The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-19

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Are as pebbles in the sea.
It's "Martha Washington Tea Party"
now everywhere.
When q man is too tired to work he is
glad to sit on jury.
Fish culture Is beginning to attract O
great deal of attention in this country.
Honey and alum mixed (small
amount)i 1T ia said will cure horaseness.
A sure preventive of sun-stroke is
said to be to wear cabbage leaf in your
hat.
What is that which has mouth and
never speaks, and bed and never
sleepsS
owing to the scarcity of water, fire
in Newton, N. H., the other day, was ex-
tinguished with several barrels Of ci-
der.
There is some talk in evangelical cir
Giles of an attempt to be made soon to in
troduoe the Christian religion into Chi
cago. -.
When the thermometer Gets up to zero,
st. Paul, MIMI, citizens congratulate
themselves on the arrival OF spring
weather.
A prominent dealer says that, judging
from his sales, oatmeal is becoming pop
ular. His sales have doubled within the
past year.
"Ah, parson, wish I could take my
gold with me-" said dying man to his
pastor. "It might melt" was the con-
soling answer. 49,.
81 Gray-Pack with my box five dozen
quils." There is nothing remarkable
about this sentence only that 1t is nearly
as short as one can be constructed, Gnd
yet contain all the letters OF the alpha
bet.
A popular preacher enriohes his SER
mon asionally with this jewel, "Re-
member, l beseech you, that we are salt
ing down the stream Of time, and mus
inevitably tdad in the ocean OF eterni-
ty."
If the Tiiton-Beecher trial is conclud-
ed in time, the interested parties-plain-
Till, defendant, witnesses, attorneys,
Judge, jury and spectators-wouidb Id be an
interesting group for the centennial
show.
There is a citizen Of Cincinnati who,
according to the Commercial OF that city,
is destined to have ''p0sthumous import
ance hereafter" Heretofore, we be-
lieve he has had none.-Louisville Cour-
ier-J Journal.
A young fellow having been charged
| with getting drunk the night before, and
wishing to justify himself, declared that
he never was drunk, and never meant to
| be, tor it always made him feel so bad
| the next morning.
Some pieces of ancient pottery and the
skeleton OF u man about twice as large as
the present fGll-grown human being
were recently eXhumed from a point
twenty-fv feet below the surface Of the
ground, at Chattanooga.
A lease for 999 years has just run out
in England. The land is at W oolwich,
and was church property a thousand
years ago, but the crown leased it for
military purposes. 1t now reverts to the
heirs Of the original holders.
"After the Winter of sorrow comes the
| Springtime of the soul, when 1t is full ol
sweet breathings and delicious harmo
nies." writes q Western editor, and
that's the sort Of language that makes
people think he was brought UP in
Brooklyn.
A London gentleman has issued pro.
posals for the formation of a fund, in or
der to carry the Gospel into the houses
by means of patchwork quilts, the
quilts to be formed of patches, each con-
tanning text Of Scripture printed i'll
indelible ink.
The Stockton Independent tells that a
burglar was driven from house in that
city by a parrot. The thief, after enter
ing the house, struck a light, when the
parrot espied him and sung out in good
English; "Pretty boyl Pretty boy! Pret.
ty b0yw which aroused the inmates OF
the dwelling, and caused the burglar to
| flee.
1t is said to be the intention of Rresi
dent Garrett, Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, to Immediately put on through
trains from Chicago to New York via the
Atlantic and Great Western and Erie,
| the Baltimore and Ohio connecting with
the first named at Mansfield, ONO, and
continuing over Erie to the New York
| terminus.
'sSplendid weather." said one coal
dealer to another, as they met on the
street on Monday morning. eyes,
said the other, "splendid indeed, and
the thermometer is steadily going down
down, downp And they both laughed
so heartily, and went into the nearest
bar-room in such real happy frame O
mind-those dear, good fellowsl
| Darfur, which is announced by cable
to have been annexed to Egypt, is &
country of Africa, east of Nubia, is be
tween five and sixteen degrees NORTH
latitude, and. from forty " iorty-SiA
degrees east longitude. 1t is little
known, but it is said TO be fertile. Its
population, consisting of Arabs ant
negroes, is estimated to be about 200, 900
I A pretty girl is employed to take up
the collections in a Springfield, Illinois
church, and the receipts are very heavy
Ii strange gentleman hesitates about
contributing, she smiles, mods, and
winks in such a,queer style that the vic.
tim first bushes up to the roots Of his
hair aud then makes a dive for his pock.
et.book, anxious to close the interview
as soon as possible. All the young fel,
! lows who know her think it worth 5(
cents a week to catch her beautiful
brown eye, and the women all pay be.
cause il they don't she says "meany''
with her lips, while q look Of intense
disgust overspreads her face.
The beau monde of Syracuse were sur
prised recently atseeing richly dress
ed young lady wheeling q wheelbarrow
| in which was a bundle OF clothing.
through the streets. On inquiry the rea-
son of such queer occurrence was as.
certained. The young lady, on being
Iectored by her uncle regarding the
pride OF the bellies of the present day,
agreed to wheel a bundle Of clothing
around Fayette Park If he would give
her silk dress. The offer was accept
ed, and the lady now has a silk dress and
has since received several proposals.
Mr.. Gladstone, in letter to the Rev
Philip Schaff, d. D., dated Hawarder
l al. IL