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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-04

Louis de La Grange and the Conn
Jesse Jean de Kergorlay? They vera
the daughters Of Gov Carroll OF Mary.
land, descendants Of Charles Carroll
OF Carrollton. They were six children
inheriting 100000
Shall | tell you of the Marquise de-
Breteuil, who was Miss Garner OF St
Louis? Suppose that she did bring the
marquis 100000 We can afford It,
Do you want the money? One of her
sisters married Comte Leon Won
Moltke, who represents Denmark in
Paris, and his brother seeing it was
good and fair, espoused Miss Bona
parte Of Baltimore. The other sister
Edith Garner married Gordon Cum
mings made the present king Of Eng
lands scapegoat in the baccarat affair
Of years ago.
The Marquis De Mores never had a
good hour when not with his wife
Miss Won Hoffman Of New York James
Gordon Benefits niece Rita Bell, no.
toriously made man Of Count Paul
d'Aramon-himself already half an
American, as his mother had been q
Miss Fisher They lead a patriarchal
life. The lady never lost dollar Of
her money.
And so on America is rich enough
to let her daughters marry where they
viii. England spends billions to build
up her prestige with lot of ironclads
men-of-war, cruisers and line-ofbattle
ships. If We Americans prefer to
make smarter, loveler kind of repu
tation for our land and folk, why, let
our girls come and show Europe how
to live They do IL. Whoop,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-04
roo MUCH FOR MRS. DRUMMONO
inoratitude Of User Of Telephone was
the Last Straw.

When the Drummonds put III 'eIe'
.rbora they were lavish in their offers
of hospitality to the neighbors' ~
the unlimited kind, said little MIS-.
Drummond, proudly, so II aoeSn
make a bit of difference how long OF
how often it's used.
As time went on, Mr.. Drummohu NO
ticed that when he returned TO ms
Drettv suburban home at mShl MS
wife's face often wore a tired ana mar
rassad expression. At last one nisht
she seemed so depressed at the am
ner table that Mr.. Drummond felt the
time had come for him to speak
I'm sure it's that telephone that
at the bottom of your trouble, he
said. grimly, in the midst OF MS a"h-
ward attempt at comfort. Come on
YOU might as we'll tell me about II.
Il haven't minded the Lawtons dis
cussing all their diseases with the
doctor over it, because they nave 10"
voices" said Mrs. Drummond sadly
and I've tried not to listen when MIS-
Gray ordered her groceries ana pro-
visions and haggled over the prices.
1T wasn't pleasant to have MISS
Howard scold her dressmaker, anu
then have the dressmaker call up our
number next day and screech that I'M
til her last bill was paid Miss Howard
would have no new gown
None of those things were pleas
ant but | didn't say anything, tai
tered Mrs Drummond. But day be-
fore yesterday Mrs. Lombard came IN
while was out. Lena told me when
| got home that Mrs. Lombard was
here telephoning a long time. Ana
to-day some lady in town called up our
number and said, Kindly tell MIS-
Lombard that Miss Keith regrets that
after all she will be unable to go TO
Mrs. Lombards tea on Saturday.
Horace, she's ordered all the things
and invited all the people over our
wire and never asked me at all.
Youths Companion.
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COMPEL NO CHANGE
SHAVING OF RULERS Rl"N'0
WITHOUT EFFECT.
pisraelrs Assertion That "Assass'"a,
ton Has Never Changed the HIS
tory Of the World" Is Truth
Beyond Question.

Political fanatics apparently never
VIII believe with DIsraeli that as
sassination has never changed the
history of the world.
In Portugal they evidently hopeu
bv the murder OF the royal iahlly "
overthrow the monarchy. Repeatedly
same analogous notion has posSes9eu
assassins. They have always oeeh
disappointed, but it is astonlsnlhs
how slightly the numerous PoiIlca'
murders have influenced the course
of history. says the Kansas City star
The killing of Caesar is an example
OF the futility of assassination II was
done on the ground that he had SUI
yerted the republic and had eslao'
lished himself as a virtual dictator
Brutus one of the leaders in the pIo1,
was the typical political dreamer,
high-mlnded, devoted to advanced
principles, impractical. He tailed 10
see that the character of the people
had changed so that the old repuolc
was no longer possible and tha'
Caesar was dealing with the situation
as a practical man. The assassiha-
ton could not alter national character
so it failed to restore the republic ana
the Caesarian regime was continued
by the practical Augustus.
William OF Orange, leader or the
Netherlands revolt against Spain, was
killed by order OF the Spanish king.
But the murder did not pacify the IN
surgents and the revolt was carried
through to independence by otheF
leaders
Henry " of France, the greatest
of the Bourbon kings, was killed by
religious fanatic who resented ms
tolerance toward the HuguenotS. But
the edict Of Nantes. which granted
| freedom of religion, was not affected
By the kings death. II remained Ell
feCtiye for nearly a century and tnal-
" was revoked by Louis XIV, as a
part of his general policy of unltying
| the realm.
Alexander H. Of Russia was muir
dered by conspirators who hoped by
| terrorism to do away with the Rus
sian autoCracy. The effect Of the as,
sassinaton was precisely the reverse
Of what had been planned Il hap.
pened that the proclamation announe-
! ing the granting of constitution was
| In type when Alexander died. His son
repressed it and the autocracy was
more firmly established than ever It
was not until the lapse Of a quarter OF
a century had flooded Russia with Eu-
ropean enlightenment that freedom
began to establish itself under consti-
tutions forms.
The murders of presidents-cf
Lincoln. Garfield. Carnot, Mckinley
were withou. political effect
In general, men in authority who
stand for some definite policy repre-
sent at least a strong faction in the
nation. If they are removed from
office by death the policy usually finds
expression through another leader
The assassin cannot destroy the ideas
that his victim represents. That Is
why Disraen's assertion has proved
approximately correct,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-04

married any hcifcss or his class In
Etcpi he chose Mlsa Mitchell. with
hcr modest dot true love match
For trade he O. captain Of huasars
Ills private Ifr is most passed at
Muntmlral NJ. seat where his lovely
American duchess wiclia lueruly ia
nurncc she s lhe gllrud ~ a'l rlrlt
Who want to m.y their irto lowe.
az tho couura mobility. rjch farmers
daughters mdl1r class rii.a ruraul
with ambitions iarnnts. pra au, Gig..
discouraged by awall caah
SHE has opened tfrtrh ewes ~
American agricultural machinery.
made known h}girnlc plumbing tho
'hcrk sNHtnm. social mixing. farmers
trolleys Indian corn. bath tubs. ont
door lfr tor fisls above the peasant
class How can hiEh hearted Oregon
rirl become chief parsonage VI soy
oral counties. not spread ibr idea or
IN ahead aud trust 10 your strong
arm
She taught the duke 20 takn hts
place lie was easy Eoiur loNah,C anil
army lococd, for somc years they held
alpot from hirh Partisan society bat
noa thcy have q son. aged three they
take th,ir prcVoulrratlns place w. The
act of The nuw5sor Duchess dlrcs
hunuur the red deer WITH dogs and
horses ana thr melancholy horn. uke
Francis ar la Roche NJ. Ancestor. rnI
fathoe af Francis ! ANA consulting
o. b. %. 4. ID
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or not; but II does not prevent her
from being glad she did it. There is
no kick coming from the Princesse de
Bearn ct de Chalais.
Romance Of Caroline Fraser.
All but two Of the American women
have mentioned are the happy
mothers OF young mobiles Of proud
lineage Could you find a more roman
tic case than that Of Caroline Fraser
and her issue When the princely
Murats-history makers-took refuge
in Bordentown \. J., Caroline was
governess in the family The heir
married hcr-and stuck tight 10 her
always She IS dead several years
since; but her children, keeping her
blue eyes and cogu-yellow hair, have
married everywhere
The most romantic Of these Ameri-
Can-mothered Murat men cspOu3ed the
utterly romantic Circassian Princess
Daien, Zephita by name, lovely beyond
words, daughter and sole heir Of the
sovereign house Of Mingrelia-- which
land you can hunt in southern Russia
He Is there, a king to-day. the boy
from Bordentown,
OF all the French counts, none stand
higher in history or society than the
| Chambruns When Louis XIV. erected
all those marquisates, a COmte de
Chambrun got one Of the first, and the
Chambruns always have had sense
They kept much Of their land through
the revolution; they had shifted a
good lot Of liquid cash OF England, and
at the restoration they were among
the first TO get a whack at the 1872
| 900, 900 voted as compensation to the
martyred nobility
Chambrun's Good Sense.
To prove that horse sense has not
left the family, the Marquis de Cham
brun snapped up an American girl, Of
tho Riycs Nichols family Of Virginia,
when he was attache at Washington
the innovation. Go ahead" they said
to the Comic de Chambrun, when he
was old enough to marry; find an
| other like her." What he found was
Miss Longworth, Alice Rooseyelts sis.
! terin,law.
The Chambruns are playing most
| prominent part In the great effort to
Improve the social situation Of the
French working classes. At home, in
. tAclr three chattoauX, they are patri.
: al9hal masters Of land as far as the
! eye can see. Tha~e are no wretched
poar in their villages. Their farmers
/ arc the proud and prosperous masters
: Of blood stock, newest agricultural
ma hincry, silOs distlIcries, grain
: mills. canning faCtOf,es-aud what do
| know The American girls who
: came to tho Chambrdns showed the
way to the men who prodtad iutellI,
: gently aud thankfully. No Chambrun
has wasted dollar OF American
money
! Founder Of Musee SociaIe.
: In Paris the head OF the family
|. who divided his time between the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-04

The Due de Dino, he could make Mrs.
Frederic Livingston thee Sampson a
real Almanach De Gotha duchess She
is very happy too though separated
from him; and never shall forget the
frank American decision OF character
with which / once saw her jerk him
from the Monte Carlo trcnto etquar-
ante table, saying; You have blown
enough OF my money; cut it,"
Two More Happy Marriages.
Two Misses Singer OF the sewing
machine trade. brought $4,000 900
apiece into the Almanach de Gotha--
and never regretted It. Isabel married
the great social high priest, the Duo
DecazcB, who really caused the death
Of poor old Haritof two yeara ago.
llaritoff. who formerly had his own
racing stable and could point out, In
the Avenue OF the Bots, three man
siOns he presented to three ladies In
his prime lived hard broke OF late
years; but everyone felt plying and
friendly to him
At Monte Carlo DecaZes, with a live
~ party on his yacht invited HaritUE
To dinner After coffee, talking OIL
times with a mature lady OF the then.
ter. poor IIaritoff explained he had 3
system 10 beat roulette With a ! 900.
franc note no could attain to fortune.
Here's one" said the lady; but as
DAYS ra8scd, after. and she saw no
more Of Harlton, she sought him out
and asked her money back. The sys-
tom broke said the unhappy man;
the 900 francs are gone, please
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-04

walt few days moro, but the indig
uaut lady told Dccazcs; and Decnzes
ostrntatously kicked NarItoT In the
posfeUior before the great public Of
the atrlum OF the Casino
Everyone called Il savage ac'
bEiruls represented ~ Drralcs e was
bits fault - have LETT uar,toT alone
WITH anyone who had 1000 francs his
weakness ana necessities were known
Therefore The duke. kindly NJ heart
consented To meet VarltoG in duel
Nhy,r no enc was hurt, but his old
trtoui never recovered from the d.
arIco and died few months after
Prince HolEuac. who married WIN.
marietta SINGER aud in timc left her a
happy widow with his noble family all
devoted 90 her Even their old mother.
after Isaac Singer died, went into the
nobility by way ot the duke ~ Campo
Srlicc There are dukes aud dukes In
the old Kingdoms ~ naples and Sicily
three acres and COW constituted a
pylncipallw or dHkedom
American Girls IN Demand.
All is not ono sided Il has hecn Oh
served that when French families Ee,
q taste for our girls they eo iu Ion
'ham quite wholesale Thus Miss
Naope. NJ Cincinnati MAS brought ny
n Paris whrro her mother enter
funrA - 'a>ish'y lu ona ~ The -
man lows around tHn &c De Til.
auuhe
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-04

OF the contentcd, doing vast good 10
America and Europe, pass unno'lccd,
declares a writer In the Washington
Evening Star.
Az To France, know these girls are
missionaries Of the great American
idea
Some get love; some III empty
hearts with worldly satisfactiOns, and
all merit admiration France share
Of their 5000, 600 900 may have heelcd
old families; but the breezy push, the
bright initiative. independence, energy
and judgment with which they inyigor-
ata a sleepy arlstocracy arc cqualcd
only by the splendid prestige they
have given the United States abroad.
There are two ducal families, for
example, the ROchefouCaulds and
Jzca. called respectively the pre-.
mier dukes' and premier bafons' "
the old regime Is II "A small thing
that Miss Shouts becomes the sister
I'm law Of one. while Miss Matte Eliza
beth Mitchell IS The duchess OF the
other
One True Love Match.
Miss Mitchell may have brought
the Duo &c Ia ROChcfOucauld but
$500 900 The duke who. IN old daya.
would have been nearest royalty Ike
the Norfolks in England could have
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-04

NRIS.-Not all our girls who
marry titles are unhappy.
We hear Of the shipwr"cks,
wasted millions and a lore
girl drifting westward on a
gilded craft; but the mass
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-04

| or not but II does not prevent her
from being glad she did it. There is
no kick coming from the Princesse de
| Bearn ct de Chalais.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-08
chlps dom Gus d,s Workshop.

Mrs. Al hear that it broke drs,
CT rox's heart to have to get :!
vorce from her husband.
Mrs B.-Then why did she do it?
Mrs. A.-Because her new cook
didn't like him
Gebhart-I'm going to get married.
Garsone-Dont do it: you're too
young Why. what do you know OF
loves
Gebhart-That's ali tight. / was
brought up mex, door to a girls board
ing school. and my last flame was an
old maid!
She (sweetlyl How would YOU de-
dne affinity. Mr., Smarleigh?
He mot so sweetly)--An affinity
may be described as a woman who
doesn't cook your meals, but cooks
your goose March Young's Maya.
zine
she-Don't you think Il ungeutIe-
manly for g young man TO throw kiss
es a; a girle
He Certainly. A gentleman wy,uld
carry them 20 her and place them
gently on her hps.--Tilustrated BIS,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-08

obtruded. he said. with frankness
surprising in New Work, Why should
we build a ship canal for Chicago?"
The people at the polls voted for all
the size wanted in the new Erie, but 1t
is to be of a discreet shape. 1t viii
be very capacious, but not over twelve
feet in depth. Grain going abroad
must take to the barges at the end OF
Lake Erie and be handled again IL
New York city. Thus the great com
mission merchant arranged to remain
at his bigger toll-gate, and make profit
for revenue only. But it is well to re-
member that when the old Erie canal
was built the rest Of the country re-
fused to give government assistance,
saying it was purely for local beRer
fit" And New York has very con
sistently continued to make it 30.
This is the largest practical joke
know of at the present day-From
Charles D. Stewards THE Waterways
of America" in the Midsummer Holt
day Century.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-08
HOW TO FIGURE
FOR TWO CROPS
WITH A LITTLE PLANNING GAR
DENIS PRoDUcTWENEss MAY
BE PROLONGED.
SKILLED GARDENERS KNOW THIS
BUT OTHERS
DON'T.

Bush beans may be planted con-
tinuously, as ripened crops are taken
out from April to the end of July.
They will be ready for use in about
fifty days after planting Plant beets
from early spring to August Crops
will be ready in about fifty days.
Plant carrots from early spring till
June They need three months TO
ripen; thus your last seeding win give
you carrots about the end of Septem-
Der. Lettuce may be seeded down
continuously from spring to Septem-
Der Some very small and tender va
rieties will be ready for the table in
side of thirty days. Others will ripen
all the way between that time and
three months. In the south lettuce
seeding is just reversed, it being sown
from September to March.
Peas can be sown till June They
require from forty to eighty days. To
get an abundant crop during the sea-
son it is wise to plant many rows
early in the year Radishes may be
sown till September, as they will ma
ture in an average of thirty-five days.
When these vegetables begin 10
come up. they should be thinned as fol-
lows: Bush beans, if OF very full and
bushy habit, one. foot between plants.
Beets and carrots, thin down so as to
leave not more than three plants to
the foot. Lettuce must be thinned
down according to the variety, to
make the plants stand from 4 to
inches apart, and in the case of spe-
cial,y big-heading kinds, the quality
will be improved if they are as far as
a foot apart. providing the garden has
room. In the case of non-heading
kinds, or in the case of a family that
wants to pick young lettuce before it
has reached full size (by which most
delicious and tender, though not very
plentiful supply is secured), the plants
need not to be thinned down at all,
but can be LEFT to grow close together,
as they will be used before they be-
gin to rob each other of nourishment.
Peas are usually permitted to grow
pretty close together. Three inches
between plants is generally ample. To
get very fine radishes, thin the plants
TO make them stand two inches apart
If you propose to gather most of the
radishes while they are still very
young and small, let the plants stay
close together, as you will then thin
them naturally in the process of using
them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-08
WILL TAX 5lLL5oARDs.

Regulation of billboards and the OBJ
tanning of revenues are the objects of
two bills prepared by Supervisor Muir
ply at San Francisco. While the Or
dinances are designed primarily TO Ia
sure safety, Supervisor Murphy calcu-
lates that enforcement of taxation viii
net the city between $4,000 and $15.-
900 a year. This estimate of receipts
is based upon the extensive display OF
billboards in the burned portion of the
city and the outlying districts.
Supervisor Murphy has been careful
to see that the proposed ordinances
shall be without legal flaws. One Of
the bills provides that billboard shall
not be erected of more than eight feet
in height and ten feet in length with
out permission of the police authorf
ties, and no board shall exceed ten
feet in height. The measure is so
drawn that it shall be unlawful to
maintain a board OF greater dimes-
sions, thus insuring the removal of
some of the unsightly signs which now
cover the city.
1t also Is proposed that no bill
board unattached to a building shalt
be within twenty feet OF he property
line. There is attached to this ordin
ance a penalty of 5000 fine. or ten
days Imprisonment, or both, in the
discretion of the court.
Taxation of billboards is proposed
in the second bill, the rate being one
cent upon every quarter of square
foot or four cents a square foot-
Thus. board eight by ten feet would
net the city, under the Murphy ordAn-
ance. 1920 a year
Supervisor Murphy would have the
city's patrolmen inspect all boards
and make regular reports. Asked
what he calculated the city would de-
rive. Supervisor Murphy said: Z
have made rough estimate which
shows that $4,000 to $4,000 year
would be collected. Four cents u
square foot soon counts up. There Is
one fence on Market street, in front
OF the Phe'an building. which would
net Sis a year. I thing the revenues
from billboard taxation in Market
street alone would aggregate $4,000 to
$4,000. That amount would be In
creased by $4,000 at least in lac
burned districts and in the outiyTns
territory. where b!llboards literally
cover the streets
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-08

met one in the moonlight The trar
of mounIers were singing. in deep
musical tones. and the body was be-
ing borne in blanket between two
sticks.
The Zulus like to kill white men
by way Of revenge Tor the way they
were treated when they first met tbs
English I did not have very mucl.
trouble because they threw bottles
in the air and found I usually hil
them and because l wore a bracelet
given he by a local chief But 1
once saved the life of a young Eng
lishman whom l fonud defending
himself against nine Zulus armed
with assagais. Rushing to my horse,
l felled the chief, though not before
gaining a scar in the forehead which
/ carry to this day, and helped 10
kill or drive off the others. The
Englishman was covered with blood
! but We rode all that night until we
reached the clearing where his par
ents resided.T-Washington Post.
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To be continued.
PRICE CHARGED FOR ZULU BIRD
Weird Funeral Journeys-Worship OF
Snakes and the Sun.

Weird Funeral Journeys-Worship OF
Snakes and the Sun.
Every grown-up native of Zululand
who has the twelve oxen necessary TO
buy them has six wives, said Victor
f. Nelson. Mr.. Nelson fought with
the beers against the British twenty
years ago. and afterward spent three
years in trading with the Iulus.
YES he continued. every body is
much marriea in Zululand. which oc-
cupies an area about the size OF Cal
iforuia and sustains about 10000
population, When the women are
about L. years of age they are pur-
chased as wives at two oxen apiece
There Is no ceremony and no minis
ter: the man who Is charmed by the
beauty Of the maiden pays the price
and gets the wife. OF course, not
every man has more than one wife:
only the more prosperous men and
the chiefs are able to maintain six
Rae suicide is. unknown and each
wife has several children.
In that country there are no laws
and no Judges. Primitive methods
aud Gus. oms prevail, and ne highest
authority is the local chief. The
people live near tn nature. The
dress Of the men Is confined to a
grille about the waist. and that Of
the women Is not noticeable. Phys
lcany they are fine specimens Of
manhood and womanhood. having
much the same Characteristic as the
native Hswaiians.
"Thev worship the sun and snakes
and It is peculiar fact that the
snakes seem to reciprocate this kind
by feeling on the part of the black
peonle for thew have never been
known 10 bite them When | killed
boa constructor once Il cost me
several bags OF tobacco 10 square
myself with the local chief When
ever a native kills lion or a ieo2
ard he has to cut on the head and
tan and present them to the chief Of
Tho ,ri1e. This enables every tribal
potertate TO have several lions heads
as head dresses. The food is most
/ Is confined 70 game and marie. Fun
erals are long drawn out JOURNEYS.
nnnerousIy accompanied. over the
land % far away place I once