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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
"JacOb Kissed Rachel"

The following are the "opinions of the
English Press" upon the subject of the
text which tells you that Jacob kissed
Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept:
If Rachel was pretty girl, and kept
her face clean, we can't see what Jacob
had to cry about.-Ddily Telegraph.
How do you know but that she slapped
his face for him.-LadieS' Treasury.
Weeping is not unfrequently produced
by extreme pleasure, joy, and happiness;
it might have been so in Jacobs CASE
HardWicPs Science Gossip.
The cause of Jacobs weeping was the
refusal of Rachel to allow him to kiss her
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
1t is our opinion that Jacob wept be-
cause he had not kissed Rachel before,
and he wept for the time he had lost
CITY Press.
The fellow wept because the girl did
not kiss him.-PaU Mall Gazette.
Jacob wcpt because Rachel told him
to ado it twice MORE" and he was afraid
to.-Mcthodist Recorder.
Jacob cried because Rachel threatened
to tell her mamma.-Sunday Gazette.
He wept because there was only one
Rachel to kiss.-Clerken,ceU News.
He wept for Joy because it tasted so
good. --Je,cish Chronicle.
We reckon Jacob cried because Rachel
had been eating onions.--British Stand
ard.
Our own opinion is that Jacob wept
because he found after all lit was not
half what it was cracked up to be-
Neap Zealand Examiner.
A mistake--not his eyes, but his mouth
watered. The Ladies' Chronicle.
He thought it was a fast color, but
wcpt because the paint came of.---Fine
Art Gazette.
He remembered he was her uncle, and
recollected what the prayer-book says
Church Journal.
He was fool, and did not know what
was good for him.--EngHshwoman's i'd
Uiser.
He knew there was time to weep
it had come, and he dare not put it off
---Methodist Neps.
He thought she might have a big
Misunderstanding Chronicle.
Because there was no time for another
---Erpress.
When he lifted up his voice, he found
it was heavy, and could not get it so high
as he expected.---Musical Notes.
He tried to impose on her feelings be-
cause he wanted her to lend him five
shillings.--Baptist Guide.
A truce to all Beneath the starry
vault or golden sun is there ought in ma
ture or in art equal to the rapture or de-
liciOusness of the first kiss? / answer
verify no; Jacob had never kissed fail
maiden before, and his first realization Of
crowding life's deliciousness in these
moments" overcame him, and he wept
for it.--IiOrseu Hornet.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
The Customs and Manners of the Good
Old Times.

The tradesmen before the Revolution
were a different race from the present.
They were none of them ashamed of
their leather aprons. Faded buckskin
brooches, once radiant in yellow splendor,
checked shirts and red flannel jackets
were the common wear of most working
men. All the hired women wore short
gowns and linsey woolsey petticoats.
Calfskin shoes were the exclusive
property of the gentry. The servants
wore cowhide. TOOthbrushes were UNI
known. The better sort were content to
rub the teeth with chalked rag or with
snuff. 1t was commonly thought eflem-
mate for men to clean the teeth at all.
Not only the registering cavalier but the
quiet citizens were fond of a certain
bravery in dress. Men wore cooked hats
and wigs, coats with large cuffs and big
skirts, lined with buckram. The coat Of
a beau had three large plaits in the skirts,
wadded profusely to keep them smooth,
with low collars to show off the fine linen
cambria stock, and the largest silver
buckle on the back of the neck. The
shirt was ruffled to the wrists. The
breeches had silver, stone, or paste
buckles. Gold or silver sleeve buttons,
set with stones, were generally worn.
No cotton fabrics were then known.
Stockings were of thread or silk in sum-
mer and of worsted in winter. Surtouts
were never worn, but they had cloth great
coats instead, or brown camlet clOaks,
with green baize lining. In the time of
the Revolution many of the American
officers introduced the use of Dutch
blankets for great-coats. In winter gen.
tlemen wore little wooden muffs to protect
their hands 1t was not uncommon to
see old people with large silver buttons
on their coats and vests, with their in
itials engraved on each button. The
ladies all wore large pockets under their
gowns, and white aprons. No color but
black was ever made up for silk or satin
bonnets. Fancy colors were unknown
and white silk bonnets had never been
seen. The use of lace wells did not COM
mence until the present century. Ladies'
shoes were made of silk or russell, stitched
with white waxed thread and having
wooden heels. The sole-leather was
worked with the flesh side out. Sub
scription balls became very fashionable
soon after the Revolution. No gentle
man under twenty one and no lady under
eighteen were admitted. The supper
consisted of tea, chocolate, and rusks.
Everything was conducted by six married
managers. They distributed places by
lot and arranged the partners for the
evening. The gentlemen drank tea with
the parents of their partners the day
after the ball, which gave the chance for
more lasting acquaintance.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
GENERAL INFORMATION.

AN eminent cotton statistician believes
that the crop of cotton now growing will
be the largest since the war.
THIS is the first summer in four or FIVE
years that New York and Brooklyn have
enjoyed exemption from cholera.
THE amount of the wool clip marketed
at Portland, Oregon, so far this season lis
estimated at three million pounds.
FORNEY writes that such thing as a
telegraph pole is unknown in England.
The wires are stretched along the tops of
the houses.
A FRENCH military officer says the
human being is ten times stronger in
battle when his pulse continues calm and
his judgment remains free.
IT is stated that person can live
cheaper and better in San Francisco than
in any other city in the country for the
amount of money expended.
THE pretty rice paper that looks so
pure and delicate is made in China from
the pith of great tree; not at all as we
make paper from poplar wood, but by
simply cutting it into thin slices.
COMBINATION dresses arc in high favor
now and will be probably next winter
The combinations are not always in bar-
mony in the matter of colors, but that
doesn't appear to distress any body very
much.
SAYS John Paul, IT'S very hard to be a
good Christian when one has weak
digestion, and l sometimes fancy that @
change of stomach would benefit the
morbid sinner almost as much as a change
of heart.
THE English novelist, Edmund Yates
denies the charge that in his last work he
took occasion to attack American cele
brities, and says that the pleasantest six
months of his life were spent in the
United States.
THE work of liquidating church prop
erty in Rome has begun with the sale o.
the large villa of Moultalto, above Fras
cati, a summer resort for students of the
seminary in summer. The Propaganda
will realize from the sale about eighteen
thousand francs annually.
THE number of steam vessels of all
kinds inspected in 1872, since which
period no official statistical report has
been published, was between 600 and 700
with about $50 masters, 100 mates, 65(
pilots and 1000 engineers, all of whom
were duly examined and licensed.
WE raise annually in the United States
nearly 15O,000,000 bushels of potatoes
representing money value of about
800, 100000 to the consumers. AS al
article of food it has a greater value tc
us than any other that we call root crop
Twenty-Five per cent. of the weight of the
potato is solid dry substance, and Of thi
62.5 per cent. is starch.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
American Witch Hanging.

Twenty persons accused of witchcraft
were put TO death by hanging at Salem,
and one man was pressed to death for
refusing to plead. In 1870 about seventy
persons were put to death in London as
witches, among them fifteen children.
Sir Matthew Hale, one of the ablest
judges in England, about the same time
condemned two alleged witches to death,
and the scholarly Sir Thomas Brounc
said he did right. In Scotland, in 1897,
five years after the Salem excitement,
seven persons were hung for witchcraft
on the testimony Of one child, only
eleven years old, and in 1922 woman was
executed for the same ofiense. New
England was no worse than enlightened
Germany, which executed witches in
the succeeding century. Tn 1749 man
was put to death at Wuerzburg rs n sor-
cerer, and as late as 1893, perhaps the
latest judicial execution for the same
crime, occurred in the Grand Duchy Of
Posen. The laws against witchcraft in
Austria were not repealed until l766.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
A Sage ON Early Rising.

When you find an unwillingness to
arise early in the morning, make this
short speech to yourself: Pm getting up
now to do the business of man; and ]
am out of humor for going about that
was made for and for the sake of which
1 was sent into the world. Was then
designed for nothing but to dose and bat
ter beneath the counterpart? Well, but
this is comfortable way of living.
Granting that, wasn't thou born only for
pleasure were you never to do anything
| thought action had been the end of
your being. Pray look upon the plants
and birds, the pismires, spiders, and bees,
and you'll see them all regular and
industrious, exerting nature and busy in
their station.
|. For shame! Shall spider act like q
spider and make the most of her matters,
and sha'n't man act like a man? Why
don't you rouse your faculties and man
age up to your kind? For all that,
there's no living without rest. True; but
then let's follow natures direction, and
not take too much of it. Providence
does not grant force and faculties ut ran
dom but everything is made for some
end. The sun, as high as it is, has its
business assigned; and 80 have the
celestial deitics. And where's the won
der of this? But pray what were you
made for? Foryour pleasure? Common
sense won't bear 30 scandalous an an
swer.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
Fall and Winter Styles for Men.

Double-breasted frock coats will be
worn more than ever as general semi
dress garment, cut rather short in pro-
portion in the waist, and very long in
the skirts, to button three or even four
buttons; plain facings, and bound narrow
or silk breast facings and flatbraided, for
smarter coat. WaistcOat single breasted,
with step-collar, to button medium
high, is of the same goods, or a double
breasted white vest, showing above the
turnover of the coat lapel. In London
it is now quite the style to wear rough
fancy checked cheviot trousers, with a
frock coat, but here quiet, neat stripe
or small check will be preferred. In
morning coats the principal change is to
have them button very high, with short
collar and small lapel, worn three or four
buttons buttoned, and moderately well
cut away from the lower button. Flaps
on the hips are not generally worn, if the
garment be of the finer goods. This coat
is likely to be the exception here, and
will only be worn by those who affect the
extreme English style of dressing.
For undress, business and travelling
suits, checks, of which there is an end.
less variety, in every shade and size, will
be the prevailing style, and made up
principally as reefng jackets or morning
coats, with pockets, underhaps and vests
with no collar, to button high. Cheviots
are very much worn in Europe, and will
be very fashionable for entire suits OF
trousers. There is decided inclination
to depart from the "dressy" style OF
goods so long prevalent here, and before
another season comes round we shall find
our best men wearing this class of goods
They are now made in very stylish pat
terms, and will improve every season with
the increased demand. In overcoats the
frock or surtout will be worn more thar
formerly, made to button four buttons
and very long in the skirts. All coat;
are made longer than last season. Ir
trousers there is little or 20 change
They are still cut easy and straight tc
the leg, rather loose from the thigh down
and with no spring at the bottoms. Side
pockets arc preferred.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08


"Among the notable physicians of this
country, DIR. R.V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y,
stands deservedly high. He has obtained
professional eminence through strictly legit-
innate means, and fully deserves the enviable
reputation which he enjoys. A thorough
and careful preparation for his calling and
extensive reading, during long and UNI
usually large practice, have made him ex-
traordnary successful in his private practice,
and gained the commentator even of his
professional brethren. BY devoting his at
tention mainly to certain specialties he has
been rewarded in very great degree, and
in these lines is recognized as leader. Not
n few of his preparations compounded for
these special cases have been adopted and
are used in their private practice by phys
icians throughout the country, and his
pamphlets and larger works upon these SUBJ
iects have been welcomed as valuable adj
ditions to medical literature, and placed
among the regular textbooks of many med
zeal schools. Acknowledgment of the
services which he has performed for medical
science has been made by presentations of
degrees from two of the first medical insti-
tutions of the land, and by the translation
of several of his works into German, Span
ish and other foreign languages. The in
creasng demand for his specifics some time
since necesstated the opening of a regular
| dispensary for their preparation, and from a
small beginning the business of this estab-
lishment has now grown to mammoth pro-
portions. Thus during the three months
ending March 81, 1874, the sum expended for
postage alone, not to speak of that paid on
newspapers, amounted to $2,0S070. Over a
hundred persons are employed in the various
departments, and corps of able and skilled
physicians are retained as an advisory board
in difficult cases. Elsewhere in to-day's Re
publican a whole page is devoted to a com
munication from DIR. Pierce, setting forth
something of the history and details of this
vast establishment, which will be found not
unnteresting reading"
| If you would patronize Medicines, scien
tifcally prepared by skillful Physician and
Chemist---use DIR. Pierce's Family Medicines
Golden Medical Discovery is nutritious
tonic, Alternative, or blood cleansing, and an
unequalled cough remedy; Pleasant Purgativt
Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard seed
constitute an agreeable and reliable physic
Favorite Prescription, an unequalled remedy
for debilitated females; Extract of Smart
| Weed, magical remedy for Pain, Bowel
Complaints, and an unequalled Liniment
for both human and horse-nesh; while his
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known the
world over as the greatest specific for Catarrl
and "Cold in Head" ever given to the pub
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
Useful Information.

CoCKRoACHEs drive away vermin.
THREE pecks of buckwheat is the usual
amount of seed per acre.
Troy has hen which drinks lager
beer regularly every day.
SOUTH BEND embraces a farmer who
sells ton of honey ayear.
IT is of no advantage to rub the sides
of beehives with aromatic herbs or So
luton of salt or other substance.
If an edge tool is so hard as to crum
BILE, grind it on dry stone until the edge
turns blue it will then cease to break,
and the temper will generally prove to
be about right.
AN old English farmer mixes bean and
pea meal into balls with linseed oil, and
feeds few each day along with cut straw
and hay. He never has case of wind
blowing or collie in his stables.
In keeping flock of sheep. steadily
the chief errors to guard against are con.
fning the flock too close in winter and
selling the best eve lambs. No flock car
thoroughly prosper unless all the best
females come around in turn as breeders
and the flock is kept young. A lot Of
old toothless-mouthed ewes is disgrace
and loss to any farmer.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08

ing to the size of the piece. If it is to be
served, let the meat remain in the liquor
until cold. Tough meat can be made
tender by letting it remain in the liquor
until the next day, and then bring it to
the boiling point just before serving.
MORN PREvENTATIvE.-Thef following
recipe for keeping moths out of clothing,
the journal of Chemistry says, is a favor
lite in some families: Mix half pint OF
alcohol, the same quantity of spirits of
turpentinc, and two ounces of camphor.
using. The clothes, or furs, are to be
wrapped in linen, and crumbled up pieces
of blotting paper dipped in the liquid
are to be placed in the box with them, so
that it smells strong. This requires re-
newing about once year.
To REMOVE MILDEw.-Make very
weak solution of chloride of lime in
water-about heaping teaspoonful to a
quart of water; strain it carefully, and
dip the spot on the garment in it, and,
if the mildew does not disappear imme-
diately, lay it in the sun for a few min.
utes, or dip it again in the lime water
The work is effectually and speedily done,
and ! can not find by experiment that
the chloride of lime either rots the cloth
or removes delicate colors, when suf
ticiently diluted, and the article rinsed
afterward in clear water.
WHITENING BEEswAX. = In cool
weather wax can be whitened in little
while in the sun by spreading it out in
very thin flakes or layers. Take very
thin board or clean single and wet il
thoroughly, and then dip it first in pure
melted wax. 1t will adhere to the
single in sufficient quantity to make il
thick as is necessary, and it will cool of
almost instantly on being taken out Of
the melted wax. Now draw a knife
along the edges and you can readily cleave
it off the single, and you have the thin
layer Of wax. Expose this to the sun on
the snow or on a window-sill and it will
become perfectly white, when it can be
made up into cakes or any fancy form
suitable for market, where it will com
mand much higher price than the vel
low wax.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
The Language of the Hands.

The London Saturday Review says that
M. Desbarrolles in his mysteries of the
Hand" a book in which he gives the
rules which form the basis of palmistry,
divides hands into TIN, , sorts. The first
sort have fingers with pointed tops; the
second square tops; the third, spade
shaped tops. BY spade-shaped is meant
fingers that are thick at the end, having
little pad of flesh at each side of the
nail. The first type of fingers belong to
characters possessed of rapid insight to
things; to extra-sensitive people; to
pious people, whose piety is of the con-
templative kind to the impulsive, and
to all poets and artists in whom ideality
is prominent trait. The second type
belongs to scientific people, to sensible,
self-contained characters; to most of our
professional men, who steer between the
wholly practical course that they of the
spade-shaped fingers take and the too
visionary bent of the people with pointed
fingers. The third type pertains to those
whose instincts are material; to the peO-
pie who have genius for commerce and
high appreciation of everything that
tends to bodily ease and comfort; also to
people of great activity. Each finger,
no matter what kind of hand, has one
joint representing each of these. Thus,
the division of the finger which is types
nearest the palm stands for the body, and
corresponds with the spade-shaped type F.;
the middle division represents mind, the
square-topped; the top represents soul,
the pointed. If the top joint of the
finger be long, it denotes a character
with much imagination, or ideality, and
a leaning toward the theoretical rather
than the practical. The middle part of
the finger being large promises logical,
calculating Wind--a common-sense per-
son. The remaining joint long and
thick denotes nature that clings more
to the luxuries than to the refinements
of life. Things will present themselves
to such a nature under q lower aspect,
and utility will be accounted before
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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
How Old They Are.

A correspondent of the Boston Trar-
eler gives some figures showing the pres
ent age of many persons now living: John
Quincy Adams is Al George William
Curtis, 80; William r.. Algcr, 81; Ed
ward Everett Hale, 81; William b. Wash
burn, "a; Julia Ward Howe, "a; Havey
Jewell, ga; James Russell Lowell, 55 f;
Edwin p. Whipple, So: George b. Ler-
ing, 81; Nathaniel p. Banks, So; Rich
ard II. Dana, jr., 80; Henry Ward
Bcecher, 81 Harriet Beecher Stowe, 63 ;
Andrew p. Peabody, So; Wendell Phil
lips, So; James Freeman Clarke, Ga
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Ga; Peter Har-
vey, Ca George S. billiard, 65; Robert
G. Winthrop, 65; John @. Whittier, 66
Henry w. Longfellow, s.; Ralph Waldo
Emmerson, II; Mark Hopkins, ~; Leon
ard Bacon, ~; Lydia Maria Child, ~
Catherine +. Beccher, rs; George Ban
croft, "a; Caleb Gushing, IA; Richard
III. Dana, ST., 81.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
GENERAL AND Personal.

VIM. b. AsToR is over eighty years of
age, and has over seven millions to look
after.
RAILROAD cars are henceforth to be
supplied with Bibles by the American
Bible Society.
Mrs. BARCLAY, widow of President
Van Buren,, died suddenly at Newport,
a few days ago.
QUEEN EMMA, of the Sandwich Isl
ands, announces her determination to
marry an American.
ABOUT twenty-four thousand people
are entirely destitute in Angora, and
will require maintenance throughout the
winter.
A DELICATE young lady, who went to
White Sulphur Springs on mattress is
80 restored to health as to be about to
marry millionaire.
A LIGHTNING-RoD which was put up
under the supervision of Benjamin
Franklin, in 1862, remains still upon q
hotel in New Hampshire.
Mrs. SToNEwAL JACKSON resides in
Charlotte, N. @, She is quite young,
between twenty-five and thirty, of me-
dunn height and pleasing.
FRANCE has 5,671 900 smokers. No
wonder then Richmond, Va, firm has
a contract for sending her $S,0O0,0OO
worth of the fragrant weed.
The Omnibus Company of London es-
innate their annual loss by conductors
stealings at the handsome sum of one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
The Richmond Enquirer says that the
opera can not be expected to flourish
while our churches furnish better music.
That speaks well for Virginia piety.
PIT. BARNUM has written a story for
the birthday number of the Arcadian.
1t occupies two columns and half, and
is adorned with forty-one exclamation
points.
BAYARD TAYLOR has put his hand
upon the hotel servant Of the future.
The man was found in Iceland, and
when he was offered piece of money for
some small service he laughed and ran
away.
Hon. S. j. TILDEN, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of New York, is
at present in receipt of probably larger
fees as a lawyer than any other lawyer
in New York, except Charles OCOnor
and David Dudley Field.
A NEW YORK correspondent says the
story that Whitelaw Reid has been very
i'll with brain fever is without founda-
ton. Mr.. Reid has been away from the
Tribune Office for several weeks, but only
to spend his regular summer vacation.
THERE is something classic in the con-
duct of Toronto gentleman. His two
sons were drowned in the yacht Foam,
near Niagara, and, unable to bear the
thought that the public gaze should be
allowed to rest upon an article fraught
with so much misery to him, he pur-
chased the craft, and then burned it to
the waters edge.
THE Cluchmdn is severe upon the
clergy of the country. 1t says that all
over the land there are men claiming tc
be ministers of the Gospel and who have
their circle, little or great, of admirers
who are utterly ignorant of the relations
of man to his God. Their sermons are
only so many graspings after popularity
and their prayers, even more than theil
sermons, are uttered to catch the popu
| lar ear.