The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-22

six doctors, one dentist, one bath-house,
three Chinese laundries and one editor.
"How much will your new school
books cost, JohnnyW says father. john
ny calculates to himself, soto Voce,
"Lemme see: 81 cents for the singing
book, rs cents tor new 'rithmetic, 81 20
for new geography 25 cents for
hockey, hart dollar for new bat, ana
a quarter for candy" Then out loud
says; "Bout four dollars, pap
Thorabur Stephenson, an Icelander,
lives at Muskegon, and exhibits fami-
ly-record covering period OF one thous-
and years. Throughout the record ap-
pear the names of many of the ancient
sages OF Norway, Sweden, and Iceland;
and the dates and Incidents correspond
with the printed histories of those coun-
tries.
The Philadelphia Times Of the 10Th
inst. says: "Among the audience at the
opera last evening were several foreign
ers, notably very swell Chinaman iE
box, mild-looking Turk in the par
quet, large Spanish, Italian, German
and French representation, together
with number from New Jersey"
A gilt-edged and superfne young man
stepped into barber shop the other day
to get shaved. The knight of the razor
eyed him quizzicaly for Il moment, and
then remarked: "You must either take
down that shirt collar or wait for
shave till can borrow a step-ladder"
Mr.. Samuel G. Lewis, of Pittsburg,
Pa, who helped to make the first bar
of iron manufactured in the Unlted
States, has been invited by his friends
| to visit the Centennial Exhibition ana
be received formally by the representa-
tives OF tie iron interest.
| Commenting upon the almost certain
denomination OF Alexander III. Stephens
for Congress, General Toombs says the
people of his district "will keep on Vot-
ing Tor Stephens until he dies, and they
will then support whatever executor he
names in his WILL"
So general has the shooting of prairie
chickens become in Minnesota that
many farmers have decided not to allow
sportsmen on their premises. Serious
fears are entertained that the bird will
be eXterminated in few years.
St. Louis Republican: Mary Clemmer
wants to know Ii we ever saw man SO
holy, so learned, or so lofty that he was
not exhilarated by the praises of pretty
woman. We knew such u man once, Dul
he had seven boils at the time.
BlSmarCK6 QealCn Is DeLJeT, DuG LIZ
has been obliged to renounce all WORK
and avoid all excitement. He receives
neither letters nor telegrams--al pass
into the hands Of his family and Official
assistants.
A party of three hundred good cooks,
and five hundred house girls, all Eng
!, | llsh servants, visiting the Centennial
, .haYe been induced to settle in Richmond
IVA, where steady employment is guar
Ianteed.
The Colorado beetle has arrived II
Bremen, Germany. He crossed the At
lantc as a stowaway in steamship
from New York, and will next summer
make the tour of Europe.
A Richmond gentleman has received {
letter from Virginian now in Egypt
stating that all the American offic cer
now in the KhediYe's service are to bt
dismissed.
Sir John Lubbock says that there arr
records which show that the Egyptian
Cheops was ordered to be repaired a
least four thousand years b. c.
The Congregationalists suggestion
"Let us continue the worship OF God by
: listening to another performance from
The hired quartet
The English newspapers are occupied
! in eriticising each others grammar, al
! they have more business than they Cal
} attend to.