The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-26
ODDS AND ENDS.
Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket
May beclothe the golden ore
VI the nbcpe5t ClOughVS anu t5eiinSh
Sutlp vast ran dn no flnra

May beclothe the golden ore
or the deepest thoughts and feelings:--
| batln vest can do no more
| In Pittsburg every undertaking sends
| In a smOke."
A rat can not be said to have taken full
possession of building till he dies.
West Brookield, Mass, has six wo-
men whose avoirdupois is 1910 pounds.
1t is stated that the Dutch Cremation
| Society now numbers about 1,0o0 mem
bers.
Love reckons hours for months, an d
days for years. and every little absence
is an age.
Every one is compelled to converse
| about the weather,-WeaIher or no. LII
will be just the same, next July.
| In moderation, the smaller the quanti-
| ty of water used about boiling hsh the
better, or the fish will be found TO be ill.,
| sipid.
| A well known painter has, says the
Continental Herald, discovered AT Paris
an authentic Raphael-"The Virgin at
the Cradle"
An Iowa blacksmith is teaching his
eldest daughter the mysteries OF bis
trade, and she is learning so fast that
she now can shoe morse.
A correspondent writes that the win
ter is so severe at Prince Edwards Island
that even orchards and fences have TO
serve III some cases tor tireWood.
They say that Pinch gave bonds to his
| Republican friends in the Senate not to
| be on intimate social terms With them
if they would vote for his admission.
Nine times ont of ten the best answer
which a physician can give TO the pa
tient, who, with direiul look and dolor-
GUS tone, inquiries, WHAT shall 1 dor is,
Go to work.
Reader, 90 this minute and do some
good deed TO somebody, for you may die
tomorrow; and ii you do not die to-mol-
row, "repeat the prescription every
day until you do.
A new German historian says that
Lucretia Borgia was not such bad wo'
man after all, and that she would knot
have been known from other women II
she had not been the Pope's daughter.
| A morning paper speaks OF some hous-
es the roofs of which are "shiugled with
slate" This is almost as good as the
/ Hibernian description OF root .'cop.
per-bottomed ON the top with sheet-tin.''
The Mormon High Council mas eXcom-
: municated Ann ElizRs parents from the
Church and the possibility of eternal
salvation, on account OF their daughters
sintulness. On! the tricks that are play.
ed in. the name OF religion.
. An African king beheaded more than
one hundred Of his subjects, as an ex
pressiye way of showing his pleasure
because of the visit OF an American trav
eller to his court. His people will be
likely to remember the event.
Il A poor old man i'll an English country
village had been in the habit OF receiv-
ing IRON the parson Of the parish pint
of milk daily. AT his death the old man
left will, in which he bequeathed the
daily pint Of milk'to his brother.
i. 1t rarely happens that a death occurs
I at a funeral. Mir. Syinondsr OF oaugus
Mass, was seized with apoplexy while
/ attending the funeral of a. friend, ant
died instantly. He had celebrated tht
| fortieth anniversary OF his wedding tn
night previous.
Halls Journal of Health says: Per
/ sons often make the. inquiry, when in {
decline, "Will it hurt me to go out OF
doorsw Our almost universal cry is
''No; it will do you good. Go out, rain
or shine; if it is raining, have an umbrel-
la, and let it rain."
| When simpleton wants to get well,
he buys something ''to take;" philos
opher gets something ''to do;" and it is
owing to the circumstance that the lat
tel has been in Il minority, almost undis
, linguishable, in all nations and ages, thai
doctors are princes, instead Of paupers.
The English custom of "Aflernoou
|, Teas" has been adopted in Paris, anG
the hour fixed Z. NJ. Tea is not servet
, Oh silver waiter by servant, but a
, little table or etagere stands before each
guest. On the top is place Tor the cup
, and under the first shelf Is another fol
biscuits and sandwiches.
, An obseryant usher has got so he car
tell mans business by the way ht
asks for a programme. A real estate
man wants description of the play, c
motel proprietor, "the bill of fare" doc
tor, ga diagnosis of the performance" {
politician, "the run Of the play" an edi
, tor, 'sthe points OF the plot" and a law
: yer always asks, "will you please b'
good enough to hand me statement o
the facts!"
= The habitual use OF pills, or drops, o
any kind Of medicine whatever, tor tn
!, regulation of the bowels, is sure mean
. of ultimately undermining the health; il
almost all cases laying the foundation
+ for some of the, most distressing 0
chronic maladies; hence all the pain
possible should be taken to keep then
, regulated by natural agencies, such a
the coarse foods and exercise.
!, There are now in Paris husband ant
wife, named Vanner, from the depart
. ment of the Haut Rhin. The nusbant
u was born In the reign OF Louis AF, ant
the wife in that of Louis XVI. NJ. Van
ner has lived under a dozen diferen
governments; he is 105 and his vile il
, 95. There are few centenarians in Paris
i but among them is M. de Waldeck, the
artist, who is in his 100th year.
A correspondent of the New Yorl
: Graphic attributes three-fourths OF the
misery OF women to the fact that they
are eternally called upon to sew buttons
on the garments of men. The cores
pondent insists that men should bt
taught at an early. period just how tt
handle buttons. She thinks q ten min
utes' lesson will solve the problem and
right one of'the wrongs of women.
The New Encyclopedias Britannica has
these appalling assertions: "lf the nat
ural resources of America were fully
, developed it would afford sustenance tt
3600, ,O00, 900 inhabitants-a number near
lly five times as great as the entire mass
=. of human beings now existing on the
. globe. And, what is even more surpris
ing, it is not improbable that this pro
digious population will be in existence
within three, or at most, four centuries
There is something terribly shocking il
the announcement of fight having taker
place at Bethlehem, between two branch