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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
WIT AND WISDOM.

i love indeed, to suffer, but / can
not tell whether l am worthy to suffer.
st. Ignatius.
Me Atkins very tiresome) WANT to
hear something funny? Old Crusticas
No; I've heard it before. Harlem
Life
Elsie-Oh, uncle, am SO fond Of
you! Uncle-And why? Elsie-We al.
ways have jam when you take lunch
with us.-Fliegende Batter.
If for some of us, and sometimes all
of us, action can not mean doing, then
remember bearing too is action-often-
est its hardest part. Charming
Gannett
boy, what is u PENINSULA" "a
point of land extending into the
water" Good! What's strait?'
"Ace king, queen, jack and ten-spot. :"
st. Louis Post.
To be happy at home is the ulti-
mate result of all ambition, the end to
which every enterprise and labor tends
and of which every desire prompts the
prosecution.-Dr. johnson.
History presents the pleasantest
features of poetry and fiction-the
majesty of the epic, the moving acct
dents of the drama, and the surprises
and moral of the romance. -Willmot.
-Relentless.-'She's as pretty as a
picture" said the young man. Yes
replied the young woman, with a
glance at her rivals complexion,
"hand-painted, too" - Washington
Star.
is your life insured, sir?" asked
the agent. YES" replied the book
keeper. ''In what company?" THE
home company. My wife has promised
me never to do the cooking. -tIarper's
Bazaar
Let yoh aims be high" said I'm
Gle Eben, but doan' forgit dat dar am
mob practical returns fun good job
oh whitewashin' dan dey is fun bad
job OBJ landscape paintin'. Washing
ton Star.
"You don't mean to say the cashier
has gomez Yes replied the bank
official. Dear me! lie had such a
pleasing appearance" Eyes, and such
a displeasing disappearance. Wash
ington Star.
--Clerk-You say you don't like them
bronze lions, and yet they are very life
like. Summer Resort Landlord-That's
just the trouble. Why, those fellows
would have a thousand mosquitoes
around them in one night Harlem
Life.
-Innocence.-Unsophisticated Cook
If yer please mum, the butcher says
! shall get five per cent. on all the or
ders give i'm. What does that mean;
Mistress-It means, Mary. that we
shall have a new butcher. Boston
Budget.
When Snidewell got religion and
got up in meeting to say that he had
made up his mind to cast his burden
on the Lord, Mrs. S. was heard to re
mark II don't know as | care, so lone
as am eased of at least a portion of il
that Daniel would ever bear his burden
himself.-Boston Transcript.
"A young minister had gone to tn,
home of his boyhood to preach, and, o
course, the villagers were full of curl
osity to hear him. At the close of tn,
service one If the deacons engaged tn
young preachers wife in conversation
"Itw a strange coincidence, -" said he
that your husbands text was the on
from which his father preached his las
sermon in his pulpit" "Indeedr' sat
the lady; well, that was strange.
hope" she continued. 1T wasn't tn
same sermon" oh no. said the dea
con, in a deprecatory manner; 'lIi
father was dreadful smart mar
Epworth Herald.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
a Queer Industry.

IL got on to queer sort of industry
the other day"
What was it?''
'Well some doctors had boy and a
girl under the influence of chloroform,
and transferred the skin from the boys
chin to that of the girl, and vice versa
They said that when the girl grew up
she'd have whisl1ers."
What on earth was the object?"
Manufacturing bearded ladies for
dime museums. Judge.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
Poor Mrs, White.

He (reading paper)-Here's note
about an accident at Whites house.
The servant girl put some gunpowder
in the fire and she was blown through
the roof,
She (sympatheticallyl-Poor Mrs,
White has so much trouble with her
girls! They are always leaving her
without giving notice Tow Topics,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06

Boatman-Yes, | need boy about
NY boatyard. Now, suppose | was
I,yay and some stranger should come
here to hire sail boat. What ques
tons would You ask him?
Boy-I'd ask him if he knew how to
swim.
Eoatman-You'n do.-Good News,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06

Ske-I can't marry you, but want
you to be dear friend always, won't
yen?
Helm afraid can't. You see, the
lady who will marry me will very like.
" object to that sort of thing.-De.
troit Free Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06

-Editor-I regret, Mr.. transformer,
that my paper referred TO your starring
trip as starving one" Mr. Barn
stormer-Oon't mention it. Your
statement was absolutely correct.-N.
Y. Journal
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
Very Becoming,

Husband DO you think my full
beard is an Improvement?
Wifs--How much does it save you
week?
About a dollar"
YES. it is an improvement. IN. Y
Weakly.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
And it was,

-Missionary-"Was it liquor that
brought you to this?" Imprisoned
Burglar-"No, sir; it was houseclean
in-spring housecleanin', sir" Mis-
sionary-"Eh? Housecleaning?" Bur
glar-"Yessir. The woman had beer
housecleanin'. and the stair carpet was
up, and the folks heard me. Pear.
sons Weekly.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
O. H. BENTLEY, Publisher.
LITTLE MISS BRAe.

Little Miss Brag has much to say
10 the rich little lady from over the wayi
And the rich little lady puts out a lin
As she looks OF her own white, dainty slim
And wishes that she could wear gown
AS pretty as Bingham OF faded brown
Fof little Miss Brag she lays much stress
On the privileges Of bingham dress
AHA,
Oho"
The rich little lady from over the way
Has beautiful dolls In vast array
Yet she envies the ragged home made doll
She hears our little Miss Brag extol.
For the raggedy doll con fear no hurt
From wet, or heat, or tumble, or dirtl
Her nose is linked, and her mouth is, too,
And one eyes black and the others blue
AHA,
Oho"
The rich little lady goes out to ride
With footmen standing up outside,
Yet wishes that sometimes after dark
Her father would trundle her In the park;
That, sometimes, her mother would sing the
things
Little Miss Brag says her mother sings
When through the attic window streams
The moonlight full OF golden drea ms
AHA,
Oho"
Yes little Miss Brag has much to say
To the rich little lady from over the way;
And yet who knows but from her heart
Often the bitter signs upstart--
Uprise to lose their burn and sting
In the grace OF the tongue that loves to sing
Praise OF the treasures all its own!
30 I've come to love that treble tone
AHA,
Ohol"
Chicago Record
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06

The Netherlands furnish beet su
gar, lily bulbs and choice shrubbery.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06

-Pallas Athena was employed by
Mothers for strength and wisdom to
rear their children.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06

The man who puts heart in his
work will always have work to put
,..,rt in--REn's Horn.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06

There goes MIDDLE into a saloon.
| thought you said he'd reformed" "He
has; he often buys his own drinks now. "
Inter Ocean.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06

Many man who could bow with
resignation if told that he was to die,
is thrown off his guard and out of tenn
per by the slightest opposition to his
opinions or his projects.-Tryon Ed
wards
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
CONTENTS OF THE sHoE-BAe.


of Caring For Your Foot-Gear?
One of the greatest aids in preserving
the newness and shape of shoes is the
linen or cretonne bag, which, tackled
to the closet door of your dressing
room, offers it's capacious pockets for
the reception of shoes of every style.
The woman who losses down her foot
wear wherever it comes handiest at the
time, need not wonder that her shoe
makers bill is larger than her modiste's.
Dust settles into the leather when
boots are left uncovered, cracking it
and dulling the polish.
Dust is more destructive to leather
than wear. Therefore, shoes which
have been worn on dusty tramp,
should never be put away without first
wiping off every particle of dust.
A trick that is worth remembering,
when shoes have become wet and stiff,
is the application, with tiny sponge,
of olive oil, which will quickly render
them soft and yielding, as when new
Footwear should be ventilated at
night, as well as any other article of
wearing apparel.
In place of unreliable blackings, try
using little ink. mixed with about
twice the quantity of olive oil.-Golden
Days.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

ONE of the schemes Of the pluto.
cratic press to prejudice people
against Mr.. Debs is to constantly in
sist that he arbitrarily ordered the
members of the organization Of which
he is president to 90 out ON the
strike. There is not one OF the edi-
tors who publish this charge from
day to day who does not know that
it is absolutely false. Neither Deba
or any other labor leaders ever
has ordered or can order such q
strike. In the case of the A. r. U.
the organization decided upon the
strike in council at Chicago and Debs
SIMPLY promulgated the decision as
the official head Of the order. Every
republican and democratic editor in
the country is fully aware Of this fact,
and still they are constantly talking
about Gar Debs and his arbitrary
exercise of authority over the men Of
his organization in depriVing them,
against their own incllnations, OF the
opportunity to work. What is the
object Of this falsehood7 Let the
reader try to think.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

Then it was plain question Of pro-
lection or free trade, and you knew
where every public man was to be
found when the question was up.
It's different now. You know how a
congressman voted on the last tariff
bill but you don't know how he will
vote on the next one, unless you
happen to know what particular Sim
dustry" he is most interested in.
Now, it's a question Of 'tsriff for pro-
lection" or tariff for revenue" dur
ing campaign, but when it comes
to revising q tariff law, party lines are
wiped out and it becomes q question
Of revenue FOR the congressman and
protection TO his friends. And while
they are quarrelling over that there
is no danger Of any visionary" or
other legislation being passed. So
the bankers and money loaners are
happy as long as the quarrel lasts,
and the people continue to pay high
interest and rent. 1t is a stupendOus
national confidence game, this tariff
question. A congress Of farmers and
mechanics would settle il in a week
in such way that it would forever
stay settled.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

Arkansas, stuck to the Cleveland policy
Of finance until his constituents fatty re-
fused to rsnominste him, whsrsupOa
Cleveland made him minister TO Russia /.
Il is q much mootsd question
now what the president viii do for
Willie Breckenridge after hs shall have
suffered defeat far having adopted an
other Of Clevsland's policies.
There's Q CommOnwsal movement In
Ohio that beats the Coxey plan all 20
pieces, Delegations are forming in many
Of the counties for the purpose Of march.
ing and driving to Columbus August 16.
These delegations are acting under
strict regulations with 9 chairman gt
headquarters to keep them postsd. An
they 60 through the country they will
hold mass meetings and enlarge their
force. The delegates in Che counties
near Columbus will wait for the outside
ones to come through and join them.
The advocate., 1894-07-25
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Congressman BOen (POpulist), Of Min
nesOts, has been rSnominstsd without
opposition.
The provisional government Of Hawaii
has adopted q constitution and gone
into business 90 q full-Asdged republic
with Dole ag president I
lCOngresSmRn Dsnison, Of Alabama,
has left democracy in the rear and Ia
Btumping his state for KOlb, the reform
candidate for governor.
]. s. Coxey, Of commmOnWeal fame,
thinks the PopuliSts will carry Mime
sofa and Illinois, in addition to KRnsag,
and q number Of other states which are
surely Populist.
On Saturday the house passed By q
vote Of 137 70 40 Q resolution proposing
an amendment 10 the constitution pro-
viding for the election Of senators by q
direct vote Of the people.
Governor Hogg, Of Texas, hAB bSsn
added to the List Of anarchist governors,
along with LsWelling, Waite. Altgeld
and Pennoyer. Hogg made Q speech in
which he denounced RnaFchistic capital.
lists and predicted revolution.
Even the labor trouble are not with
out their good results, IL it 10 true, 90 re-
ported, that many thousands Of foreign
lSbOrerS are returning TO their native
countries TO get better wages. Their
number is estimated ct 100000.
The directors Of the Pullman Palace
Oar company met in New York Friday
and declared the usual 2 per cant
quarterly dividend. Only ior the boy.
cOtt the dividend might have bean larger
and the stockholders would not be COM
PEELED 70 stsgve.
Congressman o. n Breckenridge, d
The advocate., 1894-07-25
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.

One Of the singular and yet character
istic positions Of the Peoples party is the
declaration in favor Of government owner
ship Of railroads. Their conventions re.
solve, their orators favor and their papers
demand government ownership. But NOT
a platform, not speaker or paper of note
ever offers plan for the government 70
secure the ownership .-EmpOriR Gazette,
July 21.
Suppose a commencement were
made in securing government owner
ship by foreClosing the mortgage on
the Union Pacific just as an eastern
money-loaner forecloses the mort
gage on a Kansas farm when the
owner fails to pay his debt. How
would that plan suit the Gazette?
The advocate., 1894-07-25

THOUGH the railroad strikers have
found it impossible to prevail against
the combined power of the corpora
tiOns, the courts. the United States
marshals and Deputies, and the
United States army, they have made
a brave fight, and as a consequence
many Of them will be displaced by q
more serVile class Of employees.
These strikers and their families are
liable to see close times for q while,
and we are glad to see the farmers Of
the country who are blessed with an
abundance Of food for which there is
no profitable market, disposed to
share it with their brother working
men who need 1t. A wagon load was
delivered at the headquarters in this
city from the Meriden Populist club
on the 18th inst. Let the good work
60 on.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

"WHAT has the republican state
central committee done," pettishly
asks the Topeka Capital, ''sinCe Gov"
ernOr Lewelling was inaugurated, to
show the people Of the state the
hollow sham Of this Populist party :
Practically it has done nothing"
That's a fact. There was nothing to
be done, unless your committee could
perform miracles. "The county or
ganization is the key to victory"
continues the stalwArt organ. Your
key is all right wherever you find a
lock for 1t But what about those
counties where there are no republic
cans TO organizes
The advocate., 1894-07-25

Sas." The trouble with the Capital
is Che scope Of it's vision ig too mar
row. It never looks outside the walls
Of the Capital Office, except to learn
the will Of the capitalists and corpOr-
atoms, and il has not Che remotest
idea Of what the sentiment Of the
people Of Kansas is upon this or any
other subject.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

The republican state central COM
mittee has instructed Msior Morrill,
and Dick Blue to make no more Of
the kind Of speeches they made In
their campaign at Kansas
City. The committee seems 10 have
caught on TO the fact that the adVo-
caCy of q single gold standard, and
the statement Of candidates that they
are "just little ashamed Of Kan
sss" are not popular Just now.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

THIS is Peter NJ. ArthWr's idea Of 10: "In
view Of the fact that during the past winter
all Of the people were taxed 10 feed the
poor and unemployed, it is wrong for any
man, even though he has the authority, to
order out thousands Of workingmen who
have large families 10 support" ThSt 20
just tOhGt the "capitdItstiC" press has been tell
&ng the lUOrkingmCn. - Buffalo Express,
July IL.
Quite true. There seems to be
very little difference either in the sd-
vice given the workingmen or in the
spirit manifested toward them by
Peter NJ. Arthur and by the capital
istic press. And why should there
be? Is not Peter NJ. Arthur q capi-
talist himself? He was not capi-
tslist when he was elected to the
position he now holds, and hls con-
duct whenever there has been a rail-
road strike has led to the suspicion
that his fortune has come from q sale
of his influence and authority on such
occasions. Workingmen will never
succeed in their efforts to better their
condition until they cease to pnt
their trust in the capitalist classes.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

The Omaha Bee and Abilene Dis
patch (Rep.) may be added to the
converts to the doctrine of govern
ment ownership Of railroads as a re-
suit Of the lessons afforded by the
strike. Let them remember that the
Populists had the foresight and the
courage to adopt the demand for
government ownership unanimously
in its first nationsl convention, as the
only remedy for corporate abuses,
and it is the only party to-day that
stands upon that platform.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

Wax didn't Mrs. Diggs ask her informant
for proof Of his lying charge that the Capt.
Esl's editorials on the strike were written by
Pullman's ofiOials2- Capital, July Is.
Why didn't the Capital notice the
State Journal editorial stating that
the same matter incorporated in
the Capital editorials was received at
that Office, but was thrown into the
waste basket, because the Journal
had no use for ready-made opinions
and because those opinions did not
coincide with the views Of the Journal
upon the subject?
The advocate., 1894-07-25
The FlEst COnspiratOrs.

Those who are 90 anxious TO condemn
railroad men for quitting work and thus
stopping the United States mails and
parAlyEing commerce would evidence q
vein Of good judgment should they be-
stow at least share Of their condemns
tioR on the conspiracy entered into BY
the General Managers association Of the
railroads. Those worthless are they, who
are really responsible for the obstruction
Of mails and the blockade Of business.
The railroad companies are, and were
when the strike was declared, under
contract with the government to carry
the mails and there was then 90 now
law 10 punish those who might obatruCt
mails, yet these sali.styled general
managers" assembled together before
the strike began and formulated and
published q wicked conspiracy to OBJ
struCt the movement Of the mails. They
then announced that unless their em.
ployes would handle Pullman cars no
mails should be transported on their
trains. Thus came the frst threat to
violate the law. II came from the "gen-
erAl managers" and was an open, defiant
and wicked declaration, that under Cer-
tain contingencies they would ObstruCt
the mails and wihfully diSobsy and set
Rt nRught the federal laws. That con-
tngency arose and the ConspirAtoFB
have carried out their criminal compact.
The federal laws to provide for safe and
speedy mail service were made to apply
to all classes Of citizens alike; to the
CsSo OK general managers" 90 well 40 to
the dirtieat dago thSt might pull
coupling pin or throw q stone. The
general managers" were the fest offend
orD. Prosecutions against them should
be vigorously pressed and the law rig0r.
ously enforced but as yet, out Of ali the
babble that has been raised the voice OF
authority has scarcely been heard TO
condemn the conspiracy Of the general
managers" The representatives OF Ia
Dor have been subject to arrest, but COR
porSts defiance gOes unpunished for its
inSolencs while 1t continues to dictate
the policy Of the government It iS time
for the people to awake and demand
that justice be done. II arrests are
TO be made let there be an end to the
practice OF determinations In behalf Of
wealthy general managers. s."-Iroquois
lIll.) County Times, July 10.
The advocate., 1894-07-25
YOU,RE NOE A sUBsCRIBER.

Well, what of iti That's no reason
you should not read this paper and
then give il to your neighbor. Some
one has paid for it or else it Is sent
to you as a sample. By reading il
yOumay catch onto something you
did not think Of before.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

If fools ever think, it is a fool who
thinks he sees statesmanship or any
honesty Of purpose in all the tariff
agitation in congress during the last
ten years. In the dim past, when
prosperity was as general as pure
air, and when there were statesmen
who honestly believed that a protec-
tive tariff was wholly for the benefit
OF the Wsge'earner and the Infant
Industries" the case was different.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

The Capital Of July II says that
when Senator PETER defended the
strike on the floor Of the senate, he
mlsrepresented the people Of Kan.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

II is hard 10 cell at present whether the
Topeka Capital is tho official organ Of the
republicans or tho StEsight-Oub democrats.
Atwood Patriot.
Or the Pullman Car company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-26
BUCKiNo BRONCOS,
rhcre's More Excitement Than Fua
Riding the Brutes.

rhcre's More Excitement Than Fua L.
Riding the Brutes.
Many people have an idea that to
ride a bu king b. onco - the COW. boys
delight, but they're badly misiatcn
There's no fun IN it. When thor.
oughhrrd rcars and pranccs there's NJ
jar in u, and rather like to have one
do it IL l am riding But when a
bronco buck, and jumps into ths ah
and comes down stiff legged. with his
feet planted together, tnat jars every
bone in the ri lcr's boly, esp ciall .
the Ickboae, and is a ut to make hia,
feel pretty sick in short order
My first exp 'riemcc with buck
ing bronco cured me of the idea that
there was fun in it had heard that
the cowboy ALWAYS locks his spurs
under the bronco's belly at such times
and so dill the SANE. Well, the spurs
went through the horse hair chinch,
and the bronco kept buckiny so lon 2
as they stat there. couldn't get
them out till Two men came to hclp
me
The proper thing to do when bron-
co bucks is to keep your spnrs away
from him, balance yourself forward
or backward in the s1ddle, according
To the way he jumps, AL grip hi ia
well between your knees Yop have
10 let him buck till he gets tired OF II
or hnd' ont he can't get you Oh.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-26
WAS A MUSCULAR PERso~.
IN English Divins Who rut an End to
IN Original swIndle.

IN English Divine Who rut an End 4,
m Original swindle.
A curious case was discussed in an
English court recently. says tho
jewelers. Weekly. IL Involved "A
question whether Intentional dooep.
tion was practiced in labelling a
watch and chain as "Gold Watch ami
chain" The obvious meaning OF
the wording. and one to which no
exception can be taken. Was chat
both the articles were Of gold A
clergyman passing the store In the
window Of which they were displayed
Chain price IL, Is, cd" (about $7.6D.
Considering the bargain uncommonly
cheap. he opened overtures for a
purchase. Before, however, putting
upon 1t the final clinch. he demanded
q written guarantee that the quality
OF both watch and chain was exactly
as represented. Thrust into ap ugly
position the dealer was forced TO
confess that the signs pAresaology
was deceptive; the chain was no,
gold. The admission in this instance
was frank. The indignant clergy.
man made some strongly porti-
nent remarks. Angered at being
cntrapped and demonstrated with.
the store-keeper threatened to eject
his inquisitor. But he made a sal
error in enraging the clerical custO.
mer. who, IL appears. hsd PASSED tho
university with flying ooiors as
finished athlete.
look here" said the old gymnast
al don't want to take advantage OF
you. bu: II you lay q finger on me III
trim you round the shop You may
take some persons W bo old women.
but you arc In the wrong box this
timo."
Further the would-be e;ector did
rot venture. A policeman was sum
moned and the dea or arrested. The
magistrate fined him. after which no
coursed his way home. q sadder aud
a much wiser man