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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

IT is said that Tippoo Sahib, the ia
nous Indian despot, placed beside his
dinner table life-sized figure of a tiger
devouring British officer To add to
the intensity of the enjoyment from such
sight the roar of the savage beast and
the cries of his victim were initiated by
concealed machinery. There is a sugges-
ton about this which our War Depart.
ment might well accept, and thus save
the country much expense and our troops
many needless tramp. An automatic
soldier set up at Washington firing q
musket by machinery at stated intervals
towards any ordinary cigar store sign
would probably appease the Depart
ment's thirst for savage gore, and would
no doubt kill as many indians in the
course of a year as the army could, at an
immense saving of labor and money.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18
He Didn't Make 1t Pan.

A smart New Yorker went to Philadel-
phia and started an opposition post Office,
delivering sealed letters at one dollar a
hundred and circulars at seven dollars a
thousand. The government pounced
down upon him like wolf on the fold,
and gave him to understand that it had a
monopoly of the postal business. Every.
body who patronized him can be fined
$50 for each oifense.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18
he Cincinnati Star .

THE DAILY STAR is served by carriers
70 their subscribers in the CITY of Cincin-
ueti end In ell important Western cities
end towns for IL CENTS PER WEEK.
Pysble 70 the carrisf. Or the paper will
be mailed, postage paid, to any part Of
Tho country fer 80 CENTS PER MONTH.
s6 per annum. .--.--..
THE STAR is the only STRICTLY INDE-
PENDENT NEWSPAPER published in
. Cincinnati. 1t is taken and read by
people ot allpaFties and shades of opin-
Ion, and it seeks to present the news Of
allkinds fairly and faithfully, with Justice
b all and with especial favor to none.
THE WEEKLY sTAR-$l PER YEAR,
circalates IN all parts Of the country, an6
isa tirst-class family newspaper
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CENTS per line, or 81 per square Of eight
lines, agate measure. In Weekly, q
GENTS per line.
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18
America in Rnglan6.
Boston IIcrald.)

The American tourist who visits Eng.
land for the first time nowadays cannot
rid himself of the strange notion that he
has never left home, for he oscillates in
an American rocking chair, rides in an
American palace-car, has American ice
in his pitcher, dimes on American beef
eats American apples, and, when he goes
to the races, finds an American horse the
favorite and winner His bookseller an
swers the question once put by the Qnar.
terly: "Who reads an American book?
by saying: "Heverybody ere reads Ha
merican hooks"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

ITissaid that since the new tramp law of
Pennsylvania went into effect, these chill
dren of the highway are seeking the
neighboring State lines with rapid strides.
Under the new law every beggar is es-
teemed prima facie a tramp, and one
year in the county Jail is the penalty
fixed for his condition. If under polit-
ical inspiration, he build bonfire in the
high road he is liable to an Imprisonment
of three years, and every vagrant enter
ing house is to be similarly dealt with
The expense of boarding these wayward
wanderers will eventually prove SO bur
densome that the Keystone State will
tsabably regret the action it has taken.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18
Suffering Caused by Office Seekers.
cleveland PreSs.)

The curse OF politics since the war is
that it has made more than million Office
holders and office seekers, who think that
all they have to do is to batten and fatten
on the government. A presidential cleo
ton is near at hand The executive has
such large amount of official patronage
in his hands to bestow, it is no wonder
that any thing like issues of importance
to the people are submerged under the
clarnor and desire of the mere spoil
hunters. When will the people demand
that they elect most of the officers who
ought to be truly their servantsl
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18
Seasonabie and TrusIy Family
Remedy,

Asiatic cholera, cholera morbus, summer
complaint, collie, sour stomach, diarrhea,
and all affections Of the bowels incident to
either children or adults at this season OF
the year are cured at once by DR.. Jayne's
Carminative BalSam. 1t allays the rrita-
ton and calms the action of the stomach
and bowels, and being pleasant to the taste,
is an acceptable remedy to the youngest in
the famiiy-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

"Would you suppose" said Atom,
pointing to the tramp on the other side OF
the way, "would you suppose that old
vagabond was worth $II,ooo?' "Is it
possible'' exclaimed Molecule, with great
interest. "No, would not suppose So"
"Well," said Atom, "you would be great
fool if you did, Hawkeye.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18
VEGETINE.
VEGET|NE.

Into It's composition the medicinal virtues Of
dozen or more carefully selected barks, roots and
herbs, epte and all Of these juices are 20 strongly
concentrated and in state OF such perfect har-
mony and solution, that their combined action is
always uniform. palatabie and pleasant to the
most DELICATE and refined taste. ltshould be said,
also that Vegetine contains no mineral OF any
sort, and no opium, morphine, nor anything else
OF baneful narcotic nature. Whatever power
fof good possesses II owes to the beneioent veg
etaole products which the Almighty has seen fit
TO place In our native woods and pastures, and
which are extracted and made harmonious BY hu-
man agency and skill. There Is not so much as
an atom OF poison in the whole compound; never.
theess Il possesses the speedy and penetrating ec-
tlon Of the most yirulent poison-neyer forinjury,
but always and eternally for good Vegetins
works IN all directions and still it is net claimed
OF it that 1t is "cure-all" Far from it. Ii will
cure, however, all diseases; and there are MANY
which proceed from nearly one and the same
cause. You have doubtless seen many kinds oi
fruit growing on the same tree; but com mon senso
told you this was the result Of various graftings,
and you did not marvel because there was only
one root to the whole. BY destroying the root,
you could have destroyed all its products. It mai.
tiers not whether this be OF one or engrafted in
many forms. To accomplish so direct a result, 1,
must necessarily possess more than n singlamoda
OF action; and such is the case We may say,
then that VEGETINE
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

The war at Quebec continues with
spirit, and has developed some barbarities
that might be initiated by the Co
manche Indians. One party drowned
two of their enemies in the river, and
last night they caught soldier, and
stabbed him to death with his own bay
Bnet. ..-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

A NATURAL soap mine has been struck
IN Elko County, Nevada, and the cattle
men and sheep herders of that region all
use the products of the mine for washing
purposes Pittsburg people are lament
ing that this mine is not located in their
neighborhood, but with iron, coal and
petroleum at their very doors, it seems
they should be contented to do without
R0ap.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

There was tide in the affairs of Noah,
taken at the flood, which did not lead on
to glorious fortune, though the patriarch
managed to keep his head above water,
aud save "the only complete collection of
wild and trained animals in the world.
IN. 0. Picayune.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

1t is announced that the very channel
has been discovered through which the
Atlantic once flowed into the desert of
Sahara, 1t has been filled up by the
action of the waves, but only few miles
of digging would reopen it. .-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

The industrious bee does not stop to
complain that there are so many poison
GUS flowers and thorny branches in the
road, but buzzes on, selecting the honey
where she can find it and passing by the
place where it is not.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

Women are lkedas members of school
boards in Edinburg, as several Of them
have been reelected, they having been
made members in 1873. England, also,
has women members on her school boards.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

HE much abused watermelon at last
has Its day of triumph. A man in the
last stages of yellow fever has just beer
cured by literally indulging in this
aqueous fruit.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

The ill-fated city of Szegedin in Hun
gary has no more than dried her timbers
from the recent food than a confagra-
hon comes along and icks up what is
Seft.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18

TrUNTING, TRAPPING, FISHING, PREPAR-
I'll ING furs, training sporting dogs, how tG
leach horses dogs, &s.. amusing and wonderful
tricks. Only 10c. JESSE HANEY CO., liz
Nassau street. New York
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18
THE STAR,

WHISKY dealers once more assume a
satisfied air. The King of Burmah is on
another drunk.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18
TONIC
Rev. O. II. Walker SAYS:

PROVIDENCE r. l., l64 Transit street
II. R. STEVENS. Esq: / feel bound to express
with my signature the high value l have placed
upon your Fegetine. My family have used ii for
the last two years In nervous debility 1t is inva.
uable and recommend it to all who may need
an invigOfating, rencvating tonic
o. T. WALKER,
Formerly Pastor Of the Bowdoin-square Church,
Boston.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-18
Acts in Four Ways.
ALTERATNE.

BosToN, MASS, Jan. Is, 1877.
Mr.. II. r. STEyEHs-Dear Sir: have been using
Vegetine for some time with the greatest satsfac,
ton, and can highly recommend it as a great
cleanser and purifier OF the blood
J. L. HANAFORD,
Pastor OF Egleston-square M. L. Church.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
A successful Spellist.

Any one who has seen the rivalry of
the contestants in a western spelling
school will appreciate this incident from
Edward Eggleston's "reminiscences of
his schooldays, published in the March
Scribner. He says:
1t was in the same old Bethel school
house, about the same time, that the
master, one Benefel, called out the
spelling class of which my mother, then
a little girl, was usually at the head.
The word given out wa "onion." I
suppose the scholars at the head of the
class had not recognized the word by its
spelling in studying their lessons.
They all missed it widely, spelling it in
the most ingeniously incorrect fashions.
Near the foot of the class stood a boy
who had never been able to climb up
toward the head. But of the few words
he did know how to spell, one was
"onions." When the word was missed
at the head he became greatly excited,
twisting himself into the most ludicrous
contortions as it came nearer and neare
to him. At length the one just above
the eager boy missed, the master said
~"next," whereupon he exultingly
swung his hand above his head and
came out with con, un, ion, yum,
ing-un,-Pm head, by goshl" and he
marched to the head while the master
hit him blow across the shoulders for
swearing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
Intelligence of Birds.

Birds are guided almost entirely by
their sight, and when all nature is
shrouded in snow they at one pick out
and make for the first open spot. Wher-
ever the ground is clear, there they know
will something or other almost certainly
be found. If sweeping the snow away
from a patch some few yards square be
impossible, then let ashes be sprinkled
freely on the surface. Wherever the
dreary white expanse is broken, there
the birds will gather together. Mean.
time, those who would judge for them
selves how intelligent are birds, and
how soon they can be taught to recog-
nize those who treat them kindly, have
only to throw out each morning in their
garden, or on their window.sill, or in the
balcony, the crumbs from the breakfast
table, supplemented, if need be, with
oats, hempseed millet, or buckwheat. In
a week the little creatures will come to
their meals as regularly as the clock
strikes the hour. In a month they will
almost allow themselves to be taken in
the hand. Let this be done through
winter, and then in the spring let the
little boxes be fixed up, out of reach of
cat and school-boy, and let small bags of
hay and wool be hung close by, and the
sparrow will build her nest and hatch
out two if not three broods in full sight
of the window. We have only to en-
courage birds, and they will come to
us.-London Standard.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
.Tha World Am all a Sham.v

"Gem'len," said Brother Gardner as
he laid down his stick Of licorice and
stood up, 81 war ober to de wilder
Smiths de. odder eaveniu' to see if she
would lend my ole woman her wash
board next day, an de wilder she spoke
up an said: Misser Gardner, dis world
am all a sham I war in de co'ner
grocery de mex day, an de grocer he
hove o sigh as big as my fist as he leaned
ober the counter an said; 6 Misser Gard
ner, dis world am all q sham I was
blackin' a stove for de doctah down ON
co'ner below dat same cay, an when I
got frew with de job he dropped q quar-
ter inter nay hand an softly whispered:
"Brudder Gardner, dis world am all a
sham.' Now gem'len, all dat talk am
cl'ar bosh. De world am all right.
Who says de hoss am q shamf Who says
dat de COW an mule an dog an cat am
shams3 De man who falls down finds
solid bizness. De man who buys Goldfish
doan' get mutton chops. When ! ak for
kaliker dey doan' gin me silk. Once in
q while we may frow a boot-jack at acat
an hit muffin, but an aeh barrel but de
world in gineral am plenty good huff for
de kim Of people who put in der time
heah. De man who scratches his back
agin de City Hall will tell you dat de
world am all a sham. De chap whose
wife supports him by washiR' an sewin'
feels dat de world am sham a all ober.
De noodle-head who sots out to captur'
de public wild q little head an a good
deal of brass is no sooner stepped on daL
he cries out "shaml" till ye can't rest,
I doan want to heah dat 'spreshun aroun'
heah, kase it won't 60 down wild mel
who work ten hours a day an pay deli
honest debts Detroit Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
Miss WhartOn's Pie.

Miss Margaret Wharton was a lady of
good family and large fortune. She was
one of the Whartons Of Skeleton Castle,
Cleveland, and possessed s2OO,OOO, half
of which she gave to a nephew. She was
we'll known in Scarborough, where she
used to send out for ga pennyworth of
cream" and ga pennyworth of straw
berries" always paying her penny down.
From this little popularity she became
known as Peg Pennyworth. On one
occasion, while in Scarborough, she had
ameat-pie made; it was very large, as it
was for herself, some visitors, and the
servants. She ordered her footman to
take it to the bake-house. He refused,
saying it was not consistent with his dig
nifty to be seen dressed in plush and
tags, carrying a meat-pie. Mistress Peg
then desired the coachman to take it;
but he also declined. "Bring out the
carriage" was the command. The car
rage was harnessed, the coachman
donned his powdered wig, and mounted
the box; the footman assembled behind,
and Mistress Margaret Wharton sitting
in state in the carriage, bore the meat
pie on her lap. "Drive to the bake.
house." was her command. In an hour
or two, the same state being observed,
the pie was brought back. "Now," she
said to the coachman, "you have kept
your place, which is to drive; and you,"
turning to the footman, "have kept
yours, which is to wait; and now we
will all have some of the pie."-Cham-
ber's Journal. .
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
pr. s-chliemapn,s Digging.

W. Scnliemann resumed iast October
the exnumation OF tne our pre-nistorlc
cities which ne iounal lying q above
the other at Hissarlik, and the lower.
most but one OF which he has identified
with KING Prlam's Troy. After carry.
ing on MS operations Tor q couple oil
months they were cut short by winter,
aud IN December ne paid q flying visit
to ondon to d to the collection
bearing his name at me out kensing-
ton Museum his third share OF the fresh
tinds. Among them may be nameda
pig IN ivory, 70 maten those IN terra
Gotta, ana all dagger OF meteorlc
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
The Desert Pirates.

On the 18th of March, 1878, Mr.. Graf
tau Geary left Bombay for the Persian
gulf, with the intention Of traversing
the sultan's dominions, and learning for
himself the actual condition of affairs
resulting from the Turkish system of
government, complicated by the with
drawal of Turkish garrisons from Asia
Minor and the defeat of the Turkish
armies in Europe. Travelling by him
self, and over routes seldom traversed
except by large parties well protected,
he saw and conversed with people of
various races and ranks. The chief
dangers to which he was exposed were
the plundering Arabs and Kurda, whom
the absence Of the regular troops en-
boldened to rob and terrorize all the
country outside the principal towns.
At Muscat, the capital of Oman, in
Arabia, he found a city with streets 8
narrow that no four-footed animals
larger than cats or dogs could pass
through them, Notwithstanding that the
place has 40, 1000 inhabitants and q con-
siderable trade. The bazaars are cover
ed over, and are thronged with Bedouins
llb6u lIOu tAO 0C6CIbs AL nCI0 dIluCu
to the teeth. A favorite weapon is a
straight, two-handed sword, the sweep of
which would take off a mans thigh.
The swordsmen carried over their shoul-
ders small, round shields of rhinoceros.
hide. Half a century ago a small num-
Der of the " BENZ Bou Ali" we're attack
ed by an English officer and $50 troops,
when the Bedouins rushed upon their
assailants, and cut down 200 of them in
the twinkle of an eye. This led to a
large expedition being sent from Bonn
bay, which succeeded in defeating the
swordsmen. The British resident at
Muscat has a finger very often in local
instructions, and summons q war-ship
now and then to the aid of the imaum,
or governor. Not many years ago the
gunboat Teaser fired over the town at a
crowd of Bedouins who had taken a posi-
ton on the hills near the city, with the
n tention of sacking it. The Arabs said
the shells had eyes, and could see where
to fall, since they were out of view of
the ship behind the hills. The fire was
really directed by signals from an old
Portuguese tower on the summit of one
of the hills. A shell fell in a field and
did not explode, whereupon it was sur
rounded by the Bedouins, one of whom
struck its percussion cap with a spear,
being determined to put out its " eye,oo
the eye by which it had seen its way to
their position. Eleven of their tribe
paid the penalty for this singular piece
Of yindictiveness. Two forte, called
Jalali, or the Glorious, and Mirani, the
name of a Biluchee governor, protect
the roadstead. At times these forts are
on bad terms, and blaze away at each
other across the harbor and in front OF
the town, to the great detriment of bust.
ness. Fort Jalali not long ago fired on
the town promiscuously until brought
to reason by an English gun-boat
CONAN" means security" or settled
peace"
Mr.. Geary's adventures and observa'
tions have been issued in book form
under the title "Through Asiatic Tur.
kev."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
AL Grataful As a Hoe.

He was a middle-aged man, spare in
figure and excitedin speech. His hands
darted into his trowsers pockets, then
into his vest pockets, and again into the
pockets of his coat. Then the process
was reverted. All time looking about
and around him with hungry eagerness,
he kept repeating, "Oh, I am ruinedp'
GAIL the money / had in the world!"
"Oh, dearl Oh, dear!" I'd give $50
il l could get it backE" At this juno
ture a ragged street boy came along with
somethingin his hand. "Lost er' pocket
book, mister2" The middle-aged mans
rawlings stopped short. He took in one
long, deep breath, then seized the pocket
book very much as q cat pounces on Q
mouse, and with I" boy-you're-a-good
-boy!" walked eff. Reader, this is a
fact, not fancy.-Boston Transcript.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
Effects of Railway Accidents.

Accounts of railroad accidents ire.
ouently state that, although the engine
and cars were badly damaged, the pass
engers escaped without serious injury.
Yet many persons can recollect in
stances of men whose health steadily
declined after they had passed appar-
emily unframed through some mishap
to a train, and whose sufferings were
terminated by death more or less sud-
den. Some light has been cast on cases
of this kind by a paper read last month,
before the Medical Society of the King
and Queens College of Physicians,
Dublin, by DIR. McSwiney. In a rail-
road collision there may result to a
passenger (1) shock merely, OF f2} con-
cussion, or (3) confusion of the cerebro-
spinal system. In shock the functions
of the nerves are impaired, and the &C
ton of the nervous system is thus low
cred. It has been found that great con-
fusion and injury, either temporary or
permanent, to the nervous functions
sometimes follow from a shock to the
c~erebro-spinal system, when the soft
cerebral and spinal mass is struck vio-
lently against the bony cas- in which it
is inclosed. That slight blows often
cause serious results is now well estab-
lished. An apparently trifing injury
to the back or sacrum may give rise to
an infammatory process, which may,
after the lapse Of years even, end
fatally. And, often, a slowly creeping
on paralysis will ensue upon a shock to
the ce~rebro-spinal center, when at first
no i'll result was apparent. In such
cases, the seeming contradiction may
sometimes be noticed that, whereas the
more severe and dangerous phenomena
often result in the very cases in which
injury appears to be trifing, on the
other hand, it occasionally occurs that
the severest primary LESSONS present to
observation only slight and unimportant
symptoms.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
How Men Get Ahead.

A son of Maine who went west in early
youth, and has there attained wealth and
an honorable position, returned, last
summer, to visit his old home. AT the
village store he met an old man whom
he had known in his younger days. He
accosted him, but was not recognized,
$50, you don't remember me-" he said;
"Pm John R." "You!" exclaim-
ed the old man, "you don't mean to tell
me you are John R-p ct certainly
am" said the visitor, shaking him by
the hand, Sand Pm very glad to see you
again." Well" persisted the old man,
"In ever did. To think that this is you.
They tell me you've grown awful rich,
john" John admitted that he had
"saved something" And they say
you're president of a railway, and get a
big salary" Again John had to admit
that rumor spoke truth. "Pm glad on
it, Johnl Pm glad on it, my boy! It
beats all what circumstances and cheek
will do fer a man.-Boston Transcript.