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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16
SHORT SAYINGS.
Brief In Their Wording, Rut Full o.
Truth.

Truth.
Regrets do not make redress.
The big talker is little doer.
A very short man may be tall liar.
The fast liver is generally slow
payer
The loud tallser is seldom strong
thinker.
A stingy soul is to be pitied for its
littleness,
heart full of love will make life
full OF joy.
Better to lead time than to be driven
by it.
1t is impossible to read without profit
ing by it.
A happy fireside is better than big
bank account.
He who never drives his work is al
ways driven by it.
Stiuginess and economy are not akin
to each other.
What II miserable aim has he who
lives for himself alone.
He who Is big in his own eyes is small
in other peoples
Opportunities are bald behind You
must catch them by the forelock.
Directness of aim is of more impor-
tance than loudness of report.
You always make more enemies than
money talking politics on the street
corner.
The man who considers buying on
credit an easy way to get things is not
safe man to trust
The real happiness OF life cannot be
bought with money, and the poor may
have it as well as the rich.
If the grumbler would only straighten
himself out he would fnd great deal
less to complain OF.
Plant crop OF good books in your
home as regularly as you do seed in
your soil and when you get old you
will not regret it.--Farm, Field and
| Firesida
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16
NOTES ABOUT MILKING.
What to DO and What Not to DO-Prac.
tical Suggestions.

What to DO and What Not to DO-Prao-
tical Suggestions.
1t is a blessed sight easier to keep
the dirt and i'll flavor out of the milk
than to take it out of the butter
Any delay in setting the milk lessons
the quantity of cream obtained. To
secure the best results in cream raising
let the milk be strained and put at rest
az once it is drawn from the COW. To
test this, strain one-half the cows milk
into pan as soon as you get up from
the milk stool. and strain the other
half into another pan half an hour
later and note the difference in re-
suits.
The old-time method Of covering the
milk pail with strainer cloth. laying
clean clam shell in the depression
and milking in the clam she'll, is not
one which modern dairymen need to
laugh at. The practice is excellent
1t allows straining the milk instantly,
and does not permit the streams to
force filth through the strainer, as their
force is expended upon the hard and
odorless clam shell, or other like sub.
| stance.
In milking COW with sore teats al
ways wet them first, also place the
hand so the sore will come in the palm
of the hand.
Do not expect 70 pound milk out OF
cow with the stool, and halloing
is no better than pounding. Farm
Journal.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16

Lady Emily, his sister, was only eight
cen, pretty, amiable and inexperienced,
and should have been under the care of
person very different from her BROTH
er, who for weeks gave little heed to
anything except his own follies, leav-
ing her much of the time alone to such
company as chance threw in her way.
Among other reprehensihle things
Lord Hardinge had become passionate
ly fond of the gaming table, where
most of his time was spent trying the
chances of roulette and rouge ct noir.
Sometimes he came off winner, but
generally loser. He seemed little to
care which, however, playing rather
for the love of the excitement than
for gain.
OF course the younglord soon became
an object of special regard 10 the hab-
tues of the place, who fancied they
saw in him one of the means or chances
of increasing their fortune; and being
bold, spirited, free and easy, particu-
larly after his first bottle, he, of course
soon became on familiar terms with
some rather questionable characters
fellows who, in England in his sober
moments would never hive been per-
mitted to approach him. But he was
in Paris now-i in Paris to see life, have
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16

Scene on road between Rochester, Fairport
and Pittsfori N Y, from photograph taken in
April 1893 An expenditure equal TO one per
cent of the assessed valuation in Monroe coun-
ty would build and maintain system OF arteri-
al county roads, forming hard smooth ways at
all times OF the year, and connecting Rochester
with all the principal villages and towns within
the county limits.
before his place of business-he could
not afford to; how much less can a
farmer afford poor rough roads? AS a
matter of business he cannot afford
them as well as can merchant. 1t is
fact well established that roads over
which farmers carry their produce TO
market return the largest interest upon
the cost of construction. A good road
saves from a to Il to the farmer, and
oftentimes more, because there are
times that the roads cannot be used at
all. The habit that some of our path
masters have of blowing and dragging,
only ruins road; with good drainage,
and no good road can be built or main
tanned without drainage, the heavy
scraper and heavy roller are best on
common dirt road. There is more to
the farmer in good roads than there is
in politics
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16
A Few Odds and End.

Japanese, China and tussah or pongee
silk may be washed in luke-warm soap.
suds, quickly rinsed and dried in the
shade. Do not rub soap on the silks.
Iron these with moderate iron over a
piece of thin muslin. White Shetland
or crocheted shawls can be cleaned in
-four or white cornmeal. Let them be
we'll covered with it over night, then
shake it off, and if not clean repeat
the process. Wash the best OF stock
met or rubber dress-shields in warm
soapsuds, pull in shape and pin down
to dry. Soak genuine whalebone in
warm water for half an hour, then iron
straight with hot iron. Wash silesia
Innings and keep for little folks, as
they shrink too much to use again for
the same person, and, like cambria
skirt Innings, are apt to pull out OF
shape, which renders them unfit for q
perfect pattern. Wash blue flannel
dress in bran and water without any
SOAP with handful of salt in the
water to set" the color. Use soft
water, when possible, for any of these
receipts, or soften the water with a lit
tie boray or ammonia. Ladies Home
journal.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16
A CURIOUS INQUIRY.
Do Mems Faces Grow to Resemble Those
of Other Animals.


There is very curious point con-.
nected with the more pronounced ami
NAL faces-namely those in charge OF
animals grow to be like them. Thus,
q hostler in charge of tramway horses
has himself fine Roman-nosed horse
type of head, growing day by day more
like his horses Men in charge of cat
tie on the farm become essentially boz
vine, and in Shropshire 1t has often
been remarked that the sheep-breeders
resemble their own rams. can not
explain these singularities, which, how
ever, are wholly or partly true. The
sheep type of man is not indicative of
great intelligence, and it is usually
found in remote agricultural districts.
The bulldog characters in man denote
courage without refinement, but in the
case of lady-like her favorite pug dog
with nez retrousse, the refinement was
not wanting The Eskimo, or Lapps,
in the water are so like seals that a
man has been shot in error, the visit
full expression of countenance being
common to both, as the head only APP
pears at the surface of the water. /
have seen comfortable looking bear
man in the train, and a wizened, bat
faced old woman once in Brittany.
These are examples that might easily
be multiplied a hundredfold were it
not for the monotony OF reiteration. 1t
is not without interest to remark that
there is work extant dating a couple
of hundred years back, which deals
with this very subject. The writer was
professor at Padua; the treatise is in
Italian, or possibly Latin, and many
curious wood cuts illustrate the work
giving the various facial angles of man
and beast according to strict measure
| ment.
For my part do not profess to ex-
| plain the strange resemblance between
man and the inferior brute creation;
it is enough to note the fact. We're it
a Buddhist priest commenting on these
things, he might explain the tenets Of
the transmigration of souls. At Co.
lombo once observed yellow-robed
priest leave the footpath in order to
avoid crushing the life out of some ven.
omous ants crossing the road. 1t
would have been sin to kill any living
thing, for who knows" he would say,
what immortal spirits might be i'm
prisoned in each lowly body?" Such a
one might build pretty theory upon
the theory of these casual Resemblance
between man and beast, fish and bird.
Each existence might be the foreshad'
owing of the one to come, or the reflec'
ton of one which had passed away.
The series of lives, he would argue, ex
hibits the evolution of the spirit work
ing out "a certain destiny through untold
ages, gradually approaching that re
finement of the spiritual existence
when the contemplation of the Nirvanl
should be assured to each spirit entity
in the realms of eternal bliss Retro
erosion, in this scheme presume
would mean extinction when the atoms
of matter are lost in the whirl of astra
dust. Pail Mall Gazette.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16
Growth of Rasnherrie..

The Prairie Farmer gives in sub
stance the following directions in the
management and growth of raspber-
ries: Raspberries grow from young
canes that spring up in gardens annual
ly. The old ones die out when they
have furnished their crop. All the
pruning then required is to cut out the
dead or old wood and shorten the young
canes. This is often done in the sum-
mer, and the canes shortened until they
are about three or four feet high.
When grown as bush no stakes are
required, though in this form they can
not well be protected, If Of tender
kind, by laying down. When grown
the old-fashioned way, the tender kinds
are laid down, covered with soil, and
thus secured from frost. The preced-
ing gives in few words what is often
made to occupy half column. The
cap varieties require different treat
meut
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16
TEST OF CIVILIZATION.
Important Considerations Involved in tn,
Good Roads Question.

Important Considerations Involved in the
Good Roads Question.
Not simply comfort and convenience
in the daily intercourse of social life,
but economical considerations of vast
Importance are involved in the ques-
tion of improved roads throughout our
country. The most cursory study OF
statistics showing the distance over
the average wagon roads of our coun-
try through which load of wheat will
pay its own transportation is con-
vincing object lesson to any man con-
corning the wealth producing, labor
saving, food cheapening effect of good
roads. A farm twelve miles from a
railroad station in district with good
roads is worth more than one equally
good three miles removed from the
railroad where the roads are as bad as
they are in many farming districts
where the land is rich.
Civilization has been well defined as
the aggregate manifestation OF the
mastery which mind has attained over
matter among given people at a
given time" This definition will bear
careful thought, aud few physical
tests more Immediately indicate the
degree Of civilization which COM
munity has reached than does the con-
dition of its streets aud roads Merrill
E. Gates, President Amherst College
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16

To stop the leakage of boat by the
use of sawdust appears at the first sug-
gestion ridiculous, 1t is common
method, however, employed by the
backwoodsmen OF the Adirondack re-
gion. One day last summer party
having considerable baggage disco>-
cred upon loading 1t into scow at the
end of one of the regular carries" that
the boat leaked badly. To delay for
repairs would occasion considerable an
noyance and without repairs to pro-
coed seemed impossible. At this june
ture one Of the guides said: II think
can fix It, Just unload the boat again"
This was done. and then the guide
brought from sawmill near the spot
aquantity of sawdust. This he sprinlSled
thickiy upon the water on either side
of the boat. Now" continued he,
load up again" This was done. and
when the weight again sank the boat
the influx of water through the sides
and bottom sucked in the sawdust,
which finally accumulated in the
crevices, swelled under the action of
the water, and actually stopped the
leakag IN. Y. Herald.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16

More Hours OF Recreation.

Zone of the most noticeable changes
that have come about in my expert
ence," says a Maine traveller of fifty
years, is the evening life of our towns
and cities Why. it isn't so many years
ago that in any Maine city the places
of business would all be open of an
evening. Lawyers would be in their
offices, the mechanics in their shops,
the merchants in their stores and
everybody pegging away busily. Mills
and factories even would run until 1880
O'clock. Now go through almost any
Maine city or village of an evening and
You'll find the business wheels at a
standstill. The lawyers, mechanics,
merchants, in fact almost everybody is
idle, No one now attempts to do much
of an evening. Social life claims its
own when the sun goes down, and
either the home circle, the club, or the
theater has the people. Perhaps fifty
years hence we'll no longer work after
moons "-Kennebec Journal.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16
Me and the Cat.

Richard Y is an incorrigible
youngster of ten who has shown a
tendency to lay the blame of his mis-
deeds on other shoulders His favorite
scapegoat was the family feline A jar
of sweets could not be opened, or bit
of gingerbread purloined, or vase
broken to atoms, without lame ex-
cuse of Dicks, II guess it was the cat, +"
calling forth his mothers reproaches:
Richard, you must not lay the blame
on the cat Of all the wickedness you
are guilty of in in this house"
Not long after one of these upbraid-
ings, in Sunday school, his teacher
asked Richard the question, appropos
of the devils power on earth: Who is
responsible for the wickedness of this
world?"
1t was with a mixture of contrite
spirit and the old habit that little Dick
answered: well, suppose that I'm
partly to blame. But-but think our
cat has her paw in it, "-Harper's Mag
aZine
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16
PLANTING PEAR TREES.
The Kinds Which Are Most Profitable TO
tho AHcrnge GroMer.

tne average UrOWer.
Never plant pear trees on wet soil.
Do not be afraid to manure them, for
you cannot produce large and luscious
pears on starved trees. Do not let them
run too near the sky, but prune back
some every year. If this is done in
June and July it will induce fruitful
ness in trees that are tardy bearerA
OF all the early kinds Tyson Is my
iavorite. 1t is almost free from blight
and for beauty and delicate flavor it Is
scarcely equaled. Secltel is also nearly
blight proof and behaves we'll either as
a dwarf or standard. 1t bears we'll
and for sugary richness and high flavor
is equal to the best Howell Is another
tavorite and is dependable bearer,
but the fruit is too soft for market
Sheldon should not be forgotten, as II
is one of the best of the fall varieties.
Bartlett is too well known to be de.
scribed and should be planted either
for home or market uae. Anjou is
about the best of the winter kinds, ex
cept it be Lawrence. All these are wei
tested and of high qualities almost
every way. Those who want to make
money regardless Of giving offense Il
those who really know what goot
pears are should plant Kieffer. 1t will
pay in almost any market, and wher
cooked with sugar is quite good. IL
Conte is almost tasteless, but in thu
south it pays for market.-Prof L. Il
| Van Deman.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16
Mr.. FUNNYMAN'S IDEA.
A Farmer Humorist Tells How to Hav,
Good Roads.


A Farmer Humorist Tells How to Have
Good Roads.
can inform your readers of the very
best way that roads can be improved
and the only way to have lasting roads.
Take the road tax from every farmer
who is willing or able to build up and
care for limited length of road. Di-
vide the country roads up into small
chunks. Give a premium of a new
kind of pig or new strain of cockerel
for the best improved chunk of road in
the care of any single farmer.
Get the ladies interested by offering
them prizes of sweetmeats or chocolate
drops, if they will use their influence
with their husbands, father and sweet
hearts, to make and keep up their
quota of the road. Have kissing bees
which will interest the boys, they will
10 any sort of work for kiss. This
win start up big excitement through
out the country.
Offer to give all the stone, gravel or
sand necessary to make permanent
EOdu w llCA 10 NJ bhOiC
plenty of gravel, and when there is no
gravel there is sand. Mix sand with
clay mix gravel with cldy-mix stone
broken as small as hens eggs with
clay. Tax city people and farmers
who do not help to make the roads.
Then when everything begins to
work smoothly offer reward for the
poorest worked piece of road. The re-
ward may be pair of mules ears cut
from the head of defunct mule, well
creased and dried. There is nothing
like rewards offered to start the
farmer into good actions. i feel conf
dent II the above is put into practice
we will have the best roads that the
world ever saw. And we will have
plenty of fun as well as good roads.
Stir 'em up.-Cor. Rural World.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16

he did not go too far at once--for
the gamester, as ali professional
gamesters are, was an adept In human
nature. For the first, the sought only
to excite a certain degree of interest,
then sympathy, and then compassion
well knowing that If he could succeed
to this extent the inexperienced girl
would soon be in his power.
Lady Emily did not admire him at
first; there was an instinct of her inno-
cent nature that made him almost re-
pulsive; and only the fact that the
brother she fondly loved had spoken of
him as his very dear friend prevented
her from receiving him with the most
frigid dignity; but his secret repug-
nance, unfortunately, wore off by de-
grees, and at last the willy villain be-
gan to secure a place in her regard.
BY calling for the brother at times
when he knew he was absent, he Sc
cured many private interview, which
he took care to improve to his greatest
advantage.
At last the critical moment came.
BY degrees he had won her regard, her
sympathy, her affections; and one even
ing, when he believed the brother at
the gaming-table, as usual, he took oc-
casion, as if by an irresistible impulse,
to pour into her too willingear his false
love-
Lady Emily listened as one bewil-
dered, if not entranced. He saw his
power over her, and his dark soul ex-
ulted in the fact He took her hand
with trembling eagerness, pressed 1t,
kissed it, and, gliding his arm around
her slender waist. drew her fondly to
him and put his foul lips to hers.
At this moment the door of the apart
ment was dashed open and white with
rage, Lord Hardinge was seen advanc-
ing with long and rapid strides. The
instant he reached the astonished
gamester he seized him by the throat,
hurled him back and struck him to the
ground
"Begone, you base-born villain" he
cried, stamping his foot in rage.
He heard low, smothered cry and
looked around just in time to catch his
sister, who, overcome by the excite.
ment and the shock, was sinking down
in swoon.
Vauledemar slowly rose to his feet,
his now blanched features expressing
the most malignant hate; and for few
moments, as he gazed upon the young
nobleman, who was now giving his
whole attention to his unconscious sis.
ter, he appeared to be debating with
himself whether he should kill him on
the spot or not.
NO" he muttered at length. why
make felon of myself for revenge
that will be equally sure few hour.
later, and leave me untainted with
crime?" And with this he quilted the
apartment, without word to Lore
Hardinge.
1t was at least half al. hour before
Lady Emily was SO far restored as to re
member what had taken place; and then
in great trepidation, she demanded the
meaning of the fearful scene.
ut means, Emily, that you were IL
the hands Of designing villain, who
was only seeking your money"
"A villain, George And you yoursel
! presented him to me as your very deal
friend"
81 know, my dear sister, am very
much to blame for presenting such
scoundrel at all; but | did not know
him then, except as a gentleman, wh'
had proved himself pleasant BOOB
5 companion, and in thoughtless mo
} inent, excited by wine, | called hin
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-16

my friend, never dreaming the term
would have any more weight with
you than as a mere passing compli-
ment."
"And why do you call him scoun-
drel now, George? What has he done?"
Lord Hardinge at once thrust crum-
pied note into the hand of Lady Emily,
which read as follows:
"Noble lord, bewarel Go less TO the gaming
table and look more at home designing vii
lain known as monsieur the captain, is now Sc
cretly paying court to your innocent sister
while his own wife is pining in solitude for
want of the necessaries and court estes OF life.
Make due inquiries, and set a watch, and you
will prove the truth OF this statement, penned
by AN UNKNOWN FRIEND"
His wife" almost shrieked Lady
Emily, as she reached that terrible
revelation. Have | been disgraced
by the special attentions of married
man?"
1--WE must leave Paris at once!" said
her proud, but not Inundated brother.
Yes, at once!' cried Lady Emily, in
great excitement Before this villain,
as now believe him to be, can do you
personal harm"
At this moment the valet of the
nobleman appeared and whispered
something in his ear.
Il will be down directlyw was the
answer of the master, turning shade
paler
What is 1t, George?" eagerly de-
manded the sister,
only a gentleman to see me on
some private business"
"0h, you must not fight with that
base man." cried Lady Emily, at once
divining the fearful secret. For you
will be killed, and / shall be left with
out a protector"
Have no fear" was the evssive an
swer of Lord Hardinge, as he hurriedly
quilted the apartment
As he expected. he received formal
challenge from NJ. Vauledemar. de-
handing satisfaction for the insul. of
a blow, the note explicitly stating that
no apology would be received. The
nobleman at once declared his readi-
ness 70 meet his adversary. but not in
tho ordinary way. He Immediately