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The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

The papers relate au anecdote of a
beautiful young lady, who had be-
come blind, having recovered sight af-
ter marriage. 1t is not uncommon
for peoples eyes to be opened by mat
rimony.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

Ada Belmont, a trapeze performer
in circus, was recognized by her two
brothers in Healdsburg, California,
although they had not seen her since
she was eight years old, twenty years
ago. She left the circus and went to
live with her relatives.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

Another big tree has been discovered
in California. which is larger than any
ever before seen. II is 260 feet high,
and eigh, frset from the ground meas
ures i5O feet in circumference, or so
feet through.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

The last whaling ships, in the Acrtic
Seas, have not yet been heard from,
and hope seems to have departed from
the hearts Of those who are the mosl
interested in the matter.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

The Northern Bank of Kentucky
building. at Paris, was destroyed by
fire the other morning. Nothing else
was injured.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

Wm. NJ. Tweed, the great New
York thief. has not yet arrived in this
country, from Spain. lie is expected
every day.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

A Missouri judge has decided u
woman not an old maid until she is
thirty-fye years old.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

Why are country girls cheeks like
French calicol Because they are
warranted to wash and retain their
color.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

Domestic magazines-wives who are
always NOVing-up their husbands.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

The man who does the most has the
least time 10 talk abOut what he does.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

What is that which i, Of no value
unless divided between two "A kiss.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17

When was beef the highest! When
the COW jumped over the moon.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17
- p. GRESHAM
GEORGE sAMBRooK,
Has renovated and rcdrrnished rnp
livIN c sToN n oTEl,
at Livingston station; ha. good Stable. and
Accommodation for Drovers

Plenty n god balei Hay, aud Corn. always on
hand. tiood water running through Stuck lot.
Drovers stopping At this stand avoid the risk Of ex
posing their stock bv swimming the river previous
to going into the lot r the night He l. we'll pre-
pared 10 entertain bis old customers aud the travel
ing public generally, and invites ibefsi portion q
their patronage in his line, Dec. "a, 's5-iss-tf
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-11-17
dhe Snterior yournal.
RATES OF ADVERTISING

eftr ~vutrf, o~< tN~frtiuut VI "
liberal Destruction Cor each ssb--quent tns-rtion.
Regular sdverti-ers VII nnd oar rates 10 10 q
moderate ss tho-e ~ any other respectahle paper.
Local Notices." rs cents per line. Advertising
items In Local Column, 70 cents pcr line.
Announceiaents q Marrseee, ,Birthsamd Desihs,
inserted free of cost.
Obituaries, Tribute. of Respect, Ae., yin, heres
after, he ehsrged At the rate of cents fer line,
instesd ofio cents, ~ heretofore.
OUR JOB OFFICE Is COMPLETE
IN evcry particular; and our Jon PrIxrrs 10 &C.
knovledsed the best IN the State.
Prices 10 suit the times.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21
Some Words About Watches.

'sWatch" is from a Saxon word signi-
tying to wake. At first the watch was
as large as a saucer; it had weights, and
was used as a pocket clock. The ear
liest known use Of the modern name oc-
ours in a record Of 1862, Which mentions
that Edward vi had .sone lafum or watch
OF iron, the case being likewise OF iron
gilt, with two plummetts Of lead" The
first grsatimpfovemen the substitution
OF the spring Tor weights, was in 1850.
The earliest springs were not coiled, but
only straight pieces OF steel. Early
watches had only one hand, and required
winding twice day.
The dials were Of silver or brass; the
cases had no crystals. but opened at the
back and front, and were four or five
INCHES in diameter. A plain watch cost
the equtvalent Of $1,000 in currency, and
after one was ordered it took year to
make it. There is a watch in q Swiss
museum only three-sixteenths Of an inch
in diameter, inserted in the top OF a pen
cil-case. Its little dial indicates not
only hours, minutes, and seconds, but
also days OF the month. 1t is a relic OF
old times, when watches were inserted
in saddles, snuft-boxes, shirt-siuds,
breast pins, bracelets and tfnger-rings.
Some were iantastic-oval, octangular,
eruciform, or in the shape OF pearl, mel
Ions, tulips or collins. F''t
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21
.A Mammoth crain rlexator.

The New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad Company has made
arrangements to erect an immense grain.
elevating store-house on a bulkhead fac
ing the Hudson river, and running from
West Fifty-elghth to West Sixtieth
street. Ills to be 354 feet long, 100 feet
wide, and 100 feet high, and to consist Of
two lower stories of brick, above which
will be series OF bins OF a capacity OF
100000 bushels. The grain is to be de-
posted in the bins by means Of twenty
elevators OF the best construction. The
grain will be received in the building
from ears running into the lower portion
OF 1t and from oanal-boats, and will be
stored for delivery to ocean steamers.
The building is to be surmounted by a
peaked slate-coyered roof, and its esti-
mated cost, with the machinery, is about
sG00;000. The bulkhead will surround it
on three sides to the width of forty-fiye
feet. On the north side OF the building
a chimney 100 feet high is to be erecte
TO carry of the smoke from the fires. 1t
Is Intended to push the work, and have
Iit completed by next Fall.-[N. X
Times.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21
NERVOUS DEBILITY.

A depressed, irritable state of
mind; "A weak, nervous, exhausted
feeling; no energy or anima tiOn;
confused head, weak memory. OF
ten with facilitating, invOIun-
tary discharges The consequences of
excesses, mental overwork, or indiscretions.
This NERVOUS DEBILITY finds sOy-
ereign cure in HUMPHREYS IfO-
,MEOPATHIC SPECIFIC, No. 2S. II
tones up the systems. arrests discharges, dis
pels the mental gloom and dependency, and
rejuvenates the entire system 1t is perfectly
harmless and always efficient. Price S. for q
package Of five boxes and large 81 vial OF
powder, which is important in old, serious
cases; or 81 per single box. Sold by ALL Drug
gists, or sent by mail on receipt of price.
Address HUMPHREYS SPECIFIC HoMEO-
PATHIC MEDICINE CO., No. 562 Broadway,
New York.
nag See large advertisement.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21

1T appears that the Southern Demo-
Gratis in the House are not all OF the Ben
Hill stripe. A Mr.. WaddeH, Of North
Carolina, made short speech the other
day In favor of the Centennial appropri
alton bill, in which he took occasion to
say that, on behalf of his fellow South
ern soldiers who had fought against the
Union that they accepted the issue of
the war with complete submission, and
were working for union, harmony and
peace. His remarks went a great way
to undo all that Mr.. Hill, Of Georgia, had
said, and will prove a damaging cam
ipaign document to the Republicans 1t
used by the Democrats. Itconirms what
has been SO often said, that the rank and
file of the armies who fought against
each other could settle every difference
between them now, as they did on the
battle field, if left to pursue
their purpose without interference
from the non-combatant politicians of
both sections.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21

,HUzzA for Mainel Away up north, a
neighbor to Labrador, yetshe pays every
obligation OF the State Oh demand; her
interest account is settled to a dot; a
sinking fund provided for future needs |;
gives halfa million yearly for support
other schools; leyies a tax Of emily four
mills ON dollar, and has about $500, 900
ready money in her treasury. Huzza
for Maine!
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21

THE New York papers Of Wednesday
have voluminous obituary notices of
Henry varley. But the telegraph now
informs us that Mr.. Varley did not die
as per contract; but is, on the contrary,
getting well. To him these obituaries
will doubtless prove very interesting
reading.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21

EX-SENATOR BRowNLow, that is, the
HParson," thinks that JEFF. Davis should
have been fully amnestied and then re-
turned TO the United States Senate, as
the best means for breaking down the
Democratic party. The remedy might
be found worse than the disease.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21

Says scientific authority: ''The
wine crop OF France this year would til
and half feet deep, and 1900 miles
.longV Now, don't you wish you were
a ditchi-[ Exchange.
Yes; but not quite that long.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21

THE Peruvians have built a railroad
in the Andes, some portions of which
are $4,000 feet above the level OF the sea-
O railroad in the clouds.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21

Unequaled in. effectiveness. unap-
preached in cheapness, and unriyaled
in popularity is pr. BULBS Cough Syrup.
e5cents per bottle; large size, 80 cents.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21
A DIET KITCHEN

has recently been established by the
Brooklyn ladies, similar to the one IN
Boston, where food is prepared and fur
nished gratuitously to the destitute
sink
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21
THE HARD TIMES

have increased the number of beggars
until they are almost int0lerabie, Tney
call necessarily and beg for bits OF
bread, and if refused they ask tor swill
and oitentimes no doubt the latter is de-
voured by pigs not altogether iphuman,
The most Of the beggars are women and
children, many of whom show that only
dire necessity has sent. them cut on sucn
a mi ssioN
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21
THE NEWEST THINGS IN NEcK,TIEs

for ladies is saffron-tinted silk net, woven
in large meshes. These ties are yari-
ouslY trimmed, some all around, some
only on the ends, with a heavy silk edg-
ing of the same tint. A few come ID
grays, but the yellow shade is quite the
most popular. Rutfs of Valenciennes
also come in the same tint and the edg-
ing by the yard, that can be plated at
home. FLORENCE FORD.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21
ELI JOHNSON'S MOTTO.

AT the meeting last Sunday Eli made
a speech. 'eThis," said he, '.is the motto
would have engraven on my banners:
Curse the rum traffic; but SAGE the rum
maker, the rum seller and the rum
drinker." "What," said Eli, '.are
those tables in the back of ice-cream
saloons where liquor can be had but the
tables OF devilst What is that cup that
contains the vile stuff but the cup of the
deyill" he said it was folly Tor people
to assert that the temperance workers
were accomplishing nothing. AS proof
to the contrary he stated that thirteen
hundred saloons have been closed in
Brooklyn within year; also, that the
quantity OF whisky made in Cincinnati
the past year less than that OF the year
previous was enough to have made thir-
ly.three thousand men drunk every day
in a year.
THE JUDGE WITH TWO WIVES
lis the much -talked- -ot-man just at pres
ent. You may have had the stony, bur
as the end Is nos YET. it will bear re-
pesting. Charles H. Van Drupt is Com
lmon Pleas Judge, and daily presides in
the New York courts, He Is the man
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-10-12
TAKE YOUR CHOICE.

In to-day's paper we give two articles which we wish each of our readers to peruse earthly and honestly, without prejudice or bi- as. Especially do we commend the perusal of the two articles to that class of our southern people who have hertotore voted and af
 ililated with the Republican party.
 The two articles to which we refer are headed respectively Let us Have Peacew and Big otry and Intolerance! The sen timent and tendency of the one is directly opposite and most bitter ly antagonistic to the other. The one-the former-rehects correct ly and truthiully the honest, earn
 est sentiment of the masses of the Southern people. The situation is truthfully portrayed, and reas- ons why peace policy should be inaugurated and administered are logical and conclusive. No true man in whose heart there is the least spark of patriotism can fail to acknowledge the fairness and force of the argument How any
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-10-12
LET US HAVE PEACE,

The New Orleans Times gives an extract from letter from a New York correspondent to the Republican, which, as the Times remarks, has some features which are significant. That portion of the correspondence from which the Times gathers some encour- ment is as follows:
 "The German vote at the North is almost solid for peace. The German Americans say that they did not leave Europe to plunge their families into war. They came here in order to enjoy the blessing of peace, and they will undoubtedly, from this day forth, vote solid against any party which proposes the use of the sword to settle any domestic issue inside of the Union.
 Another most significant and encouraging feature of the peace movement is founu in the growing sentiment in New England that she and the South, so long divid- ed, must be one, before there can be any quiet for this nation.
 This development consists in the "unitication" of the German vote for peace and reform, and in an alliance, social, industrial, ed ucational and political, between New England and the South. This development will lead to an increased emigration to the South of Germans, and to large invest ments of New England capital in southern securities"
 We append the comments of the Times; and there is no doubt but that the solution of most all our troubles and the allevlation of the pinching hard times de bends upon the restoration of a real, lasting, peace between the two sections. That the ardent
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-10-12

honest man can reconcile with his sense of duty to his country to throw straw in the way of 9 consumation of such a state of af-
 fairs is more than we can account for. A feeling of bigotry, intoler- ance, envy and hatred toward the unfortunate South could only promp. feelings so antagonistic to this policy, as those which breath forth from every sentence of the article headed "BigoSry and In tolerance"
 Strange as it may seem that there should be found advocates of each of these sentiments in a common country, it is neverthe- less true. And where shall each of these classes be found? They are seperate and distinct. There Is no more sympathy or affinity between them than there is be- tween oil and water. Arrayed on one side is one class and on the other side you will find the other class. The advocates of Peace are now within the great party contending for Reform, Honest Government and justice for all. The advocates for the infamous sentiments expressed In the arti- cle headed "Bigotry and Intoler. ance" are in the party which is welded to Grantism and Corrupt ion and which unfurl the bloody flag. Choose ye between them.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-10-12
WHAT DO THE REPUBLI- CANS WANT, ANOTHER WAR?

Do those who support the Re publican ticket ever study the signs of the times? The common voters and the honest masses of voters, we mean. Do they pause and look whither they are being lead by the interruptions leaders of that party? Do they not see that the whole stock in trade of the leaders of that party is an ap- peal to the old war passions, and that they attempt to justify every innovation upon the time -honored principles of free government. by the thin subterfuge that they are yet fighting rebels? Do they realize that the leaders of the dominant party woul have to go but step further to retain pow CT at all hazards, even at the risk of war?
 Apprehensions of this kind have taken hold already of many minds, as witness the following from the New York Herald, of the 2d inst:
 "In his letter to the Democrat ic meeting at Cooper Institute on Friday evening Mir. Charles Fran cis Adams wrote e:-"The great eff fort of the republicans seems to be to operate on the popular pas sions excited durlng the late civ il war. Instead of repeating the honorable call of President Grant, Let us have poace,' the cry is for raising what may prove another war" It is decidedly unpleasant to hear of another war" from so moderate and cautious q states tiitu ttS AH II. ANtlilo. tb IL LIuSt be confessed that the apprehen- sion which he only hints has talk len hold of many other minds be- sides his. It is disagreable fact that the anti-reform republican leaders have acted in this canvass with an interruptions and reck- less vehemcnce which gives to many sober-minded republicans the fear that they mean to retain power at all hazards. People do not forget that the Union shriek- CTS" of 1860 and the years prece- ding very largely turned cut mutt neers against the Union when they were defeated at the polls; and the Democratic canvass of 1860 resembles in many of its worst features the Republican canvass of 1876.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-10-12
BIGOTRY AND INTOLER- ANCE.--LET EVERYBODY READ.

From the Charlotte Democrat of the 25th September, 1876, we clip the following extract. Let every decent man read and come to his own conclusions as to the saf-
 ty, propriety and decency of allil iating with the authors of such
 infamous ideas. Let readers hes itate long before they lend their voice and vote to elevate to the head of our government the can didate of such malignant bigots ds these. Let every honest man compare these sentiments with
 those expressed in the article headed, "Let us have Peace" i" and see if he can hesitate as to his duty in making his choice be- tween the two policies. Let the
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-10-12
A Scrap O1 the Early History of Pope County, Correctly
 Related,
PINE KNOB, PorE Co.,, ARK,
 Sept. 2S, 1876.

PINE KNOB, PorE Co.,, ARK,
 Sept. 2S, 1876. To the editor of the DEMOCRATS:
 1 noticed some months ago a piece in your paper taken from the N. Y. Sun, in regard to the notorious HILL of the early times of Arkansas. Being familiar with the leading facts in regard to Hill, l feel it duty to correct the very erroneous statements given by the sun, as the great mass of your readers received it as true and as a scrap of history of the times in Arkansas. In order to to give a better understanding l will give the substance of the ar ticle in the Sun: Hill, or Curry's first difficulties were in N. C., on account of his elopement with . young lady of more than ordinary attsactiveness. Being pursued by his competitor in matrimony, being in the lead, Hill shot and killed him, and then fled to the wilds of Arkansas and settled on the St. Francis river and fixed him neat home winch was ren- derod doubly attractive by his lovely wife.
 Second, he was repeatedly elect cd to the Legislature aud was dis tinguishcd for his powerful and
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-10-12

and as a prominent Republican Senator has expressed it, they be- lieve there is five more years of good stealing yet in the South"
 These are a few of the most conspicuous features of that poll cy which the Cincinnati Conven- tion has officially approved-to a continuance of these methods of administration Gov. Hayes is vir- tua!ly pledged. Those who like this style of government can do no better than to vote for Hayes and Wheeler.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-10-12
THE HAYES TICKET.

There are thousands of men who will vote the Hayes ticket simply because it is called the Republican ticket. They never stop to think for themselves. They never enquire what they endorse when they vote that tick ct. They never think any for themselves upon the results of q prolongation of Republican rule. They never once look ahead to see to what the policy of the Re publican party is leading. For q ticket to be headed "The Repub- lican Ticket" is sufficient for them. The mere fact that the Republican party has been the "big dog" is sufficient for them to know. For the benefit of this class, and hoping that there may be some of that class who arc sin cere and honest enough to listen to reason and justice, we will re- capitulate few of the acts of that party, and leave those who may read to judge whether it is for the good of the country or not to con tinue the rule of the party which endorses this policy. We can cite but few of the many eviden- ces of incompetency and corrupt. ion but such as we do select can not be denied to be purely and exclusively republican policy;
 RoBBING THE FREDMEN.--The failure of the Freedman's Saving Bank, with an indebtedness to depositors of over S3,000,000 has defrauded over 10000 poor freed . men of their little earnings, which they had been induced to intrust with the rotten concern under the false pretense that 1t was Government institution. This wholesale robbery of poor negroes was mainly committed by the most intimate personal friends of the President, and he could have prevented it if he had wished to, for the irregularities in the management of the bank were fully exposed in the New York Sun four years before the swind- ling institution closed it's doors. The Senecca Sandstone Company in which Grant was financially in tercsted, participated in this rob bery of the negro depositors in the Frecdmen's Bank.
 CREATING AN OLIGARCHY OF OF FIcE,HoLDERs.-When President entered office in 1869, the office
 holders on the civil list of the United States numbered 5i ,267
 In 1875 they aggregated 9l,ll9,