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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-28
CHOATE,S IRONY.

Nobody at the bar ever equaled him in
paying ironical compliments to the judges
who blocked his way to the hearts and un-
derstandings of juries. Judge Shaw was
especially noted for the gruff' way in which
he interposed such obstacles, and Shaws
depth of legal learning was not more con-
spicuous than his force of character.
"Tisn't SO, Mr.. Choate," was frequent
interruption, when Shaw was on the bench
and Choate was arguing case before him.
Choates side remarks on the judge have
passed into the stereotyped jokes of the
bar, and are now somewhat venerable.
One is, think, not commonly stated in the
exact words. II always approach Judge
Shaw" he said, ''as a savage approaches
his fetch, knowing that he is ugly, but
feeling that he is great" OF Judge Story
he once remarked, IT never heard him
pronounce judgment in which he did not
argue the case better than the counsel on
either side; and for which," he added, with
twinkle in his eye, ':he might very proper
ly have been impeached." He delighted in
gravely joking with judge. Thus he once
asked that case might be postponed, ow-
ing to his engagement in another court
The judge replied that the case was one in
which he might write out his argument
With mock solemnity, which it always
seemed to me no other human countenance
could readily assume, he replied, II write
well, your Honor, but sIowIy." AS his
handwriting resembled the tracks of wild
cats, with claws dipped in ink, madly DASH
ing over the surface of folio sheet of white
paper, the assembled bar could not restrain
their laughter Indeed, it is affirmed that
he could not decipher his own handwriting
after case was concluded, and had to call
in experts to explain it to himself. He con-
graduated himself on the, fact that if he
failed to get a living at the bar, he could
still go to China and support himself by his
pen; that is, by decorating tea-chests. -
Edwin z. WAipple, in Hurper's MagaziHe
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DEAD LETTERS.

There are many reasons why dead letters
do not reach their destination. Thousands
are directed on conjecture, and remain for
months in the wrong post Office Other
thousands have the name of the party ad-
dressed so imperfectly written that the
letters are quite as likely to go in the wrong
direction as the right. It is better gener-
ally to avoid abbreviations and write
the name of State in full, thus preventing
the possibility of going in the wrong direc-
ton. There are seven States - Maine,
Massachusetts,, Maryland, Michigan, Min
nesota, Missouri and Mississippi be-
ginning with M. The abreviations of these
names imperfectly written will frequently
send letter two or three thousand miles in
the wrong direction. If you wish letter
to reach its destination, or, failing to find
the person to whom it is sent, to be returned,
it can be secured almost beyond the posi-
bility of failure by observing the following
directions Direct the letter legibly, writ
ing the name of the person to whom it is
SENT his town, county, if possible, and
state upon the envelope. The letter will
then probably reach him without fail.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-28
PERSONALS ABOUT LADIES.

Mrs. Bullock is dentist in Hartford.
Mrs. William NJ. Tweed sailed for Europe
on Thursday.
Mrs. Hayes wears more expensive dresses
than formerly.
Fanny Kemble, when girl, had fond
ness for poetry. She began with reading
Byron.
Mrs. Morgan Merrill. of Binghamton,
has presented 81 900 to the House Of the
Good Shepherd of that city.
Rose Terry Cooke, in her childhood, used
to have to commit to memory every day q
column of Walkers Dictionary.
Mrs. Stowe made an argument before the
Judiciary Committee of the Assembly at
the relief of widows.
Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop has just
completed her titst novel, which is shortly
to be published. She is the daughter Of
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Miss Anna f. Dickinson, it is reported,
has been engaged to play week in San
Francisco, and to lecture twenty times in
California and Nevada.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, in ten wears, has
secured homes and the means of liyeli-
hood for about four hundred and fifty
homeless children at cost of about
S67, 600
The Countess de Trobiand who is an
American, is also very patriotic. At her
recent reception in Paris she furnished her
refreshment table exclusively with Amer
lean viands.
Miss Mary ]. Wadleigh of Sutton, Mass,
has no fewer than one hundred pet cats,
and when one of them dies she has it
buried and its grave marked by neat
monument.
Princess Louise may be nice young
lady, but she doesn't wear any diamonds
while doing her homework, nor carry a
trail in her hand when out walking, SO she
is not entitled to any admiration on this
side Of the line.
Mrs. Myra Clarke Gaines and the ancient
Ex-Gov. Foote, Superintendent of the New
Orleans Mint, are flirting desperately again.
She has agreed to accompany him to the
Mardi Gras ball on condition that he will
not indulge in rouud dances
Miss Ingersoll, sister of Mrs. Ex-Governor
Chamberlain of South Carolina, is said to
be the best lady stenograpl er ia the coun-
try. She frequently accompanies Congress
thousands of dollars annually.
Princess Louise, at her last "drawing-
room." is said to have been prettly attired
in prncesse gown of black satin, with
which she wore many diamonds. Many of
the ladies were in full dress and many 9TH
ers wore gowns high about the throat.
Miss Roe, of Dublin, had wedding cake
eight feet high and weighing three hundred
pounds. 1t was ornamented with the arms
of the Roe and Gordon families and six
banners with arms and monograms, and
was strewn with orange blossoms and
myrtle.
Mrs. Elizabeth Upright, an old lady of
Butler County, Iowa, recently asked for the
discharge of her youngest son from mill
tary service, on the ground that she had
ten sons in the Union Army during the
rebellion. The Secretary of War las veri-
fled her statements, and the son will be dis.
charged.
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den of Wallingford replied: "He breaches
the Gospel but does not keep carriage. -
Chambers Jot.rnaL
AE.--NAN SPIDELkS.

Livingstone was once bitten, when hal,
cslcep, by a ightco,orod spider. Feeling
something running across his forehead, he
put up his haad to wipe it of, when he was
sharply stung on the hand and head, and
the pain was very acute, but it ceased after
two hours. The natives declare that there
IS a small black spider in the county
whose bite is fatal but the great traveller
did not meet with an instance in which
death could be traced to this insect, though
be saw very large BLACK hairy spider an
inch and a quarter long, and three-quarters
of an inch broad, which had a hook OF the
end of its front claws similar to that at the
end of the scorpions tail. When these
hooks were pressed tho poison came out.
There are spiders in South Africa which
seize their prey by leaping upon it from o
distance of several inches. When alarmed
they can spring ab.,ut a foot away from the
object Of fear. large reddish spider OBJ
tains its food in a different manner from
either by patiently waiting in ambush, or
by catching it with bound. It runs
about with great velocity, in and out, be-
hind and around, every object, searching
for what it may devour, and from its size
and rapid motions, excites the horror of
every stranger. 1t does no harm to men
except to make the nervous and those that
hate spiders very uncomfortable. This ac-
tive little insect is very clever, for it imi-
tates the mason-spider, and makes nest In
the earth, lines it with beautiful, soft silk,
covered with nicely fitting trap door about
the size Of a shilling. When this is shut il
is SO closely covered with hard earth that it
cannot be distinguished from the rest. In
some parts of the country there are great
numbers of large, beautiful yellow-spottad
spider, the webs of which are about yard
across, The lines on which these webs are
spun are hung from one tree to another,
and are as large as coarse thread. The
fibres of the web itself are SO thick that
it is common thing in walking through a
forest to get ones face covered with them
Like lady's vail Another kind of spider
lives in society, and form SO great collec-
ton CT webs, placed at every angle, that the
trunks of trees cannot be seen through
them. A piece of hedge is often SO hid
den that the branches are invisible. An
other is seen on the walls inside the huts of
the natives. 1t is round in shape, spotted
brown in color, and the body is half On
inch across. The spread of the legs is
about an inch and q half. 1t makes O
smooth spot for itself on the wall, covered
with white silky stuff. There it is seen
standing the whole day. 1t has no real
web, but the soft .lky carpet, and is harm
less thou"h an ugly neighbor.
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PINEAPPLES.

. A large portion of the area of the BAHIA
ma Islands is devoted to the cultivation of
pineapples. As many as 100000 of the
fruit have been collected from single acre
at one crop. The pineapples of New
Providence are superior to any other varie-
ty. and often attain an enormous size.
One grown in Pembrokeshire, weighing ten
and one-half pounds, and measuring ten
and one-half inches in height, exclusive of
the stalk and crown, and twenty-five inches
in circumference, was served up at the cor
onation banquet of George w., and since
then the improved modes of cultivation
have greatly increased the size and quality
of the fruit. There is on enormous demand
for the Bahama pineapples, both in Europ;
and America, and new industry has lately
sprung up in the island in preserving the
fruit in tina One factory in Nassau alone
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-28
PERILOUS ADVENTURES IN THE
ALPS. ~

The Berner Tageblatt gives an account Of
a perilous adventure which befell two Eng.
iish tourists. Mrs. Wainwright, described
as an English lady, accomplished by her
brother-in-law, Mr.. Wainwright, attempted
the ascent Of the Piz Palur, mountain of
the Bernia group. They took with them
two guides, brothers - Hans Grass and
Christian Grass. The climbers, who were
corded together, after leaving the central
peak took westsrly direction toward an
other peak. Christian Grass went first,
nextto him followed Mr. Wainwright, then
came Mrs. Wainwright, and the rear was
brought up by Hans. A thick fog came on.
Christian, either confused by the semi
obscurity or not exercising sufficient eau
ton, went too near an arete (edge of snow,
when the snow suddenly gave way under
his feet, and he fell down precipice, drag
ging with him in his fall the English lady
and gentleman. But the rope was strong,
and Hans Grass is man both stout of heart
and of gigantic strngth. As he saw his
brother disappear he drew himself instine-
lively backward, and, by sheer force Of
muscle and viii, held the three lost ones
suspended in the air. Nevertheless, the
position was o sufficiently terrible one.
Strong as he was, he was not strong enough
to drag from the abyss two men and
. woman-to stir, to yield an inch even,
must be certain death to all-and they were
far beyond the reach of human aid.
Nothing but prompt courage and ready wit
could save them. He shouted to his
brother, dangling at the end of the rope,
ice on both sides of him, snow above him.
The brother answered; he was alive un-
hurt, and ready to help if means of help
could be devised. Hans told him to cling
to the icy slope, cut steps in it, and mount,
and be quick about it, for he did not think
he could hold on more than half an hour
longer. Fortunately, Mr.. Wainwright had
kept his axe. He handed it to Christian,
and the guide set about cutting the steps as
Hans had suggested. After many Difficult
ties and almost superhuman exertions, he
succeeded. He contrived to crawl up to
the edge of the crevasse; his brother gave
him a hand; then the two, uniting their
strength, pulled up Mrs. Wainwright and
her brother-in-law, and all four, not serious
ly the worse for their frightful adventure,
but devoutly thankful for their hair-breadth
escape, got down from the mountain and
returned to Pontresina.
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ANOTHER CALIFORNIA SroRY.-A CORE
spondent of the Visalia (Cal.) Delta furnish
es this queer paragraph: A boiling spring
has been discovered between the Polvadero
and Los Gatos creeks An ingenious indi-
vidual has applied for the water right, and
constructed clothes wringer, to be run by
II water-wheel at one side of the spring,
where it boils over into another of clear
cold water, in which the proprietor has
placed a sack of indigo. The ranchers of
the settlement resort to the spring to do
their washing. The clothes are thrown
into the water, which has whirling motion,
and are drawn in out of sight. In about
five minutes they come to the surface, float
to the wrnger and are run through to the
other spring. where thev are rinsed by pass
ing through another wringer. In less than
thirty minutes the washing is done and the
rancher is on his way home rejoicing. His
happy wife meets him at the door, hangs
the clothes out to dry, which takes but a
short time, and the washing is done.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-28

AN effort was made in the Pennsyl-
vania Institution for the Instruction of
the Blind to perfect the female pupils in
the art of making baskets from willow
wood. AS handling the wet willows re-
suited in chapping their hands, thus i'm
pairing the delicacy of their sense of
touch so as to interfere with their in
struction in reading raised letters, the
system was abandoned, and the managers
were forced to fall back on the aborigines
for ideas. Consequently two Indian
squaws were imported last fall to give
them lessons in making baskets from ash
wood strips, similar to the work made
and sold by their own tribes. The dusky
teachers proved successful, and in the
space of few weeks had not only COM
municated their knowledge to the pupils
but had qualified one of the blind teach
ers to become an instructor herself.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-28
A POLITICAL GRAND JURY.

Scarcely worse state of things could
be imagined than that of a community
inflicted with a political Grand Jury.
Corrupt Courts and suborned trial juries
are not novelty in this or any other
country, but the Grand Jury system has
been considered the palladium Of human
liberty, and has surrounded itself with a
halo that invests it with a semi-sacred
character. But Baltimore Grand Jury
last week showed to what depth such a
body may become degraded by political
influences. On Sunday evening pre-.
vious, a Mr.Samuel Turney, of New York,
while on his way to church, was out,
rageously assaulted and beaten. The
attack was wholly unprovoked. Of thi,
fact there was no dispute. There was nc
more doubt about the guilty party. Mr.
Turney was able to identify him and
cause his arrest. The police authorities
q. Baltimore recognized the prisoner a:
an old offender, and the complaint
against him was at once submitted to the
Grand Jury then in session.
After hearing the evidence, which was
conclusive of the defendants guilt
and uncontradicted, the Jury peremp
1oriy dismissed the matter and refused
subsequently, on the demand of the pub
lie prosecutor, to reconsider their action
The Baltimore journals openly attribute
the dismissal Of the charge to political in.
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xports annually 1000, 900 tins, valued at
$50, ,OOO.-
vrE OF CARIBALDpS HEROES.

One by one the heroes of Garibaidi,s
South Italian campaigns aredropping away.
From Alexandria, in Egypt, the news has
jast arrived of the death of Napoleone La
Cecilia, the ron Of the celebrated man of let
tcrs and cons orator, John La Cecilia. Ma
poleone was still young man, and as such,
remarkable for his fearlessness when he
fought beside Garibaldi in Sicily, in Gala
bria and on the famous First of October"
attracting on each occasion the attention of
his companions in arms and superior Off
GERS, who foresaw in the youth one of Italy's
coming glories. He distinguished himself
In the Franco-German war, where, from O
simple franc-tireau he rose to the rank of
Colonel in Gen. Chanzy's army. He was
decorated with the medal of military valor,
and proposed three times for the order OF
the Legion of Honor. The Chevalier Nj
gra italian Ambassador at Paris, wrote from
Bordeaux to Napoleone's father: "Your son
is regarded at the Ministry of War as one Of
the most distinguished superior officers in
the Army; he is already Colonel and has
been appointed for the Legion of Honor"
The assault of Ablis, the defence of Chateau.
dun, the battle of Coulmiers, the retreat ct
Orleans, in which his regiment brought up
the rear, the battle of Alencon, were among
the occasions of brilliant service rendered
to France by the young Napoleoue La Ce-
ella. At Tours there was something like
national .testa when, as commandant, he led
in an entire squadron of Prussian Huzzars
made prisoner by him at the assault of Alb
lis. He was Commandante de Place in Paris
during the whirl of the Commune, and in
its closing dayshe retook from the Versailles
troops the Fort of Issy. He was unusually
proficient in mathematics and the learned
languages, and was not only Secretary of
the Asiatic College of Naples, but also Pro-
fessor of ancient geography and the Per
sian tongue in the same institution. La
Cecilia, says fervent Italian friend, twas,
so to speak, the trait du.Dn between Italy
and France" He died in his forty third |
year.
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BAYARD, too, received blow in the
Piatt-McGarrahan rumpus. Dom now
says he had been to the Senate reception
room by invitation of Senator Bayard The
country will not have its confidence in
Senator Bayard increased by a knowledge
of the fact that he was closeted with the
boss lobbyist at time of great Importance
to a claim in which that lobbyist took a
deep interest.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-28

THE Pullman Palace Car Company ex-
pressed their determination of prosecut-
ing Angel to the bitter end. The result
was that the prisoner pleaded guilty to
the charge of embezzlement and received
a comparatively light sentence. During
the succeeding ten years the Company
will be wondering where their money is,
and at The expiration of his sentence they
will have the satisfaction of seeing Angel
spending it for them.
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A Bishop of Oxford sent round to the
Church Wardens in his diocese circular of
inquiries including the question: ''Does
your officiating clergyman preach the Cos
pei, and is his conversation and carriage
consistent thsysWith r. The Church War.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-28

The experiment of lighting the Bill
lingsgate Market in London with cleo
tricity was abandoned, from the fact that
market people preferred gas-light on ac-
count of its heat. A comparison of the
expense, however, showed that the cost
of the electric light was "a a night,
against only e2 los. for gas.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-28

The Republican State Convention,
which is expected to nominate Judge
Taft for Governor, and set the Taft move
ment for the Presidency booming, will
meet in Cincinnati May 2Sth.
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OUR Constitution, while sailing in for
eign waters, has been roughly handled by
the elements, and now having paid a
salvage bill to British wreckers, some
Portuguese sailors have towed her into
port and are clamoring for fee.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-28

In the marine disaster off Barnegat yes
terday Captain Sawyer and his wife both
lost their lives, while their little child,
only two years old, was borne, waif
from the waves, to the shore.
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Mrs. Baker, of Sullivan, Maine, finding q
wildcat among her geese, caught the brute
by the back of the neck in such a manner
as to tighten the skin about the throat,
held him at arms length minute, then
plunging him into the deep snow, held him
there until he was stone dead.
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Guess.
TROY Times.]

With regard to the popular misuse of the
word guess in this country, Webster says: !:
at is agross vulgarism to Use the word guess,
not in its true ana specific sense, but tsimply
for think or believe; as, i guess the mail
has arrived; guess he is at home.'" The
word guess, which is regarded almost as
Yankee shibboleth, is used exactly in that
sense by Wyclffe, by Chaucer, by Bishop
Jewell in an old North of England or Low
land Scotch ballad, in the Mirror for Ma
gistrates 1850 by Bishop Hale 1599), by
John Locke twice, and BY one of the per
sonages in Anthony Trollopes "Orly
Farm" and Stllingfeet says: zone may
guess from Platos writings " it y that him
self had a right opinion concerning the true
God. Shakespeare says: You cannot guess
who caused your fathers DEATH"
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The Pennsylvania Legislature, in a
session of month, passed but one act,
and that not an important one. Oh, tor
such Legislature, and that it might
assemble but once in three years.
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CAPT. BoYToN shivers as he dons his
rubber pantaloons, and contemplaSes in
his mind the spectacle of man frozen up
in the Ohio's yellow waters.
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No man is blest by accident orguess


Doubtless many other examples from
standard English authors might be pro-
duced. There are, however, quite enough
to show that this so-caled Americanism is
not American in any proper sense Of the
word. The word in Dutch is gissen. in lie
brew kasam, in Arabic kiyas, in Irish geasi-
am, IN Swedish gssa in Hindostane egyas
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McGARRAHAN. doubtless made votes
for his claim by knocking Donn Piatt
down.
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ZACH. CHANDLER is not Stalwart but
an Administration Senator of the most
earnest school.
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A coarse skin can be made smooth and
soft by the use of Caswell's Camphor Ice
Lotion. For sale by John Keeshan, corner
Sixth and Walnut.
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RAILROAD TIM ID
Corrected to Accord with Cincinnati
Time.

CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Depot, corner Mclean ave. and Gest street
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HC Quo III hHI S.oo ID ia Ibll6 c0H0e2t "
Jackson and Portsmouth.
BALTIMORE 4 OHIO. VIA PARKERsBuRa.
Depot, Pearl and Plum