The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-31
ODDS AND ENDS.
Howe'cr IL be, ii seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts mr. more tnan cOrOn

HOwe'cr IL be- 1t seems to me,
| 'fis only noble to be good;
| Kind hearts ar more tnan coronets,
| Aud simple faith than Norman blood.
The authorities of Berlin have resolved
to suppress workingmen's associations
Two ladies are continuing the revival
services III New York, inaugurated by
Mr.. Varley.
The British colonies cost the home
Government $9,OS7,3j5. Malta cost most
Canada least.
The table on which Pemberton signed
| the capitulation of Vicksburg is now
doing duty in beer saloon.
In England combined pl0w ant
seeder has recently been patented. L
sows the grains, also peas or beans.
A condensed milk factory in Orange
county, New YORK, uses 14,000 quarts ol
milk daily, and pays out $27 900 monthly
The patrons OF GOodhue county, Minn.,
have organized a manufacturing asso
citation, with capital Of Y10o, 600, in fifty
shares.
Tue Connecticut State Board of Agri.
culture has arranged to furnish farmers
in that State with gratuitOuS analyses Ol
commercial fertilizers.
|. According to decisions of the National
Grange, Subordinate Oranges must re
port and pay dues to the State Grange
.or suspended members.
The average yield OF wheat in Great
Britain for the last nine years has been
twenty. nine and a half bushels per acre
the average acreage 377,4 ,490.
The cooperative lire insurance SO
cieties of Cedar and Muscatlne counties
Iowa, conducted by Patrons, have al
aggregate capital OF $9l7,00J
A weighing attachment for common
pitchforks mas been patented, and is sold
AT $1 80. 1t is CLAIMED this Will snow the
weight OF hay or straw taken at each
lit.
A letter from Sydney, Cape Breton
states that the outlook in the coal M ar
ket is very gloomy; In TACT, the writes
says there ls actual starvation in tht
mining districts.
A million pounds of the new clip oil
| California wool have been sold at Sal
| Francisco, at from IL to 25 cents, AL ay
erage Of from to 2 cents per pound bet
ter than last year.
All the mllkmen coming into Louis
vile, KY, the otner morning were made
| to stand and deliver u bottle of milk tt
policemen, for examination by the
Board OF Health.
An Indiana Orange has come out in
decided dlSapproval OF the National
Grange resolution asking Congress u
grant aid Tor the completion Of the
Texas Pacific railway, .....- ~.
Many OF the newspapers in. Paris angle
| for fresh subscribers by announcing
presents of watches, albums, cheap jew
elry, &C., in exchange for years sub
scrIption paid in advance.
A traveller found in the woods near
PinevIlle, Oregon, Lately, the carcasses OF
two deer, win their aHtlers interlocked,
just in The position in whlcn tney pro-
Dably tell after severe fgnt.
The c0mposiLors OF the Kingston IN.
Y. Freeman, u lew days ago, success.
fully raised u kite, the dimensions OF
which were nine and a nall feet in height
and five and a half in breadth.
In Russia leather gooas this year we
have AN umbrella or sun shade of that
material. 1t is not very big nor yet very
little. 1t is more ornamental than USE
lul, especially when We consider the
price, which ls $50.
A number OF little boxes sent from
England, and apparently containing
pencils, were recently seized by the Gus
Uom-house officers al Calals. The pen
ellis were found to be hollow, and, i'll
stead OF lead, to contain ialse " franc
notes.
Late advices from England confirm
the earlier reports. that the supply o.
stock iced was drawn upon to au extraor
dinary extent during the winter, and
that The present limited supply promises
high prices i0r marketable cattle anG
meats.
Aleck Stephens says that the next
President of the United States is at
present a journalist. Our old friend has
let the cat out OF the bag rather prema-
turely; but ii the world will thrust hon
ors upon us we don't know that we can
control the details leading up to them.
The st. Joseph (Miseouri) Gazette
! having stated that Miss Ida Greeley was
married to John Smith, OF Kansas, etc.
no less than thirty-tive communications
have been received by the editor of thai
paper from ''Jehn Smith," of that State
each denying the allegation, and de
manding retraction. .a
| A new source OF caOutchouc has been
discovered in Burmah, in a creeping
plant whose botanical name is Chavan
nesia esculenta. The plant is very com
mon in Burmese forests, and is cult
waited by the natives 1Or the sake oil its
fruit, which is said to have an agreeable
acid taste, and to mature at season
when tamarinds are scarce.
Here is anew thing in the libel way.
| OuG w CobulOOh) vi NCW q
| barrel OF sugar from his grocers, and
finding it eighteen pounds short, pub
lished a circular styling the grocers the
echampion lightweight firm of the couu.
try" Whereupon the agSrieyed gfocers
bring suit, and WestDrook Is under
| bonds. 1t is refreshing to hear Of a libe
suit where the defendant is not a news
paper man.
Hotel keepers will employ their own
clerks to act as watering-place CORE
spondents this season. They think BY
that to save the salary and beard Of al
extra man. These correspondents viii
only publish the bill OF fare each day
ami the names of the most distinguished
guests, omitting the usual guide-book
selections inflicted upon readers Of in
dependent journals.
| Walnut trees are proverbially long
lived, and an extraordinary instance Is
noted at BonviHers, a village at the fool
of the Voudois Jura. An old walnut
tree, whose age is estimated at between
800 and 400 years old, is still in flourish
| ing condition. Its trunk measures 0vel
twenty feet in circumference, and, not
withstanding its great age, it produced
last year over Fifty bushels of wa alnuts.
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| Court CulItngs.
| The testimony having closed in the