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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-07

BIsCoE DISTRICT.
Oracle Penley attended the Penley re-
union az South Paris.
C. R. and A. J. Penley have been "up
country" buying cows.
Mrs. III. T.. Chase, Mrs. Dyer and
Master jamie have been visiting at A. j.
PeDley's.
Ernest Penley went 10 the state fair
with his uncle and says he learned q
good deal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Coudry and
children from Massachusetts, are visiting
Mr.. CoudIy's sister, Mrs. A. II. An
drws.
Frank III. Carter, Of Lynn, Mass. has
sent A. j. Penley some pictures taker
nv him while here. Among them are
some nearly perfect views Of May Day
in different positions.
Mrs. Bird snd Miss Millett have left u
and gone TO their new home at South
Paris. Their removal leaves but one
| Of the old neighbors that lived here nj
teen wears ago. We sincerely regrel
their departure and wish them well amid
new surroundings.
Walter Knishtly has bought Mrs. Hsr
r;et BIRDS farm and brought home
bride. wednesday, Sept. lst, ne had
house warming both day and evening
In the daytime, about thirty OF MS reis
tives. friends and neighbors from hi.
old home In North Norway, assembled
10 welcome the bride. 10 the evening
ALI the neighbors in this place were 10
v:tsd Ia and were handsomely treated
a table full OF nice presents too numer
Gus TO mention was q pretty sight, ant
the company left at late hour, Wishing
Mr.. and Mrs. Knightly much haPpines
In their beautiful home.
Hw. Durham, wife and daughter, Q
Chelsea. Mass, spent the day with re'a
tiyes iu this place lately.
A party consisting Of o: 9. Curtis AM
wife w. Z. Twitchell and family, lis
Rertha Twitchell and Miss Ina Twitcnel
M Jamaica Plain, Mass, have oeen Gu
loving an outing at west Harpsweii.
We ara sorry to be informed that som
m;screant destroyed two young rnfi..
annie trees, belonging to A: q. an
dFews. bv applying . liberal dose .
Serosene. Sach deeds belong 70 %
dark ages.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
HONOR TO HEROINE.

Public Appearance of Sonora Cisneros
In New York City.
The popular reception to Miss Evange-
line Cosio y Cisneros, in Madison Square
New York, the other night. was an extra.
ordinary demonstration. Fully $4,000
persons, probably one-third of them well
dressed women, crowded the upper hait OF
Madison Square park and filled Broadway
and Fifth avenue and waited patiently for
the conSratulatory speeches to be finished
and the Cuban heroine to appear.
]. Lincoln De Zayas was speaking when
a carriage containing Miss Cosio and Carl
Decker, her rescuer, appeared at the
stand. Attired in white satin and envel-
oped in huge fur-caped cloak, the Cuban
gir mounted the narrow steps to the plat
form, bowling and smiling to the people.
Once ON the platform, Mr.. Decker led his
charge down the aisle between the musi-
ctans to the front of the platform. Miss
OosiO Cisneros' appearance was the sig
nal for u tremendous demonstration by
the crowd, which stretched out for 100
yards before her. The men yelled and
waved their hats, the women waved their
handkerchiefs and the band played Gu
bun battle song. With bouquet in her
tight hand and pleased, but diffident ex-
preston on her face. Miss Cisneros bowed
to her audience, and then turned to Mr..
Decker, indicating that she wanted him
to understand that the applause was as
much for him us for her.
For several moments the two stood
forth, while the cheering continued. Then
Miss Cisneros was led back to the rear Of
the platform, where she bowed and smiled
to the crowd on that side of the platform.
Then she descended the steps to the car
riaga which was driven around the square
and back to Delmonico's, and the recep-
tion was continued. Previous to the ap-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Murder on the Increase.

For ten years the Chicago Tribune
has kept the run of murders and hOmi-
cides so far as it could, and has made
an annual report of them. According
TO these reports, there We're 1,499 homi-
cides in the country in 1856 and 1900 in
1885 The tables show Il great but il
regular annual increase. The Tribune's S
estimate of the number of lynchings
gives 133 in 1856 236 in 1892, and 100
in 1895. 1t shows > 20-100 executions
TO every 100 homicides. The statis-
ties of murders i'll Europe, as given in
the World Almanac, show that the Ital-
ians kill most readily, the average an
nual number of murders in Italy being
2.41O, or 29.4 to every 10000 deaths.
Spain follows with Il ratio of 23.S. Aus
tria's ratio is SIS, Frances so, and En-,
glands II. These European figures,
however, apply TO murders alone, and
do not include, like the tables for the
United States, all sorts of manslaugh-
ters. justifiable or otherwise.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
80 Vet.',

Vet. Vet" What does it mean
Upon the soldiers faded coat?
His hand is hard and rough and brown.
l see scar along his throat,
Ills eyes seem looking far off STILL
His close-shut mouth is grim.
Mother, what means that little word,
Upon the sleeve so worn and dim?'
1t means. my child, that rugged hand
Has welded musket long and well;
Has sent the iron thunder home,
And tuned the song of screeching shell.
1t means-that steady, stanch and true
lie fairly won that ragged scar,
While you and l sat safe at home,
And read the news about the war.
What wonder if the mouth is grim,
Ihat said so many swift ''good-byes;"
Llfe's common words are idle breath,
Beside those earnest battle cries;
What wonder if the gaze is dim,
And yonder strangely fingers yet;
The eye that has looked straight at death,
His image may not soon forget.
And this is what it means, to earn
The title veteran" on coat;
To march through flood and field, or lie
Where rebel rifles sweep the meat;
10 serve the guns in rifle pits;
10 sleep beneath the silent sky;
To dream of home and wake to war;
10 see comrade drop and die.
To hear and heed the fearful song.
Which whistling mimic bullets sing;
10 faint and fall and longing lie
For one cool draught from rocky spring,
And this, my child, is what it says,
That little word Of letters three;
Go clasp his hand and give him thanks
For battles fought for you and me.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04

ber, 1861, he was sorely tried by the
extreme freshness of some of the off,
GERS Of the command. One day the
mapOr Of Western regiment rode up
to Hancock's headquarters and, with
out dismounting, asked that General
Hancock step out of his tent, as he de-
sired to speak with him. When the
superb" and even then he was su-
perb, came forth the pompous major
said to the general that he had come
over for the purpose of getting orders
as to what his regiment should do that
afternoon, and without waiting for
Hancock 10 give directions he went on
to state that in his opinion, as the COM
nander of the regiment in the absence
of the colonel and lieutenant colonel
his regiment should devote most Oh the
afternoon to battalion drill. Hancock
quietly gave directions that his regi-
ment remain in camp and fix I'D its
quarters as nicely as possible. When
the major rode away Hancock squared
himself, folded his hands, and looked
after him. Without addressing any
particular person, he said: 'The major
is smart, d smart, too d smart;
heavenly hosts, but he is a mighty
smart man.
Hancock, you may know. could swear
a bit when occasion seemed to demand
it.-Chicago TimesHerald
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04

pearance of Miss Cisneros on the plat
form there were a number of shor1
speeches interspersed with selections by
the band. Murat Halsted was chairman
and introduced the speakers United
States Senator Thurston Of Nebraska wa.
the first speaker. He was very hoarse
and could be heard for only few feet
away from the stand. Senator Thurston
said it was the duty of our Government
to grant belligerency to the Cubans.
''If had my way" said he, "not only
would the belligerency of Cuba be recog-
nized, but l would send battleship to
anchor in Havana harbor in order to in
spire with hope and courage those who are
struggling for freedom"
Congressman Sulzer was the next
speaker, and he was followed by Doctor
De Zayas. who was the chosen represent
ative of the Cuban colony in New York.
He described the work being done by the
Cuban army and scored Weyler. The
crowd frequently applauded him. Among
those present at the reception in Delmon-
ico's were former Ambassador Eustis and
wife, Col. Ethen Allen and Charles Dana
Gibson. Nearly every prominent member
of the Cuban colony was present.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
GENERAL PROSPERITY.

| During all the furry over the high
price of wheat. and amid all the Re
publican shouting over the return OF
prosperity. no word was uttered about
the condition of cotton, and cotton used
TO be king.
General prosperity is what the people
want, and general prosperity is what
the Republican orators promised the
people during the last Presidential cam
paign. After McKinIey's election there
was more or less patient period of
waiting for the return of prosperity.
For six months the people waited and
then for six months, through the aid of
famine in india and short crops abroad,
wheat went to dollar bushel, and
the Republican press went crazy over
the return of prosperity"
But wheat has dropped and cotton
has never risen. Recently this great
staple of the South reached the lowest
price on record in London, six and a
third cents per pound. There is some
thing wrong with the prosperity that
affects but one of the great agricultural
products of the United States. The
planters of the South are anxious to
know why Hanna and Mckinley and
Dingley do not send n little of their
vaunted prosperity below Mason and
DiXon's line They consider such neg
lect rank favOritism.
But the farmers of the North are be-
ginning to inquire when the great Re
publican party will send them good
prices for corn and oats. These prod
ucts linger at a beggarly price. and
even wheat at 75 cents bushel on the
farm cannot convince the agriculturists
that the promises of the spellbinders
are being redeemed.
The explanation of the whole matter
is that the appreciating price of gold,
the money which measures the value
of all products, makes a constantly de-
preciating price for those products.
Co.S and oats and cotton and every
thing but wheat are suffering from
this injustice this year, just as they
have suffered in other years, and wheat
has escaped the infiiction because of
special conditions existing abroad over
which the Republican party had not
and could not have the slightest con-
trOl.-Chicago Dispatch.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04

Henry Hans, IL years of age is insane
at st. Joseph, Mo-, from having inhaled
gasoline fumes.
now decide whether he will practice law,
medicine or soap making.
The stage running between Lewiston
and Union town was held up at Union
town, Wash, by masked men and the
United States mails and the express box
were rihed.
Silas S. Gray, who has served four
der which it has developed was committed
by another, was released from the Penn
sylvania penitentiary.
Public Examiner Taylor of South Da-
kota has sworn out warrants against
State Auditor Mayhem, ex-Auditor Hip
pie and Clerk Anderson, charging embez-
element of public funds.
David Folsom, president CT The Herd
Folsom Ar1ns Company, died in New York
City, aged 5j years. The company has
been chiefly engaged in the mnaufa cture
of rifles for sporting purposes.
Bozeman, Mont, Is greatly stirred I'D
by the poisoning Of a man named Gar
lock few days ago and his subsequent
death. and the attempt to destroy the
lives Of tive other men, c. V. Boyer and
Morris Lemay, by the same means.
Miss Eva Westcotr, a IGtrlber of the
Darkest Russia company, whipped the
Kansas City dog catcher and recovered
possession OF her st. Bernard pup. which
he dog catcher had nabhed.
The trial trip of the Knapp roller boat
made on the lake ct Toronto, Ont. arous-
ed great interest among vessel men, who
had predicted it world be a failure. But
the trial was satisfactory so far as the
working of the ma chinery WIS concerned
and the principle of the invention. The
paddles eli the vessel wh!cil catch the
water and by which The forward move
ment Is attained were found to bA too
small and the vessel Was taken back to
the city for changes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Cages Plan of Currency Reform.

In the scheme for the Encouragement
of the currency attributed to Secretary
Gage there is one feature of prominence
which may well cause surprise. This
is the proposed issue Of S2O0,000,O00
new bonds, not for the purpose of re-
funding. but to be sold for cash in aid
of the treasury reserve. If the Gov.
ernment really needs the money on ac-
count of the dismal failure of the new
tariff to bring in revenue to anyone ex
cept the millionaire monopolists of the
trusts. it must have it. and the only
But does it not smack of humbug to
call this currency reform ?'-Boston
Press.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
CALLS FOR THANKS.
President william Mckinley Issues
the Yearly Proclamation.

Presldent william Mckinley Issues
the Yearly Proclamation.
President Mckinley has issued his first
Thanksgiving day proclamation as fol.
lows:
I'm remembrance of Gods goodness to
US during the past year, which has been
SO abundant, Let us offer unto Him our
thanksgiving and pay our vows unto the
most high Under His watchful prov
dence industry has prospered. the condi-
tions Of labor have been improved, the
rewards Of the husbandman have been
increased and the comforts Of our homAs
multiplied. His mighty hand has pre-
served peace and protected the nation.
Respect for law and order has been
strengthened, love OF free institutions
cherished and all sections of our beloved
country brought into closer bonds of fra
ternal regard and generous corporation.
For these great benefits 1t Is our duty
to praise the Lord In spirit of humility
and gratitude and to offer up to Him oar
most earnest supplications. That we may
acknowledge our obligation as people 70
Him who has go graciously granted us the
blessings of free government and material
prosperity, I, William Mckinley, PreJi-
dent of the United States, do hereby dcs-
ignate and set apart Thursday, the 25th
day of November, for national thankssiv-
ing and prayer, which all Of the people are
invited to observe with appropriate rellg
ious services in their respective places of
worship.
"On this day OF rejoicing and domestic
reunion let our prayers ascend to the giver
of every good and perfect gift for the con-
tinuance of His love and favor to us, that
our hearts may be filled with charity aLj
good will and that we may be ever worthy
of His beneficent concern.
In witness whereof have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the Unit
ed States to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington this
twenty-ninth day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-seven and of the independence
of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-secOnd.
''WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
by the President:
JOHN SHERMAN,
Secretary Of State"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Taxing the Plain People,

The widespread injury inflicted by
the Dingley tariff in the single instance
of the sugar trust steal is not yet fully
appreciated by the people.
England is the great center of the
fruit-canling industry, because there
is no government-protected sugar trust
there In the United States taxes are
levied on sugar, glass and tin, the re-
suit being that millions of bushels of
fruit, grown by the farmers of this
country, lie rOtting on the ground.
while the people of the United States
eat imported preserves, jams and 7jel-
lies. and send the money to pay for
them across the sea to England.
The sugar interest in the United
States needs no protection, and every
cent of tax levied to foster this trust
comes out of the pockets of the people.
In discussing this phase of the question
Byron w. Holt, an expert in regard to
tariff, says: when you invest dollar
for sugar you pay about 90 cents for
sugar and 40 cents for tariff.
"At present, out of this tax of 45
cents the government is getting about
90 cents, the refiners' monopoly 20
cents. and the sugar growers and
wholesale grOcers the remaining >
cents. Next year, when refined is
made from raw sugar upon which pres
ent duties have been paid, the govern
ment will get about % cents and the
sugar trust 15 of the )45 cents.'
The result of al! this is that the sugar
trust secures bonus of $30,0O0.O00,
which is just that much added to the
burden of taxes placed upon the people,
and out of which they secure not the
slightest benefit. Republican legisla-
tion inflicts the greatest injury upon
the masses. and. recognizing this fact,
the people should exercise their power
and sweep the Republican party out of
existence
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Cut Off by Fire.

Miss Julia Adkins, aged 20, the daugh-
ter of well-to-do farmer in Raleigh
County, West Virginia, met most hor-
rible death while in the woods near her
fathers home, witnessing the raging for.
est flames which have been sweeping that
section Of the country for several weeks.
The young woman had separated short
distance from her companions, when sud-
denly she realized that she was entirely
surrounded by the flames, with no avenue
of escape, and began a most pitiable ap-
peal for help. 1t was utterly impossible
for any one to reach her, and, in the
most heart-rending agony, she perished.
Her body, when afterward recovered, was
completely charred, SO intense was the
heat
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
AROUND THE WORLD.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALI PARTS
OF THE GLOBE.
News from Foreign Shores-Domestic Hap
penings-Personal Pointers-Labor Notes
Political Occurrences-Fires, Accidents,
Grimes, Etc.
Hunters Mob Game Warden,

Eight dozen prairie chickens were
seized from the Northern Pacific Express
Company at West Superior, Wis. They
were going to the Union Cold Storage
Company of Chicago from Detroit, Mimi.
Game Warden Fullerton of Minnesota,
went tc West Superior on the train with
the shipment and got it on search war;
rant before it could be transferred to the
Chicago train. When he attempted to
seize the birds at the point of shipment in
Minnesota, he was attacked by the pot
hunters in the darkness of the depot
platform. They cut him badly with
knives and succeeded in making the
shipment and their escape. Fullerton
thinks he knows them, and after confis-
eating the game returned to make several
arrests in connection with the affair.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Silver in India.

The strongest gold advocates in En-
gland are not prepared to say that the
mintS of India should remain closed
against silver.
There is, however, a determined Op.
position to any concessions on the part
of the British Government to the de-
mands of those desirous of securing in
ternational bimetallism. The United
States will do well to note the attitude
of England and to take n hint for guild
ance. Great Britain asks no odds of
America, and will do nothing by way
OF courtesy. If gold is considered good
for England and silver good for India,
then England will maintain her gold
standard and India will resume the
coins ge of silver This country should
manifest an equally independent spirit.
international bimetallism can never be
secured by pleading. Its adoption must
be made necessity.
While London newspapers are at.
tacking the Government for paltering
with the bimetallic commission, the
Standard cOnfeSSeS that the scarcity of
| currency in India since the mints closed
has been Il serious matter, but it says
that small committee of business
men might be appointed to settle the
question without reference TO the wish
| es of America or other silver mine
owners.
IF silver" says the Standard, "is the
best currency for India, let her have it.
but no rash decision ought to be taken
without ample discussion
With like confidence the people of the
United States should say: 'If bimet.
allism is the best thing for this coun.
try, let us have it." The time for truck
ling to the money powers of Europe has
passed. The battle should be fought tG
a finish here at home. The hosts of the
gold clique should be vanquished and
the money of the Constitution restored
to its rightful place in the currency.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
II!AKkEr QUOTATIONS

Chi,ago-Cattle, common to prins
$500 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades
$500 to 81 %; sheep. fair to choice, 500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 92c to 93c
corn, No. =, 24c 10 25c; oats, No. 2, 17c
to 1Sc; rye, No. ., 46c to 4Sc; butter
choice creamery, 22c TO 2ic: eggs, fresh
14c TO 16c; new potatoes, 3Sc to 4oc pei
bushel.
lndianapolis-Cattle. shipping, $500 te
S5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 TO S4.23t
sheep, common to choice, $500 to S4.OO
wheat, No. ,, 94c TO 95c; corn, No.
white, 2ic to 2Gc; oats, No. 2 white, 20c
to pc.
st. Louis-Cattle $500 to $525; hogs
$500 to $4e0; sheep, $500 to S4.25
wheat, No. 2, 97e to 99c: corn. No.
yellow, 23c to 25c; oats, No. white. zoe
to DC; rye, No. =, 4Gc to 4Sc
Cincinnati-Cst,le, $3.50 to $5.25: hogs
$500 to S4.25; sheep. $3.50 to SI25
wheat. No. 2, 94c to 96c; cora, No. :
mixed, DC to 26c; oats, No. 2 mixed. pc
to 23c; rye, No. .. 47c to 49c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to S52j; hogs
$500 to $4.25; sheep. $3.50 to S4.G0
wheat, No. =, Ole to 96c; corn, No.
yellow. Zoe to 26c; oats. No. white, 22t
to BE; rye, 47c to 49c.
Toledo-Wheat. No. red, 95c to 96c;
corn, No. mixed, 25c to 26c; oats, No
2 white, 1Sc to 19c: rye No. ., 4Sc to 49c:
clover seed, $3.25 to $3.50.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No 2 spring. SIC
to SSc; corn, No. 3. 24c to 26c: oats, No
white, 21c to DC: rye. No. / 47c to 49c
barley. No. 2, Hoe to 43c; pork, mess
$3.50 to $500.
Buffalo-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to S4.25;- sheep $500. to S4.15;
wheat. No. . red, 96c to 9Sc; corn, No
2 yellow, 2Sc to 29c; oats, No. 2 white,
24c TO 25c.
New Yorl,-Cattle, $500 to $3.50: hogs,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. . red, 96c to 9Sc; corn, No.
2, SOC to sc; oats, No. = white, pc to
24c; butter. creamery, 15c TO Zoe; eggs,
Western, lie to 1Sc.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
A MYSTER

BoEcrnan, Mont, Stirred Up Over q
Poisoning Case.
Bozeman, Mont, is greatly stirred NJ
by the poisoning of man named Garlock
and the attempt to destroy the lives OF
two other men, c. A. Boyer and Morris
Lemay, by the same means. Garlock
died before medical aid could reach HIM.
Garlock and Boyer had quite sum of
money with them, and it is thought that
it was scheme to kill them and make off
with their money. The three men, to-
gether with another man, named Ed
Smith, were camping close to town. The
police are unable to obtain any clew.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Presidential iAppoin TIM ents,

The President has made the following
appointments:
James Longstreet of Georgia, Commis-
sioner of Railroads, vice Wade Hampton,
resigned.
Henry S. Pritchatt of Missouri, Super
intendent of the coast and geodetic sur
yey.
Mifflin w. Gibbs of Arkansas, Consul
of the United States at Tamatatiye, Mad
agascar.
Gen. Longstreet. appointed Commits
sioner of Railroads, is the famous Con-
federate General, who has been promi-
nent in the South since the war as one of
the leading Republicans
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Fearful Result of an Explosion,

Scranton (Pa. special: Five'of the eight
men who were caught in the Won Storch
slope by fire in that shaft perished. The
remaining three escaped from the Dia-
mond vein by cross heading into an
other gangway, where the air was pure
and reached the surface.
Wheu the fire broke out in the main
gangway of the slope there were twenty
eight men tand boys in the mine. Ten
left the mine tefore the fire occurred and
ten others made their way to the hosting
shaft and were brought to the surface be-
fore the fire and smoke had cut off then
means CT escape.