The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-09
ODDS And ENDS.
The twilight gathers fair and fine
Above the dImpling stream;

1hc picture OF some nabpY dream.
St. Louis has two very successful kim
dergartens, and is about to establish a
third.
California alone supplies the world
with nearly seventy millions Of gold an
nually.
Popular feeling in Melbourne, Austria
liza, il decidedly against Sunday amuse-
ments.
A man may conceal his name, his ag e,
the circumstances OF his life, but not the
cnaracter.
Chewing-gum is made of beeswax and
red oxide vi mercury, of which gum
chewers will take notice.
Tue statue OF Dromwell, which is to be
placed in Parliament Square, London,
will be unveiled by Thos.. Carlyle.
1t Is better to live in a one-sJoy house
belonging VI you than to ape aristocracy
in brown stone belonging to somebody
else.
IL is an erroneous idea that only men
OF genius are dirty and write liIegibiy.
lgnQrapt men are olten mus ulstln-
guished.
Nevada produces more gold and silver
than all tue rest OF the country, and it
has salt, borax and sulphur beus OF i'm
mense extent.
A novel leu de joie was that in Gen.
But.er's district, where u salute was fired
III nonor OF his defeat, the guns being
loaded with Butler tickets.
A rejected lover In Switzerland, to
whom iIIe seemed blank and iurther
existence heavy burden, tried to COM
init suicide by tlinging himself into
bears uen.
Woman islike ivy-the more you are
ruIneu lhe closer sue ciings 10 you. An
l,t.n
the closer it cllngs to you the more you
are ruined"
.sMy husband," says Clara Morris,
ssgivcs me perfect liberty to do just as |
Ake." one has just received u lot OF
marvelously nne warurObes from Paris.
But the money moon is not over.
A Louisville girl, OF remarkable per-
sonai attractlous, recently destroyed the
beauty OF her lace with acld because a
Younger sister mad been lea aslfay
through the batteries and attentions of
wiid young neil.
The ArcauIan said OF an actress: "Her
yulce is Ike The Tyre OF HermeS, ana her
clothes are Ike a seyen-told hailejan."
Ana yet she pitcaed down the paper and
saiu Tue crItie nau d prejudice against
her.
Many parents live for years without
dren. They never seem to comp ehend
tue romauccs thai I'LL youthful heads, !
and. any sucn administrations are coldiy
repressed.
speak the truth though it .displease;
speak the truth, though the heathen rage
ana the people Imagine vain tniugs;
speak The truth, though, Tor aught we
kno ~, it may De tue last word We speak;
speak The truth, though 1t may nall us 10
the cross.
An INDECENT laborer, whose boots were
worn down to the inso.es, While walking
IN Bailarat, Australia, not long since,
stepped on something sharp, when maze
him mop. he examined 1t, and found 1t
TO be nugget OF gOid weig ming IA ounces
anu pennyWeights.
Cremation does not meet with favor in
British Columbia. The Chinese have been
their dead at a cemetery near
ana the Inspector oil Police re-
ported to the City Council that the NUS
ance mad become most offensive to the !
residents in that nelghbornOod.
At u dinner recently given by Rus |
sian lady III LondOn the table was ELL
trey covered with moss, and the only
evidence OF white tableclotn was seen
II tnat portion which nangs at the sides |
Of tue table. Flowers were pruluSelY in |
Unique.
A man died recently in New Orleans
Who mad devoted "a q cad deal OF his time |
previous TO 1866, in making wills and CO.
liciIs. Eighteen oil these testamentary |
documents have been admitted to pro-
,ate. Among the numerous keepsakes
ind heiriooms he bequeathed was d razor
hat be,onged to Washington.
Five Oh the sweetest words in the Eng
ism language begin with ii, which is
,nly a breath: Heart, Hope, Home, Hap
,iness and Heaven. Heart is a hope
)lace, and home is a heart place, and
hat man sadly mistaketh VINO would eX-
,hange the happiness of home for any
hing less than heaven.
The self-reliance and independence OF
character which are essential elements
II all human excellence are to be ac-
Iuired only by learning early to act from
ioiuntary motive. If .he parent likes
limself as u tinger-post at every turn,
he child will hardly ever find the road
II his own accord, and must necessarily
ose his way when deprived OF his habit
lal gulde.'
Outside the door of Boston tea store
IN immense teapot is kept boiling andI
'teaming as an advertisement. The pro-
,rietor gives every purchaser chance
% guess how much the teapot will hold,
Ind at future time he will give chest
II tea to the best guesser. As the thick
less of the metal is not known no accti-
ate estimate can be made, and cense- /
luently the guessers have wide range.
Reputation is as often got by noise as
)y merit. The man who blows his own
lorn loudest and most is very apt to be |
considered the greatest and best cut.
Piateu ware, nowadays. appears to be
Preferred by the majority OF the people.
Modest merit has very little chance to |
,lay o lutte where q huge bass-drum is
,eaten. All of which goes to prove |
hat the world has yet q field for i'm
And now we are given ssindications
hat the Mott mediums are frauds" Of
.ourse; all mediums are frauds. Ex-
,osure follows exposure, but vet gulhble
thousands believe in the next humbug.
fhe worst feature of the thing is that
papers help to cloud weak
minds by printing all the pretended reve-
ations, materializations, etc., OF the
rauds. A paper must be hard pushed
or interesting matter to fill up with
When it descends to such course.-Alta
california.
The aquarium of the Geological station
Il Naples was, last autumn, attacked by
great number OF rats, which not only
lid considerable mischief to the wood
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