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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

entaties We have contbtory territory that make
city great in it's prosperity We have city site upon which
the most beautiful cities America And
with all these possession why should be optimistic
For built the faith of what be- but what
of energy and courage see around us.
as we build profit by the terrific lessons this
disaster should teach We attacked by
fatal in their power than human community had to
face before defeated
blame Earthquake and frecan you engines of
devastating? And yet knew of the imminent danger
from both knowing did nothing protect ourselves from
disaster
The that safe earthquake
fifty with consideration for their
they know nothing about it. There something wrong under
Meath We know how to protect ourselves against it.
Let therefore building guard that
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

place her where she but higher than she
We ask credit for what doing for need
building city that be among the greatest the
States and if energies follow truth the direction
Of hopes and of ambitions this city that rise the
ashes of dead metropolis will be Of the greatest
opportunities tremendous No other people the
world faced splendid prospect. We have
think Of what has happened of what might
been only thought direct actions for what must hap
pen be- We have for faith that moth
ing makes for prosperity has been lost San Francisco Our
buildings destroyed but money with which
and better The current of lives has
been interrupted but the interruption only casual and
mentary.
When the and the fires of devastation ragged
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

ing for less than they worth They accepted conditions
conditions forced upon them structure that should have
cost $4,000 has been erected for $5000O and has been
the result
Let change this in the rebuilding of San Francisco Let
things what they worth and
power that dollar shall be honestly expended
Let us have too water system that will make general
hagraton mpossbity Such system constructed
and must be again be safe For thirty this
city has deliberately placed itself at the mercy fire. For
thirty have known of danger and have had fears
sened by the actions of dishonest local We have
allowed ourselves to be cheated adequate water SYSTEM
but must do We of the costiest
lessons given to modern civilized community and then
forward in confidence to the building of city that will
be splendid in its beauty and prosperity.
RAPHAEL WE'LL.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

proof against earthquake be erected Such have been built
and let the city have none but them
the building of San Francisco there has been too much Of
graft greed Contractors and capitalists have been dshon
They have built with poor material and about heads
tumbled their crazy akesh of steel and Let
of it. and ancient the earthquake will
not be big enough to rghen babies with almost willing
dishonesty contractor capitalist capital oense
The contractors not alone to blame They have been
placed competition They have been asked to build
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
Text: The New San Francisco
Raphael We'll Gives Reasons for
Faith That Is in Him.
Not the Old Things, but Higher Aims
and Greater Accomplishments.

HE best that business of San may
give to the people of this city at this time must be framed
not IN words but in actions The duty of the not
speech, but deed. Let ALL his way and in
his field do the best that is in him rebuild
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

T>HE Call will publish from time to time articles
under the accompanying title, written by we'll
known merchants of San Francisco, on the upbuild
ing of the city These articles will be prepared by
men who are known for their broad-minded fidelity
to the citys interests and will treat of the lessons of
the past and the aims and needs best suited to the
future. They will be well worth careful reading.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Have Beautiful Hands.

Soft, white hands, with well-shaped
rosy nails, are an attraction not to be
lightly considered.
The hands should be manicured at
least once week, and the time spent
on the task will be found we'll worth
the while. Always dry the hands care
fully, and keep the flesh about the base
of the nails free, so that the half
moons will show. If the hands are
very thin, fatten it by means of mas
sage with a good skin food. A good
preparation for tender hands, which is
both softening and whitening in effect,
Is made of powdered marshmallow root
two ounces, carbonate Of soda two
ounces, with twelve ounces of barley
stirred into it. While doing rough
housework always wear gloves. 1t
may seem a bother, but it repays the
trouble. At night rub the hands with
good cold cream, and slip on old loose
gloves. These are little duties that
take but a few mintues to do, yet if
persisted in regularly and systemati-
cally will result in softness and white
ness of the hands.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
A Valuable Dod.

Mark Twain is immensely popular
with the farmers living around GUAR
~ arm," his summer home near FL
mira, N. Y. He and his neighbors
exchange experiences and both profit
thereby. The genial numorist tells Of
one farmer who purchased a hunting
dog that was highly recommended to
him by a man who did not seem par
ticularly reluctant about parting with
it. When the dog was delivered the
farmer looked it over with consider
able misgivings. 1t seemed shy and
bashful and hardly the animal it was
cracked up to be. Anxious to give it
a trial. however. he took it out shortly
afterwards and, as luck would have
it, ran across a fox. The dog took af-
ter the fox and the two were soon out
of sight, the farmer following as rap
idly as he could. Finally he meet
another farmer who, in response to
his inquiry, stated that they had
passed in his direction. Asked as to
how they were running, the second
farmer replied: "Wall, it was nip and
tuck. but I think the dog was about
three feet ahead."-Lipp1ncott's
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Cow Swallowed a Snake.

Mrs. Carrie Hagen, widow Of La
Crosse, Wis, was until recently the
proud owner of a beautiful COW, the
sale of whose milk contributed largely
to the woman's support. Five or six
weeks ago the animal became Ill, and
Mrs. Hagen was forced to cease SELL
ing milk. Veterinary aid was sum-
moned. The case was puzzling In the
extreme. Then Mrs. Hagen decided
that it was best to have the suffering
bovine killed. In order to satisfy her
curiosity as to what allied the animal
she had it cut open. In the cows
stomach was large reptile. 1t looked
like water snake In its lower Jaw it
had four small teeth. 1t is thought
that the COW, while pastured near
some creek or stream, had swallowed
a young snake, which had grown and
fourished ever since in the poor ami
mails stomach. Mrs. Hagen says the
snake was an inch and a half thick
and fifteen feet long. The assertion is
borne out by Observation-Disclosures
Wisconsin.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
prv FARMING and Irriaation.,

There is nothing inimical to trrigG
ton in the dry-farming movements
Each has a wide field before it. IN
many regions it is probable that g:
combination Of irrigation and drys
farming methods will be found deslrs
able. BY an economical use Of the,
water stored in reservoirs, in accord
ance with dry-farming principles. and
by conserving the rains and SHOWS:
thai fall in the soil as taught by the
advocates OF dry-farming, and draw,
ing upon the irrigating bitches only
to supply the deficiency, 1t Is possible
that irrigation reservoirs may be able
to supply double or treble the acre.
age they can serve by the present
wasteful methods, and that great
stretches Of territory In which the
rainfall is too small to allow the sue.
cessful application Of dry-farning
methods alone may be covered with
waving grain helds-From John Js
Cowan's "Dry-Farmins-the Hope o.
the West" in tho Century.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
NATURAL BRIDGES.
Two Theories in Regard to Their
Formation.

OTfuotiShs ~ses.7se,
II Is commonly believed, says the
Geographical Record, that natural
BRIDGES, of which the Natural Briggs
Of Virginia is the best known AM
erican example, are due to the faliins
in of cavern roofs, leaving only a.
part to span the stream which 5tnes
destruction of the cavern has 6rougatS
to the surface.
By study Of the North Adams
Natural Bridge, Professor clelana
has been led to the conclusion tnat
in this case at least the origin IS
unite different. In this case the bfidge
seems to be due to the solution oti
the limestone along joint plane near
the former course OF Hudson Brock,
At first only small amount OF water
seeped along the joint plane but aiter
awhile, it made a channel larges
enough to divert the entire brook uns.
der the surface, giving rise 70 he
bridge.
Walcett had previously onerea s
similar theory for the Natural Bridge
Of Virginia, and Cleland concludes
that while the falling in OF cavern
roofs may occasionally give rise toS
natural bridges the most common
cause for such bridges in marble
limestone, sandstone and lava Is tnals
outlined above. -
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19

Of a young infant; the ribs are very
small and frail, and finger pressure
such as would have to be exerted oy
placing the hands around the body and
lifting the baby is not to be desired;
sometimes marked depression is like
ly to occur from this sort Of handling,
thus hampering the free action OF the
lungs and interfering with the breath
ing; cases Of chronic coughs have been
known to result from such depression.
Handle the young infant without pres
sure if possible; this may be accom-
plished by placing the hand under the
back, letting the head rest on wrist or
arm. Or extend two or three fingers
upward for this purpose, and with the
other hand lift the child by the clothes
at the feet.-Marianna Wheeler II
Harper's Bazar.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
OWING THOUSANDS
Broker Alexander Skips Out
from Augusta, Ga.
is MYSTERIOUSLY ABSENT
Banks Are Left in the Lurch to the
Tune of 5,ooO-Cotton Firms
Failure Causes Great Sensa.
ton in Georgia City,

Revelation Of the financial embar.
rassment of the firm of cotton fac
tors Of Alexander & Alexander, at Au-
gusta, Ga, cne Of the largest in the
state, develc discrepancies of about
$145,000, following the disappearance
of Thomas w. Alexander, head of the
firm.
Mr. Alexander left Augusta July
7th, after borrowing 5000 from a
friend, saying he was going to New
York. The following night his broth
er, Bishop Alexander, the junior
member OF the firm, received tele-
gram from him asking that his Of
fee desk be opened and three let.
sers found there be delivered. One
of the letters was to his partner.
in which a statement was made OF
the financial embarrassment of the
firm, and saying that if Mr.. Alex
ander was not back in Augusta by
Wednesday he would never be seen
again. Another letter was addressed
to a local cotton mill president, and
a tcird to Mr.. Alexander's wife.
The manner in which the money
was securea\has not been made known
by the three banks who are the losers,
except that it was in the shape OF
loans. The Georgia Railroad bank
sustains a loss of $115,000, which
was marked off its books Thursday,
and charged to the surplus and un-
divided profits accounts. The National
Bank CT Augusta loses s7,OO0, and
the National Exchange bank $4,000.
The available assets of the firm
amount to about $4,000, while the
personal liabilities of T. W. Alex
ander, in addition to the amount OF
loans, is about $4,000.
In his letters T. w. Alexander
states that he alone is responsible,
that his brother Knew nothing Of the
financial end of the business, and
had nothing to do with it. Much
sympathy IS expressed for his brother.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
OUTDOOR LIFE
Will Not Offset the Ill Effects o.
Coffee When One Cannot Digest IL.
A farmer says:

"A ldEluSl Days. <.i#a4sss
"It was not from liquor or tobacco
that for ten years or more suffered
from dyspepsia and stomach troubles:
they were caused by the use OF COZ.
fee until I got so bad I had to give
up coffee entirely and almost give up.
eating. There were times when I
could eat only boiled milk and bread
and when I went to the field to Work
I had to take some bread and butter
along to give me strength.
"I doctored with doctors and took
almost everything I could get for my
stomach in the way of medicine, but
if I got any better it only lasted q
little while until I was almost 9
walking skeleton.
zone day I read an ad. for Postum
and told my wife would try it, and
as to the following facts will make:
affidavit before any judge:
81 quit coffee entirely and used
Postum in it's place. have regained
my health entirely and can eat any
thing that is cooked to eat. / have
increased in weight until now I,
weigh more than I ever did; I have
not taken any medicine for my stom-
ach since I began using Postum.
Why, I believe Postum will almost
digest an iron wedge.
'My family would stick to coffee
at first, but they saw the effects It
had on me and when they were feel
ing bad they began to use Postum,
one at time, until now we all use
Postum Name give by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Ten days trial of Postum in place
of coffee proves the truth, and easy
and pleasant way. There's a rea-
SON.
Look in pkgs. for copy Of the
famous little book, "The Road to,
Wellville.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Excitement in Topeka.

There is great excitement over the
report that a bride who will come TO
Topeka soon has a maid, says the To-
peka State Journal. This will raise
the limit and establish new record
In Topeka. Occasionally Topeka
woman steals the housemaid or nurse,
exchanges their caps and aprons for
the lady's maid kind and takes her out
of town witl her in order to make a
noise like an aristocrat, but it is be-
liered the new bride will be the only
woman in Topeka who has really
and truly lady's maid all her own who
never helps out in the kitchen, nursery
or laundry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Women's Iunorance of Business.

Thousands Of girls are sent OUT lnto
the world with what is called finished
educations, who can not give proper
receipt for money, to say nothing OF
drawing a promissory note, a draft or
a bill, or understanding the significance
and importance of business contracts.
Such a woman, says O. S. Marden In
Success Magazine, presented a check
for payment to the paying teller OF ner
bank. He passed it back to her with
the request that she be kind enough
to indorse it. The lady wrote on the
back of the check" have done busi-
ness with this bank for many years,
and 1 believe it to be all right MIS-.
James B. Brown"
Another society woman in New YORK
City presented check for payment
at the bank, and the teller told her that
it was not signed. "Oh, do they have
to be signed?" she responded. What
an awful lot Of red tape there Is about
the banking business"
know Of a lady whose husband
made a deposit for her in bank and
gave her a check book so that she
could pay her bills without annoying
him. One day she received a notice
from the bank that her account was
overdrawn. She went to the bank and
told the teller that there must be a
mistake about it, because she still had
a lot Of checks left in her book. She
knew so little about business that she
thought that she could keep drawing
any amount until the checks were all
gone.
This sounds ridiculous and almost
incredible, yet the very girl who laughs
at it may make even more absurd
blunders. Many an accomplished wo-
man, when given pen and asked to
sign an important document drawn up
by an attorney or long-headed busi-
ness man, will sign it without reading
it or even asking to be informed of its
contents, only to learn afterwards by
disastrous results that she has signed
away her property and turned herself
out of home. Only short time ago I
read Of lady who had won a suit in
volving about $4,000. New evidence,
however, was brought forward, which
caused the court Immediately to re-
verse it's decision. It was proved that
the lady had sworn falsely. She was
perfectly innocent of any such inten-
ton, but she had sworn that she had
never signed her name to certain doc
ument. The document was produced,
and, to her utter astonishment, she saw
her signature affixed to it, She ac-
knowledged at once that the signature
was hers, although she had just sworn
that she had never signed the paper
in question. 1t appeared that, during
her husbands lifetime, whenever pa
pers were to be signed, he told her
where to write her name, and she did
as she was told, without having the
slightest idea Of the contents of the
papers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Weaving Silk Rags.

Tiny looms for the weaving OF silk
rags into strips which are afterwards
Joined to make rugs or couch covers,
or even portieres, are among the in
teresting inventions brought about by
the interest women are taking in all
forms of handicraft.
On the loom can be woven strips of
about nine inches wide, the warp
threads stretched as firmly as in the
big, full-edged affairs used for the
heavier sort of work. "Hit-or-miss"
pattern are popular in silk work as
they are in the old-fashioned rag car
pets, used now only for kitchen or
nursery, but often strips composed of
two colors are made, with one used
for bordering the ends.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Fashion Notes.

The woman who wears the gloves
with the small pocket for change
stitched to the palm is sure never to
lay down her pocketbook.
Line your Irish lace coat with NOUS
seine; the beauty Of the lace will bs
very much enhanced.
Shoes of patent leather with Wnlte
kid tops and black buttons are pre-
ferred by some to the all-white shoes
to wear with light, thin gowns; 1t
would be hard to say which is the bet
ter style for both are very modlsh.
Three box plaits front and back pro-
vide ample fullness for the small girls
low-necked, no-sleeved dress which is
worn over a guimpe. The plaits are
fastened to a tTo-and-one-half inch
circular band which takes the place
Of yoke.
Automobiles and automobile apparel
now occupy the attention of a host OF
men and women-especially the ap-
parel. Every woman seems to be try
ing to find a coat and hat that will
be practical and becoming too, and she
is succeeding beautifully. There never
were so many automobile hats shown
and worn as this season.
The accordion plated sheer blouses
which accompany some Of, the new
princess skirts are very dainty acces-
sories to this favorite skirt. The yoke
is of fine embroidery and cloth bands
like the skirt follow it and the bot
tom of the short sleeves to give the
effect Of an entire costume.
Wide tucks and fiat ribbon bands
seem to be the favored skirt trimmings
for graduation and other sheer gowns
while folds of the same are much used
on wool materials.
Make one of your negligees with the
short sleeves slashed clear to the
shoulder and lace together the spread
ing edges with velvet ribbon.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Blames Wives for Divorce.

Neither careless husbands nor pref
ty typewritists, but pastors and wives
are responsible for most modern di-
vorces, according to Mrs. Maria G.
Weed, who spoke before the W. c. T.
u.
"The utter selfishness of wives drive
many husbands from their homes -
said Mrs. Weed. when a minister"
she continued, accepts fee in which
he feels certain that honor has been
bartered for title, is it not the acme
Of inconsistency for him to persist
that the blunder which he helped to
consummate shall be life sentence?'
New York Globe.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
Gloves.
What variety!

What variety!
Kid is smartest.
Fabric gloves are here.
In most cases gloves match.
Cleverly contrasted gloves are seen.
Gauntlets appear in fetching novel
ties.
showily-adorned gloves will not
'take" here.
Yellow chamois gloves are exceed
ingly smart.
Elbow lengths in colored silk gloves
are sold out.
The elbow length craze was not ex-
pected to rage as seYerely.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-19
BRYAN MORE RADICAL.
Nebraskan Says He Has Changed
Somewhat Since 1896-Comments
on Word conservative"

A London special says: William ].
Bryan, having had the opportunity of
reading American newspapers, con-
sented Thursday to discuss some of
the questions which have been rails
ed since be has become prominent as
a presidential possibility for 1908. He
SAID, in part:
81 notice that I am described by
some as a conservative and in order
that there may be no misunderstand-
ing on that subject, permit me to say
that in one sense I always have been
a conservative. The democratic poll
cies are conservative in that they
embody cid principles applied to new
conditions. There was nothing new In
principle in either Of the platforms
on which I stood. We were accused
Of attacking property when in fact
the democratic party is the defender
of property because it endeavors to
draw the line between honest accu-
mutation by honest methods on the
one side and predatory wealth and
immoral methods on the other.
1T is to the interest Of every hon
est man that dishonesty should be
exposed and punished; otherwise the
deserving are apt to suffer for the
undeserying.
"If, however, by the word conserv-
ative they mean that 1 have changed
my position on any public question
or moderated my opposition to cor
porate aggrandizement they have a
surprise waiting for them. I am
more radical than I was in 1896, and
have nothing to withdraw ca econom-
ic questions which have been under
discussion.
'The only question we discussed in
1896 upon which there has been any
apparent change is the silver question
and that has not been change in the
advocates of bimetalism, but in con-
ditions.
eve contended for more money and
urged the free coinage Of silver as
the only means then in sight for
securing it. The production OF gold
has brought in part the benefit we
expected to secure from the restora-
ton of silver. The per capita vol
ume Of money in the United States
is almost so per cent greater now
than it was in 1896 and the benefits
brought by this increase have not
only vindicated the quantitive theory
of money but have proven the bene-
fits Of the larger amount OF money.
No advocate Of the gold standard can
claim the triumph of his logic.
Il believe in bimetallism, and. l be-
lieve that the restoration Of silver
would bring still further prosperity,
besides restoring par in exchange be-
tween gold and silver using coun-
tries; but 1 recognize, as do all other
bimetalists who I have met abroad,
that the unexpected and unprecedent-
ed increase in gold production has
for the present removed the silver
question as an issue.
while the money question has
waned in Importance, other questions
have been forging to the front, and
to these questions we must apply the
SAME principles we applied to the
money question and seek to secure
the greatest good to the greatest
number by legislation which conforms
to the doctrine Of equal rights for all
and special privileges for none"
Mr. Bryan added that he would dis
cuss the trust, tariff, railroad and
labor questions, imperialism and 9TH
er issues at length when he reached
America.