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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
Saved from the Penitentiary by a
Chance Meeting.

A day or two ago gentleman riding
into this city came up with darkey on
the road, who proposed swapping horses
with him. The darkey's offer was one
not to be "sneezed at" and each horse,
in something less than directly" had
a new owner. On reaching the city, the
white man and the darkey parted COM
pany, and while riding about the city the
white man was approached by Deputy
Sheriff. who informed him that the horse
he was on belonged to Mr.. Turner,
near Dallas; that it had been stolen from
Mr.. r., and that the fact that he was on
a stolen horse furnished not the weakest
ground in the world for spotting him as
the thief. Protestations ofinnocence and
a circumstantial account of how he came
to be in possession of the horse were of
no avail. The "niggcr in the wood-pile,"
or the niger who had made the trade,
wasn't around, and the niggers sins of
commission fell upon the individual
present. So he went to Jail, and there
stayed all night. The next morning, on
being taken from the Jail to the Court
house for trial, who should he see but the
darkey he made the trade with, walking
along the street, leading the horse he had
traded for the one that had got him in
his "pickle." OF course, he at once
called the officers attention to the dar-
key, who, noticing that he was detected,
dropped the reins of the horse he was
leading, and st,rted gaily for the other
side of the river. A six-shooter quickly
covering him and demand to surrender
or ego up the spout" caused him to re-
turn humbly to his pursuer, who, on OBJ
tanning satisfactory evidence that it was
really the darkey and not the white man
who stole the horse, turned the latter
loose, and holds on to the former.-Ddt
las Teras) Herald.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
Chinese Typography.

Printing book in China is done as
follows: Two pages are written by one
trained to the business, on sheet of thin
paper, divided into columns by black
lines, and in the space between the two
pages are written the title of the work
and the number of the chapter and page;
when the sheet has been printed it is
folded down through this space, so as to
bring the title, ETC., partly on each page.
The sheet, when ready for printing, is
pasted face downward on a smooth block
of wood, made usually from the pear or
plum tree. As soon as it is dry, the pa-
per is rubbed off with great care, leaving
behind an inverted impression of the
characters. Another workman now cuts
away the blank space by means of
sharp graver, and the block, with the
characters in high relief, passes to the
printer, who performs his work by hand.
The two points that he has to be most
careful about are, to ink the characters
equally with his brush and to avoid tear
ING the paper when taking the impression.
From good wooden block some fifteen
thousand copies may be printed, and
when the characters have been sharpened
up little, it is possible to obtain eight
or ten Thousand more impressions.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
A Baby's SOlilO0uy.

I am here. And, if this is what they
call the world, l don't think much of it.
It's very hannely world, and smells of
paregoric awfully. It's dreadful light
world, too, and makes me blind, l tell
YOU. And don't know what to do with
my hands; / think Pll dig my fists in my
eyes. No, / won't. I'll scrabble at the
corner of my blanket and chewit up, and
then I'll holler. And the more paregoric
they gave me, the louder I'll yell. The
old nurse puts the spoon in the corner of
my mouth in a very uneasy way, and
keeps tasting my milk herself all the
while. She spilled snuff in it last night,
and when / hollered, she trotted me.
That comes of being two days old baby.
Never mind, when Pm man, I'll pay
her back good. Theresa pin sticking in
me now, and if / say word about it,
I'll be trotted or fed, and would rather
have catnip tea. I'll tell you who l am.
/ found out to-day. / heard folks say,
"Hush, don't wake up Emmeline's baby"
and suppose that pretty, white-faced
woman ever on the pillow is Emmeline.
No, was mistaken, for chap was
in here Just now, and wanted to see Bob's
baby, and looked at me, and said was
n funny little toad, and looked just like
Bob" He smelt of cigars, and Pm not
used to them. wonder who else be-
long to? Yes, there's another one
that's Gamma" Emmeline told me, and
she took me up and held me against her
soft check and said, O. was Ganma's
baby, so it was" / declare l do not
know who do belong to; but I'll hOller,
and, maybe, I'll find out.
There comes Snufy with catnip tea
The idea of giving babies catnip tea
when they are crying for information
I'm going to sleep. I wonder If don't
look pretty red in the face? l wonder
why my hands won't go where ] want
them to?
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
Our Toes.

Beyond question, we abuse our toes.
They are intended in the first place to
give fexibility to the foot, and help us
in our walking; but the modern custom
of cramping them up in tight shoes
makes them almost as immovable as If
they grew together. So the help they
give is not so much after all. And as for
putting them to any other use, we never
think Of it. We cramp and torture them
out of all likeness to their original state.
Who, for instance, could imagine that the
second toe was intended to be longer than
the first And yet in a perfectly formed
foot it always is, though we are obliged
to go to statues and paintings to find out
And who, putting foot and a narrow.
toed shoe side by side, would ever sus-
pect that they were intended for each
other? The fact is our toes are our most
abused members, and 80 we don't gel
half the good from them that we might
The Chinese and the japanese and Be
douin Arabs, it is said, from continual
practice, use their toes almost as we'll NJ
their hands. Arabs braid ropes with
their fingers and toes working in concert
Why, then, should we dispense with The
use of these natural aidsY
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
English " Bodies"

A spicy writer in the Aldiae, exhibit
ing some of the differences between the
vernacular of the Americans and the
English, states that the waist of a dress
is by the latter denominated body"
/" We were much startled" she says, con
receiving our wash, to find that VIC were
charged with low bodies and loose
bodiesp Not supposing there were any
such questionable shapes in our party,
we found they we're only high and low
,necked underwaists." Again, she relates,
that a young American lady, on visit
to a country-house, was put into room
previously occupied by ono of the fam
lily, but which had the uncanny rcputa-
tion of being haunted. The young lady
had subdued her nervousness sufficiently
10 fall into light slumbcr, when there
came gentle tap at the door, and q
scpulchral voice whispered through the
key-hole. Il want to come in and get
my body"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
Good Society.

A man of high position in the world
made it rule to associate with men of
exalted minds. "Better be hog
among kings" says the homely old adage,
ethan king among hogs" Choose
good company, or no company. Sir
Thomas Fowell Buxton often spoke of
the great benefits he had derived from
his visits to particular family. Their
words and example stimulated him to
make the most of his powers. at has
given color to my whole life," he
said. Speaking of his success mt the uni
versity, he remarked. 81 can ascribe
it to nothing but my visits to that fam
lily, where caught the infection of self
mprovement." Surely, If our visits have
such an influence upon our characters
for life, it should be matter of serious
importance to us in what families we al
low ourselves to be intimate. Boys and
girls form attachments very easily, and
often with very little forethought. In
this, as in all things else, you should not
fail to take advice of those who are
older and wiser, and never, never choose
for friend one against whom you have
been warned by those who dearly love
you. There are people whose very pres.
ence seems to lift you up into better
atmosphere, Choose such associates
whenever II Is in your power, and the
more you can live In their society the
better for both mind and heart. Hc
that walketh with wise men shall bs
wise but n companion of fools shall b'
destroyed"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
Human Figs.

The people who have reared large
families of children without any boys
and girls among them are unfortunate.
There are such people. A child with
out any childhood is a miserable little
animal, and the poorest compliment that
can be paid to boy-if it is true one
is that he is ga little man." have
read somewhere-perhaps it isa mistake
that fig makes its appearance upon
the tree fig, suffering no progressive
changes except to grow bigger. Once a
fig, always fig. do not think we want
any more human figs. First the baby,
then the breezy boy, then the boots, then
the bother, then the young man, then
the hope of the homestead-that is the
goodyold- order of development.
Not having the delight of sitting under
my Gown vine and fig tree" perhaps my
knowledge of figs is imperfect, but yet |
insist upon the boy. We do not want
him wise and profound and owl-like and
right-angle triangled. What becomes OF
the precocious children seven or eight
years older at their heads than they are
at their heels7 Once in hundred times
do they turn into anything at all-say
into men? Call the roll and see.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
The Icelanders.

Bayard Taylor writes to the New York
Tribune from Iceland "The common
people-if one has a right to use the word
common in referring to such people
are still something of puzzle to me.
Except among our Indian tribes, never
saw such stoical, Indifferent faces. They
watch us with curiosity which is in
tense, but never obtrusive, yet when / at
tempt to make nearer acquaintance
through the medium of Danish they are
shy and shrinking to such an extent that
they do not attempt to conceal it. The
average stature is short, not above five
feet six inches, complexion of coarse
ruddy brown, hair generally blonde and
straight, eyes blue or gray, body broad
short and compact, with short, sturdy
limbs, large hands and feet--in fact .
general aspect of rough vigor. and also o
something mole than that. What thi
something may be it will be my task t.
discover when we 90 into the interior o
the island"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
Shooting a Stuffed Squirrel.

There is in the neighborhood of
Ridgewood an old gentleman who was
once Nimrod among the hunters. He
could shoot out a squirrels eye from the
top of the tallest hickory, nine shots
out Of ten. Indeed there was no limit
to his skill. He has been renewing the
sports of his youth for the past few
weeks, but as squirrels were scarce, and
his eyesite was dim, his game bag was
not well filled on his return home. He
has mischievous rascal of grandson,
who would ever play pranks on him, and
as he was wandering through the woods
day before yesterday, the youngster got
into the path before him and perched a
stuffed squirrel on the limb of tree,
tying it fast. AS the old man came
near, the youngster showed himself and
called attention to the squirrel. Phe old
man looked. "Sure enough there is a
squirrel" he remarked. " BE still; I'll
fetch him." And taking careful aim he
pulled the trigger. When the smoke
blew away there sat the squirrel with
his tail over his back, not in the least
disturbed. The old man loaded his gun
with great care and blazed away again.
The squirrel stood this fire with as much
equanimity as the first, only his tail
seemed to be broken and had fallen over
hisside. The old man was nonplused.
He did net, however, see his grandson,
who was rolling in cOnvulsiOns of laugh
ter behind a convenient log. He had
become warmed up to the sport and
thought of nothing else but fetching
that squirrel. The third shot cut the
cord that bound the squirrel to the tree
and he fell, not with the usual heavy
thud so well known to sportsmen, but
bouncing several feet into the air. This
aroused the old mans suspicious, and
going up to it, he found the true nature
of the sell. His change of position
brought him in full view of his affection
ate grandson, who was tearing up the
ground in his effort to laugh without
making a noise. A realizing sense of the
situation crept over the mind of the
venerable man. He cast his eyes on the
ground; they fell on piece of shingle,
which he picked up, and approaching
the cOnvulsed boy unawares, he affec-
tiOnately famed him couple of times
on the seat of his breaches. This brought
the youngster to perpendicular, and he
took to his heels, thereby escaping more
loving demonstrations. The old gentle
man could not help relishing the joke,
and tells the circumstances with greater
good will than one would suppose. The
boy is Just ten years old, and his grand
father declares that at some time he will
be President of the United States. He
now has most unbounded faith in the
abilities of that boy.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
SENSE AND NONSENSE.

MILTON, the blind author, was one
day asked by friend of female educa-
ton. if he did not intend to instruct his
daughter in the different languages.
No, sir" replied Milton, "one tongue
is sufficient for woman"
"Men scorn to kiss among themselves,
And scarce would kiss brother;
But women want to kiss so bad,
They kiss and kiss each other"
IT seems like waste of time to spend
five wears at West Point for the purpose
of acquiring the title of Lieutenant,
when boy can be called "Colonel" by
simply addressing few words to any
thirsty congregation in bar-room.
"SoMEBoDY has noticed that nineteen
out of every twenty newspaper men have
straight noses," says an exchange. Now
every newspaper man in the country
will be breaking mirrors, trying to see
if he is the twentieth man whose nose is
crooked.
"WoMRN dress to please the men," do
they? Why, if the whole male genus
were extinct, it wouldn't make feathe
or furbelow difference in the get-up OF
the dear creatures, so long as there was
a living chance of spiting some other
woman.
IT is not our fault that we are red
headed and small, and the next time one
of those overgrOwn rural roosters In a
a ballroom reaches down for our head,
and suggests that some fellow has lost
rosebud out of his button-hole, there
will be Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
AN English clergyman exclaimed, in a
company of his fellow preachers, All,
well, there is only one thing in our min
istrations more trying to me than preach
ing" Indeed!" they said, "and what
may that be?" "Hearing any one else
PREACH" he replied.
A WAC, with the word whoa"
brought horse, driven by a young man,
to dead stop. "That's fine beast OF
yours" says the wag. Yes, pretty
good sort of animal, but he has one fault.
He was once owned by a butcher, and is
sure to stop whenever he hears cali
bleat."
The pounding of the stomach for the
cure of dyspepsia was the cause OF good
Joke the other day. Two men were de-
scribing what they had done to cure
themselves. "Do you knead your stom-
achW "I-I-couldn't get along with
out it % responded the other, in the last
stage of astonishment
ALGERNoN SARToRIs is done" by a
Green Bay, Wis, correspondent, who
saws that when Miss Grants choice was
at that place he had ga Saxon face,
white by nature, red by education in
nocent blue eyes, with a baby-like won
der i'm their serene depths; solid, cle-
phantic limbs, and tremendous hands
and feet" a.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08
THE BORE.
BY JOHN @. SAKE.

Again hear the creaking step!
He's rapping at the door!
Too we'll / know the boding sound
That ushers In bore.
do not tremblc when meet
The stoutest of my foes,
But Heaven defend me from the friend
Who comes but never goes.
He drops into my easy chair,
And asks about the news,
He peers int my manuscript,
And gives his candid views;
lie tells me where he likes the limo
And where he's forced TO grieye;
He takes the strangest liberties
But never takes his leave.
He reads my daily papers through
Before I've seen word,
He scans the lyric (that wrote.)
And thinks IL quite absurd.
He calmly smokes my last cigar,
And calmly asks for more;
He opens everything he secs
Except the entry door.
He talks about his fragile health,
And tells me Of the pains
He suffers grom n score OF ills
OF which he nc'er complains;
And how he struggled once with death
To keep the fcnd at bay
On themes ike those away ne goes
But never goes away!
He tells me OF the carping words
Some shallow critic wrote.
And every precious paragraph
Familiarly can quote.
He thinks the writer did me wrong,
He'd like to run him through
He saysa thousand pleasant things
But he never say" "Adieu!"
Whene'er he comes--that dreadful man.
Disguise IL as / may,
know that like an autumn rain,
He'll last Throughout the day.
In vain / speak of urgent tasks,
In vain | scowl and p0ut
A frown is no eXtinguisher--
1t does not put him out
mean to take the knocker off;
Put Grape upon the door;
Or hint TO John that i am gone
To stay a month or moro
/ do not tremble when Inject
The stoutest Of my foes;
But Heaven defend me from the friend
Who never, never goes!
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08

BAsE-BALL.--Here is woman's argu-
ment against baseball: Baseball spreads
the palms, fattens the thumbs, and
crooks the handsome fingers. Look at
the hands of great number of the young
men of to-day. o.. cruel deformityl
What an instrument TO pat woman's
cheek IL has not the velvet softpcss Of
the paw of n cat, nor the imperial
strength of the eagles talon. They are
only fit enough to be given away, If a
creature can be found weak enough to
take one.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08

THERE is n place in New Hampshire
where they never have any old maids.
When girl reaches twenty-nine, and is
still on the ladder of expectation, the
young fellows club together and draw
lots for her. Those who escape pay a
bonus TO the one who gets her,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08

PERMANENT Exposition buildings are
contemplated in Cincinnati.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-08

MILTON, the blind author, was one
day asked by friend of female educa-
ton, if he did not intend to instruct his
daughter in the different languages.
"No, sir" replied Milton, zone tongue
10 sufficien for a woman"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-12

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sharsAake clnhias sAbsrd deonsAikek Sect
land sAAs following pAperswas reaa by
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The feeding efihersss Is go import
80 pointjU shsie. management Many
.farnArRWou2d be bgsests 4AiAers shy-
eAyiug moro attention to thia meter.
Some eervAAts, whenlt they have aecess
ee'ths corn bia, give Ehs horses they
ihavafA 5chargest0o much corn. Many
ofthsm AAvssths erroneous notion that
theimors cora their horses get the fats
;.s ~ mol. s .is o.S
Bis NWesk ase givenaso . aiuGles pair.
Too mlpshse6rn isdisposess hSsses for
aatin6 e4hes Pfoviadety and ocsasion.
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-12

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he Aktieultnrai Dep sstmspt u wa.h.
ington ihpw VA y Altyht impfcS SssmSpt .cf
ne condition of ,the cottea sarpp sever
that 0t sSeptember buts large dscliss
since Au2Hst I.,sai 2fissssis ~ ss;ivi'
- THIS months returns indicate, % y
'tinal footing up OF shs crop, Of wheat
that tisrs willbs 'msths motsiiaqaani
Eiity and Of bsttst pusnsys thAu lat
wear. and that The field viii nearly ~
quite - q,.al iAAte Of lSzO. xhioh g,
sregassd 9Sa, eco O0O' bashels. The I'M
crease inayieia is'Iasgeiy ID she Middis
.pd Pacific. States tna so siai q ~,
F.sitn sYs, lhs raport shows sniaereas8
Osts shot . decline ,SFon labt ysai,
Fin bosh qushsits and 1dalisy: e. slt .
'aIsetafns Indicate, An Atasssa cqpdis
Non Of corn, throeghoat ~ censtrUy
81 s6s sThis 10. N imprvvsmsnO CTS
per cent. Sints the let " Ssptssiel D IT, !,
and 2pes cent rhoss NV !, ,,SIptiSH XII
Octosssi !, ls54 ThisssnssalA Asarsgs
|. made sup d ftom, ,spetarnsi ~ Avnsate
S0hdftlo& 4bf 4Geh aesthty = skjGaBsYI
Esral StAtea when indicate ihl 3:
Etxid Mis,oa yasid std apallt1, Ut les
|.khp qsaalty of ths esOp - aasses1a
|;p9l being taken into aeesunss Tho ~
Essrss fos acreage il JSiy ,sbSwSd \
EhrsadA planssd ssllxs 40o0 0 escsa
|: :gttater ihAa IL ls12s TA4-hig ghsskpes
cent. of increase M - tks' South but
|ths greatest absolute iherssss ~ Is
ths West. while New EpglAad iadica-
| |sSt j slight decreases !TAs eniasgsd
[scsesss and the sliehtly improssd con-
diai0n give promise Of an inssssss n
lpspduct over lsst year OF somsthing
FoYpf !. go 0Q0 0oo0, bushels. but tbs -,
nfps for November, which report not
asndlsien@ tyt product, compared With
llAst Yesf; may considSrsbly 7 modify
tkis ,ssIimats. Among The gssatsr
ksefa. producing S,atss, lowest IL sps-
.Aiticu. are Hassas. 81; Missosri, go;
! Tsnuessee, 70: Illinois, yS Aicbigap,
leo, Wj.poasin, IS KsntSeky ,sE Tks
EEghsst among. .,hsss Statss are Ipdiaaa
f512. Ohib, 9o;s Psansylsanis, 81; Laws
fe6; Texss. S6; NswsF Fork, 90 An el
|4Ns Atpgs ,sAtsa repostsd r. sJply ~
kinctease II acreage, sxespt xsalasky.
07 i Tsnsssses, %, ard New York. 100;
Texss ssp6ftsd O. issts6ss of l6 pSt
; Sspt. |; Kansaa, u Nlssonri. 10; lows,
H; Indians. ss Aupoias I <; Qhlss 4.
liar ging. highest in average eeuddtlee
t4anSng tho States peodncing . leeG
+ sm4vnk IA - hlifernia, NoT 6o1,h
Csrnlina, los i 0hods IsIapd and Con
I9rct tieAA 106I Il MIqpAepsa, slOl 81 0sor.
IA. 1Oai N0r)A CaFoinA. and ElQride,
t'1O2s Lovest, Atksnsaes - /; Nshfss'
:ks, 6s New JcFsey Ard LosielaAa, 40,
N xgpAs76; Delaware, ,6k; Yesmop(
and Nssyland, r60s pstNeen n - ~
lrtFcinAs aD QFsgQp, No.; Ns1 Hspsp.
1 1xkjiA. 96i XlaGaaiat, m /; ~ ~ M
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