The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-18
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1t is a wise provision Of nature that
men without brains never feel the need
OF them.
The hair from lady's braid should
never be worn or the lapel of a gentle
mans coat, unless the parties are en-
gagged.
Say what you will against narrow
skirts, II Is easier for lady and gentle
man TO walk under Que umbrella than 1t
used to be.
! 1t is singular that mineral waters are
only beneficial to the wealthy. We
never knew a physician TO advise a
poor man to go to any watering-place.
| A Chicago barber cleared 5000 last
year. The secret OF his success was chat
he employed mutes, and didn't offer his
customersany "Patent Invigorator."
| A colossal statue OF Armlnius or Her.
mann, who exterminated the legions of
! Varus, nine years before our era, will be
lerected ut Detmold, Westphalia, this
| week.
The Delaware peach.growers complain
of most disastrous beginning to their
season. What cost them to get to mar
ket rs cents a, crate, they are selling for
80 and 40 cents.
To-day you will please understand
that on the outside Of the Black Hills Is
hung placard similar 10 the one that
adorns u well-regulated billiard saloon :
mo miners allowed In here."
| A Massachusetts robin redbreast and
his noisy wife have been startled by the
appearance Of three little white robins
in their home nest, and the hitherto con-
hiding pair look suspiciously at each
other.
Shearman says that Beecher doesn't
kiss any more than any other preacher.
This makes the annual number of cleri-
cal kisses In the United States q, 295, ,4SB,
without counting the legitimate domestic
circle.-Graphic.
Madame de Staei wrote on an album,
recently delivered, "When two beings
truly love each other, they obey without
knowing, and that state of mutual de-
pendence constitutes the warmest and
mildest Of tyrannies."
The St. Louis Globe estimates that
there are 400,000 dogs In the State Of Mis-
souri,, and that they represent waste
of $50, ,000, 900, and, invested at compound
interest, their worth essness " ould pay
off the national debt before 1900.
tits now fashionable in New York to
have big negro carry the family infant
around in place OF the nurse or COVER
ness. If some arist0cratie fool should
90 to church barefooted, there'd by lots
of other tools to follow his example.
If a young man sits up too late with
his sweetheart out at Haddon1i I'D, the
old folks come into the parlor, and, with
refinement Of sarcasm, invite him to
wait few minutes longer and breakfast
will be ready.
A pious minister in South Carolina,
but great believer in weather signs,
was asked to petition the throne of grace
for refreshing showers. He replied,
"My friends, l will do SO, but it is not
going to rain till the moon changes"
"Warm hearts are what we want now"
said one of the brethren, twlrling ten.
cent stamp with an air OF reckless beney-
olence, 'tpIenty OF warm hearts, that will
inspire ready hands to dive deep into
full pockets and fork over the balance of
that 500, 0."-Brooklyn Argus.
"Pll teach you to call me old Polo
MUS" said quite vigorous old gentle
man who had hastily taken forward
boy in favorable position across his
knee. "What do you think Of it now, and
now" said the old man, growing weary
of convincing the boy. 81 think, sir,",
|bluUbered the boy, 'sthat it is very like a
whale"
"Ouida" is at present residing in Flor
ence, in much style and splenu0r, occu-
|pying superb apartments and driving
out daily in an elegant open carriage.
She is a woman somewhere on the shady
side of forty, with abundant yellow hair
but with no other pretensions to per-
sonal attractions, except very small
and shapely foot, which she is extremely
fond Of displaying.
Pleasant all round-MasterWi (who
has just been described by visitor as
'ssucn an intelligent little fellown): "Pa-
pa, has the gen'lum brought my ne ~
bootsp Papa (who doesn't see what is
coming): "Boots, Willie? Why, what
makes, you ask?" Master Willie:
"Cause, when he came fore, you said
he was a snob, and l asked Jane what
'snoD was, and she said shoemaker"
[Sensation. Judy.
Large quantities of witch hazel are be-
ing cut IN the wooded country north OF
Little Falls, N. Y, which is drawn to
that village, where it passes through
some process before it Is shipped to Eu-
rope and elsewhere to lie used for medic
inal purposes. The hazel is worth $6 per
ordinary wagon load, and people who
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worthless are now realizing handsome
revenue from its sale.
Newport takes pride in the fact that
there are no race courses there, and her
oracles of opinion declare emphaticaly
that they would not be tolerated. Hotel
Keepers meanwhile mutter under their
breath that the races are godsend to
Saratoga and might be something to
Newport-to Newport hotels at least
that would make amends for the injury
to her stainless repute.
A middle-aged woman fell as she was
descending pair of stairs ON Jefferson
avenue, yesterday, (says an exchange,
and the first man 10 help her reach her
feet was banker, who happened to be
passing. "DId you fall, MADAME" he in
quired, as he seized her arm. "Fall?
or course l fell, you fool, you! You
don't suppose I'd sit down here to rest,
do youY she snapped. He didn't say.