The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-02-05


The statisticians are ''onto" every
thing nowadays. Their latest discovery
is that black eyes are increasing In Eu-
rope.
A philosopher says the bone collar
button has done more to release man
from the tyranny of woman than all
the philosophical works on humanity
ever printed.
Major Edwards, the fat editor of the
Fargo Cd. T. argus, is believed to be
the biggest man in the newspaper bus
mess in the United st ties. He is said
to tip the beam at $40 pounds.
Up to date, nine authors of the ex-
preston of ''paint the town red" have
appeared, and when the search is pros
ecuted further, as it will be. several
more will probably be discovered.
So plentiful and cheap is natural gas
in Pittsburg that it is being used exten-
sively in place of coal. All it costs is
the boring of a well and the pipe in
which to convey it to the place of use.
If the supply should prove permanent,
it will drive coal out of the market.
The investigation into the practical
utility of the natural gas of Western
Pennsylvania is being pushed into var
ious branches of industry with promis-
ing results. The reservoirs furnish a
steady and reliable supply of gas, which
is useful for light, and in quantities SER
viceable for manufacturing fuel. 1t
has just been discovered that it makes
a perfect glass for lenses and can be
successfully y used in annealing glass.
Recently curious incident happened
to the Belgian lion which surmounts
the Prussian mound on the battle field
of Waterloo. Some French soldiers
were passing there, and, naturally feel
irg indignant at the monument COM
memorating their nations defeat, they
ascended the mound and hacked off the
tail of the lion with their swords. Of
course, the French Foreign Minister
had to apologize for the act, but, all
the same, the English Government
had to buy Mr.. Lion a new tail and
screw it on.
The Brazilian expresses half his ideas
by means of a hiss. If he wishes to
call the attention of waiter he does
it with a hiss; if he finds it necessary
to curse the tagging gait of his mule,
it is hiss that conveys the impreca-
ton. The sibilant sound is softened
somewhat in it's utterance by the lips,
and it is remarkable how far it may be
transmitted through din. 1t requires
less expenditure of vitality to utter a
hiss than an articulate word, and in
Brazil saving of vitality, however
small, is not despised.
Here is description of Nebraska
girl: IA beautiful cowgirl lives neal
Markell, Taylor County, Neb. She
owns some stock, which she personally
looks after. At recent roundup heI
dazzling beauty and graceful horse.
manship were wonderful to behold. A
yearling broke from the herd. which
three cowboys failed to contine, when
the beautiful girl dashed out after it.
roping on the second circle, and pulled
| it by the horn of her saddle into the
herd. The boys shouted, wept, and
never ceased to love.
The prettiest girl in Brooklyn is lit
tie Italian paper vendor who meander.
about the Fulton Ferry landing on tht
Brooklyn side every day and night O
the week. She is only twelve years
old, and came from Palermo, Italy
with her blind mother last spring. Sht
has an Albino's hair and skin, but won
drous coal-black eyes and classic fea
tnres, combined with peariy teeth ant
a voice like a'bird's. She is said to b.
the subject of coming picture, enti-
tied DAWN" from the brush of a lis
tinguished Brooklyn artist.
The honor of being a member of tie
new German State Council is a pretty
costly one. The members receive no
pay, not even free passes over the rail-
roads, and have to defray the expenses
of their temporary sojourn in Berlin
out of their own pockets. If the honor
and exalted character of the member
ship of that body be kept up, this state
of things cannot be helped. Prince
low the existence of the Council to be
made dependent upon the House of
Representatives by asking for an ap-
preparation.
An extraordinary ride, undertaken
bya young woman named Margaret
Grice Mcnamara for revenge, is report
ed from Australia. The young woman
considered that she had received some
injury at the hands of police trooper
named Power, and resolved to pursue
him in order to seek revenge. She dis
guised herself as bushman and OBJ
tanned pack horse. She carried a
loaded revolver with her, and had trav-
eled /, 700 miles on horseback when she
was arrested at place called Quorn,
before she had an opportunity to ac-
complish her purpose.
The Reese River Valley, in Western
Nevada, is about $50 miles long, but
the river itself is very much longer.
The valley was evidently not intended
to fit the river, but the river to fit the
valley. In fact, that eccentric stream
runs over and about the valley, up and
down, sideways and all other WAYS.
considerably on the surface, but fire.
quently taking dive and disappearing
through some subterranean channel for
miles at stretch. The stream runs in
a continuous series of bold curves and
angles, without one straight section of
a dozen yards in its whole length.
If pulled out straight it would be forty
times as long as the valley.
A famous aeronaut says that no bal
loon has ever gone over a second sun
set. he moment the sun goes down
the gas condenses and you get through
the night better than the day. But the
next day, in the presence of the sun,
the gas expands and you mount to great
elevations, but every mount the balloon
makes cripplcs its power, and it is only
a question of hours, if not minutes,
how long you can keep up. If an aero
naut could have forty-eight hours of
night he could travel a great distance.
The highest rate of speed he had ever
attained, even with a strong wind
blowing, was eighty miles an hour.
B. P. Shillaber CMrs. Partington)
says: 81 think Major Ben: Perley Poore
inaugurated the novelty of eccentric
betting more than forty years ago by
wheeling, as penalty for an opinion
that was not sustained by an election,
barrel of apples from his farm in
Newbury to the fremont House in Bos-
ton, which tickled the masses hugely.
The distance was some forty miles, and
the gallant Major took his own time
for it, wheeling his burden a certain
number of miles per day and then,
leaving it at some wayside inn or farm
house, would return home and rest at
night. He was, if remember, about a
week in accomplishing his task, and
his reception in Boston was an ovation" !"
A company in New Jersey is making
paper counterpanes and pillow shams.
No. manila paper is used, two large