The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-12-26
NEWS ITEMS.

Whisky is reported steady, tho
: imblbsrs rarely are.
There are 1876, 900 Mormans IN
Utah's tota1pepulation of 200, ,OO0'
/ Philadelphia's society sweetens
e its five o'clock tea with nothing
but rock candy.
: OF 100000 Gsrmaas not In
$ the Falherland 100000 are in
: this country.
. Why is a little boy learning the
alphabet like postage stamp9-
Because he gets stuck on the let
) ) ters.
|, 1t has been estimated that the
habltual opium eaters in the
, United States number 100000.
Religious Edltor-You probably
want the "devil." He's on the
t floor below.
Tho man with but one suit of
clothes can speak of moths with.
| out shuddering.-Scranton Truth
The Governor of Montana esti-
mates the white population of
the States at 17O, 1000, and the In
, dams at $1,000.
Quevado-'I see that Stanley
: has arrived safely at-er-er.' Cur
tls-'Speli it, Philadelphia
Ledger.
| Practice makes perfect. True ;
but a man Can contrlve to drop a
hot plate us readily the first time
as the second.
This pun is from ths St. Paul
Pioneer Press: If bread trust is
formed the monopollsts will surely
take the cake.
The oldest person who died
this year was Gottfried Wap-
marek, who passed away in Ger
many not many weeks ago at the
nndisputed age OF one hundred
and twenty six years.
During 1889 slightly over a |
hundred million dollars worth of
gold has been dag from the earth
on the four continents; the larg.
est quantity came from Australia,
California and South Africa. |
Africa is looking up.
The Engine ering and Mining
Journal makes the startling |
statement that forest fires have
this year destroyed more than
the value of all The timber plant
ed, stolen and legitimately cut
between the Missouri and the |
Coast Range.
A New York shipper has re.
ceived a letter saying that late
arrivals Of Danish apples are
coming inl competition with
the American fruit The writer
claims that.ihe apples from Dem
mark are even superior t0 those
from this country.
There is q new dance called
The Dream.'' which IS said to be |
a veritable dream. The wife of |
the composer dreamed the dance,
and at oncs awakened her hus-
band. who arose and composed
the dance to her steps.
The Cliieago com merciai trav.
elers four thousand in number,
have agreed to take FIVE hundred
thousand dollars'worth of stock
of the Chicago. Columbus Expo
sition Company, and to attempt
to sell some of the stock of the
company to every customer that
they meet On their travels.
Railroad hen have THAR own
names Tor cars. Thus, the coal
cars are known as "blaek Mar
las" the Wooiten engines as
"camcl backs" and Il certain
kind Of car solely used by the
Delaware & Hudson as ''exclus.
ives."
The postal card was twenty
years old on the first of October
last. Austria has the credit of
first adopting the invention,
though it was first advocated by {
the German Post master General,
DR.. Stephan. On October l..
1889, a Correspondent Karts"
first burst on the astonished Con-
tinental world.
The finest duck shooting in the
is to be found in the wild :
celery flats on the Susquehanna.
below Harve de Grace. The :
lum ber of ducks killed in a sin
sIe season upon these fats ia
;aid to Average as high as thirty
housand. They are always
iounl plump and in the best con.
lition and OF he finest flavor,
he result Of feeding upon the S
Wild celery. b
A yonng woman holds the po-
ition of conductor on one of the .
ailroadS In Colorado, and gives s
'ntira satisfaction. She collects G
ares and punches tickets like a n
nan; but when it comes to put
ing some fellow off because of r
lis failing to comply with the .
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