The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-12
ODDS AND ENDS.
Ohl be not the first to discover
A blot on the fame OF u friend;
A flaw in Tho aiih az N nathan

ODOc AMI ENDos
0hl be not the first to discover
A blot on the fame OF u friend;
A flaw in the aith of another
whose heart may prove true in the end.
The Beecher trial costs the New York
papers about $4,000 q day.
10 remove paint splashed upon window
panes, use q hot solution of soda and
soft flannel.
The newspapers say the obsequies of
Senator Sumner cost the State Of Massa-
chusetts $19,227 SO.
Waterproof bonnets are advertised in
London. We do not imagine they are
intended for very long rein.
Nearly four gross OF hair-pins were
found In the stomach OF bullock slaugh-
tered at the Jersey City absattoIr Satur-
day.
The Sultan has narrowed by two thirds
the channel Of the Bosphorus, to keep
passing steamers from proximity to the
palace.
A medical paper says that "allspice Is
a sovereign remedy for Group, cutting
the phlegm almost instantly and induc-
ing free breathing"
At Lima, N. Y, the Excise Board post
lists Of habitual drunkards in bar-rooms,
with the names OF other persons to whom
liquor can not be sold.
Greater than tame, more blissful than
fortune, better tor all time than any
thing Of earthly Joy, Is clear conscience,
the reward OF right doing.
Hamburg initiates New York by hav-
ing mock picture auctions. The, most
worthless daubs are sold TO greenhorns
as ''works OF the old masters"
~ guess Pl take this book, ~ remarked
a Chicago lady to the CLERK of a book
stores; "it's got twice as much gold leaf
on the cover as any Of the rest"
-Four uncles OF the late Emperor of
China are alive: Prince Tun, born 1902;
Prince Kung, born 1911; Prince Chun,
born 1915; Prince Flu, born 1877.
An addition to the English Book Of
Common Prayer. The Archbishop OF
Canterbury has written prayer tor the
Admiralty, to be said or sung at the
Launching of all men-ol-warl
A dry goods clerk in an Iowa city late
ly dropped senseless behind the counter,
while waiting on customers, The female
customer for whom he had pulled down
every bolt Of calico on the shelves, Qui-
etly requested the proprietor to remove
the incumbrance, and send on q fresh
clerk.
Diphtheria has been very prevalent In
Australia, and one OF the most success
full remedies is said to have been few
drops of sulphurie acid in tumbler full
of water. Yhe result of this mixture Is
said to be a 'coagulation of the diphthe-
rite membrane and Its ready removal by
coughing.
A well-known Partisan beggar, who,
having lost both legs, propels himself
with go-cart by means OF sharp pointed
sticks, dashed up the boulevard at full
speed on the night when everybody was
slipping along the pavements. "Thus,"
according to reporter, "he avenged the
humiliation OF years"
A sailors wife had just received intel.
ligence that her husband had perished at
sea. She was visited by neighbor who
sympathized with her on her loss, and
expressed fear that she would be poorly
OF. "'Deed will l." said she, ''but he
did all he could for inches saved me the
expense of his buryipP
There are four living queens of Spain,
SO called-Christine, widow of Ferdi-
nand VII, who resides at Sainte Ad-
dresse, near Havre; Isabella H., mother
OF Alphonso Kill; the Duchess of Aosta,
vile of Prince Amadeo, OF the House of
savoy, and the wife Oh Don Carlos, who
styles himself Charles VII.
Somebody called French officer
grand imbecile; grand original and
grand fat; or o fool, a half-witted. fellow
and a top. The Court of Appeals has de-
cided that the first TWO forms of abuse
are only gross insults, Tor which there is
no legal remedy, but that the correction
al tribunals can deal with the third, be-,
cause it contains "the imputation of
special vice."
Every true hero grows by patience.
People who have always been prosper
GUS are seldom the most worthy, and
never the most strong. He who has not
been compelled to suffer, has probably
not begun to learn how to be magnani-
nous: as it is only by patience and for
titude that we can know what tits to
overcome evils, OF feel the great pleas
ure Of torgiving them.
The royal baby begins to notice things,
and to handle 'em too! The other day
he reached tor the paragoric bottle and
smashed it on his pas nice center-table,
aud then tried to make canal by run
ming his finger In circle "all around
about" Then Edinburgh went in and
borrowed his wiie's Old kid slipper, and
when he came back there was considera-
Bile excitement for a few moments. Men
do that sort OF thing so awkwardly.
About Chapultepec, Mexico, is u grove
of gigantic expresses, said to be from
/, 500 10 1000 years old, with trunks scar
red and torn by shot and she'll fired in
the many battles that have taken place
in the Immediate neighborhood. On the
top of the rock is the old Spanish castle,
built Of porpnyry, marble and sandstone.
1t contains fine scientific library and
The whole rock beneath
it is honey .combed with passages, sta
bles, cellars, dungeons, store-r0oms and
powder magazines, some of which were
eXcayated by the Montezumas.
DR.. George Schweinturth, the cele-
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