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The herald., 1896-12-29
CIGARETTE FIEND'S DEFENSE.

NO" said the man with the firm jaw,
in one of the rear seats of the smoking
car, Pm not going to stop smoking Gig
arettes. What's more, I'm going to
have large green and yellow sign
painted to that effect. and prominently
display it on my carcass at all hours OF
the day and night. lam hot going to
stop smoking cigarettes. 1 am
n-e-v-e-r going to stop smoking
'em until / am dead and buried, and I'll
continue to smoke 'em afterward If l
have a show. Know they hurt me?
Certainly l know they hurt me. want
to be hurt l banker to be hurt. I've
been smoking 'em for twenty years,
and they've been going right on hurt
ing me every day.
do you observe this short, sharp
cough of mine? Well, it's cigarette
cough. l have it all the time. 1t is groH-
ing on me. 1t keeps me awake at night.
Look pale? Certainly look pale. And
yellow-don't you suppose l can see
that l am yellow without being told of
it? l suppose the cathode rays would
show about four pounds of concentrate;
cigarette nicotine scattered about my
system. But say. you won't ever hap
pen to forget, will you, that 1t is my
system and my nicotine, my pallor, my
yellowness and my cough, and that
l make 1t a poirt only to burn cigarettes
self? No? Thanks! Your preliminary
remarks as to my smoking cigarettes
led me to think otherwise. Now as 20
that other question of yours: Why
don't 1 stop smoking cigarettes?
Because / don't propose being bull
dozed If l can help it, that's why. l
suppose that, on the average, have had
the same question put to me at least ten
times a day for the past ten years, and
/ have declined to answer 1t just that
many times for the same number of
years. The honor Is yours of causing ME
to break the rule for the first time
Quite aside. then, from the fact that
1 smoke cigarettes because love TO
smoke cigarettes, because just fairly
revel in smoking cigarettes, because
extract the most deiirious kind Of de-
light from the smoking of cigarettes. I
smoke cigarettes and never shall cease
smoking cigarettes. because, with the
The herald., 1896-12-29
PHILATELIC CELEBRATION

The postage stamp collectors of Great
Britain will celebrate the queens jubi-
lee. next year, by philatelic exhibit
tion in London. The venerable sover-
eign's long reign proves that O woman
can stick to q throne like good postage
stamp to an envelope.--Mexlcan Herald.
The herald., 1896-12-29
THE DANGER OF CONTAGION IN
STREET CARS.

That the world is better, cleaner and
! more healthful than it was even score
of years ago Is evident to any interest
ed observer That this progress is large
ly due to improved sanitation cannot
be questioned. Improvements, however,
have been made only along certain lines,
while other sanitary matters of equal, if
not greater, Importance have been neg
lected. In this city choleraic diarrhoea
has been reduced nearly one-half in
/ the last five years, and this reduction
| may be attributed directly to smoother,
cleaner streets and to purer food sup
plies.
On the other hand we still carry with
us the municipal disgrace of a typhoid
fever mortality more than four times
greater than New York, Brooklyn. or
even London. In Pittsburg, in 1894. 1887
cases, with 162 deaths; in 1895. 1888 cases.
with 2l3 deaths. Is this progress?
Another of the disease breeding and
carrying centers which has received
little or no attention is the modern
street car. No public conveyance is so
frequently used by all classes. 1t ought
! to be a model of sanitary perfection, but.
alas. it is not. 1t is probably the creates
single contagion- carrier in metropoli-
tan life. Cars With seating capacity for
only thirty persons, with less than 200
square feet of floor space, are frequently
crowded during the busy hours with
from sixty to ninety or more passen-
gers With all the windows thrown open,
it is impossible for every passenger to
obtain sufficient fresh air in crowded
winter car
Where does the unfortunate mortal
get sufficient oxygen to maintain life
in a crowded, closed winter-car during
the average twenty-minutes' ride? The
adult individual needs 1000 cubic feet
Af tn
supply sufficient oxygen to his system
to keep his respiratory organs in nor
NAL condition. Does he get 500? 1t is
doubtfi.. if he gets 100 in the average
crowded car.
Then each passenger who occupies a
seat has the extreme pleasure (?) of
knowing that his standing neighbor is
spraying his face with an invisible
(frogty mornings exec pted) mist, always
laden with animal matter-and often
with disease-twenty times a minute
Each passenger has a satisfaction ca
also of taking bath in about two liquid
quarts (vaporized) Of poisonous skin
eXcretions. thrown off by sixty persons
in twenty minute ride. To cap the
climax, each passenger always a mani
who Is SO inclined, either through ig-
norance, uncleanliness or viciousness,
deposits his surplus saliva or expec-
toration on the floor. where it dries and
is disseminated readily into the air by
the movements of the car. and thus dis
ease is carried to all susceptible indi-
viduals. Women do not spit on the
floors, but they wear skirts long enough
to wipe up sputum and carry 1t with
them into their homes.-E. P. Boland
NJ. D.. of Pittsburg, Pa, in the Sanitta-
rian for December
The Van Nuys hotel will probably be
opened for guests on the 10th prox A
large force of men are now busy giving
the handsome building ficishi-g touches
and the work of furnishing has begun.
Superintendent j. A. Foshay left last
night to attend the teachers associa-
ton meeting at San Jose. Mr. Foshay
The herald., 1896-12-29

Russell Sage is said to control more aea14
cash than any other man n AnoGlen ~
hasn't child or Z chick .,,s
The herald., 1896-12-29

The Van Nuys hotel will probably be
opened for guests on the 10th prox. A
large force of men are now busy giving
the handsome building ficishi-g touches
and the work of furnishing has begun.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
Touching but not True. :

4 touching story was told by one
of the newspaper correspondents who
sent the news Of the wreck of the
Kearsarge to this country. 1t was
that before the old ship was given up
for lost the crew threw overheard the
] 11-inch Dahlgren gun that sunk the
Alabama. But the fact is that there
was no Dahlgren on board the ship
when she plowed on the Roncador
Reef, and what is more, that not a
single one of the guns used in the
Alabama fight was then aboard the
Kearsagge. The Dahlgrens were taken
out of her in 1870 at Mare island, and
are still there among Il number OF
other antiquated guns. The 32-pound-
ers and the 30-pound rifle were landed
years ago as old junk and melted up.
1t is a duty of the sight-seers at the
New York navy yard to pay attention
to couple of l-inch guns exhibited
there bearing an inscription which
says that they were on board the
Kearsarge. The writing tells the
truth, the guns were on the kearsarge,
but they were not a part of her arma-
ment at the time of the fight with the
Alabama. They were popularity under-
stood to have been there, however.
The ordnance of the ships of our navy
is often changed, and the Kearsarge's
underwent the fate that attended the
guns of nearly all the old wooden
ships of the navy after the war;
Providence Journal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
Birds get Nervous.

Birds are extremely nervous in their
raiser and dealer in singing birds, ''and
those who enjoy their company should
not allow themselves to forget it. In
nine cases out Of every ten, when birds
lose their song. it is because they have
been frightened. They are SO high
strung in the matter Of nerves that 4
fright results in paralysis. which in
many cases results permanently.
don't think there is any cure for it. I'M
less it is to endeavcr 10 assure the bird
that it will have better treatment there
after. Persons should never show q
stuffed or dead bird to Il Gagged bird.
Only recently one of my customers
had favOrite bird stuffed. 1t was one
of pair The stuffed bird was shown
to the bird and the result was that the
bird died in less than an hour. 1t sim
ply could not stand the fright | have
known Il number of birds to have been
frightened out of their songs by seeing
stuffed birds on the hats and bOnnets
of ladies. Take frightened bird in
your han'l and you will see and feel
that the puisations CT its heart are very
rapid and violent. Heart failure kills
many birds though other causes are
blamed for their deaths. When ladies
put on their dress hats, especially if
they have stuffed birds on them. they
should keep away from bied cages. =
Washington Star.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
A SToNI: WITH A HISTORY.
The Old Postal Stone" Where Sailors
Used to Leave Their Letters.

A stone has just been unearthed in
its place among the historic stones of
the world. in the estimation of the peo-
PIE OF that part of the globe at least.
1t is called the old Postal Stone be-
meath which. for at least two centuries,
the mariners who touched at what is
now Cape Town were wont to deposit
their letters to await the visit of the
next homeward or outward bound
vessel.
1t is of hexagonal shape, about five
feet in diameter. and bears in old Eng
lish lettering the date of 1922. After
this hOmely auxiliary TO the precarious
letter carrying service OF the time was
superseded, and Cape Town sprung
other day. Now it will be placed in a
museum.
There is 10 doubt about this stone
being authentic. in which respects it
differs from many another reputcd
find, like that, for instance. of the
Runic stone. which was dredged up in
the harbOr ut Havre not long ago This
at first excited no end of speculation
and controversy, as it waS thought to
be relic of the old Viking settlers of
Normandy. 1t subsequently trans
pired that it had formed part of Nor
wegian exhibit at the Paris Exposi-
tion in 1867. and had been lost over
board ON its return to Norway shortly
afterward.
Though the Blarney Stone-the only
and Original-was reputed to have been
at the Chicago Exposition, and is said
to be yet i'll this country, the one in the
castle wall of Blarney. which has been
sanctified by the kisses of SO many gen
eratiOns of pilgrims. is still on view, as
it has been near three hundred years,
since Cormac McCarthy's soft PROM
ists and delusive Delays made his be-
sieger. the Lcrd President, the laugh
ing stock of Elizabeth's court
Another example of the occasional
fallacy of lapidary legend is furnished
by the so-cllled ''Stone of job" sit
Uated not far from Damascus. From
time immemorial it has been asserted
that it was upon this hard couch that
the Patriarch rested in the course of
lis wanderiHgs. 1t Was only recently
that its inscription was deciphered and
found to refer to Ramsses H., OF
Egypt. vino hOurished after job had
been dead and dust two hundred years.
Probably there is no stone in the
world about which more legend ciings
than that upon which the rulers of
England have been crowned since the
days when Edward /. brought it from
Scotland TO Westminster. This coro-
nation stone is also called Jacobs Pill
low" and the stone of Destiny" Ac-
cording to the most ancient traditions
it was the stone on which Jacob slept
when he had his dream of the ladder,
and was originally preserved in Solo
mons Temple, whence it was conveyed
to Egypt by jeremiah.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
A SLIGHT INTER RUTION.
Incident of a Reporters Visit to Fire
Engine House.

Incident Of a Reporters Visit to Fire
Engine House.
a reporter who had sought ut q fire
engine house information on point
concerning which tie driver could best
inform him, stood talking with the
driver by the stall of one of the horses.
The horse was secured by tie strap
commonly used in the department.
One end of the tie strap is made fast
by a staple driven into the side of the
stall, While the other end is passed
through the throatlatch of the horses
bride. and he'd on Il PIN that rises in
little recess in the side of the stall. By
means of simple mechanical contri-
vance the pin is pulled down at the first
stroke of the gong when an alarm is
sounded, the tie strap Is released and
the hCrse is set free AS the driver
friendly way, bent his head down
toward the driver
Suddenly an alarm was sounded and
the horse was Transformed and like
wise the driver. The horses head went
up and he was alert in every fibre.
At the first stroke the pin had dropped
and the horse was free. With il single
bound he cleared the stall and made
for his place by the engine, with the
driver beside him. The two other
horses of the team-this was il three
horse team-wera gathering forward ut
the same moment At the front OF the
house men were sliding down poles like
lightning
Thsre were Il few sharp. quick snap
ping sounds. as the men already there
snapped the collars together around
the aorses' Eecks, and over it all the
bcOlhing of the gong.
Ii: all TIE newer fire houses of the CITY
the stalls of the horses are placed as
nearly as possible abreast of the en-
gine, so chat the horses shall have the
shortest possible distance to go. In
some of the older houses in which
there is less room the stalls are ut the
rear. That is where they were in this
house.
Surprised little, the reporter had
lost Il second or two in getting to the
front. When he got there he saw the
driver i'll his seat holding the lines over
the team ready TO drive out, and wait
ing only for the last stroke on the gong.
All fire teams are hooked up on every
alarm: on first alarm they go out only
to fires within their own district. This
alarm was for fire outside the dis
trict. UnhGOked. the horses trotted
back to their stalls: descending from
his seat the driver took up the inter
rupted conversation just as if nothing
had happened.-New York Sun.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
When Gunpowder Explodes.

The explosion of ordinary gunpow-
der is so sudden for a moment that
charge has to hold the big volume of
gas squeezed down under enormous
pressure until the shot can make a
start to get out of the end of the gun 10
make room for the gas. IT, therefore,
gunpowder could be made to burn
more slowly, SO that it would not all
be burnt until the shot reached. The
muzzle. the strain would Ice distributed
all along the gun. Such powder was
made. first in Germany, but in spite of
the TACT that its manufacture was Sc
cret other countries analyzed it and
soon made it better than Germany.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED
The Sad Condition of One of Indiana'a
Fair Younc Ladies'.
From the Ne,rs, indianapolis, Ind.

From the Ne,rs, indianapolis, Ind.
Probably one of the most direct as
well as extraordinary, cases where DIR.
Williams Pink Pills was the immediate
cause of effecting a permanent cure of
complete nervous prOStratiOn, is that Of
Miss Pearl Hosier, who lives iii the
country with her grapdmother. Mrs.
Michael Crull, ten miles west of Rich
mOnd Ind.
Hearing of the case Il reporter visited
this young lady short time ago and
learned the following facts:
Miss Pearl is now in her nineteenth
year. Up to the time that she was ID
she was well, stout and very hearty. AS
she developed into womanhood a slight
twitching of the nerves and muscles of
the hands. arms and face were noticed.
and rapidly became worse from day to
day and II disposition was shown to avoid
all company. and she became melancholy.
The best medical advice was obtained
and she was treated By two physicians,
both of whom failed in giving her any
relief.
1t was while the disease was ut its
worst that her father came across Il no.
tice in one of the papers OF the curative
powers of the Pink Pills for Pale Peo
pie, and he at once procured box for
his daughter and had her brought home.
The results were almost Immediately eff
fectual to the great joy of Miss H0siers
friends and relatives and the astonish-
ment of everybody. all of whom are hap
py in testifying to the same.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in
condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness TO the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
ure also specific for troubles peculiar to
female. such as suppressi0ns irregulari-
ties and all forms of weakness. They
build up the bleod. and restore the glow
Of health to pale and sallow cheeks. In
men they effect radical cure in all cases
arising from mental worry. overwork or
eXcesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills
IRE sold in boxes (neyer in loose bulk at
90 cents Il box or six boxes for $3.50,
and may be had of all druggists, or direct
by mail from DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, \. Y.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
A SINGULAR PEST.
The Water Hyaeinth Choking the Rivers
of the South

1t begins to look as if the Government
would have to do for the Florida and
Louisiana boatmen are lumbermen i'll
the matter Of water hyacintlIs what il
did for the farmers of the Northwest
in the matter of the Russian thistle
| take hold of the pest with a view of
| eradicating it. In some of the inland
waters of the States named the hya-
| cinthS have become not only Il nui-
sance but a positive block to commerce,
and the limited efforts of Individuals
and small corporations 10 check their
| spread have proved Intellectual The
plants are very fruitful of increase,
and will multiply themselves by ten
within few months.
1t is believed the hyacinths came
from. the Nile. The story is that a
Florida woman travelling il Egypt
! saw and admired some of the beautiful
blossoms or the Nile, and secured a
few bulbs, which she brought back
with her. 1t was found that the eli
mate of Florida was exactly suited TO
the flowers. They grew luxmiantly.
and it was not long before the original
importer had more of them than she
knew what to do with. By some means
a few of the plants got into the St.
Johns River, and Year or so later it
began to be noticed that Il new species
of water lily was flourishiug ir the
creek mouths and saltwater cOveS. In
two or three years more the facs began
to dawn upon the log floaters and the
fiat-bOat men that the small arms Of
the river were being choked with the
flowers to such an extent that naviga-
tion was seriously impeded. The rapid
increase of the hyacinths has continued
until it is now the case that steamboats,
are hampered. and even the cha"nel OF
the river in some places is threatened
The river people are taking counsel
among themselves as to what shall be
done in the premises.
During the time of the great freeze
in Florida the frost killed the hya-
cinths. and the roots sauk to the bot
tom. 1t was then hoped that the pest
had been destroyed. But the hope was
vain. With the succeeding of warm
sunshine the luxuriant foliage of the
hyacinth once more flecked the water
with living green, to be followed by the
appearance of the blossoms in i'll
creased instead of diminished num-
beTS.
Florida. however. is not the only sec
ton troubled with the flowers. 1t is re-
ported that they are making their ap-
pearance in the waters of South Geor-
gia. while some of the lakes and
streams of Louisiana are rendered
well-nigh useless by them. Public
meetings have recently been held in the
parish of Terry Bonne to see what
could be done with The hyacinthS.
The bayous of Terre I,oune. Blnc,
Calilou, De Large and others are said
to be nearly covered witil the flowers.
And even the Atchafalayl. the largest
river in Louisiana after the Mississippi,
is dotted with hyacinth islands. The
belief is that if something is not done
to rid the lakes and sluggish streams
of the pest they will have to be abap
dOned TO it.-Savannah News.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
Uow's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of CatarrlI that cannot be cured by
Halls Caarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo. o.
We the undersigned have known +. J. Cheney
for the last IL years. and believe him perfectly
honorable in all bSi. IS transactions and finan-
cialy able to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.
WEST s. TRuAX, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
WALDING. kISSAS & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists Toledo. O.
Halls Catarrl Care is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucOGS surfaces OF
the ystem. Prices 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
Gladstone.s First Speech.

Gladstone's maiden speech in the
House of Commons was an unmistak-
able failure. He spoke so low that
even those nearest him failed to--catch
the drift of mis- words, and later on he
had to rise on point of explanation
at the request of a speaker who COM
planned of u want of clearness of the
honorable mem Der for Newark.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
Apples Good for Dyspepsia.

Apples are useful in nervous dyspep-
sia; they are utritious. medicinal and
vitalizing; they aid digestion, clear
the voice, correct the acidity of the
stomach, are valuable in rheumatism,
insomnia, and liver troubles. An ap-
pie contains as much nutriment as O
potato, in pleasanter and more
wholesome form.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
The "overland Limited.~

The famous trans-c continental train via
The Chicago, Union Pacific & North
Western Line. leaves Chicago at 500 p m.
every day in the year via the Chicago &
North Western R'y, and makes the trip
10 California IN only three days. Double
drawil g-coom Sleeping Cars, Buffet,
and free Reclining Chair Cars are features
of the equipment OF this perfect train.
Agents of connecting lines sell tickets via
The Chicago & North Western R,y. Illus
trated pamphlets and full information will
be furn shed ON application 10 w. b.
Kniskern, G.. Z. & I. A, Chicago, Ill.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
Pumpkin Pie without Eggs

For one pie take three heaping
tablespoons sifted squash or pumpkin,
one heaping tablespoon flour, one and
one-half pints rich milk. Mix squash
or pumpkin smooth with -four; add
milk. Sweeten to taste, add q tiny
pinch of salt, flavor with nutmeg.
Pour into deep pie plate lined with
good pie-crust and bake in q slow oven.
November Ladies Home Journal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
Now e the Time to Plan for Your
Winter Trip to California.

On November 4lh the Wabash II. r.,
in connection with the a., 4. 6a 5. +. Il. L.,
will inaugurate line of vesilbuled sleep
ing cars between St. Louis and Los An
gelos, Cal, without change. I: cse sleep
ers will leave ST. Louis every " edncsday
and Saturday nights at 9:l5 y. m. after
arrival of Wabash trains from chicago,
Toledo and Detroit, arriving Los Angr'eS
Saturdays and Tuesdays al sos p. ~. For
full particulars, write TO Wab'sh Ticket
Agent, or c. 5. Crane, G.. +. {; L. A., ST..
Louis Mo.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your

If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, regain lost manhood, be
made well, strong, magnetic, full of new
life and vigor, take No-To-Bac, the Won
ler-worker that makes weak men strong.
Many gain ten pounds in ten days. Over
100000 cured. Buy No-ToBac from your
cwn druggist, who will guarantee 4 cnre.
Booklet and sample free. Address Ster-
ling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
Curious EppshejIs,

Among the things of curious interest
at the University of Chicago is a vase
containing the remains of egg shells.
These shells oncc contained hard boiled
eggs, which were preserved by having
bitumen poured over them and wcr,
placed in the tombs for the sustenai!.s
of the dead during their journey to the
other word The shells are several
thousand years Old.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-05
Personally Conducte l Ercnrs ons to
California

Via the Chicago, Union Pacific tS North
Western Line leave Chicago every Thurs
day. Comfortable Tourist Sleeping Cars,
low rates, quickest time and the best OF
care and attention, are advantages secured
bv those who Join these excursions. For
full particulars apply to your nearest tick
ct agent, or address W. Il. Kniskern, G.
p. & T. A., Chicago & North Western
R'y, Chicago, Ill.