The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-18
FRESH FLASHES OF FUN.

| seaside IN searcn oil quiet.
The French Navy is only in it's inran-
cy. Many OF the vessels are still at
Brest.
1t is observed by the Boston Post that
"the girls who bet are wlnsome Great
ures."
"The Turks are reported as having
disappeared from Prom sori," That
must be a place of nole.
"Pll pay you that money" wrote a de.
lnquent debtor, "the 1st inst. I can get
1t, ana that will be the 1st prox."
Mrs. Brown tells her husband not to
sit IN his shirt-sleeves or be will catch
cold. How can man sit in his shirt.
sleeves?
=, A Chicago man has named his parrot
| Honesty. 1t fatters him to near his
| neighbors remark: "Honesty is the best
| poll see."
A railroad in Illinois was sold the 9TH
er DAY Tor few thousand dollars. Now
Is the time to lay in a railroad or two for
family USE.
Now that the railroad is being pushed
anu sIeeh cucumbers are here, the Da-
OF population.
After boy is tired out hoeing pota-
Toes, hotnlng seems to rest him more
nan 10 dlg over a few square rods OF
green sWard in search of bait.
keep your temper, my dear sir y
saiu an oiu Judge TO an irritable young
la"yeT; 'keep your temper-lt is wortn
great zeal more to you than il is TO
any ybody else"
A New Bedford teacher asked his
| q Int FL
| Dear and ''deer." One bright little
fellow exclaimed. zone is a biped and
the other is quadruped."
1t was an old, but very good, thing
SAY saau sy d ffeheh Photographer lately, to
Is trying to be woman, and woman
When she Is trying to be a girl.
An old rail-splitter in Indiana mt tho
quie1us upon young who chatfed him
upon his bald head, in thesa worde. !.
~ Dung man, when my head gets as
soil as yours can raise hair to seIl.u
,,; a erusty old fellow once asked.
~ has 10 tne reason that gritfins, drag
)ects tor embroidered designs p; 1sb
because they are continually thinking
OF thelr husOands," was a Iady's ouieS
| retort. a"- u"
Here's another warming A man down
town refused to stay home afteran aorin
supper and help his wife white wash the
backyard fence, and mis- black hair
turned white in less than a minute. Ms
wile's painful awkwardness with the
Whlte-wash brush caused the sudden
change.
"A Brooklyn dealer" says the Trib.
une, mas Two miles and a half of books
lor sale." 70 travel through all Ihat
distance in literature, it strikes ns -
man would have to go by wav of the
leading Railroad.-[New YORK Com.
mercIal Advertiser
Owing to the strict neutrality which 10
TO be maintained by Italy during the
war, the Italian peanul-venders. at the
recent meeting OF their Board of Trade
conc, uded not to advance the price OF
Tue wares, but will sell as heretofore for
NV acentra plntee, signorp
historians are disputing over the
question whether Queen Elizabeth knew
ahythlng about household duties, In
evluehce mat she did, it may be ad-
uuceu tnat when asked how she thought
hhslands goose should be cooked. she
promptly replied, "Mary, Stew-it.0
just before dying, fash enable young
man dsKeo TO De buried In his best suit.
inciuoine one OF those elaborate COL
lars. HIS request was compIied with
but the sexton said, Blame if he was
going to dig grave fourteen 1eet long
uhless ne was paid double price for it .
Casting Pearls - Waiter: "What
would you be pleased to order. sirS
we nave potage printanier a la JulI-
enhe; Fr1candeau de veau ayee cro-
quetIes des pUmmes de terre: rissoles
ue p@ui-. Mllesian: "Well, give us
pialelul OF whichever Of them's nearest
TO Irish steW."-L Boston Herald,
A physician was called to visit a lady
IN chelsea, Mass. Alter continuing nis
calls lor some weeks, she expressed her
Iears Lnat ~ would be iuconVenient for
Inn TO come SO Iar on her account. 90
Madam" replied the doctor, innocently
II nave another patient in the neiglbor,
nood, and thus can Kill two birds with
one stone!'
we can otlearn any particulars Of |
Ihe hunting excursion made by a cross
eyeu man and another lelloW last week |
But Che cross-eyed man has the air nj |
Que VINO discovers himself in error. ana
the basement Of the other fellows panta-
rooms resemble the top of pepper-box. |
a ana ne does not SIT down anyWnere,-
LAsNAAAS Il
The late M. Ste. Claire Deyille was
one day discussing the question or the |
ADVANCE ol knowledge VITA the famous |
anatomist. AFTER ALL" he said. .svou
nave made great advances; but aon,t
you thlnk that you are very much like |
tne hackmen, who know ali the streets,
put haven't the remotest idea OF what is
going on IN the housesP
"War was declared in nv house q
week before the Car thousnt OF the
hing, SAID Mr.. Johnson, and all be.
cause happened to get up first in the
morning and help the hired girl about
ne hre. Poor girl! she crossed the
truth yard ahead Of my wife INTO the
next door neighbor's and now sheJs
working in hotel.-[Burlington Hawk
aye.
In attempting to carve fowl one dav
gentleman found considerable dltticui-
y in separating its JOINTS, and exclaimed
'galnsG The man who had sold him an
I'D hen for ayotNg chicken. My dear.V
'ald the enragedman's wife, don't talk
10 mucn about the aged and Respectable
MI. b.; he planted the first hill of corn
nat was planted in our town. q
know that" said the husb band, "aud
'eileve this hen scratched it up"
GA Lover" writes US: "Suppose 7
zee u young lady home from churnn ana