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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
MOultOn ms n Witness.

Moulton's evidence, in the Beecher-
Tilton trial, on both the direct and cross.
examination has been given with sur
prising readiness and facility. 1t is the
concurrent testimony of all who have
watched the progress of the trial that he
has displayed most signal ability. The
story he told when first examined by
Tilton's lawyers has been adhered to with
remarkable tcnacity through a cross-cx-
animation at once severe and prolonged.
II Mr.. Beccher's lawyers have succeeded
in breaking him down in any vital point
the fact has not been perceived by the
public which is following the trial. The
complete command the witness has of the
whole case, the accuracy with which he
remembers dates, his familiarity with
documents and their words, can not but
strike every one who reads the full re-
ports of his testimony. lie has, indeed,
been thus far the central object of interest
in the trial. When he leaves the court
room he should devote himself to the
study, or rather the practice, of the law.
He has proved himself more than a
match for the lawyers on the other side.
! Cincinnati Gazette.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
A Passionate POrker.

In Tom Hoods "C0mic Annudr' for
this year is the following clever story :
"He was the students pig, and rubbed
his snOut against the knees of every
roysterer who passed. He rOved about
libertine, and nobody molested him, but
invariably, and with the regularity of
clOckwOrk, he sat down as nOOntide APP
preached on his launches opposite the
window of the Bohemian tavern, which
was then called LIE CochOn d'Inde-'The
Guinea Pig The students never failed
to hand him out a platter of slops and to
pat his sleek head, but when the platter
was licked clean he did not stir. There
he sat in the same position, motiOnless,
as If he were cut in stone, with his gaze
wistfully fixed on the dame du compton.
She was bonnie, buxom damsel, with
laughing gray eyes and cherry checks,
and hair that fell on her plump shoulders
like thick skeins of soft, shining, golden
silk. One noOntide Titine was not in
her accustomed place; and the female
who was Ttine's substituted vixen she
beat him about the head with crumb
brush, and angrily shouted, PAS de
cochongeryp The pig skunk back, NOR
tilted at the rebuff, and staggering to the
old spot at the other side of the lane,
sprawled at full length on the hard pave
ment. When night fell he sorrowfully
departed. Next day he reappearcd, but
Titine did not. He did not dare to en-
ter-the vixen was there; but he sank
heavily down, grOaned and whined in
the most piteOus human manner. The
students contributed the customary
platter, but he refused his food. For ten
days this scence was repeated. Titinc
was sick in the hospital of the Pitie, and
then she returned, paler than when she
left, but still the same bright, joyous
Titine. The pig came down rs usual,
stepping feebly and wearing a detected
air; his ribs were all spare ribs, and the
flesh hung on his sides in great idle
collops. Suddenly he saw her; his eyes
lit, his nostrils distended, his whole frame
quivered with emotion, and he gave one
exultant grunt that echoed through the
neighborhood. Titine, who was receiv-
ing congratulations, turned round at the
noise, murmured, Che cher cochon!'
and tickled his ear with her soft hand
The pig was an altered pig that day. He
ate ravenously, and visibly-almost
miraculously-improved in appearance.
He was himself again. Next morning
he trotted up brisk and blithe as ever.
But no Titine was there. What was the
meaning of this? There was holiday
group at the threshold, and by and by
Titine came out arrayed in virginal lace,
white gloves on her hands, and wreath
of orange blossoms on her hair. All /!
then the pig knew what was meant. The
wedding party hied into, the adjoining
Church of st. Etienne du Mont; the pig
never made complaint, but 'ollowed it
to the Place du Pantheon, aud deliber-
ately putting himself in the way of an
was run over and killed. This
is believed to be the first instance on re-
cord of pig having committed suicide
through disappointed affection. May it
be the last !"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
Young Man Cut In Half by Circular
Saw.

Our people were thrilled with horror
this morning on learning that young
man had been literally sawed in half by
circular saw at the steam saw mill of
Messrs. d. b. & II. II. Bartholomew,
South Prince street, this morning. The
accident occurred ut about nine o'clock,
and the victim was Charles Kitch, Jr.,
the late marketmaster. 1t seems that he
had gone to the mill to procure bag of
sawdust for the purpose of smoking meat.
Going in the vicinity of two circular
saws (fifty-twO inches in diameter each,
and making six hundred revolutions per
minute) he was warned by Andy Smith,
q lad of fourteen years, to be careful. He
must have tripped on chain connected
with the machinery, which caused him to
fall--his bag, which he carried on his
shoulder, falling on one side of the saw,
while his back struck it fairly. No one
saw the accident, and of course the man.
ner of the heoccurrence is only con njecture !;
but single instant did the work. In
that brief moment he acds literally cut IN
half, from one end of his body to the
other, and nothing remained but bloody
mass of quivering flesh to tell the story
of his fearful death. His head was not
injured at all, but his heart and entrails
were exposed to view, the right arm was
severed at the shoulder, and two toes were
cut from the left foot. The body was
hurled about six feet from the saw,
falling upon the face. The machinery
was Immediately stopped, and DR..
Bolenius was sent for but medical aid
waa Of M accOunt death having of
course, ensued instantly. Coroner Bair
held an inquest, and verdict of acci-
dental death was rendered.
The father of the deceased has been
very unfortunate recently, having lost
his wife and a grand-child within the
past three months, and now son in the
terrible manner above recited.-Lancas.
ter ErDress.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
The Carapa Tree.

The attention of commerce has been
lately attracted to the Carapa tree
(Carapa Guianensis), on account of the
oil which it produces. The tree abounds
in French Guiana, especially in the Dis
trict Of Cachipour, where 1t forms vast
forests. II grows to large size, and has
beautiful, glossy pinnate leaves. with
many leaflets. The oil is yielded by the
seeds, which are inclosed in a capsule,
These fall from February to June, and
are so abundant as to cover the ground to
depth of several inches. If collected
during this period, the seeds yield about
thirty-five per cent. of an oil that is
thick, bitter, and anthclmintic. 1t is
said to be particularly useful in guarding
against rust, and is much used in lamps.
The natives also rub it over their bodies
to protect them from insects. which find
its bitterness obnoxious. The price of
the article at Cayenne is from $25 to $50
per ton. A tree of the same genus,
Carapa Guianensis, and of nearly identi-
cal habits grows in Africa, where the
negroes use its oil for making soap and
amounting their bodies for the same pur.
pose as do the natives of South America,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
The Horse That Laughs.

The New York correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune says that when Superin-
tendent Walling, of the Police Depart
ment, suspected that the horse Mosher
drove when he kidnapped Charlie Ross
had been discovered he telegraphed to
Detective Hines in Philadelphia, asking
him to send on the person who could best
identify the horse that was driven by
Mosher when Charlie Ross was abducted.
After talking with the family, Hines de-
cided that Walter Ross-Charlie's
brother-knew more about the horse
than anybody else, and it was decided
that he and his father should be sent to
New York City by the first train on
Monday morning.
A remarkable fact was that, before
quitting Philadelphia, the boy Walter
said to his father and others, "I shall
know the horse, sure. He has white
star upon his forehead, white hind leg,
sore back, and there is wind-gall or
wen upon one of his hind legs; but /
shall know him best because when the
horse started he turned around and
laughed" The father and other men,
bers of the family thought the laughing
of horse some childish expression, but
did not understand what was meant at
the time. Mr.. Ross and Walter were
met at Newark by Detective Titus, and
all went to Van Fleets stables.
Mr.. Van Fleet led the animal out for
inspection. They saw the marks de
scribed by Walter, and found that they
correspondcd with the appearance of the
horse driven by Mosher. To enable the
boy Walter to see the horse move in har-
ness, he was hitchcd to carriage, and
the party got in. When the rcins were
gathered up, the animal turned his head
in a peculiar manner, displaying his
teeth.
"Look, papa, look !" exclaimed Wal
ter Ross to his father, "see, the horse is
laughing at u.s."
That was what he meant when he told
his father and Detective Hines, in Phila-
delphia, before they started, that the
horse that Moshcr drove when Charlie
was abducted, turned and laughed at
them just before he started. 1t was a
childs idea, but the fact made great inn
preston upon the observing boy. Super
intendent Walling said to Mr.. Ross that
this laughing of the horse was one of the
strongest points of Identification. The
idea of Walter was original, but the
simile was acknowledged by all who saw
the peculiar trait of the animal.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
The Alhambra.

Describing the Alhambra writer says:
"The Moorish palace, mostly but one
story high, is irregularly built about q
number of courts. The exterior is plain
almost to ugliness. We pass through a
hole in the wall-and enter first an OBJ
long court some seventy feet broad and
twice as lsng. Most of this open space
is given to pond, where, tradition says,
the ladies of the harem were wont to
bathe in Moorish days, while guards
made the curious keep their distance.
Mr.. Irving, in his charming description
Of the Alhambra, tells of his frequent
baths in this same spot. On each side of
the court is a slight portico supported by
horseshoe arches which spring from mar
velously slender columns. The next
court, the famous Court of Lions, has
nearly the same shape and size.
1t takes its name from large
fountain basin in its center, which rests
on the backs of very rudely carved lions /;
an apparent exception to very rigid Mo
hammedan Interpretation of the second
commandment. The highly yornamcnted
pOrticO that surrounds this court is of
still greater elegance than the one in the
court preceding. The third and last court
the Lindaraja, so often mentioned
affectiOnately by Mr.. Irving-is planted
with citrOn and orange trees, and is on
lower level than the others. Most of the
great halls of the Alhambra open on
these courts, and description of the
magnificent Hall of Ambassadors will
give an idea of all. 1t is an immense
square room, as lofty as it is broad. On
one side it seems almost entirely open to
the court, owing to the great width of the
entrance; in the three remaining sides
are deep window embrasures cut through
the wall, which is unusually large. But
it is not so much the size and arrangement
of the room as its wealth of strange
decoration that gives it its peculiar
Moorish character. The ceiling defics de-
scription. 1t is more round than fiat, and
yet not round; more pointed than round,
and yet not pointed. If an ocean wave,
rufled by numberless wavelcts, each
with its wrinkles, were turned inside out,
it would have some resemblance to this
ceiling, which is, in turn, intricate as a
honeycomb and picturesque rs stalactite
cave roof The same fantastic wantOn-
ness of ornament is displayed on the
walls. Bright-colored porcelain tiles
reach from the floor breast high, and
above these not square inch that has
level surface can be discovered by the
most patient search. Finely executed
arabesques of the most complicated form,
yet displaying considerable regularity
when examined attentively, join the
mysterious inscriptions in filling every
iota of space. All this luxurious orna-
mentation is executed in stucco, the
lines being channcled from an eighth to
a quarter of an inch deep. Coloring in
red, blue, and gold was used originally to
heighten the effect, but this has wholly
with the lapse of time. In
the center of the chamber is a small
whose water escapes through
open cutters along the floor. Running
water was always necessary to Moor's
indeed, to hear the unceasing
FLASHING of fountains is the chief delight
Of Orientals to this day."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
A Thief In Close Quarters.

The following is authentic: "Two
Cleveland railway officials were on bust.
ness bent, and occupying the directors
car. One of the gentlemen was accom-
panied by his neice. After Willing
away the evening, each retired to state.
room, the uncle not being very well, and
being in low spirits. In the night the
young lady, wakeful perhaps, in solici-
tude for her invalid uncle, heard from
the adjoining state-room, in which the
other gentleman had retired, muffled,
indistinct voice groaning out:
"Lct me out, shall die"
Supposing it an average case of night.
mare, the young lady composed herself
as much as possible, but soon again
came arepetitiOn.
" Let me out, I'm dyingW
Alarmed she flew to her uncle's berth
and awakened him, and he proceeded to
the state-rOom from whence the words
had come, and found his brother director
in a profound slumber. But he awak-
aroused, begged to know what was the
matter.
"Why, something is the matter with
YOU"
"Not at ALL" replied the disturbed di-
rector, rubbing his eyes to assure himself
he was awake.
"But you are sick or something's the
matter"
"Not at all, but what's the matter
with your
And so he got up and taking his low
spirited friend by the arm-was seeking
aid to restrain him from jumping off the
cars, or through the window, or some
thing when the young lady came up and
told what she had heard.
That demanded an investigation, and
lifting the mattress there was found be-
meath man nearly dead. He just
breathed, and that's all, and, with the
remnant of breath he had, called for sue
cor, but when found he was speechless.
The man was left at the station soon
reached, and the train hurried on for fear
he might die and the party be detained
for an inquest. We suppose the man
revived though we don't know.
Reviewing the situation it was remem-
bered that when the porter showed the
director to his state-rOom, the bed of the
berth seemed raised in the middle, and
the director, who will weigh full two hun
dred pounds, jounced up and down on it
a number of times until it became fiat,
and then went to his innocent slumber
with this more than half dead thief in
the bottom of the berth.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
The Shah's European Trip and its
Results.

The Cologne Gazette states that the
Shah's visit to Europe has occasioned
many alterations in the external appear
ance of the upper and middle classes in
Persia. Shoes are worn, the baggy trOus-
crs are reduced, the chin is shaven-an
innovation obnoxious to the orthodox
Mohammedans-the cap is not so high,
and the whole dress is mixture of the
Armenian and European fashions. But
chairs are not adopted; they are used
only for European visitors, while the ma
tives fold their legs on the cushion or
footstool. In religious matters the old
fanaticism is less frequently displayed,
and the missionaries enjoy great liberty.
The numerous Armenian Christians are
conscious of the protection of the Rus
sian Ambassador, and their influence is
materially increased by many of the for
eign residents marrying their daughters,
as European wives often 60 to Europe,
and are burden rather than comfort
to their husbands, while the Armenian
women are not inferior in looks to their
English sisters. The old abuses in the
government still exist. The army is a
real plague spot; only day laborers and
the poor are enrolled, the rich purchas-
ing exemption by presents to the officers.
Three marks month are punctually
paid to the men, but all allow ance for
clothes is curtailed so that the soldier,
in order to live, is driven to plunder, in
which he only too gladly indulges in the
most brutal fashion. The tendency to
dishonesty is an incradicable element of
the national character, and is only re-
pressed in Teheran under the immediate
eye of the Shah. There alone the lower
classes breathe freely, for they do not
suffer from the general tyranny of officers
of all grades, and the soldiers dare not
invade the houses and fields and take
what they please without payment. The
famine of 1872 has inflicted serious
wounds on the country. The English
arbitrators who traversed Seistan during
the time of the greatest distress, to settle
the boundaries of Persia, passed days
without seeing a child or hearing song.
They estimated the mortality at 1,500,-
000-more than quarter of the popu-
lation. The railway projected by Baron
Reuter- is at standstill. II is hoped
that an equivalent will be found for it,
as the Shah is very anxious for improved
communications, and recently ordered
survey for horse railway from Teheran
to Schah Abdul Azim, while he has sum-
moned postoffice officials from Austria to
postal service.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
SOmnambuIisn.

According to the st. Louis Globe, the
citizens of Tamaroa, Perry County, Mo-,
were lately startled by the intelligence
that young lady of that place, ar Or
phan of respectable character, had sud-
denly disappeared some time during the
night previous. Parties at once started
out in all directions, through the woods
and over prairies, expecting to find the
frozen or murdered corpse hidden away
in some secluded spot. The search, how
ever, was in vain; the young lady could
not be found, high or low, and at night
fall all returned home, tired and worn
out from their long and laborious tramp.
An attempt was made to organize for a
night hunt, but, in consequence of Sc
we're storm coming up, the effort proved
a failure; but the mystery soon solved
itself by the runaway appearing at her
house as suddenly as she had departed.
As the evening passenger train on the
Illinois Central, going nsrth, stopped at
Tamaroa scantily clad female, who,
afterward proved to be the missing girl,
was seen to leave the train. She made
quick steps to reach her home, where, on
being questioned with reference to her
singular fight, she made the following
statement:
After retiring as usual, and going to
sleep, the first knowledge of conscious
ness was strange feeling in the head
and after waking more fully she found
herself standing on the railroad platform
at the station, dressed in the attire of Q
man, and shivering from the intenst
cold. The south-bound train was at the
depot, and man standing close by ad
vised her to go in and get warm, which
she did, and entered the car rs the trair
moved of, and was landed Mt Du Quoin
where two men procured room for he
at hotel. In the morning, employees Q
the house found her crying for femal,
apparel, which the landlord generousl.
furnished. She remained at Du Quoil
until the evening train came along ant
took her home.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04

BEDBUGs are said to be most readily
destroyed by nux vomica in the form Of
the tincture, combined with liquor
ammoni@, which mixture is to be freely
applied to the joints and cracks of the
beadstead. Itisequally efiicacious against
cockroaches, waterbugs, and other YER
min, and If applied TO the harness Of
horses, the animals will be no longer an
noyed by flies.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
BILL AND JOE.
BY oLIvEs WENDELL HOLMES.


Tome, dear old comrade, you and
VIII steal an hour from days gone by
Inc SHINING days when lie was new,
And all was bright with morning dew
Ihe lusty days Of long ago,
When you were Bill and was Joe.
Your name may Haunt titled trail,
Proud as q cockerePs rainbow tail,
And mine rs brief appendix wear
AS Tam O'Shanter's lucklcss marei
Today, old friend, remember SUN
That am Joe and you are Bill.
you've won the great world, enviod price,
Ana grand you look In peoples eyes,
with II U N. and LII ID.
In big brave letters lair TO see
your INST, OLD fellow on they go!
HOW are you, biiif HOW are you, JOG
You've won the Judges ermined rooe,
nou We taught your name 10 nun tne gIooe,
nouve sung mansln9 ueatnless s,raih'
you've made the dead past nve againi
Inc world may can you wnat IL VIII,
bu' you anu are JOG anu Dill
j., Inc channg young Ioiks stare ana say
= see those oio puners, oeht anu gray
Ihey taik IKE ieilows III ,heir Teens! >,
nao Poor o,u poys! ina, Wma. InciS'
,,. mnu snake ,heiI neaos tney niue kno"
Inc 'hroopihs hcar's oi Dill anu JOG!
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
Mrs. Bcecher and Mrs. Tilton.

The New York Tribune says that in
the court house, during the early part of
the Beecher-Tilton trial, Mrs. Tilton for
a time was the central figure of attrac-
tion. She was very pale, and her man.
ner was that of timid, shy woman, who
felt i'll at ease under hundreds of staring
eyes. The crowd instinctively instituted
a comparison between her and Mrs.
Beecher, and the result was not favora-
BILE to Mrs. Tilton. Itwas apparent that
they were opposite in character. On
one side was weak, timid, sentimental
woman; on the other positive, de.
termincd, and, even in her old age, a
handsome woman. Mrs. Beecher was
cool and sclfpossessed throughout the
proceedings, notwithstanding the bitter
attacks upon her husbands honor. Mrs.
Tilton was evidently nervous and en-
barrassed. Mrs. Beecher has q classic
face, full of force and expression; Mrs.
Tilton's face is of a. commonplace type.
At four O'Clock Judge Morris an
nounced that he would require about
one hour to close his opening remarks,
and the court was adjourned. Mrs.
Beecher left her seat, and walking over
to Mrs. Tilton, with an unaffected smile
of good will upon her face, clasped hands
with Theodore Tilton's wife. A whis-
pered conversation, which lasted at least
fivc minutes followed. Immediately af-
terward Mrs. Tilton, Mrs. Bcecher, the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and his coun-
sci left the court room by the rear en-
trance, followed by a large number OF
Plymouth church members.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
UNFINISHED STILL.

A bady's boot, and skein of wool,
Faded and soiled, and soft;
Odd thing, you say, and no doubt you're right
Round a seaman's neck, this stormy night,
Up In the yards aloft.
Most like it's folly, but, mates, look here;
When first went 10 sea,
A woman stood on the far-of strand
With q wedding-ring on the small, soft hand
Which clung 50 close to me.
My wife, God bless! The day before
She sat beside my foot
And the sunlight kissed her yellow hair,
And the dainty fingers, deft and fair,
Knitted a baby's boot.
The voyage was over; / came ashore.
What think you, found there?
A grave the daisies had sprinkled white;
A cottage empty, and dark rs night,
And this beside the chair.
The little boot twas unfinished still;
The tangled skein lay near;
But the knitter had gone away to rest,
With the babe asleep on her quiet breast,
Down In the church-yard drear
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04

The first steam engine imported to
this country was Newcomer" for the
Passaic, New Jersey, copper mines, 1876;
the second engine was built by Christie
pher Coles, Of Philadelphia, in 1772, for
distillery. The first steamboat in the
Mississippi Valley was the "Orleans,"
built in Pittsburgh in 1911, 100 tons
but Fitch had a steamboat on the Della
ware as early as 1884, and Rumsey an
other on the Potomac in 1885. The first
railway in this country was the Quincy,
Massachusetts,, in 1926; the Baltimore
and Ohio was the first passenger railway,
1880.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04

A BROOKLYN man, who has just buried
his fifth wife, thinks he is now quail
fed for fashion writer on some lady's
magazine.