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III
SSs.SJ gain the kings favor. How
much that would amount to none could
tell. as the kings favorites were Of
many sorts and taken from all condi-
tons of men. There was Master VOL
sey, butchers son, whom he had first
made almoner, then chief counselor and
bishop of Lincoln, soon to be bishop Of
York and cardinal of the holy Roman
church.
From the other extreme of life came
young Thomas, Lord Howard, heir to
the Earl of Surrey, and my Lord of
buckingham, premier peer of the realm.
Then sometimes would the king take
yeOman of the guard and make him
his companion in jousts and tourna-
mentS solely because Of his Drawn and
bone. There were others whom he
kept close by him in the palace be-
cause of their wit and the entertain
ment they furnished, of which class
was |, and, | hatter myself. no mean
member
To begin with, being in no way de-
pendent on the king for money, never
drew farthing from the royal treas
ury. This, you may be sure. did me no
harm, for, although the king sometimes
delighted to give, he always hated to
pay. There were other good reasons.
too, why should be favorite with
the king.
My appointment as master of the
dance, | am sure, was owing entirely
to my manner. My brother the baron,
who stood high with the king, was not
friendly toward ne because my father
had seen fit TO bequeath me so good a
competency in place Of giving it all to
the firstborn and leaving me dependent
upon the tender mercies of an elder
brother. So | had no help from him
nor from any one else. | was quite
small of stature and therefore unable
to compete with lance and mace with
bullSier men, but l would bet with any
man, of any size, on any game, at any
place and time, in any amount, and, If
l do say it who perhaps should not l
basked in the light of many a fair
smile which larger men had sighed for
in vain.
l did not know when Brandon first
came to London. We had all remained
at Greenwich while the king went up
to Westminster to waste his time with
matters of state and quarrel with the
parliament, then sitting, over the
amount Of certain subsidies.
Mary, the kings sister, then some
eighteen or nineteen years of age, a
perfect bud, just blossoming into per-
feet flower, had gone over to Windsor
on visit to her elder sister, Margaret
of Scotland, and the palace was dull
enough. Brandon, it seems, had been
presented to Henry during this time at
Westminster and had, to some extent
at least become a favorite before 1
met him. The first time saw him was
at 5oust given by the king at West
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THE CASKODENS.

p Caskodens take great pride
in our ancestry. Some per-
sons, l know, hold all that to
be totally un-Solomonlike and
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-03-06
Why Kidney-Wort?
Because 1t Cures as no Other Known
Remedy Can.
BEWARE ON YOUR LIFE OF ANY
ALCOHOLIC PREPARATION.

If you are threatened with inflamma-
ton or disease of the kidneys, beware of
alcohol in any form!
Nothing so surely aggravates; nothing
is more dangerous nothing leads so
inevitably to the fatal disease that kills
more people annually in this country
than any other save consumption!
For what are nine-tenths of all the
applicants for life insurance thrown
out?
For the easily discovered symptoms of
diseases of kidneys and urinary organs.
Ask any insurance man. Ask any ply
stefan. Ask any member of your family
who ever applied for a life insurance
policy what the most searching inquiry
was?
He had to wait for the test-tube test
of his urinel That told the whole story
whether he was good risk; whether
he was expected to live.
OF all the applicants for places in the
army only small proporti on are passed
Uncle Sam doesn't want his men dying
in the service from kidney disease! And
every enlisted. man must pass the test
tube test Alcohol eXcites unsound
kidneys like poison, and urinary diseases
are most readily discovered after de-
bauch!
AS far as kidney diseases go medicine
is an exact science.
Tho n,ad;col world hoe found a noci-
tive specific for the cure of these dis
eases For many years futile attempts
have been made with liquid connections,
all containing alcohol. The scientific
methods of today discards them as wors e
than useless. 1t takes up, after most
searching experiments and trials, DR..
Pettingill's famous Kidney-Wort, puts
it into tablet.fo and proves it TO be a
specific.
The tablets have successfully stood the
most severe testtube and microscopic
trials that the laboratories know, with
results never before obtained in the his
tory of medicine! KidneyWort not
only contains no alcohol, but also no
mineral ingredients. 1t is purely vege-
table. 1t acts promptly and directly on
the whole excretory system. 1t radi-
cally cures every form of kidney dis
ease.
As the kidneys are not themselves
sensitive, they first tell of overwork and
distress by a ackache-kidney ache
This is accompanied or followed by other
symptoms, the more common of which
are rheumatism, burning urine, neural
gia, lumbago, smoky colored urine, drop
steal swelings, sediment in urine, rreg-
ular heart action and general urinary
arrangement. Bright's Disease, an act
ual consumption of the kidneys, is the
logical and ceratin result of neglected
kidney troubles.
Kidney Wort Tablets have already
cured hundreds of obstinate cases.
Why should any sufferer neglect to
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tive power?
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for thrust to kill, but his blade, like
his fathers and his brothers, bent
double without penetrating. Unlike
the others, however, it did not break,
and the thrust revealed the fact that
Judson's skill as a duelst lay in a shirt
of mail which it was useless to try
to pierce. Aware of this, Brandon
knew that victory was his and that
soon he would have avenged the MUIR
ders that had gone before. He saw
that his adversary was strong neither
In wind nor arm and had not tho skill
to penetrate his guard in Il weeks try
ing, so he determined to fight on the
defensive until Judsons strength
should wane, and then kill him when
and how he chose.
After time Judson began to breathe
hard and his thrusts to lack force.
Boy, 1 would spare you" he said.
81 have killed enough of your tribe.
Put up your sword and call it quits"
Young Brandon replied: stand your
ground, you coward. You will be a
dead man as soon as you grow little
weaker. If you try TO run, will
thrust you through the neck as 1
would a cur. Listen how you snort. L
shall soon have you. You are almost
gone. You would spare me, would you?
l could preach a sermon or dance
hornpipe while l am killing you. l
will not break my sword against your
coat of mail, but will wait until you
r. trhf
you bloodhoundp'
Judson was pale from exhaustion,
and his breath was comir; IN gasps as
he tried to keep the mer-iless sword
from his throat At last, by a dexterous
twist Of his blade, Brandon sent Jud-
sons sword flying thirty feet away.
The fellow started to run, but turned
and fell upon his knees to beg for life.
Brandons reply was a flashing circle
Of steel, and his sword point cut length
wise through Judson's eyes and the
bridge of his nose, leaving him sightless
and hideous for life-a revenge COM
pared to which death would have been
merciful.
The duel created sensation through
OUT lue klllSuOlu, lOT, dlluOuSu lltllc
was known as to who Judson was, his
fame as a duelist was as broad as the
land. He had been at court upon sew
eral occasions, and at one time, upon
the kings birthday. had fought in the
royal lists. SO the matter came in for
its share of consideration by king and
courtiers, and young Brandon became
a person of interest. He became still
more so when some gentlemen who had
served with him in the continental wars
told the court of his daring and BRAY
cry and related stories of deeds at arms
worthy of the best knight in Christen-
dom.
He had an uncle at the court, Sir
Thomas Brandon, the kings master Of
horse, who thought it good opportuni-
ty to put his nephew forward and let
him take his chance at winning royal
favor. The uncle preached the subject
to the king, with favorable issue, and
Charles Brandon, led by the hand Of
fate, came to London court, where that
same fate had in keeping for him events
such as seldom fall to the lot of man.
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Ie;Rs

in our ancestry. Some per-
ly7SsSs SONS, know, hold all that to
eGY be totally un-Solomonlike and
the height of vanity, but they usually
have no ancestors of whom to be
proud. The man who does not know
who his great grandfather was natu-
rally enough would not care what he
was. The Caskodens have pride of an
eestry because they know both who
and what.
We have right to be proud, for
there is an unbrokcn male line from
William the Conqueror down to the
present time. In this lineal list are
fourteen barons-the title lapsed when
Charles l. fell-twelve Knights of the
Garter and forty seven knights of the
Bath and other orders. A Caskoden
distinguished himself by gallant serv-
Ice under the great Norman and was
given rich English lands and a fair
Saxon bride, albeit an unwilling one,
as his reward. With this fair unwill-
ing Saxon bride and her long plait of
yellow hair goes very pretty, pathetic
story, which | may tell you at some fu-
ture time if you take kindly to this.
A Caskoden was seneschal to William
Rufus and sat at the rich, half bar
barrie banquets in the first great hall.
Still another was one of the doughty
barons who wrested from John the
great charter. England's declaration of
independence; another was high in the
councils of Henry V. | have omitted
Oh g., 10,
ton, Adjodika Caskoden, who was
member of the Ounce parliament of
Henry ". so called because there
were no lawyers in it.
1t is true that in the time of Edward
". a Caskoden did stoop to trade, but
it was trade of the most dignilied, hon
orable sort-he was Il goldsmith, and
his guild, as you know, We're the bank
ers and international clearance house
for people, kings and mobiles.
Now it has been the custom of the
Caskodcns for centuries to keep rec
ord of events as they have happened
both private and public. Some are in
the form of diaries and journals. like
those of Pepys and Evelyn; others in
letters. like the PASSIONS; others, again, in
verse and song, like Chaucer's and the
Water Poets, and still others in the
more pretentious form of memoir and
chronicle These records we always
have kept jealousy within our family,
thinking it vulgar, like the PASSIONS, to
submit our private affairs to public
gaze.
There can. however. be no reason why
those parts treating solely of outside
matters should be so carefully guard
ed, and have determined TO choose for
publication such portions as do not di-
vulge family secrets or skeletons, and
which really rebound to family honor.
For this occasion | have selected
from the memoir of my worthy ances
tor and namesake, Sir Edwin Caskoden
grandson of the goldsmith and master
of the dance to Henry Will, the story
of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor,
sister to the king.
This story is so well known to the
student of English history that fear
its repetition will lack that Zest which
attends the development of an unfore
seen denouement, but it is of so great
interest and is so full in its sweet. fierce
manifestation of the one thing inSolu-
BILE by time-love-that | will neverthe-
less rewrite it from old Sir Edwin's
memoir.
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(&e " Ut sometimes happens, Sir Ed
I%E win says. that when Il woman
EeTzSS will she wont, and when she
Cssxs-J wont she will, but usually in
the end the adage holds good. That
sentence may not be luminous with
meaning, but will give you an illus
tration.
l think it was in the spring of 1903
at any rate. soon after the death Of the
Modern Solomon, as Queen Catherine
called her Old father-in-law. the late
King Henry NII.-that his august maj
esty Henry Will. the vnduhtate flow
er and very Here of both the sayd Lin
ages" came to the throne of England
and rendered me the honorable position
of master of the dance at his sumptu-
Gus court.
AS to worldly goods" as some of
the new relgionists call wealth, | was
very comfortably off, having inherited
from my father, one of the counselors
Of Henry VII, very competent for
tune indeed. How my worthy father
contrived to save from the greedy
hand of that rich old miser so great
fortune l am sure l cannot tell. He
was the only man Of my knowledge
who did it, for the old king had reach
as long as the kingdom, and. upon one
pretext or another, appropriated to
himself everything on which he could
lay his hands. My father. however,
was himself pretty shrewd in money
matters, having inherited along with
his fortune rare knack at keeping it.
His father was a goldsmith in the time
Of King Edward and enjoyed the mark
ed favor Of that puissant prince.
Being thus In position Of affluence,
I cared nothing for the fact that little
or no emolument went with the Office.
1t was the honor which delighted me.
Besides. was thereby an inmate of
the kings palace and brought into in
innate relations with the court, and,
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CHAPTER III.

BRANDON CAME TO COURT.
ZEN we learned that Brandon
was coming to court, every
one believed he would soon
gain the kings favor. How
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= 5, WHITING, Agea. &li.Ass'I ".
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CHATTER l.

sometimes happens. Sir Ed
win says, that when a woman
will she wont, and when she
wont she will, but usually in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-02-18
GRASP OF ICE KING
is UPON The LAND.
Americas Is Blizzard Struck
Yesterday.
AND FREEZE DID MUCH DAMAGE
Temperature TumbIed and Vegetation
Killed to a Large Extent Snow
Falls For Several Hours Wires
Down and Trains are Delayed.

Americas struggled in the blizzard s
Icy grasp yesterday, the transition
from summer weather being as sudden
as it was severe. Before morning the
mercury had taken fall of nearly 80
degrees within six hours and the day
was ushed in with snow and ice, the
thin fakes flying in profusion for sew
eral hours.
The change was one calculated to Jar
evengthe weather prophet.
With the cessation of the downpour
of rain the day before windstorm of
much severity followed, ana upon the
heel of this came the blizzard yester
day, fringed with snow and ice
Americas awoke yesterday in II G
midst of the snowstorm, though this
was of short duration and really Ibid
not amount to much. But the robn t
blizzard was greatly in evidence in
biting winds, frozen ground and plen-
titude of ice. The storm was quite
destructive, particularly in the killing
of tender vegetation of every kind
Hundreds of gardens were laid waste
and will have to be replanted.
The balmy, springlike weather of
the past month had tempted many to
plant gardens, and the vegetables were
taking on luxurlant growth.
It is not believed, however, that the
peach trees here sustainedI serious in
jury. Upon the other hand this freeze
may prove most beneficial, as it viii
keep the trees from putting forth pre-
maturely, as they were about to do.
The few trees blooming here are of
the late varieties and lot worth much
as compared to the EIbertas and
other shipping varieties.
With one exception, this cold spell is
the worst that Americus has expert
enced during the entire winter.
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A STRING OF WIRES
FELL IN THE STORM.
And Americas Was Well
nigh Cut Off.
LONG DISTANCE QUIT BUSINESS
Almost, Except the Lines to Albany
and Lumpkin Western Union Also
Had Its Troubles, as. Did Postal
Much Damage is Done.

Americus was almost forced to return
yesterday to the primitive method of
mail nmunication with the outside
world as result. of the wreck of wires
wrought by the storm the night previ-
Gus. The service of the telegraph and
telephone companies alike was inter
rupted to an extent, though not sus-
pended
Both the Postal and Western Union
handled all the business received here,
though at other POINTS the two lines
encountered many obstacles.
Manager Weaver, of the Americus
telephone exchange, reported consider
cradle damage to his long distance
lin s, and during the day Albany and
I4umpkin were tia only two points
left open.
There are seven long distance lines
out of Americas, in as many directions.
and fSe of these were ''bottled up by
the storm. Macon, Atlanta, Columbus
and other points east of Americas could
not be reached at all, though Manager
Weaver expects that repairs will be
made this morning and this important
service resumed.
At one point, he says, BALI dozen
pine trees had been blown down across
the telephone lines
At other places poles probably fell
down or the wires were broken by fly
ing timbers, and several crews will be
kept busy for time until very thor
Ough inspection is made.
The railroads likewise had their
troubles yesterday. For time the
Central had not wire to Macon, and
even in the afternoon only one wire
was in working order. AS result all
trains had to be moved with great eau
ton. The morning mail train from
Macon was three hours late here,
while the other mail trains ran late as
we'll.
By this morning, however, all re-
pairs will have been made, quite like
~, and trains will go through without
trouble or delay.
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with snowy pattern of Torchon Inser-
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MUCH INTEREST TO TEACHERS.
Are Following Points Observed In
Their Examination.

Are Following Points Observed II
Their Examination.
Since the publication of the School
Laws in 1897, history and physiology,
including hygiene, have been added tc
the common school branches. Along
with the history of the United States,
Georgia History and biographies oil
distinguished Americans will be in.
Guided in the subject matter for the
uext examination of applicants for IL
cense to teach.
The following books, which are al
ready in the hands of nearly all the
teachers, will be used as basis for some
of the questions IN the next examina
ton of applicants for teachers license:
Applicants who desire to secure a
third grade license should study:
l. The Common School Branches.
2. Manual of Methods for Georgia
Teachers.
(a)3 Pages Theory and Practice Of
Teaching.
Applicants who desire to secure a
second grade license should study:
l. The Common School Branches.
2. Manual of Methods for Georgia
Teachers.
(D3. Pages Theory and Practice of
Teaching.
4. Roark's Method in Education.
Under instruction from State School
Commissioner.
Applicant for first grade license
should study the above lists, as only
one set of questions will be prepared;
but the questions will ba SO graded
that two or three questions on each
subject will be more difficult than 9TH
ers. By this means, while not lower
ing the standard of third and second
grade licenses, [ hope to raise the
standard for first grade license and
for permanent state license
Ii the applicants for first grade Ii
censes expect to send their examina-
ton papers to this department and
make application for permanent state
licenses, it would be well for them 10
review carefully the following books
or subjects in addition the above lists
l. Include Gives with History.
(b) 2. Spencer's Essays on Education.
3,Blstory and Philosophy of Educa-
ticn.
4 Psychology.
5. Include English and American
Literature with Reading and Gram
mar.
6 Include Elementary Physics and
Physical Geography with Common
School Geography. Yours very truly,
W. s. MOORE. G. s. s.