The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-05-07
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

cisco paper to advise young man to
Ego west" "i' t''S'!e
You may know an old bachelor
by the fact that he always speaks or
a baby as "it."
Here Is the newest floral sentf-
ment: If you wish for ahea:t'seasesE
don't look to meri-gold. -, fvl
Mature provides no reserved seats
for the rich and dainty. When there
is ice on the pavement they sit where .
they can. t -
One hundred and twenty news
papers and periodicals have been sup
pressed in France since McNrahon be- .
came President.
The salOon-keepers Of Chicago
have agreed to suspend the free lunch
system, and many citizens will now
have to so to work.
-"If Miss Is as good as mile, Z
how good Is MRS." If she isa y
widow, she will be good for a league :,
under any circumstances.
An Irishman was once asked II
he had ever seen red blackberry.
''To be sure / have, said Pat - .sall
blackberries are red when they are
greenW fg ,fs
The HoOsiers like work when tits
disguised as fun. The other day
twenty of them handled over thirty
five cords of wood to get at a rabbit, d
which escaped after all. 1885,. t,.-
"A modern thinker says that many
people will be astOnished when they
get to heaven by finding angels lay 3
ing on schemes to be archangels.
"A western paper says of the air, Is
in relation to man: ut kisses and
blesses him, but will not obey him."
Poor DObbs says that description suits
his wife exactly! 11n9 ca
"A Cincinnati professor has demon
strated that a man feels just as sat
isfied after lunching on a raw turnip
alone as If he had feasted mt Kings !,
table.
81 say, Tom, did you ever hap
pen to be caught where it was raining
pitchforks =" mo, but nave been =,
caught where hailing omnibuses was
all the CO." ,s-f
1T is getting to be Il pretty general IA
notion that one reason why SO many
children get on the wrong track Is
because the switch is so often mis-,
placed.
"A Detroit paper noting the fact
a man fell down dead while cOmbing
his hair says: "And yet there are
people who will persist in that
dangerous habit" -
"A Danbury man having proudly
proclaimed in the presence of his lit
tie boy that his wife was no gadder,
the young man was observed to in
voluntarily rub his back, but he said
nothing. "a
Some people in Illinois, who have
evidently known what it is to pay
ten dollars for five cent pen wipers,
and have petitioned the Legislature
to abolish church fairs.
Never chide your husband before
at home. What passes between two
persons is much easier made up
before than after the affair has taken
air.
"A modern philosopher thinks it
a mistake to suppose women have
stronger attachment than men. A
man is often attached to an old hat;
"but, he asks, "whO ever heard Of
a woman being attached to an old
bonnet?"
An exchange announces death
in high life in this fashion "The
Dowager Duchess of Richmond is
dead. She led an uneventful life, and
was passionately fond Of boiled sal
mon.
"A Kentucky breach of promise
suit wherein forty thousand dollars
were claimed, has been settled for
thirteen dollars and mule, which Is 7
just about the figure the jury would.
have returned.
1T is a mistake to expect to receive
welcome, hospitality, words of cheer
and help over rugged and difficult
paths In life, in return for cold SELFISH
ness. which cares for nothing in the 4
world but self. .as.,l
"A Vienna journal recently con-
tanned an advertisement Offering the
services of Gamma Agrikoi, sick
nurse, watches dead bodies, repairs
straw chairs, applies leeches, and
makes pastry, desserts and delica- B
cies." ..as 81.
According to the Cincinnati Com
n,ercidl New Orleans reporter was
found to have q wife In Vicksbnrg,
another in NatcheZ, another in Cairo,
| another in Memphis; and then they
stopped counting and put him in Jail.
"A gawky saw, for the first time.
schoolgirl going through some Of
her gymnastic exercises for the amuse-
ment of the little ones at home; after
gazing ut her with looks of interest
and commiseration for while, he
asked boy near him If that gal had
fits. "NO," replied the lad con-
temptuously, "that's gymnastics."--
"Oh, it's, hey ~ said the verdant =
show long has she had 'em ?' A7
About eleven o'clock one night a
policeman met a negro carrying
trunk along the street, and thinking
| he had discovered an item he collared
the negro and told him to explain.
81 kin do il, sah," replied the stran-
ger, as he put the trunk down. "De
family what was boarding me has
been axing for money, and rs dey y
was gone out to night / thought I'd
get into some family that respected
de panic" lie was allowed to GO
on.
"A few years ago, q hungry com.
pany sat down at Widespread sur-
per table OF Sound steamer, upon
which one of the dishes contained
trout of moderate size. A serious
looking individual drew this dish
toward him, saying apologetically,
"This Is fast day with me-" His
next neighbor, an Irish gentleman,
Immediately inserted his fork ri into
the fish and transferred Il to his own
plate, remarking, "Sir, do You sup.
pose nobody has sowl to he saved
but yourself?" r..
-"Laugh and grow fat" is quite !
venerable adage, and Sterne tells us
that every time a man laughs he adds
something to his life. An eccentric
philosopher of the last century used