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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-12
Horrors of
the Hapsburg

sweet and kindly smile of a mother
But Cn the contrary, the royal mother
ordered the archduchess to repair
alone to the vault in which her dead
father lay, and there kneeling by his
coffin to pray for the repose of his
soul. The archduchess regarded this
| as the last and most dreadful blow.
| She entreated her mother to save her
| such an ordeal. Maria Theresa, how
! ever, was little moved to pity and as
little used TO brook opposition in any
| thing; and least of all would she tot
! crate il in matter where she ap-
peared to have a mysterious personal
interest. She, therefore, refused to
listen to her daughters pleading ami
insisted Upon her orders being
obeyed to the letter The archduch-
ess was not ignorant OF the motive
which actuated her mother but she
dared not disobey.
Il am going down to my tomb"
whispered the archduchess in the ear
of one of her maids of honor, as she
proceeded to carry out the injunc-
ton laid upon her. The archduchess
now descended unattended and alone
into the vault, where shortly before
the remains of the princesses of the
house Of Hapsburg, Maria Josephine,
wife of the king OF Saxony, had been
inferred beside that of Francis Of Lor-
raine. The queen of Saxony had died
of smallpox. To send the archduchess
to pray in such place was virtually
to pass sentence of death upon her
Accordingly upon the day follow
ing the archduchess herself fell i'll of
small pox. Maria Theresa ordered
masses to be celebrated in all the
churches of Vienna for the recovery
of the archduchess. But as the cot
fin that contained the remains of the
queen of Saxony had been pried par
TALLY open there was no chance for
Josepha to escape the catching and
terrible disease. She died upon the
very day fixed for herself and King
Ferdinand to leave Vienna for Ma
pies. There was weeping at the court
Of Vienna in consequence but the eyes
of the empress-queen were dry. No
motherly instinct OF grief overcame
the fierce fires Of jealousy that blazed
in her queenly heart.
Maria Theresa never gave the Slight
est proof of remorse, and after the
court of the Hapsburgs had solemnly
gone into mourning for the young Pea
elope whom the head of the house of
Hapsburg had placed in the path of
death, Maria Theresa secured the Ne
apolitan alliance for her next daugh-
ter, the archduchess Caroline Not
breath of suspicion was aroused Not
a murmur of protest arose. Not one
cringing courtier dared to give utter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-12

The recent assassination of the en-
press OF Austria recalls the fact that
the mouse of Hapsburg seems TO be
as unfortunate now as it was once
! successful in those intrigues whereby
/ the counts OF Hapsburg became the
/ dukes and later the emperors of Aus
tria
It was by murder, treason, treach-
cry and perfdy of every known kind,
that the dukes of Austria took on the
| title OF kings, and finally became the
/ inheritors and the representatives of
| the Roman empire. And in this rec
ord the women OF the Hapsburg fam
! lily played q romantic part and not
unfreQuently that of a Jezebel or a
Messalina. We need not go further
back than the time Of Maria Theresa
Her character as a queen-empress is
well. known, but her character as
mother is not. yet it was indicated
from the following cruel incident. Her
daughters were as unfortunate as they
were fair, and that they We're fair to
the point of enchantment goes with
out saying. Burke has. left on record
n immortal words the impressions
which one glance at the divine face of
Maria Antoinette left upon his mind.
But more fair and more beautiful still
was Maria Antoinette's sister, the
arch duchess Maria Josepha. The
emperor idolized her and the imperi-
Gus empress queen herself who had
al 10 icLi
caresses upon the six fair daughters
which she had borne to Francis of
Lorraine, regarded Maria Josepha
with a sweet and peculiar indulgence.
at 16 this Inflated princess was
girl of ravishing beauty, with hair Of
golden auburn, with the face of
a Psyche, with a sinewy form, pc
culiar, even angelic sweetness of dis
position and exquisite manners. Just
as she had turned her 18th year the
Emperor Francis died, and while she
was engaged to Ferdinand II. of Ma
pies.
The engagement was one that
brought pride and joy to Maria There
sa's heart It was az alliance which
extended the influence Of the Haps-
burgs in that southerly direction
which has been the perpetual dream of
the house The marriage treaty was
signed and the betrothal of this be-
witching bride took place August 8,
1867. The court of the Hapsburgs put
aside the mourning that it had as
sumed because of the emperor's death
The empress herself was radiant vita
smiles Fetes and balls and a series
of the most brilliant entertainments
followed in rapid succession, in which
the empress widow herself freely par
ticipated. But suddenly the arch
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-12
THE WHITE ROSE.

Mine eyes rest on a yellow'd page
8edimm'd the print and touched by
age,
And lying faded there
In this lone, silent, dark repose
Are leaves of once a white, white
A rose once sweet and fair.
The faded leaves press DER a line.
As on soft wreath on loves own
shrine,
0 June of youthful years,
A face hangs Ger the faded leaves.
\ summer day in mem'ry cleaves,
And mem'ry drops her tears.
With book in hand we wandered
where
The skies breathed down the >sftest
air,
And sat meath velvet shade,
And love came from the far-away
And fingered near that summer day
And DER our spirits played.
The distant hills like parapets
Came on the views soft silhouettes
Of drowsy, dreamy glades,
The brook that ran Ger pebbled
brown
And waited softest music down
Ger tiniest cascades
The seagulls in their southwark flight
FLASHED silviry wings in golden light
And dipped the water clear;
A sail is gliding DER the stream,
The boatman stands with oar agleam
A drifting gondolier.
My voice, with voice so sweet and
low,
And on her cheek the changing glow
Of summer sunset skies,
Brown tresses caught the wandering
breeze
And rose and fell as if to please
Mine own adoring eyes.
1t was bounteous love that came
TO flashing eyes, no orient flame,
Tho passion came feet shod-
1t was the Soften'd, mystic breath,
The golden noon 'twixt birth and
death
The master touch of God.
She took the white rose, placed 1t
here
With her own hands, o mem'ry dear,
Tho changing years have rolled
Above me, yet she lives once more;
Again we wander on the shore
And skies are tinged with gold.
Each June | see white roses raise
Their smiling heads through summer
days.
Then fade away ard die,
And summer days, l watch them fade
Into the deep'ning twilight shade,
And life is drifting by.
. land of souls, supernal land,
| see the white rose ian her hand
Angelic purity!
Her image wanders thro' my dreams.
She floats amid the heavily beams
In Gods security
The book is closed, the moon comes
DER
The open transom of the door
And palely, softly CLOVIS
Upon my locks of silv'ry hair,
My heart gives out one silent prayer
Above the white, white rose.
James Tandy Ellis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-12
COUNTRY GIRLS SLEEPING ROOM
Fitting and Furnishing it to Please rhe
Daintiest Maiden.

1 know dear little girl who is SURE
that her room is everything 10 be de-
Sired writes Mrs. John B. Sims OF
The Sleeping Room on the Farm in
the January number of the Ladies
Home Journal 1T is fifteen feet
square and has two wardrobes. There
is north and south window. The
walls are covered with paper in a deli
cate shade OF gray, with pink clover
blossoms scattered over it: the window
curtains are of silkoline in the same
shades: a mating in subdued colors
covers the floor. The bedroom suit.
however, did not please the little miss
1t was old enough TO be in fashion
again, but it was of walnut. heavy ana
dark. Then her mother came TO The
rescue, and when a woman, a pair OF
brushes and two cans of readv-mixed
paint get together, success is sure 70
follow, and SO it proved in this case.
That bedroom furniture changed its
color as quickly and as effectively as
the world-famed chameleon Of our
schooldays. The rule for doing such
Work always began with 'scrape the
wood thoroughly with glass and then
sandpaper it. and it always dis
couraged me. In this case. however
this rule was found quite easy &C
break, and it was broken quickly. The
solid wood was painted very pale
gray. almost silver white; the scroll
work was picked out in cid rose. 4
cane-bottomed chair was painted t.
| match; camp chair was covered with
| cretOnne which harmoniZed. Tn,
washstand was fitted out in white. A
shelf for choice books, small home
made stand for the keepsakes and tns
Delft candiestick, 3 few dainty pic
lures on the walls, and the little maid
! was satisfied"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-12
TWO ROMANCEs OF SCIENCE.

The mongoOse was introduced into
Jamaica to kill rats which ate the cane
plantations. Having done this, ana
multiplied very rapidly, it proceed
ed TO kill all the snakes and lizards as
well. 1t next attacked the birds
learning to climb trees in the pro-
cess, until the poultry and wild birds
disappeared. Then arose the ticks,
or chigoes, which the birds used TO
keep down, and the islanL groanad
under fresh plague. The ticks"
hiwever, finally attacked the mon
goose, which began to decline; the
birds began to reappear, and attacked
the ticks" snakes and lizards were
seen once more, and in the end the
cane plantations we're devastated AS
much as ever by rats.
One is accustomed to wonder at the
sagacity of certain ants which keep
aphides in captivity as cows TO extract
nectar for them from the plants On
which they live. II is hardly less in
genfous, however, to train spiders 20
act as silkworms, as a French mission
airy near Paris has done. The spiders
are ranged in dozens above a reel, ana
as fast as they spin the reel takes MP
the thread. Each spider is released
when he has spun some thirty or forty
yards of thread, which constitutes
hard days work. The threads are
then washed and woven together in
strand of eight, which is stronger and
lighter than silk of the same thickness.
These spider web cords are used for
making military balloon ropes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-12

give his ascent of the throne the legal
sanction OF the constitution in the
eyes of the people. 1t was only
through the assistance of wiser coun
ellis than those who now surround him.
that the young emperor was pro-
claimed, and it was through the mil
itary aid OF Russia and by rather
clever manipulation of the popular
forces that peace was maintained
which secured the succession.
Nor can we forget that the practice
of petty intrigues such as is now al.
tributed TO him we'll becomes the en-
peror and his family. For a thou
sand years the house of Hapsburg has
maintained itself by crimes that call
for the condemnation of the deca-
logue. 1t was by these arts that the
dukes of Austria pushed that insig-
niticant state into the proportions of
an empire. 1t was a duke of Austria
that betrayed Richard Plantaganet to
the Saracens. 1t was a duke of Aus
tria that held Richard Occur de Leon
for twelve years in a Danubian castle:
and another. Of the race that did al!
manner Of hideous things in order to
consolidate the crowns of Bohemia,
and Austria The char
acter of his ancestors also we'll BELTS
the present emperor. In the dispute
between England and France in 1854
the aim Of the emperor of Austria was
TO trim between the contending DOW
ers. Calling himself an ally of the
western powers he came out of the
scramble protector of Moldavia and
Wallachia, and so became one of the
contracting parties of the peace of
Paris in 1856. He thus vastly soidi-
fed himself in the seat into which ad-
circumstances had thrust
him. He was also successful in the
attempt to maintain for a long time
the predominance OF Austria over
Prussia in the Germanic diet; and no
one will deny that the ill-starred at
tempt of his brother, Macmillan, to
subvert the Monroe doctrine had the |
full and unconditional approval of the |
whole Austrian court
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-12
THE WIFE AND HER HUSBANDS
BUSINESS.

1t is cause Of amazement to me
that man can go on, year in and year
out, toiling for a family whose MEM
bers show no interest in his work
further than to spend the money he
makes, and who look upon him as the
family mint writes Frances Evans in
the January Ladies' Home Journal.
My firm belief is that had he, in the
first flush of married life, talked over
his business and ambitions with his
wife, she would have become interest
ed in both, first for his sake, and after
ward for her own and their children's
Think Of the gulf that lies between a
man and woman united in marriage
when he never speaks at home of the
affairs which absorb his entire day!
Mutual interests will bind people to-
gether indissOlubly even when indiffer-
ence, that dangerous bridge of signs,
has swallowed up affection"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-12
ONE NIGHT AT HOME.

Old fifeside, I'm thine tonight,
Let swapping logs burn clear and
bright;
Old smoking jacket, how l bless
This sweet release from evening dress
My faithful brier, with amber stem,
Lead me to fancy's boundless realm;
No need to shun thee, lest perchance
She'll note thy fragrance in the dance
Ny warm Scotch friend, the kettle
sings,
To mitigate thy fiery stings;
Now, Ovid, tell me tales of Rome
No cards are out for this Eat home
Life
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-12

The Colonial Danes of Wisconsin
have offered gold medal to The stu
dents of Observation-Disclosures college
for the best essay on some topic OF
American history to do with that pc
Rod of the history preceding the rev.
olution. The faculty committee hav
ing the contest in charge consists OF
President Ellen Sabin, and the Misses
Leavitt, Austin and Bufkin. The com
sists of Miss Alice Chapman, Mrs
Anna r. Sheldon and Mrs. H. A j.
Upham.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-12

Spanish soldiers in Cuba offer to take
the oath of allegiance to the United
States. 1t is proposed to utilize them
as guards in Havana.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-17
TALKS TO THE OMAHA N
Madame Yale Lectures IN the sys-
tenn for Improving the General
Health and Explains Secrets.

A large and appreciative audience Of wo-
men gathered at Boyd's theater Monday af-
ternoon to hear Madame Yale's lecture on
Tint subject of the lecture was
The Foolish Virgins" and was ably
handled by the madame. After the intro
ductory address Madame Yale gave a series
of physical culture demonstrate
ing the helpfulness Of that system for I'M
proving the health of women. The las.
part Of the lecture was devoted to an ex-
planation OF the remedies the madame sells,
what they are and how to use them.
Madame Yale is a great believer in the
theory that women cannot be beautiful I'M
less they are healthy. To be one without
the other is an impossibility. She does not
believe that all women can be beautiful, but
she contends that all may increase their
physical charms by careful attention to de-
tails. Facial beauty Is not all in the truly
beautiful woman The poise. the carriage
OF the body, the manner OF holding the head.
all these things must be considered. Phys
ical culture will enable all to at least In
crease what natural grace is possessed, so
she says.
In closing the madame paid a tribute to
the exposition Just closed and promised that
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-17
TAX CONTROVERSY is SETTLED
Council Committee Decides to Rebate
u Portion Of the Cost Of Improve
ing North Eleventh Street.

In committee of the whole meeting yes
terday afternoon the city council settled a
long standing contest with a batch of prop
erty owners over an assessment levied for
the paving OF North Eleventh street, north
of Nicholas, a controversy that has been
passed upon by the courts unfavorably to
the city. Before the paving was done 1t
was found necessary to fll in the street
with the dirt. The cost of this latter work
was s18. 900 and this was added to the cost
Of the paving. making a total of $44. 900 TO
be assessed against the adjoining property.
The property owners contested the grading
assessment and offered to compromise by
paying sll. 900. This was the proposition
agreed to by the council yesterday.
The building inspector was ordered to In
struct all the people who erected temporary
buildings about the city during the last
year to tear them down. II this Is not done
the city will do SO and proceed against the
bonds that were given. There are some
seventy-fve such buildings about the city.
The ordinances reducing the hackmen and
theater fees was approved and will be passed
tonight.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-17
GUARDS MERGE INTO COMPANY
Fourteen New Members Admitted, Six
New Applications Considered and
Invitation sept

At a meeting Of the Omaha Guards last
evening the membership Of the organization
was made identical with that of Company G,
recently mustered into the National Guard,
by the admission Of fourteen new members.
The disposition made Of the men who were
formerly member Of the Omaha Guards,
but unwilling to enlist in Company G, was
to drop their names from the roll. Those
who had belonged to the organization for
three years will have the privilege Of be-
coming honorary members. Others will be
dropped entirely. This was the action 1t
was voted to take.
Other business adjusted was the consider
ing of six new applications and accept
ing an invitation to q reception next Mon
day evening in the Thurston Rifles armory.
The invitation was extended by the Ladies'
auxiliary and the Associate members OF the
Thurston Rifles. When the meeting ad-
journed the new members were entertained
at a smoker given In honor Of the new non
commissioned officers. A bountiful supply
of cigars and q number OF impromptu talks
made the affair an enjoyable one.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-17
NORTH SIDE MEN INDIGNANT
Openly Declare Against the Location Of the
Pest House.
BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ARE cENsUREr
Declaration II Made that IL the So
Called Nuisance il Not Removed
Heroic Measures VIII BE
ResOrted To.

About thirty North Side taxpayers and
citizens congregated at the Saratoga Con-
gregational church at Twenty-hfth street
and Ames avenue Monday night and adopted
resolutions, in which they expressed their
Indignation at the action of the municipal
authorities in locating the pest house in that
part Of the city.
There was no fire in the church and while
the aforesaid taxpayers and citizens PIC
tured in vigorous language the danger troy
were mourning from smallpox on account
of the pest house, they shivered bareheaded
and in apparent Indifference to heir less
remote chances of getting through the
pearly gates through the medium of grip
and pneumonia.
J. Hess called the meeting to order and
announced that it was called to take action
on account Of the pest house and incident
ally to organize a North Side Improvement
club that will take action on this and other
matters that involve the interests of that
part Of the city. Then an organization was
perfected by the election Of John Morrison
president. ]. Y. Craig vice president and
Fred T. Lowe secretary.
E. T. Farnsworth suggested that as the
attendance was comparatively limited II
would be advisable to let other matters re-
main for a future meeting and deal entirely
with the question of getting rid of the OBJ
noxious ~'lazar'' house. He declared that
in putting this establishment in that part OF
the city a gross injustice has been perpe-
| trated on the people who live In that vi
! cint.y. He told how the city authorities
handled a smallpox case in South Omaha
and declared that the Omaha authorities
should do as well and move a house out on
the prairie, where no lives will be menaced.
1t is not only a menace to health, but its
location is a stigma on the north part of the
city.
]. Y. Craig also registered a vigorous pro-
test against the action Of the city officials.
He declared that the premises that are
being used for the pest house are In such
condition that it is a disgrace that any sick
person should be confined there. II they
are not sick when they go there the place
is so unsanitary that they soon will be.
Half a dozen other residents of the locality
took a turn at censuring the health officials
and 1t was the unanimous sentiment that q
vigorous protest shall be made and If thai
fails more effective measures shall be taken
This was embodied in a resolution which
was submitted by Mr.. Farnsworth and
adopted by a unanimous vote. 1t declares
that in placing a pest house within a block
of Miller park and in a thickly settled par
of the city the authorities have committed
a serious injustice which menaces the lives
Of all the people in that neighborhood. II
expressed the sense of the meeting that ar
emphatic protest shall be made to the proper
authorities and II this fails additional meas
ures shall be taken to relieve the neighbor'
hood from the nuisance.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-17
IT on HIS E N
Wright Relieves that the Fire I'm Hts
Store Was Started by Some Per-
son Who IL Interested.

A fire of incendiary origin occurred Mon
day in the real Of M. Wright's secondhand
store. 41S South Tenth street. When the
hremen arrived they found three rear rooms
ablaze. The fire was quickly extinguished
with small loss to the building.
An ice cream can which had been filled
with gasoline was found near the door lead
ing out Of the store. Around It was a lot
Of charred paper. showing that the incen-
diary had feared the oil would not have the
desired effect. The flames spread to the
other room. burning OF the wall paper and
charming the woodwork. The door to the
store being closed kept the fire from pene-
trating to the interior.
Mr.. Wright said he had a lot Of enemies,
but he did not know which particular one
might have started the blaze. He thought
II he knew 1t would be useless to try to
punish him. He had 81, 300 insurance and
estimates the value OF his stock at $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-17
REORGANIZE THE PARK BOARD
Bates Secretary, After Which
Committed Are Named.

The Board Of Park Commissioners met at
their quarters in the City hall Monday after
noon and effected q reorganization.
]. H. Evans was made temporary chair
man, and the oath OF office was then admin
istered to the members Of the new board.
all of whom were also members Of the old
body except G. w. Lininger, who succeeds
c.. E. Bates, and J. F. Brandeis. who Is the
successor OF ]. c. Wharton.
A resolution was unanimously adopted that
the new boards term shall continue until
the second Tuesday Of May, 1893. or until
the successors shall have been duly qualified.
The body then proceeded to the election
Of officers with the following results: J. H.
Evans. president; G. w. Lininger. vice
president. and c. e. Bates, secretary.
On motion the bylaws. rules and regula-
lions of the old board were adopted to gov
ern the procedure Of the new one. and q
resolution was unanimously adopted to con-
tinue all OF the employees Of the old board
upon the same terms and conditions that
have heretofore been in force.
Chairman Evans announced the following
standing committees for the year 1899:
improvements. II. Evans. chairman: r.
]. Cornish, G.. w. Lininger.
Finance-H. e. Palmer. chairman; E. J.
Cornish, J. r. Brandeis.
Judiciary-E. j.. Cornish, chairman; J. F.
Brandeis. H. E. Palmer.
Designation of Grounds-G. w. Lininger,
chairman; II. e. Palmer. e. ]. Cornish.
Employment and Supplies-J. H. Evans,
chairman; G.. W. Lininger, ]. F. Brandeis.
A general discussion followed the election
Of ofncers In regard to the projects for park
Improvement. but no further business was
transacted by the meeting.