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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-27

BARTON-Of scarlet fever, at 5 a. m, Tuesday,
April 9th, Charlie Barton, son of John J. and
Josephine Barton (Harden), aged = years, 6
months and % days.
Funeral at 10 a. m, Wednesday, 2Sth. from res
idence. corner Western avenue and New Balti-
more Pike Fairmount
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-27
New Market spring Races.
tyo,oI A Aoxnofatad prasa tr, the gtor

National Associated PreSS 70 Tie Stars
LONDON, April N.--The race for the
Prince Of Wales Stakes, distance mile
and II yards, took place at the New Mar
ket Spring Meeting, which opened to-day,
and was won by Ragman, with Plaisante
second, Marc Antony third. Six horses
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-27

E,OR SALE-PATENT RIGHTs-The State OF
I County rights of valuable patent Address
PATENT, this Office
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-27
Prince Bismarck's Illness.
,on.1 Acsoojat tod prosa IN tho Star.

aatfOnhI AssOclateu Press 20 tne StaT.
BERLIN, April 7.-Prince Bismarck is
till suffering from ill health, his neural
lila pains have returned and it is said that
[he latter attack is an especially severe
ne. r Nd
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-27
FOR SALE.

THOR SALE - RESIDENCE - A desirable resi-.
Il dence, at moderate price, on narth side oil
Seventh street, between Cutter and Linn; front
and rear yards; house nearly new and in perfect
order; ten rooms, hall and bath: hot and cold
water on each story; in fact, every modern con.
We enience; price reasonable, and terms to suit.
Address OWNER, p. o. Box 1.3i3.
EN0R RSALE-SHOES-AtH II. WEBER's, 800 West
Il Fifth street, and at Branch Store, $40 West
Eighth street. The best styles Of Boots and Shoe1
in the city for the least money.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-27

Oregon Railway and Navigation Company,
is furnished with the. Edison & Weston
electric lights and other electrical appli-
anceS. T2I
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-27
THREE CHILDREN DROWNED.
National Associated Press to the Star.

sHELBYvlLLE, ILL. April N.-George
Comston, a well.known farmer, in crossing
the Okaw River, which was swollen to a
great height, Sunday night with his family
in spring wagon, ran against log, up
setting the wagon. By great effort he
saved himself and wife, but their three
children perished in the flood.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
WGshingtOp's Market Cart.

On the Goth Of April Braddock left
Alexandria. On the 9th of July he fell.
Washington filled the mountain passes
with troops, and kept off the French and
Indians from the town that trembled
and grew. When the French power in
Virginia was broken, he married, and
society was chagrined at It's early ex.
periences Of his married life. Parson
Weems tells us hat Alexandra, though
small, was lovely, but had no charms
for the palate. By tobacco its neigh
bors had made money. Then they be.
gan to look down on the poorer sort, and
to talk about families. or course such
great people could not run market carts.
Hence the B~elhavenites often sat down
to a dinner Of salt meat and johnny.
cake. But when Washington Brought
the wealthy widow Gusts to Mount Yer
non, a market cart was constructed, and
twice a week sent TO Belhaven with fat
things that amazed the lean market
Country gentlemen dining in town won
dered at the change Of fair, and thus ii
was discovered, to the modification of
ONE Of the little great ones, that Col.
Washington ran a market cart. Society
then, if proud, was often plain; for
Washington writes in his diary of a ball
in Alexandria in 176O, where pocket
handkerchief served as table.cloths,
and bread and butter with tea, which
the drinkers could not distinguish from
hot water sweetened, made the bill of
fare, and in his disgust he writes it down
"a bread and. butter ball.'-Harper'S
Magazine.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
No Checkee, No Payee.

A Ohinaman hailed a street car in Des
MONIES, and put himself and a heavy
trunk on board. When the driver came
around he demanded two fares, one for
John and one for his trunk. John hand
ed out five cents and began interested
in the contemplation of the scenery
The driver punched him up and said:
4 want five cents foI that trunk
John griDned and again turned to the
window TO admire the beauties of the
landscape, and the driver was compelled
again to interrupt him and demand a
nickel.
ooh, no, said John, him no passengel;
him baggage, glib sack. Seer
You pay for that trunk or Ill shove
it off, cried the driver.
You checkee tlunk?' asked John.
No, we don't check trunks
You checkee funk and Pc fol him.
responded John.
Are you going to pay for that trunkP'
roared the driver, becoming exasper-
ated.
No checkee, no payee,' responded
John, with a grin.
The driver was about to put the piece
of bagga Q of, when John stopped him
and said if he would put it on the seat Of
the car instead OF the front platform he
would pay. This wa done, and as the
driver moved off John Rugged the Sara
toga, smiled at the passengers blandly,
and said;
Me no extla baggage; me pay flst
class falefol tlunk, him got to have seatee
alice samee as Mclean man. Aud he
kept it there till he reached his destina.
tion.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
Round.shouldered Morality.

There is a great deal Of morality in the
world that would be improved by
shoulder braces 10 make it upright.
The man who has an memorable rule
for others to go by and goes at loose
ends himself, has a good deal ofa shout
der stoop in his morality.
One hundred dollars given in ostenta-
tious charity by a man who refuses his
family the comforts Of a loving and
charitable disposition, will have to be
put down as an asset Of round shout
dered morality.
The young man who loves his sisters
good name and ruins the good name OF
somebody else's sister, has morality
that has grown round shouldered too
early in life.
The man who sends his children TO
Sunday school that he may have a quiet
day at home, has got a trihing stoop in
the shoulders Of his morality.
The merchant who assdres you that
his goods are pure and knows just how
they are adultersted-he has the same
difficulty.
The clergyman who 'plagiarizes' or
'assimilates' from memory, his sermons,
not only has round %shouldered morality,
but his religion is humpbacked.
The woman who gives all her attention
TO dress and allows her children TO grow
up minus the loving frmness Of a
mothers hand, has her shoulders weight
ed with a doubtful morality.
He who allows one virtue TO hide
many vices is sadly in need Of q moral
brace.
The young man who does that which
would cause his mother to blush for his
good name, is growing round shoulder
ed in morality, and will be doubled up
with sin before gray hairs show on hi
head,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
C0ntagiOn,

C~ontagion consists physically Of min
ute solid particles. The process Of on
tagion consists in the passage of these
from the bodies Of the sick into the sur,
rounding atmosphere, and in the inhala
ton OF n or more Of them by those il
the immediate neighborhood. II conta'
gion were a gaseous or vapory emana.
ton, it would be equally diffused
through the sick room, and all who en-.
tered it would, if susceptible, suffer
alike and inevitably. But such is not
the case; for many people are exposed
for weeks and months without suffering.
OF two persons situated in exlotly the
anne circumstances, and exposed in ex-
actly the same degree to q given conta-
gion, one may suffer and the other es-
cape. The explanation Of this is that
the little particles OF contagion are
irregularly scattered about in the at
mosphere, 30 that the inhalation of one
or more of them is purely a matter Of
chance, such chance bearing a direct
relation to the number Of particles which
exist in a given cubic space. Suppose
that q hundred germs are floating about
in q Don containing two thousand cubic
feet Of air. There is one germ for every
twenty cubic feet. Naturally the germs
will be most numerous in the immediate
neighborhood OF their source, the per-
son Of the sufferer; but, excepting this
one place, they may be pretty equally
distributed through the room; or they
may be very unequally distributed. A
draught across the bed may carry them
now to one side, now to the other. The
mass of them may be near the ceiling,
or near the floor. In o given twenty
cubic feet there may be a dozen germs,
or there may be nom at all. One who
enters the room may inhale a germ be-
fore he has been in il ten minutes, or he
may remain there for an hour without
doing 80. Double the number of germs
and you double the danger. Diminish
the size of the room by one half, and
you do the same. Keep the windows
shut. and you keep the germs in; open
them, and they pass out with the chang
ing air, Hence the Importance Of free
ventilation; and hence one reasen why
fever should be treated, il possible, in
large airy rooms. Not only is free ven
t~ilation good for the sufferer, but it di-
minishes the risk to the attendants
Nineteenth Century.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
Facts About the Crab.

DR.. Brooks, in the course of a lecture
on crabs at the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, Baltimore, remarked: Ont under
side of the crab is found a peculiar
shield-like shell, which prOteetthe giils,
usually called by fishermen dead men,
This shield in male crabs is sharp, spear
pointed and small; in females it is more
rounded and larger. The teeth Of the
two large claws of crab are rarely ever
exactly alike. Usually n set Of CLAW
teeth is blunt and rounded, generally
used to crush Goldfish, insects, etc, and
the other is sharp and used to cat and
tear with.
The shell OF the crab, like the human
skeleton, is the framework upon which
all the other structure depends, There
is this difference between o crab.shell
and a human skeleton, however. While
the human body grows the human skele-
ton grows with it, but the crab shell
never grows. 1t increases in size,
breadth. e., by the addition from time
to time OF little liquid particles natural
to the crab, which pour from it very
much as perspiration pours from the
human body. The claws and fms OF q
crab are 80 constructed that il moved
obliquely they will be fractured. They
are, therefore, always moved backward,
Forward, up and down or ciIcuitously.-
1t is a common belief among fishermen
that crabs always shed during q full
moon. 1t sounds rather singular, but
yet this idea, he thought, is based upon
fact, and they were all aware that the
tide floods during a full moon. Yet il
they would take the trouble to notice the
coast OF our own bay during full tide
they would find that the bushes and
marshes for several feet above the coast
line are submerged in water. Now it
is an acknowledged fact that crabs, when
being Invested Of their outer shells, seek
a hiding-place in tall grass, bushes and
marshes, away from their natural enc
my, sword fish, harj-shell crabs, r.
May il not then have been ordained by
an All-wise Providence that these cIus.
tacean delicaoies should shed their
shells at a period when the tide and the
grasses conspire to aid them in their
search after q safe hiding plaesp II so,
this idea of the fishermen is, after all,
not so absurd. Grabs, like insects, shed
their shells in a singular Il 1t is
not easy for a crab to squeeze its mus
Giles, ~segments, &C., through its sternum.
A happy expedient, therefore, has been
hit upon by nature for effecting a she'd
ding of shells. A crab in shedding
drives the blood from its lower portion
by a natural process into its claws, fins,
&,. Then the muscles of its lower por-
ton being contracted and thereby de
creased in size. it is pulled through the
sternum, After being freed the blood
is again driven back to the freed mus
cles and those confined being contracted
are liberated in turn. A claw taken
from a crab, it matters not at what joint,
is nearly always replaced by a second
growth.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
Corn Cultivation.

In a communication to the Elmira
New York; club, among other sugges.
tons, q correspondent gives his mode OF
~cultivating corn. He says:
Land should never be plowed in
spring for corn deeper than previous
cultivation, unless u liberal amount Of
fine manure is mixed with the surface to
enter the soil and feed the young plants.
The largest crop of corn 1 have ever
read of was 156 bushels per acre, raised
on light soil, plowed but three inches
deep.
I'm preparing land for corn l draw
manure (all that is available in winter
from the stable, and spread it evenly
upon the land. 1t should not be left in
piles, for much Of the fertilizing matter
will be washed out into the soil below,
leaving the dressing u~nevenly distri-
buted. II not MANFRED IN winter, it is
done in spring, before blowing. The
msnure is turned under the sod about
eight inches deep, for my land has been
thus plowed for many years, The sur.
face is then worked until it is firm and
mellow, II stones are brought up, all
are picked off that would obstruct cu'.
tivation. The seed is then drilled in
rows four feet apart at the rate of eight
quarts per acre, of common.siSed ker.
nels, if large, or small, more or less, to
give about the same number of plants,
To fertilize and start an early growth, !
drill in with the seed superphosphate and
plaster, mixed in equal parts, two or
three hundred pounds per acre, feeding
from three drills to each row, one on
each side the seed tube. A smoothing
harrow may be run over after planting
to good advantage; and if the soil Is of O
light character, the early cultivation OF
the corn may be done with the harrow,
but il the soil is heavy too many plants
will be destroyed to render it profitable.
] prefer the cultivator working close to
the rows, then go through with a hoe
and remove all thistles aud large weeds
before killing, which is done with q
hitler, covering up all weeds in the drill
where the cultivator could not reach
This operation is done about the time
the tassels begin to show. Corn is raised
in this way more cheaply, and a larger
amount of fodder is saved, than in hill
planting. l raised on o field OF twenty.
two acres the past season about one hun
bred and fifty bushels Of ears per acre,
with three large loads OF stalks added;
also about twenty loads OF pumpkins on
the field
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
A Folded Leaf.
A folded page, old, stained and blurred,
found within your book Last night.
/ did Lot read the din. DARK word
sAW In the alnu naming Irhi.

A folded page, old, stained and blurred,
l found within your book Last night.
/ did Lot read the din. DARK word
/ saw 10 the slow waning light;
30 put it back, and left il there,
As II, In truth, / did not care.
AL we have all a folded leaf
That in Times book OF long ago
We leave: q hAlf-rellef
Falls on us when we hide 1t 30.
We fold It down, then turn away,
And who may read that page to.dAy'
Not you, my child; nor you, my wife,
Who 1T beside my study ohsiri
For all have something In their life
That they, and they alone, may bear
A triiing lie, sdeadly Fin,
A something bought they did not win.
Ny folded leafl how blue eyes CLEAN
And blot the dark-brown eyes I see:
And golden curls at evening beam
Above the black locks at my kneel
All mel that leaf lie folded down,
And aye for me the locks are brown.
And yet I love them who sit by,
My bes, and dearest-dearest now.
They may not know for what l sigh,
What brings the shadow on my brow,
Ghosts at the best: so let them be,
Nor come between my life and me.
They only rise at twilight hour,
So light the lamp, and CLOSE the blind,
Small perfume fingers in the flower
That sleeps that folded page behind.
So let il ever folded lie;
Twill be unfolded when l die.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
A Visit To A Pin Factory.

The pin machine is one of the closest
approaches that mechanics have made tc
the dezterity of the human hand. A
small machine about the height and size
ofalady's sewing machine, only stronger
stands before you. On the back side o
light belt descends from the long shaft
at the ceiling, that drives all the
machines, ranged in rows on the floor.
On the left side of our machine hangs
on a peg a small reel of wire, that has
been Strengthened by running through
a compound system OF small rollers.
This wire descends. and the end of il
enters the machine. 1t pulls it in aud
bites it off by inches, necessarily, one
hundred and forty bites to a minute
just as it seizes each bite, a little ham,
mer, with a concave face, hits the end
OF the wire three taps, and 'upsets' it to
a head, while it grips in q countersunk
hole between its teeth. With an out
ward thrust Of its tongue, it then lays
the pin sideways in a little groove across
the rim of a small wheel that slowly
revolves just under its nose. By the ex-
ternal pressure of a stationary hoop,
these pins roll in their places, as they
are carried under two series OF small
files, three in each. These files grow
finer toward the end of the series.-
They lie at a slight inclination on the
points of the pins and by a series OF
cams, levers, and springs are made to
play like lightning Thus the pins are
pointed and dropped in a little shower
into q box.
Twenty. eight pounds OF pins is q
days work for one Of these jerking little
automatons, Forty machines On this
floor make five hundred and sixty
pounds of pins daily. These are then
polished, Two very intelligent ma
chimes reject every crooked pin even
in the slightest irregularity of form
being detected.
Another automaton asserts half a
dozen lengths in as many different boxes,
all at once and u%nerringly, when a care
less operator hos mixed the contents Of
boxes from various machines. Lastly.
a perfect genius of a machine hangs the
pin by the head, in an inclined platform,
through as many slots as there are pins
in the row on the papers. These slots
converge into the exact space, spanning
the length of a row. Under them runs
the strip of pin paper. A hand-like
part OF the machine catches one pin
from each Of the slots as it falls, and by
one movement sticks them all through
two corrugated ridges in the paper,
from which they are to be picked by
taper fingers in boudoirs, and all sorts
of human fingers in all sorts of human
circumstances.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
Thing, That Occurred During 1873.

DOring the year buried and wept over
several things happened which will never
be mentioned in the dictionary or en-
cyclors liza, but should be remembered
by the public al the same.
The number OF men who pulled their
guns toward them 10y the nozzle was
about Gity. one trial will satisfy you
that ii never fails.
Eighteen hundred and seventy-nine
was q good year for the fool who points
unloaded revolvers at his aunt aud other
folks. He managed to keel over about
twenty victims, and is real sorry for il.
He wouldn't have done it for nothing,
you know.
During the dead year eleven para
graphers got of jokes on the mother.in-
law, and then softly slipped into their
last resting plsso beneath the Willows
1t is we'll. Nobody has missed them.
The number OF orators who in 1878
began their speeches with, Fellow
citizens OF this glorious country was
eighty-hve; the number in 1879 was
only eighty-four. Let us be thankful
for small favors and have hopes of the
future.
The kerosene can showed a decided
falling of in fstivity. Only seventeen
females buried up the fire.
OF the 152 householdt rs who borrowed
shotguns and took dead aim at that
internal cat, three hit the cat and tho
remainder knocked over small boys aud
other live stock, and are now wondering
how on earth they could possibly have
done it.
Eighteen hundred and seventy.nine
was q good year for deaf persons to go
visiting. Thirty-four OF them took the
railroad track 10 save distance. The day
express was on time.
The last year was also noticeable for
the number OF persons who took a quiet
smoke after going to bed, fell asleep and
passed into a better land at the expense
Of insurance companies. A clay pipe
and a cents worth OF tobacco are all the
outfit needed.
The number of kind. hearted people
who went out hunting, mistook a friend
for q wild turkey, fox OF grizzly and
peppered him dead was fourteen, with
Rhode Island to hear from. Every one
of them felt bad enough to cry, but mis-
takes will happen in all families.
The sea serpent was seen only nine
times during 1879. This may influence
some persons TO believe that he is grad
ualIy dying out and will o become
extinct, but there is no danger OF it
not with the present brand Of sea cap
tains.
The number OF mothers who left rat
poison and other fatal doses where the
children could get at them was twenty
one. This is a decrease over the previ-
ous year, and in the dim future woman"
kind may possibly realize the fact that
children, cats, rats, oockroaches and
aunts are susceptible TO the same inAu-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
A SHARP Little Thinker.

A little Woodstock miss had long de-
sired a sister for a playmate, and having
been taught to ask God for everything,
she asked Him for a sister, telling her
mother she would do the praying if she
would make the clothe-. After praying
several nights and getting q little impa-
tient that her request was not granted
she said one night, oh, Lord, please
send me a little sister right away. If
you haven't got a white one send me a
black one.' This same little girl was
corrected by her mother the other day
for being naughty. Well, l cant help
it, she said; when you prayed for me
why didn't you pray for a better CbildP'
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26

The city in tho world covering the
most ground lie probably London, the
corporate limits OF which include 1872
square miles, over a great part Of which
houses have been built. Paris, proper,
includes 2Si square miles. The corpor-
ate limits Of New York include a trile
more than a. square miles; the corporate
limits of Philadelphia, 1919 square miles,
q great part Of which is open country.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
Eat Onions.

Few people dream Of the many virtues
OF onions, and those few are enthusiastic
for the bene6cient bulb, and believe il
a panacea for every i'll. Lung and liver
complaints are certainly benefited,
often cured, by q free consumption OF
onions, either cooked or raw. Colds
yield to them like magic. Don't be
afraid of ,hem-especially If you are
married. Taken at night all offense will
be wanting by morning, and the good
effects will amply compensate for the
trihing annoyance. Taken regularly
they greatly promote health OF the lungs
and digestive organs. An extract made
by boiling down the Juice Of onions to a
syrup, and taken as q medicine, answers
the purpose very well, hut fried, roasted
or boiled onions are better. Onions are
Q very cheap medicine, within every.
body's reach and they are not by n
means az bad to take ms the costly pos.
trums n neglect Of their use will neces-
state. Philadelphia Record.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
Familiar Faces.

l know the words arc beautiful,
That those well chosen rhymes
Fall smoothly, clear and musical
As softly.calling chimes.
But seldom now l heed the flow
OF rhymes 30 often told,
Although the thoughts that lie below
Seem sweeter than Of old.
It's much the same, oh friend, with youj
/ often hardly see
How darkly fripged and deeply blue
The eyes you turn on me.
Yes, words and faces that we know
win pail at times, l fear
lis thoughts and souls that do but grow
More intimately dear.