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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24
Extremes of Temperature In the United
States.
Providence Journal.l


The most intense heat reported during
the recent heated term was at New Paltz,
near Poughkeepsie, N. Y, where the
mercury recorded one hundred and
twelve degrees in the shade. There are
few portions of the globe where so ex-
treme temperature is ever felt. STAN
dard meteorological tables give list of
localities where a temperature of one
hundred degrees is sometimes exceeded.
They are the United States, Canada,
Central America, the West Indies,
Greece, Arabia, India, Afghanistan, Per-
sia, Egypt, Desert of Sahara, and Cape
Colony. But the northern part of the
United States exceeds all other localities
in the wide range of the thermometer.
II is not unusual in severe weather for
the mercury to fall fifteen degrees below
zero, and a much greater degree of cold
is often indicated. If we take fifteen
degrees below zero for the point of max
imum cold and one hundred and twelve
degrees above zero for the point of max
imum heat we have a thermometric
range of one hundred and twenty.seven
degrees. 1t is this vicissitude in the cli-
mate that makes 1t so trying for the en-
ergetic and industrious American race.
We are never prepared for these sudden
changes even the wisest weather prophet
can never predict them. 1t is not unu-
sual after heated term TO have sudden
fall in the mercury of twenty-five de-
grees; sometimes there will be fall of
twelve degrees in as many minutes with
the coming of fresh easterly breeze.
These are the fatal seasons to old persons,
invalids and small children, for the sys-
tenn is enervated by the heat and can
not recover from the shock.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24
The Depth OF Mining Shafts.
baltimore American. ]

Twenty years ago the deepest mining
shafts in the world reached only about
two thousand feet below the surface.
The very deepest, we believe, was
metalliferous mine in Hanover, which
had been carried down to the depth of
two thousand two hundred and ninety
feet. The deepest perpendicular shaft
to-day is the Adelbert shaft in silver
lead mine in Prizibram, in Bohemia,
which has reached depth of three
thousand two hundred and eighty feet.
The attainment of that depth was made
the occasion of three days festival, and
still further noticed by the striking off
of large number of commemorative
silver medals of the value of horin
each. There is no record of the begin
ming of work on this mine, although its
written history goes back to 1927. Quite
recently an elegant commemorative vol
ume has been written and printed, which
is most interesting to those that have a
taste for either the actualities or anti
quities of mining industry. There are
two other localities, however. where
greater depth has been reached than at
the Adelbert shaft, but not in a perPen-
dicular line. These are, 1. The Rock
salt bore hole, near Sperenberg, not far
from Berlin, which a few years ago had
been bored to depth of four thousand,
one hundred and seventy-five feet. 2.
The coal mine of Viviers Remus, in
Belgium, where the miners, by shaft
sinking, together with boring, have
reached a total depth of three thousand,
five hundred and forty two feet. Turn
from these two mines, no shaft in
unbroken perpendicular line has as yet
exceeded the depth of three thousand
two hundred and eighty feet. Although
the depths to which the shafts enumer-
ated have penetrated into the interior of
the earth in the art and practice of
mining may appear mighty, and may be
an expressive witness of the great progress
made in mining pursuits, yet, on the
other hand, the above results may be
considered insignifcantly small when we
compare them with the extent of the
earth's crust and the diameter of the
earth. The deepest borehole in the
world is the artesian spring at Pottsdam,
in Missouri, which reaches depth of
five thousand, FIVE hundred feet.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24
Worse Than Dyspepsia.
I0maha Herald. ]

A most remarkable case has been
brought to light in Council Bluffs by
the enterprise of the Globe man, in which
woman had live lizard taken from
her stomach after it had remained there
for nearly twelve years. About eight
years ago lady, at the time some forty
five years of age, emigrated from Penn
sylvania to Iowa, and settled in Council
Bluffs. She came for her health. For
several years she had been troubled with
what she supposed to be indigestion, and
nothing that she took nor the treatment
she received seemed to do any good or
alleviate her intense suffering. In fact,
she grew worse, pain and suffering in
creasing instead of diminishing.
Herph ysicians were unable to diagnose
the disease. Some pronounced it indi-
gestiOn, while others said it was tumor
or a cancer. Some treated her for one
thing and some for another, but there
was no change for the better-the patient
remained about the same, sometimes bet
ter and again worse, as the case might be.
Immense sums of money had been paid
out to a score or more of doctors, whose
eagerness to visit her as often as possible,
and get their pay with equal regularity,
seemed to outrun their zeal to cure their
patient. 1t was soft snap"-a linger-
ing patient and willing one to pay.
But the spell finally broke. After
twelve long weary years of suffering the
patient began to grow desperate, and the
Tatience with which she had borne the
treatment ceased to be virtue and she
resolved on a change of physicians. A
change was at once made, and what
followed may be told in few words
The lady described her case, her long
suffering, at times completely prostrating
her, and how she had been treated and
what for. The new man of little pills
seemed to take in the situation at once,
and without informing his patient what
he thought her troubles were, proceeded
at once to treat the case. The work was
short, and deliverance soon followed. 1t
was lizard-a long, black lizard, which
had been feeding and gnawing at the
poor woman's stomach for little more
than twelve years, eating what she ate,
and subsisting upon what she required to
give her health and strength. The lady
says she has no recollection of swallow
ing the dread and to be dreaded reptile,
but says her health began to fail about
twelve years ago, and she has suffered
more or less ever since. The lizard, as we
learn, was delivered alive, and is now
alive in bottle at the lady's house in
the western part of the city.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24

STOCKTON (California) Independent !:
The Pioneer Public School in Yosemite
Valley was organized by j. A. Chestnut
wood, July 6, 1875. The school was
formally opened and taught for week
under a large oak tree, about one mile
east from the Yosemite Falls. The
children were seated on PROSTATE log
and on boxes. A dry goods box was
used by the teacher for a blackboard, on
which he printed small words, there be-
ing no books in a class of seven beginners.
During the first week Mr.--Anderson,
a Scotchman by birth, was engaged in
building the school house, cloth struc-
ture, twelve by sixteen feet. The up
right posts were hewn by Mr.. Anderson
from fallen cedar. This is the gentle
man who subsequently was the first per-
son TO ascend South Dome, four thousand
nine hundred and ninety feet above the
valley, and there planted the starry flag
of his adopted country,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24

1T Is a lamentable fact that of the
thousands of different varieties of the
oranges and lemons, which reach our
markets or cultivated in different parts
of the world, comparatively few have
ever been described or given distinct
names. Florida oranges, Havana oranges,
names which really mean nothing, for
the fruit bearing them may have never
come from either of the localities named,
and if they had it would not convey any
idea of their qualities any more than
apples from Maine or New York would
indicate name or quality of this fruit.
The great want of southern pomology is
a good and thorough treatise on nomen-
clature, something after the style and
scope of the northern standard pomo-
logical works. Tropical fruits of all
kinds are in a sad state of confusion in
regard to names and no real and steady
progress can be assured until it is cleared
up by a master hand. The extreme
Southern States should take this matter
in hand and secure the services of some
man who is capable of giving to the
world an authoritative work on the sub
iect.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24
THE WORKOUT FONT OF TYPE.

I'm sitting by my desk, George;
Before me ON the floor
There lies worn-out foat Of type,
Full twenty thousand score.
And many months have passed, George,
Since they were bright and new,
And many are the tales they've told
The false, the strange, the true.
What tales of horror they have told,
OF tempest and Of wreck;
OF murder In the midnight hour,
OF war full many a Z" speck 70
OF ships that lost away at sea
Went down before the blast,
OF stiaed cries of agony
AS Lies last moments passed.
Of earthquakes and Of suicides,
VI failing crops Of cotton,
VI bank defaulters, broken banks,
And banking systems rotten.
Of boilers bursting, steamboats, snagged,
Of riots, duels fought,
OF robbers with their prey escaped,
OF thieves, their booty caught.
OF flood, and fire, and accident,
Those worn-out types have told,
And how the pestiience has swept
The youthful and the old
OF marriages, OF births and deaths,
or things to please or vex us,
OF one man jumping overheard,
Another gone TO Texas.
They've told us how sweet summer Gays
Have faded from our view,
How autumn's chilling winds have swept
The leaf-crewned forest through;
How winters snow hath come and gone
Dark reign OF storm and strife
And how the smiling spring hath warmed
The pale flowers back to life.
l can't pretend to mention half
My inky friends have told,
Since shining bright and beautiful
They issued from the mold
How unto some they joy have brought,
To others grief and tears;
Yet faithfully the record kept
OF fast receding years.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24
Child MilliOnaires.
New York letter.


The simultaneous death of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. T. Garner leaves three little
orphan girls to the tender mercies of
their guardians. These children are aged
respectively eight, five and three, and
undoubtedly the richest children Of ten
der age in the world. They are esti-
mated to be worth $4,000, 900 each, and
if their property is judiciously managed,
they will at their majority be worth
greater fortunes still. There is child
present'in a private clearinghouse with
her guardian at Saratoga who is the sole
heir to fortune of 81, 100000. She is
the only granddaughter of millionaire.
Her mother was also an only child, and
inherited the whole of her fathers estate.
The child's father was debarred by her
guardian from handling any portion of
the income belonging to his child, but
was allowed an income, SO that he could
travel in Europe and crafty his dissi-
pated habits without influencing his
child. Among the child.portraits at
Mora's on Broadway is that of boy
whose yearly income, now paid to his
guardian, is nearly 100000. His guar
dian is Bank President, man OF the
strictest integrity, who predicts that
when this boy (now ten years old) ar
rives at his majority his income will be
at least 800, 900 per annum.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24

A CoCKNEY at the Falls OF Niagara,
when asked how he liked them. replied:
"They are 'andsome, quite so but they
don't quite answer. my hexpectations
besides, I got thoroughly vetted, and
lost nv at. / prefer to look at 'em in
an hengraving, in 'ot weather, and in
the 'ouse."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24

THOSE who quit their proper character
TO assume what does not belong to them
are for the greater part, ignorant both oi
the character they leave and of the
character they assume.-Bwke.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24

HANNAH DAVIDSON, now guest at
the Summit House, Mt. Washington, is
one bundled and two years of age, and
lady companion with her is nearly
ninety.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24

The old postal rates on transient mat
ter are restored, and two ounces or less
can be sent for one cent.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24
MINOR TOPICS.

A LIVE specimen of the national bird,
a bald.headed American eagle, was
caught recently at Schenectady while at
tempting to gobble up young turkey.
A blanket was thrown over it as it at
tempted to rise with its prey, and it was
thus secured. This prize is Schenectady's
contribution to the Centennial Exhibi-
tion.
In 1870 the number of sets of cards
engaged in the production of woolen
fabrics in the United States was four
thousand one hundred and thirty-nine,
about twenty-five per cent. of which
number was then idle. To-day it is es-
timated that there are no less than seven
thousand sets for the manufacture of the
same class of goods, the same proportion
as above being unoccupied.
Nebraska advertiser., 1876-12-07
Extra Session Of the Legislature,

Governor CARRIER has been forced to
call an extra session of the Legisla-
ture of this State, In order to make
sure our electoral vote for President.
The facts are these: Section 81,
chapter 20, of the revised statutes pro-
vides that the votes cast for electors
Of the President sHf Vice President
shall be caTvassed in the same man
ner, and by the same officers as re-
quired by law In the case of electing a
representative in Congress and Sec
tion 19 of the came chapter provides
that the votes cast at any election for
member of Congress shall be canvass
ed by the Legislature in joint session.
After the passage Of this law by the
State Legislature. Congress passed an
act requiring the Presidential electors
in each State in the Union, to meet at
their respective capitols on the first
Wednesday In December, after the
election, and there cast their votes for
President and Vice President. The
elect Iral vote is to be canvassed by
the U. &. Senate in February.
Our Legislature not uFeeting regu-
larly until in January, the dilemma
occurs. At the Residential election
before this one, the vote of Nebraska
was canvassed by the State officers,
and was not q aessioned. On this oc-
casion the Democratic leaders In this
State-the great model reformers-the
sticklers for economy these hard
times. have put the State to several
thousand dollars extra expense by
forcing a call session of the Legisla-
ture.
The Democratic electors secured
from Judge Savage, of Omaha. the
only Democratic Judge in the State,
O writ OF injunction foTbidding Gov
ernor CARRIER and the State officers
canvassing the Presidential vote in
time for the electors elected TO cast
the vote of Nebraska as provided by
Congressional enactment. Hence the
extra session which convened on
Tuesday of this week.
Charge this little bill up to the
party that blows so loud about reform
and economy.
Nebraska advertiser., 1876-12-07

In this respect it is pre-eminently a
likeness Of the New Testament Divine
govefhinent. When John was in
prison for the truths sake, be seems
to have become impatient at the treat
ment shown him by Jesus whom he
had proclaimed the Christ. He seems
to have reasoned In this way: If this
be the Christ then merit his help. ]
am not helped, therefore l am in anx-
iety about His character. Hence he
sent two men to ask, Art thou he, or
shall We look for another?'' Jesus
answered: "GO show John again
these things which ye do hear and
see. The blind receive their sight,
and the lame walk the lepers are
cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead
are raised up and the poor have the
gospel preached to Them" Such was
the evidence offered in proof of His
mission and Divine nature. Charity
and helpfulness. Take this standard
and see how nearly our government
levels up to the New Testament meas
ure. In the State of Ohio was an un-
fortunate blind orphan. Homeless,
friendless, and helpless. The State
received her TO a mansion, clothed
and fed her, supplied teacher, gave
her an education in letters and some
of the fine arts and thus supplied her
with the elements of self-suppOrt.
A deaf and dumb man of New York
was taken by the State. taught Ian
guage peculiar to his wants and help
ed into usefulness. There was poor
widow whose son became ungovern-
able. The State took him to q coun-
try home, taught him habits of indus
try and obedience. then tenderly re-
turned him TO his mother with God
bless you" And there was a poor old
man. Wife and children gone. No
friends nor home. The State sent
carriage as God sent the angels for
LazeTus, and clothed him, gave him
a home, and when be died friendly
burial.
Fellow-citizens! you have a grand
government. You will now 60 to your
homes TO dine sumptuOusly. Eat
the meat. drink the sweet, and send
portion to them for whom nothing is
prepared"
Nebraska advertiser., 1876-12-07
The PIa,tsmoutb Herald has the


following OH the hopper question:
The Herald had the extreme pleas
ure of a long evening with Prof.
Aughey lately, and among many use
ful and interesting questions That came
up, the inevitable grasshopper got a
share. and the Herald is prepared To
answer q question or two that has
been prOpounded TO il lately, satisfac-
torily. and on undOubted authority.
A gentleman from Butler county
thought the Hopper Eggs had to freeze
or go through u process OF cold 10
hatch. This is not so, and Is settled
beyond dispute. When they germ
mate, the eggs swell. il they are bur
led deep. exposed to the weather, WEI
or cold, they die.
A Cass caunty man asks: II after
the young hoppers for formed so that
the outIines-the legs and wing gs-can
be seen If they do not then hav e 10 lie
I'm that state until spring anyway.
They do not: when segmentatlon
commences. the process goes on until
full blooded hopper appears. or it Is
checked and further vitality OF the
egg destroyed.
Prof. Aughey has experjmented with
hoppers for the last II years, putting
bodies of earth and eggs In various ex-
posures at vartons times, and keeping
some all winter. His statement on
this matter may he considered thor-
oughly reliable.
Nebraska advertiser., 1876-12-07

Newton Hillman. at Bloomington,
H., Sss tast week tried for the mur-
der of Frank Kesper, was found gull
ty of manslaughter and sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary.
In New York. Dec. 1st, Mrs. Mary
DoDnelly while interfering in a quar-
rel between two men was fatally shot.
Four conyicts recently escaped from
Blackwell Island.
Col. R. Brown, of Terre Bouef, La,
was shot and killed by negro one
day last week.
AtMount Vernon. Ohio, on Thanks
giving evening. during family quar-
rel. l.. NJ. Broker fatally stabbed his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Cunningham.
A negro named Crutcher was hang
ed at Shaker Ferry. KY, Nov. SOth,
by mob. 1t was charged that he at
tempted to rape a white woman.
Look out for 2O-oent pieces with
milled edges. They are counterfeit.
The genuine ones are smooth on the
edge Detective Tyrell says that a good
many are in circulation.
James Ryan, of PeterbOro, Ont,
convicted of wife-murder and sentenc-
ed to be hung on the 22d, had his SEN
fenced commuted to Imprisonment for
life on that day. Ryan's estate is val
ued at 81 200, 900.
Nebraska advertiser., 1876-12-07

One witness who testified before the
Louisiana board of canvassers, said
that about a week before the cleo
tIon q party of Democrats tied his
hands behind him, stripped his back
naked and lashed it till raw. He was
then left close 20 a hornet nest subject
TO the stings of the infuriated insects,
for an hour. On the day Of the cleo
tion he was compelled to vote for Til
den. and then to swear to an affidavit
that he was not intimidsted. This Is
only one instance of the hundreds
that occurred, which goes to show the
dtsbolism that reigned supreme In the
parish of East Feliclsna, where Hayes
received but one Uote and Tilden /, ,763.
At former elections the Republicans
have had majority. But it Is some
qualification to know that while Hayes
did not get the votes he was entitled
60, they will not be counted for Til
den; and those leading Democrats
who murdered and whipped negro
men and rsvished negro women in
the interest of TFLden and Reform will
fail to consummatei their designs,
and that their only reward will be
the reflection that they have served
the devil aud the Democratic party
for Daught.
Nebraska advertiser., 1876-12-07

The Omaha Herald endeavors TO
shield the Democratic party of this
State from the responsibility for the
expense of an extra session of the leg
isIature. He says among other things.
land the hell-hounds of infamy In
South Carolina. Florida and Louisi-
ana, are responsible for this special
session."
That's going a good way from home
for something.behind which to hide a
guilty head. Because. forsooth. IN
timidation down South fails to secure
electoral votes sufficient to seat the
rebels candidate, Tilden, they must
endeavor to steal the vote of Nebras-
ka, with 5000 majority for Hayes,
and "no questions asked
Nebraska advertiser., 1876-12-07

The Cincinnati Commercial, in clos
ing an article in regard to Eliza Pink
ston and the efforts of the Louisiana
Democracy to counteract or destroy
her testimony, says:
1t will take large amount Of Wig
orous swearing to clear the bloody
skirts Of these men, and convince the
people that she has falsely accused
them. There is unlimited capacity,
however among many OF this class for
perjury; and they have q political as
well as personal interest ia relieving
themselves and the parish of Ouachita
Of the odium of this revolving busi-
ness. It is nothing to Eliza Pinkston
whether Hayes or Tilden Is the next
President, or Republican or Dem
ocrst is the next Governor of Louisi-
ana she is not likely to live to see ell
ther event. But it is of first rate i'm
portance to the shotgun politicians
that the State should be counted for
the Democratic candidates, and if any
amount of false swearing is equal to
the necessity of showing that no In
timidation was employed to convert
the negroes to the Democratic faith.
and that there was free and fair cleo
tion In Ocachita Parish on the Tth of
November. it will be cheefully sup-
piled; but the man who after eonsid-
ering all the evidence of an organized
plan to intimidate the blacks, puts
faith in such testimony is not many
degrees removed from the simplicity
OF an idiot.
Nebraska advertiser., 1876-12-07

The Democratic papers will not
copy this from the New York Her
aid:
We hope the Democratic leaders
viii not encourage Gov. Grover, of
Oregon. In what we believe to be a
piece of small pettifogging. 1t is said
that, one of the Republican electors
being ineligible because he held the
office OF postmaster. the Governor now
means to give certificates to his DEM
ocratic opponent. This Is nonsense
The people of Oregon gave RepubIi-
can majority; clearly they meant to
choose the body of Republican cleo
tors.
Frauds and techn icalitiee are very
different. The popular will of Ore
gon nor any other State should be
overborne and set aside on technical
grounds alone, nor will 1t be. But
frauds. wherever discovered, should
be exposed. and fraudulent votes or
votes obtained through force, intimi-
dation and terrorism, wherever con-
elusive factsappear showing bearing
on such cases should be excluded from
official returns and will be we believe.
The people generally do not want a
President who has TO be counted in
through either tecbnicalities, fraudu-
lent votes, or votes obtained by force.
We certainly do not want such a
President.
The feeling of the New York Her.
aid as expressed in the above quota
ton is worthy of attention from the
fact of its vast influence among the
Democracy.