The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-05-21
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ALCOHOL and whiting will clean silver
in any form.
.GLYCERINE and lemon juice will aid
in removing tan from the face.
GLYCERINE and fresh lemon.juice will
both soften and whiten the hands.
THE best thing for the hair is castor
oil and brandy---enough of the latter to
thin the oil.
THE troublesome little bed-bug can be
easily destroyed by an aqueous solution
of sulphurOus acids.
CHICAGO has female sexton, and she
is charged with reserving all the best
graves for the young men.
A MAN in Leavenworth, Kansas, who
married and buried three sisters, is about
to commence on another family.
THE man who is shut out of the sun
shine of life, may condole himself i'm the
feeling that the shade is more conducive
to contemplation.
A PHILADELPHIA youth was recently
married to girl who had refused him
eighteen times He wishes now he hadn't
asked her but seventeen.
az NEVER knew it so difficult to make
collections" said an old merchant, Gas it
is nowadays; find it almost impossible
even to collect my thoughts"
In a letter to a friend a young lady
states that she is not engaged, but that
she sees a cloud above the horizon about
as large as mans hand"
A ST.. PAUL school-boy spelled "sob,"
and when asked to define it, blubbered
out, at means when fellow don't want
to cry, and it busts out itself"
A NEBRASKA man on his dying bed
knew that his wife was smoking hams,
and he said: "Now, Henrietta, don't go
to shifting around and forget them
hams"
A LITTLE girl went into a drug store
the other day, and said to the proprietor,
in half whisper, eff little girl hain't
got no money, how much chewing gum
do you give her for nothing?"
IT is a mistake to expect to receive
welcome, hospitality, words of cheer and
help over rugged and difficult paths in
life, in return for selfshness, which cares
for nothing in the world but SELF
In some parts of Denmark a man is not
allowed to drive black and white
horse together, it being considered sign
of i'll luck. In these parts, however, a
man is considered lucky if he has them
to drive.
"YOU ought to acquire the faculty of
being Mt home in the best society,"" said
fashionable aunt to an honest nephew.
81 manage that easily enough" replied
the nephew, "by staying at home with
my wife and children"
"THERE is one good thing about babies"
says late traveller; "they never change"
We have girls of the period, men of the
world but the baby is the same self
possessed, fearless, laughing, voracious
little heather in all ages and in all cOun-
tries.
AN indianapolis jeweler has on exhi-
bition widows mite" 1t is about
the size of silver three-cent piece, is of
copper and very much worn; on one
side the head of the reigning Emperor
Tiberius Caesar can be seen; the charac-
tcrs on the reverse are illegible.
A LADY under great afiliction, which
she did not bear in a very angelic way,
once said to her friend, oh, my dear,
what should have done in all this with
out religion?" 81 am sure can not
tell" was the answer; "but you could
not have done much worse than you have
with religion"
A WEALTHY gentleman, who owns
country seat, nearly lost his wife, who
fell into a river which flows through his
estate. He announced the narrow escape
to his friends, expecting their congratu-
lations One of them---an old bachelor
wrote as follows: 81 always told you
that river was too shallow"
A GENTLEMAN at musical party,
where the lady was very particular not
to have the concert of sweet sounds in
terrupted, was freezing under the perform
ance of long concerted piece, and seeing
that the fire was going out, asked friend,
in whisper, how he should stir the fire
without interrupting the music. "Be-
tween the bars" replied the friend.