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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Mistaken Identity.

Not long since an old man died
suddenly i'm the streets Of large city.
Some one recognized him rs being
employed at the gas-wOrks in the
neighbOrhOOd, and some eight or ten
of his fellOW-wOrkmen promptly
identified him. Two of the number
were deputed to convey the sad intel.
ligence to his wife, who took the ii.
dings very cOOlly, and replied that al
that moment her husband was uI
stairs in bed, and he shortly made his
appearance, much to their astOnish.
ment. The body was then re moved
to the wOrk-hOuso mOrtuary, where
some fourteen of the officials identi.
fled it rs that of a pauper who had
been an inmate of the wOrk-hOuse
over year, and intelligence of his
death was at once conveyed to his
daughter; one OF the sOns-in-law inn
mediately left his residence, saw the
bOdy,and recognized his -in-law
the daughters followed, both swear.
ing at the inquest that the body was
that of their father. They gave him
II decent burial, paid the undertakes
and returned home, finding there a
letter from their father, written the
day before, informing them he was
staying with some friends i'm Devon
shire, and i'm good health. l do not
think there is on record another case
so remarkable. The funny part of it
is, that the sOns-in-law are now trying
to get their money back from the
undertaken, who, however, declines
to refund.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Limitations IN Poultry Keeping.

For a hundred dollars spent in the
purchase and careful keeping of
few fowls, Il hundred dollars may be
gained each year. But IL this bust
ness is suddenly increased ten times
with the expectation that the profits
will be multiplied prOportiOnally, a
We have known this to be the case
many n time and oft. On the other
hand, where the experimenter has
been content to feel his way cautious
1y, and, having one successful colony
i'm operation, to plant another with
out Over-crOwding that already exist
ing, he has succeeded, and afterward
again successfully repeated the extern
sion. But we would caution our
readers-sO many think that if one
hundred fowls may be kept prOfitably
that one thousand may be maintain
ed-against believing i'm the possible
ity of poultry in large numbers with
out an extending range of clean grass,
or without the slOsest attention,
governed by the creates skill and ex-
perience, and without every appliance
known to the art OF poultry-keeping
through which the fowls may be
obliged to conform to the needed re-
quirements. The instincts of these
birds are keen and strong, and the
poultry keeper must have the knOwl-
edge, skill and patience to conduct
the business SO that these instincts
Obstructeti, but are led, rs it were, i'm
the ways in which they should go.
Otherwise strife occurs and failure is
inevitable.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Love OF the Beautiful.

Place a young girl under the care
of kind-hearted, graceful woman,
and she, uncOnsciOusly to herself,
grows into a graceful lady. Placing
a boy in the establishment of thor
Ough-gOing, straightforward bust.
ness man, and he becomes q reliant,
practical business man. Children are
susceptible creatures, and circum.
stances and scenes and actions always
impress. AS you influence them, not
by arbitrary rules, nor by stern ex.
ample alone, but i'm a thousand other
ways that speak through the beauti-
forms, pretty pictures, etc, SO they
will grow.
Teach your children, then, to love
the beautiful. If you are able, give
them corner i'm the garden for flow
ers allow them to have their favor
lite trees teach them to wander i'm
the prettiest wOOdlets; show them
where they can best view the sunset +;
rouse them in the morning, not with
the stern "Time for work." but with
the enthusiastic, "See the beautiful
sunshinev Buy for for them pretty
pictures, and encourage them to deck
their rooms in his or her childish
way.
Give them an inch, and they will
go a mile. Allow them the privilege
and they will make your home pleas
art and beautiful.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Brain Work.

Hard study does not of itself short
en- life, but docs of itself tend to in
crease the longevity Of man. When
hard students die early, it will be
found that in some way they had fall
eli into the habit of violating some OF
the laws of nature, or began study
with some inherited infirmity. The
pursuit of truth is pleasurable; it is
exhilerating; it is eXalting, and pro-
NOTES serenity. OF all men, natural
philosophers average the longest
lives. The great, the governing rea-
son is, In addition to the above, that
their attention is drawn away from
the indulgence of animal appetites ;
their qualifications are not in that di-
rectiOn hence they are neither glut-
tons nor drunkards.
Sir Isaac Newton had alwaps to be
reminded that his dinner was wait
ing the call to eat is often a most un-
welcome one to literary men; they
consider eating q secondary matter
they literally eat to live, and the pro-
cess of dining is often gone through
with them rs task.
Many hard students have become
miserable dyspeptics, and have died
while yet in their prime; but the
tOrmenting disease was brought OH by
over-eating, by eating too fast, or by
returning to their studies too soon al
ter a hearty or hasty meal, thus draw
ing to the brain the nervous energy
which ought to have been expended
on the stomach in aiding to prepare
the food for nourishing the system
for, not being so pre- pared, it "lies
heavy" feels like load, or induces
other discOmforts which increase in
intensity and duration, until life be.
Games burden and failure. The
circumstance most favorable to Ion.
gevity among brain-wOrkers is the
spending considerable portion Of
early life in out door activities, travel
and the iike; and then, by n temper.
ate and plain mode of living, the
brain will work advantageOusly until
past four score years.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
How to Make Grated Wax.

Thomas MattesOn, Mexican county,
Penn, writes: Take two parts NUT
ton tallOw, three parts beeswax melt
the tallOw first, and put the beeswax
and resin into it. When it is all
melted, stir it all up and pour il into
cold water and work it over. If there
are Jumps in it, smash them with
your thumb and finger. The longer
you work it the more sticky it grows.
When it begins to stick to your hands
put some tallOw on them. Work it
till ii is all sticky as you want it.
Put i'm tin pan with q cover to it,
and it will keep for number OF
years. l think it is as good as stick
ing salve to put OH any sores. Some
people put i'm more tallow than they
put in resin or beeswax, to mike It
softer to work i'm cold weather; hut il
there il too much in it, II will melt
and run out i'm warm weather. |
have had about forty years, ex-
perience in grating, and used num-
Der of sorts of grating wax. Some
people put i'm hot water, and make
more trouble than there is need of.
l wet my finger with my tongue,
and don't find anydifllculty inputting
the wax on. l put little wax on the
end of the graft
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Help One Another.

This sentence should be written on
every heart and stamped on every
memory. 1t should be the golden
rule, not only practiced in every
household, but throughout the entire
world. BY helping one another we
not only remove thOrns from the
pathway and anxiety from the mind,
but we feel sense OF pleasure in our
hearts, knowing that we are doing a
duty to fellow creature. A helping
hand, or an encouraging word, is no
loss to us,yet a benefit to others. Who
has not felt the power of this little
sentence Who has not needed the
encouragement of some kind friend ?
How soothing when perplexed with a
task that is mysterious and burden
some to feel a hand on the shoulder,
and to hear kind voice whisper :
'.sDo not be discouraged-I see your
trOuble-let me help you." What
strength is inspired, what hope Great
ed, what a sweet gratitude is felt, and
the great difficulty is dissolved as dew
beneath the sunshine. Yes, let us help
one another by endeavOring to
strengthen and encourage the weak,
and by lifting the burden of care from
the weary and oppressed, that life
may glide smoothly on, and the fOunt
of bitterness yield sweet waters; and
He whose willing hand is every ready
to aid us will reward our humble
endeavors, and every good decl will
be as "bread cast npOn the waters, to
return after many days." If not to us,
to those we love,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Changing Soils Permanently.

Every farmer and gardener knows
that manure does not last many
years In the soil, and that he has to
manure again, and that a farm or
garden In fine condition, il not fed
with fertlllxers, will run ont after a
while. But i have tried one way Of
improving the soil, that Is permanent,
and the improvement, 1 calculate,
will last a hundred years at least
My soil is heavy, too heavy for
gardening, and / have made it light
or by drawing on sand in winter
from knoll composed mostly of
sand. When the horses and hired
men had little else to do, i had them
hitched to the sled, and covered Il
statum of sand two inches deep.
In q year or two, when il became
well mixed through the soil, should
like you to have seen the crops that
grew there! i measured o. crop of
carrots at the rate of / 200 busheh;
per acre. This was nearly twenty
years ago, and it is now the best part
of the garden. It don't exhaust.
The sand stays there--it cannot evap-
crate. Tt would BIO too much to
draw sand for a farm, yet i think il
would pay well on some particular
spots for root crops. IL the sand NJ
handy, two men and team will
cover ten square rods In q day, cost
ing say $50 per acre, and well worth
il on a small scale. Have not some
of your readers sand knobs that they
could get ready for winter drawing?
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Girls anu Boys.

81 like boys" says popula,
writer for the little folk. "Girls arc
very fine and sweet, like flowers and
oranges; but boys are like apples
that ia, they always remind me OF
apples, because apples are such solid,
wholesome, good natured, every day
sort of things, that keep we'll and pos
sess real characters. do not mean
to say that girls have no characters
and other noble qualities, but am
talking of boys now.
GAS everything In this world is
sure to have something back of 1t, so
the boys have their mOthers--Or have
had them. OF course they teach you
to sneak the truth, that It Is wicked
TO cheat or steal, to fight or swear
Ono might be n heather and know
better than to do those things. Then
your mothers tell you ito behave.'-
ft Is this behaving business j am
after. A man who was once boy
and Is now man, and whose name
is Emerson, says this: sItsa
"'Give a boy address and accom-
plishments, and you give him the
mastery Of palaces and fortunes
wherever he goes. He has not the
trouble Of earning them they solicit
him to enter and possess"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Useless Treasures.

A rich nObleman was once showing
friend a great collection Of precious
stones, whose value was almost be-
yond counting. There were dia-
monds and pearls and rubies and
gems from almost every country on
the globe, which had been gathered
by their possessor with the greatest
labor and expense. "And yet" he
remarked, they yield me no income
His friend replied that he had two
stones which cost him about ten
forms, yet they yielded him an in
come OF two hundred forms a year.
In much surprise the nobleman de-
sired to see the wonderful stones,
when the man took him down to his
mill, and pointed to the two toiling
gray millstones. They were labOri-
Ously crushing the grain into snowy
flour for the use of hundreds who de-
pended on this work for their daily
bread. Those two dull, homely
stones did more good In the world,
and yielded larger income, than all
the nObleman's jewels. So it Is with
idle treasure everywhere. 1t Is doing
any good. 1t Is right to be
and saving of money when
Il is for a good, fixed purpose, but
to hoard It up for its own sake is
more than folly-it Is sin.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Paddle Your Own Canoe.

Judge $. gave his own son thou.
sand dollars, and told him to 60 to
college and graduate. The son re.
turned ut the end of the Freshman
year, without a dollar, and several
ugly habits. About the close of the
vacation the Judge said to his son:
"Well, William, are you going to
college this year."
"Have no money, father"
"But l gave you a thousand dollars
to graduate on"
"That's all gone, father"
every well, my son, gave you all
/ can afford to give you you can't
stay here; you must now pay your
own way in the world" - - .s,.I
A new light broke in upon the Wis
ion of the young man. He accom-
mOdated himself to the situation, he
left home, made his way through the
college, and graduated at the head of
his class--studied law, became Gov
enOr of the State Of New York,
entered the Cabinet of the President
of the United States, and made q
record for himself that will not soon
die, being none other than William
III. Seward.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Kitchen Talk.

~ ~ u I'll
Something about cupboards, we
now, all You men who 9despise
"wOman's cOntrivances, and all you
women who have your desire in the
shapeOf orthodox safesand capaciOus
pantrIes; all you, i say, may turn
your heads the other way and mind
your business. while we talk our talk.
Get a large goods box-the larger
the better-ask John to nail four
stout legs on SO that you can stand it
up end-wise with the bottom for Il
bach. - Then ON the insldes, opposite
each other, nail strips at suitable in
tervals for placing shelves. The
shelves may be laid ON these, without
mailing, and so be more convenient to
clean when desired. Now, If you
will paper the outside, inside, and
shelves, of this Cupboard, it will
look very nice. Cover both sides of
the shelves and paste smoothly over
the edges-the paste need not be
applied elsewhere; and when the
papers become sOiled, it will be easy
to remove them and put OH fresh ones!
Have a good door, fastened on with
HlllStS uIii SoOu itotSiIuuSS, ehth
for your "kitchen ware" from Your
china and glasses to your tins and
rOlling-pin. -.
Ihaye seen such a"cupbOard.sa SAFE"
with compartment for keeping
cooked vituals, which was ventilated
by leaving of a plank ut each side
the opening being covered with
coarse cloth tackled tightly ON. But
steal. This calamity think might
be avcrted, by simply boring 4
number of holes in each side, with n
very small auger, and lacking over
them strong netting, SO as to exclude
flies and Mt the same time permit the
constant passage of air through the
compartment.
Iastly-kcep my gOOds-bOx-cup-
board clean--ands verify you shall
have less work and worry in your
kitchen. N4 Uft ae." 3ist
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Dead, Not Forgotten.

At length she turned away, and
walking thOughtlully through the
graveyard, came Unexpectedly upon
the schOolmaster, who was sitting on
a green grave in the sun, reading.
"Nell here ?" he said cheerfully, as
he closed his book. at does me good
to see you In the air and light. fear
ed you were again I'm the church,
where you so often are"
Cleared 7" replied the child sitting
down beside him. us 1t not good
place."
"Yes, yes" said the schoolmaster.
"But you must be gay sometimes.
Nay, don'tshake your head and smile
so sadly"
"NOt sadly, If you known heart.
Do not look Mt me as If you thought
me sorrOwful. There Is not happier
creature on the earth than am now"
Full of grateful tenderness, the
child took his hand and folded it be-
tween her own.
ats Gods will !" she said, when
they had been silent for some time.
"What ?" ~
"AIl this" she rejoincd-"al this
about us. But which Of us is sad now?
You see that am smiling.o
"And so am ], said the schOOlmas-
ter; ''smiling t0 think how often We
shall laugh I'm this same place. Were
Won not talking yonder?"
: "Yes," the child rejoined. ga
''Of something that has made you
sorrowful ~ ssHsp,A y
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
Useful Implements.

The defendants of people who
hcwed from untrOdden Wilderness
the nucleus of future homes will
readily agree to the assertion that
few implements have played SO
prominent q part i'm the advance
ment of civilization az the axe. In
regard to the origin of axes very
little Is actually known. History tells
us that the axe was in the early ages
an indispensable implement and used
for various purposes, not only TO as
sist i'm clearing the land and prepar-
ing material for the construction OF
buildings, but also as an implement OF
warfare, in which capacity 1t has fig
ured conspicuously. Among the RO-
mans it was a favOrite weapon; the
choicest troops were armed with axes,
and so proficient were they i'm their
use that few troops otherwise armed
dare engage them. In the days OF
knight errantry the axe formed the
principal weapon of warfare. Indeed
the merits of a knight were based en-
tirely upon his skill and proficiency
i'm welding the battle-axe. In un-
civilized countries, even among the
most barbarOus savages, some rude
implement of stone, shaped some
what after the pattern Of an axe,
has been found, indicating apparent
ly, that all classes Of human beings,
though slightly removed from the
brute creation, instinctively compre-
hended the value of the principal
upon which axes arc constructed.
offerers no substitute en-
pable of performing satisfactorily the
most important services now render
ed by the axe. Neither has there
during the past fifty years been much
change In their manufacture. The
NATURAL is undoubtedly OF better
quality, and the shape more graceful,
but the main principal is still the
same.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19

In order to test what a spider could
do In the way Of eating, we arose
about daybreak one morning to sup
ply his web with fly. At first, how
ever, the spider will not come from
his retreat, so we peeped among the
ear-wig had been caught, and was
now being feasted on. The spider
LETT tho earwig, rolled up the fly, and
at once returned to his "flrst course.
This was at half past five A. NJ, in
September. At seven A. NJ, the ear
wig had been demolished, and the
spider, after resting o little while,
and probably enjoying q nap, came
down for the fly, which no had fin
ished at nine A. NJ. A little after nine
o'clock wesupplie dhim with daddy
lOnglegS, which was eaten by noon.
At one O'clock a blOwfiy was greedily
seized, and with an appetite, APP
parently no worse for his previous
Indulgence, he commenced on the
blowfiy. During the day, and to-
ward the evening, a great many
small green flies, or what are termed
mldges, had been caught in the web;
OF these we counted one hundred and
twenty, all dead, and fast prisoners in
the spiders net. Soon after dark,
provided with a lantern, we went to
examine whether the spider was suf-
fering at all from Indigestion, or in
any way from his previous meal
Instead, however, Of being thus af-
tected, he was employed in rolling
up together tho various little green
midges, which he then took into his
retreat and ate. This process he re.
peated, carrying up the lot OF little
detachments, until the whole wei
was eaten, for the web and its con-
tents were bundled up together. A
slight rest of about an hour was fol.
lowed by the most industrious web.
making process, and before daylight
another web was ready to be used in
the same way. Taking the relative
size of the spider and the creatures il
ate, and applying this to n man, il
would be somewhat as follows: Al
daybrcak n small alligator was eaten
mt seven a. NJ, a lamb; at nine \. NJ.
a young cameleopard ut one O'Clock
a sheep; and during the night one
hundred and twenty larks. This, VIZ
believe, would be q fair allowance fol
one man during twenty-fOur hours
and could we find one gifted will
such an appetite and such a digestion
we might readily comprehend how
he might spin five miles of web with
out killing himself provided he pos
sesscd the necessary machinery.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
There was a long pause.

There was long pause. ~ nrse
v'What was itYi said tho school
master tenderly. s'C0me tell me
what Il was.n 49,.
81 rather grieyer-I do rather grieve
to think, |" said the. child bursting In
to tears, "that those who die about US
are so soon forgotten"
"And do you think" said the
schOOlmaster, marking the glance she
had thrown around, "that an unvis-
tied grave, withered tree, a faded
flower or two are tokens of fOrgetful-
ness or cold neglect? Do you think
there are no deeds, far away from
here, i'm which these dead may be best
remembered Nell, Nell, there may
be busy people in this world, at this
instant, In whose good actions and
good thoughts these very graves-ncg-
lected as they look to us-are the
chief instruments"
"Teli me no mOre," said the child
quickly. s'Tell me no more, feel,
I know it. How could I he unminds
full of it when / thought Of you
"There IS nothing" said her friend,
"nO, nothing innocent or good, that
dies and Is forgotten. Let us hold to
that faith or none. An infant, a pratt
Ting child, dying in its cradle, will
live again in the better thoughts OF
those who love it, and will play its
part, through them, in the redeeming
actions of the world, though its body
be burnt to ashes or drowned In the
deepest sea. There is not an angel
added to the hosts of heaven but does
It's blessed work ON earth In those
that loved it here. Forgotten Oh
If the good deeds of human creatures
could be traced to their source, how
beautiful would even death appear
for how much charity, mercy, and
purified affections would he seen tC
have their growth I'm dusty graves %
eyes," said the child, lit Is the
truth; / know it Is. Who should
feel its force so much as /, I'm whom
your little scholar lives again! Dear
dear, good friend, if you knew the
comfort you have given mo-"
The poor schOOlmaster made no an
swer, but bent over her i'm silence, fOl
his heart was full.-Chdrtes Dickens
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-19
SagacIOus Dogs.

HottentOt dogs, albeit they are
very ugly, are justly famed for their
fidelity and sagacity. They are
masters fiocks against the lions,
leOpards, and tigers which abound In
the surrounding county. No dog,
single handed, would be a match fOr
one of those fearful beasts /; and there
fore the powers of combination and
organization are developed in these
dogs to a remarkable degree. At
night, when the flock Is assembled I'm
one place, four dogs station them
selves as sentinels at equal distances
along the line of danger, and watch
In a sitting position, the head stretch
ed out to catch the slightest noise.
Nor does their power of organization
end here. All good defence requires
a partol, and the four dogs take turns
hour by hour I'm walking up and
down before the camp, listening to
and watching intently to give i'm
mediate warning of, the enemy's
approach. If tiger or a leopard
comes I'm sight, the sentinel utters a
cry Of alarm, and the other dogs in
stantly assemble, and throw them
selves, en- Dadsse, upon tho intruder,
who finds their united strength too
much for him. Sometimes, how
ever, the enemy comes in force, in
which case the dogs utter long plain
tive cries to call to their assistance
the guard of the neighboring flock,
who respond to the signal, and expect
similar aid In their hour OF danger.
These remarkable dogs have no ex-
ternal beauty to recommend them.
Their color is dirty gray. They
have square paws, pointed noses,
stiff ears, and very rough hair. They
are nevertheless regarded by the Hot
tentOt as members Of his family.
They have their rights by the Preside,
and are taken care of and fed like the
children of the house.