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ment from both sides to stop the talk,
and even then there were those who
believed it to be true-that young
Prince Fritz was desperately smitten.
Then there was the duke of Nor
folk, premier peer Of England, and
the prince Of Lichtenstein and Lord
Brooke and Lord Francis Hope and
the Hon Claude Lowther We're report
ed as about to marry the vivaciOus
American girl to say p+thing of as
many more, all lights of considerable
magnitude in the social armament.
But everybody was wrong-at least
wrong in that Miss Deacon would mar
~ any of these most desirable men.
Would Have Taken High Rank.
AS the wife of the duke of Nor
folk she would have taken precedence
of every peeress in England; as Lady
Brooke or Lady Francis Hope she
would have irreproachable position at
court.
Gladys Deacon is the eldest daugh-
ter OF the late Edward Parker Deacon,
OF Boston and New York: her mother
was the lovely Florence Baldwin,
daughter of Rear-Admiral Charles H.
Baldwin. U. S. n. Society even now
whispers of the tragedy that clouded
the lives of Gladys Deacon and her
younger sisters.
1t was Just 10 years ago-to be pre-
else. February II, lS92-when the wires
flashed the news from one end of the
civilized world to the other-Edward
Parker Deacon. an American. had shot
and killed NJ. Emile Abeille. a we'll
known Partisan. whom he had sur
nrised in his wife's boudoir. Abeille
tried to hide behind sofa, but Dea-
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back, so that Jew might be known
fore and aft" When a Jew was found
without the badge he was fined. Evi-
dence of the wearing of this badge is
found as late as 1892 in France. The
forefathers of the Spanish Jews car
ried yellow and red badge--the men
on their breast, the women on their
foreheads. The wearing of the badge
was not so prevalent in Italy, but the
municipalities almost all required
them The badge was known as the
20" from its shape, resembling prob
ably the ring in France. English Jews
should feel the distinction OF having
had a peculiar sort of badge forced
upon their ancestors. 1t was first in
the form of a band-frSt white and
then yellow, and later Jews were re-
quired to wear a badge with the shape
of the Tables of the Law. In Germany
yellow badges were worn, but there
the hat was the chief means of identi-
fication. In Austria and in Poland
there are few traces of the badge, but
in Hungary Jews wore badge on
their left breast 1t is interesting to
know that in Crete at the present day
some of the houses of Jews are marked
with the 20. American Hebrew.
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and her son, Van Leer Polk, to Italy
to live 1t was in Rome that Antoi-
nette Polk met Baron de Charette,
then serving at the vatican. The i'm
questionable Italians had already
hailed the fair American as the most
beautiful woman who had ever come
to their shores, and the Baron de
Charette agreed with them. He laid
siege to Miss Folks heart, won her
and brought her home to Paris as his
bride.
One son was born, Antoine. From
his mother the young man inherits
splendid plantations in Tennessee and
from his paternal side Some of the
greatest art treasures in France.
Among them is a portrait o. Queen
Marie Antoinette by Nine. Viego le
Brun, given by the queen to the
Duchess de Choiseul, now coming in
direct succession to the young baron,
fourth in line.
The wedding takes place at the
fashionable season in Paris and will
be one of the social events of the
year. And then the matchmakers can
no longer play fast and loose with
Gladys Deacon's heart and hand.
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LUCKY FRENCHMAN
HAS WON THE LOVE
OF GLADYS DEACON
After the Affair of Smitten Prince
and a Duke Turned Down."
Comes the Triumph of Young
Baron de Charette, and An
other international Ro=
nance Is Launched

cons unerring bullet sought him out.
The indignant husband was arrest
cd fined and imprisoned for a brief
period. Mrs. Deacon resumed her
maiden name and became Mrs. Bald
win. Eventually Mr.. Deacon lost his
mind and died in a sanitarium at Wav-
erly, Mass.
OF course there were squabbles
about the children, and finally little
Gladys was sent to convent There,
shielded from the outside, she grew
up in utter ignorance Of the tragedy at
Cannes and the scandal that followed
upon its heels. She did not learn of it
until she had grown up and been
launched in society abroad.
Fitted for Society.
The nuns had done well with Gladys
DeacOn's Unborn vivacity, cleverness
and tact She was turned out thor
oughIy French; in time she became
perfectly Parisienne.
The Deacons had plenty o. money.
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OLD SURGEON
Found Coffee Caused Hands TO
TrembIe.
every yea

The surgeons duties require clear
judgment and a steady hand. A slip
or an unnecessary incision may do ir-
reparable damage to the patient.
When he found that coffee drinking
caused his hands to tremble, an Ills.
surgeon conscientiously gave it up and
this is his story.
For years | was a coffee drinker
until my nervous system was nearly
broken down, my hands trembled so 1
could hardly write, and insomnia tor
tured me at night.
Besides, how could / safely per-
form operations with unsteady hands,
using knives and instruments Of pre-
cision? When / saw plainly the bad
effects of coffee, / decided to stop it,
and three years ago | prepared some
Postum, of which l had received a
sample.
1.-The first cupful surprised me. It
was mild, soothing, delicious. At this
time / gave some Postum to friend
who was in a similar condition to
mine, from the use of coffee.
"A few days after, / met him and
he was full Of praise for Postum, de-
claring he would never return to cof-
fee but stick to Postum. We then or
dered full supply and within short
time my nervousness and consequent
trembling, as well as insomnia, disap-
peared, blood circulation became nor
NAL, no dizziness nor heat flashes.
my friend became Postum en-
thusiast, his whole family using it ex-
clusively.
"It would be the fault of the one
who brewed the Postum, If it did not
taste good when served.
1.-THE best food may be spoiled IL
not properly made. Postum should be
boiled according to directions on the
pkg. Then it is all right, anyone can
rely on it. 1t ought to become the
national drink" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
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State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Gathered by Our
Special Correspondent at Madison.

Madison.-The state tax commits
sion held it's annual conference with
II county supervisors of assessment
of Wisconsin here. The purpose of
the conference was to discuss various
matters pertaining to the work of as
sessing the personal and real property
in the state during the year. The diff
ferent counties of the state were rep
resented as follows: Adams, w. ]. Nc
Donnell; Ashland, N. B. Wharton;
Barron, G. S. Garrett; Bayfield,, Will
liam Landraint; Brown, James T.
Moran; Buffalo, John Burt; Burnett,
E. NJ. Stewart; Calumet, Peter Leip-
zig; Chippewa, G. p. Hansen; Clark,
w. c. Thoma; Columbia, Thomas San
derson; Crawford, r. o. Bowling;
Dane, F. Schembera; Dodge, George
H. Miller; Door, James Madden; Doug
las, George A. Bubar; Dunn, e. B.
Young; Eau Claire, A. G. Mimic; Flor
ence, P. G.. Hoving; Fond du Lac, Al
len De Voc: Forest, John H. Krumm;
Grant, Omar ]. Arnold; Green, j. G.
Steinman; Green Lake, Alex Melon
Peterson; Jackson, Martin Tollack;
Jefferson, Frank S. Trucks; Juneau,
George E. Eakins; Kenosha, Joseph E.
Dalton; Kewaunee, Henry A. Dworak;
La Crosse, James e. Keller; Lafayette,
Michael Michaelson; Langlade, James
L. Klock; Lincoln. Oscar M. Smith;
Manitowoc, Herman Stein; Marathon,
William J. Kregel; Marinette, Philip
Dwyer; Marquette, Thomas Ellis;
Milwaukee, Charles Koehne; Monroe,
Myron Bracket; Oconto, Matt Finne-
gan; Oneida, Carl Kruger; Outa-
gamie, Thomas Flanagan; OZaukee,
Jacob Dietsich; Pepin, d. D. Broatch;
Pierce, Charles Eastman; Polk,
Charles w. Staples; Portage, 7. j.
Pitt; Price, Robert L. Hurd; Racine,
w. H. Drew; Richland, A. J. Ander-
son; Rock, Frank p. Starr; Rusk,
Sever Serley; st. Croix, Ed. II. VIII
ford; Sank, Samuel Rabington; Saw
yer, A. A. Veness; Shawano, o. o.
Wiegand; ShebOygan, A. P. Pauly;
Taylor, John Brost; Trempealeau,
George Schmidt; Vernon, Henry
Linke; Villas, John Radcliffe; Wal
worth, G. A. Skies; Washburn, Alfred
Trepanier; Washington, Louis D.
Guth Waukesha, John Ross; Wau-
paca, Charles Delo; Waushara, E. r.
Humphrey; Winnebago, D. M. Shea;
Wood, J. c. Davis. Judge N. L. Gill
son, chairman of the state tax com
mission, presided.
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Would Institute Tax Ferret.

At the seventh annual meeting of
county supervisors of assessment
Commissioners George Curtis, Jr, and
Nils P. Haugen discussed the duties
and methods of work of the supervis-
ors and explained many of the knotty
problems that confront such officers.
w. F. Hooker, tax commissioner of
Milwaukee, read a paper on the meth
DDS pursued in Milwaukee to get all
the taxable property on the tax rolls.
He said that there was $120,000,000 of
exempt property in the city of Mil
waukee. He believed the state should
have tax ferret to locate sequestered
property and place it on the tax rolls.
The assessment Of personal property
in Milwaukee had been raised from
$43,973,567 to $51, 961,475 last year and
would be considerably increased this
year, Commissioner Hooker said.
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Must Furnish Policy Valuations.

State Insurance Commissioner
Beedle has notified six foreign life IN
surance assessment companies operat-
ing in Wisconsin that they will have
to furnish him with a valuation of
their policies under the new standard
of valuation of this state if they desire
a license to continue business here.
The Wisconsin Life Insurance Com
pany of Madison was re-licensed to
operate in the state during the year
beginning March /. The company paid
a tax of $1,5S9.60.
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Her. skin is fair, very white and al
most transparent. There is almost no
coloring in her cheeks, yet she bushes
beautifully when she is interested. But
her lips are of that brilliant red which
no cosmetic save perfect health can
give. Her nose is pure Greek; her
mouth a Cupid's bow. The chin is
strong and firm. Her teeth are
dazzling.
She speaks French, German and
Italian with equal fiuency, and her
Partisan accent when she speaks Eng
lish is altogether charming. Her
taste in dress is undeniable; she al
ways appears in the masterpieces of
the French modistes. She is perfect
dancer, a rafting good hand at bridge
and she can play billiards with the
best of the men.
AS soon as she was well launched
in society, Miss Deacon began making
strong friendships in the great world.
Some of the most important people in
the Faubourg ST. German set of Paris
became her iatimates; in London she
chummed with the duchess of MARI
borough, the duchess of Devonshire.
the dowager duchess of Manchester
and Mrs. Arthur Paget, all of them of
tremendous social advantage to Miss
Deacon.
Suitors in Plenty.
Mrs. Baldwin had Lady Somerset's
house in Mayfair, London; beautiful
little maison opposite the Chapel of
Our Lady of Consolation, in Paris,
and a villa at Versailles.
With all these charms, it could not
be doubted but that Gladys Deacon
would soon have suitors enough to
satisfy even the most exacting deb
utante. The first soon appeared
to be precise, in 1900. He was Claude
Lowther, called the handsomest man
in England. Together they made a
striking pair, and the matchmakers
had them engaged-by rumOr. But
it was not to be. Gladys Deacon went
her way and Mr. Lowther went his.
For a brief period the prince of Lich-
tenstein was favored; then ne was
dismissed.
Next in line came Lord Francis
Hope, who was even then getting his
divorce from May Yohe, the one-time
soubrette, who had run away with
Capt. Putnam Bradlee Strong, son of
the late Mayor Strong Of New York.
But Gladys Deacon gave the noble
lord, who some day may be the duke
IF Nnuoact1Q bic con0e and hQ mar
ried some one else.
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people grew older they needed, say,
eight hours of sleep; but that as men
came to be past middle age they re-
CURED less sleep, and my needing less
simply showed that l was getting old.
Not quite so pleasant that, but here
is new complication:
Il find within the last few months
that 1 am again requiring more sleep.
Whereas for some years seven hours
| found sufficient, now sleep eight
hours. And what does that mean7
Does it mean that l have stopped
growing old, that am growing young
again? or that l am advancing now to
my second childhood?
HIN. This sleep business l guess
hadn't better dwell on too much"
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Sunday School Lessons for the World.

Sunday School Lessons for the World.
A power greater than that of kings
seems to have been welded by the
little group of thoughtful men who
gathered at the Fenway residence of
w. N. Hartshorn to select the les
sons for the Sunday schools of the
world, says the Boston Herald. Every
year they gather to make this choice,
and when a decision has been reached
the lessons are handed out to tho
printers and by them literally scat
tered over the planet. The word thus
goes forth not in one but in scores
Of languages Europe and Africa, east
and west, north and south, get these
helps to religious study in the vernac-
ular There is a supply for Hawaii,
Japan and the islands of the sea. For
India alone 40 dialects have to be pro
vided for. Some 500,000,00O Sunday
school leaflets are thus distributed
every year.
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Cheese Men Complain of Rates.

John H. Marble of Washington, spe-
cial agent of the interstate COM
merce commission, heard testimony on
the complaint of the Wisconsin
railroad commission on behalf
of the cheese shippers of the
state that the rates on cheese shipped
from points in the southern part of the
state to Chicago are excessive The
hearing was finished and Attorney
Marble will report his findings to the
interstate commerce commission in
May, when some member of the com
mission will probably hear arguments
in the case. The representatives OF
the cheese shippers showed that
the rates on cheese from Mon
roe and other points in the
southern part of the state to Chi
cago are considerably higher than
they are on shipments frem points in
Ohio and New York to Chicago, the
haul in the latter cases being consid-
erably longer than those in the for
mer This excess is between ten and
rs per cent. Inasmuch as the Wis
consin cheesemen are compelled to
ship most of their product to Chicago
for curing and marketing purposes,
they declare they are placed Gu an
unjust footing as compared with COM
petitions shipping to Chicago from the
east. The representatives of the rail
road companies contended that the
rates complained of were not excess
sive. They also claimed that the
cheese dealers of the state received
a big benefit by reason of the exceed
ingly low concentration rates, which,
enabled them to ship their product 10
central points where it could be cured
and prepared for market at small
cost
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BADGE STAMPED MAN AS JEW.
Distinguishing Mark That Was Re-
quired by European Countries.

To the Jews of to-day it is fairly
we'll known that their ancestors in
Europe were forced to put up with a
great deal of humiliation. One of the
most insulting methods was to require
the wearing of badge which would
stamp the wearer as an ''inf1del Jew"
The wearing of badge was made a
general order throughout Christendom
in the year 1915, but it must have been
required in isolated places before that
date.
The most usual form of badge was
that of ring of distinctive color at
tached to the upper garment. Any one
or French-Jewish ancestry will know
that his forebears wore a ring of this
sort, varying in size and in color-now
red, now yellow and white, according
to the whims of municipalities and
monarchs. It was generally worn upon
the breast, and at one time it was
ordered to be warn likewise upon the
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Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications. they cannot reach the die
eased portion of the ear. There Is only way to
deafness and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an ntamed condition OF the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is tnhamed you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when It Is entirely closed, Deaf
is the result and unless the Inflammation can DO
taken out and this tube restored to It's normal condi
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out OF ten caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing
but an inflamed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
Deafness tcaused by catarrhl that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
+. J. CHENEY 81 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for CopstiDatfon.
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ADMIRAL Baldwin was the richest of
ticer in the navy, and when he died
splendid inheritance went to Mrs.
Deacon, or Mrs. Baldwin, as she pre-
ferred to be called Married when II
years old, she was barely "a when the
scandal came; she was even more
beautiful as Mrs. Deacon than she had
been as Florence Baldwin, the bride
of Edward Parker Deacon, the re-
served. awkward man Of 40.
Europe took up the daughter Gladys
as it had taken up the mother
decade before. Aristocratic society
welcomed her in every capital in Eu-
rope. In the Bots she was saluted as
if she were princess-but then
Gladys Deacon was to the manner
born. She was at home in Mayfair
as she was in Inter den Linden. IN
winter she became the bright, partic-
ular star along The Riviera and in
Italy thoroughly cosmopolitan grew the
beautiful American girl. who spoke
with strong French accent and
frankly admitted that she hardly
knew anything about the United
States. though she was American to
the core.
Europe found everything to admire
in the beautiful girl fresh from the
convent.
Gladys Deacon is the ideal Anglo
Saxon type in face and coloring. Her
mass of hair is the palest flaXen. and
it waves naturally Her eyes are large,
rather long than round, and deep vio-
let blue. Her eyebrows are almost
black, very narrow and eXQuisitely
arched. Her eyelashes are black as
we'll and long and sweeping.
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Confers with Van iiise.

Rev. Wallace Buttrick, secretary OF
the general education board, came to
Madison to confer with President Van
Hise of the state university in regard
to disbursements for the benefit of col
leges from the fund of which he is
one of the custodians. AS the Univer.
sity of Wisconsin is state institution,
it cannot, according to the terms of
the $2O,O0O,0O0 endowment fund of the
general education board, receive any
financial assistance
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-05
Tobacco Men Choose Officers.

The Wisconsin Tobacco Growers
and Dealers association elected John
M. Estes of Stoughton president, 8. B.
Heddles of GAINESVILLE vice-president
A. L. Fisher of GAINESVILLE secretary
Prize awards for the best exhibits of
tobacco leaf were as follows: w. w.
Powell, town of Victory, SIS; G. Roen
of Orfordville, SIS; A. C. Ellickson of
Arlington, $40. and George Wee of
Stoughton, IS. Three sessions instead
of one will be held next year.
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Will Work for Better Roads.

Better Roads will be the watch.
word of the rural mail carriers in
Fond du Lac county for the ensuing
year. The state legislature is to be
requested to adopt a law providing
for uniform width of runners on
sleighs and other winter vehicles.
The following officers were elected at
meeting just held: President, o. q
Pasko, Fond du Lac; vice president
Joseph Goss, Campbellsport; gecre
tary, E. G. Howard, Oakfield treaspr
err J ]. Strait, Fond du Lac.
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Two Banks Increase Capital.

State Banking Commissioner M. c.
Bergh has approved an amendment
filed by the Bank of Poynette to its
articles of incorporation, increasing
it's capital stock from $4,000 to $4,000,
and one filed by the Farmers and
Merchants bank of Chetek increasing
it's capital from $4,000 to 100000
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Cause for Alarm,

A young man had been counting
girl for nine years. Jennie" he said,
one evening, Il read the other day that
In $4,000 years Niagara falls would
dry up"
Jennie clutched his arm excitedly.
why, what's the matter?" he
asked.
why, you promised to take me
there on our bridal trip. Don't you
think you had better be little care
full that it does not dry w before We
get there?"
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Arrange for BID Meeting.

A big parade in which 5000 people
are expected to march, public meetings
which will be addressed by prominent
men, and entertainments of various
kinds, are some Of the features of the
convention of the Catholic benevolent
orders Of the state and the Young
Mems societies, which will be held in
Madison June 6-8.
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Farmers in Organization.

The farmers of Menominee county
have just completed the organization
of the Dunn County Poultrymen's as
ISOLATION, with ]. D. Miller of Red
Cedar president and Louis Ehrhart of
Menominee secretary and treas
urer. A movement to form a horti-
cultural society has also been inaug-
urated, and a woman's auxiliary to
the Breeders ana DairyInen's and
Horticultural associations has been
formed, of which Miss Angelina Wood
of the Dunn County School Of Agri-
culture is president.
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Gov Davidson appointed Judge EN-.
met Koran of Eau Claire a member
of the state board of normal school
regents to succeed J. A. Peacock of
Oconomowoc. The appointment is for
FIVE years. Judge Koran is Demo
crat
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camphor an Animal Secretion.

Prof. Cook of Washington reports
the surprising discovery OF camphor
as an animal secretion. The animal
concerned is a myriapod, resembling
a worm or small slug. and scientifi-
cally known as Polyzoniam rosalbum.
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All Beach.

Wilfred was sitting upon his IA.
theirs knee watching his mother ar
ranging her hair.
Papa hasn't any Marcel waves like
that" said the father laughingly.
Wilfred. looking up at his fathers
bald pate, replied, Nope; no waves;
it's all beach. "-Harper's Weekly.
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Holy Rollers Gain Converts.

Holy Rollers Gain Converts.
The Holy Rollers, who have invaded
western Wisconsin, are securing num-
Der of converts. At Norway Ridge 10
persons were baptized in the Beaver
river