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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
Though the Earth be Removed.

The traveller Humboldt gives an inter-
esting account of the first earthquake he
witnessed. 1t was at Cumana, in South
America. The first shock came after a
strange stiffness. 1t caused an earth
quake in his mind, for it overthrew in a
moment all his lifelong notions about
the safety of the earth. The crocodile ran
from the river Orinoco bowling into the
woods, the dogs and pigs were powerless
with fear. The whole city seemed "the
hearth of destruction"
The houses could not shelter, for they
were falling in ruins. He turned to the
trees, but they were overthrown. Hi
next thought was to run to the noun
tains, but they reeled like drunken men
He then looked toward the sea. Lo! ii
had fed, and the ships, which few min
utes before were in deep water, rocked
on the bare sand. He tells us that be-
ing at his wits end, he looked up and OBJ,
served that Heaven alone was calm and
unshaken. Many strange things are yet
to come upon the world---earthquakes,
overturnings, upheavings. But amidst
them all, the Book tells us, the Christian
shall look up to the Heavenly one, "Je-
sus Christ the same yesterday, and to-
day, and forever" and to His heavenly
home. which can not be moved.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
Chips for the Children.

Willie asked his mother where the stars
came from. Her reply was: "My son |
do not know" "Well, l do )" he said,
"the moon laid 'em."
A little boy was one day asked by a
clergyman if he knew what an implicit,
child-likc faith was. He thought he did.
Being asked to describe it, after thinking
. moment he said: "When my mother
says thing is so, l must believe it is 50,
IF it amt SO"
A little girl was visiting the country,
and for the first time witnessed the oper.
ation of milking. Watching the proceed.
ings intently for while, she inspected
the COW minutely, and then launched
this poser: "Where do they put it in?
A fashionable visitor thus addressed &
little girl: "How do you do, my little
dear?" every well, / thank YOU" she
replied. The visitor then added: "Now
my dear, you must ask me how / do
The child honestly replied, 81 don't want
TO know"
A little girl about four years old and q
little boy about six had been cautioned
not to take away the nest egg; but one
morning when they went for the egg thu
little girl took it and started for the
house. Her disappointed brother follow
ed, crying: "Mother, mother, Susey''
got the egg the old hen measures by"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
Why the Light Went Out.
Detroit Free Press.l

Next time you 60 out on the Michigan
Central Road take seat on the right
hand side of the car, 50 that you may
notice, about ten miles down the road, a
little old red farm house. The curtains
will be drawn, the doors shut, and rank
weeds and tall grasses will meet the fly
ing glance in the front yard. A month
ago old Nan Rogers lived there; to-day
the place is in the keeping of rats and
mice and desolation. The old woman
was widow and childless. If she had
a relative anywhere in this great world,
those who buried her were not aware of
the fact. She lived all alone, having on
ly bit of land and being aided by kind
neighbors to raise enough to supply her
wants.
Seven Or eight years ago when her last
child left home to meet violent death on
this same road, the men of the rails be-
came interested in that quaint old farm
house. One night they saw bright
light in one of the windows. Its rays
streamed out over the flowers and fell
upon the rails along which the wheels
thundered, and the engineer wondered
over the signal. The lamp was there the
next night, and the next, and it was nev-
er missing for a single night until one
evening month ago. Old Nan, depriv-
ed of husband and children, made friends
with the rushing trains and their bur
dens. The train-men soon found that
the lamp was for them, and they watched
for it. During the early evening hours
they saw old Nanny's face behind the
light or at the door, and thousand times
conductors, eng gilieers and bfaRemeh have
called cheerily through the darkness:
Good night, old Nanny--God bless
youW
Winter and summer the light was
there. Winter and summer the train
men looked for it, and the more thought
ful ones often left a bit of money with
The station men beyond to help the old
woman keep the bright rays shining. T.lhc
amp was not there for one tr-.i.n. but fol-
Ill, and all men unders.., s..,ood the sentiment
ad appreciated -.
One DIRK night not long ago, when the
"lnsa howled and the raindrops beat
1ercely against headlight and cab, the
'ngineers missed the signal-light. They
ooked for it again and again, as one sud
ieniy misses an old landmark in city
md when they failed to find it the hand
nstinctively went up to the throttle, as
# danger lurked on the curve below
Each train aboard that night looked fol
he signal, became anxious at its absence
and made inquiries at the stations above
md below. Next day men went down
TO the little old house, fearing old Nanny
might be i'll. There sat the lamp on the
window sill, but the oil was exhausted
In her bed, seeming to have only fallen
asleep, was the poor old woman, cold and
lead. Life and lamp had gone out to-
gether, and men of rough look and hard
ened heart replied as they heard the
| news:
"Poor old woman! May your spirit
rest in HeavenW
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06

1t is not tools that make the workman,
but the trained skill and perseverance of
the man himself Indeed it is proverbi-
al that the bad workman never yet had a
good tool. Some one asked Opie by
what wonderful process he mixed his col
ors. 81 mix them with my brains sir, y
was the reply, 1t is the same with every
workman who would excel Ferguson
made marvellous things--such as his
wooden clock, that accurately measured
the hours--by means of common pen
knife, tool in every body's hand; but
then everybody is not a Ferguson. A
pan of water and two thermometers were
the tools by which DR.. Black discovered
latent heat; enabled Newton to unfold
the composition Of light and origin of
color.
An eminent foreign savant once call
ed upon DR.. Woolasten, and requested to
be shown over his laboratories, in which
science has been enriched by so many
important discoveries, when the doctor
took him in study, and pointing to an
old tea tray, containing few watch
glasses, test-papers, small balance, and
blow-pipe, he said, "There is all the lab
oratory l have"
Stothard learned the art of combining
colors by closely studying butterfy's
wings; he would often say that no one
knew what he owed to these tiny insects
A blunt stick and a barn door served
Wilkie in lieu of pencil and canvas. Be
wick first practiced drawing on the cot
tage walls Of his native village, which he
covered with his sketches in chalk; and
Benjamin West made his first brushes
or. of the cats tail.
Ferguson laid himself down in the
fields at night in blanket, and made q
map of the heavenly bodies, by means Of
a thread with small beads on it, stretched
between his eyes and the stars. Frank
lin first robbed the thunder-cloud CT it,
lightning by means of kite made with
two cross sticks and a silk handkerchief.
Watt made his first model of the con
densing steam engine out Of an old anat,
mist's syringe, used to inject the arteriet
previous to dissection. Guilford worked
his first problem in mathematics, when a
cobbler's apprentice, upon small scraps Of
leather which he beat smooth for the
purpose; while Rittenhouse the astrono
mer, first calculated eclipses on his plow
handle.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
An Old Girl Who Knows How it is Herself
(Olive Logan.l


A woman's safeguard is to keep a
mans hands off her. If you need his
assistance in walking, take his arm in
stead of him taking yours. Just tell
him in plain English to Glands off"
He may not like it at first but he will
respect you in the future ten-fold more.
Men will be and do just what the women
allow them to do. Men will not do to
trust.
Give man your arm and you will
find him very confidential, and he will
take great many privileges he would
not take if he was not permitted to do SO.
He will give your arm many loving
squeezes and 81 y twists that 1e could
have no opportunity of doing, and the
opportunity is just what he is after. A
few more words of advice, and / close.
Keep young girls off the street except
when they have business. Teach them
it is unnecessary to go to the postofiice
every time they go out. Your girls can
walk alone just as well as your boys.
Don't allow your girls, if they must have
a beau, to 60 with boys much older than
themselves If possible, instill into their
very nature that they are safer in their
own hands than they are in the hands of
any man-preachers not excepted.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
Comparative Cost of Education and War

A paper has been prepared by Mons
Lion Donnat, of Brussels, member OF
several learned academies, and published
in the D'Etat de California, which shows
the comparative cost of education in diff
ferent countries. The main statement is
translated and furnished by the Bureau
of Education.
The annual cost of primary education
for each inhabitant in the United States,
according to M. Donnat, is $2.1S, and the
annual expense of war purposes for each
inhabitant is $3.50. Prussia, education,
55 cents; war,$2.48. Saxony, 70 cents;
war, $2.48. Bavaria, 81 cents; war, $2.48.
Wurtemberg, 40 cents; war, $2.4S. Aus
tria, 81 cents; war, $1.50. Belgium, 81
cents; war, $1.52. Denmark, $L05; war,
81. .96. France, 81 cents; war, "a So. It
ally, Is cents; war, $l.70. Netherlands,
II cents; war, $4.01. England and
Wales, II cents; war, $41S. Scotland
70 cents; war, $41S. Russia, 3 cents
war, 1892. Sweden, 81 cents; war, $l.S6
Switzerland, 95 cents; war, $l0S. This
table shows that when $1O.05 is spent fol
education, $42.09 is consumed for wal
purposes, fact which, to most people
! will be entirely new.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
The Employment of Children.

It is estimated that over 100000 chill
dren are steadily employed in New York
factories, many of them being under II
years of age, and some, notably those en-
gagged in the manufacture of artificial
flowers, having only reached the age OF
five. .,
The manufacture of tobacco furnishes
employment to some 10000 children.
The girls are especially skillful in this
industry, and q miss of l6 can put up 10
gross of chewing tobacco in tin-foil and
% gross in paper in one day. The wag-
es paid generally range from three to
four dollars week, according to age and
ability.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
Age and Youth.

There is dignity in age which should
command respect The inspired Book
says: "The hoary head is crown of
glory" and yet old age is often spoken of
slightingly, and treated disrespectfully.
This is greatly to be deplored, both be-
cause the younger folks lose 50 much of
the benefit which they might receive
from the varied experiences of those who
have preceded them in the painful and
dangerous journey Of life, and because
the elder ones are deprived of the sweet
companionship of those who could, if they
would, do 50 much to brighten their wan
ing years. There is no more harmonious,
helpful friendship than when the old and
young walk together in loving conf
dence True, the younger must be pa
tient with the infirmities and conserva-
tisms of age, as it, in turn, needs to be
tolerant with the impetuosity and enthu'
siasm of youth.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
Why Aunt sailie Never Married.

The following 'yarn is an old one,
out will bear reading several times, and
each time provoke a laugh:
"Now, Aunt Sallie, do please tell us
why you never got married. You re-
member you said once that when you
were girl you were engaged to minis
ter, and promised us you would tell us
about it sometime. Now aunt please
tell us"
"Well, you see, when l was about II
years old l was living in Utica, in the
State of New York. Though say it my,
self | was quite good looking girl then,
and had several beaux. The one that
took my fancy was young minister, a
very piOus young man, and remarkably
steady. He thought a good deal of me
and kind of took fancy to him, and
things went on until we were engaged.
One evening he came to me, and put his
arms around me, when | got excited,
and some Illustrated. 1t was q long time
ago, and don't know but what ] might
have hugged back little. l was Ike
any other girl, and pretty soon l pretend
ed to be mad about it, and l pushed him
away, though | wasn't mad bit. You
must know the house where I lived was
on one of the back streets of the town.
There were glass doors in the parlor,
which opened over the street. These
doors were drawn to- | stepped back a
little from him, and when he came up
close l pushed him back again. ! push
cd him harder than | intended to; and
don't you think, girls, the poor fellow
lost his balance and ttcll through one of
the doors int.s the street."
I'm, aunt was he killed?'
"No; he fell head first, and as he was
going caught him by the legs of his
trousers held on for a minute and
tried to pull him back, but his suspenders
gave way, and the poor young man fell
clear out of his pantaloons into parcel
Of ladies and gentlemen along the street"
"Oh, amty! aunty! Lordyp
"There that's right; squall and gigglc
asmuch as YOU want to. Girls that cant t
hear little thing like that without tear
ing around the room and he-he-ing in
such a way, don't know enough to come
in when it rains Catch me telling you
anything again"
hBut, Aunt Sallie, what became of
him? Did you ever see him again?'
"No; the moment he touched the
ground he got up and left that place in a
terrible hurry. l tell you it was a sight
to be remembered. How the man did
run! He went out West, and believe
he is preaching in Illinois. But he ney-
er married He was very modest, and |
suppose he was SO badly frightened that
time that he never dared to trust him
self near a woman again. That, girls, is
the reason why l never married. felt
very bad about it---for he was real
good man. and Eve often thought to my
self that we should have been very happy
Ehis suspenders hadn't given way"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06

Your true blue-jacket hates soldier.
Why this is it would be hard to say
perhaps when Jack is unruly aud needs
discipline" a marine is put on guard
over him. The marines have hard time
Of it. They are neither seamen nor
landsmen, and have no friends among
either. This is Jacks formula: ga mess
mate before a shipmate, a shipmate be-
fore q friend, friend before dog, but
a dog before 'sojerP"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
THE DAILY STAR
THE TWO WANDERERS.

Two wanderers in a wood profound;
Heard, stroke by stroke, the axe resound;
And that which each most longed to own
Rang to him in the weapons tone.
The stalwart said, "rhere lies the strand,
They built ship for far-off land.'
The wearied spake, "A home they build
By hand of love win flowers flled'
And through the tangled thicket's braid
They press, and find it was as each had said
They build bark for far-of land,
A mansion decked by loving hand,
Within the forests swamp and brake
4 coffin for the dead they make.
III, Phillips. from the German Of Lorm
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
Something within Him.
ability.
lBinghampton Republican,

tBinghampton KepubIican.I
A.teacher defined conscience Gas some
thing within you that tells you when you
have done wrong" "I had it once"
spoke up young towhead of six sum
mers, 'but they had to send for the doc
tor"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
Married Women Ahead.
fn...n., MnIarp roo

It is rather discouraging to be a girl
Just now. The ambitious seek not the
distinction. Girls are not the social ia
vorites. The bellies of London, this sea-
son, are all married ladies. Matrons be-
fore maids is the rule there. This freak
of society may have tendency to drive
girls into matrimony, and in this way
an institution which moralists, reformers
and political economists, have mourned
as being on the decline, especially among
the wealthy and ultra-fashionables, may
be revived again. As soon as girls come
to know that married women are on the
top round Of the social ladder, they will
be willing to mount by the same means.
This is not written for those who have
their own work to do and know it, nor
for those who do not believe that to be a
social pet is the grandest aim Of life;
Such people know their work and
straightway go and do it.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06

A subscriber writes to ask who wrote
the line, "arest for weary sinners found.
Now, we don't pretend to know, but it
strikes us as being a gilt-edged idea to
have 'em arrested whenever they are
found Ottawa Republican.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06

A man who was never known to do a
days work thinks he can conduct labor
agency, says the New Orleans Picayune.
Mere! he is Just the man to lead a labor
reform movement.--Western Rural
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06

CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Depot, corner Mclean ave. aud Gest street
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06

The sos p. m. and 9:53 p m. tral connect
Jackson and Portsmouth.
BALTIMORE OHIO. VIA PARKRRsBURa.
Depot, Pearl and Plum.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-06
RAILROAD TIME TABLES

Corrected to Accord With City Time.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25

The Nashville Banner thinks there
ought to be some plan adopted to
reconcile the singular antagonism"
between the Supreme Court and the
Legislature in their DEGREES. The
Supreme Court knocks the brains
out of too may laws passed by the
Legislature to suit the notions of the
Banner. Well, the remedy is in the
hands of the voters. Let them. here
after. elect men to represent them
who have read the constitution Of
the State at least one time and who
have some idea Of what the provis-
ions of that instrument mean, and
then so many unconstitutional laws
will not be enacted. If any mem-
Der of the Legislature should be un-
able to read, on account of ignor-
ance, there should be a committee
appointed to read the constitution
to him so that be would know how
to steer his ship. The fault is not
with the court-it is with the ''cor-
raj of wild mules" We call the Gen
eral Assembly of Tennessee. i
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25

RECENTLY in cleaning out the old
Masonic, Hall at Nashville, picture
Ia miniature paipting) was found
among the rubbish. 1t is a young
girl with eyes black and piercing,
her hair dark auburn with a gold
en- tiuge, her cheeks plump and
rosy, lips red and dewey; she had
on white muslin dress with edgng
trimmings, short sleeves and topped
at the shoulder with a bow of red
ribbon. The little child is one Of
surprising beauty. The mystery is,
no one knows anything of the pic
ture how long it has been there,
who painted it, or whose child it rep
resents. We guess the Lodge can
"adopt" the pretty little stranger
and hang her up by the Master in
the east.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25
TO our Hawkins County Patrons.

We haze placed IN the hands Of Mr.. M
]. sHoTwELL, Of RQgers0i7e, for collection,
a number Of accounts date as for s1bseTIp-
tion, GdUertasi,,g and JOB aoOrk, "a, Haa0kiias,
Hancock and. Greene counties. We trust
those indebted aoil be prepared to pay IN. JatU
or an part upon tie presentation Of their IN
de5tedness By Mr.. Sz5otaoeu. Up to this hour
zoe haze been hopefully lepient and patient
more so than oar interests and necessities
qoarTanted The dues outstanding mast be
settled G1s some aeay. We trust all oar pat
rons qosose accounts are 5ra Mr.. ShOtaoeLps
hands l0SU appreciate our appeal, and at once
pay their asde5tedness. Wstt the accounts
IN the hands Of Mr.. Poats, Mr.. ShotsoeU
has nothing to do, nor has Mr.. Poats a'ly
thing 10 do nth those in the hands Of Mr..
iS7totaoel. Al those indebted to as S1 Hack
tns county aoiU please settle at once Nth the
agent a0llO has his account.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25
ESTABLISHED 26 YEARS.

Efficiency proved by actual results in thousands
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P. A. SIFFERD, NJ. D. n. @.
After practice of many years 1 have found no
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peculiar to women JOHN P METTEAUR, NJ
L L D., Va
Successfully used in Dyspepsia and Chronic
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of Pa.
Surprising any remedy that know of for scro-
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found no treatment equal to this water and mass
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Used with unparalleled success in hoemorrhagic
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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25
Special Notices.
The National COMPLAINT.

Dyspepsia is the national complaint. Almost
every other man woman you meet has it, and
that the number of pseudo-remedies for it is as
numerous as Pharaoh's host. They are for the
most part worthless. There is, however, a search
ing eradicant of this distressing and obdurate
lady, one whose genuine merits long since raised
it to a foremost place among the staple medicines
of America. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters extir-
plates dyspepsia with greater certainty and promp
titude than any known remedy, and is most &c nj
al invigorant, appetizer and aid to secretion.
These are not empty assertions, as thousands Of
countrymen and women VINO have experienced
It's effects aware, but backed up by ire
fragable proofs repeatedly laid before the public.
The bitters also promote regular habit of body
and give healthful stimulus to the urinary or
pans
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25
The Lamar House.

The undersigned having released the
above popular Hotel, begs leave to in
form his friends and patrons, and es.
pecially the travelling public, that he is
now prepared to accommodate his guests
in the best and most approved Style.
The House will be fully renovated and
the table will always be supplied with
all the delicacies of the season. In fact
it will be his endeavor to make The La
mar House second to no Hotel in the
South. Polite walters and toe best at
tendance viii be secured the guests.
will be onveyed to and
from the depots fEee charge.
III SC9ERF,
Proprietor.
Sept. 5, 18