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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
BIRTH OF WHITE ELEPHANT.

Governor of RangOOn Province
Comes Into Valuable Possession.
Reports from Rangoon say that the
Burmese world has been stirred by the
birth of two white elephants not far
from Chiengmai. Siam will also be
thrilled.
One of the rarities was born in one
Of the herds of the Governor of La
kawn, the other in that Of a timber
merchant. The latter elephant was
given to a tiger to eat, as the Burmese
say timber merchant is not worthy
of a white elephant, which is the pre-
rogative of kings and chiefs.
The advent of the governors young
white elephant was heralded in the
most approved eastern manner The
governor dreamed that innumerable
statues of Buddha Strolled about his
room and sat on his head. He also
dreamed that he had to carry the BIO
tree, under which Kautama attained to
omniscience, as well as the throne on
which he sat.
Next morning the governor called his
soothsayers together to interpret his
dream and the old gentlemen were rub
bling their noses and looking ur at the
ceiling for explanations when some one
walked in and announced that white
elephant had been born. The sooth-
savers were at once able to explain that
the governors dream meant that he
was to be a person Of power.
The white elephant, protected with
a white umbrella, was escorted into the
town with regal pomp, attended by sew
eral companies Of elephants and horses,
while band played and hundreds of
people marched along. The elephantine
baby is described thus: "His skin is
of a pale straw color, his hair is white
like unto silver needles, his palate and
tongue are quite red, his eyes resemble
rubies of the purest water. He is
perfect white elephant. London Elk
DrPSS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
INVENTED AS FAMINE FOOD.

Was Famous Boston Brown Bread
When Breadstuffs Werc High.
Lovers Of Boston brown bread are
not generally aware of the fact that
it was regarded in earlier days as a
famine food. 1t was invented by Maj.
Nathaniel Thwing, of Boston, in July,
1746.
At that period there was a great
scarcity of the cereals. Ali sorts of
provisions, but especially breadstuffs,
were high. Wheat cost twenty shill-
ings bushel, and white bread came
at two cents an ounce, the sixteen
ounce household loaf" which was Of
a coarse kind, selling for II cents.
Thwing was a baker by trade. When
he asked permission Of the selectmen
of Boston to make aid sell brown
bread of a certain specified compost
ton, containing a stated proportion of
cornmeal, the suggestion was kindly
received; and breadstuffs showing
tendency to mount considerably higher
than the figures already mentioned, he
proceeded to manufacture the article
on a considerable scale, retaining a
monopoly of the business for many
years.
1t was not until parliament came to
the rescue Of the colonists that bread
stuffs fell in price, and even brown
bread, though famine food, was at
first more expensive than it is to-day
but finally it dropped to s cents for
loaf weighing about three pounds, and
thus became an article available for
the everyday diet of people of the
most moderate means-though Boston
ians to-day regard brown bread as a
sort Of Sunday bread most particular
ly, eating it every Sabbath with baked
beans.-S Saturday Evening Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
Changes I'm wheat Belt.

Vermont was once the granary OF
New York city. 1t now produces only
one bushel of wheat to more than 200
in Minnesota, the banner state.
Rochester was once known as the
flour city," Now it is called the
'Hfower city" But New York still
raises as much wheat as Wisconsin.
Maryland produces more than either,
Texas nearly twice as much. Only
eight states surpass Pennsylvania in
wheatraising.
Kansas produces nearly as much
wheat as both the Dakotas, which are
much more Of often mentioned as
wheat states.
Only a trif1e more than half Of the
wheat crop grows west of the Missis-
'sippi. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio still
produce 100000 bushels, which is
more than any far western state, and
over one-eight of the whole crop.
Little Delaware raises more wheat
than all New England. Virginia, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and
North Carolina raise 100000 bushels.
New York is the second flour milling
center in the United States, though far
behind Minneapolis, which can grind
$1,000 barrels a day to New York's
14OOO
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
BLAME 1T ON MAN.

Feminine Writer Finds Him Most
Convenient Peg.
"Of the girls who were in our class
at school, four are divorced, two are
separated and two play sort of Box
and Cox game-I mean when they are
in this country their husbands are
abroad, and vice versa" says a lively
writer
"That throws some light on modern
marriages, according to my way Of
thinking, because all these girls were
really nice
''It is all the men-the more 1 look
into the matter, the surer 1 am they
have only themselves to thank for pres
ent troubles. They are as archaic as
Lot: they might as we'll be married to
pillars of salt for any appreciation they
show Of woman's intellect. A wife, to
be desirable, must be reincarnation Of
her grandmother, with just enough wit
to admire her husband. Why should
she think and act for herself when wis
dom in trousers stalks beside her?
eff men would only be little less
ardent as lovers and a little more ard
ent as husbands there would lot be so
much welded infelicity. Courtship
continues what it has always been
the rosetime of life-and it is only
after marriage that the roses wither,
and we find nothing on our bushes but
hips and haws. 1t is rather puzzling
to find the very things they admired
in us as sweethearts condemned in Us
as wives.
"There is hardly the man living
Iarge-minded enough to concede a self
respecting independence to the woman
who bears his name. 1 am absolutely
certain the better part is in the single
life"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
MAHOGANY IN WEST INDIES.

Smallest But Heaviest and Prettiest
Wood Produced in These Islands.
The United States is not a mahog-
any growing country. 1t is tropical
wood. It's home is in Central America
and in Cuba, Jamaica and Santa Do
mingo. These islands give the small
est but heaviest and prettiest wood.
British Honduras, Guatemala and
Nicaragua give the most and Mexico
the largest timber.
The richer, solid, heavy varieties
come from the islands. These will not
float. are susceptible of a high polish,
and the wood has rich, wavy figure.
The pretty figured pieces of wood are
of great value A six-foot piece (Which
included the crotch of a tree) in GER
tain shipment will bring about $500
when cut into veneers.
No matter where shipment of the
wood comes from, or what variety it is,
there are always more or less of the
fine, faky sticks that make veneer.
Mahogany is phenomenal wood in
that it does not warp under any cOndi-
lions Of weather, use or age; neither
does it shrink. 1t is Of great beauty,
hardness and durability. In no other
wood can these qualities be found CON-
bined with large size, uniformity Of
grain and richness Of color and figure.
The island timbers are eight to fen
feet in length by twelve inches in di-
amter, some from Cuba, however,
reaching thirty-five feet in length by
two feet in diameter. Honduras squar-
ed timbers are as long as forty feet by
two feet in diameter, and the three
foot and four-foot timbers come from
Mexico.
The softer mahogany comes from the
swampy lands. There are no mahogany
forest the trees are not grouped that
way, the individual trees being more or
less widely separated. Like other
trees, the core is the poorest part, often
being worthless.
A schooner load represent an ex-
penditure of $4,000. That is not all
for the timber, labor and freight,
considerable part of it representing
grease" to the Spanish customs
officer, whose favor is not obtained by
a smile. There are no sawmills in the
mahogany growing countries.
The trees when cut down are squar-
ed by hand. An Indianapolis company
Is going to have them hewn into
octagon shape hereafter instead Of
squares, believing it will get % per
cent more timber out of them this way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
WON WIFE BY OLD CUSTOM.
Artist Shared in Hungarian All Hus-
bands Day Celebration.

Artist Shared in Hungarian All Hus-
bands Day Celebration.
Following an unusual romance comes
the announcement, after more than
year, Of the marriage of Allen Carter
Watson, a New York artist, and Miss
Anita Mercer, a former Worcester girl,
In Marididi, Hungary, says a Wor-
cester (Mass) dispatch in the New
York Times. A letter has been received
by Henri Mercer, a brother, in Temple
ton, after following him for months
over a greater portion of the United
States. The couple were married in
Marididi on Feb. 10 a year ago and
have now taken up their permanent
residence in Venice.
On Jan. 10, 1907, Miss Mercer and
her aunt, Mrs. Glare Spence, with Miss
Edna Burnley and the latter's mother,
Mrs. George r. Burley, found them
selves in Marididi They were on a
tour of the world and this day in
Maridfdi is known as All Husbands
day. On this day the unmarried men
and women for miles around gather at
the village. Every bachelor writes his
name on card and casts it into a tub
Of water
The single women approach the tub
at noon with long poles fitted with
spikes. Each spears a card, and the
man whose name is on the card spear
ed is expected to marry the girl within
a month. With arms linked, they walk
through the village and thus publicly
acknowledge their betrothal.
Mr.. Watson was in Marididi for the
purpose of sketching the natives during
the fete of All Husbands day and he
overheard Miss Burley dare Miss
Mercer to spear for a husband. When
in fun Miss Mercer accepted the dare,
Watson bribed the native in charge to
change the tub for one which contained
cards with his name only.
He claimed the forfeit and the walk
through the village.
A month later to day, on Feb 10,
they were married in Mardidi and later
continued on their tour until they
reached venice where they decided to
make their permanent home. Previous
to All Husbands day Miss Mercer and
Mr.. Watson had never met.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
How God Provides.

Mr.. Spurgeon once said: "My grand
father was a very poor minister, and
Kept cow, which was a very great
help in the support of his children
he had ten of them-and the cow took
the 'staggers' and died.
"'What will you do now? said my
grandmother.
81 cannot tell what we shall do
now said he, but l know what God
will do. God will provide for us. We
must have milk for the children
1.-THE next morning there came EGO
to him. He had never made applica-
lion to the fund for the relief of min
listers. but on that day there was f5
left when they had divided the money,
and one said: There is poor Mr.. Spur
geon down in Essex; suppose we send
1t to him? The chairman-a Mr.. Nor
ley of this day-said: We had bet
ter make it E10, and I'll give f5.' An
other f5 was offered by another mem
Der, if a like amount could be raised to
bring it up to EGO, which was done.
They knew nothing about my grand
fathers COW; but God did, you see ;
and there was the new COW for him.
And those gentlemen in London were
not aware of the importance of the
service which they had rendered"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
HORSESHOE sUPERsTITIoNs.
Belief That 1t Brings Good Luck
Prevails All Over the World.

Belief That 1t Brings Good Luck
Prevails All Over the World.
The origin of belief in horseshoe
luck" is so ancient that it never has
been determined with certainty, and no
superstition is more universal, says the
Syracuse Herald. Ever since horses
began to wear shoes those crescents of
iron have been accounted lucky emb-
lens of all peoples, races and nations
that have been acquainted with their
use.
The Chinese, for instance, say they
nail them up over their doors as a
charm against evil spirits because Of
the close resemblance in shape between
them and the arched body of the sacred
snake, Nagandra, one of their principal
deities.
Ask a Turkish Mohammedan for in
formation on the subject, and he will
tell you that it is because they are in
form like a crescent, the sacred emblem
of Islam.
A Polish Jew will explain that at the
Passover the blood sprinkled upon the
Intel and doOrsteps, in the manner d.
rected by their ritual, forms the chief
points of an arch; hence. obviously,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
Cork so1es in Ancient Rome.

Nothing new under the sun. 1t is
now an established fact that the Ro-
mans in classical times wore cork
soles in their shoes to protect their
feet from water, especially in winter.
AS high heels were not then introduced
the Roman ladies who wished to APP
pear taller than they were fashioned
by nature put plenty of cork under
them. It remains to be demonstrated
that the French women of the seven
teenth century were short of stature,
and to their desire to appear tall must
be- credited the invention of high heels.
Once let a stumpy little bit of femin-
Unity get to wearing French heels and
feel much more than her inchos and
she will never depart from them-New
York Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
Constraining love.

God often does better by us than we
want Him to- His love will not LET
us go, even when we wish it would
Many n man purposes sin in his heart
who is yet prevented from its doing
by Gods watchful guarding care.
Every life presents such experiences
when the tendency was to evil, yet
Satan's plans were frustrated. If we
often cry out with Paul, 1.-The good
which 1 would, do not" we may
also exclaim, in glad thankfulneSS,
''the evil which would, cannot do
No one in this life is ever abandoned
by God TO the unrestrained fulfilling
OF his own sinful ends. Satan fights
to gain us, but God is all the time
fighting on our side. We must batter
down Gods opposition every time we
break into wrong-doing. What a
blessing it is that He is so much
stronger than we are 1t is His all
powerful and constraining love that
holds us when we would leave the paths
of right.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
The Points wore There.

Little Claras parents often discuss
reincarnation, and the small maiden
has acquired some Of the phraseolOgy.
Mamma" she said one day, my kit
tie must have been paper of pins in
q previous state of existence"
why do you think SOP" asked her
mother.
Because [ can feel some of them in
her toes yet" was the logical reply.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
"
PEaE PEI 9ElyS
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BY His Saving Grace.

Who can save us from the power of
sin? He who wins us from the love of
1t. The expulsive power of a new af-
fection," it is we'll stated, sis the only
thing that can supplant an old affec-
ton, and therefore the only thing that
can lessen its hold on us. If you want
to be saved from the power Of false
hood. you must love truth if you would
he free from the passion of selfshness,
you must love God, and through loving
Him, come to love others around you ;
If you would be strong on behalf Of all
that God loves, you must set your affec-
lions on the things that are above, and
not on the things that are on earth"
Many think that they can overcome
the power and grip of evil on them by
great effort. NeverI But if once we
are safely held by the fear Of God, by
the love Of Christ, then the old slavery
is gone, the chains and shackles fall
off of themselves, and we walk forth
out of our prison house free, in the
liberty wherewith Christ hath made us
free
Therefore pray we, sour Father,
which art in heaven, deliver us from
evil emancipate us by Thy all-power-
ful grace and love from the ache and
WEAKNESS, the struggle and the stress,
OF this ever-present enemy of mankind
this clinging misery that weakens our
will, and steals our love from Thee.
We cannot do it for ourselves, but Thou
canst do it for us, and in us. For thine
is the kingdom and the power and the
glory, for ever and ever Amen i"-
Rev. J. G. Greenhough.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
the value of arch-shaped talismans

the value Of arch-shaped talismans
such as horseshoes are.
The stolid and unimaginative Russian
peasant, on the other hand, maintains
that the luck associated with the horse
shoe is due chiefly to the metal, ire
spective Of it's shape, iron being ira
ditionally charm wherewith to nulllfy
the malevolent designs of evil spirits
and COLLINS.
Very different is the story which the
Irishman seeks to account for his lik-
ing for the same talismanic symbol.
The name "Ironclad" or Ireland" he
will tell you, originated as follows
The whole island was once submerged
in the sea, out Of which it only rose
once in seven years, and then only for
short time. Many attempts had been
made to break the spell and induce the
country to remain permanently above
the waters, but all were in vain until
one day a daring adventurer threw a
horseshoe from a boat on the topmost
peak of Wicklow Mountains just as
they were disappearing beneath the
waves. Then at last was the ban re-
moved. The Emerald Isle began forth
with to rise again from the ocean
depths into which it had sunk. And it
has been dry land-more or less-ever
since.
In England, up to comparatively rec
ent times, horseshoes were extensively
used almost everywhere as antiwitch
charms and the custom is not even yet
an extinct one. No witch, it used to be
said, could enter building over the
door of which horseshoe better
still, three horseshoes-had been affix-
ed, prongs downward.
The origin of this particular belief Is
referable to the old legend Of st. Duns-
TAM This versatile English ecclesiastic
was skilled farrier, and one day while
at work in his forge the evil one enter
ed in disguise and requested Dunstan
to shoe his "single hoof" The saint,
although he recognized his malign Gus
toner, acceded, but caused him so much
pain during the operation that Satan
begged him to desist. This Dunstan
did, but only after he had made the
evil one promise that neither he nor
any of the lesser spirits, his servants,
would ever modest the inmates of a
house where a horseshoe was displayed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

and to preserve, give us courage ant
cheer and the quiet mind, and perfect
us in hope and trust through all the
trials we encounter. Bless us, if it may
be, in all our unworthy endeavors, and
fill US with the spirit of charity for all
our fellow men. Help US to show forth
more Of the Christ-love in our daily
living and to grow in the grace and
knowledge Of Him who is the Way, the
Truth and the Life, till we abide in
eternal JOY in the heavenly home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
For Others.

S'FOr others"-what a glorious thought
That we, so crowded on this busy earth,
Can learn this lesson with such blessings
fraught,
Living the only life of real worth
For others.
The cares and tolls that burden and an
noy,
The heart-aches that so keenly. pierce
to-day,
The sorrows that o'ercloud the path of
joy,
are lightened when, forgetting self, we
pray
For others
On let US, then, in kindly sympathy
Be watchful e'er for every chance to
bless;
Following Him who cen on Calvary's
tree
PLEASED not HIMSELF; but suffered on
the cross
For others.
Tins walking in His footsteps day by
day,
Trying to be like Jesus mid the earth
ly strife,
Thou't come in Gods appointed time and
way
To dwell with Him who gave His pre-
cious life
For others.
Rev. G.. NJ. Donohoo.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
The Ananias Story.

Go to church and hear the pastor, In
his pulpit large and wide, tell about
the dead disaster that overwhelmed the
man who lied. 1t was Colonel Ananias,
who in the days long dead and gone,
shocked the neighbors (who were
pious) when he put the truth in pawn.
All, he took the truth and hauled it
through the cinders and the slack, and
he slugged it, and he mauled 1t, and he
split it up the back; so many bears
came up and ate him. at the prophets
stern command, and the generations
hate him as they march adown the
land. He was cast into furnace that
was full of coal and wood, and he NUT
tered. This will learn us" (for his
grammar wasn't good.) In the Red
seas depths he wallowed, with his
chariots and men, till whale came Up
and swallowed him, and he felt seedy
then. Let us therefore shun the fable
and the foolish, futile lie; do the best
that we are able, camp in heaven by
and by.-Emporia Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
Rent and Living High In Orient.

Residences rent in Shanghai for $50
to $75 gold per month in Tientsin for
$40 to $50 Prices formerly averag ed
$40. Servants, Sc to SO gold per
month formerly $3.50 to So cooks,
So to $3.50 formerly $3.50 to So. In
other places in Shantung province the
wages are 100 to 80 per cent higher.
In Calcutta beef has gone up 3312
and mutton 100 per cent, owing to the
price of grain. Flour has advanced %,
butter %, eggs 10, vegetables %, coal
and coke %, and milk 20 per cent.
Rents have advanced from % to 80 per
cent, and in consequence persons on sal
aries find themselves unable to save
any part Of their wages unless it be
large one, and then only by the strict
est economy. The prices Of rice, paddy,
and food grains have advanced on an
average of 30 per cent in the last two
years, and the poorer classes find it
hard to make their small incomes meet
their actual necessities. Those who
find employment In the mills, factories,
and on the railways are better off than
any other class of labOrers.-Consular
and Trade Reports.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
Compensation.

What do you think of spelling re-
form?"
well" answered the Old-fashiOned
citizen, sit puts something of a damper
on the spelling school, but it will pro-
vide new subject for the debating So
ciety."-Washingt Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee
for Thy kind and loving care over the
children Of mon. Thou art satisfying
portion to every needy soul; with Thee
is peace for every troubled heart and
comfort for every affection Of earth.
Give us grace and strength to forbear
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
All Pretty.

A rash paper announced for its col
umns forthcoming story, entitled
'aThe Prettiest Girl In the Town"
A hundred young ladies Immediately
sent post cards warning the editor not
to use their real names.-London
CInhn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
An Iron TIP.

Teacher-JOhnny, can you tell me
how iron was first discovered?
Johnny-Yes, sir.
well, just tell the class what your
information is on that point"
81 heart pa say yesterday that they
smelt it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

A railway man says the block sys-
tenn is a signal success.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

After a man dies he is soon forgot
ten-unless his nane continues TO
adorn a page in the undertakers
ledger.