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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
A Singular Accident.

The Lancaster (Pa.) Mteligencer re-
lates the following: At picnic party
near Morgantown the other day, Miss
Annie r.. johnson, of Baltimore, met
with a most remarkable accident. A
TO Ne swing had been attached to the limb
of tree fully thirty feet from the ground,
and Miss johnson, being of daring dis
position, insisted upon being swung as
high as the gentlemen present could
swing her. The sport was continued
for some time, when suddenly Miss
Johnson's head was noticed to drop to
one side, her muscles relax, her arms to
let go their hold and drop, and away the
unfortunate girl was hurled through the
air. The momentum of the swing car
ried ,e apparently lifeless form of the
girl up fully thirtv-five feet from the
ground, and lodged her between two
branches at the point where they join
the trunk of tree which stood about
thirty-eight feet from the tree to which
the rope was attached. 1t required only
q few minutes deliberation for the gen.
'emen to realize the situation and de-
termine what to do. 1t was fully twenty
feet from the ground to the first limb
dDONt, tbC VI thC tICC
three ,reet in diameter. They backed The
wagon with Us canvas cover directly un-
der the tree, so that in case she would
drop her fall would be partially broken.
The swing was hurriedly taken down,
and in an instant one end of the rope
was thrown over the limb Of the other
tree and secured Glow. BY this means
two gentlemen o. the party hurriedly
went up the rope, and in few minutes
were at the side of the unfortunate girl.
She was just returning to consciousness,
and the force of her fall had so sec Iely
wedged her between the trunk and the
limbs rs to require no little effort to ex-
tricate her. Miss Johnson at once real
lied her fearful situation; she was pale
and weak, but still had the good sense to
do as the gentlemen desired. The rope
was pulled ~, slip-knot was made and
then passed around her body under her
arms, the other end passed around the
limb, and in this manner she was lowered
to the ground in safety. With the ex-
ception OF few bruises and scratches,
she sustained no injury"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Cheap Ice.

When the first artificial ice was pro-
duced in France it cost $l10 q ton, or five
and half cents a pound. In 1860, Prof
Twining, of Ohio, patented process in
Europe, and succeeded in making, with a
ten-horse engine, one thousand pounds q
ice day, at cost of half-cent per
pound, or ten dollars per ton. But the
Columbus (Georgia) San says that the
Columbus iron-works have perfected ma
chimes by which they can make supe-
rior quality of ice in quantities only
limited by the capacity OF the apparatus,
q. cost ranging from seventy-fve cents
to two dollars per ton, the LITTER 1eing
the maximum, or one-tenth o. a cent per
pound. "The Columbus process claims
superiority in the cheapness and dura-
billy of its apparatus, and in the cheap
ness, rapidity, Gld simplicity with which
ice can be manufactured. Distilled
water is used, and the ice is, therefore,
purer than thai cut from standing ponds.
These machines are being built now with
g C pacity of from 900 to 10000 pounds
a day, and ranging in prices from nine
hundred to twenty-thousand dollars.
They can be used in the water at less
expense than the cost of cutting and
storing the ice made by nature, and are
as good for Northern as Southern lati-
tudes
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Who Invented CrOquet!

This question has been repeatedly
asked and never been answ ared author
itatively, and the probability is that it
has been gradually developed from some
rude and simple beginning. 1t was
brought to this country from England,
where it, without doubt, originated, al
French origin from the name. 1t has
been asserted that the game has grown
from the old game of Pa Mall, in which
ball was driven through an arch or
wicket, the strength of the stroke being
the chief point of excellence, and the
same idea seems to have been retained by
many players of croquet who have only
the one object of knocking every ball as
far as possible. When crOquet was first
introduced into this country, the nature
of the implements and the rules of the
game render it crude affair, compared
to the game as at present enjoyed in our
beautiful lawns by expert players.
Since its first appearance croquet has
achieved en- astonishing degree of pOpu-
larity, and. while even many admirers of
the game have predicted its early decline,
because of its immense popularity, it
has gone on increasing FROM year to year,
and the manufacturers state that a larger
thus far than ever before.
The love of gain and the idea that
croquet would soon play itself out, has
induced many to exercise their ingenu-
ity in the invention of something new
to take its place, and of which they
could controi the manufacture, but thus
far all such efforts have seemed futile.
for while year after year these novelties
have been announced, they have one
after another been forgotten, and still
the old game has not only increased in
the large cities and villages, but the
white wickets and gaily painted balls
and stakes dot the l,.wns throughout the
rural districts. Each succeeding year
tends to pOpularize this truly social game,
because any novelty, ~ order to super
cede this favorite, must be very much
superior to it. All croquet players will
well remember how difficult it was in the
early days of the game TO get a company
of players withous taking some beginner,
who of necessity vas hindrance to the
sport, and will see how different it is now,
when a company of comparatively good
players can almost always be made up
from airy social gathering. Necessarily
any new game is subject to the same diff
ficulties experienced with croquet in its
early years, and the added disadvantage
of well-known and popular game to
compete with which croquet did not
have. Hence while those who are blessed
with ample room anC funds for both, may
enjoy t,e novelties for variety the old
game WI, gemain The standard.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Story of a Postal Card.

A prominent merchant in st. Joseph,
Mo-, j. b. johnson, Esq, has cot himself
into trouble, the postmaster OF ST. Joseph
into trouble, the postmaster OF Chicago
into trouble, and the Government of the
United States into trouble, all growing
out of bit of pasteboard with some
writing on it.
Some weeks ago Mr.. johnson, having
occasion to order some goods from Chicago,
pasted label about Tie sire o. a postage
stamp, bearing his business address, on
the postal card.
The Chicago correspondent received
the card in due time, but had to pay six
cents extra postage, and so notified IL.
Johnson.
As the latter had been in the habit of
posting these labels for some time, and
had never before been called upon for
extra postage, Re consulted the postmf ster
of st. Joseph, NJ. Arnholdt, aborti,.
The latter authority informed him
that he had right to label the cards
and could continue to do so with safety,
unless the cards were going to Chicago,
whose postmaster didn't understand the
law.
Thereupon, in a happy frame Of mind,
Mr.. johnson addressed card to the
Chicago house in his best handwriting,
and, with feeling OF exultation, tri-
umphantly and in a bold hand wrote
these words:
"Our postmaster says your postmaster
is an ass"
The Chicago postmaster forwarded the
obnoxious postal card to Washington.
Mr. Cresswell put on his spectacles and
read the st. Joseph pOstmaster's pithy
opinion of the Chicago postmaster.
The result Of the rec ding was postal
card from Mr. Cresswell to the st. Louis
postmaster which nearly lifted the latter
functionary out of his boots, and made
him realize, as he had never done before,
how frail the tenure of a postoffice may
be.
Thereupon the postmaster called upon
Mr.. johnson, and informed him that he
had never said the postmaste. of Chicago
was an ass.
Mr.. johnson brushed up his memory
and, after awhile, concluded that he was
mistaken in the language he used, and
gave his postmaster a statement to that
effect.
This relieved the postmaster.
He forwarded The statement to Mr..
Cresswell, and once more felt secure II
his Office.
But it did not end here, for on Thurs
day last an order came for the arrest OF
Mr.. johnson for using scurrilous language
on postal card, and that night he was
arrested.
Thus, for the sake of little business
label about the size of postage stamp,
the ST. Joseph merchant got into diff.
Guilty with the st. Joseph postmaster and
the Chicago postmaster, got the st. Joseph
postmaster and the Chicago postmaster
by the ears, got the st. Joseph postmaster
into trouble with the government, and
has got himself into tight place, in
which he may have to pay from 800 tc
81 900, or go to Jail and stay from one
year to ten years before lie can extricatC
himself.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
An Evil Communication.

"a rather amusing story" says Colonel
Stuart, in his "reminiscences of Sol
die r. "was told me some time ago by an
old lady who had an ancient servant that
had lived with her for many years,
named Ann Brady. One day Ann came
in to her mistress in the parlOr, crying
and roaring, Now amt / the unfortunate
woman? Och, what will l do at all,
at all?' What's the matter, Ann?'
said her mistress. Och, man, replied
Ann, the postman's outside and he's got
a letter for me from purgatory, and l
know it's from my Ould mother, who's
been there this ten years, and it's all
about me not paying the masses l said l
would. Ochone! but am the miserable
woman On her mistress going out she
found the postman in fit of laughter,
with a letter directed TO 'Ann Brady ,
from the Dead Letter Office Nothing
could induce her to touch it, the Dead
to her meaning purgatory, and nothing
else; and her mistress was obligad to
open the letter for her, and found it was
one Ann had written to nephew in
Clare, but as he had gone to America the
letter had consequently been returned"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Useful Information.

RHUBARB leaves scattered around will
kill and drive away crickets.
To clean marble, rub first with soda
and soft soap, then wash as usual with
water.
THE fumes of birthstone match will
remove berry stains from book, paper,
orengraving.
A LITTLE black pepper in some cotton
dipped in sweet oil is one of the quickest
remedies Known for earache.
SIMPLY bind chips of wood, four or
five inches long, to the hens legs, leaving
only the hip joints in working order, and
this will cure her o. setting.
HERE is japanese recipe for keeping
meat fresh in hot weather: "Place it in
a clean porcelain bowl, and pour very
hot water over it so as to cover it. Then
pour oil over the water. The air is thus
quite excluded and the meat preserved"
A GOOD, convenient and effectual
remedy for stings of wasps, bees, and
other insects is simply to place a key
over the spot stung, press it hard into
the flesh, and when taken OF the poison
will be on the surface, where it can,do no
harm. A thimble with closed top will
answer Tie purpose, but not quite so well.
CALVES do not injure an orchard, but
usually improve the fruit by picking up
the wermy fruit as soon as it falls, and
thus destroy the insect eggs. Calves
seldom are ilclined to gnaw the bark or
to injure even small trees they will
,ati fI,a hut
could do no damage unless to those newly
set.
AS simple remedy for surface wounds,
such as cuts and abrasions of :. skin,
charcoal is highly recommend ed. Take Il
coal from the stove, pulverize it, ;pply =.
10 the wound end bind up with cloth
The charcoal absorbs the luids secreted
by tie wound, resists or corrects putre-
faction, and also prevents the bandage
from irritating the flesh.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Gems.

Genius is the gold in the mine; talent
is the miner who works and brings it
out.
Kindness is the golden chain by which
society is bound together.
Ignorance gives a sort of eternity to
prejudice and perpetuity to error.
To have ideas is to gather. To think
is to weave them into garlands.
A man must stand erect, not be kept
erect by others.
Without rich heart, wealth is an ugly
beggar.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27

The Spanish Government is called up
on to pay England eight million dollars
for the murder of sixteen Englishmen on
board the Virginius, five hundred thous-
and dollars head. If England gets
that amount we ought to hold our citizens
at about the same price.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Household IIcIps.

LEMON JELLY.---Grate the peel of two
lemons and squeeze the juice; beat with
three eggs, two cups of sugar, butter size
of an egg; stir it over slow fire until it
boils. The cake should DC baked in four
layers, and the lemon jelly spresd be-
tween them, as for chocolate or jelly
cake.
LIGHT OATMEAL CAKES. = Soak one
pound Of oatmeal for ten or twelve hours
in one pint of sour buttermilk. Then
rub quarter of an ounce of carbonate of
soda and little salt into one pound of
flour and mix with the oatmeal. Rub it
out to any thickness required, and bake
in moderate oven.
SANDWICHES. - Cut thick slice Of
bread and toast it brown on either side !;
when cold it must be split and the meat
then inserted, and the sandwich, instead
of being dry, will retain all the moisture
of fresh cut bread. A good lining for
sandwich is made with hard-boiled eggs
cut in slices, and chopped anchories.
To Ice A CAKE.--Beat the whites of
two eggs to a stiff froth; mix In grad
TALLY one-half pound of icing sugar till
quite smooth lay the mixture evenly on
the cake latter baking), before it is cold
Place it in & cool oven 10 harden, but not
TO color. II can be ornamented with
fruit or confectionery before putting it
in the oven.
FRIED MISREPRESENTATION STYLE
Pare and slice very thin; put them into
cold water five or ten minutes. Have
ready frying-pan Of boiling lard. Dry
the potatoes with a cloth; fry them a
pale brown; drain in colander sprinkle
on little fire salt, and serve at once.
Keep the lard boiling and fry but few
at time.
BAKED FIsH.---To bake a fish, you
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Dr. j. Walkers California Vim

DR.. j. Walkers California VIM
egar Bitters are purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found OH tho lower ranges OF
the Sierra Nevada mountains of CalifOr-
mia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted thcrefrom without the use
of Alcohol The question is almest
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
UNPARALLELED success of VINEGAR BIT
TERsY" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They arc tho great
blood purifier and lie-g giving principle,
q perfect Renovation and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history Of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick Of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperent. Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative. Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter-I rritant, Sudoritic, Alterar
hive, and Anti Bilious.
II. II. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen ACTS, San Francisco California
and cor OF Washington and Charlton Sts, N. Y.
Sol Inv nj nrvyu vtc ts m nd TIE
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS

can be shown at the Worlds Dispensary,
Buffalo, N. ", expressing the gratitude Of
those who have been cured by the Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, OF all forms of Blood Diseases affect
ing the Skin, Throat and Bones.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
SALT RHEUM AND ERUPTIoNs CURED.

J. M. ROBINSON, West Grove Station,
Iowa, July IA, 1872, writes: My wife first
became lame nine years ago. Swellings
would appear and disappear on her hip, and
she was gradually becoming reduced, and
her whole system rotten with disease. In
1871 swelling broke on her hip, dis
charging large quantities, and since that
time there are several openings. Have had
five doctors at an expense of 1925, who say
nothing will do any good but surgical OPP
Grafton.
July 16, 1873, he writes thus My wife has
certainly received n great benefit from the
use of your great Discovery, for she was not
able TO get off the bed, and was not expected
TO live a week when she commenced using
IL, year ago. She has been doing most OF
her work for over six months. Has used
twenty bottles, and is still using IL. Her
recovery Is considered as almost miracle,
and we attribute IL all to the use of your
valuable medicine. i can cheerfully recon-
mend 1t as q blood-puri6er and strength re-
storer.
THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
DOCTORS COULDN'T HELP HIM.

JOHN A. WILSON, Esq, Meigsville, Nor
gan Co., o., writes: When l was IL or IL
years OF age, took what s called Kings
Evil or Scrofula, and by constant doctoring
it would heal in one place and break out in
another. IL also broke out in my left ear.
sent ten miles for the first bottle of YOU
Discovery, which did me more good than al
other medicines / ever used. am 2S years
old, and doctored with five doctors; not on,
of them helped me so much as one bottle Of
your Discovery. am well and able to do {
good days work.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-10

,nlty OF. Has 1t como to tb,s, that Genera
M.uoSr must set himself up against Tue
whole world ? That every body else can nave
express facilities but those who happen TO DC
compelled to use his line. and that thcy are
10 be conso lcd for their deprivation by bc'nG
told that General MALONE can do no wrong
That he is irfalhblc and iuyulncrabIc? and
that they must, through the Richmond DIS
match, s,la-whom. Not General MALONE,
but Colonel BuFoRpS
What stuil--w hat nonsense--what impu'
deucc.
We have not addressed the Wing on this
subject. That paper has no part III the
express that we know Of. We have
pleaded Tor our people who are gricyous'y
wrongcd by it, and we have exposed its fol-
lies-we have exposed the prcsumptuous
conduct of the president Of the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio railroad. All this w'ls
legitimate and proper, and the Wing paper
| had only to enter the ring as the defender o.
the president and his road, or to keep out o.
| II. Not one word has it said in defence o.
| the president or his policy. Blu! it seeks tc
| cut The discussion short by personal attack
1t will ind that it has made great mistake
in this bit of strategy. 1t only profokes
more thorough sitting Of the capacity OF it,
AJAX. who is fast proving to the world tina
he has no capacity at all.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-10
The Price of Ice.

Complaints pour In upon US as to the price
OF northern ice In Richmond. We need not
argue the question. Factsspeak louder than
words. A gentleman Of this city who has
occasion 10 use much ice wrote recently to
New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, in
quiring the price of Ice in each of those
cities, and received answers which showed
that the price of ice
In New York is IS per ton, and "to small
consumers" so per ton.
In philadelphia "Boston ice is furnished
at Sc per 200 pounds to hotels and saloons"
In Baltimore, "70c. per hundred for the
saloons and confectionery establishments"
1t thus appears that northern ice is fur.
| ni>hcd-
In New York at IS per 1000 pounds;
In Philadelphia at sl2 per 1000 pounds;
In Baltimore ut $l4 per 1000 pounds.
1t is furnished in Galveston, Texas, at $25
per 1000 pounds. ~.
But in Richmond, Virginia, thousands of
miles nearer the ice-houses than Galveston
is, we have to pay $50 per ton.
1t is hardly necessary to add that the peo-
pie OF Richmond do not feel inclined to sub
init to this state of things. A number OF
gentlemen of means intend to organize
company to bring ice hithcr by the cargo
and dispense it to customers at fair price.
Indeed, we learn that cargo will be here In
a short time, which will be sold at low
price compared with that now demanded by
the present dealers. Ice is no longer looked
upon rs Il luxury, but as one of the necessa-
| rips of life.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-10

"If the Object Of the Dispatch in taking
up the cudgel for 4 foreign Express compa-
ny is not prompted by Il Ice from that COM
lany, but expects TO blackulail General Ma
hone, we suspect il has mistaken its man,
aud will be disappointed. il it really de-
sired TO redress the grievances Of the COM
munity, the courts are open TO it, The law
requires the Danylle road TO prO.rdie with
General Mahone's road, and by interfering
an agent (thc Express Company to eXtort
from the public, it does not relieve itself
from responsibility. The Dispatch, or any
citizen, can get redress by applying to the
courts and compelling the DanrIlie road to
comply with the law. This is the whole
matter in nut-sbell."- Wing Of yesterday.
This very absurd and offensive paragraph
j, from the pen of an impulsive, arrogant,
impertinent, unreasonng person. He vio-
lates propriety, justice, truth. He is rude,
illogical, ridiculous.
Throwing aside his contemplate "its, !"
particularly his "if the object" "eXpects
to blackmail General MALONE" what conso-
community" may have its grievances re-
dressed by suit brought by the Dispatch
against the Danyile railroad! What sort of
a case could it make In the courts? Does
not the DsnvilIe road already comply with
the law3 Is that any way to relieve asuf-
feriDg community Is that The way to treat
a people denied the common privileges and
advantages accorded to all the world be-
sides?
This Is mockery--a mockery that only
onc man in the world, we suppose, could be
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-10

A good thing for the country is that Mr..
SAWYER, Of South Carolina, goes out of the
Treasury along with Mr.. RICHARDSON. The
New York Times pays Mr.. SAWYER the fol-
lowing compliment, while it holds the Re-
publican party to obligations which we
trust will be respected:
"It cannot be forgotten that Mr.. Sawyer
was a graduate of the modern school OF poll
tics in South Carolina, and his example
and influence have had their effect. Now
that he has gone from the Treasury DEPART
mcnt the Government would do well to
weed out those in its service in the State
who are of a similar stripe. 1t will i'll this
way give practical expression TO the detesta-
ton ia which the Republican party holds
the men who have practiced oppressio and
misgovernmcnt in its name. For when the
Republican party, as party, ceases to be
identified with honest government every.
where, it will cease to exist. And for That
reason, among others, we shalt not hide cor
ruption or misgovernment when 1t Is
brought to light"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-10

DEATH OF A WORTHY MAN.-[From the Pe-
tersbure Ne,cs. 9th. I'VE regret to announce
the sudden death. yesterday, of Captain
Pascla Bulord, venerable citizen OF Bed
ford county, in the eighty third year OF his
age. Captain Bu(ord was one OF the old
time citizens of the State, and in all the rela.
tons Of life was much respected and beloved
by those who knew him. When railroads
first penetrated the Blue Ridge the Old gen.
tleman was so violently opposed to such an
Invasion Of private rights that he declared
he never would ride on one OF them The
mountains. however, were tunnclled despite
his circumstances, and for eight years, like
an old Roman. he chung to his faith and bis
pledges, and would ride forty miles to bis
market in his buggy, with his produce in his
wagons, alongside the railroad! AT last,
however, time and observation wore out his
original prejudices, and for the last twenty
years the venerable old man has been fond o.!
steam locomotion, and always employed 1t
for business and pleasure.
The Bedford Star says it was Captain John
Butord that died on Monday.