The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-02
FACTS AND FUN.

Bound to be ahead-Virginia, where
they are telling OF shower OF frogs near
Petersburg. There were said to be
"millions IN itw
When man crawls into bed in
Michigan hotel, no matter how much OF
a granger he may be, the potato-bug isn't
the one that occupies his thoughts and
worries him.
An Allegheny (Pa.) policeman had
his face badly burned the other day by
| the bobbing up OF a toy balloon from the
hands Of his little boy against his light
ed cigar, causing it to explode.
Michigan saloon-keepers attempt to
defeat the law by making the (so-called)
pretty waiter girls their partners in the
business, and then asking why they can
not sell their own beer TO their custom.
ers.
"My hotel is perfectly safe," says
Richmond landlord. "Wires run from
every window-sill to the root Of the
building opposite, and balancing poles
can be mad upon application al the Of
nce."
I "The latest thing in linen busters" is
persplrlng couple with four handbags,
u lunch basket, two umbrellas, travel
ing shawl, and baby, who pant in at
one end of the station as the train putfs
out at the other.
The proposed new helmet for the Brit
| ism army is OF felt with brass spike on
the top and a brass plaque in front, con-
| sistlng of a star surmounted by u crown,
with the royal motto surrounding the
reginenLal number.
A Meridian dentist attempted to pull
a sexton's tooth, last week, but caught
| hold Of his tongue with his lorceps and
nearly pulled the unruly member out by
the roots before the Writhing sexton
could explain to him his mistake.
The citizens of Wayne, Mich, tarred.
and -ieathered the only bad woman in
their city the other day. They would
| have tarred-and-leathered all the bad
men probably only there wasn't enough
tar in the United States TO 60 hall
around.
What next? The chemist now pro-
| duces at will the choicest haYoring OF
Havana tobacco and cigars, thereby i'm.
parting the most delicious "Duuquet' 70
"a package OF cabbage leaves OF u boX of
Partigas grown iii Connecticut, Tor a
trItllng sum.
The "hearth or chimney tax" on every
| fireplace or hearth in England was i'm
| posed by Charles III in 1862 when it pro-
uuced 5000, 700 year. 1t was abolished
| by William and Mary at the revolution
III 1859; since then imposed again, and
again abolished.
| The San Francisco Alta says that
there are in Calllornlamore than enough
laborers 10 supply the demand, but
there is still a large field opeu for for, :
handed, thrifty farmers, with the will to
work and the capital to make their la
Dor productive.
To eat pineapple, says the New
| York Herald, 40 not peel; cut of the
bottom; insert a FORK over one of the
lower "eyes," press downward and thus
pull of a little cone. The cones gradu-
ally torn of are much softer than slices
OF the pine bitten across the grain.
Let the Turks delight to howl and
! fight, Tor 'tis their nature to; let Bear
and Lion growi and bite, for madness
made them SO. But Yankees, you
should never let your angry passions
rise; don'G quarrel; trade, work hard
lie low, and forward the supplies.
In Russia the number of Princes is
SAID to be ridiculous. A person OF high
rank being stopped on bridge bY an
uucivil toIl-keeper, exclaimed: "What
do you mean by treating me in such a
manner? l am Prince GalitzIn." "And
SO am l." responded the toll-keeper.
"Our Dumb Animals" is the name Of
the organ OF the "American Society tor
the Prevention OF Cruelty to ANNALS. :"
Appropriate name, "Our Dumb Ami
mails" THAT'S what the man calls them
VINO gets up at A. Nj. and drives three
or four OF them out OF his garden; but
he doesn't spell The middle word with q
s'be."
"My DEAR" said an affectionate wife
to her husband, as she looked out O.
the window, "do you notice how greer
and beautiful the grass looks on the
neighboring hills r 'Well," was the
unpoetIc response, "what other colol
would you have it at this time of The
Iyear?'
A man out West who afflicted every
body with accounts OF his troubles has
at last been cured by u lady friend. She
remarked: "You must be very fond o
dieting on frogs" "Frogs," inquired
he, hyvfrogsW con, because,n re
piled the heartless Miss, ''you are suci
d croak-erV
An old woman, on being examined be
fore magis trate as 10 her place Of lega
settlement, was asked what reason sht
had for supposing her husband had
legal settlement iu that town. The olt
lady said: "He was born and married
there, and they buried him tnere. and
that isn't settling there, what is?'
OUTWITTING THE SHERIFF.
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