davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25
General Information.

PROFESSOR TYNDALL says a man
can't breathe after ascending over $4,000
feet.
WITHIN a year twenty-six vacancies
will occur in the Senate of the United
States.
IT is proposed in Canada to prohibit
the importation of liquors into the Do
miniOn.
A HUGE playhouse, exclusively for the
juveniles, Is to be built at Cape May at
an expense of $4,000.
The Vermont papers complain that
the charcoal business is rapidly putting
an end to the forests of that State.
The idea of making -four by crush
ing the grain with innumerable small
triphammers has been 80 successful
that pounding mill costing 81 200 will
produce as much -four i'm the same time
as grinding mill worth $4,000.
The oyster-beds of Virginia cover an
area equal to six hundred and forty
thousand acres, and these great mines of
submarine wealth are estimated to yield
an annual money value of ten millions of
dollars, of which, by the employment of
three steamboats,, and number of men,
the State gets few thousand.
THE city of Mexico is to great ex-
tent supplied with flowers and fruit from
floating market-gardens, called chatham
pas, which exists on Lake Tctzcuco, close
to tho city, and which form the sole sup
port of some villages on its shore, in
habited by families of the descendants
of the aboriginal race who fell beneath
the treachery of the Spanish conqueror,
COrtez.
The influence of forests in drawing
moisture from the heavens may be
judged from the experience of San
Diego, California. Previous to 1868 there
was yearly rainy season, which made
the soil nOurishing and productive. In
1868 destructive fire swept over the
greater part of the county, cutting down
the luxurient chaparral and blackening
the hills. Since then there has been nc
rainy season at San Diego.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25

with little vinegar add two quarts of
vinegar (bring your vinegar to boil be-
fore adding the mustard). Pack your
pickles in bottles and fill up with the
vinegar and mustard. The above is said
to be Lea & Perrins' recipe.
HOMEMADE ROLLs.-Take two quarts
of -four, into which rub tablespoonful
of lard and teaspOonful of salt. Make
hole in the -four, and pour into 1t one
pint of cold boiled milk, in which is half
teacup of good yeast, and less than half
cup of sugar. (The sugar may be
omitted If desired, or less quantity
used.) Do not stir, but let it stand un-
til morning. Then stir up and knead !;
let it rise until noon, then knead again,
and roll out upon board. Let the
dough be about half an inch in thickness,
and cut into long squares; roll up and
put into tins to raise. Let them stand
until tea-time, and bake half an hour.
For small family use half these guam
titles.
CHOCOLATE CHARLOTTE RUssE.--Half
an ounce Of CoOper's isinglass soaked in
half a cup of cold water; three table
spoonfuls of grated chocolate rubbed
smooth in half a cup of milk; half cup
of powdered sugar; four eggs; one tea
spoonful of vanilla; one pint of cream
or milk. Heat the cream or milk to
boiling, add the sugar, chocolate and gel
atine, then add the beaten yolks and boil
five or ten minutes; beat the whites to a
stiff froth and stir in. Line mold with
sponge cake and fill with the mixture.
When you boil the mixture, place it in a
tin pail and boil it in a pot of boiling
water. This is the safest way - Just as
you do fora boiling custard.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25
Prizes Offered for Railroad Inventions.

An excellent movement has been made
by the "Union of German Railroad Adj
ministrations," in offering prizes for the
invention of continuance by means of
which the coupling of railway cars can
be effected without the necessity of step
ping between the cars. The invention
submitted for competition must have
been tried practically on one of the rail-
roads belonging to the Union, previous
to the sending in of papers, and the prop
Osition for the award of the prizes must
emanate from and be supported by one
of the said railroads. The papers must
also explain the invention by illustra-
tions, drawings, models, ETC., that an
opinion can easily be formed of its quail
ity, practicability and working, and must
be sent i'm to the head of the Admins
tration at Berlin, before the LIST of July,
1874 The examination of the plans, as
we'll as the decision, whether general or
in the form of an award of prizes, will
be undertaken by committee of twelve
members appointed by the Confederation.
The premium does not debar the in
ventor from patenting the device and en-
jOying the benefit of the patent.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25
Bird Song.

To be sure, birds sing as naturally as
they breathe; yet it will be found by
close observation that the song of your
Gagged pet is initiative as well as natural.
The quality of bird-notes comes from the
education they receive. During the last
century, a naturalist brought up some
linnets, taken from the nest, in company
of larks of sundry varieties and found
that every one of the linnets adopted
completely the song the master set over
him, so that now these linnets-larks by
aturalization-formed company apart
when placed among birds of their own
species. Even the nightingale, whose
native sound is 50 sweet, exhibits, under
domestication, considerable readiness
to initiate other singing birds. The song
of the bird is, therefore, determined by
its education, and the same thing must
be true as to nest building. A bird
brought up in a cage does not construct
the nest peculiar to its species. In vain
will you supply all the necessary mate
rails; the bird will employ them without
skill, and will oftentimes even renounce
all purpose of building anything like
nest. Does not this well-known fact prove
that, instead of being guided by instinct,
the bird learns how to construct his most,
just as man learns how to build a
house?
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25
The Story OF Cinderella.

About the year 1870, an actor of equal
talent and wealth, named Thevenard, in
passing through the streets of Paris, OBJ
served upon cobbler's stall the shoe of
female, which struck him by the re-
markable smallness of its size. After
admiring it for some time he returned to
his house, but his thoughts reverted to
the shoe with such intensity that he re-
appeared ut the stall the next day but
the cobbler could give him no clue to the
owner than that it had been left i'm his
absence to be repaired Day after day
did Thevenard return tohis post to watch
the refrigeration of the shoe, which
proceeded slowly, nor did the proprietor
appear to claim it. Although ne had
completed the sixtieth year of his age,
so extravagant became his passion for
the unknown fair one, that he became
were it possible fora Frenchman of that
day to be so--melancholy and miserable.
His pain, however, was somewhat APP
peased by the apatar of the little foot
itself, appertaining to a pretty and youth
full girl of the very humblest class of life.
All distinctions were leveled at once by
love; the actor sought the parents of the
female, procured their consent to the
match, and actually made her his wife.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25
The Growing Crops.

The National Crop Reporter gives the
following information concerning grow
ing crops: Reports from correspondents
indicate severe drought prevailing in
nearly all portions of the country east of
the Rocky Mountains as far as New Eng
land, with more or less damages to the
growing crops in most sections Since
the date of these reports there has been
very general rains throuhOut the country,
and it is thought enough to check all
damage on the score of drought.
The condition of the growing wheat in
the States of IlliOnois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and
Wisconsin nearly three per cent. above a
good average condition. In Illinois the
condition of the wheat very high in
Iowa five per cent. above average, and in
the other States below.
The average condition of the oats in
the same State six per cent. below good
average, Missouri being the only State
reporting above an average.
Estimates in relation to the area sown
this year in barley indicates in the
States previously mentioned an increase
over last year of 1902 acres, and make
the area this year in round numbers 3d.
600 acres.
There is an estimated falling off this
season in the rye area, averaging in the
same States three per cent. or 10,l50
acres. The area this year is placed at a
trife less than 33O,00 acres.
Special returns in relation to the
tobacco crop in Kentucky, Southern Ohio
and Indiana, and i'm Tennessee are such
as to make the outlook very bad one.
Aside from the late frosts, the bug and
other insects have been very destructive.
No bean planting had been done up to
June LIST, the ground being too dry. 1t
seems to be the general opinion among
growers and dealers that the prospectsare
not in favor of more than One-half or
two-thirds of last years crops.
Much damage is expected by the pota-
to bugs, which are evidently increasing in
numbers. Comparatively little damage
is reported by the chinchbug, and no ex.
tensive destruction by grass-hoppers.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25
The G plains Cheese.

An old whaling captain, who had
spent the whole prime of his life on the
ocean with but Indifferent success, hay-
ing scraped together few thousand dol
lars, retired from the sea, moved into the
country with his family and bought
small farm.
One of his neighbors said to him soon
after he settled on the farm.
Captain K, you've got nice pond
on your place, and you ought to have a
good large flock of geese. It's a grand
place to keep 'em, and they'll be profit
able to YOU"
"pve got some nice ones to sell,ye,"
continued the kind neighbor. You
come over and pick 'em out yourself"
So the captain selected suitable num-
Der, making his choice as he would
among a school of whales when drought
to-" or as boy would from basket OF
apples.
In the spring following he happened to
be visiting at the farm of another neigh
Dor, and among other things inspected
the geese, making comparisons in his
mind highly favorable in his own judg-
ment.
"Don't think your birds are as hand
some as mine," he remarked. "Do you
have any eggs yet y
"Oh yes. They have been laying
freely for this month or more"
"Well / don't know how it's" said
Captain X. "Pve got the handsomest flock
that I've seen any where this season
picked 'em out one by one, from neigh
Dor Jones's flock, and / feed 'em high to.
But not an egg have they laid yet. l
only wish you would come over and see
'em" Perhaps you can give an idea how
to manage 'em."
His friend did "come over and see
'em" the next day, and, as soon as he
could speak for laughter, he enlightened
nonproductiveness by informing him
that they were all ganders.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25
Rushin9 To Death.

Returning from an enjoyable trip to
the country, accompanied by a lady
friend, we had the misfortune to lose the
train, arriving at the depot just in time
to see it off; Whereupon my friend, with
an agility which might have delighted
me under other circumstances, risked
her life by attempting'to spring on the
steps of the rear car; perhaps her leap
might have ended successfully; perhaps
life or limb been endangered but frus-
trated the rash attempt, and edited
her with a moral lecture concerning the
suicide while we awaited the next train.
! think most people will agree with me in
thinking that it is better to lose twenty
minutes, or even half an hour, than risk
life; yet we everywhere read of people
who RIM these fearful risks, too often un-
successfully. Very recently distin-
guished graduate of Virginia UNIVERSE
ty wanted to deposit letter in the post
Office on the other side of a railroad
track. A locomotive was approaching:
he thought he could cross before the pom
derous' engine could come along. He
miscalculated the speed. In another
moment he was a shapeless mass Had
he waited two minutes-halfa minute
the train would have passed along, and
he could have deposited his letter. A
young lady wished to show her friends
how easily she could cross in front of a
locomotive; she did cross, but her
streaming dress caught in the passing
wheels, drawing her back under its
crushing weight. One day young wife
looked from her chamber window and
saw her husband leave the cars, which
daily passed her home. She ran down
stairs to greet him at the door, but when
she reached it he was not there. She
thought he was playing her little trick
she called for him playfully, but there
was no answer. She saw a crowd of men
approaching the gate, open it, come up
the path with her dead husband. He
did alight from the cars and safely step
upon the platform before the station.
There was train in an opposite direc-
ton; he thought he had plenty of time
to cross in front oft, and did cross ex-
cept one single inch; the weeel struck
the heel of his boot, wheeled him round
under the cars, and all was over; one
minute longer, and he could have crossed
with the locomotive behind him. Limbs
are broken, lives are lost every year in
any large city, by attempting to cross in
front of moving horses or vehicles. And
all this foolhardy daring that few mo.
ments of time may be saved.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25
Old Young Folks.

1t isa mistake that many parents make,
that of trying to make premature men
out of boys, and of holding them aloof
from all the emotions, sympathies, pleas
ures, and pursuits of youngsters. 1t is
not natural for boys to be staid, reserved,
nor always well-mannered, and the disci-
pline that makes them 10 before their
time will probably distort or cripple some
of their finest qualities The root of a
young tree must have room to spread,
and If they are inexorably crammed in a
hole big enough for only half of them,
some are sure to be previously hurt and
the tree prematurely damaged. As for
education, it must always be remembered
that what boy learns from books is but
q small portion of his education. That
which he gathers from his surroundings
and from his home, pleasant or repul-
sive, from his associations, from nature,
rom everything he sees and hears goes
equally to form his mind and character.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25

THE Empress of Russia travels in her
private train, which, perhaps, is the most
complete and luxurious in the world. 1t
consists of eight saloon carriages and
offices, connected by covered passages,
and is divided into dining and drawing
rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens. The
diningrooms has large oval windows,
which give uninterrupted views over the
country through which the train passes
the drawing-room is an elegant apart
ment prettily furnished, and the bed
rooms might be those of comfortable
house. The beds are seemingly of the
ordinary kind, but are in reality ham,
mocks, which enable their occupants to
sleep without sustaining any annoyance
from the vibration Of the train. At
tached to the train q apartments for
servants, of whom, there are great
number, ranging from buffers to engine
drivers and porters.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25
Vanderbilt.

The wealth of the Vanderbilt family
has been variously estimated, and the
reticence of the Commodore himself
has admitted of little less than mere
conjecture on this point. There is a
general opinion, however, among those
who are in position to judge most cor
rectly, that the wealth vested in Com
modOre Vanderbilt exceeds one hundred
millions of dollars, and prominent men,
Der of the family recently said that the
cold man" was worth more than that
sum. This vast fortune was acquired by
Cornelius Vanderbilt through his own
efforts, starting early in life without cap
ital or influence. His parents were poor,
and his first money was earned in con-
veying people to and fro in a rOw-boat
between New York and Staten Island.
He made a large amount of money in
steamboating, but the great bulk of his
wealth has been acquired in railroad
combinations and the manipulation of
railroad stocks. He is and has been all
his life very remarkable man. His self
reliance and pluck are as natural with
him as drawing breath, and his will and
purpose indOmitable. A man of such
tremendous mental force has he been
that he has moved forward to the accom-
plishment of his objects with power as
irresistible as one of his steamboats,.
His one purpose in life has been the &C
QUESTION of money. To this end he has
trained his mental and physical resources
with the greatest care. He has made of
himself machine that has always
Obeyed the requirements of his intellect,
and wherever he has struck it has been
with telling force and effect. He has
had very few vices. He has always drank
moderately and lived regularly, taking
just the requisite amount of exercise
always. Smoking and whist-playing are
the only indulgences which he has per-
mitted himself to any considerable de-
gree. Every day he is to be seen driving
on the road, with the stump of cigar
between his teeth, and until within a
year past he has had every evening some
of his crOnies in for rubber at whist
and to talk horse, subject at which he
never tires. Latterly, however, his even
ings have been passed very quietly. He
has always been strict man of business,
kept his own counsel, and admitted or
known no partners. He never allows
the plea of affection or charity to inter
fere with his business matters. Appeals
to his sympathy have about as much
effect as a straw forced under the wheels
of locomotive. He has been well,
active, and in the harness all his life,
and has never tired or weakened. He
was eighty years of age in May, and
his sixty odd years of constant hard
work show that he has had one of the
strongest physical constitutions ever
niyen To a man-N Y Grnnhic
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25
Bayard Taylor in Egg pit.

Near the Desert were belts of drifted
sand across the road, and the wheat and
clover after struggling briefly with their
ancient enemy, ceased on either side. 1t
was so difficult for the horses to climb
the last slope that we dismOunted and
walked to the northern base of the Great
Pyramid, on the top of which little
flag was futtering, and two or three dark
forms were perceptible. The modern
house built by the Khedive for the re-
ception of his royal and imperial guests
offers to all visitors the advantage of
shade and cool steps to sit on. A crowd
of Fellahs were in attendance, eager to
help us up or down, to climb both pyra-
mids in ten minutes, or to sell us modern
scarbGi. They are now, however, a
much better behaved race than formerly.
Nearly all of them have a fair smattering
of English. Their demands are regulat-
ed by custom, and if the traveller chooses
one as an inevitable guide and protector,
he escapes annoyance from the others.
had no desire to make the ascent the
second time, although it is well worth
doing once. A crawl into the hot and
sitting interior can only be recommended
to the archaeologist. The grand, sim
pie masses built by Cheops and
Cephrenes satisfy both the eye and the
imagination when viewed from below
few hundred yards from their bases. The
best point, think, is sandy mound be-
yond the Sphinx, whence You get the ex-
act view given in one of Carl Werner's
wonderful aquerelles.
/ found the SPHINX buried under ten or
fifteen feet more sand than when saw
him last. The face was evidently intend
ed to be seen from below, for the express
sion becomes almost grotesque when the
spectator Is brought so near its level.
About eight years ago, NJ. Marietta dis
covered a very ancient temple just be-
yond it, and this, although lying wholly
below the surface of the desert, has been
kept tolerably clear of the drift
ing sand. have seen nothing in Egypt
which seems so old as this temple. 1t is
built mainly of rose colored granite, the
pillars simply of square monoliths, roofs
and doors of the same, and no signs ofin-
scriptions ordecorative sculptures. 1t is
certainly older, and who shall say how
much older, than the Pyramids. In
some sepulchral chambers lying back of
the pillared court the roof is made of
huge blocks Of alabaster. The whole ed
ifice in its bare and massive simplicity,
suggests Stonehenge rather than the later
architecture of Egypt.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25
In Ancient Times.

In the wardrobe of an Hebrew lady,
the most splendid article of clothing
was the turban, for those who could af-
ford it. The poor people had to be salts
fed with winding piece of cloth round
their head and fixing it as well as they
could. The turbans were of various
colors, and wound in different ways;
some of them were like high tower.
Shoes and stockings were unknown, but
soles of leather were fastened with two
latchets. The ladies, who carried luxury
into every department, and who are sup
posed, even in the present day, to be far
more Indifferent to a nice, neat boot, or
to elegant slippers, had their shoes, or
rather sandals, and their latchets, made
of cOlored leather; dark blue, violet and
purple were favorite colOrs. The ankles
were decorated with bracelets of gold
and dainty silver chains and rings, with
tiny silver bells. Hair-nets and head
bands were in great request. The latter
were made of gold or silver, and worn
under the net, extending from one ear to
the other. Earrings were much thought
of; we are told of some that weighed
thousand and seven hundred shekels of
SoAu, dhu WCiC 81 idISC thdV hohCOuiu
easily put his hand through them. Some
of the women wore several rings with
little bells attached to them. They were
generally made of horn or of silver. But
the most popular ring was the nose-ring.
The left nostril was pierced for the pur-
pose, and a ring made of ivory or metal
was put through it. Bracelets were fav-
Orite ornaments, and were generally worn
on the right arm. Some of them were
exceedingly large, so that they reached
up to the elbow. Rings on the fingers
were worn; chains Of fine gold, or
strings of pearls with little silver balls
or small tinkling bells worn round the
neck. 1t was customary to attach orna-
ments to these chains, either with no
meaning as the crosses which our ladies
wear, or to serve as amulets; such were
round ties like the moon, small scent
bottles, ornaments in the shape of
serpents, and little gold or silver plates
on which were written words supposed
to be possessed of magical power.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-25

There now appears a probability that
the gigantic task of joining England and
France by tunnel, may be accomplished.
The two railroads principally concerned
have arranged to furnish the funds for
the preliminary work, and the diplomatic
difficulties have been adjusted 70 that
there is good chance that the stomach
disturbing twenty-one miles may be
robbed of its terrors. A deposit of clay
extends from the mouth of the Thames
to Dunkirk, on the northeast point of
France. This clay is from two hundred
to four hundred feet thick, and Is both
impcrmcable and homogeneous. IL,
therefore, points out the line of its course
"A the most feasible route of the proposed
tunnel The distance, however, is about
eighty miles between the two termini.