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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD D.
Hints About Work.

The beautiful spring Is near, and
those who have glanced at our pre-
vious hints will be prepared for the
work to be doneAthe culture of the
soil. All hs
Again we ask attention to the care
of animals, so that when some are
driven afleld they will be full of life
and loneliness into the landscape
and so, too THAT those for the draft
may have strength enough for the
labor before them, .
Do not put Off anything which can
be done before the work begins I'm
earnest.
Manure must be properly cOmposted
as we'll as saved. ~,
Turn and assert potatoes and other
vegetables and remove refuse mat
ter.
Ventilate and whitewash cellars.
Clean and repair harness.
Overlook the implements again,
and see that they are ready for use.
Implements, seeds and trees must
be ready for the spring.
Clean the bark from apple trees,
and wash them. Soft soap or sal
soda heated TO redness, and then dis
solved in water, may he used as
wash. !. ~, ID
Heel In trees till the soil is in con-
ditiOn for planting. ei..,.a...r
Remember that to select trees for
home use Is one thing-tO select trees
for market Is another.
Make war on insects In the nursery
and orchard, .riog ~
Cut scions before the sap starts and
preserve them in dry earth, sand or
saw-dust.
When the sleep of winter is over
prune and graft the fruit trees--but
before that sleep is over, prune the
grape vines, II you do not prune them
in the fall--prune currants and rasp-
berries. Cut out old wood and shorten
the new., Let In air and Light
through all your trees-through all
your plants. Da
Make mats for frames and hot
beds.
Ventilate cold frames.
Before making hOt-beds, make
shelter for them, .f.t
Prepare poles and brush for peas
and beans. ~
T Roll lawns after the frost--and top
dress them-if necessary.
See that dahlias, etc, do not decay
in damp places.
Prune and thin the shrubs, don't
disturb the shrubbery.
Rid the walks of rubbish.
Look to the greenhouse and the
house plants. Sudden changes Of
temperature mean death to the chill
dren of Flora. Temperature and pure
air are essential to life. Though they
cannot bloom, = carefOr the forced
plants whose early bloom and beauty
have embellished our homes.
Plant early flowers. Start seeds IA
the weather permits-these germs OF
still another life.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26
The Twelve O'Clock Caller.

tf|s.F .
In q recent issue of Hdyper's Weekly
was a capital illustration of charac-
teristic phase In the life of the country
publisher There Is still another
feature Of his newspaper career which
the pencil can hardly do justice. It
is when, as the hour of noon Is about
to strike, a stranger appears in the
sanctum, and making his name
known, is invited to sit down. 1t is
q country Office, remember, and much
different from city Office in the treat
ment of stranger visitors. The country
editor-in common with all members
of his professionals addicted Ito a
hollowness of the stomach about this
hour. That organ commences to be
sOciable, and grows rapidly more
pressing in its attentions. -. He looks
neryOusly from the clock to the
stranger, who having dropped a few
interesting hints about the weather,
has settled back with q view to max
ing pleasant and mutually adyanta'
geOus call. He wants his dinner bad.
ly. 1t won't do to go without taking
the stranger along, and as he remem'
bers that the children were unusually
cross i'm the morning and that "a con.
templated set of new crOckery is not
yet ordered, and cannot remember Of
anything special having been ordered
for dinner, he sees quite plainly that
il won't do to take him home with
him. His answers are necessarily
brief and wandering. He looks al
the clock, then at the stranger, but
finding him still settled, he falls tC
shaking the papers ON the desk, be
comes preternaturally engrOssed in
the study of the hack of an envelope
suddenly recalls himself-seeks the
clock again, and InvOluntarily signs
"IhOpe / ain'tbOthering you any,"
says the stranger crossing his legs.
20, no." gasps the publisher.
"Pretty busy, all the time, l sup.
pose" says the stranger, taking out
his tooth pick, and swapping 1t across
his thumb. A4 ''..-.i
"Well-nO'h--nOt-very," he re-
plies, with a CHASTITY attempt at a
smile. -
Another silence follows. The stran.
ger picks his teeth, the clock ticks
Ominously, the papers on the desk
rattle spasmO Ideally, and the editor
twitches as if he was sitting on base.
burner. 1t is half-past twelve, and
visions of several clamOrOus children,
and a waiting impatient woman, and
a cooling dinner, makes the resem.
blance of the chair to q base-burnei
appear most striking. The unhappy
and ravenously hungry man becomes
desperate, and that nervous that he
feels like crawling up through his
own scalp and jumping off. Hemakes
hasty effort to smoOthe his face into
glow of hospitality, and turning
it upon the visitor, he says:
~ am about to go to dinner, and
would like to have your company, il
you can put up with"
And here Me visitor hastily strikes
in--"Much obliged, Pm sure, but
/ have an engagement to dine at one
o'clock, and only dropped in to pass
away the time" 1IatJ :
Tie hungry editor goes to his din.
ner--he doesn't skip along, but he
walks with thoughtful tread, as ii
he was trying to devise some extra.
ordinary remedy for some extraOrdi.
nary emergency.--Duaduy Meas.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26
"Letter.Carrlers."

AS many as forty or fifty post-pig-
e0nsNpass during day to and fro be-
tween Paris and Versailles. The
operator who dispatches the birds
has little office opposite the Cour du
Marco. Thus the reporters have but
to rush across the street, attach the
paper beneath the wing, and away
flies the tiny messenger. The man
who keeps the birds IL small, singu-
lar looking man, with long beard.
During the sessions he sits holding a
bird In each hand so that no time
may be lost. The pigeons, only too
glad TO escape, iy swiftly to Paris.
Great is the crowd that daily stands
gaping and staring at the busy little
birds. WEB
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26
The World Is What We Make II.

The importance of sensibility, or
holding ourselves ut our best, may be
seen in the fact which can never he
too much dwelt on, that the world is
ourselves over again-thrOwn out, as
il were, from our vital states; or i'm
other words, it is birth from the
loins of our higher being, and true to
its lineage. Has it not as many aspects
as spectators? since every behOlder
is under some personal necessity of
being its maker to the extent of its
relations to himself. To the stone,
which has no manufacturing power,
it is a blank world-that is, nothing
to the lower orders it must look quite
small and meaningless; to cats it can
only be q feline universe, and to dogs,
a canine; and to larks and hens it is
but that which their interpreting
natures permit it to be. And SO to q
HOtteiftot, it is what his meagerness
can make of 1t, and no more and no
other whilst to Plato it was great as
his greatness could create it, and as
diverse as the power of his marvel
OllS eye.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26
A Sunbeam.

The greatest of physical paradOxes
Is the sunbeam. 1t is the most potent
and versatile force we have, and vet
1t behaves itself like the gentlest and
most accommodating. Nothing can
fall more softly or more silently upon
the earth than the rays of our great
luminary - not even the feathery
fakes OF snow which thread their
way through the atmosphere as if
they were too fllmy to obey the de-
mands of gravity like grosser things.
The most delicate slip of gold leaf,
exposed to a target to thesun'sshafts,
is not stirred to the extent of a hair,
though an infants faintest breath
would set it in tremulOus NOTION
The tendereSt Of human Organs-the
apple Of the eye-though pierced and
buffeted each day by thousands of
sunbeams, suffers no pain during the
process, but rejOices in their sweet
ness, the useful light. Yet few of
those rays inslnuating themselves
into mass of lion, like the Britain
mia Tubular Bridge, will compel the
clOsely-knit particles to separate, and
will move the whole enormous fabric
with as much ease as a giant would
a straw. The play of these beams
upon our sheets of water lifts up
layer after layer into the atmosphere,
and hoists whole rivers from their
beds, only to drop them again i'm
SHOWS upon the hills or in fattening
showers upon the plants. Let but
the air drink in a little more sun
shine at one place than another, and
it desOlates whole region in its
lunatic wrath. The marvel Is that
power which is capable Of assuming
such diversity of forms, and of pro-
ducing such stupendOus results
should come to us in so gentle, so
peaceful, and so unpretentiOus man.
ner.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26

An interesting case of trichlnasis
was examined yesterday morning at
the Rush Medical College. last De-
cember the subject, Mr.. Wallace M.
Blood, of Grinnell, Iowa, ate a piece
of pork which was afterward found
to contain trichin@ spiralis. Three
days later he was taken with purg-
Ing and soon after with vomiting.
He took to his bed and remained
there five weeks. During this time
his feet and limbs were greatly
swelled. He could not stretch his
legs out straight without making
all his muscles ache. Nevertheless
he had no pains on pressing on his
muscles. He had great thirst, pro-
fuse perspiration, and pains in his
back could not breathe easily ;.could
not turn himself in bed, nor use his
eyes well had no appetite, and could
not sleep well. At the end of five
weeks he had II great longing for
pork, and getting up one day, he
partly brOiled piece of ham, but did
not cook 1t through. He ate this and
was taken worse very soon after.
DIR. Norman Bridge briefly review
ed the character OF the symptoms OF
the patient, and explained the man
ner in which the trichine are intro.
duced into the muscles, where they
seem to prefer to live.
The lecturer expressed the opinion
that the trichin,e are carried by the
circulation, and that they are not de.
pendent upon their simple ability to
crawl. From the rapidity of motion
of the trichine, it seems impossible
that they should crawl through the
tissues in such short space of time
DIR. Bridge then examined the meth.
DDS of preventing the disease. 1t has
been found tina 1902 Fahrenheit kills
the animals. Hence, if the heat Is
raised to the boiling point, 2l20,
there will be no danger of the disease
1t has been said that dry-saltine
meats will kill the trichin9, but it Is
hardly certainty. Therefore, pork
or any other meat may be safely
eaten which has been thoroughly
cooked, but there is no certain
method of preventing the propOga.
ton of the animals, except thorough
cooking.
The treatment should be as prompt
as possible OH discovering the symp-
toms. Rest and nursing were among
the first essentials. In most cases
diarrhea was one of the early symp-
toms, and its effect was beneficial
since many of the trichin@ were car
ried out of the bowels. DR.. Bridge
cited q case of a sailor who ate piece
of partly-cOoked sausage, and was
shortly afterward brought to the dis.
pensary for treatment. The diagnosis
was of a probable case of typhoid
fever, and, about three weeks later,
when DIR. Bridge took charge Of the
patient, the treatment had been for
fever. He took piece out of the
arm Of the man and found large
number of worms i'm in it. BY this
time he was very feeble, and he died
about two weeks later. In this in
stance there was no diarrhea, and
though the number taken into the
stomach was originally small, they
all probably multiplied, and none
were carried off.
The final destination of the ami
mails is principally in the muscles OF
the extremities, though they are
found i'm small numbers i'm all the
muscular tissues, except the muscles
of the heart. So far as known, none
have ever been found there. Chicago
Tribune.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26
Useful Servants.

The Exquimaux dog, which Is
found, with very little variation in
shape, size, or color, on both sides of
Behring's Straits, Is i'm many respects,
to the settled tribes inhabiting those
districts, what the reindeer Is to the
IAplander, and the camel to the Arab.
Though treated very indifferently,
hese useful animals are absolutely
essential to the existence ofthese semi
barbarous tribes. The great distance
of the settlements one from the other,
and the absence Of any means of in
ercOmmunicatio In summer, make
each village dependent on its own
resources, and prevent any mutual
support and assistance should the
winter be extra severe q famine often
sets In, and these improvident people
never think of stirring until the last
dried fish In store has been devoured,
so that their only hope lies in their
dog-teams, which are often called
upon to commence journey of one
hundred and fifty or two hundred
miles over deep snow In search of
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26

some friendly tribe of wandering
Koraks, having been on scanty ratiOns
perhaps for a week or fortnight pre-
viously. During these toilsome jour
neys, the natives are often compelled
to travel all night as well as all day,
and they have practice of deluding
the dogs into the belief that they
have slept all night byallowing them
to sleep an hour or two In the morn
ing before sunrise, when they rouse
them to renew their wearisOme jour-
ney. This deception generally an
swers, and the animals resume their
Journey with renewed cheerfulness
and energy. The sacrifice OF these
dogs Is considered by the natives as
the surest method of appeasing the
anger of the evil spirits, and some
times twenty or thirty of them may
be seen suspended by the hind legs on
long poles over a single encampment.
Altogether they are ill-used animals,
and II they could reason, the hard
working creatures might come to the
sad conclusion that merit Is seldom
appreciated in this lower world.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26
Redeemed Grcenbacks.

In the Treasury building at Wash
ingtOn, one hundred and eighty WO-
men are engaged in counting redeem
ed money. The work is far from be-
ing pleasant, and involves great re-
sponsibility and care; the notes are
often deplorably dirty; and the
crowded room Is by no means re-
markable for its pure air |; no wonder,
then, that many of the patient coun-
tiers are pale, thin and carewOrn.
The Identification anu restoration of
notes which have been burnt Is diff
ficult and interesting operation. Ev.
cry one has observed that printed
paper, after having been burnt, If not
subjected to strong draft or roughly
handled, retains its original form, and
that the printing is distinct and legi-
BILE and appears us if 1t had been
raised or embossed on the paper, but
IL 1t is touched never 80 gently at
crumbles into dust. Notes in this
condition are frequently received at
the Department for redemption. The
counter subjects each note and frag-
ment Of note to q careful inspection
i'm a strong light, under a powerful
glass, until she determines the de-
nomination and issue, and then pastes
1t upon piece of thin, tough paper,
in order that it may be safely handled.
But this pastng, by destroying the
raised or embossed appearance, at
once and forever precluded all chance
of again identifying the kind or de-
nomination Of the nSte. HencefOrth
it is but n plain, black piece of paper,
giving no indication that it ever rep
resented money. 1t Is therefore very
necessary that the counter should be
quite sure that her Judgment is cor
rect before the note il pasted upon
the paper. She must alsO-a most
difficult task-determine whether the
the note is genuine or counterfeit.
And yet cOunterfeits are discovered
by these experts among the charred
remains of notes with almost as much
certainty as among perfect notes.
From the time when the money Is
received by her until it is delivered
to the clerk who Is to make up the
cash account of the division, the cOun-
ter is responsible for it, and is re-
quired to keep it constantly within
SiSHt, CACCpt WHICH IL ID iOChci away
for the night. For this reason SHE
accompanies the messenger who car
ries her box to the cancelling room,
watches the man whose business it is
to punch hole through the bundles OF
notes; then to another room where
the packages are cut in two by pom
derOus knife. Each package has n label
so printed as to be also cut in two, and
to show upon each half the denOmi-
nation of the notes, the issue and the
number enclosed. The counters ini-
tial5 and the date of counting are al
so written upon each end, as well as
number or letter to identify. the
bundle, so that it, upon recOunting
the money, errors are discovered,
they can be traced in a moment to
the proper counter, date, and bundle.
One set of halt notes is delivered to
counters in the Secretary's office, the
other to counters in the Registers
Office, in each of which the money is
recounted. Thus almost complete
accuracy is secured.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26
Beecher's Love Story.

Tom was strapping, healthy boy,
with a great appetite. He lived up
In the mountains among the charcoal
burners until he was nineteen. Then
he went out into the valley and hired
out to a farmer. Tom was a sculliOn
and drudge, and the first month the
farmer hesitated to trust even the
hogs to his care. But there was q
glimmering of something in him that
showed just a little through his un-
cOuthness. After year or two he
became full farm labOrer-a broad
shOuldered, deep-chested, powerful
fellow, who made himself clumsily
useful. Well, about that time the
farmers daughter came home from
school. What a revelation, she was
to Tom. He never knew until then
what it was to worship anything, nor
how awkward and coarse he was. He
would have given all he had, which
wasn't much, to learn how to get into
a room without hitting the door, or
what to do with his hands, or how to
sit down right. He began to change
his clothes for better ones when he
came in from the days work, and
there was about him the dawning of
improvement. Finally the great day
came. He stood trembling before
the farmers daughter, the hard word
was spoken, and she didn't repulse
him. 1 think there is nothing in the
life of a man which so rouses and
stirs him as love. Tom went to the
wrestling matches, and what vim
there was in him. He read, he went
to church, he wanted to see how
people acted. And when after a good
life he grew to be an old man, and
talked in a trembling voice to his
grandchildren, he used to say, "Oh,
what q wife she was to me. What
ever / became she made me-" The
world is full of just such instances of
blessed influence.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26
Plotting Mammals.

1t may be taken for granted that II
Is the desire of most loving mammas
to see their daughters married. But,
at the same time, it Is indisputable
that many anxious mothers would
rather their daughters remained sim
gle for a number of years than con-
tract an unsatisfactory alliance. Thus
the fond parent is placed in rather a
difficult position, and has a double
task to perform. On the one hand,
she has to look out for eligible young
men, and on the other, to guard her
unsuspecting children against penni-
less adventures. In her eyes, power
ty-stricken youth is, necessarily, the
enemy of all maidens whose fathers
live at the rate of some thousands per
annum. She may have married a
man who, when he commenced life,
could with little difficulty have put
all the money he possessed in his
pocket; but that is no reason why her
darling child should do anything SO
silly. Love i'm cottage may be all
very well in its way and, perhaps,
at one time she considered it the
height of human bliss. But age
brings experience and knowledge.
and what in the hey-dey of youth APP.
pears pure gold is in the middle age
discovered to be tawdry tinsel. Be
sides, though her husband had turned
out triumphant, il by no means follows
that If she cOnfided her daughter to q
man occupying similar position to
that i'm which her partner commenced
life, he will never rise above it. Sc
she prefers, like the prudent soul that
she IL, to be upon the safeside. Thus
she fixes her attentions upon men
who have already made a name and
position, and prepares her traps fol
both him and her daughter to fall in.
to. One great difficulty invariably
besets our path. Really eligible parts
are frequently pretty well up in years,
and most girls have an objection to
wedding men who are much older
than themselves. To remove this OBJ
lection is not always an easy matter,
for sometimes even the most Obedient
daughters haye wills of their own.
Thus, they will not 60 to the extent
of marrying in defiance of their
parents opposition, neither will they
encourage the advances of men whom
their hearts do not approve.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26
FACTS AND fANCIEs.

Pressed for time-Egyptian num-
mics.
The place for a picnic-The Sand
witch Islands.
"A boy pulling mules tail Is a
touching proof of confidence.
The man who sat down on the
spur OF the moment has not done so
since.
-Ifsingfe life Is bad, then 1t stands
to reason that double life Is twice as
bad.
The first thing promising youth
said to dog presenting his nose to
his heels, was: "GO away! Do you
think Pm bone"
Its rather remarkable that while
several thousand feet are required to
make one rood, II single foot, proper
~ applied, is often sufficient to make
one civil.
-"Well, neighbOr, what is the
most Christian news this morning !"
said a gentleman to a friend. 81 have
bought a barrel of -four for a poor
woman" "Just like you! Who Is it
that you have made happy by your
charity this time ?" "My wife,"
There is an old story that st. Pc
ter, when revisiting earth, was Oblig-
ed, amid the multitudinOus changes
on every hand, to have guide
through the most of Europe, but on
entering Spain he dismissed him |;
for here, said the saint, everything Is
Just as left it.
"A speaker celebrating Washing
toms birthday, who was little fiusz
tered at being suddenly called to his
feet to respond to the first toast, COM
menced his remarks by saying,
Washington was great and good
man, Mr.. President. 1 am sorry he
cannot be with us on this occasion. I"
"A naughty little boy, blubbering
because his mother wouldn't let him
60 down to the river on the Sabbath,
upon being admonished, said: ~
didn't want to go swimmin' with
'em, ma, only wanted to 60 down
and see the bad little boys drown for
going in swimmin' on Sunday"
AT a Dubuque wedding, among
the wedding presents ostentatiOusly
displayed, was one-hundred-dO
bill, present from the doting father
to his darling daughter. After the
guests had departed, the old man
coolly rolled up the bill and put 1t in
his vest pocket, and that was the end
Of 1t.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-26
Means or Checking, SneezIng, Etc.

There are many facts which show
that morbid phenomena OfrespiratiOn
can also be stopped by the influence
of arrest. Coughing, for instance, can
be stopped by pressing on the nerves
on the upper lip in the neighbOrhOOd
of the nose. "A pressure there may
prevent n cough when it is beginning.
Sneezing may be stopped by the
same mechanism. Pressing also in
neighbOrhoOd of the ear, right in
front of the ear, may stop coughing.
1t is so also of hicccugh, but much
less so than for sneezing or coughing.
Pressing very hard on the top of the
mouth inside is also means of stop
ping coughing. And / may say that
the will has an immense power there.
There was French soldier who used
to say, whenever he entered the
wards of his hospital, "The first pa
tient who coughs here will be de-
prived of food to-day" 1t was ex-
ceedingly rare that patient coughed
then.