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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-30
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A court decision has lately been
rendered in Massachusetts, on what
constitutes subscriber.
The Judge firmly believed that q
man who received the paper. although
he never subscribed for It, is entitled
to pay. James Thompson moved,
and William Robinson took imme.
date possession, and received and &C
cepted weekly newspaper that was
delivered to him through the mails
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sent accounts frequently. but no at
tention was paid to them by Mr.. Rob
inson. Finally there was q day Of
reckoning. Robinson had received
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the collector, but he said that he
never subscribed and declined to pay
for 1t. The Judge personally ques-
toned the defendant, who said that
he read and made use Of It and was
receiving the accounts, which were
frequently enclosed in the paper.
Judgment was. rendered in favor Of
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The Judge was severe in his crit
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pers and do not think It worth while
to pay for what they receive and
make use of 1t as an act Of dishon-
esty, he said one should acquaint the
publisher and pay for what numbers
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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-30

Several reasons have been stated
why pride of Minnesota Lodge and
Pride of the West Co. w. r. did not
heed the proclamation and observe
their Annual Memorial and Thanks
giving, but the cause is that there
Is friction caused by jealousy and
strife. There are among the men,
bers many who have lowered the
standard of Pythanism, yet they are
protected by their highly respected
brothers to such an extent that
there is no apparent affiliation be-
tween the Lodges and Courts. The
ladies'. of the Court are always striv-
ing to do their best to advance their
order, and should be supported by
real men.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-30
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Rev. Toombs has written another
book. We can't remember his last
one, but this is on "The Mime
apolis Clubs Revealed. It's pretty
hot, and they say that Rev. enjoyed
the revelation and Now the sanctified
one, of Dowie fame, will tell US Of the
place where some of the Negro
preachers hang out, where the white
girls look good to Them" beer
flows like water, where they hold
their buffet communion. We hope
that Rev. Toombs will tell all he
knows, but he won't tell.
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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-30
THE NEGROES DUTY.

What the Negro must do is to con
tend for his rights in the best spirit
without losing his head and he will
find the genuine white people the
world over respecting them. First,
let him respect himself and others
will respect him."-(Charleston, 8. c.
Messenger.)
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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-30
TAFT'S RECORD :
AGAINST TRUSTS
Sherman Law Enforced Without
Fear or Favor.
ExCELS his PREDECESSORS.

Both In Civil and Criminal Prossou.
ton Taft Administration Breaks All
Rsoords-Lssal Accomplishments Of
Five Presidents Compared.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-30

EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.
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Help of all kinds furnished. We
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q do believe he means to stay here t down. said Sadie

mothers yet for some time-perhaps fifteen minutes. Well, Grandmother will wait another fifteen minutes or half an hour before 'phoning to Mamma. And if Papa hasn't gotten in from the fields for dinner, Mamma will drop everything and start in quest of her lost child in the pasture. If Papa has returned to the house. she'll send him forthwith to find me. It all depends on the hour of Grandmother's 'phoning whether Mother or Father comes upon the scene to rescue me from my very fierce enemy"
 So Sadie conjectured as she sat in the tree top. The sun rose higher and higher, and noon was fast ap- preaching; and still no person ap- peared over the hill leading into the pasture. and still the bull remained close to the girl he had treed. Sadie was feeling very thirsty and warm. for the sun shone full on her. How ever, she was brave and patient. Some one surely will come after while" she said to herself encour-, agingly. I'm of enough importance at home to have them turn the earth inside out if necessary to find me. So I'll just forget my thirst and the heat and wait patiently. What is 1t the Chinese say about patience ?-Some-
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.. SADIE OLIVER AND HER EXCITING EX]

EA ADIB OLIVER was starting to A her grandmother's farm, two " miles distant from her own V home, which was also on farm. She was carrying a basket of dainties to her grandmother. for the dear old lady had been i'll, and Sadie loved to do nice things for her during her con yalescence.
 Take the short cut through MT. Purvis' pasture, dear," Mrs. Oliver said after Sadie had kissed her good bye. Tt will save you fully half a mile, and the day is so hot that you cannot afford to walk farther than is absolutely necessary"
 All right, mamma" said Sadie. Then singing gaily she went on her way. Her road lay through two miles of beautiful country. part of the way great trees shaded 1t, but much of 1t was in the broad glare of the sun. But Sadie didn't mind the heat. She loved all kinds of weather. and all kinds of scenery and wild creatures.
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want of water.'
 "Ili never do so again. promise youA Mrs. Turtle" cried Billy, think Ing he had really and truly heard the turtle say those things. q was a naughty boy; I was wicked and heartless. and I'll never, never sneak a baby-turtle--nor a baby-anything- again. wish I could go home. Oh, I wish I were real good boy and at home, eating a cookie, in the kitchen with mamma"
 The picture of the cozy kitchen, with its big porch where vines grew. and of mamma baking cookies. all sugared over, got the upper hand of Billy and he began to cry aloud.
 How long this might have gone on no one knows. but Billy was soon found by his mother. She came down the sandy bank with four cookies in her white apron, calling out to Billy: Here, Sonny, come ashore long enough to have lunch. The cookies are just out of the oven. But where is Paddles? I thought he was
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out for his pains and then go away. So thought Sadie.
 But after wearing off the sharpest of his rage the bull withdrew to the edge of the pond, drank, and turned about and began looking at Sadie.
 T do believe he means to stay here till l come down." said Sadie. And as l shan't come down till he has dis appeared, we are likely to have the day for wearing each other out. The only thing which worries me is that Grandmother is looking for me, and when l do not appear at the right time she'll phone to Mamma. Then Mamma will be frightened and start out to look for me. I must keep a lookout for Mamma, for it would be terrible should she get far enough into the pasture for the bull to see her. I must warn her if she comes over the hill yonder."
 Sadie. calm and unafraid. climbed very gracefully to higher seat among the branches which formed a fork. From there she could see the top of the hill over which her mother would come-should her grandmother phone about her non-appearance. And as soon as she should see her she would call out at the top of her lungs
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BILLY BAKER AND THE ' SNaPPING TURTLES
A Story For Wee Ones.

Soon Billy reached the pond and began playing about in the sand, for the shores of the pond were just like the sea beach on a small scale. Far ther up the sloping bank soft green grasS and weeds grew abundantly and Billy loved to lie in them and to look up at the sky. But today he preferred to kick about in the sand and build little houses of it over his feet.
 Just as he was thinking of going home to get slice of bread and but ter, Paddles Smith. little neighbor boy, came running down the bank and rushed out into the pond, up to his knees in water. Billy sat on the bank and watched Paddles frisking about, kicking the water higher than his head, and seeing it come back again like rain. Billy longed to go into the pond, too. and did not like the idea of waiting till tomorrow to go wading.
 Why don't you come in, Kid ?" called out six-year- Paddles, kick ing the water about him into a foam and wetting his pants and waist. Its
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warm as in the bath tub" he added. Its jus fine. Come on in."
 Mamma said I should wait till to- morrow" explained Billy in a sad voice. He wanted very much to join Paddles. but dared not disobey his mother.
 Go home and ask her if you can't come in," suggested Paddles.
 "Yes, I'll do that" replied Billy. And away he ran to the house to ask permission to go into the pond today instead of waiting till tomorrow Mamma listened to him, then said; Well, If Paddles Is in the pond-on the shallow side-you may go in also. But mind--don't go towards the cen ire or the north bank" (The north bank was where the water was deep est).
 In a few minutes Billy, pants rolled up above his knees, was in the water, kicking about just like Paddles. And together they shouted and whooped and laughed till the banks rang with their merriment
 "Oh. there's a snapping turtle!" It was Paddles who exclaimed this. And he made for the bank as fast as his fat legs could carry him.
 But Billy stood his ground, bravely. He was not afraid of turtles. Why, he had found one on the bank-in lit tie wet hole beneath a rock-just the week before and had carried 1t home in his pocket. And when his mamma told him to take it back to the place where he had found 1t, he ran half way, tossed the little thing into the grass and went home again, never thinking that he had acted very wick edly in leaving the baby turtle. not half the size of his own palm. in the heavy grass through which 1t could not make It's way to It's home in the pond.
 So when Paddles ran from the tur- tie, whose head stuck up above the water like a snakes, Billy stood still in the water. Hello, old mud tur- tel" said Billy. snapping his fingers at the turtle as one snaps them to dog when wanting him to follow. Come along. old snapper" And again he snapped his fingers. Paddles on the bank began to laugh. He thought it so funny to see Billy-who
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thing about 1t being the greatest of all virtues. Well, I'm having a chance to test my patience. But"
 At this moment Sadie saw the fiut- ter of something white rising over the hill in the distance. It was her mothers sunbonnet. Then her moth CTS entire form came into view and Sadie grasped firmly strong bough with her right hand while with the left she waved frantically her pink apron. shouting out loudly. "Hel-lo! Hello! Moth -er-don't-come. A bull -in-the-pasture. Go-send - Dad --on-horse- back"
 At the first hello" Mrs. Oliver paused on the crest of the hill, and looked in the direction whence came the child's cry. Then she beheld the waving apron, heard the words, "A bull in the pasture. send Dad on horseback"
 You can imagine the mothers emo- tions on hearing this, and seeing her little girl treed by an angry and dan gerous animal. But Sadie got her courage as much from mother as from father. and Mrs. Oliver called out at the top of her lungs: Stay there. Dad will come at oncel Be care-fuli'
 Then Mrs. Oliver ran down the other side the hill and Sadie knew she would cover the ground between the stile and home as quickly as one could go afoot. Poor Mamma, I'm so sorry to have her so frightened and excited. I'm so sorry l came through the pasture"
 But the little girl had not long to wait, for presently she saw her father
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kerchief cases, and other useful and pretty things too numerous to emu merate. If girl desires to make up a lot of pretty things for the coming Christmas-which seems such a long way off, but which will roll round before we are hardly aware of It. let her take a good-sized box of smooth lumber, paint 1t white on the outside line 1t with white cloth on the inside, set 1t in her room and say: T shall fill that box during my vaca- ton, with Christmas gifts for my friends and nine times out of ten she will do what she has promised herself to do.
 And what joy it is when Decem- Der is ushered in for the girl to feel that all her holiday-gifts are ready and waiting for the day of gift-giving. She will steal to her box, open it and look with admiration on the many pretty presents which she so wisely made during her vacation. There Is a slipper bag for big sister, a dozen hemstitched kerchiefs for Auntie, lovely set of doilies for Grandmamma, an embroidered dresser scarf for dear friend, a sewing apron for an- other friend, handsome and elab- orately-embroidere luncheon cloth for Mother. and many. many other lovely things ready to give.
 And for the girl who draws and paints. the summer Is the best time of all With box of watercolors and drawingpad she can wander about the country, finding plenty of pic- turesque corners of landscape for her brushes to transfer to paper or can vas. Small sketches in black and white are attractive, too, and are al- ways pretty when in simple lustreless black frames. There are few gifts that are more welcome to ones friends than a drawing or bit of watercolor, neatly and tastefully framed.
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was half a head taller than himself calling to mud turtle as he would to dog.
 'Ain't you 'fraid. Bfl?" asked Tad dies. tossing a rock into the water at the turtles head. The creature lodged the rock, then turned its head and eyed Billy calmly. Then of a sudden another turtle-even larger than the first-came up at his right hand. Immediately another came up at his left hand, and Paddles called out to him: There's another big tur- tie, Kid! They're all 'roun' you, they are. They'll carry you off, so they will. I'm goin' to hike for home." And Paddles did hike" for home as fast as he could go, leaving Billy sur rounded by "snapping" turtles of im- mense size. Billy was a bit uncom- fortable, but he did not want to show himself a coward, so he called out to Paddles: T ain't afraidl Go on home. if you want to. But it's lots of fun here in the water"
 But while he said this, Billy was trembling in the knees very hard. One of the turtles looked so straight at him and made such strange move- ments. Then suddenly Billy remem- bered the baby turtle he had captured and carried away and which he had later left to perish in the high grass a long way from its pond-home. And he decided in his mind that the big turtle in front of him was the little turtles mamma, the one behind him it's papa, the one at his right It's big brother and the one to his left it's big sister. They knew what he had done, and were going to do him some bod fly harm. Then he trembled some more, and began to whimper softly He wished from the bottom of his heart that he had never molested the baby turtle. He had been very wicked
 As he thought this, he saw the big turtle in front close its eyes quickly and then open them again as if say ing, Sure, Kid, you were very wicked. How would you like for us my husband and children-to carry you off and toss you into a river where you couldn't swim ashore. That's the way you did my baby last week. and 1t. poor thing. died of starvation and
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and two of his farm hands coming had not waited to ride round to the gate, but had torn down portion of the fence near the stile.
 When MT. Oliver rode beneath the tree where Sadie was she looked down and smiled at him. Papa, I'm safe and whole. So is my companion down there on the edge of the pond." And she pointed towards the bull that was standing at the edge of the water. looking for all the world like a beast at bay. His eyes were blazing and his Flesh quivering. It was evident that the ferocious creature was afraid of the horsemen and had withdrawn into the water on their approach.
 Very soon MT. Oliver and his men had the animal driven out across the pasture and Sadie came down and re- turned home by way of the stile. talk ing the basket of sun-dried dainties with her. Her father and the men soon returned to the broken place in the fence, mended 1t and rode home, reaching there just as Sadie did.
 Well, when Mother 'phoned and said Sadie had not yet arrived, I was all but frightened to death." said Mrs. Oliver. clasping Sadie in her arms. 'I knew something dreadful had hap pened to her. I couldn't wait for Fa- ther to come in from the fields and I had no way of reaching him, for all the hands were in the fields also. So started out to find my girlie.'
 Well, 1t was rather an exciting experience. one I should not care to repeat" declared Sadie. And to think that all Grandma's nice custard was spoiled. We must make her some more"
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Many limbs did grow between
 The nest and robber Ned;
 The little sinner did not know
 That one of them was deadi He pulled himself upon that limb, It cracked-and then gave wayi And ere a boy could count one, two, On the muddy ground he lay. And when he rose upon his feet And viewed his person OCT, His clothes were all bespattered. Of scratches he had a scorel And blood was running from his nose, Which frightened little Ned; And though it hurt him cruelty. Honeward he quickly sped. And when his mother saw him Well, reckon you can guessl- She led him to the woodshed And there made him confess. And when she had quite finished With him, her naughty son, He. felt that bird-nest robbing Was not such jolly fun. He'd spoilt his Sunday trousers And his blouse of linen, white; He'd got an awful whipping Which he knew just served him right.
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creatures, did enjoy their domain.
 After walking about mile Sadie came to a small grove of trees which shaded a little pond. This pond was fed by spring hidden away beneath ledge of rocks. The ground about the lake was rugged and rocky and Sadie loved it because it was so un- like the rest of the surrounding coun- try.
 How picturesque" she said. mount ing a boulder and looking over the lake. At the same moment she heard a snort. and glancing round beheld an infuriated bull coming at full speed towards her. As she was on an ele- vation, steep and difficult to climb. she knew the bull could not reach her there, but she preferred to be still higher from level ground, for she knew a mad animal coull climb a place which al. animal in normal state of mind would not attempt. A tree grew beside the boulder on which she stood. and quickly she climbed it, first putting her basket on the very
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"I'll wave a flag to attract her att tention." said Sadie. And she took off her pink gingham apron and tied the strings about her wrist so that in no case could she drop it. Then she waited. So did the bull. who had again come close to the tree. and was looking up at his little prisoner.
 I'm so sorry to have missed get ting that basket to Granny while everything was fresh," sighed Sadie, looking down at the white-napkin basket on top the high rocks. But one has to make the best of bad mat ters. Let me see, I'd not be at Grand
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Country Cousins
 and City Children

into restaurants and ordering their meals from lengthy bill of fare, or strolling along the endless streets magic streets to themi-and looking in at the great shop windows or watching the thousands of hurrying people, each seemingly so intent on getting somewhere. Then there Is the stopping at the hotel-a wonder full thingi The crowds coming and going in the lobby, the elevators dash ing into the sky or dropping into the earth, the bell boys darting every where in their uniform, assuming the importance of princes. And the roof garden theatre and vaudeville. The country cousin enjoys them so much. His life for such long time on the farm has been devoid of all excite ment, and there has been little or no social diversion for him outside his Sunday school and church, usually held in little school house or modest wooden church.
 So it is that our city children love the country. for 1t gives them a de- cided change in the manner of living, it teaches them many things they ought to know, and which they cannot learn in the city. And the same is to be said of our country cousins. On returning from a trip to the city they have food for conversation for months. something new coming to mind every day-something they thought of little importance at the time. but which looms up in their memory like great solved mysteries after returning to their own quiet farms.
 Every child should have just such change once each year. Let the farmer and the city man exchange their little folk during the vacation months, and much good will come to aH
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MN LILLY BAKER was just seven @y& years old. He lived in very U lovely town where he was not uU afraid to run about the streets ns much as he liked, for there were nor crowds, nor rushing automobiles. nor dashing street cars to frighten him, and maybe to knock him down and inJure him. It was peaceful and quiet and perfectly splendid in the little town where Billy Baker lived.
 When the summer had come creep- Ing over the hills one day. Billy's mamma called to him and said: Now, Sonny. you may go barefoot" She couldn't have told Billy any thing more pleasing than that. He loved going barefoot in the soft dust or the warm. sticky mud. So off came his shoes and out into the street he ran.
 Don't go any further than the pond" said Billy's mamma, throwing a kiss to her baby" for that was what she called Billy. And don't get into the water today. Papa will go 10 the pond with you tomorrow morning and take you in wading."