Semi-weekly interior journal., 1883-08-10

ington has this To say OF the soilu Ooi
lector: "Swope reminds me OF the old
story of the lawyers 10 hell, who all
stood next the FIRE. lie never lets
these other fellows here get any ad.
vantage Of him when there is a loose
president or cabinet officer about, and
he always is the first to greet and the
last to bid goodbye to the distinguish
ed members Of the national govern
ment Who come this way. Yesterday
he was near the person Of the presi-
dent, and, il there is any divinity
which doth hedge about the person OF
our republican king, Swope kept close
enough 20 get his share Of it by ab-
sorption. Without appearing to OBJ
trude himself, he yet quietly takes the
place Of the most distinguished local
republican and does the honors as II
that duty was exclusively his own.
Some Of the others gnash their teeth,
but have to grin and bear il, whether
they like il or not OF Gov. Black.
burns address Of welcome, he contin-
ues "When the president came back
10 town the governor met him with
speech Of welcome in the reception
room Of the hotel. His remarks were
printed and read from the proof sheets.
His eyes we're not strong. his spec
tacles diinmed with the dew Of unshed
tears OF vexation and the light poor.
Persons crowded behind him and shut
oil the light and at intervals he would
stop reading to order them of, like a
policeman frightening away small boys
when they get too near the drum ma
jor in the procession. The president
listened in astonishment. IL had new
er occurred to him that any Kentuck-
ian, much less It's governor, and the
member Of a family famous in sacred
history for having beaten Samson with
his favorite Philistine killer. should
have to write an address Of welcome
and read it of. But the governor
read il on slowly and paused TO 'shoo
of the small boys and blow his bugle
as occasion demanded At last, while
running over an eloquent and original
passage narrating how Kentucky had
been noted for her fast horses and
handsome women, he was interrupted
by a thin shadow being cast upon his
paper. II was that Of Gen. Eakin, a
small man physically, but one Of the
guests and au officer in the United
States Army. With gesture Of min
gled disgust and command, the gov
ernor roared at him, Get out of the
light, sirl get ouIl' and once more the
United States Army was ordered off
the sacred soil Of this grand old com.
monwealth. The general retired in
good order, the by ISLANDERS hid their
smiles as best they could and the
speech rambled on TO its conclusion.
A gentleman from Frankfort, who is
familiar with such matters, said the
speech was an excellent one-in fact
that il was 'one of Tom Harris best
efforts Maybe it was. but when |
read it in print to day | could not for
the life of me tell what the speaker
was driving at, or whose eldest daugh-
ter President Arthur was, or how
Kentucky had managed to represent
the principles Of freedom for thirty
generations. No doubt the governor
would explain it to me i'll asked him,
but press of other matters just now
will deprive me of that pleasure.
The electric railway, which formed
such an attractive and successful fea-
ture of the recent railway exposition,
has been purchased by the Electric
Transportation Company, and will be
in active operation during the whole
period of the Louisville Exposition,
which opened Aug. /. The track will
encircle a handsome park and will be
2, $3.50 feet in length. A midway sta.
tion will be established at the art hall.
If its operation is attended with any
thing like the success which il met
with at the railway exposition, it can
not fail TO satisfy all parties concern
ed.-[RAilway Age.
A boy asked a man, please, sir,
what is the timeS Z" He answered "rhe
time to noon is just one fourth Of the
time since o. clock; now, my little
man, If you will tell me the correct
time III give you silver dime"
What should his answer have been so
as to claim the diner
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