The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02
ODDS AND ENDS.
Labor is mortal and fades away,
But love shall triumph in perfect day
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Labor may wither beneath the sod,
But love lives ever, for love is Cod.
1t Is discOuragiDg to save people, and
then find out that they Will not stay
saved.
A little boy in Albany bit his tongue
while rocking in chair, and bled to
death.
There is man in Paris hospital in
the first stage OF Rip Van Winkleism.
He has been asioep 1913 days.
Among the things sent to the starving
people of Kansas was tract headed
1.-THE Wickedness of Gluttony."
A lady in Buffalo, the wife Of we'll
known lawyer, boasts of hair 63inches in
length, color rich black, and heavy in
proportion to its length.
~ The National Temperance Advocate
gives the names Of five temperance jour-
mails which have just suspended publica-
tion for want Of support.
On the plains Of Texas is found little
flower called the "compass fower,"
which in all changes of wind and weather
points its leaves Invariably to the north.
The Canadian fashion for gentlemen
to wear bright tcolored scarfs instead of
bands around listers, has been intro
duced in some cities in the United
States.
And yet another-A man 91 years old,
who "tit into" the war of 1912, saw Wash
ington and shook hands with Gen. Scott,
is an inmate Of the Berks County (Pa.
POor-house.
Among the Detroit victims of the re-
cent cold snap WAS a lot of gold fish
which had been lett swimming in glass
globe over night. In the morning they
ice
A noted miser named Lynch recently
died near Dublin, at the age Of seventy
TWO. He left nearly 5000, which his
brother, a clerk in a London banking
house, will take great pleasure in spend
ing.
There has been great hotel robbery
In Viepna, and the inhabitants OF that
little village are awfully excited about
it. The thiet was ''lady," and the jew
els she appropriated are valued by the
Awner at 100000.
The old ladies at Baltimore have sued
the estate OF Robert Tuttle, who, they
allege, died owing them board for twen-
ty-seven years, tor which they trusted
him on the promise that he would make
it all right with them in his will.
In his answers to questions put by
Lords of Plantations 1911, Sir William
Berkeley thanks God there are no free
schools or printing in Virginia, and
hopes "there will not be these hundred
years. ."-Virginia Pap. 10 b.. PA.
:. The latest "sweet thing" from Paris in
the way of headwear is 'sthe baby hat,
made in quite the infantile style, with a
soft crown and plenty of lace and color
ed bows. 1t is pretty on young faces, but
may not become Susan B. Anthony.
A man "down East" returned his
newspaper to the printing-otfice, with
'.jackass" written ON the margin, and in
the next issue the editor stated the fact,
"Wil our indignant subscriber please to
let us know at what stable he can be
found?
The sons OF dissenters appear to be
making broad marks on the honorable
records of the English Universities. Mr..
Lord, senior wrangler at Cambridge, Is
the son Of a Baptist clergyman, and Mr..
Lewis, the sixth wrangler, Is the son Of
a Wesleyan minister.
The operation of the Education Act of
Scotland, secured the enrolment of 1860
more pupils in the schools last year than
the year before, with an increase in the
average attendance of 5,046. A crumb OF
comfort certainly to the friends of COM
pulsory attendance.
The destruction of the forests in South
sions as to excite serious alarm among
the resident population, who have to
travel forty or fifty miles every time
they catch horse-thief, in order to find
a tree high enough to hang him on.
The proverb GA stitch in time saves
nine," is thus set forth in an old English
hallad:
For want of a nail the shoe was lost;
For want OF a shoe the horse was lost;
For want of a horse therider was lost;
For want Of the rider the battle was lost;
For loss of the battle the kingdom was lost
All for the want of q horseshoe nail.
A Paris correspondent states that one
of the most charming Of the smaller en-
tertainments of the season was given
lately by General and Mrs. Sickles in
their superb abode on the Rue de Pres
bourg, Paris. 1t was breakfast party
to celebrate the christening of their
youngest child, a daughter now about
six weeks old.
A Baltimore lady of wealth and piety
is said to have Remained single until the
age OF forty years, refusing many offers,
because she had resolved to marry no
man except a clergyman. A while ago
she was welded to penniless, but de-
yout pastor OF little church, and the
honeymoon was hardly over before he re-
signed his charge and set up as o broker
with her money.
Not to return one good office for another
is inhuman; but to return evil tor good
is diabolical. There are too many even
of this sort, who, the more they owe, the
more they hate. There is nothing more
dangerous than to oblige these people;
for when they are conscious OF not pay
ing the debt they wish the creditors out
OF the way.-Seneca.
An interesting ceremony occurred at
st. Paups Cathedral, in London, on
Tuesday morning, February 8, immedi-
ately after the 10 O'Clock service. A
grandchild of the Archdeacon of London,
Bishop Ciaughton, was christened at the
font in the nave near the west entrance.
1t is more than ITO years since the last
christening was solemnized in the cathe-
dral, the date being 1903 in the register.
The London journals OF the Sth of Feb
ruary report as follows: Amid every
manifestation of respect, as well from
the general public as from the profession
of which he was SO distinguished an Or
nament, the remains OF the late Sir w.
Sterndale Bennett were ON Saturday de-
posted in Westminster Abbey, In the
long iine of carriages which made UP the
funeI al procession were those of the
Queen, the Prince Of Wales and the Duke
OF Edinburgh.
In Lyons, according to recent letter
from fioI sEnrnav IN tho Phila6 lnhia