The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-18
GOSSIP.


move" is true only OF nitro-glyeerins.
Isis no use trying to get the last word
with chemist; he always has retort
ready.
At Narragansett Pier the ladies' stIu
bathe in long striped stockings. Cool
tressl
What does the grocer do with all the
things before he sells them? sGives them
a weigh.
Victor Hugo, it is said, has made $70o,
700 by his pen. Ofthis amount his plays
alone netted $3.50, 600.
Grass widow means, "grace widow,s@
one VINO becomes Q widow by grace On
favor, and not by death.
Two things In this world that should
not be trified with--a woman's opinion
and the business end Of a wasp.
Why is the. e.letter @ the handiest letter
in the alphabetf Because when 1t is in
use you always find it before q.
The Kansas Mennonites preserve
melons for winter eating, by placing
them in barrels and covering them with
salt.
Syracuse can't get rid Of the small
pox, as the women will visit each other
to tell the latest news, even they run
the risk OF death.
ono ballot, no babies," was the sfe-
nffcant ultimatum presented on trans
parencY at recent woman's rights
meeting out West.
/ We are glad to hear that the Turks are
getting numerdl1siy killed off by the In
saggents. "Thsre are no good Turks,
but dead Turks"
The remains Of q Roman theater have
been discovered at Fiesole. They are
remarkable, not for extent, but for thas
richness OF the decorations.
The news Of the accident to the
steamer State Of Virginia contains the
following crisp sentence: "Watertight
compartments saved the vessel" -.
Never write ON subject without hay
ing first read yourself full on it; and
never read on subject till you have
thought yourself hungry on lt.--hchber.
Disraeli thinks that ohoweyer man
may plan his life, he Is the creature Of
circumstances. The unforeseen hap
pens aud upsess everything. We are
mere puppets"
The Pittsburg Commercial perpetrates.
the following: 1t Is said TO. be fact
that the death of an author always in
ereases the sale Of his books. Here Is
hint for Eli Perkins,
DR.. Hall says that no. person should
get cut of bed as soon as wakiBg-that
is, no. man. He should lie there and
speculate and theorize while his wife is
getting breakfast ready.
Two 1Ainch shells thrown by the Britt
ish in the bombardment Of Stonington.
Conn.,, August 10, 1914, have just been
brought up by steam dredges, and one or
them is still unexploded. t,...
You can family imagine the feelings Of
the Michigan man who cut out q big
piece Of meat from his Leg, thinking a.
I'rattlesnake had bitten him, and then
found cut that ID was . bee-sting.
"With what material was this cid
chair upholstered r inquired visitor to
the Boston centennial collection. "Donst
know, num-" replied the atte Ddant: "ste
looks, though, as il mignt have been sat
in." .------,---. l---.-
Some Pennsylvania workingmen, re-
Gently engaged in excavatiHg, found q
gold watch several feet belew the sur.s
face. Tney thought they had found the
original bank whereen the wild time
grew.
An inhabftant of Corfu, who recently
returned from Spitzenberg, after an
absence Of tweHty-efght years, says Ae
chad the good luck to find his wife in.
good health and the widow of thEee' hus-
bands"
Agnes Alice Beekwith, daughter OF
former champion Of England, recently
swan from London bridge to Greenwich,
mere than five miles, in one hour, seven
minutes and forty-ttve seconds, on q.
wager.
/ The clerk Of q cockney church recently
made the following ann0uncementto, the
congregation: "You are desired to at,
tend meeting in the vestry at four
|lo'clock, to consider on the best means Of
eating the church and to. digest other
Imatters."
| According to the Chicago Tribune the
/ Superintendent Of the Illinois Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, 'swiH be glad to hear
lrom those desiring to enter the institu-
ti0n," especially, We suppose, from the
dumb candidates..
| Let's stop slurring pull-back dresses.
When one comes to'remember that wos
man hassgot to sit sideways on q horse,
and that she can't put her feet on the
stowe, it does seem as If they might be
allowed some extravagances.
The Prince of Wales did. not, ~ ap-
pears, meet, Cardinal Manning at a gar.
den party, and. introducing him tu thu
| Queen,, thusisettle the. question ofprece-
dence. Even ii the incident were true
says the LiyerpooL Meroury) it would
not settle THE vexed question.
I RoBespierre'si first case at the French
bar was in defending client charged
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