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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02
GERMAN TOWN PICTURED.
The Beautiful Service in One Of Its
Churches.

The Beautiful Service in One Of Its
Churches.
IL has been great change from the
rush and hurry of Paris to the quiet
OF this old fashioned German town
From horn blowing automobiles, gong
changing tramways, whip cracking
coachers and screaming street ven.
doris, to town without single tram.
way of any kind, few horses and fewer
donkeys, and never a street cry-the
latter Is against the law--I made the
change In IL hours, and am still en-.
joying the peace / found on the 18th
The town of K. aside from quaint
twisting streets, sedate looking dark
red and brown houses, and an air of
stability, is unattractive, for IL is a
place of manufactures, and the SCOT
and smoke from huge chimneys be.
CRIME what otherwise would be a
clean city. Even as II is, the women
with noble courage, scrub and wash
and scour, morning, noon and night
The population consists of the owners
ad employees OF the factories. Their
families. principally their children.
give life and noise to the otherwise
deserted streets. The tap, tap. of III
tie wooden and hob-nalled shoes is
heard all day as the sturdy little
owners trot to school. home to dinner
and back to school. Steel, furniture
and the carding of wool are the three
principal Industries. In the time of
Frederick (the first) Barbarossa, K
had social Importance. the king HAVING
his castle here, which he occupied
often. Today the castle is a ruin. and
the town what have described n
Only four people own private car.
riases, and yet II is a desirable resi-
dence' town that In spite of It's air
of working for It's living, still bears a
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02
TALENT AND CHARACTER.
Max O'Rell Says the First is Desir
able, the Second Necessary.

Talent helps a man to obtain sue.
cess, but it is character which secures
it for him. A man will succeed with
character and very little talent. and
will never succeed without character.
whatever talent he may have at mis-
disposal
By character l mean honesty, stead
ness of purpose, tact, perseverance
industry, sobriety, self-control. re-
liability and strict punctuality. The
man who possesses these quf tiles
need not leave the old world and try
new countries to get better chance
in life; wherever he goes, wherever he
happens to be, he is bound to be sue
cessful, simply because he is wanted,
indispensable, everywhere.
No one wants shrewdness without
honesty, or diplomacy without sin
cerity.
When you are in the presence OF a
man who for many years has been a
great success in life. take 1t for grant.
- that you have before you steady,
! sincere. honest and reliable man.
Nyhareve' 'alent he may possess IS
Of no use to him unless that talent is
the servant of his character. and y5u
] will find that this holds good, no
| matter what the pursuit in life of that
man, whether he is a man Of business
an employer or an employe. or a pro
I fessional man, lawyer, doctor, journal
! ist. artist, literary man, actor.
! II is owing to the absence OF charac
ter that great geniuses have been
/ known to die in poorhouses. II is on
account of their character that mer
with little talent have died million
aires. and most respected ones, too.
It is not the cleverest boy Of a class
who is at the top; it is gen orally the
one who has the strongest character
OF course. If he has both genius and
character. he stands beyond competi
ton. That goes without saying.
Therc is no luck in life. Luck is Of
our own making. Luck means rising
at 6 in the morning, living on 81 day
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02
COMPEL CITIZENS TO VOTE.
All 6elgians Qualified Must Exercise
the Elective Franchise.

| The Belgians have made an i'm
portant discovery. They have found
out how to accomplish something that
no American commonwealth accom-
plishes. They have found out how
to compel citizens to vote. They do
not send the non-voters TO Jail, but the
coercive means employed Is so effect
i've that at recent election out OF
| 1851 1865 eligible voters only 1851
failed to vote without giving previous
notice to the courts as required by
law, and of this number 1881 when
summoned before the magistrates,
were able TO present acceptable ex-
cuses, such as age. Illness or unavoid-
able absence. The number punished
for not voting at that election was
1880, or exactly 2.76 out OF every
thousand
How has this wonder been achieved?
In the case of first offenders the state
Is far from being harsh. The magis.
trates simply admonish the negligent
citizen that the habit of staying away
from the polls will cause him trouble
II persisted i'm. He has begun to
make entries on the wrong side OF his
account with the state. IL he falls
to vote second time there will be
penalty. In that event he hands
the magistrate IS, and IL be still con-
tinues TO refrain from voting as the
elections recur his political rights
are suspended for ten years. Some
day we shall be as efficient as the Bel
gians are in enforcing the perform.
ance OF political duty.
IL men will not vote why let them
call themselves voters? Why bother
to keep their names on the voting
lists? Why not let the fact % their
refusal to take part in the government
or the country be known OF all mer
by reason Of the absence OF their
names from the suffrage lists?
Before the year 1893 In Belgium IL
Is said that 16 per cent. OF the voters
remained away FROM the polls at every
election In spite of all that the party
workers could do to get them there
But as soon as the law making voting
compulsory was passed the rate of
abstention fell below 5 per cent
Hartford Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02
TO THE MARK.

TO the mark goes the ship,
Bird and boat and booming train:
TO the mark speak eye and Zip,
Deeply loved that love again.
To the mark the arrow sings.
Planets move and rains descend.
TO the mark the hammer rings.
TO the mark speaks friend with
friend.
]" the mark 20 ak and pillow
shame upon thy listless aim
II 1t glance aside, and thou
Fail to give thy work thy name
--Ethelwyn Wetherald
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02

fixed in a manner common in the dis
secting room. The autopsy showed
that an assault had been committed
upon the murdered woman.
A dapper little man named Theo-
dore Durrant came to be suspected Of
the crime. AS far as any one knew
he was model youth, an assistant SUI
perintendent of the Sunday school, an
earnest and enthusiastic Christian En-
deavorer. He was so devoted to the
affairs of the church that he was
puttering around the building contin-
ually, attending to the electricity and
doing all sorts of odd jobs. He was a
student at the Cooper medical college
and member of the national guard.
The evidence showed that Miss La
mont, who was most circumspect
young woman, left the hCc5e of her
uncle, c. G.. Noble, on April went
to the church and was not again seen
alive. 1t is supposed that Durrant
met her there and killed her. George
King, the organist, saw him in the
church at p. m. on that day. He
was pale, excited and dishevelled and
said that he had been overcome by
escaping gas. That night, while the
body of his victim lay in the belfry,
Durrant went to prayer meeting in the
church. Their he met Mrs. Noble, the
murdered girls aunt, and expressed
surprise that Blanche was not pres
emit. Mrs. Noble by that time was I'M
easy at the girls absence.
Durrant offered his services in try
ing to find her. He first awakened
suspicion by suggesting to her aunt
that she had run away with lover.
A few days later Durrant offered for
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02
100000 EYES,"
An English Outrage Upon a Purely
American Word.

NiHSEsSdH WOTu.
The English, among other writer's.
are smart indeed, and possess good
taste" said young man who keeps
up with current events, 'and while
they may be fair enough when II.
comes to big things, things that spread
out until they become of national sig
nificance, they are sometimes just a
little unfair when 1t comes to the
smaller things. While reading an
English periodical recently ran
across an American expression which
has been adopted in England, but they
have had the temerity to change the
spelling which is so thoroughly AMI
originally American that it is not in
any of the standard English diction-
aries. 1t is yet an American provin-
cialism. am speaking of the word
'googoo' as we find 1t in the American
song. Just Because She Made Dem Goo
goo Eyes If there is a word current
which is distinctly American at this
time, it is the word googoo. The
American press, which is sort Of
word factory, has made the word
amenable to the lenses, and so we fire.
quently have the words googoo-ed'
and 'googooing.' which represent the
past and the present.
Now the English have changed the
spelling of the word. They spell II
google. BY what authority? This
way of spelling the word detracts
much from it. for it loses much OF its
descriptive import, and even more In
smoothness OF sound in pronunciation
'Googoo' is a better word than google
1t looks better in print II sounds bet
ter in conversation and song. and II
seem to fit that peculiar fiirtive manlp-
ulation of the eye with more ease and
exactitude. The tongue and lips can
roll II out more unsteady and IL
gurgles IN a soft sort of way out OF
the throat OF the singer. Women, OF
course, make 'googoo' eyes in all coun.
tries, old England not excepted, but
when II comes TO the word 'googoo,
it is an American proyincialism. and
England may not change the spelling
Of it at her pleasure New Orleans
/ Times-Democrat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02

was there. the intention being to es.
ablish an alihi.
An interesting feature of the case
was the question of the shape of Dur
rants fingers. Upon the neck of the
girl were finger marks showing the in.
dentations of square-cut nails. 1t was
shown that the prisoner had square
blunt fingers, and that likely enough
they were his hands that choked the
breath out of her.
Much of the evidence had reference
to the movements of the principals in
the tragedy on the day of its occur
renee. Bit by bit proof was piled on
proof and the simultaneous presence
Of Miss Lamont and of the prisoner in
the church was demonstrated.
For the guidance of the jury they
were taken to the belfry where the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02

This event recalls one of the most
sensational tragedies in the history of
the country. On April 10. 1895. the
women who went to decorate the Em-
manuel Baptist church in San Fran
cisco for Easter Sunday found in the
little library of the Sunday school the
dead body of Minnie Williams. a men,
Der of the church. She had been
stabbed and strangled. On the fol-
lowing day, prompted by, that discov-
cry, search was made of the belfry
and there was discovered the body of
Blanche Lamont. AS in the case of
Miss Williams, death was due to
strangulation, and the slayer had laid
out the body, which was unclothel, as
a doctor or medical student would be
apt to do. Behind the head, keeping
1t in position were two wooden blocks
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02

sale to a second hand dealer a plain
gold ring with chip diamond in the
center that the murdered girl wore
when last seen alive. April IL post
man delivered TO Mrs. Noble three
rings belonging to the dead girl and
which it is supposed she wore when
killed.
The name of the prisoner appeared
or the roll-call fthe medical college
as being present at lecture at about
the time Blanche disappeared. 1t
was shown, however. that he had got
another student to answer the roll
cali for him, and that afterwards he
had copied friends notes Of the lee
ture to give the impression that he
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02

If you make two, minding your own
business and not meddling with other
peoples; luck means the hardships
and privations which you have not
hesitated to endure, the long nights
that you have devoted to work: luck
means the appointments you have
never failed to keep. the trains you
have never failed to catch; luck
means trusting in God and in your
own resources, a religion whose motto
is Help yourself and Heaven will
help you" Luck comes to those who
help themselves and know how TO
wait
If you are successful all the social
failures will howl at the top of their
voices that you have always been
lucky. You may certainly be lucky
for short time, but you cannot al
ways be lucky. any more than you
can always be unlucky. The man who
plays cards every day Of his life will
tell you at the end of the year that he
has been lucky as many times as he
has been unlucky.
This is a mathematical law, fatal
law, The only way to be lucky at
cards oftener than unlucky is to
cheat; that is to say, to force your
luck. to make H.
The same in life: the only way to he
lucky-that is to say, successful-ls
TO leave nothing to chance. but to
work and work and work again; to in
spire confidence in others by the
strength and uprightness of youl
character; to mako yourself indls-
pensable of your reliability and your
devotion to your calling, pleasant by
your cheerfulness, respected for your
honesty and sincerity; ard always TO
bear in mind that what can be cb-
tanned once by tricky means can, as
rule, be obtained forever and ever ny
honest ones.-Max O'Rell.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02

San Francisco. Dec. 2i.-Adolph
Oppenheimer, one of the principal wit
nesses against Theodore Durrant, who
was hanged for the murder of Blanche
Lamont, was mysteriously shot and
killed early yesterday morning in his
shooting gallery. Robbery was the
motive.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02
The Very Latest.

Penelope-Is Gladys a Daughter Of
the Revolution?
Constance-O, she is much more up
to date She is a Daughter Of TIE
Hall OF Fame.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02

The duchess Of Albany is believed
to have been selected as an inter
mediary fl sounding the boer leaders
as to peace proposals.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02
A TRADEGY RECALLED
PRINCIPAL WITNESS AGAINST
THEODORE CuRRANT is SHOT.
A SENSATIONAL MYSTERY

Remarkable Web OF discriminating
Evidence Move About Theodore
Durrant Whose Trial Six Years
Ago Was the Talk OF the Time
Story Of the Crime.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02

A formidable revolution against
President Castro breaks out in vene.
zuela
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02
Educational Work.

The department Of public instruc-
ton furnishes a most gratifying evi
dence Of the progress made by tha
United States in bringing the Philip.
pine archipelago up TO the require
rnents OF modern civilization Up tc
May 81. the date Of the last official
report, the department OF education
had employed eight superintendents
eight principals for normal. ag
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-09-17
WAS COSTLY CASE.
Lafayette County, Miss, Spent $4,000
on a Murder Case.

Lafayette County, Miss, Spent $4,000
on a Murder Case.
Jackson, Miss, Sept 16.-Accordtng
to figures just compiled the cost of
the Mathis s-Lester-J Jackson muir
der case in Lafayette county has al
ready reached the enormous sum of
$4,000, and only one of the four men
indicted has commenced his sentence.
Mathis and Lester however, are to be
hanged at Oxford on Sept "a, and
there is every indication that the death
sentence will yet be fastened on
Owens, the father-in-law of Mathis,
over whom life sentence is now pend,
ing, and one indictment is yet to be
tried
An effort will be made, according
to adyices just received, to secure a
pardon for William Jackson, who is
now serving life sentence for com
plicity in the murder. Jackson is
exonerated by the confession of Mat
this, in which little reliance is placed
but other evidence has been adduce3
to show that he did not actually par
ticipate in the, slaughter Of the Mont
gomery brothers, and only happened
to be at the house of Mathis when
the deed was committed. Jackson
Is a criminal of undoubted guilt, and
has been indicted for counterfeiting
and making moonshine whisky, but
many citizens feel that he should not
suffer punishment for crime of which
he is not guilty, and if he is released
it is believed that it will have some
effect in restoring the reason of his
wife, who has been confined in the in
wife, who has been confined in the i'll.
ira pndu
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-09-17
MORE RioTlNe AT PRESIDE.

Soldiers Attack Saloon-PoIice Sum
moned to Restore Order.
San Francisco Sept 16.-There has
been more riotlng on the outskirts of
the Preside reservation.
A band of soldiers gathered oppo-
site saloon began throwing stones
in the direction of the place and the
police were summoned. The soldiers
then assailed the police with sticks
and stones. Some shots were fired
by the soldiers, who then rushed
across the street and proceeded to
wreck the saloon They set fire to
it. but the flames were extinguished by
the fire department. The soldiers
then directed their attention to an
other saloon and partly demolished it,
while other houses in the vicinity were
also more or less damaged. The ri.
oters finally were Quelled and pa
troll forced them to retreat to the res
ervation. No one was seriously hurt.
and only one slightly injured, a police
man being struck with a beer hotfle
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-09-17
COLORADO FOREST FIRES.
Vast Strip of Territory Has Been
Burned Over,

Vast Strip of Territory Has Been
Burned over.
Denver, Sept. 16-But little prog
ress toward checking the forest fires
in different sections of the state is be.
ing made At the head of Chicago
creek the fire Is again beyond control.
A vast strip of territory has been burn
ed over and it is feared that the towns
along Clear creek will experience n
shortage of water due to the fact that
the fire has destroyed the protection
to the snOwsheds.
United States Forest Super.
visor Henry Nichols, who is conduct.
ing the fight against the fire in the
neighborhood of Cassels, at the head
of Platte canyon, called upon the min
ing companies in that vicinity for as.
sistance in fighting the flames and
men were dispatched with complete
equipment to his aid The fire has
burned for several weeks and has de-
stroyed much valuable timber Several
summer resorts are in danger.
The Este Park fires are burning
slowly but stubbornly resist all efforts
to Quench them
The fires in the neighborhood Of
Eldora have destroyed an immense
quantity OF timber
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-09-17
AMERICANS FEEL SAFER.
Uncle Sans Warships at Isthmus In
spire Confidence.

Uncle Sans Warships at Isthmus IN
splre Confidence.
New York, Sept 16.-Among Amer
lean citizens on the isthmus there Is
now a feeling Of relief, as there is a
limited States warship at each end OF
the Panama railroad line, cables the
Panama correspondent Of The Herald.
There are no indications Of an immedl'
ate attack by the reyolutionists,
In a personal interview with Il. o.
Prescott. acting general superinten'
dent Of the Panema railroad, regarding
the application Of Fridays decree to
natives employed by that corporation
he said that his company ~ doing
everything possible to protect them
and it's own property IN accordance
with the treaty Of 1886 embodylng TINS
contract with the Colombian govern
ment
with the assistance Of all employed
bv the Panama road in attending ex'
cipgively to their official duties the
company's interests will be fully pro
teeted. The company's representa-
Hves are endeayoring to do whatever
they can to facilitate traffic
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-09-17
F FIERCE FOREST FIRES
ARE STILL RAGING
Wyoming Colorado Border Is
Devastated.
FIRE IS FOUGHT IN VAIN.

Efforts to Subdue Flames 50 Far Are
Futile and Vast Tracts of Timber
Have Been Destroyed-GoVernment
Appealed to For Aid.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 16,-Goyernor
Richards has been informed by tele'
phone from Grand Encampment that
for many miles along the Wyoming
Colorado line, north of Pearl Colo, a
furious forest fire is raging, devastat'
ing everything in it's path. Every effort
to subdue the flames has been exhaust
ed without effect.
Governor Richards Immediately com.
municated with Governor Orman, OF
Colorado, and arranged for both to
send a telegram to the secretary of
the interior, asking for aid.
According to the latest reports there
are at least IS serious forest fires
burning in Wyoming, to say nothing
of numerous smaller fires in Southern
Albany county that are destroying
great swamps of fine pine timber in
the Medicine Bow range and threat
ening mining buildings, Although a
hundred miles away from Cheyenne
the smoke from these fires obscures
the sky here and the odor of burning
wood is plainly noticeable. The fires
in southern Carbon county are burning
fiercely. A government agent, with a
large force of men, is on the ground,
but is reported to be making little
progress.
Five or more miles are burning in
Fremont county, and more than 300
square miles of magnificent timber
land is already in ashes.
In central Unitah county fire is
burning, and in the Jackson Hole coun.
try two big blazes are eating the tim
Der. Farther east, in the Shosbone
reservation, a fire has been burning
for weeks.
In Natrona county a good sized fire
has been destroying timber for the
past ten days. One big fire threat
ems the timber of the Big Horn noun
tains.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-09-17
YOUTH Ros5 SAFE OF $500.
When Arrested Begged Police to Blow
His Brains Out.


Columbus, Ga, Sept 16.--Wlu Al
len, a white boy 10 years of age, yes,
terday afternoon entered the store
Of c. V. phipps, on Fourteenth street,
while the latter was out collecting
rents, and robbed the safe Of nearly
t7OO The door had been left inse'
curely fastened and Allen had no an
fleulty in pushing his way in, The
heavy doors Of the safe hung open
only the interior compartments being
locked. Allen secured the keys to the
money drawers from the cash drawer
of the store, being perfectly familiar
with the situation, and coolly took
from the safe $500 in gold and nearly
$500 in silver and bills People just
across the street noted every detail
Of the daring act.
Allen walked brisMy ont, but was
traced by the police through his inn
prudence in exhibiting the money
among the demimonde. He and Cliff
ford Duggars, a young woman OF tho
town, left the city in a hack. CHIEF
of Police Reynolds foIowled them
down the Cusseta road and arrested
them. All the money but $50 was rc
covered. $50 Of which was concealed
under the womans foot in her stock
ing,
Allen was drunk when arrested and
claimed that he was intoxicated when
he robbed the store He begged the
police to blow his brains out.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-09-17
ACROSS ATLANTIC BIG
STEAMER FLIES FAST
Kron Prinz Wilhelm Beats
All Western Records.
BEAT DEUTscHLANp's TIME.

Made Run of S,o47 Miles From Cher.
bours to Sandy Hook In Five Days,
II Hours and 81 MInutes-AVerage
Speed 23.os Knots Per Hour.
New York, Sept. 16.-The North
German Lloyd steamer Kron Priuz
Wilhelm arrived in port today from
Bremen, southampton and Cherbourg,
beating all westward records.
The Kron Prinz Wilhelm left Cher
bourg at $40 p. m, on Wednesday,
Sept 10, and arrived at tho Sandy
Hook Hghtship at 407 tAs morning,
making the run of 3,047 miles in five
days, II hours and 81 minutes, at an
average speed of 2309 knots per
hour.
The time made is 3 hours and 4S
minutes better than the best previous
westward record of the Kron Prinz
Wilhelm, and is 26 minutes better than
the time of the Deutschland. Her
days runs were 349, 574, STA. 5S1, 573
and 1896.