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SOME SHORT STORIES BY YOUNG JUNIOR WRITERS

whoever it might be- Softly she
crossed the little bridge and stepping
up to the window of the house. she
peeped in.
There, standing in the middle of the
hoor were two young men and be-
tween them a dog. Maisie had seen
them before. She had often seen them
abuse the great Newfoundland and
now 1t seemed they were going to kill
him for some offense he had COM
mitted. Maisie could not catch all they
said, but-one thing was clear, they
were going to shoot the dog. Her one
thought was How can / save the
poor thing from those cowardly
wretches?" And the thought that they
were towards made her wish she could
frighten them away.
Already the elder of the two was
putting the shell into his gun and
Maisie felt there was no time to lose.
oh, what can do?" she whispered
with trembling lips, and then she was
seized with a sudden Inspiration.
Looking down her eyes fell on the
jack o. lantern in her arms. Quickly
she struck one of her tiny wax
matches and with shaking fingers
lighted the candle inside of the pump
kin. For a second she looked at it
and shuddered. 'Tt looks really fright
full" she murmured, for Uncle John
had put green isinglass over the eyes
and red where the mouth and nose
were. The shell had been -scraped so
thin that when lighted up it looked
like great yellow head with green
eyes.
Quickly rising Maisie put it on the
ledge outside of the window. Then
she knocked three times loudly on the
wall. In a moment the voices inside
ceased. She tapped again, and this
time she heard quick exclama ton:
Look, Rob, look!' and minute more
she heard the door slam and then
heavy footsteps running through the
woods. Taking down the jack O. Lam
tern she hid behind the tree for some
moments. thinking they might come
back.
Finding everything quiet. Maisie
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and 1000 tons Of coal without break
ing" said the wicked fairy. Then she
disappeared and Rosebud was left
alone.
In despair, she stood looking out Of
the window when she noticed a fairy
prince below looking up at her. After
a pause, the prince asked her what she
was crying about. Between her sobs
she managed to tell him the story.
Spreading his arms the prince flew to
the window where Rosebud was seated,
and with one stroke of his wand the
straw formed itself into a large basket
which held water, wine and 1000 tons
of coal
That evening the wicked fairy came
to visit Rosebud and was SO surprised
that she fell to the ground dead. At
that the spell was broken and Rose
bud found herself in her right home.
Great was her surprise to find that the
fairy prince who had saved her life was
her brother. So, as all fairy tales end,
they all lived happily ever after.
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crept softly to the door and opened 1t.
The rattle of chain startled her for
a minute, but the pitious whining Of
the dog drove all fear from her heart
and, kneeling beside him, she unfast-
ened the collar. Patting him softly on
the head, she called him and he fol-
lowed her joyfully.
Some months later Maisie called the
dog to her and, taking his great head
between her hands, looked smilingly
into his eyes.
"Beno," she said, your old cruel
masters just now drove by and they
safd--I heard them, Beno--they said:
Look! if that don't look Just like our
dog, only this one is so fat and sleek.
Wonder what ever became Of him,
anyway But we know, don't we.
Reno dear?"
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Princess Rosebud
KATHERINE ROTH,
Age II Years.

Princess Rosebud was not an ordi-
nary princess, but the daughter Of
fairy queen. When the princess was
but a wee baby she was stolen by
wicked fairy, who was queen of the
northern part of fairyland. This wicked
woman was as ugly as she was wicked
and was so jealous of the beautiful
fairy queen. Rosebud's mother, that she
decided to revenge herself by stealing
the little princess.
Many years passed and no news was
heard from or about the little Rosebud.
MEANWHILE she was living in the palace
of the ugly fairy, ignorant of her real
birth. But as she grew older she be-
came more beautiful till at last at the
age of Is she was SO fair that the
wicked fairy could stand it no longer
and had the princess shut up in a dark
tower, where all the floor was covered
with thick layer of straw. You have
but three days to make this straw into
a basket which will hold water, wine
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The Reward for Kindness

Once there was a fittle girl named
Bernice. One day when Bernice was
walking down the lane with her little
sister, Jennie, they saw poor old
woman going from door to door
begging for food. She finally came to
the children's house, but the mother
turned her out. The two children went
up to the old woman and said, we
will give you some food in basket
and here is fifty cents for some
more food" The old woman could
not thank the children as much as she
wanted to. When five years had
passed there came letter to Jennie
and one to Bernice. The children
showed the letters to their mother.
They were postmarked Bridgeport.
The mother said to them, Throw the
letters away, as we don't know any
one in Bridgeport But the children.
just for fun, opened the letters, and
in each envelope found $500 from the
old woman, who had become rich.
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Maisie's Jack-o'-L
BERTHA NJ. ELLINGwoOD,
Penn Grove, Cal. Eagle School, Eighth
Crude. Age IA Years

AS Maisie hurried along the lonely
country road a drizzlng rain began
to fall. 1t was growing dark and she
began to feel just little bit sorry
she had started home alone.
She had attended a little halloween
party, about a mile from her home,
and was to spend the night there,
but childish quarrel had arisen and
Maisie, hurt and angry, had put on her
cloak with the little hood on it and
tucking her pumpkin, on which Uncle
John had cut such a splendid face,
under her arm, had left the house
before any one knew she was gone.
She trudged along and the big pump
kin seemed to be some company, for
she patted its face lovingly and spoke
softly to it. II suppose it was rude,
jack" she said. ito leave that way,
but" Maisie stopped short a clap
of thunder sounded overhead and,
hugging her jack o. lantern still closer
to her she ran as fast as her little
feet could carry her. IF I could only
reach the old MILL" she thought, II
can get shelter there in the house
until the storm passes"
When she reached the bridge she
looked anxiously at the ancient mill
opposite, but it had grown pretty dark
and she was afraid to go in, SO instead
she crept behind large hollow tree.
AS she stood there she fancied she
heard voices and listening attentive1y,
she was sure it came from the mill
house. Yes, there was faint light
inside, and Maisie, thinking that per-
haps some one, like herself, was seek
ing shelter, decided to go and join
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Paint boxes were awarded TO the fol-
lowing juniors who painted the pic
tare in the paper of October 16:
elsie HadeB, 1924 San Bruno avenue,
San Francisco.
May Avis Schwah, 1926 Sutter street,
San Francisco.
Agnes Lindsay, I'll Florida street,
Vallejo.
Anita Hit, 1928 North Hunter street,
Stockton.
Jessie Murphy, 67s Haight street.
San Francisco
Homer godfrey, 27S2 Bryant street
San Francisco.
Patricia Peterson, 626 Ell Dorado ave-
nue.. Oakland.
Marguerite Moifno, postoffice box 4.
Benicia
stanley Davis, 1850 Union street
Alameda.
Harriet Allison, 1761 Pine street. San
Francisco.
Leyhan Blarney, 1891 Dwight way.
Berkeley.
Ruth AssaIena, 500 Seventeenth
street, Sacramento
Frances Price, East Auburn.
Earle Ceilings, care South Tower,
Crockett.
George !. McCarte, 215 Louisiana
street Vallejo.
Gertrude l.. varIey, 1886 Ellsworth
street Berkeley.
Grnce McGlynn, 1900 Golden Gate
avenue, San Francisco.
CarI Fisher, 1880 Geary street, San
Francisco.
Anna Carie, 21a Henry street, San
Francisco.
Gladys RoIon, so7 Haight avenue.
Alameda.
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How Stupid!

Mrs Jones (reading)-It says here
that nautical mile is 6,080 feet and
statute mile is only $3.50 feet. Why is
that? / thought mile was mile.
Mr.. Jones without looking up from
his paper)--Well, mile Is mile, but
a statute mile is measured on dry land,
while a nautical mile is measured on
the water, and you know most things
swell when in water.
Mrs Jones (resuming her reading)-
Why, of coursel How stupid!-Ladies'
Home Journal.
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No Assistance Needed

AS the train neared the city the coll
ored porter approached the jovial faced
gentleman. saying with a smile:
Shall brush you off, sah?"
mo" he replied Il prefer to get off
in the usual manner. r."-Ladies' Home
Journal.
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Teacher (to new pupiD-Why did
Hannibal cross the Alps, my little man?
My Little Man-B'or the same reason
as the ZEN crossed tn road. Yer don't
catch me with no pnzzles.-Sydney Bull
ietin.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-14
County Ticket

For Representative Cpd Dis,
HERMANN kULL
of New Oregon.
For County Auditor,
C. A. FOSSE
Paris.
For County Attorney,
JOSEPH GRIFFIN
CrescO.
For Treasurer,
w. F. CARTER,
Chester.
For Recorder,
ED. l.. WEAKEN,
of Cresco..
For County Superintendent,
EMMA FALLGATTER
of Elma.
For Sheriff,
MANLEY PEGGY
CreScO.
For Supervisor 1st District,
j. M. MARA
of CrescO.
For Supervisor Sd District,
CHAS, H. WALLACE
of Saratoga.
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A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue of my position as
president of tho State Red Cross
society, in view of the dire needs
of citizens of the northern part OF
this state who have suffered from
recent forest fires, l hereby call
upon the people of Minnesota to
respond at once with contributions
of money, provisions and clothing.
to be distributed to the needy I'M
der the direction of this society
Such contributions will be re-
" ceived by Kenneth Clark, st. Paul,
treasurer of the State Red Cross
society, and +. M. Prince, Mime
apolis, acting as assistant state
treasurer, and l hereby designate
the mayors of the towns and cities
of the state to act as collectors OF
x this fund in their respective local
tiles.
Prompt and generous response
is imperative as the reports from
the afflicted districts indicate
that the need is great and will
continue for months.
Given under my hand and seal
this ninth day of October, 1910.
Adolph o. Eberhart. Governor.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-14
DRY FARMING
MEETING BEGINS
FIFTH ANNUAL CONGRESS Is
CONVENED IN CITY OF
SPOKANE.
ADVOCATES "NEW AGRICULTURE
Congressman Mondell Presides and
Experts From All Over the
World Are Among the
Delegates.

Spokane, Oct. 5.-Delegates have
come here from all over the world to
participate in the Fifth annual Dry
Farming congress, which promises to
be the most important and interesting
meeting ever held in the history OF
the organization. The delegates rep
resent five billion acres of dry farm
land in America, France, Germany,
Russia, British South Africa, Austria
liza, India, Turkey, Hungary, Italy. Bra
iii, Argentine and Algeria. There
are also present governors of five
northwestern states, three members
Of congress-, representatives of six for
eign nations, heads of federal and
state departments and many promi.
nent agricultural experts.
In connection with the congress
there is an exposition, where COM
prehensive displays are made of the
products of the field, orchard and gar
den 20 demonstrate what has been
accomplished in the so-called semi
arid and arid districts in all parts
of the world. Prizes of total value
of $4,000 are offered in the various
competitions, which are free and open
to all dry farmers. The speakers list
includes the names of many prominent
statesmen, scientists, and agricul
turists.
Congressman F. W. Mondell, Of
Wyoming, president Of the organiza-
ton, formally convened the congress
in the Washington state armory last
night, the delegates and visitors be.
ing welcomed by Governor Hay for
the state, and Mayor Pratt for the
city. There will be eight regular SEES
sions, and in addition six meetings
of the institute sections of North and
South Dakota, Utah, Idaho, Montana
and Washington. DR.. +. v. Cooke,
state director of dry farming in Wyo.
ming, will have charge of sessions
for members tomorrow and Thurs
day mornings. The meetings are for
delegates desiring specific information
on dry farming problems. soil cul.
ture and seed breeding.
The Spokane board of control has
prepared program for the entertain.
ment of officials Of the congress, and
speakers and delegates at the con-
vention, and there will also be a
series of smokers, banquets, theater
parties and excursions for visiting
newspaper writer's.
The delegates will discuss legisla-
ton favorable to the further develop.
ment of dry lands, by establishing
demonstration farms and experiment
stations, and ways and means by
which the unOccupied agricultural
acreage of this and other countries
may be made to successfully produce
profitable crops.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-14
Consumption

Anyone interested in tho cure of Con.
sumption should get one of the booklets
telling of recoveries by the use Of Eek
mans Alternative.
Coughs, Stubborn Colds and Pncu-
monia may. be the beginning of more
serious troubles-Eckman's Alternative is
the effective remedy. Read Mr.. kanaly's
statement Saratoga, n. \.
Gentlemen: For five or six years l
was troubled with cough and eXpcctolt-
ton. l also had high fever. My case
was declared Consumption by my phySl-
clan. l was given Cod Liver Oil, CrcI-
sote and other medicines, all without
benefit.
At Christmas time, 1906, ] was not
expected to live. Calling another phSsi-
clan, he advised the use of Ec!.mall's
Alternative, Which | took wit! excellent
results and was entirely cured.
During the past year / have gained
Is lbs. / go out in all Weathers and
have had no cough or cold Whatever,
| give these facts to encourage others
to use Eckman'S Alternative"
(Sirned Ai!idaNiD James w. kanal%.
Eckman's Alternative cures Bronchitis,
Asthma, Hay Fever; Throat and Lung
Affections. Ask for booklet Of cured cases
and write to the IIckman Laboratory,
philadelphia, Pa, for additional evidence
For Sale by all leading druggists and
=. \. Clcmmcr in CrcSco.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-14

c. e. Walters was born in Toledo,
Tama county. Iowa, SeptemL er 20.
1867. He attended the common schools
of Toledo; entered Cornell College at
| Mount Vernon, Iowa, in 1886, from
| which institution he graduated with
degree.o Phi. B. with the class of 1891.
During the years 1883 and 1889 he
worked in the law office of Struble Il
Singer, at Toledo He graduated from
the law department of the Univerity OF
| Michigan at Ann Arbor with the class
| of 1898. He entered the practice of
law at Toledo. Iowa, in 1884, was in
partnership with j. r. Caldwell, a
Judge of the 18th Judicial District,
from 1895 to 1904, since which time he
has been engaged in the practice of
law by himself. In 1898 he was elect
ed county attorney for Tama county
over large republican majority; in
1900 he was defeated for his second
term by 81 votes, while the county went
$50 for Mckinley. In 1901 he was elected
by the voters of Tama county, mem
Der of Goth General Assembly over a
republican majority of 800. His bust
ness was such that he refused to run
for second term. He is a member of
the Masonic Lodge, Knights Tcmplar,
Shrine, Modern Woodmen and Loyal
Work men. He has always been
democrat, although his father is re-
publican. He began making speeches
for the democratic candidate for presi
dent in 1888 and has been at it ever
since.
During his term as county attorney,
he conducted some of the most import
ant litigation Tama county ever had,
in the suits agains the Glucose Com
pany of Marshalltown, and compelled
it to cease deposlting its sewage into
the Iowa River by Il conviction in Il
criminal suit and by injunction. He
also successfully prosecuted the Sher-
man Wilcox murder case. His advice
to the Board of Supervisors was re-
garded as that of a lawyer and saved
the county thousands of dollars.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-14
"A Little Specification"

"Our democratic friends are saying
that if the democratic party came unto
power it would reduce the expenses OF
this government $500, 100000. DO they
mean that the democrats would abolish
the pension list? Do they mean that
they would give up the navy and dis
band the army? DO they mean tina
they would abandon Porto Rico and the
Sandwich Islands and the Philippines?
Let us have little specification. What
are such statements worth unless the
gentlemen who make them give US the
details of expenditures that they crit
else and expect to avoid if they are let
into power and become themselves the
national government President Taft
Senator Aldrich said several months
ago on the floor of the senate that II
power were given him, he could effect
"A saving of $500, 600, 900 year in the
expenditures of the national govern
ment. The statement interested Mr..
Taft so little that he never solicited
Senator Aldrich to undertake the econ
omy. But since the inquiry is address
sed to democrats, here is the little
specification" asked for.
Abraham Lincoln cost the taxpayers
of the nation $29,9S0 during his first
year. General Grant cost the taxpay
ers $l2, 500 in his first year. Jcfferson's
Inauguration did not involve a penny's
outlay, but Tafts inauguration cost
$4,000, included in which expense
was SIG, 600 for a carpet to stand on.
The total cost of the pcrambulating
president during the first year was
1919, 900, nearly eight times the cost
of Grant and nearly ten times the cost
of Lincoln. A little democratic sim
plicity and less regal splendor com
prises the first of the little specifca-
tions. >"
The cost of the West Point Military
Acadamy in 1909 was 81, 5Sl, 52l. When
Grant was president it cost SIG, 7O6
Michigan University, with 5000 stu
dents cost in 1909, $500 The per
capita cost of the West Point cadets is
$l,SSl year, of the Michigan students,
S41S year.
Another little specification. In
the four years of the great Civil War,
from 1861 to 1865, the aggregate APP
preparations amounted to 81, 394 $50,
93l. The appropriations of the last
four years, including three of Koose-
welt and one year of Taft, were So, =
S42, 203, SIT, or SILT, 37.,6l6 more than
the entire aggregate in fighting the
greatest and most destructive war of
modern times, These expenditures in
volve tax on the American people of
$3.50 minute for every minute of
every day in the year!
A complete bill of specifications will
be furnished Mr.. Taft by the deno-
cratic house of representatives to be
el""t.d next month. Telegraph Her
aid.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-14
Galloway Cattle for Sale.

q Full-blood Galloway cattle, u of
which are cows and heifers. Having
rented my farms, the stock must be
sold during October. They are good
cattle and well bred. My herd bull is
a perfect Galloway and an excellent
breeder. Messrs. Franklin & Son, on
my farm nine miles northeast of Eima
and four miles west of Schley, have
charge of the stock and will show and
price them ne or all-anyone buying
the whole herd will get special bar
gain, sure. will be at the farm per-
sonalIy for about three weeks after
Oct 10th GEO. w. MERRY, Prop.
Address Box "a, Route 4, Ema, Ia,
care of Franklin & Son; Northern
Iowa Phone No. II, Elma-S chey Line.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-14
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
z sssss the Of lehzZzSzSw
The Call of the Blood

The Call of the Blood
for publication, finds voice in pimples.
boils, salow complexion, a jaundced
look, moth patches and blotches on the
skin.-all signs of liver trouble. But
Dr. Kings New Life Pills make rich
red blood; give clear skin, rosy cheeks,
fine complexion, health. Try them.
25c at +. A. Clemmer's. F.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-14

was slim one.
Bridges and culverts had burned
out, wires were down and trains were
run at their full speed. All the way
from Beaudette and Rainy River west
to Warroad, a distance of 80 miles
was a solid mass of flames.
Beaudette is only a charred rem
nant of a town. Spooner is wiped
of the map. Cedar Spur, Graceton
Pitt, Swift and Roosevelt, mere ham.
lets, are burned to the ground.
Every settler in district bounded
Dy the Rainy River and the Lake of
south, and from Warroad west, who
Is not accounted for, is dead according
to the most conservative information
obtainable.
A special relief train arrived on the
Minnesota and International railroad
bearing provision destined for Rainy
River and the Bemidji company OF the
Minnesota National Buard, which will
take charge of the distributes of sup.
plies and the preservation Of order.
The burned district will be placed
under martial law.
Mayor John Berg of International
Falls appointed relief committee to
arrange further to care for nearly
300 fire reguees now quartered here.
There are three typhoid fever cases
among them, six men badly burned
and it seems that every family Of set
tiers has from two to ten children.
They are absolutely destitute. The
women have borne up under the ter
rible strain with wonderful fortitude
and all stories from the fire district
are that the women and not the men
were the heroes.
When the refugees fled in panic for
the freight train that bore them from
Rainy River Saturday to this city,
men crushed women and children and
in spite of the fact that the cars were
choked so that standing room was at
a premium, they insisted on examining
themselves in.
Miss Myra Burt, prominent young
woman Of Beaudette. stationed her.
self at the door of one car, kicked
every man in the with her point
ed shoe who attempted to board the
car, and herself reached out and took
babes from the arms of mothers.
When the train started, there were
five babies aboard whose mothers
were left behind. They are being
care for in the hospital here.
Duluth Sends Relief Train.
Duluth, Oct. 1O.-Six hours from
the time an appeal to Mayor Cullum
came from Beaudette, special relief
train was flying along the tracks of
the Duluth, Missabea nd Northern and
the Canadian Northern toward the
fire stricken region. 1t carried Mayor
Cullum, President w. A. McGonagle
of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern;
Superintendent ]. F. kritter of the
same road; Col. F. E. Resche, Third
Regiment NJ. N. G.; Ray Higgins Of
the Kelly How Thomson company and
newspaper men.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-14

Mr.. Roosevelt has taken leadership of
the Progressive movement and in the
public mind he and the movement are
the same thing. 1t is evidently his
purpose to deliver it over to the ad-
ministration, if there is no great pop
ular uprising in his own direction. Per-
haps he does not even want to be con-
sidered himself. In that event the adj
ministration gets clean bill of health.
Register and Leader, Rep.)
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-14
c. II. MOVER TALKS TO MINERS.
President Of Western Federation Nov
In Black Hills District.

Lead, Oct. 10.-Charles II. Meyer,
president of the Western Federation
of Miners, Is in the hills on short
business visit and is addressing the
situation. While many of the union
miners who left the employ of the
Homestake at the time of the labor
trouble last fall have quit the coun-
try, there are still several hundred
here
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-14
PRINCES NAME is GIVEN PIG.
Johr A. CHarLer's Hog Poses A.
Brothers Russian Rival.

Richmond, Va, Oct. 5.--John Arm
strong ChaE'er, brother OF Sheriff
Bob" Chan!cr, of New York, and the
originator of the query, who's loon.
now?" entered at the Virginia state
fair his big prize pig, which be has
named Prince Dolgorouski, after tho
Russian noble man who has PLAYED {;
prominent part as the friend of Cave
Geri