The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-01


That gave the sweet spring Its birth. 4
The seed Is small
That the child let's fall,
Yet the mother earth holds 1t to her bosom dear;
The sunbeam glistens above es. It's bed
And soon to the day IL lifts Its head
The future oak tree Is here
One little word,
III in kindness heard,
II lifts the sorrow that weighs the en- heart. ar,
IL takes from the bitter thought the smart,
And gladdens the home oil care
May angel prove,
And smother the flame that malice would kindle
II takes the venom from anger's DART
And brings together those long apart
To thee, is the lesson piainf
COMFORT FOR SHORT FoLKs.-Those
tiresome people the statisticians-who,
nevertheless, find out SO many things
that the world is very glad to know..tell
us that on long marches, or undertakings
requiring great strength and endurance,
it is the ,all men who fall first. In
Arctic, or in African explorations, and
in armies and navies the world over. 1t
has been found that short men are the
longest workers. So, if any OF my
boys think that they are not growing
tall fast enough, let them remember that
what they lose in height they may gain
in endurance; and in the long run these
are worth more than any personal pos
session, saving always an honest, open
heart and conscience.-&. Nicholas.
JoHNNY's EXPERIMENT. We call
him Johnny, although that was not his
name. He is man now, and might not
like to see his name in print. When he
was about four years old he was sent
into the country to spend the summer,
and to keep him out of mischief he was
sent to the district school.
. Johnny was wide-awake, active
: youngster, fond of trying experiments,
in his way, to see what he would do"
as he said.
At first he was amused by watching
the boys and girls as they studied or
recited their lessons. This lasted about
half day, and then he looked around
for something new.
Presently he noticed round hole in
the rough bench on which he was sit
ting. 1t was near the middle of the
bench, and was where one of the legs
had fallen out. 1t was in an old-fash-
toned country school-house, where the
benches were made of slabs or planks,
with round sticks put through them for
legs. -
including Johnny, had their coats of.
az wonder what it would do to put my
arm through that hole" thought he, and
Immediately he tried it. The children
laughed to see the little fat hand and
ARA below the bench, and Johnny was
delighted that he had attracted their
attention. He would astOnish them by
showing how far he could thrust it
through, so by considerable crowding
he managed to push it clear above the
elbow. And now he found himself in a
trap. His arm was so swollen by the
pressure that he could not pull it out
and 80 he was held fast
How to get him out was puzzle
After trying various means, the teacher
sent for neighbor, who released him In
the following way: First, he sawed the
bench of on each side of the hole, leav
ing a big block like bracelet fast OF
Johnny's arm.
Poor boy, he looked like criminal al
he marched out of the school-room anc
up the road. He was finally released
by carefully splitting the block, ant
before getting into fix again, he usu
ally looked to see whether he coulo
easily get out.
III WERE A Boy AGAIN.-Let m,
tell you, my young friend, some of thu
things would do if i were boy again
some of the too often neglected acts
would strive to accomplish if it were il
my power to begin all over anew.
If l were boy again, would have
q blank hook in which [ would record
Just before going to bed, every day.
events Just as they happened to me per
sonally. If i began by writing only two
lines day in my diary, would start
my little book and faithfully put down
what happened to interest me.
On its pages l would note down the
habits of birds and animals as l saw
them, and if the horse fell ill, dowr
should 60 his malady in my book, ant
what cured him should 60 there too
If the cat or dog showed any peculiar
trait, they should all be chronicled in
my diary, and nothing worth recording
should escape me. :,
There are hundreds of things would
correct in my life if l were boy again
and among them is this: | would bs
more careful of my teeth. Seeing since
/ have grown up, how much suffering il
induced by the bad habit of constantly
eating candies and other sweet meats,
would shut my mouth to all ailurement
of that sort. Very hot and very colo
substances would studiously avoid
Tootbache in our country is one of tn,
national crimes Half of the people W,
meet have swelled faces. The dentist
thrives here as he does in no other lane
on the planet, and it is because we begir
to spoil our teeth at the age of five OF
six years. A child of eight years asked
me If l could recommend him to den
tist "who didn't hurt" / pitied him
but was unacquainted with such al
artist. They all hurt, and can not helT
it; poor, hard working gentlemen, charg
ing, as they do, like Chester
l would have no dealings with tobacco
in any form If / were boy again. My
friend Pipes tells me he Is such marty
to cigar-boxes that his life is burden
The habit of smoking has become such 8
tyrant over him that he carries tobacco
bowsprit at his damp, discolored lip,
every hour of the day, and he begs mc
to warn all the boys of my acquaintance
and say to them emphatically, don
learn to smokep He tells me sadly
that his head is sometimes in such
dizzy whirl, and his brain 50 foul from
long habits of smoking he can not breal
off, that he is compelled to forego mucl
that is pleasant in existence, and live {
tobacco-tortured life from year to year
Poor Pipesl he is sad warning to younI
fellows who are Just learning to use tn
dirty, unmannerly weed.-,jds. T. Fields
in Youths Companion.
The CoAsTINa DoG.-Once there wa
ayoung "skeeswax" of boy, name
Jim, who had big Newfoundland do
that he called Major. He was yer
black, curly, handsome dog, good-ns
tured and full of fun, you KNOWN