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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
Pearls of the Pacific.

Zone Of the most curious indutries
on the coast of California is the clam
fishery as it is called says Technical
World Magazine. 1.-The CLANS, how.
ever, are very diffedent from the or
binary biValve of that name, and are
known as abalones. While some of
them are secured for food, most of
them are dug up and exposed in racks
on the beach until they die and decom-
pose, when they are examined for
pearls. Some of the pearls which are
found adhering to the interior shell are
Of such fine quality that they readily
bring from 500 to 5000 in San Fran
cisco and other cities. Pearl hunting
is the vocation of a large number of
people who reside on the California
coast IN the vicinity Of these clam beds.
The jewels are so scarce, however. that
a thousand CLAIMS may be opened with
out finding a single pearl so the yoca.
ton is by no means very profitable"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
DOCTORS SHIFT.
Now Gets Along withoul

Now Gets Along without 1t.
A physician says: Until last f.
used to eat meat for my breakfast
suffered with Indigestion until the /
had passed from the stomach.
Last fall 1 began the use Of CT
Nuts for breakfast and very soon f.
could do without meat, for my /
got all the nourishment necessary !
the Grape-Nuts, and since then |
not had any indigestion and am fee
better and have increased In weigl
"Since finding the benefit l der
from Grape-Nuts 1 have prescribed
food for all Of my patients suffc
from indigestion or over-feeding
also for those recovering from dis
where want a food easy to take
certain to digest, and which will
oVertax the stomach.
Il always find the results I look
when l prescribe Grape-Nuts.
ethical reasons please omit my ma
Name given by mall by Postum
Battle Greek, Mich.
The reason for the wonderful am,
Of nutriment and the easy digestio
Grape-Nuts is not hard to find.
In the first place, the starchy pa-
the wheat and barley goes thr
various processes of cooking. to
fectly change the starch into Dex
or Post Sugar, in which state
ready to be easily absorbed BY
blood. The parts in the wheat
barley which Nature can make u.
for rebuilding brain and nerve &c
are retained I'm this remarkable
and thus the human body is sur
with the powerful strength prod
SO easily noticed after one has
Grape-Nuts each day for a week
days. There's a reason"
Get the little book, "The Ros
MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
WILL DREDeE FOR COAL.
Pastor Once a Miner Has Novel Plan
to Raise Funds.

Pastor Once Miner Has Novel Plan
to Raise Funds.
With the aid of a dredge which
Susquehanna River, the Rev. John
Hague, pastor Of the Tabernacle Bap-
fist Church, hopes to earn enough mon
ey not only to support himself and his
family, but to build up his church and
increase his congregation, as well as to
do the charitable work among the mine
workers Of his district.
Pastor Hague is a mine worker him.
self, having been a superintendent at
the mines of G. B. Markle & Co., and
later of d. B. Coke x Co., says the
Wtlkesbarre correspondent Of the New
York World. He felt called to preach
the gospel, gave up his position and
after being graduated from q theoIog-
1cal seminary became, at the age of
40, Baptist minister. In 1897 he gave
up a prosperous church in Plymouth
and took charge of the congregation at
Lee Park, where he saw the need of
much missionary work. His Iabors re-
suited in the erection OF a church, but
1t was badly damaged in the food of
1901 and again the next year. The same
year the mine workers strike left the
church SO heavily in debt that it has
not recovered. Forty-two mine workers
constitute it's membership and the pas
tor draws no salary.
In the bed of the Susquehanna River.
between this city and Harrisburg are
thousands of tons Of good coal which
has been washed from the cuIm banks
and storage yards by the floods. For
years dredging for coal has been a
profitable enterprise. The Rev. Mr..
Hague designed and had a dredge built
and is now about to begin work. His
dredge has a capacity of from eighty to
100 tons day and raises the coal by
means Of buckets on an endless chain.
These buckets transfer the coal to
screens, where it is assorted and wash
ed and the various sizes distributed in
chutes and delivered into pockets like
those Of breaker. There it is ready
for shipment by small boats to the
shore or from the river bank directly
into wagons.
Pastor Hague and his six sons will
operate the dredge, but Mr.. Hague will
neither neglect his duties as pastor nor
as president of the Town Council of
Plymouth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
WHERE JEFF DAVIS PLANNED.

Historic Stone Mansion in Wash
tngton Sold to a Westerner.
What is said by experts to be the
highest price ever paid for real estate
in Washington was given recently for
the Stone mansion on the corner of E
and 14th streets, one Of the historic
houses of Washington. A Western cap
italist gave $50 a square foot for the
2,4S1 feet in the lot. The price paid
is equivalent to $1,000 a front foot.
The depth of the lot is only eighty-fiv
feet
Many stories cluster around the
property, which was built sixty years
ago by the late DR.. Robert X. Stone,
wealthy physician of before war
times. DR.. Stone had a fine farm on
the heights overlooking the city, which
was then regarded as far out in the
country, although the city now has
gone beyond it.
Mrs. John A. Logan now occupies
the farm house, General Logan having
bought it few years before his DEATH
Jefferson Davis lived in the Stone
mansion many years. It was in this
house that the plans that led to the
secession Of the Southern States were
made. The Stone house is the last
residence property on street to go
before the march of business uptown
as Washington grows larger On one
corner facing the house is the Ebbitt,
on the diagonal corner, is the New
Willard, and on the west corner is the
Wyatt Building the newspaper mems
skyscraper. 1t was for this corner
that Washington capitalist made an
offer to the late Joe" Willard, the
eccentric millionaire hermit, who for
years lived alone across the street ad-
Joining the Davis house. Meeting Will
lard at one Of his infrequent emergen-
cies from his den, the capitalist asked
him If he would sell the corner lot.
Willard said he might.
Il will cover it over with silver dol
lars, Mr.. Willard, if you will sell it,
said the intending purchaser.
Willard said he would take the offer
under consideration. Nothing was heard
from him for nearly a year, when the
two again met on the street.
"How about that offer 1 made you
for that corner, Mr.. Willard?" asked
the capitalist.
well, my friend" replied Willard.
there is one point about the offer [
have wanted to have elucidated some
what. How did you propose to Law
those silver dollars on that lot-edge-
wise or flat?"
Willard never sold the lot and his
son, Governor Willard, when he in
herited the property, built a handsome
structure on It,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
A Gentle Warming,

Secretary Taft said of a certain DOM
ineering statesman:
"Hc fills men with dread. They
quail before him. They can't call their
souls their own in his presence. AL
together he makes me think Of waiter
| once met in the West.
an a small Western town MANY
years ago I put up at the Palace. Ho-
tel.
~ was assigned to a room. There
was no water nor towels in the room,
and i rang.
There was no reply.
II rang again.
''S.ill no reply.
"And again and again and yet again
rang, and finally waiter appeared.
'rhiS waiter was q robust man Of
stern and forbidding aspect.
Ibid you ring? he said, in rum
bling bass voice.
"T did, I answered
"'Well, don't do it again. said the
waiter, with a menacing scowl, as he
withdrew"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
NOT A MINISTER'S LADY.
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The public library of a small town is
often the repository OF miscellaneous
requests and benefactions for the be.
stoWal Of which there is no other con.
venient place. SO it happens that in
the pretty little library which graces
the Lower Green of old HENLEY the Wis
itor will find, besides books, a number
of curios and pictures, and two fine
casts from the antique.
One of the casts represents Demos
themes and the other Pallas Athena.
They attracted the attention Of two
pleasant, comfortable-looking women
who Strayed one day into the building
during an outing to the village by troll,
ley.
Il suppose he's the founder" re-
marked one of them, regarding Demos
themes with respect, "but he's kind o.
Queerly dressed, seems to me; most as
If he was wrapped in blanket. Don't
it strike you he's queer, Melinda?"
Melinda contemplated the orator at
tentively.
NO, she announced, mot REILLY
queer; only because he's q statue and
white all over. The memorial tablet
says he was a minister, you know, and
l suppose that's just his gown"
well, mebbe so,' her companion
agreed. Then her eye roved to the
nobly warlike figure of the goddess, in
corselet, helm and mantle, her hand
grasping a spear, and she added, in
cisively:
But, statue or not, If 1 were the
committee, I'd pack that wife of his up
attic quick. don't care what the fash
ions were in her day, that amt prop
er dress for a minister's wife. Carry
ing cane and wearing such a bonnet !!
And you mark my words, Melinda, if
her looks don't belle her, that poor man
was henpecked."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
To Prevent seasickness.

"In spite of the innumerable methods
which have been suggested in the course
Of the last few decades Of avoiding sea-
sickness, this is still the most serious
Inconvenience of a sea Journey" writes
Dr. Alfred GradenWitz in Technical
World Magazine.
"A novel device, intended to prevent
the distress, has, however, been tested
recently, with most excellent results,
On the steamship Patricia of the Ham
burg-American Line and on the channel
steamer Peregrine. This is based on a
vibrating motion. The outfit is of great
simplicity and merely comprises a COM
fcrtable chair, the seat of which is set
rapidly vibrating up and down by the
force Of an electromotor connected to
the electric lighting mains Of the
steamer Those wishing to protect
themselves against the dreaded sickness
should sit down on the vibrating chair,
when they will feel about the same
sensation as in riding in an automo-
bile. The vibratory motion makes the
rolling and pitching of the ship less
felt, the slow downward motion of the
vessel being counteracted by the nu-
merous short vibratory shocks occur
ring In an upward direction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
NapoIeon's birthplace.

Historically, Ajaccio, Corsica, is.
the utmost Importance, for here it :
that, on the fifteenth of August, Il
Napoleon BOnaparte was born, and d
it was that the future emperor sp
his youth, enlightened by an intellig
and lovely mother The casa
poleOn" is one of the-or should 81
the principal building in Ajaccio.
solid three-story building, with
stuccO walls and a number Of |;
windows. Situated in the old par,
the town, one would scarcely fine
were it not for the boys who tel
their services to guide the strange
the place.
Although ptUnderod IN 1893 by
partisans of Paoli, the heroic Cors
fighter for liberty, the house still
tains few "reminiscences of the e
warrior. Besides a number of ordn
rooms, each containing some furnit
one finds the bedroom where Nap0
was born, as well as Napoleon's s.
ing and study room, with his bed
table; his fathers study, still be-
fully furnished, and the drawing-r
in which are his mothers piano and
sedan chair.-FOur-Track News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
EGYPT AS A FIELD OF TRADE.

Foreign Capital Slowly Invading
Bible Land with Good Results.
Egypt, the ancient land Of Biblical
story, is just now offering to the world
of trade field for exploitation which
presents many favorable features for
the exporters Of other nations. In
many things she is no less conserya-
tive to-day than she was in the days
when Jacob had to send his sons to
her to buy corn during a famine in
Palestine. IF you want my produce"
says the modern Egyptian, come here
and purchase it; if you want me to
buy yours bring it to my house and |
will examine it." He buys and sells
on the old conservative lines, but to the
energetic exporter he gives promise of
becoming an important trade factor If
he is approached in the proper way
and worked skillfulIy.
Egypt always has been and still is
purely agricultural country. Her pro-
duce Is required by all other countries
and the Egyptian cultivator is we'll
aware of that fact. Just as in the
ancient days under the guidance of
Joseph he ade the first corner in the
worlds corn, so at the present time
he makes corner on his own indi-
vidual account. At the present time
the Egyptian cotton raiser is literally
sitting upon his bales and holding out
for higher prices. He can afford to
wait, but the intending purchaser can
not and the Egyptian knows 1t.
Foreign capital has been slow in max
ing an invasion of Egypt, but now it
is there in large quantities, and under
its influence trade is advancing in
bounding leaps. Before the British oc-
cupation there were, exclusive of the
Suez Canal Company and two banks
not primarily established in Egypt, only
twelve companies in which foreign cap
ital was invested. Their combined cap
ital cannot be ascertained, but it was
not extremely large. From 1882 to
1887 nine commercial companies, with
combined capital of 100000, were
formed. Between 1889 and 1891 three
more were foated, with a combined
capital of S3,0O0,O0O and in the next
four years the number was swelled to
thirteen new companies, with a total
capital of S30,000,OOO. After the battle
of Atbara in 1893 foreign capital began
to see the advantages of the Egyptian
field and flowed into it with a rush.
European manufacturers followed the
stream Of gold and to-day the trade of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
Pc RUN STRENGTHE.
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM

Mr.. Chas. L. Sauer, Grand s.,
Grand Encampment l. o. o. Z. of TIE
and Assistant City Auditor, writes f
the City Hall, San Antonio, Texas:
Nearly two years ago L accer 5e.
position as secretary and treasurer \
one of the leading dry goods establ
ments of Galveston, Texas.
THE sudden change from high
dry altitude to sea level proved too NJ
for me and l became afflicted with
tarrh and cold in the head, and gene
debility to such an extent as to ain
incaDacitate me for attending to my
ties.
II was induced to try Peruna, a
after taking several bottles in SIN
doses 1 am pleased to say that I "
entirely restored 10 my normal ca
diffcn and have ever since recC
rferded tie use of Peruna 10
friends"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
Utter Failure.

DiOgenes sighed YEARLY as he en-
tered the grocery and steered for his
usual cracker box.
How nOw?' queried one of his Gro.
MES. ''Beshrew me, but you seem i'll of
temper"
"Alack," responded the philosopher
This morning essayed with lantern
quest of an honest man and bethought
me to have found one"
"And did you mott"
Il doubt me sadly" rejoined the sage,
that his integrity was impeccabIe. for
even as l was congratulating him he
swiped the lantern. PHILADELPHIA
Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
~~~~~~N~N~

Prof. Ernst Haeckels important
work, 'The Riddle of the Universe .
has recently been translated into Jap
anese, Chinese and Hebrew. At differ
ent times the volume has appeared In
twelve other languages, while more
than 100000 copies Of the German orig
inal have been sold.
The new Susan Clegg book, by Anne
Warner, will bear the title, Susan
Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs" The
book will contain the following stories /:
'Mrs. Lathrop's Love Affair" in two
parts "Old Man Ely's Proposal" 1.-The
Wolf at Susan's Door," in four parts,
and "a Very Superior Man."
Karl Edwin Hartman, whose clever
bit Of fiction, '"The Girl and the Deal"
proved SO popular last year, has just
brought out another love story entitled
''The Girl Out There" This is said
to be tale Of country life, breathing
the freedom and freshness of the open,
and bringing in some OF the best known
types of rural characters, such as the
country storekeeper, the village doctor,
the wiley old miser the bluff but kind
hearted farmer, the village postmaster,
etc.
The guilt of the plagiarist largely
depends upon what manner of plagiar-
list he is and in what way he does his
plagiariZing. This makes all the diff
ference between vulgar theft and arts
tic appropriation, between spoliation
and the change into something rich
and strange" The accomplished pla-
giarist must be one who knows, first,
just what to steal He must exhibit
good taste in the theft. He must dis
Germ between sterling and plated. Sec
ord, he must steal what is suitable for
his own line Of workmanship, what
lends itself to his style and fancy.
Third, having stolen his goods, he must
change them over, beautify them, ele-
vate them and make masterpieces of
them, as Handel did with the motives
and phrases Of his contemporaries and
Shakespeare did with the stories of
writer's Of all kinds Then the pla-
giarist becomes an illustrious thief and
the victim from whom he steals, in
stead of remaining in obscurity, may
be immOrtaliZed by the luster which
the plagiarist communicates. But, af-
ter all, is it not rather fnical to charge
any latter day manufacturer Of fiction
with plagiarism? Was not the plot
material long ago exhausted? Are
there any new situations, and new adj
ventures, any fresh problems, which
have not been invented, described or
discussed? Can any of the fiction me-
chanics construct a novel, historical,
romantic, problematic or otherwise.
without stealing, consciously or uncon-
sciously? Since the Strausses exhaust
ed the waltz rhythm has any one ac-
cused waltz writers of stealing? Does
any one complain because Of the whole
sale plaglarismS in musical comedies?
The fact Is the stock of original mate
rial has been exhausted. There is a
limit to invention of this sort.-Chicago
VNYihu0o
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18

May the physician who prephesied
that the day Is coming when there will
be no medicines unpleasant to the taste
live long and prosper in his profession.
In all probability he bases his proph-
ecy on experiments made by himself
In compromising medicines that are re-
ally good to take. If he can produce
them his colleagues can do the same,
he probably reasons. Anyway, he is
the sort Of physician we would like to
have at hand when illnesses come, for
be could rob them Of half their terrors.
The medicine hour Is dreaded by fret
full patients and by nurses, too. Even
Tor the healthiest among us the notion
has an attractive sound. We are for
the gliding and sugaring Of all the bit
ter pills Of life and like to see the
movement active inside and outside Of
the laboratory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18

(19O4) one railway employe out of ev-
cry 800 in the country was killed; tc
know that one out OF every nineteen
was injured to know that these pro.
portions have been increasing material
~, instead of declining, in the last de
cade, are facts which by themselves,
without argument, show that an i'm.
prOvement must be compelled. A poy.
erty stricken country with high freight
rates might apologize for such destruc
ton Of life by saying that it could not
afford the necessary safeguards. The
United States Is too rich a country to
apologize for itself in that way. Even
II safeguards increase freight rates a
tr1tie their use should be enforced. And
the figures for the loss of life among
passengers emphasize the need. Where
in 1894 one passenger in 1,66S,79 was
killed, in 1904 one in 1922, 267 lost his
life. Where one in 1920 was injured
in 1894, one in 1888 was injured In
1904. These figures and others of sim
liar purport have been presented to
the House Of Representative in re.
port from the interstate commerce com
mittee
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18

Egypt has become a prize we'll worthy
the pains necessary to secure it's con-
troll.
The American manufacturer is Just
beginning to take steps to capture at
least fair share of this trade. Their
distance from Egypt and the cost of
transportation are, no doubt serious
handicaps for American exporters. but
with the advantages held by American
manufacturers in the production of
goods and the superior quality of their
products these disadvantages lose half
their terrOrs-New York Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18

Connecticut Is sometimes designated
as the wooden nutmeg state;" but a
hen Of East Lyme seems to have start
ed a campaign to re-establish the repu-
tation Of the State for fair dealing.
Oyertaken by a trolley-car while prom
enading down the road, this Plymouth
Rock fowl was carried along for five
minutes or more on the fender. When
the car stopped and she hoped off,
cackling, it was discovered that she
had left an egg between the fender
wires by way of payment for the ride.
Few hens-outside of Connecticut-are
so conscientious as that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18

New England farmers know that
granite boulders are not good in titled
land. Yet according to conclusions
which the Department Of Agriculture
has drawn from some experiments,
powdered granite may prove a valu-
able fertilizer. Granite contains pot
ash, and potash is so good for land that
America imports potash salts from
Germany at a hundred dollars a ton.
The imported salts contain only twice
as much potash per ton as certain
GRANTEES which, 1t is thought, may be
ground at cost of three dollars a ton.
The experiment has not gone far
enough to answer conclusively the
commercial questions, but already mills
are being erected to attempt the manu-
facture Of rock fertilizer.