The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-31
THE SILVER LINING
Which TIE Funny Folks Give 10 Jour.
.-r- naliBtie Werk.

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There are no sweets in family ;an.-
Yonkers Gazette.
Many mortgager, though poeal in
money, in rich in deed Boston Trans
cript.
New and improved reading by the Plea
yune: Uneasy lies the face that wears
q frownn -t '..
1t certainly shows public spirit in the
man who contracts disease that is
spreading. t.
| Some students think it necessary to be
behind in their lessonsin order to pursue
theif studies.
The music of the bell is not in its
tongue. Bellies should remember this.--
Boston Transcript.
| Charles Lamb remarked Of one Of his
critics, "The more I think of him, the
less l think Of him."
| Kite tails will feel lost when telegraph
wires have been put under ground
New Orleans Picayune. a+-s
"Love laughs at locksmiths, !" and yet
there isn't anything very funny about a
loeksmith.- Boston Post.
No kissing by telephone for us. We
prefer to take the electricity direct from
the battery.-[Whiteha Times.
"Foregpes'' was the word given cut at
written spelling exercise recently; and
one little boy handed in, "Ge, 50, go, Co."
Professor Proctor alludes to the earth
as a mere mustard seed. The Buffalo
Express says that this is because it is hot
inside.
One Of the comical sights Of leap year
will be a girl whispering tale Of love
into the ear of deaf man. Philadel-
phia Chronicle.
A poor man was run over by 8 city
omnibus, and the Coroners jury brought
in the technical verdict--Stage-struck.-
New York News.
An exchange says: "Napoleon loved a
man who could lie." This accounts for
his purchasing Louisiana from the Span
iards.- Boston Post.
A man in Illinois has had five wives.
Speaking of the case, Pecks Sun pathet-
ically observes: Probably nobody knows
what that man has suffered"
Minnie, I wish you would not give
milk to your kitten on the carpet" Min
nie-"D mt disturb her. She is on her
last p."-T Commercial Advertiser.
Pedagogue-"Wh is the meaning of
the Latin verb ignoscow Tall student
(after all the others had failed to give
the correct defnition) )-'I don't know"
Pedagogue-"Right,, 60 up to the head"
The PortJervis Gazette compliments
the Elmira Free Press on using "the best
wrapping paper of many Of our ex-
changes" IT is pleasant to be able to
conscientiously praise contemporary
Boston Post.
Laura with novel)-"Oh, if this tale
were only true and I were the heroinel"
Kate--"Whatl with her prosecutions
and her miseryw Laura-"Ah, but
then, dear, remember she does get hus-
band, after all" e-, as.
Father (who is always trying to teach
his son how to act while at table,
"Well, John, yoit see that when / have
finished eating always leave the table." "
John-"Yes, sir, and that is about all
you do leave" ...........
j man." says Victor Hugo, "was the
conundrum Of the eighteenth century
woman is the conundrum Of the nine
teenth century," An American editor
adds: 1--WE can't guess her, but will neve
Egive her er-up-no, never"
So much to his credit: Uncle (bring
ing his nephew home for the holidays)-
"Glad to see you home again.. Dick
!, Hope you have spent less this half
} Dick-"Oh yes, uncle; Pve gone tick
for everything"-[Punch.
Professor "The passive action O
muscles is particularly marked in tn
cases of birds, who clutch their perc]
!, merely in consequences Of their bodil
weight. In removing a fowl from q hen
: roost, you have, doubtless found it nece,
!. sary to lift it, and" (class see the point
-EActa Columbiana. r."
II Robert, who fears he is rejected -"Bu
f you know, Rebecca, we are commanded t
love everybody" Rebecca-"Yes; an
: 50 I do love everybody" Robert (pins
) forically)-"What, everybodyw Rebet
ca (shyly)-"Well, you know, presen
company Is always excepted."- Yonl
ers Statesman.
The pittsbuurg Chronicle says. "
would like to hear of snowfall in Main,
Just heavy enough to snow "the foo
under" To which the Chicago Inte
{ Ocean responds: Gust suppose, for ii
stance, such a snow as that shoul
! fall at Pittsburg! Fluvius Jupite
would not the Ohio get up and snort th
first sunshinew
"Now, Johnny, you had a merr
1 Christmas, and you must be good ii
!: next Christmas to pay for it" "Oh ye
of course, be good. I don't blieve yo
can hire me to be good for year for
, tin horse and story book just like VIII
Bill Jones was going to trade me f