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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
New Horseless Carriage.

\ Michigan inventor has been using
Il horseleSS carriage which works with
Perfect satisfaction on the country
reads of that State. The power is Il
iive-horse gasoline motor. The car
riage is Steered by lever on the left
Of the opera tor. and is managed almost
as easily as the front wheel of Il bicy-
Gle. The speed, stopping and starting
are controlled by Il second lever placed
at the r;aht. The gear is controllable
frGm rhe very lowest degree of speed
up 10 eighteen miles an hour The cod
Siruction Of the carriage is very sim.
pie. 1t is almost entirely noiSeleSS. and
is considered perfectly safe. The joints
lravc baR-bearingS throughout. and the
wheels fiave onc-and-a Il half inch clISh-
ion tires. There is another carriage Of
an English make that is said to De
almost as practical as the one uSI
described. The wheels are in the reyu-
lar bicycle shape. The carriage is man
ageahle. goes down hill without 4
brake. the engine doing its own back
pcdaling. OF course, it has rubber
tires. 1t is phaeton-built. carries two.
with Il f0ld-back seat for Il possible
third. This carriage costs one hundred
ami thirty pounds. and is attracting {.
city, ease Of management and safety.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
EagabOnds of Siberia.

1a many Parts of Siberia there wan
der about from village to village large
numbers of men and women who are
known as ''vagabonds. These are
Russians and Poles-le pie who have
either themselves been sent 10 iberia
or are the descendants of criminals and
outlaws.
These Svagabonds" are passport ess
people, over whom the police cannot
exercise any very effective control.
They arc now to Le collected and
mpulsorily settled in small colonies
in those parts of Siberia where the eli
mate conditions most favor agricultural
labor. The scheme, it is believed, has
the hearty support of the Car, who is
prepared to devote large sums from
his private means to further its sue
peSs
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Florence Nightingale.

Miss Florence Nightingale has prob
ably caused nearly as many girls to
engage in the noble calling of nursing
as Robinson Crusoe has sent Toys TO
sea. But the deeds she did and the
good she accomplished belong so en-
tirely to events that have been re!e-
gated to the domain of history that the
world for the most part regards her as
historical figure, and forgets that
she is still living. Yet the other day,
when 81 out of the - survivors of Bal
aclava met around n dinner table at
Birmingham a telegram arrived ex-
pressing heartfelt sympathy to the
veterans, signed FLORENCE Nightin-
pale3
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
..Tbe Old yellow AIma,ac--

When Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote the
poem having for title the same heading
as this article, she touched q chord that
vibrated in thousands of hearts. For
Ayers almanac, "The Old Yellow Alma
nae" Of the poem, is intimately associated
with the days and deeds of large part of
the worlds population. How large part
of the population this general statement
may include can be gathered from the
fact that the yearly issue of Ayers AL
manac is from 100000 TO 25,O00,00O
copies il is printed in twenty-eight edi-
tions and in some eighteen languages, in
Guiding. besides English. Spanish. Portu-
GueSe. Dutch. German, Swedish, Danish,
Norwegian; Bohemian, Welch, italian,
French, etc. The old style almanac is
looked upon by many as relic of an
tiquity, especially the patent medicine
almanac whose jokes are the butt often
of the very papers in whose columns they
first appeared. But there are almanacs
and almanacs. Ever since DIR. Ayers
Almanac has been put out it has employ
ed rs high Il class of mathematical and
astronomical talent rs is available in the
country. The result is that it stands on
par. in respect of the reliability of its data
and the accuracy of its calculations, with
the L. S. Nautical Almanac, and testi-
mony TO this fact is found year after year
in the letters. referred to the almanac de-
partment of the company, from students
and mathematicians in various parts of
the world. In its permanence and relia-
bility Ayers Almanac stands as very
fitting type of the Aver Remedies-inGis-
pensable i'll the family and reliable every
day in the year. The 1897 edition of this
useful almanac is now in course of distri-
button through the druggists of the coun-
try
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
He Wouldn't Walt.

You are always hearing about the
1oings OF the newly married, and
most OF the stories arc distinctly
apocryphal. This one, however, is
perfectly true. 1t happened at the
Arlington this very season. He and
She, evidently possessed Of some
means, arrived in the morning. He
wrote the name So-and-sO and lady,
and they went out for drive, she sit
ting calmly and coz:lY in his lap. On
their return they went to their room,
whence he emerged about two hours
before dusk.
SAY" he said TO the clerk at the
desk in the hotel office. "ahere ain
no lamp in my room. If yo;ll give me
mine now I'll just take it up. and not
wait until the man brings 'em around" ."
Post.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
New Oil Fields.

Indiana is coming TO the front as IN
Gil field, AMI nearly three thousand oil
wells were bored in that State during
the year 1885. 1t is asserted that In
Dana is likely very soon 10 rank with
Ohio and PENNSYLVANIA in its value as
an oil-pr0ducing Sratr. An agreeable
feature If the oil industry is that dur
ing the past year the work has been
prosecuted with very few serious acci-
dents.
Enthusiasts declare that Indiana will
become famous aS an oil Sratc within
the next few years. The wells hold
out wonderfully. According 70 figures
given. out of 2.1o0 wells only I5O went
dry. This is considered Il remarkable
showing.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Harvester History I'm Short.

0gle cut grain with dropper in 1892.
Bell made a header in 1896 and market
ed it many years.
Randall IN 1888 operated machine
having reel. platform. divider, cutting
apparatus and all essential parts.
Hussey built and patented the same
year machine. Its principles have never
been departed from; it is still used in
Europe az he built it, He later applied
Ogle's reel. With but three years TO run
his open guard upatent sold for S300,000.
Mccormick claims TO have experiment
cd in 1881; patented push machine in
1884. sirappins the pISh tongue to the
HORSES backs. experimental again in
1888: sold Il machine in 1915 licensed
under Hussey's patent ut the end Of
law suit.
The predecessors of the Deering Com
pany patented n Marsh harvester in 1S..S;
perfected il and put ii on the market:
broke UP the trade of reaper manufactu--
crs. who then began building Marsh har-
vesters in 1879. nccring used ,ioubIy adj
Unstable reel in 1915; was followed two
OF three years later. Decring and Wood
sold wire binders in 1874. Mccormick
company followed Two years later. Deer
ing took mp twinc binders in 1878 and
was followed three wears later by rhe Me
Cormick Company. Dcering and Osborne
steel binders were put ont in 1889. and
Mccormick followed two or three years
laier. Deering adapted roller bearings 10
harvesting machinery in 1893. which Nc
Cormick is now adopting
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Roc king" in High Buildings.

Anyone who has visited the upper
! floors of New York or Boston or Chi
cago 'sky-scrapers" during higi;
wind must have experienced the I'M
pleasant sensation known as rock
| ing" In other words. he has felt the
building quiyer and even sway sensibly
| beneath his feet.
The narrower OF the tall structures
are, of course. espA.ially prone 10
rocking" Mr.. Harry Lawrence. 4
tenant Of the notable American Tract
i;ociety's building, in Nassau street,
New York, is responsible for the state
ment that that giant edifice sways Il
foot in an average high wind, and dur
Eng a gale even exceeds that limit.
The danger attendant upon this
rocking" not to speak Of the upset
ting effect it produces upon nervous
folk, must be at once apparent.
\ wholesale manufacturer of photo
graphic materials, Wright by name,
has invented an ingenious method Of
neutralizing the danger, at least. Mr.
Wright's establishment is in lofty
building near Fifth avenue, New York.
He uses very heavy machinery, which
renders the building tOpheavy in the
extreme During a wind, there WAS
always fear Of the machinery being
driven through the somewhat thin
walls. CT windows. thereby wrecking
the buildings and menacing paSSerS-
by. Mr.. Wright WAS equal to the
emergency. He simply caused his floor
IL he partially zinc-lined. and cora erted
into Il gigantic tank. This he flooded
with water. Then huge pontoOns, or
iafiS, were constructed, and set atiOat
upon the surface of this strange
rwclfth-story lake. The pontoons were
anchored TO the walls on all sides by
heavy chains and rivets. When these
preparations were completed, ""
Wright had his heavy machinery yA-
harked upon tic pontoons. Thus the
building may rock as it will. but The
dreaded masses of steel are safely
afioat. and all danger from them is
ncutralZed
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
THE LAW OF GROWTH,
Conditions Which Affect the Future lIeigh.
of People

The rule in growth is that child
should increase two pounds in weight
for every inch in height between three
and four feet, and two and n half
pounds for every inch between four
and five feet. Any child more than
seven pounds below the weight here
given should be examined medically. \
remarkable fact that comes out from
! the tables is that the boys at the pub
lie schools and The young men at tae
universities, and entering public ser
vice, here called the upper classes. aver
/ age about three inches taller. and froli
| six pounds to twenty pounds heavier
| than the boys in the boarding schools
and young apprentices and wOrkmen
| Two causes MAY be assigned for this
first, heredity, the one springging from
the taller parents; and. secondly, IA
v0rabic surroundings. Deficient and
improper food, town air, laborious
work mt early ages, all stunt the
growth. Every one knows how 4
change from close town TO free cuuh-
try life, with plenty Of exercise. St.m-
ulateS growth. ] have seen three AMI
half inches thus produced in fonr
months. where all means in town mad
thns signally failed before.
y good rule for predicting future
height is that if five feet is passed be-
tween ten and eleven years of age the
child will be tall: if not till fifteen. he
viii he short. Increase in weight IS
also largely due 10 climate. l remem-
ber an exceedingly slim and elegant
young lady coming TO the north Of
London from the west of Ireland. In
Il few weeks there was trouble with
her dresses. anu this continued. fDr
the gin grew so stout as to quite lose
her elegant figure. Her friends were
in despair. Banting was tried, bu,
still she grew apace. Circumstances
at this time required her return 10 Con-
naught. and in two months time, when
she had got thoroughly soaked again in
that humid climate, she wrote in tri-
umph that the odious fat had all dis
appeared. and her beautiful figure re-
turned. Again she came to London.
and as she gradually dried, renewed
troubles with the dresses began, and
at last the question became urgent
whether she would he dry and stout
in London or mcist and elegant in Ire
land. 1t is needless 10 say sI.r It 0nce
chose the latter. and has not been to
town since.-Atlauta Journal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Quick Engineering.

A quick piece of engineering work
was carried out one Saturday night re-
Gently on the Great Eastern Railway.
near Ely. An old bridge OF 13O feet
span over the River Ouse was taken
down in six hours and new single
span bridge that had been erected
alongside was fitted up on a set of t OIL
leys and put in its place in two hours
more, only one regular Sunday train
having been delayed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will he pleased ii
learn that there is ut least one dreade, disease
that science has been able TO cure in ell it,
stages, and that is catarrh Halls Cafarrh cure
is the only positive cure non known to the mcdi-
cal fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease requires constitutional treatment.
directly upon the buGd ana nInCotIS surfaces Of
the system. thereby destroying The foundation of
the disease. and giving the patient strength 10y
building up the constitution and rs, sting nature
in doing its work. Tne proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers that they offer
One hundred Do,lirs for any case HAT IT fails to
cure. Send for list Gf Trs tmOniiiiS.
L. J. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, o.
Sf~ Sold by Druggists &C.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Run Down Farms.

When one buys a rundown farm al
a low price he must expect TO eXpend
quite sum before the farm will be gin
70 pay. In the hands of an intelligent
farmer such a farm may be made frs,
class in few years. but the farmer
who aims 10 make a poor farm pay by
taking crops from it without an expeu.
diturc for plant food will only make
himself and the land poorer.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Well Rcbuked.

A quick retort is credited to I;
young author whose tongue is as ready
as his pen.
Not long ago. as he was walking
with friend, man came up behind
him and gave him resounding siaI
on the shoulder. The writer turned q
surprised face toward the newcomer
who said:
look here, you must remember
me, now don't you?"
Il can't say that [ remember youl
face" returned the young author
gravely, shut your manner is certain
ly familiar.''
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Rurglarized the Eiffel Tower.

\ burglary. the highest on record
has just been committed in Paris. The
in:licf WORKED his way up the E:tfe.
tower ana brake open The safes OF tn,
thel.rc ant. restaurant mere. lnfor
sunttely fo= himself, he managed q
open the room where the liquors wcr
kept. get drunk and fell as.eep, wberf
he was found in the morning.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
The Strongest Fortifcation

A gainst disease. one which enables us 10 M
derpn unscathed risks from lIurtful climatic
Influences. exposure overwork and fatigue.
is the vigor that is impaired to debiiitated
physiuue by the peerless medicinal safe
guard Hostetter's Stomach BitlerS You
may possess this vigor in higher degree
than thc trained athlete. although your mus
cuIar development may he far inferior to
his Vigor implies sound. good digestion
and sound reposc. two blessings conferred
hy the Bitters. which remedies maiarlai.
rheumatic, nervous and kidney trouble.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
A Wonderful Asthma Cure.
Brattleboro, VT. Jan. IL, '97.

OrdtteDoTo, v l., JdH l., ois
Dr. Taft Bros, Rochester, n. Y: Your
sample bottle of Asthmalene cure at hand
and will say that it is the best medicine
in the market. 1t has done me so much
good that had my druggist send and get
me q $1.50 bottle; have had no asthma
since commenced taking it. l feel safe
TO say 1 am cured. i gave an asthmatic
friend of mine some out of my bottle and
it gave him almost instant relief.
w. A. NEAL.
Sample bottles of this celebrated asthma
cure are sent free to all sufferers by ad-
dressing DIR. Taft Bros, 40 Elm street.
Rochester, n. Y.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
BE TRUE.
thou must be true thyseIf,

Thou must be true thyseIf,
II thou the truth wouldst teach;
The soul must overflow, if thou
Anotber's soul wouldst reach;
1t needs THE overflow of heart
To give ti,e lips full spcecl.
Think truly, and thy thoughts
Shall the worlds famine feed;
Live truly, and each word Of thin.
Shall be a fruitful seed;
Live truly. and Thy life shall b.
\ great ana noble creed.
H. Bouai'.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
How a Life Is Spent.

\ statistician has estimated Mat
man 20 years Old has worked 6.50l
days, has slept G.000. has amused him
self 1000, has walked 1900 miles, ha,
been i'll 800 days, has partaken of &c.
600 meals, eaten l5,0C0 pounds of meat
and 1000 pounds of fish, eggs and veg
ctables and drank 1000 gallons of fluid
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Vick's OFFER.

In another column of this paper will be-
found an offer of James Nick's Sons Of
Rochester. n y. Something new for this
firm. but very tempting. Nick's Floral
Guide. the oldest seed catalogue in Amer
ica. has colored Illustrations of the Won
,lerful Rathbun Blackberry and the dou-
hle sweet pea. Bride of Niagara. Half
tone illustrations photographed from ma
turc. of roses. asters. carnations. gold
flowers and tomatoes. 1t is filed with
new and good vegetables flowers plants.
etc. and is up to date in its line. See
their offer. Their goods are reliable.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
An Eagles Fast,

Il is recorded that an eagle kept IN
confinement has been known to fas,
for three weeks. those who have had
charge of it having forgotten TO pro-
vide its usual supply of food. 1t soon,
however, recovered its strength, and
did not appear to suffer from its extra.
ordinary abstinence.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

The clevcrest yiolinist was Paganini.
He seemingly accomplished the impo5-
sibe with the violin, could inspire any
emotion he desired in his auditors and
was able to play intricate melodies on
q single string.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Gum drops, a few years ago, were
the most fashionable variety OF candy
but dealers spoiled the trade by put
ting brandy and other forms OF alcohol
in them.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
I,cnOl..

Willis-What do you think OF the
old way they had of bleeding people?
Wallace-Nlust have been mstAiue
in it. 7 had much better health before
Iquit shaving myself.-Town Topics.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

''Gossamer iron." the wonderful
product of the Swansea, Wales, iron
mills, is so thin that it takes l,S00
sheets piled one on the other to make
an inch in thickness.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Halls Hair Renewer contains the natu-
raj food and color matter for the hair, and
medicinal herbs for the scalp, curing gray
ness, badness, dandrutf, and scalp scores.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough ut
once. Go to your druggist to-day and
get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and
50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are
dangerous,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
LanEa Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In or
der to be healthy this is necessary
Acts gently on the liver and kidneys
Cures sick headache. Price % and soc.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Iowa farms for sale on crop payments. 10
per cent. cash. balance l. crop yearly, until
paid for. J. MCLHALL, Naulegau, Ill.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

If the builders continue adding to
the height of tenement houses We
shall have to call them eleyenmen,
houses.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with Us since 1861. r.
Madison, 24O9 42d ave-, Chicago, Ill.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

She was dear, sweet girl, with a COM
pleXion of angelic loveliness, such as ali
young ladies possess who use Glenn'S
Sulphur Soap. OF druggists.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Only a fool always succeeds in pleas
ing himself.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

WIEN bilious or ccstivc. eat Cascarc,. candy Ca
thariic, cure guaranteed. TO-. 25c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

- Lions born i'll captivity are more
dangerous and harder 10 train than
captured Cnes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
WHAT sTUpENpoUs LIE!

We hear a farmer say when he reads
that John BREEDER. Mishicott. Wis.
grew 113 bushels of SalZer'S SILVER
King Barley per acre in 1896. Don't
you believe it? Just write him. You
see SalZer's seeds are bred up TO big
yields. And oats 30 bushels. Corn 26o.
Wheat 60 bushels. Potatoes ! 500 bush
els, Grasses tons per acre. etc. etc.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Great leaders often seem to follow.

CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. New.
scken, weaken grpe. 10c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Queen Isabella IT. of Spain possessed
I40-grain black pearl, which was re-
Gently sold at Il London jewelers. for
G.. -]O
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
NO-tO-Bac for Fifty Cents.

over 100000 cured. Why not let No-To- Bac
regulate or remnye Your desire FIR tobacc u?
saves money. make; health and IN nhood Cure
guarhn,eed, soc and 5 all druggist.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Fire engines were invented by Ctesi-
bius, go B. G. Pliny used TO throw
water on burning houses.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Mrs. WinsIow's SOOTHING SYRUP To- Children
teething: softens the gums reduces Inflammation,
aIlays Dain. cures wind collie. D cents a bottle.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

He that drives with the whip needs
strong reins.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Mcrriment is always the effect of a
sudden impression. The est which is
expected is ALWAYS DESTROYED.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

The man who is holding onto few
favorite sins is playing hide and seek
with Satan.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

JUST try 10c box Of Cascarets. candy catharsc, fin
est liver and bowel regulator made.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Falsehood and fraud shoot ND in ev-
cry soil, the produce of every cline.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

DO what you can do well, and you
will soon be able to do much better.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
$1,000 FOR CENTS.

just Send THIS Notice with 10 Cents
stamps to John \. SalZer Seed Co. La
Crosse. Wis. and get T. farm seed sam
pies. worth SO. to get start.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
corr
And strength are combined
in Hoods SarSlpari la. One OHE#
l,Indrnl .ln-n. 1,r.n l1.llu, l., e

peculiar 10 and true only of lIooi's Sars l.
arilla. This is why a bottle of Hood $
SarSapariila contains more curative power
than any other. Tie great merit of Hool' 5
las placed it not only in the front rank Of
medicines but has given it place alone and
unapproachable as The One True B.oCd
Purifier. 1t has accomplished thousands
of cures of scrofu'a, rheumatism, dyspep-
sia neuralgia, salt rheum and other trou-
bles. 1t is the great building up medicine
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

I am not afraid to trust the man that
children love.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

he sad: made up my mind at last to try them and
they great l now use them every now and then,
and have indigestion no bad feeling, and my
appetite is much better. Everybody that suffers from
indigestion should try them"