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The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02
Att SORTS.

All-night sessions with red, white and blue chips have never been ob- jected to in Washington.-Bufalo Times.
 Miss Typewriter, I see you have spelled summer with only one m, /" "Yes, sir; you know this has been short summer. "
 Waiter, it is almost half an hour since 1 ordered that turtle soup" Waiter-"Sorry, sir, but you know how turtles are. ."--Fiegende Blat. ter.
 She-"It is a rank injustice to say that a woman IS inferior to a man in reasoning powers" He "Why9" She-"Because. De troit Tribune.
 Haverly-Would you call a man a liar who was in the habit of telling little harmless fbsi Austen-It would depend upon how much he weighed.-Vogue,
 It will be noticed that the senate adjourns immediately after Senator Peffer has spoken. It is concluded that his efforts produce that tired feeling.-Detroit Free Press.
 Doctor-I would advise you to take a walk every morning before breakfast. Sappy-But, doctor, l-ah, never get up until after bweakfast, y'kuow.-Tit Bits.
 Harry-One never loses anything by keeping his engagements punctu- ally. Charlie-My experience is he is apt to lose half an hours time waiting for the other fellow Truth.
 Mrs Kultshaw-How did you like Switzerland, Mrs. Newrich7 Mrs. Newrieh (iust returned from Europe) )-Immensely But l can't help thinkin' how nice it would be if those plaguey mountains wasn't in the way l-Chicago Record.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02

"I'll not spend any more of 1t than l am actually obliged to spend, and I thank you ever so much ]"
 With a molli6ed grunt Cyrus put his purse back in his pocket, took his hat and went down town, and in less than half an hour Mrs. Kneer, trembling with eagerness, was on the way to the great dry goods stores.
 For Mr. Cyrus Kneer, by the most calamitous and unaccountable blunder of his whole life, had given her $20 gold piece instead of a half-dollar Chicago Tribune.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02

It were better for man to be subject to any vice than to drunken ness for all other vanities and sius are recovered, but drunkard will never shake off the delight of beast liness; for the longer it possessetha a man the more he will delight in it, and the older he groweth the more
 he will be subject to it; for it dull eth the spirits and destroyeth the body as ivy doth the old tree, or as the worm that engendereth in the kernel of the nut. Sir. W. Raleigh.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02
POLITICS IN VIRGINIA.
AN INTERESTING CANVASS FOR STATE
 OFFICERS NOW IN PROGRESS.
nEMocRATlc sucoEss SURE.
The Election of the Entire Democratic State Ticket Coneeded-Pop-
 lists Hopes.

RICHMOND, VA, Oct. 2S.-The campaign in this state has reached an interesting stage. The Demo crats and Populists are making a hard fight, and though there is no doubt of the success of the Demo cratic state ticket the Populists hope to reduce the Democratic ma jority.
 The silver situation in the senate now is intensely interesting, and likely to have an important bearing in the Virginia campaign. Should vote be forced before the election it would doubtless not add to Mir. Cleveland's popularity in Virginia.
 Senator Daniels knows very well that he has behind him a very large number, if not a majority, of the rural voters of this state. It is this fact as we'll as his own convictions of right that sustain the senator in the determined course he is now pursuing in the senate.
 The most unique feature of the campaign is the part which Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, who recently joined the Populists, is taking. The general has become soured and disappointed and quit his former political associates for some trivial 1 causes. He is now stumping the state for the Populists and denoune- ing President Cleveland and Col. O'Ferrall. He has just had joint discussion with his old companion in arms, Fitzhugh Lee, in which they were both too courteous and knightly to make the meeting an in- teresting one. It is well known that President Cleveland favors Gen. Fitzhugh Lees candi- dacy for the United States senate and it is believed will do all he can with propriety to assist him in winning that honor. The federal patronage in this state could be used with good effect in determining who is to be Yirginia's next United States senator.
 The most unique feature in the Virginia campaign is the figure which the Prohibitionists cut. The party has full state ticket in the field, with Col. J. R. Miller as it's nominee for governor Sam Jones and Sam Small have both been engaged to come here and take the stump in Au- gusta, the biggest whiskey manufac- turing county in the state. Small has already arrived and is making a picturesque canvass of that county. He is going around with an im- mense tent, under which he gathers a crowd of people and addresses them upon almost every topic except the issues of the canvass, and Sam Jones is announced to speak, and the Democrats expect to put against him ex-parson, ex.lieuteAant gov ernor and the ex father of readjust- ment, now superintendent of public instruction, John E. Massey. Mir. Massey, in the early days of Mahone's regime in this state, was the most conspicuous leader that champion of readiust- ment had. The Democrats elected him lieutenant governor on the ticket with Fitz Lee in 1885, since which time he has been an earnest and an able apostle of Democracy. Mr. Massey is one of the best stump speakers in Virginia, and if a joint discussion takes place between him. self and Sam Jones, it is quite cer- tain to be one of the most interest ing events of this campaign.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02

According to the census figures the silk manufacturing industry in this country has grown wonderfully in the past ten years. In 1890 goods to the amount of $G9 GOO, GOO were turned out, against $34 800, 900 in 1880. The number of hands em- pIoyed here also increased from about 3l ,000 to 1000, and the number of spindles have expanded from sos, 137 to 1,254 798.- Chica- go Herald.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02
Titles For sermons.

Strange, even to irreverenee, were the titles of some of the sixteenth and seventeeth century sermoDms~ Of such were these following: "Baruch's Sore Gently Opened and Salye SkiIlfully Applied" ''The Snuffers of Divine Love" "A Spir- itual Mustard Pot to Make the Soul Sneeze with Devotion, Crumbs ot l Comfort for Chickens of Grace, "A Balance to Weigh Facts h." aMarehes Lighted in the Dir M Fire, etc. Temple Bar.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02
Editor (at the gate of heaven)-

Editor Cat the gate of heavenly "Can 1 come infp St. Peter
 What was your business on earthf I" ''I was the editor of New York daily paper, but l never once claimed that my circulation was greater than that of all other daily papers com bined." "Give this gentleman a pair of golden wings and a crown studded with the gems of the Orient, and T ark him 100 in truth. "- Texas Siftings.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02

Papa" said the boy as he looked over the table and saw that the usual bill of fare, consisting of bread, potatoes, dried apples and cold water had not been varied by the addition of anything else, 'can' t you afford anything better than this kind of grub7 Do other folks live on the same victuals we do7" "They ought to my, son, whether they do or not. We are vegetarians and hydropathists and believe in living Lygienieally" "This is hy- gienic, is iti" Certainly, my son" "Then all I've got to say is that I wish I'd been born in a low gienie family. "-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02

The British consul-general at Bangkok in his last report mentions that much progress was made with the construction of the Bangkok Korat Railroad during 1893, and the first sod was cut by the King of Siam on March g. The line is l65 miles in length. Itis to be equipped as a Grst-class line, gauge four feet eight and one half inches weight of rails fifty pounds per yard There are to be l83 bridges with abutments and piers of brick masonry, and suDerstructure of steel.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02
NNhat a.alrnn.. nannn.-

Rash indeed is Mir. Robson, who writes in The London Times that menu is not substantive, and is not the French for bill of fare.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02

The weekly crop and weather bull letins, which have been issued by the weather bureau of the agricul- tural department, will be discon- timed for a time, most of the crops being now harvested. A monthly bulletin will be issued during the winter.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02

Poetry, good sir, in my opinion, is like tender virgin, very young and extremely beautiful, whom divers other virgins-namely, all the other sciences-make t their busi- ness to enrich, polish and adorn ; and to her it belongs to make use of them all, and on her part to give a luster to them all.-Cervantes.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02

Deer have been so numerous in Northwestern Maine that the farmers crops on the edge of the great forests are no longer safe, and the question of the landowners rights, in spite of the game laws, must soon be passed on by the courts.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02

There is one safe way of avoiding fatal mistakes in distinguishing be- tween mushrooms and toadstools. Eat parspips. -Kansas City Journal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02

Herbs tor levers, amulets for mis- chances, and occupation for distem- pers of memory.-Arab Proyerb.
The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-02
HOW IT HAPPENED,
FAULKNER MANAGED TO HAVE THE
 VOTE TAKEN YESTERDAY.
RATHER A SURPRISE.

It all Came About Suddenly That No
 One Had Time tO Prevent It.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
SURFACE
ul-r1-,-,-ri.-.,miED
Wll~---EE---ln----TtJ
Flo. 2-sEcrIoN OF RESERVOIR.

rs barrel; stone it up or set several
large size tile Is or s-inch) on end
Stone will do to lay in the ditch, but
get tile il you can, as there will be less
sediment washing to the reservoir
You will be surprised to see how much
surface water you will get
Now dig ditch to take the lead or
galvanized pipe. Half-inch lead pipe
will cost or cents a foot. Get the
hardware man 70 make strainer
to put on the lead pipe, made out of
copper. Do not use tin, as it will rust
out in three years and stop the pipe.
Break u notch out of the tile (you can
use vitrified pipe as well), so that you
can put the lead pipe through, and let
the strainer go within about foot of
Che bottom of the tile. Cover the whole
with fiat stone, or several flat stones,
to keep cut the earth.
You must have a suitable fall to the
place where the watering-trough is.
Get a kettle, if you can, instead of a
trough, and set it in the ground a lit.
tie; build shed to keep out the snow,
and now you won't have to chop ice OF
pump water all winter, and your ami.
mails will havo water when they want
it, and not when you see fit to pump it.
Now dig suitable drainway from the
watering place, and also one from the
reservoir | have had such device
for two years. w. l.. Coggshall, il
Country Gentleman.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
LIVESTOCK NOTES.

In nearly all cases the farmer can
breed a better quality and more even
lot of hogs than he can buy.
ONE advantage with we'll fed hogs is
that they are not so hard to control as
those that must hunt for living.
1T is none too soon to advise against
turning stock in pastures too early in
the spring Let the pastures get good
start.
lF you are in the sheep business for
mutton, select the breeds which grow
rapidly and mature early, rather than
those which produce n heavy fleece of
wool.
BREEDING is science, and there can
be no sure outcome from its duty or
application unless the progenitor of
the stock shall have been thoroughly
bred.
THE pig that is well filed out all
around, with muscles we'll and largely
developed, sound and smooth, and still
active, is n better pig for meat than
one helpless, inactive and stuffed with
fat Farmers Home Weekly.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
Stir Neck in Sheep.

This symptom is one of others that
indicate Inflammation of the perito.
neum or lining membrane of the aldo
men. This disease causes blood poison.
ing when it has advanced to late
stage, and this produces the stiffness
of the muscles, which becomes prom
inent symptom, mostly perceived when
the disorder has gone beyond any
awaiting treatment The abdomen be-
comes filled with an effusion of serum
from the blood, and the urine Is darllly
tinged with the red matter with which
the blood then becomes overloaded.
There is little hope from any treat.
ment, but as the disease usually affects
many of the flock, those that have not
yet shown the marked symptoms may
be saved by the use of one ounce doses
of sulphate of magnesia with tea
spoonful of powdered gentian root and
alternately with this, and given daily,
a teaspoonful of hyposulphite of soda,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
Colts Need a variety of Food

The food of colts should vary. II
they are to be broken and used daily,
good, sound oats should be the main
food. If not to be worked, give winter
wheat bran and one-tenth in the bulk
of old process linseed-meal Carrots
or the red mangold beets should be fed
daily. The amount OF food should bo
carefully looked to, as any food in ex.
cess of the amount digested is not only
wasted but an injury, promoting indi
gest;on, collie and worms. A good mag.
nifyi1g glass will, by an examination
of the droppings, show If the grain is
all assimilated or not You can keep
the colt in good health and fine condi-
ton with u little care, and not be
erowding him with grain and then con.
dilion powders to try and counterfeit
the overlooking Rural World.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
TO DEVELOP COLTS.
Wholesome Food and Judicious Exercise
the Prime Essentials

Wholesome Food and Judicious Exercise
the Prime Essentials.
There should be not moment in the
life of the colt but what should be Civ
en- to development. Leland Stanford's
establishment is one of the most scien-
tifically conducted systems of horse
breeding known. Here may be seen
the lines of heredity handed down from
n long line of ancestry. Here also is a
system of feeding which marks the re-
suit of great study and research. There
are trottlng courses, and as soon as the
colt is born he is logged every day.
When the colt has outgrown this small
course he is put upon larger one, and
80 on until he is capable of trotting on
he half-mile or mile track. The first
year of the colts life he is fed on soft
food Every day the youngster has a
regular amount of exercise and regu-
lar number of miles of trotting; every
month the exercise is increased The
early education of the colt to an easy
and graceful gait is acquired by con-
slant practice. 1t becomes natural for
him to trot; speed is part of his
growth. The development of the
Pcrcherop horse has attained to that
degree of perfection that his growth Of
to-day at one year old is as great as
formerly at two years. Hence the ne
cessity of keeping the colt growing,
Boiled oats sand barley is an excel
lent food for colts. In producing
growth and feeding grain, it is abso-
lutely necessary that breeders keep in
mind the Importance of exercise. Feed
your colt well, keep him constantly
growing, and protect him from the ex-
tremes of heat and cold.-E. A. Pow.
ell, in Farm and Home
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07

from each end of this square tim.
Der round off space about inches
long on which to place two iron rings
To the rings attach iron hooks or stay
chains After the animal is killed and
hind legs are skinned insert the hooks
in the large tendon above the hook
JOINT.
Two msa. one at each end of the
gamble, can easily lift the carcass,
either raising it off the ground at once
or short distance at time. 1t can
be secured at any height by means of
the rope (A), which is arranged with a
series of loops. These are slipped over
the turning pins or handles and thus
prevent unwinding. AS the skinning
proceeds the men will have to stand on
barrels or some other elevation to en-
able them to swing the carcass clear
of the ground. This apparatus can be
used for lifting hogs, sheep, etc, but
need not be made so strong nor so
tall. The whole thing is entirely home
made and easily constructed. If no
tree is convenient to support one end
of the pole post can be set in its
place, or three rails, fastened near the
top and set up like tripod, will do
very well.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
HOW TO BUY SEEDS.
A GoOd Article to File Away for Pc
petual Reference.

petual Reference.
When you want new seed peas, put
one from the stock into your mouth
and bite it. If it is very hard it is
more than one year old. If the teeth
enter it with moderate case it is n new
seed. New carrot seed always has a
green shade on it, Old seed loses this,
and is of a dead pale brown, and less
fragrant. New parsnip seed has
shade of green which it loses if more
than one year old. Onion seed is more
difficult to prove than most other seeds,
but if you take a single seed at time
and carefully bite it You will find that
old seed has tough, dry skin, with
very white kernel, while new seed has
a more tender, moist skin, and the kerr
mel possesses a greater degree of
moisture, and is somewhat oily. The
seed may be cut with a penl1nife in
stead of bitten. Onion seed that haJ
no vitality at all has no kernel, or one
perfectly dry. Test this by pressing
the seed on piece of white writing
paper. If it leaves no moisture on the
paper it is of no use, and has been
tempered with, or has lost it's vitality
by age. New cabbage and broccoli
seed possess n pale green shade in the
kernel when pressed out or cut, and a
tinge of green in the brown skin also.
But old seed loses this in proportion to
its age, becomes of a dull dark brown.
Cabbage, broccoli, kales, etc, will re-
tain their vitality longer than any
other seeds, and will grow well when
three years old, o. even six years, If
we'll kept. Beet seed has faint tinge
of pale green If new, but is a dull
brown if old, and then its vitality is
very doubtful New celery seed has a
faint tinge of green, and is very AFRO
matte, but it loses the green ana be-
comes less fragrant if more than one
year old. Lettuce seed is of bright
silvery gray If new and the kernel has
a green tinge with it, both of which ii
partially loses with age. Lettuce seed
will grow very well two years old but
above that it is doubtful. The black.
seeded varieties can only be tested by
the color OF the kernel, which is the
same as in the white-seeded. Farm
| and Home
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
&1OO Reward. &100.

The readers.o this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
al its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
Snown to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrn
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails TO cure
Send for list Of Testimonials
Address, F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Ia Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07

Just temporary relief, and then worse
condition afterward-but help that lasts.
Pleasant help, too. These sugar
coated little pellets are the smallest, the
easiest to take, and the easiest in the
way they act. No gripping, no violence,
no disturbance to the system, diet, or
occupation.
They come in sealed Walls. which keeps
them always fresh and reliable; a con-
venient and perfect vest-pocket remedy.
They're the cheapest pills you can buy.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
FOR LIFTING BEEVES.
Device for Making the Handling of Hea,
Animals Easy.

Device for Making the Handling of Heay,
Animals Easy.
Our illustration represents an ap.
paratus which makes the skinning and
dressing of beef on the farm compar.
atively easy matter. In the crotch OF
fork OF II good-sized tree place one end
of stout pole. Rest the other end on
fork formed by fastening together
two 4x4-inch scantlings or other SINH
lar timbers by means of rope or stay
chain and spreading apart at the bot.
tom. TO the pole or cross piece attach
two strong ropes long enough to reach
to the ground. Tie to the ends of these
ropes a 3x3-inch oak or other hard
wood scantling feet long with two
pins inserted in either end at right
angles to each other. About inches
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
Waste ON the Farm.

More wastes occur in farming than
in any other pursuit While the mer-
chant will estimate his profits as close
as the one-eighth of cent on the dol
lar invested and practice economy in
all departments, the farmer allows
waste to ocerr in the fields and in the
barns. One Of the first duties is to
avoid loss and the feed trough is tie
point where The largest waste Is made.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
eAsFNfNT Of MAIN BARN

quired for cattle on a hundred-ac.e
farm.
There are a few farmers that have
not 20 to 40 rods of land in a straight
or curved course lying above the barn
yard. in which a ditch three feet deep
could be dug, and supply water eight
months in year. Dig such ditch
until you get within a few rods of
where you want the watering trough;
then dig hole be.ow the ditch as large
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
FARM WATER SUPPLY.

A system Whose Introduction Would Save
Stockmen Much Labor.
| cannot understand why people per-
sist in pumping water when, by n lit
tie work and few dollars in the right
direction in the cold season, they might
save fifteen minutes at night and fif-
teen minutes would amount to day
and half each month, to say nothing
of the time it takes to chop out the ice
from the trough, which would amount
to another half day, making two days
of unnecessary work each month
speak of the labor that would be re-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
To Believe the Truth

About the efficacy in obstinate cases Of dys-
pcpsia of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, re-
quires no strength of credulity Are you
troubled with indigestion2 If so try it, not
occasionally, spasmodically Take regu-
lar, persistent course. Prompt relief, ulti
mate cure will be the result The dyspep-
tic, the bilious, the nervous, the rheumatic,
the malaria and kidney-troubled attest its
efficacy. A wlneglassful before meals.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07
A Cara rcculi + Family.

The steamer Wilmington arrived in
Puget sound recently, with cat on
board, which had developed the mater
nal instinct to an extraordinary degree
Some months before, the officers say,
she adopted the kitten of another cat,
which had died. Still later she adopted
another kitten, and then she made an
astonishing addition to her family. In
rumaging in the ships hold, she discov-
cred and killed an old mouse, which
had two baby mice. These the old cat
tenderly carried to her quarters and
raised, in company with the kittens
When the ship came into port, the two
mice, the two kittens and the old cat
roomed together in box, as happy as
any human family, to the delight of all
beholders. Golden Days.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-07

ATTENTION is called to the Improved Vic
tor Incubator advertised in another column.
The manufacturers ian old established
frm) guarantee this incubator to be simple,
easy of operation, durable, and that the heat
regulator used will keep the temperature
less OF variations In the outside tempera-
ture. Tho price Of this hatcher is far lower
than that OF any other first class incubator,
and it will pay customers to send cents in
stamps to Geo Ertel & Co., Quincy, H., for
copy Of their finely illustrated catalogue.