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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26
DAUGHTER Of WARDEN
Knew the Promptings Of Her
Heart Had Not Been
in Vain.
BY CLARENCE FISHER.

The life prisoner was little more
than a boy in years. To Mollie, the
daughter of the warden, he had the
saddest and most interesting face that
she had ever seen. She had seen him
twice, when she had gone into her
fathers Office while the convicts were
exercising in the prison yard outside.
She asked him about the man.
Cleft Lowndes?" inquired the old
warden, frowning. You'd best not
interest yourself in him, Mollie.
There's other 'lifers' may get their
sentences committed some day, but
he never will
what did he do, father?" asked the
girl.
Gle murdered a man in cold blood,
Mol, dear. Cut his enemy's throat
while he lay sleeping, because he had
been unable to meet his mortgage and
save his mothers farm. Poor woman!
She died before the verdict was rem
dered, confident of her sons &C
quital."
"Ae doesn't look like murderer
father" said Mollie.
But 1t was morbid to let hel
thoughts dwell on any Of the prison
ers. Why was she thinking of him
tonight as she crouched beside the
upper window, watching keenly the
winding road that led to Haiters.
Downstairs her father sat before the
prison gates, his rife across his
knees. There had been ominous ru
mors in town Of lynching party, tc
kill the: negro who now covered II
the furthest cell Of the prison
charged with an unspeakable crime
But old Warden Davis was Of sterr
stuff and he had let 1t be known tina,
he would lose his life before he los
his prisoner. However, he had tele
phoned to the capital for militi,
company.
Something stirred along the wind
Ing road and the low, muttering muir
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26
One OF Main ACTORS
like an Eerie Tale Of Fiction, bu,
1t Was an Actual o.
CurrcnCe.
Dy VICTOR RADCLIFFE,

Gray hairs3-yes, plenty Of them, az
you see. Came in night, too. You
have read of that in many an eerie
tale Of fiction. Let me tell you one
where 1t was an actual occurrence. ]
am the man to tell it, for was one
Of the main actors in the life drama
very nearly a tragedy.
was young and foolish in those old
days, especially SO over the GLADDEN.
girls, Mary and Bertha. The latter
was the younger sister, but | favored
Mary. She was sweet, gentle, gra.
icious. Bertha was just the reverse
rompish and a coQuette. A lovers till
with Mary caused an enlargement.
She was only panied but-silent re-
scented what I called her indifference
and. like the sallow. selfpoised being
I was, set about making things worse
believing l was Independent and
smart.
Bertha was ready for any innocent
'1rolic. 1 made up to her. and IL
pleased her tickle nature to boast that
lshe had stolen her sisters sutton away.
Perhaps she liked me, but when Ross
Evans came along she changed her
mind.
Young Evans was a fine, manly fel.
low, but was in such mood that dis.
content with my work, jealous. con.
ceit and a miserable chagrin over
Mary's calm. quiet ways combined to
make me bitter and vengeful. Evans
had come to work in the drafting de.
partment Of the great Vulcan Iron
works. He was bright, clever and &C.
commodating. but the first time saw
him in Bertha's company. and noted
1.-The mischievons twinkling in her
bright eyes, marked him down for
my worst enemy. visited the Glad.
dens no more, and lined up with q
rapid group, Sinking my duty at the
bank days and wasting my time nights.
I met Mary on the street one day,
and she looked reproachingly at me, ]
+ fancied. I was In my usual ugly mood,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26
FOR THOSE IN HIGH PLACES
Immense Cost Of Imperial PorPhyry
Put It Beyond Reach Of All But
the Very Rich.

All students Of the SCULPTURE ana
architecture Of the Imperial Roman
age are familiar with the magnificent
purple stone known as imperial por-
phyry, but it is probable that but
few of the students know Of the i'm
mense difficulties that were encounter
ed in the procuring of the stone so
much esteemed in that age of luxury.
Weigall, who personally visited the
region whence this stone emanated,
reached the conclusion that the great
distances between the quarries and
the places where the stone was used
must have given the price a boost, -
SO that the porphyry was beyond all
except the rulers of the earth.
1t appears that the quarries from
which this porphyry was obtained are
situated in the eastern Egyptian des-
ert, that region known as Gebel Duk-
han, "The Hills of Smoke" The desert
is about ~ miles from the Red SEQ,
opposite the southern end of the pen
Ursula of Sinai.
The quarries extended here and
there into the hillside without any re-
semblance Of regularity. The blocks
of porphyry were pried from out of
the rock wherever the york could be
most easily done. They we're trans
ported down the Nile, and, in fact
to Rome, in the. rough. This. purple
porphyry was not known to the an
cient Egyptians. Some Roman pros
pectors must have secured the desert
to find it. The barren coast of that re-
gion was harborless. Each block Of
porphyry must, therefore, have been
carried across the desert to Kench, on
the Nile, and thense shipped by river
barge to the sea. Then it became
necessary to transship 1t to the great
Mediterranean galleys, and thus con.
veyed across the treacherous waters
to the port of Rome.
There is no other place In the world
where this porphyry is to be found,
and when the quarries ceased to be
worked, some time previous to the
seventh century, the use of that stone
had to cease also. ner has it since
been procurable. ~.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26
mu,tered, ana rerapsed into uucon

sciousness. ..
Upon the wall Of the ONCE huns
the keys. Acting now by blind In.
stinct, Mollie seized the heaviast Of
all. the key which opened the door OF
Lowndes' cell. She ran down the
tagged passage. sasping. The key
clicked in the lock, and the convict
rose in astonishment to see tho cir,
standing there.
"Come!" she- cried, and ran back
As Lowndes followed her he heard
the tAud Of wood upon wood and the
triumphant yells OF the mob as the
gates splintered before the blows Of
their beams.
The girl dragged him into the of.
nee and flung the shutters close and
barred the door. She thrust the rife
into his hands. you'll save my f..
there" she cried. II trust you. They
are maddened now by the sight Of
blood, but they shall never set foot
In here as long as ! live"
COR l." he answered, and, kneeline
beside the window, opened a chink
in the shutters. and thrust the rifle
forth. The leaders looked into 1T as
they ran yelling forward. They knew
that their revolver bullets were DOW.
erless against the strong window
beams.
Turn back or I fret" cried the
convict. AS they paused he knew
that he had them at his mercy. The
mob instinct Of fear had conquered
that Of hate. They halted and the
courage was gone out of them. He
flung the shutters wide and rose to
his feet.
Fling down your weapons!" he
shouted.
They saw the tall figure IN convict'a
stripes and the cleaning barrel lev.
eled on them. Sullenly they obeyed
and withdrew toward the gate. Then
from beyond the road q tramplins
was heard %Gray.coated men came at
the double toward the prison. 1t was
the militia company from the capital.
A moment later and the last Of the
assailants was racing to safety. Two
officers bore the man who had been
shot into the office and placed him at
the warden's side. The elder man
opened his eyes.
"Thank God. warden, we came in
! time" said the commanding officer
what have, they done to you? A
knee wound? You'll be up and around
In a week, man. But as for him"
Simms moaned and struggled into q
sitting posture. his head resting
against the officers shoulder. He
was shot through the body; he could
not live an hour.
"1-want-to tell-you-" he NUT
tered, and then his eyes met those Of
the convict's. The two men stared
fixedly at each other. Simms uttered
= groan.
"Listen-before de-" he gasped
"He's not-guilty. I-shot-Bert
Smith. We had . feud. 1-put-the
knife beside Lowndes' bed while
he-slept. He's-innocent. l."
His head fell back and an instan
later he sighed, tie eyelids flutteret
and closed. The otiter rose.
"He's dead" he said.
But even in that moment an nm
quenchable joy rose up in the girl
heart as she met Lowndes' eyes an,
knew that the promptings Of he
heart had not been in vain.
Copyright. 1918. by W. q. Chapman.)
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26
aunt MARY WAS ODD
Strange Way in Which She Aid
ed Her Favorite, Hot-Head-
ed Nephew
BY FRANK FlLsoN.

"A present from Aunt Mary" said
houng Mrs. Strang as the oddly-wrap.
ped parcel was handed to her by the
postman. Il just know that it's some
thing odd, George"
It must be odd, because Aunt Mary
was odd. She was queer little old
spfnster. with the kindest heart and
the crankiest manners that ever went
into =. combination. But though she
had quarreled with almost all her
relatives and then made up with
them, and. alternately cut them out OF
her will and then put their names
back into multitudinous codicils, she
. had always kept the warmest spot in
her heart for George Strang, her hand.
some artist nephew.
= She had indeed, supported him dur.
ing that period which comes to every
artist, when he was struggling for
fame: and existence in: large city
against the wishes and despite the dis.
gust of his own family. And now
that he had married pretty Lucy Bent.
wick and was in comfortable, if not af.
fluent circumstances, she had sent
him wedding gift.
: "a china vase!" exclaimed George
Strang; In disgust as he eyed the
nueer-loohng object in his hand.
: It was indeed, the most repulsive
looking vase that he had ever seen.
1t was rotund and highly decorated
with painted pink roses, and upon 1t
was; printed in small, black letters:
"You may break, you may shatter
the v.se If you will,
''But the, scent of the roses will cling
to it STILL"
Blank. said George. It was not
''blank," that he said, but 1t sounded
like that. because Lucy promptly
!, closed his mouth with her hand.
"she might have sent me some.
thing that We could keep on our man.
I. tel" said George strang ruefully, look.
ing upon the object with shudder.
Fancy q thing like that in our liv.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26
Hector Macdonald rrsd,e,sa.

Hector Macdonald Tr0ok1o1,
"Sir Hector Macdonald, famous ~
the only maph1 think. who rose from
the ranks h |he British army to the
rank Of . sS6eral oAaosr, did not die
by his own hand, but 10 still alive, I
firmly believe" saad Col. W. H. Brill
Of st. Paul.
Il became convinced Of this while
In China, where went to observe the
maneuvers Of the then new Chinese
army foil wing the RussoJapanesb
War. An incident that occurred ON
our march into the interior made me
believe this. 1t was simply the rec.
ignition Of Macdonald BY ono Of the
party. who declared that he could not
be mistaken. I believe that at that
time Hector Macdonald was at the
head Of the Chinese army aud that he
still occupies that position. Unless I
Am mistaken, l saw NaeDoaalA my.
self in that oosntry."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26
Few Grizzly Bear, Left.

A report issued by the state hsh
and game commission says there il
a scarcity of grizzly bears in Califor.
MIA, there not being more than . half
dozen known to be left of all the hun.
dreds that used to roam the Sierras.
The statement is Also made that 80,
900 deer are killed annually In the
state, 10000 by hunters and the re-
mainder by mountain lions, coyotes,
and other animals that prey on them.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26
Peril, ., tho ev,t.nder.

Novel legal decisions? oh, yes,
they're still being made--no end to
'em, in fact. Why. Just the other day
two women appeared before a Chicago
Judge laying claim to . bulldog. The
Judge was kindhearted. He didn't
want to give each woman half Of the
dog, having some consideration, you
see, for the feelings Of the dog. 30
he gave the entire animal to third
woman, who was merely IN innocent
bystander. This instance serves to
emphasize the extreme peril In which
the innocent bystander always stands.
Yet others WIN persist in playing The
L B. role. Z.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26
AND THEN EVERYBODY SMILED
Young Man ssIssd oppsrt.ia&y -,
Display Of oalasatsy. but Fsrassns
Wss In FactejS Need,

She was young snd fair. Her nsaA
trim hguse. with it, nakty coat IN
corners Of which the March hsUsssa
sportive,y toyed With, gliAsd down
Broadway. Many admhing g1aacsa
followed her. His eyes foalowst
her. never boosting slsht q hss
for block. A longing possessed hin
to know and b known by the dsstana
beauty. Would fate grant him this
boon?
While hs w~ thiuking this the
beauty reached Q psysmsnt witch
looked susptedossly vet and sususry
She uncertainty piulpsd hsr way over
It. She had not gone many sts3s b.
fore che gracefully balanced hesueh
for an instant. then suddenly sel,ped
and sat down on the pavsnena.
Hero was the chanee Of . Alstlms
for him. He pressed forward rapid,
~ and reached the young woman, wha
was struggling to rise to her feet
With ell the courtesy Of which he was
capable, he leaned forward. saying:
Permit me-" mating Q movement
OF tending his services TO help her ia
her fest
Thnk aaonsnA wA1Ss hG1G sswazaed
with smile from the Aps a ~ hsau,
ty, IN uncertainty came ovsr HIN %
to tho hold he bad upaa eageA. yax0<
ono foot hew up in the - w00o hs
balanced himself On thD u&lpe: tAsu
he rpYeRpad tho buk3n.
Just ~ tho hsoAty eiiAeA a ha
way ho lost ~ baaaoeo anA - ApV1
ON the same spot 80 had vacaAo4
whils tho Witnesses coaDau1od VIM
an audfhao An
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26
Foaey oM kal,er.

Kaiser Wilhelm decided that the
new war automobiles that his army
ID going to use should b % con.
structed that II ono Of them broke
down the dispatch the war loFd might
be sending to enc Of his generals
could bs delivered promptly tastead Of
waiting uAtil the old bus6 wagoa would
90 again. so he had them built With
big pockets on the side. and ins eaa6
Of these . motorcycle will bssoaftfed.
Then, II something goes wrong with
the motofcar the motorcycles en- -
Used % deliver tho mossaeo. @
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26

Ing room, Lucy!. Why, it will spoil
the entire aspect of the place. And /
bet,"' he added, ''that she sent the
thingson purpose to get up a quarrel
with me and then accuse me Of quar-.
reling with her. She'll drop in on US
unexpectedly and see that the thing
Isn't on VIEW" -
&. But it must be ON view, George,
dear said Mary. "You know how
duafre1some the old dear is. II she
does drop In and doesn't see 1t she'll
cut you, out Of her will and then-o.
George, be little prudent"
But George refused point.blank to
have the thing in their living room.
"she knows it's horrible, Lucy" he
said. f'and IL she wants to quarrel with
me let her have her way"
= Which was precisely what she did
have. For q few. days later Aunt
;. Mary did come up to town from Bay.
ards Bridge and did drop In unexpect
. eddy, and the mantel was bare save
for two antique Pompeiiau vases.
well, my DEAR" said the old lady
: taking I'm the situation instantly. II
must say that I admire those orna,
ments upon your mantel greatly. ]
: fear my own poor efforts to please you
and Georgetmust have been singularly
i; unsuccessful" And then she stopped.
:. For lucy had run into her bedroom
when the. old lady was announced to
get the china vase; but she had not
had time to place 1t upon the mantel
and stood guiltily hiding it beneath
her apron. ..e
"You may tell George" she contin.
J, ued, chat: since he has seen fit to
quarrel with me, who always supposed
that he cared for me-since my en-.
deavors to make his home happy and
beautiful are SO unappreoiated, shall
waste no further time on him. And,
incidentally, shall bestow my money
where It will be likely to. promote
greater service
And with these words she stalked
::out Of the apartment, leaving Lucy in
tears. -. 80 g
She told George Of the happening
when he returned from his studio.
Give me that Internal vase" he
, shouted. Ppm going to break 1t ia
!. pieces and: send her the fragments BY
: parcel post. Old tyrant! Does she
think she is going to doom US to life
!: of artistic misery?"
But Lucy hid the vase from him.
\, You know, DEAR" she said. Aunt
Mary will take you back into favol
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-26
At tho Indoor Fair.

Helper-We're going to have q big
crowd here. and it'll be some Job tc
keep 'em moving. %
Managsr-Thatll be easy. Take
down that rear exit sign, post up
tho word ''Frss" and thsy'll al bolt III
A-JudEe. ''s"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26
THE TERM "NEGR0."
How Il 10 Defined by the Statutes Of
Various States.

How Il 10 Defined by the Statutes Of
Various States.
Various states define the term me
gro" In various ways. This fact Is
CLEANED from the Negro Year Book.
published at Tuskegee institute under
the direction of Monroe N. Work. In
charge of research and records into
and of his race.
The statutes Of Kentucky, Maryland.
Mississippi. North Carolina. Tennessee
and Texas assert that "a person Of
color" Is one who Is descended from q
Negro to the third generation. inclu
sive. though one ancestor in each gen.
Grafton may have been white. Accord,
eng to the law Of Alabama one Ia "a
person of color" who has had any Ne
gro blood In bis ancestry for Eve gen.
erations.
In Michigan. Nebraska and Oregon
one Is not legally Negro who has less
than One.fourth Negro blood In his
veins. In Florida. Georgia. Indiana.
Missouri and South Carolina "a person
Of color Ia one who has as much as
one-eighth Negro blood. In Virginia
a Negro ia one who has one-slxteenth
or more Negro blood.
The constitution of Oklahoma reads
whenever In this constitution or In
the laws of the state the word or
words 'colored race or Negro or
Negro race are used. the same shall
be construed to mean or to apply to all
persons of African descent. The term
white shall include all other persons
In Arkansas persons Of color" IN
clude all who have visible and dis.
tinct admixture of African blood. The
other states Of the Union have no
statutes defining the term Negro"
Thus 1t would seem that a Negro In
one state Ia not always Negro in an
other. These and many other facts
regarding the progress and develop
ment. present and past status. Of the
Negro race. are found collected In the
Negro Year Book.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26

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der, why it is sent you. If you re.
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from the Postmaster to discontinue,
which is a matter Of record. and the
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Many say that they "Never sub
scribed" "ordered It stopped" or
"wondered who sent IT," We send
THE TWIN CITY STAR to those
whom we think bona flde subscribers.
and do not wish to increase circula-
ton by carrying any dead-heads.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26
SOCIAL SCIENCE AT FISK.

Announcement of New Features Of
Study Creates Great Interest.
Nashville, Tenn.-Announcemen has
been made Of the social science courses
to be offered next year at Fisk uni
versity. in this city. and Of the plan
Of the university to cooperate with
the Woman's council of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South and the Meth
odist Training school here in develop
ing a social settlement in one Of the
neighborhoods Of this city among Afro
Americana.
DR.. George e. Haynes. professor Of
social science at Fisk. says that this
arrangement of cooperation will give
q new impetus and a great outlet for
the intense interest Of the students In
the conditions among the people OF the
city and will offer them an opportu-
nifty to get acquainted with the people
and to learn by practice what college
education can do to help the masses.
He says 1t will also be a great help
In articulating the university with the
pulsating practical life Of the people
and enable 1t to better train its stu.
dents for leadership and service.
The department offers an introduce
tory course in economics in the Junior
year for three hours per week and an
advanced course in economics in the
senior year, two hours per week. In
vx~noR xryf1f
be given to class work and four hours
per week to field investigation and
practical work. .:
One Of the most interesting features
Of the department for next year con-
sists of a course in Negro history for
the juniors and course on the Ne
gro problem for the seniors. The his
tory course traces the growth Of Amer
lean democracy in its relation to slav-
cry and the Negro American. 1t aims
to give the student historical back
ground for his thinking about present
day conditions,
The course on the Negro problem Is
| offered to members Of the senior class
and is a careful study Of present con-
ditions in both the country and the
city. In this course use Is made Of all
available material on the subject. and
: In addition to the general class work
each student is given some particular
topic relating to the economic. edu-
cational. social or religious conditions
among Negroes for special investiga-
ion and report The course aims to
teach the student how to study condi-
lions among Negroes in an accurate
way and with a broad humanitarian
point Of view
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26
FRIEND OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
New York District Attorney Believes II
Evenhanded Justice.

BY N. BARNETT DODSON.
District Attorney Charles 8. Whit.
man Of New York is numbered among
the, stalwart friends Of humanity with.
ont regard to race, creed or color. On
many occasions during his able ad
ministration Of the affairs Of his Office
he has stood in the breach between
) Afro Americans and their enemies. 1t
Ia encouraging therefore to refer to his
attitude of fairness toward the colored
people and their right to equal Justice
In courts Of law without discrtmina-
don.
Speaking at q meeting in New York
held under the auspices Of an organiza-
ton for race advancement upon one
occasion, District Attorney Whitman
In part said: Crime Is crime, wheth-
or committed by a white man or a
black man. Society must be protected
from acts Of violence whether the Of
fender has had every opportunity for
intellectual and moral growth from his
babyhood or has always hved In the
darkness of ignorance and depravity.
Certain offenses, too awful for descrip-
ton, arouse public indignation which
n well night uncomfortable, and that
u az true In one section Of the land
% III another.
1t il not within the scope Of the au.
thcrity Of those charged with the en-
forcement of law to consider questions
involving heredity, environment or the
ultimate responsibility for conditions
which must be met as those charged
with the making Of laws have deter
mined.
Sentiment and charity should not ex-
cuse Incidence and crime, and desire
to secure the advancement Of one race
must not countenance unfairness and
injustice to another.
The Negro, as he exists in this coun'
try, Is a product Of conditions created
by the white man. When the nation
assured him the rights Of citizenship
Il guaranteed to him the protection and
the enjoyment Of those rights, but the
great country itself at least morally
assumed an infinitely greater respon-
sibility.
For our own protection, II for no
unselfsh motive, we are obligated to
see to 1t that the opportunity. which
we are proud to say in this country Is
given to all. shall not be denied to
him: that where he Is made to feel the
rigor of the law he may also depend
upon the protection Of the law: that
his race or his color Is no more to be
condemned on account Of the offenses
Of some Of its members than are other
races or other people to be censured
under like conditions.