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A Happy Woman.

What spectacle more pleasing does the
earth afford than happy woman con-
tented in her sphere, ready at all times
to benefit her little world by her ex-
ertions, and Transforming the briars and
thorns of life into roses of Paradise by
the magic of her touch? There are those
who are thus happy because they can not
help it = no misfortunes dampen their
sweet smiles, and they dffuse cheerful
glow around them, as they pursue the
even tenor of their way. They have the
secret of contentment, whose value is
above the philosophers stone; for with
out seeking the baser exchange of gold,
which may buy some sorts of pleasure,
they convert everything they touch into
Joy. What their condition is makes no
difference. They may be rich or poor,
high or low, admired or forsaken by the
tickle world; but the sparkling fountain
of happiness bubbles up in their hearts,
and makes them radiantly beautiful.
Though they live in log cabin, they
make it shine with lustre that kings
and queens may covet, and they make
wealth fountain of blessings to the
children of poverty.
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Rochefort in London.

The London Times says: "The ban
quet intended to be given to M. Roche
fort by Frenchmen in London has been
indefinitely postponed. According to
the promoters of the movement M. Roche
fort says that after due consideration of
the matter he does not think that the
present is an opportune time for him to
appear at banquet or even to lecture in
London. He considers that what money
his friends have to spare should be ap-
piled to the relief of his fellow Commun-
lists in exile, who are suffering from pow
erty. He considers that time will event
ually be favorable to the establishment
of republic in France, and that an
amnesty will then probably be granted
to the whole of the Communists. At
present he wishes TO be allowed to re-
main in private. He does not intend, it
Is stated, TO remain long in London, but
will proceed TO Switzerland"
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SENSE AND NONSENSE.

"MAMMAr cried little girl, rushing
into the room, "why am l like treeY'
Mamma could not guess, when the little
one exclaimed, because l have got
limbs"
AN Irishman engaged in fighting a
duel insisted, as he was near-sighted,
that he should stand six feet nearer to
his antagonist than his antagonist did
to him.
The force of habit is fully illustrated
in the case of retired milkman, who
says he never sees can of water without
having an irresistible desire to put some
milk into it.
"PATRICK," said the priest, chow
much hay did you stealT' "Well, 1
may as we'll confess to your reverence for
the whole stack, for Pm going aftef the
rist tonight"
1t is averred that the reason American
girls refuse to enter domestic service is
that they object to anything approach
ing low mental employment-what they
seek is hy-meneal.
A PENNSYLVANIA minister, complain
of the scarcity of weddings, says, that in
this respect at least, his parish is like
heaven, "They neither marry nor are
given in marriage"
SAID conscientious auctioneer:
Ladies and gentlemen, there is no sham
about the carpets; they are genuine
tapestry carpets. / bought them of old
Tapstry himself"
The Brooklyn Argus states that the
latest telegram from the spirit world is
signed "David G. Farragut," and con-
tains the pathetic injunction, Don't
let Winnie Ream bust me-"
"PUNCH's" receipt for the preservation
of furs is excellent: "Pull out all the
hairs with tweezers, and varuish the
skin. In the fall remove the varnish
and carefully stick all the hairs in their
old places.
AN old seaman, at religious meeting
recently held in New York, in relating
his experience, stated that when at sea
in storms and tempests, he had often de-
rived great consolation from the beauti-
full passage of Scripture. "Faint heart
never won fair lady,"
A NEW YORK politician, in writing a
letter of coincidence to a widow of q
deceased member of the Legislature,
says: 81 can not tell you how panied L
was to hear that your husband had gone
to heaven. We were bosom friends; but
we shall never meet again."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-23

A BRIGHT little fellow twelve years old
was recently brought before city judge,
charged with stealing revolver from the
store where he was employed. The mag
istrate speke kindly to the boy, and asked
him what Induced him to steal the pistol.
His sobs almost choked his utterance,
and it was with difficulty he replied that
he did not take the pistol with the in
tention of keeping it, but to raise money
with which to get something to eat for
his parents and three smaller children,
who had been for nearly three days with
out food. The seventy-five cents which
he obtained on the weapon from jewell
er's clerk on First Avenue he gave to
his mother to buy bread with but he
intended to redeem the pistol the next
day when his weeks wages were paid to
him. Such case is full of sadness.
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supposition can be made which shall ad-
NIT of the longer life of man.

INV VI sAN AOi6SA AiAO Va
The comet is in the sky, and we are to
enter its influence.
am not one of those who believe fully
that science has yet shown comets to be
of SO immaterial a nature as to do us no
harm. know that such is the accepted
theory; know of the ENHANCEMENT and
retardation of the comet among the
moons of Jupiter, upon which, for a
long time, was based the theory of their
almost spiritual lightness. Yet what the
scientists who told us of this seem to
have overlooked is the fact that when
near the moons of Jupiter the comet was
also within the influences of the mighty
Jupiter himself---the king of all the
planets. That the comet ever escaped
that influence, after three months of
dallying with it, shows its immense
power. Latterly it has been common 10
say that the whole matter of the largest
comet could be condensed into the size
of cubic inch." What does this prove
Newton himself said he was not sure
that there was cubic foot of solid mat
ter in the entire universe? The cubic
inch thus becomes vast amount of mat
ter---how many cubic inches are there in
a cubic foot? Even the ether, says
Prof Cooke, urging his objections to the
wave theory of light, if of the density of
air, would weigh or exert a pressure of
fifteen million pounds to the square
inch; so that it is not wonderful
to have Helmholz say that, instead of
being the rarest of all existences, ether
is the densest of all, as it must be it, as
must philosophically be held, it is un-
particled and yet exists. The theory of
the density of ether will explain the
rapidity with which forces such as light
traverse it; motion has not to be COM
municated from particle to particle, but
the whole is moved en- masse. But l am
straying from my subject.
The real matter to be considered is that
under any hypothesis the fact of enter
ing the substance of comet must pro-
duce on the earth consequences which
will RESULT in the extinction of the human
race, and thus prevent mans interference
with the powers of nature. According
to received doctrines of development
which the whole geological and biologi-
cal history of the earth show to be true,
we are about to give place to that higher
being which we call, for lack of better
term, the "Coming Man."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-23

SORROW Strangely do some people
talk of "getting over" great sorrow |;
overlapping it, passing it by, thrusting 1t
into oblivion. Not 10. No one ever does
that--at least, no nature which can be
touched by the feeling Of grief at all.
The only way is to pass through the
ocean Of affection solemnly, slowly, with
humility and faith, as the Israelites
passed through the sea. Then its very
waves of misery will divide and become
10 us wall on the right side and on the
left, until the gulf narrows and narrows
before our eyes, and we land safe ON the
opposite shore.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-23
FROM THE GERMAN.

fROM THE GERMAN.
From the old gray MILL on the river side,
i looked DER the flooded plains,
where the mountain streams, that came foaminl
down,
Are sweed by the autumn rains.
long, bright ray from the fading West
Has fired the high church panes;
And the sullen land looks drearer STILL
While the little light remains
You stood by my side In a summer gone,
And gazed on the landscape fair,
In the golden CLEAN Of the dying day,
That lighted the coils Of your hair.
While the great mll-wheel sent showers Of spray,
That went ON In dancing rill;
But the glad, sweet waters of life, for you,
Like the well-worn wheels, are still.
The merry rivulet at my feet
Runs ON in gleesome flow;
Like the ripple Of laughter, low and sweet,
In the daysof the long ago.
And the splendor Of sunset fades and dies,
In the twilight cold and gray;
AS the visions that gladdened our hopeful eyes
Forever had passed away.
For apeaceful rest I have sought in vain;
But the coming days. with their change,
Will give me quiet / have not found
In the years so sad and strange.
A rest by your side, in the graveyard green,
overlooking the gray old mill
When the storm-tossed waters OF life, for me,
Like its wel-worn wheels. are still.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-23

Potato SALAD.--Boil some new pota-
toes and let them get cold; then cut
them in slices, and arrange them neatly,
in some sort of pattern, on dish, with
hard-boiled eggs cut into quarters, slices
of beet-root stamped out into shapes, and
olives stoned. The dish should be slight
ly rubbed with shallot. Make sauce
with two parts oil and one tarragon vim
egar; pepper and salt, little tarragon,
some capers, chervil, parsley, and few
leaves of thyme, all finely minced; beat
the sauce well together, pour over the
salad, and serve.
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officials TO be chosen

Governors will be elected in these States; In the
others, minor State officers.
4 The annual election In Ohio will take place as
usual on this day II the New Constitution Is rejected
4 IL the New Constitution is ratified.
2 A Lieutenant Governor, rs provided by the New
Constitution, will be elected for the hrst time In
Pennsvlyania.
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BEAUTIFUL HANDS.

Such beautiful, beautiful hands
They're neither white nor small,
And you, know, would scarcely think
That they were fair at all.
I've looked on hands whose form and hue
A sculptor's dream might be,
Yet are these aged, wrinkled hands
Most beautiful TO me.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands,
Though heart were weary and sad,
These patient hands kept telling on,
That children might be glad.
almost weep, as looking back
To childhood's distant day,
think how these hands rested not
When mine were at their play.
But Oh beyond this shadow land,
Where all is bright and fair,
know full well those dear old hands
Will palms of victory bear;
Where crystal streams, through endless time
Flow over golden sands,
Aad where the old grow young again
I'll clasp my mothers hands.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-23

CHARCOAL pulverized and mixed with
water is recommended as good for cattle
suffering from bloat, hoven, or other de-
rangement of the stomach.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-23

WHY is it that the young man about
town always considers it necessary TO
grin when he talks to the other scxY
Why can't he observe that it's lovely
night, and ask for a glass of water with
out giggling like an idiot?
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-23

THE ruins of large city have, (becn
discovered in the State of Tobasgo, Mex
leo.
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Our sentiments, exactly.S


Lake Superior IS 46O miles long.
and 16O broad, with 8 mean depth
Of 9S8 feet. It fas B supeftlcisll
area Of $1,000 square miles. The
State Of Massachusetts might
stretch herself ont at fun length
and battle ins its waters.ll Even
then there would be room enough
for Rhode Island at her feet. and
Connecticut at her head with V6fs
mont stretched along herEight ard
New Hampshire on her left. Xpn
may take all New England except,
Maine, and hide Il bodily ben0ath
the waters Of this single. lake
Lake Michigan is $50 miles long
and 108 broad, with d mean depth
of 500 feet, and . superficial lrarea
Of 10000 square miles. You cQnll
sink in this lake the three states
Of New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland Lake Huron, with q
length Of go miles,and . breadth
equal to that Of Lake Superior,
has q mean depth 6f 800 feet, 8
superficial extent equal to that Of
Lake Michigan, and would swal-
How up the whole Kingdom of Dem
mark, including the duchies. iIls
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A Bad Lot.

The following paragraph from
the recent address delivered by
Waldo NJ. Potter, of the Daven-
port Gazette, before the Iowa
Press Association, was intended
to apply to the Chicago Times -
tsThe editor who cares not for
the moral results of his work is
an intellectual demon. 1t mat
ters little what may be the kind
ness Of his heart, or how much he
may outwardly respect the decen-
cies of life. he is an enemy to
society and a traitOr.t0 tho race.
He knows the power Of his press !;
he is conscious that his paper
penetrates the family circle, and
will mould and influence the minds
of those who read it. But he is
sordid or remorseless, or careless
or sensual. He gives his own
deprayed appetites and passions
full play, or he takes a savage
delight in ministering to the
meaner Instincts aud the grosser
passions of the body polite. 4 He
deals in sensation, that the young
and excitable may be lured to his
columns. He serves up he worst
domestic scandals, because aware
that there is a degraded side to
human nature which secretly
longs for such prnrient food. He
publishes the details of crime,
though convinced that he is stim-
ulating many minds into channels
Of thoughr which may prove
temptations. He undermines be
lief in moral accountability. be-
cause he himself acknowledges nc
God but gold and qualification Of
sensual desire. And so, day BY
day, he pous his communicating
Hood over society, poisoning, mis-
leading, betraying and still he
can sit quietly at his table and
coolly look over the moral death
which his life has wrought"
t
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The outcast.

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N0are her joys an idle jest;
Sharp are the thorns beneath the flowers
6he claaps INTO her womans breast.
s ss
haoame into her life Of blame.
I1ke a. "a helplessness Of grace:
Uneoueoiouely received her name.
Unoes,aUiOuslv assumed her nlace:
baeeeed vith msternal cnre or t;ursed
VIII novertvsa ! neolecx. she roe,
1gpa9h years gradation, and rehearsed
Her future 0f allotted woes.
s
Il - nat II shA conld ar wonld.
3 ~ t1,oir her fata' l;ka ma ~ trnat.
Hsr fnlIies - no Natural mood.
Mr. doee sha choose for ieweIe' dnst.
~ ss.l ~ chosen. we'll |e know
Her ma ma been our Counterpart.
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THE VALuK or C0tJNffsY
WEEKLlEsAs ADvRRTfNa MUfx
UMs.-Extract from q paper read /,
BY Howard Owen, Editor Of the
Kennebec journal, before the AS Z
sociatiOn of Mnine t1ditora and Pub
fishers, ut the annual meetinG
held in Angusta, February I'D
1874:
sgThere are small country p.
pers running along on . fsw hun
dred circnlati0r-not reaching 9
thousand-whose value as ady6r-
tising mediums could not b maaGs
up by two or three thouaands iq
the circulation of the larger pa
pers. They are the home, flresid6
papers OF the peOple; 70 be iead
and re-read by their local patrons
-advertisemenrs and ell. The
advertisements itseA, though il
may be foreign, becomes localized
by appearing il the columns Of the
local paper just Is Has strange
child is adopted into afamily and
| is soon loved - one of the chill.
dren. This same advertisement
that seems to possess 20 much
interest in tho local papaf, may be
simply glanced ct as il comes to
| the home in the columns Of the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-06-27

INToxICATIoN.-The Rich
mond Whig thus eloquently
portrays the evils Of intoxicas
ton IF we were called upon
to advise the young men of
promise and ambition what
path to pnrsuein order to avoid
the pitfalls that have proven
the destruction of so many
thousand who have started
upon the voyage of life SAN
guine of future renown and
success, we should say avoid
the wine emp as your most
deadly enemy turn from any
intoxicating beverage as you
would from q corpse left putrid
by the most loathsome and
deadly disease that ever hurried
its victims into eternity. We
have said if we were called
upon we take it back are
called upon solemnly, earnestly
Ito call attention to, this, the
greatest scourage Of the age |;
It IS impoverishing the wealthy
and : making 'beggars of the
poor it Is dethro1iing intellects
and snllying the regulations Of
men whose honor in moments
Of sanity mono would dare im-
peach; it is dragging down
and casting into felon's cells
those who have stood high in
| public esteems /; it is filling our
.jails and penitentiaries with
thieves and nurderers ; it is
peoplings Gods acres every-
i where throughout the land
with those whom Holy Writ
assures us never shall enter the
kingdom Of heaven it is leav-
ing countless thousands oi
widows and orphans to mourn
as those who cannot be com,
/ forted. Great God ! the untold
misery entailed upon the hn,
man family By this fery
] draught, intended only TO 81
i men for hell, can never be es.
timated. Strange is the infa
tuation that makes men thi
slaves Of such q master, th'
4 imps Of such q demon, ant
{ almost as strange that our leg
, islators, who grow hoafse il
J deaounoing repadiations AM
in, advocating increased taxs
i ton upon lands and necessa
J ries of lie, yet shrink 'bac
{ appclled at the bare idca q
4 touching this petted child /
/ Satan. Strange, indeed ! it
passing strange = s. -
81 rf@4s9t - Il 4ssSs s- 8fSsss #8ss4Af III MI
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That which is past is gone
and irrevocable, and wise men
have enough to do with things
present and to como /; therefore,
they do but trifie with them
selves that labor in past mat
ters.-TLord Bacon.
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Many friends, like cards, are
flung down upon the ground,
as soon as those who have been
playing with them have got all
they cared for out Of them.
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At forty years Of ago = man
looks back over his life and
wonders what. ha did it for,
and then tnrps wiatfqlly to-
ward the future, and keeps on
doing il.
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Old Virginia Courtesy.

Virginia gentleman who had
so much State pride, and at
the same time SO much courte-
sy, that he made it a rule never
to ask a stranger where he
was born, for fear that heI
would be put.to the mortifica-
tion of acknowledging that he
was not born in Virginia.
But one of the best anec-
dotes of old Virginia courtesy
heard recently is by John
Rollins, who was at one time
a clown in John Robinson's
show. Rollins was celebrated
for his ready wit and quick
repartee, and. in answer to a
question whether he was ever
at a loss when in the ring to
reply to any remark made by
spectators, said: "Neyer but
once, and that was when our
company were exhibiting at
Warrenton, in Fauqller coun-
/ ty. It was part Of my role to
play a drunken man. I came
into the ring as usual, in full
clown costume, with a bottle
of whiskey in my hand, and
while acting the various char
acters of intoxication I noticed
an old fellow standing near
the rope which enclosed the
ring occasionally winking and
nodding at me, as much as to
} say, if convenient please pass
, that bottle around this way.
J His greasy black cloth suit.
: high-crowned hat slightly
smashed in, gold-headed cane
! and red nose, told what he was
: He had evidently seen better
}. days. but was afine illustration
{ of a broken-down Virgins
! gentleman, whose decline could
: be traced to an Ger fondness o
' looking upon the wine when i
: is red. Passing around thu
|. ring l stopped Immediately il
e front of the old fellow and ex'
\ tending the bottle. asked hin
Q to drink. With one hand b,
: took the big cud of tobacc'
: out Of his mouth, throwing j
. on the ground, his looks ex
J, hibiting his desire for q stron!
g pull at the bottle, while hi
J. smiling countenance plainl.
q told the intense satisfaction
T he enjoyed in anticipation 3
2 $50 soon satisfying his appetite
' when, just as he reachedt I
,. take the bottle, I suddenl,
e jerked it back, and, placing N,
Il thumb to my nose, wiggle'
y my fingers at him. The oil
fellow threw himself back o
i his dignity with an air Of o1
!, Tended pride, straightene
y himself up, and in q tone {
= anger mingled with mortifics
d ton, said, Sir, as an old Vii
q ginia gentleman, / only prt
posed taking a drink with 20
through courtesy, and not th'
e 1 wanted your whiskey, 70
q internal spotted-coat son Of
g gum Twas 20 taken back b
g, the old Virginian's languas
n- and manner, and the yells
t. laughter from the spectacle
which followed, that I didr
q do any moro good that da
j After making two or thr'
efforts to proceed with my pa