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The Lake County star., 1876-07-06
will the Wife Vote With the Husband
Boston Advertiser.1

Woman suffrage has been recommended
to the respectful consideration of Re-
publican voters by the National Repub-
iican Convention, and in this connection
some facts from the recorded voting in
the National Grange will be interesting
to both the friends and opponents of
feminine ballotting. A standing objection
to the change proposed is that married
women will vote with their husbands,
and that the unmarried will be influenced
by the opinions of their masculine
friends. The trouble has been to sustain
the assertion by facts, but since the
wives of members of the grange are en-
titled to the ballot by their relation to
their husbands, the difficulty is partially
removed. From the different divisions of
the National Grange statistics have been
gathered showing the votes of the hus-
band and wife ON several different
measures. Thus we find that, with one
welded pair, the two voted as one nine
teen times, and only in four cases did
the vine tear itself from the oak and
vote against him. In the following
couplets of figures the first represents
the number Of times the husband and
wife agreed in their voting on different
measures and the second represents the
number of times the husband thought
he knew better than his wife and would
not vote as she did (or the other way,
Just as you choose TO put it): IL, B.; IL,
o; 4, o; 26, o; 1, 0; l6, l; 21, O; 10,
o; IA, o; 8, IS, 2; II, 0; 16, 0; 20, / /;
%, o.; 10, 1; Is, z; l5, 3; 1S, o; 13, 2;
II, 2; 18, O; l3, 2; 10, I, and Is, o.
Total-voted together, 39S times; dis
agreed, SO times. No doubt there was a
great variety of masculine stupidity
Joined with feminine intelligence, and
the wifely subordination TO the will of
lord and master was not as complete as
in the patriarchic age. Statistics are
not given as to division of labor in the
families represented, but it is possible
that, ifthe clew were put in the hands OF
Democratic Congressional investigating
committee, we should find the original
parties of whom the story tells where
the wife did the plowing and moving
while the husband baked, churned and
tended the children.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06
John Neal. American Author.

A telegram from Portland, Me-, under
date of June 20, reports: John Neal,
the well-known author, died this morn
ing" He was born in Falmouth, New
Portland, Me-, Oh the 25th Of August,
1898, and was, consequently, in the
eighty-third year of his age. His parents
were members of the Society of Friends,
as he was himself until the twenty-fifth
year of his age, when, principally on &C
count of his inability to "live peaceably
with all men" he received his dismissal
from the Quaker body. When he was
about twelve years of age he was en-
ployed in a store in Portland. A few
years later he journeyed through Maine
and taught penmanship and drawing in
the principal towns of the State. In the
years 1814-15 he was dry goods retailer
and iobber in Boston and New York.
He subsequently established himself in
Baltimore as wholesale dealer in part
norship with John Pierpont. The firm
failed in the year 1916. Neal then COM
menced to study law. He also learned
the use of several languages. In the
year 1916 he produced review of the
works of Lord Byron, written, it has
been said, in four days. 1t was published
from month to month until completed
in a Baltimore magazine. His first
novel, "Keep Cool" was published in
Baltimore in 1917. In the next year
came "The Battle of Niagara," "Goldan,"
and other poems. His "OthO," a five
act tragedy, appeared in 1869. About
the same time he assisted DIR. Watkins
in writing the History of the Ameri-
can Revolution by Paul Allen" He
also indexed "Niles's Register which
then amounted to fifty volumes. He
went to England in the year 1924. His
name and reputation became famous.
Jeremy Bentham invited him to take up
his residence in his house, where he re-
mained during the greater portion OF
his stay. In the year 1927 he returned
to America and settled in Portland,
where he employed himself until 1850
in practising law, writing, and lecturing.
In accordance with the theory that mo
superfuous energy should run to waste"
he also established gymnasiums and gave
lessons to large classes in sparring. He
always welded graceful and most pro-
life pen.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06
Profits of Texas Cattle.Raising.
Houston (Texas) Letter.l


The profits arising from the invest
ment of money in pasturing stock in
this region are enormous. Mr.. Alfred
Smith, a prominent citizen of Austin,
Texas, whom met in the Indian Nation
on his way home from trip to New
York, informed me that at the close of
the war he invested $1,000 in horses. By
judicious sales from the large number of
horses this amount purchased, and by
the shrewd investment of the money thus
realized in the purchase of other horses,
and by the natural increase of his stock
he is now the owner of four thousand
head. How much besides he made in
cattle, sheep, and land he did not inform
me, but when in Austin was informed
by prominent banker that "Old
Smith" had realized half million by
his faith in the stock pasturage of
Western Texas. Sheep. raising is said to
be a source of surer profit than either
horses or cattle. The sheep ranges of
Western Texas are unsurpassed. 1t is
almost impossible for any person who
goes into the sheep business in Western
Texas with little capital to keep from
getting rich. A great many of the capi-
talists of Eastern Texas buy few thous-
and sheep on the frontier when mesquit-
grass can be had, and then give them in
charge to some party who personally at
tends to them, who pays all the expenses,
and takes half the gross profits for his
pay. Mr.. William Kelleher, of Austin,
prominent sheep-raiser, informed me
that he had made an annual profit of
from thirty to forty per centum on the
amount invested.
To understand the enormous profits
made in sheep-raising in this section it is
only necessary to state that one man can
take care of and properly attend two
thousand sheep. Taking into considera-
tion accidents, disease, etc, the sheep
double themselves every three years.
No feed is required during the winter
except the mesquit-grass SO plentifully
afforded, and the genial and mild climate
precludes the necessity of housing dur
ing the same period. But while this
country is marvelously adapted for graz.
ing, it is also fine agricultural country.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06
NUMBER 10.
Odd Thoughts.

A little earth shaped into pair OF
cheeks, and pinched into u nose, and
made into lips, chin and forehead, with
some humors mixed together for eyes.
These are face.
Old bachelors have been styled unprO-
ductive consumers, scissors with but one
blade, bows without fiddles, irregular
substantives, always in the singular
number and objective case, unruly
scholars, and when told to conjugate
always decline.
All of us have a little speck of fight
underneath our "peace and good will to
man,"-just a speck for revolutions and
great emergencies-sO that we should
not submit to be trOdden quite fiat by
the first heavy-heeled aggressor that
came along.
A coquette would have triumphed in
such captive as Petrarch. He had
gay and captivating exterior; his COM
plexion was fair; sparkling blue eyes,
and ready smile. He is very amusing on
the subject of his own coxcombry, and
tells us how cautiously he used to turn
the corner of a street lest the wind
should disorder his elaborate curlsl
When Petrarch walked the streets of
AvignOn the women smiled, and said,
"There goes the lover of Laura"
The impression which Dante left on
those who beheld him was far different.
When years of persecution and exile
had added to the natural sternness of
his countenance the deep lines left by
grief, he happened to be at Verona
where, since the publication of the
Inferno, he was we'll known. Passing
one day by a porticO where several
women were seated, one of them whis-
pered, with look of awe, DO you see
that man? That is he who goes down to
hell whenever he pleases and brings us
tidings of the sinners below" Gay;
indeed" replied her companion, every
likely. See how his face is SCARED with
fire, and blackened with smoke, and
how his hair and beard have been
curled in the fames!"
In the art of elegant leisure, in the
art of wise trifing, we are sadly
deficient. We are bred to business,
tempered to high excitements. We
hardly know what to do with tran
quillity. We long to make silence talk
and stir up quietness till we get a glow
upon it. We are forever planning some
thing for vacation amusements. 1t is
riding, rowing, picnics or some excur-
sion with its fringe and frill of excite
ment. We want friend or two in our
solitude to take off its sOlitariness.
There seems to be no such thing as
exquisite enjoyment, in simple conscious
ness of existence. The great theater is
open; its scenes arc shifted every hour;
its actors are innumerable its orchestra
full and tuneful, but men still yawn and
stretch and wish they had something
IN do
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06
A DEPLoRABLE scene occurred at the

A DEPLoRABLE scene occurred at the
theater at Nice, short time since, during
n performance of, "La Chalet" After
the duel between the bass, M. d'Herd,
and the tenor, M. Duplessis, there were
few misses. In answer to them M.
Duplessis apostrophised the audience in
no very complementary terms. He
simply called them "un tasdidiots"
a lot of idiots. Thereupon storm Of
indignation burst forth from all parts of
the house. M. Duplessis remained un-
moved, looking at the infuriated public
with an air of derision. At length the
curtain was dropped. The manager now
came forward for the purpose of calming
the agitation. His efforts were in vain.
The public insisted on the offenders
making an apology. In compliance
with their wish M. Duplessis twice adj
vanced to the footlights and begged
pardon. But both his tone and manner
were 30 ironical that the audience grew
more infuriated than ever. Finally, M.
Duplessis offered his excuses in more
becoming manner and they were re-
ceived, with mingled Kisses and ap-
plause.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06
A Female Mason.

The portrait of the Hon. Mrs. Aid
worth, second daughter of Arthur st.
Leger, Viscount Doneraile, still adorns
the walls of the grand lodge.room in
Dublin, and is pointed to with pride by
transatlantic Irish Masons as that of the
only female who was ever initiated into
Ancient and Accepted FreemasOnary.
The narration of the circumstances of
her initiation is given in the following
language by Masonic authority.
Lord Doneraile, Mrs. Aldworth's
father, who was very jealous Mason,
held warrant (No. 1907 in his own
hands, and occasionally opened lodge at
Doneraile house, in the County Cork, his
sons and intimate friends in the. neigh
borhood assisting. 1t appears that pre-
vious to the initiation of gentleman to
the first steps of Masonary, Mrs. AID
worth, who was then young girl, hap
pened to be in an apartment adjoining
the room at the time undergoing some
repair and attention. Amongst other
things the wall was considerably reduced
in one part for the purpose of making
saloon. The young lady having distinctly
heard the voices, and prompted by the
curiosity natural to all to see somewhat
of this mystery so long and SO secretly
locked up from public view, had the
courage, with her scissors, to pick a
brick from the wall, and actually wit
messed the awful and mysterious cere-
mony through the two first steps. Curl
osity gratifed, fear at once took posses
sion of her mind; and those who under
stand this passage will know what the
feelings must be of any person who could
have the same opportunity of unlawfully
beholding that ceremony; let them
Judge what must be the feeling of a
young girl. Being discovered while the
concluding part Of the second step was
still performing, in the first paroxysm of
rage and alarm tits said her death was
resolved on, but that at the moving and
earnest supplication of her younger
brother her life was spared, on condition
of her going through the two steps she
had already seen. This she agreed to,
and they conducted the beautiful and
terrified young creature through those
trials, which are sometimes more than
even enough for masculine resolution,
little thinking they were taking into the
bosom of the craft a member that would
afterwards reflect luster OH the annals
of MasOnary.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06
Centennial Cuttings.

The Philadelphia Inquirer notes that
the Corliss engine has somewhat re-
markable history. Mr.. George H. Cor
liss was dry goods merchant in Provi-
dence, II. ]. He invented a cutoff
machine by which the surplus power in
an engine could be saved from waste.
Satisfied after perfecting his apparatus
that he had made valuable discovery
he offered his invention to the neighbOr-
ing manufacturers. They said they would
like to have it but could not purchase.
He said they might take it and pay him
only what they saved in coal, labor, ETC.,
during Ave years. The result proved
that he had made an excellent bargain,
and he is now millionaire.
Gay" who reports the Exhibition for
the Louisville C0wier.Jouraai, is not ia
vOrable to the female chief of the
Woman's Commission. 81 have," says
Fay" refrained from any mention
of the slight put upon Mrs. Grant by
Mrs. Gillespie on the opening day at
Philadelphia. l hoped there was some
mistake. / have inquired and learn that
the Empress and Mrs. Grant were
together. Mrs. Gillespie invited the
former to enter the Woman's Building,
and did not extend the invitation to the
wife of the President. Such ill-breeding
and imprudence cannot be to severely
and publicly reprimanded. From the
first Mrs. Gillespie has acted as though
the Centennial was her own personal
property, and that she was at liberty to
vent her private piques and spites as she
would in her own narrow sphere. She is
woman of great talent, energy, and ex-
ecutive ability, but il did not take long
for those who had business with her to
find out that she was dictatorial and dis
agreeable.
Writing from Italy contributor to
the Philadelphia Telegraph says that it
is very amusing to see the effect on
Italians when Centennial topics are in
troduced into conversation. They shake
their heads and shrug their shoulders,
and it is only after severe pumping"
that their real opinion can be disentan-
gled from the "AhsW and "Ohsp and
other mysterious ejaculatory sounds.
The good Italians, not enterprising them
selves, could feel a sort OF amiable pity for
a people who carry out an undertaking on
such gigantic scale and in such huge
proportions, for they cannot and will not
believe that the country will recover
from the expenditure, and then, why do
the Americans give themselves so much
trouble? Triumphal professions and
congratulatory banquets and addresses
will be only few among the numerous
expressions of joy at the safe return to
Italy of those adventurous natives who
have crossed the ocean. We have an in
stance of the inability of Florentines
themselves to manage Centennial mat
ters in the late ChristofOri Centenary.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06
Granifa In Shirts.

Letter In the London Monetary Gazette.l
/ was walking along the canal banks
in the town of Bolton short time ago
and my attention was called to barge
load of a pearly white substance. On
examination it proved TO be china clay,
and in my innocence / asked where the
porcelain works were located, as l take
great interest in such manufactures. My
inquiry was received with loud laughter,
and was informed the ka0lin was con-
signed to Messrs. -, a we'll known firm
of cotton spinners. Apropos of this little
incident, and somewhat of a commentary
thereon, a gentleman who processes
to be ultra religious told me the other
day that an eight-pound shirting now
never contains more than six pounds Of
cotton, and on my asking him If he
traded in this fashion he piously replied,
owe must 90 with the stream" Per-
haps the machinistes (sewing machines)
are not aware that the frequent breaking
of their needles is mainly caused by the
resistance and friction Of this mineral
adulteration, which is found in abund-
ance in almost all the cotton they sew.
Geologists tell us that china clay is de-
composed granite; no wonder, then, that
it should be gritty and break needles. II
also makes eminently unhealthy the &C.
cupation of the mill hands, fact which
7 recommend to the special attention oi
the Society for the Protection of Wo-
men and Children. Manchester, Man
chester, this china clay adulteration
will be thy death
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

SO completely was well known to Captain
Machell, and that he had caused certain
drugs, known to horsemen, to be ad-
ministered to the mare on the night
preceding the race; but these state
ments were never substantiated, and in
the absence of positive evidence should
hardly be believed. But the fact re-
mains, that the light conduct of one
high-born woman was the immediate
means of bringing about the ruin and
death of the representative of one of the
proudest families in England.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06
WHOSE.

A little mound Of earth alone,
With matted, stunted grass o'ergrown,
A lonely haunt In graveyard plot,
BY every former friend forgot;
Yet stranger steps could but choose
Stay by that grave, not knowing whose2
What need OF sculptured stone TO tell
Who slept beneath was sleeping well?
What need TO know the sleeper's name?
To us or him twas all the samel
Life's story still could pursue,
Beside this grave, not knowing whosei
"Dust 10 dust I" the end Of earth,
The end OF dreams our life gives birth;
The summing up OF all our fame,
Was here, a mound without name
A matted sod, lonely spot,
BY grieviDg friends at last forgot
Not knowing whose, what worth to me
His name, his age, or history?
Did earth res0und once with bis crime,
Or may hap with his deeds sublime;
What boots since o'er him hangs the pail
Oblivion weaves and dspreads for all
One Of the millions gone before,
Whose steps are washed from of times shore
A matted sod the only trace
That's left as landmark TO his race,
Whene'er like me one comes to muse
Beside his grave, not knowing whose
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

Ir is to be hoped that, with all the
modern improvements, mode will be
discovered of getting rid of bores; for it
is too bad that poor wretch can be pun
ished for stealing your pockethandker-
chief or gloves, and that no punishment
can be inflicted on those who steal your
time, and with 1t your temper and pa
tience, rs well as the bright thoughts
that might have entered your mind Qike
the Irishman who lost his fortune before
he had got it), but were frightened away
by the bore.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

THE sentence of the court-martial at
Salonica. condemning the Governor OF
that city 10 one years suspension from
office, and three Turkish sfiicers TO forty
A ye DAYS imprisonment has been set aside
as insufficient on the representations of
France and Germany. The parties will
be tried at Constantinople on charges Of
ack of energy and foresight.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

A GOOSE that was not goose-The
Elizabeth journal tells of one that, be-
ing thrown between the tracks by pass
ing railread train the other day, re-
NAMED perfectly still until the whole
train had passed over II, and then got up
and walked off in safety.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

A New JERSEY editor lost his best
god pen and holder few days ago.
After making thorough search all over
the Office, and accusing dozen tramps
with its theft, he happened to remember
where he last placed IL, and bending
down the top of his. ear, discovered no
less than fourteen penholders of various
styles which he had lost during the past
two years.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

DO not be troubled because you have
no great virtues. God made million
spires of grass where he made one tree.
The earth isfringed and carpeted, not with
forests, but grass. Only have enough of
little virtues and common fidelities. and
you need not mourn because you are
neither saint nor hero.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

RUFUS CHOATE said of certain Judge
that he was so reserved in his manners
that one would never suspect he had
any,
THERE is never miser who does not
intend to make handsome expenditure,
some day death comes, and the inten-
tion iscarried out by his heir. This is
the history of more than one king of my
acquaintance.
TIE Lord all creatures fortunes rules;
None, weak or strong, his might deies;
lie makes the young and simple wise;
The wise and learned he turns to fools.
-Mahabharatta.
KEEP your conscience tender-tender
as the eye that closes its lid against an
atom of dust, or as that sensitive plant
which you have seen shrink and shut its
leaves, not merely at the rude touch of a
finger, but at the breath of a moth.
Young men, when they first get the
taste in their mouths, argue for amuse-
ment, and are always contradicting and
refuting others in imitation of those who
refute them like puppy dogs, they de-
light to tear and pull at all who come
near them.
MAYFIELD Monitor: Our city can
boast of one of the best boys in the world.
He sits on the back porch watching the
birds, and sings, "There is rest for the
weary" while his mother breaks her
back prodding around in the onion bed
with case-knife.
ADVERSELY with his giant fist
Comes cutting all our ears;
He gives our earthly Joy twist
And wrings out pals of tears.
NOTHING can be more impressively
sublime than the air of man with no
buttons on his coat, and hole in the toe
of his boot, standing on the steps of
free lunch establishment devouring a
toothpick, and remarking to friend
that he hasn't decided yet whether he'll
take his family to Long Branch or New
port this season.
A MAN came to the late Duke of Wei
lington with patented article. "What
have you to offer? ?? GA bullet-proof
Jacket, your grace" "Put it on" The
inventor obeyed. The Duke rang bell.
An aide.de-camp presented himself.
"Tell the captain of the guard to order
one of his men to load with ball cart
ridgep The inventor disappeared, and
was never seen again near the Horse
Guards. No money was wasted on that
invention.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

SOME California strawberries are TO he
exhibited at the Centennial. They are
said 10 be of such dimensions as that Il
may be necessary 10 take down some of
the fence in order to get them safely into
tho grounds.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

IT is mistake TO assume that because
the Philadelphia Exposition is closed on
Sunday there are no places of interest
open. The majority OF the churches, II
not all, will be. open for service through
the summer. The Mercantile Library,
the Geological Garden, and the Academy
of Fine Arts will not close their doors.
The liquor saloons will also remain
open.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06
BEFORE THE PRIME.
By KATE PUTNAM oso0oD

You think you love me, Marguerite,
Because you find loves fancy sweetu
30, zealously, you seek sign
To prove your heart Is wholly mine.
All, were II SO But listen, dear
Bethink, you how, this very year,
With fond impatience you were fain
To watch the earth grow green again
When ApriPs violets, here and there,
Surprised the unexpectant air,
You search them out, and brought me some,
To show, you said, that spring was come.
But, sweetheart, when the lavish May
Rained flowers and fragrance round your way
You had no thought her bloom to bring
To prove the presence OF the spring
Believe me, when loves April time
Shall ripen to its perfect prime,
You will not need sign, to know
What every glance and breath will show
+- July Atlantic.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

WE look at death through the cheap
glazed windows of the flesh, and believe
him the monster which the fawed and
cracked glass represents him..
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

THE Italians say that "she is beautis
ful whom you think beautiful"
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

JANE G. SwIssHELM, the belligerent
critic of everything and champion of the
chemiloon, carefully inspected the
steamer on which she went to England
and sends back the following terrifying
news: "The entire inside of ship is a
mass of light pine boards as dry as they
can be kept, and most of them saturated
and thickly coated with Oil and paint
and varnish."
The Lake County star., 1876-07-06

WORDS tell what you should be deeds
tell what you are,