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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-05
JAMES W. RATCLIFFE. AucTIoYEER-
tSuccessor to Radcliffe Sutton a Con

Very valuable Six-story Brick
House, containing 10 rooms: mod
ern Improvements, No. 5II 18th
street northwest.
Also
Unimproved Property on G street
between 2Ist and 22d streets north
west, fronting so feet 3 inches.
On ~ fSDAl AFTERNOON. April. TWELFTH
Al HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK, I will sfrer fo-
scie. py public auctscn. in FROM OF the premises
sot d square 80. fronting 81 feet inches by lO9
i'e, improved by a large brick fcuse
W TIE SAME DAY. AT FIVE O'CLOCK Pm
Iot 9. square 40. fronting SO feet 8 inches on Z;
syeet end running hack 10 an alley, together with
az tne Improvements. rights.
Terms stated at sale. $500 required upon ac.
81 lance OF bid. Terms to be complied with In
er's cost. ' - 49, f
ap1-d&ds JAMES W RADCLIFFE. Auctlouecr
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The regular weskiy meeting and drill Of
the Alexandria Light Infantry was held at
the armory last night. Capt. Bryan put the
boys through the manual Of arms and foot
movements for about an hour.
While Capt. Bryan has received no orders
from the adjutant general to hold his COM
mand in readiness, he has succeeded in
At almost every meeting recruits are en-
listed,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-05

Executors Of Mary e. Mahorney. deceased.
mh3O-d 6i2 II at n "
The times., 1898-05-30
Great Naval Disasters.

(From the New York SUM-
list OF the greatest naval disasters in which
war vessels figured would include the following:
Edgar, English, blew up. 171I; all on board
persisted.
Namur, English, 1749; $50 lost.
Prince George, Eenglish sloop, burned 175s;
400 lost
Rayal George, English frigate, in 17s2; lives
lost, 600.
st. George and Defence, English frigaates, 1871;
nearly 1900 lives lost.
Meduse, French frigate, 1876; nearly 200 lost
Birkenhead, English troopship, 1852; 454 lost
Albany, British sloop of war; 1853; 210 lost.
lives lost.
Eurydice. English training ship, 1873; 800 lost.
Z. S. S. Oneida. 1870; 1l5 persons lost
Captain, English vessel, 1870; nearly every
one on board pcrished.
u. S. S. Huron, 1877; 100 lives lost.
Grosser Kurfurst, German ironclad 1878; about
800 lives lost.
Dotterel, English sloQp OF war, exploded 1851;
143 killed and drowned.
Victoria, English battIeship. 1898; 400 lost.
Reina Regente, Spanish wa5ship 1895; l20 lost
u S. S. Maine blown up 1895; 264 lives lost.
England has been the unfortunate victim of
November 26, 1903, the, Stirling Castle, 20 guns,
Mary, 10 guns; Northumberland, 20 guns; Van.
guard, 20 guns; York, 20 guns; Resolution. GO
guns; Newcastle. GO guns, and Reserve, GO guns,
were all lost in the same storm. and many hun
dreds perished Again, in October, 1850 the Thun-
guns; Phoenix, Il guns; La Blanche, 80 guns;
Laurel, Is guns; Shark, 2s gins; Andromeda Is
guns; Deal Castle, "a Guns: Penelope "a guns
Scarborough, 20 guns Eafbadoes, II guns; Cha
neleon, IA guns; Endeagor, fl guns, and Victor
10 guns, were lost in the West Indies.
The times., 1898-05-30

where they received first prize in the
maiden drill and came in Sc snnd to the
Fenciblesin the interstates contest in 1883
They also took the trophy 1T the rifle
range OF Ordway last year. In fact at
one time all but seven members OF the
company wore sharpshooters' crosses, the
commissioned officers being Among the
NUMBER, ana the remainder Of the COM
mand had marksmen's buttons.
Lieut.. Mattingly expects 10 nave the
company In reaiiness for active servi: g
IN two weeks
IL has been stated at the War Depart
ment that there would be hi troops from
the District of Columbia Included in the
second call for volunteers and that It was
useless TO organize companies for that
purpose, as they would not be accepted.
Ad1t. Gen. Corbin stated TO reporter for
The Times that Washington has in the
held eco men in excess Of tho quota the
law allowed. and that the second call
would not include the District of CO.
lumbia.
The times., 1898-05-30
Civilians as Army officers.
(From the Minneapolis Tribune


There is widespread and just complaint over
the appointment OF incompetent young civilians
to places of command in the Army that rightly
belong to the regular officers Who have been ex-
pressy educated for them. The average American
cannot see why young Logan should be made
colonel, or young sartoris staff officer; neither
does it recognize any military merit in the sons
of Secretary Alger and the late Secretary Blaine
or in the sons OF Senators Fairbanks GRAY and
Elkins, or OF Congresmen Hit and Hill. If these
young want to go to the war. let them show
their patriotism by enlisting as privates as many
sons of distinguished families have already done
To put officer without military knowledge, or
experience in comand of soldiers is to lead them
to defeat or death. In Army appointements, po-
litieal favoritism social prestige should cut no
figure. The responsible places in our Army be-
long TO the men of military education and train
ing. To appoint civilians over ther heads is
both an unjust and dangerous policy.
The times., 1898-05-30
IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD
Program Of the Ceremonies Ar
ranged for the Day,
HONORING NATIONAL HEROES

Additional soIcmnity Lent to the
Occasion by the War fn Progress
and the Presence of the VoIun-
teer Troops-order of the Parade
The Speakers and observances at
the Various Cemeteries.
The times., 1898-05-30
Committee.

committee
]. 3. Carter. Chairman
A. #. Dlnsmore, e. II. Ripley, and S. w.
s Bunyea-
Parade viii form on Pennsylvania
Avenue southeast between Third and
Fourth Streets, at II a. m. and will
march thence TO the cemetery.
Order of Parade.
Mount Pleasant Field Band.
Sunday school
Civic organizations.
Citizens.
Farragui Post. No 10. C. A. r.
Farragut Octet.
Carriages.
oratofs. poets, chaplain.
- Order OF Exercises.
!. Sounding Assembly. Bugler
. Nearer. My God, to Thee.-.-...4
....sI. Mount Pleasant Field Band
g. Calling Assembly to Order.
]. Bs Carter. j. V Dept. Commander
1. Invocation. .o..... Rev. Wm. Fl. Black
8 Consolation. .......... .Farragut Octet
g. Grafton. .-l.-...-. Gen. Van II. Bukey
Z. Stars ahdG Stripes Forever.
Mount Pleasant Field Band
s. Firmly Stand, My Native Land,
Observation-Disclosures. Farragut Octet
8. Lineoln's Gettysburg Address.
.-...............Col. Jas. II. Stevenson
10. Onward, Christian Soldiers.
...-...... Mount Pleasant Field Band
II. Memorial Poem. DR.. A. C. Adams
12 Rally Round the Flag............
...-...... Mount Pleasant Field Band
13. Benediction. ....... Rev. Wm. II. Black
H. America, Parragut Octet, with
band accompaniment. assemblage
-.
The times., 1898-05-30

,liarrhoea ever since the war and have
used all kinds of medicines for it. At
last 1 found one remedy that has been
success as a cure. and that is Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy.-P. E. Grisham, Gaars Mills. La.
For sale by Henry Evans. wholesale and
retail druggist. 92S F Street northwest,
and Connecticut Avenue and S Street
northwest. and i4zS Maryland Avenue
northeast.
The times., 1898-05-30
THE AFRICAN ARMY.

Following is complete list of all the
regiments now in the service. with their
present location:
The times., 1898-05-30

The observance Of Memorial Day in
Washington and vicinity today viii be
unusually elaborate and impressive even
for Che Capital City, where this particular
anniversary is always an especial feature
A particular interest and solemnity at
taches 20 the celebration of the day be-
cause Of the war in which the country is
now Involved and the knowledge that this
time next year there viii be fresh graves
10 decorate and new herpes TO eulogize
The complete program of the exer-
eises at al points of interest in the Dis
trict follows:
The times., 1898-05-30

The history of the Emmett Guard is of
more than passing interest. Il was one
of the first of the separate organizations
to enter the National Guar1 and has al
ways maintained high reputation for
efficiency and general effectiveness. There
have been many cfhcers we'll Known in
military circles ailo have graduated from
this command The two most widely
known are Col. NJ. Emmett Ure1 now ma-
jor of the First i5attalion District Volum-
teer Regiment, and Lieut.. Col. Rich;ld
A. O'Brien, now major of the Second Bat
talon, District Volunteer Regiment Eoth
these officers have been captains of the
Emmett Guard AID though they now hold
higher commands they are always glad
to be remembered as officers os the En-
NETS.
Capt. Harry Walsh, at present senior
captain of .he T.strict Volunteer Regi-
ment, was the commander OF this organ
ization, and his present command is made
up of all the Emr1ets that couIl go into
the field, including the two .ieutenan.s.
Capt. Walsh has led the company to many
a victory on the prize drill field AMI rifle
range, notably at Little Rock. Ark,
The times., 1898-05-30

w. w. Deloe,
J. d. Coiner,
G. D. Mackay,
w. s. Seymour,
III. c. Waston,
7. S. Rice,
Geo. McCutcheon,
J. @. McGrath,
Chas. Meters,
w. F. Dorsey,
Henry Floyd. s.ss
Jas. Hughes,
Thos. Wilson,
S. G. Brown,
F. II. Wagner,
e. A. Mosely.
w. p. Titcomb,
e. w. Whitaker,
Geo. w. Mockabee,
RI j. Nicholson,
Cdnvis Parker,
Stanton Weaver,
Geo. A. Henderson.
B. f. Graham,
w II. Honn,
T.s B. Crisp,
j Edward Webster.
Jas. II. Dony,
Thos. ]. Putnam,
Henry w. Emo,
A. B. Grunwell,
Ga w. Fletcher.
Rudolph Ullmer,
Fred Storch,
.atfons and Grounds,
). Chairman.
j. tR. Hayes. NJ. D.,
Edmund cotterill,
]. P. Quander,
Randall Bowie,
al COMMITTEE.
I, President Depart
tomac, w. r. G.
man.
Mrs. Emma Myers,
Mrs. Ruth G. Bias
land,
Mrs. Annie c. Got
wald,
Mrs. Mary L. Bun
dick,
Mrs. Albertine Odell,
Mrs. Rose Ferree,
Mrs. A. II. Bennett,
Mrs. M. A. Hough-
ton,
Mrs. Mary Moore,
Mrs. Fannie Pome-
roy,
Mrs. Kate Penfeld.
Mrs. Della c. Per-
ham,
Mrs. Harriet L. Vim
ing,
Mrs. a. E. Ball,
Mrs. Mary Tryon,
Mrs. Jean Nick. Ho-
yer.
Mrs. Rebecca Rob-
erts,
Miss Carrie Shinn,
Miss Maggie Cox,
Miss Jane Gibson,
Miss Florence Per-
kins,
Miss Katharine Nc
Girr.
Miss Mabel Gould,
Mrs. F. L. McKenna,
Miss Addie O'Bryop,
Mrs. D. NJ. Good
acre,
Mrs. r. V. McKen-
ney,
Mrs. Francis NJ.
Cherry.
Miss Anita V.Hayes,
Mrs. Henry Gushing,
Mrs. VIM. II. Hen
ming,
Miss n. Showing
hammer,
Miss Jennie Man
ming,
Miss Cora A. Pen
field.
Miss Mary A. Lamb,
Miss Mary f. Wy
cOff,
Mrs. Fannie NJ. Cal
vert,
Mrs. C. V. Pettys,
Mrs. Laura Lem
/. mon,
Mrs. C. Ballinger,
Mrs. n. c. Royce.
Mrs. F. C. George,
Mrs. Mary Engle,
Mrs. Haight.
Mrs. Lucia A. Rugg,
Mrs. Anna Power,
Mrs. Harriet Bill
lings,
Mrs. Mary A. O'Neil,
Mrs. l.. A. Over
acker.
Mrs. Flora A. Lewis,
Miss c. Z. Hawley,
Miss A. f. Ball,
Miss Edith Shaw.
Miss Elite II. Aus
tin,
Mrs. w. II. Decker,
Ida L. Chase.
Miss Sallie Jacobs,
Mrs. T. L. Washing
ton,
Mrs. Margaret Car
roll,
Miss NJ. Chambers,
Miss Lizzie Fletcher,
Jas. A. Allen,
Miss Maria Allen.
of the Unknown.
'icks. Chairman.
NJ. c. Davenport,
G. L. Thompson,
Julia NJ. Layton,
n Committee.
.ws, Chairman.
". H. Liverpool.
John Donnely,jr.,
Committee.
oks, Chairman.
and Past Depart
lmanders.
Committee.
dson, Chairman.
Thos. S. Hopkins,
Soldiers Home.
r Vice Department
Chairman.
Nelson Hough.
Iressional iCemetery.
r Vice Department
Chairman.
E. H.Ripley.
Hill and Holy Rood.
IL. Chairman.
Chas. L. Dawson.
elizabeth Cemetery.
Chairman.
George Keithly.
wood, Prospect Hill.
Olivet Cemeteries.
n, Chairman.
Roy L. Whitcomb,
tie Ground, Rock
Etc.
:, Chairman.
w. H. ]. Malvin.
Disasters.
v York SUM-
disasters in which
,-aI-Jo a. K~1Ie.
The times., 1898-05-30

DaNlu u dThef,
]. B. Gil1llen,
Sam'l Baxter.
M. Whipple,
w. T. Schute,
Peter McGirr,
John Gates. !.
r. S. Post, y
p. r. Faulkner,
N. w. Bond,
]. r.. Gilliland, II
S. S. Moores,
w. f. Halleck,
Mrs. A. C. Starkey,
L. ]. Wilson,
G. Pulaski,
A. p. Bogne,
]. NJ, Holmes,
e. r. Campbell,
A. B. Bromley,
f. B. Stewart, ~.
f. A. Niles,
II. G.. Birmingham,
w. II. II. Warman,
David Splitter, S
w. l.. Soleau, II
w. B. Clemmer, =
F. w. McEIroy,
Lew c. White,
c. b. Moore, 81
j. Tyler Powell, 81
e. c. Stevens,
It. Olesen,
Jas. 0. C. Roberts,
Committee on Deco
NJ. NJ. Levi,
]. e. McCabe, ~.
S. j. Block, !
+. ]. Sweet.
VIM. II. Henning,
Auxiliary Flo.
Mrs. Anna A. Peel
ment of the Pc
Chai,
Mrs. NJ. r. Sprague,
Mrs. Nellie S. Hyer,
Mrs. Mary Van Noerr,
Mrs. Nellie e. Nor
gan,
Mrs. G.. Van Fleet,
Mrs. Emily Emo,
Mrs. Mary Crawford
Mrs. Emily Frisbie,
Mrs. Alice Simmons,
Mrs. Margaret Leon
ard,
Mrs. Florida Bogia,
Mrs. Sara Poynton.
Mrs. Florence Miller,
Mrs. Alice Chase.
Mrs. Alice Fisher, I.
Mrs. Nj. l.. Johnson,
Mrs. Hattie Saun-
ders,
Mrs.Clara Chase.
Mrs. Annie Dorsey,
Mrs. l.. d. Childs,
Mrs. Lottie Sim
mons,
Mrs. Julia Hamilton,
Mrs. Evelyn Simms,
Mrs. Lizzie Lehman,
Mrs. II. j. Devoe,
Mrs. Sarah Hurley.
Mrs. II. A. Thomp-
son,
Mrs. Marg. Blake,
Mrs. Jennie Rose
Grams, &
Miss Emma Hou-
chen.
Miss Anna Bierley,
Miss Almira Brown,
Mrs. Mary French,
Mrs. ]. C. Turner,
Mrs. Joseph Hough-
ton,
Mrs. V. Mclaughlin,
Mrs. Ellen Bryant,
Mrs. Lucinda Cru
ber,
Mrs. Mary Peck,
Mrs. Rosa Noskey.
Mrs. Addie Feath-
ers,
Mrs. Carrie Living
ston,
Mrs. Josephine Bar
bour,
Mrs. Mary Krieger.
Mrs. Mary Blake,
Mrs. Adeline Fletch-
er,
Mrs. Mary Mangan,
Mrs. Katie Harris,
Mrs. L. Chamber
lain, 49, sH
Miss Carrie Brook
field,
Mrs. Mary Ferd-
ham,
Mrs. Clara 8 Kali
strom,
Mrs. Jessie Drummer,
Mrs. Mary Shana-
han,
Mrs. Ida z. Brown,
Mrs. Lizzie w. Cal
yer.
Mrs. Helen a. Engle,
Mrs. +. II. r. Davis,
Mrs. c. wilkinson,
Miss Alice Poynton,
Miss Maria Allen, }
Miss Katie Weber,
Miss NJ. L. Jordan, q
Mrs. Estella Har-
bone,
Mrs. Mae Sargent,
Mrs. C. Wilkinson.
Mrs. NJ. L. Brown,
Mrs. NJ. A. Knapp.
Mrs. Ada Weiss.
Committee on Tomb
Mrs. l. V. Hendl
Emma Miller,
Mary P.Ripley.
F. I. Howells,
Georgia G. Balm.
Transportatio
Charles Matth,
John McElroy,
Thomas Calver,
Reception
Newton NJ. Bro
Department officers
ment Cor
Auditing {
A. II. G. Richar
A. F. Dinsmore,
Committee on
B. T. Chase, Senic
Commander
Jacob Moore,
Committee on Cong
j. B. Carter, Junie
Commander,
S. W. Bunyea,
Committee on Oak
A. B. Grunwt
Fred Storch,
Committee on st. I
J. E. Snow,
]. II. Dony,
Committee on Glen7
st. Mary's and Mt.
b. P. Entriki
T. B. Crisp,
Committee on Bar
Creek,
Peter McGirl
Theo. Hausmann,
Great Nava
(From the Ne
A lief nj tho greatest
The times., 1898-05-30

Your credit Is good at Lanspurg's Fur
niture House. 18th and T sts. oc3-tf
The times., 1898-05-30
Money to Loan on

Household Furnaar-. Pianos. &c. wi,h-
out removal from owners possession; payments
received on principal, which reduces the cost OF
carrying; all business strictly confidential; no
expense to applicant if loan Is not made; EN-
cient service enables to act promptly on all
applications. See US before going elsewhere.
Capital Loan Guarantee Co.,
6o2 F Street N. w.
The times., 1898-05-30
L. =. yOLU STEERs.
Infantry Regiments.


Infantry Regiments
First, California. .Afioat for Manila
First, Oregon. .AflOat for Manila
First, Montana. San Francisco.
First, Dakota San Francisco.
Seventh, California San Francisco.
First Washington. San Francisco.
Thirteenth. Minnesota. San Francisco.
Tenth, Pennsylvania. San Francisco.
First, Colorado. San Francisco.
Seventy-first, N. Y...-.Tampa
Second Massachusetts Tampa.
Twenty-second, Mass. Tampa
Third, Ohio. Tampa.
Fifth, Ohio. Tampa.
Second, Georgia. Tampa
Thirty-seCond Mich. Tampa
First, Florida Tampa
Second. Illinois. Tampa
First, North Carolina Tampa
Fiftieth. Iowa Tampa.
Fourth. Illinois ... Tampa
Third, Michigan. Tampa
First, Wisconsin. ..... Tampa
Seventeenth, Indiana, .Chickamauga.
l60th, Indiana. ............Ch .Chickamauga.
lSSth, Indiana. .Chickamausa.
First, Ohio. -Chickamauga
Third, Illinois. .Chickaraauga
Fifth, Illinois ..Chickamauga
Fifth, Pennsylvania .. .Chickamauga.
Third, Pennsylvania. .Chiekamauga
Sixteenth Peunsylv u. .Chickamauga
Fourth. Pennsylvania. .Chickamauga.
Fifth, Missouri. .Chickamauga
Third, Michigan. -Chickamauga.
Second Wisconsin. .Chickamauga
Third. Wisconsin. ..Chickamauga
Second, Ohio...........Chi Chiekamauga.
Thirty-first, Michigan. .Chickamauga.
First, Vermont. -Chiekamauga.
First, Dist. Columbia. .Chickamauga
First, Pennsylvania Chickamauga.
Twelfth. New York. .ChiCkamauga.
Eighth, New York -. -Chickamauga.
Second, Kentucky ...--. Chickamauga
Eighth, Massachusetts.C Chickamauga.
Third. Tennessee. e.-..... .Chiekamauga
Fourth, Tennessee. .Chickamauga
Sixty-ninth, n. Y...... .Chickamauga.
Ninth. New York. ...... .Chickamauga.
Fourteenth, New York. .Chickamauga.
Second, New York., .Chickamauga
Fifth. Maryland. ...-.. .Chickamauga
Fourth, Ohio. .Chickamauga.
Sixth. Ohio. .Chickamauga.
First, West Virginia. .Chickamauga.
Twelfth, Minnesota. .Chickamauga.
Second, Kansas. ...-.-... .Chickamauga.
First, Missouri ri.......... .Chickamauga.
Second, Nebraska ... ..Chickamauga
SiXty-fifth, New York. Falls Church, Va
Sixth Illinois. Falls Church.
Seventh, Illinois. Falls Church
Sixth. Pennsylvania Falls Church.
Third, Missouri. ri.-........Falls Church.
Fourth, Missouri. Fails Church
Sixty-fifth, Illinois. Falls Church.
Eighth, Pennsylvania. Falls Church
Thirteenth, Pennsylv' a Falls Church.
Eighth, Ohio. Falls Church.
Seventh, Ohio.....-.,...Falls Church.
First, New Jersey. ey.......Falls Church.
Ninth ObiO EaiIc
Sixth. Massachusetts. Falls Church
Twelfth. Pennsylvania. Falls Church
Twenty-second Kansas. Falls Church
First, Maryland Fort Monroe.
Third. New Jersey Qst
battalion) .Pompton Lake. n
Third, New Jersey I'D
and Sd battalions) Sandy Hook
Cavalry Regiments.
First. Ohio. ...Chickamauga.
Rough Riuers. San Antonio.
Troops a and C, n. Y..FaIls Church.
Artillery Regiments.
First Ohio o.............. ..Chickamauga.-
Battery A, Illinois -. ..Chickamauga.
Battery B, Pennsylv a.. .Chickamauga.
California q company. Afloat for Manila
Batteries A & B, ,Utah.Afoat for Manila
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-28
GREATEST BARLEY STATE.
California Leads-Hop Growing Oh
the Pacific Coast.

While the Pacific coast wine yield
is not up to expectations this year,
there has been a large crop Of barley
and considerable product of hops III
California, Oregon, and Washington.
The product of barley in the United
States has increased from $4,000, 900
bushels in 1888 and 68,000,000 in 1890
to 9O,O0O,OOO this year.
The business of mailing kept pace
with the rapid development of brew
ing, and one of the results of the Gu
larged demand has been the establish
ment Of many malthouses and tie
discontinuance of mailing by brewers.
At the present time comparatively few
brewers malt their own barley, it
being more profitable to buy of the
maltster.
The central and northern counties
of New York had formerly monop-
oily of hops, but Washington and Ore
gon are now in the field. By the cen
sus of 1890 Washington ranked second
among the states of the country in
the product of hops, California third,
and Oregon fourth.
In the total amount of it's barley
product California ranks not only at
the head of the states. but produces
in year about one-fourth of the bar
ley product of The whole country. 1t
is estimated that the total hop crop
of Washington state this season will
be between $1,000 and 10000 bales.
The picking is finished and much of
the crop has already been sold on the
basis of 10 to IL cents per pound.
According to the secretary of the
Wine Makers Corporation of Cali
fornia the vintage this year will be
one of the smallest in the recent his
tory of the state. The yield of dry
wines will be in the neighborhood of
100000 gallons, as against 27,000,000
gallons last year. Sweet wine will
show about one-half the production of
a year ago.-New York Sun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-28
; Our Diplomacy !
; lUl1t$ Dignity !

United States with the chancellors
of Europe. Correspondence between
the United States and European for
eign offices will in future be something
more than merely elegant phrasing,
and no European statesman like Lord
Salisbury or the late Lord Granville
will again need five months to answer
the strictly business-like letter of an
American secretary of state. We have
Americanized foreign offices.
Among those statesmen who have
distinguished themselves in this line
IN former perilous times are trio
whose achievements present events
seem to rehabilitation, Marcy and
Seward John NJ. Clayton was General
Zachary Taylor's secretary of state. 1t
is to him we are indebted for the Clay
treaty which was in 1850in-
tended as a defense of our rights in the
istnmus against the rampant imperial
ism of Lord Palmerston, who was then
the terror of all Europe. 1t is the habit
in certain quarters now to discount the
services of Clayton, and to say that
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, which Mr..
Blaine gave notice of our intention to
only ties American hands
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-28
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO

There was not public library in
the United States.
Almost all the furniture was I'M
ported from England.
An old copper mine in Connecticut
was used as a prison.
Every gentleman wore queue, and
powdered his hair.
There was only one hat factory, and
that made cooked hats.
Crockery plates were objected to be-
cause they dulled the knives.
Virginia contained fifth Of the
whole population of the country.
A man who jeered at the preacher
or criticised the sermon was fined.
A gentleman bowling to a lady al
ways scraped his foot on the ground.
Two stage-coaches bore all the
travel between New York and Bos-
ton.
A day-laborer considered himself
well paid with two shillings a day.
When a man had enough tea, he
placed his spoon across his cup to in
dictate that he wanted no more.
The church collection was taken in
a bag fastened at the end of pole,
with a bell attached to rouse sleepy
contributors.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-28

Britain has been to some extent cured
of the erroneous belief which she
formerly entertained about the i'm
provised diplomacy Of the United
States.
But that the belief still holds in Eu-
rope is plain. Even Bonaparte who
was more of a democrat than the
other sovereigns of Europe and whose
sale of Louisiana indicated that he was
a sincere friend of this country, could
not always repress this prevailing feel
ing of European court noodles. He
once remarked, referring to Chancellor
Livingston, who was hard of hearing,
and to John Armstrong, his successor,
who could not talk French "The
United States is represented at the
French court by deaf and dumb en-
bassieS." The opinions Europeans en-
tertained about our ambassadors ex-
tended also to the statesman for whom
the ambassador spoke, usually the sec
rotary of state. And whenever an
American secretary of state outwitted
his dilletante European brother he was
charged with using the language of
bounce and braggadocia, which the
superior nature of the foreigners did
not pretend to quite understand. Thus
sweet hypocrisy still parted the stun
ming blow; and the practice of this
form of discrimination was in his view
one of the fine points of diplomacy
that Andrew Jackson scotched in his
day, but which Cleveland and Olney,
Mckinley and Day have forever made
impossible in the relations of the