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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
Ooggie Flora HANGED Herself.

Flora was a large pet Newfoundland
dog, the pride of the Becker family of
st. Louis, Mo-, and constant COM
panion of the six little Beckers. Mrs
Becker, who is widow, felt perfectly
content when the children were in
FlCra's care. A week ago the dog be-
gan to NOPE about the house, and did
rot seem to take the same interest in
things she formerly had. Her appe-
tite failed and she became morose.
Friday evening she disappeared from
home and returned late in the evening.
She was admitted to the kitchen, where
she lay down by the stove for few
minutes, and then got up and went
down in the cellar, where the children
have a swing. She stood up on her
hind legs and worked her head around
the rope until she had secured two or
three turns. She then twisted arCxnd
until her front foot became entangled
in the ropes, drawing the loops tighter
around her neck.
When found she was ohoked to death,
with her hind feet touching the ground.
New York Journal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
A Good Dictionary for Two Cents.

A dictionary containing the definitions
of 10000 of the most useful and import
art words IN the English language is
published by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, n. Y. While it contains
some advertising, il is complete diction-
ary, concise and correct.
In compiling this book care has been
taken TO omit none of those common
words whose spelling or exact use occa-
sions at times q monentary difficulty,
even to well educated people. The main
aim has been to give as much useful in
formation as possible in limited space.
With this in view, where noun, adjective
and verb are all obviously connected in
meaning, usually one only has been in
serted. The volume will thus be found to
contain the meaning of very many more
words than it processes to explain.
To those who already have a diction-
airy, this book will commend itself be-
cause it is compact, light and convenient;
tc those who have no dictionary what
ever, il will be invaluable. One may he
secured by writing TO the above concern,
mentioning this paper, and enclosing a
two-cent stamp.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
Sixty Straie hit Miles of Line Fence

Major Clapp, Indian agent at Pine
Ridge agency, South Dakota, has final
ly arranged for a complete settlement
of the late trouble between the cattle
men adjoining the reservation and the
Indians of the agency over the ques-
tion of stray cattle on the reserve. For
several years it has been the practice
of several of the larger cattle COM
panies to drive their herds over the
line on to the reservation to avoid
taxation. Other cattle have drifted or
strayed from their own ranges. Agent
Clapp has just returned from Washing
ton and thinks that future trouble
will be avoided. The stockmen have
been notified 10 drive their stock from
the reservation and have been warned
to keep them off. The department has
decided to build a tive-wire fence the
length of the reservation, sixty miles;
it is.to be built in the spring.-Nebras-
ka State Journal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
PROGRESS AND DECAY.

The topmost glacier heavenward
:, climbs,
The fountains dashing leap on high,
The dark briar forests leafy shade,
The lofty pines in lowly glade,
Rear upward to the sky.
All Nature higher longs to rise.
And so must |.
The winds are sweeping loud and free,
Afar, the changing icebergs freeze,
The mighty oceans throbbing breast
Beats loud, above her dead at rest,
And stormy rivers swell the seas.
But should not man lie striving more
Than such as these?
The mightiest rock by lightning struck
Will shake, and Quiv'ring fragments
fly,
The grandest trees will fall some day,
And human hopes, and loves, decay.
All in a fallen world must die,
And lay their proud 6eads in the dust,
And so must |.
Ida Rowe in Madame.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

Yukon in the search for gold, and has
diverted the attention of many others.
But III order to get there it is necessary
that man should be possessed of the
best of health, strong powers of endur-
ance and considerable means. He leaves
his wife and his family for considerable
period, and the hardships he has to endure
are all unknown to him.
Canada has other gold fields, though.
They are the fields that produce her gold
en- grain. This year the crop of Manitoba,
lying directly north of North Dakota,
yielded q 100000 bushels of wheat alone.
The current price averages 76 cents,
which, as local paper puts it, makes
the product in gold this year, for wheat
alone, equal to value Of $15.96O,OOO."
Twenty thousand farmers did this, or an
average to each producer of about S19S.
"But these same farmers are not living
BY wheat alone. This is only one source
of revenue to them out of many. They
have also beef, butter, potatoes, oats,
barley and poultry to sell, and sometimes
other things, so that it may be fairly es-
timated that their incomes will average
at least 81 900 per farmer. Thus Mani
TOBIAS fields have yielded this year fully
$50 100000 in gold, divided among 10000
actual producers, and general popula-
ton of about 100000"
After counting the cost Of stamp mills,
expenses of men, ETC., rich as is the klon-
dixie, such vast wealth as is being taken
out of theSsoil in raising wheat in this one
province, cannot possibly be secured IN
any mining district. Or course mining de-
velopment assists agricultural develop
ment, and that is why the Government of
Canada feels so much assurance in pre-
licting prosperity to all who take up farms
n Canada. Western Canada to-day
promises more than any other known field
hat is open to immigration. Farms of
GO acres, capable of producing the best
80. 1 hard wheat, yielding thirty to forty
bushels to the acre, are given away free.
Railways, markets, schools, churches-all
ire convenient. The Canadian form of
government is one of the most liberal
known, and hearty welcome is given to
,ettlers Of all nationalities. Already there
Ire many settlers gone in from the States,
and the reports from them are highly fav-
,rable. Those desiring information as to
free homestead laws. low transportation
rates, etc, will have pamphlets, ETC., sent
free on application to the Department of
The Interior, Ottawa, or to any agent of
the Government
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
Quaint Eton Custom.

'At Eton," says the London Globe
ANY one so minded may at Tap
essay the feat of drinking a yard of
ale. This is only pint in liquid mea-
sure but a yard in linear measure, be-
ing contained in a long, horn-shaped
glass, so constructed that unless the
contents are spilled over him. A book
is kept of the time in which the yard
can be drunk, ami for years until late
ly the record was ten seconds. This
is an iconoclasti, age, however, and
some one lately disposed of his three
feet of ale ia nine seconds"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

marked the man with the tweeds, af-
terwards. Connected with swell peo-
pie, you know. Poor as church mice
themselves, though"
House is nicely decorated" re-
marked he in the gray suit. Il sup
pose some of their rich relatives must
have attended to that"
The young woman from another pa
per, who came later, described the
| whole affair as beautiful home we'd
ding''-a phrase which had been used
before. 1t this case it was felicitous
one.
The old parlors looked like gar
den and the stairway was veritable
path of flowers. The musicians were
concealed behind 4 thicket of palms.
The woman reporter did not forget to
mention that there were rare eXotics
banked with flowers"
The clock pointed to high noon, and
the musicians played the wedding
march. A rustic of silks and satlns
was heard upon the stairs. The house
was darkened, and jets of gas took the
place of the midday sun.
Isn't she lovely?" simpered the girl
in lavender.
Under the spell of satin, of old lace,
and of orange blossoms, Agatha ZEN
nington seemed almost beautiful. There
was an air of womanliness and sweet
ness about her which they of ST. Sebas-
.; hoJ
tall tortoiseshell comb which her great
grandmother had worn upon her bridal
day was upon the brides head, and
string of pearls, brought from Florence
two generations before, encircled her
neck. Young De We're seemed dazed.
First of the bridesmaids was Meli-
cent Pennington, in plain white. with
a brooch of old gold at her throat.
poor Mellie's beginning to fade
whispered the girl in lavender to the
tall young man at her side.
"She's a good woman" the man an
swered; he could think of nothing else
more gallant to say.
And when all was over and the
guests had gone, when caterer. florist,
and orchestra leader had been paid,
Mater and Melicent sat together in the
front parlor among the flowers.
THAT offer of position in the con-
servatory of music came none too
soon," said Melicent. 'It means twelve
hundred dollars a year"
YES" replied the mother, "it is for
tunate. indeed. The house will have
to go, but perhaps we may be able to
save little from the wreck. II she
school had only been SUGGEST"
81 know of the loveliest fiat" Meli-
cent said-"only eighteen dollars
month! With what furniture we have
left, we can fit it up beautifully. And
then, there is my salary"
"It has been an awful expense" sigh
ed Mrs. Pennington, as she looked
about her. How did We ever manage
to meet it,"
but wasn't it beautiful wedding?"
asked Melicent, as she arose and laid
her hand tenderly upon the older
womans shoulder.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they canno
reach the seat Of the disease. Catarrh Is bloc,
or constitutional disease, and In order to cure /
you have to take internal remedies Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally. and acts directl
on the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is no quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one OF the best physicians in thi
country for years, and is a regular prescription
1t is composed of the best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers acting di
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfec
combination OF the two ingredients is wha
produces such wonderful results in curing ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Tolsdo, Ohio
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
INDIANS KEEN VISION.
They Can Distinguish Objects Which the
White Man Cannot See.

White Man Cannot See.
During the progress of an explora-
ton in Central Brazil, DR.. Hans Meyer
paid particular attention to the senses
of the Indians, especially their sight.
He noticed, as others had done before
him. that an Indian hunter can see
many things that white man cannot;
he can follow the course of a fish
in turbulent waters and hit 1t with an
arrow; he can spy an animal in the
thIcket that to our eyes seems impene-
trable; he can see in the ground and
animals that TO us are invisible.
The popular explanation of these
phenomena has hitherto been simply
that savages have sharper sense than
We have But DR.. Carl Ralke, who
joined DR.. Meyer in the expedition,
went deeper into the question. He ex-
amined the eyes of some of the men
and found, to his surprise, that there
was hardly any difference between
their direct powers of sight and ours
What so greatly increased their keen
sightedness was their superior prac-
tice and familiarity in accommodating
their vision TO different distances. Be-
sides this focusing facility. which is
of immense Importance, the Indian
has another hardly less valuable ad-
vantage, in that he accustoms himself
not to look at landscape as whole,
but to give his individual attention
to particular detail.
Ranke also declares that the short
sightedness so prevalent in civilized
countries is not disease or a failing,
but a salutary adaptation Of the eyes
to conditions Of life that require con-
slant work at close range.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
A Smart Reply,

Some recruits were being drilled at
Aldershot by a very impatient cavalry
drill sergeant. After about an hour of
hard drilling at the sword exercise, the
sergeant gave the order, Stand at
ease"
No sooner were the men standing at
ease than the sergeant began to COM
plain of their attitudes, and wound up
by saying: why, you fellows are like
a lot of dummies. | can get smarter
soldiers than you at shilling per box. "
After about minutes hesitation one
of the recruits remarked: Il suppose
there would be sergeants among
them ?"-Answers.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
Deadly New Bullet

The British Government Is consider
ing the adoption of a bullet invented in
Birmingham. This bullet is made of
lead, and, instead Of being conical, the
top is level and has a cup-like cavity.
On entering the flesh this bullet acts
like a punch, cutting n clean round
hole. which does not close. The bullet
begins to expand Immediately after en-
tering, and after 1t has Travelled six
inches it produces jagged hole three
or four inches in diameter. The bullet
is said to make the most terrible wound
producer known, and it is question
whether its use would not be breach
of the international convention. y,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
All About Alaska.

Persons desiring latest and most COM
plete information about the Alaskan gold
fields can get maps and other matter by
sending four cents in stamps to W. NJ.
Lowrie, General Agent Great Northern
Railway, 220 South Clark street, Chicago
ILL.,, or free by calling at his Office. The
Great Northern is the short line to Seat.
tie and Portland; vestibuled trains; tour.
ist sleepers; meals in dining cars a la
carte; connects with all Alaska steamers
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
Quieting the Indians.

'It was moi the United States army
that quieted the Indian" said the Mil
waukee man; sit was the cowboy.
Twice a year, regularly, the men who
herded cattle went out to tame the
aborigine, and you know the only way
to do that is to kill him. The army
could not have accomplished in a hun
dred years what the cowboys did in
twenty"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

Although the diplomatic ENHANCEMENT
with Spain over Cuba is to some extent In
huencing the stock market, Wall street e1
poets no serious complications. Nevertheless
serious complication with other maladie,
may be expected to follow an attack of bill
iousness which is not checked at the outset
The most effectuai means to this end Is Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, an admirable rem
edy, moreover, for dyspepsia, malaria. kid
ney trouble, constipation and nervousness.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
On Board the Local,

'T'm out of sorts this morning" said
the conductor, after he had finished col
lecting the tickets. 1--WE got bad fit
Of the blues"
$50 see," replied the brakeman, as
he sized up the conductors new uni
form. "Why don't you patronize some
other tailor?"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
Give the Children a Drink

,alled Grain-O. 1t is delicious, appetiz-
ing, nourishing food drink to take the
place of coffee Sold by all grocers and
liked by all who have used it because
when properly prepared it tastes like the
finest coffee, but is free from all its injuri-
ous properties. Grain-O aids digestion
and strengthens the nerves. 1t is not a
stimulant but a health builder, and chill
dren, as we'll as adults, can drink it with
great benefit. Costs about "A as much as
coffee. 10 and DC
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
Timely Wedding Present.

While a bride and bridegrOom-elect
we're looking over the house they were
occupy at Woodfords, Me-, some
vorkmen arrived with wall paper and
note saying that If the patterns Of the
paper suited the couple the workmen
we're instructed to paper the house
throughout, the whole to be taken as a
wedding present.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
British Generals.

There are on the active list of the
British army eight field marshals,
twenty generals, thirty-nine lieutenant
generals, one hundred and sixteen ma
ior-generals and twentynine local ma
jor-generals end brigadiers, or in all as
many as 212.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
Retort Courteous.

81 have no fears as to my daughters
ultimate success" said the ex-prima
donna, "for she has inherited my
voice."
'Indeedw replied the visitor. i've
often wondered what became of it."
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
Do You Dance Tonight ?

Shake in your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Chilblains, Frost Bite
and Sweating Feet. At all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
1t Keeps the Feet Warm and DRY

And is the only cure for ChilbiaIns.
Frost Bites, Damp, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
CouIdu't Fool Him.

"My dear sir" said the magazine pup
Usher, "our circulation is by far the
largest in America"
"Urdoubtedly so," replied the advef-
tiser. 81 never supposed for minute
that 1t was larger in foreign countries" :"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
THE JoKERS' BUDGET.
AMPLE CAUSE.

AMPLE CAUSE.
He-Did she say why she left her
last place
She-Why, the woman she lived
with sneered at the wheel she rides
BOOKS AND BOOKS.
'Tm anxious to meet Mr.. Hobbey;
they say he talks just like book. "
Yes, he does-iust lik" blank
book"
vIcARIoUs REVENGE.
What is the glad hand, papa %
''The glad hand =? Well, it is the
way your mother spanks you when
she Is mad at me.
WHAT SPECTACLE
Professor (of astronomy)-How
many of the planets can be seen with
the naked eye?
Dear Little Girl don't know, sir.
We have no naked eyes in Boston.
JUVENILE GALLANTRY.
Johnny always stands up in the
car and let's a woman have his seat
don't you, Johnny %
'Ies'm; I'm allus 'feerd she might
sit down on me-"
ALL IN THE DRESS.
"That was your little boy l saw you
walking with yesterday, wasn't it -
''No, that was my little girl. y
Then the person with the spec
tacles was your eldest daughter -
''No, that was my husband"
TOO THIN
Boarder-This chicken soup seems
to be rather weak.
Landlady-I don't see why; l told
the cook how to make it, but perhaps
she didn't catch the idea.
Boarder-Perhaps she didn't catch
the chicken.
PROFESSIONAL CALL DELAYED.
New Woman Physician-George, is
there any prospect of it clearing off
very soon?
George-NO; why.
\. W. P.-Mrs. Smith sent for me
to come over and see her three days
ago, and 1 have been waiting ever
since for it to clear off. l am sure
she will be expecting me.
A RURAL EPISODE
"When was little boy on the
farm, said the Cheerful Idiot, ''the
old family horse, which 1 was riding
at the time, lost his heal and ran
away. found it impossible to check
him"
"What did you do % asked the un-
suspecting new boarder.
'Gave him his head, OF course"
INTENDED AS A COMPLIMENT.
''It was all could do to keep from
laying violent hands on him" said
the keeper of the high class cafe, as
the pale young man departed. THE
idea of his calling this place beam
cry ~
He meant to pay you a compli-
ment," said the listener. care you
not aware that he is Bostonian 2"
WORST OF ALL.
Il hear that burglars got into your
house the other night and stole ie welry
worth $780," said Collingwood.
THAT wasn't the worst of it,
either" replied Camperdown.
what else was there 2"
well, they lighted the gas all over
the house, and left it burning until
we came home from the theatre and
extinguished it,
"Of course" observed Xerxes, the
king, my will is law"
Doubtless, answered the wise
man of the court, after consulting a
few authorities. ''That is to say, if
your majesty doesn't leave too large
an estate.
For even in those crude old days,
ere Jurisprudence had become the
positive science it now is, there was
nothing certain about any will which
devised more than million.
GEOMETRICAL.
81 seem to have very unfortu-
nate manner of saying things, re-
marked Willie Washington.
'What has happened now ?" in
quired his friend.
Il remarked to Miss Cayenne that
there was one point upon which had
made up my mind"
"And was she interested 90
''Not greatly. She said she thought
that point was quite large enough
for the purpose. -
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
SomefhiuC IInusuaI.

Blowell (who has just related story)
Why do you look surprised? Don't
you believe 1t?
Roweli-Yes; that's the trouble. l
happen to know that II is true.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

OF the $4,000 miles which form the
land girdle of China, 5000 touch Rus
sian territory. 4,S00 British territory,
and only 400 French. while 500 may be
described as doubtful.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
Hnv He Acnuired The m.

Ned-Here comes one Of my sisters
down the avenue.
Hal-Why, l wasn't aware that you
had any sisters?
Ned-Oh, yes; have three-by re-
fuSs1
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

The new organ in the Church of st.
Ignatius, San Francisco, weighs more
than 100000 pounds and has more than
5000 pipes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

The ancient Greeks used false teeth
of sycamore wood fastened to the ad-
jacent sound teeth by ligatures Of sill
yer and gold.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
THE CANADIAN GOLD FIELDS.
They Do Not All Lie in the Yukon.

| The ex-
element Of
the pa s I
few months
has drawn
d grea O I
many peo-
pie to the
10 N dian
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

fh, German war Office has determin-
cd to furnish artificial teeth gratis to
such soldiers as may need them.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

coughing Aeaus 20 Sonsnmptions
kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day ard get
a sample bottle free. Sold in Is and so
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dam
gerOuS,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
M;ohf Re Worce

No doubt 1t causes a man to fee sad,
When a f1irt casts him off for a better;
But for him it isn't one-half so bad
As for the man who happens to get her.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
GAINED FORTY.EIGHT POUNDS.

"A strong appetite for liquor was the
beginning of the breaking down Of my
health. j was also slave to tea and
coffee. l took the gold cure, but was not
helped"
This is clipped from the Daily Herald,
Of Clinton, Iowa. 1t might well be taken
for the subject of a temperance lecture,
but taat is not our object in publishing it
1t is to show how system, run down by
drink and disease, may be restored. We
Qlote further from the same:
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablsta All Drsgg1sts
refund the money II It fails 70 cure 25c
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27
He VIVA Dianualified-

Simkins-Did young Weakley enter
college this year?
Timkins-No; believe he failed to
pass an examination in the college yell
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

New line to Tampa via Queen and Cres-
cent Route from Cincinnati, "a hours,
through Pullmans.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-27

New Orleans limited, Queen and Cres-
cent Route. Only "a hours from Cincin-
matt to the Gull.