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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
TELLING THE LEGEND.

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AHs h - .n9 ' NY 2!c .,ood 40 hear her doom.
rha ,,aenI;ah, Seii IN sost and gol,en showers
Tn every ehalica ~ the IiIv, bloom.
ph;nJ ham ,gss hrIoht WITH ,nir;h ora ,o,s,o
pnn ~, ths wo"s yars Weird IN m;dn;ah, a,onn,
e'o""' '"' "'' "''' e'o''.
Tha shadows Gliding softly from her waS
s,nains nerbans in low and dreamy cadencce
xvhiffs, III arap,nd The smile Of ~oonlight law
And then sha stood and on zed among tbe lilies
As AZ nn,, NV dariing stand and 1ayed Today
'"a sha leaned yaiting here beside the stream.
And cathar,JNthus nerbans~tbe wbiteclad
" o;t.s "S' Ff
To S;ss i,s h,osso,, IN bor bI,ss sunreme
IT, ,a h,s %o"',d ~ har r honay Yss nno,ouaed
Eoiiowina Tho gaIden tracery o5f Ier dream
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
Senator Johnson,s Successor.

The Hon. d. M. Key, of Chattanooga,
who has been appointed by Gov. Porter,
of Tennessee, to succeed ex-President
johnson in the United States Senate, is
at present one Of the chancelors of the
State, but has not figured much in Ten
nessee politics. He is forty-five years of
age, Of decided talent, diffidcnt and re-
firing, very popular in his section, but
not generally known throughout the
State. The appointments gives general
satisfaction in East Tennessee, which
portion of the State claimed the appoint
ment of Mr.. Johnson's successor. The
Legislature of Tennessee meets only
every second year, and its next section
will begin January, 1877. Senator Key
will therefore occupy the seat by the
Governors appointment for two whole
sessions, embracing the long session next
winter, and the short session succeeding
the presidential election. The next Leg
islature, to be chosen in the fall of 1876,
will elect Senator for the remainder OF
Mr.. JOhnson's term, and will also have
to elect the successor of Senator Cooper,
whose term expires in 1877. 47
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
Golden Grains OF Thought.
.indness is virtue itself.

Kindness is virtue itself.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Beware of the fury of the patient man.
Think of the ills from which you are
exempt.
Have your cloak made before it begins
to rain.
Sorrow turns the stars into mourners,
and every wind of heaven into dirge.
The vacant skull of a pedant generally
furnishes out throne and temple for
vanity. 49,.
He who can not contract the sight of
his mind as we'll as dilate it, wants a
great talent in life.
Let us fill our urns with rose leaves in
our May, and hive the thrifty sweetness
for our December.
The utmost that severity can do is to
make men hypocrites. 1t can never make
them converts.
Without temperance, there is no
health; without virtue, no order; with
out religion, no happiness.
ment, which bar thousand harms and
lengthen liie.-Shakpeare.
What is defeat? Nothing but educa.
tion-nothing but the first thing to some
thing better.
We affect to laugh at the folly of those
who put faith in nostrums; but we are
willing to see, ourselves, whether there
In any truth in them.
l could never think we'll of a mans
intellectual or moral character, If he was
hahitually unfaithful to his appointments.
-Emmons.
lie that loses his conscience has nothing
left that is worth keeping. Therefore,
be sure you look to that. And in the
next place, look to your health.
True virtue, when she errs, needs not
the eye of men to- excite her bushes.
She is confounded at her own presence,
and covered with confusion of face.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
Mystifled by a SickenIng OdOr.

The New York Sun says that for many
days residents in the neighborhood of
Bedford and Putnam avenues, Brooklyn,
had been mystified by sickening odor,
and all efforts to discover the origin OF
the trouble were in vain until two police
men, while patrolling Putnam avenue,
were attracted to the elegant mansion at
1914 by disagreeable smell. The house
was apparently deserted, the window
shades were closely drawn, and the doors
were bolted. They knocked on the panels
and. shook the door knobs, but the house
was as silent as the grave. Then they
scaled the rear fence and entered through
the basement windows. In the first
room that they entered they dimly dis
covered the figure of man sitting in
rocking-cha They threw back the
blinds, and the light shone upon the
dead body of Mr.. Gustav Richter, real
estate and insurance broker of 173 Mon
tague street. By his side on the floor lay
a revolver, one Of the chambers of which.
had been discharged. There was bullet
hole in the left breast, and an examina-
tion showed that pistol ball had passed
through his heart. He had evidently
been dead long time, as the face was
blackened and discolored, the flesh de-
caying, and the stencil intolerable.
Mr.. Richter was known as an eccentric
man, widower, and childless. He
buried his wife, whom he loved to an un-
usual degree, about year ago, and since
then he has lived alone in his Putnam
avenue residence. He was particularly
fond of flowers, and he kept constantly on
his window-sills pots of plants that his
wife had planted for him. Though he is
supposed to be wealthy, it is believed
that business difficulties were the cause
of his death. He lived solitary life,
and spent his time sorrowing for his dead
wife. He often stayed in his house for
week at time, and his neighbors re-
garded him as hermit. ~,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
Cutting n Dido.

This is phrase older than most people
imagine. Do you call to mind the story
of Dido, Princess of Tyre? Her husband,
Acerbas, priest of Hercules, was MUIR
dered for his wealth by the King
Pygmalion, brother to Dido. The
widowed princess was enabled to escape
from Tyre, bearing with her the wealth
of her husband, and accompanied by q
number of disafFected mobiles. After a
variety of adventures they landed upon
the coast of Africa, where Dido bargained
with the natives for as much land as she
could inclose in bulls hide. Selecting
a large, tough hide, she caused it to be
cut into the smallest possible threads,
with which she inclosed large tract of
country, en- which the city of Carthage
soon began to rise. The natives were
bound by the letter of their bargain, and
allowed the cunning Queen to have her
way; and after that, when any one had
played sharp trick, they said he had
"cut Dido" That was almost three
thousand years ago, and the saving has
come down to our day.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
Editing a Texas Newspaper.

The first one that came, we noticed al
the foot of the staircase. He was armed
to the teeth. He carried two double
barrel shot-guns, long-range rifle, an
old army musket, need 'e-gun and four
six-shooters, besides heavy stock of am.
munition. He t0iled his weary way up
the winding stairs, and we sat down and
chanted our death song. "Left! wbeelp'
he shouted, as he reached the head of the
stairway. Marchp and he came in
like a huge engine of destruction.
Halt! PRESENT." he continued.
We trembled, our teeth chattered, and
our hat lifted itself to the ceiling and
hung there.
"Speak, coward! why are things
thusW he shouted.
We explained to him that the fighting
editor rose early and went yeast.
ooh, this thusness!" he shouted, as he
stalked madly round the room. "Show
me the man that writ it," and as he
rushed off to hunt Tor the fighting
editor the typos formed a procession,
and marched round the room gayly
warbling:
"Life Is full OF trouble and care,
The fghtingeditor he is-where?:
The echoes come and they answer not;
But that bad man-wasn't he hNT
The wind sighed around the gable-end
and whistled through broken window
pane. A dog howled. The typos
where were they? Sliding down the
lightning-rod; whizzing through space !;
filling up the vacant places on the
streets.
Gone! all gone. We looked. This
time it was only spotted-faced youth
with pair of horse pistols, and we felt
relieved, and ventured to ask, I" Young
man from whence contest thou? CONTEST
thou from the far-off, snow-capped
mountains, to create riot, ruin, desola-
ton, anarchy, destruction, chaos, strife,
commOtion, misery, devastation, de-
spondency and despair, or didst thou
merely watt thy seraphic form in to
prognosticate for us prolonged life OF
usefulnessT
The young man waved his hand, and
in sadness and silence slipped-away.
Two hours later he was seen leaning over
Travis-street bar, inquiring, Mister, if
you see old Observation-Disclosures
name Prognosticate come in at the door,
iSI spcuh w ihC huouU III hiShe Waho
70 rum"
Editing newspaper in Texas is not
what it might be. During the brief days
of the Daily Register, we have received
overtures for insurrectional matinees for
two from no less than dozen infuriated
gentlemen. We have been crowded
back on the gable of terror so often that
our front teeth are loose in our gums,
and we find it necessary to wear brick
i'm our hat to hold our hair down.
Shot-guns, Colts navies, howitzers, and
all the grim habiliments of barbarous
warfare are frowning upon us, and our
destiny appears to be set in gloom and
darkness. The bony skeleton, death,
with glaring eye-balls, skips gleefully
through the inky solitude of our Office,
and with horrible laughter and demoni-
acal antics chills our courage and curdles
our blood. All the hounds of pandemo-
mum snap and snarl, and from afar we
sniff the fragrance of birthstone. We are
scared. The hair on our head is turning
white. while our face looks like an ash
bank in March gale.
Give us rest.-Sherman Register.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
How n WCOrner'' is Managed.

A, B and 9 combine their means and
credits to make corner in July. They
therefore quietly begin in May to buy
corn to be delivered in July. They
gradually buy all the corn in the market,
and, of necessity, must buy all that ar
rives, paying for the latter whatever is
demanded. When a purchase is thus
made, seller and buyer put up a margin,
either in cash, or certificate, or deposit.
AS soon as the corner becomes known
there is an effort made to break it. The
settlement takes place at three p. m. on
the last day of the month. Those who
have sold corn to the corner and have no
corn to deliver, pay the difference be-
tween the price at which they sold and
the ruling price at the close of business
on the last day. As the corner has thus
purchased sometimes five times as much
corn as there is to be had, amounting to
millions of bushels, and the price has
advanced ten cents bushel, the profit
is enormous. AS the prices advance, ad-
ditional margins are required. Those
failing to put up the additional margins,
lose what they have already put up. The
anti-corner factions seek to so crowd sales
on the corners as to exhaust its capital
and credits, and render it unable to buy
at the advanced prices. Thus, the corner
is compelled to send out in the country
and buy for cash all the corn in sight, to
prevent having it rushed into Chicago at
the last moment. These are excit-
ing times. Corn at such a moment
may be purchased of the corner for ship
ment, from six to fifteen cents 'bushel
less than it is selling for on Change for
delivery during the month. Each time
there is corner, there is a crash, some
times of the corner men, and at other
times of the anti-corner men. The whole
proceedings arc of such questionable
honesty, that the Legislature of Illinois
has declared the operation of corner a
felony. 1t is nevertheless still practiced.
Corners are attempted in wheat, oats,
barley, pork and lard, and some of them
have been quite successful in pecuniary
way. 1t requires nerve, audacity, and
money, or credit. Recently bank here
went into corner, issuing its certificates
of deposit for margins; the corner failed,
and so did the bank, and the certificates
have never been paid.-,ScTibner.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
0I,lI Det Ont Here.v

Mothers will appreciate this incident
even though each one might shrink from
hearing her little one utter similar re-
mark, fearing lest it should be prophetic
of her early transplanting.
A boy five years old was playing
railroad" with his sister of two and a
half Drawing her upon footstool, he
imagined himself both engine and the
conductor. After initiating the putting
Of the steam, he stopped and called out,
!" New York." and in moment after,
Patterson" and then, Philadelphia"
His knowledge of towns was now ex-
hausted, and at the next place he cried,
Heaven" His little sister said, eager
ly, Top, des I'll det out here"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09

AN aged German in New York City,
was given by mistake for narcotic a
teaspoonful Of creosote. The next mo-
ment the old man threw up his hands in
terror and CONSERVATION, crying, "My
God Ny God i have made mistake.
Pm burning up. Helpl for Gods sake,
helpp' 1t was as If his entrails had been
pierced with red hot irons, or as If he had
taken cup of molten lead. His face be-
came livid; his eyes seemed leaping from
their sockets his body became convulsed
with spasms. Language can not portray
the agony of that old, gray-haired, dying
man. "Waterl water My stomach, my
heart, my very soul is on fire." he
shrieked in the torture of his death
throes. The doctor came, and emetics
were given in vain. In fifteen minutes
the aged German was dead.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09

BY JOHN @. SAKE.

".He Is sure possessed, madam.'-7heyTh MgM.
If, when you hear certain lady's name,
You feel your pulses give sudden start,
Or blush, as II some secret sense OF shame
Had stirred, just then, the currents OF your
heart; s.
In euphony seems very much above
All other names-I think can't be wrong
To venture the opinion, you're In love
II, when at last, by some auspicious chance,
You meet the lady at ball or play,
You shrink abashed before her modest glance,
And quite forget the words you meant to say
And II, moreover, gazing at her hand,
You wish upon that hand you were glove,
IL isn't very hard to understand
(See "Romeo and Juliet''), you're in love'
II with two other ladies. on summers day,
You sit alone, at luncheon or at tea,
And think II one Of them were put away
"a mile or so), how happy you would be;
Yet find your wits In such giddy whirl,
You scarcely speak to her you're thinking CT,
But prattle gayly with the other girl
There's reason for supposing you're In love!
II, all at once your amatory pen
(Which ne'er before attempted lyric lines,
InUitd musd--bane Of gods and men y
To fervid song and madrgal inclines,
Wherein you, rashly rhyme Of youth and
And cali your subject " darling" duck" or
Or sadly beg some cruel lady's ruth
The symptom is unfailing-you're in love!
If Of her sex no other you can find
One half so bright or beautiful as she
II to her failings you are wholly blind
(The faults mean, that other people see);
II In her pug'' you see a" Grecian nose,"
And never doubt the angel band above
Beyond the slightest question, you're In lovei
The GALAXY.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
Savings OF FOO.tsin.

/ never knew a hypocrite who could
cheat even his fellow-men and yet most
of them think, l suppose, that they are
cheating God.
Get riches If you can, only taking care
that they are gotten clearly. DO not
pretend to hold them In contempt, be-
cause you must lie or be fool If you do
If knew all about this little worm
that my careless foot has trodden upon,
/ should know everything. ral
have met but one man in my life
who seemed to understand himself, and
he went mad.
Imarve. at my own worthlessness when
see how many men are willing TO take
care of their neighbors consciences, for /
am hardly fit to be keeper of my own.
/ know that there Is something in me
which the grave cannot extinguish; but
If could tell you why know, should
then not know it.
II all this universe that we see created
itself, what God there must be in itI
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09

A BosToN drummer who took supper
at Lawrence hotel, the other night,
went to sleep in chair in the reading
room, where he slumbercd for an hour
or 30. Waking up, he saw guests going
into the dining-roCm, and concluding
that he had slept where he was all night,
and that breakfast time had come, went
in and took another supper, not discover
ing his mistake until the landlord came
around with bill for an extra meal.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09

MADAME IMAGINATION is proving very
successful in collecting subscriptions for
the sufferers by the French inundations.
She has received about 81, $780, 900. The
viceroy of Egypt sent $4,000, and
Prince Henry, brother Of the King Of
Holland, $500.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09

THE production Of wool is largely on
the increase in California. In 1854 the
exports from San Francisco were 175,-
900 pounds; last year they were 36, ,0SS,-
701 pounds. The first was valued at
$4,000; the last at over $S,000,000,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09

THE wheat crop of the Osages will ex-
ceed in value the sum of $4,000 for
this year. This speaks pretty we'll for
their industry and thrift. They num-
Der about 1900, and are blanket In
dians.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09

In Great Britain only three printers
are authorized To publish the English
Bible,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
MINOR TOPICS.

A PHOTOGRAPHER in San Francisco
made likeness for man who refused to
take'the picture, claiming that it did not
correctly represent him. He thought it
made him uglier than the reality. The
maker sued to recover the pay, and in
the trial the picture was put in evidence
and shown, to the jury. The jury, by
their verdict, decided that the defendant
was as ugly as the photograph.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09

THERE will probably be an influx of a
new variety of immigrants before long.
The Nazarenes of Hungary, a powerful
and growing sect Of Quakers, refuse to
render military service, as the Mennonites
refused in Russia. The up-shot of the
matter will be that the Nazarines will
have to shoulder their carpet-bags and go
somewhere else. Such people are of no
use to European power just at this
particular time. There are thirty thou
sand of them in Hungary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-07

of them are devoted Protestants, and all devoted
defenders of the free school system rs necessary 10
the maintenance Of self-government. The conduct
of the Democratic party has impelled them WIN
very few exceptions to fight that party very
earnestly, and the nominations and pat
form of the Republican Convention VIII
probably enlist larger Liberai anu
Independent strength, except among the Germans
than could have been secured by any other nomna-
tion. Very many of these Liberals are hostile 10
protection. but they do not regard that question as
tbe one of CHEF importance in the State election.
Nearly all believe in a sound currency, and have
nreferred less equivocal declaration on that ques
ton but do not suppose that this State election VIII
materially affect the currency either way. All hearuy
snstain Mr. Bristow and wish that the Convention
had more bravcly censured Dclano and his lnd1an
rings whisky thieves, and the corrupt ofncais WHO
help them and every form Of plunderngaho Joppci!'
But they will be likely with great unainmity, 10
look straight to the main question, and to seize TINS
onportnnify to vote down Democratic party which
opcnly allies itself with power hostile to the system
OF free schools Except in the counties largely pop
ulated bv Germans there seems to DE reason toc
that the Republican vote VIII be larger thah IL HAS
cyor been before
IT, German Liberals will he somewhat divided at
least for time. Sympathizing fully with the hos
tility TO the Democrats which grows out OF the
school ouestjon they have, on the other hand, the
feeling that a candidate otherwise worthy has been
set aside by Republicans because he opposed pron't
orv laws II will not I've strange if this DIVISION OF
opinion and feeling, carefully fostercd by Democrats
costs the Republicans five or ten thousand votes III
few counties. iut the Republican vote III ONO
was fully 2S0,OO0, while the Democratic party
proper has never polled for any candidate
100000. 1t is not by any means clear that grand
rally of the Republican strength on the Reserve ana
in the rural districts generally combined Win 'he
dissatisfaction Of many Democrats as to the course
of their partv, may not largely Overbalance any
Democratic gains in the cities. Probably different
course by the Republicans would have gained them
far more strength in other States for the campaign
Of 1876 But ii is by means clear that any other
course than that which they have chosen, as to es-
sential Ouestious would have made Their victory IN
the immediate contest here pending more probable.
Columbus, June 3, 1870. IkANhhEh'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-07
Games
IN ADTENTUROUS VOYAGE

SHOOTING TIE ST. LAWRENCE RAPIDS BY RAFT
To the Rdifor or The Tribune.
SIR: / had the novel and exciting pleasure
last Monday Of shooting the farfamed Cotcau and Cas-
cnde Rapids on dram OF timber. Three venturesom
youths composed the party and left Coeau village at
and foatcd idly down the stream As we gradually
neared the rapids each DRAM shot quickly forward and
started of its account, and by the time VIC en-
tered the rapids we were widely separated from our
other companions Each dram Is manned by seven men
in front and behind who WELD p0nierouS oars the
mere lifting of which would be considered heavy task
by the majority Of your readers. pilot stands in the
middle and by the motion of his hand his
which way TO bend their efforts In order to clear the
many islands that lie directly in their path. wreck
one Of these islands is OF frequent occurrence. As
entered ercest part OF the rapids we perched our
selves upon the Top OF the log cabin, whence could
view the dangers around rs with uncled hearts and
dry clothes on approaching the rapids tho sight il
really grand one the fOamng, kissing pillows come
marching along and look though they woud swallow
up, but the rat proudly mounts Their crested tops
y nomndcring OF tnber, and it seems as though
gigantic struggle for tho mastery was soing
a o'' few pieces Of timber and number OF slaves
ere MISSING The excitement OF the passage was m
tense and mad we not assured OF safety would
no doubt have wished ourselves back al the village play
Ing croquet with the ladies' While making ne plunge
hanging to their oars with one hand ana to
wiihe with the other once the pilot had 70 order tn,n
bic. Tho thousands OF tourists, from all parts OF the
globe who annually shoot these rapids little imagine how
the grandeur of would he maSnilcd aud the III
tensy OF the excitement increased were they on RAFT
great number Of canoes which employed in picking
p timber aud slaves displaced on the rapids They are
= piece for stayes The run takes about eight hours for
which pilots paid So and raftsmen 3d. The timDer
EN- otes where shipped in vessels Kin gson and
there RATED ami Heated down the river to Quebec whence
1t is shipped 10 all parts 0f tho world. O. H.
Montreal, May p, 1870.