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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26
Martinique Clubs Annual Concert.

The Martinique club. a thrifty organ
ization composed of members Of the
Bridge Street A. NJ. e. church In
Brooklyn. will hold its third annual
concert and reception Thursday even
ing. Oct 8. The club Yields whole
some influence In the church and COM
munity. 1t aids the home church finan-
cially and Is also liberal toward chart
table institutions. The annual social
function Of the club is an important
feature Of its work In strengthening
the membership and increasing the
finances to meet the many requests for
aid during the winter.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26
LIFE Is SHORT.

Mark how fleeting and paltry
Is the estate Of man-yesterday
in embryo. tomorrow a mummy
or ashes. So for the hairs
breadth of time assigned to'thee
live nationally. and part with
life cheerfully. as drops the ripe
olive. extolling the season that
bore 1t and the tree that ma.
tured it.-Marcus Aurelius An
tonius.
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IrOhCrss.
ST. PETERS A. N. {. CHURCH, s2d st.
between 9Th and loan AYES. Services
Sunday school at 1880 Rev. r. n
Lewis. Pastor.
ST. JAMES A. N. Z. CHURCH, SIS
Eighth Ave. SO. Sunday services at II
Rev. {. r. Edwards. Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, 11ao
9Th st. So. between 18th and 18th AYES.
preaching Sunday II a. m and p. m.
s. 8. 1890. All welcome. Rev. +. J.
Carter. Pastor. Res. 80 9Th Ave. So.
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. 9Th Avenue
N. and 4th st. Services morning and
evening eacn SUNDAY. Rev. NJ. w.
Withers. rastor.
The Peoples Christian Mission.
REV. @. W. MITCHELL. PASTOR.
1904 Washington Ave. So.
ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL scURcH
9Th Ave. So. and 9th St. MINI.
Rev A. n. leaItad. Rector.
Service at O'Clock p m.
All are Invited. Como.
ST. PAUL.
ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Services II A. NJ. and 8 p. M. Rev.
g. w. Camp. Pastor. All are vel.
come.
81. James A. M. e. Church. Rev. n.
p. Jones. PASTOR. Cor. Jay and Fuller
sts. All are welcome.
ALLEN CHRISTIAN ENpEAvoR OF
ST. JAMES A. NJ. {. CHURCH.
Splendid meetings are being held
each Sunday evening at GAS O'Clock
BY the Allen Christian Endeavor
Ames Lodge Of EIks meet at Union
Temple Hall. 28 Washington Ave. So,
every End and 4th ThuYday evening.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26

Wherever any race or group Of peo-
pie learn to do q common thing in an
uncommon way. by putting brain.
skill and conscience into labor. that
race or group Of people is likely to
solve all the problems that surround
them."-Dr. Washington.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26
VOTES FOR WOMEN.

] want to vote very much. and
II / could I should. Isn't It alb.
surd that the women who have
fed the babies should not be al
lowed to vote on measures to
bring about clean milk for them
because by some tradition Of the
prehistoric age men have done
the voting? Industrial questions.
such as the minimum wage. are
matters Of which women know
quite az much a. men.--Jane
Adams.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26
ALLEN CHRISTIAN ENpeAvoR OF

Ames Lodge Of EIks meet at Union
Temple Hall. % Washington Ave. So.
every End and 4th Thursday evening.
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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26
THE DIGNITY OF LABOR.

The Negro, who is ashamed to labor
with pick and shovel Is generally
Unidentified with the loafing and
criminal class-the destructive ele-
ment Of the race.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26

The word Negro should always be
spelled with q Capital Mt is worth,
Of this distinction
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
Rout of the Money Germ.

One of the marks of the amateur
in counting bills is an unrestrained
habit of wetting his fingers with his
tongue. This has long given experts
the fidgets and has caused a general
installation of sponge cups. 1t is not
a tidy act nor fair to look upon. While
not distressful, it has been classed as
waste of natural resources which
might be conserved against the adj
hesion of couple of hundred stamps.
Now, however DR.. Rucker (of the
national health service) declares that
the danger of infection is so slight as
to be hardly calculable. 1t appears
that the ink which the notes are print
ed is germicide; bacteria may
swarm over our money to their con-
fusion-that is, over the money that ia
subject to invasion
News of the bacillus-proof issue
should be actuating. Let us get more
of it, seeing that its reputation as a
germ ambush is false. The opportu-
mites for health increase with the rout
of this fanciful foe. On, then, for
more money, and let us lick it IL it re-
sists!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
BIG SURPRISE TO MONARCH
ders Produces Startling Scene in
Court in Delhi.

On the first consignment of seidlitz
powders in the capital of Delhi, the
monarch became deeply interested in
the accounts of the refreshing
draught. A box was brought to the
king In full court, and the interpreter
explained to his majesty how it should
be used.
Into goblet he put the contents of
the twelve blue papers. and, having
added water, the king drank 1t OF
This was the alkali, and the royal
countenance expressed no signs Of
satisfaction. 1t was then explained
that in the combination of the two
powders lay the luxury, and the
twelve white powders were quickly
dissolved and as eagerly swallowed
by his majesty.
With wild shrek that will be re-
membered while Delhi Is numbered
among the kingdoms, the monarch
rose. staggered. exploded. and, in his
tall agonies. screamed Hold me
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
CHAPTER XiII-continued.

81 don't understand how you mean
that. know Mr.. Gregory's work
would be seriously crippled. And it
would be a great blow to Walnut
Street church-she's always there"
Still, you see she can't stay"
mo, don't see. You and Miss
Grace must be reconciled."
''Oh, Abbott, can't you understand.
or is it that you just won't? 1t isn't
on my account th;t Miss Noir must
leave this house. She's going to
bring trouble-she's already done it.
I've had lots of experience, and when
] see people hurrying down hill, ex-
pvct to find them at the bottom. not
because it's in the people, but be-
cause it's in the direction. | believe
some mighty good-intentioned men are
stumbling down hill, carrying their re-
ugion right into hell"
flush, little friend! You don't IN
derstand what religion is"
"If | can't find out from its fruits,
[ don't want to know"
'Of course. But consider how Miss
Grace's labors are blessing the help
less
Abbott, unless the fruits of relig-
ion are favored by love. they're no
more account than apples taken with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
FOUND HER ORDERS OBEYED
Trained Nurse Knows Now That CHI
nese Are Literal, and Trait Does
Not Appeal to Her.

i've always heard that the Chi
nese were literal" said trained
nurse. Last week l satisfied myself
on that subject. AS l was hurrying
off for a few days rest made up two
brown paper parcels, which happen
ed to b. about the same size. In one
was Y bunch of collars and cuffs for
the Chinese laundry. l was to leave
this on my way out.
1.-The other package contained
yard of blue velvet and two hand
some feather ornaments. My mil
I liner was to call for these and have
my hat ready for me on my re-
turn
Starch stiffv said to- the China
man as l pointed to my package and
hurried out. Four days later, on my
return, / stopped on the way from
the station, presented my check, paid
"A cents, and came home with my
package.
There was my millinery parcel still
uncalled for! l decided to fasten the
trimmings on another hat and open"
ed the paper, only to have fall out
my collars and cuffs, which thought
had been at the laundry.
Naturally, it took but few min
utes to open the package I'd just
brought from the laundry. Yes. the
Chinese were literal! My velvet and
my two feathers were starched as stiff
and ironed as smooth as though they'd
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
The Basement
Philosopher
Copyright 1913. by w. C. Chapman
BY KENNETr HARRIS

The janitor, having improvised a
luxurious couch by spreading half a
dozen burlap sacks in his wheelbar-
row, lit his pipe and disposed himself
comfortably with his extended legs on
the barrow handles. .s..
I'll call it day." he said to his
Scandinavian assistant. IF there's
anything else to be done, I'll let you
do it. Don't thank me; it's no more
than my duty. What's that? You
wasn't going to? Well, I'm not sur
prised. A man who looks for graft
tude from guy he's trying to help
amt got the knowledge of human ma
ture that I've raked together in the
last thirty years. But you had ought
to be grateful just the same.
"The trouble with you. Nels." con-
tinued the janitor, lis that you've al
ways been used to work and you don't
realize its blessings. I'll bet bottle
Of brass polish you've done your
eighteen hours a day steady in the
old country ever since you was old
enough to chew on a hunk of rye
bread, and IL there was any rush, you
done another six hours and didn't
think nothing of 1t. 1t got so it wasn't
no particular treat to you, didn't it?
Sure thing! And all them other
square-heads around you was working,
too, the same way, SO you never felt
you was any ways privileged. Thel {
didn't seem to be no special dignity
about it. Amt l right?
We'll, I'm here to tell you that the
man that eats his bread in the sweat
of his brow is the king pin of the row,
and any politician will tell you the
same. The honest toiler can lift up
his head and look the whole world in
the face, and If the whole world
doesn't like it, it knows what it can
do. Of course in some trades that's
more so than it is In others, but
there's no getting around the fact that
labor's the whole thing. 1t may get q
few knocks in the federal courts
once in while, but you'll see it wipe
the sweat off it's brow and come up
smiling every time.
What you want to do to get the
respect of your fellow man-which al
the present time is me-is to work.
Bend your blooming back to 1t. Dig
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
MOVIES" FOR THE FAMILY
Time Not Far Off When Provision
Will Be Made In Home for
Picture Shows.

A prediction may safely be made
that in the very near future provision
will be made for moving pictures In
the home. When a man decices to
build house to cost, say, $4,000 or
more the architect will plan the pic
ture room in which the family and
their guests can enjoy a select pro-
gram OF latest productions. 1t may
be In connection with a dancing room
or 1t can be accommodated in much
less space. A projecting machine suit
able for the home will not be very
costly, and the films will doubtless be
delivered each week by companies Or
ganized for that special purpose. Trav.
elers returning from abroad will find
pictures OF cities and scenes they have
visited wonderful relp in reciting to
friends and relatives incidents of the
places they have visited.
Another uew industry which will
soon come into existence In all the
larger cities will be dim photography.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24

woman Is smiling. Dismiss your sec
rotary"
He leaned toward her from over the
table, and spoke in low. level tone:
81 am going to appeal to your better
nature. Think of the girls of the
street who need rescue, and the wom-
en- of the cities who are dying from
neglect and vice. If you hinder my
work, let the souls of these outcasts
be upon your soul! You can ruin me,
but not without running my good
works. l don't ask you to keep silent
on my account-what am / but an in
strument in the hands of Providence?
but for the sake of the homeless
| thousands. have atoned for my past,
but the world, always ready to cruelty
| the divine, would rejoice to point the
| finger of scorn at me, as II were still
the fool of twenty years ago."
"But your secretary"
"She is a vital factor in my work.
1t would be impossible to replace her"
Fran made step toward him-"My
mother was replaced" ... ..
He started up. you shall not speak
Of that. She lived her life, and
demand the right to live mine. | tell
you, the past is ended"
But / am here" returned Fran.
81 have net ended. Can't you look
into my face and see my mother liv-
| ing? She paid for her secret mar
riage. wandering over the face of the
earth with her b; by, trying to find
| you. don't deny that you've paid for
| all-yes, even for your desertion and
| your living hidden life in this town.
Maybe you've suffered enough. But
that isn't the question. Look at me.
| | am here l have come as truly out
of your past as out Of the past of my
darling, uncomplaining-what did you
call her?-'friend.' And being here
ask, What will you do with me?' All
l want is-just a little love-"
The long loneliness of her life found
expression in the eager voice, in the
| yearning eyes. AS he stared at her,
half-stupefied, he imagined she was
holding out her arms to him in plead
ing.
Fran thought his covered face a to.
ken of weakening. You must Rave
loved my mother once. Is it all so
dead and forgotten that there is none
left for your child?"
But she was seeking to play upon
strings that had long since ceased to
vibrate He could not bring back,
even in retrospect, the emotions in.
spired by Josephine Derry Those
strings had been tuned to other love
| harmonies. To remember Fran's moth.
er was to bring back not the rapture
of a first passion, but the garish days
of disillusionment. He could not tell
Fran that he had never loved her
mother. The dead must not be re-
preached; the living could not be de-
nied-so he was silent.
His silence inspired Fran with hope
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
CHAPTER XIV.
Fighting for Her Life.

The next day found Fran the biuest
of the blue. No laughing now, as she
sat alone, halfway up the ladder lead
ing to Gregory's barn-loft. She meant
to be just as miserable as she pleased.
since there was no observer to be de-
ceived by sowing cheat-seed of merri-
ment.
THE battles on now, to a finish"
muttered Fran despondently, yet here
l sit, and here l scrooch." Fran's
thoughts were at the abysmal stage of
encouragement. For a time, there
seemed III her heart not the tiniest
taper alight, and in this blackness,
both hope and failure were alike indis-
tinguishable.
But we'll see," she cried, at last
coming down the ladder, we'll see!"
and she clenched her fists, flung open
the barn-door and marched upon the
house with battle in her eyes. Grid
ing up her loins-that is, smoothing
her hair-and sharpening her weap-
ons for instant use, she opened the
library door.
She knew Grace Noir had gone
to the city with Robert Clinton, and
yet her feeling on seeing Hamilton
Gregory alone, was akin to surprise.
How queerly lonesome he looked, with
out his secretary! She found the phil
anthropist immersed in day-dreams.
The thought of the good his money
and influence were accomplishing
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In your tcenails and push. Get under
meath and lift, bust your suspender
buttons, rip your shirt, put your
shoulders to it and your whole soul in
1t and keep everlastingly at it; that's
the way to do it. That's the way |
done before | got a weak heart. Peo-
pie used to stand around by the hour
to watch particularly my boss
would. 1t was a sight to see me work
"a rare sight, you might say.
"And another thing, Nels, my
friend: When you start in on job,
do it right-the way it ought to be
done. Take a pride in your work.
take pains with it-and aches. Never
mind if you do bark your shins or
knock a little of the skin off your
knuckles. If a cinder gets in your
eye, shut your eye and don't think
any more about it; If red hot coal
falls inside your shoe, don't make that
an excuse to stop working; leave 1t
alone and it'll cool off in time If
the ashes gets in your lungs, cough II
you must, but don't indulge yourself
more'n necessary. Keep your mind on
your work whatever happens. A we'll
cleaned crate is a thing of beauty
and a Joy till it clogs up again. A
clear bright window pane is testi-
nonial of character, and a hallway
well scrubbed a certificate of merit.
Let your brass work SO shine that a
of
her hat on straight by it. Clip the
grass as If you were doing an extra
fine job on your own whiskers with a
view to that chrome-topped country
woman of yours on the fourth floor.
What you've got to think about all the
time is your work.
tits what we was put here for, is
work. You need to sleep SOS you'll
be rested up for it. and eat and drink
SO you'll have the strength for it. But
sleeping and eating amt what ought
to occupy your mind the way it does.
You don't want to be looking at the
clock to see If it's time to quit either.
What's the difference of couple of
hours or the missing Of meal or so
If there's something to be done?
Nothing at all, especially when a
mans young and strong and has white
eyebrows and yellow teeth and q
name ending In SEN Work!
Think of the men that haven't got
jobs. Washington's full of 'em this
moment. Fellows that's been setting
around and doing nothing but spit at
red hot stoves all winter and could
go back to it any time. Some of 'em
win have to go back. but it won't be
because they want to. They're aching
for chance to work-for honest toll.
collecting for ports, representing In
foreign countries, registering In land
Offices, handing out mail In postof-
f'ces-any old thing just 30 It gives
them good hard work and lots of it.
Do they want to loaf? Ask 'em.
mo. Nels. there's q thousand or
two Of 'em would be glad of your job
II they could get II, and they wouldn't
make no roar about the hours or the
work. An they'd ask would be q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24

decent salary and half q dozen
husky deputies. And them amt the
only ones. Look at all these fellows
you see playing golf and riding around
in automobiles and buzzing the merry
merry and smoking cigarettes and
drinking cocktails in the "'ubhouses
just to pass away the t'n e.. They
haven't got any job. and what's the
result? They're miserable. or course
they are. Nothing to do. Look at me
and you, we're happy. We're honest
horny-handed sons of toll and our
hearts are light and we eat our chuck
with a relish. Wheel me back about
a yard now and fix them fires. Holy
smoke! Look at the gauge. Get q
wiggle on, now"
The assistant did as he was re-
quested and then wheeled his supe-
rior back in accordance with further
instructions
But all said and done" remarked
the janitor, 1.-THE horny-handed is most
generally the bone-headed"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
SYNOPSIS.

Fran arrives at Hamilton. Gregory's
home in Littleburg, but fnds him absent
conducting the choir at camp meeting.
She repairs thither in search Of sim.
laughs during the service and Is asked to
leave. Abbott Ashton, superintenden OF
schools. escorts Fran from the tent He
deeply Interested in charity work. and q
pillar of the church. Ashton becomes
greatly interested In Fran and while TAX
ing leave of her holds her hand and Is
ert Clinton, chairman of the school board.
Fran tells Gregory she wants home
with him. Grace Noir, Greg9ry's private
and advises her to go away at once.
Fran hints at a twenty-year-old secret,
and Gregory in agitation asks Grace to
of how Gregory married a young girl at
Springfield while attending college and
then deserted her. Fran is the child OF
that marriage. Gregory had married his
Of Fran's mother. Fran takes liking to
Mrs. Gregory. Gregory explains that
who is dead. Fran agrees to the story.
Mrs. Gregory insists on her making her
home with them and takes her to her
arms. 1t is decided that Fran must go to
school. Grace shows persistent interest,"
in Gregory's story of his dead friend and
hints that Fran may be an imposter.
Fran declares that the secretary must go:
Grace begins nagging tactics in an enort
to drive Fran from the Gregory home. but
Mrs. Gregory remains stanch IN her
friendship. Fran is ordered before Super
tntendent Ashton to be punished for in
subordiration in school. Chairman Gin
ton is present The affair ends in Fran
leaving the school in company of the two
men to the amazement OF the scandal
mongers of the town. Abbott, while tax
ing a walk alone at midnight. finds Fran
on a bridge telling her fortune by cards.
She tells Abbott that she is the famous
lion tanner, Fran Nonpareil. She tired of
circus life and sought a home. Grace tells
Of seeing Fran come home after midnight
with a man. She guesses part OF the
story and surprises the rest from Abbott.
She de-'ides to ask Bob Clinton to go to
Springfield to investigate Fran's story.
Fran enlists Abbott In her battle against
Grace
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24

1t, myself-tell you taat this is NO
place for YOU"
you shall never say that!" Mrs.
Gregory spoke up, distinctly. but not
in his loud tones. She dropped her
work in some agitation, and drew Fran
to her heart. 81 have a friend here.
Hamilton-one friend-and she must
stay"
Don't be uneasy, dear one," Fran
looked up lovingly into the frightened
face. HE won't tell me to go. He
won't put an end to it. He won't tell
me anything" ... 49,.
Listen to me, Lucy" said Gregory,
his tone altering, yes, she must etay
that's settled-she must stay. OF
course. But you-why will you refuse
what l ask, when for years you were
one of the most faithful attendants
at the Walnut Street church? l am
asking you to go next Sunday because
well, you know how people judge
by appearances. I'm not asking II
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
He Took the Coat.

Chester Thomas, colored, was being
tried before Judge Amber on the
charge Of stealing an overcoat. He
began:
Il was walking down Charp street
when a man l never saw befo' comes
up and says, Here, Teller. is a good
overcoat.' takes the coat from i'm. Z"
Judge Amber interrupted, saying:
Thomas, you do not think | am
going to believe any such tale as that?
If you had pleaded guilty and made
an honest statement l might have been
considerable"
Thomas shouted:
''If that's the case. Judge, / took the
coat"
He was paroled.--Baitimors Dis
patch to New York World.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24

for my sake-of course l know your
real character-but go for Miss
Grace's sake-go to show her where
you stand"
How is it about church attendance,
anyway" asked Fran, with the air of
one who seeks after knowledge. 81
thought you went to church for the
Lords sake, and not for Miss Noirs."
Il have given you my answer, Mr..
Gregory" said his wife family. "but
| am sorry that it should make me
seem Obstinate"
He uttered a groan, and left the hall
in despair. His gesture said that he
must give it up.
Mrs. Gregory folded her work, her
face pale and drawn, her lips tremu-
lous. She looked at Fran and tried to
smile. 1--WE must go to rest now"
she said-"if we can"