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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12
Whisky and Water.

The st. Louis Republican has the
following eloquent account of an
incident that occurred many years ago,
the interest of which, it appears, has
been recently revived by the subsi-
dence of the waters of the Missouri {:
There Is no event in Western
history that Is remembered with Il
more undying fOndness than tragic
affair that occurred i'm the Missouri
opposite the town of Waverly, about
fifteen years ago. We refer to the
sinking of a gallant steamboat, with
Il cargo of three hundred barrels of
whisky. The jewellers on the banks
of the river, for twenty miles above
and below Waverly, have never for
gotten it-and they never will. They
know the very spot where the gallant
steamboat went down, and though
their eyes have never been gladdened
with the sight of q barrel, or hoop
of barrel involved in the catastrophe
they comfort themselves with the
perennial faith, which no amount of
skeptical photographic reasoning can
shake, that that blessed liquor is
"thar" yet, and that it will be re-
covered some day. EACH passing
year only adds another touch of mel
lowness to the submerged nectar, and
another degree to- the fOndness with
which the disaster Is remembered. 1t
is fifteen years since that whisky
went to the bOttOm-and what he
wildeiing changes have been wrought
during the eventful period! Not to
recount minor mutations, the one
supreme i'm tho minds of the fuvial
population i'm the vicinity of the classic
spot, is that when this three hundred
barrels of rectified went into store, it
was worth only about ~ cents Il
gallon now it Is worth, internal
revenue tax included-well, there Is
no telling hOsO much IL is worth; all
figures and quotations shrink abashed
from the attempt to measure its value.
Three times within our recollection
an attempt has been made to get at
the subfluvial treasure, and three
times have the divers, watchers and
workers, after getting down almost to
IL, been forced to abandon the search
without getting it. Every annual
subsidence of the river is watched
and learnedly speculated on, for its
bearing on the question of recovery,
until what these watchers and workers
don't know about the dynamics of
rivers isn't worth know. Two weeks
ago, the tanthlizing waters fell to
point never witnessed before by the
oldest inhabitant, uncOvering s,nud
and snags that had never been un-
covered within the memory of man
au1 acttnIly axnOQinU tho yprv snaf
where the boat went down. The
whole region round about was
frightened with the hope of recover
ing the treasure, and scores of men
went to work with a will endeavoring
to disentomb it before the river should
rise again. The way they labored
was a sight to behold. A spectator
of civil engineering inclinations,
estimates, I'm the Lexington Intelligent
cer, that " sand enough was shovelled
to finish grading the Tebo and Neosho
Railroad;" but all to no purpose.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12

THF residence of Worth, the Paris
milliner, is described in glowing
terms by correspondent of Hd,per's
Bdzdr. 1t Is situated at the foot of
Mont Valerien, Il short distance from
Paris. The rooms in the chateau are
rather low; the floors arc of inIaid
wood In mosaic. There are portraits
of Worth rs the Shah of Persia, of
Madame Worth as some queen, and
of the two sons I'm princely costume.
There arc inlaid cabinets 200 years
old. Madame Worth's chamber Is i'm
lace over the pale yellow Transparent
cies, while the curtains to match have
small square crystals in the fringes.
In the center of the house Is a
grcencry, large and fresh i'm foliage
and falling water. The carriage en-
trace Is under an immense glass roof.
A garden with blooming exotics is
connected with an opening gallery
rooted with glass. The dining-room
Is upholstered with carved wood, and
the walls are covered with Sevres
proclaim. The library is finished IN
dark carved wood. There Is
gorgeous bird palace filed with lovely
songsters q magnificent stable, where
each horse has before his eyes the
mystic "wn In illumination, n marble
basin for his oats, and another for his
drink.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12
Bee Keeping for Farmers.

Some have adopted bee keeping as
the business of life and these have
mostly attained flattering success.
Others engage i'm it as u pastime and
amusement chiefly
In these two classes are found for
the most part, the intelligent and
progressive bee keepers of the coun-
try, and yet the pursuit belongs prop
erly to the lesser industries or the
farmers: and among these il should,
perhaps, occupy the first place, both
In attractiveness and profit:
To those who cultivate the soil, it
affords a pleasant respite from the
more arduOus tolls of the field; adds
new charm To the rural home, and
prOlongs into the gloom of Winter
the fragrance Of Summer flowers. To
us, a farm without bees seems as in
complete as rural home without
shrubs and flowers to gladden. the eye
or cheer the heart. But though the
bee keeping Is "the poetry of rural
life" IL may DO made source Of no
incOnsiderable profit us well.
Conducted with skill and care, it is
certain to yield q handsome increase
to the yearly income. While some
localities, Astounding i'm honey-pro-
ducing flowers, are better adapted to
bee culture than others, yet u few
hives, ut least, may be kept with
success In any region where Agri-
culture will yield II livelihood. The
chief obstacles to success are ignor-
ance Of the habits of the honey bee.
and neglect of the wants of the
apiary. The former Of these reguis-
ties can only besupplied by the study
OF approved works on Bookkeeping,
together with observation of the
climate and resources of the bee
keepers own ncighbOrhoOd. AS to
the latter-thOsc who are so confirm
ell in habits of neglectfulness, as to
need more than this gentle hint, we
leave to learn the lessOn of care, by
that certain failure which they SO
richly merit.
Agriculture has made great advances
of late years. The Intelligent bee
keeper no longer consigns his favor
ties to a hollow log, or rude box, nor,
what Is even worse, to any of those
absurd contrivances which have
proved the ruin ofthousands ofhappy
colonies of bees, and provoking the
disgust OF their unfortunate owners.
But providing himself with some
form of movable comb hive, well
constructed and having q sufficiently
capacious brood chamber Cor main
apartment) and suitable arrange
ment for surplus honey, he enters up-
on the pursuit with fair prospect of
success. Those who have once learn
ed how to keep bees, will not soon
abandon the pursuit.--Jo07,oJ Of The
Euy1N. .LlL- 3 nlE ~ ..lEeI -
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

If thecrust TO bread Is wished ten
der, as soon as the loaves are taken
out of the oven, wrap them in wet
cloth wrung from cold water, and
then lay over it dry towel.
Ground Rice Cruel. - Boil one
tablespoonful of ground rice, rubbed
smooth with cold water, in pint and
a half of water, with bit Of CHINA
mon and lemon peel. Swecten slight
ly, or season with salt.
Sage Cruel. - Take three table
spOOnfuIs of sage and wash in cold
water; then add one quart of boiling
hot milk and boil for twenty minutes;
sweeten and flavor with lemon peel,
or a tablespoonful Of brandy.
-TapiOca Jelly.-Wash Il teacupful
of tapiOca-sOak it for three hours i'm
cold water-turn off the water and
pour over it one quart of boiling
water. Add the grated peel of one
lemon sweeten to taste, and boil for
one hour.
Honey Soap.-Dissolvc two lbs.
of yellow soap in Il dish suspended i'm
a kettle of boiling water. Add Il
quarter of Il pound each of strained
honey and palm oil, and three cents
worth of oil of cinnamon. When
cold, is ready for use.
Strengthening Jelly.-Boilintw
quarts of water one ounce Of rice, one
ounce of sage, and one ounce of pearl
barley, until reduced One-half.
Strain into Il mold; take teacupful,
morning, noon and night. 1t can be
sweetened and favored to taste.
"A piece of red pepper, the size of
your finger-nail, put into meat or veg.
etableS when first beginning to cook
will aid greatly i'm killing the un.
pleasant Odor arising therefrom, Re.
member this for boiled cabbage,
green beans, onions, chickens, NUT.
ton, etc.
Corn Fritters. - Young corn
pepper, salt, nutmeg, butter hot in
the pan. Crate the corn from the cobs
into basin, season and drop BY
spOOnfuls into the pan and fry unit
brown. This is a DELICIOUS breakfast
relish, but requires IL considerable
time to prepare.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12

If our dairymen need q spur, an
cye-Opencr, Il lesson which speaks
volumes in three words, here is one
ut the head of this article. Butter is
actually brought from France and
sold by the New York dealers. And
this is thus because there is an actual
scarcity in the market of good but
ter put up In attractive shape for
small consumers. When we know
that one dairyman gets $l.15 a pound
for his product another 81, and an
other 10 cents the year round, ut his
dairy door, it is easily seen that it
will pay to bring butter across the
ocean from France, if it is only good
and shapely enough to suit the fls-
tidious purchasers who will have
something nice whatever it may cost.
All this is made from choice cows,
choicely fed on clean, sweet food the
milking is done i'm the cleancst man.
ner. The milk is handled as careful
ly as though it was nectar the cream
is churned with utmost care by clock
and thermometer, the butter Is
worked with skill, and Is made up i'm
shapely cakes which do not require
to be cut when brought to the table.
Compare then, this cake-hard, gold
EN- yellow, sweet, fragrant and
tempting to all the senses-with an
'uDsightly chunk, which is cut out of
Il greasy keg, and smells Of old age
and rancidity, and is made from i'll
kept cream from cows filthy lodged
and carclessly MIXED, and is churn-
ell anyhow, and the difference Is
amply accounted for. eSfa
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12

No one has yet been able to analyze
or demonstrate the essential action of
perfume. Gas can be weighed, but
not scents; the smallest known crea-
tures-the very monads of life-can be
caught up by a microscopic lens and
made to deliver up the secrets of their
organization but what Is that which
emanates from the pouch of the musk
deer, that fills u whole space for
years and years with It's penetrating
OdOr, an OdOr which an illimitable
number of extraneOus substances can
carry on without diminishing 1t in
size and weight--and what Is 1t that
the warm summer air brings to us
from the flowers, no man has yet
been able to determine. So fine, so
subtitle, SO impOnderable, it has eluded
both our most delicate weights and
measures and our strongest lenses. If
we come to the essence of each OdOr,
we should have made an enormous
stride forward, both i'm hygiene and
in chemistry; and none would profit
more than the medical profession If it
could be as cOnclusively demonstrate
ell that sucran OdOr proceeded from
such and such a cause, as we already
know of sulphur, sulphurated hydro
gen, ammonia and the like.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12

An observer among the English
factory girls describes their dinner
hour amusingly: The crowds had
assembled outside of a certain cheap
cook-shop i'm the half-hOur allowed
for dinner. Among the girls was one
ragged, scantily-clothcd child Ofabout
fourteen. She stood for n short time
wistfully before the cook-shop win
dow. All the others had gone, and
this Iorlorn object still stood there
rafting few half-pence i'm her hand.
Finally, with longing look at the
luscious display, she paused for last
sniff ut the door, and then dashed off
down the street. The observer fol-
lowed, thinking she was seeking a
cheaper coOk-shOp, and plying her.
But she stopped ut q store where sec
Ond-hand hnery was for sale, entered
and i'm few moments returned with
a somewhat faded but still gorgeous
bunch of artificial flowers, consisting
of u rose full-blOwn, q poppy or two,
and fair spinkling of wheat. With
q glow of triumph on her wizened
face she cast an eager glance to the
right and left, and spying close at
hand the secluded gateway of tim
Der yard, darted across the road, and,
crouching I'm corner, was soon busy
with her battered old hat on her
knees, retrimmiDg 1t. ,.g ~,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12

a correspondent of the German
town telegraph writes: "On dry or
wet ground the effect of the roller is
found to be salutary. Flowed and
prepared for sewing, dry land Is much
helped by the roller. The blades of
grass spring up sooner and retain a
firmer hold i'm the earth. In season
of drought, rolling has served the
crop, when without it the seed would
have never sprung from the ground.
In wet and heavy ground it Is be-
lieved the roller, smoothing and
hardening the surface, will leave the
soil Immediately beneath the sur
face i'm u better condition to generate
the seed. On grass ground that has
been heaved by the frost, the roller
has an excellent effect in fixing the
roots. Rolling the ground Is also
good when the land has been Laid
down uneyenly the previous year.
If the land Is too dry, wait till just
after soaking rain, and it will work
capitally. IL Is q good idea to roll
pl0wed-sowed ground before harrow
ing, as IL presses down the burrows
that would be turned back and makes
the surface uneven, and the harrow
pulverizes IL much. We find that on
an average not one farmer in four
has roller" tt"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12
Our Coal Supply.

Though our forests may all dis.
appear, it has been truly said God
has laid away coal in the earth that
will furnish fuel for ages to come.
We are mining 4O,0O0,OOO tons per
year, and at this rate our coal will
last 1OO, 900 years. The human mind
cannot comprehend the vastness OF
this wonderful deposit. Prof. Tenney,
In lecturing upon this question In
Illinois, recently said the coal of the
cretaceOus and tertiary Is more
modern than that of the carbOniferous
and we find it at Brandon, VT, In the
Rocky mountain region, and I'm the
southwest corner Of Wyoming, q vast
bed of coal. One bed here Is 70 feet
thick, and lies at an angle OF 10 de-
grees under the mountain, near the
Union Pacific road, and feeds It's
engines. The Central Pacific has its
supplies from here. Coal also Is found
abundantly about Puget Sound.
These coal beds cover many thousand
square miles, and the United States
has not less than go, 900 square miles
of coal fields, reckoning this and the
carbonIferous coal areas together
Ne,0 York Express.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12
Mr.. 6ladstone's New Peers.

Mr.. Gladstoue's peers are, as at
present announced, all men without
sons, and SO far as Messrs. F0rtescue
and Cardwell are concerned, their ell
ovation Is simply with q view to their
convenience and the exigencies OF the
party I'm the Lords. MIR. Hamm0nd's
peerage Is recognition Of able ana
untiring devotion to the public ser
vice, which can be made without In
convenience In the case Of a man
even of very moderate means when
the peerage will die with him, but
would otherwise be objected TO ON the
grounds of public policy which limit
peerages to the aflluent. Mr.. Chich-
ester FOrtescue, who Is brother and
heir to Lord ClermOnt, frustrated his
chances of transmitting his name by
his marriage with the very attractive
and richly-endOwed widow of Earl
of Waldegrave, when she had reach
ed comparatively advanced age,
without having issue by any Of heI
three previous husbands. 1t is al
most certain that Mr.. Gladstone will
ultimately "shelve" I'm the House Of
Lords. The interests and connections
of his family point in that direction
On the death of his brother, SiI
Stephen Glynne, who will certainly
never marry, that gentleman's an
cient barOnetcy will become extinct
while his estates will devOlve upon
Mr.. Gladstone. For years Hawar
den Castle, Sir Stephens seat, hat
been Mr.. Gladstone's country resi-
dence, and he is himself q considera
BILE landhOlder in the neighbOrhOOd
1t has long been evident that Mr.. III
III. Gladstone, the heir, Is not gOinl
to set the Thames on fire, and a com
Portable nook in the house of Lords
would probably be completely agree
able to him in the far future. Every
Prime Minister since WalpOle's time
with the exception of Peel-whO lef
special injunctiOns prohibiting &C
ceptance of honor by his widow Of
children-has either received peer
age i'm his own person or one has beer
conferred upon his widow, with re
mainder to his son. Mr.. Disrael
cannot be held as an exception to thu
practice connecting Premier with {
peerage, since his lamented wife dice
a ViscOuntess in her own right
NeW York Times.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12

1t is questionable whether the age
improves i'm common sense. Some
of the ancient laws of Massachusetts,
are worthy of consideration ut the
presentday. In 1912 there was n law
providing that "those who do not
teach, by themselves, or others, their
children or apprentices, SO much
learning as may enable them perfect
ly, to read the English tongue, and
knowledge of the capital laws, shall
be fined twenty shillings for each
neglect therein" In those days it
was also thought proper that no in
reference should prevent suitable
marriages. "A law of 1641 reads that
+" II any person shall wilfully and un-
reasonably deny any child timely or
convenient marriage, or shall exer-
else any unnatural severity toward
them, such children shall have liber-
ty to complain to authority for re-
dress i'm such cases."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12
FARM AND HOUyEHurp.
Keep the stables Clean.

The New England Farn,er saws
We do not mean that they should be
washed and smopped, like a kitchen
floor, every day as 1t is said they are
in some Of the countries on the Euro
kept reasonably clean and whole
some, for either man or beast.
loo often, when visiting farmers
barn, one finds the stables at midday
containing all the filth collected dur
ing the last twenty-four hours. When
the care OF cattle Is of secondary i'm
porlan:e on a farm, the stable work
Is often left to the boys, who don't see
the use OF being over particular about
Keeping the stables or cattle clean.
Few practices arc more disgusting
than that of sitting down and milk
ing q filthy cow in filthy stable.
We have seen the milking of large
dairy where the milk was sent to the
city market, done in such n careless,
slOvenly manner, that we did not
wonder the milk contractors frequent
ly returned milk to the farmer, be-
cause il was so poor it could not he
disposed of in the city. Usually the
first thing to be done on entering the
barn in the morning, is TO give every
animal a feed of hay. Then, instead
of sitting directly down to milking,
the stable should he thoroughly
cleaned of all accumulatiOns made
since tho previous evening; next, a
thin sprinkling of sand, sawdust,
short straw or chaff should be sprin-
killed. over the floor. This puts
the stable in a fit condition to sit in
during milking; but before begin
ming Incorporation, every COW should
be cleaned of the loose filth or dust
adhering to her body. This may be
done by the use of broom, n card, q
dry cloth or a damp sponge, or all
combined. BY this time the first
feeding is pretty much all gone, and
our practice Is to feed again before
milking. If the managers are of con-
venient size to hold hay so the ami
mails can cat without reaching far for
it, it does no harm to feed while
milking. After milking, if it was not
done before, the cutters behind the
cows should be we'll spread over with
dry earth, or absOrbents of some kind,
i'm sufficient quantity to absorb the
liquid weddings from the ANIMALS
during the day. Before milking
again at night the same operation
should be repeated. Cows can be keut
much cleaner if made to stand on u
raised platform, and this is the COM
mon practice now, on nearly all good
farms. We have seen the milk
cans set OH the floor behind the cows,
much nearer than we would like to
have them, if we were buying the
milk. The pals, or cans of milk
should be kept during milking on q
raised shelf or table, in the sweetest
and cleancst corner of the stable, and
they should not remain i'm the stable
longer than is necessary.
1t is an excellent practice to 60
through all the stalls, to clean off the
platforms, and see that every animal
is safe and quiet, the last thing ut
night before going to bed. 1t pro-
NOTES sleep i'm the house, to feel that
everything is all right ut the barn.
Some old style farmers will not al
low lantern in the stable. We
should about as soon think Of doing
without u light i'm the house, as with
out u good lantern in the barn. go,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12
An Expensive Comma.

The Ways and Means Committee OF
Congress has discovered comma I'm
the tariff bill of August, 1872, which
has cost the Government O., 900, 600.
In that bill, among other things in
Guided I'm the free list were fruit
plants, tropical and semitropical, for
the PURPOSES of propagation and cu.-
tivation." In engrossing the bill,
or in the process Of copying Il for Of
fetal printing, a comma was inserted
after "fruit," and all fruit was there
by placed upon. the free list. The
Custom officers, however, not no
ticing the change, continued to collect
duties. on fruit until the error was
discovered. The Ways md Means
Committee have agreed to report a
bill to remove the comma In accord
ance with the intent Of the law of
1872. The amount of tax illegally
collected h not far from ZOO, 900.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12
Deserving Boys.

We like boys who try to help them.
selves. Every one ought to be friend.
ly to them. The boys of energy and
ambition, who make manly effort
to do something for themselves, are
the hope Of the country. Let their
anxious ears catch always words of
encouragement and cheer, for such
words, like favOring breezes to the
sails of ship, help to bear them for
ward to the destination they seek.
1t Is not always as it should be I'm
this respect. Many heart has been
brOken-many young man OF In
dustry, animated by honorable mo-
tives, has been discouraged by sour
words, the harsh and unjust remarks
Of some relative who should have
acted the part of friend. The un-
thinking do not consider the weight
with which such remarks sometimes
fall upon sensitive spirit, and how
they may bruise and break it.
you cannot do anything 10 aid
and assist young men, you ought to
abstain from throwing any obstacles
i'm their way. But can you not do
something TO help them forward ?
You can at least say "God speed" to
them, and you can say II feeIingly
from your heart. You little know OF
how much benefit TO boys and young
men encouraging counsel, given fifty
and well-timed, may be; and In the
great day OF account, such words adj
dressed to those i'm need of them you
may find reckoned among your good
deeds.
Then help the boys who try to
help themselves. You can easily re-
vail simple words Of kindness adj
dressed to yourself in childhood and
youth ,ana you would like now to kiss
the hFsthat woke them, though they
may long since ieYe boon scaled with
the silence OF death, ~ud c0Vs-ad nv
the clods Of the valley.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12

said she, "when was very little
GIRL / went to school to good, kind,
white haired old man and he told me
Il was Az "How did he know ?'
asked Abraham. "Oh," said she,
"they taught It to him when nc was
q little boy like you" "How did
they known" again the lad pro-
pounded. Though he did not formu-
late the proposition, he evidently
felt that 1t was taking for granted the
very matter to be proved. He has
ever since remained firm In this log.
ical conviction, and makes the sign
of the cross when he draws check