The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-06-25
FACTS AND FUN.

VIII soon De AT NOME dgaIu-Iue UoaIu-
ing-s school girls.
John Chinaman's eyes are cut bias;
but they'll do for Pekin.
Philadelphia "roughs" have CON-
menced throwing red pepper.
They had canary bird funeral in
Hartford few days since.
The best education one can obtain is
the education experience gives.
A New York organ grinder has
ground one organ through the streets
since 1S40.
Gilmore's Band has been playing to
the insane patients on Blackwelps
Island. N. Y.
Southern papers are wagng war on
| the ailanthus trees. They have an Of
fensive odor.
Peaches are coming into market
| slowly. Their price, added to the doc
tors bill, make Them expensive.
The Boston policeman is allowed
neither cluD nor belt. He oYercomes
the offender by sheer intellectually.
Iu Japan they boil and serve radishes
as we do turnips. They also think that
they make nice pickle, using both tops
and roots.
The Mayor of New London, Conn.,, or
dered the police TO kill all unmuzzled
dogs. His own pet was the first one
brought in.
A jealous husband in Little Rock,
Ark, made a disturbance, and soon
found himself a member Of the chain
gang for fifteen days.
Little girl has present of rabbits; when
she goes to bed she prays: 80 God, we
thank Thee specially Tor the wabbits-
all but the Gage; we had that before"
They claim to have town clock In
Danville, KY, that has not varied a
minute from the true time for the last
three months. But they claim that ev-
erywhere.
"Where is the dGlar of our fathers ~
shrieks some one. We really DON'T
know, but if The old gentlemen were
really honest they took II to pay their
debts Elk.
They are laughing at Victor Hugo for
having sent to traternal banquet
which he was unable to attend in per.
son "a shake OF the hand from the bot.
tom or his heart"
A returned tourist tells an Eastern
paper that the only thing needed 70 make
the i osemlte Valley a paradise are a
|
more skeletons OF mules, some m IRE old
mas and hand-organ.
Irascible O,d Party-"Conductor why
didn't you wake me up as l asked youi
Here l am, miles beyond my station"
Conduelor-'1 did try, but ali l could
get out of you was, All right, Maria;
get the children tuetr BREAKFAST, and Pll
be down in minute"
1t is at a party. The room is close,
and all the females are energetically
waving their fans. The men wipe their
brows with their handerchiefs, and lean
out of the windows for the purpose ol
J shifting breath OF air. Yet, noLwIth.
standing all this, young lady goes to
The piano and begins 10 sing: "Out il
this Cold Worldv' TaOleau, during
which the young lady al the piano taintt
from The heat Ex.
A prospective Iather-in-law makes In
quirles concerning his prospective son
: iu-.aw Of friend. The replies are U
, the most satisfactory character, till tn,
trienu says frankly: "StilI, l must ad
nit that he has one grave detecs.'
e What is tnat! Does ne play the acoor
dionW 'He does lot know anythln
about gambling" "Why, that is not
detect, it is "a virtue" Eyes, but yo,
see-he gambes all the same"
: 1t was "court weeR' in a country tav
i ern, and late conner was given one OF
v dozan cots which had been put up ten
= porarily in the parlor. There was
grand chorus OF snores from the othe
= cots. After an hour OR more OF this vi
roar, one Of the most resonant snore
brought up with snort, and was sud
denly silent. A Frenohman, who occu
pied cot in the extreme corner Of III
e room exclaimed, "Tank GOD, Won ee
0 dead"
e The Santa Barbara (Cal.) Press thu
Il describes some fossil bones found on til
" SINH Rancho: 'The secLions OF the ye
G lebI @ of the animal are as large roun
e as ainner plate. The piece Of leg bon
Il measures 22 inches 1u length, and til
top Of the socket measures 81 inches
oircum terence, and sections OF the We
teb. &c II inches in circumference and 8
% through, from which it may be surmlse
d that they belong to an animal about 9
d ~ feet nigh and about 10 feet long"
s. A theological student ut Amhers
Mass, thrilled to his boot heels by tt
d victory OF his college nine over the Buc
70 eyes, OF CO!Umbus, sent dispatc
about it to the New York World, closii
is with this mysterious and highly y-humo
l. GUS sentence: "The college, alreaC
70 eIated by her victory over Yale, is lik
ly now 10 come within the implied pr
~ hibition oil Corinthians, xiii, l." W
e hope it is not 80 desperate and hopelet
,e case as that; but nothing is safe whit
Is once theology gets mixed with bas
ball.
30 A young actor made his debut, b
- was Missed, and the manager, gent
ID but firmly, lIfted him out into the peac