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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
One Popularity of Love.

At first it surprises one that love should
be made the principal staple of all the
best kind of fiction; and, perhaps, it is
to be regretted that it is only one kind of
love that is chiefly depicted in works of
fiction. But that love itself is the most
remarkable thing in human life there can
not be the slightest doubt. For see what
it will conquer. 1t is not only that it
prevails over selfishness, but it has the
victory over weariness, tiresomenesss and
familiarity.
When you are with a person loved,
you have no sense of being bored. This
humble and trivial circumstance is the
great test, the only sure abiding test OF
love. With the person you do not love
you are never supremely> It your ease
You have some of the sensation of walk
ing upon stills.
In con versation with them, however
mnch you admire them, and are inter
ested i'm them, the horrid idea will cross
your mind of "What shall say next p
Converse with them is not perfect associ'
alton. But with those you love, the sat
isfaction in their presence is not unlike
that of the relation of heavenly bodies
one to another, which in their silent rev.
olutions, lose none of their attractive
power. The sun does not talk to the
world, but it does attract it.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
NUMBER 10.


She comes down to the depot i'm an ex-
press wagon three hours before train time.
She insists OH sitting on her trunk, out on
the platform, to keep it from being stolen.
She picks up her reticule, fan, parasol,
lunch-basket, small pot with house
plant in it, shawl, paper bag with candy,
bouquet, (she never travels without One)
small tumbler, and extra vail, and chases
Historically after every switch engine
that goes by, under the impression that
it is her train. Her voice trembles as
she presents herself ut the restaurant and
tries to buy a ticket, and she knocks with
the handle of her parasol on the door OF
the old Toulouse, in vain hopes that the
baggageman will come out and check her
trunk. She asks every body i'm the depot
and on the platform when the train will
start, and where it will stand, and,
looking straight at the great clock, asks,
"What time is it now?' She sees, with
terror, the baggageman shy her trunk
into car where two men are smoking,
instead of locking it up by itself in
large, strong, brown car, with "Bad order,
shops" chalked on the side, which she
has long ago determined to be the bag
gage-car, as the only safe one in sight.
Although the first at the depot, she is the
last to get her ticket, and once OH the
cars she sits to the end of her journey in
an agony of apprehension that she has
got on the wrong train and will be landed
at some strange station, put in close
carriage, drugged and murdered, and to
every male passenger who walks down the
aisle, she stands up and presents her
ticket, which she invariably carries in her
hand. She finally recognizes her waiting
friends on the platform, leaves the car in
burst of gratitude, and the train is ten
miles away before she remembers that
her reticule, fan, parasol, lunch-basket,
verbena, shawl, candy, tumbler, vail and
boquet are OH the car seat where she left
them, or in the depot, for the life of her
she can't tell which.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

which was Waldron's I'm few words
the stranger explained it all. He was
the head assistant to the collector of n
neighbOring district, and was travelling
on duty from Pooree when he came to
the place where poor Waldron lay out
on the road. Luckily, he had medi-
cine chest with him, and was something
ola doctor. He prescribed for my friend
on the spot, and ordered few Of his
hangers-On to take up the sick mans
palanquin and follow him. They travel
ed at their best speed or might not have
lived to tell the tale. The civilian went
on to tell me that he was reused the sec
shouting out: "Bagh, Bagh! (Tiger,
Tiger y and by the cOmmOtion among
his bearers, who nearly allowed the pal
anquin to fall to the ground. He seized
his rife, which lay loaded beside him !;
but when he jumped out of the palan-
quin the tiger was gone, and there re-
mained in its place, to his great aston
ishment, myself. That European
should be found in faint on such road
and in such place was an enigma to him
until told my story, when, seeing how
fatigucd and excited / was, he insisted on
my getting into his palanquin while he
walked alongside of it. My own palan-
quin ! should ssy was being brought
slowly after us by two or three of my
new friends numerous retainers.
There is little more to tell. We all
three duly arrived at the bungalow,
Waldron in profound sleep, from which
he awOke late next morning much better
in health. Whether the narcotic he had
taken was cure for cholera, or his at
tack was slight one can not say, but
certainly he was as fit to travel next day
as | was myself Perhaps | was the
greater invalid of the two, for / was suf-
fering from fever, brought on, no doubt,
by the fatigue and excitement of the pre-
vious night. However, this cholera
stricken village was no place to stay in,
and Waldron and determined to go on
to POOree at once, and this time
by daylight. Thanks to the official i'm
pOrtance of our civilian friend, we had no
difficulty this time in procuring bearers,
and about one o'clock in the day we re-
turned over that terrible road, that must
ever leave vivid impression on my
memory, without further adventure.
The civilian was bound in the other di-
rectiOn but he told me he would be in
that part of the country again in few
weeks. and we would certainly beat up
my friend, the tiger. And long after
ward-after we had left POOree, and were
busy with the parade and drills of regi-
mental existence had a letter from
this same civilian, sending me tiger
skin, which he vouched for as the coat of
the identical beast that came so near
eating me up. 1t was the only tiger, he
said, that haunted that particular road,
and it was killed by native Shikaree
for the sake of the Government reward.
A woman's "bangle" or golden ornament
was said to have been found i'm its stom-
ach, but this may have been the inven-
ton of the Shikaree. True or not, the
skin was and is handsome one, but it
does not need to be spread as hearth
rug constantly before My eyes to recall
the terrible memories of that night ]
spent in the jungle.-Chambers Journal
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
A Noble Act.

Count Zizendorf was Il great German
noble. and lived to do great deal of
good in the world. When boy, he was
one day playing with his hoop near the
banks of deep river, which flowed out
side the walls of castle where he lived,
when he espied dove struggling in the
water. By some means the poor little
creature had fallen into the river, and
was unable to escape. The little count
Immediately rolled a large washing-tub,
which had been left near to the waters
edge, jumped into it, and, though gener.
ally very timid on the water, by the aid
of stick, he managed to steer himself
across the river to the place where the
dove lay floating and struggling. With
the bird in his arms, he guided the tub
back, and reached the land in safety,
After warming his little captive tenderly
in his bosom, the boy ran with it into the
wood and set il free. His mother, who
had watched the whole transaction from
her bedroom window, i'm trembling anx.
iety for his safety, now came out.
Were you not afraid p she asked
eyes, l was, rather" replied the little
boy; "but | could not bear that i,
should die 80. You know, mother, it,
little ones might have been watching ioI
it to come home"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

The Jackson (Tenn.) Wing and Tribune
thus hits off the anxiety which certain
politicians of the hay-seed stripe show to
ingratiate themselves with the dear far
mers: Between the Oranges and cleo
tions strange new fashion is about to
arise. 1t is fashion rather peculiar to
candidates, and is, of course, of pure ag-
ricultUral origin. 1t consists of rye, oats
and wheat straw hats, trimmed with cot
ton blooms; shirts of home-spun, with
shuck collars ruffied with potato vines
and bound with corn tassels; coats man
ufactured from corn and cotton stalks
cut long, with capacious pockets, and
fringed around the tail and collar with
corn silks and clover blossoms; pants
made of pea-vines, fastened with GYM
bling buttons, and held up by onion top
suspenders. These suits are 20 contrived
that, as the wearer moves along, hay
seed falls in gentle showers along his
path. None but agricultural candidates
will affect this fashion, and the Changers
will please govern themselves accord
inplyv
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
Hair Love.

The absent daughter, married and far
away, sends home tiny curl i'm letter.
il is that of the first-born. "The softest,
silkiest, brightest hair, she verify be-
lieves i'm all the world And its dear
little head is covered with it like so many
rings of gold. All, if they could but sec
it" Why, it seems but yesterday she
was child herself, the merriest of the
household band, the most mischief-lov-
ing, provoking and yet fascinating being
one can well imagine. Threats and re-
proof were alike thrown away upon her
but II fond word would bring her to her
mothers side in moment, all penitencc
and humility, although ten to one the
next she was as wild as ever. But she
become grave all of Il sudden, married,
and took to housekeeping by instinct, as
it were, for she could have had little ex-
perience in these matters but loving
makes us apt scholars, and she be-
came very patient wife and mother.
We need not say how the tiny curl will
be kept and priced by the happy grand
mother, who wept with joy as she re-
memberced all this. Mindful, ut the
same time, with the sad experience which
is the heritage of old age, of the precari-
business of human felicity, and how many
as bright birds of fair promise as the
golden-haired child were now among the
angels of heaven!
The young soldier, perishing on the
field of glory, prays with his dying
breath that lock of his hair may be cut
off and sent in remembrance of him to
his mother and dear Mary. And when
it reaches them, having travelled, per-
haps, hundreds of miles, how sacred and
holy is such relic? We can fancy the
aged mothers tears and kisses, and his
Mary" laying it on her heart, and never
being known to smile again on earth,
although she continues meek and patient
to the last.
The death of beloved object seldom
fails to sanctify and make us better-to
wean us gently from earth and heaven /;
such, at least, is the intention of all our
Affections, if we could only but think so; !;
while change and estrangement harden
and petrify the affections until they seem
turned to stone! cit is a perilous thing"
says Frederick Bremen, "when the be-
loved image in the heart of man is de-
stroyed."
The lover sends lock of hair to his
mistress, friend to friend; parent to child,
child to parent. We verify believe this
same hair love to be universal, and
pregnant with thousand romantic and
touching episodes
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
Pencil and Scissors.

WHY is the elephant the most sagacious
of travellers? Because he never takes his
eye off his trunk.
THE way they muzzle dogs in most of
the Western towns is by placing the
muzzle behind the ear and pulling the
trigger.
A JUSTICE of the peace at Red Wing,
Minnesota, had to knock culprit down
with chair to get him quiet enough TO
try him.
The difference between country and
a city greenhorn is that one would like to
know everything, and the other thinks
that he can tell him.
"A MAN is, i'm general, better pleased"
says Doctor johnson, "when he has Il
good dinner upon his table than when
his wife talks Greek"
WHAT is the difference between All
engine driver and passenger who has
lost the train? One is right in front,
and the other is left behind.
"DRIED tongue" was the answer
which minister gave some one who
asked him what he had in his carpet-bag,
which contained seven sermons.
THE following advertisement appears
in newspaper: Wanted, a second
hand set of Commandments. Old-fash-
ioned ones painted on wood will do"
MARYLAND girls won't marry in the
full of the moon, believing that they
would have ill luck through life (; but u
Massachusetts, girl wouldn't let forty full
moons stop her ten seconds.
AN Iowa Judge has decided that it is
more of sin to steal horse than to
elope with another mans wife, because
there are S,000,000 women in the United
States and only 100000 horses.
WILLIAM" said one Quaker to an
other, "thee knows ! never call any
body names; but, William, if the Gov
ernOr of the State should come to me and
say, Joshua, want thee to find me the
biggest liar i'm the State of New York,
would come to thee and say, William,
the Governor wants to see thee particu-
larly."
SOME boys i'm Salem recently borrowed
two eggs from a neighbor's hennery, and
after boiling them i'm calico bag re-
turned them to the nest. The boiling
process left the eggs covered with the
figures of the calico, and the excited
owner exhibited these curiosities, far
and near, and sought in vain for an ex-
PLANTATION of this "curious freak of ma
ture."
IT was an unfortunate idea, making
the new ten cent scrip so much like the
fifty cent scrip. 1t is no pleasant sensa-
tiOn, after hurrying from a store and all
the way home under the impression that
you have beaten somebody out of forty
cents, to find you have the right change
after ALL We may be little prcjudiced,
but it strikes us this is taking an ungen-
erous advantage of trusting nature.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
TiltOn and Beecher.

Theodore Tilton has published in the
Golden Age seven column article touch
ing the Beecher scandal. 1t is defense
of Tilton against the charges of the Rev.
Leonard Bacon, moderator of the late
Brooklyn Council, that TiltOn has been
cowardly slanderer of Beecher, whose
magnanimity alone saved him from dis
graceful exposure. Having suffered in
silence for four years from these and sim
liar Misrepresentation adroitly put be-
fore the public by Plymouth Church,
Tilton says that neither patience or duty
will permit him longer to conceal the
actual facts from the public. He then
goes OH to say that he never slandered
Henry Ward Beecher, but, on the con-
trary, has sacrificed his own reputation
to suppress the truth about him, that he
never has refused to appear before the
church and answer all questions regard
ing scandal that might be put to him.
Mr. Tilton gives his reason for severing
his connection with the church as fol-
lows:
CATER I had been for fifteen years Il
member of the Plymouth Church, and
had become meanwhile an intimate
friend of the pastor, knowledge came to
me in 1870 that he had committed against
me an offense which ! forbear to name or
characterize. Prompted by my self.
respect, Immediately and forever ceased
my attendance on his ministry"
He publishes the following as an ex-
tract from a document signed by Mr..
Beecher.
"BRooKLYN, Jan. 1, 1871. -.
az ask Theodore Tlton's forgiveness, aud
humble myself before him as / do before
my God. He would have been better man
i'm NV circumstances than ] have been. |
can ask nothing except that he will remem.
Der all the other breasts that would ache. l
will not plead for myself. even wish that
was dead.
(Signed) I'll. W. BEEcHER."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
HYgienic Science.

1t is now decisively demonstrated in
physiological science that colds are the
effect of arrangements of the stomach
and the blood. When," says q sensible
writer on the subject, "the human body
is at its prime, with youth, vigor, purity,
and a good constitution on its side, no
degree ofordinary exposure to cold gives
rise to any unpleasant effects. All the
ordinary precautions against colds,
coughs, and rheumatic pains may be dis
regarded, and no i'll effects ensue. But
let the blood become impure, let the
body become deranged from any acquired
disorder, or let the vigor begin to wane,
and the infrmities of age be felt by occa-
sional arrangements in some vital part,
either from inherited or acquired abuses,
and the action of cold will excite more
or less disorder of some kind, and the
form of this disorder, or the disease
which will ensue, will bc determined by
the kind of pre-existing blood impurity,
or the pre-existing fault of the organic
processes"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
Blasted HOPES.

An extremely sharp and intelligent
American gentleman from the West
once walked into the office of DIR. &. T..
Jackson, the chemist.
CDR. Jackson, presumeg' said he.
"Yes, sir"
care you alone?'
Yes, sir"
"May lock the doorT'
And he did so; then, having looked
behind the sofa, and satisfied himself
that no one else was in the room, he
placed large bundle, done up in yel-
low handkerchief on the table, and
opened it.
There, doctor, look at that"
"Well," said the doctor, / see it."
"What de you call that, doctorg'
az call it iron pyrites."
What" said the man; isn't that
stuff gold?'
"No," said the doctor, it's good fol
nothing; it's pyrites."
And putting some over the fire In a
shovel, il soon evaporated up the
chimney.
"Well," said the gentlemanly man
with woe-begone look, theresa widow
up i'm our town has whole hill full o
that, and I've been and married her."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

THERE was something pathetic in the
position of the German florist, who, in
the bitterness of his heart, exclaimed !:
"I have 40 much drouble nit de ladies
ven dey come to buy mine rose dey
wants him hardy; dey wants him doubles;
dcy wants him nice colour; dey wants
him aberding in one rose. hopes / am
not vat you call an uncallant man, but /
have sometimes to say to dat ladies,
Madame, l never often see ladies dat
vas beautiful, dat vas rich, dat vas good
temper, dat vas young, dat vas clever,
dat vas perfection, in one ladies. see
her much not ,"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

THE Paris Figaro contains sensa-
tional mention of Mile. Croizette, who is
performing in the ,Syhinr at the Theater
Francais. In the enactment Of her char
acter in the play she assumes to poison
herself and dies upon the stage-a per
sonation which she is said to perform
with such truthfulness to nature as to
call forth long comments in the daily
press. One physician comes out in u
card, and declares over his own signature
that she does virtually poison herself
nightly, and that such reality will sooner
or later prove fatal IL persisted in.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

The little boys of Rochester, whose
street ball playing and kite flying has
been stopped by order of the police, dis
play considerable ingenuity in getting
around the command. They allow the
little girls to fly kites and play ball,
while they sit by and enjoy themselves.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
DON'T LET ssoruuEn no n.
Daughter, don't let mother do ~.

Daughter, don't let mother do M
DO not let her slave and ton,
While you sit useless idler,
Fearing your soft hands TO SOD.
Don't you SEQ the heavy burdens,
Daily she Is wont to bear,
Bring the lines upon her forehead-
Sprinkle silver In her haira
Daughter, don't let mother do III
DO not let her bake and boil;
Through the long, bright summer hour
Share with her the heavy ton.
See, her eye has lost its brightness
Faded from her cheek the glow,
And the step that once was buoysut,
Now Is feeble, weak and slow.
Daughter, don't let mother do n.
She has cared for you 80 long.
Is II right the weak and feeble
Should be toiling for the stroag?
Waken from your listless languor,
Seek her side TO cheer and bless;
And your grief will be less bitter
When the sods above her press.
Daughter, don't let mother do III
You will never, never know
What were home without mother
Till that mother lieth low
Low beneath the budding daisies.
Free from earthly care or pain
To the home so sad without her
Never to return again.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

A PHYSICIAN stopped at the shop of
country apothecary and inquired for a
Pharmacopeia. "Sir," said the apoth-
ecary, ~ know Of no such farmer living
about these parts"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
TAKE THE PAPERS.

Why don't you take take the papers,
They're the life Of my delight,
Except about election time,
And then read from spite.
Subscribe! You can not lose cent,
Why should j be afraid?
For cash then spent, Is money lent,
On interest four fold paid.
know two friends, as much alike
As ever you saw two stumps,
And no phrenologist could find
difference In their bumps.
One took papers, and all his life
Was happier than kings;
His children all could read and write,
And talk Of men and things.
The other took no paper,
And while strolling through the wood,
A tree fell upon his crown,
And killed him-yery good.
Had he been reading of the news
At home, like neighbor Jim,
I'll bet a cent that accident
Would never happened him.
Go then and take the papers,
And pay to-day-pray not delay,
And my word heard, il is inferred.
You will live till you are gray.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

MANY who have withstood the frowns
of the world have been hugged to death
by its caressess
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

A CELEBRATED lawyer wasin the habit
of saying Il always study the Feasibility
of n case before undertake II"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
Cash Instead OF Credit.

People who buy for cash always buy
cheaper than those who buy on credit.
They buy also more closely, and select
more carefully. Purchases which are
paid for when they are made are limited
more exactly to the purchasers wants.
There is nothing like having to count
the money out when the article is bought,
to make people economical. The amount
of Indebtedness incurred is not much
considered when the payday is not far
off. Persons who do all their business
on cash basis know just where they
stand and what they can afford; conse-
quently they find after-occasion for re-
GREETING, in turn of times, that they
have indulged in this luxury or that,
which they would have foregone had
they seen what was coming. Real wants
are few, and can be gratiiied for cash at
all events they should always be limited
to what can be paid for in cash. How
much of anxiety, how many sleepless
hours, how many heart-burnings, disap-
pointments, and regrets would be avoided
II this rule were always strictly adhered
to
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

To CLEAN PAINT.--A good way to
clean paint is to smear it over with whit
ing, mixed to the consistency Of common
paste in warm water. Rub the surface
to he cleaned briskly, and wash off with
pure cold water. Grease spots will, in
this way, be almost. instantly removed,
as well as other marks, and the paint
will retain its beauty and brilliancy un-
impaired.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

NEW ORLEANS claims 23l 600.