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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15
NOT A VISITATION
Of the Wrath Of God Was the San
Francisco Earthquake.

(Western Christian Advocated
We can hardly understand how, in
this day, any one can seriously charge
the San Francisco calamity to God as
His method of Furnishing disobedient
children; and yet we have seen this
view positively asserted in different
publications. Some have even gone
so far in their attempt to explain away
some difficult phases of this veiw as
to assert that the good who were de-
stroyed at the time were martyrs.
This, of course, is comforting to
friends who are left, but hardly ac-
counts for the innocent and profitable
fulness,
That there is a mystery in the awful
visitation, it is agreed. That is why
it is charged to the Creator We are
unable to account for the earthquake.
Scientists and cranks have advanced a
dozen theories from spots on the sun
to the cooling of the earth's crust.
Then comes the moralist who lays all
that has gone before on the table by
declaring that Providence was the
author-mystery and Providence being
to such identical
If train leaves the track, killing a
score of passengers, we do not hest
tate to declare is was due to a broken
rail. The cause is apparent no mys-
terry attends the fatal accident. We
do not credit God with every railway
accident. If building collapses, let
ting scores down to death in the
debris, we are quick to discover the
foundation was weak or the cross tim
bers inadequate. An investigation is
instituted and the dishonest builder
is punished
But when the earth apparently
breaks a flange or falls down two or
three stories with fatal effect we can
not, for the life of us, see just how it
was done. If we could just get a
peep at the earth's interior we might |
make sure, but this is not to be
granted, and a long process of seismi- |
cal investigation covering centuries |
must be endured ere we may hope to |
get at the seat Of the trouble; and |
when we do we will doubtless discover
that that particular section of the
earth's surface was shaken because it
was physically unable to stand the
strain. If San Francisco and Oakland
had changed places the week before
we would be speaking of the Oakland
disaster.
1t is a serious matter, this, of put
ting the seal of Providence on this and
that catastrophe, and declaring it due
to the wrath of God For ourselves,
we would fear to assume the role OF
cataloguer; we might tangle matters
And then, in this day, the idea of
God and His government is becoming
so big and the reality of His moral
rule so strong, that to charge such an
awful breakup, when saloon and
church went down together, and wo-
men and babes were destroyed in an
instant, to direct and conscious act
Of God is hardly compatible with our
present and charging conception of :
God as loving Father. {,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15
Times. Sir

The Chicago man who earns $1S
week and has been ordered by court
to pay ST to his family ought to feel
thankful that he is still able to sub
scribe for a newspaper.-Kansas City
Star.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15
HON. THOS. B.
COLLIER
FATALLY STABBED IN AN Aztec
CATION AT MEMPHIS.

Special to the Herald.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 11.-ron
Thos B. Collier, representatiya in .,.
last Legislature from Shelby count.
was stabbed in Memphis this morrtr.
by a real estate man with whom ra
had an alteration. He his thapgr.
to be fatally hurt.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15

Did Fairbanks Say Same Here7r
Woodrow Wilson says he dcasnt
take his Presidential boom serionsJr
Minneapolis Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15

Anarchist Tried To Make II XIII.
King Alfonso must arrange to get
rid of that suff1x XIII, if he doesn't
want bombs thrown at him.-Kansas
City Times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15

Parties have changed, politics have
changed, public opinion has changed
but Bryan has not changed either in
the fundamental lines of his political
policy or in his loyalty to what he he.
lieves to be Chicago Post
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15

The Hon. David r. Francis might
have made very different speech to
the Jefferson City convention and still
have impressed his auditors with the
sincerity of his zeal for Mr.. Bryan
But is an old story that one who
seeks to reunite and ingratiate himself
with those he has deserted is the
most extreme in his protestations of
newborn fealty.-Kansas City Star
and Times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15

If William Randolph Hearst pro.
poses to corral the Democratic Nation.
al Convention of 1908 he had better
get into the game. His distinguished
competitor, William Jennings Bryan,
is getting all the bouquets which are
being thrown these days. Democratic
conventions in all parts of the ccant'y
are indorsing him for denomination
and on Thursday of this week Indiana
promises to furnish the most signi.
ficant expression of the preconvention
campaign in favor of the Nebraskan.
-Des Moines Capital.
4
Neither Francis or Folk said any
thing about Hearst. But their allu.
sions to conservatism past and pres.
ent were sufficiently significant. The
tenor of their speeches furnishes a
striking proof of the swift descent of
the Democratic party into the mire
of socialism and of the lapse of such
men as Francis from sound political
faith
Such men low follow Bryan as a
dreading as yet the low
er depth of socialism where Hearst
finds a formidable Democratic follow
ing.
The true conservative Democrats
have not fallen to the Bryan plane
They are still a host, and by 1908 they
will see plainly enough that there is
but one political home for them and
that it is not in the Democratic bar
Chronicle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15

Even at this early stage of the game
Mr.. Bryan ought to make up his mind
that if he fails to get his party out of
the woods this time he need never
again apply for the job.-Washington
Post
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
TOPIC: "a LITTLE TOO MUCH

wv much is enough, anyway That was the
important question and very pressing
one, too, in Juniordom on the day after
Thanksgiving, Christmas and other days
of feasting. Ever so many small people
saw thru their tears,-and groans, what an
important question they had left unde-
cided and as they were altogether too mis-
cradle and out Of spirits to try to settle it,
: they. simply left it in the air where it is
to this day propped up by their :resolu-
lions never to take so much of so MANY
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
PUZZLE PICTURE.
Why does the reindeer smile?
THE WEEKS ROLL OF HONOR
CONTINUED on Sixth Page

MINNEAPOLIS PRIZE WINNERS.
Ellen Jones' A Eighth Grade, School,
Avenue
Lillian Barton Fifth Grade Margaret School,
Dupont Avenue s. ..-.s.- -, - g.
HONORABLE MENTION. s|
Roy Mcchesney Eighth Grade. Garfield School,
land Avenue. s-sz-: -. ~. 4 $50 : ::
Donald Moorhead Eighth Grade School, 31o9
Park Avenue. "a 1=.-..-- x
Ulmont Erase Grade School,
Avenue
Frederick Natus Grade, School,
Street Me- zs.ss .Es's~-.-s.
Petersen Grade School, 1910 Lyndale
Avenue N t.&z>=. ..... .@-,s@E
NORTHWESTERN PRIZE WINNERS.
Katherine Hnderman, Seventh Grade, Fairfax MINI.
Elizabeth Nelson Sixth Grade, Lake Park MINI.
HONORABLE MENTION.
Griffith, Fifth Grade, Washington School, Cloud
Clara Hogan, A Sixth Grade East Grand Forks, Mimi
Earl Marston, Seventh Grade, Adrian, MINI.
Arthur Wasgart Seventh Grade Winnebago City, Mimi
HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT.
Bessie q. Strache, Tenth Grade, Howard Lake, MINI.
Roy Thomson, Ninth Grade, Pembina N. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16

they wanted very much or some
place that they had set their
hearts on reaching, and anything
else that came up in the mean
time had to be content with a
very passing interest. IF the
way to that great want" was
unexpectedly rugged and slow to
travel, it seemed to make very
little difference. There were
many signs, some patience and
more Impotence; possibly a few
angry tears, and if-the most i'm
movable rock Of all,-the emo"
Of some grown-up in authority
was in the way, much persistent
eoaxing followed: Nevertheless,
Juniors generally succeeded in
getting there and all the sorrows
and semi-sorrows of the going
were wiped out in one wide smile
Of satisfaction. ,*
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
A NIPPING WIND
New Skates Tried Before Christ.
mas Breakfast.
(PrizaN

(Prize.)
T WAS Christmas morning
and I went bounding down
stairs into the room where the
presents were heaped around the
tree: The first thing I saw among
my lot was a long narrow box.
I wondered for a minute what
it could be, but before Ishad any.
thing pictured in my mind I
had the box open and there was
a pair of bright shining skates!
I tried them on and they were
an exact fit. I did not care for
breakfast, that morning and don
ming my wraps I ran out to: a
little pond near the house where
I could be all to myself and
where no one could witness the
tumbles I took. I could not
stand on my skates and it was
very cold. The. wind fairly blew
thru my clothes and, altogether,
it was not as much fun as I had
expected. My toes soon began
to grow cold but I determined to
learn to skate. Several times I
fell and bumped my head till I
saw stars. But was learning
with every stroke I took. At
last my fingers grew cold and
soon were so numb could not
feel anything. Only then did I
leave the ice. When I reached
home mother said my fingers and
toes were frozen just because I
had skated a little too much.
katherine Hinderman,
90. Fairfax, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16

tination frantic with fear at the thought that
alone down town after dark. Alighting from the
did not wait to if father at the place of
meeting. thought only of the possibility of my being
able to find the that would take home. Forum
ately had remembered it's name When reached home
mother did not wait to very much comforting but
rushed to the telephone to relieve the fears Of my
ried father = -1...:-'. Lillian Barton,
X A Fifth Grade, - 1896 Dupont Avenue S.
Margaret Fuller School. :. .-.:-7.: s-a~.@'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
Seventh Grade.
A MOST SOCIAL BIDDY.
A Brave Hen Who Thought the Kitchen Made Very
- :.--. Good Foraging Ground. ~.
(Prize.)

(Prize.) - =
" HEN visiting my aunt and uncle in the
W country summer very much troubled
by hen which they had and which not afraid Of
anything except hawk. One morning when went down
late to breakfast found in the kitchen but that
hen chased her out possible and sat down
to breakfast In little while felt something peck my
leg and surprised the hen. chased her out
again, but when she thought was there she
turned I that if had her she would
have helped herself to the breakfast which considered
ga little too much' for hen to do.
Sixth Grade. O. Elizabeth Nelson,
Lake Park, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
IF HE HAD LEFT THE CHICKS ALONE.
(High School Credit.)

-
Just think" said Bobby Carroll to his friend Tommy
IN going to spend all my vacation at grand.
ma 3 in the country Don't you fellows wish you were
metz Tommy opened his eyes. To have grandma and
who lived in the country too was thing undreamed
Of by him. But he told Bobby he glad and hoped
was out, Bobby took the train for W where John,
grandmas hired man, met him depot Bobby drove
the horses home trying to look like farmer by putting
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16

nave STATED or swan or run err
rands or stayed up. too late, or
had the little bit extra of the
hundred and one agreeable or
disagreeable things that bob up
every now and then. It really
is quite a serious problem and
any Junior who is very, very
anxious to give his brain good
teasing might set himself to
making up a reliable formula by
which to recognize that elusive
"enough." .:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
TOPIC: '.GETTING THERE"

over their own toes caused a
remarkable number Of laughable mishaps
to Minneapolis Juniors. That is, laugh
able to others. This week only one Junior
tells of laughing at a tumble Of his own
and he fell on all tours in fowery mead
ow after running such gamut Of other
troubles as would make any accident that
was the least comfortable seem quite.
funny. This may sound as tho the papers
were not some Of the most entertaining
: that Juniors have written for some time,
D. There was a sustained interest in, them,
:ked many Of the experiences as real hap
liors fastened their eyes upon something
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
THERE AND BACK
Down Town Even with All It's Lights Was Place Too
&. Fearsome to Tarry In
.Prize.)

(Prize)
66| ETTING THERE. - How much those words mean
% - to One day years ago my father telephoned
me to bring him some papers that he needed before
starting from his Office. He said he would meet to
take the at $780, It unusual for take the
alone and mother forgot to tell that it would be
dark by the time reached town. When was halfway
down, the lights in the turned on; little far
ther The lights appeared in the Of homes
and still farther the lights in all the business houses
turned All this time my heart grew heavier
Would ever them againi When reached nay des-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
"sLIPPITY-BUMP."
(Honorable Mention.)

$3.50 - (HOnOrable Mentl0n) = -.
'SHurry up! You II get there yeti" shouted small
boy he Mr. Jones running down the slippery, icy
sidewalk Plainly that for which Mr. Jones running
needed haste To MI. Jones' grief it showing that
cold November morning, and the dark patches Of ice
which dotted the sidewalk here and there were all
cealed He going at his greatest pace and tho he
was feshy man, that was fairly good rate Of speed
In fact, Mr.. Jones evidently getting there His
goal apparently in sight he sharp corner
for he put sudden burst Of speed and went racing
away faster than But alas! he did not notice
large smooth slide Of ice and hump down his large
~, g. CONTINUED Sixth Page.) .,-'.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16

too that marked many Of the experiences real ha
penings Juniors fastened their eyes upon sometbil
they wanted very much or some !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
HOW THEY WENT

The Contrariness of Things Shows in Full When
! Goals. .=.- ~ r: -. G..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16

the stile and was halfway che meadow mis-
ehievous little colt running toward her and she
fast she could Before she reached the fence the
pulled ii Wei Betty was mueh but
she managed to climb the fence. Presently Betty
met family Of pigs taking their morning walk. The
mother however, did not want any intrusion and she
dug her sharp little hoofs into Bettys toes. Betty
away with hurt feelings well toes and she heaved
sigh of relief when she grandmothers big house
just ahead of her and murmured the sparrow the
fence, I'm SO glad that IN getting there
Eighth Grade, ~. -, - Ellen Jones'
Holmes School, +. TIP Tenth Avenue Sc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
T HE YER MUCH

More Than Plenty Turned the Likes and Dislikes
of Northwestern Juniors Topsy -Turvy in
Wholesale Way. ..... ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
DEF1ED A GOOSE
Beasts Along the Way Were in
s.: Teasing Moods, - = :
(Prize.''

IL ETY. brushed back her two
- little yellow braids Of hair,
while her blue eyes shot a def
ant glance at an old gray goose
that stood quacking in her way.
She thought that he ought to re-
spect her, for she was on the way
to grandma 3 alone, for the first,
time, and was about to brave
the many dangers that lay along
the path. But the old goose did
not seem to respect her one bit,
for he quacked Justify and
tapped his wings at her. This
was more than Betty could
stand, and she ran toward him,
fourishing ). stick and then
laughed ! to see him run away,
frightened. She went sbravely
on her way, but was soon: over
taken by boisterous St. Ber-
nard puppy, which knocked her
down. Betty jumped up quickly
and ran to a fence and rolled
under with the dog at her heels.
Then she walked along the other
side of, the fence until the puppy
ran away. When she had climbed
the stile and was halfway acro
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things again After the of resolutions those
props continually being broken and distressing
puzzle comes tumblng about the of Juniors who
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-10-05
I II e l.. ;;'; Tracy:
PILLAR Of =: Of
Morning" |
LIGHT .,,,; &C.,: !; :: Coo.


change to the norrard"
"What good would Il change of wind
do" inquired F!ne. greatly relieved
himself by the change Of topic.
ut would beat down the sea to some
extent. and then they might be able to
drift Il buoy, with Il rope attached.
close enough to the rock at low tide to
enable us to reach it with a cast of u
graphing iron"
''DO you mean that we could be fer
ried to the steamer by that means"
'That is absolutely out Of the ques-
ton until the weather moderates to Il
far greater extent than l dare hope at
could rig up Il running tackle and OBJ
tain some stores"
rs 1t as bad as oil that!" said the
younger man after q pause.
They looked at each other. The
knowledge that all true men have Of
their kind leaped from eye to eye.
"Quite that bad" answered Brand.
Pyne moistened his lips He produc-
ed case containing two cigars. He
held it out.
Let us go shares in consolation" he
said.
Brand accepted the gift and affected
q livelier mood.
"By lucky chance have an ample
supply of tobacco. 1t will keep the
men quiet" he said. by the way
and he lifted quick glance ut Pyne-
do you know anything about chemis-
Try"
"Well-er-I went through a course
at Yale"
''Can COLA oil be converted into a
food?'
ut contains certain fats" admitted
Pyne, taking dubious stock Of the Ques-
ton.
But the process Of conversion, the
chemical reaction, that Is the difficulty.
"Bisulphide Of carbon is a solvent.
and the fatty acids Of most vegetable
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-10-05
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

SYNOPSIS or IREt EnING CHAPTERS.
CHATTER AT daybreak an assistant keeper
Of the lighthouse. pacing the gallery. discovers
III the distance ship in distress. stephen
brand agrees tv swim 10 il jpor reaching the
ship H. comes an contact with q SHARK, fights
and kills it and soes aboard. H. finds the body
of dead man and strange bundle beneath the
sail. Jone-. The lighthouse keeper, lowers q
basket and hauIs Brand and his strange bundle
rafely up 1.-the bundle cOBtsins a live baby.
of which Jones assumes the care. On a part of
the child's clothing are the initials f. t.
The little one l. placed in care of the nurse who
has charge OF stephen Brands child in Pen
zance. They call the child Enid Trevillion. iii
Eighteen years later Constance Brand, daugh-
ter of stephen Brand and her adopted sitter.
Enid TrevIlion. go To The lighthouse with an
old fisherman. Fen Pollard, In q sailboat named
Daisy. They are caught in storm. during
he rock. They reach the lighthouse in safety
and find that two of the men. Jackson and Bates,
have been hurt. Brand sends the men back with
Rem. IV-Jackson and Bates are lowered into
the boat, and Pollard starts for Penzance. The
Daisy is met by Lieutenant StanhOpe, who is
devotedly in love with Enid. He has started
out for the light house In answer to the signal
for help. On meeting the Daisy he turns back
to assist with the injured men. E-From n
lighthouse window Enid spies boat approach
Ing the rock. II is the Lapwing, owned by a
man named Lawton. Brand discovers that it 10
sailed by StanhOpe. He signals for them not to
land. and StanhOpe retnrns to Penzance. The
giris spend the night at the rock Nl-During
The night furiou. storm renders sleep impos
sible. Al dawn from the lighthouse gallery
Brand makes out ship in great distress. VII
Charles A. Pyne, a young man on board, throws
. rope from the foremost 10 Brand. and by
means of pulley seventy eli ht people are saved
before the ship sinks. VIif-Mrs. vansittart,
Pyne's aunt, is strangely m owed at sight Of Con-
stance. IN-Mrs. Vansittart inquiries about
Stephen Brand and his daughter and seeks to
meet Brand, but fails. X-SfanhOpe in the Fall
con approaches the lighthouse at daybreak in an
effort to rescue Enid and Const ance, but is un-
able to land on account of high seas. Brand
signals news Of the disaster. Constance and
Pyne become well acquainted.
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only three instances were husband and
wife both saved. The awful scene in
the saloon accounted for this seeming
discrepancy. DaZed men and senseless
women were wrenched from each 9th
er's clasp either by the overwhelming
seas OF during the final wild fight for
life at the head Of the companion stair
way a wreck. fire in theater, pay
little heed to the marriage tie.
The third and last meal of the day
was eaten in silence and gloom. All
the spare lamps were diverted to the
kitchen. because Brand, during a fur
Their detailed survey of the stores. made
In company with MIR. Emmett and the
purser discovered that there was an
alarming deficit of fresh water in the
cistern.
In the hurry Of the earlier hours a
serious characterization had been made
in transmitting cubic feet into gallons
1t became an instant necessity to use
every heating appliance at command
and start the distillation Of drinkable
fluid
TO BE CONTINUED.