The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-24

The German Navy, humillating tore
late, has to depend on England Tor coal
to run its iron.clads, and the fact has
hitherto postponed indefinitely the pos
sible battle OF Dorking. Kaiser Will
helm has, however, star Q some * g i
ments at Wiihelmshalen to see ii West
phalian coal will not answer.
The London Lancet says Rome enjoys
the best drainage and the purest water
supply in Europe, aud that the cases of
typhus fever which occur there are, in
nearly every instance, dae 10 a resi-
dence in Naples or Florence, where the
drainage and water supply are notori-
ously bad.
Two Pennsylvania tramps stopped at
1.-The house of a lone widow, and one vent
lin to beg. Very soon he came out wi til
| o. bloody nose and a trst-class black
|Iack?" YES" growled the sufferer,
Ypve got the widows might"
The Springfield, Mass, seho ool-marm
who recently thought TO subdue the ram.
nant spirits of a small girl by keeping
her two hours after sch )ol, WAS reward
cd, when the Term was up, with motto
\ laaenge, bearing the pathetic inquiry,
"AlusL we partr'
Itis said now that it is not the thing
to make long call ON lady, and, t0
obyiate any danger of their staying too
Late, most of our conscientious young
men arrange with the mllknan to rap
| on the parlOr window mornings when he
comes around.
Jefferson Davis has reached England
| in safety. His last words to the st.
Louis delegates from Mississippi were
"If YOU want my opinion, telegraph me-"
There are some things moIe pathetic
than l1ng-taI led rooster on rainy
day.
Forty centuries may look down upon
us from the pinnacle of modern ciyili-
| cation without discovering aman bold
enough to hit a woman on The toes with
| tack hammer while she is directing
him how TO put down carpet.
An Irish agricultural journal adver.
| tises a new washing machine under the
| heading, Livery man his own washer
womanV and in its culinary depart
ment says that ''potatoes should alway s
be boiled i'll cold water"
At public meeting in the Wage of
Dlten. in the Canton Berne, SwitZef-
land. it was resolved TO demand the ex-
pulsion OF the Capuchins from the Cam
ton. on account OF their Intolerance and
their tendency to foment disturbances.
New Orleans belle has eloped with
barber. Her mamma cries och, hone
Her friends raze Ter name from their
visiting lists, and her father says he'll
laJher the fellow who carried her off.
The London and Northwes tern Rail.
way works at Crew, England, turned
out their two thOusandth locomotive tie
other day, and gave public dinner To
celebrate The occasion.
"Why Is it," queried Quiz the other
day. s'that when you noGlce young
married man who is bald-headed, you
turn TO look at the muscular power OF
his wlfe's handsW
A disconsoiate girl stood up to her
| neck in pond, near sacramento, for an
hour. deciding whether to drown her.
sell. Then she concluded to live, and
Waded out.
"Papa, did God have time to get
around to all the other churches after
staying to hear Mr.. IS prayer, or did
he leave before itendedr Is what o Mas.
sachusetts youngsLer asked last Sunday
| after church.
Miss Mary Hewes, who Is ninety -elght
wears old, was last week admitted to
membership In the Church OF the Dis.
|elples 9f B0ssYp,