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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01

DO not be in too great hurry to ac-
cept an invitation to dine with a Duke
or Earl. Such invitations should be re-
cei,ed and treated in manner intended
to show this class of people that they
should feel themselves greatly honored
by the presence of any American sovereign
at their tables. On no account address him
by any other title than Mister" and if
he objects, or if the toadies present laugh
at you, ask him outright if his parents
gave him name and what in thunder it
is. Or, if this is unpleasant, call him
cap" and inform him that Gap" is
Yankee abbreviated for Dux, the original
Jacobs of Due or Duke. Remember, also,
while sitting at his table, that you are
dining with person who has never earned
penny in his life, that the bread you break
has been bought by money really the
possession of thousands of agriculture
or other laborers, who have earned it 9
hundred times over, and that this mans
ancestors did not come over with Viii
liam the Conqueror or fight with Richarc
Ceur de Lion for the possession OF the
holy sepulchre but that they were peti
Jogging lawyers at the time of William
III, and got the confscated estates OF th'
genuine English nobility who had t.
"dust" for supporting the imbecil'
Stuarts. Don't be afraid to say
that your grandfather was a tailo
or blacksmith, as most likely he was
because he earned his money, which i
more than your lords grandfather did
Remember also that this duke, if yol
came to England and set up in business
would oblige you to ring the servants
bell like any other tradesman, and evel
though you were as big lawyer as Mr.
Evarts, you couldn't take tea with hi
family, because you didn't rank with tn
''higher class"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01
BRAZIL TO HAVE A FAIR.
Opportunity for Merchants Every
where to Exhibit Their Goods.
Var C,,,,

New York Sum-
Increasing American trade with Brazil
and the establishment of Roach's Ameri-
can Steamship Line have stimulated F..
GILLETTE, Pedro Kurczyn and ii. E. Har-
greaves, of Rio Janeiro, to establish in
Rio Janeiro a permanent American In
dustrial Exhibition, in which Rio Janeiro
buyers may see samples of American
products. Mr.. Gillette is the owner of the
skating rink in Rue San Joachim, and as
the inhabitants of the city had ceased to
skate because the climate was too warm
for such violent exercise, the rink was
pronounced model building for the pur-
pose. 1t cost $3.50, 900, and the first month
after it was opened year ago il earned
for Mr.. Glette $4,000.
When it was resolved to establish a
permanent exhibition in it Mr.. Kurczyn
came to New York and established head.
quarters at lis Bros 4way. On the walls
Of the office hang photographs OF the
skating rink. 1t has castellated stone
front, rs feet in breadth. Views of the
interior show an unbroken length OF
nearly 1870 feet. Four chandeliers from
Belgium light the vast space. A gallery
runs entirely around the interior, and al
one end of it are the rooms occupied by
the Emperor Dom Pedro when he visited
the rink. Curtains close the entrance:
to these apartments. A spacious anc
carefully kept garden surrounds the
building. The first story is supported by
piers of mason work, leaving wide spaces
for exit to the garden walks. The uppe
story is supported by iron pillows, and al
iron roof covers the structure. Its floor
only are of wood, and il is viewed a
fire proof. From its doors street cars rul
to any part of the city, and the busies
streets are only ten minutes distant.
The exhibition is to be opened on tn
1st of January, 1880, and, for week, il
the evening as well as in the daytime
No entrance fee is to be charged. ArOun'
the galleries are to run double row o
stalls for merchandise samples. The stall
are of different sizes, but OF an average @
about eight feet square. On the cemen
floor of the rink are to be stalls thirtee
, feet square, for merchandise. The cos
of tine exhibition is to be betrayed by tn
merchants who exhibit their wares. Til
Rio Janeiro merchants can leave order
on the spot for merchandise to be ser
from the United States to Brazil.
Mr.. Kurczyn invites merchants to il
spect his plans by circulars Or by writin
to his address in the Boreel building, i
Broadway.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01
How II Lass Captured u Snake.
LAInntana Paner.l

Zoe Morceau is girl of seventeen, of
mixed blood. beautiful and bold, and "a
daring rider. On Tuesday of last week
she performed a remarkable exploit.
While out looking up some of her fathers
missing ponies she encountered mon
ster rattlesnake, warning from which
caused her horse suddenly to shy, nearly
dismoGnting her. Getting command of
her animal, she reigned up short dis
tance from the reptile, which, angered at
the intrusion, coiled Itself ready for bat
tie. Cool and collected, the girl, swing
ing her lariat, hit it sharp blow. Mad
dened, the snake several times struck at
her.
Dexterously swinging her supple cord
again, she "noosed' the reared head OF the
snake, and, wheeling about, bore rapidly
off for home, dragging her prize after her.
1t was undoubtedly the livellest "snak-
ing" ever done in Montana. Arriving at
the house, her father and several cow
boys stepped out to greet her, and to
them she proudly exhibited the monster,
its life now extinct. Its length, by actual
measurement, was ascertalned to be seven
feet and eight inches, and its girth, al
the largest part, sixteen inches. The
rattles numbered twenty-nine complete
ones and a "button." This string o1
rattles was sent into Helena, and in com
pliance with an order accompanying it
an expert jeweler has for several day
been forming the most unique necklace
probably ever made in this or any othe
country. 1t is Intended as a present t'
Zoe Montana paper.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01
A Venem0uS Fish.
TLondon Telegraph !

From a letter written by correspond
ent in the Seychelle Archipelago, it
would seem that though "every prospect
pleases," man is not the only vile crea-
t,lre which the islands and their waters
boast. There is a small, but highly
poisonous fish, we are told, called the
'laf," the "spines upon whose back are
hollow and filled, like the fangs of 4
cobra, with a dangerous poison, which
sometimes produces death and always
intense pain" You may draw it unob-
served into the boat when you are fish
ING, and find out its peculiarities before
its presence has been ascertained.
Sharks, too, are more than
abundant, and, it seems, hang
about the frail boats of the place with
such terrible earnestness as to appal sail
ors and cause them to refrain from tempt
ing the deep; the creatures eat the oars
as they are thrust into the water, MUNICH
the sides of the canoes, and altogether
misconduct themselves so gravely that
harpoons have to be used in order to re.
pei them. Happily, in respect to the
'laf," nature has provided an antidote
for no sooner has he stung than his body
offers cure to any one who has the pres
ence of mind to seize it, cut it open anc
apply it to the wound, Against the
teeth of the shark no such protection il
offered, yet those who wish to avoid hi
mouth can do SO by keeping ashore. The.
miss the enjoyment of the oveliest water
in the world, but they also escape a fat
compared with which that of Jonah wa
child's play.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01

The Ex-Khedive of Egypt has a for
tune, it is said, of $50, 100000, and yet SO
deeply ingrained in his character is the
habit of assumed poverty that he has
been humbly writing to his son, the pres,
ent ruler, for small sum for urgent and
immediate need. Tewfik, on the con-
trary, is represented as a pattern OF econ
OmY.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01
Effect OF Exile on the Mind.
Il |

M. Massard, the amnestied Communist,
is tne-looking, handsome man of thirty
two. He must have constitution OF iron
if the hair is an evidence of good physi-
cal condition. 1t is in his case nut
brown, glossy, thick, and free from silver
threads. His face is bronzed, and he
might pass for descendant OF Voltalre's
proud Huron, if the height and promi-
nence of his forehead and the absence OF
salient cheek-bones did not preserve him
from having the phsiogomy of an intel
lectual American Indian. In his eager
eyes, which fix we'll the object at which
they glance, and take in each de-
tail it presents in taking in the
whole, there is the expression Of
one who had, day after day, week
after week, month after month, yeal
after year, interrogated the horizon
Lille des Pins is in the watery waste Of
the Pacific, and not as large as Guernsey
The ocean was visible from the convicts
settlement. There was little else to dc
than to watch the ships in the offing, ano
speculate on the news they might bring
Though found NJ. Massard intelligent
quiet, and sensible, he complained o
mental drunkenness, and of being dazet
by reason of the change from New Gale
donia to Paris. He felt his lingual nerve
stultifed, indeed half paralyzed. If h
attempted to give a narrative with be
ginning, middle, and end, he soon los
the thread of his ideas, and when he ha'
ideas the words that expressed ther
} slipped from him. A more prolonge
stay in Pine Tree Island would have IT
e duced him to, the state of dumb brute.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01
Prize Rutter at the New York Fair.

There was very fine display of extra
choice butter at the great International
Dairy Fair. The packages that took the
prizes were splendid samples of what gilt
edge butter ought to be. perfect in quality
and color. Many of them were colored to
perfect June tint with Wells, Richard
son & Co.'s Perfected Butter Color, the use
of which was universally recommended
both by the makers and butter buyers.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01

The Detroit News says: The property
that DIR. HuestoD, of Worthwhile, went to
the Sandwich Islands to look after, con-
sists of half dozen guano islets, worth
a million, or thereabouts.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01

Raspbcrries are usually planted five by
four feet, and the space between planted
with strawberries or some vegetable the
first year, They are tied up to a single
wire trellis, and laid down i'll the fall
and covered slightly with earth. The
soil is mulched with advantage.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01

Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer
never fails to restore the color Of tue hair.
Try it.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01

A vine near Mooresville, N. c., has
yielded seedless grapes for eight years.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-01

BALTIMORE d OHIO, VIA PARKERSBUR0.
Depot, Pearl and Plum.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-13
WASHINGTON.
A POLICY MAPPED OUT FOR THE
DEMOCRATS.
Senator HsmPtOn's Plani Hard Money
and Harmony with the SOuth-Ies-
terday's Proceedings in the
HOuse-NatiOnal Board
Of Trade.

Senator Wade Hampton Gives His Views
Upon the Policy the Democratic Party
Should Assume-The Currency and the
South.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-13
An American King David.

When the Spaniards, under the ia
nous COrtcs, came 10 Mexico IN 1919,
they found the country Inhabited by
people already civilized.
About hundred years before, the
Tescucan,, the most enlightened OF the
native tribes, had prince whose history
has a striking resemblance % that OF the
Hebrew King David. His name is a
hard one, but by dividing 1t into double
syllahes We NAV master it,-N eZa-haul-
covot. In his youth, like David, he
was Obliged to flee for his life from the
wrath of a morose monarch who occu-
pied the throne, and he met with many
romantic adventures and hair-breadth
escapes.
One, when some soldiers came To take
him i'm his own house, he vanished in
cloud OF incense, such as attendants
burned before princess, and concealed
himself in a sewer until his enemies
were gone. He fled 10 the mountains,
where he slept in caves and thickets,
and lived on wild fruits, occasionally
showing himself in the cottages OF the
poor people. who befriended their prince
at the peril Of their own lives. Once,
when closely pursued, passing girl
who was reaping in field. he begged
her 70 cover him from sight with the
stalks of grain she was cutting: she did
SO. and when his enemies came mp, di-
rected the pursuit into a false path. At
another time, he took refuge with some
soldiers who were friendly to him, and
who covered him with a war-drum,
about which they were dancing. No
bribe could induce his faithful people 10
betray him.
Would YOU not deliver up your
prince If he came in your way be once
asked Young COuntry-fellOw, TO whom
his person was unknown.
Never replied the peasant.
Not Tor fair lady's hand and a reat
fortune
NO, ior all the world" was the an
sWer.
The prince, who was rightiul heir to
the throne, grew every day in the favor
Of the people, and at last he found him
self at the head Of an army, while the
bad king was more and more detested.
A battle was fought, the usurper's forces
were routed, and he was afterward slain.
The prince. who so lately fled for his
life, was now proclaimed king.
lie at once set about reforming abuses,
and making wise laws for his kingdom.
He established society devoted 10 the
announcement Of science and art. He
gave prizes for the best literary compO-
sitions for these people had a sort Of
picture-writingJ, and he was himself &
poet, like King David. His poems.
some Of which have been preserved and
translated, were generally of a religious
character. His favorite themes were
the vanity OF human greatness, praise OF
the Unknown God, and the blessings Of
the future life for such as do good in
this. The Tezcucans, like the Aztecs,
were idolators, who INDUCED in the hor-
rid rites of human sacrifice 10 their aw-
ful dieties; but this wise and good king
detested such things, and endeayored TO
wean his people from them, declaring,
like David, that, above all idols, and over
all men, ruled an unseen Spirit, who was
the one God.
The king used to disguise himself, and
90 about among his people, in order TO
learn who were happy, how his>, laws
were administered, and What MAD
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-13
Theatre and sunday.schooI

From the Philadelphia Times.
The religious world is mildly agilatcd
over the possibility that the prevailing
taste Tor theatrical exhibitions will cor.
rupt the church and SUNDAY school.
Most oi the SundayschOol boys 90 To
the circus when they have a chance.
Many good people take their children
to the better class of theatrical perior-
nance. Ministers daughters and min
listers themselves 90 to the opera. Some
Of the most excellent people in our city
churches have found out that there are
plays which are not demoralizing. but
which. on the other hand, combine in
struCtiOn with entertainment They
are beginning to see that il the church
wants 10 secure thorough hold on the
affections of the young people, il must
take some interest either in entertaining
them or else in seeing how they are en-.
tertained. The latest cause for discuss.
ion in this connection is the "Acting
play for Sunday-schools," announced
for December, by Parson EgglestOn, Of
Brooklyn. II is to be published in a
leading magazine, and also, it is under
stood, TO be enacted in the great hall OF
the Sunday-school of the church Of which
EgglestOn is pastor. One leading relig-
ious paper attacks this "play" as foreign
to the spirit OF both church and Sun
dav-schoOl. Ii denounces the pro-
viding OF amusements and entertain
ments as something with which religious
organizations have nothing 10 do. An
other, denominatonal organ. saws:
gtl l. tt,s
with which the drama has beer regard.
ed by the orthodox, what shall we saw
on learning that a minister Oithe gospel,
Of an orthodox denomination, not only
writes a theatrical production, but pre-
pares it for the use OF the Sabbath school.
and that a popular magazine announces
il as an especial attraction for it's forth
coming issue Last spring We comment
ed on the remarkable fact that the ex.
tremely conservative and orthodox IN
teHigmccr in an editorial on the subject,
advocated the theory that the theatre
might be made an instrument NJ use in
the church. but in this new literary If.
fort OF DIR. Eggleston we have an occur
encc vastly more remarkable" One
thing is certain. lfgood entertainments
are not provided for the young people
We may expect them 10 90 tO such ~
are provided. II these are bad il il 10 n
large extent because good people have
turned their backs upon the idea Of en-
tertainment, and have left II 10 ungod
ly and vicious. People who are dissaiis
fed with the existing state Of the dra.
matte and amusement business should
remember the amount Of responsibility
resting on them II they neglect 10 pro-
vide good things 10 take the place OF
those which are considered evil.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-13
PROLIFIC PRODUCE.

The country in the vicinity Of Hinton,
Greenbrier county, appears to be flow
ing, II not, like the promised land, with
milk and honey, with pork and poultry
at least. The Herdld notes a remarkably
large poultry shipment by Mr.. John T.
Criss, of Frankford, who recently shipped
four thousand four hundred and
seventy-seven pounds Of poultry 10 the
eastern markets in one lot. In addition
to this there was shipped 10 the eastern
market in one day last week from Hin
ton aud CoyingtOn, eighteen thousand
pounds OF chickens and turkeys, and
there were many hundred pounds left
at Allegheny on the same day, which
had 10 await transportation.
One hog butchered At Spring Creek is
said 10 have weighed six hundred and
twenty-five pounds net, and measured
nine feet in length and eight ieet nine
and one-half inches in circumference.
Bear meat and venisOn are also plenty.
The following are some Of the prices
that prevail in the Hinton markets
Wheat SOctasl.OO per bushel; corn, +0c:
oats, 3Oc; Irish potatoes. JOc; turnips
DC; butter, l0la ljc per pound; eggs,
l5c per doz; dressed fowls, s. per
pound; apples, SOC per bushel; corn
meal, old, SOC; do, new, SOC per bushel.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-13
MRS. DORSEY'S WILL
Snit AwninsI Jeff Davis.

NEv ORLEANS, December IA bill
In equity was filed. to-day, in the L. :.
Circuit Court in behalf OF Mrs. Edward
Pcrkham, of Louisiana, stephen Persy
Ellis. of BROOKLYN, y Y, Mortimer
pahlgreu, Of II. Louis, sisters and
brothers oi the late Mrs. Sarah Ann
Dorsey against Jefferson Davis. The
object Of the bill Is 10 have declared
null and void the will OF Mrs.
Dorsey OF January lst, 1873,
bv which the whole Of
her estate was beQueathed to Davis.
The plaintiffs allege that they are the
legal heirs of the testatriX. The grounds
OF the annulment OF the will are stated
% be that previous to and at the time
OF writing and signing the will, Mrs.
Dorsey was not of sound and diSpOslng
mind, being under undue influence OF
the dcirndent. and that the motive and
object inducing and controlling the teS-
tatriN to make the heqUest itself were.
under the laws ui the land, illegal, null
and void
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-13

thought of his government. On one
such occasion, he fell in with boy
gathering sticks in a field.
why don't YOU go into yonder forest,
where you will find plenty OF wood?
asked the disguised monarch.
"Ah." cried the boy, that forest be-
longs 10 the king, and he would have me
killed il should take his wood; for that
is the law
as he so hard a man as that
Aye, that he is,-a very hard man in
deed, who denies hi. people what God
has given them"
at is a bad law, p" said the king; land
| advise you not TO mind il. Come,
there is one here to see you; 90 into the
forest, and help yourself to sticks"
Not - exclaimed the boy.
"Iou are afraid some one will come
and find YOU? But | will watch for
you" urged the king.
"Will you take the punishment in my
place, il chance TO get caught? No,
no." cried the boy. y.shrewdly shaking his
head, 81 should risk my life il ! took the
kings wood"
But | tell you it will be no risk"
said the king 81 will protect YOU; 90
and get some wood"
Upon that the boy turned and looked
him boldly in the face.
81 believe you are traitor" he cried,
fan enemy OF the king or else you
want 10 get me into trouble. But YOU
can't. ! know how To take care OF my
sell; and ! shall show respect to the
laws, though they are bad"
The boy went on gathering sticks, and
in the evening went home with his load
OF fuel. -
The next day, his parents were aston
ished 10 receive a summons 10 appear
with their son before the king. As they
went tremblingly into his presence. the
boy recognized the man with whom he
had talked the day before, and he turned
deadly pale.
If that be the king" he sand, then
we are no better than dead folks, all ~
But the king descended from his
throne, and smiling said;
Come here, my son, Come here,
good people both, Fear nothing. |
met this lad in the fields Yesterday, and
tried to persuade him 10 disobey the
law. But found him proof against all
temptation. So | sent for you, good
people, to tell YOU what a true and hon
est son YOU have, and that the law is 10
be changed, so that poor people can GO
anywhere into the kings forests. and
gather the wood they find on the
ground
He then dismissed the Lad and his
parents with handsome parents, which
made them rich for the remainder OF
their lives
While our bows and girls are taught t0
read the histories OF many an Old-World
prince and monarch far more harbarous
than he, they need not neglect the story
Of the Indian king Neza-hualcoyotl, our
American King David.
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