The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-05
VOL. 15. Twelve Cents Per Week
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Japan Is to DO q great wheat producer.

fhird less than in 1850.
Artificial india-rubber plants for halls
have been brought out by French flower.
wNkers.
Muriate Of tin and glucose, largely used
In the adulteration of sugars, produce dia-
betes. ~, - 7F
Tho Texas Legislature has passed an &C.
tequi-ing all railway trains to stop not less
that iv' minutes OF any station.
Moro timber is used under ground in tho
sComstook lode,than has boen employed in
the construction Of San Francisco.
On certain steamship line the pillows
Of the beds are life prsservers, and can be
securely attached to person in less than
half minute.
The Rev. Mcleod, of Philadelphia,
breaches against the wearing OF mourning
as an emblem of sorrow. He sensibly says
that black ribbon is oil that is necessary.
A recent scientist states that in order to
obtain ono kilo Of sugar, bees must suck
1900, 900 distinct flower tubes, and thus to
secure q pound Of honey, 2, 600, 900 visits
must be made.
Flowers are now SO regularly part Of
pulpit preparation" that o flower stand is
adopted as regular piece in the sets Of
parlor furniture advertised by the manufac-
turers.
Tho ostrich hunters Of South Africa bear
ing IN mind the almost incredulous digest
I've powers Of the bird, extract the pepsine
from its stomach and sell it for its weight
"a gold to dyspeptics
Among new fashions for household al.
1airs is the one Of having tablecloths and
napkins with colored borders, embroidered
BY hand or with the color woven into the
Y'd'.
An Illinois Justices' jury found verdict.
but the jurors refused to make it known
tn their fees were paid. The cash was not
forthcoming, and as there was no way to
forcs them To disclose their secret, they
sere discharged
Itis cited as singular circumstance that
tho best scholar in the Irish language now
Living Is German-Dr. Jimmer, profess
sor in the University Of Berlin, where he
will lecture on that language this winter.
The electric light will make q valuable
saving of coal in England According to
very careful estimate, recently, the quantity
consumed in gas making was set down at
$500, 900 tons, against q production of coal
<l14, SOC, 900 tons.
The Toronto Globe says that the American
paper manufacturers are buying all the
poplar wood they can find in the Canadian
Eastern townships. They pay fifty cents
cord in the tree, and thus the farmer reaps
return for wood that is almost valueless
tor fuel
More hopelessly corrupt than even the
Provincial administration the government
at Pekin and the household of the Emperor
grow fat on these extortions, and every at
tempt to place them under restraint meets
with frown." Such is tn, NORTH Ching
6salds opinions of its rulers.
Tho Commission appointed by the French
government to consider and report upon the
tnods of carrying out sentences of capital
punishment, has unanimously recommended
that executions should take place in the in
terior of prisons, and there can be little
doubt that thS Recommendation will become
law. Its proposed to limit the number OF
newspaper reporters to twenty.
The southeastern portion of the district
Of Wynaad, in nii,.labar India, has been
found very rich in gold. Experts state that
upon superfcies of twenty Ave miles long
and thirteen wide, they have found thirty
localities of ore from two to four feet thick
on tho surface, which would yield 200
ounces of gold per ton. The land h 5000
feet above the level of the sea, and healthy
Tor nine months of the year.
A woman's rights journal ieclaims against
the custom of giving bride away at mar
riage ceremony, declaring that it is relic
Of tho old opinion that daughters were
slaves Of father, and could be given or
sold TO any suitor who pleased him. Women
IA England did not acquire the right Of
choosing husbands for themselves until the
tenth century, and, in other European
countries, much later. mo woman" says
the journal in question ''of proper seif-re-
spect will submit to be given away.
The superintendent of the Hartford Ii
brary Association says that, as a rule, boys
and girls read too much. Our accounts
show that one boy has taken 1O2 story books
in six months, and one girl liz novels in
the same time. The books taken between
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