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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14
OId- Time Church. SIeeoiDo.

II is more than 200 years ago that
the Rev. DIR. Samuel Whiting was
minister in Lynn Mass. At that time
one Obadiah Turner kept a journal and
wrote therein as follows. "Allen
Bridges hath been chose to wake up
ye sleepers in meeting, and being much
proud of his place must need have a
fox tail fixed 10 ye end of a long staff
wherewith he may brush the faces Of
them who will have their maps in time
Of sermon; likewise sharp thorn
wherewith he may prick such as may
be most sound. On ye last Lord his
day az he trotted about ye meeting
house, he did spy Mr.. Tomlins sleep
ing with very much comfort, his head
kept steady by being in ye corner and
his hand grasping ye rail. And soc
spying Allen did quicklie thrust his
staff behind Dame Bolland and give
him grievous prick upon we hand;
whereupon Mr.. Tomlins did spring up
much above ye floor, and with great
force strike his hand against ye wall,
and also to ye surprise of all, pro-
phanlie exclaim in a loud voice,
'Cuss ye woodchuckP he dreaming, as
il seemed, that woodchuck had bit
his hand. On coming to know where
he was, and ye great scanale he had
committed, he seemed much ashamed,
but he did not shake; and / think he
did not again go to sleep in meeting.
Ye women may sometimes sleep and
none knows it by by reason of their
enormous bonnets. Mr.. Whiting
doth pleasantlie say that from we pul.
pit hedoth seem to be preaching to
stacks of straw, with men jotting here
and there among them.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14
STANFORD EfNALf coLLFeE.


The committee appointed by the
Kentucky Conference TO visit this in
stitution, found the duty an exceed.
ingly pleasant one. The principal,
with the other members of her faculty,
not only received the committee with
great courtesy, but gave every facility
for investigating methods, character Of
work, and results. In fact, they
seemed TO seek candid, Just, and gen.
erous criticism. We found the school
well equipped in four departments
Primary, Intermediate, Preparatory
and Collegiate. Mrs. Trueheart has,
by ten years Of efficient and successful
labor at the head Of this institution,
demonstrated her eminent qualifca-
ton. She is 80 we'll known, and so
highly appreciated as an elegant
Christian lady, with such superior men
tai and moral endowments, as TO need
no commentator from us. Perhaps
her own fitness has in nothing been
more fully evinced than in her select
ion of a faculty. IL is largely com
posed of those who have made teach.
ing their life work; who bring TO their
chosen calling energies enriched by
experience and sanctifed by grace.
The committee had the benefit Of
both oral and written examinations.
On their arrival papers were placed in
their hands 10 be considered at leas
ure, and then for two days in the
chapel, classes from various depart
ments we're reviewed in the studies Of
the year. These examinations were
50 conducted as TO indicate that spe.
cial preparation had not been made on a
given parts OF textbooks. The classes
were usually rendered to visitors,
and when accepted, such questions
we're propounded as would demand Of
the class general knowledge OF the
subject in hand. In all regards the
proficiency of the pupils compared ia.
vorably with that of similar institu-
tons. When we consider the system
of teaching, healthfulness of location,
character of buildings, and moral
training. we feel assured that we risk
nothing in commencing this college to
parents who desire true education for
their daughters. The Kentucky Con
ference may be congratulated in mum
bering it with the excellent institu-
tions under her fostering care.
w. f. TAYLOR,
L. w. holland,
Committee
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14
The Oldest Pesid,go Jadoe.


Probably the Oldest presiding Judge
in the world is James Garland, Lynch.
burg, Va, who though he reached
the age of ninety last Friday, admin
isters justice in the Corporation Court.
The only other case in record history
is that Of Sir Thomas Moore, who at
the same age sat on the Kings Bench
while his distinguished son, Sir John
Moore, was Chancellor. Judge Gar
land was born in Nelson county, and
nearly all his long life has been in the
public service. Fifty years ago, after
being in the State Legislature, he
entered Congress as a jackson Demo
crat. In 1888 he lost HE seat, and
soon after moved to Lynchburg, where
for seventeen years he prosecuted all
criminals arraigned by the State in
that city. For twelve years past he
has been Judge of the Corporation
Court, a tribunal of the highest origi-
nal jurisdiction, which passes upon
cases Of life and death. Something
more than year ago his eyesight,
long since failing, was lost entirely,
necesitating the reading by counsel Of
all papers submitted by them, and II
is remarked that he retains their con-
tents perfectly after once hearing
them. This, however, is the last year
of his Judgeship. Not feeling dispos-
ed to acknowledge the saving virtues
of REIMBURSEMENT or the leadership of
Malone, the sturdy old Virginian will
leave the bench at the end Of Decem.
Der 10 make room for one of the later
issue Of Virginians who thinks and
votes as may be most agreeable to his
master at Washington.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

Since the Legislature declined to ap.
propriate money to meet the expen-
penses of Gov. Blackburn and the
State Guard on the famous Yorktown
trip, the Governor has been reported
as saying that he would pay the bill
out Of his own pocket" and some sym.
patty has been worked up for the ten.
der-hearted old man on that score.
We suppose he never had any inten-
ton ofpsying the money. Adjutant
General Nuckols in an official letter Of
the 9th inst, says, lowing to the fact
he the Governor will have to pay
the yorktown expenses out Of the mil.
litary fund, he will not be able to Or
der the State Guard into active SER
vice during the present year.'-[Cov.
ington Commonwealth.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

The FORCE OF HABIT.-Only the
other day Hartford barber who was
called upon TO shave the face of dead
man, after applying the latber and
slapping the blade Of his razor on the
palm of his hand in the most approx
ed fashion, began his work; but mo-
ment later, unable to forget his shop
habits, halted, bowed low over the
inanimate form, and in the dulcet tone
which the Knights of the Strap know
so we'll how to employ, asked. "Does
the razor hurt you sirT-[ Hartford
Times.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

BONES OF A GIANT.-It is stated
a skeleton of enormous size has been
found on the east bank of the Big Mia.
mi River, on the farm OF Mr.. Lewis
Strong, near Cincinnati. The recent
freshets washed away portion Of the
ground, and while blowing Mr.. Strong
unearthed a pile of bones, which prov
ed to be human, and of a size that
would make the stories of "Jack the
Giant.killer" creditable, the thigh
bones deing as large as those of an OK.
Around the bones we're a number Of
Indian relics, such as a tomahawk,
spear.heads, etc, leading TO the belief
that the remains were those Of an In
dian chief. The shull has been taken
to Mr.. Strong's residence where it can
be seen.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

A New Haven wholesale firm were
astonished recently at complaints Of
short weight in their meat. They
found, after diligent search, live rat
in the box which protected the big
platform scale levers from dust and
obstructions. The rodent had been
busy jumping from one side Of the del
icately balanced machinery to the 9th.
err, now giving the customer over and
then under-weight. The under-weight
men all returned; nothing has been
heard from the others. The firm
think their loss is considerable.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

Between the footof LavertOn Noun.
tain and the Mississippi River was just
enough space for a railroad. and it
was utilized for that purpose; but the
jar of the trains is supposed to have
loosened the great mass of earth and
rock, and for weeks the mountain NOV
ed very slowly into the river, showing
the track far out into the water, and
only coming to standstill after going
about hundred feet.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

Mrs. Kelly recently caused the re-
mains OF her pet dog to be buried in
cemetery at Washington, Pa, whittier
they were accompanied by funeral
procession of mourners and an under.
tsker. The owners of lots have held
a meeting since the funeral to protest
against what they considered desc
Grafton of the sacred place, and the
authorities will be urged to compel
the removal of the dogs body.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

An Illinois farmer gives the follow
ing directions for curing CALLED shoul'
ders in horses, and says that tits infal-
lible: Take old leather and burn il
to crisp; rub the ashes on the CALLED
part; a few applications will effect a
perfect cure. A new work. horse put
to the pillow this spring received sever
al severe gals ON both shoulders. A
few applications of the burnt leather
made them as sound as il never injur.
ed and no scar 10 be seen,
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

The Rev. o. j. Carlton, of Newton
Center Mass. in the National Baptist
answers the question: "Ought min
listers to commit suicide when they
arrive at sixty years of ages" as fol.
lows: eyes, because as a general
thing every year they remain on earth
after that is passed in martyrdom. ..
Mental decadence strikes in at sixty,
he thinks, and no minister after that
knows anything that is worth knowing.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

Patriotism is all right and nice and
pretty aud good and clever and hand
some, but about the time you've been
kept awake two nights by set OF sub
lime idiots who have devoted their
useless existence TO bedevilling the
neighborhOOd with tin horns, ETC., you
begin to regret that the British didn't
win and exterminste the parents Of
these noisy monkeys.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

One.half of the marital infelicity in
the world, is due to the wife's inabil-
ity to comprehend her husbands lit
tie wants or TO a stubborn and malig
nant temper which leads her deliber-
ately to oppose the qualification Of his
wishes. But there are women who
understand this and act accordingly.
A Brooklyn lady whose husband had
been suffering from dependency was
asked il she wasn't afraid he would
commit suicide some time. There's
a bare possibility that he may" she
answered in tone of true wifely de-
votion. 81 always lay out razor on
his dressing.table before he comes
home. - Brooklyn Eagle.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

The "straw ride" is the ia vOrite
pastime ON moonlit evenings on Long
Branch. A long open wagon, with
its body packed full OF straw is then
filled with youthful passengers of both
sexes, and the parties drive for miles
up and down the avenues. The fish
horn is the favorite musical instrument
with these gay lotteries, and the sill.
very cadences float gently out upon
the calm evening air.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

Mr.. Neal Rose, who lives in this
county, is now eighty.nine years old,
and the farm of 100 upon which he
resides is the one he entered when a
young man at cost of 50. He has
never moved since no took upthe land.
He has raised a large family, and his
children are all married. The farm
is completely worn Out-too poor TO
produce anything. -[COlumbia Spec
tatOr.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

The first use We hear that was made
of cotton was for candlewicks in 1900.
Now it is stated that houses can be
built of cotton and straw, which uu-
der a chemical treatment, are convert.
ed into paste, compressed into states,
and become hard and firm as stone.
The material neither warps nor cracks,
and is both fire and damp proof Re-
fuse cotton and the sweepings of facto
ries are used. The inventor, a Cana.
dian, is introducing it in the domin-
ion, and it may not be many years ere
cotton house" will be no novelty
in New k.-[ Chicsgo journal.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

A squaw can pack more than the
average mule. What would rupture
the kidneys ola Mill Creek jsckass,
would just about ballast a Piute ma.
iron. This morning on the plaza, a
stout buck was loading up a squaw
for tramp. He piled lot of blank.
cts and baskets on her back, and
started her. On one side she towed
a clumsy Newfoundland dog that wa s
not broke to lead we'll, aud it pulled
back. Ga the other side she had a
boy or 6 years old. The dog would
not come along and the boy wouldn't
20 without it. The buck solved the
problem at once, by pitching the dog
in one basket, and the boy in the 9th.
er TO balance things, and the caravan
started with the big buck in the rear,
sweating under the weight of a linen
duster, smoking a cigarette and not a
bit concerned whether his darling wife
was staggering under half ton or on
ly30O pounds Virginia City Chron-
icle.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

We advise our lady readers who are
addicted to gum chewing, to read the
following from an exchange; 1t is
claimed that hog cholera lard and gum
arabic makes a tolerable good article OF
chewing gum, but the best in the
market is composed of condemned bees.
wax, gum turpentine and dog fat.
Remember the brand.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

Its all very we'll for health journals
to tell people who are restless aud uu.
aAle to sleep at night to place the head
of their bed toward the north, but it
does no good unless you take the baby
to the other end of the house and turn
his head toward the south. Chicago
Tribune.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

Atkinson's Casket published in
Philadelphia in 1926, says: 81 wish
l had a quart of punch, OF ice one
half pound; into the punch the ice
I'd launch, and stir it round and
round. And when I'd stirred it round
aud round, aud cooled it to my mind,
Tdlift the cup aud drink it up, nor
leave a drop behind"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

An ingenious Strasburg dentist
lately extracted a molar, and finding
it sound with the exception OF the
joints of the roots, be sawed them Of,
filled the cavity with gold and replac.
ed it. Il has re-established itself, and
is now said to be doing business at the
old stand in a most satisfactory man
ner.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

A Denver woman telegraphed to
police headquarters for an officer.
Thinking that nothing short of a
robbery had occurred, the chief DIES.
patched four policeman in great haste.
They reached the house out Of breath
with running. What did the woman
wantS Her little boy would not let
her wash his face, and after having
threatened him with the police in
vain, she concluded to try what effect
their presence would have.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

Some Texan farmers are trying the
experiment of importing from Russia
a certain beetle which feeds on grass
hoppers, lOcusts, cotton worms and
other destructive insects.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

Give us cheaper postage. We hate
10 spend three cents in dunning a man
when we are morally certain that we
won't realize a cent on the investment.
-[Cincinnati Saturday Night.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

DIR. Guillasse. Of the French navy,
in a recent paper on typhoid fever,
says: "Cofiee has given us unhoped
for satisfaction; after having dispensed
it, we find to our great surprise, that
action is as prompt as it is decisive.
No sooner have our patients taken a
few tablespoonfuls Of it than their fea-
lures become relaxed, aud they come
to their senses. The next day the i'm
provement is such that they are tempt
ed to look upon coffee as specific
against typhoid fever. Under its in
fluence the stupor is dispelled. and the
patient rouses from the state OF SOM
nolency in which he has been since
the invasion of the disease; all the
functions take their natural course,
and he enters upon convalescence."
DIR. Guillasse gives an adult two or
three tablespoonful of strong black
coffee every two hours, alternated with
one or two tsblespOOnfuls of claret or
Burgundy wine. A little lemonade
or citrate of magnesia should be taken
daily, and after a while quinine.
From the fact that malaise and cere-
bral symptoms appear first, the doctor
regards typhoid fever as nervous dis
ease, and the coffee acting on the
nerves is peculiarly indicated in the
early stages. before local complications
arise.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

Sir George Fox says that the En-.
glish custom Of shoeing horses cost the
nation S45, 900, 900 annually, aud that
il is, moreover, a useless proceeding.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

II is said that in the slaughter,
dressing and curing Of hogs such ex.
actness of economy has been acquired
that there is now nothing lost but the
''squeal."
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

We are told that President Arthur
is very particular about his stockings.
lie is not TO be sneered at on this &C.
count. 1t would be well If lots Of
people were more so.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

An undomestic Photographer says:"A
striking window ornament is made rs
follows Take one woman weighing
200 pounds, with a neck like stove.
pipe and hair uncombed, and let her
throw up a sash, look up and down,
and call out; Reuben, you come here,
or I'll take your hide off,
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14

Tight.lacing, according to a scientist,
makes a woman's nose red, and an ex-
perienced person wants to know what
il is that makes mems noses red. His
query is pretty good evidence that
he never had the hay fever. We are
not scientist, aud il may be that all
red noses are not caused by hay fever.
Some may be painted. Il Norristown
Herald.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-14
DEMOCRATIC STARE AND COUNTY TICKET

FoH SUPERIOR JUpoE-MAJ. A. T.. HCuARnA
FoR APPELLATE cLKRK-CArr. r. J. HFSnY.
Eos CouxrY Junor-E. W. BRowN.
Boa CousrY ArTuHSEY-D. u. CARPENTER.
F0R COUNTY CLERE -IouS BLAiN.
FoR AssKssoR-J. II. nocKER
Toa JAILER-T u. EEwLAND.
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Foa C0noSEg-W J. DAuourHrY.
FOn CONSTABLE (srANronp PRrcECIl -roLnERr
MARTIN.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-03-01
Letter from Thurlow Weed, Esq.
On the Improved Morol Tone Of the
Public Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 1882.

NEW DIRK, FEB. b, 1857.
To the Editors of the New York Observer:
| listened with charmed interest
to the article in the Observer of the
10Th ult., upon the attitude of the
Secular Press towards Religion.
Long years of observation and
experience enables me to con-
firm the accuracy of your assump-
tions. The tone of the Secular
Press in reference to sacred things
has undergone marked change for
the better. This may be fairly
claimed as one Of the many tri-
jumps of Religion during the last
half century. Happily Atheism,
50 far as the Press is concerned, has
no organs, nor do we now, as former
ly, find men in every community
of1ic:ously ready to avow Infdel
opinions. Paine's age of Reason"
instead of being obstructively
prominent in book stores and libra
ries is seldom seen or asked for. So
far as l am informed Col. Ingersoll
now enjoys the unenviable distinc-
ton Of standing alone in publicly
denying the divine character and
mission of our Savior. Nor shall be
surprised to find him, as discussion
progresses, persuading himself out
of a delusion so unworthy of his in
telligence and Of the age. Indeed,
it seems to me impossible that
gentleman of high intellectual at
tainments, irreproachable charac-
ter, with the physical impress of
his Creator, can much longer con-
tent himself with the repulsive be-
lief that the purposes of the AL
mighty in the creation of man so
gifted, are accomplished by tenure
of life alike brief and uncertain.
But I am DEPRESSING.
The Secular Press of our day is
doing its share of good work. AS
teachers-for such they are-editors
exert a potent influence in prepar-
ing rising generations for useful
ness. Youthful minds receive not
only political but social and moral
impressions from the secular jour
nails they are accustomed to read.
Lessons teaching the value of indus
try, economy, integrity, virtue and
honor, are learned from newspa-
pers.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-03-01
Augustus of SaxOny and the Con-
feSSiOnal,

In the beginning of the Eigh-
teenth Century, porcelain was a
very expensive article to the peo-
pie of Europe. 1t could only be OBJ
tanned from China or Japan, and
porcelain plates or cups were worth
as much as the same article in sill
yer. Johann Friedrich Bottger
was the first to discover the secret
of making white-glazed porcelain,
at Dresden, in Saxony. Augustus,
the Elector of Saxony, was so de-
lighted with the discovery, and
so anxious to keep the secret in his
own State, that every one occupied
in the mandatory which he estab-
lished at Nielsen, was required to
bind himself, by solemn oath, not
to divulge any particulars of the
process by which china was made.
Augustus, himself, was a Roman
Catholic, and that religion was the
dominating power in his domin-
ions; but he evidently looked with
distrust on the priesthood, and was
unwilling to confde the precious
secret to any one who would feel
called upon to have his most hidden
thoughts probed by priest in the
Confessional. 1t was one of the
first requirements, therefore, insis-
ted on by the Elector, that every
workman employed at the Nielsen
mandatory should be a Protestant.
1t was severe condemnation of the
Confessional, and of those who fire.
queuted it; and his distrust can
scarcely be thought unreasonable.
On the Roman Catholics solemn
oath Of secrecy he felt that he could