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Show WANTED NO LIME IN SHOES. " Wealthy Contractor Did Not Want tho Salesman to Give Him Away. There Is a rich contractor living out In Germnntown about whom many amusing stories are told.' For years he has purchased pur-chased his shot's at the ono place, a little shop on Main trcct, and thither he repaired re-paired tho other day, and was waited on by u new clerk, who didn't know hlni. The new clerk, sizing the customer up as a laboring man. tried on a pair of cheap brognna, which suited the contractor, except ex-cept that he thought them a trlflo hard to pull on. "I'll fix that all right," said the clerk. ! and he dusted a little powder In each shoe. Much to his surprise the customer grew livid with rage ' "What d'ye mnnc by lnsullln' mo that way?" ho demanded. Just then the proprietor pro-prietor came In and Inquired as to tho trouble. 'The young dude 16 afther puttln' chloride chlor-ide o" lime In mo shoes!" exclaimed the Irate contractor. " 'TIs an Insult!" The proprietor explained that tho supposed sup-posed chloride of lime was merely a harm- J less powder to make tho shoo go on with ' greater comfort, and tho old man wns I pntlsflcd Philadelphia Rocord. . |