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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-27
SIMMER WILD FLOWERS.

As a class the wild flowers of sum-
mer differ greatly from those of early
spring. They certainly lack the deli
cacy-one might almost say the
modesty-of the blossoms which HIDE
so shyly among the brown leaves in
April woods Perhaps this is an ad-
vantage, looking at itfrom our stand
point. Our minds are no longer so sus-
ceptible to delicate beauty as they
were at the dawn of spring, and more
over it requires something more bril-
liant-more startling, perhaps-to at
tract our attention at season when
the thermometer stands at ninety de-
grees in the shade. And now comes
this gorgeous pageant of flowers, so
strikingly beautiful in form and color
ing that they interest us in spite of the
heat, the glare and the dust, and we en-
joy our walks although the birds are
silent and although the foliage is
darkening beneath the burning rays of
the sun.
Naturally, the haunts of flowers diff
fer as much as the haunts of birds,
and if we wish to see a great many
species in a single walk we must
choose our direction with a view to
covering a great variety of country
Many of the most beautiful blossoms
are to be found at this season along
the rivers and brooks, and in the
woods through which they wind.-Wo-
mans Home Companion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-27
THE SOULS GARDEN,

If all our thoughts were turned to
words
Proclaimed aloud for all to hear,
Methinks we'd seek secluded paths
When on our Journeys, far or near
For thoughts are seeds that terminate
To noble or ignoble deeds;
Watch then the garden of thy soul
That none take root but purest
seeds.
Then though thy thoughts DO turned
to words
When thou dost walk the crowded
street;
With firmest tread thou'lt have no fear
That thou an enemy shalt meet.
-Solrac.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-27
FROM OVER THE BORDER
The End.

The Canadian government has
issued a census bulletin which gives
statictics as to agriculture in Alberta
Assiniboia and Saskatchewan, which.
united, compose the northwest ter
ritories. The total area of these ter
ritories is 190,962,117 acres. OF this
area 1899 per cent. is unimproved.
Field crops, exclusive of hay. occupv
5S per cent. of the improved land. but
only fair beginning has been made
with fruit trees and vegetables.
Delegates from all parts of Furope
and America will attend an inter.
national council of Unitarians Sent l
at Amsterdam. This is the first meet.
ing of the kind ever held on the con.
tinent.
With its fine public buildings.
harbor works and railway. Jibuti. the
French port on the Red sea, is de-
scrioed by a Reuter- correspondent as
being incomparably the superior OF
Alden.
Russia has decided to join the sugar
convention, says the Magdeburger
Zeitung. before September. for the
purpose of facilitating the conclusion
Of commercial treaties.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-27
Definition of a Baby.

What is a baby?" is asked, and
then the following complicated def.
milton is given: The prince of walls,
a dweller in Lapland, the morning
caller, MONDAY crawler, midnight
brawler, only possession that never
excites envy, key that opens the
hearts of all classes, the rich and the
poor alike, in all countries; a stranger
with unspeakable cheek that enters
the house without stitch to his back
and is received with open arms by all
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-27
WISCONSIN NOT ALONE IN ITS
TAXING TROUBLES.
WORK VERY IRREGULAR
Real Estate Rated at Varying Values
in the Different Counties-System
in Vogue Classified by the Cover
nor as Dangerously Near u
Farce.

Pierre, s. D., Aug. 23-In speaking
of the assessment returns as sent in,
Governor Herried makes the following
statement:
Three years study of the assess
ment returns, as member of the state
board of equalization and assessment,
has convinced me that our present
methods for raising revenue by assess
ments made by several hundred asses
sors, each a law unto himself, comes
| dangerously near being a farce The
state board is utterly helpless regard
ing most of the personal property
: schedules. The constitution and the
laws require all property to be listed
J and assessed at the full value. While
the equaliZed returns will show about
, 100000, if all the assessible prop
! erty was listed, at it's full value, we
, should probably have $1,000, 000,0 900. "
Real estate is assessed at from half
its value in some of the northwestern
counties to one-fourth its actual value
in the older portions of the state. a
discrepancy which is gradually disap-
pearing; personal property at from
one-third to one-fourth of it's actual
value. But the great mass of personal
property does not appear on the as
SCISSORS books at all.
ITO illustrate: One of the largest
and richest counties returns only
$1,000 of household goods. One large
county returns only $945. one $40,
one $503, one s1S9. and one nothing at
all. In a great many counties there
are no watches, no jewelry, and no
gold and silver plate, etc. Many large
rich counties make no return whatever
of credits other than of banks, and
moneys of individuals in merely nom
inal or none at all. The richest county
in the state returns only $500, one
county $267 one S237, and one of the
largest and richest counties not a dol
lar! Sometimes the goods and mer-
chandise returned for county is less
than the stock of some individual
storekeeper. Thousands of head of
horses, sheep and cattle are not listed
and escape taxation.
"The system of assessment is de-
fective in its operation. The taxpayer
knows that nearly everybody is very
timid when the assessor is aroused.
and acts accordingly. Every assessor
tries to protect his neighbors and his
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-27
FAMOUS FEMALE BAsso DEAD.
Helene Mora, Long on Vaudeville
Stage, Passes Away in the East

Helene Mora, Long on Vaudeville
Stage, Passes Away in the East.
Helene Mora, known from one end
of the country to the other as the fe-
male basso, died recently at Benson
hurst, L. l., after long illness. Miss
Mora was one of the best known vaude-
vile singers in America and her re-
markable deep contralto voice, which
had a fine bass quality, made her
great favorite. She was in the habit
of starting her songs in the wings and
then emerging dressed as dainty girl,
! the contrast between her voice and her
personal appearance being startling.
Miss Mora was taken sick in Chicago
in January while filling an engagement
at the Haymarket theater and had to
cancel her contracts at the Chicago
operat house and the Olympic. She
left Immediately for New York, where
she underwent an operation.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-27
BY
BERTHA M. CLAY

| Neither, my dear children. Poor
| Sir Leonard, the heir of an ancient
race, the head of proud family, the
bearer Of stainless name, has been
/ imposed upon by the cunning arts of
low, base-born adventures, and not
thinking Of the shame he will draw
upon himself, he has degraded himself
so far as to offer to marry a girl with
out a name!"
DO you mean Florence, mamma %
asked Miss Jane, growing very pale.
Il do, my dear; my contempt for
her cunning cannot be expressed, my
sorrow for Sir Leonard may. Oh, my
dear, betrayed children, let this teach
you never to initiate my fatal kind
ness, and take a creature of that
description under your roof. See what
return she has made to us; think OF
her teachery and-shudder."
Florence rose white and trembling.
She stood erect and dauntless before
the angry lady.
Il used no cunning" she said. 81
know none. Sir Leonard saw me and
hCh'NANh IhC IN hlS IOFt. ulU NOT
sock to win it,"
without doubt her mother in
weighed the squire's poor brother in
the same way" said Mrs. Harcourt
to her daughters.
IF you ever repeat that remark [
will leave your house the next
moment" cried Florence. "You shall
not insult my mother or her memory"
THE Falconers will boast of a bar
sinister for the first time" said Jane,
savagely.
And Florence looked at her with
calm, serene eyes.
Sir Leonard's love so honors me-"
she said, that, like the love of a
king, 1t supplies all deficiencies in
subject" and with these words she
left them to give vent TO their spite
and fury as they would.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-27
CHAPTER XII.

III cho itSpCCt MIS-. t1dTCOufL GER
tainly kept her word She positively
tortured Florence, not by any act of
violence that might have told tales.
but by words so cruel, so bitter. so
shameful. the girls heart was almost
broken.
Il shall come to see you once a
week, Florence" said her lover. not
/ oftener, for have a dim idea that
each visit of mine causes you to suffer
much; the month will soon be over.
, and then my darling shall never know
dark day again"
He described the rooms that had
been arranged for her; the gorgeous
trousseau he had ordered from Paris:
and she listened wondering in her
sweet humility how it was she was
blessed by his wonderful, generous
! love.
He told her. laughingly, one day.
that after all it was better to suffer a
little than to have a public scandal.
/ should like. you know, darling. -
he said, ito take you away to Lady
Broughton's; you would be very happy
there, and | could see you every day
but 1t would create great scandal
that afterward we should not like to
remember If you are married from
here, and your amiable young ladies'
are bridesmaids, 1t will make our
future intercourse easier and a little
more agreeable"
Shp uac gnncibl~ axa.,
and. to do her justice, she never COM
planned to him. He had not the most
remote idea OF the daily and hourly
torture she underwent OF he would
never have allowed it.
He had begged of Mrs. Harcourt not
to disturb herself by making any ar.
rangements about the wedding. There
need not be any breakfast provided:
they would have a grand dejeuner on
their return, instead.
Lady Broughton," he added HAD
kindly consented to allow her daugh
ters to act as bridesmaids, anu he
hoped the Misses Harcourt would ioir
them. To save all trouble, he woulC
send to Paris for suitable costumes"
Magnificent dresses, free OF all cost
were irresistible to Mrs. Harcourt.
III Lady Broughton does not think
her daughters compromised by ap
pearing at such a wedding" she said
1T would i'll become me to refuse.
know my dear girls will not like il,
they have always been so very select.
Slr I .SDnNF3 lanphNA a
making allowance for any ebuHtion o
; III temper. If he had known what tn,
girl he loved suffered he would never
, have smiled in or entered that hous,
again
She was sensitive. loving. ana
gentle. so that it was easy to tortur,
her: weak words could never tell what
/ they made her suffer; the mock re
spect. the mock homage. the crue
scorn. the bitter insults. the taunt,
that made her heart CULVER as thougl
. some sharp knife had pierced II III,
q. ipity they laviShed on Sir Leonard
There were times when she felt tina
she could not bear it-that she mus
tell him; then the remembrance of hi.
wish came over her and she yoult
try again.
She could not have endured il but
for the constant kindness of the olc
housekeeper, and the bright future
that shone before her; she suffered st
greatly and SO constantly that there
were times when she thought this
future must be a dream Could il be
| possible that she. the iown.trodden
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-27

townspeople, and every county board
tries to guard its county from paying
more than its share, and the result IS
returns showing a valuation of about
one-ffth of the actual valuation in the
state"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-27
Epierams and Epitaphs.

There is not much difference be
tween an epigram and an epitaph. An
epigram says unkind and true things
about the living; the epitaph says
kind and untrue things about the
dead.-London Punch.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-27

eonttnuer Of The late unnatural. cruel and
bloody wars. and. consequently, guilty Of
hisa treason and Of all the murders,
rapfnes, burnings, spoils, desolations,
damages and naischiefs occasioned by and
committed during the said wars; "for
which TREASON and crime" II proceeded.
this court Doth adjudgs that he. the said
Charles Stuart, as q tyrant. traitor. mur-
derer and public enemy to the good peo-
pie Of this nation. shall be put to death
by severing his head from his body"
"one thing was remarked by ell at the
trial." say Mrs. Hutchinson's memoirs,
namely. that when the blood split IN
many of the battles. where he was IN his
own person, and had caused Il to be shed
by his own command. was laid to his
charge. he heard It with disdainful smiles
and looks and gestures. He stuck not to
declare in words. that no mans blood
split in this quarrel troubled him. but only
one. meaning the Earl Of Strafford."
History tells Of two monarchs. classed
as modern" who were willing 20 murder
their own flesh and blood because the
interests of the state demanded the Eacri-
fice." One Of them was Frederick William
1 Of Prussia. q Prince. whom the Kaiser
occasionally praises as a model King;
Peter the Great was the other.
williams ancestor was prevented from
assassinating his son by the interference
of other monarchs. but Peter ordered
his offspring sentenced to death. and then
went to the prison and knouted the life
out Of him.
Peters son. the Crown Prince of Rus
@ga nd hNs a 0f
pathizing with the old regime and oppos-
ing the Cars reforms. However. when he
had been given FIVE and twenty blows
with the knout. he was willing to confess
anything desired.
He said. among other things. that he
had' desired his fathers death. and had
confided this to his confessor. who replied:
God forgive thee; we all wish him dead"
For this the 127 Judges sitting in his
case sentenced him to hang, as not one of
them dared refuse his vote to what he
guessed to be the sovereign will.
A single Judge only withheld his sig
did not know how to write.
But Peter. fearing the censure OF the
European Cabinets. was toe cGwardly to
have the sentence executed, and decided
TO murder his son In secret.
Lefort. the Saxon Ambassador. reports
a. follows. ''on the day of the Princes
death. the Car. accompanied by goistoi,
went to the fortress, and into one of the
vaulted dungeons. furnished with gallows
and all the other necessary preparations
for applying the knout. The unhappy
wretch was brought in. and having been
up. was given numerous blows
with the knout. snd-though 1 am not
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executioner held It UP to the gaze of the
assembiage.
cat this moment the wig which the
Queen had worn became unfastened and
the real hair, beneath the false which
she had worn so long was seen to be as
gray as that of q woman of TO- although
she was only In ner forty-sixth year.
Her face had changed so in her agony
that Il was unrecognizable. and the sight
Of 1t evoked exclamations of horror. for
the eyes stared awfully and the lips
moved as IL sine still prayed. This ap-
palling spectacle endured for some mo-
ments, while the beholders remained
spellbound with horror
WHY CHARLES
WAS EXECUTED.
Charles I. unable TO live as King,
died like a gentleman" on the scafTold
January 20, 16is
The sentence Of Parliament ordering
his execution. is particularly interesting
at this period:
The sentence OF Parliament formally
accused Charles of being the author and
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through the gloves covering his hands.
This seems to bear out the theory of
poisoning, probably by Burgundy. Peters
favorite tipple.
Another version is that q Swedish Of
hcer in the service Of Russia strangled
Peter with musket strap. On the death
Of Catherine. her son. Paul. is said to
have discovered in the papers OF the En-
press letter Of Alexis Orlof. written !n-
mediately after the event. and referring
definitely to himself as the author OF the
crime.
Bloodthfrstiness. terror and remorse all
expressed themselves IN 1t. The Emperor
lifted his eyes to heaven and said
Thanks be to God" But the Princess
Dachkof. who relates the scene. did not
witness II.
PETERS AND GATHERINGS
SON PAUL WAS STRANGLED.
Catherine the Greats son. Paul (said to
have been the offspring Of the murderer
and statesman soItikofO. found himself
absolute master of the great Russian En-
pire at the age Of 30 and proceeded at
once to indulge his passion for drill, GUS
tom and regulations. forced upon military
and civilians alike. He was unreasonable
and cruel In Furnishing those who did not
attend to the smallest order, and his
paroxysms of tyranny became more and
more violent all the time
When. at the conclusion of the fifth
year of his reign, mo one at court or
anywhere in Russia seemed safe from his
tickle and furious disposition some of
the principal officials broke into the Cars
bedroom and strangied him. after he had
vainly pleaded for his life and his son
Alexander had consented to take the IA
TIERS place
1t was said Of Alexander that he wanted
to be crowned preceded by the assas-
sins Of his grandfather (Peter). followed
by those Of his father and surrounded by
his own"
He seemed to have died of natural
causes, though. but his death was has
tened by the knowledge OF, widespread
conspiracy against his life
Neither in the case Of Peter, Paul nor
Alexander did Europe's Kings protest
against the mode Of punishment meted
out to the imperial fools and scoundrels;
IN fact, 1t was admitted by the Cabinets
that In an autocracy like Russia assas-
ainatfon IL the only safe corrective for
misbehavios on the part Of sovereign.
On January q, 17ss. Louis. ''the son of
sixty Kings" died on the scaffold by
form OF law. and later his wife. the ur-
happy Marie Antoinette, mounted the.
tumbrii.
The death warrant said that these SOW
ereigns were guilty of the bloodshed Of
the 10Th Of August, when thousands OF
Frenchmen were killed for their sake
and. furthermore, that they had called
upon foreign monarchs to Invade France
and re-establish their reign, in which
event more French blood would be shed"
we now come to the punishment of
Kings. by Kings and people. respectively,
In the Nineteenth Century.
It 10 well-known fact that NspoIeon's
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sure Of this-I have been assured that his
father struck the first blown The SANS
thing was done at 10 o'clock IN the mofn-
ing. and toward o'clock he was 30 III
treated that he died under the lash.
FREDERICK SENTENCED TO
DEATH WHILE CROWN PRINCE.
October Is. 1T3o. the Prince Royal Of
Prussia. known in history as King
Frederick the Great. was sentenced to
death by a court-martial appointed By his
father, Frederick william I. the charge
being disobedienes and attempted deser-
tion-death to be inflicted by the sallows
and red-hot pincers. the body to be cut
in four quarters and nailed to the gal
lows"
Immediately after publication Of the
sentence. the Roman Emperor and all the
Governments Of Europe. except Ra1sia
and Turkey. protested against its enforce
ment, whereupon Frederick william
vowed he would not only execute f,is eld-
est son. but his whole family. as his wife
and daughters had likewise eonspfred
against him.
In alarm. the Dutch Ambassador wrote
home: I'VE are about to see scenes here
as wicked and bloody as any ever heard
Of since the creation Of the world" How
ever, the Emperor and France finally PRE-
vailed upon the King to pardon his son TO
lifelong Imprisonment Thus Prussts's
greatest King was saved from an igno-
BILE death by foreign interference only.
The history Of the conspiracy Of 17s4
which cost Peter III throne and life. has
yet to be written in detail, certain IL u
that his wife. Catherine. Afterwards
known as Catherine. the Great had him
killed because his living was pretudictal
to the interests of the country and be-
cause he sacrificed Moscovite soldiers for
the benefit OF his friend. Frederick Of
Prussia, then engaged in the Seven Years
War
Some few months previous Catherine
had deposed her spouse. rho 1t II writ
ten, confined his complaints and de-
mands to five things: That he might re-
tain his mistress. his monkey. his violin,
his kitchen and his cellars full Of
lincuor."
As TO the mistress. "she was ugly. COM
mon and stupid, worthless and without
education. She swore like a trooper,
squnted and spat while talking. Il also
appears that she sometimes beat the En-
peror. but she got drunk with him. which
was all the compensation he asked"
Jealousy. on the part of Catherine. was,
therefore. out of the question.
AS to the mode Of disposing Of Peter, re- |
ports differ.
The French Ambassador wrote to his |
court that 1.-The body of the unfortunate |
sovereign was quite black. and that blood |
oozed through the pores and even showed |
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-27

WRITTEN Foa TIE SUNDAY RErusLIc.
The slaughter Of Christians In Armenia
and Bulgaria led 70 hints here sad there
OF extreme methods in dealing with ''Ths
Sick Man Of the East" European Pow
ers failed to agree, however. ana the Mao.
edonIan massacrts have now thrilled the
civilized world to . new realization Of
the awful condition Of Affairs In Abdul
Hamid's empire.
Bulgaria became pale By the side Of
Armenia" cried Gladstone In his farsous
Liverpool spsesn. The Armenian massa-
cres have been thrice eutdons by the
Macedonian slaughters.
Bosnia ana Servia may come next, and
from behind the walls of his palace the
SuItain continues to defy the Powers
notes of protest, warnings and faint at
tempts at intimidation.
Tie result is that secret threats against
the SULTAN in person are being made from
unexpected sources Professor Mommsen,
who knows more of the history OF men
and events than any other man in Europe,
Is of the opinion that Abdul Hamid II may
be taken out of his palace and hanged.
Ii precedents are needed. history, secret
reveals great number Of instances where
rulers were executed for lesser offenses
than those with which the Sultan is in
directly charged.
KING coNRADIN
WAS EXECUTED.
~.
German imperial family of Hohenstaufen,
which occupied the throne of the Holy
Roman Empire of German nationality
from llSS to 1854. OF this family Frederick
II was the most pnissant and successful
yet his grandson. CJhre6.n. whom ne m-de
King of Naples. was mlsera.l, txecuieu
Ike mutton thief.
Loniadin's CLAIMS 10 the throne were dis
puted byNa Bourbon Prince, who defeated
him In battle and then had him publicly
beheaded in the market place of the capi-
tai as ''usurpei who, fer his own selfish
ends. had caused tne death Of numerous
Italians by making war on those whom he
oec.aIed his own peop.e" Q26S).
JOANNA t1AAGED
ny THE KING OF HUNGARY.
Joanna. Queen OF Naples Q543 to 1350.
was one or the wickedest and most beauti-
full Princesses OF her times. her reign being
q continuous round OF persecution, Night,
exile. assassination. war, triumph. moral
debasement. chastisenent ana maledic-
uons from her fellow-men.
Her loyeliness was as intolerable as her
cruelty was iuexorable: lovers. husbands,
friends. relatives -she killed one after the
other.
The cries OF anguish were music to her
ears. and nothing gave her greater pleas
ure than q horrifying procession Of carts
on which her enemies. and. maybe. accom-
piices. were being put to the torture.
Three months before her death she threw
her last legitimate husband, son Of the
King OF Hungary. into prison. and the
same night went TO him. followed by four
armed men.
'.Maris halted in front OF Robert with
folded arms gays the chronicier: ..her
cheeks were pale as death and her lips
frenbied.
It was terrible interview for the
ousSznss dead "a beg husbands entreat-