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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02
The Camera 0bScura.

When Mr.. Benjamin West, the llustrious
painter, was about fifteen years ofage, he
was confined to his bed with fever, and
remained there several days; the window
shutters being closed, his eyes acquired the
power of expansion, and he at times obsery
ed living objects in the scenery before the
window, moving as it were in apparitiOnaI
forms around his bedroom 1t appeared ex-
traordinary to him, that small figures of men
cows, pigs, and fowls, should traverse the
wall and ceiling Of his room , and yet the act
appeared, to his organs Of vision, too un-
questionable to doubt OF to account for, upon
the ground of emotions caused by his illness.
lie related the circumstance to his friends.
who seriously feared that his intellects We're
impaired, and sent for physician, who de-
claIed that he was in favorable way OF
recovery; he had no reason to infer that the
mind Of young West was unsound, although
he could not but allow that it appeared
singular that objects should be present to
his sight which other persons did not see,
and therefore he prescribed for him com
posing draught, Young West discovered
that, upon his covering with his finger a
diagonal hole in the window shutter, the
visionary objects disappeared, which first
caused his mental fears to suOside, sensible
that there must therefore be some natural
connection between the objects themselves
and their representation Oh the walls of his
apartment Upon perforatinga a parlor win
dow shutter horizontally, he produced a
representation on the wall of the objects or
the other side of the street: and when ht
was fully recovered from his indispostion
he made a box, having one of its sides per.
forated, and with the reflective qualities o.
a mirror he produced 'camera obscura.'
On mentioning his discovery to Mr.. VIII
liams, an artist, he was surprised to fine
that he had received more complete
"camcra" from England, short time be-
fore the remarkable invention of West.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02
Dangerous.

A young lady, passing through hall in
her fathers house, perceived suggestion Of
fire, a smell of something burning, sufficient
ly out of the common course to arrest her
attention. Finding the furnace fire and soft
coal slttlng-room nre with nothing unusual
to account for the smell of fire, she continued
to the fir mt drawing-room. Now the fore
noon was bright, the curtains and shades
Withdrawn, so that the rays of the sun were
streaming in at the windows in full blaze
upon the centre table, where rested COM
mon, round-top glass paper weight, under
which a mass of papers lay. Here was the
fire. The papers were burning smartly.
She disposed Of them in the CRATE, and tax
ing up the glass found it burning hot act
i ing as burning glass, it had concentrated
the rays Of the sun sufficiently to cause COM
bustion. 1t should be told that the paper
bottom Of this glass was for some reason gone
either worn off or torn off. Moral: be
careful in the use Of these dangerous triaes.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02
Birds.

All the great agriculturists of Vienna
have come to the conclusion not only that
)irds are a necessity to agricultural pros
perity, but that international laws must be
established, so that the wanton destruction
Of migratory useful birds be prohibited.
Take for instance the lark, very useful
bird, which returns among the earliest to
Germany in the springtime, and is a very
industrious insect-deyouror. But it is q
very mouthy bird, and the gourmands Of
Germany pay q good price for the dozen.
50 on the plains about Leipsic they are
slaughtered every year by the half million ;
and if they escape destruction there they
meet it again in more fatal form when
they reach Italy and the entire Mediter-
ranean coast, for the Italians inact an in
credible slaughter upon the migratory birds.
md between the two the German agrcnl-
turist's crops suffer from the raids of the
raterpilars, larv@, grubs and what not, but
he complains in vain, since there are no in
ternational laws.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

ONE years aso, solomon Bacon a well,

Some years ago, solomon Bacon a we'll
known merchant in London, received let
tcr from his correspondent in Hamburg,
which grieved and troubled him. 1t said
that the writer had been defrauded by his
nephew, the son of widowed sister, of
GlO,o00, and had fled to London with the
money. There was o reluctance to make
the matter public, and Mr.. Bacon was de-
sired to keep silence; "but," the letter went
IN to say, ''if you will invite John to din
ner, and when alone tax him with the crime,
he may perhaps refund the money. Should
ne do so, you may give him $500" The
London merchant found the young German,
took him home, and when the ladies had
Ill withdrawn from the dinner table, he
acquainted his visitor with his knowledge
Of the fraud. Alarm was depicted on the
sountenance of his guest.
"You will not make this public, Mr..
Bacon p he asked.
"Not if you return me the money now and
tere"
''But l lost 81 ,0OO last night at Crock
lord's and have not the power"
"Well," said the merchant, "return me-
then, $4,000 and though little exceed my
Instructions, | will nevertheless give you
back $500.
"NIy uncle is very good" remarked the
young man, and he forthwith handed from
his pocket-book nine 81 1000 notes to his
host.
81 cannot change one of these" said Mr.
Bacon; "will not my check do as well ?"
"Quite," replied the German and hay
ing received the $500 check, hastily left.
The following morning Mr.. Bacon went
to his banker to pay in his notes, and found
to his surprise, that they were all counter,
feits. His next inquiry was after his check
but that was already cashed.. He then tele'
yraphed to his Hamburg correspondent, anc
learned that he was profoundly ignorant
about the whole affair. 1t was as adroit 6
fraud as ever was plotted.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02
The Best Gift of God.


The best gift of God to nations is the gift
of upright men-especially upright men for
magistrates, statesmen and rulers. How
bountiful soever the heavens may be how
rich the earth may be in haryests; though
every wind of heaven watt prosperity to its
ports till the land is crowded with ware
houses stuffed to repletion with treasure,
that country is poor whose citizens are not
noble, and that republic is poor which is
not governed by noble men selected by its
citizens.
The signs of decay in the life of a nation
show themselves as soon as anywhere else
in the character of the men who are called to
govern it, When they seek their own ends,
ind not the public veal when they aban-
ion principles, and administer according to
the personal interest of cliques, when they
forsake righteousness aEI call upon insatia-
bic selfshness for counsel: and when the laws
and the framework of the government are
but so many instruments Of oppression and
Of wrong, then the nation cannot be far from
iecadence. When God means to do well by
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02
Live Like Lovers.

Married people should treat each other
like lovers all their liyes-then they would
be happy. Bickering and quareling would
soon break off love affairs consequently
lovers indulge in such only to very limited
extent But some people-men and women
both-when they have once got married
think they may do just as they please, and
it will make no difference. They make a
great mistake. 1t causes all the difference
in the world. Women should grow more
devoted and men more fond after marriage,
if they have the slightest idea of being hap
py as wives and husbands. 1t is losing sight
Of this fundamental truth which leads to
hundreds Of divorces. Yet, many q man
will scold his wife who would never think
of breathing harsh word to his sweetheart
and many wife will be glum and moroa
on her husbands return who had only
smiles and words Of cheer for him when he
was her suitof. How can such people ex.
pect to be happy? rtg
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TIERS FOR THE LADIES.

Striped satin purses are fashionable.
Lead white is dull BLUSH gray tint.
There is revival of the feather frenzy.
Oils and pomades are not used Oh the
hair.
Fur bands are used to trim flannel cos
tunes.
Polka dotted neckties are the rage with
young ladies'
,Arti tifcial flowers are not in high favor at
the moment.
Red is worn with frenzy with every arti-
Gle of the toilet
Dainty breakfast caps are made of col
ored India null.
Paniers are worn; so are corsages close fit
ting over the hips.
Bail shoes and stockings are made of the
color of The dress
Lead whiteis to take the splace of ivory
and cream white.
Twiled flannel costumes are brought out
for the midwinter season.
Marabout feather fringes and ruches are
to be worn on ball dresses.
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Silk Valenciennes is new and pretty
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Marabou feather tans are seen matching
the marabout leather 1rhges Tor paIl
0'o'''''
Montague locks about the forehead ana
temples are still much worn by fashionable
young women.
Waistcoats figure on all kinds of toile
from the robe de chamore to the dinner
and ball dress.
The fashion of walking through quad
rille or The lanciers is TO be abandoned for
actual dancing.
Many of the handsomest New Years Dav
toilrts are trimmed with marabout feather
fringes and rucbcs.
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The coiilure Is very elaborate tor tul
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02
A I.eculiar Fish.


The FISH of Paradise is one of the most
peculiar of Chinese fresh-water fish. 1t is
small in size, q. pale grey in color, and at
first sight having little about it to attract at
tention. AS soor as the animal becomes
excited, however, the long fins on the back
and belly straighten out and assume a rich
purple hue tinted with green; the long and
fork-shaped tail spreads into kind of fan,
and the stripes upon the sides of the fish be-
come yellow, red and blue, constantly chang
ing in color. The scales seem to become
opalescent, and reflect the light with the
greatest brilhancy, while the eyes appear il
Illuminated with bluish-green fire. The
habits Of the animal are as odd as its appear
ance. The males take charge of the young
and build the nest. The latter is simplya
clot of foam floating upon the water, and is
made by the fish rising to the surface and
alternately absorbing and expelling air, until
Il little cluster Of fine bubbles, hardly three
tenths of an inch square, is formed. The
female then deposits her eggs; which are at
once seized upon by the male, who carries
them in his mouth to the nest. Then he
watches their incubation, carefully guarding
and distributing them with wonderful saga
city throughout the mass of foam. When
they clot together, he pushes them apart with
his nose, and, besides, keeps up continued
manufacture of bubbles until the eggs are
lifted up above the water and rest only upon
their soft couch. AS soon as the embryos
appear, his care is doubled. He watches
that none escape, and in case some become
separated, he chases them, catches them in
his mouth, and replaces them carefully in
the nest. If one becomes injured, he re-
moves it from the others, and gives it a sepa-
rate bubble by itself, and apparently nurses
until it regains strength.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02
A Hint Tor Ellison.


A Nevada City lady of high social stand
ing presents a singular case for the consid-
Grafton of ISIS. For many years past
she mas been afflicted with acute neuralgic
pains in various parts of the body, and some
time since, hoping to find relief, resored to
the use of an electric battery. She used the
apparatus for six months, but found no re-
lief AT the time nothing was noted of an
unusual character as result, and although
several months have since elapsed. it was
only when the recent cold weather com
menced that any extraordinary symptoms
followed. One night last week the lady had
occasion to enter dark room and pick up
a wooden coat that was lying
there. As she did SO she was both
surprised and frightened to observe bright
light surrounding the hand that held the
garment. At the same time electric cur
rents passed along the arm, shocking hel
quite severely When her husband was in
formed OF the fact he discredited its reality,
thinking there was more imagination tnan
anything else in it. So the next evening
to convince the incredulous better half, she
urned the gas out in the room where they
were sitting, and letting her hair down be-
gan combing it. A remarkable display oi
light was the result. The sparks flew ir
every direction, and there was a sharp
cracking sound as the teeth of the cont
passed between the hairs. In laying he
hands upon iron the lady does not observe
the pecularities referred to, but the instan
she touches wooden cloth the fire begins tt
fly and the Shocks follow one another il
rapid succession.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

EVE, the female Chimpanzee in the
Philadelphia Geological Garden, departed
this life last Friday morning, after brief
residence of eight months on American
soil. Adam, her surviving partner, was
at first inconsolable over his loss, taking
on in very demonstrative manner, but
when the cold form of his dead spouse
had been removed from his gaze the
young widower speedily resumed his ex-
uberance of spirits, and began to egle the
female moneys in his neighborhood with
scandalous impudence. He now takes
his five meals day with perfect regu-
larity, and manifests some pride at being
the only representative of his racelin the
United States.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02
The Cincinnati Star

TIE 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 50 Cents PER
MONTH, &c PER ANNUM.
THE STAR is the only STRICTLY INDEPEND-
ENT NEWSPAPER published in Cincinnati.
1t 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.
THE WEEKLY STAR-S1 PER YEAR, with two
splendid PREMIUMS % Cents extra must
DC mt for mailing expense on premiums.
ADVERTISING RATES-In Daily, 12R Cents
per line, or 81 per square of eight lines, agate
measure. In Weekly, 20 Cents per line
Address THE STAR,
ESQ Walnut street, Cincinnati, 0.
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tame and splntIess and, if nothing else
comes to take their place, woe to the hap
.pincss vainly invoked on the shores of the
desolation opening all around. Be careful,
then, in choosing a partner for life; look
below the surface; for, as pearls do not Hoat,
neither are the best traits of character al
ways the most prominent. True hearts and
willing hands unite to make happy home.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

A scientific contemporary states
that In "a drop of water obtained from
asingle snowflake, and magnified five
hundred times, were found pieces OF
coal, fragments OF cloth, grains Of
starch, sandy matter, and an immense
variety Of other substances, not a
fragment Of which exceeded in d.
ameter the three thousandth part
OF an inch.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

THE Supreme Judicial Court in Massa-
chusetts has decided that it is not the
duty Of mill proprietors, in constructing
property for ordinary purposes, to pro-
vide means of escape for the safety of
employees from the dangers of a fire not
caused by the proprietor's negligence.
This virtually amounts to decision that
workmen must look out for themselves
and that if an employer choose to coor
half hundred girls in the fourth floor
of building, with no means Of escape in
rasc, of fire, except athe windows, he has
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

done his duty as the law requires. Such
decision reflects no credit upon State
with such such a large population of
mill operatives and factory employees,
whose lives, it appears, are valued so
lightly by the courts.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

Two Millions of Bottles.

Every one no doubt has heard of DR..
Prices Special Flavoring Extracts but al
though upwards of two millions of bottles
of them are annually manufactured, there
are yet housewives who know nothing OF
their excellence. We believe that they are
the purest, strongest and finest aayoring
extracts in the market .'"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

LET Neptune shake his trident at the
Richmond if he will, and summon all the
furies of the deep. Grant will not fear
the perils of the sea SO long as Borie, the
bold mariner, is aboard.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

When mind and body are out of sorts,
with cold exlremities, a yeIlowness. in the
skin, costiveness, dull headache. and an in
disposition to stir about, be sure you are in
for bilious attack, springing from more
or less disordered liver DR.. Jayne's Sana-
tive Pills will bring the liver 10 a healthy
condition, and speedily remove all hillary
Il;
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

THE country has resumed, and that
general tearing up by the roots in every
direction at the moment resumption was
reached has not occurred.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

POLITICIANS and alleged statesmen
will confer blessing upon the country
by no longer considering the financial
question political issue.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

nation that has ibackslidden, among the
.rliest tokens of his bencfcent intent is the
ostoration of men, Of intqgrity-men who
i've for their fellows, and not for themselves.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

Mrs. WILHELM, Of Host, Berks Coun-
ty, has fed five hundred and fifty tramps
this year, and she doesn't tack ] to the
end of her name, either.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

A POOR wretch was run over by the
cars at Flint, Mich The citizens who
picked him up were so disappointed be-
cause he was not killed that they straight
way arrested him for being drunk.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

LEGISLATORS in the various States are
fastening to don their harness, and it is
appalling to think of the days of arduous
tot! and the sleeplcss nights which lie
before this band of hard-worked law
manufacturers.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

ALL the scows in the service of the
New York Police Department are frozen
in at Bayonne, New York, and conse-
quently the garbage and ashes of the me-
tropolis are rapidly accumulating in the
streets
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

THE Philadelphia Star unfeelingly re-
fers to the OLeary-Campspa contest as
"the late crawling match"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02
THE CINCINNATI
STAR,

Offers special inducements to Adyer-
tisers desiring to reach this class OF
people. 1t publishes and circulate
more papers in Cincinnati and immedi-
ate vicinity than any other Journal is
sued in this city. II is taken and read
by people at THEIR HOMES; and for ali
classes Of goods, where the Advertiser
desires to reach the family, is more val
liable, even in proportion to circulation,
than q paper that is faVOrite only in
tie counting-rOOm. Its news covers
the affairs of every day life, dressed up
in such a manner as to be of special in
terest to the ladies; and its advertise.
ments are therefore brought more con-
spicuously before them than is the ease
with any other paper in this city. For
these reasons, and many others which
we might cite, the STAR is an uneqnaled
medium for
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

If You are solicitous for the intellectu-
al welfare of your son do not send him to
Williams College. They actually take
so little interest in boating at that insti-
tution that they talk of selling their
boats and tearing down their boat
house.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

ANOTHER large Touring mill has been
destroyed, this time in Iowa, from the
explosion of flour gas. Gunpowder, dy-
Mantle and nitro-glycerine will answer
for the feeble purposes of quarry blast
ing, but when you want a blowout Of
stupendous proportions you must fall
back on flour.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

WILL the financial idiots 60 on calling
fer a repeal of the resumption law?
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

A CARGO Of Carrara marble, lost at
sea eight years ago, has been recovered
and found to be completely honcycombcd
by some minute marine borer. He must
be even more penetrating and perseyer-
inr then the familiar newspaper bore.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

SOUTHERN RAILROAD is to be finished
by December 10Th, of this year.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

Not many days since Pietro Cen
tcmeri, who was at one time a favorite
concert singer, but who subsequently be-
came a wealthy importer of silks and
carpets, was buried from "The Little
Church Around the Corner" in New
York City. A short time previous to hi:
death he wrote hymn to be sung at his
funeral in memory Of himself, and his
wishes were faithfully carried out.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

The Intcr-Occan, of Chicago, is will
ing to lay Il wager that for every $40
Louisville has given to charity during
the past year, Cincinnati has contributed
a hundred. Cincinnati acknowledges a
handsome compliment from the ablest
and best of the Chicago journals
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

STATISTICS show that more boys than
girls are born in Great Britain, but that
there are about a million more women
than men in the kingdom. The same
will probably hold good in reference tc
any other country. When we remember
dangers that beset boys as they grow
up, the wonder is that any arrive at man
hood. 1t is fortunate that there are sc
many more boys than girls born or the
proportion of women to men would be
even larger than it now is.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

ONO Legislature meets next Tuesday
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02

The Manufacturing Interests of Gin
cinnati are larger and more varied than
those of Pittsburg, Chicago, st. Louis,
or any other Western city. A large
portion of the population is necessarily
made up of the intelligent artisan class,
who are thrifty and well to do, and
therefore class whom merchants find
profit in addressing.
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T..H:. I. H:. E STAR

Is handsomely printed ON pure white
paper from clear cut type, that makes it
easily read, even by poor light. Its
clear and open print is joy to old or
weak eyes.