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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Debt ind Dishonesty.

One who is anxious to discover the
causes and remedies for the prevail
ing lack of honesty traces the matter
to the credit system as well as the
financial calamities now upon us. A
thousand honest men are put at the
mercy of single dishonest man
who refuses to pay his debts. If the
one pockets his money and refuses to
pay, he deprives a thousand who are
anxious to do so. The best way to
get capital Is to work for 1t. Work
for wages until you have money of
your own. To use anOther's capital,
ifyou lose 1t you must replace 1t.
When q man finds he owes more than
he can pay, he begins to inquire how
he can get rid of his debt. If all he
has will not pay all he owes, then less
than all, he thinks, will pay a part,
and he hides a portion or all from
creditors. .15 DR4sJ 4. ,.ss
% Learn to make money u year before
you spend It, then You will buy less
and buy cheaper. Other things be-
ing equal, dishonesty prevails in pro-
portion to the facilities for escaping
obligations. The wise man has said
that the borrower Is servant to the
lender" and he ought to be until he
returns what he has borrowed. When
one has the benefit ofanOther's labor,
property, person, skill and all are
bound for the equivalent.
The ancient Roman and Jewish
codes held that a mans life and labor
should be bound for his debts. This
mayappear, and sometimes Is, severe;
but strict Justice says, "What doth
the Lord thy God require of thee but
to dO. ..justly?' "Owe no man any
thing," if you can help it; but If you
do, place what you have at the dis
posal of your creditor till all Is paid.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
The story Of 4 Hat.

1--WE learn from newspaperslipsand
private letters, of a rather ridiculous
occurrence i'm .NOrwalk, Ohio. The
hero il n prominent and respected
DeacOn--Deacon c., we understand.
The, other Sunday he started for
church with an old hat on his head.
1t was an easy hat, and the old man
enjoyed it. 1t appears there are pegs
to hang hats on i'm the churches there.
He thus disposed his headgear on
reaching the church, and took his
seat with thocOngregation., . When
the services were over he fingered
as is customary and proper for dea-
cons to do. He finally reached the
porch, and stopped for his hat, and
any respectable citizen can imagine
the horror he experienced ON behold
ing but one hat left and that q most
dilapidated and scandalOus-lO0king
article. He could feel his blood boil
within him as he looked at ii and
thought of the muttOn-head who
owned 1t and walked off with his
glossy beaver instead. He said out
aloud that the owner OF that hat was
q muttOn-head, and ground his dea-
cOnish heel into the floor, and felt
much relieved by so doing Then he
tied a handkerchief about his. head
because the, old hat was much too
large for. him and he could not wear
it, even If flesh and spirit had not
reVOlted against the spectacle. He
told the sexton that that hat must
have been built In a dry-dock, sand
that the only thing that troubled him
in the matter was how a man with a
head of that size got into the church
any way. Then he stalked majestic
ally lhOmewartl, with the red hand
kerchief wound about his head, and
held at arms length ahead of him,
and altogether forming Il spectacle
that fastened the astbnished atten-
tiOn of every ybeholder. Arriving at
home he extended the article to-
ward his wife, and waiting an in
ehormity Of the ofiense, he explO-
sively shouted, "LOok at that VII
lainous rag "sA The lady looked at
it, and was astOnished. E"I don't
wonder you are sick, he hOwled,
morosely; cit makes me sick to
think Of the bullhead who owns
such a smOke-stack, palming It off
on me, and taking, my new beaver
for himself in miStdke I (He ground
this out with whitening sarcasm).
A pretty mistake I must say, when
his miserable rag Ia big enough to
cover cart, and filthy enough to
make II crow sick!'r 80 But that's
your everyday hat, y asserted his
wife, in stili greater establishment,
"1y hat! gasped the amazed
Deacon, staring at her with eyes
half way out of their sockets,-
and then laughing Historically, and
shivering from head to foot. Ger
tainly It is,' persisted his wife,
"and here Is your best hat" talk
ing this article from It's accustomed
place, and after staring blankly at
his wife for. ~ moment, slowly he
said: " The ways Of Providence are
past finding out rub my head,
MISUNDERSTANDING Ne,cs. u
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Arabian Administration OF Justice.

In the land of Mocha coffee and
MOhammedanism bills of exception
are unknown, and rcd tape is not a
mcrchantable commodity hence the
course Of justice is exceedingly simple
and primitive, and to tlloseaccustom-
ed to our cumbersome forms of legal
precision and etiquette would, per-
haps, seem undigniiied.
A BedOnuin's. camel had been
stolen from him by force, and he
applied to IIamood, the gOvOner of
DjOwf, for redress. The governor, a
muscular, tawny man, quite solemn
looking, was dressed i'm Il long shirt
over which was thrown black cloak
richly embroidered with crimson silk,
half sat, half reclined upon n cushion
i'm the corner of distinction i'm the
large reception hall. A few feet from
him sat the BedOuin crOss-legged up
on the ground, an implement re-
sembling large reaping hook or
grass cutter in'his hand. Attracting
the governors attention by flourish
ing this implement he,cried out:
"You Hamood, do yOu hear? He
has taken from me my camel! Have
you cdIleu bOu I'd iillllu lHe GAMER
is my camel; do you hear? lie is
mine by Gods award and yours too !;
do you hear, child?"
All the time the BcdOuin was
speaking he made the most furious
gestures with the grass cutter, now
bending forward and bringing it with
a rapid motion within an inch or two
of Hamood's nose, Us If intending to
slice off that useful member again
apparently threatening to lop off his
arm. But the judge remained
motionless and undisturbed. Finally,
one of the counscllOrs quieted the
complainant by saying: "Remember
God, child; it Is of no consequence (;
you shall not be wrOngcd." 5.' or ir
Witnesses were then called, and
they, confirming the cOmplainanps
story The governor ordered the thief to
he brought before him, and turning
to. the BedOuin said: "All right,
daddy, you shall have your Own,"
and mOtiOning him away, quietly
waited sor another complaint TO, be
preferred. j98Eft ,ltlOgd !bi'
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
The ManeuyrIng Maiden.

One who looks society keenly,
and sees through all its pretense and
affection, feels inclined TO protect
against the incessant abuse lavished
ON "maneuvering mammas," when,
after all, IL is generally the "simple,
sweet girl" who maneuvers most
skilfully. In fact, the plotting maid
quite distances her somewhat un-
sophisticated parent as q tactician,
and enters upon the business of life
with q firm determination to succeed
I'm her carefully studied plans. OF
course, a good" marriage IL the
height of her ambition by a gOOd
marriage being understood one which
involves large settlements upon her.
She Is perfectly aware, even at q ten.
der age, that though she may become
tired Of her husband, whom she never
particularly cared for, there Is a
strong probability that richly fur
nished and well-appointed mansion
and liberal allowance,of pin-money
will never pail upon her. She knows
thatS.in order 10 obtain the object OF
her ambition, she must consent to
humor and captivate that strange,
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> Popular Opinion.

Laugh at it though we will, public
opinion il our master. lis influence
is far greater than is generally int
agined; and as it makes our reputa-
tiOn, it is,well we take some thought
Of the impressions we leave, and
show a degree of respect for the sent
iments and cherished opinions Of So
ciety. We have heard men say that
as long as they acted cOnsclentiOusly,
and did what was right, they cared
little what people or the public
thought of them reasoning highly
c0mmendable in itself, they may do
very well for one who would isolate
himself from society and the world
but 1t seems founded on q somewhat
selfish basis. "Happiness was born
a twin," and to be indifferent to pub
lie opinion we must exist within
ourselves and for ourselves alone,
since no one In this world is wholly
independent, each depending ON the
others for the happiness we receive.
no man or woman ever attains a
height which places him or her above
criticism and there are few of us
but have some inner experience
which we fain would hide from a
castle world therefore no one
can afford to hold sOciety's rules in
defiance. Some may imagin it pre-
sumption or cOnceit to think they
exert sufficient influence to attract
attention. . Yet every lifelis fraught
with interest in the particular sphere
of It's exhistence, and we are in. it
what we arc thought to be, the char
acter is to ourselves what we really
are, to the world it il what reputation
or public opinion makes it /; and al
though man may be fully conscious
of his own worth, The world alone
shall say whether to his memory he
leaves "FOot prints on the SAINT of
timc., or sinks into oblivion. .rs,--. /. q
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
oldDyes.

"a With the Egyptians, color was a
means of recording history. The
French who went to Egypt with Ma
poleon said that all the colors were
perfect except greenish white. The
burned city of Pompeii was city of
stucco. All the houses are stucco out
side, and IL Is stained with Tyrian
purple-the royal color OF antiquity;
and the flaming hues are as bright as
ifpainted but yesterday. Comedown
from Titan, whose colOrs are wonder
fullyand perfectly fresh, to Sir Joshua
Reynolds, and although his colors are
not yet hundred years old, they are
fading; the colors on his lips are
dying out, and the cheeks are losing
their tints. He did not know how to
mix well The French have theory
that there Is certain delicate shade
of blue that Europeans cannot see
Ruskin says that we cannot initiate
in colors that would last twenty years
the magnificent scarlet In old illu-
minated missals, now five centuries
old. The Frenchman says: "I am the
best dyer In Europe; nobody can
equal me, and nobody can surpass
Lyons.v Yet In Cashmere, where
the girls make shawls worth five or
six thousand pounds each, they will
show him three hundred distinct col
ors, which he not only can not make
bat cannot even distinguish.
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Success.

There are great many kinds pt
success. One man devotes the whole
Of his life to the ,,ihassing of wealth.
wants money and he gets it. In order
to get it he gives up his family
Nothing i'm the households so dear to
him as money. For the sake of
money he gives up friendship and
high and honorable intercOurses, and
puplic-spiritedness, and generosity,
liberality. He gives himself up to
money making and mOney-saving.
And when he has become rich there
is for him no honor that comes from
public spirit, no pleasure that friend
ship affords, AMI no Joy of the family.
His better feelings are all dried up,
and he stands like q mummy in q
kings tomb In, Egypt. With his
mOney-bags and priceless jewels
around him, he Is sbondaged in his
own success, behind which he Is for
ever grinning. There is many a rich
mummy, and there are MANY live
monkeys that go past him and wish
they were just like him-young men
who do-not know how to look inside
and see what Is, the reality and secret
of life. / am AshAmede of men who
thus slander human nature. ....
: Other men seek pleasure-success,
and mean to have it. If they seek
II as the end and aim of theiT lives,
they will probably get it; but they
VIII get nothing else. '''' 3 '''A '''''. .'''''
Other seek pOwer.success, and still
Others praise-stc4css; and they may
gain the success which they seek, but
they will lose other things. q ~ b'
Whatever men seek they may have;
bat they must have it WITH ITS limit
atiOns, with It's results, and with Its
bearingsupon their eternal destiny.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Saving ana Having.

Either man must be content with
poverty all his life, or else be willing
To deny himself some luxuries, and
save, TO lay the base Of independence
i'm the future. But if n man defies
future, and spends all that he earns
(whether his earning be one dollar or
ten dollars every day. let him look
for lean and hungry want some future
time-fOr It will surely come, no
matter what he thinks.
To save is absolutely the only way
to get q solid fortune; there !. is no
other certain mode ON earth. Those
who shut their eyes and ears to these
plain facts, will be forever poor; and
for their obstinate rejectiOns of the
truth, mayhap will die in rags and
filth. I.et them so die and thank
themselves. But no! They take a
sort of recOmpense in cursing fortune.
Great waste of breath! They might
as well curse mountains and eternal
hills. For / can tell them fortune
does not give away her real and
substantial goods. She sells them to
the highest bidder, to the hardest,
wfsest worker for the boon. Men
never make so fatal q mistake as when
they think they are mere creatures of
fate; tis the shearestfolly In the world
Every man may make or mar his
life, whichever he may choose. For
tune Is for those who by diligence
honesty, frugality, place themselves
I'm position to grasp hold of fortune
when itappears I'm view. The best
evidence Of diligence Is the sound Of
the hammer In your shop, at five
O'Clock In the morning. The best
evidence of. frugality Is the five
hundred dollars or more standing In
your name at the saving bank. The
best evidence Of honesty are both
diligenceand frugality, .,,esl
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
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Economics.


Nothing lubricates the wheels of
fortune so much as taking Kindly to
fatesand trying to adapt yourself to
whatever position or necessity which
appears as duty, ECONOMY Is not
an enemy to happiness and cheerful
homes. All that Is necessary Is to
make the most of that you have and
study up how to save In a common
sense and practical manner, then
economy will not prove and atfiictiOn.
The gardner who stands idly, looking
over the fence to envy his neighb0r
for having a nice garden patch, will
have to buy or beg his vegetables
when the season of gathering comes.
If your ground is not so fertile as
you could wish, or rs somebody else
bettor. Envy and fretting will dull
the best implements of industry.
There are few homes where econ
Omy is practiced upon the best and
most successful plan. There. is no
disgrace in saving scraps which can
be worked up into something useful.
Many a rag bag betrays the fact that
there is much to learn before women
can boast of knowing how to econ
Omise. If you only have one or two
new dresses I'm q year, fix up an old
one to do hOusework in, or nine
months out of twelve, you will not
have decent dress TO wear. WO-
men have been known to flatter
themselves with the idea of pos
sessing great virtue because they were
not "stuck-up.n They say their
clothes all look like and people must
take them just as they find them, or
not at all. Their clothes all look
alike! In trnth they do, and none
of them ARE tit to be seen Each
dress shows the effects of dish wash
ing, baking or churning. True econ
Omy provides a common work dress,
and II circumstances do not admit OF
aibettere one for afternoons or best,
it can at least he fresh. A working
dress does not signify q greasy, tat
tered and torn garment, that causes
a woman to run into closet or cellar
to hide if a stranger chances to call,
but something that water cannot
spoil, and fashioned i'm a comfortable
shape, SO that the body is easy and
the arms can be raised above the
head without splitting the sleeves.
Women are not the only novices I'm
economy. Men arc still greater bum
glers in the science. They will work
longer to save five cents i'm a shop
or on farm, and spend more time
i'm scOlding their families for waste
fulness i'm school books, pencils, shoes,
and cooking, than it would require
to earn a dollar, with peace of mind
and cheerfulness attending. Then, to
display most finished Inconsistency,
they will chew tobacco, smoke and
drink poison and whisky, wasting
money to furnish themselves and
their homes many comforts and SEN
sible luxurios.
When n II man who chews tobacco
and smokes cigars, sets himself up as
an example of economy because he
has not had q new suit of clothes i'm
two or three years, ask him to add
up what his "little vices'' have cost
i'm that length Of time. He will find
that his wife and children need not
have staid away from church on Sun
day for lack of clothes TO wear had
he used that sum i'm supplying their
wanis.-E1m OriOu. ,t
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ALL SORTS.
(" Agood floor manager broom.
Dress-parade-a fashionable we'd

(" A good floor manager a broom.
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The. question Of the hour-what's
the time. ~ ~ tsf - ff1 = ;se
The fear that surrounds us ALL the
atmosphere. ''t's's7 se-fs p ~ S'isd
The congressional library boasts OF
seven miles of book. q 4- ats. ~
Time never sits heavily upon us
but when 1t Ii badly employed.
A Washington belle Is described as
an encyclopedia Of fascinati0n."
The common mouse consumes
stwenty-fOur times as mnch oxygen as
the frog, ,.,...
A dog acts as mail cdrrier over a
twelve mile route in Minnesota, and
he Is always on time.
Chicago Jurors now receive 800
a cay, in addition to what they earn
by the ordinary traffic in verdicts.
A little girl of eight or ten sum-
mer1 being asked what dust was, re-
piled that It was mud with the juice
squeezed out. is. 3. ss. -.5 ul vsr -s-
A correspondent says the reason
why sailors prefer the three-masted
ships to those with two masts Is that
no man can serve two masters.
A voter praising a favorite candi-
didate at q late Irish election said -
"He is as fine fellow as ever lifted
a hat to lady or boot to a black
guard" 'as,'fa '~ staa 'sifgss Ict sa
"What is heavens best Gift to man?''
asked young lady on Essex street,
Sunday night, smiling sweetly on q
pleasant looking clerk. "a hoss,"
replied the young man, with great
prudence. 80 = s.,s 81, ai ~ 10
Boston pays $4,000 a year for
church music, and one out of every
ten of her laboring population has
nothing to do and nothing to eat.
The trouble Is organic. .s's'I4' z aaA
ID A book binder had book brought
him to be rebound. After the Job was
finished he made the following entry
in his day-book "TO repairing the
way to Heaven twenty-five cents.
The new charter of San Francisco
provides that women shall be paid
the same salary as men, in the public
schools of that city, and is an inno-
vatiOn sure to be followed.
The present year will probably see
the completion of a commercial di-
rectOry of the world, which gives an
account of the state of trade and the
names of the traders i'm every town
and every country. s''
The island Of CeylOn has had its
first census taken, from which it APP
pears that the population is 1900, 900.
A very curious effect of the census
was to cause q large number of mar
riages, report having been spread
that it was intended to ship all the
unmarried people to France.
A newly married lady, "just for
fun," hid a toy snake i'm her hus-
bands boot few days ago. The re-
suit of the joke was somewhat Pc
culiar. The husband on discovering
the mock reptile, first took critical
look at himself I'm mirror and then
going to closet, seized his demijohn
and threw 1t far out into a neighbOr-
ing pond.
A little four year old WatertOwn
girl went running into the house the
other day, exclaiming, Mamma,
mamma, i've seen Jack Frost! I've
seen Jack Frost 7" "Where did you
see him, my darling Z" queried the
mother. "Oh saw the tip of his
tail hanging over the caves" She
had seen an icicle.
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Does the Earth Revelve .--The Penda.
2 lum Test. ,,.,.,.t -.


Yesterday afternoon the Foucault
pendulum experiment was tried the
Exposition building before a. number
Of invited guests, > For this purpose
q ball Of lead weighing Al, pounds
was suspended from the southern
dome Of the building bya fine wire,
the distance from the point0f susl
pension to the center of the bail 20
feet 8 inches.t In the bottom Of the
which, when The pendulum IS at rest,
comes within about two inches Of the
floor. Around n circle Of nine and
ono half feet In diameter, the center
OF which Is the point where the
needle Is poised when the. pendulum
Is at rest, was poured ridge OF sand.
This was raised Just enough for the
needle point ON the pendulum when
in motion to cut through tho sand
ridge, showing the course of the
pendulum stroke OH each side. BY
a loop OF silk thread around the
needle point I'm the ball, the pend
ulum was drawn eleven feet from the
perpendicnlar--that Is, eleven feet to
one side. When oil was ready a
lighted match was touched to the
thread, which when burned aIlowcd
the ball to fall I'm obedience to the
laws Of gravitation without anyim-
petus being communicated to IL from
any other source. The pendulum
was started in It's vibrations from
north TO south, having been drawn to
the north when the loop was burned.
Now, IL the earth were without
motion, the movement of the pend.
ulum would continue In a direct
line nom north to south till its
motion eessed--that Is, n the earth
were sinotionlesB the needle of the
pendulum would mark precisely the
same poiuts on the ring of sand al
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Ittwi,s only one customer that the
surly man snubbed. The customer
asked for ten cents, worth of wire.
The 1surly man said something to
him about the trouble of so Small
a peice, and sneered at him for being
so small a customer. He cut it of
from the roll, and the customer, who
had intended To buy some hinges and
bolts, and two or three locks, which
might have amounted i'm all to five
dollars, concluded he would go to
another shop for the rest. He tpaid
for his ten cents worth Of wire, and
pushed on to the next hardware store.
The surly man did not even bid him
good day. That one customer seemed
a very small affair to the dealer, be-
cause he wanted to purchase such q
limited amount of merchandise, He
breath for all he wants. He forgot
that the small customer of to-day may
be the larger customer of tomorrow.
He forgot that the man who Is treated
shabbily at a store seldom returns to
1t except for something which can
not be purchased elsewhere. He for
got theinfluence which each customer
carries with him for good or i'll.
y Courtesy brings custom, and GUS
tom brings success in business, court
esy must not be neglected. "A man
who is politely treated at a store is
very apt to come again, and to men-
tion his experience to his friends. A
man who is rudely dealt with is still
more apt to tell hisfriends of ii, and to
warnthem against the place. Some
men have built up a large business,
and have made money, i'm spite of
their uncivil treatment of people with
whom they dealt. How much more
they might have. made if they had
been polite, it is difficult to 'calcu-
late. But let every young man un-
derstand that, all things being equal,
the courteous business man will
make a better success Of his work
than the crusty and ill-natured one.