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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-02

ONE of the severest ideals of justice
ever known is that erected by an English
clergyman, who is also civil judge. A
little girl of the neighborhood plucked
flower from neighbor's garden without
leave, and was compelled by this model
Judge to appear before the court over
which he presided. He sentenced her 10
fourteen days imprisonment in Jail, and
four years confinement In reformatory
school. The public indignation was ex-
cited, meetings were held, and in little
while the matter was brought to the no
tice of the House of Commons. Amor
der was given for the immediate release
of the girl, and stern reprimaDd to the
Rev. Justice.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-02
ONE MORE BRAVE MAN.-Those who

ONE MORE BRAVE MAN.-Those who
save life at the risk of life richly de-
serve to be named all the world over,
aid so it is pleasure TO chronicle their
deeds. Patrick Gancy, of st. John,
New Brunswick, is one of such. On
the evening of the Oath ult, as the ferry
boat from st. John was entering the
dock on the Carleton side of the river, a
young woman was pressed overheard by
the crowd and in the darkness was en-
tirely lost sight Of Gancy jumped over,
dived and groped around the bottom un-
successfully, and only came to the sur
face in order to repeat his operations.
The second time he dived under the
floats in the slip, where he fourd the
girl, she having been driven there by the
undertow caused by the boat backing
water. From this terrible position lac
rescued her after much labor, and the
pair were taken from the water soor
enough to save the girls life.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-02
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.

My sketch was finished and I turned to 60
Yet fingered for moment to compare YI
The painted cottage In my folio
With that which stood within the landscape there;
How feeble was my picture, despite all my care!
The cotter's wife was standing at the door,
And saw her husband coming down the lane,
And, catching up her baby from the floor,
She hurried out 10 meet him once again,
Lavish Of treasured smiles that were not spent In
vain.
Their meeting all his WEAKNESS relieved;
His drudgery to merriment gave place.
Exchanging burdens she his tools received,
And he the baby nesting to hisfl.i.
So went they back contented TO N cir dwelling
place.
Weak was my sketch, and weak the matchess hue
Which nature shed around on land and sea-.
Besides the beauty OF affection true
That simple meeting there revealed to me.
Nothing on earth with human love compared can
be-
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-02

A FROG nearly as large as cows head
has made its appearance near Montreal,
Canada. Its croaking is as loud as the
bark of dog, and when pursued 1t
makes for deep waterand remains quiet
for few days and nights. 1t is probab-
ly q remote relative Of the sea-serpent.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-02

The people of Wellington, Kendall
county, Illinois, are making vigorous
efforts towards the erection Of enamel
works, in which they can utilize the
white sand for which that place~has be-
come famous.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-02

Mr.. JOHN mitchell, of Fairfax, Iowa,
has lately imported q number .of long
wooled sheep from. Scotland, costing him
two hundred dollars each when delivered
in Iowa.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-02
GEMS OF POEsY.
UNDER THE SHADOWS.

UNDER THE SHADOWS.
Under the branches the green leaves twine,
Ivy and myrtle and columbine;
While roses blossom and violets bloom
Delicate odor and sweet perfume;
Yet they are under the shadows.
Under the ocean the sweet pearl lies
IIeedless Of tempests that over IL rise,
Far In the caves OF the depths below
As on some beautiful neck OF snow;
Yet itis under the shadows.
Thoughts that are true in our hearts will dwell,
Pure as the pearl In its dark brown shell
Up to Gods mercy our love will twine
With the faith and the trust Of the creeping vine
Though they are under the shadows
WITH WORDS.
with words greet thee for my heart;
And though TO some they seem rs naught,
feel that they are much to one
Whose earnest friendship Is not bought
And when stretch my arms to thee,
And when place my hand In thine,
Believe the utmost truth feel,
That naught can shake this love oil mine.
IT'S lifted DER the common .nings
OF outward gliding, inward dust
A love that weareth friendships guise
And crowns itself in perfect trust;
That looking out upon the world,
Past all its fame, ambition, hate,
Behods beyond the friend who waits
In silence at the outer gate.
A postern, grown about by weeds
The weeds of Time, of woe and care
Some earthward bent by falling tears,
Some dead or withered by despair.
RED.RIDIHG-HOOD.
Sweet Riding -Hood.i
In the dreary wood
Her scarlet mantle still is seen.
The chidren's tears,
Through all tae years,
Have kept her memory ever green.
And yet-who could blame him
Or who desire to tame him?
Or blot the tragic story out
With wisdom so replete?
What we love we eat
That is the moral without doubt.
-Scribner.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-02

THERE is one town in Connecticut
that js otsafraid of the measles. It's
Haddam.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-02
MINOR TOPICS.

lT is no easy matter to get admission
to the Oneida Community. In the first
place, no person is admitted to the order
unless good sum of.money is pledged
on the start, and then again every gen.
tleman who applies must be acceptable
to every lady who belongs, and every
lady who desires to unite must be ap.
proved by all the men belonging at the
time.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-02

Thoughts that are true in our hearts will dwell,
Pure as the pearl In its dark brown shell
Up to Gods mercy our love will twine
With the faith and the trust Of the creeping vine,
Though they are under the shadows.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-11-25

"KEEP 'em alive, boys! Keep 'em
alive! Dead men pay no bills,n ID
what an old doctor said to 8 couple Of
young cions just entering into practice.
AN Indiana man said to q Bible agent
$ I'm q Christian, but I'll be blamed IL
/ don't have to grit my teeth when the
Ohio River Is on . level with the top Of
my corr" -.
BIsMARcK's daughter win have .'tlie
age" on her husband when he connesz
home from the club. She'll make him
pronounce his own name Wundlxuen-
larberge. sis
SINGER, the sewing-machine man,
died worth 419, ,000, 900, but how much
better it is to live on and be worth two
or three Thousand. The silent dead
never hold any strawberry festiyals.--
Detroit Free Press.
An Indiana rhapsodist exclaims: "I
have seen swaying, hly.ike, above the
churn, beauty more perfect than that
which bloomed full-grown from the
bright focus of the seas ecstatic ira
vail. !" He ought not to love any but her.
A RETURNED Enoch Arden was tear
ing around and railing ct q Christian
community that would allow . woman.
10 starve nearly to death in the absence
of her husband. The truth is, he left
her in the days Of hoop-skirts looking
like this O, and on his return found her
pinned back and looking like this L.
The impression that she had starved
was natural. Ailscakec Scntinsl. sci
A srALwART and industrious SON OF
the forest is engaged in chopping the Re.
reille's winter supply, of wood, and on
Saturday he was asked the question:,
g Work Tomorrow, Jim!'' No." he
replied; . me no work to-mOrrow-t0-
morrow Sunday y ssWhat do yol. do
on Sundayp'' q Hap play poker" Who
says the Indian needs evangelizationf--
Austin Revei1le. -
ABOorBLACK, whose sister was sick
with cholera morbus, was sent in haste.
for doctor. Rushing up to an Office on
Pennsylvania Street, he cried ont: ssSay,
old pin-bags, the old lady sent ma Tor
you. Sis has got it-'bout to kerAum-
max-down fat. Rattle Over our way,
the old girls waiting on you. . ssWhat
is the natt8rr don't understand. -
Too much green corn.s Sir has tnmbl6dl
toit. Come, shuttle Of. . 81 am stil nm
able to comprehend. You say tumblee
Has any one fallen and dislocated any
thingP" ssWhat kind o. racket you Civ
in meP Sis's sick. !" ssAh! now under
stand. Your sister Is sick. y ssYes, and
you want TO humble your pins, old
man; the gals gripins awful. = And the
1s..&x. ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-11-25
m t1NIsrER's DAUGHTER.

TWAS in the year 1892, memorable
ose, and as sad as memorable in the
history of the British colonies in North
Ansrick Agnes Danvers sat alone in
&dwsl6ng Of her only parent with her
Ae1d bowed upon her hand in the Bit
h1ees Of early sorrow. She had wept
hids the grave of her mother, and
- tkree brave and kind hearted broth
ashid to rest in the dawn of manhood,
Mtkey al had died smitten by the
~ q their Creator and passed from
Glh = peace and hope. She had watch
= leide their beds, and gathered les
ngol faith and virtue from their part
r Aour for her future life. Time had
na!of tte wounds their death had Civ
- ~ though she had cherished their
xeaofies still in undiminished bright
- the smile had returned to her lip,
n.eNnehins to her pathway. Her "a
- yet survived, and him she loved and
nvsEedoed only less than God. But on
neeyening on which we would intro
- her 70 the reader, that father had
80 alreaeed on acharge of sorcery and
aaaifted to . gloomy prison, there to
es trial whose issue was scarcely
s,ot!ul, for many quite as innocent as
aad been condemned and executed.
lAe Unfortunate situation of Mr.. DAN
~ resulted principally from his ex-
y tlon from the error often found at
MlAeuated period. and he had "A q
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-11-25
How The Fly Eats.

The proboscis or elongated tongne e1e
the f1y y an object equally intereating
to the anatomist and to the microscot.
ist. Il is capable OF being sntiRely -.
tracted within . cavity in the lower part
OF the head, and Of being protrnded at
viii. 1t consists Of . hollow, deshy
sort Of tube, divided at the end into tWo
lobes, and capable Of being flatteaed
out beneath into q sucking disc. This
disc is furnished with pair; of
horny branches, which open out later.
ally for the purpose Of keeping.i IL ex.l
panded, and also contains Two tubes
with profusion Of lateral branches.
These tubes seem incomple4e upon their
under surface and serrated tthe edges.
Their Office has not yet been det2fmin-
cd. My own idea land 5eiltnrs it
here with the greatest difadence il,
that only the elastic coating Is incom-
plete, and that by forcing air Into ifhem,l
by means Of organs in the thorax, the
tenseness and resistance of the disc Of
the prOboscis can be regulated q the
will Of the insect, as the character Of
the food might require. Id other
words, air here Is made to perform the
same Office which the blood executes in
the erectile tissues Of the vertebrate an
imals. The average diameter of the
lateral branches of these tubes, ascer-
tanned by careful measurement, con-
Quoted BY nay friend Bod, is the one
thousandth part Of an inch. Through
the proboscis the ~ imbibes its food,
which, Of necessity, must be, e cor
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-11-25

JOHN HENRY had . guest at dinner
the other day, and during pause in
the conversation the enfant terrible
spoke up: II 1ish was you. = : Do
you, my little boy; and why do you
wish you were mep" . Cos you don't
get your ear pinched when you eat Wit
ties with your knife.'' How touching
is boys dream of manly independ-
|ence.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-11-25

A LONDON correspondent writes
Some good fun has been caused lately
by an accident that happened to . curate
Of High Church tendencies. Having 4
horse that did not like the water be
tried TO cure him. He stripped to the
skin, and then mounted bis steed,
which be sought to forcs into tho SEQ
But the brute did not "see it, and,
wheeling round, started full pace for the
town, through the main street of which
he dashed, greatly to the surprise and
horror Of his rider, the male Godiva
It is said that the curate did not oficiatt
the next Sunday.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-28
RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN MEXICO

BY a recent vote of the Mexican Con
gress, the order of nuns called the Sist
ers of Charity in that country were
formally disbanded and ordered to dis
perse. This was the last religious ord
er left in a country which only few
years ago swarmed with them. Before
the French occupation Of Mexico, i;
was estimated that the monks, nuns.
and other church corForations. owned
one-thlrd of ali the land III Mexico, and
the best lands at that; now, with the dis
persement OF the Sisters of CHARITY, not
one OF these societies Is LETT. This gov
ernmental crusade against religious ord
ers will generally appear to be cruel in
this country, where there are scarcely
any monks, and where the nuns. such
as Sisters of Charity and Sisters of
Mercy, command respect even from
PrOtestants for their admirable care of
the sick and visiting of the poor. But
the religious orders in Mexico were very
different from anything we have as vet
experienced in this country. They had
become an insupportable burden to the
people. They were treacherous ele-
ment in politics. and leprosy in morals.
Ihe people bore with them in patience,
and on account Of their devotion to the
Roman Church, until they had betrayed
Mexico to the rule of the French. The
popular revolution against them began
IN Maxlmllan's S time, and has now been
completed with their entire extermina-
ton. Some members of religious ord
ers which retained their moral and re-
hglous character have emigrated en-
nlasse to other countries; bnt the de-
pravlty which had been reached by these
classes is well illustrated in the circum-
stance, told by correspondent writing
from the City of Mexico, that most of
the fr1ars have become brigands and
many Of the former nuns are now fol-
lowing an open life of shame.
This Mexican war against religious
orders is by no means exceptional. It
is not even the first time that it has
been found necessary to break them up
IN Catholic country. In former times
they became so loose in morals or so
dangerous in politics that they frequent
ly encountered the opposition of society
as organized into government. France
and Southern Germany were once pret-
ty etfectually secured of what had be-
come a moral and social pest, and the
first Napoleon found some good mate
rial for his army in the monasteries,
and transformed the idle able-bodied
monks into useful soldiers. In later
days, Italy has been compelled to resort
to disbandment of the orders and con-
fiscation of their property i'll order to
protect itself from the great hold which
they had acquired on property, libraries,
schools, and in other social and Govern
ment matters. BISMARCK has had to
drive the Jesuits out of the German
Empire as the only safeguard against
their intrigues. That such a super
stitious people as the Mexicans should
have resorted to this summary revolt
against monkish societies is, indeed, a
remarkable event.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-28
In 1860. Dan Stone. of Cincinnati. wa

In 1860, Dan Stone, of Cincinnati, was
candidate for the state legislature.
Walking up Main street the morning of
the election he overlook an acquaintance
going to the polls, who intended to vote
the opposition ticket. Stone solicited
his vote eve are old friends" said
he, sand I know you will show friend
that mark of kindness. Party spirit
was then comparatively quiet. The voter
replied: well, Dan, you are pretty
clever fellow; I don't care if do The
vote elected Mr.. Stone and gave a ma
jority of one in the legislature, which
made Thomas Ewing United States
Senator. Ewing's vote on the question
of confirming Martin Van Brren as
Minister rPlenipotentiary to Great Britain
enabled the Vice President to give the
casting vote against it, and called Mr..
Van Buren hrst Vice President and
then President, and determined the gen.
eral political policy of the country for
four years. One vote accomplished all
this.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-28

The law of Congress providing for
the election of United States Senator
requires that each house Of the Legisla-
trlre shall, on the second Tuesday after
the convening Of that body, rica uoc, e
vote for Senator, and the result of such
voting shall be entered on the journal of
each house. On the next day, at twelve
o'clock, the two houses shall meet in
joint convention, and the journal of each
house shall be read, and if the same per-
son shall be found to have received such
majorities, or if one of the houses shall
not have taken the action named, then
the joint convention Of the two houses
shall proceed to vote, virn rOce, for a
person for Senator, and shall continue
to take at least one vote daily until one
person shall receive majority of all the
votes cast, a majority of all the members
of both houses being present and vot-
ING.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-28
A little daughter of Mr.. M. A. Jones.

A little daughter OF Mr. M. A. Jones,
of this village, says The Waukesha Free
man. 21st, met her death on last Sunday
night in a manner painful to relate. The
little girl, aged about 3 years and 3
months, was partially choked last Satur-
day morning with bean which had be-
come fixed on the trachea. but which
was speedily dislodged by her mothers
efforts. During the day little Nellie
had few fits of coughing, which were
allayed by the administration of salt
and water, and at night she complained
of pains about the region of her stomach.
The next day she had an occasional ap-
pearance of sufocation from which she
would soon recover, and during both
Saturday and Sunday she ate with or
dinary appetite. At near midnight on
Sunday night the little sufferer had an
other spasm of suffocation, to which she
finally succumbed, giving a feeble fare
well gasp as she closed her eyes in death.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-28

A RAILWAY WAR CLoUD.-A big fight
is looked for between the two giant rail-
way corporations of this state when the
West Wisconsin r is put up for sale
to meet its debts. AS this road is the
only outlet for the Northwestern Road
to ST Paul, the reason is apparent. If
the railway law, the intent of which
assumes that our railways shall not en-
gage in enterprises which require any con-
siderable amount of capital, don't step
in to prevent, the st. Paul can afford to
outbid the Northwestern, butitis believed
the Northwestern foresaw this con-
tingency and at the recent election Of
officers of the West Wisconsin procured
the election of such officers as will tend
to give it an advantage over its adversary
in securing the road, and that the cleo
ton of these gentlemen was but part of
a plan to turn the road over to the North
western Company. Whatever will be
the fate of the bankrupt road, its final
disposal cannot fail to be of interest to
the shipping community of northern
Wisconsin andMinnesota.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-28

WILL WHISKY E'REEzE?-It was late
ly stated as an example of intense cold
that, III Montana, on the night of the
18th inst, the mercury in the thermo-
meters all froze, small quantities Of
mercury III walls became CONCEALED, and
proof whisky placed out of doors froze
solid in half an hour. This last item is
the only one which has elected an ex-
preston of incredulity. The proof
whisky that froze in half an hour is re-
garded by contemporary as beyond
belief. The freezing Of the mercury
happens at 30 or 40 degrees below zero,
but absolute alcohol, it is declared, has
never been frozen, though Prof. Far
raday found it looked a little turbid
when subjected to temperature CART
iiciaD of 166 degrees below zero. High
wines contain Is per cent. Of alcohol.
Proof spirits Of government standard
are placed at 50 per cent. alcohol, and
as The Newark On. J.) Advertiser re-
marks, the alcohol that Montana whisky
contained would have separated from
the water in the process of freezing,
Like the ''core'' in q frozen barrel of
cider. IF it actually froze solid, it was
a harmeless variety of whisky. In the
severest cold of the Arctic explorations
proof spirits never froze, though there
was b1lrlesque about the men in Per
ry's expeditions chopping the brandy
| out of the cask with an ak. The prob
able explanation Of the Montana
phenomenon is that the spiri1s were set
aside in an open vessel, when the whisky
evaporated rapidly and left the compon-
ent water frozen. Washington Star.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-28
THF following is a Minneapolis specis

THF following is Minneapolis special
to the Wisconsin, dated January 81: A
Tribune letter from st. Joseph, Mimi,
contains a sad story of mother and
child freezing to death ON the prairie
near the town Of Spring Hill. Mrs.
Skoner, accompanied by a daughter
eleven years of age, went out to call on
a neighbor, the husband prudently
coutioning her if it stormed to remain
all night But a storm came up and
the advice was unheeded. On the fol
lowing day Mr.. Skoner learned that his
wife had started for home in the evening
and anxiously began to search for them
Both were found in the drifts with life
extinct, the child having crawled some
distance from the mother.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-28
LOVE ACROSS THE FOOTLIGHTs,
Women on the Stage Who Have Been
Pursued by Crazy Lovers.

While Miss Francis Kelly was playing
at Drury Lane, in 1919, the Modern An
hque, mailman, named Barnett, fired
pistol at her from the pit. The shot
passed within an inch or so of Miss
Kelly's head. all the house was in con-
sternation, and Miss Kelley tainted dead
away, and was carried home The luna
tic was arrested and taken to a mad
house. On examination, he stated that
Glove despised" was the cause of his at
tempt, for he had frequently addressed
letters to the lady, which. coming from
perfect stranger she never replied to-
The poor creature died in bedlam few
months later. Miss Kelly is not soil
tary instance; one man, during fifteen
years, was always present at the perfor-
mances of Miss Stephens, who subse-
quently became countess of Essex. He
invariably sat in the third or fourth row
of the pit, and the instant the opera
was over, quilted the house, and placed
himself at the stage door 30 catch
glimpse of the siren as she passed to
her carriage, but she never addressed
him by word or look When Miss
Stephens became countess of Essex,
this man took to standing opposite her
house, had to be sent off by force, and
returning again and again, was at last
conveyed to alunatic asylum. In Dublin,
Miss Kelly was the heroine of another
absurd adventure. A wealthy gentle
man fell desperately enamored of her
and followed her about the capital like
a lapdog. He was very inoffensive, and
the only annoyance he was guilty of was
throwing boquets upon the stage in the
most extravagant manner. Once, on
the occasion Of q benefit, he wished to
be extra gallant, and let out of a basket
dozen or SO of white doves, who flew
about the house to the distraction of the
actress and amusement of the audience.
When Miss Kelly left Ireland and went
to London, her clover" followed her to
Westmoreland street, and behaved in
such an excited manner in front of her
house that she was obliged to have him
arrested. He was restored to his friends,
who promised to convey him to luna
tic asylum. While relating this affair to
the magistrates, Miss Kelly alluded to
the ''mad lover" who had shot at her
"What can it mean, she said, ''surely
sir, it can't be my beauty that drives
these gentlen- n wild" The question
puzzled the m3g istrate, who looked up,
smiled and answered, MADAME, it's
your charms; for although you are so
ugly, you are still Ihe most lovable per-
son ever beheId"