The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-05

w Queen iHItxoDef0t dQmlunG the eiO-
Quence Of the tE8rQQ5s o. Medina,
SPANISH noble1nany onplimented him
ID it, begging at the same time to
know who p0sses6ed the heart Of 90
accomplished q cavalier. MADAM"
said he, "a lover risks too much on
such an occasion; but your Majesty's
will is law Excuse me-, however, II /
fear to namedher, hut request your Ma
jesty's acceptance' Of her portrait" He
Smst hera looking glass. -lasi'
= sWheriS Davy was In Sicily he was
studying geology, and the rap and
clatter OF his hammer among the rocks
astOnished the Catanian peasants, who
accounted him mad. They told their
priest OF the danger from the maniac,
but Davy had seen the priest before
them; his reverence quietly intimated
to the peasants that 1t was a foreign
gentleman from o far-off land who was
'practicing a pepance. payy was then
regarded by The ,Cantanians as Q saint.
He has since been regarded by the
world a. a.philoeopher.',h 81. .ls
Prior to the union between Scotland
and England there was considera-
BILE trade with Holland in plaiding
and .ginghams, which were sent out
Thy the Dutch to Che Rr&zils- The low
wages paid to the servants, who are
said to have rdrpnk spring water
more frequently than ale," enabled
the Scotch merchants TO undersell
their competitors in the Dutch market.
In Aberdeenshire this manufacture
was carried to a great extent, q. great
quantity of wopl being imported from
the South for that purpose; 80 that
Aberdeen was supposed to bring more
money into Scotland than any town Of
the Kingdom beside. tx, f.
In the reign of Queen Anne, court
ladies voluntarily contracted the dis
gushing habit Of taking snuff. A lady
writing in 171z describes herself as an
Insignificant creature, who dressed not,
took no snuff, and did no fashionable
things. Lady Betty Modish, who
would acsept no gift from her lover,
save q snuffbox, asserts, ''slncerity In
love Is as much out Of fashion as sweet
SNUFF, nobody, takes 1t now.n Steele,
who was very fastidious--thOugh in
the case In point not too much so.
ipyeighsd loudly against the impertf-.
lieht custom the women had fallen
into; which, whether performed CO.
quettishly or with sedate, masculine
air, was, In his eyes, equally disagree
He describes Mrs. salnter--taking
snuff as often as salt with her meals,
with such wonderful negligence that
an upper lip covered with snuff and
sauce was presented 20 all who had the
honor OF dining with her. He could
pardon beauties who manipulated. the
snuff-box for the sake of displaying q
pretty hand; but thought Flaville
went a little too far in pulling out her
box, I'm the middle Of the sermon, and
offering Il to the man or woman sitting
near her. as well as inviting the
church warden to take pinch, rs she
dropped her contribution into the
plate. NJ = 4 1ll
On q bank of the Irvine Water is
the spot where the pickering Bush"
once grew, marking the scene Of the
first blow that;was struck by the young
Knight Of fEderslie for his native
hnds "A wall u thleS miles over that
GleaShhee range OF Hills, whiehr no
gracIously breaks the force Of the life
destroying east wind, will take you to
the old castle that has the best claim
to be called the cradle Of the Stuarts--
f0f there Robert l.. was born, and
there, too, he died. The heads OF Ayr
point TO the home, II not the birthplace.
Of Robert the Bruce pestllng at the
foot of Brown Carrick Hill are the cot
tage and sylvan shades where another
mighty monarch Of the north was born
and nurtured; and in the whole ex-
psnse Of country from the Hill Of Stake
nv as5tE Asrd1s s S.. Ssy 20 2,
moor that IL not sprinkled with mar
sst Charm In tkIs fsnSscaps scomss
from ire rich human associations that
make this country q rich human mi-
erocosmt lkyyDhIu n indeed to the
annals of Scotland what Arran Ii to
her geoldeyl Here / bShold gathered
up In. one. most eloquent nook the
Whole 81 Dun national history, IT.
struggles for Independence, it,. grand
religious conflict, and finally tho step.
ping forth ~ the co1pOp people TO as-
sert themselves, ana 20 rear the fabric
Of . noblev 6o9te On the ruins Of feu-,
dallsm. The last great work was SYM
bolised b. Burns; and IL 10 fltting,
therefore, that the shire which gave
him birth, end Within whose borders
Re spent the most Of his brief life,
phsyld bAcailsd kyh nape. y mol.