The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-09

! fhe mackerel of our tour daddiesn %
was much bigger than IL is to-day.
| A pyramid of white immortelles on o
tripod are nice for parlor corner.
A Bridgeport (CoEn.l dame cherishes
with pride thirty y-nine. pound cat.
"Ring out the false, ring in the true y
but wiring no one's heart, whatever you
Iuo.
The yield OF cranberries on Cape Cod
this season has been unprecedentedly
large.
The Swampscott, Mass, fishers made
grand catches during the ethereal
| weather.
A kind word at the right moment is
better than champagne ON an empty
stomach.
Discrimination will prove worthier
servant to you than either disdain or
dlsparagement.
they played croquet in the open air in
some of the Connecticut towns on
CHRISTMAS Day.
Ohe day recently one thousand and
forty barrels of oysters were sent
from New York to Europe.
Mr. Lemm, a Northern man, is manu-.
[acturing oils OF pennyroyal, sassafras
ana peppermint near Manchester, Tenn.
Cattle and sheep are being shipped
from Bourbon and Fayette Counties.
to the French and the English markets.
One hundred and fifty Marylanders,
who last spring emigrated to Kansas,
have lately returned to their old homes i
as, alter all, the best place for them.
| Celery affords root both wholesome
| "a l.1f n f91.,,I ~ ~,
in its raw state. 1t gives an agree able
taste 10 soups, as well as renders them
diuretic.
! Parsley Is Of stimulating and aro-
matlc nature, we'll calculated to make
agreeable sauces. 1t is also a gentle
dluretic, but preferable in all its quail
| ties when boiled.
Salads, being eaten raw, require good
digestive powers, but the addition Of oil
and vinegar, qualified with mustard,
renders the moderate use OF them con-
sistent even with weak stomach.
| Kentucky has 754 distilleries, 81 brew.
cries, 24O wholesale liquor dealers and
| A, PA saloons. In New York there are
"a, S54 saioous; in Pennsylvania. l6. 105
Onio, II, 24Si Illinois, 10,54S; Massacnu
setts, G,3S6.
Holly Springs Miss.) Reporter: The
number OF sheep Ill this county is rapid.
ly increasing, Wo are glad to note.
Sheep are hrsJ rate shade trees for the
larm. Ihey grow and fatten on Very
little, and sell readily ut all seasons OF
the year.
| Potatoes are an agreeable and whole
some food, and yield nearly us much
nourishment as any of the roots used in
diet. Inc farinaceous or mealy kiud is
in general the most easy OF digestion
and they are mucn improved by being
roasted or bakeG. Tney ought always
to be eaten with meat, and never with
out salt. Tae salt should be boiled Will
hem.
Frankfort (Ky.) Yeoman: There is 6
mule IN this county supposed to be
thirty years Of age. 1t has been in pos
session Of the present owner since June
1856, and he says it was well advanced
III years when he bought it. The animal
came from bloomington, ILL.,, originally
aud has been driven all over the States
OF Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee
Georgia ana Alabama.
Prot. Nicholson thinks that it is to
pal3 jntology, more than any other Sol.
ence, that solution must be looked for
ol the most important questions as to
The past distribution OF animals and
plants, as we'll as of many of tie theu.
ries relating to bhe descent and origin
OF species. Within the past five or Six
years The progress made i'll pala JntoIo.
Ky mas been very satisfactory.
MIR. Barry, President of the New York
State Agricultural Society, remarked a
an evening meeting, ueld uurIng the last
Fa r, that in travelling through the
country, be noticed that farmers seldom
mad good lawns, or even we1l-hept flow.
er gardens. He did sometimes see Tue
young ladies of a family trying to play
crUquet among the weeds anu DUST, and
ta!l grass, while he had good rrasen tu
believe lHetr brothers were away from
nome driving 2:40 horses.
| While the past season has been dis
asJrous pecuuiArlly to The Gloucester,
Mass, fisheries, it has been one OF al
most uprecedented good fortune in re-
gard to loss OF property and life. Bul
even vessels and iorty-seven lives have
| been lost during the year, which is the
| smallest loss in number OF vessels since
1868, and in lives since 1865. The season
| % 1876 was one OF the most destructive
III the history Of the town, when twenty
seven vessels were wrecked and two
hundred and twelve fshe men drowned.
A letter from the Corfu Island says:
"The latest crop OF olives in the Ionian
Islands has produced favorable aver
a4e, which may he valued at more than
700 900 barrels (2,SJ0,OO0 gallons). Tue
| exports at the END Of october am moun te d
to 100000 barrels, of which 10000 were
sent to England and the northern mar
kets, the remainder to the towns OF the
Adriatic, more particularly Trieste anu
Ven ce. The high price of common oils
Nnr,,n tfnA kA fnnH
settles TO obtain supplies at Corfu, al
though the quality OF The oil would have
well adapted it for the manufacture Of
soap. A barrel Of oil sent from the
ISLAND named to Marseilles would have
to pay 1914 per cent. customs duty;
francs 80 cenClmes the cost ot the barre
shipment and other petty expenses, 70
centimes; % per cent. insurance.; 7
francs 5O centimes, freight; and 2 per
cent. Commission"
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