Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

$ order. Claudius heard that they WEI
;, dead, but asked no questions.
r Charles VII. of France would neve
f have succeeded in expelEng the Englis
= from his country, even with the as
: siStance Of Joan Of Arc, had it Nc
l been for his mistress. Agnes Sorell.
, She it was who urged him to exertioj
, in the war with the English. so that i
! was commonly said in France tina
Agnes urged the king and Joan urged
the army. Agnes like Joan. was orig
lnally a peasant girl, who being acci
dentally seen by Charles, was invited
to the court and made lady companion
to the queen.
The case Of judith and Holofernes
was repeated in later days in Sweden
Agnius, a Swedish king. made war on
Il Finnish tribe, and after subduing
them demanded hostage as a security
for their good behavior. Among them
was a girl named Schialvia and. TAX
| ing a fancy to her Agnius married her
on the spot. A wedding feast was pre-
pared at which the king became
beastly drunk. Taking advantage Of
his condition SchialVia managed dur
ing the night to hang him to the beam
of his own tent and make her escape
to her own people.
The downfall of the western Roman
empire was FASTENED by the act of
Honoria, the sister of Theodosius the
Younger. Having been Imprisoned for
certain peccadilloeS, al / anxious to es-
cape in order to repeat them, she
sent message to Attila, describing in
glowing terms her own charms and Of
fering to marry him if he would re-
lease her. The Hun took the bait, raw
aged the Roman empire with fire and
sword but before accomplishing the
rescue of HonoIia, fell in love with
Bactrlan princess, married her and
forgot all about Honoria.
The name of almost every French
more favOrites. The favorite Of Fran
els I. was the Duchesse dEtampes;
Henry II. was enamOred Of the famous
Diana de Poitiers; Henry ", who was
brought to the brink of ruin a dozen
times by his amours, finally attached
himself to La Belle Gabrielle: the
name of Louis XIV is inseparably as
ISOLATED with those Of Mile de la Val
here, Mime. de MOntespan, Mile. de
Fontage, Nine. de Maintenon and
lew more; Louis XIV. enjoyed the |
of Nine. de Pompadour and !
Nine. du Barry, who headed a formid- |
able list Of their own kind
Theodosius the Younger was mar
RED by competitive examination. His |
resolved to provide him |
with a perfect wife. and made pro-
clamat1on drought the empire that |
all maidenS who desired to compete !
should come to Constantinople and be
At that time a young Greek
girl named Athenais came to the cap
tai to secure her share of the family
estate, and by singular good fortune
attracted the attention of the officer Of
he palace who introduced her to the
ady having the contest in charge. She
vas enrolled with the rest, over 600 in
number; was chosen by the emperor
md soon obtained a complete ascend
.ncy over him. In her old age she was
lnjustly accused by her enemies, and
vas exiled to Jerusalem, where she
lied
Anne of Austria wife Of Louis XIV,
vas one of the most lovable characters
# her time. but that fact did not pre-
rent her being the cause of serious
political complications. Richelieu be-
anne enamOred Of her, but she re-
ected his overtures, having at that
ime a. weakness, wholly platonic, it
S believed for the Duke Of Bucking-
lam, the English minister Fired with
ealousy, Richelieu ordered Bucking- +
lam out of the country. The result
vas quarrel, followed by a war, and
when Rochelle was besieged and Buck
ngham was sent with an army to re.
ieve the Huguenot stronghold, Richie
leu contrived that a forged letter, sup
posed to come from the queen should
,e sent to Buckingham asking him to
lold back his forces He did so,
was taken, and the deluded
Buckingham was asked to explain mat
ers at home as best he could.