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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
House Painting I'm Paris.

This Is a very extensive business.
as a periodical renovation of the
houses Is rendered Imperative by
law, no one being allowed to disflpure
a neighb0rhOOd by presenting stained
and disfigured walls. The houses be-
Ing all built of a soft, cream-c olored
sandstone, many of the floor struc-
lures, instead of being painted, are
redressed by the stone-cutter, and
come out, after undergoing the pro-
cess of scraping and scrubbing, as il
fresh from the quarry. The agility
OF the painters is something wonder
full. They climb, over the fronts of
their SIX and seven story houses and
paint them from roof to doOr-sill
without the use of ladder, scaffOld, or
any other wooden continuance, either
for themselves or their paint-pots.
One man, without assistance of any
kind, can paint the entire front OF
one of those tall houses in two on
three days. Each workman is pro-
vided with a rope about an inch In
diameter, extending from the apex
Of the roof to the pavement, on
which knots, one foot apart, are made
throughout its entire length. by
means of an apparatus with straps
clamps and hooks, to which Is APP.
pended board on which they sit
and stirrups to rest the feet i'm, which
is strapped to their legs, they move
up and down the rope with great
rapidity and apparent ease. They
move the clamps from knot to knot
and without changing the position o
the rope are enabled to paint about
six feet on either side of them. Theil
smaller brushes are stuck i'm little
loops appended to the seats, and tin,
paint pot is suspended by a smaller
rope, on which it is fastened by {
spring OfsOme kind, and is raised
and lowered with ease as they may
desire it. Long practice has rendered
them perfectly at home in apparently
the most uncomfortable positions
and they Oscillate along the from
with II great deal more ease than i
they were on ladders. They us,
brushes for most of their painting
nearly double the size of those uset
in America, and make rapid progress
with the work,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
Better than Capital.

The man whose statements may
always be taken without question,
whose promises are made never to 90
unfulfilled, whose verbal agreements
are as good as his written contracts,
whose integrity Is of more value i'm
his own eyes than any mere fortune
which he could barter it off for, will
be astonished to find, in his hour of
need, with what Strength he is braced
up on every side, and how often he
will stand firm as a rock when other
men tremble and fall. Five years of
such consistent rectitude will be
worth, in credit, more than double
capital without the confidence which
such character inspires. 1t is a good
rule in building up such credit,
when a payment Is once due, never
suffer ones self'to be asked for It
twice. Every man who aspires to
honorable success i'm business, should
remember that he must hold to his
promise as q ship holds to her anchor,
and that the moment he breaksfrom 1t
he is in danger of disaster to his for
tune and wreck to his character.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
Common Sense.

1t has been said i'm another form
of expression, that the slightest eX-
cess OF expenses over income Is pow
erty, and the slightest excess of in
come over expenses is wealth. The
ability of practical farmers to master
this great problem of life is not so
much dependent upon what they
know of their business as uDOn their
faculty to apply what they know
Success in business is due to admin
istration. Capacity in administra-
ton is due to that faculty, power, or
quality, called common sense, which
everybody speaks well OF and no.
body understands precisely. We in
fer that its presence or its absence
form the results Of Il mans lie. i
venture upon definition of the
phrase am using, not so much for
the purpose of making its meaning
clear as for the purpose of giving a
loftier place in your thoughts. Com
mon sense Is Il degree, high degree
in fine, the highest degree of hui
man wisdom applied to practical
things. 1t is not learning-it is not
knowledge; it is rather the faculty
of applying what we know to what
we do. Other things being equal,
the practical farmer who knows the
most will do the best (; but other
things not being equal, a man who
eXcels i'm wisdom in administration
may surpass man of greater learn
ing, or even one Of greater knOwl-
edge of things. But do not allow
this suggestion to lead you to place
q lower estimate upon learning,
whether general or professional; for.
culture OF every sort give us capacity
to appreciate wisdom, and opportu-
nifty also for its exercise.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


An exchange talks sensibly on the
subject Of improvement of the bad
roads which, at this season of the
year are so numerous 1t says the
press Is doing good work In bringing
this important work to the attention
of the people, but the great trouble is,
the rainy season Is talked away and
the roads become dry while we are
talking. and then the matter Is drop
ped until the fall rains remind us
that we want pike roads,, Our pub
lie highways are of greater import
ance to the people of the State than
any other public institution, except
the common schools, and none are so
woefully neglected, and so stintingly
and grudglingly supported as they.
Our system OF public highways is all
wrong, bungling, wasteful and In
efficient. What taxes are levied for
the construction and reparation, are
most fiagrantly wasted for want of Il
general and efficient system of APP
plying them We hear of some in
stances where the road work has been
for almost a half century wasted
while, had the road been worked on
rational plan with view to the
future, and not alone for the present,
hills could have been graded down,
hOllows filled up, u good coating OF
matchmaking put on, and money
left. Where stone aud gravel can be
procured, it is the cheapest, best and
wisest to commence building pixies.
1t ia surprising how much time and
money have been wasted building
mud roads, and this must continue
to be the case untila different system
shall be adopted and more durable
material used. DO not talk too much,
call meetings, make reasonable plans,
figure on estimates. Don't go too
fast; work in dead earnest, and in
ten years all the principal roads
where matchmaking can be obtained,
can he made good pixies.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
The LIqnOr Trade.

According to the census of 1870 the
capital engaged i'm this country in the
manufacture of liquor i'm all its branch
es amounted to $6G, Cos, 945, and its an
nual' product was placed 1T $94 123, OH.
OF the 800 industries into which the
manufactures of the United States
are divided only five employ great
capital, only nine produce more. The
industries which rank with it are
those employed in the great staples of
cotton and wool, iron, and lumber
and flour. Their products are EN-
ployed by the entire population. Re-
membering that half the $4,000, 900
included in the census are women,
among whom the use of intoxicating
liquors i'm any form is exceptional /;
that ut least third of the male popu-
latiOn is below eighteen, so that the
drinkers of the country are Il fraction
of third of the total population, and
it will seem still remarkable that for
every 81 80 which the country found
it worth while to invest i'm supplying
its whole population of consumers,
men, women and children, with cot
ton and wooden clothing, with the
wood and iron for their everyday
use, and with their daily bread, it has
been found profitable to devote a dol
lar to the manufacture, i'm some form
and shape, of alcohol for part of its
adult male population, and still
smaller fractiOn-an almost inSigniff-
cant fractiOn-Of itsadult female pop
ulation, so that, while even in a
large city, not more than one i'm four
drink even occasionally, and in the
country not one-eighth of the popula-
ton touch liquor save at the rarest in
teryals, fractions reached by the lib
eral estimate that three men out of
four and one woman out of three are
habitual consumers of the products of
stills and watts and presses, yet the
only articles of which larger guam
tity are consumed yearly are eight in
number, and they are used in every
meal, shelter men day and night, and
carry men from place to place or in
some form constitute their clothing.
In other words, taking thepopulatiOn
fifty principal cities us including six
seventies of those who come under
city influences, and assuming, what
is probably under the truth, that
where n man takes two drinks in the
city he takes one in the country, and
it will be found that one-iifth of ev-
cry ten dollars invested to meet the
necessities of life, requires another
dollar of the whole working capital
of the country to be invested to sup
ply its peculiar institution, the drink
ing saloon and the distillery.-N. y.
World,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09

1t Is impossible to imagineany line
of policy more deeply injurious both
to the temporary and permanent
interests Of railway shareholders
than that which is at present being
pursued with strange perversity by
their official representatives. During
the last six months there has been a
constant succession Of terrible acct
dents. At least two hundred and
twenty passengers have been killed
and nearly 1000 injured, and 1t Is
probable that these numbers fall very
Short of the full measure of destruc-
ton. Moreover, accidents continue
to be of almost daily occurrence, and
there seems to be every reason to
anticipate that even the unprecedent-
ed slaughter of last year may be ex-
ceeded in the present year. 1t Is not
surprising that, under these circum-
stances, something Ikea panic should
have seized a considerable body OF
the public with regard to the perils oil
railway travelling, aud the panic is
evidently increasing. Every one
must have observed symptoms of /,
in private society. There are few
people who enter u train for long
Journey without uncomfortable mis-
givings, and there would appear to bt
many who have resolved. not to ust
the railway at all except when it il
absolutely necessary. Last year 4
great deal of the traffic between Lon
don and Edinburgh was driven int
the steamboats,, and next season thu
desertiOn from the railways will M
doubt be on larger scale. 1t is, o
course, impossible to give up railwa.
travelling altogether, and it would b'
absurd to suppose that trains ar
likely to run empty. Nevertheless tn
companies can hardly fail to find, tn
consequences of their present reign o
terror unpleasantly indicated I'm de
Ginning passenger returns. 1t nigh
have been expected that at such
time the managers of the railway
would have endeavOred to do wha
they could to appease popular indig
nation and to allay alarm. INSTEAD
Of this, however, they seem to thinl
that they can browbeat the publi
into abject submission by assurin,
them that railway accidents are in
. evitable, and must just be accepted
as matter of COURSE. Saturday Re
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
Woman Question Viewed Chemically,

"She is large, ruddy and plump, a
gOOd-lOOking, strawberry and cream,
woman, but one of these negative
Ones-a perfect Puisdtiitd case" said
Mrs. DIR. =. The above suggested
the following train of thought -
'Fleshy and negative then lean and
positive must be the other extreme.
There Is an idea tor you. But is it a
fact? If SO, let us see where it leads
US. Woman Is more fleshy than man.
Woman is negative; man. as a rule,
Is positive. Women are not as fieshy
as they were formerly, therefore they
are more positive. American women
are the leanest of the lean, therefore
American women are the most posi-
tive, 4. e., the most strong-minded
and aggressive, or in other words,
masculine and less womanly, and of
necessity less mOtherly. If that is
so, then the Turk who fattens his
women with bread and honey is q
sage and physiological philosopher.
His women are fat and contented,
and peace reigns in his harem. Then
the triumph of the woman question
turns upon little more acid. Fat is
tihullIC-lttIl ID
tive and acid. Sweets, starch, and
fats are fattening, while acids, stimu-
lants and spices take off fat. Quiet
and water increase the fat, while ac-
tivity takes it off. Now there is a
hint for the women who would be
"man's equal' !. e., equally positive.
Agitate, stir up the sisters, condemn
bOn-bOns, insist on little more pick
les and all the spices you can get and
do not object to tobacco (smoke) and
(bay) rum. What q ray of hope for
hen-pecked husbands. How they
can quietly and effectually flank and
subdue the turbulent element with
sweets, soups, fish and little more
mutton. There is, however, a large
intelligent and growing brain that
cannot thus be subdued, and thank
the Lord, these are "toO wise to err
and too good to be unkind. "-Medical
IlresfiQttfOr.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
The Forehead.

The upright forehead, with its va
rious notifications of squareness and
partial curving, generally denotes the
sound and noble understanding, as
opposed to the retreating form, which
indicates the precise reverse. A
merely high forehead does not, how
ever, always imply good forehead /;
for the form, proportion, slOping,
height, arching position of the bone
of the forehead, are tests of the men,
tai power and character. Even the
color and the smoothness of the skin,
together with the lines of the wrinkles
must be taken into account, for they
express the fashions and state of the
mind. A perfect forehead should be
One-third of the whole face, or equal
to the nose in height, the covering
skin clearer than the rest of the face,
and smooth and free from wrinkles,
yet have the power of wrinkling i'm
deep thought, anger, or pain. A
forehead, to be perfect, should be,
when seen i'm the profile, neither too
arch nor too retreating. The higher
the forehead the more comprehension
and less activity. The more COM
pressed, firm, and short (if not too
SHORTY, the more concentrated and
firm the character. The more curved
the top, the more gentle and flexible
the character; while the less curved
that is, the more square the top, the
more determination, perseverance,
and sternness. If the forehead is
perfectly upright from the eyebrows
to the roots of the hair, there will be
deficient understanding; while u
projecting forehead will denote i'm
becility, immaturity, weakness, or
stupidity, accordingly as modified by
the other features. On the other
hand, tho upright forehead which is
gently archel at the top denotes o
calm, cold, deep thinker.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
A WIdOwer's Wit.

The peculiar fortune that was sup
posed by the classic sages to turn the
folly Of fools into good luck, had an
illustration recently lin the case of q
German widower living at q place
called Hyde Park, in Pennsylvania.
The wife of this fatuOus mortal died
not long ago, leaving him with a
large family of children to cherish
and, as his elderly mother, sisters, and
slsters-in-law became tired of the
heavy domestic responsibility, one af-
ter another, 1t occurred to him that q
second wife and stepmother might
best answer the urgent needs of heart
and home.
To reach this conclusion and to
make 1t practical were two different
things. The overtaXed and bereaved
parent did not happen to be acquaint-
ed with any lady of obvious eligibil-
itylfO. theshOnor he proposed confer
ring, nor did he like to make known
his dilemma to kindred and friends.
What, then, does he do but resort to
questionable kind of New York news
paper which admits "matrimonial"
advertisements To its columns, and
quietly searched the same for some
feminine application to his fancy!
Finding one of these snares for the
silly and wicked whereof the sigma
ture suited his taste, he MaGe a pre-
text of business to his mother and
children for going to the great city,
and actually started out to find the
address given by the advertising hus-
band-seeker.
And now for the illustration of the
cynical classic proverb Fortuna facel
Ftttis. Reaching the very street oil
the address, the misguided widow
became confused about the numbers
and entered the store of small
tradesman, who happened to be &
fellow cOuntryman, tie make inquiries
The tradesman knew the occupants
of the desired number to he such
Questionable people that he was
prompted to warn his rural com
patriot against them, and upon be
ing frankly informed further of the
inquirer,s matrimonial mission init
mated that he could introduce the
deluded innocent to Il woman worthy
to be made an honest mans wife. In
short, he had i'm his home ut that mo
ment Il penniless Orphan-niece only
lately coming to tits country to earn
IL living, and lost no time in present
ing her to his Pennsylvania friend
us the very woman to place over his
motherless household. She was 9
hearty, simple-minded, good lass
with a heart instinctively warm fol
any fellow-countryman meeting hel
i'm this great, strange country, and il
took but few hours conversation t.
make her and the widOwer both
quit willing to be comfortably mar
ried. On the following day, reports
the Scranton Republican, bridegroom
and bride took the home at Hyde
Park by surprise, and there the
twain are now living in a happiness
giving every promise of permancnce
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
Odd Signs.

It Is well known that a great novel
list found the names of all his charac-
tiers on London sign-boards, carefully
"making Il note" of every name that
struck his fancy. The signs in Liver
pool are quite us remarkable in their
way us those OF London, and afford
considerable amusement to the OBJ
servant stranger. Such quaint old
signs! Boards daubed with painted
limitations of things, swinging in
wind and weather. Among these
are the Open Hand Inn. The Red
Dog Inn. The Black Cat Tavern.
The Horse and Hound Tavern. The
Boar and Thistle Tavern. The Green
Tree House. The Noisy Birds Inn.
The supposition Is that these signs
mean something. The Bear and Boy
tavern has sign representing black
bear shaking hands with red-head-
ed boy, indicating that a lion and
lamb might lie down together, or that
the Tichborne trial was not yet ended
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
Some One TO Love.

Perhaps one of the most positive
proofs that we have Of the souls
independence of the body is our great
need of love and something to love.
Were we mere animals, creatures
doomed to perish after a few brief
years of life in this world, that which
contents the brute would also content
US. To eat and sleep well, to have an
easy time of it would be enough. As
it Is, we may have all these things,
and health to enjoy them, and vet be
utterly wretched. Neither can men,
tai food satisfy us. "Some one to
love" is our hearts cry. ,
When the atmosphere of tender
ness Is about us, we rejoice; when
people are harsh and unkind, we suf-
fer. We begin life wishing to lovea
people, and believing they love us.
Experience hardens us. Our dear ones
grow fewer; as long as reason lasts,
we must at least imagine that some
one loves us. The parents, sisters
and brothers, that dearest friend
whom we promise to love and cherish
until death parts us, these come into
our lives and FIJI them up. After
ward come the little children, frail.
helpless babies, who need our care
so much, and yet who grow dear to
us.
Some have many loved ones, and
some but one. Heaven help those
who have none, though they are gen.
orally to blame for their empty
heartedness; for kindness will win
love. They often show their crav-
ing for something TO love by cherish
ing some dumb animals dog, kit
ten, q parrot perhaps, on which they
lavish carresses which, better spent,
would have bound some human
hearts to theirs. Pride or morbid
may have been at the
bottom of their lonliness, and these
pets of theirs FIJI the aching void q
little.
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THERE is room in the house now

THERE is q room I'm the house now
occupied by Francis Gibson, In
Spring township, Perry county, Pa,
in which occurred the births OF John
Ii. Gibson, Chief-Justice of the Su-
preme Court of Pennsylvania; Geo.
Gibson, Commissary of the United
States: DIR. John Bernheisel, the
Mormon who first represented the
Mormons I'm Congress the Hon.
John Bigler, Governor OF California
from 1852 to. 1855; and the Hon.
William Bigler, Governor of Penn
sylvania from 1852 to 1866, who Is now
living in Chesterfield, Pa. Is there any
other room In the United States that
can make n claim to furnishing the
birthplace of so many prominent
persons I?
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Teaching Canary Birds.

One OF the curious professors IN
Paris Is that of canary bird teacher,
where the bird Is taught to sing
Most of his time Is occupied in train
ing birds 10 sing in his lodgings, but
he also gives lessons in the town If re-
quired. The ordinary bird costs three
francs, but when Ii has received It's
education, its value is quadrupled.-
Should 1t turn out to to be q ,u,u ans
say the Patti Of canary birds-the
price becomes difficult to fix. Own
ers OF birds often send them for q
time to school to this professor to fin
ish their education. For developing
the musical faculties of the feathery
pupil, a charge Of five francs Is made.
There are probably more amateurs of
these songsters here than elsewhere
hence the existence of such q calling.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09

BORAX, useful for many things, is
most effective remedy in certain
forms of colds, In sudden horseness
or loss of voice in public singers or
speakers, from colds, relief for an
hour or so, as by magic, may be OBJ
tanned by slowly dissolving, and par
TALLY swallowing, limp of borax
the size Of garden pea, or about
three or four grains, held I'm the
mouth ten minutes before speaking
or singing This produces q profuse
secretion of saliva or watering" Of
the mouth and throat, probably re-
storing the voice or tone to the dried
vocal cords, just as wetting brings
back the missing notes to flute
when Il Is too dry.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
The Lesser Evil.

DIR. Hall advocates some rather
startling ideas, concerning cold air.
He Is most earnestly against cold bed
chambers, which he says imperil
health and invite fatal diseases. To
this-giving a contrast of some fifty
degrees between the temperature of
the lungs and the air OF the room
the writer ascribes frequent and fatal
attacks OF Inflammation of the lungs,
and concludes with the assertion
(Which will astonish some) that IL Is
even safer to sleep In u bad air all
night with q temperature over fifty
than 10 a pure air with q temperature
under forty. For the bad air may
slcken you, but cannot kill you;
while the cold air can and does kill
very often. ,s
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09

Some one to love-! II Is the cry of
the human soul, the note to which
every heart responds; the bond which
will bind US all together IN that
world where mOurners shall be
comforted and love shall reign for
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DEAN swIrrss recipe for court

Two or three dears, and two or three sweets
Two or three balls, or two or three treats, .
Two or three serenades, given ns q lure,
Two or three oaths how much they endure,
Two or three messages sent In one day,
Two or three times led ont rom the play,
Two or three tickets for two or three times,
Two OF three love letters writ NIL IN rhymes,
Two OF three months keeping strict 70 these
can never faii maklnga couple OF fools. NY
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Rhode Island will try and make
room for grange or two.