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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

An Invention designed for use in
Sunday.schools is just being completed
by N. II Harper, the colored lawyer
Of Louisville, which is intended to add
much TO the interest Of Sunday school
work. The invention Is an automat-
ic register, bearing the resemblance
Of a large.sized cabinet organ, which
sits In front Of the school. As each
scholar enters the Sunday school room
he goes directly to the register, draws
a knob resembling draw-stop Of an
organ, and instantly his number ap.
pears upon little disk at the top Of
the register. These numbers run from
one 70 two hundred aud forty, and can
be used in a school Of any size. One
side OF the register is for boys and the
other tor girls, aud by this means the
scholar has not only the pleasure Of
registering his own attendance, but
the number of persons in attendance,
male aud female, can be seen by any
one at any time during the session Of
the school. A curious feature about
the continuance is that at the same
time pupil registers his attendance a
reward card drops from a miniature
tower upon a little desk just in front
OF him and he takes it up and goes to
his class. At the operating base is
arranged little receptacles for class
collections, so that il desired the per-
son registering eau at the same time
deposit his class collection in the re.
csptacle which belongs TO his class.
Two banners-one for boys the other
for girls-sre made 10 operate TO
series Of twelve numbers on each side
Of the register, by which the Superin-
tendent can arrange the banner schol.
ar at any number he desires. When
that number is registered little staff
is released and a beautiful attendance
banner is seen up three feet above the
top Of the register. Mr.. Harper is
going 10 get out patent.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25
towanice Of Suicide.

Scarcely a day goes by without q
suicide or two. Statistics show that
self destruction has almost taken the
form Of an epidemic, aud sooth tC
say, il is on the increase rather than
on the decrease. There is something
so utterly selfish in suicide that one
can not help mingling contempt with
pity for the wretch who has commit
ted il. Hamlet was in doubt as Ia
the nobility Of suffering in silent for
titude on earth rather than flying to
the other world for rest and doubtful
relief from the ills that flesh is heir
to. Shakespeare preached q homily
on this theme in an uncertain strain;
not 40 the poet philosophers of more
ancient and modern date. Massinger
wrote that "IIe's not valiant that
dares to die, but he that nobly bears
calamity Martial stated that the
coward sneaks to death; the brave
lives when all the Establishments Of
lite are gone; and barley calls self
slaughter a poor souled piece Of hero.
ism. Even old Aristotle condemned
suicide, and urged that it was coward.
ice to shun the trials and crosses of
life and to seek refuge from them in
death. All the wisdom of the ripper
sages cries out against felo de Sc, and
every body admits unreservedly that
the married man who puts a period to
his miserable existence and leaves his
wife and helpless children to battle
with the world he dared not face, was
too mean to live and too despicable to
Philadelphia Item.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

Though Lost to Sight To Memory Dear. &"
The Tewksbury tannery of negro
skins and the hot-house graded school
system, as stirred up in Massachu.
sets, are distracting public attention
to painful extent from the proper
contemplation of the bloody "shirt,
and we don't see why Senator Hosr
has not been furnished with the ward.
robe Of the late Eliza Pinkston. 1t
must have been bequeathed to him.
The "visiting statesmen" too, have
sadly neglected the concession of
proper pOsthumous honors to poor
Eliza, whose soul went unshrived of
peuuries they prescribed for her utter.
ance into the presence of an outraged
God. A proper use of Eliza Pink
ston's sweet memory would be emf.
nently proper just now. The hoary
Mr.. Hoar has been boarding ii long
enough. Up with the bloody shirt
and down with the Tewesbury tame.
ry!- American Register.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

A LOVER Won BY STRATEGY.-A
handsome Senorita went to one Of the
best photographers in Madrid lately
to have her picture taken. When the
posture was all settled, and the cloth
was about TO be drawn, the artist
threw a last glance at his subject and,
TO his CONSERVATION, found that she
was holding a pistol to her head.
"What are you doing2' he cried; "you
will not shoot yourself, it would ruin
my business; besides it would be
wicked to mar so lovely face" "DO
not be afraid" she replied; II have
no thought Of spelling the original of
one Of your best pictures; but my
love has left me, and I'm going to
send him my photograph in this pos.
ture, with the message that III fire if
he does not return to me-" A few
weeks after, the photographer had
the pleasure of taking the portraits Of
Il young married pair-without the
pistol. - Madrid Letter.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

The following are the duties as con.
tanned in the new tariff bill, upon
cereals and their products: Wheat, 20
cents per bushel; rye and barley, 10
cents per bushel; barley malt, per
bushel of thirty four pounds, 20 cts;
Indian corn or maize, 10 cents per
bushel; oats, 10 cents per bushel; corn
meal, 10 cents per bushel of forty.
eight pounds; oat meal, ! cent per
pound; rye -four, ! cent per pound;
wheat -four, 20 per centum adj ralo.
rem; potato or corn starch, 2 ceuls
per pound; rice starch, 2 cents per
pound; other starch, % cents per
pound; rice, cleaned, % cents per
pound; uncleaned, Il cents perpOund;
paddy. II cents per pound; rice -four
20 per cent ad Vaiorem per pound.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

The following is a simple mode of
rendering water almost as cold as ice.
Let the jar, pitcher or vessel used for
water be surrounded with one or more
folds of coarse cotton, kept constantly
wet. The evaporation of the water
will carry of the heat from the inside
and reduce it to freezing point. In
India and other tropical regions where
ice can not be procured this is very
common. San Francisco Chronicle.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25
Ksbstsrs RenL last honts.

As we have heard the story from a
distinguished Massachusetts, divine,
and as he said he heard it from one
OF the attending physicians, 81 still
live," we're not Websters last words,
but next to his last. For days he had
been kept alive by frequent doses Of
brandy, his favorite and almost exclu-
sive beverage for years. His bed was
surrounded by afectionate and anx-
ious watchers. As the vital spark
went pickering out, one Of the attend.
ants at the bedside was about
TO put some more Of the beloved H.
quor between his lips. and the physi.
clan interposed, saying; at is all
over-he Is dead" Then Webster
opened his great solemn eyes and
family whispered, with his last expir-
ing, Auttering breath; 81 still live
more brandy"
1t isa pity, perhaps, to destroy any
popular illusion which is creditable to
human nature. But the truth is more
precious even than faith; aud that
this is the truth about Websier's dying
ntterance, we have no manner Of doubt
HIS last words we're "Aore brdadyl'
and he only said IL stll live" that he
might get it. And the real, sober
truth about his death is not without
its lesson, her.-[Bufalo Express.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

Feveredand SickPer-
sons refreshed and
BED Sores prevent
ed BY bathing with
Darbys Fluid.
Impure Air made
harnless and purified.
For Sore Throat IL is a
sure cure.
COntagiOn destroyed.
For Frosted Feet.
Chilblains, Piles,
Chafings, etc.
Rheumatism cured.
son White Complex
ions secured by is use.
Ship Fever prevented.
To purify the Breath,
Cleanse the Teeth,
Il can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
Erysipelas cured.
Burnsrclievedi Instantly.
Scars prevented
Dysentery cured.
Wounds healed rapidly.
Scurvy cured.
An AntidOte for Animal
or Vegetable Poisons,
Stings, etc.
| used the Fluid during
our present afIliction with
Scarlet Fever with de-
cided advantage. Il is
indispensable 70 the sick
room. - WM. y. SAND
FoRD, Eyre, Ala.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25
PnESl Piles PnESl

Dr.. DesniHD's Aesr Discovery Tor
Piles Is a radical change from the old remedies
heretofore In use. The Discovery Is the result Of
years Of pa tent ,centide study and investigation
into tno character Of this painful disease 10 con-
vince you Of its great merit, call on Penny a Me-
Alisler, stanford, OF W. NJ Weber nj Vernon,
and get a sample box free Of charge.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

The New York World says: "The
democrats of Kentucky yesterday
nominated Hon. j. Proctor Knott for
Governor. His principal opponent,
Thomas l.. Jones, is most excellent
man but Proctor Knott, by reason of
his great ability, his geniality, his sto-
ry.telling ability and love of fine hor-
ses, is a representative Kentuckian,
and his popularity is unbounded. He
quit going to Congress in order to
make the race for Governor, and we
are glad that his ambition is in fair
way to be crowned"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

w. p. Jobson, Louisville, says. 81
tried Browns Iron Bitters as a tonic
and found il to be all il is recommen
ded 10 be"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

Three factories in the United States
consume nearly two million eggs a
year in making the peculiar kind Of
paper used by photographers known
as albumen paper.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

An old Georgia lady of great ex
perience, says that children born on
the decrease of the moon are more
apt to be girls and those on the full
moon are BOYS.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

All diseases resulting from self.abuse, as
nervous debility, mental anxiety, degrees
ion Of spirit and functional arrangement Of
nervous system, cured by German Insigo-
rator. see advertisement. For sale by
Penny 4 MeAlister.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

ONION PARTIES. -At Creston, in
this State, onion parties are all the
rage now. Six young ladies take an
onion with them into a room, and
one Of them takes bite of it. Then
a young man is admitted, and after
kissing all of them, if he fails to tell
which one bit the "inyun,' why then
all the girls are compelled to kiss him,
or he is compelled to kiss all of them
we forget which. The play will have
a big run there if the onions hold out.
A chrome goes with the play; "Mar-
ried men," it is said, "are not admit.
ted to the game. They are too keen
on the scent. What married man
does not recollect saying to his wife at
least once, 'confound it, you've been
eatin' onions againl'- [Des Moines
Register.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25


The republicans of Carter county
have, among other things, adopted the
following resolution:
Resolved, That we condemn the &C
tion of the State administration in
sending State troops to Grayson dur
ing the Neal and Craft trial in Febru'
AIRY last, and quartering them upon
citizens in time Of peace. 1t was an
ofense and insult to the people Of
Carter county, and treating with con
tempt the action of its best citizens in
convention assembled. who voted the
universal sentiment, in resolutions
adopted, that there would be no in
reference in Wy with the proceed
ings Of the court. 1t was an imposi
ton upon the tax payers of this Com
monwealth, necessitaling the expend
iture Of large amount Of money "a
no good purpose.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

There Is nothing more certain than The uae OF
Browns Expectorant for severe cough. which
will ultimately lead to Consumption or Chronic
Bronchitis, II not cured. II taken when The cough
is first con racied few doses will convince you VI
lis merits. For sale by Penny McAlisier, stan
fond, and W. N. Weber, M. Vernon.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

The American Bell Telephone Com
pany has, il is said, erected 1000, 900
miles of overhead wire during the
past year.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
testify TO the most excellent qualities Of Prof
Darbys Prophyactic Fluid. As disinfectant and
detergent il is both theoretically and practically
superior TO any preparation with which / am ac-
quainted.-N. I. LUFToS, Prof Chemistry.
Darbys Fluid is Recommended by
Hon. ALExAEDEn II. STErHEEs, Of Georgia;
Rev. CHAs. r. DEnMs, DID. Church III IN.
Strangers, N Y;
los. LECoNrE, Columbia, Prof, University. sc.
Rev. a. J. BATTLE, Prof, Mercer University;
Key Gro. r. PIERCE, Bishop NJ. r. Church.
UNDERSTANDABLE TO EVERY HOME.
ferieeuy harmless. Used internally or
externally for Man or Beast.
The Fluid has been thoroughly tested and we
have abundant evidence that Il has done everything
here claimed. For fuller information get Of yotE
Druggist pamphlet or send to the proprietors,
j. II. ZEILIN & CO,
Manufacturing Chemists. PHILADELPHIA.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

Philadelphia has another Sunday
paper which is called Truth, popular
title bow, publishers hoping that if
their ventures are crushed to the earth
they may rise again.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

Our young ladies lean not be ex-
celled in quantity and quality of work
done" They not only empty their
"sticks," but take impressions, correct
proof, in short do all OF the Office
work save running the press in print
ing the paper. One of the neatest
pieces of Job work" ever done in this
county was done wholly by our junior
"devil" last week. Durant Educa.
tional Journal.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25
SMALLPOX
and
FITTING % Small
Pox PREVENTED

Amembcr ofmy fam
ily was taken with
Small pox | used the
Fluid the patient was
not dclirious. was not
pittcd, and was about
the house again In three
weeks, and no others
had il. e. j W. PARK-
IHsnN- Ihllalf.lnhia
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

The present is a good time to collect
the bones scattered about the premis'
es, break them up and bury them
near the roots of fruit trees or grape
vines. If the bodies of half the
worthless dogs owned in the country
could be similarly planted, they would
be OF much more service than their
animated carcasses are above ground.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

DIR. John Il. Davis, Louisville, says;
IL recommend Browns Iron Bitters,
for rheumatism or neuralgia, with We.
ny satisfactory results"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

John Bright, alleged inventor Of a
celebrated disease of the kidneys, sits
up drinking cold tea and smoking CT.
gars until 2 o'clock in the morning.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

A traveller down the "Suwanee
Riber' says that that song renowned
stream is the most beautiful in all
Florida. 1t is TRANQUILITY beautiful,
flowing smoothly, evenly and rapidly
to the sea between banks clad with
tall cypress, live oak and evergreen
shrubbery. 1t is ever soft and grace
full in outline and curve.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

George W. Ribslin, Of Blue Mound. M, writes
that Browns ExpectoTant cured him Of severe
cold afler everything else had Ailed. For sale by
Penny a McAlister, stanford, and W. A. Weber,
Mt. Vernon.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

Mr. Howells begins the sixth part
of "a Woman's Reason" in the June
Century, with this apothegm: "The
character of no man is fixed till it
has been tried by that of the woman
he loves. Till then he has only the
materials of character, and they are
all to be shaped and ordered as new.
ly as if he had never had them be.
FORE"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

Smoke viii soon be at a premium
From 100000 cubic feet of smoke
given out by say 1000 cords of wood,
it is said $4,000 pounds of acetate of
lime, 200 gallons of alcohol, and
twenty five pounds of tar may be OBJ
tanned. Il Exchange.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25
EIectneify nor saIhino Horses.

It is thought that new cure has
been discovered for baking horses by
the application Of electricity. A gen.
tleman of Baltimore, who had horse
subject to baking, placed an electric
battery, with an induction coil, in his
buggy, and ran the wires TO the hor.
ses bit and crupper, and as soon as
the horse came to a standstill the cur
rent was turned ON, and after the
horse was relieved of his shock, il is
said, he proceeded without showing
any disposition to balk. The same
application was successfully made to
a horse who INDUCED in cribbiDg,
whereof he was soon cured through
the unpleasantness Of the electric
shock. Those who have baking or
cribbing horses may give the forego-
ing trial.
The bloody chasm that has so long
yawned between Ohio ana Kentucky
may be regarded as not only bridged,
but filled up and sodded over with
bluegrass sward. Last week the
Bourbon" democracy of our once es-
tranged sister State nominated ex-
Federal over ex-Confederate soldiers,
and yesterday the grand commandery
ordered every Knight Templar in the
State to contribute 81 TO the Garfield
monument fund. This last act dis
closes the strawberry mark on the arm
of our long lost sister, and our arms
are flung wide open to receive as ma.
ny of her pretty daughters as cau'rush
into them. -[Cincinnati News Jour.
Miss Sadie Miller, of Myersville,
Somerset county, Pa, wishing to dis.
gust her father with the country be-
cause she desired residence in the
city, played the part of a ghost for a
week. She had nearly scared the
old folks into moving, when she was
detected. She is now pining in a re
formatory.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

Dakota, in addition to her spring
wheat crops, has May snow storms, of
which she should be proud. When
Dakota takes snufP Nebraska and Tex.
as begin to sneeze, and soon the old
storm king is blowing his nose in a
spring infuenzs all over the country.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

After the dust has been thoroughly
beaten out Of carpets, and they are
tackled down again, they can be
frightened very much by scattering
corn meal mixed with coarse salt over
them, and then sweeping |; all off,.
Mix the salt and meal in equal pro-
portions.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

The Bath (Me.) Times tells of a
lady in that city who is only about
thirty years old, and in her short life
she has been struck by lightning
twice; has been on the train when 1t
was attacked by robbers once; has
been apparently drowned twice; alb
Quoted twice and met with numerous
accidents with horses. and still she is
hale and hearty, In addition to the
lady's other troubles she has been
nearly forced into an unwilling mar
rage. ..| ..H.N
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

SENTIMENT AND REALITY. This Is
the time Of year when the boy dove
sidles up beside the little leaden color.
cd maiden of his tribe, and talks of
picnicing and making stick nests.
And this is about the same time of
the year that the silly little thing lis.
tens to him and finds herself packing
red worms and corn grains to her lit
tie bower hidden home, while the old
man sits in the sun on the barn.comb,
with his craw tull Of stolen wheat, and
coos and means as though be had cul-
tivated five acres in tobacco and TWEEN
ty in corn.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25
DARBYS
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID.
A Household Article FOR Universal
Family Use.

For Scarlet and
Typhoid Fevers,
Diphtheria, SAIL
walton. liberated
Throat, Small
Pox, Measles, aud
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25
Eradicates
MALARIA.

all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting on
the Sick should use i freely. Scarlet Fever has
never been known 20 spread where the Fluid was
used. yellow Fever has been cured with il after
black yomit had taken place. The worst
cases Of Diphthrfia Weld tu if
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25

y. IT LEILIN q Co,
Manufacturing Chemists. PHILADELPHIA
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
CURIOUS FACTS.

The average number of rainy days
in Alaska is 245 in year.
Recent statistics show that crimi-
nails and lunatics are generally two
inches shorter than the class to which
they belong.
Highlanders believe that a wound
from a stays horn is incurable, and
that dog pierced by it either dies
from gangrene, becomes paralytic,
epileptic or stupid.
The roof the White House portico
was recently cleaned by throwing a
stream Of water upon it, and a perfect
number was estimated by millions,
and when they crawled back to their
homes at night the white pillars look
ed as if painted black.
AS an illustration of the progress
which the love of music has made in
England it is remembered that when
a particularly savage caricature of
the late prince conSort was desired,
he was drawn playing the piano, but
now the Duke of Edinburg is q good
violin player, and nobody seems to
find it even amusing.
1t was an ancient Irish belief that
human hair should never be burnt,
only buried, because at the resurrec-
ton the former owner of the hair will
come to seek it; and that it ought not
to be thrown away, "lest some bird
should find it and carry it off, causing
the owners head to ache all the time
the bird was busy working the hair
into its nest"
The mysterious explosion of a very
innocent-looking glass ball belonging
to a New York gentleman has called
attention to the fact that the bits of
unannealed glass sometimes found ly-
ing about the floor of a factory are
dangerously liable to explode, and
should not be carelessly handled.
They are never sold, but persons
sometimes take them away for their
beauty's sake.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
Some of COxe's Work.

A correspondent writing from Mi
lano Junction, says: One of the re-
suits from the recent reports of the
negro uprising has developed itself
with the most sorrowful results. A
Mrs. Morris, a widow lady, and
niece of DR.. Wooten, of Cameron, hv-
ing five or six miles north of Cameron,
early Monday morning, with her little
child, was walking in the yard near
her home, and observing several white
men with guns passing by, grabbed
her child and fled to the woods. Her
brother when calling at her house, dis
covered her absence short while after
wards and being unable to learn of
her whereabouts, came to Cameron
and secured large force of men, who
secured the country for miles, and at
last, falling upon her trail, found her
at a late hour Tuesday night about
eight miles from home, and after one
night and two days exposure, she was
brought to Cameron almost raving
maniac, continually crying for help
from the negroes, whom she claims
are surrounding her in large num-
bers.
The excite ment has entirely sub
sided in this vicinity, and great indig-
nation is felt toward the perpetrator
of such a false and groundless report
as was telegraphed all over the state
from the neighboring town of Cause.