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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
Modern Criticism.

A small but sturdy boy of five years
was lately entered as pupil at one of
the best fin de steele suburban kinder
gartcns. Evidently, however, the
young man had his own opinion of
what school ought to be, probably
based on his observance of the studies
of his two elder brothers, one of whom
is in q preparatory school and the other
in college, as he seemed to feel quite
degraded at belonging to a school
where no books were used. His little
air of apology when you drew from
him, most unwillingly, accounts of the
games and exercises at his kinder
garten was something too funny.
The other day on his way home he met
crowd of public school children and
was hailed with shouts of: Hello,
Ted! Do you go to school here?'
NO" replied Ted, with fine con-
tempt for his alma mater; II go to
school where you don't learn any
thing,"-N. Y. Herald,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
MADE FAST TIME.
How the Runner Travelled Faster Than
the Express Train.


the Express Train.
II used to be pretty swift runner in
my young days." said the atrocious
liar the other night, back in the phar-
macy, "and it was only last week that
spriuted SO feet or so and went fast
er than the fastest New York Cen
trail train-level ground, too"
The atrocious liar did not make this
statement without sort of guip.
His eyes sparkled, and he trembled a
little. The others looked at him pity
ingly.
"No, you don't" said the tall friend
with the long hair, removing the
whisky bottle from his grasp. you've
had enough"
I'm not drunk. It's positive fact.
/ did run for so feet, and covered yhe
ground in less time than the train
did"
That's all right" said the man who
chews gum, you will be better in a
minute. Let me call cab for you
You think I'm lying?"
''No, we don't. We think you are
crazy. If you should want to kill any
of us, you would get off easily after
what you have said. You don't hold
any grudge against anybody here, do
you?" This was from the tall friend
with the long hair.
Let me tell you how did it. Hc.'e,
here, I'm all right. Let me tell you ="
But they all went away, and he never
got chance to explain that he was on
the train and ran through the car, and
SO went faster than the Empire state
eXpress.--N. Y. Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
A LIKING FOR BAD SMELLS.
England's Efforts to Improve Conditions
in India.

in INDIA.
Under English rule '''ocal self-gov'
ernment' has been bestowed upon the
people of India, so the board has to
look around for means to pay for
water and drainage schemes and town
conservancy; the barrier dues are one
of them, and the carriers, who have just
come in, are as discontinued as the
people of the town, who pay, one way
and another, two shillings per head an
nually for local rates. -Four annas for
each cart entering Singhpur, in adj
dition to four tolls on the road from
Panhunder! 1t is monstrous! How
will they get food to-day for them
selves and their bulloclls?" Here some
women, passing on their way to the
tank, halt to listen to the dispute and
join in the complaint that "the tax
kus is grievous, the children's food is
being taken away" The toll con.
tractor has no concern with their feel
ings, and only observes that it is the
'hulm," or command of the govern
ment, and proceeds to rake in his dues.
The district officers say that the in
gratitude of the people is most dis
couraging; latrines have been put up,
the filth is carted away daily to dis
lance from the town, street drains arc
cleansed, stray dogs are destroyed, oil
lamps have been erected in the streets,
water of good quality distributed to
standpipes for public use, and they
have local board, presided over by the
Taluq native revenue officer, and yet
they are not happy. 1t is really too bad
Some of the people will positively
not drink the water coming to them
in metal pipes, and some still neglect
to use the public latrines, preferring to
resort to the open country outside the
town, according to old custom. A ma
tive hand-loom weaver, of whom there
are many in Singhpur, told one of the
collectors poems, who told the head
clerk, who told his superior, that the
people were not ungrateful, but they
were all queer and liked their own
ways, which the English did not un
derstand; they did not notice the odors
which the English called bad smells;
they liked to take their drinking watei
from the village well, or the temple
tank, especially the latter, which had
been blessed by the presence of Vishnu;
and they did not like the dung carts
parading the streets and standing il
the market place. Least of all did they
like paying a weeks earnings every
year to the local board when the cos
Of food was increasing steadily They
were very poor men; what should they
do?-Gentleman's Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24

iDg!" said Dugald, with such sudden
change of manner that King started
back in surprise. II may become a
criminal suppose, according TO your
statement, that l am one now, but
swear l will not wear the livery of
Heaven TO serve the devil in, nor will
/ ever condone sin to my own soul.
Keep your maXims, and tell me how
am to perform this nefarious scheme
tonight"
"Now you are talking business, King;
/ was afraid you was going to weaken"
and then followed a detailed plan for
the work of the evening.
Evelyn Chester was, far and away,
the handsomest girl at the ball, al
though she was dressed more simply,
If that were possible, than any other
girl there--if that costume could be
called simple which literally blazed
with diamonds. There was a story at
tached to those gems. An aunt of Miss
Chester who had died abroad was on
had terms with all her family. She had
turned her entire fortune into dia-
monds, and left them to Evelyn on con-
ditlon that she should wear them all on
every occasion when she went into So
ciety, An heir-at-law had disputed the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
"a Quarter to Six

"Seventy-five per cent. of the peo-
plewe discharge every year." remarked
the head floor walker of a mammoth
dry goods establishment which en-
ploys over 1000 people, to a Herald re-
porter, lose their places on account
of "a quarter to six "A quarter to Six
is the hour at which preparations are
made for closing the days business,
and when, the statesmen and women
are so much more interested in closing
than in attending to customers that
they show incivility, or say: We are
Just out of that This weakness is
commonly known as "a quarter to
skin. Y. Herald.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24

but they overlooked her proximity,
as indeed anyone would naturally have
done, she belonging to class too nu-
merous to attract attention. One of the
two men was opposed to some scheme
or plan which the other was advancing,
the latter forgetting to be cautious, in
his eagerness to convince the other
OF the feasibility of his plan.
"There are nine large stones in the
clasp OF her belt alone. The slightest
pressure in dancing will loosen it, or
If it requires force, make a rush
through the crowd, and as soon as you
secure the diamonds hurry OFF,"
But the detectives; there will be a
number there, and do not know
them"
mo; a very good thing, as they do
not know you, either. Why, man alive.
do you think would ask you to con-
duct as careful and diplomatic piece
of business as this if / could go there?
Unfortunately, the detectives do know
me, and l would be pinched as SOON as
J. set foot in the ballroom. No; your
letter of introduction as the brother of
Lord Shafto Dugald will carry you for
ward on the top wave of prosperity"
DO you call making thief OF your
self prosperous? Oh, my God, is this
the goal to which my i'll regulated ma
ture has brought me? No! | will not
do it! Find some other hand to steal
the diamonds. / have too much re-
apect for Miss Chester to approach Der
with any such villainous designs. EN-
ploy some other criminal for your
scheme, King; will have nothing to do
with it,
mo? Then shall only have to sur
render you to the authorities as a
forger, for you forged my name to OBJ
tain that hundred dollars you drew
from the Green Street bank"
Forgery? I a forger? Why, King,
you told rue to write your name and
present the check and it would be hen
ored."
"Yes, my innocent youth, and you
copied my writing and impersonated
me-suflicient cause for the law to hrN e
hold on YOU"
81 thought you were my friend-I be-
lieved in YOU"
"0h, nonsense, Hon. Gerald Dugaid!
( You were stranded here for want of
money so WIS |. If you are innocent,
/ am not-and you will soon learn that
the innocent must suffer with The
guilty in this world. Who was it said
that nothing sustained one in time OF
trouble like the blessed sense of guilt?
Well, quite agree with him."
stop your abominable philosophiz-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
JAPAN'S NEW MONOPOLY.
AL the World Must Now Go to Her fol
Camphor.

AL the World Must Now Go to Her for
Camphor.
One of the unconsidered trihes that
the mikado has picked up as the result
of the Chinese war is the monopoly of
camphor. That drug is produced only
in Japan and Formosa, and, though a
variety known as Borneo camphor is
obtained from Borneo and Sumatra,
it cannot compete with the product of
the evergreen laurel of the eastern
Asiatic islands. Inasmuch as camphor,
apart from its many and varied thera-
peutic uses, is an essential ingredient
in the composition of nearly all the
new explosives, the demand for it is
very large.
The japanese are well aware of the
valuable monopoly they have blum
dered upon rather than sought, and
have already begun to limit the export
by imposing duties. AS natural con-
sequence the price of the drug has risen
rapidly since the war came to an end,
and bids fair to rise higher. Happily
the commercial instinct of the Japan
csc statesmen is as sound as their po-
litical instinct, and they are not likely
to abuse the monopoly they have ac-
quircd by forcing the price up to pro-
hibitive rates.
The chief concern of the japanese
government will for some time to come
be the finding of money to pay for the
ships and munitions of war which will
secure the mikado in the possession Of
the spoils he has already won. Prop
erly handled and wisely administered
camphor should prove valuable source
of revenue and contribute handsome
quota toward the cost of the military
preparations which pertain to The
peace of the dragon kingdom.-Indiar
Agriculturist.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
How Og Survived the Flood.

There are no books in the world that
are equal to the two Talmuds as far
as outlandish stories of fiction and pre-
posterous superstition and tradition
are concerned. According to the
Talmudic writer's, the early giants,
those which lived before the food, and
which were giants indeed, as compared
with the so-called colossal specimens
of the human family which lived just
before the deluge, were the children of
angels and the daughters of men, con-
corning whom there is an account
given in Genesis. Og was the hero of
the Talmudic romancers. They saw
that he was over six miles in height,
and that he drank water from the
clouds and toasted fish by holding
them near the blazing rays of the SUM-"
0g was contemporary of Noah, and
often visited the old gentleman while
the latter was engaged in the famous
ark building experiment. Finally
the giant incurred Noah's displeasure,
and the upshot of the whole affair was
that when the ark slipped her moor
ings after the flood had been raging
several days the man of great stature
was fatty refused berth.-Chicagc
Chronicle,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
WIT AND WISDOM.

-Nell--"Mr. Sophtsope said was a
perfect picture" Believes; he
asked me where you bought your col.
or."-Philadelphia Record.
II thought marrying him would
make different man of him, she
sighed. And" 1T made an indif-
terent man of m."-Indianapolis
Journal.
Doctor - "You have something
wrong with your digestive organs"
Patient--"Well, considering my three
daughters are learning to cook, it is
hardly to be wondered att Fliegendc
Batter.
Shelf don't believe that Charley
is a firt. Why, he told me last night
that, in all his life, he had never kissed
a girl once" He-"I don't doubt it. To
Kiss a girl once wouldn't be Charley's
style at all."-Chicago Tribune.
Shelf was afraid you were going
to kiss me then, you pursed up your
lips So" He-"Oh, no; wouldn't dare
do that. Imerely had some sand in my
mouth" She-"Don't take it out. 1t
may get into your system."- High
School World.
"A man is one whose body has been
trained to be the ready servant of his
mind; whose passions are trained to be
the servants of his will; who enjoys the
beautiful, loves truth, hates wrong,
loves to do good, and respects others as
himsclf.-Anon.
-Buzby-"Didn't Virgins forget his
| lines at the amateur theatrical last
EVENING"" Baxter--"No; he only got
them mixed up little. Instead of say.
ing; L hear the tramp of approaching
footsteps he said; 4 hear the footsteps
of approaching tramps. "-Tit-Bits.
Simple words, short maxims, home.
ly truths, old sayings, are the masters
of the world. Great rcformations
great revolutions in society, great eras
in human progress and improvement
start from good words, right words
sound words, spoken in the fitting time
and finding their way to human hearts
us easily as the birds find their homes
| IN Mornb
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
WANT The TOOLS UNUSED.
Railroads Invest Fortunes In Saws, Ham
mers and Axes.

Railroads Invest Fortunes In Saws, Ham
mers and Axes.
Not many people are acquainted with
the fact that the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company and the Pennsylvania
company together are the owners of a
vast tool equipment which is entirely
useless so far as its owners are con-
cerned, and what is stranger still Is
the fact that they never desire to see
the tools in use and are hoping that
they will remain unused forever. The
equipment consists of $500 saws, $500
sledge hammers and $500 axes, all new
and in first-class condition. While
what has been said above concerning
this apparently useless equipment
may sound rather strange, it can be
best explained by the simple statement
that the tools are for emergency pur-
poses only, and are kept for the use Of
trainmen or passengers who may be
called upon to act in the capacity of
rescucrs in case of a catastrophe. This
is why the companies don't want the
tools to be used. and it explains the
necessity for having so much useless
tool equipment. When the manu-
facturers of cars are making contracts
with any railroad company they are
supposed to figure the cost of such
equipment in with the cost of manu-
featuring the cars.
All the coaches on the first-class
lines, as well as most of the second
class lines of the country, have saw,
hammer and ak and sometimes long
steel bar inclosed in glass case, ready
for immediate use in case of accident
A leather bucket is also provided fol
each car, which may be seen hanging
up in a corner where it can be reached
without delay. 1t was the use of these
buckets that saved the life of the Pitts.
burgh g. Lake Erie baggage master
who was pinioned under the wreck OF
the flyer at Wampum recently. The
flames from the burning debris were
creeping gradually toward the injured
man when the other trainmen and some
of the passengers quenched the fire
with water carried in the leather
buckets.
The tool equipment in coaches of the
Pennsylvania railroad lines represent!
a large outlay of money, Including
the cost of the case, the outfit of sin
gle coach costs not less than three dol
lars, ind as there are about 2,50l
coaches on the entire system, it can b.
easily calculatedthat the total expens'
amounts to more that $7,500.-Pitts
| burph Post
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

There are $4,000 schoolmasters in,
Germany whose salaries fall below 5000
per annum.
Emperor Francis Joseph has grant
ed permission to women to study medi-
cine in the universities of Hungary.
Minneapolis has a Woman's I'm
provement league, whose object is
identifying and improving the city.
The school children have been enlisted
in its interest, their Office being TO plant
flowers and to exterminate the unsight-
ly thistle.
The American Baptist Telugu mis-
sion in India records 1871 baptisms DUR
ing the past year. There is now men,
hership of 53,5O2, with s,04s Christian
pupils in the schools, and 54,056 in the
Sunday schools; 1904 patients were
treated through the medical depart
ment in one year.
-SiXty-seven American women have
been granted permission to attend the
winter lectures of the Berlin university.
This is matter for remark since the
German professors have been opposed
to the attendance of women at the lee
lures, but when the minister of educa-
ton gives the privilege, as in this case,
the women may go.
Rev. DR.. j. M. Buckley, editor of
the Christian Advocate and one of the
best known men in the Methodist
church, while in indianapolis recently
visited Methodist church whose pas
tor did not recognize him. The pastor
suspected from his appearance that he
was minister, aid asked him to
preach. He understood him to say that
his name was Butler, and the editor
was introduced as Brother Butler, a
stranger from New York"
OF the A state governors in the
American union, 80 are avowed believ-
ers in religion, 20 are protested Chris
tians and vast majority are contrib.
utors to the expenses of carrying on
religious work. Ten are Presbyterians
five Congregationalists, five Episcopal
ians, four Methodists, three Unitarians
one Baptist and one Christian, and IL
are not connected with any church
The most conspicuous of the Methodist
governors are Mckinley and Hastings
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
Exercise Recommended.

The woman who allows herself to
grow stiff and stout, who permits her
shoulders to stoop, her chest to sink in,
or her abdomen to protrude, should not
try to make nature responsible. Ther.
is only one explanation for these ply.
steal defects, which are not the result O!
what the good people of former times
would have called "providential dispen
sations." That explanation is laziness
Any woman who will take the troublt.
10 exercise need never depart from thi,
state of supple grace for which every
woman longs. The city simply swarms
with gymnasiums and gymnasium in
structors, all anxious to help the can.
lidate for physical hohors to attain her
laudable ambition.-St. Louis Republic.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
M THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

--"That cat made an awful noise in
the back garden, last night" "Yes,
father; | suppose since he ate the ca
nary he thinks he can sing. n-Tid-Bits.
"A mass of cells weighing 400 pounds
clogged the water wheel which runs
the electric light plant ut Riverhead, L.
T., recently, and the town was in dark
ness for several hours.
"A telegraphic indicator for steam
ships, the apparatus being provided
with bell indicators on the bridge for
sounding an alarm if the engineer fails
TO follow the captains directions, has
been invented.
-Transparencies for advertising p,ir-
poses, carried along the streets, which
have lately attracted attention in
Broadway at night, are provided with
an electrical apparatus and electric
lamps of different colors, which are
lighted up alternately.
-Threshing grain by electric trans
mission of power is at present being
carried on with very satisfactory re-
suits Mt Mjolby, in Sweden. The cleo
Lricity is conveyed considerable dis
lance from the main cable to motor
in the immediate vicinity of the thresh-
er-Electrical Age.
-Glucinum or beryllium, the metal
found in beryl and emerald, is ceasing
to be chemical rarity, and promises
to come into practical use before long.
II is lighter and stronger than alum
mum, but its chief value lies in it's cleo
trical conductivity being as high as
that of silver. Its value now is $17,S3
a pound.
DIR. Saunders, an eminent special
list and member of the health board OF
London, is a great believer in the value
Of electric light. He claims that cleo
tricity is a great moral power; that
it protects humanity better than the
philanthropist, and, by purifying the
workshops and the factories, the san.
itary laws are carried out with much
less friction.
For some time past an arc light
globe in Monument square, New Bruins
wick, N. j., has been in disuse, and d
lineman went to repair it, When he
got up to remove the globe he was at
tackled by swarm of bees that hat
taken possession of the globe as hive
and was severely stung before he coult
escape. When the bees were smoked
out the globe was found to be more
than half full of excellent honey.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24

"Are you the warden of this hers
jail?" he inquired, as he leaned on the
stick over which he had carried his
bundle
II am,' was the reply.
"Well, how's the ventilation"
"Why-good, of course"
can the food?"
"Same as usual"
ANY elevators yet?'
"Of course not"
slot an col water in the rooms?"
Not bit"
"Well, they's time yet. Hustle 'roun'
an git things in shape. Ye know Nv,
been n regular boarder with We fun
many winters, but yell have ter gii
in err few modern improvements, e,
I'm goin' ter transfer me CUSTOM
Washington Star.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24

Yill, but having no money to advance
his claims, had withdrawn from the
case. Evelyn had heard of him as o
spendthrift younger son of a noble fam
lily to whom her aunt by marriage was
allied. and had made no effort to look
into the justice of the claim. She had
money and to spare, and really cared
little for the value of the diamonds, re-
garding them, however, as hers by the
terms of her aunt's will. 1t was bur-
den to wear them and to care for them.
and she disliked the attention they at
tracted. She also disliked being the OBJ
jcct of much watcLful care from men
who were sent to public places to guard
such property, and who mingled with
the crowd in evening dress, and could
not be distinguished from the guests
themselves.
When the evening was at its height,
one of the masters of ceremony APP
preached Evelyn with gentleman
whom he asked permission ointroduce.
She was disengaged for the moment
and accorded him gracious smile and
word or two, and then excused herself
for dance, first finding place for him
on her programme. 1t was when she
was whirling with him in waltz that
she looked at him closely and said:
"You are good waltzer; you are ac-
customed to scenes like thisW
Eyes; but not to women like YOU"
1t was q bold speech, but did not
seem to offend her, as she instantly re-
torted:
Nor am accustomed to men like
YOU"
He looked at her keenly, but saw only
goodness in her kind eyes.
II am only boy" he said in a
panied tone; 81 fear sometimes shall
never be a mani"
She did not pursne that train OF
thought They ceased dancing and
walked in the conservatory. There
Miss Chester asked him:
"Are you mason"
"No; am nothing"
"No woman can be a mason, hut we
can skirmish on the edges-make our
selves serviceable in such affairs as
these. But they have some maxims
that are very helpful, like the old
Oriental literature. Such as this:
eve will meet upon the level
| And part upon the square"
"Is not that good motto for any
life-yours OF mine, for instance?'
"What do you mean, Miss Chester?'