The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-03
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Of the produce of the land.
Hide the faults of others and make their
virtues seen.
To be dumb for the remainder of life is
better than to speak falsely.
Cultured Boston insists that the proper
term is trampers, not tramps.
A man of Norristown, Pa, aged 25, has
married his stepgandmother, aged 60.
The hair of the buffalo is now largely
employed in making overcoats, which are
al wool
The Portuguese African explorers have
experienced great trouble from the attacks
of lions.
OF 1000 shareholders in the Glasgow
Bank more than 800 are described as gen
tlewomen."
twenty-five gallons Of water to 12h gal
Ions of sulphuric acid will dissolve bones
for fertilizing.
Paris has o municipal laboratory where
wines, BEERS and brandies offered for sale
ore tested.
A Kentuck genius has wasted his oppor-
tunities in inventing clock with thirteen
pendulums.
Modesty is priceless virtue; but II, like
the paint on woman's cheek, tits only put
on, it loses its value.
If lady wants favor Of boy, she
praises him; of young man, she hires
him; of an old man, she fatters him.
Most arts require long study and appli-
cation; but the most useful art of all, that
of pleasing requires only the desire.
When the million applaud you SER
iously ask yourself what harm you have
done; when they censure you, what
good.
Night brings ont stars, as sorrow shows
us truth. We never see the stars till we
can see little Or ought else, and SO it is
with truth.
If law to punish women for wearing
male attire is the correct thing, why not
have law to punish men who part their
hair in the middle
The fine enameled ware known as Gin
cinnati faience originated with Miss NJ.
Louise Mclaughlin, of that city. 1t is
fred in kiln at tho temperature Of 5000
degrees.
Germany has just discovered another
buried forest in her midst. 1t is supposed
to be at least ten thousand years old. No
coons have been found in any Of the
trees.
The Indiana Supreme Court has decided
that a subscription made on Sunday is not
binding in law. The effect of this will be
to invalidate subscriptions on Sunday to
liquidatc church debts.
What is the use in constantly saying
o'clock? A person who can't understand
what 10 clock means should be considered
knocked out of time. Let the 80" business
take drop.-E1
Three-fourths Of the successful men Of
the day owe much of their prosperity to
wife's help. The load of life is so heavy
that it takes team of two to draw it. The
ship not only wants a captain but first
mate.
An italian naturalist has proven beyond
doubt that birds in their little nests
fight Like cats and dogs. Weak mem
bers of the pathological family get
thrown out of the nest without cere-
mony.
NJ. Kayser, Of Nuremberg, reports that
in mixture Of sand and sulphur he placed
fifteen per cent Of peroxide of manganese,
and obtained deep black glass, showing,
when broken, somber shades of violet, and
exactly initiating the Venetian black glass.
In the high-toned London restaurants the
walters will not permit even a husband and
wife to have dinner or lunch sent to them in
private room. Indeed, party must con-
sist of uneven numbers, threes Or fves or
sevens, before that party can be waited
on,
Much of the wood used for making briar
root pipes is derived from Corsica; the roots
are dug up and cut into rough forms of
tobacco pipes by saws worked by the water
power of the mountain streams, and are
sent in sacks to France and thence to
America.
Glucose, which is one Of the chief adul-
terants of sugar is said to be the cause of
the recent great increase in mortality
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