The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-27
GOSSIP.

thoughts Of an advance. 't
"Siney, the miners champion is
blacksmith, and self-made." Must be an
iron man.
An Indiana jury recently returned
written verdict of "Blode to pieces by.a
biler bursting"
1t is sad thing to see people squan-
dering money and know that you can not
help them do it.
Will Mr.. Tilton apply for quarters at
Mrs. Tilton's summer resort boarding.
house up the Hudson?
Ex-Gov. Bigler has obtained from citi-
zens Of New York over $l50,000 in SUBJ
scriptions TO Centennial stock.
1t was Mr.. Pancks who rode home
with Woodruff, and he only did it to
avoid boring his friends with speech.
The Tufts College football men are to
wear "drab Jersey with cherry COL
ored L ON the breast" Eleven T chests
ought to make strong team.
And now comes the cheering news
that the chinneys of some of the favor
ite hotels in the White Mountain region
are beginning to appear above the snow.
In this season Of house-cleaning it is
not safe to sit down OH the carpet to play
with the baby. The application OF the
tacks is too direct to be borne with
equanmity.
A good man died In Georgia, and the
order to which he belonged ''resolved
that the Lord, for some reason to the un-
dersigned unknown, has removed Broth
er JONES'" etc.
An assessor asked q woman how many
chickens she had, and doubling her word
proceeded to count them. She took him
TO the beehive, kicked it over, aud in-
yited him to count the bees.
A Tennessee paper has no voice to
raise against carpet-bagging, heavy tax
alton on luxuries, and such things, but
says, "Heaven will 60 tor the man who
raised the tax on whisky and dogs"
The Eastern papers are filled with
| wood cuts OF Samuel Adams and John
Hancock. 1t makes one rejoice to think
| that these patriots had something else
besides their looks to Recommend tham.
An exchange says that "George Sand
| is securing France" for the materials of a
new story. If France is secured by Sand
| 1T may perhaps be little brighter, but
we fear the polish will not be very good
| Protestants will learn with satisfac-
ton that the sapphire ring presented by
the Pope to his Cardinals cost $500.
There Is, therefore, wholesome check
upon the too reckless creation Of Princes
in a Republic.
I Cs
the elected Empress Eugenie, are deter
mined to keep that young woman out Of
| the poor-house as long as possible. Her
wedding presents cost sixteen hundred
! thousand dollars.
| The parents OF Cohoes, n. Y, children
keep them ut work in the mills from hail.
past six in the morning until six in the
evening, and man can walk in the
streets OF tnat town for week without
| being hit with stone.
| "Ehe revisers Of the Bible have
reached Isaiah in twenty eight sessions.' p
This is very slow work. "Old Whaxem
lschoolmaster, reached Isaiah in one
session. Isaiah was in the aot of plac
ing u crooked pin on the masters sea-
| at the time"
| She used to keep bits of broken china
ana crockery piled up in corner Of the
| closet, and, when asked her reason for
| preserving such domestic lumber, she
| shot lurid glance at her husband, and
merely remarked: "He knows what
| them's for"
| II should think you would be ashamed
| to pitch into that little boy" said Pc
destrian, as he caught big bootblack
cutting small newsboy. "Ye would,
| neyW sneered the lad, as he gave his
nose wipe. "D'ye think I'd go for a
l
| Lady-particularly solicitous about
the health OF the elder Mrs. jenkins
| O-er-can you tell me how old Mrs. Jen
kins is? Butler (seYerely):. Can't say
ma'am! To tell the truth, ma'am, dom
| feel justified as an old servant of the
family in telling my mlstress's age to no
| body.
1t was discovered that deaf man car
ried eff the honors at a spelling match.
| Sympathizing with his intirmity, the an
nunciator had given the champion the
| words to be spelled OH slip Of paper
After the exposure by man who was all
ears, the success Of the deaf man was
\ not SO pronounced.
"fho days of Mormon supremacy in
| Utah." says an exchange, care evidently
numbered. The Gentiles have become
tsuficiently numerous to hold their own. %
| What the Mormons chiefly object to is,
not that the Gentiles out there hold thejl
own, but that they are at the same time
trying to hold everybody else's.
A Wisconsin man recently discovered
a spring on his farm, the water of which
| tasted and smelled so horribly bad as tt
awaken the hope that 1t contained yalua
BILE medicinal qualities. Subsequent
| search, however, developed the fact thai
his family cat had found her last resting
place beneath It's crystal waters.
Isn't it carrying the enthusiasm lit
| tie too far when the Philadelphia hotel
keepers get to advertising in their bills
of fare, "Centennial beef?' Itseems to
us that Texas steak of the war oi
| Mexico brand, although not quite as 70.
mantle and venerable in its associations,
would be at least little better eating.
| A Scientific journal, published out in
Illinois, says: "Some months ago the
city editor OF the Jacksonville Journal
lost one Of his optics in a street braWl
Dr.. Harper, of this city, has in part re-
paired the damage by inserting an arti.
icial eye-a very difficult task, lnasmuch
as he had to "hlear' it somewhat to make
| it resemble it's fellow orb"
A hapless correspondent sends us an
article of which he says: "It Is by no
means such an article as the subject de-
| mands. 1t has been prepared amid the
pressure of new business, the confu-
sion OF new baby, the annoyance of a
new servant. and the din of nouse-clean-
| ing-not to mention a mother-in-IaW." )"
Was Job ever so afflictedp
In Denver, Col, furniture dealer
whose store had been frequently visited
by a thief, or thieves, who mad distracted
sums OF money and stolen articles from
his stock, rugged double.barreled shot
gun 80 that it would be discharged if any
one should open rear window which