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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24
DAVIS is TO BUILD.
Buys the Old Site of Wholesale
House.
New Structure Will BE of Rein
forced Concrete.
COMMENCE AT ONCE.
To BE Ready for Occupancy on
August /,
Arranged So That More Stories
May BE Added.

w. H. Davis has purchased the Null
vane corner, at First and Kansas ave-
nue., where the Parkhurst-Dav Mer-
camille company has been burned out
twice, and will erect his own building.
The announcement was made today by
Mr.. Davis, who has had the matter
under contemplation for some time.
Mr.. Mulvane and others have offered
10 construct a building for his business
but Mr.. Davis desired building of his
own, and in securing the site, has re-
allied his ambition in that line.
Mr.. Davis states that work has al
ready commenced on the removal of the
debris of the burned building. A strict
~ fire proof building. 100 by $50 feet
will be constructed of reinforced con-
crete throughout, three stories in
height with basement. arranged so
that other stories may be added at will:
The entire building, floors included. will
be of concrete construction, and the
only wood used will be in door and win
dow castings. Architect James Holland
has already commenced upon the plans
OF the building. The building is to be
completed by August 1.
Since the second disastrous fire
which totally destroyed the building
occupied by the Parkhurst- Davis com
pany, Mr.. Davis has secured complete
control of the business which is now
known as the Davis Mercantile com
pany. His business is now conducted
from the building at the corner of Sec
and and Kansas avenue. but the quar-
ters are badly crowded by his large
stock. and no time will be lost in the
completion of the new building on the
old site.
The new Davis building will cost
about 100000.
Mr.. w. H. Davis, who will own the
new wholesale house, has made a
brilliant record as a business man in
Topeka and the fact that he will erect
this new building is a good thing for
Topeka. The wholesale house which
is already one of the largest in the
state will continue to grow under Mr..
Davis management and it will prove
one of the strongest Institutions in the
west. There are only few men who
can rise above such set backs and dis
couragements and Mr.. Davis is one OF
them
While the. building is to be but
three stories in height besides the
basement it will be arranged so that
additional stories may be put on as
the business expands and the indi-
cations are that it will not remain at
the height now contemplated very
long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24
Author.a Homes in Maine.

William Dean Howells has long had
his summer home at Kittery, his
house being surrounded by a fine old
garden. in which the author has often
been seen at work, while his library
is an old barn, set in the midst of an
apple orchard. George S. WATSON al
SO has a beautiful home at Kittery,
while little farther up the coast, at
York harbor, is the summer home of
Thomas Nelson Page. This beautiful
place is situated on a high point over
looking the sea, and to York harbor,
too, comes John Fox every summer
to be the guest of Mr.. Page. AT
Kennebunkport one sees the beauti-
full summer home of Margaret De-
land. and Merideth Nicholson. the In
diana author. also has home at
Kennebunkport OF course, there are
many noted writer's at the islands in
Portland harbor- Clara Louise Burn
ham, who summers at Baileys Island,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24

and whose splendid books have ap-
pealed to hundreds. is. of course. well.
known throughout Maine. While Kate
Douglas Wiggin has not home on
the coast, yet she. too. prefers the
Maine atmosphere, and her home at
Hollis is too we'll known to need es-
pecial mention. But before other
Maine authors began to realize the
opportunities to be found on our
Maine coast Harriet Beecher Stowe
selected Orrs Island as a spot rich
in material, while our own Whittier,
in his Dead Ship of Harpswell' .
long ago recognized the romance and
poetry to be CLEANED from our shores.
Lewiston Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24

L. c. True Appointed Judge.
Governor Stubs has appointed L.
G. True of Kansas City, Kan, as judge
of the second division of the district
court of Wyandotte county. There
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24
Mrs. Bear Bits Her Hubby's Ear on

There is a scandal in the zoo. Mr..
and Mrs. z. Grizzly Bear has agreed
to disagree, and have separated. I'M
til yesterday afternoon they were like
turtle doves Gin deneanor), but now
they don't speak.
Mr.. Bear, whose front name Is Zip,
and Mrs. Bear, who is known as Toss
were talking over family matters early
yesterday afternoon on the edge of the
swimming pool when something he said
annoyed Toss and she hit her husband
biff on the side of the head.
He ungallantly started to beat her.
He only started-for Toss bit a chunk
out of his right shoulder and then bit
off his ear for good measure. Zip re-
treated.
Mrs. Zip was getting ready to con-
tinue her meal when Keepers Stacy
and Ferguson put an end to the family
quarrel. They took Zip away and put
him in cage by himself to nurse his
wounds and outraged -feelings--New
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Ora Wardlow the
five-year-old boy killed by being run
over by sand wagon last evening. will
be held Sunday afternoon at o'clock
from the Euclid Avenue NJ. E church.
The remains may be viewed by friends
between and IL O'Clock Sunday morn
ing, at the home, 1715 Lincoln street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24

was warm competition for the place,
as w. E. Hutchings and other prom
inent attorneys of Wyandotte county
were applicants. True had the sup
FORT of the old soldiers of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24
Honor for Topeka Woman.

Madison, Wis, April 24.-Miss Abby
L. Marlatt of Topeka. Kan, has been
selected as head of the school of home
economics at the Wisconsin state uni
versity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24

New York, New Haven & Hartford
road. From there he went to the
Northern Pacific. Finally came back
to the old stamping grounds, New
England.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-24

Little -Girl-what's an intelligence office.
mama? Mother-It's a place where one
goes to find out what wages cooks are
charging.-New York Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
WHAT THE NEGRO IS DOING FOR
 HIMSELF IN THE SOUTH.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Some half dozen years ago a white friend, editor of a great southern paper, sent to me copy of "The Negro writ ten by a brainy, versatile, scholarly, Christian white gentleman of southern birth, rearing and achevements-the Rev. J. J. Pipkin of Mart, Tex. The introduc- ton to this book was written by the late and lamented Gen. John B. Gordon, for mer major general in the Confederate army, and United States senator from Georgia The introduction was written by General Gordon while he was com mander of the United Confederate Yet erans The book is remarkable for what the author has written, as well as for the encouraging sentiments expressed for the negro by General Gordon. He said, among other things: ''All that the white man oan do for the negro is to give him an opportunity and a fair chance. The so-called negro problem has loomed so prominently in public attention, largely because other than colored people have
 since the close of the war, been trying to work it out. Those who have religfously taken upon themselves the task of work ing out the negro problem have seem ingly proceeded on the assumption that the negro had neither head nor hands nor Individual initiative If that were the case all the doctrinaires on earth could
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

never work out his problem. There are thousands all over this country, but most ly in the south, who are neither problems to themselves nor to their white neigh bors. They are such as save their earn ings, buy homes for their families and make themselves useful and upright cit- izens.
 There are farmers whose only prob lem Is that of seeing how many bales of cotton they can make each acre of land they cultivate produce. Their problem is with the weeds and the grass, which by honest loil they seek to keep from chok- ing to death their young plants.
 Theorists have been trying to solve the coiored problem at the points of their pens This is the ink solution. The ne- groes themselves have gone about solv- ing it at the points of their scooter blows, which they are sticking deep down in their fields for bread and the comforts of life. This is the practical solution. There are blacksmiths who are helping to solve the negro problem between the anvil and the hammer by turning iron into horseshoes so as to enable them to build comfortable homes for their fau1f- lies, and besides lay up good-sized bank accounts. There are teachers who are helping to solve the problem in the school room, by communicating knowledge to children so completely that most negro boys and girls in the entire country can read and write.
 "The difficulties of the colored problem grow less and less by all the corn the negro produces, by all the wagons he makes, by all the schools he teaches and by every forward step he takes in becom-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

ing an industrious, productive and useful worker in the community
 l call to your attention this week Georgia negro who is solving the prob lem along the line indicated by Gen eral Gordon-Deal Jackson of Albany, Ga, began farming in Dougherty county, Georgia, with one mule. He made seven bales of cotton the first year. The next year he had a two-horse farm and made "A bales, and great deal of corn The third year Deal Jackson cultivated three-horse farm. made plenty of corn and 70 bales of cotton. He then purchased 250 acres of wood land built a log cabin for his family also six log houses for laborers. After improving this land and meeting with success in raising cotton and corn, Jackson added about 250 acres more to his plantation. He began to send the first bale to the Georgia market. He continued to add to his farm. He now owns 2000 acres of land for which he re- fused $25 per acre or $50000 for his planta- tion.
 Three years ago Deal Jackson had 100 hands on his plantation. 36 houses for farm hands, 46 blows, 40 mules and horses, a gin on his place that turns out 20 bales : day, besides owning several houses and , lots in Albany that bring in a handsome | sum for rent. He claimed that he had 100 houses of his own occupied by colored people, all of which he bought with money made on his farm.
 While Jackson has made money farming by using the most improved methods he has done more-he has taught others how to farm.
 At the National Negro Business league | which met in Atlanta, Ga, August, 19O5. Jackson was called upon for an address. In that address he said among other things: 'I am the president of a society in Georga--I call it Deal Jacksons so- ciety. l have made if my duty to teach my people how to farm. l have graduated 10 to 15 from my farm and they have gone out with my diplomas doing bus- ness for themselves. Several of them have bought farms and doing well.''
 Deal, Jackson Is not an educated man. He simply knows how 10 farm and how to manage men. He is regarded as one of the most successful farmers in the state of Georgia.
 Three years ago William M Hill of Montgomery, sAla., made public the fol- lowing statement: T have been truck gardner since 1878 Made success for 90 years. Bought 90 acres and have been cultivating the same 30 years. Paid s76O for 1t. Now offered s2s0Oo for it. but don't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

care to sell. The land is half mile from the city of Montgomery, between High land Park and Montgomery" Mr. Hill stated that his knowledge of truck farm ing was gained by observation and ex- perence He knows how to rest the soil by changing vegetables Conducting his garden so as to have variety of vege tables the year round. He has supplied the Montgomery market with vegetables for many years.
 When the semi-centennial of negro freedom shall be celebrated in the south in 1913 the story of such achievements as Deal Jackson, William M. Hill, J. D. Me Duffy and Junius c. Groves and thou sand others will be placed before the civil ized word in a manner that will startle and inspire For that exposition will be encouraged and assisted by the white peo- pie of the south, as well as aided and abetted by the United States government The history of the negro in this country furnishes an inexhaustble storehouse for a national exposition.
 A. F. OWENS. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, December 18 1909
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
NATURES PARoDox.
Nothing Compares With Meteorological
 Vegetable.

From the New York Tribune.
 Of all the queer materials which na- ture seems to have provided for no other purpose than that man may show his ingenuity in their use, nothing com pares to that mineralogical vegetable asbestos, which in it's native state is both fbrous and crystalline. elastic and yet brittle, stone which will float and which may be carded, spun and woven like flax or silk Asbestos is mined in practically every section of the globe and the asbestos of the various coun- tries differ as greatly in appearance as does the foliage of the trees, and plants native to each. It is absolutely inde- structible, no known combination of acid. even, affecting the strength or ap- pearance of it's fiber and the fercest flames leaving it unscathed. It is non-conductor of heat and of electricity.
 Some varities of asbestos are as com pact as marble and will take the highest polish, others have loose, silky fibers. Mountain wood' is a variety present. ing an irregular, sfilamentous structure, like wood, and other varieties taking their names from their resemblance to the various materials are rock cork, mountain leather fossil paper aAd fossil flax
 Asbestos is really a variety of ann phibole or hornblende. composed of sep arabic Ailments, with silky luster. It's colors are various shades of white, gray or green, passing info brown red or black Although as perishable as grass it is older than any order Of animal or vegetable life on earth.
 Asbestos has been put to a thousand practical uses. In London and Paris fremen clad in asbestos clothing and masks, practically defy 4the flames, be- ing able to actually pass through blaze if no longer time is required than the period during which they can hold their breath Asbestos roofing will eliminate all danger of fire from falling sparks. Millions of feet of steam pipes, boilers, etc. are covered With asbestos. which causes them to retain all heat, while the same material forms a frost protection for gas and water pipes. As bestcs would seem almost indispensable to the electric engineeiy as many parts of electrical devices through which the current passes become heated, and were it not for the, non-conducting and heat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

radfating qualities of asbestos. which .s introduced the apparatus would either be put out of commission or completely destroyed by short ciftuiting.
 One of the thousand special uses to which asbestos is applied is for cover ing walls Instead of plaster, which must be tediously applied, allowed to dry. finally covered with plaster of paris and polished, single coat of asbestos is put on the raw bricks. The wall
 may be covered as soon as built and 6 room the walls of which were com pleted in the morning can have by night smoothly finished interior as smooth as glass and as hard as stone. This glossy surface will not crack, for. while perfectly firm. the asbestos Is elastic, and 1t is. moreover, nreproof
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
A Helping Hand.
From Puck

From Puck.
 Mistress (hurrying franticaly)-M Mary, what time is it now?
 Maid-H -Half-past ?, mum.
 Mistress-Oh, I thought it was later I still have 20 minutes to catch the steamer. Maid-Yis, mum. I knew ye'd be rushed, so I set the clock back 30 minutes to give ye more time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Holiday Excursion Rates via Central
 of Georgia Railway.

Low rate excursion tickets oll sale De- cember r. IS, 21, 22, 23, 24 25. 31, 1909. and January 1, 1910; return limit Janu- ary 6, 1910. For rates and information. relative to train and sleeping car ser vice apply to S. F. Cowin, commercial agent, 2O02 First avenue, Birmingham, or R. w. Luckett, ticket agent Terminal station. 12-n-12-16-1S-19-23-24-2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19


 ical genius was just awakening. there were attempts to drive vehicles other than by animal means Indeed as early as 1459 there was curious monocycle automo- bile built for Emperor Maximilian of Germany propelled like treadwheel by four men trsadtng on the inside of great Tim and steered by means of handle, connected to the axle held by q man walking beside It. The seat rested on the axle and was balanced by weights to keep 1t upright. There was another autorno- bile constructed that same year. driven by crank, which was connected with a. drive wheel. A man walked alongside and turned the crank by means of a long ham ale. Two centuries later there was an automobile Constructed at Nuremberg which travelled about Germany that veaI and which was driven by great springs wound up at short intervals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Don't place your order for fancy candy until you sample our line of Merita Chocolates and Bon Bons. Finest quality most attractive packages. Daily demonstrations. Clarke Bros, 309 N. 20th street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Early AutomobIles.

From Popular Mechanics.
 During the fifteenth and sixteenth cen turies, marking the ages when mechan-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Get Merita Chocolates a Clarke's.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-02
Novel Methods Of Keeping Scores.

Those who give card parties are al
ways anxious to get new and clever
methods of keeping individual scores.
Everything that can be thought of has
been done in the way of ingenious
cards.
At a recent card party novelty was
introduced by giving each guest a
wire bracelet. Every time game was
won colored bead was strung on it..
These made rather pretty souvenirs to
take home.
AS gold wire was used and vivid
stones of large size were chosen, the
bangles Of the winners were quite gay
ornaments before the evening was
over. Another hostess elaborated this
idea by using tiny ten cent toys in
stead of beads. These were hooked on
the bracelet with bits Of gold wire.
This idea was enthusiastically receiv-
ed, and it might make a good sugges-
ton fer hostcsses Of coming card par
ties
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-02

privilege of the "open door" in Man.
churia. Mr.. Straight is young man
to have had so much responsibility
thrust upon him. He was born in
1850 at Oswego. y. y. and was grad
uated from Cornell university in 1901.
For the two years following he was
in the Chinese imperial maritime serv-
ice in Pckin and at Marking. For a
time he acted as correspondent Of the
Associated Press and Reuters agency
in Seoul. Tokyo and Manchuria. In
1905 he became vice consul general in
Korca and private secretary to the
American minister there and the fol
lowing year was appointed private
secretary to the American minister to
Cuba. He became consul general at
Mukden about three years ago.
He has now gone to China as the
representative OF the American Chinese
banking syndicate.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-02

mission in way more satisfactory
than anything which has preceded it
the innovation was welcome one. In
it's familiar form it was lacking in
some respects. and these shortcomings
have been remedied In recent inven-
ton, shown in the accompanying cut
In its new form the "squeeZer" is sup
piled with cup which will catch the
juice from several lemons, and when
sufficient extract has been secured it
can be neatly poured into the proper
receptacle through convenient lip.
The device is also supplied with han
die for convenient handling.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-02

HFJ he NlUc IuDllCHllOn OF tne
greWSome story of Elsie Sigcls
TX death at the hands Of a Chinese
admirer has turned public at
tention to the Chinese colonies in some
of the large cities and their queer
scenes and characters.
Naturally the conditions revealed in
the course of the investigations into
the murder of Miss Sigel have aroused
public sentiment against any associa-
tons between American young women
and the Chinese In this country One
of the most experienced of the work
ers among the Chinese In New York,
Miss Helen +. Clark. declares that the
results of such associations are deplor-
able both for the American women
and the Chinese men. She says:
I'm 1892 personally opened Il mis-
sion to the Chinese In Chinatown, New
York. At the outset l adopted two
principles-man teachers for men.
women teachers for women and the
preaching of the gospel in the native
language. | said to myself if | cannot
maintain these principles in Chinese
work l will shut my doors and go to
people among whom l can do a
righteous and unimpeachable work.
MY mission was in two parts. one
place for Chinese women and sep
arate location and work for Chinese
men. My personal teaching was given
first to the Chinese women and chill
dren, after that to the night school
held during the week for Chinese men
and boys. This school was organized
on the basis Of the public schools, with
graded classes. Our pupils were all
taught in classes. ! was the principal
Of this school. and l paid young men
missionaries to teach with me.
AT that time strong protest was
made In the public press against the
system Of women teachers. and my