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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
NlCKNAME S.

LOUIS V. was The Idle, on account Of
his laziness
HoRMIsDAs of Persia was The Nose
less, from natural defect.
PEPIN, son of Charles Martel, was
The Short, from his small stature.
HAROLD l.. of England WA The Hare
foot, from his feetEess in running.
CHARLES III. of Naples was The Lit.
tie, because of his diminutive stature.
CHARLES VII. of France was The
Victorious. He won forty-seven battles.
EDGAR, the Saxon king of England,
was The Peaceable, from his dislike Of
war;
JOHN of England was called Lack
land, from losing large share of his
possessions.
FREDERICK II. and Otto Ill. of Ger
many were each styled The Wonder Of
the World.
PETER Nv. of Aragon was The Cere.
monious, from his punctiliousness in
court etiquette.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
WHERE WE WERE BOYS.

Dyoa mind the mountain farm. old boy, where
you an me was kids!
An How We laid o. summer nights an heard
the katydids
An whippoorwills a-pipin' out and Hddlin
'nong the stooks,
An how we usen't dare TO speak fer fear we'd
raise the spooks!
Can't you mind the spring house still, where
all the milk was KEEP.
An how our little toes would ache a-standin
on the step'
Our house was neat an tasty, the barn was
full o. hay.
A-purpose so as me an you could romp rainy
day.
What fun 70 climb fen huckleberries, tip-top
OF the hill,
An set our traps fer rabbits In the meadow by
the mill!
An don't you knra that moss-grown trough,
deep In forest glade,
Where tinkle. tinkle, went the spring, a-sing-
In while we played?
Somehow to ok to hankerin' to see the farm
again
fore we two was men,
Ez frisky ez colt ! clum the dear old hill
Iwish to God I'd stayed away; my heart is
sick an sore,
The farm, old boy was dead an gone--the
bones was scattered round;
felt like in graveyard, where ghouls has
tore the ground.
The chlmbley's fallen of the house, the barns
without roof;
The spring-house she'd is tumbled in-it's full
O. leaves an stun.
Where mother used to set her crooks down IL
the spring to cool,
An turn an kiss US when we'd come a. bouncin
home from school,
The wind sweeps through the stable, an the
stall where old Nell died
10 Allied clean to the manger top with snoy
that's bowed inside.
great big lump come In my throat the
cough drops couldn't cure:
turned to hunt the moss-grown trough an,
spring so cold and pure,
found the trough upon Its side and rottet
quite away;
The spring was drled-I dunno why, but les
couldn't stay,
Fer't seemed so sad an lonesome there, or
voices filed my ears
That YOU and me haint heard OF all fer more
twenty years.
Icouldn't somehow trust myself to 60 bacl
past thot scene,
But sneaked away along the creel1--I neve
felt 30 mean
Sencs when our little blueiay died, an W
tried hard not to cry,
An made drizzling failure at It, blubberIn
on the sly.
Ihain't a-tellin what done a-comln' dow
thet road,
But when twas over, like l felt relieved
quite o load.
I'm never goin' back no more t tibet gravey ar
Of place,
Fer spooks walks there In broad daylight the
don't care to face;
I'D ruther treasure up them scenes, afore tn
place was dead,
An hang 'em round like pictures on the insit
OF my head.
An ef any man should ask me: "Wheres IL
farm you once lived on?"
I'll say: TITS gone to Heaven, where the de,
old folks is gone"
Edwin L Shuman, in Chicago journal
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
Scarlet Fever Settled in the Back,
An Operation Was Unsucce So
fully Performed
The Patient Was Finally Restored, After
Eighteen Years.

me Patlent was FINALLY Restored After
Eighteen Years.
From the EUening NeUs, NepdTk ~ j.
About eighteen years ago, when Mrs.
Annie Dale, of 50 Bruce street, was bright,
merry school GIRL she was taken i'll with
scarlet fever She recovered, but she was
very different girl from physical stand
point. She was cured of the scarlet fever,
but it left her with an affection of the back
AS she grew older the pain seemed to in
crease Her sufferings were intensified by
her household duties, but she never COM
planned, and with one hand pressed tightly
to her back she did her work about her cozy
home.
II was fourteen years old when / was at
tackled with scarlet fever, and have now
suffered with my back for eighteen years.
might and day | suffered It really
seemed as if / must succumb to the pain,
and then, to make matters worse my head
ached so badly that could scarcely see at
times. Finally went 10 st. Michael's Hos
pital, at the corner of High Street ard Cen
trail Avenue and there the surgeons per-
formed difficult operation on my back, but
it did no good I, it was like everything else
was told at the hospital to return for an
other operation, but the first had left me so
weak could not go back Then again /
had become discouraged and my three chill
dren needed my attention aud care at home.
The pain became harder to stand and my
back was almost broken, it seemed. !
thought would never know what 1t would
be like to be well again when was told to
try Dr. Williams Pink Pills. With many
doubts, o faint heart and an aching back /
went to get the pills, and little dreaming that
they would prove the elixir of a new life to
me, | began to take them. Only short
time elapsed before / began to improve.
Could it be possible that DR.. Williams Pink
Pills were doing what everything else had
failed to accomplish l asked myself the
question many times and before long was
enabled by my improved condition to an
swcr the query with an emphatic yes
| Now the pain of almost twenty years is
cured by these Pink Pills in few months.
have no pain of any kind now, but have
got some Of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People, and while do not think it will
ever be necessary to use them again, l shall
certainly never be without them in the
| house."
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also a
specific for troubles peculiar to females,
such as suppressons, irregularities and all
| forms of weakness. They build up the
blood, and restore the glow OF health to pale
| and sallow cheeks, In men they effect q
radical cure in oil cases arising from mental
worry, overwork or excuses of whatever
nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (nevel
Ia loose bulky at 30 cents box or SIX boxe:
for 2.50, and may be had of all druggists, OF
direct by mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady. N. Y.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
RAILROADS.

THE eleven large roads west of Chi
cago now have an aggregate mileage Of
sixty-three thousand nine hundred and
nine miles.
ANDREW CARNEGIE has aroused Brit
ish wrath by saying that it would pay
England to burn up her railroad equip
ment and replace it with American
models.
The express companies doing bust
ness in Minnesota evidently intend to
contest the law recently passed in that
state declaring such companies COM
mon carriers and placing them under
the supervision of the state railroad
commission.
SOME of the European railway COM
panies have introduced the practice OF
recovering their soiled cotton waste by
the use of sodium and silicate, being
able in that way to renew the value a
dozen times instead of two or three, as
in the usual employment of caustic
soda.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15

also became famous in greater de-
gree, and once more she sank from the
new, sweet, longed-for rank of first
violin to that of second fiddle.
Even in death she was denied the
feeting honors AVID dignity which
comes to most lives This once. She had
often wondered how this would be. In
her bitter moments she had foreseen
and prophesied it, saying that she
would be only the second fiddle even
in death. but the sting of 1t embittered
her last moments.
She died suddenly, death resulting
from railroad accident, and for one
whole, long, perfect day she was the
only care of those who surrounded her.
II shall be first once after all" she
was thinking in the vague, wandering,
unreal manner common to those who
are near to death, when a nurse came
softly into the room and told her that
her husband was dying.
She shraak back upon the pillow
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
A WORD ABOUT ECONOMY.
Thrift May Be Penny Wisdom and Pound
FOOlishness.

Thrift May BE Penny Wisdom and Pound
FOOlishness.
The woman who is not watchful OF
expenses in the household and a con.
slant enemy to waste is not womanly
at all. But, nevertheless, economy,
like most virtues, needs curb bit when
1t isridden as hobby
The writer once heard society girl
exclaim, boastfully: 81 never save pen.
MES. always throw them away" In
land overlooking with Llaimed beg
gars and half-starved newsboys this
seems incredible Yet 1t is true.
However, the society girls speech
has been retailed merely as u compan-
ion to the other extreme A man
of exact business habits told
clearinghouse parlorful OF the
usual misunderstanding American
folk that in footing up the expenses OF
his recent wedding journey there was
one cent expended for which he could
not account A few days after he
cried gleefully on entering the crowd
ed dining-room: 1--WE found it!''
Found what?" demanded an eager
chorus.
"The cent? was the grave reply.
In a family composed of four mem
bers and three servants young WON
an said, as If she were looking for
commentator, that she managed tc
save greatly in the washing Of sheets
| by method Of her own; when fresh
ones were due, she merely turned
about those already In use, and "be
gan over again" with them for sec
ond week. In this way she declared
that half the ordinary amount of bed
linen washing might be spared, while
her listeners were busy wondering
her head bad no objection to lying
where her feet had been.
One Of our best short story writer.
once gave few domestic hints in 8
a housekeeping journal which graph
ically illustrated what is here meant by
the danger in unbridled economy. Hel
remarks happened to be upon the
theme of using up remnants She seri
ously advised the general housewife t,
do as she did-make periodical incur.
sions upon the refrigerator, and, VIII at
ever was found there, whether fish
fowl, or vegetable, to mix together in
some commodious vessel, and from this
unappetizing compound to make Gro
quettes," as If hash would not be too
polite name for such mess. A littl
later on, the author mentions CASUAL,
that her family are all dyspeptics
The only wonder is that they are no
corpes.
In another household an elderly lady
Injured to small savings at first iron
some degree of necessity, and subse
quently from habit, checked her new
ly-made daughter-in-law with quicl
cry of distress from throwing spen
match into the fire. stop, stop!" sal
she; 81 always save burned matche
for kindling..'
The mean side of frugality has bee
pointed out here alone as a warning
There is assuredly safe, decent cours
that should run through every well
regulated home, but IL must be, how
ever, a middle pathway between throw
ing away pennies and giving up whole
valuable hours to tracking stray one
IN. Y. Times.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15


terly against the secondary place to
which she was perpetually relegated,
but to no purpose.
II will play any part in the whole
orchestra, from the conductor down to
the man who looks after the cymbals
and the drums" she said once, "but |
absolutely decline to be the second
violin"
But as she grew older she recognized
that only by playing this very instru-
ment could she have any part in the
great orchestra of life, and she pa
tiently began to accustom herself to
being second fiddle. And all her life
this fate pursued her.
She loved q man, and he fancied he
loved her long enough to give her that
fleeting glimpse of bliss which Satan
is supposed to allow his victims before
dragging them down to the bottomless
pit, but just as she began to think that
the wonderful gift of love was really
to be hers, he fell in love with her sis.
ter, and she became the second fiddle
again.
Love was offered to her again, and
because her heart was hungry she &C
copied it. and became the wife of a
man who harped on the string of his
first wifc's virtues until it Jared her
nature out of tune; motherhood came
to her in the same secondary way. Her
husbands child, whom she loved with
perfect, self-abnegating, altruistic
love, cared far more for her selfish ia.
ther than her unselfish stepmother,
and again she struck the chord as
signed to the second fiddle.
Fame came to her late in life, but
just as she tasted its glories her sister
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
WEALTH.

CmcHeo's rich people returned to the
assessors of last year $4,000 worth of
diamonds and s74 worth of silverware.
MASSACHUSETTS is one of the richest
states, having valuation of real and
personal property amounting to 1884,
1855, 500.
ONLY 27per cent. of the capital of this
country is owned by men holding be.
tween 100000 worth and $1,000, oot
worth of property.
VIRGINIA is not SO wealthy as before
the war, at least in the estimate Of tbs
FIRST families, but still has valuation
Of ssts,ssi, al.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15

shocked, less at the dreadful news than
at the sudden realization of the fact
that now she must die as she had SC
often dreaded, with only casual sor.
row to bless her memory, and the hope,
less look, SO strange in death and SC
noticeable when she lay in her coffin,
settled slowly over her face.
Next day her husband died, and she
followed him closely-so closely that
the people who paid the last honors TO
him found it almost impossible to dc
the same for her, and she was buried
as she had lived and died, as she had
been born even the second fiddle.
But once, just once, and once only
during the course of her life she had
been first, and this was how it hap
pened:
She had lived as child in a small
country town where religious dissipa-
ton was the only kind Of pleasure toll
Grated; the kind of place where a
camp-meeting Is diversion, and a
temperance revival (barren of converts
save stray strangers) wild exhilara-
ton; the kind Of place where the Bible
forms the subject of ordinary CONVEX
sations and where every baby, not to
mention every man, woman and child
in the village limits, can quote Scrip
ture and do battle with texts.
Upon one occasion the Sunday school
superintendent, wishing to still further
promote this habit, offered prize tc
the child who could in given time
learn the greatest number Of Bible
verses. The Second Fiddle, just ther
displaced from her accustomed niche
In the household and her mothers
heart by newer arrival and addition
to the family list of children, took fol
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
BICYCLE DRESS.
short Skirts Still More Popular Than
boomers.

short Skirts Still More Popular Than
Bloomers.
At heart, the woman of fashion Is
timid and conservative. Courage,
like safety, she finds in numbers.
A lady whom know-not woman
of fashion, else this true tale would
never be written, but one rather un.
conventional, wore lately upon the
street froch of beautiful cut mate
rial, and fresh and well-preserved, but
made in the days before big sleeves.
She liked the dress-in the morning.
In the afternoon she came hot-cheeked
to tell how she had met with no dis
courtesy, thus clad, from the better
bred, but that from the windows OF
the most squalid tenement she passed
came course guffaw and shout OF
mirth: well, did you ever see the
like OF that?"
st is enough to make the queen OF
Bohemia herself conventional, was
the conclusion OF the story.
Now the bicycle bloomer suit might
seem to scout the idea of conventional.
ity, but there is much even on wheels
to prove 1t.
After all that has been said about
the boomers, there is this to add:
The society girls in Newport didn't
wear them last month, though now
and again they might be seen worn by
1 visitor.
The girls OF millions and of man.
sions are not wearing them this month
in Lenox, though boomers a-pienty
may tour it through, flashing from
one big town to another. The east
wear skirts. The west takes to the
innovation more kindly, And the
west in this case begins at the longi
tude of New York. Here, numbers
give courage.
Yet it is still true that short skirt
close, natty jacket and leggings are
the mode in bicycle wear BY short
skirt one means six inches from tn,
ground, though such skirt seems
when the fair bicyclist is pedaling, t,
be much shorter than it really is.
The russell hues of autumn were sug
gested in the prettiest bicycle suit
have lately seen.
The leggings were not tan, but red
dish russo. brown and somewha
wrinkled at the calf, for the wearel
was slight. Brown knickerboclser
were worn, though Of this there wa
no outward evidence, below skirt 0
loosely woven brown stuff in which
were meshed brighter threads of red
The jacket was of the same red cloth
fronted with fine checked silk witt
general effect of red, fitted yer,
closely to the figure and on the hea,
was rakish Tam 0'Shanter.
should say that a bicycle suit wa
in better taste when harmonized alon,
some color line. Gray is favorit
with many practical riders. on tn
theory that it shows dust less fatally
but as no cloth is dust-proof, bette
plan is to suit the individual taste an
complexion. 1t is for this reason ur
/ wise for ladies' bicycle club to al
tempt to agree upon uniform. Flo
the rest good golfing suit is prett
| good bicycle suit, so far as convenienc
, goes; II one must economic in thi
way, it is better to avoid the big plaid
, of the more pronounced golting suit,
, st, Louis Globe-Democrat
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
Kato Field In Denver,

DENVER, Sept. 10.-My journey from
Chicago was over the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad, one Of the best man
aged systems In the country, should says
judging by the civility Of the employees, the
comfort experienced, the excellence Of 1t,
roadbed and the punctnality Of arrival. /
actually reached Denver ahead Of time The
Burlington Route is also the best to 81.
Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha and Kansas City.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
Laying the Blame.

Laying the Blame.
When you spend all your dollars-make debts
you can't pay,
And tho flag OF prosperity's furled,
Just get In corner
Like little Jack Horner,'
And say, "Its cruel old world"
For there's comfort in growing and bowling
that way,
When your bark on tho rocks has been
hurled,
It takes of o double
Big load OF trouble
TO blame the whole thing on the world
Toledo Blade.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
A silent Appeal for UeIo.

When your kidneys and bladder are in.
active they arc making silent appeal for
help. Don't disregard it, but with Hos.
letters Stomach Bitters safely impel them
to activity. They are in immediate danger,
and 1t is foolhardiness to shut one's eyes to
u rp , Manifestations Of ayspepsIa ma.
laria, rheumatism, constipation or nerve
trouble. The Bitters before meal adds
zest to IL.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
Dorothy.

Dorothy.
Dorothy gives me q kiss for the asking.
Sweeter than ever I've tasted before
Ever In Dorothy's love an basklng,
Taking her kisses and asking for moro.
Dorothy runs down the pathway and meets me,
Laughs when | tell her I've missed her all
day;
Life seems the brighter when Dorothy greets
In such charming young womanly way.
Dorothy sits in my lap in the cleaning,
Tells me she loves me a bushel or more.
Long may 1t be ere her thoughts turn TO roam.
ing
God keep my Dorothy daughter OF four.
--Peterson's
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15

Take n Hint from Mary.
Mary had little lamb
You do not look surprised;
OF course you don't, for Mary has
Been widely advertised
And something you may learn from this.
II you are not clam;
You can be just as widely known
As Mary and her lamb,
Your name can be household word.
And you be known so we'll
That folks will confidently buy
The things You have to sell
And when you once have got yourself
Into tho cheering rays
OF the sunlight OF publicity,
You bet your life 1t pays
Printers Talk
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
Inhnis.

A sculptor stood before the block Of stone
= Plying his chisel, wien the lava tide
OF the volcano, sweeping far and wide,
Ingulfed him ere his real worth was known;
But those few strokes had wondrous merit
shown,
such pride,
They found among the ruins where he died.
A peerless model In itself alonel
Ali II to us the fates might be as kind
When our appointed time may come to 70,
Before supreme success our efforts crown,
How happy, still, in dying, but to know
We leave one lasting monument behind
OF noble doing, worthy OF renown.
Anna b Patton, IN Boston Budget
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
Highest of all in Lcavenng Power Govt Report
&!!!Aa!!! RR skdsz
Aw~&<Nw swrrrwvs n~vvwNw.
ABSOLUTELY PURE

IrSEEMs So. --"Papa, said Harry, sswhen
boy keeps on doing something wrong OF
his own accord, he's willful, isn't herr
YES" said Mr. Rigid, ''Then if he doesn't
do nothing Of nobody else's accord, he's
won'tiul, isn't hei"- Harper's Round Table.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15

WHETHER or not sin dates from the first
apple-eating, it is pretty generally conceded
that new habits were acquired by our first
parents very soon after their indulgence in
the fruit OF the apple tree. Boston Tran
script.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15

I'm many parts of Germany an eco
nomical person will buy a silk hat,
paying two dollars, wear it year, re-
turn it, pay one dollar, and receive q
new hat, this process being kept W
indefinitely.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
Best Of All

To cleanse the system in gentle and truly
beneficial manner, when the springtimc
comes, use tho true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only SO cents; the
large size ST. Try it aud be pleased. Man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co,
only.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15

Ye Power or MusicL.
When Polly deigns to sing and playe
My hearte doth dance roundelaye.
So soft her touche uponne ye keyes.
Ye waye she threads with tuneful case
Her fingers trippe an Elm dance
Like little Fayes inne gale romance;
whyle dympled elbowes from her sleeves
Peepe olt as daintyle she weaves
A melodo whose echo scenes
Ye subtil sorcerle OF dreams.
know mott by what wizard arte
We maglci sllppes intoe ye hearto
Harold Van Santvoord In Life
Twilight.
Holding fast hands with daylight,
Her face hid meath nights cloak.
A sweet maid pays visit
Each day to US earth folk
She comes so shy and silent
We never hear her knock,
Nor know when she Is going
Else we should turn the lock-
But we know w;icn she Is near us,
For the red puppy sleeps;
Tho lambkin, with hushed bloatings,
Close by its mother keeps.
We know when she Is with us,
For the evening star shines lone;
When tucked away our nod-heads,
Wo know that she Is gone
Frances Fare Lester, in ST Louis RopnpIis
A Winner.
Yes. marriage is lottery"
Said Decker, while his spouse
Sat there and heard his homily,
With swiftly knitting brows.
Yes" he continued, as his pipe
Purrod with gentle glow;
"a man of wisdom tried and ripe,
Must tremble at the throw
For here" he said, 1.-The trouble l!cs
One throw must last life
And yet, man may win prize
You know. won-my wifel''
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-11-15
Two Pictures.

Two Itcturcbs
woke and saw, at early dawn,
A city with fierce conflict torn.
The flag OF seeding host
On foomen's steel oil flercely tossed.
Ihear the roar OF guns, and then
The heavy tramp OF arm'd men,
Who hoarsely voice the CRY, with gies:
Forward Atlanta TO the seal"
Iwake and see. at early day,
Atlanta deckod In colors gay;'
And thousands hasten from afar-
To view the arts OF peace--not war
Wi1e all around, on either hand,
As brothers now those hostiles stand
And gaze In rapture on the skies
To see the grand New South arise.
Chicago Dispatch.