The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24
FACTS AND FUN.

MOIo 40 fASlDL6 III UNGL-
coats in New York.
A crack invisible to the naked eye
The crack Of whip.
Quilting parties still enllyen planta-
tion lie in Georgia.
Boas made of feathers are seen, but
they are rare as yet.
A cut glass jewel case makes a pretty
and inexpensive gift.
Best thing with which to open a dead
lock-A skeleton key.
1t Is time to begin to shut the door,
Rochester Chronicle.
About halt the collieries in Schuylkill
county, Penn, are idle.
Oil has been discovered at Osceola,
Clearneld County, Penn.
Three simultaneous sets OF triplets
half distract Jersey City.
Never scare of fly with a club when
feather will do as well.
What is that which by losing an eye
has only q nose lett:--A noise.
Flowers and weeds-button-hole bou-
quets Tor sale in cigar stores.
Milford, Del, can't fully supply the
demand Tor eyaporated fruit.
When Boston girl accepts a lover
she says, "Beans ips you, yes.n
The great art OF lie is to pIay for
much and stake elittle.-[Joh
When does farmer work miracle ?
When he turns his horse to grass.
The act OF carrying cane prevents
the chest from properly expanding.
That man is indeed hard I'D who can
not H0t credit AVIAN for nnna ipt
Why is q spider a good correspond.
enti Because he drops line by every
post.
What Is that from which, II you take
the whole, some will remaini Whole.
some.
"New burglar alarm.' What we need,
though, Is something that will alarm the
old burglar.
Why do honest ducks dip their heads
under water? 10 liQuidate their little
bills, Of course.
why are an ear Of wheat and an oak
similar in origini Because they both
spring from a oorn.
The quarries of Carrara are at a
standstiu on account Of a diminished
demand for marble.
A man in louisiana married five times
IN eleVen months, and swapped his last
wife for shotgun.
" ny are your eyes like friends sepa-
rated by distant climes? They GORE.
spond but never meet.
The worst end that man can come to
ls the end OF a rope long enough to let
his feet touch ground.
Paper Hover wreaths are used by
lourtn-rate undertakers in New York to
ornament coftins in hearses.
1t has been remarked of a Chicago
couple, 1.-TWO souls with but a sineie
thought-how to get rid of each other.
The New York girl now wears lemons
In her nat; and when her (r)ye is bright,
and her lips sweet, the efeot Is intoxi-
eating.
Concerning the coming cat-show at
the Music Hall. a CORES pondent wishes 8
to know If there will be any tomato
cats up there.
A Milwaukee paper calls for "a rem.
edy that Will resuscitate unfortunate
people who have been drowned" This
ls asking too much.
Not very comp1imentary-The PhiIa
delphia Inquirer calls the New England
Historic-Genealogieal Society "a dFyas-
dust association"
The mind Of the tramp is filed with
pleasant anlieipations Of the season
when the charity OF the world takes the
form OF cold buckwheat cakes.
The latest device for scarEpins ia a
solid gold fork, and, when worn by a
fashionable youth, the combination OF
fork and spoon ls said to be very effect
i've.
There are ten blast furnaces within
the city limits Of Pittsburg, Pa. o
these seven are in blast, and their com.
bined capacity is about $4,000 tons a
year.
A large owl, with mink-trap and
three feet OF chain attached to it's foot
was killed near Paducah. A family oil
| negroes were very much relieved to fin j
1t was not ode debil dat hab been pullin'
chains ober dey house."
An exchange remarks that great
many people find amusement in study.
| ing 'blll-boards. And 1T may be added
says The Worcester Press, that theil
| number 10 greatly in excess OF those
VINO find any amusement in studying
board-bills.
New York City has "penny restau-
rant" where small cupof coffee, bread
aud butter, pork and beans, a slice OF
| corned beef, mush, oatmeal, and boiled
| rice, may be obtained at q cost Of cent
for each item. 1t is newspaper mans
enterprise, was started on the Sth inst.
and is proving success.