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Directions in England.

Speaking of up and down" il
England reminds me of friends ex
perience. On his arrival in Liverpool
he wished to visit hat store withou
delay. He was conveyed by a fellow
passenger to a large establishment
where hats were only one of dozel
things that were sold.
"Where is the hat Department. in
quired the newcomer.
"Clear up to the top, sir, as far as yor
can CO." was the answer of the clerk ad
dressed, whose accompanying gesture
showed that he did not mean the highest
story of the building, but the extreme
end of the shop.
The next day my friend was in Ches
ter cathedral. 1t was Sunday and al
the hour of service, and the place was
pretty full. Looking about for a seat
he was accosted by a verger, who in
formed him that you can't get any
seat, sir, unless you go clear down to the
bottom" What the man meant by the
"bottom" was the portion of the edifce
nearest the altar.
Londoners also speak of the top and
"bottom" of street, where New York
ers say "head" and "foot. Cor. New
York Tribune.
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Josh Had a Chill.

When the cholera came to San Fran
cisco in 1851, Josh Havens, a well
known citizen of those days, suffered a
bad attack Of cholera scare. He pur-
chased the first day large bottle of
'cholera preventive" recommended to
him by some one, and put it in his coat
tail pocket, but while seated in the office
of friend, discussing the plague, Ha-
vens suddenly arose, turned pale and
rushed for the Office of DR.. Hastings, a
well known physician of that time.
doctor said he, lis local chill a sign
of cholera" Where is your local
chillT' inquired the medico Josh indi-
Gated the reighborhood of his pistol
pocket. The doctor placed MIN ON a
surgical table and made an examina-
ton, but the local chill" was found to
be due to the cholera medicine, on
which the terrified Havens had incau-
hously sat.-San Francisco Argonaut.
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A Sun Pillar.

An instance of this rare and beautiful
phenomenon, known as a sun pillar, was
seen by Miss Annie Lea, of Lutterworth,
ON the 9Th of March, 1899, just as the
sun was sinking behind a thick layer of
stratus cloud. A bank of ''dust haze
formed background to the clouds
When the appearance was first seen
about three-fourths of the solar disk was
below the edge of the cloud bank From
the upper part of the disk rose a vertical
column Of light, resembling an inverted
obelisk, the tip resting on the rim of the
sun.
The column was about dogs. high,
and its upper end was lost in the clouds.
1t was orange red in color below and
yellowish white above. The display
lasted for some minutes after the sun
sank, but gradually faded away. The
pillar is sometimes seen in the morning
above the rising sun, and occasionally
the cOnical end is uppermost. The phe-
nomenon has never been satisfactorily
explained. 1t has been suggested that
its resemblance to an Egyptian obelisk
may be other than accidental. The city
of On, or Heliopolis, where these obelisks
were so numerous, was devoted to the
worship of the sun.-London Tit-Bits.
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Still He Was Happy.

AT one of the sessions of the st. Louis
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church Rev. DR.. Shumate, of Glasgow
Mo-, related the following anecdote
which brought down the house: "Some
Methodists of an emotional type were
holding an old fashioned meeting in a
grove, Under the inspiration of hearty
singing and fervent prayers they became
shouting happy, and jumping up and
down like plantation negroes at revi-
val made the woods ring with 'hallelu-
iahs.' One man who was more demon
strative than the rest, and who wished
particularly to emphasize the fact that
religion agreed with him, kept waving
his arms III the air and exclaiming,
GLORY to God; I'm happyv
SIN one of his sky sweeping gestures
he struck the limb of a tree, knocking
down a hornets nest. Some of the hor-
nets crawled up his pantaloons and
stung him. Clutching frantically at his
breeches he yelled: Brethren, there is
something on me. Yes, there is-there is
something on me. But, glory to God, I'm
happy! st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Cleared oway
all the troubles and ailments that
make woman's life a burden to her.
She's relieved, cured, and restored,
with DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. Periodical pains, weak back,
bearing down sensations, nervous
prostration, all "female complaints"
are cured by it. 1t improves di-
gestion, enriches the blood, dispels
aches and pains, brings refreshing
sleep, and restores health and
strength. At
It's powerful general, as well as
uterine, tonic and nervine, imparting
vigor and strength to the entire sys-
tenn. Contains no alcohol to inebri-
ate; no syrup or sugar to derange
digestion legitimate mediciaae-
not beverage.
If you're a tired, nervous, or suf-
fering woman, then the "Favorite
Prescription " is the only medicine
that's guaranteed, in every case, to
bring you help. If it doesn't give
you satisfaction, you have your
money back.
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Inconvenience of Growing old.

am sure do not know why it is.
am not more ill looking than many a
married woman whom one sees playing
a conspicuous part in society, and l am
a very harmless, unaggressive sort of
person that would not hurt a mouse,
much less a man, yet every spawned old
stager of my acquaintance will shy at
the sight Of me as if l had nothing in
the world to do but run down defense
less old roadsters for the matrimonial
sweepstakes. 1t is really melancholy to
see how suddenly the manners of my old
friends change toward me if they happen
to be left widowers. There is old DIR.
Witherspoon, for example, who used to
make tedious little jokes before Mrs. W.
died about taking me for his second
wife, and now he shuns me as if l were
pay day. Even old Mr.. Rail, the red
headed lawyer, whom l refused twenty
years ago, and whom my poor friend,
Clara H., married only as last resort
to keep from going out as governess, is
80 fully persuaded of my desire to recon-
slider that he flies at the sight of me as
if struck by a cyclone.-A Lady of IN
certain Age in Ladies' Home Journal.
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ODDS AND ENDS.

Never dispute woman or coax man.
The electrotype was the work of Spen-
Ger in 1887.
A rainbow in the morning is the shep-
herds warning.
The father of George Frederick Han
del was country doctor.
If bats autter and beetles fly about,
there will be fine weather.
There is no motion of progression so
delightful as riding on horseback.
A paste made of equal parts of lard
and powdered chalk will cure corns.
1t is asserted that the oldest building
in the world is the Tower of London.
While slicing ham lady in Pottstown,
Pa, found a silver thimble embedded
therein.
The drive well, one of the simplest of
inventions, has yielded its inventor
$4,000 in royalties.
For the earache, drop one drop of
sweet oil up in the ear and place piece
of cotton in the outer ear.
Experts say tnat dalmat1an powder
shaken over flower beds will drive away
nearly all kinds of insects.
Herod the Great was the first Hebrew
king who imported into his realm Ro-
man modes of ''society life"
At an ordinary temperature mercury
in an equal quantity in bulk weighs
about two-thirds more than gold.
Emerson "made every man give him
of his best" Montaigne declared that
"listening is the better half of CONVEX
sation."
The Indian exhibit at the Worlds fair
will include representatives of every
tribe from the extreme north to Terra
del Fuego.
A semaphore post on which three men
were at work in England was pulled
over by locomotive that came along
and became entangled in the wire stays.
One of the men was killed and the others
were mortally hurt.
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How 1t Was Made Plain to Him

London 'Arrys are apt to be loud
cheap and vulgar, but they are uncon
sciously amusing. Two of them were
seated in pothouse during the election
excitement, when one noticed a glaring
poster on the wall representing Mr.
Gladstone shaking hands with Britannia
and John Bull, and the army and navy
in raptures at the spectacle. Beneath
the picture was the legend, lone Man,
One Vote"
81 say, old man." asked AIRY First,
"wotever does this ere mean-this ere
man and vowt thing:"
"W'y," said AIRY Second, "cawn't we
see for yerself wot it means? One man,
one vowt. And there you are"
"Well, | down't see it."
"Now look ere. It's heasy enough.
One bloody man, one bloody vowt."
"W'y, yesl Great man, GladstunP-
New York Sun.
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DREAM FACES.
shadowy Countenances That Pass Before
People Even When Wide Awake.

shadOwy Countenances That Pass Before
People Even When Wide Awake.
1t may be serviceable to remark that
visions sometimes present themselves to
us in the dark when we are awake, per-
fectly sane, unaware of any sort of
physical disturbance and without any
effort of the imagination. They are
dream stuff, so to speak, and the pre-
cursors of the dreams that fill our minds
when quite asleep. In this way a lady
used to see showers of red roses, which
turned into fight of golden speckles or
spangles; and not only were the roses
presented to her vision as distinctly as
real flowers in broad daylight might be,
but she could smell their perfume.
There is nothing like that in my ex-
perience, except that at infrequent times
of fatigue | share the sensations of those
who are said to have discovered rose
scent flowing from and about them.
An evanescent but very distinct violet
scent fushes from my hands, or so |
fancy. But MN. Maury and Gallon
relate stories of faces seen in the dark
in like manner-faces seemingly stand
ing off upon the air and coming and
going, as if with a will and purpose of
their own. M. Maury's experience
seems to have differed from mine in
this particular. In his case these phan-
toms nearly always represented persons
known to him.
In mine it has never been so on a sim
gle occasion, and the difference is
noticeable one. AS l look at these faces,
asking myself who was like that or that,
| find no answer except in a fancied re-
semblance to some historical or myth
illogical parsonage. They strike the
view as entirely strange and surpris-
ingly original" Possibly Blake's WIS.,
ions were some such f ces as these, pre-
scented to his eyes in broad daylight.
| am inclined to think so, because his
wonderful, dreadful drawing, "The
Ghost of a Flea" is precisely such a
transcript as | could have made by the
score had I possessed his pictorial skill.
Under my own eyelids | have seen
many face of the same awful family;
some even more dreadful still, being all
astir with animation. But the greater
number of them are not of the too terri
BILE kind. After the fact that nothing
foreknown or familiar ever appears
among them, the next most remarkable
thing about these visions is that they
often look like the fleeing embodiment
of some passion or mood Of the mind;
usually not the bettermost. Some faces
expressive of great nobility and seren-
ity appear, but l have never seen among
them the mask of pity, of love or any
soft emotion. Grief the most despairing,
scorn, cunning, pride, hate, inquiry, en-
vious or triumphant mockery-no hu-
man face that ever was seen, feel
sure, displayed these emotions with
comparable fullness and intensity.
1t is not the characteristic of all, but
it is of some to an almost appalling ex
text; and if Blake did see these faces,
either in daylight or in darkness, he
had more than his imagination to draw
upon when he depicted the passions
f. Greenwood in Contemporary Review.
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Abel BurgIn's Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT. Bradford District, S.
> In Probate Court held Thetford in and for saio
District on the 10Th day of Oct A. d. 1892
Hon. Chester Dckey Administrator OF the estate of
Abel Burgin late of Corinth. in said district de-
ceased makes application to said court for license to sell
real estate Of said deceased, situated in Vermont repre-
senng that the sale thereof necessary for the purpose
settling the estate and thereto being given
writing by all the heirs residing in this state Whereupon
is ordered by said Court that said application be refer
red session thereof be held the probate Office in
said Thetford, the 12th day OF November, A. D..
1892, for hearing and decision thereon; and further
ordered that all persons interested be notified hereof ~
publication OF notice of said application and order
newspaper published at Bradford in this state, and
which crculaes in the neghbohood Of these interested
before said time Of hearing, that they may appear at
said time and place. and il they object thereto
By the Court-Attest,
III GrrAcnNr I,tdne
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Sally ChamherI,n,s Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT, District of Bradford, IS.
- In Probate Court held at Thetford in aid district
on the 22d dav of Oct, A. d. 1892
Hon John Bailey Administrator Of the estate Of Sally
Chambern, late OF Newhury, in said district deceas-
ed presents his administration account for examination
Distribute and partition of the estate of said deceased
Whereupon it is ordered by said that said appca
ton be referred to session thereof be held A.
w. JaquithS all North Thetford on the 12th day Of
Nov, A. D., 1899, for hearing and decision thereon.
And it is further ordered that notice hereof be given
all persons interested by publication Of the three
weeks successfully in the United Opinion newspaper
published Bradford previous said time appointed
for hearing, that they may appear at said time and
place, and show cause if any they may have why said
account should be allowed such decree made.
By the Court latest,
S. NJ. GLEASON. Judge.
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LYDIA III Halls Estate.

GTATE OF VERMONT, District of Bradford, SIS.
= In Probate Court held Thetford within and for
said district on the st day Of Nov, A. d. 1892.
w. h. Sargent Administrator Of the estate of Lydia
H. Hall late of Thetiord in said district deceased,
makes application to said Court for license sell all the
real Of said deceased situated in Vermont for the
purpose of settling the estate consent thereto in writing
being given by all the heirs residing in this State.
Whereupon il is ordered by said court that said appca
ton be referred session thereof to be held at the pro-
bate office in said Thetord, the 10Th day Of Novem
Der, A. d. 1884, for hearing and decision thereon and
it is further ordered that all persons interested be
tilted hereof by publication of notice of said application
and order thereon three weeks successfully in the Unit
ed, Opinion a newspaper published at Bradford and
which cculates in the neighborhood OF those interested
before said heang that they may appear at said
time and place, and if they object thereto
By the Court, Attest,
5. NJ. GLEASON, Judge.
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CheaD Enough.

There's a Detroit real estate dealer
who doesn't know joke from sermon.
A possible customer came in to see him
about 2-acre tract in the suburbs last
week.
"What are your best figuresy" inquired
the customer.
twenty-five hundred dollars an acre,
he replied.
"Come OFF, exclaimed the buyer;
''that's away too high"
'On the contrary, it is dirt cheap, sir,
dirt cheap" and when the buyer wouldn't
tell him why he smiled he looked hurt
and didn't want to talk any more.-De-
troit Free Press.
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THE SAD TALE OF A PRoTEeE.
A Youthful Artist Finds That She Does
Not Have Rosy Path to Travel.

Not Have Rosy Path to Travel.
She came to see me the other day,
looking tired and miserable, and while
she rested in my biggest and contest
chair pressed her to tell me what was
wrong.
"Well," she said finally, 81 will tell
you 1t all comes from being Mrs.
Blanks latest fad. You are surprised,
but it's quite true. You know, Mrs
Blank, having nothing else to occupy
her mind, is always a slave to some fad
Or other. Once it was Browning, later
on it was athletics and finally changed
to china painting, and now l am her
particular ~ You see, she met me
when the ca painting craze was on
her, and as | have some little skill and
reputation as china decorator she
came to see me frequently about her
work. At last she veered around from
china painting to me. When Mrs. Blank
first 'took me up" it was a matter of
considerable rejoicing, not only to my
fellow artists, but to myself.
"Mrs. Blank isa woman of wealth and
prominence, and naturally any person
whom she favored with her friendship
and patronage would soon become well
known and gain considerable custom.
Well, I've had few orders-not many.
You see, Mrs. Blanks friends are so we'll
aware of her habit of going daft about
something or other at recurrent inter-
walls that they don't put much faith in
her recommendations. However, it's
quite as we'll, for l shouldn't have time
to do anything anyhow. haven't had
chance to execute the orders L did re-
ceive.
"Why not? Why simply because she
tied down to good days work in my
studio, along comes Mrs. Blank and
says:
CHOW you must come up to SO-and-
SOS with me. It's an opportunity you
can't afford to neglect. You'll get lots
Of new ideas. Got something to do?
Oh, nonsense! Come along and do that
afterward. Ideas are the thing-not la
bor' Or she sends me note to come
to luncheon, as she wants to see me par
ticularly, and then she keeps me there
all day. What does she want? Nothing,
except to talk to me. That's why she
likes me. She likes to talk. Now you
know do not shine in conversation and
| can listen till the heavens fall. Well, !
she sits by the hour and pours into my
ears the tale of her emotions, her ideas, |
her experiences, her views, her aspira-
lions and her opinions of her neighbors
And am weak enough to let her do it,
all because people say, How lucky for
you that Mrs. Blank is so interested in
you!
Il used to be spoken of as Miss Smith,
promising young china painter Now
I'm alluded to as Miss Smith, Mrs.
Blanks young protege.'
ooh, tell you there's nothing in this
protege business, be assured of that. It's
hard lines being somebody's fad. To be
sure, as rule it is something that don't
last long, but it's wearing while it does
last New York Recorder.
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John S. Butterworh.s Estate

STATE OF VERMONT Bradford District IS.
- In Probate Court held Thetford in said district
on the 72d day Of October A. D., 1892
Hon. John Bailey, administrator OF the estate Of S.
Butterworth late of the of PENN deceased, pre-
seniS his adm nisraon for examination and al
owance, nd makes application for decree Of dstribu
and partition of the of said deceased Where
upon is ordered by said that said application be
referred session thereof to be held w Jaquths
Hall in Ihetford the I2h day Of November, A. D.,
1892, for hearing and decision thereon And it is fur
Their ordered that notice hereof be given all persons
interested, by publication Of the three weeks
cessivey in the United Opinion, newspaper published
Bradford previous said time appointed for hearing,
that they may appear at said time and place and show
cause if any they may have, why said should
not be allowed, and such decree made.
By the Court,-Attest,
S NJ GLEASON Imdye
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Commissioners Notice.

TINE undersigned having been appointed by the Hon
4 Probate Court for the District Of Bradford com.
missloners to receive examine and adjust all claims
and demands Of all persons against the Of Samuel
M Bishop late Of Newbuy in said district, deceased
and all claims exhibited in ofse thereto, hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purposes aforesaid
at the Town Clerks office in said Newbury on the
18TH day OF April next, from 10 o'clock a. m. until
4 o'clock ?. m. Of said day. and that six months
from the 2oth day of October, A. 1892, is the time
limited by said court for said creditors to prese
their claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Newbury this 24th day of Oct. A. D., 1899.
ANDREw RENFREw, Comms.
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Legal.
Henry J Mesreve's VIII

G. TATE OF VERMONT, District of Bradford, S.
- In Probate Court held at E. Corinthwithin and foi
said district, on the 10Th day of Oct, A. D., 1909
An instrument purportng to be the last will and tes-
lament OF Henry Meserve late of Newbury in said dis
trc deceased being presented by Mary A. Ieserve the
eXecurx therein named for probate it is ordered by said
appear at session thereof be held at Bradford in said
district on the 9th day of November, A. D. 1884, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon, and show cause if my they
have, against the probate Of said WILL for which purpose
weeks successfully in the United Opinion newspaper
printed at Bradford in this sate previous said time of
hearing.
BY the court,-Attest,
SO S M GLEASON Judge
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England's Oldest Man.

The Oldest man in England is said tc
be Amos Jinks, a native of Shropshire,
now living at Wellingborough, North
amptonshire, The claim that he is 101
years old, it is averred, has been inves-
tigated and thoroughly verified by re-
sponsible parties. The old man is with
cred and bent, his eyesight has failed
and his voice is shaky, but apart from
these evidences of age he is free from
physical infrmity. He eats, drinks and
sleeps well, and is not at all deaf.-Ey-
change.
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Commissioners, Notice..

rINHE undersigned having been appointed by the Hon
L Probate Court for the district OF Bradford Com
missioners to receive examine and adjust all claims and
demands OF all persons against the estate of Nehmiah
Lovewell late of Corinth said district deceased and
all claims exhibited in offset thereto hereby give notice
CT Hale in Bradford on the 72d dav OF Nov and 9th
Of Marchnext from 10 clock a. m. until o'clock p m.
Of said days, and that six months from the 9th day Of
Sept A. d. 1899, the is the time limited by said Cour
for said creditors present their claims for
ination and allowance
Dated at Bradford this 18TH day of Oct, A. D.. r8oa
J. A. BALDWIN, co,,,s
So p F. CRAFTS NohmS
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The Smoke from the Sunset Gun.

Next to the sunsets and the daily de
parture of the white fleet of sound
steamers, nothing that is seen from the
span of the Brooklyn bridge is better
worth Seeing than the firing of the
evening gun at Castle William ON Gov
ernor's island. The fash is of startling
brilliancy, and in calm weather it leaps
nearly 500 feet from the mouth of the
cannon. Even at that distance, how
ever, it can be seen that it is not sheet
of flame, but a rocketlike shower of fir,
hakes-slow burning powder and wad-
ding.-Exchange.
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Commissioners Notice.

TINE undersigned having been appointed by the
4 Hon Probate Court for the District of Bradford
commissioners to receive examine and adjust all claims
and demands of all persons against the estate OF James
W. George late Of Newbury, in said district deceased
and all claims exhibited in offset thereto hereby give
notice that will for the purposes aforesaid at the
dwelling house Of Ira W. George in Newbury, on the
25th day OF Feb next from o'clock until o'clock
of said days and that six months from the 9Th day
OF Sept, A. D. 1892, is the time limited by said Court
for said creditors present their claims to for
animation and allowance.
Dated at Newbury this 18th day Of Oct, A. D.,
1902
JOHN REID To-.
John F, GEORGE Soilus'