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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-03
A NEW MODE OF LoCOMOTI0N.

The newspaper carrier who serves papers
to the attendants in the Permanent E1hi.
bition Building, at Philadelphia, goes his
rounds at the rate of IL miles an hour. BE
travels on machines not unlike roller
skates, which are called pedomotors, %.
cording to the inventor, Mr.. ]. II. Hobb.
The day is not far distant predicts ths
Philadelphia Record, when the whole city
will be on wheels, when pedestrians will be
skimming through the streets at the rate Of
10 miles an hour, without more effort than
is now put forth in perambulatir3 half thai
distance
The pedomotor consists of four tough,
light, wooden wheels, supplied with an
outer rim of tough India-rubber. These
wheels are secured to frame the shape OF
the foot, which is strapped to the pedal
extremities in the usual manner. Unlike
roller skates, the wheels of these little vehi
cles are not under, but are placed on each
side of the foot, thus giving the wearer o
good standing, as well as solid footing.
The rear wheels are inches in diameter,
while those in front are but q inches.
This gives the foot slight incline, and
when in motion has much to do in impelk
ing the pedestrian forward. Extending
from the toe, with o slight curl to-
ward the ground, is a piece of casting
termed the pusher, which is simply used in
mounting an elevation or steep incline.
From the centre of the heel small brass
wheel extends backward, serving as guide
as well as a brake. The whole scarcely
turns the scale at a pound weight. In ua.
ing them no more effort is required than IN
walking. The wearer steps with his regu-
lar stride, and is amazed to find himself
skimming over the ground so rapidly with
SO little muscular effort Mr., Hobbs ex>
plains the mystery Of the rapid movements
in this manner: ....
A man whose stride is go inches win
traverse 4S inches or one half further, with
the pedomotor This is because the body
is in constant motion. For instance, says
he, the traveller starts, and while he raises
one foot to step, he continues rapidly on
ward until that foot is set down and ths
other raised to make another step. This
| gives him more momentum, and away he
goes over the two miles in the same time
to accomplish mile with the feet No
effort of the body is required for their use,
as in skates. The traveller simply puts one
foot before the other, and finds himself
whizzed along at lively rate.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-03
DIGGING GRAVES IN ADVANCE

The village Of Kewaunee, says the Mani
towoe (Wis. Pilot if noted for people Of
provident habits and wonderful forethought
They generally take time by the forelock,
and are invariably prepared for winters
cold or summers heat. The village sexton
of that place, putting faith in the signs
that the coming winter will be an unusually
mild one, and, perhaps, knowing from ex-
perience that grave-digging through triple.
folds of frozen ground is attended with
more labor than a Colsulate in q warm
climate, has delved into the ground in ad.
vance of Jack Frost and has prepared six
homes for as many persons, who win Join
the ranks of the silent majority before the
robins will sing their welcome to the
spring. Hamlet's grave digger with his
wheezy laugh and his jests on skulls and
dead mems bones, had not half the profess
sional trade of his brother in Kewaunee.
He breaches in q tongue that all can under.
stand, and people in Kewaunee will DO
godly while the grave yearns for them.
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CuaNL.

Tne height of sea waves 70 q question
that has been much, and not always salts
factorily, discussed. One difficulty arises
from the misunderstanding of terms. Some
mean, by the height of a wave, the actual
elevation above the surface of the sea in
smooth weather; others mean the distance
between the bottom of the hollow Of q
wave to its crest; and that seems to me the
only rational, practical way to arrive at any
sure data. Taking that, then, as the mode
of measuring wave-heights, it may be said
that Atlantic waves, in gale, often rise
twenty five feet; thirty feet is by no means
uncommon in mid-ocean, and the second
wave sometimes heaves to a height of
thirty-fve to forty feet Storm waves
have curious rhythm Of motion. At in
tervals three waves larger than usual rush
by, Of which the middle one is the highest
At longer intervals five large waves come
together, and very rarely seven. They
often come just as squall begins to moder-
ate, springing up elastically from the pres
sure of the wind. Sometimes the fury Of
the wind fairly beats down the seq, and
lashes and tears it into foam or spoon-drift,
| that sweeps over the ocean white mist,
! like snow blown over frozen lake, and
when such a tremendous squall luils, the
waves instantly rise to enormous dimen-
sions. The length and form of waves de-
pend upon the room in which they have to
run, and the direction of the tides. They
! are short and abrupt in small seas or lakes.
Among the Channel islands the counter
currents and tides sometimes raise the
waves to over forty feet in height. These
estimates, the result of long and careful OBJ
servation, have been confirmed by COM
| pairing them with the experience of others
who have also given the subject careful
study, among whom I may mention the
captain of one of the Cunard steamers.
In hurricanes, of course the waves are
far more tumultuous and broken, and near
the storm-center pyramidal in form, owing
to the contrary forces of cross-seas, and
their height is greater. 1t is not uncom-
mon, OF the Cape of Good Hope, to see
the waves sixty feet high, but they come
such distance that they have long, easy
assent which renders them generally less
dangerous than the more rugged waves of
the Atlantic On the Shetland Isles the
breakers rolling from distance of several
thousand miles, have perpendicular height
of sixty feet when they heave on shore.
In the hurricane of 1866 the sea broke COM
pletely over Hog Island in the Bahamas,
and the foam-crest was repeatedly on a
level with the top Of the lighthouse, sixty
eight feet above the sea. There are pho
tographs of rollers at Madeira whose verti-
cal elevation is nearly forty feet above the
beach. Nor is it difficult to ascertain the
length of waves; one way of measuring
them is when an ocean steamer over four
hundred feet long is head on the sea, and is
rising to meet wave just as another one
rushes from under the quarter vast, roar
ing mass, running over thirty miles an
hour, and leaving behind long, streaming
name Of foam.
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regarding the disposition Of his psoperty
but simply desired that hump of marble
should be raised upon his tomb with tins
inscription: "Here lies humpback, who
had taste for humps, and knew more
about them than any other humpback-"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-03

Two women in Scottsville, Ind, were ad.
dicted to talking scandalously about their
neighbors. There were thirty to forty ex-
ceedingly cowardly and brutal men in the
same place. The men took the women
from their homes at night, barred theU
shoulders, and whipped them with hickory
rods until the blood ran. One of the wo.
men was 9-sr seventy years old.
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the diameter of the trunk of one Of them
is twenty five feet, and that public road
passes through the much-decayed trunk
Of the largest, the CdslagnO di Cente
Cuualh
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-03

He who spends all he gets is on the high
road to beggary.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-03

What God is in all the fullness Of his be.
ing no man can know.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-03

Hold on 10 your good character, for n d
and ever will be, your best woalth.
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-12-11
EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS.

The character of Grants civil admins.
tration is point which cannot be avoid
ed in the event Of his candidacy. Now,
it would bea supposed that as to the
South Grants record would at least be
clear. But right here the difference de.
velops most sharply. The New York
Evening Post claims that Grant was the
author of the Hayes policy and repro
duCes a portion of the Generals report
to Andrew johnson on the condition of
the South, and then the despatch of the
Presidents private secretary to Cover,
nor Packard nearly ten years later, and
four days before the expiration Of Grants
term, as follows:
The President desires me to say that
he feels it his duty to state frankly that
public opinion will no longer support the
maintenance of State Government in
Louisiana by the use of the military, and
that he must concur in the manifest
feeling. The troops will hereafter, as in
the past, protect life and property from
mob violence when the State authori
ties fail, but under the remaining days of
his official life. they will not be used to
establish or pull down either claimant
for the control of the State. 1t is not his
purpose to recognize either claimant.
If the question is seriously asked what
President Grants position was toward
the South therefore, it is impossible to
give an answer such as would suit the
present stalwart ring which is urging his
denomination. He was the author of the
famous expression, LET us have peace"
His language to Lees army was admira.
BILE in policy and expression, but he fol.
lowed the reaCtionary group of Senators,
Morton, Conkling, Edmunds and others,
and to the disregard Of the opinions of
more moderate men, until public opin.
ion would no longer support his att
tude." The election of Mr.. Hayes and
his letter of acceptance, while majority
vote was cast for Mr.. Tilden; were the
signs of a dissatisfied public opinion
which even President Grant could not
fail to understand and which at the ex.
piration of his administration recalled
him to the point which he occupied at
its beginning. - Springfield Republican,
(Ind,) AOv. q.
The Republican party need not deceive
itself. It will be confronted in 1880 by
a united Democracy. The South will be
solid against the party that has robbed
and defrauded us. New York, Indiana,
New Jersey and Connecticut are more
likely 90 go Democratic than Republican,
and it will require all the frauds they can
commit for the Republicans to save Mas.
sachusetts, California, Maine, Oregon
and Ohio. A change of few thousand
votes in the latter States will swing them
over to the Democracy, and if the former
States remain even as they stood at the
recent elections Democratic President
will be inaugurated ON March 4th, 1881.
Mobile Register (Den.), NoU. 25.
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DREADFUL HAVOC BY SHARKS.

The FIJI Times records sad accident.
A canoe left Iona Iona with 25 natives
on board, bound for Totoya. They were
going about when asudden sqall sent the
sail against the mast, capsizing the canoe.
The unfortunate passengers clung to the
canoe, and might have escaped with con-
sequences no worse than those which
would have attended discomfort and ex-
posure, but for the fact that the capsize
occurred in a locality infested with
sharks. These raVenous monsters seized
their victims one by one, devouring 20
out of the 25 unfortunates whose lives
were thus placed at their mercy. Of the
two who escaped one is a woman but
her situation is very critical, the whole
of the flesh having been taken off one
leg,
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walk to the northern part Of the land,
but extended his walk flrther and iur'
ther south. AS he strobe along ne ciat,
tered fercely his breastplate OF pay one,s
and his tracks were mlrked with olooo'
He now began to pluck up, ana deyouI
Nth great gusto, a plant that greww, w,,l ~
the western part of the country, This
go refreshed and grati6ed him that he
threw away his ragged shirt. As heao0-
tinued to gorge himself with this new
plant, which heard was called reap.
portionment," his stomach distended
enormously, and he became very drum
ken. He staggered SO much, that finally,
coming to one of his turns, he stumbled
and fell into the western sea, where he
was drowned. Thereupon there arose
throughout the land such shout that |
was awakened from my slumber, and
sat wondering if it we're dream only.
FERNAY.
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! HE LATE MR.. DELAINE, EDI-
TOR OF THE LONDON TIMES.

Mr.. Delaine's aim as an editor was to
follow the main drift of respectable pub
lie opinion in England 30 closely, as to
appear to lead it. In this task he sue
ceeded we'll at most times, and notably
we'll on some memorable occasions But
the great work OF his editorial life, little
dreamed of by most men, was done
when none but "the night nd her still
candle saw" No matter where he was,
at IL o'clock every night of the week he
withdrew, and jumping into his brOugh.
am, drove down to Printing House
Square, there to edit, really, his paper.
He read over all the leading articles, and
revised the whole issue, 80 far as opin.
ions were concerned, giving the Times
homogeneousnes and unity which it
has utterly lost of late. His knowledge
of the world and his sober sense, kept ii
clear of tWaddle and bad taste, and his
manly nature loathed the ribaldry and
puerility which had marked Its leading
columns under Mr.. Barnes, when Mr..
Macauley was called "Babble tOngle
Macauley," and represented as melting
letters from tavern "tap" to the scum
of the community. 1t was a stroke of
good fortune, no doubt, which made him
editor at twenty four of the leading jour.
nal of Great Britain; but only by rare
abilities, wisely applied, and by consci-
entious and unremitting work, could he
have so identified the best features of
that journal with himself, that when his
withdrawal from it was announced, all
men felt and saw that virtue had gone
out of it. Mr.. Delaine visited this coun-
try in 1856, and maGe many friends here
whom he retained through life. He was
a man of simple tastes, as his house in
Sergeant's Inn was the scene of some Of
the quietest and most interesting social
life in London. He rode out regularly,
followed the hounds whenever an op.
portunity offered, and was a true Eng
lishman in his love of field sports and
out of doors life. His courtesy to stran.
gers was invariable and unwearying, not.
Withstanding the incessant demands
that were made upon it, He married
daughter of Horace TWiss, and in his
late and darker days he was most ten
derly watched over and cared for by his
brother, General Delaine, of the Indian
Staff Corps.-N Y, World.
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Saturday, the 18Th day of December, 1879,
SHERIFF SALE.
9. A. conrad 9 Co. vs. Philip Rhine ct al.

8. A. Conrad o. Co. vs Philip Rhine et al
BY virtue fan order to sell Issued from the court
of common pleas Of Stark county, Ohio, and TO me
directed will offer for sale at public outcTy at the
door of the courthouse In the city Of Canton, on
Saturday, the 18Th day of December, 1870,
the following described real estate situate In said
county to-wit: Known as being part of lot num-
ber seventy-seven an according to q plat Of GER
tain amcable partition of lands In Perry township,
between VIM Wetmore, II Fay and executors Of
Amos Benney, deceased, made October 18th, lSiS,
which map or plat is duly recorded in the records OF
said county to which reference is here made, begin
ming for Its boundaries at point at the intersection
of the south line of Richvle avenue and the north
west corner of Kent street, thence south. variation
90 to the right 223 II feet to stake; thence west
variation 70 to the right, 106 6-l2 feet TO stake
thence north variation 20 to the right, 260 feet 10
stake on the south line of Rchville avenue, and
thence east along said south line ll6 42 feet 10 the
place of beginning, be the same more or less.
Appraised at $780,
Sale TO commence at o'clock p. m. Terms cash
nOvl3-ew J.P. RAUCH, Sheriff.
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IYd..r.
SHERIFF SALE.


By virtue Of plures order to sell Issued from the
court Of common pleas Of Stark county Ohio and 70
me directed will offer for sale at public Outcry at
Saturday, the 9Th day of December, 1879.
the following described real estate situate In said
county tO-wlt; Situate In the township of Lawrence,
and being part Of the southeast corner or the east
half Of the northeast quarter OF section number 30,
township l, range 10, beginning 10 chains west from
the southeast corner OF said quarter secton thence
north As perchea 10 post thence south, $50 east 81
perches TO a post thence with the quarter section
line 43 perches to the place Of beginning containing
five and 1a3 perches, be the same more or less
excepting and reservng from the above one acre Of
land heretofore sold Off ofsad tract Also subec to
the dover estate Of Rose Ann Morris.
Appraised at $780,
Sale TO commence at one o'clock p. m. Terms
cash.
nov27-ew J.P. RAUCH, Sheriff.
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SHERIFF SALE.
Mary A. Hauser VS. August vogt

BY virtue of an alias order to sell issued from the
court OF common pleas Of Stark county, Ohio and 70
me directed will offer for sale at public outcry, at
the door OF the court house In the city OF Canton on
Saturday, The 9Th day of December, 1870
the following described real estate situate in said
county to-wIt: Lot number two hundred and thirty
nine (230) in Thompsons second addition 10 Canton
Appraised at 5000
sale to commence at one o'clock p. m. Terms
noy27-ew JP. RAUCH, Sheriff.
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SHERIFF SALE.
D, FordIng, Receiver, &C. VS. Joseph Etlenne.

D: Fording, Receiver, &c. VS. Joseph Etlenne.
By virtue of two vendi exponases Issued nom the
Court of Common Pleas OF Stark county, ONO, ano
10 me directed will offer for sale at public outcry
at the door Of the courthouse In the city Of Canton
Hff
SaturdrtS sAhe 3~d day of January, 1880
n Oh
the copf-aEE, Saed real estate situate in said
counHto. sber seven (7), in the town Of
AlliAce.
Apbniyed aSSOO |
sals to commence at one o'clock p. m. Terms cash
deoI.e JP. RAUCH, Sheriff,
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SHERIFF SALE.

First National Bank of Minerva, Ohio, VS. George T
Davis ct uI ct oil.
By virtue Of an order TO sell issued from the court
of Common pleas of Stark county, Ohio, and 70 me
directed will offer for sale at public outcry AT the
door of the court house, In the city Of Canton on
Saturday, the 3rd day of January, 1880,
the following described real estate situate In said
county tO-wit: Known as lot number fortye eight 4S)
in the town of Minerva.
Appraised at 800.
sale to commence at one o'clock p. M. Terms
'Iie dec4.ew up. RAUCH, Sheriff.
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Mondau, the 29M dag Of December, 1875
SHERIFF SALE.

BY virtue of plures order to sell issued from the
conIt of common pleas ofStark county, Ohio and TO
me- directed Will offer for sale at public outcry at
the door Of the courthouse In the city of Canton, ON
Saturday, the 9Th day of December, 1879,
the following described real estate situate In said
county, to.wt: The east half Of lot number three
bundled and fortysiX GAG in Kent jarvis adnltlOn
deep reservlng thtrefrom the right OF way ~ oy IA
feet in width Off the end Of said lot Tor an alley
In be determined by the owners OF lots ad'
iacent thereto with all the privileges thereto belong
Ing.
Appraised at S9OO
Sale TO commence at one o'clock, p. m. Terms
o'Ioo Soyz7-ew Up. RAUCH, Sheriff
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Saturday, The 18Th day of December, 1S
SHERIFF SALE,


By virtue of an alias order TO sell Issued from the
court Of common pleas ofStark county, Ohio, and TO
me directed will offer for sale at public outcry at
the door ofthe courthouse In the city Of Canton, on
Saturday, the 1871 day OF December, 1879.
the following described real estate situate In said
county to-wit: Town lots number SO and 90 In Hes
ter's addition to the town Of Alliance.
Lot 80 appraised at $3.50.
Lot 90 49,
Sale to commence at one o'clock p. m Terms
cash.
noy1Sew JP. RAUCH, Sheriff.
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Saturday, the 1871 day OF December,
SHERIFF SALE,
Reuben FOltz ct ur VS. Catherine Noaker ct a

Reuben Foltz ct ux VS. Catherine Noaker ct al
By virtue Of an order to sell Issued from the court
of common pleas of Stark county, Ohio, and to me
directed will offer for sale at public outcry at the
door of the courthouse In the city Of Canton, on
Saturday, the 18Th day of December, 1879,
the following described real estate situate In said
county to-wit: Twenty-Five acres Of land in the
southeast corner Of the southwest quarter Of section
seventy nine and 5010O 90 50l00 acres In the south
part Of the southeast quarter of section thiryfour
(34 subject TO the order Of Catherine Noaker there
in,
Appraised at $500.
Sale to commence at one o'clock p. m. Terms
one third cash. the balance In two equal annual pay
ments with interest from day Of sale secured by
mortgage on the premises.
nOvl3ew ]. P. RAUCH, Sheriff.
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SHERIFF SALE.
Joseph Maudraux vs. Peter veSseriat.

Joseph Maudraux vs Peter VeSseriat!
of common pleas of Stark county, Ohio, and 10 me
directed will offer for sale at public outcry at the
door Of the courthouse, In the city Of Canton, on
Saturday, The 9Th day of December 1879,
the following described real estate situate In said
number one hundred and twenty eight Q28) and ten
feet OF the west side Of lot number one hundred
twenty-nne (l29) In Conrad's addition to the town
of Louisville.
Appraised at $500,
Sale TO commence at 1 o'clock p. m. Terms cash.
noy27.eW ]. p. RAUCH, Sheriff,
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Railroad Election Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the second annual
meeting of the Stockholders of the Pittsbnrgh and
Chicago Narrow Guage Railroad will be held at the
office OF the Company In the town Of Minerva, Stark
county Ohio, at O'Clock p. M, on Monday. January
g. 1880 for the purpose Of electng seven ( directors
TO serve during the ensuing year. e..,-.
deco ew IL. BBlDLAh, Secty'