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Result Of Writing Another Mans Love
Letters.

There resided in the lower portion of
ROndOut, not long since, a swain whose
sweetheart dwelt in distant place, and
in communicating with her her lover was
compelled TO call in the aid of third
person, as his early education was defec-
tive, perhaps from too frequent indul-
gence in "playing hockey" To guard
against any temptation for the scribe's
falling in love with his sweetheart, the
young fellow settled upon a married man
to perform the duties thereof, and so
for a time things worked most harmoni-
ously. The scribe had been there him
self, and, profiting by his experience, he
penned such deliciously gushing letters
to Mary Amin the name of George, of
cOurse-that the little maid soon sur
rendered the citadel of her heart to
George, and promised in due time to sur
render her hand also. Now time i'm its
flight caused the swain to move to neigh
boring river town to pursue his calling,
but it was necessary to keep up the cor
resp0ndence to Mary Ann i'm the same
handwriting, so George got friend i'm
sage and mail them to the scribe in this
city to copy and post. The plan sue
ceeded admirably for time, but on one
Inflated day the scribe, after inditing
most loving epistle to Mary Ann, ending,
ofcourse, with prayer for reply by re-
turn mail, in fit Of abstraction signed
his own instead of Georges name. The
return was female, and no less a one
than Mary AIMS own mother, who
searched out the scribe, and laying his
last tender effusion to her daughter be-
fore his astonished eyes, asked him, in
such tones as only an outraged mother
can command, how dared he, married
man, with family, write such letter to
her innocent lamb of daughter. Then
that scribe had to rise and explain how
he had been engaged in an amicable
fraud, and the words must not be taken
MS an expression of his own sentiments
oh, no! by no means-but those of
George. His explanation, however,
fully satisfied the matron, and all is again
serene.
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Dirt and Disease.

The prevalent idea that people arc
less healthy now than formerly has been
refuted. Wherever statistics have been
kept, as in several European countries,
for one or two centuries an increase of
longevity and diminutiOn of epidemic
diseases has been noticed. OF course,
the more intense life now led by bust
ness men has its unfavOrable influence,
but these are more than counterbalanced
by improvement in drainage, the better
ventilation of buildings, more careful at
tention to the hygine of eating and
drinking, the diminished prevalence of
wars, etc. In London, between 1860 and
1879, the death rate was eighty in one
thousand, while from 1910 to 1874, it
was little over twenty-five i'm the thou
sand. Between 1861 and 1870, the death
average has increased i'm Scotland; and
this only occurring in large towns,
shows that Over-crowded population, and
less attention to sanitary rules, than i'm
England-wherc there has been no such
increase-are working mischief. In a re-
cent address before the Social Science
Congress at GLASGOW, DIR. Lyon Playfair
entered into an elaborate analysis of the
causes of epidemics, past and present,
and showed that want of cleanliness
was the prime source of them all. For q
thousand years after the Egyptian,
Jewish, and Grecian civilizations had
passed away there was not man or wo-
man that ever took bath. He said the
popular tradition that the body changed
itself only once in seven years was non
sense. All its particles were changed
every six weeks. But bodily attentions
were not the only essentials of cleanli-
ness. Thorough ventilation; the COM
pletc oxidation of garbage; the pro-
hibtiOn of using rivers for drainage pur-
poses, and avoidance of Over-crOwding
tenemets were almost equally necessary.
He declared his belief that there was
annually not less than 4 200, 600 prevent
IDLE cases of illness in Great Britain. 1t
is very possible. that the lecturers zeal
carried him little further on some
points that facts will warrant. Many of
the ills which flesh is heir to are the be-
quests of former generations, but after
all reasonable deductions are made, it re-
mains true that negligence is one of the
foremost promoters of disease and death.
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Charity to q Needy Family.

A San Francisco paper tells us of a
poor Missouri family who found them
selves perfectly destitute in San Francis
co, and also found friends i'm the hour of
their greatest need. Such incidents are
pleasant to read of, and the recital al
ways puts us In better humor with hu-
mainly, no matter how content and
selfsatisfied We may be. A poor man of
forty or whereabouts, thinly clad and
starved-looking, went to the wharf one
evening and inquired of a longshoreman
OF a vessel going to Mendocina. II was
getting late, the man was shivering with
cold, and conversation ensued between
the two poor men. The stranger said he
was from Missouri, and had with him a
family consisting of wife and eight
children. The wife and children soon
came up; they were all shivering and
starved-lOoking The man said he had
expected to find friends in San Francis
co, but ascertained that they had gone
to MendOcina. The family had been
obliged to sell all the clothing they had,
except the thin covering they had on, to
buy food. They had NO money and no
place to sleep, and the night wind was
coming chilly and cold from the sea.
No vessel was going that night. The
lengshOreman was touched i'm tender
place. He was rough, but he understood
human nature; saw that large, clinging
family i'm distress, and took off his hat
and put his heart and a dollar i'm il. He
carried around the hat among his fellows
all p0Or-and i'm q few minutes col
lected thirty dollars, which he handed
to the distressed Missourian. The man
was surprised and overcome with emo
ton. They would have roof for the
night and comfortable bed to sleep i'm,
and they had prospects for the morrow
too, Mendocina was to them promised
land. A vessel would leave at o'clock
in the morning. Maybe the captain
would be kind. They were up early and
on the wharf, but not before their friends
of the night before, who were there to
finish up their work. The captain had
been seen. He agreed to take the fam
lily to their destined port, ii they could
feed themselves on the passage. Now it
was all right. The longshOremen had at
tended to that. They had brought with
them when they had Come to their daily
toll bundles of clothing, and baskets of
food, shawls, coats, pantaloOns shoes,
etc., were among the stores which they
could spare, and which their wives had
bundled up for them. Such tokens of
kindness made the parents and their
children cry for joy. The Missouri fam
lily went off on the schooner, and the
!ongshoremen neve felt happier in their
lives.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

Try IT.-A Tonic and Alternative med
icine, the invigorating and regulating
properties of which actually lengthen
life, and add to the capacity for its enjoy
ment, is within the reach Of every mem
Der of the community. No invalid VIII
has had recourse to DIR. WALKERS VIM
EGAR BrrTERs will hesitate to cOncede to
1T these invaluable qualities. 1t is a
stomachic and corrective of unrivalled
efficacy, yet being free from alcohol, it is
not an ercitant. It's ambitious operation
Is more direct, speedy and certain than
that OF any of the dangerous mineral
salivants, and as an apcrient it gently re-
moves any distractions that may have
accumulated in the lower intestine, with
out producing either irritation or pain.
In fact its wonderful remedial effects are
unaccompdnied by any drawback. OF all
medicines, it is the most harmless and
salubrious. As an appetizer, it is far
ahead of any of the alcoholic nostrums
that momentarily stimulate the palate !;
while as means of renovating a weak
and torpid stomach, it stands alone
among modern remedies. s
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12
Rocking the Baby.

George Washington FentOn drove the
oxen at Armstrong; mill. He was a
lank, cadaverous-looking individual, and
maintained the dignity of labor by as
little familiarity with it as possible. He
had. however, an extensive family, and
as they would eat, he had to shift, some
how, to feed them. When the tactical
fluid was surreptitiously distracted from
the neighbours kline, or when a farmer
went TO harvest his sweet potatoes, he
found himself minus the tubcrs, the
Fentons were making cottage cheese or
feasting on roasted Carolinas.
One bright cold day Mr.. Walker
slaughtered a fat pig and hung it up in
the smoke-house. Next morning it was
gone.
Walker and his son John found Fcnton
at home, and, in his wife's absence, rock
ing the cradle and singing, " Hush-a-by,
baby" The object of the visit being
made known, FentOn, with hemorrhage
of words, protested his innocence, and
told them to search the house.
. u!I would accompany you," he added,
>, hushed voice, fearing to disturb the
baby, "but If the little one awakes he
viii hVWi hhc tiOOpcT
Walker would not search ne house
without his presence.
John can rock the cradle until we re-
turn" said Walker.
John seated himself at the cradle and
rocked diligently. After thorough but
fruitless search, Walker returned and
found John still rocking the cradle and
the baby still sleeping. Fenton thanked
the latter profusely for his services as
nurse, and the Reighbors departed.
When alone, Fenton executed a war
dance, by way Of rejoicing. He had
stolen the pig, and expecting the call,
had laid the porker in the cradle as
substitute for the baby, covering it up
very nicely. John had quietly rocked
the object OF their search while his father
was seeking for it. In the meantime the
Fentons had roast pork and apple-sauce
for dinner.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

Exports OF Musical Instruments.

Official records of Custom-house re-
turns at Washington show that the total
value of musical instruments exported
from the United States during the year
ending June 30, 1874, was $550,327 OF
this, $25S, 176 was for pianos, and $292,-
161 for parlor or reed organs. OF this
latter amount, $l63,169, or more than
one-hay of the whoie, was of the cabinet
organs made by the MASON & HAMLIN
ORGAN COMPANY, which bid fair to be-
come as famous in Europe as they have
long been in America. This company
certainly have reason to be proud of the
fact that the European demand for their
organs is larger than that for all others
COMMUNICATION Traveller.
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A Dog Collar Story.

a A correspondent writes to the London
Times: "The Paris police lately received
intelligence that young man of Polish
origin was jOurneying through the
suburbs of the capital, and endeavoring
to pass off quantity of forged Russian
notes, and last week this interesting
wayfarer was apprehended i'm cafe at
Sceaux. He was man of about thirty
years of age, who had been fitting
rapidly through the towns and villages
on his route, accompanied only by a
large mastiff, that never left him. When
arrested he put on an air of injured inno-
cence, protesting that he was an honest
dealer in imitation jewelry, producing
box of samples, and growing more and
more defiant as the strict search made
upon his person proceeded, without bring
ingto light anything of nature to in
culpate him. At length his captors.
fairly nOnplussed were on the point of
dismissing him, when the eye of one of
them fell upon the mastif that had re-
manned at the door. He noticed that the
animals neck was encircled with collar
of very unwidely thickness, and, on tax
ing it off and inspecting it, he discovered
that it was hollow inside, and stuffed with
counterfeit notes to the amount of f3O0.
In the face of such proofs the man ceased
to deny the facts imputed to him, and
began to moralize pathetically upon the
fragrant unfairness of Providence, and
the cruel absence of anything like even
handed justice in the appointment of the
prizes and blanks of his profession, whose
chiefs and magnates invaribly came off
scot-free and millionaires, whereas the
poor, toiling, underling drudges never
reaped anything for their pains but the
prison and the hulks. These gloomy
he proceeded to fortify with
an anecdOte, which, whether authentic
or not, is certrinly very remarkable. It
appears during the Crimean campaign
one of the principal regimental canteens
In the Russian army was suddenly closed
In the faces Of officers and mon without
notice or warning. Prince GortschakOff, |
furious, rode up to the purveyor and de
handed an explanation, whereupon the |
latter replied that, instead of yielding
him, as was commonly supposed, twenty |
pounds Of clear profits, his business was
landing him in downright ruin, inasmuch
Is the greater part Of his receipts con-
sisted of false bank notes. The General,
It his wits end, telegraphed to the En-
peror, and, on receiving a reply told the
'urveyor that if he would open his can
zen the spurious notesin question should
Dc caslsed by the bank as If they had
been genuine. Armed with this asstr-
'nce, the purveyor briskly resumed his
business, and labored in his vocation
With such zeal and diligence that at the
nd of the war he had the satisfaction of
icing able to present for payment to the
imperial Bank 100000 worth Of coun-
erieit paper, scarcely any of which had
eally been received by him in the cours
Il his dealings with the army"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

81 SHALL Insist upon quiet and very
transformations wedding" said Miss Wrig-
gle to her future mother-in-law. "Ma
has ordered 1900 cards for the church
and only half as many for our reception
at Delmonico's. Tiffany's man will see
that the presents are arranged where all
can see them, and think Heinstein's is
the best orchestra we can hire. / shall
wear.white silk and my six bridesmaids
white tulle. Pa says a bishop and two
clergymen will be ample to perform the
ceremony, and" She paused, for the
mother-in-law elect had left the room TO
search for her son. There lisa rumor that
an engagement Is "oG."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

EsTEY ORGANS have given greater salts
faction than all others because Of their pure,
rich quality of tone; of their great dura-
bility; of the finish of their beautiful cases !;
and because of the many valuable improve
ments they possess, attached to no other
musical instrument. They are easily con-
trolled, have the greatest variety of comb-
nations, and respond so quickly to the touch
that the most rapid passages can be played
upon them with ease. We have no hesitancy
in pronouncing them The best, and would in
wife musicians and the public to test them
thoroughly. Catalogues sent free on appli-
cation to ID. ii. Baldwin & Co., Cincinnati
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

INTELLECTUAL CULTURAL Guilt
waited mind may be said to have infinite
stores of innocent qualification. Every
thing may be made interesting to it, by
becoming subject of thought or in
quiry. Books, regarded merely as gra-
tification, are worth more than all the
luxuries on earth. A taste for literature
secures cheerful occupation for the I'M
employed and languid hours of life; and
how many persons, in these hours, for
want of innocent resources, are now i'm
PEELED to coarse pleasures? How many
young men can he found, who, unaccus-
toned TO find companion in book,
and strangers 10 intellectual activity, are
almost driven, In the long, dull evenings
Of winter, to haunts Of intemperance and
bad society.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

butter, half q cup Of milk, the whites OF
eight eggs, half teaspoonful of soda,
one teaspoonful of cream tartar. Flour
TO taste.
BREAD.-Thirteen quarts of -four;
mix with warm, sweet milk, and half
pint of yeast. Let il rise four hours !;
add two teaspoonsful of salt and one ia
blespo0nful Of shortening; knead hard.
Let 1t rise again over nj sht. In the
morning knead, and bake in hot oven.
CocoANUT PIE.-One half cup of
butter, one cup of powdered white sugar,
four well beaten eggs; beat whites and
yolks together; one cup of grated cocoa
nut, one quart of sweet milk mix but
ter and sugar together, then add the eggs
and cocoanut, and lastly the milk. Bake
in lower crust. Eat when cold. This
quantity makes two pies.
To STUFF A HAM.-Parboil and place
the ham on tray; make missions over
it with a sharp knife some two or three
inches deep. and stuff these with
dressing made of crackers cooked to a
brown crisp and crumbled fine; add salt,
pepper, egg, butter, parsley, and onion
chopped fine, and bake it brown in q
moderate heat, and serve when Geld.
STUFFED CABBAGE Take a large.
fresh cabbage and cut out the heart, fiji
the place with stuffing made OF cooked
chicken or veal, chopped very fine and
highly seasoned and rolled into balls,
with yOlk of egg. Then tic the cabbage
firmly together and boil i'm a covered
kettle for two hours. This makes de-
licious dish, and is useful for using small
pieces of cold meat.
To RENOvATE BLACK SILK.-Grate
three or four large potatoes in water, and
strain off the water after letting it come
to boil. Then put an old dark-col-
Ored kid glove into it, and boil for ten
minutes. Sponge over the breadths of
the dress with the glove, and when damp
enough to iron well, press on the wrong
side with a fiat-irOn not too hot, as silk
scOrches easily.
A SURE CURE FOR SOFT CORNs-
Dip bit of soft linen rag into turpen-
tine and wrap it around the soft corn
wet the corn in it night and morning,
and in few days the corn will have dis
appeared; but the relief to the throb-
bling, burning pain, comes almost imme-
iiately after the first or second applica-
lion. Wear cotton between the toes, and
the corns will not reappear.
To DRIVE RATS OUT OF A House.
Take quantities of green copperas and
dissolve it in boiling water, and pour it |
rs hot as possible down their holes and |
scatter it in crystals about their haunts.
It will cleanse the premises of all disa-
yreeable odors, and it has driven every
rat out OF the house we occupy. Keep |
,aucers of it placed near their holes, and
filed with water.
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BAKED EGGs.--Beat up six eggs, one
tablespoonful of -four, six of sweet milk,
melt your butter in the frying-pan;
when hot, turn the whole in, we'll beaten,
and bake in hot oven.
DELICATE CAKE.-Two cups of white
sugar, two and three-quarters of cup of
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

The resolution of the Pope not to show
himself outside the Vatican, is said not
10 be caprice, but moral duty, and
also real necessity. In June last quite
a number were arrested and imprisoned
for giving him hearty greeting rs they
discovered him standing at an open
window,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

EVERY READER of this paper can re-
ceive, free, a copy Of the best Agricul-
turdi and Family newspaper in this
country by addressing Moore's Rural
New YOrker, 7S Duane ST., New York.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

The cotton crop for the year ending
September LIST is 100000 bales, which
has been exceeded only three times in
the history of cotton culture IN this
country
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

THE health at Bishop Simpson is ~
precarious that the Methodist preachers
meeting of Philadelphia have presented
request to the Bishops TO relieve him
for an interval from official duty.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

Sent free, on receipt of neck and
breast measure, height,weight and price, our
(sample) "Model 50 Shirt. Fitted by patent
ed model. Stylish and substantial. Address
Model Shirt CO.,3l South Sth St., Philadelphia.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

BANcRoFT's history, the tenth volume
OF which Is now in press, has been just
forty. years In publishing, the first vol
ume having appeared in 1884. -
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

A MILWAUKEE fisherman offers
chrome to every fish that will take the
bait
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MASON & HAMLIN
CABINET ORGANS.

Winners o. THREE HIGHEST MEDALS AND
DIPLOMA OF HONOR at VIENNA, IS7J; PARIS
.n,, mud in AMERICA ALWAYS Declared by
MUSICIANS GENERALLY tobc UNRIvALEDand
INCOMPARABLE. Sold at fixed uniform prices TO
all, which are printed and invariabie.
YuRCGASERS OF ORGANS ARE RE-
ILL MINDED that the temptation to Dealers AMI Ped
,iiers very strong TO deal In and recon- mend as
hest the organs OF those makers who will nav
shem the largest commissions discounts
The MAsON q uAMLIN ORG an CO.. print
ing as they de- their loves. prices. can afford to
dealers only the smallest commissions, This
plan secures To every purchaser the lowest price, he
cause The dealer can not ask moro than the Catalogue
price but IL causes many dealers to do their best to
sell Their organs, simply because they get enormous
discounts on them. some organs currently sold
to dealers ut seventy five per cent. discount or nj
onc-quartcr the prices printed for them A. n rule
the poorer the organ the higher its printed price and
the greater the discount on it, ~
The MASON a HAMLyN ORGAN co. arc
mcnts and are scllnl not only for sh rxcIusiyriv
hut also ON new plans OF easy payments, RUNNING
through one year or longer. They also rent new
organs with privilege Of purchase. Rent pnIsl
three years. purchases the Organ.
send for the illustrated Catalogues aud Circulars
which give VERY fnll informaton and are sent free
address, TIE MASON a. UAMI.IN ORGAN
90. ~ either New YOrls. BO~tou. or s'hlcnro
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A CURE within reach Of the Poorest sufferer from
IA Rhenmat sni, sore Throat, stiff Joints, Neural
gia, and all Aches aud Pains, j. Trappers Indian Oil
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1921 Saturday Evening Post, 1875

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nHHIM lefty. Terms moderate, Time short.
VI uOVu Four years Of IN paralelled success.
Describe case zoo feain,oatals
Address On. y. y. MARSH, Quincy, Mich.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-02
Wanted.

A WHOLESALE Purchasing Agent, for the
"a NEW AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE
self.threadng. both In the shuttle ind ann, self
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take-up, ran he adjusted To sew the cheapest aud
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durable. Written guarantee for. three years.
For Grenlars. terms. sc address.
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Gem advertisements.
LIQUOR st REF

CHRISTIAN NEFF,
Second Street, opposite the Court House, SUN.
BURY, PA,
Respectfully invites the attention of Retailers
and others, that he has on hand, and will con-
stantly keep all kinds of "
Consisting of Pure Brandes: Cogniac, Cherry,
Ginger, Rochelle and 0tard.
Whskies: Pure Rye Copper-nistilled, Monnn-
gahela, Apple and Nectar.
PURE HOLLAND GIN
Wines. Champagne Wine, sherry, Port and
Claret.
Crab Cider. Champagne Cider, n. +. Rum.
Brown Stout and Scotch Ale. Z
STOMACH AND BAR BITTERS,
And all others Liquors which can be found In
the city markets, which will be sold ut Whole
sale and Retail. Every article guaranteed as
represented. Also, q large lot of DEMIJOHNS
and BOTTLES, always on hand.
~ Orders promptly attended in, and Yrblic
patronage respectfully solicited
Sunbury, July 8, 1s69.-iy.