The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-08

that my good ones may be given to the
poor, that they may do them good after
am gone."
Mrs. Hoxie, nee Winnie Ream, the
sculptor, is Wisconsin girl and quite a
musician. She has a medallion locket
with head of Christ carved in cameo,
set in Etruscan gold and surrounded with
pearls, a gift from Cardinal Antonelli.
Side satchels of sealskin are among
the novelties in furs. They are some
times seen when no fur garment is worn,
but appear to better advantage with a
sealskin cloak and muff. These satchels
also come in all the fancy furs of the sea-
son.
Miss Beatrice Trollope, the daughter of
Mr.. Adolphus Trollope, an occasional cor
respondent of The Tribune, and the niece
of Mr.. Anthony Trollope, is engaged to
marry Mr.. Charles Stuart Wortley,
younger son of the Right Hon. James
Stuart Wortley, formerly Recorder OF
London and Solicitor General.
1t turns out that the young lady who
has either been run away with by son
of Musurus Pasha, the Turkish Ambas-
sador in London, or who has run away
with him is not daughter, but niece
of General the Marquis de Gallifet. She
is Mile. d'Imecourt, one of the richest
heiresses of the Faubourg St. German.
Celine Montaland, who was one of the
attractions of the Grand Opera-house in
the Jim Fisk days, and who was after
ward the defendant at Paris in lawsuit
brought to compel her to pay man who
had treated her for obesity, is now the
star of the new theater, Les Nouveautes.
Though still feshy she is described as
very beautiful, and she wears dress that
cost $1,000.
Some say that there is no such thing
as red canary bird, but DR.. busch, who
lives in Belgium, on the other side of
the Atlantic, says that red canary can be
made easily. Get canary Of the Nor
wicb breed, and just before and after
moulting feed it on the white of an egg
which has been sprinkled with little
of the very finest cayenne pepper, and
before long the canary will turn to a
pretty red color.
A young schoolmistress who's peeped
has lost her certificate and the Supreme
Court of Iowa will give her no redress.
She had applied for certificate and
during the examination was caught
glancing over the shoulder of another
applicant and getting answers to cues.
tions propounded in arithmetic. The
superintendent refused to issue the GER
tificate, and the young lady brought suit
in the Circuit Court to compel him to do
so. She carried her point in the lower
court, but the decision has been reversed
by the Supreme Court.
Mrs. John Morrissey says her husband
was her pupil up to the time he was at
tackled with his last illness. She says:
II remember once of his throwing down
his arithmetic shortly after we were mar
ried and exclaiming pettishly, Il don't
care about these fractions; they're only
part of thing any way. What's the
use of all this study, Susie? john l
said, if you don't beat those fractions
you will never go to Congress- oh,
that's your lay out for me, is it% 1T is,
indeed, my boy l replied. Then he
took up his book again and said, All
right, nay dear; we'll 60 to Congress.
And he did"
Secretary Evarts and the party who
accompanied him in his visit last week
to Washington's birthplace called at
! Wakefield, where live Mrs. Saliie Wash
ington, the granddaughter of Augustine
Washington, the half brother of General
Washington, and the widow of her cousin
Lawrence Washington, and her daughter
Mrs. Bette Wilson. A correspondent Of
the Boston Transcript says: "Mrs. Wash
ington was born in the same year that
General Washington died (1799). She
bore strong resemblance to the pict
ures of Martha Washington, and in con
versation and grace of manners reminded
one of the matrons of the early years Of
) the country"
, Five young ladies, the Misses Pri
deaux-Brune and Miss Nora O'Shaugh
messy, have just received from the Brit
! ish Lifeboat Institution five silver med
; ais in acknowledgment of their intrepit
t services in rowing their boat through
: rough sea, and saving at considerable
risk of life an exhausted sailor from
boat capsized in squally weather. Th
accident occurred on the coast of Corn
! wall; two sailors had already perished be
4 fore their arrival, and it is related tina
t the young heroines rowed ''like tigers
b to the rescue. The presentation Of tn
e medals was made at formal meetin
: which the ladies attended dressed in thei
: boating costume. Mr.. Prideaux-Brun
: returned thanks for his daughters an
their friend.
Wee Wirelings.