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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08
The Prodigal SON.

This magnificent painting, the master
piece Of the great Dubufe, is now on
exhibition at Melodeon Hall. This is the
second time that it has been in Cincin-
natl, and In all probability is the last
time our citizens will have an opportu-
nifty OF seeing it, as it is the intention Of
the owner to exhibit 1t once more and
then place 1t in some one of the great
galleries, where 1t will only be within
peach OF the favored lew who happen to
be in that particular city and are able to
gain access to the place where 1t shall be
deposited.
The work has been so many times de-
scribed, or rather description OIL it has
been SO many times attempted, that an
effort Of the kind now would be neither
interesting nor beneficial. 1t combines
in one grand work all the points OF in
Uerest that are usually found in a whole
gallery of paintings. There are figures
that defy the ablest artists in that par
ticular branch, flowers that have seldom
been equaled, animals that would be
considered the finest productions Of the
best animal painters OF the world. There
is a grandeur OF colors that almost daz-
zles with it's brilliancy and beauty,
while the most perfect harmony Is pre-
served.
AS mere work of art this picture is
the wonder of two continents; but 1t is
not in this respect alone or even mainly
that it challenges the admiration of all
who have seen it. 1t retells the most
touching parable OF the New Testament
as no one believed it could be told by
the hand OF an artist. The "Prodigal
Son" is taken through the scenes that
are so vividly described in language
more than that of a mere human being,
and every step of his wild career is laid
before the observer so distinctly that he
| feels the force ofethe beautiful narrative
as he never felt it before.
| The wanderer leaves his fathers house,
and his journeying into that far country
is magnitioently depicted, with the gay
ETY. and riotous living in which his SUBJ
stance was expended. The beautiful
women and flattering men who sur
rounded him in his revelries are seen,
and there are all the haggard counte-
nances of those who fingered long at the
wine and the dance. Then comes the
| famine in that country, his money is
gone, ne can not obtain even food, and
| he gladly eats husks with the swine.
And lastly is his return so grandly
beautiful that as you see him kneeling at
his fathers knee, and the paternal hand
stretched above his head, you almost
hear the words, "For this my' son was
dead and is alive again; he was lost and
! is found.'
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08
Allen in Ohio,

The Cleveland Leader of Wednesday
talks thus: cit begins to look as though
Senator Thurman and his man Friday
Thompson had lost control of the ma
chine in Ohio. All over the State the
rural Democrats are popping up their
heads in county and district conventions
and chirping for Allen. The simple
meaning OF it is that if Allen goes on
gaining strength in this State for a
month to come as he has for the fort
night just past, he will nave the ono
delegation solid and uproarions at St.
Louis. This will mean trouble for Mr..
Tilden. The growth Of the Allen move
ment is the growing column of Western
intlationists, rising to confront and offset
the growing Tilden current from the
East. 1t will be the rag-baby and the
Manhattan Club after all which will
have to fight it out at st. Louis"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08
Announcements.

The Women's Christian Temperance
Union will celebrate their anniversary
st their hall, 200 Vine street, this even
ing. The exercises will consist of music
md reports Of the work accomplished,
and doors will be open TO the public.
A meeting of officers and teachers will
be held in the hall of the Y. NJ. q. A.
his evening at a quarter to 8 O'Clock for
The purpose. of organizing a Sunday
lchooi, Reference Library and Reading
.Oom, and Sunday-school Association.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08
AnauseMA enIs.

GRAND OPERA-HoUsE.-Mr. Sothern
his evening commences a weeks en-
yagement, opening in his great charac.
YER OF "Lore Dundreary" in sour Amer
can Cousin.n The same bill for Tues
aay and Wednesday evening and Satur-
lay matinee. Thursday and Saturday
evenings "David Garrick" and "a Reg
alar Fix" Mr.. Sothern appearing In both
pieces. Friday evening. benefit Of Mr..
bothern, ssHome" and "Dundreary Mar
lied and Settled" Secure seats at Haw-
ey's for any night during the week.
WOODS THEATER. John Thompson,
supported by q select Company, will ap-
bear Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
IN his new four-act drama, "Zykes the
Snowman" 1t is said to be play brim-
tull OF fun, giving full scope Tor Mr..
rh0mpsors great powers as actor, mu-
dcian, dancer, etc. Thursday, Friday
md Saturday, ION Hand" Only Thomp-
ION matinee Saturday.
A number of our citizens, appreciat.
ng the energy, devotion TO business
and uniform. courtesy Of Mr.. John
Havlin, Business Manager Of Woods
rneater, determined to tender him q
complimentary benefit, some time near
Ihe close Of the present season. Their
lesire In this particular was made
,nown to Mr.. Haylin, with the request
hat he signify time. In response be
las named Monday, May 10. and the
penefit will take place at that time
Mr.. Macauley on the occasion will play
= sBagshow in "Bull in a China Shop
Manager Miles has also kindly yolun
Nered bis services and will play .Dicl
furpin." The stock company at Wo0d'i
have Enthusiastically entered into ths
icDeme, and delightful entertainment
will be the result. 1t is not necessar!
pr US TO say thai the house should be
hill ona II will be 30.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08
I'M BANKRUPTCY.
LEGAL.

NJ Office is hereby given that the sabscribez
In has been appointed and qualified as Ad-
ministrator on the estate OF Samuel Earhart.
late Of Hamilton County, o., deceased.
Dated at Cincinnati this 22d day OF April
1876. II. Ii AGIN,
ap24-3tM* Administrators.
T EGAL.-Whlte, Morrow b King, firm do
IL ing business in ohio, plaintiff. va. Eliza-
beth Hartiy, and HieronomOus Neaglee ga
nishee, defendants.-Before John ". Riley,
Justice Of tins Peace, Cincinnati Township,
Hamilton County, Ohio.-The defendant. Eliz-
abeth Hartig, will take notice that on the i4th
day of April. 1876, said Justice Issued "a or
der Of Attachment and garpishee Ia the above
cause for 30, and said cause is set for trial
May II, 1876, at O'clock A. nj.
ap24-stM WHITE, MORROW KING
II EGAL.-ASSIGNEE'S SALE.-In Pursu-
IL ancc Of an order OF the Probate Court
OF Hamilton County. State Of OHIO, TO me
directed, will offer for sale at Public Auc-
ton, on TUESDAY, the 23d day OF May, A. ID.
1876, ut o'clock T. NJ, upon the premises, the
following described real estate: Lot Five tsls
and tg-.nt.s'four ga feet OF the west sidc Of
Lot Six (0), In the village q Cloves, vnio, with
the Buildings thereon. Also about one-sixfh
1-6) Of an acre Of land in said village adjoin-
ing said lots, and bounded as follows: On ths
east by the west Inc OF lot four lq ia said Wit
! lage, on the north by the south line of lot nye
(5), on the west ~ .:.c line OF the old Whitc-
water Canal. and on the south side by the line
OF the State Road.
Appraised at $50 90.
And also lots number Eight (6) and Nine ~
on the recorded plat OF c. 4. Wood's addition
to the village OF Cleyes, Hamilton Counsss
Ohio, with frame cottage on each Of sail lots.
Appraised as follows:
Lot Eight (S). $50 co.
Lot Nine ", $7UJ w.
Terms OF sale-One- half cash In hand, ANN
tho balance III six months, with interest 81,
deferred payments 70 be secured BY mortgage
Oh the premises sold.
H. L. COOPER,
Assignee OF the estate OF Walter S. Howvii.
GAEY 4 MORTON, Attorneys myi-ztM
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08
The workmen,s Association.

Meetings were held yesterday morn
Ing and afternoon at Arbeiter Hall, in
The interest of the Workmen's Socialistic
Association. In the morning addresses
we're delivered, in German, by Messrs.
Luebkeit and Hruza; in the afternoon,
py Messrs. Haller and Flatnigan, in
English. A temporary organization, to
De in effect for three months, until the
National organization is perfected was
completed by the election of Messrs.
Luebkeit and Flanagan as Presidents
# the separate German and English So
ieties.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08

A Democratic paper down in Georgia
saws that il Mr.. Tilden be nominated,
the Southern people will support him,
just as they would support an Egyptian
mummy; but it does not think he stands
any more chance Of getting the nomina.
ton than a mud-turtle does Of becoming
a humming-bird. II he is nominated,
however, tie prospect for his defeat it
regards as exceptionally bright. These
are not pleasant or polite utterances.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08

The Cleveland Leader says of Gov
HAYES: .sHe is not a candidate whom
any amount of effort can force upon the
convention; he would not for moment
permit himself to be pushed into any
position TO which he was not called b.!
the real earnest desire OF the Republican
Party, but Republicans everywhere may
rest assured that il nominated he will
carry Ohio with a sweeping majority,
and if elected will make an honest, safe
and efficient President"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08
Help Your Carrier.

Subscribers would greatly oblige all concerned
n they would make it point to always have the
change ready when the carrier calls. This notice
is made more especially in the interest of our
agents in the towns and cities outside. Many of
these agents are boys. They faithfully serve tise
paper and are entitled to this much at the hands
of their patrons. They are required to make their
remittances promptly. Little delinquencies which
are matters Of no Importance to the readers fire.
quently fall heavily on them. Help out your car
rier and make the business pleasant to him by see
ing that he is paid promptly.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08

Visitors to the Centennial are 10 be reg
istered by telegraph. By an ingenious
eontriyance every one of the eighty
turnstiles set at the entrances Of tn :
grounds will be connected bv wire with
a dial in the man office. When a person
enters through turnstfle he is instan-
taneously registered on this dial. AT
any instant OF the day, therefore, 1t Will
be possible to know, by glancing at the
dial, the exact number OF people who
have entered the grounds.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08

A piano affords a young lady good
chance to show her lingering and her
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08

ksY- In order to accommodate Eastern Adyertis-
ers In the STAR, Mr.. E. Duncan Sniffen, No. Y
Astor House, New York City, has been appointed
our general and special Agent for the Eastern
States. This will be branch office of the STAR,
Mr.. Sniffen being authorized to make atyertisng
contracts behalf, and receipt all COLLECTIONS
therefor in our name.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08

what Every Horseman Wanfs-A good,
cheap and reliable Liniment. Such an article 10
DR.. TOBIAs'S VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT
Piut Bottles at One Dollar. For Lameness, Cuts,
Calls, Collie, Sprains, &c. warranted better than
any other. Sold by the Druggists. Depot. 10 Park
place, New York.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08

THE new Atlas Hotel, Philadelphia,
Pa. is located at the center Of railroad
and telegraphic communication, near
the Exhibition grounds.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-17
Barnum as a Young Lover.

That was big book p. L. Barnum
wrote about himself It is very COM
plote, too, says the Danbury NeWs, but
there is one little incident which he
either forgot to mention or which got
pied when the forms went to press. 1t
occurred when the great Snowman was
young man and residentof this section.
He was paying impetuous attentions to
q young lady living in Newtown. Being
the son of poor but honest parents, he
was obliged to walk over to the village
which contained his adored on the Sun
day nights he visited her, When there
he labored under another and more awk-
ward disadvantage. The young lady's
father conceived singular and most
violent dislike for the amiable embryotic
Snowman. This necessitated extreme
caution on the part of the lover, and he
was equal to the emergency, as a matter
of course. His ingress to the house was
by window on the second floor, which
he reached by springing from the cover
of cistern curb and catching hold of
the window ledge. His egress was effect
ed by hanging full length from theledge
and then dropping to the cistern cover,
a fall of about six inches. One Sunday
he took with him on the visit young
man who now carries his silvered hairs
behind Danbury grocery rycounter. They
reached the place; the young lady saw
the signal, opened the window, and the
famous Barnum sprung up into bliss.
The young man was to amuse himself
about the village until the hour of de-
parture. He amused himself. 1t don't
seem possible that any one could be so
brutal, but that young man actually re-
moved the cover to the cistern. Then
he sat down by the fence aud ate cur
rants and calmly waited for the rest. P.
t. finished his sparkling. and backed out
of the window the full length his hands
would permit.
Goodbye" he gasped in a whisper,
as he prepared to drop. ....r.
Goodbye, Phinny," she whispered
back. e.t.....
Then he let go, and instantly shot
from sight into Q yawr,ing abyss of
darkness and rain water, and if he had
been of solid iron heated to a white
glow he could not have created more of
commotion in striking the water. 1t
is not necessary to repeat what Mr.. Bar
mum said, both when crawling ont of the
cistern and during the eight miles walk
home,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-17
Burned to Death.

A poor ballet girl, Alma Oldale, re-
Gently met with terrible death under
the wretchedest circumstances, through
q fire which occurred during the per-
formance of pantomime at a Sheffield
Gng.) theater. The unfortunate girl
was only eighteen years of age, and
was engaged to enact the part of an
"extra" or "fying lady " in the trans
formation scene of the pantomime. She
was suspended from the flies, standing
on a piece of iron, and strapped to an
iron rod at her back. The gauze cur
tains at the wing, from some unknown
cause, caught fire and were blown by a
current of cold air toward the girl. Her
muslin skirts-she had on beside only a
single garment-were at once enveloped
in flames, and it was stated at the in
quest that two minutes elapsed before
she could be lowered to the stage. Be
ing strapped to the iron bar, she was,
of course, utterly powerless, and be-
tween such fate and being burnt alive
at the stake there cannot be any material
difference. Alma Oldale appears to
have undergone the process of roasting
with remarkable courage; but her ner-
yous system was entirely shattered by
the shock she had sustained, and after
lingering for few days the poor crea-
ture died.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-17
No Rest,

Science teaches us that the crust of
our earth is perpetually moving, and
that the sea level is constantly chang
ing. Our globe has its daily rotation
on its axis and its yearly revolution
about the sun. The sun, with all its
satellites, sweeps on toward moving
point in the constellation Hercules.
Every 80 called fixed star is in motion
Fifty thousand years ago the constella-
tion of the Great Bear or Dipper was
starry cross; hundred thousand years
hence the imaginary Dipper will be up
side down, and the stars which form the
bowl and handle will have changed
places. The misty nebule are moving,
and besides are whirling around in
great spirals, some one way, some an
other. Every molecule of matter in the
whole universe is swinging to and fro;
every particle of ether which fills space
is in jelly-like vibration. Light is one
kind of motion, heat another, electricity
another, magnetism another, sound an
other. Every human sense is the result
of motion; every perception, every
thought is but motion of the molecules
of the brain translated by that incom-
prehensible thing we call mind" The
processes of growth, of existence, of de-
cay, whether in worlds or in the mi
nutest organisms, are but motion.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-17
How 1t is Lighted.

The main hall of the art building on
the centennial grounds at Philadelphia
will be lighted as follows: The ceiling
is suspended dome at some distance
from the outer dome, which also is of
glass. But the glass of the latter is
transparent, while that of the inner
dome or ceiling is of white with broad
rim of purple. This inner dome is sup
ported by stay-rods, which start from
the iron ribs of the outer dome and come
together in an enormous pin shaped like
a cross and it is also upborne at the
edges where it joins the trusses which
supportsthe ribs. The gas jets, 1000 in
number, will be arranged in three rings,
one little above the base and near the
purple circle of glass, another in the
middle, and the third toward the crown
of the dome. Inside, on the floor of the
main hall, the effect will be similar to
that produced in the art halls; but out
side, the whole outer dome will be
mass of brilliant, dazzling light; and it
must be remembered that the top of the
dome is $50 feet from the ground, and
that Landsowne terrace, on the highest
point of which it has been erected, is
116 feet above the level of the Schuyl-
kill river, so that at nighttime it will be
a conspicuous mark over the whole
eity,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-17
Questions and Answers.

Will it damage fax straw for manu-
featuring purposes to thrash it with
common spiked cylinder thrashing ma
chine9 Answer. Yes, it very nearly
spoils it. Treading out the seed with
animals is better, but the rollers are the
best. f
What size O, opening does it require
to keep life in one hundred men, sup
posing them to be shut up in q close
room z Answer. Supposing the room
to be large, much greater opening
would be required at the top than if
placed at the bottom, as the carbonic
acid gas, which would accumulate by
being thrown from the Lungs of occu-
pants of the room, is heavier than the
atmosphere, and would rest upon the
floor. The most favorable arrangement
to ventilate the room would be that in
which an opening would be provided at
the floor and another at the ceiling, and
in this case the size of the openings
might be at the minimum, the fresh air
entering at top and being discharged at
the bottom, except where the tempera-
ture may be so much increased as to in
duce current in the contrary direction.
An authority says: "The proportion of
oxygen gas in the atmosphere is about
twenty-five per cent. buf after it has
visited the lungs it is reduced to sixteen
per cent" There is, therefore, loss of
about thirty per cent. of the oxygen of
the air at each respiration and the
opening should be large enough to re-
new about one-third of the air contained
in the room in every five seconds. How
large such an opening, or openings,
should be will depend upon the velocity
of the current entering, whether forced
by mechanical power or not, and should
be determined by experiment.
How much water should be evaporated
in room fourteen feet square, to keep
it in healthy conditionP Answer. It
is not desirable that the air should be
entirely saturated with water. Fevers
are sometimes generated in consequence
of too humid state of the atmosphere.
An English admiral once banished the
yellow fever from his fleet on a West
Indian station by keeping his lower
decks dry with stoves in the summer
season. A vessel holding about two
gallon, of water placed in the air cham
Der of the furnace would give you all
the moisture yod want for the whole
house. .-Scientifc american.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-17
The Centennial Buildings,

The number of visitors to the Centep-
nial grounds, says the New York Times,
has already become very great. There
is, of course, little TO be seen there yet,
except the structures themselves. But
the opportunity of looking at these is
we'll worth the trouble, not only of
ride or walk from any part of Philadel
phia, but of considerable journey from
beyond that city.
The leading feature of interest in n
view of the Centennial buildings is their
immense size. The main exhibition
building is 1880 feet long and 464 feet
wide. TO illustrate its magnitude by a
reference to New York localities, it
would about cover the space inclosed by
Wall, Nassau, Beekman, and William
streets. The dimensions of this vast
edifice are not generally at first appre-
ciated by the spectator, circumstance
which, as intelligent persons who have
travelled much are generally aware, is
not at all unusual in regard to the first
impression made by very large object.
Machinery hall, which is next in size to
the main exhibition building, is l402
by 800 feet, with an annex of 208 by 210
feet. The agricultural building is $40
by 800 feet. These three structures
cover respectively about twenty, thir-
teen, and ten acres. The artgallery and
horticultural hall are much smaller,
though they would anywhere else be re-
garded as immense buildings. Besides
these five structures, there is a great
number of others, large and small, com
pleted or in process of erection within
the inclosure. The aggregate area oc,
cupied by all the buildings on the
grounds will, as nearly as we can esti
mate, be about sixty-fve acres.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-17
Something was Said.

Governor Matthew Griswold, of Con-
necticut, was comprehension the energy
of his couusels and active measures dur
ing the war of the Revolution. Cover
nor Matthew, wien young man, was
grave, shy, tall, and somewhat awkward.
He courted o young lady in Durham,
who put him off, delaying to give an an
swer in the hope that q doctor, whom
she preferred, would propose. He fin
ally, tired of his long rides on horse
back, and suspecting the state of her
mind, pressed for an immediate de-
cision.
"I should like o little more time," re-
iterated the fair one.
Madam, 1 will give you lifetime, I"
was the lovers response and rising
with dignity, he took his leave.
The lady took her lifetime, and died
single, as the doctor never came forward.
Young Griswold returned to Lyme SO
deeply mortified with the failure of his
suit that he was little disposed to repeat
the process of love making. In course
of events his second cousin, Ursula VOL
colt, came on visit to Black Hail.. She
was modern edition of her grandmoth-
er, the historical Martha Pitkin, bright,
beautiful, accomplished, and self-reliant.
She was O little older than Matthew. She
became assured that his affections were
centered upon herself, but he was pro-
vokingly reticent. Meeting him on the
stairs one day, she asked "What did
you say, Cousin Matthew"
"I did not say anything" he re-
piled.
A few days later, meeting him, she
asked in the same tone :"What did you
say, Cousin Matthew"
"I did not say anything" he replied,
as before.
Finally, meeting him upon the beach
one morning, she again asked: "What
did you say, Cousin Matthew"
81 did not say anything" he still re-
piled.
"It is time you did," she remarked,
with emphasis.
Whereupon something was said, the
result of which was wedding, and the
brilliant bride had queenly reign at
Black Hall.