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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27
An Eventful Life.

Last Monday night, says the Indian
apolis Journal, William Stewart, a
printer, well known in this city, where he
leaves divorced wife and child, died of
apoplexy in the office of the Chicago
Tribune. His was very remarkable ex-
perience, especially in his younger days,
and is told as follows by one who knew
him well-Mr. A. r.. Bell, of the Logans-
port PhdrOS:
Born in the city of New York some
thirty.eight years ago, imbued with all
the romance and ambition of youth, he
forsook home of wealth and refinement,
and, at the age of fifteen years, shipped
on whaler bound for the South Pacific
Ocean. His experience during the fol-
lowing six years was varied, and partakes
more of the startling than usually falls
to the lot of sailors. The vessel in which
he sailed was wrecked on the Navigator
Islands, at that time inhabited solely by
cannibals. Of the entire crew, Stewart
and three others only were saved. They
remained prisoners among the savages
for about six months, and finally escaped
and reached Hong Kong, China,
from whence Stewart again sailed, this
time for San Francisco, but deserted the
ship at Honolulu, owing to the inhuman
treatment of his officers He remained
in the Sandwich Islands for nearly two
years, in which time he learned the Ian
guage and obtained fund of informa-
ton regarding the habits and modes of
life of the Kanakas not readily CLEANED
in any other manner. From Honolulu
he shipped as sailor to Liverpool, in
tending to return to his home, from which
he had not heard in more than five years.
Reaching the English port, he devoted
some time in sightseeing throughout
England, and sailed to New York to find
that he had long been mourned as dead.
But few boys, at the age of twenty-one,
could boast of the knowledge, gained by
experience, which he possessed. Defer
ring to the wishes of his mother, he de-
termined to abandon the sea, and settled
down to learn the printing business. AS
a journeyman, true to the restless spirit
which actuated him as sailcr-boy, he
gravitated toward the West, and has
travelled nearly all over the country, at
times as an impecuniOus tramp, and at
others apparently rolling in wealth,
which he always spent with lavish
hand. indianapolis has ever been to him
a "haven of rest" where he could always
depend upon meeting friends and obtain
ing employment, and where, if we mis-
take not, he leaves wife and child. His
relatives still reside in New York, and,
we have understood, are wealthy.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27

LYNcHBURG (Va.) Ne,cs: Without
mentioning names, we may be permitted
to state the following facts Three years
ago prominent and wel-kuown resident
of neighboring county was foully muir
dered on his return from this city, and
under circumstances of peculiar brutal
ity. Three persons suspected OF the
crime were arrested and tried before two
justices of the neighborhood, and after a
thorough inquiry discharged, though
believed the guilty parties. One of them
removed to distant State, and died
miserably of a loathsome disease. An
other committed suicide by shooting
himself with musket. And the third
and last witness to that horrible murder
has gone to meet his coniederates in the
spirit land, having fallen from railroad
train in drunken spree, and been
crushed into shapeless mass by the
cars. And thus il is that, while retribu-
tion may be long delayed, murder of an
unofending citizen is avenged, and the
community breathes freer.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27

DURING the recent inundation at Paris
the Seine rose higher than at any time
previous since 1858. The Pont des In
valides was in danger of being carried
of, and the cellars on each bank of the
river was filled with water. The suburbs
Jared even worse, especially Bercy, the
great wine depot near the Jardin des
Plantes The storehouses were deluged
and many barrels of wine were carried
away. The river was covered with boats
and floating objects of all sorts; hun
dreds of little wooden huts, inspectors
kiosks and riverside dealers stalls were
whirliBg about in all directions.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27

THEY were sitting together. he and
she, and he was arduously thinking what
TO say. Finally he burst out with :" In
this land Of noble achievements and nm
dying glory, why is it that women do
not come more To the front; why Is II
that they do not climb the ladder Of
lameg' :" suppose" said she, putting
her finger in her mouth, it is all ON
account of their pullbacks. And then
she sighed and he sighed, side by side,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27

NEW YORK Graphic: 'Napoleon's fa-
vorite tableau is reproduced. Stein
berger, lifted by one stroke of fortune
from a penniless adventurer to a seat
by the side of King Maliatoa as Prime
Minister of Samoa, is as suddenly dis:
graced and driven from the island, and
now lies prisoner on board the ship'of-
war Barraconta, in the harbor. To com
plete the picture, that ship-of-war, alas,
Is English. What Steinberger has done
we do not know. The contagious official
malady of the time seems to have seized
him, however, for his tawny majesty de-
nounced him as ga fraud, liar, and an
impostor."- And it ia only yesterday
that the King wept upon his bosom
and gratefully declared him the savior
of his insular realm
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27
TRAILING ARBUTUs.
BY EMMA MARIA CAss.

o, hardly frstlings Of the spring,
Strangers TO fostering sun and dew,
How have yearned and longed for you,
And waited for your blossoming
Lift up your modest, bashful heads,
Low covering among the leaves =
Hark how the west wind sobs and grievcs-
Forsake your dreary, cherries beds
sought for you the long day through,
by streams where dryads might have strayed
In many wooden nook and glade,
And haunts the mavis only knew.
Brave little blossoms Of the North,
When sleet fell fast, and March winds blew,
Defying such boisterous crew,
All unafraid, you ventured forth.
What nameless joy, what strange rare bliss,
To gather you unto my breast;
To fold you there In sweeter rest,
And into sleep your eyelids kiss.
Yet Is my gladness wed to pain
The sight Of you brings back to me
grief from which fain would flee,
o, children OF the wind and rain.
A grief that rankles night and day,
And nevermore can be gainsaid =
Back to the silent years and dead J.
Why do you haunt me endlessly?
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27

A LITTLE three year-old girl in BaIti.
more discovered her father hanging dead,
having committed suicide through grief
for the death of his wife, and gave the
alarm to her aunt.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

DILIGENCE is the mother of good
luck.
ALWAYS be as witty as you can with
your parting bow your last speech is the
one remembered.
LOOK on this beautiful world and read the truth
In her fair page; see, every season brings
New change to her, Of everlasting youth;
Still the green soil with joyous living things
Swarms; the wide air is full Of joyous wings,
And myriads still are happy in the sleep
OF oceans azure gulfs -Bryont.
WHEN French army officer is con-
victed of a felony his epaulets are torn
of, his sword is broken and a private
steps from the ranks and kicks him.
After that the civil authorities take care
of him.
A COW in Reading, Pa, was detected
in secreting an assortment of seven and
eight-penny nails in her stomach, and
was loafng about lumber yard,-
presumably with the intention of COB
bling boards enough to build shanty,
when she was killed.
A RAPID and emphatic recital of the
following is said to be an infallible cure
for lisping: Hobbs meets Snobbs and
Nobbs; Hobbs bobs to SnObbs and
Nobbs; Hobbs nobs with Snobbs and
robs Nobbs' fobs "This is" says Nobbs,
"the worse for Hobbs jobs" and Snobbs
sobs.
The following epitaph is from tomb
stone in Indiana:
Under This sod our Babie Lies
It Neither Cries nor HolErs,
1T LIVED Just twenty Days,
And cost us $40.
DEATH comes equally to us all, and
makes us all equal when it comes. The
ashes of an oak in a chimney are no epi-
taph of that, how high or how large that
was it tells me not what flocks it shell
tered while it stood, nor what men it hurt
when it fell The dust of great persons
graves is speechless, too; it says nothing
it distinguishes nothing.-Donne.
CHICAGO Times: Tennie Clafin thinks
she looks like Napoleon BOnaparte, and
when she passes the rejecting plate-glass
windows of Broadway store and dis
covers that her hustle is on crooked, the
expression that steals over her counte-
nance is certainly not unlike that which
the face of the great soldier wore at the
Battle of Waterloo.
WHAT fountain of blessinng is Ia COW!
She is the mother of beef, the source of
butter, the original cause of cheese, to
say nothing of shoes, horns, hair, combs,
and upper leather. A gentle, amiable,
ever-yieldipg creature, who has no joy
in her family affairs which she does not
share with man. We rob her of her milk,
and only care for her that tine robbery
may be perpetuated.
THEY that have read about everything
are thought to understand everything,
too; but it is not always so. Reading
furnishes only the mind with the mate
rials of knowledge; it is thinking that
makes what we read ours. We are OF
the ruminating kind, and it is not enough
TO cram ourselves with great load
collections-we must chew them over
avoin
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27

NONE of the maple-sugar cakes for
this year have " 1876 ION them, as eggs
laid by patriotic hens have. This is be-
ca use maple.sugar, like figures won't
lie
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27
WHAT MAKES A MANI

A truthful soul, leving mind,
Fun OF affection for its kind;
A spirit firm, erect and free,
That never basely bends knee
That will not bear feathers weight
OF slavery's chains for small or great;
That truly speaks from God within I;
That never makes league with sin
That snaps the fetters despots make,
And loves the truth for Its own sake;
That w0rships God and him alone.
Aud bows no more than at his throne
And trembles ut no tyrant's nod
A soul that fears no one but God,
And thus can smile at curse or ban
This is the soul that makes man.
WHAT MAKES A WOMAN?
Not courtly dress nor queenly air;
Not jeweled hand, complexion fair
Not graceful form nor lofty tread
Not paint, nor curls, nor splendid head
Not pearly teeth, nor sparkling eyes;
Not voice that nightingale 0utvies
Not breath as sweet as eglantine;
Not gaudy gems, nor fabrics fine;
Not all the stores of fashions mart,
Nor yet the Establishments OF art;
Not one, nor all of these combined, .
Can make one woman true, refined.
'Tis not the casket that we prize,
But that which In the casket lies
These outward charms which plea the sight
Are naught unless the heart be right.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27

" you would pass for more than your
value, say little. IL is easier TO look
wise than To talk wise.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27

IT is claimed in New Orleans that
fifty cents worth of coal-oil will last as
long as nine dollars worth of gas.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27

WHAT is the center of gravity yf-The
letter v.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-27
PATIENCE.


There will come q weary day,
When overtaxed at length,
Both hope and love beneath
The weight give way.
Then with statues smile,
A statues strength,
Stands the meek sister,
Patience, nothing 10th,
Aud, uncomplaining does
The work OF both. -Cottridge.
A PERFECT and complete marriage is
perhaps as rare as perfect personal beauty.
Men and women are married fractiOnally,
now a small fraction, then a large frac-
ton. Very few are married totally,
and they are only after some forty or
fifty years of gradual approach and ex-
pertinent. Such a long and sweet fruit is
a complete marriage that it needs very
long summer to ripen in, and then q long
season to mellow and season in. But
real happy marriage of love and judg-
ment, between noble man and woman,
is one of the things so very handsome
that if the sun were, as the Greek poets
tabled, god, he might stop the world,
in order to feast his eyes with such
spectacle.
, 1876-01-26


Tho New York Heraids recent statement thas
tue batter claus o? Englshmsa like Fifsiuja. 70.
miuds tho Clncipnati l1snes OF story. II Maya !:
When that distlugulahed Froach Apbo tcan't
for tho life Of us recall h!B nhue) was making
uA visit In the carly days OF our na.tonal hls.
tory, ho happ0nel to bo tliutuH with sono WASH
lngton celebrities, of whom JolA Raaaolph. OF
l.oanoks, was ono, and the place OF whose resi-
douco was not known to tho foreigner. Ihs
question wha put to the !Abbe:
:" And how were you pleased with tho South !"
;" E1ceediug!y but ! oonfess to having beon
4 lIts1e disAppuintcd--1 Lad heard 10 Muoh-ln
tic V,tgtula gentlemen" ......
" Perhaps you wero unfortunate In your cir
Gle, - broke III Randolph, with & sncor. !" You did
not come TO lloauoke. for Instance"
'*rrua,' aa!d tho Atho. covering hls evident
annoyance ut tho rude tone with his usual calm
sulle "Jruo; the uo1t timo I visit Virginia
shall oortaujy 60 to ltoano2o."
" Gentlene74," ap8wored Randolph. eInphas!z-
Ing tho word. '.do not oons to noaao1e unlsss
tboy ara inpttetli"
Il was : cruel thrust. but tho Abbe took 1t In
The Gama placid manner and, lifting hls gray
h ead, psnGod for moment to give duo enphx-
na to hts words and then replied. looking la~
Q,siringly 1t the otlsr Russss
- Sad ! nos, mssslsuEp, thai HAS disappointed
In, ,flsxarIA gsuttlu&ntS
, 1876-01-26

AFW tFilhlN t1fHFdHf.
Yesterday At o'cDca quito u little crowd Was
assembled !: tuo Mobile Railroad Depot to W.T.
uess tho departure Of the Hon. J. u. EustiH for
Washington. Among them weEo MesBEB. lob
e1tson, Kidd, aud Mitchell. OF tho Legislature.
Iu fow moments . AAck drove up. aud from it
diHmounteu piuchhAek aud 1loBH Htua.t. Pinch.
too, waA bound for Washington TO take n seat.
hhortiy 4iter. Mr. Eustts dove up, and, enterilg
on The platform. confronted the redoubtabo
finch. Tho hlsnot Of the senconsra Was Rppro-
catsd BY tho crowd, and loud amile broke from
ouch OF The spectators resulting IL, like ratblo
e1ptosiou from tho two claimants themselves,
Thoy bowed to each o.hor, sud finch was pro-
fuaa iu ILLS compliments regarding AIa siysi. lie
hald that. after himself. ho would prefos to seo
Mr. EuAtls United statas seuator " any suAn.
Altar Z short rasHage Of Words, Alr. EusI!s els
tered The s.oeres, aud Pinchback 1emainod OIL
tho pla.fo!,n III highly sof satisfied condition,
Of couatenAnoe. Iio ss!d ha bud provisions aah
othor snal! groceries aboAsd sud !atenaea ~
iaske IL comfortable tor Senator Eustls during
thu Eip,
, 1876-01-26
A Tonuh Canadian mud u Tougher



C1rltton Place {Cun.) Hfraid.
About forty yoarH ago, young man named
Wilann, tosilpg near tho town or Perth. cou-
cetyed tho luuatio idoa Of leading . her1nit'H
llfo. Tho youth had from ha carly ago showed
HymptumH Of dernnRemont, and this proceeding
vi, lta rast waH not considered strange by his
friends. Tho chosen plaoc Of hiB hermitage
vaA tlree-quhrte.a OF q milo from his parental
homestead, In .ho reca5s Of denae btlsl where
no erectou q small loyel aud furnished 1t with All
old loE canoe. wlich 10 used ~ Q couch to slecp
ju, Diyosslpg hInhelf of all clothing, ha has ever
ei,,ce remained perfectly nudo, with tho sxcep-
ttun OF . tatterea remnant OF shirt which hia
fancy IeniH him to retain. ~ this nl!de atote
for forty ycat8 to has lived, walking tn tho depth
Of Winter through TITO snow, aud yet ho has
never bee1. known to have received froat bite,
Wheu ho EeuuireA drink ho WalkH ieilhatatalY
Into the river, 1t mntteEinx not to him what sea-
son OF the year It may bo and wAata out till tho
water reaches hia NaiBt anl tlnn no stoopH aud
Queuchea ha thirst. His food Ia BROUGHT to bun
by hls friends, and When given 70 l!lu IL eaten
with tbs YoraeiousnesH Ut III AntmR! which l!o
now resembles moro tnun man, his body being
~ heavily coated with hair ~ that OF COW.
lie noyor showB dangerous d1apoBt!on, aud
cllsttern In uonoayllablea. When penplo croas
his path 10 invariably begd for tobacco. for
which he has All evident Partially. and In chat
tosing tones will uttor bacca" until ln request
IL granted. Ills hair il long, gray, sud unkenps.
441tl1lt far over his shoutuOtB, and Ills beard,
. which IL similar, EoAchea down below his waist.
| lIc ia uoy between to aud 10 years OF age, and
! +. possibly the only living beIuR s7er known to
lave lyed year Affair ysAr perfectly naked. and
exposed to Ill the lpolemonolss Of weather which
uatk our oAnAdla1s Nthtsss.
, 1876-01-26
WltlTTlE AND BLISS.

RT. Lou1B. Jan. a5.-The revival-mecttngs
which wcro arranged for by tho Evangelical al.
liance at this city. some days ago, wore iuauEu-
xatod tonight Mt tho 1ltnh, by WAitt'e and Bliss,
Ut Chicago. About 2, GOO pooplo were present. and
, great interest was n,anfost in tho proceedings.
Tho meeting WAS conducted in tho samo general
way that similar meetiugs have been cordnotod
etsnwhere,-pr BY tho homo niiniaterB ex-
loEtation by Whittc, aud eoYgs by Iisss. All
tho promtnont eyangoltcal churches Of tho CITY
were represented by their pastors, and q great
number Of lay membors were present. The
meetings will be continued aa long III the inter-
cst ls kept up, aud special effort will DO made
to extend thelr influence to all clAsaca.
, 1876-01-26

Honolulu. Hhero he enlisted On tho United
stAtes corvette MoDongnhca, which was then In
that part looking after Caps. Semnes. At tho
close Of tho War ho WAS discharged, and mado
tits way to Italy, whero be entered tho naval
service. aud was on board tl1s Affondators when
abe WAS eunk In the Gulf Of LiasA by The Aus
trian squadron under command Of Admiral
TerethoT. Escaping from tho wreck, he went
to A1giels. where l,o served the Khodive, pro-
Tossing to hAye hcon tho aesvsnt Of Gan. LorinE,
asms. Thence be went u England. roentsring
tho naval soryice, and WAS on board tho BOILER
ophon whom sue vfsitad Newport Last Aummer.
At that n]aca ho left THAI vessel, and has slscs
been wandering about the country. Ho WAS ar
rested in Newark a. q vagrant. IIe WAS bntfer-
Ing from starvation, and was fed aud DISCHARGED.
IIo II CLINT IN atature, and Is about 60 years of
, 1876-01-26

FOLLOWING THE FASHION.
CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 25.-Tho Gozete's
Charleston, ". Va, special says Thomar Hines
aud William DoolsY had M a1terca.iou fcgard-
Ing Doo1oy's wife, and Hines threatened to cut
Dooley'a throat. To.nfgh. limos went to
Doolcy's ahop. knocked Oh the door, aud when
Dooloy appeared Hiuea strnck him with knife
In tho lo1er part Of the car, severinR tho jugular
Dooley seized 10 instrument tor crimpiuR boots
ABd f1l1cd Hines to tue ground. Dooley diod
about an hour Afterwards. Hines la In jsII.
Tie caso OF Dawson and Eatop charged with
tho murder OF Leo several da,s ago, waa called
In court at Chsrl0stou to-day. Tho ufIsonern
counscl conAumed tho day arguing for cl,angs
OF venue on account Of tho popular excitement
aRainBt tho prisoners In Charleston. Tho judge
tcHotvod his decision until tomorrow. Tic
Cout-I1ouso and yard we're fll'od VII, anxiouu
people, tho majority OF whom aro citizens Of
Campbell'a Crock. where tue murder uas COM
mit!el.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 5.-Later-Abous 200 men
arrived at 10 y. m. On tbs steamer Judge EaHer
md proceeded to jail, aud took Dawson and La.
topA out, marched them OF 10 Ito woods,
whore thoy will probably bo found haug.
ing to tree IN tho morning. DooIey,
who Was killed by lines early tlis evening, was
: cQJored man. After tho mob bad carried of
tho Lee murderer. .colored citizens to the number
OF fifty went to tue jail aud demanded Hines,
who waa delivered to tbon. and they then fol-
lowed the former crowd to the wooda With thelr
prisoner, who will probably meet tho same fats.
, 1876-01-26
SPAIN.
THE ELECTION.

MADRID, Jan. 25.-lhe total number Of Dopu-
ties elected to Congress is A08. OF these, thirty
arc supporters Of sagasta. ton c!erca's, ono
Cantonalist, aud 86t Ministorfallats. Senior Cas-
tcsr la the only hlodorato Republican cloctea.
LONDON, Jan. 2G.-A special from Madrid uavs
eaghssa'a organ, tho Iberia, and other Opposi-
tion journals. rctorato tho allegations Of Official
pressure aud nbusos III tho cioctons. The,
correspondent estimates that the bagastista ha1rr
obtained forty Boats. Caste!ar's party ten, anl
tho Nadlcals slx or oigAt. Great apathy pie
vailed throughout tho country. Tho ministerial
majority Is too largo to bo eonuina OF bonetlcias.
The Posts special from Irun states that the
AlfonHiuts have begun simultaneous attack on
II tho caElist positions In Alaya, Dlsoxy, and
auipuzcoA~
III BATTLE AnnAy.
HENpAYE Jan. 26.-A i.ispatcA from Re nterIa
announces that tho AlfonAlsta arc mkk-
Ing = general moyomcnt. There ia heavy
filing around San Sebastian. Eight bnt-
taitons arc advancing on tho ueighborine
Carlst Positions. Latsr advlcea from Rentes3a
report that Fighting continues, and that tho
Aitonsisis ara rapidly gaining ground in tho
ne!ghborhood Of Lasante and Oghtezruu. No
!dea can be formed yet OF the l0aaes On either
1lde,
, 1876-01-26
OHIO.


COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 25.-1n the I1on8o to-day
3 resolution was offered tnsttucting tho sale Of
tho tract OF land owned BY the stnte in this city.
aud tho erection Of an Executive Mansion with
the proceeds Of such sale. 1t WIS referred to
tho Judiciary Committee.
13ll.a were introduced to reorganizo tho Lnua.
liz Asylum at tho State bY increasing tho nuil,-
Der OF Trustees. and changing tie nnmes md
graduating The sa!aries OF tho physiclnns Ia
charge; to establish State Board Of Health; 10
provide for printing school-bookH by tho State:
10 add to the ponA!tics for violating tho Liquor
law Of 1854 ltty days' inprsonrnent; TO provide
for the deducting of usurious intorestB slreRdy
paid from Tho principal OF debt; to comppl
plaintifIa In all casos brought befose courts OF
record 10 furnish security for costs.
, 1876-01-26

p1Resut UUFu1e" % M CHIE3ou 7Fl94E0.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,. Jan. 25.-Thoro is con-
siderable excitement and uueaaIi,oss among. iu-
torestoa parties to-day in Bloomington. occa-
stonod by steadily y-incseasiug tumo1s that tlAose
IL nomsshing crooked IN tho bu4luess manage
ment ot slr. 1touben L. Davis, County Clerk Of
Mclean County. These ru.nors Here rendered
moro prominent to-day by tho publication OF
certain OF thom in daily paper, accompanied
by demand for Investigation. 30 far ~ known,
tho alleged trre8ularitiea do not touch Davis
relations with the county, but are confined to
transactions ~ Agone ior 1lr, L.. G. Dept. OF
Bloomington, aud others. for whom le
has hoeu acting rs buainasa MANAGER,
The stoEy, which seems 10 be bAssd on faets
aud Ia ths county records, u to The el1oos that
Oayl1 hAx induced ME. Bant 10 loan Kufua OF