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4 nrrtTE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL-SATURDAY EVENING- FEBRUARY h 1913- SAM M'CALL, EX-SLAVE AND Top left: Sam McCall and some of his pet cotton -plants. Top right: Sam his old woman and his daughter. Bottom: Sam McCaU's home hi Wil . cox County, A la. BY. ROBERT F. WILSON Washington, Feb. 1. In Sam McCall. an aged illiterate ex-slave cultivating a two-acre farm on the side of a hill in Wilcox county., Ala., scientists of the department of agriculture believe they have found the best example on which to base the positive announce ment that mankind will never face a food famine due to the exhaustion of tire elements of fertility in the earth's soil. That as long as there is any earth and water left, what there is will bring forth in abundance. According to the old teachings of orthodox agriculture, the soil is like a bank, containing a limited quanti ty of treasure, in the shape of plant food; that even the .most careful farming cannot put back into the soil quite all that it takea out, and conse quently the entire earth will some day become sterile and barren. This theory, once held by scientists, is still accepted by many farmers. Sam Has Different Theory. Not by Sam McCall, however. For a half century . Sam has been assidu ously cultivating a farm of two acres. When he bought the land after he was emancipated, it was as poor land as could be found in the United States. Successive cropping before the war so exhausted its fertility that it -was abndoned. Then the rains eroded the topping of loam and wash ed it down the hill Into the stream. When Sam bought it for 50 cents an acre, it was bare even of grass and weeds. It was the sort of soil south erners say "will not sprout peas." No soil expert would hesitate to say that ?uch soil had been completely ex hausted of the elements of plant food. Now what did Sam McCall do with this sort of land? In 1908 the two acres produced 140 bushels of oats. BO bushels of corn (on one acre and four bales of cotton. The southern average 'for these crops (when land is devoted exclusively to them) is 20 bushels of oats. 13 bushels of corn and 1-3 of a bale of cotton . to the acre. The McCall yields, carefully verified in a bulletin just published by CLUB NOTES. Western Sorosis club will have its annual banquet the evening of Feb ruary 12. This banquet is given yearly on Lincoln's birthday, and at this year's celebration, each member may invite two guests. Mrs. F. W. Watson, the treasurer of the club, should be no tified as soon as possible the names of the guests. Preparations are being completed for the art exhibit to be given in To peka the latter part of February un der the auspices of the Topeka Feder ation of Women. The art department of the federation is directly in charge of the arrangements, and have receiv ed a list of the pictures that will be shown. The exhibit will be brought to Topeka from Lawrence, where it is sent from the east, and is under the management there of the art depart ment of the state university. The Thursday Study club met Thurs day afternoon with Mtes Lovelia Hilty at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. E. Heer. on Clay street. Papers on the lesson were read by Mrs. Ross.- Mrs. It. L. Cochrane and Mrs. S. L. Nelson. The next meeting will be held in two weeks with Mrs. Cochrane, 1535 Harri son street. The music for the program was furnished by Miss Gwendolyn Chase, who sang. The Chaldean club will meet Monday of next week, with Mrs. W. F. Bowen, 803 Harrison street. Mrs. J. B. Larimer FOB La Grippe, Grippe, Grip, Influenza, or a bard stubborn or obstinate Cold that hangs on, or by whatever name it may be called, is broken lip by Dr. Humphreys' "Seventy-seven." Don't wait till your bones begin to ache, take "Seventy-seven" at the first feeling of lassitude and escape the pains and soreness of the Head, Back and Chest, Cough, Sore Throat, Gen eral Prostration and Fever, or it may take longer to break up. It pays to keep "Seventy-seven" handy, it is a small vial of pleasant pellets, fits the vest pocket. At your Druggist, 25c., or mailed. - Humphreys' Honieo. Medicine Co., 15S Williams St.. New York. Adv. GRiP&COLBS ILLITERATE, SO GOOD A FARMER THAT 'ifef j&AV- hr-. the department of agriculture, are ab solutely the record for the United States. Yet the ex-slave brought his worth less land to this degree of fertility practically without the use of a pound of fertilizer. Sam's method was simple. He filled the soil of his two acres , with vege table matter (humus.) At first he did this by hauling leaves from the woods and plowing them under. Then when the land began to produce crops, he plowed under the straw of his oats and the stalks of his corn and cotton. Spillman's Opinion. In the opinion of Prof. W. J. Spill man, of the department of agriculture one of the foremost agriculture econ omists in the world, the case of Sam McCall and the cases of other farmers who have used the same method of farming with startling results prove the validity of a discovery which will be revolutionary in agriculture. The theory is now held by Milton Whitney, chief of the United State bureau of soil, and his assistant Frank K. Cam eron, that each soil particle is com posed largely of potash " and phos phorus, two of the principal- elements of plant food. According to their theory a film of the surface of each soil particle each year is dissolved, liberating the potash and phosphate. This theory is held against the great body of scientists, who liken each soil will have charge of the department of current events, and Mrs. Robert Steele will have an address on "The New South." The West Side Forestry club, which has been taking its annual vacation, met for the first time in the new year Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. M. A. Low. The honorary mem bers were hostesses, and included Mrs. Low, Mrs. Ward Burlingame. Mrs. A. J. Kelley. Mrs. F. Montgomery and Mrs. George Huron. The president, Mrs. Harry Forbes, presided. The pro gram was a combined Kansas Day and musical entertainment. Mrs. Low read a paper on Alfalfa. Mrs. Burlingame spoke on events in Kansas history, and the music was furnished by Mrs-. Al bert T. Reid, whose numbers included the Kansas Song, and by Miss Helen Hogeboom and Miss Eleanor Logan. The executive board of . the State Federation held a meeting Thursday at Y. W. C. A. and endorsed some of the bills before the legislature and voted to support Dr. Crumbine of the state board of health. They decided that the next meeting of the board should be held in Chanute. The State Equal Suffrage associa tion met Thursday morning at the Y. W. C. A. and discussed legislation of the present session. They en dorsed the work of Dr. Crumbine and voted to oppose the bill changing the control and membership of the board of health. They also endorsed the bill relating to the whit- slave traf fic, and discussed various measures for the improvements of conditions of working women and relating to child labor. The Ohio club will meet Monday night, February 3. at 8 o'clock with Mrs. H. W. Bomgardner, 1295 Mul vane street. All former Ohio people are invited. There will be a program, and refreshments will be served. HESEESliGLOSS. Curtailment of Experiment Appro priation Alarms Forester. Washington, Feb. 1. Industrial loss will result if congress finally cur tails the work of the wood products experiment section of the forest ser vice, in the opinion of Chief Forester Graves. In the agricultural appro priation bill the amount provided for this -work is cut from $170,000 to $100,000. In explaining the features of the branch of the forest service. Mr. Graves declares that multitudinous uses of lumber has shown how they could secure a maximum of service and durability for a minimum of ma terial. In experiments to determine the best methods of utilizing and con serving timber, in discovering the best methods of using the by-products and in studying hundreds of allied ques tions. Mr. Graves contends that this division of the forest service has been paying for itself many times over. UNCLE SAM IS TAKING NOTICE particle to a sponge, soaked to the center with the moisture of the soil, i The latter group of scientists believe ; that plants eventually suck from each j soil particle all it contains of plant food, leaving a sterile shell of indis-1 soluble mineral matter. Whitney and ; Cameron believe that the soil IS plant food .and as long as any soil is' left it is continually liberating potash ana phosphate by dissolution. Microbes a Big Help. Thus the only other element needed to feed the plant is nitrogen. The pre- : vailing theory is that nitrogen exists in the soil and is gradually exhausted . by the plants. Prof. Spillman says that Sam McCall put the nitrogen in his soil when he plowed in the humus. , Microscopic bacteria live in decaying vegetable matter in the soil, and these ' bacteria feed largely upon nitrogen in the air ventilating down through the j soil, and thus supply nitrogen to the soil when they die. The air is four fifths nitrogen. ' Thus, according to Prof. Spillman, ' socalled "worn-out" soil is soil which contains no humus. The bacteria are continually eating humus and they will cause it to disappear altogether unless fresh supplies are put into the ground by the farmer. The example of Sam McCall shows as long as man has earth and air he can continue to grow food by apply ing intelligence to cultivation. EEL ATTACKS SWIMMER 'Duke" Kahanamoku Nearly Drowns j Near Honolulu. New York, Feb. 1. "Duke" Kahan amouku, the world's champion short distance swimmer, had a narrow es cape in a fight with an eel at a re sort near Honolulu, according to re ports of the odd occurrence received in special cable advices here. He was practicing in preparation for the Australian swimming championship in company with a number of other swimmers when he suddenly seemed to be dragged under the water in a furious struggle. While other swimmers were hasten ing to him with their powerful over hand stroke, Kahanamoku sank from sight. His friends dived, brought him up and carried him ashore almost un conscious. A large eel which he had choked to death had attacked him, and in the struggle the swimmer suf fered a slight injury to the index fin ger of his right hand. It is reported doubtful whether the champion will be able to compete in the Australian events for which he was practicing. Mother's Friend in Every Home Comfort and' Safety Assured Before the Arrival of the Stork. The old saying what Is home without a mother should add "Mother's Friend.' In thousands of American homes there Is a bottle of this splendid and famous rem edy that has aided many a woman through the trying ordeal, saved her from suffering and pain, kept her in health of mind aad body in advance of baby's coming and had a most wonderful influence in developing a; healthy, lovely disposition in the child. There is no other remedy so truly a help to nature as Mother's Friend. It relieves the pain and discomfort caused by the strain on the ligaments, makes pliant those fibres and muscles which nature is expand ing and soothes the Inflammation of breast glands. Mother's Friend Is an external remedy, acts quickly and not only banishes all dis tress in advance, but assures a speedy and complete recovery for the mother. Thus he becomes a healthy woman with all her strength preserved to thoronghlv enjoy the rearing of her child. Mother's Friend can be had at any drug store at $1.00 a bottle, ' and is really one of the greatest blessings ever discovered for expertant mothers. 'Write to Bradfield Regulator Co., 128 Lamar Bldg.. Atlanta. 6a.. for their free book. Write to-day. It is most instructive. LAW AND PRESS Some Analogies and- Compari sons Are Made. E. P. McColloch of Anthony Handles Subject. IS AN EDITOR AND A LAWYER His Address at the Bar Banquet a Big Hit. He Takes a Deserved Fall Out of Unjust Criticism. One of the decided hits at the an nual banquet of the State Bar asso ciation was the response of R. P. Mc Colloch, of Anthony, to the toast, "The Law and the Press." Mr. Mc Colloch was active in the practice of law in Kansas for twenty-five years. Of late years, while hot giving up the law entirely, he has devoted most of his attentions to newspaper work, and is the owner and editor of the An thony Bulletin, one of the represen tative weekly newspapers of the state. His personal experiences and obser vations,, therefore, have certainly fit ted him to handle such a subject as "The Law and the Press" in a most interesting and effective manner. And that is just what he did in Topeka the other night. His address follows: "There are, in Kansas, a number of gentlemen who, perforce, must liver The high cost of living has driven them to the leading 6f dual lives, a sort of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ex istence. While these gentlemen are in the mood to be good they publish newspapers which are moral guides. When they are seized with the over mastering passion to be bad they break back into the practice of law. "Belonging to this body of our citi zenship, it is a pleasure to say a word of the law and the press. Twenty-five years of the practice in this state should give me come idea of the law. as she is practiced in Kansas.' And eeveral years in the newspaper busi ness, and red ink at the bank, should qualify me to speak of the joy of run ning a country newspaper. Editors Mnst Be Honest. "There is some difference between those of the law and those of the press. Editors must be honest. ' A discriminating observer puts it this way. I quote from a recent issue of a legal publication, 'A lawyer in a courtroom may call a man a liar, a scoundrel, villain an dthief and no one makes complaint when court ad journs. If a newspaper makes such a reflection on a man's character there is a libel suit or a dead editor. This is owing to the fact that people believe what an editor says.' "I have the profoundest respect for the law and the greatest respect for the bar of Kansas. And I am partic ularly proud of the bar of my own county. The admiration I have for it has been intensified by an incident occurring in our beautiful little city within a recent time. A few years ago the people of my county voted a new court house. When, for the new building, there came the matter of the court room it was determined to have something that was right. And it is right. In the selection of a prop er ceiling for that room there were certain adornments provided which in the language of the southwest are called 'dudads.' By some inadver tence, I think that the legal term, the ceiling chosen was originally in tended for a music hall and It is adorned with large harp shaped in struments called by musicians, lyres. A visitor in our town was being shown through the court house, and came to the court room. He looked upon the furniture and fixtures, the handsome windows and the brass spittoons, then he cast his eyes to the ceiling. Sud denly he started back and his face went white as he grasped the arm of his companion and said: This Is the strangest court room I was ever in, had you noticed that the lyres are on the ceiling when in other court rooms they are on the floor.' Compensations Differ. 'A difference between the professions that should be noted is that of comnen. sation. ine lawyer speaks to a iurv and gets praise, the editor speaks to the people and gets cussed. And then take the matter of the ultimate fee. A newspaper man gets one dollar for his newspaper, which is fifty cents too little, while the lawyer gets ten dollars for any five dollar case. Not only so, but the dollar of the editor represents thd ."I.... 1 r- .l . I I 1 . o.s me suuscrioer is nuifa l ii.-t.lv tr. , o the time is out. The lawyer's ten dol- lar fee is hut the entering wedge. In any case where Jones sues because Smith's hog has eaten up a little corn the fees that result to the lawyers are ultimately determined by what Smith's hog will sell for. and the amount of corn Jones raised that year. Then there is the matter of delay. If the country editor should fail to is- the purposes sought to be accomplish sue the rag for just one week there ed by this legislation. If there are would be a revolutionary war, but the constitutional limitations in the way, lawsuit is long delayed and often be- the sooner they are discovered and re comes a new monument to patience. moved, the better. The general pub "It reminds me of the old lady wait- lie and even those who have the most ing for a train in a small Texas town, at stake the farmers and horticul The train was reported on time but on turists have in the past been very its time the agent came out and slow to recognize the vital importance chalked on the board: No. 2, twenty this and that other subject of equal minutes late. The old lady sniffed. Af- importthe contagious diseases of ter a while the agent appeared again . tre5? an" P'ants- - and wrote: No. 2. thirty minutes late. nnU,aL '5?" l.SSn.?id mi,. j , j ' . , ... ' caused by plant disease is estimated TJ Z- x ? y couhed- Ht.came out at $1,500,000,000, and our department the third time and wrote: No. 2, forty aJ aricu'itur'e ln lg87 fixed the loss minutes late. The old lady could stand that year to the United States alone It no longer and turning to the others caused by cryptogamia to timber, fruit waiting said, 'One of you-all take that and grain at $200,000,000. The pre piece of chalk away from that feller vention of plant maladies is an inter or we'll never get out of this town.' " ' national duty which cannot be neg There is a growing desire, and I think lected, and the recent importation of lawyers approve it, towards taking the chestnut blight into this country away some of the chalk that makes for legal . delays. Chances for Real Service. "In either profession, the law or jour nalism, or in the two combined, any man who will can be of- some service, ; and it is coming to be the desire of . every true man that he may serve every true man that he may serve rather than he be served. " The lawyer and the editor find compensation in the j conscionsneKH that in their snheres thev ! are contributing to the general uplift ! nnr? hplnini. on thp movements for- the . betterment of life in all its various forms of activity business economics conferee inTereou ""t-l' Y?i?I. uI." """-r"r. . "Jaayi.in ciosmg, suggest rnat mere Is one thing in common witn lawyers and editors. They stand together for the best in government and in life. "Believing this I submit that they should stand together for the crystalli zation of a better, and a sound and sane public opinion. I admit there are newspapers styled, 'Appeals to Reason' which do not appeal to reason, end that ; there are demagogues In the legal pro fession as In other walks of life. But j I do not hesitate to say that such : newspapers and such lawyers do not. in any large measure, represent the sentiment of either profession. Criticism Most Be Just. "For you, then, gentlemen, and for me, there is a call to a high duty. "It is to protest by voice and pen against the unfair, the harsh, the un true, the undeserved criticism of Judges and of other public officers. -"You will not misunderstand me: I firmly believe in criticism when . it is deserved. I regard Just criticism as a great safe-guard in a government i such as ours. But I warn you that I we have come upon the time when I. Iliu.l ILIVIOIII Will W lt;i HUlltSU VJ 1. 1 .7 when it is merited, and only as it is fair, or when by the unbridled license of 'criticism we shall- lose all respect for law, for public offices and public officers. "A public opinion fed upon. shased and stimulated by the partisan news- paper, the muck raking journal and I the sensational magazine is not a 1 healthy public opinion. The motives ! such periodicals impute to state and federal judges, to state and federal of- j ficers are, for the most part, wholly ; untrue. The public mind is feeding on imagination and not on facts. We are building up a public opinion out of ! fancy and romance. It is one of the j startling, evils of our day. an evil ; which so high an authority as James j nryce says may compass our destruc tion. "Time permits me but to suggest this present day wrong and to say that there is no nobler, more necessary, more patriotic work in which the law and the press can engage than that of leading the public mind of this coun try from its riot and carnival of ill formed, hasty, superficial and mis chievous opinion back to a sound opin ion founded upon fact and the ideas and ideals of the fathers." Married men get into debt becstuse they have a family and unmarried ones be cause they haven't. New York Press. CHINESE WOMEN AT CAPITAL DISCARD ORIENTAL APPAREL FOR AMERICAN; SOCIETY TAKES FASHION NOTES ON THEIR CLOTHES At tBe rlgbti the daaajhtera et thw Caiaeae minister In oriental rvatnnie m year (! at lefti two ef the aasae daughter and their monther la Amer lean dress tedar. Washington, Feb. 1. The wife and daughters of Ambassador Chang, Chinese representative at Washington, have blos somed out in American dress. A year ago thev were sroine 'about in their gorgeous ' oriental garb, their tunics and kimono dresses heavy with embroidery and glitte--ing with gems. Now all Is changed. Their dress is so thoroughly occidental and up- SENATOR M'LEAN TELLS WHY rtPnrirft t McLean 1 I (oy George tr. aicuean.) I 1 hPe that 811 true conservationists wiu ive their active support to the bill which extends federal protection to migratory game and Insectivorous birds. This bill passed the senate re- centiy without a dissenting vote and . , house fails to concur. It is hard to wn" , .in., iion H nnnnsed to has awakened our people to tne neea of great caution. Rigid quarantines are now established against plant dis eases and destructive insects, but these efforts will be futile unless the pests and plagues that are now with us in untold numbers are controlled ami rnnnnprMl. This count rv is still many years behind most of the Euro- pean nations in its general interests in ! such matters. It is quite as important I to save the trees from diseases and slugs as it is to save them from the axe and fire. The annual loss caused by blights and beetles ln this country alone is at more than H.200.000,- 000. The half dozen gypsy moths brnneht to this country a few vears -. we allowed to escane ago and which were allowed to escape have multiplied and become a nauseat ing . scourge- in certain portions of central and eastern New England. ITn Iess we are alive to every precaution it will not be many years before every tree, schrub and flower will have its hordes of insect enemies waiting to at tack the first green spot that appears CAN BE CURED I Will Prove It to You Free Too who are snfferln the tortures of Eczema. Itch. Slt Bbsam or other kin diseases you whose days are mlseraole, whose nights are mads sleep. less by the terrible itchine. 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The daughters are of the accepted American debutante age, and look cha-rm-inp in American frocks. Their natural oriental beauty loses none of its attrac tion in their new mode of dress. Mother and daughters have learned the art of wearing American clothes grace fully. Their heads, formerly wound with UNCLE SAM SHOULD PROTECT BIRDS lesras P. McLean. in the spring. The migratory insec tivorous birds should be guarded with ! a mailed hand, and the states, acting separately, an uiteriy iiiuLHupeiBuu 11 the federal government .has no power ; to undertake the common, defense in this regard, we ought to know it at once. I cannot believe that any sov ereignty, worthy of the name, can be ao helpless; and in any event it would seem to be the duty of congress to give the benefit of the doubt to the people and the constitution. The pending legislation touches no private or property right. It can do no harm to any man's person or pos sessions. If this matter is delayed un til the birds are exterminated and they are now decreasing at an alarm ing rate the lawmakers of this gen eration will neglect a plain and press ing duty. x- --- - M .ace., and the largest dental Concern In Popular prices. Silver fillings SOo to SJ.OO Cement fillings 50o Extracting teeth, freezing gum process 60 Extracting teeth without med icine S5 shining braids and Innocent of hats, are nowadays smartly coiffed and crowned with plumed creations of the latest Pa'ls designs. Their figures are well corsete'l, nd their feet, formerly encased Chinese slippers with gemmed and ei.i broidered embellishment, are now adorned with patent leather colonial pumps will, flashing buckles or In fashionable boots to be worn with tailored gowns. English Seauty Tells Ccmplexon Secrets ("Elise" In American Home.) Through a fortunate meeting with in English lady, noted Tor her dazzling com plexion, 1 recently learned the full mean ing of that old adage, "Beauty In buc skin deep." She taught me how to re move my muddy old akin, revealing tle soung and beautiful . skin underneatn. The process is so simple, harmless and inexpensive, I'm sure vou'll be glad to know about It. Just get an ounce of or dinary mercolized wax at any drug stole and apply nightly, like cold cream, for a week or so. Every morning In washing off the wax. tiny particles of worn-out cuticle come off. too. The action Is a gentle and gradual, there's no discom fort. It's a wonderful treatment, as It not only peels off the faded or discolored skin, but all of its defects, as chaps, toughness, freckles, pimples, blotches, blackheads. I am indebted to the same lady for a remarkable wrinkle-removing formula One ounce powdered saxolite is dissolved in a half pint witch hazel. 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