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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
Foreign Substances in Eggs.

One of our English exchanges contains
the following: We frequently hear of
strangely formed eggs, large and small,
soft and hard, and possessing wonderful
peculiarities. But the Ayr advertiser
gives the most recent case of abnormal
construction, and not the least extraor-
dinary. A friend of the editor, on cut
ting off the top of hens egg while at
breakfast, found, it is said, a green pea
imbedded in its contents. Had it been
dinner" says our contemporary, "with
peas on the table we might have sup
posed it possible that one might have been
jerked into a soft egg. But this was break
fast, with no peas on the table, and the
pea was not only imbedded in the egg
and left its form in the hard white of it,
but, mirabile dictu, there were delicate
rootlets at the base, as if the incipient'
pea had actually proposed to grow inside
the she'll" Afraid of being accused of
writing a paragraph with Yankee flavor
about it, the matter is verified and
settled, because the writer says, "we have
the most implicit confidence in the
veracity of our informants, and what is
more, we have been shown. the. pea and
its tiny rootlets." We have seen peas
with tiny rootlets too, but we never
thought any of them grew in eggs. 1t
appeared unnecessary in the present in
stance to see the egg; the pea was
sufficiently convincing to the Scotch
editor. Naturalists," says he, eve
pause for an explanationW We confess
we are puzzled at the pea. Had his
friends found big gooseberry in the
egg, we might have thought it. .one of
the spontaneous products Of the "silly
season."
A few years since a similar instance
was recorded in these columns, and it
called out several very positive assertions
from our correspondents, that they too
had found various foreign substances in
hens eggs, which had been discovered
when broken, either before or after cook
ing. One lady found the head of an iron
bolt about quarter of an inch square in
an egg which she broke to make custard.
This bit of iron we now have in our
possession, and although we know from
cientifc point of view, no foreign sub
tance can possibly get into an egg with
out rupturing its shell, or the envelope
enclosing it before the shell is formed,
still we dislike to tell intelligent men and
women who have fonnd such things
within eggs, that they are mistaken. If
we ever find pea or iron bolt head in an
egg, we shall feel inclined to believe our
own eyes in the matter, science or no
science.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20

In teaching young horse to drive
we'll, do not hurry to see how fast he
will trot. Keep each pace clear and dis
tinct from the other; that is, in walking
make him walk, and do not allow him
to trot. While trotting, be equally
careful that he keeps steady at his pace,
and do not allow him TO slack. into a
walk. The reins, while driving, should
be kept snug; and when pushed TO the
top of his speed, keep him well In hand
that he may learn TO bear we'll upon the
bit. so that when going at high rate OF
speed he can be held at his pace but do
not allow him to pull too hard, for 1t Is
not only unpleasant, but 1t makes II
often difficult to manage him.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
Made a Mistake in His Man.

An insurance agent called into an
establishment on Main street the other
day, with large account book under
his arm, and walking up to, the proprie-
tor in business sort of way, inquired !;
elbows business-how's stockT "Oh,
business is very, very dull" replied the
tradesman. "Pon my word, sir, l
haven't got 5000 in the housei Terrible
dullW and he paused and looked inquir;,
ingly at his visitor. "Only $900p" said
the insurance man in surprise. "Pon
my soul, sir" repeated the dealer, Il
don't believe there's dollar more-look
for YOURSELF" and the man looked sad
and sighed. E"Then, sir" said the insur-
ance man, with good deal of warmth,
"how does it come that your stock Is In.
sured in our company for g. 500, chr
"Oh! ah! beg your pardonH exclaimed
the dealer, in great confusion: Il
thought you was the tax man! / was
sure you was the tax gatherer, or 'pon
NV soul I wouldn't a-said that, when, in
fact. my stock is worth fully 5000
look for yourself, sir!"-Dayton Demo-
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
WOman's Dress.

A Northern physician writes
A woman, accompanied by her hus-
band, came TO consult me on one of the
dreriest days last winter. Her teeth
chattered with the cold; and you will
not wonder when ! tell you she had on
gaiter. boots, thin stockings, loose, lignt
cotton drawers, two skirtsof flannel, a
long one of waterproof, another of white
cotton, an alpaca dressskirt and an over
skirt. This made seven thicknesses,
multiplied by plaits and folds, about the
abdomen. Each of these skirts are at
tached to double band; and thus the
torrid zone of the waist was encircled by
fourteen layers. All this weight and
pressure rested upon the hips and abdo-
men; and the results were-what they
must be, if this pressure has been long
continued-a displacement of all the ia
ternal organs; for you cannot displace
one, without in some way interfering
with another. Here was this woman,
with nerves as sensitive as an aspen-leaf
to external influences, clad so that every
breath of cold chilled her to the marrow,
the neck and shoulders protected by furs,
the hands and arms pinioned in muf,
the head weighed down by layers of false
hair, and the legs almost bare; while her
husband, the personi6cation Of all that
was vigorous in health, was en-
veloped, as he told me, from head to foot
in flannel. His every garment was SO
adjusted that it not only added to heat
generated by the body, but helped to re-
tain it. 1 question whether that hale,
hearty man would not have suffered
twinges of neuralgia or rheumatism, had
he been exposed, as his wife was, to the
severity of our atmospheric changes.
Even in summer these changes are sud-
den and severe; and then men are
usually clothed in woolen garments, only
trihe thinner and lighter than those
worn in winter; while women are often
decked in nothing but muslin, and are
chilled by sudden easter.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
if You did NOT marry birck, you would

be my wife,"
He had told the truth-Meenie had
promised that should she not wed Dirck,
che would marry Woefert, and the insult
offered by her expected husband being
late, gave an excuse. Dirck had not
been seen since noon, and struggling
Indian told the story that he had been
seen drinking at the ferry With the ferry
man, and had been to Breukelln.
He was to be at the mill at siin-
down." said schoeifen let us see if he
Is there"
They started toward the mill-Meenie,
the dominic and the rest. 1t was dark
and they unbarred the door and
went up stairs among the bags, but 10
sound was heard, and they were turning
away wien the tall arms of the wind
mill began to move, and the steady
clack Of the mill-stones told that the
machinery had been set in motion. The
face of Woefert Schoeffen grew pale even
in the moonlight, as he saw the arms j.
volve, and then he looked up toward
the loop-hole window in the roof. A
dark form was clinging to the narrow
sill, and its arms were reaching toward
the fans upon the wind mill, grasping at
them as they twined. 1t was white,
ghostly figure, and seemed dozen OF
feet high, in the strange light and the
shadows; and then the arms were again
extended, the figure took hold of the
network of the fan, and was swung high
above the roof of the mill, in mid-air,
while the women ttirncd their faces from
the sight and sobbed In fear.
"'Tis Dirck Wolfsen's ghost" cried
Meenie; "he has been murdered at the
ferry yW
But the figure had begun to descend
slowly, swaying in the moonlight till il
reached the ground, landing upon its
feet, and springing with cry upon Woe.
fert Schoeffen's throat.
Dirck WOlffsen held his rival in q
strong grasp, and bore him to the EARTH
almost at Meenie's feet. His face was
white with the -four and meal through
which he had climbed In escaping from
his prison room, and his eyes glared
fiercely as he held his rival down.
But there was no murder. Twenty
hands grasped the combatahts, and they
were separated. Meenie saw no ghost
but husband. and the strong arms o.
the windmill had given her lover {
chance to escape, and given to the anx
ious guests the only one who had beer
lacking at Dirck Wolfsen's wedding.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
Harper's Ferry Described.

The scenery of this region in the days
of Washington and jefferson has been
described by the latter, in a passage
often quoted from his "Notes on Vir-
ginia," written shortly before the death
Of Robert Harper in 1882, and present.
ing the view as it shows itself from
"Jefferson's Rock" on a Hill above the
village of Harper's Ferry. Says Jefer-
son: rt..,......, SD
"You stand on very high point of
land on your right comes up the Shen-
andoah, having ranged along the foot of
the mountain hundred miles to find a
vent; on your left approaches the Poto-
mac, in quest of a passage also. In the
moment of their junction they rush to-
gether against the mountain, rend it
asurider, and pass on 70 the sea; The
scene Is worth a voyage across the Attain
tic. Yet here are people who have
passed their lives within half dozen
miles, and have never been TO survey
these monuments Of a war between rivers
and mountains which must have shaken
the earth itself to its center"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20

GUsTAvE GUIsKy, butcher boy, aged
eighteen years, hanged himself in his
employers ice-house, in New York, a
few days ago. Guisky and his employer
were talking about the negroes who we're
hanged about fortnight ago, when the
latter said he would ike to experience
the sensation of being hung. He placed
rope over hook in the ice. house, and
putting his head in the moose his feet
slipped from under him and he was
choked to death. He was found by his
employer ten minutes after the converse
ton.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
s,uau,Ap instance of root. growth is

A SINGULAR instance Of root'growth il
reported from France. An elm-tree,
standing over Fontainebleau sandstone,
forced It's rootlets down 70 that they
perforated the rock, leaving In it a per-
feet impression Of their form. II is sup
posed that the cement which holds the
grains of the rock together was dissolved
BY carbonic acid given off by the roots Of
the elm.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
A Dengule SchOOlmaster.


Rama Rupa was a strict disciplinarian (;
he had by him constantly, besides his
crutch, thin but longish twig of bam-
boo which often rosounded, not only on
the palms of his pupils hands, but on
their heads and backs, and sometimes
also, with cruel ingenuity. he used to
strike their &nuckles, and their knee
joints and their ankles. You could
hardly pass by the door of the house dur
ing scliool-hOurs without hearing the
shOp-a shop, shop a-shOp of the bamboo
switch. But he had other ways of adj
ministeriDg discipline. One famous
mode of juvenile punishment was called
nddu Gopal-that is Gopa (thc god
Krishna) was sweetmeat in his hand.
This consisted in making boy sit on the
ground with one ley in kneeling pos
ture the two arms were then stretched,
and large brick was placed on each. In
this posture boy is expected to remain
still for several hours. Should either of
the bricks fall from the hand down comes
the bambOoswtch on the pate of the de-
linquent. We shall mention only one
other clause i'm Rama Rupa's penal code.
The juvenile offender was handcuffed
and his feet were tied by strings to the
trunk of a jack-tree; while the boy thus
stood handcufed and chained, the leaves
of a stinging plant called bichhuti { 7ra-
gia involucratd) were applied to different
parts of his body. Whoever had been
stung by wasp or hornet can have
some idea of the sensation produced by
the application of bicthuti to the skin.
The agony is intense. Perfectly helpless,
unable to run away, unable even TO-
stroke with his hand the part stuDg, the
boy can do nothing but shrek. In JUS
tice to the lame schoolmaster of Kan
chanpur, should here remark that the
above disciplinary process was not the
product of his own fertile brain; it is a
time-honored institution, which has been
handed down from generation to genera
ton of Bepgali village schoolmasters.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20

WEmust learn the homely laws Of fire
and water; we must feed, wash, plant,
build. These are the ends Of necessity,
and first in the order of nature. Poverty,
frost, famine and disease, debt, are the
beadies and guardsmen that hold us TO
common sense.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
Railways In China.

Our readers are aware that a Company
has been formed in London for the pur-
pose of introducing railways into China,
and that the first experimental line will
lie Between Shanghai and 'Wposung, a
distance of nine and a half miles, We
are now enabled to state that "a contract
has been entered into, between the Woo
sung road Company Oimited) and Mr..
John Divon, of London, for the construc-
ton of the line, and, that the materials
for the permanent way have already left
for Shanghai. The engineer OF the Com
pany went some time since, and will be on
the spot to commence operations rs soon
as these shipments arrive. 1t is sexpected
that the line will be completed and In
full working order by July, when the
novelty of seeing railway trains actually
running over the distance in few min
utes, may be considered certain to attract
large amount of Chinese passenger
traffic.
The line being avowedly experimental
is constructed on the narrow gauge Of
two feet six inches The funds at COM
mand would not admit of anything more.
1t is no doubt the case that this will be
found inadequate to the requirements OF
large traffic; but the first thing to be
done is to prove railways in China sue
cess, and if the enterprise of the company
is able to make this line paying concern
there can be little doubt that funds will
be forthcoming in this country to pro-
vide railway communication between the
more important centers of commerce in
China, when future extensions Of the
system can be equipped with every re-
quisite to carry the largest traffic in pas
sengers and merchandise that it would
be reasonable to expect for years to come.
We believe the promoters of this enter
prise will effect more real good in our re-
lations with China and the Chinese than
all the treaties and conventions we can
obtain.-London and China Telegraph
PEOPLE may rejoice that 80 large a
part of life lies out of the range OF poll
tics. We have our daily work and Its
fruits; we have our outdoor amusements
and our indoor diversions we have our
farms and country life, all independent
of the wrangle and contention ana scan
dal, and embitterment OF political par
tisansbip. The Indian summer, the
woodcock. the partridges, the quail, the
hickory nuts, the chestnuts, the gor-
geous forests and the falling leaves-the
rides. the drives, the walksAthese are
not the exclusive property of any party.
Ia Il not fortunate that so large part Of
human life lies outside the range Of pol
itics ~ -
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
suApows please us as stilI' fincr RHYMES.

SHADOWS please usas still finer rhymes
Architecture gives the like pleasure by
the repetition of equal parts in colon
made, In row of windows, or in wings;
gardens by the symmet ric contrasts Of
the beds and walks. In society you have
this figure in bridal company, where a
company of white-robed maldens gives
the charm of living statues in a funeral
procession, where all wear black; in a
regiment of soldiers in uniform.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
MINOR TOPICS.

The London Times, in an editorial on
ahe subject of the indignation meeting
held by Americans in Berlin, on account
of the comments of the German press on
the Bremerhaven dynamite explosion
horror, considers that Thomassen's
scheme to enrich himself by wholesale
and purposeless slaughter, is character
istic ofanything but an American origin.
The dispropordon between the means
employed and the end TO-. be attained is
considered a security against any repeti-
tion of such deed.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20

AMONG curious customs and supersti-
aions noted in an article in ,Black,cood on
the Legends and Folklore of North
Wales" there is one the singularity of
which is heightened by the statement
that it still survives in North and South
Wales and the border. At funeral, ga
hireling who lives by such services has
handed over to him.a loaf of bread, ma.
pie bowl full of beer and milk, and six.
pence, in consideration of which he takes
upon him all the sins of the defunct, and
Trees him or her from walking after
DEATH" The scape-goat is currently
called sin-eater."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20

REV. CHAR Es w. BAIRD, of Rye, N.
Y, is engaged in writing history Of the
Huguenot settlement In the United
States.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
WE CONE AND 60.


II you or tt.i Ffo
To-day should die,
The birds would sing as sweet Tomorrow;
The vernal spring, a..rs-ls.
Her flowers would bring,
And few would think Of us with sorrow.
Yes, he 10 dead,
Would then be said:
The corn would floss, the grass yield hay,
The cattle low,
And summer go,
And few would heed US passed away.
How soon We pass
How few, alas!
Remember those who turn TO mold!
Whose faces fade,
With autumn's shade,
Beneath the sodded church-yard cold
Yes. Il Is So a.- ....
We come, we go
They hail our birth, they mourn US dead
A day or more,
The winter Ger,
Another takes our place instead. ~
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20

A FRENCH connoisseur lately entered
Paris curiosity shop and saw beauti-
ful Dresden vase. Asking the price, he
was told forty pounds, "and," said the
dealer, If l had the pair they would be
worth tw, hundred pounds" M. A. Of
fered twenty pounds, and came several
days running to renew his proposal, but
in vain. One day man came to M. AS
apartments to show him some old china
plates, and induced him to visit his shop
in the Batignolles. To his surprise and
delight M. A. saw in an obscure corner
of the shop vase exactly similar TO the
coveted Dresden, and eagerly secured il
for forty-eight pounds, with the as.
surance that the pair If forthcoming,
would be worth four hundred pounds
M. A. rushed of TO the first dealer and
offered him his own price for the vase
"Ah, sir" said he, "you come too late
l sold it yesterday to dealer in the
Batignolles."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20

A PROGRESSIVE sand-wave, which
gradually overwhelms fields and villages
in its course, is described in the recent
reports of the great Trigonometrical Sur
vey of India. 1t consists of a group of
red sand-hills in the Tinnevelli district
of the province of Madras, in Southern
India. These sand-hillsare being gradu-
ally driven from w. N. w. to E. s. E.,
that being the direction of the prevailing
winds in the region where they are situ-
ated. A comparison between surveyors
marks fixed at various times since the
year 1908 shows that the whole mass of
hills is moving E. s. E. at the rate of
about fifty-one feet year. Efforts to
arrest the drift, by planting trees, grass
and creepers have as yet proved una
vailing.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20

The condition of the civilized Indians
in the Indian Territory seems to be very
anomalous. They are petitioning for the
establishment of a United States Court
in their midst. AT present offenders are
tried at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and par
ties interested often have to travel sew
eral hundred miles to attend a trial.
The various tribes in the Territory have
the status of independent nations. They
elect their chiefs, choose legislative bod
les, make treaties, follow their own GUS
toms, and are untrammeled by any terri
torial government. Now the question is,
why can not they organize their own
courtsf If the territorial government
which the more intelligent Indians desire
were in operation, United States Courts
would be a necessity, but at present it is
an absurdity to set one up in the midst
of independent nations.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20

WHAT piece of carpentry becomes q
gem as soon as 1t Is fnisheds Agate.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
An Amusing Incident.

Two ladies found themselves in laugh
able predicament says the Lexington,
(Ky.) Gazette. At the time they did not
enjoy the fun, for there was danger, too
but after it was all over, they Joined in
the laugh as heartily as anybody. They
were in a buggy going leisurely up the
hill from Water to Hill streets. Their
horse seemed quiet old animal and
both capable and willing TO take care of
his charge, but cautious masculinity, to
make assurance doubly sure, had pro-
vided a set of patent safety harness that
let's the horse 60 free whenever the driver
pulls a certain strap in easy reach. This,
in case the horse begins to kick, or be-
comes otherwise unmanagable. Well, the
ladies were nearly to the top Of the hill,
when one of them accidentally caught
her foot in the safety strap. Immediately
the horse walked out of harness, and the
buggy began movement in the opposite
direction. Slowly at first it went, but
the grade speeded the motion, and soon
lively ride was being had by those two
ladies without other motive than the at
traction of gravitation. The old horse
stopped, and for moment seemed to
ponder. Then attracted by the noise of
the receding vehicle, he slowly turned
around and, with surprise depicted in his
ancient eyes, watched his late attach
ment as it went with ever increasing
speed toward the bottom of the hill.
Meantime the ladies, what did they do
At first they caught their breath. Then
the increasing rapidity of their ride
prompted them to do something. So they
screamed. The situation was becoming
little dangerous, for so soon as the
buggy ran to one side tilt over was
more than probable, and so the ladies
screamed. Well, Paddy saved the Queen
from mud hOle-and negro boy re-
scued the ladies. With great presence
of mind he rushed forward, caught the
shafts, and slowly--by degrees-brought
the vehicle to stOp-the ladies to safety
on the ground. Then the horse, seeming
to feel that he was wanted, slowly walked
down the hill, turned around and was
hitched too. And they all went on theil
way rejoicing.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20

WHILE we have been favored with
semc extraordinary crops, and the re.
ports show that in all the really import.
ant crops we have been highly favored.
the farm products Of Great Britain show
a very general deficiency. The MARI
Lane Express, an authoritative journal
in its summary of the grain report Of
Great Britain, adopts gloomy tone
The brewing interest, a very important
trade in England, will be affected by the
inferiority Of the barley crop. The wheat
crop is not only deficient, but is reported
as inferior to average crops in every re-
spect. The deficiency is SO marked as to
create considerable distrust. Judging
from present indications, the United
States may be called upon to supply the
deficiencies experienced in England.