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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
BREAD sUPERsTITIoNs.
Peculiar Ones still Prevail In Parts
of Rural France.

Peculiar Ones still Prevail In Parts
of Rural France.
There are some curious superstitiOns
ligious seasons which seem so easy to
prove fallaciOus that one has difficulty
in understanding why they are still be-
lieved. One would think that some DAY
mistake would occur and the discov-
cry be made that there was no force in
them. Probably, owing to the constitu-
ton of the believers, the failure of the
expected result would be ascribed to
some supernatural cause rather than
the real one, and the belief would be
continued. Most of these superstitions
are found in France, the greatest bread
eating country ON the globe
For instance, in Upper Brittany bread
baked on Good Friday, it is declared
becomes black. In Charante it is held
that he who eatU Of bread baked on All
Souls day will become diseased. The
flames will burst out of the oven in
ones face if bread is baked on the
Feast of st. Nicholas, say the good peo-
pie of st. Aube, so it is not done In
Burgundy the people believe that if
bread is baked in the course of Roga-
ton Week all bread baked during the
remainder Of the year will turn moul-
dy. The inhabitants of the Black
Mountains believe the same thing. The
Sicilians refuse to bake on Good Fri
day, because they fear that in some
manner they will burn the Savior.
The beliefs which other Europeans
used to have in early times demon
strate how illogical is all this supersti-
ton. These used to think that bread
baked on Good Friday would not grow
mouldy, and the hot cross bun was in
cluded in this belief. Some one has
shrewdly suggested that the spice pre-
served them. A piece of bread baked
on this holy day, was supposed to have
miraculous powers if preserved. The
house containing it would not catch
fire. It was useful for preventing
whooping cough, and If fed to cattle ill
Of certain diseases would cure them.
The natural deduction from all this is
that in one country bread baked on a
certain day will work Ill and that bak-
ed in another on the same day will
work good, which means that bread
baked on that day is about the same as
bread baked on any other.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
Whose Say-so Is Best?

with nearly all medicines put up for
safe through druggists, one has to take
the makers Say-SO alone as to their cura-
tive value. Of course, such testimony ia
not that OF q diSinterested party and
accordingly is not to be given the sarna
credit as if written from disinteresfed
motives. DIR: Pierce's medicines. how
aver, form a single and therefore strikino
exception to this rule. Their claims to
the confidence OF invalids does not rest
solely upon their makers say so or
praise. Their ingredients are matters ~
public knowledge, being printed on each
separate bottle wrapper Thus invalid
sufferers are taken into DIR. Pierce's fuII
confidence. Scores of leading medical
men have written enough to I'll volumes
in praise of the curative value of the
several ingredients entering into these
well-known medicines.
Amongst these writer's we find such med
ical lights as Prof Finley Ellingwood,, NJ D.
OF Bennett Medical College. Chicago; Prot
Hale, Of the same city; Prof. John NJ. Scud-
der. NJ. D.. late of Cincinnati. Ohio; Prof.
John King. d. D., late OF Cincinnati. Ohio:
DR.. Grover Coe. of New York; Dr. Bartho-
low, of Jefferson Medical College, of Pa,
and scores Of others equally eminent
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
the worst cases CT female weakness, prolaD-
SuS. anteVerSion and retroVersion and cOrrectS
irregularities. cures painful periods. dries I'D
d1sagreeable and weakening drains. some
times known as pelvic catarrh and a multi
GUOo VI OIneI diseases peculiar TO women.
Bear in mind. it is not a patent nor even q
secret medicine. but the "Fevorite Prescrip-
ton" OF regularly educated physician. OF
large experience in the cure of woman's
peculiar ailments. who frankly and confd-
lngIy takes his patients into his full con-
hdence by telling them Just what his UPre-
scrlptlon Is composed Of. OF no other medi-
cine put up for woman's special maIadies
and sold through druggists, can it be said
that the maker is not afraid to deal thus
frankly, openly and honorabIy, by letting
every patient using the same know exactly
what she is taking
Sick women are invited to consult DIR.
Pierce, by letter, free. All correspond
ence is guarded as sacredly secret and
womanly condolences are protected by
professional privacy. Address DR.. r. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
How to preserve health and beauty is
told In DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Med
ical Adviser. 1t is free. For a paper
covered copy send DR.. r. V. Pierce, Buff
falo, n. Y, 81 one-cent stamps to cover
mailing only; in cloth binding 81 stamps.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
Lananese Couture.

In Japan a girl at the age Of wears
her hair tied in a red scarf bound
around the back Of her head; the fore
head is left bare, with the exception of
couple Of locks, one on each side
When she is Of manageable age she
combs her hair forward and makes it
up into the shape Of a fan or a butter
fly, and at the same time decorates it
with silver cord and balls Of varied
colOrs. This means everything and is
fully understood by the young men Of
Japan. A widow who wishes for a sec
Ond husband puts a tortoise-sheIl pin
horizontally at the back of her head
and twists her hair round 1t, while an
incOnsOlable widow cuts her hair short
and goes In for no adornments of any
sort. These last are rare. By these
simple means much confusion is avoid
ed. A glance around the ballroom suf-
fees to tell the age and status of every
woman in the place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
500 Reward. 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has ben able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that It fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
WOOD ALCOHOL.
A Deadly Spirit Extensively Used in
the Worlds Commerce.

A Deadly Spirit Extensively Used in
the Worlds Commerce.
Alcohol in its severest forms is a pro-
nOunced poison. The wood alcohol or
commerce is the deadliest OF these
spirits, and yet it has been coming into
such general use as a substitute FOL
the highly taxed grain spirits that
movements have been started to induce
the revenue department of the United
States to authorize the manufacture of
a denaturalized grain alcohol free of
any tax whatever. Except for the rev.
enue tax on the grain alcohol, it could
compete with the horribly poisonous
wood spirits.
Potatoes will furnish alcohol in high
proportiOnate quantities, and with the
product rendered unfit Tor drinking
purposes-as is done in Germany
uses of the spirits in the arts eXclu-
sively should net subject it to the enor-
nous tax placed upon the grain alco-
hOl.
Alcohol is the base Of almost count
less commodities in use in almost every
field of endeavOr. 1t holds q first place
as preservative. It is an almost uni
versal solvent for drugs and chemical
substances. Germany, for example,
uses 25,OOO,OOO gallons of alcohol every
year for commercial purposes, and
these uses are multiplying rapidly.
Ether, celluloid, white lead, photo
graphic papers and plates, collodion,
perfumes Of all kinds, transparent
soaps, Eliminates and smokeless pow
ders, varnishes, inks and even the man
ufacture of an artificial silk are de
pendent upon alcohol, and in many of
these combinations the substitution of
the wood alcohol for the grain product
may be productive of appalling calam-
ity to the unwilling workers in these
substances.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
WHICH WAS THE COWARD?
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loose in the nipa huts inhabited by the
Tagalogs.
He longed for real battles and scenes
OF bravery, and would lie awake nights
planning his own actions should an ont
break ever occur. Heroic dreams they
were, for Van Allen was a builder Of
castles In the air, and many were the
certificates of merit and honorable
mentions" in orders that he planned for
himself for distinguished gallantry."
He almost prayed for a good Insured
ton in order that he might show his
officers his true mettle. But none came
and the daily grind of routine was be-
coming maddening. Guard every five
days, old guard fatigue, duty at the
stable and in the kitchen, long, idle
afternoons and longer nights had near
ly destroyed all the romance that Van
Allen had been cherishing in his soul
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25

for twenty-five years. 1t wasn't a bit
like the books he had read There were
no white women excepting the officers
wives, who, of course, had no word for
enlisted men above nod and smile for
a favored few. Disillusionment No. 1.
Then the stirring. strains of martial
music never thrilled Van Aliens ears,
for the Forty-Second's band, such as it
was, was stationed with headquarters
at San Fernando. Disillusionment No.
z. And the third and worst blow to ro-
nance came with the knowledge that
the days Of the cavalry charge were
over, and that the horses no longer
went into action to the note of the bu-
gle, but remained in the rear, while
mounted men must stoop to lighting
like the dough boy" lying half buried
in mud behind some friendly dyke in
rice paddle. Horses were for trans
portation, not for grand standing" the
G. o. had said, and that went. Still
Van Allen had never had ocular proof
of this, and wanted to see this degra-
dation before he believed It, To do
things like an ordinary dough boy"
was the worst disgrace a cavalryman
could suffer, and Van Allen couldn't be-
lieve that the cavalry charger had de-
generated into a pack mule.
So Van Allen smoked Filipino cigaril-
los, and wished he was back in Gods
country pulling a hand truck on some
wharf on Atlantic avenue. He man
aged to get into a squad sent out to
quell a wandering band Of ladrones
whose worst crime had been stealing a
little rice from the natives. He pic
tured the glowing deeds Of heroism
he would perform when they "met up"
with the enemy" After two days of
endless hiking in the mud and two
nights spent In fruitless endeavor to
sleep on the bare ground, under a dog
tent, a lodestone for every kind of
crawling thing the Philippines pro-
duce; after finding seven half starved
ladrones, who surrendered without
shot, he returned to Bong-Bong and
spent a fortnight In the post hospital
getting we'll from an attack Of dengue
fever, complicated with a disease that
might be categorical as Shattered TO
nance" When he got out and around
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
SAVED BABY LYONS LIFE.

Awful Sight from that Dreadful Com
plant, Infantile Eczema-Mother
Praises Cuticura Remedies.
"Our baby had that dreadful COM
plant, Infantile Eczema, which aff1ict
ed him for several months, common
cling at the top of his head, and at last
covering his whole body. His suffer
ings were untold and constant misery,
in fact, there was nothing we would
not have done to have given him re
lief. We finally procured a full set Of
the Cuticura Remedies, and in about
three or four days he began to show
a brighter spirit and really laughed,
for the first time in year. In about
ninety days he was fully recovered.
Praise for the Cuticura Remedies has
always been our greatest pleasure, and
there is nothing too good that we could
say in their favor, for they certainly
saved our baby's life, for he was the
most awful sight l ever beheld prior
to the treatment of the Cuticura Rene
dies. Mrs. Maebelle Lyon, 1926 Apple
ton Ave, Parsons, Kan, July IS, 1905"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
What!

81 knew ne was something of a celeb
rity, but l didn't know he was rich. How
did he make his money!"
in dirt"
Real estate or mining?"
Neither. He wrote a book. You've
read it, haven't you?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
The Real Question

81 know, old chappie," said Dobbs,
''she has her faults, and a temper, and
all that; but II love her and can't
live without her"
'Just So" calmly replied his friend /;
''but the question isn't that. Can you
live with herr?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
Inflammation

"What is a domestic animal, NAM
MAJ" asked the little boy.
"a domestic ANIMAL" replied mann
ma, with a scOrnful glance at papa,
who was putting on his coat, sis one
who does not spend all his time at the
club.-BrOOklyn Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
rs IT WORTH WHILE?

Il 1t worth while that joste a brother,
Bearing his load on the rough road of life?
Is it worth while that jeer at each other
In blackness of heart?-that to the knife7
God pity all In pitifuI strife!
God pity us all as jostle each other;
God pardon all for the triumphs feel
When fellow goes down poor heart-broken brother
Pierced to the heart-words better than STEEL
And mightier far for for veal.
Were it not well in this brief little Journey
On the isthmus, down into the tide,
We give him fish instead of a serpent
Ere folding the hands to be and abide,
For and aye, in dust at his side?
Look at the saluting each other;
Look at the herds all at peace the plain;
Man, and man only makes his brother,
And dotes in his heart his peril and pain
Shamed by the brutes that go down on the plain
Is 1t worth while that battle humble
Some poor fellow traveller down into the dustf
God pity us all! Time too will tumble,
All men together, like leaves a gust:
All of us BUNDLED down into the dust.
Joaquin Miller.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25

Troubles seem greater after night,
and perhaps it Is for this reason that
troubles are greater to the old than to
the young: Age Is the twilight of life
when commonplace things assume fan.
tastic shapes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25

hearing), and yet he smiles OCCASION !
ally and murmurs, softly, Its worth
it, anyway" But then he has no med
al of honor to live up to.-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
In a Pinch, Use Aliens Foot-Ease,

A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet, Cures Corns Bunions, Swollen,
Sore, Hot, CallOus, Aching, Sweating feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen S Olmsted,
LIE Roy, n Y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25

The London Tablet says Plus Y. has
resolved that no priests revenue from
ecclesiastical sources shall exceed $1,000
year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
Worth knowing

that Allcock's are the original and
only genuine porous plasters; all other
sO-called porous plasters are limitations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
"Requiescat en- pace"

y
And on his breast rests a medal Of
honor. Back in the Philippines a quiet,
morose man is called coward" (out of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25

To the Memory of Private
Who died while CALAMITY defend
ing the lives of his comrades.
He went cheerfully to certain
death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
MIR. COOK BUYs HORSES.
AnInaIs for City Came from Indiana
 aia1 Illinois.

Animals for City Came from Indiana
 aiAd Illinois.
 Nine hne animals, as fine as are of- ten seen, have been brought back from the West by ]. B. Cook, City Super Irtendent of five Stock, who went to secure additional hcrges for the Mont somery fire and police departments.
 Two of the fine equines are designed for use by the police patrol wagon, re- IIeving the two animals which have been serving night and day. The oth- CT seven are to be turned over to the lre department, to take the place of horses which have grown old In the service of Montgomery's fire depart ment, and to be held in reserve tofako the place of any fro horses which may be disabled by accident or sickness from serving.
 MT. Cook secured some of the finest horses to be obtained in Indiana and Illinois, from which two States the nine head come. They are all country bred animals, each one between five and six years old, and there is not a tIenlish on any one in the lot. One of the teams. designed for use on the big steamer, tips the scales at 3,110 pounds, the other animals ranging in the neigh sorhood of 1,400 or ,450 pounds each.
 The long experience of Mir. Cook with stock, raised the expectations of the Mont gomery officials to high point is to the character of the horses he would obtain, and those expectations have not been disappointed. IL is safe to say that no better lot of horses could have been gathered anywhere in the two States named, both of which are famed for their fire animals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
NEW COURT BILL
4ruE PONY couRTe' IS TO BE REHA-
 RILHTATED.
state senator TeasIey VIII PropoHe an Act to Create Clrcuit of Mont eOEnery, Elmere, Autauga
 amd Chtla0m.

In the next Legislature, Senator Cnas: "a TeasIev of Montgomery County will Introduce a bill for the rehabilitation of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, com. moniy known as ''the pony circuit, which was declared unconstitutional oy the Supreme cout more than year ana 6 half ago. sn
 If la understood that the bill. pro- posed by MT. Teasley, will authorize a Judicial circuit composed ot the coun- fies of Montgomery, Fillmore. AutauSa and Chiffon and that the bill will con- tain a practice act which VIII tacil- tate the handling of legal business Tn the Circuit Court, keeping the court open for business and easilE accessible all the year around. The act will be practically reeptition of the former net adopted by the Legislature four years ago authorizing "the pony eir- cult"
 ''The pony circuit" 1t will be recalled. was presided over by Judge IT. seott Sayre of Montgomery, with Lloyd Tate of Wetumpka as solicitor In all coun- ties except Montgomery.
 About the same time that the pony circuit was declared uegal by the the Legislature that 1t would be intro Circuit, embracing Walker and Winston counties. was also pronounced to be un- constitutional. The technfcality on WHICH lH6 OplHiOh was D1SSUf was NttN same in both cases. The acts, creat- ing both circuits. were local acts and, under the Constitution 1t was conn pulsory to advertise a stated period be- fore the introduction of the act into Supreme Court the Fourteenth Judicial duced. The advertising was not done, and, on this ground. the Supreme Court put both circuits out of existence.
 Mir Teasley is now advertising the fact that he intends introducing the bill, so that there can be no flaw this time in that respect It is intimated that an act will also be introduced for the reinstatement of the Fourteenth Cir- cult.
 With Judge T. Scott sayre presiding over this court. before 1t was declared invalid, Montgomery was afforded a resident judge who was easily access sible by all other counties in the cir cult. A splendid feature of the former act, and which will also be contained in the proposed act is that the judge of the circuit Is empowered with chan cery Jurisdiction in all counties of the circuit except in Montgomery County.
 Notice of the intention of Mir. Teas- ley to introduce the bill into the Leg islature appears to have met with the ty. Judge J. c. Richardson, who has presided over the Circuit Court of Montgomery County since "the pony circuit was suspended. Is said not to be opposed to the passage of "the pony | circuit" bill.
 The extent of the opposition, if any, which will meet the passage of the act in the Legislature is as yet uncer- | tain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
MIR. SMITH DID NOT SPEAK.
Distinguished Visitor HI at Home Oi
 Nllna

Distinguished Visitor HI at Home of
 pr. Rice.
 On account Of the illness of Hon. F. D. Smith. an address, which was to have been delivered by him at the court house last night, was postponed indefinitely.
 A number of Montgomery citizens who were anxious to hear MT. Smith and had earnestly requested the dis tinguishedS speaker to deliver an ad- dress. we're disappointed last night when they learned that he was i'll.
 Mir. Smith was taken i'll Tuesday at the residence of Dr. J. A. Rice on Church Street, where he and his wife have been guests for several says. He was confined to his bed yesterday, but 1t was not thought that his condition was in any way serious. MT. Smith came to Montgomery primarily for Q complete rest after many months Of the most arduous work in connection with the Southern Cotton Association of which he is general organizer and financial agent. and also President oe the South Carolina Division. As soon as Mir. smith has recovered entirely from his ill"ess it may be ar- ranged to have the address delivered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
ReaI Eatate Trannfera.

Deeds were recorded yesterday in the office of the Probate Judge as follows;
 Thomas IF. Mabson and wife to Bet tie F. Sheehan, property on Ford Street, 27 1-2x150 feet, consideration s1.0OO.
 T. w. Mcqueen and wife to W. M. Hill, property of irregular dimensions, fronting 269 feet on Ann Street. con- sideraticn, 4l,5IB.
 Capitol Heights Improvement Conn pany to Nellie Brooks. one lot at Cap itol Heights, consideration, $3G0.
 James T. Andrew end Lucy Andrew to Lucy Garrett, lot situated in Car negie map, consideration. S1o0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
DAVIDSON PLnAps GUILTY.
Sentenced to Hard Labor for vfolatanl
 Prohibition Law.

Sentenced to Hard A4aD0R For St0tAAA&
 Prohibition Law.
 Centrevile, Nov. 21.tspeclal. l--1ohg Davidson, who has been confined In the county jail here for Eone days on charge of violating the prohibition law. put in e plea of guilty in the County Court Monday and was fined Sso. It ia alleged the defendant exchanged whis- key for seed cotton. He was put un- der a hard labor contract
 A party of huntsmen composed Of Solicitor J. F. Thompson. Circuit Clerk R. L.. Avery. Dr. Sims and c. l.. Cieve- land left today for the hunting pre- serves of Reubin Lewis %There they will hunt for several days. They carried a pack of fox hounds as well as several bird dogs,
 After having sbeen closed down for 2 week for the installation of new ma chlnery, the electric light plant waa put into operation again last night.
 The local ginnery has up to this time gined 500 bales of cotton.
 J. A. Fair. former Tax Assessor of this county, will soon erect a large sales and livery stable.