The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-20
ODDS AND ENDSs
And is he dead whose glorious mind
Lifts thine on high?
U,o liua in nao 1T q tro lnaya hnhfn1
10 i've III HtHTIS VIC IUuVU DtHIHU,
Is not tn die.


To live in hearts we leave behind,
Is not to die
The "California Granger" Is merged
In the "Pacitic Rural Press"
In a Boston school, the other day, a
little fellow broke out crying from posi-
tive hunger. Attention being attracted
to the case, it was found that the family
to which he belonged had lived for sever.
al days on oatmeal mixed with little
water.
The Scientific American says: "Grown
people should not kiss babies now, as
what is supposed to be merely cold in
the adult may develop into diphtheria in
the child" All that can be prevented
by keeping bread and molasses in the
child's hands.
Truth is always consistent with itself,
and needs nothing to help it out, it is al
ways near at hand, and sits upon our
lips, and Is ready to drop out before we
are aware, whereas lie is troublesome,
sets a mans invention upon the rack
and needs great many more to make it
good.
How the boys may be saved the
trouble of ''going for the COWS" is thus
told by the American Stock Journal:
'Every time they are driven up at night
or in the morning, give them good lick
cows will always be on hand at the milk
ing time"
"The Woodhull" is growing worse in
stead of better. The Scranton, Pa, Re-
publican, speaking of her recent lecture
in that city says: "Her scoffing at
death, TRADES against the clergy, ridi-
cule of religion, and blasphemy of Je-
sus were horrible and outrageous i'll the
extreme.
Kalkaua partook of baked beans at the
Revere House, Boston, and pronounced
them good, and the citizens of the Hub
have held u meeting and resolved:
"HencefOrth our tavorite dish shall be
spoken Of as patronzed by His Most
Gracious Majesty the King Of the Can
nlbal Islands"
On arriving at Calais on her way to
make the grand tour. an English lady
was surprised and somewhat indignant
at being termed, for the first time in her
life, "a foreigner" "You mistake, mad
am" said sne to the libeler, with some
pique, ''it is you who are the foreigners.
We are English"
California is famous tor remarkable
stories. The following is the latest. A
fine bay horse was found suspended, one
morning, recently, from a cherry tree by
the neck and dead. lie had been left
hitched to branch of the tree, which
had grown so rapidly during the night
that it raised him off his feet and hung
him
The Science of Health states that NOR
ally, mentally, physically, premature
marriage is mistake among women.
and yet every day we see this mistake
sanctioned by the officers OF the religion,
blessed by the consent of friends and en-
tered into with all the eclat which should
be rewarded Tor triumph rather than a
trial.
A case of sickening cruelty on the part
Of the Sheriff of San Antonio, Texas, to-
ward prisoner confined in Jail, is re-
ported. The prisoner was held for mur-
der, and when the circus came to town
the other day the Sheriff refused to allow
him to attend. Public Indignation at
San Antonio is naturally aroused by this
barbarous and heartless innovation.
Why have w0odcocks, snipes, etc.,
nerves running down to the eXtremities
of their bills? Because, as they dig for
their prey in the soft sand ana mud, they
can not see the worms upon which they
live. Nerves are, therefore, distributed
to the very point Of their bills where, in
other birds nerves are entirely absent
to enable them to seize their food.
An eminent Doctor of Divinity, resid-
ing not hundred miles from New York,
and famous for the originality OF his
phraseology, was asleep the other even
ing in his chamber, while his wife was
mending rent in one of his garments.
He awoke and asked the lady ii she
knew why she was like Satan. II do
not" was the answer "Do you give it
upY' Isl do, certainly" because" said
the doctor, ".while man slept the enemy
sowed tares."
Corpus Christi, Texas, Gazette: We
have heard Of the dish-rag plant, but
the plant having certain properties OF
tine sponge, and used by the MeXicans
on the frontier in place of the genuine
dish-rag, we have seen, and have spec
linen in the office. 1t grows in the vfcin-
ity of Piedras Pintas, and it's shape is
similar to the cucumber. When dry, the
outer covering is removed by the careful
housewife, and the heart used ior the
above purpose.
More cheating! In Holland gente-
man who had a picture by Leonardo Vim
III on panel intrusted it to restOrer to
be cleaned. The restorer sawed the
panel 30 as to leave the picture ON thin
sheet of the wood and then employed
talented young artist to copy the picture
on the thicker piece. He, returned the
up" and the cheat only came
put when he offered the original for sale
in Paris at a fabulous price.
A singular story OF disappointed love
s recorded In Paris. A young man of
good family whose name Figaro with
holds, became violently attached to q |
who refused to receive his
addresses. When all hope was gone the |
poor fellow took to drinking and inhaling
,ther. This operated so powerfully on
Ills brain that he became insane. and on
he 10th of December was taken to the
[vry Insane Asylum. While being con-
feyed to the madhouse the young man
vas continually shrieking, "rake me to
NY Countess! / want to see my Count
,ssv'
The son of devout old Scotch clergy
nan having married without his fathers
the old man took occasion
n the very first family gathering when
he bride and groom were present to in
ert his opinion Of the affair in the midst
# o prayer in this wise: Thou hast
lddel, o Lord, to our family. SO has
,een thy will, it wad never hae been |
nine. But ii it is of Thee, do Though |
less the connection. But, if the fule |
lath done it out o. carnal desire, against |
? reason and credit, may the cauld rain
|, advprsifv aattla in his ha ahitafion