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How they Juggle I'm India.

When was in India went to sec
remarkable juggler who was drawing
large crowds. He had established him
self in an open space in the middle of
one of the bazaars. He was a fine-look-
ing old fellow, with long white beard,
in rich Indian dress, and he looked so
slim and graceful, and so high bred,
among all these rough, common looking
fellows, that at first Ihad eyes for nothing
else. Then the juggling began, and very
clever it was. Pm quite used to 1T now
but this was my first sight of it, and |
was immensely astonished. First, little
girl came forward and played on kind
of tambourine, and danced - the music.
Then the juggler suddenly began to scold
her, till she seemed to get frightened,
and hid herself under huge basket
which he had put beside him-but he
instantly drew his sword, and ran it
through the basket; there was a loud
shrek and the sword came out bloody.
Then some of the people thought he had
really killed her and ran forward to seize
him; but when they lifted the basket
there was nothing there, and presently
the girl came running out from some.
where or other, perfectly sound. Then
there were great cries of "Yakshi
yakship (we1l done) and when the girl
went round with her tambourine, she got
as much money as it could hold. Their
another man who was with him spread 6
tent, and the juggler went in. Presently
the tent was drawn away, and there wa'
the old man sitting cross-legged in thu
air, with nothing to support him; ant
the assistant took sword and slashet
about on all sides of his master to show
that there was nothing there. Then h,
took large egg, and layingit on beard
struck it with his saber, without doing. i
the least harm. Then he told one of tn
spectators to pick it up; but, although
the man took it as carefully as he could
it broke all to bits in his fingers. )
then there was more applause. Then h
showed us the mango trick, which the
tell me, is very common in India, toe
He planted a mango pip in the har
clay, making one of the crowd water
himself to show that there was no trio
in that, and then put cleth over Il
Presently he took it of, and there wa
: the first shoot just above the earth. Tn
next time he uncovered it the thing. ha
shot up some height, and had got bio
som on it. The third uncovering shove
us the fruit just forming; and at tn
fourth it was already ripe, and he gay
us bits of it to taste.
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Flowers.

In some flowers there is sparkle and
a flash they threw out petals rich in
color and variegated in hue; they seem
as If reckoning to you, intensifying your
finer feelings, and Charming your eye !;
but, on close communication with them,
a something that you expected to find
is not there the colors are rich, but they
lack sweetness. Another species, more
sober in hue, of less variegated color,
and possessed of softer light, draws you
to its side; STOPPING low, you inhale
from cup-shaped petals odors sweet, de-
licious and enrapturing; closely scam
ming its delicate constructive, its purity
and loveliness enthrall you.
So there is difference Of sentiment in
the human race, as there is in flowers:
Some people are all flame and glitter
they do not bear close scrutiny; the
nearer you get to them the less You es-
TEEN them. These are the fashy flowers
of the garden, void Of intrinsic sweet.
ness. But there are those whom TO know
is to love, whose influence is for good,
and whose companionship it is sweet q
possess. These are the more sober col
ored flowers Of the garden, and from
their effulgence you gather all delightful
harmonies ms you journey on through
life.
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AnecdOte of Byron.

When Lord Byron, attended by Lieu
tenant Ekenhead, Swan over the Helle-
spont, the feat was performed in that
part of the channel where it might be
supposed that Leander had passed in his
nightly visits to Hero. 1t appears that
at the Dardanelles the current is so
rapid that il is impossible to land by
swimming, or even by boat, precisely
at the spot you wish. Lord Byron took
his departure from the Castle of Abydos,
and reached the opposite shore three
miles higher up than he purposed. Dur
ing the passage, a boat was in attendance
upon him, so that he might be said to
have incurred no risk upon that head.
When he reached the shore he was so
much exhausted that he was glad to ac-
cept the hospitality of a Turkish fisher
man, by taking rest and refreshment at
his hut. Here his Lordship fell ill, and
violent access of fever succeeded. This
circumstance was the more distressing,
as his friend, Mr.. Ekenhead, was under
the necessity of repairing on board his
frigate almost Immediately, so that Lord
Byron was left alone with the good man
and his wife, who had so kindly admins
|
fisherman had not the rcmOtest idea OF
his noble guest, but did all in his power
for his accommodation and comfort, in
which he was so ably helped by his wife,
and both together managed so well that
in less than week, his Lordship was
convalescent. Nor did the kind offices
of his friends finish here. On his Lord
ship emtarking, his host provided him
with large loaf, some cheese, and car
ate of wine; he made him also accept O.
some paras, pieces of money in value
about 1Od., then prayed Allah for him
and babe him farewell.
At the time Lord Byron received these
attentions from the Turk, he contentet
himself by returning him thanks simply
but, arrived on the other side, he dis
patched his faithful Stephano to presen
to the fisherman, on his part, new as
sortment of nets, rifle, case of pistols
and half score of yards of silk for hi
dame. When the good man saw so man,
treasures collected together, he ex
claimed: "What a magnificent presen
for such small desert p and determine
next day on crossing the strait to max
acknowledgements in person to Stepha
nos master. With this intention h
takes to his boat, spreads the sail, an
was hardly well out into the channe
when squall came on, capsized his frai
bark, and the ill-starred fisherman, lik
the lover of old (Leander) sank to ris
no more in the blue waters of the Hellt
spont. The distress of Lord Byron q
this untoward event may be easily pit
tured. AS soon as the sad tidings wei
: known, his Lordship forwarded the SUI
, of fifty pounds to the widow, telling he
that she might, on all occasions, Deepen
upon him-a promise that Lord Byrol
! as long as he staid in the country, nevt
FORGOT
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GENERAL NOTES.

A FRENCH paper states that quite an
alarming proportion of the number OF
private houses burned down is to be
traced to the thefts of mice, who are par
ticularly fond OF the wax matches which
are chiefly In use in Europe. They steal
these matches and carry them away to
their nests, where at some more conven-
lent time, they commence their meal, and
a single nibble in contact with the phos-
phorous may ignite the whole collection.
THE disappearance of the Danube be-
tween Morhingen aud Immindingen, on
the frontier of the Duchies of Baden
and Wurtemburg, is a curious natural
phenomenon. For at least half a century
il has been noticed that some portion of
the water of the river flowed into cavi-
ties in the calcareous rocks-Jura lime
stone.-to reappear again near the town
of Aach, in the Hobgau. Now the whole
body of water disappers in the vast cavi-
ties which have been formed.
For several years past some unknown
person was in the habit of sending checks
for Ell 900 at intervals to the several
charitable institutions in London, and
all efforts to discover who it was failed.
1t has now been discovered to have been
a Mr.. Atwood, who died recently near
Chestnut. He was about eighty years
old, and bachelor, rich, but living very
quietly. His books show that he. gave
away f350,O by these checks, f45,0O(
within the last year. He has left more
than a million sterling and 10 will. A
thousand pound note was found lyinf
about the room, as if it had been waste
paper.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Chicago
Tribune enters protest against the prac
tice of shampoOing. He says: ut j
we'll enough for the people of this countr.
to understand, once for all, that the rea
son why there are so many bald-headet
Young men nowadays is the universe
custom that prevails Of shampooing tn
head with stimulating washes. In
wonder is that there are any men lei
who have full suits of hair. The custom
. should be discontinued at once, an
young men should be warned in seaso
against this most pernicious practice
: Let shampooing cease from this time To-
wa,d."
AMONG the dead of January, we not
ex-Chief Justice Hardin and ex-GoverI
or Bramlette, of Kentucky; Eben l
Ward, the Michigan millionaire; Zette
stedt, the nonagenarian Swedish natu
: alist Emile Periere, the French banker
, the deposed Elector of Hesse Cassel; tn
6 young Emperor of China; Charl'
: Sprague, the Boston poet; Charles King
8 ley, the English author and Broa
4 Church clergyman Maunsell b. Fiel'
Judge, diplomatist, and author; Georl
, Trask, the anti-tobaceo apostle, and ID
. Leahy, the Roman Catholic Archbisho
: of Cashel. Ireland.
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new feelings, and awakens within what !
is favorable to virtue. 1t is beam OF
life, a fountain of love, teacher whose
lessons few could resist. Infants recall
us from much. that engenders and en-
courages selfshness, freezes the afiec-
tions, roughens the manners, indurates
the heart; they brighten the home,
deepen love. invigorate exertiOn, infuse
courage, and vivify and sustain the char
tiles of life"
THERE was one little chicken that
was called Captain Jack. l think it
was because he was so bad. One day
when it rained he said: "Who cares
for. the rain ?" So he ran out and splashed
i'm the water until his feathers were wet
through. The next day he was quite
srck. He was afraid some of the chickens
would get more than their share, and
ate so fast as to choke himself. One
chicken flew little way Just to try his
wings. Captain Jack thought he could
do better, so he spread his wings and
said: "See me fly" He flew up once,
came down in pail of water and was
nearly drowned. II their mother
scratched in the dirt and found worm,
Captain Jack would seize it first and
run off with it. He did not care whether
the others got anything to eat or not. II
any of the other chickens tread on his
toes, he would fly at them in moment
One day he became angry at the old
rooster, and flew at him. The old roos
ter only laughed to see the little silly
thing. 1t is very foolish as we'll "A
wicked to be proud and vain, and to gel
angry at trifes.
THREE little girls:in Hartford, spent {
week on fancy work, and then held fair
which Melted nine dollars, with which
they purchased ton of coal for a poo
widow lady of that city.
A LITTLE four-yearold created a rip
pie of laughter by remarking to tn
teacher of her Sunday school class
"Our dogs dead, i bet the angels wer
scared when they seen him coming vi
the walk. He's cross to strangers"
A LAZY girl, who liked to live in com
fort and do nothing, asked her fairy god
mother to give her good genius to d.
everything for her. On the instant tn
fairy called ten dwarfs, who washed an
dressed the little girl, and combed he
hair, and 80 on. All was done so NIGEL
that she was happy, except for tn
thought that they would 60 away. i
prevent that" said the godmother.
will place them permanently in your te
pretty little fingers" And they al
there yet.
A LAZY boy makes lazy man, as SUI
as crooked sapling makes crooke
tree. Who ever saw a boy grow up
idleness that did not make a shiftle
vagabond when he became a man, unle
he had fortune to keep up appearances
, The great mass of thieves, criminals an
. paupers have come to what they are
: being brought up in idleness. Tho'
who constitute the business part of ii
. COMMUNICATIONS who make our grci
and useful men, were taught in the
! boyhood to be Industrious. Boy, tai
9 the pipe out of your mouth and think
| tl,so
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No TINE TO BE LosT.---In the incipient
are generally hacking cough---pains in the
difficulty of breathing--or oppression
of the lungs. Something should be done at
once to check the cough, allay and heal the
irritated parts. Aliens Lung Balsam will
break up the cough in an incredible short
time; also prevent the formation Of tgber'
cles. Where tubercles are once formed the
disease is hard to cure.
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
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If Congress had employed as much scien,
tifc skill in the arrangement OF its p" Recon
struction Policy" at the close, as the War
Department did in the beginning of the war,
in arranging for the manufacture OF what
was called &,eridan's Caral,y Condition Poc
ders, for the use of the cavalry horses, nc
doubt the Union would have been restored
long Exchange.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-18

WE noticed in one of our exchanges this
week the statement of Deacon John Hodg-
kins, of South Jefferson, Me-, whose son
was cured of incipient consumption by the
use of Johnsons Anodyne Liniment We re-
fer to this at this time as tending to corrob-
crate the statement we made last week in
relation to the liniment as applied to con
sumntion
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-18

comes to market. The bulk of that sold
is made from second-rate apples, peeled,
sliced and stewed, and sweetened with
brown sugar. A large quantity OF such
butter is made and sold for ships stores,
for use by the sailors.
CARE OF LAMPs.-1. Alwaysfil lamps
in the morning, when there is daylight
to work by, and lamps and oil are cold.
2. Do not pour oil from a can that has
recently been agitated. Do not allow a
lamp to stand very long near a stove, or
in any other warm place. 4. Always
keep the tube of the lamp clean, and
trim the wick every morning. 3. Do
not extinguish q lamp by blowing down
the chimney; blow up from the bottom,
or else turn the wick down. 9. Buy
none but the best of oil. If your grocer
does not or will not keepit, make a club
with your neighbor, and send to a city
for barrel. Z. Avoid all lamps holding
over pint of oil, as the danger is greater
as the size of lamps increases.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-18

IT is said that land in the neighbor-
hood of Torgan has been rendered fit for
the production of wheat by planting it
with rape-seed every two years; the oil
producing plants, like the cruciferG in
general, acting like lime up the soil in
the removal of acid from it.
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G.. C. OLIN g. CO.,
Wnukeshn, wis

wiIbor's cod Iiyern il ana Persons
WHO lnyp been taking Cod Liver Oil will he pleased
to learn that DIR. Wbor has succeeded. from dircc-
ito Of several professional gentlemen, in comhin-
N q the rurc oil aud lime In such manner that IL II
plt n ant to the TASTE aud its effects In lung COM
p aiatl are truly wonderful. Very many persons
who's, eases were pronounced hopeless and who had
ken the clear oil far long time without marked
cnect have bcvn entirely cured Nv using this prera-
ration BE surc and Get tn" genuine. Manufac-
ture,l only by A. Il. WI Dor, Chemist Boston.
Soll lN all druggists.
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To Fry ScALLoPs.-Brush each one
over with some yelk of egg well beaten,
and then cover them with either Indian
meal, cracker dust, or bread grated,
seasoned with salt and red pepper. Put
them into boiling lard and fry light
brown. They are considered as good, and
by some far better, than the oyster fried.
An EXCELLENT PuDDING.-One hall
pound suet, shred fine; one half pound
grated bread crumbs; one quarter pound
loaf sugar, the yelks of four eggs and
whites OF two, well beaten two table.
spooniuls Of orange marmalade or sliced
citron, IL preferred. To be put into a
buttered mold and boiled for two hours.
To be served with wine poured over it,
or sauce.
To MAKE APPLE BUTTER.--The best
apple butter is made by peeling, corine
and slicing selected sweet apples and
stewing them in sweet cider. Very little
Of this sort Of apple butter, however
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II. BURNHAM. NJ. D.,
Prof Of Anatomy and Surgery, MY. Med'i College.
ELASTIC TRUSS CO.,
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AN Iowa town has made its streets one
hundred feet wide, so that there need be
no crowding at the lynchings,
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VEGETABLE PULMONARY BALSAM!
Most approved, reliable and wcll-known remedy for
Coughs. Colds and Consumption. get Me < n.,ne'
Price 81 small Soc. CUTLER BROS. a CO., Boston.
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Bret Harte Stands Up.

In regard to the report that Bret
Harte had been obliged to accept a posi-
ton in the Custom House of New York
because of pecuniary embarrassments, he
writes as follows to the Boston Transcript:
although / am the subject of good
deal of easy and varied information, l
think you will do me the justice to ad-
init that I am not in the habit OF
troubling the press with corrections.
But this paragraph seems to be quite as
hard upon those alleged influential
friends Of mine as upon myself, and l
trust you will give me the space to state
very earnestly and frankly that there is
not one iota Of truth in it. have never
been an applicant for any office whatso-
ever, nor has any suggestion, advice or
promise of the kind intimated in that
paragraph ever reached me, directly or
indirectly. I have always found my
profession sufficiently lucrative, and, but
for the gossip suggested as the origin Of
such statement, quite as honorable and
manly as any. / do not know that any
reader of the Transcript will sleep better
tonight for this correction, but it really
seems to me that justice to myself, my
friends, my profession, and finally, per-
haps, the present administration, de.
mands that should correct this false
and perfectly gratuitous report"
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IT is announced that the Pope has
taken up a project which he formed
many years ago, Of placing twelve statues
round the cupola of st. Peters in accord
ance with the idea of Michael Angelo.
Twelve sculptors are to be charged each
with the execution OF statue, but they
are not to be chosen by public competi-
ton; nor will any artist be eligible for
the work who was not domiciled in Rome
prior to 1870, or who has manifested any
opposition to the cause Of the Holy
Church.
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Dr. TUFTS Expector.nt checks inflammation
and assists the lungs to expcl the irritating matter
which accumulates In the Bronchial tubes.
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THE YOUNG FOLKS.
A Fairy Wcs1atng.

A uttle brown mother bird sat In her nest,
win four seepy birdlings tucked under her breast,
And her querulous chirrup fell ceaseless and low,
While the wind rocked the lac-ree nest 70 ana no.
nIe STILL little nestlings lie still while tell,
For a lullaby story, thing that befeil
Your plain little mother one midsummer morn,
month ago, birdies--before you were born"
I'D been doing and dreaming the long summer
Till the dawn flushed Its pink through the waning
when-I wish you could hear it once -faintly there
fell
All around me the silvery SOUND Of bell.
"Then chorus Of bells So, with Just half an eye,
peeped from the nest, and those lilies close by,
With threads Of a cobweb, were swung to and fro
BY three little roliickiag midgcts below.
"Then the air was astir as with humming- birds
wingsl lL lEt-.
And cloud Of the tiniest, dainiiest things
That ever one dreamed Of came nuttering wnere
"As sat all a-tremble, my heart In my BILL
Il will stay by the nest thought 1, happen wha'
So saw with these eyes by that trumpet-vine fair
whole fairy bridal train poised In the air.
"Such bit of a bridel Such marvel OF grace!
In a Simmer of rainbows and gossamer lace;
No wonder the groom dropped his diamond-dus
Which little elf-usAer just caught with his wing.
"Then into the trumpet-Hower glided the train,
And thought for dimness crept over my brain,
And tucked my head under my wing) Deary me
What sight for plain little mother like mel ;"
Mary A. Ldthbury ". Nicholas.
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"LrTrLE CoNJURERs."-" am fond
of children" said the late DR.. Binney.
al think them the poetry of the world,
the fresh flowers Of our hearths and
homes-little copjurers, with their nat
ural magic evoking by their spells what
delights and enriches all ranks and equal
ICES the different classes of society.
Often, as they bring with them anx-
ietics and cares, and live to occasion sor-
row and grief, we should get on very
badly without them. Only think, II
there was never anything anywhere to
be seen but great grown-up men and wo-
menl How we should long for the
sight Of a little childl Every infant
comes into the world like delegated
prophet, the harbiDger and herald OF
good tidings whose office it is to turn
J. the father 10 the children, and to draw
the disobedient 10 the wisdom of the
Just A Child softcns and puriies the
heart, warming and melting it by its
gentle presence; II enriches The soil by