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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

ACCORDING to Nature, the mirror of the
great telescope recently added to the won
ders of Paris is forty seven inches in dame
ter, with a focal distance of twenty-three
feet The weight of the mirror is half
ton; it is constructed of glass, and is sill
vered by the Foucault process, the whole
cost of the mirror being some $4,000. A
mngnifying power of 800 has been found
to answer excellently for observing minute
stars. The finder and the ocular and the
small plane mirror are all placed at the
front of the tube, and can be rotated around
its axis, thus facilitating the use of the
large iron winding staircase from which
observations may be made; the height of
this staircase is about forty-feet. and its
weight six tons; it rests on two circular
iron rollers, and is always placed on the
same side of the tube as the counterpoise,
being moved by special machinery. The
observations are made in the open air, but
the instrument is protected at other times
by means of an iron house, which weighs
twelve tons, and is movable on rollers by
machinery so that in can be rolled to one
side, and in less than quarter of. an hour
the huge and magnificent telescope can be
uncovered and pointed upon any object in
the heaven, however distant or minute.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

On tho old school book, in its dusty nook,
With a fearful eye gaze;
Come down, old friend, for an hoH wen spen
In talking Of the bygone days
/ gaze once more, as in days Of yore,
On the task that vexed the brain;
The lesson done, and victory won,
And feel I'm a child again.
And seem to stand with the youthful ba
In the old house on the green;
hear the fun ere the school begun,
And join in the gladsome scene
take my place, with a sober face
Ger the well carved desk bend,
And hourly pour DER the learned lore
or thy wonderful page, old friend.
Then our cares were few and our friends wer
true,
And our griefs were rare and light:
The world was nought iso we fondly thought
But region Of pure delight,
But time has sped, and our path has led
Through the dark and fearful scene;
And a-sed away are the good and gay,
Like the old house on the green.
But Wen sing no more of the days of yore,
For the tear drop dilns the eye;
Sleep on, old book in thy dusty nook,
As in years that have glided by;
No guilt we trace in thy honest face,
But mine Of gold within
Enriched the youth, as they sought for truth,
an the old house on the green.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24
great poet does not trust to impulse

A great poet does not trust to impulse
alone. Like Milton, he looks upon hard
labor, as his lot in life; Ike knows that the
race is not to the swift nor the battle to the
strong; he will not, therefore lie down
to sleep like the hare in the fable, but
will zealously gather materials, all he can,
both consciously and unconsciously, lay
trains of thought, and trustfully wait for
his power, when the flash from heaven
will descend, the train will be lighted,
the mine sprung, the breach made, and the
citadel taken.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

A New YORK woman has brought suit
for divorce from her husband on the
ground that when she married him she
was drunk. If her petition is granted
there will be some fun at weddings in
the future.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

ANDERSON says he will now seek work
in the channels Of his profession, but as
there will not likely be another Presiden-
tial election for two years, he can enjoy
a protractcd vacation.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

Mr., HENRY WATIERsoN's denuncia-
ton of President Hayes and defense of
Stanley Matthews is not in good taste. 1t
looks too much like willingness to
screen his Uncle Stanley at the expense
Of the President.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

The Indians everywhere are on their
mettle. We should watch jealously ev-
cry movement Of those La Crosse players
over in Coyington, lest they steal upon
us in the night and snatch all Cincinnati
bald-headcd.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

ONE fire trcads swiftly upon the heels
of another along the line Of the elevated
street railway in New York. Metallic
roofs and shect-iron awnings are in
order.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

THE Mayor and Council Of Toledo are
going to spend the Fourth at Ann Ar
Dor, Michigan. We will send our de-
tectives up in the fall and take them out
of pickle.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24


II the millcrs who assembled at In
dianapolis in National Convention did
not take into consideration the explosive
qualities Of -four and the combustible-
ness of Touring mills, their mission was
not fulfilled, The destructive explosions
which occurred in Governor Washburne's
Minnesota mills, and other disasters of a
like nature, have excited lively interest
III this matter not only among the man
ufacturers Of fireworks and the managers
OF pyrotechnic displays, but among all
consumers of flour in the various shapes
into which the handiwork of bakers has
wrought it. He who conveys barrel of
flour into his house feels that he is hal-
boring az Internal machine which may at
any moment burst its hoops, elevate the
roof of his home and scatter his family
promiscuously. The man who invests
III loaf of bread carries it cautiously, as
one would bomb-shell with a burning
fuse, for he can not tell at what instant
his staff of life may become a messenger
OF death and explode in his hands.
Even the piIfering boy nibbles at
stolen pie with suspicion, ready to drop
it and take to his heels at the first mani
festation of an explosion. Such a state
OF affairs can not long exist, for if we are
to lose all our faith in -four the indus
tries of our country will certainly suffer
in consequence. In addition to this
astonishing feature which has de-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

WHEN we consider that there are men
confined in nearly all our Penitentiaries
unjustly, and that hosts of men who
ought to be confined there are free, it
shakes ones faith in justice. A man was
recently discharged from the Iowa Peni-
tentiary who had served a term of
twenty years for a crime which he never
committed.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

GEoRGIA's crop of dried peaches this
year will only amount to about 81, ,500,-
600, but if you wet them they will
swell,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

CINCINNATI wEsTwooD (NARRow-aAuGEl
Daily except Sunday.
Leave C.. IT, & D. Depot. s:53 IN, 6lS D m,
Leave Robbs (Westwoodj, 5:4Sam, 1888 m
12:3S n, 1888 p m. 6:03p m
Leave Brighton, 6:43a In. 90Sam IN, 2:0s, p IN rs
pm, 6:3 pm
Sunday trains
Leave Robb's (WcstwoodD, S:3s m, 1923 a m.
1928 p IN, 2O3 p m. 53 m, and 6:33pm
Leave Brighton 93S a m, l:09 a m, l:2s D m.
2:SS IN. 603 p IN, 7;l3 p M
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

THE husband Of the woman with the
Iron Jaw has been divorced from her in
st. Louis. Her jaw was all well enough
for an exhibition, but in the secusion of
his quiet home there was too much of it.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

lr is not healthy to be all Emperor.
The Emperor Of Japan has just recovered
from severe illness.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

THE Phoenix Hotel in New York State
was destroyed by fire, but it will arise
from its hashes.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

julius CESAR is not dead and turned
to clay He won the Royal Hunt Cup
at a recent London race.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

NIGHT EDITOR ANDERsoN's edito-
rials will be no longer read, but his
head is.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

KING ALFoNzo's young wife is scri-
ously sick, and the maidens of Europe are
beginning to spruce up.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

THE English have long-rauge cannon
for mountain service which can be un-
screwed and made into three pieces so as
to be transported by mules, When the
mules become panic stricken and scatter
out the artillery is disbanded
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24

THE Peace Congress hasn't yet struck
a breaker.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24
THE STAR,

23O Walnut street. Cincinnati, o.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24
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me SOB q, m. and 953 p. IN. trains connect fo
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

proposed, inasmuch as he was quite busy,
to send his outlines to the field painted
upon canvass and to credit his adversary
with whatever center shots he should
make, had merely anticipated the pre-
cautions of the late French political duel.
Thirty-five PAGES with pistols for two
near-sighted old buffers, is as harmless
a pastime as playing billiards or croquet.
Each, of course, knew that the other
couldn't hit barn door at that range
unless by accident, and that their respec-
tive friends and attendants were in the
greater peril. With this advance step in
keeping up the code of honor no man can
advocate its abolition. 1t is now rem
dered as harmless as the chicken-pox or
the itch. Science and patience will carry
man through whole cartridge: box OF
ammunition with absolute safety. The
eclat of duel is within the reach of the
humblest clod of the valley and veriest
chicken-hearted aspirant for newspaper
fame.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10
A FEMALE BURGLAR.

At the Liverpool Assizes, recently, a
woman respectfully dressed, and described
as an upholstress, was indicted for bur.
glary at Southport. Early one morning
Southport family were aroused, and, on
looking out of the window, the prisoner was
observed running away from the back.
Examination showed that window had
been broken, and there were lying in the
ward an umbrella and vail, which were
identified as belonging to the prisoner, who
was apprehended some little time after
ward on the beach, when bag containing
set of housebreakins tools was discovered
in her possession. FoS the defence it was
contended that the prisoner at the time of
the occurrence was suffering from neural
gia, and that in consequence of using
chloral to deaden the pain, her brain had
become affected. The jury returned a
verdict to the effect that the prisoner was
on the premises, but not with felonous
intent. Tha learned judge ordered tll
prisoner to be discharged, and sal
that in the whole coarse of his life d,
had never heard more extraordinarS
J verdict. q.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

RAILWAYS of very narrow gauge, for
mining and manufacturing purposes are
becoming quite common in Great Britain.
Several miniature locomotives have been
constructed for road of nineteen inches
gauge in the Great Laxey lead mines.
These locomotives are but two feet three
inches in width, and little over four feet
from the rails to the top of the chimney;
the cylinders are placed inside, and are OF
four. inches diameter, and six inches
stroke. The wheels are ten inches in
diameter, of cast steel, and the engine is
carried on two wrought iron frames extend
ing the whole length. 1t is fitted with
link motion, feed pump, injector, break
gear, &c. The water is carried in tank
between the frame plates. Each OF these
little machines will draw, an level, from
thirteen to fifteen tons, at speed OF about
eight miles per hour.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

The French Government have made
some additional and, it appears, very sue
cessful experiments with the cannon
revolver-the new arm capable of throw
ing eighty shells per minute of rather
more than one pound each, which break
up into twenty four fragments. 1t can be
brought into action and the range deter
mined with great rapidity, and, when once
sighted, it can be worked without the
slightest recoil, and traversed by pivot
action. 1t commences to be effective at
the tremendous range of 5000 yards. In
uaval use, these guns are fred from and
resting on the bulwarks, and are of eff
cient service for the torpedo-boat search
ing; in this form, the weight of the piece
is only about 700 pounds; but, as field
pieces, the additional gear required bring
them up to some 1,6oo.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

IT appears that the new explosive to
which has been given the name of dior
re1in, is coming into extensive use
among coal miners in Germany, in prefer
ence to other chemical compositions
now in use for such purposes. M. Pan
crea is the inventor, and large quanti-
ties of it are at present being manufac-
tured at Sistiana, Trieste, Brunn, and
some other localities. In the dry ex-
plosive of this kind there are the following
ingredients, and their proportions, name
ly: Pieric acid, 1.65; charcoal, 749;
beech sawdust, 1897; potassic nitrate,
1878; sodic nitrate, 23.16; sulphur,
1s.4o; and the explosive is found to
be about twenty-five per cent. Lighter
than Austrian blasting powder, of abou
squal strength, and only one fifth the
,ost H,.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

care being taken not to mix any foreign
substance with it; few drops Of essence
of lavender are then poured on the SCOT
and the mixture pounded with spatula,
and just sufficient copal varnish is then
added to give the composition proper
thickness, so as to prevent it spreading
when applied. The varnish thus prepared
is put on by means of very fine brush.
10 secure brilhancy, the dial is dried at o
slow heat, by passing it lightly over a
spirit flame, the reverse side of the dial
being, of course, the only part exposed to
the fame. This composition is made only
in quantities large enough for immediate
use, as it dries very rapidly and cannot be
utilized afterward. Swiss watchmakers
seem to be aloue in the practice of this
method.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10
The Cincinnati Star

THE DAILY STAR is served by carriers to their
subscribers in the City of Cincinnati and in all
Important Western cities and towns for 10
Cents PER WEEK, payable to the carrier.
Or the paper will be mailed, postage paid, to
any part of the country for 80 Cents PER
MONTH, SO PER ANNUM.
fHE STAR is the only STRICTLY INDEPEND-
'ENT NEWSPAPER published in Cincinnati.
It is taken and read by people of all parties and
shades of opinion, and it seeks to present the
news of all kinds fairly and faithfully, with
Justice to all and with especial favor to none.
fHE WEEKLY STAR-S1 PER YEAR, with two
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ADVERTISING RATES-In Daily, 12h Cents
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ToN1TE, the new safety blasting powder,

ToN1TE, the new safety blasting powder,
has been successfully introduced into some
of the English colleries. 1t is made of
cotton, which is crushed to -four meal
consistency, thoroughly purified by being
subjected to strong agitation by an air
blast while it is brought to boiling point
by jet of steam, dose of carbonate of
ammonia being thrown into the vat; by
this means, all the unstable nitrogen com
pounds are destroyed, and the nitric fumes
so difficult of extraction are, by the aid of
ammonia, reduced to their simple elements
nitrogen and water. The tonite is made
into cartridges prepared with nitrate of
baryta, which is scarcely soluble in water,
so that when the charge dries it does not
separate and distort the shape of the car
fridge. The cartridges are no more than
bright, burning troches, which may be
held in the hand without the least danger
of explosion. The tonite is free from
smell, and is equal to dynamite IL
strength.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10
An ingenious kind of painting machine

An ingenious kind of painting machine
designed for Stats, laths, or other narrow
work has been invented by a Liverpool
mechanic, the operation being by this
means greatly facilitated, and much bet
ter result obtained than by hand. The
paint is poured into lower tray; above
are located first pair of rollers, which
seize the slat and draw it in between
series of brushes, one of which paints the
upper side, another the lower side, and two
more cover the edges. To keep these
brushes wet with paint, two wheels beside
the grasping rollers rotate partially in the
paint in the tray beneath, these being 30
grooved as to carry up the liquid at every
revolution, and dash it on the brushes
The machine, it is stated, is found to be
capable of painting the large number Of
6,oO0 running feet of lath per hour, with
out the aid of steam power.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10
SCIENTIFIC.

In painting the hours on metal dials, the
principal ingredient employed by the
Swiss makers is SCOT, obtained by holding
a clean copper or sheet metal plate over
the fame of m oil or petroleum lamp
glowing tool serving this purpose very well
and, as soon as sufficient deposit is pro-
duoed, it is collected on q piece Of glass,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

AS THE expenses of the Government of
india are about $2O,0O0,OO0 more than
the income, annually, it looks as if En-
gland might yet be stranded on "lndia's
coral strand"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

A NICHOLAS COUNTY KY.). man
committed suicide because mule had
Kicked him on the head. A kick is an
insult; kick on the head is an aggravated
insult, but kick on the head by mule is
an insult which no man can stand up
under.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10
A Volume in Six Lines

This very hour, If you have cough,
cold, or any difficulty in the throat or lungs,
send for Hale's Honey of Horehound and
Tar Take it faithfully, and you are safe.
The cure is certain and swift. the prepara-
ton pleasant
Don't disregard these six lines.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure toothache in
one minute. Sold by alFdruggists at 25c.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

THE wrecks of two daily newspapers
were disposed of in St. Louis yesterday,
the Journal and the Dispatch. They
were both started "to supply long felt
wants" Each one bankrupted quite a
respectable number of enterprising busi-
mess men.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

This story is told by Southern paper:
"A pond of water ON the Deshler place,
in North Alabama, embracing ten acres,
suddenly disappeared early one morning
recently with loud rumbling sound. A
large hole, down which the water
poured, is all that remains to mark the
spot. a2-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

WADE HAMPTON was inaugurated
last week as Governor while he lay prone
upon his back in bed. He was quite
cheerful, considering the circumstances,
and only INDUCED in few mutterings,
deep, but not loud, against the irreverent
mule which had reduced him to such a
low estate.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

THE two branches of the Legislature
at Victoria, Australia, being at logger
heads, they have appropriated $4,000
to send three Commissioners to England
to confer with the Imperial Government
and have their difficulties adjusted
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

NOTHING has occurred for years so
we'll calculated to popularize dueling as
the recent rencontre between Gambetta
and Fourton in France. The Bennett
Nav affair is and ever will be open to the
suspicion of having been cheap and
safe job put up for the sake of"personal
notoriety. 1t is now known that neither
party would have hit balloon at five
PAGES if his antagonist had been in it.
Such are the amenities of the fashionable
duello. After the celebrity of the May
Bennett affair it is strange that tens OF
thousands of the valiant youths of Ameri-
ca did not rush upon the field ofhonor.
But, although the precedent showed how
safe the business was, it was to a certain
extent expensive, and as a luxury be-
yond the reach of the average bumpkir
who aspires to fame. But Gambetta
the foremost man in Republican France
and Fourton, who is about the headmos
man of Imperialism in France, demons
trated how duel may be fought with
out disturbing the nerves OF the partie
or awakening any apprehension in tn
bosom of their nearest friends. The mai
who. whel challenged 1--WE think he wa
an Irishman), accepted the challenge. bu
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

HIGHLAND COUNTY is in almost as
intense an excitement over Mckimmie
and his gang as Breathitt County, KY,
with her rollicking mountaineers.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

EIGHT THOUSAND hard drinkers had
affixed their autographs to the Murphy
pledge in New York, at last accounts.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

When your liver is out of order, use DIR.
Jayne's Sanatiye Pills, and you will ration
allv assist this organ to regain q healthy
condition, and get rid of many distressing
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10
ANOTHER brush in Breathitt.

MINNEAPOLIS last night had another
mill disaster, but this time without loss
of life.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

SCIENCE, it seems, is not to suffer for
the want of stalwart defenders. Two
members of Wheeling Literary Club
emphasized their arguments on the Chi
nese question with sturdy blows and
razor slashes, while the Old School prac-
titioners and the Homeopathists at Ann
Arbor are deciding the merits of their
respective schools by pugilistic contests
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-10

THE old song says "your heart Will be
easy if it's in the right place" but when
one is in possession of heart which does
not know it's place, but is inclined to feel
at home in almost any portion of the hui
man frame, the case is decidedly differ
ent. DIR. Elias Thomas, who recently
gave an exhibition before the students OF
the Medical College of Augusta, Ga,
possesses the faculty of transferring his
heart from place to place in his body al
will. While the physicians would be OBJ
serving it's natural pulsation at the spot
where mans heart ought to be, it woulc
suddenly remove itself to more remote
portion of the body and resume its throb
bing. Thus it would continue to change
its location at the will of the
doctor from left to right, up and down
and frequently appearing in the most un
expected places. The doctor also gave al
exhibition of voluntary heart stoppages
during which the action of that organ
and the pulsation at the wrist were i'm
perceptible. There are some advantage
in the possession of such movable heart
1t would be convenient thing to chang
about-in case an assassin were seeking fo
the vital part; but then again it woul'
be sad thing to have to confess, witt
DR.. Thomas, that ones heart is without
pericardium and his chest without a dia
.phragm, since it is all the fashion now t
have pericardiums and diaphragms.