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The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-10-21

Mr.. F. Blasius was a Capita
City visitor Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Brown were
in Columbus, Sunday.
Mr.. Rug Higgins, of Columbus
was in Logan, Monday.
Mr.. Joe Morris, of Sugar Grove,
was in Logan, Monday.
Mrs. Ann Stradley has been
quite sick for few days.
Mr.. Oliver Brooke was in Wells.
ton Tuesday, on business.
Mr.. A. E. Huls was in Near.
thur Monday, on business.
Mr.. Chang Sing, the laundry
man, was in Columbus, Sunday.
Messrs. Bado White and Buell.
Eby drove to Jacksonville, Sunday.
Mr.. Tom Webb is spending a
few days in Circleville this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cy Hensley were
visitors in the Capital City, Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Radebaugh
were visitors in Lancaster, Sun
day.
Mr.. Tom Trimmer, of Orland,
was in Logan Tuesday, on bust
ness.
Mr.. George Finckbone, of Balti.
more, was visitor in Logan, last
week.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-10-21

Messrs. Bado White and Buell.
Eby drove to NelsOnville, Sunday
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-10-21

Mr.. Chang Sing, the laundry
man, was in Columbus, Sunday.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-10-21

Mr.. Harry Radebaugh was in
Lancaster, Saturday.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-10-21

Mr.. Oliver Brooke was in Wells
ton Tuesday, on business.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-10-21

Mr.. Will Thomas was in Lima,
Monday.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-10-21

Mr.. John Karshner was in the
Arch City, Sunday.
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Miss Lucille Allen was in Colum
bu', Monday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
Snort as Trade.

All those who read the reports from
tIav To day 81 the base ball and prize
fiahtinr world must be impressed by the
fact that what used to be called the
manly art Of self-defense and what Is
still nisealled the American game have
taken on some Of the worst charaeteris-
ties Of the show business
The fights themselves instead Of being
interesting to men, as they used to be.
are theatrical performances, arranged to
meet TIE requirements Of the promoters
81 hving-picture exhibitions. The pre-
liminaries do not suggest sport. but bar
ter. Two champions agree 70 meet
some time next year" The accredited
press agent of each explains daily how
his man will beat the other to pulp"
And 70 the interest Of amateur sports
all over the country Is stimulated over a
matter that ought to be treated, il not
with ridicule. lit least with skepticai
caution on the principle that the main
thing ia for us not to be taken in.
In the base ball field, players are
farmed out like so many actors, ready
to play III any company, and SO when
YOU talk about the New Work team or
the Chicago team, you refer to what Is
a name and nothing more The stories
about the efforts Of umpires to throw
the championship to one team Or another
create no excitement. They are taken
as matter Of course; people seem to
expect some such enterprise
The element Of doubt, the thing that
makes a contest bettable matter. the
consideration Of form all these have
disappeared before the requirements laid
down by those who are interested in
fighting or base ball for what is in il
But, 1t may be asked why the excite
ment. the crowds before the bulletin
boards, the mobs at boxing contests"
and the ball grounds The answer -
simple. 1t IS not that the public Is
callihle 50 much as that il wants To
be fooled. If the majority refused to be
taken in. the present methods would
have to be abandoned, for sport in
two Of its most important forms would
cease to be profitable New York Even
Ing Sun.
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the guidance Of German engineers; no
less than 500 barrels Of cement daily arr
turned out Canton also has wafer
works run entirely BY Chinese, which
furnishes daily more than 100000 gall
Ions Of water to 10000 subscribers This
latter figure shows that the Chinese are
quick 10 understand the advantages OF
perfected distribution Of water, when
they have the wherewithal to pay for It'll
We End also at Canton besides the
arsenal. smokeless powder factory, A.
well as the provincial mint; there Is
Also paper mill and a cigarette factory
not to mention the railway shops
and various shops for the construction
and repair Of vessels
'But what is perhaps the most curious
thing to find il this very Chinese city.
where. in spite 81 the foreign quarter,
the natives form 3 large portion Of the
clientele Of an these industries, IS An
electric plant installed on tie most mod.
ern plan. This station was erected BY
the Chinese Light Il Power company,
whose headquarters i al Hongkong It
stands in the district called NJ Fin
Moon, which means Southern Gate The
necessary motive force Is furnished in
the first place 81 three Diesel motors.
using crude petroleum and giving togeth
er 600 horsepower The steam is pro-
ducei hy four Baheocls & Wilcox water
tube boilers, burning Japanese coal and
furnished with Green economizer Con
densers II good type assure excel
lent working and the forced-draft sy=-
tem is used.
"All the workmen in this station TO
the number Of l2l are Chinese The cur
rent, which Is alternating. Is conveyed
away al a tension Of 5000 volts. The
conductors are aerial and held up By iron
or wooden posts Before reaching the
consumer. itiElcwered % The more modest
tension Of only 100 volts The silbscrb.
era are divided between the foreign con.
ccssions Of Shamean and the Chinese
town Of Canton proper. hnt they are
more numerous III the Chinese city, Az.
cording I'd figures in our possession ana
which date back to the beginning Of 1909
there ara more than 2.04o Literary
Digest.
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100 YEARS Old.



Grandma Sanderson is a wonderful
woman. She is in as good health to-
day as ever in her life, although she
is over one hundred years old,
In a letter to the Peruna Drug Mfg.
Co., she gives the highest credit to PEI
runa for her excellent health and ex-
IRENE old age, Read what she says
Surely the evidence presented by
such cases as these ought not only TO
dispcl prejudice against Peruna, but
inspire confidence In IT.
Il win send you picture that was
taken a few weeks before my hum
dredth birthday.
4 am q true friend Of the Peruna
Company. have derived great benz
eft from peruna many times. ! can
say regard Peruna very great med
icine. / found out the merit OF it a
good many years ago.
"A little more than two years ago /
contracted a very severe cold, which
resulted in la grippe Owing to the
severity Of the disease, and my ex.
IRENE age, my case was considered 10
be very critical I employed no doc
tor, but Peruna was the remedy J
used, and to-day my health is az goet
as it ever was In my Life.
However, I still continue to take
Peruna, a spoonful every night before
retiring"
Peruna is an ideal tonic for old
people. Il is compound of herbal
remedies that has been known to the
medical profession for many years.
Peruna operates s a tonic by cleans
ing and invigorating the mucous mem
branes This explains why Peruna
has become 50 extensively known as a
catarrh remedy. catarrh is simply a
condition Of depraved mucous mem
branes. Peruna changes this depraV-
ity into healthful vigor.
Agreat many old people use Peruna,
and would not be deprived oft for any
consideration.
People who object to liquid medi-
eines can now secure Peruna tablets
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
FIVE ARE
FOUND GUILTY
In Trial Of Sugar Trusts En-
ployeS
DISAGREE BENDERNAGEL
Great Tribute to Presiding Judge Mar
tin at the Close Of the Trial BY
Lawyers for the Prosecution
and Defense.
DISAGREE BENDERNAGEL

New York, Dec. ls.-The trial Of james
BendernageI and Oliver splitter, weighers
and four checkers, Coyle Boyle, Kehos
and Hennessey, which has been in prog.
ress for three weeks, terminated last
night when the jury returned verdict
Of guilty in the cases Of all the de-
PENDANTS except Bendernagel, on whom
they could not agree. The defendants
found guilty were recommended to tho
mercy OF the court. The jury had been
out 10 hours.
The defendant weighers and checkers
were charged with conspiracy 10 de-
fraud the government by underweighine
sugar shipments to the Havemeyer and
Elder docks.
An nnusal scene brought the trial Of
the six former sugar trust employees
to close before Judge Martin in the
United States circuit court yesterday,
When the Judge had concluded his charge
to the jury all Of the counsel engaged
in the case on both sides arose, one
after the other, to thank him for the
impartial way In which he had conduct
ed the entire case and in particular for
the impartialty and ucidness OF his
charge to the jury. Henry n. Coch-
rane, counsel for the defendants, led OH
and lie was followed ~ Clarence X Lex
ow, Henry Stimson, the governments
prosecutor, joined in the tribute to Judge
Martin BY which the jurist Was visiblv
affected. Judge Martins charge was the
feature of the days sessions and though
il occupied only bali an hour made a
deep impression upon those who hays
been following the trial.
Judge Martin Al the outset called at.
tenton II the three sections Of the law
upon which the prosecution rests The
first creating Il a penalty to make or
attempt to make any entry Of dutiable
goods by means Of Il false invoice or
statement Of weight or duty, or To COM
NIT any wilful act whereby the United
States Is defrauded Of lawful duties
Tho second section provided that every
persons who by any means effects the
entry Of any dutiahle article at less
than It's true weight or upon payment
Of less than the real duty, is similarly
guilty. The third section TO which Judge
Martin referred il the conspiracy section
covering any understanding or arrange
ment BY which two on more persons nm
dertake to accomplish any act that is
Illegal. The court next cautioned the
Jury ii regard TO the presumption Of In
nocence which follows defendant
throughout his trial and as to the ex-
tent Of a reasonable doubt.
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much time destroying the marks OF
the grounds disturbance. Whitford
followed the figure and saw it 90 into
Doane's back door.
No citizen Of the place would have
paid any attention to this story, but
the police, Of course, must visit the
spot and examine 1t. Whitford led
them and after digging ID several
places they came upon a corpse so dis
figured that they could tell nothing
about ii except that ii was aboutSlIas'
height and the hair was the same
color.
The matter now passed into the
courts, and Doane was arrested for
the murder Of his hired man. The
clothing on the corpse was examined.
and several pieces were found to have
belonged to Silas. Though the body
was unrecognizable. the clothing prov
ed conclusively that silas had been
murdered Whitford's evidence was
not sufficient to convict Doane, but a
stranger appeared at the trial who
swore that he had driven into the town
late on the night Of the murder and
had heard angry words In Doanes
barn. He had refined in his horse to
listen and saw two figures walk to the
back Of Doane's place Then he Ind
heard the cries aud had gone and seen
what Whitford had seen from another
point.
Even this would not have convicted
Doane before a Jury Of his fellow
townsmen, but the prosecuting attor-
ney. realizing this. took a change Of
venue and tried him elsewhere. The
result was that the peace loving Mr..
Doane was convicted Of the murder Of
his half witted servant. In this. as
In every mysterious murder case, there
were those who believed in the guilt
OF the one being tried for 1t and those
who did not so believe.
A hanging in those days was open to-
the view OF every one. From daylight
till noon on the day the culprit was to
be swung or all sorts Of vehicles were
driven into town loaded with people
The condemned man was brought
forth and given an opportunity tcI
speak. which he declined The moose
was being adjusted when some one IN
the crowd cried
Hold onl'
Every eye was turned 10 the speak
er, who was pointing In a certain d.
rection There, gaping with the rest
Of the crowd, stood the man who had
been murdered the fool siias Moore.
That ended the hanging, or, rather
It never took place, and the supposed
murderer was carried home on the
shoulders Of bis friends
silas Moore when questioned told
how Whitford had persuaded him to
enact the murder scene at night and
then had hurried him away where be
supposed he would be safe The
stranger witness had been paid for his
testimony. It also came out that
Whitford had procured a corpse, made
its face, unrecognizable. put Silas'
clothes on 1t and buried IT.
Whitford made good bis escape and
was never heard OF again IN America.
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A THWARTED PLOT.
BY LAURENCE FOSTER CHURCH
Copyright, 1909. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l

~ LAURENCE FOSTER CHURCH.
Copyright. 1909 by American Press Asso.
ciationl
Not far from the close Of the eight
eenth century there lived IN a small
town in New Jersey-it Is now city
Raymond Doane. man very much
respected and Of peaceful dispose
ton. His house stood near the main
street or road. considerable grounds
behind and on either side of It. On the
lot next adjoining lived Samuel whit
ford, who was Doane's antipode. II
he but once conceived grudge against
any one he would pursue him to the
bitter end He quarreled with nearly
every one In the town. and there was
none to speak good word for him
but Raymond Doane. who always
stood for peace and constantly endeay.
ored to allay the prejudice against his
neighbor.
But one day horse OF Doane's got
into Whitford's premises and destroy
ed a lot Of vegetables growing In the
garden. Though Doane offered 10
make suitable reparation. Whitford
would not be pacifed From that time
he made the lives of Mr.. Doane and
his family miserable and went so far
as to injure one Of Doane's children
he found on his grounds. This was
too much even for the quiet Mr..
Doanes patience Meeting Whitford,
he protested, Whitford attacked him.
but Doane. being the better man. got
him down and rubbed his nose in the
dirt.
After this the Doanes expected worse
treatment than before. but Whitford
let them alone and finally surprised
them by Offering the olive branch. It
was accepted. but without confidence.
Mr.. Doane had a man doing unim-
portant jobs about his place named
Silas Moore, who had received an In
Jury in childhood which had impaired
his intellect One night Silas was
heard screaming MURDER in the
back Of Mr.. Doane's place. Doane got
up and went ont to see what was the
matter. He found no one and went
back TO bed. Silas was not again seen
in the town.
Mr.. Doane reported what he had
heard. and there was much wonder
ment iii the matter. Whitford said
nothing for some time. then infatuated
that be might say a great deal were it
not that the people were all against
him and would not believe him. This
got to the ears Of the authorities. and
Whitford was called upon to give tes-
timony With apparent unwlllingness
he said that on the night in question.
hearing the cries, be had cot up and
gone to the rear Of his yard The
cries had then ceased Whitford was
about to return to the house when he
saw figure through the darkness
dragging some object He followed
and saw the figure dig a hole, into
which he thrust what be had been
dragging. filed the hole and spent
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Do Not Seek Trouble.

| One reason why 50 many fail, or plod
along IN mediocritY says 0rison SWEET
Marden in Success Magazine is be-
cause they see so many obstacles and
difficulties. These loom up so threaten.
iugly that they lose heart to win. They
see 80 many difficulties that they are
il discouraged condition much 81 the
time, and thia mental attitude is fatal
to achievement, for It makes the mind
negative, non-creatiye. Ii is confidence
and hope that eall ont the faculties and
multiply their creative. producing power.
The habit Of dwelling on difficulties
and magnifying them weakens the char
aeter and paraiyzes the initiative in
such way as to hinder one from ever
daring to undertake great things The
man who stes the obstacles more clear
IN than anything else is not the man to
attempt or do any great thing The
man who does things IS the man who
sees the end and defes the obstacles
Napoleon did not see the Alps, which
seemed impossible to his generals; that
is. his confidence that he could take his
army over these mountains into italy
was so great that the difficulties which
seemed overwhelming TO others, had no
power to discourage him.
I have never known person who
magnifes difficulties, who talks a great
deal about obstacles, TO do great things
X Is the man who persists in seeing
hs ideal. who ignores obstacles, abso-
lutely refuses TO see failure, who clings
TO his confidence in victory. success that
wins out in whatever he undertakes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
cHINA's AWAKENING.
How the celestials Are Progressing il
the Modern Arts.

Nothing shows more clearly the fact
that China Is waking from her long sleep
than the rapid Introduction of industries
and mechanical employments, on the
European plan, into that country. 4
contributor to Cosmos Paris, Oct. 81
assures us that this introduction Is tak.
ing place much more quickly and thor.
oughly than most occidentals imagine
Although the European colonies hage
been instrumental in the matter, the
native Chinese eagerly adopt and use the
western devices Says the paper named
above.--
European industries have begun 10 be
introduced into China and their progress
Is now becoming more and more rapid.
AT Canton, in particular, we find d series
Of factories, whose presence greatly az
tonishes those who think Of China as
still fixed in the past Here we find =
cement factory, the property Of the gov
eminent, but directed BY Chinese under
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
In Fierce Attack by Congress.
man Hitchcock
OWNED BY GUGGENHEIMS
To Investigate Hazing at West Point.
Champ Clark cnticizes Congress
for Not Fastening Sugar
Trust Inquiry.

Washington, Dec. l6 Both houses Of
Congress was in session Thursday, but
the Senate concluded its labors shortly
after one O'Clock and adjourned over
until Monday
A number Of nominations, including
chat Of William J. Mills as governor
Of New Mexico. were confirmed, but
otherwise the only business transacted
BY the Senate was the adoption Of q
resolution calling for information as to
methods Of preventing disasters in coal
mines,
The House took up the bill making
appropriations for the District Of Column
bia, and, during the general debate on
the measure, Minority Leader Clark
made speech criticizing Congress for
not Fastening a sugar trust inquiry
Charging that the real seat of the
public land frauds is in the land Office,
rather than outside, Representative
Hitchcock of Nebraska, addressing the
House yesterday, declared the situation
called for congressional investigation
Ny resolution to investigate is be-
fore the committee ON rules continued
Mr. Hitchcock, but there Is no way to
force the committee to report"
Mr. Hitchcock attacked Secretary Of
the Interior Rallinger for his conduct
in the Cunningham Alaskan coal land
cases, and held up as a martyr 4. w.
CLAWS. who was dismissed from the
service of the land office, because she had
shown too much real in protecting the
government against frauds"
Mr. Hitchcock criticized the course Of
Secretary Ballinger in regard to the
Cunningham coal land case ia vigorous
language He charged Balinger with
direct violation Of law and insinuated
that he was tool Of the Gugqenheims.
when he said aThe Guggenheim COM
pany has powerful friends in high
places"
Mr.. Clark in the course Of his re-
marks, said:
1t seems to be easy enough to get
resolution reported for the disposal Of
worthless documents, but when an effort
Is made to get action on the resolutions
AoA aA hNNNNttNAtApK W fffN NAEhl hthnt
frauds, TO see how much money had been
stolen from the government and who IS
mixed up in them, and for an inquiry
into the general land office. some kind
of smothering process goes On"
W'earied by pressure from parties in
terested for the reinstatement Of cadets
who have been dismissed from West
Point military academy because Of In
diligence Ia haznig. the Senate committee
90 military affairs through suh-com-
mittee. viii investigate The whole sub
iect Of hazing at the academy
The plan IN view il To suggest an
To the existing law prohibit
ing hazing that win provide for rein.
statement Of those who are Dismissed
for infractions Of the rules
The subcommittee named hy Chair
man Warren will consider the several
cases now pending before the committee.
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other day to the police court and applied
for separation order. The magistrate
told her to 90 home and do the best
she could The children, who had seen
the indignities and the physical danger
to which their mother was subjected BY
their father, received in the police court
further lesson in the duties Of man
toward woman They heard this symbol
Of justice and Of ultimate power the
awe.inspiring magistrate tell their
mother that she had not yet suffered
sufficient injury at the hands Of her hus-
band to have earned the right to live
away from him. The learned opinion
was that 81 man was entitled to knock
his wife about a bit Whether the
magistrate was shameless enough to use
those very words-as reported by the
Moman-or whether he merely showed
her that was his view 81 the hushandly
prerocatiye. The effect upon his audience
WAS the same The law allowed men
this privilege. Indeed. that the law
minds of persons familiar with the petty
fines imposed upon notorious wife beat
ers. and the frequently proved fact that
il is legally more reprehensible act
to steal loaf to feed yonr starving
family, than 70 give the mother of That
family q pair 81 black eyes
But to be beaten without redress,
without even hope Of future legal pro.
lection that is not the worst that may
come cf this 20 home and do yonr best
which is all the law has to offer. OF the
women who have sorry cause to know
that, is the wife Of a day laborer living
not two miles from Westminster Mrs.
B. was another applicant fer
separation order tsinee divorce is too
dear a luxury for any Of this class)
The ground Of Mrs, plea is
the inadeity Of her husband. You can't
get separation order for that"
well but he brings the woman home
-he keeps her in The house"
That il no ground
Then the magistrate is given the heart
Of the grievance. The husband insists
on having the interloper III bis Wife,
bedroom. No redress Because the bus
band has not turned the wife out. be-
cause he processes himself willing to
support her. the supplanted wife il re.
fused separation order She Is ooerced
into accepting the degrading conditions
laid down by The man inside her home
because all the men outside represented
by the magistratel say these degrading
conditions are Just and legal Elizabeth
Robins in December Everybody's Mag
azine.
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"A Matrimonial seidIitiz Powder.

AT an important state function IN
London, blue tickets were issued to per-
sons Of high rank, admitting them to
that part Of the hall reserved for mem
bers 81 the royal family. Less distin.
gushed guests were given white tickets.
Through some mistake, an important
public man received blue card while his
wife received white one.
When the couple reached the audience
chamber, there began to be trouble, in
asmuch as the lady firmly declined 10
be separated from her husband. An aide
underworld to reason with her, point
ing out the dreadful consequences thst
would follow minglng Of blue and
white.
4How absurdlr exclaimed the lady.
What do yon take Us fora Seidlitg
powderYp
She was permitted 70 enter with her
husband. Everyhody's Magazine