The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-04
ODDS IND ENDS.

Who shall judge man from his manners?
Who shall know him by his dre65p
Paupers may be lit for princes,
Princes ft for something less.
We mount to fortune by several steps,
but require only one step TO come down.
The Beecher-Tilton Literature has in
jured the sale Of comic almanacs this
year.
st. Johnsbury (Vt.) has had the mer-
curry down to 80 degrees below zero, this
winter.
No one can avoid his own company,
so he had better make it as good as he
possibly can.
As by constant friction steel is kept
highly polished, so by constant exercise
is talent made its brightest.
The.proverb OF the pot calling the ket-
tie black is reproduced in Japan in the
form of "the sieve said to The needle,
you have got a hole In your tall"
Southern Utah was never more promi-
nent than now. On the day before New
Year pioughs were going in all the fields
and the buds were swelling.
A citizen OF Syracuse has thirteen
children, all girls. What the father has
| spent for hair pins would have bought
the Western Union telegraph wires.
Itis good for a man to be postmaster
Of Boston. 1t is said that all who have
held that office since 1879 are still living
any may besseen on the street any day.
A man in Massachusetts, who was
stopped OH the road the other day by u
higlwayman, had the satisfaction OF dis
covering a long lost brother i'll the loot
pad.
During the nine months of 1874, of
which statistics have been published,
there was large decrease in the con-
sumption Of spirituous liquors in Ire.
land.
A very delicate and skiliul operation
is that Of making real wax dolls. The
head Is cast i'll u mould and then has to
be filed with some substance to ensur e
strength.
the way. Yet the preacher thinks it
quite out OF the way ii he does not see
the pillars of the church in their pews
every sunday.
We are glad to announce that all the
peaches have been killed. 1t has been
observed tnat when the peaches are all
killed in January we have excellent
crops every August.
Encouragement works wonders with
almost any body, no matter what his oc-
cupation in life may be. A boy likes TO
be encouraged, so does girl; man
| likes il; also woman; and even the old
grandfather and grandmother have o
| relish ior it.
And they say that Anna Dickinson
will take to the stage. She has not
more thanhalf as much brains as Kate
Field SO she may be more successful.
Have the WoodhulI-Claftin party ever
thought of the. stage as u last resort for
general failure in every other line IN.
Y. Herald.
The growth OF the Granger Order
throughout the South is remarkable. In
Alabama there are now reported to be
I'll Oranges, with $4,000 members; in
Florida, 108 Oranges, with $500 men,
| bers; in Arkansas, 512 Oranges, with d.
| 700 members; while in the other States
| there are also numerous lodges with
large membership.
IL is said tnat lever Americans are in
Paris this winter than for many years
past. There is very little gayety in the
Brother Jonathan colony, but considera-
Bile scandal. Forney Sickles and WASH
burne are the prominent hosts; Lady
Churchill, Mrs. Bradhurst land Mrs.
Hicks, The noted ladies.
There are four clubs in Boston patron
lied by ladies, viz; "The New England
Woman's Club" ..,rhe Saturday Morning
Club" "The Brains Club" and "The
Young Ladies' Club" the members of
whlch are IN general high-toned persons,
interested in intellectual and philan-
thropic matters-no cigars, no cham
pagne.
Friction impedes the progress of the
train, and yet it is only through friction
that it makes any progress. This ap-
parent paradox is explained when we
remember that by reason OF the friction
"bite" of the drivers upon The track they
draw the train. The bearings of the
wheels upon the rails are a mere line
where they come in contact, iron and
iron, yet the slight and almost impercep-
tible hold is sufficient to move hundreds
OF tons Of dead weight with the speed of
the wind.
A short time since little commercial
traveller CHANGED to get in the same rail-
way carriage in which the dukes Of Ar
gyle and Northumberland were travel
my. The three GRATED tamiliarly until
the train stopped at Alnwick station,
when the duke Of Northumberland got
out, and was met by a train of flunkeys
and servants. "Tnat must be great
SWELL" said the commercial traveller to
his remaining companion. "Yes," re-
sponded the duke OF Argyle, "he is the
auke of Northumberland" "Bless my
sonlp exclaimed the commercial travel
er, sand to think that he should have
been so condescending to two little
snobs like usp'