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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
NUMBER II.
Religious Items.

A POPULAR complaint is that there
are twice as many girls as there are boys
in the Sunday-schools.
TIE General Conference OF the Free
Will Baptists of North America will he
held at Louisville, Kentucky, early in
October.
A BRONZE statue to the memory OF
Pope Urban V. has been erected at his
native place, Mande, France. This Pom
tiff was elected in 1862, and died at Az
ignon in 1867.
CHINA is pretty well missionized al
ready. Twenty-Five societies have es-
tablished more than three hundred mis-
sion-stations and out-stations; and the
number of church members is estimated
ut 10000.
SOME one remarks that while the
Northern NJ Il. Church is limiting the
power of its bishops, the Southern Church
has lately granted to its bishops the right
of veto on the legislation of the General
Conference.
THE statistics of the United Methodist
Free Churches of England have just ap-
peared for 1874, as follows: Members,
67,37l, an increase of 805; prObationers,
5,636 ministers, 1888 local preachers,
3,20S; chapels, 1871. The missionary
receipts show an increase of $4,000 over
last year.
months duration has taken place in
Fulton, Mo-, resulting in the addition of
more than one hundred members to the
Presbyterian Church, and the profession
of religion by all the students of West
minister College.
THE Presbyterian Church in the
United States has 3j synods, ia presby-
teries, 1916 churches, and 1857 minis
ters, and 1864 communicates, and
516,97l Sunday-school members. 1t has
dismissed churches and 26 ministers to
other bodies, and has received II
churches and 50 ministers from other
denominations.
The Baptists of Chicago have lost
much more by the late fire than they did
by any previous one. The First Church,
which cost nearly two hundred thousand
dollars on which there was IN insurance
of thirty thousand dollars only, was
burned. The Olivet Church (colored),
which cost twenty thousand dollars, was
also destroyed, together with the homes
of very many of the members.
To pass away the gloomy hours in pris-
ON, Bunyan took a rail out of the stool
belonging to the cell, and with his knife
fashioned it into Il flute. The keeper
hearing music, followed the sound to
Bunyans cell but while he was unlock
ing the door, the prisoner placed the rail
in the stool, so that the searchers were
unable to solve the mystery; nor during
the remainder of Bunyan's residence in
the Jail, did they ever discover how the
music was produced.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
An ArtfulIy Artless Dodge.

A Smuggler" relates the following /:
ave shall be, my dear madam" said
to fellow-passenger in the Dieppe boat,
taking out my watch, but keeping my
eyes steadily upon her, eve shall be in
less than ten minutes at the custom
house." A spasm--a flicker from the guilt
within-a glance from her countenance
You ook very good-natured, sir"
stammercd she.
bowed, and looked considerably more
so to invite her confidence.
" If was to tell you secret, which is
too much for me to keep myself, oh !!
would you keep it inviolable ?"
" know it, my dear madam know
it already" said ] smilingly-"it it is lace,
is it not ?"
She uttered little shrek, and-yes,
she had got it there among the crinoline.
She thought it had been sticking out,
you see, unknown to her.
ooh, sir" cried she, ait is only e10
worth please forgive, and I'll never do
it ags'l. As it is, think shall expire" :"
My dear madam" replied !, sternly
but kindly, "here is the pier, and the
officer, has fixed his eyes upon us / must
do my duty"
| rusl ell up the ladder like lamp
lighter ! pointed out the woman to n
legitimate authority accompanied her
upon her way, in custody to the searching
house. | did not see her searched, but saw
her fined and dismissed with ignominy.
Then, having generously given up my
emolumcnts as informer to the subordi-
nate officials, hurried off in search of
the betrayed woman to her hotel. | gave
her lace twice the value of that she lost,
paid her fine, and explained:
!" You, madam, had fl0 worth of
smuggled goods about your person / had
nearly fifty times that amount. turned
informer, madam, let me convince you,
for the sake of both Ofus You have too
expressive countenance, believe me,
and the officer would have found you out
at all events, even as did myself Are
you satisfied my dear madam? If you
feel aggrievoi by me in any way, pray
take more lace; here is OTIS Of it"
When finished my explanation the
lady seemed perfectly satisfied with my
little stroke of diplomacy, though she
would have doubtless preferred a little
less prominent part in it.
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From the Earth 10 the Sun.

Astronomers are pretty nearly agreed
among themselves that the interval be-
tween our planet and the sun is equiva-
lent to about 95,000,000 miles. This is u
very large number-a mere trifie, how
ever, when compared with Others that
we meet with in astronomy-and leaves
a vague impression on the mind. How,
then, is it possible to form some definite
idea of this wide distance?
Lei us suppose 9 train of cars to have
started from New York for the sun on the
first of January, 1874, with constant
speed of thirty miles an hour. 1t would
arrive at its destination in the year 2235,
or about three hundred and sixty years
from now. In this length of time the
imaginary train, moving with the same
speed, would have circumvented the
earth 1896 times!
Light travels at the rate of $4,000
miles in second of time. A single ray
flashed from the sun at precisely six
o'clock this morning would reach us at
about eight minutes and seventeen
seconds past six.
If we suppose the intervening space to
contain atmospheric air, and the sun to
be nhabited-which is barely possible
man standing on the earth and shout
ing with all his might to his neighbor
up above would not be heard by the
latter until fourteen years and two
months after he had given utterance to
the sound!
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A Russian Fable.

A cuckoo sat on bough bitterly COM
planning. "Why art thou so sad, dear
friend? ?" sympathizingly cooed the turtle
dove to her from neighboring tree. els
it because spring has passed away from
us and love with it? that the sun has
sunk lower, and we are nearer to the
winter?
"How can help grieving, unhappy
one that / am" replied the cuckoo.
"Thou shalt thyself be the judge. This
spring my love was happy one, and
after awhile became mother But my
offspring utterly refuse to recognize me.
Could haveever expected such return
from them? And how can l help being
envious when | see how ducklings crowd
around their mother, how chickens hasten
to the hen when she calls to them? Just
like an orphan / sit here utterly alone,
and know not what filial affection means"
Poor thing" said the dove; Z" pity
you from my heart i should die out
right if my dovelets did not love me.
But tell me, how did you bring up your
little ones? When did you find time to
build nest? l never saw you doing
anything OF the kind; you was always
uylnS anu nutleTllR dDOut.
eyes, indeed" says the cuckoo, "pretty
nonsense it would have been if had
spent those fine days in sitting on nest
What can possibly be a higher pitch of
stupidity than that? ] always laid my
eggs in the nests of other birds"
"And yet you expect your little ones
to care for you" says the turtle-dove,
not without feeling of Indignation.
This little fable readsa lesson to parents
they would do well to ponder. There is
in it no excuse for undutiful children.
Irreverence on their part, and want of
respect and affection for their parents,
are always reprchensible. But if they
are suffered to grow up apart from their
parents, or left forother hands to mature,
their parents will have only themselves
to blame if they derive little happiness
from them i'm their own old age. Those
who would have the cool and spreading
shade to sit in at the close of the day,
must plant and nurture the tree in the
Morning haurs of life
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A Horse Chaunter.

A fellow being called as witness i'm
one of the courts, the judge demanded:
"What is your trade p
" A horse chaunter, my lord"
"a what?-a horse chaunter? Why,
what's thatW
"vy, my lord, amt you up to that
ere tradeP'
q" / require you to explain yourself"
"Vell, my lord, !" said he, 81 goes round
among the livery stables, they all on 'em
knows me, aud ven see gen'man bar
gaining for an 'orse, ] just steps up like
n teetotal stranger, and sez | Well, that's
a rare 'un, I'll be bound sez | {; he's
got the beautifulest 'ead and neck as /
ever seed seq only look ut his open
nostrils; he's got Wind like a no-go-mo-
tive, I'll be bound he'll travel hun
dred miles day, and never once think
ont; thems the kind of legs vat never
fails Veil, this tickles the gen'man,
and he sez to 'imself, This ere 'onest
countryman's rare judge of 'orse : so,
please you, my lord, he buys i'm, and
trots of. Veil, then ! goes up to the
man vat keeps the stable, and axes i'm,
Veil, what are you going 10 stand for
that ere chauntP and he gives me a SOW
ereign. Veil, that's vat / call 'orse
chanting, my lord there's ralc little
arm in't there's good many sorts on
us; some chaunts canals, and some
chaunts railroads"
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Thoroughly Cured.

One of the Earls of Pembroke, an &C.
centric man, cured his coachman of
drunkenness after fashion of his own.
One evening, when the careless fellow,
stupid with drink, had overturned the
countess, his mistress, i'm her carriage,
the Earl ordered John into his presence,
and addressed him very coolly in these
terms:
"John, you know that have regard
for you, and as long as you behave well
you shall always be taken care of in my
family. My lady tells me you are taken
i'll, and indeed see that you can hardly
stand. Go to bed, and | will take care
that you have proper advice"
John, being thus dismissed, was car
ried to bed, where by his lordship's order,
a large blister was put upon his head, an
other between his shoulders, and sixteen
ounces of blood taken from his arm.
John found himself next morning i'm
woful condition, and was soon acquainted
with the whole process, ana the reasons
on which it was made. He had no rem
edy but to submit, for he would rather
have endured ten blisters than lose his
place.
lilS lOiuohip othij NCIN iOinluiiyJ tNlN'
a day to know how he did, and frequently
congratulated his lady upon Johns re-
covery, whom he directed to be fed only
with water Cruel, and to have no COM
pany but an old woman, who acted as
his nurse. In about week, John hav-
ing constantly sent word that he was
well, his lordship thought fit to under
stand the messenger, and said he was ex-
tremely glad to hear the fever had quite
left him, and desired to see him. When
John came in his lordship said
"Well, John, i hope this bout is
over"
"Ah, my lord" said John, "I humbly
ask your lordship's pardon, and | prom
Use never to commit the same fault
again."
Gay, ay," replied the lord, "you say
right; nobody can prevent sickness, and
if you should be i'll again, John, l shall
see it, though perhaps you would not
complain; and promise you that you
shall always have the same advice and
the same attendance that you have had
now."
"God bless your lordship," says John,
81 hope there will be no need"
$50 do l." says the Earl, "but as long
as you perform your duty to me, John, |
will do mine to you, never fear"
John then withdrew, and so dreaded
the discipline he had undergone that he
never was known to be drunk afterward.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Our Girls.

DIR. Mary j. Studley, in her lecture
entitled practical Lessons to Woman"
assures mothers that no amount of pray
ing would counteract the miscries attend
ing the breaking of natures laws; that a
child's best Inheritance is perfect
physique. Little girls should take more
outdoor exercise; there is no reason, ex-
cepting the restraint of her dress, why
she should not be allowed the same sports
of her brothers. Three hours of school
each day, and these not consecutively, is
all she would allow q child. Regarding
the talk of difference between mans
and a woman's brain, there is none.
With the most careful examinations
made under the microscope it is not pos
sible to tell the one from the other.
Therefore, with the physical SYSTEM
strong and healthy, there is no reason
why woman should not strive for and
accomplish, in the world ofletters asmuch
as man. This does not apply to girls who
are overworked in school, finishing their
education at an age when the boys is
fairly begun; nor with those whose habits
have been made irregular by the dissi-
pations of fashionable life. In connection
with the eyes, DIR. Study gave the oft
repeated caution against dotted lace
walls. The healthy vail is of thinnest
gauze, which does not obstruct the vision
sufficiently to strain the eyes, and of
some color plant to them, as gray,
smoke or blue.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
SENSE AND NONSENSE.

THE most important needle work ever
done in the world is supposed to have
been done by the mariners compass.
CARE there any fools in this town."
asked stranger of newsboy. 81 don't
KNOW replied the boy; "why; are you
lOnesOmew
AN old gander was recently killed in
Virginia a. the age of ninety. The name
ofthe fortunate boarding house that drew
the prize is not given.
In ST. Louis every body is con. siderate,
and therefore daily paper remarks:
"Two gentlemen and lady left for the
penitentiary last evening"
A BAD little boy in Aberdeen rubbed
cayenne pepper dust all over the back of
his Jacket The schoOl-master thrashed
him briskly, but dismissed the school i'm
mediately to run to the nearest chemist
for eye-water.
AN unfortunate man i'm Indianapolis,
who lost several toes by car wheel, was
conseed by an Irishman near with,
" Whist, there; you're making more
noise than many man I've seen with
his head cut of"
PoTATo BUGS must be immortal. A
man has kept some corked up in bottle
without air, food or drink for year, and
they are as lively as ever. He proposes
if he lives long enough, to see how long
they can stand it.
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
Aud pour the waters OF the Nile
On every golden scale
How cheeruy he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcome the little fishes In
With gentle smiling jaws!
A SCoTCHMAN went to lawyer once
for advice and detailed the circumstances
of the case. HHave you told me the
facts precisely as they occurred| asked
the lawyer. "Oh aye, sir!" replied he;
81 tell We the plain truth. Ye can put
the lies into it yourself"
In an Illinois village, during service
on sultry Sabbath morning, the pastors
little girl of nearly three summers be-
came somewhat wearied at the length
of the sermon, and in rather low tone
of voice, but earnestly, said, to the
amusement of those who sat near, "Come,
papa, that's enough; let's go home"
THEY tell quee- story about the doc
tors in q certain Texas town, who all
went last summer to attend medical
convention. They were absent about two
months, and on their return found all
their patients had recovered, the drug
stores had closed, the nurses opened
dancing-schools, the cemetery was cut
up into building lots, the undertakers
had gone to making fiddles, and the
hearse had been painted and sold for a
circus wagon.
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Shaking Hands.

Hand-shaking, from being an assur-
ance of personal safety, naturally degen-
Grated into custom. In early and bar
barous times, when every savage or semi
savage was his own law-giver, Judge,
soldier and policeman, and had to watch
over his own safety, in default of all other
protection, two friends and acquaint-
ances, or two strangers desiring to he
friends and acquaintance, when they
chanced to meet, offered each to the
other the right hand, the hand alike of
offense and defense, the hand that wields
the sword, the dagger, the club, the tom
ahawk, or other weapons of war. Each
did this to show that the hand was empty,
and neither war nor treachery was in
tended. Thus, the custom of hand-shak-
ing has become the tacit avowal of friend
ship and goodwill.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27

Dom Piatt says in the Capital: "Par-
ents may as well learn, especially Ameri-
can parents, anxious for the welfare of
their sons through life, that the man in
the "paper cap is coming to the front.
The mechanic bids fair to be master of
the situation-the governing element
socially and politically hereafter. While,
as body, the mechanics grow more pow
erful and influential, every day from
their midst come not only the master
minds that lead and control civilized hui
manity, but the learned men in the pro-
fessions, whose names adorn science and
art. On the other hand, the universities
and colleges graduate bartenders, billiard
markers and a hundred and one other
places of refuge for the sons of wealthy
families fallen into decay"
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ENGAGED.


Full well know the meaning Of that word
Its joyful, solemn import fills my heart;
II means that we have taken each for life,
That we are pledged TO be OF each part.
We are engaged tolove--to satisfy
The noble cravings of an earnest soul
To grow the passion 10 holy height,
Aud feel the rapture Of It's sweet control.
We are engaged 10 counsel and direct,
Not with the stern, fierce heat of battlefield
But kindly offering To each our thoughts,
The wrong to right will soon and gladly yield.
We are engaged 10 love each other well,
To try 10 read each other as a book,
To offer sunshine when there IL a cloud,
And guide our every motion, tone and look:
We are engaged TO have our honeymoon
A fount perpetual from year to year
The careful elegance of wOoing time
Must never wane TO bring the sorrow-tear.
We are engaged 10 teach and entertain
Each IN the sphere where special love may shine
To sow the garden of the soul with seed
That yields fruitage useful as divine.
We are engaged TO havea worthy aim,
A lofty standard looking to some end.
We are not to garner for ourselves alone
But 10 share the treasures with needing friend.
We are engaged to love our future home
To cluster round IL every hallowed tie;
TO make Ii paradise by every means
Delightful to the mind, the ear and eye.
We are engaged to see how much OF bliss
Two splendid natures evolve from life
I'm engaged 10 he model husband,
You're engaged to be model wife.
This Is engaging in the sacred sense,
From sach high purpose may we never stray.
Here is the ring. When two engage as we,
There's glory in the name OF wedding-day.
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PLIGuTED, A. ID. 1874.
" Two souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one."

y Two souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one."
Bless my heart You're come at last.
=. Awful glad TO see you, dearl
Thought you'd died, or something, Belle
such an age since you've been here!
My engagement? Gracious Yes.
Numor's hit the mark this time.
and the victim Charley Gray,
Know him, don't you Well, he's prime.
Such mustachiosl Splendid style!
Then he's not so horrid fast
Waltzes like seraph too,
Has some fOrtune--best and last.
Love him? Nonsense. Don't be "soft."
Pretty much as love now goes;
He's devoted, and in time
I'll get used TO him, spose.
First love! Humbug Don't talk stuff!
Belle Brown, don't be a fool
Next you'll rave Of flames and darts,
Like chit at boarding school,
Don't be Unified" talked Just so
Some two years back. Fact, my dear
But two seasons kill romance,
Leave ones views Of life quite clear.
Why, II Will Latrobe had asked
When he left two years ago,
I'D have thrown up all and gone
:, Out to lonely Kansas, do you know?
fancy me settlers wife!
Blest escape, DEAR was Il not?
fes, it's hardly in my line
To enact 'Loye in a Cot"
Well, you see, I'd had my swing,
Been engaged 10 eight or ten.
Got TO stop sometime, of course,
so IL don't much matter when.
Auntie hates old maids and thinks
Every girl should marry young
On that theme my whole life long
have heard the changes rung!
SO, ma BELLE what could do?
Charley wants a stylish wife.
Wen suit well enough, no fear,
When we settle down for life.
But for love--stuff! See my ring!
Lovely isn't it! Solitaire.
Nearly made Maud Hinton turn
Green with envy and despair,
Hers aint half so nice, you see-
DID write you, Belle, about
How she tried for Charley, till
lsailed in and cut her out?
Now she's taken Jack Mcbride;
Ibelieve it's all from pique--
Threw him over once you know
Hates me so she'll scarcely speak.
oh, yes! Grace Church, Brown, and that,
Pa wont mind expenses at last,
III lie off his hands for good
Cost a fortune two years past
My trOsseau shall out-do Maude's,
I've cnrte blanche from Pa, you know,
Mean 10 have my dress from Worth
Won't she Just be ruring, though?
---Scribner's for august.
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FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Panic Among the DOlIies,

Panic Among the DO1ltes.
It's dreadful! how the times are, my dear!
have to tell my dollies,
That they must dress quite plain this year,
And give up many follies.
No ribbons can they now put on
No silks and dainty laces;
So last years bonnet they all don
With bright, c0ntented faces.
"Why, there's family next door
Without change Of dresses
I've helped them from my little store---
Such poverty distrcsses.
Their tea-set was In ruins quite,
The fact Is almost heart-rending;
Each dolly was Il perfect fright,
With legs that wanted mending.
"IIcgh, ho! hope the worst Is past
Our trouble almost ended;
Such times as these can never last---
My dear, you're looking splendid.
Good-bye! give dolly my best love-
You see, don't forget her;
Next time you're here hope, my dear,
This panic will be better"
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A DIssIPATED young spendthrift, when
demonstrated with by his wife, replied,
" i am like the Prodigal Son, and shall
repent by-and-by." eyes," said the bet
ter half, "and | am like the Prodigal
Son, too; for will arise and go to my
father"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27

"There's the sun soaking all the color
out of the carpet again, Miss Drexelw
sung out Miss Huldah, putting her head
in at the door. Goodness you here,
Mr.. JefIreysY
And so the Sparsleys lost their boartler.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27

OYSTER SAUsAaEs.-Chop a pint of
oysters with quarter pound of veal and
a quarter pound Of suet, some bread
crumbs; season with salt and pepper |;
pound them in mortar; make them into
little cakes with an egg; -four and fry
them dry. Serve hot.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27

MANY adults possess a spirit very
much like that of the timid little boy
who was recently overheard to say Will,
alone in dark room, go Lord, don't lei
any one hurt me, and I'll go to church
next Sunday and give you some money!"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27

LADY VISITOR Tin the country)-
" Dear mel Mrs. Scrubb, your boy seems
to want a lot of whippingp Mrs. S.
"Well, he's a-getting 1t, amt he?"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27

A New YoRR company will insure
poodle dogs, but won't take a cents risk
on babies. They know which receives
the most care.
The Portland daily press., 1874-06-08
Cottage fin Deering for Sale

TWO and ene-half miles from City Hall; very
4 pleasantly located House contains ten rooms,
all in nice order also carriage house and sta
BILE. Good garden, with about fifty apple and pear
trees Price, $4,000. Apply to VIM. II. JERRIS,
Real Estate Agent, my293w*