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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

A habit of great value Is that OF
courtesy. If o child Is properly
trained to ask for what he wants and
make meet Acknowledgements for
fayors received, to recognize the
rights, and respect the feelings of
Others, he will be able to win friends
no. matter what other faults he may
have. This habit he will acquire, or
absorb, rather, from those around
him. Courteous children are but the
reflection of courteous parents. Cen
uine courtesy flows out from the
heart and can never be put on as an
outside garment.
Another excellent habit Is that of
helping others. In fact we are In
the world for the express purpose of
doing that very thing, and II we. fail
I'm this, it matters little to any but
ourselves how long we remain here.
IT is natural for the loving parent to
do everything for the child and re-
quire nothing in return, but the soon
er the child Is taught to deny himself
in order to serve others, his parents,
his brothers and sisters, the more GER
tainly will whatever is noble In him
be developed. We are all selfish
enough, and there are very few who
are not improved by having their i'm
pulses of benevOlence stimulated.
The habit of improving ones time
Is of importance that can hardly be
Overestimated. Not that children
should work all the time, but that
they should spend very few hours in
mere idleness and time-killing. One
occupation should succeed another, sc
as to give due variety and exercise
the mental and bodily powers in
harmony. Idle children are apt tC
make idle grown folks, and there are
too many drOnes in society for it'
good, as we all know.
The habit we will mention is tha
of perseverance. Life from begin
ing to end is full of obstacles to b.
overcome, of problems to be solved
of mountains to be tunneled and val
leys to be filled up, and we can hard
ly begin too soon our constant, siren
nous endeavOrs to master destiny
He that OvercOmes in little will over
come much. A child should not b,
given task beyond his powers, blu
within that limit he should be re
quired to do what is assigned him
The stimulus of reward or praise will
often be sufficient to secure the per
formance of given labor, though
the pain of censure may sometime
be necessary. .a
With these habits of persona
tidiness, courtesy, helping others
improving ones time, and perserver
ance, it matters little how poor purs
an individual may be left, he or sh
will possess q buOyant power tina
will raise them above adversely ant
pluck victory from the arms of de
feat.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02
Tremendous Tower.

The Tower of Babel was-a pigmy
to what n company of enterprising
Philadelphia bridge builders propose
to construct as a toy to grace the APP
preaching centennial exhibition in
that cityI tits t0sbe of wrought iron,
one thousand feet in height, and be-
sides 1t such structures as the dome of
st Peters; the pyramids of Egypt
and Bunker Hill Monument, would
be dwarfed into ~insignificance. The
tower is to be circular in section, one
hundred and fifty feet in diameter ut
the base, diminishing to thirty feet at
the top. 1t is proposed to have spiral
staircases winding around the center
tube for those preferring to walk up
but elevators will be provided, which
are calculated to ascend to the top In
three minutes. This Is one of the
greatest engineering projects of the
age, and it is in the hands of con.
structOrs capable of completing what.
ever they undertake. ~.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

cit is no eXaggeratiOn to say that
health is large ingredient in what
the world calls talent. A man with.
out it may be a giant in intellect, but
his deeds will be the deeds ola dwarf.
On the contrary, let him have quick
circulation, good digestion, the bulk,
thews, and sinews of a man, and the
alacrity, the unthinking confidence
inspired by these, and, though hav-
ing but thimbleful of brains, he will
either blunder upon success or set
failure at defiance. It's true, especial
ly i'm this country, that the number
of centaurs in every community
of men i'm whom heroic intellects are
allied with bodily constitutions rs
tough as those of hOrseS-is small |;
that, i'm general, n man has reason to
think himself well off i'm the lottery
of life if he draw the prize of Il
healthy stomach without q mind, or
the prize ola fine intellect with a era
zy stomach. But of the two, weak
mind I'm herculean frame Is better
than a giant mind i'm a crazy cOnsti-
tuition. A pound of energy with an
ounce of talent will achieve greater
results than a pound of talent with
an ounce Of energy. The first requi-
site to success in life n to be a good
animal. In any of the learned pro-
LESSONS vigorous constitution is
equal to at least fifty per cent. more
brain. Wit, judgment, Imagination,
eloquence, all the qualities of the
mind, attain thereby a force and sple-
dor to which they could never APP
prOach without it. But intellect i'm
a weak body is "like gold in a spent
swimmers pocket" A mechanic
may have tools of the sharpest edge
and highest polish; but what are
these without vigorous arm and
hand? OF what use il 1t that your
mind has become q vast granary of
knowledge, If you have not strength
to turn the key 9"-Prof. Aathe,os.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

heard my whistle / saw an express
sion of horror on his face, for he was
blind and had thought / Was coming
ON the down track. He jumped but
it was too late; and I saw him throw
up his hands-I even heard him
shriek-zas the pilot strpckT lim. i
sat up that night and thought about
that poor fellow, no use trying to sleep
with that on my mind. The next
moaning psawfiian lai60ut at the de-
pot, all torn and mangled, but his
face wasn't touched at all, and after 1
took a look at, himyI saw that face
night and day for about six months
every minute 1 was on my engine.
shut my eyes when | passed the
place where struck him. / man,
aged to get another engine; l did
everything, but all the time, especial
ly at night, in the glare of my head,
light, 1 saw that pale, thin, blind
face, / saw the hands thrown up, and
heard the poor fellow scream when
the pilot seemed to strike him."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Feeding Stock.

Mr.. Gould, of Connecticut, said at
"The most fiatufal bod FOR stock. is
graz inlthdsummer, and dried grass
'ins tbe, winter, .nethipg else Is peces-
sasy t pc pi scass,t OF hSt
1t somewhat. Grass fails sometimes.
The pasturage has to ha- supplament-
ed even in midsummer, and the SOW
Ing OF corn is the, most COMMON
This crops should be sownl IN success
sion 80 that u may be used from time
t0 time, as needed, and should be cut
when 1t is In the bloom, in order to
make 1t of the greatest value for feed
Ing. Formerly he was accustomed to
change his cows from one field TO
another, but he found that they be-
came uneasy and looked as though
they were fiankering for still another
GGi sa Reps s II IN ae Sae
pasture and they wereq quiet and con-
tented, and the milk product always
good. This was of more importance
than frequent feeding. We feed our
dry stock twice day, but milk stock
should be fed Oftener, and will do we'll
on poor hay, .oat straw, -cntand put
into a feed box, wetted, and with
portion of salt, meal or, bran to lay
with this addition over night, and
be fed next day. Cattle should have
free. access to salt. Authorities de-
cided that it had some. influence on
tho secret organs, precisely what was
not well understood, but especially
upon the milk secretion. Meal, un-
Tess mixed with water does not in
crease theft ow of milk, and yet, some
cows will thrive we'll under its use,
and seem to require it, and it will
increase their milk. Meal may he
fed to advantage in the spring, bring
ing the COWS to grass in good con-
ditiOn. % Quality of milk Is affected
by the food used. Bran makes good
milk, but should not be fed alone,
but in connection with cut feed and
meal. Bran costs twenty to twenty
five dollars per ton. It's manurial
value is fourteen dollars per ton, max
ing a cheap fertilizer for the soil. A
ton or meal does not add as much to
the value of manure as bran.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02
Railway Signal Code or the United
States.
One whistle signifies "down brake

One whistle signifies "down brakes"
Two whistles signify "Off brakes"
Three whistles signify "back up"
Continued whistles signify "dan-
ger"
Rapid short whistles ga cattle
alarm"
A sweeping parting of the hands
on level with the eye signifies ego
ahead"
Downward motion of the hands
with extended arms signifies "stOp."
Reckoning motion of one hand
signifies "baclx."
Red flag waved upon the track
signifies Changer"
Red flag stuck up by roadside
signifies Changer ahead"
Red flag carried upon q locomotive
signifies ian engine following"
Red flag hoisted at station is a
signal to "stOp."
Lantern ut night raised and lower
ed vertically Is II signal to "start."
Lantern swung at right angle across
the track means "stOp."
Lantern swung i'm circle signifies
"back the train"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02
EclIpses.

There will be four eclipscs in 1874,
viz: Total eclipse of the sun, April
16, visible in the Southern part of
South America and Southern part of
Africa; invisible to the United
States. An annual eclipse of the sun.
October 10 visible in Europe, West
ern Asia and Eastern Africa /; invis-
ible I'm the United States. A total
eclipse of the moon, October %; Wis.
ible in the United States. 1t will
two minutes before one
o'clock A. NJ, and end ten minutes be-
fore three; at half-past two 1t will be
total. Besides there will be transit
of Venus across the suns disc, De-
cember 8; visible in the Pacific Ocean,
Asia, and part of Europe; invisi-
BILE in the United States. This event
will attract the special attention Of
astronomers, who will be enabled by
Il to measure accurately tho distance
of the earth from the sun.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02
An Engineers First Victim.

Last summer, the engine run by
William Baird, of the lightning ex.
press ON the Hudson River Railroad,
struck a drunken man who was sit
ing on the trestle bridge at Plum
Point, and killed him instantly. At
the inquest, the day after, the engi-
neer told the writer that exactly a
year before on that very day he had
struck his first man" somewhere
just beyond Yonkers. Said ho: II
was running the lightning them and
was making lively time past Yonk-
ers, when Isaw q young fellow with
q cane In his hand, walking on the
down track. Just az Igot Within
hundred feet of him he deliberatefy
walked over tony Truck. l whistled
and ierketl back my lever. Thelieht
was full in his face, and when he
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

AN extremely sharp and intelligent
American gentleman from the West
once walked into the Office of DIR. G.
II. Jackson, the chemist. CDR. Jack
son, 1 presume ?" said he. ayes,
SIR" care you alone?" eyes, SIR"
"May lock the door And he did
so, then, having looked behind the
sofa, and satisfied himself that no one
else was in tho room, he placed a
large bundle, done UP In a yellow
handkerchief, on tho table, and open
ed 1t. "There, doctor, look at that ?"
"Well," said the doctor, 81 see It,"
"What do you call that, doctor 2"
81 call il iron pyrites." "What ~,
said the man, "isn't that stuffgoid ?"
"NO," said the doctor, "it's good for
nothing /; it's pyrites." And putting
some over the Are In q shovel, &c soon
evaporated up the chimney. SWELL"
said the gentlemanly man, with a
wOe-begone look, there's a,widow
up In our town has a whole hin full
Of that, and I've been and married
her" 80 es ~ ~ -
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02
Carrying q Stove Upstairs.

A reader who is recently married
writes us asking which end of a stove
is the lightest. We really wish we
knew, but we don't. A stove is very
deceiving, and one has to become
well acquainted with new one to
find ITS points of advantage. Our
friend should not be to hasty in TAX
ing hold of stove. A stove that is
to be moved should be visited in the
still watches of the night before, and
carefully examined by the light of a
good lamp. The very end we thought
the lightest may prove the heaviest
lin fact, is extremely likely toy, or it
may be that the lightest end Is the
most difficult to get hold of and hang
on to. 1t is very distressing under
taking to carry q half ton of stove by
your flnger-nails, with cOld-blooded
man easily holding the other end,
and nervous woman with q dust
pan In one hand and broom in the
other bringing up the rear and getting
the broom between your legs. In GO
ing ND stairs it is best to be at the
lower end of the stove.
Going backward up stairway
with stove in your hands requires a
delicacy of perception which very few
people possess, and which can only
come after years of conscientious
practice. If you are below you have
the advantage of missing much that
must be painful to a sensitive nature.
The position you are in brings your
face pretty close to the top of the
stove, and as no one can be expected
to see what Is going on when thus
situated you are relieved from all
responsibility and thought in the mat
ter, with nothing to do but to push
valiantly ahead and think of Heaven.
Then above you is the carman whom
you do not see, with his lips two
Inches apart, eyes protruding, and
his tongue lolling on his chin. And
IL is well you don't see him, for it is
an awful sight. But the chief adj
vantage of being below Is that, in
case Of the stove falling, you will be
caught beneath il and instantly kill
ed. Nothing short of your death
will ever compensate for the scratch
ed paint, soiled carpet and torn oil
cloth. And no man in his senses and
with his hearing unimpaired would
want to survive the catstrophe.-
Da9buyy Ne,cs.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

What is the reason dog will turn
several times around before lying
down on his bed. Dogs are governed
by certain instincts, and in the wild
state they are liable to lie down on
sharp stubbs or stones unless they
turn around to survey the ground.
A horse rarely lies down in n field to
roll, or to rest, without turning
around, sometimes five or six times,
in the same manner that dog does.
You may ask then, why the dog, that
has a sheepskln with the wool on 1t,
or buffalo skin, or any other nice,
soft bed should thus turn around.
The squirrel will prepare to bury wal
nuts i'm the corner of clean, tin cage {;
will go through all the ceremony OF
poking dirt on it, and patting 1t down,
and having finished will retire con-
fff
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

ONE of "Mark Twain's' latest
Joke Is that which he perpetrated at a
dinner to which he was recently in
vited, He had been notified that his
health would be drank during the
evening, and 1t was. But Mark was
armed and equipped. He drew from
his pocket a large roll of manuscript,
and proceeded to read to his astonish-
ed auditors that he was entirely
token by surprise, was wholly unpre-
pared to reply, and so on, as Is GUS
t0mary with after-dinner speakers.
Such q Twainish joke could not, of
course, pass without appreciation, and
as soon as the monetary perplexity
had subsidized, r0ars Of laughter testi-
fed to the success OF the hit. fCnly
ali speakers were as honest as Mark
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02

AN honest deacon in q Connecticut
parish was sorely troubled about the
Copernican system of the universe.
He believed II to be unscriptural and
untrue, and he carried his doubts to
his minister The latter being in his
own eyes q scientific man, and also q
believer I'm Copernicus, said the sun
was q stationary body not revolving,
as the deacon maintained, around the
Garth. But the latter pointed with
an air of triumph to the story of
Joshua when he commanded the "sun
to stand still.v every WE'LL" said
the minister "show me, II you can.
The passage of Scripture where 1t said
Joshua ever commanded the sun to
move again."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02
"Pay as Y0u Co."

The farmer cannot succeed until he
learns to live ON what he makes after
II il made, and not on what ne expects
to make before 1t Is made. Many
years ago, nm economical, thrlIty
farmer, was asked by a large cotton
planter, why it was that, Though he
was called poor farmer and made
much less to the hand than many of
his neighbOrs, he was prospecting,
while they with an their broad acres
and heavy crops, were constantly fall
ing into debt and becoming embarass-
ed. He replied "You begin at tho
wrong end, you buy your supplies at
the beginning of the year on credit:
/ buy mine at the enc fOr crsh
This was the true secret OF the differ
ence. Mr. McDufiie, In an agricul-
ture address delivered thirty years
AGO. i'm the hall fthe General Assem-
bly ut Columbia introduced, In con-
nectiOn with this subject, the Ian
guage of that remarkable statesman
John Randolph, who in the midst OF
ono of his brilliant rhapsodies in the
United States senate suddenly patis-
eel and exclaimed with the utmost
tension of his squeaking voice, Mr..
President! / have discovered the
philosophers stone 1t consists In
these plain English monosylables:
PAY as you CO." ..,,.,,
To prepare an excellent machine
Dill, mix sixty parts OF Oleine with
forty of olive oil, or fifty OF oleine,
forty OF clear paraftine oil and ten OF
olive oil.
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, 1874-03-26


The Washington Star gets OF very good
story on Col. Daniels, formerly State Geo!ogitt
OF Wisconsin, and Colonel OF tho First Wiscon-
sin Cavalry, who wont to Virginia soon after tho
War, and since that time has boou engaged in
tho double employment OF clting the Rich
mond State Journal and running fruit farm on
the bank Of the placid Potomac. Tie Star thus
putH it:
"Whcn the recent financial panic swept over
tho land, Col. Daniols WAS not unmoyed by tho
impending calamity. Not he! ho waa badly
scared, 30, worry soon After the first kilograms
from New York had boen received, he posted OF
to Washington, D. c.. and drew his deposits
(ahout 81, 900 in bontls) from oue Of tho banks
before its doors were closed. With this ho
hastoned back to bis homo on the river, and.
aftor due consultation with his wife, concluded
to plant his treasure in Home secure place on tho
tarln. They selected the darkeat night on
record, and in tho most unheard-of spot, digged
deep, and lAil tile bonds to rest, and then &C.
turned TO tho house. in tho full conviction that
they were tho solo poHHeBsors Of slle secret.
Not 80, however. and here comes tho joke. One
JeBae Polottc, tho Colonel'B oyerseer, watched
the whole proceeding, aud not long after rcsur.
reotod the box, aud atarlel to 'go Wost." On
Ills way he stopped in Washington, and hs theft
waA discovered when he ATTEMPTED to pay his
hotol bill with q 9 200 bond. He was arrested,
but act up q claim that hs discovery Of tho
treasuso waa accidental and lawsuit IL on tho
tapiH. Col. Daniels has concluded to trust the
banks heroRftor,"
, 1874-03-26

s7xefat Dispatch 70 Faa Ch1cago Tribune.
New YONG, March 25.-While spy Jayuo, ct
the Custom House, WAS IN the Office of District
Attorney Bliss to-day, complaint and summons
ras served on him by Stanley, Brown l. Clark,
In suit begun by them to recover et2,l00,
Illegally received by him IS informor In tho case
vi Woodruff j. Robinson. Tho facts In thin
caao arc Of 4 remarkable character, aud tho a0i.
layita on which complaint is based charged
Jayuo with conspiracy, subornRtion Of perjury,
aud other crimeB all Of which the Grand Jury
will ba asked to investigate. They ON
brace evidence on which the case OF
Woodruff l. Robinson was workod up In
Jaync's Office by his assstant. and il all the
written statements Of Hayos, the roa1 informer,
mud tho intormers Of record and their attorneys
are to DO believed,
TILE FnAuDB IN THE GAZE wEnE ENORMOUS.
Ha'eH originally lodged his information with
Special Agent Gutter, who does duty iu Jayne'B
office, and was investigated by him and one Of
JaYno's clerks in Jayno's absence. HyaB refused
70 gire the information to Jayne, and when told
TINT the factH wore aoon to be aubmitted to that
official before proceeding to compromise. Hayes
sought lawyer to
PROTECT 1I1M FROM JAyNE's nApAo1TY.
Ills counsel advised him to let Jayno work tho
easo, and tho facts were submitted to him.
Jayne Induced tue Secretary Of tho Treasury to
pay him tho !nformers' share, which ia now sued
for.
, 1874-03-26


sptcfat Dfsuatth to The trh.r.ao 7rf1H,s.
MEMrll1g, Tenn, March 25.-An APpeql spe- p
clai from 1aokson lhIaroi 26) sess tho P.lot this
tor Furlong With tho bribery and packing Of
jurics, whi!o Sheriff OF Warren County also
with being coward and fatsitier. Furlong pro-
nounced tho charges falso saying the author
would havo to rosract or he would put him IN hts
grave. Theso In considerable exc1tomont over
tho mattor. Blood and carnage IL expooLel.
Furlong is a. Republican, but has lately worked
and voted with tho Democrats. Senator Little
also created an excitement by announcing that
he would tomorrow publish q card denouncng
tho editor Of tho Vickaburg Herald AZ liar and
scouadlel, on account Of all editorial criticiaing
his rulings w1o President Of tho Sonnte.
Doth Houses aro .f.er the whisloy.sollors.
Mr.. Sullivan introduced bill in tho Sonato pro-
hlbtting tho granting Of licenso exoopt on potl-
tion Of throe-fourtbH OF tho males over 81 md
fomales over Is residing III any district, town,
ward, or city whore llcense il asked for. In
tho House bill has passed prohibiting . liconso
to issuo whore . majority OF the legal voters
petition against 1t.
, 1874-03-26
CRIME.


Tho Crossman murder Mt Prnirao du
Olaien.
Sptctal Dispntch u The Chicago Trfbnne.
PRAIRIE pu CHEN, March 25.-The prolimin-
ary examination Of George and Matilda Bhrnum,
OH suspicion Of having murdered old Mis-. CroBs-
man, of Bridgeport. this State, Inns resulted in
tho prisoners boiug ronanded to tho County
Jail, 10 await examination on the charge of
murder.
Tho evidence gtvon ut tho examination was of
a worry digcursive character. It waH established
that tho prisoners havo possession OF certain
promiBaory notes OF the old lady. for which tl1oy
arc unable satisfactorily to account; and that
Matilda was tonding the doconsed up to within d
few hours Of llor death, when she hastily loft,
uBing tho singular words. II emit stand this any
longer" and promising to return before utght.
She did not return. Noxt dav, when tho
old lndy's corpso was lying under tho bod
Matilda saw soma uoighbors, and, in reply to an
inquiry as to Mrs. CrosBmans health, said Bho
was mending; she had just como from making
hor Holne tea. Soon after this hIr. and Mrs. Mo
1ntyle, who wore among the neighbors in ques~
tion, went to call on Mrs. CrOsBman, and, on
getting thero, found the body lying on tho
ground, tho face being Already "mouliy" with
dea:h.
hfra. Croasm&u Was known to have wallet
containing between $400 and $500, aud box Of
gold and silver. Theao have Disappeared. Tho
Barnums, who wero notably poor. appearcd sud
donly to be in possession Of plentiful supplies Of
money simultaneously with tho old lady's
denth.
Tie analysis Of tho contents Of the stomach
has not yet boon received.
, 1874-03-26
IELEGRAPHlc RREYLIIES,

Union Telegraph Company, sails for Europe on
Saturday, under advice Of lis physicians.
Tho Teachers Institute, at Milton, Wis.,,
next week will be addressed by State supern-
.tcudont Soaring and other prominent educators.
conductor Edison Dakor, Of tho Chicego i
Northwestern Railway, feil from his train At
Harvard, ILL.,, Tuosday night. Tho cars passed
over him. cutting OF one log near the body,
which caused 'doath In fow hours.
Tho examination Of the partios charged with
tho Ticrnan murder. which has beon III progress
for five daya in Fort Wayne Ind, closed yestor-
day. Sovino was scns to Jail to await the trial ol
Hogan. aid johnson was released.
--laHt Saturday a farmer named John Grnbor
residing In Allen County. Ind, fell dead while
feeding hs hogs, aud bofore hts body waA dis.
covered it had been noarly devourod.