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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
LIFE AT A GERMAN HOTEL.

A traveller in Germany writes: Here the
dismayed traveller is first introduced to the
feather cover, "feather bed quilt" as l
should call it, which is too short for any
beyond the statue Of ToE Thumb, and
too warm to be endurabls except on the
coolest nights. How people can sleep un-
der such things in ordinary weather I fail
TO understand. They have no separate
sheets and blankets here, but stitch the
sheet loosely over the blanket or quilt, and
thus the bed-elothes are all in one piece.
remember once reading an anecdote of the
philosopher Kant narrating the delight he
took in rolling himself up in some odd
way in his quilt and going to sleer con-
graduating himself on being so comforta-
BILE. used to wonder why he rolled HIM
self up in his quilt at all, instead of 'get-
ting between the sheets" like an ordinary
mortal; but now understand exactly why
he did SO, and moreover, have found one
particular in which I take after the great
philosopher. The system of feeling walters,
servants, &C., fourishes here in a manner
which is much more agreeable to the hire
ling than the traveller. Every step of SER
vice, every fire, every bit of bread at the
table, and even butter Gf you should still
'hanker" after this seldom used article),
every look of the waiter, one might say, is
charged for separately, until the traveller,
hoping to save money in this paradise of
cheap living, in despair begins to consider
that the cheapness of the articles is well
counterbalanced by the number of petty
charges on his bill. The living, neverthe.
less, is very cheap here, and one soor
learns how to manage his means to great
advantage. If one wishes to stop for any
length of time, he had best hire room
in some cheap hotel, where very COM
Portable and well-furnshed room can bt
had for about two shillings per day, ser.
vices included. He can takes his meals at
the restaurant which happens to be
nearest by when he becomes hungry in hit
wanderings. When he takes his leave a
the hotel he will be amused and perhaps
annoyed to see the chief waiter pull bell
rope, when the porter and 'boots" viii
promptly make their appearance, and smil
ingly extend their palms for hallmark
apiece, while the waiter remarks that they
are not included under the heading O.
service.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

to his sad and uncertain fate. But now
she beheld in this skull the phreno!ogica.
evidences that it was the former head
her family, and her mind would be at
ease, for she not only knew for certain
ty that he was dead, but she could at
once proceed to collect a life insurance
policy of $4,000 which he had provident-
ly left behind. The widow bade fair
to be the successful claimant, and
would assuredly have carried away
the relic had not science, in the
form of DIR. Goldsehmiedt, inter
vened. After a critical examination of
the skull, the doctor pronounced it to be
that of some young woman not more than
twenty-five years of age, which had prob
ably been thrown away by some medical
student. Thus the brother and husband
and mother-in-law theories were all rude
ly shattered, and the Identification must
now come from somebody who has lost a
young woman.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
THE TALE OF A SKULL,

When a New York policeman is OBJ
served poking mysteriously about in an
old ash barrel with his cane, the crowd of
inquisitive people who rapidly surround
him naturally look for some startling de-
velopments. The expectations of such a
gaping crowd were more than realized
one morning, not long since, when one
of these prying policemen, after a tedious
and thorough investigation of the con-
tents of garbage barrel, turned out a
human skull 1t is an innocent and
harmless thing enough, grinning hui
man skull, but it is safe to say that
the officers audience dispersed more rap
idly than it accumulated, for very few
people appreciate or enjoy the presence
of this empty casket, in which perhaps
both wit and wisdom were once en-
shrined.
1t was at once borne to the Morgue by
its discoverer, where Coroner and sew
eral Deputy Coroners sat upon it, and
sagely decided that they could not mn
ravel the mystery of its history; there
fore it was retained for identification.
And it was soon identified. A German
rushed breathlessly into the Coroner's
Office and recognized in the skull all the
bumps peculiar to the Uranium of his
wealthy brother, who had mysteriously
disappeared, and upon whose valuable eff
fects he was in haste to administer. He
was about to bear the remains in triumph
away, when careworn married man
came up and explained, while poorly
disguised gleam of satisfaction stole over
his countenance, that every feature Of
the skull, and particularly preponder,
ance of jaw, answered perfectly to the
description of his poor missing mother,
in-law. So positive was he of its identity
that he would no doubt have overcome
the skeptical Germans arguments had
not charming woman in widows weed;
and in tears entered the office at that
point. A short time previously her hus
band had turned up among the missing
and unaccounted for, leaving her no clue
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
A WONDERFUL SPECIMEN.

Prof. w. Frank Stewart has in his pos
session specimen, the like Of which has
probably never before been seen in any part
of the world. 1t is piece of charcoal some
five inches in length and half an inch thick,
on which is formed about one inch of as
handsome bituminous coal as ever was dug
out of the bowels of the earth. The coal is
somewhat crystalline in structure. 1t shows
no sign offthe grain Of the wood from which
it was formed, while the charcoal, to which
it is firmly united, shows the grain Of the
original wood through its whole length-is,
in fact nothing more than piece of ordi.
nary porus charcoal. The hituminous coal
gives to the whole specimen about the
weight lump of ordinary coal of its size
should have. This remarkable specimen
was taken from coal.pit of the kind COM
monty constructed in Eastern Nevada in
burning coal for use in the smelling fur
naces. II is proof positive that under q
certain amount of pressure, and when SUBJ
mitted to a proper degree of heat, pine
wood may be converted into bituminoua
coal. As it SO distinctly shows this as to
convince any one who sees it of the fact,
the specimen is isinvaluable, and would doubt
less create q great sensation were it ex-
hibited before some of the learned socie-
ties of the Atlantic States or Europe. The
specimen is sound and firm in every respect
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A SHOWER OF PINE BARK.-The Raleigh
IN. c.. News of March 2Sth says: We are in
formed by eye-witnesses of the occurrence,
that on Tuesday last, in the afternoony about
2 clock, great quantity of piecesof pine
bark fell in and around yard in this city.
The fragments of bark appeared to have
been violently torn from the trees. Many
Of them were of the size of ones hand. The
pieces of falling bark might be seen at a
great height in the air-as much as two or
three hundred feet. The puzzled viewers
of this curious shower could give no expla-
nation of the cause of the occurrence"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

THE Governor of New Jersey has
brought in his little veto. 1t was upon a
bill which made it larceny to bring goods
within their borders which had been sto-
len in another State. The Governor,
being candidate for the Presidency,
is determined not to be put in an at
titude antagonistic to growing branch
of industry in an adjoining State-that Of
stealing goods in New York and selling
them in New Jersey
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
Are You Afflicted,

and wish torecover the esame degree of health.
strength, and energy as experienced nformer
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 mu1tifarious forms, con-
sequent on lingering, nervous, chronic, OF
functional disease? Do you feel nervous, de-
bilitated, fretful, timid, and lack the power
of will and action? Are yeusubject to loss
of memory, have spells of fainting, fullnest
of blood in the head, feel istness, moping,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

MAX STRAKosCH has fathomed the
great secret of managing female opera
singers. 81 have found" says he, "they
don't sing well when they think they're
not we'll dressed"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

THE Chicago Tribune insists that the
census of St. Louis is not consistent with
the number of votes polled. 1t should
consider, however, that the voting popu-
lation can not be safely estimated, even
on the votes cast, as the happy faculty Of
repeating is widely cultivated in that
section.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
Lost Confidence in Yourself

and energy for business pursuits Are you
subject to any of the following symptoms:,
dreams, palpitation of the heart, bashfulness,
restless nights, broken sleep, nightmare,
confusion of ideas, aversion to society, dizzi-
ness in the head, dimness of sight, pimples
and botches ON the face and back, and other
respondent symptoms? There are
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
Unfit for Business

or pleasure, and subject to fits of melan'
choly? Areyour kidneys, stomach, urinary
organs, liver or blood in disordered condt
ton? Do you suffer from rheumatism, neu
ralgia, or aches and pains? Have you been
indiscreet in early years and
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
Broken Down in Health

and spirits from disorders peculiar to their
sex, and who, from false modesty or neglect,
prolong their suferings. 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, 1878-04-06
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-P Physiology teaches US, in regard to-
the modus operaadi of the
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

MRS ISABELLA B. HOOKER does not
want any sixteenth amendment. She
says the original Constitution provides
equally for men and women, and she's
willing to fight it out ON that line.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

JUDGE LARREMoRs has appointed a
Receiver for the Young Mems Centen-
NAL Club of New York. Many men be-
come receivers of clubs without previous
appointments.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
A Victim to Youthful F0IHes,

or carried the marital relation to excess in,
later years? Have these indiscretions 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, 1878-04-06

KNOWING that music hath charms to
soothe the savage breast, Miss Annie
Louise Gary will give up her European
tour this summer, and will put in her
time singing for our American colleges.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

If the organ-grinder receives not JUS
tice in our current literature, he may
hope for place in the history of our
times. Bancroft, the historian, it is said,
has passion for this doleful music.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
Curative and Preservative

effects of Voltaic Electricity, we may most
reasonably infer that all those chronic ail-
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, 1878-04-06

ARIZONA lifts up its voice and cries
aloud for more girls, House servants
there are paid $25 per month and
boarded.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

PRESIDENT HAYES declined banquet
at Chester, Pa, on the occasion of the
launching of the Getty of Para" He ac-
cepted the launch but not the lunch.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

BEAUcHAMP, the poetical Consul at
Cologne, whose "hole hart" made him
famous, has been succeeded by man
with the unromantic name of Bullock.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

Mr.. KIMBALL raised SIC, 900 in one day
recently for a Brooklyn Church. As a
raiser he is sharper than razor.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
Thousands of Young Men,

middle-aged, and even the old, who suffer
from nervous and physical debility. There
are also thousands of females s.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

The King of.Portugal, Dom Luiz l., is
engaged upon Portuguese translation Of
Shakespeare.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

WHEN a stranger is seen in the streets
of Washington he is universally greeted
with "Well, how're things out in Ohio?"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
THE STAR,

THE "Hum, sweet hum," of the mos
quito Is already heard down in Texas.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
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 Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
External Remedies are the
Safest

and best that can be applied in diseases, on
account of the facility which we possess of
watching their action and their results Z;
and of these remedies Electricity, in the
form Of mild, continuous and prolonged
currents, az realized exclusively by
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PULVERMACHER.
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To the We0E, Nervous, and
DebjIjtGted, aUAO Sufertrom
UL- Health consequent on
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

On large farms, where much grain is
fed, the cost of poultry keeping is insig-
nificant; while the range of the stubble
fields, the ofal from butchering, the
screenings Of grain, etc., would be entirely
lost but for the labors of these "snappsrs
Of unconsidered trifes.'
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TIE WACHHE-ENI.BETJE.

Southern Africa teens with vegetation
Sycamores, with nutritious figs; the mbugu,
with its bark that supplies material for
houses and canoes, as our birch did, but
also with an inner bark, of which the ma
tives make cloth and ropes; palm-trees
trees furnishing oil and wine, plantains and
tamarinds.
The underground is prolific; but the
traveller needs to be very cautious, as there
are varieties of ihorny plants which are
not only annoying, but even dangerous.
One of the worst of these is that strange
plant called by the Dutch beers "Wache.
em-betje," which the English translate
"Wait-a-bit."
It is strong plant, with few leaves, but
supplied with an enormous assortment ot
fshhook-like thorns that enter and teal
clothes and flesh In a fearful manner
They are SO tough that it seems impossi
BILE to break them, and the unfortunate
who meets them in his progress il
indeed arrested and compelled to "wait
q bit"
Stanley, our latest traveller in tn,
southern wilds of Africa, tells of this dan
gerous thorn-bush; that his interpreter
Selem, when one day riding through j..
wood, sick and enfeebled by dysentery
was caught on the neck by thorny plan
of this fearful growth, and was too weak II
push it aside or save himself as the hors,
moved on. One thorn tore an ugly wount
in his neck in alarming proximity TO tn
jugular vein. He narrowly escaped death
and received wound of which he vii
bear the scar to his dying-day.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06

and there is no reason why it may not bo
preserved for hundreds or thousands OF
years if not exposed to fire.
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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-11-15
A Remarkable Cure.

"For many, many years." said
the man with the bad eye, II was
troubled. annoyed, positively atilict.
ed with a raging, burning thirst
for strong drink. and alcoholic bev'
erages, | sought for relief in every
way. | sought the advice of ply.
s%icians and the counselS OF friends.
tried various cures recommended
by the newspapers, but none OF
them seemed to do me any good"
sand by what MEANS" asked the
clergyman in the tall bat, 'did you
ut length succeed in allaying this
terrible thirst"
SWELL" said the man with the
bad eye, after moments reflection,
II found that old Crow whiskey, as
a steady thing, Iud of sottened it
down aud Quoted it about as much
us anything | tried. When found
the thirst and the burning desire
for IA drink coming on, | would go
and take about three fingers Of old
Grow, and the thirst would pass
away, and
But AS be looked up he saw that
his audience had also passed away,
and the young clergyman was look,
ing back at him with "A sad, yearn-
ing, disappointed expression.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-11-15
TROUBLES IN mon LIFE.
MRS. r. q. BURNETT.
st. Nicholas for October.

st. Nicholas for October.
Two miniature mothers at play on the fiool
Their wearisome cares were debating
How Dora and Arabelle, children no more
Were twice as much trouble rs ever before
And the causes each had her own cares t.
deplore
We're, really, well worth my relating
Said one little mother: "You really don't
know
What a burden my life is with Bella
Her stravagant habits | hope she'll out
grow,
She buys her kid gloves by the dozen, you
know,
Sits for carries de risits every fortnight orso,
And don't do a thing that | tell herr
Those stylish young ladies (thc d%ollies,
you know
Had compilations soft, pearly and
waXcn,
With arms, neck and forehead, as white
as the snow,
Golden hair sweeping down to the waist
and below,
Eyes blue as the sky, cheeks with youths
ruddy glow
OF a beauty pure Greciau and Saxon
" Indeed 81 said the other, that's sad to
be sure;
But, ah," with a sigh, no one guesses
The cares and anxietics mothers endure.
For though Dora appears SO scdatc and
d%emure,
She spends all the meney that l can secure
On her .cloaks and her bonnets aud
dresses
Then followed such prattlc of fashion and
style,
Ismiled as l listened and wondered,
And | thought, had l tried to repeat it
crewhile,
How. these fair little Israelites, without
guile,
Would mock at..my lack of their kuowl-
edge, and smile
At the way l had stumbled and blum
dered.
Aud ! thought, too, when each youthful
mother had conncd
Her startling and touching narration,
Of the dolls Of which | in my childhood
was fond,
How with Dora and Arabellc they'd cor
respond,
And bow far dolls and children to-day are
beyond
Those We had in the last generation!
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-11-15
TO the Tax Payers OF
Harrison County.

NOTICE is hereby given that l will be in
" attendance at the following times and
places for the purpose of collecting the
taxes due for the fiscal year, ISIS, tO-wit ::
p. b. Hands, Monday, November IL, '7s.
Ed. Crosby, Tuesday, Nov. II.
John L. Bonds old place, "Wednesday,
Nov. l3.
Thos. Prices, Thursday, Nov. IA.
Ten Mile Church, Friday, Nov. Is.
Thos. Bonds, Saturday from : o'clock
am. TO II O'Clock M, Nov. I6.
John Bonds, Saturday tiOm 1880 O'Clock
pm. to 3 o'clock pm, Nov. Is.
Dan. Walkers, Monday, Nov. Is.
Alex. Scarborough's, Tuesday, Nov, 10.
}. j. Cowart's, Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Handsboro, Thursday, Nov. 81.
Biloxi, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22&23.
Pass Christian, Monday and Tuesday,
Nov. 25 and 26.
After these appointments, the books will
remain open at the Conrt House, in Mis-
slsslppi City, until the 18th day of Decem-
Der, after which time 10 per cent. damages
will he added, aud collections by distress
resOrted to.
A. X, NORTHROP, Sheriff.
October 25, 1875. 3l.3t
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Leaving as 3 years prohts... $ AZ

Leaving as 3 years promises AZ 90
Now, if the above is correct, we
have a profit of S4S, and a grass
field that will cut from one to Two
tons of hay Tor several years, and
without the usual cost of blowing
aud the application of manure Of
some kinds, which is no small item.
1t may be found best in some ill.,
Stances, TO plow and seed; that de-
Ponds somewhat upon the condition
OF the sod-but | am now speaking
OF land with a firm sod, but bound
out and run out, as we term it, and
producing but IA small quantity of
hay.
You will see by my statement
that | have valued the manure
from sheep one-thiId more in sum
IneI than i'll winter. From my own
experience and observation | am
fully satisfied that sheep are of
very great value OH improved land,
and they should always be kept on
blowing land, and ahead of the
scythe.-H. g. Abbott, in N. E.
Farmer.