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

"And they say dogs have no souls "
cries the atheist, in contempt. Well, we
admit that the instinct of these animals
is wonderful. Says novelist: "At one
OF the New Foundland fisheries a boat
and crew, trying to enter small harbor,
found themselves outside a long line of
breakers, in great peril The wind and
weather had changed since the beat went
out in the morning, and her getting safe
ly back seemed pretty doubtful. The
people on shore saw her danger, and
friends ran to and fro. Among the crowd
was large dog, which seemed fully alive
to the peril of the boat and the anxiety
of those on shore. He watched the boat,
surveyed the breakers, and appeared to
think as earnestly as anybody, "What
can be done?" At last he boldly plunged
into the angry waters, and swan to the
boat. The crew thought he wanted to
join them, and tried to get him on board.
He would not 60 within their reach, but
swan around, diving his head and sniff.
ling, as If in search for something. What
was he up to? What did the creature
mean? What did he want? Give him
the end of a rope cried one of the sail
ors, divining what was in the poor dogs
brain; that's what he wants. A rope
was thrown out, the dog seized the end.
and in an instant turned round, and made
straight for the shore, where, not long
after, thanks to the intelligence and So,
gacity of Tiger, the boat and crew were
landed safe and sound"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
A Lost IAye.

"She loved him for himself" Perhaps
that wasn't her fault. But the fact was
ne had nothing else to be loved for. She
married him. And still she loved him
for himself He gave her not 80 much
asa single dollar to aid on her love. last
week he returned home full of whisky as
barrel, and undertook to assert his
manly sway in too violent way. In
fact, he deliberately punched her In the
eye. This was what turned her love
to gall and made her take up the wash
board, on which she earned her own and
his support, and belabor him with IL
until there was very little of the board
left; and his head locked like a pump-
kin which boys had been using as a foot
ball. Now he earns living for himself
and wife. Such are some Of the incon-
sistencies Of the human feminine.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
Four Heads.

Highlanders have the habit, when talk
ing their English, such as it is, of inter
jecting the personal pronoun che" where
not required, such as "The king he has
come" instead of "The king has come"
Often, in consequence, a sentence or an
expression is rendered sufficiently ludic-
rous. Thus a clergyman opened his dis
course: "My friends, you will find the
subject of discourse, this afternoon, in
in the first epistle general of the Apostle
Peter, chapter 9th and verse 9Th, in the
words, The devil he goeth about like a
roaring lion, seeking whom he may de-
YOUR Now, my friends, with your
leave, we will divide the subject of our
text, to-day, into four heads. Firstly.
We shall endeavor to ascertain who the
devilhe was' Secondly. We shall inquire
into his geographical position--namely,
where the devil he was; 'and where
the devil he was goingY Thirdly. And
this is of personal character who the
devil he was seekingY And fourthly
and lastly. We shall endeavor to solve
a question which has never been solved
yet what the devil he was roaring
aboutY"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
Hats.

Chimney-pot hats are venerable, being
worn in Thibet long before the days Of
Magma Charta. There were, however,
distinctions. A native of Thibet in
those days could tell who and what
the wearer was from the color of his hat
1t was white for civilians, black for
officials, yellow for monks, and the Grand
Lama alone had the privilege of wearing
a chdpeaMr of the finest red. The Spar
tans wore felt hats, not that they partic-
ularly affected any covering for their
heads, but as distinguishing mark.
The felt hat was the outward sign which
distinguished the freeman from the helot.
The natives of Egina wore hats of a
peculiar character; they were so thick
that they might serve for shield, and 30
heavy that they formed a dangerous Of
fensive weapon. When DracO went to
Crete, he went to the theatre to read out
his code of laws. The Cretans determin-
ed that he should be summarily extin-
guished, and forthwith they threw their
hats at him. Draco did not recover.
The hats had proved too much for him.
The Romans wore hats for use rather
than ornament--broad-b rimmed straw
hats to keep off the sun. The first
French king represented with this civil
ian head gear is Charles VII. When he
went to Rome he wore on his solemn en-
try chimney-pot hat with a piece of
gold braiding round it, not unlike the
hats now occasionally worn by the foot
men. LOnis XI.--a sensible man--dis-
carded hats, and resumed the convenient
and picturesque cap of maintenance
which had been the favorite head-dress
of most of his forefathers. 1t was not,
however, until the days of the League
and the religious wars that the hat rose
into political Importance. The Huguepots
wore tall felt hats, not unlike those now
worn by tourists, ornamented with a
single feather; the Catholics wore short
felt hats, adorned by the double cross
adopted by the House of Lorraine. I'm
der Louis XIII. and Louis XIV. the hat
became once more social symbol. The
hat in general use was a three cornered
affair, like that worn by London coach
men on leree and drawing-room days.
But doctors wore chimney-pots about
two feet high {; priests wore, on the con-
trary, shovel hats. Under Louis XIV.
the hat was an article for ornament, not
use; people used to wear it, not on their
heads, but under their arms. The revo-
luton came, and made very short work
of hats and the heads that wore them.
When Napoleon fell, and "Louis lie De-
sire I" i" returned to the throne of his ia
TIERS" the hat again became political
emblem. The partisans of Napoleon wore
huge machines with a broad turned-up
brim, weighing over pound the Legitf-
mists dOnned light tall silk hats tapering
to point, with very narrow brim. In
those quarrelsome times, it was sufficient
to bring about duel if the wearer of
the broad Grim asked the wearer of the
narrow brim "WhO is your halter %
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
What the Club Did.

Mrs. Jones always believed her Fred
erick when he told her the "club" was
for social intercourse and discussion of
professional topics until the other night,
when he came into the hall with rush,
and evinced desire to sleep .on the
front stairs. MARY" said he, his voice
broken with emotion, "Mary, you have
been partaking ofthe intoxicating pledge !;
you have broken the cup. Itsh no ush
d'nying it Mary. 1 shee it in your
breath, and smell it in your eye. Oh,
Mary" With some difficulty he was
put to bed, but since that night he has
not visited the club.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
On Shares.

"A good story, and all the better in be
ing true, is told of one of our citizens
who let piece of ground to a man on
shares. The man would hire the lot, but
the owner, doubtful of getting any money
of the tenant, proposed to let IL upon the
promise of receiving half the products.
Occasionally during the summerhe passed
the spot and was pleased with the Guilt
vation 1t was receiving, and with its good
ly show of vegetables. Harvest time
came and passed, and he heard nothing
from his tenant, till, in response to hint,
the latter sent him one watermelon and
three shrivellcd cucumbers. Indignant
at this shabby treatment, he called upon
the man, and asked him what il meant.
"Why, you see, squire" replied the ten
ant, 1.-THE pesky boys stole all of your
half but the melon and cucumbers!b
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04

A FIRM dealing largely in coal in one
of our Western cities had in their service
an Irishman named Barney. One day
the head of the firm, irritated beyond
endurance at one of Barney's blunders
told him to go to the Office and get his
pay; and added, You are so thick
headed 1 can't teach you anything"
Begorra," says Barney, "I larnt wan
thing since Pve been wild yep whats
that !" asked his employer. "That
sivinteen hundred makes ton" Bar
ney was retained.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04

THE SMALL BRDs.--The little painted
songsters follow man, and attend upon
him. It is their mission to clear his
ground and trees of insects which would
otherwise destroy his fruit and grain.
What would the country be without its
birds2 Their innocent notes gladden. the
ear, and their beautiful forms and plum
age delight the eye. A pair of robins
have been known TO consume two thou
sand caterpillars in one week; and what
an amount of service to that farm was
that weeks work The farmer who shoots
the small birds that confdingly surround
his dwelling, errs both in economy and
What is the songsters take
1.-THE of the ripened produce Of field and
garden; II ifnothing but their due. They
present their bills some months after the
labor was performed, and are fully en-
titled to their living.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04

AN Observant husband says that a
looking-glass affords woman a marvel
GUS amount of comfort and qualification.
He states that his wife thinks just as
much of consulting her glass when she
ties on her apron as when she ties on
her bonnet. He says that when there
is knock at the door he goes there at
once, but his wife, on the contrary ejac-
ulates, Mercy, Joseph, who's thatp and
dashes directly for the looking-glass.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04

THINKING OF THE NEIaHBoRs.
week, at little social gathering, a duet
was being performed by two young
ladies, to the apparent delight of all the
assembled guests. The two executants
were doing their utmost to drown one
another, and with such good effect that
one could scarcely have heard the report
of cannon fifty yards off. Every body
was radiant, with the exception of one
individual, to whom, at length, a friend
addressed himself:
my dear fellow, what makes you 80
pensive %
!" Ah," was the reply, "Tm thinking
Of the neiehbors."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
Was Hamlet,s Father Crematedi

A passage in Hamlet's invocation to
his fathers ghost may lead the inquisi-
tive to inquire whether the body ofhis IA
Their was cremated, viz:
But tell
Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death,
have Have, burst their cerements Why the scpulcher,
Hath ord bis pondercus and marble Jaws,
To cast thee up again.
Was the inurn'd" mere poetical
license, or was cremation a Danish
custom dayton Journal
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04

ToNeUE.--The Rochester Express is re-
sponsible for the following: "A married
man hearing that the eating of certain
kinds of animal food would aid the same
tissues of the human body, as, for instance,
calves brains would nourish the eaters
brains, or beefs liver the caters liver,
Immediately gave strict orders at his
family market that no more tongue of
any kind be sold to his wife or mother-in-
law
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04

In China eleven hundred years before
Christ the manufacture of fermented
liquors was prohibited because of their
intoxicating effects; and in succeeding
reigns even the vines were uprooted and
DESTROYED.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04

A CORRESPONDENT wants TO know our
opinion concerning the disposition of the
dead. As far as we are acquainted with
them, the dead appear to be of quiet
disposition.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04

The man who sang '"Oh, breathe no
more that simple air." went into the
smoking car, where IL was more mixed.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04

CALIFORNIA produces lemons weighing
twenty-four ounces apiece.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-07-31
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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-07-31
FEUDs AMONG THE FAITHFUL.

The general public, and especially
that norton of it which affects the eau
casian manner, little suspects the ln-
tensity of the discord now pervadlng
the Radical ranks. Whispers ABOUT
the black movement, the negro party,
ETC.. are not comprehended, or liueed
considered in their full bearing. Inc
fact that Pincbback, Chester and other
coloretl leaders contemplate the casting
off Of their white colleagues and the
nomination of a straight-out negro
ticket, has not as yet fairly transpired.
The expressions ssCustomhouse wing"
and ttPinchback wing" arc only vague
" understood. Nevertheless, the know
ing ones declare that q breach OF rapid
" widening proportions is in existence
and that splits and conflicts and dis
sensions OF edifying and hopeful bitter
ness arise with almost every hour.
Evidently Sambo is tired OF his
white leaders. Ominous groWls from
Washington have made those leaders
reflective, hurried them into species
of political s'hedging," rendered them
cautious how they put the negro for
ward, And all this displeases the
negro vastly. Having tasted blood, ne
naturally thirsts for more. Having
been "coached" very thoroughly in
the SClonC9O1 leecHlIIS a COu1uioA"St t'e'
he naturally wishes to apply that dear
ly purchased knowledge to his own
benefit. And having discovered by
experience that the carpet Dagger
s.don't divide worth cent" he pro-
poses to take charge of the little bust
ness himself. as
Chester, Barber, Burch and other
silhouette sketches of the Louisiana
.law-makers went North last summer,
and, receiving little attention there
from certain class of sentirnentalists
whose influence is AS hollow as their
sympathy is ephemeral, they have re-
turned In the firm conviction that the
North unanimously admires them and
wants to see them at the head of polit-
ical affairs. Pinchback knows better
his Washington chapter reads very
differently-but he has his little hatch
ct to grind, and he knows that the
Customhouse stone is not for him.
Consequently, Pinchback has gone in
to the movement, and you may believe
us when we say that things are "hot
and still heatin'" among the wig
vans of the Acknowledgements.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-07-31

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, of the late Con-
federate army, and his brother II. T..
Lee, are both engaged in farming near
West Point, the latter having a farm
of four thousand acres. Gen. John A.
Cook, son of Gen. Philip st. George
Cook, of the United States army, is also
a farmer in a large way in that section.
1t is not stated wether these military
grangers have beaten Their swords into
ploughshares or not.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-07-31

Ex-Governor Henry s. Foote made q
speech against Andrew johnson at
Elizabethtown, Tennessee, the other
day. When acM this venerable fossil
find out that he lags supertluous on the
stage? Never, it is to be feared. 1t is
hardly probably that he will find out
that he is dead until at least ten years
after the acknowledgements Courier
Journal,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-07-31

A left hand writer in the Scientific
American gives some reasons why it is
better to write as he does. The hand
Is never in the way of vision. The pen
point is always in plain sight, and so is
the paper to be written on. There is,
consequently, no inducement to stoop
forward or to turn the head so as to
throw the eyes out of the focus. 1t is a
common fault with those who write
much that the left eye has Il shorter
range than the right. 1t is overworked
and compelled to adapt itself to nearer
vision. In writing with the left hand,
these evils are avoided. An upright
posture is the easiest, and the eyes are
equally distant from tho paper.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-07-31

DR.. i. Walkers California VIM
egar lSitters arc purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of C;lifor-
mia, tho medicinal properties Of Which
are extracted thcrcfrom without the use
of Alcohol. Tho question is almost
daily asked. "Nllat is the cause of tho
unparalleled success of V1NEGAE BIT
TEHs?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They arc the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
Il perfect Rcnovator and lnvigorator
of tho system. Never before in the
history Of tho world has q medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BIrrERs in healing tho
sick Of every disease man is heir to. They
are Il gentle Purgative as well rs Il Tonic,
relieving Congestion inflammation OF
the Liver and Vsccral Organs in Bilious
Diseases
The properties of Dr.. WALKEn'ss
VINEGAR BUFFERS are Aperient. Diaph"retic,
Carminative, Nutritious, laxative: Diuretic.
:Sedative. Counter Iryitaut Suuorific, Aitera-
tive, and Antl-Bliious.
u. II. MCDONALD &. CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts. San Francisco, California,
and cor of Washington and Charlton SITS, y. Y.
Sud by all Druggists and Dealers.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-07-31
Mark Twain and the Book Peddler..

A book peddler visited Mark Twain
at home to get his subscription for a
new work, Of which he carried a copy.
He found the genial Mark hoeing in
his garden. He was kindly received,
and asked to take seat. The seat was
on the top of fence, and the upper
most rail of which was sharp. He was
not happy when he sat down, and he
got no happier as he remained. He
remained there, too, d very long while,
talked to him about the book and its
author, whom he knew; about the pic
lures and the letter press, and then he
branched off into other and very deep
literary subjects, of which the agent
knew nothing. After an hour or so,
Twain Hospitality asked the agent into
the house, and then he talked to him
some more. The agent was getting
very tired and very hungry. Twain
excused himself for moment, and
stayed away an hour, during which
time the agent suspects he took his
dinner. He came back, and was still
very kind, and talked again. 1t was
now nearly 6 p. NJ, and the agent had
come about IL a. NJ. He had nothing
to eat, and not word had been said
about subscription. He grew despe-
rate, and asked Twain if he would
subscribe. "I think I WILL" drawled
Twain, "but not to-day; come to-
morrow, and we will talk about it,"
The agent decamped, and he now
swears-tllough he had a nice time
and Twain is n good talker-that he
will never 60 back again--no, never.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-07-31
ART DEPARTMENT. 1874.

The illustrations of The Aldine have
won worldwide reputation, and in the
art centers of Europe it is an admitte ed fact
that its wood cuts are examples of the
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mon prejudice in favor OF "Steel plateS' is
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OF the artists original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which
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In addition to designs by the members of
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The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will
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The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain
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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-07-31

The st. Louis Democrat says it is int
possible to elect a Republican ticket in
Missouri, and 1t advocates a "passive''
policy.
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