The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-09
THE SILVER LINING
Which Our GO0d.humOred Writers
Give to Journalistic Work.

| Olu ocean lnuulSeS Id StOrmS merely
for wreek-creation.--[ Boston Post.
The pin is mightier than the sward.
You can sit on the sward with impunity.
Yonkers Gazette. : w..
The wind always finds something to
blow about, even if it only blows about
ones ears Boston Courier.
"No! Algernon, dear, l say that the
boy shall not be brought up on the bot
tie. Look at his grandfather's nose."
Smoking cents worth of tobacco in
fifty-dollar pipe is like dressing scare
crow in seal-skin sack.-[Oil City Der
rick. -.t. .
A Western editor says one hug is worth
dozen love letters, and they can not be
introduced as evidence in breach Of
promise suit either. "ra S
A physiognomist says that large ears
denote generosity, which is probably the
reason why mule squanders his hind
legs-[New York Herald. oa
Young men should never stake the
bull by the horns" They had better
take him by the tail; then they can let
go when they want to- Josh Billings.
There was q fair maiden at vassar,
In drawing no one could surpass her;
| She drew, like Lorraine, ..r ..
Both very long train,
And check that astonished the cashier
Yale Record.
Conductor Ito Brown, who is pretty
near pumped out with running to catch
his express bus )-"All right, sir; all right.
Don't furry yourself, you're gaining"
Il Fun. = u f'9Hr-
The worst case of "stage fright" is that
of the man who thinks he has passed up
two dollar and half gold piece in
stead of dime to the driver Boston
Commercial Bulletin. ..v ,.... 4
Professor in Psychology-What is the
first power developed BY man7 Senior
(somewhat mixed -Well-I-w well-I
suppose the power to creep. Senior sits
down amid wild applause. .Eranoag
A Californians matrimonial adver-
tisement winds up as follows: "Fortune
no object, but should require the gals
relations to deposit $1,000 with me as
security for her good behavior"
"John," said a doting parent to her
gormandizing son, "do you really think
that you can eat the whole of that pud-
ding with impunityf" II don't know,
mar" replied the young hopeful, "but 1
can with a SPOON" - s
There is a patient in one Of the New
York hospitals who, in his delirium, con-
tinnally calls out, "Nextl NextW The
physicians are undecided whether he is
college professor or a barber. 7
| A little boy Of four was sleeping with
his brother, when his mother said, "Why,
Tommy, you are lying right in the mid.
die Of the bed; what will poor Harry doT'
"Well, ma" he replied, 'Harry's got
both sides" '"
| Said one Of society's smart ornaments
to lady friend, "This is leap year, and I
suppose you'll be asking some one to
marry your "Oh, NJ" was the reply,
"my finances won't permit me to support
husband. ."-[Oil City Derrick.
MAMMA--"Well, Johnny, shall for
give you this time, and it's very pretty
Of you to write letter to say you're
sorry" Johnny-''Yes, ma; don't tear
it up, please" Mamma--"Why notf'
Johnny-"Because it will do for the next
time" .s.,.. - b. ..... ...
"Now, Uncle Pete, I am going to give
you something bully. This brandy is
twenty-four years old" 'Twenty-four
years old, boss?" asked old Pete, eyeing
the zone finger" doubtfully, "this var
brandy twenty-four years old3 Mighty
small for its age, boss--mighty small"
Raising boys is good deal like raising
colts-if the parent succeeds in getting
one fast one out of ten he is doing we'll.
If he was asked which was the best way
to bring up boy, the lecturer said that
he would be inclined to answer, "Brina
him up the back way."--Josh Billings.
We have heard of some Indians out
West who captured lot Of kerosene in
a whisky barrel, and drank some, think
ling it was liquor, and when they dis
covered their mistake and sat down to
oLuuAC anu thluA UIlC uldUtCI OfcI, tlle re-
suits were frightful Now, Gath, it's
your turp.- Boston Post. 05
After family prayer, few evenings
since, little Quincy boy asked: MAMA,
how can God here folks pray when he's
far awayT Before the lady could frame
a suitable reply, sunny-faced little miss
Of FIVE summers vehemently said: "I'll
jes' bet he's dot telephones runnin' to
every placep p--[Boston Courier. Ta'ai
"See that my graves kept green,R he.
warbled under the window Of his fair
ones dpmjcile, one pleasant night last
week. s"Tll tend to the grave business,
young man, shouted her enraged pater-
nal ancestor, as he poked an old musket
out of the second-story window No
concert that evening. Il [owego Blade.
Photographs Of Abraham, Isaac, Esap,
Moses, and other gentlemen of the o1den
time show that without exception they
wore full boards. Since those days man
hood has studied how it could defy ma.
ture's lawn upon the face. and, as a con-