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Daily Republican., 1879-05-26
IT SEEMS noE that Thurman is to be

IT SEEMS now that Thurman is to b"
forced forward &s the Democratic candi.
date for Governnr Of Ohio. This plan
is thought best 10y Thompson, the chief
henchman of Thurman, for il he car
ries the State. it will be long stride
towards the Democratic nomination for
the Presidency, and if Ohio is not
carried Thurman s chances would not be
worth anything. If he carries it he
would at one stroke kill OIL Tilden,
Bayard, Hendricks and all the other
Democratic aspirants. Speaking OF
Secretary Sherman's recent letter to
General Robinson, declining the Kepub-
lican nomination for Governor, Mr..
Thompson says that he does not believe
the secretary has any such intention
but on the contrary, that Ae is quietly
making arrangements to secure the
nomination. Since il has become q
fixed certainty that there will be no
change in tho Federal election law"
during President Hayes term OF off e,
the idea Of carrying New York for the
Democracy is abandoned and the stTlT.
Gle Las been transferred to Ohio, hence
the great necessity for the Democrats t
carry that State. should they do 80
il will avail them nothing, for If New
York with her thirty five electoral vote.
was not enough to lift them out of the
lurch, Ohio with her twenty. ona cleo
toral votes must fall fourteen votes
shorter still of the mark. TO Republi.
cans it is OI little consequence whether
Thurman runs for Governor or not, the
man to be nominated at the Republican
convention to be held at Cincinnati il
a few days, will be elected and tha
will settle all this Democratic anxiety.
Ix THE county conventions and prim
acy elections held by the Republican.
of Ohio last week, Judge Taft takes thu
lead strongly and from present appear
ances will be the next Republican can
didate for Governor and consequently
the next GovernOr of OHIO,
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-02

The air Of the menagerie has its
peculiarities, and when the reporter
insinuated that a slight infusion Of
oxygen would not harm the atmos
phere of the building, the lion king
assented, and turning TO the larger Of
two elephants standing in a far cor
ner, he called out, "Pete, old fellow,
open that door" The elephant wag.
ged his great years sagaciously, seized
the door.knob with his trunk tip. gave
il a turn aud flung the door wide open.
When a sufiiciency Of fresh air had
been secured, the lion king quietly re.
marked, "Shut the door now. Pete 4"
The elephant laid his trunk against it
and gave it a shove, bat failed to close
il. "Oh, close it up tight, Pete" Mr..
Conklin said with an assumption Of
impotence in his voice. The saga.
cious beast pulled the door sufficiently
ajar to secure Roadway, and then, with
rapid push, slammed it close, follow
ing up its success with loving EN-
brace of Mr.. Conklin. round whose
neck it flung its trunk in most afiec
tomato manner.-lSt Louis Globe
| Democrat.
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~ Interesting Beggar Mesa.

Every day on the Via Toledo, the
finest and most frequented street in
Naples, might have been seen an old
woman, bent under the weight Of
years, clad in wreiched mourning,
creeping past the line Of shops, like a
moving bas-relief, and sometimes halt
ing at a corner. She wore a tattered
bonnet on her head, a thick black
veil over her features, and a pair Of
ragged gloves on her fingers. She
never spoke, she never put out her
hand for charity, but took with kind
Of growl whatever small coin the pas
sengers might vouchsaie her. That
old woman's gains were twenty francs
per diem. But who was sheY No
one could tell, and a spectre in the
throng Of Vanity Fair-an uncom-
Portable intruder whom the butterflies
Of fashion were only too glad to pay
and get rid Of. The other day. a
couple Of Municipal Guards laid
hands on her, and handing her into a
cab, took her Of to the Mendicant's
Home. One Of the female attendants
stripped her, when suddenly from the
filthy, feted, envelope Of rags emerged
-Cinderella-like--a lusiy young wo-
man, considerably on this side Of thir.
ty, fresh colored, fat, and proposes
sing. Her makeup was a marvel Of
effect Her curved spine was Ear
ranged" with n cord which passed
around her neck and fastened at the
knee. Her hump was manufactured
from a ball Of rags; her wrinkled and
dirty face was managed with imita-
ton parchment. On inquiry it was
found that this young woman was Of
good family, and that the gains she so
cleverly earned were brought regular
ly home to her parents, who kept
night house where scenes of the most
unhallowed revelry were kept up till
all hours Of the morning.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-02

Last September a young man. Chas'
T. Strickland, went 10 Louisville from
Lexington, and secured a position rs
drug clerk IN a store on Market street,
lie is not visionary or supersiitious,
but a practical business young fellow.
All day Tuesday he said he felt OPP
pressed as IL by some vague, impend-
ing evil-by what novelists would des-
ignate as presentiment On Tues.
day night he went to bed at his usual
hour, but his sleep was disturbed by a
dream, in which he plainly saw his
brother engaged in a quarrel with an.
other young man Of Lexington, whom
he recognized as one Arthur Murrill.
After several moments Of angry ges-
lures and apparently impassioned
words. young Murrill drew a pistol
and shot Strickland in the head. He
fell across a table, knocking OF, as he
did 50. a bottle Of wine, upon the Ia.
bel Of which Mr.. Charles Strickland
afIirms that he saw distinctly the word
champagne" Almost simultaneous
with the crash produced by his broth.
er's fall, the dreamer awoke. lie was
so much impressed by what he had
seen that he struck a match and look.
ed at his watch. II was exactly half
past II o'clock. Not admitting TO
himself that he believed the facts had
really occurred as he saw them in his
dream, he was, nevertheless, so much
troubled in spirit that he could sleep
no more that night. At 6 o'clock next
morning he received a telegram from
Lexington. With unsteady hand he
tore the envelope and read, strangely
enough, that his brother had been
shot through the head by some one
unknown. at about half past IL o.
But we won't do il. We have never
yet told lie, and we don't intend to
commence at this early day, merely
for the sake Of an item. Courier.
journal.
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According to Pliny, fire was long
time unknown TO some Of the ancient
Egyptians; and when Thales, the eel
ebrated astronomer, showed il TO them,
they we're absolutely in rapture. The
Persians. Phenicians, Greeks and sew
eral other nations acknowledge that
their ancestors we're without the use Of
lire, and the Chinese confess the same
Of their progenitors. Plutarch and
other ancient writers speak Of nations
who, at the time they wrote, knew not
Of the use Of fire or had just learned
it, Facts Of the same kind are also
attested by several modern nations.
The inhabitants Of the Marian Islands
which were discovered in 1851, had
no idea Of fire. Never was astonish-
ment greater than theirs when they
saw II on the desert Magellan, in one
Of their islands. At first they believ-
ed it was some kind of animal that
fixed to and fed upon wood. The in
habitants of the Philippine and Cana
ny Islands we're formerly equally igno-
rant. Africa presents, even in our
day, tribes in this deplorable state.
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Weed Of uorai Dfscernmeaf % Ap-
preheud GospcI Truths.

The great truths Of the Golpel re.
quire for their apprehension some NOR
nj dlscomment. How can a thorough.
ly selfish man understand the truth Of
Christ's Divinity Divinity to him
means force OF quantity rather than
quality Of being. How much would
you know about the Apollo Belvidere,
IL one should simply tell you that il
consisted Of so many cubic inches Of
white marble, and weighed so many
poundsl What idea Of is beauty
would those words convey to your
Some such cumulative notion Of
Christ's divinity selfish man may
get, and It is the only idea Of him
that we find in the writings Of many
theologians Such notion may well
be disputed about. but il Is Of no prac.
teal value. To apprehend the beauty
Of Christs character, in which his al.
vinity chiefly resides, one needs much
schooling in the services Of obedience
aud love. And the more men know
Of this the los they will be inclined to
dispute about it.
Christ j. our example; but he who
supposes that Christ's work consists
simply in furnishing Us an example,
has a very inadequate idea Of what
man needs aud Of what Christ is. II
is true that We have some power of
cnpying. by observation and volition,
the conduct Of those that are better
than we are; but II Is also true that
the lives which are mainly the result
Of imitation are defective and unlove.
ly lives. That peculiar character.
says Dr. Morley. (which we admire
in another, would become quite diff
ferent one in ourselves could We
achieve the most successful imitation.
The copy could never have the spirit
Of the original, because it would want
the natural root upon which the orig.
inal grew. We ought to grow out Of
our own roots; our own inherent pro.
priety of constitution is the best nu.
cleus for our own formation" This,
then. Is what we need-ihe healing.
the quiekening, the replenishing Of our
spiritual life. 1t is not a model to
grow by; il /. "more life and fuller
that we want That is what Christ
came to bring II am come that they
might have lite, and that they might
have it more abundantly." BY faith
in him we are made partakers Of his
nature. and thus the very elements Of
virtue in us are reinforced. The tulip
bulb does not need a full grown tulip
to look at, that it may learn how to-
blossom; it needs to feel at its own
heart the warmth Of the sun and the
moisture of the soil. Not Christ be-
fore you as an example, but Christ
IN you" communicating to you the
vitalizing energy Of his own eternal
life, is the power Of God unto saliva.
ton. ~ Sunday Afternoon.
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II you had seen this old man az he
sat in the corner where the Spring
sun fell the brightest, ifyou had heard
his words you would know that faith
can become a second life, as il were,
never wavering or doubling through
years and years, and dying only when
the heart ceases beating He said
Those who died long years ago are
ever with me in the spirit. | can not
see them, because ! am mortal, but
when | am called to 60, be it night or
day, | shall hear their footsteps and
they shall lead me over the dark river
into heavens sunlight beyond" The
other day he sat alone in the sunlight.
No one dreamed that bis end was near.
When his feeble, worn but still loving
wife entered the room to see Il he
slept, the old mans pale, dead face
had such a smile as she had never
seen before, and his hands were held
out as If 10 give greeting. While the
honse was still the old man heard the
footsteps of his faith. For more than
score Of years he had waited and lis
tened and never doubted. Had men
told him that there was nothing be.
yond earth but dust and darkness, it
would have broken his heart. Softly
fell the footsteps along the hall, rs IL
children were creeping in to give
grandpa a surprise, and when the old
man raised his hand and turned. that
smile, which even death could not
fade, was brought to his face, and he
stretched out bis arms TO those whom
he knew would come Detroit Free
Press.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-02

Continental newspapers report that
about u fortnight ago, on a Sunday,
the inhabitants of the village of Vrat-
shevo, in Russia, burned woman,
one of their neighbors, as a witch.
They are said to be quite satisfied that
they acted right. They kept the wo-
man in her house, closed all the doors
and windows by mailing boards across
them, and then set FIRE to heap Of
straw lying in one of the rooms. The
house was soon reduced to a heap Of
ashes, in which was mingled the dus,
Of the supposed witch.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-02

Why LACE Is so CosTLY.-The
New York Graphic says; "The finest
specimens Of Brussels lace is 60 COM
plicated as to require the labor of sew
en- persons on one piece, and each op-
orator is employed at a distinct feature
of the work. The thread used is of
exquisite fineness, which is spun in
dark underground rooms, where it is
sufficiently moist to keep the thread
from separating. II is so delicate as
scarcely to be seen, and the room is so
arranged that all the light admitted
shall fall upon the work. 1t is such
material that renders the genuine
Brussels lace so costly. On a piece
Of Valenciennes, not two inches wide,
from two to three hundred bobbins
are sometimes used, and for larger
as many as eight hundred.
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The stream OF LiJc.

Life bears US like the stream of a
mighty river. Our boat first glides
down the narrow channel, through the
playful murmurings Of the little brook
and the winding Of the grassy borders.
The trees shed their blossoms over our
young heads; the flowers on the brink
seem to offer themselves to our young
hands; We are happy in hope and We
grasp eagerly at the beauties around
us-but the stream hurries on aud
still our hands are empty. OF course
manhood is along n wilder and deep
or flood, amid objects more striking
and magnificent We are animated at
the moving pictures ofepjoyment and
industry passing around US; We are
excited at some short.lived disappoint-
ment. The stream bears us on, and
our joys and griefs are alike left be-
hind Us. We may be shipwreckedi
we can not be delayed; whether rough
or smooth, the river hastens to its
home, till the roar Of the ocean is In
our ears and the tossing Of the waves
are beneath our feet, aud the land les
sens from our eyes. and the floods arr
lifted up behind Us, aud we take oul
leave Of earth and its inhabitants un
Ill our further voyage there is ne
witness save the Infinite and the Eier
nal Bishop Heller.
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Southerner.

In every walk of life the present
mania and its attendant ills have ta-
ken a deep-a dangerously deep-root.
Some ladies on the South side have
undertaken to make two thousand
calls in two thousand quarter hours.
A boy on the West side was rescued
from the pantry where he was trying
to eat three thousand quarter pies in
three thousand quarter hours. His
mother showed him no quarter, and
he got no sympathy from his sisters
and his cousins and his aunts.-
TChicago Times.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-02

Numberless men, alleged TO be hurt
by overwork, do not work halfenough.
Their troubles come from superabun-
dance of leisure and inactivity. They
yawn through three or four hours in
the office or countingroom; are too
indolent to walk up town; eat too
heavy and rich dinner; go out AFTER
ward to see merchants, bankers, and
join boon companions, who walk
around billiard tables or SIT at cards,
and keep very thirsty until the drowsy
steeple tolls 2 and 3. This is over
work, work in the wrong direction,
aud Of very different kind from that
supposed. Oyerwork covers multi.
tude Of bal habits. Il is made a
scapegoat pr countless transgressions;
Il is very often shallow pretense, a
miserable sham. While there are fan
too many who overwork, there are a
great many who break down and kill
themselves by laziness, self-indulgencC
and dissipation. Very decidedly over
work is oyerdone. IN. Y. Times.
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Harness Calls.

Ii is a cruel thing to work a horse
that has a neck worn raw by a badly
fitting collar. In putting horses that
have been comparatively idle during
the winter to the hard work OF the
pillow and the harrow, painful and I'M
slightly sores are often caused. which,
unless cared for at once, prove Of long
standing, permanently dis6guring the
animal. When the abrasion first ap-
pears, give the horse a day or two Of
rest. Ii is better to do this, even il
important work is somewhat delayed.
Chloride Of zinc diluted with fifty
parts water and applied with small
sponge, is a good astringent, serving
to harden and tougher the skin. But,
after all, the best way to prevent gall,
ing is TO have the collar and every
part Of the harness touching the horse,
perfect fit. Keep il well oiled and
pliable. Then inure the animal to
hard work gradually and kindly.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-02

THREE CURIOUS CmLDREN.-A re-
markable case of defective vision is
that of the three children of james
Howard, a seafaring man, whose fam
lily live on Ocraooake Island. They
become totally blind each day imme-
diately after the sun goes down. If
by chance they happen to be in the
yard playing, their playthings are in
stantly laid aside, and efforts made to
reach the house, when they soon after
retire ami sleep soundly until sunrise,
after which their sight is described as
being unimpaired. The youngest is
3 and the eldest 10 years old-two
BOYS and one girl-all of light com
plexion. The. eyes are light blue, and
there is nothing about them that ap-
pears at all strange. -[Tarboro (N.C.)
SOutherner.
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Apropos of sewing in schools, there
was an exhibition OF the art in the
Winthrop School in Boston recently.
II must have been a novel sight when
1000 pupils were engaged in fitting
Innings to dresses. On show were 1866
finished garments, the work Of the
pupils during the two hours which are
allotted to sewing in each week Of the
school year. There was a pair of
pantaloons made by a girl of eleven.
There was a boys suit made by girl
Of thirteen. Another girl Of thirteen
had completed thirty-five large gar
ments during years sewing hours.
And in many ways the pupils pro
fcieney was demonstrated.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-02

Talk about knowing babies A
young married couple, living on North
Delaware street, have a six-month.
old babe that for two weeks past has
been considered the wonder of the
ueighborhood and the admiration Of
all the mothers for squares and squares
about. Only six months old, and
actually scratched its own head J Did
it, too, with the vigor of an eight
year-old schoolboy! 1t was too cum
mini The other day an old lady of
vast experience was shown the baby
the wonderful baby-when it was
scratching its head with unusual EN-.
phasis. She adjusted her glasses and
looked carefully. No matter what
she said. A fne-toothed comb was
bought, the nurse girl was discharged,
and the phenomenon ceased Indi.
annapolis journal.
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Curiosity brought Alexander Bonn
to an untimely end. He was a color
ed boy of Alexandria, and in an evil
moment was tempted to investigate
an old thirty-two pound shell. Ex-
Actly how he proceeded is not clear,
but they found the string that had
tied his trousers in the next yard, and
held funeral over one of his tracks.
1t wasn't much, but the minister said
he was satisfied he had Benn there.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-02

There are in Russia many obscure
sects whose rites are on a level with
those of the most barbarOus savages.
The disappearance of sundry children
has resulted lately in the discovery of
sect who hold that real blood should
take the place of wine at the Lords
Supper, and whose agents abducted
and killed infants to supply this.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-02

The very man who cheerfully pays
halfa-dOllar to see Bogardus break
one thousand glass balls in seventy
five minutes, makes a terrible fuss and
declares himself financially ruined
when one of his small sons accidental
ly breaks thirty-cent pane of glass
with a football. Such are the incon-
sistencies of human nature that can
not be remedied by acts of Congress.
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A beautiful custom with the Nor
wegians is the giving of dinner to
the birds on Christmas day. On
Christmas morning every stable, gate
way, barn-door, and paling is decOra'
ted with sheaf Of corn fixed on n
pole. Even the humblest peasant
will save up by the handful something
for the birds; which, II not pecked on
this day, is allowed to remain to help
them through the winter.
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A busy but quiet industry in this
city is that Of the bird fanciers. A
dealer in canary birds says that last
year he imported 100. 900 birds. which
were readily disposed Of at fair prices.
They are generally brought from the
Hartz mountain region Of Germany.
From the large dealers a fine male ca
nary, with a good voice, can be
bought for s.. Choice specimens,
with extraordinary vocal powers,
bring sometimes $40. Female birds
for breeding purposes sell for 81. Next
to the canary the mocking bird is
most in demand. Those whose vocal
powers are well developed are sold for
s25 and upward. The birds come
from Virginia and other Southern
States. and also from Mexico. The
bullfnoh is highly regarded when well
trained. a good whistler Is worth
from s25 to $40. The gold6nch,
chafinch, nightingale, lark, and the
liunets and thrushes are also priced as
songsters. OF other birds, not song
sters, thirty different species, kept as
pets for their beauty or requirements,
may be found in market. of these
the parrot is most in demand. A we'll
trained bird, of either the gray Afr
can variety or the green American. i
worth $50, or even 500. The most
brilliantly oolored birds are the Aus
tralian paroquets and strawberry
fnches. Scientific American.
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When newspaper has been refus-
ed by the party addressed, it is simply
the duty Of the Postmaster 10 notify
the publisher that such is the case,
after which, IL the paper continues to
arrive in the mails, he should place il
with other waste paper, to be sold at
the end of the quarter.
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DIR. Humphrey the other night
pointed out the cause of our present
lamentable condition in'the sentence
cit is not crime committed, no
matter how hideous, but crime I'M
punished that shakes the foundation
Of our State"
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Elder sister "Well. dear, did you
have a pleasant time at the theater
to-nightT Younger ditto; "Oh, it
was just lovely; l cried all the time. I"
Elder sister "Did you ? Oh. how l
wish I'd been there ("
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Smart sophomore -"What fruit
would you resemble riding on a jack
ASST" Innocent looking Freshman
"Give it up" S. S.-"A beautiful
pear" /. L. FAN right; come
outside and I'll try."-[Harvard Ad-
vocate.
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Two darkies were Wanting their
courage. ~ isn't feared o nothin', !
isn't" said one. "Den, Sam, | reck-
on you isn't feared to loan me a dol
lahs" "No, Julius, l isn't feared to
loan you a dollah, but | does hate to
part wild an ole fren' forebber."
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"ln choosing a wife," says an ex'
change, "be governed by her chin. ="
The worst of that is, after having
chosen a wife one is apt to keep on
being governed in the same way
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For sixty.four cents a four.pound
parcel of goods may be sent to any
part OF the Unised States, and receipt
taken from the person to whom the
parcel is sent, and returned to the
sender. This is the latest extension
Of our postal facilities and one which
will be greatly appreciated.