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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-22
If the Sahara Is Flooded, Whatf

The only important objection which
has thus far been urged against the un-
dertaking has arizen in the apprehensions
expressed by few scientists that the
evaporation produced by so large and
shallow body of water, exposed to the
tropical sun, would be sufficient to deluge
northern Europe with incessant rains, and
to reduce materially the temperature in
all the countries north of the Alps.
1t has even been feared that winds
freighted with moisture on crossing the
cold SUBMITS of the Alps, would precipi-
tate vast volumes of water and produce
degree of cold which woald give Den
mark and northren Germany 0mi- Arc
ticclimate and produce glacial epoch
farther north
1t is not probable that all such appre-
tensions arise out misunderstanding as
to the topography of the Sahara and
North Africa? The entire region to be
flooded is practically shut in by mountain
chains on all sides. The Atlas mountains
on the north, lifting their snow clad peaks
in some instances 1900 feet, afford sui-
ficient bulwark for the protection Of Eu-
rope from increased humidity. The only
possible northernlv outlet for air currents
from Ell Juf would be across Tunis in an
north -easterly direction over the widest
part of the Mediterranean. Currents
moving in that direction, if they reached
Europe at all, would touch the shores OF
Greece after they had lost most of their
humidity.
M. de Lesseps, after careful examina-
ton OF the question, is convinced that it
would result in the general improvement
OF the climate of Europe rather than to its
detriment. The advantage of the in
creased evaporation to North Africa can
not be over estimated.
The snow-clad cliffs of Aban, lying to
the east of the proposed sea,and the Kong
Mountains to the south, would bring
down upon the parched desert grateful
rains, which, with the assistance of cult
vation, would in time no doubt redeem
thousands of square miles from the desc
lation of the sands.
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at the material reduction from ordinary

at the material reduction from ordinary
rates of fare. 1t is fact verified Ky OBJ
servation, that there are a great many
people who never ride on railroads but
who will be induced to break over their
custom of home-abiding if tempted by
some unusual inducement as to the rates
of fare. This is shown by the crowds of
country people who come into the city to
our Sangerfests and Expositions,
But might not our railroads go step
farther and establish system of round
trip tickets to important localities that
may be had at any time, or, il preferred,
at stated times, and run trains accord
ingly. One can always buy a round-trip
ticket from Paris to Havre, France, or
from Paris to London, at a price greatly
below regular fare In fact, this plan is
general on most continental railroads,
and without interfering with the or
dinary rates for tickets, does most assur-
edly bring out many persons to ride who
would otherwise continue to stay at
home and not travel at all. The
suggestion, at any rate, is worthy the
consideration of American railroads, and
we should be glad to see it, or modified
form of it, put in operation as an expert
ment.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-22
Editorial Spinnings.

The Council Bluffs youth go for the
gopher scalp bounty.
The man who speculated in cemetery
lots has dead sure thing.
1t is thought that the bakers at least
have got down TO hard pan.
Ought the citizens of Leadville to be
called Lead, or Silvervillains?
Instances are rare where self-made
men have ever died old maids.
Half-dollars are all the rage with young
men who want to attend the circus.
Michigan farmers have an excellent
Marquette for their produce all the year thr ugh.
You can not make sandwiches from
sand alone; you have to put some witches with it
The mouse-trap that catches its game
on balance ought to be manufactured on large
scale
The young man who married tartar
called Yesterday on downtown druggist to ascer-
tain the price OF tartar-emetc.
Chickens are sold so cheaply in some
parts of Texas that it does not pay to buy dark
lanterns and gum shoes to steal them.
Your watering-pl visitor will blank
it to keep cool, but when he has to blanket TO
keep warm that is a horse OF another color en-
tirely
Mrs. Lang.ry, the English beauty, is
said to be making handsome thing out OF her
photograph. We should suppose she might afford
to, at the price.
A foreign dispatch says that Yakoob
Khan has now al income OF 100000 guaranteed
him by England Ii any one now asserts that
Yakoob Khan't, put him out.
The rosy-cheeked apples are congratu-
latihg themselves that when the market woman
comes to town with a wagon-load OF truck they
will have an invitation TO be cider.
The Chicago Journal says that Messrs.
sothern and Florence paid 5000 for six weeks
fishing on the NatasQuanana River, They would
have paid more ii they had not economzed by
using rye.
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visit to Mr.. Hickman, the doctor out
there, Brentwood way, and presently he
went and lodged at cottage hard by, to
be near Hickman, who IS great name
for such complaints as his'n-A-A-I
don't know what's the name, but he IS
very bad, they say, and not able to do
anything in the world. Well, he's the
best, kindest, Christian young man you
ever see, or / ever see. The power of
good he does among the poor, poor young
fellow, is not to be told or counted; but
he IS so melancholy like, and so gentle,
and so kind, it makes one Almost cry to
look at him; that's the worst of it."
"He looks like clergyman; l should
fancy he was in holy orders. Do you
know whether he is so or not?'
"Yes, ma'am, l have heard say that he
is parson, but nobody in these parts has
ever seen him in pulpit; but now il
strikes me I've heard that he was to be
curate to Mr.. Thomas, of Briarwood
parish, but he was ta'en bad of his chest
or his throat, and never able to speak up
like, so it would not do; he can not at
present speak in church, for his voice
sounds so low, so low."
81 wonder we have never met with
him or heard of him BEFORE"
"Oh, miss he's not been in this coun
try very long, and he goes out nowhere
but to visit the poor, and, tired and weak
as he looks, he seems never tired of doing
good"
"He looks very pale and thin"
Gay, doesn't he? Pm afraid he's but
badly; I've heard some say he was in a
galloping consumption, Others decline;
| don't know but he seems mighty weak
like"
A little more talk went on in the same
way, and then Lettice asked the nurse
whether she felt rested, as it was time to
be returning home; and, giving the poor
bed-ridden patient little money, which
was received with abundance of thanks,
Lettice left the house.
When she entered the little garden she
saw the young man was not gone; he was
leaning pensvely against the gate, watch
ing the swinging branches of a magnif-
cent ash tr e, which grew upon green
plot by the side OF the lane. Beautiful
it was, as il spread its mighty, magnif-
cent head against the deep blue summer
sky, and a soft wind gently whispered
among its forest of leaves.
Lettice could not help, as she observed
the countenance of the young man, who
seemed lost in thought, admiring the ex-
traordinary beauty Of its expression
Something of the sublime, something Of
the angelic, which we see in a few remark.
able countenances, but usually in those
which are spiritualized by mental suffer
ings, and great physical delicacy.
lie started from his reverie as she and
the nurse approached, and lifted the
latchet of the little wicket to let them
pass. And, as he did so, the large, melan
choly eye was lighted up with something
ola pleasurable expression, as he looked
at Lettice and said
| TO RE CONTINUED.
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Potatoes were first introduced at Mos
COW by Mr.. Lowland, eighty or ninety
years ago AT first the people would
neither plant nor touch them, saying they
were the DEVILS fruit, given to him on his
complaining to God that he had no fruit,
when he was told to search in the earth
for some, which he did and found pota-
toes.
A curious legend attributes the introduc-
ton of potatoes into Scotland to that fa-
nous wizard of the devil being in part
nership, took lease of the farm on the
Martouns estate, called Whitehouse. The
wizard was to manage the farm; the devil
furnished the capital, and the produce was
to be divided as follows: The first year
Sir Michael was to have all that grew be-
low; the second year the shares were tc
be the opposite way.
His satanic majesty, as is usual in such
cases, was fairly overreached in his bar.
gain, for the wizard cunningly sowed all
the land in the first year with wheat, and
planted it with potatoes the second, SC
that the devil got nothing for his share
but wheat stubble and potato tops. Anc
this scourging rotation Sir Michael con
tinued until he had not only beggared hi,
partner but exhausted the soil. In spite
Of this legend, however, we must continue
to give credit to Sir Walter Raleigh, fo
having been the introducer of potatoes ii
this country. The first that tried them
we are told, fell into the very natural mis-
take OF eating the apples and disregardinl
| the roots,
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Quite a Difference.
(Boston Transcript.)

A great many years ago two young
men, John and James, Boston boys both,
were fellow clerks on Kilby street. John
went to Chicago in its muddy days and
prospered, married, raised family, and,
ere his hair was gray, became well-to-do,
substantial citizen, open handed and open
hearted James remained at home. He,
too, prospered, raised family and became
one of the solid men of Boston
Now it fell out that when Johns eldest
son-they called him Jack-was twenty
one, he visited Boston, bearing letter to
his fathers old friend, whom he found in
dingy Pearl street counting-room, deep
in the Advertiser.
lack presented the letter, and stood, hat
in hand, while the old gentleman read it
twice $50 you're Johns SOM" he said.
"You don't look bit like your father" !"
Then there was pause, Jack still stand
ing "What brought you to Boston," ne
was asked "Well, sir" said Jack, "iather
thought I'd better see his old home and
get a taste Of salt air" "Going to be here
over Sundayi" ayes, sir" "My pew is
No,-at Trinity. Hope to see you there.
glad to have met you.' And here the
interview ended
Now it chanced that, not long after that,
Jamess son, rowing through the west
reached Chicago. He remembered his
fathers friend by name, and hunted him
UP in his Office. "Well my son." said a
pleasant voice before he had closed the
door. "My name is James -, sir, and
thought" "What3 You don't mean te
say that. OF course you are. might
have known it. Where's your baggage'
"At the hotel, sir" "At the hotel' Wei
go and get it and take it right up to the
house." answered the genial old gentle
man, closing his desk with a vigorous
slam. "Well 60 right up now. There'
plenty of time for drive this afternoon
This evening you can go to the theate
with my girls, and tomorrow you and
will take a run on the Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy, and have a look at tn
country. Then | want to take you out tt
the stock yards, and have trip on tn
lake and" "But, sir" broke in the over
whelmed young man, ~ must go hom
tomorrow" Tut, tut my boy, don't tall
that way. You can't begin to see thi
city under week, and you're going t
stay that long, anyhow" And he did. Ii
fact, he's there now.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-22

THERE are thousands of theories as to
the cause and nature of yellow fever,
and these theories continue to nullify,
but the experience of this summer SO
far demonstrates that it does not float in
the air and is not carried upon the per-
son to other localities. This season we
do not refer to yellow fever as the scourge
of the South, but as the scourge of Mem
phis. 1t is associated only with that
stricken city, and while her citizens have
scattered abroad and found refuge in al
most every town and city in the Union,
the disease, except where it had already
seized upon the victim, has not followed
them. The waters of the Missis-
.ippi bear the ofal from her
streets away by other cities, and the
breezes blow over her roofs, carrying the
poisoned air on its wings to other locali-
ties but the disease only clings to the
doomed city, and places which felt its
dread power last year are as Tree from
the fever as any cities OF the North
These facts seem to establish It's local
origin, and, while they inspire most Of .
the Inhabitants of the South with conn,
dence, it may be hoped that they will
afford to the authorities and to the medl'
cal profession hints that will enable them
to ward off die horrid disease altogether
in the future.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-22

The current of recent events has given
great impetus to business in Wall street,
and many successful turns are reported
where immense profits are made in short
periods. The most successful way that we
have heard of yet for operating in stocks is
by the Combination Method of Messrs.
Lawrence & Co.. Bankers, New York. By
this system thousands of orders in various
sums are pooled into one vast capital and
opera ed under the most experienced and
skillful management, thus securing to each
shareholder superior advantages and prof
its, not possible in any other way. Profits
are paid at end of thirty days. A gentle
man in Boston made $747 30 on an invest
ment of 500. Many others are doing as
well or better. Capital in any amount from
$40 to $4,000 can be used with equal pro-
portionate success by the Combination or
Cooperate Method. SIS would make $75
or per cent. on the stock; 500 would re-
turn $500. or per cent. during the month
and so on, according to the market. The
new circular contains two unerring rules
for success" and full information, so that
any one can operate with profit. Stocks
and bonds wanted. Deposits received.
Government bonds supplied. Apply to
Lawrence d Co., Bankers, 81 Exchange
Place, New York City.
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Womcn's Lying Lives.
Detroit Free PresS.)

When an entire lie is one organized
falsehood, what material moment can
there be in few untruths more or less?
These living embodments of mendacity
are less rare than might be imagined 1t
is not that they are exceptionally given to
the vice of falsehood in details. Their
distinguishing popularity is that events
have placed them in a position which
makes their whole existence lie. Who
does not know the lady welded to the
man whom, in her fonder moments, she
vainlv imagined was her choice?
Possession is the grave Of illusion; and
the lover who was all that was noble and
chivalrous stands revealed as the mean
spirited, commonplace and generally con-
temptible husband.
Before the treacle-moon is over, the
bride sees the bridegroom Of her heart in
his true colors, an empty headed, pretcn-
tious dull mpostor. Yet this was years
ago; and, so far as the world was allowed
TO know anything of the matter, the mid
dle-aged father OF her children is to the
matron all that the youthful lover was.
The cast al spectator sees in the gentleman
what as matter Of fact his wife sees in
him, too. Nevertheless the casual specta.
tor is given to understand that he is the
sovereign lord of her bosom, gifted with
all the attributes which make humanity
great and good. She is not merely loyal
to him; she worships him. He is at once
her husband and her oracle, She never
wearies of quoting his dullest platitudes
as pearls Of wit and wisdom; yet all the
time she is well aware at heart that he is
what the world in general takes him to
be.
Who shall blame her, anv more than
the habtual drunkard, who as last des-
rcrate resource, takes the pledge' The
two cases are exactly parallel The lady
knows that total abstinence from criticism
is the only guarantee of toleration, Just as
the alcoholized sot perceves that if he is to
be ever sober he must forget the taste of
stimulants, The discipline is severe at
! first; but the habit comes at last, and the
lady who has attained to it well knows
that any relapse into an attitude Of i'm.
partial observance would be fatal.
Life abounds in experiences of this kind
1t is quite certain that they come before
no spiritual confessor. 1t is also certar
that, while they have in them an elemen
wanting neither in heroism nor in pathos
it is pathos and heroism whose mora
influence are deplorable. Here we ar,
met by one Of the many unanswerabl'
puzzles OF life. 1t is clearly the duty ol
the wife to love, honor and obey her hus
band. This she can only do in the man
ner described. OF course, this process re
acts upon her moral character Gradual
she becomes absolutely incapable of rigi
adherence to truth in many matters i
which truth is really Of some importance
Yet she owes it to this very fact of bein
persistent liar that she is a faithful an
, devoted wife.
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An Editors Trials.
[Signo.]


Not many years ago l assisted to edit
paper and they gave me the alone De-
partment," not because l had any particu-
lar talent for that place, but from my pro-
verbally good nature they thought me
suited for that position. Well, l held it
for one month, and if had not resigned
my honors positively would have been
in the insane asylum.
One woman wrote a severe criticism
upon the levity that was portrayed in its
columns, and thought if the department
was properly and ably conducted it might
be the best moral paper in the United
States; and if not carried on this high
moral plane she and her friends would
Withdraw their names from the list.
AS she was an able writer, though not
very liberal-ninded, and did not want to
lose her, thought would cut down the
part she objected to and endeavor to ele-
vate ~ it to her standard. But in the
next mail came a letter from another
member, saving that "The Home" was
getting too sober, and the charm of its
predecessors had been its chatty, friendly
greetings, and if left in its present state
She would recede. And so they came,
one asking one change, another wishing a
different improvement ~ until felt like
the man with the donkey-of course you
have all read the story-at any rate the
man lost the donkey-and so would the
women have lost their "Home," if | had
been managing chief but as l was only a
"Sub' | submitted to rules and finding
that could not, would not, be ordered to
do this and that by people who had no
right whatever to issue commands, I re-
signed, and found that"honors were easy"
but not on the "Home" department of a
neWSnaper.
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EconOmy--What Is Ite

What does the word economy" mean?
Does it mean the mere laying away of
money, the mere pinching of our needs
and tastes that we may have fund laid
BY for the possible future-that, after all,
we may never see' Does it mean to be
stingy, to refuse to give to this good OBJ
iect, or to assist that deserving, but less
fortunate neighbour None of these; true
economy is possible to the rich, as it is
necessary to the poor Economy signi-
fies management; the regulation of affairs
both domestic and public. 1t does not
mean that the tired wife shall devote each
moment of her life to hard work; by do
ing SO she is guilty Of gravest waste. 1t
does not mean that the father shall deny
himself the newspaper, which will be rest
and nourishment for his weary BRAIN and
OF value to the whole family. 1t means
that all the members Of the household
shall be provided with every comfort that
will help them to enjoy life in rational
manner, and thus become useful to them
selves and those around them. But moth
ing should be wasted; the silly book pur-
chased, the cheap and flimsy, but snowy
garment, bought for mere fashions sake,
the superhuous article had because it was
cheap, all are indications OF lack Of true
economy, or thrift Be careful of what
you have; and buy what you need, moi
what you want, and above all, live within
your annual income, and you will have
found that economy rightly understood
has brought you many comtorts-anc
some luxuries.
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Gads Hill.
Quincy Modern Argo.)

A man dies and his idols often become
the prize of those whose only right to
them is that they have the money to buy
them. Dickens early love was Gads
Hill. He saw the place in his early youth
and resolved to possess it. He toiled on
always keeping it in view, until he owned
it, paying therefor over $4,000. During
his life it was his pride to improve the
place by the addition of all the solid
comforts, and by beautifyng in thou
sand ways that the cultivated taste of the
great novelist suggested. AT the time of
his death the place was reckoned worth
$4,000.
Charles Dickens, jr., bought it in at that
figure. Now it becomes necessary to sell
it again, and it will be put up to the high
est bidder 1t will thus pass out Of the
custody of the Dickens family. Thus
does time establish and destroy again. A
literary abode may be turned into the
home of some ignoramus whose only
royalty of manhood is in a large bank
account, We hope that Gads Hill will
fall into the possession of some one who
will love it for what it has been to the
world of letters, and to every poor and
struggling being in England. The poor
were more or less benefited by the hui
name writings of this triumphant genius.
And in passing, this may be said, that
while Dickens was personally exceeding
ly snobbish, yet few writings are so free
Of every taint of snobbery. We are al
ways thankful to Dickens, for he has
brought happiness and pleasure to mill
/ ions. 1t was Webster who said that
Dickens had done more for the English
people than any statesman of his genera
. ton in England.
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THE railroads and steamboats, of New
Jersey and Delaware seem to be born
nirates. The mononolv of the Camden &
- 7--7' r~-J -.
Amboy Railroad has been the scandal of
the last thirty years, and now comes the
peach-growers of Delaware and Mary
land, with the complaint that with
abundant crops of choice early peaches
of Hale's and other excellent varieties,
not one of them has realized enough from
his sales to pay for the expenses of picking,
boxing and transportation. According
to the New York Times, the Delaware
railroads collect third more for peaches
than for berries and five times more than
for grain, and at the same time refuse to
hold themselves liable for detention or
theft while in transit. As the trans
portation companies appear to hold both
bowers and the ace, it is not easy to see
how the protesting growers are to secure
4 redress of grievances