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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-06-15
VOTE FOR ROOSEVELT.

The man who believes in the right
Of the people to rule.
Who has never closed the door OF
hope in the face Of the Negro.
Roosevelt said that he would read
out of the Republican party any man
who corrupted the principles Of the
party"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-06-15
PAID UP SUBSCRIBERS are our bes,
Boosters" Are you one?

We wish to state that announce
ments of candidates are not endorse
ments-just political advertisements
for candidates and news for our
readers.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-06-15

The Assembly Hall In the Court
House is the proper place to hold our
large civic gatherings. This should
be considered by our entertainment
committees. 1t has been proposed
that the delegates attending the Con-
gress be received at two churches.
This Is unfair to the other churches
and will result In Factionism-and
confusion. Get the Assembly Hall
and avoid the usual aftermath. The
Negro taxpayers allow you that right,
it is your pribilege to enjoy 1t.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Joke Dinner for Congressman, Joker Not There

At s o'clock the other afternoon
"A members of the house began to
flock into the dining room of Con-
gress hall in droves.
At S minutes after 6, fifty members
were In the room. At 10 minutes
after half q dozen members rushed
in with beads of perspiration trickling
down their faces. The late arrivals
explained to each other that they
had dinner engagements at o'clock.
Each member inquired of the head
waiter for Representative Francis
Burton Harrison of New York. The
head waiter had not seen Mr. Harri-
son all day.
Time passed. Members looked at
their watches. Finally each prospect
diner announced to his neighbor that
he was waiting for Mr.. Harrison. It
dawned on the assemblage that Mr.
Harrison was going to give a dinner
in the way of a surprise party. More
time passed, and the clock struck
struck $3.50. Members began to ask
each other If they were sure the hour
was fixed at 6. Every one was posi-
tive he was to meet Mr.. Harrison at
promptly.
Members who had broken engage
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

F the next time you go marketing.
you see a lobster or a crab clad in
natty pajamas, don't rub your eyes or
offer yourself to be pinched to see II
you are awake. Just take 1t as mat
ter Of course.
For pajamas have been suggested by
certain humanitarians as means to
prevent crabs and Holsters from bit.
ing of each others claws and legs
and feelers and whiskers while they
are in captivity, the transitory state
between the deep blue sea and the
cooking pot. Az present Holsters gen.
orally have their claws checked" with
small sticks of wood. which are said
to be painful assurers of quiescence,
and the crabs are left free.
That is not as it should be, mem
Der of the Pennsylvania Women's So.
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals declares, and she has demand
ed some kind Of clothing for the shell.
fish. Her demands have not been TAX
en- up in Washington.
I'VE must remember that the cold.
blooded animals are not so sensitive
of pain as the warm-blooded," Secre-
:ary John P. Heap, Of the Humane so
clety, said.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

MINNIE, the municipal elephant, the
4v4 other day rescued Mrs. Jennie
Plau, 1888 Paris avenue, from three
hoodlums in the Brookside Park
woods. Minnie dispersed the young
men and nearly caught one OF them
in an exciting chase down the side OF
one OF the peaks that rise across Big
Creek opposite the Fulton road en-.
trance.
Mrs. Plau is the wife of Paul Plau,
Minnie's keeper. She had taken her
young son. Arthur, eight years old, to
the park to accompany Minnie and
kcr husband on their morning walk
before the visitors began to throng the
meadows and woods.
Minnie is becoming very sure-foot.
ed and climbs hills like goat, Plau
says. On the morning Of the ad.
venture he had taken on high path,
fringed with bushes, that runs near
the edge Of the cliff. Mrs. Plau and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Shy|ock's lnsistency Beaten by Black Portia

intended to pay for them sometime
before the winter holidays. According
to Molly's testimony. Shylock was not
more insistent for his pound Of flesh
than was Elsie for her two dimes, the
aforesaid insistency resulting in an at.
tack on the fairy form of the corpu.
lent Molly.
DO you want to question the wit
ness?' asked the Judge at the conclu'
sion of the statement of Molly.
docs ali want to ak any questions"
snorted Elsie. IN course ali does,
Didn't ali gin 20 dat basket Ell
peaches fur 20 cents?"
"Ah reckon so"
did yo' pay me dem two dimes
when ah axed yo' fur 'em like e1
LADY,"
LAX er lady! Yo' said If ali didn't
head"
Did yo' gin me dat changer"
"Ah done tole yo' ali didn't have nc
money"
~ AA0 QdycV Auc IW0A y0Is ~
yo?"
NO."
Oar yo' IT," said Elsie. triumphant
~ addressing the Caledonian on the
bench.
do you want to ask any more ques
tions?" asked Judge Douglas.
MO questions? What mo- ques'
lions does yo' want me ter az? All
knows muffin erbout dis yere cote4
ah nevah has bin in JAIL
That will do" commented his honor.
'you are discharged, but you must not
undertake to collect any debt by such
forceful methods"
Elsie glared at the judge moment
and said:
"Ah bet ali gets dat 20 cents befo'
dat yaller niger is er day older"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Homes Disrupted and City Divided By Lobster

ID H1LADELPH1A.-This city Is ags-
/ tated as over a question which bat
fles solution. Wherever one goes 1t is
being discussed. Arguments have
arisen, fights have followed and ar
rests resulted. Homes have become
disrupted and the whole city is prac-
tically divided into two factions.
The question Is: What is lob
ster?'
It was handed up to higher court
here the other d:y by a police msgis-
trate after he had spent a week in
comforting with the leading lobster au-
thorities all over the country.
The case is that of John Hauducaur,
a chef in a local hotel, who was ar
rested on charge of cruelty to anil
mails for placing wooden peg In the
first Joint back Of the claw of lob
ster to prevent it from swapping.
The case was argued today before
Police Magistrate Haggerty by two
lawyers, an amateur fisherman from
Maine, a member of the cruelty 20.
c1ety and the proprietor Of the hotel.
The fisherman declared that he was
we'll acquainted with Holsters and that
he never knew one that lived in salt
water that could fed pain. The q,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

~ ASH1NGTON.-The army mule
W has rather INDICATED himself. In
a fair and free for all contest against
the auto-truck and instrument. or w.
hicle designed, we might say to get
Ills goat, the mule proved his right to
remain In the American army. They
tried to GUST him, but he kicked-the
mule may at all times be depended
upon to kick
The proposal to discharge the army
mule without pension, without even
an honorable discharge, began to find
supporters when the motor driven
army wagon first appeared upon the
scene. 1t was argued that the old or
der would have to give way to the
new, and that the all conquering au-
tomobile would certainly relegate the
mule to the rear. But they reckoned
without full knowledge OF the latent
possibilities Of the mule. A mule is
very deceiving proposition. He is
as hard to fathom in his various
moods and lenses as his counterpart,
the "coon," or the senior senator from
Idaho. He is sometimes grossly mis-
understood; this is because in spite OF
long and close association with man.
kind-mankind yet fails to become on
Intimate and cordial relations with the
mule. His disposition and character
do not invite affection or confidence.
At times he appears as innocent and
unsophisticated as candidate for
congress-this is the time to beware Of
him-for back behind those innocent
Eyes and dropping ears there turks
mischief-mischief in large and vio-
lent doses. With half closed eyes
he is watching you, and in an unguard-
ed moment-unguarded on your part,
he is likely to apply his strong white
teeth 10 the feshy part of your arm
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

BIRMINGHAM, ALA-Notwithstand'
ID ing the fact that the United States
Constitution declares that no one shall
be imprisoned for debt. the effort Is
sometimes made to use the police
court as collecting agency. generally
by creditor preferring charge OF
obtaining goods by false pretences or
embezzlement. OF course this doesn't
always work with the judge, and it
generally results in the prosecutor
beins taxed with the costs.
There was reversal Of this pro-
cedure the other day at the police
court when Elsie Allen, tall, gaunt
negro woman Of forbidding aspect. was
arraigned on a charge of disorderly
conduct based on her efforts to collect
debt Of 20 cents.
The old woman acted as her own
attorney in the case and in the ability
to ask rambling questions easily came
up to any of the distinguished prac-
titioners that daily haunt the city
forum. Not only that, she did what
a lawyer rarely does in the police
court-she cleared the defendant,
thereby setting aside the familiar ad-
age that "he Tor she) who is his Tor
herr own attorney has a fool for q
client"
The principal witness against the
amiable Elsie was a Xanthic colored
maiden of elephantine proportions
named Molly Maybray. Molly's state
ment was to the effect that she had
purchased 20 cents worth Of peaches
from the angular Elsie, and that she
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Go-Cart Is Cause Of Mix-Up in Thrilling Comedy

nETRO1T. MICH-"The Comedy Of
II a Go-Cart" would be an apt title
for sketch In which woman, her
two little children, a boy and trolley
car figured the other afternoon. The
curtain rose when e. H. Lerchen, 146
Tuxedo avenue, hired Ed Schultz, aged
sixteen, 322 Hunt street, to take \
go-cart to his sister on the West side.
From then on the action was swift.
Ed boarded Jefferson car and not
having any little brothers and sisters
who use one of the tiny carriages, he
forgot all about Mr.. Lerchen's when
he al1ghted from the car at Fourth
and Grand River avenues.
In a few seconds 1t dawned on Ed
that he must be In that part of the
city for something
"Ah, ha, have It," exclaimed the
boy. II was to deliver Mr.. Lerchen's
go-cart. But where is it," he asked
himself, feeling in his pockets Must
have left it on the car" he said finally
Ed appealed to a patrolman, who
advised him to wait on the corner for
the car to return and recover the
cart. That appeared logical, so he
sat down on the curb to wait.
After a while a pay-enter came
along and Ed saw go-cart on the
rear platform. He jumped at the
conclusion chat it was Mr.. Lerchen's.
He stopped the car and the platform
door auunp onon poforo +ho ,ooa,.
tor could close 1t again Ed had the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Curator Of the National

n R. LEONHARD STEJNEGER, head
u curator at the National Museum,
Is the happiest man in America. He
has a skink. It came the other day
and was not brought by the stork,
but by Mr.. Wood, a taxidermist, who
found It in Florida.
The skink is not a-well, it is need
less to say-as his name would indi-
cate. He does not belong to the cat
family. His scientific name IL leoseps
repnoldsi. In appearance the skink is
not unlike an elongated lizard. He
has four legs which he does not use.
they having become paralyzed from
lack of exercise. He gets his food by
laying in wait, with his sticky tongue
extended, for something to come
along. ~ ~
He lives by waiting and hauling In.
The degenerate pins attached to-
leoseps sides indicate that his remote
ancestors walks, Tho present day
specimen walks not nor DOES he ~,
but sWims 81 The sand Whsre ~ lives.
Bsdus . reptile md cold blooAsd tho
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Pajamas Are Suggested for Unc|ad Holsters

This form Of life, Holsters and
crabs, is very low" Mr.. Heap stated.
1T is not imbued with the same feel
ings as the higher orders. 1t is an ap-
proach to the vegetable kingdom
Therefore, there is in such cases as
these suggested hardly any cause for
controversy.
I'VE have had complaints about
such cruelties as turning turtles on
their backs and leaving them in that
position: but fish and reptiles seldom
afford any ground for complaint"
Mr.. Heap holds a far different opin-
ion about oysters from that expressed
b. President John Craft, of the Ala,
balna Oyster commission. Mr.. Craft
said he believes the oyster, when swal-
lowed alive, suffers agonies unspeak-
able only because the succulent BIZ
valve has no vocal organs.
HE would fairly shrek with pain
had he voice." Mr.. Craft thinks.
Mr.. Heap said he could hardly con-
ceive OF go low brute as the oyster
feeling any great degree Of pain even
when it was being torn from its native
shell.
Dealers In crabs and Holsters have
not taken the pajama suggestion Sc
riously. They have laughingly replied
to questions a. to the feasibility OF
the plan that II tho ladies preferred
to recommend pajamas rather than
hobble skirts" pajamas would have
the right Of way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Municipal Elephant Serves as Thief Chaser

her son had preceded the keeper and
the pachyderm by 100 feet or more.
Suddenly three young men jumped
from behind a clump Of trees and one
of them made for her. Mrs. Plau
carried handbag with $40 in it in
notes and she screamed
Plau and the elephant arrived in a
hurry. The boys had not seen the
elephane, which had been concealed
by the bushes.
"One of the boys was only a few
feet away from Mrs. Plau when Min.
ME saw him." said Plau. II had heard
the elephant snort little while before
and l thought either a man or a dog
was near.
"'Go after him, Minnie I told the
elephant and she did. 1t was the first
time l had ever seen her try to in.
jure anyone and she surely did try
to get that fellow. He lodged be.
hind tree and then ran down hill
Minnie went after him, but the grade
saved him. Minnie Is slow in going
down hill. The other two fellows ran
in the direction Of the log cabin and
all escaped"
Minnie was back in her house be,
fore $3.50, rolling her 1900 pounds
from ore foot to another as if she
had never seen a bandit.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
go-cart and was making OF.

go-cart and was making OF.
Mrs. Frank Marvin, 278 McGraw
avenue, spied him: She had two little
childrenu with her, but that didn't de.
ter her. She grabbed them both and
made a race for Ed.
Where are you going with my 60
cart?" she commanded. Put it down
this instant"
But Ed ignored her and tried to con.
ttnue his journey. Mrs. Marvin
wouldn't have it that way and there
was a struggle for possession of the
cart. The boy wouldn't let go ant
Mrs Marvin chung on. Somebody
called the police and Mrs. Marvin, the
children. Ed and the go-cart were Civ
en- a ride to police headquarters in 4
patrol
At the station neither Mrs. Marvin
nor Ed would relinquish claim on the
cart. Finally Mr. Lerchen was SEM
for and he quickly settled everything
by saying the cart wasn't the one he
gave the boy to deliver
At that point the curtain fell on the
first act. The cast is still in rehearsal
on the rest of the show.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

ments to meet the New York meHbee
began to call up his Office and his Sec
rotary replied that he had not seen
him in several hours. That started an
exodus. Every one was sore. includ~
ing the head waiter who saw great
prospects ahead. T.
An hour later half q dozen members
walked into the grill Of down town
hotel and found Mr.. Harrison dining
alone.
Hello, boys; mighty glad to see
you," Mr.. Harrison greeted them.
Come over and dine with me. I hate
to eat alone"
They did, but not until he had con-
vinced them that he was inviting
them to dine for the first time.
Mr.. Harrison passed up his legisla~
tive duties for one day. The morning
he spent In explanations. He is still
looking for the joker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Army Mule indicates Ability to Deliver Goods

and leg and you will imagine that yot
have been bit by a shark. Either
that, or he will give vow swift and
sudden jolt with iron shod foot some
where in the region of your carbureter.
and you will land in the next county,
where you can leisurely contemplate
the deceptive qualities of the mule.
But to get back to his contest with
the auto truck, the question was de-
cided in favor of his muleship in re-
cent transportation contests in Iowa
over rough roads. The mule won.
Whatever his faults are, the mule can
and will pull. He has never shown
any great fondness for work, but he
can perform and does SO effectively
when there is no way to get around
it.
The race between the mule and the
auto trucks In some respects recalled
the memorable one between the hare
and the tortoise, though not even the
mules most bitter enemies will assert
that he is in any respects like the tor
toise, but there is no disputing the
fact that in speed he does not equal
the auto truck when conditions are "a
vorable to the latter. The mule was
clearly outclassed in speed. But 1t
was dependability that finally won for
him, though that is one thing for
which he has been given scant credit.
While his gasoline consuming rivals
failed to negotiate hills, or got their
sparkling plugs gummed over rough,
muddy cross roads, the long cared con-
sumer of oats and hay with his ever
ready left hind foot in good working
order to kick a personal friend on
the landscape, arrived at his destina-
ton and delivered the goods and
thereby retained his position.
Therefore, the mule remains in the
army. He has been hard working
public servant and it would have been
a pity to have discharged him without
a character. There is then, some sat-
isfaction in the thought that the mule
will not be drummed out Of the army
yet awhile.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
POPE Plus X nine YEARS A RULER

SCATTERING the widely accepted be-
lief, in which he himself shared, that
he would not live to celebrate nine
anniversaries Of his elevation to the
Vatican throne, Pope Plus x complet-
ed the other day the ninth year Of his
pontif1cate.
The odd superstition that he
would die before was based on the
manner in which his holiness entire
life has been divided into nine-year
periods. AS plain Giuseppe Sarto he
was ordained priest in 1868 and
served as curate for nine years
Then followed his promotion to the
post of parish priest, at Salzano.
where he remained for nine years
more. Next came nine years as chan
cellor Of his diocese, nine as Bishop
of Tantua and nine as cardinal and
patriarch of Venice.
So firmly was he convinced that
this division of his life would continue
to the end that he frequently express
"a IN IL 20 no folt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
torney for the society then pleaded

torney for the society then pleaded
that all animals experienced pain and
that the chef was guilty of cruelty.
The defense argued that the charge
fell because the lobster is not an ami.
NAL. Then the same argument that
caused the adjournment of court
week ago arose and the magistrate
threw his hands up in despair.
IT'S too much for me-" he said,
IN hold the defendant In 500 bonds
and let the court decide the matter.
When the action of the court was
announced, several fights occurred in
various saloons where wagers had
been placed ON the outcome Of the
case. In the meantime the defense is
planning to zmakeza bitter fight and to
carry the case up n high "A it will
60. provided judgment is rendered
against the Chef.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Museum Gets a Skink

skink does not need much air. He
spends much time in sand beds far
removed from the busy world.
From the standpoint OF the scien-
list the skink is most interesting be-
cause he resembles skinks found in
Persia and the Mediterranean, making
the old world and the new close KIN.
II Experts at the National Museum say
that the modesty Of thu skink coupled
with his ability to swim through sand
many inches deep, has made him .
stranger to science n this country.
His kind u plentiful - F1orida. but
the fact has Just bsen discovered.
Tho skink whom grown - shout dvo
inches long md vsry slender. He Il.
of ayas1stys of coiog1 sss:...s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
CASTRO MAY DESCEND UPON VENEZUELA

Information received In this country
by adherents of Cipriano Castro. de-
posed president of Venezuela, not only
indicate that he is in the Canary is-
lands, but that he is completing ar
rangements for another descent upon
Venezuela That this project may
prove successful this time. because OF
the open hostility to President Gomez.
now dangerously approaching revolu-
ton, Is considered to be almost GER
tain by Venezuelans who have made
New York city their headquarters for
several months.
It was not generally known that
Castro had left Germany, where, five
weeks ago, he submitted to an opera
ton. He spent several days in Berlin
while recuperating and then disap-
pearcd.
Despite the efforts of agents Of Pres
ident Gomez to locate the irrepres-
sible agitator his whereabouts were
not discovered until few days ago,
when his supporters in New York, all
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

Southern Illinois reports shortage
Of spring chickens. Stories Of disas-
ter to the peach crop Of Michigan
can be and are received with indif-
ference, but this, II true, is a matter
Of Importance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

AS lightning six times struck cas-
tie where the reigning family of Bel
GUM is staying with royal guests and
hurt nobody, modern science will at
once begin Investigating whether roy
atty has any peculiar insulating power
which might be developed for modern
benefit
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

did for want OF
preacher and principal
job the make
called
bind hundreds might call
with 10
job
hand in hand
odd miles
blanket
healthy a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
LIN 1[fEHE :lL[ZEX[u.LZll6|Fl1f
SENATOR STEPHENSON, WHO DEFIEs AGE

Senator Isaac Stephenson or WIS.
consin, the oldest member Of either
branch of congress, is standing the
scorching hot weather Of the national
capital better than any Of his COL
leagues. In Wisconsin Mr.. Stephen
son is known as "Uncle Ike" but
among his senate associates he Is
Familiarity hailed as dr. Ike"
Although Mr.. Stephenson makes no
pretentions to a knowledge of medi-
cine as laid down in the books, and
frequently admits that he Is not.
abreast Of the modern medical SCI
ence, he has had a practical expert
ence which he thinks fits him to give
advice to the ailing. As far back as
the early flfties. Mr.. Stephenson was
healing the sick. He was then In
charge Of various lumber camps IN
the Lake Superior region Of northern
Wisconsin.
For fifteen years." said Mr..
Stephenson, I'VE were without doc
tor, lawyer, or preacher. We did not
need a doctor. for looked after the
sick, and as for lawyer we got along
pretty well, because we fought out
with our fists the troubles that arose
among US. We had some pretty rough
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

Baltimore scientists propose to
make careful study Of the mental
affection known as the blues" Any
town that has tail-end baseball
team will be able to furnish plenty
Of subjects.