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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16
LATEST FROM THE ICEBERGS

The opinion prevails that the late Brit.
ish PJlar expedition has been practical
failure. DR.. Isaac Hayes stops in the
midst of his busy life, in New York, to
say that such is the case, and as veter-
an Arctic explorer he should know
whereof he speaks. The commander OF
the expedition, Captain Mares, is also
ready to confess his inability to prove
his belief in an open Polar sea, although
his expeditionary campaign succeeded in
passing the furthest points reached by
either Hayes, Hall or any other explorer
of the region.
The expedition of Captain Mares was
supported by all that money and scien-
tifc ingenuity could suggest. Men, ves-
sells, equipments, provisions and all the
apparatus for rushing against the obsta-
oIes surrounding the way, were of the
best quality, No Polar expedition ever
started out so well equipped, and in con-
sideration of these things the work done
would seem to be little as compared with
that achieved by the earlier explorers,
who prosecuted their tasks surrounded
by such obstacles as sCanty equipments
weak vessels and wants of pecuniary as
sistance at the outset.
The chief benefit which promises To
arise from Captain Mares recent effort tc
discover the great Northern Passage" is
the contribution of the coast line knowl.
edge which he will make for the use Of
geOgraphers and future expeditions, the
tracing of these coast lines for 220 miller
to the west of Greenland and a consider
able distance TO the east, in all probable
ity one-fifth of The circumference of the
rim of the Polar Unknown, being espec.
tally valuable.
Captain Mares also discovered that a
the eighty second parallel all animal life
and the migration of birds ceased, thus
proving, as he says, the 'impracticability
of continuing an effort to reach the pole.
So the frozen zone still holds its secret
Seventy years of Arctic navigation anC
the expenditure of millions of dollars anC
hundreds lives, have resulted in tota
advance of only 40 miles in the desired
direction, leaving the coveted North Pole
nearly five hundred miles away; and tht
latest expedition is pronounced failure
Why, then, not resign the worlds grea
ice house to its own cold-hearted self2
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16
A FRA I'D TIA T CENTENNIAL DIX
WINKED AT

Mr.. Peter A. Dey was the engineer
who surveyed and located the first hun.
dred miles of the road (the Union Pacif-
icy. He estimated its cost at not over
1000 mile. When this estimate was
shown to the directors it was returned to
him with orders to retouch it with high
er colors, to put in embankments on pa
per where none existed on earth, to
make the old embankments heavier and
to increase the expense generally; and
then he was requested to send in his es-
innate that it would cost $500 mile.
When Mr.. Dey found that this part OF
the road was to be let to Hoxie at $4,000
per mile, for work which he knew could
be done for $30,000-this difference oi
$4,000 a mile amounting to $2,000,O00
OIL the first hundred miles, and to $1,000
900 on the two hundred and forty-six
miles-he resigned his position as chief
engineer, with noble letter to John A.
Dix, President of the road. He closed
that letter thus:
"My views of the Pacific road are, per-
haps, peculiar. I look upon its mana
gers as trustees of the bounty of Congress.
\ n You are doubtless informed
how disproportioned the amount to be
paid is to the work contracted for.
need not expatiate on the sincerity OF
my course, when you reflect upon the
fact that have resigned the best posi-
ton in my profession this country has
offered to any mani"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16
RECKLESSNESS WITH RIFLES.
A Remarkably SkiHfA and PerilouS Petor.
nance in Workmanship.

Two brothers named Watson have
been giving r'markable exhibitions of
foolhardiness and skill in Tony Pastors
Theatre. They are billed as NOTED
Western scouts and sharpshooters," and
have the look Oh frontiersmen. They
begin by displaying rifles, and shooting
bullets through blocks of wood, to prove
that the ammunition and missiles are
genuine. On both sides of the stage,
close to the front, thick wooden pads are
placed for the bullets to lodge in. At
the beginning of the display of marks
manship one man holds an apple IT. his
fingers and the other shoots ball through
it from across the stage; and next the
man who has risked his fingers becomes
the shooter in a repetition of the feat
Each in turn hits the bull's-eye of tar
get ten times without a miss, the BULLS
eye being just above the head of the man
who holds the apple. A potato is placed
on ones head and shot off by the other,
the potato being split to pieces, and the
bullet entering the pad in front of which
the holder stands. This feat is repeated
many times, the brothers changing atti-
tudes and holding the rife in positions
seemingly awkward enough to increase
the peril. The brothers wheel quickly
and shoot potatoes simultaneously off
each cther's heads.
The brothers, who profess to have ac-
quired their skill by long practice on the
plains, use breech-loading rifles, and
handle them with wonderful quickness.
The younger seems to be the best marks
man-at least he fires quickest after get
ting his weapon up to aim, and rarely
fails to hit. The older sometimes miss
es.-M. Y Sun.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16

THE astronomers of Europe are just
now excited by the re-discovery of Le-
verrier's planet, Vulcan. Some twenty
years ago the great French astronomer
announced that certain perturbations in
the orbit Of Mercury could only be ac-
counted for by the existence of another
planet still nearer the sun; even as the
perturbations OF Saturn had enabled him
to discover the planet Neptune. Within
three years after Leverrier's announce
ment French observer, DR.. Lescarbauit,
detected Vulcan in his transit across the
suns disk; but inasmuch as he has not
been seen again since then, most savans
have begun to doubt whether he was
seen at all. But the latest Partisan Jour-
nails inform as that two eminent astron-
omers at the Observatory in that city
M. Porro and NJ. Wolf Of Zurich-have
just found Vulcan during his transit as
before 1t is not sta'ed whether their
observations were sufficient for the pre-
else calculation of the elements of the
planet. Kepler's law. however, would
reduce the time of Vulcan's revolution
around the sun to about month. This
youngest Of the planets must swim in a
sea of almost unimaginable light and
heat, and be uninhabitable by any form
Of life known to Us.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16

Pat went to the committee, but they
would give him no money; saying that
Nebraska was all right, and would go
Republican anyhow Pat then wrote
back to Hitchcock and told him the re-.
suit, but also said that If he Hitchcock
would get him a contract from BOSS
Shepherd for street paving, he would get
all the money he wanted. He said that
within four days Hitchcock was in Wash
ington, and Pat had gone up to New
York. There he got notice from Shep,,
herd that contract for 1900 wards OF
wood pavement was awarded to him.
At this announcement there was tre-
mendous yelling and laughter, Pat
turned around and said soto uoce; What
the HI are you laughing ahoutP don't
see anything 80 funny" Pat then went
on to say that he went down to Wash
ineton and presented himself to Boss
Shepherd. There he found lot OF 9TH
er fellows, all getting contracts, ike
himself. and some ofthem, like himself,
didn't know how they got them.
Well, Gov. Shepherd presented him
with his contract, and he told him he
would commence work next day, and
started out. Then chap came up and
presented him his card, and wanted to
know what be would take for his con-
tract. "Well," said Pat, IL never laid
any wood pavements, and l don't know
anything about what it is worth"
At this announcement there was an
awful uproar of laughing and yelling,
which lasted several minutes. After 81
lence was restored Pat went on to say
that the fellow pressed the matter and
told him that the usual figure was 1926
per yard, besides some other little per-
quisites; and then offered him So 600 for
his contract. So Pat concluded he would
sell, and that same day the fellow paid
him over the money. He stated that his
instructions from Hitchcock were to send
half the money to Yost and half to Cum
ningham, and that same day (Sept. 5th)
he sent two drafts to Yost, $500 and 5000
respectively, and similar drafts to Cum
ningham
About the end of September he reCeiv-
ed letter from Hitchcock in Chicago for
Pat to go to New York and get some
more money, referring him to Senators
Harlan and Edmunds. These latter re-
fused to "come down." on the ground
that no money was needed in Nebraska,
So Pat said that something must be done
and he told them a great cock-and-bull
story about the actions of Upton, who,
he claimed, was carrying the State for
Greeley. So they made check for 81
600, payable to Pat 0. Halves.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16
BOSS SHEPHERDS CONTRACTS.
The Man Who Used..tO Sell PIES in the Post
so Office Tells an Interesting story.

The Hon. Pat o. Halves was then in
troduCed, and made ten minutes speech
which will not soon be forgotten. The
only pity is that it was not given in the
opening of the Presidential campaign.
Pat said that in July, 1872, he received
a letter (which he ready from P. W.
Hitchcock, who was then in Omaha,
while he (Pat) was in Washington, ask
ing him to go to the National Central
Committee and get some money with
which 10 run the campaign In Nebraska.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16

Be rigid 10 yourself and gentle to 9TH
ers.-[Confucius.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16
AuerE.
JAMES HARRBELLS S0E9.


O, there above, yon heather hill,
Where footfa' comes but rarely.
There Is house they point out still.
Where dwelt the man O. Airlie.
He wore coat O holden gray,
His hand was hard WI labori
hut still he had harmless way
o. standin' by his neighbor.
His burly laugh made men rejoice,
His words the neighbOrs guided;
But little bairnies loved his voice
And In his 81 lie cOnhded'
The words, to-day, that lett his lip,
Became deed tomorrow,
Hoot man, the friendship o his grip,
Would lift the heart o sorrow.
He was ma loud, he was ma proud,
He lacked In learnin sairly
And yet ye' pick him frae a crowd,
The honest man o Airlie.
His wealth, 1t was ma In his land,
It was ma In the city,
A mint O honor was his hand,
His heart a mine O pity
He's dead and game, this prince O. Fife,
Mute is his burly laughter,
But ah the music O. his life
That bides wi us lang after,
His memory lives, the man may die,
That fingers bright and lovin',
Just like star lost frae the sky
Whose ray survives his ruin.
CHORUS.
Cup and down an roun an roun,
And DER the hale world fairly,
Ye might hae searched but never foun'
Anither Man o Airlie.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16
SHERIFF SALE.
John HunteTB Asdgnee vs. 3, R. Eckley

BY virtue Of an order to sell issued from ths
court Of common pleas Of stark county, Ohio, and
70 me directed WI offer for sale at public Out
cry ON the preinABes, on
Saturday, the 1871 day Of November, 1879,
the following described real estate situate In san
county, to-wit: Town lots one hundred aud eleV-
en- ulll, one hundred and twelve 1l2J and one
hundred and thirteen tll9) in Teeters LambOEn
4 Cos addition 10 Alliance,
Appraise at $500.
Sale ~ commence at one o'clock p. N. Term,
One'third cash, the BALANCE In two eqnal annual
payments, with interest thereon, secured -
mortgage on The premises.
ot1se n J. P. RAUcH, shsriR
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16

The following lyric gem in the Nursery Is from
the pen Of Laura E. Richards:
BoBBuY BOO AND woLLYPoTUMP.
Bobbily-boo, the King so free,
He used TO drink the Mango tea;
Mango tea and coffee, too
He drank them both till his nose was blue.
Wollypotump, the Queen so high,
She used to eat the GumbO pie;
Gun DO pie and Gumbo cake
she ate them both till her teeth did break.
Bobbily-Bo and Wolypotump
Each called the other greedy trump
And when these terrible words were said,
They sat and cried till they both we're dead.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16
d WASTED LIFE.

"Brutus Blinkenberry," said that gen.
tleman's wife, drawing paper from her
pocket in the privacy Of the chamber on
sunday morning, "Brutus Blinkenbeny,
I've counted, and out OF the last thirty
days you have come home intoxicated
twenty-seven nights What do you think
Of YOURSELF"
Blinkenberry groaned.
We'll, what are you groaning about
now 2"
Them three nights, replied Blinken-
berry, with an expression of horrible
sufsring.-(Gold Hill (Ney,) News.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16
SHERIFF SALE.
James LAWN ". Mary @. Blake's Adnr.

James LAWN ". Mary O. Blake's Admr.
By virtue of an alias order to sell issued from The
court of common pleas of stark county, Ohio. and
TO me directed, will offer for sale at public oua
cry at the door Of the court house In the city Of
Canton, on
Saturday the 1871 day of November, 1875,
he following described real estate situate in said
tcounty to-wi certain tract OF lot Of land situate
on the west sidePoplar street In the city of Canton
county Of Stark, and State Of ohio, and bounded
as follows: lying Immediately south of Feathers
feet and one inch front oh Poplar street and e1-
tending westwardly al rigbtangle with said street
two hundred and Iwenty-Seven feet in the shape
Of paJalelOgran, 81 deed vol 1903, page 526 Ok
the deed records OF stark county. s.
Appraised at $500. I...a
Sale to commence at one o'clock p. m. 7e1ns
cash.
octl9.td J.P.RAUCH, Sheriff
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-16

o up and down an roun an ronn,
And oer the hale world fairly,
Ye might hae searched but never foun'
Anither Man o Airlie.
Middletown transcript., 1876-11-25
PRINTING OFFICE SECRETS.

A properly conducted printing office
is as much secret society as Masonic
Lodge. The printers are not under
oath Of secrecy, but always feel them
selves as truly in honor bound to keep
secrets. as though they had been put
through triple oaths. An EMPLOYEE in
printing Office who willingly disre-
CARDS this rule in regard to printing
Office secrets, would not only be scorned
by bis brethren Of the craft, but would
lose his position in the Office at once
We make this statement because it
sometimes happens that communica-
tion appears in newspaper under an
assumed signature which excites COM
ment. and various parties try to 6nd
out who is the author. Let all be saved
the trouble ofquestioDing the employees
or attaches of the printing Office
They are "know notbings" on such
points as these. On such matters thew
have eyes and ears. but no mouth
and if they fail to observe this rule, let
them be put down as dishonored mem
bers.
Middletown transcript., 1876-11-25
COST OF FENCES.

We find by compilation of reports to
the Department Of Agriculture, that
the cash value Of the annual farm, pro-
ducts Of the United States is over S2,-
$50, 100000 while the value of all the
lire stock, including horses, mules, cat
tie. sheep. hogs, was, on the first day
of February, 1872, $1,659, ,211, ,933, or
about $4,000, 100000 less than the
value of the annual farm products.
To protect this So, $50, 600, 900 worth
of growing crops from being destroyed
by the 81, $780, ,212,933 worth of live
stock, we have built 1 ,619, 1919, ,42O rods
of fence, inclosing $50, ,5O5,614 acres
of ground, with an average of ga rods
per acre, costing $1.0S per rod. or
$6.9S per acre, making total cost of
$1.74S, 526, 1855, or about $50, ,317, 1872
above the value Of all the live stock. -
The annual decay and cost of repairs
cannot be less than ten per cent of the
original cost of fence, or $174, $685. ,918;
interest at 7 per cent. per annum, $124,-
319, ,811; total annual cost $299, ,172,-
729. But this is not all A fence occupies
and wastes an average of one-half rod
wide, or one acre for every so inclosed,
making total for all the fences of 5O,-
101, 1913 acres. The gross proceeds,
per acre, for the cultivated grounds in |
the United States for the year 1871, |
amounted to $9.78. Call it SO per
acre, and taking two-thirds as the cost
Of cultivation, We have So as the net
proceeds per acre, which would show an
annual loss of $3.50, ,SOS, 1863, which,
added to the annual cost to settle up
and develop the country. and who have
he heaviest burden of taxes to pay to
'xpend more than all the stock in the
country is worth to fence in their crops,
ind give free range to the stock own
RS. who need not own or improve, or
'ay taxes upon single acre. But peo-
lie are beginning to believe that when
hey have bought piece of land, and
'aid for it, and pay taxes upon it, they
ught to own the land, and the crops
rowing thereon, and be protected in
heir rights to do with it as they please.
rovidiug that nothing which they do,
r grow, or keep, shall interfere with
be right Of others.-Lutheran Obser- /
Middletown transcript., 1876-11-25
THE RINGLEADER,
A STORY OF WILDACRE SCHOOL

When Mr.. Reed came to take the
school at Wildacre, he found it no bed
of roses. He was handsome young
fellow, with an eye like Mars, which
was greatly needed at Wildacre to
threaten or command, and the muscle
of an athlete But Mr.. Reed had an
inherited habit of blushing, and the
young ladies were not slow to take ad-
vantage of it. Perhaps the ringleader
Of the school was George Jones, as
pretty little witch as ever worked
mischief; she it was who first discover
Ell his one weakness, which, let us add,
was not the result of bashfulness, but
merely Of thin skin. Perhaps there
was no less bashful man in the world
than Mr.. Reed, and Miss George was
match for him there, and did her
prettiest to put him to confusion. She
sketched his unmistakable carioature on
the blackboard, where she had b.
sent to work out an algebraic equation,
of which he caught glimpse, turning
his head inopportunely. Before her
quick hand could erase, be had stayed
the movement by his own.
Is that your unknown quantity, Miss
Jones ? said he. Please to finish your
problem
Miss George seized the crayon in an
instant of daring impudence, and wrote
off against the caricature, plus his
blush equals and then she paused -
Now the woman who hesitates, we know.
is lost
Cant you finish it p asked her teach
er. 1 thought you had committed your
lesson. Give me the crayon, if you
please
Equals Miss Jones, plus her imper-
tinence,' he wrote.
Now prove it, sir, if you please,
said Miss George, demureiy
You may take your seat, Miss Jones,
and finish your lesson after school, -
But presently the bell rung. and the
young lady whose business it was to
answer the door brought up a note,
which ran thus:
Will Mr.. Reed kindly dismiss Miss
George Jones at half-past ten, and
oblige her aunt ?
Miss Jones. said he, you may be
Il? she asked, with an air of sur
prise. Il was to remain after school,
Your aunt requests that you should
be dismissed
'Oh, thanks There was a general
litter as Miss George decamped, cast
ing a triumphant look over her shoul-
Ter, for they were all very we'll aware
hat the note was a fabrication Of her
'wn. carried out by Miss Kew, who
lad been dismissed on account Of vio-
ent fit of sneezing. and returned by
means Of small urchin she had bribed
nth penny
Unfortunately for Miss George. Mr..
Reed, having an errand at the railway
Middletown transcript., 1876-11-25
THE TWO BIRDS NESTS.

Two men were neighbors, and eac
of them had wife and several children
and only his labor to support them =
One of these two men was troubled il
mind, saying: "[f I die, or fall sick
what will become of my wife and m.
children 2"
And this thought never left him. I
gnawed his heart as worm gnaws th'
fruit in which it is concealed
Now, although the same thought hae
come to the other father, he had no
dwslt upon it; "for." said he, "God
who knows all, will also watch owe,
me, and over my wife, and over my
children" And this one lived peace.
fully, while the first did not enjoy an
instant Of rest or of inward joy.
One day as he was working in the
fields, sad and cast down on account oi
his fear, he saw some birds enter q
bush. fly out again, and then soon come
back again. Having approached the
place. he saw two nests placed side by
side. and in each one several little birds,
newly Matched and still without feath-
ers. And when be returned to his
work. from time to time be raised his
eyes and watched these birds, who went
and came, bearing food to their little
ones.
Now. at the moment when one of the
mothers was returning with her bsak
full, vulture seized it, bore it upward,
while the poor bird, struggling vaiuly
under its grasp, uttered piercing cries.
AT this sight, the man who was work
ing felt his soul more troubled than be-
fore. "For," thought he, "ths death
of the mother is the death of the chill
dren. Mine have only me to depend
on; what will become Of them if l fail
them p And all the day he was gloomy
and sad, and duliug the night he did
not sleep The next day, on his re-
turn to the fields, he said to himself =
Il wish to see this poor mothers little
ones. Several, without doubt, have
already perished :" so be crept toward
the bush and looking, be saw the little
ones in good health not one seemed to
have suffered.
Astonished at this, he hid himself, to
observe what happened. And after
awhile he heard light cry, and saw
the second mother bearing in haste the
food that she had gathered. and she
distributed to all the little ones Impair
tally. and there was enough for all,
and the orphans we're not abandoned in
their misery. And the father who had
1istrusted Providence. recounted in the
evening to the other father what he bad
'een. And the other said to him =
why make yourself uneasy? God |
never abandons his children His love |
las secrets that we know not Of. Let
Is believe, let US hope. let US love, and |
ct us pursue our way in peace III
lie before you. you will be the father
# my children if you die before me,
will bo the father of yours. And if
We both die before they become of age
o provide for their necessities, they
will have for their father the Father
Who is the Heavens.
Middletown transcript., 1876-11-25

A poor sick woman used to keep on
her window-sill strawberry-plant in a
broken saucer filled with little earth
because its new leaves and constant
growth helped her to feel Gods near
ness. 1t makes no difference whether
we live or die. we are always in the
presence Of God; and bis handiwork-
the flowers. the streams, the mountains
should ever keep US in remembrance of
His nearness.
Middletown transcript., 1876-11-25
WHAT WAS Found IN AN OLD TRUNK

WHAT WAS FOUND IN AN OLD Trunk.
"A citizen Of Hickory county, Mo. i.
last week met with singular piece Of
good fortune While at Kansas city.
in September, 1860 be purchased an
old trunk. advertised as unclaimed prop
erty, by the U. S States Express Com
pany, which proved to contain only
some invaluable articles and dirty cloth
ing. On bis arrival home the trunk
was converted into receptacle for wood.
for which purpose it was used till
week since. when being partially demol-
ished it was converted into kiudling
wood. Between the wood aud zinc
bottom was found $3,0S5. The trunk
bore no marks to indicate who the owner
had been, and the most reasonable sup
position is that it was shipped to some
fictitious name. and contained stolen
money, which, either by arrest or in
reference, or from fear of detection, re-
NAMED unealled for.
Middletown transcript., 1876-11-25

No friends have a perfect suitable
ness to each other, and roughness and
inequalities that are nearest US are most
troublesome. That wonderful variety
and contrariety Of apprehension, inter-
est. temperaments. occasions, and temp
tations are such, that. while we are
scandalized at the discord and eonfusions
of the world, we must recall ourselves,
and admire that all ruling Providence
which keepeth up so much order and
concord as there is