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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
Robert Pinkerton on Profess oral
Forgers,

A band Of professional forgers be.
fore starting out always agree on a
basis of division of all moneys OBJ
tanned on their forgery paper, writes
Robert Pinkerton, the famous de-
tective, in the North American Re
view This division might be about
Us follows: For presenter, where
the amount to be drawn does not cx-
Ceed 50. 900, Is to 25 per cent; but
where the amount to be drawn is
from $4,000 to 5000 and upward
the 'presenter" receives from 35 to
- per cent. The price is raised as
the risk increases, and it is gener-
ally considered greater risk to at
tempt to pass check or draft of
large denomination than smaller
one. The middleman gets from Is
&c Is per cent. His work is moro
and his responsibility is greater, but
the risk is less. There are plenty of
middlemen to be had, but the pre-
senters" are scarce. The SHADOW" !"
when one accompanies the Land, is
sometimes paid a salary by the mid
dleman and his expenses, but at
other times he Is allowed small
percentage, not to exceed per
cent, and his expenses, as with or
dinary care his risk is very slight.
The 5ackcr and forger get the bal
ance, which usually amounts TO from
30 to 60 per cent, The expenses
that have been advanced :he men
who go out on the road are usually
deducted at the final division.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
The Discovery Saved His Life.


Mr.. G. CnlIloue:te, Drngsls',
Bpaversv,lle, ILL.,. says: "fO d.
Kings New Discovery | owe M.
lite. Was taken with LA Grippe
and trIed all the physicians l"r
miles about, bui of no avail and
was gwen up and told | could mol
live. Having DR.. Kings New
Discovery in my store | sent I",
"A bct'l le and began its use an'i
from the first dose began to gel
better, and alter using three
bottles was up and ahOni again.
1t is worth its weight in gold. W.
won't keep store or house with"!I
it, Get free trial bottle at +
q, a,rlnetnn's Drug Store.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
Specimen Cases.

S, B. Clifford, New Casse, Wis,
was troubled with Neuralgia and
Rheumatism. his stomach was dis
ordered, his liver was affected 10
an alaI .nIng degree, appetite lei!
away, and he was terribly reduced
in health and strength. Three bot
ties of Electric Bitiers cured HIM
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg
Ill had running sore on his leg
Of eight years standing. Used three
bottles of Electric Biliers and
seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and his leg is sound and
we'll. John Speaker, Calawba, u,
had five large fever sores on hl'
leg. doctors said he was incurable
One bottle Electric Blite:s anC
one box of Bucl;len's Arnica Salve
cured his leg sound and well. Sole
| by F. Harringt on.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
see,.orlns sn,,ncre,r Q, a .eg, :.

Prof. Langley, of the Slnirhsooian
Institution, has brough. E,s balo
sneter to state Of high perfection.
This instrument, in theory extrone
ly simple, is fine wira .aroxgH
which q currerto ct electricity Is kept
Sowing. Tho resistance of the
wire varies with the terupera-
ture, aud hence the strength OF
She current also varies. by meas
uring The current, therefore, The
temperature of the wire can be ascer-
taincd As is well known, Prof.
langley has explored tia Inviaibls
regions of the solar spectrum with
this device, proving by it that in
them, as well as in the luminous por-
tions, fine absorption lines exist. In
this and il other fields it has easily
taken q place as one of the most val
uablc Of cxisting instruments. In
the latest and most delicate form the
wire is 1-500 inch wide and Is, 600
inch thick, and o difference Of teT-
pcratnre amounting to IL, ,000,O 600
cen.igrade can be perceived.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
A Free Scholarship.


The. board of trustees of the Ohio
State University offers free scholar
ship in the short course in Agriculture
TO one student annually from each
comfy in the state. The scholarship
il good for two years and covers all
college dues. The appointments are
made by the county boards of agricul-
ture. Students expecting to enter this
course next September should apply to
the officers of their county board of
agriculture
The association of agricultural stu
dents has prepared an illustrated cir
cular which gives full information with
regard to the opportunities and bene-
fits of the scholarship This may be
obtained by addressing :: pos,al-card to
S d. Ayers corresponding secretary.
Cnlusnb-s- o.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
A ONE-RAIL ROAD.
New Scheme for an Elevated Sys-
tenn in Boston.
Tho Work Of Construction Has Commenced
On tho Unique Enterprise-The lnven-
tion OF Capt. j. v. Melgs-Steam
Power to Bo Used.

What is known as the Meigs elc-
waited railroad system, which has
been exploited in Boston for seven
teen years, has secured the neces-
sary legislative sanction and the
work of construction is commenced.
The unique feature Of the road is
that only one rail or girder will be
used. According to the inventor,
J.. V. Meigs, the posts will rise about
forty-six feet apart along the curb
ing. These will be square, having
but eighteen inches TO obstruct
light on the four sides. There will
be fourteen feet in the clear below
where the supporting VIII cells strike
the track at an angle of forty-6ve
degrees.
Forty-two inches above this bal
ance- wheels, forty-two inches in
diameter, will run along the side OF
the rail, but at right angles to its
upper surface.
AS can be imagined, this will give
the appearance of a V when the
train is coming along, but after it
has passed an upright post, with
two shoulders" near the top,
simply the width of an ordinary
track will remain.
Light girders will extend across
from the pests. These, he ex-
planned, would not be as large as
shown in the cut and would rot ex-
clude the sun to any percepti6le de-
gree. At the same time these grid
ers would permit of four trains
being run by supplcmenting two
extra tracks.
So much for the superstructure.
Now for the train that is to run
over it. This, as planned, is to con-
sist of an engine twenty-nine feet in
length, a tender twenty-five feet in
length, and six cars, sixty-six feet
long, each of which will be capable
of seating one hundred and four per-
sons.
The entire train is designed to be
cylindrical iT7naa1 Il 1- exnlaining
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
SPEND YOUR OUTING ON THE GREAT
LAKES.

LAKES.
Visit picturesque Maczinac Island Il
VIII only cost you about $3.50 from De-
troit SIS from Toledo; $lS from Cleveland,
for the round trip, inc uding meals and
berths. Avoid the heat and dust by travel
ing on the D. Il C. floating palaces The
attractions of trip to the Mackinac region
are unsurpassed. The island itself is q
grand romantic spot, its climate most in
vigorating. Two new steel passenger
steamers have just been built for tie
upper lake route, costing $500, 600 each.
They are equipped with every mcdern
convenience, aLnunciatCTs, bath ROOMS,
etc, Illuminated throughout by electricity,
and are guaranteed to he the grandest,
largest and safest steamers on fresh water
These steamers favorably compare with
the great ocean liners in construction and
speed. -Four trips per week between
Toledo, Detroit, Alpena, Macisinac, St.
1gnace, Petoskey, Chicago, 800" Mar
quette and Duluth. Daily between Cleve-
land ard Detroit. Daily between Cleve-
land and Put-in-Bay. The cabins, parlors
and staterooms of these steamers are de-
signed for the complete entertainment of
humanity under home conditions; the pal
atial equipment, the luxury of the ap-
pointments, makes travelling on these
steamers thoroughly enjoyable. Send for
illustrated descriptive pamphlet. Address
A. A. SCHANTz, G. P. & 7. A.. D. & C.
Detroit, Mich.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
OAT SMUT.

A Simple aud Effect mai Preventive; Experf-
ments and recommendations by Prof.
Kelleripen OF the Ohio State University.
Repeated experiments during the
last few years have shown that of sew
eral efficient fun nyicid.s for smut of
oats. hot water has the pre- ,erence. II
the temperature is about 132 degrees or
13S degrees T., an immersion of fifteen
minutes will kill the adhering spores
and yet not injure the grain the least
In fact the experiments have shown
that there is an extra increase due to
the treatment of the seed-that is, an
increase over and above that which
would result m.rcly from the destruc-
ton of smut thereby replacing the
smutted panicles by sound ones. Our
own experiments carried on few years
ago, showed that w:lile there was five
OF six per cent of smut, the yield from
seed treated with hot water was in
crease ten to twelve per cent When
the smut is considera ole, there can be
no question as to the economy of en-
ploying this method. even ii the extra
increase were much reduced or did not
sr all obtain.
The hot water |re3 troent was intro
duccd by a Da "a exper.meuter, NJ
tense penEayen. and iepnA
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
A Household Treasure.

d. w, Fuller. of Canajoharie,
N Y, saws lkat e always keeps
DR.. Kings New Discovery in the
house and his family has always
found the verv best results follow
its use; that he would not he with
it, If procurable. q A. Dykeman
Druggist, Ca,skill. N. Y, says
that DR.. Kings New Discovery is
undonbtedlv The best Cough rem
edy; that he has used 1t in hIs
family for eight years, and il has
never failed to do all that Il
claimed for it, Why moi try a
remedy so long tried and tested
Trial bottles free al +. HarrIng
toms Durg Store. Regular SIZE
SOC. and S1.OO
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
STUDENTS IN GERMANY.
The Scholar There Holds . Higher Plac
Than He Docs In America.

The Scholar There Holds . Higher Plsci
Than He Docs in America.
s'In Germans life at German uni-
sersity," says writer in the Boston
Commonwealth, II incline to think
university work is more important
factor than in the life Of student
here with us; that is to say, if he does
any work at all. He gives it moro
prominent position in his social life
than Is the custom with us; he chooses
his friends often from among his CO.
workers in a way that is rare with us;
be discourscsT on his stuSlies in leisure
moments rs few Americans would do
1t home; a good deal of his social life
may be based upon his interest in this
OF that branch of science. This seems
strange to us; but 1t is to great ex-
tent to a German in a German Un;-ersi-
gy, and it is apt to be doubly SO to an
American. For the American cannot
avail himself of the various kinds of
diversion that attract the attention of
she German, and often he would not
desire to do SO if he could, through
lack of interest or lack of time. He
time and he wishes to make the most
Of It. But it is not merely that it Is
practically convenient for an American
to keep his work constantly before his
eyes.
There 10 anotbcr cause which goes
to eecount in a measure for the schol-
srly atmosphere. think it will be HI
lowed by al who have studied in Ger
many or lived there for a time that
university work holds there a far more
important place, In more ways than
one, than it does with us. With
student in America, in his undergrad
uate days at least, college work is
pretty well jostled and even put to the
wall by athletics, society or hundred
other things. So it is in Germany with
q certain class of students But with
the majority the university takes the
place of the professional school with
us, and here, even with us, work is
generally given the first place. With
the German student university work
need net fear athletics as a rival, nor
indeed much of anything except the
corps or other student society, and
with these corporations it is perfectly
understood that each is to take its
turn. For two or three years the corps
has full swing; then the university.
sit is hardly worth while to go fur
ther in the matter to pointout the COM
parative positions which scholarship
holds in German civilization and in
American. am, on the whole, OF
opinion that in Germany the scholar il
regarded with greater rcspectin every
way than with US, and it seems to me
very natural that this should be so for
very many reasons. Recognizing it as
> fact. one can very easily see how
shop should be a far more constant
factor in social intercourse In Ger
many than here at home, and especial
ly witt an American. He himself re-
Eards his own work - and, by cour-
tesy, that of his fellows-as most inn
portant thing. In the society to which
he finds admittance be sees that it is
also most important, or at least highly
honorable. A man is thus put into an
sttitude with respect to his work thaA
q od great value tn him-"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10

TIN the first place, there is a big
saving in light for property owners
along the line. You can see how the
rays will strike past the sides of the
cars and go directly to stores and
offices underneath.
''Then there is the saving in ma
terial and consequent cost OF build
ing. Again there is q saving of
fifty per cent. of the pressure on the
track with the wind against the side
of the car.
AT the same time. said Capt.
Meigs, ''wc can get an inside meas
urement of nine feet four inches in
height by ten feet four inches in
width. When the big rounding
platforms that will permit the entire
car to be emptied in twenty-five
seconds are taken into considera-
tion, the benefits of cylindrical cars
will be appreciated.
Beside the regular windows there
will be q line of ''skylights" with
curtains to keep out the sun. These
will furnish light to the center row
of seats that will have II serpentine
line of backs, or, in other words,
will be arranged on the tctc-a-tete
plan. The other seats will be run
the length of the cars instead of
cross wise.
In speaking of the power to run
his trains, Capt. Meigs said:
Boston people want rapid transit,
not experiments. The trains can be
run by compound air or by cleo
tricity, but on my road they will be
run by steam. My locomotives are
all encascd in cars and there will be
little noise and no dust or dirt.
THE Meigs engine will have
CRATE surface that will permit it's
hauling a train OF six cars at rate
of twenty miles an hour with two
and one stops to the mile, and will
be practically noiseless. AT this we
are figuring on twenty second stops,
and with q system of loops from the
center of the city we can give the
wage earners, who represent eighty
one per cent. of the people, SUBJ
urban homes within twenty minutes
of their places of business.
In brief, the Meigs plan contem-
plates cars of the same shape as the
''tank" cars that are familiar to
everyone who rides on the rail-
ways. These will run on q single
rail by means of wheels resting on
lever projection from the super,
structure. Then engines that will
develop the greatest power through
the availability of great heating
surface are depended upon to fur
nish the requisite speed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
Taking Oath in H;ndoostan.

The Hindoos have curious way
of emphasizing what they say. In
most villages is a sacred tree, q
pipal tree, and the gods are sup.
posed to delight to sit among its
leaves and listen to the music OF
their rustling. The dcponent takes
one of these leaves in his hands and
invokes the gods who sit about him
to crush him and those dear to him
as he crushes the leaf in his hand if
he speaks anything but the truth.
He then plucks and crus es the leaf
and states what be has { say.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10

moi t..inned. Two plots were planted
at the rate of three grains per foot in
the rows, and were thinned TO practi-
cally the same number of stalks per
acre as were then on plots one and
three. The thinning WAS done July q.
lust four weeks after planting, and the
corn ranged from one 10 two feet high.
The plats which were thinned yielded
696 pounds of ear corn. while those
which were not Ihinnei yielded sl2
pounds, a decrease of fourteen per
cent due to the thinning process
This was an exec ptionally dry season.
The thinning probably caused more in
jury than would ordinarily result
-"Mr. Muchcoin seems very atten-
tive to Miss Jingle: does she know any
thing OF him?" NO, but she proba bly,
will have very little OF his society after
they leave here" $50 it is no love af-
fair" Dear me. no: she is going to
marry him."-In.er Ocean.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
DOES IT PAY TO THIN CORN7
Resuits From the Farm OF the Ohio State
University.

DnIEerolLys
It has been urged by some that it is
best to plant about three times as
many kernels of corn per acre as is
wished to have mature stalks, thin
ming the corn when of proper size-say
from six tn fourteen inches high-be-
ing careful to remove the weaker
stalks In or,ier to compare the results
of this method with those of the
method of planting only so many kinds
as will give the desired number of
STALKS per acre without thinning, Mr..
Franklin +. Stump, foreman of farm,
conducted the following experiment;
Four-fifths of an acre of land from
which the soil had been removed some
wears siuos for making brick, was
divided into four equal plots A strip
of uniform width across the plots, a.
laid out, hence involving an equa
amount of each plot, grew melilotus.
or sweet clover, tine four seasons of 1885
to 1891 inclusive. The melilotus was
not cut but was allowed to go down
each wear and reseed the land. A crop
of wheat was cut from the land in 1892.
Aside from any effect which the
pelilotus may have had, the land was
practically uniform IN quality and con-
dition.
Two plots wore planted at the rate
crain per foot in the rows Tire
and ain ost absolute
- sc -
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10

The Buckeye Flyer is the Business Mans
Train to Chicago, filled with e1egsnt Par
lorCars AMI the easy Pullman Sleepers-
Through Pullman LfIace sleeping cars
on nj ipht trains 10 cOlun Sus ard Chicago.
The only line running through parlor cars
between Toledo, and Colun. bus,
seat fare only 25 cents.
Rates via tine BuckaAe Route are always
as low as via anv other line
For rates. maps and other information.
call on q, W, Schwenke. Asf. af Logan,oL
write w H. FISHER General Passenger
and Ticket Agent Room 81, Deshler BLOCK,
Columbus. Ohio
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
RESIN IN BEER KEGS.
Why It Is Used as Inside Coating
Of Kegs and Vats.
Why the Liquids Is Never Allowed to Come
Into Contact with Wood The OPP
erations Necessary in Coat
Ing KeC.

smack OF resin 10 your glass OF beer,
us it is quite likely you may. don't
imagine that the brewers are sub
stituting pine shavings for malt and
hops to make the beer from. The
reason why you may detect resin
flavor is that this is the season when
the brewers pitch their kegs.
1t may interest you to know beer
never comes into contact with
wood, either in the kegs in which it
is delivered or in the great vats in
which it is fermcnted. If it did, the
wood would sour and spoil the beer.
The vats are protected on the inside
with repeated coatings of shellac
varnish, renewed whenever it is nee
essary This used to be an exceed
ingly dangerous operation. before
the general introduction of incan-
descent electric lights, for any open
light was liable to set fire to the
fumes of the alcohol used in the var
nish and produce disastrous explo-
sions in which men were uaiIncd or
killed.
The pitching of the kegs is an in
teresting process. When keg is
empty and the bung and vent plugs
are out, stick o. lighted candle into
the bung and look into the vent hole.
You will think you are looking into
a glass barrel. Every part of the
inside glistens. The kcg has COM
plete coat of resin. After q years
use this gets many minute cracks in
it and needs to be rcrssiSaa s.nd 'une
epringtimc is the brewers favorite
time for doing this.
Before the new resin is put in, the
old coating is to be melted out. A
curious machine with two arms is
the first of the devices that comes
into use.
The kegs are hung on this, with
an arm of fire thrust into the vent
hole. Presently stream of boiling
resin comes from the open tap. The
keg is taken off, tipped over bar
rel, where the waste resin is poured
out, and passed to cooper. He
sounds the heads, discards the keg il
it is defective, but if not drives
plug of wood home in the vent, and
passes the kcg on. One man now
pokes a long-haudled funnel into
the tap hole. and another pours a
ladleful of boiling resin into the key
from the kettle.
A cooper seizes the keg, drives an
9th wooden plug home into the
top hole, and gives the keg some
curious twirls which spread the
resin over every part of its interior.
Then he knocks both plugs out and
tosses the keg upon set of rollers
going slowly around by steam
power. Here the surplus resin runs
out and the keg rolls until the resin
which remains cools and sets.
The kegs are now rolled into the
wash house, ranged up upon end,
the resin burned out of the vent and
tap holes, new plug put in the
vent, and the kegs filled with water.
The water is meant to soak out the
resin taste. AS fast as these opera
tions are finished man with paint
pot and brush follows along the line
and puts a dab of paint on the front
Of each keg. If the kegs were
marked with white at the last pitch
ing time he uses red, or white if it
was red before. IN. Y. Sun
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-01-10
HIMSELF THE HERO.
Tho Story OF Torqua Tasso's
"Tho Dialogue of Love-"
A Sixteenth Ce-tury Writer'S Hitherto Un-
published Work-A Confess n OF Love
Made Under the Guse of fiction
An Ardent Admirers tory.

published Work-A Confess N OF Love
Made Under the Guise of Fiction
An Ardent Admirers tory.
A volume under the ii of THE
Dialogue of Love" has cen pub
lished by Roux in Turin. he manu-
script was discovered at he sale OF
one of the largest pNivate libraries
of old Bologna. and vas wripvcn, un-
doubte or 1913. 1t con-
.eins -.-scn ton of Tasso's love
for Luz via, the duchess of Crbino,
and clc;..s fully the mystery which
before concealed the motive of his
sudden departure or fight from the
court of Ferrara, as well as his
equally sudden return.
The dialogue is carried on by two
friends, Valerie and Camille. Val
eric loves a lady of the court, Lu-
cretia, but cannot reach his goal.
He therefore asks Camille to say
what he did to obtain the favor of
Donna Isabella. Camille then gives
his experience. He says that at
first neither requests nor prayers
nor threats helped his suit. Then
he resorted to trickery. He climbed
through her bedroom window one
night. threw himself at her feet, and
threatened to kill himself instantly
if she did not grant him her favor.
She yielded. at first from fear. later
from love. The days passed in un-
dimmed happiness until Isabella's
mother discovered that the young
woman was unfaithful to her hus-
band. The mother tried to part the
lovers, but when she saw that the
parting would break the daughters
heart she relented and even encour-
aged their mutual attachment. But
Isabella's mother was not the only
one who knew of the affair. Isabella's
confcssor learned all, and he sought to
punish the crime which the mother
had overlooked. He refused to give
Isabella absolution until her lover
should leave the court. And Ca
milo left. With loves longing and
loves sickness in his heart he re-
manned for months and years far
from the court. Isabella's picture
was ever before him; lsabella's face
haunted his dreams; and suddenly
he appeared again at court. Isabel
Ia received him with all her former
love. ''For what is the happiness of
Heaven?" asks Camille, compared
with the happiness of love?'
With this plot is mingled good ad-
vice of all sorts for lovers and those
who wish to be lovers-advice which
will be accepted as thankfully to-day
by the public as it was by Valerie,
who, in observing it, eventually
reached his goal
That Torquato Tasso himself was
Camille and the duchess of Urbino
was Isabella is virtually beyond all
doubt. The fact is evident in the
many minute details which mark
tie plot of this fiery work.-Berliner
Boersen-C Courier.