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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03
TILE DEAIH HENALTY.

In consequence Of prevailing laxity
in the administration OF criminal law,
for several years past, it became COM
mon phrase among murderers and vii
lains OF all degrees that changing was
played out" 1t had, indeed, become
matter ofrare occurrence that the death
penalty was inflicted even in cases Of
the most atrocious and deliberate mur-
ders. Between the timidity of courts
and jurors, the persistent ingenuity of
lawyers, and the intervention of the par
doning power, criminals, whose offenses
involved punishment by death, were
very seldom brought to the scaffold; and
it came to be understood among them
that hanging was "played out"
But recent rapid, convictions of MUIR
derers in the Eastern cities, and their
prompt sentence to punishment OF death
by hanging, would seem to signify that
hanging is not altogether played out.
No less than five such sentences are to
be executed on murderers in New York
Slby uuIluS ueAb
Gus laxity, murder had become almost a
daily crime in that city, and quite toe
frequent in every other city OF the whole
country. This growing tendency to the
increase Of capital crime had become
alarming to the community; and the
tribunals of justice are girding them
selves up to sterner administration Of
the criminal laws OF the land.
The inflction of capital punishment is.
under any circumstances, dread pre-
rogative to exercise by any human au'
thority. But if society can not be pro-
tected without IL, the courts and minis.
terial officers of the law should boldly
meet the exigencies of official duty, and
give desperate men to understand that
when it becomes needful for the we'll
being of society hanging is not played
out.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

A. woman cured her husband Of stay
ing out late at night by going to the door
wnen he came home, and whispering
through the keyhole, "Is that you, Will
Le?n Her husbands name is John, and
he stays at home every night now, and
sleeps with one eye open and revolver
under his pillow.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

A "oARDy for called meeting Of the
a.ndustrious people" Of New York is
circulating in that city for the inaugur-
alton OF an ''Independent Party" Gen.
s. +. Cary, late Of Ohio, is announcedto
do the oraterical on that occasion. The
General lie quite independent Of any par
ty just now; and, wJthal, belongs to the
eindustrious" class: always in mischief.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

A. clergyman at Westerly, r.. l., re-
Gently married a couple, received his
fee and sent them away, apparently sat-
isted, but, day or two alter, The brides
groom returned and said that he had
come to pay more, as the woman had
turned out much better than he eX-
pecLed.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

London has an association for the cree
tion of drinking fountains. They have
put up over $40 in the metropolis, at
which some 100000 persons drink during
the year. The association have TO pay
as high as $3.50 year tor one trough, and
over $15, 00O is spent annually ior repairs.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

AMUsEMENTS.-f g0ers and all
such as keep late hours are very liable
to contract a severe cough or cold, A
safe antreliab,e cure ia Dr.. BULBS Cough
Syrup. The price is only 25 cents.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

A Brooklyn girl lately sang "Darling,
i am Growing Old" with an expression
so pertinent aud forcible that her pro-
crastinating lover was brought to time
on the spot.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

England washes most Of the manure
made by her people into the ocean, and
then hunts over the globe, from Egypt 10
Peru, for more to waste. The United
States does no better. But the natives
OF China and Japan maintain the fertility
or their soil BY saving what those who
pretend to be civilized throw away.
They have no worn out. abandoned
fields.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

1t is not generally known that the U.
s. Treasury Department employs two
learned and skllltul chemists, one OF
whom is constantly engaged in tabrl-
caLing indeliDle inks, while the other de-
votes his talents to washing out the
INKS, and, thus far, chemistry has de-.
vised no ink which chemistry can not
altace. -
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

nAINTER,S MANUAL. = House and sign
f painting. graining, varniahing, polishing
kaIsomining, papering, lettering. staining
gliding, &C., SO cts. Book OF Aiphhbets, 80.
Scrolls and Ornaments. ~ Matchmaker and
Jeweler. so. Soapmaker, 25s TaxidermIst,
SO, or bookaellers,s or by mail JESSE
HANEY &. CO., 1la Nassau street, New York
I 'laul9-d&w IN
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03
ELASTIC TRUSS.

HtARPENTER,ss MANUAL. - Al practical
" guide to use OF all tools and all operations
of the trade; also drawing for carpenters,
forms OF contracts, specifications plans. DC,
wisn p,an iof peg3epeTs aaa Iui
SO cents, Of booksellers, or by mail. JESSE
HANEY 81 CO., 119 Nassau street. New York.
[aut9rd&w.tfl
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

Nothing in the world will make a man
so mad as to dream that he is kissing an
academy girl, and wake up to find that
a depraved fly is waltzlng around the
ragged edge of his mouth.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

q baby that did it, he'd have been kicked
to death, sure" Well, now, 1t does
seem as if horses, like doge AID good
hearted men, are iond Of chiidren.-Uon-
ira Costa News.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

A. Milwaukee lady who paid $50 to-
have a wart removed from her nose now
wants to know what has become OF the
nose. And nobody knows.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03
THE Detroit Tribune and. the New
York Sun are quarreling over the pa
ternity of this little bantling:

Greenback to gold Is Very near.
Though Allen swear and Cary rave;
The.vanished coin will soon appear,
And chink around infation's grave.
The little waif 10 scarcely worth any
ones ownership, more especially as 1t
appears to have been stolen. from Elmer
sons "Brahma," and put into a new
dress for disguise.
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CINCINNATI, HAMILTON AND I

CINCINNATI, RICHMOND AND CHICAGO.
Depot. Fifth md Hoadly. Time, minutes fast.
CHICAGO Mail ... y:3OAM. 9:OOP.M. S.0PAp
Richmond Ac........ 2:3OP.M. la0P.M. 7:4DPM,
Chicago Bx daily. 7:00p.M. 6:20A.M. 7A0K,hL
CINCINNATI HAMILTON AND IANAPeLIs.
Depot Fifth and Hoadv. Time.7 minutes fast.
Indianapolis Ex ..... 7:3nA.M. 1Oa0P.M. l2:55P.Mt
Peoria Elk. .........., 1:i5P.M. 5:b5P.M. 3:95A.sE
Connersville Ac.. 5;30P.M. 9,50A.M. 8:3JP.M..
Peoria Elk. Eek Sat.) 7:O0P.M. IL 90 n. l0:65A.Ms
GRAND RAPIDS AND INDIANA.
Depot, Fifth and Hoady. Time minutes fast,
Morning Mail .. 7.30A M. 9:0OP.M. 9:s5P.M.
Night Ex. Eek Sat.).. 7:6OP.M. s:2oA.M. 1o:OoA,M,
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Depot, Pearl and Plum, Time, minutes fast,
Baltimere lex SUM. 8:t5k.M. 2:3oP.N. s4aA.mt
Baltimore TX daily. 10:3op.M. 4:50A NJ. O.45P,Ms
BALTIMORE AND OHIO, VIA COLUMBUS.
Depot, kiigour and Front. Time. 7mlnutesiast.
Baltimore Ex daily. 7.t6A.M. 4:l5A.M. .8.loA III.
BALTIMORE Ex....... 7:O5P.M. 6:50P.M. 0:l5P.M
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

She said she'd take a dozen eggs, but
while the grocer was counting them out.
she asked the price. He told her and
she shrieked:
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

DAYTON sHoRT-LINE AND CoLUAl
4 =
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03
RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
ATLANTIC AND aRRAT WESTERN.
NIL. .fun

ATLANTIO AND aHKAT WHsTEHNs
Depot Fifth and Hoadlv. Time, 7mnutes fast.
Depart Arrive, Arrive
Gin u. Cin't. Deston.
New York TX daily. qs10A.M. 5:3OA.M. 7aa0P.M.
New York Elk daily. si5DP.M. b00P.M: 65oA.Ms
LoUIevILLs AND CINCINNATI sHoKT-bINE.
Depot, Trout and kilgour. Time, minutes slow
Louisville Ex daily b:5oA.s. 64OP.M. 10:9oA.rs
Louisville (daily).... S0iP.M. 6:3OA.M l2;.6p.M.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-22
Smuggling as a Fine Art.

The Spanish contrabandists, who
were in by-gone years the heroes of
many q romance, fourished because
import duties were high. At one time
English cargoes, or miscellaneous car
goes in English ships, were landed at
Gibraltar on purpose to be struggled
over the frontier into Spain, to the
value of 81, 100000 per annum. As to
France, in time long subsequent to the
era of the Milan and Berlin DEGREES.
and when import duties were levied
only for the sake OF revenues, the land
frontiers were the scene of extrsordi.
nary smuggling. Dogs were trained in
Belgium on purpose to smuggle goods
into France. The animals were of
large size, and were trained to carry
twenty or twenty-five pounds each, the
load consisting of tobacco, sugar, cof-
lee, etc. They were converted across
the frontier in packs from France into
Belgium ; they were kept all day with
out food, beaten numerically (what
superior being man is y laden in the
evening and started off. The poor
hungry animals made the best of their
way to their French homes, usually two
or three leagues from the frontier,
and we're there we'll fed and kindly
treated. In ten years more than no.
900 of these hard-working dogs were
destroyed by the French custom Off
GERS, three francs being given as
bonus for the capture of each. Some
times a dog would be found laden with
nearly ESQ worth of struggled goods.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-22

All agree that rotation of crops is q
necessary condition to productiveness.
If we plant the came land year after
year in the same crop, the result will be
almost barrenness. So it is with ma
nures. If every year we manure our
land with the same species of manure,
it will finally lose its effect, and the
consequence will be small crops. Even
land will become tired of farm-yard
manure and will ask for q change.
Guano, bone dust, lime and ashes hay
ing been applied TO the same land for a
number of years, the land will fail to
respond as it once did. The great agri-
cultural chemist, Liebig, explains this
peculiarly on the ground that unless
all the elements required ky plant are
present, the extent to which the eIe-
ment existing in the smallest quantity
is present, determines the resulting fer
tility. This explanation has been gen
orally accepted as correct.
It is true that there are but few cases
wherein any land upon southern farms
run any danger of becoming fatigued
by any kind of manure. Our lands
generally suffer more from hunger than
from repletion. But the fact is one of
interest and was brought specially to
our notice during recent visit to the
market garden of an acquaintance who
informed Us that his crops were falling
off from overdoses of stable manure
every year for several years.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-22
4 Chemical Difficulty.

A lively exchange tells the following
story "One of our merchants re-
Gently sold a gross of matches to a
woman, who, on reaching her home,
could not make them burn. In tow
ering passion, which increased all the
way back, she returned and demanded,
Why did you cheat me with these
worthless matches?' Matches r5-
sponded the grocer pleasantly-he al
ways wears a smile for his customers
what is the trouble with the matches p
'They won't burn, not one of them,
was the quick, angry response. Let
us see, said the gentleman, applying the
charged end to his pantaloOns and
caused it to blaze instanter !; that bur s
well enough But the rest Vol :,
replied the woman, who began to fear
that she had walked seven miles AMI
was 10 return seven more on foot, and
had not got angry for nothing. The
grocer opened three punches and proved
them all the same. Il don't want to
burn up all your matches, lie said, but
there is not one that will not burn the
same way Chagrined she stared at
him with tiger eyes, and not to be
beaten, burst out If they will, you
don't s'pose every time l want fire I'm
o--ing all this way to rub them on the
seat of your trousers, DO you p
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-22
Railroads in China.

Two very curious articles have been
published by Shanghai native news
paper, the HUei- PGO, protesting
against the construction of railways in
the Chinese empire. The HtVej-Pao is
OF opinion that the existence of rail
ways in Europe is too recent to admit
of Judgment being formed as to
their practical utility, and, moreover,
that there is not sufficient business in
China to render them profitable. The
Chinese Journal goes on to say that if
tea and silk are the principal objects of
commerce, and these have hitherto been
forwarded to the treaty ports by river
steamboats,. A substitution of railways
for steamboats, would not effect any
saving in point Of time, and could not,
therefore, even from the point of view
taken by the foreigners themselves, be
of any service to China. Admitting
that little time was gained, the Chi
nese would not be benefited, for the
goods would not be exported more rap
idly. Thus the railways would only
lead to accumulation in the ports Of vast
quantities of goods which, as they
could not be shipped off all at once,
would fall considerably in price" The
HaOei- PGO also says "Thc accidents
on the railway lines are very numerous,
caused by collisions, by the engines or
tenders taking fire, by the trains
running off the lines, or by the
bridges giving way and the trains being
precipitated into the rivers below. In
other cases the carriages are injured by
the great speed at which they are hur-
ried along, and the accidents are SO
numerous that it is often impossible to
ascertain the exact number of dead and
wounded. All the foreign journals SIRE
full of details concerning these acct
dents. But, admitting that most Of
these casualties are preventible, and
that the trains follow their regular
course, they travel quicker than the
thoroughbred horse, and the people
walking on the lines would have no
time to get out Of their way. From this
cause alone the number of fatal acct
dents would be enormous. In all coun-
tries where railways exist they are con-
sidered very dangerous mode of To-
comotion, and beyond those who have
very urgent business TO transact, no
one thinks Of using them" This latter
statement cannot as yet be accepted in
its entirety; but, unfortunately, we
have every reason to know that, so far
as England is concerned, travelling by
is a every dangerous mode of
lOcOmotiOn."
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-22

Fall and winter blowing have many
advantages which the thoughtful farm
er will not fail to study. Freezing
waterin plowed ground exerts powerful
force to disintegrate the most compact
clay and mellow it. Frost is almost in
valuable TO the wise cultivator who
knows how to make it work for his
benefit. 1t basters chemical action in
many ways; for in congealing, water in
minerals and organic substances is ex-
panded, and often destroys tissues, as
when an apple rots soon after freezing,
or potato. Ice that will burst an iron
pot does much to improve titled land.
Flowing increases the capacity of the
soil to hold water, making it more
porous and open; while blowing and
freezing attain results which neither
alone can secure. It follows from these
facts that whenever the ground is not
too wet to pillow, and one ba blowing
to do, it is best to command the force
of jack frost to aid in comminuting all
compact earth. This great mechanical
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-22

A correspondent of The Rural World
writes as follows "The right time to
SOW buckwheat for bee pasturage is
about the first of July. IF sown then,
it not only forms the best pasturage
for the bees, but usually yields good
crop of seed. It is one Of our best
honey producing plants. The proper
quantity to SOW to an acre is one peck,
although some prefer to SOW two pecks.
raise it largely, and succeed best by
sowing only one peck to the acre. The
number of acres required for thirty
colonies OF bees will be about four, if it
is a good season for secreting honey.
have known one acre of buckwheat to
furnish food enough for bees, SO that
500 pounds of honey and IS bushels of
grain we're made from If. This was,
however, an unusually favorable season.
Five acres are the least that should be
sown for the number of colonies men
toned, as it is better to have "too
much than not enough"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-22
Russian Beauty.

The characteristics Of the Russian
type of feminine beauty are an extreme
fairness of the complexion, grayish-
blue eyes, blonde or chestnut hair, and
certain e1nbOnpoiat, arising from the
lack of exercise and the life indoors,
which is compelled by a winter latsing
seven or eight months. They suggest
the idea of odalisques, whom the genius
of the north keeps confined in the
tropical atmosphere of a dollhouse.
They have compilations of cold cream
and snow, with tints of the heart Of a
camellia-like those over-veiled women
of the seragiio, whose skin the sunlight
has not touched. By this extreme fair
ness their delicat features are rendered
even more delicate and the softened
outlines form faces of hyperborean
sweetness and polar grace. The Rus
sian women in society seem to NIKE
less display than the men, rs the uni
forms and court of the latter glitter
with gold lace and embroidery and with
iewelled decorations. Yet the simple
robes of the ladies are composed of the
oostliest fabrics, fastened with the
rarest gems ; and their dazzling skins,
and flashing diamonds, and cleaning
pearls, and flowing draperies match in
effect the heavier splendor of the mas
cQline attire.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-22
AGRICULTURE.
WIZ Keeping sheep PayI

A writer in the National Live Stock
Journal gives his idea on this subject :
Sheep pay better than any other
stock. no matter what the kind of stock
is. I have been breeding some 300
head of cattle, and am satisfied that,
even with the most favorable condition
for selling, when the time comes, I
shall make a great deal more money,
dollar for dollar on the money invested
in sheep than I shall make on the cap
ital invested in cattle. have about
900 sheep running without any partic-.
ular attention Or care, and have sold
81. 400 worth of wool of this years clip,
and have $50 lambs besides. I do not
think it possible to have done so we'll
on an equal amount of capital invested
in cattle. One great advantage sheep
have over other stock is, that they
never die of contagious diseases which
they contract. They get the scab or
foot-rot or something else, and if I'M
checked it gets them in bad condition,
hIA HO@ld uAVALAaCSAys POAhAPC5 AAAA
them. But the very worst contagious
diseases to which sheep are subject,
give the owner ample time to treat the
affected animals, and the diseases are
generally of a character which yield
readily to treatment. But a man may
have a lot of hogs, and feed them hun
dreds of bushels Of corn daily, and
about the time the bottoms of his cribs
are neared, and he is thinking Of selling,
some disease breaks out among them
no one knows what it is or what to do
for it-one animal after another follow
ing in rapid succession is effected, and
the greater portion die. l have known
farmers to be well-nigh ruined by the
appearance of contagious disease of
this character. Sheep are happily ex-
empt from such rapid and fearful NOR
tality. Besides, when sheep dies
and they will die sometimes-his pelt is
sufficient to pay for his keep from the
last shearing to his death. It makes 10
difference when he dies, or what kills
him, the sheep never dies in debt.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-22
Origin of Fruits.

In a paper recently presented before
the Egyptian institute of sciences, DR..
Schweinfurth asserts that the parent
species of many of our cultivated fruits
and vegetables, whose origin is sup
posed to be lost in a remote past. still
exist in the heart of Africa. The Luffa,
or washing gourd-one Of the plants
whose wild ancestors are regarded as
extinct is said by the doctor to be
certainly indigenous to Central Africa.
He also AYERS that the original of the
vine is found in a wild Abyssinian
species. Not long ago, DR.. Regel, an
eminent botanist, insisted that the
original of the European grape is to be
found in hybrid between two species
from the north of China. The olive,
the sycamore-fg, and the Doum palm,
DIR. Schweinfurth believes to be in
digenous to remote parts of the Red
Sea region
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-22

active habits and has enjoyed a good
training under military instructions,
French and English. The prince of the
Asturias is younger than the prince
imperial of France by year and eight
months; but it has been already init
mated by English Juveniles in the
Woolwich academy, who have known
both of the young men, that if the
crowns of France and Spain we're set up
as the prizes OF fsticuff contest be-
TWEEN the two, the youthful Spaniard
would come off the victor in the cropped
arena" and the English boys are keen
judges OF pluck and muscle. The two
princes are, however, very excellent
friends,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-22
When TO Cat Timber.

An Arkansas CORRESPONDENT of the
Scientific American says: 81 came here
80 years since, and began clearing land
and building houses with hewn logs and
boards split from the trees. After sew
eral years residence I noticed that very
often pieces of the same kind of timber
decayed more quickly than others; and
after much thought and observation
came to the conclusion that timber
felled when the leaf first commenced
to grow rotted the sap off very quickly,
but the heart remained sound that
timber felled after the fall of the leaf
rotted in the heart, even when appar-
emily sound on the outside. When fire.
wood cut in the winter was put on the
fire the sap came out of the heart, but
when cut in the summer the sap came
out Of the sap wood, and next the bark.
notice also that all our lasting wood
has but little sap at any time in the
heart-such as cedar, mulberry, sassa-
fras, and cypress. A cypress post cut
in the summer of 1888 is still sound,
although exposed to all weathers, while
one of the same kind of timber, cut in
the winter of 1856, and painted, has
rotted in the heart. saw yesterday
a piece of gum plank, which sawed in
the summer of 1856, that has lain ever
since, and is perfectly sound; while oak
timber that was felled in the winter
before is now entirely rotten. My con-
clusion then is : Cut timber after full
leaf, say in July and August, to get the
most last from it. The sap goes into
the heart of the tree after leaf-falI, and
causes decay"