The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-26
ODDS AND ENDS.

THERE is nothing 30 cheap, no aus W
education so important, no lnstru-
mentalities which assist 80 largely IN
making a home bright and pleasant as
books, newspapers, and magazines.
THE SUM total of railway lines through
the principal countries of the world
reaches a distance nearly fourteen times
the circumference of the globe, or one
half times journey to the moon.
OLD DIR. Sam johnson knew what he
was talking about when in his dlction-
arv he nut this definition: Network
ANYTHING reticulated or decussated at
equal distances, with insterstices pe-
tween the intersections"
To THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE.
Roll on, thou ball. roll on! -
Through pathess realms OF space
Roll onl
What though Pm in a sorry case
What though cannot meet my DiIs
What though suffer toothache's lns'
What though swallow countiessp'
Never you mind;
Roll onl
Roll on, thou ball, roll on
Through seas Of inky air
Roll onl
| It's true I've got no shirts 10 wear
It's true my butchers bill Is Que
it's true my prospects all look blue,
But don't let that unsettle you!
| Never you mind;
i''' VII By Miserable Wretch.
A STATE of health-Md.-Danbury
Neaus. A state of Observation-Disclosures
ington Nation. A fatherly state-fa.-
Norristown Herald. A girlish state,
Miss.-Philadelphia Bulletin. A decimal
state-Tenn.
BAD luck is simply a man with his
hands in his pocket and pipe in his
mouth. looking to see how IL VIII cone CON-.
ont Good luck is man of pluck, with
his sleeves rolled upand working to make
! it come out right.
Ir has become the fashion to abolish
the use of the tablecloth at tea, and have
this meal served on a bare table, it being
, taken for granted that this bit OF furnl-
, tnre is fine work of nature and ART IN
, its beauty and solidity, and in its form
3 and carvings.
TRUTH is but the correspondence DC
tween things and our notions OF them.
To search after truth, to love 1t for its
own sake. are, therefore resolvable into
o loving and striving for notions that con-
q form perfectly to their prototypes. True
= IDEAS are actualities. but truth is nothing
t MEN will improve themselves, If the
J. circumstances in which they are placed
d furnish a stimulus to this improvement
It They will also acquire wealth, II theil
e industry be rewarded, and its fruits en-
is loved and, generally speaking, they
It will become intelligent and vlrtuous, Il
% the means of obtaining knowledge ot
a fairly within their power. +.
WORRIES eat the life away. IheJ
- hiring wrinkles to the face and gray hair
A. to the head, and half tue Time 'ney a,'
- not only absolutely needless, but absurd
a Why, in the name OF all that Is s4 sens,o,e g
r can we not wait until the arauen.
n. sorrow is forced to our lips; ana not sul
Sc needlessly at the cup OF gall ana WORM
in wood2
n, TOLEDO Blade: Now we insist that In
~ Columbus Journal is an organ OF Coy
n ernor Hayes. If it were not 1T woui
ali not dare to deny, in this authorauV
manner. that Hayes sings bass at tn
OK Foundry Church: Hayes can't sing an
ng more than canal boat. He stampede
er- Averilps whole cavalry division en'
ne irving to sing John Browns BODY
'at They thought it was the long roll"
ry THE witness before the court was NJ
,al Wood. "What is your name? z" ask
|, a the clerk. "Ottiwell Wood" answer
we the witness. "Hew do you spell y03
has name?n asked the somewhat puZzl
nus ;udge. Mr.. Wood replied, go double
all I double u, E double l., double U, dout
INV Old" The astonished judge th0ught
ray the most extraordinary name ne ~
ever met with, and, after two e', OF sn1 M,
led attempts to record it, gave IL up am
Tor ron ra of laughter.