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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
The Rristow Report.

The report made by Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General BristOw as a
result of his investigation into the post
Office cases presents record of brib-
cry, blackmail and miscellaneous polit-
ical corruption which has few parallels
in recent political history. 1t is rec
ord of criminal collusiOn and deliber-
ate betrayal of a public trust.
The methods pursued by those who
prostituted their offices and entered
into conspiracieS to defraud the na
ton We're various, but the end in all
cases was the satisfaction of selfish
greed. For period of ten years, it
is shown. there has been system of
organized corruption ramifying through
some of the most important branches
of the Post Office Department and inn
pIicating officials holding places of
high responsibility. Apparently the
dishonest crew, of whom Beavers,
Machen and Tyner were the chief Of
tenders, neglected no opportunity
which might be turned to use for their
own profit. Unnecessary and worth
less supplies were purchased. the man.
ufacturers and the government officials
dividing the profits of the transaction.
Extortionate prices We're paid to ia
vored firms. Leases for post office
premises were Cancelled and the rent
increased upon the recommendation of
prominent politicians. Clerks, assist
ants and bookkeepers were hired with
out regard TO fitness or the needs of
official business, salaries being paid in
some instances where no work was
done. Nor is this all. In some cases
conspiracies We're entered into with
get-rich-quick concerns and other SWIM
ding devices which bribed officials.
According to Mr.. Bristow, the per-
sonal profits of the boodlers were small
as compared with the losses inflicted
upon the government and the pub
lie. He estimates the sums secured
by the men who debauched the public
service at between 100000 and $780,
600, while the loss to the government.
considering the needless supplies pur-
chased. must mount well up into the
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
I.Old IackV

So great was the modesty of ''Stone
wall'' jackson that he often found hi:
greatness embarrassing, and he shranB
from public notice and applause
Whenever his soldiers caught sight OF
him they rent the air with their cheers
which he always acknowledged by lift
ing his hat, and then putting spurs to
his horse and galloping away at the
top of his speed.
Little Sorrel," his favOrite horse
writes his biographer, seemed to know
the signal for his stampede, and per
haps it was from these marvellous
flights that the foot cavalry" drew
some of their inspiration. Whenever
the sound of the rebel yell'' was heard
i'm their camp the soldiers jocularly
said:
That's Old Jack or rabbit
In the movements of the troops
about Richmond, on one occasion Jack.
son and his staff were compelled TO
ride through field of uncut oats. The
owner rushed out upon them with great
Indignation. vented his rage specially
the general, and demanded his
me that he might report him"
In quiet tone the name was given
what Jackson?" asked the farmer
General Jackson" was the reply. ,
"Whatw exclaimed the man, as the
truth dawned upon him, what. Stone
wall Jackson:"
That is what they call me-"
The man took off his hat with the
profoundest respect. and in voice
now all kindness and reverence. said.
General Jackson, ride over my
whole field; do whatever you like With
Ii sir"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
had q heart that cou,d be touched like

had a heart that could be touched like
other men; but they were exceptions.
After the battle of Cedar Mountain
Il delegation went to Washington to
obtain the body of Col Done,ley, of
the Twln y-eighth New York, who was
killed in that conflict. They went to
the War Department TO obtain per-
NIT to visit the front. and explained
the nature of their errand. They met
with Il gruff refusal. This was one
of n hundred similar cases. 1t was a
positive wrong TO the unfortunate
brave and their friends and relatives;
and the instances were not Il few in
which the kind-hearted President, on
appeal to him, gave the permission.
One case is reported ia which the
applicant redressed his grief on the
SPOT. no doubt to the horror of the IN
derlings. who had not thought there
could be any back talk 10 the Secre-
tary. An officer once introduced an
old man TO the Office. explaining that
he was in command of the 149th Pa.
lidt lIit man hai a sun
in the regiment lying at the point Of
death, and wanted a pass 10 the front
to he with him in his last hour.
HE can't co." was the brusque re-
ply. Il allow no civilians at the 'front.' y
The officer fired up instantly.
"My name is Dwight" he said. "Wal-
ton Dwight. Lieut.. Col. of the 10th
Pa. Vols You can dismiss me from
the service as soon as you please, but
l am going TO tell you what think Of
yOu:" and he proceeded to do So in
the most vigorous language.
The Secretary was. no doubt aston
ished; but the independent officer car
ried his point by sheer audacity. The
old man got his pass, ard Col. Dwight
was neither dismissed nor punished.
j. F. F., in American Tribune.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
otinr Harmony.

However much his many admirers
may regret Mr. Cleveland's final with.
drawal from the political field, all DcGa-
Ocrats will feel grateful to him for
making his position known so long il
advance of the active campaign. He
has not only offered an outright refuta'
ton of the charge that he was covert
ly seeking denomination. but by aban
doning Il justifiable ambition he has
helped immensely, as it will prove, tG
restore peace and unity TO the party
which he has twice led to victory. We
have no doubt that. aside from any
personal motives. it was the desire to
contribute to the harmony of the party
so far rs in his power lay, that impell-
ed him to speak so plainly.-Washing'
ton Times.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
Like Prehistoric Dwellings.

NJ. Henneberg, great silk manufac-
turer, who recently retired from busi-
ness, has built for himself on Lake
Constance a habitation exactly after
the model Of prehistoric lake dwell
ing shown in the Zurich museum. The
building, which is about 200 feet off
the coast Of the lake, rests upon piles
few yards above the level of the
water. 1t consists Of only one room,
and it's framework is made from the
wood Of the yew tree. Around this
room a gallery extends. Of a width Of
some five feet or seven feet. The
walls consist Of willow wickerwOrk
and mud plaster, the floor of hard and
plated willow, and the ceiling Of
pressed straw. The walls are Orna-
mented with designs drawn with coal
and bullock's blood.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
Wanted No High Officers.

Iu his "Reminiscences of the Ciyl
War;" General John r. Gordon relates
this anecdote: At the close of the Civil
War, an old farmer near AppomattoX
decided to give employment TO any of
Lees veterans that might wish to work
a few days for food and small wages
He divided the Confederate employees
into squads according to the respective
ranks held by them in the army. He
was uneducated, but entirely loyal 10
the Southern cause. \ neighbor in
quired of him as TO the different
squads: WHO are those men working
there:" "Them is privates. sir, o.
Lees army We'll. how do the:
work?" Very fine. sir: firstrats
workers" who are those in the sec
ond group" "Them is lieutenants anG
captains, and they work fairly well
but not as good workers as the pii
Yates Il see you have third squad
who are they?" Then is colonels'
well. what about the colonies? How
do they work." "Now, neishbor, you'll
never hear me say one word ag'in any
man who fit in the Southern army; but
l amt a-gwine to hire no generals"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
Newberry'. Pancake Bullet.

Speaking of pancake bullets" said
the Colonel, Il met General Walter
c. Newberry on the street the other
day. and while we stood talking he
seemed nervous, throwing his weight
first on one foot and then on the 9TH
er, changing frequently. But he
wasn't nervous. / knew that and l
knew also why he seemed nervous.
When the head of our column cross
ed the James and advanced toward
Petersburg, Newberry was Lieutenant
Colonel of the Twenty-Fourth New
York cavalry. When what was left of
us got back Newberry was the senior
officer in the cavalry division.
''In that advance, when we reached
the Petersburg & Norfolk Railroad, we
ran up against the real thing in the
way of defensive work. Colonel New
berry led the advance and struck an
angle of the works and soon his line
was in the air, the supports not being
able to get up because of the eDemy's
terrific fire. Three brigade command
ers fell in the attempt to reach New
berry, but he did not retire until the
enemy began to envelop his flanks
The line went back in some disorder,
but Newberry was cool and deliber-
ate, and when we got under cover Of
the creek he went back with squad
to make a lodgment in front.
'As usual, the Colonel was in the
lead, and after he had posted the boys
to his satisfaction he started to re-.
join us in line. When he got down
under the brow of the little hill and
only his head and shoulders were ex.
posed a rebel sharpshOoter blazed
away at him. The bullet struck q
big oak tree, flattening out like pan.
cake, glanced of, and struck New.
berry OH the top Of his head in front
The bullet had fiat surface, nearly
as large as silver dollar, and wher
it struck HIS head Newberry went
down as though he had been shot
through the heart.
almost Immediately he put hi.
hand to his head expecting to find
blood. AS his senses returned he look
ed at his hand and then felt his hea6
again. Finding no blood an expires
sion Of disgust came over his face, hs
believing that he had been struck by
a spent ball. However, that pancake
bullet affected the muscles of the Gen
erals left side and ever since he has
appeared nervous on his feet. 1t Ism:
nerves, however: it is case OF pan
cake bullet, case of n wound thai
did not break the skin, but left its
mark. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
A Diving Race.

The census of 1901 reveals tragic
fact in connection with the Australian
aborigine. He belongs to race which
is dying out with rapidity. In HIS
the year of settlement, Governor Phil
lip estimated the native population al
100000. To-day it numbers only A.,
600. The aborigine is extinct in Tas
mania, almost SO in Victoria, and II
New South Wales he numbers less
than 4.COO
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
strenuous Times,

1t is rather a singular coincidence
that just when General Wood was be-
ing investigated by committee of the
United States Senate on the serious
charges made Of his conduct in Cuba
that the War Department should re-
port the slaughter, by the forces under
his command, of 800 Moros in the is
land of Jolo and the balance of Has
sans forces literally destroyed" which
consisted in all of 1900. This reported
carnage may be true; it may be eXag-
gerated, for the censorship of news
from this extreme point of our de-
tendencies is in the hands of the War
Department, and the authorities can
deal out such as they desire The
United States was supposed to have
been at peace with the Sultan of Jolo,
and had certainly made treaty with
that potentate and his dattos, of whom
Hassan was the principal one. which
continued the control of Jolo in the
hands Of the natives, as it had been
under the Spaniards. No news has
been published of any insurrection, or
other reason, for this sudden onslaught
Of General Wood. unless secret instruc-
tions had been given him by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to clean out these semi
barbarians without the usual declara-
ton of war. One circumstance that is
mentioned in the dispatch announcing
the slaughter gives color to such an un-
usual proceeding, for it is stated that
the treaty with the MOros may now be
considered at an end. 1t is therefore
possible that this sudden onslaught
may have been premeditated for the
purpose Of annulling treaty that has
always been unpopular, as it guaran-
teed polygamy and slavery. If the
news of the slaughter of the Moros
was not concocted to show General
Wood was more than doctOr-in
deed, a strenuous general-and thus
help his case with the Republican
members of the Senate, it will be nee
essary for the administration to ex-
plain who ordered General Wood to at
tack the Moros.
Victories at the far end of the line
and presidential pressure close at
home may lead to a favorable verdict
from the Republican Senators who are
investigating the former doings of Cen
eral Wood. Nowadays it is we'll not to
be surprised at anything. Strenuosity
is in the saddle, and war, pestilepce
and famine may be forced upon us at
any time, and we may be thanful that
at present those calamities are so dis
tant as in far-off JOlO.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

aching in my back and sides. For a
time was unable to walk at all, and
every makeshift I tried and all the
medicine / took had not the slightest
effect. My back continued to grow
weaker until 1 began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills, and I must say l was
more than surprised and gratified to
notice the back ache disappearing
gradually until it finally stopped"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all
dealers or by mail on receipt of price.
80 cents per box. Foster -Milburn Co..
Buffalo. N. Y.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
Ca,arrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood
or constitutional disease and in order to cure it
you must take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is not Guack medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one of the best physicians In this country for
wears, and is a regular prescription. 1t Is COM
posed of the best tonics known. combined with
the best blood purifiers. acting directly on the
mucous surfaces The perfect combination Of
the two ingredients is what produces such Won
derful results in curing Catarrh. Send for tes-
timonials, free.
Ed. CHENEY & CO.. Props. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists. price &c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

In England alone the volume OF co.
operative business has grown in the last
forty years more than forty times as fast
rs her manufactures, and 100 times as
fast as the population.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

All kinds of Rubber Stamps Made
to Order Self-InkinE Daters-some-
thing new. Ink and linking Pads.
Send for Catalogue to Lock Box 2le'
Fort Wnyne, Indiana.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
Lost Opportunity.

Cohen-I often wish l had made
failure of life.
Levy-Vy?
Coheu-Dink vot SUCCESS id you'd hat
peeni-Brooklyn Life.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

Blanket bears the name of Thomas
Blanket, a famous English clothier, who
aided the introduction of woolens into
England in the fourteenth century.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
The Dog.
"Thoroughbred dog?"

Thoroughbred dog:
"On the contrary. he's precisely the
kind of dog that would rather belong
to a boy about 10 years old than to any
body else in the world. d."-Detroit Jour
nal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
KUBBER STAMPS.

Mrs. wInslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
feethtn2: sottens the gums, redTces fnnaurn alton
Allsys pain. cures wind collie. % cents bottle.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

PeYo Permanently Cured. No fts nervousness after
PHI first days use DR.. Kline's Grea. Nerve Re-
s,orer Send for FREE t2 90 trial bottle and treatise
DIR r. II. KLINE, Ltd, S3l Arch st.. Philadelphia, Pa
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

We are never without bottle Of Pisos
Cure for Consumption in our house.
Mrs. E. NJ. Swayze, Wakita, Okla, April
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
Every Walk in Life.

A. A.
a farmer, liv-
ing three and
q half miles
from Tren-I /
t on NJ o.
says: "a sell
we're cold set:
tied in my:
kidneys and
developed so=
quickly that .
l was obliged
to lay off
work on &C.
count of the
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

II the poor man cannot always get
neat, the rich man cannot always di
gest it.-Giles.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

Bimberly-Did you ever notice it?
Jimblecute-Did ever notice what?
Bimberly-The frankness with which
a 17-year-old girl refers to herself as an
old maid?
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

Self-laudation abounds among the un-
polished, but nothing can stamp a man
more sharply as iil-bred.-Buxton.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

II you. want creamery prices do as
the creameries do, use JUNE TINT
BUTTER COLOR.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

The chief products of Porto Rico are
coffee, sugar and tobacco.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
The Feminine Way.

Ask your grocer for Mrs. Austin's Pancake
flour. Fresh and delicious.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

II you enjoy delicious. crispy brown pan
cakes, try Mrs. Austin's.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

The easiest way to prepare quick brea1'
fast Is to use Mrs. Austins Pancake -four.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10
OHIO'S WEEKLY OLIO.
Brief COMPILATION OF LATE
STATE NEWS.

Important Doings of Our Neigh.
bors-Weddings and Deaths-Crimes,
Casualties and General Buckeye
News Notes,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10


Atlanta, Ga, escaped the sur.
geon's knife, by using Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"DEAR Mrs. PIyKHAM:-I wish to
express my gratitude for the restored
health and happiness Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has
brought into my lie.
81 had suffered for three years with
terrible pains at the time Of menstrua-
ton, and did not know what the trouble
was until the doctor pronounced it in
dammatiOn of the OvarieS, and
proposed an operation.
81 felt so weak and sick that felt
sure that I could not survive the ordeal,
and so told him that would not un-
dergo it. The following week read
an advertisement in the paper of your
Vegetable Compound in such an emer-
gency, and so decided to tryit. Great
was my JOY to find that I actually inn
proved after taking two bottles, SO I
kept taking it for ten weeks, and at the
end of that time was cured. l had
gained eighteen pounds and was in
excellent health, and am now.
You surely deserve great success,
and you have my very best wishes. y
MISS ALICE BAILEY, so North Boule-
ward, Atlanta, Ga. 5000 forfeit If original
Of above letter prouing genzneness cannot be pre-
dvced.
All sick women would be wise
If theywould take Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound and
be WELL
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

Wherever men do congregate the
lobster is the king of foods
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-10

Have q reserve fund that will coma
out when you need it.
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Millions of acres of magnificent
Grain and Grazing Lands to be
had as a free gift, or by pur-
chase from Railway Compan-
les. Land Corporations, etc.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-10-09
NO FRUIT
F00RExHtBBtf FOR fExxHHtBtf
Conditions Not Favorable to
Santa Fe County Being Thus
Represented at the Fair.
WOULD NOT DO JUSTICE
Any Available Display Would Be A Re-
Election on Well Known Horti-
cultural Resources
To the Editor New Mexican !:

To the Editor New Mexican:
Sir-In view of the fact that the AL
buquerque fair is held very late this
year; that the season for all fruits
such as cherries, peaches, plums, etc,
is over; that owing to drought. frosts
and hail the fruit crop is failure and
vegetables dried up, l have found it
impossible to get together an exhibit
for Santa Fe county which would be
even creditable in competition with
the best products of other counties.
l have therefore notified O. N Mar
ron, Esq, president of the Territorial
Fair association that Santa Fe coun-
either seen personally or communicat-
ed by letter with every prominent fruit
grower in Espanola, San Ildefolso,
Tesuque, Pojoaque, and Santa md
all have expressed willing to
contribute toward the exhibit ley
only had anything worth show ,ut
all say: "It is too late. The best
fruit is over, and the pears and win
ter apples are damaged by hail, be-
sides the scarcity of wafer has made
the fruit small, and the high winds
of the last two weeks have blown the
largest and best of the winter apples
on the trees"
An inspection of many of the Or
chards has demonstrated that these
statements are correct with the eX-
ception of Edward Miller's orchard,
do not think that any sound apples
can be found in the county.
1t is to be regretted that this is the
condition of affairs, but these are cir
cumstances over which we have no
control, and it is better not to be rep
resented at the fair than to make an
exhibit which would not do justice to
our well known horticultural resour-
ces. Yours faithfully,
ARTHUR BOYLE.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-10-09
ROCK ISLAND ROAD
TO EXTEND SYSTEM
Will r fund Indebtedness for $3.50,
900, 900 for Improvement And
Purchase of Additional
Roads.

Chicago, Oct. 9-Stockholders of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail-
road company will hold a special meet
ing in Davenport, Ia, with view of
authorizing the new bond issue
amounting to $25O,000O00. No official
information has been given the public
regarding the purpose of this gigantic
financial deal, but it is generally un-
derstood that the proceeds are to be
used in refunding the bonded debt of
all the railroad companies which now
go to make up the Rock Island system
of nearly 10000 miles.
The new bond issue, however is far
in excess of the sum needed for this
purpose, and is sufficient to provide a
sinking fund to be drawn upon, if so
desired, for the purchase of additional
roads, for betterments and for pur-
poses of offense and defense.
1t was rumored last night that siren
uous opposition to the bond issue
would be made by R. R. Gable, for
mer chairman of the Rock Island
board, and his friends. The Moores
however, through the ownership of the
preferred stock of the Rock Island
company of New Jersey, are in abso-
lutte control of the Chicago, Rock Is
land and Pacific Railroad company, in
corporated in Iowa. 1t is difficult,
therefore to see how Mr.. Cable could
prevent the bond issue unless he sees
fit to serve an injunction before the
meeting is held.