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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
OCEAN TOWING.
An Invention That Claims the Solution Of
an ImpOrtant Problem.

An Invention That Claims the Solution Of
an Important Problem.
The subject of long-distance ocean
towing has been receiving much consid-
Grafton at the hands of American ship
owners. A proposal has already been
made to employ hermetically sealed
steel barges for ocean transportation,
these barges being towed by specially
designed tugs and towing apparatus.
It is believed by many ship owners
in this country that we are nearing
the time when the towing steamship
will be largely employed to drag
freight barges across the Atlantic. The
possibilities in this direction have been
suggestively indicated by some note
worthy feats of towing done recently
by the United States tug steamer
Saturn, which is about twenty-five
hundred tons and is fitted with very
powerful engines. The chief difficulty
in ocean towing is the failure of the
tow rope or steel hawser or it's fasten-
ings. Neither manila rope nor steel
wire rope can withstand the sudden
strains caused by the motion of the
towboat and her consort in a heavy
seaway, the great want being elastici-
ty. TO overcome this difficulty the
Saturn has been fitted with q towing
apparatus invented by an American
engineer. 1t is. balancing cable
drum, which is SO geared up that the
normal pressure of the engine cylin'
ders, situated on either side of the
drum, will balance the normal strain
on the cable or hawser; but if the
strain on the hawser is increased the
drum revolves aft and the hawser pays
out, running in again when the strain
is relieved, The inventors of this in.
genious apparatus claim that they have
solved the problem of ocean towing =
| Chicago Journal
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
WIT AND WISDOM.

--Snibbs, your chickens come over In
to my yard, Yes, aud they don't come
back
Beware of the man who always dips
his tongue in oil before he speaks -
Rams Horn.
You must love your work, and not
be always looking over the edge of it,
wanting your play to begin
--Jagson says there are four singers
in every quartet choir who think the
other three can't sing a little bit.-El-
mira Gazette.
Many man who prdcs himself on
being man of mcttle, has only brass
in his composition, and brass is not a
metal Transcript.
Man is a good deal like a fish. You
know the fish would never get into very
serious trouble if it kept its mouth
shut.-Yonkcrs Statesman.
There's an enduring sympathy be-
tween the small boy and the growing
weeds. He has no desire to hurt them
in the least. Post.
so it isl" Her Mothcr-"What is?'
'Why, he wants me to sit near the open
window and sing this evening He says
it will attract the cats, and then he can
shoot them. ."-Boston News
There is nothing of man but the
word that is kept or broken sacred as
life or unstable as water by this we
Judge each other in philosophy and
practice, and by this test shall be ruled
the ultimate Judgment. Boyle O'Reilly.
Mrs. Talletrouble --''What makes
you think of taking rooms in the busi-
ness part of Philadelphia" Bigley-
my wife is suffering from nervous
prostratior, and the doctor says she
must have perfect quiet Ocean.
Miss Pinkerly-"You act as if you
were uncomfortable, Mr. Tuttcr." Mr..
Tutter-"Yes, Miss Pinllerly, the fact
is have never been able to get dress
suit to fit me-" Miss Pinllcrly-"Per-
haps YOU don't get there early enough.
--Clothicr and Furnisher.
1t is interior disagreements only
that frightcn me; frame that does not
fit what it is meant to hold; much pomp
and little real enjoyment; wealth and
avaricc, nobility and rudcncss, youth
and pcdantry, poverty and ceremonies
these arc the things which would an.
nihilatc me, however it may please
the world to stamp and rate them. -
Goethe.
Queer Fish.-A Jefferson avenue
merchant went fishing several days age
and on his c.urn met a friend. "Well, -
was the salutation, IL hear you've beer
fishing" YES" was the reply, in q
disappointed tone. "Ddn't you catch
anything?" "Nary a thing" What
was the matter?n Don't know. Fist
carried off all the bait we had" 'Jeru
salem, ] should have thought they'd got
drunk enough to have come righr
ashore and tried TO hava given them
selves up without a struf gle. "-Detroi
Tree Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The total school enrolment for the
United States last year was l4,@OO, 900.
The only reason why all men do not
hate sin is because they can not see its
face RAMS Horn, ...
For every four shillings spent in
England on drink, only half.pcnuy is
expended on education.
Mrs. Lucy A. Boardman has given
$50, 900 to New Haven, Conn, to erect
building for manual training school
Go to God with all your little cares,
and hopes, and sins, and sorrows, as free
ly and conlidingly as you come to your
mother Louisa NJ. Alcott.
God will not thank you for the par
ings, the pcclings, the chaf, the shucl<s
of your time If there is an hour when
your thoughts are clearer and your af-
fcctions are stronger than at any other
time, take that hour for God.
Naples has Erocbel institute, man
aged by Madame Schwabc and Mile.
Bacrmann. tits twenty years in cX-
| istence and began with two children.
| 1t has now twcnty-ninc classes and one
thousand pupils. All do not come un-
der the head OF free students, as many
are from well to do families. jewish
| Messenger.
Hiram Camp, of New Haven, who
gave the $25, 900 with which Dwight
| Moody erected his famous school at
Northfeld has in the last year added
SIS, 900 to the endowment There have,
of course, been other contributions. 1t
is twelve ycacs or so since the school
opened. There are now 1876 boys in at
tendance there.
1t is characteristic of this age that
evil is no longer considered a necessity.
| That believe to be the greatest cged0
that the nineteenth century has formu-
lated We have all along said that it is
necessary that sin should be, that it is
necessary that suffering should exist;
but to-day we see that there is no such
necessity according to Gods laws, and
by Gods help we are to see that that
necessity shall have no record Lady
Somerset
Here are the latest statistics of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, In Eng
land it has 43 bishops and 1900 other
clergymcn; in the United States, 81
bishops and 3, 500 clcrgymcn; in Ireland,
18 bishops and 1,S07 other clergymcn;
and in Canada, "a bishops and 1900
other clcrgymen; in Asia, 13 bishops
and 7l3 other clergymen; in Africa, l3
bishops and $50 other clcrgymen; in
Australia, 81 bishops and 260 other
clcrgymen; and in Scotland, II bishops
and $50 other clergymen; in scattered
dioecses, 9 bishops and l@O clergymen-
a grand total of 1S9 bishops and 32, 729
other clcrgymen.
Prof Gallaudet, of the Washington
college for deaf mutcs, has carried on
the work begun by his father, who
made study of deaf mutcs and Of the
ways in which they might be made, not
only happier but more useful Mrs.
Galaudet is said to be u model mother,
and carries her desire to be q compan-
ion to her children SO far that she takes
up any course of study entered upon by
them In this way she has read Latin
with her sons, studied French and Ger
man with her daughters, and now that
the youngest shows a taste for art, has
arranged for course of lessons at the
Art League, that she may direct the be-
ginning of her daughters art education
in an intelligent manner,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
NUMBER 40.
GRADES AND SCRUBS.
To Make Money In the Cattle business Is
No Child's Play.

To Make Money In the Cattle business Is
No Child's Play.
OF course the farmer wants to feed
his surplus, at least in part, to the cat
tie giving the most for the amount
fed. He knows, or ought to know, that
there is more than so per cent. advan-
tage in this regard in favor of high
grades, The only way he can have
good grade cattle is to have a pure bred
sire at the head of the herd. He knows
this also These are all very plain
propositions. He can have good grade
beeves weighing 600 to 800 pounds ut
yearlings, or he can have the product of
common slres weighing 800 to 500 at
yearlings. All these things are plainly
before him, not in theory only but in
actual observation and experience.
Not only so, but the grades will bring
him one to two cents per pound more
than the common ones. This also is
before his eyes in the market every
week in the year. Thus the farmer
may pursue a policy that will impov-
erish, or make him profits. He is
the architect of his own fortune,
or the barrier to it, 1t is q plain
matter when the difference of
80 to 40 per cent. is before him
in the matter of his manage
ment, so far as cattle are concerned
He would think it remarkable if his
neighbor was still holding on to the
elm peeler hog, weighing 200 pounds at
three years old only, for the breed of
hogs have improved, and he is in that
swim himself. The difference in fa1t
is the same between common and grade
cattle, and yet many hold on to the
scrub bull. If we could only see our'
selves as others see us!
Pertinent to this subject the Lirn
Stock Indicator says: mo money in
cattle, shouts one man. Half a dozen
take up the chorus and dolcfully sound
the sad refrain until majority would
believe the woeful fallacy is really
true, were it not the fact that here and
there can be found men who have
made money in the cattle business
(names need not be given) and are
making money now"
1t might be just as well for all con-
cerned to say right now that to make
money in the cattle business is no
child's play-that it has to be conduct
ed on business principles, requiring in
telligence and far-seeing sagacity, COM
bined with steadfastness Of purpose.
If, then, men will embark in such busi-
ness, and have neither knowledge,
judgment nor experience, is it any won
der they miss it?"-Farm, Field and
| StOclSman
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09

the kitchen. This woman may sit in
her kitchen (if sh, likes), and not be in
the way of some one passing in dr out.
X, kitchen, 14Xl7 d, diniug-room,
l4X17. S, sitting-room, l4xl7 l., laun-
dry b, bedroom, l4Xl5, p, pantry.
w, woodshed, ID, dumb waiter to eel
lar r, range, There is closet to the
right of !, between b and S, not let
tered. L, entry. Il, bench or station
AIRY tubs, with sink at right for wash
ing hands V, baking table, j, porce-
lain-lined sink and draining board.
This plan is for the woman who likes
the one staircase to be accessible from
more than one room, and who makes
her pantry shop" in which the great
er part of her work is done.
X, kitchen, 11x22 S, sitting-room,
l3xl4, p, pantry, A, dining-room, 81
13. w, woodshed, 6x9, U, upstairs tc
second floor. D, downstairs to cellar
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
skull of a swedish Queen.

A Swedish queens grave was re-
opened at Upsala in the presence of the
prince regent, the archbishop and
many professors. The grave, which
dates from 1884, is situated in a side
aisle of the cathedral at Upsala, in a
vault beneath the pavement; on the
ceiling are painted the royal arms. On
the immense stone over the grave are
engraved in Latin the words: Cath.
crime, queen of Sweden, died Septem-
Der 16, 1888; daughter of Sigismund,
king OF Poland, and wife of Johann
Ill, king of Sweden. She was buried
on the 10th of February, 1854" On re-
moving this stone copper coffin was
found and opened. Within was a
wooden coffin, somewhat decayed, and
lined with velvet in rags, Beneath n
leather cover lay the corpse of the
queen, clothed in velvet, the feet in
stuffed shoes Amid the folds of vel
vet lay an extremely small skull.-Lon
don News.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09

ACUaCneQ 10 tn6 sicCKS Pehut ISRA, Jne
swaying of which acted to open and
close the circuit. He connected the
Buffalo wire with the clock wire and
went home to bed, leaving the Buffalo
man valorously battling with the tick
tick-tick-ticls of the clock. The story
concludes with the veracious statement
that when the Toronto man reached
the Office the next morning he heard
the Buffalo man still fighting the clock,
and that when the former disconnected
the clock wire and closed the circuit the
latter snapped out triumphantly: ~
downed you at last did I?'
Fighting circuit" is probably the
most annoying occupation there is, The
very impotency, the very futility of it
is maddening. Here is man who has
offered a grievous insult Yet the in
sultee cannot get at the insulter to kick
him. They may be separated by thou
sands of miles. The practice of calling
hard names is not infrequent, possibly,
for that reason. Fighting circuit" has
several times driven men to the verge
of frenzy, There is on record in the
archives of the Western Union office in
New York the tale of an eAcitable
operator who, after long and Mnsuc-
cessful struggle to say something mean
to man in Albany whom he hated, and
who at the same time was trying to say
something mean to him, suddenly
arose from his chair and darted from
the operatlng-room in New York city
and ran down the stairs into the street.
There he gazed wildly around, look
ing for some object on which to vent
his anger. Near him peaceable, mild
looking gentleman was having his
boots polished The unhappy operator
rushed at him, struck him in the face,
and shouted: BLANK, blank you, you're
always getting your boots blacked" "
But that was in the old days.
Not always, however, have differ.
ences arising over wire been with.
out bloodless termination. 1t has
been the case on number of oc.
casions that the insultee has boarded a
train for the town of the insulter, and
upon the insulter being pointed out tc
him the two have come together in ar
| affray. But such instances are excep
tions Even though man may board a
train full of thought of vengeance it is
likely to ooze out after few hours
ride, and the visit, instead of being san
culinary, may be one of harmonious
peace and good feeling. 1t may be
stated positively that no quarrel be
gun over a telegraph wire has ever
resulted fatally.
They tell good story up at the big
Western Union office on Fifteenth
street One of the night men was send
ing press to Richmond. The operator
at the latter place said:
Whats the matter? You come Sc
heavy can't adjust enough"
'Is that SOP" responded the opcr
ator at the Washington end wait {
second"
Then came pause.
"How's that?" asked the Washington
man.
''Thats spl ndid," replied the Rich
mond operator. what did you do?"
II took off my cuffs" came back th'
reply from the Washington man, ant
even the relay and sounde exchange,
smiles. Washington Star.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09

lined sink is on the other side of the
pantry, opposite X. II, range and water
tank. A, down cellar stairs V, up
stairs to second floor c, creamery. S,
sink for washing hands, etc, This plan
is for the woman who does not like the
kitchen to be hallway for everybody;
who does her own work, perhaps, and
so is glad of bedroom handy and
warm; who likes to have place where
the men may wash and then pass into
the dining-room without coming into
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09

j and w. I, baking tabs or shelf.
p, pantry. Drawers updet4, for towels,
aprons, pans, rollinNpins, etc. The cell
lar-way is hero also There may be a
door instead of me of the east windows
OF; Of the kitchen, but dirt from shoes
and annoyance from flies are avoided
by woodshcd only. See plan ". for
sliding doors.
L. parlor. d, Dining and sitting-room.
N, porch or sewing room, 7, pantry.
B, bedroom or laundry. X, kitchen,
w, open wood and coal shed. E, entry.
y, baking table, with flour bin just
above it in the sketch. The porcelain
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
VOLUME VIII.
A TWISTED TALE.

Once On timc-this tale is truo--
There lived an individual who
believed his intellect held more
Than other mems did ten times DER
He had most everything down pat
Enlightened folks on this and that,
ana pointers" gave to great and small,
This man who used to know 1t all
He told the farmers how to till
Their fields, their bins to overfll:
Tic told the merchants how to sell
Their goods that they their gains might swell
Ho told the writer's what TO write
II they tho people would delight;
Prosperity to them would fall
Who needed him who knew IL all.
Much OF his precious time was spent
In bowling at the government,
And Providence he'd often rake
For making some great big mistake
There wasn't anything but what
He thought he know it TO dot,
And wisdom waited at the call
or him who used to know it all
But strange as it may seem to you
'Iis no more strange than 1t is true
This man noer did u single deed
TO provo TO other folks that he'd
Tho brains whereby he could invent
A plan TO mako single cent.
Good luck 1t seemed would not bcfall
This man who used to know it all.
One day he saw-this knowing fool
A farmer try to lead o mule.
The mule was stubborn-like and slow,
And finally refused to TO-
And as tho farmer pulled and swore
The mulo hung backward all the more.
ut won't do any good to maui
The brute" said he who knew 1t all
"But I've little plan, you betl
To make that mule get up and gctl
III neither beat, nor flog, nor fail
The beast, III simply twist his tall"
The farmer said ut will not do"
The wise man said he guessed he knew.
Bin Bangl The funeral was small
= OF him who used to know 1t all.
There may not be moral here,
But yet this thought Is pretty clear,
We're very, very, VERY wise,
But yet some day to our surprise
We may bump up against fact,
And get our dome of wisdom cracked.
'Twere well to now and then recall
The tale OF him who knew it oil
Nixon Waterman, in Chicago Times
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09

r, range and tank. G, G, stationary
tubs. B, baking table ], sink and
draining board At the left of the pan
try. between that and cellar stairs, is
the dumb-waiter to cellar. C, curtain
between dining-room and sitting-room.
81 and T in sitting-room are supposed
to be cupboards or shelves.) This
plan is for the woman who would like
parlor, dining-room, laundry, wood
shed and large airy bedrooms, but her
purse is light and the mortgage is
heavy; yet she believes in saving her
steps. In all these plans have not al
lowed for walls or sliding doors, be-
cavse | did not know how TO do so.
Whenever no door is shown a sliding
door is intended, as WIDE as space left.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
DRAINING LEVEL.

A Splendid Thing for Evening the Bottom
of Drain.
The illustration shows form of level
for evening the bottom of drain.
1t is made in the form of an inverted
T, and the bottom board, A B, is just
one rod long, while the upright piece,
C d, may be four to six feet. 1t is well
braced to make it true, and can be made
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09

-"Palet is playing in hard luck, p"
said one artist to another. "How?"
HE painted picture of the CRATE in
his room and got it SO natural and life
like that new servant he had threw n
scuttleful of coai through it and ruined
u"-Detroi' Free Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09

of dry three-quarter-inch pine. The
bottom of the level should be perfectly
square, and the upright piece put on so
that the plumb bob G hangs over i.
The line should be fastened 10 a piece
of wood OF nail at II to swing clear Of
the board. BY tacking on a strip at NJ,
you can get any required grade TO the
bottom of the drain, and at the same
time measure it. II you want fall of
an inch to the rod, tack an iuch strip
on the bottom, and when the iumb bob
comes level, you have the required
grade Edwin c, Powell, ir Country
Gentleman.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
PANS FOR KITCHENS.

Convenience.
Mrs. A. +. Hamilton, Greenville, o.,
contributed the following plans for the
Ohio Farmer prize contest, They con
cain many excellent features. She ex-
plains us follows:
Thi, plan is for tine woman who pre-.
fcrs small kitchen. d, diningroom,
S, sitting-room. b, bedroom. &C, clos
cts f, kitchen. X, range and tank.
Ii, shelf. Il, dumb-waiter to cellar. j,
porcelain-lined sink, with hard and
soft water, w, sink for washing G,
woodshed. The stairway is between
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
Summer Riding-Uabits.

For comfortable wear during the sum-
mer tailors are making silk blouses of a
special cut to match the color of the
skirt of riding-habits, and take the
place of the heavy cloth bodice. These
are made of very firm surah, and are
lined and well boned. The fulness
comes down from the collar in gathers
in front and in meeting pleats in the
back; leaving the shoulder-line smooth.
Straps from the sides point up and down
above and below the waist-line. The
coat sleeves have close cuffs, and the
collar is high band, or else turns over
closely. This is decided departure
from the conventional habit bodice, but
when smoothly fitted and made of darl,
gray and dust-colored surahs, is not con-
spicuouS. A covcrt-coat made of the
regular coating is added. Pique vests
of white or pale blue and sailor hats
are already familiar in the riders sum-
mer outfit.-Ilarper's Bazaar.
Accessories to the summer Girls Toilet.
On hodices cut V-shape in the neck is
sometimes worn an airy twist of silk,
chiffon OF ,ulic, drawn through dia-
mond ring. Jcweled bracelet and
chains are joined together to make a
throat band, or utilized for half
girdle. The same rule, or rather alb
sence of rule, is carried out in the mat.
ter of arranging ribbon choux, loops
and rosettcs, which, little or large, are
placed without obvious preneditation
here and there and everywhere upon
the summer skirt and bodice of the
dainty summer grin. Y. Post.
III any ything has happened to you,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09

WHEN farmer finds that he cannot
feed ont the fodder of the farm with
out waste, he may conclude that he has
yet something to learn, aud he had bet
ter spend day with some neighbor
who understands how to make his cows
Eat coarse corn fodder without waste,
and yet give a good flow Of milk and
keep in good condition.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
OVER THE WIRE.
Familiar Telegraph Talk Ae 1t
Looks in Type.

Many Authorizations and What They
Mean-How an Operator Judges of n
Fellow Laborer's Temperament and
Sontiments-SOmo Short Stories.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09

III nything has happened to you,
every man YOU meet, under the guise
Of sympathy, stops 20 see how you feel
about it.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
Lessons OF Biography.

Fathcr-My son, do you not know
that all the rich men of to-day began
poor?
Small Son-Tessir.
Father-And yet, instead of saving
your pennies. you spend them.
Small Son-Yessir Wen | start out
| wanter begin poor food News
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
4 Smnrt Husband.

Mrs. Slimpurse (frctfully)-Thas Mrs.
Stuckupp has a horse, and goes cut
driving every day.
Mr.. Slimpurse lconsolingly)-I y ould.
Mt like to have my little ducllic darl
ing's clothes smelling 5oiey. no in.
deed. N. Y. Weekly.