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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22
How They Live In the Nicobar
Islands.
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There is fascinating apathy about
the Nicobarese; they live in states Of
profound mental abstraction, dreaming
away their days like veritable lotoa
eaters, and seeming to be devoid Of the
most distant idea of an occupation.
Their only accomplishment is that de-
lightfully lazy one which Americans call
whittling;. and some Of the wooden
figures which they produce show re-
markable skill.
The male portion Of the population
are known individually and collectively
as Captain another American foible
and they artlessly seek to propitiate
their visitors by certificates of good
character, made out and signed by the
convicts stationed on the islands,. e
The women appear. to have the upper
hand in the management Of affairs; and
the priests, who also serve in the capae.
ity Of physicians, are put to death when.
ever they fail TO effect cure "a custom
which may well make the European
blush for his boasted civilization.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22
Greek Indifference toI Color.


The fundamental cause Of the Greek
indifference to color was the anthropo-
morphic tendency of the Hellehic mind.
Impersonal nature had not yet in the
heart of Homer and his successors Sc
cured that sacred place which she has
found in the heart of modern poets; and
in revenge she concealed her greatest
charms, her beautiful hues and tints,
from the eyes of the all personifying
bard. The human element in natural
scenery alone had an interest for the
Greek. He transformed not merely the
grand and awe-inspiring powers of ma
ture into manifestations of personal
will, but he invested every river, brook
and fountain, every tree and every
mountain, with a genius loci, demon,
anymph, or some other male or female
deity.
This preference for the human element
Is shown in their literature and art as
well as in their mythology. Epic and
dramatic poetry, which have man for
their subject, reached with them a de.
gree of perfection that has never been
surpassed; while of the poetry Of ma.
ture, of lyrical and descriptive verse, the
best Is decidedly modern, like the love Of
color. Descriptive poetry, indeed, as late
even as Virgil, isextremely rare, vague
and imperfect. And the same may be
said of Greek painting. In spite Of the
extraordinary stories told of some pain
tiers, art critics are agreed that the pic
torial art among the ancient Greeks wa
far inferior to the other plastic arts
They are ignorant of the more refined ar
tistic uses Of perspective; they had NJ
oilcolors; aud even as lste as Alexander
time, black, white, red, and yellow wer,
the only coiors used In their paintings.
The absence Of green and blue nigh
be attributed to the want Of proper pig
mefits, but it is evident that the ingen
ious Greeks, If they had really felt th'
need Of such pigments, would have sooI
discovered them somewhere. Hence tn,
absence Of green and blue is more prob
ably due to the fact that they are pri
mariIy the colors of nature, and wer'
therefore not wanted, since in Greel
paintings nature occupied as subordinate
position a. il does In their literature
Looking at the whole matter in philo
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22
THE CAPOUL BANG.
The Way Nobby YOnng Men Of San
Francisc" Dress Their Hair.
tsan Francisco Chronicle.l s.

Francisco Dfesa Their HAIR
tsan Francisco Chroniclel
A new style of dressing mems hair Is
raging at present in Paris, aud has al
ready shown signs Of existence in this
city. The new abomination is called the
"Capoul bang" from having been first
inflicted upon human sight by the reign
ing favorite tenor in Paris-Capoul. A
few weeks ago an employe Of one of the
English banks in this city returned from
a visit to Paris, and with his hair cut a
la Capoul. Before he could be killed he
taught the style to fashionable barber
in this city. Slowly but surely, like the
advance Of all dread infections, the Gus
tom has been spreading until there is
great danger that unless some firm stand
Is taken, unless some warlike measure is
resorted to at once, the presence of the
Capoul bang, accompanied BY something
in male attire, may soon appear unmO-
Tested at theaters and other places of re-
sort. al-,' r sa' a.s5.taG $50 IL
That II may be recognized at sight and
frowned down, detailed description Of
the disease is hereby presented az OBJ
tained from the barber, who Is still un-
molested spreading the seeds Of contagion.
The hair is cut short, very short on the
back Of the head and up to the suture
annexing the occipital with the parietal
bones. That portion Of the hair covering
the parietal bones and the rear portion
of the frontal is left comparatively long.
The extreme front fringe Of hair border
ing the frontal bone and covering the
seat Of intellect (so called) is cut neither
short nor long but strikes = happy
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22
[Reidsyille IN, C.) T,mesl

lhelubVule Wv. w. liueS
Squire Bray, of Caswell, was hunting
another wife, but his son Bob, a wild
blade, Knocked him out of ii. In the
capacious breast-pocket of the 'Squiw's
great-coat reposed pint ticker, we'll
filed, that he only proposed using on his
way back from seeing the Widow Brown.
Now, Just before he started, Bob slipped
the ticker out, and put in its place
small alarm clock, carefully wound up,
and set for II p. m. The Squire had sat
the fire out, and was well on with his
overcoat, holding the widows hand at
the door, and putting in his sweetest
licks for the last. eyes, your first hus-
band, my dear, was one Of my best
| friends, and we'll visit his and my lost
Hannah's graves, won't we, love" "Ah,
yes, for where was there sweeter
woman than your poor Hannah? p asked
the widow. "A good woman; she was
good enough, but there's living one just
W sweet" said the Squire, and he was
drawing her to him for kiss, when
whizz wiz zizzer wizzer hizzer ting,
whir-r-r-r-r, ting! bangl the clock went
off inside Of him. "Oh, Lawd!" screamed
the widow, "he's shooting to pieces! Its
Hannah's old peanny a playin' inside Of
himp' "She said she'd haunt me! She
alters told me SOP cried the Squire, run
ming in a stoop for his horse, with botl
hands pressed to his breast, and the clocl
still striking ting, ting. He rode like Oh
Nick was after him and never knew th,
racket till he felt for his ticker anc
pulled out the little clock that Bob hat
bought at auction. The widow believe
to this day that old man Bray is walk
ing volcano. t. fH #"| rf
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22

The widow of ex-President Tyler has
asked CONGRESS for pension, on the
ground Of the immense depression in the
value of her real estate, the mortgages
on her Northern property having been
foreclosed, and those on her Southerl
property constantly troubling her. Sht
says: II find l have scarcely anything
whatever left to live upon"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22

In London Alfieri was introduced into
the most fashionable and aristocratic 80.
ciety Of the day, and for time fire.
quented balls, routs, supper parties, and
all the scenes of fashionable dissipation.
But after about three months of this life
ne became intolerably weary of it. In
deed, at all times he found what is tech
nically called society" to be as sound
ing brass and tinkling cymbals. And he
then took an eccentric resolution. In
stead of acting the part of fine gentle
man at these festivals, he determined to
play the coachman outside the doors.
One Of his lntimates was young gen.
tleman of noble Piedmontese family,
and nephew to Prince Masserano, Span
ish Ambassador at the Court of St.
James. The young fellow was an Adonis
in his way, and had no troublesome ill
bred genius in his composition, to make
him despise or mistrust, the all-suffcing
pleasures of fashionable life. Him,
therefore, did our Alferi drive about
London, hither and thither, late and
early, to all the places Of public and pri-
vate entertainment frequented by the
beau monde. He boasts q little of the
success he achieved as a whip, and being
able to hold his own even with the IA
nous London coachmen.
Many time did he extricate himself
from crowd Of vehicles waiting for the
fine company at Ranelagh or the thea
tiers, and came off with honor, and with
out damage to the carriage or cattle.
Surely this is as odd a kind Of "haunt"
as ever tragic poet frequentedl Fancy
the tall, fair, handsome, well-born Vito
rio Alferi, the future author Of the "An-
tigpne" and the SAUL" the melancholy,
moody, sensitive, enthusiastic genius,
fighting and struggling and swearing and
cutting in and out, amid a mob Of peri
wigged coachmen and powdered lackeys,
and a mass of heavy splendid coaches,
and clatter Of stamping hoofs and rat
tling wheels; while the fine ladies in
hoops and the fine gentlemen in their
court suits, and with rapiers by their
sides, crushed and elbowed each other in
the alleys Of Ranelagh or on the stair
Gaze of some grand mansion in the fash
ionable purlieus Of St. James.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22
The MOnstrous Panthers of Mendo-
cinO.
[Ukiah Pvess

Will Hunter and Lucine Edwards sent
panther's paw into town last week,
that was as large as a pie plate. The
animal killed sheep, and they went on
his track with dogs, but only one dog
stayed with it,, They chased him mile
before freeing, finding where he had
killed spike buck. As they came up
he jumped out of a tree, ran few
hundred yards, and treed again. This he
repeated for about four miles, being shot
at as he ran until all their cartridges but
one were gone. With this last one they
broke his back, and then finished him
with clubs. He was very tat, and meas
ured nine feet from tip to tip-nose to
tail. N. E. Hoax, of Comptche, once
killed one that measured eleven feet. He
shot him in the high grass. and when he
approached the brute he supposed him
dead and kicked him in the head. The
panther sprang up and rushed upon
him with open mouth. His dog seized
the panthers hind leg, and checked him
sufficiently to give Hoax time to thrust
his gun in his mouth and blow the top
of his head off. His hide was spotted
like a leopard's, and old hunters set his
weight at 250 pounds.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22

sophical spirit, we ought perhaps to be
thankful that the laws of mental growth
retarded the aesthetic development of the
color-sense among the Greeks. For, in
consequence of theirindifference tn color,
the attention of their artists was almost
entirely concentrated on beauty of form
and proportion, which resulted in max
ing them the greatest scul ptors and arch
iteets the world has ever seen or perhaps
ever will see.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22
Characteristics OF Authors' Hand.
writings.
Gpnof I


writings.
IThe Spectator.1
Aquality of which handwriting usu-
allv-nOt always-gives clear indications,
is the elasticity or stiffness of the writer
in adapting his mind to external de-
mand'. Of literary men, you always
find that flowing power. such as Charles
Reade's, or Charles Dickens, or Sir
Henry Taylor's, or Anthony Trollope's,
is expressed in an easy running hand
lucid and harmonious or otherwise, in
proportion generally to the amount Of
orderly or artistic feeling in the writer's
mind.
Carlyle, for instance, though one of the
most pOetical Of setrs, is certainly not
fluent. His thought reconstructs with
pain and difficulty what his mind and
eyes have seen, and in the patient, but
somewhat Grabbed, and oddly empha-
sized handwriting, you see this. But Sir
Henry Taylors hand runs as free and as
clear as the Thames at Richmond. Mr..
|Trollope's runs as easily as the needle
jerking up and down in a sewing-ma-
chine; and Prof. TyndalPs, who has as
much, at least, in him of the orator as of
the man of science, and whose mind is
eminently flexible in the power of adapt
ing itself to the external world, runs
mooth as bicycle.
On the other hand, many poets, many
very eloquent poets, seem to betray in
their handwriting the conflict between
their own thought and the words in
which they are compelled to convey or
note it down. Mr.. Swinburne's seems al
ways to be in tangle, expressive of the
way in which his mind overleaps the
word he is dealing with, and mixes itself
up with some other word with which he
is not dealing. And in very much less
degree Mr.. Tennyson's hand seems to
throw over the words he writes shadows
of dissatisfaction that they do not express
something more or something less, or, at
all events. something different.
Nothing is more noticeable than the
difference between the hands of those
who seem satisfied with their words, who
seem to find a certain pleasure in tile ra-
pidity with which they express their
thought, and the hands of those who are
dissatisfied with their words, and are dis
posed to torture language till it expresses
something more or less. Some Of the
musical composers especially-not the
English musicians-seem utterly out of
temper with words in general. Often
bach, Wagner, and Verdi wrote such
hands as it is not easy to rival among
human things-as though words were a
wrong to their soul, and sort Of parody
on the true expressiveness Of sound.
And it is quite possible that in their
case, even from their first use of written
characters, a certain vexation against
unmusical sounds may have rendered
the habit of written speech unwelcome
and irksome to them-in short that the
conception of the sound made the task
of conveying the sound to theirown and
other ears an ungracious one. II this
should have been so it would be but
another illustration of the same kind of
impatience as is visible in the minds of
poets, whose fancy so teens with appro-
pirate words that it is disposed to wrestle
against the poverty of the word chosen,
after all. .
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22
Not a beverage.

"They are not beverage, bnt a medi-
cine, with curative properties Of the high
est degree, containing no poor whisky or
poisonous drugs. They do not tear down
an already debilitated system, but bald |.
up. One bottle contains more real hop
strength. that is. more real strength. than
a barrel of or dinary beer. Every druggist
in Rochester sells them. and the physi
clans prescribe them. Evening Express
on Hop Bitters
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22

The pronunciation Of the word "Ca-
bull" which occurs 20 frequently in
foreign dispatches, is "Cawbyl," the first
syllable taking the accent and the sound
Of the "a" being similar to that Of eau"
in "bauble." Il is the second and not
the third syllable Of "Afghanistan"
which receives the accent. It| ~
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22

Kidney-wert effectiyely acts at the nml
time on Kidneys liver and bowels. q
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22

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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22

TX PRICE, ONE DOLLAR PER Bottle. *
20 seI6 sS su DrssSists. W
Kelusay y 70. Gsllsrsl Ageuw Pitnburgs Pa.
Daily critic., 1880-07-03
The Republican Committee.
Chairlnuuship.

NBw loRg July 3. Accommodating upon
the acceptance by Marshall Jewell Of the
ohairmanship Of ths Republican Ma.
lional COMMITTEES, the World to-day says:
"lt proves that fayorils son Of Con.
nso,i0ut 10 BE- no wiser in 1850 than he
was In 1876. The lessons Of adversity
aud the snuhs he took Of Grant have
evidently been thrown away upon him.
The more wary members Of the commit.
stood from under with singular unAni.
nifty ~ soon a. Il became question who
should take the most conspicuous share of
the responsibility Of the coming canvass.
The chairman Of the republican national
committee this year will b. In the posi-.
tion Of n New York dirsstor Of Italian
opera, whose lot Il has been from Of old
known 10 DO the first 10 lose all his
money aud then TO DO harmonioualy
blaokguarded by everybody. Mr. Jew.
ellis commercial intellect hAa long begn
generally supposed 10 bs Of an order
much superior 10 hia political or hia
general intellect. This fact ID thought
20 have been demonstrated by the ruiA.
tions which he sustained when sent 10
reside at tho Court Of S.. hstrrs burg, 10 a
certain contract for army biscuit made
with tho Imperial Russiaa Government.
y u not clear, therefore, that Mr. Jew.
ella colleagues have made point II
they fancy that hs Ia prepared 10 pour
cut his treasure like water 10 refresh
even the thirsty stats Of hia residence.
The Hruidaaysi "RS -0oysTnor Jewell
may, perhaps, prove 10 b. a skilful
organizer for the republicans, but uo-
body has supposed him comparable To
the late IaoharlAh Chandler, who so
ably managed the canvass ofMr. Hayes.
Sir. Jewell has been rather out Of favor
since hia return from this ~. Petersburg
nlssion, but lao may nevertheless do
good services at the head oi the Rs.
publican National Committee"
Daily critic., 1880-07-03
A SerIous Wound.

NEw IoRE, July 3.-Pollceman Hugh
Bruton was called last night 10 the
tenement No. 33s East Twenty,dfth
street, where hs found Margaret Lena
han bleeding from stab wound In the
right side OF the neck. Two little chill
dren were trying to stop the iow OF
blood, while their father, David Lena
han, sat by uneonoeInedly. The
woman was taken 10 Bellevue Hospital
unconscious. Policeman Bruton asked
Lennhan who had injured his wife. lie
replied with an oath that be aid not
knew aud did not cary His hands
were covered with blAp The chill
dren said he had stru leir mother
with a piece Of broken III Skery' lie
was arrested. Mrs. Le.LIiul will prob
ably die. "'
Daily critic., 1880-07-03
The Corcornn square Market
Aucstion.

A committss of citizens, including
Msssrs. Wilson. Burds,.s. Stone, De.
trick, Bond, Donaldson, Kahlert, Thy.
son. Euppeft. Daily, Cole, Dom aud
Cook, waited upon thu C3mmhaionsfs
this afternoon and entered a formal
protest against the purpose of the rsso.
luton Of the school board In reference
10 locating the public school building
for the Second DiviFion on the Cotco-
ran market square, aud protesting
against the diversion of any Of the
ground Of that square from the pur.
pose 10 which II Il dedicated by On.
isting lava. Msssrs. s. Il. Bond and
WIN. A. Cook were spokesmsn for tho
committee, and argued that In IL prcs-
snt condition the market on this aquAse
yields large part Of the interest on tbs
bond given 20 Mr. Corcoran. aud 70.
qucsting that tho Commissioners keep
il In a. good condition a. possible lor
the accommodation Of its dealers aud
patrons until Congress shall, at ia next
session, take dnAl action ON the subject.
Tho committee only asked that nothing
b. done towards change IN the Cor,
oorAn Square until the bills governing
thA, matter nos pending la Congress
had been disposed Of. Il was also
argued that the square was totally unat
for school purposrs.
Mr. Dent said lac never considered II
= good location for n school house. lls
thought better location could be had
further 10 the northwest. Mt. Morgan
cononrfrd Ia the yi-W as 10 the undtnrsa
- "A !
dihieultlrs Ia tho way. Ills yi-w was
tha, the school house ought never 10 50
there and that u was never eontemplA.
tod Il should. Tho Commissioners said
they would refer the petition TO the
School Board with the Injunction that
no further steps bo taken In ths matter
until Congress has passed upon the
pending hill.
Daily critic., 1880-07-03
A Revolution ia Maryland Pol
tiles

TX. Postmaster General Creawell says
that a revolution la the politics Of
Maryland may DO expected at the TALL
elections Ia that state, which will pro-
bably resul, In the gaining Of two addi.
tlonal Congrrssmrn by tho republicans.
The proposition on which the gain Is 10
bs mad. II from prominent democrats In
Baltimore, who have become dissatisfied
with the presenA democratic manage.
mpnt, aud hays offered 10 arrange mat
ters 80 that n very large number OF ills'
gally registered voters will he thrown
from the registration list, which will
seriously affect the democratic major
tiles In the district OF which Baltimore
forms an important part, particularly the
Fourth and fifth districts, As an evil
denos OF the disgust OF the democratic
management Ia that state, Col. Edwin
Webster, who was Collector Of the PoIt
OF Baltimore under President johnson,
aud Frederick Stone, who represented
the Riflh district IN Congress In 1917,
both Av0wsd democrats, were announe-
ed 20 address tho Garfield meeting at
Baltimore Wednesday night, but, owing
10 pressure OF other business, did not
attend, but sent letters expressing In
strongest terms their heartiest support
OF the republican nomination for Presi'
daut