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SoNrTHlSG EASILY SlrrIEp.-.

SOMETHING EASILY SLTrLEp. AT
Youngstown. Ohiu, n young man and
Il young lady have made bet. The
TindieotoT says; The giri being "A
Tilden man, aud her lover Hayes
man, she mad, the following proposi-
tipn, which was perfectly legitimate,
this being leap year. "If Tilden was
elected, the young man was to marry
the girl. If Hayes was elected, the
girl was to marry the young man. The
couple are in a terrible state of sus.
peuse, Every night they each get q
daily newspaper sustaining their polit-
ieal belief, and compare notes. They
cannot decide who is to marry which.
1t appears to be a very complicated
case on the face Of the returns" Oh
course he will marry her.
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A published list Of 552 suicides,
committed during the year 1876, con-
tains an interesting study. The male
suicides are placed at AL, and the
females at III and children at 13. BY
the list itappears that poverty was the
chief inducenent which led the des.
pairing souls to take their lives, 9S Of
the 552 ending their existence for this
cause. Insanity claims the next high.
est number, 81 [; and temporary imam
ity 60. Forty-five people mmitted
suicide on account Of family or dones
tic troubles, aud fifty-four on account
Of love. Thirty-seven were driven to
commit the deed by whisky, and thir-
teen by religion. According - this
statement it is more dangerous TO love
than to drink whisky-an inference
that many people will. Of cour-e, draw
from the statement. II is hard TO tell,
though. what is correct. 1t may be
that whi.ky had her share in bringing
on poverty. and love and religion a
share in making people insane; and
who knows but what much of fam.
lily and domestic trouble which drove
f. nty five persons to suicide originated
on account If strong drink With al
due respect for thnse who look upon
the wine VIXEN il Is red. we must say
that Alcohol in this list is let off quite
easy Another fact to he adduced
from the table of suicides is that only
about four per cent. nf females comm,
suicide, and less than foriythree pei
cent. Of children. The most popular
mode Of suicide in vogue seems to be
by III oiing, lI3 having resortel Ia
thi' method; III by hanging them
selves and ll3 swallowed poison. 81
drown themselves, 25 cut their threats,
and % put themselves out oi the way
after less approved methods. Nine Of
the list who committed suicid., were
mur,lerers. The list Of suicides for
1876 could, of course. I've lengthened-
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-01-05
f1"i" E.rpio.otsons Of Obscure Pro-
gef-ks

The more the merficr." Multitu.
dinous assemblages are the most pro-
vocative OF cachinatory bilarity.
Birds Of a feather flock together.
Habiiants of ether similarly piumed,
gregariously assemble.
Out of the frying pan into the
fire." Emergence from the culinary
utensil iuto the devouring element.
Too. many cooks spills the broth. "
a superfuity Of aitists deteriorate the
mock turtle.
"A stitch in time saves nine" A
connecting cotton link, properly estab.
lished Is nine-foldedly economical.
ut is long lane that has no turn.
That rustic pathway is individually
longitudinal that hath no circumlocu.
tion.
Love me, love my dog Evincc
an amatory disposition toward myself;
let your department toward my Gu
nine be also ,flectionate.
"Those who live in glass houses,
shouldn't throw stones" DweIlers in
crystal palaces should refrain from the
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-01-05
yaeksea's Memercsse Day.

The Eighth Of January is memora.
tle in our history us the anniversary
ofthc battle Of New Orleans. That
battle was the turning point Of the last
struggle between the United States
and England. Its re-ul, did much.
very much, to establish the American
people ms n nation in the world, aud
its glory is inseparably connected with
the name Of Andrew JacksDn, a great
man, and one of our great Presidents,
destined to long ronown not only as
a military hero aud an original at d
courageous statesman, but as cham.
pion Of the people aud their successful
defender against the encroachments Of
a great moneyed power. The liber-
ties Of the people are now threatened
by most formidable conspiracy. A
combination of ofice.hnlders, support
ed by the most powerful political party
known in our history, are engaged in
falsifying the votes east ut National
election, and taking, through fraud
and violence, from a man whom the
people have elected, the Office of Pres.
idcnt, aud giving it to another man
whom the people have rejected. This
constitutes more dangerous attack
upon our country and its Democratic
institutions than the attack Of Great
Britain that was ioiled at New Or
leans sixtytwo years ago. Let us
hope that the popular protest which
will be uttered on the sth of January
next will be as efficacious in driving
back the public enemy as were the
deadly rifles Of our sharp-shooters and
the martial genius of Jackson at New
Orleans.--(N. Y. Sun.
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A fox, who had been so badly worst
ed in an encounter with lion that he
was compelled to gain his living by
straiagem, was strollng dejectedly
through the w"od- one day, when he
sped cpck roasting upen a branch
f;,r out Of his reach. "Brother," said
the iox, II come To bring YOU good
ness. We are at peace now, and
have determined 10 organize Il govern
ment aud give you position IN nay
cabinet. All interference with hen
ronsts is to be doneaway with, and all
will be lovely. Come down sua eali
your dear children, and We can rejoice
and talk the matter over" Il am de-
lighted To hear your tidings, answer
cd the cock, "but | see the Congress.
ional committee from Louisiana com
ing this way, l will wait until the
members come up, and then We can
all embrace and celebrate the peace
together" At this the willy fox ran
away disgusted, and the wise cock
tapped his wings, and winked tri-
uInphaatly.
MORAL (to be extracted from this
newspaper report MIR. Lamar de
clincd Governor Hayes invitation,
however, as he doubted the wisdom Of
such an interview very much, Il Fa-
BILE in Sunday Argus.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-01-05

Old Mr.. Thorp went into the par
lor the other night at the watching
hour OF ll:45 p. m, and found the
room unlighted aud his daughter and
very dear friend, one Of the dual
form of garmen,u.e variety, occupy
ing the ie-e..ete in the corner.
"Evangeline," the old man said, stern.
ly. "this is scandalous." "Yes. pa.
pa" she answered, sweetly. lit is can
dle.s, because times are 20 hard and
lights cost so much that Ferdinand
and said We would Try aud get along
with just the starlight" Aud the old
gentleman turned aboat in speee4iless
amazement and tried Ia walk out Of
the room through q panel in the wall
paper
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-01-05

REGULARITY IN FEEDING. Stuck
should he fed !, gularly in cold wealth
er. Many who have charge of stock
allow the time to slip by when stock
should be fed, while the hungry ami.
mails are shivering and suffering from
want of food and water; during which
time they lose flesh rapidly. Brutes
are The best time keepers in the world.
They know the very minute their food
should be suppl ed, and are worried
and disappointed when it does not
come. The stock breeder should,
therefore, sec that regularity and
promp,ues prevail in the care and
management Of stock. Their variou,
wants should he attended To daily and
at the same hour. II hired help fail
to do this they should he discharged
at once, and more humane people EN-
ployed in their places. Apart from
motives of humanity, it pays to feed
stock regularly.
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ror N, ISrrnfon JovRSst.
LIFE sS TEXAN
ny y. TARRANr.
NO II.

In reply to the request of Ethel
bert, Jr.. Of few weeks since. ] would
state that though a six-inch snow now
lies on the surface Of Texas, vet gen
orally we have the finest of weather.
Our skies are bright and sunny. Even
the far famed Italian skies would
stand abashed in their presence. The
air we breathe, except on the low
lands, Is pure aud bracing. II stag
mated air hovers for n short time over
the prnirie, u Norther becomes infuria'
ted aud chases il away. We rejoice
with peace and plenty. Our grana.
ries are overfowing. But with all
these blcsings. we are sadly reminded
that "no bliss is perfect : that the
curse eniailed on the human race
"man shall live by the sweat Of the
brow"-follows US even here. To gar
ner the fruit Of this prolific land, il
requires nt least thirteen months work
in the year. You bluegrass men who
are used to the thing generally become
satisfied but we mountuineers, raised
on hucklebery points and in broom
sedge fields, who have been accustomed
to gather our crops with little labor,
ami have never baen worried bv hand
ling much money. we get mad. w
''cuss" the State aud frequently return
to our htherland.
In regard to the Inhabitants of this
State, the immense migration of late
years. has made sad inroads on the
character vf the old Texan. | can
discover nothing like fixed type at
present. Fro variety OF material.
surrounding circumstances may, in
future, fix type different from the
old. To give the readers of the
IsTERIoR JoURSAL some idea Of the
present people, | will introduce them
to frolicsome company Of fifteen or
twenty road.workcrs now opening a
road frum our village to the railr"ad.
Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois,
the mountain and bluegrass regions oi
Kentucky, are represented. That tall
man with fair complexion aud finely
chiscled features, little hut symmetrical
form, splendid moustache aud conse-
quential, distant air, Is a blooiej man
from Fnyettc county. All blue grass
men here are either from Fayette or
Bourbon. Though at the menial
occupation of handling a road scraper-
there is no mi-takins hin. The
tanned complexion, rough, long fea
lures and boisierous familiar air OF the
other one using the pillow, shows him
10 b. a mountaineer Other State:
and localities are denoted by equally
distinguishable peculiarilies. But
lets listen to EN- pitch into each
other.
Jovial Tenncsseean. That Geor
gian there cant shovel dirt on account
of thinking he is back in Georgis
grabbing goober peas.
Georgian.-Tell, me Tennesseean
what did you do at home that com
PEELED you to come to Texas!
Tenpesseean. .--Stoled q horse.
Mountaineer ito Fayette county
man. Mr.. Blue Grass, what was
your name IN the her side Of the
Mississippi river:
Blue Grass Man. (Savagely) Look
here, Sang-digger, what was the price
of chestnuts and gin "SaI {" in Casey
county when you left A,
LANCASTER, Texas.
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You can bring flush of pleasure to
the homeliest woman that ever wore
pimples on hernose, by Spying to your
friend, in stage undertone-"What
lovely eyes that girl has" She might
know you to be liar. but she would
always gratefully remember you Us a
Christian gcntlcman.- [Hawkcyc.ss
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Ue are goinD "a ds - FOO, this year,

A Western newspaper has the f'l'
lowing notice: IAN notices of mar.
riage, where no bride cake is sent. will
be set up in small type AMI poked
in an outlandish corner of the
paper. Where handsome piece oi
cake is sent, the notice will he put
coDspicuously in large letters. when
gloves or other bride fav0rs are added,
a piece Of illustrative poetry will be
given in addition. When, however,
the editor attends the ceremony ia
person, and kisses the bride, il viii
have special noiice-very large type
and the most appropriate poetry tha
can be begged, borrowed, or stolen"
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A sleil ht.of.hand ,periormer's tr

A sleil htoi.band performers tSc
in Atlanta consisted in making silver
coin mysteriously disappear from his
hands. After the show this converse
ton was held by an old negro and a
newspaper reporter: "Dat man fOofd
round dar wild dat mummy tell he
reused up my spishoons, he did.
"suspieions of whati' Hit ticks lots
or prsckliss fer to make halt doller
pear an dis'pear in dat stile.' "Ol
course Oats war meks me had a
'spishun dat dat white man wuz one
time lie cashier oh ireedmen's bank.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-01-05

Ndrrrftse.
When timc- are hard and rash is low,
And trade comes In most awful SLOW,
What i.ft that you'll sdvi.ef
Adwftisc.
When f,lls GO streaming past the door.
AMI never step inside the store,
Nv best advicc Do not despise--
ADV rtise.
wh-n drawer OF pocket both sem thin,
And much gp-s e.s aud nausht comes In,
u ycu vouli \. exceeding visc.
Advertise.
Tor thus u Is with men oi brain,
FINDING their fbrtune On the wsne,
Aud hoping they may take rise,
Advertise.
II never ye, vss Known To fail
To brighten tines aud make sale
To hind your luck With golden tie,
Advertise.
And o. whs,.'er you bsse 70 seli.
10 this ., once aud doit we'll
Kcepii bcfOrc ihe pubiic eyes
Advertise.
10, Ic, yaur name BE- Jones. sniith. Grimes,
Try this cne wsy 10 cheat hard timc.;
Yyu'n aud hsr~in the secre, ies-
Advertise.
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To MEASURE CoRs IN tine Can. -
Multiply the length, breadth aud
height together in feet. to obtain the
cubic feet; multiply this product BY
4, and strike ofi the right figure, and
the result will be sh.lled bushels,
nearly.
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n Chris,mss he white the churchyard Is lean
bat fat is the ehurehysri " Christmas be green
-ltupIvf.
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Every heart knows its own sadness
best, and will not betray il. You
can't tell from The expression ofa wo-
mans face whes . wbulsboDe Is stick.
iug IN l,ci. y - SO n ? 40
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II r. GRIsI1AM
Accommodation for Drovers

Plenty II good hai~t Iisv. apf ccvs. s3ssys 80
hand. Goyd water running threuxh etark ht-
Drovers stopping this stand avoid the v@k of ~
posing their stock hv swimming the river previous
to going Into he Int for The night lie II veil pre-
pared 70 entertain his old cusomer~ and the travsI
ing public generally, and invites ,erai partition 20
their patronage In his line, Dee. 70, '75-i9s-tf
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I have rentrd the above well-k known Hotel, which
i cnnvienently located and PREPARED 90 enter
iisn the public In the best style al moderate price
Va excellent Mr. and stable, we'll saIqis.d, arr
attached 10 the lious-.
baggage checked to aud from tho DEPOT fr.e "f
charge. zti-Sn
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-05-10
THEN IND NOW.

The proprietor of the ST. Charles
Hotel, in New Orleans, said to CORE
spondent the other day: ''Before the
war our bills for wine alone would often
foot up 81, 900 day Now if we sell
$40 worth of wine day at our table we
think we are dong well. The young
bloods always kept their own exclusive
bottles of brandy on ice in the bar
rooms, French brandy generally, at SO
per bottle. The planters always settled
their bills monthly; they never dis
puted a bill. They never paid the
money, but would give an order on their
factors. Neither the planters, their
wives, their sons, nor their daughters
carried money about them. What they
wanted they ordered, and the bills were
sent to their factors The factors i'm
ported dresses and iewelry for the ladies
direct from Europe. There were several
Barrow brothers, who owned between
them, nine sugar plantations, with thou
sands of slaves. They, with their fami-
lies, would often occupy as much as a
third of the house, with private parlors,
etc., and their ordinary hotel bills would
be 81, 900 or $1,000 a month. 1t is all
changed now, and bills are hard to col
Iact -
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tTH4f ttfLt tNGL4ND DOE

And what is England to do in all this :?
Hold aloof as long as she is able, and
fight when she isn't. That is the long
and short of the story. She will fight if
her Eastern possessions are threatened
and not without. [ do not myself be-
ieve, and L write it with reluctance, that
England is in any condition to make war.
Her commerce where is it all going to :?
The Chancellor of the EXcheouer was
obliged to acknowledge the other night
how could he help it?-that the ex-
ports are falling off with ominous regu-
larity, and Mr.. Baxter stated that the
manufacturing trade was never worse
than it is at present. In fact, [ look for
ward with apprehension to the next two
OF three years in England. What is
there to cause a great revival of trade OF
increase the prosperity of the people :?
A war? That will do you good on your
side of the ocean, for you will virtually
have to supply the combatants with food
if hostilities are at all protracted. We
shall not grow half enough in England
this year to feed the mouths at home.
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THE RUSSIAN NADV1NCE.

The above map displays the theater of war
ON the river Danube toward which the Russian
army is advancing. The points selected for
the passage of the river will be determined
mainly by Roumanian railways. These points
are Giurgevo, opposite Rustchuk; Oltenitza,
opposite Turtokai, and Kalarash, opposite
Silistria. Giurgevo, which the russians have
just occupied, is considered the most i'm
portant 1t is the terminus of the Roumanian
railway. the station being mile from the
bank, and covered from view by
slight eminence, Very seldom indeed can
even the smoke of an engine be seen
from the southern bank. The Russians were,
therefore, able to bring their troops by
rail from Bucharest and mass their artillery to
cover the passage without discovery. AS a Sc
crrity against any attempt to seize the ter
minus, a division of Roumanian soldiers has
been posted there. Rustchuk itself is a di-
lapidated Fashioned fortress, badly equipped,
and supported only by recently-constructed
earthwork of no great strength. 1t may, there
fore, be easily silenced by bombardment, for
the river is only three-quarters of mile broad.
About forty miles below Rustchuk is Turto-
kai, with Oltenitza on the opposite
bank. The river is but 800 yards wide
there, and the fortress could offer but
a nominal resistance. OltenitZa is at q COM
paratlvely short distance from Giurgevo-say
forty mileE-and situated at the confluence of
the Dembowitza, stream which connects the
Danube with Bucharest. The advantages of
such spot for passage are obvious. Twenty
five miles lower down the river is Silistria, with
Kalarash on the opposite side. From Slobodzie
there is a good road to the Danube,
while from Silistria runs the main road to
Shumla. The fortress is believed to be in the
same state as that in which it was left at the
close of the siege of 1854. The Dobrudscha,
which the Russians are also occupying, is
remarkable district. The Danube, after an
eastward course, turns suddenly to the north at
Rassoya, then bends eastward at Galatz, and
finally empties itself into the Black sea by sew
eral mouths, of which the hilia, the Suii1a and
the st. Georges are the chief. The Sulina is
that which is adopted for the greater part of
the trade of the Danube. The strip of land
bounded on the west and north by these two
bends of the river. and on the east by the Black
sea- constitutes the Dobrudscha. The towns
Tultsha, Isakcha, Matchin, Hirsova, RassoYa.
Babadagh and Kustenov, all in this district,
though important military positions,
little other than villages in appearance and
population.
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TURKISH M1DNESS.
Fatal Folly of the TtrEc IN Pyecipitdting
Himself Upon His Doom.
[FrOm the Chicago Tribune.l

Himself Upon His Doom.
[From the Chicago Tribunel
Notified beforehand that she cannot
have the help of any outside power, and
knowing that she confronts power of
nearly three times her strength, which
has more than once before brought
her to the verge of ruin, what has in
duced Turkey to reject the pacific over
tures of all Europe and take the field
against Russia, knowing that it is for
lorn hope? The reason may undoubt-
edly be found in the fact that it does not
expect to lose any territory. From the
very outset of European Intervention, in
order to avoid blow upon the flank,
Russia has declared that she has no in
tention of territorial aggrandizement, and
that her only object in case of war would
be to ameliorate the condition of the
Christians and rescue them from
the horrors of Turkish domination.
The Turks argue, therefore, that even if
they are beaten they will lose no terri
tory, and that the worst that can happen
would still have happened if they had
signed the protocol Therefore, they
say, it is better to be compelled to grant
and guarantee reforms than allow outside
powers to interfere with our internal
affairs, and we will GO ahead and fight as
desperately as we can, and if we are
whipped we shall only have to surrender
what is already demanded by the pro-
toco]
The Turks, however, may find them
selves as badly deluded in these hopes
as they were in the expectation that Rus
sia would not fight at ALL The prime
object of Russia is this war is to estab-
Hsh guarantees for the protection of the
Christians, which she must do, first, by
conquering the Turks and stripping
them of power, and, second, by establish
ing protectorate, which she has a right
to do under the treaty of 1774, which is
once more In operstion, now that the
treaty of Paris is abrogated by the Cars
manifesto. That treaty gave to Russia
the protectorate of the Greek church in
Turkey and the guardianship of the
principalities north of the Danube. to
which she will add the guardianship of
those to the south. Instead of incor-
porating these provinces into the empire,
she viii therefore establish protectorates.
and what essential difference is there
between incorporation and protection ?
I The power that protects viii be in pos
session and hold control of armed gar
risons and remain there Ii the Rus
slams should like Servia and Bulgaria,
fer instance, they will most undoubtedly
take them away from Turkey. If Austria
should take possession of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, and like them, and find
that it was no injury to hold them, she
might make up her mind to keep them,
and in no event VIII Russia leave before
Austria, The very establishment OF