The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-25
ODDS AND ENDS.
All what shall we say of one who walks
In fields of flowers to choose the weeds
Reada authors of whom she never talks,
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And talks OF authors she never readsa
Live within your income. even il you
have to dwell In shanty and live on a
crust of bread.
Every pound of cochineal contains TO-
900 insects, boiled to death. Has Bergh
nothing to say about thisf
Let man initiate the brute creation, by
eating only when he is hungry, and
drinking only when he is dry.
A sixpenny sandwich, eaten leisurely
in the car, is better for you than boiled
dinner bolted at "stati0n."
For morning wear, col0red cuffs and
collars are shown. and sets edged with
gingham to match the collar and necktie.
The man who struck an attitude found
the attitude so striking that the instinct
OF self-preservation led him not to re-
peat it.
Work is to begin Immediately on the
Baltimore and OHIO second track over
the Parkersburg division, from Grafton
to Parkersburg.
A man who has voted and paid taxes
in Norwich, CT, for forty years, mas just
discovered that his residence is outside
the city bounds.
The generality of friends put us out of
conceit with friendship, just as the gen.
erality Of religious people put us out Of
conceit with -Rochefoucauld.
man would have no pleasure in dis
covering ali the beauties of the universe,
even in heaven itself, unless he had a
partner to whom he might communicate
his joys.-Cicero.
There has been lull in Spiritualistic
manifestations since the recent expos
ures, and there is not likely 10 be any
further startling developments until the
mediums learn some new tricks.
In the list OF expenses (S3,176 50) in
Cured in solemnizing the burial OF the
late Mayor Hayemeyer of New ork, were
$2OO tor flowers, 5000 for coaches, $40 for
postage, orsanist $75, music Give bands
w, l26, etc.
The New York Graphic says there's no
use trying to get round those ice men.
just because there's great deal ofit, and
it's thick and heavy and hare to handle,
is the reason given for putting up the
price next season.
Tie man who offers bad weather as an
excuse tor not going and paying a debt,
nIii never succeed i'll business, nor will
he get well, who, for that reason, fails to
| take his daily exercise, when it Is AN ill.,
dlspenSabie means of cure.
The deliberations OF the Brooklyn
Bachelors Club were brought to a sud-
den and ignominious conclusion last
night. III consequence of the discovery Of
nAlr pin clinging conhdingly to the
ceat collar of the President.-Brooklyn
Argus.
There is a lady resident of Sioux City
who weighed but one pound at her birth.
She is now the mother of large family,
and weighs one hundred and tOrty-eIght
pounds. She has still in her possession
a night-cap which she wore in her infan-
tile days.
Two little newspapers in Santa Bar
bara, California, are edited by two Wo-
men, and they quarrel. One says that
the other is cross-eyed, and the other re-
torts that her rival is an old maid. No
bloOdshed as yet.
A paragraph is going the rounds that
a certain Senator refuses to bring his
wife to Washington because she is $50
cussed homely and has no manners"
But he may send for her when he finds
the Presidents wife is in the same box.
Sentiment is nothing but sentiment.
An eX-army captain in Colorado, when
dying, asked the boys to wrap the old
flag around him. They had no flag, and
so they wrapped him in a cotlee-sack,
and he exclaimedl ''Ah! may you all die
as proudlyP'
There is more sound, practical hygiene
on the subject of healthy houses in the
fourteenth chapter of Leviticus, from
all the health commissioners and COM
mon councils of all the cities Of Christen-
dom. Pity it is that we don't read our
Bible more.
A Milford, N. H., boy was charged with
stealing gold pen, pleaded guilty, and
was sent to the Reform School. Ayoung
girl has since been detected stealing
from the same store, and the identical
pen which the boy was said to have stolen
was found in her possession. The boy is
to be pardoned.
A San Francisco wife by mistake took
liquid ammonia, and 1t burned her mouth
terribly. Her husband upon hearing the
doctors opinion that she would not De
able to speak for month, said with in
tense and spontaneous fervor, s'Thank
God tor thatW Later he explained that
he meant to express gratitude for the
probability of her recovery, but she did
not seem to be entirely satisfied.
The exposure of the Katie King fraud
has had depressing effect upon the bus.
mess of the Eddy brothers at Chitten-
den, VT, but they are not inclined
to give it up. They are going to soon
open "healing circle, under the direc,
tion OF spirit physicians" Only an av-
erage oil twenty people now attend the
seances, paying " a week for very poor
UUdIu-ouCu db CdH Ut udQ 1T
other Vermont farm houses for three or
four dollars.
The Atlanta (Ga.) News states that
two young ladies of that city baked a
very fine cake on Saturday last and in
vited young gentleman friend around
Sunday afternoon to partake OF 1t. While
making, quinine instead OF soda was
used, and the mistake was not discov-
cred until the young gentleman had
commenced to eat a slice presented by
one of the young ladies. He called it
''bitter-sweet."
Let every child having any pretence to
heart, or manliness, or piety, and who is
so fortunate as to have a father or moth
er living, consider it sacred duty to
consult, at any reasonable personal sac
rifice, the known wishes of such pa
rent, until that parent is no more; and
our word for it, the recollection Of the
same through the after pilgrimage of life
will sweeten every sorrow, will brighten
every gladness, will sparkle every tear
drop with q joy ineffable.
A girl was smothered to death while
on sleigh ride near Bangor, Me-, on
one of the recent intensely cold nights. A
party Of young. people were out on
frolic, filling long sleigh. This girl
grew very cold, and to keep her warm
her sweetheart wrapped her closely in u
huge blanket, covering her head and