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Show the mind when we think of th8 sorrowing sorrow-ing family in the White house and review re-view the ambitious life of the president and the wife of his youth. But the fact that the hopes of a lifetime have been realized does not relieve the sorrow which comes with death. Mrs. Harrison was a perfect type of the American wife and mother. Like the ideal American woman, she was fitted to adorn any place to which the fortune of her husband might take her. She was as much at home in the White house as ,j a her' first humble home at Indianapolis. In neither place was she above or below her station. From the first she was a source of inspiration to her husband. President Harrison will receive messages mes-sages of condolence from all over the world, but more precious than these will bo the deep sympathy of the people which he has today, without distinction of party or section. MRS. HARRISON'S DEATH. The wife whom Benjamin Hakkison jcarried in the days of his poverty and Obscurity, died yesterday in the White house the first lady of the land. This statement tells the story of a wonderful career and reveals the personal per-sonal satisfaction which Mrs. Harrison must have shared with her husband. It is th satisfaction of a great success, bought with the gold coin of hard work and generous sacrifices. Mrs. Hauri-80N Hauri-80N shared In tha poverty and obscurity, ob-scurity, in the .hard work and sacrifice, &nd, at last, in the glory and greatness which her husband won. This is tha first thought that comes to |