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MINNEAPOLIS DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL THE VOICE OF THE PRESS. VOL. I. Single Copies 5 Cents. MINNEAPOLIS MINN DECEMBER 20, 1910 WASHINGTON NEWS GALORE. WHAT OUR PEOPLE ARE DOING Lineup of Men of Influence and Official Position In and Out of Washington—Activity Among Educators. Freeman Dental Society Elects and Banquets New Officers. By OLIVER RANDOLPH. The opening of congress has transferred the scenes of activity to Capitol hill. Every day one can stand at some point on Pennsylvania avenue, near the capitol, and see distinguished senators and representatives on their way to the sessions. Most of them speed swiftly by in mammoth touring cars. As a rule, they are accompanied on their morning trips by their wives or some member of their families. There are, however, many of the senators and representatives who walk to their legislative duties. The sight of some eminent legislator walking briskly down the avenue just in time to get to his seat in the senate or house by 12 o'clock. The nomination of Whitefield McKinlay, who was appointed collector of customs for Georgetown, D. C., is among the recess appointments HON. WHITEFIELD M'KINLAY. HON. WHITEFIELD a most acceptable M'KINLAY a best official, and it can be safely asserted that his confirmation will soon be officially announced. There are quite a number of colored men of influence and standing employed at the capitol who will be very much in evidence during the sessions. There is Joseph E. Johnson, stenographer, he is with Speaker Cannon. He is known as the colored Uncle Joe. Mr. Johnson is well known by senators and congressmen and wields considerable influence with them. He understands thoroughly all of the routine methods of the house and can give one some valuable pointers on how to get a bill through. He has been employed at the capitol for a good number of years, having been on the stenographic force of Speaker Reed. Influential Men About the Capitol. There are other colored men also around the capitol who have made themselves very valuable not only to PROFESSOR R. C. BRUCE. their senators and congressmen, but also to members of their race having business at the capitol. Sometimes these employees are sought and render valuable assistance to men who are p for confirmation, sometimes by colored men who are trying to get some bill through, and they are generally ever ready to lend a helping hand. Charles Pickett of Illinois, who is with Senator Cullom; Ralph W. White of West Virginia, who is with Representative Hughes; Harry Parker, who has for years been with the important committee on ways and means, of which Representative Payne of New York is chairman, and Frank A. Byron of Illinois, who is with Representative Foss of the committee on naval affairs, are some of the men on Capitol Hill who are very much in evidence these days. Bruce on Vocational School Plan. Assistant Superintendent of Public Schools Roscoe Conkling Bruce has Defective Page By OLIVER RANDOLPH. came up for confirmation on the opening of congress. The general impression is that Mr. McKinlay will be promptly confirmed. He has been making good as the collector of the Georgetown port. He went into office on Aug. 4 and has been faithfully attending to his official duties. His popularity with both races makes him the most acceptable official, and it can be safely as PROFESSOR R. C. BRUCE classified and studied and Mr. A. C. Newman of the Armstrong Manual Training school has worked out the details of a plan to institute for the first time in the history of the district school a vocational school. Professor Bruce has submitted a report on the subject and expects to have a vocational school in operation next September. The new vocational school will bring the District into the forefront of educational advance. As yet there are but few such schools in existence. The most notable examples are the Manhattan Trade School For Girls, in New York city; the Secondary Industrial school at Columbus, Ga.; the Rochester (N. Y.) factory schools and the Industrial school of New Bedford, Mass. It is designed primarily for boys and girls of the sixth, seventh and eighth grade years who would not go to high school because they have to get out and work for a living. The new school will enable them to earn more money in a legitimate trade, it is believed. School figures show that hundreds of boys and girls leave the schools before the age of fifteen to engage in DR. C. C. FRYE. "blind alley" occupations, such as blacking shoes, selling papers, etc., occupations that lead nowhere. The vocational school is designed to fit scholarships for well trained apprenticeship in good paying trades and callings. Two year courses have been provided in seven trades for boys and three trades for girls. For boys the courses will include machinist work, blacksmithing, wagon and automobile construction, electrical work, plumbing, heating and tinting, house, sign, wagon and fresco painting, paperhanging, printing, brick and stone masonry, plastering and concrete construction. For girls there will be courses in practical cookery and household management, sewing, dressmaking, tailoring and millinery. The only academic work would be in mechanical drawing, English mathematics and general elementary science. The scheme has been submitted to well known educators in other cities and members of the board of education. Paul H. Hanus of the division of education of Harvard university has given it his hearty good wishes. J. A. Chamberlain, superintendent of training in the district of Columbia, has studied the plan and has given it his endorsement. Members of the board of education who are known to be in hearty sympathy with it are Dr. W. V. Tunnell, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussley, W. V. Cox and Mrs. R. H. Terrell. E. C. Williams at Bethel Literary, Professor E. C. Williams, principal of M Street high school, was the prin- of M Street high sci cipal speaker at Bethel literature at a recent meeting. Professor Williams read an interesting paper on Japan. He gave a graphic account of this oriental nation, showing that he had given much time and study to the Japanese. Pro Cipital speaker at Bethel literary at a recent meeting. Professor Williams read an interesting paper on Japan and read a graphic account of this oriental nation, showing that he had given much time and study to the Japanese. Professor Williams before coming to Washington was the librarian at Western Reserve university, and his acquaintance with books is extensive. Dental Society Elects Officers Dental Society Elected Officers. The Robert T. Freeman Dental Society of the District of Columbia held its annual meeting and election of officers the last of November at Martin's cafe. The reports of the secretary and treasurer showed the society to be on a good financial basis. The following were elected to serve during the ensuing year. Dr. C. A. Gwormly, president; Dr. C. G. Fry, vice president; Dr. George H. Butcher, secretary (re-elected); Dr. S. A. Fraser, corresponding secretary (re-elected); Dr. A. J. Gwathney, treasurer; Dr. W. E. Hamilton, librarian (re-elected). After the meeting the members joined in the annual banquet. Dr. C. S. Wormly, the retiring president, acted as toastmaster and called on the members present for short speeches. Dr. D. A. Ferguson of Richmond, Va., was the honored guest and spoke of a recent operation he had performed for empythea of the antrum. Dr. Ferguson was elected honorary vice president. The society decided to hold its January meeting in Richmond, Va., as guests of Dr. Ferguson. It was this society that started the examination of school children's teeth each member giving his service gratis. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., DECEMBER, 20, 1910. MINNEAPOLIS CHURCH NOTES. Mme. De Leo has charge of St. Peters chore again, and the congregation and choir members are proud of her acceptance. They know her worth. Mrs. Ada Gibbs Murphy, has charge of the choir at Zion Baptist church. The Zion Sunday School will have a Christmas Tree on Monday Evening, Dec. 26th. Quarterly meeting at St. James church January 8, 1911. Madame E. B. James is the leader of the St. James Choir, Miss Essie Mason, organist and musical instructor. The members of St. James are proud of the choice musical selections rendered at their Choral Concerts. Mr. Geo. Holbert addressed the young men of the city at St. James on last Sunday, Subject, "Christian Influence. The Dyer sisters gave a Grand Musical concert on Monday night. Rev. Wharton preached on Sunday, Text, "What will you do with Jesus." The church services are being well attended. Attend the Social at Bethesda Church on Dec. 28th, all are invited. Church on Dec. 25th, all are invited. The A. A. Women's Charity Club met at the home of Mrs. Owensby 3840 11th Ave. So. State organizer qui puususad sum saujes upi sauj election of officers was held as follows: Mrs. R. J. Temple, president. " G. P. Sims, vice-president. " A. A. Ford, Sec. " Carrie Williams, Ass't Sec. " Mattie Darby, Treas. The Willing Workers Missionary Society will give a house social at Mrs Banham's, 3046 21st Ave. S. Tuesday evening, Dec. 20. All are invited to come and help the cause along. Subscribe to the Star. Manle Leaf Club The Maple Leaf Club elected their officers for the ensuing year, as follows: Chas. Brown Pres., Glover Shull V. Pres., Will Allen, Sec'y, Grant Ramey Trees. The Club will give their Christmas Dance on Dec. 28, and hold their monthly series as usual. THAT HOBBLE SKIRT PARTY, Dec. 28th at Daina Hall under the auspices of the Charity Club of the St. Thomas Mission is to be a Great Social Event. Don't forget the date—Dec. 28. MRS. McCULLOUGHS, CHRISTMAS PARTY. Dearborn Hall, December 26th. Dr. R. S. Brown, was called into consultation last week by a leading white physician, at the home of a member of one of the largest business firms in Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. S. Wright of Omaha are now residents of our city. They are now living at the residence of Mrs. Williams, 2107 5th Ave. So. Mrs. Richard Newton, 700 Oaklake Ave., has returned from her home in Topeka, Kan., where she has been visiting her parents. Mr. D. F. Kennedy, formerly of our city, now of Chicago, was called to the bedside of his sister, Mrs. Cliff Hawkins, 586 7th Ave. No., who is now at the hospital suffering from typhoid fever. She is improving improving gradually. Mr. Kennedy was cordially received by many of his old friends. Miss Beulah Corneal, who has been sick several months, will be taken to the hospital for tuberculosis of the skin. Her physicians think that she will be ultimately cured. Miss Corneal is one of the Sisters Corneal, the famous classical entertainers. We hope for her speedy recovery. Wanted, an honest young man or woman to collect subscriptions and solicit ads. We will present to our readers the CHRISTMAS NUMBER on DECEMBER 20th, our next issue. The Corneal Sisters are now residing at 1409 2nd Ave So. SPECIAL Don't forget your subscription. Send it, if you want your paper to continue. Mr. C. L. McCullough, 919 Nicollet Ave., has leased Dearborn Hall, the best Hall in the City, and will rent it for all occasions. An Omisalon. The name of Mr. P. H. Southall, was unintentionally omitted as one of the Eulogists at the Memorial Services of Ames Lodge of Elks No. 106. Mr. Southall is a Past Exalted Ruler of that Lodge, and his Eulogy on said occasion was one of the highly commendable numbers of the programme. Ames Lodge of Elks is arranging to give their Annual Ball next month. They also report many new members for their next initiation. CAFE'S CLOSING EARLY Since the "Lid" was put on in Minneapolis, the hotels have had to close up their wine-rooms on account of "no business." The Hadadson and National close their Dutch Rooms at 8 P. M. Theatrical people and theatre crowds can't get anything to drink. Therefore the waiters are being cut off as the business decreases. NEW CREW OF "RED CAPS." Mr. Lewis Ewing has succeeded Mr. "Jock" Simms, as Milwaukee Depot as "Chief of the Red Caps." The entire old force being discharged except Burt Lowry. Mr. Ewing also has the Boot Stand in the washroom, which is in charge of Mr. Ed. Odell Messrs. Will Armstrong and Raymond Taylor are not employed. Our men should consider the value of these positions as they are sought for daily by Italians and Americans, who buy the privileges. Its a white man's job, so keep it. THAT BIG NIGHT. MRS. HALL. DEC. 26TH. Mrs. Jno. Jackson 709 69th Ave. No. entertained the Charity Club at her home last Thursday afternoon. Miss Eva Walker who has spent the summer here in this city left for her homein Deadwood, S. D., Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Koger of Qakland Ave. left the city the first of the week for an extended visit with his folks in Mississippi. 'The Northwest lodge of U. B F's. will give a house social for the benefit of the lodge at the home of Mr. C. H. Williams of 2107 5th Ave. So., next Thursday night, Dec. 22. Seargt's Chas Hamilton, who was of the police department, recently promoted to his present position, continues to make good in his department. Mrs. Greenleaf Johnson still continues to improve. Mrs. Harper, the wife of Seargt' J. W. Harper, and their daughter Evelyn have returned home after an extended visit to friends and relatives in Houston, Texas. She visited her bro. Presiding Elder Albert Frazer. BUY A RED CROSS CHRISTMAS SEAL. We must care for the consumptive in the right place, in the right way, and at the right time, until he is cured, instead of as now, in the wrong place, in the wrong way, at the wrong time, until he is dead—Prior. Make somebody Happy. Do it Now. "We deliver the goods" Bring your job printing to THE TWIN CITY STAR, 223-225 Cedar Ave., at Seven Corners. Lowest Rates-Up-to-date workmanship. Mr. M. W. Judy, the dentist, is now prepared to give full attention to the work of extracting and fillings, bridge and crown work etc. Mr. Judy is one of our city's influential young men, a graduate of the Red Cross Laboratory, and a mechanical dentist of exceptional ability. DECEASED. Anna Middleton Drake. The funeral of Mrs. Anna M. Drake, the wife of Earnest Drake, and daughter of Henry D. and Sarah Middleton was held from Bethesda Baptist Church. Rev. Carter officiating. She was 29 years, 5 months and 11 days old. She departed this life Dec. 16, 1910. NOTICE. The Star is Still Shining. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. WE NEED THE MONEY. Every Little Bit Helps. Mr. D. E. Buckner will spend his Christmas at his home in Mississippi. Mr. Buckner has not seen some of his relatives in over 20 years, and he expects a great reunion. McHenry Keys of the D. S. S. and A. Ry. is sick, suffering with lumbago. He is expected home soon. DON'T FORGET THE I. X. L. BAND CONCERT AND BALL AT TSCHIDA'S HALL ON DEC. 22ND. WANTED. Reliable, live, honest, hustling agents for the Twin City Star. You can make a good living with this work as a side line. Agents wanted in Milwaukee, Duluth, Omaha, Kansas City, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Denver, Des Moines and Sloux City. Write for terms to The Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. Before Renting, Call and See G. BISHOP 715 Phoenix Block. Desirable Locations for Sale or Rent Miss Maymie G. Williams, will represent the Twin City Star in St. Paul. Her office is 27 Union Block, where she will receive subscriptions, ads and notices. All persons who wish any information may consult her. She is our authorized agent. Mrs. T. H. Lyles entertained at dinner Rev. E. H. McDonald and wife at her home on Rondo St., Friday evening. Mrs. James A. Vass entertained a few of her lady friends at her home on Rondo St., Friday afternoon in honor of her friend Mrs. Tolbert who has been in the city for the past five weeks. Those present were Mesdames Benjamin, Williams, and Lyles. Att'y Fred L. McGee, defended Broderick Campbell and Ella Robinson, who were on trial for the murder of Emma Branch in St. Paul on July 5th last. Att'y McGee is making as strong case for the defense. The Negroes of this section put utmost faith in this celebrated counsellor. We will give account of verdict in next issue. The many friends of Dr. Turner, the physician hope to learn of his acquittal of the charge of manslaughter at an early date. Att'y McGee is his counsel. Boost for Fezzan, and her Nobles! Get ready for the St. Paul Hotel Walter's Ball! January 5th. Mr. H. K. Davis of 421 Jay St. has returned from visiting his relatives in Muskogee, Okla. Mr. Davis is a brother of Mrs. Martha Jones, one of the wealthiest and shrewdest business women of Muskogee. She owns several city buildings and farming lands, pays an income tax, and her income is reputed to be more than $5,000 per year. The Hotel Cosby of St. Paul is fast gaining popularity. Mr. Cosby, the proprietor is meeting with great success. Messrs. P. A. Walker and Frank Boyd of the Pullman Co., were visiting their friends about the city on Thursday, and spent several hours with Pres. Alex Tucker, at the Ramsey County Club. St. Paul subscribers are urged to pay their subscriptions at this time, to our St. Paul representative. Mr. F. L. D. Parker's picture will appear with the Agriculture Club of the University of Minnesota. The Ethical Literary and Depoting Society meets every Sunday afternoon at St. Phillips Guild Hall. All are welcome. Mrs. Jane Watson of Mason City, Iowa has moved to the City and has taken up her abode in the Terry Flats. Miss Mary Fletcher is improving nicely at the hospital in Walker, Minn. Mrs. Harriett Murphy is spending the winter in Chicago with her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Haynes. Dr. and Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Mrs. P. A. Payton and Mrs. W. T. Frances were the guests of honor at an afternoon tea given by Mr. Andrew Carnegie of New York City recently. All great things have to have some one from St. Paul mixed in it. Every one should boost our own Charlie Miller for prospective Scout Master for the colored boys of St. Paul. Mrs. Jos. Worley has returned from Canada where she spent two months with her husband. The Negro dolls are in great demand. Miss M. G. Williams is the agent at 27 Union Block, St. Paul. Send in your order. Spend your leisure hours during the Holidays at the Ramsey Co., Afro American Club. High Class Phonographic Concert. Hear Caruso, Melba, Calve, and songs from the Latest Productions by the Highest Class Artists. Mrs. Nancy Church, sister of Mrs. Chas. Saunders has returned to her home in Chicago after an extended trip in St. Paul. She was very highly impressed with the genial heartedness of St. Paul people. One gentleman called on the Star's Representative and said "Send me the Star, because it contains the news." Little Winnifred Archer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Archer, shows signs of becoming a great singer. She sang a solo at one of the recent entertainments. Dr. O. D. Howard has taken in Mr. Maxwell, his son-in-law, as a partner at the Angus Barbershop and they now operating under the head of O. D. Howard & Son. They have a most beautiful and tastefully arranged place and up-to-date in every respect. Mrs. Nora Covington has returned to the City, from St. Louis and is much improved in health. Mrs. Ione E. Glibbs, Pres. of the State Fed. of C. W. Clubs lectured at St. Mark's A. M. E. Church last Thursday evening, having for her subject "The Man and the Home." Unfortunately the night was bitter cold and Mrs. Glibbs was not heard by a representative audience. Mrs. Glibbs always pleasing was in good voice and delivered a discourse worthy of the excellent attention which those present gave her and in a measure was rewarded for the lack of attendance. The Ladies' Book Club were in charge of the arrangement and labored earnestly that the colored citizens might hear this truly brilliant woman under the most favorable auspices. A reception was tendered Mrs. Glibbs at the home of Mrs. Chas. Black, during her stay in the Zenith City. Mr. B. V. Hollimon, will spend the Xmas season at his home in Tennessee visiting his parents while Mrs. Hollimon will renew acquaintances at the Twin Cities. MRS. I. E. GIBBS VISITS DULUTH Lecture at St. Mark's A. M. E. Church. Rev. Jonathan Brewer, pastor of St Mark's A. M. E. church, called a meeting in the church Monday evening Dec 12, for the purpose of organizing some kind of a club os auxiliary to his church. There was a fairly good attendance. They succeeded in organizing a club known as the Afro American Unity Club, which is for the purpose of bringing its members in closer relation with each other to promote science, music and the arts, and do everything which is beneficial to the interest of our people, as well as to entertain any and all prominent people, who may be visiting or passing through our city. Rev. Jonathan Brewer, elected press. W. B. Richardson Vice press., J. Louis Ervin sec., and Eugene Watts treasurer. The club started out with a membership of sixteen. Various committees were elected, the most important of which was the program committee, which consists of J. Louis Ervin, Horace L. Pitman and R. C. McCullough. meeta first and third Mondays each month. Hall at Kalamazoo Building 18 W. Sup. St., Wm. Dawson, W. M. A. F. Mason, Sec'y. ST. PAUL. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Christman have moved to Chicago. Mrs. Minnie Wolfe remains about the same. Mr. R. M. Johnson, one of the employers of the Capitol, has returned from Chicago where he attended the funeral of his mother. Mrs. Sadle Jones is improving. Rev. H. S. Graves former pastor of St. James A. M. E. Church is now in Evanston, Ill. He receives a salary of $1,500 per year. Mrs. Florence Duckett is much improved. Prof. S. S. Furr has left the city. Mrs. Mattie Campbell has returned from Mindota, Ill. Mr. O. C. Hall has organized the "How Club" among the young boys and girls of the City. They meet regularly each week at the rooms of the West End Branch Y. W. C. A. Mrs. W. Whitner who has been in the City visiting her daughter, will return to her home in Portland, Ore., in a few days. Rev. H. P. Jones delivered a splendid address to the members of the West End Branch on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 11th. The rooms were packed and many turned away unable to get in. Rev. Jones is a magnetic and inspiring speaker. Rev. G. W. Galnes is still quite afflicted at his home in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Anna Robinson of Aurora ave., has been on the sick list. Mrs. Bettie Patterson will spend the holidays in Chicago. Mrs. Bertie Copeland of Seattle, Wash., is expected home for the holidays. Pay for your subscription. We notice that there are many, who claim that they do not get their paper. These are all delinquents. The paid up subscribers are not kicking. Prof. J. Johnson, who has just recently taken up his abode in our midst, has a very talented family in the persons of his son David and his daughter Jeanette. His son plays on a violin worth $12,000. The members of Pilgrim Baptist Church and Society held their Annual Entertainment and feast in the basement of the church on Dec. 16th. A splendid programme was rendered and those present enjoyed an elegant re- No.27. Chief Clerk Was Once Office Boy Inspiration For Young Men in the Achievements of William T. Francis of Legal Department of Northern Pacific Railway at St. Paul—Lawyer, Politician and Prominent Citizen. By MAYMIB G. WILLIAMS. William T. Francis of the legal department of the Northern Pacific Railway company is one of the most prominent citizens of St. Paul, Minn. His rise from the duties of just a mere office boy to the very responsible position of trying cases for a large railroad corporation is a long step, but shows what determination and close application to business will do for one who takes advantage of every opportunity to attain success. After attending the public schools of St. Paul, Mr. Francis entered the services of the Northern Pacific Railway company as an office boy. See WILLIAM T. FRANCIS, BBQ. ing that to be successful he must be ready for advancement when the first opportunity presented itself, he applied himself to telegraphy and was in line for an appointment as telegraph operator. The chief clerk under whom he worked urged him to take up telegraphy, as there was a great demand for male telenographers in the service, and he mastered this study and was promptly given a remunerative position for which his knowledge of telegraphy, shorthand and the general routine work of the office qualified him. After continuing in that position for several years he was appointed telenographer of the legal department. Here he saw large opportunities for advancement and determined to work his way to the head of the clerical position if possible. Finding that the position of chief clerk of the department demanded the qualifications of an attorney with practical knowledge of the law, he entered the evening class of the St. Paul College of Law in 1901 and graduated from that institution in 1904 and in due course was advanced to the position of chief clerk. Mr. Francis is held in high esteem by the officials of the road. In 1906 he ran as Republican candidate for the assembly and received nearly 10,000 votes, which was indeed a splendid showing, considering the scarcity of Negro voters in St. Paul. Mr. Francis is also the attorney for the various Afro-American corporations of St. Paul. Besides the very arduous tasks of his office, he is also prominent in religious, political, social and fraternal circles. His rise from an office boy to the position of chief clerk in the legal department of the Northern Pacific Railway company should be an inspiration to any young man and shows that strict attention to duty, being ready when opportunity knocks at the door, always bring to an individual that for which he labors. REMEMBER THE CHILDREN. Dr. Washington issues Annual Apper for Christmas Contributions. In keeping with a long establish custom of sending out a general apper to the public for Christmas tokens to children in the rural districts of the south, in Tuskegee, Ala., and vicinity particularly, Dr. Booker T. Washington has issued the following reminders for this year: Persons who live in large cities and in enlightened sections of the country, Christmas tokens are very little in the way of happiness, enjoyment and cheer to many of those who live in the remote rural districts of the south, those who live on the large plantations. For a number of years it has been a privilege to give Christmas tokens and other Christmas presents for distribution through various teachers in the south among children in the plantation districts, who have been dressed to me, and I will see that it accomplishes the purpose for which it is sent. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Year FLORESHISE SHOES $ stores Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth St. Louis CHAS. S. SMITH, Editor, 128 Cedar Ave. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. BRIEF NEWS NOTES FOR THE BUSY MAN MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK, TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From All Parts of the Globe—Latest Home and Foreign Items. PERSONAL Vice-President Edward Van Wyck Rosseri of the New York Central lines died at his home in Flushing, L. L., of a complication of diseases, after an illness of several months. The sight of Beatrice Anita Baldwin turnbull for a two-nineteen share in the $11,000,000 estate of the late E. J. Baldwin began before Judge Rives and a jury in the superior court at Los Angeles, Cal. Robert Charles Hannon of East Windsor, Conn., has announced that he is the head of the Christian Science church, claiming that Mrs. Eddy had commissioned him on August 13, 1890, as her successor. Secretary of War Dickinson in his annual report to congress recommends that the government add to its aeronautical equipment. He hints that the United States is far behind other nations in providing aeroplanes for the use of its army. Michael Fogarty, a hotelkeeper, is dead at Newburg, N. Y., as the result, the doctors say, of fright and nervous shock. He was held up at the point of a revolver a few night ago by two negroes. Some of the most powerful families in Germany are shaking with apprehension lest Signora Maria Tarragona, a Spanish dancer, be not prevented from publishing her memoirs. She threatens to expose incidents in the private lives of members of one of Germany's reigning families, of several women in the crown, and of other prominent men. The viceroy of Manchuria has sent a memorial to Peking urging that the three provinces be thrown open to all nations. The purpose is to offset Japanese and Russian activity in Manchuria by the influx from other countries. Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts, wife of the president of the Interborough Railway of New York city, who arrived aboard the liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, omitted to mention in her declaration that she had $2,000,000 worth of new jewelry with her. This oversight caused the customs inspector to have the jewels sent to the apperlier's stores, where they will be held pending investigation. Kyle Bellew, the actor, is making plans with Charles Frohman and a steamship company in London to charter a steamship and make a tour around the world with a dramatic company. GENERAL NEWS Col. Theodore Roosevelt broke the silence he had maintained since the fall elections. Speaking at a banquet given by the New Haven (Conn.) chamber of commerce, he assailed those persons who he said tried to create the impression he was a "modified" anarchist. The colonel praised the appointment of an ex-Confederate and Democrat to the chief justiceship of the United States Supreme court, and pleaded for equal justice for corporations and workers. News of a battle between federal forces under General Navarro and the revolutionists at Cerro Prieto, near the city of Guerrero, Chihuahua, was received at Mexico City. Seventy of the federales are said to have lost 14 men, including two officers. Mrs. Aileen Christopher, the woman whose charges inspired the federal brick trust investigation at Chicago but who defied the court in trying to shield an unknown person involved in the alleged conspiracy, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail by Judge Landis for contempt of court. Her counsel, John A. Brown, was committed for 70 days. Veterinarians willing to work for $1,200 a year are too scarce for the war department to find them and Secretary Dickinson has asked the house to repeal the law which limits the pay of such men. George Bloahs, eighteen years old, convicted of murder at Kalamazoo, Mich., and sentenced to life imprisonment, has begged the officers to hang him. The planning of cities and national, state and city parks were the chief topics for discussion on the program of the American Civic association which began its annual meeting in Washington. J. Horace McFarland presided and more than 400 delegates were present. Reduction of the postal deficit from $17,560,000 a year ago to $5,848,566 was shown in the annual report by Postmaster General Hitchcock. There are heavy floods in northern Portugal. The Souza river, normally a small stream, is a raging torrent 36 feet deep. The United States closes another year in second place among the world's naval powers. The great navy building race between Germany and Great Britain has not yet brought the former country up to the United States in the number of battleships afloat. Mrs. Emeline Bernhard, aged seventy-five, her son George, aged forty; Tom Morgan, a trapper, aged seventeen, and a hired man named Worth were found murdered on the Bernhard farm, in Kansas, near Martin City, Mo. All the victims had been clubbed to death. James N. Huston, treasurer of the United States from 1898 to 1891, was convicted, together with Harvey M. Lewis and Everett Dufour by a jury at Washington on indictments charging the use of the mails to defraud in connection with the operation of the National Trust company and other concerns. A tariff debate was precipitated in the national senate by Senator Cummins of Iowa, and it brought out the fact that Insurgents are not alone in their proposition to revise the schedules piecemeal. Senator Aldrich and Lodge were outspoken in their opinions that the schedule should be taken up one at a time. A shirt bespattered with red ink figured in the suit of Mrs. Ethel B. Garret of Atlanta, Ga., who won a divorce from her husband, who she caused her to faint when he presented himself wearing the gory shirt and said: "See what you have driven me to." Each of the four dreadnoughts—the Utah, the Florida, the Wyoming and the Arkansas—in process of building for the United States navy advanced about 3 per cent. toward the finishing point in November, the navy department at Washington announces. Reductions in the prices of meat, eggs, poultry and vegetables, which began about a month ago on New York markets, have suddenly been followed by a reversion to the old high prices that prevailed last year. The Missouri supreme court sentenced Mort Holman to hang in Pike county for an attack on a woman and Eugene Tucker to hang in Green county for murder. Both executions will be on January 26, 1911. Works of art, bric-a-brac and house furnishings which had been admired by the guests of Robert Emerson Davie, the missing boy broker, were sold at auction in Boston and brought $7,000. Conductors of the Boston "L" system will receive lessons in voice culture. Posters were sent by the company to all its car barns giving instruction on how to breathe, how to twist the tongue and how to hold the mouth. An unusual gift to Williams college has been announced. A fund of $10.500 has been deposited with the college officials, the income of which is to be devoted to improving the quality of the dairy products served to the students. President Taft sent to the senate the nomination of Associate Justice Eleanor Englund who will be chief justice of the United States Supreme court and the senate immediately confirmed it. The president also sent in the following nominations: To be associate justices of the United States Supreme court, Judge Willis Van Devanter of Wyoming and Judge Joseph Rucker Lamar of Georgia. Mrs. F. A. Hillard, seventy-six years old, a widow of Milwaukee, Wis., was buried to death in her room in the Hotel Bristol, New York. She set fire to her clothing in attempting to light a candle. The subcommittee of the senate which has been investigating the charges of bribery in connection with the election of Senator William Lorimer of Illinois, decided unanimously that the testimony does not prove any of the charges made. Following this action the subcommittee's report will be prepared for the full committee at once, and the report will be sent to the senate within a short time. Announcing that conspiracy under the Sherman anti-trust law is a costing offence the Supreme court of the United States agreed to indictment in New York in 1909 of Gustave E. Kissell and Thomas B. Harned under this law, as far as the statute of limitation was concerned. The two men were identified with the sugar fraud cases. Henry W. Ley, an electrician on board the United States submarine Grampus, was injured by the blowing out of an intake valve and died at San Diego, Cal. After narrowly escaping death in a shipwreck, the 106 persons who were on the steamer Olympia when she was driven on the rocks of Bligb Island, Prince William Sound, during a furious gale, have been landed in safety at Valdez, Alaska. Thomas Fowler, a deputy sheriff, was shot and killed at Hutchinson, Kan., by an unidentified man, whom he had arrested on suspicion that he was a burglar. The man escaped and 500 men in Hutchinson vow vengeance should the slayer be caught. The body of Bert E. Corbin, vicepresident of the Union Savings, Building and Trust company of Boise, Idaho, was found near Big Springs. Idaho. He had been missing since November 19, and died of exposure while hunting. Attorney General Wickersham's report told of the success of the government in prosecuting smugglers and those who undervalue imports and promised a continuation of the unrelenting efforts to end such frauds. Six Olympia (Wash.) women, all prominent suffragists, were drawn to serve as jurors in a case to be tried before a justice of the peace. The jurors chosen include the private stenographer of Governor Hay. The total population, of the United States, according to the thirteenth census, is, 93,402,151, an increase of 20.9 per cent. over the population in 1900. This includes Alsaka, Hawaii and Porto Rico, but not the Philippine islands. The population of the United States, with all her possessions, is about 101,000,000. George D. Horns, formerly a banker of Sioux Falls, S. D., was released from the Leavenworth federal pententiary after serving three years for violation of the national banking laws. Horns was only twenty-six years old when he went to prison. Striking garment workers, numbering 20,000 men, women and children, marched from their respective head quarters in Chicago in a driving snowstorm to the West side baseball park where they braved the chilly blasts and shivered in the cold while they listened to speeches from their leaders. Leaders pronounced it the greatest parade of hungry workers since the march of Coxey's army. A live lizard six inches in length and the head of another lizard were discovered in the stomach of Miss Lovie Hermann, nineteen years old who died at her home in Cleveland, O PERFUME FAVORED BY QUEENS Royal Family of England Remain Faithful to "Ess Bouquet"—Czar ina is Fond of White Violet. Queen Mary is not a lover of perfume. She uses eau de cologne occasionally, but avoids scents as much as possible. A west end chemist told the writer recently that neither is Queen Alexandra very fond of perfumes, although she remains faithful to the "Ess Bouquet," which has been in use by the royal family of England since 1822. This perfume is composed of amber mixed with the essence of roses, violets, jasmine, orange flowers and lavender. On the other hand the czarina is passionately fond of perfume. Her apartments in the royal palace are daily sprayed with essences of illac, jasmine, and white violet. Her majesty's favorite essence is violet, and for several weeks in the early spring hundreds of women and girls may be seen at Grasse gathering the blossoms from which the czarina's perfume is made. The finished product is tested, bottle by bottle, at the St. Petersburg Academy of Chemistry before being sent to the imperial store. The Queen Mother of Spain uses as perfume eau d'epagne, manufactured in Madrid, and also obtains a perfume for her toilet from Paris. Its composition is a secret which the perfuser only half discloses. "It is made," he says, "of rosewater, cocoanut oil, and—the rest is a mystery." The young queen of Holland is a great believer in the virtues of eau d'epagne. Carmen Stern, a queen of Romania, is a special perfume made from the finest herbs, which she says is "the best tonic for the skin she has wet discovered." Dobbins—Is there a list of million tires published? Dobbins—is there a list of million- tires published? Bronson—not that I know of, but rowe—obviously get a list of the fellows who dodge their taxes. SAVED OLD LADY'S HAIR "My mother used to have a very bad humor on her head which the doctors called an eczema, and for it I had two different doctors. Her head was very sore and her hair nearly all fell out in spite of what they both did. One day her niece came in and they were speaking of how her hair was falling out and the doctors did it no good. She says, 'Aunt, why don't you try Cucurcua Soap and Cucurcua Ointment?' Mother did and they helped her. In she said 'time' the doctor was over and her hair began growing. Today she feels much in debt to Cucurcua Soap and Ointment for the fine head of hair she has for an old lady of seventy-four. "My own case was an eczema in my feet. As soon as the cold weather came my feet would itch and burn and then they would crack open and bleed. Then I thought I would flee to my mother's friends, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. I would for four or five winters, and now my feet are as smooth as any one's. Ellsworth Dunham, Hiram, Mira, Sept. 30, 1999. Why Do They? Why women like the baldheaded man it is somewhat difficult to define. It may be because he appears to be: Thoughtful and kind. Trustworthy and confiding. Whimsical. Past the follies and frivolities of youth. Usually successful. A man of property. Opinions why women like the baldheaded man obtained by the Daily Mirror are as follows: He is not silly like young men. He accepts refusals of marriage so nicely that one is sorry one did not accept him. The bald patch looks so clean and nice. One would like to kiss it. A doctor welcomes baldness when it comes to him, as it is a sign of sedenness and dignified learning, which invariably increases his practise. Tribute to Painter's Skill. One of the still life paintings by Jan van Huysen in the museum at The Hague was recently injured, but it is believed the perpetrator was neither vandal nor thief. The picture represents a basket of fruit on which a number of insects have gathered. On a pale yellow apple, which is the centerpiece in the cluster of fruit, is a large fly, painted so true to nature, so say the officials of the gallery, that the canvas was injured by some one who endeavored to close and touch his cane or hand too close to the canvas. "A tribute to the painter's genius," says the letter recording the fact, "for which the work had to suffer." No matter how long your neck may be or how sore your throat, Hamius Wizard oil will cure it surely and quickly. It drives out all soreness and inflammation. Some wise philosopher once remarked that we live in thoughts, not years. This is especially true of women after they pass thirty. Mr. Winslow's soothing syrup. For children poison, soothe the grim pain, induce imagination, always make sure wind cools. It is a boon. People avoid him because they are afraid of his tongue. Truth has a sliding scale, regard less of the frank person. TWIN CITY STAR. LUCK IS BIGGEST ELEMENT So Says Mike Mitchell, Outfielder and Heavy Hitter of Cincinnati National League. Team. BY MIKE MITCHELL (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Luck I think is the biggest element in winning baseball games, and in the success of any individual player. I have known many good ball players who are present back to the minor leagues and have never arisen again because luck broke against them during their lucky careers and they never were lucky enough to get another chance. Scoring runs wins, hitting scores runs and luck is the best part of hitting, which is why I reason that luck wins. There are mysteries in batting that even the batters do not understand. I see each season good hard hitters standing up well, hitting the ball hard and squately, who, to watch them hit you would think were in the .300 class, and yet they are standing away down in the averages. Hitting runs in streaks, too. Often a man will hit hard and steadily without getting safe hits for weeks and then suddenly the luck will turn and everything he hits will go safe. There is no way for a man to learn to bat. I take that back. I think left handed batters who are extremely fast actually can be taught to bat whether they are natural hitters or not. They can learn to poke and push the ball, and chop at it, mixing it up with their swirgs and by practice become pretty good hitters whether they were so at the start or not. But with the great majority hitting the ball is natural and is the result of a quick eye and steady drive at the ball. Boys just starting the game, however, can cultivate their natural ability to bat. They ought to study themselves to observe how they stand at the plate, how they hold their bats and how they move when the ball is pitched. They may be natural hitters who have not learned to handle themselves. Try to keep a steady footing, both feet on the ground, but with the body balanced on the balls of the feet. Never hit flatfooted. Swing so as to get hit the steady body behind the bat, and try to meet the ball squarely instead of trying to hit it out B Mike Mitchell. of the lot. A great many young players make the mistake of swinging too hard. Notice how many batters have two strikes called and then hit the third solidly. Then begin the study of pitchers. No man ought to go into a game without some knowledge of the style of the opposing pitcher, whether he is slow or fast, straight or curve or spit ball, and the more he knows about the other pitcher the better he ought to hit. If a batter knows what the pitcher is likely to do, he is much more likely to hit. The fact is that a majority of hits made in the finished game are made when the pitcher is in the hole and the batter is almost certain what is to be pitched. It is a question for each batter to study out for himself, but perhaps a hint or two may help. Keep cool, watch closely and study all the time and you may hit—if you are lucky. GOSSIP OF SPORTDOM Bat Nelson thinks he has several youthful wallpops in his haymaker mitt yet. Dave Barry has been appointed manager and matchmaker of the New Orleans Athletic club. An expert has said Attell's fighting days are about over, but Abe keeps right on gathering in the coin. Yost's trickery did trap the Gophers—it was not the double cross, but the double pass that turned the trick. Minor league magnates already are planning for that Texas conclave and have invited President Taft to address them in 1911. Mr. Stagg is starting early. He already has predicted a good season for 1911 in football, as far as the Midway school is concerned. Chicago turners do not cater much to indoor ball and basket ball, but wrestling is gaining a strangle grip on their attention just now. Chicago is highly honored in the amateur athletic world. The supreme rulers of both the A. A. U. and the A. A. F. hall from the windy city. Those striking hockey skaters can't see the use in amateurism when they hear the jingle of the coin at the box office. It is the semipro influence. A referee named a referee selecting their presidents for five-year terms. Such a reform in the American league is made unnecessary by the presence of Ban B. Johnson, who seems to have the coveted chair told to his office floor. Sam Fitzpatrick insists that Antone Lagrave, his new lightweight star, is going to be lightweight champion of the world within a year's time. Years ago Sam said the same thing when George Lavigne was first being heard of. He was laughed at for his prediction. This time, though, the critics are taking stock in what the veteran says. UMC NITRO CLUB and NEW CLUB SHOT SHELLS During fifty years, four generations of shooters have sworn by the "old yellow Shells"—UMC NEW CLUBS. They have never been found wanting where, wary, hard-to-kill game is concerned. Misfires are never thought of with these old reliable, hard hitting shells. A smokeless powder shell equally popular in its class is the NITRO CLUB Steel Lined Shell. 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New Head for University of Minnesota. Minneapolis. — George Edgar Vincent, dean of the college of arts, sciences and sociology of the University of Chicago, was chosen president of the University of Minnesota by formal vote of the university regents, to succeed President Cyrus W. Northrop. His salary will be $10,000. Dr. Vincent will enter upon his duties at the University of Minnesota, April 1, 1911, when Dr. Northrop will retire with the title of "President Emeritus." The only other person voted for at the meeting was Frederick Jones, dean of mathematics at Yale and formerly dean of the college of engineering of Minnesota. One Sticks for Dean Jones. A. E. Rice cast a vote for Dean Jones in the first informal ballot. An unsigned vote with Dean Jones' name on it also was found after the informal ballot. After the first formal ballot, it was found that Mr. Rice had voted for Dean Vincent. Another unsigned ballot bore the name of Dean Jones. Dean Vincent has accepted the offer of the presidency of the University of Minnesota. He is a graduate of Yale, president of the National Chautauqua St. Paul. — Governor A. O. Eberhart has announced the appointment of Guy A. Eaton, of Duluth, as state oil inspector, to succeed E. J. Lynch, whose term expires Jan. 1. The appointment comes as a surprise, as the Duluth man had not been mentioned for the position. Mr. Eaton was postmaster of Duluth for several years. He is at the head of the Minnesota naval reserve and was chairman of the St. Louis Republican county committee during the recent campaign. The other candidates for the office were Walter Lemon and Charles I. Parker, of St. Paul, and A. D. Brown, of Madison. Governor Eberhart also announced the reappointment of Samuel Lord, of Kasson, member of the state tax commission. Mr. Lord was a Johnson appointee. It was reported at the capitol that E. J. Lien, of St. Vincent, assistant librarian, was slated for state librarian. He has the unanimous indorsement of the supreme court. The other candidate is Asa Wallace, of Fairfax. OLD MOORHEAD HOTEL BURNS. Mice Get Busy With Matches, and Fire Is the Result. Moorhead.—The Farmers' home, one of the oldest hotels in the city and one that sheltered many of the early comers to Moorhead, was almost totally destroyed by fire. It is believed that a combination of matches and mice caused the fire. The portion of the hotel not destroyed by fire were thoroughly soaked with water and the loss is nearly total. H. A. TUTTLE IS HONORED. Minneapolisplen Chosen Vice-President of National Rivers Congress. Washington, D. C. — H. A. Tuttle of Minneapolis, was elected vice-president of the national rivers and harbors congress, which is in session here. Capt. McDougal, of Duluth, and Chief of Police, was elected members of the nominating committee, and John Rich, of Red Wing, a member of the resolutions committee. association, an accomplished orator and scholar. Aid Asked for Farm Schools. The regents decided to recommend CYRUS NORTHRUP. that the legislature authorize the issue of $1,300,000 bonds for the university farm schools here and at Mor UNREST IN ROCHESTER. Rochester.—Rochester may be the next city in Minnesota to adopt the commission form of government. Other cities in this section that are composing the new system are Red Wing and Winona, but there seems little doubt that this city will adopt a new charter at a special election to be called for the purpose some time after the holidays. A petition is to be started at once to secure the necessary number of signers to bring the new order to things about, and every one to whom the subject has been brought seems eager to adopt the plan. Rochester has been operating for years under a charter said to have outgrown its usefulness long ago, and the subject has the right hand and foot. It has reached the limit of its ability in making improvements and its electric light plant is proving a losing proposition. Should the adoption of the commission plan come to a vote, there is every indication that it will carry. The result will be watched by many cities contemplating the move. CROOKSTON HALL DESTROYED. Firemen Barely Save New Opera House and Hotel From Flames. Crookston. — The Crookston Odd Fellows' hall, erected in 1881 and originally used as the court house, was burned to the ground. The new opera house and Crookston hotel were both built by the fire department, forts of the fire department the fire was confined to the hall building. The loss is estimated at $15,000, with about 50 per cent insurance. Minnesotan Dies in Turkey. Washington, D. C. — Edmund H. Ozum, of Minnesota, United States consul at Constantinople, is dead. It is stated that Mr. Ozum had been suffering from gripe for some time, but the immediate cause of his death was disorders incident to a knotted intestine. Mr. Ozum was one of the veterans of the consular service. He was, at one time, under consideration as ambassador at Constantinople, but it was decided to let him serve as consul at that point before advancing him to the diplomatic service. TWIN CITY STAR. CENT cience at the University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota. D. University of Chicago, 1896; mar- and orient, 1886-7; literary editor of instruction, 1898; president colleges, 1900-7; dean faculties, arts. of Minnesota. ris, Crookston and Grand Rapids. According to Dean Woods, the approximate expenditures will be $55,000, to be spent on the agricultural college of the university proper, $160,000 at Morris, $80,000 at Grand Rapids and $100,000 at Crookston. Some of the bonds will be issued immediately if granted. According to Dean Woods, $115,000 should be spent in alterations and additions during hall, for heating, wiring and improving the power plant and the basement of the girls' dormitory. Two New Dormitories. For the additional plans to the engineering building, planned two years ago, $160,000 is needed. Dean Woods asks $100,000 for another girl's dormitory to house 100 co-eds. The same amount is asked for a men's building. The new drill hall is believed to require $100,000, a new chicken plant $10,000, and general improvements, $60,000. Dean Woods also plans to expend $100,000 for additional help and instructions and $175,000 to investigating drainage systems, canals, the study of insects, weeds and other fields of practical research. INDIANS MAY GET LAND BACK. Many Suits Brought Affecting White Earth Allotments. St. Paul.—In an effort to return to Indians of the White Earth reservation lands that had been sold or mortgaged to whites, equity proceedings have been instituted in 300 cases. Arthur M. Seekell, special assistant to Attorney General Wickersham, with offices in the local federal building, has drawn up the complaints and says that this is only the first bunch of one, 1,000 or 1,200 cases to be brought by the government. The complaints do not infer that the whites committed fraud in securing that land, but alleges that the Indians acted under misapprehension of their rights in giving mortgages and selling their allotments. Judge Felix A. Borer Dies Le Sueur. — Municipal Judge Felix A. Borer, of Le Sueur, died here of pneumonia, after a short illness, at the age of 72 years. Judge Borer was one of the pioneer settlers of the county. SHERIFF LOSES JOB. St. Paul—James McDevitt, sheriff of Dakota county, was ordered removed from office for neglect of duty in not stopping the steer killing contest, which took place at Premo park, West St. Paul, September 18. The removal is effective at once, and the county will have the election of a successor. The county would have expired January 1, as he was defeated for re-nomination at the primaries held two days after the famous contest. Duluth Hospital Is Isolated. Duluth. — Saint Mary's hospital the largest in Duluth, has been quarantined by the city health department. Diphtheria has been prevalent in St. Mary's for two or three weeks and it has been claimed that patients taken to the hospital for treatment for other diseases have contracted diphtheria after entering the institution. The health department decided to take no more chances and ordered that no new patients be received until the epidemic dies out. Let the Magazines be your Santa Claus, and head your gifts with PEARSON'S PEARSON'S HAS LED In the attack on Polygamy in the Mormon Church. In the Court of Just Prudery in the disease of sex diseases. In the Analysis of What's the Matter with the American Nation. In the Exposition of the True Reason for the High Cost of Living. In the Insurgency Movement against corrupt Partisans of the old-time leaders in the National government. IT SHOULD LEAD Your list of magazines for 1911 If you have solved the Christmas problem by giving peri-odical subscriptions as a remembrance, or if you wish to obtain your periodical reading for 1911 at reduced prices, the bargains herewith will save you money. DON'T OVERLOOK THESE SUBSCRIPTION BARGAINS PEARSON'S Our Value Price is $2.50 for each magazine. All publications are for a full year, and may be ordered to different addresses. Canadian or foreign subscriptions require additional postage. If these clubs do not appeal, let us quote special price on the publications you require. ST. NICHOLAS is the one great magazine for children, and an ideal gift. Every month it deals with the latest in the arts. Parents and teachers praise its influence which imports high standards and sound tastes. St. Nicholas and Pearson's, both for $4.00. PEARSON's Ladies' World & Farm News (Springfield) $1.60 " " " Mo. Valley Farmer (Topica) $1.60 " " Mo. and Kansas Farmer (K.C.) $1.60 " " Poultry Success (Springfield) $1.60 " " Successful Farm (Des Moines) $1.60 " " Up-to-Date Farm (Indianapolis) $1.60 Pearson's Magazine with leading agricultural papers at special low prices. Pearson's with Breeders' Gazette (Chicago) $2.15 Coleman's Rural World (St. Louis) $1.50 The Farmer (St. Paul) $1.75 Farm News (Springfield) $1.85 " Journal (5 years), and Fireide (Spring-field) $1.85 Mo. Valley Farmer (Topica) $1.50 " & Kansas Farmer (K.C.) $1.50 Pearson's with Nat. Farmer & Stockgrower (Washington) $1.50 Poultry Success (Springfield) $1.50 Reliable Poultry J1 (Quincy) $1.50 Successful Farming (3 years) $1.50 Tribune Farmer (N.Y.) $1.85 20th Century Farmer (Omaha) $1.85 Upstate Farmer (Indiana-apalooza) $1.50 ADD THE YOUTH'S COMPANION TO ANY OFFER FOR $1.75 ADDITIONAL Address all Orders to PEARSON'S MAGAZINE, 428 to 640 East 24th St. NEW YORK CITY THRESHING RETURNS FROM WESTERN CANADA. They Reveal Larger Averages of Wheat and Oats Than Anticipated. The returns from the grain fields of Western Canada as revealed by the work of the Threshers, show much larger yields than were expected as the crop was ripening. It is a little early yet to give an estimate of the crop as a whole, but individual yields selected from various points throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta show that the farmers there as a rule have had reason to be thankful over the results. Excellent yields are reported from many portions of Manitoba and a large district of Saskatchewan has turned out well, while the central portion of Alberta is splendid. There will be shown at the land expoition at St. Louis a sample of the Marquee's wheat—a new variety and one that appears to be well adapted to the soil and climate of Western Canada—that yielded 53 bushels to the acre. The exhibit and statement from the growers. This wheat weighs well, and being a hard variety will find a ready market at the highest prices obtainable for a first-class article. It is interesting to point out that a field of one hundred acres of this wheat would give its producers 5,300 bushels. Sold at 85 cents a bushel would give him $45 an acre. Counting all the cost of interest on land at $20 an acre, getting the land ready for crop, Seed sowing, harvesting and marketing, the entire cost of production would not exceed $5 an acre, leaving the handsome net profit of $37 an acre. Is there any crop that would yield a better return than this, with the same labor and initial expense? Dotton fields will not do it, apple orchards with their great expense of cultivation and the risk to run from the various sizes of the fruit cannot begin to do it. While what is considered an exceptional case just now is presented, there is no doubt that this man's experience may be duplicated by others who care to follow this example. As has been said the growth of this wheat is but in its infancy, and wheat growing is still largely confined to other older varieties that do not yield as abundantly. Even with these we have records before us of farmers who have grown 40 bushels to the acre, others 35, some 30, and others again 25 bushels. Taking even 20 bushels, and some farmers report that amount, it is found that the returns from such a yield would be $17 an acre. This wheat will cost to get to market, including all expenses, about $3 an acre, and the farmers will still have a net profit of about $9 an acre. Certainly the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are progressing, settlement is increasing and there is a general contentment all over the country. The soil conditions are splendid, the climate is excellent, and there is every condition to make the settler satisfied. At the farming congress, held at Spokane in October, wheat shown by the Alberta Government, took the silver cup, awarded by the Governor of the State. It completely outclassed all other specimens on exhibition, and it was but an ordinary selection, hundreds of fields in Alberta and Saskatchewan being able to duplicate it. There are still available thousands of homesteads, as well as large areas of first-class land—that is being offered for sale at low prices. The agent of the Canadian Government from whom the above facts have been learned expects that the rush to Canada will next year largely exceed the numbers who have gone this year. Chambermaid Repartee. Second Chambermal—No; the coverlet. It—Exchange. PETER H. BURGESS President shoes than will be worn with angeles Douglas Shoe 146 TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE stock, write for Mall Order Catalog. 146 Spark Rt., Streckton, Mass. All Keep Your Harness ft as a glove ough as a wire back as a coal Everywhere STANDARD OIL COMPANY (ascorporated) T DISTEMPER everyly. The stick is eased, and all others are kept dry from having the di DOWN LIGHT DISTEMPER. Give them to cure one cast. Do not fit a bottle; be a careful to ensure proper wading. Large solids introduced, twelve years. Lubricant ROUND OIL OR-READY TIN OILER led for any need in the from rusting. Can can- t gum or become rancid. Is specially selected for any need in the home. Saves tools from rusting. Can cannot break. 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There fore when you write, be sure youre nah “Gmile! and the world emlles with is CHRISTMAS GREETING. “Good Will to All Men.” Apprectating the co-operation of our subscribers and many of our readers The Twin City Star presents this Holt day issue as a token of reciprocity. ‘A Merry Xmas and A Happy New Year to “The Appeal,” and “The Guide” of St. Paul, and “The Weekly Visitor” of our City. It 4s rumored that a Negro will be appointed as Deputy Sheriff in St. Paul, ‘The Grand Jury has called some of the colored gamblers to tell “what they know about graft and gambling 1. e—“a pair of craps” and the time- honored policy slip. Gov, Eberhart says “he will call an extra session If the legislature fails to act on the measure of reapportion- ment. If We In the Star, It’s right. Wipe your shoes? when you come from St. Paul. Minneapolis is now a Spotless Town. “NEGROES NEED FEDERAL AID.” Government Schools the Solution of the Problem, Professor Ellwood —_—- ‘Nov. 27.—Federal ald in the estab- Ushmént of properly equipped in- dustrial schools for negroes was the solution of the negro problem sug- gested by Charles A. Ellwood, protes- sor of sociology at the University ot ‘Missouri, in a letter at the public It brary yesterday afternoon. “It ts Just as much the duty of the federal government to provide for the ‘education of the negro as it is to pro vide for that of the Indian.” Professor Ellwood said. Industrial education, he said, is the salvation of the American negro, and properly equipped schools for giving it to him can come only through federal ald. I doubt, however, whether Southern states would be willing, in their pres: ent frame of mind, to accept federal aid for such an enterprise, if it should be offered, he said. Professor Ellwood showed by vital statistics that, in spite of a high death rate, the negroes of the United States were increasing in number. He sald the criminal negro was being elt minated gradually by a process of nat ural selection. Yesterday's lecture was one of 2 ‘series being given here this winter as ‘& part of the university extension work of the University of Missourl —Kansas City Star. We received a letter from Mr. Chas. Saunders, whose name was placed on the circular Railroad Porter's Conven: tion as Chairman, Mr. Saunders be- eves “that” a movement formed on 8 systematic basis, 1s a move in the right direction.” We reproduce our article on this circular, which ap peared in last issue. Who is this Mr. Adams. Is he the gentleman, who trled to close up one of the reputable clubs? For the benefit of one Mr. Adams, who is threatening us with bel suits etc., we reproduce. . SLEEPING CAR PORTERS. CAR SERVICE MEN. ‘There is a “Circular Letter” being posted in various places of the Twin Cities calling a Convention of Sleep- ing Car Porters and Car Service Men to meet in Chicago, Ill, on Monday, ‘Dec. 26th, 1910. ‘Space will not allow us to produce ‘this letter, but personal investigation has found this to be the “Plot of a Faker.” There are no reasons why 4.8, Butler of 133 E. 9th St, St. Paul, who is Secretary of this supposed or- ganization should not explain why he used the name of # man without his consent. This is evidence of fraudery. ‘We hope that the porters will pay no attention to this convention. The ‘Twin City Star will give all informa. tion about this convention, when it ‘materializes, but so far, we can only ‘say—That there is nothing to it. ‘The New Negro Political Movement 4s our Declaration of Independence, ‘Atlantle Clty our Cradle of Liberty and Aug. 6th, 1910 our Independence ‘Day. The Should Be Pi ‘The behavior of our young people at our churches and public gatherings fs disgraceful This is the “rising gen- eration” and sclons of the best fam- Iles. ‘There is a lack of home train- tug—and parents are alone respon- etble. Subscribe to the Star, A. Card, “TO ALL MASTER MASONS.” Ene eS It is very essential, under prevail ing circumstances that we should ‘seek higher degrees in Masonry. It gives us the desired light, as how to ald our Brethren for the service of God, and the betterment of mankind. Recognizing in our highest priviledge “The Fatherhood of God” and make cardinal principle makes itself mant- “All the Living, Living for All.” This fest amongst its members of the highest degree, far more than amongst those of the symbolic degree taking the advantage you have into con- sideration. Now, then, if my love and interest for the order prompted me to go through the Blue Lodge or Sym- bolle degrees and I becoming favor- ably impressed why should I not get more on the same order? And why should you not get more on the same order? An opportunity will present itself early in 1911. If I should live and nothing happens there will be a Royal Arch Chapter, and a Comman- dery of Knight Templars, organized in Minneapolis. Master Masons in good standing, “Govern yourself ac cordingly.” As a Mason's work Is never done we can only do our best in regard to leading to the “Good of Universal Brotherhood,” Our Sublime object. We are all deputized, a vast committee, to work for “Our Father, who art in Heaven.” Fraternally submitted, Emest B. James, 32°, Ill. Com. North Star Consistory No. 14. | Several persons have asked us not to mention certain happenings to the “persons higher up” among our race. Knowing that’ we. cannot well dere gard entirely the wishes of all, or to yleld to the requests of some, without offending others, we will say, thal this ts not a fraternal or social publ cation but a newspaper. We seek neither to expose or shield but to print the truth about every body whether “higher up" or “lower down” especially when such has ap- peared in our dailies, ‘Sports. MAJOR TAYLOR WILL COMPETE. In Match Race at Buffalo, Major Taylor, the crack colored sprint cyclist, many of whose records stands today will return to the cycling game this season. He has signed to Compete ina four cornered match race at Buffalo, which will be a curtain raiser for the six-day-grind to be held there in January. He bas passed up the six-day contests and will meet Kramer, Clarke and another rider yet to be selected for the sprint contest. ‘Mr. Andy Combs, is arranging for that Ball at Tschida’s on Dec. 26. And that’s Christmas night. Oh-you Andy. Well, he’s one of the Syndicate, That's all. Jack Johnson has had agreed to fight the winner of the Langford Jeanetto battle, scheduled to take Place in February in Paris. “George Cotton, Jobnson's former sparing partner ond Al. Kubiak fought a six round draw in Pittsburg on Dec. 13th. Cotton floored Kubiak in the second and 4th rounds but Kubiak was fast at the finish and a draw was the verdict. It was a hot battle. ‘They say that Judge Johnson's dances will soon be “history,” Can they stop him? They (the police) did stop him. A CHRISTMAS GIFT. ‘The Social Sports Ball—Tschida’s Hall, December 26th. Messrs Picket! and Combs Directors. Col, Edw. F. Mitchell Vielts Chicago. “Colt Kaw. F. Mitchell, the proprietor of the Keystone Buffet has just re- turned last week from Chicago, where he went to attend a Grand Smoker given by the officers of the Staff of Maj. Gov, R. R. Jackson, U. R. K. P., Buckner and Anderson, Supreme Chancellor, Dr, A. A. Wesley, Surgeon M. A. Bibbs. ‘This was the greatest smoker given in Chicago, While in Chicago, Col. Mitchell was the guest of Champion Johnson, and 8, H. Dud: ley of the Smart Set Co. A box porty composed of Messrs. Teenan Jones, A. F. Cardoza, Cass Harris and Fred Irving attended one of the perform- ances. Messrs. Dudley and Mitchell as the guest of Champion Johnson en- foyed one of those famous auto rides about the city, He reports great progress among the Negroes of Chi- cago along the lines of real estate and other Distnees enterprises, Don't overiook John Hirshfield and Daddy = at 40 E, Third St, St. Paul, are still doing & good business and Daddy {s still telling the tors “algae hhls trip across the pond.” Henry Shaw 4s still dispensing the wet goods with his usual smile, Mgr. Irving Williams has signed somo of his old players for the Gopher Team of 1911. Billly Briggs 1s attached to Daddy's staff. No—He ts not a dall- player. He looks out for the horses, the real #het ones. Join the Cosmopolitan Mutu Cas ualty Co, ‘The best and most } rogres sive organization in the Twin Cities. Pays for sickness, accident, anu ceath. ODD FELLOWS ~ OF AMERICA, Growth of the Grand United Order Since 1844, ABLE MEN WITHIN ITS RANKS Recent Uiatisadty oust of the. Lea Biscalal, Cooreonen Piteeee Srengil othe Ortgsinicas ‘There has been so much criticism of the work of the biennial movable com- mittee of the Grand United Order of Oda Fellows, which held its Afteenth session in Baltimore last September, that little or no time or attention bas been given to the real merits and achievements of the organization as a whole. ‘The Grand United Order of Odd Fel- lows of America was founded by Pe- ter Ogden. The first three lodges the outgrowth of his teachings .were Phi- lomathean, No. 646, and Hamilton, No. 710, of New York and Unity lodge, No. 711, of Philadelphia. The growth of the order since 1844 to the present time has been marvelous. Scattered throughout the country there are 5,945 lodges, 3,801 house- & ‘et a Ca 3 4 ,e@ re 4 ‘holds, 360 past grand masters’ coun- ells, 143 patriarchies and 767 juvenile branches. The total membership of the order, including all departments, Js 452,546. Among the men of note who were conspicuous as leaders in the public functions and work of the last, biennial convention were: Major General Jared W. Ford and his chiet trumpeter, Colonel Joseph Clinton Ed. wards of Atlantic City, N. J.; chief of staff, John H. Bucker, Chicago; ad: futant ‘general, Colonel George W. Dawley, Philadelphia; Inspector gener- al, Colonel James 0. Holmes, Wash- ington; quartermaster general, Colonel Edgar Starling, Washington; judge ad- vocate general, Cofonel James A. Fox, Indianapolis; surgeon general, Colonel L L. Roberts, Boston; chief engineer, Colonel J. R. F. Browne, Washington; chief mustering officer, Colonel Wesley Davenport, Boston; commissary gen- eral, Colonel George W. Hays, Cincin- natl; paymaster general, Colonel James H. Young, Raleigh, N. C.; chaplain, | an be a st a rice be ae C3 Colonel George E, Moore, Columbus, 0.; ald-de-camps, Colonel Harry Frank Ma, Baltlmore; Colonel ©. A. Sinlth Phoebus, Va., and Colonel James W' Branson, Wheeling, W, Va, ‘The several regiments were headed as follows: First, Colonel W. C. Gray of Washington; Second, Colonel John W. Anderson of Pittsburg; Third, Colo- nel P. H. Edwards of Philadelpbia; Seventh, Colonel D. B. Allen of New Haven, Conn; Twelfth, Major Law- rence, and regiment composed of Patriarchs made up from the remain- ing twelve regiments who only sent delegates and oflicers, The second and third divisions were composed of lodges, honsehiolds, past grand master councils, ‘national and foreign officers of the order. Dee v .on 3E. J Everything for Women's Wear—Popular Prices ‘A Positive Relief to Sufferers. Cures RHEUMATISM, LUMBAGO, NEURALGIA, PLEURESY, ETC. Unique Chemical Co., Mfgrs. Minneapolis, Minn, FOR SALE BY. 'W. J. UTLEY, Sole Agent. 94 East Sth St, St. Paul. ! Grand New Years Ball Ames Lodge ke 1) y a im Hall Dea). No. 106-4 ok < -Monday Evening, x 4 & 4% McCulloughs C = ravic> Jan, 2, 1910 AE panes Orchestra RS? ie “Jas. Burkes ee Admission 25c ‘SZ, Yio Floor Manager I. B. P. 0. E. W. Committee of Arangements Zack Johnson, Chairman —W. M. Scott. G. E. Southall Oificers Wm R; Morris E,R. J.P. Jackson, Chaplain, Z. J. Johnson, Treas. W. M Scott, Fin, Sec. G. E. Southall, Rec: Sec'y H.D. Parker Esquire, Luke Tishnor, E. L..K. Jno Spaulding, E. L. K, Jas. Burkes E. L. K. S. L. Johnson, |. G. Ross Hamilton Filer Biggest and Best Christmas Dance Monday, December 26th, Tschida’s Hall Arundel anc Lafonde, Si. Paul ‘Take Hamline Car. The Twin City Social Sports Under the Management of Carl D. Pickett, Pres. Andy Combs, Sec’y. + Come out and join the Syndicate Judge Johnson Floor Manager and Prompter mu" FOR BEST ROOMS wlth ‘see wrisst gion’ TOMS PLACE 1 cise 10 vom. 122 HENNEPIN AVENUE—Seme Old Place. ‘Annex: 1304 WASH. AVE, SO. — Special Accommodations far Ladies and Gentlemen. INVESTMENT CO., LTD. THEAD OFFICE: Edmonton, Aita., Canada. Incorporated under the Laws of the Province of Alberta, Canada "AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, $2,000,000 Biviged into Three Classes of Stock as follows PREFERRED WITHORAWABLE, STOCK, 60.000 ‘SHARES. | PREFERRED FERERw INT STOCK, 78.000 SHARES.” COMMON STOCK, 18,000 SHARES AT $10.00 PER SHARE, Payable $1.00 per share with application and $1.00 per share the Ist of each ante $1.00 per share nth thereafter until tuiy paid WE DO A GENERAL Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Business, dealing in al Rings of vtuesineecantng propositions such’ ax own Site: Pimber Lata Lat ite ouch Landay Lara rot of tand en toe and Giey Properties ot sittings. : We Witt, Loox AFTER yo, Provan, par your axey, mae Travelers or ye Mtb Reet gents. your funds in Vaiue-ingreasing Canadian Propost= Hlontoe in 'Wirstcclast Mortgage Securities oniy. . ‘pos WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE you the best service, possible to obtain. WEVABE 2858 You atin Postage Stamp for (uit Informacion, description, prich! tymer iss on propositions in any part of the Canadian Weat. President WILLIAM B. NOBLES, ESQ, Provincial Auditors Oftce, Bdmon- ‘on, Alta. tet Vice-President.—H. W, B. DOUGLAS, ESQ. President, The Douglas Com- MiSs ;PElimitcak Lisense Comminsioner’ for Province of Alberta. and Viee-President--DAVID B. MULLEN, ESQ., Secretary, Western Canada Division iw Loyal Legion of Labour. feeratary-Treasurer-~2. W. MUTCHELL, ESQ. P. 0, Box sit Bamonton, Aaeitttne Secretary-Treasurer—JOHN STEINBRECKER,, ESQ., Calgary, Alta, Tea ee eatuteican Colonization Companys” a" CNY A Solleitor.—A. F. EWING, BSQ., Edmonton, Alta, General tnapector ROBERT HARE, ESQ.. Edmonton, Alta, Auditor ANDREW H. ALLEN, ESQ. Edmonton, Alt. Beaters Gad Ocpectery THE TRADERS BANK, Edinonton, Alta. Canada, 18, Ox ea 200 JASPER AVENUD, B. | TELIPHOND 10? com E RN ARR SANGRE Span Ue Local Representative=W. H: H ropolitan Life Bulldin MINNEAPOLIS, MINN, * lotto A, Petzke | Robert W. Marshall = Wm. H. H. Franklin, Atty, ‘THE GUARANTOR LAW & ADJUSTMENT CO. lavetract Examinations, Mercantile and Rental Collections, Real Estate as SHO? ‘Rentals, Notary Publlo. peer IN. W. Nicollet 19941 000 METROPOLITAN ‘LIFE BUILDING] Trt-etate 10 MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA SHRINERS’ BALL AoE AGEN M8. pe INE Pp Nal ( \ | \ yj i ad THIRD ANNUAL, BALL Hiawatha Temple | Thursday Night, Dec, 29, : DEARBORN HALL 43-45 80. 4th Street TO LET FOR ALL OCCASIONS. Call on C. L.\MeCULLOUGH 919 Nicollet Ave. Phone N. W. South 5649. | What shall | do te Gey ee Ga, H. L. VINIGAR “Home of Good Shaving” Special Attention Given To Chitéren |. Now AT Simy THIRD AVE, SOUTH REAL ESTATE & RENT AGENCY Bs ‘aHouse Do you want fo sz | HENRY L. VINIGAR por 910% dea St. 8 Now Minnoapelle ar. i pe SECOND ANNUAL SS it LX. L. BAND at TSCHIDA'S HALL LEFOND AND ARUNDEL STS., ST. PAUL DECEMBER 22nd, 1910 Dancing till 2 a.m, :: Admission 35¢ Take Hamline Car. There will be a number of prizes given away to lucky ticket holders. Each ticket will have a number, and every ticket will have an equal chance. Some of the prizes are real cut glass, come and see for yourself. Entertainment Committee. D. L. Jones, President, Rev. J. R. White, Manager, Lea Coleman, Seo, Charlie Minor, Director. to be given by the S , St. Paul Hotel’s Waiters at Hiawatha Hall, St. Paul : JANUARY 5th, 1910. ADMISSION 50.CTS, + ‘The members will spare no pains to make this the social event of the season. COMMITTEE. W. &: Alexander, M. A. Johneon, W. England, G. N. Lewis, W. L. Plummer, A. Scott, R. Sidney Harris. FURNISHED ROOMS. Special Rates to Theatrical People. ‘All modern improvements, up-to- date appointments—cars pass the door. Call or write Mrs. Chas, Burch, 2483 4th Ave, So, Minneapolis, FURNISHED ROOM, Comfortable roont, all modern, ‘con- venience, respectable parties will rent reasonably to married couple. ‘Mrs, John N. Mack, 3505 Bryant Ave. So, Call or write, At WEISMAN’S Owing to the extremely back eS ward’ Seaton and. tho conse " {heme CR demand for fy ag jenving an unusually” lar Rey Portion of cur holiday wock SQN aac] ‘still unsold, we will begin our SP tag tics ea Pre-Inventory Sale cee Se a ce Thursday, Dec. 15th eh oS and have fixed the following Se Ww prices to hold until Dee. 24th / . CPT ay ay ley, 4 a Pony Coats 3/4: @ ae) Regular $60,and Z het i Rat $35 agate > anaes conte 8 Sinished in the ff i ~ from a8 to Bt incieg i N nf 7 townie SFB | sh $30, $35 and $40 Fur Sets, in | | Black Fox, Isabella For, Black ‘ Wolf, Black’ Russian’ Lyne Mt with” either largo. Ruasan f ii Buawt of Avinal Shaped Roath \ j Mut—To cove. BLO x i ee Lynx, Brown Marten and Jap * ‘Mink’ Sete Our entire stock will be closed at a sucritiee of C Mink sote—y, 25 ee fo $100 by buying mink at : ee this sale. ~ Christmas Furs for Men ‘At remarkable reductions, $15 to $18 Seal Skin Caps, all styles 7 $10.99 $8.00 River Mink Collars. = + $34 ‘$18 Persian Lamb Collars " $12.50 Fur Lined Coats, the largest assortment in the city, of fine quality, $50 eb Manufacturing Furriers 508 Nicollet Avenue RTE Ee HEATING HOR ee tom tome, a = SHAMPOO Ces iS EMAGIC IHR) mfesis aunnnnntteoe<_ AvocHAIR: STRAIGHTENER, nh i ~ SUNIL) MAILED axes ais ste LADIES LOOK! sctsscimie ic Soest 2, bute dota cer ea the camo uaes back into pines asd shel in teeaeat Te ae: eer ne Dara heat- ‘The Magic Heater is also suitable for curling trons. hus a cover and can be carried in a yeas Rese titemneOaiNe Mageichatueatan wie USM SATIN Magic Shampoo Drier Co, Minneapolis, Minnesota. ll 1 dit. a boul ; ort) s — Ue .Y aes il eT tT H | qs BN ae 7s 2 we ro oY b % hipa h i ie ei oO of> Be ee " tt it u iH i tt it i OF FIRES | i ii —The result of careless and u iH faulty Christmas Illumina- u i tions---has decreased in direct i i proportion with the increase H it , " in the use of Electricity. ' tt i iH a a, Ye . i i The Electric Lighted Christmas Tree {} ' +; is fag more beautiful and adaptable than its prede- u tt cessors, admitting of greater variety in shape, color |} {1 and intensity of illumination. Best of all, it is abso- 1 1\ lutely safe and clean, no matter where the tree is Hi {i placed. 1 Hh th " ‘The demand for the small Christmas i i Lights last year far exceeded the sup- Hy "1 Ply. Better place your order early at " i any electrical store. it it " Ta sone By allowing us to tt ut Another Suggestion: fii. "Whe wiring of i" TH your house now we ean assure you electric light for {1 yj your Christmas festivities if you are on our lines. 11 1! Do not delay. ‘The installation of electricity means |! il no disruption of your furnishings. It will prove a {1 a! decided economy. t HH _ Ht i Thebhinneapoles General i " u " it i! va (: " bb trac. ij “xe ; a eS HOTEL UPTON, inss." ’ y ‘WM. Mt. HARDY, President ISRAEL RUE, Treaserer THOROUGHLY MODERN IN EVERY CONVENIENCE Speciol Rates to Railroad Men ond Theatrical People Opposite Back Bay Station, Dartmouth St, | Superb dining room service. Baggage free to and from all stations. Defective JOHN H. HARRIS Mr. Ervin graduated from the College of Law, University of Minnesota, with the class of '07, and located at Duluth, Minnesota, where he has had phenomenal success. Mr. Ervin, (having a personal injury case in which his client asked for $5,000 damages against a wealthy corporation of New York), was admitted to practice in the United States District and United States Circuit Courts, July 6, 1909, to try the same, and was very successful. He is still having success in his personal injury cases. Mrs. E. M. Webb-Sterling, a laudress was injured by falling down a flight of stairs, in St. Regis flats, where she had been delivering laundry, and sustained several brushes, etc. She tried in vain to secure some compensation for her injuries. The company denied all liability. Mrs. Webb-Sterling, retained Atty. Ervin, who, realizing himself opposed by Washington Bailey and Mitchell (the weakest and reputed to be the best firm of attorneys in Duluth,) associated with the firm of Morgan Wilson and Morgan, (a firm of attorneys equally as prominent as his opponents), and succeeded in getting a very favorable settlement for his client. This case was followed by one in which Dr. Wm. W. Lawson was plaintiff and Marshall Wells Hardware Co., was defendant. Dr. Lawson lost two fingers while employed by Marshall Wells Hardware Co., and employed atty Ervin, who handled this case alone, secured his client a substantial settlement and was only ten days in doing so. Howard T. Abbott, president of the Bar Association, St. Louis Co., was his opposing counsel. While Attorney Ervin does not desire to become famous as a criminal lawyer, he has successfully appeared for defendants in nearly every kind of a criminal case, including a case under the new white slave law, so-called. Damage cases, real estate and contracts are his specialities. Mr. Ervin's office is at 1006 Torrey Building, Duluth, Minnesota. Mr. Maurice G. Rutledge, the proprietor of the Foraker Cafe is one of our prosperous business men. He was born in South Carolina 1862. At an early age he entered the Navy, serving as Ward-room boy on the old U. S. Monitor Dictator, serving his enlistment, and receiving a honorable discharge at League Island, Philadelphia in 1877. He located later in New York City, being employed as waiter at different hotels, but his ambition was to be a "business man," and he began the Rutledge Southern Express. He decided to "Go West" in 1887 to accept the position of steward of the private car of the general manager of the old Chicago and Atlantic Ry., (now the Erie). He next entered the Pullman Co., and left in 1893 to again start a "Cab and transfer serv 1 R. MAURICE G. RUTLEDGE ice" during the World's Fair. Next he was employed on the Santa Fe as train porter, running to Kansas City. He remained with that Company 7 years, left again for the Pullman Co., and for 5 years was employed mostly as porter in chage until Oct. 10, 1908 when he resigned to open the Foraker Cafe. Being an ardent admirer of Fen. Foraker and his principles. He selected as his motto, "Sen. Foraker's life is an open book." His ideas are progressive and his establishment first class in every particular. The people of Minneapolis evidence their satisfaction of the management and service by their patronage. Mr. Rutlege has succeeded so far by his energy, ambition, and willingness to give pure food at popular prices amid comfortable surroundings. The railroad porters are going to organize. That's a good move. We wish them success. Organization should be easy. They have only to unite all of the Clubs, there are enough of them. Defective Page DULUTHS FIRST AND ONLY COLORED ATTORNEY. J. LOUIS ERVIN. MAURICE G. RUTLEDGE EDITOR OF "THE APPEAL." Most widely circulated newspaper of the Northwest, whose Quarto-Centennial Anniversary was the Classic event of the Twin Cities. Mr. Jno. Quincy Adams, the subject of this sketch, is well known to all readers of Negro newspapers throughout the country. We are proud to acknowledge our admiration for this venerable personage. Mr. Adams has at all times shown a disposition to give us a fair consideration. His gentlemanly personality and friendly feeling towards all enterprises tending to upbuild the race, has gained the respect of all of our citizens. Mr. Adams' long experience in the journali- dons, past and present and his fearless criticism of the attitude of the Southern whites to the Negro, places J. Q. ADAMS. istic field, his knowledge of the conhim second to none of our Negro journalists. May the Editor of the Appeal live long and continue to prospe HOTEL NOTES. Hotel Waiters of the Northwest are Being Classed as the Best. The waiters of the Twin Cities are doing more good for the rest of the craft, than they are credited with, and are willing to let the outer world know that they are a class of men, who demand good treatment and get it. Their managers and superior officers are men, who seem to value good servants and good service. The majority of our waiters are not the past masters, or globe trotters, who have served everywhere, everything and everybody, but are the real waiters of today, those who "please the guests." This is the secret of service. Give the man who buys what he wants. The Twin Cities today get some of all of the people of the world, and our waiters here are to a standard which meets the demands of the traveling public. We admit that most of them are not equipped for the high class service that is the standard of some of our Eastern cities, but they know its fundamental principles. Among these are men who own their homes and have respectable families in fair circumstances. The best waiter of today, is the most intelligent. His diplomacy is his most valuable asset. He is the salesman of the food department, whether in dining car, club, cafe or hotel. His service either commends or condemns. The public will not stand for anw deception. They are reasonable. They do not wish "Uncle Remus" stories or "dining room vaudeville." Yet there are a few of the guests whose familiarity becomes contemptible. But if a waiter will stay a waiter, and not an information bureau, he will always be in a position to secure work which will afford the most comfortable living today. Be what you seem to be! Mr. C. W. King, is well known to the railroad men all over the country, having served the Pullman Co., as former of car cleaning dept., in Boston district, and also as company's agent at Portland, Maine, under Supt J. W. Stockton. Later was with the C. P. Ry. running out of the Minneapolis district. Resigned from railroad service in good standing to enter the saloon-business. He opened his place at 250 2nd ave So., known as the Senate Bar. Mr. Kng Enjoys the acquaintance and friendship of many of the railroad employees. He is a native of Rantawalle, near Charleston CLARENCE W. KING. S. C., where he owns a a farm of 180 acres, now tenanted by two families. At present Mr. King is manager of the Maceo Club, but he anticipates his return with his son Clarence W. Jr., to his birthplace, where he will spend his remaining days. The employees of the Soo Road were complaining on account of the "delay of their checks." This happens once in a while, but the management of the sleeping and dining dept. are doing what they can to remedy this. It is hard on the kitchen employees especially, as they make no extra, but they will be allowed advance money at any reasonable time. The Soo of officials will do as much for us as any. That has been proven, and they appreciate their "good service men." THE RAMSEY COUNTY AFRIC-AMERICAN CLUB. The Ramsey Co., Afro-American Club. (Social) Is an organization which the citizens of the Twin Cities should be proud of. Its membership, which is very large, is composed of the best element of our race, and its roster, has on it the names of men, who in every way are a credit to the organization, which secured its charter in 1901. The club rooms are located at 115 E. Third St., St. Paul, and its appointments are in keeping with the class who enjoy its comforts. The Library and Reading room is elaborately furnished in Mission style, and the library contains congressional records, late editions of current literature, and volumes from our best authors. The pool and billiard room is also quite a feature. The whist-room is large and well fitted with several tables, there are many OUR ST. PAUL REPRESENTATIVE MRS. MAYMIE G. WILLIAMS. Mrs. Maymie Geraldine Williams has been the stenographer and confidential clerk of the Gateway Investment Company and the Cosmopolitan Mutual Casualty Company for more than five years. Besides being a business woman of marked ability, Mrs. Williams is a writer of much interest. Her booklet, "Scribblings of a Scribbler" is a worthy production. A good and fitting lesson is taught in this booklet, which is encouragement and an inspiration to do one's duty as seen by them. Many of her articles have appeared in a number of news reporters and maga- CARL D. PICKETT, SYL The Popular Managers of the The Porter's and Walter's Club $319\frac{1}{2}$ Third St., St. Paul, through its managers, Messrs, Pickett and Oliver, wishes to announce that the members of the club have extended the privil edges of the club rooms to all patrons and their friends, who may visit the Twin Cities during the Holi day season. This club has as its members many of the Hotel and Railroad employees, who meet their fellow members of their respective crafts and discuss problems pertaining to their own welfare. Also extra 1910 BILLY D. BLACK. (Our Comedian.) "Billy" Black is the recognized vocal, instrumental and dialect comedian of the Northwest. His versatility is remarkable. He has "put on" several extravaganzas and smaller shows in the Twin Cities, also "on "Billy" Black is the recognized road" he is a drawing card. vocal, instrumental and dialect comedian of the Northwest. His versatility naders will soon leave for their and is remarkable. He has "put on" a nual mid-winter tour. Manager Black several extravaganzas and smaller has secured several dates and expects shows in the Twin Cities, also "on to carry his full show. hard fought games, which would command the criticism of the best players in he congress. The main feature of the Club is the Phonographic Entertainment, selections from the Extravaganzas and operas, and records of the highest class artists, as Caruso, Melba, as well as our race's favorite comedian Bert Williams. This innovation affords much pleasure to the members. There is at present a checker contest on, which affords amusement to many visitors. It is gratifying to know that the men of the "Twin Cities" are able to support this club, and its members and their friends, whenever they pass enroute always find their club rooms in good order and in charge of either of these officers. Alex. Tucker, Pres. L. E. Turpin, Sec'y. E. W. Rutledge, Steward. zlines all over the country, and she is also the regular correspondent of many of the prominent Negro papers. She is a great promoter of race pride and has been a large distributor of Negro dolls, calendars, post cards and portraits. Personally Mrs. Williams is very unassuming in her manner and has gained many friends both by contact and reputation. Among the number of our Minnesota women who are molding the upward path, Maymie Geraldine Williams is a factor who is contributing with much success to the result. SYLVESTER OLIVER service men may be secured from the rooms by the railroads and hotels etc., and it has among its appointments many features, which afford comfort to the working men during their relaxation from toil. They have a pool and billiard room, Reading room, an "up to date" Cafe in connection, and Buffet in charge of Mr. Benj. Brooks, club's steward. The management wishes to all members, and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, thanking each and every one for their hearty cooperation in the past. 1914 the road" he is a drawing card. Billy D. Black's Happy-Land Serenaders will soon leave for their annual mid-winter tour. Manager Black has secured several dates and expects to carry his full show. A RISING YOUNG ATTORNEY. WILLIAM H. H. FRANKLIN. William Henry Harrison Franklin, the suspect of this sketch, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 11th, 1879. He left his native city when eleven years of age, and went to St Paul, Minn., where he attended the public schools and worked for a while in a lawyer's office. Afterwards, he came to Minneapolis and entered the law office of Wm. R. Morris, and was induced by him to attend the law department of the University of Minnesota, in which he finished the day law course in 1907, and in the same year he was admitted to the Bar, and has been practicing his profession in Minneapolis ever since. Mr. Franklin is a diligent, earnest, industrious student, and a painstaking lawyer, and there appears a bright future for him in his chosen profession. He is meeting with spendid success and already numbers among his clients, two large corporations. The careful preparation of his cases, both as to the law and facts, and his earnestness and zeal in trial, stamp him as a man of ability, and one bound to be successful. He is largely sought by his classmates and fellow lawyers for legal advice. When not in Court, Mr. Franklin can be found in his office, 1020 Metropolitan Life Building, or at the Minneapolis Bar Association Library, 4th floor of the Court House. MANY SIDED LIFE OF "HUSTLING" T. R. MORGAN. Interesting Career of Versatile Writer, Business Man and Organizer. By M155 M. G. WILLIAMS. Thomas R. Morgan was born in Bristol, Pa., being the son of a Methodist preacher. He was "raised all over the country." He was taken off the farm and placed in the printing office of the Philadelphia Sentinel, now the Tribune. While in Philadelphia he was associated with J. W. Harris in the organization of the Small Loan and Investment company, which is known today as the Conservative Investment company of Philadelphia. In 1896 he organized what was then known as the Small Loan and Investment company of St. Paul, Minn., which has lately been reorganized into the Gateway Investment company. He is still a member of the board of directors, having acted a number of years as its secretary-treasurer. Perhaps Mr. Morgan has entered more avenues of business than any other man in the northwest. He is now secretary and general agent of the Cosmopolitan Mutual Casualty company, an enterprising Negro insurance company, which he was instrumental in helping to promote in 1905. For more than a year he has been managing editor of the Guide, a very newy little sheet, and through its columns has been able to do good work in the interest of railroad waiters, porters and cooks. On account of his THOMAS R. MORGAN. ability to do many things well he is familiarly known as "hustling" Tom Morgan. This versatile young man can also be classed as a writer, printer, real estate man, notary public, publicity specialist and a cornet soloist of ability. He is now secretary of the local Negro Business league of St. Paul. In church circles Mr. Morgan has been very popular and has acted in the capacity of secretary of the board of trustees of St. James' A. M. E. church for a number of years. A NEW FIRM Messrs. R C. Marshall and Claude Beckwith have opened their office at 1017 4th Ave. S. They are engaged in all kinds of cement work, such as building foundations and cement houses, laying sidewalks etc. They wish to announce to the public that they are able to do "general contracting." Send your notes to this office, if you wish them inserted, write plainly. Morally, Fraternally and Politically, Morris, William Richard, was born on Feb. 22, 1859, in Fming county, Kentycky. His father, Hezekiah Morris, died when he was two years of age. His mother, Elizabeth (Hopkins) Morris, moved to Ohio, after the war, and located in New Richmond. He attended school there and later moving to Chicago he entered a Catholic school, completing his studies there, he entered Fisk University at Nashville, Tenn., 1876, taking the classical course. He was eight years at the university, graduating with high honors, class '84. Following his graduation a position as instructor of mathematics, language and sciences in the institution was tendered him, which he accepted, remaining four years, the ATTORNEY WM. R. MORRIS. only Afro-American in the faculty During the time he was also engaged in legal studies and in 1887 he completed his law course, resigning his position at Fisk in 1889 to begin legal practice. He was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Illinois and came to Minneapolis, where he immediately commenced practice. Mr. Morris has always been greatly interested in all movements for the advancement of his race and has lent his own time and energy to such purposes. In 1885 he represented the Afro-American of the South at a meeting of the A. M. A., at Madison, Wis., delivering an address on "The Negro at Present." The following year he held institutes for the Afro-American teachers of the states under the auspices of the superintendent of education, and has for some time been the political leader of negroes of the state Republican party. Mr. Morris is a Mason of the 33d degree, Scottish Rites, having held several important positions in that body, being a past grand master and past grand secretary. He is Exalted Ruler of Ames Lodge of Elks No. 106, and attorney for the Grand Lodge of Elks, representing them at the Convention at Washington, D. C., this year. In the Odd Fellows he is a past most venerable patriarch, also a past grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, in which order he it at present deputy supreme chancellor and brigadier general of Minnesota. He is a member of Plymouth Congregational church. On July 14, 1896, he was married to Miss Anna M. La Force. They have one son, Richard E. Edward, born April 2, 1900. Mr. Morris is Minnesota representative Negro and one of her best citizens. THE OBJECT OF EDUCATION. Robert G. Ingersoll. The object of all education should be to increase the usefulness of man—usefulness to himself and others. Every human being should be taught that his first duty is to take care of himself, and that to be self-respecting he must be self-supporting. To live on the labors of others, either by force which enslaves, or by cunning which robs, or by borrowing or beging, is wholly dishonorable. Every man should be taught some useful art. His hands should be educated as well as his head. He should be taught 'deal with things as they are—with life as it is. This would give a feeling of independence, which is the furthest foundation of honor, of character. R. SIDNEY HARRIS. One of the Committee of Arrangements o fthe St. Paul Hotel Waiter's Ball, which will be held on January 5th, 1911. What is the cause of the change of waiters at our hotels? Is it service or wages? They get better service for less wages. Why is this? Ask the man. Mr. Wescott is the head waiter at the new St. Paul hotel, who had to fall back on his old boys "for the good of the service." He said that the white waiters couldn't make good. Well, he's from "the Ryan" and "knows something." Hotels may come and go, but the Nicollet is the "best bet" to some of the boys. Well, Mr. Ellott is well liked, and has some good men in his employ. Minnesota's Conservation Governor NOBLES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE Fezzan is again making ready to give her Third Grand Ball which is to be the best of the season. It will be held at Hiawatha Temple on Dec. 29th. The Nobles will attempt to surpass their former successes. And many prominent visitors from various parts of the state will attend. Fezzan is the only Temple in Minnesota, which holds her warrant from the Imperial Council and many Nobles from Minneapolis and Duluth will be present. This Shrine is made up of many of the best Masons in the State, as follows: George L. Hoage, Ill, Potentate. Wm. T. Joyce, Chief Rabban. Moses A. Johnson, Ass't. Rabban. W. F. T. Chandler, High Priest and Prophet. Ernest B. James, Oriental Guide. Joseph Adams, Treasurer. Jose H. Sherwood, Recorder. Lincoln J. Allen, First Ceremonial Master. Richard M. Johnson, Second Ceremonial Master. John F. Coquire, Capt. of the Guard. Marshall L. Parksdale, Outer Guard. Nobles A. D. "Austin W. D." "Brown, Ches. G." "Blackburn, Walter." "Brodle, Chas." "Bowling, M. A." "Butler, Wm. S." "Buckner, Travis." "Benjamin, W. A." "Cook, Wm." "Campbell, Jos." "Charleston, G. J." "Chandler, W. F. T." "Dawson, Wm." "Davis, Reason." "England, Wm." "Grasty, P. M." "Gray, Jno. C." "Hines, C. C." "Johnson, Geo. W." "Jackson, Andrew." "Morris, Wm. R." "Morris, J. M." "Mack, Jno. W." "Melker, L. M." "Pendleton, R. F." "Porter, Wm." "Rry, Wm. H." "Richle, J. N." "Reld, P. E." "Roper, C. H." "Smith, Nathan." "Shaw, J. B." "Shaw, H. L." "Simpson, J. M." "Stevens, Wm. H." "Tucker, Alex." "Turner, Chas." "Turner, Cornellus S." "Winn, A. W." "Watson, James." "Wimberly, Wm. W." RAILROAD NOTES Where were you running to last summer? Who are you running to now? The N. P. Rough Riders (tourist porters) are saddling their favorite bronchos—and the tourist car line to Seattle is the Candy—when the snow falls. Mr. Geo. L. Bonney is now in charge of the Commissary Dept. of the G. N. R. It is "good news" to many, and he has many friends. We are glad to know this. The railroad service is being elevated in these parts. The careless western idea is eliminated. They are on to the better grade of work, and the "Eastern Boys" are coming in and in the vernacular "Laying down the joke." The Pullman Co. gives their porters an extra months' salary if they make a clean record during the year. This is about 50 cents a week bonus. They put up this "Big Bonus" and then give demerts and porters holding these forfeit their chances of winning. This is a mean, narrow way of adding insult to injury. Why do they not pay living wages? Because they ornament their cars with "extra equipment" known as Conductors and pay them $90 per to look wise, and they can't do that. Dickerson's, 208 Hennepin, choice steaks and rarebits. Oriental dishes, Excellent service. Cuisine unsurpassed. UTOPIA CLUB'S NEW LOCATION 176 St. Antonie St. The Utopia Club of Montreal, Mr. Edward Durant, Pres., is now located in their new building. The appointments are modern, and furnishings very elaborate. Mgr. Durant has fitted up the Utopia Club at a great expense, and prides himself on having "the finest Negro Club room in America." Mr. Henry (Oney) Jackson, the Secretary is still "a fixture of the club" and a favorite of the members." THE TWIN CITY STAR THE VOICE OF THE PRESS. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., DECEMBER, 20, 1910. CHRISTMAS NUMBER ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` TEL. NORTH WEST MAIN 537 M. C. RUTLEDGE, PROP. "Senator Foraker's Political Life is an Open book" THE FORAKER CAFE ELECTRIC LIGHTED (ESTABLISHED 1908) 214 THIRD STREET SOUTH BEST SERVICE Special Sunday Dinner 25c Business Men's Lunch 15c FROM 12 TO 3 P. M. FROM 11 TO 2 P. M. Headquarters for Railroad Men Dan Williams' Restaurant 306 Third Street South Special Sunday Dinner 25c Business Men's Lunch 15c From 11:30 to 3 p.m. From 11 to 2 p.m. Home Cooking is my Specialty Who Said Beer? There is always a pleasure in knowing there is a nice cool glass or two of sparkling Golden Grain Belt Beers awaiting you. There can be no purer or better beer brewed than these and for flavor, well just judge for yourself. MINNEAPOLIS BREWING CO. ```markdown ``` THE GREAT HOLIDAY SHOPPING CENTER Toys Toys Dolls, Games, Animals (stuffed) Sleds, Skates Everything for Young and Old Children High Grade Work Moderate Prices H. Larsen Photo Studio 1501 Washington Ave. Se. My Work for the Colored People has Always Given Satisfaction. Phone: T. S. Center 4085 Minneapolis, Minn. HOLTZEMANN'S CHICAGO STORE CO. 417 CEDAR AVE. X-MAS OPENING IMPORTED TOYS AND EUROPEAN NOVELTIES suitable for all occasions Open Evenings till Christmas DON'T THROW AWAY YOUR OLD HATS Now is The Time to Have Them RE-BLOCKED and RENOVATED In Up-To-Date Style J. A. HUSSEY 243 HENNEPIN AVE. Second Floor TEL. NORTH WEST MAIN 537 "Senator Foraker's Polit THE FORA ELECTRIC LIGHTED (EST ARL) 214 THIRD ST Special Sunday Dinner 25c FROM 12 TO 3 P. M. TWIN CITY STAR COMMERCIAL TONSO THE Sixth and Nicollet—AT EIT Special Over For Thurs TONSORIAL PARLO E·MO AT EITHER STORE Overcoat Ind for Thursday and Fri COMMERCIAL TONSORIAL PARLOR THE·MODEL Special Overcoat Inducement For Thursday and Friday. THE LINEN COAT RUTLEDGE, PROP. Book" E BEST SERVICE Lunch 15c 2 P. M. Peters 1501 W. TOILET PRE He Sol Peterson, The Druggist 1501 Washington Ave. So. TOILET ARTICLES, DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS. He Solicits Your Patronage. Baseball Headquarters The Keystone Buffet 1313 Wash. Ave. So. Choicest of Wines Liquors & Cigars, Pool and Billlards Kidd Mitchell, Prop. MACEO CLUB (INCORPORATED) C. W. KING Manager 725 WASHINGTON AVENUE SO. N. W. Phone Nicollet 1404 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. ```markdown ``` 94 East Fifth St ST. PAUL, MINN TEL. CEBAR 3330 W. J. UTLEY & C PROPRIET ORS MODEL OTHER STORE—Third and Nicollet coat Inducement tuesday and Friday. 500 Men's Overcoats, made by the "Sincerity" tailors of the celebrated 32 oz. Metcalf black kersey, overcoats that were made specially for us by the best ready-for-service tailors; they are made with the best Venetian lining, silk velvet collar, Skinner's satin sleeve lining, specially constructed pockets, making it impossible to tear or drop at the sides. Men's and young men's sizes from 32 to 44 and from 44 to 50 inches long, full box or in the new snappy college form-fitting styles; tailoring, quality and style taken into consideration, these garments cannot be duplicated in the city for less than $20.00; special price at both stores Thursday and Friday— $15.00 Specializing Munsing Union Suits All sizes, all weights and fabrics from $1.00 to $5.00; a home product worthy of your consideration. EQ CLUB Colored In FIRST CLASS IN EVERY PARTICULAR Electric Massage, Hot and Cold Baths, Porcelain Bath Tubs, Handsome Reception Room. Artists in Full White Uniform. 94 East Fifth Street ST. PAUL, MINN. TEL. CEBAR 3330 W. J. UTLEY & CO. PROPRIET ORS EL Third and Nicollet ement 00 FLOP represent Get acqual The "Well Dressed Man""Will do Well" T. S. 3559 to call on N. W. Main 183 Correct Fit Guaranteed Workmanship Unexcelled Our Stock Contains 500 Samples of Fashionable Suitings. WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE WM. M. GARRETT, Manager --- FLORSHEIM SHOES represent perfection in fine shoemaking Get acquainted with COMFORT and become one of our SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. The Vaaso Tailors CLEANERS - DYERS "From Maker to You" $1 00 A Week Don't worry about the money. Pay us after Christmas in small, convenient sums. Women's Tailored Suits Silk Suits and Dresses Coats, Furs, Silk Waits Millinery, Petticoats Separate Skirts, Shoes Misses' Suits, Children's Coats Men's Suits, Overcoats Separate Trousers Fancy Vests Hats and Shoes Boys' Suits and Overcoats How about your winter outfit? We have the guaranteed qualities — at low, plain prices. Askin & Marine Co. 413 Nicollet Ave. 2nd FLOOR White & Mac Naught The Popular Priced JEWELERS and OPTICANS Watch Repairing and Manufacturing 506 NICOLLET AVE. MINNEAPOLIS ORIGINAL CHOP HOUSE TABLE d'HOTE and A LA CARTE. for Good Things to Eat THE GOPHER GRILL MRS. NORA YOUNG, PROP. Mr. Wm. M. Gibbs, Manager. 69½ THIRD ST. ST. PAUL Southern Theatre Seven Corners 15th and Washington Avenues So. Refined Vaudeville Moving Picture Shows Continues Performance Admission 10 Cents A CHRISTMAS ON THE PLANTATION By ELBERT J. LEE. IN the antebellum days the negroes enjoyed a whole week of rest at Christmas time. Now that they are hired hands instead of slaves they cling to this privilege, refusing to work while the holiday spirit is in the air. This means that Christmas lasts a week. Every negro-man, woman and pickaninny-makes the most of the week, and the fun runs high. On many plantations the negroes are almost as much a part of the "plant" as they were during slavery. They have the feeling that, inasmuch as they belong to the place the rest of the year, the place belongs to them for the holiday week, and they take advantage of the opportunity to do as they please. For weeks in advance the holidays are anticipated with joy, though not with any great degree of preparation. The plantation negro, generally speaking, lets tomorrow take care of itself. But some of the more provident ones begin to store up for Christmas. The fattest pumpkin is picked up from the corn rows and put away for pile material. The turkey gobbler in the back yard is fattened for the occasion. Old Anuity hides her jars of preserves from the younger generation. Uncle Ike becomes a confederate in the happy copspiracy for saving things to augment the Christmas spread. Christmas morning the negro children are up bright and early. There is method in their early rising. From time immemorial southern people, both white and black, have cherished the belief that there is much virtue in being the first to shout "Christmas gift!" in meeting a friend on the morning of the great day. In some sections this priority of greeting is expected to result in the forfeit of a gift from the other party. Accordingly the little negroes make a point of running up to the big plantation house and greeting the white people with a lusty "Christmus gif!" in the hope of receiving at least a big red apple, a fresh baked pie or a stick of striped candy such as the general store on the plantation is sure to keep in stock. The best fiddler on the plantation is the hardest worked man of all, but he enjoys every scrape of his bow, while the dance goes merrily on. The Christmas dance is a continued story. It begins Christmas eve and continues every night in the week. If the weather is not too cold the big barn floor is cleared for the dance, but if heat is required the "function" takes place in the biggest room of the biggest negro house on the place, with a roaring fire in the fireplace and plenty of cheer on the kitchen table, both solid and liquid. Christmas week is spent in visiting. The negroes go from cabin to cabin on their own plantation, or they hitch up the work table or steers and visit farms on a neighboring plantation. Everywhere the Christmas spirit prevails. If one family is short of this world's cheer another family is glad to share its own. The Christmas spirit on a cotton plantation is much more in evidence than in a prosperous white folks' town. CHRISTMAS BERRIES. Where the Holly Grows and How to Find the Best. The old fashioned Christmas greens were rosemary, ivy and bay, but in the 2,000 tons of wreathing and decorating material which it is estimated that we now use every year there is a much greater variety. Best loved of all is the glossy, red berried holly. "Holm" was the old English name for it, and it is thought to be identical with the "greenwood tree" of British ballads and of Robin Hood fame. On our side of the Atlantic the American holly (Ilex opaca) is found from Maine, where it grows as a shrub, to North and South Carolina, where it lifts a symmetrical cone of dark, shining leaves set with scarlet berry clusters along a beautiful trunk of gray and silver to the height of seventy or eight feet. Delaware and Maryland are usually credited with furnishing the best grades of holly to Christmas markets, but their "Three X" brand, as seen after shipment to northern cities, is not so finely berried as the Carolina holly, plentiful in the region around Asheville. In America there are three distinct grades of holly. Trees that stand on dry, barren hillsides, as a rule, are heavily laden with thick, knoblike clusters of berries, but their leaves are likely to be small, yellowish and imperfect. Follow some little stream to a sheltered, sunny glade where a holly trunk gleams white, and there you will find leaves large, dark and perfect, with a thick scarlet fruitage lighting the shadows evenly all over the tree. The Colored Catholic's of St. Paul expect soon to give a superb entertainment for the benefit of charitable purposes. Christmas is here. Winds whistle shrill, Icy and chill. Little care we. Little we fear Weather without Sheltered about The mahogany tree. Once on the boughs Birds of rare plume Sang in its bloom. Night birds are we. Here we carouse. Singing like them. Perched round the stem Of the jolly old tree. Here let us sport, Boys, as we sit, Laughter and twit Flashing so free. Life is but short. When we are gone Let them sing on Round the old tree. LAUGHTER AND WIT FLASHING SO FREE. Evenings we knew Happy as this. Faces we miss Pleasant to see. Kind hearts and true. Gentle and just. Peace to your dust! We sing round the tree. Care, like a dun, Lurks at the gate. Let the dog wait. Happy we'll be! Drink, every one: Pile up the coals. Fill the red bowls. Round the old tree. Care, like a dun, Lurks at the gate. Let the dog wait. Happy we'll be! Drink, every one; Pile up the coals, Fill the red bowls, Round the DRINK, EVERY ONE, old tree. Drain we the cup. Friend, art afraid? Spirits are laid In the Red sea. Mantle it up; Empty it yet. Let us forget Round the old tree. Sorrows, begone! Life and its ills, Duns and their bills, Bid we to flee. Come with the dawn, Blue devil sprite; Leave us tenight Round the old tree. William Makepeace Thackeray. Yuletide Proverba. The wise man begs to express much more than proverbal wishes that his entire clientele may enjoy the merriest of merry Christmas. The universal spread of dolldom and drumdum is infinitely preferable to that of the dolldrums. Our early days will not, indeed, come back, yet is Christmas an Indian summer evening to the venerable, a reviving reminiscence of youth. "The mirror of all courtesy" should be polished on Christmas day. "A royal train, believe me," is the reindeer equipage of good old St. Nick. A Christmas motto: His heart and hand both open and both For what he has he gives, what things he shows. Yet gives he not till judgment guide his bounty. "Nature teaches beasts to know their friends," and why should they not share in the Christmas good will. "Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge." Let us inwardly digest this trulism with the Christmas cheer. "Enough, with overmeasure," will probably characterize the Christmas possessions of a majority of us. When does "jocund day stand tiptoe on the misty mountain tops" if not on merry Christmas? The Babies' Christmas Never deny the babies their Christmas. It is the shining seal set upon a year of happiness. They learn believe in Santa Claus or St. Nicholas or Kristine, or whatever name the jolly Dutch saint bears in your religion—Marlon Harland. Sent your notes to the "Star" office. "At Christmas Play and Make Good Cheer. For Christmas Comes but Once a Year." THE VETERAN'S CHRISTMAS TALE NEVER think of Christmas but I think of the one I spent when on detached service down in Virginia in '02. I was a captain then, and, being on special service, I happened to be temporarily attached to the command of General Cox at Gailey Bridge, Va. I was warmly welcomed as I arrived on Christmas eve and brought some letters to both officers and men, the first many of them had received for nine months. The command was the First Kentucky, and a fine lot of fellows they were. Captain Ralph Hunt invited me to share his tent, and as we sat smoking together after taps he threw me a letter, saying, "Read that." Dear Ralph-I have sent you a turkey and some fixings and also some new underwear, and I hope the box will reach you in time for Christmas. "That's enough," he said, for there was a lot more in the letter, and it was signed Susle. "The box is under my bunk, and as you are to leave tomorrow night you are sure of a good dinner anyhow." So we turned in, and Christmas day dawned clear and cold, and when it came time for dinner the captain's orderly had done himself proud by cooking that turkey in fine style. "The pickets are driven in," said Captain Hunt as he stood in the tent opening with a turkey leg in one hand, and the next moment he was ordered to take his company, make a reconnaissance and report the strength of the enemy. The country about Gauley bridge was thickly covered with scrubby "THE PICKETS ARE DRIVEN IN." "THE PICKETS ARE DRIVEN IN." pine and cedar. Pushing through this until he obtained a position commanding the road by which the Confederates must advance, the captain halted his men. He sent a few men in advance as scouts, and then be and I and a corporal went forward about twenty yards. The scouts, bewildered by the underbrush, got into our rear, and as soon as we heard men advancing in our front Hunt at once said it was his scouts returning. "That turtkey isn't cold yet, and we'll finish it when we get back." In place of our scouts the advance party was the advance guard of Confederates. Hunt recognized the officer in command as Captain Loughborough, and he covered. But Loughborough, who was in advance of his men, had caught sight of Hunt, and with a volley of oaths, he cried: "Come out, you — Yankee, and be shot!" As he cried this he covered Hunt's hiding place with a long Miss THE CONFEDERATE DROPPED. sissippi rifle and fired. Hunt had grabbed the corporal's ordinary smooth bore musket and so quickly he had acted that both shots rang out at the same instant. I was looking out at the whole thing through the branches of a thick cedar, and the two men were not more than fifty yards apart. The Confederate dropped in his tracks and never moved, and at once a volley was poured into the captain's bush, but not a bullet hit him. Hunt's men, supposing that the three of us must have been killed, beat a retreat and made good their escape, and we were surrounded and captured. At first the Confederates were for wreaking vengeance on Hunt for the death of a favorite officer, but the gallantry he displayed and his perfect coolness while in their power finally won their regard. When asked to give his parole he refused, saying: "You fellows spilled my Christmas dinner that I and my friends here had just sat down to, and I propose to back and finish it if I can. You no go parole from me." I and the corporal gave our parole, but Captain Hunt insisted. He lined up, and after marching with our guard through several towns of Virginia, we brought up at Richmond and were thrown into Libby. We never heard what we ate our Christmas turkey. J. A. A. R. in Brooklyn Eagle. MADRE VIRGINA MADONNA AND CHRIST-CHILD. THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM BY MAURICE SMILEY BACK toward Judea turn the battling heart Of men in these the creed and canon days: From soaring spires and armaments to where The Nazarene once walked the fretted sea; From gilded domes whose crass magnificence Hides not the hovels in their shades to where The Master lay that Galilean night Beneath the stars; from velvet pews and gold And silver glittering to where He said: "To visit them that suffer and are sick Is true religion, undefiled. Whoso Shall rightly worship God must worship Him In spirit and in truth." The world doth tire Of hollow show and sounding litanies That echo from the bannered plains of War, Of vestments crusted with the gems that mock The starving bodies and the hearts of men. It longs to hear the simple gospel: "Love Ye one another. Whosoever gives A cup of water to the least of these Shall give it unto Me." World weary souls Are turning from the blasphemy of Pride, And back across the crimson centuries They go, back over fields of hate and strife, Back over pathways red with blood And lighted with the fires of stakes and gleam Of swords—until at last they see the Star Of Bethem and stand beside a holy Child. And tha, beneath the sky where angels sang For joy the story of two thousand years Is blotted out. Upon the new command No bloody seal is set. "Good will to men And peace on earth," the gentle message runs D Home Training of Children and How It Should Be Given. Young Writer's Psychological View of Parents' Responsibility in the Education of Children-Best Methods of Preparing Young Minds For the Reception and Retention of Knowledge. BY MISS AMELIA A. HOWARD. A very true saying of an able barrister whose name I do not recall is that there are three things in knowing. First, is knowing what to know; second, is knowing how to know, and third, is knowing when to know. The importance of home education to children or sowing the seeds of cultivation should claim the most careful attention of all teachers. The agriculturist and horticulturist are two skilled persons whom the world must admire and feel proud of. In the first instance they look at the condition of the soil, earn it, then sow it with such seed as the soil will best yield and cultivate it for the community at large. Who can but admire the neatness and greenishness and freshness when traveling along a country road during cultivation season? In the second case the person plants and cultivates such things that give us shade and adorn our yards with verbena. We observe the there are health, strength and beauty combined in the previous kind of sowing and cultivation. How much more important it is that the lives of our children should boast of this health, strength and beauty. The education of children requires consideration of human nature in general, which changes with the progressive development of youth; consideration of the age in which they are living, of the personality of each individual character and of the law of development, which as regards the spiritual nature is a higher outcome of the general law of the development of the universe. There is not enough of conviction in the minds of the parents and guardians that the responsibility of their children's acts, either good or bad, rests upon their older shoulders; that the final outcome of their children's lives depends almost entirely upon parental influences. The bringing up of a child thus means a series of lessons in self restraint, in watchfulness and in adherence to an ideal for the parent even more than for the child. The child will fashion himself after the patterns that he sees. He does not grow according to any fixed rule implanted in him before birth. We must know exactly what children are, what their development is and for what they are best fitted. It must be admitted that this task, or duty, rather, always has been bestowed upon the gentler sex, for the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. One of our greatest statesmen—in fact, one of the best men the world has yet known—was praised on one occasion for his greatness, and Abraham Lincoln replied, "All that I am, if I ever shall be, is due to my aged mother." The earnest mother can give a log of training in the home. Your child has抓握 his head. Let him see that it was not the fault of the table, but of himself, because he did not look where he was going. Thus by learning the cause he learns to avoid further humps. In fact, that only is the right education which makes all learning serve as an instrument with which to train the child to see in an effort the cause—in other words, to become a rational being to whom great truths of life have been shown. And, again, the child before whose eyes sensible objects are brought in the correct order of the parts to the whole and in the logical connection of things will, when reflected power is developed, also perceive this order of logical connection clearly and definitely in the intellectual world. People strive to develop the child along moral lines adopted by society. Others strive to develop the child both morally and intellectually so that he will be an object of admiration at home, in society and in business. And this is truly an intelligent aim. Teach the child to measure his life by acts of goodness, to study daily the things that are pure and noteworthy, to be charitable in his dealings with others, to remove or hide the smile and cease to rejoice at the efforts or mistakes of others, to strive always to perform his duty in the right way and to remember that the greatest person is the one who chooses the right with invincible resolution, who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storm and most fearless under menace and whose reliance on truth and virine and in good is most unfaltering. The task of education is to assist natural development toward its destined end. As the child's development begins with its first breath, so must its education; also as the beginning gives a foundation to the whole after development, so the early beginnings of education are of most importance. Encouragement For True Reformers. It is encouraging to the thousands of members of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers scattered throughout the country to learn that arrangements have been made for its continuance. While there is bare possibility of the savings bank of the order in Richmond, Va., ever being operated again, the fraternal part of the institution is believed to be safe. PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. BROTHERHOOD. Lo, soul, seest thou not God's purpose? The earth to be spanned, connected by network, The people to become brothers and sisters, The races neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, The oceans to be crossed, the distant brought near. The lands to be welded together. —Whitman. Beaten and cursed, I see thee bound with chains, Thy red blood glistening in the sun's hot ray. I hear thy piteous cries for help from God; Heartsore and tired you toll your weary way. Sad Ethiopia. I see thee when that God sent martyr broke The shackles from your wrist and heart strings too. Ignorant and dumb how could you know the way. To your poor, darkened minds so strangely new. Free Ethiopia. The years have passed, I see thee still again; Proud in your strength, intelligent and brave. Doing the right as you can see the right; Working God's will—Was this man once a slave? Proud Ethiopia. And now I see thee—in the future years. Climbing and ever climbing, oft in prayer Spurred by no man—Freedom at last is won. Brave Ethiopia. The best advertisement I see one that gets the most business, of course. When you strive for success you must advertise well, for success comes to you only in proportion to your service to others. Your habits of thought, word, and deed are your advertisements. See that they are truly representative of what you have to give and the results will be all you could desire.—The Reflector, Jeffersonville, Ind. BIG NEGRO NOT A FACTOR. The big Negro, that is, one who has an inflated conception of his or her importance in society, is absolutely no benefit to enterprises. If he patronizes a colored institution at all it is only to the extent of the credit allowed him; then he goes back to the white shops with his tale of woe. The average big Negro will not even support a colored newspaper, but will get all the white newspapers he can on credit. The churches, too, suffer from these vultures who prey upon the good graces of the Christian element and yield no returns whatever. Down with this class of cattle, who are proving an impediment in the path of progress. We indorse the above from personal knowledge with three big Negroes who hold positions, where they receive big salaries. One of these is in the U. S. government service, one in the city and the other in the county. They even go so far as to lie about paying a small account and becomes angry if they have to pay.-The Illinos Idea. ANCHOR HILYARD LODGE No. 2 A. F., meets 1 and 3d Tuesdays at Labor Temple Hall and 8th Ave. So. Minneapolis, E. B. James, Secretary. F. A. Abbey, W. M. AMES LODGE No. 106 I. B. P. O. E. W., meets 1 and 3d Tuesdays at Apolis, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of each month. M. W. Scott, Secretary. W. R. Morris, E. B. NATALIE LODGE No. 2 K. P. meets 2d Thursday of each month at Labor Temple, cor. 4th St. and 8th Ave. So. Minneapolis, Ralph Watson, K. R. & S. G. West, C. C. PRIDE OF MINNESOTA LODGE No. 5 K. P. meets 1st and 3d Thursdays of each month at 211 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Arcade Mall, K. R. & S. G. West, C. C. THIS PAPOILIS FOUNTAIN of G. U. O. of True Formers No. 2778 meets the first and third Wednesday in each month. Mrs. Fannie Pierce, W. P. NAOIAM TEMPLE No. 183 S. M. T., meets the first and third Wednesday in each month. Mrs. Fannie Pierce, W. P. QUEEN ESTHER TEMPLES M., meets the first and third Monday in each month. Mrs. Fannie Pierce, W. P. PRIDE OF HENNEPOLIS FOUNTAIN of G. U. 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