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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18
About, Bees.

A lady In Providence relates the fol-
lowing story: "Aer father once brought
home molasses hogshead, to be used as
water-tank. On washing day her
mother said: Let's throw the suds into
it, to soak the molasses from the bot
L0m.' The instant she had done so, she
exclaimed, 'Ohi have drowned hun
dreds OF our neignbors' bees.' The hogs
head was black with bees that were
busily appropriating the sweets from
what they must have considered an en-
ormous blossom. The good lady made
haste with her skinner to skim the bees
from the top of the water, and spread
them on board in the sunshine; but
they seemed drowned, and nearly dead,
and she was very sorry.
"Tne bees that were around the hogs
head had flown away at the dash OF water
but in a few minutes they returned,
accompanied by scores Of others. Tney
began curious work. They Immediate
ly went to work upon the unfortunate
bees, turning them over and working
upon them constantly with their heads,
feet and antenna. The result OF their
busy labor was, that one after another
gave signs of life, stretched its limbs and
wings, orawled about, and dried itself in
the sun and few away. The lady said
that there was half pint at first, and
that there remained only about dozen
hopeless cases beyond the humane efforts
OF their br0thersV eel. .t
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

The Virginia City (Nevada) Enter
prise relates the following: A day or
two since Mr.. Shaw, q time-keeper oil
the Consolidated Virginia Mine, found
watch lying in the snow, where it had
evidently been dropped by some one
working in or about the mine. Mr.. Shaw
wrote notice to that effect, posting il
by the side of the window to which the
men came to give in their names when
going on or coming off their shifts. Sew.
eral men called and described what was,
according to their ideas, 'yaluable
watch" nearly all making it gold, with
fine chain of the same metal. Some
set number of beautiful pieces Of gold
quartz into the links OF the chain. AT
last little Frenohman came to the win
don and said:
"You find one watch, Mistair Shaww
eyes, sir,n said Shaw. 'Have you lost
a watch%
eyes, sare, me have lose me one
vatch."
"Can you describe it~
"Ohl yes, sare, me can describe him
yer' perfectly"
"Well, what is 1t likep ..
"My watch he vas silver vatch."
ssVery good. What kind of Qasesp"
"Vell, he have hes face wide open."
"What kind of champ
"One leetle brass shain."
"What kind!of key was on the chain ?'
"Nell, no key be on re shain. He have
no key at all. wind him by re tail"
The watch was stem -winder, and
the Frenchman had given perfect de-
scription OF 1t, even down to 'ze tall"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18
APRIL 1s
A numoR is running that Mr.. Blaine's

A RUMoR is running that Mr.. Blaine's
friends intend to withdraw him from the
Presidential race, on account OF the
damaging stories put in circulation con-
cerning his transactions with the Pacific
Railroad Company in Arkansas bonds.
1T is said that, ii he declines, he
can influence enough votes to give an
other man of his own choice the nomina-
tion. This we do not believe, even il he
should attempt 1T. But supposing he
could, who is the mans or course
not Conkling, for they two are
sworn foes. Doubtful if 1t would
be Morton; they have too long
been rivals. There remain Hayes
and Brlstow. We think Blaine, as be-
tween these two, would incline to Bris.
low; though possibly not, because he is
net inclined to perpetuate anything
from Grants administration by
layoring q member Of Grants Cab
met. In any event, Blaine's
withdrawal would materially marrow
the field by leaving really only Hayes
Morton and Bristow; for Conkling nigh
as well be counted out at the start. Tn
Republicans are running about as sher
of timber as the Democrats are.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18
A. Powerful Electric Light.

The steamship LAmerique, now al
Philadelphia, exhibits every night o
dazzling signal light which she carries.
About twenty feet from the bow is q sort
Of wrought-iron lighthouse, six feet in
diameter and twenty-five feet in height,
including the lantern. This has an arc
OF illumination of three thousand six
hundred feet, within which, on the dark
est night, the steamer may be described
ut distance OF twelve miles. Thelight
can be made to fash, if required, and on
a clear, fine night can always be seen
The electricity is generated by friction,
which a little machine in connection
with the engines, and which makes one
Thousand revolutions per minute, sup
plies. The engineers have entire charge
Of the electrical arrangements, and tile
batteries are in the engine-room. :
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

MILITARY AFFAIRs.-Our thanks are
due to Hon. Il. b. BANNING for the Re-
port of the Committee on Military AT.
iairs, accompanying House bills in re-
gard to the reduction of the pay of Army
officers, army reorganization, and trans
fer of the Indian Bureau, q volume OF
234 pages. The compilation Of this Re-
port shows that the Committee has been
diligent in the matter claiming it's atten-
tion, and much useful Information OBJ
tanned.
From the tables accompanying the
Report we find that the United States
now have no less than 234, ,s21 pension
ers, including both Army and Navy.
The amount paid them for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1875, was $29,6s9, 116.
The total cost to the Government for
the salaries of agents and expenses Of
the agencies amounted to $3.50, ,O10. so
that the whole expenditure of the Pen.
sion Bureau amounted to $50, ,133, ,126.
During the ten years prior to January
|, 1874, there were 1s8,659 men enlisted
in the Army. OF these 97,066, little
more than one-half, were native born
citizens OF the United States. OF the
others 1888 were French, 1862 were
Swiss. 2, 456 were Scotch, 4.703 were
Canadian, 9,Oa7 were British, 49, 1877 were
German, S,649 were Irish, and one Turk,
The total strength of the regular army
Is now, including the Signal Service,
D, ,914 men. We looked in vain through
this Report to find out how many officers
were employed to command these 25, ,0Ol
men. We wanted to know how mucl
"saek" there was to our ssbread." Blu
the Report didn't enlighten us.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18
Ringing for the water-Hoy,

A good story is told of verdant one
who was passenger.in u railroad express
train. and became thirsty.
sSWhere's that 'ere boy with the water
can p. he querried OF his next neighbor.
"He has gone forward to the baggage
car, suppose" was the reply.
"Wall. dye s'pose can git him back
here aginp
"Certainly," said the other; ''you have
only to ring for him." And he nodded
towards the bell-line that ran above
their heads.
/ No sooner said than done. Before any
one could prevent it, Rustieus had seized
The line and gwen ita tremendous tug.
fhe consequences were at once obvious I:
three shrill whistles were heard, half a
dozen brakemen ran to their posts, and
the train came to q standstill with "a
suddenness tnat startled half the pass
engers with astonlsnment, and caused
evry man next a window to hoist it and
look out to see what was the matter.
7 Int lew moments the conductor, red
and excited. came foaming into the car
to know who pulled The bell-rcpe.
"Here, mister, this way; Pm the man,"
shouted the offender, drawing all eyes
upon him. .
"Youp said the conduetor;"and what
did you do 1t forW
"Cos / wanted some water."
"Wanted some water?,
''Sartin; wanted the water-boy, and
my pardner here in the seat said l had
better ring for him as we do at the hotel,
and 80 l yanked the rope. Will he be
along soonP AM by the by, what in
thunder be you stoppin' iorP
The shout Of laughter that greeted this
honest confession was too much for the
conductor, and he had to wait till he
had got his train under way again be.
fore he explained The mysteries Of the
bell-rope TO his yerdant customer.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18
Doing Business on a Grand Scale.

Duolu0pp ~ SVOu Wleu uu Obblbs Ne C y =
Fairbanks, of st. Johnsbury, Vt. Last
week they made 1144 scales and received
orders for 14l4. They have shipped three
car loads to Philadelphia for the Exhibi-
tion. The shipment includes 1914 entire
scales, from so ton railroad scale to a
fine druggist balance.
Besides scales, they also show 218
different articles pertaining to scales.
Among the scales sent forward for exhi-
bition are the following foreign stand
ards: French, weighing by kilogrammes,
instead of pounds; Spanish, BY libras !;
Russian, by poods; Swedish, by skal-
punds; Danish, by punds; Prussian, by
pfunds; Turkish, okas; Chinese, cat
ties (both the latter figured in charac-
ters); French and English combined,
and French and Spanish combined; also
an old English scale, which weighs liz
lbs. to the hundred, and such as Is in use
in Great Britain to-day. Among other
interesting articles of this company.
manufacture which will be exhibited ii
"testing machine," which indicates il
pounds the strength Of iron. The ca
pacity Of this machine is 50, 900 pounds
and it is as ingenious as 1t is useful.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

600 thalers. In I79ait was stolen togeth-.
er with all the crown diamonds, at the
plunderings OF the Inilleries, and was
lost gut OF for several years, until; in
an anonymous letter to the minister OF
police at Paris, the place of its conceal
ment In the Champs-Elysees was accu-
rately found there. together with the
Iest of the most valuable crown jewels.
Probably the thief had become con-
vInced that it was dangerous fol-. him to
sell jewels of such value. The re-
public then pawned IL 70 the mer-
chant Trescow iu Berlin. After It's re-
demptlon it adorned the sword Of Napo-.
leon l.
8, The Koh-i-nor-Mountain of Light;
106 1-l6 cafats; a fat oval diamond; be-
longs to the Queen Of England; value,
80O, 900 thalers.
It's history is lost in the darkness Of
Indian tradition, and can be traced with
certainty only since the beginning oil
the fourteenth century. 1t was tor hum
dreds OF years the crown jewel OF the
Radschas Of MalWa, and was rightfully
regarded as talisman of sovereignty,
because 1t was always the booty OF the
strongest conqueror. In this manner,
after it had frequently changed owners,
lin 1873 IT came into tue possession Of the
ruler of Lahore, where it'was captured by
the English N 1850, at the rebellion OF
the Sikh troops, and was presented to
Queen Victoria. 1t weighed at that
time 1856 1-16carats; but it had been SO
awkWardly cut-several hundred years
before, by the Venetian lapidary, Hor-
tensio Borgio-that it produced little
effect. Exhibited in London in 1851.
Queen Victoria had 10 newly cut by
Herr Voorsanger, the most .sklllfui
workman in the celebrated diamond cut
ting establishment OF Herr Coster, at
Amsterdam. The work was completed
in 1854, in thirty-eight days.
Nv. The Florentine or Tuscan; 1891
carats; value, 700, 900 thalers; among the
treasures Of the Emperor Of Austria;
pure, but OF q yeiloWish color; probably
the largest Of the diamonds lost by
Charles the Bold in the battle OF Gran
son in 1476.
1t was found by a Swiss on the public
road in q casket, In which there also lay
a costly pearl. At first the man scorn-
fully threw away the diamond, but then
picked 1t up again, and sold 1T for a
tiorin to clergyman, and he sold it for
| three francs to the Bernese. Here it
was purchased for 5000 forms by the
wealthy merchant prince, Bartholomew
May. Then Genoese purchased it for
little more and sold it for double the
price to Ludovico Moro Sforza, the Re-
gent of Milan. On the occasion of the
dispersion OF the treasures OF Milan,
Pope Julius II procured 1t at auction for
20, 600 ducats. 1t is now in the Imperial
Treasury at Vienna.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

One night a trombone player wished
to be absent from the orchestra in New
York theater, and as there was another
trombone, Instead of asking leave of the
leader, he resorted to the expedient OF
getting q friend TO go in and take his
seat. "W atch the other trombone" !" said
be to his friend; 'puff out your cheeks
well, keep your fingers active, look alive,
and you will pass muster" All went
was reached. Not sound ' from nReiEe The ine
strumerts was heardl Itturned out that
both trombone players had resorted to
the same ruse. F
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18
REGAL GEMS,
Description Of the Four Largest Diamonds in
'iGE Europe. - sEf+f .r

Description Of the Four Largest Diamonds in
7Ja Europe. - sFiti n
/. The Orloff OF Amsterdam: 1043z
carats; latest price, 4bO,000 rubles.
Cut in the old rhomboid shape. Forms
the extremity Of the Russian scepter. II
came from the old mines Of India, and is
said to have once formed one Of the eyes
Of the celebrated statue OF Sherigan in
the temple Of Brahnla. AT later period
it was found, with another large diamond,
in the throne OF the Shah Nadir Of Persia.
When he was murdered, it was taken by
French grenadier who had taken SER
vice there, and who fled with IL to Maia.
bar, and sold lit there to ship captain
for 14,000 thalers, and he handed 1t over
to q Jew for 81 600 thalers. The Jew sold
1t at a greatly advanced price 10 the
Armenian merchant Schatras, from
whom the Empress Catherine III OBJ.
tained 1t in 1875, at Amsterdam, for 49,.
600 rubles, an an nnuity Of 1000 rubies and
diploma of nobility. isssst'''' s'.,i''
Q. The Regent or Pitt; 1867 carats !;
perfect diamond cut; value, i,2oo, 900
Among the French crown-jewsls. II
came from the mines OF Parteal, twenty
miles from Maulipatam Goiconda Z. East
| Indies) J, where 1T was found in 1902 by a
Il
wounded himself in the leg and hid it
under the ;baridage.. He promised the
stone to sailor if he would procure
him his liberty. The sailor entieed him
on board his ship, took the stone,
drowned the slave, sold the diamond 70
thesG sGoyerDor OF Fort St. George whose
name was Pity tor El,000, squandered
the money, and hanged himself. Ii
Twas purchased from Pitt in 17l7 by the
leans, for Louis XIV, It's price being
9. 1916 zoo francs. 1t weighed at that
time 410 carats, and was after.
ward cut and polished in perfect dIa.
mond form, by which, however, IL lost
ltwo-thirds OF its size. This operation
took almost two years ana cost; 17,OOt
thalefs. AS much as 5000 thaIers were
expended In diamond dust, and tbs
pieces hrakea OF still had q value or AZ,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18
POROUS PLASTER6.
RUBBER AND cAPcINE,

TRUE MERIT AND EXCELLENCE ARE
IL the basis Of every success. Why BEN
SONS CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER are
preferred to all others, is owing to their unerr-
ing curative properties. They are,' unq,ies-
tionaDly, the most remarkable and reliable
remedy ever offered an intelligent people Z
Physicians and the public have long desired
an Improvement in a porous plaster, as the
ordinary articleI is too slow, requiring days
and weeks Of continuous wear TO effect q cure,
Herein is great achievement OF Benson's
Capoine Porous Plasters: they operate with
wonderful vigor, bring immediate relief, and
cure quicker than any known plaster, lini-
ment Or compound.
They are in no'sepse q patent medicine-en-
tirely yyegetable--ant fully indorsed in every
city In the Union, asi a great Improvements on
the ordinary Porous Plaster, Price z6c. 81 3
y ~. SUBERY h JOHNSON,
Pharmaceutical Chemists, N. Y.
~ 3f de2S-1yTu&' 'Ph-frn ''."
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1T is again reported that Mr.. Sothern's
physicians have seriously warned him
that he must cease to act the part OF
"My Lord Dundreary" if he would
escape idiocy, with which he has been
threatened. This does not conform to
the Hahnemannie formula -s s'Stmilia
similibus carantar." But perhaps those
physicians were not homeopathic.
Should Sothern become really idiotic by
playing "Dundreary," it would confirm
the doctrine of the ancient philosophers,
that the mind assimilates to what it imi-
tates. And then the practical query
would be,-whether the idiot Sothern
could not still more perfectly play the
idiot "Dundreary" than ever before.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18
The Cocoa Tree,

OF all the gifts which Providence has
bestowed on the Oriental world, the CO.
Goa tree Is one OF the most deserving Of
notice. The blessings which are con-
yeyed to man by this single production
of nature are eincalculable. 1t grows in
q stately column, from thirty to fifty feet
in height, crowned by yerdant capital
of waving branches, covered with long
spiral leaves; under this foliage punches
Of blossoms, clusters of green fruit, and
others arrived at maturity, appear in
mingled beauty.
The trunk, though porous, furnishes s
beams ana ratters for the habitations
and the leaves, when plated together,
make an excellent thatch, as we'll as
common umbrellas, coarse mats for the
floor and br0oms; while their finest
fibers are woven into very beautiful mats
tor the rich. The covering of the young
fruit is extremely curious, resembling q
piece of thick cloth, in a conical form, az
close and Arm as il it came from the
loom; it expands after the fruit has bursi
through it's enclosure, and then appears
Of a coarser texture.
The nut contains delicious milk, and
a kernel as sweet as an almond; this
when dried, affords abundance Of oil
and when that is expressed the remain
uer answers 10 leeu cdttle anu poultry
and makes q good manure. The shell o!
the nut furnishes cups, ladies, and other
domestic utensils; while the husk whict
incloses it is of the utmost Importance
1t is manufactured into ropes and cord.
age of every kind, from the smallest
twine to the strongest cables, which are
far more durable than those of hemp
In the Nieobar Islands the natives build
their vessels, make the sails and cord
age, supply them with provisions and
necessaries. and provide cargo of ar
rack, vinegar, oil, jaggree or coarse su
gar, cocUa nuts, eoir, cordage, BLACK
paint, and several inferior articles, for
foreign markets, entirely from this tree
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

Mr.. Hezekiah Erwin, near Schools
Vile, in this county, received last week
from John Goodrich, OF Kenton County,
a boar OF strange breed. He is perfectly
black all over, is about six months old,
and weighs two hundred pounds. The
singular part is that his noofs are all
solid like those of mule or horse. He
belongs to q breed that came from Afri-
ca, and all have feet of this kind.---
[Clark County (Ky.) Democrat. 5i5a
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

CHICAGO is nothing if not big. Whether
it be fights, fires, or failures, she must do
it big or bust. She has had failures to
the amount of Sc, 900, 900 in three months
past. Chicago is more metropolitan
than the metropolis in the matter of fail.
ures. And yet Chicagoans will boast Of
their failures as loudly as of every thing
else. A million a month beats every
other town, therefore Chicago Will brag
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

tugal in October, 1922 The present
sovereign became Emperor in his sixth
year, in 1881, and ten years after was de-
clared Of age and was crowned in 1s41.
So THAT, counting his regency, he is now
the longest seated upon his throne OF
any monarch in Christendom, a reign OF
for.y-tve years; with fair prospect of
long continuance henceforward. Viue
J. Emprear.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

WE are afraid that Queen Victoria,
Empress Of India, will not go to hear N.
D. Conway preach about the devil and
sich, very regularly. Conway said she
was getting old and as ugly as the ID.
And Conway knows. Surely the royal
pew will be vacant in Conway's
.scrookedn church.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

DR.. Warren, of Boston, once said that
city sacrificed nine hundred babies every
year by not clothing their arms. Many
babies are improperly clothed. The
arms are exposed, the legs often, and a.
thick bandage is frequently tightly
drawn around the abdomen. These er-
rors in clothing are almost as bad In
their effects as the errors Of diet, es-
pecially in climate SO changeabie as
the American. -&t9i -.s4 ~
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

Spring fashions strawberry short
cakes will this year be cut bias and
rather fuller in the crust than usual.
Those in two shades OF saleratus,
trimmed with the material, will be much
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

Z Fringes are now SO exquisitely made,
and are SO costly, that instead of their
being manufactured TO match a dress the
dress is made TO match the fringe.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

n A little flye-year-old, after shopping
with her metAer at leading dry goods
shops, remarkeds "Ssems TO me there
ags q g9ed mar peys eaMed Cash.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

d Violent exercise 10 always hurtful. 1t
.is steady, persistent work which brings
roses TO the cheek, soundness to the sleep
and an appetite to the stomach. f7
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

AN Indiana exchange says the De-
mocracy of Hoosierdom has got the itch
badly leading to great deal of "scratch-
ing" lately.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

ALFONSO Is SICK at Madrid, and Don
Carlos is growing fat in London. I'm
easy lies the head that wears the Span
ish crown.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18
FOR SALE BY

Druggists, Homeopathic Pharmas
cists and Surg icaI instrument
Dealers, and the SOles by ShOa
Dealers, or will be sent free ON red
ceipt of price by
e. j. Sci BERT,
s19. Broadway. New York.
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MARIETTA AND CINCINNATI.

Depot. Pearl and Plum. Time. ? minutes fast
Grafton Mail ,....... 6;00A.M. 2:30P.M. 921P.M.
Ba1. tx daily. g:50A.M. 7:l5P.M. S:4OP.M.
Baltimore Ex d'ly 9@0p.m. 6:sJa.m. 6:25p.m
BALTIMORE AND OHIO, VIA COLUMBUS.
Depot, Kllgour and Front. Time, minutes fast.
Baltimore Ex daily. 8:00A.M. 8:00P.M. 8:40A.M.
Baltimore Ex. x...... l:3OP.M. 2:5uPM. 6:35P.M.
Wheeling Ex........ s:SOp.m. 5:OOa.m. II :ODa.m.