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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
IN GENERAL

President Roosevelt has received q
mountain lion for a family pet from a
Colorado admirer.
Havana court sentenced Neely, Rath-
| bone and Reeves to ten years imprison-
ment and a heavy fine for frauds in pos
tai service.
President Roosevelt transmitted a spe-
cial message TO Congress, outlining plan
for Cuba and urges prompt legislation
for consular and diplomatic representa-
ton.
Senator Hanna has written to a Wis
consin man stating he is in no sense a
candidate for the Presidency and asked
his friends to discourage any movement
for him.
The tSaffic arrangement existing for
twenty years between the United States
and Pacific Express Companies has been
terminated and each will hereafter act
independently.
Commissioner Of Pensions Evans has
placed his resignation into the hands of
the President. 1t will not take effect be-
fore an important position in the diplo-
matte service is found for him.
tudu Ouc
sugar beet growers will leave the Prov
ince of iceland, Holland, for the United
States, seeking fortunes in the West,
where they will engage in raising sugar
beets.
Charles Hawtrey, the actor, who ar-
rived at Southampton ON the ST. Louis,
met with painful accident. While
walking on the deck the vessel gave
lurch, and he was thrown down and
sprained his ankle.
Gen. Elwell S. Otis. for the last eigh.
teen months commander of the depart
ment of the lakes, has retired from the
active work of the army, after nearly for
ty years of almost continuous service.
The successor TO Gen. Otis will be Gen.
Arthur Macarthur.
A disastrous fire started in Steamboat
slough. opposite Dawson, Alaska. The
slough is used by Yukon River boats for
winter quarters OF the steamers and
barges there when the fire started the
Glenora and Mona, the property of J. +.
Genelle of Vancouver. B. c., have been
consumed. The loss is S37, 900.
The birthday Of n republic has been
decided upon at the White House. Presi
dent Roosevelt, on behalf of the United
States, and Senor Estrada Palma, the
President-elect OF Cuba. agreed upon
May 20 as the date for the inauguration
of President Palma and the Cuban re.
public. Official orders to that effect have
been issued.
Miss Ellen Spellman, chorus girl in
the Castle Square opera company, will
not remain on the stage after the end OF
the present season. Miss Spellman owns
the new Beaumont petroleum geyser
known as the ''FOotlight WELL" She ac.
quired the property upon which it is %.
Gated year ago last July, paying the
sum Of IS for five acres Of barren soil.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
WASHINGTON Notes.

Chicago may be selected as location 70,
new naval training station.
Gen. Young has been appointed presi
dent of the new army war college.
Friends Of Senator Spooner of Wis.
consin have prevailed upon him to stand
for reelection.
War horrors will be lessened by the
provision of The Hague treaty, just rat
flied by the Senate.
Senator Hoar recently made a vigorous
speech opposing proposition for election
Of Senators by direct vote of the people
The President is said to have refused
to send Gen. Miles to the Philippines be
cause it would be unjust to officers there.
PostOtfice Department stopped fraudu.
lent scheme of swindler who advertised
way TO open cash registers without keys
Greene and Gaynor, alleged accom-
plices of Captain Carter in the Savannah
harbOr frauds, have been located in Que.
bee by secret service men. who will arrest
them at the proper time
Congressman hope for the early passage
OF the pension appropriation bill. believ-
ing that it will bring relief from the pres
sure brought to bear upon them TO Sc
cure private pension legislation.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Taylor has sold TO Felix Isman. a real
estate dealer in Philadelphia. the old mint
building and grounds. The price was
S2,OOO.OOO, part of the purchase money
to be paid Immediately and the balance
within six months
The Comptroller of the Currency has
received from the bureau of engraving
and printing, and issued the first delivery
of the new national bank notes known
as the series of 1902. These notes will
be issued only TO new banks organized
since Jan. l, 1902. and those extendn.
or re-extending their charters. Only the
denominations of $40 and $50 are vet
ready for issue. The $40 notes bear the
portrait of the late President Mckinley.
Later, fives, fifties and one hundreds will
be issued.
Central Filipino committee at Hong
kong sent letter to the President max
ing a strong appeal for the Independence
of the islands.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
LINCOLN. IN WAR DEPARTMENT.
Spent Most of His Time There Because
Mar Waa Sunrer,.s Rusiuess

Spent Most of His Time There Because
War Was Supreme Business.
Surprise is often expressed by intelli-
gent people that so large a proportion
OF President LincOln's most important
letters are dated from the War Depart
ment instead Of the executive man.
sion, and none Of them from the navy.
treasury or other administrative bu-
reaus. This is generally deemed very
singular fact, and from it writers have
plausibly drawn the conclusion that
Lincoln personally liked the Secretary
OF War better than any Of the cabinet
officers
While this indeed appears to have
been true, it does not necessarily so fol-
low. He certainly held Mr.. Seward in
high regard, yet he seldom went to the
State Department.
In the circumstance it was not at
all singular. The explanation is easy.
War was the business Of that time. and
Lincoln's eyes were always bent to the
army, especially when great military
events were impending. He habitually
haunted the adjacent War Department
and army headquarters, where abode
Gen. Halleck, his military adviser, for
news and views. Head and heart were
strenuously concentrated on the figh,,
wherever it might be. His fertile brain
saw, too, the critical points in the game
oftentimes far more clearly than some
of his so-called "ablest generals"
He not only wished to know what
was going on in the field, but perform
ed his own part nobly. In the heat OF
action or at crucial moments his orders.
suggestions and inquiries were fired
off spontaneously from wherever he
might be at the moment, and at such
periods he was generally lover at the
War Department with Mr.. Stanton.
That is the chief reason, says Leslie
J. Perry in Lippincott's, why so many
Of his dispatches are dated at that de-
partment. and not because he perhaps
held Stanton in higher esteem than the
Secretary of the Navy, or State. Or
Treasury.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
For German Soldiers in China.

Waldersee's German soldiers in
China. or n part of them. are to try
new sleeping bag invented by Ger
man manufacturer. The bag is pust
the length, breadth and thickness of 4
man. with little to spare. 1t is pull
ed up over the head and tied in place.
There are small air tubes for breathing
purposes, all covered with mosquito
netting. Rain can't get in, bugs can't
get in. snakes can't get in. In case of
a night assault the inmate can get out,
but not in a great hurry.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Sickness OF Circus Ring.

Unfortunate passengers aboard a
steamer are not the only ones to en-.
dure the agonies of nausea. Any circus
man will tell you that it is a most diff
sensation caused by constantly circling
round small ring. Clowns. even. and
ringmasters suffer from it. merely
from seeing the horses go around and
around: and one well-known ringmas-
ter. even after years of experience. still
finds that If horse balks little. or
gets behind time. compelling him to fol
low close upon it. he will probably un-
dergo Il painful lit of sickness after
leaving the ring
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Evans ha. Resigned.

Commissioner of Pensions Evans has
placed his resignation in the hands of the
President. 1t will not take effect until
some important position in the diplomatic
service is found for him. The pension
committee appointed at the last annual
encampment Of the G. A. X. to investigate
the affairs of the pension bureau has made
its report to the President. 1t has not yet
been decided as to when the report will be
made public, if at all. 1t is stated that the
policy Of Commissioner Evans will be con-
tinued by his successor.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03

farmer and stock buyer, six miles south
of Morristown. Ind. placed stick OF
dynamite in his mouth. touched off the
fuse and literally blew his head TO atoms.
Carter had been in i'll health for several
months.
DIR. Robert T.. Gray Of Garden City,
Kan, is not legally responsible for the
death of his patient. Miss lrma Brown.
The jury which tried him for murder
in Judge Balls court in Chicago SO de
creed when it brought in a verdict Of
acIuittal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
A6airs in the PhiIlipiues.

Manila special: Rufino, who spent
900 in his efforts to invite rebellion in
the province of Misamis, island of Mind
anao, now declares he is tired of rebellion
and has offered to surrender with seventy
ave rifles. to the native constabulary.
General Chaffee will leave Manila, April
10, on tour of inspection 10 the island Of
eamar. He will visit every port in the
island, and will witness the surrender
there April Is of the insugent general,
Guevarra. After this surrender the Amer
icap garrisons in Sanar will be largely
RAduced
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
A s35O.OOO Fire,

Guthriee, Okla, was visited by a fire
and rs q resul. the State Capital printing
plant, the Hotel Capitol. the st. James
hotel, the Cammack livery barns and the
Richey general merchanise store are in
ruins. Everything in the State Capital
plant was destroyed, including two presses,
machines of every kind, linotype ma
chimes, electric and steam heating systems,
libraries and large stock of supplies.
Frank II. Greer, the owner, statesthat the
total loss is $3.50, 0,0ao. Not a thing but the
mailing lists of the paper were saved.
The loss in the other buildings will make
the entire loss to the town fully sS50.009
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
$500 to Pacific Coast

Chicago and Northwestern Railway:
during the months Of March and April
5000 from Chicago to Helena, Butte.
Anaconda. Ogden and Salt Lake City;
S3O.5O Spokane, $500 Los Angeles. San
Francisco. Portland. Seattle, Tacoma.
Vancouver. Victoria and q large number
of other points Tourist Sleeping Cars
daily to the Pacific coast. For maps and
particulars apply to nearest ticket agent
or address
W. B. Kniskern. 90 Fifth avenue. Chi
raDa Ill
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Electric Car Wreck.

Two surely, and probably four men were
killed and seven persons injured, one fa-
tally, in q head-on collision between two
cars on the Chicago & Joliet electric line
near Sag bridge, twenty miles from Joliet,
Ill. The cars met on a curve while going
ct q high rate of speed and were completely
demolished. 1t is believed that both were
racing for the switch.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Miss Stone in Londo don.

Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, the American mis-
si0nary, has arrived in London. She said
to Q representative of the Associated
Press: III am very tired, but l am glad
% be here. l cannot reiterate too often
my thanks to my many friends on the
other side. shall be delighted TO get
home once mure"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
steamers Burning.

A special from Dawson says that fire
which started in the steamboat Lough,
opposite that city has already done SS7. 600
damages and is still burning. The Lough
was used by Yukon river boats for winter
quarters. The steamers Glora and Mona,
belonging to J. Z. GOnelle of Van Couver,
are among the pieces of property already
burned,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
AnIrrationaI Diornosi..

Doctor think you contracted this
bad sore throat by running about the
neighborhood with slippers ON your
feet.
Fair patient-Nonsense. doctor; had
on my heavy cloth suit and my fur boa.
-IndianapOlis JOurral.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
From Whence She Came.

Mrs. Newcash boasts that she came
from very old. aristocratic family.
She doesn't look ii"
"Oh. l don't know. She looks as II
she might have been cook for one. some
time or other. philadelphia Bulletin.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
A Belgian Prize.

The Belgian Government offers 4
prize of $4,000 to any one who will
discover a chemical that will take the
place of white phosphorus in match
making.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Verdict for $500 Against Woman
that Stole His Wife.

Omaha special: Albert A. D0nahue,
was given a verdict of s., 500 damages by a
Jury in the district court against Mrs.
Sarah C. Figg, head of the Figgite church
for alienation of his wife's affections. The
religious sect of which Mrs. Figg is the
head, Donahue alleged, had laws which
prevented his wife from living under the
same roof with him and he charged that
Nrs. Figg was the cause of his wife's
uniting herself with the Figgite church.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Don't Go to Church.

If man goes up the aisle first people
say he bullies his wife. If she goes
up first they say he is henpecked. II
the two walk up side by side. they are
accused of trying to act like bride and
hrdeprOOm
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Quite a Different Thing.

"Maude was awfully put out at the
theater last night when that lady be-
hind her asked her TO remove her
hat"
Yes. but she was madder vet at that
woman in front of her who wouldn't
take hers off. ff."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
American Mineral Industries,

Dividends paid in American mineral
Industries last year amounted to SllI.-
100000, or 3 per cent on $1,000. 100000
Copper furnished 62 per cent of the
amount. and Missouri's zinc and lead
made q good showing.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
A Child,s puestiou.

Papa, is it true that love is n dis
ease?"
That is the way certain wise experts
have diagnosed it, my dear"
And, oh, papa. must we be vacci-
mated against itY-Cleveland Plain
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
But De Wet Raises Cain.

I've been told that the sois is very fruit
full in South Africa"
THAT may be. but there's one thing
it seems pretty hard to raise on II"
What's that?'
'.The British flag" = Philadelphia
Press
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
A Wandering River.

During the last century the Chinese
Yellow River changed its course %
times. Its present mouth is GOO miles
away from its mouth Of 1900.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Rig Grist Mill Burns,

The mill of the Newport, Indiana, Grist
Mn Company, was destroyed by fire. A
large amount of corn was burned. Loss,
$50 OOO0
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Where He Waa

little 4-year-old occupied an upper
berth in the sleeping car. Awakening
once in the middle Of the night. his moth
er asked him il ne knew where he was.
''Tourse do," he replied, I'm in the
top drawer"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03

l have never known dead earnest and
honest man or woman TO be dead fail
urea Summer Hymnal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
The Next Step.

Heres a scientist who claims that
genius is merely a nervous disease
Good, Now. can't he discover some
way to make it contagious PUCK.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Couehine Le.d. to Cop.umDt,o,

Kemp's BaIsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
Q sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and so
cent bottles. &c at once: delays are dam
GerouS.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
A Thousand Chinese Killed in the
RiOfs

Chinese officials say that a thousand
people have been killed in riots at Ia
Ming Flu, the southernmost prefecture Of
the Province of Chi Lii. This, perhaps, is
an exaggeration, but the loss of life was
undoubtedly great
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03

Insist upon your printer using Eagle
Linen Paper for your Letter Paper.
This 10 the proper thing. Take NO
other.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03

10 his own bunk. and became his ad-
wiser and friend" d"-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Nurses Experience.

Medical men say that good nurse
In difficult case is better than med
icine, but when we can get a good
nurse and good medicine, the patient
stands much better chance of re-
covery. The few words of advice
given below by nurse Eliza King, are
we'll worthy the attention of all
readers:
Il have constantly used ST. Jacobs Oil in
the various situations 1 have occupied as
nurse, and have invariably found it excellent
in all cases requiring outward application.
such as sprains, bruises, rheumatic affections,
neuralgia, etc. In cases of pleurisy it is an
excellent remedy-well rubbed in. / can
strongly recommend it after several years
use and experience. 1t should be in every
household"
Sister CARoItNA, St. Andrews Hospital,
writes: Z" 1 have found St. Jacobs Oil a most
eficacious remedyi in gout; also in sprains and
bruises. Indeed, We cannot say too much
in its praise, and our doctor is ordering il
constaptly."
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03

Love and cough cannot be hidden
The Eternal City.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
FYOU USE BALL BLUE,

Get Red Cross Ball Blue. the best Ball Blue.
Large o. package only cents.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
Farm House and Mother and Child
Burned Near Crown Point.

Burned Near Crown Point
A bolt of lightning during snow storm
struck the farm house of Christopher Lar
son, near Crown Point, Ind, and set fire
to the structure. Mrs. Larson and her 10
year-old daughter were found in the ruins
burned to @ crisp.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03

to the ball or frozen mud and snow
still bearing the impress Of a mules
foot, said that the projectile must have
come from a mule. To this Steedman
responded. No. sir; no mule could
kick like that but he mounted his
horse and rode away. Now General
Steedman had no warmer admirers
than the men of that regiment, but
they always took great comfort in the
shot that he got in the back"
"The volunteers" said the Colonel.
"were not Oyergenerous themselves in
some cases. l remember a substitute
came to us In front Of Atlanta We
bad thrown up rifle pits and the rain
had made the trench a fine. sticky
mortar about knee deep. The substi-
tute. a bright boy In new uniform,
revOlted and appealed to an old Irish
sergeant for advice The old sergeant,
full of the veterans hatred for a sub
stitute. sarcastically advised the boy
to borrow an ak, so outside the rifle
pits, cut some brush. bring 1t inside.
aud make a bed. and so keep his
clothes clean.
The boy, taking the advice serious
ly. got the AK. climbed over the rifle
pits, went out toward the enemy to get
the brush. dragged one load back, and
got the second. He explained that he
left the AK out in front because anoth-
er fellow, just as he had started with
his last load. told him to drop it. He
was gone long time, then we heard
the bang of gun, and the boy came
running back, fairly tumbling over the
entrenchments, but without the AK.
Thereupon the old sergeant exclaim-
ed: Il am sorry that the Johnny didn't
hit you. Conscripts are plenty, but
axes. l want you to know, are scarce
as hens teeth But the sergeant
finally dropped the joke, took the boy
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-19
The Coming Conveyance.

The trolly Car seems to be the COM
ing means of locomotion and in
this event steam railways will be
one of the has beens. Electric trolly
lines are being built all over the
country and others are being project
ed with every assurance of completion.
In our own State there are at this
time several electric lines in success
full operation and one or two more are
in their embrayo state. Those lines
which have been in operation suffi
cient length of time to demonstrate
their capabilities as money earners
have proven to be safe and sound
investment for capital. The latest
project being considered is a line
from Aiken via Wagner to Columbia.
Whether or not, however, any prac-
tical results will come of this agita-
ton, remains to be seen.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-19

Take some imagination, NIX with
a little passion, bottle it up-and
you have love affair.
A man who marries for money
may lack sentiment, but he has q
large stock of good horse sense.
If a man never changes his mind
he is eiteer very bright or very stub.
born.
A weston settled by force, rather
than reason, always comes up for
resettlement.
There probably never was time
when all men were satisfied with
their share.
Some ofice-holders seem to forget
the time when they were Office
seekers.
No disappointment can be quite so
intolerable as disappointment Ill ones
self.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-19
Two Impossible aen.

DR.. Hauslick once asked Schumann
how he got on with Wagner:
'Not at all" replied Schumann: 'sfor
me Wagner is impossible. Doubtless
he is very clever man, but he talks
too fast-one cannot get word in.''
Some time after, in an interview
which Hauslick had with Wagner, al
lusion was made to Schumann.
with Schumann," said Wagner, 'it
is impossible to arrive at an under
standing. He says nothing. Some
years ago on my return from Paris
called upon him to talk of operas, con-
certs, composers and other interesting
matters with which ] had become ac-
quainted. Schumann looked at me
stolidly, or rather he looked into space,
without saying word. Faith, I took
leave Of him almost Immediately. He
is an impossible man."
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-19
Patience With EccentrIcity.

Many Of the leading people in Eng
Hsh society regarded Thomas Carlyle
with feeling almost akin to reverent
delight when he chose to behave like
an ignorant boor in their drawing
rooms, even taking his seat, it is said,
unbidden in the presence Of the queen.
This generation, however, has little pa
tience with such eccentricities.
It was an English bishop who. when
the historian Freeman had worn out
his patience with his rudeness, intro
duced him to 4 waiting audience as
''the distinguished scholar that so adj
mirably describes and illustrates the
sayagery of our ancestors"