The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04

bundles from personal friends and admir-.
ers in all parts of the country, and even
in Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines. Many presents were sent
out from the White House, two attaches
and horse and buggy being engaged in
the distribution of presents among mem
bers Of the official family and close per
sonal friends.
1t is seldom persons throughout the
country protest against pardoning a
criminal for offenses committed in Wash
ington, but the President is now receiy-
ing large number of protests against
extending clemency to Joseph Wilkins
and Howard Butler, two local butter
dealers, sentenced to the penitentiary for
removing labels from Oleomargarine and
selling it as butter. The two men, now
confined in the penitentiary, are asking
for a pardon. The pure food interests
of the country have been aroused by this
action. This is especially true in regard
TO the butter manufacturers. and a num-
ber of Western concerns have protested
against the liberation of the prisoners,
claiming it would be detrimental to the
interests of pure butter and in favor Of
the sale of counterfeit and hard blow
to the dairy interests of the country. The
National Dairy Association and many
other organizations have been heard from
on this subject.
More than two thousand letters have
been received ut the dead-letter office adj
dressed to Santa Claus. This shows that
the beautiful household myth has not yet
been repudi;:ted by the children of this
country. Some of the letters bear 2-cent
stamps and some 5-cent stamps and some
inclose stamps for a reply. Such letters
are always returned to the sender when
the address is given. The reD:ainder are
destroyed.
Recent experiments by the experts Of
the fish commission in Washington have
demonstrated that genuine pearls of high
quality may be grown in an aquarium,
fountains, fish ponds and in any ether
pools of water which can sustain mus
seis, oysters and other mollusks thar emit
nacrc, the beautiful iridescent secretion
of which pearls are made. Therefore
there is no reason why every famile can
not have its own pearl fishery.
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Admiral Dewey was GO years ol1 the
other day and went up to the Navy De
partment to shake hands all around with
his friends and receive their congratu.
lations. But for the battle of Manila
and the thanks of Congress he would
now be retired ON half pay. but his name
remains upon the active list and he fraws
full pay as long as he lives.
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Treasurer Roberts the other day hand
ed to President Mckinley the first dol.
lar struck in aid of the monument to be
erected in honor of the memory of Gen
Lafayette at Paris in 1900. This coin
will be sent by President Mckinley -io
President Loubet of France. as was De
cided upon some time ago by the com
mittee having charge of the disposition of
these coins.
The President is talking about taking
a trip to the Pacific coast in the spring
The new battleship Ohio will be launched.
ut the Union iron works, San Francisco,
in April or May, and he thinks he may
be able to get away for Il fortnight at
that time.
1t is proposed 10 increase the number
of army chaplains to forty-two, or one
for each regiment of regulars There are
now thirty-four known as-post chaplaiRs
in the army, and the proposed increase
will afford the opportunity TO appoint
several from the list of 400 candidates
who periodically besiege the President
for a commission in the corps.
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Capt. Sigsbec, the hero of the Maine,
will take charge of the naval intelligence
bureau on Feb. /. He succeeds Lieut.
c. Clover, who was recently
appointed to London.
The Postoffice Department has never
handled SO many Christmas packages as
this year. The returns of registered
packages show total nearly double that
Of any previous season.
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Comptroller Dawes says that the re
cent bank failures are due to bad man
agement more than TO any other reason
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President Mckinley has new pair OF
sorrel horses. He now has three pairs
Of horses-blacks, bays and sorrels.
The Board of Education and the 20
lice department of New York are the
two most expensive departments of the
oil bait
costs S2o,OO0,00O year.
Temp Hill, II, Terrell, Texas, killed
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