The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-08
ODDs AND ENDS.
The one who seems most gay
Lis not forever 80;

IIdTlb are always III bbllCs
The darkest day of lie is when we
start to get q dollar shorter than by earn
ing 1t.
''Strikers" should keep in view the old
maxim, "a half a Loaf Is better than no
Bread"
The rum Of some men dates from some
idle hour. Occupation Is an armonr to
the soul.
10 start daily paper in London these
days with any hope Of profits. 100000
must be spent.
barley Dale church-yard, Derbyshire,
has the Oldest yew tree in all England.
1t is believed TO be 1000 years old.
Thought In time may not only prevent
spasmodic and lavish donations, but may
also double the value of what is given.
"Ieaf parties" are coming into fash
ion. II we mistake not, they were insti-
tuted by Adam and Eve some 5000 years
ago.
very near where you intend to leave OF.
Brevity is the soul Of wisdom as well as
laughter.
Portsmouth. N. H., produces annually,
In addition to numerous temperance ora
tors, 10000 barrels Of ale and 10000 gal
Ions Of rum.
We paint our lives in fresco. The soft
and facile plaster of the moment hardens
under every stroke of the brush into
eternal rock.
The chief steward of one of the German
steamers is genuine count. lie speaks
five languages and is brilliant perform
er on the piano.
A Vermont legislator, aged so. made
his first railroad journey few days ago,
while on his way to take his seat for the
present session.
In. weighing the character Of men we
musJ penetrate beneath the envelope OF
atfectation and assumption which many
habitually wear.
Seventy.one umbrellas were stolen
from church one rainy night last week,
but the recording angel has it down in
black and white.
1t is impossible to discriminate be-
tween the wit that produces only pleas
ure OF thought and that which produces
only pleasure of wit.
A poor Keokuk, Iowa, woman had no
money to give toward building the h ew
church, but she cheerfully worked four
days shingling the edifee.
Chemical analysis has shown that the
poison of the cobra, the most deadly Of
East India serpents, is identical with
| the composition of beer yeast.
Boston has "Fraament Society" now
| in its sixty.second year. which supplies
the poor with clothing made from frag-
ments contributed by it's members.
Female dentists are not so new q
wrinkle as many suppose. The Balti-
more College OF Dental Surgery, which
is over thirty-fye years old, has educated
several.
| An attempt to answer the question
ssWhat becomes of all the newsboysr
would involve a revelation OF the history
OF the early life Of many successful ant
wealthy citizens.
The dead letter Office owes much of its
business to the fact that stamps. even
when carefully put on, do not always
adhere. Large numbers of letters 60 in
this way to the dead letter office.
| A young lady in Newcastle has found
| time during the last two years to go to
school, help with the housework, sit uI
Knights with her "feller," and make a
patchwork quilt containing six thousand
nine hundred and seventeen pieces.
| A goldfish globe, filed with water
hanging in the window OF q house, sci
the easement on fire one morning re.
Gently. the globe acting as a burning
glass. Had the family been absent q
couflagration might have resulted, and
its origin unaccountable.
A Neapolitan has invented O new in
strument, which he calls the piano-grafo
It is so arranged that, as the player
strikes the keys, the notes inscriDe them
selves upon piece of paper-an invalu
able invention for the composer, who has
no longer.to depend on his memory to re-
cord his compositions.
Those gentlemen who smile with their
eyes instead of their mouths, give the
most charming bows. AS for men who
| l.. ,l, 1y ot mo nd uYtt "
cessive hauteur at another, according as
they feel in a good or bad humor, they
need never be surprised if the person
thus treated should cease speaking alto
gether. A man should always lit his
hat to lady.
Society is flooded with men and wo
men who simply echo the ideas of others
jno matter how clamerous the echo be, il
lis only an echo, after all. The power o
positive ideas and not the power Of the
ipositive affirmation and PRONUNCIATION Of
Them move the world. Ii all men played
the parts of echoes, we should be able tt
say little concerning the worlds pro
gress. Originality is quality worthy
OF cultivation.
One who has tried it says that cup o.
coffee is sure barometer, if you allow
the sugar to drop to the bottom Of tht
cup and watch the bubbles arise withou
disturbing the coffee. Ii the bubbles
collect in the middle, the weather will
be fine; if they adhere to the cup, form
! ing ring, 1t will be rainy; and If tb'
: bubbles separate without assuming AM
fixed position, changeable weather ma!
be expected. Try il, and if none OF these
; Ieffects are produced, add more suga
and drink it. A good cup Of coffee is al
ways .'salubrious" in any weather.
! Our whole American life is keyed to-
high. Ii man goes into business, b.
: will not be content with either moder
ate business or moderate profits. Every
thing must be on alarge scale--business
! living, hospitallty--everything. The ho
tells are like the Met, and their proprie
tors expect to make fortunes in ten year
and many of them do it. There realf,
! seems to be no respectable place for.
respectable family OF moderate means
The low.priced hotels are not genteel
the low-priced houses are either unfit +
;; be lived in or are in mean localities; an,
thus the great need of the time-respecl
able homes for respectable men OF mod
crate incomes-is unproyided tor.
What wonderful oil upon the machil
| ery of human affairs tact is. To kno,
Just what to say, and when to say it, an
to whom to say IL; to know when to b
Isilent, and when deferentially to lister
! is o great gift. No one can niully apprs
!. ciaIe this quality who has not had th
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