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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
Preventing Water Pipes from Bursting

The following plan for the prevention
of the bursting of water pipes during
frosty weather has been invented in Eng
land. 1t is well known that when water
freezes it expands, and that the force ex-
erted is so enormous that no pipe can re-
sist it. This invention is intended to give
the water chance to expand without
bursting the pipe. 1t attempts this by
securing in the inside of the metal pipe a
space equal to the difference of volume
between water and ice, so that when the
water freezes it occupies the space re-
served for it, instead of exerting its force
on the pipe and bursting it. This is
practically carried out by passing through
the water pipe small India rubber tube,
especially made for the purpose, and OF
such diameter that the space inside II
is little more than equal to the increase
in volume of the ice. The India rubber
tube is always kept full of air, so that
when the water freezes IL finds the nee
essary space for expansion, for by COM
pressing the air tube it displaces the air
and takes its place. When the ice melts
the tube again expands, becomes filled
with air, and is ready for another frost,
and so on for any number of times with.
out requiring attention.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
Donkey Riding in Egypt.

A correspo ,cent of the Cincinnati
Gazette writes. ''The best oar excellence
O. Egg d Is she donkey &c oush 20 have
9 place ~ The aasiora coat-oi-arms, ~
much y a. ,e l;ama mas c1 that Of
Peru. Tho horse. % Fgyo. exc nagn d.
cent some AlaOian ,'rt some ~ Cross
between English and Arabian 81, tx end
arr famous 70, theii speed md jeausy.
b.. they ole : l1xu,y Ihet no. 1ery-
bodv can afiort, as the'r ~ oolt ,eluiies
6 constaD outs no o ,peq Of the
i 81 COS, o. ne Do ,r.v. Gu re con-
key IS universal art every hv6v GER lave
ore priesS he j. ,bo pcoTest o. The poor.
IL is lot nap.T yearG Sint car, ,93e' were
iniIo6 1ceo. .ieiore Ne, line ! one OBJ
jected TO WALKING re YVES Obliged TO le-
solt to the saddle as re oo'v rltefDfr,ye.
Between he horse ard tire Gorkev lay
the oquestrian's choice, and Ire ConSe
was eve. ywhe,e 20 be Quad, u.,''e the
horse Wa not. ACeyery hooe' Coor there
were glodps o hem reaey sac ed a. 81!
hours % ~ osy anG you cen iirc iaem
cbecr W. Ify"u me,-e bargf'l in adj
vance you can Ike donkey n; th zee or
four ,iapcs cay, inclusive o. the BOY
to DIVE him though The later generally
looks for fee OF bukshis.l in &c dition t.
the price III the beast and sacdie. lave
hired donkeys frequently for half a franc
an hour, though the hotel keepers tel you
that franc an hour is the proper fare.
Most of the excursions in and around
'!airO must be made on these animals,
and even in many places where you can
take carriage, the donkey is preferable.
You can ride in the narrow lanes or
among the bazaars, or you can 60 into
the open country a-gallop, as though pur-
sued by wolf or guilty conscience.
No matter how fast you go, the boy will
keep up with you, and he never seems to
be out of breath. If you want to 60
slowly, he does not understand you, and
will continue to ciuck and strike the
beast 1T the very moment you are ex-
postulating with him. One day took a
donkey Cor an afternoon ride to old Cairo,
and explained to the boy that l was in
no hurry, and wished to 60 gently. Il
understand he said, and as we started
he hit the donkey violent blow that
sent him off on gallop. Two or three
times expostulated, and finally threat
ened to thrash him with my cane if he
struck the donkey again without orders.
Il understand he said, mo strike donkey
no more and we were off again. With
in two minutes he struck the animal.
The promised thrashing was administered,
and even that was not enough to make
the boy mindful of what / wanted, and
several times he involuntarily hurried
the animal ahead. 1t was the force of
habit, which to him was perfectly uncon-
trollable."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
Taking for Granted.

Our age is called sceptical age, yet
there probably never was one when more
blind faith was felt in persons or systems
having authority. The truth is we rarely
know enough to either believe or not be-
lieve upon basis of reason and fact, SC
we are very apt to accept persons and
upon the representations that are made
Of them.
What we require more than aught else
is sound and scientific basis to educa.
ton for both men and women-a system
and method that would teach us to weigh
evidence, to Judge of character and state
ment, to attach only the legitimate values
to accidental circumstances, and care.
fully avoid the exaggeration into which
even estimable and intelligent people
are in constant danger of falling, and
which discredits ideas and opinions 9th,
erwise entitled to respectful considera
ton.
We talk about progress, and some OF
us really believe that mankind is making
rapid progress in the direction of mental
ana material, if not moral development
yet practically we act as though wisdom
had been born and died in and with the
past. All our teaching of the young i:
an incubation of statements which have
been made and which they are simply
taught to accept as truth, not to exam
inc as to whether they are truth or not
Yet all our schools of science and phi
losophy show that we are only on the
Threshold of exact knowledge, and that
what we know is just enough to light us
to that which is still to be known.
Within the past fifty years the discov-
cries in medical science, in chemistry,
and philosophy have revolutionized the
teachings and practices of the schools.
Why may not the discoveries of the next
fifty years accomplish as much The
true theory of education is to teach peo-
pie to think and act for thcmsclves-to
believe thing because they either know
it, or because, after carefully weighing
evidence on all sides, it seems the most
probable and natural solution. The faith
which comes from knowledge strengthens
the credulity which is the offspring of
ignorance, weakens and destroys.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
A EufurC Life.

The pictures of future world, which
men have drawn in different lands and
ages, all possessf leas. one claim 20 our in
terest. They afford isnet, indeed, the faint
est outlines of that undiscovered country
beyond the bourne of death, bot they
reveal with unimpeachable, because un-
intentional, sincerity, the inneImost de-
sires and fears of living men. N that
"cloud" which receives every departing
soul out of our sight, the masic-'antern
of fancy casts its bright or gloomy i'm
agery, and we need but watch The phan-
toms as they pass to know the hidden
slides of the brain which produced them.
The luscious gardens and Houris aptici-
pateG ~ the Moslems; the eterna' repose
of N.rvana, sighed for by The Buddhist !;
the alternate warfare and wassai' of Wal
hala, iof which the Norseman iopged as
the climax of glory and felicity, convey
to us at a glance a livelier conception of
the sensuality, the incidence, and the
fierceness of the respective races than
could be acquired by e'abo.ate s.uGies of
their manners end mora'ivv. In a sim
liar way other characteristic s are revealed
Ivy the terrors of future punishment
which the lively Greek imagined to him
self as the endless, hopeless lapse of
an lxion or Sissy phus; the d'gnifed
Egyptian, us depreciation to bes,ial form I;
and the grim-souled Teuton of the dark
ages as eternal torture la fiery cave.
! Whatever has constituted mans highest
pleasure on earth, that he has hoped to
find again in heaven, and whatever he
has dreaded, that he has imagined as
forming the retribution ofguilt hereafter.
From this point of view the Christian
idea of a serene empyrean, wherein saints
and archangels forever cast their crowns
before the great White Throne, and wor-
ship the thrice Holy One who stitch
thereon-af;rds q singular evidence of
the spiritual altitude TO which those souls
had attained to whom such an apocalypse
opened the supiemesI vision of beatitude.
The attitude of aGoration-of SUBJ lime, ex-
tatic rapture in the presence of perfect
holiness and goodness, is assuredly the
loftiest of which we have any conception,
and to desire to enjoy and prolong it for
ever can only genuinely pertain to soul
in which the love Of divine goodness is
already the ruling passion. Wider
thought and calmer reflection may teach
that not alone on such mountain peaks
of emotion, but on the plains of sacred
service, should the faithful son of God
desire to spend his immortality. But the
modern American poet who has taken on
himself to sneer at the notion of angels
"loafng about the Throne" has given
curious evidence of his incompetence to
understand what sublime passion it was
which inspired that wondrous vision OF
Patmos.-COynhiU Magazine.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
A WOman's Achievement.

The London Telegraph remarks: "Quid
fPmina possit what woman can do
when she gives her mind to it-has been
once more triumphantly illustrated by
the achievement of Miss Richards, of
Stapleton, near Bristol. This young per.
son has just concluded successfully the
immense feat of walking thousand miles
in thousand hours. Without pronounc-
ing upon the propriety of such an under
taking-and it appears that some folks
went so far as to seek magisterial inter-
ference-it is certain that the exploit is
remarkable. One must walk twenty-four
miles day for forty-two days to accom-
plish it, and anybody who knows the
average marches of armies, or the rate at
which travelling on foot can be safely
done, will comprehend what healthy
constitution and strong frame the task
requires. While, therefore, we quite APP
plaud the Somersetshire magistrate who
declined TO stand between Miss Richards
and her fathers wager of ESQ, we are far
from recommending any other young lady
to emulate the example of this pedestrian
heroine. Yet we cannot but cOntem-
plate with interest the lesson Indirectly
| to her sex. Few of our modern young
women walk enough they lounge, they
saunter, but they do not take the hearty
constitutional which works such won
ders for lungs and limbs. If we may be
bold enough to say so, we will venture,
with the utmost confidence, to assert
that Miss Richards does not choke her.
self with tight ruff, or pinch herself
with fashionable stays, or deform her feet
with narrow high-heeled boots. She is
as heaven made her, we may be.surc it
was surely design of Providence that the
natural cosmetic of female beauty should
be of healthy blood, and its sovereign
tonics fresh air and exercise. This notable
victory over time proves that woman
can walk as well rs a man, and while we
congratulate the happy parent upon his
winnings and his daugter, we would urge
modern young ladyhood to look at the
best side of this demonstration, and to
try good old-fashioned walking exercise
instead of physic and restoratives. 1t
might prove u national service if Miss
Richards could conveniently send her
boots and walking-dress up to London for
exhibition. Fashion might turn pale at
them; but 80, too, would the doctors
for il every young woman did but walk
five miles day fair toe and heel we
should not see, as we do now, pearl pow
der and bloom of roses plastered on
pallid checks, and the health of the next
generation sacrificed to the absurd and
unwholcsome modes of this one.
|
In one of the Virginia mines there is
an old horse that is plausibly credited
with the power of mathematical compu-
tation. Many years employment in the
routine of working machinery to hoist a
bucket to the surface has impressed upon
the old fellow exactly the number of cir
cults he must make to accomplish his ell
evating task, and upon accomplishing
that number he always stops and turns
about for the next operation. In other
words, he is able TO count.
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A few words To Feeble and Delicate WO-

ByP V. '.ErCE NJ. D., OF the WORLDS
DispEa. a, cufa o, nv,
Know rat you ate subject to great
am0an differing, that delicacy on your
paIt has 'tcong tendency 10 prolong, and
the longer +. IS neglected The more you have
to endure nd the more difficult of cure your
case becomes rs physician, who is daily
consulted D" scoyes o. your sex, desire to say
to you t5as / am constant Injecting with
tho = 20 leNe sen treated for their all
ments o Woltll without being benefited
IN the ieas, Intil ,'ev have become perfectly
discourage and have almost made up their
minds peyer to take another dose of medicine
nor BE- tortured by any further treatment.
They had rather die and have their sufferings
ended than to live and suffer as they have.
They say they are worn out by suffering and
are lly made worse by treatment Of any
thing more discouragipg, we certainly can
not conceive and were There no more sue
cessful mode OF treating such difficulties
than that, the principles o; which teach the
reducing end depicting OF The vital forces of
the system, when the indications dictate
treatment directly the reverse of the one
adopted For them their cases would be de-
plorable irdeed. But, lady sufferers, there is
a better and far more successful plan OF
treatment Tor you: one more in harmony
with the laws ant requirements OF your
system. A harsh, Irritating, caustic treat
menJ auu strong meutclneS VIII never cuTc
you. If you would use rational means, such
as common-sense should dictate to every in
telligent lady, take such medicines as en-
body the very best invigorating tonics and
nervines, compounded with special reference
to your delicate system. Such happy COM
bination you will find in my Favoritc Pre-
scription, which has received the loudest
praise from thousands Of your sex. Those
languid tiresome sensations causing you to
feel scarcely able to De on your feet or as
cend flight of stairs; that continual drain
that is sapping from your systems all your
former elasticity, and driving the bloom
from your cheeks; that continual strain
upon your vital forces that renders you ir-
ritable and fretful, may all be overcome and
subdued by a persevering use of that marvel
Gus remedy. Irregularities and distractions
to the proper workings of your systems are
relieved by this mild and safe means, while
periodical pains, the existence of which is
sure indication of serious disease that should
not be neglected, rapidly yield to it, and if
its use is, kept up for reasonable length of
time the special cause of these pains is per-
manenty removed. Further light on these
subjects may be obtained from my pamphlet
on diseases peculiar to your sex, sent on re-
ceipt of two stamps. My Favorite Prescrip-
ton is sold by druggists.
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ons. Cook until thickened by setting in
kettle of boiling water, then add the
whites of the eggs beaten to froth and
spread between the layers of the cake
Make an icing for the top with the white
ofan egg and six tablespoonful Of pow.
dered sugar, favored with essence of
lemon.
BRAN BREAD.--Thisis capital recipe,
for the bread keeps fresh for a long time,
and is very easily made: Two and a
half pounds of brown fur, that is, the
wheat as ground. no bran being taken
out, one-quarter of pound of white
-four, one-half ounce soda, four teaspoons
full tartaric acid, lump of ammonia the
size of nut, one and one-half pints of
milk and water, or pure water. To be
baked in tin.
CRACKED WHEAT.--Rinse thoroughly
with cold water two teacups wheat, add
four cups of cold water, place the basin
in steamer and cover closely. In half
an hour or so stir and salt to the taste.
Let it steam four or five hours, stirring
once or twice. Good hot, warm or cold,
for breakfast, dinner or tea. To be eaten
with rich milk, or cream if you are for
tunate enough to have it. Many use a
little sugar with this and with graham
pudding
MINISTER'S PUDDING.-Three eggs, an
equal weight of sugar and butter, and
the weight of two eggs in -four. Melt
the butter and beat it to a cream, beat
the eggs we'll, mix them with the butter
and sugar, beating the whole to froth
then add the -four by degrees, and the
rind of lemon chopped very finely.
Beat it altogether, and pour into a
mold; boil gently for an hour. This
pudding requires as much beating as a
sponge cake. When properly made it is
delicious.
SOUP.-Cut some new carrots and
some new turnips in the shape of peas,
put them in separate saucepans with
enough stock to cover them, and pinch
of sugar. Keep them on the fire till the
stock has all boiled away, but mind they
do not catch or burn. Cook some peas
and asparagus points in the same way.
You should have equal quantities OF
each of these vegetables Cut out OF
lettuce and sorrel leavespieces the size OF
a sixpence, and let them have one boil in
some stock. Put all the vegetables so
prepared in the soup tureen, add few
sprigs of chervil, pour over them some
well-favored consomme, and serve.
WORTH RENIEMBERING.-Keep some
strong spirits of hartshorn in ground.
glass stop bottle. A teaspoonful in lit.
tie water will clean combs and brushes
and restore colors injured by acids. A
weak solution applied to ill-smelling
feet and arm pits removes the odor. II
removes grease spots from carpets and
clothing. A weak solution, in water,
makes good wash for the hair and
stimulates its growth when impaired by
fever, and cleanses the scalp efiectually
A weak solution, scattered over the
leavesof plants from soft, timber brush,
gives new life to the plant. Even if q
little is sprinkled over the earth at their
roots their growth isinvigorated.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
Household HELPS.

TOMATO OMELET.-Bcat up six eggs,
mix two tablespoonful of -four with a
little milk, and add pepper and salt to
taste. Peel and chop very fine four to-
matoes, stir altogether and fry in butter.
Oyster omelet is made in the same way,
substituting dozen chopped oysters for
the tomatoes.
LEMON CUsTARD PIE.-For two pies
Mix together the yolks of six eggs, well
beaten, four heaping tablespoonful OF
white coffee sugar, the grated rind OF
three large lemons, and about one pint OF
milk. Bake in one crust; put on a
frosting made of the whites of four eggs,
four tablespoonful of white sugar, and
the juice Of three lemons. Bake till the
frosting is pale brown.
LEMON JELLY FoR CAKE. Stir well
together two cups Of powdered sugar,
yolks Of three eggs and Juice Of two lem
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03

THERE are about 80 churches, chapels
enc n;ssio -ouea, 4 New York City.
L / who we've o { lad well enough were
',go chlrc, e1timf 'eC hat about
/. &c" e,gols voulG. 20 ird seats, and
woro 'occei ltanC 1 the aisles or
stay o. ys'6e ne Ccors.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03

When man dies and leaves a nice
young widow y "a . envy of money, and
you SO, ne wa'a' IS ouc with the execu-
to; Oh SInd1y afternoon, change is inn
mineut.
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THE Saratoga trunk has a rival. 1t is
the Long Branch valise.
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ever you find its impurities bursting throsgh
the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores;
cleanse it when you find it osstructed and
sluggish ia the veins cleanse it when it is
'oul your feelings will tell you when. Keep
The blood pure, and the health of the system
will follow.
II. II. MCDONALD & CO..
Druggists ara Gen. A CTS. San Francisco California
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS. n. y. a
Sold by NIL Druggists and Dealers.
, 1874-09-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

Tho Waukosan Daily Patriot and tho EaBt
st.. Louis Daily Press aro latest additions to tho
ranks Of daily Journalism III illinois. ~ Mn,'
they live long nnd prospect"
sheds botwoen rruckeo aud Immigrant Gap. OH
tho Centrnl paoii'o, VAL haye to bo rebuilt an
othor yenr. 1t required over 100 000t t00D feet Of
lumber to build tho 'shela.
Tho 1ioy. ". II. II. Murray Inns begun thu
constr1,ction of model horse.barn OH llis farm,
long, and will contain twenty largo, roony boz
stalls, all finished iu tho nost approved modern
style. ..,,.
p. r, Daruusn has wsittcn story for tue
birthday number OF tho A'cad,aH. 1t occupies
two columns aud u hnlf, a1ll IN adorned with
forsy-one oxolansation-points.
A Boatonian just returned from abroad
Travelled TO- 900 miles within tho last year without
chanting u lay'B programme for bad woxther,
and noyer for Hovnu mouths unHtrapping Ais UNI
David Leo Child. tho husband Of Lydia
Maria Child. an old Aboltsoniat, mid Ill oxperi-
onrnd aud ablo teacl,er. diod ut Wayiand, MaHa.,
Sopt, is, ngeA so. lie was graduated at liar
yaii, in l8l7;a c;aHh.natc of Samuel J. Aay
Caleb Cusl''n' and do9r,o ns nesots nn,t toa , ,,&
recent Prohibition Convention Of PonnBylsanit
as ita candidate for Judge Of the Supreme Court
has declined to run. lilo )aadorA, however, 70
fuss to take I.ia ,,a,uo down from tlIe ticket.
Ex-congrcaswna heptIs'ey ~ ahn hmrIfoo, n,.
George ii. Butler by smnalii..g, lds INT a1le
runoh!1,g hs noao. boca.lso lalsler called oht
Ke1ly IAN lyipl, thief" Hutlor apologized to ea
cAEo further punishment.
-Wo loarn tllak lilo workman at tho PcnuBy
yaula Iyo,,-Worla llavo concluded 70 accoPt tl!t
reduction Of 10 par cont, III viow OF tho tsentch
uion Of bllylno's, nnd tl'o approash of winscr
aud tic difficulty Of obtaining outdoor worls. Il
10 nocoueity tint has brought them to this, mo-