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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-14

with bound dope books Cor several years
back. Running half the length of the room
on its west side is the blackboard. with all
of the entries printed in chalk, the entries
all under their separate heads and labeled,
as, first race at st. Louis, second race at
Saratoga. second race at Iron Hill, and so
on. There are the entries, some of the
races with fields of fifteen horses or so-all
the ST. Asaphite has to do is to pick the
winner, cash his tickets, get rich and go
a-yachting in southern seas. The black
board chalkers race up and down their plat
form in obedience to the call of the teleg-
rapher, filling in the betting, changing the
prices, scratching" horses Names doing
II all with marvellous quickness. The bet
ting counter runs parallel with the black
board. Half dozen ticket write born
racing mathematicians, sit behind it, taking
in the money of the wealth pursuers and
droning out the odds as they write the
tickets: Combination, Linda to win, Mar
guerite place, May Blossom third-3O to
thus they drone drone, writing the
tickets with lightning rapidi:y, and never
looking up at the faces of the Eldorado
searchers handing their money over the
counter. Three or four little windows open
into the den where the tickets are cashed
after the races this window. blue tickets
cashed here that window, yellow tickets
cashed here" and so on. The telegrapher.
VINO Is also the race caller, sits upon a
platform considerably raised above the
counter of the ticket WRITER'S between races
constantly striking matches to light an I'M
lniiammable cigarette-made of asbestos,
perhaps, and merely a property of his call
ing. He has good, resonant voice. this
telegrapher, and it must De a joy to him
TO know that men hang upon mis- words as
they DO His words mean undergraduates
anyhow for a day week; or gloom
For example, all hands have backed Ben
Brush 10 win. Thus the telagrapner sit
ting unmoved, his ear following the click
of the key.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
Salaries in EurOpe.

The royal family of England costs
the British Government. in round num-
bers, $4,000. 900 annually. or this sum
the Queen receives nearly s.. .000.0 600 a
year. besides the revenues from the
Duchy of Lancaster, which amount to
a quarter Of a million The Lord Lieu
tenant Of Ireland receives 100000 a
year for his services and expenses, and
the Prince of Wales 100000 n year.
The President of France receives S24O.-
900 year for salary and expenses. an
enormous salary. when 1t is remember
ed that the republic is sweat ting under
IL stupendous national debt Of over
5000. .OOO, ,OO0-the largest debt ever in
cured by any nation in the world.
Italy can have 10000 men slaughtered
in Abyssnia and still pay her King
$26OO,0OO year. The civil list of this
German Emperor is about 81, ,000000 a
year. besides large revenues from vast
estates belonging to the royal family.
The Gar of all the Russias owns in fee
simple 1,UO0.O00 square miles of cult
waited land, and enjoys an income Of
S12O0O.O0O. The King of Spain, little
Alfonso MIL. IL he is of a saving dis
position, will be one OF the richest sOv-
ereigns in Europe when he comes Of
age. The state allows him ST. 400. 900 a
year. with an additional 100000 for
family expenses. We are sale to be the
richest nation on earth. vet our Presl-
dents salary is only $4,000 year. It
was only $4,000 from 1889 to 1873.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
A LINCOLN NURSE.
She Cared for Fob and Willie Lincoln
Before the War.

She Cared for Fob and Willie Lincoln
Before the War.
Aunt Ruth Stanton, an cd colored won-
an who resides in st. Louis. WAS a nurse
in Abraham Lincoln's family years ago
when they lived in Springfield. and long
before the ultimate glory of the great
enancipator was outlined. Aunt Ruth is
now Il janitress and drudges all day long,
hut she is yet in robust health. This is
the story the old lady tells of her expert
ence. minus the quaint dialect:
"The Lincolns were poor then and lived
in frame house with six rooms. Mrs.
Lincoln belonged 10 the Episcopal Church,
and so did the Bradfords. l used to take
the Bradford children to Sunday school,
and on the way we would sometimes see
Mr.. Robert Lincoln, who was only 8
years old. He was going TO Sunday school.
too. and the Bradford children would say:
oh. Ruth, there's that Bobby Lincoln
with his patched pants! Let's 80 the
other way, SO as We won't meet him
Then we would go by roundabout way
to church TO get away from Bobby Lin
coin because he used to wear blue jean
pants which his mother made for him and
patched for him when he wore a hole in
them. After a while Mrs. Bradford sent
me over to help Mrs. Lincoln every Satur-
day, for she had no servant and had to
do her own housework. Then Mrs. Brad
ford sent me to live with the Lincolna.
Il scrubbed the floors and waited on
the table and helped Mrs. Lincoln TO clean
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11

the dishes and do the washing. She did
all the upstairs work. made clothes for
the boys, Robert and Willie, and cooked
the meals. Mr.. Lincoln was very good
and kind man. but don't remember any
thing particular about him. for l was
very young. He was a very tall man.
That's all l can remember of him. He
used to be at his Office all day long, and
l did not see much of him. but l never
expected to see him President of the Unit
ed States. Mrs. Lincoln was n very nice
lady. She worked hard and was good
church member. She was very plain in
her ways, and | remember that she used
to so to church wearing a cheap calico
dress and sun bonnet. She didn't have
silk or satin dresses. After l left. Mrs.
Lincoln had 10 do all of her own house
work. for she could not afford TO get an
other servant"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
Abraham Lincoin's Religion.

1t would be useless for us TO hold con-
troversy with any one about Abraham
Lincoln's religion. We have already print
ed letter on the subject from Mr.. T.. A.
Macdonald. who gave no proof of his as
sertioD that Mr. Lincoln was disbeliev-
cr in Christianity. He has sent us an
other letter in which he reiterates his as
sertiop. but fails TO support it with any
evidence worth n straw. We are also
favored with book upon the subject
which is not in any way instructive.
We prefer Mr. Lincoln's own words TO
all the assertions of people who speak
without knowledge. Many a time during
his presidency, in public speeches and 9th
erwise, he uttered language expressive of
his faith in the Bible and in the funda
mental doctrines of the Christian religion.
There cannot be any contention as to
the authenticity or the sincerity of these
many expressions. And Mr.. Lincoln was
not disseubler, a bypocrite, a falsiier,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
LlNCoLN'S GOOD BREEDING,
An mbarrassing Incident that Be
spoke His Innate Refinement,

An Em mbarrassing Incident that Be
spoke His Innate Refinement.
The writer remembers very we'll to have
heard a very fastidious lady. member of
the Speed household, say. that though at
that time Lincoln had none of the polish
and gracefulness to be expected from
those acquainted with the usages of So
ciety. he was one of Natures gentlemen
because of his kindiness of heart and in
nate refinement. And after saying this
she recalled an instance of real good man.
ners on his part. At dinner there was a
saddle Of mutton. The servant after hand
ing the roast passed a glass of jelly. Mr..
Lincoln took the glass and ate the jelly
from it. The servant got another glass and
passed it around. Mr. Lincoln noticed
that the others at table merely took a
spoonful. Without embarrassment or
apology he laughed quietly and remarked,
81 seem to have taken more than my
share" and then he went on with his din
ner. Most persons, this lady thought.
after committing such solecism, would
have been covered with confusion and
profuse in apologies.-John Gilmer Speed,
in Ladies Home Journal
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11

surely as these were raised by God. in
spired by God. was Abraham Lincoln.
and a thousand years hence no story. no
tragedy, no epic poem will be filled with
greater wonder than that which tells of
his life and death. If Lincoln was not
inspired of God. then there is no such
thing on earth as special providence or
the interposition of divine power in the
affairs of men.
MY fellow citizens, noble manhood
nobly cOnsecrated to man, never dies
The martyr TO liberty. the emancipation
of a race, the savior of the only free gov
eminent among men. may he buried from
human sight. hut his deeds will live in
human gratitude forever.
Great captains, with their guns and
drums,
Disturb our judgment for the hour,
But at last silence comes;
These are all gone, and, standing like a
tower,
Our children shall behold his fame:
The kindly, earnest, brave, far-seeing
man,
Sagacious. patient, dreading praise, not
blame.
New birth of our new soil, the first
American"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
An Old Republican Trick,

The manner in which the Republi-
itely on the financial question and
give them further opportunities to fool
the people is indicated in the bill pass
ed by the Senate authorizing the Presi-
dent to appoint delegates to any inter-
national money conference that may
be called, or to call one himself if he
thinks it judiciOus to do so.
This means. Of course, the expendi-
ture of another nice sum for salaries
for a number of eminent and high
priced lawyers and financiers for doing
over again what has been done thrice
before without securing any practical
results. The last of these conferences
was held in Brussels only four years
ago. If the Republicans were sincere
in their professed faith of information
ad bimetalllsm, even they would not
put forward this old, worn out scheme
of talking the matter all over again
from the beginning. They would, in
stead, formulate some positive plan
and act on it.
The Republicans in this Congress,
and those who will be in the next, as
well as those who will compose the Nc
Kinley administration, have no idea
of accomplishing anything through an
other such conference as that which
was called in the last months of Ben
jamin Harrison's occupancy of the
White House. They have resolved on
n do-nothing policy, but they want to
deceive the public, if possible, into the
belief that they are really trying to
help silver by sending junketing dele
gates abroad once more to take part
in useless palavers.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
Seasonable Charity.

When the cold wave wraps us in its
Icy folds the wolf forsakes poverty's door
and snarls from the hearthstone.-Bal-
timore Life.
The Salvation Army is housing some
thing like / 800 homeless men every night.
Are all the UNCONVENTIONAL churches in
Chicago doing as much? No.-Chicago
Dispatch.
If you have poor neighbor, with big
family and no work, this is just the right
time to send him around ton of coal. It's
good deal better charity than sending
money to the heathen.-Boston Globe.
It's a strange sort of cold snap that
doesn't blow somebody good. Men out of
employment in all parts of the country
now hare few days work cutting and
packing ice.-New York Evening Journal.
The man who sends bread and coal to
the station houses and strews ashes on the
ice before his door is the man whose name
Abou Ben Adbem's angel will write in his
book as one who loves his fellow men,
Baltimore American.
In this kind of weather it is a pretty
safe rule. if man says he is hungry, to
give him something to eat before you in
vestigate. provided you can do so with
justice to yourself and your family. While
professional mendicancy should not be en-
couraged, delay often defeats the purpose
of charity.-New York News.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
LlNcoLN'S HEsITANcY TO WE'D,
Apprehensive that the Pathway Was
Not One of Elowers and SunIi1hf

Apprehensive that the Pathway Was
Not One of Flowers and Sunlight,
Letters from Lincoln 70 his closest
friend, Joshua Fry Speed, subsequent to
the latter's marriage, betray an anxious
and impatient desire to learn if marriage
is pathway of flowers and sunlight, and
not of darkness and pain the two had
morbidly feared it to be. John Gilmer
Speed presents these hitherto unpublish-
ed letters bearing upon "Lincoln's Hesi-
fancy to Marry" in the Ladies' Home
Journal In one Lincoln says:
at cannot be told how it now thrills
me with joy to hear you say you are far
happier than you ever expected to be-
That much l know is enough. l know
you too well to suppose your expectations
were not, Mt least sometimes, extrava-
CANT, and if the reality exceeds them all,
l say, enough, dear Lord. am not 60
ing beyond the truth when tell you that
the short space it took me to read your
last letter gave me more pleasure than
the sum total of all have enjoyed since
the fatal first of January, 1S41. Since
then, it seems to me, l should have been
entirely happy but for the never-absent
idea that there is one (referring to Miss
Mary Todd who is still unhappy. whom
have contributed to make so. That still
kills my soul. l cannot but reproach my
self for even wishing to be happy while
she is otherwise. She accompanied
large party in the railroad cars to Jack
sonville last Monday, and on her return
spoke so that heard of 1t, of having en-
joyed the trip exceedingly. God he prais-
ed for that One thing l can tell you
which l know you will be glad to hear.
and that is that l have seen Mary and
scrutinzed her feelings as well as could.
and am fully convinced she is far happier
now than she has been for the last fifteen
months past"
Eight months after Speed had married
Mr.. Lincoln wrote him:
But | want to ask Il close question:
Are you now in feeling as well as iudg-
ment glad that you are married as you
are" From anybody but me this would
be an impudent question not to be toll
Grated: but l know you will pardon it in
he. Please answer it quickly, as l am
inpatient TO know"
Mr. Lincoln's object in asking this
.close question is manifest. Mr. Speed
gave the answer quickly and satisfac-
torily, and on the fourth of November
0S42,. one month exactly after the qnes-
ton had been submitted, Mr.. Lincoln was
married
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
Aftermath of the Storm.

VI tmC SsOI"s
It's too short time between cold
wares.-Buffalo Express.
In the way Of cold weather item. it
may be said that those 1900 Ohio office
seekers are all cutting ice.-Detroit News
Tribune.
Future cold waves will please play this
town as a one-night stand.-Cincinnati
Tribune.
The plumber is listening to more pipe
stories than he has heard for many
months.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
For a week or more nature has been
running stiff competition with art in the
business of manufacturing ice.-Chicago
Tribune.
Coming so late in January, the cold sea-,
son will be shorter and the sufferers will
soon be able to care for themselves.-Chi-
cagO Inter Ocean.
Fuel is often more needed than food in
ameliorating the sufferings Of the poor In
winter. as they soon found out in Chicago.
Boston Globe.
OF course there is suffering in Chicago.
Any person who is compelled by circum-
stances to live in Chicago is bound to
suffer.-New York Press.
In this sunny land people howl when
the thermometer is 20 degrees above zero.
but up North when it is 20 below people
have a merry time.-Atlanta Constitution.
South Dakota can afford to have it's
State funds stuck in a snow drift. 1t
must be relief to know they are not
stuck to some rapidly official
Chicago Tribune.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago-Cattlc, common to prime,
$3.50 TO $3.50: hogs, shipping grades,
$500 TO $3.15; sheep. fair to choice, SOD
to $500: wheat, No. : red, re to I3c;
corn. No. >. pc 10 :2l::!c: oats, No. >, 1Jc
10 lie; rye. No. =. 54c to SOC; butter,
choice creamery. 1Sc TO 21c; eggs. fresh.
14c 10 16c: potatoes, per bushel. 2oc 10
30c; broom corn. common short TO choice
dwarf, S;55 10 $50 per ton.
Indanapolis-Catt shipping. $500 to
$5.25; hogs. choice light. $500 10 $3.i1:
sheep. good 10 choice. 500 to S3.15:
wheat, No. = Soc 10 SIC; corn. No. :
white, 20c TO 22c; oats. No. white. 20c
to DE.
81. Louis-Cat,le. $500 10 S5.25; hogs,
$500 to S3.15: wheat. No. >. S5c TO SIC;
corn. No. > yellow, 19c to 21c: oats, No.
2 white, 1Gc to lie: rye. No. =. :is3c to :i4c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $50: sheep. $3.50 to S4.25:
wheat. No. >. SSc to 9Oc: corn. No. ,
mixed. DE 10 24c: oats. No. mixed. lSc
to 20c: rye. No. =, SOC TO SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $50 10 S5.25; hogs,
$500 10 S3.15; sheep. 500 to $50;
wheat, No. red, Soc to SIC; corn. No.
yellow. DC 10 24c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c
to dc: rye. 35c TO 3Ic.
Tolcdo-Wheat. No. , red. SIC to SSc;
corn. No. = mixed, 21c TO &c: oats. No.
white. lie to 1Sc; rye. No. ,, SIC TO 3Sc;
clover seed. S5.::.,5 to $3.50.
Miwaukee--Wheat. No. spring. &c
to I4c: corn, No. 3. 19c to poe: oats. No.
white. 1Sc TO 20c; barley. No. >. DE to
3Gc: rye, No. 1, Sic TO 33c; pork, mess,
$3.50 to $500.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to S5.25; hogs,
$500 to S4.00; sheep, $500 to $425;
wheat, No. . red. 92c to 93c; corn, No.
yellow. PC to &c; oats, No. 2 white,
21c TO 23c.
New Iork-Cattlc. $500 To S5.e5; hogs,
$500 to S4.25: sheep. $500 10 $50.
wheat. No. red, Sc TO Sc; corn. 70. =,
29c to 3Oc: cats, No. 2 white. PIC to 25ci
butter creamery. 15c to 21c; eggs, West.
efn, 15c to 1ee. -
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
The Reign of the Bankers.

We have had government by various
classes of people. We have had gov
ernment by farmers, and there were
those who objected to it. We have had
government by lawyers, and still 9TH
crs objected. We are now in the midst
of a reign of bankers and money lend
ers. We may say that the power and
ascendency of this particular class is
now at its height.
The President-elect. ignoring the
statesmen in public life, and listening
only to the scductions offered by the
money centers. has given to the presi-
dent of the First National Bank of
Chicago, Lyman ]. Gage, the office of
Secretary of the Treasury. He quits
the back parlOr of his board of direc-
tors to assume the seat of chief finan-
cial officer of the American govern
ment, in the Cabinet at the White
House.
At Albany, in the State Senate, in
spite of the newspaper announcement
that he had ceased his opposition, Sen
ator Grady fought to the end the vi
cious principle of eXempting from tax
alton our State bOnGs-a bill giving
State money away to bonahOlders. The
bill passed by just a constitutional ma
jority. There is likely, it is said, to
be but one bid accepted for the bonds
about to be put on the markct, and it is
for the interest and advantage of those
who will stand behind the purchase
that this exemption of the bonds from
taxation has been arranged. 1t is Il
bankers bill, appropriate enough in n
government of bankers, By bankers
and for bankers.
Here, in New York City, We have Il
banker for Mayor, and our taxes are
ten millions more than when we had
Mayors of other professions. We have
Just parted from a banker Governor,
who lost his office as Governor by be-
coming Il candidate for President, and
during his administration our State,
which had just emerged from debt,
was plunged into fresh debt again. On
every side the illustrious profession of
mOney-lending crops out and asserts
itself. 1t looks as though it were time
10 call a halt.-New York News.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
LINcoLN'S SYMPATHY.
Turned ABIDE from Weighty Affair.
to Hear a Boys Simple Story.

Turned Aside from Weighty Affairs
to Hear Boys Simple Story.
Abraham Lincoln was a compassionate
man. Gov. Rice and Senator Wilson en-
tered one morning the Presidents private
office. With them slipped in a lad who
had been waiting days for admission. The
President briefly saluted the two men and
turning to the lad said kindly. And who
is this little boy The child told him
that he had come TO Washington seeking
employment as page in the House. Lin
coin replied that application must be made
To the doorkeeper of the House at the
Capitol. But. SIR said the lad, II am
Il good boy, and have letter from my
mother and from the supervisor and from
my Sunday school teacher The Presi-
dent took the lads papers. ran his eye
over them. then wrote upon the back of
one Of them. IF Capt. Goodnow can give
a place 10 this good little boy shall be
gratifed. A. Lincoln The war was at
its tiercest. The great man was worn
with anxiety and labor. tormented by the
complaints of the enyious, crowded with
numberless cares incident to his position,
pressed constantly to decisions of grave
moment in public policy, but he forgot
them all to listen TO the trouble tale of Il
little boy
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
BUNCOED DEMOCRATS.

We now have the assurance not only
of President-elect Mckinley, but also
Of Mark a. Hanna and Thomas G..
Platt and other less great and coll
spicuOus Republican leaders. that n
change in the tariff is the thing tina t
the people decided at the last election.
and that more protection to the
mOnopolies engaged in manufacturing
enterprises is what the incOlhiDg adj
ministration is bound to devote itself
to.
Strange rs it may seem to those few
Democrats who helped the Republican
party to achieve victory in November,
the financial question was not an issue
then. ard there is consequently no ne
cessity for even discussing il now. Mr.
Hanna, who had something to say IN
doubtedly about sound money" is
sure OF that. and Thomas Collier platt.
who certainly did do a good deal of
talking about the paramount import
ance of the gold standard during the
campaign, have both come out .lat-
footed within the past week Ill 1aVcr
of suppressing all reference, for Eour
years to come, to anything but higher
duties on imports and bigger appr0-
priatiOns to enrich contractors.
Even the blindest of the So-called
gold Democrats must see now that
they have been "buncOed" by their
late allies. The appointment OF Ly-
man J. Gage as Secretary of the Treas
ury is even corroborative of that, fOr
this eminent Chicago national banker
is OH record as being very weak on the
money question from their standpoint.
and Is therefore not likely TO do any
thing more than obey the orders that
may be given to him by the men who
want protection at the expense G1
the people.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
Two Steamers Lost.

London special: The German steamer
Africa, which sailed from Antwerp for
New Orleans, has returned to Flushing,
having been damaged in collision in the
roads with the Norwegian ship Saga,
from Buenos Ayres for Hamburg. The
Saga vanished in the thick fog which
prevailed. Part of her crew were picked
up by the steamers. II is supposed that
the Saga foundered and that the remain
der OF her crew were lost.
Coruna tSpain) special: An uukno wn
French sailing vessel has been lost on
Cape Toriana, the western extremity of
this province (Galicia). Only one of her
ere W was saved.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
Cool News.

Prepa rations are being made at the i'm
mense works of the Maryland Steel Com
pany at Sparrows' Point, near Baltimore,
Nd, for an early resumption of work.
Large quantities of ore have been accu.
mulated during the recent months of idle
ness, blast furnaces are being put in shape
and it is expected that all will be i'm read-
iness for the full operation of the works
by the end Of the present month. Fifteen
hundred men will be affected by the re.
sumption.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
Treanor Released.

Mr.. Neill, the Charge of the United
States Legation at Lima, Peru, has cabled
the State Department that S. q. Treanor,
mate Of the American bark Uncle John
OF San Francisco, has been released.
Treanor was arrested in Lima in the lat
ter part Of December as a result of a
street row, and failed to secure trial.
For this reason the State Department de-
manded his release.