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A story is told Of daughter Of a
prominent person now in the lecture
field, which is peculiarly interesting
and suggestive ofunconscious wisdom.
A gentleman was invited to the le,
turer's house to tea. Immediately on
being seated at the table, the little
girl astonished the family circle and
the guest by the abrupt questions
"Where is your wiieY"
Now the gentleman, having been
recently separated from the partner Of
his life, was taken so completely by
surprise that he stammered forth the
truth:
II don't know"
Don't know !" replied the safent
terrible. "Why don't you know y
Finding that the child persisted in
her interrogatories, despite the mild
reproof Of her parents, he concluded
to make a clean breast Of the matter,
and have il over at once. So he said
with a calmness, which was the result
Of inward explosives:
"Well, we don't live together; we'd
better not"
He stihed groan as the child be-
gan again, and darted an exasperated
look at her parents. But the little
torment would not be QUOTED until
she exclaimed;
"Can't agree Then why don't
you fight it out, as pa and ma do"
Vengeance is NINE" laughingly
retorted the visitor, after "pa" and
ina exchanged looks of holy horror,
followed by the inevitable roar.
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rbe orema,ioniss oremafca.


The following Is a description Of thu
Cremation Of DIR. LcAIoyne, the great
advocate Of Cremation. at his former
home In Pennsylvania AZ 1923, tho
body wrapped in sheet was placed on
an iron rack, and wheeled from the
reception room 10 the doors Of the
furnace. No person was allowed in
the crematory, save the immediate
relatives Of the deceased, and only a
few Of those stayed 10 witness the
burning. At exactly hali-past ten,
the body was shot into the furnace, and
n few seconds later, smoke Of dull
brown color noated lazily from the
chimney. This circumstance gave
rise to the report that the heat was
insufficient. aud that the body was
frying and cnckling in the furnace.
That was untrue, the adding of fuel
to the flames beneath having been
solely responsible for the smoke.
The body was taken from the cata-
falque and placed in the new crib or
cage hastily, the hypothetical temper
ature being then 1000 degrees. At
1850 the vapor had cleared away and
disclosed the human outlines against
the red and brilliant back ground Of
the retort. The whiie-heated ilue
over the head Of the corpse looked
like a radiant crown. At halfpast II
o'clock the draft Of the furnace was
tested and found to be perfect. At
halfpast ~ a golden.,inged mist sur.
rounded the body. At 1870 a consul-
tation was held. and il was decided
that cremation was complete.
The crib was pushed forward to the
end Of the retort aud the form Of the
body was found still to remain, but
incineration was complete. Ten min
utes later and the ashes fell in a con-
fused mass at the bottom Of the re-
tort At 2 o'clock the fire was drawn
the whole time having been five hours.
the longest period yet occupied by
cremation ia this furnace.
The actual time occupied in crema-
ting the body, however, was but little
over four hours The retort Is now
cooling. and the ashes will probably
be urned tomorrow evening. They
will be inclosel il a marble urn aud
preserved in family mausoleum in
Washington Cemetery. The furnace
is not to he destroyed. as has been in
timated by some, but preserved for
the benefit Of all who desire thus to
dispose Of their mortal frames.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24

The USE OF SPEcTAcLEs DELAY
ED.-Dr. Cheatham recommends, in
the Louisville Medical Ne'Cs, the use Of
sulphate of eserine as a means of de-
laying the use of spectacles, so that
they will not be required for several
years, this alkaloid having the over Of
stimulating the ciliary mu1cle and
thus assisting accommodation. The
strength Of solution recommended is
one grain of the sulphate of eserire
to an ounce of water. One drop OF
this solution is to be put in the eye al
night, or when required.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24

A young gentleman happening to
cit at church in a pew adjoining one
which a young lady occupied for
whom he conceived a sudden and vio-
lent passion, was DESTROYS Of entering
into a courtship on the spot; and the
exigency Of the case suggested the
following plan He politely handed
his fair neighbor a Bible open with a
pin stuck in the following text-sec-
ond epistle Of John, verse fifth "And
now | beseech thee, lady, not as tho
wrote a new commandment unto
thee, but that which we had from the
beginning, that we love one another"
She returned il pointing to the second
chapter Of Ruth, verse tenth Then
she fell on her face and bowed herself
TO the ground and said unto him, why
have ! found grace in thine eyes, sec
ing that ] am a strangerS" He re-
turned the book pointing to the thir-
teenth verse Of the third epiptle to
John Having many things to write
unto you, | would not write with pa
per and ink, but | trust to come unto
you and speak face to face" From
the above inferview n MARRIAGE fook
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QUICK FORGING. - Recently the
steamer st. John, of the Peoples Line
to Albany, broke her shaft. A new
shaft, 81 feet six inches in length, 20
inches average diameter, and weigh
ing 10000 pounds, was made from
the blooms, turned, and finished in
six days The work was done at
John Rocah's establishment, and is
pronounced the quickest work of the
kind ever done in this city.-[Scien-
tifc American.
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We always think Of great men as
in the act Of performing the deeds
which give them renown, or else IN
stately rcpose, grand. gloomy aud ma.
jestic. And yet this is hardly fair,
because even the most gorgeous aud
magnificent Of human beings have TO
bother themselves with the little
things Of life which engage the alien.
ton Il Us smaller people. No doubi
Moses snuiled and got angry when he
had IA severe cold ia his head, aud II a
ny bit his lex while he was sitting ~
the desert, why should we suppose he
did not jump aud use violent language
and rub the sore placey Aud Cesar:
Isn't il tolcrably certain that he used
60 become furious when he went up
stairs to get bis slippers in the dark
and found that Calphurnia had showed
them back under the bed. 50 that he
hal to sweep around wildly for them
with the broom handler And when
Solomon cracked his crazy bone. is it.
unreasonable 10 suppose that he hop
ped around the room and looked mad
and felt rs il he wanted to cryf I'm
agine George Washington sitting on
the edge Of the bed putting on clean
shirt, and growing at Martha because
the buttons were oil, or st. Augustine
with an apron around his neck having
his hair cut; or Joan Of Arc holding
her front hair in her mouth, as wo-
men do, while she fixed up her back
hair; or Napoleon jumping out of bed
in frenzy TO chase a mosquito around
the room with a pillow, or Martin
Lutl er in his night.shirt trying to put
the baby to sleep at 2 o'clock in the
morning; or Alexander the Great
with the hiccoughs; or Thomas Jefier-
son getting suddenly over fence to
avoid dog; or the Duke Of Yelling
ton lying in bed with the mumps; or
Daniel Webster abusing his wife he
cause she hadn't tucked the covers in
at the foot Of the bed; or Benjamin
Franklin pairing his corn with a razor;
or Jonathan Edwards at the dinner
table wanting to sneeze just as he gets
his mouth full Of hot beef or Noah
standing at his window at night
throwing bricks at a cat Max
Adeler.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24

A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.-The year
1879 will pass into American history
as a year of wonderful agricultural
prosperity. The cotton crop is larger
by half a million bales than ever be
tore; the tobacco crop 1000, 900 lbs.
greater; and the sugar crops exceeds
by some 100000 hogsheads all previ
Gus yields. These are crops which be
long almost exclusively to the South
ern half of the Republic. In behalf
of the Northern States, the excess Of
products this year over the crop Of
any previous year is, according 10 the
Chicago Journal Of Commerce, 20, 600,
900 bushels OF wheat and from 80,
100000 To lOO,OOO,OOO bushels o.
corn. The hog crop is also larger Thu
year than for number of years pas
IF il be not the largest that was evel
raised.
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IA Inci.Ient or me Times.

From every party Of our country
prosperity seems TO abound in almost
every department of trade, and the
demand for all kinds of machinery
and implements, and the steam ap-
planes for driving and making them,
seems to be greater than for a long
time past. The answer of one of our
regular advertising patrons to our in
quiry if his goods were in demand
nowadays, is, no doubt, what most
other manufacturers who advertise
their goods experience. "All last
year" says the gentleman, "parties
would write to know how low a ma.
chine could be furnished, and then,
before ordering, they would write sew
eral times to get better terms. But
now, things are different. Orders
flow in faster than they can be filled,
and the inquiry is no longer how low
the goods can be furnished, but how
quickly"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24
RWHning % Locomotive ,rftbouf Fire
Water ~ steam.

While working as an engineer on
one Of the railways Mr.. A. l.. Hol
ley made a wager with some Of his
fellows that he could run a locomotive
mile without FIRE, water or steam,
the locomotive to be taken empty and
cold from the shop, and towod by an.
other engine to a point at some dis
lance on the road, where level
stretch Of track favored the expert.
ment. Young Holley rode in solita-
ry state on his cold locomotive to the
scene Of trial, and. unsupported by
his escort, so arranged matters that
during the trip the motion Of the
drivers and pistons stored the boilers
with compressed air. This gave him,
by the time the destined point was
reached, an accumulation Of power
by means Of which he ran his mile
and won his wager.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24

Jacob Reese, of Pittsburg, Pa. ,pst'
forth some remarkable claims in regard
to an alleged new discovery in metal
lurgy. lie says he is able to melt in.
stantly bar of cast steel one inch in
diameter-which cannot be fused in
less than FIVE minutes in the highest
furnace heat attainable-simply by
throwing against it Il column of air
having a velocity of $4,000 feet a
minute. The instant the air touches
the metal fusion takes place. He says
further:
by furnace heat il requires many
hours, and some times many days, to
anneal metals. by recent discove-
ry which have made, l can anneal
bars Of iron or steel at the rate Of one
foot per second, thus increasing the
ductility of metal 100 per cent, with
out the use Of other fuel than that
contained in the metal itself. sim
ply unlock the occluded (latent) heat.
1t becomes sensible and enlarges the
metal, and by the method of doing
this the enlargement is made perma-
nent, that is, it does not contract to
its original limit.
"NOw, annealing and fusing iron
and steel in one second of time may
seem absurd, but it is nevertheless a
fact and reduced to practical utility in
the arts"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24

A lady in New York had the inGn-
lite check to complain in court that
one of her creditors annoyed her by
asking for his money. The judge,
sensible man. gave it as his opinion
that a creditor had has a right to ask
for the cash owed him. 1t never
seemed to strike the troubled debtor
that she might have got rid of the
man by paying him what she owed
him. However, this method would
be too entirely original to be thought
of by New York person.
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Whipping and the nhooping.couDh

Whipping aud the UhoOpfiiO-tO"0
A new use Of the rod, one which
Solomon never dreamed Of, is said Il
be common in Austria. Some old.
fashioned people complain that the
rod has fallen into neglect, and that
the reins Of authority have passed
from the parents TO the children. For
such grumblers Austria is a good place
to emigrate to, for whipping is the
regime even for whooping-cough.
Physicians pronounced this uncom-
Portable disease to be chiefly Of merry
Gus origin and under the control Of
the will. They maintain, therefore,
that punishment is the best medicine,
tor good whipping rouses the child
to vigorous exercise of will, which
suppresses the cough.
IL is certainly curious theory, but
held with tenacity by the Austrian
physicians. They may be popular
among children in their own country,
but they would be in danger of falling
victims to mob law here. Children
claim pity and petting when passing
through this disease, and the thought
of whipping instead would lead to
revolts in the nursery. The Austrian
remedy may be scientific, but it is not
likely to gain favor on this side of the
wafer
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24
The Enchanted Pin.

Some tricks in "Parlor Magic"
printed in iuvenile notifications are
very amnsiny "a well rs very simple
"The Enchanted Pin" for instance.
To perform this trick Won take n com
mon brass pin such as a man some
times uses to flsten his shirtNollar
when n rear hutton flies of. To sat
isfy YOUR audience that the min doesn't
contain n false bottom. LET them have
il in their hands 10 inspect This
will convince them that there is no
detention about il. Now, bend the
the pin in two places-first, about
one. third from the head. and second
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24

A man who had a particularly ugly
daughter succeeded in ringing her in
with a wedding ring) on man who
had been blind for many years. Some
time after the marriage, a famous &C.
ulist visited the town, and the re-
markable nature of his cases having
been bruited abroad, it was proposed
to have him couch the blind man.
"Not for Millions" cried the father
in-law in horror, "for the minute that
his sight is given back my daughter
will have to be taken back"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24

The New York Commercial Adper
tiser calls upon Herbert Spencer, or
some other philosopher, to tell us why
il is that ladies prefer to sit on the
floor while unbuttoning their shoes.
The foot is a ticklish member, and
they do it to preserve their gravity.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24

To the advice Drink whisky only
in the months that have * in their
Names" the Ottowa Republican says
nine. tenths of the fellows would spell
this month 'Oktober.' And of course
your Knowyember can be counted
too. Knext.-[Temperance Journal.
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have made a great many expert.
ments with corn within the last fifteen
years. had fourteen different kinds,
and this year got some of the largest
ears | ever raised. | always select
my seed corn in the Fall, at husking
time, and in the Spring / sort them
over again. Last Spring l took no
ears that were less than twelve inches
long; then l took off three inches at
the tip end and two at the butt end,
and from these central grains | got
ears fifteen inches long and from four
teen 10 sixteen rows. Several years
ago | selected ears from stalks that
had two ears, but the result was not
nearly so satisfactory as from planting
only central grains. My opinion is
that if farmers would be a little more
careful in selecting their seed corn
they could raise from FIVE 10 ten bush.
els more per acre than they do when
they pick it out of the crib in the
Spring.
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Postmasters are now authorized 10
redeem, in stamps or stamped envel-
opes, postal cards which have been
spoiled in printing or by any accident
al the rate of four cents for every five
cards.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24

A Utica barber announces himself
as "tOnsorial artists, physionOmical
hair dresser, facial operator, Uranium
manipulation and capillary abridger. "
Why not also a conversational eolos-
sus."
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One great secret of domestic enjoy
ment is too much overlookod-that Of
bringing our wants down to our cir
cumstances, instead Of oiling to bring
our circumstances up TO our wants.
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JEASErTE-"Ma, are YOU going to
give me another piece of pie p Ma
"What do you want to know fori'
Observation-Disclosures if you amt,
want to eat this piece slowly"
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A Miss Gush was elected School
Superintendent in Mono county, last
Tuesday, on Wednesday appointed a
male deputy, and on Thursday marri.
ed him. This shows how mean wo.
men can be when they have the adj
vantage of a man.-[N. Y. World.
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The water that flows from Spring
does not freeze in the coolest Winter.
Aud those sentiments Of true friend
ship which flow from the heart can
not be frozen by adversely.
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STOLEN HORSES

On Saturday, the 4th inst, two men came to my
house, In Casey Co, about miles West Of huston
Vile, one riding brown horse, i6 hands high, 5
years old right hind and lett fore foot slightly
white inside, small star la the forehead, seems
20 he a natural PAGER. The other rode a dark-hay
mare, 1917 hands high, years old, no marks. not
gated. Both animals were shOd In front and were
In good condition. The men disappeared mysteri-
Ously on sunday, leaving the stock. II stolen, rs
presume they were this Is TO notify the owner that
he can obtain them BY calling on me, proving prop
erty and paying all reasonable charges.
Oct. 10, 1879. ELAN SIMPSON,
397-tf Hustonville, Ky.
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A Philadelphia lady is the owner
of a valuable relic in the shape of a
manuscript copy of Wesley's hymns
in the handwriting of their author.
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"hV Country P.spIe attract .iffen-

Country people always wonder why
they are noticed on a visit to the city,
and so many jokes cracked at their
expense, yet the reason is as simple
aud easy rs their manners are stiff
and formsl. They generally come in
crowds about evenly divided in the
sexes, and at every street crossing
they gather in knots and hold a con.
sultation very much like a batch of
politicians the day before election.
When they decide 10 visit any one
given place, they start of in pairs
and move like funeral procession
always hating at busy street until
the way is clear of vehicles for about
a block, and then they make the pas.
sage like flock of sheep. For these
and other reasons that We can not men
ton halt, our country cousins made us
grin aud Often times laugh. f New
York People.
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An Illinois woman has named her
baby "Pinafore." Probably because
she never -. WhatS Well, com
paratiyely seldom.
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HRTTrEN ar NJ MOTHFRs
sRATE.


w urouor o.. rnrNricr
The TREMBLING dev drofs hli
tron The shuttlns nowcFs. ntc sui at rssii
The stan shine glorieusly, sud W
sase me mc tle.i
Mother love thy gravel
The violet, vit6 ~ blossoms hiue and mild.
Wave o'cr thy head when viii u wave
Ahove Thy ehUdf
frsa sweet aowcs. yet must ~
nsighi leaves 70 the morning tempc.ia how,
Dear mother. Us thine emblem, dust
lson thy bros.
AMI could love 10 DIE,
10 leave uniasici na,a DARK bitter sifcama,
~ thee, a. eaui IN childhood. Ne
Aud share Thy DREAMS
All must nnrcr here,
10 stain the piumare Of ny sinicsa year,.
AMI mourn tine hopes 10 childhood dear
With bitter Tears
Aye. mu.i nurer here.
A iouely branch upon a ulthercl trcc.
Who's lat frail leaf untimciy -rc.
went down with ihee.
un from Has vlthcrcd hover,
In alil colnnotioh with the past. turn
AMI musc on thee the only aoucr
Ia memoTys urn.
Ani whcn the evening palc
Rows, litc mourner, on the dim blue wave
stray 10 hear the night wiud. vail
Asound Thy grave.
Where Il Thy spirt Sewn
rarc alave-thy look h imagsd there
lisien sad Thy eeutie tone
i on the air.
On, oome, while here press
Ny hrus upon Thy grave and In those miiI
Aud thrilling tones Of tendcrnes-
hiess, hlcss Thy china
rcs. hic-s year weeping child
Aud oef thlne urn. religion's holicst shrinc,
On, Eive bic spirit. INDEBTED.
To blend With thine.
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A singular fact in connection with
Rarus, the famous trotter purchased
by Bonner the other day is that he is
without pedigree, his paternal pro
genitor being unknown. Mr.. Bonner
has invested a small fortune in horse
flesh. Star.le cost him $4,000; Dex-
ter $50, 900, and Grafton $4,000.
Goldsmith Maid and Jay Gould rep
resent s35, 900 each; Lady Thorn $780,
900; Socrates $4,000; Lucy s25, 900;
Tattler s17, 900; Rosalind s13, 900, and
General Knox $4,000. The great
faiherless' stands $1,000, therefore,
beyond all save Pocahonias.
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The worst-abused quotation in Eng
lish literature is Dean Swift's verse
about Aeas and the manner in which
they are bitten by smaller neas. The
New York Herald of a day or two
ago gives it thus;
Great heas have lesser aeas,
And these have less TO bite 'em,
And these heas have lesser heas.
And 80 ID fafaaum.
This is about the worst stagger we
have ever seen made at the thing.
The lines, as written by Swift, are as
follows:
SO, Daturaiisls observe, aea
Has smaller aeas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still 10 bite 'em,
And 80 proceed, al iadaiWR.
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Town Property For Sale

oneI al private salo nay Residence Ia The East-
cru limits oi stanford. This Is u the most de-
arahlc Residences IA The toNn Terms viii b. made
tasy. for further lnioi uiation, apply ~ J. W. Al
eofn al staniord, or 10 uic a. nansille.
sgl-tt .. q. EVANS.
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such are a iew Of the many compliments paid 10
the Cincinnati .l.nquirsr BY the Press throughout
the country.
The merits Of It's Editorial, Agricultural, foliii-
cal, Correspondence, Literary, 1clegraphic News
aud Commercial departments combine 10 glake ID
journal
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The saddest words of tongue or pen
I'm going To pay, but ! cant tell
when !"
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The 9th Annual Term Of this
school begins Oct. 10, 1870. and
confinues7 months. Terms: $40
LIST year. $50 I'd year. For Cat
nIogucs or circulars, address the
Dean, RUFUS KING.
3.l-im Gfueluunaf. a.
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Che snteriOr Sournal.
RATES or ADVERTISING.

Oncsquarc one Insertion. s 81 90
llheral dcductlor for each subsequent Insertion
REGULAR advertisers vill hnd our rates 10 Ne ~
moderate a. thoae 81 any other respectable rarfr
"busineu Notices - IS cents uer line Adsertislna
itcms IN Local Column, 20 cents per line.
Announcements Of Marriages Births and Deaihf,
Inserted free ofcosf.
Obituaries, Tributes ofRespcci. &C., win. here
after, he charged Al the rate Of cents per lire.
Instead oft cents a. hercioiorc.
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IN is he best political friend he People hare,
odnloaiiag rs Democracy upDa he primer
pies N justice and equity 10 GA
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