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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-12
The Colorado Volcano.
From the Alta California.

From the AHA Caiifornia.
Several kilograms from Los Angeles
have announced the breaking out of q
volcano In the Colorado Desert, sixty
miles from this side of Fort Yuma and
eight miles north from the Southern
Pacific railroad. IL seems to have
started on the 18th inst, at nine q. m,
or ut least IL was then first observed,
and according to later reports since, at
various times, emitted black smoke,
and we are told that IL has thrown out
rocks, but we suspect that the shaking
of the mountain side In whicn the
rupture has occurred may have caused
the loose rocks to have rolled down.
There IL no mention of any flame, lava
or mud coming from the volcano, nor
IL IL said that there was any earth
quake shake. 30 the eruption Is prob
ably q one-horse affair, out Of which
no serious excitement can be made.
Small AZ IL may be, however, 1t de-
serves more attention than it has yet
received. No person has yet visited II
or given q description of disappearance
as visible from the railroad. In fact,
there Is room for suspicion that 1t be-
longs to q class of phenomena pre-
viously observed In that region-wa
mean the mud volcanoes. These are
really swamps or muddy pools through
which hot steam rises from subter-
ranean sources, and IL IL said that
sometimes black smoke accompanies
the steam. These mud volcanoes, how
ever, are in the plain, whereas the out
break Of the 18th inst, IL placed on o
mountain side. II the eruption should
continue the Academy Of Science
might organize an excursion TO that
little gate Of Tophet.
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The Captains Request.

My lads said captain, when about
to take command Of q ship, reading his
orders to the crew on the quarter deck,
there Is one law / am determined to
make, and shall insist on its being
kept. 1t is q favor, indeed, / will ask
Of you, and which as British officer,
I expect will be granted by crew of
British seamen. What say you, my
lads, are you willing to grant your
new captain one favor? 'Ay, ay,'
cried all hands, let's know what 1t Is,
STRIP We'll, my lads, 1t is this, that
you must allow me to swear the first
oath in this ship. No man on board
must swear an oath before I do; am
determined to swear the first oath on
board. What say you. my lads, will
you grant me this favorT The men
stared, and stood for moment quite at
a loss what to say. They were taken,
one said, all aback.' They were
brought up said another, all stand
in9.' The appeal seemed so reasona-
BILE, and the manner Of the captain 80
kind and prepossessing, that general
burst from the ships company an
swered, 'Ay, ay, SIR with their usual
three cheers. Swearing was thus
wholly abolished in the ship.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-12

A few days ago convict In Illinois,
while In custody of the sheriff on his
way to the penitentiary, unlocked his
hand-cuffs, Jumped out the car window
while the train was I'm motion, and
made of. In kissing him goodbye
bis sweetheart had put into his mouth
from her own key which fitted the
handcuffs. 1t IL to be regretted that 50
pleasant and popular . practice ~ kiss
ing should be brought into disrepute
by such unworthy tricks - this.
Children must have love inside the
house and fresh air, and good play
and some good companionshlp outside
-otherwise young life runs the great
est danger In the world OF whitening or
growing stunted, or at best, premature
iy old and turnedinward on itself.
A physician Wa called to visit . Ia
dy In Chelsea, Massachusetts,. After
continuing his calls for some weeks,
she expressed her feafs that lt would
be inconvenient for him to come 90 far
on her account. ooh, madam" re-
piled the doctor, ,innocontly, 81 have
another patient In the neighborhood,
and thus ] can kill two birds with one
stone" ~ 49,.
The Pope intends presenting to Mrs.
Gen. Sherman the Golden Rose" a.
q testimonial TO her zeal In raising the
largest subscription sent by the Ro-
manlsts Of any one nation, In honor Of
his jubilee. Therose II made Of gold and
IL Of exquisite workmanship. It has
been given to Maria Teresa, Of Ma
pies, for receiving the Pops when he
hed TO that KINGDOM In 1048: 10 the
abefh Of Austria and TO Isabella of
fuI and female ses sd %sss and
supporter Of the Pope.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-12

Col. Baker, who writes from an in
innate knowledge Of the country and
Its people, says: ~
'"The Turks themselves, high and
low, have for some years past sighed
over the state into which their coun-
try was sinking; and as they truly
said, 10 was not the fault Of the nation,
but Of the corrupt and all-powerful
head. wac talking with q highly
educated and exceedingly clever Turk
Few months ago about the affairs Of
his country, and I asked him what he
considered as it, greatest necessity.
He replied, Justice within and justice
from without 'Tf'-
A talega, or Turkish carriage, has
wooden seats, with wooden roof. open
ut the slices, and springs there are
none. 1t IL an instrument Of torture,
devised to shake out the teeth and bat.
ter In the skull, and before we had
logged many miles along the road there
were 80 many bumps ct the top Of my
head that q phrenol0gist would have
sworn that was q lunatic. And 90 /
was. for trusting myself to such hor-
rible continuance for making man un-
comfortable and sore when / had two
strong legs able and willing to carry
me. But forewarned oreArmed-never
again has mortal man been able to
lure me intOa like agitating machine.n
Here Is his account Of pretty rural
welcoming:
1--WE passed through q busy hive of
reapers, who were cutting the product
Of these chemical substances, and who
were nearly all Bulgarian women.
We were going up y hill at the time,
and / had left my internal machine
to enjoy the pleasure of stretching my
legs and counting my bruises, when /
saw several OF the young women has
tening toward me. Feeling that II
would be ungallant to turn my back
upon so fair charge, / stopped, deter
mined to see It out at all hazards. On
they came, with laughing lips and
sparkling eyes, AS stood wrapped In
expectant wonder, for there were 30
many. Soon was surrounded. What
might be the customs Of the country,
or what might be expected of me, /
knew not, and / felt that, could my
friends at home see me at this mo-
ment, my situation would be ludicrous
In the extreme. But now my hands
were kissed, one foot was raised and
the sole Of my foot was rubbed with
ears Of corn, to signify that It was the
desire Of these brown darnsels that I
might forever walk on plenty. This
poetical consideration for my welfare
deserved some return, so distributed
some small coins among them, and
was laughingly released"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-12

Sherman Fitch Is not yet
able to wear the $300, 900 diamond
necklace which the Khedive Of Egypt
gave her, and which Congress admit
ted free Of duty by special act. Gen.
eral Sherman says The hasn't got
money to pay State and city taxes up
on 1t, and Fitch Is only Lieutenant In
the navy" 8's vi
The strike Of ship builders In Eng.
land throws twenty-five thousand
workmen out of employment, cuts off
the means of support ofseventy thous-
and persons andsuspends the construc-
ton Of iron ships at all the principal
yards. This IL q serious matter alike
for the strikers, the suffering members
Of their families and the shipping In
terests.
The American beef business has been
overdons In England.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-12

Where IL the liquor which God the
eternal brews for all His children
Not in the simmering still, over
smoky fires chicken with poisonous
gases, and surrounded with the stencil
Of sickening odors and rank corrup-
tions, doth your father In heaven, pre-
pare the precious essence of life--the
pure cold water. But in the green
glade and grassy dell, where the red
deer wanders, and the ohild loves to
play; there God brews IL. And down,
low down, In the deepest valleys,
where the fountains murmur and the
rllls sing; and high upon the tall
mountain tops, where the naked gran
ite glitters like gold In the sun, and
away far out on the wideS wild sea,
where the hurricane bowls music, and
the big waves roar; the chorus sweep
ing the march Of God; there he brews
it-that beverage Of life and health
giving water. And everywhere Is Is O
thing Of notwithstanding in the dew
drop, singing In the summer rains |;
shining in the ice-gem, and the leaves
all seem turned TO living jewels;
spreading golden veil over the set
ting sun, or white gauze around the
midnight moon.
Sporting in the cataract; sleeping
In the glacier; dancing In the hail
shower folding Its bright snow cur
tains softly about the wintry world.
and waving the many-colored iris, that
seraph's zone of the sky, whose warp
ID the raindrop of earth, whose roof is
the sunbeam Of heaven-all chequered
over the celestial flowers by the mys-
tic hand of refraction.
Still always 1t Is beautiful, that life
giving water; no poison bubbles on
Its brink; its foam brings not madness
and murder; no blood stains it's liquid
glass pale widows and starving or
phans weep no burning tears In its
depths; no drunken, shrieking ghost
from the grave curses 1t in the words
ofeternal despair; speak, oh my friends,
would you exchange It for demons
drink-alcohol Cough.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-12

Philadelphia Bulletin: There were
two OF them hanging over the front
gate the other night. She was stand.
Ing within the yard and he on the side
walk outside, both leaning on the top
rail, and apparently as happy rs two
pigs in q corn field. He was saying
"Now, my own little darling, sweet
idol Of my soul. whose image Is ever
on my heart u--when he saw the old
man coming down the front walk, and
continued In q different strain: "The
potato bugs haven't destroyed our crops
80 much since we purchased Paris
green, and you will find also that cab
bage can be raised better In richer
SOIL" The old gentleman heard IL, and
turned back saying, ~ he entered the
house: "These young people take more
interest In agricultural affairs than
people generally suppose"
The raphicremarks that the reports
Of enormous crops from all parts OF the
country have produced much more
comfortable feeling in New York, and
that under the influence Of the pros
pect for q heavy fall grain trade, rail-
way and other stocks are expected to
make an upward squirt one Of these
days.
Returns for the year 1876 show that
the number of people destroyed In
India BY wild beasts and snake bites
was q ,891. Elephants killed OF peo-
pie, tigers 828, leopards 1877, bears "a.
wolves ,O00, hyenas 06. and other AMI
mails I, 40; 1000 people died from
snake bites; 4, pa head Of cattle per-
ished from the same causes.
OF all the various methods proposed
for the reduction Of postage none 10 20
practical ~ thls--0et married.
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"A little girl, who has been impor-
tunate for baby companion, came
down to breakfast the other morning
with very self-satlsfied and important
air. "Now said abe to her mother, "I
guess we'll have one pretty soon.''
Have what?" asked the mother.
IA baby" promptly replied the young
Innocent II prayed to the Lord last
night to send Ne one, but Of all things
not to send . red-haired one, for we
all hate red.r
Poverty pinches, but not halfso hard
as Vice.
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4 f'rIF -
The year Is vearin' TO the wane,
An'days fadin' west ava, ~
Loud raves the torrent an'tke rain,
An dark the cloud comes down the shaw.
but let the tempest tout an blaw .l,.a,,.,
his ioudest winter horn fi.-
Scod night, an Joy be wi'yoN q,
wen maybe meet again chs morn.
We haze WANDERED far an vide
Ger Scotia's land Of firth an fell.
AM mony' simple flower we've culled,
o. An twined them VII the heather bell;
81 We've ranged the dingle an the dell,
~ The hamlet an the baron's ha',.
- { Now let us TAX kind farewell
. Good night, an Joy be WI you al
Ye haze been kind as was keen, st
An followed where led the way, Z
Till ilka poets lore we've seen
D. OF this an mony former day.
IL e'er I led your steps astrsy, 90 ga
Forgi your minstrel anee for a;
A tear as WI his parting lay
GOOD NIGHT, AN Jox Bk WI yoUH.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-12

Briton one-"O's this Hamerican as
th. Lord Mayoro' Lunnon Is q dining?"
Briton two--"Hi 'ear 'is name 10
Grant, hand that les In the harmy,
but Hi cawn't say.v Briton one
"Well Hi never thought HI should see
the day wen q mere Hamericsn
would be an hattracti0n In hold Heng-
land. Wot II the Hempress was TO ear
Of it?" se
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-12

Good Nigisg aAhie Joy be WI
-7sf "a rad You ~.
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forget the smile with which she turned
to answer. 1t pretty nigh disarmed
me. We were sitting somewhat close,
too; her flowing silk gown touched my
knees. Altogether, / began to think
of those useless pegs In my house down
In, Rogue River Valley. But what she
said pulled mp my wandering thoughts,
and turned them to present things.
Shall you be surprised to hear that 1
have come to do you q real service p
she said. And she went on to relate
that, having to pass the previous night
1t place not many miles away, In .
house whose partitions were thin, she
had chanced to overhear plan for rny
murder and robbery, the villain-in-
chief Of the plot being the starved and
haked wretch whom I had shdtered
AND sent rejoicing nottnAny days
previous. All I'm q moment, while i
Wss p0ndsring ON the doubtful problem
Of gratitude, fancy came over me that
she might not be telling truth that It
might be an excuse got up to justify her
own entrance, snd / playfufly hfhted
%. A woman does not tribe with
subjects like these, nor deceive, when
she goes out Of her way to do . service,
she answered. Il rode on from that
mOO8o UIn0 OS41CH WY SAlao mhOEuIOR, 0nO
made detour, and came here to warn
you. And, now that / have done Il,
II you Will please to get my horse, /
will ride away again. All fair that.
I, full Of thanks and repentance, asked
her to stay longer n abe was not per-
fectly rested but she declined, and I
brought the steed round and helped
her to mount him. Once I'm the saddle
her humor changed she smiled, and
reminded me thai I had not been polite
enough TO invite her 10 return. A
week Of reading, talking, riding, trout
fishing and romancing up In those
splendid mountains would be very
sh .sr.d g; perhaps she might cone 4
=" And did you ask her?v SCI
II diA not A young man with q
ppvatsl1on % sustain. up there In the
mSontoans, couldn't invite . young
lady 70 stay . week with him, could
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had heard what ne was, and WnaC ne
had meant to do. With that he broke
down utterly-or pretended at it
howled like child, declaring that now
he knew my pluck, and that had
been the first man ever to get the bet
ter of him, he loved me like . brother.
ALI the same, love or no love, he had
to sit where he was, and / In front of
him, with my rifle on my knees. There
was q long night before us; he could
have no liberty In it, and the restraint
was horrible TO him. One moment he
laughed uneasily, the next cursed, the
next cried. It was D strange expert
ence, was Il not2 To pass away the
time, i asked him to relate the history
of his life. He said he would but
would first Of all shake hands, for the
respect he bore me. Touching my rife
significantly, pointed to the stick
lying across the hearth place between
Us. That's your boundary line, my
man. said i; don't 20 stretching your
hand over that And itsent him into
q fit of sullenness." 10
"What came Of it?" 81
1--WE must have remained I'm this
position till midnight. Several times /
heard slight sounds outside the fort, to
which he listened but he dared not
respond to them he could do nothing.
After o while they ceased his associ-
ates rightly judging that something or
other had gone wrong and spoiled the
scheme, no doubt made of, tired Of
waiting. The fellows head was bent,
his chin rested on his breast, his shay
gy beard spreading over It like q man.
tie. He suffered martyrdom. He was
like q hyena Gagged, though he showed
1t only by involuntary nervous start
ings and furtive glahces. Finally he
could bear it no longer, and appealed
10 me piteously, abjcctly, TO give him
his freedom or blow out his brains. He
could not have his freedom just yet, I
quietly told him but he knew how
to get his brains blown out II he desired
Il. Which brought forth more Of. his
choice language. And the lad, Ed
wards, slept through It all !"
"What asituatton I What night ~
! nAy, Il was. By-andrby, we got to
talking, not relaxing In my vigil
ance for an Instant. Once started on
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-12

II DID n0k a young man With q
puuotsl1on % sustain. up there In the
mson1aans, ceuldn't invite . young
lady 70 stay . week with him, could
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''i''''S am cording to that. Having had
time to forget my 4kusage, reaction
ynSs:s "A AZ s II .'|s$.s s ~; 81
.yr,ssny airl. Bot / was not In the hurry
81 over Il that 4 had been before. This
u Slfvery dull, you willsay, butthere'll
be some STIR presently"
adhs Sunday Afternoon How did 1
ne kpqy yog EEK sssF d Sscau .,s
:, along; Kept Up my day rsgn u1ss'G.
,outAide writing, when sneooM Ieu
o.. acrossthe paper; and looking up tnerS
stood skeleton. Aceustomed - 1
= was to lonely encountep with sennge
;5s,en Of Al nnds, ny halr 1000 e. enc
He WAS tue mefept Soy IN yeess pretty
.Shd delicste by na1n1O, anc evidently
REDUCED e this shadoxy stste by 81.
q : yAtion. His story ~ 80 I'D He
sir Eeeft Bosfon on boeFd yeDel bea4d FOR
thenofthwest coast, had been wFscked
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-07-27

SoNE CURIoUS CASES OF SLEEP " ak
INa. - y case is relai ed nf AN English clergy
man who used to get mp in the night, light
his candle, write sermons. correct them
with interlineations aud retire to bed aga ain
being all The time asleep. Tue Archbishop
of Bordeaux mentions similar case of Il
student who got up to compose sermon
while asleep. wTute il con- eci iy. ICad il
over from uBe end % the other, VI mt least
appeared to read il. made cprrectionS in il.
SCra ched oul lines, and substituted others.
put in lis place u woId which had been
omitted, composed music. wrote it accur-
atcy down, and performed oiber things
equally surprising. Or. Gall notices mil
len, who Was in the habit of getting up
every night, and attending tn his avoca-
iionS at the mill, then returning To- bed
on awakening i'll Inc morning he recolected
nothing uf what had passed during the
night. Martinez speaks of u sadlleT who
was accIS ,omed tn rise in his sioep aud
work M his trade and DIR. Pricard nf a
farmer who got ont of bed, dressed him
self saddled his horse, and rode to MAJ ket,
being all the while asleep. DIR. Black pck,
on one occasion, rose from his bed, tn
which he lad refined at an early honr,
came into the room where his family were
assembled, conversed with them, aud after
wards entertained them wi Ia pleasant
sung without any of them Sus;,ectiug lac
was asleep. and without his claiming. alter
he aNolle the least recollection of what lac
had done. 1t is singular, yet well authen-
ticated fact, that in the disastrous retreat
of Sir John Moore, many soldiers fell
asleep yet continued to march along with
their comrades.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-07-27

LOVES DEVICES The Reading pa
Eagle tells this story \ queer affan was
reported at the mayors office. An elderly
woman. with tears in her eyes. had lengthy
stony to tell of how hand she was trying io
raise her granddaughter in he path of rec
tltnde. Tins far She had succeeded very
well, but tie y"un. girl WAS mp tp so many
tricks aud WAYS of deception that the old
woman feared something would happen une
oi these days. The girl is too young 30
have a bean yet" said the grandmother,
''amd as she i my snns clil6-he is dead
and rone-I don't wani her 10 have com
pany. She promised me she wouldn't
"eH, Last night, after supper, she said she
was gong la have company. One OF her
Sunday sclhorl class-sr yunng moman-was
coming around. OF cours. had nu OBJ
lection. 1t was niEe o'clock before she
came. They were in the paIlnr alone. and
about ten u clock | fhunght the girls were
rather quiet. went down softly. went to
the key hole and listened. Nothing was
heard. | lien thong ht Ia Inysplf that they
had slipped ont. / opened the d,,nr. aud
what do you think | SAW ? There sat ono
girl on the lap of the other girl, aud | no
ilc"d The strange giIl had very short hair.
ihry Jumped when ] came in. and upon
my honor found ont hat the o'her woman
WAS a young man dressed in woman's
clothes. | Was mad c"ul6 have Scald-
ed him to death, and would have done SD
had he moi rushed ont OF the house. I
gave HAT giIl whipping. aud | want to
know what am Ia do The visitor WAS
told t" speak kindly to the y"ung girl and
point out the evil oi such ways.
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NUMBER %.
SOMETHING Split.

Barnet's boy left sack Of flour ut Archi-
bald'S last evening. Ii vas one of those
evil minded paper sacks, and had hun
dred pounds in it.
''lIeniy. won't you take that flour up in
the garrett said Mrs. y. peisuasively after
supper.
at il apprcheaSively.
"If | was as big as you | wouldn't talk
about anything being heavy"
big. ELI like the big part oft Who
busted one of the West Ward cars last
summer, I'd like To know ?''
''Old man. you look ont now we are not
discussing street cars. Iou just grab that
sack and FL help Won With "A boost behind"
Henry persuaded the sack ON chair,
and from the chair To the table. Then he
le1ned down and pulled it over on his
shoulder /; but ii came on him with such
lush that il iammed him against the kitch
Ell door, nearly knocking the top of his
head in.
Where are you going?' screamed Ms.
\. as he staggered back ramming her over
the stove, SiepliRg on the hired girls corn
and the dogs tail i'm one motion.
What are yuu kicking things around
that way for you benig ned old idiot Why
don't you grab bold Of his thing aud steady
il afure it chases a fellow down the cellar.
Blamed thing weighs about ton"
She grabbed the hind end of the sack aud
stecred Henry to the stairs. They were
crpokcd. and he went mp slowly, with eau
tion. At the second turu something s OPP
ped him. The miserable sack had found a
nail.
What in sin are you pullin' hack for 81
Nv hose a pull;n back? Go on you
handy legged imbccie afore a person lifts
their heart on: helping you.'
''llenry gave jerk and a grumt. The
bag came loose. and ten pounds of Il mr
came down on Mrs. AS. head.
''Whcw rhewi mcIciful powers" but
she was To mad for language. and struck
ont wildly. hitting lIemy just back of the
knee ON the leg that had all the strain on is.
That leg doubled mp like dissipated dish
cloth He reeled wildly moment, let 20
the sack which Immediately went down on
topoi Ms. Aichibald ecpitatcd her into
the kitchen on top of the gill, who went
backwards into ho basket of clean clot hes,
at the same time nearly breaking the dogs
back with her head. Henry Just went
backwards into heap untillIis head struck
the wall at .he inrn of the stairs, when he
rolled over and sat three steps up. feeling
around FOR the place Hhere his back bone
came through with one band, while he
rubbed the -four aud stars Out of his eyes
with the other.
''Old Woman. didn't YOU spill some
thing?' he meekly inquired.
'Dh y"u muIdersonie villyun, and size
fired the si"ve hiier at him, which, with "A
woman 5 usual aim, went out at the win
dow and knocked over her pet lilly.
old wUmans getting mad. ] guess
ana Henry scrambled up into the garnet,
aud hnl;ed himself in, and leaned ont mt
the end window. mflicting aa iuur aud a
half joke on OXt,by. next door abuu' the
Rnssians being fond of poultry because
they were gong 10 live Oh Turkey All sum
mer.