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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-03-07
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use our preparation. No cheap makeup, but
; genuine article. The preparation Is 10 very
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lng HUNT a CO., Hair Dressers, Main Street,
BrockvfIle, Ont.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-03-07

A large stock of Hats and Caps just
arrived at JONES d. HOLLISrER'S.
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PAINTS AND OILS

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Send for Cards Of Colors aud Testimonials.
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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-03-07

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Address DIR. PIERCY, 0gdensburgb, N. r.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-03-07

The Boss five cent Cigar, at
JONES q HobLisTERs.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-03-07
Remarkable Success.

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William A. Deuress.

Treasurer of Lake county. Will at
teud promptly and carefully 10 all bus
lness relating to payment Of resident
and Ron-resident taxes. Address, Bald
win, Lake Co., Mich. S-4l
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

Our READERS SHOULD not forget the
Bazaar of the Provideut society which
opens in the Opera House on Tuesday
evening next. The proceeds of the
Bazaar are fer the benefit of the poor
and to be distri buted by the Society in
a judicious manner. 1t has been in
existence several years and has re-
leved many destitute families not on
ly by direct contributions but by fur
nishing work for unemployed females.
1t should be recollected every cent of
the money contributed will be expend-
ed for the poor, and this being the fact
the Bazaar should be largely patron
lied.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

They HAD NO BACKBONE, AND THEY
lost the game" This is the frank way
in which the Charleston News accounts
for the defeat CT the Republican major
ity in South Carolina. 1t is good to see
that the truth is understood and ad-
mitted. In commenting ON the Presi-
dents message, the same journal says
that the President no doubt expected a
diff rent result from his withdrawal of
troops and the promises made, but
1.-The south became solid, not out of op-
position to Mr.. Hayes, but as measure
Of self-protection." This bulldozer's
organ claims that "the operation Of the
constitutional amendments, and Of the
State Constitutions framed under the
Reconstruction acts, was to disfran
chise the whites" But, adds the ad
vocate of "fair play" "it is idle to talk
of freedmen in these days making a
successful resistance to the political
operations of white men," If anybody
doubts this conclusion, let him examine
the returns from South Carolina.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

THB VIRoINIANs have got their backs
up fearfully, and are lashing them
selves into "a perfect frenzy of fury
over the action of Judge Rives of the
United States District Court of that
State, in giving to. the colored race the
rights granted by the Fifteenth Amend
ment. The Richmond Times character
ICES his action as very extraordinary "
and all the other smaller ilk of papers
join in the hue and cry against the
Federal Judge. The facts are, as gath
cred from the Times own columns,
that the counsel for two negroes indict-
ed for murder asked for a special We
nire, to be composed Of whites and
blacks, alleging that not single ne
gro's name had been put into the box.
The Judge of the Circuit Court denied
the motion, whereupon Judge Rives, of
the United States Circuit Court, issued
an order, with writ Of habeas corpus,
transferring the cases to his court. In
stead of being very extraordinary" "
this decision seems to US .minen.ly
proper. In drawing the jury there
was distinction made on account of
color, for no negro's name was placed
in the box. The accused were negroes,
and they had right to demand trial
by jury from which negroes were not
excluded. 1t is to the credit Of the Old
Dominion that one of her sons had the
courage to take this stand in his own
State.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

Is Is ALLEGED that some Of the Demo.
Gratis in Congress find themselves un.
able to credit the stories of fraud tina,
come from South Ccrolina, because they
cannot believe that "the men who ar.
at the head OF the Democratic party in
the State, would be privy to anything
dishonorabl. in political warfare. -
This is probably the most astonishing
reason for incredulity ever given since
American political history began.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

Miss LAURA V. Ellis, the renowned
spiritual medium, has for the last few
evenings been trying to amuse two OF
three dozen deluded followers in the
Capelle building. She rattles around
right lively in her little coop, and those
who attend her performances laugh
heartily at her funny little antics, and
think that the show is preferable to
either circus or theatre. Miss Eli,
d)n't find business so remunerative as
when she was in this city'before, as the
sJritual seance humbug since that
time has exploded and has gone where
the wood bine twineth.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

IT SEEMS THAT Hon. George R. Dennis
United States Senator from Maryland
though not reelected to that position
is so strongly attached to the Demo
cratic flesh pots of Washington, that he
has applied for the position Of Clerk o.
the Senate when that body meets after
the Fourth of March. The Hon. George
has good many competitors, but by
skillful maneuvering during the re-
mainder of his Senatorial term be may
be able to pull through.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

counteract the work done hit rto, but
il they so defend fraud and sustain
crime that punishment of the guilty is
rendered impossible, let them take
warning that no man for whom the
South votes will ever be chosen Presi-
dent or enjoy in any future Congress
the position of leader of majority.
The solid South is virtually disfran-
chising itself by its own frauds and
crimes.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

AND NOW it has been found out by the
Democrats that the most shameful in
in Michigan at the lat. election by
which General Williams, the only Dem
ocratic member from that State, was
defeated. $500 poor helpless Demo
Gratis away up there in Michigan have
been intimidated and kept from voting.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

THE APPROACH of the gift-maklng sea
son gives. peculiar significance to the
following excellent advice contained in
recent editorial in the Philadelphia
Ledger Among seasonable duties the
payment of debts, if you have any, and
the settlement OF accounts are impera-
tive. Debts, especially small ones, and
accounts, particularly the personal, are
always best avoided Yet habit has
grown up of postponing and forgetting
them until the inexorable New Years
date demands settlement and brings
forgotten transactions to memory
Business arrangements marking speci-
fc dates for specific payments and col
lections are not here alluded to; though
even in these the work of preparation
will make the settlement more easy
formality 1t is a mistake, however,
to confound personal and family ex-
penses with business transactions,
properly so-called. The furnishing of
personal and household articles to con
sumers do motor should not--deal on
time. And if you are indebted to those
whose wages are their living, or whose
transactions involve small demands on
many people, be sure to get out of the
list of small debtors before the old year
is any nearer its close. To small cred
itor1 the debts due them are often of
the largest consequence.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

owners, for des rcying or injuring their
property during the war. This may
be regarded as but premor itory of the
"good time" expected under Demo.
cratic rule, when theentire South shall
be reimbursed for their loss of property
and slaves by the war. Uncle Sam will
have a monstrous bill to settle when
the "Confeds." get the upper hand.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

MAYOR ALLMoND asked largely when
he wanted the privilege Of appointing
twelve additional policemen, and he
has the one sixth part of his request
granted. This however is more than
was accorded to Mayors Simms and
Whiteley who asked for a largely in
creased force but got nothing.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

NOTICETO U. S. PENSIO EKS.-All
~ persons entitled to pensions can have
their papers carefully prepared, and atfida
Wits sworn out on and alter Wednesday, Dec
4, 1878. Long experience In the department
at Washington enables the subscriber to ia
cilitate this class Of business with promptne.s
and dispatch. Apply to THOS. r. LALLY.
eo2h Market street. dcttf
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

Mr.. NoRroN in his address before the
City Council on Thursday night passed
a high encomium on the whipping post.
He thought that Wilmington with her
twenty-four policemen and the fear OF
the whipping post was equal to fifty po
licemen in city like Reading.
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

GEN. Hampton's recent "mule" acci-
dent by which his leg was broken turAs
out to be much more serious than at
first supposed. 1t is now feared that
the leg will have to be amputated, and
It is even doubtful il that will save his
life
Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

THE SOUTHERN tex -Rebs.n are grow
ing bold. Suits have already been en-
tered against gallant Gen. Phil. Sheri-
dan and Gen. Grant. by the former
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1878-05-27
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SD ipiiroe lie bcgen unb pflesen ipte
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uno bas Gclo bral6en f0unte. @ber t0
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ihoute i'm nit iAarfer, bur6orill0enneit
8lifen al, %vipollen Sic mir Dor 0ott err
fldren, oaB, inoem i0 DieleS Wsaodcn
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10 Dcriiderc, oils baS Sbrt9e z"
pSd i6w0re cS Sbnet Dor @ott!"
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8roO balten, bis ibr 8ioerltdlo 8ebroheH
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frilDer iabrclan9 %gefansen balten louten,
Sic fonnen iid oarauf perlal1en. Sic lpu
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-13
MALAPROIsOS.

During Mr.. Gladstone's Premiership,
Sir George Pollock called one morning in
Downing street to thank the Primo Minis
ter for making him Governor of the Tower.
A cabinet council had just assembled; but,
rather than keep the veteran waiting, Mr..
Gladstone invited him into the council
chamber and introduced him to his col
leagues. Sir George entertained his new
acquaintance with a tedious story about
aobleulan who had been detected cheating
at cards, ending his narration with: 'They
turned him out of all the clubs he belonged
to-; even the Reform would have nothing
more to say to him!" A way of proving
the enormity of the card-players ofense
that must have pleased his hearers amaz-
ngly, since all, or nearly all, of them were
members of that famous Liberal club.
The old governor sincerely meant what
his words implied. Such is not always the
case with utterers of malapropos things.
When note was handed to DR.. Fletcher
in his pulpit, intimating that the presence
of medical gentleman supposed to be in
the church, was urgently required else
where, the preacher read the letter out
and, as the doctor was making for the door,
fervently calculated: "May the Lord have
mercy on his patient!" A Scotch minister
exchanging pulpits with friend one Sum-
day was accosted after service by an old
woman anxious to know what had become
of her "ain minister" "Oh," said he,
che is with my people to-day" Indeed,
indeed!" said the dame 'theyll be getting
treat the day." As fattering remark
as that of the wife of popular lecturer,
who, on her lord telling her he was going
to lecture at Sheffield, exclaimed: "Tm 70
glad; I always hated those Sheffield peo.
ple.'
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-13
mIsEEsSOHAUm NAMES AN ASIA
MINOR.

The most extensive deposits of meer-
schaum in Asia Minor are about twenty
four miles southeast of the city of Eskisch-
er, formerly Dorylea, the inhabitants of
which, numbering about twelve thousand
Armenians and Turks, are principally en-
ployed in collecting or dealing in this ma
terial. 1t is obtained down in the earth,
shafts or pits being sunk to depth of
twenty-seven to thirty-three feet. Forty
to fifty miners work in one mine and form
company, dividing the profits among
themselves. The stones are generally ir-
regular in shape and vary greatly in size,
being from the size of nut to q square
foot or more in bigness. The largest pieces
are the most in demand, and the dearest
The mineral, when freshly dug, is of yell
lowish white color, and covered about o
finger thick with red, greasy earth, so
soft that it can be cut with knife The
treatment which the meerschaum must be
subjected to before it is fit for export is
very expensive and tedious. The pieces
must first be freed from the adhering earth,
and dried for five or six days in the sun,
or for eight or ten days in warm rooms.
The mineral is then cleaned second time
and polished with wax. After this it is
sorted into different grades, of which there
are ten, and carefully packed with cotton
into boxes for export. The stones lose two
thirds of their weight and volume in the
operation of cleaning and drying. The
price depends upon the demand. The
largest quantity is sent to Austria and Ger
many.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-13
NU'FMEGS.

Nutmegs ore the fruit of q tree which
bears from ten years old to one hundred.
The leaves resemble the laurel; the flowers
are white, two or three on penduncle.
The nutmeg proceeds from reddish knob
in the centre of the flower, yet not more
than one-third ripen. The fruit is the size
of an apricot, pear shaped. When ripe, it
opens and displays the nutmeg in black
and shining shell, inclosed in network of
scarlet mace. The shell is like that of fl
BERT 1t is dried with care, and when the
nutmeg shakes in it is broken, and the nut
meg soaked in sea-water and lime to pre-
serve it from insects. The fruit is gath
cred two or three times o year. Three
sorts of nutnegs are distinguished; name
ly, the male or barren, the royal and the
queen. Although nutmegs are of various
shapes, those of the best quality are round.
The largest and finest weigh, on the aver
age, about q quarter Of On ounce each.
They should have an agreeable favor, yet
inclined to be bitter, and when pierced ex-
ude an oily juice. A fine nutmeg tree in
Jamaica is stated to have had upward of
four thousand unusually large fruit upon it.
This tree is usually valuable, one crop
alone being worth thirty three dollars.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-13
AMMONIA.

A very useful article. We quote the fol-
lowing from competent authority: Put
teaspoonful of ammonia in quart of warm
soapsuds, dip cloth in it, and go over
your soiled pantaloons, and see how rapid
ly the dirt will disappear; no scrubbing
will be necessary. To pint of hot soap
suds add teaspoonful Of the spirits, dip in
your fork or spoon (or whatever you wish
to clean), rub with soft brush, and then
finish with chamois skin. For washing
windows and mirrors 1t has no equal. 1t
will remove grease spots from every fabric
without injuring the garment. Put on the
ammonia nearly clear; lay on blotting
paper, and set hot iron on it for a mo-
ment. Also few drops in water will
cleanse and whiten laces and muslin beau
tifully. A few drops in bowl of water, if
the skin be oily, will remove all uncleanli-
ness and disagreeable odors. Added to q
a hot bath, it entirely absorbs all noxious
smell, and nothing is better to remove dan
druff from the hair. For cleaning nail and
hair brushes it is equally good. For heart
burn and dyspepsia, the aromatic spirits of
ammonia is especially prepared; ten drops
taken in wine-glass of water will give re-
lief. For house plants, five or six drops to
every pint of water, once week, will make
them flourish. 1t is also good to clean
plant jars. So be sure and keep bottle of
it in the house, and have a glass stopper,
as it eats away cork.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-13
DRAMA IN CALIFORNIA.

At recent Territorial Pioneers dinner,
Mr. McCasky, pioneer actor of 40, said:
Our theatres at that time were generally
the dining g-rooms of hotels. The company
had often to wait at the door until two or
three lingering guests had finished their
supper before opportunity would be given
us to enter, put up our scenery" and
dress for the performance. However, We
were happy and made money. Five dol
lars was the usual price of admission. The
pioneer actress of California, to the best of
my knowledge, was Mrs. Bingham. She
was, in some respects, most extraordinary
woman. She could not read, but learned
her lines as her husband read them to her.
Her facility for memorizing in this manner,
no matter how long the part, was wonderful.
She was the first white woman who entered
Downieville. The miners had heard of her
coming and sent deputation to meet her,
while our company was still couple of
miles from the camp. Besides the regular
members of the troupe; there was Mrs.
Bingham's infant twins, each swung in q
basket on either side of mule. shall
never forget the manner in which rough
looking, heavily bearded miner approached
one of the baskets, and, lifting the cover
lid, he gazed moment at the child, and
then remarked:
MADAM, is this yours?"
"It is" she replied.
"Will you let me kiss it?"
''Yes," she replied. i,
"Wil you allow me to carry it little
while?"
Certainly"
And so he did, and, striding on with the
infant in his arms at the head of the caval-
cade, he constituted himself our dpGnt cou-
rier, and in this way we entered Downie-
vile.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-13
A PEERLENS PAVEM EMF.

The energetic agent of an asphalt pay
ing company, if he has not put money in
his employers purses by means of ex-
tensive contracts, has at least aroused
among the citizens of Detroit, Michigan,
an unusual interest upon the subject of
pavements in general. Almost every
household has been converted into a
chemical laboratory where tar and gravel
and various other materials are expert
mented upon and their paving qualities
tested. The whole city, in fact, has as
sumed the appearance of vast univer-
sity of botanical and geological students,
who are prying into all the hidden Sc
crets of nature, in order to determine
upon the most satisfactory pavement,
and for the benefit of country which is
pretty thoroughly torn up ON the pave
ment question, it is to be hoped that they
will reach successful conclusion.
Among the very many different pave
ments experimental on in that city five
at least deserve particular mention, from
the fact that they not only repeat the
experiments and experiences of numerous
other cities, but they suggest important
points to every man who has an interest,
and what man has not in the subject of
pavements?
Their first pavement is of cobblestone,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-13
FHE VALLEY OF ROSES.

shipka, in the Bulgarian language, means
wild rose. The village consists of about
eight hundred houses, the inhabitants of
which are occupied in the sale and cultiva-
ton of roses. That flower is not cultivated,
as with us, in pots and gardens, but in
fields and furrows, like potatoes. Nothing
can be more charming than such planta-
ton Of roses. Millions upon millions of
red leaves are spread over the bright green
of the rosefeld, and yet OF this moment
not one.quarter of the buds are opened.
At Kazanlik is made the oil of roses, which
is of great value, and which is difficult to
procure, unalloyed, even at Constantinople.