The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-27
FACTS AND FUN.

Intoxicating music-"Ale to the
Chief"
Spelling bees have again swarmed in
Pendleton County, Ky.
When lumbermen are asked to 60 to
WORK they take to the woods.
A man who smokes before breakfast
carries coffin in his mouth.
1t pays to make people happy, and it
can be done on small capital.
Hugo was about the only Victor that
| the American Team met abroad.
How is that some people always do
things by halves? Why, in-two-itiyely,
OF course.
A tourist was asked in what part Of
Switzerland he felt the heat the most,
| replied, "When l was going to Berne."
AT the international potato exhibition
| in London, recently, two thousand
| dishes Of "taties" were placed on the
| tables.
Macaulay said of Milford that he was
the first modern historian who under
stood that men who wrote in Greek oc-
casionally told lies.
AT last! A man in London was the
| other day sentenced to one days i'm
| prisonment by a magistrate for walking
off with an umbrella which was not his
| own.
The Boston Traveller believes that the
November elections will be decided by
the "reserves"-the "thoughtful, pa.
triotic men who have made the least
noise."
Palestine is to have a railroad, and the
cry will soon be: "All aboard Tor Jeru-
salem. Passengers. for Moab and the
Dead Sea will please remain in the for
| ward car"
The Cry OF the weather-strip man be-
gins to be heard in the land. but
whether 1t is proper to strip as the air
gets frosty or not, is a paradox which
we leave to our readers.
They all have their little jokes about
Turkey, so we mustn't be behindhand.
Here goes. Ii this trouble interteres
much with agricultural operations, Tur-
key won't have much Of crop.
Since the passage OF the ordinance
making opium smoking in Virginia City,
New, mlsdemeanor, the smokers emil
CRATE to Gold Hill nightly, and return
to the city at all hours OF the day.
Shades of EpamInondas and Leonidas
Forbid Greece, too. strips for battle,
calls out sixty thousand men, and TALKS
cahnOn and breech-loaders with all the
volubility OF SoutLSJarolina brigadier.
A bald man made merry at the expense
Of another who covered his partial bald
ness with a wig, adding as clncher:
You see how Gbald l am, and l don't
wear wig" "rrue," was the reply,
''but an empty barn requires no
Lhatch!"
A pair Of ready made pants was pre-
sented as a tribute to the victor at
recent country shooting match. The
recipient remarked, as he surveyed the
gilt, that he hardly thought it was
fitting one.
The marry business amt 80 good thi Q
season as 1t Was last, and it won't he as
good next season as it Is this. Young
men who have no trades can't get work,
and girls can't support 'em as they
should like to live. 1t is sad.
An English writer says that the
line OF demarcation between American
classes winds like corkscrew. Ameri-
can society does wind good deal, THAT'S
fact; but it isn't so much the cork
screw as the lobster salad that does it.
A brave and good little Ohio boy sat
on the fence Two hours in the freezing
cold Of dead winter, watching a broken
lence rail on the railroad track, so as 10
carry the latest news OF the impending
accident to his father, who was local
editor.
The ladies of a society club in Wash
ington have resolved to cut all their
gentlemen acquaintance who 60 out be-
tween the acts $50 see man." There
is nothing said about going out to see
woman, but we presume the punishment
would be awful for tnat,
The newspapers that condemn the
brother OF the late Orson House for seek
ing TO marry his widow, should remem-
Der that the winter nights, when burglars
| roam, are coming on, and that such a
crack shot as The fair Irene will be bet
ter protection to the amorOus brother
than brick wall.
The bears are on bender at the gates
of the Adriondacks. Six Of them were
captured near Mayfield, N. D., recently.
A large bear marched into Worthwhile ut
MONDAY and deliberately seated him.
self on the main street near the tavern,
but retreated in good order when the
villagers sprang to arms.
A wedding was delayed in Wiscon.
sin lately on account OF the bridegroo IN
suddenly remembering that he had not
fed his horse. The ceremony waited
till the animal was cared for. lie ex-
planned that a good horse couldn't be
found easily, but thirteen girls were
willing to BIZ married to him.
The following is given as poor mans
breakfast near Cotton, San Bernardo
Valley, California: Tea, sweetened with
pure, white, strained honey, thick cream
and bread, milk. eggs, Hubbard squash,
ham, pomegranate. black Hamburg
grapes, Flamme de Tokay grapes, green
ngs and peaches. Cost OF breakfast for
man and wife, 10 cents.