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CITY WHARF,

VAN BUREN, ARKANs&
For /. d T.. Greenwald's Steam Engines
Boilers and Mil Machinery of every descTlg'
ton, Cincinnati Ohio.
Also for James Bradford & Cos Mill StoH
Mandatory, and Mill Furnishers. Cinnsu
REFER TO
Col. J. 7. KING, Mulberry Mill, Frank lin Co
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JANEs MALrooAr, FIGURING Mills, Billingsy,
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John Austin, White & llancy.
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Sarah Grove Grange, No. 6l.

Sarah Grove Grange, NO. OI'
j. S. DANIEL. Master,
J. w. Matlock, Overseer,
A. Gooding, Lecturer,
&c. Sagely, Steward,
NJ. f.. Henderson. Assistant Steward,
w. p. Parsley, Chaplain,
J. Whitehead, Treasurer,
Is. F. Massey, Secretary,
w. A. Kelley, Gate Keeper,
Mrs. G. NJ. Daniel, Ceres,
NJ. +. Gooding, Pomona,
NJ. Bowin. Flora,
NJ. johnson, Lady Asst. Steward.
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lust RECEIVED.
- fine selected lot of assorted
IRON /!

from the Globe Rolling Mills, CHM, bought
since the govt. manufacturing duty was re-
moved, which our customers and all hands can
have the benefit of, by calling early on
GEO. AUSTIN.
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lust RECEIVED:
- bbls. Julius II. Smiths old reserve
"h1Skey,''

warranted not to cut in the eye--not a head
ache in hhds. of tit is no sooner in your
belly than lis on your back in pound of beet
and it carries a bead like q necklace; for
sale by
GEORGE AUSTIN.
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Shamrock Grange No, -.

5. r. Cox, Master,
W. B. Shoemaker, Ovcrsccr,
Ieondas Neal, Lecturer,
Houston London, Steward,
James l.. Shoemaker. Asst Steward,
Eli Oliver, Chaplain.
Manson w. Hill, Treasurer,
H. b. Hale. Secretary,
Samuel Hill Gate Keeper,
Mrs. Rutha Hale, Ceres,
Eliza V shoemaker, Pomona,
Narcissa Shoemaker Flora,
Judia London, Stewardess.
Meetings Saturday morning o'clock, after
the full moon of each month. Grangers in
good standing are invited to meet with us.
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100 sacks

rAPT. Perry's Liverpool SALT, for sale
Y right from the ships hold on to the deck
lbs. and over For sale by
G. AUSTIN.
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Alma Grange, No. 30.

NJ. +. LOCKE. Master,
A. j. Steward, Overseer,
+. l.. Seward. Lecturer,
J. T.. smith, Steward,
W. r. Boiling. Assistant Steward,
A Is. Dobbs, Chaplain,
Il. w. Boiling, Treasurer,
A. b. Howell. Secretary.
r. T. Byars, Gate Keeper.
Mrs. n. A. Locke. Ceres,
Mrs. b. =. Renfroe. Pomona.
Mrs. NJ. A. Pride. Flora.
Mrs. NJ. A. Smith, Stewardess.
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Mulberry Grange, No. 137.

Mulberry Grange, No. 131.
T.. HOPPER. Master.
VS.. BAILEY. Ovcrseer.
w. j. REMY. Lecturer.
B REMY, Steward.
J. GOODMAN, Assistant Steward.
JosEPH SCoTT. Chaplin.
+. W. MARLER, Treasurer.
WILLIAM WILKERsoN, Secretary.
ELI MORGAN, Gate Keeper.
Mrs. f. A. QUEsESBERY, Ceres.
Mrs. FREDoNIA SCorT, Pomona
Mrs. MARY BENNETT, Flora.
Miss JOSIE WIGLEi, Asst. Stewardess.
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Van Buren City Officers.
F.M. NEAL. Mayor.
JAMES l.. WHITFIELD, Recorder.
j. S. III. HoUCK, Marshal.
PHILIP SMITH, Cemetery Sexton.
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Oranges in Crawford County.
Crawford Grange.

JAMES SANGSTER, Master.
IRAN Bro Overseer,
W. A, b. DAvENPoRT. Lecturer.
Thomas 5. FOSTER. Steward.
:. c. CorrRELL, Assistant Steward,
PEARSON MAYFIELD. Treasurer,
P. B. LoID, Chaplain.
II. G. HATHAWAY, Secretary,
A. J. FOSTER. Gate Keeper,
Mrs. JULIA FOSTER, Ceres,s
Mrs. HIRAM BRoDIE. Pomona,
Mrs. SUSAN \. LoID. Flora,
Mrs c. NJ. HOLMAN, Lady As't Stewd.
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Prairie Grove Grange. No. 17S.

CHAs. L. PERRINE Master,
VIM. +. Morgan, Overseer.
Samuel Ramsden, Lecturer,
J. i. Smith. Steward.
j. ID. Parker. Asst. Steward.
Sam1. X. Bourland, Chaplain,
John B. KibleI. Treasurer,
l.. F. Bryan. Secretary.
John Kibler. Gate Keeper,
Mrs. A. j. Winters. Ceres,
E" D. G. Kibler, Flora,
" Kate Shields, Pomona.
Emma Miers, Stewardess.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04
Habits OF the Ostrich.

The greatest feat of an Arab hunter is
to capture an ostrich. 1t is the largest
of living birds, and probably the swift
est of all living arimals. Being very
shy and cautious. and living on the
sandy plains, where there is little chance
to take it by surprise, it can only be
captured by well-planned and long
continued pursuit with the swiftest
horses. The ostrich has two curious
habits in running when alarmed. 1t al
ways starts off with outspread wings,
against the wind, so that it can scencthe
approach of an enemy. Its sense OF
smell is so keen that it can detect per-
son at a great distance, long before one
can be seen. The other curious habit is
that of running ina circle. Usually five
or six ostriches are found in company.
When discovered, part of the hunters,
mounted on feet horses, will pursue the
birds, while the other hunters will gallop
away at right angles to the course the
ostriches have taken. When these hunt
ers think they have gone far enough to
cross the path the birds will be likely to
take, they watch upon some rise oi
ground for their approach. If the hunt.
ers hit the right place and see the os-
triches they at once start in pursuit with
fresh horses, and sometimes they over
take one or two of the birds, but often
two or three of the feet horses fall, com
pletely tired out with 80 sharp chase.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04
interviewing a Farmer.

Wishing to be posted as to the condi-
tion of the crops, and to ascertain the
exact amount of damage done recently
by the food, reporter started out on
an interviewing expedition. He was
fortunate enough to encounter farmer
at the edge of the town bringing load
OF hay into the city. Burning with en-
thusiasm the reporter hailed him. He
halted, and the following cOlloquy took
place:
" How are you, friendT
"Tired."
"What's hay now?"
"Same as it always was"
"What's thatT"
"Dried grass"
"What did you think of the rain?'
"Thought it was damp"
"Didn't raise anything, then, ell y
Nothing but an umbrella"
What did your neighbors getT'
"Chills and fever"
"What are you doing now?"
"Sitting out here in the sun, and may
be losing chance to sell this hay.
Come up here if you want to talk"
The reporter scrambled up to the side
of his new-madc acquaintance, and as
they jolted on he again produced his
notebook and continued:
"What did the farmers do last
spring?"
Ran everything into the ground as
usual"
"Did your wheat do anything ?"
eyes"
"WhatW
"Sprouted."
"Can you raise any tobacco now?"
eyes; want a chew 2"
elbow are the potatoes?
"Under the weather somewhat, but
able to be out"
Becoming just the least bit discour.
aged, the reporter asked, timidly:
"Will you bring many beets to the
city this yearw
dGot q good load now," was the re
ioinder. as he checked his horses and
said: "Guess you'd better plant what
I've told you, and see what it'll yield
Here's where you git off," .
Remembering that it was about time
to report at the Office, the baffled searche'
after news climbed down the side of the
wagon, and, thinking that a soft answer
turneth away wrath, he calmly said
"That's nice hay, my friend; wher'
did it come from %
"Timothy seed"
The interrogation grew faint, but HI
summoned up courage to ask:
"What do you think you'll get TO
itw
"Cash, of course. Get up, Whitley
this fellow will talk us all blind in
minute. He asks more questions than
catechism;" and before the Discourage
representative of the press could recove
from his surprise, the hay wagon ha'
turned the adjacent corner.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04

The editor of the Dra,oer was chatting
a few weeks ago on the piazza of the
United States Hotel, at Saratoga, with a
bright German gentleman, retired from
business, who related the following little
anecdote: ;.
Coming down to New York the other
night on the boat, said he, 1 got chatting
with German acquaintance, and asked
him what he was doing.
"Vell," he replied, "shoost now ] am
doing nodings, but have made arrange
ments to go into pizness."
"Glad to hear it. What are you going
intop
"yell, goes into partnership init a
man."
"Do you put in much capital 2"
"No; / DOESN'T put in de capital"
"Don't want to risk it, ehr
"No; but ] puts in de experience"
"And he puts in the capital 2"
"Yes, dot is it. Wc goes into pizncss
for dree year; he puts in the capital. |
puts in de experience. At the end o. de
dree year will have dc capital, and he
will have de experience"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04
An ArduOus Journey to the Victoria
N'yanZa.

The first letter of Henry M. Stanley,
leader of the expedition to Central Afri-
ca fitted out by the London Telegraph
and New York Herald, is printed i'll the
Herald of recent date.
The expedition had reached Lake Vic
toria N'yanza, after.a journey of seven
hundred and twenty miles, occupying
one hundred and three days. The path
of the expedition led it over a series of
sterile plains with occasional stretches OF
hilly districts, the whole country being
filled with hostile tribes, in conflict
with one of which twenty-one members
of the expedition were killed. Great
suffering was experienced from extremes
of weather, disease, exposure, fatigue and
famine.
At latest reports the expedition was
encamped on the banks of the lake, and
had launched the sectional steamer
Lady Alice, preparatory to thorough
exploration of the lake and the wafer
courses in the neighborhood.
Mr.. Stanley, at the date of the letters
(last March), had made voyage of over
one thousand miles ON the great Victoria
N'yanza, coasting its whole shore, and
examining the large and beautiful islands
which diversity its surface. He thus
settled the vexed problem whether
this almost unknown body of water was
single expanse or collection of small
lakes, as Livingstone supposed. He met
at the northern end an officer of Colonel
Gordon's Egyptian command, who
reached the lake by way of the Nile, and
it was by way of the Nile that Mr.. Stan
ley's letters, trusted to an African trader
came to their destination after lapse o.
six months. We catch from the mysteri
Gus utterances of the Telegraph vague
hints of remarkable geographical discov
cries, stories of dwarfs and giants, and
dogs as big as donkeys, and we are
warned to prepare for narratives o.
bloody conflicts and hair-breadth escapes
OF the three hundred and fifty mel
whom the brave explorer took with hin
on his march, only one hundred anc
sixty-six remained when he camped b.
the borders of the lake. Some fell il
battle, others deserted, many-ant
among them two Englishmen, Pococl
and Barker-perished by disease in th'
seven hundred and fifty miles journey
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04
House Cleaning.

No words can satisfactorily paint the
bleakness, the dreariness, the detection,
the awful gloom of a house being cleaned.
The windows are out, the carpets are up,
and the dining. room table is full of dishes;
every other chair contains either basin
of water or a wet cloth or brush the air
is permeated with soap, and wet and
mold and new whitewash; all the fur
niture is piled promiscuously in the
center Of the rooms, excepting what is
left in heap in the hall; in front of the
bed-ro closet door is q rocking-cha
full of bed-clothes, and when the man
wants to get there after an old coat, he
has to climb and shove to get the door
ope a, and after once in he has to push
like a battering ram to get out again;
the pictures are arranged on the floor
leaning against the walls in way to
catch the unwary boot heel and unthink-
ing bed-post; there is saucer of rusty
tacks on the tete a. tete, and besmeared
bottle of balsam on the what-not, and
an empty ink bottle in the card basket,
while the marble top center-table con-
tains an album, q piece of dried soap,
an elegant lithograph, one tack-hammer,
a half can of potash, beautiful Scrip
tural motto OH cardboard, and ninety
seven dead flies. 1t is this general up
setedness, this awful cenglomeration,
this dreadful uncertainty which gives
the home circle its glow of terror to a
man. This is what makes him move
around as little as possible in the house,
and causes him every other moment to
smite his head, and gives him the vacant
nj Al xxttI, n
face Of man whose wife is cleaning
house. And she! Is she in pain? She
has got on torn dress hitched up at
one side sufficiently to reveal an un-
buttoned shoe; there are fakes of white
wash in her hair, and on her chin; her
dress is wet, her fingers are parboiled,
and her thumb has been split with a
hammer, bu: her eye is as clear and
bright as that of major-general on field
day. She picks up handful of skirts,
and skins through the apartments, see-
ing five hundred things which should be
done at once, and trying to do them
and every time she comes in reach oi
the dresser, she snatches look into the
glass, and shoves fresh hair-pin into
her dilapidated coil. And thus planted
in the debris, like queen on her throne
she unblushingly asserts that, "it's ar
awful job" everything is in wretched
shape;" "I'll be so glad when this II
over" cit does seem as If my back will
snap in two;" "Pm a good mind to say
I'll never clean house again as long as
live" And then her mind unconsciousl,
scars heavenward, and she wonders |
there will be house cleaning season
there, and if not, how heaven can b,
made of it. 1t is this speculation which
gives her that dreamy expression whel
she is cutting your bread with soap
knife.-Donbtuy Ne,os.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04
The War in Liberia.

The intelligence made public a few
days since to the effect that hostilities
have broken out between the Amones'
Liberian colonists and their defendants,
who have established republic on the
west coast of Africa, and the aboriginess
at Cape Palmas, in the southern part OF
the country, will necessarily excite
good deal of interestin the United States.
For twenty-five years after the settle
ment was made by free negroes the col
ony remained under the supervision OF the
American Colonization Society, and the
emigrants were constantly reinforced by
new arrivals from south of Mason and
Dixon's line. Thousands of native Afri-
cans had become civilized ard enlight-
ened through their influence. They en-
ioy n government of their own; they
speak the English language; have nu-
merous churches and schools and the
Republic is now recognized as an inde-
pendent nation by the principal powers
of the earth, many of whom, including
the United States, maintain diplomatic
representatives at the capital, Monrovia.
The present difficulty arises, as several
previous ones have, out OF disputed
boundaries, and the right of the abort
gines to trade without restraint with
the English, French and Portuguese who
have established factories on the coast.
Cape Palmas, where battle was fought
September IL, and fifty killed and
wounded, was settled in 1884 by emf
grants from Maryland, sent thither by
the Colonization Society of that State.
Under the name of Liberian Maryland,
it now forms one of the provinces of the
Republic. It's territory extended from
| the equator several degrees north, and
very little is known Of it beyond few
miles from the coast. The native popu-
lation consists of tribes called the Veys
the Papehs, the Bassas, the Kroos, the
Grebos, the Mandingos, and others, who
inhabit the country back as far a.
Soodan. The boundaries north and
south Of Liberia have been questioned by
both England and France. Latterly
however, these parties disputed the
sovereignty of the Republic over large
portion of Maryland, and claim the right
to trade with the natives who dwell be
low the fourth degree of north latitude
where Cape Palmas is situated, irrespec
tive of Liberian custom laws. Th'
aborigines took the same ground, claim
ing that these were entirely Independent
and had never surrendered or sold thei
titles to the territories they occupy
About ten years ago President Robert
proceeded in man-of.war, with q bod.
of troops, and subdued a rising in Mary
land, and il is believed that the NAL
contents on the present occasion will ais
be put down. The claims Of England
are now principally confined to trad
with natives on the northern portions Q
Liberia, until the question Is finally de
cided by the United States, as arbitrator
as TO whether the disputed territory b'
longs TO Liberia or not.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04
A Murderer Shot by Masked Men.

A Little Rock journal of October II
says: The Sheriff of Arkansas county,
Arkansas, left Dewitt, the county seat,
on Sunday morning in charge of two
prisoners, one a colored man named Car
rigan, who had been sentenced to the
penitentiary at Little Rock, and was on
his way there. The other was named
Dugan, white man, who had been sem
fenced to be hung by the Circuit Court
of the county for the murder of Ahab
Inman one year ago. The decision was
reversed by the Supreme Court, and the
prisoner remanded back for a new trial.
The prisoners counsel procured change
of venue to Monroe county, and the
Sheriff had him in charge to deliver him
tothe Sheriff of that county at Claren-
don. They arrived at st. Charles, on
White river, about four o'clock Sunday
afternoon. About nine o'clock at night,
while waiting for boat, band Of
masked men, numbering twenty-five, all
well armed, made their appearance and
took charge of the Sheriff and his prison.
ers. The prisoners we're bound together
and sitting in chains before the fire.
The mob fred at Dugan, killing him in
stantly. and then departed. They were
SD opo ed to be leading citizens of Arkan-
sas county. $50.
The circumstances of the killing OF In
man by Dugan were of a revolving char
acter. Inman had married a daughter
of Dugan's some time before the murder,
and the two while in town had some
words, but came to an amicable under
standing before they started for home.
While on the road Dugan dropped back
to the rear and fired into Inman, putting
one load of buckshot in his side and one
in his back, and then, snatching rifle
out of the hands of gentleman accom-
panying, put bullet in the back of his
head. He then took the bodyan threw
it into White river, and in few days u
rose and lodged against a snag. Ht
came along in skifi, took tie body and
cut 1t in two, tied cast-iron plowshart
to one half, and, having filled the deat
mans drawers with sand, tied them Z
the other and sunk the severed body II
the river.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04
observations at q Picnic.

A philosopher presents the following
general deductions from his observations
at picnic.
Girls with small feet are the most ven
turesome in climbing trees or wading
swamps.
The girl who will fly in terror to the
arms of ber escort at sight of toad, will,
If she happens upon snake by herself,
deliberately catch il by the tail and jerk
its head of.
One ordinary handkerchief is not
large enough for two persons to sit upon
at one and the same time.
The young man whose trowsers have
been the most mercilessly torn by thorns
IL the one who is the most urgently
solicited 10 climb trees and tic the ropes
for swings.
Bugs have no sense Of propriety.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04
NUMBER 81.
An Esthetical Smoke.

[Juiian Hawthorne in November Galaxy.l
Readers, were unmannerly TO talk
thee down, and not to offer thee smoke
for recompense. There lies my pipe on
the little stand between the windows.
The Japanese tobaccO-box, carved in cum
ming figures from a section of giant bam-
boo, stands guard behind it. One flank
is defended by an oddly-designed ash
receiver; an ass head full of matches
protects the other. Over all is shed a
genial glow from the crimson cloth,
gold-edged, which drapes the stand, and
fraternizes jovially with the afternoon
sunshine.
The pipe itself is of unusual size,
carved into the likeness of human
face; very peculiar face, which pro-
vokes at once smile and sigh in all
these years have not wearied of it, for
it is full of ever-fresh interest and sug-
Sestion. The features shaped by bold
hand, but guided with masterly skill, as
well as profound knowledge and feeling.
Uglier the face could not we'll be, but
with an ugliness thoroughly human. A
brow low and projecting, the foundation
of a pair of curling rams horns; eyes
large, deep.set, expressive of pathetic
weakness; nose aquiline, albeit broad
and flattened; thick, projecting upper
lip, and timOrous, retreating chin. A
weak smile glimmers over the features,
not broad, hardly mirthful; rather as if
striving to reflect the merriment which
their ungainliness might excite.
Whoever designed this pipe was an artist,
and one who had looked into the human
heart.
Well, pick him up and fill his empty
head with brains from the tobaccO-box.
Tobacco is all intellect, and smoke the
sole manifestation of the enkindlement
thereof; yet how many orators, think
you, or authors, or pulpit ministers even,
have the art or power to soothe, beguile,
inspire, that this undemonstrative but
subtly potent enchanter possesses? He
never speaks the greater part of his life
he lies cold and dead upon the table !;
but the brief hours of his life are full of
fervent fire. The oftener we are under
the spell of his voiceless eloquence, the
oftener arises the longing to yield to it
again; his monOtOny never bores
us, because the very breath of his life
comes and goes absolutely at our own
command.
Fill up and press down hard; there
must be no empty chambers in this
occiput. Now match from the ass
head, which we will scratch upon the
under side of the mantelpiece yonder ;
so to do is one of the universal instincts
of mans nature, and were mantelpieces
polished underneath it would be gen.
erai calamity. Blue burns the match,
then yellow; we draw the flame down
ward through the pipe-bowl, and straig hit
way up rises the brown tobacco into a
glowing mound. In the same mement the
first smokc-cloud issues from our lips,
and the pipe is lit.
We seek the easy-chair, and gently
yield ourself to its embrace. No read.
ing-no writing; the true smoker will
not SO profane his enjoyment. Smoking
is an elevated mental and psychological
pleasure; he who finds in it merely an
assistance to digestion, or the gratifica
ton of morbid craving, is unworthy
the brotherhood.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04
Epit1Iets.

Perhaps you have noticed how a com.
monplace adjective, when simply and
truthfully applied, takes on and holds
perennial!y fresh and peculiar mean
ing. What could be more commonplace
than admirable" SILENT" pious,"
venerable" great" yellow" blue"
primevalY" Who would think that
the application of these qualifications t.
names of persons, places or things coulo
make epithets that time can not out
wear? And yet this is the way that we
get the Admirable Crichton, William
the Silent, Pious Eneas, the Venerable
Bede, Peter the Great, the Yellow
Tiber, the Blue Danube, the Forests
Primeval, and thousand undying
phrases Of prose and verse.--iScri6ner.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04

In 1850 the number of improved acres
in the United States was 115 1000, 900; in
1860, 163, 900, 900; in 1870, $4,000, 900.
The cash value of our farms was 81 ,217,- :
OOO, 900 in 1850. In 1860 it had risen to
$6, $50, 600, 900, and in 1870 to sc, ,962,-
100000 II has increased nearly three
fold in twenty years. The value OF
farming implements in 1850, was $ll6,-
0O0, 900, and i'm 1870 Ii has increased to
1926, 900, 700. During the same time the
valuation of live stock has advanced
from 1914, ,O00. 900 TO 81, ,625, 100000.