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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10

The Weiting Opera House Syracuse,
N. Y, burned. The surrounding property
was also damaged to considerable extent.
The loss is estimated at $1O0,000. This is
The third time that the WIeting Opera
House has been burned. Insurance on
the Opera House $4,000, and $l50,C0O on
tie block.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10

sails of lead, Gods wrath for a breeze,
and perdition for a port" And this is
the sort of argument which is expected
to convert people to the belief that put
ting the control Of Americas finances
in the hands of the few gold men will
bring prosperity to the masses.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10
Keeper Bound and Gagged.

The postOffice and general store of
Charles Case, at Bernard, near Marysville,
KY, was broken open and robbed by five
masked men, securing some money, a
watch and two dollars worth of postage
stamps. They battered down the door
with heavy stick CT timer, and Mr..
Case, who was asleep in the room, was
bound and gagged. They left in the di-
reciion of Ci ncinnati.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10
One Womau,s Crime.

New York special: An unknown
woman, about thirty years old, leaped
f ON the platform of the elevated station at
l25th street and Third avenue, New York,
and, landing on the track in front of an
approaching train, was cut to pieces. Her
unborn child, cut out of her body, fell
from the track into the street.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10
Taking a New Tack.

Quite a number of the Mckinley or
gans are now repeating with great
gusto the false story that William J.
Bryan, the Democratic candidate for
President, has for several years past
been the paid agent of certain silver
mine owners at an annual salary o.
$4,000. And yet when Mr.. Bryans
nomination daZed these same Mckinley
organs, in their desperation to fine
some method of attack, they allude'
to him as the "Pauper Candidate.
meaning thereby that he was povert!
stricken hanger-on in politics.
According to Republican construc-
ton, Il man who receives the sum Of
$4,000 year is fit only for the poor
house, and unworthy of notice. This
sort of logic will be apt to strike the
masses who toll for small wages as q
gratuitous and reckless insult. If Bry-
an is pauper then America is filled
with them, and it is their votes which
are going to settle the contest of 1896
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10
Hanged a Villain.

Friday night an angry mob of masked
m IN assembled in front of the Rhineland
hotel, Rhineland, Mo-, prepared to lynch
Thomas Larkin, tramp giving his resi-
dence as New York, who, in the afternoon
had brutally assaulted little ALA Gam
mon, II years old. Admittance being re-
fused by the guards, they broke down the
door and brought out Larkin. He begged
and prayed for them to spare him, but
this only made them more enraged
and they took him to tree near town
and swung him up, where they left him
for the Coroner to hold an inquest.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10
HUMBOLDT to Abdicate.

A special dispatch received in London
from Rome says that it is rumored there
that King Humbert will announce his alb
dication after the marriage of the Prince
of Naples, the heir apparent, to Princess
Helene of Montenegro.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10
An Inventor Kills Himseff.

Chicago special: Charles ]. Helms, an
inventor, a personal friend and former
business associate of Thomas j. Edison,
committed suicide in his apartments at the
Park Gate Hotel, SiXty-third street and
S,onyland avenue, Chicago. No cause
for the deed is known.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10
Some Campaign JoIIities,

While many men possess the ability
to fire out string of words, the real
orator is few and far between. The
present campaign is making this very
conspicuous. Denied the use of their
threadbare tariff assertions, those who
mount the stump for Mckinley floun-
der around helplessly upon the question
of finance, and the result is that most
of them present very absurd figures
In Il recent Republican meeting at
South Haven, Mich, an orator is credit
ed with saying: THE success of free
silver would consign the nation to a
voyage over the dark and fathomless
sea of uncertainty, without a COM
pass or chart, in a boat of stone, with
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10
Ssa~I Works Shut Down,

The Edgar Thomson Steel Works, at
Braddock; Pa, belonging to the Carnegie
steel Company, were closed down last
Wednesday night for an in lefnite period.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10
PaImer's Name Presented.

Palmer's name was presented by the
Michigan delegation, as he had refused to
allow the Illinois delegates to put him in
nomination. His name was greeted with
an outburst of cheers that caused him to
retire to lobby in confusion. John e.
Hartridge of Louisiana, after regretting
the refusal of President Cleveland to al
low his name to be presented, seconded
Gen. Palmer's nomination. Georgia did
the same. Then the States, one after
another, fell into line. Senator Palmer
was nominated on the first ballot, and the
choice was ut once made unanimous on
motion of Gen. Bragg.
The nomination of the Vice President
was then taken up. and the Chairman in
structed the reading clerk to call the roll.
That young man took in the situation and
promptly called out Kentucky" This
raised cheer for Gen. Buckner, and his
name rose from all parts of the hall. VIM.
Z. Browden made the nominating speech.
AMI the instant he closed his address del
egate sprung up and moved to nominate
Gen. Buckner by acclamation. 1t received
a dozen seconds and was carried with a
great roar.
After passing resolution giving the
national committee the usual authority
and another thanking the temporary COM
mitteemen for the work they did and an
other thanking the people of Indianapolis
for entertaining the convention so hand
somely, North Carolina delegate asking
Chairman Caffery if he remembered the
remark made by the Governor of North
Carolina to rhe Governor or South Caro-
lima. This hint produced a motion to adj
journ, and the motion was carried forth
with at 4:1J O'clock.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10
WHERE GRANT WAS BORN.
The Cottage at Mt. Pleasant Given to
the State.

the State.
The cottage in which Ulysses s. Grant
was born, April Z, 1922, at Mt. Pleasant,
Ciermont County, Ohio, has been appro-
priately dedicated. A drenching rain did
not deter a large crowd from attending.
Governor Bushnell and staff, Major
Speaks battalion of the Fourteenth Reg
iment and the regiment band, Adjutant
General Axline, President Bower and the
members of the Board of Agriculture
were present. Governor Bushnell in a
brief speech accepted on behalf of
the Sta te the gift of the cottage from the
donor, Hon. T. Chittenden of Columbus.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10
BUCKEYE BUZZ LIZ L..
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY
CONDENSED.

An Interesting Summary OF the More Inn
portsnt Doings of Our Neighbors-Wed-
dings and Deaths-Crimes, Casualties, and
General Ohio News Notes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10

es grief at the untimely death of William
L. Russell. 1t was carried by rising
vote. Il. De Witt Warner of New York,
Lehman of Missouri. Bynum of Indiana,
ana Eckels of Illinois addressed the con-
vention. A motion to take recess at
/ 40 was TOted down.
Senator Villas then appeared and read
the report of the Resolutions Committee.
The platform declares that the convention
met that Democrats may unite to avert
disaster from the country and ruin for
their party; that the Chicago platform at
tacks sound financial policy and that del
egates to that convention abandoned for
Republican allies the Democratic cause
of tariff reform to court the favor of pro-
tectionists; that delegates to the Indian
apolis convention cannot support candi-
dates of the Chicago convention nor be
bound by it's acts; liberal policy toward
American shipping is demanded; and an
economical administration of government;
international arbitration, and liberal
pension policy are favored; all efforts to
touch the Supreme Court are condemned,
an l the gold standard is approved. The
platform expresses opposition to free and
unlimited coinage of silver and compul-
sorry purchase of bullion; denounces the
present system of paper currency as a
constant source of injury and demands
currency reform, and commends the fidel-
ity, patriotism and courage of Cleveland's
administration.
The platform was adopted unanimous
ly A motion to take a recess was cried
down. Breckenridge of Kentucky moved
to nominate Il candidate on the platform.
The motion carried, and a roll call was
ordered. Carroll of Kentucky, withdrew
Watterson's name, and telegram was re-
ceived from President Cleveland announ-
cling his positive declination.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-10

Don't Know They're Living.
Little bolts o gold-bugs,
Like little grains o sand,
Don't affect the ocean
An are never missed from land!
tloDto Constitution
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being convinced from reports received
that these will thrive on the Oregon
coast, and he has notified Fish and
Game Protector Mci;uirc TO this effect,
A shipment of eastern oysters will be
sent out by the commission to Oregon
some time this fall and In the mean
time Mr.. Mcclure will make a personal
investigation to find a suitable loca-
ton to plant them, Eastern oysters
require water of just a certain
temperature. neither too fresh nor too
b%rackish, otherwise they will not
thrive. Mr.. Mcclure thinks that good
beds can be found at Yaquina bay, and,
to make sure, he will make a trip
there as soon as he has the time
Portland Oregonian.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
LADIES OF THE HAREM.
The Muex,ln's Csii to Prayer - A Brii-
liant Procession Described.

We had hardly taken our places
when some one said. Here come the
ladies' of the harom," and a procession
ct about six closed carriages. splendid
~ appointed. descended from Yildi2.
and, passing in front Of our windows.
turned In at the iron gates Of the court
OF the mosque. says L.ongman's Mag
azine. Here they are drawn up one be-
hind the other. the horses are taken
out, and the ladies' see what they can
from the half-drawn blinds. Each car
riage has its own hideous black attend
ant. The Valdez sultan, the sultan's
mother, takes precedence. The present
Valdez sultan is really Abdul Hands
nurse: his own mother died when he
was born. As the carriages passed us
we could catch q glimpse OF the bril-
liant pink and blue and yellow bro
cades worn by the ladies. except that
on one occasion a young daughter OF
the sultan, not yet old enough to be
yelled. passed In one OF the carriages
n looked up at us with an express
sion of great curiosity and interest. BY
this time the court Of the mosque was
filled by pashas. aids-de-camp and Of
ficials Of all sorts in glittering uni
forms, only leaving room for the sui
tan's carriage and those who are In his
procession. And now we look up at
the minaret and see that the muezzin
has appeared on the gallery which runs
round 1t high mp, for II is some time
past L.. and he only awaits the mo
ment OF the sultan leaving his palace
to- begin his shrill call to prayer. All
this time various bands have been
playing. one after another, entirely Eu-
Iopean music, but now they pause, and
We hear family borne on the breeze.
for he has turned toward the south AMI
has the minaret between lis and him,
the muezzin's first call:
God IL great. | bear witness there
Is no god but God. | bear witness that
Mohammed is the apostle of God. Come
hither to prayers. Come hither to sal
va,ion. God is great. There is no god
but God" As the muezzin moves round
the cry becomes more audible. Hark'
there Is a tramp of feet on the fresh
strewn gravel. IL Is the long line oil
pashas who head the procession, all In
splendid uniforms. covered with orders
marching one behind the other on each
side of the road. down the hill from
the palace to the entrance OF the
mosque. where they draw up In front o'
those already waiting there.
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parents command, married Samuel
Fass. and with her husband came 10
America. and made Brooklyn their
home. After ten years of married life
Fass died.
One OF Gutman's friends who knew
the story Of his early disappointment
in love told him four months ago that
the one-time Miss Goldman, now the
widow Of Fass, lived in Brooklyn, and
Gutman began to act as II he were
young again. He bought a gay neck
tie, a fancy vest and lovely crash
clothes. Then. after visiting the barber.
he went to Brooklyn with electricity In
his step and an old-time longing In his
heart. Eliza Fass received him In her
best widows gown and her bushes
were as noticeable as in the olden days.
A little bit OF color and bright ribbons
here and there had frightened up her
attire when he called again. and after
a third visit Gutman told his friends
he was a happy man, and the engage
ment was announced. Only "A few in
innate friends were invited to the long.
deferred ceremony, at the conclusion OF
which the reunited lovers started for
the west on a wedding tour.
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Nathan Gutman, widower. a well-t0-
do German saloonkeeper OF PIT Avenue
+, New York, and Eliza Fass, widow, of
II Amberg street, Brooklyn. were mar
lied at the residence Of the latter the
other evening, thereby winding up a
romance begun in Germany a good
many years ago. In days long gone
by Gutman wat a schOolmaster In the
market village Of Birkenau. Hesse-
Darmstadt. Eliza Goldman, the pretty
sixteen-year-old daughter of a prosper
Gus burgher, thought much Of the
handsome young schoolmaster and the
young people became engaged. The
girls parents objected and the lovers
separated. Gutman, respondent and
broken-hearted, came to the new world
to forget his unfortunate attachment
and to win fame and fortune for him
self. Time healed his wound and he
married Miss Helena Wolf, and by fru-
gality and hard work saved money and
established himself in the liquor bust
ness At 217 Avenue b. For fifteen
years he devoted himself to business
and accumulated a fortune. Three
years ago his wife died. The dainty
Eliza Goldman, in the meantime, at her
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
THE CHINESE S~CHOOLBoY.
Tie Must study Long Hours Every Day
In tho Year.

Tie Must study Long hours Every Day
IN the Year.
The Chinese school children have In
stilled into them at an early age habits
of hard, steady study, says an exchange.
At the age of 5 a boy begins his school
ing. At daylight he rises. and, after
dressing rs quickly as possible. he
starts breakfastless to school. He Is
given a task and after 1t is completed
he is allowed an hour for breakfast.
Again. later. he has an hour for lunch
con, but he is at his study nearly twelve
hours a day. seven days in the week.
All this time when he Is not reciting
his lessons he is studying aloud at the
top of his voice. lie is under the eye
of his master both In school and on his
way to and from school. The lad is
taught rudimentary astronomy, physics
and natural history, but greater stress
Is put upon writing and his literary
studies. "a Thousand Letters" a po-
EN-, Is the study that forms the back
bone OF his literary education. In II
are taught the duties of children to
parents and all such matters. What
ever the study may be-history, classics
or science-every lesson is learned end
repeated word for word.
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few years later, when he had accumu-
lated a little money. he married Lila
Vanderbilt. He was made president Of
the Wagner Palacc-Car company. aud
when in New York he and his wife live
In a handsome Fifth avcnuc residence.
Their principal home. however. Ia at
%Shelburnc. VI. from which district he
was sent to the Legislature. Dir. Webb
has his eye on the United States senate
and thinks this Is \ stepping stone to
his ambition. lie has a weakness for
horses and owns a large stock. his par
ticular fad being the breeding VI hack.
neys. He Is unsurpassed as a whip. He
Is a very domestic man and dctests
balls and receptions. prcferring his own
home circle. Several years ago the doc
tor published a book. California and
Alaska" which was the result Of his
observations during a trip made with
his family and a few guests through
those regions. The train in which the
party travelled was especially magnif
cent. being composed of library. din
ing-room. sleeping apartments. obser-
walton and baggage car and another
car for the servants. DR.. Webb Is a
republican. He Is In the early COS
and a very popular man.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16

In a device for d~isposing OF IN,
smoke from boiler fires brought for,
ward in Germany the American Ma,
chinist says that the waste gases OF
consumption or combustion are drawn
through u conduit at the end of which
is a yentilating fan, which forces them
into the lower part Of a gasometer
Here they bubble through a sheet O,
water, where they are cleansed OF the
solid particles held In suspension anf
collect In the upper part OF the a
meter. whence they may be set free
into the atmosphere or used for any
purpose desired. The wash water Is
continually renewed, and, as a meas,
ure OF economy, the combustible solid
matter contained In 1t may be extracted
by decantation or evaporation and
used a second time fo- fuel. The draft
Is regulated simply by varying the
load upon the bell OF the gasoneter,
The system is applicable only where
power is available for operating the
ventilator.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16

ton, which is an influential paper pub
lished in Berlin and an eloquent de-
fender OF the gold standard in Ger
many. II is his Interest In the money
question which brings the doctor to
America just now and 1t is his intention
to remain here until after election,
study the progress OF the campaign and
listen to as many speeches as possible.
DR.. Barth has been in America before
and has even written a book on Amer
lean Agricultural Life" which shows
painstaking and thought. lie Is still
a comparatively young man and has
taken degrees In philosophy and law
and is a member Of the reichstag. Some
years ago he gave up law to enter jour
nalism, IN which he has made a pro.
nounced success.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.

The horse, Of all animals, Is the
quickest to succumb to cold.
People who wore shoes In Italy dur.
ing the fourteenth century had to pay
a tax for the privilege.
In Germany the men VI well as the
women wear wedding rings. When
either dies the survivor wears both.
Fashion plates containing designs for
clothing for pet dogs are regularly
issued by some OF the Partisan tailors.
The longest tunnel In the world ia
st. Gothard. which Is 48.84O feet. The
mex longest are Mount Gents. 1880
feet; Hoosack, % 1850 feet: Severn, 49,
1872 feet; Nochistongs, 81 1853 feet; Suits,
9 ,l20 feet.
The following are said by a Swiss
hunter to have been found neal the
nest OF an eagle recently discovered
In the Alps: A hare, q chamois' feet,
4 pigeons feet, 80 pheasants' feet, II
heads OF fowls, is heads OF N and
the remains OF a number Of rabbits,
marmots and squirrels.
~ tdItlNl vi tut tICch
that are struck by lightning shows that
over half OF them are white poplar.
From this fact scientists conclude that
the poplar has some value as q con-
ductor of lightning. This being the
case, agriculturists are advised to plant
these trees In the vicinity OF their farm
buildings.
One OF the big steamship companies
Is about to make a novel departure. II
has ordered a steamship to be built for
the sole use OF inyalids." It Is to be
a vessel of the largest class. fitted up
with a luxury heretofore never attempt
ed, to be devoted entirely to the ser.
vice OF the wealthy sufferers Of that
class. who are afflicted with pulmonary
troubles, and who can only prolOng
life In the dry, salubrious climate o.
perpetual summer.
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SHE RODE \ WHEEL.
Ne Got the Mss, aud Then She prove
Him from the House.

hf" Ffb" wv isouse,
Madam" he began. as the lady OF
the house opened the door in answer
To his ring, YOU ride a bicycle, do you
not?"
II do she answered, proudly. at'
Cording To the New York Telegram.
Il thought as much said he with a
sad Pickering smile lighting up his
features.
Your bright eyes and ruddy cheeks.
the glow OF health that nantes your
brow proclaimed that fact even before
you had spoken. But what Is one per-
sons meat Is another's poison and the
same toy. %plaything or vehicle, call II
what YOU will, that has lured the roses
TO your checks, madam, and sent the
blood bounding through your rejuva
mated veins has driven them from
mine, dried up my life's juices md sent
me forth Il broken down. hopeless
wreck and wandercr On the face VI the
earth. Yes. madam. that IL unfortun-
atcly what bicycle riding has done for
me-
why, my poor man." she gushed.
with u look OF tender pity In her blue
eyes: take this half d~ollar-sOrry !
cant give you more. but It's all the
change I have. Then sit right down
and rest while get you something to
eat"
Half an hour later. when he had eat
en- all he could hold and was preparing
to travel on, she sympathetically OBJ
served.
Poor fellow, You must have suf-
fcred Il great deal. We're YOU laid up
long,"
when" he asked. with a puzzled
look.
why, when YOU were injured bicy-
cling"
injured bicycling? why, ! never
mounted a wheel in my life"
Never mounted n whccl.' she fair.
ly shrlcked. II thought YOU said bi-
cycling was what reduced YOU to your
present statc?"
Correct. madam" he responded.
hastily backing down the steps. "rhe
bicycling Of others Is what did II. l
used to he the proprietor Of n livery
stable
she divcd behind the door, but a sec
ond later when she emerged with a
broom II was too late. Her caller had
disappeared.
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~ I'IuIu.

This here piece in the paper makes
use o the word 'superfiuity' several
times remarked the man who was
sitting on the empty soap box. Now
what do yc take superlluity to bc?'
Il dunno's ! kin exactly tell It,"
answered the man with the Irvine JUS
penders. But sense II all right
enough
kin We illustrate it,
M yes. | reckon | kin. Superiority
Is "a good deal the same thing ez a Eel
ler's wearin' a necktie when he's goi
a fun beard" Washington Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-16

leg. She was a sweet and attractive
child and the young doctor spent much
time with her trying to make exist
ence more bearable for her. The child
kept telling him Of a lovely young
lady" who came to see her every day
and brought her sweets. He thought
nothing much about 1t and was all un-
aware that the child was also telling
the lovely young lady" all about the
good young doctor. Finally the little
girl grew very i'll and DIR. Webb stayed
with her all day. The young lady
called to see the child while he was
there and 1t was over the bedside OF q
dying charity patient that DR.. Seward
Webb and young Lila Vanderbilt first
spoke to n another, 1t turned out TO
be a case OF love at first sight. After
leaving the hospital the doctor changed
his mind az TO his career and entered
Wall street with Daniel WorIen. A