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The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
Short Sentences.

Short phrases have always been the
most powerful and beautiful mediums of
conveying thought. They are simplicity
itself-and simplicity is beauty. Easily
understood, no study is required to grasp
their meaning. A prophetic politician
makes a declaration respecting govern
ment, and the people soon catch the
spirit and confirm the declaration. Re-
suits from such phrases may not be i'm
mediate; but the words 60 sounding on
until their work is accomplished. Short
phrases are comprehensive, and some
times contain whole volumes. Caesars
"Veni, vidi, vici," gave the histofy of a
whole campaign. And the last words of
the dying Tom Payne-"I take leap in
the darkp-a confession of judgment
stronger than the infidelity of lifetime.
When the remains of Napoleon Bona
parte were brought to Paris by Prince
dc Joinville, the entire speech-makiDg
was this: "Sir, present to you the
ashes of Napoleon" And Louis Philippe
answered, az receive them in the name
of France" Such was the brief response
of a people to the dead Emperor. Some
times in single sentence the life and
character of some great man stands out
strangely revealed and individual
lied. No biography could depict the
character of Enoch more clearly than
the words: "Enoch walked with God
and was not-for God took him." The
first chapter of Genesis is symbol of the
power which few words can embody.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
POiSOnS.

Man is the most wonderful Of animals.
Among the strange things which he can
do, he can eat poison with certain de-
gree of impunity. 1t is only necessary
to be prudent, regular, and careful about
the doses to survive for a considerable
period. A certain quantity of opium
kills. Four or five grains are almost GER
tain death to person not in the habit OF
using it; but any one can learn to eat
twenty or thirty grains alta dose. 1t be-
comes the necessity of second nature,
and though it shortens life, it does it SO
slowly that it's operation in this respect
is not alarming. So coffee, tea. and to-
bacco are poisons. 1t requires ROME hardi-
hood to get accustomed to the latter. A
drop or two of the essential oil of either
of these narcotics, or very concentrated
decoction, will kill; yet how many mil
lions of men use all three every day OF
their lives. There is some arrangement
of the nervous system-some diminutlon
of their strength-probably some short
ening of life; yet how few hesitate to
use these fascinating luxuries! And
arsenic is very decidedly a poison, yet
there is at least one country in the world
where it is habitually eaten. A young
man of seventeen, say, begins by taking
three grains at dose, which is gradually
increased, until he gets up to thirty.
three grains. 1t does not do to exceed
that quantity; nor is it safe to leave of
suddenly. When the arsenic-eater ar
riyes at the age of fifty, he gradually
diminishes the dose. The immense
quantity of poison passing through his
system does not prevent his reaching the
age of seventy or eighty. For all this, it
is our opinion that the more simple our
food, and the less poison we take of any
kind or in any form, the better. Prob
ably no man, at the end of his life, was
ever sorry he had taken little opium, or
brandy, or tobacco, though some may
have been sorry for taking too much.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
An English View Of the "Women's
Pavilion

centennial Correspondence Of the London Times ]
The most attractive part of the pavilion
is, however, that which contains speci-
mems from the various American schools
of design, notably the wood-carving
from the school at Cincinnati. The
quantity of really first-class work which it
sends is astonishing when one considers
that the artists are many of them anna
teurs, and still quite young. 1t certainly
opens field for women's work very diff
ferent from the cold starvation sewing"
The pupils excel in such decorative arts
as painting on china and slate, but their
forte seems to be wood-carving. One of
the best specimens is bed carved by
two young ladies Of seventeen and nine
teen, while the pillars and lace are done
by one of fourteen. The devices are all
floral and copied with minute fidelity
and skill from nature. Two ladies will
make very handsome sums by thus deco.
rating, one an organ, and the other q
piano, which the manufacturer, with a
well-grounded faith in their power ol
giving the instruments an attractive ap
pearance, had presented them in hope Of
q good advertisement. It is very graft
flying to be able to add that school which
can turn out such artists gives its in
structions free to all.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
ourrN VICTORIA has now attained q

QUEEN VICTORIA has now attained a
very high rank on the roll of English
sovereigns for length of reign; having
passed Henry VIII and Henry vi, she
now stands fifth in order, being still
Junior or inferior only to Elizabeth, and
the three long Thirds, Edward, Henry,
and George. Elizabeth's reign, from the
death of Mary, November II, 1868, to
her death, March "a, 1908, lasted A
years and 126 days, 30 that Victoria has
to reign little over five years before she
will equal her great predecessor. Then
will remain ahead only Edward III, 90
years and nearly five months; Henry
III, 56 years and 10 days; George iii,
80 years and three months. But oi
course, even these long reigns look short
by the side of the Z! years Of Louis XIV,
Of France. Probably no two successive
kings of any country reigned over SC
long space of time between them as
Louis XIV and Louis XIV, who from
l643 to 1774 made up together 13l years
or an average of rather more than 81
years per reign. How long will it bt
before France enjoys or suffers 131 con
secutive years of rule under two persons
or even under two forms of government
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03

of the Pacific division, gathered all the
troops at his disposal and precipitated
them into the heart of the Indian
country, where powerful force
Of savages was already prepared
to meet him. The campaign was
prosecuted with great activity and vigor
by Colonel Wright, who gave battle to
the Indians on several occasions, always
routing them completely. After beating
their forces, capturing many prisoners,
destroying large amounts of their prop
erty, and laying waste their country, the
Indians surrendered at discretion, with
their wives and children, and sued ab-
jectly for peace. The criminal offenders
among them who had been guilty of MUIR
der and rape, the chief instigators of all
dissatisfaction among those tribes, and
the immediate cause of the hOstilities,
were surrendered, tried and executed.
The perfidiOus massacre of General
Candy by the Modoc Indians little
over three years ago. in the Lava Beds,
in the mountains OF Northern California,
is no doubt yet fresh in the public mind.
Hostilities had continued for some time
against the savaSes under Captain Jsck,
and the government determined to seek
an accommodation by appointing COM
mission to confer with the chiefs in order
to bring about peace. In accordance
with agreement, Candy, Rev. DIR.
Thomas, and Mr.. Meacham met the In
dians about one mile in front of the
camp occupied by the United States
troops, April II, 1873, and while thus
engaged the red devils, pretending to be
friendly, suddenly attacked the unsus-
pecting Commissioners and killed Candy
and Thomas. After this treacherous
proceeding it was determined that the
army should commence where it should
have begun-that is, to make short
work of Captain Jack and his band.
this result was soon attained. The peace
policy was cast to the winds, and in
short time the Modoc chiefs were prison
ers, and the most culpable suffered an
ignominious death for their base crime.
No name, according to General Sherman,
stood fairer or higher for the personal
qualities that command universal respect,
honor and affection from his countrymen,
than did that of Candy.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
Fashion Notes.

Worth is sending out grenadine dresses
finished with colors.
Lima lace sacques are not 80 much
sought after as formerly.
Black chenille scarfs edged with cor
responding fringes are fashionable.
The present is q favorable season for
suits of light tissues of every description.
The weston is novelty made of the
same material as the dress, and cut ex-
actly like gentleman's vest.
A new fall dress called the robe valcis
has the waist cut low in the neck and
sewed to the skirt. Over the breast and
hips there are number of seams taken
in to the exact shape of the body; this
corsage consequently exacts a slender,
graceful figure.
Flowered galloon is in great demand {;
this consists of wreath of flowers en-
broidered upon black velvet.
All kinds of embroidery are fashion
able.
The latest bridal dresses are trimmed
with elegant embroideries.
Imitation thread laces, called French
laces, are popular in black lace.
For lace polonaise guipure net is again
preferred.
Pansy dress for boys from two to six
years OF age.
Many of the Partisan toilets have two
bouquets, one at the throat and one at
pocket. Mixed flowers are used in these
ornaments; the popular combination of
colors in red and blue.
Jardiniere bouquets are those composed
of both field and garden flowers. They
are very fashionable either for wearing
on the pocket, on the side Of a jacket, in
the center of the bodice of dinner
dress, or on the left shoulder, if there is
fichu.
The artificial flowers so largely used
for decorating toilets this season, are
made on such flexible stems as to copy
nature so closely that it is almost inn
possible to detect that they are not real
1t is difficult to decide whether flowers
or feathers preponderate in the new sum-
mer straw hats.
A revolution in the make of bodices is
seen in those without any shoulder
seams, but merely the seam below the
arm which unites the front to the back.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
Finds In the Rag.Bag.

The " finds" in the rag-bag and the
rubbish heap are sometimes not a little
curious. A mistress allows Betty, the
maid, to keep a rag-bag; and occasion
ally Betty yields to the temptation OF
putting into that bag articles which are
certainly not rags. But apart FIR
suspicion of dishonesty, valuables find
themselves in very odd places, through
inadvertency or forgetfulness.
We need not say much about such
small creatures as insects, spiders, or
lizards that are found by the paper
makers in bundles of espartO; they are
rather unwelcome intrusions rather than
finds.
A patent-lock was once found among
the contents of family rag-bag; and
as it was worth five shillings, the buyer
was well content. An old Latin prayer
book, bought as waste paper, had a
bundle of nails, curiously linked to-
gether, packed inside it. Half sover-
eigns and other coins are found in cast
off pockets, in the heels of old stockings,
and inside the lining of dresses. An old
coat, purchased by London dealer, re.
vealed the fact-a joyful fact to the buyer
that the buttons consisted of sovereigns
covered with cloth. Three pounds ster-
ling, in German paper money, found
their way into a bundle of German rags
that reached paper maker. The Lon
don Rag Brigade boys once found bank
eck-book, and on another occasion six
pairs of new silk stockings, in waste pa
per and rags which they had bought !;
these unexpected articles were, to the
honor of the Brigade, at once returned.
A rare find once occurred in the Hounds
ditch region. A dealer of the gentler
sex, we are told, gave sixpence and a
pint of beer for a pair of old breeches |;
while the bargain was being ratified at a
public house, the buyers began to rip up
the garment, when out rolled eleven
golden guineas wrapped up in thirty
pound bank note. We rather think that,
in strictness of law, the guineas of this
treasure trove belonged to the crown !;
but most likely the elated buyer and the
mortified seller made merry over the
windfall. Many people, in the days
when banking was little understood, had
habit of concealing their spare money
about their persons; thus, an old waist.
coat, bought for trife, was found lined
viii bank notes! But of all the finds,
what shall we think of "baby~ A
paper manufacturer assures us that in a
bag of rags brought from Leghorn, and
opened at an Edinburgh paper-mill, a tiny
baby was found, pressed almost fiat. Poor
bantling! Was it accidentally squeezed
to death in a turn-up bedstead, or was
ssme darker tragedy associated with its
brief history?
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
PRENTICE MuLroRp writes from the

PRENTICE MULFoRD writes from the
Centennial: There are many famous
chairs, arm-chairs, chairs fag.bottomed
and leather. bottomed. Washington has
sat in most of them. Judging from the
indications in Independence Hall, Wash
ington was a persevering setter as well as
a retriever of his country's fortunes. he
must have had great talent for sitting.
The suspicion will develop itself here
that the Father of his Country never
saw a chair but that he desired to mo-
nopolize it. He said to himself: " There
is another chair; let us confer immor-
tality upon it and the family who own
it, Then he sat down. This made one
of the " first families" Apparently, all
these first families have sent their chairs
to Independence Hall. They stand in
lieu Of patent Of nobility.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

AN exchange says that it tries the gal
lantry of a Frenchman to have Chicago
woman borrow his pocket handkerchief
to wipe her poodle's nose with.
ONCE upon a time Dean Stanley, of
Westminster, going to the Abbey, put
his gloves into his hat. On returning
home after his discourse he said to his
wife, "Somehow the congregation seemed
to gaze upon me to-day with peculiar
interest while 1 was preaching" do
not WONDER" replied Lady Stanley.
"for during your entire sermon your
gloves rested on the top Of your head"
THERE is, indeed, reason in all things,
and gentle George Herbert, who loved
glass of good wine when he could get it,
gave wise advice on the subject when he
wrote:
Drink not the third glass; which thou can'st not
When once it is within thee but before
May'st rule 1t as thou list and pour the shame
Which it would pour on thee, upon the floor.
It is most just to throw that on the ground
CALUMNY is a monstrous vice; for,
where parties indulge in it, there are al
ways two that are actively engaged in
doing wrong, and one who is subject to
injury. The calumniator inflicts wrong
by slandering the absent; he who gives
credit to the calumny before he has in
vestigated the truth, is equally impli-
Gated. The person traduced is dOubly
injured-first, by him who propagates;
and secondly, by him who credits the
calumny.
ABSENCE AND LOVE.
| We need the clasp of hand in hand.
The light flashed warm from neighbOring eyes
| Or else as weary seasons pass
Our tenderest love grows wan and dies.
The iateful years like seas expand
'Twixt souls that long have dwelt apart,
Till, broadening DER our beings verge,
The ruthless surge
Loves memory sweeps from out the heart.
o Absencei thou unreverenced Death!
Thy dense, unconsecrated clay
Inurns affection past regret;
Thereon of Resurrection Day.
GEORGE ELIOT died at Springfield
lately, aged seventeen. He did not
portray character, but ate for dinner
potatoe pie, plum pudding, a sheet of
ginger bread, a rice pudding, five
squares of Yorkshire pudding and
three basins of soup, washing this meal
down with three basins each of beer,
water and lemonade. The coroner's jury
returned a verdict of "death from glut-
tony"
The little I have seen of the world
teaches me to look upon the errors of
others in sorrow, not in anger. When l
take the history of one poor heart that
has sinned and suffered, and represent to
myself the struggles and temptations it
has passed through, the brief pulsations
of Joy, the feverish inquietude of hope
and fear, the pressure of want, the de-
sertions of friends, l would fain leave
the erring soul of my fellow. man with
Him from whose hand it came.-Addison.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
How q Belle Lost her Wig Over.
hoard.

IN. Y. Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Trowbridge's comical story in
poetic verse, in the July number of Hdr-
per's Magazine, of a fashionable belle who
lost her wig and false teeth overheard,
which were recovered in time to allow
her wedding to one of her suitors, had a
counterpart in half of the story last week
in the experience of the party who at
tended the yacht race on a steamboat.
The sufferer is well.known society belle,
who has more than once graced the
upper.deck of Col. Delaney Kane's Pei
ham coach, and is understood to be en-
gagged to Wall-street broker. She is
only nineteen, and has been noted for
her wealth of blonde hair. Dressing in
halfmourning on account of the death OF
a relative, the combination of black and
blonde has given her distingue appear
ance, well-known to the swells OF the
avenue. Last week on the occasion of a
Yacht race she wasnoe of private party
on board small propeller chartered for
the occasion, and, as the wind was gusty,
and the sea made sad work with the
stomachs of the party outside of Sandy
Hook, there was an utter abandonment
of all pretense of personal appearance.
Our belle suffered with the rest, when
she sought relief by removing her hat.
A sudden puff of the wind the next mo-
ment caught her hair and stripped her
head of its covering. In other words,
her mass of blonde head-rigging was
blown overheard, and the poor girl was
in a rage of despair. Her lady friends
rushed her into the cabin and tried to
console her; but half of them were de-
lighted with her mishap, and the other
half said to themselves that it served her
right. They managed to arrange her
remaining hair so that it looked passably
well, and she returned to the city, If not
crestfallen, at least bereft of her wealth
of hair, and her reputation as blonde
beauty forever DESTROYED.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03

The Lacrosse Democrat The old
Winnebago Chief, Nee-ha-ga, made his
appearance in this city yesterday, having
arrived in safety from Fred Moore's Ne
braska reservation. His son Jo," who
has "civilized and cultivates p farm up
in Jackson County, sent out there this
spring and paid the passage of his father
home, while he is coming in a canoe.
Nee-ha-ga is probably the oldest living
human being in Wisconsin, and is from
one hundred and six to one hundred and
twenty years old. He was very old
man when Lacrosse was first settled over
thirty years ago, and is still hale and
hearty and preserves his taste for fire.
water with remarkable freshness. He
still bears with him his badge-a skunk
skin bacco-pouch-and will probably
be here during the next quarter of q
century.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
BYZANTIUyI /, 1875.
BY WILLIAM OSBORN sToDDARD.

II Is long since the Cross and Crown
BY the Bosphorus went down,
While Christian world. too weak
To avenge the dying Greek,
Lay u Tolting in the West.
And while pi0ttings prest
Brow of king, palm OF priest,
And the horrors of the East,
And the fall
Stirred the palsied plotters not,
And dishonor smeared q spot
On them all.
Nearly twice two hundred years,
With q glut OF blood and tears,
Have grown weary with the work
That was given to the Turk,
And the Greek is still slave,
And around his living grave,
Still dishonor's plague-spot clings
To the plotting priests and kings,
Growing nigh
Like hytnas, r0bed and crowned,
Round prey which they have found,
Till II die.
Would God that, when II dies,
From the very corpse might rise,
Like phantom, weird and vast,
Like a resurrected past,
Like prophecy fulfilled.
The old races they deem killed,
The old valor they think dead
And the blood the Turk has shed,
Since its fall,
Seal Byzantium,s crown again,
To kingdom Of true men,
From them all.
-Nao York Pos
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
The RESUMPTION Act.

The Resumption Act is short act OF
three sections. The first provides for the
redemption of the fractional currency in
silver, now going on. The second re-
peals the charge on the coinage of gold
bullion. The third is as follows:
SECTION 8. That Section SLIT of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States, limiting
the aggregate amount of circulating notes of
National banking associations, be and is
hereby repealed and each existing banking
association may increase its circulating notes
in accordance with existing law, without
respect to said aggregate limit, and new
banking associations may be organized in
accordance with existing law, without re-
spect to said aggregate limit: and the pro-
visions C law for the withdrawal and redis-
tributioI of National bank currency among
the sew raj States and Territories are hereby
repealed. And whenever, and so often, as
circulating notes shall be issued to any such
banking association, so increasing its capi-
tai or circulating notes, or so newly organ
lied as aforesaid, II shall be the duty OF the
Secretary of the Treasury to redeem the
l.gal.tender United States notes in excess
of $500, ,OO0, 900, to the amount Of eighty per
centum of the sum of National Bank Notes
so issued to any such banking association as
aforesaid, and to continue such redemption
as such circulating notes are issued, until
there shall be outstanding the sum OF $780,
100000 of such legal-tender United States
notes, and no more. And on and after the
1st day of January, A. ID. 1879, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall redeem, in coin, the
United States legal.tender notes then out
standing, on their presentation for redemp-
ton at the office Of the Assistant Treasurer
of the United States, in the city of New
York, in sums of not less than fifty dollars.
And to enable the Secretary of the Treasury
to prepare and provide for the redemption
in this act authorized or required, he is
authorized to use any surplus revenues from
time to time in the Treasury, not otherwise
appropriated, and 70 ISSUE, sell, and dispose
OF, at not less than par, in coin, either OF the
descriptions of bonds of the United States,
described in the act of Congress, approved
July IA, 1870, entitled, An act to authorize
the refunding Of the National debt" with
like qualities, privileges, and exemptions,
to the extent necessary to carry this act
into full effect, and to use the proceeds
thereof for the purposes aforesaid. And all
provisions of law inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby repealed.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03
LIFE.
BY SARAH r. BOLTON.

They say that we should not tell the young
That life is full of sorrow
That, II the sky be bright to-day,
A storm will come tomorrow;
That loves delicious morning dream,
And fancy's fine ideal,
Are mockeries Of the actual,
The hard, unlovely real.
That disappointment follows fast
The footsteps Of ambition;
That hopes fair promises are false.
Aud come not to fruition;
That fame Is hut an idle breath,
And lofty place and power
Are evanescent as the bow
That spans summer shower.
That no man goes the way he would
Nor wins the thing he wanted;
That brightest paths are set with thorns,
And farest thresholds haunted;
That when we nearly grasp the prize
We sought with long endeavOr,
Some seeming trife bears II thence,
Beyond our reach forever.
That all the way TO threescore and ten,
From life's serene beginning,
Is Laved by every human soul
With failures, faults and SHINING;
That all we get to have and hold,
When death shall loose LIES fetter,
Is worthless, save our trust in God
For something surer, better.
-Indianapolis Journal.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03

The only train from Vera Cruz to the
City of Mexico leaves about midnight,
and one entire car is devoted to the es-
cort of fifty soldiers, whose duty it is to
see the passengers safely through the
region of lawlessness and rebellion.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03

DAYTON Journal: The Indian Terri
tory contains sixty-one thousand Chero-
KEGS, Greeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws,
Seminoles, and other civilized Indians.
About half of these are full-blooded In
dians; the remainder are Of all shades,
from that to white. They have govern
ments which are republican in form, and
are about as we'll off as their near neigh
bors in Arkansas and Missouri. Perhaps
it would be hasty TO say that all Indians
are incapable of civilization.
The Lake County star., 1876-08-03

AN Illinois chap, in describing a gale
of wind says: "A white dog, while at
tempting to weather the gale, was caught
with his mouth open, and turned CON-
pletely inside out"