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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
Captain Lahrbush.

Capt. Frederick Lahrbush, formerly OF
the British army, died in New York on
April Sd. If his own statement is to be
credited, he was one hundred and eleven
years old, since he claimed to have been
born March 9, 1766. His career was
most remarkable, as described by him
SELF He fought in the Napoleonic wars,
and knew some of the most eminent COM
manders of the English and Continental
armies, and was afterward shipwrecked,
losing both his wife and his estate
thereby. For many years he took inn.
mense doses of opium, drinking lauda-
mum almost as freely Is other men drink
wine, and was apparently none the worse
for it. He used to 60 to bed at six p. m,
and rise at two a. m. Otherwise he was
singular only in being singularly in
teresting old man. He lived in New
York during the latter part of his life,
and as each birthday came round it was
celebrated by a breakfast given by Gen.
De Peyster. A few years ago, however,
cloud came over the veteran. Mr..
Thoms, the English antiquary who used
to believe no man ever reached one
hundred years, and who now, when COM
PEELED to admit the fact, will allow of cen.
tenarianism in no case that is not thoro-
ghly substantiated, took up Capt. LAIR
bush's case. The Capital 1T is said, alleged
thathe eft the army Gin consequence of a
youthful indiscretion." Mr.. Thoms
searched the register and found that the
resignation occurred in 1918, when, if
the Captain was born in 1865, he had
reached the more than youthful age of
fifty-two. The variety of incidents
through which Capt. Lahrbush claimed
to have passed, and still more the excit-
ing character of some of them, incline
us to think that his large doses of opium
had been to confound what he had heard
or read of with what he saw, and to add
to the period of his active existence years
sufficient for the experiences he thought
he remembered. 1t is only just, how
ever, To say that Mr.. Thomss skepticism
is not shared by all who profess to have
inquired into the case, and tIat the
Captain had influential friends to the
last. 1t is altogether unlikely that he
was an intentional deceiver, even If he
was only eighty to ninety years old in
stead of more than decade past one
hundred.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
Petroleum rs q Fuel.
Correspondent Glasgow News. !


A method of using petroleum as the
fuel of steam engines has been discovered
in Italy. 1t has passed into American
hands; it is patented every where.
have seen the model, and the action
seems perfect. Asbestos is the medium ;
through abestos, itself inconsumable, the
oil passes blazing on its surface with vol
canic heat and power, yet if sheet of
paper be buried in the asbestos little
below the flaming surface it will not be
scorched. In this lies the safety of the
plan. BY another discovery the asbestos
is made into pliable mill-bOard of one
eighth of an inch in thickness, which is
absolutely fire-proof. The furnace may
he coated with this externally and inter-
nally, aud no heat can escape. The
hand can touch the furnace without
being scorched. 1 forget what percent
age If heat is thus saved, but it is very
large. The experiments have been tried
in London by the agents Of the American
patentee, and the success is reported in
terms as warm as the blaze of petroleum.
Eminent practical engineers have seen
the model here, and are sanguine of the
success of the plan.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

AN Illinois farmer thus tells how to
raise tobacco plants: Take some of the
seeds that you want to SOW and throw
them on live fire Goals, and, If they pop,
they are good; then burn big brush
pile, or log heap, about the time the
ground Is thawing out in February or
March. Then dig up the ground and
pulverize 1t we'll; rake the bed level,
and SOW the seed; then brush In the seed
with brush by hand; then tramp the
ground hard and smooth. and cover the
bed thin with fine bruAh, to keep of the
frost and reflect the heat of the sun. II
any leaves or trash blow on the bed,
take them of. After the frost Is ove-,
take of the brush also. If the ground
gets too dry, water it, and If any grass
or weeds come up in the bed, pull them
out.
AN Eastern speculator passed through
the lowlands OF Missouri and Kansas
purchasing all sheep afflicted with foot
rot, paying twenty-five to fifty cents a
head, and drove them to Denver, when
it was discovered that the dry sand had
eradicated the disease, and in many
cases new hoof had formed.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
iEaston (Pa.) Free Press /


There was half ton of coal lying out
on our front pavement. The first fellow
that came along and looked at 1t
measured it carefully with his eye, spit
on his hands and then went on. The
next one was a stout boy, of some seven
teen dirty summers. He espied that pile
of coal afar of and made rush straight
over it into the Office, and all out of
breath yelled:
"Saymizzer, wanchercoalputinp
eyes sir"
"Wotche giver
"Quarter."
"Where's your shovel and things~
The articles were produced, and the
active youth carried in one scuttleful
with great vehemence. Then he went
out and leaned on the shovel and talked
to another boy until two hundred
pound tramp came along.
"Say, trampey, don't yer want jobT
In course want job. What is
itT
"Put this ere coal in. I've got to 20
down 10 meet a man on business, as won't
wait"
The boy shot of, and Mr.. Tramp came
into the Office with the air of represen-
tative OF noble house recovering from
a protracted drunk.
What'll you give to have that coal
putin? That boy lit out"
"a quarter"
elbow do you s'pose mans a-goin' to
live onto q quarter? The nobility of
labor scorns the paltry offer. Ill do it
for fifty cents.
"Don't care what you'll do it for; we'll
pay you . quarter"
"That's the way bloated capital ever
grinds the face of the poor. I've got to
submit, though, ! spOse. But remem.
Der, kind sir, there's day a-comin' Sir
there's day a-comin'. Can't you give
us FIVE cents to get some crackers to start
in on? It's wearisome, working upon q
vacuum"
He went out cast Look of weary woe
upon the pile, shook his head at the
shovel and sauntered away around the
corner.
"Can't you give fellow quarter to
get his boots mended !" said a young man
of the professionally out of work class
as he leaned in at the window, introduc'
ing an atmosphere areated with stale
whisky and red herring.
"Yes, sir; put that coal in and well
give you quarter"
"W.h-a-a-t! Say, Mister, you must bt
looney, amt you ? Pm a-lookin' around
for work, am. amt huntin' up Job:
of putting in coal. Amt you goin' tG
gimme that quarterT,
Haven't got but one quarter, anG
that's to pay for putting in that coal.
swell, Mister, any man as mean al
you are ought to put bis own coal in,
and, whistliDg a lively Tilt from Moody
and Sankey's hymn book, the profes
sional work hunter left and made room
for the first bootblack with clean face
we ever recollect to have seen.
"Please, sir, won't you let me put thai
coal in 7"
"Think you can manage itT
"Ohl yes, sir" and he went at it, and
in half an hour the job was done.
well, sonny, how much do yor
wantT
Thought to be worth bout fifteer
cents, reckon"
Here's a quarter; take it and perse
we're you may be president of bank o.
railroad Company some day. Then you'll
know what to do next without us telling
YOU"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
TEN year old boys in Alabama carry
ravolvaro



This singular man lived In Greece. He
Yves distinguished for his eccentricities, bad
manners, and bad disposition. II was his
chief business to find fault. For example,
he took lantern one day when the sun was
shining brightly and went out TO search for
On honest man, thereby insinuatiDg that
such persons were exceedingly scsrce.
When Alexander, distinguished military
gentleman, paid him visit, and inquired
what he could do for him, he had the impu-
dence to tell him to "get out of his sun
shine" To cap the climax of his oddities,
he dressed like beggar and lived In . tub |!
He was q sour, grabbed, crusty old bachelor.
We infer he had no wife, first, because his
tory does not mention her; second, because
no woman would take kindly to one of his
habits, dress, or manners, or aspire TO be-
come mistress of his mansion. There was
an old woman who lived in q shoe" IL is true,
but the woman who would live in o tab, and
especially with such q companion, has not
been heard from. The misanthropic spirit
which possessed this man was doubtless due
to disordered digestion and biliousnefs,
one OF the prominent symptoms OF which IL
a. morose, faultfnding disposition. The
tongue is heavily coated, giving rise to a bad
taste, the appetite is not good, and the
patient feels dull, sleepy, or dizzy, and is apt
to be fretful. Unfortunately, Mr.. Diogenes
| lived several centuries before DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets were invented,
few doses Of which would have relieved
him Of his "bile," and enabled him to find
scores of "honest men" without the aid OF
his lantern. Under their magic influence,
combined with that of the Golden Medical
Discovery, to cleanse his blood, he might
have been led to take more cheerful view
of life, to exchange his tub for decent
habitation, to "spruce up" In personal ap
L AuI - Iaak kaI IA tr
mend his clothes and his manners, both Of
which were in evident need Of repairs, and
become the happy sire of little Diogenesel
who would have handed down to PROSPERITY
the name, not Of q cynic philosopher, but Of
. cheerful, heohhy, happy, virtuous manV
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

SPECULATION has exhausted itself In
the attempt to discover how the Earl OF
Beaconsfield, in his seventy-second year,
managed for 80 long time to hold upright
and steady the massive sword of state
which he bore at the opening Of Parlia-
ment. A younger man might have been
pardoned for trembling. Lord Beacons-
held managed TO keep It straight between
his eyes. The truth Is that-to misquote
Longfellow-
The velvet scsbbard held no sword Of steel.
and that had he been unfortunately bid
den that day to strike for his Queen and
country, he would have struck with-s
lath. The sword was only q dummy.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
THE YOUNG FOLKS.
A mite SONG

a Mite SONG.
Only drop In the bucket,
But every drop viii tall
The bucket would SON DO empty
Without the drops In the well.
Only q poor little penny,
Itvas all had 10 give;
But a. pennies make the dollars
II may help some one 10 live.
A few little bits OF ribbon,
And some toys; they were not new,
But they made the sick child happy,
Which has made me happy, too.
Only some out-grewn garments;
They were all had 20 spare
But they'll help to clothe the needy,
And the poor are everywhere.
A word, now and then Of comfort,
That cos. me nothing TO say;
But the poor old man died happy,
And II helped him on the way.
God leveth the cheerful giver,
Though the gift be poor aud small
What doth He think OF His children
When they never give at all /?
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
JOSEPH BURNETT & CO., Boston.


VOUNG Men and Boys starting out Ia life
Il and wanting the best assistance to promote
their success in earning Q good living, making
money and in striving for the worlds prizes; Md
d-doed Men desiring to change their course OF lfe
or seeking places and business more satisfactory and
remunerstive; Fathers and Guardians wanting their
boys 70 DO useful prosperous ctizens Academic and
College Graduates desiring to put a practical and
profitable finish TO their theoretical and Snprcnt
and stimulating young and boys TO Earn their
own Bread" and to get on In the world, will hnd
THE NEW, short, practical course Of study at East
man Besines. soliegs, Pcpghkeepsie, n. T..
in the United States devoted to this specially, and
that assists graduates to business situations 10
the largest and most popular private school In the
Union, having an attendance to-day from every
Scate. Refers to patrons and graduates In nearly
every city and town. Terms are low. Applicants
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at commencement. Particulars In COLLEGE JOURNAL
mailed FREE. For Catalogues Of Three thousand
Graduates, in business and valuable Information.
enclose three letter stamps.
n. q. EASTMAN, IL. D.. President,
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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
Modern Esthetics.


timetable youth goes into ecstasies
over an extremely old master-say Fra
Porcinello Babaragianno, A. d. 1866
128l.)
Matterof-fact Party" But it's such a
repulsive subject"
Inefiable Youth" Subject in art is
ofno moment. The picktchah is beauti-
full
Matter-of-fact Party But you'll
own the drawings vile and the color's
beastly."
Ineifable Youth -"Pm cullah-blind
and don't p'ofess to understand d'awiDg
The picktchah is beautiful"
Matter-of-fact Party getting warm)-
" But it's all out of perspective, hang it |!
and go abominably untrue to nature"
Inefiable Youth-"I don't care about
nay tchah, and hate perspective. The
picktchah is most beautiful"
Matter-of-fact Party Closing his self
control) -" But, dash 1t all, man where
the dickens is the beauty, then p
Ineffable Youth (quietly)--"In the
picktchah."
Total defeat of matter-of-fact party
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
japanese Proverbs.

If you hate any one, let him live.
Regard an old man as thy father.
We can not build a bridge to the
clouds.
The world is just as persons heart
makes it.
The. tongue three inches long can kill
a man six feet high.
If you do not enter the tigers den,
you can not expect to get her cub.
Send the child you love most on a
journey, to save him from being spoiled
by indulgence.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
A TON OF PILLS.

In single day 1000 pounds OF DR.. Turr's Liver
PILLS were shipped from the port OF New ork. As
an illustration Of the progress Of country, this
isvorthy ofrscord in the nineteenth century.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

els your father 1t homeT inquired
the man of the little girl who admitted
him. els your name BillT' she asked.
"Some people call me 90" be replied.
"Then be Is not home, for ] heard him
tell John If any bill came, to cay he was
not at home I"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

CHARLOTTE IN. C.) Observer: Every
now and then new gold mine Is found
in this county in place where the metal
was not supposed to exist before. We
were shown yesterday some of the finest
specimens we have ever seen from any
gold mine in this section of the State.
They were taken from vein on the plan
tation situated about seven miles north
west of this city. The metal Is imbedded
in soft, brown ore, which is easily worked.
The vein has not been followed far enough
to discover its size, but 1t promises to
prove very large. one.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

common nowadays, may be entirely pre-
vented by the use of BURNETT's CoCoAINE
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

DON'T call a doctor, if suffering from
rheumatism, govt or neuralgia, but send to
your druggist for bottle of Durang's Rheu.
matte Remedy, and just so certain as you
take it, just SO sure will cure follow. 1t
never has and never can fail to cure the
worst case, IL the patient is not beyond the
reach of medicine. Sold by every reliable
druggist.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

FACTS for those who have been dosed
drugged, and quacked. Self-help for weak
and nervous sufferers. Information worth
thousands to those out of health. The new
Health Journal that teaches all, sent free
Address, Electric Quarterly, Cincinnati, q.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

A LADY writes: 81 have noticed your
words of praise for the 'Fdvorite stove; I
bought one and would not take hundred
dollars for It, If could not get another.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
Prnctiea saSgestions.

AN excellent blackiDg for fine harness
can be made by dissolviDg FIVE or six
sticks of black sealing wax in pint Of
alcohol.
AFTER long use sponges are liable TO
smell very badly, unless they are care
fully cleaned every day. By rubbing a
fresh lemon thoroughly into the sponge
and then rinsing it several times in luke
warm water it will become as sweet az
when new.
COFFEE WITHOUT USING FILTERS
Have the coffee ground rather coarse,
and mix it thoroughly with the white OF
of an egg. Pour the water on when
boiling hard, and let simmer fifteen
minutes; pour off from the grounds at
once, and send to table.
: PARE a fresh lemon very carefully
without breaking the thin white inside
skin, put 1t inside wild duck and keep
1t there for forty-eight hours, and all OF
the fishy taste 70 disagreeable in wild
fowls will be removed. The lemon
should be removed and fresh one put
in its place as often as every twelve
hours. A lemon thus prepared will abb
sorp uhpicasant uaVors ifVih nimoSs OIL
meat or game.
GERMANTowN Telegraph: Sheep rails
ing Is annually increasing all over the
country. Farmers are beginning to find
there Is nothing more profitable, In q
general sense, than a good flock of sheep.
They require very email outlay, when
once flock Is started, and yet the pro-
duct Of wool, meat and manure IL of
very considerable importance. To avoid
the principal objection to sheep raising
by many farmers, the dog, q corral
should be constructed near the barn or
In the most convenient point on the
farm, whore the flock should be berded
nightly during the year, and thus be
protected against the most worthless and
disgusting Of animals the sheep dog
which seldom make t, cir attacks by day,
and when they do they can be readily
shot.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
Important.

When you visit or leave New York stop at
the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Cen.
trail depot. $50 elegantly furnished rooms.
Best restaurant in the city prices moderate.
Baggage taken to and from said depot, free.
Cars and stages pass hotel for all parts of city,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

This month the reading public is to be de-
lighted with the authentic biography of the
curious researches into his ancestry and
lively incidents of his youth and student life,
coupled with close analysis of his remark.
able public career down to the present time
TRANSLATION from the German, with an In.
PRODUCTION by Bayard Taylor. A spirited,
absorbing and instructive narrative, replete
with anecdote, wit and wisdom, its pages
gather luster here and there from character.
himssif The at story of his life is rendered.
doubly vivid by upwards OF one hundred il
Illustrative home scenes, battles, portraits, etc.
1t will be sold by canvassers, whose time
for real Biz-marks the hour OF its publica
ton. Persons desiring to arrange for its sale
can write to Weston Hubert, ia Monroe
st., Chicago and secure advance sheets.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

OPPRESSION after eating, headache, ner.
vous debility, are the effects of indigestion.
One, or two at most, of Parsons Purg Itive
PiUs will give immediate relief.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

VEGETABLE Pulmonary Balsam, the great
New England cure for coughs, colds and con.
sumption. Cutler, Bros. & Co.'s, Boston, only
genuine.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

Johnson's Anodyne Liniment may be adj
ministered to children with perfect success,
in cases of Group, whooping.cough influenza
and almost any OF the diseases to which they
are liable.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
A New Frcnch Revolution.

According to Emmeline Raymond, the
Paris fashion correspondent Of Harper's
Bear, we are on the eve of revolution but
it will, in all probability, be bloodless, and
one that American ladies will hail with Joy,
We refer 10 the description of a new costume
(see Bazdr of March 81, which renders crino'
line indispensable. Not the discarded styles
of former days, but sensible, smail.sized, ele-
CANT skirts; fiat in front and close at the
sides, with graceful train at the back ad.
mirably adapted to sustain the new Princesse
and Gabrielle robes. We learn from various
sources that this new Paris fashion is super.
seding all others.-Ladys Journal.
Please Hear Il An mind
that II your grocer does not have, and will
not get, DOoLEY's YEAST POWDER for you
you can send 20 cents for quarter, So cent,
for half, or so cents for one pound can, di
rect to DooLEY & BROTHER, New York, and
you will receive it by return of mail. AL
ways use it for the delicious Vienna rolls.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
smoke SCOT and Coal Gas,

And all worry with fires that will not burn,
and where 1t is impossible to cook properly,
can all be remedied and saving in fuel oo.
tanned. Send stamp for circular. Henry
Colford & Co., 726 SAMSON St., Philadelphia.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
Maize Flour Toilet Soap J.
Maize FIour:ToiIet Soap J.
Maize Flour Toilet Soap J.

A great discovery "A new soap compound IL
sootbes, sofens, and whitebs he skin, has wonders
equally suited for the bath, nursery, and genera
toilet 1t is delightfully."- perfumed, and sold every
where ut a moderate price. Registered in Patent,
once, 1875, by the manufacturers. MokEONE-
VAN HAAGEN a CO., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

AFTER an experience of over twenty-five
years, many leading physicians knowledge
that the GRAFENBERG MARsHALL's Uterine
CATHoLICoN is the only known certain
remedy for diseases to which women are
subject. The GRAFENBERa VEGETABLE
and diseases of digestion. Sold by all drug.
gists. Send for almanacs. Grafenberg Co.,
New York.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03

To STEW CELERY.-Clean the heads
thoroughly; take off the coarse green
outer leaves; cut in small pieces, and
stew in a little broth. When tender,
add some rich cream, little -four and
butter, enough to thicken the cream.
Season with pepper, salt, and little
nutmeg, if that is agreeable.
Mock SwEETBREADs.-Thr quarters
of q pound of veal we'll beaten in q
marble mortar; a little suet or bacon !;
the yolks of two eggs, and spoonful
(scant) of bread crumbs. Mix all well
together, season with pepper, very
little mace and salt; add great spoon
full of cream. Roll up this compound
in the shape of sweetbreads, and brown,
before the fire or in the oven. Serve
with gravy of brown -four, wet up with
cream; stir into the gravy in the bake
pan till smooth; then let it boil up once.
If too thick add more cream, or a little
boiling water.
BREAKFAST OR LUNCH DIsH.--An ex-
cellent way of using up the odds and
ends of steaks, roasts, chops, or any bits
of cold meat, is to cut the meat from the
bone, emitting the gristle and fat if de-
sired. Chop as fine as for mince meat;
place in pan; cover with water. adding
frequently If it dries; let it simmer or
gently boil for two hours; season with
salt and pepper; toast to a delicate
brown any bread you may have, stale or
fresh, and when spread in single layers
over your meat-tray pour meat and gravy
over the toast, or you can send to the
table without adding the bread.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
FIFTY-TWO
LANDS FOR SALE.
100000 Acres in Southwest Missouri,

First-cass Stock Farms, excellent Agricultural
Land, and the best Tobacco Region In The West,
hort whit no grasshoppes orderly society, good
iODg Credit!
I'VE" IRA, spOrtatiOu 70 the lands furnished
nrcAa"r'', Tor !ur.her Information, address
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A GENTS WANTED. twenty s.II Mounted
tonsssDssi o Srcmo 6c.. ~ Nsssss ". 30 Yori.