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Boys School Shoes,
csc pair.

School shoes for big or little
boys made over regular little men 5
lasts. Hook and lace, stout soles,
the kind you pay $I.5o for. Spe-
cial, o8c pair.
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Why are poultry the most profitable
creatures on a farm? For every grain
they give a peck.
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ylIE Children's
G6Ieg Felt House
IN Slippers,
W7SS> 75c pair.

Children's best quality felt slip
pers, with nice soft flexible leather
soles, noiseless, various colors.
special 75c pair.
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Women's Spanish Drawnwork Linen
HandkerChiefs at lie each.

This handkerchief opportunity you will
least half dozen when them They're pure linen and
of them hand drawn work emtched They superior
to the Swiss embroidered and will withstand many laundering
coming each time as when
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Opera Glasses
Reduced.

Reduced-not on account OF the
kind or any blemish, but on ac-
count of the quantity we have
and we mean to move them rapid
ly if price goes for aught. They're
an elegant and acceptable gift.
Lemaire's best glasses are here
and there is saving suggestion in
this item if you've thought in
this line.
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Children's Finger
Rings, Csc each.

Gold plated finger rings for
children, good, durable and pretty,
some perfectly plain, some en-
eraved, and some with stone set
tings of various kinds; neat, pretty
and durable. Price, 25c. each.
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City Finances.

Following is the report of City Auditor
Young, for the week ending Saturday, De-
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Athletics and Health.

There is a popular delusion that an
athlete must necessarily: be a healthy
man, by reason of his athleticism, but
as a matter of fact. muscular develop
ment is not an affair of the constitu-
ton; it is an accident. pure and sim
pie. Strong limbs are frequently 10
be found associated with weak
heart, and many a strong man dies q
consumption. II health may b de-
fined as a, capacity for hanging on to
life, then in, many cases the weakest
are the healthiest. If such deAni-
ton is accurate, women are healthier
than men, their average length Of
days being greater. It, is doubtful,
however, If centenariank, merely be-
cause they are centenarians, are abso-
lutely the healthiest. It is as hard to
say what life is as to say what health
is, and the way in which unhealthy
people are tenacious of life is not sur
prising. 60. -: - - 81
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-. PAUL. MINNEAPOLIS MINI SATURDAY, JANUARY 1898

ana all the Town turns oul N ,uulpu.y s..,..e
to enjoy short season of music and moon.
light. dancing, flirting. and Whatever other
amusements may be attainable. And ttzAn
presto! In the twinkling Of On eye everybody;
apparently falls again into an enchanted
slunlber; the sunny streets are deserted; the,
shadowy houses forsaken by al but gh0sts,ss
and silence reignx IL old Carriage. I
/ For the middle and lower classet Thursdays
are even livelier than Sundays. sthongh. less
musical, owing to the absence Of band and
bells. 1t il the market day Of Ythe district,
when tho plaza, that indispensable adjunct
OF all Spanish cities, suddenly blossoms int
q surprising activity, and presents vivid
blending ofstAe sharp contrastssof, tropical
life. The market plaza OF Costa Rica' sforme1
capital Is shut of on one side by the massive
white towers Of the parochial church; on
another by substantial one-story houses, with
projecting roofs and 'iron. barred casements,
and fronted by: the quartet and Governors
audience hall, the whole directly overhuns By
the frowning volcano, Irasa. and shad0wed
nv The cloud. eollsete4 azaupdsh bis forehead.
v! i ts rGgg 100 NJ NJ pSnuituGo.F
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z. MrJaC Blackburnsof Evansville In6..
is spending the holidays in the city.
Miss Jennie Porter Of Cincinnati is in
the city tie guest of Miss Mary N, Hicks
on Jacobstreet, s"r.,.g v,rs.r ~.
The "Artistic Dozen entertained q
number of friends at the residence of
Mrs. Julia Mckinley Dec. S0tb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Davis of Cincin-
natl are in the city. the guest of Mrs,
Susan Johnson Of West Broadway.
The class of '97 of the High School
gave very pretty dance at the residence
of Miss Alberta Robinson Dec. 2Sth. !,
The annual reception ofthe Fifth St
Church G aoir will begin jan. let '9S q
the residence of Mira. William Stewart. "
The ':Treble Cleft" Club received
their friends at the residence Of Miss
Eliza Davenport Dec. 29;h hours from 4
to 9 P. M. <,.
Mrs Dinah Sutton the last of the slaves
ever owned in New Jersey has passed
her 105th birthday at her home in Pat
erson. 10 .
A ''ne~" father.in q Missouri town
found q $40 gold piece tucked into the
lining Of . baby carriage he bought
there, and in twenty -four hours there
wasn't baby carriage left on sale in he
place. = -..'~. ~
Robert Purvis. the venerable and res
pected Afro-American abolltionist Of
Philadelphia who celebrated his eighty
seventh birthday last August, Is the on
ly surviving member Of the American
Anti-Slsvery society that was organized
in Philadelphia on Dec. 4, 1888.
: Miss Roger Of st. Louis had . your z
man arrested on a chorgs of robbery.
Under close questioning by the officers
the fact came out that the young man
was kissing her wheh discovered by her
mother. She made him run off, and
when pressed by the old lady for an tx
PLANTATION said the fellow was q robber
and che was struggling with him.
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ONE HAPPY DAME.
She &c: Into Society Through Char
H. ity Bazaar. :;

She &c: Into Society Through q Char.
' ity Bazaar. !
There is one Murray Hill dame, at
loast, who returned with Joy" after
her summers campaign, bringing her
sheaves with her" in the shape OF q
long-coveted recognition by the set to
which she for many years had aspired
= belong, but into which she had
hitherto failed to effect an entree, al
though she was pretty and attractive.
andwrick' and Of parentage rather
better on the whole than many who
had passed her on the social ladder
for no apparent reason except that
they had succeeded and she had not.
says the New York Tribune. Last
summer, as usual, she took a house at
fashionable watering7place, and, as
usual, also, she felt rather lonely and
"out of it" amid the gay crowds Of
inumatee. One day she said to one Of
her few friends who belong to the
world she seemed SO aloof from that
she wished that she could break the ice
that seemed always to keep her at such
distance, and that she could feel her-
self more part of her social sur
roundinga Surely there is no trouble
about 1t II you really want to go into
society,"" exclaimed her friezd. II al
ways thought you didn't care for that
sort of thing. There is no possible rea-
SON why you should not 60 where you
want to. OF course you must do some
thing for start. I'll tell you what,
you must open your house and grounds
for bazaar for some charity that tho
leaders of society are interested in.
There is nothing better for an entering
wedge-t always succeeds" and the
result proved the truth OF. this worldly
wisdom. The bazaar was given. All
society was interested, and on the tidal
wave of her success little Mrs. s.
sailed into the haven whore she would
be.
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margaret; prime; Unf,srian; atA.rs
& she was sold TO- Dr;s Walter Akthsws for
Sl.soo. y was the :yalpe slave dealen placed
upon Christian slaves snd Il 60 advertising them
that moved Whittier TO s4y: fss85s d .#
A. Christian! soins; gone!
VINO DIGS sior gods 9vn sim 3. for hn krscs
" 1".a tn.t poor x.ss = ne
-. - = 4 .:tss. ,ssa s9
noys Joia Northern ASaln
AFTER the sale 81 the mother IN ch4,n !.
were placed With an old auntie Ana ass ~,
!. thav v.r. n IN n6mvh M - 80 Il,
~. hamn and corn aald. s. -. 40. ~ !.
two hov. ver1 - am n1oved fh,1 ncioS. ,sna
IN - & -
-s,d.r ana t.rror "a sii s. s an ~
owners. and i company ot Troopers maas 81 81,
~ thears psrtpalcAl sforays into !Clay eoentl
IND, reAehtne ftlale W aSasion, Eat1Ssee
In STEW thDrougkbryd horses and nv -ss cd.
boys. carrxapg item I'd 10 tho steamSoAl
landinr near Dr. TT Women ,of the aAt2hni
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employment, being a quiet. sober. lnousIr,-
Gus man. Many years ago he identified him.
self with the Bethel African NJ. r. church.
He also belongs to- the Grand United Order
Of Odd Fellows. Western Star lodge, No. / ,443.
He was for three years janitor Of tho Jones
school on Plymouth place, and twelvs years
behind the oyster bar in the restaurant Of
the old Burke's European hotel. itt.E
susan, the sister, retndi ned. with the AR
thur family tor some time after they removed
to Kansas City. She is now Al years OF
age, and until this year has never heard from
any member Of hen 7fami lyt butt through the
same, Renefactor, she will soon see her now
aged smother again. ta3a.# rs
After the mother had been sold, she re-
NAMED in New Orleans about two years,
when she was taken to Mobile, Ala, where
she has lived ever since5 For years she has
longed for some word from home, from the
old place, and the, three little. children that
she had left there. She could not read nor
WRITE for 1t had been crime to teach slave
to read even the Bible.
She married again, and the new cares Of q
growing family, helped the years to slip away.
since she, then young woman, commenced
her new life in the South. Mature woman
hood came, and then age, and the old, old
times and her! former home in Missouri
seemed like dream to her. "A few weeks ago
the family by whom she 10 occasionally ems
Ip1oyeu TeaQ IN their evening paper that 1nf0f-
nation of person answering her description
was wanted. She had the inquiry answered.
'was sent for, and proved to be the long lost
Margaret Young, mother of Dowen, Walker,
and Susie Young.
Mother and Son Meet. 81 III
Thursday last at midnight Mrs Nelson.
for that 10 now her name. was put aboard the
aorth-b bound train in Mobile,ssAl She was
going to visit her son Dowen In Chicago, and
tnen after q few weeks to journey on to KAN
sas City to visit her daughter, Mrs Susan
Reeves, and her brothers, who were Eoll
about the same dine but returned North q
the close OF the war. She had letter from
the general agent Of the u & S IS. - rail-
road at Mobile, addressed to conductors ana
porters, which insured her every attention.
She reached Chicago ct noon and was met by
Ter benefactor, who took her Immediately to
her sons home. Dowen Young had been ap-
prised Of his friend intention to visit him
Christmas day, and when he saw him from his
window walking toward the house he did
not take much notice of the tall colored
woman behind him. She followed into the
room. .s Sf8 Ss 49,
'Dowen. do you know this woman z, asked
his friend. u. 6,ls33
Continued ON 2nd. Page.)
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SAINT LOUIS.
SOCIAL MATTERS. CONDENSED
INTO SMALL SPACE.
James E. .Cohron 81 1914 Finney Ave.
was marriedito Miss Ida M. freeman o
lilo S. Compton. IS, \ ~ 81

James E. Cohron 81 1914 Finney Ave,
was married to Miss Ida NJ. freeman OF
lilo S. Compton. So. IS \ Y ..5
sames Moore aeed IS, = lab,rer. reaid-
ing in the rear Of :lo7 South Tenth
street dropped dead 1T Fourteenth and
Spruce st,ests, at 1880 p. m. Friday.
/ Erwin Thomas, . dAposed deacon Of
Of the First Colored Baptist Church, lie
the leader Of = faction which threatens
70 disrupt the, congregation, AT the
heid of the other faction is Rev., r. H..
Cole, backed BY the ''of6cisl board, q
who claim that.T bemas,I and Ibis fol.
lowers are not reputable members Of
the church and have no weight in the
the managemen ut Of the affair." >'s
Mandy Jefferson 1904 Sheridan Ave. :, ,
has the prophetic dream gift. Two years
ego she dreamed that her baby would
die soon OF. diptberia. The event oc.
cured exactly as outlined in her dream.
Since then in numerous matters of per-
eonal concern her dreams have cone
true. Last Tuesday night she dreamed
that the left foot Of her husband Thomas
who is q laborer ct the Paddock Hawiey
Iron Company was crushed by the falling
OF an iron girder. She warned er'hus-
band. Thursday afternoon the event oc.
cured exactly A. shown in the dream. A
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mother and her son

affection between a.. mother and her son,
and the stranger, but true, friendship of q
generous man for q little slave to whom he
gave freedom. ~, ~ .'@'| > Vi"
When the civil war broke out Margaret
Young, q -. woman, and her three chill
dren lived on the Arthur estate in Clay couu-
ty, Missouri, near the town of Liberty. They
were all slaves of John Arthur. Her husband
Jesse Young, had died a few years before
He belonged to Mrs. Arthur, whose maiden
name was Young, and was one Of the many
human chattelst that made up her dover,
Margaret had been the slave Of neigbboring
planter Adam Pence and she was known as
Margaret Pence In 1854 John Arthur bought
her from Pence, and she was married to Jesse
Young. They had three children, Dowen,
Walter, and Susie. In 1861 It became APP
parept to the slave owners OF the Missouri
counties bordering on the Kansas line that,
In order to save the value Of their slaves.
they, must sell them of to the traders who
supplied the Southern markets. Many Of the
negroes had run away, being assisted in es-
Gaping bt one Fred Fritzlein, q mulatto His
particular field Of operations was the Arthur
and adjoining plantations. John Arthur
therefore sought for and found purchaser
for his able bodied men and women slaves in
UuO JlM iAu0tuS, uOIeu~ Oe6leC In negroes.
Margaret had longedsand hoped for freedom.
Many dt her fellow servants had made their
escape but she could not desert her little
once, mot realizing that she might at any
time be forced to separate from them, and
doomed to life Of toll In the Southern cotton
fields. 5.s zts
IS Mother Ind Children Separated.
Margaret was sold to the slave trade. and
separated from her children, the eldest 8
years. and the youngest girl years Of age.
And how we cried. mother said the
oldest son to her yesterday, when they took
you away"
She was Joined to the slave gang, chained
and guarded to prevent their escape, which
started by circuitous route to avoid Union.
soldiers to the South. After much round
about travelling, Adams reached Arkansas,
and was soon inside the Confederate lines.
where he was perfectly safe. From there he
hurried on by direct route to New Orleans
which was the best slave market. From the
block in the slave pens Of that city he sold
his gang. Margaret was, among them, and
described in the catalogue as follows:
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Tom Reeds Memory.

In an address In Boston the other
day Congressman j. III. Walker said:
Il think, IL the Book of Proverbs should
be destroyed by accident. Tom Reed
would be called on as the best man in
the world to, rewrite them. The man
doesn't live who can state q PROPOSE
ton or anything In fact 80 clearly
and so effectively in the smallest NUM-
Der Of words as Mr.. Reed can
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bis bride is Maggie wadss, p years o

bis bride is Maggie Wades, 70 years O.
age. 5t::s
Their marrisgs was the culmination o.
. romsnce which had ito bseinnine In
the heroic deed Of the groom 1t . picnic
sifteen Tesrs or more ago. The bride,
who WAS then 4. small child. with her
mother ;apd father Was thrown into the
lake, ty the cspsizing Of q boat. All three
seemed doomed to certain death in the
deep water.
Henry Washington was one Of the
managers Of the picnic. and be sprang
'htothe like. and 1t the risk Of his own
life saved tho mother father aud daugh.
tor. 10 her feeling Of gratitude toward
their brave rescuer Mrs. Wades return
ed thanks and half jockinsly told him
that some day he should we'd the daugh-
ter. =
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heavy eirder slipped while it was being
hoisted and fell on Thomas foot. crush
ing it. .;.> =. ;.se 49,, z.
HIS EAR AN UNFAILlNG CLOCK

Death Of an Ohio Man Noted for q Remark.
L.: able Popularity.
!, ZAnesville, Ohio, Dec. 27..- George
Henderson, On Afro American noted for
asrenarkabie psculiarlty, died to-day.
He wss endowed with phenomenal
power of being abba to tell the time OF
day correctly by simply placing finger
n his ear. At such times he claimed
tthats light flashed through his brain,
evealing to him the positions at which
the hands OF . correct watch we're then
pointing. .y'.- i.
His powers were we'll known to resi-
dents of the city, and he Was never I'M
willing to oblige anyone with the time Of
the day. sS5s s.i :.
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Dor rh.t Jumps into . Net.

Engine company No. of Pittsburg
owns the prize Are dog of the country.
He has the usual liking for running
with the machine" and can do all the
old tricks. but he has many new ones.
Among them is a high Jump into the
fire net. He comes out of third
story window with ali the ease and
grace Of a"bird and lands in the net,
which the boys hold without Jolt.
His sis Judge. He can smoke a
pipe, but: does not do it often enough
to; injure his health.
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Ancient Manuscript D,.eov.red d.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: A
curious old manuscript has just come
70 light in Geneva. It is dated 1850
and Is entitled "Epistle Of the Devil
to- M. De Votaire." Whether it was
ever sent to press does not appear;
neither is there any trace Of the namo
of the author, who affects to write as
Satan's confidential secretary. and, as
may be guessed from the title, is sar-;
castle, and not complimentary TO ths
French philosopher, to- whom the en-
envy OF souls says in the lat pages.
somewhat paradoxically: r ia. diabls5
que je suis. je lie suis moins qge toll"
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SAFETY, Pine.

The safety pins men are wearing for
scarf pins this fall have certainly the
merit Of beng unique. but safety pins
have too long been the lower servants
in the pin family to have an aristo-
cratic air now that they are elevated
to ornamental masculine uses, albeit
they ara made Of tkr precious .uetal.
New York Times. II
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]. w. Aennett, ststS's attorney at
Blu1swlck, A.,wiil nave toprosecute .
young white man named Curtis Higgin-.
botnam, who seems to bays inherited :
mania for killing Afro Americans. d.
rectlly after the war Benefits father
was assassinated by an Afro-Ametican
and HigRinbothams father killed the ~
esssin. That seemed to give him love
for the business and he killed several
more, Now his son has killed two in
cold blood and apparently without cause
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FIN DIS ONG LOST so /
DoWEN YOUNG S HIS
MOTHER AFTER SO YEA i /
f1dother Sold and Separated From her
Family in.1se1, Found and q Presented
to her Son as = Christmas sift in
A1ss7. : . :

: The hAppiest Christmas In all the great city
Of Chicago. was ut the modest homo Of Dowen
Young, No: 8l42 Fifth avenue. !" it was are
union Of mother and SOD torn apart by the
cruel conditions Of slavery tlawssthtrty three
years. ago. !: The soldier who, through the. cir
4unstances Of war. ihsd carried theachild on
Bis saddle ,4WAy from. ito birthplace and: tho
chief factor In ringing the man and his
mother together after 8 sepaTation q {. third
III ! .csntury stood ~ and wept n5sympxthy.
n It wss I surprise to the ron and the, aged
woman had travelled night and day to aid
their benefactor in carrying out his plan Of Z
christmas gift Of 4 mother" long believed
by him to be dead. d She brought him 4 sim
pie present, . few magnoliaA. symbolic ef tho
South, where she hssd suffered 20 much but
which she still loved. r.. Tag .,.@@.5,5
e YounE's Romantic Career.
Dowen Young. the colored man who fondled
the withered hand Of his mother as she lay
upon sofa, too much exhausted to stand, and
too happy to sleep, is doorkeeper at the
main entrance to the stock exchange, where
he has been for four years. He is now about
43 years Of age, and married, and he had not
heard from any member Of his family since he
was eight years old, though for years he tried
to get some trace OF his mother; but, hearing
she was dead some years ago, he gave up hope,
and when his soldier friend, WAC had never
lost track Of him, told him he would some day
help him to find her, 1t was without hope that
he listened and thanked him.
The incidents in the life Of the three chiSf
figures in this drama are a story breathing OF
the cruelties Of slavery, the inhumanity of
man. the circunas tances Of war. the abiding
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LOUISVILLE ! J,
FACTS AND :FANolEs or THE
!. - BEAUTIFUL" FAILS CITY" =,

4 Reliable !! Record Of the happenings
ID =, the 4! Residents Of
i the Metropolis Of Kentuoky-Louisvill,
" LEGAL Laconics. -.
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WINS a BRIDE BY HERoIsM.

Illinois Man Aged II Marries : Woman
Of 22 Years.
Mascoutah, Ill. Dec. q, The leading
Afro American in st. Clair County was
married last evening. He is George
Henry Washington, aged u years. and
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~ !. :f>s3af% 8. ~! s&.fS so II
MILWAUKEE.

100 NJ q psnst 80,
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Wares OF the TfOpics.
it, best in front Of the Governors casa.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Superintendent Report.

Superintendent Varney reported
that the schools are moving alorg
smoothly. and that nothing has hap
pened in the way of discipline need
ing report. The attendance has been
fair. The number belonging in Janu-
airy was 1,466, as against 1,427 in
December. The average attendance
was 1.416. The enrolment in the
different buildings was as follows :
High, 2l4; Pleasant Grove, 4O1; Union,
1888; Franklin, 313; West Mankato,
1856; East Mankato, "a.
Mr.. Varney said that the subscrip-
tions to magazines have expired, and
he would not recommend renewal,
as the pupils read the stories and do
not read the part that does the most
good. They read in school hours,
when they ought to be at other work.
He recommended that instead of the
magazines, the teacher Of English
literature be allowed twenty copies
each of number of standard works,
at nine cents each, amounting to
S14.4O in all. The recommendation
was adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Wilson, the
amount of tuition charged per month
for non-residents, in the seventh
grade, was changed from S1.5O to 81.
This makes all the grades alike.