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AT LAST A HERO.

II wish I could see a real live hero"
and Frederetta Floyd closed her richly
bound Tennyson and leaned back in her
chair. "lfI had lived in those days of
knightly chivalry, how proudly 1 should
have bent my head to wear the Jewel of
love bestowed upon me by such as Ger.
amt, Lancelot of the Lake, Sir Galahad,
but the signing SWANS of to-day substi-
tute words for deeds, and, if tested,
woald not turn q finger should it en-
danger their precious lives. Pshaw +!
it makes me impatient to compare
them |" and she arose from her chair
energetically, and walked across the
room to the western window, where the
mysterious, silent beauty of a Septem-
Der afternoon wrought itself into the
surrounding landscape.
*"And do you think the nineteenth
century deficient in heroes?"
She turned quickly at the i~nterroga-
ton from the reclining form on the
lounge. She may have felt slightly
guilty, for her remarks had been a tacit
condemnation of that person. But she
flashed back, excitedly:
Yes, l 90 thlnk the present age de-.
ficient in heroes. I am a firm believer
in good old times"
A pair of deep blue eyes looked at her
with something of admiration in their
unread depths, and a gentleman with a
rather pale but handsome face and a
slight, elegant figure rose from the sofa
and walked across to her side at the
window. She looked almost scornfully
ct the-it seemed to her-effeminate
man beside her. Would he never drop
this ruf1ed mien, and do something
she did not care whnt-that would be-
token energy? .
" Vel, there is no use getting cross
over Il; be said, coolls; .weM have to
tska the world ss we andA Come, Set
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A Touching Scno in a New York Court

In these DAYS of frequent marital dis
turbance and conjugal infelicity, when
the course OF married life seems to have
been transferred from a paved street to
a corduroy road with very disagreeab!e
holes in it, it is pleasant to read OF in
stances in which affection triumphs over
the worst obstacles, aud forgiveth all
and endurethingsth the worst. A case
of this sort occurred in one of our coults
last Saturday night. A young and
pretty woman was brought btfore the
Judge for being found helplessly intoxi-
Gated in the street. The Judge hesitated
to send such O woman to the island, and
asked if my one in the court knew her.
A young man thereupon came forward,
and, in a voice low and hoarse with
emotion. said: "She is my wife, sir.
It is not her first %offense, and, God for
give me, I had determined to let her
suffer this time. I find my love for her
will not allow of my quietly seeing her
punished, however much she may de.
serve it. Forgive her, your honor, as I
now do. She has been, and will per-
haps again be, as good a wife as ever
man was blessed with" The judge
pronounced the woman free, and turned
bis face to conceal his emotion. The
two went their way, with blessings fol-
lowing them, O hundred times happier
than most people who parade their de-
mestic miseries in the divorce courts.
Such episodes do something to keep
faith in human nature. Love is a good
thing to have in a family after ALL
NeW York Express.
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Baby Benson, the child actress, after
many wanderings in California, Eng.
land, Australia and the West Coast OF
Africa, has returned to this country with
q respectable fortune, and taken up a
permanent abode in Newport, +. l. She
is now said to he about twelve years OF
age, and is with her mother and adopted
father. A handsome cottage has been
purchased in Newport, ami fitted mp
with elegant surroundings. The child
goes regularl, to school, and her mother
intends that she shall be we'll educated
and enjoy good society. Among the
many presents. which she has received
are rough diamonds, watches, crosses
and bracelets, which are carefully pre-
served in o safe.
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as he reeled over insensible. He had
the bravery of a lion, had never known
fear, but his physical strength was not
equal to great deeds of daring. Inc
unusual e1ertion brought on q slow
fever, through which Frederetta nu:sed
him, Her manner toward him had
changed; she regarded him with n differ
ence which he wal not slow to perceive.
"Do You despise mt as you used to
do ?" he asked, suddenly, one evening,
as he sat in an easy.chair, supported by
cushions. -,
"Despise you? don't understand"
she said, consciously.
81 love you, Frederetta. Will You
allow me to tell you SO, or are you still
looking for one of the knights OF the
Round Table 2"
Their eyes met a moment, and in hers
he read his answer. He drew her to-
ward him, and pressed his first kiss up
on her lips. And so she found her
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Christmas Proverbs.

"Christmas m but once q year.
This is a glorious, hearty old proverb,
full of generosity and permission to go
to the full lengths enjoyment. II the
children scream more loudly than usual
with delight-if boys and girls dance
and frolic more wildly-if pater tamitias
purchases a present which is a little too
extravagant-never mind it, for once
Christmas comes but once q year u
Forget and forgive, good folks, and we
will forget and forgive in turn.
"Christmas is talked of so long that
it comes at last"
This is an old Norman French prov
erb: On a tant erie noel que enfn ii
esl venu." It is another cheerful prov
erb, full of the spirit of the season,
meaning that whatever trouble or dark.
ness may intervene, light and joy will
come at last. 1t is the same as "It's a
long lane that has no turning" or "a
fast day is the " of a feast day. :
Perhaps it may have the suspicion of an
old superstition, that if We only hammer
ana weary, AWAY at anything long
enough, we will bring it to pass. So
then =
"Talk of it ere summers past, /.
Christmas is sure to come at last"
"After Christmas comes lent" This
is German. Mach aOeahnachten k0n1en
tasten." This is a warning and solemn
proverb, something like, "It is dark
under the lamp" However, as the
Danes say, "Am5olet er like rad for en-
good torhammer," the anvil does not
fear q good sledgehammer ; and he who
has held a glorious feast-tide finds so
much rational pleasure in a season OF
sobriety and quiet Joy.
The bow cannot always be bent;
Past Christmas comes the sober lent"
ga green Christmas makes a fat
chnrchyard.
A Danish proverb "En gran jua
given ct fed kirkegaarn." This is
merely the old sanitary and weather
theory, that unreasonable weather is un-
healthy. When it is warm in winter,
imprudent people expose themselves to
tho damp, unhealthy air, or become
impatient of too much warm covering,
and are caught in ga cold snap to their
SORROW" In the old times, when most
people dwelt in badly-warmed, badly
constructed houses, such changes in the
weather were of much greater signif.
canoe than at present.
IAN old bit Of a truthful rule
Christmas green a churchyard full"
Closely allied to this, but without its
terrible warning, we have the German
proverb:
as des ret'er nm ,ceihnaeM gelind,
So freut niche mann, Ueeb, ind kind"
Which in English means
"Is the weather at Christmas mild,
1t is joy to man, and wife, and child"
"Christmas is a good time to bleed
horses in." This was an old supersti-
ton, and was closely followed. The
horses we're run up and down until in a
and then bled. AS Truser sings !:
"Ere Christmas be passed, let horses to be
let blood -.
For many a purpose it doth them much good"
"a green Christmas, q white Easter"
"Grueue weibnacht, weisse ostern.'
German, OF course. The same has
another form
"Weihnacht in klee,
Ostern i'm schnee."
II Christmas be in clover,
Easter with snow'll be heaped over"
Among other saws and proverbs
which may be cited in brief, is:
"A Christmas box with Eve nails in it,"
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TIMELY TOPICS.

The total cotton spindles in the North
are now estimated at about 9,9O0, 600,
and in the South at 600, 600, or a total
in the country of say 10, 500, 900. Or
the GO, 600, 900 spindles employed in the
manufacture OF cotton in 1876, the
United States had in round numbers
10, 900, 900, and Great Britain 40, 0O0, 900.
The cotton crop of the United States
for the year ending August 81, 1878, &C
cording to the figures of the CONNER
cial and Financial Chronicle, amounted
to 4,811, 265 bales, against 4,485, 423
bales in 1877. This is the largest crop
since that of 1859-60, the greatest ever
known, and is only a little behind that.
OF the total supply, 3,340. 166 bales
were exported, while 1,546,298 bales
we're taken for home consumption. The
takings for home use were larg ely in OK
cess of those of previous years.
Whalers have been wondering what
has become of all the whales, but there
is now news as to where they are dis
porting. Lieut.. Sandebery, of the
Swedish navy, has lately returned from
an expedition to Russian Lapland, made
especially with a view to researches in
natural history, and has brought back
many rare geological specimens, which
he will divide among the museums of
Stockholm, Christiania and st. Peters
burg. He reports that never was there
such quantities of whales seen in the
gulf of Manager and White sea as
during last summer, and that q single
Norwegian boat captured a hundred.
Mrs. Nancy Slocumb recently died at
Bloomington, Ind, ct the age of lob.
During the last ten years of her resi-
dence with her daughter, now a woman
of sixty-fve, she was entirely helpless,
though able to talk. It was among the
duties of the daughter to dress and un.
dress her mother, sing her to sleep as if
she we're an infant, and give that care
necessary to a young babe. The old
lady would always speak of herself as
"baby," and was as delighted and
happy as a little child when a toy was
presented to her. Whenever any good
things to eat were in her sight she
would pleadingly say to her daughter,
"Give your baby some of that"
Mr.. William L. Stone, we'll known as
O historian, and with some reputation as
an archeologist, advances the opinion
that a race not yet classified, but pro.
badly of Aztec origin, once occupied
certain portions of central and eastern
New York. He POUNDS this belief upon
sundry pipes, copper and bronze spear
heads and spears, which have been
found within the last year or two near
Seneca Falls and Saratoga Springs. The
terra-cotta pipe is wrought with the
Egyptian Or Sphinx-like cast of features,
so different from any of the rough
earthen work of the American Indian, but
not at all unlike the discoveries made in
some of the Ohio mounds. The spear
and spear head are identical in size and
shape with the copper implements dis.
covered in the abandoned galleries OF
the ancient copper mines of Lake Su.
perior, and there can be no question OF
their prehistoric character.
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Origin Of the Stars and Stripes.

! A New York Herald correspondent
ENDS to that paper an interesting &C.
iount of q visit to Brington, seven miles
rom Northampton, England, the home
Y George Washington's ancestors.
referring to the church at Brington
there the Washingtons were buried,
he correspondent says: There are
hare two tombs. The one in the chan
lei covers the grave of Lawrence Wash.
who died in 1922. The inscrip-
ion on the grave of the former reads
ls follows:
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CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY
Sennte.

Among the bills introduced were seversl
making appropriations for the !mproyem, Mt or
rivers on the P.cldc slope. inc Ylce'P:esl
dent appointed Messrs. Harris, Matthews, La
mar, Paddock, Cpnover. Garland and Eustis
the yellow fever investigating committee, an.
thorized by Mr.. Harris resolution .... Several
changes in the standing committees we're an
noupced 80. Resolutions were adopted calling
ON the President for information regarding
postal and commercial intercourse with South
American countries, and on the secretary OF
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Meanwhile, beneath thu shade.

Meanwhile, beneath the shade.
Tall neighbcr Strong, and dove-like Martha straYed.
A trembling silence, broken by the birds
Alone, seemed to content then, more than words
" Martins, at last he sud his voice was low,
Keyed for her ear alone - Too soon will 60
These moments, and, alas {! my lips are weak
To alter what my heart is iain to speak.
Oh, dear one. give me love Tor love, / pray,
And make this fair and golden autume day
The brightest of the year and all my life,
Until the day when I may call you wife,"
Silent was MARTINS, but che gently laid
Her hand In his brown palm, and unafraid
Lifted her sweet face for the trothal kiss
The night wind in the orchard moan and hiss
Shadows like spectres waver on the grass
The sun seems 40 lting on ! sea OF glass,
Der which fit scarlet flames; q golden hill
Stands here and there, doomed to the cider mill:
About each dusky bole d jewelled ring
or apples lie.
"Come, boys. the baskets bring,
The farmer calls " we can no longer stay
The dew Is falling. Come fetch the bay
And Dobbin. All the women folk may ride,
There ~ room for Kate to sit by Martha's side.
Where is Mutha ?"
"Here," cries q voice " we'll come,
II the harvesters are going home"
That is the voice of our young neighbor Strong.
The farmer says. "Where does o son-in-law
belong?
Right here, my boy. my own tall sons beside;
Or, If you like 1t better, by your bride"
Then they kiss Martha, and the mother sichs.
As III the south the harvest moon doth rise.
Rubbing his forehead with q wisp Of hay,
The farmer shouts, " We've had a glorious day ~
l." I think It's been a happy day" say Kate
The lovers steal q glance.
"Oh, soon or late,"
Sings Joe, " the winter yields to spring,
The old enchanttr has not flown,
Bnt come on southern bretzes borne.
Forsooth I saw a maiden blushing.
DULY yesterday"
You are mistaken, twas today" cries Kate,
while We were picking apples,
Soon or late,
Oh, soon, or late, beloved,
Winter yields to spring."
Elizabeth Cummings, HON. Jorunal.
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In proportion IS a person is finely
and delicately organized does the
quality of his food become of import
ance. This is true of grains, vegetables,
fruits /; bat pre.eminently 80 Of meat
Or. r. B. Foote's Health Monthly.
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For an irritated throat, cough or cold,
browns Bronchial Troches" are offered with
the fullest confidence in their efficacy. They
maintain the good reputation they have justly
acouired. Is cts. q box.
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Fnce to Face with Disease.

Face to Face with Disease.
How often it happens that although We have
others, we disregard his warning signals In our
own. 1t is only when we find him face to face
with US that we really perceive how grim he 10.
Then, perchance, when it Is too late, medicinal
aid is sought. His avant courier, his forerun-
ner, is physical weakness. Fortify the system,
and you are armed against him. The finest
tonic for this purpose is Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which renders digestion easy and com-
plete, nourishes the system, improves the ap-
petite, gives strengthening sleep, counter.
acts biliousness, and keeps the bowels in first
rate order. Leanness, and unnatural wanness
and sallowness Of the face, are obviated by it,
and 80 genial and bene6cent are it's effects,
that not only is the body invigorated and regu-
lated by its use, but dependency banished
from the mind.
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in his lee
ture on The wastes and burdens of society, d"
claims " mans natural life to be eighty years
and as the average life is but thirty three
years, there must be a waste Of forty-seyen
years." There is much Of truth In this state
meut. II a man be unfortunate in business, it
is attributed to the violation of some CONNER
cial law. Now, If q person be taken of in the
prime Of life, ought it not to be attributed to
the violation or ONE physiological law? II
people only knew better, they would live better
and longer but how can they profit by that
which they know not Of? The only popular
work that meets this great want is DR.. Pierce's
Common Sense Medical Adviser. In 1t the
great problems Of disease and health are fully
discussed. The work contains over 900 pages
and $50 colored plates and wood-cuts. Price,
$3.50 (~postpaid). Address the author, R. Y.
Pierce, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y.
Published testimony establishes the fact that
Scovills Blood and Liver Sirup is . sterling
remedy for scrofulous and syphIlitic disorders
Of q formidable type. Also that 1t cures white
swelling, carbuncles, eruptive maladies OF al
promotes a secretion and flow Of healthy bile
and directs it into the proper channels. The
deplorable ailments produced by mercury are
also remedied by it. Druggists sell 1t.
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Not lowest priced, poorest and dearest but
highest priced. best and cheapest this is what
is claimed for the Mason d Hamlin Cabinet
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8 large pack Of v

An Irishman called at a drug store to get a
bottle OF Johnson's Anodyne Liniment for the
rheumatism. Tho druggist asked him in what
part of the body it troubled him most. "Be
me SOUL said he, "Ihave it in every houl and
oorpor ~ mo
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IMPORT ANT NOTICE.-Farmer.. FAM

IMPORTANT NOTICE.-Farmers. FAINT
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TOBIAS, VENETIAN LINIMENr for the orrs OF
Cholera, Diarrhea, Dysentery, Group, Collie and Ses-
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Chronic Rheumatism, Headaohe, Toothaohe, Sore
Throat, Outs. Burns. sTe!llings Bruises, AoeQ1ito
VENETIAN LINIMENT was introduced In lS47, and
no one who has used it but continues to do 80, many
st,tiue IL Il was Ten Dollars . Bottle they would not be
without it. Thousands Of Certificates can be seen at
the Depot, speaking Of ito wonderful curative proper.
ties. Sold Dy the Druggists n 40 ctSs Depot ~
Mrrr.y 81 Mao York
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You can't tell the age of an sold saw
by looking at it's teeth.
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For loss OF cud, horn all, red water In COWS,
loss Of appetite, rot, or murrain in sheep thick
wind, broken wind and roaring, and for all OBJ
structions of the Kidneys in horses, use Sheri-
dams Cavalry Condition Powders. Don't buy
a large mack of worthless powder,
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.
HEaE LIETH -HE BoDI OF LAWRENCE
WASHINGTON SOME AND HEIR OF
ROBERT WASHINGTON OF sovLanAvE
IN TIE coUNTIE OF NORTHAMPTON
ESQUIRE WHO MARRIED MARGARET
THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM
BUTLER OF TEES IN THE CoUNTIE
or sUssExE ESQUIRE, WHO HAD IssU
BY HEB 8 soNNs AND 9 DAUGHTERS
WHICH LAWRENCE DECEASED THE IL
OF DECEMBER A. DNI 1916.
Those that by chance or choyce
Of this hast sight
Know life to death resignes
a. daye to night;
But as the Sums retorne
Revives the day
30 Christ shall ug
Though turnde to dust & clay.
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To cleanse aud whiten the tee b, to sweeten
the breath, use Browns Campht :ated sapona-
oanns Dentifrice. Twenty-Five .ents q bottle.
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Hon. O. 4. Parsons, mayor Of Rochester, was
radically cured Of Bright's Disease by CRAIG
Kidney Cure. Depot AZ University Pl., N. 7.
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For upwards of thirty Yeas Mrs. WINSLOWs
SOOTHING SYRUPha q been used for children
with never-failing success. It oorreots acidity
Of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrh@a,
whether arising from teething or other causes.
An old and Ra1.tried remedy. rs eta. bottle.
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CHEW
The Celebrated
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ToplccO-
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NeW 1UrK, DUBtUH 6uu OHcHBo'
We beg to call the attention Of our readers to
the advertisement of Horace Waters & Sons,
Of New York city. They are Offering special
inducements for the holidays. Their pianos
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A wonderful discovery. Freckles, Pimplea,
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Above the lnscrlptlon IS chlseIed IN
stone the arms of the Washington and
Butler ifamilies. The other tombstone
is in the nave ; the inscription is on q
brass plate let in the stone. 1t reads as
follows:
:. Here lies 20 bodies Of Elijah. Washing:
ton, wlddowe, who changed this life for:
:immortalite ye 10Th Of March. 1922. As:
:also ye body Of Robert Washington. gent:
her late husband, second some Of Robert:
Washington, of solgrave, in ye county Of:
North. Esq, who depted this life ye 10Th:
:of March, 1922, after they lived lovingly:
together many yeares in this parish.
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Persons annoyed by water leaks Of any kind,
whether about roofs or any other place no
matter where - can save dollars by repairing
them themselves with a 900. or 75c. can Of Van
dervoort's Flexible Cement. Sold by hardware
and paint supply stores. Send stamp for de-
scriptive circular to Vanderyoort, 116th..st., NY.
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To Our Rende

The attention of all our readers Is called to
the attractive advertisement Of ]. L. Patten d
Co., AZ Barclay Street, New York. who gener-
ously offer to send q beautiful Chrome Motto,
6117 inches in size, to all who send rs cents
for a three months subscription to their new
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If you want the best fruit and flower paper
send me dollar to the Fruit Recorder and Cot
taqe Gardener, Rochester, N. Y, nou, for 1879,
and you get last three months Gf 1878 or q
beautiful fruit or flower chrome. 10 by 16
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