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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
LIGHTHOUSE REPAIR SHOP.
Little Building Where Delicate Ma.
chinery Is Made.


IN the reservation of the lighthouse
department at st. George, Staten
Island. there IS al ugly three story
building of brick that is the depart
ment store" of the lighthouse service
in this country and its foreign p,Sse.
SONS. Practically everything in tie n
ture Of a mechanical device Used IL TIE
service, from the biggest lantern % t!@
smallest order of light, and including
the apparatus for blowing fog signals
and making the lights fash on gas
huoyS. is t:!r2al CIT n this place. al
not only sent to Gil the stations in IT,:
district. which includes Porto Rico, but
also rs far away as Alaska. AMI even
to the Philippines.
The mechanics employed are a? men
OF the highest grade, for the objects
they a:e at work on are too delicate,
IS a rule. to allow oS much machine
labor. and IN addition to this tie GOV
e.:.,neHt has never seen tit 10 spend
SUI: tent money Oh the plant to # t
out vita such machinery. IN strJ!.
through the Work:Con.s one c2n see
men turning out tie delicate b"asswo-k
that keeps the flashlights on gis
buoy going for three months at tine
the curious brass cylinders that make
the vaiiing cry OF Il fog siren, thy
floating stops that serve to keep the
oil from overfowing in the lamps after
the manner of student lamp, and TIC
clockwo"k that keeps revolving lights
turning around hour after hour through
the long nights.
The only thing they don't make in
this department store are the lenses.
which are imported from Paris or Lon
don. These are 'asSenL!ed' in these
shops, however, and one can see Ian
terms Of ell sizes in the course of prep
aration, from the smallest size used in
the service to ones OF the power sufi-
cicnt to so in lighthouses Of the first Or
der. Of course the department has to be
ready for emergencies in the way of
breakdowns of lights, as well as Of
Eghtships, and so they not only keep
two light vessels at the wharf always
ready for instant service, but they also
have in this storehouse an emergency
light that can be put up anywhere. and
fitted to take the place Of any light Of
any description, whether it be fixed or
revolving. red and white or all red
New York Press.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
DUG FROM
GRAVE ALIVE
Staten Island Plumber, Buried
twenty-five Hours, jokes
With Rescuers.
TO CHARGE Boss OVERTIME
"TeIl My Wife," He Says to Firemsn
FranticaIly Working to Exhume
Him, "That III Get 81
an Hour For THIS"

Cheering his wife by the assurance
that every hour he was imprisoned
would be rated as overtime and that
he would get double pay for it, Her
man Fisher, a plumber, sent ripple
Of laughter through the crowd which
stood about a trench in TomDkinsville.
\. Y, watching a band of tlremen
working like beavers to release him
from the avalanche of Quicksand and
clay which had held him prisoner twen-
ty-two hours.
His little note Of humor, coming at a
time when his suffering was supposed
to be intense, inspired his rescuers
with new energy, and sand and dirt
few in all directions.
"Tell her." he said family, "that we
will have plenty Of spare cash next
week. You know this is overtime, and
I get 50 an hour for it,
His wife and father, who had nerv-
ously watched the work Of rescue all
night, smiled through their tears at
this sally, and Fisher himself joined
in the general laugh. At this time the
sand and clay, which at the first en-
tirely covered him, had been removed
as far down as his knees, but his left
foot was tightly wedged between two
stones, and it was with great difficulty
that it was loosened 4 rope was then
lowered to him. and be feebly put it
over his head and made 1t fast beneath
his arms. A dozen fremen then pulled
gently on the rope and slowly lifted
Fisher to the surface.
Fisher was employed by William j.
Barry, a plumber, to tap the sewer and
make a connection with the house of
Mrs J. Walsh.
Although cautioned by the contractor
not to 60 into the trench before snoring
up the sides, Fisher and two assistants
descended into the trench, which was
about twenty-six feet below the street
level. A heavy watering cart passing
near the trench loosened the earth,
tumbling It In on top Of the three men.
All but Fisher escaped and as be was
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

THEY had TO DIG WITH THEIR Hands
down In the sewer he was buried to
the top of his head. An alarm was turn
ed In from q nearby fire alarm box, and
two fire companies were soon on the
scene.
The fremen worked in three shff1'
one relieving the other every half hour.
A belt was finally placed under Fish
er's arms and made fast to a block
and fall above, but when an attempt
was made to pull the man out the sides
Of the trench again caved In, and be
fore anything further could be done II
was necessary to send for long planks
to shore up the four sides Of the trench.
When night came powerful search
lights were sent for, and the railroad
supplied several arc lights, which were
lowered into the trench.
The hole In which Fisher was 1m-
prisoned was less than three feet IN
circumference, which made It impossi.
BILE to use pick, shovel or spade Gar
den trowels were obtained from near
by florist, and these had to be aban'
doned eventually, the space not allow
ing Of their use. The iremen then had
to dig with their hands.
Father Keegan Of the Church Of Our
Lady of Good Counsel, near by, went
into the trench and talked with the
man, but was unable to do anything
for him because of his position An
ambulance surgeon from the Smith in
firmary also went down and admin
istered stimulants at intervals.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
THE EXODUS WENT FORWARD MERRILY.

They did not take the main streets.
They slunk through narrow alleys and
through vacant lots. They entered at
the back doors and emerged later
sneering at the predictions Of Brer
Jones.
Fearing catastrophe such as the
one that came ON Sodom and Gomor-
rah, hundreds of persons left the city
to escape ''the wrath to come" For
two days clouds had lowered over hill
and dale, and those who had listened
to the exhortations Of Brer Jones, the
negro evangelist had begun to sniff
birthstone.
The words Of the negro prophet then
required to them: "An' on de thu'd
day, breth'n, de clouds will hoveh in
de sky. An de watahs OBJ de lake Will
rise up. -Dey will visit dis heah city
wifi destruction, an de watahs will
close up aroun' us like a mighty wall"
And hearing these things the bonds
man and freeman hid themselves In
the dens and In the rocks Of the noun
tatns. But they came back, rejoiced at
not auding the town buried fifty faith
oms deep under the waters Of the lake.
The exodus was unprecedented Ho-
tells were1eft without negro employees.
Servant girls took day off, wrapping
their possessions in sheets and hand
kerchiefs. Bachelor girls took their
canary birds and cats. The banks
sent acquisitions for more money. De-
positors made haste to draw out saw
tnes accounts regardless Of the reas-
surances Of the cashiers.
In the railroad yards extra cars had
been sidetracked to be pressed Into
service when the exodus began. The
demand for tickets to the high places
nearly swamped the local passenger
agents. Bookings on the little excur-
sion boats that ply on Lakes Mendoza
and Monona were eagerly bought up.
If the foods were coming the people
believed safety would lie in ships.
The telephone company was besieg-
ed with calls to wake me as soon as
the food comes" Night watchmen
and policemen were given similar in
sructfuns, and those who were cour-
ageous enough to go to bed slept with
their boots on and with one eye on the
alarm clock.
By early morning the evacuation OF
the town was going forward merrily.
Those who had automobiles took the
highroads. Vehicles Of all kinds were
Impressed into service. Family belong.
ings were removed in wheeIbarrows
and gocarts.
The day passed without incident
The vanguard Of the home comers be-
gan to arrive during the wee sma'
hours. They tried to sneak home in
the dark. Now they are smiling sheep
ishly and hereafter will place no ere
dence In the professors prophecies.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
Teunyson's Gru6ness.

Apropos Of Tennyson's gruffness Is a
story repeated by the London Chroni-
Gle. Tennyson, in his last days gave
audience to an American, friend OF
Longfellow and Lowell, who came
armed with credentials. 81 hope you
don't write," was the cautious old po-
cts first remark. "No, my lord, and I
don't talkw was the swift reply. This
response set Tennyson at his ease, and
he at least "talked," to his guests vast
cOntentment.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
Left Fortune to His Horse.

A farmer near Toulouse recently
died, leaving a curious will. The docu-
ment was written on the cuff Of a
shirt and ran, "I hereby appoint as
my sole heir my red horse, and wish
him to become the property Of my
nephew Jules" The nephew and 9th
er relatives brought an action to upset
this will, but the court decided that
the farmer was in his right mind and
that the nephew, as keeper Of the
horse, was to have a life interest in
the property.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
Residents Of Wisconsin Capital
Fled From the Wrath
to Come.
NEGRO PREDICTED FL00J
Extra Trains Crowded With Refugees
Who Believed professors" Pr0ph-
ecy-They Came Back Later
With Sheepish Grins.

The ''fre and birthstone promised
to Madison, Wis, by 'Professor' Jones
has postponed its dire visitation. Madi-
son still stands. The sparkling lakes
dance in the June sunshine, and the
SQUIRRELS in Capitol park frisk among
the trees.
Like returning sheep, some 1900 ST.
perst:t:ous NIadisonians came bone.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
Flattered Men.

There Is no exaggerated and bare
faced compliment a man will not swal-
low greedily If it be served by a wo-
man. He suspects it from the lips Of
another man, but is so innately con-
vinced that woman, his inferior, is al
ways secretly worshiping him and long
ing for him that he will bolt every
sugared pill she offers.-M. A. P.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

To start the day with wine glass of
SHAW'S MALT gives vigor to carry on
the work; to end it with the same is to
hep nature recuperate. For sale at the
Dispensary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
Four Children and Father DrunB

Four children, drunk, the eldest
eight years old, three Of them stagger-
ing along behind their father, while
the intoxicated man carried the young
est child, a babe Of three years, was
the sight presented to residents or
Germantown, Pa, the other day.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

Our farmers in this neighborhood pre-
fer ten cents cotton to thirty cents poll
tics. 1t is our wish that the former may
be obtained as easily as the latter.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

Charleston is beginning to decently
pave King Street. We hope that this
means the beginning of the paving to a
brighter future for our old "bottry"
friend.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
Thursday, July 26, 1906

The 'old man" is still away and every
body works but "the boys"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23

is that the food supply will run out.
Every grocery store in San Francisco
has been taken by the authorities
and each family is being sold only one
article at time. In many places the
police and military prohibit over
charging. General Funston an
nounced yesterday morning that ra-
tions would soon reach the city and
the people will be supplied from the
Presidio. Bakeries have already
been built within the reservation and
the bread supply therefore has not
failed completely. The government
also has begun to aid in the progress
of the people out of the city to Oak
ley, Berkeley and Alameda. Tug
boats and steamers are being pressed
into service for this purpose, and
there is a vast army on the way to the
ferries.
From the water front the burned
city can be seen in all it's smoky max
edness. From the Pacific mail dock
to Vallejo street, on the west side,
two miles, wreckage and ruin is the
rule Although the fire did not jump
East street. the damage has been
enormous. The filledEn land facing
the ferry building is a succession of
little valleys, some four and others
six feet deep. The ferry tower itself
is out of plumb and the biggest build
ing badly twisted by the earthquake.
Looking up Market street the city
is a smoulderlng mass of ruins.
Great manufactures, mercantile
houses, banks and railroad Office
buildings are nowhere to be seen, and
only in spots is there so much as the
tower, the monument of the burned
structure.
The authorities are doing an in
their power to remove the bodies in
order that pestilence may be prevent
ed 1T has been necessary repeated
ly to move the injured from the
places where they had sought refuge,
for the fire kept increasing with
alarming rapidity. Water is the in-
cessant cry of fireLlen and people
one wants 1t to fight, the other to
drink-but there is only scant
drinking supply,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23
F|RE-STR|PPED
REFUGEES IN
OAKLAND STREETS

Oakland, Cal, April 20.-The largest
suburb of San Francisco last night
housed and ted probably $4,000 refu-
gees of the fire-stricken city across
the bay. All day a stream of human
ity poured from the ferries, every
one carrying some sort of personal
baggage and other articles saved from
the conflagration Thousands of Chi
nese, men, women and children, carry
ing luggage to the limit of their
strength and fleeing from their quar-
tiers that have long been one of the
show places for San Francisco visit
ors, mingled with the crowds and
poured into the limited Chinese sec
ton of Oakland.
Every train from San Francisco
brings hundreds of refugees carrying
luggage and bedding IN large quaint
ties. Many Of the women are bare
headed and all show fatigue as the
result of sleeplessness and exposure
to the chill air of Wednesday night.
Hundreds of these people line the
streets in the heart of the town, wait
ing for something to turn up or. some
one to come along to provide them
with shelter Restaurant prices have
% to 100 per cent.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23
Mint win Be Destroyed.

Oakland. April LIT is reported
that the mint in San Francisco is
ablaze and from outside indications it
will he impossible to save it. Fire
surrounds it on every hand.
Practically the whole district south
of Market street and the water front
of the whole front to the mission
has been swept clean by flames.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23
Los ANGELES
SHAKES BUT
STANDS SHOCK

Los Angeles, Cal, April 20.-At
1898 yesterday afternoon Los An
geles experienced a distinct earth
quake shock of short duration. Alb
solutely no damage was done, but the
people were badly frightened. Occu-
pants of office buildings ran into the
streets, some hatless. Many stores
were deserted in like manner by Gus
toners and clerks. The shock, how
ever, passed off in few minutes and
most of those who had fed street
ward returned presently.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23
Best Efforts Avail Nothing.
Supervisors Vote Money.

Bloomington, ILL.,, April ia relief
fund for the San Francisco earth
quake sufferers was started yesterday
by the board of supervisors, who
voted 5000 for that purpose.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23

There is only one danger, and tina
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23
Dewey Monument Leans.

In Union Square park, where a
number of homeless are now being
given temporary shelter, the mighty
Dewey monument has been shifted
from its base. 1t now stands lean
ing at an angle of ten degrees There
is danger of the immense stone struc
tire falling
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23
Like the Burning of Rome.

Though the flames surged about
the Merchants Exchange like a sea
of fire. the steel giant resisted them.
The Western Union building, how
ever. fell a victim TO the fiery attack.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23
h Ravaged by
aneS And People
Flee
Of Dead
Taken From The
Ruins

lalali, Cal, April 19,-Earth-
|a and fire yesterday caused the
best calamity California has ever
IR In San Francisco alone it is
mated that LOCO persons persisted,
/ as many more were injured.
entire business portion Of the
in ruins, and flames which,
|! 70 lack Of water, cannot be
id except by blowing up with
anle Of buildings in their path,
SA sweeping through the city. 1t
ai! impossible at present to es-
iAe property loss. Thousands
VIE are homeless and many are
in the parks and public
g beside the household goods
we able to save. The city is
-a,laI law, and all downtown
ae patrolled by cavalry and
y Details of troops are also
y. ,ae banks. Most OF the prin-
.-.l-lgS have been DESTROYED
are in imminent danger.
al this scene of desolation
4 dense pail Of smoke.
University Wrecked.
~-l.cation with outside towns
entirely cut off. but a re-
-'S rom Palo Alto that all
,ne buildings of Stanford
we're wrecked, and that the
memorial church, one of the
-e world, is a mass of ruins.
a3ot was killed.
y People Killed in Oakland.
= 1'1a five persons we're killed.
!, Sacramento, Berkeley, AL
s. 'aa Other places heard from
n. .'e'eIy, but they report no
/ " Warning of Shocks.
-. @saat1l earthquake shock
,.s .os, warning at precisely at
rrrr @'! morning, It's motion
y 'eIns from east to west.
! T.. 'pAeaval Of the earth was
,-' III a few seconds it in
ssr = Intensity Chimneys be-
d, =, ana VI buildings to crack,
; '1 Their foundations.
.'''.' Crushed to Death.
i. %oame panic stricken and
~. ,le streets. most of them
b. attire. They were met
S s, ., falling Buildings, bricks,
s @ walls. Many we're in.
-sd to death and others
,. tangled, Those who re-
o''S generally ESCAPED
ss. mes though scores were
|as.5 plaster and articles
3 ~. IooFS by the shock. 1t
ID, more or less loss was
'"''F every family in
- aa..aings Stand Strain
s,.. ''-le structures stood
a.~ ,es than brick buildings.
's4ns badly damaged.
s n a,.. AonaunOck office
+ Is p ..'Se Of construction adj
is alaee hotel, was an ex-
asss wall collapsing and
S,ns oeing made across its
r.- docks and freight sheds
ss ss. front slid into the
soons SuIeS opened in the
near the shore and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23

San francisco, April 1910 p. m.
1t looks now as if the entire city will
be burned. The Associated Press men
are trying to get matter to Oakland
by boat, but are very uncertain. The
eovernmen is furnishing tugs, but
the confusion is SO great that they
cannot be relied upon. 1t will be i'm
possible to send full details for sew
oral davis
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23
Santa Rosa Ruined; 800 Killed.

Sacramento, April 19.-Dr. Stonex,
superintendent Of the Napa state nos
pital. telephones the governors Office
that an automobile arrived there with
news that Santa Rosa was ruined and
between 200 and 800 people killed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-23
Dead Estimated at $500.

Los Angeles, April ia dispatch
from Oakland says the fire is gaining
in San Francisco and is beyond con
troll. The entire city is in danger. An
extra issued here at $50 said the
estimates of the dead were then $500,
and that Fire Chief Sullivan was
fatally injured by falling walls. It
was stated that the Postal Telegraph
building and Palace hotel were burn
ing
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-30
Farming and the Public Schools.

The announcement OF the opening
next month of the agricultural high
school at Calvert, Md, Of which Prof.
H. O. Sampson, Of the United States
of agriculture will be the
head, draws attention to the extent TO
which the claims of agriculture are
coming 10 be recognized IN the public
schools of the country. Everybody
knows more or less Ofthe support given
by the government TO the agricultu-
RAJ experiment stations in the various
States and territories; what is less
widely known is that the department
Of agricultural is continually endeav-
Oring to introduce practical and help
ful courses IN agriculture into the pub
lie school curriculum.
I'm Wisconsin. which has three agri-
cultural schools: well supported by
state appropriation, each public school
i'm the country districts is required to
give a course in subjects having a prac-
teal relation 10 farming. Agriculture
is also taught in the normal schools, as
II is in New York. Each congress dis
district of Georgia appropriates $1,000
annually for the teaching ofagriculture
i'm the schools. and courses are PIE
scribed in those Of Kansas, North and
South Dakota, Montana and Colorado.
Mr.. J. J. Hills somewhat sensational
forecasts of the strain 10 be put upon
the agricultural resources Of the cOun-
try within the next generation should,
and probably will, make 1t easier for
Secretary Wilson and his cO-laborers
to impress upon educators the need
of systematic agricultural instruction
among public school students in farm
ing communities.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-30

was all but destroy eddy New England
and the North, will reap the harvest
The South has learned much, but she
still has something 10 learn. She long
ago learned To look a Northern gift
horse i'm the mouth. especially It a ne
GRO is riding the horse. IL is only
proper that that the abolitionist, with
his ideas and ideals of social and po-
ntical equality and the rights of man,
should have the opportunity TO show
the world how easily it all can he
done. The south, be il said TO her
everlasting praise and honor, has re-
fused i'm her poverty and weakness To
he bribed OF bulldo1ed To accept these
ideas and ideals. In her days oil pros
perity and strength She certainly VIII
moi Weld. She is more than ready To
turn the negro over TO the North
She very rightly thinks that as the
North has the solution wherewith To
transform the negro, it should also
have the negro 80 as 20 give him the
solution at first hand. When that
dav comes. tine first turn in the lame
will be reached.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-30
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