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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

When the plaintiff in recent divorce
case at st. Louis related the story of
her domestic troubles, she explained
that the dissipation Of her husband was
the skeleton of her household which she
had heretofore struggled to conceal.
Not until the last straw had been laid
upon the camel-back of her patience
would she consent to draw aside the
curtain which hid this specter OF her
home, and lay bare it's hideousness to
the gaze of the world. We can readily
conceive what sacrifice of pride and
selEesteem it must have occasioned her
to make the revelation, and 10 add her
testimony to the familiar assertion that
s.there is a skeleton in every ones
closet"
Hers was lively skeleton enough,
sufficiently supplied with flesh and
blood, and so deeply enchanted by the
flowing bowl that she probably found
him a difficult skeleton to keep down,
and it would appear that she spent
many weary days and sleepless nights
in the effort. About the saddest feature
of our courts Of law is the fact that they
are the great exhumers Of these domes-
tic skeletons. With that apparent
heartIessness which seems SO essential
to justice they throw wide open the sa-
cred doors of home and expose all its
secrets to the greedy gaze OF the public.
They strip the skeleton OF the gar
ments in which it was sought TO be con-
cealed and dangle it, with grim delight,
before the eyes of all mankind. Thus do
they cater to the hungering and thirst
ing for scandal which possess our peo-
pie, while the press, ever ready to sup
ply the popular demand, does its best to
disseminate the painful disclosures.
But the ruthless hand OF the law is
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

A ST. PAUL newspaper has discovered
the cause of the sine die benders that
have been affecting members of the
Minnesota Legislature. Men who were
comparatively sober when they had to
foot their own bar bills devised a
plan for making the State pay for liquors
in the incidentals for committee ex.
penses. 1t is alleged that one of the
committees obtained an allowance oil
$500; that 500 went for a cupboard and
b10 for keys; that the balance was used
10 buy liquors to put into the cupboard;
that the drinking men in the Legislature
were supplied with keys, and that each
has since been tippling, tippling, tippling,
and all at the expense of the tax pay yers
Of the State.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

SENATOR HAMLIN is the man who was
guilty of the fraud of taoking the pre-
vision doubling the postage on third
class mail matter upon the General Ap-
preparation Bill, and having it made
law at the last moment, against the
wishes of q large majority
Of the Senate. Senators by
this trick were compelled to vote for the
increase in order to prevent defeating
the appropriation. Whenever Senator
Hamlin, the guardian of the express
companies interests, is mentioned in
connection with postal affairs let this
fact be remembered.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08
WHEN THE cows COME HOME.
When klingle, klangle, klinglc,

When klingle, klangle, klingle,
Far down the dusky dinglo,
The cows are coming home;
Now sweet and clear, and faint and low,
The airy tinklings come and 20,
Like chlmings from the far-off tower,
Or patterings Of an April shower
That makes the daisies grow;
Ko-ling, Ko-lang, Rolinglelingle,
Far down the darkening dingle,
The COWS come slowly home.
And old time friends, and twilight plays.
And starry nights and sunny days,
Come trooping up the misty ways,
When the COWS come home.
With jingle, Jangle, jingle,
Soft tones that sweetly miDgle,
The cows are coming home;
MalvIne and Pearl and Florimel,
.DeKamp, Red Rose and Gretchen Schell,
Queen Bess and Sylph and Spangied Sue,
Across the fields hear her "loo-oo"
And clang her silver bell:
Cooling, go-lang, golinGledingle,
With faint, far sounds that mingle,
The cows come slowly home.
And mother-songs of long gone years,
And baby joys and childish fears,
AND youthful hopes and youthful tears,
When the COWS come home.
With ringle, rangle, ringle,
By Uwos and threes and single,
The cows are coming home:
Through violet air we see the town,
And the summer sun a-slipping down,
Ana the maple In the hazel glade
Throws down the path a longer shade,
And the hills are growing brown;
To-rmg, to-rang, toringleringle,
BY threes and fours and single.
The cows come slowly home.
The same sweet sound of wordless psalm,
The same sweet June day rest and calm,
The same sweet smell OF buds and balm,
When the COWS come home.
With tinkle, tankle, tinkle,
Throus ush fern and periwinkle,
The cows are coming home;
A-lotering in the checkered stream,
Where the sun-rays glance and CLEAN,
Carne, Peachbloom and Phebe Phillis
Stand knee-deep in the creamy lilies,
In drowsy dream;
To-link, to-lank, tolinklelinkle,
O'er banks with buttercups a-tWinkle,
The cows come slowly home.
And up through menory's deep ravine
Come the brooks old song and its old-timt
sheen;
And the crescent of the silver queen,
When the COWS come home.
With klingle, klangle, klingle,
With loo-oo, and moo 90, and jingle,
The cows are coming home;
And over there, on Merlin Hill,
Sounds the plaintiye cry of the whip-poor.
will,
And the dew drops lie on the tangled vines,
And over the pOplars Venus shines,
And over the silent mill.
Ko-ling, ko-lang, kolinglelingle,
With ting a-ling and jingle,
The cows come slowly home.
Let down the bars: let IN the train
OF long-gOne Songs, and flowers and rain,
For dear old times come back again,
When the cows come home.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

sin, the heiress, In spite of yourself, my
boyl So Hillcrest 10 q foregone fate,
after all, ehr
"Don't so9ld, please, Walter" Mabel
said, in low, pleading voice, with her
blue eyes looking into his own.
"As ii ever could scold you, my dar-
ling! And since have you, what need
l care elseP'
Aud Mrs. OornelIa turned over the
leaves of the recipe-book until she came
to "wedding cake" and AYERS that she
m lde the match herself
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

WHEN the paragraphists want to make
a fling at good-natured General Dick
Thompson, they will probably In
sinuate that he acquired his experl-
ence as a naval officer on the Wabash
Canal.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

ALTHOUGH with US cod weather has
been over so long that we look back to
the last freeze as well in the past, the
people along the Connecticut River are
just specializing upon the probabilities
as an early resumption of navigation.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

THN Legislature has not much more
time to waste. Can 1t manag g to let Ma
tional affairs alone for awhile, and give
some little attention to the business for
which the members were elected?
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

Or. LOWDseuu's ljAy-
genated Air will puri-
fly the blood in one
third the time that any
other known remedy
can. Why ? because
to inbale Oxygenated
Air it goes direct to
the Lungs and passes
through the tissues
and comes In direct
contact with the blood
as 1t is forced into the
Lungs by the action
Of the hea t. All the
blood Ill our VEINS re-
turns 10 the heart
every four minutes if
the blood is good, and
forced from the heart
to the lungs, and the
more oxygen you In
hale into The lungs the
more you purify the
blood. When Oxygen
comes in contact with
the impurities in the
blood it carbonizes
and urn s, causing
the blood to be heated
so that it warns every
part OF the body, as il
goes on its revolutions
through the system.
If your blood is pure
you can not be sick.
We drive Mercury and
and all other lmpuri-
Ties out OF the blood.
We guarantee t. puri-
fly the blood in one
third the time OF any
other known remedy.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

The Chicago papers are discussing
whether or not the idiocy OF Dana, OF
the New York Sun, pays as an adver-
tising venture. 1t is the unanimous
opinion of the Chicago press that man
should make an ass of himself if it pays,
not otherwise.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

THE new administration finds Ameri-
can securities strong in all the foreign
financial mark .. The excitement
through which we have just passed will
serve to still further convince the En-
glish capitalists that American bonds
are the safest and best investment OF
any foreign securities.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

Mr.. TILDEN, in his retiracy to private
life, is reminded that he made the
strongest and longest run of any man
that ever struck for the Presidency and
missed.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

Sufferers from indigestion, colds, fe-
yer, a,ue, and intricate skin diseases,
try Lubin's Medicated Vapor Bath.
Complete trial given before purchasing
Private rooms for ladies', SO East Fourth
street, three doors from Broadway.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

"Astonishing cure for consumption ~
as the old lodging-hOuse keeper said
when she sprinkled her pilmpKin pies
with cayenne pepper before putting
them before her boarders,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08

FOREIGN advices are conflicting, but
the probabilities of war have not alto
gether disappeared.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08
INDIANAPOLIS, CINCINNATI LAFAYETTE

OIOCfIDbttIh 'VV n n
The Church Trains leave Valley Junction aG
$3.50 A. M, and Harrison at $3.50 P. NJ. and re-
turning, leave Cincinnati at p. N. and 10 P.
NJ, Sunday sonly.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-08
THE STAR,

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RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
ATLANTIC q GREAT WESTERN.

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-05
bismarck Resigns

The London Posts special from Ber-
lin says Prince Bismarck has rendered his
resignation OF the Imperial ChancelloTship
The intelligence occasions immense excite
ment. The reasons for the step are not posi-
lively known, but the recent differences be-
tween Prince Bismarck and General Won Slesh
head OF Admiralty, is believed to have pro-
vOked IT, The Crown Prince has endeayOred
10 induce Bismarck to withdraw his resigna-
ton. Emperor William has declined to ac-
cept it, acknowledging az the same time, in
the most gracious terms, Rismarck's great
services and the cOuntry's reed of their con-
tinuance. The Emperor has, however, grant
ed Bismarck years leave OF absence, of
which the Prince will shortly avail himself,
to recruit his health. 1t has not been def
nitely decided who viii represent him in his
absence, but it Is considered probable that
Won BulOw will take charge OF the Ministry
OF Foreign Affairs, and Camphausen of the
Interior.
Herr CamphauSen Will take Bismarck s
place as Chancellor OF the Empire. Bis
marck's resolve is attributed in diplomatic
circles to the Notifying result of the spring
session OF the Reichstag, the growing cOmpli-
cations with South Germany, and the strong
feeling that his popularity is rapidly dimin-
ishing throughout the country. Camp-Map
sens nomination will certainly be regarded
uniavorably by the whole OF nOn-Prussian
Germany, and in tact Bismarck's resolution
10 retire cannot but be esteemed as a most
serious calamity for the Empire.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-05
An Old Man Who Has Seen Life.

The Dayton Soldiers Home has an
inmate with a wonderful history, in
William A. j. Mcclure, now in his
1O7th year. He was born in New Jer-
sey, and from his fifteenth to thirtieth
year was in the merchant service,vis-
iting nearly every port in the world.
In 1904, he turned trapper to the Ohio
River and finally enlisted in the army,
being captured at Hull's surrender and
taken to Dartmoor Prison, but was
freed in time to fight at Lundy's Lane,
under Gen. Scott, and got seven
wounds. When forty-seven, lie saved
a woman from drowning at Charleston,
S. c., ard married her, but she died
at New Orleans, three years after,
when he served as scout for Gen. Jack
son in Florida. Then he went to sea
again, was wrecked in the Mediterra-
mean and, with seven others, was cap
tured and enslaved by the Arabs, but
was bought and freed by the Amerl-
can Consul. Byron died about this
time, and the rowing to-be centenarian
entered the Greek service, and after a
while into the marine under Admiral
Rogers, then served in the Seminole
War, then in the Mexican War under
Rogers going to sea again was wreck
ed in the Albion on the Irish coast,
and was one of the nine saved from
that Inflated crew. He naturally tired
of sea, went West, and was for many
years, mail carrier between Cincinnati
and Lexington, KY, narrowly escaping
death from cholera. For the past
twenty years he has lived in Missouri,
where he married three more wives,
having twenty-five children, only three
of whom survive. His last wife, who
was sixty years his junior, died in
1871, aged forty. The old gentleman
is still active, and talks of going back
to Missouri, in the summer, in skiff.
He has been at Dayton since October,
and the officers believe the strange
story of his wanderings, as papers at
Washington authenticate his age and
American service.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-05
Peace In Europe, Perhaps.

It is officially announced in London
that the protocol has been signed. A London
Times leader says; We cannot but see that
Turkey is in the background; behind all
these fair arrangements Of the powers so
much depends ON what the Porte viii do or
decline to do, and Russian disarmament is
promised in expectation Of SO many things
which may not easily be fulfilled. On the
contrary, the dominant feeling in CONSTANT
nOple is still defiance. In the present temper
of the two empires the suggestion that negO-
tiatiOns for common disarmament to he car
ried on by Turkish delegate at st. Peters
burg, does not appear promising. 1t may he
said the success or failure Of this new attempt
at pacifcation must be decided at CONSTANT
nOple. The government is in the circum-
stances fully justified in sending out Mr..
Layard. The Turks are full of luminosity
against Russia and distrust of Russia's seem
ing abettoTs and may be even less reasonable
than three months ago. Many interpret Rus
siA's OTertures as signs of pusillAnimity and
weakness. Lsyard has had the experience OF
the Turks, and perhaps there j. no English
man TO whom they would more readily listen
than 70 him and 20 the other ambassadors
We must look to impress on the Porte the
tendency OF doing nothing which may be
represented as nulliiying the protocol"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-05

my head, and before she left sold
the rest of my berries for the fifteen
cents to a gentleman who praised their
freshness and took them all. But,
while making light of it on my return,
| decided in my own mind that market
ing the crop was not my forte, and
have never need to repeat the expert
ment.
My onions grew large and rnddy the
stalks fell over, turned yellow, and
were pulled up by the younger chill
dren and put into small heaps to dry.
When the bulbs had been turned light
ly with coarse rake several times, we
proceeded to barrel them on the ground
setting them like apples, and pressing
in the head in the same way. About
this time buyer from the city hap
pened to call, and offering me two dol
lars per barrel, freight free, l sold my
twenty barrels, reserving only enough
for family uses. The apple trees had
developed both in wood and fruit, by
tillage, and the same purchaser offer
ed to take the lot, consisting of twelve
barrels, for forty dollars. As there
were six or seven bushels of the choic.
est Alexanders, and two barrels of the
waxen Crab, it was fair bargain;and
before the end of of September had
the pleasure of paying the guidman
his sixty dollars rent, with an addition
al ten dollars for labor, and finding
myself with balance of thirty dollars
and what proved TO be lucky celery
crop still in the ground.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-05
California Crops.

Crop reports from all prominent
parts in the interior OF California are less "a
vorable than previous reports have indicated.
In Sacramento Valley, where a good yield had
been anticipated, mildew has made rs appear
ance to such an extent as to cause serious
alarm. It is reported throughout the great
grain-growing counties OF Colusa, Yolo and
Solano. Otherwise the prospects in that
section of the State are still good, though
want I. rain is beginning to be felt, especially
Tor late sown wheat. The coast counties
north OF San Francisco are looking well, al
though rust is reported in some localities
In the lower portion Of San Joaquin Valley
the crops are in good condition, but higher
up the river ami in Los Angeles Valley there
viii be but little raised except on corrugated
land
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-05
LAWS OF WISCONSIN.
OFFICIAL.
Published March 20, 1871.
CHAPTER Iz5


AN ACT to amend chapter 50 OF the general
laws of 1859, entitled AN act to provide
Tor the more efficient punishment of certain
offenses.
The people OF the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows
Section 1. Section l OF chapter 50 of the
general laws OF 1859 is hereby amended so as
TO read as follows: "Whenever any person
shall hereafter be convicted in any court OF
this State of vagrancy, drunkenness, or of
any criminal offense, and sentenced to impris-
onment in the county Jail the court may also
sentence such person to be kept at hard labor
during the term OF his or her Imprisonment.
either within or without the Jail, as herein-
after provided; and ali persons who shall
hereafter be convicted of any offense, in any
court of this State, and sentenced to pay a
fine, and shall, in default of payment of such
fine, be committed to jail, may, during the
term OF such Imprisonment for default OF pay
ment OF such fine be sentenced to be kept at
hard labor"
Section g. This act shall take effect and be
in torcefr from and after its passage and publi-
cation.
Approved March s, 1877.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-05
seeking a Teacher For Linda.

She was at one of the union school
houses for an hour before school OPEN
ed. She was tall woman, forty years
old, with a jaw showing great deter
mination, and Linda was sixteen, and
rather shy, and pretty good looking.
The mother said she hadn't been in
the city long, and that it was her duty
to get Linda into school, and see that
she was properly educated. When the
teacher came the mother boldly in
quired:" You know how to teach, do
you!" II think / do" replied the
teacher, blushing deeply. "And you
feel competent to govern the scholars,
do you!'' s'Yes'm.'' ''Do you pound
'em with ferule or lick 'em with a
a whip!" "We seldom resort to pun
ishment here, replied the embarrassed
teacher. ''That's better yet" cOntin-
ued the mother; 81 know that If Linda
should come home all pounded up I'd
feel like killing some one.
| suppose you are of q Tespectble
character, amt you :" "Why-ahem
WHY" stammered the teacher,
growing white and then red. 81 ex-
pect you are" continued the woman.
III we'll euOuSu W hHOW WIN Jul
children are associating with. Now,
then, do you allow the boys and girls
to sit together g" "No, ma'am."
s'That's right. They never used to
when | was young, ana don't think
Linda is any better than ] am. Now,
another thing-do you have beau o.
ssWhy-why-' was the stammered
reply. 81 think you do - resumed the
woman severely. Il know just how
it works. When you should be explain
ing what an archipelago is you are
thinking of your Richard, and your
mind is way, way off. "But mad
am" "Never mind any explana-
tions," interrupted the woman. al
want Linda brought up to know jog
gerry, figures, writing, and spello-
graphy, and if you've got beau and
are spooking to the theatre one night,
a candy-pull the next, horse-race the
next, and SO on, your mind can't be
on education, Come, Linda, wen go
to some other schOol-house.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-05
Another Railroad Combination.

The n. 7. Times Of April 1st says:
Messrs. Vanderbilt, Jewett and Scott, Of the
New York Central, Erie and Pennsylvania
railroads, held 8 secret meeting in the Grand
Central depot Saturday afternoon. They ac-
knowledge that they have come to an under
standing, but refuse to give the particulars.
It's asserted, however, On good authority
they have formed an alliance offensive and
defensive against the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road. Another report says measures were
adopted 70 instruct agents to make contracts
at same rates tor freight rs Baltimore s Ohio
railroad, and II necessary lower. telegram
two days later than the combination reported
As Aforesaid, denies very strongly that there
has been any such hostile compact, and Tom
Scot, OF the Pennsylvania road has telegraph
ed personal denial 70 Garrett, President Of
the B. and 0. road.