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Year: 1877

Tue CASE OF LIZZY LoHMAN.-There is q
significant story in recent police reports.
Lizzy Lohman, a girl of sixteen, made two
attempts to commit suicide by poison, in
order to avoid the life of shame which her
mother and elder sister were leading.
That is the end of the miserable story.
The beginning is that the girls father died
in the country year ago, and the mother
hurried 10 New York to find work. AS
matter of course, she did not find it.
Hunger and want followed; and the
younger girl, who, it appears was modest
and innocent, speedily found, in the slums
to which they were reduced, no alternative
for shame and starvation but a dose Of
Paris green.


Moral: To all needy people out of New
York-keep out of it. Even skilled work
men and women have but the smallest
chance of employment just now, while
young men, no matter how industrious or
energetic, or young women, as honest and
cear.minded as this poor girl, who rush
into the crowd without friends, influence,
or any especial trade or handicraft, are abso-
lutely certain to sink into the great mass of
pauperism at the bottom of society. They
are sure to be confounded with idle, vicious
tramps, however decent or anxious to work
they may be. Lizzie Lohman, to speak
plainly, tried to commit suicide, not so
much from lack of work as of common
sense. Outside Of New York there is Just
now plenty of work for strong, neat, willing
women. If she had spent the money
which her laudanum and Paris green cost
in an intelligence Office, she would have
found abundance of applications for SER
wants from keepers of seaside and country
resorts, who were willing to pay So to
mattresses and chambermaids, and 81 and
upward to good cooks. Suppose she had
spent her money in railroad ticket. In
the height of the harvest farmers through


New Jersey are glad to pay from 81 80 tc
81 for help, with good board.-N. ], Tribune
Year: 1877

THE DOC STAR.-Sirius, the :" Dog STAR"
which is claimed to rule the season known
as "dog days" is now visible i'll the south
eastern heavens. Such u star as that ought
never to have the name of "dog" annexed
to it. Those of the ancients who applied
to it that designation gave to the constella-
ton in which it appears the name of
''Canis Major" the "Greater Dog" and to
an adjacent constellation the name of"Cans
Minor" the " Lesser Dog" Sirius surpas-
ses all the stars of the armament in splen-
did and apparent magnitude. 1t is said to
be Il sphere of such volume as would suffice
to make two thousand luminaries as large
as our sun, and its light is supposed to be
equal to that of three hundred like ours.
Its distance from the earth is well nigh in.
conceivable. The ancients who knew little
of astronomy, gave the name of "dog-days'
to the period of greatest heat in summer
because in the latitudes of the Mediter
ranean this period nearly corresponded
with that in which the dog star, so called
rose at the same time with the sun. Tc
this conjunction all antiquity ascribed {
malignant influence.
Year: 1877

1t is incredible the amount of interest
which the ladies at Saratoga take in the
races. Not only do they 90 to the races,
but they also bet, and bet largely, and
become thoroughly posted on the winning
horses.
Year: 1877

In this Department everything will be found from
French China Tea Sets and Decorated Toilet Sets
down through Granite and G. G. Ware in infinite
variety To Common Stone and Red EaTthcn Ware
Stove Pipe Guards Specially. Flower Pots
Year: 1877

Aquarius come at the moment with
his water urn she would not have
been able to join the circle.


Mars looked fierce and warlike as
usual, but gave many a tender
glance at Venus, who was acknowl-
edged star Of the evening.


Jupiter was attended by all his
satellites, but Mercury sent polite
note saying he was afraid to venture
50 far from the sun, for fear of tax
ing cold. Earth was there, but ap-
peared quite bashful with only
one attendant; the great bear was
chained to the north pole that he
might not disturb the company.
The eagle came flying down the
milky way to grace the scene with
his presence. All acknowledged
that this was the most brilliant as
sembly of the season.


boon a cotllllon was proposed,
and after slipping a few goblets OF
nectar the partners were chosen
and all began to move in the magic
mazes to the music of the spheres


And Jupiter, Juno and General
Mars, with Venus and Saturn,
danced round the fixed stars.


When the sisters were weary


Then rose the sun,


And blew out their candles


And spoiled all their fun.
Year: 1877

New York World


Her natural eecentricities in
creased notably during the latter
part of her life. She frequently
spoke Of herself as "Poor Tilly.n
Sitting in her room oonyersing with
friends, she would start up suddenly
and electrify her hearers with a
powerful recitation from some old
play which would have evoked
thunders of applause from any au-
dience. When oomplimented upon
her performance, she would say,
alluding to Biiou: "Ah, she is the
future greatest actress in the world.
Wait till you see her, and that will
be when | bring her out" Indeed,
her affection for her child amounted
to a passion; she lived in her and
for her. A few months ago, in a
fit of eccentricity, she conceived
the idea that some one was trying
to separate them. Instantly she
moved from her lodgings and sought
apartments in an obscure part Of
the city, remaining concealed there
for several weeks, while her friendl
Year: 1877

were seeking in vain to discover her
whereabouts. For some time past
she had been engaged in law suits
against several actresses for al
legged infringement of her right
to " Camille" some of which are
understood to be still pending.


Bijou Heron is now fifteen years
old, she is slight, graceful and good
looking, but with a prematurely old
and careworn air and manner. This
is due, no doubt, largely to the life
of constant excitement and anxiety
that she has led with her mother.
She is really more womanly than
most women twice her age. Her
friends and those of her mother
are anxious that she shall now re-
tire from the stage for a time and
seek the training and recreation of
other girls of her age, which she
has hitherto lacked, either in a
school or with a family. 1t is not
improbable that this will be done,
and, if it is, Miss Bijou is, in the
opinion Of those who are compe-
tent to judge, destined to great sue
cess az an actress. The means to
enable her to pursue the course
suggested are likely to be raised
either by a benefit performance or
by subscription from professional
friends of Miss Heron, many Of
whom are indebted to her for past
kindnesses.
Year: 1877

II gMllUCt III hdl pCl n1dSaIluO
describes the singular costume of
the women of the Prussian Wends.
The head-dress is made of q single
square piece of linen as white as
snow, and starched with exquisite
art, which is bound about the head,
as one sees it in the picture, by a
second person. 1t stands out on
each side like great fan, but it is
cool, and it hides the hair. This is
another oriental prejudice which
the Wends have preserved-a re-
luctance to expose the hair to the
general gaze. This prejudice does
not extend, however, to the lower
limbs. While the Wendish women,
like ladies of fashion, scrupulously
hide their hair and breast, they ex-
pose their legs with the greatest
composure, up to a point which
would shock the delicacy of a FIVE
year-old girl in Paris or New York.
The venerable grandmother does
not differ in that respect from little
Anna, who for a silver groshen will
give one glass of water and look
into her clear black eyes.


A jacket of black velveteen with
full white sleeves is not enough for
the body; over this, small shawls
of oriental brilliancy are tightly
and neatly pinned. The shawls
are sometimes worn instead of the
white linen on the head, and with
long fringe falling down look very
fantastic and picturesque. In this
dress the prettier girls are fayorite
rodels for artists. The snowy
colors and graceful draperY are, Of
course, more artistic than the stiff
white linen, which rather suggests
the nun. The skirts always make
up in width what they want in
length. They are usually in plain
wooden goods, red, blue, green or
orange, trimmed at the bottom by
a band of black velvet ribbon OF
some plaid stripe. The lining is
of the stiffest crinoline, and the
skirt is reduced to the size of the
waist by ten or twelve rows of reg
ular and iaultless gathering. This,
of course an excellent lady in
forms me - sends the fullness to
the bottom of the skirt, and so
when the Wendish belle walks
rapidly, her skirts are inflated by
the wind like the drapery of a bal
let girl. These dresses lined with
crinoline are worn only on festival
days and on Sundays; for work,
the skirt is quite as short, but
hangs more modestly about the
limbs. There is still another cos
tune, worn by widows and by
communicates at the sacrament.
1t IS made In the same style, only
the colors and material differ. The
skirt is black, and instead of the
heavy linen head-dress a piece Of
thin white null is laid across the
head, with black ribbon to keer
it in place, The face sinks down
into an immense Elizabethan ruff
of the same white material. With
bowed head and clasped prayer.
book these deyout christians and
forlorn widows enter the village
church, leaving as a last sight iol
the spectator their naked feet and
| M cciva brou,, limbs
Year: 1877

We take great pleasure in assuring
our friends OF the Times that MI.
William Sumner does not furnish
the money to run ths STAR. He
is stockholder, but the money
to run the paper is furnished by the
people who read the STAR and use its
advertising columns. The STAR
IS paying institution, abundant
ly able to take care Of itself
without help from Mr.. Sumner,
or any one else. II this answer isn't
sufficiently exploit, put your conuu-
drum in different shape. 1t may not
be out of place to add that we shall
continue to do business as usual
at the old stand and in our own
way, Notwithstanding the dlspleasure
OF the Times people. Ii the Times feels
injured by our course, or any OF Its
friends have a grievance, let them pro-
ceed to business with promptness and
dispatch.
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star


WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 Vice Presiden nj
Wheeler has had long conference with
the President regarding the polltical
situation. In speaking on this subject
the Vice President remarked that moi
withstanding the action OF the Repub.
licans in Ohio he still felt that the course
OF the President in regard to the South
ern States was most judicious that he
aid not regret the Presidents course as
a policy but as a principle OF vital i'm
portance to the future peace and pros
perity of the whole country that he fe 1t
more assured of the wisdom OF the Presi-
DENTS course than ever before.


During the past summer he had op-
portunities to ascertain the views oil
Republicans not only OF New York b ut
IN all parts OF the country, and that the
ceiling was such that had this course
not been pursued 1t would have cost the
Republican party thousands Of votes.


He felt confident that the President
would be thoroughly Yindloated in time
to prevent any serious disaster to the
Republican party. He further said that
this was time when the party could
afford to DO u little trifling for the sake
Of principles, but before tue next Presi-
Dental campaign the President
would be so fully vindicated in
his course that the party would work
together in harmony, strengthened by
the more liberal element Of the Demo-
cratic party, who are as much opposed d
to the ultra views within their own
ranks as the discoRtented Republicans
IN his party are with the action OF the
President.
Year: 1877

WE the undersigned beg leave to in
w form you that we have associated
ourselves together in the Mercantile bus
mess at KNOXVILLE, and have re-
turned from the city with full line of
Goods which we have now opened and
invite your examination. We propose to
sell Goods upon the closest living profit
for the cash or trade, excepting only
those who deal regularly and pay prompt
ly, upon thirty, sixty and ninety days
time We cannot do business upon the
old system of twelve months time. Botll
duty and interest to ourselves, as we'll as
our customers, forbid it. We hope, BY
strict attention to business, an earnest
desire to please and give satisfaction, to
merit and receive your support.


All kinds of marketing, including corn,
received in exchange for goods.


Respectfully.


MELVIN e STRIDER.
Unionville, Nov.3, 1917. ...-r If
Year: 1877

A match game of base ball between
the Suohomish and the Lowell club came
off this week. The Snohomish boys
came off victorious. The ground needs
more work done on it, before auy club
can do good playing. There is good
material in the two clubs to make one
good one. Consolidate boys, put your
ground in order, practice, and invite
some outside club to play with you fair
time.
Year: 1877

"The Royal Victoria Victualing Yard at
Deptfold is still busy replenishing the stores
which have lately been heavily drawn upon
in order to provision the Garrisons at Glib
raltar and Malta, in each of which there is
DOW accumulated food sufficient for the
maintenance Of large army for twelve
months"
Year: 1877

The growth of neighborhood,


village or town is simply the aggre>


gated Improvement of its individual


members. If every citizen would


give the preference to the people of


his own town in his outlay, quite an


addition might be made to the num-


ber of successful men in each neigh


borhood. Patronize your own village


blacksmith, carriage-maker, mechan-
ic and store-keeper help each other
along, cultivate pride in the pro-
gress and thrifty appearance of your
own community cast out that selfish
jealousy in q neighbor's prosperity.
There is sufficient competition in ev-
cry calling to keep prices as low as
can be afforded, aud in nothing can
the citizens of a county exercise a
more benign influence than in the
encouragement of a home trade and
patronage. 1t is the mutual interest
of all to have the largest possible
number of busy prosperous men in
each community. A successful man
soon shows his success in his surroun-
dings; he paints his house, erects
new fences, sets out shade trees,
prepares 4 flower pot for his wife,
improves his land and culture. every
item of which chance necessitates an
outlay of money and labor. These
not only benefit the
fortunate protector, but add to the
character and appearance of the
whole village, attract the attention
and admiration of every stranger
who enters the place. induce new
families TO move into town, and, best
of all, stimulates the neighborhood
to rivalry in the same line of i'm
proving their surroundings. Let
every citizen determine to patFonize
his neighbors, and watch the good
effect on the whole community.
Year: 1877

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A Confederate soldier from the


Valley of Virginia in one of the


battles of the late civil war was


struck in the head by Minnie ball.


The ball passed through the skull,


and the surgeon, afraid to probe


the wound in search of it, left the


man to die. In the course of time


he recovered, but had lost his reason


and was sent to the Insane Asylum


at Staunton, where he remained for
eleven years. At length DIR. Faunt-
leroy, an eminent physician of that
city, obtained permission from the
Asylum authorities and friends of
the insane man to make surgical
examination of the head, with the
hope of finding the ball. He was
successful, and found the ball en-
bedded on the inside of the skull and
pushing against the brain. Unable
to extract it with any instrument at
hand, he took chisel and mortised
it out. As soon as the ball was re-
moved, reason resumed its control,
and the deranged one was in his
right mind. He says that he is not
conscious of anything that occurred
during the interval of eleven years
from the time he was struck on the
battlefield to the moment the pres
sure was removed from the brain,
all was blank to him.


Another case in the same county
of Augusta was that of boy whose
gun bursted while shooting, and
drove the lock into the brain. The
piece was taken out by a skilIful
surgeon without serious injury to
the patient.


But the most remarkable case
that l hear of was in the same neigh.
oorhood. It was that of a woman
subject to fits of mental derange-
nent, and, while in a spell of lunacy,
1rove an eight-penny nail into the
,op of her head, penetrating into
he brain-the nail having been driv-
sn up to its head. The nail was
lrawn out, and the woman has been
If sound mental condition ever
since.
Year: 1877

~ANAAOAAo - OSAA - AV4


A correspondent of an English


medical journal furnishes the follow


ing recipe as new cure for con-
sumption Put dozen whole lemons


in cold water and boil until soft mot
too soft) roll and squeeze until the
juice is all extracted, sweeten the
juice enough TO be paIatable, then
drink. Use as many as a dozen 8
day. Should they cause pain or


looseness of the bowels, lessen the


quantity and five or six a day uutil
better, then begin and use a dozen
again. BY the time you have used
five or six dozen you will begin to
gain strength and have an appetite.
Ofcourse as you get better you need
not use SO many. Follow these di-
rections and we know that you will
never regret it if there is any help
for you. Only keep it up faithfully.
We know of two cases where both
of the patients were given up by the
physicians, and were in the last
stages of consumption, yet both were
cured by using lemons according to
the directions we have stated. One
lady in particular was bedriddcn and
very low; had tried everything that
money could procure. but all in vain,
when to please friend, she was
finally persuaded to try the lemons.
She began to use them in February,
and in April she weighed 140 pounds.
She is a well woman to-day, and ike
ly to live as long as any of us.
Year: 1877

The farmers are the only produc-
ers. and it is through their wheat,
corn. cotton, etc. that money is
brought into the State. But on the


other hand we have to buy every
thing manufactured from the North


and West. We buy everything
from a thresher to an axe-handle,


and this takes our money away, and
leaves but little in circulation. We
manufacture nothing, except a few
wagons in town, and most of the tim.
ber for them is brought here in the
shape of spokes, felloes and hounds.
If we wish TO keep our money at
home we must have manufactures.
We have an abundance Of wood, but
we make nothing out OF it. Our
buckets, pals. tubs, brooms are made
where wood is scarce. We can new
er be independent until we utilize
the raw material OF all kinds that
grows spontaneous on our hands.
We must learn to be more reliant
on our own resources and make az
we need, even 10 our clothes out Of
the cotton and wool we raise.-F Fort
Smith IN.
Year: 1877

BY JOHN G. SAKE.
'Tis curious fact as ever was known
In human nature, but often shown


Alike in castle and cottage,
That pride, like pigs of a certain breed,
Will manage to live and thrive on ''feed,
As poor as a pauper's pottage.
OF all the notable things on earth
The queerest one is pride of birth
Among our fierce Democracy"
A bridge across a hundred years,
Without prop to save it from sneers-
Not even a couple of rotten peers ....
A thing for laughter, sneers and jeers
Is American aristocracy. e.G --E
Depend upon it, my snobbish friend:
Your family thread you can't ascend
Without good reason to apprehend.


You may find it waxed at the further


end
By some plebeian vocation!
Or, worse than that, your boasted line
That plagued some worthy relation.
Because you flourish in worldly affairs.
Don't be naughty and put on airs


With insolent pride of station;
Don't be proud and turn up your nose
At poorer people in palmer clothes,
But learn, for the sake of your minds


repose,


That wealth's bubble that comes and


goes,


And that all proud flesh, wherever it


grows,


Is subject to irritation.
Year: 1877

One of the greatest evils con


nected with our system of educa.


tion arises from the fact that false


inducements are almost universally


placed before the public. And is


constantly stimulated by unreal ob.
jects. Instead of being impressed


with the idea that the great and


chief end of an education is to fit


him to perform well whatever duties


in life it may befalI him to be charg-
ed with, he is made believe that he


may yet become a President, Gov
ernor, or member of Congress, as
though public position was the pass
port to honor and respectability
alone. He is virtually taught both
by precept and example, that he
may acquire a great fortune, as
though wealth were the chief end Of
human existence. He is frequently
taunted with the query whether he
means TO be a newer of wood and
drawer of water, or whether he wish
es to remain a farmer or mechanic
for life. as though the labor of the
hand and sweat of the brow were
the sum of human evil, and the sign
and seal of human degradation.
The average American girl is ire
parably spoiled, ere yet she scarce
ly reaches her teens, by false aud
superficial ideas as to the true aims
of life, by an indisposition for
health-giving labor, and by visiona-
ry notions of her relations to the
other sex and to society. The aver
age American servant girl has out
grown her business, and now assumes
to dictate terms to the helpless mis-.
tress of the household she conde-
scends to serve. The average Ameri-
can boy knows more than his father,
IS master of his mother, disrespect-
'ul to his superiors, and insolent to
everybody. These are the outcome
Of wrong motives and mistaken
methods applied in the early stages
If educational development.
Year: 1877

The following cure for Hydropho-
bia is receipt of M. Caesar, a French
physician. Take two tablespoon
fuls of fresh chloride of lime, and
mix it with one half pint Of water,
and with this wash keep the wound
constantly bathed and frequently
renewed. The chloride gas posses
ses the power of decomposing the
tremendous poison and renders mild
and harmless the venom, against
whose resistless attack the artillery
of medical science has been so long
directed in vain. 1t is necessary to
add that this wash must be applied
as soon as possible after the infic-
ton Of the bite" sebay @
Year: 1877




Rev. Dewitt Talmage said recent
ly in one of his sermons: lone
of the greatest trials of the news
paper profession is that its members
are compelled to see more of the
shams of the world than any other
profe ssion. Through every news
paper office, day after day, so all the
vanities that want to be puffed all
the reyenges that want to be reap
ed: all the mistakes that want to be
corrected; all the dull speakers
who want to be taught eloquent; all
the meanest that want to get it
wares noticed gratis in the editorial
columns in order to save the tax Of
the advertising columns; all the
men who want to oe set right who
were never right; all the crack
Drained philosophers with stories as
long as their hair. and as gloomy as
their finger nails in mourning be-
cause bereft of soap-all the bores
who come to stay five minutes, but
talk five hours. Through the editori-
al and reportorial rooms all the foilies
aud shams of the world are seen day
after day, and the temptation is to
believe in neither God. man nor wo-
men. It is no surprise to me that in
this profession there are some skep-
tical men / only wonder that jour
nalis.s believe anything"
Year: 1877

In all diseases affecting these organs, whether
they secrete too much or too little water or wheth-
er they be afflicted with stone or gravel, with
aches and pains setteled in the lOins over the reg
ions Of the kidneys these Pills should be taken ac-
cOrding to the printed directions, and the Oint-
ment should be well rubbed into the small Of the
back at bed time. This treatment will give almost
relief when all other means have failed.