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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-15

The experience of the English clergy
man, Canon Beadon, who lately died at
the age of one hundred and two years,
offers few suggestions to those who seek
to know how they may attain to long
life. He ate anything with impunity,
not only eating heartily at every meal,
but often nibbling biscuits etc, between
meals. He drank moderately of wine,
and was to the last very fond of sweet
things. He never knew what headache or
rheumatism was, and when a middle-aged
man could and would go out shoot
ing from morning until night, exposed
with no ill-etfect to cold and wet. At
ninety-seven he had the first severe i'll
ness of his life-an attack of bronchitis.
Up to this time he had performed service
in his church every Sunday, with his
regular three months duty in Wells
Cathedral, his voice continuing distinct
and powerful. To the day of his death
he never lapsed into anything like sec
ond childiShness." Possibly the explain
alton of his very long and heal
thy life lies in this He had most i'm
perturbable temper and singularly even
spirits, and would not allow anything to
worry him. He had many All entertain
ing remembrance; not the least of them
was the being held up to the window by
his nurse to see the soldiers in the street
during the Lord George Gordon riots.
This was in 1880; the future Canon was
then three years Old N. Y. Tribune.
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"Tippingo Old England.


The Prince Imperial is not yet, it ap-
pears, finally buried. The coffin lies in
"A temporary chapel open to view, sur
rounded by the insignia of the Legion
of Honor which the lad wore when alive,
and by numerous crosses, wrCaths, etc,
given by the Queen and Royal Princes
on the day Of the funeral. Ladies daily
bring wreaths and heap them up outside
of the grille, behind which theremains lie.
The odd part of the matter to an
American is that the whole atfair-cotfin
crowns, crosses and all--is exhibited to
the public, from to 5 daily, at Il charge
of a shilling per head, children half
price. Nothing is more novel and stun
ming in its effect upon travellers from this
country in England than the constant
obtrusion Of the everlasting sixpence in
places where we should consider it an in
suit to all proper or sacred feeling. An
Englishman in almost any rank will
accept pay or money for kindly services
which here the poorest would offer gratu-
itously.
If he tells you the way on the streets
or gives you the time Of day or light
for your cigar, no matter how good his
coat, the chances are that you will not
offend him by a tip. If lady calls at
friends house she is expected to tip the
servant who shows her to the drawing
room; if you stay by invitation at pri-
vate house over night, you will find the
whole corps of servants drawn up wait
ing for their money in the hall in the
morning; their master saves himself 50
much of wages by your gifts, and counts
on saving it. Very few Americans would
be willing to throw open the privacy of
their homes to the public to in
crease their income; but if an English
mans house is his castle or can by any
means be made show place, he turns an
honest penny by exhibiting it. The
shilling or crown or sovereign paid by
visitors to the servant who escorts them
through the great houses goes, not to the
servant as is often supposed, but directly
into the pocket of the master. In the
case of Chatsworth, Blenheim, and places
of that grade, the revenues of the ducal
owners are increased thousands of pounds
by this means. The American is Just as
fond, probably, of the almighty dollar as
his British cousin, but he manages to get
it in different way.
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His First Case,

Last Friday ]. A. Hellman was appointed
, policeman and assigned to the Ninth
street Station as a sub. Yesterday after
noon he was given warrants for the arrest
Bf four gamblers. He started out to make
the arrests, and running across his men,
they got him drunk, so it is alleged, and
Hellman went back to the Station-house,
not with the men whom he was sent to ar
rest, but with several schooners of beer.
Chief Wappenstein happened to be in the
6tation-house at the time, and promptly
suspended Helman for his conduct.
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ASSIGNEE'S SALE.
Assicnee's sale.

DURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF THE PRO
L BATE COURT of Hamilton County, Ohio, to
me directed, will offer at Public Auction, on the
premises No. 2l4 West Liberty street, OH Satur
day. September the 9th, 1879, at 8 O'Clock In the
afternoon, the following described leasehold
estate:
All that certain lot of land in the city of Gin
cinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio commencing at
point on the north side of Liberty street in said
city, eighty-sx S6) feet east Ot the northeast cor
ner OF Liberty street and Central avenue; thence
east with the north line OF Liberty street eighteen
lS feet thence north at right angles with Liberty
street, one hundred and twenty feet more or less
to Oliver street; thence west, parallel with Lber
ty street eighteen feet; thence south on hundred
and twenty feet more or less to the place of be-
ginning, being the same premises leased by Mary
4. Ludlow ct al. to Henry HOrwarth on December
ID, 1873 for a term Of fifteen years as per lease.
r. corded in book No. 6l page sS, Hamilton Coun-
ty Records.
Terms cash on day of sale.
GEORGE R. T0PP,
Assignee of Henry Horwarth.
ED. NJ SPANGENBERG Attorney. auSftF
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PROPOSALS..
Notice to Bridge Builders.

COUNTY AUDITORS OFFICE,)
COMMISSIONER DEPARTMENT.
CINCINNATG August s. 1879.
CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
- at this office until SATURDAY, August 30th,
1879, at II O'Clock m., for an iron supcrstrncture
for bridge over the Miami Canal at Ross avenue,
in MllCreek Township, clear span OF A feet clear
roadway 20 feet two sidewalks in the clear feet,
Bidders to furnish their own plans and specifca-
tons.
A full and complete sheet must accompany each
plan. The bridge must be of sufficient strength
10 sustain 100 oulds per square foot OF floor sur
face besides its own weight
Ultimate tensil strength, $4,000 pounds per
square inch.
Ultimate compressve strength, 10000 pounds
per square inch
Ultimate shearing strength, 10000 pounds per
square inch.
Five will be used as a factor OF safety.
The right to reject any and all bids is reserved
Proposals should be endorsed as above and ad
dressed to the undersigned.
BY Order of Commissioners.
w. s. CAPPELLER,
County Auditor and Clerk OF the Board of Count!
Commissioners. Aug S-l522-29
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Robheries.

]. B. Ross. of No. 5S West Sixth street,
was robbed night before last of two silver
watches and pocketbook containing $27 50
In money, certificate of deposit for 800
md note for $400.
]. r. Bray was robbed of silver watch
yesterday on New street, near Broadway.
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THE DAILY STAR
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-For Tennessee
and the Ohio Valley, areas of rain with
partly cloudy weather, stationary or slight
~ falling temperature, falling, followed by
rising barometer and variable winds.
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ undersigned has been duly appointed and
qualified by the Probate Court of Hamilton Coun.
ty, Ohio, as administrator Of the estate OF Henry
Flehmann deceased, late OF Kcnton County and
State OF Kentucky. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate payment;
and those having claims against the same will pre-
sent them. duly authenticated to the undersigned,
for allowance.
NICHOLAS FLElHMANN,
A. j. JEssUP, Attorney, Administrator.
Southwest corner Court and Walnut streets.
nng.2tF
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If functional torpor OF the liver exists,
the elements of the bile will remain in the
blood, vitiating that fluid and inducing
many skin diseases. DIR. Bulls Baltimore
Pills are most reliable liver regulator.
Sold everywhere. Price 25c.
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LEGAL.

CTATE OF OHIO. COUNTY OF HAMILTON.
> Petition for partition and assignment OF
dower.-No. 50 9slG.-Augusns g. BOiinger, Guar
dian of Jesse s. Reddish and T. Benjamin Red
dish, plaintiff, against Sarah r. Gibson ct al, and
LINE B. Thompson, Edwin L. Thompson and
William II. Harvey, ,dcfendans.-LillieB Is. ThOmp-
son, and Edwin l. Thompson, her husband,
and William II. Harvey, who resides in the city
of Chicago, State of Illinois, the defendants in
the above entitled action, are hereby notified that
the said plaintiff. on the 4th day OF August, A. D.
1879, filed his petition in the said Court OF Com
mon Pleas. OF said County, in which petition he
demands that partition be made OF all that parcel
or lot of land situated in the City OF Cincinnati
in the State oi Ohio, and lying on the north side
Of Fourth street, between Main and Sycamore
streets, beginning AZ feet east from the center OF
the block on the north side Of Fourth street;
thence running eastwnrtly twenty five feet; thence
northwaldly 81 feet; thence westwardly, parallel
to Fourth street, % feet; thence suthwardly 81
feet to Fourth street, the place OF beginning, be-
ing part OF Lot 81 OIL the original plat of said city,
ana the said lot d rscrlbed in a deed from Sarah
Mason to stevenson Reddish, recorded in Deed
M. 70, Iage li9, OF the Records Of Deeds OF said
County
Said defendants are hereby notified to appear
and answer on before Saturday, the 9th day OF
September, A. D. 1879, or the prayer of the petit
ton will be granted, and the partition and assign
ment of dover made by the Court as therein de-
mandcd HOLLISTER & ROBERTS,
auS-6tF Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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PROCLAMATION.

and for the dedication OF the new buildings to
Exposition purposes
WHEREAS The Industrial Expositons in the
past have been of great advantage in this city in
furtherng its commercial and manufacturing in
erests, as well as cultivating taste for the fine
arts; and the dedication of the present new build
ings to Exposition purposes is an evidence to the
permanent establishment OF EXpositions in this
city; and
WHEREAS The auspices under which the pres
ent Exposition is opened is an event exceeding al
most in importance any other in the history OF
our city;
| Therefore, l. Charles Jacob, Jr., Mayor of the
City OF Cincinnati, do issue this my proclamation
recommending all good citizens OF the City of
Cincinnati to dcsst from common labor on said
10th day OF September A. D 1879, and aid in the
Inauguration of the Seventh Industrial Exposition
and the dedication Of the new buildings to Expo
sition purposes.
Given under my hand and the seal OF the City
OF Cincinnati, this 18Th day of August, 1879.
auli2}t CHARLES JACOB. JR., Mayor.
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TYPE. PRESSES. &c.
ERANKIIN
NOTICES.

NOTICES.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ undersigned has been duly appointed and
qualified by the Probate Court Of Hamilton Coun-
ty Ohio, as administrator OF the estate Of George
Beck, late of Hamilton County and State OF Ohio.
All persons indebted to said estate are requested
t. make immediate payment, and those having
claims against the same will present them, duly
authenticated, to the undersigned for allowance.
HENRY FLEIlIMANN,
Administrator.
A. J. JEssuP, Attorney,
Southwest corner Court and Walnut streets
nuS.2tE
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DROsPECT HOUSE, UPPER sARANACLAKE
i L. H. Derby Proprietor. p o., Blooming
dale, Essex County, n. Y.-This House, occupying
one of the finest positions in the Adirondack
Wilderness, has been thoroughly repaired, en-
larged and elegantly fitted up with new furniture.
1t is surrounded on every hand by the finest fish
ing and hunting found in this whole region.
which may be truly called the "Sporsnan's Par
adse" summer boarderS, with or without fami-
lies, solicited. Terms 81 80 per day from July lst
until season closes. Telegraph Office in the house,
insnres speedy communication from any point in
this vicinity. Also, daily mail. Supply and pro
vision store at the house Camp supplies Of all
kinds always on hand Carriages connect with
regular stage line at Bloomingdale. Trout and
venison daily in their season. Guides and boats
AT regular rates, EirSt-class livery connected with
the house. Distance from Ausable Station direct,
30 miles The steGmer"E. K. DERBY'S MATTE"
will make two trips day to Bartett's, stopping ut
Cory's, Pierccs Garry, Island House. and other
points on the Lake. Also, will be used for Excur
sion Parties. Fare over to Clear Pond: Passen-
gers, one way SOC. Boats, one way, 81 so
an1I-pD1
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ADJUSTMENTS.


PlNAFORE AT THE zoo.
Music on the waters is the programme
next Sunday afternoon at the Geological
Garden.
A genuine ship has been built on the
lake at great cost by Mr.. Il. f. ]. Miles,
andis now riding at anchor. On the deck
of this ship "Pinafore" will be given with
the following cast;
Sir Joseph PortP,K. C. B...... Mr.. Sidney Smith
kalph Rackstraw. i. Wllm0t Eckert
IAptalh Corcoran, ,..............Mr George 3 weeks
Dlck Henry moran
boatswaln Mr I'd MeiCad9
Roatswa.ns Mr. Geo. Mcphal
MuSn!pmlle Master Euule
Josephine. ine..................M Miss Louise Leighton
buttercup.. Estelle Mortimer
Helen Corbyn
THOMAS CONCERT.
A corCert overture constructed by Mr..
Baetens, the leader of the violas, will be
given tonight. The overture was COM
posed in 1876 in competition for prize Of
two hundred guilders Offered by the Soci-
ETY. for Promotion of Fine Arts at The
Hague, in Holland.
The following is the programme for the
concert this evening at the Bellevue House
by the German Military Band:
Centennial March. Boyer
WeSse Bodieu
SerenadeGutc Nacht. ............ Hurfurtl
Men Lebenslauf ist Lieb und LuSt...........Stauss
ohsarsche Jon. Brahm
Comet Solo Hartmann
Mr.. H. Covert
Einleitung eur Opcr-LOrclcy...... ..... Max Bruch
Fantasie-Ein 1mmOrtelenkranz auf Lort2ing's
nIaD... ....hosenklan,
OvCrture-Ttus Mozart
Polka Mazurka-Bau Ncilchcn. .".Gung'
Paraphmse-Kathlcen Mavournecn"....C. Hcnke
MarCh-lloch koenig Johann ............ .HausChielc
THE TRYPHENA CLUB.
The report that the picnic OF the Try
phcna Club was to have taken place yester
day was premature. The same takes place
at the Bellevue House this afternoon ant
evening. A fine time will be had, anC
good music will be in attendance.
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HUNTING. TRAPPING. FISHING, PREPAR-
IL ING furs, training sporting dogs how to
teach horses, dogs, DE-, amusing and wonderful
tricks. Only 10c JESSE HANEY d CO., 1l9
Nassau street, New York
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HOTELS.
MOUNTAIN HOU . e
CresSon Springs, Pa.

II j. UNGER (of Seventh Avenue Hotel,
10Th. Top OF Allegheny Mountains, 300 feet
above level Of the sea; pure mountain water and
medicinal springs; three mile drive within the
grounds, with ample livery facilities; table first
burg markets: accommodation for 400 guests;
amusemcnts OF all kinds. Music by FehlngS Gel.
cbrateG orchestra from Philadelphia. All trains
stop East and West. For particulars, nj lress
ELIAS J. UNGER, Seventh Avenue Hotel. Pitts
burg Pa. ic73m
The Newtown bee., 1879-04-15
The Surveying Hoax.

There is practical joke which is quite a favorite with Parisian students. Fix ing upon some thoroughfare where a bridge crosses the Seine, two of them take their station, the first on one side of the river, the second on the other. Looking carefully around, they proceed to take measurements with cords and surveyors instruments, until on each side quite crowd has gathered. Next, one of the students selects some verdant youth who happens to be passing, and politely asks: Would you kindly hold this cord, sir? There is going to be a government survey. Please retain the cord till the official comes, on no account dropping it for an instant, as the meas urement would thus be lost" He then gives the other end to second innocent young man, and the way is thus effect ually blocked. Meantime his comrade across the bridge has repeated the same performance. Caleches, carriages, drays, all sorts of vehicles, with throngs of foot passengers, have collected, ,who are grave ly told that they must wait, as a govern ment survey is in progress. By this time the students, of course. have decamped, leaving the unlucky holders of the cord to manage the impatient crowd as best they can. The affair usually ends in the summoning detachment of policemen to drive away these victimized disturbers of the peace. This hoax, though often practiced, is said to be always successful.
The Newtown bee., 1879-04-15
Mercy to the Dumb Animals.

The thirteenth annual report of the American society for the prevention of cruelty to animals contains some points of more than passing interest. The funds and endowments of the society are now somewhat more ample than they were when, thirteen years ago, Mir. Bergh rented little room, seven feet by nine, in the old brick residence at the corner of Fourth street and Broadway. The bequests known to exist in wills, and those which have already taken eff feet, now amount to something over Sl l,000,0 GOO; so that the perpetuity of the institution is assured. The court of ap- peals has also rendered decision which defines, enlarges and fixes the jurisdic- tion of the society over offenses against the law by virtue of which it was es- tablished. During the last year the agents of the society have investigated B. 66O cases ofcruelty to dumb animals, ,mak- ing in all, l6,S ,S57 sinceits organization in 1866, with 6,909 convictions of offenders The number of convictions during the year 1878 was S82, distributed as follows among the offenses cognizable by the society: Working horses with sores upon their bodies, 266; working lame horses, 1O6; working sick and diseased horses, fifty; working horses with glan- ders or farcy, eight; working old and worn-out horses or mules, four; over driving, fifty-two; reckless driving, five; overlooking teams, twenty-siX; neglect ing and starving animals, eighteen; |; beating with clubs, hammers, cart rungs, but-ends of whips, thirty-nine; abandoning animals to die in the street, eighteen; currying in cruel manner, thirty-six; dragging wounded animals through the streets, ten; malicious kill ing and mutilation, fifteen; keeping horses and cattle in filthy stables, fifteen i; poisoning, three; cock and dog fighting, seventeen; refusing to blanket clipped horses, exposing animals to storms, etc., twenty-six; salting the streets, twenty two; acts of cruelty to cattle, dogs, cats, goats, etc., forty; offering diseased horses and cattle for sale, five; feeding cows on distillery swill, twenty-five; acts of cruelty by dog-catchers, fifteen. In the cities of New York and Brooklyn alone the agents of the society have had to interfere to protect animals in 3,046 cases, and caused the destruction of 1864
The Newtown bee., 1879-04-15
Prairie Dogs in the Philadelphia Zoo.

Among the contributions mentioned in the second annual report are twenty eight prairie-dogs. In time these enter prising little creatures burrowed out of their inclosure under wall fourteen feet deep, and took possession of fine slope of lawn near the superintendent's office in the old Penn mansion called Solitude" and they bravely held it until last fall, when the old inclosure was dug out and paved with flags, and now it once more confines them. To catch them the holes were flooded, and the poor little creatures taken as they came up, half drowned. Their colony is one of the most interesting things in the garden. At any time almost you might see dozens of these active little animals popping in and out of their holes, uttering their peculiar cry-some- thing like the half-suppressed bark of the dog-to which probably they owe their name. Their increase begins to alarm the society. Something must be done, and it is very difficult to catch them. Some newly-forming geological garden applied to the Fairmont Park institution for prairie-dogs. This was while they held possession of the lawn. The re- quest was most willingly granted, but the catching required four men and about as many days, and then only three or four were secured.
 There is popular belief in the West that the burrowing owl. the prairie-dog, and the rattlesnake live together in great harmony. It is probable that the snake "invades the home of the dog for the purpose of feeding upon the young, while the owl, to save itself the trouble of digging its own habitation, takes possession of the deserted burrows which are left in the gradual change of loca- tion continually going on among the dogs" Two borrowing owls were once introduced into the inclosure of the dogs at the Philadelphia garden. and the result was a desperate fight, in which the owls were finally killed, their wings having been clipped so that they could not fly away. This hardly shows har- mony between the two. The prairie dog and the porcupine are among the animals that require no water.-M. Ho,c- and, in HaTpei.'s Magazine.
The Newtown bee., 1879-04-15
Fou His Musical Inventions.

The history of music plainly shows that the elements of musicalart were in a manner systematized from the earliest ages of mankind. The Chinese have records of one of their emperors who fixed the twelve degr ees of the chromati scale at the wake and call me early period of 346s B. c. The potentate in question was named Fou Hi the First. He invented several instruments, inn provements upon which have made the fortune of many an interruptions invader of Chinese patents in these our times. Among his instruments were, of course, the bones, which, when rattled by Fou Hi, gave forth celestial harmony. His bones were a peculiarly prime order of article, better than those in use in these degenerate days. The lowness of the standard ofnational taste in America to- day was never more distinctly shown than in the utter indifference of the aver age auditor as to what minstrel's bones are made of, so that they rattle as Justify as any sucking dove will roar. Fou Hi, with that nicety of taste invariably ob- servable in the fabrication of choice arti- cles by the Oriental peoples, always in- sisted npon having his bones made of the right shank of infants of good ancestry, specially massacred in the neatest way, for the purposes of manufacture. The bones were the first instrument Fou Hi invented, but his genius soon took a wider flight, and he dropped them for another, namely, the Tyre, in drawing the long bow upon which he was unex- celled even by his biographers.-OliUe Logon, s,s Harper.'s Magaziase.