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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

A LAW has been enacted by the Penn
sylyania Legislature which makes it s
penal Ottense for the of1ijers OF any cor
porate company, or trust, to lie to the
public or stockholders. 1t seems hardly
tair to deprive 90 many Of these men o!
their principal means of support in this
manner, for it must be confessed that
when the lies which sustain many cor
porations are removed, the entire
structure yanishes "liko the baseless
fabric OF vision"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

A DAY or two more will probably
clear UP the fog that hangs about the
Eastern situation. AT present nothing
definite is known. On the one hand we
have any number OF specuiations as to
the terms of peace. and on the other,
tue statement that it is not certain
that peace has been secured
The Turks are greatly in.
censed at the course OF En- gland, and
it is believed IN some quarters that the
efforts OF the Porte are being directed
towards forcing Russia and England
into hostilities. In the meantime Greece
continues active preparations for war
and her course may involve the greater
powers into serious complications. The
uncertainties will probably be to a con-
siderable degree cleared up during tht
present week.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

In description of the opening of the
extension of the Norwegian State Railroad
to Trondhjem, the Afenblddet, published
at Christiana, Norway, thus speaks of the
palace car recently sent out from Will
mington, Dell "The royal car moved
throughout the entire trip with wonderful
steadiness and uniformity, in fact to such
an extent that His Majesty King Oscar was
able for quite period to carry on his
regular correspondence without being dis
turbed by any jolting or any unpleasant
motion of the car. In order that the public
might examine the royal car, it was put
upon siding after the completion of the
trip, so that ladies and gentlemen desiring
TO do SO might have q good view Of it inside
and outside. 1t was, in fact, full of curious
visitors ul day and was much admired
The royal car, as is well known,is the first
railroad car in this country of the Am eri
can pattevn. 1t possesses great prac tica
advantage botlI as regards comfort and con
venience of passengers and the tran
hands"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

A young girl named Mary Collins, Of
Verona 30, ,ough, Pa, met with horrible
death. She was employed at the paper
mill, located on the Allegheny Valley Rail
road. and while busy at work fell into vat
containing boiling water and vitriol. The
vat is located about six or eight feet be-
meath the floor on which Miss Collins was
at work. A hole eighteen inches square
is cut into the floor directly over the vat to
give the workman access to it, and the un'
fortunate girl fell through the hole. Her
body was recovered almost instantly but
life was extinct.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

TIE administration does not sustain
the course of the Federal authorities in
New Orleans in aiding parties to resist
the writs of the State Courts. Howeve!
improper the prosecutions may be con-
sidered, the question can not be decided
by sheltering the defendants In the Gov
ernmGnt buildings, and resisting the
authorities OF the State Courts. Thai
manner Of settling legal complications
has tliicted Louisiana too long already
and officials will now be taught that a
different redress must be sought.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

BEFORE the Eastern bankers and thei.
organs go too far in denOuncing as dis.
honest the financial views of their fel-
low citizens living west of the AlIe-
ghanies ard south OF the G eat Lakes
they should learn to respect the conViC-
tions OF the very many millions OF
whose shoulders the great burden O.
obligation rests. The public had lost q
great deal OF its old tine romance for
the Financial kings" OF the country.
The time was when these "gold bugs"
were approached with feeling Of awe
akin TO that lelt by citizen OF ThiboI
when crawling tOwards the throne Of
tine Grand Lama on all fours. But they
have proved 10 be an ephemeral sell
ngs to day and convicts to-mOrroN
Thus Financial views" prove powerless $
TO save themselves and those who trust
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

F.. George Friesbaoh, about IA years of age,
was accidentally shot, while hunting, near
Volcano, New His dog at once started of
to make the mishap known at home.
Reaching his destination, he began to whine
and run back and forth through the house
to attract attention, on gaining which he
instantly started off in a direct line, as
though desiring to lead the way somewhere
Thereat some men set out with the dog as
their guide, and the dog manifested unmis-
taxable symptoms of joy, He led the way
straight to the wounded boy, and the boy
was saved.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

The achrocorde or banded chersydrus is
a curious aquatic serpent found in the bot
toms of marine creeks and mouths of rivers
on the borders of the sea, in the vicinity of
Malacca, the bay of Manila, teoromandel,
Java, Sumatra, New Guinea, and generally
along the coast of southern Asia. The fish
ermen frequently catch them on their lines,
not willingly, as the fangs Of the reptile are
provided with deadly poison. 1t is dis
tinguished from other serpents by being
almost entirely free of scales. The body is
covered with grain-lke PARTICLES inserted in
the thin aud wrinkled skin. Those on the
back project slightly in the center, and
those on the stomach are pointed. The
median line is marked out by two or three
ranges of scales placed at angles. The
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

nostrils can be closed with membraneous
fold. The tail is flat and compressed, re-
sembling an oar blade. The body is
generally banded with black and white
oval rings, the tail is spotted with white,
and the small head is brownish. Some
specimens have yellow Or brown bands.
They are classed by some among the sea
serpents, and by others among boas.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

The New York Hotel Gazette and
Travellers Monitor, which is considered
The leading hotel and travellers paper,
says of that famous hotel, the Delavan,
at Albany: "Messrs. Chas. K. Leland
s. co. have in the Delavan one of the
finest and best Of hotels. All the nota-
bIes and distinguished people stop at
the Delavan, aud since the rates have
been reduced to $3, So 80 and "a per day,
we believe almost every person going
to Albany will sojOurn at this house, as
the best accommodations can be had a
urices in accordance with the times"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28
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THE STAR is the only STRICTLY INDE-
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RELIABLE help for weak and nervous suf-
ferers, chronic, painful and prosTating dis
cases cured without medicine. Pulvermach-
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Avoid limitations. Book and journal, with
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

The Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia,
Pa, by lis jldicious reduction of rates,
VIII maintain its famous reputation as a
model tirst-class house, alive TO the de-
names OF the time.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

IN them from financial ruin. Is it ju
dicious therefore Cor the country to sub
nit to these blind guides to pilot it out
OF the wilderness3
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

TIE poet Stedman lost about $4,000
by the Bonner failure, and he is rack
ing his brain now for words that rhyme
with ''rehypothecation."
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

Parties visiting St. Augustine, Fiori-
da, have this advantage: an assurance
of irst-class hotel accommodations, al
one of the largest and most reliable Of
Southern hotels, the st. Augustine.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

WE must positively have less haste at
funerals. The London Lancet declares
that out of every hundred people who
are consigned to the tomb at least one
is buried alive.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

EVERY smart little boy wishes he had
been born in Germany, for they have a
law over there which prohibits whipping
in the schools.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

EVERY man in New York can blow
his own horn except the fshmonger
There is special ordinance which sup
presses his tin bugle.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

WHAT shall we DO wi our good in
paved with them has been obliteratcd?
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

j. NJ. SEARS, Boston millionaire, is
on his wedding tour. Why don't his
children rise up and call him crazy?
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28
CINCINNATI & PORTSMOUTH RAILROAD.

CINVINNATI POKTSNOUIH NAILKOAD'
Depot. kIlgour and Front City time.
Kyles Ac................... 4.O3PM 1898 Az
CINCINNATI 4 wEsTwOoD lNARROw- GAUGE |
Daily. except Sunday. City time.
Leave G., II. " ID. Depot, G:i3 NJ, 1858 A NJ,
2:23 N, 6:lSPM
Leave Brighton Station, 6:28 A NJ, 1888 AN,
II :23 A M, 1888 P NJ. 5:!3 NJ. G:33PM. y
Leave RODJ's (WesJwool), j:i8 n, 703
A NJ, 1923 NJ, t2;3S NJ, 3: Bpm. j:jSPA.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Leave Brighton Station. 9: 0PM, 1903 A ",
2;2S NJ, 1898 NJ, 623 P NJ.
/ cave Robh's tWestwo0dj. :53 A NJ, 1923 A.
N, 1878 A,2:03 NJ, 5;23P@,
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CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Depot. Pearl snd Plum. City time.
Washington TX. dtiy..... 9:0IAM 6:i3PM
baltimore EX. uaIiy.... 8: SPIN G:93A
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AQuICSS EHE 81 AK
23O Walnut street, Cincinnati, o.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27
4 Disease of Indoor Life.

Among the natives of Senegambia
pulmonary affections are not only nearly
but absolutely unknown yet a'single year
passed in the overcrowded man pens and
steerage-hells Of the slave trader often
most virulent form known as galloping
consumption; and the brutal planters
the Spanish Antilles made rule of never
buying an imported negro before they
had "tested his wind, !. e :, trotted him
up hill and watched his respirations.
If he proved to be ga roarer" as turf men
term it, they knew that the dungeon had
done its work, and discounted his value
accordingly. ''I1 perfectly sound man
is imprisoned for life," says Baron d
Arblay, the Belgian philanthropist, ''his
lungs, as rule, will first show symptoms
of disease, and shorten his misery by
hectic decline, unless he should commit
suicide"
Our home statistics show that the per
centage OF death by consumption in each
State bears an exact proportion to the
greater OF smaller number Of inhabitants
who follow indoor occupations, and is
highest in the factory districts of New
| England, and the crowded cities of our
central States. In Great Britain the rate
increases with the latitude, and attains
| its maximum height in Glasgow, where,
as Sir Charles Bredie remarks. windows
are opened only one day for every two in
Birmingham, and every three and half
in London; but going farther north the
| percentage suddenly sinks from twenty
three to eleven, and even to six, if we
cross the fifty seventh parallel, which
marks the boundary between the manu-
featuring countries Of Central Scotland
and the pastoral regions Of the north
tits distressingly probable, then, to say
the least, that consumption, that most
fearful scourge Of the human race, is not
mysterious dispensation of Providence
nor a product Of our outrageous climate
but the direct consequence of an out
rageoIs violation of the physical laws of
God-Dr. Felir L. Oswagd, in Popula,
| Science Monthly
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27
High Gambling In London Clubs.

According to London correspondent
gamling is vice which thrives and grows
in spite of police regulations, legal pros
ecutions, and daily illustrations of its
perils and miseries. A year or two ago
hardly week passed over without its
club card scandal. An officer high in her
Majesty's army had to fly his country in
disgrace for cheating at cards. A we'll
known gentleman about town was ignom-
iniously kicked ont of a West End club
with two aces up his sleeve. Two or three
young men Of family where ruined at a
club were play was understood not to
s'run high" and disgraceful case of card
sharping came before the courts. For a
time it seemed as though these exposures
had deterrent influence on high stakes
and unfair players, but the old vice is still
rampant, and the latest development Of
club gambling is the formation of a
''baccarat'' proprietary club, which is be.
ginning to excite public attention, and is
likely, I hear, to come under the attention
Of the police. l have it on reliable infor.
nation that recently a young ''ScotcE
laird,'' colonel in the army, whose name
I with hold for the present at all events
lost at this "baccarat'' club at one sitting
$850,000. His opponent had played with
him from nine o'clock on Saturday nigh
until four o'clock on Sunday morning
when the losses Of the young colone
stood at this enormous sum. Il will q
you double or quits" he said with thu
nerve of Scotchman, though lacking thu
proverbial prudence of his race. s'No,
responded the winner, II don't think
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27
The Phantom Dog Whistle.

Two singular incidents, which will fur
nish nuts to crack to unbelievers in the
supernatural, have recently come to light
in England in regard TO the recent loss of
the Avalanche in the British channel.
A lad, who was a great friend to one of
the apprentices who was lost, made ar
engagements to accompany him down the
channel and come ashore with the pilot,
but, at the last moment before sailing,
he was seized with such an indefnabIe and
ungovernable misgiving that he declined
to go, and thus escaped almost certain
death. The apprentice who was lost had
aretriever dog who was very fond of him,
and which answered to a shrill dog
whistle that he carried. On the night Of
the shipwreck his mother and aunt were
IN the sitting-room, and the dog in the
kitchen. Between 8 and 10 o'clock the
ladies were startled by hearing shrill
whistle upstairs, resembling that of
the dog-whistle used by the young man.
The dog heard it also, gave his usual re-
cognizing bark, and bounded upstairs,
where he supposed his master was. The
whistle was heard by two credible wit
nesses, whose testimony was confirmed
by the response made to l. by the dog of
the lost sailor.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27
Torture in India

A paper published in India says: The
following facts. elected at the trial at the
recent sessions in North Arcot Of case
in which five natives were charged with
having murdered five of their caste people,
show that torture is not yet extinct in that
part of the world: The prisoners fields
were robbed of small quantity of cum
boo and the deceased and three others be-
ing suspected of having had hand in the
robbery, they were, by the orders of the
first prisoner, who was in the village reddy
(headman1, seized and tied, some to the
Trunks Of trees and others to large stones.
In the first case the feet of the unfort-
innate victims were tied above ground,
but the mode adopted subsequently was
| even more cruel, for the men were bound
| with their faces exposed to the scorching
rays OF the sun, with their hands tied
above their heads. The whole five hay
Ing been firmly bound, cold water, was.
by the orders OF the first prisoner, poured
upon the ligatures with the object of tight
ening the bonds and thereby increasing
the suffering of the suspected men. After
Ith,s the first prisoner poured scalding
I water over the hands and arms of the suf-
ferers.
The object of this was to extort con-
fession of their guilt and a statement i'm
plicating others. After the men had sut-
fered cxcruciating agony for eight hours,
and were released, it was found that one
Of them was dead, while the others unable
to move. Two of them died in the hos
pital. whittier they We're sent for treatment;
one expired in his village, while the fifth
was able to give his evidence before the
committing magistrate, but never rallied
from the effects Of the torture, and died
after the case was committed to the court
of sessions
The medical evidence was sckening in
its details, as it is described how the
arms, hands and lower cXtremities of the
victims had become gangrenious and how
the fingers had rotted and dropped off
The authority and influence a reddy
usually has in a village went in grea,
measure to deter the spectator of this
wholesale murder from interfering on be
half of tortured man. The court convict
ed the first, second, fourth and fifth pris
oners, and sentenced the fifth to deatt
and the others to transportation for life.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27
An Eccentric Wisconsin Man.

The Milwaukee (Wis.) Sentinel says:
Capt. William Plocker, Of Brandon, is a
peculiar man-quite peculiar. He was
educated fer a banker, but never adopted
the profession. Thirty years ago he loca-
ted in the town OF Metomen, Fon du Lac
county, having purchased large tract of
land. Previous to that he had spent some
years as steamboat official on the wes-
tern lakes. His was one of the best man
aged farms in Metomen, yet he found am
pie time to do an immense amount Of
reading. His library is one of the larg-
est in the county, embracing many of the
choicest works, and every one of the thou
sands of books have been read and re-read
by the captain. He is we'll posted on any
subject, almost, that may be named. At
times when thinking or reading he is OBJ
livious to everything about him. In his
early days, his farmhouse, near Fairwa-
ter, was converted into public house,
with himself as proprietor. While the
captain was in one of his brownest of
brown studies, traveller stepped in and
asked if he could get accommodations.
and fourth time the question was pro-
pounded, with a like result. By that
time the would-bc patrons patience had
departed, and he gave the captain a slap
on the cheek which sent him whirling to
the floor. Imagine the surprise of that
traveller when Plocker gathered himself
up, reoccupied his chair, and proceeded
with his thinking, without as much as a
''thank you" On one occasion, when the
hired man was awry, the captain had ten
milk cows to milk. 1t. took him until
nearly midnight, and when the task was
completed he deliberately poured the
eight pailfuls Of milk into the swill bar.
rel, detecting the mistake just as the last
pail was drained. One day, at Brandon
he went to the house of a friend when
the house was full of visitors. Going tc
the library he picked upa book and re.
turned to the parlor, filled with happy
guests, stretched himself at full length on
the lounge, read an hour or more, and
then, without having said word or look
ed at person, took his departure. After
serving his district in the Assembly II
1875, he sold his farm for $4,000, visited
the old country, and is now a resident o,
Brandon, whose people talk of making
him their first village president.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27
white or printed, look of newness, when
nothing else can restore them, after they
have be nWashed.
What Meat Shall We Eat.
BY COL. F. D. CURTIS.

The American people are gradually in
creasing the consumption, of mutton.
Thirty years ago but few fat sheep went
to the markets. Now more than mill
ion are required annually to supply the
demands of New York city alone. The
great staple meat food of the cities is
beat, while in the country districts it is
the flesh of swine. Farmers can not keep
whole carcasses of beat on hand, and IT
preserved in salt, as they do their pork,
it soon gets hard and unpalatable. A
carcass Of mutton being so mnch smaller,
even in hot weather, considerable por-
ton of it can be used fresh, and the bal
ance picked in salt. Mutton will keep
longer in fresh state than any other
meat, and when corned it is excellent
food It is equally nutritious with beef
and far more wholesome than pig-meat
in any form. For persons Of sedentary
habits, and at all afflicted with weak d.
gestion, it is far healthier than beef or
pork. Many people who can not digest
either Of the latter without distress, can
eat full meal of mutton and experience
no unpleasantness whatever. 1t is the
cleanest and purest meat food in the
whole animal kingdom, as sheep will
starve before it will eat anything dirty or
tainted. Mutton wastes less in the pot or
oven than beef The bones are lighter
and finer in proportion to the amonnt of
meat in we'll fed sheep, and this, alone, is
an important item to those who have to
buy The less shrinkage in cooking is a
considerable percentage in favor of NUT
ton. The great reason why more mutton
is not eaten is because Of its poor quality,
which is the result Of no general system
practiced in the production Of this i'm
portant staple. During the late war the
price Of wool ran up SO high and the de-
n1and was so urgent that the country was
stimulated to the increasing of the focks
without regard to their kind or character
Mutton became secondary consideration
or rather was not taken into the account
at all. With the close Of the war and the
inevitable monetary reaction, there came
crash in the price Of wool land the sheep
bred for heavy feeces, were sacrificed.
Breeding sheep for their fleece should b.
confined to the great areas west of tn
Mississippi, and remote from market.
So long as more than sixty million dol
lars worth of wool and wooden fabrics ar
yearly imported to supplement our def
ciencies, growing sheep in those immens
, regions will paw
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27

projection, which nearly divides it into
two apartments, about an inch in diameter
The inside is lined with a white downy
substance, not unlike velvet, and presents
one of the cleanest and NEST tidy little
households imaginable. But the most
curious part of it is a door. which fits in
TO an aperture, and closes it Theoretically
The door is secured by hinge, formed
of like tibrous SUBSTANCE as the lining of
the house, and upon which it swings
with freedom. The nest is occupied by a
dozen little tarantulas, which seem to
subsist on yellow secreted substance,
that appears upon the walls of the front
apartment. The arrangement of the door
| tor the protection of the little inmates
indicates great instructive architectural
| knowledge