The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-29
Editorial Spinnings,

The boh-tailed nag skins over the race
track at Nashville to-day.
The lilies of the field were never ar
rayed in such glory as will envelop Muncie, Ind.
in June, when seventeen brass bands are to make
the air there melodious at q tournament
Mr. Orpheus c. Kerr, who some months
ago was reported MS dying from want of stomach
power to assmlate food, was cured. it appears, by
"A dose OF (The N. York; Mercury, which doubtless
salivated him.
The Paris Figaro ascribes to Couture,
the recently deceased French painter, the honor
of founding a sch ol. The book on art published
by this artist some twelve or fifteen years ago was
sufficient to con-found an entire academy.
Mr.. Beck, of kentucky, has been pret-
ty busy lately in Congress, convincing the world
| and the rest OF mankind, the late Gen. Taylor
would have happily expressed it. that he is no
klein Beck if he does hail from the Blue Grass
| State
The Khedive is reported as the happy
recipient OF 4 Joint mote" drawn by England and
France. Unfortunately, however, for the Egyp-
tan potentate the credit of His Majesty IS such
that he is likely to be unable to discount the
paper.
Mr.. Palmer, of the New York Union
Square Theater, gives representation of "The
Lost Children" in that city as matter OF charity.
This is great improvement over getting out the
bell-ma and making night hideous over the
| little runaways.
| British Columbia threatens to secede
from the Dominion of Canada. John Bull will be
apt to try, at least to make her see-thunder, and
may succeed, perhaps, in causing her 10 see
" f., if she actually makes an attempt to
carry the attempt into execution.
1t is believed that the new comic week
| ly, Uncle Sam" lately started in New York, will
receive sufficiently liberal contributions from its
uncle TO enable it TO achieve su, less unless, un-
happily, found to possess nephew who, in spite
OF disastrous historical examples will insist upon
running it into the ground.
Since Mr.. Chin Ian Pin shook the dust
of Washington from his feet there has, it must be
admitted, been no lack OF Chin music in that
quarter, although it is the opinion OF many excel
lent people that our Constitutional Inch pn has
somehow fallen out of the Government wagon,
and that somebody is bound very shortly to be
split
The Legislature of Texas, having late
ly adjourned without passing the appropriation
bills, the boarding house and saloon-keepers have
asked the Austin churches 10 pray for ternina-
tOn OF the drought that prevails in that city.
This may bea hint worth remembering by the
Washington hasheesh purveyors in case OF like
emergency at the Capitol.
1t is curious fact, if true. that only
twelve members of Congress have committed
suicide since the organization of the Government
The number OF patriots outside of Congress who
have committed suicide by writing letters or acc
dentally DESTROYED themselves by careessly play
| ing with deadly political weapons, even during
the last thirty years, is simply appalling
Mrs. Sarah Smith, an ancient dame of
Dayton Ohio, in whose veins some of the very
black and -buest blood OF Africa is said to course
has been telling awful stories lately about the Juv-
emile depravity OF the Sherman family. Tecump,
she declares, used, on baking days, to cut himself
habitually loose from his base of supplies, and
raid remorselessy upon the edible wealth of her
kitchen arier, while John would constitute him
sell Syndicate to gobble up all Of her four pei
cent. gingerbread, for which he was even mean
enough to refuse to issue her certificates OF dc
post.
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