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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
Enterprise in the Wrong Box.

An unioue incident occurred ot Raid
wins Theater the other evening, which
,voo mot Loov, - tho h;11s a,,d ,,h;.,,
l., "'''N,'
'"ai p'y i''N'''"tes '"e ProNefo DIAL push
and ingenuity oil certain San Francisco
advertisers. 1t appears that the adyer-
tising apent of we'll kno,, Koorro,.
straat a,,otio, ha,,.,.,,.,
90 ~ = ~ ''0'' '''0Se ''"a engaged one OIL
'he upper stage boxes for Thursday
evening, and few minutes after the
doors opened the ushers were naraIyzed
at beholdirr l,r,,o ,,,,,.oa ........,,,,
II. 60 u '''' p'' e''Ny
nelli3 eNpe"lhouSly and quietly erected
III saiu Don ana bearing on its surface in
C,,!' 5Wo,ioot lSuerS the iamlilar legend: "Iry
o 0uley ConaenSed Powder! They at
occunant 70 " Jas;st ..ie '0H ra ana oesgeu !he
;nd;,;G,,o, si,,,-,I, 'ot ai ia; e"tI' P'is'IS
anJ ,r>i' ','n' S,nP.! S'iru2Seo MS Shouoers
for his illumination. The manaocr Kim.
self rushed breathlessly to the spot and
ordered the agent to leave the house,
"Noi if know it, renIied thr indiyid.
ual, Cheertullv, 81 paid $50 rent for this
box and intend to do what | please with
it, bet your life"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
Christian Grace in the Home.
Rev. Dewitt Talmage.

A minister of the gospel came into a
house where there was great poverty and
destltutlon, and it was generally supposed
that the poverty came from the fact that
these people had married TOO early, and af-
ter the minister had looked around upon
the utter want and destitution, and had re-
hearscd the mistortunes that had come
upon the household, he turned to the poor
man and said: "Dont YOU now regret your
early marriage Don't you think il was YOUR
great mistake in liie:' And the man halt
ed for moment, and his ewes filled up
with tears, and he looked up at his poorly
clad wife and said: mo, sir she has been
the same to Inc all through!' o, there are
some of you who would never have known
what your home was worth if God had
not upset you, and your soul had not been
ransacked of trouble. That first touch of
trouble changed that wife who was too
fond of the gayeties and frivolities of the
world into a soul that could rise in calm
triumph, like Miriam singing the victory
on the banks of the Rcd sea. O, if YOU
have spoken Of lightness and frivolity and
fondness, of display as the chief character
istics of women, you know not of what
you speak, and may have TO correct your
mistake in some better day, when all other
supports have failed you, and YOU are un-
held by the hands of christian wife sud
denly armed by the Lord Almighty for
that emergency. Young man, rush not
into that relation without an appeal to God.
If you ever need His grace you need it
there.
Is there more beautiful spot on earth
than new home in which those Just atfi-
anced have begun the service Of God'
Blessed the family Bible in which their
names have just been written! Blessed the
hour of morning and evening prayer!
Blessed the angels OF God who touch wing
tip to wing tip until the house is all COW
cred up with a canopy Of light and love
and JOY 1t may have been only Yesterday
when they clasped their hands at the alter
but they clasped those hands forever. The
orange blossoms will fade, and the fra
GRANGE will die in the air, but they who
marry in Christ shall walk together in the
day when the Church, which is the Lambs
wife, shall take the hand of the Lord and
King amid the swinging Of the golden
ccnscrs.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
ATT OF THE JAWS OF DEATH.
How n Telegram Saved a Train Full Of
Passengers.
ynnstp, EInhaN


;Boston GIobe.)
Among the cars injured in the accident
at North Beverly was one used by the
Eastern Express Company and owned by
the Eastern Railroad. The night train
from Bangor recently contained this car,
and in it, Just before the train reached
Portsmouth, were the conductor, messen-
ger and baggage master. Suddenly one
of the gentlemen felt a jolt, as if the car
was dropping from under him, and sprang
to his feet and caught hold of something
firm in the hope to save himself in the
expected crash. The conductor seeing
the movement, seized the bell rope, but
as he felt nothing strange did not ring
and the train passed on 10 Portsmouth,
No examination was made here, as was
formerly the universal custom, and the
train proceeded toward Boston. 1t had
hardly left the depot before the night
watChman found on the track between
the rails lateral car spring and thinking
it could come from no other place but
from under this train he hurried to the
telegraph Office and sent dispatch to
Greenland the nearest station, 'vc miles
away, TO stop the train and examine it to
see if spring had been lost. The green
light was accordingly displayed and the
train brought to standstill, when it was
found that the spring had come from IN
der one corner of the express car.
Then they knew it was the falling Of this
spring upon the track which caused the
Jar, already spoken of, and which awak-
ened the gentleman from his doze beyond
Portsmouth. If it had fallen upon rail
a wreck would have been inevitable. Had
the car lurchcd badly upon the bridge at
kittery the signal tower there would have
been struck and disaster would have re-
suited. Had the spring dropped elsewhere
than within the range OF the watchman's
vision the train would have sped on until
it had reached some curve at speed, when
the cars would probably have been torn
from the rOad.bed into ruin. Thus the
benefit Of running road by telegraph is
eXemplitied, and thus the elltale click
click OF the little wires saved life and
limb, and also the entaiing of heavy
financial loss upon the road. But provi-
dence ruled that there should be prompt
discovery Of the danger, and not only tie
passengers, but the whole community
sould have feelings Of profound thanks
giving.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
Grow Beautiful.

Human beings may outgrow disease and
become healthy by proper attention to
the laws of their physical constitution.
BY moderate daily exercise and suitable
food, any person who has no hereditary
disease may become strong in limb and
muscle. But is there any process by
which people may grow beautiful
Live as we may, age dims the lustre of
the eye, and palcs the flush Of the cheek,
while crow feet and turrows and wrink-
les and lost teeth, and gray hairs, and bald
heads, and totering limbs and limpen feet,
most sadly mar the human form divine.
But while this is true, dim as the eye is,
and pallid and sunken as may be the face
OF beauty, and irail and feeble that once
strong, erect and symmetrical form, the
immortal soul Just hedging its wings for
Heaven, may look out through those
faded windows as beautiful as dewdrop
on summers morning, as melting as
the tears that glisten in affections eve
by growing kindly, by cultivating sympa-
thy with all human kind, by cherishing
forbearanCe towards the follies and ioibleS
of our race, and feeding day by day on
that love of God and man which lifts us
from the brute and makes us akin to
angels.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
Education of the Negroes.
Southern Correspondent Boston Hera'

Southern Correspondent Boston Herald)
have tried to get at the feeling of the
planters on the subject of negro educa-
ton. The general opinion is very favor
able. In casual meeting of six leading
Louisiana planters l broached the sub
ect, and they agreed that the only way
to make good citizen Of the negro is to
educate him.
In many of the parishes of louisiana
the entire school fund is given over to the
colored people, while the whites send their
children to private schools or endeavor to
instruct them at home.
There is a brisk demand for colored
teachers Of fair grade of education. The
state normal school for the training of
colored teachers does not supply the de-
mand. Often the parish superintendent
Of education are compelled to employ
teachers who are not up to the legal re-
quirements. The planters are anxious to
have the coiored schools maintained well,
for nothing so we'll satisfies and makes
contented the colored parent as to see his
child under good schooling. 1t is for the
pecuniary interest of the white employer
to keep his help contented. The little
school houses for colorcd children are fre-
quently to be met with on the country
roads, and they appear to be well at
tended.
Teachers are paid $40 $50 and $40
month, according to grade, and where the
pupils in any grade exceed a certain num-
Der, the teachers salary is increased One
Of the most intelligent lawyers in Con-
cordia parish, La, is an active education
st. He was an ardent secessionist, but
says that he is wonderfully reconstruct
ed man. His interest in public education
equals that of any New England school
superintendent. He says that intelligent
colored people from the north can find
ready employment as teachers in Louisi.
ana.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
Ops and Downs of New York Life.
TroY Timesl

A New York correspondent tells this
torchinn s+orn. Cainr ;nto ,;t,,a ,,,;l,.
'0l1'''"s ''0' ooi''S '','o d i''''e NH "A
and outter shop the writer purchased
some cream, and finding itsso good, and
the old gentleman who attended the place
co nolite che hec,re = rsa,,or crs,nner
ar % ~ l,, ',. 'a,, "',l ''' ~ "oto,'e v,
y. % tIs 0'1 r i'a! t a;u Se.lt MN hl,nDeL Oh Oh
oiuero' 10, me recital lnoceeus' OIle Gay
w me ie.: ii''o Co'iNei sd'io'' anu nc s"'u'
ilo.iGeu your aalne IN Senuh1s nome
SOME thiliSs .'le o'ller Gay pray tell me
"'e you any le!"tlon 10 t'le MI = VINO
hePt the young Iauies OoaFa,hg Schooi at
a.. Fl rluslni.S SOME years ago" rePI'eu that
the gentleman ne spoke Oh was my Ia
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
1t Would Not BE Safe.
Detroit Free Prec.]

When 1t occurred Gf ever the river was
filled with huge cakes of floating ice, a
Detroter and a Canadian reached the
ferry boat at the foot Of Woodward ave
nue., on their way to Windsor, when the
former proposed to walk over
"You must be crazy" said the Cana
dian. "Why, man, it wouldn't be safe for
a cat to try to walk over to day"
at don't make any difference" replied
the Detroiter. "I'll bet you hox of lIa-
vannas that III walk all the wav over"
"Done," said the Caadian, and shook
hands to bind the wager.
After a few minutes the Canadian
wished to know when his friend proposed
starting.
Dust as soon as the boat leaves the
wharf" was the reply.
When the boat got under way, the De
troiter began walking up and down the
deck, and walked all the way over, thus
winning the wager, although it was paid
under protest, the Canadian exclaining
that 1t was "demnition Yankee trick"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
Picture of n Modest Girl.
letter in Household.l

Modesty and virtue are twin sisters
without both we cannot have either. Po-
likeness is first cousin to the modest girl,
she never leaves this cousin at home or
abroad; kindness also comes from the
same family; where any question is being
discussed and her opinion is asked, she
gives it hestatingly not doubtfuly, and if
not accepted, never allows herself to utter
a contradiction but calmly and quietly
withdraws from the discussion, but her
opinion is not lost or defeated by so doing,
on the contrary it almost always carries
weight and effect
Her wardrobe is chosen for quality ac-
cording 10 her financial circumstances
the colors are selected with care, suitable
TO each other and favorable to her COM
plexion you may call this taste, SO it is
'modest taste'); the style must, OF course,
be as near the popular fashion as she dare
approach, but never quite up to the height
when out calling or shopping she dresses
with neatness and care; if walking, she
neither moves too fast or slow, but glides
along with a natural and graceful step
which is very becoming, recognizing her
friends by polite bow or welcome grasp
of the hand "but no scenes; she never
votes herself on a commilton of arrange
mcnts, but invariably acls ii chosen
las she assuredly will be) assisting in the
by suggestions and willing
hands, causing things TO move serenely
and Joyfully.
| love TO hear her musical, CHEEKY, ring
ing laugh; atlcctation is foreign to her;
every act is nature itself When she tells
you anything, give her credcnce, for she
is afraid of an untruth; her very acts and
ways are so unobtrusive that they form
shield of protection, keeping her from
harm or insult. She is, as rule, gener.
GUS and charitable, and sometimes suffers
from that fact. She acts upon the Golden
Rule, do unto others as Won would have
others do unto you;' in bereavement or
affection the emotions are quiet but deep.
The good qualities of modest girl can
be enumerated to almost any length. She
is one of the most noble adornments of
society and truly an object Of love and
admiration.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
WORKING FOR NOTHING.
How Some Women Spend Their Time.
(Rural New Yorker.)

(Rural New Yorker)
With all due respect for St Paul in pro-
nouncing cleanliness next thing to god
hness, l believe extreme cleanliness, that
requires the life service of human being,
to be not only next to sinluness, but actu.
ally it. What do indorse is sense of
general wholesomeness in and about a
house, clean cookery, clean dish-cloths, a
clean table cloth and bright China and
silver as essentials. That there are mud
tracks on the floor, fy-specks on the win
COW panes, dust on the top Of picture
frames, tnger marks on the DOORS or a
carpet that has not had thorough sweep
ing Tor month-such things are OF mi
nor importance and ought not TO disturb
the happiness of any woman who desires
to use her time for better work. 1t is
pam that houSc-kceper must put limit
somewhere to her labors or else give her
sell up to hopeless drudgery. What coed
health and absolute comfort demand
should be carefully attended to; but be-
yond that the work becomes in a large
part unProhtabIe drudgtry 1t makes no
oody happier or bcttCr--otten the reverse
while the best that can be said OF it is that
1t gratitcs in a small way the vanity OF
the woman who does it. She likes to see
things look clean SO 30 all Of us And
she is spurred on by some secret impulse
to clean and polish, and sweep and brush,
and scrub and scour, IS if by such work
eternal life were to be won. The force of
habit finally become such that She can't
lie down tor nap, and get wink of sleep
ii she knows that tf2 mantel.pieCe has not
been busted, or tina here is bit of thread
or scrap of papel :ying on the carpet. |
doubt il any woman SO hampcred with
care for small things can rise to large
and Just concep or OF life, and under
stand in its true ense that life is more than
meat, and the body more than raiment |
believe in giving some good food TO the
mind every da Of ones life, though the
kitchen floor as not been scrubbed for a
fortnight, or ne parlor windows rubbed
for a month
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
Church.GOers and Thestre-Goers.

Miss Anna Dickinson thinks the people
who 20 to church are the hundreds and
thousands, while those who go to tho
theatre are the millions. In this she is
mistaken. There are an hundred church,
es in the United States for every theatre,
and the aggregate audiences who listen
to pulpit oratory are much larger than the
aggregate audiences who witness theatri-
calls.
1t is true, however, that theatres pay
better than churches. The opposition of
the church going people to the theatre
does not prevent prudent managers from
making money, or great actresses from
enjoying large incomes. II is, therefore,
as viewed from the stage, quite harmless,
and hardly worth acolding about.
There are persons who turn up their
noses at actors and actresses. The actors
and actresses have a perfect right to re.
turn the compliment Generally they
have too much sense to complain because
other people make themselves ridiculous.
1t is foolish to regard with contempt a
profession SO difficult that it requires ex.
ceptional talent and exceptional industry
as the price of even moderate success but
conceit is always foolish and it is foolish
to lecture on folly.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
A LUCKY YOUTH
An Indiana Boy Out West.--His Farm, Bts
JSan Francisco CALL


E. ]. Baldwin, everywhere known as
Lucky Baldwin, worked on his fathers
farm when young, in Indiana. After twen-
ty-five years trial at various pursuits he
drifted into the bonanza district, Nevada,
and in few years, by well-judged ven
lures in mining stocks, realized some
millions.
He became publicly known by building
"The Baldwin," now SO favorably known
as popular house on Market street, San
Francisco, 275 by 2Io feet. Included in
the structure is Baldwin's theatre The
whole, including furniture, cost $3,ooo,ooo
Travelling through Los Angeles county
he fancied and bought Spanish grant OF
6o,ooo acres of bountilully watered land,
and laid it out in princely style. OF this
$1,000 acres are moist bottom land, need
ing no irrigation.
Outside of this he has artifcially irri-
gated most of the property by means of
SIX miles of eight inch pipe, and beautiful
lakes are formed here and there, with rus
tic bridges and other adornments. Some
fifty rustic cottages are the homes ofiIhis
army OF working people. All sorts of
tarm buildings are tasteiully arranged and
flowing artesian springs abound, of purcst
water. The orchard has 400 acres, with
$1,000 orange and lemon trees, 1000 al
monds, 500 acres Of choice grapes, innu-
merablc apples, pears, plums, peaches and
figs. He has 800 Italian chestnut trees,
eighty acres Of English walnuts, 6o,ooo
eucalyptus trees Of twenty-seven varieties
and 5000 of the graceful pepper trees, our
most ornate evergreen and dropping vari-
ETY., bearing proiusion Of pepper-looking
spice berries.
A broad avenue is laid out, three miles
long by I2o feet wide, lined on each side
by eucalyptus trees, In the center is a
row OF pepper trees, making a grateful
shade in that sunny climate, and the air is
cooled by innumerabe fountains Soon
mansion in keeping with the surround
ings will be erected on a rising knoll
overlooking this fairyland, and some hun
dred tenantry, with gardens and cultivated
fields, will enrich the landscape and make
this charmed spot paradise, where the
proprietor can pass his declining years in
peaceful contemplation oil the romance of
his creation,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
Poverty and Riches.

During the war, during The lnnauOn-S
that is to say, during the years we were
going into debt-tortunes were made SO
easily that the people left the farms, crowd
ed to the towns and cities.
Thousands became spectators, traders
and merchants; thousands embarked in
every possible and conceivable scheme
They produced nothing, they simply preyd
upon labor, and dealt With imaginary val.
ues. These men must 90 back they must
become producers, and every producer il
a paving consumer. Thousands and thou
sands Of them are unable 70 get back. To
a man who beps of YOU a breakfast YOU
can not say. "Why don't YOU get larin"
You might as well saw: 3WhY don't YOU
start line of steamers? ?" To him both arc
impossibiities. They must be helped, We
shall remember that society must support
all of its members-all of its robbers
thieves and paupers. Every vaeabond and
vagrant has TO be fed and clothed, and
society must support IN some way all OF
its members: II can support thenh III JaiiS'
IN asylums, IN hospltaiS, III Penltentlarles'
out IL IS a very cosby way we nave 10
appoint Judges 10 try lhefn, Juries 10 slt
upon their cases, sheriIiS, marshalS ana
constables TO arrest thelh, ana IL may DC d.
last standing army TO put mem down. II
would DC lar cheaper, proDapiy' 10 supper.
snem at some hrst-clasS notCi' we mus mus.
elmer support therh OF iieIP 'le'h supPoi'
,hemseiVeS. lhey let US go upon 'he one
hand SIMPLY 10 take us by the o'her' aIl9
we c"', '"he care oi 'leiIl "s PauPeI' ",,u
animals animals or by wise statesrnahsniP heiP
men en- 20 DC honest ana uselol men
VI al .i'e eiii''i'ilis u"ilSPortea i" Dy Ing
, ,adu ~ MtI.,,I aa.a asmii.''a' VIC ie
,uo Si;o" '''t't d IA se r. eei' ooiU'i,s
I L. ..aI;a ,I,'. r,'1te '',,I r.. pwo
pls' I" .'l'' ;.a ~ .io;. hotS
IF Ii' ~ Si'o,''. t;t;a, a. ~ ,',oss
a,noJ ,N u,n| III, ,.d - ,'l,
tinns T,n Ut, hod ,r r,o,,, "'r r,,rrouodirns and
as r,,1o ,,,on ''' does NOT ,,,oroII,, ;3,nro,
..t- w ''l"n I' w. IL IT, :y lI'l,"
W. i,rJ", nPit;n 0d ksc,it th
rio,lt,' of httor ;s ,or,b al tbo tracts ave-,
iss,,aa '"''N' 80 "0' Va
''''
whenever the laborlng men are out
employment they begin to hate the rich
They leel that the dwellers in palaces, tn,
riders in carriages, the wearcrs OF broad
cloth, silk, and velvet have i'll some wa,
been robbing them. AS matter Of fact
the palace builders are the friends of la
Dor. The best form of charity is extrav
agance. When you give a iran money
when you toss him dollar, although YOU
get nothing, the man loses his manhood
10 help Others help themselves is the only
real charity. There is no use in boosting
man who is not climbing. Whenever ]
see splendid home--a palace--a maenif'
cent block, | think of the thousands who
were fed-of women and children clothed,
of the firesides made happy. A rich man,
living up to his privileges, having the best
house, the best furniture, the best horses
the finest grounds, the most beautiful flow.
ers, the best clothes, the best food, the best
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
City oud Country Journals Opposed.


There is an "irrepressible conflict" and
always was, between the city and country
journal. Their interests are opposed TO
one another. The country journalist is
compelled to pay the expense of setting
every type used in printing his paper,
while the metropolitan city weekly, by
using the same type that was first set up
for the daily, then used in the semi-week-
ly, and again in the tri-weekly, can furn-
ish the weekly at prices that the country
publisher can never hope to compete with,
owing to the fact that four newspapers
are sold from the same type setting.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
Sweet innocence.
Concord N. ii. | Monitor.

1t was at the Good Will dance, and a
young gentleman Of this city who has oc.
cupied various positions of prominence,
was making himself agreeable to a beau
tiGul creature to whom he had Just been
introduced. Said she, 81 think have met
you beGorei" "Very likely" he replied,
81 have been stopping in the city for two
or three years" "Don't you work at IS
livery stable" she continued. The young
gentleman wited at once.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19

Ann Eliza Young, describing how wo-
man suffrage works in Utah, furnishes this
example, ~ voted once-being compelled
to do SO by Brigham Young and his
coachman was deputized to take me to the
polls and show me how His instructions
consisted in telling me to write my name
on piece Of paper which he handed to
me, and to this day I remain in blissful ig
norance of whom cast my vote for"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19

A son of Maine who went West in car
ly youth, and has there attained wealth
and an honorable position, returned last
summer to visit his old home. At the vii
lage store he saw an old man whom he
had known in his younger days. lie ac-
costcd him, but was not recognized $50
you don't remember me-" he said ~ am
John RI" "Youw exclaimed the old
man, "you don't mean to tell me that you
are John R-?' 81 certainly am" said
the visitor, shaking him by the hand, "and
I'm very glad TO see you again" "Well,"
persisted the old man, 81 never did. To
think that this is you. They tell me you
have grown awful rich, John" John ad-
mitted that he had "saved something"
"And they say you're the, president of a
railroad and get a big salary" Again
John had to admit that rumor spoke truth.
"Im glad on it, John! Pm glad on it, my
boy 1t beats all what circumstances and
cheek will do for man. NY Post.