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Judge Dwrham's DeSeaf.

Judge Durham owes his defeat H.
no lack Of electioneering energy or tai.
ents. He wa sufficiently persistent.
But the feeling has been steadily gain.
ing ground among his people, as, in.
deed, with the people all over Ken
lucky and all over the South, that the
world moves and that this !. a pro.
gressive age. Judge Durham's opin.
ions, habits of thought and methods Of
procedure belong to past generation.
His capacity for usefully serving the
New South has been, and is, hedged in
by limitations, which have no bearing
and ought TO he obsolete, as well as
by local sbridgemeuts and personal
obduracy. Not merely in the matter
Of a great Southern highway to the
Pacific, but in all matters Of practical
well-being, which the exigencies of
time press upon the consideration OF
the South, has he refused to see and
to do, preferring to pursue what he
believed to be the safer course through
the old ruts. He is simply one more
victim to exploded and exploding
ideas.
The man by whom he has been de-
feated is young, ardent and active.
Sprung from honored stock, the scion
of q noble family, he was educated in
the rude school Of war. He is a part
Of the New South. comprehends its
wants and needs. sympathizcs with its
aspirations, is not afraid either Of
ghosts or of shadows. He will make
a splendid race, and VT predict for
him brilliant career in the greater
field of national affairs to which he
will presently he called to address
himself.
Mr.. Fox and Judge Turner, the
former of whom came very near being
the competing man for the nomina-
tion, united with Judge Durham in
hearty endorsement of the nominee.
and amid great enthusiasm, the Con-
vention adjourned. -GCourier-Jour-
nal.
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DUNE AND DEAF.-The editor Of
the Dresden Doings is rather absent.
minded. He held the position of local
On the st.. Albans Pioneer several
years ago, and was alone in the Office
writing up some items one morning,
when stranger came in, presented a
scrap Of paper with the words, scrawl'
ed awkwardly, 81 am dumb and deaf,
and have nothing to buy bread; can
you help mes' Wheeling glanced at il
looked up, then out Of the window,
trying to recall local item. "How
long have you been that way'' he
asked, a little absently. "About ten
years." said the dumb man, thrown
OF his guard. The local instantly
resumed his labors, and the mendicani
did not persist.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-09-20

There is now in this city, stopping
at one Of the principal Hotels, a dash.
ing, young man who, since he is q
genius, is worthy Of notice. Il u true
he Is an evil genius, but he is none
the less winning in his ways. Indeed,
the average woman admires a real
wicked man, and her verdict in nine
cases out Of ten is that "He's awful
NICE This young gentleman is a
mild sort Of confidence man. His
game is original and new. His expe-
rience at Akron, the scene Of one Of
his most recent escapades, is fair
sample of his method of work.
He went there much, as he has
come here, put up at the best Hotel,
moved in the best society, and was
soon as popular as any well-dressed,
charming, young man is apt to he.
He had, O. he termed IL, "made q
mash" on several young ladies, and
was keeping company on the sly with
a lovely, foolish young lady who was
soon to be married. Chide her not
for her fickleness and deceit, because
she was severely enough punished, as
such fools are always sure to be. There
sparkled on her finger an elegant dia-
mond ring, a present from her lover.
One evening this lawful nice young
man called on the lady and had a
pleasant little chat with her. He ad-
mired the ring and agreed to wear il a
day. OF course she loaned il to him,
and of course that was the last she ev-
er saw Of it, for the young man hied
himself away with the treasure In his
possession. The young lady had to
face her lover and confess her idiocy.
A quarrel was the consequence, and
of course her afiianced was weak-mind-
ed enough to forgive her when, with
of tears, she begged
his pardon, and the two were welded.
A year later, the dapper young man
who had borrowed the ring had the
cheek to return to Akron with the
jewel on his finger, thinking that the
young lady would be ashamed to
bring the matter up. But she wasn't.
The lady was out walking one day
with her husband when she encounter
ed the dapper young man who had
carried off her ring. She Immediate
ly entered complaint against him be-
fore the police authorities; he was ar
rested and made to face the music, and
the little experience cost him just $500
before he was through with it. But
the lesson did not have its lasting re.
suits, for afterward he tried the same
game at Cleveland, and, in fact, he
has been at the same old trick several
times since then, meeting with great
success. Ii is presumed that he has
come to Toledo to work in the same
nj least hc has started ont in the same
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On the 5th of March next the Dem
ocrats, for the first time in eighteen
years, will have majority Of eleven
in the Senate, counting all their pres
ent votes and the gains already made,
which cannot be reduced below nine,
and may be increased by good luck at
elections this Fall. There are now 80
Republicans, SO Democrats, and one
Independent, Judge Davis, making a
Republican majority of 3. The Re
publicans have lost Senators in Ala.
hama, Arkansas, California, Florida,
Ohio, Oregon and South Carolina,
which deducted from their present
strength would leave them ~, and
which added to the 80 Democrats would
give that party 43. or II majority. as
above stated.
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s~nswffsss Wh~a Dvfn0.
The popular ideas relative to the
sufIerings Of persons on the point oi
death, are undoubtedly to a certain
extent erroneous. The appearance
Of extreme agony which is often pre-
sented under these circumstances, i
due TO mere muscular agitation, indie
pendent Of any extraordinary sensibil
ity Of the nerves Of feeling. Those
who die a natural death, in the very
last stages Of existence, are scarcely
conscious Of bodily suHering-noi
more than they frequently are to the
attentions and solicitude Of friends.
Those who die by violence or acci.
dent undoubtedly experience degree
OF pain, proportionste W the extent
of the bodily mutilation. Hanging
is doubtless an unpleasant mode OF
death; but few, after all, "shufile of
this mortal coil" more easily than
those who are .usnended bv the neck.
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and soon deprives il Of all conscious
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The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-09-20

IL is said that the amount Of land
in England under cultivation as isrm
Is constantly growing less, ewing to
the increasing wealth Of the middle
classes, who must have parks around
their houses, and the influx Of wealthy
foreigners, who buy large tracts Of
arabic land for the same purpose.
This state Of things will compel Eng
land to make the most of her Indian
wheat product, and may further en-.
large the American export Of that
necessary Of life.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-09-20

A young lady about to he married
insisted on certain clergyman to per.
form the ceremony, saying, "He al.
ways throws so much feeling into the
thing; and | wouldn't give fig to be
married unless il could be done in q
style Of gushing rhapsody
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She was a stylish young lacy sbou
eighteen years old. and To sccommo
date friend she took the baby out fol
an airing. She was wheeling il uI
and down the walk, when an oldisl
man. very deaf, came along and in
quired for a certain person suppose,
10 live IN that street. She nearly
yelled her head of trying to snswe'
him, and he looked around, caught
sight Of the baby and said
"Nice child. that. l suppose you
feel proud Of him,"
at isn't mine !" she yelled at him.
"Boy. eh! Well. he looks just like
you"
at isn't mine!" she yelled again
but he nodded his head and coniinu
ed:
"Twins. eh Where's the Other
one 7"
Depairing Of making him under
stand by word Of mouth, she pointed
to the baby, at herself. and ther
shook her head.
"Ye-yes, l see t'other twin in the
house. The father is fond of them
Of course ?"
She turned the cab and hurried the
other way, but he followed and asked
"Do they kick round much nightsy'
II tell you 'taint mine :" she shout
ed. looking very rel in the face.
81 think you're wrong there" he
answered. "Chihren brought up on
the bottle are apt to pine and die"
She started on run for the gate,
but before she had opened il he came
up and asked
Have to spank EN- once in
while, suppose Y
She made about twenty gestures IL
half a minute. and he helped the cal
through the gate and said
"Our children were all twins. and
I'll send my wife down to give you
some advice. You see"
But she picked up a hower-pot and
flung il at him. lie jumped back
and as she entered the house, he call
ell out
Hope insanity wont break out OF
the twins"
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The are some scenes almost too pure
and sacred to be viewed by thought
less world. One Of them is two-hun.
dred. pound woman with a mole on
her chin talking baby to an ounce
and half canary bird in abrass cage.
-(Rockland Courier.
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Il Is uselessfor physicians TO argue
against short-sleeved dresses. The
constitution of the United States says
"the right to bear arms shall not be
interferred with"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-09-20

The appetite for beer is steadily in.
creasing. Last year reSs,ns was paid
on 9,4S0. 900 barrels. This year the
number has risen TO 9,938, 900. an in.
crease OF 1870 barrels. or 1910.
900 gallons. But this increase is Of
set by a falling of in the manufacture
Of whisky from 81, zoos, 900 gallons in
1877 to 50,704. 900 in 1873. Ifbeer
displaces whisky at this rate it will do
more for temperance than all the pro-
hibitory laws ever enacted.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-09-20

Editors like brevity, but man who
was recently hung in Indiana suited
them too we'll. He made no remarks
about heaven. but nodded to the prea-
cher and said, "I'll see you later" !"
and then the trap fell.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-09-20

A paper, describing a funeral pro-
eession, said-"rhe procession was
very fine. and nearly two miles in
length, as was also the prayer Of DIR.
Perry. the chaplain"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-09-20

Thirteen of the women who were
known as wives OF the late Brigham
Young, have entered into relations of
the same kind with other men. Nor
monism is not so disgusting to them as
has been supposed. A Mormon wife
was refused naturalization papers In
Salt Lake City last week, on the
ground that her living in polygamy
disqualified her, a good moral charac.
ter being required. Such decision
will help along the abolition Of fpolygs-
my. If the importation Of Mormons
we're cut off, the rotten sore would
soon run out.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-09-20

Branches Of the elder.bush, hung
In the dining-room Of a house. will
clear the room of flies. There Is an
odor which the insects detest.
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Put q thick wooden jacket on the
Watering. aud wet il, apd water may
be kept cool through the hottest day.
.-(Country Gentleman.
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II pegged boo,s are occasionally
dressed with petroleum between the
soles and upper leather they will not
be apt to rip. If the soles of boots
and shoes are dressed with petroleum
they will resist wet and wear well.
The pegs, it is said. are not affected
by dryness after being well saturated
with the oil.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-09-20

We can sometimes give a man a
personal puff. but when he asks us TO
send him ten extra copies and pay the
postage on them, our smile is sad and
vaeant.like a boy with the eolic watch
ing q monkeys cage.
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The hotels and railways in England
do not furnish ice-water TO their Gus
tomers free OF charge. The Liverpool
Posi- admits that ice-waier In England
is a luxury that must be paid for, ex.
tra, the same as wine. This Is curl
Gus fact, considering the proximity CT
frozen regions to the central territory
Of Her Majesty's realm.
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D-. henderson,. scs.., R~p.r,.

Instruction for the wear ending June
3otb. 1878. and in view of the au.
thor's candidacy for reelection. we
have found some passages exceedingly
rich. which we desire 10 Law before our
readers Cor their editication. We feel
sure thai our patrops anil the public
generallv will feel grateful for the aid
Afforded by the 6llowipe extracts i'm
forming an estimate Of the translucent
genius. which, from the Superintend-
eats Office. is drenching our educa
tional world with rosy light. On page
3rd, after speaking Of the years prog
ress, Dr. Henderson says "The Su-
perintendent has been heard every
where with absorbing attention and
welcomed into each locality he has
visited, with a hospitality that almost
amounted to an ovation"
Thi. is owing. we presume. exclu.
siyeIy 10 the eloouence of the man.
compelling the attention Of the people
To a subject in which they have no In
terest. and 10 that wonderful personal
culture which charms whole commu.
mites into composition Tor the privi-
lege Of entertaining him. We have
heard before Of his gifts rs an orator,
of the graces Of his gloved hand and
gallant address in the social circle. hut
We hal not thought Of the results Of
them at approaching an ovation
On the f,urth rage DIR. Henderson
SAYS "The Office of Superintendent
has become ~ digniiici that well nigh
a score Of the most intelligent citizens
Of the Commonwealth are aspiring 10
its great duties and high honor."
This Is certainly an inconyenient re-
suit Of the dignity which the present
incumbent has loaned to the Office, Of
which, possibly. he may have occasion
to repent ut his leisure. Indeed IL the
desire b obtain digni6ed official po.
sition he the controlling desire with
these many candidates. as DR.. Hen
derson suggests. the people would do
well TO leave them all in retirement
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-09-20

A New York female came TO a mis-
cradle death through her love Of dress.
She was a 'ow. and sh' ate . hoop
skirt.
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RATES or ADVERTISING.
OUR JoR OFFICE Is COMPLETE
SCHOOLS
LAW SCHOOL
CINCINNATI COLLEGE.

The 18th Annual Session begins October 10Th and
continues seven Months. Terms-te0 hr-t war
$50 second year. The Hon. John W. Stevenson. sf
kentSky. vil lecture In addition 10 the bnn~
faculty. For Circulars, ETC., address the Dean,
RurUa KING,
@s-2m Cincinnati, q.
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CANDIDATES.
FAYETTE HEWITT.

~ Hardin Co., lisa Candidate Tor the Democratic
August Election, is7n.
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ID. HOWARD SMITH.

M Owen County, !. Candidate ior re-elrct,ou
STATE AUDITOR, subject 10 the action Of !
Democratic party. Election In 1879. '"'
The Jewish advance., 1878-06-28
MRS. SHODDY
VS..
MRS. CHAPKOVSKY.

The "ups and downs of business men
of Shoddy's stamp are too well known
to the general reader to need description
here. [ will say, in brief, that my
Shoddy had one or two failures, one or
two accidents on street railway cars
e the LATTER are Of tbs same necessity as
the former to SPECTATORS, who have to
run up and down town several times a
day., and at last he grew very rich, he
resided in a beautiful brown stone man
sion in fashionable street up town,
and spent his days down town, of course,
and his evenings at home Down town
the usual business was carried on ::
mortgages, good-wills, ETC. At home =
May the reader peruse the following
sketch of what [ saw, once upon an
evening, when I came to Mr.. Shoddy
with a friend who wished to be intro
duced
your names, if you please ?" asked
the servant who had opened the door,
'Yon know me, [ have been here
before" [ answered.
eyes, if you please, but the other
gentleman p
A friend of mine
The door of the dining room, at the
end of the hall, opened, and Mrs Shod-
dy's stately figure appeared.
Ask the gentlemen to step in, you
stupid thing" calculated the lady.
"Come in, Mr.. g., come in we are all
sitting here.
Good evening, Mrs Shoddy. Is Mr..
Shoddy in ? I have a friend with me
whom [ desire to introduce to you-
Mr.. B., Mrs, Shoddy-Mrs. Shoddy Mr.
B."
Mr.. Shoddy was at home, and the
introduction went round.
In the spacious dining-room there
were the master and mistress of the
house; their eldest son, youth of
about twenty-five years Gin business
with his father); their younger son, a
perfect idler, of about sixteen years
three boys between the ages of thirteen
and eight years, and an elderly gentle
man, with tall, we'll proportioned
figure, a long but very fine face, adorned
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with a beard, which was kept in very
graceful order. He was dressed in &
long coat, and wore velvet cap on his
head, in the orthodox style, but every
thing on.him looked so clean and neat
that even the most desperate reformel
might wish to wear the same orthodox
attire under the same conditions. Il
was Mr. III. who instructed the youne
Shoddys in the Hebrew tongue. He
was in the highest favor with Mrs
Shoddy, and very highly respected by
the master of the house. Why the for
mer favored him [ can not conjecture
He spoke peculiarly bad German, anc
his voice was thin and cracked, and was
very shrill when he tried to raise it in
the heat of debate. 1t might have been
his cleanly appearance and also his
habit of deriding the Pozdhs (althougI
he was native of Poland himself)
that won for him the good graces OF
Mrs. Shoddy. Mr.. Shoddy respected
him for his Hebrew learning The young
Shoddys were afraid of him, because
outside of the frequency with which he
applied his fist to their ribs during his
lessons, he needed only to hint a com
plant to their mother, and their ears
were pulled or their cheeks slapped. Mr.
Shoddy, man Of about forty-fve years
of age, of medium hight, we'll proportion
ed, but Of sickly appearance, and with
hair too gray for his age, sits at the
table.
''Ah, Mr. G., said Mr. Shoddy, Il am
glad you have come. We were just
speaking with Mr.. HI. about -"
Mrs. Shoddy interrupted her husband
with some remark. We sat down and
conversed on about twenty different
topics, but Mr.. Shoddy never referred
to the sub bject of his controversy with
Mr.. H.; he spoke very little the whole
evening. Mr.. I'll. poured out all the
viols of his rage against the Reformers, y
and his contempt for the Polaks. The
children made noise in the other room,
and Mr. H. went out and silenced them.
Mr. Shoddy," said I, you have prom
ised to lend me volume of Dr. Raphael's s
Occident. :"
"Oh, yes, [ will let you have it." and
he made motion as though he intended
to go and get it, but he suddenly sat
down, adding, But [ can not do it just
now," and maintained a demure and
sullen silence for the rest of the evening
Are you through with the book ]
have lent you ?" I asked.
Il have not read it yet" answered
Mrs. Shoddy. my husband, [ presume
is through with it the fifth time, for he
has read it for the last five weeks"
We heard voices upstairs. Mrs
Shoddy told us that her daughter is il
the drawing-room with some friends
and if we desired to step up, they woulc
be pleased to have our company there
Of course [ wanted to introduce my
friend to Miss Shoddy. We all started
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1T is sickening let us 60" whispered
my friend. We took leave, and left
the house of the opulent Mr.. Shoddy.

About two months after the event
described above, [ read in the morning
papers a paragraph to the following
effect
Mr.. J. Shoddy, of "A -- street
has committed suicide. He has been
found this morning hanging in the back
yard of his beautiful mansion-the rope
fastened to the railing of the veranda.
He evidently fastened the rope to the
railing and to his neck, and ended his
life by jumping over the railing His
death must have been instantaneous.
Insanity is alleged as the cause of this
act, and no other reason can be guessed
at, as Mr.. Shoddy was very rich man
and enjoyed the comforts of an elegant
home and of an affectionate family"
| was Mortified when | read it, and the
first thing | did was to run down to the
house to ascertain the truth of the
statement. Alas it was but too true
Poor Jacob Shoddy 1t was your desti
nation to come to this land, to learn
how to walk and even to dance with
your head suspended in the air, to marry
a lady with such pure German accent.
as they have no idea of in your native
land to amass such riches as your poor
good old mother had never seen even in
her dreams, and to Gle at last with your
legs suspended in the air!" You have
led a comfortable life, if the testimony
of the newspapers be taken for it. You
have left behind you five or six Children
who are well cared for with regard to
pecuniary affairs, and wife in the prime
of health and strength, who has helped
you to attain such an enviable position
in the world
Mayest thou rest in peace, and may
comfort reach the hearts of those who
mourn after thee. May thy good and
brave lady draw consolation from the
wisdom of the pious Mr. H. who is still
the guide and instructor of thy children,
and also from the consciousness that she
has been such great help to you.
[ have met Mrs. Shoddy in the street.
Although she was dressed in deep mourn
ing she looked as though she were COM
forted after the severe loss she had
sustained ''Truly she is brave woman
7 thought-and may have some right
to the title Of an exemplary wife p
END OF PART l.