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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
BOytOn's SuHerings.

Captain Boyton's experience in cross
ing the British Channel was not so de-
lightful as to make other persons in haste
to try similar experiment. Dr. Diver,
who attended him, gives these particulars
of Captain BOyton's sufferings on the
voyage: He was received aboard the
Prince Ernest at about 2:20 on Saturday
morning, when he had been about
twenty-three and half hours in water.
He wasperspiring very freely, complained
of a general stiffness, with pains in his
w.ists from padding. He stated that
for the first lew hours he suffered terribly,
and that he even wished his dress might
burst and he 60 down. He was very
sleepy at this time, and actually slept
in the water and dreamed, waking with u
start and finding himself padding.
Some very strong green tea was given to
him, which dispelled all his unpleasant
symptoms. The last two or three miles,
he said, seemed never-ending to him, and
he would no. again go through what he
had experienced for any money. He
was undressed, sponged and rubbed
down, and placed In hot blankets. His
face was very red, and in some places the
skin had cracked from exposure to the
sun and salt water. He was fatigued,
but not very much, considering what he
had gone through. His face was creased
and cold wet rags afterward applied to
it, which relieved him very much. His
pulse was seventy-one, and his tempera-
ture ninety degrees. The action OF his
heart was feeble; but this is natural in
him, and was observed OH the former
occasion. He was full of spirits at his
success. In about an hour he walked to
the Pavilion Hotel, looking, with the
exception of his face, very little worse for
his interesting trip"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
WHY Men Smoke.

No habit adopted by whole race OF
men, indeed by all races of men, but must
have a raison d'etre. The dhudeen of the
Irishman, the chibouk ofthe Asiatic, the
calumet of the Indian, the cigar of the
white American, would not exist stimuli
tancously on every part of the globe, if
in the use of tobacco there did not slum-
Der some spell of great potency over
men. The lazy man it seems to make
lazier, the nervous man it makes more
nervous, the brain-worker it inspires, and
and OIL the artist iJ bestows visions of
beauty. All lecturing against it, all
writing against it have proved vain. The
habit spreads with population over Aus
trala and Polynesia, and in couple of
centuries from now, smoking will be as
universal as eating. 1t behoovesus, then,
to see that something is done to insure
the rehabilitation Of the better qualities
of tobacco, which seem deteriorating so
fast. Manila is ceasing to produce even
n decent cheroot, tobacco culture is dying
out there like wine culture in Madeira.
One thing is certain that the substitution
of the cigarette for the cigar is exceed
ingly dangerous. The only safe substi-
tute for the cigar is cleanly pipe.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
Well Paid for Counting A Million.

The popular idea of the magnitude of
the number one million may sometimes
exaggerate, but it certainly quite as often
underestimates it. A million is very
large, but il is within possible reach. In
q company of educated Englishmen the
question excited some debate, and to
force an experiment, the sum of one hun
dred pounds was pledged to any one
who would make million strokes with
pen and ink within month. They were
not to be mere dots or scratches, but fair
down strokes, such as form the child's
first lesson in writing.
A gentleman accepted the challenge.
The month allowed was the lunar month,
of only twenty-eight days; so for the
completion of the undertaking, an aver
age of thirty-six thousand strokes per
diem was required. This, at sixty per
minute, or three thousand six hundred
per hour-and neither the human intel
iect nor the human hand can be expected
to do more-would call for ten hours
labor in every twenty-four.
With feeling of the respect due to the
observance of the Sabbath, he determined
to abstain from his work on Sundays,
and by this determination he diminished
by four days the period allowed for him
at the same time, by so doing, he in
creased the daily average of his strokes
to upwards of forty-one thousand.
On the first day he executed about fif-
ty thousand strokes; on the second near
ly as many. But al length, after many
days, his hand became stiff and weary,
and without interrupting his progress
over the paper, it required the attend
ance of a friend to besprinkle it with
lotion calculated to invigorate it.
On the twenty-third day, the million
strokes, exceeded by some few thousands,
to make assurances doubly sure" were
accomplished and the piles of paper
that exhibit them, testify that to the
courageous heart, the willing hand and
the energetic mind, nothing is impossible.
The ofierer of the hundred pounds be-
lieved himself safe enough, but the gen.
tleman VINO did the work probably never
earned that sum ($500) with his pen in
the same time more easily.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
The Plague of Flies.

/ have not seen bedbug or flea in my
house for many years. Ifan army of them
were to be brought in, mercury would
speedily exterminate them but / think
cleanliness the best and perhaps the only
preventive. The common hOuse-fy | do
not mOlest, believing that it more than
cOmpensates for its trouble by clearing
the atmosphere Of effluvia and the ami
malcules which always arise from the
putrefaction of decaying substances dur
ing the warm weather. So also with the
birds, which are quite numerous here
during the summer; instead Of shooting
them, or setting up scarecrows to frigh-
ten them away, | threw out every pos
sible inducement for them to build their
nests in my fruit trees. The birds cap
ture a large share Of the insects in the
larval state, and thus the millers are pre-
vented from depositing eggs for a future
crop of worms. AS to the loss of fruit by
the birds, the latter are always sure to be
on hand in force in the season of ripe
fruit, whether they come early enough to
take worms or not. For the residue of
insects which infest my vegetable garden,
/ find that the laboratory of the chemist
furnishes material fatal to them all,
among which the white hcllebore and
cayenne pepper are of the most utility
the bug or worm which cannot find vege-
tatiOn unfavored with these articles will
seek its breakfast elsewhere. and leave
my garden unmolested. A few drops of
carbolic acid in pint of water will clean
house plants from lice in very short
time. If mosquitoes or other blood
suckers infest our sleeping rooms at
night, we uncork bottle of the oil of
penny-royal, and these insects leave in
great haste, and will not return so long
as the air in the room is loaded with the
fumes of that aromatic herb. IF rats in
fest the cellar, a little powdered potash
thrown into their holes or mixed with
meal scattered in their runways never
fails to drive them away. Cayenne pepper
will keep the buttery and storeroom free
from rats and cockroachcs.-Scientifc
american.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
Couldn't Fool Him.

A farmer in Illinois had a neighbor
across the Wabash in Indiana who was
keeping pauper on contract at his
house. In the hoeing season the Illinois
man sometimes borrowed his neighbor's
pauper to help him in the cornfeld.
Bill Turner had the pauper at work for
him, and rs none of the people in the
neighborhood had ever seen pauper,
they were very anxious to get peep at
him. Consequently some twenty of
them joined together one dcy, armed
with their guns and rifles, and went over
to Turner'S to see the strange creature.
They got cautiously over the fence, and
came up to where the two men were
working.
"Bill, said Silas Brown, their spokes-
man, we have ..eard that you've got n
pauper working for you, and we'd like TO
see il"
Bill thereupon pointed out the object
of their curiosity. The visitors walked
around the astonished pauper, and ST.
lently surveyed him from every point OF
view. At last Silas spoke.
"Look here, Bill Turner" said he,
you can't fool us !. that's a man."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
Is il Pleasant to do Nothing !

Inc common Italian phrase " dolce far
r;ente," (sweet doing-nothing,) is sure to
be us'd by summer writers enjoying
rural vacation and rest, and that is all
very well. Idlcness is "sweet" to those
who have toiled, and need it to recreate
them ; and they get The most enjoyment
out of it who are not idle people, bit
who take their few weeks "doing-noth-
ing" as grateful relief, But the
habitually lazy must have wretched
time. An old school-story from France
well illustrates the misery of total mac
ton:
NJ. Berryer, who was one Of the great
est French statesmen of the present
century, in his youth was very lazy. His
master had great trouble in making him
submit to school discipline. The under
masters quite despaired Of him, and
went one day to tell the head-master
that this boy would never do any thing,
and that they could not make any thing
of him. He cent for him into h IS study,
and said to him.
My boy, work is disagreeable to you,
and you think that happiness consists in
doing nothing. "Weil, come into my
study; you can look at me while am at
work {; that won't fatigue you, and you
will do nothing. But let us we'll under
stand each other-nothing of any kind,
remember"
The boy was delighted. The first hour
passed away to the great pleasure of the
scholar. He congratulated himlelf on
neither hsving to open his dictionary,
nor learn his rudiments by heart. At
the end OF an hour and half, howey r,
he had enjoyed the delights of fancy.
He put ouS his arm to take book. The
master stopr ed him at once.
You forget our agreement; you are
to do nothing. To read is to do some
thing. Enjoy the permission have Civ.
ell you; do nothing."
The Joy began to discover th"t the
pleasure of doing nothing soon became
monotonorq. Ee hazarded some ques-
tions; the master did not reply. Then,
when he had come to the end of the page
he was writing, he said,-
My boy each has his taste; you have
that of dong nothing. / have that OF
working. l do not trouble you, so do
not disturb me-"
Young Berrye- could scarcely help
saying that At would bo difficult for him
to find happiness much longer in such
patience. At the end of three hours the
master got up, and went to take walk
under the shade of the trees in the park.
AS soon as he came into the garden he
wished to leave his master and 60 with
his school-fellows, who were having a
merry game. The master held him by
the arm.
"You are not thinking of our agree.
ment. Playing is doing something. Re.
main by my side; we will walk up and
down this avenue, or you can sit down,
if you like better"
But the boy had had enough of doing
nothing. He was very willing to promise
to learn his lessons, in order to escape to
his playmates.-Methodist.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

BONES have been known to last in the
ground for forty years without losin,
their fertililizing effects.
THESE arc the days when one hear,
the phancy pharmer philosophizing ovel
his phosphates and phertilizers.
SHoRT-HoRNs are the best cows foi
butter. Feed hay, and three quarts q
day of ground wheat to each cow.
A FEMALE mule in Paris, Texas, has
emulated the example of her sister at
Paris, France, by giving birth to colt.
| GUANo is the accumulation of fossil
plants and animals, and not the deposit
of myriads ofsea birds, as has been stated.
LONDON market gardeners pay 5000 per
acre yearly for the land they cultivate,
and their average profits are $500 per
acre.
AT a recent sheep washing, near lie
Roy, big wether got the advantage of
the man who was washing him, and
drowned him.
FROM reports made at the recent con-
ventiOn of Michigan bee-keepers, it ap-
pears that fully onc-half of the colonies
in the State were destroyed by the severe
winter.
A HOG should never be fattened for
food without being fed on charcoal to
purify the meat. 1t is an assertion that
with plenty Of salt and charcoal hogs
would never be affected with cholera and
trichin@.
THE Prince of Wales has declared his
intention to subscribe hundred pounds
a year, for five years, to the fund for
procuring good, thoroughbred stations in
England. A number of noblemen and
gentlemen have made the like announce
me 1t.
AT Nelson, Va, few days ago, gen.
tleman who had lost several sheep by
dogs nut strychnine in large quantities
on one of the carcasses, and the next
morning found thirty one dead dogs in
the field, the farthest one not more than
one hundred yards from the dead sheep.
THERE is mammoth hennery near
Denver, Colorado, the population of
which is about two thousand, divided
closely into social cliques of Brahmas,
COchins, Shanghaes, and Dorkings, and
the products are eggs and spring chickens.
Forty dozen eggs are laid daily, Sundays
included.
THE need of appropriate text books for
instructions in various branches of agri-
cultural science is everywhere very keenly
felt. The Austrian Agricultural Minis
try has attempted very practical plan
for supplying this want, namely, by offer
ing rewards for authorship. Some ten
different text books for schools of various
grades are desired, and sums varying
from 900 to $500 forms are offered for
satisfactory manuscripts, the author being
allowed, in addition, whatever may be
received therefor from the publishers.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Ohio Farmer
thus writes: A good Southdown is
described as follows-The head small
and hornless; the face speckled or gray,
and neither too long nor too short; the
lips thin, and the space between the nose
and the eyes narrow the under jaw, or
chop, wide and thin; the ears tolerably
wide and well covered with wool, and
the forehead also, and the whole space be-
tween the ears well protected by it, as n
defense against the fly; eyes full and
bright; the legs neither too long nor too
short.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
The Captain Of the American Teams
Wins the Belfast Cup.

In the shooting for the cup, presented
by the Mayor and citizensof Belfast, Col.
Gildersleeve won over twenty-four oppo-
nents.
The contest for the Mayor and Citizens
Cup was held on a range on l. ord Duffer-
in's grounds the distance was one thou
sand yards. Each man was allowed five
shots, the highest possible score being
twenty. Several thousand persons wit
messed the shooting. All the members
of the American team and reserve took
part. The contest was exciting, especial
ly towards the close. The result was
doubtful up to the last shot.
The scores were announced as follows:
Gildersleeve, American, 10; Lee, of Bel
fast, 10; Fdlton, American, II; John
stOn, of Dublin, IS; Bruce, American,
II; McKenna, of Dublin, II; Wylie,
l6.
The tie between America and Ireland
was then shot off According to terms
agreed upon the men had three shots
apiece. The result was again q tie, Gil
dersleeve and Lees score Deing exactly
alike. Each made two bull's-eyes and
center, counting eleven. The excitement
rose to fever heat, as they began to shoot
off second tie. Both men were cheered
vOciferously.
The final result was victory for Gil
dersleeve, who made three bul's-eyes in
succession, scoring twelve. Lee made
ten. The victOriOusf .ercan was wild
ly applauded by the excited spectators.
In the course of the shooting for the
cup, Bodine, Dak'n and Coleman, of the
American team, made misses and were
obliged to retire in accordance with a
rule which requires the withdrawal of
any man who misses the target. A con-
siderable number of Irish competitors
also retired und,r the rules, including
Wilson, crack shot.
After the contest, the members of the
American Team and friends, accompanied
by the Mayor, Aldermen and other lead
ing citizens, made an excursion on Bel
fast Lough. The party were entertained
ut Claudeboyre, Lord Duiierin's country
residence, where Capt. Hamilton, brother
of Lady Dufierin, expressed his pleasure
in viewing the gentlemen of the Ameri-
can Team.
A banquet was given at the Town Hall
at night, in honor of the Americans
The Mayor occupied the chair. The
company numbered two hundred, and
included the first people of Belfast and
twenty officers of the British army.
Among the latter was Lord John Taylour,
Lieutenant Colonel of the Oath Foot.
The Mayor offered a toast to the army
and navy of the United States, and Gen.
Dakin responded. Col. Gildersleeve, Mr..
Mayors, Major Leech, and Col.
Fulton also replied to toasts.
The Mayor gave rs the final toast,
The next merry meeting" and, in his
closing remarks, alluded to the meeting
held in this very hal, to raise aid for the
people of Chicago after the great fire.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
Carried too Far.

Denver, Colorado, gives an instance OF
a joke being carried too far. 1t was per-
petrated years ago, but only lately came
TO light in public dress. After the Allan
tic cable had been established, a telegraph
operator at Denver sent the following
Dispatch
"To the Emperor Napoleon, Garden of
the Tuileries, Paris, France: Governor
Gilpin will not accede to the cession of
Italy to France. Please let Bohemia
alone"
The operator supposed it would make
some fun in the Omaha Office, and stop
there, as the station agent and
he had general understanding
in regard to each others jokes.
BY some hook or crook the dis
patch went on and dived under the ocean
and came up smiling in the Garden of
the Tuileries, in France. The manner
of its reception by Napoleon has been lost
TO history. All that is known, is, the
Emperor did not pay for it, and the
facetious operator was hunted up and was
obliged to pay bill of $iS7.50 in gold
for his little Joke. The operator was en-
tirely satisfied with the result of Sedan
Virginia city Enterprise.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22

BY HENRY GILMAN.

BY HENRY GILMAN.
The bluebird from the dropping ash
Echoes the runne's silvery splash,
And, robed in azure of the sky,
Makes heaven and earth an unity.
In meadows by the river brink
Flutes the agile bobOlnk;
And, hid by green leaves, under-over-
The golden-throated yieros hover.
From out the misty distance roll
The trumpets Of the oriole;
And, ceasing. gentle murmurs come,-
The insects faint, melodious hum,
The grooming bees half drowned in balm,
In clovered meadows long and calm;
And, fine and shrill, from sandy banks,
The crickets CHEEKY note Of thanks.
At the elm-tree's foot there fingers,
Pale as springs own pearly fingers,
The slender windilower, like a fairy
Rightly named, so light and airy -
And rises without speck or flaw,
The ivy-leaved hapatica.
All unconscious OF its grace,
The violet hides its modest face,
While, above, the columbine
And the 1.-the clematis twine.
Far beyond the laurel bushes,
Guarded by the spear-like rushes,
Flames the marigOld, light
That even seems torch at night.
There the lands lie low and meery,
Haunted by the clear voiced very
There, bewitched, stand and listen,
While the diamond sun-dews glisteD,
Deeper In the forest, where
Silence fills the puseless air,
And withered leaves, last years farewell,
SO thickly strew the ferny dell,
The lily, child OF promise, dwells,
As pure as heavens own asphodels.
This is pleasure This is peacel
From pain and care glad release.
Is it a mist that doth arise?
Or are they tears that dim my eyes,
Or is this half Paradise?
-louth'S Companion.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

NOTHING comes home so much to
man as an unsettled bill.
WHEN does man have to keep his
word? When no one will take it.
A BosToN beggar can solicit in fifteen
languages, but he can't say saw-horse in
one.
HABIT is a cable. We weave threads
of it every day, and at last we can not
break it.
ADVERTISING for wife is Just as alb
surd as it would be to get measured for
an umbrella.
A TOURIST who was asked in what part
of Switzerland he felt the heat the
most, replied, "When l was going TO
Berne."
OREGON had hanging the other day,
but it was only Chinaman, and he died
so easily that the crowd didn't enjoy
themselves.
THE old maid stood on the burning deck
Whence all the girls had fled,
Nor would she leave until convinced
That every man was dead.
Miss CLARA ROSE, of Philadelphia,
had seven thousand dollars expended on
her Latin, French and German educa-
ton, and then married man who has
to buy his butter half pound at q
time.
LOWELL Journal: To attempt to make
the world believe that Theodore TiltOn
is wore than penniless when human
hair is fetching eight dollars barrel, is
bid for sympathy that will not 60
down.
OUR ingress into life is naked and bare;
Our progress through life is trouble and care,
Our egress out of IL we lpow not where;
But doing well here, we shall do well there;
l could not tell more by preaching year.
A NEW YORK servant girl, out on the
harbor in boat, the other day, for the
purpose of committing suicide, saw a
red headed sailor, fell desperately in love
with him, and was married instead of
drowned.
DUTIES are ours, events are Gods;
this removes an infinite burden from the
shoulders of miserable, tempted, dying
creature. On this consideration only
can he securely lay down his head and
close his eyes. ."-CtcH.
CONTEMPTis not thing to be despised.
1t may be borne with a calm and tran
quill mind; but no man, by lifting his
head high, can pretend that he does not
perceive the scorns that are poured down
upon him from above.
PERSONS who are weary of saying,
"How doth the little busy bee, may try
the following Chinese version:
How Sic belly small chin-chn sting bug
Im-im-imp owe ebly Sixty minnit all time.
Go, pckee up sting bug juice all day,
ALI kin places 'loung' howes jest got busted.
MILWAUKEE News Racine society is
scandalized because handsome young
lady student at the high school was fer
uled on the hands, the other day, by the
principal but, pshaw that's nothing.
When we went to school they used to
take piece of clapboard, and they didn't
use it on the hands, either.
A MAN wearing nice "plug" hat was
arrested and lncarcerated in Providence
lookup, the other day, and was very
anxious that no one should know of his
disgrace. After his release he was OBJ
served about town with his nice hat on,
having upon it the tell-tale legend, "This
hat belongs to man i'm cell No. IT," The
officers had been very careful of his prop
erty, but had forgotten to remove the
label.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22

A GERMAN philosopher puts the mat
ter thus acutely: There are 1913 100000
human beings on this earth. As all liv-
ing animals are parasites feeding off each
other, just bring home the question to
yourself, reader, and reflect how many
feas, flies, worms, tadpoles, forget-me-
nots, and other two-legged and cent?
peded creatures are sticking closer to you
than brother! In the course of time
there must be an enl TO all this, as an
empty sack won't stand up.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22
A Change of Programme at Niagara.

The famous boulder in the middle of
the Niagara river channel, below the
main Goat Island bridge, lies about
thirty feet farther down the stream this
summer than last fall. During the
heavy flow Of ice the huge rock was
moved from its former TO its present
situation. Before the rock was barely
visible, lying just under ledge; now it
rests with very o,nspicuous portion of
its ragged surface above the rapids. A
new boulder was brought down the
river by the ice during the past winter,
and now lies, n very prominent object, a
few yards south of its more famous COM
paniOn.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-22

LoGANsPoRT Phoros: An enterpris-
ing merchant tailor in Logansport says
he makes conductors coats with two
pockets--outside pocket for the company
and inside pocket for the conductor. He
didn't make much money out of his busi-
ness until he hit upon the happy ex-
pedicnt Of sewing up the outside pocket.