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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
WOULDN'T FORFEIT GOOD NAME
Mistake of Woman that Helped a
Church Ont of Difficulty.

Mistake of a Woman that Helped u
Church Ont of Difficulty.
The mistake Il lady recently made
caused her husband to pay $50 more
than he had expected. but resulted in
large increase in the fund being
raised TO pay off debt on a local
church. The lady is the wife of one
of the best known coal men in this Vi
cinity, and at the time she made the
mistake she and her husband were at
Il meeting of the church, of which they.
are members, in nearby town.
The meeting had been called to raise
funds TO pay off pressing debt
against the church. The minister made
an appeal TO the congregation fer
money and appointed a committee to
take around 4 paper for subscription.
AS the member of the committee came
near the coal man he said in whisper
to his wife:
Put your name down for fifty
The wife wrote her name and placed
the figures opposite, and when the
paper reached the minister he looked
over the congregation and with
smile. said: Il am delighted to see that
Sister Smith has so nobly responded
to the call l made and to the needs of
the church. She has put her name
down for $780, and it is the largest sub
scriptiOn on the paper. l know many
of you are worth more than the lady
who has so nobly shown her love for
the church. and l hope you will strive
to emulate her noble conduct To give
you a chance ] win again pass around
the subscription paper. and hope none
of you will fall behind our generous sis
ter
While the paper was being again
passed around the husband of The lady
became very anxious. and. turning 10
his wife, he said: How much did you
put down"
Well" said the wife, Il intended to
put down $50, but l guess | put one
cipher too much but for goodness sake
don't let them know that | don't know
how to write $50
He did not and paid the $500. and
when the subscription paper was re-
turned the second time the subscrip-
tions had been largely increased.-Pitts-
burg Chronicle-Telegraph
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Seamen Denounce Ship Subsidies.

The action of the National Seamen's
Union, at the annual convention in Chi
cago. on Saturday, may cost the Hanna
Payne ship subsidy bill the votes of
some members of Congress who had
been won to its support on the suppo-
sitioa that il would be popular among
the seamen, as well as among the inter-
ested ship owners and shipbullders. one
of the strongest claims made for the bill
IS that it will tend to build up the mer-
chant marine of the United States, and
so give employment to a great number
Of American seamen. Special efforts
have been made to secure the support
OF the labor interests for the measure
on that ground. That element of the
labor class most directly interested, the
seamen, cannot be brought to look at 1t
In this light. At the national conven-
ton a resolution was adopted severely
cOndemninG the scheme and declaring
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Drying preparations ,imn,v H.,

op dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions
"hicn adhere to the membrane and decom.
pose, causing far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing. lnhalants, fumes, smokes and snufs
and use that which cleanses, soothes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such a remedy
and will cure catarrh or cold IN the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
Soc. size. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren ST., NY.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. 1t spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, rsliev-
ing immediately the painful Inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Cetarrh and Hay Fever.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21

There is no telling what "a singed
cat will do. The present writer knew
a Gloucester boy, so weak in body and
so effeminate in disposition that his
brothers. who were seamen, used to
speak of him as ''our poor little Davie. y
At the beginning of the civil war Davie
enlisted in the navy, and, being a high
school graduate, was made Il petty
officer.
One day a fire broke out on the YES
sci near the magazine. Davie, seeing
that the men and officers hesitated IL
take the pipe of the hose down into the
smoky between-decks, snatched it,
Jumped down and held it against the
fire until the water had quenched it,
Then he fell down, senselesS, overcome
by the heat and smoke.
Dayie was again promoted, and had
to listen 10 the commanders praise
uttered from the quarterback. the sail
ors and officers standing at attention
Davie almost tainted again.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Rigid Test for Matrimony.

Both in the northern and western isl
ands of Scotland the natives have some
peculiar customs unfamiliar to the
dwellers of the mainland. One of
these. known as the marriage test, is
practiced in the island of ST. kilda,
where the population barely exceeds
hundred. The desire among the island
ers to increase this number does not
seem to be exceptionally strong. and
every man before he is deemed suitable
for a husband has to perform an evolu-
ton with no little bodily risk. The ST.
Kildans are, of course, adept rock
climbers. and the aspirant for matri-
mony is therefore subjected TO the test
of balancing himself on one leg on a
narrow ledge overhanging Il precipice,
bending his body at the same time in
order TO hold the foot of his other leg in
the hands. If found lacking in courage
the maiden withdraws her betrothal,
and should the man fall over the ledge.
it is presumed that, in his case, he will
be disqualified.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Took Himself to Pieces.

General NicOlls of New Orleans was
well known throughout the Southern
States as one of the braveSt officers in
the Confederate army. He sacrificed
an eye, Il leg and an arm to the cause
which he believed just, and came out
of the war as he declared, "Only half Il
man" But the half that was left en-
joyed joke as keenly as ever. Science
replaced the lost members so success
fully that nobody who was ignorant Of
his misfortune could detect it.
The general often told the following
story:
Stopping at an hotel in Mobile Il ne
gro boy was detailed TO help him pre-
pare for bed. After his bag was un-
packed. and his coat laid aside. he
Said: Now, Sam. take off my leg.
Sam stared speechless.
Don't know yet how to take off
legs, eh? Now, look here
He unscrewed the leg. and keeping
it carefully covered with its long.
black stocking. laid it aside.
Now, take off this arm
NO, sab. no sab. Nebber took off
no gentlum's ahm in my life.' gasped
Sam. turning gray with terror.
You're a pretty valet. Nothing
easier" The arm was taken off and
laid beside the leg on the table, and
the general prepared for sleep and got
into bed.
"Oh, by the way. We'd better take
an eye OUT
He took it out. Sam backed to the
door, afraid to turn his back on the
terrible guest, who stretched himself
sleepily, and then said:
Now, Sam, take off my head.
Sam rushed out of the room to the
office, and could only find strength to
gasp out. Its de debbil heself, sab!
He's taken hisself 10 pieces in room
fohty-eight.'
The man who has the nerve To make
n Joke of his sacrifices in any cause.
is very sure of sympathy and approval.
Youths Companion.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
v,c,oris.s New Tea uouse-

England's Queen intends to add one
more to the list OF tea houses on the
Balmoral estate. Each of. these re-
treats is decorated to represent some
particular country. For instance, there
Is India" which Is furnished with
bamboo and Indian mating, while
China" is decorated with the Celestial
emblehs in beautiful colorings. The
new tea house is to be America" and
will be put up iH readiness for next
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
CRIMINAL AGGRESSION.

President Mckinley has undoubtedly
been guilty of criminal aggression in
his assumption of war making power
in the Philippines. In December, 1898.
the President instructed Gen. Otis TO
enter upon 4 war of conquest and sub
jugation. This was before the peace
treaty with Spain was signed.
Referring TO this fact, Francis A.
Brooks, n well-known Boston lawyer.
says:
But the cIowning offense of Presi-
dent Mckinley in this matter is the use
made by him of the treaty-making
power as the means of acquiring from
Spain dominion and control by the
United States over the political condi-
ton of remote people against their
will, and by employing the army and
navy TO accomplish that end. We sup
pose that the treaty-making power was
conferred on the President by the CON
stitution in the interest Of peace, and
that it is a gross abuse and perversiOn
of that power to employ or avail of 1t
as an excuse for subjecting an unwill-
ing people to the dominion of the Unit
ed States as is now being done by the
President"
President Mckinley has taken upon
himself fearful responsibility. re-
sponsibility ungranted by the constitu-
ton and unapproved by the people.
There would have been no war in the
Philippines if Mckinley had offered the
same terms there which were granted
to the Cubans. Upon Mckinley's con-
science must rest the burden of caus-
ing the death of thousands of Ameri-
can soldiers and the expenditure of
hundreds of millions of the peoples
money.
1t is vain for the President to claim
in his message to Congress that he has
simply been engaged in maintaining the
authority of our government. He mas
made war without authority, and Con-
gress. with which body the war-mak-
ing power rests, should recognize this
fact and demand an accounting. But
should Congress fail to do this, owing
TO the fact that it is now creature or
the Republican administration, the peo-
ple will not fail to make such de-
mand and the result of the Presidential
election of 1900 will be to deprive Nc
Kinley of any further power to usurp
authority and to court criminal asgres-
sion.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
New Usa for Seaweed

4 new use has been discovered for
sea-weed, vast quantities Of which
drift up and down the coast. Hither-
TO it has gone to waste simply because
1t has been regarded as having nc
value. But it has been found to make
good fertilizer. Several factories
along the coast where oil is made from
menhaden will now manufacture fer.
tilizer by mixing seaweed with the
refuse of fish left from the oil making.
New England has already tried ii. II
is estimated that the value of seaweed
used in Rhode Island alone during the
present year is S65.000. Its use is nee
essarily confined to within short dis
tance Of the coast. Some farms In
New England are fertilized entirely by
the use Of seaweed. 1t is quite likely
that menhaden fishing steamers will
be used in gathering the oceans crop.
and that the cargoes will be discharged
at the fish factories now located in the
vicinity of Cape HenlOpen.-Philadel
phia Record.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Wabash
Mexican Tour
1900.
On Feb. 14th, 1900, the Wabash Hill run
a personally conducted Special
Tour to Old Mexico
and return.
The Train will consist of elegant
drawing room and compartment
sIeepers, observation and dining
cars, buiIt by the Pullman company
especially for this service.

Arrangements are being made for
select party of fifty people and will
positively not exceed that number.
The tour will consume period Of
thirty days, covering 1000 miles. The
dining car will be stocked with every
delicaoy and the drawing room and
observation cars will afford the com
forts Of a model hotel. The whole
tour costs about $40 u day.
Mexico can only be seen and appre-
ciated by accompanying a party OF
this kind. Mr.. Il. G.. Thompson,
Special Passenger representative will
manage this tour and is eminently fit
ted for the task owing to his numer-
GUS visits to Mexico.
For descriptive matter, sleeping car
reservations and rates, call en- or ad-
dress,
G. S. CRANE, G.. p. & T. A.,
1000 Lincoln Trust Building, ST.
Louis, Mo.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
HOwsa Tuisi

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Calarrh that cannot be cured By
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo. o.
We the undersigned have known T. j. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly
hGnorabls In all business transactions and nan-
cially able to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.
WEST TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
WALDISG. kINNAS l. MAEVIE, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Prices 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Farmers and the Trusts.

Do the farmers realize that the Re-
publican party proposes to keep the
trusts in power? Realizing this, do they
not also realize that they are taxed by
the trusts much more heavily than o.!
the Government, and that TO vote the
Republican ticket is to vote contin-
uance and an increase of this tax:
Take the matter of steel nails. Last
year before the trust was fully organ
lied the farmer sold his wheat for To
cents bushel and bought keS OF
nails. needed Oh the farm, for Sl.6o.
How is it this year. when the Republl-
can party has encouraged, fostered and
protected the nail trust: The farmer
sells his wheat for 62 cents bushel
and pays $3.50 for keg of nails. Some
how or another this farmer has been
cheated out of three bushels and half
of wheat. Who did it? The Republi-
can party, which upholds the nail trust.
Another illustration of just how these
lovely Republican trusts work is given
by the Cincinnati Enquirer as follows:
The workingman. earning 50 a week.
who last year put a tin roof on his front
porch. paid S2.4o for the box of tin, and
had $655 left out of his weeks wages.
This year when he put trust tin roof
on his back porch he had to pay S4.So
for the box of tin and had s.. ID left out
of his weeks earnings. That man has
no doubt discovered who stole the
$40"
With these facts in view, what are
the farmers and the workingmen going
to do about the matter? 1t would seem
the course of wisdom for them TO vote
against the Republican party, which is
taxing them to the very limit of en-
durance. They know that they can
hope for nothing but continuance of
this taxation as long as the Republican
party remains in power. Will they con.
time to aid the Oppressors and to place
the yoke on their own necks?
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Try Grain-Oi Try Grniu-O!

Ask your Grocer to-day to show yOu a
ackage of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
we'll as the adult. All who try it like It..
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha and Java, but it is made of pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. 4 the price OF
coffee. loo and 25c per package. Sold by
all grOcerS.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Dilemma of the protectionists.


There are things working together
for good in our tariff system. We are
pleading with the strongest for the
the open-door policy. Can we justly
prohibit trade at home which we de-
mand abroad: We are seeking a world
VIII our people submit to paying more
for any of these products at home than
they are sold for abroad? We are
competing successfully with the So
called 'pauper labor" of the world
VIII we at home believe ii is longer
necessary to protect ourselves against
it at home: We are aroused by the
existence of trusts; we are determined
10 control or destroy them. Can we do
either when, and so far as, they are
protected by our tariff laws?
We have for these many years paid
bounties to all sorts of private enter
prises, indirectly and in unknown
amounts. This tax was paid by the
consumers in proportion TO their neces-
sites, and not in ratio to their ability.
We are now asked to pay a bounty di-
rectly to ship owners out of the COM
mon treasury. VIII the people stand
it? The benefciaries Of the old sys-
TEN are grown bold and ask from the
treasury as right what they have
before taken indirectly from the indi-
viduals. All these things ana more
are driving the system of protection to
the wall. Mckinley did not even men
ton it in his message. ProtectioniStS
are driven to dilemma from which
they cannot escape. The territorial
expansion has forced them to It, Trade
expansion would have done it, any
way. They cannot advocate either ex-
pansion and hold to protection at
home Milwaukee Journal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
What Do the Children Drfnkp

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAIN-O? ? 1t is delicious and nourish-
ing, and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made Of pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coffee, but costs
about I! as much. All grocers sci lit. 15s
and 25e
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Turkish women's Rights.

The Turkish woman Is marriageable
at the age of years, and by Turkish
law at that age, if married. she is COM
petent to manage her property and dis
pose OF one-third of her fortune. The
law allows her to abandon her hus-
bands house for just cause, and will
protect her in so doing. She cannot be
compelled to labor for the support Of
her husband.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21

Poiygamous Utah Office-HoIders.
\ full disclosure will reveal that Mr..
Roberts after all had sufficient reason
10 believe that his plural wives would
not bar him from Congress. The State
of Utah is full of polygamous office
holders and President Mckinley has,
over the protest of citizens. selected
for important Federal Of
fees All this was known to Roberts,
and why should he alone be barred?-
Denver Post.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21

it vicious. uncalled for. and of no ben
eft TO labor i'll this country President
Mckinley strongly recommended the
principle of the bill in his recent mes
sage because it would bring more work
and wages TO our countrymen.' He
will be panied to learn that the class of
'our countrymen' he supposed would
he most particularly benefited with
more work and wages" emphatica
deny his proposition and reject his pet
measure as vicious. cleveland Plain
Dealer.
How "Opening the Mills" Has Worked.
Mckinley hit upon Il happy phrase
three years ago, designed to keep the
attention of the voters away from his
attitude on the silver question. 1t was
to the effect that ii would be better to
open the mills rather than 10 open the
mintS.
For while after McKinley's election
the process of opening the mills went
On-not due in any way TO his election.
hut because the United States was par
Ill tHt NoGlu-N lit recovery
from seven years of lean picking.
AS soon as possible Mckinley pushed
through Congress a bill for higher tar
iff protection. the trusts sprung up in
Il night. and the process of shutting
down the mills was begun and is in
operation TO this day. Scarce Il day
passes in which some trust does not
shut down n few mills for the sake of
limiting the output, crea' ny an made
quate supply, and thus giving excuse
for high prices and increasing prices.
Consolidation of Office forces. reduction
of number of travelling men. economy
in rents, reduction of advertising. and
many other means have been employed
by the trusts to make more money with
less expense than formerly.-Helena
(MOnt) Independent.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Missionary Ridge.

The chosen army of the Lord
| In camp beleaguered lay,
| A patient, tried, pOrtentous host,
| Guarding a periled way,
| While fierce the foe looked from above,
As hawk eyes his sure prey.
Evil the days that lie behind.
Nor boots it now to ask
| Whose fault is here to be atOned;
1t shrinks not from the task,
That living sword but waits His word
Who stands behind the mask.
Patient, waiting, wary, it now
In leash lies sternly held
Against the hour appointed it.
Its hardy spirit quelled
To silence ominous as fell
Ere Gideon's trumpets swelled.
And grand DER all the theaters
That yet on earth have seen
Enacted tragedies was that;
Nor e'er before between
The earth and sky looked such host
Down on mans awful sheen.
In leash it lies, while, ceaselessly
Hell's shriekfng hailstones dash
To death the bodies of true men,
And make of earth plaSh
OF blood against the day when Gods
Last judgment lights shall flash.
The mountains stand expectant,
And the hills forget to skip
As dawns the hour the Lord hath said
hn, han
And the valleys wide lie silent
Nor doubts the foe his grip.
Hark, the signal! It's no bugle
Sounds out that ragged growl;
As from the lowest pits black mouth
1t splits the day, as foul =
As black mephitic vapors circling
Where lost spirits howl.
And the loos'd host, its strong arm bar..
Is free to strike at last
Its blow the universe shall feel
When earth is of the past;
Nor is a power to give it check
More than the cyclones blast.
As the Alaskan glacier moves
To join the mother sea,
So without haste or halt that host
Moved to its destiny;
As out of darkness came the light
When God said, Let there be-"
See now, the very pinnacles
or all Times glorious days,
Rise high as the Empyrean
That victory's dazzling ways:
And to whom lived and to whom died
Be everlasting praise.
But blessed over all are they
That died, for 10! the rod
That pointed them the troubled way
Their willing footsteps trod
Up to that peerless death was held
BY the hand of the living God.
%. w. Sears, in indianapolis Journal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
A MOTHERS MERCY
Always Anxious to Save the
Little Ones from Suffering.
Lack Of Proper Care In Childhood Lays the
Foundation for HsbItual Constipation.
Causing Lifelong Suffering.

Nothing so sweet and touching as a moth
ers care for her little ones.
What q tender, watchful eye her anxiety
keeps on the young hopefuls.
In the young nearly all ailments are d.
recsly traceable TO stomach and bowel CON-
plants
Physic and purges are the most common
and most dangerous Of all medicines.
Nearly all contain opiates or mercurial and
other mineral poisons. which permanently
affect the tender bones and tissues OF the
child.
The only proper laxative for q child Is
gentle. positive vegetable liver stimulant,
ike Cascarets Candy Cathartic. For the
babe-in-arms the mother eats a Cascaret
II makes her milk mildly purgatiye. and
benefits the baby. Older children eat a
piece Of a Cascaret like candy. They taste
good, make the liver lively, prevent sour
stomach. purify the blood and regulate
the bowels perfectly.
Go buy and try Cascarets to-day It's
what they do. not what we say they do that
proves their merit. All druggists 10c. 25c,
or soc. or mailed for price Send for book
let and free sample. Address Sterling Rem
edy Co, Chicago; Montreal, Can; or New
York.
This is the CASCARET tablet.
Every tablet of the only genuine
Cascarets bears the magic letters
,CCC." Look Mt the tablet before
you buy, and beware Of frauds
limitations and substitutes
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Inst What He Wanted.

"Now, that you've had good meal"
remarked the kind old lady, Il want to
see you go down to the woodshed and
extend yourself"
I'll be glad ter" responded the tour
ist, Il wuz jest about ter ask il dere
wuz any place where l could stretch
out fer awhile."-Philadelp Ledger.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Money Lost on Horses.

According to tables made by sportin.
men over $250,00O,O00 is lost on the
turf every year. OF this 100000 is
lost on English race courses and about
$1OO,OOO,000 on Australian courses.
The remainder is chiefly distributed be-
tween France, the United States and
British colonies.