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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Modern Damaacua.

Compared with Jerusalem, Damascus
L. Partisan. The Jerusalem air presses
heavily with it's melancholy past. Half
& score Of sects make it a rendezvous
for pillage or for mummery, and it's
memorials OF imperishable events have
to be looked at through the dust Of per-
shed dynasties. 1t Is mystic, solemn,
arcane. Damascus is practical, posi-
i've and even merry. The wall Of Israel
sounds along the arid valleys Of Zion,
but Damascus sings vOluptuous carol
by means of its ice-cOol, fabled river.
The tinkle of its bells mingles forever
with the gurg,e of It's waters, and
above all you hear the silyery laughter
Of the Syrian girls and catch the
dancing humor Of their dark eyes
through their little wells. Jerusalem
has its austere character to sustain. Its
temples are tombs. Its weight of poig
uant history keeps it grave. But in
Damascus you are under no obligations
make you forget. Its innumerable shut
ties and armories call you back to the
bustling exigencies Of life. The coffee
bazars defy melancholy. So this
stranded city on the shores of time
the gold on whose mosques never cor
rodes-basks in the sun and eats figs
merrily, just as 1t did when Saul Of
Tarsus journeyed that way.-Harper's
Magazine
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Nose and Face Retllintiou.

The Executive Department at Wash
ington seriously proposes to fine the
American people $1S,O0O,000 year for
an offense committed 10y the Brazilian
government. This is the way of 1t: We
consume 6O,00O,O9O pounds of coffee Il
year. More than ten-elevenths of it-or
practically all-comes from Brazil. But
Brazil imposes import duties-not near
age-upon many articles which we sell
to that country. Our government com
plains of this and has asked Brazil to
to quit it, in order that our people may
sell more of our products to BraZilians.
Brazil needs revenue and hesitates TO
yield to this demand. Our government
therefore threatens-u Il provis-
ion of law which permits the President
to legislate in such cases-to levy a re-
taliatOry duty of 3 cents pound on all
the Brazilian coffee we use. That is to
say. it proposes to make everybody in
the United States pay 3 cents Il pound
more than now for every pound of cof.
fee used. With our enormous Dingley
tariff duties in force, why should we
complain that Brazil imposes much
lower import dues for the sake of rev
enue? And why should the American
people be required to suffer for Brazirs
offenseeNew York World.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Corn from Ancient Seed.

William McCabe, a resident of River
dale. Md, has six kernels of corn
which were found among others in a
mountain cave of Arkansas, and said
by those versed in fossil signs to be
5000 or 5000 years old, says the Bal
timore Sun. John E. Burton, the send
er of the precious grains, has in his Of
6ce in Milwaukee, Wis, nineteen ears
In every respect like other corn, save
that the grains are much larger, and
in color a dark chocolate. Mr.. Burton
received the corn from the original
iced, discovered in cave Theoretically
sealed in some ancient and curious pot
terry.
Mr.. Barnum planted the corn last
Iune and the growth semed to be mar
velous. In spite of the dry and unfa-
gorable season, this antediluvian maize
grew 10 the height of ten feet and in
Instances TO fifteen feet, the stalks
measuring in circumference seven
inches, with leaves five feet long, when
other grain shriveled and perished I'M
der the heat of the sun. Mr.. Burton,
seeing some notice of the gigantic cere-
al, and thinking it fake, wrote to
Mr. Barnum about it. Mr.. Barnum
replied by sending him some of the
seed. Mr.. Burton has sent 1t to his old
home, near Lake Geneva, where some
Of the farmers will see what can be
done with It, 1t has been demonstrated
In the most satisfactory manner that
the corn was actually found in an old
cavern in Arkansas. Mr.. McCabe has
planted what he has and anxiously
awaits the results. A great deal OF
interest in this matter has been awak-
ened in this neighborhood.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
a Suppressed War Song

1t was few days after General
Burnside had superseded Mcclellan in
the command of the Army Of the Po-
tOmac that the Give Us Back Our Old
Commander" was composed by Sep.
Winner, of Philadelphia. He received
his inspiration from the outbursts of
popular indignation which was sweep
ing over the land, particularly among
the soldiers of the Army of the Poto-
mac, in opposition to the removal of
Mcclellan. The latter, about four
weeks before, had beaten General Lee
ut Antietam. and he was idolzed by
the Army of the Potomac.
Fifty thousand copies of the soug
We're quickly sold in Washington, and
few days afterward 100000 soldiers
sang the song while marching along
the Rappanannock on their way to
Fredericksburg, when disastrous de-
feat overlook them. Give Us Back
Our Old Commander" could be heard
Mt night from one end of the Union
lines to the other, and at Chancellors-
vile, where Hooker displayed his in
ability to cope successfully with Lee,
it was sung with renewed vigor.
But at this point the commotiOn ere
ated by the song reached its climax
when the war department issued an or,
der suppressing its sale and prohibit
ing the singing of it. The government,
however, did not stop at this, for Julia
Mortimer one of the greatest of Amer
icas singers, who was then filling an
engagement at Ford's Theater, was i'll
formed that imprisonment awaited her
if she persisted in making the Objec-
tionable song part of her role. Actors
in Baltimore were enjoined by the gov
ernment from singing it in the theaters
About this time an agent of the gov
ernment waited on Mr.. Winner, who
conducted a music store at Eighth and
Spring Garden streets, and Informed
him that further publication of the
song would not be tolerated by the gov
ernment, and n refusal to comply with
the demand meant imprisonment In
Fort Lafayette. No additional copies
of Give Us Back Our Old Command
cr" We're placed on the market.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Some Defense of Trusts

Because thieves sometimes steal
from each other is no excuse for out.
lawry. Because cut-throats sometimes
kill each other affords no palliation for
murder. And it is no defense of trusts
that they sometimes come to grief
through the operation of natural
causes. 1t Is rather evidence of theiI
error. And when trusts fortify them
selves against the operations of natural
law, and guard with shrewd devices
against the possibilities of an unlucky
chance, the law should be invoked
against them. Competition should be
free and trade should be fair.-Port
land Oregonian.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
A Stirring Interview.

Two noteworthy facts mark the bat
tie of Lake Champlain and that of Lake
Erie. They were the only squadron
battles of the war of 1912, and the two
victorious American commanders were
very young-Perry was 2S and Macdon
Ough 30
When MacdOnough was but 23 years
of age an adventure at Gibraltar, in
1906. described in Mr. Spears History
of Our Navy showed the character of
the man. He was first lieutenant of the
Yankee brig Siren, and one day while
the captain was on shore ut Gibraltar,
Yankee merchantmen came into the
port and anchored near the Siren. \
boat from Il British frigate near by,
went directly to the merchantman, and
in Il few minutes pulled away again,
having one more man in it than when
it left the frigate.
MacdOnough noted the fact and sent
Lieut. Page to the merchantman, who
returned with the information that the
British had impressed one of the crew
of the merchantman
Macdonough ordered the SIRENS gig
away. manned with armed men, and
getting into it himself, overlook the
British boat alongside of the frigatei
I'd took out of it by force the i'm.
pressed seaman and carried him to the
Siren.
Later the captain of the British man
of-war came on board the Siren, and in
a great rage demanded to know how
Macdonough had dared to take =. man
from one of his Majesty's boats"
Il will" said he, haul my ship along
side the Siren and take the man by
force"
Il suppose" answered Macdonough
your ship can sink the Siren. but as
long as she can swim | shall keep the
man.
You are very young man and very
indiscreet," said the bully. Suppose !
had been in the boat-what would YOU
have done?'
Il would have taken the man or lost
my life,' replied MacDonough.
What, sir. Would you attempt to
stop me if l were now to try to impress
men from that brig:" thundered the
captain.
Il would" answered the calm Mac,
donough, land to convince yourself
that | would, you have only to make
the attempt"
At that the British captain got into
his boat. rowed away to his frigate and
then turned and rowed toward the mer.
chantman. Macdonough at once
manned boat with an armed crew and
rowed out to protect the brig. The En-
glishman rOwed around the merchant.
man without boarding her, and then
put back to his frigate. He had tried
to impress the Yankee sailor, not be
cause he wished to add one more to his
crew, but to show his contempt for the
little Yankee war-ship.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
ONE OF HIS FAMILY
fhackeray Thought He Mad Found
Relative in Phil.delhnia.


/. Mrs. Ritchie's recollections of her
father, William NJ. Thackersy. make
prominent the kindly and genial side Of
the great satirist's character. All who
knew him, indeed, were aware that his
nature was sweet and tender. His
friends felt a strong affection for him.
No one can read his novels without rec
ogniZing the deep humanity which lies
behind his satire.
In Philadelphia, where the novelist
had many friends of long standing
anecdotes which never have appeared
IN print are still told to illustrate the
kindly bonhomie of the man.
A friend, walking with him down
Chestnut street one morning, stopped
TO buy a paper, while Mr.. Thackeray
sauntered on. BY the time the paper
was bought he had disappeared, and
was found seated in large clothing
shop talking earnestly across the coun-
ter to the proprietor, whose name was
the same as his own.
Il saw it on the sign" ThackeraY
said, turning to his friend. 1T is my
uame with the difference Of "A letter.
That has been dropped by some genera
ton, no doubt. came in to see if !
could not find a relation. Thackerays
are not abundant in the world, assure
your
The American, who never had heard
Of ''Pendennis," finding that his Wis
Itor did not want TO buy coat, was
not anxious 10 establish kinship, and
let the chance Of his life for distinction
pass.
1T is not every Englishman who
would try TO establish relationship
with a tradesman," his friend said, as
they left the shop.
But he has my name" insisted
Thackeray. An honest fellow! l am
quite sure he is one Of us, though he
las lost a letter"
There was nothing of the sno5 in the
man who named and defined snobbery.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
NOT What She Meant

1t Is always safest to say exactly
what you mean. If lady-who by the
way did not live in America-had been
as careful in this respect as she should
have been, an amusing retort would
not have been given to the world
1t happened that n certain gentle
man, not unknown to fame, had been
in the enjoyment of a corner seat in
railway carriage which was little
more than comfortably full, and that
at a station he stepped out to seek re-
freshments, taking care to leave his
rug to reserve his seat. On re-entering
he found that, in spite of the rug and
the protests Of his fellow passengers,
a lady had possessed herself of his
place.
Deeming the act little unfair, he ap-
preached the lady, but his explanation
was set aside by the lofty reply:
DO you know, sir. that l am one of
the directors wives?"
Madame" replied the displaced
traveller, "were you the directors only
wife should still protest" Youths
Companion.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
The Balloon I'm Astronomy.

NJ. Jansen, the French astronomer,
Is arranging for balloon ascents from
three stations. one in Europe. another
"a America, and a third in Siberia, to
observe the November shooting stars
next year. The balloons are to meas
ura fifty thousand to sixty thousand
cubic feet. and carry three men, one
aeronaut and two observers, with cleo
tric lamps, chronometers and star
maps. They are to go up ten thousand
feet. Free balloons are also to be
sent up to test the high atmosphere.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10

| bCHOCTatiC ATccu.
When Rev. Sam Small was contem-
plating starting Democratic paper in
| Washington, which he did not start, he
asked me to give in the fewest words
| possible an answer to the question,
why l am Democrat" which l did
as follows:
Il am Democrat because:
"The principles of Democracy consti-
| tute the essence of government of the
people, by the people, and for the peo-
pie;
Democracy is the only hope of con-
stitutional government on this conti-
nent and throughout the world;
Democracy means the least guam
tity of government compatible with the
maintenance, well being and progress
Of society;
democracy means q return to the
simplicity of the fathers in official
station;
Democracy is the only firm and con-
sistent foe of paternalism, anarchy and
class legislation;
democracy means the political
equality of all men and that one set Of
our citizens shall not be enriched by
legislation to the impoverishment of all
others;
democracy means perfect honesty
and strict economy in the public SER
vice-leSS taxes and more money-to
the end that the condition of the toilers
Of the land may be bettered;
Democracy means JeffersOn's wise
and successful foreign policy-peace,
commerce and honest friendship with
all nations, entang!ing alliances with
none;
Democracy means 4 restoration of
the American flag to the rich empire of
the high seas, from which it has been
banished by the greed, stupidity and
maladministration of the enemies of
Democracy;
Democracy means freedom of con-
science, freedom of speech, freedom of
the press, and freedom of the ballot,
and holds as among the highest crimes
any interference with or coercement of
the suffrages of the people;
Democracy means an enlargement
and enforcement of the Monroe doc
trine until it shall become an irresist-
ible power among all the nations of the
earth;
Democracy means that all govern
ments must respect our flag and the
inviolability of our citizens, wherever
they may sojourn or withersoever they
American shall become safer pass
port than was the far-famed 'Romanus
Sum- Champ Clark.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Still in Service.

Officers who passed through the civil
war are seeing their last years of ac-
tive service. They are more numerous
in the army of to-day than might be
supposed. and it is needless to speak of
their efficiency. When the war with
Spain began the regular army contain
ed 457 officers who performed military
duty In 1S61-'61. This is fifth of the
whole number. Ten years ago two
thirds of the regular officers We're vet
Grams of the civil war. Five years
hence nearly all will have passed be
yond the retiring age. Those who in
their youth served in the great contlic'
of a generation ago. and fought against
Spain thirty five years later, have a
military record of the highest order
They have done the state much service
and earned the gratitude of the people
st. Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Army Surgeons Wear Green sashes

\ great many people do not know
why army surgeons wear green Sslshes
1t is not 50 much an insignia of rank as
it is a protection to the wearer, says
the Omaha World-Herald. According
to the code of war, surgeons are nevel
shot or taken prisoners. To deliberate
ly shoot Il surgeon. while he is wearing
his sash. Is considered Il violation oi
the code punishable by death. Be
cause of this provision, surgeons of one
army never refuse to look after tht
wounded of the other army if it is pos
sible for them to do SO. During the
civil war ii was often the case that
after battle. the field hospitals woult
contain almost an equal number o,
men dressed in blue and gray. The
Federal army had the best surgeon
and the best stores, and a wounded
Confederate considered himself il
great luck if he was removed TO IL Fed
eral hospital, to he cared for by Fed
eral surgeons and physicians. But il
the heat Of battle Il green sash is no
much protection. and surgeons wer,
often wounded or killed. But this die
not keep the brave surgeons at the r'eaI
until the battle was over. They wert
often found in the thick of the fray
dressing wounds and sending til,
wounded to the rear. Theirs was
perilous as well as Il noble duty.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Trade and the Flag.

The greatest increase in the export
trade of the United States in the last
eleven months is with Australia. Ac.
cordng to the official returns just pub
lished, this export trade amounted to
S19,991. 1876 in the eleven months of
1898, and increased to $27,670. .22I
in the eleven months of 1899
There is in this little to justify
the common assertion of steamship
bounty mongers that "the trade fol
lows the flag" In the Australian ease
the flag does not even follow the trade
Philadelphia Record.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Halls Catarrh Cure
L. q constitutional cure. Price IS cents.
He Knew the Coin.

Count Cassni, the Russian ambassa-
dor at Washington, is an expert on
coins. A friend recently showed him
an old Egyptian one, which was made
so long ago that even the place OF its
creation was forgotten"
Yes" replied the Count, Il must be
getting pretty old, for l remember the
Birmingham shop that turned them out
at 8 shillings & pence the dozen"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to be shaken into the shoes.
1t makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives
Instant relief to cOrns and buniona It's the
greatest comfort discovery Of the age. Cures
swollen feet blisters and callous spots.
Aliens Foot Ease is a certain cure for In
growing nails, sweating. hot. aching feet.
At all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Trial
package FREE by mail. Address Allen 3.
Olmsted, LeRoy, n. Y
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
LUST Found IL Ont.
till

Simpson, where have you been till
this unearthly hour?v
''S all ri, my dear. 1 been celebra-
tin queens birsday"
THE green's birthday! What an
idea"
Yes, m dear. An funniest thing
bout it is that I-ha. ha, ha-didn't
know she had birsday until pleece-
man JUS told he so at d-door."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Disregarded at Washington.

Reports from the Philippines as tt
the hardships of some of our soldiers
due to excessive floods, will not be
comforting news to the friends of the
brave men who are thus in defense OF
their flag undergoing privations than
threaten life and health in addition tt
the ordinary dangers from a treacher
Gus enemy.-Philadelphi Call
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
NOT A ONE-IDEA MAN.

The notion that William ]. Bryan Is
4 man of one idea has been Industrious
ly propagated. But nothing is farther
from the facts. Mr.. Bryan is certainly
the most eloquent advocate of blmetal-
ltsm before the country. But II should
not be forgotten that lie first attracted
the attention of the American people
by his great free-trade speech IN Con-
greSs. This remarkable speech, says
an exchange, delivered shortly after
he became member of the House or
Representatives, gave him a national
reputation. Mr.. Bryan has as firm Il
grasp of the question of monopolles
and trusts, of taxation, and of mllltar-
ism and Imperialism as he has of that
of free coinage. He is to-day, in his
speeches and writings, discussing these
questions with as much ability, vigor
and lucidity as he ever exhibited IN the
discussion of the silver question.
The pretense that Mr.. Bryan repre-
sents nothing but 16 to l is ridiculous.
He stands in the broadest sense for all
the fundamental doctrines of Democ-
racy-for elf-government, home rule
and equal taxation. and against mill
tarism and imperialism. The advocacy
of free coinage at 1G to l is merely an
incident In Mr. Bryan's career. The
people, whether Democrats or Republl-
cans. who insist that there Is nothing
to Bryan but 16 to L. not only do the
Democratic leader great injustice,
but they discredit their own intelli-
gence. The author of the greatest
anti-protection speech delivered IN
Congress during the last quarter OF
century and of so many powerful eX-
positions of the evils of militariSm ana
imperialism, is not TO he classed as
one idea man.-Mishawaka Democrat
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10

Giles-That boy over across the way
saved sixty-three lives one day last
week.
Miles-Is it possible? How did he
do it?
Giles-Rescued n cat and six kittens
from a burning stable.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Sweet Filling.

Tommy-Tse got de tooface, awfully.
Visitor-You should have the tooth
filed, Tommy.
TOMMY did have it filed. That's
what makes it ache so.
Visitor - 1 never heard of such n
thing. Did you have it filled with gold:
Tommy - Nom! Had it filled with
gum drops.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Niagara Falls Annual Excursion.

On Tuesday, August 18th, the Nickel
Plate Road will run its Seventeenth An
nual Excursion to Niagara Falls. Tickets
are good returning for fifteen days. Tickets
to Toronto will be sold in connection with
this excursion at Sl.00 extra and to the
Thousand Islands at $3.50 extra. The
usual privilege of stop-Over at Chautauqua
Lake will be granted without extra charge.
Secure your Sleeping Car reservations
early. Tickets good returning on any one
of our Peerless Trio of Fast Express Trains.
Remember the date. For further particu-
lars inquire Of Agents Nickel Plate Road.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10

1896 they denied it. If Il little more
gold unexpectedly discovered in the
klondike has made conditions better.
how much greater would be the advan.
tage if silver from our mountains was
allowed to flow through the mints into
the arteries of trade? William J. Bry.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Artesian Wells In Sahara.

Artesian wells have been opened re
Gently by the French in the Algerian
Sahara with remarkable success. Sew
eral tribes have already settled down
around these wells, constructed vii
lagos, planted date palms and entirely
renOunced their previous wandering
existence
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
A GOOd-Luck Cross

Recently discovered in the grave Of Queen
Dasmar is supposed to keep away evil in
fuences. There is no more evil influence
than i'll health, and there is nothing which
has so great a power to keep it away than
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which cures
dyspepsia and indigestion. A private rev.
enue stamp covers the neck of the bottle
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Device for LeyeIing Clocks.

Clocks can be accurately leveled by
new shelf, which has a fixed wall
plate supporting pivoted, adjustable
shelf, with levels in the top, to be set
by thumb screws on the under side.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10

Many n man who has promised to lay
down his life cheerfully for the womaS
he loves will be found ten months later
shying at the idea Of oiling the hard
wood noors.-MinneapOlis Journal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-08-10
Why He Foyors the Reform,

Alger has pronounced himself in fa
vor Of the election of United States
Senators by direct vote of the people,
this reform can be accomplished. Thai
is probably the reason that he is in
favor of it.-PeOria Herald Transcript