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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
WHAr A WRITER SAW.

VITA y WHl EN- ohWs
A snort time ago noticed him as
he came into town, With his wagon
full of vegetables, and chickens, and
eggs. He found ready market for
his produce, and / thought how happy
his little ones would be when he re-
turned home in the evening with toys,
and dresses, and shoes, and food for
the morrow, and some clear money In
his purse. ! thought ! could see his
wife standing in the doorway to give
him a cordial greeting on his return.
so desirous was that he should make
the home ones happy and contented. ]
could almost see his cheerful face as
he returned to his family after days
absence. So thought, and returned
to my work. But evening came, and
he passed by my window again. He
had nothing | thought he would haye.
The bed Of the wagon Was bare. Nc
little shoes, nor food for the morrow,
nor money In his purse, l dare say.
The man was drunk. He had changed
and this changed my thoughts OF his
home. could see the children shrink
ing from his approach. and the wife
80 care-worn and sorrowful. She
could not meet him with the tender
smile with which she had intended
greeting him. He was breaking heI
heart, and preparing to make a desc
late home for his wife and children
w. II. Engler.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
COST OF A BOY.


(By MRS ELLA A. BORLE, President
New York State w. c. T. u
II ! were TO place a money value on
what that mother does for the boy
from the time he is born until he ie
twenty-one years of age. am not put
ting II too high when / assert 1t Is
worth say two dollars a week-you
could not hire 1t done for that-which
means that the mother has invested in
the boy from the time he was born
until he is twenty-one years of age
more than twenty-one hundred dollars
in hard work.
What has the father done for the
boy? He has provided the home, the
food and lodging, paid the doctors
bills. paid for his books, his clothes.
his schooling and his bills when he
went to college, so that when | make
the average amount expended by the
father 500 per year my estimate is
low. This means that when the boy
has reached twenty-one years of age
his father and mother have expended
upon him in cash and hard labor more
than $4,000.
If had a house valued at $4,000
and some one we're to destroy 1t by
fire, ! would have the man arrested
and sent to the penitentiary, but If
had a boy, and a house, would 9
thousand times rather some one would
set fire to my house and burn It to
the ground than have the saloon gel
hold of my boy and ruin him body ant
soul. Wouldn't you?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
JUSTICE TO WIFE AND CHILDREN.

The court was hearing case Of
drunk, third arrest" The Judge
turned to the woman who stood near,
whose worn, sorrcwful face had
touched his heart. and said; Il am
sorry, but ! must lock up your hus-
hand" The injured wife, victim OF
the legalized liquor traffic, one of the
many who take the consequences
while the husband takes the drink"
had no thought of touching deep moral
or economic problems. but only of
plain, everyday, common sense, when
she replied: Your honor, wouldn't
1t be better for me and the children
II you locked up the saloon and let my
husband go to work?"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
Disfgurements.

Don C. Seitz of New York was
praising the newspaper advertisement.
But billboards." he said, bring
small returns. and, besides, they dis
figure the landscape.
in a recent play the stage manager
staged a meadow with chewing-gum
and cold-cure and cigarette ads on
every rock and tree and fence.
"'Hold. hold said the star. Ads
in our meadow scene! That's carry
ing commercialism bit too far
"Commercialiem nothing said the
stage manager. I'm a realist, ! am,
and l want that meadow TO look like
a genuine one"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
rItta Rutfo,s Important Views.

A piece of baked mecaroni trying
20 stand upright. This is the defini-
ton OF the modern American woman
given to Denver newspaper reporter
by Titta Ruffo of the Chicago Grand
Opera company.
1T ees like a piece of cooked maca-
roni making effort to stand upright
he said with an air of disgust. Sin
Eet-lay the women are beeg. Only
beeg women are beautiful.
'The American woman is very chic
and it is good for her to be suffra
gette. II is nice for waman to rule
man in America. In Eet-lay 1t is mo-
so nice"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
WOMAN COULD
} NOT SIT UP
Now Does Her Own Work.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Helped Her.
Ironton, Ohio. =" am enjoying bet
Der health now than have for twelve

years. When / be-
gan to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound d I
could not sit up. I
had female troubles
and was very ner-
vous. / used the
remedies a year and
! can do my work
and for the last eight
m n this l hav e
w ork ed for other
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
Golden Rule In Business.

You get your moneys worth every
time. Hanford's Balsam is guaran-
teed to cure ailments and injuries that
can be reached by external application
or yeur money will be refunded by the
dealer. Getting a bottle now is like
taking out insurance. Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

"That man insists on attending his
own furnace"
Eyes. He used to live in an apart
ment and he took a tip from the jani-
tor. It's the only sure way to be boss
oil the establishment"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
COMMON SENSE IN NORTHERN
WISCONSIN.

There are hundred miles of rail.
road through northern Wisconsin with
but one saloon town on the whole
route This station retained its wet.
ness" at the last election by major
ity of only four votes. And yet north.
ern Wisconsin is the home OF the for
eign emigrant. the lumberman and
the copper and iron workersl
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
Not Worth loafina.

Hemmandhaw-I thought Bean
brough was going on months vaca-
ton.
Shimmerpate-He was. but the boss
only wanted to give him two weeks
and he refused to take half loaf.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

After a girl in small town passes
the age of twenty-five without having
caught on she is willing to move to
a new town.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
What He Wanted.

my wife insists on having a flying
machine"
I'VE have some that are perfectly
safe, sir"
Have you one that will fly at an
altitude OF about ten inches?"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
In the Nature Class.

Nov, children, can you name any
other creature who belongs TO the
brute creation7"
81 can, teacher"
"Then name the creature"
my papa. My mamma says So"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
Not So Artistic.

"You notice they celebrate Mothers
Day by wearing fiower?'
yes"
There wouldn't be any fun in ev-
cry girl taking that occasion to re
lieve mother by washing the dishes. s.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
Some Comfort.

Friend-Eggs coming down.
Actor don't care what they do, SO
long as they don't come across.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

We know some railway bridges that
seem TO be dependent on Providence
and a coat OF paint
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

The more you talk to a man about
himself the more intelligent he thinks
you are.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

Why is 1t as easy to annoy grown
folks as 1t is difficult to amuse baby
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

For bunions use Hanford's Balsam.
Apply It thoroughly for several nights
and rub in we'll. Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

Quarreling before marriage may be
an indication of love, but 1t does not
indicate the same after the ceremony.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
Mhoops.

Ibid you ever see Augusta?"
what Augusta?"
Augusta wind"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

Constipation causes and seriously aggra,,
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
granules. Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

For thrush use Hanford's Balsam.
Get 1t into the bottom OF the affected
part. Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

Even a gold-handled umbrella ha
It's ups and downs.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

A mother is seldom heroine to hei
sixteen-year-old daughter.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

Blushing is likely to strain grass
widows complexion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

The science of living consists in no
being a dead one.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more
goods than others. Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

To stop bleeding use Hanfords Bal.
sam. Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21
Daughter Helped Also.

81 gave it to my daughter when she
was thirteen years old. She was in
school and was nervous wreck, and
could not sleep nights. Now she looks
80 healthy that even the doctor speaks
of it You can publish this letter II you
like. Mrs. RENA BOWMAN, 16l S. 10th
Street, Ironton, Ohio.
Why viii women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out sickly,
half-bearted existence, missing three
fourths Of the JOY of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham' 8
Vegetable Compound?
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegeta-
ble Compound will help you, write
toLydia aE.Pinkham Medicine Co.
lconfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for ad-
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

women, too. cannot praise Lydia E.
Pinkham's 3 Vegetable Compound enough
for I know never would have been as
well II had not taken it and recon-
mend IL tn mlfferinO wornen -
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-05-21

w. N. u, WICHITA, NO. 1s-1st4.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16

The p. E. o. Sisterhood will hold its
regular meeting this evening at 8
o'clock at the home Of Miss Edna
Twamley on North Fourth street. The
subject for study will be "Maeter-
linck and Mrs. o. G. Libby will review
the "Bluebird."
Choose your Christmas gifts at the
No-Vary exhibition parlor and begin
saving No-Vary (always good) cou-
pons. Coupons and some money may
be used or you can get them abso-
lutely free with coupons and certifi-
cates.-Adv.
X y X
The Golden Rod club will meet
Thursday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in
Odd Fellows hall. The hours will be
from $3.50 to O'clock and the usual
pastimes will be enjoyed. Refresh
ments will be served by the hostesses
Mrs. William Moss and Mrs. Coulter
X X X
The Rebekah Book and Thimble
club will meet Tuesday afternoon al
8 o'clock in Odd Fellows hall. Mrs.
M. H. Redick, Mrs. o. G. GIidden,
Mrs. M. A. Hawkins and Mrs. Fred
Redick will be the hostesses and q
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16
HAvE:DARk HAIR
ANDL00k |'|.|| YOUNG
Nobody Can Tell When You
Darken Gray, Faded Hair
S With Sage Tea.

GRANDMOTHER kept her hair beauti-.
fully darkened, glossy and abundant
with brew Of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Whenever her hair fell out or took on.
that dull. faded or streaked appear
ance. this simple mixture was applied
with wonderful effect. BY asking n
any drug store for "wyeth,s sage and
Sulphur Compound" you will got ..
large bottle Of this old-time recipe,
ready to use. for about so cents. This
simple mixture can be depended upon
to restore natural color and beauty to
the hair and is splendid for dandruf,
dry. itchy scalp and falling hair.
a well-known downtown druggist
says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and,
Sulphur, because 1t darkens 20 natur.
ally and evenly that nobody can tail Il;
has been applied-it's % easy TO usa.
toos You simply dsmpen q comb Or
soft brush and draw It through your
hair. taking one strand at . time. By
morning the gray hair disappears; af.
ter another application or two. 1t 81
restored to its natural color ana looks
glossy, soto and abundant-Adv. e &
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16

Striped Chipmunk isn't much Of a
climber. He would much rather
scamper along stone walls and on the
ground. He can climb. but he doesn't
do it unless he has to. And he isn't
at all at home in the treetops as are
his cousins. So when he had looked
up and seen the chestnut burrs OPEN
ing and showing the brown nuts he
had sighed longingly. Chatterer and
Happy Jack climbed the trees and
helped themselves. He couldn't, and
they wouldn't have let him If he
could.
Then along come Farmer Browns
Boy and began to knock the brown
nuts down. He was knocking them
down for himself. Of course. He
thought he was. anyway. But Striped
Chipmunk knew that there would be
very many that would roll out of sight
Under the leaves. and that Farmer
Browns Boy would not find at all
Then all he would have to do when
Farmer Browns Boy left would be to
hunt them out with his sharp eyes
md the help Of his nose. So it seem
I'D to him a great ioks that the verv
,ne who made his hig. selfish cousins
chatterer and Happy Jack. so angr,
should be helping him and so MAKING
him glad. And so he laughed anc
laughed and kept the ioke all to him
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16
~ Little Stories for Bedtime ~

er Browns Boy. And the nuts they
by throwing sticks. The faster the
nuts ratified down the happier Striped
Chipmunk grew and the more his
cousins. Chatterer the Red Squirrel
and Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel,
scolded. They said unkind things to
Striped Chipmunk and they called
Farmer Browns Boy q thief and other
bad names.
OF course, Farmer Browns Boy
couldn't understand them. but he
guessed that they were scolding at
him. Once in while he would look
over at them and toss a nut toward
them and say:
Don't worry! Don't worry! I'm
enough and to spare. You mustn't be
selfish, you know. I won't be. Til
leave plenty for you"
But that that Chatterer and Happy
Jack scolded the harder. You see, it
was this way: They felt that they
owned those nuts. Yes. sir, that Is
Just the way they felt about 1t. They
felt that these nuts belonged to them,
and that no one else had a right to
any Of them. Chatterer pretended to
think that all belonged to him, and
Happy Jack pretended to think that
all belonged to him. II no one else
had been there to help themselves to
nuts Chatterer and Happy Jack would
have quarreled and perhaps fought
over them. But as 1t was. they were
friends for the time being.
or course. they were selfish. There
were ever so many more nuts than
they could possibly use. and yet they
didn't want any one else to have any.
They didn't want their merry little
cousin Striped Chipmunk. to have any,
and as for Farmer Browns Boy they
felt that he was nothing less than a
great robber. Chatterer quite forgot
that he and Farmer Browns Boy had
become very good friends But Striped
Chipmunk didn't look at Farmer
Browns Boy as a robber at all. That
is where the joke came in. You see,
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16

Miss Echo Turner will entertain the
~" club Tuesday evening at her home
on South Fifth street.
X X X
Misses Lillian and Eva Fairchild
spent Sunday In Crookston as guests
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. C. Q.
Roemer. ...
Mrs. G. W. FISHER = returned last
evening from Minneapolis, where she
has been visiting for the past two
weeks, as guest at the home of Mrs.
j. II. Ruettell.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r.. Winslow who
have been visiting for the past few
days at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl.
B. Finch on Reeves avenue. left last
evening for their home in Watertown
S. d.
Christmas gifts Il absolutely ! i free with
No-Vary (always good) coupons and
certificates or at a very low cost If
you use coupons and money Pick out
your gift at the No-Vary exhibition
parlors, opposite Hotel Dacotah.-
Adv.
The Florence Crittenden Circle will
hold social Tuesday afternoon from
3 to 5 o'clock at the home Of Mrs. T..
J. Smith on Belmont avenue. An in
teresting program has been arrang-
ed and short talks will be given on the
work that is being done by the Circle
and musical numbers will be render
ed. At the close Of the program So
cial hour will be enjoyed and light
refreshments will be served. Mrs. c.
S. Marsden will be the assisting hos
tess. All ladies of the city who are
Interested in the work are invited to
be present
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16
stxipe6 OIApnunk's Joke u Ex-
plAined

The harder tho Merry Little Breezes
shook the tops Of the nut trees the
harder striped Chipmunk laughed.
but though they teassd snd tsased
him "a wouldn't tell them what he
W. lauehing at. He said It was just
. little secret Joke all his own. 30
the Merry Little Breesss Ghook the
trees until they were tired, and sent
tha 6sown nuts rAttling down 70 Farm
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16

Next Story-Peter Tries a Little
Work.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16
STRIPED CHIPMUNK HAS A
SECRET JOKE.
(By Thornton w. Burgess.)
Copyright. 1914, by ]. G. Lloyd. }

OF all the little meadow and forest
people none Is brighter eyed, merrier,
or more beloved than Striped Chip
munk. He likes best the edge Of the
Green Forest where the old stone wall
separates 1t from the Green Meadows.
and there the Merry Little Breezes OF
Old Mother West Wind go to play
with him every day. He dearly loves
the sunshine, and 1t seems as II he
must have some secret way OF taking
1t right into his small self, for he Is so
sunny-hearted that he brightens even
the gloomiest day. No one can have
q long face when Striped Chipmunk
is about. Yes. sir, it must be that
he has some secret way of taking in
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16

Than Ever.
the sunshine. You know, he is very
fond of secrets, and has some of the
No one can keep q secret better than
Striped Chipmunk. That Is because
he keeps 1t wholly to himself-doesn't
tell even SO many as one, which Is the
only way to keep a secret.
If you tell one and he tells one
Your secrets known by three.
But just one more will make 1t four;
1t can no secret be.
On this particular morning Striped
Chipmunk was In the very best of
spirits. He whisked in and out be-
tween the stones of the old wall, raced
along the top, chased his tail. and did
other foolish things just to show how
happy he felt. Farmer Browns Boy,
throwing sticks up in the chestnut
two or three times to laugh at him,
and though Farmer Browns Boy
didn't know it Striped Chipmunk
laughed back. Chatterer the Red
Squirrel and Happy Jack the Gray
Squirrel heard them both laugh and
they scowled. Yes. sir. they scowled
Then they said things. unpleasant
luluSS, " otIlpSu SHApIuuuh hNN
Farmer Browns Boy. They scolded
as fast as their tongues could go.
Farmer Browns Boy didn't mind
In the first place, he didn't know that
they were scolding him. and If he had
he wouldn't have cared because he
is 80 much bigger than they that the
dreadful threats they made would
only have tickled him II he could have
understood them. And Striped Chip
munk didn't mind. Bless you. no! He
only chuckled and laughed the more
tns.
what are you laughing at and
having such good time about :" ask
ed one of the Merry Little Breezes.
'sTell us so that we can laugh. too"
"It's a Joke. the best Joke ever. but
It's secret joke" replied Striped
Chipmunk.
striped chipmunk laughed harder
than ever. 'They don't know 1t is
q joke said he. ."rhey think. it isn't
but it is. Really. 1t is." =,
The Merry Little Breezes laughed
Just because Striped chipmunk did,
They. 1ust had to. Has Farmer
Browns Boy got anything t9 s,, 90 With = !.
SuAk JVh0S 09NSSA Ss@~se~Se s@eSe~S ~S~s
Striped chipmunk nodded ss Il he
were trying to nod his head of. Hes
all Of III" he cried.
The Merry Little Breezes looked at
Farmer Browns Boy very hard. but
they couldn't see any Joke. He looked
to them Just as he always did. Then
they gave it up. rumpled striped Chip
munk's hair. and raced over to help
Farmer Browns Boy get the brown
nuts by shaking the tops Of the trees.
And when they did that Striped Chip.
munk laughed harder than ever. and
Chattterer the Red Squirrel and Hap
nv Jack the Gray Squirrel scolded
harder than ever.
stzipe6 Olapmunk's Joke II Ex-
pla1ned
Tho harder the Merry Little Breezes
shook the tops Of the nut trees the
harder striped Chipmunk laughed.
but though they teassd and tsased
him he wouldn't tell them what he
was Laughing at. He said It was just
. little secret joke all his own. 30
the Merry Little Breesss shook the
trees until they were tired, and sent
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16
"The Man Who Fought With the


In the quick-coming dusk Of the trop-
ical night. what was it that
barred the way?
The colonel walking the lines of the
Tenth stopped down whore q
soldier lay.
Dead he lay. but he guarded still .
paper In his right hand.
And the colonel said: "This soldier
fought today under my COM
mand.
This is the man whose voice heard
in the thick of the battle today.
i've lost my regiment, sir. the
Ninth;
will tight with the Tenth If I
may
Men were. falling to right and left;
the bullets around us flew,
Il looked at him sharply; he simply
said. My duty I'd like to do
BE 1t So I answered.; serve with
the TENTH and he disappeared
from my sight.
"They say he fought with a gallant
will, and saw him no more till
tonight.
"One hour ago before me he stood.
his voice was steady and low
will find my regiment now he
said, If you will give me leave
to go.
but lest my captain should think
shirked, will you write him
q note to say
fought with the Tenth under your
command. and have done my
duty today?'
Quickly wrote: this paper would
show he had done his soldierly
part.
Il little thought to find him here with
stray shot in his heart.
He served with US. with our dead let
him rest. and give him q COM
rade's place."
The man who had fought with the
Tenth seemed to smile as he
lay with his upturned face.
They slipped the paper he never
would need into his hand again.
And the colonel passed slowly along
the lines to cheer his dropping
men.
BY Edith NJ. Thomas in New York
Sun 1893
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16

Every man gets lot Of wireless
messages from his wife.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16

self. He would fill his secret store.
house now despite his selfish cousins.
for on the ground he could pick up
nuts faster than they. and because Of
the pockets In his cheeks he could
carry more at time. And he looked
on Farmer Browns Boy as a friend,
though Farmer Browns Boy didn't
know it. And this was something Of
q Joke. too. when you come to think
Of it. -