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The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-25
rae Aeme " a Deiicaep.

A gentleman travelling in Virginia
had occasion to take stage-ride in
order to visit the natural bridge.
Riding on the seat with the driver, he
fell into conversation with him, and
found that he was a veteran in kill
ing deer, bears and smaller game.
Passing a stream, the traveller inquir-
ed if il contained fish.
"Lots Of em.7 MAS the reply
"what kind VI
mostly trout, said the driver.
IAN these mountain streams are full
d trout. q iI.N li''iII
They must be iine eating" was the
next remark.
"Fine catipgs' exclaimed Tho
driver. "You just go up to the
mountain and ketch half a dozen
trout about twelve inches long, clean
EN- without washin' EN-, rub in sOm'
salt, roll sm in Ipjin meal and bake
'em 10 the ashes-gOod eatin ! why
stranger, by heavens, they beat than :
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-25

II took Sir Isaac Newton less than
three years to thoroughly digest the
principle Of gravitatiOn, while an In
diana farmer has spent eleven years
in trying to find out why a COW never
kicks until the pail is two-thirds full.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-25

A wag. having held a nice lat Of.
fee for many years undisturbed. sud.
denly found himself called to account
for some triiiiing discrepancies, and
dismissed. In a terrific rage he left
the scene Of his disgrace, and, shRk.
ing his fist at the witness against him,
exclaimed
"This IS nSAhe end Of il The
consequence be upon your own heads
ifthis results in murder -
lie was at once arrested for threat
ening the life Of a witness, but was
released amidst sholis Of laughter,
wlkhlse explained, saying; IiIIfl
rGenilemen. am regular grad.
uated physician. In the twenty years
| have held Office my profession has
been sadly neglected. In consequence
Of present necessity am forced to
resume that profession q support my
self ~ ~
J 1t is safe 70 say that lie did not win
patients from among his audience by
his frank confession, II he did get the
laugh ON his enemies.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-25

"a clergyman was once sent for in
The middle Of the night by one of the
ladies Of his congregation. "Well,
my poor woman" said he, $50 you
are very in, and require the consola
ton of religion "No." replied the
old lady" ~ am only nervous and
can't sleep. "IIow can help that
asked the parson. ooh, sir. you al
ways pui me to sleep so nicely when
20 TO church, that ! though IL you
would only preach a little for me
The pastor mads tracks.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-25

The Virginia City Enterprise says
that they have in their State a tree
called Mountain Mahogany, Of rich
red color and very hard. When used
for fuel il produces such intense heat
as to burn out stoves more rapidly
than any coal. Il blazes as long as
ordinary wood would last, and then
becomes converted into a sort Of char.
coal that lasts twiceas long as ordina.
~ wood. A cord Of this wood brings
the same price as ton Of coal.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-25

Prof. Fort, in a paper on artificial
respiration read before the French
Academy, states that he was enabled
to restore to life child three years
old % hours after apparent death by
prachcing artificial respiration on il
for hours. Another physician re,
ports a somewhat similar case. lie
terminated a person nearly drowned
after 4 hours Of artificial respiration.
The person had been in the water ten
minutes, and the doctor arrived an
hour after asphyxia.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-25

Mr.. Blaine's railroad from Rich
mond up the james River to Clifton
Forge seems to have bright prospects.
Richmond has grown "a per cent. in
the past ten years. 1t had one rail.
road in 1870 running out of the city,
over two hundred miles long, and will
soon have Eve trunk lines through to
the West and South. II is the health
lest city in the South, and manuiac-
lures s25.O0O,0O0 worth Of goods a
year, and has paid the Government
in revenue taxes, chiefly on tobacco,
in the past twelve years, SS2, 100000.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-25

Observation-Disclosures people seem
born TO blnnder. They are always
laundering. 1t is apparently impOs-
sible for them to do anything without
making some mistake about it. They
are always getting hurt themselves or
unintentiOnally hurting somebody
else. People OF this class are lgeuer-
ally termed unlucky, and hence has
arisen the maxim, beware of an I'M
lucky person. II would be more
correct il il ran, beware Of blum
dering person, because you can scarce
ly have anything to do with
one TO whom the habit of care.
lessness seems 10 be innate without
suffering some disagreeable conse-
queDce.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-25

There are in the United States 25,
570,5 males and 24,G32,2si e.
mals..
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-25

A KIssING GENERAL.--Genera
Sherman, who attained the age of
sixty-one on the Sth, celebrated his
birthday by receiving with his daugh-
tiers, and making it very merry for
all who called. He says he positive
ly has no expectation of retiring for
at least another year, but enjoys be.
ing as old as he is because he feels
privileged to kiss all the pretty girls.
He does not mind, either, how pub.
licly the kissing is done. | have seen
him three different times kiss ladies
lately, twice on the street, once by
moonlight, once by sunlight, and once
at a crowded reception at his house.
Washington Cor. Philadelphia
Times.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-25

Theatrical Managers aud AL c0nternod are In
formed that this Handsome nss Hall, which IL pro-
nounced bY Judge 20 he one Of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-25

should be- not only tightly covered
bat have good floors made little
above ground. The foors may be
constructed :of low grade of plank,
so that the expense may be light,
but floors there must be of one kind
or another. Machines standing upon
the ground receive much injury by
the dampness ariseing therefrom,
which not only rusts the iron portions
but swells the woodwork.
There ala variety OF mixtures
which may be applied to the iron
parts Of implements to prevent rust.
ing, the cheapest of which is grease
that has not been sailed. An excel.
lent article can be prepared for the
protection OF either steel or iron by
melting lard and common rosin slow
~ together and stirring the mixture
as it cools. When required in lsgge
quantities make it in the proportion
OF about six pounds of lard to two OF
Tosin. II only small amount is de-
sired, a piece of rosin the size of
beD's egg will suffice for che pound
OF lard. This mixture may be ap-
piled with Cloth or any article that
will give thin coating to the metal
surface to be protected. The rosin
prevents the lard from becoming
rancid and the grease excludes air
and moisture. Before applying this
or other protective WASHES TOE ma
chimes should be thoroughly cleaned
of dirt and dust; wipe the BEARINGS
and oil with castor oil. Castor oil,
by the way, is uong the best IF oils
for iron axles A wheel we'll lubric-
Gated with it not only turns readily,
int wears much longer than when
OILED with cheaper sorts of grease.
1t Is not opl J economy TO look after
the iron and steel portions of tools and
machinery but the woodwork claims
attention. Alternate wetting and
drying oOn irjuEes any wood, caus-
ing cracking aud finally decay. This
may be prevented by the timely and
occasional application of some cheap
paint. When the woodwork from
exposure has become cracked, il is
advised to give it wash of crude
petroleum previous to all external
coat OF paint. Petroleum not only
improves all wooden tools but is alike
valuable for rustic furniture exposed
TO the weather. An occasional coat
of this oil improves the color end
renders the articles more lasting.
Gas tar Is sometimes employed as
paint for wagon wheels. A CORES
pendent who bas made use Of it in
this way ssYs that it forms a hard,
durable black polish somewhat like
japan on tinware. and dries in tbs
GUNNER sun on the wood in one day,
and on iron in tao days -Er.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-25
THE PLANET MARS.


The outer satellite OF Mars
tDeimas) was seen at the United
States Naval Observatory on the 10Th
ultimo, and its position as determined
was very near Ifs predicted place.
The inner plsnat (Phebas) was not
seen with certainty, although it vas
glimpsed near it's computed position.
The planet will continue to sp-
proach the Earth until December
21st, and the satellites will become
brighter. It 10 therefore possible that
they may be observed for nearly two
months during the present opposition.
But owing to the greater distance
from the Earth and the Sun, the
present opposition OF Mars will not be
60 favorable as the two preceding
ones: yet in one respect the planet Ia
much more favoTably situated now,
because it reaches this year a
declination of 26' north. and hence
will be observed at a much higher
altitude, 'givIng a steadier atmosphere.
Physical ObserVstios, either measures
or drawings, by smateur astronomers
With good glasses, if carefully made
and publised. will be useful when
finally produced and ompsred.
DGfipg the last opposition several
series OF micrGmetriC measures of the
diameter ot'the plane. we're made by
observers WITH good telescopes, and
these showed curious differences,
both between themselves and when
compared with the results obtained
from the heliometer. Some OF these
measures eeemed to show an sppre
cisble dattening OF the planet at the
poles, lille others fhoWed no euch
aattening it will be interesting to
have these measures repeated during
the present opposition with careful
discussion of the sources and Affects
of personal erSOr.
At the last opposition the satelitea
were seen BY relsoiors down to twelve
inches diam Ter At present the
satelliteS are considerably brighter
than when observed in 1879, end
therefore il seams possible that they
May be seen this year with telesc.p pes
OF moderate size. Il q smallest
telescope that has ever seen them
bad eight aud q bali inches diamater,
the planet being hidden by appro-
pirate meADB IN order to hide its
efulgence 10 tie field of view OF the
telescope
Amateurs will find an ephemeris
of the position and distance of the
satellites from tbs primary already
published in Science, SiLtiman's Jour
nat. etc.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-25
The T0OI-HOuse and Repair
Shop.

The farmer who does not count
among bic 0utbujldings q Toulouse
ana repsir-shop Uses o considerable
sum Of money every year unnec
esearlly. Dollar alter dollar dWndles
impercepubly but surely away, be
cause respers and mowers, seed-drills,
ploughs and harrows are suffered to
remain just where they were last en-
ploy ed, to bear the injurious action of
pelung storms aud drying winds.
Tools worn or l0Ossned aud calling
for Simpla repairs are used until past
meDding, end machines are run as
long as possible, 20. finally be sent at
great expense, long distances. for
renovation. Every body as a rule con-
cedes that wagons ought to be kept
under cover and usually provision is
made for them in shed CT wagon
houee, but many there are who do
not appear TO realize how ruinoue it lie
to hay-teddere, grsin-drills, harrows
and similar instruments 20 be ex,
posed to the influence OF changing
seasons.
On small farms the wagon. house is
often made to serve the three fold
service of shelter TO vehicles and th G
larger pieces of farm machinery,
with work or repair-shop partitioned
off in one corner. In the latter room
should be work bench on one side,
with shelves and brackets to hold
tools and racks for the smaller far %
implements, such as hoes, rakes,
shogels and the like, which may not
be accommodated in the room de-
voted 10 the large machinery. Here
g farmer and his boys may. with the
assistance of set OF carpenters and
blacksmith's tools. add largely to the
profit side of the farm balence-sheet,
not only by the early repairing OF
tools, machinery and harness, bat
during the winter monthe by the
fashiOnipg of numberless conVen-
fences for the dWelling-house The
repair chop. be it understood. in sec
tions where fael is plentiful, ought al
ways to be provided with q stove. An
inexpensive, small tight one, with g
pipe lei into substantial chimney,
will render it comfortable place for
the workmen and afford such fire 80
may be required to blacksmith work.
The expense attending the hitting
up of E convenient and comfortable
repair-shop can in g season or two be
wiped out by the proper cleaning
and oiling eff moving machines, the
painting of wagon.bodies, the repair
ing oil wheels and axles, the replace
ing Of rake teeth, the tightening OF
hoe handles. the sharpening OF
knives to reaping machines, the
making OF rollers and stump. pullers,
the furnishing of empty rooms in
the house with home made furniture
which thrifty house vile will gladly
assist ia upholsteying with cretonne.
jutecloth or some other inexpensive
material; the manufacture of q re-
frigerator for next summer, 8 set of
extra window sasbes for mosquito
SEASON, q new filter for tSe cistern-
in word, an endless number OF
small bat necessary articles which
cost much money to buy outright.
AL this and more has been aecomp-
lished during stormy weather and
long winter evenings. under cover OF
what is termed the workshops on the
farms of progressive men. On large
farms, of course, the necessity arises
for separate dollhouse. repair-shops
and WsgopsAsds. These buildings
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-03-05
HINTS ron THE HOME.

a keene y. II. young man was severe
ly poisoned by the corrosive sublimate con-
tained in the mucilage of some 200 stamps
which he moistencd with his tongue.
In New York public food pnryeyors "
furnish many parts Of the city with cooked
meals. sent twice day in heated copper
vessels-the rates varying from 81 to Sl2 q
week per capita.
A bushel of horse-hoof clippings in n bar
rel of water is after standing a week, an ex-
callcat liquid manure for flowers.
4 carg!eof kerosene has been recommend
ed for diphthcria.
A zigzag or worm fence occupies fiYe acres
for every hundred it encloses, imposing n
tax Of five per cent. upon the soil 1t protects.
Horace Greeley was opposed to fencing
stock OUT, and advocated fencing them in
II costs. he said, four times as much to
fence stock out as to fence it in"
Grape sugar, alias dextrose, alias glucose,
is 4 form OF sugar that exists in various
fruits. being often found upon old raislns,
and is made artifcially from sawdust, cotton,
or other form of vegetable sweetening pow
er. II is used in Europe to adulterate COM
mon sugars, but in this country, where such
sugars are little used, Is more likely to be
mixed with syrup II is easily detected by
the chemist bot for others, its lack of sweet
ness is the readily applied test.
Rub your steel knives with mutton tallow,
wrap in brown paper and place in baize-
lined chest-and they will not rust.
If woodwork be wet with solutions Of
tungstale, or silicate Of coda, il becomes un-
nflammablc
Gently cleanse yo1r old kids on the hand
and using white flannel, with a thick muci-
lage OF sdxseed and dissolved soap
Cold sweet milk poured several times on
the spot, and spooned up Immediately each
time reduces carpet ink-stains, freshly made,
to q mere black tinge. Then apply cold
water, absorbing with a cloth without rub
bing
In Spain the sweet scented OF lemon YER
bona makes q valued cold decoction, sweet
ened. or its leaves are used to favor q cup
of tea. Flatulence, nervousness, diarThea
or loss Of appetite Is thus arrested.
Lamp chimneys, tumblers and other glass
ware and, indeed, crockery, porcelain and
I earthenware as we'll, will not crack there
( after if placed in cold water slightly impreg-
mated with table salt, the water allowed 10
( boil we'll and then let cool very slowly.
Pine sticks, 10 to u in. long, split thin,
( lightly painted in white lead, and neatly in
scribed with pencil, make excellent garden
/ labels.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-03-05
.sEyTEyTTOUSLY SAID.

A principle compromised is 4 principle
lost.
Calling red-headed man lisr is exper-
imenting with explosives.
An English writer says, g In a clover field
not leaf opens till after sunrise"
Lucy Hooper says that Europe knows no
more of making pie than it does of liberty.
Men who shoot wosen because they love
them must have very queer ideas about love.
The Philadelphia Times says Garfield will
be President near the size of the salary
paid him.
Marriageable young ladies still look upon
Mr. Baroness Coutts as highly eligible
young man.
He called her best majolica teapot hor-
rid looking toad and she went back to her
mothers.
A lady voter of Boston found toolate that
she had voted her curl papers, and there
wasn't the slightest prospect OF their e!ec-
/ ton
No reporter or ncTspaper correspondent
can achieve success until he realizes the
breyity of life and newspaper space.
The New Orleans Picdyune says when n
pretty Irish girl is stolen away, they suspect
some Boycotter
CARLYLE once spoke Of Americans as eight
/ cen million of bores He Judged the coun-
try by the samples that visited him.
Nv father taught me never TO play till
nv work was finished, and never 10 spend
money till Lad earned it.
Napoleon at Sedan passed the night in
reading, and the book significantly was Bul-
wer's s. Last of the Barons."
Somebody notes that courtshipis more in
teresting than marriage, for the same reason
that romance is more enticing than history.
Woman is not. as is commonly affirmed,
the half, or the equal of man, but the living
and sympathetic compliment that's lacking
to make him an individual.
Carlyle hated US cordially, but we would
rather have the hate of the stern but grand
old Dlisanthrope than the pretended love of
several thousand British noodles.
"I move on calm and cold, with the icy
breeze from the north, having neither hate
nor pity for the men or the things that i'm
pcde the revolution, and only considering
them as obstacles that ought 10 disappear" "
Tile FfcHch Radicai
When charged by newspaper with be-
inc a man of :" one idea" Wendell Phillips
said that be regarded himself exceptionally
fortunate in being possessed of an idea.
Alphoncs Karr once sent a letter to
friend which contained only a note Of inter
rogation-?. The answer was-O. The
meaning of these notes were, What is there
new ?" and Nothing" The brevity OF
wit could not be carried much farther.
"1he situation that has not its duty, its
ideal, was never yet occupied by man. Yes,
here is this poor, miserable, hsmpered, des-
picable. actual, wherein thou even now
standest, here or nowhere ia thy ideal; work
it outtherefrom and working, believe, live,
be free (arlnle.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-03-05
BOOK NOTICES.
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The new version OF the New Testament,
which has been so many years in course OF
translation and which Is unquestionably the
most important literary enterprise this cen
tury has seen. is being waited for with cu-
riosity and anxiety by hundreds of thou
sands. Ii is not generally known that n
frs: edition of 500 ,0Oe copies has already
been manufactured in England. aud 100000
copies are said 90 be already in New York
CITY. not one of them permitted to be sold.
They are awaiting n telegram from the au-
thorities in England authorizing their issue.
The first copies can only be had at the cx-
trayagant price of $40 per copy. The Lit
erary Revolution proposes fully TO meet the
demands which its army of friends are ma
king upon it by doing probably the quickest
work in book making which has ever yet
been accomplished Arrangements bave
been fully made 10 put the entire book into
type inside OF 24 hours from the tlmc. =
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procured and within three days at least TO-
900 copies will be bound ready for delivery
to waiting purchasers, and at least 5000
copies Will bc manufactured every day
thereafter. until the demand j. met. IL
will be printed in large, beautiful type,
neatly and strongly bound in cloth, in Il
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nominal price Of 80 cents. \ fine edition
in half Russia, gilt top, will be sold for so
cents. and one in full Turkey morocco, gilt
edges. for $l2l OF course, the popular
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-03-05
POETR u.
LAYS OF THE PAST.
rAK1BAGE.

Slow dies the gorgeous summer sunset hour
Along the shore, the crimson rays in splendor
stray
Ger PROSTATE wall and tower,
And blending fade al last amid the spray
Where rush the sca-wayes in majestic play
Der shattered wall and pier.
The wild flower reigns alone in palace hall OF
by-gone days,
And by the shores the breakers murmuring
Arechanting requiem, Carthage, Ger thy ruined
anes
An artists hand and destroyer's tread hath
Time
And in withering and efiacing flight
The very builders name, the greatest quite,
Forgotten Oft may be.
Perchance the Romana sat upon the stone
Where knelt the boyf to plight that VOW
His countrys fame, of undying hate,
And mocked with baffied bitterness the war
'gainst fate
Time, change, decay, the wreaths her legions
bore
From Cannm's fight-are mingled with the dust;
But to the ruins fancy can restore
The pompts which meath the damps Of ages
rust.
Greatness may sullcd be- but It's a trust
Which nature keeps forever to deridc
Those dreams of grandeur human minds have
hurst.
The duh gray stones men fashion in their pride
Too oft remain when all is wreck beside.
one small white sail is glimmering on the bay,
But shuns the bleak and uninviting shore;
The startled sea-bird Shrieking sweeps away,
And night and darkness fast are gathering o 'cr.
On dcsolation night should always lower
Lies gaiticS alone need light and mirth
No torch or sun required 10 ponder ocr
The scenes that ccnotaph-lke tell OF might and
worth
And empire buried in Times Aceldama earth
w. B. II.
2Marius.