The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-05
FACTS AND FUN.

Sealskin gauntlets lined with plush
are the latest novelty for midwinter-
"Man proposes"-but there are stiu
thirty -one thousand more women than
men in Massachusetts.
White undressed kids are the iaVorite
glove for street wear, as they bear
cleaning unusually we'll.
Cremation, as thus far dealt with.
shows that wOmaPs jawbone holds OuI
against fire the longest.
The Washington man who pawned his
overcoat in order to bust gamblers
bank is still shivering around.
1t seems that there is great deal oi
gold in the Black Hills, and it seems
that most Oft is likely TO stay there.
Last summer was an awful hot season,
anu it is well to remember it when man
digs through a foot Of snow to find his
wood-pile.
"Seems as if the fall trade was never
SO lively" mused a Detroit bOotblacks
as he saw three men come down ON the
flags i'll succession.
A cookbook writer s ays that beef, be-
lore roasting, should be kept week.
But wouldn'C roast by any other name
smell just as sweel2
The Wisconsin girls who rejected
Sartoris, and, afterward saw their mis-
take, are glad that Mrs. Nellie H
losing her girlish good looks.
VirgiAia maintains its State prison
conYl cts TOR 7 cents per day par man.
Fou rteen beans to gallon OF water Hii
do ii at even less rates every time.
1t has been decided In Troy and other
{ E tstern cities that householder has )
| legal right to keep enough water ruB-
ning TO prevent the pipes freezing up.
The county seats of fifty Texas eoun-
ties are located on the maps, and wild
indians whoap and howl on the billie
where the court-houses ought to stand.
"Wit and humor," remarks some one
who doesn'L know anything about II,
lGDeloug to genius alone" lie means,
we suppose, tnat a good joke is IN
genius,
Said she: "Dear, it is lust twelve
years ~."oe Vnat Christmas Eve " hea
you washed my face with snow and
kis sSed my tears away" Said he: 1Is
that az
A great deal has been written about
slsterIy love, but you just find sister
who VIII give up u rocking g-chair and q
new dime novel to the best brother in
the world.
Look out for the new counterfeit ST.
OOO greenback. We paragraphers, who
are constantly handling 50 many notes
OF the larger denominations, can't be too
careful nowadays.
Mrs. SpIkns reading that Gen,
Crook bad just captured a hundred
lodges, deyoutly expressed the wish
that her husbands lodge might be
| among the number.
After passing through the wine-Dress
OF experience, the essence of practical
\ virtue is expressed by the formula:
Honesty is the best policy, provided
you're rich enough to stand it.
A negro in South Carolina, who was
complaining Of the hard times, declared
| they were the hardest ever known.
"Why," said he, 81 works all day ana
steals all night, am yet Pm bIest Ell kea
make an honest livingw
The product of wax in the United
States is twenty million pounds anna
| allyi and ncreaslng-Worth in money at
least $G 600, 100. The total annual prod
| uct of huney and wax is worth at
present in this country nearly $1,000
90.
An ingenious st. Louis carpenter has
assured himself of an independent tor-
| tune. He has invented an Lndta-ruDbsr
staircase that will let man sneak up TO
his room at 2 O'cIncG in the morning
without creakilIg and shrieklng like q
Jail door.
When bachelor calls on married
| TREND, nothing pleases him so much as
to be invited to mold the Oaby. In this
! situation, however, it is a weak man
who is not Immediately seized with the
| diphtheria, which is generally known to
| be contagious.
An old lady The other day was told
the other day that eight mules were
killed by lightning in an adjoining couR-
ty. "Go0d graciOusP she exclaimed,
chipping her hands over her head, 81
lelt 1t in my bones that something haA
happened to Joh"".'
The Miners Journal says Pottsyiue
| has Whistler that Hcan not be beatU
IL be were to come around our domjoiie
| (adds the Norristown Heralt) ANA
whistle for an hour or twr, we WAGER
that he would get Deaten-and that
pretty badly, TOO.
Ulster overcoats are all the rage in
Paris now; even ladies wear them. A
gentleman askeG a janitOr the other day.
~ 61hIbOf
'answeied: ~ really cau't say. saw
his Ulster pass by just now, buE who
was III it is more than knOw.n
Once in great while some mean man
sits down and writes about as follows Of
Detroit: They do say that New York
firm, which shipped a lot of extra large
ear-muffs to Detroit last week, got them
all back by the next train, with the re-
mark that there was no cali for so many
'children's szes.'"
1t is authoritatively stated shat the
objections to The marriage between A.
ioIso XII, of Spain, aud the third
daughter OF the Duke Of Mouipensie-.
the infant Maria las Mercedes. have
been removed. The match is a weu a.
sorted one in point OF age; the roga
bridegroom Is not yet twenty, aud the
blushing bride is in the clear dawn OF
sweet seventeen.
Suppose Grant should die before the
An OF March. and Lhe Senate shonla
recognize Hayes, and the House should
stand by Tiiden, and The Indians should