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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
The Old Canfee,


A shapelesS relic, battered bruised. rimet
with the rust of years.
Stained with heroic blood. suffused will
wOmans tendercst tears;
Its pristine luster long grown dim arount
the campfrc's smoke.
Remindful in its dentcd rim of many .
saber stroke;
What tales of tumult might unfold cout
it but find Il tongue
When DER the blood -besodden world the
clouds of conflict hung;
What days when nations stood appalled,
by many a fateful scene
Are to the thoughtful mind recalled by
that cast-off canteen.
Perchance some swarthy southron wore il
on his jacket gray
While marching. hungry and footsore. III
Stonewall Jackson's way.
When through the drear Virginian wales
the wintry wind swept free,
Or when the signing summer gales low
lsped the name of Lee:
Or may be it was cast aside in some for
lorn retreat,
AS surging southwark far and wide the
DOlQ D!ue DlllOWS peat
When on the gallant Pelham's grave the
grass grew fresh and green
And uncontrolled wars withcring wave
engulfed the old canteen.
Mayhap n fair-haired northern lad had
strapped it to his form,
And with home memories sweetly sad
strobe forth to face the storm;
Deep in his soul the trust of truth and
loyalty engraved
With all the fervid faith of youth marched
where the old flag waved.
Grim Gettysburg and Frederick Height,
all those memorial names
That marked the routed foeman's flight to
Richmond on the James
Familiar were TO him, and, oh. if we might
lift the screen,
Resplendently with pride might glow
again that old canteen.
Its presence now, no matter who from it
last cooled his lips,
In victory's dazzling dawn the blue, or
gray in dark eclipse.
Is eloquent of days long past when wars
red bolts were hurled
Amain, and rang that bugle blast that
shocked a wondering world,
When battles baleful splendor spread
abroad from shore to shore,
The while a maddened nation bled, n
wound in every pore,
And death. red-handed, leaped and laugh
ed with diabolic mien.
AS parched lips Quaffed life's parting
draught from many an old canteen. .
Now bushed the thunders of the guns
among the sleeping hills
And more than thirty summer suns have
kissed the ripping rills
Since they were mired by ;rampling
troops, and squadron and platoon
Have vanished and the plowman stoops to
quench his thirst at noon
Where rustling reeds and rushes nod
above the crystal food;
The bended plowshare cieaves the sod no
longer stained with blood:
Above those half-forgotten fields Peace
wings her way serene,
Nor hate nor malice lie concealed within
the old cantepn!
Montgomery NJ. Folsom, Atlanta Ga
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Rivera Rescued

Key West fla special: News was re-
ceived here that the Cuban insurgents had
made an attack on the train upon which
General Rivera was being taken from
SAINT Crstobal 10 Havana. Reports say
that the insurgents were successful in
their attack ard that General Rivera was
freed. II is impossible to get confirma-
tian of the report, but the Cuban sympa-
thizers here believe it to be true and are
accordingly ;ubilant
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Pacifed, SAYS wcyIer.

Havana special: The insurgents, led by
Paul Change, have dynamilet and burned
the works and canelields on the Cayaja-
Lor plantation, neal Madenga, Matanzas,
the property of an Americas Andrew
Terry, valued at $4,000 yet il is ru-
mored here that Captain General Weyler
will shortly return and declare the prov
inces Of Matanzas. Santa Clara, Plnar del
Rio and Havana .'pacified."
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Blown to Pieces.

The middle section of the Peoria and
Eastern freight train was blown to pieces
on the Belt Railroad switch west of Indi-
annapolis. 1t is not known whether the
train was first wrecked or whether the ex-
plosion caused the wreck. Two carloads
of whisky exploded, destroying also two
car loads of tobacco, one of lumber, two
of eggs and one of theatrical scenery.
The promiscuous mass took fire and sew
eral cars were destroyed. The force of the
explosion threw the iron work many rods
and piled up mountain of freight. A
tramp was seriously burned.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
lfurrah for War,

Athens special: The greatest interest
was manifested here during the feteS Or
ganized TO celebrate the anniversary CT
the declaration Of 1921 of the independ-
ence of Greece from Turkish rule. The
King and the members OF the royal family
here, accompanied by the minis ers and
all the high court and other officials, at
tended the religious ceremonies at the
Cathedral, where te deum was sung.
The King received an ovation curing his
passage 10 and from the Cathedral, and
be and The ministers were shGWered with
leaflets inscribed, "Jlurrah for war"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Not Imperious in uis Demands.

The political ambition of Henry c.
Payne of Wisconsin is of the sliding
scale sort First he wanted to be
member of the Cabinet, but there were
others. and he was satisfied. Then he
wanted foreign embassy. but conclud-
ed that he Couldn't afford to spend
$5O.OG0 of his own money every year"
simply for the honor of living in Ger
many. And now he wants to be plain,
everyday Senator from Wisconsin,
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15

The Argus OF Cape Town has announced
that it had received trustworthy informa-
ton from Pretoria, capitol of the Tran.,-
vaal, that the British have secured In
yack Island, at the entrance of Delagoa
Bay, and that a squadron of warships VIII
proceed there to take possession OF the
island and proclaim il British territory.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15

TAO masked men entered the Chicago
and Gtand Trunk depot al Mishawaka, a
station near Laporte, md, and held up
the operator at the point of revOvers. He
was bound, gagged and locked in box
car, after which the safe was looted.
The amount secured is unknown. The
Lake Shore Office was looted last week
and the operator similarly treated. There
is no clue 10 the perpetrators.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Slavery, with Limitations, Abol'
ished in Zanzibar.

The Snltan OF Zanzibar has issued de-
cree abolishing slavery. 1t provides that
existing rights over concubineS shall re-
main as before, unless her freedom is
claimed by d concubine on account of
cruelty. Rnt in general terms the concu-
bines will lie regarded as wives. The
Government will pay compensation tor
all slaves legally held.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
The Richest Of Embroidery.

The glory of Vienna is the govern
classes of which are under the direc-
.tion of Nine. st. George, perhaps the
most accomplished designer and needle
woman in the world. says a writer in
the Contemporary Review. The entire
course of instruction, which is quite
free, lasts five years. but many pupils
leave after two or three years, especial
~ ladies who do not intend to make
art work Il profession and are satisfied
with knowing the rudiments of either
has its special course Every years
course has its special room and in
structrcss, and the pupils cannot go
from one to the other until the year eX-
pireS. The pupils of the last years
course were busily mending Il mag
niiicent canopy. the work of the En-
press Maria Theresa.
An idea may be formed of the mag
nitudp of the task when it is said that
ten girls under Nine. st. Georges Su-
idtt bSNi WI hihS si' II
for ten years already and she expected
it would take two years more TO COM
plete it. Every kind of embroidery. i'll
Guiding Persian, Indian, Japanese,
Turkish. etc. is done here, and | was
astonished to see some beautiful sam
pies of the ''nauduty," or spiders web.
made by the Guarani women of Para
guay. and rarely seen in Europe. This
lace is made OF the fiber of the aloe. and
is SD fine that it is made inside the
hutS, with the door shut. so that not
the least breath of wind can touch il.
WAS still more surprised when Nine. st
George assured me that the sample be
fore me was not really Paraguayan. bu
copied by her principal assistant This
lady has been equally successful in
copying old Venetian. Irish, Brussels.
Honiton, etc.-in fact. every kind of
lace of all ountrieS-Boston Herald
Ii is the custom in the RuthSchild
family TO purchase six pearls. each cost
ing t100. at the birth of each girl baby.
Upon each birthday six more pearls
are added to the original nest egg. so
that when the young woman makes
her debut into society n casket of mag
a, ~ 10, en- Gar.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
A Dincley MonStrOSity.

Under the Dingley bill the President
is authorized to impose duties on arti.
cles that we not only do not produce at
all, but which are now and long have
been on the free list. These include
coffee, tea and hides. In putting a re-
taliatory duty on these things the Pres
ident says that something shall pay a
duty which the bill itself declares is
free of duty Here is evidently an OBJ
vious and ridiculous contradiction
Boston Globe
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
The Insane Republican Policy.

The political insanity Of the Repub-
lican leaders in proceeding at once to
impose additional tariff burdens upon
the people and subordinating every
other governmental concern to this sim
gle line of policy is becoming more and
more apparent. The best men in the
Republican party realize the danger
that lies in the Dingley policy, but their
warnings are unheeded. Whom the
gods would destroy they first make
mad. d."-Manchester. \. H., Union.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
With HE Pocket Knife.

Earl Wagner of Hazard, Mercer Coun-
ty, Penn, cut his throat from ear to ear
with pocket knife. lie was broodin2
over losing some money through a busl-
ness transaction, and left note to his
wife stating his reasons for his rash act.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Canada Ready to Kick Rack

Two bills have been introduced in
the Dominion Parliament to bar Amer.
lean laborers from entering Canada in
search of work Thus the work of re-
taliation has begun and the proscrip-
tive statesmen who run the Congress
of the United States are reminded
that there are others who can play at
the same game.-Kansas City Star.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Mr.. Bryan Hurt,

Hon. W. }. Bryan was injured at st.
Augustine, Fla, by the caving in of the
piazza from which lie was 81 leaking.
Nearly four hundred men and women
were precipitated about twenty feet to
the ground, and many of them injured,
but none fatally. Mr.. Bryan was picked
up unconscious. and removed TO a physi-
claws Office where an examination re-
veaNd that he received no injuries of a
SeriOIS nature.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
A LUCKY YOUNG MAN.

Charles u. Gordon, Chicayo's New
Postmaster.
The resignation of Washington Hesing,
postmaster of Chicago. made vacancy
which President Mckinley lost little time
in filling. A young man got the plum.
His name is Charles U. Gordon, and he
is not yet ~ years of age. Since his 18th
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Brice Ont of Politics,

John II. FARLEY, ex-Cbairman of the
Democratic Safe Central Committee o!
OHIO, who for years was pJiit.cal man
ager for ex-senator Brice III Northern
OLD, has made the statement that Bric
wild not be candid T. for The Senate
next winter. "Brice is oat of politics, .
harley said
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
HIS VOICE HUSHED.
Death Comes to Senator Daniel W.
Voorhees,.

Voorhees,.
Daniel Woolsey Voorhees,, ex-United
States Senator from the State of Indiana,
died in Washington at his home, No. 105
Maryland avenue, northeast.
/ The Senator had been in poor health for
several years, and for at least two years
past had taken little part in the proceed
ings in the Senate. He had been a constant
safferer from rheumatism of the heart and
his friends, therefore, had come to expect
that they might hear of his death sud-
denly.
The last reports of him, however, were
that he was showing some signs of i'm
provement, and his death, therefore,
while not entirely unexpected, came with
the suddenness of shock.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
PostoHce Robbery.

A special from Tif1in, Ohio, says: Post
master Carrick and daughter, at Rocka-
way, in the cas- ern part of this county,
were bound and gagged and the post
office burglarized. Carrics was brutally
assaulted. Upwards of $1,000 in money
and securities Were stolen.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Exp.aining Ne. pinclcy,s Action.

There are people who fail to under
stand why Mr.. Dingley should seek to
provide for $1O0,000.0OO of revenue
when the deficit amounts 10 but S25.-
100000. 1t is quite likely that Mr..
Dingley is trying to MAKE plain sail
ing for the pork-hunting Congressman.
New York Journal
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15

Arthur Quinn of Springfield, ILL.,, who
Is at present an inmate of the poor farm
at Bloomington, Is heir 10 a fortune of
$4,000 10y the death Of his brother, Frank
Quinn, in Philadelphia, five years ago,
and The latter's wife, who died recently in
PENNSYLVANIA
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
GRUMBlIN0 AT DINGLEYlSM.

The Dingley tariff tax bill has been
damned through the House Of Rep
rcsentatives. but that was the least
of its trials and tribulations. The scru-
tiny of the Senate has yet to come, and
the weather will be pretty warm at
Washington before the debates in the
upper house are likely to terminate.
In the meantime, the New York
Chamber of Commerce. in which the
importing interest is strong and Keen
sighted. has opened "a fire in the rear
upon President McKinley's favorite
measure. and, incidentally, upon the
policy of the Mckinley administration.
This is important, as the Chamber
of Commerce has now quasi repre-
sentative in the Presidential Cabinet
in the person of Secretary Bliss. 1t in
dicates serious trouble in the RepuD-
lican ranks. The men who have met
in the Chamber of Commerce and re-
solved against the Dingley bill are
those who always furnish 1.-The Sinews
of war; to the Republican managers
anu W IbSe
scale last November for the Ohio can
didate They have not acted without
Il purpose and their purpose Will nave
weight in embarrassing the administra-
ton and perpetuating the schism in the
party in that State. The following are
the resolutions adopted by the Cham
Der of Commerce and aimed at Presi-
dent Mckinley:
Resolved. That the Chamber OF Commerce
of the State Of New York express its earnest
conviction that the tariff bill now before the
House of Representatives In many OF rs pro
visions is excessive and likely TO invite re-
action harmful to business and to the pest
interests of the country, and that 1t should
be carefully revised in the direction OF re-
6rctun of the rates of duty proposed, 10 tne
end that system of tariff taxation ma! pe
adopted that shall be reasonably permanent
and that shall insure to the business inter
ests Of the country a certain measure OF I'LL
munity from early change.
Resolved. That 4 copy of the foregoing re-
port and resolution be transmitted 10 eacn
member of Congress.
Resolved That the Chamber of commerce
of the State of New York invite the coop
Grafton of the commercial and trade organiza-
tions of other cities and thr0ughout lhe
country iD urging these views upon Con-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
James A. Mckenzie Dangerously Ill.

A Lima, Peru, dispatch says: The i'll
ness from which United States Minister
James A Mckenzie has leen suffering
for some days. has developed the most
serious symptoms and attacked the brain.
His physicians have but little hope that
he VIII recGYcr.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Hauccd Himself with Twine.

JOHN Roth, married, WIS found dead
hanging by piece of twine to one of the
posts in the Home Milling Comp lny's
mill at Wapakoneta, Ohio. He had been
drinking.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15

year he has been engaged in real estate
business and has made money fast. He
has been president of the Marquette Club.
social-poltical organization with great
influence in Republican affairs. In last
falls campaign he was a leader for Nc
kinleY
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
EarmcrhilIcd in a WclI.

w. A. Laybourn, a wealthy farmer liv-
ing near Laporte, Ind, was killed Ey the
caving in Of well. lie was buriel un-
der eleven feet Of dirt and brick.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
No State Enca III pment.

The Sta.e authorities have dec ded that
no encampment of the Indiana National
Guard will C held this year owing to in
sufficient funds.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Fata,Iv Hurt by an Explosior.

The cylinder head of the immense Cor
liss engine at the Eagle Cotton Mills
Madison, Ind, blew out, fatally injuring
Captain James Hartley, the Chief engi-
neer,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
The Barbarians in Washington.

The proposed duty on books almost
justities the declaration of Il con;em-
porary that the Legislative branch cf
the national government is in the
hands of barbarians. Civilized people
regard knowledge rs of Importance
and do everything in their power to
promote it, They found institutions of
learning. They levy taxes to support
them They pass laws to compel chill
dren TO 80 TO school. But the Republi-
cans in Congress take Il different view.
Rochester Herald.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
D;rg,e,;su, Made Ridiculous

DInUf TSItf NJ st6fsI ffuISHfUuS'
Even stanch protection journals are
finding independent voice sufficient to
maxi, an audible whimper over Ding
leys tax on art and learning. They
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Housewives will Again Re Heard

housewives Will Again Re Heard.
History will certainly repeat itself in
the matter of tariff-stimulatcd prices.
What came to pass in 1890 was the pre-
cursor of the events of 1897. There was
no more potent factor in enforcing the
sound and wholesome doctrine of the
the marking up of prices announced by
tradesmen in their newspaper adver-
tisements, and the unweicome discov-
cry which the housewives made when
they went to trade that their dollar
would not go as far as formerly De
trOit Free Press.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
THE BATTLE-FIELDS,
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES.

The Blue and the Gray Review Incl
dents of the Late War, and in n
Graphic and Interesting Manner
Tell of Camp, March and Battle.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
The Retroactive Tariff Law.

The retroactive clause of the Dingley
bill may or may not he uncOnstitution-
al. 1t is certainly absurd. unjust and
destructive. If enacted it would be
about the most troublesome statute
that officials were ever called upon to
administer. 1t proposes to put law
into effect before it is enacted and even
before it is at all certain that it ever
will be enacted. 1t proposes to nullify
existing law in advance of its repeal.
1t proposes to subject business to bur
dens that existing law does not impose
and to collect taxes again upon goods
that have once paid all the taxes inn
posed by law.-New York World.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15

looked with approval on schedules that
will send gloom into every humble
household in the land the first Satur-
day night after the Dingley bill is Il
law. But they are quite upset by the
fact that Dingley has been completely
logical aud has laid his brutal taxes
on the things of the mind as well as
on the things of the body. The other
schedules are melancholy. This anti
education schedule is ridiculous.-New
York World.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
The Worlds CostIiest Eook.

The Worlds Costliest Eook.
The most expensive book ever pub
lished in the world is the official his
tory Of the War of the Rebellion, which
is now being issued by the Government
of the United States at cost up to
date of S2,334 ,32S. OF this amount
| S1,184, ,291 has been paid for printing
and binding The remainer was eX.
pended for salaries, rent. stationery
| and other contingent and miscellane.
Gus expenses, and for the purchase of
records from private individuals. II
will require at least three years longer
and an appropriate Of perhaps 5000.
600 to complete the work. so that the
total cast will undoubtedly reach near.
ly S3,OCO,00O 1t will consist of IL
volumes, including an index, and an
atlas which contains IT'S plates and
maps illustrating the important battles
of the war, campaigns, routes of march
plans of forts and photographs of in
teresting scenes. places and persons
Most of these pictures are taken from
photographs made by the late NJ. B
Brady. of Washington. Several years
ago the Government purchased his
stock of negatives for Il large sum ot
money. Each volume will, therefore,
cost an average of about S2G.IS5. which
probably exceeds that of any book that
was ever issued. Copies are sent free
70 public libraries, and l.341 .999 have
hoan so distributed. The atlas costs
SO and the remainder of the edition Is
sold at prices ranging from 90 cents
to 30 cents volume.
There does not seem to be large
popular demand. for only 51,194 copies
have been sold for Il total of $50, ,1o4.
Thus it will he seen that the entire
proceeds received from sales thus far
but slightly exceed the average cost
of ga ch of the H. volumes. The books
can be obtained by addressing the Sec,
retary of War.
The material used in the prepara
tion of these histories is taken from
both the Federal and Confederate arci;-
ives, and is purely official. The reports
of commanders of armies. corps. brig
AIDES. regiments. etc. are carefully ed
tied and arranged so Us To give con
secutiye account of all engagements
with as little duplication and unneceS
sary material as possible, and as the
writer's represent both sides of the
struggle it may be regarded as impair.
tia;-Chjca"o Record.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
WITHIN OUR BORDER.
A WEEKS RECORD OF OHIO
HAPPENINGS,

An Interesting Summary Of the More I'M
portant DoinSs of Our NeIChbors-Wed-
dinss and Deaths-Crimes- Casualties
and General State News Notes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
Vigorous Republican Protest.

The Boston Transcript is Repub-
lican paper, but 1t is plain spoken i'll
denouncing the proposed tariff Oh lum-
Der. 1t is simply measure TO pick
the pockets and crush the industry of
9 large. useful and influential class Of
American citizens. 1t Is unecoDomic.
unscientific. suicidal. The statements
upon which this schedule was made up
are shown to have been insidiouS and
misleading. The result will be to strip
the country not of an annually recur-
ring income. but of its white pine prin-
cipal, which at present rates is with
in ten Years of exhaustion. and also
to ruin large class of business men
in the country who deserve better
things. Ii does not seem possible that
men claiming 10 represent the people
will permit such Il measure 10 have the
force of law. Ii they do it will cease
to he folly and became iniquity-Bos-
ton TranScriDt
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-04-15
WORK OF CONGRESS.
THE WEEKS DO!NGS IN SENATE
AND HOUSE.

A Comprehensive Digest Of tho Pro.
ccedinEs in the Legislative Cham
bers at Washington Matters that
Concern the People.