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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-02-22

The Belgian government has sub.
scribed $1,000 toward the construction
fund of the proposed new English
chapel in Brussels.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-02-22

The German Baptist churches Of the
United States have total membership
of 1915.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-02-22

THERE are 49,3l6 members of the
Baptist church in Ohio, of whom S77 are
Welsh and 1851 negroes.
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COMPANIONS in arms-Twins.
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A Tonic Without Alcohol.

VIII lthOh -
The Peruvian Syrup is a protected solution
of the protoxide OF iron, which v~italizes, puri-
fcs and enriches the blood. Dyspeptics and
those suffering from chronic diseases read the
following
From Rev. John Gregory, pastor Of the Wes-
leyan Methodist Church, at Pittston, Luzerne
Co., Pa.
My Dear Sir-Having at various times, per-
sonally, and in my own and other families,
tested the great value Of the medicine called
Peruvian Syrup or Protected Solution of Pro-
toxide of Iron, I most cheerfully recommend
it, especially to those who are suffering from
dyspeptic and nervous disorders. AS a reliable
and powerful Alternative, it IS, I think, unsur-
passed; and as a tonic, free from all the objection
able features of alcoholic remedies, it is a most
efficient auxiliary to the temperance cause.
One of the greatest hindrances to the temper
ance reform ct presence is, I think, the medi-
cal use of alcoholic stimulants. Whatever may
be argued as to their necessity in certain cases,
we have in the Peruvian Syrup, a safe and
efficient substitute for those dangerous rene
dies. This testimony is given unsolicited,
with the hope that some who are not yet &C.
quainted with the valuable properties Of the
medicine may be induced to give it a trial.
Yours truly, JOHN GREGORY.
CAUT1oN.-Be sure you get tho Peruvian
Syrup (not Peruvian Bark. Sold by dealers
generally. A thirty-two page pamphlet, coll
tanning q treatise on iron as a medical agent,
and other valuable papers, testimonials from
distinguished physicians, clergymen and
others, will be sent free to any address.
SETH ". FowLE Il Sons, Prop'rs.,
&c Harrison avenue, Boston.
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AllicatOrs i'm Florida.

Notwithstanding the immense num-
bers of alligators which have been killed
during the last four or five years in this
State, they do not seem to decrease in
numbers as one would naturally sup
pose. Captains of steamboats, on the
st. Johns say that they are still APP
parently as numerous as ever, although
very large ones are seldom seen now in
this part of the State, but in the marshes
and lakes of the upper st. Johns and
all over the more southern parts Of the
State, they are still found in large num-
bers. No Il seems to know the length
of time required for an alligator to come
to years of discretion and size, and if
there are any marks by which the age
can be known, they are kept secret, but
it is certain that they are prolific in their
increase, q nest often containing two
hundred eggs, most of which hatch, and,
unless destroyed by violence, a large
proportion of the young are raised. A
few years since, the skins were in de-
mand at from fifty cents to n dollar
each, and thousands were slaughtered.
In one instance, q single individual
killed within q space Of five months over
one thousand to fill a contract, but as
that species of leather soon went out of
fashion the business declined, but seems
to b%ereviving again somewhat. Another
induccment to their capture is the teeth,
which frequently command high prices,
and are a standard article Of commerce
in the Southern markets, mostly for
ornamental purposes. The largest
Florida alligator of which the writer has
been able to obtain an authentic account,
measured eighteen feet in length. Those
exceeding fifteen feet are very rarely
seen in this State. -Jacksonrlllc Union.
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4 Lady i'm a Smoking Car.

We witnessed an amusing incident,
last Friday, while on the river train from
st. Paul to Hastings, says the Farming
ton Press. A lady of good proportions,
we'll dressed, and Of a genteel appear
ance, came into the smoking car, Just as
the train started, and was fixing herself
in position, when we ventured to say
"This is the smoking car"
81 know that as well as you do, sir"
she chcer;ly responded. "Why, how
selfish these men are; they eve want a
lady to enjoy what they do themselves. "
Oh course we subsidized.
Seating herself at her ease near an
open window, the lady at once proceeded
to draw from a neat case a cigar, which
she lighted and then pulled away with
evident relish. She minded her own
business until a rude customer Of the
masculine gender "a little too full of
beer) ventured to take a seat beside.her.
But this merely she did not resent.
Pulling out his cigar he asked the lady
for q match. She politely responded,
and continued smoking, putting the
fumes out of the window. A minute or
two afterwarl the masculine hitched a
little nearer and made some inquiry that
madam did not consider relevant. She
raised her voice, and in clear and very
distinct tones remarked "You are
getting impertinent, sir. 1t is none OF
your business where I am from or where
1 am going to. I have the same right to
sit here that you have, and if you don't
behave yourself I shall speak to the con
ductor." She then proceeded coolly
with her smoking, and that chap got up
! and busted.
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"Canker in tho Bud.o

You watch its development with expectsnt
solicitude-the choice, 'exquisitely nodded bud
which promises to unfold with the perfect
flower. You perhaps think how it will adorn
the d~rawing-room vase, and anticipate the
pleasure Of showing it to your fower-loving
friends. But some morning you find its head
dropping, its fragrance fled, and an ugly purple
spot on one of the delicately-tinted petals. 1t
is the poets "canker in the bud" How often
the loathsome canker blights the cherished
"infant blossoms" in our household gardens
those human buds which give earnest Of a
brilliant future. The noisome canker, 80 long
concealed-scrofula at length reveals its dread
ed presence and to our bright hopes succeeds
the most agonizing fear for we know the fatal
It is estimated by eminent medical authorities
that ut least one-tifth Of mankind are afflicted
with this insidious malady. But its rayages
are 80 secret, that even it's victims are unaware
of its presence until it suddenly discloses itself
in some of its myriad and ofttimes fatal forms.
A slight cutaneous eruption is often the only
Indicator of its presence. The only means of
exterminating this disease from the system is
by o thorough course Of constitutional treat
ment. This treatment must fulfill three indica-
tons, namely: promote nutrition, alter or purify
the blood, and arrest disorganization of the
tissues and the formation of tubercles. No
more efficient. Alternative can be employed for
these purposes than DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery. While imparting strength and
tone to the digestive organs it ~cleanses the
blood and heals the diseased tissues. Test its
virtues ere the deadly canker has blighted tho
1ifn vp11 prizn
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Fences. railroad tracks and bridges were swept

Fences, railroad tracks and bridges were swept
away, stock was drowned, and in some instances
the crops we're entirely ruined 1.-The failure
of ex-Mayor H. A. Blood, Of Fitchburg, Mass,
is announced. He was O prominent railroad
man, and his liabilities amount to S1,52S,3l
of which is in railroad lands and stocks that
are practically worthless ......The attorney
general has called upon the accounting officers
of the treasury for q copy of the accounts OF
Brigham Young, the Mormon leader, filed in
the treasury twenty years ago, when he was
an Indian agent for the government. 1t ID
intimated that these accounts will furnish tes-
timony againsthim on which to base a prosecu-
ton for various illegal acts committed by him
while acting as Indian agent.
Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse, is dead.
...... During q fight among a squad OF drunken
tramps in Fairview, Pa, two of them were
killed. .....A train of five wagons in the Black
Hills was attacked by robbers and plundered.
.... Ex-Governor Thomas A. Hendricks sailed
for Europe on a pleasure trip. The attorney
general of New York has returned to the coun-
sci Of William NJ. Tweed the statement of testi-
mony which the eX-"Boss", asserted he could
give if he were released from confinement.
The encouragement stated, with the return Of
the statement, that after careful consideration
he had como to the conclusion that the testi-
mony which Tweed asserted he could give
would not justify his release. BY this turn of
affairs Tweed will not be released from custody
rs soon as anticipated. Columbia College
held its one hundred and twenty-third COM
mencemcnt in New York. ..... In Dixon, ILL.,,
the trial Of the Rev. s. H. McGhee, for the
murder of his wife by giving her poison, re-
suited in a verdict of guilty by the jury. The
prisoner belonged to the sect known as Chris
tians," and was pastor Of q church at Ashton,
III ~ no,,~ ,&oxn - n Go11;r-fy uon,a
was laid at Bath, N. Y. The oraror of the day
was Henry Ward Bcecher. ..... The Massachu-
sets Press Association left Boston for New
York on their annual excursion.
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Flowing Wet Soil.

Hardly any practice on the farm is
more to be deprecated than blowing or
stirring the soil in the spring when wet.
This is one of the small operations, af-
fecting oftimes a whole crop, and lasting
injuriously through a whole season.
Unless in a sandy soil stirring or moving
by spade, pillow or harrow when wet tends
to compress and compact its particles,
when the object is or ought to be to pull
verizc and make mellow. GOOD tilIage
is manure" and stirring of wet soil is
only allowable in n brick yard. No i'm
plement, that VIC know OF, is capable of
again opening Jumps of earth to atmos-
pheric ction and influences after they
have once closed up by compression and
become externally hardened. Any one
can observe this by holding q lump
of damp earth in his hand, when
it becomes the consistence of putty.
When exposed to the air it becomes
nearly as hard rs stone.-Scientifc
american.
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1quique for assistance, but the condition
of that place was such that but little
could be afforded. Still q quantity Of
water, the principal necessity, and some
provisions were embarked, with which
the sufferers may be sustained for a little
time. Few, however, remained, the
great majority taking the road for Iqui-
que, eighteen leagues distant, hoping
there to find relief and shelter. Poor
Iquique has enough to occupy her atten-
ton in providing for her own wants.
At Huanillos, another guano loading
station, the damage inflicted was fearful.
All the houses were destroyed the
guano cuts have fallen in, and rs at
Pabellon nil loading must be suspended
for at least two months, as that time will
be requisite to effect the necessary re-
pairs. At Huanillos the a which
succeeded the earthquake and completed
the work OF destruction was nearly sixty
feet in height.
At Punta De Lobos two vessels were
lost-the Havre (French) and Shamrock
(English). Fourteen ships were more
or less injured. The loading fleet, or at
least the survivors, must come back to
Callao for the extensive repairs they re-
quire, and already two vessels have AZ
rived bringing some of the wretched vic
Tins of the disaster, who are properly
cared for by the authorities. Antofa-
gasta, Mexillones, Tocopilla and Cobiia,
towns on the coast of Bolivia, met with
the same misfortune and earthquake and
tidal wave, at the same time, and are in
all identical condition with Iquique and
africa. At Antofagasta the atmosphere
was Illuminated by a red glare which
was supposed to proceed from the vol
cano of San Pedro de Atacama, a few
leagues in the interior. The sea com.
pletely swept the business portion of the
town during four hours. The vessels in
the harbor stood ont, and the steamer
Amazonas, about to commence discharg-
ing when the movement took place, had
a narrow escape from destruction. Sew
eral lives were lost.
Mexillones was visited by a tidal wave
sixty-tive feet in height; two-thirds of
the town completely o%bliterated; guana
shoots, wharves, launches, boats, water
distilleries, railway station, locomotives,
cars and furniture all swallowed up by
the Unsuitable enemy, the sea. At Mexil-
ZONES SIX persons were drowned. At
Tocopilla little or nothing remains Of the
town. A mine four miles to the south
ward, sank in, s%mothering two hundred
%workmen, of whom forty were Cornish
miners.
Cobija, the principal town on the Boil
van coast, has lost th%ree-tourths of its
houses. The wave, thirty-ive feet high,
swept along the main business street and
left it as level as the desert. Wharves
and launches were all carried out to sea.
The church spire was knocked over, and
even consecrated ground was entered
the cemetery suffering somewhat from
the watery foe. All of these towns are in
the greatest distress; water is wanted.
The condensers being on the very sea
shore, were the first objects overwhelmed
by the waves.
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THE RESOURCES OF TURKEY.
Eugene Schuyler Thinks Her Financial Ruin
Inevitable Even Without War.

AsSh ShO 81
Eugene Schuyler, secretary of lega-
ton and consul-general at Constantine
pie, in O recent communication to the
department of State writes rs follows !:
The disturbed financial condition of the
country has weighed very heavily upon
it's prosperity during the last few years.
Aside from the depressed state of the
Turkish finances and the %stagnation of
trade, which was rapidly producing a
crisis, n series of financial measures has
nearly completed the commercial ruin of
the country. The insurrection of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and the wal with Ser
bia, also had their effect upon trade.
Prices rose even for the ordinary necessi-
ties of life besides which, on account of
hard times, the consumption Of even the
most necessary articles was greatly re-
duced. Last of all, although since the
period to which this report refers (July
i, 1875, to June 80, 1876, are the issues
Of paper money, which have still further
disturbed the market.
The great obstacles to the commercial
prosperity of Turkey come from the gov
crnment itself, especially from the high
taxes, the arbitrary manner in which
they are collected, and more than all,
the difficulty of obtaining justice in the
courts. The resources Of the country
are great, but It is impossible to utilize
them. The. Turks themselves have NJ
capital to employ in the development of
agriculture, mines or manufactures, and
great obstacles are offered to the intro
duction of foreign capital and onerous
restrictions placed upon it's use.
For these reasons the promises Of
measures for the development Of the re-
sources of Turkey, which are so fire.
quently repeated, are idle wolds. In
spite OF the law which promised the re-
modelling of the financial system, and
thatthe Imperial Ottoman Bank sbouldbe
the payer-general and the receiver-gen-
eral, and, in fact, the sole financial agent
of the Turkish government, the practice
has not been in accordance with the
promises. The public debt Of Turkey
now amounts, as near as can be ascer-
tanned, to about 1927, 600, 900, the annual
interest and other expenses Oh which
reach S65, 500, 900, or more than half the
total revenue of the empire. 1t is very
difficult to estimate what is the amount
of the actual revenue and actual expenses
of Turkey. No reliance can be placed
upon the budgets published. In fact,
although everybody knew that the gov
eminent was running largely into debt
every year, the budgets for the same
time nearly balance: BY the last budget
published, that for the year ending
March -, 1876, the expenses of the gov
eminent are placed at S124,395, 10S,
while the receipts are estimated at S102,-
G96, 642, leaving a deficit of owe $2l,-
600, 600. There will be an additional
deficit each year, and as Turkey hence
forth will be precluded from borrowing
money outside, the financial ruin of the
country seems inevitable.
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"A Point on which tho Doctors Agree.

A Point on which the Doctors Agree.
Physicians who have tested Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters concur in representing it to
be an eminently safe stimulant, far preferable
to the ordinary liquors of commerce. not only
because it is medicated, but because it is inf
nitely pure. Its alcoholic basis is the unest
old rye, and this is tempered and rendered
medicinal by the curative ingredients of botanic
origin which it holds in solution. 1t has often
been initiated, but never rivaled, and is to-day
America. Malarial fevers are prevented and
remedicd by it, and it is a thoroughly reliable
medicine in cases of dyspepsia, constipation,
liver complaint, rheumatism, govt. nervousness,
urinary and uterine affections. 1t improves
tho appetite, increases the bodily stamina,
checks premature decay, and as o sustaining
and comforting cordial for the aged and intirm
is unequaled.
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The Locust in PENNSYLVANIA.

There is no better place for the seven
teen year locust than Pennsylvania, for
this insect has a decided preference for
forests of oak, in which that State is rich.
Evergreens are not to the taste Of the
harvest fly, and the insect usually avoids
the pine woods, neither is it found in low
alluvial lands, which accounts for it's ap-
p~earance this year in the high grounds
of New Jersey, while the marshes are
clear of its presence. The writer of this
article well remembers the appearance
of the locust in Pennsylvania twenty-four
years ago, and its stay is still as fresh i'll
his memory as if it had taken place only
last year. AS in Jersey the coming Of
the swarm was almost simultaneous.
The earth seemed to open only to exude
insects, and soon the woods and fields
were strewn with their cast off shells,
while the air and the trees were thick
with flying and drumming locusts. All
day long the air was filled with their
noises. They were a curiosity then just
rs they are a curiosity in Jersey now,
and men and children handled them IN
til many persons were stung. The trees
and shrubs everywhere bore evidences,
not of their ravages, properly speaking,
for the locust is not a great feeder, as is
plain from the absence of anything like
a digestive apparatus, but the missions
made for the purpose Of depositing their
eggs. Soon they began to die, and then,
although it was midsummer, the great
oak forests seemed to have been blighted
as by the frosts of October. The tops
of the trees showed only dead and break
ing branches, or, rather, twigs, which in
time fell off and dropped to the earth.
Wherever the eggs were laid the decay
of branches began and in the economy
of nature this was completed so that the
larva fell to the earth for its seventeen
years of repose at the exact moment ap-
parently when it was ready for its long
burial. An egg is only about one-thirti-
eth of all inch in diameter, and it grows
to its full size in these seventeen years
of subterranean development. How far
the insect penetrates the ground is ques-
tionable, but for year or two before the
temperance OF the swarm it is no IN
common thing for the farmer to turn up
rare specimens in the furrow. These,
of course, are still in the chrysalis state,
and this condition is maintained until
the appearance of the insect above
ground, when the shell is at once shaken
off and the perfect fly revealed.
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It is the womanly women who are 30

It is the womanly women who are 80
tenderly reverenced on earth, so loving
ly mourned and missed when, "ife's
ftful fever over" they rest in peace.
The mothers whose life and memory are
Gods instrument for the salvation of
their sons, the "believing wives who
sanctify the unbelieving husbands" the
sisters whose influence has power to win
O brother from his evil ways or to
strengthen him in the path of light, the
thousand of women who have been to
mel guardian angels in truth, all be-
long to the class of womenly women, the
brightest ornaments of earth.
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Miss Spicer'S COnundrum.

"Pa," said Miss Spicer, after vainly
i~mportuning her parent for n set of
bangles "What is the difference be-
tween you and a Pullman coach? {"
"About u dollar and a half" said the
Intercepted, thinking of his last trip to
New York.
"No. The Pullman is a palace car
and you are a callous pa"
"Bless you," gasped the old man,
"you shall have a free pass to the next
concert on the Common."-Boston COm.
Bulletin.
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AFTER an experience G

AFTER an experience Of over twenty
five years, many leading physicians acknowl-
edge that tho Graefemberg Marshaus Uterine
Cdltolicon is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject. The
Graetenberg Vegetable Pills, the most popular
remedy Of the day for biliousness, headache,
liver complaint and diseases Of digestion. Sold
by all druggists. Send for almanacs. Graefen-
berg Co., New York.
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To HoUsEKEErERs. The attention Of heads
OF families is invited to the superior quality Of
Burnett's Flavoring Extracts. They are high
ly concentrated, have all the freshness and
d~elicacy Of tho fruits from which they are pre-
pared and are less expensive.
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"Horsemen," and others who pretend to
know, say that the following directions had
better be observed in using Sheridan's Cavalry
Condition Powders Give o horse q tablespoon
full very night for Il week; the same every ether
night for four or six nights the same for a
mich COW, and twice as much for an OK. Tho
addition of q little fine salt will bean advantage.
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We have heard recently Of several severe
cases of spinal diseases cured by Johnson's
Anodync Liniment one case OF q man forty
five years old, who had not done o days work
for four years. The back should first be washed,
then rubbed with n coarse towel. Apply the
linimont cold, and rub in we'll with the hand.
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TropbJe I'm tI,e HouscliOId.

We would advise every one interested not to
buy yeast or baking powders, loose or in bulk.
They are usually made by unskillcd persons,
and have frequently proven totally unfit for
Use. There is no guarantee or responsibility
attached to loose powder. Dooley's Yeast
Powder is always put up in cans, warranted full
weight, and absolutely pure.
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A VALUABLE GIFr.-To every reader OF this
paper, who is sick or has All invalid friend,
viii be furnished free, by mail, a book which
will explain how Scrofula, Humors, Nervous
and other Chronic diseases may be perma-
neDtly cured. Address P. o. Box 1927, Boston,
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Leland's mammoth Ocean Hotel is M
of the great features of Long Branch.
It affords the best accommodations at a
reasonable rate of charges, and almost
everybody stops there.