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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
NOta Bene.

The following poem was suggested
by reading an article on the finding
of skeleton cased in armor, at New
port, r. l., and its probable connec-
ton with the building of the old round
tower, that still stands in that place.
also gratefully acknowledge the in
spiratiOn received from reading Long
fellows skeleton in Armor,n but
have in no way invaded his right, or
used expressions or thoughts that are
not my own, or that are not contained
in old manuscripts relating to that
mysterious old tower and the skeleton
in armor near it:
LEGEND OF THE OLD NEWPORT TOWER.
A skeleton. some years ago,
In armor CaSed, was found;
When was it buried? No one can know.
But strange legends abound.
'Tis said. that when this skeleton
was living youths bright hour.
With many others, he was one
Who built the Old round tower.
This Newport tower of Norman style.
OF architecture old;
IT'S arch, and freiZe, and ancient tile
Tell of viking bold.
Now if this skeleton could speak
IncaSed in rusty mail
And would unfold this mystery deep.
Like this would run the tale
Ny father was viking bold
Who loved the stormy main
As well he the plundered gold,
lie roved the seas to gain.
MY eyes first opened on the light
Where waves were wreathed with
foam,
They tell me, twas the fiercest night
The snip had ever known.
NY first love was the deep blue sea
SO restless, free and wild;
! found in it my joy, and gave
To it my heart as wild.
caught the spirit of the wave
The spirit Of the storm
And like my father loved 70 brave
The waves where ] was born.
tits no wonder that | too.
Became Viking knight:
With good ship and brave crew.
Rowing was my delight.
AT last grown rich, cared no more
no roam the stormy deep;
longed to have home on shore,
That love would light, and keep.
For Viking hearts though fierce and
bold,
Can not resist loves darts
Though armor stout their breasts enf0ld
Twill not protect their hearts.
1t can not be- A Viking bold.
Should dwell in peace with those
Who knew his wealth was pluudered
Wrested from friends and foes
So steering for some isle unknown.
Far in the distant west;
Where | could build a castle home
And there in peace would rest.
For many days we sailed away
Towards the setting sun,
a storm drove us out of our way,
Yet to the west sailed on.
At last the land gladdened our eyes:
Some island we had found,
We saw the hills before us rise,
With waving spruce trees crowned.
Upon a Hill above the sea.
A castle soon was built:
But there was here no rest for me.
NY heart was stained with guilt.
Is it not written, he who takes
The sword shall by it fall:
In mutiny, the Seamen make
Their way into the hall.
They ask for gold they ask for lust
| would not grant their quest.
Though clad in armOr, yet they thrust
spear point through my breast.
How merciful the grave to hide
What was enacted then;
How thew were treated who abide
BY those unholy men.
So ends the legend of the tower:
Who might the builder be:
II not this Viking, then what power
Can solve the mystery.
b. II. TRIP, Marcus, Ia
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Providing Against Emerceucier.

PROVIDING Against Emergencies.
"LeOnidas," said Mr. Meektons wife
severely, do you think a man ought to
90 down town and avoid his home and
stay awake at night"
Certainly not, Henrietta; certainly
not-that is, of course, not unless he's
told o."-Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Notice to Creditors
(Anna Mccartney, deceased

(Anna Mccartney, deceased
State of Wisconsin, Grant County Court,
SIS. In Probate
In the matter of the estate otAnna Mozart
ney, deceased
Letters of administration on the estate Of
Anna Mccartney, deceased, having been is
sued TO 7. +. Baldwin.
Notice is hereby given that the creditors
of said Anna Mccartney. deceased. are al
lowed and limited by order of this court un-
til and including the
FIRST TUESDAY or AUGUST. 1900,
beirg the 18th day of said month. to present
their claims and demands against said Anna
Mccartney, deceased, to the county court for
examination and allowance
Notice is also hereby given that the claims
ana demands so presented will be examined
and adjusted by this court at the ofice OF
the county judge at the Court house in the
city OF Lancaster in said county on the sec
ond Tuesday of August, A D. 1900
Dated this 9th day of February 1900
BY the Court
5lw4 =. GOODSELL, County Judge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Appropriateness In Attire.

"Uncle Rastus, they are discussing
the question in the east whether it is
good form for preacher to wear col
ored shirts. What do you think of it,"
Hits all right, chile, eff de preach
ers cullud. Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
A Transferable Tale.

"And what did he say when he heard
that story
"Oh, he laughed heartily"
"What, at himself?"
"No. You see put you in his place"
Boston Courier
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Remarkable Girl.

adelaide has such fine mind"
"She has?"
Eyes. She can keep UP her interest
in a man after she knows he's engag
Chicago Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
l. Z G Al S.
Summons

Circuit Court, Grant County.
Defendant iP0i'
PENDANT: 60" u0
You az hereby summoned to appear with
IN twenty days alter service of this sum
mons exclusive of the day of service and
defend the above entitled action in the
court aforesaid; and in case OF your failure
SO TO DO, Judgment will be rendered against
you according to the demand of the com
plalnt' LOWRY & CLEMENTSoN
BOWS Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Z. Q. address, Lancaster, Grant Co. Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

Cut a strip of thick paper 50 that the ends vii
exactly meet when drawn tlihHy around secont
joint OF the finger Lay one end on this diagram
at the 0, and order the number the other ent
indicates.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

These rings genuine rolledgold plate having the exa
appearance and qualities of solid gold and guaranteed
the makers to last two years with ordinary usage. NJ
patterns and very popular
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

POLE BEANS RUNNING UPON STRING TRELIrs
plants. They are more evenly distrib-
uted by the use of the cord, and. too,
the shade from the pole is avoided.
Practically no trouble from insects
or fungus attended the growing of this
crop. One variety developed a slight
tendency to pod rot at the last picking.
Red spider and mite, which have been
reported as troublesome in forcing
dwarf beans, are kept in check by
maintaining moist atmosphere.
Where bush beans can be made a
success as a main crop, with a house
adapted for them, pole beans, we be-
lieve, will be found much more pro-
ductive, area for area, and hence more
profitable.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-22
jeff u. Sanderson.

BY authority we today announce
Circuit Clerk Sanderson, Of this
county, for re election to the Cir
cult Clerkship.
Mr.. Sanderson has given entire
satisfaction in the Clerks Office, in
fact, it is said of him, that he has
made as good Circuit Clerk as the
county ever had.
He throws his claim into the
hands of the Democratic party and
asks it to consider the same as to
his ability and the way he has con
Quoted the Office, since he has been
intrusted with its affairs.
Mr.. Sanderson was reared in this
county and has identified himself
with the Democratic party since he
was old enough to vote, and even
before, and his money and time have
both been used in many hot cam
paign, to perpetuate the party of
good government in power.
Should the party nominate him
he will be elected and will give the
same fidelity to the affairs of the
Clerks Office as he has in the past,
He has placed his claims in the
hands of his party to dowith as they
see fit and will be governed by its
decision.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-22
December Weather.

The monthly meteorological SUM
mary for December, issued by the
Little Rock weather bureau, pre-.
sents some interesting information.
The monthly precipitation averaged
4 OS inches for the state, which is
II of an inch below the normal.
The greatest December averages
were 11.55 inches in 1894, $3.50
inches in 1896, and 6.26 inches in
1897, The mean temperature for
the month was Al degrees; the
highest local monthly mean was
asa degrees at Prescott, the lowest
33 degrees at MossviIe. The highest
temperature recorded was "a de.
grees at Camden on the lst, Luna
Landing on the 7th and Prescott on
the I'd. The mean maximum tems
perature for the state was 492 de,
grees,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-22
SETTLED AT LAST.
The Cubanoichtoscratchy Which Has
Puzzled Our M. DIS for a Name
IN Their Diagnosis Has
Been Found,

For some time our citizens have
been asking each other, as well as
their doctors, to tell them what the
new disease is that resembles small
pox, yet doubted by many as be-
ing the genuine article that we all
used to fear and trembled at the
very name, but now pass it by with
a joke. The reporter was hailed
today while on his rounds, by one
of our doctors, who shouted, "Eu-
reka" We of course, stopped to
find out what the doctor had picked
up as find" The learned N. D.
took out a cigar and asked us to
bite off the end of it for him, while
he hunted upa lucifer, which we
did.
After the saw bones had his Gu
banosero to going, he said; "Get
out your tab, for | am going to give
you scoop on this dad blasted
disease going over the country,
which many of my competitors call
small pox," The reporter sharpered
his Faber and here is what the doc
tor tald him. "This disease was
brought here from Cuba by our
soldiers who went there to fight
Spain The disease is a product of
China and India, and has prevailed
in England, carried there by SOL
diers coming from these countries.
The proper name for the disease is
Contagiosa Bullosa, (Pemphigus
Contagiosus Tropicus)" Here the
doctor told the reporter how the
disease was treated in the Eng lish
army, and that few fatalities we're
tracable to it and that the patients
geuerally recovered in a few days if
proper care and treatment we're
resorted to.
The doctor said in order to give
your readers a clear case of the
above disease you can publish the
following symptomatolPgy of these
cases: The eruption oGcurs in the
form of isolated yesfcles, vesico.
pustules, pustules or bulla, usually
about the face, neck, groins, hands
aud feet. The disease begins with
one or more small reddish spots,
which vary from the size of a pin
head to a split pea. In some cases
these LESSONS are surrounded by a
distinct areola. A clear serous
fluid now presents itself These
vesicles then begin to extend at the
periphery, until they vary in size
from a small pea to quarter of
dollar.
At this point a candidate called
us to one side and said, suppose we
90 off to some quiet nook and take
something, and exCusing oursel
from the doctor by telling him We
would call on him later and get thu
instalment, we folded up our note
and went off with the candidate.
Should this "Bullosa" become
"Contagiosa." we will look up tn,
doctor again and get his treat
ment and give 1t TO our readers.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-22

The Memphis Scimitar is IN great
glee over Bryan's alleged change in
favor Of territorial expansion"
but we observe that the Scimitar
twits mckinley about his Aops. In
1898 VIM. Mckinley denounced Gre
yer Cleveland very severely because
Of his attitude toward silver, and a
few years before Gn 1889 the same
William Mckinley severely criticised
a democratic secretary of the treas
ury for doing precisely the same
thing that McKinley's secretary has
namely, distributing among
the banks several millions of the
treasury's surplus. 1t was also the
same William Mckinley who said
that the forcible seizure Of Spanish
islands would constitute a case Of
Criminal aggression" But the
Scimitar never sees any of the in
consistencies and the sudden hops
Of the republican administration. -
Arkansas Democrat.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-22
Breakfast Cereals

That make an appetizing and
delicious meal. We have In all
kinds Of preparations from
Oats, Wheat, Corn and Barley.
Also Ralston's Purina Health
Flour, Shredded Whole Wheat
Biscuit combined With our
genuine Sugar Cured Hams,
Breakfast Bacon, and cup OF
Coffee made from exquisitely
favored and high grade cof-
fees, or our fine English Break
fast Tea Is treat for the gods.
Meriwether 81 TaylOr's,
,Io East Broad st. Phone 100
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
Emancipation Celebration.

Account Emancipation Celebra-
tion the Illinois Central r h. will
sell round trip tickets to Paducah,
on August 8th., at rate of S1.25.
For this occasion a special train
will be run, leaving HopklnsviIle at
1000 a. m, arriving at Paducah
at 100 p. N, and returning will
leave Paducah at 1911 midnight.
Tickets will be good only on spe-
cIal trains in both directions.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
Congressman Who Has Achieved Fame
Within Three Months)

Littlefeld is large, strong man men
tally.
Mr., Littlefeld, who is 40, began at an
early age to provide himself with
money by his own toll. At 10 he went
hayin% and thus earned his first dollar
laboriously. Later he became a ear
penter, and he was earning four dol
lars a day when he decided to study
law, His professional education was
based on a common school education
all he ever got. As n lawyer he worked
Is or 10 hours every day but Sunday,
and for Is years he seldom reached
home in the evening before the rest OF
his family were asleep. Sundays ne usu-
ally went with his wife to a Congrega-
tional church I'm his home town of Rock
land, He became a state representative.
speaker of the Maine house, attorney
general of the state and Mr. Dingley's
successor at Washington.
Naturally, says the Chicago Record,
Mr.. Littlodeld thinks that the chief
secret of his success is work, but he
admits that his working day Of IA hours
was made possible by health and power
Of endurance. he has been total al7-
stoiner all his life, and he elbows" only
rhe sprucegum of his native state. He
says he has found more trouble in saw
ing and investing money well than in
earning it. He has a higher estimate
of married men than of bachelors, and
his sympathy goes out to the lawyer in
congress who is trying TO preserve his
practice and at the same time do his.
full duty to his constituents.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
THE MULT1pLEx TELEPHONE.
Invention That Will Solve the Difficult.
ties of the Party Lines.

Announcement has been made of
an invention which may, if it proves a
success, revolutionize the telephone
system the world over.
1t is multiplex telephone, upon
which several conversations may be
carried on at one time, and the in
ventor is Ernest A. Faller, San Fran
cisco.
If the device will do what its in
ventor claims for it it will prove of
great value In brief, Mr.. Faller
claims that his'invention will enable
subscribers who are on "party line"
to call the central station without sig
mailing their neighbors' telephones.
While one subscriber is using the line
another may also make use of it. No
subscriber on party line will be able
to hear what anyone else is saying
over the wire, unless he has been sum
moned, or, in other words, eavesdrop-
ping on party line will be impossi-
BILE. In addition, Faller claims that
his device, when applied to a long
distance telephone, will enable per-
sons along the line to use it at the
same time that persons at the two ter
minals are using it.
The simplicity of the scheme is its
chief beauty. Faller says that by his
instrument he can so energize one re-
ceiver that it viii receive impulses
from another which is similarly ener-
gized, and from no other, even though
five other instruments on the same
wire are being used for five other CON
versations. Just as one tuning fork
will vibrate in sympathy with anoth-
er of the same pitch, so will bis re-
ceiver only respond to the impulses
sent from the transmitter, which is
adjusted to the same tension His de-
vice will accomplish this, he believes,
and it will be so constructed that any
telephone can be "timea' to another
at a moments notice-N Y Jour
nal
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
FINED FOR
"TOating" Concealed Weapon
Not Guilty of Shooting.

Gill Jones, the negro boy who
shot Nose Gaines, another negro at
Montgomery, few weeks ago, had
his examining trail at Cadiz and
was acquitted of the charge of ma
licious shooting, He was, how
ever, convicted of carrying a con-
cealed deadly weapon, fined SIS,
and in addition was sentenced to
serve fifteen days in jail Gaines,
who was shot, has recovered.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
Granted Discharge.

Mr. Edmund Startling, son of Mr..
J. Nj. Startling, was last week
granted a discharge from the United
States army and returned home
from Ft. Thomas Sunday. On July
5 Mr.. Startling went to Ft. Thomas
and enlisted in Company f. Second
u. S. Infantry. He was taken sick
in day or so and on account of his
continued illness this discharge was
secured
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
JEFF J. WATKINS
Nominated for Senator in the Hem
dersOn-UniOn District.

Morganfeld, Ky, July 2O.-Jeff
], Watkins was nominated today
by the Democracy of Union county
as the nominee for senator in the
senatorial district composed of
Henderson and Union counties, to
succeed the late Senator John Bell.
The Democrats held precinct con-
ventions and Watkins defeated
Hiram McElroy about two to one.
The Democratic committee will tab
ulate the vote tomorrow and cei tify
it to the committee of Henderson
county for ratification.
Mr.. Watkins is about thirty five
years of age and unmarried. He is
a school teacher by profession, of
excellent moral character, and am
bilious. He favors an amendment
of the election law so as to make 1t
wholly nonpartisan. He is be-
lever in the single gold standard,
but has never left his party on
that account, but has always re-
mained loyal, taking an active in
terest in behalf of his party in all
contests.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
LIEUT.. RHEA,
Of The rIarine Corps, Recommend
ed For Promotion.

Second Lieut.. Rhea, of the Marine
corps, a cousin of Congressman
John S. Rhea, has been recommend
ed for promotion to a First Lieute-
nant. This was done under the
order to recruit 10000 marines.
Additional officers are required for
the increased strength of the ma
rine corps and Lieut. Rhea is
among the lucky ones rec commended
for promotion. .
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
IS HIGHLY ESTEEMED.
C1Owds ThrOnE the House Galleries
when Congressman LittIefeId
Is Slated for a Speech.

Rarely does a congressman ascend to
4 prominent position before the peo-
pie of the country as rapidly as the
newest member of the delegation from
Maine, Charles +. Littlefeld--the late
Nelson Dingley's successor. 1t was
seen when Mr.. Littlefeld first ap-
peared on the floor of the house that he
was large and strong physically, and
now, after his speeches on the question
of seating Brigham H. Roberts and inn
posing tax on Porto Rico's commerce
with the states. it is observed that Mr..
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
NEARLY A CENTURY.
Probably Oldest Woman in Christ
ian County Dead.

Mrs. Myers, the aged mother Of
Mr.. ]. A. Myers, of Herndou, died
at the home of her son-in-law, Mr..
Nathan Joiner, near Lafayette, last
Friday. She was 95 years old and
had enjoyed fairly good health un-
til few weeks ago, when she b9-
gan to rapidly decline.
She had been a church member
for many years.
The iuterment took place at Pal
myra, Tenn, Saturday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
BROKE IT'S NECK.
Child Rolled From Bed On Head
Death instantaneous.

An eleyen-months. .old child of
William Townsend, col, of the
Bennettstown neighborhood, fell
from a bed and broke its neck,
death resulting instantly. The
child had been asleep and awoke
while its mother was absent. 1t an
effort to get to the floor the child
rolled off the bed and fell on its
head.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
On Sale To-rlorrow.

We will place on sale Wednesday
Cash Coupon Books. ranging in
price from $5, $40, SIS, and $40
each, We will give 5 per cent dis
count off on these books for cash.
You can get benefit of Spot Cash
Prices and we are promising the
Bargain opportunity of life time.
No more books under the old credit
system, We bid it d last farewell
August l.
We can give you better service
and sell cheaper. Let us sell you
book We promise to save you
money.
thanking one and all, hoping you
will call and let us explain our new
system, We are res pectfully.
e. b. CLARK g. co.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
Power Of nerlin police.

In Berlin the police authorities
control many little things about
which the police Of American cities
would not concern themselves once
in a thousand years Three courts
decided recently that if the Berlin
police judged any particular color
scheme Of a house to be improper
or too gaudy or in bad taste other
wise they could order the painter to
change it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
MANSION AND MUSEUM
The Palace Of Prince Roland Bonaparts
in Paris.

The Palace Of Prince Roland Bonaparte
In Paris.
Prince Roland Bonaparte recently
opened for a charity kermess his new
bone in Paris, which has been seven
years in building and which is one
Of the most interesting private resi-
dences in the world. This palace has
two characteristics to mark it Off
from the ordinary luxurious dwell
ing; it is the workshop of wealthy
scholar and it is a museum Of relics
of the Bonapartes. A beautiful piece
Of architecture, it stands on the ter
race near the Trocadero, overlooking
the Seine.
It's central hall, open to the roof, is
supported on 12 columns Of green
marble, with capitals Of bronze, and
is crowned with a stained-glass dome,
while around 1t unrolls the staircase,
with ramp of forged irorwoven with
the imperial crown in gilded bronze,
cut at the second story by balcony.
This vestibule holds the busts of all
the Bohapartes, including that Of
Napoleon l., by Canova. A part of
the first floor is occupied by an ethno-
graphic museum. collected bv the
prince himself
The second floor has a suite of his
toric drawing rooms; one in white and
gold dominated by Carriers por-
trait Of Napoleon l., in 1908; one in
light blue, whose furniture belonged
to Lucien Bonaparte; another in red
silk, whose furniture belonged to
Princess Eliza. The dining-room is
a masterpiece. with its green hang
ings, the color Of the empire; its
woodwork Of sculptored mahogany,
with mountings Of gilded bronze; its
great chimney piece Of white marble,
guarded on each side by a bronze
grenadier Of Napoleon's army, sculp-
tured after Raffet, and its great en-
pire table Of r1ahogany and gold
bronze.
Not the least part of this incom-
parable dwelling is the library. 1t is
in four galleries, surrounding a court,
each AZ yards long, and is in superb
sculptured woods, with a forged-iron
and gilt-bronze balcony at half
height Upon a table lie the death
mask of Napoleon l., the skull of
Charlotte Corday and other precious
relics One Of the galleries is closed
off to serve as the princes study
Chicago Daily News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-24
Realty Deals.

Miss Fannie Morton has bought
the vacant lot on the corner Of
Seventh and Elm streets, paying
S1.500 for same.
Mrs. d. r. Carpenter, of Nash
Vile, last week sold to Miss Bertha
Van Hooser her brick cottage sit
uated on the corner of Fourth and
Virginia streets, this city. The
price was 81, 200.