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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
MORE THAN SHE EXPECTED.
1t Was Cruel Way, Tut 1t Taught Her
II Lesson.

10 was Cruel Way, Tut 1t Taught Her
Lesson.
i seems ms that at recent dance
certain damscl, who valued herself both
tor her looks and dancing, made her
self very conspicuous by refusing every
one of her friends in turn except two
10 one of the latter she gave three
dances and to the other seventeen.
BY the time the ball was half over
he had imagined at first to be great
compliment was really an insult, for he
was of course merely being made use
of so that the other girls should not be
able TO say that Miss X. had danced all
night with one man.
lie did not appear for his third dance,
and he vowed revenge. Another ball
was TO occur about week later, and by
that time Miss y. S favored cavalier had
departed-without proposing.
The other man interviewed all the
dancing men in the placed got them,
one and all, To promise that they would
not ask Miss y. to dance.
The result was that when Miss y. APP
peared at the ball. radiant and naughty
us usual, and expecting to be surround
cd by aspirants after the customary
fashion, not " man asked her to dance
Not ono spoke to her even, for fear it
might be imagined that he had broken
his promise and then been refused after
all.
The girl did not understand for some
time; and it was not until she had sat
out three dances with her chaperone--.
IA thing she had never done before in
her life--that some glimmering of the
idea had reached her.
Then, she saw that the other girls
were all looking at her, some with pity,
others with amusement: and that all
the men We're ripping over with merri-
ment. Still she could scarcely believe
that every man could have dared to
Join "a conspiracy against her or would
keep to it when he saw her; and it was
not until she had sat for nearly third
Of the evening that she gave up hope
and went away with face as cheerful
as November fog. Modern Society.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
NATURES WAY.


Grim self distrust has held me all thS day,
Has captive led my spirit, shacked fast,
Down devious paths OF doubt, until, at last
break my bonds and fee in wild disnay,
Not knowing where go, so but away,
Beyond the evil snares my foe has cast
About my heart, its surety to blast,
And turn 10 impotence each fair essay
Where can turn? Who viii me reassure.
Kind Nature answers, and turn TO her,
Out from the press of things into the free
Fresh openl There is confidence full pure:
Fair purpose undisturbed by stress OF stir,
OF varying mood OF season, wind or sea
Broad strokes brave Nature uses, ay,
And offers man her work to take or leave;
Her littlest weed she bold makes to conceive
Is worth Its carmine when the fau draws nigh.
She spurns no frailest note, but dares to try
To turn 1t tuneful, mayhap make 1t weave
Into the silence OF a dawn or eve
When fuller tones, perchance would fall awry
q Nature, teach mel Let me learn
OF your large handling Of small gifts that sc
may cast nothing from me out Of scorn
Of what 1t is and is not-nay, but earn
calmer confidence than aught know,
Whereof fairer structure may be born
Julie NJ Lippmann, in S. S. Times
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
White House Butter.

All sorts of things are expected Of
the presidents wife, as is true also Of
the wives of ministers. A novel illus
tration is mentioned in the recent BIZ
ography of Mrs. James X. Polk. The
incident occurred during the presiden.
tial campaign which resulted in Mr..
Folks election and Mr.. Clay's defeat.
A Tennessee woman remarked to a
friend OF Mrs. Folks that she hoped
Mr.. Clay would be elected because
Mrs. Clay was good housekeeper and
made fine butter" A little passage at
arms followed and the conversation
was duly reported to Mrs. Polk. She
was amused and sent playful reply
to Mr.. Clay's partisan to the effect that
If she should be fortunate enough to
reach the white house she should try
to live within the presidents salary,
and not be obliged to make her own
butter.-Y outhS COMPANION.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
AN ANCIENT SCENE
At Fashionable Inner Given In the
Year of Rome 722.

At a Fashionable Inner Given In the
Year of Rome zee.
Upon the three wooden touches which
formed three sides of square in the
center of room there reclined nine
Romans-for the givcr of the feast had
borne in mind the saying of Varro that
those invited should never be more in
number than the MUSES. nor less than
the Graces.
The guests wore wrcaths of roses up
on their oiled locks, most of them, al
though one, whose white tunic bore the
single dark stripe of senator had pre-
ferred the crown of ivy leaves. The
couchcs whereon they reclined were OF
wood thickly incrusted with ivory, and
made easier by many cushions covered
with light silks. The guests leaned on
their left elbows, and ate with their
right hands only. At the end of the
course silent servants brought water in
silver bowls and proffered linen nap
kins that the fingers might be washed,
while another attendant wiped the low
wooden table with thick cloth.
In the open space before the table
and the couches other slaves were cast
ing down saffron-dyed sawdust, that it
might absorb the blood which lay in
little pools upon the pale pavement
There the gladiators had been fighting
but moment before, to entertain the
guests at the banquet; and having Civ
en- strong proofs of their skill and OF
their courage, they had beendismissed,
and were now behind the house, out OF
sight, one trying to stanch his wounds,
the other stiff in death and carried by
his comrades. -Brander Matthews, in
Harper's Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
Judge waxem's Proverbs.

It's mighty hard to wean an oils
holder.
Polliticks is paradise to some men.
1t would be good thing eff legis-
laters Good legislate common sence for
offishal use.
Purity ov the ballot amt fer sale.
Farmers kin get better time by hirin'
their lawmalSin' done.
The tariff has kinder got to be a
tariff on itself.
The Ticker habit amt much wuss
than the politicks habit
Personal milyuns beat personal mag
netism fer campane purposes.
A politishan amt capable ov judgin
whether his'conshens is clear or not.
Stump speeches won't wash. Detroit
Free Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
SILK Gowns for Girls.

Quite young girls wear figured silks
and satins this season, and noted i'm
porter is making n large sale of these
fabrics Mt the low price of 81 a yard.
These silks make effective dancing
dresses, theater coats, tea gowns, lin
ings to cloth and velvet capes and
sleeves and vests to plain silk dresses.
Black sprigged with scarlet or old rose
is pretty choice-brown with yellow,
etc. A gray silk figured with small
pink roses, costing s1.25 yard, was
worn by pretty girl at Thanksgiv'
ing dinner out of town. The short
Elton fronts opened over full vest of
pink crepe de chine and the jacket
fronts were faced with pink silk revers,
studded with cut-steel beads. The
slightly trained skirt was in bell shape
with narrow plated ruche at the hem.
faced with pink. The full sleeves of
the figured silk dropped over close pink
silk cuffs banded with cut-steel gimp
in many rows The pink silk girdle
was similarly banded. N. Y. Post.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
WIT AND WISDOM.

There are no harder battles than
those which are fought in the human
heart Rams Horn.
The court of mercyis the only court
where man darcs to appear, or can
abide trial. Norris,
-Unprotitablencss and omission OF
duty is damnablc. To do no harm is
| Baxter.
-Eleanor-Don't you think Miss
Noyes plays with great feeling? Tom
| (dryly)-Yes; she does seem to feel
about for the notes a good deal. -Har.
ward Lampoon.
| Grief and discomfort have generally
| their foundation in desire; so that who
soever can obtain the sovereignty over
his desire will be master over his own
happiness, Howe
Miss Porter-Did you notice the
blank looks of that gentleman who sat
down on his silk hat? Mr.. Murray. -
| No; but Pm glad you didn't hear tho
blank words he used. Princeton Tiger.
Darling, you remind me of my
bank account" "Why? because you
think SO much of me?" mo; because
you are SO petite" She had begun to
nestle up to him, but she now edged
away a bit.
-"Dey is mighty good temperance
sermon in freight train" said Uncle
Nose. mo matter how much de cars
dey gifts loaded de ingine wat does de
work gifts along strictly on water. -
Indianapolis Journal.
See that team of horses, how nice
ly they go together, John. Why cam
man and woman pull together like
that?' There's every reason, my dear
These horses only have one tongue be
tween them"-Yonker's Statesman.
Method in It.-"What does Lar
rington see in Harrington's persona
appearance to admire so much? He il
always talking of handsome Har
rington.'" "Why, don't you know
they arc said to look very much alike
Puck.
-Patient-Doctor can't sleep q
night tumble and toss till morning
Doctor-H'm, that's bad. Let me Sc
your tongue (After diagnosis) Physic
ally, you are all right, Perhaps yor
worry over that bill you've owed me 70
the last two years!-Tid- Bits
Miss Vokes-''Mrs Crmmer has
terrible cold just now" Mrs Gillelani
How did she contract it." Mrs
Voizes-''By wearing fur-lined jacket
Mrs. and-"Impossibler' Mr.:
Vokes-"No at all She had to wear
open so that people could see the lir
ing. "-IIarper's Bazaar.
-EvNn.-She isitting downl-I sc
you are not regular traveller on thes
suburban trains. lie (standing up)-
That is true. How do you know? "Yo
gave me your seat" And you, madaI
pardon me-are not regular travele
on suburban trains either" "Ah, ho'
cid vou guess that?' "You thankc
me. Chicago Tribune
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
ON A BARE HOOK.
How Sweet Girl on Broadway {
Caught a 0Sucker"

NhuBht "SuCker."
She boarded Broadway car at the
post office, She was young, good look.
ing and vivacious, She was also type.
writer. The car was crowded and every
man sitting down had his eyes glued
to anewspaper As the car started the
girl Jumped against a man who was
also hanging to strap, and her voice
reached everybody near as she said:
Nov, please do excuse me, won't
you? The car is so crowded. you
know"
The young man sitting just opposite
her looked up and begun to climb out
of his seat.
'Oh! No. no! no." she said as she
waved her hand at him in the cutest
sort of fashion. 'Please don't think OF
it! have been sitting all day and it is
really refreshing to stand"
The man on his right had determined
not to give up his seat to his own
mother, but that arch smile and de.
licious voice caused him to lift himself.
81 couldn't think of it-couldn't pos
sibly think of til" she protested, as she
placed hand on his arm to stop him.
The next man found his heart beat
ing faster than usual, and he began
folding his paper and shuflling his feet.
"llow kind of you, but can't permit
It'll" softly exclaimed the sweet girl, as
she motioned him to keep his place.
The fourth man was short and fat,
with an iron jaw and bclligerent
nose. lie hadn't offered his seat to a
lady since July 6, 1872, but in this case
it was handsome girl who had refused
three other offers and there would be
no risk He rose up, lifted his hat and
offered the seat
THANK YOU" she murmurcd, rs she
slid into it and opened novel and be-
CAD to read at page 40.
The man turned red as he looked
around the car and saw everybody
smiling and no one blamed him when
he made for the rear door, lie thought
lie was going to get away all right, but
big man hanging to strap suddenly
slapped his leg, uttered hoarse
chucillc and said:
I've been a-ishing a good many
times in my life, but that's the first
sucker | ever saw caught on u bare
hook!'-N. Y. Herald.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
LIFE IN DENMARK.
Peculiaritios of Danish Manners and Gus.
toms Which Interest the Travellers.

Copenhagen is the cheapest of the
northern capitals, and nice, slow-go
place, with wet climate. Its streets,
docks and squares are handsome, and,
rs in the United States, the railway is
laid down in the ordinary thorough
fares. The palaces are imposing, and
the shops, which are far behind le Bon
Marche, are prettily arranged. Society
is unemotional, and there is lots of
culture without the humbug with
which it is associated in London 1t
takes classical turn, Thornwaldseh
being still the artistic god, and every
one being proud of him. In a small
:ity great man goes SO far, and for so
long time without stopping, that
| were providence to have made me
one | should rather for the sake of
my ideas be born in place like the
Danish capital than in Paris or London.
| AS soon as FlaXman died everybody but
the Wedgewoods ceased to live on him,
and Victor Hugo's memory is now only
green to provincial public 1t must
be said that no people have better as"
simulated classical art than the Danes,
and that through Thorwaldsen. What
they have done and are doing in that
way bears such stamp of graceful ele-
gance as to preclude the possibility OF
becoming old.fashioned. Pompeii is
| beautifully initiated in the wall fres-
Goes of houses and of all court yards
rooted over with glass. The imitation
is not slavish, and instead of gods and
| goddesses birds and flowers are brought
into the paintings. What is chiefly
classical is the fiat ornamentation OF
the borders of panels, which is exquis-
lite in its sobriety and delicacy Of fancy.
The cult Of ancient Greece and Rome,
as they appeared to the eyes of Thor
waldsen, does not lead the Copenhagen
ers to forcgo their northern modes OF
living Pleuteous eating and copious
drinking are the rule in houses where
they can afford to keep a good table
and wcll-stocl1ed cellar. was given
as a native delicacy a soup made OF
| goose, greats, and vegetables, which
might have rejoiced a hungry Scott-it
having a resemblance to cock-a-leelie.
The best dish of a peculiarly Danish
character was of red cabbage stewed in
| chicken broth and served with sauce
in which | could detect sugar and vine
gar. My host was proud of his Cham
berlin and port The last is fashiona.
bic rs. rs eyer IN Denmark, where, when
people find out anything good, they
stick to it. A culinary novelty is the
toadstool-mushroom cooked la Bor.
| ielaisc or with cream. London Truth.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17

Flower

am Post Master here and keep
Store. Ihave kept August Flower
for sale for some time. think it is
splendid medicine" E. A. Bond,
P. M, Pavilion Centre, NY.
The stomach, is the reservoir.
If it fails, everything fails The
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the
heart, the head, the blood, the nerves
all go wrong. If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach first. Put that
right at once by using August
Flower. 1t assures good appetite
aud a good digestion. q
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17

Mother-Aren't your shoes wet
Little Dick-Nom
Weren't you out in the rainP"
'Yes'm."
did yea wear rubbers?"
Nom.
Then your shoes must be wet"
Nom. kept 'em dry"
"How?'
Left 'em in the house. food Ne,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
Not Hardly.

go" exclaimed the father to the
young man who had run off with his
daughter and married her and was re-
turning to patch up peace; so you
and that girl eloped together. did
you?"
well, yes" responded the young fell
low in a business-like tone; you didn't
think we had eloped apart, did your
Detroit Free Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
Watered.

The wife of Cass avenue man was
sewing up hole in his coat, and he
was reading scraps from the newspaper
to her.
"By Ned, Mary" he said, "iust think
of this: The Standard Oil Co. is stocked
at one hundred and ten million dollars
and almost half of it is watered."
as that so?" she replied. "Well, I've
been wondering what made the oil burn
so bad, and the man gazed at her hope
lessly.-Detr6it Free Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17
Modest.

"You inherited quite a nice little
fortune" said the lawyer.
Yes" replied the fortunate youth.
a suppose you will pay lot of your
debts now?"
II had thought of it, bat l concluded
to make no change in my manner Of
living. | don't want 10 be accused OF
vulgar display. Judge.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-17

lit is a great pity to let it go to
waste" said the telephone girl.
"Whats' The language that goes
over this wire. You could run an cleo.
tric light wish it. m-Washiugton Star.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-18

no additional feed. From January until
April a very good and cheap pasturage
can be made by planting rye and oats in
October, and this, supplemented by the
addition of small grain ration, will keep
the stock in thrifty condition. 1t is Of
ten supposed that horses in this climate,
do not grow so large as in more northern
sections. My observation teaches me to
the contrary-that in nine cases out of
ten the colts grow to larger size than
their sires and dams, and | have repeat
edly heard it remarked that in form and
style, Florida raised horses excel all
others and in durability and docitity
they are acknowledged to be uneXcelled.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-18
FLORIDA HORSES.

| shall endeavor to show that good
horses can be profitablY raised here,
writes Gen. p. Houston in Florida Life.
While have stated the fact that good
horses are raised here with very little
care or attention, am decidedly of the
opinion that much better horses can be
raised here with greater care and atten-
ton, and do not wish to be understood
as controverting an undeniable fact, that
one Of the greatest elements of success in
stock raising consists in careful and ju-
dicious feeding; and | am also of the
opinion that it will not be profitable to
keep more stock than can be we'll cared
for. That this can be done at very
small expense compared with other
countries it is my desire to show. From
April to January the natural pasture or
grazing lands afford an abundance of
nutritious grasses and the horses require
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-18
DEAR VS.. CHEAP FERTILIZERS.

Mr.. J. S. Stubs, late fertilizer in
spector, writes as follows to the DeFunak
Breeze:
l. There is a tendency among many
of our farmers to buy low grade ferti-
lizer because it is cheap, without re-
gard to whether it is really good econ
omy or not.
2. In general the higher grades of
fertilizers are really more economical
than the lower ones.
3. With but few exceptions the farm
ers of the State do not pay enough at
tention to the form of the nitrogen, phos-
phosphoric acid and potash in their fer
tilizer. The tendency is to buy this or
that fertilizer because it gave, at some
time, remarkable results, regardless Ct
all conditions of soil and climate
1. Our farmers are not sufficiently
awake to the fact that large quantities
of slowacting organic nitrogen in the
form of leather, hair, horn, ETC., find
their way into some of the mixed fert!-
lizers and that the chemist finds it diff
cult or impossible to detect them.
5. Our farmers are beginning to see
that it is more economical to buy their
mateials and mix their own fertilizers,
and that thereby they may be sure of
the quality of the material they are get
ting.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-18
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Is 1898
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

ILEANOUS-Painters Reply to Good
September Weather.
FARM, GROVE AND and
Marketing Potatoes
The Pea and the Dictionary; $500 worth of
Hay.
Trials of the Southern Trucker; Sell in the
State California Treatment of Foot Rot $50
A Guide Needed-Fertilizing ...................66O
Thu Boone .6OI
Grating Oranges; Florida Haws for Apple
FLORA LDEPARTMENT--A Florida Home;
Roses for the Gulf States; Sea DOffodil;
Flowe in the Land of FlOwers..............663
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENr-\dvic to In
vali6s Brling Child, To Give Away......G6"
POULTRY DEF ARTMENT-Tur ey Talk;
Improvement in Breeds Animal Neal. 6G7
EDITORIAL-State Fruit Auctions Florida
Horses, Marmaade Factories; Preserva-
ton of Forests; Dear VS.. Cheap Fertili-
zers The Tar if on
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT S...........655
OUR HOME CIRCLE-Robert Macaire.. So, 6GS-6G9
The PuZZler '..'....''''oIO
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-18
EDITORIAL CHAT.

The fact that the first shipment Of
Florida oranges to England this season by the
Exchange netted $1.56 per box is irdeed
couraging.
Xxx
The few cool days OF last week admOn-
ish us that the orange season is at hand, as the
cool weather will have a tendency to color and
ripen the fruit.
WITH the Louisiana orange crop part
tally destroyed and the apple crop short and
wormy the Florida oranges will have d fair field
and that is all it wants. a fair field and no
favOrs.
WE occasionally hear reports of fine
returns forpersimmons. What is the rule in this
case? Are such returns the rule or the except
ion? We would like to hear from our persimmons
grower \ on the subject.
tx
PARTIAL returns from the great storm
of last week from the orange sections of the
State indicate that the damage to fruit was con-
siderable, especially the eastern side of the pen
insula. The trees in many places were carrying
a full load of fruit and the wind pressure caused
much of this fruit to drop and in so me cases the
trees to break. Many tho usand boxes are doubt
lessly destroyed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-18
STATE FRUIT AUCTIONS.

In another column Mr. Chopin dis
cusscs at some length the question of
selling the Florida orange at auction at
central points in the State.
Our columns are always open for dis
cussion on this very interesting subject
of orange marketing, and we gladly
accord to Mr. Chopin, and all others,
the space necessary for the expression Of
their ideas.
1t must be admitted that the plan
advocated by the writer, above referred
to, has its advantages, and we will ad-
nit many advantages We are sorry to
say, however, that the orange growers
Of Florida have SO often been swindled,
Chat we think it the proper word) by
these alleged auction concerns located
at Jacksonville that they naturally are
very cautious about having any deal
ings with them. OF course it is too bad
that the honest fair dealing concerns
should suffer by the dishonest actions
Of the ''shady ones,' but it is a fact
that they do.
While we dO not diSapprOve of Mr..
Chopin's plan, we think it could be mod
flied to the very great advantage of the
orange grower, and certainly not to the
disadvantage of the buyer, 1t is good
plan to sell the Florida orange in the
State at auction, then certainly it must
be better one to sell them as near the
place of production as possible. Take,
for instance, a section of country like
DeLand, and there are many similar
ones in the orange region of the State
from this section, the country immedi-
diately contiguous to DeLand, will be
shipped this season over one half mil
lion boxes of oranges. 1t would certainly
be an easy matter to establish auction
houses in sections like this. The fruit
could be brought in packed ready for
market and at stated hour each day
sold at auction to the highest bidder.
We rather approve than otherwise the
establishment of auction houses in jack
sonville and other points in the State for
the sale of Florida oranges, but we in
sist that before they can ever hope to do
much business with our orange growers
they must live down the unsavory repu-
tation established by other concerns at
the States metropolis. OF course they
can do this if the projectors are honest
and deal fairly with their patrons, if not
their business will be small, for burnt
child breads the fire.