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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
Hints for the Sick Room.

Somewhere lately read that in some
country house where milk was in plenty,
a pan of it was placed near meat in the
larder to keep the latter fresh. am
sorry to be so lame in my story, but the
principle to be carried out was that
milk, being ready absorbent, the bad
air that would otherwise have tainted
the meat flew to the milk instead. Ny
thoughts Immediately reverted to the
sick room, where milk is often left stand
ing for the use of the invalid; and
it occurred to me that if this
were the case would it not
just as readily absorb the poison
Gus exhalations that arise there? Why,
or how, I am not chemist enough to ex-
plain, but-most persons are aware
water is rapid absorbent of paint; and
in room, freshly painted. a pail of
clean, cold water left standing there, will
quickly "take offthe SMELL" Dip your
finger into the water which has been
thus left, you will find it tastes strongly
of the paint. Milk is too costly to be
thus largely used, bura little-say sau-
Ger full-might be placed for expert
ment, and if it tastes of the paint you
may reasonably conclude that it would
taste just as much, Certainly absorb Just
as readily) of whatever impurities hang
round sick bed when left standing
near it.
Let me impress upon invalids the i'm
portance of keeping their refreshments
covered. Many delicate persons not
absolutely in need of night attendance
yet require supply Of night nutriment.
l know of all invalid home where almost
every patient is regularly supplied with
a glass of milk at the bedside for night
use. Then there are cooling drinks, jel-
lies, blanc manges. and a variety of
liquids usually seen at the lnvalid's bed
side, and all more or less absorb
ent. All should be kept covered.
I once visited an invalid who
had her bedside table supplied with
an array of glasses, cups, tumblers, ETC.,
the contents of not one of which could
we see, all being covered with a most
amusing variety of glass and porcelain
lids The invalid liked to forget the
contents of each, and was amused to
lift one or another of the tiny covers
and select a refreshment which pre-
sented itself to her taste. And to keep
invalids amused, and relish what is pro-
vided for them, are important du-
ties in nursing. Such slight attentions
cost little trouble, while they prove to
the sufferer that he or she is tenderly
cared for.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
The Moss Industry in Louisiana.
New Orleans Timesl

The Louisiana moss industry is one of
the important industries of New Orleans,
and as such demands some attention at
the hands of the press. In common with
all Southern manufacturing interests, it
has its days of flush and its days of
gloom in business. At present, however,
the depression seems about over, and the
trade is attaining its former respectable
proportion.
The history of the manipulation of
moss is very simple. 1t isgathered most
ly by negroes, who devote spare hour
of the day to such work. After tree
is stripped it is allowed to rest for seven
years, during which period of time the
moss renews itself. Cypress moss is pre-
ferred, as it is the longest and most tena-
cious of all the varieties. After the moss
is gathered it is placed on a sunny spot,
and left month to the action of wind
and weather. At the end of that time
the grayish bark peels off, leaving the
hair almost clean. Some of the moss re-
quires no manipulation, while other as
sortments are, in weight, more than half
dirt. After being thus dried the mater
ial is sold to the plantation storekeepel
or to the crossroads groceryman, and
the gatherer receives from l to 2 cents a
pound for it, according to it's quality
The stuff is baled and brought to this city
for manufacture.
The gatherers of late seem surprised
at the falling off in the prices paid for
moss. The reason is simple. The de.
mand is not great, or rather, has not
been up to within the last two months
and the quality Of moss gathered has not
been Of a good grade. The gatherers
seem to think that dusty and rotten moss
should command three cents and be worth
in the market four and-a-half cents, be.
cause it took as much time to gather il
as it does to gather moss that commands
such prices. If they would bring in 6
better article they would have no reason
to complain of the smallness of the
money paid.
After the moss reaches the factory il
is subjected to the action of the washer
which is large cylindrical arrangement
with a wheel inside, which pulls the
moss hither and thither, and dashes il
through vat of boiling water and soap
until the stuff is cleaned. Then it il
hung out upon the racks to dry.
This done, it is put into the duster, ,
fan mill, which entirely removes all tn,
dust that may have survived the wash
ing process. As a result, the moss come
into the factory yellow in color and goe
out inky black.
The article is then made up into bale
according to quality, and lettered will
single, double, treble and quadruple Ks
The highest grade, xxx, can hardl,
be distinguished from the finest ant
choicest horse-hair. The other grades ar
consumed mostly in Louisiana.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
The Habits of the Late sultan.

tMn Brasey's Sunshine and Storm in the East y,
One of the Sultan's manias is dread
of fire. He has had acres of houses
pulled down, and an enormous new pal
ace built further out of town, nor will
lie allow single article of wood inside
the palace. Even the wooden fez pegs
have been turned out. All the fiat can
| dlesticks must be surrounded by saucer
of water. He had two of the Sultanas
bOwstrung the other day for transgressing
this rule, and half murdered the wife Of
one of his colonels for the same ofense.
He knocked her down, and beat and
trampled on her, so that the poor woman
was i'll for days after.
One night, not long ago, he escaped from
the palace in his night shirt and got into
a common cab. He was Immediately
pursued by some faithful attendants car
rying his clothes, but it was with great
difficulty that he could be pursuaded to
put them on and return. It is not won
derful that he should occasionally suffer
from nightmare, for though he neither
drinks, nor smokes, nor takes coffee, he
eats eleven times day an enormous
meal. There are always ninety-four
dishes prepared, from which he may
make his choice. Whatever he
lects is carefully sealed up in the kitch-
en- by the Sultan's mother herself. The
seals are broken only in his presence.
Some one tastes every dish before him,
and he drinks water out of prepared
goblet, which poison would discolor or
break. He is very anxious to change
the order of succession, and make his
own son the next heir, instead of being
succeeded by the eldest male of the fami-
ly of Osman; but as this is opposed to
Mahometan custom generally, l do not
think he is likely to succeed.
The unfortunate nephews, of whom
there are four, the eldest thirty-four
years old, are kept altogether in large
palace, and have all their meals sent
from the Sultan's kitchen. So afraid
are they, however, of being poisoned,
that they never eat them but have an
old woman to cook for them privately.
They are allowed to 90 out in the day.
time on the Bosphorus, with strong
guard. They have surreptitiously learned
to play the piano, and read French news
papers and novels, two things of which
the Sultan would highly disapprove, and
I fancy that if ever they should come to
the throne, they Will be found to be very
advanced young Turks indeed. Every
thing is kept from the knowledge Of the
Sultan which would be likely to dis
please him, for he would either publicly
disgrace his informant, or, if the intelli-
gence were very disagreeable indeed, have
him bowstrung. The consequence is that
no one has yet dared to tell him Of the
famine in Asia Minor, and he is in per-
feet ignorance of the fact.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
Balzac and Delphine de Girardin.
Temple Bar. !

M. de Balzac is searching in his mind
for proverbs which he can transpose for
"Leon de Lora"-a sort of masculine Mrs.
Malaprop-such as"Les bons comics font
les bons tamis." I'll est CONNIE un ane
en- PLANE"
ga discovery of this Sort" writes M.
Gautier, "puts him in such high good
humor that he makes playful gambols,
like an amiable elephant, all round the
drawing-room furniture. On her side
Madame de Girardin is searching after
witty sayings for her famous Dame aux
sept petites chaises.' If a stranger
had come in, to see this beautiful
Delphine combing the waves of her
golden hair with her white fingers, taking
profoundly distracted air; Balzac, his
head buried in his shoulders, sitting in a
big armchair in which Monsieur de Gil
rardin usually took his nap, his hands
doubled up in his wristbands, his waist
coat pushed up over his stomach, shak-
ing one leg with monotonous rhythm,
betraying by the contracted muscles of
his brow an extraordinary preoccupation
of mind; we ourselves doubled up be-
tween two cushions of the divan like a
theriaki in state Of hallucination-ver-
lily he would have been at a loss to know
what we were all about. \ 4 What
happy evenings that will come back no
more! We were far from foreseeing that
that stately and beautiful woman carved
in pure antique marble. that robust, vi.
vacious man who united in himself the
vigor of the bull and the wild boar, half
Hercules, half satyr, made to outlive q
hundred years-would so soon pass away
out of sight, one to Pere La Chaise, the
other to Montmartre."
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
Good ana Bad Breakfasts.
TIandon NeWs1

Mr.. Ernest Hart has been saying soma
very sensible things about breakfast in
the Sanitary Record. In few things do
civilized nations differ from each other
more than in the arrangements for break
fast. To eat a Scotch breakfast, for ex-
ample, one requires to have passed some
time in the mountainous air and in ac-
tive exercise. Given these conditions,
the porridge, the Finnan haddocks, the
omelettes the ham, the trout, the. cold
grouse, the marmalade, the hot "seohes,"
the strawberries and cream, the tea and
coffee and the rest are all that frugal
taste can desire. But Mr.. Hart
thinks that tea is not the right bev-
erage at breakfast. 1t is a stimulant to
the nerves, and the nerves should not be
stimulated SO early in the day. To be
sure, a pipe afterward should make that
all right, but people who do not smoke,
if they would be truly wise, should avoid
tea at breakfast The French take wine,
and good deal of it, but how French
men can breakfast as they do and achieve
any sort of work afterward is a great
MJ oVCiy' AAOy pCSth 1AC uay VIII diOlA
and some coffee (also a nerve "stimu-
lant," we fear), and get through much
business before noon. But how they can
attempt business for three hours after
their exorbitant second breakfasts no
Englishman can hope to learn. Break
fast should be digestible, warm, abund-
ant, unexciting, nourishing." Eggs,
bacon and toast, day after day for all
ones life, are abundant, and may be
nourishing, but are only too certainly
"unexciting."
Mr.. Hart suggests porridge as good for
breakfast, and 50 it is if the other items
Of Scotch breakfast are to follow. By
itself it is not very filling at the price.
Here hominy has slight advantage
over the Northern dish, but hominv IS
still less exciting. Like the buckwheat
cakes Of distinguished artist, it "gets
little monotonous." Hominy Is eaten
with milk and sugar, but tits still better
with salt and pepper, or anything that
will give it character. In breakfast we
are all too much the slaves of routine.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
Finding Drowned People.
IPall Mall Gazette.

uii Guuii 0d1cttc~
can Old Folk-Lorist" writes: The re-
markable incident of the discovery of the
body of a child drowned in the River
Kennel, at Newbury, in 1857, by means
of two-penny loaf with quantity of
quicksilver put into it, was quoted by
one of your contemporaries some twenty
years ago; and then elected many curl
Gus proofs of the existence Of similar prac-
tices with analogous successful results,
and with-what is not always the case
satisfactory explanation of the phenom-
enon. Sir James Alexander, in his ac-
count of Canada, after stating that the
Indians believe that drowned body may
be discovered by floating piece of cedar
wood, which will stop and turn round
over the exact spot, mentions an instance
which occurred within his own knowl-
edge, where the body of person who was
drowned by the oversetting Of his boat
ne.r Cedar Island "could not be discov-
cred until this experiment was resorted
to-"
But something more remarkable was
stated by an eminent clergyman, hap
PLY still living, who mentioned that,
many years before, a boy who had lately
came to Eaton imprudently bathed in
the Thames where it flows with great
rapidity under "the playing fields" and
was carried out of his depth and drowned.
All efforts to recover the body failed till
one Of the masters threw cricket-bat
into the stream, which foated 10 a spot
where it turned round in an eddy in a
deep hole, under which the body was
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13

found. There were, I think, other In
stances, but these elected from some in
tellig-nt correspondent the simple and
natural explanation of the phenomenon.
There are in all running streams deep
pools formed by eddies, in which drowned
bodies are likely to be caught and re-
tanned. Any light substance thrown into
the stream would naturally be drawn
to the surface of the river over the CEN
ter of the eddy-hole.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13

The Cheapest, Pur-
est and Best Family
Medicine in the World.
An Eitectual Specific
for all diseases Of the
Liver, Stomach and
Spleen.
Regulate the Liver
and prevent Chills and
Fever. Malarious Fe-
vers. Bowel Complaints
Restlessness, Jaundica
and Nausea.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
"Buffalo Bill,' and Young Gard.
MeFs
baltimore Gazette. ]

Hon. VIM. F. Cody buffalo Billy, who
is now filling an engagement at Ford's,
was approached yesterday by a Gazette
reporter in reference to the whereabouts
and condition of Michael Gardner, the
boy whom be accidentally shot in this
city during performance Of May Cody
at Ford's Opera-house on the night Of
Monday, September 9, 1878, and after.
wards took West with him. Mr.. Cody
stated that the boy had lived happily on
his farm in Nebraska until last fall, when
he expressed desire to return to Balti-
more to see his friends. Mr.. Cody paid
his passage East, and intends to visit him
to-day at the residence of his parents, 1S6
West street. 'IG ~
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
Double Sufferers.

If the thousands that now have their
rest and comfort destroyed by complies
ton of liver and kidney complaints would
give natures remedy, Kidney-Wort, a
trial they would be speedily cured. 1t acts
on both organs at the same time and there's
fore completely fills the bill for a perfect
remedy. If you have lame back and dis
ordered Kidneys use it at once. Don't
neglect them.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13

There is no excuse for those who drag
their weary and disordered bodies into our
company, when few doses of Ayers Sar.
saparilla would cleanse their murky blood
and restore their health and vigor. Ye
muddy victims of bilious disease, have
some regard for your neigbors If not fol
yourselves s- F
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
Baby saved!

We are so thankful to saw that our baby
vas permanently cured Of a dangerous
and protracted irregularity of the bowels
by the use of Hop Bitters by its mother
which at the same time restored her to
perfect health and strength. 1.-THE Parents
Rochester, N. Y. See another column.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
The Whipping Post i'm Delaware.
Wilmington Every Evening.l

The whipping-post punishment Of
criminals convicted Of larceny at the
term of court just closed, came off this
morning at or about 1915 o'clock, the
culprits being five in number, three col
ored and two white. The first one
brought out was Andrew Harman, col.
ored, who was to receive 20 lashea Al
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
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SAMARITAN'S GIFT.
SAMARITANS GIFT!

The only positive cure. No Balsam Co
pabia; no Mercury. no exposure; used in
in the U. s. Hospitals: l7ri h
"PosT HosPITAL, FoRT MARSHALL
"BALrrMoRE, Nd. Feb. Goth. 1884.
81 have great satisfaction in stating that
Ihave used The Samaritan Remedies for
venereal diseases in its most CUSTOMARY
forms; that have used them with jude-
ment, discretion and properly, and have
found them respond TO my anticipations
promptly and effectually. Knowing their
composition, / have the fullest conf}dencs
in their efficacy, and 40 far as my use Of
them extends recommend them strongly.
ALFRED G. BOWER,
r. Asst. Surgeon, 5th N. Y. Vols"
Many who are drugged by the quack for
months could be cured in from two to four
days by one package of Samaritsn's Gift
Male package 81, female "A. Sold by ERNST
WILFERT, Fourth and Walnut and b.
druggists. ~ s N =
2Ah splelyrw,s&M&sp2sluw m.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
CONSTIPATION!

SHOULD not be regarded as a triflipg
ailment-iil fact, nature demands the ut
most regularity Of the bowels, and any
deviation from this demand paves tho
way often to serious danger. 1t is quitb
as necessary to remove impure accumula-
tions from the bowels as 1t is to eat or
sleep, and no health can be expected
where costive habit of body prevails
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
PILES!

How many suffer torture day after day, making
life burden and robDing existence of all pleas.
ure, owing to the secret suffering from Piles Yet
relief Is ready to the hand of almost any one who
will use Systematically the remedy that has pers
manently cured thousands. Simmons Llyer Reg.
uator is no drastic violent purge but gentle as'
sstant to nature
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
BAD BREATH!

Nothing is 10 unpleasant, nothing so common,
as bad breath, and in nearly every care it comes
from the stomach, and can be 30 easily corrected
If you will take Simmons Liver Regulator. Do
not neglect 80 sure remedy for this repulsve dis
order. 1t will also improve your Appetite, Conn
plexion and General Health.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
LIVER REGULATOR.

If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, have fre-
quent headache, mouth tastes badly, peer appe-
tte and tongue coated, you are suffering from
torpid liver, or "bilousness," ami nothing will
cure you so speedily and permanently as to take
SIMMONS LIVER REGuLAToR OR MEDICINE.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13
SICK HEADACHE! 4!

This distressing af1iction occurs most frequently
The disturbance of the stomach. arising from tn,
imperfecty digested contents, causesa severe pan
in the head accompanied with dsagreeabl
nausea, and this constitutes what Ia popularl.
known as Sick Headache. .H .l'4
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-13

ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE
MANUFACTURED By
J. H. ZEILlN x Co.,
. PHILADELPHIA, Pa
Price, ~. Sold by all Druggists
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