The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-01-29

in the matter that soon bad feeling
was engendered. 1t spread from the
court and involved the two nations.
1t was not settled without the inter-
vention of the great Duke of Marl-
borough and his brilliant campaigns.
| One of the most curious excuses
| for war, as we'll as one of the most
extraordinary of wars, had it's origin
in a little matter that occurred in the
sixteenth century. This war" was
conducted between bankrupt grocer
of Berlin, on the one hand, and the
elector of Saxony, on the other. The
immediate cause was the ARREST OF
| two of the tradesman's horses ir
the electors territory, the grocer
himself being a subject of the. elector
of Brandenburg.
Failing to obtain redress the bel
ligerent grocer adopted what was
then perfectly legal expedient. He
declared war on the realm of Saxony!
The declaration was accepted in due
form and the war began. The grocer
burned farms and even villages, EN-.
ploying, after the fashion of the
times, mercenaries; and he soon
made himself the terror of the dis
trict. He was finally Influenced tc
stop hostilities, the mediator being
no other than Martin Luther, how
ever, he was betrayed into further
acts of hostility, and, captured, was
made to suffer death on the wheel.
An American writer has contended
that the war of 1912 may be traced
to the squeal of a Rhode Island pig.
Opinion as to the advisability of war
with Great Britain was not all unani-
nous. The Democratic party favor
ed it, while the Federalist opposed a
resort to arms. In Rhode Island on
one fateful election day, one luke
warm Federalist postponed going to
the polls until the last moment.
After finishing his chores he mounted
his horse and started to town to ex-
ercise his right of suffrage. Just at
the psychological moment his atten.
ton was arrested by the loud and
distressed squealing of pig, which
had been indiscreet enough to put
it's head between the rails of the
fence surrounding a pasture field an6
was unable to withdraw it. So the
farmer dismounted and tarried long
enough to liberate the unhappy pig
Then he remounted and proceeded to
town, only to find that the polls were
closed and that his chance of voting
had gone.
Now when the votes of that dis"
trict were counted, it was found that
the Democratic candidate for the
State legislature had been elected by
| the narrow margin of one vote. If
the Federalist who had been detained
by the squealing pig had voted theE
in tie the Democratic candidate
would have failed of election to tht
State legislature.
In the legislature there was chosen
a United States senator. He won his
seat without a single vote to spare.
| So, if that one Democratic assembly
men had failed of election, the Demo-
Gratis Of Rhode Island would have
found themselves unahlc 20 send a
Democratic senator to represent them
at Washington.
In the United States senate the
strange chain of circumstances de-
pending upon single vote, reached
it's climax. So evenly was the senate
divided upon the question of war
| with England that the war party car
ried by single vote. The new SEN
ator from Rhode Island voted with
his party for the war, which other.
| wise would not have been declared,
according to this story, or which, al
least, would have been deferred.
Wars have been fought for land,
| for gold, for honor, but, so far as is
i known, but one war has even beer
undertaken for the possession of a
dumb animal-and that mule! This
curious event is assigned the recent
date of 1907. Sonora Irenos Selgada
was exiled from the republic of Mica
| ragua by reason of 'pernicious &C.
tivity against the peace of mind and
tenure of Office of the duly consti-
tuted authorities. He took up his
residence in the neighboring republic
of Hondural, in close proximity to the
international boundary line.
One dark night 35 dashing cavalry
men of the Nicaraguan army crossed
the line and bodily captured Senor
! Selgada's mn191 Thot gentlemen nm