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needs airing. Pshaw, after all, nobody'l ever know; I'll just look at that valentine; I've almost forgotten what it looks like
 She set the candle on the floor, where 1t was secure from draughts, and opened the little hair trunk. There was the valentine, in an old box, which had held her mothers gir.iSh treasures before her own. It was pitiful thing, this yellow valentine, com pared to the works of art which bear the name now, but Miss Becky looked al Il with partial eyes. It was a strange sight in the dim attic; the old woman crouched on the floor, beside the old hair trunk, with bags of dried fruit and punches of herbs swaying in ghostly fashion over her head, while Gar field darted hither and thither in search of mice.
 Tie verses on the valentine were of doubt ful meter and far from original in sentiment, but Miss Becky did not criticise them The tears even came into her sharp, practical eyes, as she read them. What an o.d geese ] am to feel so, she murmured; "I wasn't a bit in love with Robert-I never was in love with q man iD my life. Still if l had married, might have had a child of my own The only thing l envy my married friends Is the little rosy children at their knees. \ nan IS lot of trouble about a house, and l never wanted to have to give in to any human being as ma had to give in 10 pa! But a little gir. Of my own-well, never, If that isn't Emmy ringing the front dcor bell! Shes lost that kitchen door key again, after al ny warnings"
 With guilty haste she hid the doll, the little ye.lowed dress and the faded valen- tine in the trunk. She locked the attic door carefully; then, in spite of repeated peals at the bell, she went back and shut herself into the dark room, to be sure that there were DO sparks from the candte to set fire to the pace.
 ''I reckon she's scared, Miss Becky said, gr.ul,y. Well, 1t will make her less anxious 10 go sadding for valentines another year. don't Know, after all. that blame her, though. Pa Rever feS ne be young, but don't know that that is SSRy reason why En- my shouldn't be- ShsSpened the front door, just as there Ayps anotSSer long peal at the bel. There, oa the IoorstsN2, stood, not Emmy, but pretty little 5ellow- Maired girl, with lag cn her arm, and Tehind Ter was Nate Sol.ers, the expressman, -xith a> re- heved look on bis face.
 ''I was afraid you Lad gone to bed and ! SVNA4tAh H~hS FSO, MISS DSChA- uS SoSS. Heres a little girl that come by express from Idaho, al! tlg herself. She says she's your valentine, and she's the smariest little piece l ever saw in my fife.
 'My--my what?' Miss Becky gasped, looking, with hungry eyes, at the child.
 ''foar valentine, please" the clear little voice i.sped. Heres my grandpa's letter; l s'pose it'll tell you all shout me. Oh-h,
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The clock had ticked of good many min utes and she had turned the heel of stocking, in her usual manner, before she spoke again. Eve got that valentine this very minute" she said, though l haven't looked at 1t for years. Yes, l suppose eou.d find it by candelight, if wanted to. It's ID the little old hair trunk, with my big doll and the first little dress l ever wore. Ma saved it for my own little girl, if l ever had one. and reckon saved the dol for her, too, though never told anybody that. She got up and rolled her knitting in neat rol, putting il on the mantel, out of the reach of Garfeld's playful paws. Then she got down tin candlestick, which shone like silver and lighted the candle.
 Its foolish, know, but want to see my valentine tonight" she said, and, taking her huge bunch of keys in her hand, she went slowly up the stairs which led to the attic, followed by Garfield.
 When she reached the attic door she was minded to turn back. Its fools errand," she said. "Why, l haven't thought of that valentine for years-why should l bother about it tonight? No, I'll just get out grandmother's quilt while I'm up here. It
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TALES OF TABBIES.

A Macon CMo.) eat reared six young squirrels.
 A litter of. foxes is cared for by a Reading (Pa.) tabby.
 A eat known to be over 25 years old died at Tyro, Kan, the other day.
 Thirteen Brooklyn cats quarreled and fought until all but one were dead.
 A Philadelphia man owns a cat that he claims has killed 2,500 mice during it's lifetime.
 In mine near Butte, Mont, live hun dredssof cats that have never seen the light of day.
 Twenty years ago cat race was held at Lancaster, Ky, in which there were 305 entries.
 In Maine last year 6,4OO Angora cats were raised. Some of the best of them were sold for $50 each.
 Margaret King, a New York woman, while intoxicated cut a kitten into pieces with q pair of shears.
 Sebastian, a big black cat owned by a Cumberland (NId,) woman, wears a diamond earring in each ear.
 Three kittens were born high up in the air in an abandoned birds nest in the crotch of tree in Flushing, \. Y.
 Twelve black cats were put in New York cold storage warehouse. At the end of six months their hair had turned white.
 Whenever black cat passes Hindoo sentry at Bombay he gravely salutes it in military style. This is because of a superstition which leads him to believe that the cat contains the soul of a. Brit ish oificer- -s,...,,,.
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FIRST LAFAYETTE COIN.
Impress of Nations New Dollar.

On the one hundredth anniversary of the death of George Washington the first La Fayettedollarw was coined by the United States treasury in she Philadel- phia mint, the honor of coining the new money falling to the lot of Miss Clery, of the Quaker city. Speaking of her work, she said:
 ''I was so embarrassed with all the people looking at me that I could hard ly slip the snstamped coin in the groove.
 "Eyeryore was standing so close and knew Superintendent Boyer, Director Roberts and Engraver Barker were watching me. My hand was shaking so that felt convinced I would drop the silver on the floor"
 Miss Clery felt the dramatic moment even more keenly than the audience. Five men stood behind her ready 10 turn the great, old-fashioned press. The round silver discs soon to become veri- table treasures to the numismatist were heaped up in her lap.
 At her side MT. Thompson, secretary of the commission, was talking. Grouped around him stood those high est in authority. MT. Roberts. keen faced, gray-haired, erect, confident; Mir. Boyer, anxious, watchful; Mir. Bar Der, holding his powerful glass waiting to examine the imprint of the first coin.
 Someone said: At this hour on the day the great Washington died we coin the first La Fayette dollar in honor of his foster brother"
 Then came the signal, ''Go on," and everyone held their breaths for a mo- ment.
 Miss Clery put in the silver disc.
 Five men swung the wheels; there was a jar and hitch somewhere: the master gave few quick orders-and that dollar, for which 5000 other dol lars were offered.--came out of the ma- chinery and was handed to the engraver for inspection.
 Tt is all right" said the glad voice of the man who had been working on this design since March.
 Director Roberts took it in the name of President Mckinley, and those who saw it knew that they had watched one of the great coins of the world struck.
 President Mckinley will present it to the president of France, ard it will here after repose in $1,000 case.
 Miss Clery was delighted at her for tune in being appointed to the task. She said it was the most memorable mo- ment of work in her life.
 She completes 50,0OO of them before the task is over, and each dollar is to be sold by the American commission for two dollars.
 This S1o0, ,oC0 will be Americas gift to the great equestrian statue of La Fay cite to be erected for the French expo sition.
 The dollar designed by Mir. Barber has the profles of Washington and La Fayette overlad On one side; on the re- verse is copy Of the La Fayette statue as it will be.-Chicago Chronicle.
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A New Variable star.

Mlne- Ceraski, of Moscow, has dfscov- cred in the constellation Cygnus star of between the eighth and ninth mag nitude which undergoes wonderful va riations in it's light. It belongs to the same type Of valuable stars as the cele- bratcd Algol, but its variation is larger. It's period is four days, 13 hours and 4
 minutes. When at a minimum 1t IS three rnagnitUdcs fainter than when at q maximum; ill other words, 1t period ically loses and then regains so much light that at one time it is 16 times brighter than at another. In stars CT this type the changes of light are sup posed to be caused by dark body re- volving around the star and producing eclipses as it comes within cur line Of sight--Youth's Companion.
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your hard-earned money on valentines!" she said, in tones cf shocked surprise.
 Emmys face grew redder yet, if that was possible, for il was the color of winter ap- pie already.
 "0niy one of em, Miss Becky" she fal- tered; "all th' girls buy 'em, an I'm late with mine as it IS, because you couldn't let me go out last night" She glanced eagerly at the door; but Miss Becky was not yet through with the subject.
 ''0f course, l have no say in the spending of your money" she went on, 'still con- slider 1t my duty to advise you to save 1t. The savings bank"
 Emmy had turned pale. "1 did put tl' money for my new hat in the bank, Miss Becky; but I-I must send Joe valentine. Hell go for his mail tomorrow, an he'd be disappointed If he didn | get one from me. Please, may go now?'
 ''Yes, 1 suppose so. But still think it would be better for you to put the money away towards the time you want to go to Housekeeping. l never sent a valentine in my life, and don't know that l am any the worse for it. Lock the kitchen door, and be careful that Garfield doesn't follow you."
 Left alone with the softly purring Gar field and the clock which had tieked out the first hour of her life and which would be stopped at the one of her death, Miss Becky sat down to her knitting. She knew that nobody wanted homeknit stockings now, but her mother had always knitted them in the long winter evenings, and Miss Becky followed in her mothers ways from sheer lack of originality. As she knitted she salked to herself, sometimes almost aloud She was ashamed of the habit ard she had carefully explained to Emmy that she was merely counting stitches when her lips moved in that fashion. Emmy was not an observant person and she accepted the ex-
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A. Cffr nniIt af Lend.

The name 'Leadville, Col.," does not imply that the dwellings and paving are made of lead, but there is a city in Africa where that mineral is used suc- cessfully for building purposes. Byra is the town of this rather extensive town, which has over 300 buildings built of pure lead. Three very fine public buildings, with beautiful ornamenta- tions, have been constructed from pure lead. Besides durability the cheapness of the mineral is great consideration. Thus the construction of any of these very elaborate buildings never exceeds the cost of $50, ,O00.-N. '. Herald.
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RAILROADING EATEN Ts

\ single fl m of Patent Lawyers, c. A, Snow & Go of Washington, D. have in the last yea 7roCured l G3O patents for ;h"ir clients, m nv [ them for rejcc ed Inventors C. 4. snow S Co. hnve b on accused of rlilr0ading patents tnrough he Patent Office, but they insist that this loc notion is tier than ox-carting them pr by the latter pracess the inventor oittn dies before he gets his patent.
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The Oxster,. Sad ontIook.

Oyster packers and dredgers expect that the oyster catch in the Chesapeake bay this winter will be the smallest in it's history. Every winter the catch has been growing less, owing to lack of protection to this vast source Of wealth Baltimore American.
 : There is a man in Connecticut whs is building a2 ark and preaching that the w0rld is soon to he visited by another flood When he. gets ready 10 purchase his suDply of l5ozs. says the Chicago Times-HeTa,G, he will find the stock at the Lincoln pafk zoo "hoth elegant and complete-"
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alanation as she accepted Miss Becky's sco,ding, without comment.
 Valentines, noEsensel" Miss Becky was saying now. "0i course, always had too much sense to send any. But wait; l dld set one once! 1 remember how provoked pa was when he brought 1t home from the post office. never told them it was from Robert Mason, but Lavvy West had seen him buying it and she had to tel pa or die. That's the way with those cra5ted old maids; they've always got 10 interfere with other folks aEairs' Miss Becky was girl again; she had quite forgotten that she her self was now an interferi@g old maid.
 ''I never knew what pa sad to Miss Lavvy about tha; valentine, but reckon ii must have been something pretty sarcastic, for Robert hardy spoke to me the next time he met me, and he took Cora Bell home from choir meeting the next Friday night, instead of me. He married her the next year; no, the year after. and they went away out west so live. l suppose pa was right, but Robert was the on:y te2u ! ever had, and, down in my heart. l did ike that valentine, though ! lst on to pa that thought 1t silly, tool"
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The Valentine Joker
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A Devoted Sort of Lover.

Patsy-Say, Chimmy Jess soak me good one in de shoot, will yer?
 Jimmy-Wot fer?
 Patsy-W'y, me mudder jess sent me after groceries, and spent al! de change buyin a perfumed lace valentine fer Kitty Do0lan, and l want ter be cryin' ez natural ez possi. ble wen l git home an tell me mudder lost itl-Puck
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4 Comic Valentine.

Easee Lyre-l wish knew what kind of a valentine to send Miss Bullion.
 Brushand Pencil-W hat s the matter with a photograph of yourself?-Up to Date.
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TIT WH.L PAY YOU TO TAKE "THE HERALD.

hyou don'ttake the HERALD, you won't owe us for it. If you take the HERALD and pay for it, you won't owe us.
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Valentine to a Dude.

The game of tag, my boy Wouldn't give you any jCS.
 Not bit; For throughout the entire game Your poSition'd be the same
 You'd be Ut" IN. r. World.
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A blindness cCnscs to and then. l have 1t It is queer-l your eyes but your can't read because of the letters blurred dark spots cover them; 1t is very uncomfortable.
 know all about t; it's DYSPEPSIA. Take one of these; it will you in ten minutes.
 What is 1t?
 ab,le
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Getting Even.

"Julia, are you going to send any val entines this year?"
 Well, I think I will send you that spite ful comic one you sent me last year." De troit Free Press.
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His Escape.

Iris we'll that Cupid's blind. for he
 Would weep at the designs Which some queer people love 10 see In comic valentines. Chicago Record.
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rheir scntin,cn.s

A valentine he penned with glee, This vainly striving youth. He hoped that il was poetry,
 She hoped il was the truth. -W3ShinCtOn Star
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ST. JOHNS HERALD

r P FISHER. NEWSPAPER ADYER
 IL Using Agent 2l Merchants Exchange Sailding. san Francisco, is our a1fhOrized agent. This papeFiskePt on Ale in his ofl1ce'
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Ambiguous.

Cholly-How would you like 10 buy me for your-aw-vaientine, Miss Molly? Moily-But 1 haven't cent to-day.-N
 Wnrld
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His Xnlnr,finPS

He chose a comical one for a man,
 And tender one for his lass; A twist in the envelopes ruined his plan So now she won't speak as they pass. -ChicaEO Record
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An Old Maids VALEN TINE By ELISA ARMSTRONG.

ISs BECKY SOUTH closed her pocket book with a snap and looked d:sap- provingly a t h e r s n all maid, who stood before ter with a flushed but deter mined face.
 You surely don't mean to tel me that you intend to waste
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A RiDans ahule.

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 TO THE DEAF.-A rich lady, cured of her Deafness and Noises in the Head by Dr. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, gave $l0O00 to this Institute SO that deaf people unable to procure the ear Drums may have them free. Address No lS3. The Institute. Long cott," Gunnersbury, London w., Eng land.
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The Clerk-Don't you think that that val entine is pretty?
 The Coon-Ya-as, but in de po'try it sez "snow-white dove" Now, dat's hardly de way I'd speak ob de lady tends 1t fo'!-A '. Journal.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20
BARNARD.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cleveland enter
tanned friends at Il huskiny last Saturday
evening.
There will be Il singing school a, The
town hall, Saturday evening, Oct. 81.
All are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jane. Uedu Of law renee,
Mass, are visiting relatives and fricnus
in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Burke are yslripy iu
Pttsheld and Rutland.
Stephen Hoar, jr., has gone to Denver,
Colo, for the winter.
Miss Aldrich OF Rochester is with rria-
tives in town.
Miss Lillian Adams spent Sunday at
home.
Mrs. Mary ChamterIin has returned to
her home in Randolph.
Y. p. C. U. will be the same us for last
Sunday, "Sced Sowing"
Mrs. L. A. French is spending several
weeks with friends in Boston.
Miss Lena Ellis of North hcld spent last
week at home.
+. II. Perkins Of Hartland was ut 0. G..
Smiths over Sunday.
Rev. :. p. Fairbnnks has retur.ed Il ON
Wilder.
Mr.. and Mrs.G. R.Guernsey and George
Guernsey of Windsor spent Sunday a; the
Silver Lake House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pcall Chamberlln went 10
Boston on the excursion Tuesday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20
WEST BRIDGEWATER.

The remaius Of G. W. Adams passed
through here Monday FOR burial at Sler-
b,'rne by the side of his wife, who died
some years ago.
Deer hunters ar. practicing for active
service to be ready when the open season
commences
II. l.. Madden has Dceu on the sick list
for the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. G.. o. SpauIding returned
to their home in Rochester Wednesday.
Mrs. Arthur SpauIdins and Mary Adams
were at j. X Spauldings Monday night,
returning to Pfoctorsvlr tuesday.
Frank Leonard and family went to An,
dover Tuesday to visit his wife's folks.
a large deer was seen on the side hill
back Of a. j. Pnney's Tuesday, but no
one got near enough to see the horns.
Miss Edith Madden returned from Rul-
land Monday.
Glenn Madden went to Rutland Wcdncs
day.
LII NuitNI, WIZ was CiliCu w CliSI'
burnc by the severe illness OF Mrs Lewis
Madden. says she is much better.
James Blair and family are moving from
the hill into u part of Il. l.. Muddcn's
house.
The party that wcnt to kilineton Tues.
day lost their way IN the dense fog that
surrounded them and came out on C. I'D
River, in Shrewsbury.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20
+. G. SouTHGATE.
tiv. for petitioner

STATE OF VERMONT. At II Probate
HARTronD DIsrRicr, Court held at
Woodstock. within and for 81 District,
on the 18th day of September. 1900.
Present Hon. Y. O. SEAyrR. Judge.
In The matter of tie estate Of Henry SAT-
'ord. la e of Hartf ford. in said Dist rict, de-
ceased. interstate.
Whereas heretofore. tn wit ON the 18th
day OF September ID. 1900. Harriet c..
Stafford. II minislratrx of said es'ntc. pre-
sented to said Court her petition in writing
real estate of which said Henry Stafford
died seized and possessed. situate in this
State, described rs follows. viz: the tim
Der on certain land described il said pei
ton. which is filled and. recorded in "aid
Court. representing hat such sale would he
beneficial to the heirs of said deceased and
to all concerned.
day of October. A. ID. 1900. rs II time and
the Probate Office in said Woodstock us IL
place. for hearing and deciding ON said De-
tition: and orders that notice ue said peti
ton. tho reason for the same, and of said
time and place of hearing. be given To all
persons concerned in sad estate by pub
fishing II copy OF the record of this order
three weeks successfully in The Spirit of
the Age. 4 newspaper published at Wood
stock in this State. which circulut rs in the
ncighborhood Of those interested in said
estate. the last of said publications to be
previous to said time of hearing. that
all persons concerned in the premises NAV
appear before SAID Court and show cause
If any they have why the PRAYER of said ne
tition should not be granted.
A true record: Attest.
Il. o. SEAvER, Judge.
true copy of record: Attest.
O. SEAvER Jude.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20

That was Il magnificent feat per-
formed by French regiment when
they were lighting the Austrians. 1t
happened long time ago. but the Incl
dent was marked by such superlative
vn!or that it will never be forgotten.
The regiment, under Colonel Walhu-
bert. was sent to take an intrenchment
Of the Austrans IN the heights Of the
SiElp!on pass. Arriving ut the point.
they found the enemy solidly intrrnch-
pd in what appeared to be M imprrg-
nabl" position. In front Ct their re-
doubts and quite separating them from
he French force was n deep chnsm
through which ran mountain torrent
How to get across was problem
seemingly impossible to solve, But the
colonel was equal to 1t. He found n
long. straight tree with trunk almost
a foot In thickness. This he ordered
to be cut down. and the trunk was ac-
tually thrust across the chusm under q
CALLING fire. The colonel gave the word
to pass Overcome man at time.
The first was shot and pitched down
to death in the chasm. The second and
third shared his fate, but presently a
few succeeded in the desperate ut.
tempt. Then the colonel followed,
formed the little party on the other
side and charged. The enemy. DUN.
founded ut such extraordinary bray.
cry. left their position and hed.-Cas.
sells.