The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-26
All Sorts.

ALABAMA has coal mine fifty
miles above Selma. The coal
has been tested and approved at
the Pensacola Navy Yard and is
used on Mississippi steamboats,.
In a California obituary II is
stated that "The deceased was
person OF romantic nature. He
placed the breech of his gun in
the fire, and looking down tho
muzzle, departed hence irstant-
aneously."
A REMARKABLY dirty man step
ped in front Of a small boy sitting
on a fence, expecting to have
some fun by chatting him. He
said, SLOW much do you weight"
The answer was, swell, about as
much as you would if you were
washed"
A BARBER in London, to attract
custom, had on his sign picture
OF Absalom suspended by his hair
from tho bonghs Of the oak, and
underneath these lines: 30 Alb
SALON., my son, my son, had yon
but worn q peri-wig you'd never
been unduner'
SAID professor in college to
a notorious laggard who was once,
for wonder, promptly in his
place at morning prayers, at the
appointed time, III marked you
sir, rs punctual, this morning.
What is your excused" "S.s-eick,
sir, couldn't Sleep" was the reply.
The German Government has
explicitly defined its attitude to-
ward the U,ramontaues. 1t will
not interfere with tho inner or
gauization Of the churches, bnt it
will exact an oath from the Bish-
ops Of absolute submission to the
State, and will restrain them from
interfering, in any manner, with
it's affairs.
AT Box Hall, near Sittingbournc,
in England, Sumo laborers while
digging recently found Roman
coffin, containing a few bones,
beautifully twisted wire gold ring,
and some wooden, s9naro-he AIDED
nails. The cotfi WAS in tolcrably
good condition. The field in
which it was found was ut one
time a Roman cemetery.
Mr.. SHANKs, the city obi or Of
the New York Tribune, is once.
more b,fore the courts, having
been summoned t" testify to the
authorship Of IN alleged libelous
article against Judge McCune, Of
Brooklyn. Or course he refused
t. give the name Of the writer.
Considering the lack Of success.
tho New York courts have here
totorc had in obtain NC informa-
ton of this sort from Mr.. Shank,
one would suppose they would
tire ofthe qucs, before long.
ONE of the New York clergy
men, who is q tiue singer, on re-
cent visit to mad.house approach.
ed the cell of II maninc, who rushed
for him rs far as his cham would
allow, shouting, "Pil kill youT
'l'lI beat yuur brains out "C.ear
out" Instead Of moving, the
preacher began to sing"Our Home
in Heaven" FIRST, the M.dman
listened; then he stretched himself
out to the full length of his chain.
FIRST one arm relaxed and then
the other. Tears moistened his
eyes. Then he coilsd up OH his
bed Of rags as quiet as ch'id.
And when the hymn was ended
he looked np,saying,"Mpre more"
The pre- acher sang till his strength
gave way and then he left.
HERE is domestic drama from
Paris: A young girl was about to
be married to a journeyman car
penter, whose cult was by no
means agreeable to her. She had
refused and protested against the
match, but her fatler was incxor-
able on the suhject, and insisted
on the marriage, thou-h the moth
err would willingly have yielded.
} At length the bride elect appear
cd resigned to her fate, and the
father, pointing ont the happy
resull of his tirmness to his wife,
triumphanlly exclaimed, II told
you So" Next day, however, the
poor girl, having left letter at
home explaining tho cause Of her
action, jumped off the Bridge Of
Austerlitz into the Seine. She
was, however, saved, and carried
home BY two sailors. The father
returned home just as the dripping
girl was placed safely beside the
patcrDal hearth, when the mother
with perhaps more point than dis
cretion, simply abservcd, III tol
) yoa sc."
TnK death Of Jshmael Day,
says the New York Mail, recalls
one Of the most notable incidents
, of the late war, an incident which,
insignificant in itself, electrified