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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-02

| dustrial institute, similar to that of
Hampton. His first capital was $4,000,
which, to his great surprise, was loan
ed him by the secretary of Hampton.
That was in 1881. From this humble
beginning rose the magnificent institute
of today-founded, carried on, support
ed, taught by negroes.
There are 900 students gathered
from 10 States, 70 instructors, 2,400
acres of land, SO buildings, % indus
tries, and the property is valued at
$25O,000 all carried on at a cost Of
$4,000 year. Many of the buildings
are large and substantial structures Of
wood or brick, most of them erected
by the labor of the students them
selves.
Last year the students made a mil
lion bricks. Iron castings and steam
engines, cabinet work and carpentry,
carriages, harness, tin work, boots and
shoes, tailoring, agriculture and stock
raising, printing, drawing and design
ing, millinery and dressmaking, are
among the branches of industry pur-
sued. But in Booker Washington's
opinion the future of the colored peo-
pie lies in the development of scienti
fic agriculture. The most modern i'm
provements are brought to bear upon
fruit-raising, farming and dairying,
and stock-raising.
1--WE are coming" to use his own
words, ''by the way Of the college, by
the way of agriculture, the shop, the
factory, the trades, the household and
art
The life of Booker Washington is an
unceasing struggle for his school, and
his only ambition is to put the insti-
tute on so firm a footing that in case
of his death, the school would continue
to go forward and broaden.
In appearance Mr.. Booker Washing
ton is striking man; he has the char
acteristics of immense patience,
strength, and earnestness, and these
qualities are brought to bear upon the
purpose of his life-tO train men and
women in head, heart, and hand.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-02
A GREAT SCHOOL
Founded and Conducted By Booker
7. Washington.
| FOREMOST NEGRO IN AMERICA
Life Work Devoted to Teaching
His Race to Become Self
Supporting.
FOREMOST NEGRO IN AMERICA

Booker T. Washington is considered
the foremost negro in America. Edu-
Gated and talented he stands above the
ordinary type of negro, yet he is an
example of the possibilities that are in
the race. He has devoted his life to
work among the negroes and for six
teen years he has conducted an indus
trial school at Tuskegee. Last years
his work and ability received recogni-
ton, by the comforting upon him by
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-02

He was born on an old slave planta-
ton in Virginia In speaking Of his
early youth he recalls as one of it's
most vivid pictures, the form of his
mother bending over, as l lay on a
dirt floor, breathing a fervent prayer
to Heaven that .Marsa Linkun' might
succeed and that one day she and l
might be free
He was only six years old, but at
that moment he realized with childish
shame that he was a slave. Later on
a school teacher took an interest in
the boy and taught him his letters and
how to read. A few years later, while
working in the coal mines, he heard of
General Armstrong; school for color
ed young men at Hampton, Va, where
a poor boy was given an opportunity
to work for his board. He says, in
speaking of that time; Il made up my
mind that l was going to that school;
soon after 1 set out with $12 in my
pocket"
He followed the regular course of
study at Hampton, and at first resolv-
ed to become a lawyer, but under the
influence of General Armstrong, he re-
solved to help his race to help itself.
With this purpose strong in his heart
he went to Tuskegee and began to
teach school in tumbled-down shanty.
1t was while struggling with the diff
culties of this poor little class that he
conceived the idea of starting an in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-02
c. BREWER ! CO.. Id

Queen Street, Honolulu, H. l.
AGENTS FOR
Hawaiian Agricultural Company, Ono
mea Sugar Company, Honomu Sugar
Company, Waikiki Sugar Company.
Waihee Sugar Company, Makee Su-
gar Company, Haleakala Ranch Com
pany, Kapapala Ranch.
Planters Line, San Francisco Packets;
Charles Brewer & Co.'s Line Of Bos-
ton Packets.
Agents Boston Board of Underwrit-
ers.
Agents for Philadelphia Board Of I'm
derwriters.
LIST OF OFFICERS:
p. G. Jones, President; George II.
Robertson, Manager; e. F. Bishop.
Treasurer and Secretary; Col. w. F..
Allen, Auditor; c. M. Cooke, H. Water
house, G. r. Carter, Directors.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-02

A Model Plant is not complete With
out Electric Power, thus dispensing
with small engines.
Why not generate your power from
one CENTRAL Station? One gener-
ator can furnish power to your Pump,
Centrifugals, Elevators, Plows, Rail
ways and Hoists; also, furnish light
and power for a radius Of from IL to
20 miles.
Electric Power being used, saves the
labor of hauling coal in your field. also
water, and does away with high-priced
engineers, and only have one engine to
look after in your mill.
Where water power Is available It
costs nothing to generate Electric
Power.
THE HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC CON-
PANY is now ready to furnish Electric
Plants and Generators Of all descrip-
tons at short notice, and also has on
hand q large stock Of Wire, Chande-
liers and Electrical Goods.
All orders will be given prompt at
tention, and estimates furnished for
Lighting and Power Plants; also, At
tention is given to House and Marine
Wiring.
THEO. HOFFMAN, Manager.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
CONTINUOUS RAILS FOR STREET
RAILROADS.

Continuous rails, made up of ordinary
rails length welded together electrically,
are in use on many miles of electric street
railways in the United States, and with
excellent results, too, having shown
themselves to constitute an ideal track.
Whatever misgivings may have arisen at
one time as to the serious pranks which
expansion and contraction might play
with such continuous tracks have been
effectively allayed, as experience has
shown that the difficulties likely to grow
from these causes are not extraordinary.
1t is interesting, however to note that of
the troubles from tempera ture varia tons
lower than the one at which the rails
We're welded is the only one requiring
serious consideration. 1t is found in the
tendency of the rail to- shrink in a
longitudinal direction. and this must be
counteracted by pull on the ends of the
rail sufficient to produce a correspondent
amount of stretch. Temperat ure above
that at which the rails were welded cause
compression, and this has never been
found to make trouble where the track
was at ali secured by the roadbed.
Experience, therefore. would seem to
point to the winter sea son as the time
for welding continuous track. as then .he
rails are materially contracted, and
though exceptionally cold snaps may be
productive of slight state of tension in
the rails, yet the maximum street would
be nothing like that in the rails welded in
the summer, and probably far be'ow the
strength of the welds.--From Casters
Magazine for March.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
HOTEL ARRIVALS.


Yesterdays arrivals a. the Florence
hotel: Mrs. f. S. Leffel and son, Dallas,
Tex; John Fl. Grous and wife, New York;
J. IS. Merritt, North Carolina; E. C. Gully,
Boston, C. Berney, City; Willis Banks,
Columbus, Miss; W. W. Carpenter, Gin
cinnati; r. w. Boland, city; E. E. Wallor.
Joliet, ILL.,; B. ]. Allen, Mississippi; Y.
Braun Eutaw, Ala; G. M. Braun, city;
Mrs. Bernard HARDWOOD. Eutaw. Ala;
Mrs. E. A. Vicroy, Covington. Ky; o.
Hope. Tuscaloosa, Ala; f. ]. Johnson,
city; E. D. Self. North Carolina; Chas.
N Kight, G. & A. Ry.; A. G. Klienbeck,
New York; S. Martindale, Cincinnati; w
c. Fowler, Central railroad; N. Gross
Alabama; e. c. Langford,. Littleton, n.
H; w. H. Dooley Southern Ry.; r. T.
Hardwick, Georgia; A. Yoerg, ST. Paul
Mimi. j. G. McCauly, Newport News
va; Miss M. Stuart. New York: J. C.
Huntington, Scranton, Pa; ]. c. Briggs,
Columbus, O.; A. L. Smith, Admission
A
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
Just received, car load of
Crawford Bicycles, 1895 mod
ell, to be sold at $500. Bir-
min CHAM Arms and Cycle
Co 2-IO.ut
BILLS IN TROUBLE.
3-Io-ut


I've got letter, parson, from my son away
An my Oh heart is heavy as an anvil in
my breast.
To think the boy whose futur' l had once
SO proudly planned
Should wander from the path o. right an
come TO SIGH end
/ told him when he left us only three short
He'd find himself apIowin' in a mighty
crooked row
He'd miss his fathers .counsels. an his
mothers prayers, too
But he said the farm was hatefulf am he
guessed he'd have to go.
I know thar's big temptation for young
But l believed our. Billy had the courage
An when he left warned hirn o. the ever
That lie like hidden sarpints in lifes path
way eyerywheres.
But Bill he promised faithful to be keer-
full, an allowed
He'd build a reputation that d make us
But it seems as how my counsel sort o.
faded from his mind,
An now the boys in trouble O. the very
wustest kind
His letters came so seldom that l some
how sort o. knowed
That Billy was a-trampin' on mighty
rocky road,
But never once imagined he would bow
my head in shame,
An in the dust d waller his o. daddy's
honored name.
He writes from out in Denver, an the
storys mighty short,
/ just can't tel, his mother; it'll crush her
poor OF hearti
An sol reclsoned, parson, you might break
the news to her
Bills In the legislator, but he doesn't say
Denver Post.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
How and Where the Historic Custom
Originated

How and Where the Historic Custom
Originated.
Such a thing as the presidential mes
sage, in the sense now applied to that
term, was not contemplated by the found :
ers of the government, but came into
existence during the early part of the
century,, says the Atlanta Constitution.
Before the days of the message it was
customary for the president to meet the
senate and house of represer atives in
joint session and deliver his annual mes
sage in person. Beth Washington and
Adams complied with this custom, but
when Jefferson's term came the rugged
old democrat refused to observe 1t. As
a substitrl e, he addressed a written COM
munica ton to the two branches Of con-
gress, and therein the first message had
its origin
Mr. Jefferson's refusal to appear be-
fore congress in person was not due to
arbitrary or perverse reasons. On tbs
contrary, it was based upon sound demo-
cratic principles. He regarded the prac-
tice as altogether too suggestive of roy
atty to be meditatsdeby the young repub-
lie. No mention of this specific objec-
ton, however. was made 10 congress. In
his first regular message the eXplana-
ton given by MIR. Jefferson for depart
ing from the usual custom is couched
in the following graceful language:
The circumstances under which we
find ourselves at This place rendering in
convenient the mode heretofore practiced
of making by personal address the first
communications between the legislative
and executive branches, l have adopted
that by message, as used on all suisse
quent occasions through the session. In
doing this, have had principal regard to
the convenience of the legislature to the
economy of their time, to their rslisf from
the embarrassment lof immediate an
swers on subjects not yet full before
them, and to the benefits thence resulting
to the public affairs
From thsr daysto this the custom has
been observed by democrats and rspub-
hcans alike, and there will doubtless
never come "a time when its observance
will be abandoned.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
~. CUT HIS THROAT.
Brothers-In-Law Have a Misunderstand-
ing and One Is Dead and the Other
Escapes the Officer.

s<zz3s--.- --szs.-<ss sa2-ss4-s,i.s.s =
Last night about 7:S0 o'clock Noah
Spears killed his brother-in-law, Charlie
Morris, on Avenue F. near Thirty-fourth
street, by cutting his throat with knife.
The two men, who are negroes, have
been occupying rooms in the same house.
They decided to move to another near by
house. but Morris happened to secure
the refusal first This is said to have
angered Spears. e
1t is said that words were passed con-
corning the matter. when Morris left the
house and started iowa rds the street.
Spears wife is said to have followed him
for the purpose of avoiding trouble be-
tween the men, Morris told the woman
to go back and then, 1t is said, tried to
push her to the house. At this juncture
Spears appeared in the doorway 1t Is
said, with a small flobert rifle. He was
persuaded not to use it and replaced the
gun on shelf.
It is claimed that Spears then walked
out in the yard where Morris and the
woman were talking and, rushing up to
them, cut the former twice with pocket
knife and then ran away.
Norris walked back into the house and
sat down in a rocking chair from which
ne fell over dead in short while
The Warner-Smiley Company sent out
and had the body taken to their estab-
lishment where 1t was seen that the veins
under the left ear had bsen severed and
an ugly cut inflicted on the back or the
neck.
Captain Weir and officers Nix and Nc
Knight went out to the scene of the Kill
ing but Spears had disappeared through
the nearby woods. After cleaning the
above information the officers returned
to the city.
A short while later telephone message
stated that Spears had returned 10 the
house for some articles and then went
through the woods again.
The dogs were taken out to the place
and an attempt made to track the muir
derer, but at late hour he had not been
captured.
The men were brothers-inrlaw and were
employed at the Sloss furnace and bore
good regulations, especially Morris.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
WONDERFUL. REDUCTION!

Our reputation is too well established
TO be doubted. Consequently few words
will convince you that we are selling
pure, thoroughly aged whisky at price
within the reach of all We have re-
duced our standard brands of whisky
PER QUART We have also reduced the
price of our Cognac Brandies. Being
wholesalers, we buy in large quantities,
and are enabled to undersell all others.
H. Barnard, Third avenue and Nine
.eenth street. Telephone 467. Sole agent
for We Clicquot lPansardin) Champagne,
and 1.-THE Gin Cucurbita Co.'S" Water
melon Gin for kidney trouble.
Mail orders will receive prompt atten-
ton.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
Biggest Bargains ever offer
ed in Birmingham on bicycles.
$35. 90 for Crawford Bicycles.
birmingham Arms and Cycle
co. 3-IC-ut
IERsEL.Y TOLD.

We have reduced the price of Jules Lee
raux Elk Gil fine old Cognac Brandy to
81 PER BOTTLE. II. Barnard, Third
avenue and Nineteenth street. sole agent
for the We Clicquot Pensardin) Cham-
payne and 1.-THE Gin Cucurbita Co. s.
Watermelon Gin for kidney trouble. Tel
ephone 467.
Just received 1000 pairs Banister
Russia calf and vici kid in all the new
STYLES all shades, sizes s to ii, last A
to e. We are receiving large shipments
of women and children's tans and blacks,
Oxfords and button shoes. These goods
are from the best factories in the coun-
try and selected with great care to style
and wear. T. C. King. POPS First avenue
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
ABE LovELACE IN JAIL.

A Former Well-Known Negro Character
Brought Back From Mobile.
Deputy Sheriff Jim Ball returned to
this city last night from Mobile with
Abe Lovelace well-known negro char
acter, who is wanted for grand larceny.
Lovelace was captured in Mobile several
days ago. after it had become known that
the grand jury had returned an indict-
ment against him.
Lovelace was convicted in the inferior
criminal court last year, with other mem
bers of an alleged gang, for swindling
people. While working out his fine on
the streets it is said that he escaped and
has been gone ever since. He is now in
the county Jail.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

Stockholders Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the North
Birmingham Land company will be held at
the office of the company in the city of Bir-
mingham, Ala, on Wednesday, the 18th day
of March, 1897, at IL o'clock m for the cleo
ton of directors and such other business
as may be brought before the meeting.
q J. j. GARRETT, President.
A. b. JOHNSTON, Secretary.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
PERSONAL.

FIRE SALE-A bout $4,000 in these
goods left that have MOI been touched by
fire or water and are going at most any
price. T. C. King, 2026 First avenue.
Gen. John B. Gordon returned to this
city from Tuscaloosa yesterday, where
he delivered his lecture THE Last Days
of the Confederacy." He went to Bloss-
burg yesterday afternoon on business,
and from there will go to Greenville.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
CA FTIrRED TILE RIGHT MAN.

Several days ago Charlie Scroggins and
M. N. Hicks, alias Martin Hicks, alias
Charles Nesbit, were arrested for escap
ing from the peniten,iary, near Wetump-
ka. Yesterday afternoon an officer from
the Speigner camps, near Wetumpka,
visited the county Jail and identified
Hicks. alias Nesbit, as an escape, but not
Scroggins Hicks will be taken back to
The camp to complete his term, and
Scroggins was liberated
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

Biggest bargains evar offer
ed in Birmingham on bicvcles.
S35 90 for Crawford Bicycle3.
Birning CHAM Arms and Cyc'e
Co. 3-1o-ut
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

IN this commercial age a
business educa ton is an alb
- solute necessity. Massey's
Business collge. Day and
night sessions. Telephone for
catalogue, 10Th st. and Sd
avenue.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
Stockholders Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the North
Birmingham Street Railroad company will
city of Birmingham, Ala. on Wednesday,
the 18th day,of March, 1897, at IL O'Clock M,
for the election of directors and such other
business as may be brought before the
meeting. e. NJ. TUTW1LER, President.
A. B. JOHNSTON, Secretary.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
The Legislature Of Ala
b bama and Building and
Loan Associations.

The general assembly of Alabama, at
its last session. enacted law recurring
all building and loan asosciat tons in the
state to reduce their interest charges to
those in force by the Jefferson County
Building and Loan association, of Bir-
mingham, Ala. This association invites
all who desire to invest money in a safe
and conservative institution to investi-
gate its plans also those who wish to
borrow, per cent. participat ting and 7
per cent. dividend stock are most de-
sirable investments for idle money.
Definite contract, economical manage
ment, conservative estimates are its
strong points.
Write or cali or us for literature.
+. w. DIXON President.
n. n. POLK, Vice President
j. II. BARR. Treasurer.
H. 3. URQUHART, Secretary.
]. Fl. MILLER, Attorney.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
undelivered kilograms.

Undelivered messages al the Western
Union Telegraph office: Campbell e.
Thomas, w. M. B. Clements, Alex Speer,
cnlnred
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

Car load of Crawford BIZ
cycles to be sold at $500
each. Birmingham Arms and
Cycle Co. 3-Io-ut
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
Stockholders Meeting !.

The annual meeting of the North Birming-
ham Building association will be held at the
office of the secretary No. 2004l2 First ave.
on Wednesday. March II. 1887, at Il o'clock.
3-2-ru J. r. BRYAN, Secretary.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

1t is not cold, but wet weather that
doubles up the sheep. Dry cold is tonic
for them, but when the thick wooden coat
becomes soaked with water, and then
the cold wind strikes them, looks away
to the east for billiards.. Therefore
make shelters for sheep, that are always
accessible.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12


age, 81.
BEN NJ. JACOBS Local Observer.
u. 8. Department Of Agriculture.
Weather Bureau,
Office of Station Agent.
Reports received at Birmingham. Ala. on
Mar. 10. 1897
Observations taken at all stations at a.
H.. 18th meridian time.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

The parlor should not be clearer or
freer from bad odors than the room where
milk is kept. The dairy does not need
mohlair upholstery, but what it does need
should be there, and it should be as clean
as the piano top or the dresser.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

When a COW kicks she has a right to-
AT some period of her history her edu-
cation has been neglected. If she could at
all times kick the right person, we would
say let her kick. that the prophesy may
be fulfilled, whosoever soweth to the wind
shall reap the whirlwind.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12
DAILY BULLETIN.

birmingham. Ala. March 10, 1897
Local observation during tWenty-four
hours ending at p. M. central time:
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

If a cow loses her appetite. treat her
as you do yourself IF you are sensible)
give her a change of diet. By the way
a warm bran mash is an excellent
change of diet"
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

~ Indicates trace oil ram or snow; indicates
rise and -tall. below zero
BEN NJ JACOBS,
Local Observer. Weather Bureau.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

The Pacific Coast Dairyman publishes
statistics of los creaneries in the State
of Washington. How many are there in
: the great state of Texas?
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

DIR. Baechaas, of Germany, gives as
a result of his recent examination of the
milk supply of Berlin, that the people Of
that city consume daily 300 pounds of
cow dung in their milk.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-12

A farmer claims to have cured a self
sucking COW by bathing the teats once
day with strong solution of aloes, for
week or more. This is a more humane
method than splitting the tongue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-16
E. S. RENNE, County Clerk.
GRAND RAPIDS, WIS, Nov 10th, 1897
! Court House , o'clock D. m

iGRAND RAPIDS, WIS, Nov. 10TH 1897
Court House, o'clock p m.
fDYoard met pursuant to adjournment and called to
FRI order by Chairman TIileS
Roll called and quorum present.
Jacob Searls presented the following resolutions
BE ReSOred, That the county clerk be instructed to
make release to the nof Seneca for highway purposes
OF strip of land two rods wide and eighty long
the east line running north and south of the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of Section % Town %
Range s. east said highway commencing the southwest
the southeast quarter east quarter
of Section % Town - Range s. east in the Highway run
ming and the line between the towns of
Seneca and Port Edwards running thence north along
west line of said above described 10 50 rods to the
northwest of the south east of the south quar-
of the above described section.
JACOB SEARLs, Chairman of Town of Seneca
On motion the same referred to the Finance COM
mittee.
Chairman F. \. Cady, of the Judiciary committee,
read that committees recommendations on the following
bills:
1t moved the bills be allowed as recommen ded un-
less objected to-
fpa Hssw bsSu 9g sSs IT, a 5 in full
Marathon County Court Costs allowed in full, is5 g
DO DO DO DO a aSTsd in in f fnI % %
On motion, the claims of DR.. Smonson and DR.. Black
lock- dsallowed reconsidered and referred
the committee on Judiciary.
The Judiciary committee reported their recommends
tons the justice of peace statements referred them
follows:
W. GETS, JUSTICE.
e en2nei A AnSHei
t,Ia Gets Fsa gs f fees in state s12 sO So
Miie Dobs. 2@
Eugene Meyers, Witness 215 215