The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-09-07

xZ6O,OOO worth OF lemons have been re-
ceived in France from Philadelphia. To
supply the 100000 lemons required
to fill this order and to make the 100000
boxes wanted to contain the fruit have
thrown the whole Franco -Mediterranea
coast into high fever; for twenty miles
from the Italian frontier to Nice nothing
is talked of, nothing is thought OF, moth
ing is dreamed of, but this Oncle
dAmerique, this Stephen Girard, with
millions bequeathed to my heirs in
France French fruit dealers will clear
$50, 900 bv this order"
"GRIsELDA" tells us that girls at
Saratoga have some pretty and fascinat-
ing tricks. Long eyelashes show 10
great advantage when the eyes are down.
cast, intent upon shepherdess pattel a;
a pretty hand and waist are best dis
played by the movement of the needle
in and out of the canvas; the various
colors of silk and worsted on the lap
contrast well with the snowy whiteness
of the morning-robe, with ruffles of flmy
lace softening the color of throat and
hands. Some do look bewitching; not
all, by any means, for beauty is rare
but art has come to the aid of the un-
fortunate, and the tout ensemble is good.
CHARLES @. CHAPMAN, of TarifTville
Ct, performed an astonishing feat the
other day. Within the space of twelve
minutes he walked one-fourth of a mile
forward, one-fourth of mile backward,
then ran oDe-fourth of a mile, then
hoped seventy-fve yards on one foot
then, with fifteen eggs placed two feet
apart in row, picked them up separ-
ately in his mouth, without touching his
knees to the ground, and deposited each
in basket two feet from the starting
point; and, lastly, with fifteen lemons,
placed in the same relative position as
the eggs, picked them up separately by
hand, going back to the starting point
with each one.
The Paris Journal DIES Economistes for
March estimates the worlds annual pro-
duct of gold and silver since 1852, max
ing the total product of gold from that
time to 1875, $2,S12,00O; of silver, ST..
187, 500. The average annual product of
gold for this term is $1l7, 1855; of silver,
$45,3l2. Statisticans estimate that the
total amount of gold coin in use in most
countries except the Oriental is about !
$4,000, 900, 900; of silver, about ST.
600, 600, 900; of silver in Oriental coun-
tries, whose money is nearly all silver,
81, 100000. This makes out that nearly
three-fourths of the coin in use in the
commercial world is gold, which, on the
average, is not far from the rate of pro-
duction of the two metals.
PURE water has no action on iron |
whatever, provided it is free from air or
other dissolved gases, especially carbonic
acid gas. On the other hand, dry oxygen
and dry carbonic acid are unable to at |
tack iron, but in solution they produce
the we'll known form of oxidation called |
rusting. That it is the oxygen of the air,
and not that of the water, which COM
bines with the iron, can be easily proved
by simple experiment. Take piece
of clear ice, melt it and heat to boiling;
after boiling short time, pour it into a
small vial containing some pieces of
brightiron wire. The vial must be quite
full and tightly stoppered. Place a
similar piece of wire in an open vessel
and partially cover it with water. Set
both vessels aside for few days, when it |
will be found that the wire in the former |
is still bright, while that in the latter is
rusted.
A WITTY Persian illustrated the posi-
tion of England on the Eastern question
at gathering of diplomats in Paris, a
short time ago, by telling a story. He
said, when asked what the probable
course of England would be: "She will
do as the monkey did" On being asked
for an explanation, he said that learned
man of old, wishing to test the power of
maternal affection in the monkey, took
a female of the species, with her young
one, and put them in large tin box over
q hot fire. When they began to feel the
heat the old monkey seized the young
one in her arms and danced about on the
hot floor. Finally, when she could not
save herself from being burned by leap
ing any longer, she put the baby monkey
down and stood on it, saving her feet by
roasting her offspring. In like manner,
said the Persian, England will sacrifice
Turkey when the heat becomes intolera.
BILE, in spite of her former maternal solic.
itude.
ALMOST all the marbles" with which
boys everywhere amuse themselves. in
season and out of season, on sidewalks
and in sandy spots, are made at Oberstein.
Germany. There are large agate quarries
and mills in that neighborhood and the
refuse is turned to good account in pro-
vidiDg the small stone balls for experts
to knuckle" with. The stone is broken
into small cubes by blows of a light
hammer. These small blocks of stone
are thrown, by the shovelful, into the
hopper of a small mill, formed of a bed.
stone, having its surface grooved with
concentric burrows. About this is the
runner" which is of some hard wood,
having Bvel face on its lower surface.
The upper block is made to revolve
rapidly, water being delivered upon the
grooves of the bedstone, where the mar
bles are being rounded. It takes about
fifteen minutes to finish half bushel of
good marbles" all ready for the boys
knuckles. One mill turns on. one hun
dred and sixty thousand marbles" per
week. The hardest crackers" as the
boys call them, are made by slower