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CLARA BARToN's FIRST LOAF.
Interesting Account of Massachu.
sets Veteran Who Was the
Recipient of 1t.

It would be difficult task to at.
tempt even to make an estimate of the
amount of supplies that have been fur
nished by Clara Barton and her band
of Red Cross workers, but in Leomin-
ster county, Massachusetts, lives a
man who says that he was the first
recipient of their generous charity.
His name is A. j. Parker, and the food
which he got from the hand of the
celebrated nurse was a loaf of bread,
which he was given after having been
without food for two days in south
ern hospital during the civil war.
Mr.. Parker was in the Second Mas
sachusetts regiment, and was wound
ed at the battle of Cedar mountain by
a confederate's mimic ball that shat
tered both bones of his right arm be-
low the elbow, and also smashed the ell
bow joint, so that he had to lose the
arm below the elbow.
He stopped the bullet on Saturday,
August 9, 1862, and the following Mon
day afternoon the operation was per-
formed. Parker was taken from the
field to the Episcopal church at Gull
pepper, Va. which had been converted
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A PASTORS WIFE ,z,9 ssse ea4 o.
She Suffered for Years and
Felt Her Case Was Hope.
less Cured by
Peruna.

MFRS. ANNA B. FLEHARTY, recent
lv1 Superintendent of the w. c. I. U.
headquarters, at Galesburg, ILL.,,
was for ten years one of the leading
women there. Her husband, when liv-
ing, was first President of the Nebraska
Wesleyan University, at Lincoln, Neb.
In letter written from 401 Sixty
seventh street, w., Chicago, ILL.,, Mrs
Fleharty says the following in regard
to Peruna:
Having lived a very active life as
wife and working partner of busy
minister, my health failed me few
years ago. l lost my husband about
the same time, and gradually 1 seemed
to lose health and spirit. My daughter
is confirmed invalid, and we both felt
great need of an invigorator.
"One of my neighbors advised me
to try Peruna. A bottle was in1nedi-
ateIy secured and a great change took
place in my daughters as well as In
my own health. Our appetifes i'm
proved very greatly, the digestion
seemed much helped, and resffuI sleep
soon improved us, SO that we seemed
like new women.
81 wouId not be without Peruna for
| ten times its COST. "-MrS. Anna B.
Eleharty.
What used to be called female dis
eases by the medical profession is now
| called pelvic catarrh. 1t has been
found by experience that catarrhal
diseases of the pelvic organs are the
cause of most cases of female disease.
DR.. Hartman was among the first of
| Americas great physicians to make
this discovery. For forty years he has
been treating diseases peculiar to
women, and long ago he reached the
conclusion that woman entirely free
| from catarrhal affection of these Or
gans would not be subject to female
| disease. He therefore began using Pc
runa for these cases and found it so
admirably adapted to their permanent
cure that Peruna has now become the
most famous remedy for female dis
eases ever known. Everywhere the
women are using it and praising it.
Peruna is not palliative simply; it
cures by removing the cause of female
| disease.
DR.. Hartman has probably cured
more women Of female ailments than
any other living physician. He makes
these cures simply by using and rec
ommending Peruna.
! Mrs. f. L. Brown, 329 Elliott street,
! Memphis, Tenn, writes:
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II suffered for several years with
headache brought on by nervous pros
tration. l was also afflicted with in
somnia. I would get up in the morn
ing more weary than when l retired
and l used to dread the approach of
night. Peruna came into my home as
welcome guest, and within three
short months was like another wom-
an. have now enjoyed perfect health
for over year, and those who have
suffered as | did will know how happy
l am."-Mrs. T.. L. Brown.
Mrs. Esther NJ. Miner, De Graft,
Ohio, writes:
81 was terrible sufferer from fe-
male weakness and had the headache
continuously. was not able to do my
Homework for myself and husband.
I wrote you and described my condi-
tion as near as possible. You recon-
mended Peruna. I took four bottles
and was completely cured. l think
Peruna a wonderful medicine."-Mrs.
Esther NJ. Miner.
Congressman Thad. NJ. Mahon, OF
Chambersburg, Pa, writes:
"Itake pleasure In mending your
Peruna as substantial tonic and
good cafarrh remedy. IT M. MahOn.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio
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Wnr.Times in Kentucky,

One afternoon in 1862 group of citi-
zens sat in front of the village grocery
discussing the war news, which came
by newspaper from the north and by
'.grapevine" from the south. Among
them were two young men, to be
known herein as Joe and Bill. Next day
the circle was smaller, for Bill was alb
sent.
"Joe. where's Bill?" a companion
asked.
"Gone"
(Which army?"
Northern; went this morning. Bill
and couldn't jest see things alike" he
continued. "Reckon I'll go south to-
night" And that night the group lost
another member. These young men
lad been sheltered by the same roof
caressed by the same loving hands, had
knelt beside the same mother-they
were brothers.-John Uri Lloyd, in
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
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into a field hospital, the pews being
turned into hospital hunks for upward
of 300 wounded soldiers.
Mr.. Parker says that he was in a
pew next to the door the day follow
ing the amputation of his arm and not
feeling any too happy, when woman
with a basket came into the church
and stopped at the entrance of his
pew, and after asking him a few ques-
tions and giving words of cheer, she
asked him to what regiment he be-
longed and the nature of his wounds.
He told her he belonged to the Sec
ond Massachusetts and that he had
Just lost an arm.
She then asked him if he did not
want loaf of bread. Mr.. Parker says
that he told her he had had nothing t
eat for two days, and would like the
bread, and she gave him an entire loaf.
He was interested and asked the wom-
ans name, and the answer was:
"Clara Barton.'
Years afterward, says the Worces-
ter (Mass.) Telegram, when Mr.. Par
ker was married, his wife went to Bos-
ton and there met the celebrat ed
nurse. He had told his wife of the in
cident of the church in the south,
and while Mrs. Parker was talking
with Miss Barton, she said:
"My husband tells me that you were
the first person to give him anything
to eat after he was wounded in the
army, and that he was the first man
that you gave anything to in that hos
pital."
Miss Barton asked where That was,
and hearing the name of the church,
said:
"Why. that was the first hospital I
ever went into,' and that is the proof
that the Leominster veteran has that
he was the recipient Of the first loaf
of bread given out by the now famous
Red Cross worker.
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CIVIL WAR COFFEE.
1t Was Pounded I'm the Soldiers Tin
Cups with Their IrOn-Hnnd-
led Knives,

"Did you ever sec the big quart tin
cups furnished to the army during the
civil war;" asked a MI in group
who were talking about coffee. re-
lates the Detroit Free P1 "ss. 81 nose
tin cups were the real article, the best
quality of heavy tin-almost as thick
and durable as sheet iron.
, 81 still have the one that I carried
all through the war; also my knife
and fork, tin platter and spoon. Money
couldn't buy them. Whenever l look
at that old tin cup it brings back a
sound which 1 have never heard any
where but in soldiers camp. In the
early morning, when the men were
getting breakfast, this curious clatter
rang all through the camp; every sol
der was pounding his ration Of coffee
in his big tin cup with the iron handle
of his knife. The army couldn't carry
grinders around with them, and pound.
ing the coffee was the only way we had
of making it fine enough to extract it's
essence by boiling. Some of us got so
expert that you could hardly have told
our pounded coffee from coffee ground
in mill, but it took time and pa
tience.
MY old tin cup is battered in the
bottom like beaten brass plaque.
I'd like to show it to you. But with all
that banging and hard usage it never
sprang a leak. No, stree, Uncle Sans
tin cups were made for rough service,
and they staid by us until the war was
over"
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SHERIDAN SHED HIS COAT.
Was Going to Convince a Private of
Has Identity, ButVVas Spared
the Trouble.

"Gen. Sheridan" said the captain,
according to the Chicago Inter Ocean,
''once upon a time threw off his coat
to trounce me. This was in January,
1864, after Longstreet's retreat from
Knoxville, and we were operating in
the vicinity of Strawberry Plains, and
along the French Broad river. Long
street was supposed to be not far
away, and strict watch was kept on
the crossings. Our pickets were across
the river, with reserves on our own
side, and boats were held on both sides
for emergencies.
'Sheridan was out accommodating,
attended by a single staff officer, and
both wore the ordinary soldier over
coats, without any marks of rank.
Sheridan, it appeared later, did not
care to have it known that he was re-
connoitering on his own hook, and
wanted to cross the river incog., as it
were. He sent his aid down to the
river, supposing that he could secure
a boat without difficulty. But the Off
Ger could find none because we had
them all at our posts. When he came
to us he demanded our boat, but | told
him bluntly that he could not have it,
and explained that orders were very
strict against anyone crossing the
river
"He climbed up the bank, and re-
ported to Sheridan that he had found
a boat, but the young man in charge
would not let him have it. Thereupon
Sheridan came down himself, and de-
manded the boat. l told him he
couldn't have it, unless Sheridan so or
dered. He replied, testify: H, man,
I am Gen. Sheridan, and I am going to
take the boat l retorted: Il don't
know whether you are Sheridan or
not, but you can't have the boat
"This put him in a rage, and, tearing
open his overcoat, and pulling at the
sleeves to get it off, he swore he would
lick me if he died the next minute. I
had never seen Sheridan on foot, and
not often on horseback, and it did not
seem possible that this short man in
an ill-ftting overcoat could be gen
eral. But, as the overcoat came off, |
saw his shoulder straps. and recog-
nized the figure, and, saluting, said:
Never mind the licking, general, you
can have the boat
"In a minute Sheridan was every
inch a general, and explained that it
was desirable that nothing be said
about his presence on the other side
of the river, as he had in mind a very
important project. He went across
the river, looked the ground over for
himself, and in few days undertook
the construction of a bridge made en-
tirely of army wagons. This was in
the winter, and his idea was that if a
bridge could be constructed the
Fourth corps could be moved to the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-22
OF MINOR MENTION.

Nine-tenths Of England's railway
passengers travel third-class.
The growth of girls is greatest in
their fifteenth year, of boys in their
seventeenth.
A paln-sree which grows on the
banks of the Amazon has leaves 30
feet to so feet in length and ten
feet to IL feet in breadth.
Paul Bonhcmme, a Paris news
vendor, has just been found dead on
a doorstep. He had not been to bed
since he woke one morning six years
ago and found his wife dead by his
side
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Joe Wheeler'S Grit.

Previous to appointing Gen. "Joe''
Wheeler to command in the war with
Spain, President Mckinley consulted
the late Senator Davis, of Minnesota,
about the matter. II think it would
be a splendid appointment" said Mr..
Davis. Il am a living witness Of Joe
Wheeler's grit and persistence. Dur
ing the civil war he chased me like the
ID through five states.'-Iudianapo-
lis News.
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A Nasty Practice.

A nasty practice is what the Chicago
Inter Ocean calls the FASTING of repeated
layers of wall paper, one upon another, thus
covering up the filth and germs of disease
that may be .propagated in the very alb
sorbent and decaying mass of flour paste,
paper, animal glue, colors, etc.
They give opinions of eminent health of,
ficers and sanitarians, urging that such
practice should be stopped by legal enact,
these sanitarans recommend Alabastine
as a durable, pure and sanitary coating for
walls.
The Inter Ocean says: "This is very
important question, and, as it costs moth
ing to avoid this danger, why take any
chances?"
How much of the alarming spread OF
smallpox and other diseases may be due to
unsanitary wall coverings?
When a man is paid for playing he calls
it work-Chicaro Daily News,
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me MODERN Yer.ion.

Where are you going, my pretty maid p
I'm going ping-ponging, sir, she said.
May | 60 with you, my pretty maid?"
Eyes, if you like, kind sir" she said.
She led him away to the ping-pong net,
ana then came an hour he'll never forget,
to pick up the balls, and his eyelid droops,
where she smote him twice with her racket
small, which left her hand as she struck
the ball, and he'll never ping when she
pongs again, for she heard him swear when
she pinged him then.-Baltimore American.
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Wireless Telegraph Across ocean.

The recent experiment in wireless telegra.
'hy across the ocean was complete sue
There has also been great interest mani
tested in the success of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, the celebrated remedy for stomach,
liver and kidney complaints, because it is
reliable. 1t promotes appetite, regulates the
liver, keeps the bowels regular and cures in
digestion, dyspepsia, la grippe and malaria
Try it. Our Private Stamp is over the neck
of the bottle.
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~ Want Everyone to Know How
Completely 1t Cures Indigestion.

From the Leeds Saturday Journal.
This shows the unselfsh disposition of Mr.
Hodge,of Orchard Grove, lppleden, New
ton Abbott, who, having been cured by
Vogeler's Compound, wishes every other
sufferer to know of the benefit he has re-
ceived from this marvellous remedy. He
teAes his story as follows:
Gentlemen find Vogeler' Compound a
remedy above all others; for about this time
last year was in thorough bad state of
health, and could hardly drag one leg after
Che other. had tried dozens of remedies
advertised to cure Indigestion and all its
attendant evils, but was rapidly going from
bad to worse, when had the good fortune
to be recommended to take Vogeler's Com
pound. did SO without much faith, and
am thankful to say it made a new! man OF
me. should like other people to know its
virtues and how completely it knocks un'
der the worst forms of Indigestion and dys'
pepsia.-(Signed.) George H. Hodge.
:, NQgeler's Compound is the grandest rem.
edy Of the century forall stomach disorders
and liver and kidney troubles in both men
and women. 1t is sold in Csc. and SOC. sizes
by all medicine dealers, and free sample
Of liberal size will be sent to any address in
the country. It is made by the proprietors
of st. Jacobs Oil, Baltimore, from the for.
,nula of one of the most eminent living ply
sicians.
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CONDEMNED IN MISSOURI AM
CONFISCATED IN
NEW YORK.

Judge Clarke Of St. Louis has con.
victed and fined heavily number OF
grocers for selling baking powders
containing alum.
The week before the Health Depart.
ment of New York seized quantity
of stuff being sold for baking powder
which they found was made from alum
mixed with ground rock, and dumped
1t into the river.
The Health Authorities are thus tax.
ing effective means to prevent the in.
PRODUCTION into our markets Of in.
furious substitutes in place of whole
some baking powders.
As alum costs only two cents a
pound, there is great temptation for
those manufacturers who make sub.
stitutes and imitation goods to use it.
Alum baking powders can be detected
by the health authorities by chemical
analysis, but the ordinary housekeep.
er, whose assistance in protecting the
health of the people is important, can
not make chemical examination. She
may easily know the alum powders,
aowever, from the fact that they are
sold at from ten to twenty cents for a
pound can, or that some prize-like a
spoon,,or glass, or piece of crockery,
or wooden ware-is given with the
powder as an inducement.
AS the people continue to realize the
Importance of this subject and con-
sumers insist on having baking powder
of established name and character,
and as the health authorities continue
their vigorous crusades, the alum
danger will, it is hoped, finally be
driven from our homes.
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Will you be short of hay? If SO plant q
plenty of this prodigally prolific millet
5 TO TONS OF RICH HAY PER ACRE.
Price SO lbs. 81. 80; 100 lbs. $500, low freights
John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis.
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Fits Permanently Cured. No fits after
first days use of Dr. Klines Great Nerve
Restorer. Free 80 90 trial bottle. Dr. r. II.
Kline, Ltd, 93l Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa
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There is no penalty for injuring yourself;
you can be put in jail for injuring others,
but you are supposed to know enough not
to injure yourself. But how many do it!
How many eat too fast, drink too much,
loaf too much, sleep too little, worry too
much, lie too much, stand off bill collectors
too DECENTRALIZATION Globe.
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I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y.
Feb. II, 1900.
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Quarrels would not last long if the faul,
was only on one side-La RochefocaAld.
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Ask To-Day for Aliens F0Ot-Ease.
It cures swollen, aching, tired feet At all
Druggists and Shoe stores Csc. Sample sent
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy N. Y.
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A cheerful face is nearly as good for an
invalid as healthy eather.-Franklin.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-22

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
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Go slowly to the entertainments of thy
friends and quickly to their misfortunes.-
Chicago journal,
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Every mans task is his life preserver.-
Emerson.
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Every why hath wherefore-Shakes
peare.
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Nothing resembles pride 50 much as dis
eouragement.-Amiel.
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Earliest Russian Millet.

When a man is paid for playing he CALI
it work.-Chicago Daily News.
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Thousands are hated, while none ar
loved without real cause.---LaYater
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PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are fast
to sunlight, washing and rubbing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-14
s sE55aFz ART WORK

ceramic art and the arts kindred 70 II.
Nothing was heard OF her outside the
social world for several years. however.
Then beliaIny Storer was appointed
minister 70 Madrid. and his gifted
wife transferred her activities OF every
variety thither with him. Again she
was silent. apparently Idle. so far as
art achievement went. for some years.
But she was not at al idle. During
the latter part Of last winter a collec-
ton of art brouzes was exhibited at the
Academy OF Fine Arts. Philadelphia A
learned connOisssur said OF them with
enthusiasm.
been seen here. They would nor dis
grace a Benvenuto Ceiiini."
The COilection-twenty-f pieces
was the work OF the hands and brain
of Maria Longworth Storer. The de-
signs were hers. TOO, for certainly none
before her ever originated such strange
daring schemes Of Imagination. Now
they were like a nightmare. now like 3
scene from fairyland. The designs were
original 10 the point OF eccentricitv. vel
never once violating the canons OF art
Mrs. St0rer's artistic Imagination has
evolved Tar above and beyond the timid
little woman idea Of d rose and a tame
kitten.
Bears. monkeys, serpents. dev!lfsh
Holsters. wolves. gOrgOns and uncanny
monsters for which no name comes
handy revel and waltz and chase one
another around and over these Storel
bronzes. One OF the most grotesGue
and striking Of the conceptions is a
troop of monkeys running up and
around a vase. a devilhsh is trying "a
capture them and actually grips with
one OF its tentacles the tail OF the last
and loweTmost monkey. In another q
sea nymph holds up a vase. There is
nothing grotesque or uncommon in that
but this original lady must needs lay az
the feet OF the nymph a human skull
suggesting one of the hapless victims
the sea has swallowed. and that skull
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-14

One professor who was decidedly
foxy" secured large audiences by the
simple expedient of introducing fash
ion notes in his remarks For instance.
he would speak OF the rich costumes OF
velvet worn by the mobiles OF the middle
ages and then add, by the way young
ladies. ] understand that velvet is to be
out Of style next winter owing 70 its
having been so common during the past
frosty season" OR he would bring in a
little jest after this fashion,
The University OF Paris. my friends.
vas SO celebrated al the time OF which
We are speaking that it counted pupils
from all over the world. il is related
thai three Jealous young men who az
tended were in such poverty thar they
had only one tuuic among them. Sc that
while one attended the lectures the 9TH
er two stayed iu bed. bow different
this is from a certain young lady now
attending TIE summer school whe IN
addition 10 q wardrobe OF goodness
knows how many muslius. has we
are informed on credible authority.