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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
Geo. M. Savage & Co.'S Column.

90 Parties answering any of these advcr,i II
mcnts illplcaso state where they saw the same.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-20
sasipsss $HrDs.

Darius G. Warner,
Attorney at Law, Notary Public and
Prosecuting Attorney for Lake county.
=. o. Address, Baldwin, Mich. Office
Ia room with County Clerk. Is
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
NUMBER 80.
From the English Tonic Sofia Reporter
"Home, Sweet Home"

"Clari, or the Maid of Milan," pro-
duced in 1928, contains one piece that is
known in every English-speaking conn
try, "Home, Sweet Home" Clari is a
beautiful peasant girl, who has exchang-
ed her fathers lowly cottage for the
splendor of the Dukes palace and be-
come his bride. But she pines for the
simple life she had led. and as she en-
tiers, faligued and melancholy, she sings
this song. The words are by John
Howard PAYNE, an American. and
though the music was called by Bishop
Sicilian air, it is now generally agreed
that it was really composed by him. at
rs the song says Clari. "of my native
villags-the hymn of the lowly heart,
which dwells upon every lip there, and
like a spell word brings back to its
home the affection which e'er has been
betrayed to wander from it. 1t is the
first music heard by infancy in its era
die; and our eottagers, blending it with
all their earliest and tenderest recollec.
tions, never cease to feel its magic till
they cease TO live" The air is heard
again during the play; chorus of vii
layers sing it when Clari revisits hel
! home
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
A Materialized Hole.

Take sheet of stiff writing paper and
fold it into tube an inch in diameter.
Apply it to the right eye and look stead
faatly through it, focusing the eye on
any convenient object; keep the left eye
open. Now place the left hand, held
palm upward, edgeways against the side
of the paper tube, and about an inch or
two above its lower end The astonish-
ing effect will be produced of hole,
apparently Of the size of the cross sec
ton of the tnbe, made through the left
hand. This is the hole in which we
propose to materialize another and
smaller hole. As we need genuine
aperture, and it would be inconvenient
to make one in the left hand, let a sheet
of white paper be substituted therefore
and similarly held. Just at the pant Of
the paper where the hole equalling in
diameter the orifce of the tube appears,
make an opening inch in diameter
Now stare intently into the tube; and
the second hole, defined by its difference
of illumination, will be seen floating in
the first hole, and yet both will be trans.
parent. The illusion, for course it ii
one of those odd pranks our binoculal
vision plays upon us, is certainly one o
the most curious ever devised. Besides
here Is the actual hole clearly visible
and yet there is no solid body to be seel
to define its edges. 1t is not mer
spot of light, because, if page of prin
be regarded, the lines within the boun
daries of the little hole will not coincid
| at all with those surrounding it and ex
tending to the edges of the large appar
{ ent aperture. Each eye obviously trans
. mits an entirely different impression I
the brain and that organ, unable to dis
entangle them, lands us in the palpabl
absurdity of materiallzed hole.-
D Scientific American.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
4 SPIDER WEB DRESS.
Presented by the Empress of Brazil
to the Queen Of England.

The Empress or Brazil has presented
the Queen of England with dress the
equal of which has never been seen. It
is woven OF spiders webs, and is, as may
be imagined, work OF art as regards
quality and beauty. The handsomest
silk cannot compare with it, but it can
only be admired and hardly initiated
There have already been many attempts
to make use of the threads spun by spi-
ders, but up to the present the expert
merits have not been satisfactory enough
to encourage any further efforts in this
direction. In the year 1710 it was dis
covered that to make piece of silk it
would require the webs of 100000 spi-
ders The Spaniards had already tried
to use the spiders threads, and made
gloves stockings, and other articles of
the sort, but even these were so trouble
some and yielded SO little profit that, in
spite of the fabulous prices paid, they
were obliged to abandon the trade In
certain parts of South America garments
made of these threads are worn, but the
spiders in these lands are unusually
large. 1t is likely that the above men.
toned dress was made of the threads o.
the smaller species of American spider
There is therefore, some hope that ths
time is not far distant when, thanks Il
the progress of modern industry, fash
| ionable ladies may have the satisfaction
of wearing elegant silks of the same de
| licate texture
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
An Unfortunate State OF Affairs.

The London Telegraph perpetrates
the following: "'When the bell rings.
look out for the locomotive Such is
ike ominous notice painted on sign-posts
in the streets Of the most populons sub
urbs of every American town. 1t means
that when bell is heard jangling, it
will be one placed over the middle of
the boiler of steam engine dragging
long train Of cars which have just issu
ed from the depot, and will philosophi-
cally pursue their way along the crowd
ed thoroughfare route for the far West
or the East, as the case may be. The
track is neither walled nor fenced in; to
carry it by viaduct over the houses
would be too expensive to suit American
notions of railway economy; and it is
found cheaper to warn all and ''sundry,
that when the bell rings the locomo-
tive may be expected to come plunging
and snorting along. Unfortunately, in
American cities, as everywhere else
there are numbers of deaf, purblind
nervous, and stupid people, to say moth
ing of wildly frolicsome Yankee cbll
dren; and the consequence is that, lusti
ly as the bell may ring, considerable
proportion of the population, especial.
the juveniles, do not look out for the 10
comotive, but get crushed TO death O
miserably mulilated beneath the mon
ster's pitiless wheels. 1t is difficult 4
visit an American infirmary withou
finding some of the beds occupied b,
the victims of strset-railway accidents
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
MISCELLANY.
A Visit to Bethany.

We went on over the hills to Bethany;
we had climbed up the path on which
David fed from Absalom, and we were
to return by the road of the Triumphal
Entry. All along the ridge we enjoyed
a magnificent panorama; blue piece of
the Dead Sea; the Jordan plain extend
ing far up toward Hermon with the
green ribbon of the river winding
through it, and the long even range of
the Moab hills, blue in the distance
The prospect was almost SwiAs in its
character, but it is mass of bare hills,
with scarcely tree except in the imme-
diate foreground, and so naked and DESC
late as TO make the heart ache; it would
be entirely desolate but for the deep
blue of the sky and an atmosphere that
bathes all the great sweep of peaks and
plains in color.
Bethany is sqnalid hamlet clinging
to the rocky hillside; with only one re-
deeming feature about 1.-THE prospect
few wretched one-story huts of stone,
and miserab bic handful of Mo-lems,
occupied this favnrite home and resting
place of our Lord. Close at hand, by
the roadside, cut in the rocs, and reach
ed BY steep descen: Of twenty six steps,
is the damp and doubtful tomb of Laz
| hsoh
for half franc paid to the Moslern
guardian. The houae Of Mary and Mar
tina is exhibited among the hie rock and
fragments of walls; upon older founda.
tions loose walls are laid, rudely and re-
Gently patched mp with cut stones in
fragments. and pieces of Roman columns
The house of Simon the leper, overlook.
ing the whole, is mere heap of ruins
1t does not matter, however, that al
these dwellings are modern; this i.
Bethany. and when we get away from
it's present wretchedness we remembe
only that we have seen the very fqac
that Christ loved
We returned along the highway o
the Entry slowly, pausing to identif.
the points Of that memorable progress
, up to the crest where Jerusalm brok
/ upon the sight of our Lord, and whenc
1 the procession, coming around the curv
! of the hill, would have the full view {
{ the city. He who rides that way to-da
o has grand prospect. One finds Jerr
e salem most poetic when seen from OF
{ vet, and Olivet most lovely when see
( from the distance of the city walls.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
A Curious Case Of Bigamy in France

A curious case OF bigamy is exercising
the minds of men land women) in the
Faubourg ST. Denis. The facts are set
forth as follows: Some twelve years ago,
NJ. Albert P set up as vendor of
lemonade at Sens, and soon did thriv-
ing business, with which he might have
found it wise to remain content. NJ .
Albert. however, thought that if a pretty
woman presided at his counter, he mi ght
obtain even more customers than he had
already. With this view he married a
Mile Bertha M, who had all the
necessary qualifications. The plan sue
ceeded admirably; indeed, more than
admirably, as NJ. Albert soon began to
think. One bright morning, according
ly, after a stormy interview with his
wife, he disappeared, not forgetting to
take the cashbox with him. Next day
on the banks of the Yonne, fisherman
found mans clothes and an empty bot
tie, together with letter in which one
albert P" declared that he wa.
weary of life. The clothes were linden
titled as those worn by Mme Bertha
husband, and his disconsolate wife la
mented him as lost. After waiting tel
long years she married a worthy trades
man of the Faubourg St. Denis, and
was with mingled feelings that she ga,
her first husband enter the shop fe,
days since. By way of simplifying mat
ters. the lady shrieked. Number on
, did likewise, and was soon engaged in
fight, more Calico, with number two
, While they were plucking out each otf
l er's hair by handsful, posse of guart
f ians of the peace made their appearance
q and marched them both off to the polio
2 station. Explanations followed, whe
f the ex -consort avowed that he had shan
: med suicide. French justice has SO fs
!; contented itself with drawing up a r,
t port of the case.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
Eating Habits.

The most universal cause of dyspep-
sia is eating too often, too fast, and too
much. The general rules should be:
l. Eat thrice day.
2. Not an atom between meals.
8. Nothing after two o'clock but a
slice of cold bread and butter and one
cup of hot drink.
f. Spend half an hour at least in TAX
ing each meal.
5. Cut up all meats and hard food in
pea sized pieces.
6. Never eat enough to cause the
slightest uncomfortable sensation after
ward
7. Never work or study hard within
half an hour of eating.
The most universal and infallible in
dication that person is becoming dys-
peptic is some uncom Portable sensation
coming on uniformly after each meal
whether that be in the stomach, throat
or anywhere else. The formation oi
wind in the stomach, indicated by eruc.
tation, belching, or otherwise, demon
strates that dyspepsia is fixing itself il
the system. Then there is only ont
course to pursue, and that is infallible
eat less and less at each meal, until n,
wind is generated and no uncomfortable
sensation experienced in any part of tn
body. No medicine ever cured confirm
ed dyspepsia, eating plain food regular
ly and living out of doors industriousl
will cure most cases
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
Will Bismarck Become Insane!-
Mis- Physicians Apprehend Soften
ing of the Brain.

LONDON, November 4.
A private letter from Berlin received
in this City states that Prince Bis
marck's nervous system has been seri-
ously impaired, and his condition causes
great anxiety to his family and immedI-
ate friends who have been apprised of
the circumstance. His physicians, who
are in constant attendance, have per-
emptorily ordered that all newspapers,
pamphlets, &c, likely to cause undue
excitement, shall be kept from HIM, and
in fact that only documents of the most
extraordinary character, absolutely re.
quiring his personally attention, shall be
permitted to reach him. His ply sicians
fear softening of the brain-an affiictior
with which he is threatened, and may
at any time be prostrated. A feeling o
grave anxiety is manifest in court cir
cles, and the forced retirement of Bis
marck from the Government councils i
| feared.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
Extremes Meet.

Eggs can be cooked by the extreme of
cold as we'll as by the extreme Of heat.
Butter can be made like ivory go that it
can be burned. We may by the agency
of this solidify many of the other liq-
uid substances, and, indeed, many Of
the gaseous, but more intense degree
Of cold is used when We employ laugh
ing gas. This laughing gas, which is
heavy, is carbonic acid; when squenzed
forcibly by the pump it becomes as
beautiful and pellucid as carbonic acid,
and if allowed to remain produces a
more intense degree of cold. We can
however, show the liquid. We have a
glass lamp, and place over the lamp a
platina dish, we placing some of this
mixture Of solid carbonic acid, and in
the middle Of il introduce the mercury
would freeze, showing that we have a
cold at least 40 degrees below zero. We
used to make an experiment. such as
melting lead intensely hot. and ther
putting the hand in and lading it from
one vessel to another; for il, in lien o
this. gou take quantity of melted iron
you can plunge your hand into it will
impnnity, and workme1 have been abl
to walk on bed of melted iron. TAX
poker and put it on hot coal FIRE. ge
it very hot. and you may lift it or wip
it on the tongue with impunity. w
NAV have it so hot that the vapor &C
inally protects u.s. Scientific American
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
How many Apples did Adam and
Eve eat?

Some say Eve and Adam 9, total of
10 only. Now we figure the thing out
differently. Eve s and Adam also.
Total 16.-[ Boston Journal.
We think that the above figures are
entirely wrong. If Eve and Adam 50
certainly the total will be 80. Scientific
men, however, on the strength of the
theory that the antidiiuvians were q
race of giants, and consequently grea,
eaters, reason something like this. Eve
slst and Adam 80. Total 163.-[Glou.
cester Advertiser.
Wrong again. What could be clearer
than If Eve 8 /, and Adam 8 2, the to
tai was 893.-[ Lawrence American.
If Eve 1st, and Adam 2, wonlt
not the whole be 1623?-[ Boston Jour
nal.
l believe 1.-The following to be the tru
solution: Eve 8 Adam, Adam l 2.
Eve. Total S938.-[Veritas.
Still another calculation is as follows
If Eve 8 Adam, Adam s 242 t
oblige Eve. Total, s2.056. We thin
however. this not to he sufficient qunr
tity, for though we admit that Eve 8 l
Adam, Adam 80 8 2 4 to keep Ey
company. Total, s,082, 2,056.-lNe
York Mail.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
Milking a Drying Cow.

Col. S. D. Harris in the Country Gen.
tleman, condemns the usual practice of
farmers leaving a drying COW alone as
soon as the milk shrinks so as not to fill
the bag once day or once in two days.
He says: "The little milk which is se-
creted must be taken away, or it will
work mischief in the organs of the I'D
der too serious to be overlooked by the
careful dairyman. 1t is one of the pro-
cesses of nature that when matter of this
kind is deposited (unless it be in large
quantity, il must be soon removed, or it
is re-absorbed into the system; and when
matter is once perfected, as in the case of
milk, it is no longer congenial to the
system, and if not taken away it becomes
a deleterious element for re absorption,
poisoning instead of feeding the animal.
Thus, you will find IN the udder of cows
thus affected, hard Jumps near the base
id6cation of putrid milk, left there IN
drying up the COW the season before, and
the COW will never get over it; but when
these organs encounter any difficulty in
the season of flush milk, this lump will
be the nucleus of Inflammation, just like
thief who is already secreted in a
house, ready to help another who is to
break in from the outside. To be free
from all such troubles, the cow should be
carefully watched for weeks and months
after the regular milking is stopped, and
tie teats tried to see if there is milk tC
be taken away. This operation is to b,
performed at irregular intervals, so as no
to invite regular secretion of milk, un
til the milk vessels cease to lead any
thing in that direction"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
Judge Pitman's Boy.


Judge Pitman's boy Bill acquires
learning in a log school house. At one
place the plaster between the logs is
broken away, and through this aperture
Bill endeavorcd to escape feet foremost
during school hours one day last sum-
mer. Unfortunately he stuck fast when
half way through, and he could neither
return nor retreat. When the attention
of Mr.. Shines, the teacher, was directed
to the culprit, Mr.. Shines proceeded to
the exterior of the edifice and embraced
the opportunity afforded by Williams 5
position to hammer with a shingle.
Then young Mr.. Pitman was pulled out
and plunged into sums in vulgar frac-
tions. Near the school l-house there is a
mill race, at the end of which there is a
mill race, at the end of which there is
sluice- gate. Immediately below the
gate there is a huge, deep tank, which
carries water to an undershot wheel.
The inside of the tank is green and
Shiny, and when the water is drawn care
fully out of it, a great many fish can of.
ten be found lying in tn, bottom. The
tank is fifteen feet deep. A few days
after the fogging Bill happened to pas,
the tank and look in. He saw Mr.
! Shines at the bottom, picking up FISH
and putting them in a bag. William
, felt that the hour of vengeance hat
struck. He turned the handle of tn,
siuice- gate, and in less than minut,
that jolly old pedagogne was founder
ing in six feet Of water, trying in vail
to Chamber up the Shiny sides of tn
tank. When he saw yonng Pitman h
> shrieked to HIM for help. But Bill
with fendish GOODNESS, said: .sNo, sir
you've got TO tread again." Then Slime
soIemnly pledged himself never t.
, strike another blow at him, and Bill lie
o the water from the tank and helpe
. Shines out. That night when Bill GO
:, home, he found Shines there conversin
with the Judge, and five minutes late
O the Judge was fondling William with
o trunk strap, while Shines sat by an
o smiled. William has since expresse
the opinion con6dentially that Shines
a per6dious scoundrel.-[Ph [Philadelphi
Bulletin.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10

1t is evident that the old custom of
giving names to designate characteristic
facts has fallen into disuse, and it ia
great satisfaction to know that "a m an 3
man for a. that" There is a clergy
man in the West who breaches very
poor sermons for very poor pay, but
whom nature or circumstances, laughing
in their sleeve, doubtless, dubbed Rev
John Mustard. Then We have Rev. Mr..
Woodcock, who never presents a bill,
and Rev. Mr.. Coldwater, who does not
believe in immersion any more than
Rev. Mr.. Flood, who lives in the next
county, Rev. Mr.. Marsh is as dry as pos.
sible, and Rev Mr.. Smiley fnds faul,
with everything. Rev. Mr.. Sbumaker
however, is still "pegging" away. and
hopes 10 last many year vet. while
Rev, Mr.. Long is only fve feet ten
Rev. M. Sweet is hot tempered to th'
last degree, while Mr.. Black is ligh
blonde.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
Happy Every Day.

Sidney Smith cut the following from
a newspaper and preserved it for him
self:
"When You rise in the morning form
the resolution to make the day a happy
one TO fellow w-creature. 1t is easily
done; left-of garment to the man who
needs it; kind word to the sorrowful:
an encouraging expression to the striv-
ing-trifes in themselves as light as air
will do at least for the twenty -four
hours. And if you are young, depend
on it, it will tell you when you are old
and if you are old, rest assured it will
send you gently and happily down the
stream to eternity. By the most simple
arithmetical sum, look at the result. Il
you send one person away happily
through the day, that is three hundred
and sixty.fve in the course of year
And suppose you live forty years onl!
after you commence that course of med
icine, you have made fourteen Thousand
and six hundred persons happy-at al
events for a time.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-10
The Mistake of Modern Architecture.

The real mistake at the root of mod |
ern architecture is the sentimental arch
Geology which seems to have absolutely |
taken possession of it, and of which Mr..
Fergusons receipt itself partakes, since
it, in reality, only suggests that going
back to the supposed habits of a former
age we can produce what the present age
wants. Even the engineers (who in
some ways stand, more nearly than any
other body of men, in the same position
in regard to the present day as the medi-
eval masons did to their own time) are
bitten by this, and when they wish to
make a structure ORNAMENTAL" they
have no idea but to dress it in some bor-
rowed plumes of classic or medieval
architecture. The influence of senti-
ment has been exhibited in a still more
curious manner in greet building, the
Albert Hall. This, which is the design
of engineers, is a rather remarkable
building, and exhibits some of the char
acteristics of work constructed on gen.
uine architectural principles. The de-
tails are coarse and commonplace, for it
seems impossible to beat into the head
of an engineer that some training and
education of the eye and the judgment
is necessary for the production of suita-
BILE and refined ornamental detail; but
plain, construction, and design from a
united and interdependent whole, arising
as they do in strictly logical manner
one out of the other The unfortunate
point is that the plan is utterly wrong
TO begin with, fe the purpose of the
} building; and it 20 entirely from th'
sentimental workship of precedent which
led the designer, instead of considerin,
what was the best plan for the purpose
to start with the idea of reproducing th'
Roman amphitheater, although mo
ment's consideration ought to have rem
: dered it evident, AS a mere matter of or
dinarv common sense, that the plan Of
= building Tor seating people round cls
cumference to witness spectacle in tn
: center should by no possibility furnia
:. the proper model for one in which the
y were to listen to music performed at on
= end of the building. But it is to sue
-incongruities that people are led throug
forgetting that architecture is not (e1
cept in very rare instances) pure ar
81 governed by aesthetic or sentimental col
e siderations; that is the artistic or effec
- i've expression of practical Requirement
60 which must govern and form the bas
:" Of the whole. It is in further emph
10 sizing this condition Of architecture tn
y the possibility of making it genuil
intellectual pursuit, and not mere to
= really conslsts.-[ Fortnightly Review.