The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-30

ing. All are of species still found in
Britain 1.-The OAK, alder and willow being
most abundant. They are not miDerai-
lied, but retain their vegetable charac-
ter except that they are thoroughly sat
urated with water. In the peat are
found bones Of the great fossil OK. .A.
During the recent revival meetings
some handbills were printed in one OF
the neighboring towns headed "Ho, for
the New Jerusalem" 1t seems that one
Of them got over into Salisbury aud
created considerable excitement there,
as most OF the prominent citizens have
been writing to ask where the place Is
situated, and whether 1t a man went
there to work by the day ne would be
able to get home Sundays. a..
1t seems that baseball is an old He
brew game, as Solomon refers to the
pitcher being broken at the fountain.
The tact ct its being broken shows that
the old Jewish players were much like
those of the present day, though it is
difficult to understand what he was
uoing at the fountain, unless all the
lagerbeer shops were shut up.
Within five years, tour thousand six
hundred out OF six thousand square miles
llsh surveyors; nearly Hour thousand
heights nave been measured; the posi-
ton of three-fourths OF The Biblical towns
has been set at rest; and the true sites
OF the cave of Abdulianl and the ford Of
Baptism of the Jordon have been ascer'
lained.
A few weeks since a Chicago drummer
saw young lady plowlng q held III
"When do you begin cradlingw "Not
until the heads are better filed than
yours" was the sententious reply. The
young man passed musingy on.
A woman in Tracy County, Tenn.
while lighting the kitchen fire the othei
morning heard buzzing sound in the
Eoyen, and looking there saw a huge
rattlesnake coiled within. 1t was killed
and found to have ten rattles.
A commissioner was dining in COM
pany WIN a well-known coroner. "Do
you not like that wine? ?, asked the com
missioner. Every good, indeed" "Ahp
said his friend, "being coroner
thought you'd like it. There is bod,
in it, isn't there?
A Memphis prisoner, who hated to see
two lawyers disgrace the courtroom by
uRuIluR, WdlhoU OutB duu WAS uuiOl
tunate enough to get lost. He has MOI
been heard Of since.
"Was it your eldest daughter, madame
that was bitten by u monkey~ No, sir;
1t was my youngest. My eldest daug ghLer
had worse misfortune--she married
monkey" ..
SIS the moon made of green cheese,
youngsters" "No, sir, certainly not"
"How do you prove that?' "0h, easy
the moon was made before the cows"
Tom Moore compares love to potato,
"because it shoots from the eye." "Ol
ratner," exclaimed Byron, "because il
becomes all the less by pairing"
"There that explains were my clothes.
line went top exclaimed an lowe
woman, as she found her husband hang
ing in the stable.
There is economy in travelling On th,
fast mail trains. You make what yoi
eat go great deal farther in a giYel
length Of time.
Why should 1t be easy to break into al
old mans house? Because his gait il
broken and his locks are few.
Pawnbrokers generally prefer custom
ers without redeeming qualities.
A poor place for a hungry pig-Th
trough of the sea.
Many man worth million is utterly
worthless.