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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04

A letter says: Millions of gold
pounds are going into bfick and NOR
tar in London at this moment, and
further millions the authorities are ar
ranging to spend. 1t is the saturnalia
of spending. The Metropolitan Board
of Public Works, In addition to its
monster improvements, purchases,
new roads, new parks, new streets, etc.,
Is about to devote half q million I'm con-
nection with works relating to an ex-
tension of the underground railroad,
which will form the last link necessary
to complete the circle of that extraor-
binary undertaking. The Inns Of
Courts are beginning to show their
magnificence above the street board
ing. The grand opera house towers to
the sky, and soon we shall have q re-
construction of the Government of
fees, and erection of new blocks, SO as
to bring all the departments together,
work which will cost, when land,
building, and all extras are paid for,
another three millions, and they say
trade Is bad and that fifty people died
Of starvation In London last year, and
thousands of children, and even grown
people, are shivering In rags, and liv-
Ing on garbage, and herding In dens
not good enough for decent dogs, and
wages. are going down, and rates, and
prices OF provisions are going up.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04

1t Is a difficult matter to cure corn
fodder properly, so 1t will store for
winter use. The stalks retain their
water with much peltinacity, and
when the material Is piled and the
circulation Of air prevented, fermenta-
ton is apt to set in and mould usually
appears. The best method in our ex-
perience is to cut the corn and stack it,
and to leave it thus In the field until
dry enough to lay in thin layers on top
of the hay In the barn, or 1t may be
stacked by leaving an opening in the
centre of the stack, and when of suffi-
cient height may be covered by thatch-
ing, or by rude shelter of boards. If
but slightly mouldy the cows relish it.,
and 1t does not seem to do them. any
harm. 1t is not well, however. to
calculate on having this mould, be-
cause, II we attempt to have some, we
shall obtain too much. The best we
can do, we do get some, and as long as
we cannot help ourselves, we are will
ing to be comforted by the thought
that the little we have Is rather bene-
fetal than otherwise. One thing is
butte certain, mould is better than fer
mentation. Hence, when storing keep
the fodder in thin layers, SO the air
may have all the access that our space
for storage will admit of. Corn fodder
is valuable feed. and II used in con-
nection with a heterogeneous food, as
corn meal, gives results which
admit of very favorable comparison
with those produced from good hay,
using the prices Of each as o basis Of
comparison. We consider corn fodder
of the kind and curing that we advo-
cate, worth sixty per centlas much as
hay, weight for weight. AS we fed
our cows exclusively on corn fodder
and Hungarian grass last winter, that
is for the fodder ration, we think our
opinion Is justified by experience
Scientific Farmer.
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Note the Improvement that careful
breeding has accomplished, when his
tory records that in ITO English bull
locks weighed only 37O pounds, calves
fifty pounds, and sheep twenty-eight
pounds. u tr iiillN+iHi
A young farmer in Sheldon, Vt,
bought a dairy farm stocked with six
ty cows. During two years he has
sold, exchanged, and reduced the
number Of his dairy cows, SO that last
year he had but thirty-five. He re-
ports having made as much butter
from the thirty-five selected COWS Us
was formerly made from the original
sixty. 1t is easy to see that in reduced
attendance and diminished cost of
feeding, with equal products, his pro-
fits must be largely increased.
Showing that cattle frequently suf-
fer for water when tied up In the barn,
n Scotch feeder, who took means to
ascertain how often cattle fed on dry
food and left to their own will would
visit the watering-trough in the yard
in short, cold, winter day, found that
they drank eight times in the course
of the day. si'a ~ Ell
Y 1t Is especially noticeable that cat
tlefeeders In England and on the Con-
tinent make use OF q far greater variety
Of foods than we utilize. fa,ri
SCRATCHEs-REMEDy.--A farmer
and experienced horseman writes the
Rural New Yorker from Canandaigua,
N. Y, that the following is recon-
inended for the worst cases lone pint
curriers' oil, two ounces oil OF vitriol.
Put II into bottle and shake well to-
gether, when 1t is fit for use; bathe
well the affected part or parts with 1t
once day. 1t will effect cure In the
course of three or four days. If the
parts are. covered with rough scab,
soften II by rubbing hogs lard upon
1t every day until the scab rubs of.
1t will soon slip Off and leave the legs
smooth as ever, lli Il fHi .gisiI
INsEcTIcrDE.-Hot alum water Is
the best insect destroyer known. Put
the alum into hot water and let II boil
till all the alum Is dissolved; then APP
ply IL hot with a brush to all cracks,
closets, bedsteads and other places
where insects are, found. Ants. bed
bugs, ockroaches, and creeping things
are killed by It.; while II has no dam
ger OF poisoning the family or injuring
property. IA, .r,st. 8sq
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04
Praying for Rain in India.

An interesting csperSony 1tcoR place
some days ago In Indore, which was
shared in by everybody, from the Ma
harajah down to the lowest peasant.
Early In the morning the whole COM
munity, led by his Royal Highness
the Maharnjah, the Maharana, and the
royal family, set off for Bangunga, o
place some two miles from Indore,
where gigantic picnic was held, and
where they passed the whole day. The
object OF thfs curious proceeding was
to Invoke the gods by prayers and poo
jahs to send rain, which was sadly
wanted there as elsewhere. About
Is 900 persons were present, and every
one had been forbidden, under serious
to cook anything under
cover :, Y must all be done In. opfp air.
When the poojshs were over, the Ma
harajah In person plowed , piece OF
land, her Royal Highness the Mahara-
ma attending him as q PEASANTS wife.
Strange 10 say, rain almostimmediate-
ly followed, and thoroughly soaked the
royal party before they codld rfACh the
town Of Indore.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04
American Fruit Culture.

According to the Government state
ment, the number of acres under cul-
tivation in orchards, vines and small
fruits is estimated at 4,5O0,0OO. The
number Of trees Is ESTIMATED as follows:
Apples, IL, 1000. 900; pears, 2S,250, 900;
peaches, IL, 270, 900; grapes. 141, $780,
600 total, 500, zoe, 900. The estimated
value of fruit products is apples, $50
1000; pears, $l4, 100, 900; peaches,
$50, 135, 900 grapes, So, lis, 600; straw
berries, $4,000 900; other fruits, $l0,-
432, 800 making total Of $l38, PIG, 700,
or nearly equal to one-half of the
value Of our average wheat crop. Cali
fornia, in addition to her figs, oranges.
olives and almonds, has nearly one
third Of the whole grape area, sixty
thousand acres Of Vineyards, and
forty-three millions Of vines, yielding
annually, Besides grapes and raisins
for the market, ten millions of gallons
OF wines. The wines of Missouri,
Ohio and other States bring the whole
wine product up to fifteen millions of
gallons. s..a l. - Ri
A few illustrations will suffice to
show the immense quantities Of fruits
which are sent to market in addition
to what is consumed at home. OF
strawberries, there were received in q
single day in the New York market,
at the height of the last season, up
ward of 10, 900 bushels. The shipments
from Norfolk this year have been over
5000, 900 quarts-Boston alone receiv-
ing from that source more than 5000
bushels. The peach crop of 1875. in
Delaware and Maryland alone, was
estimated at between 1000 900 and 81
600, 900 baskets. California sent East,
in 1876, 334- ear loads of fruit, of four
hundred bushels each; an increase of
more than one hundred per cent over
the previous year. OF the strawberry,
from San Jose and vicinity, there were
sent some days, for home consumption,
forty tons; and in q circuit of about
five miles there are more than thou
sand acres of. this fruit under cultfva-
tion., In Illinois, very little fruit was
raised, except for home use, until 1910;
now there are 800, 900 acres of orchards
1 that State.
At the last exhibition of the Georgia
Horticultural Society the display In
cluded nearly two hundred varieties of
fruits, among them fiftyssix varieties
of peaches, upwards of fifty Of grapes,
and forty OF pears. The value Of the
apple product in a single county in
New York Is estimated, in good sea-
sons, at a million dollars; and I'm addi-
ton to those consumed at home the
State exports one and half million of
barrels. Michigan also is great fruit
producing State, the annual value of
the crop being $4,000,O 900. Reports
from the Southern States and from
California show immense growth In
the cultivation of oranges and other
tropical fruits, and 1t appears probable
that all that isneeded for the consump-
ton OF the whole country can be sup
piled by these sections.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04

The Town Board OF 6pfingys1lsne1f
Detroit Is dlsco9ing Ineens q pEeye
ing the further spreed OF the Te4n
tick az. among o 1s ! g: cstt!A -
&Sxs{xs q 81! ! - !, r ,s rsp . on Z
& & ~ AZ * 4 1ysss y sss Il
mich COWS witch hed died I'M ~
sYmptoms OF the disease were exam-
tned 80 found to contain millions Of
the TICK IN all Stages OF growth. He
believed that the cows were poisoned
by the ticks after reaching certain
growth. He observed several cases
where animals treated with diluted
saleratus speedily recovered. If the
tick got Its full growth before treating
there was no saving the animals. He
said there. was Q pastuyage on Strong's
farm, which is located In Springwells,
north of the Chicago road, on the
Livermore road, consisting OF q hum
dred acres, and into this drOves Of
Texas steers are driven by drovers and
shippers In this city. Native cattle
In the township grazing near this
pasture become infested with the tick,
harmless to the Texas CATTLE but, he
believes, death to native cattle, "A !
9. A. Brush, Principal of Detroit
School No. 4, has given the complaint
q little attention. When he first heard
the report of the lpresence OF the dis
ease he shut up his COW in an Enclosure
and commenced giving her q diet OF
such food as would prevent her taking
the disease. After two weeks he no.
ticed her droop her head, act sluggish
ly and lose her appetite. Upon exam
ination he found her body infested
with the tick. He gave her wash
consisting Of strong sOapsuds and then
applied q salve of carbolic acid and lard
mixed. In q weeks time she again
returned to her food. Wherever a
large tick was found embedded in the
hide and torn off, alarge blotch would
appear attaining the size OF tea
saucer, After q while,, under treat
ment Of the salve, these disappeared.
His theory is that the ticks gather
more numerously on the udder of q
COW and gradually poison the glands,
producing q fever Of those glands, and
death OF the COW. va
Some very valuable milch cows have
died In Springwells, and most of them
grazing with COWS that have been near
the pasture mentioned, or mixed with
those already infested. A number OF
small farmers have now lost every
mich COW owned by them, and the
Town Board are called upon to take
such measures as will prevent the
pasturing of Texas cattle in the town
shin sfr
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Labor Questions I'm Two Coun-


About II 600 people are out OF em-
ployment In the Bolton cottOn-manu-
1acfuring district in England, REFUSED
10 accept : reduction ~ 3 pots eept IN
their wages. This d = putte txtr46Es'
binary strike, - the 0peA rtiyoQ are,
s. I! I! ]
oWnekAaay>3Nrt IAN t{mRI M
reduce the salarffa OF au51l ~ 4dd ey
tie cost OF carriage and utt11r col M
gent expenses, tbor1Atepe<V on The
0laht, or the depfecit tidh ph ~
rinery. fnyhUrt psvti1 = rekiu
@x{&n 0o6ts OF nous of -fhd IBmeukg.
eneel1n INTO the manufacture, wfiifc1
reducing the productions and thus
increasing the cost per yard Of cloth
produced. On the other hand, II wag-
b Fare redlted, JTiey Can feddc@ f6S
Cost OF the product, and sell at lower
prices. The operatives contend that
II the markets are glutted, production
should be checked by partial time. In
the long lTuh ,howsvsE it's evidently
for their interest that production be
carried on al cheaply rs possible,
whereas the tendency Of partial time,
as above shown. Is to increase the cost
OF production. ~ = ~.
We observe, on the other hand, that
a strike Of the Observation-Disclosures
against q reduction of 10 per cent, and
in some districts of Is per cent, has
been submitted to arbitration, and the
umpire decides that no reduction shall
be made, but recommends certain
other changes to effect the desired re.
ducti0n In the cost OF the production
Of the coal. This Is good Instance OF
the value of arbitration In these dis
putes, and 1t is a pity that some ar
rangement Of this kind cannot be sub
stituted for the succession of strikes
and rebellions going on in Pennsyl-
vania.
The situation In Pennsylvania, how
ever, needs something more. radical
than arbitration to relieve 1t. All the
mining regions are permanently over
stocked with labor. Mr.. Red1eld, a
careful journalist, who has visited the
mining regions. finds this everywhere
true. Lucerne county nearly doubled
In population in ten years, while
Bucks and the farming counties stood
still. The miners acknowledge the
u1n1culCy. one VINO admitted that at
one time he had earned as high as $195
per month and said they sent it home
to the old country to bring over their
friends with. Their friends came.
Comparatively few saved their wages,
though Mr.. Redfeld says that around
Scranton, their homes are still tidy
and their children fat. Unfortunately,
they show little disposition now to
migrate, although they realize they are
too thick. They want to " stand out y
awhile against the corporations. The
corporations are glad to have them
stand out, and coal stock actually goes
down on rumors OF resumption of
mining. Like soldiers and sailors,
these men have strange fondness for
their disagreeable trade, and don It like
TO abandon it for the farms; their
wives, also, are q powerful opposition
against taking up the toll of farmers
wives, lms
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04

Proyisions-The market IL firm at Sl4
500H Is per. hill 5os pork Lard, l43c
per lib for derces kegs are held at 9ac
R Fc I pSr nd A%cs ed d.. n e. re firm q
shoulders bacon lO@llc per Id; exit
mess beef, $l2 90 per Dbl, and dried bes Z
14c per lib.
Potatoes-From frrmers' wagons sO@
IS cts per bushel. Jersey sweet potatoes,
! 50 epGp59ga p le Pct N; Mich
igszf, y 10 Per Dbl Syracuse, dairy, per
bu. sack, 15lQ47c; Ashton dairy, per pa
y T AID Ct K sduli at es@7 cts per
lib.
Timothy Seed--S1 COOL 65.
Wood-4 25@4 80 per cord for beech
and maple; a 1906 for hickory; SOFT
wood, 1908 50 per cord.
D,irDf6 .YT<Jsb 1xx1s-1&1rtSA
DETROIT LIVE STOCK.
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al Sure Cure for PlIes.

No one 1eed snnSrs "a positive remedy for all
kinds Of Piles ths t2ts?ss Itching At once
pared only for Pie, and nothing ese} Thousands
already cured.
Mr.. Jos. M. Ryder. Cleveland, o., wrteE,-"I suf-
tried ssmsdy AIR rshedy a yersised and consult
Cd physicians In Philadelphia, Lopiiytle, Cincin-
natl indsnspolis snd this city, and spert hun.
box OF DR.. Williams Indian File Ointment some
5opf months fgc. and II has cured me completely:
mine who had doctored with many physicisns. and
a. last rssort went to tho noted Hot Springs Ar
kansas, for treatment. He informs me that the In
IL certainly wonderful discovery, and should be
used py tes 1sny thossands who are suffering
sfodpd ssSi boT Of Ointment Sold IN dSusSsts
eensIsliy. Sold by Farrand, Williams q Dol whole
sale druggists, Detroit..l l''3dYili ,siIsS
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04

The English Saturday Review has
published an article relative TO the out
look Of the wheat market, from which
the following hae boen compiled:
X RnouWh II knQVD toc0oW that the
R&keet Drop Of Io<I Igone q the worst
.eysf erpvn IA t6e United Kingdom,
8; - !!
= Ae winter. What then, IL the l99A
-offhe worlds harvest this year? On
the whole It must be pronounced 70 be
ngopd lQ9e. There can be little reason
u d9n6t that the United States are
. ertnE m hcfarlet ctpuzl - best
.qna]1ty TIT has ever be- prod uoedk ~
-t6oSe Ifheif Nh estimate
10 that their surplus Is nearly enough
TO supply Rll0ur needs, and the Ameri-
cans give good earnest of their belief
tPrdepre49lA our fAaSbqt4 with the
fdantity afdf6w price o. thsif pf6dhce.
But America has been frequently de-
ceived herself in this matter; and there
may bea exaggerati0n in the estimate
this year. Egypt has an abundant
crop, ahdis rapidly turning 1t into
money. Austria and Hungary have a
considerable surplus to spare. Russia
IL said TO have q more abundant crop
than she has reaped for years. but, as
her porJs on the south are closed, only
so much of this can be exported as can
besent to the Baltic, or by railways
through Germany. France and Bel
GUM, however, have poor crops this
year, and instead Of sending to us they
will be competitors with us for the
American and the Hungarian surplus.
There can DO little doubt that, If the
Russian supplies were liberated, the
competition OF America aud Russia
would reduce values. 1t is perhaps for
that reason that America, seeing her
opportunity, Is selling all she can,
while Russia Is almost shut up. 1t Is
clear, we think, that the worlds crop
Is sufficient for the needs of all, and
that, II our traders can but keep them
selves from the panic and alarm which
the disastrously bad crop of England
may, with reason occasion, although
we may have to pay more for our loaf
than the average price of the last cereal
y ear, yet the present ruling prices are
nearly high enough to attractsufficient
surplus to our shores. 1t must not be
forgotten, however, that the failure of
our potato crop will cause large extra
demand for bread. 49,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04

1t was n bright thought. that of
Smithson, the founder OF the Smith
sonian Institution, when he was dy-
ing of an unknown complaint.
Smithson had had five doctors, and
they. had, been unable 70 discover
what the disease was. At length they
told the patient that he must die.
Calling them all around him, he said !:
my, friends, after I die, make a post
mortem examination, and. find out
what &lls'nfe, FOL, really, I have heard
such lepg and learned discussions ON
the subject, that I am dying to kppw
what the disease Is myself. 49, "Ao
A thing dUneSwilsd shdds1s Jfis new
CT forgotten.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04
Tie Beer Business.

The following figures, compiled
from official sources, and !doubtless
very accurate, show the number Of
brewers in each State OF. the Union
and the number of barrels of beer
made by them for theyear ending May
1, 1877: 500 .fl7R.NF. Ft--T
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04

little farther. Why should we not
enjoy full bath In proportion as we
take pleasure In having the face and
hands clean? The answer IL truthful
and simple-habit Is q powerful tyrant;
once week at least should find US In
the health-giving invigorating enjoy
pent Of full bath. This bath should
onsist of good rock salt one pint, one
srbonful OF common baking soda to
two pals Of water. Oh what . posi-
i've luxury is q comfortable warm bath
Of this kind. 1t Is not doing ju4tice to
I1hr bodies II we neglect >them;Iand l
think 1t is positive imposition upon
society to carry about with us the cast
off matter of our bodies, 80 horribly
offensive and dlsagreeable to cleanly
and sensitive pers0n.~ Il have known
those who would destroy or put to
flight Az n alt piSfStE Ahts OF innate Sa
this account alone, and your first
thought after their departure, would be
~ thrqw open Abs windows and doors
and mentally calculate "why in the
name of sense don't you hathew A
lady In every sense or the word but
this, said to me, "if you keep on bath.
Ing you VIII constantly inereass in
weigh?' She replied, about Seventy
pounds" and said she, IL found I va,
getting feshy and stopped bathing.
said L. Myreply did particularly
please my adviser. and 1 did not ex-
pect 1t would. How much do YOU
weigh she inquired?n tTwo hundred
pounds" said r, t'and shall not stop
bathing on this account either. If
it's undesirable to have. much flesh,
surely it's unpleasant to have SO much
unclean flesh; and II get so stout that
I can't manage bath otherwise, i
will have q tub made large enough for
me, and be lifted into 1t by tackles
worked by horse power on the outside
of the house, ~ This restored her good
humoy; but she persisted In declaring
that, ''it always made, her. chilly" /
continued, 1T don't believe you would
be half so sensitive to the changes of
| the weather, IL you would take good
salt bath, which Is SO invig0rating to
the skin, rendering 1t more hardy and
more capable Of enduring the changes
of weather." No my friends, this
great fear of water, ia all q farce, use At
freely one hour before eating, and
never after a meal, for at. least two
hours. A foot-bath once a day Is actu-
ally indispensable, as the feet seem to
be the natural vent for throwing off
the waste brok en-dOwn matter of the
skin. This should always be warm,
and avoid haste and excitement in
bathing, as much of the good effects is
lost i'm this way. .,t
Mrs. las. III. PHILLIPS
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04

Iinety-thfebI dollars ID expended every
year In merely purchasing the princi-
pal raw materials that enter into the
beer product of the country. IL we
add the wages paid by the manufac-
turers, interest on the sum invested In
buildings, teams, implements, etc.,
the profit to the manufacturer, and
then the profit gained by the retail
dealer. we have an enormous aggre-
paiN.
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CATTLE.

Choice TO extra shipping. @lI2
ssss y S ssSiss s SS Is
Mich cows each. IS 00045 90
Veal calves, each 6-o0@io 90
Sheep Prices lower,. lots averaging
" 80, . g rs ssad re "a a each. = 20
per cwt. Lfgbt, weights, ~ 62i@z So. .,
>xpKalsofy nSts! ID ser ,- ..raIsed 4 !, !.
by thel maksci ID le4evysafUeif indore--
mentl the Supreme OCarJaf1 1a9sachu
sets d0Cidesgie v0idsusa01tAosstndor
arszi,bh .s>TEj in,blSs1-seu tss
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04

Is one OF those intestiors that
the practical man as the common sense spring, be-
ssIss si SSs sH aS ss. psIsS,
gives independent action 10 each wheel, making
them much moro durable. The springs are made
Of special crucible Steel and are fully warranted.
The Dexter supplies liant long felt by the farmer.
easiest riding md most durable spring vehicle
known, and much less liable TO break than the or
'issry slrias on sc GO a Qp1|ity apdffF
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Dexter. Spring Co..

HUTTON. near Pittsburgh. Pa.
iSsa. 7ssiy fFihs Csmpsny Iss2a1uSctdsst byT
n. WooDwoRTH 4 Co., Cincinnati Ohio
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oAHANCEEl

Nearly two inches In diameter was removed from
by Dir. DeCou 100 Hastings st. This canoe : was re,
moved without surgical operation. The patient,
who is laborer, did not lose one day Of wofk while
under treatment
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04

ID IN every town and county in this State, one or
two agents wanted TO sell valuable article, useful
n every household. Intelligent and reliable men
and women can hsve permanent and profitable
business. Address Hathaway 3 Co, No. q eratiot
st., Detroit Mich.