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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
SHOWS A DEFIClToF So, ,4a5,7I7.
Monthly Statement of Government
Receipts and Expenditures.

The monthly statement of the Govern
ment receipts and expenditures during
September. 1897. shows the receipts to
have been S2l 1888 ,09S. and the eXpendi-
lures S2J.3GS.S15. an excess of eXpendi-
lures over receipts Of So. .43o, III. For the
three months of the fiscal year the excess
has been S29.015.9J4. As compared with
September, 1896, there is Il loss of S2,-
COL. .146 in the amount of the revenues,
and decrease of $1.210,720 in the ex-
penditures. The receipts for September
last are given as follows:
Customs Observation-Disclosures. 81, ,943, 100
Internal revenue IL, ,IOl.9Io
Miscellaneous ..............- l,ZSS,UZZ
As compared with September. 1896, this
is Il loss of about s., ,400,00 from customs
and Il gain of about 81 100000 from inter-
nal revenue sources.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
Trouble in wilmerding Family.

The gossips in New York are whisper
ing that Mrs. John G. Wilmerding, Jr.,
eat-granddaughter of old Commodore
Vanderbilt, is separated from her hus-
band. These gossips even declare that the
young woman will bring suit for divorce
against Jack Wilmerding, Kncker-
booker, whose mother was the beautiful
Miss Hecksher, related to the Berrymans.
the Winthrops, the Lorillard Spencers and
the I,ydicS
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
TRUE DEMOCRACY.

William !. Bryan, in a recent ad-
dress, gave the watchword for the
Democratic party when he said: keep
the enemy in front"
In politics, as in war, it is the part OF
good generalship to avoid being flank
ed. An attack both in the front and III
the rear means disaster. The Demo-
cratic party in 1896 pledged itself to
the promotion and defense of bimetal-
lism, and proved the sincerity of its
convictions by casting 6,5Oo,OOo votes
for William j. Bryan, the representa-
tive of the great principle to which the
party had given its adherence.
An exceedingly small minority dis
sented from the views expressed Ill the
National Democratic platform. and,
bolting the party. set up propaganda
of it's own and gave its unqualified ad-
herence to the dogma of gold monomet-
allism. Thus the issues were made as
Numerically opposed to each other as
are the poles, and the vote In the NO
vember election gave ample testimony
as to which was the stronger and more
orthodox in the true doctrines of Dem
Ocracy.
Many of those who joined the small
er faction, ambitious of recovering lost
ground and of accomplishing by indi-
rection what could not be secured in
an open trial of strength, are now en-
deavoring to obtain recognition as
members of the true Democracy. IL
these men come back into the party
confessing their error of Judgment
and asking place in the ranks to
prove their renewed loyalty. 1t would
perhaps be the part of maSnanimlty
to accept their pledges and their sefV-
ices. But such is not their attitude.
They desire to assume leadership, to
direct council, to mold policy, and to
reap where they have not soWn.
There is an unwise inclination mani
tested by the true Democracy to meet
these overtures in n spirit of conces-
sion. This is weakness or worse. The
result can be nothing but evil. To put
men in positions of trust and OF author
ity who have not earned such promo
ton by answering loyalty is to dis
courage the workers who have deserv-
ed recognition, and to inject an element
dangerous to the preservation OF
unanimous, compact and harmonious
organization. Let the Democracy OF
the nation remember well, ponder deep
ly and practice continually the course
of action contained in the significant
words of William ]. Bryan: keep the
enemy in front"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
RUSSIA WILL CHECK ENGLAND.
Plans to Oppose Bl itish Advances in
Asia and Africa.

Asia and Africa.
A dispatch to the Iolitique Colonial at
Paris from st. Petersburg says the AZ
CHAN mission to Russia has returned
home, bearing the promise of Russian
support in the event Of Great Britain
encroaching upon the ameer's territory.
Negotiations between Russia and Abys-
sinia continue with the object of estab-
fishing a league to oppose the British ad-
vance in Africa. and it is added that Rus
sia is about to reach an understanding
with the United States with the view of
arresting the extension of the British EN-
pire in the Pacific.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
Summing Up the Protection Idea.

To aid i'll the concentration of
wealth is obviously the function of pro-
lection. BY enabling small part of
the population to exact heavy tribute
from the masses the protectiOnists are
working to facilitate concentration and
the noble work of capital. The mulcted
are invited not to complain, nor to at
tempt to stop this grand movement
which so highly benefits the world by
making the rich richer and the poor
poorer. Instead, let the poor save up
their pennies and become great capital
lists themselves. This is the whole
matter in Il nutshell.-Kansas City
Times
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
Bad Fire in Ironton, Ohio.

Fire swept an area three squares in
length and two in breadth in Ironton, O.
causing loss of from 100000 to $500
600
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
Neal Dow Dead.

Gen. Neal Dow died at his residence
In Portland, Maine, aged SO years. Gen.
Dow achieved national fame as the father
If the Maine prohibition law.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
R;d;cule the Greenland Story

Government officials ridicule the Lon
don story that the United States is ne
gotiating with Denmark for the purchase
of Greenland.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
Schooner Probably Is Safe,

The tug Holyoke arrived at Port Town
send Tuesday night from st. Miehaers,
having left on Sept. II with the schooner
]. Bryant in tow. On the 21st of the
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
Verdict ON the Deaths.

The coroner's jury which investigated
the death of the striking miners at Latti-
mer, Pa, after an hours deliberation rem
dered the following verdict: THAT from
the circumstances of the case and the
evidence offered, the said Clement Pla-
took and others came to their death by
gunshot wounds en- Sept. 10, 1897, at the
bands Of Sheriff James Martin and his
deputies, and in this way we the jury do
all agree; and we, Phil j. Boyle, Thomas
L. Thomas, Barton Freas and Peter Nc
kiernan, of this jury, do further say that
the said Clement Platock, with others,
was marching peaceably and unarmed on
the public highway; that they were inter-
cepted by said Sheriff Martin and his
deputies and mercilessly shot to death;
and we do further find that the killing
was unnecessary and could have been
avoided without serious injury to either
person or property, and we find finally
that the killing was wanton and unjustifi-
able; but in this we, George Maue and
f. j. MacNeal of this jury, do not concur;
and we the jury do further say that there
was such strong suspicion of unlawful
violence at the hands of person or persons
unknown to this jury as to make this i'll
quest necesSaryo -
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
Ia WevIer tn Ou;tr

A special to the New York Herald from
Havana says that Gen. Weyler has re-
signed,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07

If any State could he especially point
ed to by the Republicans as showing
the best results of protection il would
logically be Pennsylvania. But such is
not the case. Where the tariff has the
greatest chance to perform its alleged
customary service of keeping up wages
we find the workingmen fighting most
often and least successfully to avoid
starvation wages. 1t Is a fine COM
mentary on Republicanism that its
stronghold is the only place in the
American union where the working
mems lives are at the mercy of their
plutocratic mployers.-kansas City
Times
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
TRAGEDY IN BALTIMORE.
Michael Simmouds Shoots His Swes

Michael Simmonds Shoots His Sweet
heart and Kills Himself.
Michael Simmonds, railroad brake
man, aged %, shot and tried to kill his
sweetheart, Miss Jennie Long, aged 10,
at Baltimore, Nd, and committed suicide
few hours afterward when he heard
the police trying to effect an entrance to
his hiding place. The girl, who was shot
four times, has a chance of recovery.
Simmonds had been attentive to the girl
for several months, but she appeared in
clined to repulse him.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
PUBLIC DEBTS INCREASING.
Treasury Statement Shows an Addi'
fiou of Nearly Sd, ,OOO,OOO,


The monthly treasury statement shows
that at the close of business Sept. 80,
1897, the public debt. less cash in the
treasury, was S1,012, ,122, 113, an increase
since Aug. so of S3,7S7 ,592. This increase
is accounted for by corresponding de-
crease in the amount of cash on hand.
The debt is recapitulated as follows:
Interest-bearing debt ..... $S41 ,36o,54O
Debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity. 1,3334,370
Debt bearing no interest. 37S,G1o,o9O
Total .................S 81, ,227 ,315,5cO
This amount however, does not include
S5S9, ,070,953 in certificates and treasury
notes outstanding, which are offset by an
equal amount of cash in the treasury.
The cash in the treasury is classified as
follows:
tDlu .''icf'col'oph
Silver 513.4S1. TAT
Paper 133 ,6l ,.j.'9
Bonds, disbursing officers
balances, etc. Is, lo,SoO
TOTAL .9ooo'ooo,Oo1
Against this there are demand liabilities
outstanding amounting to $500, 1I5, ,S44,
which leaves net cash balance in the
treasury of S215, ,192.7S7.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
High Prices and Prosperity.

GT1CeS anu Il
The high price of wheat which has
produced all of the prosperity which
now exists in this country has been a
great cause of rejoicing to the Repub-
licans.
The subsidized press has exhausted
all of its energies in endeayorS to prove
that Republican legislation had some
thing TO do with the matter, but all
these efforts have been in vain. The
people of the United States are not
fools and they know that the famine i'll
India and the short wheat crops abroad
were not caused by the passage of the
Dingley bill, and the enactment of that
bill is all the legislation that mas been
accomplished by the Republican party
In discussing this matter William j.
Bryan recently said: "The first hope
full thing that came to aid Republican
Imagination since the election was the
discovery of gold in Klondike, and the
second was the rise in the price of
wheat. The Republicans, however,
had no right to rejoice over the discov-
cry of the new gold mines, because this
would tend to increase the volume Of
the money, and that was opposed by
the Republican platform.
Gas to the rise in wheat, it came from
famine abroad and, in fact, did not
benefit the man who had no wheat to
sell. He did not find that his wages
had been raised any, but it cost him
more to buy his -four Then, too, if the
rise In wheat is a good thing for the
farmers, it was just what the Demo-
Gratis claimed last fall when they said
1t was higher priced commodities the
people wanted and not higher priced
money. They wanted prices advanced
by taking from gold that purchasing
power which had been added by fraud
rather than advanced by famine aud
suffering"
There is no reply to be made TO this
statement of fact. All the sophistry of
Republican editors cannot affect mat
ter of plain fact. The position taken
by the bimetallists last year is strength
ened by the prOvidential occurrences
which have resulted in the discovery Of
gold and the rise in the price of wheat.
inuiSu, and
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
WITHIN OUR BORDER.
A WEEKS RECORD OF OHIO
HAPPENINGS.

An Interesting Summary of the More I'M
portant Doings of Our Neighbors-wed-
dings and Deaths-Crimes, Casualties,
and General State News Notes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-10-07
MONUMENT FOR DUBUQUE.

Memory of the Iowa Pioneer to Be
Fitting1y Honored.
The Early Settlers Association and the
Iowa Institute of Science and Arts have
formed a joint association which will
rear Il monument upon the grave of Julian
Dubuque This is upon the top of a ma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
Second AnnualIndoor Meet.

Many Of the citizens of Alma will re-
call with pleasure the First Annual In
door Meet given in the college gymnasi.
um in March Of last year. In its feat
ures it illustrated the manner of work
that was being done under the instruc-
tion of the physical director, and gave
to the generous citizens of Alma, who
had willingly given of their means to-
wards the construction OF the gymnasi-
um, practical idea of the work that
had been made possible through the
erection of the building and the impetus
it had given TO that most essential feat
ure of IA liberal education, pdsNicR culture.
a change in the method of instruction
has been instituted this year. Instead
of the apparatus which was developed
last year, the physical director has
thought 1t wise to encourage indoor
games of various kinds because Of the
increased pleasure as well as profitable
exercise TO be derived from them. In
consequence, one of the most interest
ing features of the meet this year will
be IA basketball game between the Busi
ness Mems Glass and a team picked
from the college classes. This will
bring in play pleasant rivalry between
the town aud college and will add jest
and interest to the game.
The dumbcll drill which was 50 much
commented on at the previous meet will
be repeated with some additions \ new
feature made possible by the efficient
services Of the ladies physical director,
will be an Indian club drill by the college
girls with piano accompaniment. This
will be the first opportunity given the
public to see and appreciate this import
ant addition to the ladies' department
The progress 10y the ladies is extremely
gratifying and the added charms of the
college girls are undoubtedly due to the
better care of the physical system which
has prevailed this year.
y new and pleasing feature will be
several numbers by the college quartet
and the mandolin and guitar club.
The date of the meet will be March -
and most cordial invitation is extend
ed to all Come and see what the new
est department of Alma College is doing
for young men and women. X.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26

work will make himself as useful as pos
sible, and help make the team success.
At present Alma's baseball nine is not
on par with those Of the other colleges
in the state, and cannot successfully
compete with them. There is some
ground for hope however. We have q
good hustling captain in the person OF
Mr.. Paul III. Bruske, who has had con-
siderable experience, and will no doubt
pilot the team through innumerable
victories, and sustain it i'll the hour OF
defeat We are to have IA good pitcher,
if everything turns out as now expected,
Mr. Niahmiar of Benton Harbor, who
pitched for them last year. Besides
being a good ball player, he is also a
sprinter, and so will be valuable adj
dition TO the track team.
Now let every fellow lend his hearty
interest and support; if able to play, let
him play if not player, he may give
valuable assistance i'll the treasury. If
everyone, both students and towns
people lend their aid, some interesting
games may be arranged for, and not
only will it be a diversion to the on
lockers and players, but it will also help
very greatly to the college and town.
Let everyone throw out the life line,
and assist as much as possible.
THE MANAGER.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
Alma College on the Diamond


In looking over the prospects and the
chances for having a good college ball
nine here in Alma this coming season,
to the enthusiasts, to the players and to
the would be players, the outlook, it
must be confessed does not seem very
encouraging. The enthusiasm does not
wax as great as might be desired.
Further there has been quite a falling
off in the quantity and quality of col
lege spirit as compared with last year,
partly due TO the diminished number of
male students, and partly to the absence
of that most enthusiastic college man
and sportsman the "coachman," who
used to arouse the enthusiasm and
excite the interest and desire of the
fellows to do great things in an athletic
way, and once or twice even made them
forget themselves so far as to give the
college yell.
The material for baseball team is
exceedingly scarce, so it will be neces.
sary to make use of all that is available
1t is to be hoped therefore, that every
ono who can in any WY assist in the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26

She was eighty eight years old and her
husband who still survives her is ninety
two years of age. Since the formation
of Newark township he has always held
an office, being first supervisor, then
clerk, then Justice of the Peace, having
held the last Office for twenty-five con-
SecutiYe Years.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
EXCURSION RATES TO WASHING.
TON FOR THE INAUGURAL
TTnN

On account of the Presidential Inaug-
uration Ceremonies March 4th, the
Ann Arbor r. r. will sell excursion
tickets from all stations to Washington
and return at one fare for the round
trip. Tickets will be sold March LIST,
2nd and 3rd, limited for return TO
March Sth S33-0-w
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
Feed Mil for Sale.

n twenty-four inch French burr,
steam corn sheller, elevators, bag holders,
shafting and pulleys. Mill complete and
in full running order, for sale cheap. In
quire at this office.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
A Good Bill.

Representative Vought has been
working among our people during the
past week to secure signatures on petit
tions for his bill. He has been very
well rewarded as nearly every constit-
uent in the place has given him un-
divided support His bill, which is
House Bill No. 2GS, prohibits the manu-
facture, sale orgiving away of cigarettes,
cigarette paper or cigarette tobacco in any
form by any person within the state of
Michigan. 1t imposes a fine of not less
than ten dollars, nor more than fifty or
the corresponding Imprisonment for any
violation of the law. And it further
provides as an incentive for its execution
that one-half Of the fine shall be paid TO
the person or persons who shall lead to
the conviction Of the guilty parties.
The other half of the fine is TO go into
the primary school fund. Not man
in this district or in the state, who is at
all in sympathy with the higher arade
of moral improvement can raise an
objection TO this document. The
RECORD joins with ITS readers and the
voters of Gratiot in wishing the bill sue
cess
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
Notice

l will be at my office Saturday Febru-
airy 20 and p TO receive taxes. Remem-
Der the time expires March /.
G. RUSH.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
StraYed.

\ black sow with few white marks,
weighing about 100 pounds. y suitable
reward will be paid to the finder.
931-2W JOHN WOLF
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
l.. a. ELY,

CLOSING OUT
The N. }. Mccullough Stock
offers at low value
Dry Goods
Shoes
Mems Suits
Youths Suits
Boys Suits
Hats and Caps
Gloves
Mittens
Heavy Socks
Trunks
Valises
Telescopes
Boys Overcoats
Storm Coats
Etc, Etc.
l. A. ELY, ALMA
The N. J. Mccullough Stock.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-26
FAMILIAR NAMES,
Sometimes are Worth Many Thou.
sands of Dollars.

]
sands of Dollars.
Among manufacturers, the value Of a
trademark for their products is coming
to be well understood. When people
get III the way Of using an article which
proves meritOrious and which they buy
and buy again, they soon come to know
that article by some distinct name or in
connection with some catchy line.
Some boys stood watching a painter
penciling with his brush on a grocer's
plate glass window the word Postum"
then was quickly painted the round red
disk, and one of the boys said to the
other, "It makes red blood that is the
health coffee that boys can drink"
There was no question about Postum
and its trade mark being familiar to
him. When an article has become so
popular that its name is truly house
hold word and becomes part Of every
ones vocabulary, even to that of the
| children the trade mark or name has
become a valuable franchise, which is
usually protected from confscation by
being registered in the Patent office,
and some Of these trade marks are
valued at hundreds of thousands of
dollars as they protect large business
interests from INSCRIPTIONS persons or
firms who would pirate the name if not
restrained by the strong arm of the law.
a reliable grocer will never offer
cheap or weak imitation of genuine
original article because he happens to
make little extra profit. But it is well
to observe that when genuine Postum
Cereal Food Coffee is ordered, that you
get Postum, and not a spurious imita-
ton offered as "just as good. 1t is
crime TO serve Postum with skim milk.
Use pure cream and make it black and
rich as Mocha.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-12

light does not reach them. The spot is
covered with manure and then left un-
disturbed for few days. The bed is
then worked over and pressed and beat
en- down into shape. This is allowed TO
remain about week, at the end Of
which time the process ia repeated and
the beds watered. AT the end of anoth-
er week the first turning must be re-
peated and the mass allowed to rest for
three days
The temperature is carefully watched.
and the first heat of fermentation is al
lowed to pass Off before the spawn is
sown. After this has been planted the
beds are covered thinly with prepared
earth called goptage. 1t is kept quito
moist for 40 days, at the end of which
time the mushrooms begin to come up.
A. continuous crop for three months
may be expected, if the beds receive the
proper care. The seed, or blanc, is OBJ
tanned by the market gardeners. 1t is
made into bricks or cakes, which will
be good at the end of two or three years,
If kept in dry, airy place.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-12

Neuralgia people arc always sensitive
to changes of temperature and sudden
chills, and to avoid the risk of these
they should wear wooden underclothing.
Very often neuralgia is complained
of when, in reality, the half forgotten
stump of an old tooth is at the root of
the matter. If there is any doubt about
it. visit to good dentist would decide
the question once for all.
In cases of acute neuralgia relief may
be afforded by rubbing together equal
parts of chloral and powdered camphor
and painting the painful spot with it,
Many people cannot take quinine, but
those who can will find it the best rem
edy of all.
A local application said to be very
effective also is equal parts of benzoin
and peppermint oil. 1t may be rubbed
ON the affected part, or cloth wrung
out of hot water may be sprinkled
with it.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-12

mixture, after testing it to obtain ex-
actly the proper consistency for tho goods
when done up. Dry the article starch
ed in glue starch and sprinkle 1t and
roll 1t.
Iron it carefully on the wrong side. 1t
is a great mistake. even in the l. cnt
time of the revival Of starch, to make
dresses or petticoats too stiff They
should be stiffened TO the consistency of
new cloth. Petticoats may be trifle
sitter, but they should not DO stiff
enough to rattle.