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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25

The other day one of the clerks in a
Washington Street store found the por-
ter crammed among the boxes down
cellar, with pen, ink, and paper before
him.
Writing a letter, ell ?" queried the
clerk.
eyes; writing to the old man in
Buffalo"
He handed up the half-written letter
for inspection, and presently the. clerk re-
marked:
81 see you spell jug g-u-g;' that isn't
right"
"Of course not" replied the porter,
"but you see ! am writing to the old
man, and he always spells that way. If
L put the other 'g' to il, he would
think | was putting on style over him
and forgetting that was his son. He's
good-hearted, and don't want to hurt
his feelings"
The letter went off with only one "g"
at the end of "gug."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25
How they Guard Against Theater Fires
In Germany.

The best method to guard against
these calamities seems to be that which
ia carried on in the theaters Of the chief
cities of the continent of Europe. In the
leading opera-houses and theatersi in Ber-
lin, Dresden, Leipsic, and Vienna, the
theaters paw certain annual tax to the
fire department, under government
control. The government in turn, ana
the fire department guarantees
exemptions from these dreadful ho!o-
causts by this arrangement. In every
theater there is fixed great iron-curtain,
made of three thicknesses OF sheet iron,
arranged to be telescoped" or shaken
out, at will, and so placed in solid
grooves, in the main walls, as to be IN
stantly drawn up or let down, right
across the front of the stage. So snugly
and solidly is this iron curtain arranged,
and so completely up to the ceiling docs
il extend, that in case of fire on the
stage (and there is where the fire always
occurs) the fire department can be com.
pletely shut off from the auditorium; all
the draught is prevented, and thus the
crowd has a chance to escape quietly,
while a fre-guard, consisting or four men
from the fire department, go systemati-
cally at work to extinguish the fire on
the stage. These four men must be ON
hand-four at every theater-on every
night when there is play. They are
stationed al the entrances in the wingss,
and silently await the accident that will
call them TO energetic work. A super
intendent from the fire department en-
ters every theater at some moment which
these firemen cannot anticipate to see
that they are at the post of duty; ana II
any one fails to be present, his punish-
ment Is swift, sharp, certain.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25
A Sixty.fOOt Meteor Flashes Aero
Seven States.

The West has been considerably walked
up by the immense meteor which flashed
across the Mississippi and the great lakes,
on Thursday evening, December 2S.
From a comparison ofcrude observations,
Elias Colbert, the astronomical editor of
the Chicago Tribune, finds that it must
have been as much as sixty feet in diam
eter, and taken a course from Lawrence,
Kan, to Miami County, on the eastern
border of that State; across Missouri,
from Cass to Marion County; across Illi-
nois, from Adams to Iroquois County;
across Indiana, from the southern pOr-
tion of Newton County to Fort Wayne,
Allen County from there across Ohio to
the Southern point of Lake Erie, and
over the northwestern corner OF Penn
sylvania into New York State. 1t was
visible in the earth's atmosphere for one
tbousand,miles and was twenty-five miles
high over Kansas and forty miles over
Ohio, falling to the ground in Western
New York or in Lake Ontario. This
small heavenly body was undoubtedly one
of the great meteOric belt which revolves
around the sun in an elliptical orbit,
travelling at the rate of about twenty
miles a secOnd-about the earth's velo-
city. 1t was dark when in the upper sky
and became visible only when set afire
by friction with the earth's atmosphere.
This meteor suffered series ofexplosions
while in sight, which implies, says Mr..
Colbert, that it was not mainly of iron
or any solid or homogeneous material,
but probably of clay, flint, lime, potash,
and coal, which burned and sloughed of
in its passage through the air. 1t per-
haps became nearly dissipated before
reaching the ground. Says Mr.. Colbert:
"The meteorite that rushes blazing |
through our atmosphere is a world on |
fire. 1t is not probable that any living |
beings are destroyed by the confagration,
because that little world has long since
chilled down past the point at which Or
yanized forms could exist on its surface.
But the earth is passing slowly towards
hat point, too-as our moon appears to
nave already passed it-and when she has
ceased to be useful, her turn, too, will
,ome, though many long cons of death
nay precede the grand collapse. An
llogy warrants the inference that as our
and our greater world must
perish in their turn. and drop to dust,
10 the sun and stars have the same future
before them"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25
HerOism Rewarded.

Some time ago a poor factory opera
tive had his leg amputated in the Man
chester infrmary, and the loss Of blood
was so great that his life was given up
as hopeless, and he was all but dead,
when DIR. Hardie stated that nothing
but an infuson of human blood would
save his life. Mr.. Irwin, one of the stu
dents in the Manchester infrmary, vol.
unteered to be bled at the risk of his
own life, and twenty-five ounces of his
blood were taken from him and imme-
diately infused into the veins of the
patient, who is now quite recovered.
The Baron Barreto, having heard of this
heroic act from DIR. Hardie, who per-
formed the operation, considered that
some recognition should be made to Mr..
Irwin for saving the life of fellow crea-
ture at the risk of his own. He has pre-
sented Mr.. Irwin with massive chased
silver cup, upon which Is the following
inscription: This silver cup was pre-
sented, October, 1876, by the Baron
Barreto, of Brandon Park, Suffolk, to
Joseph Henry Irwin, Esq, at the Infrm..
ary, Manchester, as a remembrance OF
his heroic bravery in allowing twenty
FIVE ounces OF his own life's blood, to
save the life of fellow creature, which
was infused into the veins of the poor
dying man, whereby his life was saved
and he quite recovered"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25

THERE is a fine story going about the
newspapers to the effect that Washing
ton Irving was once greatly attached to a
beautiful Philadelphia Hebrew, whose
parents opposed their marriage on the
score of religion, and that Irving, hav-
ing described this lovely lady TO Scott
during mis- first visit to him, the great
novelist Immediately chose her as the
heroine of "Ivanhoe." This is an ex-
cessively pleasant little tale; only 1t hap
pens that Irving first visited Scott after
"Iyanhoe" was written.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25

Several years ago the wife of Alonzo
Hayward, of San Francisco, obtained a
divorce from her husband, and received
from him full half of his property, then
amounting to many millions of dollars
Since the separation his circumstances
have undergone great change for the
worse, and his divorced wife has re-
peatedly offered him large part of her
portion. As he persistently refused to
accept cent of 1t, she has altered her
tack, and courted him 80 warmly that
their re-marriage Is reported as soon to
take place.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25
BEHIND a CLOUD.
BY JosEPHInK POLLARD.

Where Is the great round moon 90 bright,
That shone SO lovely, mamma, last night,
IL seemed 10 me like another day
Where does II 60 and where does IL stay
When the sky Is dark, or the rain-drops fail
So we cannot see the sky at all,
Where Is the moonlight soft and clear.2
Hiding behind a cloud, my dear.
missed q smile from the baby's face,
And strove to discover its hiding-placel:
Over and over, and up and down,
Nothing there but an ugly frowni
And In the violet eyes a tear
What has troubled my baby dear
Laugh, my pretty one laugh out loud
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25

The Jews of this country do not favor
the scheme of founding an lsraelitlsh
kingdom in Palestine. The Je'olsh Mes
sencer of New York rays: "Our Hebrew
country would for nothing in the world
ever renounce their beautiful title Of
American Citizens"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25

AT fair in Fall River, Mass, q saw
and saw horse awarded to the LATEST
man in town were given back by the re-
cipient, who declared himself too lazy
10 ocarry them home.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25

WASHINGTON Natson: The Omaha
Republican corrects an error in original
poetry by saying: I'm the third line of
Inc third stanza read trusted instead
of busted After all, the error is not
so great as might have been supposed,
for every business man who has trusted
has sooner or later been busted, and 1t
is not worth while to disturb poetry for
q little thing like that"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25

FORESIGHT is simple, afterthought
very complicated.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25

w
/ would remark, in conclusion, that
my wife takes all the credit Of the in
yestment.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25
ODDS AND ENDS.

my friends" said minister as pre-
face to his sermon, "let us say few
words before we begin"
The reason seventeen pianO-makers
didn't get the prize at the Centennial is
because only sixteen pianos were ex-
hibited.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-25

Services OF Jim for ten daya."..."...-..." slo "
ola clothes left behind.."..".............."" o'
Satisfaction at having saved my sister a. ooo =,
in-law, from pessible marriage with io'ooo "
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23
On. Y 7ribune.)

However soon, or in whatever way, the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad strikers may
be brought to their senses-Whether they
carry their point, which they are not likely
to do, or find the laws of the land toe
strong for them-there has already been
criminal folly enough to furnish food for
melancholy but instructive reflection.
The pay of first-class fremen on this road
has been $l.75, and has been reduced to
$l.5S, per diem; that Of second-class fire.
men has been $l.50 per diem, and has
been reduced to $l,35. If this small
dimlnution had been wantODly made
merely from motives of greed and in q
spirit of tyranny-the strikers might have
just reason for complaint, though none for
barbarous and criminal action; but all dis
interested persons understand that
rational employers never cut down wages
at the risk of losing skilled labor, unless
the general commercial situation and the
equity of the whole matter justify them in
doing so. 1t is not the fault of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad company, if in
dustrial interests are in PROSTATE con-
dition. Other things being equal, the
sensible employer likes to pay the highest
rate of wages consistent with prudence
and in the present case it Is evident that
the company has made the reduction as
small as possible. Moreover, there was
no invidious distinction. The pay of all
the employed, of whatever grades, was
equally diminished All accepted the
change quietly except the fremen and the
men who run the freight trains. The
places which they lett were promptly
supplied, as in the present condition of
the labor market they might easily be.
Then came the old and shameful spirit
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23

The strike on the Baltimore & Ohio
road is not strike for higher wages. 1t
is strike to resist a reduction. The
cause of it is the shrinkage of values aud
the diminution of earnings, We have de-
voted one or two articles towards an at
tempt to show that that is an abiding
cause not soon nor lightly to be removed.
1t behooves all laboring men and all EN-
ployers of labor to recognize that fact. Ii
has been recognized already Ia many COM
mcrcial undertakings large and small
Some corporations and individual employ
ers, with more foresight than their neigh
bOrs, or acting under sharper pressure
of necessity, have many months ago made
this reduction, and are now under snua
sail. " A majority, perhaps, Of private
employers have already adjusted thei
| business to its new conditions. There
have been no strikes with them. The
strikes have occurred where the new con
ditions OF labor and all business have come
into conflict with great aud powerful
trades unions which have refused to yielC
to or to recognize these new conditions
The power of these trades-uniOns has beef
demonstrated in keeping their member
| for the time being in circumstances ex
ceptionally good as compared with thu
community. Their exceptional wage
form, of course, large item on the wroDl
side of the national balance-sheet, and il
the long run they are sure to suffer will
the rest in the results. But up to thu
present time they have been, comparative
ly speaking, better off than other classes
and TO the corporations to which stoppag'
Of work meant ruin they have managed t
present the further alternative of trades
union rates or stoppage Of work. This
cannot last forever No intelligen
mechanic needs to be told that a strike i,
an absolute waste aud absolute loss, auc
that if he is compelled to submit at last Il
a reduction he is poorer than he would
otherwise have been by what he would
have earned while he was idle and useless
He might be worse than idle and useles:
by resortiuG to violence or dishonesty II
enforce his demands. He has made tha
resort in West Virginia, and tho riotou:
strikers will suffer 1t will be well if the
peaeeable strikers do not suffer with them
and society does not hold trades union
responsible for the crimes committed in
| It's name.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23

EVERLASTING PERFUME!-Murray x
Lanman's Florida Water has often been
styled the Everlasting Perfume" 1t is
indeed true that its delightful and refresh
ing fragrance fingers for many days around
whatever it touches-unlike the ordinary
perfumes, that leave no trace CT their mo-
mentray existence save the sickly, heavy
odor Of rancid oils, Buyers should always
ask for the Florida Water prepared By
Lauman & Kemp, New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23
HAIR DYE.
HAIR DYE.

BACHELORS CELEBRATED HAIR DYE.
best in the world. The inventor has used this
SPLENDID Hair DYE for 81 years with benefit to the
hair, and injury to his health; proof that ii is
the only true and perfect Dye, Harmless, reliable,
instantaneous. No disappointment; no ridiculous
tints; remedies the i'll effects of bad dyes leaves
the hair soft and beautiful Black or Brown. Sold
and properly applied at BACHELORS Wig Fac
tory, No. l6 Bond street, n, Y, Sold by all drug
gists
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23

of intimidation, which no good citizen, no
sound economist, no conscientious en-
ployer, and no honest person, can regard
without the deepest indignation and even
adherence. Ifaly man, no matter how
deeply he may sympathize with labor, or
however doubtful he may be of the disin-
terestedness of capitaA can say single
word in extenuation of the conduct of the
riotous train-hands at MartiDsbHrg. he will
Concluded on next page.)
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23
BOTTLES
Sold i'll 1876 of This Lin1zaent.

inOnialS
ST CHARLES, Mo.
Vordick's Rheumatic Eminent is wonderful. l
vas laid up for IS weeks; tried everything was
told to try bottle OF Fordicks Celebrated Rheu
matte Linimcnt. Ii cured nae, and must give 1t
all the praise My is too long to tell you all
here. Address me and enclose stamp and win
GEo. j. BoENKER.
Prop of Washington House, corner Clay and Sixth
streets, ST. Charles, Mo.
is a sure cure for Neuralgia.
JoHN Powers.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.
1t cured my back. suffered great deal.
JONATHAN 5. RUDOLPH,
ST. CHARLES. Mo.
l sell it nOY. GEO. f. BoENKER.
recommend it to everyone. It always helped in
our family. Mrs. FORSTER,
Six Mile House, West st Louis.
ST LOUIS, Mo.
can recommend Vordick's Rheumatic Liniment.
never saw any Linlment to beat it,
Yours truly, DANIEL PRINCE.
ST. CHARLES, Mo.
recommend it to everyone for the above com
plants This Liniment has done great wonders.
Yours turly, FRED HACKMAN.
1 can recommend VerdIcks Rheumatic Lintment
one Cf the greatest Liniments the world can pro
duce / had very sore hand, sprained while
catching fly ball. Yours truly,
Catcher of Red Stockings Base Ball Club.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.
/ always keep Vordick's Celebrated Rheumatic
LnimeEt in the house. 1t is good remedy for all
il CLAIMS aboye. G g GATHER,
st. Louis Four-Mie House.
l recommend it TO all afflicted. It is friend in
the house, Yours truly, SETH CHAPMAN,
WARRINGTON Mo
1t is great Liniment for all pains. 1t makes nc
difference where you have a pain, it will cure it,
Yours truly, HENRY Rowe.
CALIFORNIA, Mo.
Ii isa great remedy for Rheumatism and Neu-
ralgia, l say it Will cure every case.
am yours, JOHN HOWARD.
WENTZvILLE, Mo.
l sell Vordick's Rheumatic Liniment in my store.
They al praise it every day when they come to me
for 1t. Yours, HENRY WEDERKEMPER.
Thousands more OF testimonials but space does
not allow more.
Jefferson Avenue and Benton ST.. ST. LOUIS.
sold by all Rock Island Druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23
A Perfect Toilet Soap.

First among the requisites Of the toilet a good
article of Soap, but TO procure it is not always
easy matter. Many Of the most expensive Soaps in
the market are made from coarse and deleteriUus
materials, and their delicate cOlOrng and fragrant
perfume too often conceal the most repusive inn
purities The disclosures recently made public
regarding this subject are positively startling and
deserve serious consideration. Scented Soaps are
now known to be extremely Objectionable, especial
~ If applied to the head; njuring the hair irrita
ung the SCALP and inducing severe headaches The
character Of the ingredients may be inferred from
the statement OF gentlemen who makes the scent
ing of Soaps his business he recently declared that
persOns engaged in this employment were short
lived; from seven TO ten years being the longest
lowed.
The difficulty of procuring perfectly pure arti-
Gle OF toilet soap is at last Obviated, however,
thanks to the enterprise and chemical skill of Mr.
Z. 7. Rabbit, of New York, the world-renowned
Soap Manufacturer, whose immense establishment
is by lar the greatest o. the kind in the United
States The renown of Mr.. Rabbits various pro-
auctions has for many years been widely disseIn-
mated, but this latest is the appropriate
crown to the numerous victories already achieved
After years of patient labor and scientific experi
ment. Mr.. Babbitt has succeeded in perfectinE the
composition of the frest toilet soap ever intro
aueed The principal ingredients are the purest
vegetable oils; the manufacturing processes are
entirely new and original, and the result is simply
unpara, leled In this department OF industry.
- "B. 7. Rabbits Toilet Soap" is the trade mark
by which this elegant toilet luxury is designated,
and for applications to the delicate skin of infants
children and ladies' it is altogether uneuuaed in its
emollient properties This Soap is not perfumed
the ingredients being Of snph absolute purity as TO
require no aid from chemistry to Disguise inferior
materials The most refined taste considers the
absence Of artificial perfume the perfection of
sweetness, and this peculiar characteristic of b.
Babbiits Toilet Soap renders IL the most heathful
and agreeable article of the kind ever manufac.
tured.
Though specially desirable for the use of ladies
and children, this Soap equally appropriate for
gentlemen's toilet, and as il makes heavy lather
Il is also one of the finest soaps for BARRIERS use
IL is just being placed upon the market, but the
demand for it will soon become general.-N. Y,
Tribune.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23
MOSQUITO BITES, VEGETABLE POISORS,

Ring Worm, Burns, Chilbains, Itching of the Head
and ali Eruptions Of the Skin, Face or Body imme
diately cured by Bachelors Curative Ointment.
Sold wholesale and retail at Factory, No. Is Bond
street, and by all druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23
HOTEL DOVENSHIRE.

opposite Grand Central Depot, on 4Ist and 42d Sts
bet. 4th and 9Th Avenues, New York
THE HOTEL DEvoNsHIRE is a new first class Ho.
Tel, elegantly furnished and well ventilated Every
room Is bright and cheerful. The hotel is modern
structure, built expressly Cor rst-class house and
has every modern Improvement 1t is conducted
on the European Plan, at moderate charges
Persons visiting the city win save carriage hire and
secure the best accommodations for the smallest
cost, by stopping at the Hotel Devonshire.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23
Centennial Exhibition Prize Medal Awarde
Eagle Anvil Works
Established 1S43. !

Made at the Oldest Anvil manufactory in this
country. All English Anvils, after a time become
following on the face by continued hammering in
use account of the fibroUs nature of the wrought
iron-oGusng II to tsettle, under the steel.
But the body Of the Eagle Anvil being Of crys-
taliZed iron, such settling cannot occur; and the
steel face therefore remains perfectly true. Also.
it has the great advantage, that being of a more
SOLID material, and, consequently with less re-
bound the piece forged receives the FULL effect
Of the hammer, instead of part of 1t being wasted
by the rebound, as With wrought iron Anvil.
More work can therefore be done on this Anvil
with hammer one-ifh lighter than required for a
wrought iron Anvil which is more elastic
The working surface is IN one piece OF JBssoP's
BEST Tool CAST Steel, accurately ground, hard
ened and given the proper temper for the heaV' ~
work. The horn is OF tough untempered steel.
The cast steel surface is warranted to be
oughly welded and not to come off.
PRICE LIST OCTOBER 1sT, 1876.
Anvls weighing 100 fbs to 500 lbs. cts per h.
Smaller AnvilS, ('Mipims. from as to IS each.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23
v, A'GATCHELOR'S ALASKA SEAL OIL
for the HAIR The Best Hair Oil in use
BEAUTIFUL TEETH WHITE As PEARLS

Sound, Healthy Gums, Breath Fragrant as the RIOS,
secared by using w A. Batchelsr's Dentifrice. Solt
wholesale and retail at Factory No. is Bond street
N. Y. and by all druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23
DooIey's Patent Combination
TOE-CALKS.

Put up in boxes containing % lbs, each.
These Toe-Calks are made from Steel converted
from carefully selected brands OF Norway and
Swedes Iron by special process which ensures the
utmost ease in welding, together with the greatest
durability in wear
For sale by all iron, steel and hardware dealers
throughout New England Manufactured solely
by CT. DEWICK & CO.
800 Dorchester Ave-, South Boston, Mass
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23

GREENS PATENT sHIRT-BosoM, STRETCH
u er and Ironing Board. Most perfect, durabls
and cheapest ironing board in the world. Away;
ready for use; needs adjusting; fits any shirt
never cut of order. Agents Wanted.
GREEN BROS, Manufacturers
159 LaSalle Street, .....-..--.... CHICAGO.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-23
". A. RaTCHELDR's NEW CqeaETlQgE

Black or Bra wn for tinting thesHa
Whiskers or Mustachois without greasng them.
Sold wholesale and retail at factory, 10 Bond St.
New York, and by all druggists. Ask for them.