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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
Remarkably Simple Prescription.

The following is Siamese remedy for
fever, quoted by the Revue Mlustree des
Deur Mondes as prescribed for an
European resident by Bangkok doctor:
"Take small pieces of rhinoceros horn
and elephants tusks, the teeth of tigers,
crocodiles and bears, three portions of
the bones of vultures, geese and ravens a
fragment of stag. and bison's horn, and
a minute piece of sandal-wood; reduce
the whole to powder, and mix it with
cold water on a stone. Half the portion
is to be swallowed by the patient, and
the rest is to be rubbed over his body"
Notwithstanding such prescriptions as
this, the medical profession in Siam
seems to be poorly paid. A written
agreement is made with the doctor before
he undertakes case, and he cannot at
any time claim more than four shillings
for the cost of his medicines. The agree
ment signed, the doctor burns candle
at the shrine of the "Genius OF Medi-
cine," and begins to treat his case. If the
patient gets better, the doctor continues
his visit till the cure is complete; but i
the sufferer grows worse and recovery II
hopeless, the doctor resigns his charge,
and goes on his way unpaid.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
A Novel Invention.

The various scientific papers, few
weeks since, noticed an invention in
telegraphy by means of which letters,
checks, drafts and all other manner of
correspondence can be transmitted in
fac simile over the wires FROM one end
of the country to another with marvel
Gus dispatch. The invention was per-
fected by Captain Burd, q Boston
man, now living in Chicago, who was an
old friend and army comrade of DIR. w.
Fletcher, of this city. Captain Burd has
been many years experimenting and
bringing his theories into practical use,
and day or two ago the Doctor received
from his friend few specimens of the
work actually performed, which are GER
tainly curiosities. Among the specimens
are several letters, diagram sketches and
landscape, all reproduced in style
perfectly true to the originals. The
messages are received on prepared paper,
which is spread upon o bed of metal
points arranged upon a plate, and pre-
senting an appearance not dissimilar TO
mammoth brush, to suggest a smile
that will be understood by all classes OF
our readers. These points prick the
message through the surface of the
paper, the electric currents conveying an
exact image of the original at the other
end of the line. The invention is
destined to revolutionize the entire sys-
tenn of telegraphy If half what the in.
vcntor claims for IL be true, and by its
introduction the problem of postal tel.
egraphy will be solved.-Ind. journal.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
A Gigantic Sham.

Puncture the Chinese empire by any
foreign power and it would be found to
be a gigantic sham. The population of
the cities, as enumerated by Marco Polo,
has given an exaggerated opinion of the
population. Peking, stated at eleven
millions, does not contain more than
seven or eight hundred thousand, and
Marking, stated at the same fabulous
population, does not contain at presents
population of more than two hundred
thousand while as to the population of
the entire empire, no actual census has
been taken for more than eleven centu-
ries, and no reliable basis exists for
making an estimate of the population.
The opinion of the wealth Of China is
equally exaggerated, for in what does
this wealth consist? In the agricultural
regions the improvements are OF ali
economical character; there are no
fences, and the faim-hOuses, are a mere
trumpery collection of mud and straw.
There are no great. manufactures requir-
ing the investment of capital; the mines
are not worked TO any considerable ex-
tent; there are no railways, but few
shipping companies, and no foreign ship
ping interest. The houses in the cities
are very fragile constructions; the boats
upon the rivers and canals are of mex
pensive material and rude finish; the
carts and wagons for transportation are
of the rudest workmanship, and there is
not road in China ten miles long over
which a spring vehicle can pass in safety.
In what, then, does this imagined wealth
really consist? The masses of the peo-
pie are miserably poor, and the struggle
to maintain life is so great that it ceases
to be a boon. AS the Chinese prepare
their defenses with painted curtain
screening dummy soldiers and wooden
guns, which become ludicrous when ex-
posed, so, we imagine, if the curtain
were raised from the interior of China,
and the poverty of its resources ex-
hibited, the fabulous Cathay would be
found to be sham.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
Duel by Snakes.

The Home and School Journal says: The
rattlesnakes of our own country have a
dangerous enemy in the common black
snake. .In one of these duels, which are
both spirited and deadly, an eyewitness,
William Kincaid Davis, of South Caro-
lima, says the rattler was compelled TO
commit unintentional suicide in mo-
ment Of temporary insanity. When first
discovered the rattlesnake was coiled
with head erect and ready to spring.
The black snake circled around him re-
peatedly, being careful never to approach
near enough to be reached by the fangs
of the rattler, who, turning his head
TO watch his antagonist as he circlcd
round, became dizzy and crazed, and
finally struck blindly and Strengthened
himself his whole length. The black
snake now ran across the straightenened
form of the other, who feeling the con-
tact struck, missing his foe, but biting
his own body, died Of the venom from
his own fangs.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
NUMBER 81.
The SpOgglesville Sensation.

Spogglesville has genuine sensation
at last, or rather, she had one. 1t has
somewhat subsided of late. Circumstan-
ces did not warrant her people in keep.
ing it alive any longer; but it was good
while it lasted. 1t was nothing less than
an elopement. Mr.. Dodkins, a prom
inent citizen of the place, feigning bust
ness to the county seat, took with him
Miss Harton, who pretended to be going
on a visit. Mr.. Dodkins was expected
to return before night; but night came
and Mr.. Dodkins didn't. Morning came,
and still Mr.. Dodkins was conspicuously
absent. His friends thought nothing Of
it, since his business often detained him |;
but others were busy. One man men.
toned the circumstance in the store, and
the merchant jokingly remarked, II
guess he's absconded. / sent a deposit
to the bank by him and l guess he
thought that was good time to leave"
eyes" said the other, laughingly, he
had woman with him too. / guess we
needn't look for him. back very soon."
This was meant as little pleasantly,
but third party, who happened to be
within hearing, made rather sorry joke
of it. He went and told it as their sober
opinion number two told it as the pre-
vailing opinion in town; number three
told it as positive fact. The news drew
like wildfire. The whole town was soon
in commotion. Kind friends hastened
to inform Mrs. Dodkins and to offer
their coincidence. Everybody caught up
the cry, and nobody thought of asking
authority. Even the innocent origina-
tors of the story heard it so changed in
spirit that they did not recognize it,
and, in the general excitement, accepted
it without suspecting themselves as the
authors. Wise tongues were wagging
about that time. Some "always knew
that Dodkins would prove to be q
rogue" others chad mistrusted good
while that there was something wrong"
Mrs. ID. was raving. What woman
would not be A? She declared-at the sug.
gestion of friends-that she "would have
a divorce from that brute just as quickly
as possible" Things had come to a boil
ing point. The town was reveling in the
blissful excitement of first-class scan
dal, when-what do you think? Mr..
Dodkins came driving in, all unconscious
of the clamor he had raised. Men
stared. Women screamed. Spoggles.
Vile held her breath. Had a visitor
from another world alighted in the
street, people could not have been more
astonished. There was no mistake. how
ever. Dodkins was there in the flesh,
guiltless of any crime worse than that of
disappointing the lovers of sensation.
But for this Spogglesville has not yet
forgiven him; and he does not deserve
to be forgiven. If man has no regard
for the happiness of others, he should be
made to feel their displeasure. There
cannot now be found one person that be;
lieved the story. They were all "sure
that there was some great mistake" "
Mrs. Dodkins "knew all the time that
William would not do So" She "never
would have believed it; no, never!'
The divorce is not mentioned. Spoggles.
vile is miserably quiet.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20

WoRKMEN.-Mr. Ruskin says in the
London Garden Suppose the captain of
a frigate were by any chance obliged to
place his own son in the position of a
common sailor; as he would then treat
his son, he is bound always to treat those
men under him. Sc, also, supposing the
master of mandatory saw it right to
place his own son in tho position of an
ordinary workmen-as he would then
treat his son he is bound always TO treat
every one of his men. This is the only
effective, true, or practicable rule which
can be given on this point of political
economy,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
Surgery Extraordinary.

Says the Ash6eld, N. c., Pioneer: On
Monday night of last week number of
men met at a house on North Tow river,
Mitchell county, for the purpose of a
general spree. AS usual in such cases a
quarrel ensued, and in fight between a
young man named Davis and drunken
companion named Tooley, the former
was stabbed in the abdomen, and por-
tions of the entrails protruded from the
wound. In this condition he was placed
in basket, a pole run through loop in
the same, and the ends shouldered by
two men, who attempted to carry him
where he could get surgical aid. Their
path led along the side of rugged
mountain, and they had borne him some
distance when the knot through which
the pole ran loosened, and the wounded
man was thrown down the mountain, his
intestines catching on bushes and wind
ing around him as he rolled down its
precipitous side. He was alive when
picked up, and his friends carried him to
house in the neighborhOod.
We are informed that an old midwife
was called In to attend him. She pushed
back the entrails and sewed up the
orifice with pack-thread. Late in the
day DR.. Dagger arrived, who gave as his
opinion that the operation had not been
properly done-that Davis "paunch"
was not in the right position, and that
some of the minor cntrails were missing
This he ascertained by giving the patient
several hasty shakes he said the sound
was too hollow" At this order the man
was again ripped open, while parties
were sent in search of the missing en-
trails. They found several of these Indis.
pensable to the progress of digestion, and
and hurrying back to the house handed
them to the doctor. As they were very
dirty, he rinsed them in cold water,
sprinkled little salt over them as a
preservative, and then put them in the
patient. The wound was reserved, and
when our informant left 1t was thought
that Davis would recover. If he does, a
life insurance policy would be the great
est extravaganza he could indulge in.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
American Babies.

To the credit of mankind it may be OBJ
served that this arrogant and unlimited
empire of babyhood has not been SUBJ
mitted to tamely and without partial
effort to control or mollify its oppres-
sive authority. The noble red man ties
his newborn chief to a board, bound
hand and foot, not so much to keep him
out of mischief as to inure him in that
stoicism in suffering and limited sphere
of action which belong to his future
career, and also to afford his esteemed
mother the needful recreation of hoeing
her row in the cornfeld.
Your tradition-ridden European swad-
dies his nascent subject, body and mind
in the hands of conformity, that he may
learn to play his part civilly, without
jostling or astonishing his fellows, in tho
crowded marts or thoroughfares of despot-
ism. In America, where ono pent-up
Utica contracts our powers" our little
regulators are allowed to 60 sprawling,
acquiring even in babyhoOd those valu-
able lessons of selfcontrol, self-reliance,
and self-helpfulness which are to make
the coming man the admiration of him
self and the terror of the world.
In comparing results, we may further
observe that the most carefully swaddled
baby, when he grows up, and occasionally
breaks loose for g season, through mex.
perience and blind resentment of his
former unnatural suppression, becomes
the most dangerous and frightful mis-
chief maker, both in society and govern
ment; while our sprawling freeman, if
he has the luck to survive the risks OF
his infantile career, subsidies into self
reliant conservatism, with discretion and
experience enough TO manage his affairs
creditabiy thereafter. 1t is true that
when our pet babies fall into fits from
suffering or set the house on fire in their
wanton frolics, we feebly but temporarily
regret the regime of swaddling- clothes
but when "our party" carries an election
triumphantly, we are reassured of the
future of the republic, and shout the
praises Of freedom with renovated zeal.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
NOTHING TO do hut TO 90.
BY THOMAS d. JAMES.

A wapderer r. va been. and travelled for years
BY the stage-coach, the steamboat, the Tram
have known joyful meetings, have sheo Psi''"s
tears
With friends might ne'er meet again.
And I've lcarned-let my farewells he Joyous vi
sad
No haste or distraction to show;
Rut, with baggage prechecked, and with passage
To have nothing to dob to so.
The loiterer, when over the iron-clad track
The train Is heard coming apace,
For his ticket will camor and urge for his check
In whrl of impatient distress -
While Others more timeful, with undisturbed micn,
Will composedly pace to and iro;
Or, quietly seated, will wait for the train,
With nothing to do but to go.
Oh! thus-I have yethought-when we're called to de-
part
For the land whence we never return,
May we feel we're fully prepared Tor the slart
When the death-soundiug note we discern.
With our ticket secured and our cares all at rest,
No disquieting thoughts may we know,
But, TRANQUILITY waiting, be found at the last
With nothing to do but to go.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20

He was told that it was impossible to
break an egg, by pressing it (no matter
how hardy endwise between the hands,
He said he could do IL anyhow-and he
did. Only some one had given him a
very bad egg.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
VOLUME III.
SO FALLEN.

So falleni so lost the light withdrawn
Which once he wore
The glory from his gray hairs gone
Forevermore!
Revile him not-the Tempter hath
A snare for all
And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath,
Befit his fall
Let not the land, once proud Of him,
Insult him now;
Nor brand with deeper shame his dim,
Dishonored brow.
But let his humbled sons, instead,
From sea 10 lake,
A long lament. as for the dead,
In sadness make.
Oh nw arf hcpved, naught
Save Cwei lent ms
A fallen anger piiae OF thought
Still strong In chains.
All else is gone; from those great eyes
The soul has fled;
When faith is lost, when honor dies,
The man is dead
Then pay the reverence OF old days
To his dead fame;
Walk backward with averted gaze,
And hide the shame!
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20

CHICAGO Times: Collin Graves, the
milkman hero of the last years dam dis
aster in Massachusetts,, did not figure in
the recent one. An inquiry has brought
out the sad fact that he died of grief,
poverty and neglect some time ago. 1t
seems that after the Mill River catastro-
phe, when he rode down the valley and
warned the inhabitants that the dam
was breaking, people asked themselves
what he could have been doing at the
reservoir, and then stopped buying his
milk. The milk business was ruined, he
found nothing else to do, and not many
months after he died in destitute cir
cumstances. Think twice before you
allow yourself to become hero.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20

MARK TWAIN is taxed ON sixty
thousand dollars in Hartford. 1t is q
gilded age for the lucky jester.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
MINOR TOPICS,

The great brewers and distillers of
Ireland are very liberal, especially where
church edifices are concerned. The late
Sir b. Guinness led of with f15O, 900 for
st. Patricks Cathedral, Dublin; Mr..
Roe, distilleI, followed with the restora-
tion of the other Protestant Cathedral in
Dublin; and now in Cork Mr.. Wise, a
distiller, has given 100000, and Mr..
Crawford, brewer, 10000, to restore
the Protestant Cathedral in that diocese.
Gov. AMEs, late of Mississippi, who
avoided impeachment by rendering his
resignation, has turned his back upon
Mississippi and Mississippians forever.
Being a son-in-law of Ben. Butler, he has
gone to Massachusetts, to remain for a
season, and thence proceeds to Mime.
sofa, where he proposes to take up his
permanent abode, about as far away as
he can get from the Mississippi "White
Line" that bas caused him 80 much trib-
ulation.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20

The steamer Agrigenti, from Pirmc,
for Italian ports, came in collision with
the English steamer Hylton Castle, of
Cape Malea, south coast Of Lorea, April
4. The Agrigenti instantly sank, and Of
sixty-four persons on board, nine of the
crew and twenty Of the passengers were
drowned,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20

A DEPUTATIoN of the West India
committee had an interview with Lord
Carnarvon, Colonial Secretary, in Lon
don, recently, with reference to the re-
port that the Governor of Barbados was
melting the negroes to rebellion because
of the presumed intention of the home
government to form confederation of
the Windward Islands. Lord Carnarvon
declared he knew nothing of it, and that
the government had no desire to press
confederation scheme.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20

The heirs of the "Ennis estate" in
the United States are assembling them
selves together to recover bonanza in
the shape of Scotch inheritance estima-
ted at $20,0OO,0O0. The Ennis family
now number about eighty, and most of
them reside in Sussex County, N. j., and
Orange County, N. Y. They claim to
have full proof of pedigree and claim
upon the inheritance which has been ac-
cumulatiDg for over one hundred years,
waiting for "unknown heirs"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20

The monthly Treasury report shows
that during the month of March there
were issued to the banks new notes for
circulation amounting to $474, ,210; and
during the same month the banks sur
rendered for cancellation notes to the
amount of $6,33S, ,43O; thus working a
contraction in the national bank curren-
cy to the amount of So, ,S64, ,220 during the
month. The total amount of bank cur
rency contraction for the nine months of
the present fiscal year amounts to
$2l, ,139, ,502.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

CoRNwALLIs, Nova Scotia, has lady
teacher who kisses the first boy who gets
to school in the morning, and the small
boys are crowded out of school by chill
dren of larger growth, who roost on the
fences all night so as to be up early.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1876-09-02
POST MONEY ORDERS

POST MONEY ORDERS
fnb bas f@erfe unb btutefe Witte!
sur 1sbsrlsnbuns bon Gelb unb fuuten,
100 fe su buben fnb, ba3u sebrau&t
rerben.
8enn etne 3ettuns bon etnem prf<
amt an eiH unberes Serfest rerben lcl,
70 rnuB INNER aud bas pOitamt an9e>
seben werben, no bte 3ettunS frdber
empfansen wurce.
@enr Semanb ietn Blatt nt@t re-
eeImdbts empfdnst, pber f@ uuf trseno
stne @stIe GsbIer stnfdleiden, ip icute
Der betreFenpe asent iuwte bis 5sr>
aussebsr foslet@ bacpn bena&rt&ttst
werben.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-02-16
MISCELLANY
How raEr cuREp TIE rUrox.


He was the pink of perfection. If the
cream of human excellence was to be churned,
the butter would lump up in the shape of
Professor Porteous Prye, tutor. He had con-
tracted the bad habit of stealing up stairs, in
his stocking feet to see if the lights were out
at ten. 1t is hard teaching old dogs new
tricks, but boys sometimes succeed better
with old professors.
Tommy Tayre is a cadaverous youth, with
. sulphur-colored moustache, but the iron bad
entered his soul, and he said he must do what
he could. So he bought three papers OF car
pet lacks one night, and stood the innocent
little nails on their heads all the way up and
down the stairs, and retired with his faithful
followers to the wood closet above to wait re-
suits Promptly the chapel bell struck ten,
then season of waiting and whispering fol-
lowed. Presently came furry, creeping
sound like wooden stockings feeling their way
over rough boards. Tommy tucked his hat
in his mouth-his mouth runs clear around,
except small isthmps which connects the
top of his head with the nape of his neck
and held his nose till the first burst of glec
had subsidized. Now came a suppressed
scream, one foot on the stairs then another
foot down then scream that wasn't sup
pressed then howl; he had stuck the sec
ond stair then he sat down on the next STEP
but he got up again, and groan. with excla-
nation points after it, came tearing up to the
wood closet. The boys stood back to give
Tommy room to kick !; then came scrabbling
and shouting of heavy WORDS and distinct
mention of the uame of the "father of mi
guilty." and Tom promptly appeared and
asked, in a voice fresh from the valley Of
Nod, what seems to be the matterp"
"Matter?" "The boys;'' the demons !"
"confound it; :" "see here !" help I" and
he shifted about and hung to the railing, and
tried to stand on his knees.
Tom brought light, and the boys carried
the wounded man to his room offered SYM
pathy got claw hammer and drew out the
tacks. The Professor wears slippers and sits
on cushion. Tom sits on nettIes, for seven
teen boys know the secret, and it is spreading
like small pox in an Indian camp.-Detron
Free Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-02-16

Nearly a century ago OH Port Royal dis
appeared beneath the waves in an earthquake,
and now, in calm and clear weather. you may
look down into fifteen fathoms OF water and
see submerged houses towers, and churches,
with sharks swimming quietly in and out of
the open windows of their belfries An Amcri-
can diving company endeavored to rescue
treasures of untold valre, but succeeded only
in bringing up a bell covered with pnaziing
inscriptions, which they gave to the museum.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-02-16

A simple looking country lad, to whose lot
fell the leading questions in the catechism,
What is your name P" replied, Carrots 7"
Who gave you that name ?" can the
boys in the parish, sir, whiningly replied the
red haired boy
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-02-16

What you attempt, do with all yourstrength.
Determination is omnipotent. If the pros
pect be somewhat darkened, put the fire Of
resolution to your soul, and kindle flame
that nothing but death can extinguish.