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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1879-04-10


Nathan B. Rgfer--Settled on the
north half of the southeast quarter Sec
ton IA, Pleasant Plains township, in
the Spring of 1878. This place was en-
tered by Jas. /. Parks. The soil is sand;
plains and stump land. Water from
spring and lake. There are about 8
acres improved; log house. Has about
30 apple trees, with small fruits, and
quantity Of young trees of different
kinds, in nursery. For shade original
oak and wild cherry have been left.
Keeps . hogs, poultry, and has two
cows and "a flock .ofsheep which will be
brought In soon. Having no team, Mr..
Porter's progress has naturally been
slow. In 1878, lie had y acres corn, !
acre oats, 7 acre bucliwheat (oat in by
hand ,cifh gCf'tltn rake; yield, I'D BUSH
els), acre potatoes, / acre beuns.
Robert ByoWn--First settled in Lake
county, i'm 1872, and engaged keeping
hotel at Chase, till Spring Of 1874, when
he homesteaded the northeast quarter
section Is, I'inora township. The soil
Is sandy loan, with good water from
we'll As feet deep. He las about 43
acres improved; and frame house,
lSx20; log barn 20x42 feet. Has about
ten bearing apple trees, with small
fruits. Planted naples, sumach and
Balm of Gile,,d for shade and orna-
ment. Keeps horses, 3 cows, year.
ling, 9 hogs and poultry. In 1873, had
4 acres wheat, 2 acres corn, 2 acres
buckwheat, | acre potatoes, 100 bush
els, acre beans, acre rutabagas, $50
bushels, 10 acres rye and End acres to
tame grass pasture. Sowed 10 acres
wheat, Is acres rye, last Fall. Is sat
istied with prospects.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1879-04-10

1879 Mar. lam Up m bpm Average Win,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1879-04-10

Chds. RdnIdU-Homestcaded the
northwest of southwest and southwest
of northwest quarter section 30, Pinora
township, in Fall of 1867, and HOW has
about 20 acres improved. The soil is
clay loam; the house and barn, oflogs.
Has ONE sapple, cherry, plums and
small fruits, Intending to set more APP
pie trees, this Spring. Water is had
from well, 25 feet deep, and there's IA
stream for stock. Keeps oxen, 6 hogs
and poultry. In 1875, he psised acres
wheat, acre corn, . acres oats, ] acie
potatoes (125 bushels), acre beans aud
) acres clover and timothy. Sowed
acres wheat, last Fall. Intend to build
frame granary this season..
Nodh Buricy--Settled on six acres
on section o, Chase township, last Fall;
erected frame house and intends to
clear and improve for a home. There's
u spring stream running through the
lot.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1879-04-10

Beardsley e. Judkins,
LAW YERS. = HERSEY, MICH
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19
Short Sermons. .

The perfectly contented man is also
useless.
Try to see yourself through the eyes
of those around you.
Great power of acquisition is common
to m;llionaires and hogs.
The ideal saint of the young moralist
is cut from sappy timber.
Faith that asks no questions kills the
soul and stiles the intellect.
Happy is the man who has neighbors
willing to forgive his mistakes.
The vigorous idea keeps warm though
wrapped in a few words.
He who thinks poorly of himself can
not win the respect of his fellows.
Appear to be better than you are, and
aim to be what you appear to be.
The trouble with many communists
is, that the dead men refuse TO be
buried.
Only infidel wisdom is able to dis
tinguish the difference between some
men and beasts.
Many believe that to be a lie which
contradicts the testimony OF his own
ignorance.
The gilded calf, having wealth with
out soul, finds more worshipers to-day
than in the days of Moses.
He whose only claim to the title
gentleman" is in his clothes, must
necessarily be careful in what he
wears.
The Lord can easily have more faith
in the religion that wears an old coat to
church than the man i'm the coat can.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19
A Woman's Logic.

at is useless TO take meslicine. l
shall feel better Tomorrow. Besides, l
need the money to get that lovely new
hat. NY old one is such a fright, and
people will look more ut my bonnet
than they will at my face. l will wait
till l feel worse before l spend any
money for medicine" The new bon
net is purchased, and fifty other femi-
nine neceSsdries, in the form of ribbons,
laces, brooches, etc. Meanwhile the
lady's face becomes every day paler and
thinner, and her body weaker, Until
disease has gained so firm toothold in
her system, that the most thorough,
and ottimes long anu tedious, course
of treatment is necessary to restore her
TO health. Ladies, attend to your
health before you even think of apparel.
A fresh, blooming face in a plain bon
net is much handsomer and far more
attractive to your gentlemen friends,
than a painwOrn, diseased face In the
most elaborate and elegant bat your
millihcr could devise. DR.. Pierce's
FavOrite Prescription Is everywhere
acknowledged to be the standard remedy
for female complaints and weaknesses
1t is sold by all druggists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19

Frankfort-on-the-Ma Main, now contain
tanning a population of about one hun
dred thousand Is reputed to be the rich
est city in the whole world. If its
wealth were equally divided among his
inhabitants, every man, woman and
child would have, it Is said, about
twenty thousand marks, or five thous-
and dollars piece. There are, as may
be supposed, a good many poor people
in the town; but the citizens are, as a
whole, in unusual comfortable circum-
stances, more so, probably, than the
citizens of any other capital in Ger
many or Europe. 1t is asserted that
there are one hundred Frankforters
worth from four million to five million
dollars each, and two hundred and if
ty worth one million dollars and up
ward. The city is one OF the great
banking centres Of the globe. Its ag-
gregate banking capital is estimated at
two hundred million dollars, more than
one-fourth of which the famous Roths-
childs, whose original and parent house
is there, own and control. The annual
transactions in bills of exchange are in
excess of four hundred million dollars.
Its general trade and manufacturing
industries have greatly increased since
the formation of the German Empire,
to which Frankfort was originally
averse, being free city and an oppo-
nent Of Prussia, until coerced in July,
1sG6, by Gen. Won Falkenstein, who
entered it at the head Of an army and
imposed fine of thIrty.one thousand
forms for insubordipation.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19
AGRICULTURE.

CARE OF MEADows.-With many, the
only thing thought of after field has
been seeded down TO grass, is to remove
all that is possible in the shape of crops,
giving no care or attention 10 its we'll
being until it has become exhausted.
Then they plow, manure scantily and
re-seed, with the same after treatment.
When field is newly laid down, there
is much which may be done at a profit.
Although the cobbIe stones may have
been carefully removed, some will be
brought to the surface by the action of
the rake and frost, These should be
removed, and not left 10 damage the
knives of the mower; and for the same
reason, sticks and brush should be car
ried off. Weeds and bushes should be
rooted out. The ox-eye daisy is one of
the most common pests of the meadow.
If few, they may be dug up and remov-
ed, or they may be treated TO handful
of salt, carefully spread about the reots.
which will generally destroy them. If
the field is overrun, it should be cut be-
fore the seed is matured. When this is
done, and the field is kept in high
state of cultivation, daisies will be
checked very much in their growth.
Docks and other coarse weeds should
be pulled out ,and not allowed TO ripen 10
seed. In a wet season, these deep
rooted plants may be easily pulled out.
The Canada thistle on clay lands is
troublesome weed, and very tenacious
of life. Repeated mowings will do
much toward killing them out. L have
successfully treated them by moving
the first of June, again when the hay is
cut, and again in August and September,
as they may appear big enough TO cut
off, This has generally given them so
severe a shock that they present very
sickly appearance the next year, or fail
to come up at all. There are many
noxious plants which may be killed by
repeated mowings. Sometimes drain
may become stopped, which will cause
the cultivated grasses TO disappear and
rushes and swamp grasses to come in
their place. A little timely labor will
often prevent all this. Sometimes spots
will fail, where a little seed may be
sowed TO advantage. Often light top
dressing of manure, on a part or
whole of the field. may be applied at a
great profit. Meadows should not be
grazed il they are, it should be lightly
in the fall, and never In the spring.
There Is no labor on the farm which
will better repay the owuer than that
expended in the intelligent care of
meadows. The wide awake farmer
will not need any one TO tell him what
may be done to an advantage, or what
will result in profit.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19

Every body is familiar with those brill
liant, quaint pictures of insects, birds
and flowers, painted upon thick, soft
translucent material we have alwsys
called ''rice paper" This is not made
Of rice. 1t is the thin slices of the pith
of plant or tree of the Aralio family
the fatsid papy riferd of modern botan-
lists. The tree grows about twen-
ty feet high and its pith is an extensive
article Of commerce in China for 1t is
used in the manufacture of many arti-
cles, especially toys and artificial flow-
ers. The cylinders of pith exposed on
removing the bark and woody fibre are
rarely an inch and half in diameter,
and as the substance is delicate and
tender, rare skill aud practice are re-
quired to cut the whole stick from cir
cumference to centre into one continu-
Gus sheet. A long thin very sharp
knife is used for this g. GRAFTON. The
largest sheets that can be obtained in
this way are about fifteen inches long
by ten wide. As soon as the sheets are
cut they are spread out, all little holes
carefully mendcd with bits of mica and
then they are pressed under weights
until dry. The refuse scraps, &C., 60
to make pillars; the ordinary sheets are
dyed brilliantly and sold to the flower
makers, while the largest sheets are
destined for the foreign market after
being carefully painted by skillfnl ma
tive artists. There is no substance yet
discovered that SO well represents the
delicate texture Of the petals of flowers
as this paper of pith, and it is exported
to some extene by artificial flower man
Hfacturers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19

MULES FOR FARM WoRK.-We incline
to the belief that mules are preferable
to horses for farm work, for the
following reasons: They cost less
in every way. They eat less grain,
are less particular about their food,
and require less grooming than
money, and 20 the wide-awake farmer
time is money. They mature earlier.
A mule at three years is every bit as
good as horse at four years. The far
mer saves years interest on the capital
invested in his beast, to say nothing
of a years feed, for every mule he raises
and breaks. They are more easily
broken than horses, and when properly
broken and properly treated are quite
as gentle. OF course, the popular i'm
preston is just to the contrary, but the
popular impression is as wrong in this
case as il is in so many others. An or
dinary mule may be broken as well in
one day as an ordinary horse in two
weeks. In most cases all that is neces-
sary is TO hitch him up beside we'll
broken mule or a steady horse. and set
him TO work. When once properly
broken he is less given to various tricks
like kicking in harness and running
away-than a horse. He is safer for
women and chilren. A mule will do
one-third more hard work and will draw
heavier loads than horse. True, if too
much imposed on ne will balk-so will a
horse. There is no more need of having
a balky mule than balky hoase. More
over, mules average working life Is
at least twenty-five years-double that
of horse. In short, one mule will do
more work than two horses, and cost
less than one.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19
Drunkards-

| The OGense Of drunkenness was a
source of great perplexity to the an
clients, who tried every possible way OF
dealing with it. If none succeeded
probably it was because they did not
begin early enough. by intercepting
some of the ways and means by which
the insidious vice is incited and prop
agated. Severe treatment was often
tried to little effect. The Locrians.
under Zalencus, made il capital Of
fense to drink wine if it was not mixed
with water; even an invalid was not
exempted from punishment except by
order of physician. Pittacus, of Nit
ylene, made law that he who, when
drunk committed any offense, would
suffer double punishment which he
would receive if sober: and Plato, Ar
istotle and Plutarch applauded this as
the height of wisdom. The Roman
censors could expel Senator for being
drunk and take away his horse. Mo-
hammed ordered drunkards to be bas-
tinadoed with eighty blows. Other
nations thought of limiting the quanti-
ty to be drunk at one time or at one sit
ting. The Egyptians put some limit.
though what, is not stated. The Spar
tans, also, had some limit. The Ara
bians fixed the quantity at twelve
glasses man, but the size of the glass
was, unfortunately, not clearly defined
by the historians. The Anglo-Saxons
went no further than to order silver
nails to be fixed on the side of the
drinking cups, so that each might
know the proper measure. And IL IL
said that this was done by King Edgar
after noticing the drunken habits of the
Danes. Lycurgus, of Thrace, went TO
the root Of the matter by ordering the
vines to be cut down. And his con-
duct was initiated in 7O5 by Terbulns
of Bulgaria. The Suevi prohibited
wine to be imported. And the Snar-
tans tried TO turn the vice into contemns
by systematically making their slaves
drunk once year, to show their chill
dren how foolish and contemplate men
looked in that state. Drunkenness was
deemed much more vicious in soma
classes of persons than in others. Tho
ancient Indians held it lawful to kill =.
King when he was drunk. The Atba-
mans made 1t capital offense for p
magistrate to be drunk. and Charlie
magne Initiated this by a law that
Judges on the bench and nleadars
should do their business fasting. The
Carthagenians prohibited the magis-
trates, Governors, soldiers and servants
from any drinking. The Scots in m.
second century, made it a capital M
fense for magistrates to be drunk. and
Constantine III. Of Scotland, ssI ex
tened like punishment to youno mo-
pie. Again, some laws have obsolpto
ly prohibited wine from being drnnr
by women, the Massilians so decread
The Romans did the same, and extand
ed the prohibition to young men md,
80 or 45. And the husband and "Jel ,hI
wife's relations could scourge the viz ue
for offending, and the husband bimsa', i
might scourge her to death.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19

pillage have been committed ia their
name, they have always executed SUM-
mary vengeance on the offender who
has thus dared to take their dreaded
name in vain. A poor man was robbed
on the mountains of all his belongings
by one who said he was Seraphino, a
celebrated bandit; the poor mau went
on his way weeping; as he went a re-
specially dressed and kindly hammered
person came up to him and asked what
was the matter. Upon being told, he
took the direction in which the robber
had just gone, and soon after the poor
wayfarer heard shot fired. This was
followed by the return of his friend,
who brought him back his goods and
chattels, informing him that the thief
was dead, and that ne himself was Ser
aphine the bandit. Honesty is Cor
sican virtue; so are hospitality and gen.
erosity. Sexual morality does not ap-
pear to be their strong point, though
any insult an unmarried girl incurs the
implacable. vengeance of her relatives.
was told, however, on excellent au-
thority, that the father Of distinguish
ed Corsican having been murdered, the
son, who was too enlightened to revenge
himself after the approved fashion of
his couItrymen, hsnded the culprit
over to French justice, which ses-
fenced The man to only few years i'm
prisonment, the result being that this
miscreant, now at large threatens to ex-
terminate, not this son only, but all his
family. II is difficult one must own, to
feel much liking for such race of ras-
calls, yet am disposed to. think that
really good Corsicln, when you do get
hold of him, is a vero noble person in
deed. Such was Paoli, and such was
we believe, the coachman who drove us
in all our subsequent expeditions from
Ajaccio.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19
The Vendetta

The vendetta like the duel does not
make men less ready to take offense, as
one might have fancied it would, but
more ready. To be touchy, bully, a
swash-buckler, and to prove your met
tie, becomes point of honor, whereas.
If you do not carry a weapon, and pub
lie opinion does not sanction personal
violence, it becomes obviously better
breeding not to offend and provoke, nor
to be easily provoked yourself, as also
more convenient in every way. A Cor
siciD, like an Italian, stabs a man on
the smallest provocation, and like an
lrishmsn, thinks it no dishonor to shoot
at him from behind 2 stone wall. Hav-
ing killed his victim, he escapes into
the maquis, the wild open country,
covered with impenetrable odorous
brushwood, and there lives supported
by his sympathizing fellow ccuntrymen
practically safe from pursuit, for the
gendarmerie do not care much to ven-
tnre into the wilds on such an errand.
So Corsican gendarme in the French
service, bound with others, in a service
of pacifcstion in a disturbed district,
and who climbed up behind our mule
cart without leave asked, chatting affa-
bly,, informed us. Moreover the pco-
pie Of the neighborhood always give
these "banditti' as they are termed,
timely warning of the approach of the
Police. Some of these gentry have
killed quite large number of men;
and if only the murders have not been
committed for purposes of robbery, the
banditti are most popular, especially
among The women. But robbery and
theft are counted dishonorable, and the
Corsican banditti, therefore justifably
object to be confounded with the BAN
ditti of Greece, Italy or Sardinia. A
traveller is perfectly safe, though the
district through which he travels be
infested with them; and when acts of
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19
HUMOROUS.

HER HUSBANDS LErTER.-A middle
aged woman had q letter handed her at
the general delivery IN the Post-Omce'
and sat down on the window-sill to
read it. Her attention was 1utense
from the start, and she spoke up anu
said:
"He calls mehis little darling. That's
goodr"
After reading a few lines more, she
said: :,
"And he misses my society so much:
Halfway down the page she spoke
again:
"And he calls me his sunbeam-hls
guardian angel!"
She climbed up on the sill little
further, turned the letter over and
mused:
"And he's lost three pounds of flesh
worrying about my health: He's just
darling-that's what he is"
She reached the top of the fourth
page, and exclaimed:
"Whati Going East, eh?"
Further down she growled:
"And he met that red-headed Widow
Kernshaw on the cars, eh? III see
about that! He probably didn't tell
her he was married"
She got down to the "P. g." glanced
over a few lines, and then yelled right
out:
"Not coming home till next week
Trains not runningI Great press OF
business! I'l see whether he isn't
coming! Boy, where's the telegraph
office!''
And she ran across the street, and
sent her husband q dispatch which
made the operators hair stand up as he
received and read il.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19

The plan of transmitting power from
the engine to the shaftings By means of
ropes has found much favor with mill
owners and engineers abroad, the sys-
TEN of arrangement commonly adopted
being as follows: The fly wheel is made
to serve as driving drum also; it is
twenty-five feet in diameter, weighs
about twenty tons, and is grooved for
the reception of twelve hempen ropes,
each six inches in girth, six Of the
ropes being intended TO drive one line
of shafting. and six the other. The rope
drums or pulleys on the shafting are
five feet in diameter, the rims being
made heavy and grOoved, as is the driv-
ing drum, but of course for only six
ropes. The width of the grooves is 2 ZIG
inches; total depth, 3l inches; radius
of the bottom curve, One-half inch; and
the inclination of the two sides TO each
other about forty mine degrees. Thus,
the ropes do not, even when pressed
somewhat out of shape while doing full
duty, rest upon the bottom of the
grooves, but on the sides, and the wear
is, therefore, at the points of contact.
The wear is found to be toierably uni
form all around the section-thus indi-
eating that the ropes co not, as might
be apprehended, present the same parts
of their circumference to be continu
ously gripped in the grooves.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-19
How Gas was First Useo'

~
80, WAS the amazment oi al a.n m
u'1-. rhsn at the close of the last '.n !.
sr 80 william Murdoch discouVereI ,,t,,e M
,aa @ Of combustible air or gas s ~ hsIie-
use =, ,hs Invention understood anu o. N
ved u in bv those who had not seen sen men
veu ~ ,bs, even great and wise men
laugbed at the idea. "Iiow co : mem.
he Iicht without wick, saiu W was
~ - o9 ParIiamnt, when the suoJeo 81 S;r
pe, ,,s,h, - before the House. Even on
pIU I''mnhrev Davy ridiculed the idea =.
,in,ina towns with gas, and asked one
&c the nroprietors if they meant 10 taA' @
- LONE Of ST. Paul's for gas me'e, : !.
CT @ walter Scott, 100, made hinisen
merry over the idea OF iliuiii
Iondon with smoke, though ne was vas
gl.d enogh, not long after, 10 man nd
honse at Abbotsford light anu
chearful ON wintry nights BY the use " ~
,bat very smoke. When the HOUSE y
Commons was lighted by gas, the afen'- m
80, imaoined that the gas ran on nre
through the pipes, and he therefore, in
sisted on, their being placed s3verai m
.hos from the wall for fear Of the ou'i-
ding taking fire; and the mem oels
NIGHT he observed touching the pipes
with their gloved hands and wondering
tbav did not feel warm. The hrst shop
lighted in London by tine new melnou'
was Mr.. Ackerman's, in the o'rahu III
1910. and one lady of rank was so ue-
Iichted with the brilliianey OF the gas
lamp on the counter, that she asked 10
he allowed to take it home in her car
riaoe. Mr.. Murdock was, however, too
busy with other pursuits to continue
TO study the use of gas, and thousn he
was undoubtedly the first to Apply II 70
practical purposes, many others ia,u
claim to the homer, and other peopie
quickly reaped the benefit of his clever,
ness and ingenuity. In this he shared
the general fale of inventors.