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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-10
SCIOfula

Is deep-seated blood disease which
all the mineral mixtures ii the world
cannot cure. S.S.S. guaranteed purely
vegetable is a real blood remedy for
blood diseases and has no equal.
Mrs. Vt. Buck, of Delaney, Ark, had
Scrofula for twenty-five years and most
doctors who could not relieve her. A
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-10
n oTIcE TO CREDITORS u

4R
~ RUCkDASHEI. deceased "
State OF Wisconsin, Grant Comfy g
county court in and tor SaId county.
III the matter Of the estate ~ Crristi.r
Ruckdashel deceased
Letters teStamentarv in said matter
having neen issued TO Caroline RuckdaSbeI
en- ono, motion Of Carter s Brennan. her
cats unuL and including the Isl d9v III
SepJ a. u l..N be. ana the same hereby
ts.alloWea and limited forthe creditorSofrft.
SstltlO az tstldn RUckddshcl deceased. to exhih
i dud present y this Court their claims ana
AelndluS against said deceased for ev,Trf
IdlloH ana allowance: that such claims a1,i
eehanos Will be received by said Fout-r ~
the court House in the CITY OF L,ancaSt..rr.1
u salQ county, at each term thereof IyitSir,
800 tllne and said Court viii examine 1,,i
d03uSl Inc same At The regular Term fbs 80
81 sQ oe beg IN and held al said Court H.
On the lSt Tuesday OF Sept A n 80
ana notice of all which shall bt ;sss,
" the publication OF this order No. tt tS
ABOVE caption for Four successive vesi-s si It's,
the Grant County Herald a Ne ~ 3 q "a
paper published al the CITY Of I.snTsss,.SN >
eAiQ county the first such publiraffcr, - :, Il, ~
Wltnln hfteen DAYS from this dafs :" Ue
BY the Court
z. =. GOODSEII
Dated Feb l. lsgs -'ieS Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-10

Grandpa, how old are your
II am 81 years old, my dear"
Then you were bora so years before
! was. What long time you had alone
waiting for me Philadelphia Times,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-10
she Answered Not.

Willie, L don't ut to have to ia TX
TO you any more; i makes me tired"
Interval Of ten minutes.)
Nav, amt the Social-Hour club
meetin's awful hard on you ?"-Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-10
THINK ABOUT YoUR HEALTH
This is the Time to ',ive Atte, ton to Your
HhysIeaI ConnLtiom

The warmer weather which vii
come with tie approaching spring
months should iiud you strong aud ia
robust health, tonr blood pure and
appetite good. Otherwise YOU sill be
in danger Of seriou, Illness Purify
and enrich Your blood with Hood sSar-
sapar.lla and thus prepare for
spring This medicine makes rich.
red blood and gives vigor and vitality
1t viii guard Won against danger from
the changes which will soon take
place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-10
a Critical oninion.

Dunn-What doyou think of Dauber's
latest picture, after Reubens?
Brown think that Reubens would
be after Dauber if he could only see it.
N. Y. Journal. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-10

specialist S aid he
could cure her, but
he filled her with
arsenic and potash
which almost ruined
her constitution. She
then took nearly
every so-called blood
medicine and drank
them by the wholesale,
but they did not reach
her trouble. Some
one advised her to try
SIS S. and she very
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-10

soon found that she had a real blood
remedy at last. She says: "After tax
ing one dozen bottles of SIS. l am
perfectly we'll, my skin is clear
and healthy and would not be in
my former condition for two thousand
dollars. Instead ofdrying pthe poison
in my system, like the potash and
arsenic, SIS. drove the disease out
through the skin, and 1 was perma-
neutlv rid of il -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-10
A Real Blood Remedy.

S.S.S. never fails to cure Scrofula,
Eczema, Rheumatism Contagious Blood
Poison, or any disorder of the blood.
Do not rely upon simple tonic to cure
a deep-seated blood disease, but take
real blood remedy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-10

Our books
free upon appli-
cation. S Witt
Specific Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

and plenty of it, and even then the re-
turn will be problematical for some years.
Rubber is the only article likely to yleld
a present profit Cocoanut and its pro-
ducts are almost unstable, and then I'M
less the trees are already on Land purchas-
ed from the natives they will have to be
grown, which means several years Wait
ing for fruit Gold is always an I'M
known" quantity, respecting which 1t IS
impossible to give any forecast but II Is
safe to say that in New Guinea 1t mas
cost far more in labor, suffering anu
life than it is worth. Osmridium has been
found, but in very small quantities.
In fact everything but rubber points to
hard work. heavy expenditure and accu-
mulated compound interest before profit
can De hoped for The distant may, how
ever. present a brighter picture, but, as
connected with every phase of pioneering
and agriculture. the risks are great. An
other difficulty is the matter of labor
The native is a stranger 10 anything ike
regular daily toll. His wants are few and
almost all of them are supplied with very
little exertion on his part.
Cocoanut. sago, taro, bananas and vans
are his principal food. being varied occa-
sonally 10y pis, wallaby. fish and dog.
Cocoanuts grow everywhere and yield
fruit continuously and abundanty. Sage
bananas and taro are plentiful, growing
Wild in many places. Most of the root
foods have to be cultivated, but a few
days labor i'll the planting season-about
July-is all that is necessary. Therefore
the native has no occasion to work regu-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Pensacola, Fla. Oct. 26.-Arrived, steam
ship Pensacola, Simmons, Galveston; bark
Padre (Aust), Mnarch, Port Vendres.
Sailed steamship Ranmoor CBr), Gill
ings, Belfast; ship Federico QtalD, Rossi,
Genoa; bark Franzaska (Nor). PETER
sen, Dieppe
Cleared, steamship Pensacola, Simmons,
Galveston.
Pensacola, Fla, Oct. 25.-Arrived, steam
ships Satral CBr), owen, Santos; Vir-
ginia (Ger), Bruhn, Puerto Barrios; barks
Amelia Castellano Qtal), Cacace, Cayenne;
Marciani Qtal), Duronto Genoa.
Sailed, steamships Drumfell (Br),
Chubb Bremen; Ursula Bright (Br),
Coulthurst, Bordeaux.
Cleared, bark Franska (Nor), Petersen,
DieChe.
New York, oct. 25.-Arrived, steamer
Iroquois, Jacksonville.
Marseilles, Oct. 22.-Sailed, steamer
Lynhurst. Savannah.
Liverpool Oct. 25.-Arrived, steamer st,
Irene, Brunswick.
Bremen-Arrived, steamer Lady Arm
strong, Brunswick.
Wilmer, Oct. 22.-Arrived, steamer
Amarylhs, Pensacola.
New York, Oct. 25-Sailed, steamer Sem
mole, Jacksonville.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
BRITISH NEW GUINEA.
Smoking Is Done on the InstaIIment
Plan by the Natives.
From the Queenslander.

From the Queenslander.
What strikes the visitor nrst and most
when he reaches British New Guinea is
the gigantic fact that this immense colo
ny, embracing over 10000 square miles and
a population, according to latest compGta-
tons. of $4,000, has been brought under
the direct control of the British govern
ment within the last decade The admin
istration of justice Is bereft of nearly all
Formally. All the proceedings are fully
explained to the parties concerned
The judge in the highest court sits in his
ordinary dress, and takes the evidence in
a most painstaking manner judging by
the one instance which came under no.
tice, and the people seem to have conf
dence in him, and, as rule, in the mag
istrates also. AS a rule, the natives he
saw were of fairly good physique, those
on the northeast being somewhat taller
than the average on the southeast coast.
They live in passably comfortable dwell
ings; most of their villages are clean, and
they are free from serious diseases. ION
the whole, now that tribal wars and
massacres of coast jewellers by hilmen
have ceased, the condition of the native
is a tOlerably happy and contented one.
Smoking is common all through the pos
session, the natives using the wild tobac-
trade" article when procurable.
The pipe, or baubau, is a very different
instrument from that in use among white
people, and is far more economical. 1t is
usually a piece Of bamboo from one foot
to two feet long and over an inch in
diameter one end being partially open.
the other closed by being cut off close to
the joint Near the closed end is a small
hole like the aperture of flute. Into this
the native places his tobacco, which is
rolled up in the leaf of a particular tree
or in paper if procurable-lights it, and
draws at the open end Of the pipe until
it is filled with smoke.
He takes a few whiffs, and then the
pipe is passed around to all who desire 1t.
the smoker in most cases swallowing the
smoke In this way little tobacco goes
a long way. Their other Injuries are
betelnut and sugar cane. Dealing with
the land question, the writer says the in
ducements TO farmers from Australia or
elsewhere to rush TO take up land in New
Guinea are inhnitesimai. The only fact
or that will develop the country is capital
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York. Oct. 26-Flour dull and weak.
with wheat; Minnesota patent 81. O0lI4 So;
winter straights, S3.60a3.70. Rye -four
firm; buckwheat flour, 81 .40d1 65 buck
wheat 45d46c Corn meal steady: yellow.
75c. Rye easy; No. 2. sac Barley, malt
ing, 471zc; feeding, 41d42c; barley malt
firm; western, 57q6Sc. Wheat, spot easy;
No. red, T24c; options were under bear
control all day and closed 1AG1ssc net
lower The main weakening factors were
decidedly weak; cables. a jump In consols
and heavy selling pressure at Chicago
There was a slight final rally on cover
ing, followed by further rise on the
curb; sales included No red. December.
closed 75c; March closed 755sc May closed
73c Corn, spot steady; No. 2. 394c OPP
tons opened easier. with cables, and aft
or . rally on export rumors, eased off
under realizing only 10 experience a final
upturn with wheat; closed steady, &c net
lower; December closed Csc; May closed
39isc.
oats-spot quiet; No. 2 29c; options dun
ana nominal. Beef quiet Cut meats
steady Lard dun; Western steamed clos
ea o.52lzc; city SC; October closed 8 s2c
nomlnali refined steady Pork steady;
la4u!iy' l259ltl5.00. Butter firm; Vest
sra creamery. 15q2sc: factory, l11kdl4l4c;
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
shipping Memoranda.

Apalachicola. Fla, oct. 96-Cleared and
sailed, schooner Willie H. Child. Giles,
Boston; Il, l. White. Sawyer, New Haven
Mabel Hooker Hooker New York
Key West Fla. oct 26.-Arrived. steam
er Mascotte, Smith. Havana. and sailed
for Port Tampa; A. Boliver, Weatherford,
Tortugas; schooner Louise Hastings, Al
bury, Havana.
Sailed. schooner Rolling Sanford, Peters.
Havana.
Charleston. S. c., Oct. 26-Arrived bark
Ardvar (Br), Ellis. Iquique; schooner The
Josephine Townsend Baltimore.
Cleared, steamer Port Phillip CBr),
Davidson. Bremen.
Jupiter Inlet. Fla. Oct 26.-Plant Line
steamship passed south p. m.
Georgetown, S c.. Oct. 26.-Sailed,
steamer George w. Clyde, Ingram, New
York via Wilmington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Per Central of Georgia Railway Company
Oct. 26-9,438 bales cotton, 142 packages
merchandise, 73 packages domest les, $50
barrels oil, 5S3 barre Is rosin, 165 barrels
spirits turpentine, 70 tons pig iron, 80
ears lumber. cars coal.
Per Florida Central and Peninsular Rail
road, Oct. 26.--161 bales cotton, go cars gov
eminent freight 512 barrels rosin, 121 casks
spirits turpentine.
Per Georgia and Alabama Railway, Oct.
%, 2S5 bales cotton, 1102 barrels rosin,
go casks spirits s cars merchandise, %
cars lumber, 2 cars meat, ! car meal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Boston, Oct. A-Notlce is given by the
Lighthouse Board that Renef Lightship
No. IS, reported as off her station CNan-
tucket South shoals) on Oct. 20, has been
replaced in position.
Washington, Oct. .24-Notce Is also Civ
en- that on or about Nov, s, 1898, the color
of the brick tower and the covered gallery
surrounding 1t at the station in the wa
ter on Butler Flats, westerly side of the
dredge channel into New Bedford harbor,
win be changed from red and brown re-
spectively TO white.
Notice is also given that on or about
Nov. a. 1898. the color of the brick tower
at the station on West Chop. westerly side
of the entrance 10 Vineyard Haven har-
Dor, Vineyard Sound, will be changed from
red 20 white.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Some of the people who have a notion
of what they mean by the word "evolu-
ton" may be surprised to see how closely
it agrees with Herbert Spencer's definition,
which is as follows: at is a disintegra-
ton of matter and a concomitant dissipa-
ton of motion, during which the matter
passes from an indefinite, incoherent hete-
rogeneity to a definite, coherent homo
genlety and during which the retained
motion undergoes a parallel transforma-
ton"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Vessels Arrived Yesterday.

Steamship City of Macon Savage, Bos-
ton-Ocean Steamship Company.
Steamship Gloamin (Br), Learmouth,
Shields-Georgia Export and Import Co.
Bark Marguerite (Nor), Larsen, Liver
pool-Paterson. Downing & Co.
Schooner Adde Nj. Anderson, Taylor,
Baltimore-C. W. Howard & Co.
Steamer Clifton. Strobhar, Beaufort
George L. Beach, Manager.
Steamer Doretta. Chadwick, Bluffton
and returned--J. II. Judkins, Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Marlzet steady; rate quoted
are per 100 pounds: Boston, per bale. SIPS;
New York, per bale. $1O0; Philadelphia
per bale, S1.o0; Baltimore, per bale, 300;
via New ork,-Liverpool, 45c; Bremen,
45c; Genoa, 45c; Reval. 45c; Riga. CSC; St
Petersburg CSC; Havre, 47c; Hamburg,
soc; Antwerp, soc; Amsterdam, soc.
Direct-Genoa, SIC; Bremen, 4Sc; BARGE
Liverpool acc
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are quiet
foreign business is dun. The rates from
this and nearby Georgia ports are quoted
at $400Q4.75 for range-includng Balti-
more and Portland, Me. Railroad ties.
base A feet, to Baltimore, 13lsc; to Phila-
delphia, HE; to New York, 161ac. Timber
rates, 50c@$1.OO higher than lumber rates.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
Vessels Cleared Yesterday.

Steamship Nacoochee, Smith, New
York Ocean Steamship Company
Steamship City of Macon, Savage Bos-
ton-Ocean Steamship Company.
Steamship Allegheny, Easter, Baltimore
j j. Carolan, Agent
Steamship Weybridge Br), Evans, Bre-
mem. +. Minis & Co.
Schooner c. c. Wehrum, Cavalier New
York-C. W. Howard & Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Passengers on steamship City of Macon
from Boston,. Smith Irvine, Mrs. j. Nc
Donald aud infant Miss Marian Randall,
Mr.. w. ]. Thompson and wife, Nicholas
lie Veulis James Green, George Warmer,
E Pride.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
Coastvise Exports.

Per steamship Allegheny for Baltimore
1.127 bales upland cotton, 1856 barrels rosin,
81 barrels turpentine. 1853 ,654 feet lumber,
A6 packages fruit. IS tons pig IRON 542
sacks clay. 10 casks clay, 272 packages
merchandise, % packages domesucs and
yarns, 1874 bales hides and wool, So bales
sweepings. 45 cases canned goods.
Per schooner c. c. Wehrum for New
York-29S,O74 feet pitch pine lumber-Cargo
by Cooney Eckstein x Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
Nntice to Mariners.

Pilot charts and all photographic infor-
nation VIII be furnished masters of YES
sells free of charge in United States hydro
graphic office, in custom house Captains
are requested TO can at the office. Reports
of wrecks and dereiiets received for trans
mission to the navy department
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Farewell" he exclaimed. Perhaps
we shall meet in the future lfo?'
The beautiful good girl shuddered. Mis-.
creant!" she sneered. scornfuly
"Ah. yes" faltered the man; but you
may come down on Summing tour, don't
you knoww-Puok.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Last quarter. 7th, hour and minutes.
evening; new moon, 18th, 6 hours and 81
minutes, morning; first quarter. 22d, 8
hours and 9 minutes, morning; full moon,
29th, hours and is minutes. morning;
moon in apogee, 7th: moon In perigee, 18th
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

larly, and is not likely to be induced to
do so even for wages, unless they are
pretty high Their labor is certain to be
spasmodic and intermittent, and not very
hard OF course, the rising generation
might be trained up to systematic work.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

| E3gins, 23c; imitation creamery 13dl7c;
| state dairy. l4u19c. Cheese quiet; large
white Sl4c. Potatoes steady; Jersey, $i.lzla
also; Now York, 81 25U1 70; Long Island,
$t7502.0o: sweet, Jersey. 81. 25Q2.oo;
! Southern, 81 .ODG1 T.. TalioW steady. Cot
ton seed oil steady. Petroleum firm. Rice
| steady. Cabbage quiet; per 100, Sl0y03.Oo.
Coffee options opened steady at unchang-
ed prices TO points advance; closed bare
ly steady, az . poihts lower to 2 points
/ higher sales, 29,0oo bags, including De
ctmber 8 poe; January, 5.30n5.35c: spot
Rio dun and easy mid. quiet Sugar,
raw firm; fair refining. 23c; centrifugal
}5 test, 4i5c. MOlasses sugar, 3l2c; refined
steady.
Chicago oct 26.-Depression in foreign
wheat markets to-day and liberal domes-
tic receipts caused heavy liquidations here.
Prices experienced a severe setback. De
cemDer closed 1lsc lower. Corn is I'M
changed. Oats advanced &c; pork and
lard are unchanged; ribs declined 2lac.
The leading futures ranged as follows
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat. No .
Dec ......674Q67la s79s 66lAa665s 67isa67h
May 49,. .67#aGSls 6sA GA 679s@67A
oct ......Slis siz s1s 8l2,
Dec ......3l7s@S2 32aa322s 317s 32kG32I
May .....3i @3ih 34as 337s 3Hs13f4
oats. No. .
Dec ......23H 23i5 23A 233.
May .....2ps 02pl 2i156245s 2lIs 243sd412
Mess pork. per barrel
Dec ......I 30 1916 $7S7Is $3.50
Jan ...... 10 915 071A 12lh
Lard. per 100 Lbs
Dec ...... 92iA 4 92ia 4 80 92k
Jan ...... 97lz 5 O2A 4 971z 500
Short Ribs. per 100 Lbs
Oct ...... 5 g 525 221a 525
Jan ...... 20 40 4 67la 40
Cash quotations We're as follows: Flour
steady No. 2 spring wheat Gle; No. 3
spring wheat, 6i067c; No red. CSC No
2 corn. 32c No. 2 yellow corn. 32Ac. No. 2
oats, Ac; No. white 26ia0271ac No 3
white, 25laa26l9c. No rye, 5Olac. No. 2
barley, 33a47c. No ] faxseed, 99AcQS1.CO
Prime timothy seed S2.371a. Mess pork
per barrel, H.S5q790. Lard per 100 pounds
$4.95q497la Short ribs sides, loose, $5O5Q
$50 Dry sailed shoulders, boxed. S4506
AS Short clear sides, boxed. $515d525
Whisky, distillers' finished goods per gal
Ion, $l.25.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Sun rises at els and sets at 5:13.

High water at Tybee to-day at 5:44 a.
m. and GIL p. m. High water al Savannah
one hour later.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
vessels Went TO Sea Yesterday.

Steamship Allegheny, Baltimore.
Steamship St. Andrews (Nor), Reval.
Schooner Syanara (BrO, Halifax.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Per British steamship weybridge +,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Bremen-S10O bales cotton, valued at
$2O4 2S9.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

The British steamship Glomin, from
Shields. arrived yesterday consigned to
the Georgia Export and Import Company.
She is chartered to load cotton for Liver
pool. 1t will be remembered that the
Gloamin was On collision with the British
steamship RAMA In the English Channel
two months ago, in which both ships were
damaged The RAMA Is expected here
soon, and perhaps both captains will meet
and talk over their perilous accident
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

Liverpool port statistics show that dur
Ing the past month 1851 emigrants sailed
from there for the United States and 3,l24
for British North America, bringing the
totals for the nine months ended Sept 30
up to 3d. $50 for this country, and p, SS5 for
Canada
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27

The steamer Bermuda has been charter
ed by the West India Trading Company
of Baltimore as the first of fleet of yes
sells they are to operate between Baltimore
and West India ports. The steamers are
to bring cargoes of fruit from Jamaica and
Cuba and win seek outward business of
general cargo. The Bermuda was the IA
nous flibuster which made a record run
ming the blockade of Cuba and landing
supplies and ammunition for the insurgents
before the declaration of war.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-17
ORIGIN OF puELINo. :
The Practice Arose In AnRlo-saxon
Countries In $50. 80.

The Practice Arose In AnRlo-Saxon
Countries In $50. -,
The Wager of Battle. which. first in
stituted by the Lombards In $50, was
introduced into England by William to
by fire and water. was the origin of
duelllng in English-speaking countries.
Whenever the itinerant judges held
pleas, such as were convicted of MUIR
ders, felonies, or breaches of the Kings
peace, through having been taken In
the very act, were condemned to under
go the ordeal by water. When, how
ever, the prisoner was brought to trial,
charged only by the voice of public
fame or ut the prosecution Of private
individual" he might plead not guilty,
and declare his readiness to defend his
innocence with his body. In this case
the combatants, provided with leath-
length, were compelled to fight till one
was either killed or unable to continue
to combat, or the night supervened.
This law was still In force at the COM
mencement of the present century, and
enabled Abraham Thornton to escape
his just desert for the murder of May
Ashford. In the court Of chivalry the
combatants, armed with sword and
dagger, and clothed In defensive armor,
fought till one was either disabled or
cried craven when he twas stripped
of his armor on the spot where he lay,
was dragged by horses out of the lists,
and Immediately hanged or beheaded
In the presence of the mareschal." The
first recorded battle by single combat
was that fought before William H., in
1906, between Godfrey Baynard and
William, Earl Of Eu, when the latter,
being defeated, was blinded, and suf-
fered mutilation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-17
wAsHlNoToN's PoLITENEss.
A Very Pleasant Anecdote Of the Great
American Gentleman.


In the Century there is an article by
Martha Littlefeld Phillips, giving Rec
objections OF Washington and His
Friends" The author is a granddaugh-
ter Of the youngest daughter of Gen. Ma
thaniel Greene's, and she tells the follow
ing story in the words of her grandmoth-
err, concerning a visit of the latter to
Washington at Philadelphia:
Zone incident which occurred during
that visit was so comical in itself, and so
characteristic Of Washington, that recall
1t for your entertainment. Early in
bright December morning a droll-looking
old countryman called to see the Presi-
dent. In the midst of their interview
breakfast was announced; and the Presi-
dent invited his visitor, as was his hos
pitable wont on such occasions, to seat
beside him at the table. The visitor
drank his coffee from his saucer, but lest
any grief should come to the snowy dam
ask, he scraped the bottom of his cup on
the saucer's edge before setting it down
on the tablecloth. He did it with such
audible vigor that it attracted my atten-
tion, and that of several young people
present, always on the alert for occasions
of laughter. We were so indscreet as
to allow our amusement to become obvi-
Gus. Gen. Washington took in the situa-
ton, and Immediately adopted his visit
or's method Of drinking his coffee, max
ing the scrape even more pronounced than
the one he reproduced. Our disposition
to laugh was quenched at once"