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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04
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The official report Of the Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue for the dscal year end
ing June 80, contains several Interesting
and suggestive facts.
The total receipts from internal revenue
taxation were 1853. 3l4 for the year,
against si4e,52i, 273 the previous year, and
$i35, 900, 9l2 the year before that, The ex.
emptions and reductions made by the act
Of March 3. have, Therefore. been Of insig-
ni6cant importance. In round numbers
spirits paid ga 600 900; fsrmsn,ed liquors,
$1,000, 900, and tobacco, s42, 0o0. 900; the
remaining sii 500, 900 being derived from
miscellaneous sources
The cost for collecting these taxes was
s5,li3,T34, nearly the whole OF which went
for salaries 10 various officers. a. follows
Collectors. i26; Deputy Collectors. esi;
Clerks and Messengers. 226 Disiillery Sur
veyou IS; Gsugers, $50; s,orekeeper
and Gsuger,, I, 100; storeksepers, 725; To.
bacco Inspectors. 35; making a total Of
four thousand enc hundred and ten off,
cisl. appointed By the Administration and
supported at the expense Of the people
The number has been eighty reduced By
a consolidation Of districts. but Il still
amounts 10 nearly four thousand,
Naturally, the endorsements Of the rev.
enus laws give. rise TO much litigation.
The Commissioner reports that on July 1,
1882, there we're pending In HE Office $3.50
suits, AID that 1858 more have been com
msucsd. since. making io.2i7 In ali, Of
which 9,i00 we're criminal actions, SAC
suits for penalties, and 2ii con6scs,ion
proceeding. On, Of all these there were
obiained only 2.77i convictions Ia erin
inal case-, 1876 Judgments agains, persons,
aud 80 condemns,ions Of property, the &C.
msindsr, except s.227 cases siiIi PENDING
having either been decided against the Gov
ernmsat or else Withdrawn or compro
missed.
OF the nature Of the crimes occasionet
BY the internal revenue system the com
missioner spess. very briefly, but he re
ports that during the year s07 Illicit siill
we're seized, and tina, one Of his employees
va. killed 10 the discharge Of his duty
hos many Of the Illicit distillers vsr'
also killed or wounded he does not mention
nor do se fnd any reference 10 the fraud
perjury, and bribery which are noiOriousl'
rife all over the country In the distillinI
and tobacco manufacturing business.
The internal revenue system would nevs
have been created except for the stress Q
civil war. and Il ought 10 be abolished q
the earliest possible moment
The taxation Of spirits. malt liquors, an
tobacco should Be left to the s'ates-tSur
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

Dox'r SPEAK Now.--About two weeks
ago two women met In a street car, and
when one complained that she was again
without a cook the other replied;
"Ahl have a jewel Of girl She's
neat, promp', respectful, and only pay
her twenty shillings a week"
"Is l, possiblsl"
YES; shes from the country, and doesn'
know that she can get more wages
The same two women met in the same
car again, but alasi how changed the situa-
toni They stared frigidly at each other
without even nod. and they would not
sit on the same side Of the car. The twelve
shillings jewel offs girl is now receiving 81
per week in the kitchen Of the woman
who was without a cook. Hence the rue.
ton, will deeend 10 the third generation.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04
ksntpelr esattsmen as Ixaitsn.

There vas q little romance, with dash
Of comedy Ia II. al West Fifth Stree. ho-
tel, few days ago. A handsomely dressed
gentleman, hsiling FROM Louisville. Ky.
sat down Ia the dining-room and after read
Ing morning paper for some time, grew
impatient, as no one appeared to take his
order for breakfast. Al length he called
the head waiter and demanded some stten-
ton. At this moment Ave young men wal
tiers made break from the kitchen door en-
u.asse and going TO where the gentleman sat
greeted him with flushed faces and an EN-
barasssd manner. The gentleman q once
recognized them and called them by name.
To A{1sme reporter Who saw him yssisr-
day. he gentleman stated that he would
have been a. much surprised 10 have seen
Congressman Joe Blackburn engaged ne .
waiter as the i've young men who greeted
him on the occasion above mentioned.
"One Of them" said he, was one Of the
swelleat beaus 10 Louisville. All Of them
are scions Of aristocratie Louisville families
and can't imagine how they became so re-
duced in fortune as to have to go to work
as serv.nls."-[Kausas City Times.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04
n ksvsr Fails.

People are startled by iu wonderful
cures. The fact tina, DIR. whitssel's Ger
man Cough Syrup for Coughs, CODsump-
ton and Lung diseases Ia daily curing
thousands Of this terrible disease has eaus-
ed all who have tested its merits 10 pro-
nounos Il a never-failing remedy. Speedy
In aiiording relief. sdsctual in arres.ipg
further progress Of disease. Try It and be
convinced. For sale BY MeRobsrts a
siagg, Druggists. John ID. Park a Sons
Agents.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

Miles Of spruce Forest in Maine are
dead. Lumbermen sre not agreed as TO
the cause. About eight years ago the
heavy autumn rain loosened the earth, and
that WAS followed by terrible gales and a
severe winter. The theory, however, gen.
orally accepted by the best judges is that
the trees died from old age. The decay
ia mainly in sections which have not been
cut over. The age Of the spruce is from so
10 90 years
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

Why THE ISprASs WAIT CAsSoS.-
Last summer General shermrn made his
last annual inspection Of the military posts
Of the army, and a good story is told by
one Of his staff officers Of his visit to one
Of the Western frontier forts. When the
General arrived there was large crowd Ct
Indians on hand TO look at the "Big Chief
Of the Whites" az they called him. After
they had looked him over 10 their hearts
content, one Of them approached and said:
ugh, big Indian heap want present. Of
cannon" General Sherman glanced at the
brave and replied. II can not give you
cannon. Whist do yon want them forl
You mean to use them against my sol.
diers." Now, an Indian is not often guilty
Of anything approaching wit, but this one
did very we'll, for he said, as he shook his
head: "No want cannon TO kill soldiers
Can kill soldiers with sticks. Want cannon
to kill cowboy" The reply was a good
one, but MI. Indian didn't get his cannon
4 Boston Traveller.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

Senator Fair. Of Nevada came to this ooun-
try from Belfast. ireland. in 1912; went to
California and engaged in mining in lsi9,
and removed to Nevada in 1860. The
rich old man says the happisst days Of
his life were when he was poor miner.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

Patrick o'DoSSELL. who killed in
former Carey, was convicted and sentenced
to be hung Saturday. When the verdict
was announced. he lost his usual compOs-
ure. and cursed loud and long. God save
Ireland !" be cried, "To hi with the Brit
ish government 4"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

THEsts,e Board Of Health has Issued q
circular and mailed Il TO the press Of the
State urging complete and thorough vac
cina,ion as the only means Of preventive
against, very malignaot type Of small-pex
now in various portions Of this and sdjoin'
ing States. The board ale recommends
that the coming Legislature should Pass
an act Of compulsory vaccination.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

The next Evacuation Day celebration
ought to take place on the fourth Of March.
A. d. 1885. when the republican army,
which has been intrenched there for nearly
a quarter Of century, marches out Of
Washington. That will be = great day for
the United States. ~
A hundred years ago old Peter Angus
tus Jay brought his blind brother down 10
New York from wes,chesisr county TO en-
joy the going out Of the British troops,
and the blind man noted the destructive
ness Of the war by remarking that the note
Of single domestic foul could nowhere be
heard. The jubilee Of 1885 will be differ
ent in that respect. A blind man will not
be able to hear himself talk for the crow
ing OF the roosters.-lN. Y. Sun.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

John Randolph, Of Roanoke. used to
ride on pack-mule 10 Washington. ssna-
tor DOlPh. with half the name, IL coming
oyer from Oregon In a private sleeping car,
= dining car and car for sitting room.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

vslsdictOry Of ]. E. Bear in retiring
from the Lawrence County ARK Tines
"ws don't know anything about the news
paper business, never did. NEVER will. and
NEVER want 10. and are glad to get out
Of it-with a whole hide"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

The Frankfort Ysomm has come to be
known as the defender Of all irregularities
Of the administration Al the State capitol.
II justified Blackburn in the use Of the par
donipg power. ID pooh. poohsd the charges
against Cecil and II now virtually says tina,
Capt. Tom Henry, or any other State off,
Ger has right to get drunk As he pleases,
when and wherever he plsssss. sell out bag
and baggage II Il suits him and continue to
draw his pay. provided he appoints efficient
deputies to do the work. Wonder II the
Ysoman wants the State printing AGAIN. OF
course there IL no connection between thess
two ideas, but We just mention il casually
you know.-[ Midway Clipper.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

A member Of q Kentucky church offered
the Ladies' Aid Society IS II its members
would meet aud make quilt without say.
ing word. Two dozen Of the ladies met
at the parsonage, and in two hours the
quilt was finished. but they all say that
they would not do such q thing again for
$50
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

At the banquet: "Fsllow Irishmsn.
l am glad to be with you here. hope We
shall meet often. Gentlemen, you may
not have supposed Il, but ! am myself
something Of an Irishmsn. have a Cork
Lac
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04
'THE SUN
NEW YORK, 1884.


About sixty million copies Of The Sun have
gone out OF our establishment during the past ~
II YOU were 10 paste end to end all the columns
Of ali Tn, suns printed AMI sold last year you
would eet a continuous strip Of interesting infor-
motion, common sense wisdom, sound doctrine and
sane wit long enough 70 reach from Printing House
Sss5e , * sss Ip pISns HOUSE square and
then three quarters Of the way iaek to the moon
again.
the earth; this same strip Of intelligence would
girdie the globe a. o. p times:
II every buyer Of The Sun during the last year
spent only one hour over II aud u ms vile or
per has afforded the human race thirteen thou
sand years Of steady reading. night and day.
Il e only by little calculations like these that
We can form any idea Of the circulation OF the
most popular Of American newspapers, or OF It's
influence on the opinions aud actions Of American
The sun h and will continue to be Newspaper
which tells the truth without fear Of consequences
which gets at the facts 20 matter how much the
process costs, which represents the news q all the
readable shape, which Is working with all its
heart Cor the cause OF honest government, aud
which therefore believes that the Republican par
" must 80, and must go In THIS coming year Of our
II YOU know The SIN. you like Il already. and
y0n will read a with accustomed diiigence and
| log year In rs history. Ifyou DO not yet know
The sun, il is high time to get into the sunshine.
TERMS TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.
The several editions Of The sun are sent by mali
postpaid, As follows
DAILY-50 cents a month. sea year; with Sun
| daV edition, o..
SUNDAY-Eight pages. This edition furnishes
the current news Of the world, special articles Q
exceptional interest 10 every body, and literary
reviews Of nsw books Of the highst merit 81 Z
year.
wEKKLY-sl year. Eight pages Of the beat
matter Of the the daily issues; Agricultural De
| partment OF unequaled value. special market re-
ports and literary scientific aad domestic intelli-
| genee make The Weekly sun the newspaper toI
the farmers household. To clubs Of ten with siC
Address IL w. ENGLAND, Publisher,
i96-6t The Sun. New York City
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04
ioqvae,r in the Printing once.

One Of the greatest annoyances 10 fore.
man, a. well - TO the industrious work
man who wishes 10 perform his whole duty.
is the habit Of Cabling INDUCED In by
those who insist upon talking OF current
events, and often the worlds entire history,
during the hours which should be exclu-
sively devoted to business. In no workshop
i' this practice 80 annoying and wssteful Of
time az in printing Office, for In no other
IL 30 close and undivided attention requir-
ed TO produce the beet results. No man
can Get type with proper care while his
mind IL occurred with confederation Of
other Affairs. especially II that considers
ton is forced upon him by the sudible con-
vsrsation OF some one near him. A prin-
ter must think while be work., and he
must think Of the task before him. He
must deciphsr his copy and give thought
to lie punctuation. ADD even 10 the construc
ton Of the sentences, and this he can moi
do while his attention is diverted TO some
thing entirely foreign 10 Il. He can think
Of but one thing at time, and IL he Il
thinking Of politics. religion or social lille
be will. Of necessity, neglect the work plac
ed before him. The practice Of promiscu
Qua talking in q workshop is, moreover, 4
dishonest one. The employer pays thu
smploye for the work he is expected ant
supposed to perform, and the time paid fol
belongs 10 him; and. IL Il is occupied will
idle gossip. he /. defrauded Of that which
IL due him.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

In the highest and hottest type Of wife,
love there Il alwaysa large proportion Of
mOthsr-lovs. that kind which finds deeper
pleasure In watching over, shielding, guard
ing and warding OF trouble from him In
whom Il csniersd woman's hottest adec.
tons than in being watched over and shield
ed herself. To spend and be spent for him
is her chief Joy, To watch and nurse lie
woman's hottest work, no. 10 be pamPsrsd,
pstisd. add kept from care and responsible
i.y until she becomes the most useless thing
on ssr.h--s helpless baby In a wOman's
form.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-04

A few Sundays ago Mr.. Tom Allen and
bic wife. who live near BIasinsame's court
ground, were walking out in the old 6elds,
near their home. Passing and old we'll,
which waa seventy feet deep. by actual
measurement, they begau to throw rocks
in it. Mrs. Allen. in throwing a rock
lost her balance aud fell in. Her husband
ran to the nearest neighbor's house ard gave
the alarm. In few minutes dozen men
we're At the we'll with rope, and a man
sent down. Reaching the bottom no wo'
man could be found. and the men thought
Il was a joke. While her husband ws'
gone for help Mrs. Allen had climbed III
the steps Of the we'll and had gone home
She was badly bruised, but is now well ant
her escape from death Is looked upon al
most as a miracle.-[ wstcn (Ga) News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
The Rock +" FL Capitan. /"

One use of the great rock is that of q
place of shelter. During recent sum-
mer the Earring of slight earthquake
shocks in the Sierras precipitated many
rocks down the mountain sides, and for
a time the lives of the miners were much
endangered. DIR. Cnyler asked them:
" What did you do, then?" The reply
was: We took shelter under Ell Capt.
tan. For we thought that if once Ell
Captain c0me down the world would
come to an end" Nor was their conf
dence misplaced. There it rises, $500
feet high, mighty mass Of granite,
leaning over and sheltering the valley
beneath, but itself linked in back with
the Sierras. Who would not rest safe IN
the shadow of such a rock? But. my
brother, we point you to-day to Rock
mightier than Ell Captain. Here is shell
ter which is more secure now, and will
endure when the mountains are melted
with fervent heat. 1t is place of shell
Ter often sought-in many lands--for
centuries. Who has sought it in vain
Rec. +. III. KaSSOn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
Renounced Civilization.


There is an Enoch Arden in British
Columbia, whose original home was in
Philadelphia. Patrick Kilroy, butcher
by trade, left there twenty-five years ago
an unmarried man, leaving a deposit in
the Philadelphia Saving Fund which, on
December Is, 1869, amounted to ts734.55.
On that day, tits alleged, Kilroy's bro
ther-in-law, John A. Duncan, obtained
letters of administration upon the estate
Of Klroy, whom Duncan swore died in
1861 interstate. The latter then drew
the entire deposit from the Savings
Fund and spent it. Five years ago he
died in poverty. His securities were
Benjamin Hainey Of Roxborough, and
John Cooney, of Third and Sprncestteets,
Philadelphia. q go :" I
It turns ont that Kilroy is still flourish
ing in British Columbia, but has re-
nounced civilization for the wild life OF
an Indian settlement. Recently he wrote
for his money, and authorized Thomas
Earle friend from the country Of his
adoption, to draw the amount due. with
interest. Klroy's courier went to the
Savings Fund to get the money, but the
officers showed him It's receipt from the
administer for the full amount. An
attorney has been retained by Mr..
Earle to recover Mr.. Kilroy's money. .
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
EXECUTIONS IN 1882.

During the year 1882 114 murderers were
executed in the United States The hang
man, as usual, was kept busiest in the South
ern States, which furnished seventy eight Of
the victims while thirty-stx were executed
in the Northern States and Territories
South Carolina and Georgia head the list
with ten each, closely followed by Louisiana
and Tennessee with eight victims each,
Texas and Missouri coming next with seven
each Of the five credited to the Indian
Territory, two were shot, the culprits choos-
ing this death in preference to the more
ignominious one Of hanging. The record is
as follows. - - ---------- IL ILL
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
" MORNING. Cold as blazes 'smorn-

"MoRNrNa Cold as blazes 'smorn-
ing" greeted business man yesterday.
pretty cold, certainly; but why utter
such an absurdity as cold as blazes p
Blazes are hot, you know" "What
wonld you say? ooh, say it's cold
enough to freeze two dry rags together,
or something of that sort" The lesson
in etymology being over, both passed on.
Boston Globe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
THE TOBACCO TAX.

The agitation of the question of reduc-
ing the tobacco tax has had a very
marked effect upon the revenue. It is
stated at the office of the commissioner
of internal revenue that, while the to-
baeco3 tax this year until near the meet
ing Of congress yielded very consider
ably more than during the same period
last year, the falling off lately has been
so great that the revenue from the to-
bacco tax for the year will be nearly
S., 100000 less than it was last year.
This falling off in this branch of the in
ternal revenue shows how great the
stagnation in the tobacco trade is.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
JANUARY.

We present below a record in brief CT the
most notable events of the year 1882, and
the date of their occurrence:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
THE ILLINOIS sENAToRsHTP.

An Illinois gentleman here has just
received the report of a careful canvass
of the Illinois legislature on the sena-
tOrial question. He is informed that
there are 80 members to be counted on
for Gov. Cullom, 80 for ex-senator
Oglesby, 25 for Commissioner Raum,
anda few each for Representatives Hen
dersOn and Payson, who have started
little senatorial booms in their own
counties. Gen. Rinaker is held in re-
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-08-29
An Intelligent Jury.

The Wheeling htelligencer is re-
sponsible for the following, and it
may be true, which, the same, we
doubt.
A funny story which has never
been printed is told of a jury in
Hancock county few years ago,
while Hon. Thayer Melvin was
Judge of this circuit. A case was
tried in which the issue turned out
to be question of law and not of
fact The Judge, after reviewing
the salient features of the case and
stating the law which applied in
the premises, informed the jurors
that the plaintiff had failed to es-
tablish his claim, and instructed
them to bring in verdict for the
defendant. The jury was sent to
+ its room at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing. About O'Clock in the after
noon it came in, and the foreman
handed up the following verdict:
eve the jury finds for the defend
ant in accordance with the instruc-
tions of the Court, if them instruc-
tions is law, but we don't believe
they are"
The Judge, instead of finding the
twelve jurors for contempt, rep7i-
manded them, and told them they
must simply bring in a verdict for
the defense. They again retired,
and in several hours brought in
the verdict: owe, the jury, find
for the defendant in accordance
with the instructions of the Court"
1t was only after a second reprl-
mand that the jury consented to
bring in an unqualified verdict
Exchange. ~
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-08-29
Wyoming County Institute.

Our teachers assembled in insti-
tute GU the 18th, conducted by Prof
John A. Watson.
On the first day we enrolled IS
teachers, more than at any other
Institute in the county, and great
err interest has been manifested
than at any time before. There is
also a large attendance of the citi-
zens of the town and country. The
teachers and people are all we'll
pleased with Mr.. Watson and his
work, and we hope he will come
back, as he is giving some new
methods that we never heard be-
fore. ....
We think the teachers will be
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-08-29
Big Pig, Little Pig.

A contributor TO Puck says: "In
one gutter 1 saw pig; in another
the semblance of a man. The pig
was sober, the man was drunk
The pig had a ring in his nose, the
other animal had one on his finger
The pig grunted, Sc did the man
And l said aloud. eve are known
by the company we keep" The
pig grunted and walked away, las
if ashamed to be seen in the com.
pany of drunken man"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-08-29

greatly benefited by his work, as
they have promised to put into
practice the coming winter, what
he is now teaching them.
Third day, and the interest is
still increasing, and the attendance
larger. We think Mr. Watson is a
whole-souled temperance man, and
is representing The interests of the
FREEMAN, as we'll as those of edu-
cation. May success attend him.
PHIL LAMBERT.