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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
CAUGHT IN HIS
OWN TRAP
BY UNA HUDSON
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

'By Jove!" Mr.. Roger Belknap said,
admiringly. HE is beauty, and no
mistake"
Right you are" said the dogs own
er, heartily. Hes taken prizes in
three dog shows. wouldn't think of
selling him if it wasn't that am so
blamed hard up"
81 want him all right" said Mr.. Belk-
nap. But you see it's this way-my
wife doesn't like dogs; won't have one
about the place."
But dog like that" urged the
dogs owner. Look at his eyes! He's
intelligent, that dog is, and gentle and
obedent. What more can a woman ask
in dog? Why, your wife will love him
like a child before you've had him q
week."
well, perhaps" said Mr.. Belknap
But he said ii doubtfully. Mr.. Belknar
knew his Martha.
"Tell You what" suggested the othe,
man, you take him home with you
tonight, and If you can't persuade your
wife to let you keep him why bring
him back tomorrow"
Mr.. Belknap agreed, and some two
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
THOSE MI Sly BLUE EYES.

She sold me book, and do not know why
She sold me book had sworn not to buy;
l declared up and down would not even
But l broke my resolve and she sold me her
book.
she was such sweet lass-so unwilling
and shy,
With wealth of dark hair and a fetching
blue eye,
And frowned upon her with threatening
look,
But she paid me no heed-only took out her
book.
had sworn not to look, bat she told me
tale
OF mother bedridden, so worn and so
frail,
And of sisters and brothers. so young to
be fed,
And herself all alone, for dear father was
dead.
Quite unified she was for the winning of
bread
Father had been so good, but dear father
was dead.
And the fortune they'd cause to believe
had been his,
Well-a rascally partner; you know how
it is.
So the bread must be won, and the rest
were so young,
With the mother bedridden-some lesion OF
lung
But of course, If l chose, she would never
insist
And her eyes shone with tears like two
stars through mist.
80 she sold me the book, and the reason is
plain;
She would sell me another if she came
again;
But they tell me dear father is hearty and
hale,
Content to be dead for the sake of SALE
And the bedridden mother, so feeble and
slight
AS she said, is bedridden-but only at night
And there are younger children, all crying
for bread,
But all she knows of them is what she has
read.
So she sold me and sold me her book-it i.
we'll,
But here, all alone, for my life can't tel
If it was her sad story / could not resist,
Or her eyes that shone wet like two starr
through a mist.
j. w. Foley, in N. Y. Times.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

dents in an informal and intimate con-
ference, where essays are read and the
work discussed in many-sided way.
A student at Oxford by no manner of
means is allowed the freedom the Amer
lean college man" has. Every morning
the Oxford collegian is reused by a
scout" that he may be in time to keep
chapel or ROLLER" roll-calD and be
it known that person must keep a
specified number term in order to re-
ceive official credit of having resided"
that term. If he chooses chapel he must
be in his seat before the bell has ceased
ringing; if he chooses roll-call he must
affix his name to piece of paper before
a bell has ceased to ring. He is now pre-
sumably up" ready for the days work.
In about an hour breakfast arrives,
served la carte in the students sitting
room. He may partake in solitary state,
or, as usually happens, breakfast with
a classmate or group of fellows Invita-
lions to breakfast are common cour-
tesies and the hour after the matin
meal often devoted to social interchange
and a social pipe. From ten to one
books and lectures.
The afternoon the Oxonian spends
out of doors-for that is what the Eng
lishman considers afternoon is made
for. Rowing, walking, hockey, cricket,
tennis, polo-any number of sports out
of doors, and then another social hour,
over afternoon tea, manly function"
| at Oxford. Dinner takes place lin
| hail." an old-tinle building where old
time customs obtain. In the evening a
man studies or seeks diversion, as it
may happen. If he desires to go out OF
college he must leave before nine
o'clock; if he stays out later than nine
he Is fined; If he stays out later than 12
It is very dreadful offense, for which
he may be sent down" Wherefore a
trip to London, two hours away, and a
theater party there, is quite out of the
question.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
PUBLISHED TwICE.A.wEHK.
Mans Eyes Doomed.

Universal blindness is 20 be humani-
TVS tribute to electricity--the monster
which mans genius has unclaimed.
Possibly in this twentieth century,
with mock glory styled the age Of
electricity-human eyesight will flicker
out under the influence OF the gigantic
fluid 1t has found, too powerful for
mans delicate physical organism. This
is the theory expressed by DR.. H. Pres
ton Pratt, X-ray and therapeutic ex-
pert, who is said to be the pioneer OF
X-ray therapeutics in the west, was
the specialist on the stand. Eye spe-
cialists have been the first to discover
the corroding effects of the electrical
currents being generated by millions Of
dynamos In every corner of the civil
lied globe, explained the witness. Day
or night we are never free from Its in
fluence, he said. The more sensitive
the persons organism, the quicker AMI
easier will he or she be to fe0 the cleo
trical effects. The eyes, the most deli
cate portion of the human body will
suffer first. DR.. Pratt cited the in
creasing prevalence of failing eyesight.
Later will come a gradual sensitizing
and burning of the hands, and the ply
stefan exhibited his own with the
scars just healing from burns in
duced by passing dynamo. The
wavering Of the incandescent globe.
the sputtering brightness of the arc
light, the glazing white of the vacuum
tube were specified as the agencies
which already have made the Ameri-
cans Specialized and blinking ma
ton The shock from a telephone
battery, the spark of Jumped" troll
ley pole, the snap and crackle of the
(, power station dynamo and moter were
cited as stronger but less ever-presen:
contributors to the same effect. Deli
cate persons in this age are being con-
stantly affected by electrical currents,
said DR.. Pratt. Almost any person
feels the current pass through his body
when riding on a street car and tho
trolley comes off. 1t is not so much a
shock from the light alone but from its
accompanying current. These appar-
emily trivial electrical disturbances
the use of electric lights and it's pres
ence in hundreds of other forms, is tbs
cause of so much trouble to the eyes
Eventually the human race will BIZ
blind from the increasing strength and
influence of electricity. Sight will be
the first of our faculties to vanish"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

hours later approached his home in
fear and trembling, for with him went
the dog.
At the corner Mr.. Belknap paused.
"This," he decided, "is an occasion call
Ing for tact and diplomacy"
He retraced his steps to the alley
and, after a careful reconnaissance, eff
fected an inconspicuous entrance by
way of the back gate. He left the dog
in the woodshed and went on up to the
house. Mrs. Belknap was in the
. kitchen, putting the finishing touches
to a most artistic strawberry short.
cake.
You're Just in time, my DEAR" she
said. 81 was so afraid you'd be late
We've asparagus pates tonight, and
they're so horrid if they stand min
ute after they're done. Mary. to the
maid-"you may serve dinner now"
She united her kitchen apron ant
passed into the dining room. Mr.
Belknap followed his wife.
How festive we are tonight" HI
said, as he took his place at the table
brave with flowers and an unwontet
abundance of bon-bons and sailed al
monds. "Is it somebody's birthday, OF
what"
"'Or what guess" laughed Mrs
Bslknap. IT'S for you. of course, 20,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
AN OXFORD STUDENT
A GLIMPSE OF COLLEGE LIFE
IN ENGLAND.
An American Students Impression Of
the Famous University--Culture
and Not Cramming = The
Air of Ease.

The first thing that strikes an Amer
lean student beginning study at this ia
nous university, is that everything is
SO awfully English. you know.
There is the hospitality, there is the
daily afternoon tea, and there is the
wine drinking. Also, what specially Inn
presses the American is the large ease,
the time enough-very different from
the strenuousness of many seats Of
learning.
We were not little interested in
reading a recent article on "Our Rhodes
Scholars at Oxford" and noting what
impression the air of ease had made on
one American student. This young gen.
tleman observes: "If man seeks for
mere book learning it would perhaps be
wiser for him to go to Chicago, Paris or
Heidelberg-where he can have his
wants served strictly la carte in mod
ern style-than to come to Oxford.
What Oxford has to give stuusnt is Of
nature quite different from What any
American, French or German university
can offer" And then the writer goes
on to tell us that the Oxford degrees does
not mean that so many dusty tones have
been digested, as that life of singular
suggestiveness, charm and potency has
been lived for at least three years
He mentions that not few of the
American Rhodes scholars have found
fault with conditions that allow man
to shirk If he has mind that way, and
grants that the man may shirk for a
reason, but sooner or later will have to
make up for lost time-that is, If he de-
sires to get degree of the sort to which
| any honor at all attaches.
The tutor system is considered a
| most excellent feature of Oxford life
A student beginning work of his final
school is assigned to tutor who con.
tinue3 his special guide and mento.
until his degree is received. The tutor
advises the student as TO the work he
ought to do, the lectures attend and
gives him a long list OF books; once q
week the tutor meets his group of stu.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
King Using Dumbbells

The king of Korea has taken to
dumbbell exercise since the Young
Mems Christian association introduced
American athletics into that far off
country. All the higher class young
men of Korea are interesting them
selves in handsprings, foot races and
performances on the horizontal bar
At Tientsin, China, a crowd of 5000
gathered at the recent athletic field
meet of the association. Japan is also
taking to American athletics. Every
college has it's baseball team. The
students of India. too, have adopted
football and other American and Eng.
lish games.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
WOULD BE KEPT ALIVE.
Man Wanted to Work Would Not Be
Incapacitated for Doing
the Same.

Samuel Gompers, the reelected chief OF
the American Federation of Labor, was
pointing out the good that unions had
done for workingmen.
"In France" he said, there are few
unions, and French bricklayer told ms
the other day that wages were, in con.
sequence, unreasonably low there.
"The bricklayer said with laugh that
. friend of his in Nice out of work,
bought on the Avenue de la Care a news
paper. He took the paper home to his
attic in the squalid Rue Felix, and his
wife, after turning to the advertisements,
said, eagerly:
THE very thing You must look into
this Marcel 1t says man is wanted
at the Palais de la Jetee, and he won't
be worked to death, and will be paid
enough to live on
"The man started.
"'Won't be worked to death% he NUT
tered.
Yes, said his wife; and paid enough
to live on
"He frowned.
"'Ha, he said. Some catch abou,
that"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
Gambling ON Golf.

A prominent member of an eastern
golf club states that the gambling
craze has taken hold of golfers and
threatens to injure the sport. 1t is
said that in the great golf clubs of the
country some of the wagers are very
high. The men at present are, the
chief offenders, but the women are
rapidly yielding to the craze. | know,
personally, at least score of women,
members of various clubs, who think
game Of golf quite uninteresting UNI
less they have bet on the side. Half
a dollar or dollar a game is very
common stake, but I have frequently
seen as much as $40 change hands on
the quiet between two women players.
There are scores of men OF a certain
class who vote the game SLOW unless
they play for five dollars hole-or,
for that matter, even 500 Sometimes
a game will cost a player as much as
$3.50. This, of course, is sum which
the golfer of moderate means cannot
afford to lose. Those who can afford
it, on the other hand, generally make
themselves obnoxious by refusing to
play for small sums. Further, they
are given to Dragging, not only about
their play, but about the sums they
play for, and the reputation of the
clubs to which these men belong suf-
fers in consequence in the minds OF
those they brag to. There is only one
way to put a stop to this latest gamb
ling nuisance, and that is for every
club to forbid betting on its course
and either to fine or dismiss any mem
Der violating this rule.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

A national educational congress Is
to be held in Mexico this year, at the
call of the government 1t will dis
cuss putting all the schools under fed
eral control. At present they are I'M
der the control of the various states,
in some of which they are poor and in
Others good. The little state of Jellis-
co. for instance, is one of the most adj
yanced in the world in its school laws.
In addition to compulsory free edu-
cation. the state pays the expenses of
university students too poor to attend
otherwise.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

An interesting relic on exhibition
in Broadway automobile store Is
the first horseless carriage made IN
America. Although only Ii years DID,
says a New York report, the vehicle
looks as clumsy as some of the first
locomotives. The motive power was
gasoline as at present, but tho pipes
used in the machine were ordinary
inch pipe of iron with heavy iron ell
bow joints connecting the different
lengths. The wheels have solid rubber
tires such as are now used on ligh'
buggies. Perhaps the most curious
thing of all about the machine is the
broad fiat leather belt, like those used
in a machine shop, to transmit the
power.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

Doan's Kidney Pills, with the results
that the kidney congestion disappeared.
and, with it, all the other symptoms
What is more, the cure has lasted for
eight years"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents bog.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
No Commercialism.

81 suppose" sighed the minor poet,
"that I'll have to sell this little gem of
thought to you for mere dollars"
mot at ALL" responded the editor,
reassuringly. I'm only going to give
you so cents for cleveland Leader
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

aching Of the limbs
and pain in the back
and kidneys. Severe
congestion of the kid
neys followed. Be-
sides the terrific ach-
ing there were whirl-
ing headaches, and I
became exceedingly
weak. My do c t or
could not help me,
and I turned In
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
Safe Dehance

Gov. Castro-And ow far eet ees zat
zose French guns carry re she'll?
The Aid-Not over five miles.
AHA! Zen weel defy-a zem ex.
actlee seek miles from Zee coast
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
A Snack.

Tom Ito friend with black eye)-
Hello, Charlie, what are you in mourn.
ing for, old pal?
Charlie--For my sins.
Tom-By Jove! / didn't know you'd
lost any.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
overshootine the Mark.

Mrs O'Brien-Phwat medicine did Mike
find the best?
Mrs. Riley-Divil know Oh know. He
took SO much av it he was sick for tin
days after he got well,-Boston Traveller
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

just about the time a man gets COM
fortably fixed in his favorite chair with
the evening newspaper, his wife thinks
of what some caller told her during the
day.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

1t would be much easier to do the
right thing if people were not generally
ready to take it for granted that you
wouldn't.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

The trouble about accommodating money
Is that just about the time man begins
to get somewhere near what he want;
be dies and is compelled to give it all up
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

Some very prominent financers have suf-
fered quite as much as humber folk from
getting into bad company
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
A COLD BROUGHT IT ON.
Severe Congestion of the Kidneys Soon
Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills.

Richard M. Pearce, prominent bust.
ness man of 2S1 So. Orange ST., Newark.
N. j., says: Working nights during
bad weather brought on a heavy cold.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

Many man who would scorn to &C
cept money is bribed with hattery and
doesn't know it.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17

II have here a model" said the In
ventor to the manufacturer, "of an ap.
pliance that is sure to have large sale
if it is put on the market"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-17
AS Soon as gprinr Comes

the need of Garfield Tea is keenly felt.
This wonderful herb medicine puri6es the
blood, cleanses the system, clears the cons
plexion and insures natural sHtiok OF
the liver, kidneys, stomach and Novels.
Good for young and old, at all seasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23

The Bags containing folding opera
glass. fan, mirror, &C., 40
marked s15. $40 and SIS SHZ
each. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Bags containing watch. the
dial of which can be 49,
seen from the outside. 81 Sdb
Marked price is 5000. W eO0
The Bags fitted with mirror, powder
puff. These are Of 60 Ae
Mocha Leather. in all SZ.ZS
colors. Marked $780,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
Set, ST rs
Reduced From S2.@8

Handsome and substantial case
fitted with Manicure Scissors, Nail
File, Nail Pick, Polisher, Two Pow
der Boxes, Cuticle Knife, Orange
Wood Sticks, etc.
In Tiffany Room"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
The Palais Royal
A. Lisner G. Street

Your purses have been we'll drained
but learn that the remaining dollars
shall be made to do double duty; that
quarters shall be made halves and dimes
quarters. The Palais Royal is to be
credited with helping to realize every
dream-no one need be disappointed.
There's some method in these generous
reductions in prices-the clearing out
of all Holiday stocks SO as to begin the
New Year "White Sales without in
Cumbrance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
Tiffany R00rn''

-Four great tables are filled with high
est grade Brush, Comb and Mirror Sets,
Shaving Outfits, Travelling Cases, Col
lar and Cuff Sets, Writing Tablets, etc.
Prices range from So to $40. Reduced
prices are ST to $3.50.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-22
THE CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
They Were Held on School Lawn We'd
nesday Afternoon

More than the usual number of peo-
pie attended the class day exercises
which took place Wednesday after
noon at 4 o. clock on the beautiful
lawn in front of the high school build
ing. Perfect weather added to the
success of the occasion. The exercises
opened with the address of the class
president, Lawrence K. Barber, who
after extending welcome to those
present urged his classmates to put en-
ergy, integrity and intelligence into
their work and to open for themselves
the doors of opportunity. In the class
Grafton Clarence H. Thurber took up
subjects of national Importance. He
spoke of the good work done by Presi-
dent Roosevelt with his incessant de-
mands for a square deal, and touched
briefly the questions of corporation
control, insurance investigation, trust
regulation, bossism, graft and organized
labor. At the close of the Grafton the
class Joined in singing the class song
written by Paul S. Emerson. Miss
Harriet E. Barrows traced the history
of the class through its high school
course, mentioning most of the impor-
tant events in its career, while Ray Fl.
Smith told of the varied walks of life
in which he found his classmates in
1926 at the end of 20 years sleep
which he took to refresh brain over
taxed with the strenuous duties of the
last year of study.
The ivy Grafton was given by Miss
Ellen NJ. Hunt, who spoke of the i'm
nortanpe of attaining Self-truSt and
self-responsibility and the need of max
ing the most of one s opportunities in
life. This was followed by the ivy
planting ceremony, and the exercises
were brought to a close with the sing
ing of the ivy ode written by Miss
Abby C. Washburn.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-22
How to Make Money on a Fam

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knowledge can be had only from expsHa|
or reading the experience of others. The n
England Farmer, Brattleboro, Vt, (the "a
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