Twin City Star

MINNEAPOLIS DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL Defective Page VOL. 4 Single Copies 5 Cents The figures for the subway and elevated lines in Manhattan are regarded by the engineers of the commission as being the most significant in the new tables. For the first time the subway carried more passengers than the elevated lines, its total being 327,471.510 more than 1,000,000 each working day. The elevated lines carried 306,845.006, a gain of only 2,574.165, while the subway gained 24,497.654. During the year ending June 30, 1912, the "L" exceeded the subway by 1,296,985. While Bridegroom Only Tips the Scales at 133 Pounds. Davenport, Ia.-Hundreds attended the marriage of A. L. Woollett, weight 133 pounds, of Ornsby. Wis., and Miss Ama Gene Bare, weight 500 pounds, of Olympia, Wash., the bride being the heaviest woman in the west. Miss Bergina Delhoyo was bridesmaid, while acting as best man was James Boyd. Both contracting parties are with a carnival company, but have been acquainted for sixteen years. They attended school together. The ceremony was performed by Deputy Treasurer C. C. Gibson, formerly a minister of the Church of Christ. A handsome silver service was given to the bride by members of the carnival company following the marriage. TRY TO ELIMINATE THE MIDDLEMAN GREAT NEED IS A CONTAINER With Finding of Safe and Light Box Both Producer and Consumer Would Be Greatly Benefited—Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry Has Long Been Seeking Such a Device. Washington.—How to get the egg from the farmer or the poultryman to the consumer without the employment of the middleman is the problem that the division of animal husbandry of the bureau of animal industry has sought to solve. It has suggested, "Cut out the middleman and bring the producer and the consumer together through the parcel post." But Dr. A. D. Melvin, chief of the bureau, says that this is easier said than done. The softness of the eggshell is the great obstacle in the way. No container that exactly fills the bill has been found. If the container is secure it weighs too much; if light enough it is not secure. Dr. Melvin and associates have been experimenting for months to find the proper container for mailling eggs. A hen that lays every day in the year would be worth her weight in gold. There were laid in the United States last year 1,700,000,000 dozen eggs, worth $350,000,000. The price of eggs has gradually increased for twenty years. In 1000 New York paid for the average best fresh eggs from 12 to 20 cents. In 1912 the figures were 20% to 60 cents. At the same time New York has been consuming more eggs each succeeding year. In 1900 2,790.272 cases of eggs were received in New York; last year the number increased to 4,723.558. In 1891 Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, New York, St. Louis and San Francisco received 5,040,888 cases of eggs, and last year 13,696,401. Within the last ten or fifteen years there has been a decided improvement of the quality of eggs and in the meth- M. ods of handling them. The old custom of selling eggs by the dozen has been discarded, and now the producer dispose of his eggs by the pound. This has improved the character of the egg. "The quickest way to arouse a desire in the producer to raise better chickens and supply better eggs is to show him that good quality poultry and eggs are worth more than those of poor quality." said H. C. Pierce of the food research laboratory of the bureau of chemistry. In the southern states this has been done. At one time the North Carolina egg was considered the poorest on the market; the meat was lean. When the producers found that fat eggs weighed more than poor ones they began to take better care of their hens and get better eggs. Soon North Carolina eggs ranked with Tennessee and Kentucky eggs. Mr. Pierce says that $45,000,000 worth of eggs are lost annually in this country between the producer and the consumer. "In marketing eggs there is an enormous loss," said Mr. Pierce. "Much of this is preventable. While this loss falls upon all who handle eggs, it is borne chiefly by the producer and the consumer. The producers' loss, caused by a decrease in price, under present conditions represents that due to spoilage or poor quality. The consumers' loss is due to a curtailed supply because of the eggs that are either of poor quality or a total loss; hence the consumer has to pay higher prices for those that finally reach him. "While these losses are increased at all stages of handling by the producer, the country storekeeper, the produce dealer, the railroad, the commission man and jobber and the retailer, the greatest preventable loss occurs before the produce dealer obtains the goods—that is, while the eggs are still on the farm or in the hands of the small country storekeeper who takes eggs in exchange for supplies." NAME WOMEN IMMORTALS. Five Illustrous Females on List Prepared by Professor Matthew parsed by Professor Matthew. Chicago. — Professor Brander Matthews at the American Academy of Arts and Letters named five Americans who, he says, are eligible as "immortals." They are Ida M. Tarbell, research; Mary Wilkins Freeman, fiction; Edith Wharton, fiction; Mary Cassatt, painting, and Margaret Deland, fiction. "There are other women who might obviously be eligible," added Mr. Matthews, "but these five came first to my mind. "I want to put you right on the question of the admission of women to the 'immortals.' It has not been discussed at this session of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, because no woman has been proposed for membership. The subject has not come up officially for ten years, since the admission of Jula Ward Howe. "The five come to mind as women about whom there could be no question of worthiness, but I believe it would be advisable for them to start an 'immortals' of their own." 1,769,889,284 RODE ON NEW YORK CARS Greatness of City Illustrated by Statistics. New York.—Professor Supan of Gotha, whose annual "Bevolkerung der Erde" is accounted the authority on such statistics, last year estimated the population of the world at 1,623,300,000. During the year which ended June 30 last the ground, underground and overground transportation lines of New York carried more passengers by 146,589,284 than this total, tables made public by the public service commission giving the number of passengers as 1,769,889,284. By boroughs the traffic was distributed as follows: Manhattan, 1,112,908; Brooklyn, 521,233,913; Bronx, 74,711,453; Queens, 47,467,014; Richmond, 18,578,006. The year's increase for the city was 90,074,580, which is almost equal to the population of the United States. BRIDE'S WEIGHT IS 560. Argos. Ind.—The charred body of a rat explained the reason for the sudden going out of electric lights here. Argos gets its current from Rochester, south, in Fulton county, and lights there were affected. The rat's body formed a short circuit that played havoc with the lighting system. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., November, 28 1913. PRINCE KATSURA'S BRAIN HEAVY ONE Brain of Average Man Weighs Fifty Ounces — Imbeciles Brains Very Heavy — Japanese Died of Cancer and Willed His Body to Scientists For Examination and Experiment. Tokyo.—Dr. Nagayo's examination of the body of the late Prince Katsura discloses that the brain of that great Japanese statesman, who died Oct. 10, welighed slightly more than 1,600 grams. This is about 300 grams heavier than the brain of an average man. The Katsura brain weighed about 51.44 ounces. It was a little lighter than that of Bismark. The examination by Dr. Nagayo showed the Prince Katsura died of cancer, which had spread from his stomach to his liver. He was president of a Japanese society devoted to the PRINCE KATBURA. study of cancer, and he was dissected in accordance with his own request. The widow was present at the post-mortem. The surgeons addressed the spirit of the dead prince before and after the operation. The brain weights of famous men have been as follows: Turgentleff, Russian novelist, seventy-one ounces. Dr. Abercromble, Scotch physician, sixty-three ounces. General B. F. Butler, American soldier, sixty-two ounces. Thackeray, novelist: Cuvier, naturalist; Jeffreys, English judge, fifty-four to fifty-eight and six-tenths ounces. Napoleon, Daniel Webster, Agassiz, American naturalist, fifty to fifty-three and six-tenths ounces. Average man (estimated by Dr. Austin Flint of New York in his "Physiology"), fifty and two-tenths ounces. Average boy of seven, forty-five and nine-tenths ounces. Leon Gambetta, great French statesman, forty and nine-tenths ounces. Imbecile's brains may weigh over seventy ounces. One such, a Russian, had a brain of seventy-eight ounces. BONDS OF RECLUSE FOUND. Are Contained In Small Safe In the Rear of Pawnshop. Fort Scott, Kan.—More than $60,000 in government bonds and other securities was found in the small room of a pawnshop in the negro district of this city, where Thomas Lahey, a recluse, lived many years. Lahey dropped the other day. He was known to own thirty-three cheap dwellings and had no patience with the talk of the high cost of living, boasting that he was living on $1.50 a week. His brother, John Lahey of Armah, Kan., retained a lawyer and together they broke into the safe. Another brother of Lahey lives somewhere in California, and three sisters, whose addresses are unknown, lived in Pennsylvania when last heard from. Search is now being made for a large amount of gold Lahey is supposed to have boarded. NEW MONEY ORDER PLAN. Postoffice Department Would Cash Checks at Any Station. Washington—Officials of the postoffice department have determined to urge congress at the regular session to amend the postal laws so that money orders may be paid at any postoffice in the country, although drawn on a given office. A committee appointed by Alexander M. Dockery, third assistant postmaster general, has worked out details of the plan. Information has reached the department that the express companies already are opposing the plan because it would mean a sharp curtailment of the money order business handled by them. The expectation is that banking interests also will oppose the plan, as it would be likely to cut into the bank draft business. Under such a system a money order would be treated identically as a draft or express money order. The party to whom such an order was made out would indorse it just the same as a draft or check, making it payable to the bank or individual whom he desired to cash it if he did not take it to the postoffice. Postmaster General Burleson will include the proposed change in the money order system in his annual report. Officials of the department are confident that congress will act favorably upon it. MILK CURE FOR BABIES. London Physician Discovers Cause of Infants' Illness. Baltimore. — Dr. Ralph Vincent, director of the research laboratory of the infants' hospital. London, announced here that he had discovered the bacillus that causes stomach trouble among infants. He read a paper before the local Academy of Medicine and told of some recent discoveries that he believes will be of great value in combating infantile diseases. The principal topic was milk. "That is the whole story of disease among infants," said Dr. Vincent. "Get pure milk and keep it pure and there will be practically no disease among the babies. Milk should be given infants just as it comes from the cow, without boiling or any other preparation." CHATTANOOGA NOW NEARER THE ORIENT Tennessee River Made Navigable the Year Round. Chattanooga.—Completion of the lock and dam at Hale's bar, near this city, marks one important step by the government in its plan of making the Tennessee river navigable all the year. It presages the time when there will be an uninterrupted navigation between all points on the Tennessee, Mississippi and Ohio rivers, and also between this section and the orient via the Panama canal. The great project at Hale's bar, thirty miles below Chattanooga, includes a lock built by the government and a dam and powerhouse erected by the Chattanooga and Tennessee River Power company. Many serious obstacles to navigation have been forever obliterated by increase in depth of water for many miles above the dam. The project is peculiar in that it is the first instance where a private company was permitted to construct a dam across a navigable river, where river improvement and power development have been combined. The work has been done under supervision of the secretary of war. The lock at the opposite end of the dam from the powerhouse is built against a rock bluff and has a clear width of sixty feet. It is about 300 feet long inside the gates. The lower gates are fifty-nine feet high. Each gate weighs 129 tons. The dam is 1,200 feet long; average height - fifty-two feet; eleven feet four inches wide at the top and from fifty-seven to sixty-four feet wide at the bottom, according to depth of foundation. The power house is sixty-six feet wide and 353 feet long. It contains fourteen turbine units, each capable of delivering 2,500 horsepower or a total of 73,500. The power from this station will be carried to Chattanooga at 40,000 volts over 175 steel transmission towers, the line crossing the winding Tennessee river twice in order to maintain a straight course. A substation in the city, not far from the river bank, has equipment to step down the current for the various uses to which it will be put. ADVERTISE IN THE STAR and get good results. MEXICAN WOMEN SHARE HORRORS Their Patience and Endurance Win High Praise—Take Lives In Their Hands as Spies—Seldom Has World Seen Such an Example of Love and Devotion as They Display. Eagle Pass, Tex.—The horrors of the civil strife in Mexico are shared herocally by the women—the wives and daughters of the poor ragged soldiers of both forces. Their enforced part in the warfare has been going on for the last three years. They are the foragers and in that capacity are the advance guard of the army and do all the menial work in campmaking. While they seldom take part in the actual fighting, their hardships are far greater than those of the men. The patience and devotion of the women of the poorer class of the Mexicans are astonishing. Even the provisional government of Mexico gave semi-official recognition to women and children as being important adjuncts of the regular fighting forces. The first definite knowledge that the noncombatants in Piedras Negras, situated just across the Rio Grande, had that the federals were about to take possession of the town recently was when a train arrived from the south, pulling several freight cars filled with women and children. They had been sent on ahead to forage for food and have dinner ready for the hungry horde of soldiers who arrived an hour or two later. The women dumped their bundles of dirty clothing, cooking utensils and other portable property from the cars, and in a few minutes an open square near the railroad had been picked out for a camp site for the soldiers. Bare-legged, half clad children, boys and girls, ranging in age from four to twelve years, rustled around, and in a short time they had the campfires going. In the meantime the women were foraging through the town for food. Here and there a stray pig would be found wandering along the street. The women would give chase, and his fate would soon be settled. If a cow fell into their hands, so much the better. Each woman works for her own particular mess, if it may so be called. It usually consists of her husband and perhaps another relative or two. There is much rivalry between the women in preparing meals for their respective patrons. When the repast was over the men and the children lay flat upon the ground and enjoyed a delightful slesta, while the women busied themselves with other duties. The uncomplaining women are often forced to perform services of the most dangerous and painful character. They have marched hundreds of miles through the cactus covered desert, carrying their smaller children and pots and pans upon their backs, while their older offspring trotted by their sides. When the son of one of these women reaches the age of twelve he is given a gun and becomes a soldier. Seldom has the world seen such an example of devotion to men as is shown by these women. To be sure, these poor creatures are densely ignorant and have little knowledge of even the ordinary comforts of life, but their hearts are filled with deep love for the nomadic home and fireside, despite its humble surroundings. In the freight cars that are used to transport the federal as well as the Constitutionalist troops from place to place over the country the women and children are crowded together like so many sheep and cattle. Often they are made to ride in flat cars which are uncovered. In these unsheltered cars the rain pours down upon them. The women frequently are sent out on scout duty and to discover the plans of the enemy. Only occasionally does a performance of this kind come to public notice. A notable instance occurred just before the recent fall of Torreon. General Trucy Albert of the federals was anxious to learn the strength of the Constitutionalists. He needed all of his own officers and personal staff, and he did not care to intrust the important mission of learning the actual strength of the Constitutionalists to any man in the ranks of his troops. He mentioned his need to Senorita Lomesa Bordaz, an ardent supporter of the government cause and daughter of a former banker of Torreon. She vol- unteered to make a trip through the Constitutionalist lines and visit their different camps. Disgusted as an old woman of the peon class, Miss Bordaz set out on the back of a burro and for ten days traveled from place to place in the valley, visiting many rebel camps. At night she slept upon the ground. Upon her return to Torreon she made a complete report to General Abert, which showed that more than 6,000 Constitutionalists were within striking distance of the town. For the small force of federals to have remained in Torreon would have meant their utter destruction. The town was therefore evacuated by them. FOR YEARS THOUGHT HIMSELF AN ORPHAN Recently Found Mother Living and Reunion Followed. Minneapolis, Minn.—A meeting of a mother and son who had thought each other dead for nineteen years took place when Charles Hatch, twenty-three years old, stepped off a train at Benidjil, Minn., into the arms of his mother. For nineteen years the Hatch boy has wandered around in state institutions in Minnesota and Illinois, with no knowledge of his parentage. Placed in the state home in Owatonna, Minn., when he was four years old, after he had seemingly been left an orphan in Minneapolis, Hatch grew up in the belief that his parents were dead. When he was fourteen years old he left the home and worked for various farmers in southern Minnesota and later wandered to Illinois. Some weeks ago he was taken sick with typhoid fever and placed in a county hospital at Edwardsville, Ill. Here the officials started to search for the young man's relatives. They learned he had a brother at the school for the feeble minded at Faribault, Minn. A letter from that institution stated that the brother had died. It was suggested that the Minneapolis Associated Charities might know the mother. Hatch was brought to Minneapolis, and for the last four weeks the Associated Charities has made a search for his mother. J. J. O'Connor, secretary of the organization, learned his mother had remarried and was living on a farm near Bemidji. A telegram was sent her, and she at once forwarded money and a railroad ticket for her son. SPOONERS' SEAT WALKED. The "Overturned Boat" Was a Six Hundred Pound Sleeping Turtle. Charleston, S. C.—A young couple strolling on Sullivan's island became fatigued. Why not sit on that overturned boat over there? They did. But the "boat" moved. She shrieked, and the "boat" moved faster. It was a 600 pound turtle asleep on the beach. The turtle carried six men to the water. In its nest were found 200 eggs. In its nest were round 200 eggs. Spooning couples on Sullivan's island now sit on the ground. HOLDS COURT BY PHONE. With Receiver at Ear Judge Asks Questions and Gives Order. Denver.—A rap of the balliff's gavel, followed by a loud "Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!" brought a number of spectators to a halt in the first division of the district court. Court attaches assumed their accustomed places, and the first judgeless court ever held in Denver was in session. Judge J. E. Little, eighty miles away, was presiding. He was giving orders to the division clerk, Lynton Hubbard, over the long distance telephone from Colorado Springs. "Hello?" greeted his honor. "Is the court in session?" "The court is in session, your honor," replied Clerk Hubbard. "Take this message and enter it on the docket," said Judge Little. "The Judgment against the Snyders, amounting to $1,730, was awarded by a jury over which Judge Little presided last May. The Judgment was set aside on the showing made by Snyder that he had not been officially notified concerning the date of the trial and the case was allowed to go by default. SMOKE THE RELIABLE So SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR So MINNEAPOLIS In this great city of ours, we need more consecrated men and women to throw out the life life to rescue the perishing souls. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor Bethesda Baptist Church. The People's Christian Mission, REV. Q. W. MITCHELL, PASTOR. 1204 Washington Ave. So. Funeral and Wedding notices are to be paid for in advance. LOOK! LOOK!! LOOK!!! The Men's Episcopal Club will give a Card Party at Masonic Hall, 24th St. and 5th Ave. So., Minneapolis, on Dec. 3, 1913. Admission 25 cents. FORUM MEETING. The Forum meets the first Sunday in each month at St. Peter's A. M. B. Church, and on the third Sunday each month at Bethesda Baptist Church. Miss Edna Shull celebrated her 15th birthday last week. Several young people were present and enjoyed themselves immensely, wish her many more pleasant birthdays. The Daughters of Isis held their Annual Ball on Monday night. The Lady Shriners were present to receive their friends. The affair was as usual a brilliant social and financial success. Mrs. Matthew C. Johnson, 1823 5th Ave. So., and daughter Mary B., left Nov. 22 for Chicago to spend three weeks. Mrs. Hester Keyes of 1411 Wash. Ave. So., has returned home after a two months stay in Chicago visiting friends. Mrs. Keyes is in best of health. Miss Alberta Gamble's residence was briken into this week and the burglaries overlooked $132 in money which Miss Gamble had hidden away. Mrs. James M. Smith of Malden, N. Y., arrived on Wednesday to join her husband J. M. Smith, a brother of the Editor of the Star. Miss Sadie St. Louis, the Dramatic reader will appear at the Silver Anniversary of the Household of Ruth in St. Paul. Mr. Edw. Pipkin, of The Big Three found some money orders and checks belonging to Editor Smith and we are indebted to him for return of same. Mr. Phil. Scott, now of Cape Giradeau, Mo., sent his friends J. C. Trevan and C. S. Smith a 'Possum each for Thanksgiving. Mr. Scott is in good health, and enjoying himself at his old home. Mrs. Annie T. Jackson of Nashville, Tenn., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. V. Seymore, Snelling Ave. She will remain during the winter. Mr. C. W. King and daughter, Miss Elsie, are housekeeping at 910 3rd St. So. Mr. J. C. Proctor, now of Alhambra, Cal., is doing well. he has renewed his subscription to the Star because he wants to hear the news about his old friends. Mr. Ninevah Shull, brother of Mr. Glover Shull, is at the City Hospital, where he was taken Nov. 10, suffering from a paralytic stroke. He is improving. Editor Adams was in the City this week, appealing to his delinquent subscribers. Miss Cora E. Anderson, the Corsetier, was in the City, Wednesday, delivering orders. Comfortable, steam heated, gas, bath, toilet, Suitable for man and wife. Kitchen privileges. Every convenience. .A. D. Price, 820 E. 36th St. Minneapolis. HOUSE FOR SALE. 6 room, modern house good as new, located at 2815 13th Ave. So. Lot 38x 142 to alley. Snap for $2,400. Terms if desired. McDew, 610 Sykes Block. Messrs. Benj. Jones and Clarence Bell are making good in their recent business venture. They have the Barber Shop and Pool Room, formerly conducted by Mr. H. D. Parker at 244 Third Ave. So., and are doing their best to give satisfaction to their customers. You must send your subscriptions if you want the Twin City Star, or order it discontinued. --- NEWS BOY'S THANKSGIVING. The Newsles enjoyed a big feed at the Rogers Hotel on Thanksgiving Day. The dinner was a memorial to the late "Toozie" Rogers, who was once a newsboy. It was his custom to entertain the boys each year. About 600 were present, and many of the coming men of the nation will always remember "Toozie," who was everybody's friend. EDGAR CONNOR AND HIS CO. Edgar Connors and his Sambo Girls are at the Miles Theatre this week. They are the special feature of the bill. Mr. Connors and his company of ladies were among the entertainers of the Elks Club (white) on Wednesday evening. Mr. Connors is numbered as the little Geo. Walker, who was with The Red Moon Co. He is from Jacksonville, Fla., where he was introduced before the foot lights by Rosemond Johnson. JOHN LOUGE OF BAYES by Ames 106 and Gopher 105. The joint Memorial Services of Ames Lodge No. 106 and Gopher Lodge No. 105, I. B. P. O. E. W. will be held at Bethesda Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Sunday evening, Dec. 7, 1913, at 8 o'clock. Rev. T. J. Carter will deliver the general eulogy; Wm. H. Johnson and R. M. Johnson of Gopher Lodge and P. H. Southall and Wm. R. Morris of Ames Lodge will make short addresses. The public is invited.—Wm. R. Morris, Secy of Ames Lodge 106. (Advertisement.) HARPER—BLUDSOE. In the presence of about fifty friends and relatives Miss Josephine F. Bludsoe, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Bludsoe, became the bride of Mr. John W. Harper, eldest son of Serg't and Mrs. John W. Harper, at the home of the bride's parents on Tuesday eve, Nov. 25. Rev. Edwards of St. James A. M. E. Church officiated. Mr. Bludsoe gave his daughter in marriage. The bride was gowned in white embroidered net and carried bride roses. She was attended by her sister Miss Margaret Bludsoe, who wore green charmeuse, accordion plated, with an over-skirt of shadow lace. Mr. Ezekiel Harper was his brother's best man. The ceremony was performed under a canopy of American flags. Miss Marie Bludsoe, youngest sister of the bride was at the punch bowl. The wedding march was played by Mr. Harry Bludsoe, a brother of the bride. After refreshments were served the evening was spent in music and dancing. The young couple were the recipients of many handsome presents. They will be at home to their friends after Dec. 1st at 1207 3 St. No. Dr. Judy, the dentist, has resigned his position with the eNew York Painless Dentists, and will confine his work to his office at 3533 4th Ave. So, where he will receive his patients at all hours. Phone N. W. Colfax 1846. Mr. J. H. Lane has opened a Panatorium in connection with Johes & Bell's Barber Shop. Mr. Lane solicits the patronage of all desiring good tailoring and cleaning. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mann have moved to 575 W. Central Ave., St. Paul. Mr. and Mrs. Sam'l King have moved to 2819 Columbus Aye. Any person who has paid for this paper, without receiving it, will be given a year's subscription on proof of their statement. All matter must reach us by West needay for insertion. SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER. THE ST. LOUIS KITCHEN. You can get a good meal, clean service, and courteous attention at the St. Louis Kitchen, 138 E. Third St., St. Paul. Mrs. Hinson is universally known for her good cooking. ST. LOUIS KITCHEN, 138 E. 3rd St., St. Paul, Minn.—Advertisement. OUR HOME-BULDERS COLUMN. Many of the homes of residents appearing in The Appeal Special Edition will be presented to our readers in these columns. We have arranged to show some of the many desirable homes owned by Negroes in the Twin Cities in each issue. We want to show the progress made by every person who owns a home. Ames Lodge of Elks meet at Union Temple Hall, 28 Washington Ave. So, every 2nd and 4th Thursday evening SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TWIN CITY STAR C. H. H. HON. HUGH T. HALBERT. Hon. H. T. Halbert of St. Paul, a leading lawyer and friend of the Negro, who is a member of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People. Mr. Halbert is Chairman of the Committee to Lessen Race-prejudice, also the State Chairman of the Progressive Party of Minnesota. He is a fearless advocate for the civic equality of all men and a friend of the "man farther down." SOCIETY FOR . THE . ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE ELECT OFFICERS. The following officers of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People were elected at last meeting. President, Col. J. H. Davison, Treas., Louis Nash, Secy. Mrs. Valdo Turner. Hugh T. Halbert, Chm, Committee to Lessen Race Prejudice. Dr. P. P. Womer, Chm, Press and Publicity, Rabbi Ripans, Chm, Committee on Finance, W. T. Francis, Chm, Committee on Mass Meetings and Memorials, Rev. A. H. Lealtad Chm, Committee on Local Racial Conditions. J. H. Sherwood, Chm, Bureau of Information, Mrs. T. H. Lyles, Chm, Committee for the Advancement of Colored People, Dr. V. D. Turner Chm, Committee on Circulation of "Crisis" and Membership. Miss Missouri Moker, Prescott, Ariz., the accomplished pianist, and Mrs. Bettie Jones, talented dialect reader of St. Paul, will appear at the Household of Ruth's Anniversary. Miss Elmore Barksdale has returned from a visit to Kentucky and New Orleans. Miss Ethel Gardner of Jay St. is on the sick list. Rev. and Mrs. Jones of St. James spent their honeymoon in Duluth. Miss Lela Manning was married to Mr. Simon Harris on Nov 20. Mr. Chas Cuthbert met with a serious accident Nov. 22, by falling from a step-ladder. Atty. Francis has been very busy in the criminal court. He will defend Joe Sanders, accused of murder, also Chas. Brown, held for assault. Mrs. Link Overall, 323 E. 13th St. is suffering from the effects of a hemmorhage last Monday. The management of the Silver Anniversary of the Household of Ruth request patrons to appear in evening dress. This is expected to be a swell affair. Mrs. Garnett Penn, 574 Fuller St. has nearly recovered from an operation at the City Hospital. She has been home several weeks. THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY of the Household of Ruth No. 553 and St. Paul Patriarchy No. 114 G. U. O. of O. F., will be held on Tuesday evening, Dec. 9, 8:30 prompt, at Hiawatha Temple, St. Paul. There will be a prize awarded to the lady selling most tickets. The contestants represent each city. Miss Francis Mask for Minneapolis and Miss Pinkie Walker at St. Paul. Let your home town girl be the winner! McCullough's Orchestra will play the latest dance music. Tickets 50c. Among the new arrivals in the city is a fine 8 lb. boy, born to Mr. and Mrs. Cleat Oliver, 874 Marion St. on last Sunday. Mother and baby are very well. Cleat and Col. Jim. Loomis are all smiles. The little newcomer will be good company for his brother "Todte" who has been a king in the Loomis-Oliver household. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR. Charles Brown Stabs Frank Jackson in Curley's Saloon. St. Paul.—Apartently believing that he was being robbed, Charles Brown drew a knife and drove it into the chest of Frank Jackson in N. C. Campbell's saloon at Third and Robert Sts. on Tuesday night. Detective Black arrested both. Jackson was taken to the City hospital where his condition is very serious. He will be charged with attempted robbery. Brown, who is 20 years old was remanded on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Both are Negroes. SHERMAN S. FURR Sherman S. Furr, has nearly sued every body in the Twin Cities and Duluth. He sued the Directors of the Civic and Commerce Assn., of the Twin Cities, and the Editor of the Twin City Star, also left for Duluth to sue Mr. Geo. B. Kelly. Where he will stop no one knows, but if not at Stillwater, Minn., the State Prison, he may live to regret this action. Furr knows that he has played his trump card and lost. The Civic Association can always protect itself and its bullets, and Furr has forced them to do so, under the advice of his attorney, J. Lewis Ervin, but the Editor of the Star will find out what Atty. Ervin knows about Law, and the public will know what is known about Furr, who has even used the mails for petty practices, who sold a "Negro Picture of Christ." Yet this blaspheming peddler i a Virginia Educator, from Newport News, Va., with letters (?) from Dr. Washington and the Mayor of his town. Gilbert Sutton died from the effect of bullets fired by Joe Sanders, who is dangerously ill in the Hospital. The shooting occurred at 174 E. Acker St. on Nov. 20. Both are Negroes, and it is said, that white women caused the affair. Miss Genevia Harris of Chicago, is visiting in the city. Dr. J. R. French has successfully passed the State Board of Dental examiners and was so notified Monday, Nov. 17th. The Thanksgiving Dinner at Pilgrim Baptist Church by the Social and Literary Society was a grand suc- When you have a social, or any gathering worthy of mention, select some member as press agent, and get the names, especially the initials of persons present, and forward it to your newspaper. Do not wait to depend on your time or memory. It is necessary that we get the full names of those present In the fierce struggle impending between the ever-increasing multitudes of mankind, survival is only assured to him who can hold his own in mental, moral and mechanical conquest. The advance of universal education is irrisistable; and under the reign of universal education, vocational fitness and best prepared young men and women turn their talents to the applide sciences we shall find the race at no distant day the fag end of every class of society. Now if it is true that social efficiency has come to be regarded as the highest aim of education then there can be no difference of opinion as to the fast that "expression is as important to proper education as impression." This is a maxim that no modern educator will dispute and social efficiency requires one to be able to act as well as to think; tc execute as well as to plan; to do as well as to dream; to demonstrate as well as to theorize; to actualize as well as to contrive. 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In these shops may be found hundreds of Afro-Americans, drawing good pay, and the entire community is a scene of activity. The efficient Afro-American artisan is kept busy, there being a number of successful contractors among them. The population of this city is increasing surprisingly, and among the newcomers will be found an appreciable group of progressive Afro-Americans A. B. that are mingling with the leading commercial characters of the community There is a tendency on the part of the Afro-American of this section to encourage and substantially support commendable racial movements. A striking evidence of this fact is revealed by the large and successful business of Messrs. R. Kelly Bryant and W. A. Bryant, two bustling brothers who are doing more retail business in their respective lines than any other firm in the city. Mr. R. Kelly Bryant is the manager of this business, which gives employment to ten men and two young women. Two delivery wagons are kept constantly on the go. Kelly Bryant has traveled throughout the western sections of this country with a view of finding in what section the race is making the most progress. He finally decided that the south afforded the largest opportunity, all things being equal, for commercial development. He returned to Rocky Mount and began preparation for a business career, which within a few years has been productive of very satisfactory results. Mr. Bryant is not only a progressive business man, but a student of books as well. He gives his spare time to reading business law, that he may be the better prepared to protect his interests along legal lines. Mr. W. A. Bryant up to the time he entered the business was a fireman on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. He is regarded as a man of high ideals and thrifty habits. He has saved his earnings and invested in good real estate and has given the young men of this locality the right kind of example. He is judicious, unassuming and possessed of a keen business acumen. The Messrs. Bryant conduct two branch stores, and their credit is good. They are recognized by the commercial agencies of this section in a manner which reflects much credit upon their integrity as business men. In all matters of racial uplift they may be counted upon to do their duty fully. Tenth Anniversary of Women's Clubs. The tenth anniversary of the Pennsylvania Federation of Colored Women's Clubs was duly observed Monday evening, Nov. 10. The exercises, which were of a high order, were held in the auditorium of Grace Memorial Presbyterian church in Pittsburgh. The literary program was in charge of Mrs. L. S. Lee. The organization is in a flourishing condition, and each club connected with the federation has some special line of work to interest its members. Churches in the various communities, charitable institutions, private homes and individuals have been the recipients of the generous hospitality of these clubwomen. New Book by Mise Mary W. Ovington. "Hazal" is the title of an extremely interesting book written by Miss Mary White Ovington of Brooklyn. The book is the first of its kind written by a white woman for children of the colored race. Its ideals are high, and a spirit of uplift, hope and inspiration pervades every page. The book is published by the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, New York. TWIN CITY STAR ROOT & I 403-5-7 NICC Winter ROOT & HAGEMAN 403-5-7 NICOLLET AVENUE Winter Coats! PLUSH COATS Lined with guaranted satin. Collars with fancy silk ornaments; special at only $19.50 CHINCHILLA COATS Lined throughout, finished with three silk ornaments. Wonderful values, at $14.50 RUSSIAN PONY COATS Three-quarter length garments; rounded corners, Skinner's satin lining, only $35.00 BOUCLE COATS Three-quarter length, plush collars and belted backs, piped with plush, at only $9.50 Extra Special! Beautiful Winter Coats of O boucle, fancy mixtures, etc., in nav king blue and taupe. 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Mrs. Bettie Jones, St. Paul's favorite Dialect Reader will ositively appear. Miss Missouri Moker of Kansas City and Mrs. Rosella Thomas, a contralto, will also assist on the program. Entertainment begins promptly at 8:30 P. M. NEGRO EDUCATOR SUES FOR BEING CALLED GAMBLER. Because, he alleges, Charles S. Smith, Negro publisher of the Twin City Star, intimated in a St. Paul restaurant that he was a crap-shooter and said other things calculated to hurt his feelings, as well as injure his reputation, Sherman S. Furr, who conducts a Negro school at Newport News, Va., entered suit in the federal district court today for **$$5,000 damages**. Furr had been in the twin cities soliciting subscriptions for his school and now he declares that people who had promised to give funds have withheld their contributions because of the remarks addressed to him. According to the complaint, Smith said that the two had met before while traveling "incoog" in Chicago. "I have never been caught in any crap shooting dens on State street in Chicago as you have been," the defendant is alleged to have remarked to the Virginian educator. When Furn came to Minneapolis about a year ago, the Civic and Commerce association made an investigation of his educational enterprise and reported adversely.—Minneapolis Journal, Nov 119, 1913. A Negro Editor can't make much more than $5,000 in four years, and if the court awards it, we will be glad to render unto Furr the amount of his judgment. However, we think Furr has missed his Thanksgiving Turkey also the $500 or $600 supposed to be his annual collection in the Twin Cities. Furr and Editor R. B. Montgomery have been exposed in the Twin Cities, and have both brought suit. The Editor of the Star can always defend himself, and will be there ready to make Furr fly, if he is not apprehended on a criminal charge. There is one place in the city where clean and well cooked food is served. That is at Hall's Buffet Lunch, 251 Hennepin Ave. Mr. Hall does a saloon lunch business, and caters especially to the trade of his people. A trial will convince you that he delivers the goods. ADMISSION 50c. PERSIAN COATS Guaranteed satin linings, large shaw collar and cuffs, full length. $19.50 $10 THE BIG THREE [Image of three men in formal attire, two wearing suits and one wearing a bow tie, all with dark hair.] EDW. PIPKIN, P. H. SOUTHALL ROBT. GLENN. NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT 1811 WASHINGTON AVE. SO., MINNEAPOLIS. LOVE OF MANKIND. The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing farthest, has the deepest love for mankind. He who sees without loving is only showing his eyes in the dark.—Maurice Maeterlinck. Is thy crusse of comfort falling? Scanty fare for one will often make a royal feast for two.-Eliza Charles. In common things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.-Froude. He works with God who works for men.-Heber Newton. UP THROUGH DIFFICULTIES. Scholarly Attainments of Professor J. H. A. Brazelton of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Okla. - Professor J. H. Augustus Brazelton, principal of the Douglas high school in this city, is a nattice of New Market, Tenn. His father, Anderson Brazelton, was a soldier in the Union army in the war of the rebellion. The elder Brazelton died in 1880, leaving a widow and seven small children. Young Brazelton was therefore thrown on his own resources practically in early life, as were the rest of the children. But, having a good mother in the home to advise and direct affairs, the family was kept together. J. H. Augustus Brazelton attended the public schools of his village during the short session in the fall and the parochial schools supported by the freedman's board of the Presbyterian church during the winter and spring. At eleven years of age he entered the Austin high at Knoxville. However, on account of ill health he was compelled to quit school the following spring and return to his home at New Market. At seventeen he entered the Freedman's Normal institute, Maryville, Tenn. He graduated at Freedman's. [Image of a man with a mustache and a suit] Normal within two years and attended for seven years Maryville college (white), an institution founded in 1819. By an act of the legislature of Tennessee and a decree of the board of trustees of Maryville college separating colored from whites in said school, Mr. Brazelton was forced to go elsewhere for one year in order to receive his degree of B. A. So he attended Knoxville college during 1901-2 and graduated. The degree of master of arts has also been conferred upon Professor Brazelton. In the spring of 1802 he was elected assistant principal of Douglas high, Oklahoma City, Okla., through the assistance of Hon Ed S. Vaught, at that time superintendent of schools of Oklahoma City and now an able attorney and man of affairs. The next year Mr. Brazeiution was made principal. This position he has held for ten years and has been recently re-elected. During his administration the Douglas school has grown from ten teachers to fifty and the enrollment has increased from 200 to 1,500. The Douglas high school has now seventy-five graduates. Among the alumni of Douglas high there are three medical doctors and two dentists and three college graduates and one university graduate, one dressmaker and scores of teachers in the public schools of Oklahoma and other states. Professor Brazelton has the distinction of being the last president for two years of the Colored Teachers' Association of the Territory of Oklahoma and the first president for two years of the Negro State Teachers' Association of Oklahoma. At St. Louis, 1911, in the National Association of Colored Schools he introduced and had adopted a resolution providing a committee on Negro ideals and Negro textbooks. Professor Brazelton was appointed chairman of said committee, and at Chattanooga, Tenn., July, 1912, he delivered an address on Negro ideals and Negro textbooks to the national association. THRIFTY SECRET ORDER. Progress of the True Reformers Under Grand Master Floyd J. Ross Grand Master Floyd J. Ross. The thirty-third annual meeting of the Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers will be held in Richmond, Va., from Tuesday, Sept. 28, through Thursday, the 25th. Recent reports from the subordinate fountains have greatly encouraged the grand officers in their efforts to extend the benefits of the order to all who need protection of the kind which the institution offers. Within less than a year under the safe and energetic leadership of Grand Worthy Master Floyd Ross, 30,000 members have been added to the organization. 100 new subordinate lodges organized, eighty old lodges which had ceased to be active have been reinstated, $280,000 added to the general fund and claims paid to the heirs of deceased members amounting to $130,000. ALL ARE GOOD. A glass is good, and a lass is good. And a pipe to smoke in cold weather; The world is good, and the people are good. And we're all good fellows together. —John O'Keefe. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. Best Service Moderate Prices HALL'S BUFFET-LUNCH 251 Hennepin Ave. Watkins Hall, Prop. N. W. Nic. 1534. T. S. Center 719. WILLIAM H. H. FRANKLIN. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg. Notary Public. Minneapolis, Minn. Office, Nic. 1963 Res. Coifax 1638. DR. J. H. REDD, Physician and Surgeen. 111 SO. 6TH ST. Minneapolis, Minn. WM. T. 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Committee Presents Resolutions Petitioning His Honor to Regulate Negro Clubs. A committee, representing the Negro Morals Commission, an organization recently organized for civic betterment was received by Mayor Nye on Monday afternoon. The Club question was discussed in all its phases. Chm. J. C. Trevan in chosen words told of the purpose of the committee. John S. Wright made an impressive appeal for the protection of young men and especially women, presenting the existing evils and asking the assistance of his Honor to better conditions. Chas. Sumner Smith read a copy of the resolutions presented. Mayor Nye promised to investigate and use his office to assist the Negroes and all people to become better citizens. Others of the committee present were Sergt. J. W. Harper, R. C. Marshall, Walter Blackburn, Schuyler Phillips, J. H. Lane, E. A. Mitchell, Rev. M. W. Withers, P. F. Hale, J. N. Sellars, J. H. Fredericks and Jas. R. Eddings, Chm. of the Commission. Nearly every one present expressed his views, and his Honor listened attentively and questions were freely asked and answered. Mayor Nye has kept this promise, that he would, if elected, receive any Negro or committee of Negroes, who came to his office. Believing the Mayor to be misled by his subordinates, and knowing that he has been given the facts, it is the opinion of the good citizens that he will investigate and regulate, and if necessary eliminate. There is a movement on foot to present a list of buffet-flats and other disorderly places also to be investigated. The Negro Committee will co-operate with a white organization for social betterment. By Dr. Booker T. Washington, in the "Worlds Work Magazine, New York City, November, 1913- "I am trying to get the white people to realize that since no color line is drawn in the punishment of crime, no color line should be drawn in the preparation for life, in the kind of education, in other words, that makes for useful, clean living. I am trying to get the white people to see that in hundreds of counties in the South it is costing more to punish colored people for crime than it would cost to educate them. I am trying to get all to see that ignorance, poverty, and weakness invite and encourage the stronger race to act unjustly toward the weak, and that so long as this condition remains, the young white men of the South will have a fearful handicap in the battle of life." --- NOTES ON NEGRO PROGRESS. As Furnished by the National Negro Business League. Emmet J. Scott, Secy, Tuskegee, Ala. Tim E. Owaley, proprietor of the Crown Garden Theatre at Indianapolis, is doing a business which justifies a weekly pay roll of $400 for help and talent. Buckner and Brent, colored men, conduct what is acknowledged to be one of the very best grocery stores in Hopkinsville, Ky., and have a large white patronage. L. S. Williams, one of St. Louis' successful colored undertakers, has recently branched out in the monument business and in addition to furnishing funeral service can now supply patrons with grave stones from the simple kind to the costly marble or granite monument, all made in his establishment. One of the largest and most successful printing establishments conducted by a colored man is the one owned and conducted by C. K. Robinson at St. Louis, Mo. The Home Protective Association, an insurance company with headquarters in Hannibal, Mo., organized and operated by colored men, is doing an excellent business throughout the entire state of Missouri. "The Silver Grill" is the name of a large and finely equipped cafe recently established in St. Louis for high-grade colored patronage. The fact that its business is excellent shows that colored people appreciate high-class service when given by a colored man. Madam Walker of Indianapolis, the hair culturist, recently sailed for Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti to introduce her hair preparation. Madam Walker will spend the winter in these countries. Mitchell Fountain Ink Eraser Company is a new concern launched by G. W. Mitchell, a Negro of Chicago. Mr. Mitchell has invented a new fluid which quickly erases ink, and which is used in a fountain similar to the ordinary fountain pen. Heretofore ink erasing preparations consisted of two fluids which had to be applied separately. The Mitchell invention revolutionizes erasing fluids. He has capitalized his company at $50,000. One big white firm offered him $25,000 for his patent but he declined it. The Acme Steam Laundry, a colored enterprise at St. Louis, employs forty men and women, all colored. The plant is equipped with all the latest laundry machinery, and is doing a fine business. In addition to its colored patronage it enjoys a large white patronage. W. C. Gordon, the ploneer undertaker at St. Louis, did a $54,000 business last year, that is, his receipts amounted to that much. His real estate operations also netted him handsomely. Mr. Gordon is rated the most successful and wealthiest Negro in St. Louis. Starting some seventeen years ago with a capital of not more than $300, by attention to his business and honest dealing, he has now reached a point where the earnings from his business and investments amount to $20,000 per annum. The fine three-story U. B. F. building at Hannibal, Mo., has reduced its indebtedness down to $1,600. The lower floor is occupied by a well stocked grocery and an up-to-date pharmacy, both colored enterprises. Elias Ryan, a colored tile contractor of Lexington, Ky., does the largest volume of business in his line in that city, getting practically all the large contracts both for laying tile and setting cabinet mantels. The National Jacket Company, which manufactures white duck jackets, trousers, butchers' frocks and waitresses' aprons, is a Negro enterprise that is doing a splendid business, employing a number of young colored men and women. The company is located at Indianapolis and Martin Brothers are the proprietors. Poro College, of St. Louis, a school for teaching hair culture and manufacturing hair preparations, occupies a magnificent large stone building in one of the most desirable parts of the city. An expert going over the books found the receipts from the sale of hair preparations and agents' fees total from $100 to $150 per day. Mrs. A. M. Pope-turnbo, a colored woman, is the proprietor. The Lexington News, a Negro weekly at Lexington, Ky., has one of the best and largest mechanically equipped printing shops in the country, among the race. George Washington, a colored man of Lexington, Ky., conducts the largest clothes pressing and cleaning establishment in that city of 35,000 population. The drivers of his wagons are all uniformed. He also conducts a successful haberdashery. Recently he opened another estab- TWIN CITY STAR ilishment directly across the street from his main store, which he conducts under another name, to cater to a cheaper class of patrons. His two places give him a monopoly of the business. Shelton & Willis, successful Negro undertakers at Indianapolis, Ind., recently purchased the large stone church adjoining the Colored Y. M. C. A. there, which they proposed to remodel and make one of the finest, and most modern undertaking establishments, white or colored, in Indianapolis. The $20,000 Colored Pythian Temple at Evansville, Ind., will be ready for occupancy in December. The first, or ground, floor will have a motion picture theatre and store rooms, the second floor will have office rooms and an auditorium, while the third floor will be fitted up with lodge rooms. One of the most successful real estate dealers in Indianapolis is J. Walter Hodge. Mr. Hodges office is right down to date, and the volume of business annually transacted by him runs up into the hundred thousands. Logan H. Stewart, one of the most successful Negro real estate dealers and builders in Indiana, has recently established a factory for the manufacture of cement building blocks at Evansville, Ind., and is operating it most successfully with an entire crew of Negro employees. The Constitutional League of Oklahoma with Lawyer William Harrison, of Oklahoma City as its leading attorney is contesting with vigor the "Jim Crow" laws of Oklahoma. He will, the last of November or the first of December, bring before the United States Supreme Court the case of McCabe et al vs. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway So., et al. We are informed that jurist say that the Oklahoma case is the best prepared of its kind of any case yet put before the United States Supreme Court, and that it will now have to meet the issue squarely. There is one feature of this case that will be settled which will effect all of the Negroes in the United States and that is the Inter-State passenger law. If he succeeds it will put an end to all Jim Crowism, so far as Inter-State passengers are concerned. They will not even be subject to the Intr-State laws of the South. Hence we hereby appeal to every liberty loving woman, man and friend of the Negroe race in this country to make a contribution to the expense of fighting this cas. We think it is high time, if Negroes want liberty, they should be willing to pay something towards it. A few race loving men and women in th Oklahoma League, led by the Rev. W. H. Jernagin, D. D., who is now pastor of the Mount Carmil Baptist church, Washington, D. C., have made great sacrifice to bring the case through lower courts to its present stage and Mr. Harrison has practically given his service for nothing; but must be rewarded. We are informed that two able constitutional lawyers of Boston and New York will assist in this case. Therefore let everyone who is interested send at least $1. All contributions to be sent to Rev. W. H. Jernagin, D. D., 420 Q street, N. W., Washington, D. C., who will receipt you for the same. He is a reputable, straightforward, Christian gentleman, and will make an honest report of all money sent him. If persons making contributions do not object, their names will be published in the leading papers of their state. Yours for justice, Reliable, live, honest, hustling agents for the Twin City Star. You can make a good living with this work on a side line. Agents wanted in Milwaukee, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Portland, Ore, Seattle, Denver, Des Moines and Sloux City. Write two terms to The Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. AN APPEAL The man who wants the earth gets a lot of mud thrown at him. If you don't make friends you can't expect your friends to make you. After paying the summer hotel bills dad starts in to accumulate for Christmas. Pity the poor man who attempts to keep track of the new aeroplane records. One virtue of the vandeville stage is that it never lets a good joke be forgotten. What has become of the old fashioned beef carcass that had cheaper cuts in it? Each time Japan launches a new battleship some other nation gets either a protest or an ultimatum. Dollar a pound steaks will prove more devastating than the automobile to the long suffering horse. The first Panama canal honors pass to a tug hauling mud, utility, as ever, having the precedence over romance. No self respecting man is going to be dominated by women, says Lord Northcliffe. Well, lots of self respecting men are. By the way, is Secretary McAdoo going to put out any money to help the ultimate consumer move his winter coal into the bin? Three hundred and seventy-seven million animals inspected at slaughter houses in the last ten years! We are not vegetarians yet. Exports to Mexico this year increased $11,500,000 over 1912. Who would have suspected we turned out so many rifles and cartridges? "Spirit," says Emerson, "primarily means wind." Wonder if the old gentleman had any special reference to "spirited addresses?" The first umbrella made its appearance in 1777. But probably the first good place to hide it did not appear until some time later. If the insanity of a few murderers could be discovered before instead of after the fact it might give society a little more confidence. Probably the acme of uselessness is expressed by the harbor of Pompeii, which was discovered the other day. It is 3.750 feet inland. A Baltimore scientist has returned to America with 80,000,000 malignant germs which he will study. If you don't believe it count 'em. With the new law staring them in the face, it seems probable that some people may undergo a considerable bookkeeping decrease of income. A financier is a man who can buy his wife a nine dollar ball bearing washing machine and make her forget that what she wanted was an automobile. Jane Addams says the fewer clothes with modesty the better. It seems reasonable, but logic stops when it finds that the less the quantity the more the cost. If as much money was spent annually on good roads as on moving pictures half as many farmers' horses could do twice the work in half the time. More cabbages to relieve the sauerkraut famine should be available ere long, as there is soon to be a law compelling the adequate labeling of all cigars. It is now proposed to install "movies" on the farm to keep the son and daughter from going away. A mechanical milker and a suction cleaner might be more efficacious. A careful consideration of the new tariff law shows that the tax on chewing gum has been increased, which goes to show that girls cannot expect fair treatment until they get the ballot. George Bernard Shaw makes the announcement that Christianity has been a failure. There are indications, however, that a large number of good people are disposed to give it another trial. A dispatch from Paris says that women have stopped drinking tea because it makes their teeth long. It is recommended, however, by Mrs. Pankhurst, because it makes the tongue sharp. Admiral Dewey's statement that our navy is in admirable shape will have great weight with European countries, especially Spain. The Spaniards put entire faith in Dewey's judgment of navies. The latest English war craft is called a "destroyer of destroyers." Presently there will be a "destroyer of destroyers of destroyers." Why not designate them by mathematical powers, thus: Destroyer*. Destroyer* and so on? The message of a suicide has it that his illusions were destroyed by George Bernard Shaw. But Shaw's illusions are proof, recalling Wilde's observation that Shaw hasn't an enemy in the world, but that none of his friends likes him. GOLDEN GRAIN BELT BEERS Foreign Beer that Golden Grain Belt is the n America. Be wise. SERVE YOUR G DICKERSON CAFE We want to prove to ye much better than you'd ever We want to prove to you by actual personal test how much better than you'd ever believe if you didn't try the features which distinguish this cafe from all others. 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