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, 1877-03-17

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corlinr ia fine dryrlonmcnt Of n,uction
is considered in reference to fine ou.s stinn
Of dps,rn IN noturo nc we'll ,s connnr.d
with the classification according to in
tc,no structure or the forms Of life ms
established hy Cuyirr called mornhol
o,v Tho splinct nr classification NJ lirp
whether If shoull he occordino to forms
morhoIorv) or npctions ncIcoIouyl
hprun in ,ba finn. of Cuvi,r nr,rly 81
ccnrurv moo, was fora Iona time one of
fine Interest Of controversies pmonp ma
,urnlists This work cyphns fine recon.
cili,tion brtvp4n thr two established hv
fine wrpipus of Darwin
The article "Wbo, is D,rwinisn - is =
review Of a very severe criticism ON Dor.
vip,sn Inv fine DISTINGUISHED .prr.hyt.r.
ian divine Dr u,d,,os ,,ho. .o,nr,,, sank
~ nrove ,hnt Dorvyinism lr,ds onIv ,o
atheism The rcvip,y nr prof Gr,v verv
cIe,,rlv demonstrates the inuo,i,v nge gerrb
y coprsc of treatment in n reliyious roint
of ,i.r as we'll nc th,t,, Inns I,v 40
means follow ps a nhiIosmbic c,pcn,ion
from IN. nrinci, hos odvonced Inv Darwin
and his djscipIes
We c,ndcnsr from q statement nf N,
Uodors corrected nv Prof Grov fine fol.
Iowinc ontIna of tbr D,rwnion bvno,h.
esis.
~Dorvin does not srocn,oto On tho ar
oin Of fine universe in fine no,nrr ot
muttcr or of farce He ia simn,v . n,-
tur,,ist c,,crnl and ,ohor;ors oh.orvrr
skunI in b;s d,scrir,ior and si,ou,or,r
c.,di1 IN doo,;,, with ,ho die9orl,,os IN
tho v,,y ot h;s rocu,;nr doo,r;r, Ia
MOI. h.c,,o liusolr o s;,oIo ,,.,,l,,,
,,,o,. Ua, ANA l,o e.r,, o,,l -
o,,r oar,,, +, ho accounted ,,r2 r., 40
o,,,t for tbo evisto,co ot r,o,,or o,1
rG, Mr. Dorvir od,i,s - C,.ot,r w;s
10 dors eynlici,Iv mud ,,,oot,d,, IT,,
,,o,n,, ,l', ,hao,;,,.,,,,' - re- :, ~.
f,n,, al ana ~ ,noro ,,;,,,.a;,i ,,,nn,,
Il Uow al liyino ,l,iro, ,n ,.,,r,
i,o,,a;,o ,,,, .n,,,,,, - ,.,....
and all ,ho ,l;ror.;,r ror ,,;,,.I, =. ~
,.v. dosco,d.d lron, ,,o ,r;,,o.Ji,l,,
im,cr,, ho nirLs ,,ov ho ooooro,od
far hr la oror,,io, of ,ho el,on.;,,
,o,urol l,ws viz. First tho ,oworuo
rodi,v ,r that hv which ,;ko hooo,, lilo
.ho oe,sorin,, ,,o lilo .l,o,,,,s, O..
al u,o ,au % v,r;..; .ha.,, .h,,.
tho nfrsnr;no ara in ali ESSENTIAL cbor.o
teris,ics like their immediate nr,ceri-
,or ,hov revorth.,,so v.rr ,,oro or lac.
,;,h;r norr,w lir,;ts from, tboir no.,.
and f,o,r ooob o,hor Sauna 90 ,ha,o SO
r;o,ions ara irdifrsrer, some dotor,oro
tiors some imnrovemepts-,ba, "a snch
40 orob,s tho nlont or opiwo, to ovoro;.o
ia frrct,ors 70 orao,er odvor,oro Thira
,ho 1au of fOror,.prodro,;o, An ,,a..,
and o,imo,s fond to i,croooo n a o,oo
,,,a..;oo, ,.,;o orl ,horocoro .o,,d - O.
,,, o,o,n,orarr .ho ,,o.n, =, ,u,,,.,
If oil tbe seeds of . nIort al, tha ano,rn
sc e,h ,,,o,o 30 orr,no ~ ,,a,,.,., T.,
. uo,r sno,t 4;n,o +ho wor,d oo,,ij ,a. ~
oon.a;n .hon. uo,oo IS nooo,o;.r a.;aas
.L...-.,s..,. e.. nc. o,I. g., % ~,
myriads born can possibly live Fourth
here comes in the law of Natural selec-
tiop. or the Survival Of the Fittest tbot
is if onv individual Of civen sneciss
, 1877-03-17

out nf DvrUini.m 1rp Gil GREAT that
om,,o Grrmon bool;.doolprs ,be Oar
wini,n literature is made a distinct
hr,,,,h ,rLi,Iiorr,nhv an Lonnr con-
rarroi on mn other sfngDe author,
Arothor uoculi,ri,y of MS writinrs are
,h,t ,bo ;,n,ro,t man tho ona ,lmost
dovoid of erucotion and cpltnre tbe ob.
ioc,iors to fine urincinIcs and theories he
nuts t,r,h annc.r rpIlv ns stronUlv and
rnivor.,IIv with rre,tor force than to
tho man of scientific cuIture and he
himself has tha rare conl,r to STATE the
ohicrtiops that MIGHT be uroed tn his
writinos pIlv os forcibIv if not more
so than onv of his enemies have ever
srcc.,dod IN l,;nr
Tho strongth or his ei,rn,a and cor-
dopsod s,vle nr orcuo,ont onIv onroors
after reflection AIthongh his writinps
have baen mora ,sso;led thon anv Iivin,
ortbor. cot In Los ,,vor boon toprd
r,ilty ot mis.t,n,o . sirr,o f,c, or mic
ranresentirr u p,rsnn ar nosit;cn orsoy.
;nr AN oI,nsivo snner;no or discortoons
word Of onv of his onponorts THE con-
seoperces are thot in reodirw his works
# Won ore not NJ rho t;ro tbcn and ,horo
ohIo w;,hor, ir,,st;c,,;or or ,ho srhioo,
m ,nswor lite rroro.itions ro, will stu
,ass he liks,v IA ercc.ssGrlIv con,hot
them pltprwo,d bccouse after he has
once ;rdicotod snoo;o1 oh.,,ro, of
thorrbt or scion,ifo ;norirr o,l rouo.
tomnt in -, horost cri,ico, sn;r;+ to rol
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ioo,;cns woro ,,oro thon ont;o;,o.oa
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,rr oro,o, stotod noa, =. ,.r,n,,,, 80 +,
o,n,1 ,.;I,, .,,.., ,h y,,.;
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moot of .ho soi,nt;eo ,,,nr r.ha 1,m -,
,ho ,rr,h of uho. n,r,,;,, h;,,.o,e ,,.,,
orIv terms his theorv Eyo, tho ,rao,os,
rival and orroront of D.rn,i, i, t,o,
o,most tho on,v r.oI on,oror4 In ono,
h,d f,,o, ,,.;oIr ,o;o,t;ea ,., .,...;..
Ir sc;,rt;ao orornd, onan ,,;o ,i.,,.
were once understood tho di.,irruishoa
and nmented Au,ssiz odmittod tho
truth of all that really belangs IN III.
theory as a series ofnotprol c,n.es which
left to their own actiop for an indefinite
| neriod weu,d he able n nroduca cer,oin
effects vet chimed That there was No
evidenca that ,be eff.cto yoro 10 ,roo+ no
claimed hv D.rv;, ord hio EoIowors -,
parentlv intimatiug that there must in
the nature Of tbipos he Nome svp,r,ot,,r.
nj Limitation TO the action ot these c,,sos
before they could nroduce So graot an
efre,t "a claimed for them
Tbese oh;ections of Ayass;z oil b.;rr
of = necative rather than a nositive char
actor are saldom rrgsd excon, hr thoso
who oppose what thew fancy are the re
lioious or nb;Iosonhic Tendencies of ma,
winism should il be demonstrated or
generoIIv regarded 70 be trpe
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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
NUMBER 81

of applicants are always waiting their
turns for vacancies. Some of the houses
have been sold to the tenants, with or
without ground lease, for ninety-nihe
years; Others are being paid for in
regular monthly or weekly Install
ments, and the rest are rented. The
rents are 5s. 3d., Is. 3d., and IS. per week,
according to the size of the house, while
the larger houses command e26 and up
ward year. In purchasing house by
installments, the payments are made
according to a fixed table, prepared by
an actuary, designed to spread the pay
ment evenly over given numbtr of
years. Compared with the cooperative
society's plan, or the system of the
building societies, the company offers
these advantages: The purchaser may
begin to pay at once, as soon as house
is ready for him, paying in the form of
a rent and without previous investment.
If he pays in advance or anticipates his
payments, his installments are proper
tionately, decreased, and he can not be
called uron for further payments till his
anticipated payments are exhausted.
The money due on the house cannot be
called in by the company before it is
due; but the purchaser may tender full
payment and take the house at any
time, and having paid all the installments,
he is no longer liable for any claims
whatever, excepting the ground rent,
and this he may take up if he wishes.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
Curious French Experiments.

A curious as well as interesting series
of experiments made in France show
approximately that the heaviest load a
man of strength can carry for short
distance is $40 pounds; all man can
carry habitually,. as, for example, a
soldier his knapsack, walking on level
ground, is 1872 pounds-an extreme load
It would seem-or he can carry an aggre-
gate of 1913 pounds over 3, 200 feet as a
days work, under like circumstances. II
he ascends ladders or stairs, as do hod-
carriers, then he can carry but 121
pounds, continuously, and his days work
can not exceed 1882 pounds raised 8. 2O0
feet high. With regard to the effort and
the velocity which a man can pro.
duce by pulling or pushing with. his
arms, it has been found by these expert
ments that, under the most favorable
circumstances, and for continuous work
an effect can not be gained exceeding
from 26.4 to 33 pounds raised from 1.S tt
81 feet per second, or about one-eigh'
horae-power.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
Horned Men In Africa.

A paper by Captain J. s. Hay, on the
"Horned Men of Africa" was read at
the recent meeting of the British AS
sociatioD. He also exhibited sketches
of two Africans with horns. Mr.. Hyde
Clarke said it was very difficult to as
sign any reason for the appearance of
the horns but there was no doubt that
Captain Hay had seen them. One way
might be that they had been inserted or
inoculated into the face; but Captain
Hay informed them that it was the OBJ
ject of the parents to remove the horns,
which he regarded as natural growth.
One suggestion was that this was class
of malfOrmation of which there was a
memorable example in the case of the
"porcupine man." who had horny plaits
on various parts of his body. He bad
not heard from any body any sufficient
explanation with regard either to its be-
ing artificially produced in the manner
to which he had referred. 1t was re-
markable that the horns were peculiar
to the male sex. The subject was very
obscure, and had not been sufficiently
investigated by anthropologists, because
of the great prejudice against taking
it up.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
WashingtOn's Temper.

Miss Jane Stuart in jScr,bner's Monthly
tells the following story of her father,
the celebrated painter, and General
Washington:
While talking one day, to Gen. Henry
Lee, my father happened to remark that
Washington had tremendous temper,
but held it under wonderful control.
General Lee breakiasted with the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Washington a few days
afterward.
az saw your portrait the other day
capital likeness" said the General,
"but Stuart says you have tremendous
temper"
"Upon my word," said Mrs. Washing.
ton, coloring. "Mr. Stuart takes great
deal upon himself, to make such re.
mark"
But stay, my dear lady," said Gen
eral Lee; The added, that the President
had 1t under wonderful control"
With something like a smile, Genera
Washington remarked, 4" He is right"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
Better Things.

Whenever the tongue begins to wag
with gossip it grows hot and burnsevery-
body 1t talks about.
Everybody is ready to help man up
when he is going up, and to give him u
fraternal push when he is going down.
Let him who neglects to raise the
fallen fear, lest when he falls no one
will stretch out his hand TO lift him up
Lddin Sddi.
Many a man thinks it is virtue that
keeps him from turning rascal, when it
is only a full stomach. One should be
careful, and not mistake potatoes for
principles.
No man can make right out of a
wrong, any more than he can paint a
piece of cork so like stone that 1t will
sink to the bottom when it Is thrown
into the water.
A flatterer is simply wasp who con-
ceals his sting until he has got all the
honey he wants. Refuse him once and
you will very soon find out what kind OF
an insect he is.
The best inheritance from your father
is poverty and good name. If you
have both of these you are unusually
fortunate, and your prospects in life are
of the brightest sort.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
A New Theory Regarding Charley
Ross.

"There is absolutely, as yet, no clue to
this puzzle" says London paper, "and
we confess to incline, though not strongly,
to the belief that not only Charley Ross
is dead, but that he was dead from the
first; that the leading kidnapper, Mosher,
who alone knew where the child was,
had devised a much darker crime than
abduction-a murder which should bring
him $4,000 and no detection-which
he calculated could never occur unless
the child were alive to be discovered. n
n n 1t is clear that the death of the
child was constantly in Mosher's
thoughts. for he not only threatened it
in ALMOST every letter, but he is perpetu.
ally arguing, as If with his own con.
science, that morally he is only kid.
napper, and that the murderer of the
child is (would be p his own father, who
will not pay up the ransom demanded
If this solution is rejected, the only
plausible one is that the child is still in
confinement near Philadelphia, his Gus
todia1 being afraid, not of the law, but
Of the lynching with which all con
cerned were threatened by the citizens y
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
The English WOrkingman's Home.

Mr.. Charles Barnard has paper with
the above title in Scribner for January,
from which we take the following in re-
gard to the Shaftesbury Park homes for
workingmen in London:
On the streets one meets well-dressed
and apparently well-to-do working
people. Here is jolly company of
hearty children just loose from school
living testimony of the healthfulness
of the town. Yonder is a man tending
one of the gardens, and there a young
girl is cutting roses from the luxuriant
vines which trail over the door. There
are flowers everywhere in the greatest
abundance, and every patch of garden is
new conceit in horticulture. Within,
the houses are supplied with every con-
venience of gas, water, and heating ap-
paratus. aud all save the very cheapest
are supplied with bathrooms. The first
floor usually contains a hall with stair
way, living-room, with one or two win
dows on the street, a kitchen, scullery,
and closet in an extension in the rear.
On the second floor are three or more
chambers, according to the size of the
house. Every room is also provided
with ventilator in the wall, cOmmuni-
eating with the hall or with the chin
neys. There are no cellars and no drains
under the houses, the drains being all
laid in the yards in the rear, and only
reaching the streets at the ends of the
blocks. The foundations and floors
being laid in heavy cement, the
rooms are perfectly free from dampness
and decay. The floors of the kitchens
are finished in brick and stone, and the
hall and the living-rooms have wooden
floors laid on the cement. Each house
is protected by 6re-proof walls carried
above the states. and in some instances
brick is used for partition walls. The
cornices, window caps and sills, doorsteps,
and ornamental work, are all either of
real or artificial stone, and, in the use of
brick, several colors are employed, to
give variety and finish to the houses.
Everything is solid, substantial, and per.
feet of its kind. Each house is supplied
throughout with inside venetian blinds
and when the wall papers are put on,
every tenant is allowed to select his own
pattern out OF the company's stock. The
sidewalks are all Of concrete, and in the
rear, walks and other. .conveniencies arc
provided to suit individual tastes.
Every house is occupied, and hundred
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
Treat Your BOYS Well.

Some mothers try to reach the soft
side of their boys nature with kind
word some with harsh word and some
with an old slipper. Some mothers try
it in this manner: Now you great, big
lubber, get right out of here and stop
that outlandish noise, will you! Don't
you know better than to whistle in the
house? You are always in the road.
Go way, and don't let me see you again
to-day" Now Jim, John or Pete-what-
ever his name may be-will withdraw,
and boy-like again, will keep up big
thinking. If we could reach his thoughts
it is more than likely they would run in
this channel: "Now why can't mother
give fellow kind word once in a
while! l know amt the worst boy in
the world, but she appears to think So.
If am always in her way why does
she always call for me when she wants a
pail of water or an armful of wood
Why amt in her road then? 1t must
be disgrace to be boy, for she and
sisters are always snuDbing me because
l am boy. wish l was away from
home, then 1 could have few minutes
peace" If he goes down town with a
view of finding place where he is not
in the road, it is very likely that ne will
not find the purest and best company in
the world. The boys with whom ne will
associate have been through the same
mill that he has, and being deprived of
the home influence which they should
have, they are not exactly model boys.
They will swear, smoke, chew and play
cards ; and if j., the subject of our
sketch, falls into the same ways, who is
to blame? Mothers and sisters, for
heavens sake, make your home attract
i've for your boys. Don't find fault
with them every time they stir, because
boys are by nature noisy set. Who
would have them otherwise i? Treat
your boys well and give them good ad-
vice-in small pieces; don't feed them
too much at once, or it will act in the
wrong direction. Give them kind words,
and you will never pass any sleepless
nights on their account. A boy who
has the right kind of home will never
turn out bad.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
CuARIoTrEsyIJE (Va1 .L6,rsoo;o,

CHARLOTTESVILLE (Va.) Je6crsonian
Mr.. George Carr informed us the
other day that one of his hands,
in plowing a field on the farm,
brought to the surface gold coin,
coined more than hundred years ago.
This farm of Mr.. Carr is situated seven
miles nearly north from Charlottesville,
and is the place where the army surren-
dered by General Burgoyne in the Revo.
luton were kept as prisoners of war, and
this coin was undoubtedly lost by one OF
the prisoners. The foundations of the
cabins in which these prisoners lived can
be seen at this day, and in the forest
are seen the graves of those who
died while they were quartered there.
We believe the fields retain the names
given them at the time, such as "head.
quarters" etc. When the prisoners
were removed from the county, the place
was purchased by the late Garland
Garth, and he said there was not tree
left on the place. The forests in the
neighborhood had all been cut down and
used for fuel. The forests that are nov
to be seen on the farm have grown uI
since the prisoners left 1t. A number o
the prisoners remained and married, aDC
their descendants are among our mos
industrious citizens.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
A California Woman Eats Thirty Quails
in Thirty Days.
San Francisco Chronicle.

1t has been many times vigorously
alleged that no person could perform the
seemly simple gastronomic feat of eating
thirty quails in thirty successive days.
What there is about quail that makes
the average human stomach decline its
too frequent visitations no one but an
analy tical chemist with leaning toward
anatomy can decide. The quail has
been esteemed great delicacy since the
children of Israel passed through the
desert and had their daily feasts of the
fowl-not singly, but in showers-and
the sacred chrOnicler fails to record that
they were received with repugnance, and
they were in the wilderness month and
ten days. A banquet without quails
somewhere in the list of dishes has been
almost esteemed failure. Then why its
indigestibili.y wherefore its bilious
ness? This feat, hitherto deemed i'm
possible, has been recently performed by
lady resident of Oakland, who, in a
spirit of banter and on a wager Of FIVE
hundred dollars offered by humorous
son-in-law, and one hundred dollars
guaranteed by a facetious son, undertook
the task, not thinking it at all difficult.
She decided to take the birds broiled,
and for breakfast. All went on well for
some days, and it was not until the end
of two weeks that the matutinal quail
began to be repugnant, breakfast revolt
ing, and life q burden. A plucky, un-
yielding will came to the lady's
aid, and she persevered, and through a
series of daily-recurriDg qualms, with
frequent fits of dizziness, a little tend
ency to obscurity of vision, she finished
the last bird, amid the approval of a
slightly alarmed household. But she
says she does not care to renew the at.
tempt--oh, mol even for the sake oi
emulating the Israelites, who lived on
them forty days and made no sign. She
is now in perfect health, and her bank
account is increased by the money &C
! hardly earned,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
A Nice Question OF Law Raised In the
United States Circuit Court.
New York Herald.1

The conviction of person for q
felony has generally been held by the
courts as a bar to the exercise of the
elective franchise by the convicted per
son, and at all elections in this city the
practice has been, when challenge has
been made on such grounds, to refuse the
vote, unless the party presenting it ex'
hibited a pardon from the Governor, il
convicted in a state court, or the
President, If convicted in one of the
Federal courts. The right of person
convicted in United States court to
vote in an election for state and city
officers was raised yesterday in the
United States Circuit Court, Judge
Benedict presiding. The decision OF
Judge Benedict will be looked for
with interest.
The United States VS.. Joseph Barnabo.
The prisoner was arraigned for trial,
charged with violation of the election
laws in voting illegally. Itwas contended
by TIE Government, and charged in
the Indictment, that Barnabo had been
convicted in the United States Court in
1869 for passing counterfeit money!;
that this conviction rendered him felon
and without the right to vote.
Mr.. A. III. Purdy, who appeared for
the prisoner, interposed demurrer to
tho Indictment, and argued that the
conviction of man of felony in the
United States Courts did not take away
his right to vote. Mr.. Purdy argued
that the Constitution provides that the
electors in the various states shall have
the same qualifications as the members
of the most numerous body of the
Legislature of the State. The law of
this State, which disfranchises man on
conviction of felony, refers to con-
viction in this State that conviction
of felony by any foreign courts does not
so disqualify. The conviction of Bar
nabo in the courts of the United States
was conviction by foreignjurisdiction,
and did not disqualify him from being a
voter in the state of New York.
In support of his views, the counsel
read numerous authorities, among them
two opinions of Attorney General
Champlain, of this state. Mr.. Foster,
who appeared for the government, in
sisted that the state laws disfranchising
a felon applied to convictions in all
other states and in the courts of the
United States. Judge Benedict reserved
his decision.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11

CoNNoIssEURs of cigars are making
the discovery that Brazil affords an arti-
Gle equal to if not surprising the best
Havanas. A tabacco trade of thirty.six
million pounds per annum has already
grown up between that country and
the United States, and the COM
petitition with Cuba will tend, prob
ably. 10 lower the price of the world-re.
nowned cigar of that island. There was
a good display at the Exposition of the
variety Of cigars grown and manu-.
factured at the Province of Bahia, and
costing there from twenty-five to thirty
dollars a thousand, AID having all the
characteristics of Havana cigars.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11

FOREIGN fruits in England can not
compete with the native grown. Grapes,
pines, bananas--none are 20 good rs the
English raise in their forcing houses.
The American Newton pippin apple is,
however, the most popular in the English
markets ofall apples. English pears are
said TO be superior to any.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11

EvERYTHINa useful or necessary is
cheapest; walking Is the most useful ex-
ercise, water the best drink, and plain
food the most nourishing and healthy
diet even in knowledge, the most useful
is the easiest acquired.