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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
A Deprayed Appetite.

One of the most extraordinary instances
of depraved appetite on record is that
of French soldier, who was born near
Lyons. He came up to Paris, at very
early age, where his first exploit was to
eat a basket of apples--at his friends ex-
pense. On various occasions he swallowed
a series of corks and other indigestible
materials, which produced such violent
collie that he was obliged to attend the
Hotel-Dieu, and while being examined
almost managed to swallow the watch.
chain and seals of the surgeon in attend
ance. Owing to the stomachic irritation
produced by these absurd tricks, his ap-
petite increased to an excessive amount.
At seventeen years of age, when only
weighing one hundred pounds, he could
eat twenty four pounds of beef in as
many hours. He now entered the army,
and being recognized by the surgeon
major, he was detained for the sake of
curiosity. From the day of his admission,
he was ordered quadruple rations, with
pickings and waste meat, but often slipped
into the dispensary to finish off poul-
tice or two. To him, the common preju-
dice against frogs, cats and small serpents
as food was nothing; and in eels he posi-
lively revelled, swallowing them whole on
occasion. On one memorable day he con-
sumed, in a few minutes, a repast spread
out for fifteen German work-people, ETC.,
after which he was blown out like bal
loon. In the presence of some thirty
officers he swallowed, at one sitting, thirty
pounds of liver and lights. His insatia-
BILE appetite was for once made useful, by
his being selected to convey correspond
ence between General Beauharnais and a
French colonel, which he inserted in a
box and swallowed; but he was caught
and soundly thrashed. He fell under
suspicion of having eaten child fourteen
months old. 1t is stated that he was OF
mild and gentle manners and aspect. AT
ter death his stomach was found to be in
q very diseased condition.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
Towns OF the South.

Awriter says: "Southern towns there
are in existence that are as untouched by
the hand of to-day as though they were
buried deeper than Pompeii of old. They
are buried to all modern interests and
purposes. Not breath of air breathed
BY live, active men and momen ever
reaches them; not ripple of the great
wave called progress ever touched their
shores; they have few books, and any.
thing they see in the newspapers beyond
the market, the crops and their side in
politics has no meaning for them. Yet
they have gentlemen and gentlewome,n
in their midst, full of a quaint, old
fashioned dignity, and surrounded by an
aroma of good breeding not unlike In
quality to the odor of dried rose leaves;
they have few young men and girls
growing up i'm their mothers footsteps,
Young people lacking the full measure of
what society to-day reckon as thorough
bred, assured beau or belle; but often
their youths are honest and simple heart
ed even at twenty-five, and the girls,
why, they grow up, and bud and blossom
into a modest, sweet beauty, have their
day of triumph and conquest, and settle
down to be the wife of some country
squire, and mother of children, whom
they will train to grow exactly as tney
were trained.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
NUMBER 5.
AncedOte OF Ethan Allen.

After the taking of Ticonderoga, Col
onel Allen was sent to Massachusetts,,
Connecticut and New York, for reinforce
ments of his brave little army, and for
supplies. On his way down he called at
Bennington to congratulate his friends
on the taking of the fort, and firing the
Green Mountain boys with new zeal
for the cause of liberty. On Sunday the
Rev. Mr.. Dewey preached before Colo
mel Allen, and the other officers and SOL
diers in that vicinity, on the capture.
Mr.. Dewey, with much fervOr, poured
forth his thanksgiving unto the Lord for
giving the possession of this important
fortress to a people struggling in defense
of their dearest rights. Allen was lit
tie displeased, and, as the preacher con-
tinued in this strain of thanksgiving, the
bluff old hero cried out, "Parson Dew
eyp The reverend gentleman gave no
heed to the interruption, and Allen ex-
claimed still louder, "Parson Dewey p
The minister continued with great fer
vency, when Allen sprang to his feet,
and roared out, "Parson Deweyw The
clergyman opened his eyes, and gazed
with astonishment upon Colonel Allen.
Then Allen exclaimed, with great en-
phasis, Parson Dewey, please mention
my being there"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
Chinese Mode of Dressing the Hair.

"The hair of the Chinese women"
says a writer, "is invariably black and
very long. 1t is drawn back tightly
from the face, and stiffened with a gum
from certain kind of wood. 1t is piled
up in wonderful pyramid of bows,
loops, wings, twists, leaves, flowers, rolls,
all so stiffthat they stand alone without the
aid of pads, roulets, puffs, or hair-pins
Not single hair is astray, the whole
highly polished, or veneered, which
keeps it smooth for nearly a week, when
the fabric is taken down and remodelled
How do they sleepT asks curious
reader. reply Quaker fashion. How
did our great-grandmothers sleep when
they wore those immense BUSHES on
their headsr suppose they had pill
low made on purpose. The Chinese ladies
have a small leather pillow, which fits
underneath the back of the neck, and
keeps the head in a settled position.
Others have case or box, in which they
put the whole head comfortably, and
which protects the coiffiire from being
disordered. II is, par excellence, the most
intricate structure that could be made
with hair, and when adorned with real
flowers and gems is both an elegant and
imposing head-dress."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04

In certain town of Massachusetts, was
an old-fashioned country tavern, kept by
an inveterate wag named Davis. On a
cold wintry day good-looking Irishman,
who was passing through the village,
called at the tavern to warm himself
The landlord and several of his neighbors
sat cozily chatting before the fire, and po-
litely made way for the traveller to take a
seat among them. "a cowld day." said
he. Affirmed unanimously. can what's
the news?" says he. "There is nothing
new," replied the host, "only"--in his
dry way =" they say the DEVILS dead"
can sure" says Pat, "this is news in
dade." After a while he rose, walked
across the room, placed some coppers on
the bar, returned to the fire and resumed
his seat. The landlord also having gone
to the bar, inquired of the traveller what
he'd have TO drink for his money. "Noth-
ing at all at all" was the reply. "Why,
then, did you lay this money here?"
can sure, Sir" replied Pat it's the
custom in me own country, when chap
loses his daddy, to give him a few coppers
to help him pay for the wake"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
Sense and Nonsense.

IT is feared that cremation would lead
to family jars
How to get rich--Live on airand sleep
on clothes-line.
THE contented man is never poor, the
discontented never rich.
SCHooL-TEACHERs in South Carolina
are called "gad-swingers."
IT isn't safe to stop in Chicago for half
an hour. They are making directory.
VANDERBILT has given another $780,
900 to his university at Nashville, Tenn.
A MOTTO at recent farmers meeting
was, "None but live stock should be
watered."
A POOR henpecked husband declared
that the longer he lived the more he was
"smitten."
WHY are the soothsayers of old called
augurs? Because they were such hOr-
rible bores.
On week days you buy your music by
the sheet. On Sundays you can have it
by the choir.
"MY wife," said critic, "is the most
even-tempered person in the world--she's
always mad"
A HoBoKEN editor, being challenged,
sent word in reply, "When l want to die,
can shoot myself"
"THEY put him in a showcase" was
the remark of a rural lady who recently
attended city funeral.
A MAN went out, the other night, to
see if he could ascertain the color of, the
wind, and found it blew.
AN English physician says that the
first moral and physical duty of every
human being is to be clean.
QUILLs are the things that are some
times taken from pinions of one goose to
spread the opinions of another.
NARRow-MINDED and ignorant per-
hence gossip, the bane of our age.
The French student says that Rarey
may be able to tame vicious horse, but
he who can tame vicious woman is
rdra avis.
A YANKEE wanted the Bridge of Sighs
pointed out to him, and he offered to bet
that America had several bridges twice
the size.
A RURAL statistician reports that more
people are talked to death by pedlers
of 1ightning-rods than are killed by
lightning.
If you know anything that will make
a brothers heart glad, run quick and
tell it; but if it is something that will
cause a sigh, bottle it up.
THE champion forgiven lives in Terre
Haute. His wife has eloped five times,
and he has taken her back and tried to
make home happy each time.
No man ever sank under the burden of
to-day. 1t is when to-morrow's burden
is added to the burden of to-day that the
weight is more than a man can bear.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
Gold and Glitter.

A correspondent writing from the City
of Mexico says: / can not pretend to
give description of the Cathedral.
never saw SO much gold and silver used
as ornaments in the interior of a building
in all my life--solid silver columns ten
or twelve feet high, supporting golden
candlesticks, surround every altar; bronze
ratings protect the precious decorations
from the curiosity of the devout worship
ers. In every recess was an altar, at some
of which, during my visit, ladies, gor-
geously attired, were kneeling on the bare
floor beside the filthy Indian saying mass,
and each alike dropped their fee--much
or little, as the case may be---into the
golden box which the attendant held out
Paintings on the walls, gold wrappings
around the sacred alcoves and FURNISHED
gold and silver in great masses behind
the principal altar, make the interior one
scene of splendor.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
A Curious Custom.

Talking the other day with the travel
ing salesman of London woolen ware
hOuseman--jobber, we should call him
here--there came to light curious Gus
tom which prevails in England in that
line of trade. A tailor, instead of having
a heavy line of stock for his customers to
select from, keeps on hand, in many cases,
only full line of patterns, representing
the stocks of the leading warehousemen.
The customer selects from the patterns
the style and make that suit his fancy and
his purse. Then, his measure having been
taken and his order booked, an order goes
up to the warehouseman for the cloth.
He sends it down by his porter---the whole
piece---who leaves it with the tailor. The
tailor cuts off what he wants, and the
next day the porter looks in and carries
back the piece to the owners, who had it
measured before it left them, and again
measure it on its return, charging the
tailor with the difference. Our "jobbers !"
have learned that a shorter way is to cut
off what the tailor wants, and send it to
him; but this idea does not seem to have
occurred to our cousins over the water,
or else it is too new-fangled and simple to
suit their ideas of business.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
Daniel Webster.

"Darnel Webster" remarked old
Colonel Gumpey, as he trimmed quid
of nigger head and fastened it securely
between two decayed teeth in the left
side of his mouth. "Darnel Webster
was great man. There want nothin'
mean about him. I've hearn him talk,
but it want his talk so much as his
generosity that tuck me. He had a
kinder careless way like, that kept him
from gittin' rich. He never seemed to
think what things cost. / was comm
up in the Hudson River along with him
once, and in the mornin' Darnel Webster
and me was washin' our faces and slickin'
our ha'r in the cabin, and he took out a
tooth brush and brushed his teeth. l
didn't see no other tooth brush around, so
1 borrowed his'n. And after used it I
handed it back to him, and what do you
think =? why Darnel Webster Just slung
the tooth brush into the river. And
suppose next day he went and bought
him new one. That's all he cared
about money! There amt no such men
as Darnel Webster hvin' now," con-
cluded the Colonel meditatively, as he
spirited a stream of tobacco juice into the
fire at the other end of the room.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
A Singular Practice.

Some of the hill tribes in Northern
India have singular way of sending
their babes to sleep, which is thus de-
scribed by correspondent: "Near hol-
low bamboo, which served as spout,
through which the cool water of the
mountain stream poured forth in a jet,
was disposed the head Of an infant, who
was lying covered warmly and fast asleep.
The bamboo spout was 80 placed that the
water played upon the crown of the
baby's head, over part which seemed
bald of hair, a consequence, perhaps, of
the habitual action Of the water. The
children (there were two of them) were
lying on their right sides and perfectly
still, one would fancy in a state of stupe-
faction. They had been lying for an
hour and half, we were told, and would
be there till nine at night; in all, be-
tween four and five hours. / felt the
face of one of them and found it cold,
and then held the wrist, but could detect
no pulse. Yet these hill people are
convinced that the strange practice,
which is quite general, helps to strength
en- the brain, and makes the children not
only healthy, but hardy and fearless"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
Men Whom Women Like Best.

We know that men naturally shrink
from the attempt to obtain companions
who are their superiors; but they will
find that really intelligent women, who
possess the most desirable qualities, are
uniformly modest, and hold their charms
in modest estimation. What such women
most admire is gallantry, not the gal
lantry of courts and fops, but boldness,
courage, devotion and refined civility.
A mans bearing wins ten superior
women, where his boots and brains win
one.
If a man stand before woman with
respect for himself and fearlessness of her,
his suit is half won. The rest may
safely be left to the parties most inter
ested. Therefore, never be afraid of a
woman. Women are the most harmless
and agreeable creatures in the world to a
man who shows that he has got mans
soul in him. If you have not the spirit
to come up to the test like this, you have
not that in you which most pleases a
high-souled woman, and you will be
obliged to content yourself with the
simple girl, who, in a quiet way, is en-
deavoring to attract and fasten you. But
don't be in hurry about the matter.
1t isn't creditable to you. Especially
don't imagine that any disappointment
in love which takes place before you are
twenty-one years old, will be of any
material consequence to you. The truth
is that before man is twenty-five he
does not know what he wants himself.
So don't be in hurry. The more of a
man you become, and the more manli-
ness you become capable of exhibiting in
your association with women, the better
wife you will be able to obtain; and one
years possession of the heart and hand
of really noble specimen of her sex, is
worth nine hundred and ninety-nine
years possession of a sweet creature
with two ideas in her head, and nothing
new to say about either of them. So
don't be in a hurry, we say again.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
Smatterings.

Learn everything you can. 1t will
come in play. Don't be frightened
away from any pursuit because you only
have little time to devote to it. II
you can't have anything more, smat.
tering is infinitely better than nothing
Even slight knowledge of the arts and
sciences, opens up whole world OF
thought before us. We appreciate fine
painting better, because we have taken a
few strokes of the pencil, and know
something of the difficulties of the task
Ignorance is restricted to very few
pleasures it is only intelligence which
delights in all things
A limited knowledge of the natural
sciences will give one a lifelong source
of happiness. We may stand at the por-
tai of these pure joys, afraid to enter as
we look at the long, long vistas beyond
but the moment we have crossed the
threshold, we begin to experience a
pleasure. We have not to wait until we
reach the end there is compensation
given us at once for every effort we put
forth. A little systematic endeavor---one
hour, or even half an hour day--and
a man may be considerd learned before
he dies.
Learn thoroughly what you learn, be
it ever so little, and you may speak of il
with confidence. A few clearly defined
facts and ideas are worth whole library
of uncertain knowledge. AS we change
about among continually shifting peo-
pie, we are frequently placed in positions
where we may learn with scarcely an eff
fort on our part, and yet we hang back,
because it takes SO long to acquire a
mastery of anything. Let the end
alone Begin tomorrow and though,
after all, it proves but mere smatter-
ing, you have gathered some intelligence
on one point more than you had before,
and you have found happiness in seek.
ing it.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
Presence Of Mind.

One of the servant girls worth having
lives in indianapolis. The other day a
three-year-old child climbed through an
attic window and walked along the ledge
of the roof, thirty-two feet from the
ground, the whole length of the house,
and there stood unconcerned and enjoy
ing the prospect. She was seen by the
maid-ofall-work, who pleasantly called
out, "Come down; I've got something
for YOU" "All yite," cried the little
one and she retraced her steps and dis
appeared through the attic window in
safety. Most girls would have screamed
on seeing the child in such position,
said how dangerous 1t was, and how she
would fall; and the little creature would
have fallen, and very likely have been
killed
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.

Ali here II Is, that dear old place,
Unchanged through all these years;
HOW like some sweet familiar face
My childhood's home appearsl
The grand old trees beside the door
Still spread their branches wide;
The river wanders as Of yore,
With sweetly murmuring tide;
The distant hills look green and gay,
The flowers are blooming wild,
And everything looks glad to-day,
AS when ! was child.
Regardless how the years have flown,
Half wondering stand,
I catch no fond, endearing tone,
1 clasp no friendly hand;
think my mothers smile to meet,
i list my fathers call,
j pause TO hear my brothers feet
Come bounding through the hall;
But silence all around me reigns,
A chill creeps through my heart;
No trace OF those love remains,
And tears unbidden start.
What though the sunbeams fall as fair;
What though the budding flowers
Still shed their fragrance on the air.
Within life's golden hoursp
The loving ones that cluster here
These walls may not restore;
Voices that filled my youthful ear
Will greet my soul no more;
And yet quit the dear old place
With slow and lingering tread,
As when we kiss a clay-cold face
And leave II with the dead
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04

If you wish to drown yourself, kick
and splash about as violently as you can,
and you will soon go to the bottom. But
If you remember that you are lighter
than water, and If you calmly and stead.
lily refrain from drawing your breath
while under the water, keep your head
raised, and your arms under. you will
soon learn TO float and swim like duck
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-05-21
Marriages in Jackson County-1S59.

James Taught and Margaret Daniels,
Feb. 3, by W. D. Higgins, j. P.
Daniel McDarmit and Louiza Sprouse,
Feb. 9, by David Savage, J. P.
James Brown and Rosey Mcadoo, Feb.
10, by John j. Jones, j. P.
Henry Armstrong and Elizabeth Rush,
Feb. 10, by W. D. Higgins, j. P.
Marcus Shumate and Fidella j. Ar
thur Feb. Is, by w. D. Higgins, j. P.
Jenkin Richards and Elizabeth Jenk-
ins, March 9, by Jonathan Thomas, Min.
Andrew Louderback and Susan F.
Hammonds, Feb. 3, by Jos. Spriggs, j. P.
Lloyd W. Baker and Samantha McClin-
tick, March 10, by D. u. Cherington,
Minister.
Henry Sanders and Jane Turner,
March l, by Thomas Creighton, j. P.
Caleb DuHadway and Mary Nelson,
March 3, by A. Abbott, Minister.
Daniel Corcoran and Margaret Hani-
gan, March 5, by James J. ODonahoe,
Priest.
Patrick Carpenter and Alice Smith,
March 6, by James ]. O'Donahoe, Priest.
Andrew Stevenson and Nancy ROLAND
March 9, by T. L. Hughes. ]. P.
Henry G. Robbins and Rebecea Ann
ogier, March 8, by 81. S. Bundy, Min.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-05-21
DR.. I. T. MONAHAN,

IfEon want to buy Doll, Foy, Vase, Pocket.'
Book, Album, Penknife, bottle of Hair Oil or
Perfumery, and a thousand other articles, or
namental and useful, go to Dr.. L. T. Monahan's
Toy and Drug Store and buy at prices far below
what you can buy at other places.
If you want to buy a box of Pills or bottle of
Patent Medicines, DR.. 1. T. Monahan has them
and will warrant them genuine, as he buys all
his patent medicines of the manufacturers.
If yen want, for medicinal purposes, pure
Spirits, Wine, Whisky, Brandy, Rum or Gin,
DIR. L. t. Monahan will sell them at far less
profits, according to the quality, than you are
in the habit OF buying.
If you want good cigar you can get it at Dr.
1. T, Monahanis.
If yop want any thing in the line of Drugs,
Paints, Oils or Dye Stuffs, you can buy it cheap
at DR.. L. I. Sfonahan's Drug Store, for Cash or
Furnace Script.
Ifyou want to live employ Dr. l. T. Monahan
for your physician. Ifyou want to die employ
somebody else.
The DR.. gives especial attention to diseases of
females, chronic and private diseases of every
character.
Residence in the bliclz house across the street
in rear of the Court House. Drug Store on
Broadway street. 500 sign. Private office in
back part of drug store,
NEW BOOKS.
All -rsops indebted to me will please call at
my drug store and settle, without delay,
apl6, 74-tf 1. II. MONAHAN.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-05-21
ourDormant ENERGIES.

Our bodies are not as vigorous nor our minds
as clear as they might be. This remark is true
of least tBo-thirds of civilized society," and of
these two-thirds probably one-half is laboring
under bodily infirmities of a character likely
to shorten the lives of the sufferers. This is a
melancholy exhibit, and furnishes abundant
food for reflection. Can the evil be mitigated Z?
1t can. Lack of vitality is the primary cause of
most of the physical and mental suffering to
which we are subjected, and therefore a vital
izing medicinal agent is the remedy required.
Stomach Bitters Will rouse and energize the
mind and body when the life power of the sys-
TEN is in a comparatively dormant state. The
languid, feeble, desponding INVALID is not
aware OF the latent energies that underlines his
or left in his frame, when the fact is that his
physical capabilities are merely asleep and on
ly require waking up. Let him stimulate and
tone his animal machinery and endow it with
new motive power, through the agency of this
Incompatible invigorant, and he Will soon
feel like new man, or rather like a man who
has received new lease Of life, and the requiz
site health to enjoy it. Many business men srif
fer from chronic languor and depression caused
by too close application to business. Hard STU
from a like cause. Mechanics and working men
are affected in the same way, as result of over
labor. To all who are in this condition, from
whatever cause, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
Will prove signal blessing. 1t is a perfect pam
aeea for physical debility and mental gloom,
ealnls the nervous system while as a remedy
for Indigestion, bilLf6usness constipation rheIi-
matism and Intermittent and remittent feyers
it ia kes precedence of all other medicines.