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AQUEER COMPLIMENT.

The oldest compliment we ever heard
of being paid at a city dinner was made,
says the London Week, not by a citizen,
but by gentleman who ought to have
been used to the sound of his own voice
the late Lord st. Laonards. While Lord
Chancellor he was dining with a city COM
pany and in due course rose to respond to
the toast of his health. Wishing to be
particularly affable, and to show that he
was not ''above his company" he began
his speech by remarking, in stentorian
voice: Gentlemen, I am sprung like
yourselves, from the dregs of the peo-
pie"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

THERE is not much encouragement in
the weekly review of the yellow fever
statistics. The terrible scourge contin-
ues to spread and the disease is found to
be of very malignant type wherever
it appears. In New Orleans, Memphis,
Grenada and Vicksburg the condition of
affairs is most alarming. All who can
get away are doing so, as the only hope
of checking the scourge before frost
seems to rest in the probability that
before long there will be no one left to
take it. There has been no spread of
the fever in the North, and where persons
fleeing from theSouth have been attacked
it has not been communicated to others.
The monster has not appeared in the
Southeast; Norfolk, Savannah, Charles
ton and Key West being entirely free,
except an occasional case at quarantine
from the West Indies, which always hap
pens in summer, whether the disease be
epidemic in this country or not. Alto
gether the situation in the South is
gloomy in the extreme, but there does
not seem to be any grounds for appre-
hensiSl Of the scourge reaching further
North.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION.

A monthly contemporary gives an
amusing travelling experience of the cele-
brated French goulmand at-Sayarin
which certainly goes to show that he had q
son worthy of him. At country inn at
which the elder man put up he found four
turkeys being roasted, and forthwith de-
manded one for his own dinner, when to
his surprise he learnt that they had all
been bespolien for a gentleman. "For
one gentleman p demanded Brillat-Savarin
in an incredulous tone. eyes, monsieur "
''He has doubtless large party with him p
"On the contrary, he is alone" ''Do you
happen to know his name? ?" 'I think it
is M. Brillat- -Savarin." "It must be my
son" exclaimed the astonished father, and
desired to be shown into the room where
his offspring was dreaming of coming
pleasures. After the first greeting, the sire
demanded an explanation, which he re-
ceived in the frankest terms. "The fact
is, sir" began this true chip of the old
block, ''there is a particular slice of the
turkey of which l am extremely fond, and
which, whenever am in your company,
you eat Being alone, determined to re.
gale myself without stint on my favorite
morsel"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
E5EIsSEV IaEklNG.

A notable little bird often met with in
Europe is called the turnstone. 1t has
earned this singular name by the manner
liz which it procures it food, which is by
turning over, with its strong, curved beak,
the stones on the seashore, in order to OBJ
tain the insects under them. Walking
along the seashore on the Scotch coast, one
day, an eminent naturalist once saw two of
these little birds trying hard to turn over a
Goldfish, but as it was six times as large as
themselves they found their task rather
difficult. Still they set bravely to work,
pushing away first with their bills and
then with their breasts; but in spite OF
their pushing the fish would not turn over,
SO they ran round to the other side of it,
and began to scrape away the sand to un-
dermine him, SO that he might turn over
more easily; and then with fresh energy
they set to work, but still the heavy fish
would not move. They tried again and
again without success. Presently another
turnstone came to their assistance. There
were three of them now, and after repeated
trials and failures they at last succeeded in
rolling the fish over. You may imagine
how much they enjoyed the rich feed of
insects which they found where the fish
had lain. Their energy and perseverance
might be copied by many idlers of the hu,
man race.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
TTIE OLDEST F0ETFg EsS,

The voyager who asconds beyond the
First Cataract finds himself in narrow
valley shut III by the granite hills, and only
sees here and there a space wide enough
for cultivation. There are buildings of all
ages and kinds, chiefly temples; and at in
tervals, where the sandstone ridges ap-
proach the Nile, he finds vast grottoes
carved in the face of the cliff, the greatest
of all being the furthest-namely, the
Temple of the Sun at Aboshek, better
known as Ipsambool. Amid this wealth of
architectural remains the best of them on
the western bank, the castle opposite
Dakkeh, on the eastern bank, is very often
passed by unvisited Yet it well repays
visit, though the visitor wishes in vain for
some one competent to describe the de-
fenses as Mr. Clark would describe Nor
man Keep in England For, though it is
built of crude brick-that is to say of
midland though it is 700 miles from the
sea, and though it is one Of the Oldest
buildings in the world, having been erected
1850 years at least before the White
Tower yet to the eyes Of an English traveller
it resembles nothing in the world SO much
as the Keep of Rochester or of Guildford.
There Is the ditch, with scarp and counter
scarp. There ore square towers overlap
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

ping the corners. There are fiat buttresses
not reaching the top of the wall. There
are gates with narrow walls and signs Of
draw-bridges. There is a covered way
down to the water's edge. We might be
exploring castle on the Thames or the
Dee, except for the material of which it is
built. The walls, some IA feet thick at
least and still in places not less than 40
in height, are all formed of great blocks of
sun-dried mud very like the sods of peat
one sees in Scotland or Ireland Here and
there the impress of the makers hand may
be found, and you may lay your fingers in
thevery marks left by a man of flesh and
blood, of nerves and muscles, of skin with
a thousand delicate lines such as you see in
your own palm, yet who lived and labored
and died 1900 years ago. Some Of the
marks are small, and must be those of a
woman's hand; for female labor, by which
to-day the new streets of Carlo are built
was, no doubt, the rule in Egypt under
Hatasoo as it is under Ismael OF the his
tory of the fortress opposite Dakkeh, of its
very name, We know nothing. Centuries
before Joseph or Moses, centuries before
the seiga of Troy, tens of centuries before
William the Norman, monarchs had castles
built for them and employed the labor of
subjects to forge and strengthen their own
chains.-1Ae Saturday ReUieso.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
A SCENE VERA CRUZ.

Editor Haiding of the Indianapolis
Herald, who has been making journey
through Mexico, says that the public wash
ing-place of Vera Cruz is a curious institu
ton. Stone troughs, about three feet
high, extended around two sides of large
square These troughs are divided into
compartments which look very much like
stable managers, and each compartment in
addition to the receptacle for the water is
furnished with stone slab upon which the
linen is rubbed. Probably hundred
brown women, some of them young and
handsome, and others old enough and ugly
enough to have stirred Macbeth's hell
broth, were busily engaged in rubbing,
smoking and chatting as we passed; none
of them gave us more than a passing
glance. Their COSTUME was cool, by no
means burdensome, aud admitted of q
lavish exposure of bust arm and ankle.
The water is furnished by the city aque-
duct, and each washer pays a stipulated
rent On the whole, it is great improve
.ment on the mode of washing practiced in
the interior Such of the linen as was
hung out to dry seemed to be delight
fully white and clean, but the process,
I understand is rough on material and
buttons.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

THIS problem of street paving seems to
be as far from solution in the City of
London as in the experimental cities of
the New World. The greater part of the
streets are now, and from time imme-
mortal almost have been, paved with
blocks of granite, although trials of many
other pavements have been made at one
time and another. About forty years
ago wooden pavements were laid in many
streets, but they soon wore out and were
replaced by granite, which held full
sway again until some ten years since,
when experiments were made with as
phaltum pavements These, while they
find many advocates, are cried down by
such persons as take the welfare of horses
to heart, and they are not coming into
general use. The fashionable quarters
Of the city where the travel is lightest,
have principally macadamized streets,
and the inhabitants do not apparently
seek or hope for anything better. Of
later days, however, an improved wood
pavement consisting of pine blocks
fixed in bed of concrete, is taking
the lead in all new paving. The cost
and expense of maintaining this wood
pavement is considerably in excess Of
that of the asphalt, but the su-
periority of the former is acknowledged on
all hands. Some five years since ex-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

In some parts Of China quite panic
has s.sn produced by cutting off of the
"pig,a!ls" of large number of the pop
ulace. 1t was evidently the work of an
organized band, and was easily accom-
plished at night by mixing in the
crowds. The real purpose of il is un-
known. Some believe it to have some
political bearing; others think it merely
a device of ingenious Spectators in hui
man hair. The lower classes are sorely
troubled, and attribute the mutilation
to supernatural agency,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
Are You Afflicted,

and wish torecover thesame degree of healthp
strength, and energy as experienced in former
years? Do any of the following symptoms or
class Of symptoms meet your diseased condi-
ton? Are you suffering from ill-health IN
any of its many and multifarious forms, con-
seGuent on lingering, nervous, chronic, OF
functional disease? Do you feel nervous, de-
bilitated, fretful, timid, and lack the power
of will and action? Are you subject to loss
of memory, have spells of fainting, fullnes
Of blood in the head, feel listness, moping
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

periments on the different pavements by
the City Police Department elected the
fact that while horse was liable to fall
once in travelling one hundred and ninety
one miles on asphalt, his chance of fall
ing on the wood pavement was only once
in three hundred and thirty miles, taking
the weather as it came.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

THE workingmen of the Second District
will not vote for Goss. He was NOM
mated mainly through the influence of
the contractors, whose interest it always
is to depress wages and elevate those
whose sympathy is with the men who
employ as against the men who work.
Gov. Tom has always been strong with
the laboring people, and he will get even a
stronger support from them this time than
ever before As the situation now stands
it is safe to expect majority of twelve
hundred for Young in the Second Dis
~rict.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

The Washington Post is worried about
the object of Mr.. Halstead's visit to
Europe. Perhaps he has gone to see if
the German Government can be induced
to remonetize silver. Having the matter
fixed at home, it is natural that he
should now desire to see other countries
equally blessed. The course of Germany
on the silver question has never met the
approval of the Commercial, and Bis
marck may be induced to do better.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
Lady Reautifiers,

Ladies, you can not make fair skin, rosy
checks and sparkling eyes with all the cos
metics of France, or beautIfiers of the world,
while in poor health, and nothing will give
you such good health, strength and beauty
as Hop Bitters. A trial is certain proof.
See another column.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
Unfit for Business

or pleasure and subject to fits Of melan-
choly? Are your kidneys, stomach, urinary
organs, liver or blood in disordered condt
ton? Do you suffer from rheumatism, ncu'
ralgia, or aches and pains? Have you been
indiscreet in early years and
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

UNDER Judge Matson the Probate
Court business has been well managed,
and the records are all in excellent condi-
ton. He will be reelected, and ought
to be. The men who were mainly in
strumental in nominating Montgomery
do not expect him to be elected.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
Lost Confidence in Yourself

and energy for business pursuits? Are you
subject to any of the following symptoms:
dreams, palpitation of the heart, bashfuIness,
restless nights, broken sleep, nightmare,
confusion Of ideas, aversion to society, dizzi-
ness in the head, dimncss of sight, pimples
and blotches on the face and back, and other
Respondent symptoms? There are
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
Broken Down in Health

and spirits from disorders peculiar to their
sex, and who, from false modesty or neglect,
prolong their sufferings. Why, then, further
neglect subject so productive Of health and
future happiness when there is at hand a
means of cure? Why not throw off the yoke
altogether, and seek remedy that has
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
A Victim to Youthful! FOE!ies,

or carried the marital relation to excess in
later years? Have these indiscretons and
excesses left you in weak and debilitated
condition? Are you timid, nervous, and for
getful, and your mind continually dwelling
on the subject? Have you
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
Thousands of YoUnQ Men,

and even the old, who suffer
from nervous and physical debility. There
are also thousands of females
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
Learned Physicians ard Sci
entifiC Men

in Europe and this country. We also DEM
onstrate why relief and cure result from
their use after every other plan Of treatment
has failed. Reader,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
PULVERMACHER'S
ELECT RIC
B I: |. 7 7 S
AND BA NDS, ,

has been found the most valuable, safe, SIM
pie, and efficient known treatment for the
cure of disease. In our descriptive Pam
phet we review the manifold benefits to be
derived from Pulvermacher's Appliances,
and bring forward testimony in their favor
from the most
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

THE periodically longest ear Of corn
and k;;c"ost watermelon are now being
tald on tie country editors desk.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

The boys who bet on two thousand ma
jority for Sayler two years ago, and were
80 badly left, will be more considerate
this time.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

WEBER will get the full Republican
vote and more in all parts of the city,
and in the German wards he will get
about all the votes of both parties.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
Science and Common Sense

to commend it?-a remedy of indisputable'
efficacy, and the most certain means OF re-
to health and pristine vigor?
There are many diseases of an acute and
febrile type that we do not propose to cure
by means of Electricity; but from all that
Electro Physiology teaches us, in regard 10
the nodus opedndi of the
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

Ex-GOv. Tom YOUNG will be known
in the next Congress as the man that beat
the man that beat Banning.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

THERE are but seventeen letters in the
Irish language, and these letters resemble
what is known as German text.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

REMEMBER the yellow fever sufferers,
and remember them in way that will
help procure food, medicine and nurses.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
Curative and Preservative

effects of Voltaic Electricity, we may most
reasonably infer that all those chronic all
ments and all diseases dependent on de-
pressed condition of the nervous forces, ex-
haustion of nerve power, or the diminished
energy of vital functions, as treated upon in
our publications, are happily most suscepti-
BILE of cure by means of
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

IT lacerates woman's feelings to call
her an old maid; yet she is not lassie-
rated.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
External Remedies are the
Safest

and best that can be applied in diseases, Or.
account of the facility which we possess of
watching their action and their results
and of these remedies Electricity, in the
form of mild, continuous, and prolonged
currents, as realized exclusively by
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24
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PULvERMACHER.
ADDRESS!

To the WeGH, Nervous, and
DeOjIjtGted, acItO Suffer from
ILJ-Hedltb consequent on
lingering, Chronic, NerU-
O2Ls or Functional Diseases.
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FuIvermaCher's Electric
Belts and Bands.

These conditions they will cure, while drugs
will not; and we offer the most convincing
testimony direct from the afflicted them
selves who have been restored to
Health, Strength, and Energy
after drugging in vain for months and years.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-01-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

51 FFrnm tlie New York Tribune. a'
TIE domestic pless teens with hetlhgi.
eal lure. 1rbe lncal editors tllrOur ho,it The
land, from Cleveland 10 San Flanciscu.
are buil"n. .hulng ministers Of tLr Gospel
aud putting thcm through the cttechlsn.
--'GoDd n"ri,ing. reverend sir; What DO
you think aiout Hell anyhowf' IS the ic.
copied formula. The clergy seem to be
nl,ly iuu glal toutulertake mission work
In the newspaper uliices and tie number
Of lay srrmons goi tieTi,nl punishment
which are nQw beinglaid be:ors tie Ame-
riran public, IN ,he form of lW'al inter.
views, Is beyond reckoning. 4 southern
reporter who called ulan bishop Beck.
with, ~ Georgia, eat astory H. we'll asa
argument. The HIsIiop said
thnt ia Virginia, maay years avu, youth
was under the ciife 10 me of Tie nIil negrb
"r,amhiies,'a sheusesi tnI Iartup pThin'
maly vivid aud tstgihle Ihings thai were
10 lle encuunternl iit The bull sI,Iace. By
these descriptions uftlI tnr1pnis uf hell
sIle sought To make him aGlmr evil aud
seek to escape IL penalties One day /,
after hearing The place siokrii ri fiuni. the
pulpit, the little Ttllow said ioI,is n,,l
nurse: Nanny. you say the wicked folks
~ ID tho bad place = Yes, honey, dpy
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-01-23
85 mi Lsr'sss~ .-."9+tf''s syrFf z
POLITICAL C.ATECiIISM.

q - Hz =
POLITICAL C.ATECiIISM.
( WHO owns the united states ''''' ''
The peopies ~r"<a lf"@<. He@' "te<.
Wb"osos the people? tt. r~t~..
The .Puliliclnns! IT,. ~....l
y ho owns the politicians?
3 Tie Devil ''' ''' ''
j Wlat i Demoeaacy? " .'s .e"'
A country where every mplr las vote.
What is aqGreeuhack: 4fs ,i~ t@..
4 G" ernmept Promise TO pay which the
government dishuuJss BY refusing to re-
ceive IN payment Tor ddrs ''"'' . ~
5 WHO deprecated the GreenbLcks? ...s5
, The spreulaiurs Who by corrupt legisIa-
tiOn prevented, its issue as full legal teE-
der in order that they might run up the
price Of gold 10 81 So
/ What 5rdught 3aiont the hard tiues?
y These same specuiators, BY forcing the
GoyernInent to cpntractlon. 3 trzt B.
Who haze aggravated the hard times?
The r. politicians rrs. who have piled Up the
peolle f.lxts 7''sA9 ''s~ #*f'% -" '' ''s<.'@
Whoar5 the dangerntis classes?
The corrupt neh Ia places Of honor aud
trust P ynaaa. aH3 Hatr t..
d Who are the igLorant: .,..
The men WHO DO not understand the itns
IorfIdce "i'tlis money question.
a irhV Wre Sty;Less2 aa @d a~"F.'" .f9 s*
Is Those trAO eOiRbiae tO elect themselves
g. o6ics oDfglio Jill Aeifs pOehfis. e.. 5-..
What Is the present penalty for stcaiing1
II you fake d shilling three mouths ia
the lock-up. II II mliuu-cxoneratilu
aud II chatce to do itag"in. "'' '''e.A
10 %hat are men called who ore idle?
Ii they are poor men. out 81 work. they
are called 1rum,S If they are Ufiees
holders, they ale called Politicians.
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JANUARY 23,a 1878 - sa.,,'I,.. q. !.

al.Res end tquallyt legal iehds;s, ~ which
all the llonds. prineip.l ard Interest. could
have .becn paid fut every bods Knows thait
nsitl,ersas INSTRUMENTATION IfEwaula he
uAapuc Al my llatleiiiler WIS nleireulatidii
rhensi sihelippds isr,,s.la aSqjlls argas
nlggnt lased ppon that siaielpsEt alst9 the
gT0nid
I 'qFe ,T6wiItd 81 Commeice seems ID have
n haiy horror " paying the boadsein de-
PresiaiedIeu,tpeysliEhs iEhs oop,lf pay5lntiax +
fthlfss lhasse ealll ysipird ,lhnurshaSipg pewer.
!. y bile nearly. every either species nf, proper.
y has dpprtciaied. lfthe goternmr,it pn, !
them aoedfiiitg ioiilie cnfifatt M" Ger
tainI yllnselno 'ltgalrgklgfp 6mliain.7s "
itbpays them illaaamfrrneyl worth from 30
To- 40 per cent more than WIS paid hy The
holders Of the bonds, they certainlys haye
no mod right 10 complain When the
boni.s were .isSded stliey were paid for III
ID currency greatly deptecfae5A worrli IN
'fncfa apop ansuraee. hoimore llnn sixty
Hor sixty -fyc,ents in fhe dollar in golf.
alf paid now in areenttrks or ,sifrer. they
9wlil get Payment in currency wurth at least
430 per srent nore than that which they
aloaaelll Ia the Gosernnehtl l2eaaas' fas ,FAds
! lam III tagerl exact Justice Ia all. and
II desirs tp see sthe gVyerhmsnt preserve it,
faith untarnished, and pay every creditor
HccdrlIng to ~ contrart. hin ii is a grns,
iloutrage upon the taxpayers (remeniber tile
l"'ndh"lderS pay no tax on their bond-) 4"
zcemi'ei fl@ib. by nn;nst 'ceisIation. to ply
IN ghld. d.sthesvslue of which, has beeiH en-,
hapsed greatly hy, torcei resnmntiln. and .bI
demouellzing silver. wlen the. promise, was
to bay IL roiu or grceul,acks repeat. |
am ri faver IF psayiug fvery b nj atcoraire
10 ri's face. and J. have gbeeiI induced 10
write this, because many igead people are,
under The int2reSsippthat the bonds were
layalae.. Wien, issued. in gold. and sucb
rarricfes aS that published ~ the Jo,rj,af
~ C0ntinerce ire cslc1ltea ID deceive tie
.pceplsiaiid keep 'upitlIisi false aimprsssien.I
h 94s lis 1t am very truly sbsythuetgss
b 3....,v@,,. dos. j. DAVIS,