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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09

AGAIN, more Trunks and valises at
Bruce, Warren \ Co.'S
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09

A LARGE stock Of Blankets and Comforts
just received BY Edmiston a Owsley
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09

A new line Of Zeigler Bros, Shoes just
received at s. ii. Shanks'.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09

A Posr-oFFIcE has been established at
Esompton, in Laurel county.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09

HEATING STOVES at bottom prices at W.
III. Higgins.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09

AN ELEGANT stock Of Clothing at Edmis.
ton A owsleys.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09

You should see that So boot at Bruce,
Warren a Co.'S
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09

FRsH oysrEHs a, 5 $. Myers served Al,
all hours.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09
Fall and Winter
M / L L I NJ z r. Y

have on hand and am daily receiving a beautl-
ful and complete line OF Fashionable Millinery, 10
which invite the attention Of the ladies. 1 have
taken extraordinary pains in its selection and am
confident that an examination Ia all thatls neces-
sary 10 purchase. Call and see me-
lo7-t MISS RELLE HUGHES.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09

PCRr crpEH Apple Butter at I. X. Wal.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09
Public Sale 7
LAND, STOCK & CROP.

We will offer for sale our Lands, About 800
Acres of Farming Lands, lying ON Carpenters
Creek sud Green River, miles North OF Liberty,
~ miles sauth OF Middlebuig aud known as the
klaugh ter Farm, Of the beat stock raising and
grain-growIng farms In Casey county. Said lands
will DO sold privately ON any day from this date
until
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09

BEsr corn-heller made, at W. II. Zig.
gins.
Famn line French candies at Bright a
Curran's
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09
LocAL kATTfRs.

Tmormr SEED at t. X. waIion'..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
How They Manage II.
Atlant : Post Appeal.


DO you see that young man there?p
asked a highly respectable business
man Of Post-Appeal reporter. who
had sauntered into the Kimball House
billiard room last night.
The reporter replied in the afirma.
tive, and asked the gentleman about
the young man.
well, | know him-know him
well. He frequents these billiard
rooms, spends, from one to five dollars
almost every NIGHTS yet he is work i.
ing in an establishment here for SI5 a
month"
How docs he continue to keen m
on such a salary and spend so much
.here2" asked the reporter.
That's the rub. You see he dresses
nicely, boards at a good place and keeps
fully abreast with the society young
men of the town."
Perhaps his father allows him extrs
spending money" suggested the Post.
Appeal man.
No, his parents are poor and not
able to assist him."
Then, | will ask you again, how
does he do ii?
1T is a subject on which l have
0 an moments meditating upon
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
cox FOR SPEAKER.
Sunset Says He is In the Field In
Earnest, 30 be Elected or
Defeated.
speeiaI q CommereiaI Gaaette


WAsHGNGToN, May s.-The Critic
publishes an interview with Hon. S, S.
Cox. in which he denies the report that he
Speakership. Mr.. Cox said
Il am in earnest. am making the
race to win. | am not making the race
just to get on an important committee. |
am not making the race in the interest Of
anv other candidate, nor am l making the
contest in the interest of any section or
set of men. am not contending for the
Speakership in the interest Of monopoly.
l am opposed to all monopolists and
monopolies Of whatever kind that exist
l am opposed to high protective tariff,
as well as to all rings, cliques and corrup-
tions in high or low officiai places. You
can say | am in the race until | am
either elected or defeated. "
"How do you suppose such a report got
circulated
''Oh, suppose that prince of schemers,
Sam Randall, is at the bottom of it. But
it will do him no good. RAJ dali person.
ally has never been mixed up in any job,
but he has some very warm friends that
have. He was always honest in his per-
sonal and private transactions, but in his
political maneuvering he is as unscrupul-
Gus as it is possible tor man to be. In
fact, he is utterly devoid of one particle
of political honesty
"Who do you regard as your most dan
gerous opponent in the eontest?'
81 can't say; Carlisle is very popular;
Blackburn has great many friends, and
so has Morrison, Of Illinois. They are all
good fellows, aud either Of them would
make a good Speaker"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
What is Work?
Popular Science Monthly.


| may perhaps be allowed to put the
opening question, "What is Work."
The common reply is, ANY pursuit
by which man earns or attempts to
earn livelihood and to accumulate
wealth" This definition is the more
to be regretted because it cherishes.
or rather begets, the vulgar error that
all persons who do not aim at the
accumulation of wealth as "idlers."
In point of fact such men may be
doing Tar greater services to the world
than the most diligent and success
Jul votary of trader or a profession.
Darwin, having q competency, was
Herewith content. To him, and to
other of kindred minds, the oppor
tunity of devoting his whole life to
the search after scientific truth was
a boon immeasurably higher than
any conceivable amount of wealth.
Shall we call him an idler? Nor is
science the only field which opens
splendid prospects to men of indie
pendent means. Art, literature, phi
lanthropy, have all their departments.
unremuneratiVe in commercial
point OF view, or at least not directly
remunerative, and for all these Guilt
vators are wanted. Therefore, re-
verSing the adv;c, given routine NOR
alists, would say to wealthy young
men of ability: DO not take up any
trade, business or profession, but do
some of the worlds unpaid work.
Leave money-making to those who
have no other option, and be searchers
for truth and beauty" Everyone
who follows this advice will contribute
something to show the world that the
race for wealth is not the only pursuit
worthy of a rational being. | should
define work as the conscious system
attic application of mind or body to any
definite purpose.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
Work ON London Newspapers.
Ieiaura Hour

/
Soon after six in the evening the
sub editors arrive, and begin work
upon the piles of manuscript and
printed matter which await them
there. The printer is pressing them
for copy" fer his hands are waiting;
but they must proceed cautiously, or
they will choke space which will be
sorely wanted further on. Now the
reporters in Parliament and out OF
doors begin to send up their first
manuscripts, and if these, and those
reports to which there is no opinion, do
not suffice to keep the printers going,
column or two of literary reviews
may be given to them, since these last,
if found N excess when the paper is
made up, can be held over.
By ten the editor and his assistants
will be at their posts, and now seri-
Gus consultation is held, for the
topics OF the principal leaders must
be decided on without delay. Such a
choice has been deferred until the
latest possible moment for good rea
sons. Had it been made before, all
the data which foreign and domestic
kilograms, private notes from whips,
confidential intimations from pOliti-
cal friends and the explorations OF
trusted social agents could yield, had
been realized it might be liable to re.
versal when all the arrangements
based on it were in operation. As it
is. the late delivery of Blue book,
the publications of an Extraordinary
Gazette or telegram announcing that
favorite regiment has lost heavily in
South Africa, will upset the opera
tions of the editors room just when
such disturbance is most inconvenieAt.
Sometimes those operations must COM
mence before all the material necessary
for them is at hand. An eminent
statesman is speaking at Edinburgh,
Liverpool or Manchester, and in Lon
don his speech is being delivered by
the telegraph boys by installments.
In such case the leader writer will
be busy on the earlier part of the
speech while the orator is constructing
his later sentences. By quarter past
10 clock the leader writer's will have
addressed themselves to their tasks,
and before they have nearly completed
their articles, the earliest paragraphs
will have been handed to them in
proof for correction. By about IL the
chief printer makes his appearance in
the editors room with his statement"
a schedule Of the titles and lengths in
columns of the articles he has receiv-
ed showing the foreseen result that
the paper is overcrowded. Proofs are
now coming down very fast, and must
be dealt with rapidly and returned.
By half past IL the fourth page, that
which is at readers left hand when
he opens the paper out, must be closed
up, locked in its iron frame, and sent
to the foundry to be stereotyped. The
fifth page is the second to be sent to
the foundry, and the inner pages are
kept open longest. By about 2 the
last paragraph is dropped into the last
open column, and such as it has been
made, with its merits and defects, the
mornings paper must go before the
world.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
Patti and ScaIchi.
"NaA anu cCAACMis
The Courier, Organ Of the Cincinnati Collie

The Courier, Organ Of the Cincinnati College
Of Music.
Patti is, without doubt, the most
brilliant, the most perfect singer of
our time. She is the perfection of
art; she delights and astonishes; vet
how seldom does she appeal to the
heart, while Scalchi thrills us with
nameless sensation Of pleasure. Son.
tag, Bosio, Alban and Nilsson, among
sopranos, possesses the emotional
sympathetic charm, but in the same
degree as the contraltos, Alboni.
Trebelli and Scalchi. 1t is a value
natural to the voice, and can only par
TALLY be acquired. Scalchi was a sur
prise to the people of this country.
for the present is her first season here.
Her voice is altogether phenomenal.
1t has three distinct registers-con
tralto, mezzo soprano, and soprano
and the distinction between them is
marked, in spite of her consummate
art in passing from one to another
1t is, however, her contralto range
that possesses that 6rmness, sustained
power, resonance, mellOwness, and in
describable beauty which fascinates
every listener; and which, more than
any woman's voice we have ever heard,
illustrates the meaning of the word
timbre. Of course she adds to this
natural gift rare artistic instincts ana
fine cultivation. Who among those
present will ever forget the duet be
tween Patti and Scalchi on the nigh
of Semiramide, at the recent opera
festival? Patti, with that clear, bril-.
liant tone and crystalline execution,
which made the smallest pianissimo
heard distinctly in every part OF the
hall; Scalchi, with that rich resonance
of tone, noble volume, and artistic
skill which so wonderfully harmOnizec
and blended With the voice of the
great prima donnal Here was the
perfection ofvoice and perfection O
art.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
AwEAPON OF HISTORY.
The Pistol Which Defended
Martin Luther.
Louisville Commercial,


| Mrs. Rosie Rettig, of 600 East JEFF
ferson street, has in her possession a
very peculiar and odd shaped pistol,
which was owned by a feudal lord
during the middle ages, and which
was the instrument employed to save
Martin Luther's life after his release
from Imprisonment at Worms. The
pistol was originally the property
of Francis Of Lirkengen, a brave
knight who hourished in Rhen-
ish Bavaria. The weapon has been in
the Rettig family for upward of 300
years, and many "reminiscences in
connection with the remarkable wea-
pom have been transmitted to the
present generation. One story is that
rich nobleman, who counted his
retainers by the hundred, was the
father of beautiful daughter.
While the baron was absent from the
castle one day, band OF
condottiori, who were struggling
through the country, besieged
the place and led the young lady away
in captivity. To regain his lost
daughter the rich nobleman offered
her hand in marriage and the finest
piece of firearms that could be made.
A number of valorous young knights
essayed the task, and after two years
diligent searching Sir Francis of
Lirkingen found the maiden and re-
turned her to her parents. Soon after
they we're Joined in wedlock and the
pistol which Mrs. Rettig now possesses
is said to be the weapon presented to
Knight Francis on that occasion. 1t
is q magnificent piece of workmanship.
The stock is made of hard wood,
tipped with brass and ivory, and sur
mounted in several places with gold.
On each side of the barrel some deli,
cate carving is displayed. Near the
point of the barrel is a complete rep.
resentation of the chase, and toward
the center of the weapon a
chariot batele is represented. Three
personages famous in Latin mythol>
ogy, Jupiter, Juno and Minerva,
are depicted in the stock. Near the
base OF the handle is kind of Octag-
onal design, in the lower end of which
is carved the pale horss-death. No
one has been able to discharge the
pistol since it came into the posses.
sion of the Rettig family. The ham-
mer works with a spring on the out
side of the barrel, and this connects
with another steel spring on the ham
die. The hammer is constructed with
an opening made to hold the flint. A
small tube connects with the powder
pan, and this is about all that can be
said of the pistol, except that the
caliber is a forty two bore. AS it
stands the pistol is a beautiful piece
of workmanship. Repeated efforts
have recently been made to purchase
the weapon for exhibition in the
Berlin Museum, and short time ago
the instrument was photographed by
an eastern artist and sent to Germany.
Mrs. Rettig values its possession be-
yOnd price. The pistol is indeed a
rare specimen of the firing arms used
by the -noblemen during the middle
ages.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
Sparerib,
Boston Transcript.


The hog belongs to the pachyder-
mata, and they pack dear matter Of
him after he is killed.
The tail Of the pig is Insignificant,
hardly big enough to back a hog; but
pigtail is tobacco nevertheless.
When | speak of pigmy, | do not
refer to my pig, but to pig of another
color; that is to say, he is not the pig
ment.
1t has been said that yOuIcan't make
a silk purse out of sOw's ear; but
for all that a souse ear is not so bad.
If we had a souse here, you should
see for yourselves. AS the ear can,
not purse you, however, let US not
pursue the subject further.
Some parts of the animal are not
usually considered good to eat, but |
have known lots Of people who would
20 the whole hog.
The whole hog, by the way, is not
so big as the hogshead. Twas not a
hog said this. He was too pig
headed.
The hog is porcine animal, and
there are generally many poor seen
where he is kept.
The man who takes care of him,
though not necessarily a poor crea
ture, is still pork reacher.
The hog-I mean the four legged
animal-does not smoke until after he
is dead, and he only does it then to
have bis bacon. Care must be taken
that you do not get too much of a
bake on.
The hogs head is sometimes called
minister's face; but cannot say why,
and will, therefore, pass on.
Hogs are sometimes fed on mast.
Like the poor sailor, they don't get
much to eat before the mast. The tie
which binds the pig to his home is the
pigstye.
The hog gets very t,but no matter
how fat he is, you will always see him
lean against something. Although he
does not own his stye, ne generally has
q lien on it.
He does not take fat evenly, he al
ways has two spare ribs. This is not
saying, mind, that he has two ribs to
spare.
Although hog is a hog, he never
turns the cold shoulder to his benefac-
ter during life.
The meanest kind of hog is the two
legged variety. 1t makes one almost
bristle up to think of him.
He is not a pleasant subject for cons
temptation, and l will net bore you by
describing him.
He is generally poor shote. Ineed
not attempt to show it to you.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
WASHING THE PEASANTS
FEET.
The King and Queen of Austria
Humble Themselves Before
the Poor.
London Standard.

The Hof burg, the chief palace of
the Austrian sOvereigns, has been the
scene Of an ecclesiastical ceremony or
act of devotion which is a curious
relic of medieval customs, In &C.
eordance with a usage observed from
time immemorial, Oh Msundsy- Thurs
day the ceremony of washing the feet
OF the poor" was performed as usual
by their Msjesties at the imperial resi-
dence. In the middle ages the GUS
tom prevailed at many other Catholic
courts, but in the present day to find
a parallel would be impossible, except
at the Vatican and the palace Of the
King of Spain.
The proceedings opened at . clock,
when twelve old men, of whom the
Oldest is in his ninety-third year and
the youngest eighty seven, and twelve
old women, the oldest ninety-six and
the youngest ninety, dressed as usual,
in the old Geman costume, presented
to them by the Emperor and Empress,
enter the court chapel in order to
receive the sacrament, and were then
brought into the hall of ceremonies at
the Hofburg. On each side of the
hall was a table with twelve covers,
the one table for the old men and the
other for the old women. They are
all citizens of Vienna. and many
among them showed by their behavior
that they had taken part in the cere-
mony more than once. With the
appearance Of the clergyman at II am.
the ceremony began. The Emperor,
who was followed by all the Arch.
dukes present in Vienna, served the
old men, and the Empress, followed by
all the Archduchesses and court la
dies, served the old women at their
respective tables.
The corps diplomatique, was, as
usual, in attendance, but this year, for
reasons generally known, the British,
French and Turkish ambassadors did
not appear. All the ministers were
present, as we'll as court dignitaries
and privy councillors, the chamberlains,
the grand masters and the highest
representatives of the army. The
tables being removed, the Emperor
and Empress knelt down in front of
each Of the old people, took off shoe
and stocking from each, washed the
foot with towels moistened from a
golden ever, held by chamberlain.
After the feet Of the old people had
been wiped the Archdukes and Arch
duchesses replaced the shoe and
stocking, and their Majesties conclud-
ed the ceremony by hanging round
the neck Of the old people purse
with thirty silver forms. The old
folks were then sent home in cabs,
each with we'll filled box OF provis-
ions and wine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
Terra.COlta Lumber.
Philadelphia Record .

A comparatively new industry is
that of the manufacture Of terra
Gotta lumber, now carried on near
Perth Anboy, N. j. The lumber is
made of two parts Of sawdust to one
Of clay. The clays used are the dark
colored, rich and tenacious ones that
everile the white fire clays. They
must be free from coarse sand or grit,
but fine sand is not Objectionable.
Spruce sawdust is used. The con.
stituents are thoroughly mixed in
circular wheel pits by means of
wheels armed with rotating knives
traversing the mass somewhat as in the
common brick wheel pit. As little
water as possible is put in. The pre-
pared massis carried by elevators from
the grinding floor on the top floor,
where it is pressed by a powerful steam
press into rectangular blocks con-
venient for Sitting and cutting into the
ordinary sizes for tiles and blocks.
The blocks come from the press on the
second floor, are there dried by arti-
fetal heat, and are then burned in
circular kilns with fat domical tops
and down draught. The firing is coal.
but with an increased heat the saw.
dust burns and carries the baking to
an end. The time for burning varies
from 36 to 40 hours. Each kiln holds
about 30 tons. The product, which is
straw cOlored, is split by circular saws
into tiles or cut into shapes for floors,
ceilings, walls, etc. The material is
fre,proof, light-weighing only So to
62 pounds per cubic foot, or about
half the weight Of brick-and SO strong
that cubes Of two to five and a quarter
inches resist strains of from 1885 to
1900 pounds. 1t can be sawed and
planed like wood, and will hold a nail.
1t is thus valuable material for par
titions, floors, ceilings, roof sheeting,
etc. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
Advertising Cheats III!

at has beeome sa common to write the be-
ginning OF an article, in an elegant, interest
ing manner,
Then run 1t into some advertisement that
we avoid all such,
And simply call attention to the merits of
Hop Bitters in as plain, honest terms as pos
sible,
ITO induce people
To give them one trial, which so proves
their value that they will never use anything
else"
'THE RENEDY 50 favorably noticed in all
the papers,
'Relieious and secular, is
Having large sale, and Is supplanting
all other medicines.
There Is ne denying the virtues of the
Hop plant, and the proprietors ofHop Bltters
have shown great shreWdness - -
And ability
tues are 50 palpable to every ones obserTa-
ton.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
Thursday, May 81, 1883.

on the premises herein described, between
the hours of 10 am. and 2 D. M, proceed To
sell for cash the property therein described.
both real and personal, to the highest bidder
The real estate is lot No. 2 (twol of the sub
division of the lands Of the late A. W. Bland,
deceased, and the same vested by decree OF
the Probate Court Of Shelby county in Thos
N. bland in the case OF T. M, Bland vs.
Moses ID. Bland, which lot 10 thus described,
BEGINNING at stake in range nine l9) and
section four az of the eleventh (1l) survey
or's district, with beech and poplar pointers
IN tho southern line OF grant No ITO; run.
ming thence west 1215' north 1885 7-i0 chains
70 a cypress; thence north 81 east II T6-l0O
chains to stake, with three elmwood point
ers m tho western boundary line of the
south half Of the said grant No. 10; thence
east o. south 1873 8. 100 chains TO a stake, with
9 beech and ir0nwOod pointers; thence south
o. west3l 5-l00 chains TO the beginning, con-
tanning three hundred and seventy one (S7l)
acres.
The personal property described as follows,
Ono black mare mule, two mares, one colt
and one horse, six head Of cattle, one two.
horse wagon, one buggy aud harness and all
the farming implements Of said r. NJ Bland.
Right of redemption and homestead ex-
pressly waived, and title believed to be per-
feet. but sell and convey az trustee only.
52,U w. e. PATTES0N, Trnslee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-11
Could Hardly Stand on Her
Feet

R. Y. Pierce, NJ. D., Buffalo, N.
I; Dear Sir-I must tell YOU
what your medicine has done for
me. Before taking your "Favorite Pre-.
scription" l could hardly stand on nv
feet, but, by following your advice, I
am perfectly cured. The "Favorite
Prescription" is wonderful medicine
for debilitated and nervous females. |
cannot express how thankful | am Ia
you for your advice. Yours truly,
MRS. CoRNELIA ALLISON,
paoeta To