Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-02-16
EDITORIAL CONSEQUENCE.

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Paris of America by what right
save its remarkable resemblance 10 th'
famous French Capitol in wickedness
am unable TO say; but If she nov
claims to be the Venice Of America
no one can gainsay her claim. Tn
raging Ohio is several inches highel
than in the famous year OF foods
1882, and at its highest this time wa
a little over 60 feet. The water is up
TO Pearl street, and every manner Of
small boat, from the neat skift to the
hastily constructed ferry, is running
in 6 or feet of water along Second
street. Thousands of houses are sub
merged, and the poor, who inhabii
them, seek shelter in the station
houses, jails and other institutions Of
the kind. The damage 10 property is
very great, while such stocks as sugars,
salt, flour, &c, in the inundated dis
tricts, are total loss. Except in 10.
cslities where the electric light sheds
its brilliance, the streets of the city
are in total darkness, the gas works
having been flooded since Sunday.
Lamps are at premium, and the old
tallow dip, which may be seen on ev-
cry hand, seems but to add gloom to
the darkness. Yesterday about noon
the Southern II. X. depot was swept
away, causing a large number of
deaths and creating great excitement.
1t was the result of the bursting of an
overcharged sewer and was as sudden
as it was unexpected. Several of the
buildings entirely surrounded by water
have by some means caught fire, and
as the Fire Department could not
reach them, they we're burned to the
waves. All the railroads are delayed,
some of them suspended in their oper-
ations entirely, and the mails are fear
fully "out of joint" The track Of the
Ohio IL Mississippi, on which road l
start to st. Louis tonight, is hid for
the most part of the twenty-five miles
il runs along the Ohio, and connec.
ton is made with the part in use by
boats to Aurora, Ind. The suffering
here is great, and contributions are
being sought on every hand for the
unfortunate who had to flee from
house and home. Business is in a
great measure suspended, and the
black pail which usually appears to
hang over the city seems gloomier and
blacker than ever.
have seen the great and only Mrs.
Langtry, the Jersey Lily, and still l
am not happy. She is neither the
actress nor the beauty one would i'm
agine after so much advertising, tho
it must be confessed that she is a
handsome woman, whose pleasant fea-
lures grow more interesting the longer
the gaze is directed to them. She is
tall ard graceful, with well nodded
head, surmounting as vOluptuous
bust as can be imagined. Her arms
are beautifully rounded, but her
hands, and feet too, are not as dimin-
utive as is generally considered con-
sistent with beauty. Her teeth, which
you can count when she opens her
rather large mouth, are marvels of
whiteness and regularity, and the red
lips that sometimes conceal them are
as kissable pair as | ever saw. In
Tom Tayler's pleasing comedy, can
Unequal Match" she wore her long,
glossy, auburn hair hanging loosely at
her back and showed wealth of it,
all her own, that was particularly re-
treshing in these degenerate days Of
false locks and frizzes. Her eyes are
a deep blue, her voice well modulated
and sweet, but the symmetry of her
figure was marred by waist so ride
ulously small that she seemed almost
cut in two. Her reception here was
by no means cordial, for abeggarly ar
ray Ofempty seats was presented and the
little audience there was appeared cold
and unappreciative, though they did
twice warm up sufficiently to call her
before the curtain. The want Of gas
in the theatre was supplied by flick
eriug, spluttering electric light and
one or two calciums that were badly
managed. and these in measure may
haveacted unfavorably on the spirits of
"the beauty, who seemed to labor hard
TO throw off its restraint. But enough
of Mrs. Langtry. She will hardly
come to Stanford this season, and l
get nothing for advertising her. not
even free ticket. A two-dollar. VIII
liam, hard earned, at that, gave me
the honor Of seat, which was pretty
close 10 that of Freddie Gebhardt. the