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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-22
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Wewarrant it to cure ScrOfnla
Sores, Salt Rheum, Chilblains,
Sore Breasts or Nipples, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, and Sprains.
1t has been used over twenty
years, without one failure.
Ithasno paralleI--having per-
fectly eradicated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. 1t is a compound of
Arnica with many other Extracts
and Balsalns, and putup in larger
boxesf0r thesame price than any
other Ointment.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-22
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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19
A cheap and Effective Harrow.

Most of the long-toothed harrOws
upon stills, as If the object was to
prevent, as far as possible, the frame
from getting into the dirt.
True, they answer the purpose for
covering the seed, but they should do
more than this-they should break in
pieces to q great extent the clOds of
arid soil upon the surface of the field,
and in greater degree than now be
made a soil pulverizer. One of the
most effective we have ever used up
on clOddy land was made of plank,
five feet long, fourteen inches wide
and three inches thick, pinned to-
gether lcngthwise, with their edges
Topped over each other a distance OF
four inches.
This simple implement drawn over
the ground leaves it far less lumpy
than the best tOothed harrow; but It
does not cover the grain as certainly or
as evenly as the harrow. Now what
Is wanted Is simply to combine the
plank implement with the harrow,
this is quite effectively done by ma
king the harrow teeth so short that
every lump of earth moved or lodged
by the teeth and left unbroken shall
be ground down by coming in contact
with the narrow frame.
The frame should be made with
double the usual number of pieces,
while the whole need be but little
heavier than at present, OH account
of the shortening of the teeth, which
should be but four, or at most five
inches below the frame. We have
seen harrow of this fashion in &C.
tual operation, and known its value
as a clod-breaker and pulverizer.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19
Intelligent StOrks.

A great fire once broke out In lit
tic German town near where stood a
tower about eighty feet high, which
formed a part of the fertilization on
the tower wall. On the summit a
stOrk's nest had been built for so
many years that the building had
received the name of StOrk's Tow
er." At the time of the fire there
were three unfledged birds in the
nest, and the poor little brides were
in great danger. But the old stOrks
soon showed their good sense and
their love for their young, for by
turns they each flew off to some fish
ponds just outside the walls; here
they took a good dip In the water,
and filled their beaks with as much
as they could carry away; then, not
withstanding the smoke and flames,
they few back to their little ones,
poured the water from their beaks
over them and in the nest, and at the
same time shaking It from their
feathers. Thus during the whole day
did these faithful birds act as a wing
cd fire brigade till toward evening,
when all danger for their young and
their nest was over.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19

David Livingstone, the soldier OF
civilization, the missionary of hu-
manity, has died I'm the midst of his
discoveries. The element of sadness
about his end cannot efface the glory
which attaches to life's work well
dOne-to career of real heroism and
self-sacrifice, closed amid the scenes
of its greatest triumphs. When we
say that DIR. Livingstone made great
and brilliant contributions to geOlog-
ical knowledge-that he blOttcd out
n southern Sahara from the map of
Africa and substituted in its stead q
beautiful and fertile region filled with
noble lakes, rivers and mountains
we have only touched upon one side
of the work of the great explorer.
For more than thirty-flve years, Liv-
ingstOne has devoted himself to Open
ing up the interior of Africa to civil
lied intercourse, that he might secure
the abolition of the slave trade and
the elevation of the negro race. The
recent treaty made for that end with
the Sultan of Zanzibar was probably
regarded by Livingstone as a greater
triumph than would have been the
discovery Of the veritable source of
the Nile. Sir Samuel Bakers recent
expedition to the head of the White
Nile has shed a new light upon the
endless qualifications and the enOr-
nous extent of the African trade in
human flesh. The great lake basin
of equatorial Africa to whose explOr-
alton Livingstone has contributed by
Tar the largest share. teens with
population, and presents hunting
ground for man-stealers with which
no other part of the continent can
compare. II Livingstone has sue
ceeded in showing the European
trader a path and market for cOmmO-
ditiCs through this vast region, and
has thus sealed the doom of the Arab
man stealers, he has fulfilled what
has undoubtedly been the main OBJ
ject of his life.
It is too soon to speculate about
Livingstone's success in solving the
gIeat geological problems that FORM
ed the immediate subject of his la
bOrs. Nearly two years of Living
stones wanderings remain un-
accounted for between his latest re-
corded visit to Unyanyembe, and the
journey thither In the course of which
he died. During that period he may
have explored more thoroughly than
heretofore the chain of lakes lying to
the west of Tanganyika, and where
he hoped to find the last secret of the
Nile. The expedition that found
Livingstone, and In whose COM
pany he died, was on the way from
Lake Bemba to Unyanyembe-a
journey of at lest 700 miles-seems to
bear out this view, and this also tai
lies with the plan he Is said to have
marked out for himselfin the begin
ming of 1872.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19

EXCELLENT soap may be made by
the following recipe: Use a pine
barrel, for a hard wood barrel will
warp and leak. An old fish barrel Is
commonly taken for the purpose.
Put In ten or twelve pounds OF potash,
and throw upon it two psilfuis Of
boiling water. Let It digest awhile,
and then put In two pounds of grease
to each pound Of potash. Have the
grease hot. Let that digest awhile,
then add third paiful of hot water.
Keep doing this until the barrel IS
within six inches of being full. Stir
occasionally until the whole is mixed.
1t should stand three months before
use. STIR occasionally during the first
week. The longer it stands after
making the better the soap.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19
Curious win.

The Illustrated London Ne,cs has
the following anecdote:
In 1896 two Englishmen wero call
ed upon to act as executors for o COM
mon friend just deceased. They found
the will duly executed, but were ex-
tremely puzzled, on comparing the
schedule of property with the Tesla
mentary dispositions, to perceive
there would be a deficit of consider
able sum. The executors were 80
much the more surprised rs they had
always known their friend to be pc
cuiiarly accurate, as well as strictly
honorable, and they believed him
quite incapble of bequeathing a
larger amount than he possessed
They searched carefully, therefore, In
every conceivable place, but without
finding any clue to the missing
amount beyond scrap of paper on
which the memorandum, "E7O0 to be
taken out of TILL" AS this sum cor
responded with the amount by which
they were out of their reckoning, they
naturally concluded that the testatOr
must possess some strong box which
he designated by the word Gill;" as
he was not in business, and could,
therefore, only intend it figuratively
still. after the most diligent inquiry,
no such reserve appeared. Under
these circumstances, the effects of the
testatOr, furniture, plate, library, etc.,
were sold and the proceed distributed
1t was not until some time after, that,
still bordering on the provoking
mystery, 1t occurred to one of the
parties that the writer of the paper
might have meant some book the au-
thOr's name of which was "Till," the
more probably as it was written with
capital II, and referring to the cata-
lOgue he found there inventoried
among the fOlios volume of Bishop
TillOstOn's sermons, fact which at
once threw new light ON the diff
Guilty. Having communicated his
discovery to his co-executor, they re-
paired together to the book seller who
had purchased the library, and in
quired whether he had as yet disposed
of the volume in question. II had
parted with it," replied he, "but, as
It happens, it has been returned on
my hands, for the purchaser to whom
1 sent 1t in the country objected to
pay the price, and / shall, therefore,
be glad to dispose of it to YOU" The
value was agreed upon and the book
carried home, where, carefully turn
ing it over page by page, bank notes
to the amount Of exactly G7OO were
found, as the scrap of paper had sta +
ed, Gin TILL" and the Intentions of
the testator were carried out.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19


Pound Cake. - One pound of
flour, one pound of sugar, one pound
Ginger Cakes. = Five cups Of
-four, four eggs, one cupot sugar, one
of butter, one OF sour milk, half cup
of m0lasses, one tablespoonful ofsoda.
Roll out and bake. ,.-,,A
Lady Cake.--One cup butter, two
cups sugar, one cup milk, whites Of
six eggs, one quart -four, one tea
spoonful soda In the milk, two tea
spoonfuls cream tarter In the flour |;
flavor to taste makes two cakes.
Keeping Cider Sweet.-Heat the
cider until It bOils, pour into bottles,
which have been previously heated
to prevent cracking. Cork tight and
seal Immediately, as In canning fruit.
The cider will keep unchanged Tor
years.
To Polish Tins.-Rub your tins
with a dry cloth then take dry flour
and rub 1t on with your hands after
wards; then take an old newspaper
and rub the flour off, and the tins
will shine as well az II half an hour
had been spent rubbing them with
brick-dust or powder, which spoils
hands.
Apple Cake.-Take two cups
dried apples; stew enough to chop
fine. Boil in two cups OF syrup till
preserved, then use the syrup for the
cake. Take two eggs, one cup of
butter, one of sour milk. two tea
spoons of soda, four cups of flour,
and spice of all kinds. Add the
apples the last thing before putting
in the tins.
American Raised Waffles.-One
pint sweet milk, one heaping teacup-
full of butter, three eggs, u teaspoOnflil
of thick brewers yeast, one quart OF
flour, and another teacupful of sweet
milk, In which Is Dissolved a quarter
of a teaspoonfdl of soda. Let it rise
until light, then bake as other wafiles.
Serve with butter and sugar.
-Appledore, Pudding.-Line a
pudding dish with stale cake. Fill
It within three inches of the top with
berries or with currants. Allow one.
half cup of sugar to swell berries, and
one cup of currants or anything tart
Cover the whole with cake, and wet
it with One-half cup Of wine. Bake
half an hour and frost 1t with the
whites of two eggs and one cup OF
sugar heated to stiff froth. Return
it to the oven, and let it brown
slightly.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19

IN absorbing into our lungs the
quantity Of air necessary to sustain
life, we inadvertently inhale hosts of
microscopical animals, which are in
suspension In the atmospherical fluid,
and even portions Of antediluvian
animals, mummies, and skeletons Of
past ages. Every day and hour, this
absorption of animal and vegetable
life proceeds. We inhale the living
microscopes, several species Of
and the vibriones, which attach them
selves to our teeth, like barnacles to
a ships bottom and with these the.
dust OF microscopical animacules, so
small that IL takes $4,000, 900 to make
a grain, and the no less minute
grains Of pollen which, terminating
In our lungs, further the spread OF
parasitic life to degree far beyond
that of the normal life visible to our
ewes. rL..I4tf i4A
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19
Charity.

Is any man fallen into disgrace I?
Charity holds down its head, Is
abashed and out of countenance, par
taking of his shame. Is any man dis
appointed of his hopes or endeavors :?
Charity cries out, alas, as II 1t were
itself defeated. Is any man afflicted
with pain or sickness 2 Charity looks
sad, it sighs and sorrows, 1t faints and
languishes with him. Is any man
pinched with hard want? Charity, III
1t can not succor, will c0ndOle. Does
i'll news arrive? Charity hears 1t with
a sympathising heart, even IL not par
ticularly concerned In It. The sigh
Of a wreck at sea, of a field covered
with the dead and dying, Of conn
try desolated, would affect the feel
ings of any man but the very report
OF them would bring anguish to the
heart of charity.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19
The Bridal Tour.

+ Young Spriggles and his Araman-
tina Jane had Just been married, and
were going upon their bridal tour.
They didn't know whether upon
their return they should board with
"the old folks" or take rooms at a
private hotel. Being only q clerk,
Spriggles' means were limited, and
he could not expect much In. the
way of living.
1Of course," he said to old Dolger,
a wealthy member of the Arm who
had kindly granted him three weeks
leave of absence, 1--WE must be in the
style, you know. Is'pose you took a
rrisher when you We're married"
"a rusher?"
81 mean, you an took extensive one,
and showed your wife the sights.
eyes," said DOlger, with nod.
"I'll tell yoWabout 1t. l made long
preparations for my bridal tour, and
the girl that was to become my wife
helped me. We had 1t all fixed, and
everything laid out before hand. i
worked for It hard; and she worked
too. It was to be the grand event OF
our lives, and we wanted that 1t
should be q success. We felt that rs
the new life opened 80 should 1t con-
tinue. / was earning five hundred
dollars q year. That was good pay
for salesman five and thirty years
agO-better than three times that
amount now. We were married in
the morning at the house of my
wife's father. Then we rode two
miles to the substantial cottage I had
secured for q home. My money had
made the first payment on It, and
Mary's money had finished three
rooms In 1t.
Sand we cat our first meal there
after in our own house; and ! went
thence to my work, and my wife set
about her work. 1t was the new life,
and we were determined to succeed ii
possible. And that effort was our joy.
And in the success which followed
was unalloyed happiness. In less
than three years my house was my
own. Come storm, or come sunshine,
we had a roof from which the hand OF
man could not turn us.
~ Oubt, young man, If ever bril-
dial tour was happier or more profita.
bile than was mine; and i know that
the exercise of housekeeping upon her
own account was invigOrating. But
then we were married for real earnest
living and loving. We believed we
should find life's purest joy in the dis
charge of life's duties.
81 declare" persuaded the old man
with a glistening moisture in his eye,
Il should like those first blessed days
of my own hOme-life to live over
again. But il may not be. And"
he added with a regretful shake of
the head, 81 fear the young men of
the present generation will not live
them for my viewing"
Spriggles walked away, scratching
his head. He wasn't sure that he had
really caught the drift of the mans
remarks.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.



Many farmers seem to have strange
ideas of what their homes should be,
making them mere places to which
they go to eat and sleep, and caring
but little how the place looks, or
whether IL has any Of the thousand
little cOnveniences that alone make It
endurable to that part of the house
hold whose lot 1t seems to be to stay
within doors, work and suffer inter-
minable drudgery. We would have
our farm houses present a beautiful
exterior, while the interior should be
both attractive and convenient, for II
any are entitled to such a home II Is
the farmers wife and family.
Isolated to great extent from the
pleasures of social intercourse with
towns and cities, they pass at best a
mOnotOnOus life, and without the
pleasures incident to beautiful sur
rOundings and a beautiful home, their
condition can never be envied. We
would have the farmers house paint
ed, not only because 1t looks better,
but, in point of economy, because II
will last longer; but If It did not, we
would be willing to pay something
for the good looks of well-painted
dwelling.
We would like to see the front yard
and walks well kept and clean, and
the border decorated with flowers
the lawn and highways set out with
shade and ornamental trees. It IL
Just the place for such trees, and every
farmer should see that they ere sci
there and carefully cared for till they
are large enough to take care of them
selves against the depredations of live
stock.
We would like to see our farmers
have good horses, good carriages and
good harness. that their sons and
daughters may not feel that they are
but shabbily attired, when business
or pleasure calls them to the neigh.
boring village. We believe that q
horse need not necessarily be idle OF
ill-fed, or poorly grO0med, in order
to be good and safe farm horse, sc
that there Is no good reason for the
farmer to have other than a good and
snowy one, in which every member
of the family feels a pride.
We would be willing to say a good
deal more on the subject Of making
farmers homes pleasant, IL by 80
doing we could, by our advice, cause
the removal of a few of the thOrns
and rough edges that now, in toe
many instances, are unnecessarily
marring the happiness of our wives,
our sons and our daughters destined
to q country life.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19
Bed-Bugs.

These insects, when they get into
partitions and other hiding places,
can only be exterminated by systematic
and patient warfare. Where paper is
badly put on, raised edges offer hid
ing-places for the bugs, and in rooms
finished by plastering or hard finish,
cracks are often left that harbor the
pests. A minute examination of each
room should be made. Stop every
crevice, If no wider than a knife
blade, with plaster of Paris mixed
with water to the consistency of thick
cream. Mix only q little at time,
as 1t soon "sets." Every crevice in
the walls and ceiling being filed, at
tentiOn must be given to the floor,
and all cracks filed either by plaster
or calking with oakum or cotton,
driven in firm and hard. IL the
room is papered, It may be necessary
to strip off the old paper and put on
new, or loose edges may be pasted
down. In either case mix enough of
carbOlic acid with the paste to have IL
smell strongly of the acid. Thorough
work in, stopping In con way or an
other al; hiding-places, Is the only
course. Bedsteads may be scalded
and the joints treated to q, strong
solution OF carbolic add al tl1nk wa
ter VIII dissolve q solution a. an
ounce q corrosive sublimata "a apfnt
BELLE believe Ue al sSs - ~ Es ~
out or frozen out. There Is an au-
thentic experiment recorded In which
the insects have been kept In q DOR
- n. Ia
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19
A Deception.

You may remember that Ilectured
lately for the young gentlemen of
the Claytonian Society. During the
afternoon of that day l was talking
with one of the young gentlemen re-
ferred to, and he said he had an un-
Gle, who, from some cause or other,
seemed to be permanently bereft of
all emotion. And with tears In his
eyes this young man said:
ooh, if l could only see him laugh
once more! Oh, If could only see
him weep!"
/ was touched. 1 could never
withstand distress. / said:
bring him to my lecture. I'll
start him for YOU"
ooh, If you could but do it! All
our family would bless you forever
more; for he is very dear to us. Oh,
my benefactOr, can you make him
laugh? Can you bring soothing tears
to those parched orbs?
was profoundly moved. / said:
"My son, bring the old party
around, l have got some jokes in my
lecture that will make him laugh If
there is any laugh in him; and, ifthey
miss fire, have got some others that
will make him cry or kill him."
The young man wept on my neck,
and spread both hands on my head
and looked up toward heaven mum.
bling something reverently; and
then he went after his uncle. He
placed him in full view in the second
row of benches, that night, and 1 be-
gan on him. / tried him with mild
jokes-then with severe ones; dos
ed him with bad jokes, and riddled
him with good ones fired old, stale
jokes into him, and peppered him
fore and aft with red-hot new ones.
warmed up to my work, and as
saulted him on the right and left, in
front and behind; I fumed and
charged, and ranted, till ! was hoarse
and sick, and frantic and furious but
/ never moved him once-I never
started a smile or a tear! Never a
ghost of smile or suspicion of
moisture! 1 was astOnished. L
closed the lecture at last with one de-
spairing shriek-with one wild burst
of humcr-and hurled q Joke of SUI
pernatural atrocity full at him. 1t
never stirred him! Then i sat down
bewildered and exhausted.
The President of the society came
up and bathed my head with cold
water, and said:
what made you carry on so to-
ward the last ?''
said II was trying to make that
COMPOUNDED old idiot laugh, in the
second row."
And he said: "Well you were
wasting your time; because he is
deaf and dumb, and as blind as a
badger"
Now was that any way for an old
mans nephew to impose upon
stranger like me?-MdrE Ticdiu.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19
How to Keep a Situation.

An observing correspondent in the
Western Rural gives the following
hints on the above subject:
Be ready to throw in an odd half
hour or an hours time when IL will
be an accommodation, and don't
seem to make merit of it. DO it
heartily. Though not word is said,
your employer will make note of It.
Make yourself indispensable to him,
and he will lose many of the opposite
kind before he will part with you.
These young men who watch the
clock to see the very second their
working hour is up.-whO leave, no
matter what state the work may be
in, at precisely the instant--who cal
culate the extra amount they can
slight their work, and yet not get re-
prOved-whO are lavish of their en-
ployer's gOods-will always be the
first to receive notice, when times
are dull, that their services are no
longer required.