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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02
ALL SORTS.

If thine enemy wrong thee, buy
each of his children a drum.
There are over IA 500, 900 children
of the school age IN this country.
1t Is said that the limits of micro
scOpic investigation have been reach
cd. an
BuffalOes are so scarce that the
Indians can hardly keep supplied
with meat.
According to the experience of
pawnbrOkers, this Is the hardest
winter known In many years.
A New York bride recently startled
the fashionables by dispensing with
orange blossoms at the ceremony.
Thirteen years is the mature age at
which large number of recent
crimes have been committed i'm New
York.
The funeral expenses of men kill
ed in the HOOsac Tunnel, and paid by
the contractors, amounted to $lO, 900.
There are said to be two or three
thousand outlaws in the mountains
of California, who live by robbery and
| violence.
"Wc see," said Swift, i'm one of his
most caustic moods, "what God thinks
of riches by the people he gives them
to-"
The South Carolina politician has
''insinuendO." Make room for it, o
Unabridged! 81.
The presence of lady students at
the Michigan University is pro-
nOunced wholesome and their prof.
cheney remarkable.
Now they want to know If one of
| the Siamese twins had been convicted
of murder i'm the first degree, what
would have been done about it.
A French paper says that "Lake
Erie, America, has been raised fifty
dreds of people have lost their lives.
In Massachusetts, when the preach
er reaches "seventeenthly" in his
sermon, q knowing chap yells "Fire ~
and the congregation is promptly
dismissed.
A man was bOasting that he had
been married twenty years and had
never given his wife cross word.
Those who know her say he didn't
dare to.
A sophomore says he cannot under
stand how any one possessing what
Is geenrally known as conscience
can counterfeit q five cent piece, and
put on the back of it, "In God we
trust"
A lady asked a pupil mt a school.
"What was the sin of the Pharisees?" 2"
"Eating camels, marm," quickly re-
piled the child. She had read that
the Pharisees "strained at gnats and
swallowed camels."
A French physician has discovered
that the peculiar OdOr of Russia
leather has very beneficial effect
upon weak lungs, and he advises con-
sumptive perOns to repOse upon pill
lows covered with that material.
The Russians are a thoughtful peO-
pie. They supplied the Duchess
Marie with q large assortment of
tracts, bibles prayer-boOks, and other
religious reading, before sending her
into the royal family of Great
Britain.
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Beau once made q raid on the Balti-
more restaurants. He determined
to dine well that day, or know the
reason why. He walked into Guys
restaurant and asked for the prOpri-
etOr.
"Sir," said he, 81 want the best
dinner you can give me-"
GAIL right, sir" said Mr.. Guy;
"walk in here" showing him into u
neat little private room.
The Beau ate and drank of the best,
and just after he had finished his cup
of cafe nOiy, and had lit his cabana,
a servant entered with a folded paper
on a silver waiter, which he gravely
handed to the Beau.
"What is this ?" inquired the Beau.
"De bill, sab, said the waiter.
"Bill; 1 don't want any bill. Ask
the proprietor to come here"
The proprietor appeared, bowling
and smiling; he hoped there was
nothing wrong and that his guest had
liked the dinner.
"Iliked the dinner well enough and
the wine," said Beau Hickman, "but
/ want to know what this MEANS"
"That's the bill, sir" said the pro-
prietor.
swell, never pay any bills. i
am Beau Hickman. IdOn't pay any
body. Besides, you have no right to
charge me for this dinner, / asked
you for the best dinner you could gire
me-"
"Well, Beau, you have rung IL on
me and got the better of nae fairly.
Now, I'll not only forgive you for
this trick, but I'll give you $25 If you
will play this trick on the st. Clair, on
the other side of the way"
The next day Beau faired sumpt-
uously at the st. Clair, and the scene
was re-enacted. The bill was pre-
sented, and the proprietor wound up
with, "Beau, 1 will give you $50 If
you will play this off on Guy"
"My dear SIR" said the Beau,
"why didn't / call here first? Guy
has paid me $25 to play 1t on YOU"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

which extended to the bottom Of the
jar. Blue litmus paper was attached
to the cOrks, and the temperature
was maintained at about 640 +. AT
the end of six hours the litmus paper
in the fourth jar had become red,
that in the third jar at the end oil
twenty-four hours, and those in the
first and second jars after the lapse of
three days. Moreover, In the first
jar mould soon formed between the
paper and the glass. The air in the
interior of these jars was subsequently
tested for arsenic. That in jar three
showed trace In eight days, that in
jars ono and two gave the reaction
distinctly I'm three weeks, while none
could he detected i'm thatO the fourth
jar. Upon investigation the arsenic
in jars one two and three found to
exist there as hydrogen arsenide or
arsented hydrogen, mixed i'm the
third jar with acetic acid. The rem
dering of the litmus I'm the fourth jar
was due to sulphurOus oxide con-
tained in the arsenic employed. AS
a cOnfOrmatOry experiment white
arsenic was mixed with flour paste
end placed under glass bell jar
Four weeks afterward the mixture
was covered with a thick mould, and
dark band of crystalline metallic
arsenic, reduced by the process of
vegetation, surrounded the jar near
the upper edge of tho mould. The
air OF the jar contained hydrogen
arsenide. A mixture of starch paste
and arsenic gave the same results
1t appears certain, therefore. the air
of a room whose walls are prepared
with arsenic green may contain
arsenic proceeding not from mechan-
ical abrasion, , but i'm the form of hydro
gen arsenide produced by the action
of the moist organic matter, particu-
larly the paste, upon the Schweinfurt
green. To this exceedingly poison
Gus gas, therefore, chronic arsenical
poisoning is doubtless due in many
pnSnq
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02
A Green C0untryman.

Years ago, into wholesale grocery
store in Boston walked tall, muscu-
lar looking, raw-bOned man, evident
Iva fresh conner from some back town
in Maine or New Hampshire. Ac-
costing the first person he met, who
happened to be the merchant him
self, he asked:
"You don't want to hire man in
your store, do you?"
"Well, said the merchant, 81 don't
know what can you do ?"
"Do? said the man, 81 rather
guess l can turn my hand to almost
anything. What do you want done ?''
"Well, If was to hire man, il
would be one that could lift well-a
strong, wiry fellow; one for instance,
that could shoulder sack of coffee
like that yonder, and carry it across
the store and never lay it down."
"There, now, captin," said our
countryman, "that's just me. What
will will ,,y' you give man that can suit
81 tell yOu," said the merchant,
"if you will shoulder that sack OF cOf,
fee, and carry it across tho store
twice and never lay 1t down, 1 will
hire you for year at 800 a month" )"
"DOne," said the stranger; and by
this time every clerk in the store had
gathered around and were waiting to
join in the laugh against the man,
who, walking to the sack, threw IL
across his shoulder with perfect ease,
as 1t was not extremely heavy, and
walking with it twice across the
store, went quietly to large hook
which was fastened to the wall, and
hanging the sack upon it, turned to
the merchant and said:
"There, now; 1t may hang there
till DOOmsday; / shan't never lay II
down. What shall / go about, mis-
ter? Just give me plenty to do and
800 a month, and it's all right"
The clerks broke into laugh, but
It was out of the other side of their
mouths; and the merchant, discom.
fitted, yet satisfied, kept his agree.
ment, and to-day the green country.
man Is the senior partner i'm the firm
|
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ferred to the payment of the debt
only ira general way. He had put
the'receipt away inthe volume Of the
Spectator, 1t seems, and then had for.
gotten to speak about 1t.
Well, was not that joyous New
Year L don't think we shall ever see
quite such another. OF course the
Mudges gave up their claim, and
another New Years saw as i'm the
glory of full possession.
Little Beck always speaks of Dick
as the most glorious fellow i'm the
world, but she wishes his name wasn't
Nudge; and Aunt Ahnice, deprived
of her daily grumble, and surrounded
by every comfort, sits and knits and
mods, and wonders how Father Barton
could have been so careless with that
receipt.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

prison officials to the manufacturers,
who supply the stock, machines, and
Overseers. Each man has his sepa-
rate labor to perform, and works un.
ceasingly, never lifting his eyes from
his work for an instant, nor discOn.
tinuing his automatic movements un.
til the prison bell summons him to
his cell. During the whole day he
has not had a new thought; has ex.
perienced no pleasant emotion of any
kind; and, were 1t not for the work
of his hands, has been as completely
lost to the world as though the sod
lay over his grave. That is prison
life; is not lifetime of it sufficient
punishment for even the murderer
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02


SIGNALLING between the earth and
the planet Venus is a suggestion
made in all good faith by q French
astronomer, Mr.. Charles CrOs, who
considers the coming transit of We
nus to be good opportunity for as
certaining whether there are inhabit-
ants on the planet, and, il so, enter
ing into relations with them. He
says: "It Is possible that Venus Is
Inhabited that amoug its inhabit-
ants are astronomers /; that the latter
Judge the passage of their planet
across the solar disc to be an object
of curiosity; finally, It Is possible
that these savans will strive In some
way to make signals to us at the pre-
else moment when they might sup
pose that many telescopes will be
ieveled at their planet"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

1t Is curious fact, illustrating
the necessity Of cleanliness, and Of
keeping the pores Of the skin open,
that IL a coat of varnish, or other sub
stance impervious to moisture, be
applied to the exterior of the body,
death will ensue in about SIX hours.
The experiment was once fried on d
child at Florence. On the occasion
Of Pope Leo the Tcnth's accession to
the Papals Chair, it was desired TO
have q living figure to represent the
Golden Age, and SO a child was So
lected and eilded all over with var
nfsh and gold leaf. The child died In
a few hours, > =
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

"A young lady walking with Sid
ney smith In the garden paused to
examine favorite flower, on which
she had bestowed great pains. ~
am afraid Mr.. Smith," she said,
"that this pea will never come to per
fection. "Then allow me,n said he,
taking her politely by the hand, "to
lead perfection to the pea aV
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

During recent freshet In Con-
nccticut, = an editor telegraphed
another ut the scene of action, "Send
me full particulars of the flood" The
answer came, "You will find them In
Genesis"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02


And rode him ON rail.
That good old coach was fast enough
Impattspt D,D now laugh at IT.. AZ. 4Jis
Ana 70 they rush upon the train, 49, ..I -
And speed like thought away,
Until p smash-up breaks their bones;
He thlnksit doesn't pay. .-s. ,...-s ,s4..
He loved old housewives, spinning wheels
The music of their hum ,s.- <. -
Was fsr more dear TO his old ear
Than grand-piano thrum.
but ah he sighs, those wheels are gone
Since Whitney made his gin:
Nomore we hear their thrifty hum
No more the sisters spin!
The rosy sfri OF Older. time, r. o. '''
Sunburnt, were firmer made
Than these, the late tender shoots
Tlnt grow up In the shade;
They did their mothers heavy work, ~.
And sassG SssTy sca Il "aS SaHsSs~
Could help 20 do o mans.
Their dresses, made with easy ht '....'
Gave not pain beneath
Their hearts had ample room to beat,
Their lungs had room TO breathe------- ----
Unlike our present girls. with W n,,vS, waists
Who, II they do not dissipate,.-
Are very often tight.
They let no Fashion dwarf their forms,
But grew TO comely size, - tr'er
And health shone ever on their brows '-- = D.
And sparkled from their eyes; -.
They thanked kind Heaven foraff ITS gifts
And thought, with secret pride,
That they Were beautiful enough,
And they were satisfied.
But now, our modern girls, alas!
Think Providence unkind
For putting too much in the waist,
And not enough behind; 3'f, . n
And SO they busile round and lace, .34S u
TO mend such clumsy ways,
or good old-fogy days.
He wished, he said, for their sweet sakes,
That Fashions tOrturing wise -,
Would ease them up little, and
Less pinching would suffice;
That they might feel the bounding health
Around the heart that plays,
When all unfettered as IL was
In good old-fogy days.
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THE OLD-FOGY NAN. NAN :

He was queer old .fogy man, NJ at. ls,
Az ;,iss Ssiisa !: ,ssainsi i Tie sssslessspeea
He once could travel lefsurely, S'-J~ 80 49,
And stop his friends to hail; -'
hut now they rushed him through by steam,
And rode him ON q rail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-08
Thperance Crusade at Ripon. !,

II temperance people, especially
the HES, have gone zealously to work
withvarlous forms Of effort: in the
tempance cause, in a number Of pla-
ces 1.-THE State, but the ladies of Rip
on alear to have stirred up greater
exciment than those Of any other
place A Ripon dispatch of the 3Jtb
ult., ays the temperance crusade
there attracts great attention, and
Great; intense excitement. it says:
Salrday afternoon, thirty five la,
dies ent the rounds Of the saloons,
'prayiy aud singing. Woods Hotel
saloomeased them admittauce. Hills
saloonaud Harry Devere's saloon ad-
mitted th,m, but warned them not to
come aEal Devere at the conclusion
of the prsing read the ladies SER
mon froua Cincinnati German miuis-
ter, on tn moderate use Of liquor, TAX
ing stron, grounds 10 favor Of liquor
for the somach's sake. At the Con-
gregationl Church Sunday night all
the churces united in temperance
demonstrations Speeches were made
by over Oxen. including ladies. The
Rev. Aruld, Baptist, accused the
newspaperof ignorance in not compre
bending te workings of the Divine
Spirit in tls movement. Other speak
ers prayedoudly for Oshkosh, trust
lng the nlvement might extend to
THAT benihted town, fast going to
destructloMrUD the evil ELECTS OF in.
temperance Large Contributions
were made'p TO defray the expenses
of the crude. Monday the streets
were full Strangers who came many
miles to beolu the strange spectacle
of women plylug 10 the streets, and
work was sspeuded The town looks
as 1t might a far day. or the Fourth
Of jay
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-08
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The SpragUes.

/, PROVIDENCE, r. l., March 81 -.
Proceedings in bankruptcy against Il
A. Il w. prague Manufacturing Cos,
pany were instituted to-day by the N
tional Bank of Commerce, and citatioas :,
were issued but not yet served ur7
the defendants. The announcemer
of this proceeding this morning causst
intense excitement among busineI
men, and extraordinary efforts we4a
made to induce suspension Or ds
continuance of the proceedings. 7
call for a meeting of stockholders VI
the bank, to request the Directors H.
suspend action, has been signed l.
representatives of 10000 shares, a}.
who could be reached to-day 1t )
understood tonight, however, that th,
pressure has been unavailing, and nt
agreement to stop proceedings beea
secured. The trust, mortgage WI
have been in force four months to
morrow
z. Chaffee Trustee, in a card to the
creditors, says: "More than 12,DG
persons, including men, women am
children. are in the employ of the con-
pany, and are de endent upon the
mills and print works for their dai1s
bread. Upwards Of $4,000 people de-
rive their entire or chief support from
the industries connected with the busi-
ness Upon the filling of the petition,
[ must close the various works, and
turn these people out of employment.
The immediate loss which this will en-
tail upon the creditors will amount TO
at least s25, 100000. I will not yield
to this necessity until | have declared
my firm conviction that the A. u W.
Sprague Manufacturing company would
in the absence of proceedings against
it in bankruptcy, be able to pay and
discharge full within reasonable time
every dollar of its obligations"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-08
The Erie War.

SusQUEHANNA,lD DEPOT, Pa, March
31-The Paymaster Of the Erie Rail-
way Company to-day finished paying
off the striking machiuists and other
employees here, and discharged them
all. The strikers continue united in
the determination to stand by one an
other, the railway officers promising in
the meantime to re-employ only 500
of those they might see fit to select.
IF the strikers will continue to inter-
fere with the operations Of the shops
Of the road, the company threatens to
remove the machinery and materials
for these shops to otter shops at points
along the road and to abandon the
Susquehanna Depot shops entire y.
This causes anxiety among the strikers
and the citizens.
It is generally feared that the worst
Of ;he trouble is yet to come. The
strikers, to the number of about l 900.
paraded the streets to-day in formida-
bic procession, aud are threatening and
defiant
The regiment of State militia is still
in possession Of the railroad property
Tor It's protection against violence. and
trains continue to run without inter-
ruption.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-08
looking Towards Peace.

Nav Yoal Aprl I-The Dtaro
of Havana wose edlto was the In
teuuente OF tat cav dwiny the former
rue Of t5eler.I CIuc.a, as Captain-
General, has recently published edi-
torials point,p,. alIlus ihe spec!al ad-
van,a.es. the yenral good to the is
laud that woula fo3w the restoration
Of peace. OaIDg to the relations
which are beiived6 exist betw Ell the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-08

TIE NoRTHCARULINA VOLCANIC
DISTURBANCES - March 2o. The
most violent cncusslon here, dead
rambling soud, accompanied by Sc
we're trembling and quaking Of the
earth. occurre on Monday evening,
March 23d Che inhabitants, whose
fears had somwhat subsided, became
more excited han ever, and the gen
eral consternaion is now greater than
a any previoB time since the violent
rumbiing on the Goth Of February.
A number of scientists from several
Southern Staes are here, all Of whom
agree that tie disturbances in Stone
and Bald mountains is volcanic in its
nature, but as professional expression
Of opinion to that effect would not
agree with the accepted theory Of geol-
ogy, they refuse positively to give their
views for publication and will not sub
nit to an intprv!eW. A large number
of scientific men and reporters are COM
ing into the mountains, all Of whom
hear and see more after their arrival
than they had anticipated. The ex-
citement in these regions is undated
and more families are moving out.
There are no visible signs Of an erup-
ton, and the scientists are CT the opln-
ion that it is not now imminent,
though probable at some future time.
The report that the same disturbances
occurred IN the mountains fifty years
ago is contradicted by gentleman 81
years of age, who was born and reared
on Bald Mountain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-08
4 PILE OF SKELETONS IN A

4 FILE OF SKELETONS IN
SPRING dispatches from Elgin, Ill,
tell the following tale Of horror:
The pleasant village Algonquin, Nc
Henry county, located twelve miles
north of Egin, on the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway, has an excite
ment Of its own almost too good for its
limited dimensions. Some men, while
excavating large spring, on Saturday
afternoon, preparatory to It's use in a
cheese factory, found the skeletons Of
six men and boy, probably aboat six
years OF age. Seemingly the bodies
had been thrust into the spring, and
worked under the soft soil which en-
compassed it, and Lad there lain for
many years. Cattle, in trampling
around ior water, had crushed aad
broken very many of the bones but
enough were secured to. Indicate the
size aud number IF bodies. The people
up there are alive with excitement,
and all sorts of conjectures are ahnat.
5ome thirty years ago a band OF count
erieiters made that section rendezvous,
aud it is a legend that a portion of the
gang betrayed their fellows and were
murdered aud disposed Oft was sup
posed they were burled--ando some
think that these skeletons thus dis
covered represent the tragic scenes OF
those days. Others think that in some
of the numerous rows that took place
between railway laborers more were
killed than usual, rud this place was
chosen as receptacle for the victims.
Investigations are being prosecuted,
and soon some more definite iDforma ton
ca be given to the public In reference
to this startling disclosure ~
FINEST YoUNGsTER ON RECORD.
DR.. Horace Walker, Of Glasgow,
No. relieved g lady in Charlton county
of the smallest male child we ever
heard of. Its actual weight was only
one pound six ounces; eight and three
quarter inches long IS wrist one and
five eighths inches in circumference
around the tfeshy part of its leg was
two and three-eIghts inches in circum-
ference. A moderate sized tea-cup
when placed on its head, rested on its
shoulders, hiding from view its head
and neck. Though its breathing was
free and easy, and every function nor
NAL, it could not cry but u,ewed like
young kitten for four or five weeks.
From tAat time the doctor lost sight of
the youngster, and does not state
whether the child lived or net. Nov-
ertheless it is a remarkable case.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-08

RLDIcuL1Ne ScHURz The Mil
waukee Nescs shows its contempt for
Senator Schurz's speech on the eur
rency.1in the following words: :.aa ar,z
Carl Schurz was credited with
making an unansa cradle and over
whelming speech-in fact couple OF
them favor Of his side OF the ear
rency question. His amendment in-
volving his views, it was observed, got
eighteen votes out Of fifty-seven, whence
we conclude his speech was not SO
unanswerable and Overwhelming as
was assumed 'i9 az -a.a.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-08

A NoToRIoUs RUFFIAN SHOT,
CINCINNATI, March 3l.-The motor
ious Tom Mcclellan was shot in the
head, in Hamilton, O., last night, it is
supposed by John Kehler. They
were both drunk at the time. The
reason for tie shooting does not appear
McGehan's wound is pronounced not
fatal. 1t will be remembered that G.
L. Vallandigham lost his life while
actin = "aCehan'a lawvef o. & Is
trial 10 mufder.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-08

KISSING BY A CONDUCTOR. The
Baraboo Republic gives synopsis of the
case decided in the Circuit Court there e
in which young lady, Miss Craker,
was awarded $1,000 damages against
the Chicago and Northwestern railway
for having been insulted by conduct
or of au accommodation train, by kiss
ing her when they happened to be left
alone in the car.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-08

A. i. PRITCHARD ........ President.
L. r. CADY. Vice President
w II. CLARK. .C,asbier
AMOS BAUM assistant Cashiey.
This Bank will continue, as for the past
twenty years, to transact general banking
business under its State Charter of Loaning'
Money, Receiving Deposits, Buying and
selling Exchange, Coin, Bonds and other
securities. ~ e 3ss e F.
i. Drafts of 500 and under, sold at the same
price charged for Money Orders at the Post
Office, and tol amounts over 800 sold at
ess rate IL