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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
A Court that Knew Herself.

A funny affair in court of law lately
came off at Chicago. One Amelia Dom
nerschlog brought suit against Augustus
Behrens, who had promised to marry her,
but had failed to keep his word. The
lady demanded only two hundred dol
lars in damages-not an exorbitant
price for her disappointment in being
obliged to retain so cumbrous name as
Donnerschlog The suit came to trial be-
fore Mr. Justice Banyon, and Mr.. Beh-
rens, not denying the principal facts
alleged against him, excused himself by
saying that Amelia insisted as a cOndi-
ton of the marriage that her mother
should keep house for the young couple,
and this Augustus could not consent to-
" l told her." said he, that loved her
deeply, and was ready to marry her, but
did not wish to marry her mother also,
who was woman of lOrdly and un-
pleasant habits and insisted on feeding
me too much on cabbage, vegetable l
always disliked."
After this frank avowal ofhis purpose,
and his un-Teutonic distaste for the ma
tional vegetable, Mr.. Justice BanyOn
said: Which would you rather do,
marry the lady and take her mother to
live with you, or pay two hundred dol
larsT Augustus answered firmly: 81
will pay two hundred dollars" Where
upon the worthy and enlightened mag
istrate delivered the following judgment:
Allow me to shake hands with you. l
envy your firmness. There was a period
in the life of this Court, Mr.. Behrens,
when it was in circumstances somewhat
similar to your own. If it had had the
moral courage you possess it would have
saved about twenty-five years of misery
and unhappiness. The alternative was
presented to this Court whether it would
marry young lady and her mother or
whether it would pay one hundred and
twenty-five dollars i'm gold. The Court
was poor at that time. 1t was earning
an unsatisfactory living at the restau-
rant business. 1t yielded. 1t took the
young woman and mother-in-law and
kept the one hundred and twenty-five
dollars. For quarter of century the
Court regretted its hasty action. 1t is
glad to meet man who cherishes hap
piness more than he does money. The
order of the Court is that the defendant
stand discharged, and that the complain
ant, who has been trying to bring a man
into slavery to a mother-in-law, be fined
ten dollars and COSTS
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
A Chinese Newspaper.

A Chinese newspaper has lately been
started in San Francisco. The Bulletin
thus describes the first number: "The
San Francisco China Ne,cs, as the jour
nal is entitled, appears in the pan-wan
pan-ssu, written language of the Chi
nese, which is as prolix almost as the
colloquail, and is delightfully."- flexible.
The journal is composed of four pages
measuring eighteen by twenty-four inches
each. The first page is devoted to an
elaborate article on commercial matters,
and the second page is given over to the
editorial department, advertisements,
and the usual apologize remarks The
editorials are addressed to the Chinese
people of this city, and dwell upon the
necessity for Celestial organ in a coun-
try. where Caucasian newspapers are
abundant and sometimes influential. The
feature Of the editorial page is u review
of the Beecher-Tilton scandal. The Ne,cs
regrets that in this enlightened age the
high priest of country in such close
proximity to China should become the
subject of evil report. The editor de-
duces q moral from the scandal, and in a
replete with opposite express
sions, warns his readers not to go back
on their ancestors. The third and fourth
pages are devoted to their China news.
The price of the paper is ten cents.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
JUST TAKEN HIS BrTTERs.--We heard

JUST TAKEN HIS BITTERs.--We heard
a seedy-looking individual with an
alarmingly red nose remark to brother
soaker that he had "just had his bitters,
but did not mind taking another nip"
His remark suggested train ofrehection.
How was it we asked ourselves, that the
word "bitters" had grown to be syn
onym for gin, whisky, rum, and other
alchoholic stimulants, to which it was
applied indiscriminately. Bitters, we
reasoned, suggested the idea of a health
full tonic, not poisonous stimulant
something invigorating to the system,
not an alcoholic irritant, full of fusel
oil, producing present intoxicatiou and
ultimate insanity, idiocy, or premature
death. Moreover, our idea of bitters
was totally irreconcilable with "gin
cocktails, ""r rum punches" and "brandy
smashes," which, we are informed, are
sweetened with sugar, and rendered
doubly injurious with essences colored
by means of mineral poison. This was
bitter-sweet with q vengeance. We
mentioned this problem to friend. He
solved it by exclaiming: "Why, don't
you know that all of these bitters adj
vertised as remedies are only drains i'm
disguise. Topers know it, IL you do
not. / must make one exception, how
ever" he added, "and that's DIR.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BIT-
TIERS; there isn't particle of alcohol
or fermented liquor in IL, and it is the
best vegetable tonic and Alternative in
America.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
Color In Animals.

The variety of coloring in animal life
is one of the marvels of nature, ONLY
now beginning to be studied scientifically.
1t is vain to say that an animal is beauti-
full, either in symmetry or diversity OF
color, in order to please the human eve.
Fishes in the depth of the Indian seas,
where no human eye can see them, DOS
sess the most gorgeous tints One thing
is remarkable; birds, fishes, and insects,
alone possess the metallic coloring; while
ants and zoophytes are without rejecting
shades. Tber fnollusca takes middle
path with their hue of mOther-ofpearl.
What il the reason of these arrangements
in the animal kingdom? 1t is a ques-
ton that can not be satisfactorily an
swered; but some observations have been
made which throw light on the subject.
One is, that among animals, the part of
the body turned toward the earth is al
ways paler than that which is upper-
most. The action;o of light is here ap-
parent. Fishes which live on the side.
as the sole and turbot, have the left side.
which answers to the back, of dark
tint, while the other side is white. 1t
may be noticed that birds which fy, as
it were, bathed in light, do not offer the
strong coprast betwecp the upper and
lowere side I Beetles bwasyH, and lies
have the metallic coloring of blue and
green, possess rings equally dark all
round the body; and the wings of many
butterfiies.are as beautifully feathered
below as abOye.---I'opular Science Month
H.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
A ShOWer.Bath.

DIR. Aquens was hydropath. He be-
lieved that a proper application of
water, external and internal, would cure
nearly all the diseases to which flesh is
heir. One day he was called to visit
Mrs. Sam Noogles, who had touch of
the rheumatics. He examined the case.
and prescribed the shower-bath. But
Mrs. Noogles had no shower-bath, and
she didn't know how to get one. The
doctor anxious to build up reputation,
offered to send his own bath for her Use, il
her husband would come and get it.
Accordingly Sam went to the doctors
with his cart and got the bath. Aquens
having first explained to him how the re-
volving pan the top was to be filed
with cold water, and how the shower
was to be produced. "And be sure" he
added, that your wife gives herself a
thorough rubbing when she come out"
Two days thereafter, DR.. Aquens met
Sam on the street, and asked him if his
wife had tried the bath.
Yaas-she's tried it," said Sam.
"And how did it work?'
Waal-pooty fair, considerin'. 1t
spattered her clothes some"
"Spattered her clothes %
"Yaas-ye see, the box was so mar
row she couldn't open the umbrella
s" Why, bless your soul, doctor, she
know'd AT when she tipped up that ere
pan full of water it must come down
kerslosh 80 she took her umbrella in to
hold over her head. But she rather
liked it on the whole. IL was jest like
an April showcr-kind o. GOBLIN like.
A Il H.. IL. Il. ~T 4
clothes, and gin herself good rubin
with rum and yellow dock and she says
she feels more comfortable. Dye think
she'd better try the thing agin p
The doctor thought not. He said he
had no doubt that rum and yellow dock,
with q liberal supply of "elbow'grease,"
would answer every purpose.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
Purity the Only Safety.

The Chicago Tribune makes the fol-
lowing observations apropos of Tilton's
expose:
This statement, whether true or false,
will carry dismay not merely into relig-
ious circles, but into family circles
throughout the United States if not into
every country where the English Ian
guage is spoken. Mr.. Beecher is the fore
most preacher in the world. We are in
clined to assign him the most eloquent
tongue that the present century has pro-
duced. He belongs to family of gifted
men and women, among whom he is
tacite priaceps. That he should now be
shown seducer, II liar, and hypocrite,
is not one of those things that can over
come us like summer cloud without
our special wonder. 1t is fact (if it is a
fact) of most grave import, and yet it
should not cause any right-minded per-
son to lose his respect for religion, still
less to doubt the existence of virtue.
There is nothing in it at all to take any
body of his feet. The same divine law
exists now that existed before, even as
the same sun gilds the heavens, and the
spectacle of Beecher's fall from the dizzy
height he occupied should enforce with
ten-fold strength the lesson that crime
ever carries with it punishment COM
mensurate with the Offense. If Mr.
Beecher is really guilty man, and Mrs
Tilton guilty woman, what man or wo-
man, high or low, would exchange places
with them? What man would accept
Beecher's genius and position if coupled
with the torments which must now assail
and gnaw him? What woman would
exchange her peace of mind, her honor
able home, however humble, and her
children's reverence, for the so-callcd
" religious love" in which Mrs. Tilton
so long participated? Surely, no more
powerful and pointed injunction was
ever conveyed to mankind, teaching
them that the paths of purity, and they
only, are the paths of peace.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13

ROAST LEG OF LAMB Let the fire be
moderate, and roast the Joint slowly,
basting it frequently till done, when ii
shonld be sprinkled with salt, and the
gravy freed from all fat before serving.
GREEN GoosEBERRY JELLY.--Boil one
gallon of gooseberries in two quarts of
water to a pulp, strain through jelly
ba1, and to every pint of juice put one
pound of sugar. Boil until of deep red.
Never fails.
MILDEw (To REMovE) Soak the parts
OF the cloth that are widowed in two
parts of chloride of lime to four parts of
water, for about two hours, or till the
mildew has disappeared; then thoroughly
rinse it in clean water.
For KEEPING MEAT FRESH IN Hor
WEATHER.-Place in a clean porcelain
bowl, and pour very hot water over it 80
as to cover it. Then pour oil upon the
water. The air is thus quite excluded
and the meat preserved.
MINT SAUcE.---Chop rs finely as Dos
sible quantity of mint leaves, previously
washed. Add to them sufficient white
vinegar and water in equal parts to float
them, and small quantity of powdered
sugar. Let the sauce stand an hour before
serving.
RHUBABD JAM. - Four pounds of
rhubarb, three pounds of lump sugar,
and the juice. of two lemons, two ounces
sweet almonds, and chop them finely;
cut the lemon-pecl very thin. Boil ali
together for three-quarters of an hour
after it has come to boiling point; stir
frequently.
BLACK CURRENTS (To BorrLE).-Fill
some bottles as full as you can with cur
rants, add as much cold water MS they
will hold; put them in boiler filed
with cold water, and let them boil until
the fruit sinks in the bottles. Then take
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
The Mouse and the BunnlpIS D. Rec.

There was once bumble-bee who used
to 60 every day to gather honey, and as
he was the most of the time away from
home, he could not keep his house neat
and tidy. So he got a Notwithstanding
old mouse to keep house for him. The
next day, after the mouse had finished
her mornings work, and. was out of doors
to get a breath of fresh air, a mud-dauber
came along. He said, Good morning,
Mrs. Mouse /! What arc you doing here p
She answered, Il am keeping house
for Mr.. Bumble-bee."
"Can come and live with you ?n said
the mud-dauber.
ooh, mo" she replied awe can not
have anyone who daubs mud around the
house." So he went away.
Then came a rat. Chow are Won.
Mrs. Mouse?" said he. 81 would like to
live with you"
No, Mr.. Rat, you cannot" said the
mouse, for you will eat our cheese and
gnaw our table-cloths." So the rat went
away.
He had just gone, when a large grey
hen came along. She also asked the
mouse if she might live with her.
The mouse said, "What can you do,
old hen?"
The hen said she could lay fresh egg
every day. So the mouse told her she
might stay. The hen soon found some
straw and laid an egg. The mouse went
to neighbor' shouse and got some cheese.
Just then, the bumble-bee came home
with some honey. So they had fresh
egg, some cheese and honey for dinner,
and they were all well pleased. Nich-
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
Twenty ImpOlite Things.

/. Loud and boisterous laughter.
2. Reading when others are talking.
8. Reading aloud in company without
being asked.
4. Talking when others are reading.
8. Splitting about the house, smoking
or chewing.
6. Cutting finger nails in company.
z. Leaving church before worship is
closed.
8. Whispering or laughing in the house
of God.
8. Gazing rudely at strangers.
10. Leaving a stranger without a seat.
IL. A want of respect and reverence
for seniors.
IL. Correcting older persons than your
self, especially parents.
13. Receiving present without an ex-
preston of gratitude.
II. Making yourself hero of your own
story.
Is. Laughing at the mistakes of Others
16. Joking Others in company.
IL. Commencing talking before others
have finished speaking.
18. Answering questions that have
been put to others.
10. Commencing to eat as soon as you
get to the table; and
20. Not listening to what one is say
ing in company.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
GENERAL INFORMATION.

Iowa erected 1926 school houses last
year. y
Boss TwEED's palace has gone under
the hammer.
TELEGRAPHIcc communication between
France and Spain is severed.
DURING the past year $4,000 baby
wagons have been sold in Salt Lake.
New ORLEANS Irish potatoes are
worth nine dollars per barrel by the
wholesale.
THE annual production of American
wine is estimated in round numbers at
twenty million gallons.
THE terms of twenty-five Senators ex-
pire next March, and most of them will
receive marching orders.
IT is stated that there were two thou
sand sewing machines, upon the average,
sold every business day of 1873.
THE average of all crops this year
will probably vastly exceed that of any
previous year in the United States.
MORE trees have been planted in Min
nesota this spring than during all the
other years of its settlement combined.
The washing of flock of sheep in a
creek in Green County, Pa, caused the
death of thousands of fish in that
stream.
A NUMBER of New England furnaces
have recently suspended operations, the
companies not having orders enough to
clear out their manufactured supply of
pig-iron.
OF the rice crop destroyed in Louis
lana by the overflow, it is estimated that
about 1851 $40 pounds have been lost,
which, valued at six and quarter cents,
1911, 1896.
STATISTICS of packing for the sea-
son of 1873 show that Chicago leads the
world, with indianapolis second, st.
Louis third, Cleveland and Cincinnati
about equal next i'm order
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13

A WoRcJsTER boy was engaged in
nocturnal cherry Stealing, short time
ago, and was observed by the owner of
the fruit, who, ,unnoticed by the young
robber, placed q large stuffed dog at the
foot Of the tree, and remained to watch
the result of Ms Strategy. The boy de-
scending observed the dog, and then the
fun commenced. He whistled, coaxcd,
threatened unavailingly, the animal
never moving, and finally the youth, ac-
cepting the inevitable, settled down, to
passing the night in the tree. After
some hours had passed. YEARLY enough
to the bad, morfing dawm a, and the pro
prletor OF the tree, coming from the house
asked him how he came to be in the tree
TO which the boy answered that he took
to itdd save himself from the dog. who
had chased him quite n distance. IL
isn't healthy for smaller boy to saw
stuffed dogNto that youth now.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13

FROM poverty to riches New Bedford
widow has suddenly stepped. During
the past winter she has been in very
straitened circumstances, having a sick
child who required much attention. In
deed, only with the help of neighbors
has she managed to get along. But re-
Gently an advertisement appeared in q
New York paper of an estate left her by
her grandfather, which. on investigation,
proved TO be worth about 100000. She
had married a poor man against the
wishes of most of her friends, and when
she became widowed they left her to her
fate. She finds now that all her friends
are very kind.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
Useful Information.

oScAuA AmAOrm0tlOm.
THERE is good authority for saving
that beets will do we'll if transplanted
when the roots are of size ranging from
half an inch to an inch in diameter. It
is not safe to transplant if the roots are
smaller.
ACCORDING to the French veterinary
surgeon, if the inside of the ears and
other exposed parts of horses are painted
with few drops of the empyreumatic
oil OF juniper, flies will not annoy them.
the order being uncomfortable to these tor.
mentors.
FOR stumbling horses shoe the foot as
Hat as possible, not having corks ON the
shoe except in slippery going, and then
as low and short as possible and vet pre-
vent the horse from slipping. The oppo.
site foot should be shOd like the lame
one. Never let the smith pare the frog
OF the foot, whether sound or other.
wise.
RAsPBERRIEs and blackberries should
have the same treatment, pinching back
the Dlack-caps at two or three feet, and
the red sort foot higher; and at the
same time cut out at the start all need
less suckers from both blackberry and
raspberry rows, as they will crowd and
retard the reserved canes the same as
weeds.
In case of looseness of the bowels
in horse we would give half an ounce
OF prepared chalk and half an ounce of
ground ginger in the feed once day.
AS indigestion is probably the cause.
the feed should be carefully selected, and
what grain is given should be ground.
An ounce of salt should also be given in
the feed daily.
AN observing farmer much pre-
fers a short-legged, broad-boned, full
bodied cow that will keep in good con-
dition on good pasture to a large, loose
built cow that gives more milk in the
season, but will not yield as much taking
the season altogether. He finds that the
largest mixer is by no means the most
profitable cow to own.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Countyy
Gentleman, after having experimental to
his hearts content with several kinds of
tobacco, water, kerosene, ashes, unguen-
tum, ETC., for killing lice on cattle, has
arrived Mt the conclusion that sulphur
sprinkled on the animals, and well rub
bed into the the hair, and tablespoon
full given in meal daily for week, IS the
simplest, safest and surest remedy he
has ever tried.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
MORE TESTIyrONY.

HoRIcoN, Wis, July I, 1874.
Mr., G. G. OLIN, Waukesha, Wis. Dear Sir-In-
closed please find s.25 for Ave gallons of Mineral
ROCK spring Matcr,can sent to-day by express.
j am much pleased with the results from the use
of your Spring Water. I have used for the, last two
other waters but have received from the
use of others decided results as from the of
that You sent me. Ii may be owing to other causes
operating Mt the same time which has aided In the
favorable results from the use of yours; still am
not aware of any, as my habits have been the same,
making use of no drugs other medical treatment.
Yours, ii. BARBER.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
Respectfully yours,
MANuArrAN. Kansas. Julv a. 1877,

MANHATTAN, Kansas, July 6, 1874.
G. @. OLIN n Go. This Is to certify that have
been troubled with kidney bladder, and urinary
plants, bordering on to Briphts disease, for
Der 81 years: For the last two years have suffered
much the doctors could do me NO lasting good. All
the time there were quantities OF albumen In my
mrinc. had seen notice In the paper of Waukesha
Water. Last February thought I would try the
water, and sent to st. Louis and got five gallons,
aud while was drinking IL I received four gallons
from friend In Illinois. In few days received
me from Illinois was from Mineral Rock Spring
Since then have ordered two barrels and received
IL, aud am making free Of it.
by the use of the waer my health Is better than IL
has been for years. My wife thinks the water the
greatest boon that ever received III has its desired
aud designed effect, i think after using Il a few
months more, shall be all right.
Now, sir, ! am no scholar, and if you can change
the style my writing without destroying its mean
ing, you are at liberty to do IL.
CHARLES BARNES.
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them up, cork them while hot, and paste
thick brown paper over them.

them up, cork them while hot, and paste
thick brown paper over them.
DROP CAKEs.-Mix two pounds OF
flour with one pound of butter beaten to
a cream, three-quarters of pound of
fine sugar or pounded white, one pound
OF currants washed and dried. Make Il
into stiff paste with three well-beaten
eggs, large spoonful of orange-Aower
water, two of sweet wine, and one of
brandy; lightly -four tin plate, and
drop the mixture on it about the size of
walnut. Bake light brown in a rather
quick oven.
BREAKFAST FOR THE WEEK.--Sunday
Coffee, tea, cold tongue, rusk, butter
and fruit: Monday--ColIee, tea, ham and
eggs, butter, stewed apples, and light
bread: Tuesday--Chocolate, tea, hash
with onions and potatoes, butter and
corn cakes: Neutrality-suspicious. and tea.
broiled beefsteak, buckwheat cakes and
molasses: Thursday--Coffee, tea, pork
steak, fried potatoes, hot biscuit and
butter: Friday--Coffee, tea, fish, stewed
chicken, corn bread, jelly and butter
Saturday Coffee, tea, mutton chops
toast buttered, boiled eggs and raspberry
jam.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-13
MINERAL WATER.
VAUKESHA WATER,
MINERAL ROCK SPRING,
CURES
Dropsy, Diabetes,
Gravel, Dyspepsia,
Constipation, Jaundice,
Rright'S Disease,

and all diseases OF the liver and kidneys This water
Is now known and sold as a remedy for the above dis
eases In all parts of the world. 1t is truly wonder.
full what effect IL has upon the human system 1t is
now being shipped at the following prices:
Barrel 40 GAL, Sl2 half do, 81; demijohns nd Jugs
30 cents per gall package extra; bottles lqts s25j
per doz. Money must accompany the order, except
to our regular authorized agent. Inquire of your
druggist for Waukesha Mineral Rock Spring Water.
Address U. q. OLIN Co.. Waukesha, Wis.,, for orders
for ~ pr or for ri