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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14
The BlOOdsuckers at Niagara.

Letter from "a Stranger " to the New York Sun I
English and American visitors to
Switzerland sometimes complain of the
extortions they are exposed to during
their visit to the most popular spots Of
of that country; but the Swiss guides,
curiosity shop-keepers, beggars, drivers,
and hOtel-keepers are bashful when COM
pared with the brutal and insolent ras-
calls through whose hands the unlucky
Niagara visitor has to pass. The best
way to give an idea of the charges is to
quote here the bills: Two bedrooms at
what is supposed to be the best hotel
cost us, with very Indifferent board for
two days, as much as thirty-six dollars
odd, the only extras on the bill being
two bottles of execrable vin ordinaire and
a small washing bill. For drive from
the American to the Canadian side, last
ing less than two hours, we had to pay
five dollars to the driver, two dollars and
a half in tolls on the two suspension
bridges, and about two dollars more in
what is supposed to be stone pavement
toll. As we remarked that the pave
ment was horrible, and consisted of
heaps of dust in some parts of the road,
ahu vi oWdihps VI uiuu Ill tnOse Indt
were within reach of the spray, we were
impudently told that the stone pave
ment was two feet under the surface.
A couple of dollars more were extorted
from us for seeing the whirlpool, and
some four dollars had to be paid for
bringing us and our luggage to the Great
Western Depot at the Suspension Bridge.
In this account are not included the
endless quarters of dollar which had to
be constantly paid for the mere right of
walking about Goat Island and similar
places, and few dollars spent in visit
ing the Termination Rock and other
points of interest. The total of the two
days expense amounted thus to fully
fifty dollars, sum for which two men
can make ten days delightful tour in
the most expensive parts of the Swiss
Alps, or can have a fortnight's trip
through the whole of Tyrol or the Black
Forest.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14
Scottish characteristics.

A Scotsman is always afraid of ex-
pressing unqualified praise. If you re-
mark that ats good day." the usual
reply is "Atweel, sir, I've seen waur."
If you say his wife's an excellent
woman, he returns, "She's not bad
body" A buxom lass, smartly dressed,
is "No sac very unpurpose like" The
richest and rarest viands are "No bad"
A man noted for his benevolence is "No
the warst man i the worilt." And
should anybody make a remark, how
ever novel, that squares with Scots
mans ideas; he will at once say, "That's
what I've often thocht."
Old Armstrong, the laird of fSiobietrees
in Liddesdale, had been attending one Of
those convivial meetings, of neighbor
lands, common in the district in the last
century. He had, as was usual with
him, drunk over much, so that, on cross
ing the ford at the river Liddel, he fell
from his horse partially into the water.
He was discovered in the morning by
one OF his people, his head resting on one
margin of the current. As q ripple of
the stream occasionally touched his
mouth, he exclaimed, believing that he
was still in the banqueting place, "Nae
mair | thank ye; not a single drap
mairv
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14
The POstOfflce as a Detective Agent.

You have no idea how many of those
fellows who prey on other people come
about US" said an old Postoffice clerk the
other day. "People think we don't see
them when they inquire for letters, sit
ting as we do inside of a glass box, and
nothing of us visible but the face; but
if they can't see in we can see out, and
we take note of what we see. We get to
know faces by sight as well as the owners
of them do, and take certain sort of in
terest in them. l have caught myself
feeling sorry enough for young miss
who came daily for letters and never re-
ceived any, until had great mind to
write her one myself, SO that she should
not be disappointed SO often. That was
when l was at the ladies' window, a long
time ago. She disappeared after awhile
don't know what became of her, city
swallowed her up, reckon.
"There was another woman-lady, !
almost said-who lived in Newark, and
l knew 1t, and know her, too, who came
regularly once week and inquired for
letters in another name. They were for
her, too. / knew well enough she had no
such eager interest as her voice betrayed
in another persons letters. Once, when
she received one, l asked her if she was
Mrs. Statira, and she said Yes,' and then
l knew she lied.
"Once a detective came in and asked
me If a certain man, whom he described,
called for letters. knew him as a per-
son L had set down as rogue, without
knowing anything about him, and said,
Yes, he is here nearly every day. He
comes at such an hour, and if you stay
here l will give you the wink So he
stayed where he could not be seen, but
if you believe it, that scamp never came
near the place for a week. A great pile
of letters had accumulated for him.
Finally, the detective began to feel
the fellow had lit out as he expressed
it, and said he would Just stretch his
legs little and come back Of course,
at that very moment the rascal appeared,
and was in sweat, you bet. First
thing when l saw him sent messenger
after the detective; next thing l stayed
away from the window as long as dared.
When l did 60 to it couldn't hear very
well, and had hard work to catch his
name. When that had to be stopped /
couldn't seem to find any letter, though
there were hundred or so right under
my hand. shuffled them all over, both
of us all the while on pins and needles
he to get away and / to keep him so he
shouldn't.
go How do you spell it?' l asked.
" He spelled it.
Where do you expect letter from =?
"' New Orleans
" threw one, two, three down.
Amt there no more?' he said.
"'Wait minute, I'll see.'
l stretched the minute all l could, till
finally just as he was going away ours
ing me for my stupidity, l threw down
the whole of them and began to push
them out to him; he turned to gather
them up, but was himself gathered up
by the detective, who came back Just in
time. He was one of those saw-dust
swindlers. IN. Y. San.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14
Some Recent Instances of kidnapping.

OF late years child-stealing in this
country has been largely on the increase.
Although there is no occurrence of this
class upon record which has attracted so
large share of public attention as the
case of Charlie Ross, within the last two
or three years numerous instances of
child-stealing have occurred. In the
spring of 1871 man named George
Ross, residing at Kirksville, Mo-, created
a sensation in that town by stealing two
little girls, the children of respectable
parents. Ross had previously borne
good character, and the news of his hav-
ing been guilty of such an inhuman
crime, coupled with the widespread SYM
pathy felt for the afflicted parents of the
children, caused the most intense excite
ment. This man had known the chill
dren for some time previous, and formed
such an attachment for them that he
was induced to coax them away from
their parents home. After a short time,
however, the criminal was captured, and
the children restored to their parents.
A couple of months later, in the same
year, another case of child-stealing took
place at Worcest r, Mass, if the occur
renee may be strictly classed under that
head. Hon. l.. h. Earle had obtained
divorce from his wife, and the court Or
dered that the care of the children. a
boy and a girl, should be intrusted to his
wife. This was contrary to his wishes.
This gentleman asked it as favor from
the lawyer of his divorced wife that he
might be permitted to see the children.
The request was freely granted, nothing
of the design contemplated having been
suspected. When Mr.. Earle was brought
into the presence of the children he took
beth in his arms and carried them to his
carriage, which speedily drove away,
much to the amazement of the lawyer,
who had acted toward him in good faith.
The children were afterward recovered
and placed in charge of their mother.
Another case of kidnapping occurred
in June, 1873, when the daughter of
Mrs. Brown, a child five years of age,
was stolen in New York. For some time
previous a woman named Kate Bowen
resided in the neighborhOOd with her
husband, during which time she gained
the confidence of the little girl, and
when she removed to another district
she took the child with her. She was
dieciWdtu dITtottu anu sentenced 10
seven years in the penitentiary. In sen.
fencing this woman to the full penalty
which the law allowed, Recorder Hack
EFT was influenced by the fact that nu-
merous cases of child-stealing had oc-
CURED for some months previous, and he
desired to set an example before this
class of criminals which would deter
them from being guilty of such inhuman
outrages.
At Williamstown, New York, case
of child-stealing occurred similar to that
recorded of Mr.. Earle, at Worcester,
Mass A man named Neill, who had
procured divorce from his wife, she
having been intrusted with the guardi-
anship of their two children, watched an
and carried the children
away in carriage before he could be
prevented. Several other cases of sim
liar nature might be mentioned to show
the frequency of this crime within the
past few years.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14
Sleeping Together.

More quarrels occur between brothers,
between sisters, between hired girls, be-
tween clerks in stores, between appren-
tices in mechanics shops, between hired
men, between husbands and wives, owing
to electrical changes through which their
nervous systems go, by lodging together
night after night, under the same bed
clothes, than by almost any other dis.
turbing cause. There is nothing that
will so derange the nervous system of a
person who is eliminative in nervous
force as TO lie all night in bed with an
other person who is absorbent in nervous
force. The absorber will go to sleep and
rest all night, while the eliminator will
be tumbling and tossing, restless and
nervous, and wake up in the morning
fretful, peevish, fault-fnding and dis
couraged. No two persons, no matter
who they are, should habitually sleep to-
gether. One will thrive and the other
will lose. This is the law, and in married
life it is defed almost universally.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14
Terribly Near Death.

The warning "don't walk on the rail
road track" is repeated everywhere and
at all times, and yet it is often repeated
in vain. No one can tell what may hap
pen when walking alone, and the follow.
ing fact is sadly suggestive to all who
trust themselves in such dangerous
place:
A singular and thrilling incident oc.
Cured on the eastward-bOund passenger
train, recently, two miles east of Rock
Greek, near Winnemucca, Cal. The train
was on heavy down grade, going at a
high rate of speed, making up for lost
time, when the engineer, Nick Cole,
thought he saw an obstruction on the
track, few yards ahead. The loco
motive whistled "down brakes" the lever
was reversed, and every effort possible
was made to stop the train, which was
under tremendous headway.
AS the train approached the spot, the
object proved to be a human being lying
with his body directly across the track.
The man (for man it was) was alive, fully
conscious of his mortal peril, but unable
to move from his position. He had
pulled out his handkerchief as signal,
however, and was waving it with his
hand.
Thanks to the Westinghouse brakes,
and other means used, the train was
brought to stand-still when within a
few yards of the helpless man. The man
was found to be paralyzed, and was
picked up, placed on board the train and
taken to Winnemucca, where he was pro-
vided for at the hospital.
He states that while walking along the
track he fell down, completely paralyzed
in his limbs and body, and could not
move himself an inch. When he saw
the train coming he expected to be
crushed to death, and his feelings were
too horrible to express. He screamed,
threw his hands up frantically, and
waved his handkerchief.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14

The Uniontown, (Penn.) Standard mar
rates this exciting incident: A few
nights ago a lady passenger on the west
ward bound train, Connellsville route,
engaged berth in one of the palace
sleeping coaches. When she was ready
to retire she took from her satchel gum
bed, which she inflated and placed upon
the regular bed in the berth she was to
occupy. Ithappened that her berth was
very close to the stove, and the night be-
ing rather cold, the porter fred up pretty
lively. The heat from the stove caused
the gum bed to expand until the pressure
got so great that it collapsed with a
tremendous shock, similar to the report
of cannon, and the passengers jumped
out Of their berths in their night clothes,
thinking there was a collision. The
force Of the collapse threw the lady
against the ceiling of the berth, but did
not hurt her beyond a slight bruise.
When the real state of affairs was known,
and the lady was found TO he unhurt, the
thing created considerable merriment
among the passengers, and that lady
vows, she will never take any more gum
beds with her when she goes a travelling"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Shah frightens his wives into sub
mission by wearing European plug hat
pulled down threatening over the right
] eye.
JOHN BULL is so jealous of our recep
tion of the King of Hawaii that the
Sultan of Zanzibar is to be cleaned uI
and clothed for a visit.
ACCORDING to Washington paper, all
the gentlemen at recent party there
wore striped stockings and low shoes,
with buckles and resettes."
A DUBUQUE man offers his service to
pray with the sick at three dollars day.
He is also willing to drive team, break
colts, and run cider mill.
For full dress Kalakaua wears fash
ionably cut black broadcloth swallow
tail coat, studless white shirt, boots of
box-tOe pattern, parti-colored ribbon in
his button-hole, three immense plain gold
rings, bracelet on his left wrist, turn
down collar and black tie. He also
wears pair ofpants.
KALAKAUA's income is $22, 800 per
annum, and he could have more, but he
declines on account of the poverty of his
subjects. Their tax is five cents on every
one hundred dollars one dollar on every
horse, and five dollars on every carriage
owned and run.
AN offended individual called at the
office of Minersville Republican to get sat
isfaction-and got it. The editor, accord
ing to his own statement, took the irate
gen" by the nape of the neck and kicked
him across the pavement into the gutter"
Terms, 81 year.
PHILIP FRANCIS THOMAS, of Maryland,
will be the father of the next National
House of Representatives. He served
his first term in the Congress of 1889 and
lo4l. He is, however, remarkably young
looking and would not be taken for man
much over forty years old.
Two months ago, Rev. Mr.. Vogel, of
Cold Springs, New York, being seventy
five years old, married very wealthy
widow, aged eighty. He is again
widower and now, if he desires to change
his single state, may secure young bride
without much difficulty.
A WESTERN editor had Bible sent to
him by some one who thought he needed
it, probably, and, thinking it new book
sent in notice and review, proceeded to
do it justice in the usual way. "The
story is somewhat disconnected, but con-
tains many sensational passages, and will,
on the whole, be found queit Interesting"
said he.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14

The Coroner's jury in the Howard
lynching case at Des Moines, Iowa, have
heard the testimony of the keeper He
declares his belief that Howard was limo.
cent Of the murder for which he was con-
victed, but thinks he knew the murdarer.
A statement written by the condemned
man the night before he was hung wip
shortly be given To the public,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14

scarcely dry. The paragraph, which was
in the marriage column, ran thus:
"At The Pines Rocky Valley, Cali
fornia, on the 26th inst, by the Rev.
Silas Prool, Anna, only daughter of Jo-
seph Fageland, Esq, to Harry Vardent,
Esq, M. d."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14
THE nIvOUAC OF THE DEAD.
BY COL. THEODORE o'uARA.

The muffied drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo:
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac Of the dead.
No rumor Of the'foe's advance
:. Now swells upon the wind;
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
OF loved ones left behind;
No vision Of the morrow's strife
The warriors dream alarms,
No braying horn or screaming fife
At the dawn shall call TO arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust.
Their plumed heads are bowed,
Their naughty banner, trailed In dust,
Is now their martial shr0ud-
And plenteous funeral tears have washd
The red stains from each brow,
And the proud forms, by battle gashed,
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing troop, the flashing blade,
The bugle's stirring blast,
The charge, the beautiful cannonade,
The din and shout are past
Nor wars wild note, nor glory's peal,
Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that never more may feel
The rapture of the fight.
Like the fierce Northern hurricane
That sweeps his great plateau,
Flushed with the triumph yet to gain,
Come down the serried foe
Who heard the thunder of the fray
Break DER the field beneath,
Knew well the watchword of that day
Was victory or death.
Full many mothers breath has swept
Der Angostura's plain,
And long the plying sky has wept
Above Its molder'd slain.
The ravens scream or eagles fight,
Or shepherds pensve lay,
Alone now wake each solemn height
That frowned DER that dread fray.
Sons Of the Dark and Bloody Ground!
Ye must not sluml)er there,
Where stranger steps and tongues resound
Along the needless air;
Your own proud lands heroic soil
Shall be your filter grave;
She claims from war its richest spoil
The ashes OF her brave.
Thus meath their parent turf they rest,
Far from the CORY field,
Borne TO a Spartan mothers breast
On many a bloody shield.
The sunshine Of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here,
And kindred eyes and hearts watch by
The heroes sepulchre.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead!
Dear as the blood ye gave,
No impious footstep here shall tread
The herbage Of your grave.
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstreps voiceless stone
In deathless song shall tell.
When many. vanished year hath flown,
The story how ye fell
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winters blight,
Nor Times remorseless doom,
Can dim one ray of holy right
That gilds your glorious tomb.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14

JOHN WILLIAMS, full private in the
British army, sacrificed three fingers un-
der locomotive in order to escape SER
vice. And now court martial is going
10 sit on him.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14

CAPTAIN JOHN GRIFFIN, of Culpep-
per county, Virginia, a veteran of 1912,
can still jump and crack his heels twice
before touching the ground, though he
is eighty-two years old.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14
LAKE ME.

What would happen, do you suppose,
IL the mignonette should say TO the rose,
THE pride Of roses hate to see;
Why don't you keep near the ground, like mef'
What II the rose should say to the phlox,
My form and color are orthodox
To please your Maker, you've got to be,
Precisely In all respects, like me-"
What II grape should say TO a pear,
Why are you haunting about up there?
Beware of swinging alone and free;
Why don't you cling to a trellis, like me-"
What II river should say 10 a rill,
" III you weren't too lazy you'd turn mill;
Study my method, and try TO be
A rushing roaring river like me-"
What II q swan should say TO a crow,
" You belong TO the race of so-and-so,
It's deadly sin for you 10 be free
Your only hope is in serving me-"
What II goose should teach wren
Or an eagle to follow hen!
What II the monkeys should all agree
That there ought to be uniformity
What II man should say to another,
I" Differ with me and you're not my brother
r i have the truth as the oracles tell
Go with me or you'll go to hell!
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-01-14

KING KALIKAUA went to see the
Black Crook, while in New York City,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-10-23
Escapes from Siberia.

A letter from St. Petersburg in the
.Schiesische ZeitURg says it appears from
official statistics that between the years
1922 and 1872 no less than SOC, 900 per-
sons have been banished to Siberia; yet
there has been scarcely any perceptible
increase in the population, and now, as
fifty years ago, there is not one inhabi-
tant per square verst. The reasono of this
is that the number of persons who make
their escape from Siberia continues to be
very great. In 1873, for instance, the
number of persons entered on the lists as
condemned to Punishment in the Irkoutsk
district was 1887, while 1894 only were
to be traced as residing there and in the
ten yeas from 1885 to 1915 no fewer than
1862 tugitivcs were recaptured. In
1869 the eXiles in the government facto-
ries at Nertchinsk attempted to escape in
a body, and $50 of them have been re-
turned as "missing" ever since. The
great number of criminals and escaped
%convicts i'll the country prevents its free
developments, and the Minister of Com
munications, Gen. Possiet, urges that the
system of transportation to Siberia
should be given up altogether.-PoA
Mall Gazette
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-10-23
Sowing Grass and Clover with Grain.

One great cause of failure with grass
IN the south has been the seeding of the
rrop with the small grains. This is a
common practice at the north, and we
were formerly inclined to favor it, but
later experiments force us to the conclu-
sion that in our climate at least, the
practice is a bad one. and that it is far
more profitable to SOW each by itself.
Ifsown Immediately, (when not already
inn grass and clover will, on suitable soil,
attain such a growth before the hot
weather of next season sets in, rs will
fHsure them against injury, without the
shade of the grain, which will be injured
bv the clover and grass, while injuring
them in return. In any case, the land
for clover and the grasses should be rich
and thoroughly prepared by deep, close
blowing, followed by narrowing, previous
to which a good dressing of superphos-
phate may be applied with advantage.
Brush lightly to cover and, except on
heavy soils, by all means roll the fields
with a tolerable heavy roller. This last
is an important and too generally neg
lected process. If you are to SOW both
clover and the grasses on the same field.
it is best to SOW the clover by itself, a.
the seed does not mix well with the
grass seed. The various kinds of gras:
seed NAV be mixed before sowing.