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GAVE HIM HIS OWN WAY.
And Then the Customer Brought the
Shoe Clerk to Time.

And Then the Customer brought the
Shoe Clerk to Time.
"Now, there" said the shoe sales
man, "ls just what you want"
rs it?' asked the prospective Gus
TONER. 81 thought 1 said
Just let me put It on" interrupted
the salesman.
But 1t is my recollection
Couldn't have a better At" broke IN
the salesman. Everybody is wearing
them, and they're bargain"
"Ohr'
Let me put on the other" Then,
after a moment: 'There you are, sir.
Couldn't be better. Three-fifty, please"
For what|
For the shoes"
"But / don't want the shoes. You
asked me to let you put them on, and
i was courteous enough to let you do
1t. | always try to be obliging. You
said they were just what / wanted,
but that was your judgment, and Pm
accustomed to back my own. Now, II
you've had all the advertisement in
this matter that you desire, will you
please trot me out pair Of shoes ac-
cording to the plans and specifications
/ gave you when l came in, and per
haps we can do business? I have found
by experience that the only way to get
what one wants from shoe clerk Is to
let him have his own way for the first
fifteen or twenty minutes, and then he
may become tractable. Post,
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BY refusing to listen TO secrets one
10 saved unlimited trouble.
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THE IIAMBERTVILLE RECORD
WEDNESDAY, JUNE A, 1902.
A FORCED SALE.
Frith's Purchase of His own POI
trait Painted by Himself.

Erfth's Purchase of His own POr-
trait Painted by Himself.
Here is the astonishing history of
one of Frith's own portraits painted by
himself. The celebrated r. A. had en-
tlrely forgotten its existence until a
friend entered his studio one morning
and asserted that capital picture Of
himself was on view in a small shop
In Great Portland street. cts not a
bit like what you are now" observed
the friend, "but 1t may have resembled
you some years ago. Go and look at
It."
Mr.. Firth went and found his own
image after an estrangement of forty
five years. He determined to buy 1t,
though he had not the faintest recollec-
tion of having painted 1t. "Ah, por-
charge of the shop after he had pre-
tended to examine several other works
"Whose likeness is thati" "That," said
the lady, sis portrait of the celebrat-
ed artist, Firth, painted by himself"
"Why, he must be an elderly man."
put In the artist. The woman remark
ed that he was young once. "Humphw
quoth the genial w. L. +. mot much
of picture"
TO this the woman demurred and
asked zoo for the canvas. 1t was
Frith's turn to appear surprised.
"Well," replied the shopkeeper with
out moving muscle at cost us nearly
as much. We shall make very small
profit. You see, 1t Is very valuable be-
cause the artist is deceasedw DE
ceasedp' exclaimed the astonlshed
painter. dead. do you meanW eyes.
sir; died OF drink. My husband attend
ed the funeral"
Firth bought the picture, but did not
revive for some tlme.-Chamber Jour-
nal
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Leave Iambertville for Manunka Chunk $50
1922 a M, 1877, 5.07 and 1927 p nj. Sunday, s.27 p.
M. For Phillipsburg and Easton only, 6.2s p m.
weekdays.
Leave Frenchtown ,o5, 1919 m, . 90, $50 and
s,54 p m week -days, s54 p m sundays For Phil.
lipsburg and Easton only, 1902 p IN.
Arrive at Phillipsburg $40 aud ll.22 a. M, 2.42
5.5s, Tao aud 926 y. IN. Sunday, 8. 70 PIN.
COB and $50 m. Sunday $50 pm.
Arrive Belyidere 7,67. 1927 and 1850 M, SIS
6.l9, 967 IN. Sunday, 9b7 pm.
Arrive Manunka Chunk SOS, 1898 and II. Sc IN
1925, $50 and 1904 p M. Sunday, 1904 p m.
Additional trains leave Beividere for Manupks
Chunk TOO and $40 am, and 2.20 p M. sunday
700 m. Returning, leave Manunka Chunk fol
Belvidere l0.4s m, 4.20, Gao and 1906 p. M
Freight or mixed trains leaving Manunks
Chunk at 800 IN, Belvidere GA IN, Martin,
Creek 6 81 a m, arriving Lehigh Junction Gas m
will carry passengers and make stops at flag sta
tions north of Phillipsburg
Passengers for Broad Street Station, Philadel
phia, by trains leaving Manunka Chunk 7.25 a IN
fs Ss s' s.S ana and Isl ''Sps
weekdays go through without change at Tren'
ton. A through ear for Manunka Chunk is at
tached to trains leaving Broad Street Station a,
SOC. 9.06 a m, 1900 noon, and S62 m. BY al
other trains passengers TO or from Broad Street
station change cars at Trenton.
Connection is made at Manunka Chunk with
Delaware, Lackawauna 4 Western Railroad: Lee
high Junction with Lehigh Valley, Lehigh 4 Sus
qnehanns, Morris 4 Essex, and New Jersey Cen
trail Railroads Al lambertvile with Fleming
ton Railroad. At Trenton with trains to aud from
New York. Camden, &c.
For further information, see timetables which
can be obtained at the ticket offices.
J.R. WOOD.
General Passenger Agent.
]. B. HUTCHINSON,
General Manager
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Her Very Clear Thoughts.

swell. aunty, what are your thochts
ABBOTT marryin'r asked a young WON
an In Scotland the other day Of her
aunt. decent body who had reached
the shady side of life without having
committed matrimony.
"'Deed. lassIe," frankly replied the
old lady, 1--WE had but three thochts
aboot It A. my days. an the last is like
to be the Largest. First, then, when /
was young, like yourself, thocht,
'Wha'll tak'T Then, us time began
to wear by. | thocht. 'Whall l getr
An after got my leg broken WI that
whumel DOT o Saunders McDrunthies
cart my thochts syne have bin, 'Wha'n
TAX me?"
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Quite as Fatal. The Best Treatment.
The grip has surprised the doc
tors and health authorities this season
by its rapid spread and by some novel
symptoms. While it spares nobody
it is proving especially dangerous to
middle-aged and elderly persons. In
many cases either a fatal onset of
pneumonia, or a complete breakdown
of health and strength, is apt to fol-
low an attack of grip.
The wise course for all is preven-
ton. By wearing Benson's Porous
Plaster on the chest and back you
protect the lungs from cold and chill
and with ordinary care) you are
safe from grip.
For those who are already suffer-
ing from grip, or from the usual win
ter coughsand colds, Benson's Plasters
are sure and speedy relief and cure.
Highly medicinal and scientific.
Refuse limitations and substitutes.
Only the genuine are effective. Ex-
anime when you buy. Seabury &
johnson, Manufacturing Chemists,
New York.
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THE CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.


= During the continuance of the South Caro-
lima Interstate and West-Indian Exposition,
TO be held at Charleston, s, c., from Decem-
Der to June /, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell excursion tickets to Char
lesion and return from all points on its line at
reduced rates. These tickets will be sold
daily from November so to May 81, and will be
of two descriptions: Season tickets, bearing
a final limit of June 8, 1909, and eleven-day
tickets, good to return within eleven days in
Guiding date of sale, but not good after June
5, 1909. These tickets will not be good to stop
off en- route, For rates and further particulars
apply to Ticket Agents.
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"You object TO Mormonism and other
forms Of polygamy on moral grounds,
supposeY
well. partly. partly. but not entire
ly."
''What else should make 1t offensive
to your"
What else! Why. great mackerel.
think of coming home late from the
club and having to make explanations
to ten or fifteen wivesf'-Chicago Post.
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Might Have Prevented II.

Little Walter was eating lunch when
he gave his arm sudden shove. and
eplash! down went the glass Of milk.
Il knew you were going to spill that"
said mamma angrily.
"Well. II you knew" querled Walter,
why didn't you tell meT - Little
Chronicle.
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Purely Agricultural.

Caller-For goodness sake. what's
that noise?
Hauskeep-Glrl next door is having
her voice cultivated.
Caller-Huh! What are they doing
blowing It?
Hauskeep Il don't know, but the
sound of It is g.-Philadelphia
Press
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Many n man who thought yesterday
that all was lost has more hopeful
view OF life this morning. The world
will be normal by tomorrow.-St. Paul
Globe.
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p m Snndays, 60 a. m, 4b, b.l5 p m.
Arrive at Phila. (Reading TerminaD ,M
So, a. M, lesa, 80, 6lO, 80, p. m. week
days sundays, Sss, a. m, 5.as, sol D. m
TRAINS FOR NEW HOPE.
rp,,
days ~ as6 m oS ~ ~ NJ " IN
SUNDAYS "a n m 40 "a ~ ~ ~ 49, iioS ~ H.
49, - =, NJ. NJ - 20 - - ~, = NJ
a. n M 10 40 M u" s sv', o..
| iI.23 a. m, 35l, $50 p. M
Close connection AZ Jenlintovn with fas, ax-
press trains 10 AMI Sron, NV WI p,t tas. sa
Washington, the South and Nest, "
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Philadelphia &
Reading Railway
Engines Burn Hard Coal-No Smoke
1lAE TABLE, IN EFFECT NAY IS, 1902.
TRAINS LEAVE NEW HOPE.

For Glenside, Jenkintown and Philadelphia
weekdays, 544, 7,l2 1914 a. m, II 81, l. 81, 6 o.
p m. sundays, 6,l5 a. m, 4,05, 6l5 p. m.
Arrive at Phila. (Reading TerminaD IA,
s.4s, a. m, lees, |, so, go, "a, p. m week.
DAYS. SUNDAYS, Sc, q. m, 549, 8. OF p. m.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20

SUITABLE CLOTHES FOR GROWING GIRLS


Shirt waists are not becoming to
the average girl under fourteen.
Until that age is reached the full
round waist of plated p~rincesse
style is vastly more becoming.
The sailor suit is the most univer-
sally worn and popular suit for girls
of every age. 1t is distinctly be-
coming and appropriate to young
figures, and may be made of serge,
linen, duck Or galatea.
The older girl has her sailor suit
made with a gored skirt and a belted
blouse, and the younger n with a
straight full skirt and a blouse iden-
tical in style and out to the one worn
by her small brother.
The killed and plated skirt ia a
pretty one, especially for girls from
twelve to fourteen years of age.
Vertical plaits arranged in clusters
extending the length of the skirt are
stylish, and another pretty skirt is
made with a pointed yoke effect the
plaits quite reaching the knees in
front and gradually growing mar
rover toward the back. This ar
rangement gives a pretty fullness all
around the edge of the skirt and is
stylish in effect.-Mrs. Ralston, in
the Ladies' Home Journal.
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SUMMER

Friendship is "for serene days and
country rambles" and for rough
weather and hard roads as we'll, If 1t
is friendship at all. The word is
only too often abused. Choosing
friends should not be a mere acci-
dent or because people are in the
same hotel in the summer, Dr. be-
cause they meet some where in trav-
cling or are thrown together in
country pastimes. Of course it does
not follow that a real friend may
not be found in summer, and it Is a
great pleasure when one can add a
kindred spirit to the number of ones
friends. The responsibility of pa
rents in regard to their daughters
acquaintances during the summer
season, is the subject of a thought
full chapter in the June Delineator,
under the head of Social Observances
in which certain general principles
of good form are laid down which
will be of service TO every reader.
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NEED OF A wEL1-rRA1NED CONSCIENCE.

Conscientious men are sometimes
very wrong doors. Their acts will
not always bear comparison with
their fellows who give less promi
nence shan themselves TO the
p~romptings of conscience. Professor
Riddle, the thorough Bible scholar
and careful theologian, in an article
of some years ago on the duty of
educating the conscience, said /:
MANY of the worst deeds which his
tory records were done oonscien
tiously. Nor is it less true that even
the enlightened conscience of a child
of God often fails in it's office" We
have reason for supposing that Paul
Cor Saul, as he was then called) was
thoroughly conscientious in giving
his voice for the putting TO death of
Stephen. He testifies that he was
counted faithful by Christ Jesus,
and appointed TO his service, though
he was before that a blasphemer and
a prosecutor and injurious, yet, at
the time, ignorantly in unbelief.
Conscientious wrongdoers r among
the worst sort of people TO get along
with. The commands of God, and
the directions of Gods Word, enjoin
the doing of right, and the not doing
of wrong; they do not enjoin the
doing merely what conscience ap-
proves, or the stunning what CON.
science disapproves. The command
is: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God" It is not: "Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God as far thy OOH
science approves" Learning what
ia the spirit of Christ, and training
the ~sconscienoe to conform TO that
spirit, is q duty binding OF every
child of God to-day. An unframed
conscience, or a wrongly trained
conscience, is an utterly unsafe guide
for even the most sincere and de-
voted Christian.-Sunday School
Times.
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mon a large negro man; he was
saleep with a bowie knife lying
baside him. I fed silently, but
swiftly, to be sure. There was no
more berrying in those fields for me
that day.
think however the South lie bet
tar today than in the day of slavery,
for she has shifted the great re-
sponsibility of human souls 80 them
selves, and their maker, God.
CASTOR Co., N, G. SINCERE.
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sCORCHED LINEN.

Linen which is only slightly
soorched can have the stain removed
by exposing it to hot sunshine for
several hours, but that which is
badly scorched is often given up as
hopeless. The unsightly stain can
be removed however, by dipping in
a strong solution of borax and hot
water, afterward placing the cloth
in the sunshine. The process may
need to be repeated several times,
but in the end will produce she de-
sired results -Epitomist.
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familiarity that indicated close in.
dmacy with every nook and corner
OF the woods. He knew the names
OF all the birds, could describe their
plumage with his eyes shut, and tell
the CITY boys the color of the eggs
they would find in the nests. He
let the boys climb up to the nests
and look in at the eggs, and then,
when they came down again, he
would tell them all he knew about
tho birds and their queer ways.
"But you mustn't touch the eggs,"
he always cautioned. "Some birds
are so particular that they will leave
a nest after somebody has touched
the eggs. They seem to think that
their home will be robbed, and that
it's no use TO sit on the eggs any
more. Then they go away and build
a new nest. I never touch them,
and I don't think the birds mind my
coming and looking in at their
home"
Indeed, the birds seemed to resent
the appearance of the three boys in
the woods far less than either Will
son or Stanton expected. Once or
twice they remarked on this, and
Jimmie finally said:
"There are no boys round here
that ever rob their nests, and they
don't know what fear is. I guess
they all think these woods are made
for them, and they breed here every
summer. Last June I found more
than fifty different nests, and they
all had young ones in. Sometimes,
after heavy storms, the birds are
knocked out of their nests and
killed, but that's the only danger
they have here. I suppose that's
why they are SO tame."-G. e. W.,
in Sunday School Times.
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Christian Life Column,
THE BLRssTNG IN TIKI sTRUeeLE,

There is one thing which puzzles
me, said a young man TO the friend
30 whom 30 he had come for counsel.
"Only oneP" asked the older man
with a smile. "Then you are unusu.
ally fortunate"
"One in particular, and because /
must meet IL daily. The inequalities
of life seem TO me inconsistent with
any theory of overruling goodness.
1t is a mockery to say that all men
are created equal, or that God gives
60 every man according TO his several
ability. The men with the ability
are the men who have to work hard,
and the others waste what would be a
godsend TO poorer men"
"I do not pretend to be able TO ex-
plain it" said his friend "but I am
impressed less with the hardship of
those who struggle than with the
waste of those who squander what
they do not earn"
"That is not the point that inter
ests me most" said the young man
''exoept by CONTRAST" he added,
cts hard TO have to struggle so
for what other men receive with
out asking, and waste when they
get it."
''They waste it largely because they
UOE F& oaHir@ ~ g%w$-j-- Co.
it," said the older man. "Harry,
listen to mel Your way seems hard.
and SO it $50 hard that you some
times doubt if God Is good. You
will yet live to thank Him for the
struggle.
"I know of a man who wished to
add an emperor moth TO his oollec-
ton of insects. By good fortune he
obtained a cocoon, and hung it in
his library all winter. In the spring,
as he watched it, he found the moth
trying TO emerge. The hole was so
small, and the moth struggled SO
hopelessly, as it seemed, against the
tough fiber, that he clipped the hole
larger with scissors.
"Well, the fine, large moth emerg-
ed, but it never flew. Some one told
him afterward that the struggles
were necessary to force the juices of
the body into the insects great
wings. Saving it from the struggle
was a mistaken kindness. The effort
was meant to be the moths saliva
ton"
ST see the moral, said the younger
man. "Good night. Perhaps it will
do me good TO think now and then
of the moth. "-Youth's Companion.
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A Scotch farmer, celebrated in his
neighborhood for his immense
strength and skill in athletic exer
cises, very frequently had the pleas
ure Of oontending with people who
came to try their strength against
him Lord D., a great pugilistio
amateur, went from London on pur-
pose TO fight the athletic SCOT. The
latter was working in an enclosure
Is q little distance from his house
when the noble lord arrived. His
lordship tied his horse TO a tree and
addressed the farmer. Friend, l
have heard marvellous reports of
Your skill, and have come along way
60 seq which of us two is the better
Wrestler" The Sootchman, without
answering, seized the nobleman,
pitched him over the hedge and then
set about working again. When
Lord D got up /: "Well," said the
iaFnsr, have you anything to say
90 me - No." replied his lord
ship, but perhaps you'd be good
enough to throw me my horse" -
Current Literature.
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In heaven Gods will is done, and
the Master teaches the child TO ask
that the will may be done on earth
lust as in heaven; in the spirit
of adoring submission and ready
obedience. Because the will of God
il the glory of heaven, the doing of
il ia the blessedness of heaven. AS
the will is done, the kingdom of
heaven comes in the heart.-Andrew
Murray.
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~
SINCERE,

DEAR AUNT JENNIE My mother,
was educated in Salem in the 6fties,
and and as there were no railroads
they were compelled TO travel in
private oonveyances from one of the
southeastern counties of North Caro-
lima to Forsyth County, where the
good old Moravians school is located.
She was a little girl TO be compelled
30 stay away from home a whole
year, for she was only eleven when
she entered. But we must remem-
her that the teachers were not
thoughtful and kind as they are now
in the neighborhood school and that
the little girls were isolated and not
allowed the privilege of talking and
assuming the prerogatives of wo-
manhood until their years guaranteed
the right.
The "blaok mammies made the lit
tie girls of the families to whom they
belonged believe that they were born
prinoesses, so subtle was their fat.
terry and so perfect their surveillance
TO every whim of the little "Miss."
Hers was always the prettiest COM
Ulexion, eyes, hair, hands and her
demeanor the acme of perfection
when viewed by the partial eyes of
the blacks on her fathers planta-
ton.
Black Nanny, was a privileged
character. If little Miss's temper
was ruf1ed by every breeze she did
rot fail TO note it and deftly con
trive 30 have her know that that
was ~unbeooming in a person of her
rank. I have often wondered as
their tact in correcting the minor
faults of the white children. Pride
of family was a characteristic of the
black slaves. To them master was
the best and handsomest man, mis-
tress was the prettiest and best
dressed woman in the world, sc of
course they never failed TO make the
children believe that they too @
born 80 the purple.
There Ia an opinion extant that
the wife of a large slave owner lived
a comparatively indolent life, but
this was not the case. If she was a
woman of energy, there were many
things 80 engage her time and atten-
ton.
The young ladies who performed
on any musical instrument were
usually very proficient. In fact much
of the musical talent of the present
was developed and cultivated by our
mothers who learned TO play when
they had time TO devote to 1000
plishments, and money TO pay for
them. The New South which has
risen from the ruins of the Old will
never realize how vastly much they
are indebted TO the staunch manhood
and womanhood which survived it's
wreck.
Art, music and the fine needle
work done by the mothers has been
taught TO the daughters and grand
daughters and much of it survives
the relentless tooth of time. The
sweetest tunes are those played by
our mothers and grand-mothers, 80
soulful and musical, not slam.bang
affairs like much of the newer music.
Mrs. j. L D.
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bethink thee of something thou
o1gnest TO do, and go and do it, if it
oe but the sweeping of a room, or
'ne preparation of q meal, or q visit
'o triend.-George Macdonald.
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GleaSOn's Horse Book.
PROF. OSCAR GLEASON.

Renowned throughout America and patronzed by the UnitedsStates Gov.
eminent as the most expert and successful horsemanaof
the age. The whole work treats of
Breeding, Training, Breaking, Driving, Feeding,
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