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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
MONEY IN INDIA.
What Becomes of a Vast Amount of Col
and Silver.

What Becomes of Vast Amount of Gold
and Silver.
Between 1859 and 1889, thirty years,
or half one lifetime, India has absorbed
Eli, 900, 900 in gold and e227 900, 900 in
silver, or a334, 900, 600 in all. What has
become of the silver we do not exactly
know, though it is certain that great
proportion of it is boarded as fixed and
visible wealth, but about the destina-
ton Of the gold there is no doubt what
ever The people have kept the whole
of 1t in their own hands, for it is not in
circulation, and are using it either in
ornaments, or kept, be it observed, to
pawn in extremity, as boarded treas
hre in coin, such MS lies under almost
avery peasants floor in the Punjab
md Eastern Bengal.
India is treasure house of gold, yet
man may live fifty years in the
British provinces and never see an
ounce. The whole of this wealth, says
Lord Roberts, with perfect justice, and
especially the gold which represents
obviously and necessarily part of the
profit on the foreign trade, is due to
.ecurity, and security is due to the
presence of that army Of $4,000 white
men, which Is SO often represented as
burden on the Indian peasant
1t is burden and q heavy one, but
then it is a burden the endurance OF
which produces all by which the same
peasant gains. Spectator,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
Tobacco for Sheep.

A Virginia farmer found it convenient
to house his sheep IN the tobacco house,
and as they seemed as anxious to eat
tobacco stems as hay, he gave them
some every day as an experiment and
noted the results. Previous to that
time he had lost young sheep by lung
worms more or less every year, but
that year he lost none, though the sea-
son was such that he expected their
deadly visitation. lie now feeds tobac'
co stems, when he has them, to his
sheep. lie also feeds tobacco crumbs
and pulverized tobacco in bran and in
the salt to his flock, and they have
been perfectly healthy ever since. To
bacco is known to be one of the best,
and TO Americans the simplest, insecti
cides. 1t is quite possible to so prepare
the system of the sheep by feeding to
bacco that internal parasites cannot ex
list in any part of the animaL-Amer
lean Farmer
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
Ch.ap F,cur,Iops to the West.

An exceptionally favorable opportunity
for visiting the richest and most productive
sections of the west and northwest will be
afforded by the series Of low rate harvest
excursions which have been arranged by
the North. Western Line. Tickets for these
excursions will be sold on August 22d, Sep
tember 18th and October 10Th, 1893, to points
in Northwestern Iowa, Western Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Manitoba,
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah,
and will be good for return passage within
twenty days from date Of sale. Stop-over
privileges viii be allowed on going trip In
territory to which the tickets are sold. For
further information call on or address
Ticket Agents OF connecting lines Circu-
lars giving rates and detailed information
will be mailed free, upon application to W
A. Thrall, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent, Chicago g. North Western Railway
Chicago.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

AFTER harvest comes time of com
parative leisure. This is good oppor-
tunity for cleaning up the farm Some
brush and dirt.and debris is almost sure
to collect, through the busy season, and
it is much better to get it out of the
way now than to let it lie unit. spring
THE man who devotes the least
amount of plant food to sustaining
crop of weeds is the one who has uni
formly the best crops for market.
Weeds of course have their uses, but
ordinarily they are not marketable
and SO it is hardly worth while to pro-
duce them.
THERE is no use trying it-you cannot
crop land continuously without feeding
it. Perhaps you have been trying to do
so, and that is the reason you think
farming don't pay. 1t never will pay,
in that way. Begin VOW, if you never
have done so before, to study how to
feed the soil.
If you should spend money for fertil-
izers, and then leave them out in the
rain until they we're pretty thoroughly
washed out.you would do pretty fool
ish thing. But no more foolish than to
let the manure remain piled beneath
the caves of the barn, where it gets
washed by every rain. 1t would be a
good plan to remedy this.
IT is an old and true axiom that a
crop well put in is half made. Keep
this in mind when seeding wheat this
fall, for if there ever was a time and
crop regarding which the farmer
needed all possible assurances of sue
cess, that time is now-and the crop is
wheat. The only way that it will pay
to grow wheat now is to grow it ex-
ceedingly well.
LAND hunger, and the itch to have
every new implement invented, keeps
many a farmer poor. With less land
expenses may be reduced when times
are hard, and fewer implements will be
needed in order to cultivate it per.
fectly. A smaller range of crops, each
one grown as a speciality, will give bet
ter returns than wider range and less
careful methods.
1T is good plan to look about in the
fall and see what can be done that will
lessen the work next spring. You car
trim out the dead brush from the small
fruits, for one thing; and set ont more
of them if you have not enough already
You can haul out every bit of the manure
and put it on the field where it j;
wanted. Prairie Farmer.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

Since the discovery that peas equally
with clover have the power of using at
mospheric nitrogen this crop is receiy-
ing more attention. 1t Is one of the
crops that leave the soil much richer,
except in mineral elements, than they
find il. But as green manure peas
are not equal to clover. The pea early
in the season has little pdwer, if any,
of using atmospheric nitrogen, and by
the time this power is fully developed
it is too late to phow the peas under as
green manure that season. In q clover
crop, though the most nitrogen is found
in the soil toward fall, the sod can re-
main unplowed until spring, and with
much less waste of fertility than from
peas, which die with frost and leave
the soil naked through the winter
Rural World
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

out for the forest, and, as they told
Toms wife on their return, had good
sport until the rain came on and drove
them back.
1t was about noon when they re-
turned on the fourth day, after wad-
ing for many hours through the
swamps, with that persistent and bone
chilling downpour saturating them as
it did everything about, and the first
thing they did was to seek the bar and
ask for a stiff jorum Of brandy each,
and while the hostess was placing the
bottle to their reach they inquired
about the boat.
The landlady, an aged female nearly
lJent double with rheumatics and other
infirmities of time, received them in
very friendly manner, told them that
the boat had that morning gone TO
Auckland and would not be hack for
some hours as the weather was so
rough, and offered to light fire in the
parlor, so that they could warm and dry
themselves meanwhile, an offer which
they gladly accepted.
AS she told them there was no one at
home but herself, she left them in pos
session of the bar while she went out
to prepare the room for them, and thus
helping themselves, as was the custom
in colonial bars, they took up the liquor
according to their different habits
that is, the youngest bolted about a
third of his quickly and without dis.
elimination, while the elder being of a
more fastidious turn, smelt his glass
carefully so as to test the quality before
drinking it, after which he emptied il
hastily amongst the sawdust at his feet
and caught at the appraised arm of his
companion
For Gods sake don't drink any Of
that stuff, Charley" he whispered sit
is drugged"
But ] have done so already Jack"
replied the other, with dismay in his
tones.
At this moment the old woman came
back, and, casting her eyes over the
empty glasses and the bottle, from
which she could see quantity had
been taken, she said
"The room is ready now, gentlemen,
if you will step round, and the fire will
be up in few moments, SO that you
can rest and dry yourselves while
get you cup of tea and something to
eat"
eyes! let us go in, Jack, for l feel
confoundedly tired and sleepy" muir
INJURED Charley, as he leaned heavily on
the counter, with his eyelids closing.
mo, Charley, we'll walk about in.
stead outside" answered Jack, firmly,
getting hold of his companions arm
and beginning to drag him to the door.
"Surely you are not going to stand in
the rain till the boat comes" cried the
old woman, in establishment. ''Why,
the rain is worse than ever, while it is
SO comfortable inside, with nice sofa,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
MY GRANDMA's DAY.

MY grandma turns up her dear nose at the gas
And the brilliant electrical light
And she says; ''ln my day we had candlesticks
tall,
All polished until they were bright"
And she laughs as she says: II remember 80
well
How the curtains that shaded my bed
Caught fire one night from my candlestick tall,
And came near to losing my head"
MY grandma hates gasoline stoves, for she
says
They're wicked and dangerous thing;
She wouldn't be hired to use one herself
Not II It was made for a king;
And she tells OF the fireplace, lofty and wide,
And the crane where the kettle was hung,
And the lovely Dutch ovens and skillets they
had
In those days when my granny was young
But when ii was hot and they wanted lunch
(Say chocolate and raspberry rolD
Did they have to depend on the fireplace then,
And Scorch themselves up to n coal?
And grandmamma says, II the fire went out,
They had to go borrow a brand,
To kindle anew, from some neighbor or friend
For there wasn't a match in the land
Electric and cable cars, grandmamma says,
Were made but TO bring us mishaps,
And people are reckless as reckless can be,
To ride In such terrible traps;
She says it's wonder there's anyone left
In this era OF wire and steam;
| In her day they rode In the omnibus high,
And they travelled by stage coach and team.
I'm sure that was nice, and my grandmamma
says
It's the way people ought to do yet;
~ rt1ah nd hau fhn,,N pgY -
straw
How they get knocked about and upset.
| Still, think l have heard that the omnibu:
high
Would joggle and founder and pitch,
| And I've read that the team would get fright
| ened sometimes
| And the stage coach fall into the ditch.
The old times were good ones, l haven't
doubt,
And people were happy and wise,
And their ways, that would seem rather funny
| to us,
| We need not deride nor despise;
| And yet am glad that live in our day,
| And for our convencnces all,
I'd give up the stage and the skillets and crane
And even the candesticks tall.
Hattie Whiting, IN Golden Days.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

Travellers were ferried over from the
city, and never came back again, or at
least never came back as they went
away; so that the mysterious murders
continued, while Tom the ferryman
and his two sons had to get most of the
return fare from the police, when they
delivered as much as they could gather
of the dismembered travellers for identi-
lication by their friends. A melancholy
business that ferry must have been
to take over live men and bring back
CHASTITY chunbs-and the citizens Won
dered that these ferrymen's nerves
could stand the constant sh ccks
One day Tom and his SONS ferried
over two young men who had made up
their minds to have few days sport
with gun and rod in the forest, despite
its evil repute, They were both Eng
lishmen and new chums, and like Eng
lishmen travelling for pleasure were
pretty free with their money, showed a
good deal of it as well as a lavish dis
play of jewelry, while they laughed
easily at the warnings which they re-
ceived.
They had their TASKS with them,
therefore did not linger at the shanty
when they landed, but struck straight
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE HOUSE.
where your friend can rest himself il
he is tired"
"Yes-let us go to-fire-comfortab
sofa-sleep," muttered Charley, inco.
herently.
nowhere. There is no one else about
the place, SUPPOSE" he asked, as he
| thought he saw the door of the shed
opposite move.
mo one at all, not even dog or
cat" answered the old woman, as, with
a sour look, she watched him drag his
almost senseless companion into the
rain.
Down to the beach, where he had
clear stretch of sand, he half-dragged,
half-carried his friend, and for the next
four hours he forced him by every de-
vice he could think of to walk about,
while the rain poured down persistent
| ly, and the sea was rutfled, misty and
| gray in front.
He kept a watchful eye on the house
and that shed in front of it, and twice
or thrice he could have sworn that he
face look out from behind it. The old
woman also came from time to time to
the bar doorway and screeched at him
to bring his friend in to the fireside,
but he held on doggedly and sternly to
his promenade, casting an eager glance
seaward for the expected boat, with his
one arm round his friend and the other
hand clutching the stock of his re-
volver, which rested inside the water
proof breast pocket of his coat.
At last his heroic efforts were crowned
with some success. The effects of the
drugged mouthful of brandy wore off
and Charley woke up dazed and sick
from the salt water Jack had forced
down his throat. and with splitting
headache, but still with his senses suf-
ficiently clear to comprehend his posi-
ton.
At the same time the boat was in
sight, with the old boatman only in it,
struggling against the wind and tide,
and shortly afterwards they were
bargaining for their passage on the
beach, Charley looking on passively
while Jack exhibited his gold and re.
volver at the same time, and so half
tempted, half threatened the unwilling
Tom back again to his place at the row.
lock, while the old crone shreked and
raved wildly at the house door, about
her man going back to Auckland in
such weather.
Jack made no illusions to his sus-
picions, but only spoke about urgent
business in Auckland that day; so at
last the old man yielded and once more
pushed off tC sea, and, as the wind was
in their favor, before nightfall they
We're landed safely at their destination,
and went about their business, which
was to the post office; the result of
which was that a picked body of men
accompanied Tom back to his shanty
that night, where, beside the old wom-
an. the two hull1ing sons were found,
with considerable quantity of miss
ing articles which had left Auckland
with their live owners but had not been
returned with their remains,
Before the trial of this gang OF
wholesale murderers came on one
of the sons turned queens evidence
and completely cleared the charac-
ters of the maligned Maoris. An
other landlord bought the business
of the ferry and shanty, and while
the malefactors paid the penalty OF
their many crimes the forest ceased to
be a SHAMELESS
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

clared itself as resolved to have its in
n ings, used to retire TO his badly ven
tilated WHARF, and casting aside his
hax-woven toga lounged beside his fam
lily on the general mat in state of
natural freedom, until the sun once
more broke from the clouds; or failing
the vicinity of friendly WHARF, he
went after an enemy to keep himself
warm, if not dry, and consoled himself
for getting drenched by breaking the
sixth commandment However, after
umbrellas were introduced to his no
tice, and his visitors paid him in
gold for the use of his lands, he no
longer had the same excuse for staying
indoors or ''scoffing" an enemy; there
fore he gradually settled down and
gratitied his lawless passions by becom-
| ing member of parliament.
But between the stages of man eat
ing and dress suits there were wars and
retaliations between the Pakeha and
| the Maori which took away good deal
of the pleasure of living in New Zea-
| land.
In the northern island, of which
| Auckland is the capital, the natives
were the most contumacious, and deeds
| of peculiar atrocity were by no means
| uncommon. In the Kauri forests frag-
ments of human beings were frequent
| ly found scattered about as they had
been tossed, after being hacked to
pieces, and, of course, the crimes were
atonce put down to the original owners
of the land.
On the other side of the bay which
stretched between Auckland and the
| kings country, stood shanty or drink
ing shop which also served as the ferry
station The landlord and his two sons
acted as ferrymen, and did at one time
a brisk trade to and from Auckland
| city, while the wife acted as hostess;
and as this shanty was the only house
which stood on that side of the water
at the time, she had most of the travel
ers as customers.
Behind the shanty lay the primeval
forest, dense and uncleared, with the
kauri gums rising straight and grace
| full like masts from the underground of
fern trees, supple-iacks and wild mint,
and it was in this scrub that most of
the grewsome discoveries were made.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
USEFUL BAG HOLDER.
A Device That Should Find Place OF
Every Farm.


A Device That Should Find Place on
Every Farm.
A is inch board IL inches wide and
20 inches long. b is a inch board. 8
inches wide and "a inches long. Nail
small strips under the ends of these
boards, l inch strip under board A
and strip 2 inches thick under each
end OF the board Is. To make the hold
err stand well c is an upright stick TX
~ inches and 81 feet high, mortised
in the center of boards A and b. ID is
a stick 115x115 inches and feet inches
long. L is band made of IL hoop
iron fastened to the lower end of the
stick d on both sides and fitting loose
around the stick G SO as to be free to
slide up and down. + is a clevis made
Of light fiat iron, bolted loose to d 9
inches from top of d at G. II II are
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
&S25VS


A servant girl had priclSed her finger
with the prong of fork, and seemed
greatly distressed about it,
"0nly think, ma Fam" she said to her
mistress, ''if it was German silver, in
flammation or blood-poisoning might
set In"
Don't alarm yourself, child; the
forks are real silver, take my word for
It."
"You are quite sure?"
positive"
Next morning the silver and the girl
had gone off by the first train, Gazette
des Tribunaux.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
August
Flower

My wife suffered with Indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be-
came burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one of your books, l purchased a
bottle of August Flower. 1t worked
like a charm. Mywife received inn
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs los pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. c. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. o
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

craving is an excellent one now in use
The IN ain barn is about 20 feet square,
and the shed attached 12X20. The floor
shown through the open door gives
ample room for carriages, sleighs, the
lawn mower, kindling wood, etc, be-
sides room to unhitch and clean har-
ness. The harness closet is on the barn
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

Tormented with dyspepsia, you could not
give him better advice than TO adopt and
stick to a course of Hostetter Stomach Bit.
tiers, finest and safest of tonics and regula'
tors. This is no barren assertion. Expe-
rience has proved, physicians and the public
certify to it. No less emphatic is their in.
dorsement of it MS remedy for malarial
disease, constipation, rheumatism, kidney
disease, govt and neuralgia. Use it with
persistence.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
The True Laxative Principle

OF the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has per-
manently beneficial effect on the human sys.
TEN, while the cheap vegetable extracts and
mineral solutions, usually sold as medicines,
are permanently injurious. Being well in
formed, you viii use the true remedy only.
Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
CARRIAGE

floor with the vehicles, and no am
monia from the stables can reach il
and rot it. The horse can be taker
from the floor directly into the stable
without going out of doors. The hay
is put IN above the barn floor, and aftel
being cut thrown down shute into
the stable. Farm journal.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

Indianapolis, September 4 to s, The
c. ii. g. D., will have tickets on sale
September Sd, 4th and 9TH at one cent
per mile, good returning until Septem-
Der IS. From Indianapolis low rates
will be made to Chicago, enabling all
to take in the encampment and the
Worlds Fair at one trip and at mini
mum expense.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
A SHANTY BY THE BAY.
BY HUME NISBET.
[Copyright. lspa. hy the Autnor

HEM III rains III
N e W Zealand
there can be no
doubt about the
molstness of the
weather; it is
damp, a n d n o
mistake.
The Maori in
Ia S primitive
state, before the
a d v G n I u I
breech : leaders
a n d breeches,
when the wet
w e a I her de-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

MEDICAL science has achieved q great
triumph in the production OF Beecham's
Pills, which replace medicine chest, 25c.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

II DIDN'T know It was 80 late" said the
volcano, awabing from its long slumber.
II must start my fire."
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

BRns with bright feathers are not al
ways fat.-Ram's Horn.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

MEN are like wheat-the ripper their wis.,
dom the lower they hang their heads
RAMS Horn.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

LADIES can permanently beautfy their
complexion with Glenns Sulphur Soap
Hill's Hair and Whsker Dye, SOC.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

PRovERB AND COMMENT. - He Man
proposes" She-"Yes; but he needs en-
enlargement
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

WONDER if Jaijat Jt Singh's 300 wives
were obliged to take his name, and II 80,
how much they took at time
Disnatch
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

FINANCE is the science of creditably max.
Ing something off other peoples money
Truth
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

Don't sit in a draught. If you do the doc
tor will, in all probability, be the one to
cash to-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
A VILLAGE STABLE.

One That Is Suitable for a Horse, Cow
and Carriage.
A correspondent asks for the plan of
village stable suitable for IA horse, cow
and carriage The one shown in the en-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

Coon taste Is the fine art of knowing
what TO write
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

ia. JOHNSON, Medina, NY, says: "Hall's
Catarrh Cure cured me-" Sold by druggists,
70 cents.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

IT is thyme that makes the old man sage
Truth
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

TOO many churches reckon mans stand.
ing in the church by his 'sittiug, n-Yonkers
Statesman.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

THE quickest way of smoothing rougr
characters is to iron them. Texas Siftings
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

TIE figure-hcad of college is usually the
professor of mathematics.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01
AN ALLcARouND REMrDY-Illls

HE-"Could you marry man who is your
inferiorp She: al SUPPOSE shall have to.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

A CHICKEN ought to make good guide,
At least it knows considerable about the Ia;
of the land.