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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-02-08

Among the most exquisite scenes which
delight the eye OF the European traveller are
those wonderful rose.colored cloud.banners,
floating from the Alpine cliffs. But il is only
in the sunlight that Nature hangs out these
beautiful tokens. So 1t is only in the glow of
health-the sunlight of our inner being
that nature reveals these physical cloud
banners, the "rosy cheek" and "cherry
lip" to praise which every poet of the earth
has invoked the Muse to aid him. But they
are as rare rs the cynical Hood conceived
Christian charity to be. Woman, eager to
retain this charm, resorts to French art and
rouge. The effect Is similar to that which
would be produced by substituting auc-
tioneers hags for the delicate glowing cloud
banners OF the Alps. IL woman would aid
Nature instead OF adopting art, would seek
health instead of vainly trying to mask dis
ease, she would not only win the greatest
charm OF womanhOod - health but she
would avert much misery both from herself
and others. Dr.Pierce's Favorite Prescription
has received the highest praise from thou.
sands OF pale, delicate, suffering women. One
bottle often affords more relief than months OF
treatment by caustics and other medicines.
1t is harmless in any condition of the sys.
tenn, and its use often renders the modest
invalid exempt from that most trying of
ordeals--a personal consultation with a
physician. tits the duty of every woman to
become familiar with the causes and symp-
toms of the many diseases to which her
peculiar organization renders her liable, and
also to learn the proper means OF prevent
ing these maladies. The Peoples Medical
Adviser contains an extensive treatise upon
"Woman and her Diseases" The Author
also advises courses of domestic treatment,
which will often render the services Of a
physician unnecessary. Every woman should
read it. A copy of the Adviser can be OBJ
tanned by addressing the Author, DIR. r. V.
Pierce, at Buffalo, N. Y. Price $1.50 post
age prepaid). Favorite Prescription is sold
hV druOpista
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Discovery OF Gas.

Great was the amazement of all En-
gland when, at the close of the last GEN.
fury, William Murdoch discovered the
use of combustible air, or gas. So little
was the invention understood and be-
lieved in by those who bad seen it in use,
that even great and wise men laughed at
the idea. How could there be light
without wick I" said member of Par
lament when the subject was brought
before the house. Even Sir Humphrey
Davy ridiculed the idea of lighting
towns with gas, and asked one of the pro-
jectors if they meant to take the dome of
st. Paul's as u gas meter. Sir Walter
Scott, too, made himself merry over the
idea of illuminating London by smoke;
though he was glad enough, not 80 long
after, to make his own house at Abbots-
ford light and cheerful on winter nights
by the use of that very smoke. When
the House of Commons was lighted by
gas, the architect imagined that the gas
ran on fire through the pipes, and he
therefore insisted on their being placed
several inches from the wall, for fear of
the building taking fire; the members
might be observed carefully touching the
pipes with their gloved hands, and wan
dering they did not feel warm. The first
shop lighted by the new method was Mr..
Ackerman's, Of the Strand, in 1910; and
one lady of rank was 80 delighted with
the brilliancy of the gas lamp on the
counter that she asked to be allowed to
take 1t home in her carriage. Mr.. MUIR
doch was, however, too busy with his
other pursuits to study the uae of gas,
and though he was undoubtedly the first
to apply 1t to practical purpose, many
others laid claim to the honor, and other
people quickly reaped the benefit of his
cleverness and ingenuity. In this he
shared the general fate of inventors.
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CORNELIUS CASEY, a Western Union
Telegraph messenger only twelve years
old, deserves personal mention of the
most cordial sort. He was employed in
the Office of the Company at Brunswick,
Ga, and during the yellow fever cpl.
demic there in the autumn, while all the
local operators and those sent from
abroad were struggling with the disease,
he took charge of the Office and kept up
the communication, without which the
town would have been entirely shut away
from outer relief. He sent and received
dispatches correctly, although he had
no instruction and nobody in the Office
was conscious that he had picked up a
knowledge of the art. He has been
formally thanked by resolution of the
Relief Association of the town.
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COLLINS go
V0LTAIC
PLASTERS.

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30 confident are the propretors In the great value
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the standard medical specifics ofthe day.
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bring the shoes to her in the shortest

bring the shoes to her in the shortest
time.
The old woman hailed this news with
Joy, for she could sew shoes and slippers,
and, moreover, was considered the
fastest sewer in the village, and the re-
ward would make her comparatively
rich. She fastened to her home and
getting the requisite cloth, got thread
and the needle that she received from
the ball of needles, and commenced the
first stitch to her amazement the needle
commenced to sew of itself with light
ming rapidity, and in less time than it
takes TO tell it, the thread was used.
Gerbrina put in a thread long enough
to sew the whole shoe, and putting the
needle to 1t commenced to sew as before,
the shoe being done in a few minutes.
The other shoe was done in the same
way, and, bundling them up, and taking
care to secure the needle in the lining of
her sleeve, she hurried to the castle
where the Countess lived, and, making
known her business was admitted to her.
The Countess was overjoyed to see her,
and gave her the money. She then told
the Countess the story of the needle,
and how it had helped her in want. She
joyfully proceeded homeward, and took
path through the woods instead of the
road. She had proceeded a good dis
lance, when she heard rustling, and,
looking around, she saw a great snake,
already poised to spring on her. Now
she had put the needle in her sleeve in
such manner that the point stood out
from her. She stood riveted to the spot,
through fear, and could not move a
limb. The snake advanced and began
to creep again a few feet, again poised
itself, and darted at the heart of the
woman. She gave shrek, but the
snake, on nearing the woman's breast,
happened to touch the needle. 1t sud-
denly stopped as its fangs were only a
few inches from the women, threw itself
backwards and disappeared in the grass
Gerbrina ran home as quick as her
tired limbs would carry her to tell this
wonder. She found that the story of
the needle had preceded her, and the
villagers stood in groups talking about
the affair. There was another woman
in the village who considered herself a
rival of Gerbrina, and, on hearing of her
success, determined on revenge, and to
possess herself of this needle. She
neared Gerbrina, therefore, as she was
talking with some of the villagers, and,
seeing the needle in her sleeve, deter
mined to get it. She at first pulled
little of the needle out without anybody
seeing it. She tried again; this time the
needle came nearly all out. Another
pull and she would have it! She
pulled it out with success, and was just
about to transfer it to her own dress
when, with a crash like thunder, the air
around filled with the smoke, the needle
broke in two pieces, one of which went
into each of the woman's eyes, and
made her totally blind.
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FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
r,ud n Way, OR Mako IL.

Find n Way, or Make H.
Ambition sleeps, lad. In your brain,
Bright hopes may soon awane
You nee the goal. but ne'er path,
Then ind q way or make IL.
tn set the cocoanut's rich meat
The shell Is hard-you break IL
The fragrant leaf its odor holds
Until you bruise or shake 1t.
Untrodden is the path you choose
You may be wise to take IL;
But look ahead, all danger see,
And then you may escape It.
A mountain, far too steep TO climb,
Well, then, don't try TO do it;
Ysu may be able 70 90 round,
Or patiently dig through 1t.
A fence, you say, but meier gatel
Whan can you do? you wonder.
Just scale the wall mount, If you can.
And II you can't, crawl under.
Your way is muddyr Wait while
Let wind and sunshine dry 1t;
Still, wait not for another rain
To see some comrade try II.
A river deep, you cannot swim?
No steamer there, youknow IL?
Well, II there is no other way,
Build your own boat and row II.
Nay, lad, we know the way is hard
Down hill and up steep mountain
And oft you'll drink from muddy stream
For want OF some clear fountain.
Go down, and you'll have many kick
Go up and some will push you;
But win your way and praise will csme
From those who tired TO crush you.
Don't hide your talent through fear,
But bravely 20 and stake II
Wear out, don't rust--to reach your goal,
Mary E. Lambert.
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cheapest steamer is easily had by having
q steamer made to fit the large iron ket-
tie that every kitchen has The steamer,
of tin, made to fit the kettle, the sides
fitting down, say one inch, snug, per-
feet fit; one inch from this rim is bot.
tom with holes cut in it, half an inch in
diameter and one inch apart. The
steamer, like a basin with straight or
perpendicular sides, nine inches deep, a
tin cover to fit perfectly tight, the cover
made to run up in the middle two or
three inches. This steamer can be made
for one dollar and fifty cents. When
stewing fruit, put it in an earthen dish !;
set dish and all in the steamer. The fruit
does not waste its flavor as when stewed
with water. Steam puddings, instead of
boiling, If you would retain the flavor.
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The Turkish Provinces.

lNatlOnal hepOsitOry I0r reDruary.I
These beautiful but terribly scourged
regions, occupying the great highway
between the Orient and Occident, had
been, for centuries before the coming of
the Turk, the battlefield of nations.
Since the earliest records of history they
have been harvest-felds whence tyrants
and warriors have drawn the human in
struments for their conflicts. The
Thracians and Macedonians were thus
used in their day; and also the Alban-
ians, Sclavonians, and Magyars of the
period are famous as good material for
soldiers. In ancient times these fields
bore a varied medley of nationalities,
which Philip and Alexander of Macedon
sought to conquer and used for the
completion of their great armies. Then
the Romans ruled here, and fought
with the mighty Germanic Cloths. FL
nally when the Huns penetrated to the
west, causing the migration of other ma
tionalities, the valleys of the Danube
and the lands beyond the Balkan range
became for five hundred years the wild
habitation of the most diverse peoples.
Germanic, Turkish, and Sclavonic tribes
followed each other in quick succession !;
and their names as devastators or rulers
are inscribed in the history of tho Balkan
Peninsula like the changing and fantas-
tic colOrs of the kaleidoscope. At last
in the fourteenth century came the
Turkish hOrdes in such numbers from
the East that they made themselves
ords of the land, and threatened to
overrun half of Europe.
nd how m uhtv uoa of nua ~ mo this
realm of the Osmanlis The followers of
the Prophet had conqured lands in which
Christianity has been rooted for centu-
ries. The classic soil of the apostles,
Corinth and Ephesus, and Nice, the
city of synods, Antioch, Nicomedea, and
Alexandria were subjugated to their
power. The very cradle of Christianity
and the grave of the Savior, Palestine
and Jerusalem, fell into the hands of the
Moslems, who contested their possession
against the combined attack of all the
prowess and the chivalry of the Chris
tianity Of the West. 1t was reserved
for them to consecrate the Church CT
st. Sophia, in which for thousand years
Christ and the saints had been honOred
to the worship of Allah and the Prophet.
At the very epoch when Christians were
contending in Constance about religious
creeds, when the attempted reconcilia-
ton between the Greek and the Catholic
Church was proving to be failure, aud
when forty millions of Protestants were
preparing to renounce their allegiance
to the papacy-at that epoch the Turks
were penetrating victoriously into the
heart of Europe. Even the Roman
Emperor fed before them from his CAPT.
tai of Vienna, and the mighty Gothic
cathedral of st. Stephens narrowly es-
capped becoming mosque, as had St.
Sophia in Byzantium. Only a little
less than two hundred years ago German
and Polish heroes annihilated the vast
and superior army of Kara Mustapha be-
fore the walls of Vienna. 1t was the
last time the standard of the Prophet
was unfolded in the heart of Europe
when even the vine.clad cities of the
Rhine trembled at the name of the Turk.
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An English gentleman, travelling near
Sinai, was struck with the small blue
stones he discovered in the dried-up
water courses which in the rainy season
convey the thousand streams that hurry
to the sea, and, having the curiosity to
bring some home, he soon discovered
that they were turquoises of no common
order. This determined him to make
further researches. Eventually he has
built house near the junction of the
Wady Kenuch, the Wady Mokatteo, or
written valley, and the Wady Megham.
Here aided by the friendly tribes he had
taken into his pay, he has discovered old
turquoise mines of the ancient Egyptians,
the rocks that they worked for the stones,
the very tools they used, and their polish
ing and grinding places. Being man
OF much energy, he has brought to bear
upon this fortunate discovery the adj
vanced knowledge of our times, and he
is obtaining and sending over to this
country some of the finest specimens of
turquoises that exist. In such lonely
spot he naturally has not confined his
attention to this subject only, but has
traced out the system of Notifications by
which the Pbaraohs protected their
works and workmen, and, what is still
more wonderful, has come upon
the remains of vast iron works 30
vast, indeed, that many thousand people
must have been employed upon them,
unless the plant used was on quite as
grand a scale as that of cur largest fur
naces in the north of England. These
works stand adjacent to the mines, on
some hills at place called Surabit-el
Khadin, and were evidently conducted
on the Catalan system lin the opinion of
the disco7erer.) This ore was very i'm
perfectly extracted-slag brought over
to this country, from the immense heaps
that, like mountains, arc piled around,
contained as much as ffty-three per
cent. of iron. :! The district has remained
unexplored, probably on account of its
being out of the beaten track, and in an
unknown country there is no temptation
to stray, particularly as the guides and
dragomen discourage any explorations
which may add to the risk Of the
Journey.
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The bullion product of the leading
mines of Nevada for November aggre.
gates $3, 554 1852, of which over 81, 800.
600 was in gold, and the remainder In
silver. OF the amount, 81, 256,5l7 was
taken from the California, and 81, 2O2,-
296 from the Consolidated Virginia.
The yield is less than for October.
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CHAPPED hands, face, pimples, ringworm,
saltrheum and other cutaneous affections
cured, and rough skin made soft and smooth,
by using Juniper Tar Soap. Be careful to
get only that made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.,
New York, as there are many limitations
made with common tar, all OF which are
worthless
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PRESIDENTIAL MANSION, WASHINGTON,
D. c., April %, 1875.-Messrs. Helphenstine
& Bentley--Gents: For the past seven years
my wife has been great sufferer from
rheumatism. Her doctors failing to give her
relief, she used three bottles of Durang's
Remedy, and permanent cure was the re.
suit. VIM. II. Crook, executive clerk for
President Grant.
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MANY people, particularly children, suffer
with the ear ache; and for the benefit of
such we give asure but simple remedy. Put
in two or three drops of Johnson'S Anodyne
Linintent, stop the ear with undressed wool,
battle the feet in warm water before going
to bed, and keep the head warm ut night.
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CAPT. CHARLES SAGER, who keeps a
superb stock of livery horses in Portland,
Me-, informed us recently that he uses &teri-
dams Cavalry Condition Po,oders regularly in
his stables, and that the expense is more
than offset by the diminished amount of
grain necessary to keep his horses always in
good order,
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Household IIiuts.

PANCAKE OR CREDIBLE CAKE.-Take
as manytablespoonfulso of -four AZ there are
eggs to be used. Beat the eggs(yolks aud
whites separately, then stir in the -four
till smooth add enough sweet, rich milk
to make the eggs and -four into a thin
batter, aud little salt. Grease the pan
or griddle, when quite hot with hntter
or sweet lard. Stir 1t brisk1y to prevent
its scorching. Drop in the batter quickly
for small round cakes. Turn the cakes as
soon as nicely Drowned, taking great
care not to scorch them. When both
sides are Drowned, fold them over, put
ting sugar or honey and butter between.
Some think little nutmeg or cinnamon
an Improvement
COOKING PoTAToEs.-An experienced
housekeeper thinks that potatoes and all
vegetables, in place of boiling, should be
cooked by steam, else they must be more
or less water-soaked. The simplest and
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Popularity.

The popularity OF Messrs. James s. Kirk &
Co.'s soaps, manufactured int Chicago, is shown
by the unprecedented sale which their goods
have reached during the year 1876. This by far
is the largest srap manufacturing concern in
the United States, producing and selling in
all parts of this country, from the Red River
annually. No so-called greases enter into
these soaps. Only pure refined tallow and
vegetable oils are used, containing no adul-
teration. Fair aud square weights always re.
liable. This is why their soaps are so popular
with all good aud economical housekeepers.
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FRANK LEsIIE's POPULAR MONTHLY has
taken rank as the largest, most literally H.
Illustrated, and cheapest family magazine of
general reading. Its pages are large, typo.
graphy beautiful and clear, epgravings first
class, and its price is within the reach of all
classes. We have in the February number
acceptable articles from the pens of the ablest
writer's, including the following subjects all
fully illustrated: English Interest in the
Eastern Question )" Up the Nile "AVisit
to Rotterdam" "The Ladies OF Ancient
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reside at a distance from bookstores and
news dealers, will do well to send $3.50, the
subscription price, or 20 cents for single
copy, to FRANK LESLIE, 537 Pearl St., N. Y.
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HERE comes Pittsburg man, named
Israel Chilcote, with an ancestral claim
for an estate on which stands a large
portion of the City of Baltimore, includ.
ing several hotels, the City Hall, and
other prominent buildings.