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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-26
THE FESTIVAL TO COME.
y brethren, we are free!
fTNt. - f.G4

My brethren, we are free!
The fruits are glowing
Beneath the stars. and the night
winds are flowing
Der the ripe corn. The birds and
beasts are dreaming.
Never again may blood of bird or
beast
Stain with its venomous stream a
human feast,
To the pure skies in accusation steam
ing;
Avenging poisons shall have ceased
To feed disease and fear and mad
ness.
The jewellers Of the earth and
air
Shall throng around our steps in
gladness,
Seeking their food or refuge
there.
Our toll from thought all glorious
forms shall Gull.
To make this earth. our home. more
beautiful;
And Science. and her sister Poesy,
Shall clothe in light the fields and
cities Of the free.
Shelley.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-26
A FANTASY OF INCIDENCE.

When summer comes, I'd like to be
A sunken stake down by the sea,
Where filmy spray comes LAYING
To ease my thirsty craving,
Where through the gloom
or night the breakers boom
Makes drowsy music, while aloft
The starlight soft
Is sprinkled like an incense DER the
deep
To lull the winds to sleep.
Or else I'd like to be a mummy;
A sacerdotal dummy,
In some cool corner of a museum,
Where tourists never come.
Wrapped in rich garb, while spices
family bring
The friendly ghost of some Egyptian
king.
There, through the hours, I'd linger IN
the shelf,
Majestic, by myself.
Asking but hieroglyphs my mood TO
please,
Which tell of chums asleep for cen.
turtles.
Or else book. 'Twere fine to be .
book,
A very ancient volume quite forsook
So rare that few would heed me
And none would care to read me;
Unto the babbling world completely
lost
Save through some catalogue that told
my cost.
Regardless of the hours relentless
flight
Careless If it were day or if 'twere
night
I'd doze in dusty and supreme content
And think all wisdom 'twixt my GOV.
ers pent.
Washington Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-26

Pauncefote, Countess Cassini. adopted
daughter of the Russian ambassador;
Miss Diaz Gutierrez, niece of the Mex
lean minister. and her cousin, Miss
Maria Duque, who will spend the win
ter in the capital city.
The daughters of the British ambas-
sador are given the title of honorable.
and these young ladies stand at the
head of the diplomatic set. their
father, Lord Pauncefote, being the dean
of the diplomatic corps.
The Countess Cassini, who has so
well presided over the official func-
lions at the Russian embassy, has just
returned from Russia where she has
been on a visit with the ambassador,
Count Cassini, since June last. This
is quite pleasant surprise to the
man. friends of the countess, as ii
was reported some time since that
she was engaged to a Russian noble
man and would make her future home
in that country.
Miss Gutierres and her cousin, Miss
Duque, are already familiar to Wash
ington society, as they spent last win
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-26
CHANCES FOR LADS AFLoAT.
The Way Boys Should Begin to
Achieve Command of Ships.

Sailor boys are no novelty on the
Bowery and along the New York
wharves, but comparatively few of the
lads are Americans. The American
boy doesn't run away to sea today. In
the first place, few American ships
carry boys, and then steamers have to
a large extent driven out the sailing
vessels, even from coast trade, and
there's not enough romance about a
steamship to inflame the juvenile
mind. Your real boy wants bellying
sails and straining masts and wild
hazards up aloft in bad weather. At
least he thinks that's what he wants
when he has read the fatal number of
sea stories and has reached the run
ning-away age. What's the use of
running away to scrape paint and
clean metal on a steamboat? One
might as well stay at home and white
wash the back fence and polish the
fence and polish the front door knob.
On the whole. il seems rather pity
that the sea dreams do not thrive in
the brains of present-day young
America. A boy may do things much
less rational than going to sea in
American ships, even though we
haven't England's merchant marine
and a paternal government isn't keep
ing a watchful eye on Yankee ship
boys, as the board of trade does on
the English apprentices.
There's no use in a boys making
his sea debut on a steamer unless he
has been through a training ship ex'
perience and is well on his way to an
officers berth. The officers OF our
steamers have had their early training
on sailing vessels. have earned their
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-26

able-bodied seaman title fairly by hard
knocks and broad sea experience.
Most of them went to sea as lads in
the old days when modern prejudices
hadn't overthrow the tradition that
! the only way to make a man and a
sailor of a ship boy was to abuse him
roundly during most of his waking
hours.
They made their record as seamen
and wandered the world over before
the mast Some of them were in trad
ing vessels Others were on whalers.
Many belonged to the ranks of the
New England fishermen, who. for sea
craft, yield the palm to no sailor of
the world. They rose to officers
-ank. many of them being captains
If small boats. Then they drifted
into steamboat service, where the pay
was good. the trips short, the food
fair. the life easy. Then. as now. it
was easy for competent Yankee with
decent record to get a good berth ;
for though even American ships are
today forced to ship crews composed
almost entirely of foreigners, the Of
ncers are usually Americans and the
snip companies are eager to get
American-born sailors.
I've only two Yankees on my
ship said the captain of a vessel be
longing to one of the most prosperous
American coast lines. but they are
worth the rest of the crew. The
Swedes and Norwegians are good men
but they don't think quickly. They
aren't the men for emergencies. I've
been at sea ever since was Ia. and
I've seen sailors all over the world
but there isn't anything finer afioat
than your old-fashioned Yankee sailor.
And they're dying out, worse luck.
They're dying out. That's why Amer.
lean boats have to carry such riffraff
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-26
The Inconstant Sex,

He suppose it's hard for gill
to get into the woman bachelors
club?"
She-"O. no; there are always
vacancies. The members are getting
married all the time. Judge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-26

Gov. William Gregory Of Rhode
Island is dead after several months
Illness.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
WOOD RIVER.

1 understand that you are seeking
some information in regard to a Mr..
johnson and the name Of place once
called Wood River Centre and also want
to know if a paper was published there.
I can say that I know all the facts in
the case, having worked for Mr.. johnson
in 1866 and 1857 (if 1 remember correct
ly, his first name was Joseph.) The
paper was six by eight inches in size and
was called the Huntsman's Echo. am
willing to make statement under oath.
I do not know why you wish the infor-
nation, and it makes but little difference
to me. Mr.. Heddes' statement is all
right but he is only telling what some
other one has told him. Let me hear
from you if I can help you out.
w. r. MCALLIsTER.
Grand Island, Neb., Feb. II, 1901.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
At the recent
convention Of the
Editorial Associa-
IRRIGATION.


tion for Nebraska Col. Bowlby of
the Crete Democrat read q very
instructive and interesting paper up
on irrigation. While The CoNsERvA-
TIVE may not fully agree with the
Bowlbyan theories, and may be
altogether wrong in it's views, it is the
antagonist of all irrigation schemes
which propose to tap the the reservoir
of the funds Of the government for first
fertilization.
All governments are born paupers.
They have not cent except it be taken
by taxation from
Paupers. either subject or
citizen. Any cash
therefore from the treasury of the
United States to reclaim the arid lands
by irrigation is cash taken from the
people. The CONSERVATIVE is commit
ted to fight all such paternalism.
With one breath the philanthropic
place-and -plunder-hunter declares that
there is over-pro-
A Paradox. duction among
American farmers
and that competition for markets
is eating up farmers efforts and
their farms too, and with the next he
advocates taxing farms and farmers to
raise money to make more farms and
more competition by irrigating the arid
lands.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
At New Britain,
in Connecticut,
there was born,
December 8, 1910,
MORE OF THE
COMMON PEOPLE.

a son to the village cobbler, shoemaker
who was then plying his trade for the
maintenance in that town of his family
of five daughters and five sons. But in
1926 the shoemaker died, leaving the
orphan, born the date above, at Is years
of age, to fight the battles of life for
himself. Immediately the boy develop
ed extraordinary capacity for both men,
tai and manual labor. One of his
brothers who had become a mathemati-
clan and astronomer of some repute
financially aided him to the best Of his
ability, and at the age of 81 the young
man began a systematic course Of self
education. He became passionately fond
of the languages. He studied with in
tense zeal, teaching school meantime to
maintain himself. He familiarized him
self with Homer's Iliad, having no in
struction except that which he could get
from Greek lexicon with Latin defini-
tions In 1882 he began the study of
many other tongues. This remarkable
man had been apprenticed to black
smith and learned that trade between
the years 1926 and 1882, during which
period he mastered several languages.
In 1887 he was working in blacksmith
shop at Worcester, Mass. With his
savings he purchased books. He also
haunted the library of the Antiquarian
society of that town. He made himself
master of the modern languages of
Europe and of many of the Oriental
tongues, including Hebrew, Chaldeac,
Assyrian and Ethiopic. He soon became
known to the world as Elihu Burritt,
"the learned blacksmith" In 1S41 he
delivered his first lecture. The subject
of that discourse was application and
Genius" the author taking the ground
that attachments and success are the re-
suit of will-power, application, courage,
and industry. He recognized no short
route or cross-road path to eminence.
He believed in and advocated labor as
the only alchemy out of which fame and
fortune could be evolved.
The editor of THE CONSERVATIVE
listened with rapt attention to lecture
by Elihu Burritt in 1854. He was a
splendid exemplar of the possibilities
reposing in the brain of every American
who has the energy, will power and
persistent pluck to strive to attain and
achieve. His career, from impoverished
orphanhood and friendlessness to emin
ence in scholarship, to a comfortable
competence and to everything that
makes human life desirable, should be
an inspiration to every well-brained
American boy. His example, his
The Conservative, 1901-02-21

For twelve years
GEN. MANDERSON. General Mander-
son faithfully rep
resented, in the senate of the United
States, the intelligent and patriotic
citizenship of Nebraska. He was an
efficient public servant, never mere
partisan, and always alert and just in
the discharge of his duties. Thus he
endeared himself to the people of this
commonwealth, and therefore there is
general and sincere rejoicing because of
his convalescence after long, painful
and dangerous illness.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21

traveller. Main IN 1850, at
London in 1851, at
Manchester in 1859, and at Edinburgh
in 1858; and at each one of these con-
ventions he was central, prominent
and dominant figure. Thus the son of
the New Britain shoemaker, the black
smiths apprentice, demonstrated in the
Old World and in the presence of the
most distinguished advocates of peace,
including Victor Hugo, that all things
are possible to the youth of the United
States who have brains, application,
good habits and courage.
One of the last enterprises in the life
of Elihu Burritt was to establish in
Philadelphia periodical called "Citizen
of the World" in which he advocated
the emancipation of the slaves of the
United States and compensation for
them by the government. Mr.. Burritt s
busy life and it's fruits stand refulgent
in the annals of the United States as a
testimonial to freedom of action, freedom
of speech and the freedom and right to
reach the highest peaks of prominence
in popular esteem which belong to every
young man of ability who will depend
upon his own industry and efforts.
Burritt's biography should be studied in
the common schools of this country. AS
"The Learned Blacksmith" he was
known all over the civilized and reading
world At New Britain, Connecticut,
where he began his useful life at the
forge, the philosopher, the scholar and
patriot, the philanthropist, Elihu Burritt,
died, March 9, 1879.
The CONSERVATIVE will, from time to
time, give examples of the common
people" who, under the beneficent in
stitutions of this free country, have
italicized themselves in the vast volume
of the generations thus far born and
reared in the republic founded by Wash
ington, Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton
and their compatriots. The object of
these articles is to show clearly the
malice of the misinformation which de-
clamatory demagogues are constantly
scattering among the people, teaching
that all opportunity has been cut off
from the aspiring poor and the am
bilious of the multitude by the COM
mercialism of the age in which we live.
The truth is, opportunities are this day
greater, more frequent, more inviting,
more certain to result in success-finan-.
cial, literary, political, professionally
recognized and utilized by common peo-
pie with commonsense, than ever before
since the race began an historic career.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
Che Conservative.

patriotic citizen, giving wholesome
instruction to all the people of the
United States, are formidable refuta-
tions of all demagogic declamations to
the effect that the poor are getting
poorer and the rich richer because of
Unequal American laws and the institu-
tion of favored classes. -
Elihu Burritt was man of peace.
He attended the Peace Congresses at
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-26
MARCH TO THE GRAVE
Final Chapter In the Worldwide Trag-
edy Is Closed.

FINAL Chapter In the Worldwide Trag-
edy Is Closed.
Canton. o., Sept. 20.-No greater rev.
erence has ever been shown to any
man, living or dead. than was exhibited
toward the dead president in Canton
yesterday. AS the funeral car passed
through the streets men and women
sobbed convulsively Soldiers formed
an unbroken line on both sides of the
street from the house to the cemetery
The march from the house to the
grave was impressive in it's simpleness.
A detachment of mounted police headed
the parade. Behind them came the
Grand Army band of Canton, the solemn
notes of Nearer My God to Thee"
yelling out as it came up the drive
way. Behind the band came the Grand
Army posts, fully 500 Of the veterans
marching by. AS they passed along the
flower strewn path many of them were
weeping bitterly, and they stopped by
dozens to gather the blossoms which
lay at their feet, and carried them
away as mementoes.
Nature has been kind in selecting
the last resting place for President
Mckinley. Westlawn Cemetery is on
a high knoll overlooking the peaceful
valley. with the busy little city of Can
ton laid out below. II it were not for
an intervening church spire one might
get from this elevation glimpse OF
the Mckinley home. Here looking out
on his native city and his native state,
the body of William Mckinley is laid
to rest. The beauty of the grounds
here attracted the attention of the
countrys best landscape gardeners,
Yesterday it was doubly beautiful
with the rustling trees giving off their
first yellowed leaves of fall, and add
ing golden touch to the green clad
slopes. Just inside the stately entrance
stands the gray stone vault. where for
a time the casket will repose It's
dreary exterior was relieved by great
masses of flowers. banked all about
and above until the gray walls were
shut out from view. but in due time it
will be taken from the vault and COM
mitted to the little plot of ground lying
further on.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-26
LAPORIE PMA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER U.s. 1901

orawny shoulders of the soldiers and
sailors was profoundly impressive. A
black border, 20 feet high. relieved at
intervals by narrow white bands fall.
;Eg to the floor, swept completely
.round the interior But it was the
Horal display at the front of the church
which filled the whole edifice with
glory. The center of it all was a great
wreath of American Beauties, framing
black bordered portrait of President
Mckinley. From it, extending outward
gorgeous blossoms.
1t was after 2 O'Clock when the quar-
.ette arose and lifted up their voices
with the touching words of "Beauti-
sul Isle of Somewhere" When the
sound of the last line had died away
Rev. o. B. Milligan, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, in which Presi-
dent and Mrs. Mckinley were married
80 years ago, offered fervent prayer.
Every head within the church bent in
solemn reverence as the invocation
went up.
ity Lutheran Church, then read from
the Bible the beautiful 10Th Psalm, and
Rev. E. p. Herbruck verses Al to 5S
of the 25th chapter of Corinthians |.
With great feeling he read the words.
The quartette then sang Cardinal
Newman's grand hymn, Lead, Kindly
Light" the beautiful words floating
through all the church. DR.. G. E. Man.
chester then delivered an address.
which lasted "a minutes, on the life
of the late President and the lessons
taught by his noble character.
Bishop |. w. Joyce. of Minneapolis,
followed with brief prayer, and the
services were concluded with the sing
ing of the hymn which President Nc
Kinley repeated on his deathbed,
Nearer. My God, to Thee, Nearer to
Thee" The entire congregation arose
and joined in the last stanza. Father
Valtman, of Chicago, chaplain of the
Twenty-ninth Infantry, pronounced the
benediction. Then the notes of the or
gan again arose. The coffin was
taken up and borne from the church
The relatives and those in official life
went out in the order they had entered.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-26
THE CHURCH SERVICES
Many Men of Distinction Gather to
Hear Last Euloqies.

Many Men of Distinction Gather to
Hear Last Eulogies.
Canton. O.. Sept 20--It was 1920 p.
m. yesterday when the funeral process
sion started from the Mckinley home to
the First Methodist Episcopal church
At either side of the hearse marched
the guard of military and naval honor,
the generals on the right led by Gen
eral Miles and the admirals on the left
led by Admiral Farquhar. Then came
the long liEe Of carriages, for the rela-
tives and friends and after them the in
Vulnerable military and civic organiza-
tions that had assembled to pay this
last honor to the fallen chief. In the
line were division after division of
Masons, Odd Fellows and representa-
tives of beneficial orders, chambers of
commerce, as well as delegations of
citizens from cities and town through
out the state and country.
At the church entrance were drawn
up deep files of soldiers. with bayonets
advanced, keeping a clear area for the
advancing casket and the long train of
mourners. The hearse halted while
President Roosevelt and members of
the cabinet alighted. Again they
grouped themselves at either side of
the entrance. and with uncovered
heads awaited the passing of the casket.
Then the flower covered coffin was
brought from the hearse and as it
passed within the black Graped en-
trance, the president and his cabinet
followed within the edifice, but the
stricken widow was not among them
She had remained behind in the old
home, alone with her grief.
Within the Flower-Ladon Church.
The scene within the church when
| the casket was carried In ON the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-26
MRS. MCKINLEY GOES DRIVING
Or. Rixey Says She Is Doing AS Well
As Could Be Expected.

Canton, o., Sept. 23.-Dr. RiXey said
last evening that there had been no
material change in the condition of
Mrs. Mckinley and that she is doing
as well as could be expected. He said:
"She went out for two hours driving
today and still seems to be hold
ing her own" The first trip was to
the cemetery yesterday morning. and
it was at the request of Mrs. Mcinley.
much longer drive was taken during
the afternoon at the suggestion of the
doctor, who feels that his patient is
benefited by all the outdoor life she
can stand and can be induced to take.
There was placed on the Mckinley
casket yesterday by Judge William r.
Day a large floral wreath from the
Emperorof Russia. Judge Day received
telegram from Charge Aaffires De-
Wollant of the Russian embassy at
Washington. requesting him to have
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-26
LAST RITES
AT CANTON
Home Honors to the Memory Of tho
Martyred Chief Magistrate.
CANTON F,LLEDwITH mouRNERs

Grief and Respect Shown On All Sid 8.
Mrs. Mckinley Was Frustrated ana
Unable to Take Any Part In Funeral
ceremonies-The Religious Services.
An Imposing Escort From Church
to Tomb.
Canton. O., Sept. 2O.-With majestic
solemnity, surrounded by his country
men and his townspeople, in the pres
ence of the president of the United
States, the cabinet, justices Of the
United States supreme court, senators
and representatives in congress, the
lishments, the governors OF states and
a great concourse of people who had
known and loved him, all that is mortal
Of the third president to fall by an
assassins bullet was committed to the
grave.
1t was spectacle of mournful gran
deur Canton ceased to be a town and
swelled to the proportions of great
city. From every city and hamlet in
Ohio. from the remote corners of the
south, and from the east and west, the
human tide flowed into the town until
100.0 900 people were within its gates.
here to pay their last tribute to the
fallen chief. The final scenes at the
First Methodist church where the fun
eral services was held, and at the beau
tiful Westlawn cemetery, where the
body was consinged to the vault, were
simple and impressive.
The service at the church consisted
of brief grafton. prayers by the min
listers of three denominations and sing
ing by a quartette. The body was then
taken to Westlawn cemetery and placed
in receiving vault. pending the time
when 1t will be finally laid to rest be-
side the dead children who were buried
years ago. The funeral procession was
|spSTy imposing and included not only
the representatives of army and navy
of the United States, but the entire
military strength of the state of Ohio
and hundreds of civic, fraternal and
other organizations. 1t was two miles
long.
One of the most pathetic features of
the day was the absence of Mrs. Nc
Kinley from the funeral services at the
church and from the cemetery when
the body of her husband was laid to
rest. Since the first shock of the shoot
ing. then Of death, and through the or
deal Of state ceremonies, she had borne
up bravely. But there was a limit to
human endurance and when yesterday
came it found her too weak to pass
through the trials of the final cere-
monies. Through the open door of her
room she heard the prayer of the min
lister as the body was borne out of the
house. After that DR.. Rixey remained
close by her side and although the full
force of the calamity had come upon
her it was believed by those about her
that there was providential mercy in
her tears, as they gave some relief to
the anguish Of the heart within.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-26
Number 70

this wreath placed on the casket OF
the late President. 1t is oval in shape
and feet by 6. 1t is composed on one
side of American Beauty roses and on
the other side by orchids The basa is
OF sago palms, the entire wreath b.
ing interspersed with small cocoa
ferns, tied with orchids satin ribbon.
The resting place of the late President
was visited by thousands of peop
yesterday, probably over 10000 people
entering the gates of Westlawn Gene.
terry between the early hours of the
morning and the late hours of the
evening