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always so arranged, and the effect where the scroll is broken in cutting straight is bad. Some ef the merchants say that they cut them straight, not because they consider it right, but be- cause the customers demand it. As a rule. they advocate cutting with the design, regardless of how crooked the end may be.
 Towels. like table linens. are hem stitched instead of fringed, because of their being much more serTiceable, the fringed towels requiring so much time after they are laundered. But these are gradually going out, and the hem stitched ones taking their place.
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Large Turkish towels are shown in unusual numbers. They are not only used for the bath, but as mats for the bathroom. They are shown in light gray and browns, principally with large oriental designs in brilliant colors.
 4 novelty for the dining=room is the tea cozy, It is used to cover the tea or coffee pot to preserve the heat for the tardy ones, and may be made of sirang printed silk in various designs. lined and frilled with plain silk. An other pretty one may be made of nat ura5 linen embroidered with floral design and initial being finished with a silk cord, and lined with felt of light shade. SARAH M. DAVIDSON.
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niece. In these one sees more scrolls than in the others. But some pretty fruit and floral designs are also shown.
 From buying tablecloths from the niece. it is well to insist on having them cut with the design instead of straight across, even though you have to pay for few inches more. In this way, while the end of the cloth will not aI- ways be straight, it will look much better. Most of the fruit and floral designs shown in the piece are so made that it will not be necessary to cut them in any other way than straight across, but the scroll designs are not
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less he made foraEs upon nelghhGflug apple orchards 9ed cans to the tais of dogs. Wor. ried eats, liked jam and teased his mamma for pocket money or one thing all may be sure: he was no sissy bay=tha goodY-good kind that are told of in Hisby=Hashy books. Lads of the latter kind never grow up to become commanders or great armies and rulers of great nations. \ man eff Washing tons sublime character could not have been other than a boy of strong vitality, full of the sparkle and eiferyescence of youth, which must have found overflow in harmless mischief and musele=trying sport. He may never haye told q lie ia his youth; yet in some of the many boyisb escapades which reached Ihe ears of his father he must have strained yeraeity just little bit now and then.
 One doesn't like tbe kind of boys that Weems describes n his life Of Washington sickly, sentimental. full of moralizing and afraid ta have hearty laugh Il IS high time hat Che Washington ef 8eems be ef faced. and 5he trag Washington. the manly baY Washington. he held ID ta the admifa- ton et American youth
 Scarcely more than boy was he when he joined Braddoek get had EHad6oek needed the counsel ot the ! zrz#u5a s5riHlue he would have escaped aesea- and l6e loss of his own life. It8as aa tHe beginning of this journey that the sublime character of Washington was revealed a an incident that, foE some reason, is rarely t1ld. In his day drinking Was aHi veesa5. aud N ashtugton did not escape the com agion. While Watt ing at Alexandria he 5Yegieau3ged in rum and ahtHe under ies influence gave Hhe lie to a brother officer, who promptly knocked hun down Friends ntertered and Wash ington was taken 5o his hotel. Everyone ex- peeted duel would result, as this was the universally accepted method uf settling diff cuitIes between gentlemen, and all knew Washington to be man of indomitable courage. But when he came to his senses, instead of wishing to fight the officer who had struck hum, this great soul, knowing himself to be ia the wrong. actually sent him aR apology. halter years when Wash ington was ilustrious. thls officer called at Mount Vernon and was received most kind ly by the Father of Ills Country.
 Such was the youtA Of the most distin suished of Americans. His manhood was marked by tbe most striking qualities of virtue, which must have had their develop ing period n the age Of youth. He hated lie; he dispised sel1ishness; he esehewed what was evil and eIave unto what was good. Possessed of proud spirit and quick of temper, he subdued pride and represse9 wrath. He had faith in himself; vet he also had supreme faith iu humanity. More than
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A 7BILE the linen departments

N A VBILE the linen departments
 wv of the stores are filled with
 \& S many beautiful things in table linens. nothing radically new is offered. Everything must be hem stitched and drawn 10 be correct. Fringes are not seen at alL either in towels OF table linen. This will be a welcome innovation, as the fringes were barg to keep in condition.
 Another slight change that is notice able is in the embroiderings on lunch cloths and doilies. In these the colors have nearly all given place to white. In fact most everything for the table is shown in white only. Other novel, lies that are pretty are lowered or scoIloped borders, the embroidery in white and the linen cut away from the button-holed stitched edge.
 Of tray cloths some of the prettiest have real lace around q border of hem stitch One such had border one and a half inches wide of hemstitch with lace two inches wide around it, and an elaborate pattern of drawn work with tiny butterflies about every two inches in the drawn work. This was of hand made natural linen.
 Another of fine linen, with an em- broiaered edge. buttonhole stitch, with trailing arbutus worked in the corners. Also one of fine Irish linen damask trimmed with Irish handmade lace. This is made in an oval shape.
 Some pretty tray cloths are shown in Momie linen with tWo-ineb plain hemstitched borders.
 Luncheon cloths are made from one to two yards square. Avery pretty one has wide bemstitcbed border about five inches in depth. with tiny flowers on the Dresden design scattered along the border, with cluster on two cor ners. Another has a hemstitched bor- der, not over two inches wide, with maiden hair ferns and large punches of
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ACTED AS SENTINEL.
The Awful suRerings of His Men at Valley FOrgc Distressed Gen.
 Washington.

''Sentinels pacing in the snow on the out posts of Valley Forge took off their caps and stood in them to save their feet from freez- ing writes William Perrine in the Ladies Home Journal Here and there could be found even officers in a sort of dressing gown made of old wooien bed covers The stout-hearged women of New Jersey sent their quilted clothes as Christmas presents, with the patriotic jest that as women were said sometimes to wear trousers, so now there would be an excuse for men who might Wcar the petticoats. Washington, who never exaggerated, said that few men had more than one shirt, many only half a one and some none at all. Nearly 5000 men were barefooted and occasionally might be seen q soldier who was all but naked! Some times there was nothing to eat in the camp but rotten salted herrings. Men were known to snatch at Che dough of haIIbaked cakes in the kitchens of the farmers wives.
 'Ihe contractors and the commissarv agents and the continental congress had brought F ,001 men to the verge of starva- tion and the blood of Gen. Wayne ran hot with rage as be looked on his poor fellows, weak with hunger Indeed, there was but one horn tumbler and also but one wooden eish for every mess. Washington himself dfned one day on potatoes and hickory nuts, Ny gaod man. he said to the sentinel in front Of his headquarters, pacing up and down ln the bitterness =of q cold morning,
 have you had anything 10 eat2' No. sir, Was the reply Give me yoar musket then, and go inside and get some breakfast and the tall commander graFely walked up and down as guard over his eWa house.
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one man in ten can W7iat Es ysuaIly fife Pqc tell the present asfs Last 9ight. whereabouts of any ex-champion ex. oept Corbett d Sullivan. Jack Nc. Auliffe has become useful example His name is never seen in print except in connection with some police court case. Peerless Jack Dempsey. one oi the best men that ever stepped into ths ring-sfor the life of me I don't remem. Der at this moment whether he is dead or alive.
 Kid Mccoy says he is going to study medicine. He has the appearance of ar intelligent quiet, gentlemanIy fellow nothing like the common idea of a. prizs fighter. But don't we all remember when Gorbett was called "Gentlemap Jim" And in those days the tall Cali. fornian was as fne4ooking a fellow aa you could ask to see.
 Maybe Mccoy will carry out his idea of retiring and becoming an ornament to society. Since Morrissey I haye known of two pugiists of note doinn this-"Prof." Mike Donovan. who teaches boxing in an athletic club. and Billy Edwards, the famous bouncer ana stakeholder of the Hoffman house.
 It is not long list.
 OWEN LANGDoN.
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wAsHIRG4oE,s HOME FOR TOUR YEARS.

frst step into public lie and served as young surveyor under Lord Fairfax.
 For feHr years of his life Washington made his home in this hut. wifa no white face near. No relic could speak more elo- quentlE of Nashingtoa's perseverance than this cabin, built literally by his ewn hands. It was here, living among the Indians that he became master of then ways and Of their country and learned the tricks of war which later made history.
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1Voahinnton's Repnrtee.

Sir, said a captain during the winter at Valley Forge, my men have naught to eat but then boots. The poor fellows have been living OF stewed leather for a week
 Well safe Washington, they have no kick coming. Suppose they had worn wood en shoes s?'-Up to Date
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of championship, a pugilisfs reign is usually short.
 He gener a II y gets into the sa- loon business, aft- erwards, either as a nominal pro prietor or a bar tender or @ Iorri- ble example. But it's likely that not
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Us Aaxnntaee to GeorRie.

The Nasbnetons had unexpected com pany for dinner, and the pumpkin pie was rather scarce.
 George. would you like another piece of pie?1 asked the head of the family, wbo was certain that his well-hred son would re fuse a second helping
 ''Yes. father. would answered the truthful boy; you ought to know, by this time, that l cannot tell lie. Puck
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George Washington

YA REATNEss is not plant of rapid
 CIT growth, as the mushroom which
 NIL springs up in a single night. His tory affords but single instance of eXeep- tional preeoeity developing into eXtraordi. nary genius, and this was the case of Genghis Khan, who at the age of Ii commanded a great army and led 1t to glorious victory. Yet he was born to his kingdom and had the most sagacious of advisers whose eoan. Rels he was wise enough to heed.
 But the rhetorician who records his tory seeks for evidences Of peculiar merit in the youth of heroes. Books are full of apoc- ryphal accounts of the boyhood deeds of illustrious men, from the days of Alexander until the present time.
 No man has suffered more in tbia direction than Washington. He had the misfortune to win the enthusiastic admiration of old parson Neems, peripatetie preacher with
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A Good Exan,nle.

She-I should think all young men would try and emulate the example of George Washington.
 He-But there are not rich widows enough to go round.-Town Topics,
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It Un1oubfedIv Wou46.

If all the trees were cherry trees, And all parents were unwise Enough to present hatchets to
 Each boy of Georges size, IL would be tough on everyone
 Who is fond of cherry pies. Chicago Daily News.
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AM HISTORIC CABIN.
For sasue Years Washington Mad 9 His Home in a Hat Bui3t
 by Himself.

Some three=quarters of q mile from Der l4yIle, Clark county 6a.s there stands l little log cabin which was built and oeou- pied by George Washington between the years of l748 and l752, when he made his
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EarIY occnnation. .

Toobee-What was Washington's first oc, eupation?
 Arnott-He was an engraver. Teebee- How do you make that out? Arnott-He made several cuts with lit tie hatchet.-Up to Date
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How Is Thiaf

No Jehus were known in the oIden days
 Tn the land of the brave and free; Yet Washington's famous because he took
 A hack at the cherry tree. -1udga.
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THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS

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FATE OF THE EX-PUGILIsTs.
Many of Them Are Engaged In the Saloon Rusin eas in New York
 and Elsewhere.

What becomes ofthe ex-pugilists? In spite of John L. SulGyan's s 12 year
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-09-28
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, Ill.,,
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for month by Der family physi-
clan, but grew worse. He told her she
was hopeless victim OF consumption and
that no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested DIR. Kings New Dis
eovery Tor Consumption; she bought a
bottle and to her delight found herself
benefited from the first dose. She con-
tinued its use and after taking six bot
ties, found herself sound and we'll; now
does her own Homework, and is as well
as she ever was. Free Trial bottles OF
this Great Discovery at Drew 4 Leonard's
drug store. only 30 cents and s1O0,
everv bottle guaranteed
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-09-28
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

There are 4.500 species Of bees.
II is proposed In FLORIDA TO enact a
game law 10 protect the alligator
The worlds herring catch every year
Is 100000 tons, which Is all consumed
before the next season.
II Is said that dried curranis given 10
horses occasionally In lieu Of oats viii
increase the animals powers Of en-.
durance.
An elephant ia possessed Of such a
delicate sense Of smell that il can scent
human being at . distance Of loo
yards.
There are two islands in New Zealand
set apart for the preservation OF is re-
markab.e wild birds and other animals.
All hunting and trapping is forbidden
thereon.
A broken winded horse is rarely seen
In Norway. A bucket Of water is a.
ways placed within his reach when
feeding and the animal alternately
takes a mouthful Of hay and sip Of
water.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-09-28

Little Nelson Gay is sicK.l
II. c. Benson's big barn was raised
Friday.
Miss Lizzie Smith was in Randolph
Saturday.
The Good remplars lodge in this place
has disbanded.
II. w. Fowler and Warren Sanborn have
put In round silos.
Don Clifford is to stay at Frank Monkeys
this fall and winter.
Mr.. Kelham OF Stock bridge was here a
few days ago selling apples.
Geo. ). Harlow has a fine PAGER that he
traded for last week in Tunbridge.
Frank Monkey has gone to the Hood
farm, Lowell, Mass, to take the place va.
Gated Dy his brother, who has a situation
elsewhere.
The Univ. church was open again last
Sunday, Rev. Miss Selma occupying the
pulpit, taking for the text According to
your faith be II unto you" A choir, un-
der the direction OF Justus Buck, furn-
ished fine music. A service will be held
next Sunday and an effort made to rally
the liberal sentiment OF the community
with view to future action. hearty
Invitation is extended to all to attend
these meetings.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-09-28
CHURCH BREvITIES.

II is estimated tha, there are IN the
world to-day more than 200,000o01
Bibles. printed in so different an
guages.
The Church OF England is supported
by income from investments, endow-
menis and by voluntary contributions,
The total revenue Of the church is about
S35.OO0O00.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
South has a church Of 80 members 10
Cuba with a native pastor. During The
war the pastor sold his furniture anu
books TO save his family from starYa'
ton.
The Christian Endeavor society ID
the penitentiary at Santa Re. \. n,
composed OF converted prisoners isihe
largest in he territory Last year, BY
going w.-fout tobacco, the members
contributed $50 for Testamenis and re-
lleious literature
Vicar-I don't think that wei
quite safe without lid on, John
John-Bless you, sir, e be al rlgnt.
Why. my wife. she pray the Lofa
every night fur 20 keep folks from tali'
ing in.-The Sketch.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-09-28

have full line of ladies' fall, golf and
sailor hats. GERTRUDE ELLIS.
Susie Fifeld has gone to Bethel to work.
Charles Burney has moved his family to
Ludlow.
Quite a number from here attended the
fair at Rutland last week.
Miss Cora Mills, who has been sick FOR
some time, is able TO ride out.
DR.. G. W. Brigham and wife were in
Rutland several days last week.
Harl Fifeld has moved into the tene-
ment lately vacated by Chas. Burney.
Mrs. +. l.. Brigham and James Ward
we'll we're in Rutland day last week
Mrs. Robert Thomas of Jacksonville
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Durkee.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. L. Sargent and daugh-
ter Ruth, visited in Randolph few days
last week.
Miss Elsie Ranney OF st. Johnsbury is
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rufus Holt.
Jerry Fifield has sold his place in the
Hollow to Will Fish and is going to move
out OF town.
Mrs. Fred Billings and Mrs. Clark OF
Rutland visited at Charles Mills a few
days last week.
Mrs. Almon Boutwell, of Rutland spent
several days with her sister, Mrs. Frank
Durkee, last week.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-09-28

Prof. r. c. West and wife spent day in
Gaysville recently.
Miss Nora Cutler was at her home
Saturday and Sunday.
Edwin Flint and family were guests OF
bis father, AFRO Flint, Sunday.
Guy Wright has returned from Char
lotte, where he has been visiting.
Austin Archer OF Rochester Hollow call
ed on Sayles Hoisington a day recently.
Dennis Shaw and wife were guests OF
Mrs. A. B. Bird Wednesday OF last week.
Harold Booth is visiting his grand :
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Chamber
lain.
Mrs. Nellie X. Baker spent a couple OF
days with Harriet Dartt, who is in quite
poor health.
Abraham Whitaker and Herbert Whit
taker OF Rochester we're In this place on
business day last week.
Mrs. Charles Luce, Who has been visit.
ing her sister, Mrs. John Duckett, has re.
turned to her home in Chelsea.
Rev. Mr.. Walker, the evangelist who
has been stopping at c. +. Mobiles ana
holding meetings at the NJ. +. church.
has gone to Thetford.
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Fairy story.

Once upon a time woman trimmed
her own bonnets, and in consequence
Of this her husband became enormously
wealthy.
Il owe all have to you" said the
man to his wife one day. Il will &C
cordingly pay you seven per cent. in
terest on my entire fortune,!"
But the woman wouldn't take a cent.
If anything further be needed to
make fairy story of this, let it be
said that they lived happily ever after.
Detroit journal.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-09-28
tiaysVI,le.

Waldo Perkins again seems to be on the
gain.
Loren Hunt has moved into the "Brick
office.n
Tue pile drivers have finished work on
Richardson's meadow.
Mrs. Berthrong of Boston is staying at
Clay's hotel several days.
Mrs. Jennie Clay returns to her Ihome
in Galesburg, H., today.
Chas. Lowell was in Woodstock two
days the first of the week.
Otis Abbott is in poor health and Fred
Abbott is working for him.
Miss Abbie w hitcomb came home from
Boston last week Wednesday.
Mrs. Wilfred Hassam is visiting her
brother in Lyndonville this week.
Albert Tyler of Lynn, Mass, was in
town the first OF the week on business.
VIII Flint walks with a cane as the con-
sequence of a hurt sustained at Stafford s
mill last week.
The Italians have moved from the Dew
ey house to "Dago city," where some new
buildings have been built.
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SherDurne.

Geo. Doubleday was in Bridgewater last
week.
Truman Parmenter went to Pittsfield
last Saturday.
Frank NJ. Rhodes OF Rutland was in
town Monday.
o. Robinson and wife are in Wood
stock this week.
Mrs. Davis returned to her home in
Ludlow last Thursday.
Quite a number from this place attend
ed the fair at Rutland.
Rev. Mr.. West of BrIdgewater will
preach al the Union church next Sunday
evening at Z O'Clock.
lawson Sheldon OF Nehswka, Neb., and
Moses Pollard OF Plymouth visited in
town last week, the guests OF Owen and
Hiland Bates.