The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
MINOR TOPICS.

MINOR TOPICS.
The Town Board of Winterset, Iowa,
have adopted an ordinance making it a
civil ofiense for boys under sixteen years
to be in the streets after eight D. m,
unless accompanied by parents or
guardians.
The Belgrade correspondent of the
Times says that in the country between
Paratchin and Deligrad, and in the
mountains near Saitschar, there are
eleven thousand men, women and chill
dren, almost naked and literally starving.
The initiative Chinaman of Shanghai
has tried his dexterous hand on counter
felt twenty-five dollar note of the Hong
Kong and Shanghai Banking Company,
and thus produced an article that the
most expert teller could not tell from the
genuine, but for the fact that the date is
December 35. 1871"
The ingenious Weston lectured
recently in Liverpool, England, on
"What know about walking" A clergy
man presided, and the proceeds were to
be devoted to charitable object. In
the course ofhis lecture Mr.. Weston said
that much dislike had been shown to him
in America because he would not as
sociate with the betting clique.
The life of an Australian SO quatter is
struggle 'twixt drought and food. He
is now terribly distressed by the former.
The rivers are choked by the carcasses of
sheep and oxen which have died of
thirst, and they are obliged to kill the
lambs to save the sheep. On one station
two thousand head of cattle have per-
ished, and on anotIer ten thousand
sheep.
A NEW variety of street music has
been introduced in Paris. A piano on
low truck is wheeled into the courtyard
of a house, a woman takes her seat at the
piano stool, and plays different pieces
with as much selfpossession as if she
were seated in drawing-room, while
boy and girl, probably her children,
collect money from the bystanders, or
pick up the sous thrown from the win
dows. The performance over, the player
arises, the instrument is closed and COW
cred over with cloth, and stout fellow
drags it off to sume other house, where
the pieces are repeated.
HERE is a practical hint from the Ru
raj New Yorker: How 10 make walks
about the house hard without much
cost 2" is question which we have often
asked ourselves without ever receiving
satisfactory reply. Coal ashes, sand
such as is used for mortar, and clay. in
the proportion of rather more sand than
coal ashes-the difference to be made up
with the clay-all well mixed together
and laid at least four inches deep, will
become very compact and hard. Mac
adamized paths are to be recommended
in point of cheapness. Collect all the
stones you can. Place the large in the
bottom and fill in with the smaller ones,
covering, as above, with sand, ashes, and
a little clay.
A sPINsTER named Emma Cornwall
died recently at Towner's Station, N. Y.
JTuo, ovo,o;oo+;on - xyoo found fbat tho
deceased had $50, 900 in bank stocks and
United States bonds, and the farm, val
ued at $4,000, made up her wealth.
The bonds and stocks were found hid
away in old trunks, in dress pockets,
stuffed in rolls of carpeting, in bedding,
and in fact the search for her possessions
was one surprise. Thousands of dollars
would he found in the most inconceiva-
BILE places, and it is not positively known
but that snug little fortune is now
somewhere concealed in the house.
Whether this theory be correct or not, it
is safe to conclude that the heirs feel well
satisfied with the search.
EDWARD JENKINS, author of "Ginx's
Baby" has published pamphlet, "The
Shadow on the Cross" On the wrapper
is a cross in an oblique or falling position,
with the shadow of the crescent falling
over it, and partially dimming the rays
that issue from it. 1t is protest against
the weak, hslting, dog-in-the-manger
policy of her Majesty's Government"
Mr.. Jenkins especially insists that, to be
consistent in her jealousy of Russia,
England should long since have forbidden
her Asiatic conquests. "On the same
grounds" he adds, we should fight
the United States, were it to propose to
annex Cuba, or ought 10 have done SO
when it annexed Alaska. Either of these
would in reality threaten the British EN-
pire as certainly as the Russians at Con-
stsntinople."
ALARGEnumber of Methodist ministers
and laymen, representing both the South.
ern and Northern Branches of the
Church, held their meetingat Louisville
recently, looking towards the promotion
and establishment of feelings more fra
ternal between the two sections of thei
denomination than have prevailed since
1874. In that year, during session o
the National Conference of their Churcl
in Louisville, differences that grew partl.
out of the slavery question, caused
division of the Methodist Church int,
two branches, which during the war be
came known as the Northern and South