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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-06
Tornado Kills Two,

Hoimesville, Neb., (SpcciaD. A
iornado near this place killed two
persons. fatally injured a third and
rsused the severe injury 20 FIVE others.
al members OF one family. The tor
nado followed a sultry afternoon.
Great damage was done TO crops and
several farm houses were destroyed
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-06
Run Into By the Mayflower.

Gibraltar, Special. - The United
States dispatch boat Mayhower col
lided today with the British armored
cruiser Bacchante. while the latter
was at anchor. The damage done, il
any has not yet been ascertained.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
Heard a Mothers Plea.

There is citizen of Cleveland who
can add very pleasant story to the vol
ume of Lincolniana, says the Plain Deal
er. H:. with his four brothers, all young
men. was in the federal army during the
war, and one of the brothers, ID years
old, after a particularly fierce campaign,
found himself in Washington military
hospital.
His mother came from Cleveland to
do what she could to aid him. He pass
when he was well enough to be moved
the mother went to the White House to
ask his discharge from the army. She
had no letters of introduction, but her
simple story was enough. She saw the
President, and in his kindly way he Iues-
toned her. She told the story of her five
soldier boys, and when she had finished,
he stepped TO his desk and wrote an or
der for tie young mans discharge.
Take that madam" he said, and get
your boy Then bring him here. ! want
to talk with him."
He gave an order to Il secretary. the
Presidents carriage was brought round,
and the mother rode away to the hos
pital Then she and the convalcscent
youth rode back to the White House.
where they dined. Later on the Presi-
dent handed the mother two railroad
tickets to Cleveland and a document set
ting forth that it was his (the Fresi-
dent's) wish that the young man should
be given position il the government
service whenever he desired it.
For nearly third of Il century that
wartime stripping has held an excellent
office in the Treasury Department at
Washington.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
Nor 60 VerY Weak.

The train on a windy pass In the
Rockies. There were in the car
few miners, two cowboys. woman.
who looked i'll, and n man clothed in
very British tweeds. He was evident
ly used to roughing it, and sat beside
the open window Indifferent to the cold
air that swirled into the car.
Behind him sat the woman, shiver-
ing. Across the aisle was large-bon-
cd westerner. He did not seem to
mind the wind himself, but he gave
a kind, solicitous glance toward the
woman.
After an hour of shivering she lean
ed forward and asked the man in front
of her to close the window. He paid
no attention to her request, except that
he looked straight ahead and said.
addressing himself to the world at
large, Americans seem to be a weak
lot"
Their the tall man across the aisle
rose slowly. His head came just under
the bell-cOrd. He reached across the
tweed suit, pushed the owner Of IL
rather rudely into the corner of the
seat, laid hold of the window-catch
with his big thumb and finger, and
sent the window down with a slam.
Il guess we amt so very weak,
pardner." he said.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
AUCTION SALE OF HEARTS.
Novel Way to Celebrate the Feast of
Cool ST, Valentine

~~oNCi w W INC cast OI
Cool st. Valentine.
There could be no gayer plan for cele-
bratins the feast of good Saint Valen-
| tine than an auction sale of hearts. Be
yonJ suspending sheet in the center of
the drawing room, in case it is not con-
venient to devote two rooms 10 your
| guests. no arranging is necessary.
If there are two rooms employed let
the girls of the party all withdraw into
one of these, the men remaining in the
other. The folding doors are closed or
partly drawn and the girl whose heart is
first to be auctioned is decided upon
among the ladies. The men are kept in
total ignorance Of the results of this
decision.
Some one, who is a clever talker, then
mounts chair. and, armed with n ham,
mer, begins to auction off the heart of
| the girl chosen. He does not describe
her i'll such way that she can be rec
ognized, but dwells upon her particular
charms. Her wit, if she is witty, her
beauty il she is beautiful, her vivacity if
she is vivaciOus, and so on.
When his wares have been sufficiently
extolled he asks for bids. Bids can only
be made by pounds or ounces (etcetera)
of love, the man who would like to cap
ture the heart offering so many pounds
or ounces for it. This bidding continues
for about minute, the heart going to
the highest bidder.
As soon as the purchaser has been
decided upon the man who wins is led
into the adjoining room and presented to
the lady whose heart he has won. The
men who were not purchasers remain in
the outer room and do not learn the iden-
tity Of the lady whose heart they failed
to carry off.
Another heart is now proposed by the
auctioneer, and her charms described.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
LYNcHeoALA AMERICAN
Astonishing Tale That Edited an Eng.
lfah Dinner Party.

Astonishing Tale That Edited an Eng.
Iish Dinner Party.
At recent dinner in London the con-
versation turned on the subject OF
lynchings in the United States. 1t was
the general opinion that a rope wac
the chief end of man in America
Finally the hostess turned to an Ameri-
can, who had taken no part In the con-
versaticn, and said:
You, sir, must have often seen these
affairs"
Yes" he replied, I'VE take a kind Of
municipal pride in seeing which city
can show the greatest number of lynch
ings yearly
"Oh. do tell us about a lynching you
have seen yourself" broke in half
dozen voices at once.
THE night before I sailed for En-
gland" said the American, Il was Civ
ing a dinner to a party of intimate
friends when colored waiter spilled
a plate of soup over the gown Of lady
Mt an adjoining table. The gown was
utterly ruined and the gentleman of
her party at once seized the waiter.
tied a rope around his neck and at
signal from the injured lady swung
him into the air"
"Horrible~ said the hostess with q
shudder.
"And did you actually see this your.
self:-
"WeIl. no." snid the American, apoi
ogetically. "Just at that time I was
downstairs killing the chef for putting
mustard in the blancmange."-MOderD
Society,"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
HOW HE KEPT HIS vow.
When Lincoln Got His Chance, He Hi
Slavery Hard Blow.

When Lincoln Got His Chance, He Hit
Slavery a Hard Blow.
| On the 22d day of Sentamber 1867, the
most glorious date in the history of the
republic, the proclamation of emancipa-
ton was issued. Lincoln had reached
the generalization of all argument upon
the question of slavery and freedom-a
generalization that never has been and
probably never will be excelled.
I'm giving freedom to the slave We as
sure freedom to the free"
This is absolutely true. Liberty can
be retained and can be enjoyed only by
giving it to others. The spendthrift
saves, the miser is prodigal. In the realm
of freedom waste is husbandry. He who
puts chains upon the body of another
shackles his own soul.
The moment this proclamation was is
sued the cause of the republic became
sacred. From that moment the North
fought for the human race. From that
moment the North stood under the blue
and stars-the flag OF nature-sublime
and free.
In 1881 Lincoln saw in New Orleans a
colored girl sold at auction. The scene
filled his soul with Indignation and hor-
ror. Turning TO his companions he said,
Boys, if ever l get Il chance to hit slav-
cry, I'll hit it hard" The helpless girl,
unconsciously, had planted in great
heart the seed of the proclamation.
Thirty-one years afterward the chance
came. the oath was kept and to 1000, 900
slaves-men, women and children-was
restored liberty, the jewel of the soul.
In the history, in the fiction of the world
there is nothing more intensely dramatic
than this.-Isobert G.. Ingersoll.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
WELL POSTED.
4 California Doctor with 40 Years'
EXDerieuce.

4 California Doctor with 40 Years'
Experience.
''In my 40 years experience as q
teacher and practitioner along hygienia
lines" says 4 Los Angeles physician.
Il have never found food to compare
with GrapeNuts for the benefit of the
general health of all classes of people.
1 have recommended Grape-Nuts for a
number of years to patients with the
greatest success, ard every years ex.
perience makes me more enthusiastic
regarding its use.
Il make it IL rule to always recon-
mend Grape-Nuts and Postum Food
Coffee in place of coffee when giving
my patients instructions as to diet, for
l know both Grape-Nuts and Postum
can be digested by any one.
''As for myself, when enga ged in
much mental work my diet twice
day consists of Grape-Nuts and rich
cream. 1 find it just the thing to build
up gray matter and keep the brain in
good working order.
In addition to its wonderful effects
as brain and nerve food Grape-Nuts
always keeps the digestive organs in
perfect, healthy tone. l carry it with
me when l travel. otherwise I am al
most certain to have trouble with my
stomach" Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Strong Endorsements like the above
from physicians all over the country
have stamped Grape-Nuts the most
scientific food in the world.
There's reason.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book, The Road to Wellville."
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
No... of National Capitsl,

Secretary Shaw says the report that he
intends to leave the cabinet is without
foundation.
Favorable action has been taken on the
Burke bill opening the South Dakota
reservation Of the Rosebud Indians for
settlement.
The House committee OH Indian affairs
authorized favorable report on the bill
to allow the sale of the timber and stone
lands of the Usage Indian reservation in
Oklahoma.
Senators Gamble and Kittredge OF
South Dakota had an interview with the
President in an effort to get him to ap-
point Indian agents for the Yankton and
Sisseton agencies In their State. Those
agencies are now IN charge of school
superintendents.
Statehood for Oklahoma was consid
cred by the House committee on terri.
tories. Sidney Clark of Oklahoma City
spoke for the proposition. He opposed
joining Oklahoma and Indian territory
into one State because of the lack of
taxing power in the latter territory caus-
ed by treaties with the Indians.
Capitol Detective +. n. Weber arrest
ed NJ. +. McKesson, charged with $50
Letting with intent TO dcfraud'' in the
capitol. Mckesson was soliciting for
illustrated ''write-ups" in 4 proposed
publication entitled Personal Reminis-
cences of the Fifty-eishth Congress"
Representative Loudenslagcr of New
York introduced bill providing for
service pension of IS per month TO all
veterans of the Civil War who served
ninety days, $40 TO those who served
two years and S12 to those who are over
62 years of age ard served three years
or more, $40 to widows of soldiers and
SD TO widows Of soldiers who would
receive that amount under the bill.
The charge % jisordcriy conduct
against Jonah X. Kalauianaole prince
Cupid the Hawaiian delegate in Con-
gress, was nolle prosssi in the police
court. He was arrested and, declining
to furnish collateral on the ground that
he was immune from arrest. was locked
in station cell all night.
Representative Lamb OF Virginia In
troduced bill appropriating S1.2OO,OOO
to the Negro Development aud Exposi-
ton Company of the United States of
America, incorporated under the laws
of Virginia. OF this SI.00O,0o0 is to en-
able Il creditable exposition to be made
by this company at the Jamestown ex-
position to be held IN 1907.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
On Accident.

1t was in the time Of wild raspber-
ries, and the Blank family were spend
ing few weeks in the country Har-
old Blank. aged G, and his two little
sisters had been out in the woods.
and when they returned. Harold pre-
sented his mother with two very moist
and slightly crushed wild raspberries
She thanked him with the effusion
that mothers show on such Occa-
sions. and said. when she had swallow
ed the berries. They were lovely. l
wish l had more of them
Il did have another one for you.
mamma. but l swallowed it on acci-
dent on tile way home" said Harold.
"Why, Harold. dear. how could you
have swallowed it Oh accident:" asked
his mother.
well, it was like this, mamma
Harold explained, Il was afraid Lucy
and Alice would try TO get the berries
away from me if they knew l had
them, SO l carried them home i'm my
mouth, and that was how / swallowed
one on accident" nt."-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
PRESIDENTIAL VALENTINES.
Large Number of Caricatures Reach,
the White House.

Large Number of Caricatures Reaches
the White House.
Quite lot of valentines reaches the
White House by mail at this season ey-
cry year. There are always good many
people scattered over the country who
are ever anxious TO write to the Presi-
dent and the festival of the patron saint
of lovers affords them great opportu-
nifty. The senders of these missives, as
a rule, believe that the President will
personally open them, and if they are i'll
tended to wound his feelings, that he will
personally grieve over the sIurs they cast.
Presumably in some eases they obtain
great satisfaction from dispatching such
anonymous cartoons, with their accom-
panying derisive verses. But, unhappily
for their aims, the chief magistrate nev-
er sees any communications of the sort,
all of which are opened by a clerk and
promptly consigned to the wastebasket,
save only few notable ones that are
deemed worthy of being put on file as
curiosities.
However, it is only the rare and ex-
ceptional presidential valentine that is
in any way malicious. OF course, every
President of the United States has cne-
mies-a rule to which Mr. Roosevelt is
no exception-and now and then dis
gruntled Office seeker or some person
who has been put out of n job in the
government employ, considers that he
is entitled to nurse n grudge against
the occupant of the White House. Such
individuals may occasionally resort to
the expedient of sending n penny valen-
tine of an insulting character as Il means
of venting their spleen. But nearly al
ways the valentines are merely playful.
1t may be said in general way that
the comic valentines sent to various Pres
idents have reflected the aspects of each
President which have aroused criticism.
For example, Chester A. Arthur, who
was bon vivant and always a we'll
dressed man, was regarded as a fop by
many people who did not happen to ad-
mire him. Consequently-at all events,
such is the recollection preserved at the
White House-the valentines addressed
to him representing most extravagant
dudes. Doubtless they would have anus
cd him greatly if he had had chance to
see them.
Many of Mr.. Harrison's valentines had
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
Gratitude Well Expressed.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Feb. Sth.-
Mr. c. L. Smith. painter and decorator,
whose home is at 800 Anne street. this
city. makes the following statement
II was laid up with some kind OK
pains. Some said it was Lumbago, 9TH
ers Sciatica, and other again Rheuma-
tism. A few of my friends suggested
that it was lead poison. but whatever
it was it gave me great deal Of pain,
in fact, almost completely crippled me.
had to use two canes to walk about
and even then it was very painful
task.
"a friend advised me to try Dodd's
Kidney. Pills and 1 began the treat
ment. After 1 had used the first box
I was able to throw away one of the
canes and was considerably improved.
The second box Strengthened me up so
that could go about free from pain
without any assistance and very soon
after was completely cured, well and
happy. without Il pain or an ache.
Dodd's Kidney Pills seemed to go right
to the spot in my case and they will
always have my greatest praise"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
Must Know Ii All.

"The hotel clerk must know little
of everything and must be ready at
any time to meet any emergency" said
the man who stood behind the register
at Michigan avenue hotel. III we
knew one-half as much, however, az
most people think we ought to know
there would be little use for dictiona.
ries. encyclopedias, and information
bureaus. That fellow you see stand
ing over there just asked me at what
time day after tomorrow his letter
would get to a little way station down
In Texas. Only this morning young
woman stepped up to the desk and
asked me if 1 could help her put on
her gloves. An old lady called me up
to the fifth floor yesterday evening to
ask me where she could find a reliable
clairvoyant. That's the way it goes
year in, year out. Now, there wasn't
a single one of those persons who did
not know, had they only stopped ia
think, that I should not be supposed
to be concerned with any Of their bust.
ness. But I am hotel clerk and am
supposed to know"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
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The News y
~0NNoA~~

This large output of boy bandits will
yet raise mp apologists for King Herod.
The public has learned that there is
such Il thing as an asbestOslcss asbestos
curtain.
If things keep on the sheep will he
tempted 10 shift and try TO raise cotton
feeccs.
Any country looking for a second.
hand war cloud would do well TO apply
to Japan.
/ The Gar is troubled with insomnia.
and the Mikado has been unusually wide
awake of late.
Mexico has evolved the horness bull
fight. 1t will be boycotted by the horned
cattlemen's union.
King Edward read his speech with as
grave and serious IL face as if he had
written it himself.
Another thing the theatergoer will de-
mand is an exit that is something more
than Il constructive exit.
Colombia will yet claim that it sent
down that army for the purpose of Civ
ing us. Il proper welcome.
H. pLi'c VI wheat iilsis 30 UP III re-
sponse 10 rumorS, but it requires more
than runiors TO keep it up.
Hussia doesn't like our new treaty
with China. That confirms the in,rres-
sion that it is Il good thing.
One thing appears certain-Chicago
theater managers do not want TO burn
money To make their places safe.
y Michigan murderer was sentenced
to prison for life within sixty hours after
ne committed the crime. This get-justice-
quick idea should become popular all over
the country.
Perhaps Mr. Macllen saved S20OOO
out of his $500 year by smoking
5-cent cigars and buying seat, in the
gallery.
1t is for Tibet 10 decide whether il
will accept the inevitable with a pleas
ant look or will force Great Britain to
shoot civilization into it.
Now that the Ferris wheel has started
for st. Louis the chances for success
full worlds fair may he said TO have
Frightened up considerably.
Boys might be induced 10 remain ON
the farm and raise wheat if it were sell
ing at harvest time for the prices it
reaches when a hoard of trade clique
gets hold of the visible supply.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11

control of the right of way for military
purposes without too serious inconven-
ience of regular traffic. and property
owners i'll the districts to he occupied
or trayersed by the combatants are be-
ing warned what to expect and what
compensation the War Department will
allow them for the Inconvenience they
may suffer. All the branches of the army
will be represented in the maneuvers,
but the navy will not take part. the force
afioat having purely naval problems I'd
work out next summer
1t is probable that the usual army
problems at Forts Riley and Thomas
next summer will he much curtailed in
order that the War Department may
concentrate its resources 10 make the
New York camnairn more memorable
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
Lincoln as a Village Oracle.

Abraham Lincoln had only a few
months of schooling" but many years
of education. A writer in McClure's
tells how the future President was edu-
Gated in his boyhood as debater and
an orator.
One man in Gentryville, Ind, a Mr..
Jones, the storekeeper, took a Louisville
paper, and here Lincoln went regularly
to read and discuss its contents. All
the men and boys of the neighborhood
gathered there, and everything which the
paper related was subjected to their keen,
shrewd common sense.
1t was not long before young Lincoln
became the favorite member of the group,
and the one listened to most eagerly.
Young Lincoln was not only winning q
reputation as debater and story teller,
he was becoming known as a kind of
backwoOds orator.
He could repeat with effect all the
poems and speeches in his various school
readers; he could initiate to perfection
the wandering preachers who came to
Gentryville, and he could make political
speech so stirring that he drew crowd
about him every time he mounted q
stump.
The applause he won was sweet; and
frequently he INDUCED his gifts when he
ought to have been at work-so thought
his employers and Thomas, his father.
1t was trying, no doubt, to the hard
pushed farmers, to see the men who
ought to have been cutting grass or chop
ping wood throw down their sickles or
axes to group around boy whenever he
mounted stump to develop a pet theory
Or repeat, with variations, yesterdays
sermon.
In his fondness for speechmaking he
attended all the trials Of the neighbor-
hood, and frequently walked fifteen miles
TO Boonville to attend court.
He wrote rs well as made speeches,
and some of his productions. were even
printed through the influence of his ad-
miring neighbors; thus a local Baptist
preacher was so struck with one of Abra-
hams essays on temperance that he sent
it to Ohio, where it appeared in some
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
A New LINCOLN Story.

i
W. E. Curtis tells this new Lincolr
story: President Lincoln once invited ,
lannon's medium to display his alleged su
pernatural powers Mt the White House
several members of the cabinet bein:
present. For the first half hour the dem
onstrations were of physical character
At length rappings were heard beneath
the Presidents feet, and the medium
stated that an Indian desired to commu.
nicate with him.
Il shall be happy to hear what his
Indian majesty has to say" replied the
President, ''for l have recently received
a deputation Of our red brethren, and il
was the only delegation, black, white or
blue, which did not volunteer some ad-
vice about the conduct of the war"
The medium then called for a pencil
and paper, which We're laid upon the
table, and afterwards covered with a
handkerchief.
Presently knocks were heard, and the
paper was uncovered. To the surprise
of all present it read as follows: Haste
makes waste, but delays cause vexations.
Give vitality by energy. Use every
means to subdue. Proclamations are use
less. Make bold front and fight the
enemy; leave traitors at home to the
care Of loyal men. Less note of prepara-
tions, less parade and policy talk, and
more action-Henry Knox"
THAT is not Indian talk said the
President. ''Who is Henry Knox?'
The medium, speaking in a strong
voice, said: "The first Secretary of War"
"Oh, yes; General Knox" said the
President. Stanton, that message is for
you: it is from your predecessor.
should like to ask General Knox when
this rebellion will be put down.
The answer was Oracularly indefinite.
The medium then called up Napoleon,
who thought one thing, Lafayette an
other. and Franklin differed from both.
"Ah!" exclaimed the President, "opin-
ions differ among the saints as we'll as
among the sinners. Their talk is very
much like the talk of my cabinet"