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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05
Cicero on old Age.

Nothing can be more void of found
alton than to assert that old age neces-
sarily disqualifies a man from engag-
ing In the great affairs Of the world.
AS well might It be affirmed that the
pilot Is totally useless and unengaged
In the business of the ship, because
while the rest of the crew are more
actively employed In their respective
departments, he sits quietly at the
helm and directs its motions. If In
the great scenes of business an old man
can not perform a part which requires
the force and energy of vigorous
years, he can act, however, i'm a noble
and more important charcter. ,. 81,
It is not by exertions of corporal
strength and activity that the
momentous affairs Of State are con-
ducted; IL Is by cool deliberatiOn, by
prudent counsel, and by that author
itative influence which ever attends
on public esteem; qualifications
which are usually strengthened and
improved by increase Of years. The
truth Is, n abilities of this latter kind
Were mot the peculiar attributes Of
old age, our wise ancestors would
not surely have distinguished the
supreme counsel OF the State by the
appellatlon Of the Senate The
IAcedgrponians, for the same reason,
give to the first magistrates In their
Commonwealth the title of Elders
and I'm fact they are always chosen
out Of that class of men. .lli lia
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05

Two actors, who bore to each other
the most 'inveterate hatred, were to
perform in an opera, the one a knight
and the other disguised rs bear,
with whom the knight was to COM
bat. Everything went off very well;
they fought the bear, as 1t was fight
ing, was vanquished, and lay motion
less on the ground. But while the
very fine instrumental. music was Gel
ebrating this chivalrous action, and
attracted for few moments the at
tention of the audience, the victori-
ous knight Thought Il pity not to
embrace This opportunity, and there
fore struck his fallen adversary sew
eral times with the fiat side of his
sword. The bear bore it very pa
ticntly for some time; but when he
found 1t going too far he suddenly
sprang up, seized the knight, and
treated him so roughly that he fell
down half dead with fear. At this
instant 1t was the turn of the orches-
ira to be silent, and the knight was
to sing a bravura In honor of the
conquest. Everything was silent, the
circumstances had not been noticed
In the orchestra, the prUmpter gave
the signal, but, as the knight was
quite unable to sing, the bear, an
equally good singer, without much
ceremony, seated himself on the fall
en- knight and with y loud voice sang
the air to no small entertainment Of
the audience. 49, f...., -. -
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05
Hints 10 Mothers.

If you wish to cultivate a gossiping,
meddling .censorious spirit In your
children, be sure when they come
home from church, a visit, or any
other place where you do not ac-
company them, to ply them with
questions concerning what everybody
wore, how everybody looked, and
what everyone said and did and if
you find anything In all this TO censure
always do ft in their hearing. You
may rest assured, If you pursue a
course of this kind, they will not re-
turn to You unladen with intelligence; (;
and rather than that 1t should be
uninteresting, they Will, by degrees,
learn TO embellish In such q manner
as shall not fail to call forth remarks
and expresslons of wonder from you.
You win, by this courage, render the
spirit of curiosity which Is so early
Visible ih children, and which, II
rightlytlifected, may be made the
instrument Of enriching and enlarg-
ing their minds--a vehicle of mischief
which shall serve only to narrow
them. ...s.,. .tff..
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05

"A correspondent of the Levant
Herald. writing from Messina, la-
ments the removal and destruction of
those classic remains which some
twenty-five years ago still adorned
the site of the ancient town of Pom
peyop0lis. Visiting the site of Pom
peyopolisl about ten years ago, the
writer states that he saw among the
ruins still Standing the walls OF the
ancient city, the. .Acrvpolis, and other
edifices, and also the remains Of a
small mole, which in the course Of
centuries had been filed up with
the sand. For some years past the
inhabitants of the Messina have util-
lied these interesting remains of
antiquity, after a fashion which can
not fail to excite horror among
archaeOlogists. The site OF the ancient
town has been resOrted to as a cOnyc-
nient quarry for building-stones, and
indeed, there is now scarcely a house
in Messina Of which the walls are not
built with the finely polished mar
bles of POmpeyOpOlis. The recent
erection at Messina of light house,
a mosque, and an agency for the
Messageries Maritimes, and the re-
pairing Of the streets, have absorbed
every vestige of the ancient town,
with the exception of marble colon
made, which has hitherto been spared
only because Its columns were not so
well adapted for building purposes as
the blocks OF stone and marble which
were torn from the surrounding edi-
fees. The, supply of the latter
materials, however, having been ex-
hausted, 1t will probably not be long
before these cOlupns are broken up
and transplanted to another spot
The last trace of the ancient town of
.Pompeyopolis will thus have ceased
to exist. r. ea.' ..--" ,tsge5-
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05
Strangers In our Churches.

No stranger should be allowed to
come to our churches and depart
without receiving u kind word, and
invitation to come again. / am afraid
that many of us are i'm this matter ut
fault. Too often the stranger is taken
no notice of; no one offers him seat;
and he is permitted to 60 away with
out any word of welcome. This is a
great mistake, even If not sin. Many
a young man has been saved by a
word Of encouragement given him
when entering a place of worship for
the first time. A kind word to a
stranger goes good way. If those
who have no regular place of worship
are treated with Christian kindness
when they come to our churches they
will be likely to return. Every
courtesy and attention should be paid
them, so that they may feel at home
i'm the house of God. 1t is our duty
as Christians to win those whom we
meet to Christ by all the means i'm
our power. We owe 1t to them as a
matter of politeness. This will tend
to increase the congregation and fill
up the church. Dwindling audiences
have been enlarged by such means.
In some churches there are hand
shaking committees, so-called, whose
business It is to sec to all strangers,
speak to them and invite them to
come again. But 1t seems to us that
every member of the church ought to
feel It his duty, If possible, to greet
those who come into the congregation
for the first time, and let IL be known
that they are hartily welcomed.
Many of our churches are hut partially
filed because very little effort is made
to draw them to the house of God.
There should be a drawing church as
well as a drawing minister. The
people should 60 after and seek out
men il they will not come after the
gospel. All christians should feel II
their duty not only to invite the ir-
religious to the house of worship, but
also to treat them with cordiality and
kindness when they do come. This
may induce them to return.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05
A Romance.

Having made an imprudent mar,
riage, the son of wealty English
family was disinheritcd, and doomed
to poverty, which killed him before
his only son had entered his teens.
Left alone in the world his unfOrtun-
ate widow was obliged to place the
boy, then twelve years of age, under
the care of distant rclative--a sea
captain-who grudgingly offered him
a place OH a steamer in the East In
dian service. From the time of en-
tering upon his duties on ship-board
the widows son was treated like the
rudest cabin-boy, with positive
brutality of treatment by the cap
tain, which the lower officers were
not slow to initiate. So harsh, indeed,
was his lot, that the common sailors
cOmmiserated him for it, and, the
steamer happening to be at San
Francisco in August last, one of them
was prompted to cOnnive at his es-
cape to American soil in California.
BY the same kind and humble friend
he had u hiding-placc and temporary
home secured for him with a lady of
wel1-knOwn benevOlence in the south
ern part of the, Golden city, who, af-
ter the departure of the steamer OBJ
tanned employment for him in To-
Cal drug store. " Very soon the young
sailor adapted himself diligently and
efficiently to his new vocation, his
old sailOr-friend having promised to
carry back the news to his mother i'm
London. And a druggists clerk he
is yet, though in reception of intelli-
gence calculated to make his future
life very different from the past. The
very first letter from the widow, af-
ter the arrival of the Indian steamer
in England, informed him that his
grandfather, the rich magistrate, had
Just died, unrelenting toward tho un-
fortunate mother to the last, but
leaving her son afOrtune of alO, 900.
Accompanying this mOtherly revela-
ton was an epistle from the lawyer
employed by executors of the dead
mans estate, assuring the grandson
of his riches, and In a few more days
the former cabin-boy will receive
money to take him back to a home and
opulence far different from that in
which he began his youthful exile.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05
Newspapers DOmcsticalIy Considered.
Too low an estimate is apt to be set

Too low an estimate Is apt to be set
OH the domestic value of newspapers.
After. residing them, and putting our
selves, through their agency, in men,
tai correspondence, with the world,
they are thrown aside and forgotten.
But to suppose theirusefulness bound
ed by their news columns and the
waste-bag, Is a thriftless mistake. ,sl
In the. first place, there are the
household recipes, to be found In
stray corners, often excellent, and
deserving a refuge on the fy-leaf of
the family cookbook. Then come
the pretty verses, the strange and
drOll stories, the brief biographies and
"reminiscences which, pasted in a
.scrap-bOOk, are a scOurce of never end
ing pleasure, not only to those who do
not care for richer intellectual food,
but to those who have only odd min
utes for reading. a.,
Notwithstanding the squibs jOcu-
lar journalists have penned on the
use of newspapers for bed-clothing,
we know from experience that these
are not to be despised. They may
not be so comfortable as your blan-
kets, but certainly they keep out the
cold. Two thicknesses of papers are
better than pair of blankets, and in
case of persons who dislike the
weight OF many bed-clOthes, they
are Invaluable, A spread made Of q
double layer of papers between a COW
ering of calico or chintz, is desirable
in every household. The papers
should he tackled together with thread,
and also basted to the covering to
keep them from slipping. An object
tion has been made on account of the
rustling, but If soft papers be chosen
the noise will not be annoying, es-
pecially should the spread be laid be-
tween the blanket and tho counter
pane. .-.-... IT,. .,,-...r
AS a projection to plants against
cold, both In and out of doors moth
ing Is better. If newspapers are pin
ned up over night at q window be-
tween pots and glass, the flowers will
not only not be frozen. but will not
get chilled, as they are liable to be at
this season. In the same way, II TAX
en- to cover garden-beds, on the
frosty nights of carly autumn, they
will allow the plants to remain safely
outdoors some time later than Is
common. .--.g F....t .t,..
One of the oldest servicestO put our
journals to is the keeping of ice i'm
summer. An ingenious hOusekeeper
recently discovered that her daily
lump of ice would last nearly twice
as long us when wrapped in newspa-
pers, and placed in any kind of COW
vered box, as when trusted solely to
a refrigerator, This is very conve-
nient since it is possible to have the
best and cheapest refrigerator con-
stantly at hand. 80 .... 81.
To polish all kinds of glass after
washing, except table glass, no cloth
or flannel is half so good as news
paper; and for a bakers dozen of
other uses, quite foreign to its primal
purpose, 1t is without rival.-Scyi6-
neJ'S for March. .. ,..s.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05
.7TT 1Sofo1T -yen0ifaY

Not as mean to- say, mind you, that
they are the only ones would risk
their lives te-Saye q. fellow, creature
from fire. Isve seen policemen, and
workingmen, and gentlemen save
life as bravely as 1t could be saved
and carrying their own lives in their
hand to do 1t. Ay! and I've seen
women do it too, especially mothers.
/ once saw mother get her child out
of a room after two firemen that had
tried IL on had been beaten back and
given IL over for bad Job. She got
severely scOrched over IL, It's true,
but she got the child out unharnled, !,
and was all right again herself ut the
end Of n few weeks. tffti tf !sFp
Not long In getting to a fire? Well,
not a second longer than can possibly
be helped, of course. Sharp's always
the word and the deed too with us,
for In our business times money, and
1t may be life. You see we either
live In the station or within call Oft,
and we mustn't move a yard away
without saying where we are going,
SO that all hands are always within
reach. I've known the start to be
made in two minutes and q half
from the time of our, getting the mes
sage, and we are meyer over four min
utes in getting out, while everybody
knows the pace we go at when we
are once on the road. r.....
Incendiary fire? Well, L hardly
know what to say about them, or in
tact hardly what to think. There's
some of the insurance people as make
no bones about saying that one half
of the fires are caused on purpose, and
there's u good many of our men as
thinks the same, and I've certainly
seen some very suspicious cases N.Y.
self, though / couldn't have proved
anything wrong. / remember one
fire that I was at, was the third the
same man had in a, few years. In this
one, two OF, his children were burnt
to death, and over each of the fires
there was whispering and head
shaking among those who knew
him, and talkIabOut SOME people ap-
pearing to. be better Off after a fire,
and all that sort of thing. a b9tiI 4
AT any rate he went mad after this
last fire, though of course he might
easily have done that after what had
happened, whether he had ahand in
it or not. ,.",,sqT r,.1t.rg,, ,-s.. .
There Is no knowing where fire
may end when It has once started, or
whose life 1t may cut short. Setting
n house on fire Is not a hanging matter
according to law, but sometimes
when I've noticed something queer
about a fire, Pve thought to myself
that it ought to be. There can be no
moral doubt that innocent people
have perished by incendiary fires, and
1 daresay that moro than one good
man of our brigade has lost the num-
her Of his mess in them. a., 1,--.... A..
However, IT'S all in the days work
with us; we take our fires as they
come, asking no questions; and If
your time is come, why, 1 don't
know that you can make IL much bet
ter ending than in trying to save the
lives of others. It's our calling to
face death, and we do it, trusting to
a greater than ourselves to guard us.
AS the motto of the Protection and
Reward Society says, "ActiOns are
ours, results are Gods"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05
- " - y " . y y D N u flLfIsL IT "
Why Umbrellas arc Non'Rstarpabls,
The Danbury Ne,cs man has soly,

The Danbury Nescs man has solved
a riddle. He writes: "If we study
closely into the matter we will cease
to wonder why more borrowed um.
brellas are not returned. Did YOU
ever undertake to return a borrowed
umbrella? You got this umbrella the
night before. Il 1t was raining In tor
rents at the time and you could not
very we'll do without the shelter. It
was to be returned the next morning.
So you promised, and so you honestly
intended. The next morning breaks
with a clear sky, the sun comes forth
and floods the earth with It's radiance.
There Is not a feet Of cloud visible
anywhere; there Is not the faintest
indication in the atmosphere Of an
approaching disturbance. But the
change In nature, great as It Is, is no
greater than the transformation q In
that umbrella. The night before in the
dashing rain IL was the most apprO-
pirate companion. At every step
through the dismal wet you thought
of it With keen pleasure. But now it
bristling with Animosity toward all
OutuOOio, dliu yOu cyc II WIFI uuuiS-
guised disfavor. The more you think
of ,escOrting this engine down street
through the bright sunshine, of OBJ
truding It like a nOisOme shadow
among grateful and delighted peO-
pie, the more repulsive 1t appears to
you. In desperation you LOOK about
for clOud-sOmethingv that will In
the eyes of impartial men, at least,
save you from contempt-but you do
not find it, .Qods yn,NuI Ev .llkil
Then you look about for a boy anx-
ious to distinguish himself as
scape-goat but don't find him. With
q heavy sigh you turn your back upon
the obnoxious umbrella, and 60 to
business. 1t needs rare courage, in
deed, to return an umbrella In the
glare Of the bright sun. A man may
manipulate Congresses, capture coun-
tries, conquer disease, control the ele-
ments, and yet lack the nerve to pro-
pei borrowed umbrella through rip
pling and dancing sunshine" /
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05

"A GERMAN clergyman who was
travelling, stopped at q hotel much
frequented by wags and jOkers. The
host, not being used to have a clergy
man at his table, looked at him with
surprise; the guests used all their ar
tillery of wit upon him without ellc-
iting q remark The clergyman ate
his dinner quietly, apparently with
out observing the gibes and sneers Of
his neighbors. One Of them, ut last,
In despair at his forbearance, said to
him, "Well, 1 wonder at your pa
tience & Have you not heard sll that
has been said to you2 2" 20, yes; bat
/ am used to It. DO you know who
/ am 2" aNo, SIR" Well, I will
inform you. am chaplain of q
lumtic asylum; such remarks have
no effect upon meplua iIai.i a7ro, .
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05

The story Is told OF a woman who
had freely used her tongue to the
scandal of others, and made confes-
sion to, the priest of what she had
done. He gave her a ripe thistle top,
and told her to go out In various d.
rections and scatter the seeds, one by
one. Wondering at the penance, she
obeyed, and then returned and told
her confessor. To her .amazement,
he bade her go back and gather the
seeds, and " when M,,i she oblectea l;a that shat y
It would be still more difiicult to
gather up and destroy all evil reports
whichshe had circulated about others.
Any thoughtless, careless child can
scatter q handful of this thisle-sfed
before the VIVID In 2niomJent, but the
strongest and wisest man cannot
gHther tnein agaln' - a.. -,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05

AN Ohio woman, riding on the cars
with her boy, said he was six, and
when I" Billy spoke w and declared
he was ten, the good woman drew
him over her knee and had satisfac-
tion for the half fare she was Obliged
to pay.s d9idy lae rse fa q w leH
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05

A WOMAN at Fort Laramie has
sued a paper for saying that che mur-
dered three husbands, when the truth
of the matter was that only two of
them died under her treatment, the
third escaping with broken rib.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05

A LADY had several hundred dol
lars worth Of point lace clipped off
her clothing by an adroit thief, while
she was ut church, singing, "Strip
me of my robe Of pride, clothe me
In humility."vaoy frVss t'l,t icpts
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05

TTsA3I ssssnaaL T2oIE TIT
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-06-26
Two conyicts Escape.

On last Monday two negro convicts, Ben.
Whitley and Aaron johnson, escaped from the
chain gang near this place. The dogs "scent-
ed treason" in the airand gave the alarm by a
noisy yelping. Search was made and two OF
the best workmen were missing. The dogs
were placed upoo their track and after a three
mile heat, one Of the conyicts was caught in a
swamp near Black Jack Mountain, and the
other destroyed his trail by wadeing up a
creek and crawling in hollow log on the side
of the creek and by covering himself over with
grass but in his hurry he left his hat outside o.
the log which led to his detection. In the race
the white men lost their pistols, and when the
darkey crawled out of the log and saw that his
captor was alone and unarmed, he grabbed two
rocks and told the white man he would "bus
him open" if he came on, but the guard pick
ed up two rocks and told the convict it wal
"surrender or die" and thatif he didn't dror
those rocks he would smash his skull. Each
eyed the other with desperation, but the negro''
courage failed him, and trembling he dropped
the rocks, and, at command crossed his hands
was tied and brought back to the camp and
both of them are sick Of their attempt to escape
and are now digging away on the Road.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-06-26
Seeing is Relieving.

Ifin this liberal age there are persons TO be
found who are so blinded by prejudice as not
to believe that medicated stimulant is an item
of immense Importance in the catalogue Of
human remedies, we should like them 10 witness
the wonderful effect which Hostetters
Stomach Btters are now producing all over
the country in cases of intermittent fever rheu
matism, bilious disordere, dyspepsia, nervous
complaints, constitutional debility, mental de-
preston and premature decay. To be sure
these effects are nothing new, The great
vegetable invigornt and Its cures have been
before the people for more than twenty five
years, and in every year of the twenty five
It's popularity has increased and its sale has
become larger. Yet there are no doubt many
thousands ofiutelligent citizens who have never
had an opportunity Of observing for themselves
the surprising changes which this unequalled
tonic and Alternative produces in systems which
seem to be hopelessly broken, and in cases Of
disease which are not amenable to ordinary
remedies. Probably many ofthese regard the
statements made in relation to the sanitary
properties of the Btters with some degree Of
incredibly Would that all such skeptics
could see with their own eyes what the medi-
cine is doing for the sick and feebeeverywhe
what staff of life it is proving to the aged and
infirm, what help in time OF trouble to feeble
woman suffering from the complaints and
disabilities peculiar to the sex. what protec-
ton TO health and life in malarious districts,
what panacea for angu0r and depression,
what a specific for all diseases in which the
system requires to be vitalized aud sustained.
OF all stimulants it is the purest and safest, of
all tonics the most genial effective and agree
able, of all Alternatives the least yiolent and the
most certain in its beneficial results.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-06-26
Railroad Meetings Along the Line

There will be succession of meetings in the
interest of the Marietta and North Georgia Rail
Road, commencing on Monday, 9th Of July, at
Deans School House, Cherokee county; Tues
day, 9TH July at Canton, Cherokee county ;
Wednesday, 9Th at Ball Ground, Cherokee
county; Thursday, 9th at Jasper, Pickens
county; Friday, 10th, at Talking Rock, Pick,
ems county; Saturday, 11th, at Ellijay Gilmer
county, Monday, 18th, at Ducktown, Tennes-
see; Tuesday, 14th, at Morganton, Fannin
comfy.
Gov. James NJ. Smith. Hon. d. Irwin, Col
g. N. Lester. Hon. w. d. Anderson, and Col.
James r. Brown, will attend the meetings and
address the citizens
Men, women and children, along the route,
come out and hear what is said in favor of the
enterprise, whether yon subscribe or not. If
you cant help, you can show your interest in
promoting the general good The work on the
Road goes bravely on but we must still do our
duty.