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being, in the language of the shoe-mak-
ing brotherhood, a personal application
of the leather. The victim usually gets
good whipping with strap.
There was an old superstition In En-
gland that prayers to theVirgin at eight
o'clock on All Fools Day would be OF
wonderful efficacy, and it is seriously
mentioned by grave writers OF old days.
In Scotland the first of April fun is
called hunting the gowk," and consists
most often of sending person to another
long way of, with note which says,
"Hunt the gowk another mile" The
recipient of the note gives him a new
missive to still another, containing the
same words; and 20 the sport goes on, till
the victim remembers the day of the
month, and sits down to rest and think
about it.
In France, where the custom is very
ancient, the jokes are much the same !;
but the victim is called an April fish"
because he is easily caught. In one part of
France there is custom of eating Ger.
tain kind of peas which grow there, called
pois chiches. The joke there is to send the
peasants to certain convent to aek for
those peas, telling them that the fathers
are obliged to give some to every one
who comes on that day. The joke is as
much on the monks as on the peasants,
for there is often perfect rush of appli-
cants all day. >.
A more disagreeable custom prevails
in Lisbon on the first of April, when the
great object is to pour water on passers-
by, or failing in that, to throw powder in
their faces. II both can be done, the joker
is happy.
Ineed not tell you the American styles
of joking; mailing piece of silver to the
sidewalk; tying a string to a purse, and
Jerking it away from greedy fingers;
leaving tempting-looking packages, filled
with sand, on door steps; frying dough
nuts with an interlining of wool; putting
salt in the sugar-boal, etc. You know
too many already.
But this custom, with others, common
in coarser and rougher times, is fast dy.
ing out. Even now it Is lett almost en-.
tirely to playful children and the un
educated classes. This sentiment, quoted
from an English almanac of hundred
years ago, will, Pm sure, meet the ap
prevail Of grown-ups" of the nineteenth
century:
| " But Z Is thing to be disputed,
! Which is the greatest fool reputed,
The one that innocently went,
Or he that him desigoedly sent"
| H. M. NJ, 81. Nicholas.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19
The Queen OF Diamonds.

At a charity bal. in New York lately
there was q lady who had on two hun
dred thousand dollars worth of diamonds
yet no body ran away with her. She
lives in San Francisco, but not even
jealousy ventured the whisper that her
diamonds were Californian. She was
not beautiful, to say the truth, hut she
sparkled beyond comparison. 1t was
diamonds on diamonds. On her head WIS
a coronet Queen might envy. On her
arms we're not only heavy diamond brace
let's but above either elbow a diamond
band wide as your three fingers. About
her waist was a diamond belt, and from
this hung q diamond chatelaine. There
seemed really to be no place for more
diamonds, else believe she would have
added them. It would not at all sur
prise me to learn that her pocket was
full of diamond pins, so that in case of
the usual tear she might be prepared to
properly cover the damage. As to the
color of her dress, or the material, can
not say. To quote Master Brooks eulogy
on Mistress Ford, "She was too bright
tn look against
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19

Mrs. CUSTER appears to have been
the right kind of wife for such a man.
Arrange ments were made in New York
for benefit at the Fifth Avenue
Theater to the widow of General Custer,
but the following letter, from Colonel
Knox, has induced him to withdraw it.
LoTos CLUB, March Is 1877,
DEAR Mr.. DAILY: General Kiddoo has a
letter from Ms. Custer requesting that the
whole matter of benefit for General Clusters
family be dropped. She is very grateful for
the kindly feeling displayed in their be-
half but thinks that the money she receiv ed
for the Generals life Insurance will enable
them to set along comfortably. G.nei al
Kiddoo sends his compliments and thanks,
in which most heartily join.
Yours, sincerely, T. w, X.
Mrs. Custer has insisted upon pay.
ing all her husbands debts in full,
anu there is mortgage of about two
thousand five hundred dollars upon the
little homestead.
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The Widows Cruise with an Applica.
ton.

ClOns
INT. Moody in Boston,
If she had been Boston woman she
would have said: "You don't suppose
/ am going home to make a fool of my
self and borrow empty vessels to pour
that one bottle of oil intoT' But she
took the man Of God at his word, she
went; and can zee her going to the next
door neighbor, saying: Have you got
any more empty vesselsY" How many
do you want 2" Well, all you have got"
And then she went to the next-door
neighbor, and next door, and all up one
side of the street and down the other,
and, no doubt, they wondered and said:
"Wbat does she want with all these yes
sells % And there were gossips then,
same as now, and no doubt they said:
"What is the matter with the widow?
There she has been carrying vessels for
hours into her house. and there are her
boys now taking vessels and carrying
them into the rooms" Well, she Dor
rowed not a few, and when she got her
house pretty we'll filled with vessels, she
took them around and began to put her
oil into them, and she said to one of the
boys: "Now John, you just take this
vessel, and now Jimmy, you just take this
one away" and SO she kept pouring,
pouring out that bottle of oil till she
filled every vessel brimful. 1t was good
oil, fresh from the hands of its Creator
of course it was good oil. And she kept
calling: "Bring me another vessel"
And as fast as one boy brought one the
other carried it away full. And by and
by she calls out again: run and bring
me another vessel" "Well, mother
there amt another vessel to be had"
ALI. my friends God will fill every vessel
we bring. But, if we bring full vessels,
full of conceit and pride, be can't fill
them, We must bring empty vessels,
and then God will fill them with His
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19

The last four articles also contain a
certain quantity of ammonia, which
governs the prices. Bone -four and
superphosphate of lime are worth 81
per one hundred pounds; or if dissolved
with sulphuric acid the prices are a
trife higher. l consider muriate OF
potash the safest article for farmers to
buy, as the potash is good for any crop.
The way OF applying all the above, ex-
cept the bone -four and superphosphate,
is to mix them with tour times their
bulk Of soil, and apply a small quantity
in the hills of corn, potatoes, etc.. with
the seed, spreading it somewhat. Some
of these fertilizers may require dissOlv-
ing in water, and that the soil should be
saturated in layers from a waterproof.
My advice to farmers is to obtain some
OF these fertilizers to experiment with,
if it be only few pounds from your vii
lage druggist, if he can supply them.
He will ask about double the above
prices, but tor small experiment the
difference will not be much.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19

In the city of New York there are, ali
told, 27S regularly incorporated Protes-
tant Churches, with an average mem.
bersbip of 800, which would give a total
Of about $4,000 communicates, repre-
senting Protestant population of from
three to four hundred thousand persons.
In addition to the regular churches,
there are 118 chapels, missions and halls,
so that there is q total OF 1876 places of
Prott slant W, rsbip. with accom- moda-
ton probably for 275, 900 persons.
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i ny their works We shall Know Them. -

The Irishman who thought the druggist
stiDgy because the emetic was so small, il
only surpassed in his parsimonious drollery
by those who persistently adhere to the use
of those nauseating, disgustiDgly large and
drastic pills, while DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, which are sugar.coated,
and little larger than mustard seeds, will, by
their steady and gentle action on the liver,
correct all torpidity, thus permanently over.
coming constipation. In South America
they have almost entirely superseded all
other pills, and are relied on fully by the
people, aud often used as q preventive Of
the various affections of the stomach, liver,
and bowels, 40 prevalent in that climate.
Pierce's Pocket Memorandum Books are
given away at drug.storts.
AxYRsA, Aroostook Co., Maine Nov. 8, 1876.
r. V. PIERCE, M. d.:
Dear Sri write TO inform you that
have used your Pellets for some time, and
End them TO be the best medicine that ever
used. have also used your Favorite
Prescription in my family with entire salts
faction. have seen your Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser and l think IL Is the
best thing that have ever seen.
Yours truly, G. SHERMAN.
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THE YOUNG FOLKS.


Lumpy LOggerncs~'
There Is curious boy, whose name
IL Lumpy Loggerhead;
His greatest joy sob ior snA"e
To spend his time In oed'
They al with gongs alarum clocks
That make your blood run cniii
And thew encourage growing cocks
Beneath his window sill.
In vain the gongs,-his eyes are shut
In vain the cocks do crow;
Empty en- him u wa.er-butt,
And he will say, HALO"
But only In drowsy style,
And in second more,
He sleeps-and, oh TO zee him smile,
And, oh 10 hear him snore
He seems to carry, all day long,
Sleep In his very shape;
Aud though you may be brisk and strong
You often want to cape
When Lumpy LoSgerhead comes near,
Whose bed Is all his joy;
How glad am he is not here,
That very sleepy boy
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19

AFTER an experience of over twenty-five
years, many leading pb ysicians ackno Wedge
that the GRAFENBERG MARsHALL's Uterine
CATHoLICoN is the only known certain
remedy for diseases TO which women are
subject. The GRAFENBERG VEGETABLE
PILLS, the most popular remedy OF the day
for biliousness, headache, liver complaint
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, 1877-04-19

Of honest trade. When you buy DooLEY's
YEAST POWDER, for sale by all grocers, you
get perfectly full weight, just as marked on
the cans, and beside that an article made of
the very best and pufest material, so that the
strength can always be trusted.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19

SMOKE, SCOT aud coal gas, from defective
drafts, prevented, No more worry with
fires for cooking or heating. Send stamp
for circular to Henry Colford, 726 SAMSON
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19

The Pail Mall Gazette notices that the
names of all the Pre- sidents of the United
States, save that of Van Buren,. are Eng
lish, "or, perhaps, remembering Pres
dents Buchanan and Grant, and being
mindful of Scottish susceptibilities, it
would be better to say British" The same
authority adds that Of the six Presidents
who have borne the title OF General !"
only one, Taylor, has been soldier as
the term is understood in the Old
World-that Is, mere soldier. Gen.
eral Grant has been tanner, farmer and
debt-collector.n
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19

VEGETABLE Pulmonary BaIsa,n, the great
New England cure for coughs, colds and con.
sumption. Cutler, Bros. Il Co.'s, Boston, only
genuine,
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COLOR

The best Liquid Color In the world and the only
Centennial Prize Medal N gives 10 butter golden yellow color
butter producing better and HIGHER
price, besides improving butter In color and flavor Keeping
l. far superior 10 Annette other color msnufsc
tre and The only nuidcoor that viii color bouermh ~
aided TO cram before churnns pound will color 1000 pounds
dbutte The best and cheapest reolor white butter will
send on receipt Of money free by srpres 20 once East
MRs m syITu saT Ir.s st,.ss phi,.S>iphls. Pc.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19

Mrs. MAGGIE VAN Corr, has closed a
series of meetings in New York which
her friends regard as rema -kable. -Four
hundred converts are claimed as the
fruits of the meeting, making iu all
about twelve hundred converts which
she has been instrumental in gathering
into the city churches during the winter.
Miss Anna Oliver, the female graduate
OF the Boston Divinity School, has Com.
menced series Of revival meetings in
New York,
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There's NOEXcuSe

For Ladi or Children havinga single button on
u cir shucs. TIA. Eureka Button Fnstenfr
pplies the long felt want. Ca lie rut on with the
bIiion. conf = o,. e. y.l .eqn,ro 2 @ssh!,s'
We want nm agent for ev ~ cunt in the state
stan cy a. s..rey, On einna,i and cleveland, o.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19

For ten cents we will send q scientific
book Of one hundred aud sixty choice Sc
lections from the poetical works OF Byron,
Moore aud Burns; also, fifty selected pop.
ular songs and other Writings. The poetry
OF these authors is true to nature and the
finest ever written. Desmond q Co., 915
Race ST. PHILADELPHIA Pa
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0PER CENT. NET


DR.. Brown, Herbal Ointment suppositories are
guaranteed 10 cure any case OF Piles that can be
found In tho United states. A sample box Of these
suppositores will be sent free by mail TO any sui.
fcrer on rcceb OF twenty cents to prepay postage
and packing. REGULAR price 81. Address Dr. q.
PHELPS BROWN, n GRAND street, Jersey
City. n. =. n
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The public are hereby assured, through
the columns of this paper, that Parsons
Purgative Pulls coDt,in no injurious prin-
ciple, but that they may be administered to
children and the most weak and shattered
constitutions in small doses, with great Ger.
tainty of success.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19

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.
DIR. A. JOHNSON, one OF the most success
full practitioners Of his time, invented what
is now called Johnson's Anodyne Linimert.
The great success of this article in the cure
of Bronchitis and all diseases of throat and
lungs, will make the name Of Johnson not
less fayorably, If less widely known, than
that of Louis Napoleon.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-19

THE ruddy face OF the Englisfman de.
notes health, for the reason that he pays
particular attention to his favorite diet it is
just as easy to eat properly cooked food as
not, If such sOves rs the Flvorite" are
ncad
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Every Year You Lose

More than one costs-Ours Always right-Noray till
tested and suited-No risk, We lay frsightrBe your
Scales complete (none bstterl. 65, deiirered. md
for fro, Price List all size scalesand judge for your
self. q" fFEf .iI
JONES OF BlNCHAMPTON,
BINGHAMPTON, N. ".
AS-"I SELLS AT AlGnT."-6a
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FACTS for those who have been dosed,
drugged, aud quscked. Self-help for weak
and nervous sufferers. Information worth
thops inds TO those out of health. The new
Health JourDal that teaches all, sent free.
Address, Electric Quarterly, Cincinnati, ..
BURNETT's CoCOAINE is the best and
cheapest hair dressing in the world.
DURANG's Rheumatic Remedy never fails
to cure rheumatism. Sold by all druggists.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12

THERE has been an important rise in
all classes of Russian securities on the
London stock exchange, and they MAIN
tain great firmness, Notwithstanding
large realizing sales have been thrown
upon the market. The general tone of
the London press is to urge the govern
ment to seize the present opportunity
for mediation, and while it may yet not
be too late. Sofia must be captured be-
fore long. and that accomplished, no
important obstacle remains to the rapid
advance of the victorious Russians on
Adrianople.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

The fall of Plevna has been officially
announced at Constantinople.
The trial of Rande Mt Galesbury. Ill.
has been set for the February term Of
court.
Mehemet Ali has been removed from
his command, and renlaced bv Cbakis
Pasha.
The Maeder furniture factory at Gin.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12
Cattle Markets.

In Chicago, yesterday, the receipts
of cattle were 2,20O head. Choice sold
at $4,000 500 with stronger feeling;
native feeders and stockers steady at
S3.00@3.SO; native butchers, selling
readily at unchanged prices; bulls,
s1S7!@2.40; corn-fed Texas, S4.0O;
Colorado cows, $1,000 1926; Colorado
steers S3.45.
In st. Louis the receipts were 2,00o
head. Moderate demand for fat shipped
steers, good butchers stock firm, other
grades slow; prime to choice shipping
steers, S4.T5@5.OO; fair to good, 81. q
94.50; fair to choice butchers steers,
SO. 20@4.00; cows and heifers, $1,000
400; good to choice corn fed Texans,
S3.65@4.00; good grass do, s3.30G
$50; feeding steers, 3.50Ca 3.55: stock,
ers, S2.50Cd3.40.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12
THE FALL OF PLEVNA.
Osman Pasha's Obstinate De-
fense and Final Sortie.
Horrible Condition of the Be;saguered
and Decima,ed Turkish Army.
Freezing and Famishinn, Sick and Without
Doctors or Nedicines-A Host oi
Living Skeletons

London, Dec. 1l.-On Saturday, after
Osman Pasha had found his escape i'm
possible, his army starving and perish
ing with cold, and no hope of success,
lie sent parlementaire to the Russian
headquarters with special letter ad-
dressed personally to the Grand Duke
Nicholas. as chief of the army invest
ing Plevna. The Grand Duke declined
either to accept the letter or to receive
the parlementaire, and directed him
to be escorted to the headquarters of
Prince Charles, rs commander-in-chief
of the allied armies besieging Plevna.
The purport of the letter was re-
quest for favorable terms of capitula-
tion, and an especial request from
Osman Pashu to lie allowed to surren-
der his sword to the Grand Duke Mich
olas. This being impossible, the par
lementaire returned.
On Sunday another desperate assault
was made on the Russian right, in
which Osman Pasha himself was wound
ed, and about 1900 Turks put hors du
combat. Nothing remained but uncon-
ditiOnal surrender, and thus closed one
of the bravest defcnses of modern
times.
Gortschall0ff and the Russian and
Roumanian authorities were present.
The Gar and Prince GortschakotT will
return to st. Petersburg in n week.
The Car, after the surrender of Plev-
ma, placed his own carriage and escort
at the disposal of Osman Pasha.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12
KANS SAS.
Bank Suspension.

Lawrence, Dec. 1.-THE Simpson
bank, of this city, went into voluntary
liquidation to-day, and Mr.. ]. S. Crew
was appointed receiver. The business
of the bank has been Improbable for
some time, and yesterday, by reason of
the sudden falling through of an ar
rangement whereby large additions
were to be made to its resources, it was
deemed best to close the doors and set
tie the affairs by the appointment of a
receiver. All the drafts and collections
of the bank have been provided for and
protected. The moneys received after
banking hours on Saturday had been
kept distinct from the banks funds,
and will be returned to the owners.
1t is believed that the assets of the
bank, If not sacrificed, will be sufficient
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12

SPEAKING of the st. Joseph terminus
OF the Union Pacific, the Omaha Re-
publican says there is this much about
1t: The owners Of the Union Pacific
road propose to put themselves in a
position to fight their enemies, not ir
legislatures and congress merely, but
on the very ground where those inter-
ests lie. If Omaha and Nebraska pro-
pose to force an inequitable pro rate
upon the Union Pacific, its owners
propose to be where they can enjoy at
least an equal chance at the business
diverted from their main lines. That,
we should say, is what the Kearney and
st. Joseph movement means
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12
Serious Accident.

Atchison, Dec. lion Sunday morn
ing at about half past one O'Clock, the
rear portion of two brick and stone
houses located on the principal street,
fell with crash. The buildings were
occupied by an agricultural impliment
house. Two boys were sleeping there,
but they escaped unhurt. About half
Of each of the buildings went down.
The cause of the accident was either
defective construction or the sinking
of the walls by water. The loss is about
S35.OOO.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12
KEN NTUCKY.


Louisville, Dec. 11.-A special dis
patch from Bowling Green, Green coun-
ty, (Ky.,) says John Robald was shot
through the heart and killed last night
at the Double Springs, in the suburbs
of Bowling Green. The pistol was in
the hands of James Newton, who was
instigated by Jeff Vinson, telling him
to shoot. They had been cock-fghting
and drinking and became involved in a
quarrel. Newton and Vinson are not
to be found this morning, and officers
are searching for them. Rohald and
Newton are both young men.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12
Horrible Condition of the Turke

Bucharest, Dec. 1.-THE number of
Turkish prisoners taken at Plevna is
placed at forty thousand, and the num-
Der of guns captured at four hundred.
The ground which was the scene of the
sortie was literally strcwn with thous-
ands of dead and dying. Osman Pasha
himself was severely wounded before he
would consent to surrender. His valor.
which is described as desperate, is
everywhere the theme of conversation.
The sufferings of the Turks in the
beleaguered town We're awful Cold
disease, and famine had decimated
their ranks and reduced the soldiers to
living skeletons. To aggrayate THEN
sufferings, there were no doctors. and
no medicine could be obtained.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12
MISSOURI.
The Custom House Frauds.

st. Louis, Dec. LITTLE trial of
Michael Lidden, charged with perjury
and conspiracy in connection with the
construction of the new U. S. Custom
House and postoffice building, in this
city, which has been before the U. S.
District court for week past, closed
this evening and the jury brought in a
verdict of acquittal i'll less than ten
minutes. This was regarded as test
case, and the other cases of perjury, as
well as the cases of Thomas Walsh and
VIM. Patrick for conspiracy. will be
dismissed.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12

THE prophetic st. Louis Globe-D Dem
ocrat, which doesn't like Mr.. Hayes
one bit, and congratulates the country
that he has only three years and four
months more to serve, said in recent
issue: -Four years from to-day Gen.
Grant will send his ninth annual mes
sage to Congress. This information is
given to our readers in strict confidence.
The independent voter can put this in
his pipe and smoke it.''
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-12
Local Weather Report.

CnEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. IL, 1877.
Highest barometer, 3O.O3.
Lowest barometer, 29.97.
Highest thermometer, Ga.
Lowest thermometer, g..
Highest humidity, per cent, "a.
Lowest humidity, per cent, zero.
Prevailing wind, west.
Highest hourly velocity, i6 miles.
State of weather, fair.
J. X. P. PURDUM, Observer,
sergt. Sig. Service U. s. A.