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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26
Held Fast in Front of a Train.

A right amusing incident occurred
near Rome the other day. A man
crossing the railroad tracks got his foot
caught fast in disjointed "frog," and
while trying to get loose he saw the
Chattanooga train on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia road
come dashing over the bridge. Wild
with fright, the man came near break
ing his foot in his efforts to get loose.
But the train was almostupon HIM and
hedecided to unlace his shoe, pull bis
foot out and leave the shoe to be
mashed. He acted upon this thought
and as he got his out the train glided
by on another track. II made the
man so mad TO think he was only ons
plagued little side.track all the time
that he took the shoe up and kicked
himself ali the way up to the depot
Savannah News.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

"Fame, sir, is feetiDg thing.
Men drop out Of sight and are forever
forgotten. do not see why these
men want 10 become president"
ibid you ever have any such aspi-
rations1"
"When was a young man l had
ambitions. have found that the
cares which come 10 q man in a
place like that Of president Of the
United States are enormous. Alter
Garfield was nominated said TO him
one day, Garfield, you are going to
be elected president, / hope, but by
the time you have been president a
month you'll wish you we're running
an icehouse in Hades.' Well, / saw
him after he had been presid ent a
little while, and / said: "Well, Gar
field, how does ii gof And he an-
swered, Il don't know but I'd prefer
the icehouse business. tell you, the
hardest thing man has to endure is
success. Success to a young man,
coming to him when he is young, is
one Of the hardest things he can have
to stand and keep his poise. FameS
Why, think how few, how very few of
the names Of the great grand men of
Rome have been waited along down to
us across the centuries. And the men
themselves, where is their fameH Who
knows them7 Who thinks Of themi
The men Of this world, how fast
they gol how little they leave behind
theml And / tell you, when q man
grows TO be great man, then does he
begin to feel how little he is. The
greater he is the less he knows.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26


President Arthur pleasantly rounds
out his long summer and autumn tour
by visit to Washington. Although
il is not a metropolis, the President
will find the national capital a pleas
ant place for briet sojourn. After q
visit to the White House and other
points of interest he may enjoy an au.
tumn drive to the Soldiers Home and
to Arlington Heights. He will learn
with pleasure, no doubt, that the bass
fishing in the Potomac is excellent,
and that il is quite the thing in Wash
society to form fshing clubs, composed
OF ladies and gentlemen, for excursion:
to the neighboriog waters. praal
The President will find nobody in
particular to welcome him on his arri'
val at the capital, but we trust the
Assistant Secretaries and clerks who
have been running affairs will rise to
the occasion. The President will un.
derstand the situation better than did
the Corean embassy the other day.
and will not think it strange that the
Government is scattered so that no
body can find it.-[Sun.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

In reviewing the rapidly increasing
crime Of murder and homicide inKen-
lucky, the Couier-Jounal winds up
a lengthy and able editorial as fol-
lows: 1--WE need more sternness, more
rigor, more uprightness. We need
to understand better what rights Or
ganized society has. If murder is a
crime ii is a crime to let it 60 unpun-
ished. Men must be responsible for
their deeds. Justice must be swift
and certain. We have too much
cant, too much sentimentalism, too
much tolerance. One murder unpun-
ished leads to another. There is no
desire for vengeance 10 the demand
that blood outlines be punished as
the law requires; it is simply a plea
for peace, for order, for safety. We
must chain up the men who are smit'
ten with the homicidal mania; we
must make them understand that they
are not law unto themselves. We
have murders frequently; we will con.
tinue to have them as long as murder
is not punished as crime"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26
Where xe"'veiy's First sOsstyfsda1 cfsw'

Who're kes;vcky's First Presbyterian cieyy.
man was sgnsS
The first Presbyterian sermon de
livered in Kentucky was preached al
Harrodsburg by Father Rice in 1888.
At that time Kentucky was Terrific
ry. Father Rice was "a Virginiau,
and landed at Harrodsburg just a
short time before he commenced a &C.
ries Of sermons. He remained at
Harrodsburg some time and then re.
moved TO Owen county where he died,
and his remains now lie buried
upon farm n short distance from this
place. Some years ago the Presbyte-
rians of Kentucky got upon foot an
arrangement 10 have his remains dis.
inferred and removed 10 Danvillc.
Money was also raised fora monu-
ment to be erected to his memory, bu.
upon going TO the place of interment
Father Rice's grave could not be de.
signated from another which is near
it. The committee for the work we're
at loss what TO do, and so the mat.
ter rested. A few days ago DIR. Geo.
j. Reed, pastor Of the Presbyterian
church at this place, was in Portland,
Oregon, and became acquainted with
a gentleman named Rice, and in con-
versing with him learned that be was
from Kentucky, and that he was q
grandson of Father Rice. Mr.. Reed
asked him if he could tell how bis
grandfather's grave could be identif.
ed. He said he could, and did in q
way, Mr.. Reed thinks, that there can
be no mistake. Now that the infor-
nation is furnished, a handsome mon.
ument should be erected to his memo
ry.-[Columbia Spectator.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

AN IMPROBABLE SroRY.-A Mas
sachusetts book agent, who was wear.
ing small circular piece of court
plaster on his face, removed it while
shaving a few mornings since, and re-
placed it when his toilet was com
plete. Contrary to his usual expert
ence, as he went about his business
during the rest of the day he was ev'
erywhere received with smiles, which
grew broader and broader, until at last
somebody laughed in his face. Led
by this to look in the glass, he was
somewhat taken aback to discover
that. instead of the court-plaster, he
had affixed to his face little round
printed label, which had fallen from
the back of a new mantel clock pur
chased the day before. and which bore
the inscription, Warranted solid
brass"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

The King of Siam is most extra
ordinary looking man. Karl |. is
apparently about twenty years of age,
and the most remarkable fact concern.
ing him is the inordinats length Of his
nails, each of which measures about
half a yard. This deformity is con.
sidered by the Siamese as an attribute
ofsOvereigty, and Of course, reduces
the monarch to a state of absolute
helplessness. He can do nothing fol-
himself, and is obliged to have re
course in every instance to his aide-ds
camp.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

saw the inventor Of new type.
setting machine at the United States
yesterday. Ibid not see his machine,
but II what he claims for Il is true,
the day Of the printer is drawing TO a
close. II is one of the marvels Of the
time. II will further help the cheap
ening Of the price Of newspapers.
His machine has the capacity Of set.
ting 10000 ems day. II works with
ironclad accuracy, and avoids the
fault Of the present type setting ma.
chimes in that II can Justify" the
lines as a compositor can now with
the hand method. No type is neces.
sary with this machine beyond the
few alphabets Of the various kinds and
sizes required, in the makeup Of a
newspaper. There is q keyboard TO
the machine like that Of piano.
These keys represent letters and punct.
uation marks. Playing on them i'm
presses these forms into paper mat
rix similar to that now employed in
moulding the metal forms employed
upon the Bullock piess. Instead Of
setting up type by the old method
and taking a matrix from the locked
form as q whole, the impression is
made direct from the machine, one
letter at a time, so that When The type
setting machine is through, the mstrix
is instantly ready for the moulding Of
the cylindrical forms employed upon
the modern press. The value of this
one feature in the mere saving Of time
is great, because the gain of one min.
ute in the siereotyping Of the forms Of
a great Office Is Of much value. These
machines are being experimental with
in the office Of the Philadelphia Times.
The inventor says the machines can be
furnished at cost Of $780, Chicago
News.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

Cabbages are kept during the win.
ter in various ways. Where one has
a cellar with a moist bottom there is
at hand an excellent place for storing
cabbsges. Pull the cabbages up by
the roots late in the fall and take
them right to this cellar, standing
them on their roots, on moist earth,
the heads leaning against the wall. In
this way cabbabsges that have not
fully formed heads will sometimes
grow to a good size and the heads will
be more crisp, whiierapd swesier than
by any other method Of preservation.
OF course in pulling them earth will be
left adhering to the roots and this
should be carried IN as attached. A
little more loose earth, il convenient,
can be thrown around the roots where
they stand. With a dry cellar bottom
this plan is not practicable. but 1t will
work admirably wherever the bottom
is moistened-not wet. just moist.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

AT the anniversary of the Harvard
Medical School, Boston. DIR. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, in bis speech illus
trating the microscopic facilities of the
school, said; "a man five feet high,
enlarged to correspond with the mi.
croscopic power used, would be mile
high, would weigh 12O,0O0,O0O,OO
pounds, and could pick up the State
House and chuck it into the sea,
cleaning out that ancient structure by
a summary process (shouts Of laugh
ter), which would put to shame tn,
exploits of Commodus and bis kind.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

"What has become of Miss Blank,
who was the belle of the Springs last
season." "She is married." cam not
surprised. Did she marry welll'
"She is now the Countess Nattalioni.'
"Where does she liver l must call
upon her." "NOt far from here. Go
down the avenue to CrisscrOss street,
out that to Tincan alley, and through
that to Deadcat court. Go into No.
@ and follow the stairs to Room No.
593, fifth floor back.-[Philadelphis
Call.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

No matter how faded the constitution
may be from disease or excess, the Great
German Invigorator restores IL permanent
ly. See Advertisement. For sale by Pen
ny 4 McAlisier.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26
a Dying cogrtesaa cosfesses 10 the kgnde
Offwo Men.

4 Dying covnesan cOnfssses 10 the Murder
To-, 0ftwo Men. L.
A special from Flemingsburg, KY,
says ION Thursday. September ~,
1878, Ned Trumbo, an inoaensive col.
ored man, was shot dead in his own
door. The assassination created great
excitement and rewards aggregating
SO, 800 we're offered for the arrest and
conviction of the murderer. Charles
Hopper, a citizen Of this place, was
arrested on suspicion and kept in Jail
five months, but the evidence before
the grand jury was deemed insufficient
and he was released. james Monroe
Emmons was also arrested and indict.
ed by the grand jury, but the evidence,
which was altogether of a circumstan.
tial character, was weak enough TO
acquit him. The reason Of the arrest
Of the foregoing was that he had been
paying great deal Of attention to a
prostitute named Milly Walker, who
was.staying at TrumbO's house. The
Walker woman was accidentally shot
in johnson county. this State, this
week, and on being told by her physi.
clan that her wound was surely NOR
tai, che made the following confession;
my name is Mary Candle, but l
always called myself Milly Walker. l
am now in my thirty.eighth year, and
have followed my present life since my
fifteenth year, when | was seduced by
George Radcliffe, whom / killed rs
soon asI learned OF his perfdy to me,
and buried his body in a sawduat pile
ON Red River, in Menifee county,
within three hundred yards of where
his fathers house stood. When his
body was found. Frank Tomkins, who
had left the county about the time of
Radcliaes disappearance, and had
gone 10 Gseenupsburg, KY, was sus.
pected and an armed party went to
capture him and he surrendered with.
out any resistance. A mob hanged
him in front Of the Frenchburg Jail
before his trial could come on. My
lips were sealed; as TO make noise
then was 10 accuse myself.
Il went to Flemingsburg immcdi
ately following his lynching, and hav-
ing nothing to live for myself, / re-
solved to make life as burdensome
and unpleasant as ] could for the rest
of mankind. Hopper and EmmOns
both we're steady company Of mine
while | was staying at the Trumbo
House, and both were jealous of each
other. Seeing Emmons pass one
night, went TO the door TO call him,
but he either did not hear me or did
not want 10 hear me and rode on.
This made me very mad, and, having
pistol in my pocket, l fred at old
Ned. Why / did so / do not know.
Suspicion was Immediately directed
TO Hopper, who was thrown in jail,
and this suited me; but i would have
been better pleased if they had hang.
ed him. could not appear against
him, because / was afraid might my
self be caught. My life since then
has been the usual one Of abandoned
woman until / met George Frankson
here, to whom l represented myself as
good and virtuous, aud he, seeing me
in company with Dock Martmell,
Monday night, shot me-"
The woman died Thursday night,
and by her confession solves a mystic.
ny which has for five years been unex.
planned.
Cabbages are kept during the win
ter in various ways. Where one has
cellar with moist bottom there is
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

The Atlanta Constitution says South
ern girls are teaching now all over the
land, and that is a good sign. Before
the W ar we used to get all our teacher
from New EDglsnd But then they
didn I teach very long. for our younl
men and widowers married them, anC
they made good wives and good moth
ers, and they raised up good rebels
They don't come now, and our girl
have monopolized the busi ness.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26
PnEsi PnEsi PnEsl

Dr.. De,ninO's NeW Discovery for
PILES IL sadiea change nom the old remedies
heretofore Ia use. The Discovery IL the result Of
years Of pa tient seieRtine study and Investigation
into ne character Of this painful disease TO
vince you Of Ia great merit, call On Penny Ne
Alister, stanford, or W. N. Weber. MI vernon,
and get sample boa free Of charge.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

Ministers are very inconsistent.
They advise young people to marry
for love, but want cash down them
selves.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

A jug of VIII isky sixteen years old
was smashed by crowbar during an
excavation at Camp Elkin on the X.
@. last week. 1t is said that strong
men wspt when they realized the aw-
full calamity.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

England supplies $50, 100000 PEG
pie of India with salt and charges
them % cents pound, equal to tax
of 5000 per cent. A poor native
must work two days and halt al
hard labor to earn enough money to
purchase a pound of salt.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

1t is better to die than 10 lose ones
reason, and yet the murderer prefers
insanity to haDging.-[New Orleans
PicaYune.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26
Nov me Passengers Acted Bten Robbers
Stopped me Stage.

Stopped me Stage.
There was an army officer, a sutler
and a surveyor, and two men who
might have been mine inspectors, In
the stage when Il drew up at Burnt
Hill to take on another passenger.
"Howdy," aid The new passenger
% he crowded in. NJ lf. II lri
As be stood for moment In the
light Of the station lamp, all saw that
his left eye was gone. He wore no
shade or patch to conceal the loss.
and those who gave him second look
felt that the ere in his remaining eye
was bright enough toanswer for two.
DARK a. il was in the stage he seemed
TO have ''sized up" every man inside
Of minute. and. seeming TO be salts
fed regarding the crowd, he settled
himself back in his seat and had no
remarks to make.
BY sndby the army officer men
toned something about road agents,
and directly the conversation became
interesting. Coaches had been stop.
ped at various points on the line with.
in q week. and Il was pretty generally
believed that bad gang had descend.
cd on the route and were still ripe for
business. The manwith one eye bad
nothing to say. Once or twice he
raised his head and that single eye
blazed in the darkness like lone star,
but not a word escaped his mouth.
The captain had said what he would
do ia case the coach was halted, and
this brought out the others. II was
finally decided TO fight. The passen.
gors had money TO fight for and weap-
ons 10 eight with.
Tho man with one eye said moth
ing. At such a time, and under such
o'lcums'auce'' 'nefe cOu'u % Dn' one
'n'eipss'snon Oh socn eonaue"
"a coward has no business travel.
ing TINS route said The captain IN a
voice which every man could hear.
The stranger started up. and that
eye o. ms seemed 70 shower sparks OF
nre, out aiter moment be ieii back
'gain "i'houI having repied'
~. no "ssn' cn'cAsn hearted, why
d'dnt ne snow nus co'orH II he IN
tended 70 hgn' wnere were MS weap'
ons' he hsd no winchester and 50
iar as any one had seen as ne entered
,ns c9scn, NC was without revoivers'
EVERYBODY ielt contempt ior q man
who calculated 70 hold up his hands
a. the order ana permit himself 70 be
qu'etiy despolied.
:fop' poP' haiti
The passengers were doing as the
salute Of The road agents reached their
ears. The coach was hailed IN way
10 tumble every oooy logether. and
iegs spu pooies were sun tangled up
"nena voice AZ Inc door oil the coach
called OUT
l..
mo nonsense now lou gentle
men climb right down and up with
your hands' The frst man who kicks
on me will get bullet through his
head .,.,.' .'. .a..
we had agreed TO night The cap
taln mao sgreea 70 'ead US, we were
ils'enlng ior ms yen OF denance ana
the click OF his revolver, when he
stepped down and out as humbly as
you p'ease Inc suffer had been ach'
ing 70 chsv up a dozen road agents
aud now ne was the second man out
Inc surveyor Ihs' ,numa'ed ina. ne
never ,' passed over the route without
ki'ing al 'eas' 'hfee highwaymen'
but TINS occasion was 70 Dc an eAcep'
tion' Ia 'hree minutes the hve OF us
were GOWN ana IN ,"e, ana hanos up
ana tne ROAD agent mao saiu'
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

across his cheek. Not one Of US had
moved finger. We we're Eve fools
in row. There was a painful lull
after The first shot and il lasted a full
minute before the stranger turn ed to
US and remarked in a quiet, cutting
manner
Gentlemen ye kin drop yer hsns'l'
We dropped. We undertook to
thank him, and we wanted to shake
hands with him, and somebody sug.
gested shake purse for his benefit,
but he motioned us into the coach,
banged the door after us and climbed
up to d seat beside the driver. His
contempt for such crowd could not
be measured.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

A communicating, uneducated To-
Gust can lay eggs that keep perfectly
for seventeen years, while all the sci
ence of the nineteenth century has not
produced plan whereby the egg of a
hen can be kept fresh through sim
gle winter. -[Pittsburg Telegraph.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

EdisOns Electric Light Is wonderful
discovery, but not as wonderful as Halrs
CAlarrh Cure. For sale by Penny A Nc
Alister.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

In 1890 there was one lawyer in the
United States to every 5000 inhabit'
ants. Now there is one to every 500.
This explains many things.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

The whole number Of pOst-Ofices
in the United States, at the end Of
June last. was 1898; increase du-
ring the year, 1852. siH
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

: Charles Ray, Louisville, says 81 have
used Browne Iron Bitlsrs and found II 10
give me great relief In rheumatism"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26


This is the question that troubled a
French Justice Of the Peace. A dro-
yer and butcher in the market ad.
justing their accounts went to a tav-
ern to dine together. During the
meal the butcher took from his pocket
a bank note Of 100 francs value,
wherewith to pay the drover, but in
handing il over let it tall into a dish
of gravy. He snached it out, and,
holding it between a thumb and fore
finger, waved it TO and fro to dry it.
The butchers dog accepting this move
ment rs a friendly invitation, and
liking the smell of the saturated note
made spring nj il aud swallowed it.
The butcher was furious. ."Give my
money" he demanded. Kill the dog
and open him. ''Not by BANKED
sight," replied the drover; "my dog is
worth more than 100 francs" "Then
| owe you nothing. Your dog has
collected for you before these wit
nesses. "My dog is not my cashier. "
And besides where is your receipt.
The Justice will have to settle this. !"
"Let him." And now for weeks the
Justice has vaiuly been seeking law OF
precedent for such case, and the
townsmen have been ON the verge ola
riot over it again and again.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

About two-hnhs Of ah who 80 10 an untlmely
snvs dis with tbs dreaded disease, consumption.
Bfowns Expseiorant has euTed every case n ha
been tried on where the disease has NOT been al
lowed 70 run beyond the control Of medicine. sod
By Penny A MeAlisisr, stanford, and W. N. Web
Mt Vernon.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-26

AIexander. Plum ner, OF bloomfield, Ind, say.
he regards Browns EApectorant the best ooagh
remedy he has ever used. For sale by Peany a
MeA lister, stanford, aud W. N. Weber. NJ. Vernon
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-06-24

Jordan Corbiu. who murdered Bcnja-
min Cardin and seriously wounded bis
wife and son for the purpose Of rAping
CarJin's daughter. near Cosncoos, Ala
bAma, on Monday night. was captured
by citizens who put him in jill on
Wednesday. That night he was taken
from the Jail by crowd OF 500 people.
aud hung. The crime was the most de-
liberate, horrible aud eXusperuting
conceivable. Coroin had been staying
around the house m hour: IL was barri-
cadcd by the wounded wife in the bed
in which lay her dead husband. shot In
the head whilc asleep. by n gun pushed
through the window. The daughter
escaped TO the woods in the night. She
has been since found. almost dead
from fright. and il not expected to live.
The mother and son are very seriously
injured, but will recover.