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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-06
NOyel Hay-making.

The London Times OF July lfth con-
talns the iolloWlag; 1esleruay we VII
messed the operation ol hay-dfying Dy
artihcial heat az GilWell .Fark, near
Chint9rd, EsseX, the residence OF the In
ventor, Mr. William Alfred Gibbs.
After some years OF practical eXper.-
mentins Mr.-GlDDs mas Drought his ill.,
vention inlo the following form: port
able stove constructed of plate iron is
surmouDted by fan, whoa is driven by
belt from three-horse power portable
steam engine; the IAN draws all Inc neat
ed air anu gases IRON the coke lire to-
gether Win q voiune OF warmed air,
which passes through chamber sur
rounding the inner chamDer OF the stove,
and blows the hot current, at a tempera-
ture OF 4OO degrees Fahrennelt OF more
into the drier.
This resembles In general shape q
straw elevator, consisting Of sheet-iron
trough ieet IN Dreaulh, ~ ieet long IL
mounted on wheels as a portable car
rage, or 40 leet or 50 feet long If q fix
ture. The trough Is raises at one END at
u low angle, SO that nay led In at the up
per end futthest from the stove shall
slowly travel TO the lower end near the
stove---this being assisted by slow re-
| ciprocating motion given to the bottom
OF the trough.
A.ridge of the angular section running
along the middle OF the trough divides il
| iu4o Two almost semi-cfeular channels,
| SO that the hay passes down in two
streams; the hot air issues through two
slit apertures, one on each side the base
of the middle ridge, and for the entire
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-06
He Wanted 1t Better.

Close upon the shore of Lake Win
nepis sogee is town, and in tnat town Is
a man whom we will call Amber. Mr..
Amber keeps O store, and as he is a gen.
ial, accommodating man, he keeps for sale
everything which the good people in the
country can reasonably expect him to
keep. Particularly has it been the prac-
tice of Mr.. Amber to keep a barrel OF
whisky on tap in the cellar. One in the
fall and one in the spring will generally
carry him through. He is very careful
to whom he sells, and, SO far as it Is
known, the authorities have never given
him any trouble.
One day Mr.. Eliphalet Spooner en-
tered the store with slight protuber-
anee visible upon his Left breast. MIR.
Spooner was deacon, and most
proper man. lie called the merchant
aside and asked him il he had any good
whisky. Amber nodded in the affirma-
tive.
"Will you let me have pint~ and
the deacon pulled from his breast.pock-
ct pint bottle.
"Certainly," said the trader. and forth
with he departed tor the cellar. When
he returned he brought the full bottle,
carefully wiped and corked.
"What is to pay?"
"EIlCy ceulS.'
Mr.. Spooner handed him over a fifty
cent scrip, and then, in a lhesitating way
drew the cork. He placed the bottle to
his lips, and tasted, just q drop, to test
the quality Of the liquor. He did this
twice, and the expression on his face
was one of hesitation and doubt.
tsMr. Amber" he said, spm getting
this for my wife. Is this the very besi
you hayew
"Oh! you want 1t for medicine?"
"Yes; certainly"
cit that is the -case-" The sen
tence was finished with smile, anc
| he reached for the bottle.
Down into the cellar went the store
keeper again. There was no need that
he should empty the bottle and refill it,
| for he had bat one solitary barrel iron
which to draw; SO he took "a turn around
and soon came back, wiping the bottle
afresh.
"I shall have to charge you eighty
seven cents for this, Mr.. Spooner.o
Having paid the extra charge with the
! utmost cneerfulness, Mr.. Spoonerplaeea
| the bottle again to his lips and tastet
critically.
"Ahp he muttered, with a bright
smile and a grateful nod, s'this is some
thing like"
And he went away entirely satisfied
And MT. Amber also, iiotwithstandinl
the fraud he had perpetrated, appeared
TO be satisfied, il one might judge IRON
the quiet smile that Illuminated his ru
bicund yisage-
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The GiIdnd YAnth.

We have long been disagfeeably aware
of the existence of the gilded youth; we
have met him in supper rooms, where
a fed dismayed from his energetic ell
bows, and champagne disappeared be-
fore him like snow-wreaths in the sun.
We have seen him confusing Germans
and driving leaders to distraction; we
have watched him under many circum-
stances, but never have we enjoyed
such favorable opportunities Of study
ing and rejecting upon his delightful
character as have been afforded to us at
cur hotel this summer.
In New York, during the senson, the
gilded youth is to certain extent lost
in the throng. In the summer, when
most men have something to do besides
lounging about hotel piaZZas, and the
| gilded youth cons tirutes the MAJOR
part Of the masculine element in water
Ing-place society, his shining qualities
stand out unobserved, and we can not
escape their contemplation even ii we
would.
The gilded youth is about nineteen
years old. He has not even the SEM
blance of an occupation. Being the only
son of wealthy parents, he enjoys an
most extrayagant fashion, and INDUCES
in unlimited neckties, ponderous watch
chains, low shoes, silk stockings, linked
sleeve-buttons, and eolored ribbons on
his hat. His language is mixture of
the lowest sort OF American slang, and
such Angiicisms rs he can Gull from the
pages of third-rate English novels. His
manuers are a combination OF the awk-
wardness of the hobbledehoy and the
impudence of the Prince OF the powers
OF the air. His accomplishments are a
thorough mastery Of the intricacies Of
draw-poker, and an unapproachabie
skill in handling billiard cue. He
knows nothing, reverences nothing, aud
cares for nothing but himself He en-
Joys the personal acquaintance OF all
the bartenders in town, and is con-
noisseur OF mixed drinks. He is utterly
impervious TO Sights, and has not sense
enough to know when he is snubbed
He is noisy, eonceited and intrusive. &c
sum up his characteristics in single
| word, borrowed from his vocabulary, ne
is unendurably "fresh."
Concerning his real, underlying ma
ture, we say nothing. We believe there
| is nothing intrinsically bad about him
He is only boy, who, by the acciden
of wealth and. a total lack OF proper
training, has been led to think himself 9
man, and who does his best, accOrdinl
to his height, TO act like one. 1t i5 no
his fault that he is a gilded youth. 1t il
| the fault OF business engrossed father
4 and foolish mother. He is not crimi
nal. He is simply a nuisance.
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gest corresponding qualities of the skin,
the muscles, the bones, and, taken in
connection win fts color, the character
| 1t is an accepted fact that the darker
the hair the stronger will be the body
| and the coarser its skin and tissues,
though of course there are exceptions to
this, as to every rule, " hen the hair and
| the skin will at the same time be dark
and fine.
| Dark-haired races are considered the
strongest physically, but less endowed
intellectually than the fair-haired. The
| first incline to manual labor and active
exercise, the latter to mental exertion
Among the light races are usually found
| the thinkers, poets, and artists.
| Black hair indicates strength and q
predominance Of the bilious tempera.
ment, as is illustrated in the Spaniard
the Malay, the Mexican and the Indian
Red hair signifies intensity OF feeling
and purity of character; 1t belongs with
the sangtline temperament, as found in
the Irish, the Scotch, the Swede, ana the
Dane.
| Dark brown hair combines the strength
of the black and the exquisite suscepti.
| bilities OF the light hair. Although mol
generally considered the handsOmest,
1t is. perhaps, the most desirable OF al
colors.
| Light brown hair, with a clear skin, IL
an Indication of courage, ambition, reil'
ability, and determination to over
come all obstacles. Many of our besl
business men have this hair; the finer its
texture, the finer the organization and
the more infiammable the disposition
Persons having fine, light brown han
which inclines to curl are quick-tem
pered and given to resentment. while al
even and forgiying disposition belongs
| to the same hair when straight.
| Auburn hair is Oftenest found In asso-
citation with the lymphatic temperament
and suggests delicacy and refinement o.
taste, and, with the educated, fine mora,
and intellectual powers. This hair il
common among the Germans and Danes
| Hair OF any color that inclines II
change its appearance, with sort o
recklessness as to style, indicates a cor
responding reeklessness and independ
ence in the manners and speech OF thi
person on whose head it grows.
Waving and close-curling hair, all 9th
er points considered, indicates yeracitl
and excltability, il not briliianey.
I Straight hair, in the same way, may hi
said to indicate in cultivated persons
levenness of character .and honesty o
purpose, with'a clear head and goo'
common sense.-
The above rules contain in brief tn
sum and substance of the conclusion
arrived at by number of writers VIII
lhad given the hysiognomical indica
tions of the hair their close attention
and will be found to hold good in the ma
jority Of cases.-Hearth and Home.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-06

THE enemies of Buena Vista stone are
seeking to influence their case with the
President by asserting that Mr.. Muei.
ler's statement contains abuse of Secre.
tary Bristow. After very careful read
Ing we are able to recall nothing OF the
kind. The document is remarkable for
the clearness and force with which it
states facts. There is no circumlocution
nor ambiguity in it. IfMr. Bristow hap
pened to be in the way when square
truth was to be told in the elearest oi
English be was struck. So was Potter,
Muiiett, the Commissioner, or any one
else. President Grant is not the man to
be influenced by such cries as are being
made. He is like Mr.. Mueller's state
ment, blunt and outspoken, and liable to
zee and speak of things just as they are
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disastrous to the growers themselves,
will not seriously affect the total.
To corn the damage has been less than
to wheat. True, thousands OF acres have
been, and still are under water, yet the
proportion Of the growing corn In the
country that is under water Is very
small. While a portion of that sub
merged will be entirely destroyed,a larg'
part will be of at least some value, anu
should the weather prove favorable in
the future much of it may give at least
half the ordinary yield. The production
Of the submerged crop, added to that of
the land not overHowed, will probably
be such as to render the loss very small
proportion Of the whole.
The damages to the tobscco crop are
reported considerable. but it is believed
that they will not prove as serious as at
first anticipated.
In general terms then there is little
to be feared from the results Of the
storms should we have sunshine In the
future. The foreign demand is likely to
prove sufficient to stimulate the market
to a certain extent, but not to put prices
beyond the reach of those who must buy.
The damage to crops abroad is not 50
great as was at first anticipated, and
although the demand will be consider.
able it will not be excessive. The prob
abilities seem to be that the United
States will have more than an average
grain crop and will receive a reasonable
price for it, and that money will thus bt
put into circulation and the losses Of
those suffering by the recent disasters
will be lightened to considerable ex
tent by a general activity in business
such as the country has not seen for sew
| eral years.
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Hair and Character.

The hair has been known to grow so
long aud abundant as to conceal wo-
mars entire figure when permitted TO
fall loosely about her. Queen Boadicea
is described as leading her armies to
battle with her luxurious hair envelop.
ing her like an ample mantle and reach
ing below her knees.
This beautiful covering OF natures
producing has been allowed to grow,
almost without exception, on the heads
of women Of every age and nation, though
with the various DEGREES OF fashion, in
hair OF all gradations OF length and
thickness-trom the. natural growth to
closely shaved heads.
AS rule, dark hair prevails in South
ern countries, and ligltt hair i'll the more
temperate latitudes.
Among the Americans and the En-.
glish brown hair, in its u Il umerous shades,
predominates. Sandy, fiaxen ana yell
low hair is common to the Germans.
Among the FTench, dark brown and
black Is often found; among the Span
ish black; among the Russians, Hight
hair, of various shades; ana among the
Poles and Hungarians, dark hair. 1t is
also worthy OF mention that people liy-
ing in cities are darker haired than those
OF ihe same race and nation who live In
the country and speiid muca time in the
open air.
According to the teachings of physi-
ology the hair shows the ply steal cofldi.
tion OF the body. They assure us that
where all the vital functions are in good
order the hair Will be bright, glossy and
pleasant to the touch; bat when the body
IL diseased il becomes dry, harsh. and
thin; and our own observation leads us
TO believe these assertions are correct.
Coarseness and drmness OF nHir sug.
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A smoKER's ConpLGNF.

Though above the N Is shining.
And the birds sing III the trees,
While the clouds with >ilvery lining
Sou before pleasant brecae.
Though on every side are flowers,
Bright with variegated hues,
Watered by the summer showers,
Aud the carly morning deWs.
Though kind Nature spreads her beauties
With rich bounty 'neath my eyes,
Though I'm free from worldly duties,
Yet utter frequent sighs.
Why then, am not enjoying
All these beauties as roamp
True. the cause Is most annoying,
For Pve left my pipe OF home.
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caught by heavy rain, may be from tel

caught by heavy rain, may be from ten
to twenty per cent. ~
To expel this water from partially
made hay requires consumption OF
coke in the stove and OF coal for the en-
gne not exceeding cost of Is 3D.. pei
ton OF hay dried. Preserving fresh.cui
grass may costin fuel six or seven times
more. With outlay for labor and fol
wear and tear of apparatus, the total ext
tions, does not exceed Is. or Ss. per ton.
which Is, indeed, very moderate dis.
bursement for saving loss of perhaps
pounds per ton. To make fresh cut grass
into the finest hay at one stroke oosta
about f2 per ton OF the dried hay.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-06
TIE RAIYS AND THE CROPS.

The damages to the grain-ralslng COM
munity by the recent rains and floods
have been very great, but probably not
30 much so as was at first supposed.
The tendency in viewing disaster Of
this kind is to estimate its results at
much more than they will really be, and
The newspaper of the present is not es-
pecially given to suppressIng sensa-
tional reports or dispatches, but rather
to making them appear as serious as
possible. The consequence has been
that apprehensions as to heavy dam
age to the grain crop of the United
States nave arisen, and fears Of great
scarcity and correspondingly high rates
Of breadstutfs have been freely ex.
pressed.
Although the damages have been very
great, and considerable amount of
property has been carried of, and many
thousands of acres of grain submerged,
yet the results, should no further dam
age ensue, will not be such as to serious
Iy affect prices or cause suffering to any.
The region OF country most afflicted by
The long wet season was Ohio, some
parts of Indiana and portions Of Ken
lucky, Illinois and Missouri. In this
sectiun the wheat was badly injured by
rust and also by the damp weather after
the cutting season was over, and in
places the grain is still in the field, and
the shocks are green with the growing
wheat. In other places the water from
the streams and collecting from contin-
uous rains has inundated the fields and
so thoroughly soaked the grain as to rem
der it worthless, or else has entirely car
ried 1t away. Yet, from such informa-
tion as can be CLEANED, it now seems
likely that even this mostsorely afflicted
region Will have enough wheat for its
own use during the coming year. In
some particular localities the crop will
be an entire loss, but the region alluded
to will as whole probably manufacture
its own breadstufrs, and have a
considerable sudplus. Damages to crops
are in nearly all cases over estimated,
and it is already admitted at many
points that the wheat is likely TO- be
more valuable than was anticipated.
The regions further west and south.
reported as suffering from yiolentstorms
during the past few days, have had good
weather during harvest, and good crop
of wheat has been secured. Unless the
rainy weather should continue a consid-
cradle length of time, and that does not
now seem probable, the great wheat pro.
ducing regions Of the country will not
DE seriously affected, and the crop will
be an average one. The sections In
which wheat 10 most seriously affected
u not largely depended on for this par.
sicuiar protaet, and its failure, although
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JOHN CHINAMAN has now made his al

JOHN CHINAMAN has now made his ap-
pearance in a new role. He is loaning
the Missouri farmers money. All he
asks is first mortgages on good real estate
and high rate of interest. Mr.. Yung
Wing, the Educational Commissioner,
acts as agent--has the title examined,
and learns how badly his customer wants
the money in order to determine what
bonus to demand.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-06

ST. LOUIS is to have another double
barrel newspaper. The Journal, a COM
paratively new but quite an enterprizing
paper, has swallowed up the old Dis
patch, and the consolidated institution
will part its name in the middle.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-06

T THE old man Bender has been little
slighted of late, but he has turned up
again all right. This time he is in east.
ern Idaho, where he is under arrest fol
numbering companion with whom he
was travelling.
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THE Philadelphia Tribune urges on I'll

THE Philadelphia Tribune urges on the
Republicans the necessity OF selecting
as a candidate for the Presidency man
Of ability who has not figured much in
national politics. IL suggests 40 a per
son fully meeting the requirements Of
the case Hon. John M. Harlan, of Ken
lucky.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-06

JOAQUIN MILLER admitted to Olive
Logan the other day that he couldn't
spell much. There are some.evil minded
parties who are mean enough to insinu-
ate that his writing is worse than his
spelling.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-06

ACHIcAGo paper boasting that It's real
estate can not take wings and fly away,
is met by the Memphis Avalanche with
the reply, "Of course not, it is TOO nrmly
held down by mortgages"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-06

DETROIT wants a narrow gauge rail-
road. SO one end is in their city the De-
troiters don't seem to care much to what
point the other reaches.
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Mr., A. L. Stewart has got chaplain
to his new hotel. He hasn't exactly
hired one, but he has captured one; built
his hotel around him, and corraled him,
church and all; and now Stewart is
running hotel, a store, church, bill
lard saloon, and a bar-room. Banker
Cecil says Stewards brandy is the best
in town. Mr.. G. says many worldly peo-
ple come here to show their good clothes
and dance and firt, but that he and his
! friends visit the Springs especially to
drink the healing waters as prepared at
Mr.. Stewarps-Dar.
Mr.. Stewart showed great strategy in
getting his new Episcopal church without
paying Tor it. He saw that no Well regu-
lated regiment or ships crew were CON-
plete without a chaplain. He also saw
that a little stone church right in the
middle Of his hotel, with its handsome
minister in clerical robes and its army OF
boy choristers, would be an eminently
respectable appendage. lie saw thar
while Jerry, his bartender, could supply
his guests with spiritual drinks week
days, he had need of a clergyman to teed
| them with the bread of lite on Sundays.
So when Lord Willoughby went down to
see the great dry goods prince to offer
the church Ior sale for $4,000, A. IL,
| turned llp his nose and asked:
500 they think the church worth thirty
thousand, Mr.. Wllloughby ]"
"Yes, sir, and more TOO. They think
------"
"An right; so do l." said Mr.. Stewart
~ consider it worth fifty thousand, right
where it is, as a chapel for my hotel, and
wouldn't. have it torn down for any
amount of money. want 1t right where
| it is" -
and ON Sunday, when l went to worship
in my quiet way, l saw the pews full ol
Worth's dresses, six-button kids and
point lace, and diamonds enough to buy
the village OF Saratoga.-Saratoga Cor.
N. Y. Tnes.
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We can not imagine what degree
young ladies should receive on com.
mencement day, unless it be Maid
Of Arts" for they are certainly artfully
made
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THE STAR FOR THE SUMNER.
THE DAILY STAR will be mailed TO
persons who may be absent from tne
city during the summer at the rate Oh
fifty cents per month.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-06

Mons. Chevalies named his balloog
"Hope," because no one wanted TO 20 W
and leave hope behind.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-06

Mark Twain says oil oflove--''LoYe with
out money is something like heather
boots wiuhoat boles."
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KrRN, in Prussia, yesterday had
about such watery experience as our
East End people endured on Sunday.