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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-02-01
mOTHER'S WAY.

Oft within our little cottsge,
As the shadows gently fall,
While the sunlight touches softly
One sweet face upon the wall,
Do we gather close together,
And In hushed and tender tone,
Ask each others full forgiveness
For the wrong that each has done.
Should you wonder why this custom
At the ending Of the day,
Eve and voice would quickly answer,
"It was once our mothers wayF
II our home be bright and CHEEKY,
II Il hold welcome true,
Opening wide its door Of greeting
To the many--not the few;
III we share our fathers bounty
With the needy day by day..
IT'S because our hearts remember
This was ever mothers way.
Sometimes when our hearts grow weary,
Or our task seems very long,
When our burdens look too heavy,
And we deem the right all wrong,
Then we gain anew, fresh courage,
As we rise and proudly say,
90 Let us do our duty bravely-
This was our dear mothers way"
Thus we keep her memory precious,
While we never cease 10 pray
That at last when lepgthening SHADOWS
Mark the evening OF LIES day,
They may find us waiting calmly
To 90 home our mothers way
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THE WORKMAN ORATOR..
BY X. b.
think va. boysP Beneath each workman

/" What think ye, boysH Beneath each workman
cap
Is set gift-such as It is-mayhap
royal one: Reason great and stout
To hold the rein within, to reach without
Through hand OF iron sinew, cunning taught,
Through hand and arm for conquest deity wrough
And smite the rugged elements OF earth,
And smelt and fuse until there cemeth forth
The wealth of seas, the treasure OF the hills
In giant forces, tanned TO our wills.
For man is man, and he hath ever beenvE
A something better than live machine!
AS God is God the world had come to naught
without the w0rkmans sturdy arm and thought.
l tell We, too, under ragged vest
strong heart strongly beats time with the restj
For blood flows warm In each land and age,
And children are the workman's heritage.
Obi when face Is from the hearthstone TOOK
man OF iron is to the center shook.
But over heart and hand our COD hatn set
This prince Of reason to restrain or iet.
What think ye Of this kingdom OF the head,
The poor mans honor, palace, and his bread
Oh, comrades, listen! When We drunken Do
We fire the palace, give fend the key.
Our honor lies all naked in the street,
And stones for bread we give our own to eat,
Ave, worse than stones, to them We love 80 we'll
We crush their hearts, and feed them upon hell
And shall we throw our birthright, lads, away
Give over manhood? Nay! Forever nay
The man who gives to drink the rein and rule
The wise man, wisely, branded as fool"
-Christidn Union.
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Statistical.
cincinnati Commercial.I

The census of 1866 conta ms some In
formation relative to suicide In 1850,
49l destroyed themselves, which made
IL deaths in 10000 deaths from known
causes, and in 1860, 9sS persons, the
nronort;on of these persons in both cases
being larger in the South than in the
North. The largest ratio was found in
the Pacific district, which was eighty
one per cent, being double the highest
figure in the Atlantic States. The dis
coyery of gold in 1S49, and the vicissi-
tudes of fortune incident thereto, account
for this. The following table shows the
ratio of methods of self-destruction in
ten thousand suicides:
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The Congregational Clerical Tables
show that during the year 1876, 17S were
ordained to the ministry, being IL less
than the previous year; 10 chul ches
were organized, a falling of of fsix. There
were So deaths among the ministers,
being an increase of nine over 1870. The
average age of those who died was a
little more than fifty-nine years. One
was over 80 years of age, 1S were over
80. and 81 were 20 and upward.
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By ANNA p. MARsHALL.

Ben Haxzard's hut was smoky and cold,
Ben Hazard, half blind, was black and old,
And he cobbled shoes for his scanty geld.
Sometimes he sighed for larger store
Wherevith to bless the wandering poor
For he was not wise In worldly lore,
The poor were Christ's-he knew no more.
One night cry from the window came
Ben Hazard was sleepy and tired and lame
u Give shelter and food, 1 humbly pray"
Ben Hazard lifted his woolly head
To listen. "'Tis awful cold" he said,
And his old bones shook in his ragged bed,
i But the wanderer must be comforted;
Come In, In the name Of the Lord" he cried,
As he opened the door and held 1t wide.
A milk-white kitten was all he spied.
Ben Hazard, amazed. stared up and down;
The candles were out In all the town.
The stout house doors were carefully shut,
Safe bolted we're all but old Ben's hut.
- I thought that somebody called" he said,
" Some dream or other got into my head
Then out from the storm, the wind and the
sleet,
Puss joyfully lay at old Ben's feet.
Truly, II was terrible storm;
Ben feared he should never more be warm.
But just as he began to be dozy,
And puss was purring scft and cozy,
A voice called faintly before his door:
Ben Hazard, Ben Hazard, help, implorei
Out from his bed he stumbled again;
u Come in, In the name of the Lord" he said;
u With such as have thou shalt be fed."
Only little black dog he saw,
Whining and shaking broken paw.
% Well, well, he cried, must have dreamed;
But verify like voice Ii seemed.
Poor creature" he added, with husky tone,
'' Thou shalt have the whole Of my marrow-bone." "
He went to the cupboard and took from the
shelf
The bone he had saved for his very self.
Then, after binding the broken paw,
Half dead with cold went back 10 his straw.
Under the ancient blue bedquilt he crept,
But again voice called, both loud and clear;
here!"
Once more he stood at the open door,
And looked abroad as he looked before.
This time, full sure twas voice he heard,
But all that he saw was a storm-tossed bird;
+" Come in, in the name OF the Lord" he said,
Tenderly raising his dropping head,
And, tearing his tattered robe apart,
Laid the cold bird on his own warm heart.
The sunrise flashed on the snowy thatch
As an angel lifted the wooden latch;
Ben woke In flood Of golden light,
The humblest creatures that sought thy door
For Christ's sweet sake thou hast comforted."
4" Nay, twas not much" Ben humbly said,
With rueful shake OF his old gray head.
Who giveth all Of his scanty store
In Christ's dear name can dc no more.
Behold, the Master who waiteth for thee,
Saith: Giving to them, thou hast given Il
Then, with heavens light on his face, Amen
come In the name of the Lord" said Ben.
',Frozen to DEATH" the watchman said,
When at last he found him in his bed,
With smile on his face 80 strange and bright
He wondered what old Ben saw that night.
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A FEW daya ago Bipghampton IN.

A FEW days ago Binghampton IN;
Wy butcher saw a man take quarter oi
mutton from hook outside the shop and
ouietly walk away with it. The butcher
followed the thief to a wretched tene.
ment. and after some hesitation pushed
omen the door. The whole family were
eating the mutton raw. The thief sale
that he was unable to get work, and wa
compelled to take whatever came in hi
way in order to keep the family from
starving to death. The butcher had n
heart to arrest the fellow.
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we're Suicides

In Hamburg, in 1916, only 2 suicides
occurred; in 1917, only Is; in 1922, only
SO; and the population was 49, 900. The
ratio was only .0521.
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Men, therefore, take the more violent
remedies for the agonies of life; women,
the least painful, easier. Women drown
and poison; men shoot, hang, stab and
stranpulate. As regards age:
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RELIGIOUS ITEMS.
PRAYER BEFORE SLEEP.

The night Is come. Like to the day
Depart not thou, great God, away.
Let not my sins, black as the night,
Eclipse the luster OF thy light.
Keep still In my horizon, for TO me
The sun makes not the day, but thee.
Thou whose nature can not sleep, .
On my temples sentry keep;
Guard me 'gainst those watchful Toes
Whose eyes are open while mine close.
Let no dreams my head infest
But such as jacobs temples blest.
While do rest my soul entrance;
Make my soul holy trance,
That may, by rest being wrought,
Awake into some holy thought,
And with as active vigor ran
NV course as does the nimble sun.
Sleep is a death. Oh, make me try
By sleeping what 1t is to die,
And as gently lay my head
On my grave, as now my bed.
Howe'er rest, great God, with thee
Awake again at least let me-.
And thus assured, behold l lie
Securely, or to wake or die.
These are my drowsy days In vain
do now sleep to wake again;
Oh, come that hour when shall never
Slaa,, aoatp hut wake forever.
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LITER 4 WIFE BE.fTING.
Dominick's Reveng" for the Castigntion that
HIS fa,hcr-in-I.aw Admini.,ered.

The Committee that the Wcstchoster SUI
nervisors appointed Ia investigate tho charges
against William II. Hammond. Keeper Of the
County Poor House and Farm. reported yest"r
day that long after Hammond WIS made keeper
in 1885. at 81 900 year. there We're growing
rumors Of carclcssnv-- and oven crime in his
administration. The storm broke over him in
December last when his son-ln-law. Dominick.
appeared before the Grand Jury and gave facts
and details So mnutoly that Hnmm md wa- in
diHed for grand lnrcrnvnnd WAS held 10 an -w"r
In slO Oo1 bail. II IA -nd that DOminick preferred
for a beating received from him after he had
struck his wife and kicked her.
The committee Were unable Ia ilnd satiSla'-
tory proof to sustain the charges against Keeper
Hammond. except that in 1878 and 1876 ho used
the teams of the county Tor hls private pun oSrs
and employ rd IN" pauprr- AT work on his hulld-
ingS ana lands in Pleasantly lie. and dld not give
tho county credit until after IA" hast annual rN-
port of the Sup'rlnt nicnt In conclusion the
committee say:
The committee. aware nat fr a &. .rcs pf years past
mannscmom the Cuuutt fourhnus' involving l"cnla
uuns. IN treatment ot the JGul"r,, unlawful Disposition
OF property and various other improper act h' h IN
connected trpvih vet The testimony taken iu
and ~ Archins his shown ino. oi the charge, u c Ia
have been based on hrar~Ay common gossip II the
nNesigHuon has therefore tailed to realize puhc
pcctauou- the committee hnpc, hni believes uHi II VIII
have "A tend TO cause mn immediate improve ni M IN
the kvr ping the books ni H'S'unt o te insutu
ton "a more thorough scruiinl Of the moro oh' 90 u
and conduct OF the keeper the abolition Of n uuhuihnr
trcnc luiut in the expenses u the hu- Wherever ifAe-
tenblc aud consistent with II. proper administrator
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SELLING 4 FRTGfTF.
Nat Mckay Purchasing tho Delaware for
e5.OOO-One Of Robeson's f-Iends

Tho United States frigatc Delaware which
sunk at tho navy yard about two weeks ago has
becn sold to Nat NJ McKay OF Boston. for 900.
Tho sale VIVA efroctei on Saturday Last. but the
manner is II mystery. except that II was " pri-
vata." Mr.. Mckay has figured before in a finan-
cial way with tho Navy Department and it is
possible that II was purely n transaction be-
tween himself and Secretary Robson.
On Monday Mr.. Mckay made an arrangement
with the Coast wrocking Company Of this city
to pump out and raise tho vessel. and keep her
twenty-four hours above water for tho sum Of
S. 900 II successful. Yesterday Mr.. Kay was
Tying around the navy yard trying 10 borrow
n derrick. and workmcn TO ass st him. Ho
also made application for the dry dock. but this
was refused him by CommodOre Nicholson be-
cause the dock II occupied. Mr.. Mckay was
asked what he would DO with his vessel. He
ably have n dock when he heard from Washing
ton, intimating that orders would be given 10
tho Commodore to give him assistance.
What Mr; NJ Kay intends 10 do with his rotten
he intended 10 stop the leak and reiit her for
the Navy Department ai n moderate cost.
The Delaware has made only one cruise In
the service. and then In the Asintic squadron
She Was condemned ~ ruttcn upon her return.
and 1t WAS recommended that she be sold; but
she was lent to the Quarantine commissioners
for service in the lOwcr bay until she was ro-
loved 10y the Illinois. She has been offered by
auction twice and the price bid was considered
inadequate. About year nRo She was again
offered. and the bid received 10y the au tonecr.
Joln Draper, was t4Oap, which was also con-
sii"rcd too low. About "A month ago orders
were given 10 take out her engines and other
machinery. which wis about completed on the
night sh" sunk. Several gentlemen say they
would have given above 5000 for her II they
had known she was 10 be sold.
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COMBINING TO DEFRA I'd,
Ths Discovery OF - swindiins Ring IN the
Treasury Department.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-An extensive
swndling combination has been operating for
aoveral years in the Treasury Department.
whereby many persons have been defrauded
OF unclaimed interest on Government
bonds. The department has been aware
Of this combination for some time. but
until very recently tho names OF the persons
implicated In II have not been discovered. Tho
work OF ferretlng them out was put into tho
hands Of the Supervising Special Agent of the
Treasury Department. and by him intrusted 10
an energetic Special Agent. who has about suc-
ceeded In exposing tho cntire conspiracy. Tho
names of several lawyers and llectors in New
York and number OF Treasury officials and
clerks are positively known. and In n few days
the evidence against them will have ac-
cumulated sufficiently to Justify thoir arrest
These operations nre carried on through
collus lon with parties In tho employ OF the
department. who inform persons outside OF
such unclaimed intsret IA may have
accrued. Tho persons entitled " this unclaimed
interest arc hunted up. and enormous fees
are cNnitcd OF thom. In some cases which have
come To light, false powors of attorney have
been made and presented at tho department by
these so-callcd claim agents, and tho money
paid over To them. In some Instances the
persons actually entitled ~ tho interest suhse-
auently presented their claims. when II was dis
covered that they had previously been paid "
other persons. In this way innocent persons
have boen defrauded out OF thousands vi dollars.
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Tn. rre.. Repor, or the Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l3-The Electoral Com
mission convened at II 4. NJ. to-day TO hear the
argument In the case Of Louisiana All the
members were carly in their places. with the
exception Of senator Thurman. The session
began with the reading Of the minutes of the
pres .ous session, at the conclusion Of which
Mr.. Justice clifford announced the three certi-
nratas that were before the commission under
objection. For convenience. he said. they had
been numbered one. two. and three. and OBJ
jroior- to numbers one and three would first be
heard.
senator Mcdonald. for tho Democratic side,
hcfor" beginning. requested that TIA" proceed
ing- be- delayed u few moments until senator
Thurman could arrive, AMI inquired also a. 10
the rulo OF the commission in ease OF the abb
-cncc Of member.
Mr. Justice clifford replied that no rulc was
settled in regard 10 il, only in ease Of physical
inability 10 attend measures may be- taken 10
III tie vacancy.
senator Mcdonald said he understood that
senator Thurman had been sick for some days.
senator Edmund, said it did not seem TO him
that tl,e commission WAS justified in Whiting in
the absence Of n single member OF tho commits
sion at the present stage OF affairs. There
were only sixteen working days left In the
month and ii seemed TO him important, and
their duty To proceed. VI cOulSN. IN case oi tlr
Senator's illness. the vncancy must lo filled, hut
without any evidence Of his lilnesa tAe coumls-
sion should proceed.
senator Blyard said that he hnd scnt q nles-
sll,. to the committee Of which Mr.. Thurman
wls Chairman. to inquire pi the clerk IN rricr-
IN .r 10 tho senator y absence.
Tn" messenger soon returned, hrnging w7TF
TIM Mr. Thurman WAS suffering from neural
ein bul would attend during the day
The presiding Ju-tlc"t th,n put III" question
whether the commission should piQ.rd' ana
the qn. .-tion hcng carried, Senator MOD mani
was Invited to cypress the Nlrw5 81 lle ub!e'l"IS
to lIrr certificates Nos. ana B.
sENAToR M'DoNALD's ARGUMENT.
senator VI Donald -ad-Mr. President mo
Gentlemen of M" Commission: Tn" certificates
suuoun,'d hl th" Pr'sid' nt a- first under CON
siirraiipn embrace the electoral votes cast Tor
Iln,t.- Tor President. AMI Wheeler Tor Vice
President. II M" evidences contained IN th'S"
e.rli 4ils nr'' tine evidences provided Tor IN the
Constitution, then they IN" Ia he counted. 70
constitute thfm Tia" votes provided tor IN lh"
Constitution, they must hay" h"rn cast ly rl'r-
tli- "ip are c0Wp"i mt, AMI VINO nay" h",h ~
pointed ol. .for- in the mUuncr pres ribbed 10y
in" LEGISLATURE oi the State Tho objections
that W"l- mad" Ia the eNdcncrH embraced in
these p'riili'ntrs are:
First 'rhit The Legislature did not provide
tn malurr of their appointment.
S"cund-Thnt they were irHudulenty returned
by the OH 'rrs intrustcd with the canvass ana
return ui the votes
Tnird-Thnt two Of them were incompetent
under the Constitution.
Foulfh-Th,t ,'hrr, II them wore disauali-
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uR. SUTTON'S TRIfL.
Testimony In Support OF the Charge OF Per-
Jury Additional Hail Required.

The trial ~ Mr. James Sutton, President
Of the .iline Publishing Company. on u charge
of perjury. WAS continued in the General Sos
sions Yesterday. Further testimony was taken
in support Of the prosecutions assertion that
sutton sworc falsely in claimng loss of 500
ooo by a flre in the Aliine Establishment in 1875.
the actual loss being. in the Prosecutions view,
about $4,000.
Mr.. julius Don. maker OF chromo-lltho-
graphs testified that h. examined copies of
pictures such as were burned, and that the 10000
chromos that Mr.. Sutton sworc We're worth s9o.-
900 could be proiitably made for 81 300; Il lot that
wero scheduled AT $4,000 could be- made for
g. 600; and 80 on through IA largo stock. Frank
Lawrence. formerly employed in the Ahime cs-
tablishment. testified that he helped to remove
nile Of stereotype plates from closet and pack
Them in IA chest ior removal This WIS nhuut
month prryious 10 thu fire, in which Mr. Sutton
claimed the loss of plat.s stored m that closet.
and noriolirnls destroyed Wrrr previously in "A
,lnmaled conditions. lie r'm"mhrrcd that, ho-
selves that the concern wi1 about 10 collapse,
nnd that they mentioned the renewal ~ fire in
surauce policies; About a,W@ copies oil each
Prosecutor Herring moved tilat Mr. Sutton he
inlnri-nnrd during the trial. or be required 10
CiVr additional bail. the ban already giyrn be-
Ing 5000 MIR. Sult'u'l counsel Mr Fellows,
said that ihn only person in the court room
ready 10 hncome b0udsman owned no real cs.
tnt, "a the city although Wraliny man. and
herGtorf ! w. I-l 'iE,'ig i,g.ips ~ I'M sattdn s'S ia
remain in tic city Throughout, h 'riali unless
required 70 give more bail and Mr., Frlows re-,
To meet the result. Recorder Hackctt decided
10 require the additional bail, and accepted Mr.
John =. Silsby, the man OF whom Mr.. Fellows
had SPOKEN
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GEORGIA FINANCES.
A Bin Funding the Railroad Bonds Enaersod
by the state.

ATLANTA. Feb. i3.-The House OF Representa-
uves this morning passed bill To fund the railroad bonds
endorsed by the STATE The bill authorize. the issue Of
bonds n the of Gcorsis amounting to - 2.S 397
the purpose Of retiring hy exchange. paying on
recognized bonds the Macon AMI brunswick Railroad
& the oi t aJoupl the bond, Of the North and
South Railroad 70 the amount Of s.iopr ami the bond.
the Memphis Branch Railroad 60 the amount Nit
aui also 10 iuni the Interest tn bond, the 1T
day VI January iSTT o Tho amount of s7tr'T The 10
49, this hill uni all the endorsed rnruAd bonds
In siN per cont straight bond. Of the STATE The ~
bonds shall be- old for not than par and tie proceeds
shall bee applied redeem par al uie endorsed rail
road bonds Ihc~c bonds have twelve years tp run with
interest Nabe ~ni annually. The bill viii pass the
senate n0dersof endorsed hnnl- n has bee 'ricd
here will prefer the new ~ the endorsed railroad
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LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS.
DdsHEs HERE AND THERE M TIE
SUNS REPORTERS
FsNc~n Thousand Dollars Demanded BY q
Paterson Company from the Contracts
TOR BulldinG PhIIndelphin Men orinl Haa.


The erection Of the Centennial Main Building
and Memorial Hall s the subjoot Of . lawsuit In whica
the testimony is being taken before Washington va
Hams Master in Chsncery. In jersey city. The wstssa
Manufacturing Company, OF Paterson suing Rchare
j. Dobbins OF Philadelphia who the contractor fa
balance Of about s5,ooO which they say Is due thee
their sub contract for the erection Of the iron wo
Dobbins was " deliver the iron the ground property
nttcd. and they 10 put for s2soo Aoco'd,sa
TO the terms OF tho contract IL the work behindhanl
and that II could not BE- completed In the time speccl
Dobbns 10 and do IT, and charge them the ekts
expense lie says that they were month behinjhanA
and put large number OF accordingly for who's
services he brings counter cism. and claims that ~
has overpad them U the amount Of 5000 ON the othss
hand, the Watson Manufacturing Company puts In
claim for extra onpcnsauon, bccauaa the iron work
not properly loaded the the pieces correots
Marked ~ that they had " move the heavy beams
than necessary. at considerable la tune 80
money. There is conflicting b stimony both u tbea
subjects OF extra claims Den Cochran Of the Ccntsnna
Board Of Finance who had tho especial charge Of thee
contracts supported Dobbnss Jy osying that ~
had informed him that the work was not prcgrc ssia
properly before Dobbins put on the extra hands
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A1p,SY. Feb la-Thc hearing before tho
Joint commuters VI the Legislature upon the question Of
completing the new capitol was continued this afternoon
The estimates TO the cost OF finishing the building
under the new ani old plans were submitted hy the
architects The estimated cost under the new plan.
without the tower was about fbboObi Hti That unirt
the odd plan, including the tower nrh5 three quarters
u million less The hearing suuw Dll~i but ats the
lut uuun u the committee, hcf N - ui ia tiilN
plan AMI making report to cnun. with tili- arehl
L NJ :
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THE LATEST OLD WORLD NEWS.
Lord Derby's Version OF the Extradition
Controversy.

LONDON. Feb. l3.-In the House of Lords this
AT rnoon Lord Derby, Foreign seer tary, in reply TO
qu, ,ton by Earl Granville details regarding the
cNtraiiu0n controversy lie said the ihlo ulty be
cau,c America inumacd that she would t> Lawrence,
who cNtralitri. for another offence than the
nAuei under the treaty. n the nr>t failed America
Atet IN August that she lurudcd tu ny Law
rcnre Tor a second offence. The Brush Otve-Hmcnt,
therefore whc maintaining the cou,truc u- il adopted
ict that there no reason for lous"t su.pcndng the
operation oi the treaty The ,uIInitr of Brent, the
Louisville iorgcr. unconditional because conditions
we're not required. nrfAny mDuts continuing before
NJ s-VaaLOu- Ar" ROM p",ding iOr u nvM treaty.