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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-08-31

Upper or lower set of Teeth "a IS
Plates refined Gust as good
as new, and perhaps bet
teri S1.50and $50
Plates repaired 75c and 100
Gold or white crowns 400
Bridge work (per TOOTH 400
Gold filings (and up) LOO
Amalgam filings rs and so
Gold-amalgam filings, 75c LOO
White filings rs
Extraction OF teeth with
the best local anaeSthetic rs
Your health can not be main
tanned in its highest degree
without good teeth.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-08-31

THIS IS FARMER" e. w. CREWS
With of his five waiting show his well selected list
Improved Farms Timber Tracts and Town Properties farm
sell Real Estate grub feed and haul
Free provided buy of Oldest County and do
largest business ask the other fellow assertion is
Citizens phone No. 642 address Lawrence
burg D. No. still better visit the Big Spring
Farm head of Crowson Creek Yours for Business
"F,ARMER" e. w. CREWS.
Write me for new Illustrated booklet and list
No Pleasure Tourists curiosity lockers wanted.
all Home Seekers Excursions at WAYNE. TENN,
&c! of a! WAYNE
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
Reviews. Of Books Recently
Issued by Publishers.
BY Edward r. Caf1ilI-

whom she has quarreled. that her in
FAINT son had been willed even before he
was born to her husbands brother:
The brother. thinking the wife had
murdered her husband, insists upon
carrying out the letter of the dead
mans testament. and for long years
the mother is denied the care Of her
child. She spends her years laboring
for the repeal OF the inhuman law.
The book. concludes with the con-
fession of the woman who was respon-
sible for the husbands death. recon
citations. and. incidentally the repeal
of the statute that had caused the wife
so much suffering.
There is plenty OF action in the book.
it's characters are well sustained. and
1T is readable and interesting. but a
little less emphasis OF the husbands
sins would not have weakened the
story in the least.
GA Modern Madonna" The Century
Company. New York. $3.50.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
THE MAGAZINE AUcTIoNEER.

THE perncous activity of the printing press the easy
volumnous supply of good reading stuff and the great
prizes be the advertising making weary
time for the management OF the old-fashoned magazines
which dozen years ago seemed SO securely ntrenohed in the
disputed possession OF vastly profitable business Doubtless that
business still makes money judging from the volume of Advertising
but degree impaired the
teprse their aggressive literary wares
Tor ten which quality quite favoraby with those
Tor which price three times as large is asked
We observe of the od-fashoned
Is advertising selfconscous
contents has nothing controversial nothing about
politics crime graft nothing OF merely timely
obvious Of those inverted ee
timely article serves 10 promote the oa,etz Of e occasion; +
the expense the whom he would
overwhem with contempt Obviously the editorial
OF the older magazines considered quite respectable
timely"
The editorial OF muck aker
who everything that the respectable and fear
magazine editor would blister with heartfelt CALLED
editor vince He knows where hurts and he appears
willing exhibit the place
The muck rakers deal matter; they write
OF Potcs crime and graft they are timely Their law is that
which Horace laid down Nothing that is human foreign
to Our field We that Horace knew his business
the oentaou abnegaon OF the most poignant phases Of
interest IS merely silly. Get thee shelf
Somebody has said that the most interesting part the aea
zines the advertising section There something in that and
not the least entertaining part variety literature is the an
nouncements made by the publishers themselves
~ me advertising put out by one OF the best cheap
zines these thoughts that breathe applied to
an article Of commerce described inspiring" thus
heart @ s this @ id % To % @ @ % @ & 2 mp fneas an % sd mind 5 and
great SB"S 1obs Sh and H9GI g d DF6sR0n @
No auctioneer could seized carried and en-
thraed The Black Maria could do ten
cents. Get it any stand.
Another OF these literary auconeer grows confidential or
least would like you think giving away the tricks of the
trade, like this:
those P 9 y a1d tried 4st s 0 ghost yes Would did
wills avhih
of
things beyond imagination ~ " W mere
Having read far the inquirer would hastily
conclude that the auconeer had hired ghost
TO write for his magazine and that where the inquirer
fooled The auconeer simply and the gross language
street pulling his leg 1t designed provoke him into
reading something about Jack London, follows,
Jack London has lived strange life among women whose
in the
thirst vocabulary simply
ejaculation
To the real artist, and London of
vulgar uumpetng be rather trying To your
cations cataogued from the house tops by
calculated to add to the voerous vocabulary
Who said the magazines dull?
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

EDWARD B. LENT is the natural
IL and legitimate successor of the
once famous 'Danbury News
Man." whose humor had such
wide vogue in the American press OF
the eighties In Cupid Middleman."
his latest book. Mr. Lent exploits an
unfailing supply of this variety OF
humor which is mostly concerned with
the natural cussedness of inanimate
things. The perils of the safety razor
the trials and tribulations that attend
the wearing of an unaccustomed swal-
low tailed coat and other domestic and
social perplexities are all set forth
with a light hand and with profuse de-
tail.
There is a great deal more than
humor in the book. There is tender
sentiment and pretty little romance
that carries the reader along pleas
ant way.
An example of Mr. Lent's idea OF
high finance is found in the following
description:
when he read the formal advertise
ment Of great industrial monopoly
declaring a dividend OF few per cent
per annum basis on lake Of water
owned by outsiders he thought OF
the beautifully worded contracts made
between the officers Of the concern, the
insiders and their dummies, In the
dozen or so parasitic companies whose
stock was nearly all in their own
hands. and paid from 20 to 40 and even
100 per cent on the investment OF un-
advertised dividends. He thought or
this and hundreds of other forms OF
legalized theft practiced by these men
of church standing, who made II
point never to engage in petit larceny
They preferred to steal millions and
keep on the safe side. They divided
up the 'swag' in the office OF the
American transportation and Terminal
Company, organized solely for that re-
spectacle purpose. 1t had a fine name
but the Bowery thieves would recog-
nize it as a fence John Macdonald
used to say: A corporation is not
known by the companies it keeps.
1t may be that in the foregoing pass
age Mr.. Lent has touched his highest
power of humor. for he is describing
an honest corporation lawyer.
(..Cupid Middleman," Capples & Leon,
New York. s1.5O.)
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
Mexico Needs Wheat
H1HE conclusion of the wheat har.

"HE conclusion of the wheat har-
vest in Mexico shows that the
crop is far short of expectations.
says the Mexican Investor which
states that it VIII be necessary to again
remove the duty on American wheat
so that the cereal can be imported in
sufficient quantities to supply the Mex
lean mills. The duty on American
wheat was removed at the beginning of
this year and was replaced in July. 1t
is said that the Mexican crop Will be
able to supply the Mexican mills only
until November The importation of
American wheat dtring the fiscal year
ended June 80 last was heavier than
for many years previous. The wheat
brought into Mexico in the twelve
months had a value of more than
100000 gold. The corn crop of Mex
leo will also fall short of expectations
this year, and a big importation of
American corn is certain. American
corn to the value of about $1,000, 900
gold was imported in the last fiscal
year.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
New American Romance.

The historical romance may be YER
done. but it is just as well that Rich
ard T. Wiley didn't think so when he
wrote "Sim Green" Mr.. wiley's story
is founded on the whisky insurrection'
in Western PennsyIvania, toward the
close of the eighteenth century The
determined opposition OF the people OF
that then wilderness to the excise Law
OF the young republic, their sturdy
character and romantic SURROUNDINGS.
furnish Mr.. Wiley with a theme OF
which he makes the most. Thoroughly
familiar with the country and It's ira
ditions. having intimate acquaintance
with the descendants Of those whom he
describes in his book, being in COM
plete sympathy with and thoroughly
understanding the position Of the piO-
neers who themselves wronged by
the excise law. which unquestionably
worked them great hardship. Mr.. Wiley
presents a clear picture OF their Hfe
their work. their faith and their aspi-
rations. One can almost see the old
time camp meeting exhorter eIsctrify-
ing the thousands gathered beneath the
trees to hear him:
You are hanging over a pretty pit
suspended as it were by single hair.
The sulphurOus flames are leapinG up
already scOrehing your shoes. and t4eir
fumes are on your garments. Only one
can save you from the fire of this
dreadful pit. and His arm is now Olst-
stretched. Grasp II ere it be eternallv
too late. Cling to it. looking with the
eye of faith upon Him who holds o1t
the hand which alone can snatch from
the awful burning,
One can see the effect of the words
upon the simple people. Some were
weeping and wailing, some were cry
ing for mercy, and many were calling
for the rocks and hills to fall on them
and hide them from the face of the
Judge.
When the people assemble to resist
the excise law, believing that the same
principles had been violated as were
involved when the Colonies had sep
arated from the mother country. one
can almost hear the calm words OF
the foremost speaker for peace. who
traced the difference between the
case of the people of the western coun-
ties and the cause az the American
Revolution. No principle had been vio-
lated in the present case; the West
had been represented in making the
law" And then the folly OF their
rebellion was pointed out to them.
The story is picture OF pioneer life
in Western Pennsylvania. buc~it is
more. for 1T shows pioneer life &c its
best. headstrong and shortsfghted
sometimes. perhaps. but manly and
forceful always. Incidentally. IL en-
phasizes chapter OF American history
that has been given little attention,
an insurrection which assumed all the
dignities of armed rebellion. and which
for time even threatened thu re-
public with civil war.
("Sim Green" Story OF the Great
whisky Insurrection. The John c.
winston Company. Philadelphia Price,
s1.25)
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
Yiiddish Tales in English.

The stories OF the Yiddish writer.
Isaac Loeb Perez. have been translated
by Helena Frank. and are published
under the title. Stories and Pictures"
And stories and pictures they are. pre-
senting vividly the life OF the common
people of the Jewish colonies OF East
ern Europe. The misery that Is theirs.
Perez sees and feels and portrays fear
lessly; the conditions responsible for
their sorrow he hates and combats. Bsyt
he rises above the plane OF mere crtr4c
and sees the brighter side Of even tAs
social order that makes beasts OF men.
Throughout his stories is sounded the
note Of reform that is to be-
I'VE want" says Perez. ito pull nm
the weeds by the roots, to cut down the
briars. to burn the tares and to sow
the pure grain OF human ideas, human
feelings and knowledge"
In the sketches contained in "storieS
and Pictures" Perez has lived faitbf,l
to his ideal.
Each tale. however miserable the
conditions described has it's upliftinr
moral that makes for good. In this.
Perez rises high above other writers
who have pictured the lot of the lowIv
of Eastern Europe. and whose writings
during the last few years have found
English translators.
Perez's writings deal with Russo
Jewish life. and the objection has been
raised that they are too intensely lew
ish for Gentle readers But the inner
world of Jewish life which Perez has
revealed so well is profitable worId to
explore. and no reader can turn the
last page of Stories and Pictures
without feeling himself the gamer from
having had them placed wItAan his
reach a
(~Stories and Pictures The Jewish
Publication Society Of America, PhiIa-
delphia- s1.5o.)
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
Direct Primaries Question as
Discussed by State Press.

In the direct primary the people will
get their relief from bossism and po-
litical corruption Under the present
system the party machinery is bound to
be manipulated by those who have
great selfish interests at stake.-Pasa-
dena News.
The direct primary plan is in line
with the general purpose of the Demo-
cratic party to bring government as
close as possible to the people. That
some such plan is needed is evident
from the fact that some Republican
newspapers, disgusted at the facility
with which the bosses manipulate af-
fairs under the present system. are de-
prominent among such newspapers is
The San Francisco Call, which, since it's
recent reorganization, has become ed
itorially the ablest daily in San Fran
cisco.-Stockton Mall
The most striking plank of the Cali
fornia Republican platform-certainly
the one that will occasion the most dis
cussion-is embodied in the single SEN
tence, I'VE favor the passage by the
Legislature of a direct primary election
law providing for the nomination of all
public officers by the people at pri-
mary elections" The San
Francisco Call. in a striking ar
ticle published nearly fortnight
before the late convention at
Santa Cruz took the ground
that one of the main causes of the
present unsatisfactory conduct of af-
fairs politicsl in California is the
trading delegation" and that the lat
ter would not be eliminated, no matter
how scrupulously voters attend to their
civic duties, under the present system.
San Diego Union.
The demand of the times is that the
select the candidates for whom they
vote. 1t will be an effective method
of cleaning up the political atmos-
phere and doing away with some of
the rotten boss methods of present
day politics.-ventura Free Press.
AS practical as well as beneficial
political rule of procedure the direct
primary is based upon sound and hon
est principles. That it is needed in
California in curtailing il not sup
pressing the power of the political
boss has been clearly demonstrated by
the results of the primary election held
in San Francisco week or so ago, and
the more recent county convention
held in Los Angeles few days ago.
AS is pointed out by The San Fran
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

ache-I only learned the following day
that he was rich enough to have ap-
pendicitis-Die Muskete-
A young man of SS summers. whose
hair is still brown. met the other day
friend much younger, but whose hair
is quite white.
What is the reason" said the lat
ter, that you do not grow gray?"
Oh replied the first, that is easily
explained. I have the gray matter on
my brain, inside!'-Syracuse Post
Standard.
IT wish the winter would be so mild
that 1 wouldn't have to wear my heavy
overcoat."
What's the objection to wearing it?"
I'll have to move"
'.why?"
7 can't get in or out of our fiat with
it cleveland Plain Dealer.
What was the most interesting ruin
that you saw abroad?''
Well" answered Mr.. Cumrox, the
ruin that most interested me was a
years income, totally demolished. -
Washington Star.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
Crop That Is Worth
$l5,400 Per Acre.

crop that will produce $15.400 to
the acre has been discovered in Brazil,
according to a report to the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor from
United States Consul General George
e. Anderson at Rio de Janeiro. 1t
is the Brazilian linen. and several ex-
perimental plantations are making an
effort TO put it into practical use.
According to the Consul Generals re-
port the plant grows twelve to eight
cen feet high and somewhat resembles
hemp. 1t natures so rapidly that a
field will produce three crops a year.
The fiber has strength. firmness hexi-
bility and adaptability for bleaching
and dyeing.
1t may reyolutionize the linen indus
try of the world and become an i'm
portant competitor of cotton An acre
Will produce seventy-seven tons and
the product includes not only the vari-
Gus grades of fiber for fine or coarse
linen, but stems and roots can be used
for making paper.
The suggestion is made that the Ag-
ricultural Department should investi-
gate this wonderful plant and see if
it can be produced in the portions Of
the United States that are free from
frost. The plant is said to be "abso-
lutely hardy, resisting alike the dry
or rainy season; bearing equally well
on dry or wet soil, and not prey to
insects or mildew"-Pendleton East
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
In the Joke World.

See here. please. In this article of
yours you have perpetrated joke that
reflects unpleasantly on the character
of well-known citizen. Do you think
it's in good taste?''
"Oh, it's all right The man won't
sue anybody-he's dead"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Did you know" asked Mrs. Oldcas-
tie, that Mr.. Miiiigan was ambidex-
trous?"
NO" replied her hostess, as she
flung her pearl-studded dog collar on
the center table; ARE you sure about
it? I'm almost sure I'm seen him
drinkin' punch at the Rockingham re-
ception. Chicago Record Herald.
Mrs. Knicker-Do you favor Govern
ment inspectors for beef?
Mrs Bocker-I do; there should be
one in every kitchen to prevent the
cook from giving the steak to the po-
liceman.-W Washington Star.
Did you ever meke mistake, doc
tor?v
Yes; once ] was called in by a pa
tient and diagnosed his case as stomach
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
Bryan a Novels Hero. |

In THE Leader" Mary Dillon takes
astonishing liberties with recent polit-
icaI history-and incidentally with the
domestic relations of some of the fore
most political leaders of the country
and writes a readable book which
would be more interesting had The
Honorable Peter Stirling" never APP
peared Her hero. John Dalton. "a man
of the people and a born leader''-eas-
lily recognizable as a born leader who
has twice as Presidential candidate led
his party to smashing defeat-sees the
heroine for the first time.
"The Leader" is a love story as well
as political-when a green country
boy on his way to college. She is of
the aristocracy, a little girl of u
driving two Shetland ponies tandem,
and he takes occasion to reprove her
for boxing the ponies ears. Four
years later, having graduated and
tramping his way to college he meets
her again, driving small Indian
horses" this time, bright bay in color"
There are recognitions. and a promise
on Dalton's part to return to her
again when he shall have made his
fortune and become President Of the
United States.
So much for the prologue. The story
opens sixteen years later. on the eve OF
a great national convention. Dalton
has done astonishing things in those
sixteen years. became a man OF wealth
and affairs and been defeated in two
is in the hands OF the machine, but
Dalton is there. and while failing to Sc
cure his own nomination, does succeed
in forcing his antitrust plank into the
party platform. The little girl OF the
shetland ponies. grown into a beauti-
hair'-most ready-made heroines have
had golden red hair" ever since Wilkie
Collins Miss Guilt trapped the two
becomes an interested
spectator OF the political drama In
which Dalton takes the leading part.
The fight before the convention, in
which Dalton goes down in defeat. as
seen through the heroines eyes. is
we'll described, and to 1t is devoted the
best chapters of the book After the
convention, although Dalton has failed
of the Presidency. he does manage to
overcome the scruples of the aristo-
cratic brother. who does not care to see
his sister wed one OF ''the common peo-
ple," even though he be a leader. and
the marriage follows as a matter of
course
The boldness with which the author
weaves story about some of the best
known politicians of the country is
the books great weakness. At times
the situations become grotesque-just
the thing that Mary Dillon labors to
prevent One cannot but wonder after
an account of Dalton's admirable love-
making what Mrs. William Jennings
Bryan will say when she reads it. Per-
haps fifty years hence. il any one
chances to run across the book-a most
unlikely possibility-he will read it
with less understanding and more in
terest than will the present genera
tion.
.'The Leader" Doubleday. Page & Co.,
New York; $1.5o)
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
NOTE AND COMMENT.

New York society insists that her dog good
she. The dogs side of the has been heard
Can be that the Carnegie hero commission is entirely
overlooking the claims of patrons of the United Railroads?
When policeman dark San Francisco
street whistle loud and long and maybe footpad come to
your rescue.
New Jersey doctor stand trial dosing his late wife
with ground glass He should have agencies recognized
by the profession a ethical
If there IS anything suggestion the Ruef should
be called to the prominent finding himself
inmbered with million of easy appropriated ship
sailed for parts undesgnated
hat arch enemy OF the putocacy Willie Hearst prosecuting
severe not to say simple campaign in New York His
accomplished with the aid private In
anticipation OF the simple vae declining
cation with that other premier champion OF the workngmen,
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
Mother Love Against Law.

Mrs. Caroline Abbott Stanley finds
in an old District of Columbia statute
repealed ten years back. which per-
mitted a father to will his children
away from their mother, the founda-
tion of her story. "A Modern Madonna .
An unhappily married woman finds on
the tragic death of her husband. with
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

Townsend's Cal. glace fruits and cam
dies at Emporium, Post and Van Ness
and 1903 and 1920 Valencia street.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

be that the Carnegie hero medal commission is entirely
the claims of patrons of the United Railroads.?
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

When you meet policeman dark and lonely San F
treet whistle loud and long and maybe footpad will
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

New York society insists dog as good az
She The dogs side of the has been heard.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

an Comn,,nicasIons THE SAN FRANoTsco CALL.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-28
ORDINANCE Held UP a While
Lincoln Traction Company Secures
Injunction Against City to Pre-
vent Enforcing new Law.


The Lincoln Traction company has Sc
cured a temporary Injunction in the United
States circuit court restraining the city Of
Lincoln from enforcing the ordinance re-
ducing the street railway fares which was
passed by the city council. The temporary
Injunction has been granted and the hearing
has been set for the first day OF the APP
preaching term OF the federal courts, May Z.
The ordinance in question was passed
April 16 and. among other things, 1t pro-
vides for a single fare OF cents, but that
the company shall sell six street car tickets
for IS cents; also that the company shall
sprinkle and sweep all streets on which its
tracks are laid: to light each street corner
on streets where It's tracks. run; erect iron
poles on all paved street: equip its cars
with power brakes, pay tax Of 81 on each
pole erected to provide enough street cars
day and night so that the cars shall not be
crowded.
The traction company in it's petition states
that 70 do all these things would involve a
cost Of about $4,000 at the outset and that
the cost OF maintenance would be about
$4,000. The petition further states that the
object of passing this ordinance reducing
fares and directing other improvements is
TO depreciate the value of the property OF
the railway company in order that the
stockholders may be compelled 70 cell their
stock at a sacrifice; and further that the
passage Of the ordinance is in violation Of
the fourteenth article of the constitution OF
the United States.