The Lake County star., 1876-06-01

W ehO hooohipiy, iOm SOIslCd. Ills sue
cess was only rendered possible by the
emphatic refusal of the Assembly to re-
ceive M. Rouher, and by the latter's
p Withdrawing his opposition to Prince
Jerome.
The ages of sixteen Shakers who have
died recently are given in a recent issue
ofthe Shaker, from which it would appear
that longevity is characteristic of the
life led by the members of this COM
munity. Leaving out the exceptional
case of one of these, who died at the age
of thirty-five, the average isover seventy
eight years.
A. COMPUTATION of the time required
for the formation of seam of coal has
been made by Mr.. E. A. Wunsch, of the
Glasgow Geological Society, based upon
his own observations in the Isle of Arran.
He thinks that as many as twenty gen.
erations OF trees are compressed into
three or four inches of coal there, and
that eighteen centuries are requisite for
the formation of one foot of COAL.
A CHINESE History of the French and
German war has been presented to the
British Museum. 1t was compiled by
the authors, Wang Taou and Chang
Tsungleang, from the European news
papers, and is said to be performance
very creditable to the critical abilities of
the authors. Probably it will not be in
very great demand as work of refer
ence, but as literary curiosity is inter-
esting. The names, done into Chinese,
and restored to English, look curious in
the transformation. Benedict becomes
Peen-ni-teh-ti, Ems is Ims-zee, and Sedan
is Sze-tan.
GENERAL PLEAsANToN, of cavalry
fame, has elaborated new theory of the
universe that is to upset Newton's law of
gravitation, and reduce the circulation
of blood and all vital force in animals
and plants, as well as the phenomenal of
light, heat, and magnetism, to manifesto
tiOns of electricity. He rejects wholly
the theory that the sun is surrounded by.
luminous atmosphere of metallic gases,
and holds that it is simply huge refec-
tor and magnet, regulating, by its at
traction as such, the movement of the
planets. The most curious feature of his
theory is the application of it to the
phenomena of life in man, as to which he
claims that all vital forces in the human
system depend upon electricity, and that
he finds in our bodies that precise
relation of acid and alkaloid fluids neces-
sary to the development of electricity.
The centennial collection of revolu-
tiOnary relics has just been enriched by
the addition to its treasures of the actual
miniature portrait of Washington worn
by his wife up to the time of her death.
The medallion is an oval, about eight
inches in circumference, faithfully
painted and plainly mounted in heavy
gold. The face bears striking resem-
blance to Stuart's portraits of Washing
ton. The reverse of the miniature con-
tains liberal lock of hair, light brown,
freely sprinkled with gray, taken from
the head of the Father of His Country"
The portrait was evidently taken while
Washington occupied the Presidential
chair. On the death of Lady Washing.
ton this medallion, by request, went to
Mrs. Tobias Lear, her niece, whose hus-
band was Washington's favorite private
Secretary. 1t is now owned by Mrs. Wi
liam Eyre, of Newport, Rhode Island,
formerly of Philadelphia, who is grand
daughter OF Mrs. Lear.
ONE of the fine charities of New York |
which is growing in popularity every
year is the Flower Mission, which collects |
flowers from all sources and distributes |
them among the sick in the hospitals
and asylums, and at their homes when
they are too poor to buy them. They
are impartially distributed, without re-
gard to party, sect or class, and often.
carry messages of kindness and sugges-
tions of care and comfort and love which
are more helpful and invigorating than
medicines. One excellent thing accom-
plished by the mission is that it gives an
opportunity to so many charitable ladies
to visit those they can help and cheer.
Last year over thousand poor. sick peo-
pie were visited by the fower-giving
ladies, who but for the flowers would
have had no excuse for visiting them.
The expense of the mission has been only
about 800 in six years, which is another
recommendation of it to public notice.
Then 1t gives young ladies something to
do which is calculated to initiate them
into the deep mysteries of sorrow and
habits of practical benevolence.
THE Reading (Pa.) Eagles CORES.
.pondent reports that as he was passing
the farm of wealthy Bethel township
farmer, his attention was called to a
woman in the distance who was follow
ing after a, span of spirited horses at
tached to large spike harrow. As she
approached nearer she was seen to be the
daughter of the owner of the premises,
beautiful young lady of about nineteen
summers. She was cheerfully walking
behind the harrow, in the plowhed
ground, line in hand, guiding the horses,
and when she came to the fence
BetawoaP was uttered as clearly and
distinctly as though she had never done
anything else but drive team. The Eagle
representative approached and remarked
that her work was hard for one of her
SEX" when she replied, ooh, no cheer.
fully do this" She then said that sbe
rose at four o'clock in the morning.
milked ten cows, fed the pigs. then