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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08

An editor prints his paper to give his
patrons the news OF the day AMI for the
money there is in it He is presu ned 10
know of what he writes, and he generally
does. When he writes Ms he does ia the
Leader Courier, Osceola Mills, Pa with
out fee or hope of reward, that Cham.
berlGin's Cough Remedy acts magica ~,
and We have found none hetler in ouI
household. IL you have cough try it,
it may be accepted as an honest expres
zion, worthy of creience. For sale b,
Lraig q FoCker.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08

5000 TO Chicago aud return via the
Monon route. For the Christmas ana
New Year holidays tickets will be sold
by the Monon route to all points on aud
reached by its line, at one and one.
third fare on Dec %, "a, %, 30, ~ aud
Jan. LIST, limited 10 Jan. ID. The rate
from Louisville to Chicago aud return
will be 5000. Fun particulars and
time folder containing map will be
cheerfully furnished On application 10
Il. h. Bacon, ID. l.. A, Louisville, Ky.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08

The revenues OF the government from
all sources for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1899, amounted 10 S6lO, $50 ,OJi.-
IS, The expenditures during the same
period amounted TO 500, O93, 564 %,
showing deficit Of $50, Ill, 559 81. The
list of expenditures includes 1920, sil,-
25i AZ for the army; S63,9i2, lO4 - for
the navy, and the s2O,Q00,O0O given to
Spain for the Philippines, under the
treaty obligations. For pensions was
spent Sl39, 1894, 929.O7.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08
IN HAWAII

HONOLULU. HAWAII. Nov l5.-Hav.
ing been requested by quite number
Of friends OF Lincoln county 10 write
back. aod having only limited amount
of time. you will favor me aud Others
10y printing this brief letter. will say
To the parents aud friends of the Ken
lucky bows in my regiment that made
II my business to see every Kentucky
boy aud am happy To say they are all
la excellent health aud spirits aud all
anxious TO reach the Philippine battle
fields.
There are about loo Kentucky hoy
in this regiment, Of which two myself
and ollie Hiatt are from Lincoln cou o =
~.
We sailed from Portland, Oregon.
Nov. 2d and arrived at Honolulu, Nov.
l5:h We expect to reach Manila about
the 10Th Of December. We will be'in
Honolulu four days, long enough TO coal
up and draw kaki uniforms preparatory
to going into the hot climate.
When get TO Manila will write a
full description OF the country as [ see
it. Our orders are now when we reach
Manila to do duty as provost guard in
the city; presume to give US the nee
essary rest after our long and tiresome
voyage, after which we will be put in
the trenches. Our enlistment expires
June 30, 1901.
WALTER +. CuINN, Curpl
Co. &, 3gLh L. =. Y.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08

The Southern Hallway has arranged
rate % fare aud one third tor the round
trip for the Christmas and New Year
holidays Tickets will be sold by all
agents Dec. 22d, pa, 9th, 2jth. 3Oth,
3lst, and Jan. lst, with return limit
Jan. ith, 1900. For schools aud Col
lcges, holiday rates will be effective
Dec. 18th to 2lst, inclusive, final limit
Jan. lth, 1900. The special arrange
ment for students is effective upon eer-
tincates from the Principals of Schools
and Colleges. For further Information,
rates, etc, apply to nearest agent OF
the southern railway or connecting
lines. w. a. Turk, GenI Pass. Agt.,
Washington, ID. G.. VIM. Il. Tayloe
Asset Gen'l Pass. Agt., Louis vile, Ky
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08

The report OF the commissioner of
education shows that there are in
round numbers lj,OOO,OOO pupils enroll.
ed in the elementary aud secondary
common schools in the country, with
an average daily attendance OF 10, 250,-
900. To teach these young ideas how
TO shoot requires 100000 school teach
ers, two-thirds of whom are women.
The men get about si5 per month and
the women about $50 per month. Ia
round numbers il costs sl9 per annum
TO educate each and every youugster
that comes under the free school sys-
ten. And il is cheap at that.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08

Wireless telegraphy is an accom-
plished fact. johnson and Fortier, of
Milwaukee, the latest discoveries In
wireless telegraphy, conveyed MESA
ges througha suite of rooms, seven In
number, with all doors closed and
through seven walls. They conveyed
signals through three tire-proof vaults
and an ordinary switchboard contain
ing a lot OF live wires, the signals be-
ing transmitted through without a sim
ole balk.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08
BRAVE MEN FALL

Victims 10 stomach, liver aud Kidney troubles aa
we'll as women and all feel the results Ia loss offs
aprstite p1l.ons la the blood, backaohe, nervous
mess headache and tired, listless rundown feeling
iiut there's no need TO heel like that. Listen Ia j
N. Gardner ldaVille, Ind. He says Electric
nan down aud don't care whether he lives OF dies
A did more 10 give ule new strength and good APP
petite than anything could take. can nov eat
ANYTHING aud have new lease ON life Only SO
cTHts at ivnny's Drug store. Every bottle guar
ned
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08
MCKINNEY.

"V"""s''
Born, Dec. "a, 10 the wife Of VIII
Hughes, a bouncing big boy, their
drst.
Miss Maggie McHardie. J. J. Dur
ham and w. Il. Swearingen closed
their schools in this county last week.
We regret to lose Mr.. Durham as
citizen. He will likely 90 West.
Some strange things happsn 10 the
life Of almost every man who a,tains TO
the years OF an average life. "Kind
words are like apples of gold In pic.
lures of silver and when spoken ut
the right time often change purposes
and lives OF meu. Kind words are easy
10 Ind II we seek them aod have such
wholesome effect upon ourselves and
those who hear them that it should nj.
ways be our pleasure to use them. 10
the spring of 1888 we made the acauain
lance Of a boy Of IL years OF aye. He
was then called crude boy. " not mean
but rude and uncouth We tried To
win him over aud interest him ia a
| Sunday-school. OF which we were then
the superinte ndent. The effort was
not altogether a success. We u.oved
from his neigh borhood to this place
and took a clerkship in +. NJ. Wares
store. a few weeks later, when we
we're sweeping the store, early one
morning, this same boy suddenly enter
ed the door and after the usual good
morning" asked IL We "ever drank
anything" We replied in slow,
drawing way. "Yes, | sometimes take
a drink Of good. pure" Our young
friend did not allow us to finish the
sentence until he drew from his pocket
IA half pint bottle nearly iull of whisky,
and remarked, Here's some as good
a. YOU ever tasted 10 your life: try it,
We stepped up and laid our hand on
his shoulder and said: mo. Dick. |
don't mean that. | mean good, pure
water. when am thirsty. never
drink whisky" Our Young friend saw
his mistake. We continued. telling
him that our interest ia him was real
aud that We knew he would not be Of
| tended al vnat We we're about TO say.
/ lie Assentcu. Nov, Dick, let me
make you this one earnest proposition
You are almost Young mao aud start
ing out In life This bottle OF whisky
is dangerous companion for you.
have Ia my bedroom, here In the store
a nice New Testament that | read
nightly before retiring The book 1.
new and Of pocket siz.. | will give II
to you for your bottle OF whisky. Car.
nv II In your pocket, read IL and prac-
tice its teachings and II will lead YOU
10 a different way. The bottle path
may ruin you for time and eternity.
Dick, please make this trade" He
hung his head aud reflected but for "a
moment, then looking Us squarely in
the face. said, decisively I'm do it,
Mr.. c." We gave him the book, took
his bottle aud poured the whisky on
the ground before him. then be bid US
goodbye aud from that day until one
week ago we saw his face no more. He
left Kentucky and we knew not where
he went, but did not forget him. One
week ago our Office door opened AID a
handsome, nicely dressed gentleman
walked IN and grasping our hand called
us 10y name. Seeing We were slow, he
said, you don't know me, | guess
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08
WEAK EYES Ans MADE srnoNa.

Dir vision made clear styes removed aud
graduated lids on sore eyes Of any kind
speedily and effectually cured by the USE of
sutherland's Eagle Eye salve. It's put up
Ia tubes, and sold on . guarantee. For
sale at Penny's Drug Store
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08

- noted for It's keen sight, clear and dis
tlnet vision. SO are those persons who. use
sutherland's Eagle Eye salve for weak eyes
.tyes sore eyes of any kind or graduated
ma sold at Penny's Drug Store.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08
LANCASTER.

Mrs. } | Hamilton has been very
sick, but she Il recovering.
Messrs. T.. w. Harris, G. A. Robin
son aud Joe II. Arnold are acting as
jury commissioners.
DR.. Acton Informs me that young
Mr.. Warren, who had hls thigh broken
In game Of foot bali, Is getting along
nicely.
Telephone Il. u. McRobeits for a
seat TO hear Gov. Bob TAYLOR on Friday
night, 10th. rs the courthouse will be
crowded.
The Maccabces are still holding re-
vival meetings here, seven more hav
ing been initiated on Wednesday night
and there are more TO follow.
Five building permits were granted
by the city council on Monday night.
Lancaster L. still On a boom. and prom.
ises to be city Of many more inhabi.
tants.
Messrs J. r Shelby, of Lexington,
John II. Welch, OF Nicholasville, Ed
II Gather, OF Harrodsburg, and G +.
Burnam, Of Richmond. were among
our visiting attorneys this week.
Miss Rhena Mosher, Of Pennsyvania.
a National organizer Of the W. G.. r.
U, will speak at the Christian church
10 Lar castcr next Sunday at 3 p NJ
Every body ID cordially Invited TO at
tend, aud young people, especially. are
urged 10 be present. a collection will
be taken to defrey expenses.
Don't fail to hear Gov. Bob Taylor
at the courthouse In this city on Dec
IL. IL IL admitted that he IL the most
attractive lecturer on the American
continent, and IL will add To your ac
complishmcnts to be able 10 say that
YOU have heard him General admis.
zion 80 cents, reserved seats - cent,
and al, at McIioberts' drug store.
The grand jury returned IL NOR,
Indictments, making Is In all. and ad
! iourncd on Wednesday. Eliza Reid
colorcd, vas Indicted on the charge oN
rob5iug Bob McSpadden. a. reported
In my last letter. Three indictment,
were returned against the l. X y. rail.
road Tor discriminating 10 freight rate,
between different parties in transport
ing coal
Thomas Stone has moved TO the Tot
ten place on & alb Orchard street, anC
will always have boards for sale Jesse
infant son OF j. a. Beazloy. is very
sick. George Harris has gone To Car
Isle TO work in a telegraph office. J. f.
Robinson has returned from Frankfort
He says that the tissue ballots In ques
tion are 30 thin that the cross can b,
distinctly seen when foldei.
Ia the circuit court the case agnins
Isaiah Faulkner. colorod, charge CRANE
larceny, was continued. The case Of
J. j. Cook VS.. 7. A. Sheridan, for a..
600. for damages resulting from inju,
ries sustained while working on Lock
No. :, near High Bridge, was tried
/ consuming the afternoon OF Tuesday
aud part Of Wednesday, resulting in d
settlement Of the matter by the partie.
10 the suit. after the testimony had
been taken. The amount paid was moi
reported. The case against Virgil
Mullins, charged with the murder o.
Bud Frye, was continued To the Marcel
term. The case of Baughman u Beaz
ley. against the l.. Il n. railroad fo
$1,000 damages, on account OF the buru
Ing of a barn by sparks from locomo
tive, Is on trial this, Thursday, morn
ing.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08

The State troops AT Lexington and
Louisville are under orders TO be pre-
pared 70 move at a mQment's notice.
IL is supposed that they are to 90 To
Frankfort Va. help inaugurste Taylor.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08
WORKING NIGHr AND DAY

The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever
was made is Dr Kings New Lite Pills Every Pill
Is sugar coated globule OF health, that changes
weakness into Strength, listlcssness into euengy,
brain-iag into mental power. They're wonderful
In building up the health. only % cents per box
sold by Penny, Druggist.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08
LUNG LIMITATION.

Is the forerunner 10 consumption. DIR.
Dells Pine Tar-lioney will cure II. and
give such strength 10 the lungs that a cough
or a cold will not settle there. Twenty i've
cents AZ Penny's Drug Store.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08
RED nor FROM THE gus

Was the hail that hit g. r. sleadman, of New
ARK Mich In the CIVIL War IL caused horrible
Ulcers that no treatment helped Tor 20 Year,.
Then Bucklens Arnica SalNe cured him. Cures
cuts, bruises, Burns, Boils, felons, torns, skin
Eruptions ilst Pile cure ON earth. - cents a
loX Cure guaranteed. sold by Penny Druggist
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-08

There are now nearly half billion
of silver dollars IN existence In the
United States, the actual number be-
ing 463, 1872, 3I6.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-01
DAMAGES ron A uANpsnAKE.
Perils of Political Grasp Brought TO
Light in Indiana.


There will be much sympathy for the
plaintiff in the suit brought by au Indiana
man against a prominent politician because
the latter "shook his hand so heartily as to
wrench his shoulder leaving him cripple
for life" The usual charge against the
politicians handshake, except just before an
election. is that II is too cold and lacks
cordiality; and 1t has been supposed that he
has been the chief sufferer by the operation,
inasmuch as he shakes hands so much more
often than do other men. But Of late another
school Of handshakers has arisen among
politicians. The new method was introduced
by President Mckinley. 1t is the presidents
custom to graep the hand of a person and
shake it without allowing his own hand TO
be grasped. AS a result the pressure is on
the other persons hand and not on that of
tho chief magistrate, who can thus shake
several thousand handd without fatigue. II
is evident that some politicians have at
tempted to emulate this in clumsy way and
that Is the reason for the dslocation Of the
Indiana mans shoulder. The suit will serve
as warning not to practice that kind of a
shake OFF hand.
1t may be noticed in THE connection that
the handclasp is vanishing, Men and women
do not shake hands as often as they did
The custom is said to have had its origin
in the desire of savages upon meeting to
show each other that they were without
weapons. And in the opinion of many it ie
a relic of savagery in every sense of the
word Physicians have inveighed against it
lately, declaring that the handshake is re-
sponsible for the spread of disease. In this
attack they at least practice what they
preach, and the carefulness with which
surgeon prepares his hands and surgical
instruments before and after an operation
is evidence that the danger is real one.
Handshaking is only contact of flesh that
takes place between ordinary acquaintancee
and hence it must be the only means by
which many cases of disease could have
heen sDread
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-01

they have calculated TO nicety Just how
many stones they might sell and keep the
market firm, and that quantity has been
Forthcoming and no more. Every March
they sell all the rough diamonds they in
tend to sell for year and not another
one gets into the trade until the March fol-
lowing II they had permitted their black
workmen and other machinery to produce
a little larger output and had stored a few
dozen barrels OF stones in London, the
present inclement period in the history Of
Kimberley might have passed without
making the Christmas OF 1899 less glitter
ing by single sparkle.
Brazil cannot be depended upon to miti-
gate the threatened distress in the diamond
market There was time when that
country produced more diamonds than any
other part Of the world, and Brazil stones
are still highly valued, for they are OF the
finest. But the industry there has been
completely eclipsed by the wonderful mines
of South Africa, and very few diamonds
from South Africa are now cut in the work
shops of Holland and Belgium. 1t looks as
though we may have to worry along with
our present supply OF diamonds until tho
interference with the industry in South
Africa ceases
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-01
HALF-MAN AND WHCLE-MAN.

Sam Walter Foss, who is the author OF
many bright poems, contributed the fol-
lowing to recent woman suffrage festival:
No carpenter can build n man the way he
saws a shelf;
The wisest way to make a man is-let him
make himself.
The way to build a giant and the surest
way | know,
Is to drop him in the sunshine with this
- one commandment-"Grow
The way to make perfect race, the lords
of sea and land,
Is to unoose it's bibs and belts and tell IL
to expand.
The race down Fate's great turnpike road
has lurched from side to side
With one good arm straitjacketed and one
good ankle tied;
And thus, through many sun -parched days
and many storm-drenched nights.
With, all It's chain-gang- fetters on, has
climbed to, starry heights;
And gazing down the vista of the journey
1t asks no staff, no crutch, no help, but
says Take off the chains!'
One man and woman make one man. Is
either half denied
The fullest freedom of it's rights? The
- whole-man then is tied.
The race IS fettered foot and wrist, a
..r, hampered chain-gang, when
'Tis bound by fractional half laws en-.
acted by half-men.
one man and woman make one man, with
sef-same rights to be-
Take off the half-mans shackles, then, and
set the whole-man free.
To drain the moral Dismal Swamp and
cleanse the social fen
We. need the power of whole laws enacted
by whole-men
The half-man since the years began has
staggered toward the light
And climbed to many a table-land ana
many a star-kissed height;
But down the vistaed distance far are sum-
mits more sublime
And mantled peaks, beloved of heaven,
which the whole-man shall climb.
The cosmlc yeast is working; the centuries
rDen fast;
And strange new shapes are looming dim
from out the distant VAST
Strange sunbursts strange mountains,
wide CLEANS on many a sea.
Let the whole-man march unfettered to-
ward the greatness yet to be;
Let him front the coming glories and the
grandeurs that remain
With feet ungyved and fetterless and hands
without chain.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-01
GOVERNMENT FOR PORTO RICO

Washington dispatch says that
congress that civil government imme-
diately replace the military in Porto
Rico, a civil governor to be appointed
and a council or legislature to be elected
by the people, property and educational
qualifications to be prescribed for
voters. Such recommendation would
doubtless be approved by congress. Gen
eral Davis, governor general of Porto
Rico, is of the opinion that the people
are not yet ready for civil government,
but others who have had an equally
good opportunity to study the conditions
in the island take a different view.
Hon. II. X. Carroll, special United
States commissioner to Porto Rico,
favors replacing the military with civil
government. He points out that the
commercial position of the island at this
time is exceedingly unsatisfactory
and in direct antagonism to the
salutary principle of our govern
ment that there shall be freedom of
trade between all portions thereof. The
island is now isolated commercially and
in respect to this Mr.. Carroll says:
Spanish ports were of course imme-
diately closed to them, except on terms
given to all other foreign commerce;
that is, they must pay full custom
duties where they have hitherto paid
slight duties on some articles and none
at all on others. Everything the
Porto Rican buys, as well as everything
he sells, is subject to duties. This is
the penalty of independence, but Porto
Rico is not and does not want to be
Independent. She wants such CONNER
cial relations with us as Alaska, New
territorial form of government" He
adds that he is Of the opinion that we
cannot refuse this reasonable request
without doing great injustice to Porto
Rico. AS to the objection that to give
Porto Rico territorial government might
result in the premature admission of
the island to statehood, Mr.. Carroll
urges that the investiture of statehood
is wholly within congressional control.
He cites the fact that within ten years
only one state has been created, that
New Mexico has been a territory for
nearly fifty years, Arizona for thirty
seven and that, although Oklahoma has
splendid case it will be kept waiting
for while. He therefore concludes
that the statehood that has been denied
New Mexico and Arizona for so many
years will not be prematurely or inn
providently granted to Porto Rico and
in this he is undoubtedly correct.
As to the objection that liberal
policy toward Porto Rico will injure
American trade in certain lines, Mr..
Carroll points out that the chief in
dustry of the Porto Rlcans is hgricul-
ture and that 1t is impossible for them
TO preserve that industry unless they
have free market somewhere for
their sugar, tobacco and fruits. He
says I'VE have closed the ports of
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-01
DIAMONDS AT WAR PRICES.
Genuine sparkIers several Laps Ahead
of Anthracite.


New York Sun.
While Boer and Briton are locked in COM
bat in South Africa they are conformity wag-
ing war on one OF the yanities of life. In
the latter part of October the price of da-
monds was marked up twice in eight days.
Consul Hill writes that the diamond cutting
business of Amsterdam and Belgium is
almost paralyzed. Some OF the manufac-
turers cannot buy at all because they cannot
get stones In parcels costing lees than
S25, 900. All cutters find 1t difficult to buy
at the advanced prices. Every time the
Boer artillery that glrdles Kimberley is un-
usually active up goes the price of dia-
monds notch. The only way to lower the
price is to raise the siege.
The situation, according to Consul Hill, is
due entirely to unpleasant misgiyings as to
the immediate future of the diamond In
dustry. There is no dearth of rough stones
in Europe. All the diamonds which that
conservative corporation known as the De
Beers Consolidated Mines, Limited, decided
to let the world have during the year ending
March, 1900, arrived in Europe last spring
The cutters are willing and anxious to pre-
pare them for the market 1t is probably
no exaggeration TO say that the market, and
particularly the American branch OF IT,,
yearns for the goods. But holders Of rough
stones in London hang on to their stock
with almost relentless grip, for they don't
know exactly when they viii get any more.
II the De Beers Mines, Limited, had been
gifted with little prescience what hal ,y9n
days these would be for the company. For
years they have taken care not to sift from
the blue, diamantiferous earth ali the gems
their ground is capable of producing; but