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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Reflections of "A Bachelor.


Lots OF men think they ought to ge,
| their wives affection on credit.
Men vino are 1T heart most rorianti,
always pretend to the last not 10 be.
Pretty teeth are very often at tha
foundation of silrs reputation ;or
jollity.
There Gra srmc women who never
find occasion to bewail the passing OF
the days CT chivalry.
When man says that nobody cares
whether he lives or dies, he isn't adyer-
tising himself very we'll
When a woman gets an idea she EIuSt
be economical she hunts around and
finds an old skirt to rip up.
A man isn't likely to enjoy hearing his
wife talk with woman who remein-
bers him when he was Il boy.
There never WAS a woman who
wasn't awfully conceited about the
way she could love if she tried.
A man hurts himself more in Ills
wife's estimation by being brutal TO
other people than he does by being h:1i-
tai to her.
Some girls mothers must be forget
full or else they We're so good when
they were young that they didn't need
watching.
Women seem To have IN idea that be-
cause they haven't got 4 Greek face
they have to friZz their hair all up With
n hot iron.
No matter how ashamed a girl feels
the first time she kisses Il man. 1t never
occurs to her that the :lnan may feel
that way too.
Lots of men who don't get married
because they can't afford it give n lot
OF money to help the poor man alons
with his family.
When 4 girl has a grudge against a
man she gives Il cbating-dish party,
and makes him hold the handle wniit
she splashes little dabs all over his
clothes.
NO matter now much you have always
told a girl you are never going tJ get
married. she viii always try to make
YOU think she thought you weren't Ii
earnest.
After all q mans household good
have been carted around the streets OF
a moving van l.. feels as though tn,
neighbors lad taken an unfair advali
tage of him.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Filings at Farmers.

One of the persistent policies of the
gOldite press is to make fun" of the
farmers. The leading sO-called humor-
Gus publications are published in New
York, and, of course, furnish their pat
rons with cartoons and jests which ap-
peal to the Eastern ideas and to East
ern prejudices.
\ broker who could not tell whether
field is better adapted to wheat or
corn can bet on the price of grain next
May; speculator who could not im-
prove the breed of cattle is an authority
OH the latest style in neckties; a clerk
in bucket shop who does not know
whether pumpkins grow on bushes or
in lunches like bananas is far too
smart to bet on shell game.
These men and all the class of which
they are types think it is very funny
to depict farmers as wearing long
wisps OH their chins and imagine it the
height of humOr to call them Jays
and clodhoppers.
One and all the idlers in the city
firmly believe that the manufacturer
of shoes is Il nObler man than the one
who breeds the steer. and are firmly
convinced that the dealer in margins
Is higher order of being than the one
who furnishes food to a nation.
e, If one of the idlerS in Gotham will
sail out to He'll Gate some day and
stick his finger in the water. and then
If he will go back next week. and look
for the hole. he will have given an apt
illustration of the importance of. his
class in the affairs of our national life
and in nations prosperity.
Meanwhile. it would he wasting
known historical truths to tell the kid
glove coterie that the farms have bred
nearly all of the great soldiers. states
men, iuriSts and men famous in Ameri-
can history There is little red school
house on every hill The dudes who
think the farmer is fool would have
made fun of certain rail-splitter.
When the nation is in sore need of men
and brains and pure patriots it must
find them on the farms. They are not
the product of bucket shops nor made
by dealing in margins.-Chicago Dis
patch.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
MARKET QUOTATIONS


Chicago-Cattle. common to prime,
$3.50 TO S5.T5: hogs. shipping grades,
$500 to $3.15; sheep, fair to choice, $500
20 $3.15; wheat, No. red, IGc to ISc;
corn. No. =, 22c to DC; oats, No. =. 16c
to 1Sc; rye, No. ,. 3Sc to Soc; butter.
choice creamery, Ice to 21c; eggs, fresh.
1Sc to 19c; potatoes. per bushel, 20c 10
30c; broom corn, common green TO line
brush. 21ac to 51ac per pound.
Indianapolis-C shipping, $500 to
S5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 TO S3.15;
sheep. common to prime. $500 TO $3.50;
wheat, No. =. SSc TO soc; corn, No.
white, 20c to pc; OATS. No. = white, PIC
to 22c.
St Louis-Cattle. $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 TO $780, wheat. No. 2, Ole to 93c;
corn, No. = yellow, 21c to pc; oats,
No. white, 1Sc to 20c; rye, No. 9, 36c
TO SIC.
CincinnatiCattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $40; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat. No. =, 94c to 96c; corn, No. =
mixed, 21c to 23c; oats, No. mixed. 19c
to dc; rye. No. =, 37c to 3Sc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs.
$500 to $40; sheep, $500 10 $3.50;
wheat, No. red, 90c to 92c: corn, No. ,
yellow, 1Sc TO 20c; oats, No. = white, Zoe
TO bic: rye, 3Ic 10 3Sc.
Toledo--Wheat. No red. 93c to 9tc;
corn, No. = mixed, pc to DE; oats, No.
white lie to 1Sc; rye, No. ., 3Sc to 39c;
clover seed. $3.50 to $40.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. = spring, 7Ic
to T9c; corn, No. 3. DE to 24c; oats. No.
2 white. 19c to 20c: barley. No. ., Sic TO
34c; rye, No. l, 39c TO 41c; pork, mess,
$3.50 to SEQ.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to 500;
wheat. No. white, 94c to 96c: corn. No.
2 yellow. 24c to 26c: vurs. No. white,
23c to 24c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 to "a %; sheep, $500 TO $4.25;
wheat, No. 2 red, SEC to SSc; corn, No. =,
2Sc to 30c; oats No. white, 21c to 23c;
butter. creamery, 1oc to DC; eggs, West.
ern. 1Sc to 22c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
DIR. MAXIMo ZERTUCHA.

pathies for years, at one time holding TO
Spain, at another allying himself with the
islanders. The doctor was formerly a
surgeon in the army of Spain. Many
years ago he went to Cuba. and by po-
litical intrigue was made the mayor Of
the town of Melena in the province of
Havana. He has been more or less in
timately associated with every political
party in Cuba. When the present revoln-
ton was sprung. Zertucha changed 80
an outright rebel and offered = ser
vices to Maceo. He freely gave ais SER
vices for the cause of liberty, but his al
legged treason has made his very name
odious throughout the world, and it is
thought vengeful Cubans will never be
satisfied until his body fills dishonored
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
RULE OF THE SEA PATHS.
Brazil and Holland Make Acceptance
Nearly Universal.


With Brazil and the Netherlands, the
latest additions to the list of nations
which have accepted the new rules of the
road at sea, practically the entire tonnage
of the world will obey these rules when
they go into effect on July 1, 1897.
The State Department is informed of
the official acceptance of Brazil and the
Netherlands. The latter government, it
was thought, might refuse to join in the
movement, but the authorities were not
greatly concerned about the matter, in
view of the fact that her tonnage repre-
sented only two per cent. of the total tom
mage of the world.
There are still few more governments,
such as Siam and China, having practic-
ally no shipping. to be heard from re-
garding their attitude in relation to the
new rules. 1t will make no difference,
however, what action they take, as it is
the intention of the President and the
heads of all the other governments which
have agreed to the proposed changes 70
issue n proclamation early in the new
year setting forth the new rules and d.
recting their observance by the shipping
of the several nations interested in the
moyemant
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Tariff Taxation.

1t is perfectly appropriate. and ac-
cOrding to the eternal fitness of things,
tat the return of the Republicans to
the control of the Government of the
United States should at once involve
questions as to the form. shape and
amount of increased taxation. Having
obtained at the polls What they con-
strue rs Il popular approval of the rob
berry of the people of their silver cur
rency, they now lose no time in pre-
pairing for the next step-the increase
of taxation upon imports and the plac-
ing of additional duties on trade
That we are TO have higher tariff.
if the incoming administration can eff
feet it. appears to be beyond doubt.
The only thing left to conjecture is
whether it shall be fashioned ON the
model of the Dinsley bill. passed BY
the present House of Representative
at its last session, and modified in some
way this winter so as to make it accept
able to certain Western Republican
Senators, or whether an extra session
will be called as soon as President
Mckinley gets his Cabinet around him.
and, during next spring and summer.
an elaborate. comprehensive -and
sweeping Mckinley bill. as near as pos
sible upon the lines of AleKiRIey's- last,
previous effort, be put through, and
the American people be cafled upon to
face once more the experiment so often
tried since 1912, of a purely protective
system.
The present outlook seems to favor
the leaving of the tariff alone till after
Mckinley takes office If so. there will
be grand times in Washington all sum.
mer.-New York News.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Area, 10000 square miles.
White population, 100000.
Population of Havana, 10000
Population of Holguin, $4,000.

Population of st. Jago, 27,OOO.
Population of Matanzas, 27,OOO.
Population of Santiago de Cuba, 10000.
Population of Puerto Principe, 10000.
Mileage of Cuban railway, about 1000.
Average annual export of cigars, 2OO,.
100000.
Average annual sugar production, 9OO,-
600 tons.
Average annual export of tobacco, 2OO..
600 bales.
Total exports of Cuba in a good year,
500, 100000.
Estimated value of the landed estates
1920, 100000.
Average sugar expectation to the Unit.
ed States, 100000 tons.
Number CT vessels trading with Cuba
1000; tonnage, 2,50O,0OC.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Tieruey Will Not Hang.

Governor Bushnell has committed to
life Imprisonment the sentence of Frank
Iierney, the Erie County murderer, who
was TO have hanged at the Ohio Peniten-
!iary Wednesday, at midnight. The era
IF eectrocution will begin with The death
shocks given to Haas and Wiley, the Gin
cinnati murdererS. Governor Bushnell
stated that his reasons for committing
rierney's sentence was the possible doubt
That he committed the crime, because of
conflicting testimony.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
FATAL WRECK

At Railroad Crossing at Delphi, Ind
A wreck occurred at the crossing of the
Wabash and Monon Railroads at Delphi,
Ind. A wreck train was hurried out over
the latter road from MonOn, and while
running at high rate of speed near Gum
sey, five miles south of MonOn, a fiat car
of the -wrecking train jumped the track
and the entire train went into ditch.
One man was instantly killed and several
injured. The names of the killed and in
jured are as follows:
Cecil Douglas of Hammond, Ind, who
was stealing ride, instantly killed.
{. w. McCammon, trainmaster, had
both legs bruised.
John Reed, conductor, injured inter-
nally.
Otto Long, brakeman, of Medarysville,
cut about the face and head; not seriously
injured.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
THE NEWS RECORD.
SUMMARY OF A WEEKS HAP
PENiNGS.
The Latest News as Flashed Over the Wires
from All Parts OF the world-Regarding
Politics. Religion, Casualties, Commerce,
AMI Industry.
DONE BY A MOB.
Threc Persons Lxnched In

Three Persons Lynched in Kentucky.
Russellville (Ky.) special: Swaying to
and fro in the breezeS, half mile south
OF town, hanging 10 little cedar tree, are
the foiies of Dink and Arch Proctor and
lying IN the county Jail here is the dead
body of Will Proctor, half brother to
Dink. At 2 o'clock Saturday morning a
mob visited the county jail, and after bat
tering down the front door and forcing the
iailer 10 give up the keys, went to the
cells for the Proctors. The Oldest, Will
Proctor, cursed the mob, and was shot
dead in his cell. The other two were
taken out and hanged. The mob num-
bered about 100 and did their work quietly
and with dispatch. Bill Proctor has been
tried three times for murder.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Eastern Question.

Constantinople special: 1t is statco on
good authority that there are no new de-
velopments in the eastern question. The
powers for months past have been DIS
cussing the different plans to bring about
the better administration of the Turkish
Empire. A number of notes on the sub
ject have been presented to the porte.
The Russian Ambassador, NJ. de Nelidotf,
on his return from st. Petersburg, will
make a presentation of the demands Of
the mowers and the Sultan is expected TO
;rree TO them in due course Of time.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Chicago journal.
CUBA'S BENEDICT ARNOLD.
Man Who Is Alleged to Have Led
Gen. MaceO to His Death.

Man Who Is Alleged to Have Led
Gen. Maceo to His Death.
DR.. Maximo Zertucha. the supposed
Benedict Arnold of the Cuban revolution,
who is alleged to have betrayed the gal
liant. fearless Maceo and his staff to
death, looks like man who would not
only betray his patient and see him
slaughtered, but would present a bill TO
the widow for professional services.
After Maceo's death he Surrendered"
himself to the Spaniards and was pro-
tected by them. 1t was on the informa-
tion given them by Zertucha that the
story sent out by the authorities at Ha-
vana was made up. The doctor, in tell
ing how MaceO met his death, said that
the general had force of 1000 Cubans
who were attacked by 600 Spaniards.
Maceo and his staff were in the center of
the forces. In the battle that followed,
Maceo and his entire staff were killed.
The Cubaus fed. DR.. Zertucha, say the
Cubans, has been variable in his SYM
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
EARTHQUAKES SHOCKS
Felt Throughout Wales and South
ern England.

London special: Friday, two strong
shocks of earthquake were felt through
ont Wales, the midlands and the south of
England. The first shock occurred at 3
o'clock and the second at $3.50, the waves
passing from west to east. Houses were
violently shaken, beds moved from their
places, doors forced open and furniture
overturned. kilograms from all quarters
concur in the statement that the first
shock was of thirty seconds duration and
was followed by loud rumbling sound
and minor tremblings of the earth. The
second shock was shorter but more Sc
we're. Many people of Windsor, Chelten-
ham and other places rushed out of their
houses, but 10 one was hurt. The cathe-
dral at Hereford was damaged somewhat
but no other serious damage is reported.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Olney Says Go Slow.

The Washington Post says the Secre
ary of State has cautioned members OF
The Committee on Foreign Relations to go
Fery slowly in regard to the Cuban ques-
lion. The Secretary of State urgently re-
.ommends that all action be postponed in
Congress until the end of the present cam
oaign, when, if the Spaniards are not sue
;essful, he believes, as recommended in
he Presidents message, some form of
practical Intervention should be applied
oy the United States.
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aster and suffering before the crisis is

over.
The Mark Lane Express in its crop re-
port says that the rather heavy rainfall
of December is welcome, and will give
the N,.vembersown grain hopeful start.
"SpaiS,' the Express continues, "has en-
joyed an extremely heavy rainfall since
Octohs.r, and the benefit to the agricul-
ture OK that arid peninsula is likely to be
very great. Central Europe has seen a
rapil rise of temperature, and rather
heavy rainfall"
RGfzrring to the Indian outlook. the
Mar; Lane Express says: 1.-The India
rain. gre too late to allow of anything
like tie average area of sown wheat for
1897" Regarding the South American
outlook. the Express says that the new
wheae is now being reaped in the warmer
proviSees of Argentina, and adds that it
learnt that from 100000 to 100000 gsalr-
tiers If wheat may be expected from
Mon .-video.
Cor .menting on the depression in Eng
land :he paper says: ''The quantities
forces. on an unwilling market in damp.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
RIackcr Than Refnre-

Private advices received at Fey West,
Fla, state that it has been discovered that
Maceo, young Gomez and twenty five
others, among them five Americans, were
poisoned through the treachery of DIR.
Zertucha, planned by Ahumada and Cir
ujeda. The bodies were recovered by
Baldomero Acosta and subjected to an ex-
animation. 1t is alsoreported that Perico
Delgado entered Bejucal on the 10th with
1 010 men.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Dying Like Sheep.

The Philadelphia brig Arcadia, Captain
Fisher, which has arrived at Philadelphia
from Port Au Prince via Turks Island,
where she took on board a cargo of salt,
brings account of the dreadful suffering of
the natives of this pesthole from ravageS
of yellow fever. The disease is the worst
known TO have prevailed for over twelve
years, and the people are dying like sheep.
1t is impossible for the authorities to treat
all the cases, and the suffering and misery
wrought by the scourge is intense. The
disease has broken out OH board num-
Der of vessels in the harbOr, in some i'll
stances carrying off the entire crews.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Is Ignorant of Enlistm e nts.

The Department of Justice has not yet
received any official information Cf the
reported enlistment of companies of men
IN different parts of the country with the
riew of joining the insurgents in Cuba,
lor can It be authoritatively stated just
what course will be pursued by the Gov
arnment should the enlistments be
trought officially to its notice.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Boiler ExDIosiou.

Two boilers in the Kent Woolen Com
pany's mill at Centerville, X. l., ex-
poded, killing three persons outright and
fatally injuring another. The dead are:
Nilvanau Braulp, fireman in charge of
the boilers; Mrs. Braulp, who had just
brought her husbands breakfast; Arthur
Firher, Ii years old, dye house employe.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24

500, there is room for the accommoda
ton of 600 In time of war this feature
would be of tremendous value at distant
stations. enabling 4 considerable reserve
force of enlisted men to be carried for any
squadron of which she may be the flag
ship. There are two evaporatOrs and two
distilleries on board which have a capacity
OF 10000 gallons of potable water daily,
and refrigerating plant which will turl
out 1000 pounds of ice every twentyfour
hours. Electricity will be used in light
ing the new cruiser. The Brooklyn's
coaling capacity is 1,150 tons of coal, or
4T0 more than that of the cruiser New
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
A Tariff Commission,

The proposal made in some quarters
to take the Government out of the
banking business" by substituting Il
public dcbt-bearing interest for the
greenhackS which bear none. has now
a counterpart in demand that the
GovernmeI.t be also taken out of the
tariff bufiI. .ess.''
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Fifteen We're Killed.

The loss of lie by the explosion which
destroyed the Won Cromer match factory
1t Aschatfe, Edenbnrg, was much greater
Than previously reported. Fifteen women
and girls employed IN the main building
we're killed and many persons working in
IN adjoining building were fatally or
seriously injured.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Beaten and Robbed.

Three robbers visited the home OF Fred
Buckleman, a wellto-do farmer living
near Defiance, Ohio. Buckleman was
lured outside, beaten into insensibility,
bound hand and feet, and then the rob-
bers entered the house. Mrs. Buckleman
was also beaten and bound. The robbers
secured only a small amount OF money.
The woman is in a serious condition.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
General Lee Departs.

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Consul General at
Havana, has left for his post, accompa-
MED by his wife and daughter, going by
rail TO Ocala, Fla. lie would not discuss
the Senate action on Cuba, but ''hoped
soon to forward favorable report to
Waslipgton''
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BURNED To DEATH.
Three Persons Cremated in Their
Home,

Meager details of terrible holocaust,
which occurred at Sheffield, seven miles
southeast of Ashtabula, have just reached
Ashtabula, Ohio. Mr.. and Mrs. Aelo
We're awakened about o'clock in the
morning by neighbOrs and inf ormed that
their house was in flames. Both got out
of The burning building, but went back 10
rescue their grandchild, which lived with
them. The floors fell in and the three
were precipitated into the cellar and were
burned to DEATH
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Train Held LIN.

Train No. 35, west-bound, on the South
ern Railway, was stopped in Adams
County, sixty-iive miles from Birming-
ham, Ala, by two masked men who
tagged the train on bridge and one of
the express cars was broken into. The
robbers got very little for their trouble.
The exact amount is not stated.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Fell 1,4N Feet.

Gabriel Russ, John Antras, Charles
Swanson, Charles Anderson and Louis
jackson were instantly killed in the Vir-
ginus shaft at Ouray, Cal. They were
placing timbers in the shaft near the top,
when the car fell, carrying them with it
to the /, 400 foot level.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
ALL INDIA SUFFERS FAMINE,

Trouble Is More Widespread than Il ad
Previously Been Supposed.
The Calcutta Englishman contends that
the home officials are utterly at fault in
regard to the dimensions of the famine.
1t adds that practically every province is
involved, and asserts that such errors at
the outset may result in irretrievable dis
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
A Medical College Blown to Atoms 3.

An explosion occurred at the Detroit
College of Medicine at Detroit, and i'm
mediatcly following the explosion flames
broke forth from the third story windows
and less than two hours later the building
was mass of ruins. The janitcr of the
institution aud his wife narrowly escaped
with their lives. The loss on the build
ing will reach $4,000, partly insured.
Besides the building itself, valuable in
struments, such as microscopes, ETC., and
costly furniture have been destroyed.
The cause of the fire is as Yet not fully
cleared up, but incendiarism is strongly
suSnected
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-24
Court House Burned.

The Galveston, (TeX.) County-house is
mass of flames, and it is doubtful if any
IF the records outside of rhOSe in the
steel fire proof vaults will be saved, and
1t is thought these may be badly dam
igeI. The loss of the records will approXi-
clate S10J, coo; insured.
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close weather account for the depressed
English markets. the downward tendency
being aided by the government crop esti-
mate, which has weight though it is gen.
orally regarded as excessive. Foreign
wheat has been affected by the vigorous
competition of the home supply: but the
dependence of Great Britain on imported
produce is now so heavy that the natural
facts of the position are bound to tell ere
long, the facts being that the total pro-
duction of the world in 1896 is barely
equal to the total requirements and the
reserves, though considerable, are being
steadily worked