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The Greatest Calamity of Modern Times. Continued from l'age One. 11 the afternoon This was :? very frightful Jsijjjlit as i' was one of the most famous and finest ho'els 011 the Pacific Coast and was one of the Kiindmarks of Sail Francisco. The Call Building, the home o! the San Francisco .Call, burned early in the day on Wednesday, and was one of 'lie finest and most beauti'ul buildings in the city, owned by Claus Spreckle-\ Hie Sugar King. The fire thus ate its way in and around many beautilul steel buildings and it was thought that they would escape, but Wednesday evening Hie fire again swept down town and got a new and irpsitpr hold no some build: mrs that had escaped during the day and the throe fires which had been rapidly spreading all day now became united and the fire line extended about three miles aero-s the city advancing westward. The lire drove every one before it, step by stop the brave firemen were driven back and the flames licked up everything in their path. All Wednesday night the homeless people watched the firy flames as they advanced and destroyed all the proper ty they had on earth. All night long the people were out on the sidewalks, si 11 ing on their t rimks, valises or such luggage as they could handle, taking short naps until they should he aroused by a guard and ordered to move on away from the tire. Necessity is the mother of invention and as everything was completely paraly/ed and business was ah eolutely at a standstill,drays and conveyances could not ho had tor love or money, the poor people began to improvise wheeled concerns to convey their few belongings which they had saved from their burning homes. Trunks were placed on lour roll or skates, some had made trucks out ot bedstead rollers on which I to wheei their things, others had little iron cribs filled up with j such things as they cou d save, and in tact everything in the shape of rolh rs and wheels men impressed into service in those I trying days. At the break of day on Thurs- I day the wicked flames had pass ed the Sunt Francis Hotel, the finest and nest modern hotel in ! the city, and lelt it a nutted) mass of hricks and steel, and! had reached within live blocks ol; Van Ness Avenue, one of the I widest streets in the city which I separates the business district I wild a portion of the residence) district Irom the residence section in the Western Addition of the city. For thirty-six hours! continuously the brave lireinen tounlil the flames with dviu.mite and sueh other means as they ; could improvise, but were driven back before the advancing' line of fire. In the morning of A pri 1 I Dili. Id 111 c (1 ?y, t he firemen let tho flames have their way and they concentrated their forces ami efforts at Van Ness Avenue, whetG they marie their' in-t stand to check the lire. ; VPh >n (he lire iin<* I withfn (hme block'1 of (his Avenue, the houses 011 the e;i?( side of this street were blown up with dynami'e and the debris set on lire which moved backward and met the great fire line coming westward. After (his blown up mass of debris along this street was set on fire, it was with great difficulty and after desperate fighting that the fire was kept Irom crossing this Avenue, which would have meant the complete destruction of the whole residence section. The writer hoarded on the corner of Van Ness Ayenue and Geary St., which corner caught lire several times hut was put out alter hard lighting. Two blocks above Geary street the fire did get across and burned five blocks on the west side, including the magnificent brown stone mansion ol Clans Spreckles the Sugar King of California. The flame8did not pet any further westward hut turned to the north in the direction of the Bay, sweeping every t hing in its course, all the water front until it reached within about one half ot a mile o! the Ferry Building, when with the assistance ot a fleet of tug boat8 on the Hay the flames were prevented from going any farther, at which time it was about half past one a. m. Staurday, and the great fire was brought under control. Thus ended ono of the most disastrous fires of modern times, which laid the great and prosperous * a i- n T3 _ ? _ _ city 01 oan rrancisco prostrate in the dust. Before concluding this communication it might he well to recdl a lew incidents which occurred along with this great calamity which will give a key to the indomitable pluck and courage of the brave people of SanFrancisco. On Wednesday morning after the earthquake shock, the peo pie were all amazed and excited at tlie great tiembies but they had uo idea that a still worse catastrophe was soon to follow, and it was not untd about noon that the people realized what was upon fht'iu. lousiness was then completely purali/.ed and there was one thought to save lives ami what few little personal effects that would ho seemed from the burning homes. These trying days brought out all the good there was in tho people and all the had, lor never before have 1 seen such kindness, consideration and generosity displ ayed. On the other hand there were thitves and looters who would have robbed even the corpse of its last rag had they not been stoppad by the strong band ol the I'nited States sol biers. Die milk of human kindness flowed freely as water in the running brook and every one was ready to lend a helping hand to his neighbor who was anyone that needed hf?!j?. All day Wednesday, Wednesday (^veiling, I'hursdav, Friday and Saturday the refugees were (leeing before th (lames to the Ferry to catch a boat out ol the city and those who could pot gi 1 t" the Forrv lied to the high wesM-rn hills to war* Is the (I olden (late Park and nine did not even stop until they were beside the restless waves on the ocean beach. During the progress of the fire, poor homeless people were lined on the sidewalks resting on their trunks. valises and other personal efforts they suved from their homts, and Boon a guard would arouse them from their slumbers to make them inoye on from the advancing flames. Thus thousands passed ! the three nights on those niem1 I orable days which tried the nerves of as bravo a people as ever lived. I have never seen a more oheerlul people in the face | of such a great calamity. While the property^ which represented vears of saving and accumula lion and all thev had in the world ~ J was being consumed by I he ' fiery demon, this brave people stood by and watched it burn up. 1 thankful to God that, lie had i spared their lives. | 1 could relate many incidents which showed the stamina ol the people in theee trying times but my time and your space will not allow, but it suffices to say | no braver or more generous peo pie can be lound any where with- i in 1 lm harriers ol mir i?reat Re. , public. / Never did a stricken people ' receive aid and relief quicker, and thanks to (he coast cities of 1 Los Angeles, Portland and Seat- 1 tie whose supplies catne in the day after the fire and in time to relieve temporarily the needs of the people until the supplies from the Kastern cities and I States could arrive and relieve the suffering people. There was < absolutely no suffering for want, of something to eai, so prompt did j the supplies come in. lTnde Sam appropriated two and one-hall million of dollars for the relief work and allowed the people to send their letters free ol postage during the last days ot April. So grateful were I lie refugees to their generous government that 1 when the Stars and Stripes were hoisted over their tents on the Presideo Reservation, they raised such a yell as was never heard I then* before hikI thousands wept 1 wit It grateful hearts. In conchn-ion, 1 would like to ! add that this was the first time , in my life that 1 felt I was in the presence of death, for when ;1 awoke that morning, I never thought I would live to tell this awful ta'e. I felt that the Grim Reaper had come to foreclose his claim on me and carry line into the great unknown beyond the grave. The sweetest thought, that came to me in this awful hour was that I had accepted Christ as my personal Savior, and that though the earth may shako and the heavens tall, lie would lead me through the dark valley to an harbor of! safety. And my kind readers, if you will accept and trust llim| and prove y?>ur laith by ymir! ' .1 j works and lead a consistent christian life, you will never tear anything on this earth, hut your Pilot wili steer your ship over! lite's tempestuous sea into a haven of peace. George W. Allison. i L ?n< nsler, S. G. S>?- j *. I?, ,1V*06. The End <tf The World of trouble* tIihI robbed K. II. Wolf#-, of Hear GroVf, U,, of all usefulne**, came j win ii ho begin taking Klectric Hitter* I If writfH! "Two yearn ago Kidney trouble | caused me 1^1 *nt tcdl.wiig, winch I would never have aurvived had I dot taken ! i lectric Hitter*. They also cured ine of ] (ieiiei'iil Debility," Sure cure for all "doraach. I.iver and Kidnoy complaint*, j Itlood tliaoaaen, Headache, i)i/xin>*H and : WeakneaH or bodily dciTne. I'rice fa < . 1 fiuareoteed by .1. F. Mac key Co., Crawford llroH , I'underburk I'll rniaov, I \ Peoples Supply Co.) l 1?S ^ is out for business and won't be found ^ ^ asleep when it comes to selling. They ^ g are going to push business, and it will T I be to the interest of every farmer in ^ J Lancaster county to make their estab- M ^ lishment headquarters for ^ t General Merchandise V ^ "Quick sales and small profits" will be ^ sT their motto, and "the same price to ^ j all" their rule of business. At present M Sthey are closing out the stock of goods ^ * purchased from Carnes Bros. Call at 0 (the corner store in the Moore block and & l. r i.i 1 -\r 1 i ^ geL some 01 tnese uargains. iou win g 0 always find a warm welcome. Messrs. ^ 0 Jno. A. Cook, J. A. P. Sistare and A. C. ^ m Carnes will take pleasure in waiting g ^ on you. ^ ? After September 1st 5 1 $they will open in the Springs block in M the store-room now occupied by Welsh g ? & Co. a brand new stock of Dry Goods, ^ fi Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Etc., ^ \ continuing the grocery in their pres% ?l-~ ; CPeoples Supply Co. V A Prevalent Disease Among this disease should be removed r Cattle?How it Should be fro,n tl,e pasture in which they *' Treated have been running. T.ie affected animals should be fed on soft food, such as bran mashes, meal Mr. Editor: Within the last and gruels. They should have month the Stat e Veterinarian has tree access at all times to clean, received a number of letters con- cool water and I wo heaping tablecerning cattle affected with sore spoonfuls ot borax should be v*., mouth and, in many cases, tore disssolved in each ot the first or tender teet. As the disease two buckets ot water given each seems to be generally prevalent, day. The mouth should he washno doubt as a result <>f the long erd out da:iy with a solution of continued wet weather, the fol weolin? one-half table* poonftil lowing information concerning ot alum or borax should be it iu annul rwl Inr t, n h 11 ri t i 111, ntjLCfid on I llt> ttin.'iii* hiao >ua I The disease is known in med areas on the feet should he icine as in\cotic stomatitis. It washed daily with the creoJiu is not contagious or infectious solution and aitnrward covered hut is caused l>v fungi or mould; with zinc ointment. If this tre.itwh.ch grow upon forage or gn,so* I"e,,t I'"'!'-'1)' ?|?i?lied and " . . . , , the animals are carelnllv led the llmse fungi, winch grow lux dj9e?8e will rapidly dhmppeor. uriantly in wet seasons, have a Y^nro im.iu -y an. -.ffec, .he |JT. A KW?. lining membrane oi I he month, stale Velerinarian. llie membrane covering the olemaon College, Sept H, [901;. tongue and upon the soft skin _____ between the clawH. _ _ Affected animals eat and drink *0 lhClllOilC. > with groat difficulty or not at all, | denounce as false the report that the saliva forms froth around 1 ?aid fvery white' mar. appearing at colored camp meeting alter II o'clock the i;j?s or dribbles Irom the Saturday would be killed. I am a ... . , , , , friend of the white man?not his euernouth IS leu and hot and IIiy. Wm.Cuwj. ' contains ulcers, the merrihrane ? covering Ihe tongue is affected) \ Cai(l (if TliankS. in the same way, and a very of- N , i, * . To the voters of Lancaster County r s fensive odor is usually pregeit, I fake this method of thanking j ou Sometimes the skin between the for the handsome vole | receivee in ttie llrst and second (irimary elections claws and just uborpthe hoof is While I was defeated by a small nil. affected and Hon the animal W!*' ??.eerfuiiy t","'? will of the majority My campaign wi? Walks stifl and sure I lie trouble Clean, honest and fair to every one .? t 11 a' i . . i . the race. H usually confined to the ante with many thank* to the people of i ior limbs bat all four legs may f-ancaater county fif past favors. t ' am, V ery Respectfully, be attacked. In milk cows ulcers' .1. E. Hlackinon. ^ mav also appear on the udder i . 11w . a- ii .u ? aim u'.i h 'i nn luniife i^on .?wu i riming Herds of cattle in which ani- 110II for others, Why mals have been attacked with can't we do yours? ? ? ? ? r ? \