house; so, putting the best face on the
matter, she invited Ensign Brereton to
enter the parlor, but he said he would
sit on the porch instead, as the sentry
had been withdrawn to dinner,
Restrained by the fact that their com
mander was near, the soldiers made
much less noise than might have been
expected, and loudly congratulated
themselves on getting SO good dinner
in a rebels" house; but they were not
destined to finish it. Hardly were they
half through, when the sound of q
horse galloping was heard, and Ensign
Brcreton hastily rose as mounted
soldier was seen coming from the di-
rection in which Arnold's party went.
Seeing the officer he reigned his horse
towards him, saluted, and said, loud
enough for Patty and her mother to
hear through the open windows 1.-The
general orders retreat, as the rebel
militia are advancing on us" Then he
spurred on towards the river.
Sergeant" shouted the officer, par
AIDE the detachment at oncew
The soldiers seized their arms and
marched out, grumbling at their I'LL
luck in losing part of the dinner, and
drew up in line facing the house. En-
sign Brereton entered the parlor, and
Mrs. Hempstead's heart almost stood
still. She had been in an agony of sus
pense all the time; now she thought
is he going to tell me the house will
be burnt, after alp" She constrained
herself to return his salution, while
Patty, not to be outdone, made hel
very best courtesy, at the sight OF
which his face relaxed little as he
said
Madam, our troops were ordered tC
burn this town. | don't like the bust
ness, though as one of his majesty's of
| ficers am accustomed to obey orders
but | don't want to make war on q lad,
who is alone, and with whom | have
just dined, and-I wish you good day"
Shoulder arms, left face, forward
march!"-and the detachment wa
again in motion, but this time ava,
from the Hampstead house. civilian
Abbatt, in Demorest's Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29
PATTY'S DINNER PARTY.
An Experience During the Revo-
lutionary War.

evil the redcoats kill us, mother?"
asked Patty Hampstead, as she held
tight to her mothers gown. Mrs.
Hampstead was standing at a window
of her house, watching through tel
escope party of soldiers about mile
away, behind whom could be less dis
tinctly seen several other attachments
moving in the same direction.
Patty had to wait long time, she
thought, before the answer came, but
at last her mother put down the tole-
scope and, taking the little girl in her
arms, said
81 do not know, Patience, but | hope
they won't harm women and little
girls. We must trust in the Lord to
take care of u.s."
Cant we run away2" asked the
child, naively,
"Where could we go, Patty?-and if
wo stay perhaps we can save the
house."
Poor Miss Hempstead's voice fall
tered, and she Rugged Patty to her
heart She was her only child, pretty
little maiden of six years, and her IA
Their, Capt. David Hampstead, an officer
of the Connecticut line, was prisoner
in the hands of the British at New
York, confined In the dreadful prison
ship Jersey" Six months had passed
since his wife had heard from him, and
she knew not whether he was living or
dead.
Looking again through the telescope
she plainly saw columns of smoke ris-
ing near the river.
"What do you sec, mothcr?" asked
Patty.
There is great deal of smoke.
think they are burning the stores and
houses near the river"
"Can you see cross it to where Uncle
Stephen is?"
81 don't ltnow-yes; I see the flag Oh
the fort Oh! it fell just then; the
British must have captured the fortr
And the telescope fell with thud as
Mrs. Hampstead dropped, weeping, into
chair.
IL was no WOHutT, nCT nuSD
brother, Stephen, was one of the gar
rison at Fort Griswold, at Croton, Just
opposite New London, on that eventfu
morning, September, 6, 1881. You al
know the story-how twenty-four Brit
ish armed vessels had anchored off New
London at daybreaS, landing oigh'
hundred soldiers on each side of the
river Thames, and how Fort GriswolC
was captured, and brave Col. LedyarC
and many of his soldiers murdered
after they had surrendered. But OF
the New London side of the river tn,
patriots were too few to make any re
sistancc, so the enemy had time e
burn the town.
Resides Patty and her mother tn,
only persons in the house were tive
negro women servants. Stephen Hemp
stead, David's brother, had been there
the night before, but at sound of the
drums which beat on the approach o.
the British he had left for Fort Trum
bull, whence, with the rest, he haC
gone over TO Fort Griswold. With three
Of his companions he had expected X
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29
WHY BEES WORK AT DARK.
1t Is Because the Honey Would Crystalline
II MndC In the Light.

1t Is Because the Honey Would Crystalline
If Made In the Light
Bees work at night in the hive and
build comb as perfectly as if an electric
light shone there all the time. 1t has
often been asked why they prefer to
work in the dark. Everyone knows
that honey is a liquid with no solid sug-
ar in it. After standing it gradually as
sumes Il crystalline appearance, or gran
ulates and ultimately becomes solid
mass. 1t is stated that this change is
due to the same agent which alters
the molecular arrangements of the TO-
dine of silver on the excited cOllodion
plate and determines the formation of
camphor and iodine crystals in bottles.
Honey has been eXperimentally in
closed In well-corked TASKS, some of
which were kept in perfect darkness
while the others were exposed to the
light. The result was that the portion
exposed to the light soon became crys-
tallized while that kept in the dark re-
manned unchanged. Hence we see why
the bees are so careful to obscure the
glass windows which are placed in
their hives The existence of the young
depends on the liquidity of the sacchar-
inc food presented to them, and II light
were allowed access to this it would, in
all probability, prove fatal to the in
mate of the hive.-Pearson's Weekly,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29
ALONE

I am thinking, my dear, Of the days that are
gone
And lie hidden from US rs times curtain is
drawn,
For each twelve-month-a gem from the caslset
OF years
Falls behind that dark veil and is covered with
The bright present is but as flash from the
skies
And the future unseen save by faiths weary
eyes;
Yet the Jewels are ours, though they leave us so
fast
Tor by memory's touch they come back from
the past
AS sit here tonight with but thee and my
dream,
Loving memory brings me the gems all agleam
That were mine when my eyelids first ope'd TO
the light,
When my childhood and youth gave me mo-
ments more bright,
When your love came to me with Its precious
ness then
When the angels of woe made me weakest Of
men;
And dream and wonder as years come and
fec
II the future holds any for thee and for me.
BE they few then or none-left forme and for
thee
Ere the casket is locked with the death-angel's
key
Little matters 1t II we but stand in the door
That is swinging tween now and tho bright
evermore.
Many days hand In hand DER the highway of
years
Have we journeyed, my love, mid their sun
shine and tears
And these jewels of time are but earnests Of
those
We will wear in our crowns till eternitv's close.
The dear children whose feet battered on by our
side
Filled our moments with Joy and our bosoms
with pride,
And our spirits were hight In that faraway day
For the shadows were few that enveloped ouI
way
Softest sunshine fell round us and wrapped us
in light
And sweet angels OF peace lowered DER us o.
night
But too swiftly the years faded, love, to theil
grave
Buried deeply the gems-with the luster they
gave.
One by one did theyleave us-to journey alone
Out from under the stars in region unknown
Out from under the stars that had twinkled-ii
song
And away from the sunshine we'd gathered 81
long;
And alone we now walk through the valley o
tears
With our hearts bowed in sorrow, our head
bowed with years
And are left here TO mourn-fondly yearning 70
CLEANS
or the jewels we've lost-save for mem'ry an
dreams.
And our loved ones they bring to my tear-cul
tanned eyes,
To my ears their glad songs, and their laughte
and signs,
And see them kneel down while II lay me"
said,
Lulcd to dreamland by music of rain overhead
Then see them go forth-'mid the darkness t
TO the call of the angels that welcomed ther
And once more Ger their graves do we SILENT
weep
AS they scatter the mists from the City of Slice
have wished that tho casket were empty
years
And that we were at rest from this journey
tears;
But twas Heavens high will, and would ne
ask now
That one burden be lighter, less wrinkled tn
brow;
Then what matters it, dear, since the gates al
ajar,
Whether haven of rest is at hand or afar?
For the jewels Of time arc but earnests Of thel
That will CLEAN on forever in each dladem.
Fred S, Pond, in Inter Ocean.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29
A PROGRESSIVE AGE.
What Mans Inventive Genius Is Ac-
complishing.

what Mans Inventive Genius Is Ac-
complishing.
The man who observed that he would
not go abroad until he could cross the
ocean in car may not have to wait
very long after all for the realization of
his hopes, There comes from Sweden
news of the construction at Christians
tad of what is called locomotive steam
boat. 1t was built for use on a chain
of small lakes in Sweden which are
separated by waterfalls, and to get
around these the steamboat has been
fitted with wheels like those of a loco
motive, and on leaving the water runs
smoothly along on the land on tracks
built for its accommodation. A canoe
built on this same principle for use in
the Adirondack lakes would be delight
full. 1t could be padded in the water
and propelled after the fashion of the
bicycle on the land, so saving the tourist
great deal of work and many weari-
some carries"
An ingenious resident of Bridgeport
has worked out an invention which
should become great boon to unfor-
Inmates afflicted with deafness. 1t is
briefly device which makes the deaf
glasses are to the eyes, and consists of
a soft rubber disk and spring, so shaped
that when inserted in the ear it will
focus the waves of sound on the natural
drum of the ear with such intensity,
that the afflicted person receives inn
prcSsions from the outside that nature
had seemingly desired to withhold.
A patent bowling machine has just
been tested in England for the use of
crickcters in practice. 1t is found to be
more uncrring in its aim than most
mortal bowlers, and takes the middle
stump of expert batSmcn as easily as
! though the batsman used feather in
stead of his bat The machine is sight
cd just as gun is sighted, and the re-
volving iron hand from which the ball
| is thrown can bowl overland or under
hand, according to the desires of the
manipulation 1t is not entirely beyond
the possibilities that a mechanical bats
man will soon be devised, so that in the
next century boys and girls, and we
ourselves, who will probably be the
rrandfathers of those boys and girls,
may expect to be invited to witness a
cricket game played entirely by autom-
atoms.
Some remarkably clever person in st.
Petersburg has arranged and placed on
exhibition a clock with a monograph
attachment that will repeat at an hour
set, according to the possessor's desire,
any orders or announcements as may be
committed to it. This the New York
Tribune rightly calls great boon to
the tired house-mother, and adds that
in the nursery the solemn time-piece
could be made to say: children, it is
time to get up; dress quickly, and dc
not dawdle" In IKE kitchen at an early
hour. it would be ready with Break
fast at eight sharp, Mary; don't forget
and in the breakfast-roOm, You must
start in ten minutes, or you will lose
your train" The dial of this clock OF
the future is,we are told, human face
from whose uncanny mouth comes the
announcement of the hours, as wei
as any directions that may be left
with it.-iiarper's Young People.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29
A WATERY GRAVE.
The Pathetic Scene Enacted on an Oakland
EerrybOat.


A pale young woman dressed in deep
mourning paying her tribute to the
memory of loved one by casting
cluster OF forget-mc-nots into the bay
is sight thar has for several days past
occasioned considerable speculation
among the passengers on the ferry
steamer Newark on her noon trip to
this city.
The woman was first noticed by the
ferry employees about month ago. 1t
is her custom to board the upper deck
of the steamer and take a seat at the
stern rail bench on the starboard side.
In her hand she carries bunch of flow
ers, which she treats with as much de-
votion and tenderness as if it were an
object of priceless value that, once lost,
could not be replaced,
Once seated near the rail, her gaze
resting upon the water and buried in
thought, she appears to be utterly lost
to her surroundings. 1t is while rest
ing in n posture that exhibits all the
grace and charm of budding woman
hood that ones eye instinctively scans
her form and features, and spcculations
as to her identity are excited. She has
petite bst well rounded figure, her
face is delicately chiseled, the features
regular and full of expression, and her
eyes are dark, but with far-away,
dreamy look in them that reminds one
Of the Madonna. Who she is is mys-
terry, but her mission has been surmised.
1t is when the boat passes Goat Island
that the young woman seems to awake
from the lethargy into which she has
fallen and, as if drawn by a magnet
whose attraction she is unable to resist,
she rises and steps to the rail, bouquet
in hand. She looks over the side with
bewildered expression, and, selecting
the most favorable spot for the purpose,
she raises her arm and casts the bou.
quot into the bay. She stands with
both hands upon the rail and watches
the flowers sink beneath the surface,
and as they rise again and are washed
away by the heavy current she mutters
some words, signs and walks rapidly
into the cabin, where she selects re-
tired seat and communcs with herself
until the mole is reached. Then she de-
sends to the lower deck and and is lost
to view in the crowd.
"That woman is casting flowers upon
her lovers grave" said one of the Of
ficers of the boat to group of passen
gers who had witnessed the proceedings
few days ago. "One of my men heard
her say one day as she cast the bouquet
over: oh, George! Oh, George! My
theory is that she was engaged to some
young fellow who jumped into the bay
and was drowned some months ago. lT
respect to his memory she now decor
ates his grave, as it were. 1t is certainly
a touching procedure, and who knows
how this woman is suffcring?"-Sar
Francisco Examiner
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29
A FUTURE POSSIBILITY.
How Shrewd Advertisers Mny Utilize the
Heavens.

How Shrewd Advertisers May Utilize the
Heavens.
Some ingenious scientific gentleman
has pointed out the alluring possibility
of utilizing the sky for advertising pur
poses.
1t is entirely practicable, he says
and perhaps he knows-to make such
an arrangement of powerful lights, re-
Electors and tranSparencies as will pro-
ject gigantic sentence upon the clouds
so that it can be read plainly by the in
labitants of large scope of country
And if sentences can be thus projected
so doubtless can the outlines of figures,
and an illustrated full-page ad. of slip
perry soap spread over half the heavens
becomes a startling possibility.
Practice and ingenuity would doubt
less lead to an extension of this plan to
include the principal heavenly bodies
as for example, projecting a set of
spiky red whiskers around the moon
and using her as vignette in the up
per left hand corner of a stove-poliSh
adj. Tho effect of this upon imagery of
the sky you'd he novel. For instance,
in the novel of fifty years hence the
heroine would remark: "Sec! see the
beautiful evening star! How it throbs
through the shadowy foreieg of the
bulldog who is vainly endeavoring to
rend tn" pair of ncvertear pantaloons
sold by," etc.
of course, there will be competition
and contention among the sky adver.
Using firms and suits for trespass upon
aerial space, and finally trust.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29

Syrup"

My niece, Emeline Hawley, was,
taken with splitting blood, and She
became very much alarmed, fearing
that dreaded disease, Consumption.
She tried nearly all kinds of medi-
cine but nothing did her any good.
Finally she took German Syrup and
she told me it did her more good
than anything she ever tried. II
stopped the blood, gave her strength
and ease, and good appetite. I
had it from her own lips, Mrs.
Mary A. Stacey, Trumbull, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup. o
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29

The following was overheard by a
small boy at a picnic at Roslin: "Darl-
ing, I'm goif 2 to let go your hand for a
minute. but you won't be mad, will you,
darling? wouldn't let go till you did,
only some sort of caterpillar is crawling
lown my back, and I can't keep my
mind on you and caterpillar at the same
jme."-South Australian Chronicle
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29

An attempt to improve the condition
OF the Irish pcasantry has been made In
the introduction Of flower culture
among the girls in the wilds of Con-
nemara. The lady superiors in several of
the converts have undertaken the super
vision of the various little flower-gar-
dens which have been established, A
selection of the choicest daffodil bulbs
has been sent them by interested
friends, and already the supply of
flowers Is said to be large enough to in
sure remunerative returns to many poor
girls. N. Y. Tribune
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-29

or the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has a per-
manentIy beneficial effect on the human
system, Will tho cheap vegetable extracts
and mineral solutions usually sold as mcdi,
cines, are permanently injurious Being
well-informed YOU will use the true remedy
only. Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co,