Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-06-28

5. RAVENNA, OHIO. MONDAY, JUNE 2s, 1882. +

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pdanced, and Wrlthed like serpents together
las Tito delight her. in, her greatest terror
They shct up like huge, pillows, and thei
!: erests, threw off a row Of a million, glitter
ing sparks. Then they sunk, down TO, til
9 window gain, and looked in at ! The case
meat. They clapped then, hands over AM
over again They continually, thrust ,ou
their horrible sybilan lounges. Tbey
..screeehed they yelled they; roared; they
7 Kissed they sang .s,s1z3 81 -; !, {:
I They then beckoned each to the. other
and poured into the room. They formed
a circle about the child, Joining their fry
hands They danced around her, in the ex
cess Of their joy, They rose to her breast
each. n moment closing up. about her form
They breathed hot breath upon her cheeks
and she gasped for life. Then they retreat.
ed moment;;bn it. was, only to re'nrn
with freshly whetted appetities. They
kissed her neck, They laid their tongues
upon her lips, They dallied with her ring.
lets, as if they were braiding them up with
band Of fire. They enfolded her at once
in their embrace, and fell gluttonously upon
her. She sank to the floor. a.sz >
The roof fell to the cellar, and legion Of
sparks flew up to the sky. - -....-.s =.
Morning came Hundreds Of men were
searching among the ruins .,,
Only handful Of white bones lay piled
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> A new candidate, for eronautic fame has
made his appearance at Paris in the person
Of M. Coste, one Of the late editors Of the
Arensment. His third ascent, which wns
a most perilous one, is thus described in o
letter tosthe Washington Republics: sssz
The wind had been violent all day, and
at five o'clock in the afternoon, the hour
Of departure, the balloon, instead Of being
Of the form Of pear. looked more like
the letter S. NJ. GODDARD advised his pupil
not 10 venture; all the gentleman who had
engaged places in the car refused TO ems
bark; and the audience were upon The poin,
of opposing the ascent, when NJ. Coste,
taking advantage of a .lull in the wind,
Jumped into his place, and gave the order
to let 60. His departure could not have
been called an ascent; his upward motion
was so slight that he barely escaped the
roof shel,ering the seatssof The Hippodrome;
but his speed horizontally was terrific. In
less than thirty seconds he wasout of sight,
and dsthe universal belief was that he never,
would be seenegain alive. Hessoon found
himself insthe midst of The clouds, that were
causing all the eommoiion, knowing iha. it
was impossible 10 descend, he delerminedeto
to soar, above ihem.7 He threw out thirty,
pounds of ballast, and was soon conscious
that the, balloon was ascending rapidly.
only al an elevation Of % 900 feet flour
miles that he came in view Of the sun,
and left the wind below him.. He speedily
found that he could not remnin4in so rarif.
ed an atmosphere; his ears hun1med, his
breathing was difficult, and pieces of paper
that he threw over fell like lead. Ii bes
came indispensable 10 descend, and TO brave
the fury Of the elements as best MS he might.
His strength was so reduced and friction
was so remarkably increased, that he could
not, until after repeated efforts, raise the /
valve, and allow a portion Of the gas 10 es-
cape. .
AT such an altitude the ascensinnal force
Of gas is doubled, and when the valve open.
ed a quantity was dischnrged that at once
destroyed the balance, and tbs balloon be.
gan to descend .furiouslv. M. Coste threw
out every thing that he could dispense with,
and lashed himself to the car. The earth
began soon to appear, and to approach
at flightful re pidity. The balloon struck
sideways, and ,loughed up the field for
some twenty ds. The aronaut freed
himself from h ordage,and jumped ashore
unhurt. The balloon, iightened ofa huns
dred ormore pounds were off again in a
twinkling; but NJ. Coste caught hold oflhe
anchor-rope-which is always allowed
10 hang-and, sufsring himself to be
drawn up dozen yards, brought the bal
|oon back. BY this tine assistance had
arrived and party of stout peasants bound |
he frantic machine to a tree, where it was
M Coste arrived at the Hip.
podrome the next morning at ten o'clock
and was received as man risen from The
he dead. He had been given up as lost
by all who saw him start. Nothing daunt-
I'd, he has made three ascensions since. and
mas seen nothing y et, he says, to dissuade
1im from adopting the career of an ero-
naut. M. Coste was the only editor Of the
sAvenement" that never was imprisoned
ior delit de presse. One would suppose
hat man ofsuch energy and undoubted
'punk would be one Of the first to get him.
'elf into limbo for too unbridled use oil his
,en.
sTAn old joker who never yielded the
palm to any one in reeling knotty yarn,
was put to his trumpts as hearing. a traveller
;tate that be once saw a brick house placed
lpon runners and drawn up bill to
more favorable location some half a mile
listan,. "Wbat do you think of that Un-
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