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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
College Girls Tempt Burglars.


So strong is the confidence among
college girls that their fellow students
or servants have no idea Of robbing
them that they can't be prevailed upon
to put money and jewels under lock
and key. They leave diamond rings
and pins blazing on dressing tables,
while pocketbooks and loose bills peep
invitingly from bureau drawers If a
trinket vanishes as by magic, its own
er seldom feels worried-that is, not
for day Of two-for she argues that
one or another of her friends has just
dropped in and borrowed it. Often
a girl will miss an evening coat, scarfs
and gloves and make no attempt to
find them until she wants to wear
them, and not infrequently at the end
Of this search she will find her missing
rainment almost worn out. This,
however, is considered the limit Of bad
manners, and generally the attire is
restored to it's original owner in fair
ly good condition. Room doors are
usually unlocked, and as the entrance
door Of the dormitory is always un-
locked there is nothing to prevent
woman burglar from ransacking a
dozen or so rooms in a brief period.
She will find rings slipped over hat
pins stuck in pin cushions, watches
ticking comfortably in pin trays, neck
laces dropped over perfume bottles,
and, in fact, everything arranged to
tempt the enterprising looter.-New
York Press.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
lNsuREs AGAINST HAlLsToRMs
How the Kansas Wheat Grower Pro
tects Himself From Loss.

How the Kansas Wheat Grover Pro
tects Himself From Loss.
"Hailstorms have destroyed more
wheat in Kansas In the last ten Year,
than all the grasshoppers and chincn'
bugs since the state was organized,
said a farmer from southern Kansas
whose crop was destroyed by recent
storm in that section.
Last year one hadlstorm In the
northern part Of Sumner county anu
the southern part Of SedgW1ck swept
an area thirty miles long by two miles
wide. About $4,000 acres, most OF
it in growing wheat that PROMISED 10
Weld twenty-five bushels to the acre.
were destroyed. A half million DOL
lars worth OF wheat was ruined In
that one storm"
The hailstorm was never feared oy
the Kansas farmer until wheat became
a staple crop. Corn will recover from
a hailstorm and make an average
crop, but light fall OF Ice at Ger
tain time will ruin crop OF wheat
May and June are the months OF hall
storms in Kansas.
In France and Spain, where the nall
storms destroy the grape crop, large
cannon have been placed on the nils
above the vineyards. At the ap'
proach Of a hatlstorm explosives are
stot into the cloud, and It's a Delle1
among farmers@aughed at by sc1en'
tihc mem that the storm Is some
times disslpated. The Kansas farmer
doesn't lombard the clouds. He has
found that it pays better to insure
his crops.
Hail insurance companies have been
orranized. The farmer insures MS
wheat crop against hail just as tne
man in the city insures his mouse
AGAINST fire. He places Whatever
7alue on his crop he can afferd to pay
the premium on. Some farmers occa'
s,onally insure so heavily that they
would not object to hailstorm TO
save the expense Of harvesting the
crop.
The first hail insurance companies
we're mutual companies, organized
among the farmers of a county or
district. 1t was soon found that those
csooImpanies we're not safe, because a.
hailstorm usually cleared whole dis
EIef. Then each farmer was COM
oeNed to bear his own loss, for the
mutual company could not pay. East
ern capitalists have formed a num-
her OF hail insurance companies in the
last i've years.
Farmers have belief that hall WILL
follow the same path Tor three con-
secutiye years. So II a haAstorm
destroys crop they insure heavily
for the next two years.-Kansas Cle5
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Oldest Woman In the World.

In a refuge for the aged in Madrid
there is now a woman who has
claims to being the oldest OF her sex
in the world. She is an Andalusian,
and was born in Grenada in 1871. She
has lived in Madrid for 103 years and
has been the mother Of twenty-one
children, all Of whom are dead,
though most of them lived to fairly
old age. There is nothing emaciated
or cadaverous about the old woman.
The skin has a healthy appearance;
there is color in the cheeks, and her
eye is still clear and bright. The
surgeon in charge Of the home thinks
she may still live considerable time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
THE DOCTORS WIFE
Agrees With Him About Food.

A trained nurse says: "In the prac-
tice Of my profession 1 have found so
many points in favor Of Grape-Nuts
food that I unhesitatingly recommend
it to all my patients.
1T is delicate and pleasing to the
palate (an essential in food for the sick,
and can be adapted to all ages, being
softened with milk or cream for babies
or the aged when deficiency Of teeth
renders mashcation impossible. For
fever patients or those on liquid diet l
find Grape-Nuts and albumen water
very nourishing and refreshing. ThJ
recipe is my own idea and is made as
follows: Soak teaspoonful Of Grape
Nuts in a glass Of water for an hour,
strain and serve with the beaten white
OF an egg and a spoonful Of fruit juice
or favoring. This affords great deal
OF nourishment that even the weakest
stomach can assimilate without any
distress.
"My husband is a physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders It
many times for his patients.
:'Personally regard dish OF Grape
Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the
ideal breakfast for anyone-well or
sick" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Greek, Mich.
In any case of stomach trouble, ner'
yous prostration or brain fag, a 10
davs' trial Of Grape-Nuts will work
wonders toward nourishing and re-
building, and in this way ending the
trouble, There's q reason" and trial
proves.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
BOOK. "rhe Road to Wellville."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Fashion Notes.

The newest race and motor wraps
are made of dyed shantung silks.
A novelty material is very fine
reseda mixture with orange pin-stripe
running through it.
While cloth Of the most supple make
and trimmed with Venise or Irish lace
has been adopted for dinner gowns.
There are many new cloths shown
this season, though the plain chiffon
broadcloths are in the vanguard OF
fashion.
Both the water-blue and natural
shantung silk are being utilized for
simple short waists with soft cambria
embroidered turn-down collar and
cuffs.
Some Of the summer white embroid-
cred gowns, inlet with insertions OF
Valenciennes, hounces and medallions,
are veritable works Of art, and costly
withal.
A handmade yoke Of Renaissance
looks soft and fine for a theatre gown,
is thin enough for comfort and is gen.
orally preferred to the low-necked
gown in our smaller American cities.
Lace and silk are used in nearly
fequal proportions this season; for ex-
ample, we may see one gown OF silk
with a lace overdress, and the next
one will be a lace or net gown with
silk Ddrectoire coat.
A novel arrangement of the front
fullness of a bodice is to gather it be-
low a crescert-shaped piece Of con-
trasting material placed just above
the bust line, leaving a wide space at
the middle front quite plain. If OF
lingerie materials, the crescent should
be of embroidery.
Paris has declared that white is
still to be first favorite; and then
with the charming inconsistency fol
which she is famous, has sent over
fascinating muslins, with the color
note contrived by means OF embrold
ery. in true French blue, which shares
honors with the embroidery done h
white, the two being on the same piece
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Too Busy Preaching to Practise.

Not long since a well-known society
woman, the president of a county fed
Grafton Of women's clubs, read a very
Interesting paper on beautifying the
public highways. The clubs proposed
to undertake such work on a road
that ran along the banks Of 9 famous
river. This road is about thirty miles
long, and the women proposed to take
sections, cut down the weeds and pre-
serve everything of attractive nature.
The paper was read at farmers In
stitute, and the reader appealed to
farmers wives to help out in the pro-
ject They we're Urged to take more
pains with their own farm premises,
and some of them were taken to task
for careless conduct Nobody found
any fault with this paper. the farmers
seemed to like it, and they gave the
women substantial encouragement.
But the appeal of the president OF
the women's clubs lost much of it's
effect by after developments. The
home of this woman is on one Of the
most beautiful streets In one OF the
villages of the county, that is famed
for it's natural beauty. This street Is
a part of the thirty-mile roadway
that it was proposed to improve. Af-
ter her paper had been read there was
introduced in the village council a
resolution in which the street superin-
tendent was directed to request the
president Of the women's clubs to
abate an eye-sore that she had been
maintaining for years. She was ac-
customed to cord her stove wood close
to the sidewalk in front OF her resi-
dence. The resolution went through
without a dissenting voice.. l.
Graft in the New York Tribune.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
STRANGE FREAKS OF FORTUNE.
Instances in Which Wealth Was
Quickly Made and Lost.

Nothing in real life is more grim
than the way in which fortune, sought
or unsought, will suddenly smile up
on an individual and then with equal
suddenness withdraw her favors.
Such cases, Of course, are to be seen
by scores at gambling resorts like
Monte Carlo. Quite recently young
Austrian officer won e23,000 at the
table in FIVE days and lost every pen
ny Of it on the sixth.
The vicissitudes of fortune were
never more vividly illustrated, says
London Answers, than by the evil
dence given recently in bankruptcy
case in the Sydney court.
The bankrupt, a mining engineer,
had won and lost no fewer than six
fortunes in his lifetime. Once he
made $1,000 in a single week by buy
ing a mine and selling it again. So
soon as he was paid the money he
went to Wyoming and invested It,
and some three thousand besides, in
purchasing an interest in another-a
copper mine. Before night came the
news that the copper lode had sud-
denly "pinched out" The investors
were beggared.
James Addison Reavis spent more
than 20 years in building up ficti-
tious claim to 12,500,000 acres Of land
in Mexico and Arizona. This enor-
nous territory, which is, roughly
speaking, ten times the size OF DeV-
onshire, was originally granted to
Don Miguel, grandee Of his court,
by Philip V Of Spain, and still belongs
to his heir, If one can be found.
Reavis invented one in the shape
of a beautiful Mexican girl. There Is
no space here to detail the ingenious
forgeries of birth and marriage GER
tificates, the felse miniatures and 9TH
er evidence which this brilliant swim
dler prepared in order to bolster up
the claims Of the girl.
A verdict was given for the girl,
who was by this time Reayis' wife.
Reavis was turning to receive the
congratulations of his friends on his
enormous inheritance when tele-
gram was handed In. It contained
the news that second examination
had proved that the original deed OF
gift to Don Miguel was forgery. The
verdict was revoked, Reavis was tried
and sent to prison for long term.
Maximilian Harshall, wealthy
miser, was found one day in his
wretched room dying and carried to
a hospital. At once he asked that his
adopted daughter might be sent for.
On her arrival he told her that he had
left her all his wealth-over $780,
900. Breath was failing him fast, but
after short pause he began to speak
again, in low, unbroken whispers. He
had not revealed the secret Of where
his bonds or cash were hidden.
Search proved useless and the poor
girl, wealthy for a minute, went back
to work for Is shillings week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
North Country England Custom.

In the north of England, and espe-
cially In Cumberland and Lanca5 5hire,
a large bowl of rum butter Is made
before the birth of a child. It IS
made from brown sugar worked into
as much butter as will absorb 1t and
favored with rum and nutmeg.
The mother of the child is allowed
to partake of this dainty, but its chief
use is for the entertainment Of call
ers. who drink the health of the new
conner and eat biscuits spread with
rum butter.-Food and Cooker.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Ingenious Pickpeckets.

Two English girls were recently ar
rested in Paris while picking pockets
in most ingenious way. One of them
carried a parasol in the handle OF
which was a spring that worked a
pair of nippers concealed in the point
of the ferule. AS she strolled along
with the parasol under her arm she
would cut a watch chain with the nip
pers while the other one would deity
relieve the victim of his watch.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28

The Earl Of Wemyss, who Is eighty
eight years old. solemnly informed the
House OF Lords that Great Britain
had no army and only sixty up-to-date
cannon. On the same day, laughing
" adds Town Topics, the official news
of the surrender Of Turkey was an
nounced, and seriously impaired the
effect Of the eloquent speech of the
noble lord, who was requested 10
take a seat on bench No. %.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28

The horse refuses to go, and his val
ue has advanced. On January 1, 1907,
there were 14,364,000 horses IN this
country. On the first day Of 1906 there
were 1s,71s,o00. In nine years there
has been an increase Of 80 per cent
The gain in the number Of mules has
been great, but not 80 large. In
1897 there were 2,215,0o0. This year,
Notwithstanding the heavy purchases
made by the British government dur
ing the Boer war, there afa 3,4oo,'
900.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
House In a Maple Tree.

A singular maple tree on the lett
bank of the Oder, in Germany, is at
least a century old, and has been
twisted and cut into kind Of circu'
lar house Of two Stories. A firm,
leafy floor has been formed by caas'
ing the branches to become gradually
woven together. Above this IS a
smaller second floor, similarly form
ed. and the ends of the branches have
been woven into solid walls, in which
eight windows on each story have
been cut.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28

for use. Many persons suffer after
eating fruit because of swallowing a
multitude of germs, which always
swarm upon the surface of fruit, and
multiply under the favorable condi-
tions afforded by warmth and mois>
ture.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28

The most primitive toy is the doll.
It dates back to prehistoric times and
is found in every part of the world.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28

time.
Some day-no one can tell When
the strain will again need relief, and
renewed slipping will occur, and with
it renewed shaking of the crust, the
violence of which will depend upon
the amount of slipping. 1t is neces-
sary result of mountain growth. This
instance is but one of many thousands
on record, and from all accounts ar-
rarently not one of the greatest mag
: ritude. It has attracted our attention
because IL happened to be near great
centre of population, and not far away
from habitatiens, as was the case with
the Yakutat Bay earthquake, which
vas. scarcely noticed.
Coming so soon after the eruption of
Vesuvius it is natural to think of as
sociation between the two phenomena.
There is, however, no known geologi-
cal reason for associating the two.
They are too far apart, and on Two
separate zones of earthquake frequer-
CIV. For these reasons they can hard
ly be sympathetic. Biologists will, l
feel confident, agree that the close re-
lation between the eruption Of VesI
yius and the San Francisco earth
quake from the standpoint of time is a
mere coincidence. The shock Is but
one Of many in the history Of Califor'
MIA; it is one out Of many in the grel
Graham guardian., 1906-01-26

''Nu Trouble TO Answer Ceucst1ons.',
Graham guardian., 1906-01-26
Probate Notice

In the Probate Court of the
county of Graham, territory of Ari,
zona
Order to show cause on sale OF
mines or mining interests
In the matter of the estate of
W. G. Warren, deceased.
1t appearing to this court, by
the petition this day presented and
filed by John J. Birdno, the ad.
ministrator of the estate of W. G..
Warren, deceased, praying for an
order of sale Of the mining prop
erty of said estate, and that it is
to the best interests of said estate
that all of said mining property
should be sold.
1t is therefore ordered by the
court that all persons interested
appear before this court on Satur.
day, the Gath day of February,
A. D., 1906, at the hour of ten
o'clock, a. m, of said day, at the
court room of said court, at the
court house at SolomonviIle, county
Of Graham, territory Of Arizona,
to show cause why an order should
not be granted to said administra-
tor to sell all of SAID mining prop
erty,
1t is further ordered that a copy
Of this order be published four
successive weeks in the GRAHAM
GUARDIAN, weekly newspaper of
general circulation printed and
,ablished in said county OF Graham,
Dated January Is, 1906.
Sat p. G.. LITTLE.
Judge of the Probate Court,
Graham guardian., 1906-01-26

go to HI" The decision went,
so did the Mexican.
l went up to the concentrator.
They have big thing there. The
ore train comes in on the slim
guage on a squaw trot. Right over
the mill is trestle so high, that
one day last week when u Mexican
fell over it, he contracted pneu-
monia and died natural death
before he hit the ground.
want to get Mexican woman
as won't have to buy her wash,
board. They all fringe the margin
of the Nacozari every Monday
morning in November and do their
annual washing on bouIders.
Up at FL Globo the clerks put
in all of their extra time tieing up
FIVE. cent packages of salt, flour,
sugar, bacon, coffee and ali of the
staples. They charge fifty cents
for a package of matches, and as
to beans, instead of selling them
by weight, they count them, and
if am not mistaken they cost five
cents Il dozen.
Most of the American colony are
very elegant gentlemen, but some
of them are such galvanized squaw
men that they would be offended
if you should address them in
English.
Night before last | slept as |
never slept before. The instant
dear old Morpheus folded me to
his breast, | breathed the perfume
of oriental altar. | was carried to
those scenes OF inconceivable bliss
and human beatitude OF which only
born poets are entitled to speak.
The wine of France, the music of
the Spanish troubadour, the beauty
of the Greek maiden, were show
cred upon me; yea, was armed
with the winglets Of seraph. All
because voluptuous, palpitating,
pcrfumed sorceress had pillowed
her glorious coiffure on that identi,
cal head pieco the night before.
A straw hat, pair of sandals
and Il blanket, constitute q full
dress suit for the average native of
Nscozari, all topped off with a
l "shore" went wrong in Naco-
sari, or else l have dyspepsia.
After two days stay l was so
afraid l would not get out the next
morning that held my ticket in
NY mouth, and | went down the
hight before and built fire and
lung around it all night for fear |
would miss the train. | was some
what encouraged in this course by
ny landlord, who stated frankly
hat he did not bed down strangers
the baggage or the dinero
n sight. l had two-bit tele
cope, but it evidently felt too
light for him as he said init" with
great big "N".
And "I'lI never go there any
nore."
Graham guardian., 1906-01-26

duction was 134, ,404,l0 ounces; In
1904 it was l6S, S,493,5SS ounces an
increase during the fifteen years of
25 l.3 per cent.
As seen, the percentage of gold
increase during the last fifteen
years has been six times greater
than silver's increase.
If the same ratio in increases
were maintained during the next
fifteen years, or for even shorter
period, it is easy to conceive that
what is meant in the expression
40 to l" will be fully realized.
Graham guardian., 1906-01-26
GOLD HELPING SILVER.

From the Los Angeles M,Hin,
ReUie,c.
The steady and large increase il
the worlds production Of gold il
having an appreclable effect upor
the value Of silver. This is some,
thing that has escaped the atten,
ion of our political economists
The price of silver has made re.
narkable advance during the last
Twelve months, but the advance is
not altogether due to coinage re-
luirements IN this country or else
where. One cause of the advance
; that gold is being produced, pro
portionately, IN greater quantity
ban is silver, and the more gold
here is produced the higher will
be price of silver go.
The value of any staple com.
modify is determined by the
abundance or scarcity Of such COM
modify, there being a standard by
which ITS value is determined. In
be case of silver, its value is deter
mined by gold-tbe worlds stand
ard of value. If the production of
gold increase in a ratio greater
than the production Of silver it is
a self-evident truth that the price
of the scarcer metal will advance.
In other words. and TO illustrate:
Ii gold production increases with.
in u given period $50 per cent. and
silver production increases during
the same period ouly 20 per cent.
il is clear that the purchasing
power of silver will become great.
or. Such are the conditions that
prevail, aud that have prevailed |
during the last fifteen years. That
the production of silver might be
increased, or that the annual sup
ply of gold may fall off are posi-.
bilities that we are not here con
oerned with; we are dealing with
.bings as they are and not as they
might be or may become. Let us
AXE figures of gold and silver
production in 1890 and compare
hem with those of 1904; they will
liagram what we are endeavoring
o make clear:
Iu 1890 the worlds production |
# gold was 6,591 400 ounces; in {
o04 it was l9,703,4l9 ounces, an
Increase during the fifteen years of ,
GA p 6 per cept. /
IN 1890 the worlds atiyUr pro |