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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18

A MOVEMENT is now on foot in New
York for the establishment Of aWoman's
Church, which, while it will maintain
Christianity, will in all other respects
be creedless church. The text chosen
for its motto is very simple, though conf
prehensive: "Little children, love one
another" and it is anticipated that this
church will gather into its folds all that
great body of unbclievers who have wan
dered to and fro in search of some ex-
pansive religion which would cover them
all as blanket. Although to be known
as woman's church, all of whose officers
must be selected from the gentler sex:
the male portion Of sinful humanity is
not to be excluded from membership.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18
Thousands of Young Men,

middle-aged, 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, 1878-12-18
Science and Common Sense

to commend it?-a remedy of indisputable
efficacy, and the most certain means OF re-
storation 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 to
the n,odw operand of the
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18
POROUS PLASTERS.
2|,!|li2!l! ] I1y;;SS1aiz (|Il|l
IS A GREAT REMEDY.

This really wonderful article was invented as an
improv ment on the ordinary porous plaster.
Contains the merit of the common porous p as
ID n of active vegnt BILE ineredi its which makes
it not only superior to cther porous plasteis but
to all other extern Il remedies including linments
and the SO called electrical appliances DC IL acts
more promptly, powerfully and effectively than
any similar remedy ever devised.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18

THERE is a startling conflict of author
fly on very important point. Neal
Dow states that Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon con-
sumes tobacco immodera.ely and drinks
more beer and brandy than the most con-
frmed topper. On the other hand, Rev.
Mr.. Farrar, of Troy, N. Y, who visited
Mr.. Spurgeon last summer, asserts that
the great preacher, so far from indulging
in liquors. is a most rigid tectotaler.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18
LAM Z BACK.

weakness of the Back and MUSCLES,
kidney Disease. rheumatism. Sci-
atica, LWmbagO, Affections OF tue
Heart, Female Complaints, Stub
born and Neglected Colds 4 Coughs,
dren. such as WhOOping Cough,
Ordinary Cough and Colds, and
Group, (when used in its early
stagcS), and for all Local Aches and
Pains OF Young or old.
For such ailments as these 1t is warranted to be
sIlperior to any known remedy.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18

Tue country is now doing business on
a hard-p pan basis.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18
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'
ble of cure by means of
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18

LOUISVILLE may be poor, but she's
honest. One year ago Mr.. H. P. Mac
donald, grand nephew of Marshal Mac
donald, of the old Napoleonic empire,
submitted the plans for a work-house, at
an estimated cost of $S9,700. The plans
were accepted, and last week the building
was turned over to the city, the actual
cost having been $500 less than the esti-
mate, while the grand uncle of his grand
nephew leaped in his grave with delight.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18

GOLD, silver, nickel or paper? Fay
YOUR money and take your choice.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18
IT'S CHEAPNESS.

A single plaster costs but 25c, and in many in
stances especially when intendei for children 1t
can be cut in two aud the parts ap lied at iifer-
'cnt times Its virtue S no. eXhaustet in day; 1t
can be worn, taken off, and worn again, and this
operation repeated several times. Bensons Ca
cine Porous Pla ter is specially recommended ior
the following ailments
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18

GOLD has touched bottom at last.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-18
External Remedies are the
Safest

and best that can be applied in diseases, on
account of the facility which we possess OF
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, 1878-12-18

WINTER-and worse coming.
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CINCINNATI AND PORTSMOUTH RAILROAD.
Depot. Front and Kilgour
Amelia Ac........................ 4:03 m 1:E n
MI. GARNER III DO
CINCINNATI & wEsTwooD taARRow GArG:h
Daily, exceptSunday.
cave G., IL. 4 b. Depot Abs p M, 2:2Sr m:.
6:1S r. m.
Leave Robb's CWestwood) 3 asa m, 7:o5 a m,
u :3S p m, 1858 D M 3p.L
Leave Brighton. 6:23 NJ s.03 a n, 2:3s q, o'la
pm, g.: p m.
Sunday trains
Leave Robbs twestw.s') s:;2a m, 1858 IL.
4:53p m.
Leave Brighton, s:5sam, 1853 m, $3.50 Pr
2:tsp m, 5:55 p m.
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RAILROAD d TIM p
Corrected to Accord with Cincinnati
Time.
CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Depot corner Mclean ave and 6est street
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-06
Pouring Oil on the Troubled Waters

The idea expressed in the above head
ing, though commonly held to be of sa-
cred origin, or as merely a poetical man
ner Of expressing commonplace occur
renee, may nevertheless be taken literally,
as well as fguratively, it being, as a mat
ter Of fact, a saying which has satisfac-
tory groundwork in natural facts.
1t was recently stated in evidence be-
fore the commissioners appointed to look
into the herring fisheries of Scotland,
that the practice of pouring a quantity of
oil from boat on the surface Of the sea,
during heavy weather, had the immediate
effect Of calming the waters, and reliev-
ing the boat from the danger of heavy,
broken water But added one of the
witnesses, although the oil has this eff
feet, for time, the sea becomes rougher
afterwards, and so the advantage Of adopt
ing the plan is practically not very great. "
1t is more than probable that this latter
statement can be explained by the law of
comparisons. The oil cast out upon the
weather-side Of the boat effectually as
suages the violence of the waves, which,
instead of breaking roughly over it, glide
smoothly under it. Presently the film of
oil becomes dispersed, and the waves,
again unchecked, appear, by comparison
with the late calm, to be still more for
midable. A fresh dose of oil would, how
ever, again prove advantageous, but the
experiment is seldom repeated, and so
the efficacy of the remedy is called into
question.
The best way of adopting it is to throw
overheard barrel, or skin, filed with
oil, and pierced in two places, TO allow of
the gradual escape Of the contents. This
reservoir should be secured by rope,
and kept on the wea her side of the boat,
and renewed as often as necessary. The
plan is frequently adopted, with the best
results, by native boatmen in the Per-
sian Gulf, and in parts of the Indian
Ocean, where sudden squalls are apt to
spring up.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-06
Patrick Interviews a Coroner.

The other day jocular and good-na-
tured Irishman stepped into the coroner's
private office, and requested an interview
Pat had called on pressing business, and
was all excitement. He had buried IA
man who had met violent death. The
man had been identified by Patrick and
friends as his brother. The identification
proved to be a mistake. The natural and
thought-to- be-dead brother turned up.
Pat had carted the body to the land OF
Billie Penn, and had gone to considerable
expense to have the body properly buried
under six feet OF soil in consecrated
ground.
Coroner -"What can | do for you, Pat
ricki"
Patrick -"Ochl BE jabcrs It's meself
that's come to tell we a swate tale
Coroner Explain yourself. What do
you meanW
Patrick-'The man | thought was me
brother is some other crathur. Me broth
er's turned up. I'm SO narvus and wor-
ried that | can't contend meself. To
think, I've laid out so much on a man,
and he turns out to be another man. It's
me own heart that will break in conse-
quence. The crathur is on top of me poor
ould father. What would he say, the
good ould generous fellow, if he should
wake up some foine morning and foind
strange man on top of him. It's me
that knows what he'd do. He raise a
devil of row, and Patrick, me own dar-
ling SELF, would never hear the last of it.
Coroner, | want the imposter taken up.
He's nuthing to me. It's not right that
me poor ould father, who supported II
family of twelve O'Neils when living,
should have to support stranger when
dead"
The coroner sat back and roared until
Pat got mad, when he good naturedly ad-
vised him, and the misguided Hibernian
went his way-Cdmdea Post.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-06
How She Gave the Census.


When the census tsker raped at tn,
door of certain Detroit cottage on Craw
ford street the other day, and wondered
if the woman would set the dog on hin
or douse him with dish-water, a grea
disappointment awaited him. She opened
the door softly, snuffed the air to see if he
smelled of lightning rods, and then threw
it open for him to enter.
Madam, ! am making canvas of the
city, he began.
"Ah, sit down." she replied, and as he
began opening his book she continued
"There are five of us in the family, and
we paid 500 down on this place. My
husbands name is Peter, his age is 40,
and he came from a mean family. His
father was always having lawsuits about
dogs, and his mother was the greatest
gossip in Elmira. Have you got that
downW
He grunted assent and she continued
MY name is Alvina Sarah, and was
born in"-
81 do not care to know where you were
born. madam" he interrupted.
well, care." she exclaimed; ait
makes a great deal of difference whether
| was born in Africa or Boston, and
want it put down AS | was saying,
was born in Boston in 1888. Put down
that came OF good family
Madam, you don't understand
YOU
Don't understand that | came of a
good family? I'd like to know of Bos-
ton family which carried their noses high
er than the Rogerses? Put down that my
father was in the Mexican war;
you have three children, madam"
II haven't any such thing, sir! Put
down that my mother was killed by an
explosion in quarry. Her and father
were
How many children have you, mad
am2"
Have you got mother downa"
mo, madam. You see | am taking
the census of the city,"
well, she said, giving him danger
Gus look, II had the typhoid fever at the
age of fifteen, and for weeks and weeks
hung on the edge of the grave. | bore
up as well as | was able, and''-
Five in the family-how many chill
dren2' he suddenly asked.
Put down that l bore up.' she com
manded. And that one night when the
watchers were asleep crept out of bed
and took a drink Of
This is foreign to the subject, madam.
How old are your childrenl"
Haven't you put down that l hung on
the edge of the gravef'
mo, ma'am."
Aren't you going, tool'
"No, madam. You see | am simply
taking the census of Detroit. desire to
ascertain
You cant ascertain it here, sir.' she
snapped. "If my sickness, which cost
over $500, isn't good enough to 90 in the
book, then you don't get a line here!'
Let me ask YOU
No use asking for any of our pho
tographs, sir. If you get EN- anywhere
and put our pictures in that book we'll
make it hot for you. Good-day, sir
good-day.'
He stood on the step, signing, and she
called through the door
My grandfather was also bitten to
death by an alligator, but | won't give
you any of the particulars. You want to
walk
He passed on, sorrowfully wondering
if the next woman's mother was blown of
bridge or carried down the river on a
hay stack Detroit Free Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-06
Convict Labor.

eff a man will not work, neither shall
he eat," has been considered wise ant
just saying from time immemorial. Tha
every man should perform some labor
and as producer, exchanger, transporter
or teacher, give an amount of service
commensurate in value with the food he
eats and the clothes he wears, seems to bt
a sef-evident proposition, and he who
does not this, is, as rule, looked upor
with contempt by all right thinking peo
pie. There are thieves who steal, tramps
who beg, and confidence men who can be
looked upon in no other light than thieves
who steal with permission. There are
heirs who inherit fortunes and spend
them, leading lives worse than those of
mere idleness-and gamblers who take
advantage of the weakness and folly of
mankind--to enrich themselves at their
expense; all who take without giving in
return forming one great class of which
society might well be rid. No man
h uld live at the expense of his neighbor
unless in some way he can benefit that
neighbor sufficiently to discharge the
debt.
1t was something IN this way we re-
from a visit to Blackwell's Island where
we saw more than thousand able bodied
men prisoners, clothed, fed and guarded
at a large expense who are not permitted
to do profitable work; that is, any work
from which the county derives Il revenue.
They are made of service in making
walls, keeping roads in repair, and have
aided in the erection of some buildings
They also make most of the shoes used
on the island, and have recently built
some wagons used by the Commissioners
of Charities and Corrections, but nothing
that they might, could, would, and should
make is allowed to be sold.
|. Naturally one looks for the reason of a
rule so apparently unreasonable, and on
inquiring is told that certain classes of
our population object to the manufacture
of anything by convicts that will be put
in competition with honest labor, and
argue that whereas the convicts must be
supported at any rate, the articles manu-
featured cost the county nothing but the
material used, consequently the county
can put them in market at a price ruin
Gus to manufacturers who pay for their
labor. The same general argument is
used when it is proposed to hire out the
convicts to manufacturers. The wages
paid are small because the services rem.
dered are not those of skilled workmen-
but small or large, it makes no difference
with the objectors-who are of the class
that can see nothing which does not seem
to promote their own interests; who
would destroy all machinery, because it
comes in competition as they think with
their labor.
An effort is now being made in the
State of New York to pass Il law for the
prisons of the State similar to the one
now in force on Blackwell's Island. 1t
will be readily supposed we do not favor
such a law. The expenses our criminal
population entail upon us in various ways
are enormous without adding the cost of
food and clothing which every able-bod-
led man should be allowed and obliged to
provide for himself.-RuraI Ne,o Yorker.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-06

THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER.-In the
history Of Rome il is related that in 33l g,
b. c., great chasm opened in the mid
die of the forum, which it was found
impossible to fill. The soothsayers said it
would close when il contained Nha Rome
possessed Of most value, and then the
state would be perpetual A noble youth
named NJ. Curtius, demanded if Rome had
anything of more value than arms and
valor. lie mounted his horse, richly
caparisoned, and amid the silence of the
people spurred him over the brink of the
tremendous precipice eide Liv. /. vii. g..
have seen a striking picture of this some
where. 1t represented the horse and
rider after they had passed the brink and
were descending 10 the unknown depths.
There was a remarkable contrast between
the fright of the brute and the unruffled
self-possession of the man. The limbs
of the horse were frightened TO his body
and the muscles of his neck drew his head
to his chest, and shuddering terror ex-
pressed itself in the flash of his starting
eyes. The rider was serene and calm,
with a solemn expression of majesty on
his face. as of one who lived with high
thoughts If were set to spirltualize
this picture, should say that it was no
mean representation of a ripe Christian
departing this life. The horse is the body
and the rider is the spirit. Flesh shrink
ing, spirit steady and calm and solemn.
Flesh dresdiDg the terrible shock, and
spirit wrspt in the glory of action, de-
scending that il may sscend.-Cook.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-06

SCoTCH CAKE One pound brown SUI
gar, one pound flour, one-haf pound but
ter two eggs, one teaspoonful cinnamon
roll very thin and bake.
GRAHAM MUFFINs.-A penny's worth
of yeast, three pints warm water salt,
half cupful molasses, and Graham flour
enough to make thick batter; set it in
a warm place to rise; have your muffin
pan hot, and bake in hot oven.
To USE VI COLD MEAT. - Prepare
your meat AS for hash; fill a deep dish
with boiled maccaroni; on top of that
place the hash; cover it with tomatoes,
over which sprinkle bread crumbs, with
Il little butter; bake until nicely
Drowned
PARADISE PUDDING.-Tbree eggs, one
fourth pound OF bread crumbs, three APP
plies, currants, juice of half lemon, nut
meg, salt; mince the apples, beat the
eggs, and stir them into the bread crumbs
and other ingredients. Rub the currants
in flour before putting in. Boil for an
hour and half To be eaten hot with
sweet sauce.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-06
An Italian Dairy Show.

1t seems likely that dairy shows will
soon become quite an institution. They
were commenced for the first time in Eng
land last year, when the one held at
Islington was so successful as to encour-
age its promoters to organize another.
The second show was held few weeks
ago, and was also successful. They have
also lust been started in Italy, a dairy
show having been opened in Naples.
Italian cheese is produced in such nu-
merous varieties that the show can hardly
fail to be interesting. We learn that the
contributors to the show number 164, of
whom fifteen are foreigners, while the
rest are nationals representing thlrty-slx
provinces, Catanzaro, in the Calabrias,
being the largest contributor. The arti-
Giles exhibited are arranged in hive hun
dred groups, many of them as inviting to
the taste as any Of our English cheeses,
and most of them preferred to those of
our own country by the natives. This is
the result, no doubt, in great measure,
of habit; but the rich plains of Lom-
hardy and many districts of the South
can, and do, produce a "lattagine '-un-
der which name are included all the
compositions of milk-which is really
delicious. In an agricultural point OF
view, whether as regards small or more
extended farming, the cheese exhibition
is of considerable importance, for milk
is scarcely ever consumed by the Italian
in any other form. Cheese making in
Italy is practised on a somewhat small
scale, although nearly every peasant has
COW, some even renting one. Skill in
cheese making thus becomes of the ut
most importance; and it is to be hoped
that these cheese exhibitions will have the
effect of improving such skill, and con
tributing to the production of an article
ofsuperior quality .-Amsrican Dairyman
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-06

To WASH BLACK CASHMERE Take II
hard soapsuds, wash your goods thor
oughly, and after you have rinsed them
in warm water, rinse them in warm cof-
fee, with teaspoonful of gumarabic wa
ter to every pound of goods; take piece
of dark flannel or place layer of flan-
mel and then one of goods, and so on I'M
til you have finished, then roll up tight
and leave until morning, then iron on the
wrong side. You can also wash soiled
velvet this way.
To WASH CHAMoIs SKINs.-Wash in
cold water with plenty of soap, and rinse
we'll in clear, cold water; thus treated
the skins will never be hard, but soft and
plisble.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-06

THE production of silk in the United
States appears to be on the decline in
spite of all attempts to revive and encour-
age sericulture. In 1860 about twelve
thousand pounds of cocoons were raised,
but in 1870 the production had fallen OF
to a little over three thousand pounds.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-06

ILL-HUMoR is nothing more than an in
ward feeling of our own want of merit,
a dissatisfaction with ourselves which is
always united with an envy that foolish
vanity excites. Goethe.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-06-06

A CHAPTER OK STlNGs. - The pain
caused by the sting of a plant or insect
is the result of a certain amount of acid
poison injected into the blood. The first
thing to be done is to press the tube of
small key firmly on the wound, moving
the key from side to side to facilitate the
expulsion of the sting and its accompa-
nying poison. The sting, if left in the
wound, should be carefully extracted,
otherwise it will greatly increase the
local irritation. The poison of stings
being acid, common sense points to the
alkalies as the proper means of cure.
Among the most easily procured rene
dies may be mentioned soft soap, liquor
of ammonia Spirits of hartshorn), smell
ing salts, washing soda, luick-lime made
into paste with water, lime-water, the
juice of an onion, tobacco juice, chewed
tobacco, bruised dock leaves, tomato
juice, wood ashes, tobacco ash and car
Donate of soda. If the sting be severe,
rest and GOODNESS should be added to the
other remedies, more especially in the
case of nervous subjects Nothing is so
apt to make the poison active as heat,
and nothing tavors its activity less than
cold. Let the body be kept cool and at
rest, and the activity of the poison will
be reduced to minimum. Any active
exertion whereby the circulation is quick
ened will increase both pain and swell
ing. If the swelling be severe the part
may be rubbed with sweet oil or drop
or two of laudanum. Stings in the eye,
ear, mouth or throat sometimes lead to
serious consequences; in such cases medi-
cal advice should always be sought as
soon as possible.-Gdrdea.