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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07
Detroit Free Press Currency.

THEY have introduced drawing in
the public schools of Jersey City. The
teacher draws the boys around by the
hair.
A SANDUsKY man boxed his wife's
ears for picking her teeth at hotel table
in. Columbus 1t was case of absent
mindedness-she thought she was in San
dusky.
AN Indiana woman thanks her stars
that there will be no getting up before
daylight in Heaven, and converting two
gallons of buckwheat batter into buck
wheat cakes.
A CHICAGO man owns dog which
knows when Sunday comes. He knows
it because on that day his master always
gets down his fishpole, and leaves the
house by the back door.
THE Duluth woman who put the
kerosene can on the stove-hexrth while
she went out to trade with peddler, is
now keeping house in barn, kindly
loaned for the occasion.
OMAHA boys prepare explosive cart
ridges, bed them into a piece of meat
and toss the meat to some ones dog.
That dog I'll be humping along, thinking
of nothing in particular, when all of a
sudden he is blown into coffee grounds.
A NEAR-sIGHTED man was riding in a
Woodward avenue car the other day,
when lady opposite bowed to him.
He returned the bow, raised his hat,
smiled sweetly, and was just wondering
who she was, when she came over and
whispered in his ear: ooh! I'll fix you
for this, old manp Then he knew it
was his wife.
A DRAYMAN yesterday unloaded a
barrel of -four on the front step of house
on Grand River avenue, and the woman
of the house went out to roll it in. The
barrel was about an inch longer than the
width of the doorway, and the woman
found this out after awhile. Then how
TO get that barrel in she did net know
Two neighbor women came over and the
woman's daughter came out, and it was
finally decided that the barrel would
have to be unheaded on the steps and
the flour taken out. 1t was very seri
Gus affair with them, until youth OF
twelve came along and took in The situa
ton. They told him that the barrel was
too long, and when he whirled it around
stood it on end and bounced it into the
hall, the four women held up their hand,
and murmured$ "La! now!"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07
A Strange Trick.

The Providence, Rhode Island Journal
tells the following story. Can it be true
In certain town in Rhode Island the
parents of two children, boy and girl,
died. A meeting of the local authorities
was held to decide upon some action that
would relieve the town of the expense of
supporting the children. The. matter was
discussed freely, and at an adjourned
meeting held at private residence, the
children were required to be present.
The boy was told to go into an adjoining
room, where he would find man asleep.
in certain pocket of whose clothing was
five cent piece, which he was to bring
to the committee. The boy obeyed the
order. The girl was sent to another room
where woman was sleeping, from whose
pocket piece of money or scrip was to
be taken. She also obeyed the in
structions given her, and the children
were afterward arrested upon a charge of
petty larceny, tried, found guilty, and
sentenced to the State Reformatory
School during their minority.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07
Useful Information.

WHOEVER will try alum and honey, a
small portion of each, will never suffer
much from hOarseness.
The best labels for plants and trees
are made by writing with a lead pencil
on a slip of zinc and attaching this to
the tree with copper wire.
CAMPHoRATED water, stepped in a
cloth saturated with the liquid, will
force termination in seeds, the vitality
of which is almost extinct.
YOUNG cattle ought not to be exposed
to cold rains. Bring them in early from
the pastures, and give them good mess
of bran and meal, with hay and stalks.
DON'T sit still and croak about the
hard winter that's coming. Husband
your resources and systematic your
charities, and it may not prove so hard
after all.
THE Southern Medical Record says that
castor oil applied to the corn, after par
ing closely, each night before going to
bed, softens the corn, and it becomes as
the other flesh.
THE best time to mulch strawberry
beds is just after the ground is frozen.
Place the litter three or four inches deep
between the rows, and one inch over the
crowns of the plants.
MANY housekeepers Danish palatable
and nutritious dishes from the CUISINE
because of the unpleasant odors arising
thercfrom during the process of cooking.
This objection may be overcome by put
ting small piece eff red pepper, the size
of wafer, into the meat or vegetables
when they first begin to boil.
For furniture polish, make mixture
of three parts of linseed oil and one part
spirits of turpentine. 1t not only covers
the disfgured surface, but restores wood
to its original color, and leaves luster
upon the surface. Put on with wooden
cloth and ruh with wooIen
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

THE huge, drastic, gripping, Sickening pills,
constructed of crude, coarse and bulky in
gradients, are fast being superseded by DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or Sugar
Coated, Concentrated Root and Herbal
Juice, Anti-Bilious Granules-the "Little
Giant" Cathartic or Muuum in Pdrvo Physic.
Modern Chemical Science enables DIR. Pierce
to extract from the juices of the most valu-
able roots and herbs their active medicinal
principles, which, when worked into little
Pellets or Granules, scarcely larger than mus
tard seed, renders each little Pellet as active
and powerful as a large pill, while they are
much more palatable and pleasant in effect.
DIR. IRA A. THAYER, of Bloomsbury, Ohio,
writes: "Iregard your Pellets as the best
remedy for the conditions for which you pre-
scribe them of anything have ever used, so
mild and certain in effect, and leaving the
bowels in an excellent condition. II seems
to me they must take the place of all other
cathartic pills and medicines"
LYON Il MACoMBER, druggists, Vermillion,
ID. T., say: ave think they are going TO
sell like hot cakes as soon as people get ac-
quainted with them and will spoil the pill
trade, as those that have used them like them
much better than large pills"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07
America Lights the World.
The Titusville Herald gives the follow

The Titusville Herald gives the follow
ing statistics of interest:
While the oil region is suffering from
an unusual depression, it may bes some
consolation to know that the heaviest
item of American manufacture exported
is that of our refined petroleum. 1t foots
up to the enormous sum of $37 ZOO, 900
annually. No other manufactured arti-
Gle even approximates this value, the
next highest being lard, which is put
down at 500, 600, 900 of exported value.
For the year ending June 80, 1874, the
export of refined oils was 27l,000I000
gallons, of an aggregate value of $37, :
SCI ,513, and the residuum and crude
exported in the same year swelled the
amount to about $41 ,000,0 900.
cit would be reasonable to suppose that
the home consumption of so useful an
article would be equal to if not exceed
the amount exported. This, however, is
far from being the case. The consump-
ton of refined oil in this country is not
nearly what it is in Europe. Our trans
Atlantic consumers pay more for the ar
ticle and use four times the quantity.
All the best contrivances for burning
hcIoSChc III lamps nave DccH luNcIIeu III
this country, and the mode of procuring
brilliant and unsurpassed light has
been reduced to the most perfect econo-
my and simplicity, and yet foreign coun-
tries have adopted our invention and
our oil to very much greater extent
than we have ourselves. The cause OF
this is simply that legislation in foreign
countries has done there what legislation
in this country has failed to do here, and
perfectly safe article has been secured
to our foreign consumers, while we have
been flooded with unsafe oil.
cover sixty different nations, includ
ing Japan, now burn our refined oil, and
the extremely small price has given such
an impetus to its adoption as an illumi
nator all over the world, that it must
prove highly beneficial to the producing
interest in future years. Germany, il
1873, consumed so, 1878 gallons, at .
cost of 81 ,469, Isl; Belgium, 26,6l6,55t
gallons, costing 1922, 40S; England
100000 worth, and Ireland abou
81, 34l ,565 worth.
"The trade in all kinds of fixtures 70
burning kerosene was never more brisl
than Just now, indicating steady in
crease of consumption both here ant
abroad"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07
A Child Becomes Blind in an Hour

Frank, son of John Mcdonnell, re-
siding on the east side of First street,
below Monroe, who is about fourteen
years of age, went to bed the other night
in apparently good health. In about an
hour he called his father, and told him
he could not see. The parents sent for
Cooper. The next morning the lad was
no better, but during the afternoon he
was able to see for short time, but has
since been blind. His condition is really
pitiful. Saturday morning he was sit
ting up in bed, and every few minutes a
short, sharp spasm would seize him. He
needs constant watching, for fear he will
harm himself, He puts his fingers in his
mouth, and attempted to bite them off,
His hands have been bandaged to pre-
vent him injuring himself. DR.. w. S.
Cooper says the case is a most singular
One-TrOU Times
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07
Minnie Hogle-Death Of the LillIputian
Queen.

No visitor at Barnum's HippOdrOme,
during the run of the Congress of Ma
tions," failed to notice and admire the
beautiful, smiling little four-year-old,
who occupied the post of honor in front
of the lilliputian chariot. This was
Minnie Hogle, the pet of the company,
and daughter of w. +. Hogle, a promi-
nent attache. Minnie died suddenly two
days ago, and her associates mourn her
as their own. For child Minnie had
quite record.
She is the youngest person, so far as is
known, that ever made balloon ascen-
sion in this or any other country. In
October last. when the Hippodrome was
in Cincinnati, Professor Donaldson and
Press Agent Thomas, with five lady pas
sengers, made an ascension in violent
rain storm. Just before leaving the
earth, Minnie expressed desire to 60,
and her father consenting, she was passed
up to the Professor, who was standing
upon the concentrating ring twelve feet
above the basket. AS the great air ship
moved off the child in the Professors
arms kissed her hand to the cheering
crowd, and merrily shouted "good bye"
with the rest. Immediately the rain
came down in torrents, but this only
seemed to increase her happiness, and
her ringing laugh was heard long after
all other voices had faded away in the
distance.
At an immense elevation Professor
Donaldson was seen to lie down, take
Minnie by the wrists and pass her down
over the edge of the ring to Mr.. Thomas
below, who could just reach her feet by
standing upon the edge of the basket
In this manner the brave little child was
taken into the basket with the ladies,
who, in some measure, could protect her
from the storm. With the pelting rain,
the rapidly drifting clouds and the dark,
musky sky for background, the Incl
dent doubtless did look dangerous to the
10000 spectators below, many of whom
were disposed to censure the Professor un-
til he explained afterwards that it was
perfectly safe, however hazardous it may
have appeared in distance. Little Min
ME was the heroine of the day, and the
lavish "notices" were carefully laid over
for her to read in the future when she
should have grown old enough to under
stand them.-N. Y. Mail.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07
slow oven, on which much of the success
of the pudding depends.

Oh inc puuulng depends.
PUMPKIN PE.-Peel and prepare the
pumpkin as you would vegetable mar
row. boil enough of it, with little salt
in the water, to make a quart Of pulp;
mash and put it through sieve, and to
quart of pumpkin add quart OF milk
two cups Of sugar, two tablespoonsfnl of
rose-water, one of ginger, halfa nutmeg,
the grated rind of one lemon, and four
eggs. The ginger may be omitted if not
liked. To be baked in deep pie-plates,
lined with puff paste.
ENGLISH BREAKFAST RoLLs.-Roll a
quarter of pound of butter into, a
pound of flour; then add a tablespoon
full of good yeast, and break in one egg.
Mix it with little warm milk poured
into the middle of the -four; stir all we'll
together, and set it by the fire to rise;
then make it into light dough, and again
set by the fire. Make up the rolls, lay
them on a tin, and set them in front of
the fire before you put them into the
oven. and brush them over with egg. +
WORTH REMEMBERING.-A lady cor
respondent of the Country Gentleman
says: In cooking oatmeal, hominy,
wheaton grits, cracked wheat, or any of
these nice breakfast dishes, cook it in a
covered tin dish set in kettle of boiling
water; in this manner, there is no danger
of scorching. Cornstarch pudding, sea-
moss, farina, and all other articles mixed
with milk, can be cooked in the same
way.
In roasting poultry, one thickness Of
writing or nice brown wrapping paper,
tied round the wings and drumsticks,
will keep them from being baked to a
crisp and spoiled.
RYE AND INDIAN LoAF.--Scald three
pints of very coarse corn-meal Gas coarse
as that ground for horse feed) with three
pints of boiling water. Add one gill OF
molasses and three pints of rye meal
frye Graham); mix all together very
thoroughly, and make into loaves three
or four inches thick. Set on the stove
where it will simmer up and not burn,
and let it stand until it rises enough to
crack all over the surface. Then put into
moderate oven and bake three hours,
or bake two hours and steam two hours
or put into pretty good oven, with a
declining fire, at night, and have it ready
for breakfast the next morning. Serve
warm or cold better warm.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

No UNCERTAIN SoUND.--When man
discovers great truth, it is his duty to
proclaim it to his fellow man. The use
Of DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs
can not be too strongly recommended to
the invalid public. To those who have
tried it, netting need be said-their ex-
perience is their proof pure and positive
as Holy Writ. To those who have not
tried it, these truths can not be too often
repeated. 1t is certain vegetable spe-
cifc, which aids faltering nature against
the triumphs of dyspepsia, bilious disor-
ders of every kind, malarious fevers, con-
stipation of the bowels, liver complaint.
Spring and Fall debility, etc., etc. 1t
costs but little, and can always be at
hand. 1t is the poor mans friend. 1t
saves doctors bill, and the time lost in
riding five, ten, or twenty miles after
him besides being free from all the poi
sonous medicamentso of the pharmacopeia.
1t will not stimulate you to-day to leave
you weaker tomorrow. Its benefits are
permanent. l6
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

THERE is, probably, no way in which we
can benefit our readers more than by recon-
mending to them for general use Johnson's
Anody,,e Liniment. II is adapted to almost
all the purposes of Family Medicine /; and
as specific for coughs, colds, whooping
cough, soreness Of the chest, lame stomach,
rheumatism, spittingof blood, and all lung
difficulties, IL has no equal that ever we saw
or heard Of.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

THE propriety Of giving condition medi-
cine to horses, cattle and sheep, was dis
cussed and admitted by many Of the Agri-
cultural Societies throughout the State last
Fall, and we believe that In every case but
one they decided in favor Of &eriddn's
Cdruiry Condition Po,cders. Good judy
ment,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

THIS is indeed the age of perfect hotels
The Sherman House, at Chicago, has a
fre-alarm connecting every room with
the main Office, has none but brick parti
ton walls, has Paris floors, with cement
between all joists, and, in short, is abso-
lutely fre-proof. Notwithstanding all
these advantages, its rates have recent ly
been largely reduced.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

NICELY CURED clever, cut short, and
mixed with corn-meal and cooked, Is one
Of the best kinds Of winter food for pigs.
On this, when in warm pen, they gain
about as fast as upon meal and clover in
the summer,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07
The Chances OF Matrimony.

M. Finlaison, an eminent French sci
enlist, few years ago prepared the fol-
lowing table, which fixes the age of hope
less old-maidism. OF one thousand mar
ried women, taken without selection, it
was found that the number married at
each age as below:
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

SEA FOAM BAKING PowDER.-In another
column will be found the card of the old and
reliable house of GEO. f, CAN'T & Co., who
have won an enviable and solid reputation
as the inventors and preprietors of the
best Baking Powder in the world" All
through the Eastern States ii is universally
used, and countless praises are daily received
from dealer and consumer. Those who have
used it will have no other, and those who
have not have yet to learn the delights to be
derived from sweet pure bread.-Americdn
Newspaper Reporter.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

This is a most valuable table, and
has only lately been published in this
country.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

If our readers want to learn how to obtain
the best illustrated paper published, with its
elegant premium) for whole year free let
them write to the Critic Co., Gallatin, Tenn.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

THERE is one father in New Hampshire
who can send twelve children to school
and have enough left at home to help do
the homework.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

RECENTLY Senator Stewart rode on
horseback from San Francisco to Pana-
mint, California---one hundred and
seventy miles-in forty-eight hours,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07


CHEAP MoLAssEs Recommendations
tablespoonful lard, one cupful good mo-
lasses, one cupful boiling water, one tea
spoonful ginger, one of soda, salt and
-four. This is very. nice breakfast or
tea cake, eaten hot with butter.
BEST DIET FOR CHILDREN.-At the
recent Medical Congress held at Mar
settles, the majority of the doctors pres
ent agreed that the best possible diet for
children was oatmeal porridge and sweet
milk.
CoLDsJAw.--Yolks of two eggs;
tablespoonful of cream; small teaspoon
: full of mustard; little salt; two table
spoonsful of vinegar. If cream is not
used, put in small lump of butter
rubbed in little -four. Cut the cab
bage very fine; heat the mixture, and
pour it on hot.
HARD TINES PLUM PUDDING.-Quart-
err of pound of finely chopped suet, the
same Of grated bread crumbs, currants,
raisins, and -four. Add two tablespoons
full of molasses and half pint of milk;
all of which must be well mixed togeth-
er, and boiled in a mould for three and
a half hours. Serve with sauce.
RICE PUDDING WITHOUT EGGs.-Put
into well buttered dish one quarter Of
a pound best Carolina rice simply
washed, pour on it three pints Of cold
milk, sweeten and flavor TO taste; put a
little butter and nutmeg on the top to
brown; bake two hours and half In =
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

The Closest Observer cannot detect DR..
TUFTS Hair Dye. Its effect Is perfectly natural.
Leaves no ridiculous tints.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-07

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Most approved, reliable and well known remedy for
Coughs, Colds and Consumption. Get The Genuine.
Price, 81 small. SOC. CUTLER BROS. Il co. Boston
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-06-25
A Theory Of spirituaIi.n,.

1t Is the study of the different kinds Of
nervous influence, elaborated in the differ
ent centres, that offers a practical explana-
ton of the several groups of phenomen ena
associated with Spiritualism, and leads to
the inevitable conclusion that the vital
centers are principally instrumental in Ia
ble-tipping, rappings, levitation of bodies,
materializing, and so on, while morbid
function of the anterior cnnvolutions is re-
sponsible for tho apparently visual pbe-
nomena of the deeper orders of trance.
That the nervous influence elaborated in
the vital centers is formative, facts demon
strate beyond doubt. If cut off the leg
OF a newt, it will be regenerated under or
dinary circumstances-that Is 10 say, an-
other leg will grow in its place. So with
many of The lizard tribe. But If, after
cutting off leg, extirpate all traces Of
nervous structure In the stump, that nerv-
GUS structure must be regenerated before
the structural influence of the vital center
can exhibit itselfin the production OF new
limb. There are other very decisive evil
dences, both experimental and observa-
tional, as to the formative energy of nerv-
Gus influence; and the student of the phe-
nomena of nerve-aura must, consequently,
in analyzing them, dismiss from his mind
the ordinary theories of electricity and
magnetism, and their ordinary laws of ac-
tion, and consider himself in the presence
of an agent possessing extraordinary prap-
critics. claim, therefore, that morbid
function Of the gray tissue of the cerebro-
spinal axis offers an ample explanation Of
all the phenomena associated with Spiritu-
alisG', whether psychic or dynamic, and
that there is no more occasion for attribu-
ting the phenomena to the Intervention Of
departed spirits, than there is for s2Prposlng
that departed spirits cause the sun TO shine.
r. G. Fairfield; Scri6ner for July.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-06-25
NO. 26.

moral view out Of the question, there
are physical reasons which should forbid
the use of the sewing g-machine to any but
adult women. Even to them IT is doubt
ful whether II has as yet proved more of a
curse than a blessing. On an average,
quite as much time is now devoted in a
family 10 the more elaborate garments
which its use has brought into fashion, as
formerly was given TO the needle and the
appalling increase of debility and certain
diseases among women, is proved to be
largely due TO its use. 1t will be of real
benefit only when garments can be made
by II with steam power, of quality and fin
ish which will supersede its use in the
family altogether. Until then, this "be-
nignant domestic fairy" as 1t is POLITICALLY
called, Is one TO be handled with caution
1t has, too, its malignant errand. At least,
let young girls keep clear Of 1t; and give
their leisure time to higher studies than
the mysteries of stylish costumes, and they
will not long remain Ignorant OF the bad
taste shown in heaplng shirrs and frills on
their delicate young bodies, or in the "un-
seemly behavior" which no gaudy cos
tunes can excuse. Home and Society !"
Scribner for July.