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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09
TyooqnaBhicaI Errors

Frequently occur in the best conduct.
cd journals. The change of one let
ter often alters the meaning of a word
or sentence, and most serious perver.
sions Of the expressions Of writer
are liable to result from hasty proof
reading or the carelessness Of compost.
tors. Not long ago law that passed
both Houses Of Congress was put in
type at the Government Printing OF
fee, and after a time il was discover
ed that a misplaced comma entirely
changed the intent of the law, and
further Congressional action was nee
essary in order to relieve it Of the i'm
proper punctuation and give it the
force and latitude intended. A seri.
Gus error Of this nature has been dis.
covered in the publication of a law
passed by the last legislature Of Mich.
igan. The Prosecuting Attorney of
Ingam county recently brought an &C.
ton against a saloon keeper for sell.
ing liquor to minors. At the trial Of
the case, the counsel for the defense
put in a plea that the act under which
the action was brought could not be
applied to the case in question. Upon
investigation it was discovered that
the act as it read applies to miners, and
not 10 minors.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

The value of commodity limits lts
quantity. Any thing which can be
obtained in a limited quantity, with a
certain ascertainable amount Of labor,
aud which is dvisible, will serve the
purpose Of money. Furs have been
employed in some countries as money.
cattle in others-as in the "Iliad," in
the estimation Of the respective value
of the shields of Diomedes and Glac
us, the one worth nine oxen, the 9th.
or a hundred oxen-bricks of tea in
Tartary, cowries in Africa, rock salt
in Abyssinia. Other African tribes
calculate in ndouics, money Of the
mind, which has no substance CORES
ponding TO il, but the value contained
in which has been sufficiently ingram.
ell in their minds TO answer the pur.
pose of a measure OF value. Bullion
is chosen because it complies with
these two conditions, difficulty Of nc
QUESTION aud divisibility, better than
any known substance. Is il not
strange that we should turn this serv.
ant into our master and elevate that
which is a mere medium for avoiding
the Inconvenience of barter into an
indispensable necessary Of life, hardly
secondary TO food and clothingy II
by some convulsion Of nature the pre-
cious metals, gold and silver, were ut.
terly destroyed. the world would be
impoverished by the loss Of a com.
modify on the discovery and manufac.
ture Of which much labor and time
has been expended, but the only result
would be that we should have re.
course 10 some other Continuance. The
main business Of lite would go on as
before, aud the only difference would
probably be that we should be obliged
TO have recourse TO paper currency,
based on whatever might be found,
after careful consideration, 10 be the
most convenient or least inconvenient
standard value. The question would
be, as it is nov, a question of remedy.
ing the Inconvenience Of barter by
providing some means of fixing prices.
That would be all.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

The relative cost in wear and tear
of gold coin as compared with bank
notes has lately been Investigated in
Eogland, aud the advantage has been
found to be largely with the coin.
To manufacture a million of sover
eigns cost $4,000, or about a cent
apiece. In fifteen years they lose
one half of one per cent, or about
s25, 900, aad become too light for fur
ther use. This makes their total ex-
pense as currency flr the fifteen years
s35, 900. The paper aud printing
of a million one pound notes would
cost. it is estimated, four cents apiece,
or $40, 900 at the outset, and during
fifteen years they would have to be
replaced at least three times, or, with
active use, six times. thus requiring
an outlay of certainly s160, 900, and
perhaps $3.50, 1000, for the same period
that million sovereigns would re-
main in circulation.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

BEFORE AND AFTER ELECTIoN.-
When a canvass is in progress the
candidate for Congressional honors
cannot do enough to show his love for
the farmer, but when firmly seated it
is the professional politician and not
the horny-handed sons of toll who re.
ceive recognition and favors at his
hands. Before election he caters to
the farmer, pets his children, praises
his industry, and makes fulsome
promises in regard to what he will do
in the interest Of agriculture, but
these promises are usually very trans
itory and absolutely meaningless.
This fact was illustrated in Congress
when the bill appropriating 1885, SOC
for the Department of Agriculture
was put upon passage. The rollcal
showed l0l members absent from
their SEATS Chicago Tribune.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

A PRETTY SENTIMENT. IN Nothing
on earth can smile but the race of man.
Gems may flash reflected light, but
what is diamond flash compared
with an eye flash and a mirth flash ?
Flowers cannot smile; this is Il charm
which even they cannot claim. The
birds cannot smile, nor can any living
thing. 1t Is the prerogative of man.
1t is the color which love wears, and
cheerfulness and ioy-these three. 1t
is the light in the window of the face,
by which the heart signifies that it is
at home and waiting. A face that can
not smile is like a bed that cannot
blossom, and dries up on the stalk.
Laughter is day and sObriety is night;
and a smile is the twilight that hovers
gently between both, and is more be-
witching than either.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

No, daughter, you shall not cut off
your fore hair to have it hang about
your eyes like the foretop OF Shet-
land pony. Your mother and ] are
the only persons that know you are a
fool, and we have too much pride to
allow you to advertise it to the world.
No, no, you must wear your hal
combed back so that people can see
that you have a forehead, and they
might think that you have some
brains behind it. Comb your hair
back, my young ladies, and do not
giggle in company, aud people may
think well of you.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

The Democratic party must purge
itself OF incompetent leaders. 1t must
put itself in position TO act upon the
aggressive instead of the defensive.
1t must not be required to waste its
energies in defending an unworthy
man when those energies should be
directed to discussing the great prin-
ciples which underlie our form of gov
ernment, and of which the Democrat
ic party has always been the steadtast
upholder.- Flemingsburg Times.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

Mrs. GARFIELD's WEALTH. "A
Clevelander says: Mrs. Garfield has
$500, 900 in Government bonds, the
result of the subscription. Then her
husbands life was insured for $50, 900,
which she promptly received. She
also was paid the salary of the Presi
dent for the unoccupied first year
amounting to about $4,000. That
makes 100000 does it not? Very
well. Then add to it about 100000,
the total value of Garfeld's estate.
That was the total amount. after all
the abuse that was received, that
he was able to accumulate in life OF
fifty years. | suppose that the in.
come from this total of more than
$500. 900 will be perhaps $4,000 &
year. So she is comfortable, and cal
raise her children well; but the loss Of
Garfield was blow that will leave it,
scar as long as she lives.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

The greatest river in the world is
the Amazon. 1t rises in the Peruvian
Andes, about sixty miles from the Pa.
cifc Ocean, aud flows, including its
windings, a distance of 1000 miles to
the Atlantic, which it enters under the
equator at Brazil. The average We.
locity of the current is three miles an
hour. It ia navigable for large ships
1920 miles from its mouth. The area
drained by the Amazon and its tribu-
taries is estimated at 1000, 900 square
miles. The Amazon enters the sea
through an estuary about one hundred
and fifty miles wide. So great are the
volume aud impetus of the river that
its fresh water is carried unmixed into
the sea about two hundred miles. II
the Missouri and the lower Mississippi
were considered one river, as many
geographers claim they should be, it
would exceed the length of the ANA
zOn by about three hundred miles.
The length of the Mississippi from
Itaska Lake to the Gulf Of Mexico is
estimated at 3, 100 miles.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

The ensilage experiments made at
Atlanta have proven a grand success ,
fact that will give great aud univer-
sal satisfaction. One of the silo.pits
was opened Monday and the twenty
five tons of green vegetable matter
put in eight months ago was found to
be perfectly preserved. To farmers
this new plan for the preservation OF
forage that otherwise would go to
waste is especially valuable.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

A New York actress. who plays
"Olivette," kicks one of her dainty
slippers into the audience every night,
aud the bald headed array pick it up,
carry il to neighboring bar room and
quafi champagne from il. She ought
10 be considerable enough to see that
her hose is of recent date.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

A hermophradite negro who formerly
lived in Hartford dressed in female attire
then known as Kate Conn, ia now in this
city wearing mems clothes and going un
der the name Of John Conn, and il an oh
ject Of curiosity among the coloret people
Il Greensboro Messenger.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09


The mystery Of Zoe Watkinss dis
appearance at st. Louis has been par
TALLY dispelled by the discovery of her
body in the river, but the manner OF
her death remains unexplained. No
occurrence for years has caused so
much talk in that city. Zoe was the
daughter OF a wealthy man in Denver,
aged l6, and particularly light-hair-
ed, intelligent, innocent girl. She
and sister were visiting st. Louis
friends. After writing several letters
home, telling how well she was enjoy
ing the trip, and what she expected to
do at a party that evening, she went
out TO post them in lamp-post box
only two blocks away. Nobody has
been found who saw her afterward
alive. The search was continued far
and wide, with no stint of money, for
twelve days. Then her body was
found in the water, where il had not
been more than nine days. She had
died from drowning. There was no
disorder about her clothing, even her
hands being neatly gloved, the money
which had been in her pocketbOok
was still there, and some jewelry re
NAMED untouched. Where she spent
the three days between her disappear.
ance and death can only be conjectur.
ed. Her father believes that she was
abducted, and that the guilty person
or persons, frightened by the hue and
cry, murdered her to conceal the
crime.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

AN EssAY.-Johnnie's essay on a
monkey: A monkey is a blame funny
insek-he begins lookin' like people,
but he runs his other en- too far out
to remind you of his bein' twins. You
can't tell how many feet he has, cause
he haint made up his mind yet wheth.
err his front feet is hands or feets, an
he uses 'em both wave. When he
smiles his feechers work hard enufi to
pan out somethin' ginowine, but the
real flavor don't seem to be fetched
out. Monkeys hang on a tree just
like a grapevine, but there's more
meat on EN-. Monkeys don't dress
enuff to suit mos folks, an besides
their close is made of such thin stuff
that wares off when tina sit down.
| Exchange.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

The CyRthiGna Nelos, in mention
of the murder of Peter Benner, adds;
"In this city a fatality seems to be
hanging over the men who have been
selling liquor by the small. On Pike
street, one is killed in a difficulty; an
other falls unwittingly from window
while asleep, and dies from his injur-
les. A man and his wife, both young
and in seeming good health, die quite
suddenly now, a fifth is murder
ed mysteriously in his own bed while
asleep, aud for all that is known to
the public, without cause or provoca-
ton"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

The importation OF potatoes did not
pay as well as was expected. The
foreign goods were mostly OF II soggy,
deep eyed sort, that answered very
well 10 talk about and barrel up TO
ship around the country. The last
cargoes resulted in loss which
made the whole business Improbable,
except for commercial exercise.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

The Baptists have always been un-
happy about the word baptism.
When the best scholars who could be
found ON two continents and the Brit.
ish Islands retained in the new version
the word "baptize,' instead Of chang.
ing it to "immerse," there was pro.
longed denOmina.ional CONFUSION and
a free use of adjectives that savored
of the objurgatory. Now, however,
the evil is 10 be rectitied, and the Bap.
lists are 10 have a Bible OF their own
"A sort of sectarian Bible-unlike
any other Bible that was ever written,
and in some respects unlike the one
written by the Apostles; aud whether
il is to be a Christian Bible or not it is
certainly 10 be a Baptist Bible, for the
word "bap,ize' is 10 be "evicted" aud
"immerse" is to have its place wheth-
er it belongs there or not. The Bap-
fists were in their prime about the
time of the flood, aud since then they
have had too little water. While the
world is groaning under all sorts of
deviltry that ought to be suppressed,
while drunkenness runs riot through
the land, it really does seem to some
of us that the most important thing
TO be considered is not the amount OF
water to be used when one becomes a
Christian. Infdels make a strong
point when they say that we fight
harder over a word than we do to save
a soul. Common sense tells US plain.
ly enough that i. you can make men
a little better than half decent it
doesn't make any Difference whether
you use tumblerful Of water or the
Atlantic ocean.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09

Hon. j. Proctor Knott, OF Kentucky
President Of the Louisville Water-power
and Canal Company, and Colonel 5. Tay-
lor Suit, Of Maryland, Vice-President OF
the same Company, returned few days
ago from an extened trip TO New England,
where they have been investigating water
powers. A recent charter granted the
above Company the right to build canal
through the city Of Louisville, and to use
the water Of the Ohio River for navigation
and water power. Ii is claimed that the
fall Of water around the falls at Louisville
is some thirty feet, and that the supply il
continuous and unexhaustible. The power
is estimated at two hundred and fifty thou
sand-horse power Washington Telegram
Flattering frauds are acknowledgements
Of the great worth and superior merit OF
the genuine medicine; but they are very
dangerous and improbable TO the consum'
er and demoralizing TO the dealer. Wher
any thing else is recommended as the same
or Just a. good, remember il is TO MAXI
you pay full price for worthless article
that cost the dealer one quarter the pric'
Of j. III. Zeilin q Co.'s scientifically anc
carefully prepared simmons Liver Regula
tor-a medicine for the liver general,
conceded to have no equal.
According to the Congregational An
nual Church Book, Just issued. that de
nomina ton has 1854 churches, 3,7l3 min
isters, and 3Sl ,697 members. The gail
last year over deaths and dismissions wa
1893 Total contributions reported 81
] 227, l0S "a.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09
PROFESSIONAL.
II. q. KAUFMAN.
ATTOIINE AT LAW,

LANCASTER, KY.
Master Commissioner aud County Attorney. VIII
practice In all the Courts Of Ganard and adjoining
counties and IN the Court Of Appeals.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09
ICE! ICE!! ICE ~!
GEORGE ID. BATTERTON,

Wholesale and retail dealer in LAKE ICE. Or
ders promptly filled. Shipments by express or
freight. Office and ice-hOue adjoining Post-ofce,
4th street, Dan willie, Ky. Sim
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-06-09
EVERY COMFORT AND LUXURY,

Lake ice included, will be supplied TO guests and
they are assured that in every requisite Of inst
class hotel the Management does not intend 10 be
surpassed by any In America.
w. G. WEIGH.
4S-3m Trustee
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-25
SEVERAL ITEMS.

Racine IS 10 have street cars.
General Ben. Butler has gone yachting
to Quebec.
A lady at Saratoga wears a necklace Of
gold coins of all sizes worth in all $500
Victor Hugo has just completed new
play which is to appear in Paris this win
ter.
A Cincinnati school teacher died last
Friday, but her body is still warm and life
like.
Salmon fishing is not good this year in
California. The run is very much smaller
than last year
DIR. Woodward, one of the physicians Of
the late President Garfield, is reported to
be hopeessly i'll in Italy.
Phillips Brooks, of Boston. is in London,
and it is said that efforts are being made to
get him to stay there lie is soon to preach
in Westminster Abbey.
An exquisite tint is given to white mus
lin toilets by an underdress of colored
muslin or fine batiste. The effect is much
better than when the underskirt is colored
silk
The large and small polka dots, embroid-
cred in silk or woven with thick thread to
resemble embroidery on white, cream, and
The engagement OF the daughter of
General Meiggs and Archibald Forbes, the
war correspondent, which has been current
ly reported in society circles for some time,
is authoritatively denied.
An iron chess board provided with mag
ne tic chessmen, is Berlin novelty. The
small magnets concealed in the figures
cause them to adhere to the iron board and
retain their places in spite of great shocks.
such, for instance, as are received on snip
board or on railroad trains.
The capital, like the white house, is now
undergoing its annual cleaning and reno
waiting, and istead of the throng of states
men, lobbists. newspaper men, aad sight
seers usually seen during the busy days OF
q session of congress- there is now in the
halls. corridors, committee-moms, and
offices Il force of laborers. who are
seeking to get things in shape for the next
session.
The falling out between General West
and the other Commissioners OF the DIS
{ trict of Columbia excites much comment.
| Commissioner Morgan's term of office eX-
| pires in November next, but there is Il
| possibility that, despai ing of harmoni-
| Gus solution of the difficulty. he will re-
| sign before that time Commissioner West
adheres to his plan # reorganization Of
the city boards, audit is generally believ-
ed that he will prevail against the demo-
cratic opposition fiat bars the way.
The London s0uYt J0arHdt describes a
recent dinner: The table was most pref
tily decorated long strip of eau de Nil
watered silk was laid down the middle,
upon which were placed ferns, begonias,
and all kilds of rare leaves, with the
eucharis Wy in groups; in the centre on
glass 8 and were some nautilus shells of
coque &c perie. in which We're grouped the
| formeeflowers as well as some laid on the
table There was no fruit, but these flow
ers and ferns, with the shells and glass
stand, formed very fresh and pretty decora-
| tons"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-25
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE 4 ST. PAUL.

(RACIEE AND SOUTH WESTERN DINisloa1
,avo for Racine and Milwaukee S:25 "a. n., and
aaSsa far Dubuque Winona ST. Paul and Minneap-
oils t IS MeGregor portviile. Calmas, Sioux City
and Yankton, IL 100 p. m.
arrive from Racine and Milwaukee, 5:O5 a H. and
ABS p. IN. =, ,,-. 4, n,
Arrive from Minneapolis, St Paul, WJnoha and Dn-
bnOne, :06 .. M - IN, -, ~,
.rriye from Yankton, Sioux City. PortNlte ana Nc
ThT9ngh sleeping cars run on all night trains.
The Night Express leaving Rock Island every sun
j., I';ht at ~ Ou n rn connects with the train ar
a ling in Chicago early Monday morning. No lay
r 7tscEs given on through tickets from Rock Is
land to Chicago Through tickets only gooa on th's
train.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-25

THEATRICAL NOTES.
TIA has returned from Europe.

Lolita has returned from Europe.
Miss Alice Hastings has Joined the
Roland Reed 'Cheek" company.
Mdlle. Rhea is now enjoying herself at
Long Branch as the guest of Miss Mary
Anderson.
Will J. Davis is in high feather in New
about to make hit
The Sunday Courier says Louis Harrison
has written play in three capsules, SO as
not to offend the taste.
Miss Mary Anderson generously express
es the hope that Miss Margaret Mather will
make successful debut.
E. A. Lock, author of "a Messenger
from Jarvis Section has written play
that has been accepted by Miss Jennie Yea
mans.
The Merry War" has proved thing of
profit to Strauss. His revenues from it
are said to{have reached the sum of $3.50
600.
Salvini is coming over in October to the
United States to see the country. AT least,
that is what the route made for him indi
Gates.
A writer IN Music and Drama describes
this as the ''ham-fat era of actors, and,
though it is neither an elegant nor compli-
mentary expression, is a whole well of
truth.
james Valentine Taylor, whose sepnra-
ton by divorce from Laura Joyce, the &C
tress. attracted much attention a few years
ago. is dead in Boston, He inherited
$500. 900. much of which he lost in thea
tiers
1t is said that Emie Weathersbv is the
living image of Mrs. Langtry. Well. no
one has yet accused Miss Emie of being a
prodigy of beauty except the remarkably
uncertain and multitudinous critic of the
Spirit Of tie Times.
The company supporting Marie Gels
finger next season will number sixty peo
pie including Emma Sebold, AID Link, and
J. w Shultz. from Vienna, who is said to
be one of the best tenors on the German
stage. The campaign will open Oct. 2,
ut the New York Germania Theatre.
Frank Mayo expects to spend a good
deal of time in California next season. and
perhaps a corresponding amount of money
He will produce two or three new plays
there, one of them work by Mr.. John G.
Wilson. of Chicago, one of the authors of
THE House of Mauprat
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-25
ROCK ISLAND & PEORIA RAILWAY.
(suoRrEsT ROUTE TO THE EAST AND WEST

lsuoRTEsT ROUTE TO THE EAST AND WEsTl
LEAVE ARRIVE.
Way Freight. 500 A. NJ.
Mi and Fx / rs p NJ Fast Express. 10 p. Nj.
Freight and Accommodation, { 100 P. Nj.
The las D. IN. train makes close connection at
Calys with the c. b. i G.. for points west arriving
Al Galesburg at :25 p. Burlington $40 p m;
Keokuk 1925 p. m; Quincy 1905 y. m: also max
mo close connection at Peoria with |. B. Il w, and
y p. h VI. roads for all points east and south.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-25
''It's no use," saws the respondent dys-

is no use" says the Respondent dys-
peptic. But it is of use. Your sufIerings
can be relieved; thousands have been cured,
and you can also. Broken down, despond
ing victims of dyspepsia, liver complaint,
fever and ague rheumatism, nervous defili-
ty OF premature decay, will find Simmon S
Liver Keguiator vegetable specific which
reaches the source of the trouble and effects
anabsoiute and permanent cure. 1t regulates
the liver, dispeis dependency and restores
health.
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