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. know, is cousin to Paddy the
Beaver.
Don't you mind him." said he
pointing to Sammy Jay. Nobody does.
Hes. .thc. greatest trouble maker and
thief in the Green Forest or on the
Green Meadows. He would steal from
his own relatives. Don't mind what
he says. Cousin Paddy
Now. all this time Paddy had bccn
working away just as if: no n was
around. Just as Jerry stopped speak
ing Paddy thumped the ground Will,
his tail, which is his way of warning
people to watch ont. and suddenly
sctrried away as fas as he could -r7n.
Sammy lay was SO surprised that j"
couldn't find his tongue for a minute
and he didn't notice anything peculiar
about that tree. Then suddenly he
felt himself falling. With a friEaten-
cd scream he spread his wings to fly.
but branches Of the tree swept him
down with them right into the Laugh.
ing Brook. You see. while he had
been speaking his mind Paddy h
Beaver had cut down the very tree
i'm which he was sitting. San1m-s
wasn't hurt. but he was wet and mud
DIV and terribly frightened-the mo
miserable looking jay that ever was
seen. 1T was too much for all the lit
tie people who were hiding. They
lust had t laugh. Then they all came
out to pay respects to Paddy the Beav-
er.
Next story-The. Dam Grows.
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By o

practice OF affability. it ma become
sincerity instead Of pose. -.
The cold beauty may have her sat-
elites. but it. is 7sraciousness that
wins friends.
Then. there is another suggestion.
Learn to say nice things. Before you
know. it. i!l-natured remarks, which
invaria bly, rebound to the speakers
hurt, will not occur to you.
Here again. though, must enter a
word of warning. DO o confuse
compliments or nice. things with flat
terry. There is always a pleasant
word to he said to or about a person
with sincerity. Remember what the
old COPY hooks say. as l have repeated
before: "%Politeness is to do and say
the kindest thing in tho lindest way
and it isn't kind or polite to be in
sincere. Be as nice and as kindly and
as affablc as you "a in our manner
and words. but make both manner
and words carry conviction.
Notice the photograph of Gertrude
Vanderbilt. Note the little suggestion
OF. dignity that prevents the attitude
Of g~raciousness from being o%yerdone.
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A5able Manner-It is an Asset.

Affable Manner-It is an Asset.
Affaba!ity is 9. happy mean between
courtesy and obsequfousness. Guilt
rate it, touch your usual manner with
n extra hint of graciousness. ac-
companyinE your. words with the
ghost of a smile and allowing the
light of kindness to shine through
your eyes. You have no idea how
UNNECESSARILY it will help YOU per-
sonality along.
But don't overdo it. Don't mistake
cordially for gush. 1t is difficult to
explain in cold type the difference be-
tween them, but YOU all recognize it.
BY g. little serious. thought you will
be able to add just the right degree
Of expressiveness. shall We say. to
YOUR natural manner, without over
stepping the bounds.
TO many Of IFS let u moods innu-
nee III We take it out
on the first person we meet. our I'LL
humor. nervousness, or i%rritability.
Better. isn't it to control IL nan
ner, though we permit ourselves
moods? Then. at any rate. reputation
will not suffer. Incidentally, by the
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Little Stories for Bedtime. q
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1913, by ]. q. Lloyd.)

when Sammy Jay reached the place
deep in the Green Forest where Paddy
the Beaver was hard at work build
ing a dam so as to make u pond. Just
for his W use, he didn't hide as had
the little four-footed people. You see,
OF course. he had no reason to hide
because he felt perfectly safe. Paddy
had Just cut a big tree and it fell with
Il crash as Sammy came hurrying UP.
Sammy was SO surprised that for a
minute he couldn't find his tongue.
He had not supposed h Il anybody
but Farmer Browns boy could cut
down So large A tree as that, and it
quite took his breath away. But he
got it again in a minute. IIe was boil
he should have been the last to learn
that Paddy had come down from the
north to make his home in the Green
Forest and here was IL chance to
speak his mind.
Thief: thief. .thicf.' he screamed
in his harshest voice.
Paddy the Beaver looked up with a
twinkle in. his eyes. Hello, Mr.. Jay!
j see you haven't any better manners
than your cousin who lives up where
I came FROM" said he.
Thief. thief: thief" screamed
Sammy. hopping UP and down, he was
SO. angry.
Paddy. - never did sec an honest
Jay. and 1 don't suppose I ever will"
"IIa. ha. hal" laughed Peter Eab-
bit. who had quite forgotten that he
was hiding.
ooh, how do you do, MIR. Rabbi, :
I'm very glad you have called on me
this. MORNING." said Paddy, just as if
he hadn't known all the time jus.
where Peter was. Nh Jay seems to
have gotten UP on the wrong side of
Peter laughed again. "He always
does" said he "If he didn't he
wouldn't he happy. You wouldn't
think it to look at him. but he is hap
by right now. He doesn't know it.
but he is"
Sammy Jay slared down at Peter
Rabbit. Then he glared at Paddy the
Beaver. And all the time he still
shrjekcd Thief" as hard as ever he
could. Paddy kept right on work
my. This made Sammy moro angry
than ever. He kept coming nearer
and nearer until. at last he was in
the very tree that Paddy happened
TO he cutting: Paddy's eyes twinkled.
I'm no thief" he exclaimed sud
denly.
You are. You are: Thief! Thief"
shrieked Sammy. You're stealing
our trees!"
They're not your trees" ~retorted
Paddy. They belong to the Green
Forest and the Green Forest belongs
Ito all who love it, and we all love it.
and we all hsv q perfect right to take
what we need from it. I need these
trees and I've Just as much right to
4 = - y. L@,, ,e s.N,, 1N,1.a 4 - $oI-~ tt,N fnt
acorns hat drop in the fall.
n such thing" screamed Sam
my. You know, he can't talk without
screaming, and the more excited he
gets tho louder he screams. NO such
thing! Acorns arc food. They are
meant to eat. ] nave to have them tn
live. But you are cutting down whole
trees. You are spelling the Green
Forest . You don't belong here . No
body invited you and. nobody wants
you. You're Il thief"
Then up spoke Jerry Muskrat. who,
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Will Return Tonight.
Mrs. r.. NJ. ReSd, state inspector of
tho Woman's Relief Corps, viii re-
turn this evening from Devils Lake
where She was guest of honor. at q
banquet last evening given by the
CORPS of that city,.
Reception At Wv. G. 4.
The students OF the Union Com
mercial college will give a reception
Friday evening. Noyemeer IA, in the
mittee has been appointed to look
after the arrangements and an en-
joyable evening Is anticipated.
Methodist Church Music.
Prot. Fl. Alden Enyeart, director Of
the First Methodist choir. has arrang-
ed the following program of music for
tho church services on Sunday.
Morning.
Prelude Adagio, C minor. .Guilmant
Anthem. TIE Deum''. Maunder
o%nfertory. Judge Nc . C;od"......
posti t;i: ::Aiilesroa.. Me .eailmani
Prelude. Meditation. .D'Eory
Anthem, THE Lord is My Rock"
Rogers
Anthem. On High the Stars Now
Arc Shining" Rheinberger
Postlude Jepson
Hostcsses This Afternoon.
One of tho pretticst affairs of the
autumn season WAS tho reception
which was given this afternoon by
Mrs. Robert r. Young, Mrs. Elwyn r.
Chandler. Mrs. A. &. Leonard and Mrs.
II. j.. Spence, They received their
guests at the home of Mrs. Young OH
Belmont. avenue and the hours were
from 8 to S o'clock. The parlors were
made attractive with baskets of chrys-
anthemums and red roses were used
in the dining room. Assisting in the
parlors we're Mrs. Franklin l.. McVey,
Mrs. Henry NJ. Wheeler, Mrs. George
NJ. Williamson, Mrs. A. J.. Laid and
Miss Mabel Randolph.
Refreshmentsysswe were served in the
dining room ana Mrs. G. Ruediger
was in charge. Mrs. Fred L. Good
man, Mrs. G. A. A~reenleaf. Mrs. j. p.
Kennedy and Miss Ella Fulton poured.
Mrs. L. II. Schnape1, Mrs. \. j. Beck
FER. Miss Mary .MrCumber and Miss
| Mary. Howe setSAd.
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"A cane! Yes. why not? demanded
Mary Garden when she arrived from
Europe for her winter season with
the Philadelphia Opera company.
Mary, Mary. who poses, as being
quite contrary, was carrying a walk
ing stick. She was not lame. halt nor
blind. She was carrying it because it
she. Others thought she carried it
because she knew the fact would In
terest man. Thousands Of American
women in her.
France made the cane and made it
to fit into the costume in which Miss
Garden descended from. the George
Washington upon the astounded gaze
of Hoboken. /. Such a costume! A
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dream in purple. Purple gown, purple
hat of Napoleonic cut, purple lining
to her fabulous sable coat, and-last
and supreme touch - white spats ia
Honest to goodness-white spats to
cover her absurdly small boots.
Thus armed and equipped cap-a-pie,
Miss Garden purposes to tie all the
hearts of Fifth avenue (New York;
an dBroad street (Philadelphia), and
Michigan avenue tchicago), in a hard
even if she has to mix her metaphors
somewhat in that process.
: On the occasion Of a former re.
entry to America. Miss Garden said
she would certainly finish her career
in a convent. She doesn't dress the
part.
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Entire Nous Club Meeting.

The Entire Nous club will meet
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
home. Of Mrs. o. B. Burtness on North
Third street. The study of the Eng
lish authors and artists will be con-
tinued. The program follows:
Lord Bulwer Lytton-Mrs. ]. S.
Hatcher.
Sir Walter scott-Mrs. E.. A. Blk
Ter.
Reynolds the Artist-Mrs. q. E.
Burtness.
Eastern Star Silver Tea.
The regular Eastern Star silver tea
will be held Tuesday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. e. F. Read, SIS South
Fifth street. The hours will be from
2 to 5 O'clock and a cordial invita-
ton is extended to all members of
the order, whether affiliated with the
hostesses will be Mrs. Dan Dow, Mrs.
A. ]. Fairchild. Mrs. Harold Lamming
and Mrs. s. a. sa9nderson.
Mics Withheld. Hostess Tonight.
Miss Ruth Withheld will be hostess
this evening at a dinner party to be
given at her home on Reeves ave-
nue. in honor Of Mrs. Arthur l..
Netcher and Lawrence Mccoy OF
reIEy, 81 oAIliIeT VIII
be served at $3.50 O'Clock and a color
scheme Of pink and white will be
used in the table decoration. Pink
roses will be used as a centerpiece
and the guests will include a company
Of young people. Following the serv-
ice of the dinner. the evening will
he spent in PLAYING auction bridge.
P. Il. o. Luncheon. ut Fargo.
Fargo Courier-News: The dining
room Of the Annex hotel was the
con Thursday noon. when the MEM
bers of the r. r.. o. sisterhood from
various parts of the state met for n
social hour. The table was made at
tractive with the tasty ARRANGEMENTS
Of margucrites. the flower of the
sorority. Tho GU of town guests
were Miss A. sanderson, Fanny e.
Nelson, Hazel Nelson. of Valley City:
Lillian. Bulge. Mrs. H. 2. Simpson.
Of Grand Forks; Anna H~illesheinl, Of
I Dickinson; Mrs: e. II. Elvin Of
BRECKENRIDGE, while the Fargo MEM
bers present were Mrs. Pasco. Grace
| Horton Grimes and Mrs. d. NJ.
Eaton, who presided as hostess at
the luncheon.
through the suggestion Of Mr.. H. =.
Simpson, president OF the Grand Forks
chapter and preliminary arransernents
were made for the organization of a
chapter. here in Fssso:
Hapetst, Musical Service.
The choir. Of the First Baptist
church under tho direction OF Louie
u. rowland will rive it, first musical
seryice Of. the season on. next Sunday
evening at which time 0ounod's st.
Cecilia mass will be given. The solo,
! lists will be Mrs. Paul r. Grifrth and
r. r., Dickinson. MiKs Jane II. Smith
| will preside as usual at the organ.
Mrs. Homer NJ. Cook and, Albert
Hansen will each contribute a solo 10
the program.
services will be as follows:
Morning..
NJ ditation. de Ia Tombelle
Anthem-"The Way is Long and
Dreary s l1a : ,;
Mrs. Paul Griffith.
Postluie ................. Gutlmant
Evening.
Prelude-Chant Triumphal. $50. Haul
solo Selected
Mrs.. Cook.
Violin solo-Legende.. $50. Weniawski
Mr.. Albert Hansen.
Observation-Disclosures. Rogers
C.rcdo .......... ........ CiounOd
Ofrertory 3ounod
( Sanctus ................... Gounod
Hencdictus Gounod
/ xrnes J1ej $3.50. So. Gounod
postluIe ..........r...,.s- Shelley.
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Reccption for Lutheran students.

The Young PEOPLES society Of the
Zion Lutheran church gave a. recep-
ton last evening in the church par
Tors for the Lutheran students Of the
university and city schools. A large
number we're present d good program
was given and refreshments were
served.
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Crookston Girl to We'd.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. Miller Of Crook.
ston have announced the approach
ing marriage Of. their daughter, Miss
Ernestine Anne, to j. Stewart Roemer
of Duluth, Mimi, formerly Of Crook
ston. The wedding will take place at
the home of the bride elect, on Satur.
day. November 30. The
ment will be received with q great
deal of interest, as both young people
are we'll known and popular. Mr..
Roeiner has visited in Grand Forks
on numerous occasions.
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DAIRY1NG GzfNs IN FAVOR.

New England, N. d., Nov. s.-Dai-
rvins is gaining in popularity here
and it may not be many Years before
this section will be as famous for that
purpose as it was formerly for ranch
ing. Three cars of dairy COWS were
sold here some time ago.. last week
another was disposed of and a third
shipment Is expected soon.
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1t doesn't always follow that the
GENT with a. diamond shirt stud Is a
]barkeepcr. although many regard IL
as a badge OF that brotherhood of
booze.
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Usually the rejected sutton lacks
the nerve to commit suicide the SAM
evening. and by neXt morning he real
ICES there are a. number Of other girls.
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How we do hate those knowing
winks?
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Annual Parish Suppc

AMMual I&FlSI1 ppc
The ladies of st. Michael's parish
will give the annual parish supper, on
Wednesday. November IL, in the
Knights OF Columbus hall. A delici-
Gus turkey supper will he served from
S to = o'clock and a cordial invitation
is extended.
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Returned from Argyle.

Committee q Meet Sunday.
The new social committee for the
knights OF Columbus will meet Sun.
daN, afternoon to select the dates for
their series of parties, which will he
given during the winter.
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"I think I suffered every pain a wo-
man could before I began taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
! think it saved this baby's life, as I
lost my first lie.
"My health has been very good ever
since, and l praise your medicine to all
my friends. ~ Mrs. VERNA WILKES,
r. F. D. No. l, Plattsburg, Miss.
The darkest days of husband and wife
are when they come to look forward to
a childless and lonely old age.
Many 8 wife has found herself inca
pable of motherhood owing to some
arrangement of the feminine system,
often durable by the proper remedies.
In many homes one childless there
are now children because of the fact
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound makes women normal.
III you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence.
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Heroes in All Classes.

If a great loss of life was averted
at Peru, this is due to some heroes of
the Owen Wister type, river men and
water rats from surrounding lakes,
who by unbelievable prowess with a
pair of frail oars rescued the doomed,
and in splendid harmony with their
virile efforts shines the spirit of wom-
en- who valiantly helped, supremely
oblivious to distressing surroundings.
Among the latter are Mrs. r. H.
Bouslog, Mrs. R. c. Edwards, and
Mrs. Albert Shirk, all three wives
of local millionaires, and also leaders
in the self-sacrifices required to pro-
vide sandwiches, coffee and smiles to
a panic stricken multitude in emer-
gency quarters.
Among the boatmen two brothers,
Charley and Ted Knight, are praised
on the corners left in Peru. Ted, with
w. A. Huff, a dentist, braved the tur.
bulent waters of the Wabash river,
cutting off Peru on the south side
and rendering uncertain the fate of the
Inhabitants of South Peru. According
to the report the two rescuers reached
the opposite shore alive, after having
been overturned several times.
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HAND to Roof Thirty Hours.

After hanging to the roof of their
home for thirty hours, with a strong
wind blowing and a heavy snow fall
ing, August Schmidt, wife and two
children were rescued. None of them
could move a muscle, being chilled
through. They were removed to Van
Cleve School, where hundreds of other
rescued were taken.
I'D have fallen into the water If it
hadn't been for daddy" exclaimed the
little girl. who was first of the four to
0 sufficiently to talk.
when the water came into the
house we had to climb on the roof.
Daddy held me and mamma held
brother. Oh, it was cold. l thought
l was going to die, but daddy kept
hold of me-"
A little boy, who, during the night
chung in full sight of the rescuers
was rescued. He probably will die
The little fellow. was discovered after
the flood had risen so high he coulc
not weather the waters.
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Queer Ironing.

A writer in the Wide World maya
zine says that the most curious sight
he saw at Cairo was men ironing
clothes with their feet! The men
were employed in the native tailoring
establishments.
Except for the long handle, the
irons were shaped like the ordinary
fiat-iron, only larger. A solid block
of wood rested on the top of the iron,
and on this the men placed one foot.
guiding the iron in the desired direc-
ton by means of the handle. For the
sake of convenience, ironing boards
were raised only a few inches from
the ground, and, however strange the
method may seem to us, the work
was done very we'll and very expedi.
tiously.
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Whole Families on Roofs

All of the first terrible night, while
the city of Peru, Ind, was in inky
darkness because of the cutting off of
the gas and electric light supply, men,
women and children, and in some in
stances entire families, lay fiat where
they had crawled to the roofs of their
homes, waiting for daylight to bring
relief. Hundreds of others were
damned in the courthouse and lodge
buildings, which were in the only four
blocks of the city not under water.
The first thought of rescue parties
vas to send into the town boats to
carry to safety those who were threat
ened with drowning. Telephone com
munication had been opened with
points in the residence and business
districts and from those marooned in
buildings it was learned that many
persons, including some women who
held their children in their arms, had
been or roofs exposed to an almost
freezing temperature all night. One
man telephoned he had seen several
fall from exhaustion and slip into the
water. 1t was the purpose of the res
cuers first to reach those in greatest
danger. Hundreds of others huddled
together at the courthouse, although
in want of food and water, were to be
taken later.
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Many Rescued by a Cable.


Many thrilling stories we're told by
the Dayton refugees who had been
trapped in their attics and on their
roofs in the very heart of the food.
A. j. Bard of Belmont avenue, who
was penned in the City National
Bank building on Third street, near
Main, Tuesday, was rescued.
One hundred and fifty of us were
caught in the building" said Mr..
Bard. I'VE remained there until the
fire started, then we began to plan an
escape"
I'VE cut the elevator cable and OBJ.
tanned a ball of Irvine and some small
wire from one Of the offices. We at,
tracted a boatman, who risked his life
to come to us. We gave the boatman
one end of the twine and he rowed to
the old courthouse. He then pulled
the wire over and after that the heavy
cable.
One end of the cable was made
fast in the bank building and the
other in the old courthouse. Then,
with only the light of the burning
structure, the $50 persons in the bank
building made their way, hand over
hand, along the cable V e the swirl
ing torrent to the courthouse. be.
lieve every one, men and women
made the trip in safety. During our
Imprisonment l had two crackers and
a slice of Clipped beef to eat"
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Surqeon Tells Graphic Story,

DR.. Ray B. Harris, a police z
Of Dayton, Ohio, and one of the CHIEF
workers among the injured immedi
ately after the cyclone, told a graphic
story of the sufferings of the hun
dreds who were hurt.
when we began to collect the bod
les we realized for the first time the
fearful state of affairs" said the ply
sician. 1T was as grewsome a task
as | ever worked at. Some of the
bodies we're twisted into frightful
shapes and some had pieces Of
wreckage-wood and iron-driven
through their bodies. Dozens were
smothered to death, some were
burned, still others were crushed and
beaten to death by the flying timbers,
Every physician in the city, and
even the medical students, were at
work Sunday night and all day Mon
day. l impressed two dentists myself,
although l didn't want any teeth
drawn. They worked like T~rojans.
too.
Some of the taxicab drivers thought
it was a golden opportunity to reap a
harvest, and demanded huge sums for
carrying the injured to the hospitals.
The doctors wouldn't stand for any
thing like that, and l personally
thrashed two drivers who presumed
to haggle."
Another husky young doctor had an
argument with a chauffeur, who de
manded S. apiece for conveying two
injured women to a hospital. When
he would not yield the physician
seized a piece of board and knocked
the man senseless with it. Then he
took the chauffeur to the hospital with
the women and ministered to him.
1t is such incidents as this that evi.
dence the fearful night of terror and
panic and the day of sorrow that fol.
lowed.
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Forty Dead at Bridge.

Richard Lee, an engineer on the
Pennsylvania, who brought in the last
train over that line from Logansport,
reported a terrible condition at the
Pennsylvania bridge over the Wabash
on the outskirts of ~Logansport.
This bridge Is braced across an
island and is as neal indestructible as
a bridge can be made" said Mr.. Lee.
1T is eighteen miles down stream
from Peru and has caught all the
debris from that town.
Il think we saw the remains of
more than 100 houses stacked up
against this bridge, with the current
Juggling and pulling at them. We
could make out thirty or forty dead
bodies in the crushed lumber, and 1t
seemed as if some section of Peru
must have been overwhelmed sudden
ly and swept down stream to destruc'
lion"