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SARAH'S SHOES.
Lady Presented Them Without Hurt
ing Girls Feelings.

Lady Presented Them Without Hurt
ing Girls Feelings.
Mrs. Anna Lyman. wife of Judge
Joseph Lyman. was fine type of the
New England woman of fifty years
ago. AS wife of judge she was call
ed upon to do much entertaining. and
her parties We're famous in Northamp-
ton. Her daughter. Susan Lesley. in
her memoirs of Mrs. Lyman, writes
that no one ever declined going to Mrs.
Lyman's parties.
One day, as she was preparing for
an evening entertainment. she happen
ed TO look out of the window and saw
young girl, whom she liked for heI
talents and good heart. but who. from
poverty, was not always able TO go ont
into society.
20 Sarah" called Mrs. Lyman, Il am
going to have party this evening. and
all the judges are to be here. l want
you to come. my dear"
20 Mrs. Lyman" said the girl. look
ing sadly down at her feet. Il wish
could. But l can't. for my shoes are
all out at the toes, and this is my only
pair"
We'll. Sarah," said Mrs. Lyman,
brightly, ''at least you'll help me get
ready for my party"
"Oh, yes" replied the girl. quickly;
and she helped to good advantage. with
willing hands and good taste. When
the work was done Mrs. Lyman ac-
companied her home. holding her at
tention with cheerful talk
Somehow, the girl hardly knew how.
they were presently in the best shoe
shop in the village. and when they left.
Sarah had beautiful pair of bronze
shoes. and ran gaily home to dress for
the party.
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The Youngest Spx.


Henry S. Carr, now deputy at the
spies in the service of either side In
the war between the North and the
South. At the age Of 10 Mr.. Carr re-
ceived his first instruction.
1t was the year that the Louisville
forts were built The order for all
able-bodied men Of certain ages to as
sist in the construction of the forts
had been issued, and many Southern
sympathizers We're looking about for
some way to eyade the edict. Judge
s. A. Carr. father of the deputy jailer,
openly declared that he would do no
work for the soldiers from the North.
He also declared that his negroes
should not help build the forts, and
the officers in command of the Federal
troops heard of it A squad of soldiers
was dispatched at double-Quick time
to the Carr homestead. which was
within a hundred yards of Western
Park.
When the soldiers arrived they found
a barefoot boy sitting upon fence
post. He was swinging his legs and
whistling as only some boys can. A
lieutenant was in charge of the sol.
diers, and he drew rein when he saw
the boy. He inquired for Judge Carr
The boy shook his head and answered
that he did not know him.
The soldiers passed An hour later
they returned and the boy was still
upon the gatepost. All day the sol
diers searched in the woods and all
day the boy sat upon the gatepOst. The
following morning the soldiers return.
ed, and again the boy was upon the
gatepost.
Il sat there for about four days."
said Mr.. Carr. My father and sev.
eral neighbOrs and all of their negroes
We're hid in the WOODS. and by means
of signal code we were able to com.
municate with one another.
Two or three men We're stationed
in the treetops. We all had white
handkerchiefs. l watched the soldiers.
One wave meant that they We're in
the neighbOrhOod. two meant that they
were leaving, and three meant that
they were not in sight, and that ali
WAS we'll"
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Automobile Manufacture in France.


AutomObolism, directly or indirectly.
maintains more people in France than
almost any other industry. All the
factories have tripled their output dur
ing the last three years. and manufac-
turers formerly making cycles now pro-
the only city where automobiles were
made, but now Lyons. Bordeaux, Mar
seilles, Lille, st. Etienne. Nantes, and
Rouen have factories to supply local
demands. BY reckoning all the work
men in the various branches that are
benefited by the automobile industry.
total is obtained Of nearly 100000
persons dependent upon it.-Cassier's
Magazine,
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She Made Herself Understood.

She was young and innocent looking
and coy and shy, and the half-dozen men
among the passengers on a Chicago street
car the other day caught themselves
looking at her more than once and al
most wishing they had such a daughter.
Presently another girl got in, and the two
exchanged exclamations of surprise. Two
minutes later the last conner was saying
loud enough to be heard all over theacar:
Dear me. Madge. but your new hat
is a stunnerT
'.Yes? Do you like it,"
Its perfectly splendid. 1t must have
cost at least So"
Five dollarsr' echoed the coy and
shy and innocent. why, my old gov
coughed up IA bones for this hat, and
we got Sc off at thatr'
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WAS HAND OF PROVIDENCE
Tie Missed the Explosion, but Isn't
Sure 1t Was for the Best

sure 1t w as for the Best.
81 was never an atheist" said 4
northern Michigander who was lOaiing
about Il Detroit hotel the other day.
but it used To make me smile 10 hear
people tell about Providence doing this
or that. I'll tell you why | quit smil
ing.
Il had an interest in an oil well in
Pennsylvania. and one morning
planned To get up ut an early hour and
ride across country for eight miles with
Il teamster. l was up ut the hour
named, but found that the fellow had
started off fifteen minutes ahead of the
time set. My only recourse WAS 10 hire
a blackboard. and while man was
looking around for me and was eat
tng breakfast there came Il rumble and
u crash, ana fled from the hotel. be-
lievins that an earthquake was on.
Others thought SO. too. but in the
course of half an hour we got word
that 400 pounds of nitroglycerin which
was being hauled over the hill on Il
wagon had exploded. More than that,
it was the same wagon | had missed
getting Il ride on. went out with
others to view the spot, or rather the
hole. What they found of driver. horses
and wagon you could have loaded on Il
wheelbarrow. The hole made in the
highway was forty feet long, thirty
wide and twenty deep. and men. horses
snd cattle for half mile around were
knocked silly"
And you laid your escape to Provi-
dence. of course:" was asked
well, I'm not exactly sure about
that was the reply. according to the
Detroit Free Press. Il told you | ceased
TO smile after that when anything was,
mentioned about Providence, but was
never quite satisfied that a mistake
wasn't made"
What sort of mistaken
why. IL wasn't three days after that
when our well played out, the COM
pany went into bankruptcy and I've
hardly been able to raise enough to pay
my street-car fare since. Sometimes it
seems to me that Providence stepped
In to save my life. and again it seems
as if she missed me on the explosion
and dropped the bottom out of that
well to get even. It's about an even
thing. l guess. but if you've got an
other cigar about you it'll tip the scale
little bit i'm favor of Providence and
helm Mo fo hplipya that I was saved for
some useful purpose"
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Ertrre RuIc of Uncle Sam.

At the present time the tariff and the
trusts combine TO make the strongest
and the most urgent issues before the
people of the United States, and il jill
diciously handled will serve to advance
the Democratic party substantially AMI
in the end will restore the organization
TO power or force needed reforms at
the hands of the Republicans. Aside
from the trust question the tariff issue
is stronger to-day than it was in 1876.
when it gave Tilden the popular vote.
or in 1884 or 1892, when 1t brought
about the election of Cleveland. The
number of industries that have passed
far beyond any possible need of pro
lection is larger than ever before, and
the injustice of making American con
sumers pay the excessive prices that
can be demanded where foreign com
petition is restricted by heavy duties
has become more apparent than at any
time in the past.-Kansas City Star.
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As m Last Resort.

Smith-Only mighty mean man would
go back on his wife's father.
Jones-Now, what't agitating you?
Smith, was speaking of men in gen
eral and Doolittle in particular.
Jones-Did Doolittle go back on his
poor old father-in-law?
Smith-Ycs. he finally reached the stage
where he had nowhere else 10 go.-Chi-
,ago News.
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Supreme Court Sustains the Foot Ease
Trade Mark.

Justice Laughlin. in Supreme Court,
Buffalo. has ordered a permanent injunc-
ton. with costs, and full accounting Of
sales. TO issue against Paul b. Hudson.
the manufacturer of the foot powder
called DIR. Clark's Foot Powder" and
also against retail dealer of Brooklyn,
restraining them from making or selling
the DIR. Clark's Foot Powder. which is
declared. in the decision Of the court. an
imitation and infringement OF Foot
Ease" the powder to shake into your
shoes Allen S. Olmsted. OF lie Roy. y.
V. is the owner of the trademark Foot
Ease" Similar suits will be brought
against others who are now infringin. on
the Foot-Ease trademark and common
law rights
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Peruicious Activity in Ob;o-

Federal otiiceholders in Ohio would
be amazed, indeed, should President
Roosevelt order an inquiry into their
relations with partisan factional con
troversies in the Buckeye State. The
Ohio idea in politics is TO get office and
fight hard for continuance therein. No
secret is made of activity in party ser.
vice, which is both creditahle and nee
eSsary, from the practical workers
point of view. Investigate, forsooth.-
Philadelphia Record
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Not Much of an Investigation.

Labor Commissioner Wright. wko
has been Investigating" the coal strike
for President Roosevelt. says: Il have
secured all the information 1 desired.
1t will not he necessary for me to 20
10 the coal fields" \ newspaper re
porter. who could secure AL the infor-
nation desired" without going to
where the information was to be had,
would he wOnder-but he would not
last long enough TO make second in
stigation.-Albany. Y. Y, Argus.
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Where Pana Came Tn.

"Whom do you love best?" asked !.
visitor of my sister Lillian, 81 years
old.
Mamma" said the little one. God
next, and then my sister and brothers.
Noticing that she said nothing about
her father. the visitor said:
"Why, Lillian, am surprised at you.
Where does your papa come in:"
Lillian raised her large eyes and in
nocently answered.:
'Papa-why, papa comes in through
the door."-Little Chronicle.
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The Hero's Grave.

Ihe herO's Grave
81 don't reckon as We could find it
at this late day, nohow."
"Find what, Uncle Ted?"
Jimmy Dare's grave. Jimmy Dare.
the hero O. Shiloh-one O. the heroes. {"
"Who was he? What did he do: Tell
me about him"
"Why, la me! What's such lads as
you know about war and so on. Twas
in your fathers timeNyes, in your
~grandfather's, even.
"You see, Jimmy an me were chums
from boyhOod, an 1 recton bout the
only thing we ever did differ in was
our sweethearts; an when the war
broke out We was among the fust vol
unteers from our section, jined the
same company, and marched days an
days together, hungry sometimes, but
oftener tired an sleepy. Oh, me. but
war is dreadful. Jimmy never got
back to the old home nor his lassie.
Nettie Ray; and here l am without my
good right arm-a sleeve empty, an
a crippled leg besfAss: la, Ia-but we
fought in a glorious cause, an we CONS
out victors."
"But Jimmy, Uncle Ted?'
Jimmy? Why. that's who I'm a
talkin' bout Jimmy, you see, was
fair-haired boy, an as l often fancied
sort O. chicken-hearted. Shows what a
fool I was, that's all.
Jimmy, he an me kept together for
a time. went foragin'. and / must say
he could jist cook a chicken or turkey
beautiful; he'd white hands like
woman, yes, an curls, yellow curls.
"The battle where he fell was at
Shiloh; somehow we'd got separated.
an in the Adst O. that fearful slaugh-
ter I saw close to me our colonel. a
man we all loved, who had beautiful
wife an baby, as we all knew. One O.
the rebs leaped forward and was jist
goin' to lay out our colonel, when up
flew his arm an he fell dead from
Jimmy's shot Then other Confeder-
ates sprang at us, and we had lively
time, and We all fought like tigers. All.
mel ah, mer'
WAS Jimmy killed them"
Jimmy? oh, fust thing 1 knew our
colonel was down, wounded in the
breast. as we found afterward. Jimmy
bent over him, lifted him in his arms
in his left arm, for he still fought with
his right-an' he sung out to me, CAV
an cheerful:
"'Cover me, Ted. the best you can.
I'm takin' the colonel to his wife an
baby
Il tried to save him. I think they
found out then the mettle in my good
right arm; they'd ought to, fur they
shot 1t away in less than ten minutes.
II begun to back out after that I
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MRS. j. II. HASKINS.


for months after, and at the time I
thought death was q welcome relief;
but before my last child was born .
good neighbor advised LydiaE.Pin
hams Vegetable Compound, and
l used that, together with your Pills
and Sanative Wash for four months
before the child's birth it brought
me wonderful relief. I hardly had an
ache or pain, and when the child was
ten days old I left my bed strong In
health. Every spring and fall now take
aDottle of Lydia E.Pinkham'sVeg.
ctable Compound and find it keeps
me in continual excellent health
Mrs. j. II. HAsKINs, 3248 Indiana Ave-,
Chicago, Ill.-s5oo0 forfeit II abess tsstime.
niGi Is not genuine.
Care and careful counsel II
what the expectantand wOuld-be
mother needs, and this counsel
she can secure without cost by
writing to Mrs. Pinkham 81
LYNN. Mass.
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uomeseekers, Excursions.

Great Northern Railway sells home
seekers tickets. ST. Paul or Minneapolis
to all points West, including Montana
and Washington, on the first and third
Tuesdays of July. August. September and
October. 1902. Rate one fare for the
round trip.
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Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions. Swollen. Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
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Round Trip HOmeseekers' Excursion
Tn the Wesf

The Great Northern Railway sells
homeseekers' tickets to Manitoba, Mon
tana. Washington and all points in the
West, on first and third Tuesdays of July.
August. September and October, at rate
Of about one fare for the round trip.
Information from all ticket agents, or
L. |. Whitney, q. Z. Il L. A., st. Paul
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National Honor Sacrificed.

Cuba is TO he left to her fate. The
Republican Congress. caring more for
the sugar beet and the sugar trust
than for the national honor. refuses TO
grant reciprocity. refuses 10 give the
people of the island such commercial
conditions as make prosperity possible.
Were Cuba strong enough to resent
betrayal by resisting us she would be
held justified by the world in repudiat-
ing American suZerainty and seeking
sions we deny her Cuba must submit
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Tariff and Trusts.

Democrats may differ on the subject
of expansion and Imperialism. but they
can all unite in the fight against trusts
and high tariff, which has been large
ly instrumental in building up vast
combines of wealth. The Democratic
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The Ohio OflicchoIder.

There is complaint made by the
Foraker element of the Republican par,
ty in Ohio that the Federal otiicehold,
ers in that State have been pcrnicious-
ly active. The President has promised
TO inquire into the matter with view
of correcting 1t. Now he is up against
it," sure enough, TO use the expression
of the street. Any Ohio officeholder
would rather give up his office than tc
fail to go into campa;gns.-Dallas
News.
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Sunday Excursions to Chicago.

Every Sunday during the summer begin
ming next Sunday, the Nickel Plate Road
will sell excursion tickets from Fort Wayne
to Chicago and return for 500, good on
train No. 5 going, and on train No. re-
turning same day. See Ticket Agent OF
c. A. Asterlin, I. 2. A., Fort Wayne, ind.
No. 1876
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Homeseelers. Tickets to the wes,

Homeseekers Can buy excursion tickets
via the Great Northern Railway to points
in Manitoba, Montana. Washington and
the West. at about one fare for the round
trip. on first and third Tuesdays Of July,
August. September and October.
Tickets and information from all rail-
way ticket agents. or +. l. Whitney, u.
z. & I. a, ST. Paul.
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party i> Il party of freedom. II he
l:cvcs in equal rights to all. Ii favorS
no special class over any other class.
Ii INDUCES in np legislation that has
for its object the protection of one
class of citizens over another. The
Democratic party believes that the peo-
pie cf this country have Industrial and
commercial rights ana that they should
have chance to compete in the open
markets.
The Republican party views the lues-
tion in a very different light. Ii has
always favored SPECIAL classes. but its
pet favorites are generally those who
do not need help. 1t increases the
wealth of the rich at the expense of
the poor.
The next great fight that the Ameri-
can people will be likely 10 face is the
fight for commercial and industrial
rcelom.-Nashville News.
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The One Exception.

Edith would never marry a profane
man, would you?
Mary-M'm-well. l wouldn't want to
marry one who didn't swear by me-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Thou hast but one inalienable right,
and that is the sublime one of doing thy
duty at all times, under all circumstances
and in all places.-F. r. Marvin.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over
all the valuable parts OF man. and fix
our attention on his nfirmities.-Addi-
son.
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Marlborough's mother wished him to
be a soldier. and often narrated TO him
deeds of military daring. in order to in
spire him to emulate them.
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TO MOTHERS
Mrs. j. II. Haskins, Of Chicago,
ILL.,, President Chicago Arcade
Club, Addresses Comforting
Words to Women Regarding
Childbirth.

"DEAR Mrs. PIyKHAM: Mothers
need not dread childbearing after they
know the value Of Lydia f. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
While loved children 1 dreaded the
ordeal, for it left me weak and sick
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Indefinite.

Mrs. Brown-So glad to see you. Mrs.
Smith. Will you come and have O'Clock
tea with ME tomorrow?
Mrs. S.-Delighted to do SO. What
time shall l come?
Mrs. B.-Any time between 6 and ..
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Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption cured me of a terrible cough
Fred Hermann, 200 Box avenue, Buffalo,
n. Y, Sept. "A, 1901.
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felt sort O. weak: an as I went won
dered il Jimmy Got away with the
colonel. | had left the hottest o the
fray: there was just then REINFORCE
ments. an on l stumbled over dead an
d,inC. myself most dead with pain an
loss o blood.
-As went on slowly like, | saw 4
slender. boyish form. Il head o yellow
mass an'-an' that was Jimmy
Dead"
''Oh, yes; killed 10y Il ball. but
couldn't see the colonel nowhere. SO
as l went away, where my arm got Il
little attention. | found that the col
onel had been assisted of the battle
field by his own wife an servant. who.
sure enough. was lookin' for him.
That's the story o my boyhood's
chum; that's the reason old maid Miss
Ray never married. an l reckon you
don't wonder l wished we knew where
his grave was. so as we could cover it
over with fiowers?"
Il wish we could. Uncle Ted. but
with a tender smile-''the heroes are
not all dead. Seems TO me we've got
one in our own family. eh:''
Tut. tut; only did my duty. that's
all, that's all; but. Jimmy was hero,
true blue"-American Tribune
Origin of Army Leggings.
81 don't believe that one soldier out
Of G. thousand knows what caused this
government to adopt leggings in the
army" said member of the q. \. Il.
During the Civil War leggings were
not kno Sn in this country. The sol
diers wore stockings. and when march
ing through mud they would pull their
stockings over their pants.
I'm this way stockings took the place
Of leggings during the entire war;
Each soldier usually had two pairs of
stockings. and he utilized one of these
as coverings for his trousers when he
struck deep mud. Then, after the
march had been ended. he would pull
off the stockings, put on a clean pair,
and wash the old ones. The stockings
always protected his trousers from the
mud.
''It was some time after the war that
leggings We're adopted in the army,
and it is my opinion that they came as
a direct result of the stockings scheme,
which the boys of '61 invented.
81,
we now have grew out of that fight.
For instance, there is roasted coffee.
Before the war roasted coffee could
not be had on the market During the
rebellion the government roasted its
coffee and sent it to the men. After
the rebellion had ended enterprising
merchants put roasted coffee on the
market and made a mint of money
out of it.
Before the days of the war desicc-
Gated food was unknown in this coun-
try. The government sent barrels of
dried vegetables to the soldiers. and
at first they were laughed at. re-
member that the men in my company
toVh thc uiiSu ioVu anu tuieN IL iWdI,
ridiculing the idea that it was fit to
eat. There were some German sol
diers in the company, however. who
quietly gathered up the vegetables. and
that evening a most tempting odor of
viands proceeded from their tent. The
boys investigated and found that Ger
mans had stewed the dried vegetables
and made an appetiZing dish out OF
them. Thus War, as well as peace.
teaches us few things about what 10
wear and what to Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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Special Chautauqua Excursion

Special Chautauqua ExcnrsiOn
On July 25th via the Nickel Plate Road at
Reduced Rates account the Chautauqua
Summer Assembly. Return limit availa-
BILE until August 25th. See nearest agent.
No. I3j
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The Nickel Plate Road

Will run its 18th Annual Niagara Falls
Excursion on Tuesday, August 18th. Low
rates. Wait for it. For particulars see
nearest ticket agent. No. l31
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The coffee importation of the United
States for the year 1901 were the larg.
est in our import trade, exceeding for
the first time 1.OOO, 200, 900 pounds.
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If you will be cherished when you are
old. be courteous when you are young.
John Lyly.
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A Purifier.

Minister-Well, Johnny, do you think
you'll be better boy next year?
JOHNNY hope so, sir; I've just begun
TO take cod liver oil.
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Clear white clothes are a sign that the
houSekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large OF. package, 5 cents.
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Down to the year 1876 Krupp had de-
Gvered to various European nations
over 1900 cannon.