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MILTON.

Col II o. Clark and family are travel
ing in the Thousand islands for a short
time.-The school directors met Saturday.
August %. and decided that all town
schools should commence September 5 and
elected the following teachers: No .,
West Milton, Miss Carrie Robinson: No. Z,
Checkerberry, Miss Jennie Lyman; No.
10. Plains, Albert Perry: No. 49,, Hard
scrabble. Miss Nellie Washburn; No. 6,
Allen district, Miss Alma Marquette; No.
u, Sopertown, Miss Marion McCarrol;
No. S, Boro, Miss Ethel Iandon; No O.
Snake hill, Gladys Phelps: No. s. Towns
Corners. Miss Lena Holmes.-Friday
Deputy Sheriff Martin had orders from
Sheriff Holmes to he on the lookout for
persons suspected of breaking into the
farm house of Mr.. Schegl. Martin arrested
man walking on the track and detained
him until Sheriff Holmes arrived and took
him to st. Albans.--William Prentiss went
to Cornwall and brought back two Of
John Lamphere's children and took them
TO the home.--Mrs. A. II. Martin was
thrown from the wagon on the road back
OF their hotel when the team ran away.
Mrs Martin received quite a shock and
is confined to the bed.-O. G. Phelps and
family are camping on the lake shore on
Captain Fay's farm
Hoods creamery near the village took
fire Tuesday over the boiler. but by the
prompt use of several fire eXtinguishers
and n bucket brigade it was put out with
ont much damage.--Mrs. Frank Bcuham
OF Somervile Mass, is visiting her par
ents Mr. and Mrs II. c. McNall-Dr
md Mrs. A s. c. Hill and son, Morgan.
of Winooski were the guests of Or. and
Mrs i. c. Holcombe the first of the
Week.-Miss Grace Cash of Crescent City
Florida, is the guest of Miss Bertha.
Ucwey.-Miss Harriet Teachout with
Mrs. c. E. Rogers and Miss Harriet
Rogers and A. B. Ashley attended the
funeral of her grandmother Mrs. George
Brown, at Essex Tuesday.-There will
be preaching and communion services at
the Congregational Church next Sunday
conducted by the now pastor, the Rev
d H. Strong.-Joslyn, the young son of
Mr.. and Mrs George Mincker. is very
IL with indigestion and bowel trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. G. Pate and daughter
have returned to their home in New
London and Mr.. and Mrs. Llowllyn Allen
and son to their home in Osweao-Mrs,
George Thompson Of Boston is visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Allen
Mrs Andrew Shower of Westford is
very Ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Morcy Fountain-D Is. Buker of Pleas
ant Valley is visiting his daughter, Mrs.
f. 5. Morgan-A. L. Rood spent Sun
day in Ferrisburg and Pttsford.
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FLETCHER.

Nj. ana Mrs. w. S, Shepardson are the
happy parents OF a son, born August 81.
Elmer Hooper and Mi and Mrs A. II.
Cooper took an automobile trip to St
Adams Monday.-The Nj. w. A will hold
their annual field day next Saturday.
There will be two ball games. q tug-of-
ar ana other sports, The Ladies' Aid
VIII furnish dinner.-M and Mrs Ira
Green spent Sunday at the home OF A
II, Hickok In Georgia
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ESSEX CENTER.

Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Coleman and niec.
Anna Mallory. of st. Adams vere puest g
OF Mr ana Mrs G. E. Bixby Sunday. -
Mr.. and Mrs. jay Stafford OF Burlington
we're guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sentcr Sun
day-Mrs. Julia Bates of Westford is
VISITING friends in town.-W. Il. johnson
Il Co. VIII close their branch creamery
october at this place.-E. A. Fisher and
j. Greene of Boston and Mrs. Burke of
Richmond were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fisher Sunday.-The Woman's
Home Missionary society will meet with
Mrs. Bates September 2. Lesson topic,
1.-The Missionary outlook in Porto Rico"
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acre. and Arthur Bartlett threshed G5
bushels from one load grown on his farm.
Theodore De LaPorte of Rhinebeck, N.
H. Is visiting Mrs. l.. A. Eagan, his sis
ter-The condition OF Mrs w. f. Smith,
VINO mas been very i'll, Is much improved
Mrs Sarah Ryan of Littleton, n. H.. is
visiting M. f. Ryan, her son.-Mrs. Chase
mas moved back from South Burlington
ana has taken rooms at T. b. Wimhle,s.
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JONESVILLE.

William Heatherington and Nina f.
RULER were married at the home of the
bridge Wednesday August 90 by the Rev.
L. z Trent
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SWANTON CENTER.

Clifford Lent has returned to Spring
field, Mass, after visiting his cousin Mrs
i.uman Roherts.-Mrs, r. b. Wilder and
child of the jackson district have re-
turned from visit of two months in
Wcstheld, Mass.-Mrs, Alfred TruaX and
three children have returned to their
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WEsmFoRD.

Miss Eunice Hunt of Fairfax was the
guest of Miss Media Rice over Sunday
Miss Ida Tuthil has returned to her
home on Long island
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ST. GEORGE.

Earl Aver is at home after an absence
of two weeks,-The guests the past week
at NJ w, Hinsdale's were Miss Minnie
Chapman of Williston, w q. Westcott
and family of Essex, A. b. Small and Mr.
and Mrs. II. ii. Small of Burlington
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MONTGOMERY.

Miss Madge Goodspeed returned TO tho
State Normal school at Johnson Monday.
AFTER passing her summer vacation at
home,-O a. and George Richardson re
turned from Rochester Thursday Miss
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oYNoPsis.
ms <I0,SEM NQNCE

Ing visit with his friend. ounin. comes up
On q young lady equestrian who has been
ened at the sudden appearances in the road
Of a burly Hindu. He declares he Is
Behan La ch.ttsr1, The app.o in TED
my:terious little bronze box. The To
ken" into his hand, disappears In tho
wood. The girl calls Amber by name.
He In turn addresse. her as Miss sophie
British diplomatic service In India and
visiting the Quains. Several nights later
the Quain home Is burslarized and tho
bronze box stolen. Amber and Quain 60
Amber IL left marooned. He wanders
about finally reaches cabin and rec.
ognises AZ its occupant an old friend
pane PANIED Rotton. whom he last met II n,a Eng
When Miss Farrell is mentioned Rutton Is
and Summons Rutton TO . meeting of a
yer and dashes after chatterji. He re:
turns wildly excited. says he has Killed
the Hindu. takes poison. and when dying
asks Amber to 60 to India on a myster1.
once for India. On tho way he sends q
letter to Mr.. Labertouche. a scientific
friend In Calcutta, by quicker route.
Upon arriving he finds a note awaiting
ct q certain place. The latter tells him
he knows his mission is to get Miss Far
rell out OF the country Amber attempts
to dispose OF the Token TO money-len-
der. Is mistaken for Fulton and barely
escapes being mobbed. message from
Labertouche causes him to start for Oar
feeling; on the way he meets Miss
Farrell, and at their journeys end asks
her to become his wife. A, Hindu con-
ducts Amber to a secret place.
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Engineers Brave Act.

Tom Shaunsey was running q hoist
Ing engine in a Nevada mine, where
three hundred men were employed One
day, Just after the twelve O'Clock shift
had gone down into the mine and
were well away from the main shaft
at work, It was suddenly discovered
that the hosting works were on fire.
The building was old and dry. and
burned like finder. and, notwith.
standing all efforts to quench 1t. 1t
burned 30 fast that it seemed a. II the
men in the mine were doomed to SUI.
location. The heat in the hoisting
works drove out every one but Tom
Shaunsey, who stood by the engine,
with the lever In his hand. steadily
watching the cable as 1t ran through
the pulloys, with speed never known
before. The men yelled to Tom 70
come out, but he orly replied with
wave of his disengaged hand. un.
til the last cage-load Of miners was
hauled to the surface. At the same
time part Of the roof fell In: but Tom
was got out, with his right arm ter.
ribly burned and nearly choked To
say that the miners were grateful
would be superfluous. ,.nd between
them and the mining company the
brave engineer was handsomely re
warded.
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Egyptian Superstition.

The rejoicings for 'Lelet el-Nukta"
have begun in Cairo. This takes place
when the flood Of waters of the Nile
are expected down from the Abyssin-
AN hills. The 'Lelet-e, .Nukta"--liter.
ally night of the DROPS a great
festival among the natives, for 1t is
believed that on this night drop
rom heaven falls into the Nile and
causes its rise. This superstition has
oeen handed down from the times Of
The ancient Egyptians. who said tho
drop was a tear from the goddess Isis
Thousands of natives spend the night
on the banks of the river anxiously
watching the sky, in the hopes that
,heir future happiness will be assured
20 them by glimpse OF the drop 10
its descent into the river.
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MEDICINE IN DAYS or OLD
Taiismans and Charms That Took the
Place Of Drugs in Treating
Diseases.

Talisnans in the old days were nat.
ural objects, generally imagined to be
marked like the signs OF the planets
or zodiac. but sometimes they were
precious stones They are confound-
ed to certain extent with amulets.
which Arabic word signifies anything
suspended. Charms. on the other hand.
from the Latin carmen. a song, refer
to written spells. collections of words
often without sense. like the famous
"Abracadabra."
In the time Of the crusades faith In
the virtue Of precious stones was uni.
versal and to each were attributed
special properties. The heliotrope or
bloodstone. now worn so much in seal
rings, "stancheth blood. driveth away
poisons. preserveth health: yea. and
some write that It provoketh rain and
darkeneth the sunne, suffering not him
that beareth It to be abused. A to-
paz healeth the lunaticke person OF his
passion Of lunacie. The garnet as
sisteth sorrow. and recreates the
heart; the crysolite Is the friend OF
wisdom and the enemy OF folly. The
great quack, DR.. Dee. had a lump OF
camel coal that could predict"
In the fancied resemblance found
among talismans none were more ex.
traordinary than these associated
with color. Because Avicenna had
said that red blood corpuscies moved
the blood red colors were employed in
diseases Of that fluid, and even in 1865
the Emperor Francis |. was wrapped
up in red cloth to cure the smallpox
He died. Flannel dyed nine times In
blue was good for scrofula
Among amulets that OF Pope Adrian
was curious II consisted of dried toad,
arsenic, tormentil. pearl. coral. hya-
cinth. smaragd and tragacanth, and
was hnug around the neck and never
removed. The arsenic amulets worn
during the plague in London were &C.
tive on the principle that ono poison
would prevent the entry of another
Kansas City Star.
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face, ana looked him squarely in tho

face, and rocked him squaroly in tho
eyes. She moved toward him slowly.
swaying, as graceful es a lawn. motc
beautiful then any woman To had ever
known. His breath caught in his
throat, for sheer wonder at this incoEl-
parable loveliness.
Before he could collect his wits she
had made him captive-had without
warning cast herself upon her knees
before him and imprisoned both his
hands, burying her face In their
palms. He felt her lips hot upon his
flesh, and then--wonder of wonders!-
tears from those divine eyes streaming
through his fingers.
The shock of it brought him TO his
senses. Pitiful dumfounded. Mortified,
he glared wildly about HIM, seeking
some avenue Of escape. There was no
one watching; he thanked heaven for
that, while the cold sweat started out
upon his forehead. But still at his
feet the woman rocked. softly sobbing.
her fair shoulders gently agitated, and
still she deAed his gentle efforts to
free his hands. holding them In q
grasp he might not break without
hurting her. He found his tongue
eventually.
DON'T" he pleaded. desperately.
My dear. you mustn't. For PHYS
sake don't sob like that What under
the suns tEe trouble? Don't please!
. Good Lord! what am l to do
with tb!s lovely lunatic!
Though In time the hercest
paroxysm OF her passion passed and
her sobs diminished in violence, she
chung heavily to him and made no re-
sistance when he lifted her In his
arms. The error was fatal: he had
designed to get her On her feet and
then stand away. But no sooner had
he raised her and succeeded In Olsen
gaging his hands. than soft, round
arms were clasped tightly about his
neck and her face--if possible. more
ravishing In tears than when first he
had seen it-pillowed on his breast
And for the first time she spoke CO.
herently.
"Aie!" she walled, TREMENDOUSLY
ale! Now is the cup of my happi-
ness full to trimming. now that thou
hast returned to me at last. O my
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husband died. Nay, 1t doth
pain me to hurt thee so, Rance, but
the mistake is not of my making, and
1t hath been carried too far. Thy hus-
band died In my presence"
ut is so, them" she cut him short.
And his arms were suddenly empty,
to his huge relief. Indeed, they had
warned me that thou wouldst tell this
story and deny newly, know not,
unless it be that thou art unworthy OF
thy lineage. coward and a weak
ling!" Her small foot stamped angri.
ly and on every limb of her round
body bracelets and anklets clashed
and shimmered. "And SO thou hast
returned only to forswear me and thy
kingdom, o thou of little spirit" The
scarlet lips curled and the eyes grew
cold and hard with contempt. IF that
be so, tell me, why hast thou returned
at all? To die? For that thou must
surely come to, II it be in thy mind
to defy the behests Of the Voice, thou
king without kingdom!
Why, then, art thou here, rather than
running to hide In some far place,
thinking to escape with thy worthless
life-worthless even to thee, who
art too craven to make mans use of
it--from the Vengeance of the Body?
|. Dost think l am to be tricked
and HOODWINKED, In whose heart
thine image hath been enshrIned these
many weary years?"
Il neither think, nor know, nor
greatly care, Rance" amber inter-
posed, YEARLY. Doubtless deserve
thine anger and scorn, since l am not
he who thou wouldst have me be. II
death must be my portion for this Of
Tense. for that ] resemble Har Dyal
Rutton then 1t Is written that
| am to die. My business here in
Khandawar hath concern neither with
thee, nor with the state, nor yet with
the Gateway Of Swords--of the very
name Of which l am weary.
Now" with his mouth settled in lines
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frcm the north. La'ji--the maiden who
had grown to womanhcod ere thy re-
turn from thy travels to take up thy
fathers crown? III. Ale! Thou
canst never forget. beloved though
years and the multitude Of faces have
come between us as veil, thou dost
rcmember--even as thou didst remem-
Der when the message OF the Bell
came to thee across the great black
waters, and thou didst learn that tho
days of thy exile we're numbered, that
the hour approached when again thou
shouldst sit in the place Of thy fathers
and rule the world as once they ruled
It."
A denial stuck in Amber's throat.
The words would not come. nor would
they, he believed. have served his
purpose could he have commanded
them. II he had found no argument
wherewith to persuade Salig Singh,
he found mono wherewlth to refute tho
claim of this golden-faced woman who
recognized hin for her husband. He
was wholly dismayed and aghast. But
while no fingered in indecision, star
ing in the woman's face. her look OF
petulance was replaced by one OF d.
vine forgiveness and compassion. And
she gavo him no time to think or to
avoid her; In twinkling she had
thrown herself upon him again. WAS IN
his arms and crushing her lips upon
his.
Nay" she murmured. "but l did
wrong thee, beloved! Psrchance." she
told him. archly, thou didst not think
to see mo so soon, or In this garden
Perchance surprise hath robbed thee
of thy wits-and thy tongue as well,
o wordless one? Or thou art over
come with Joy. as / am overcome, ana
smitten dumb by 1t, as am not!
Aho, Lalil, was ever a woman at loss
for words to voice her happiness?"
And nesting to him she laughed quiet
ly, with a note as tender and sweet
as the cooling OF wood-dove to ito
mate.
Nay, but there Is a mistake" He
recovered the power of speech tardily,
and would have put her from him:
but she held. tight to him. II am not
thy husband. nor yet rajput ! come
from America, the far land where thy
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Another Freak Is He,

Have you system Of tips? The
question Is provoked by the solicitor
who at the club lucheon was rejoicing
over win at 20 to |. He knows
nothing about horses. he said. but
when he looks over the sporting intel.
ligence of his favorite paper he acts
on system. II under the name of a
horse there Is thick line Ga turned
rule). or a black square follows it
something wrong with an IN" quad) =,
or there Is some other mark which
should not be there Il the linotype
is doing it's work properly, he backs
that horse. He has collection OF
successful misprints of this kind. and
feasts his eyes on them from time to
time because they each brought him
in 90 to /.
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lord! Well.nigh had ceased to hope
for thee, beloved: well-nigh had
this heart of mine grown cold within
my bosom. that had no nourishment
save hope, save hope! Day and night
l have watched for thy coming for
many years, praying that thou
shouldst return to me ere this frail
prettiness of mine, that made thee
love me long ago. so fade that thy
heart should turn to other women.
o my husbands"
Husband! Great-heavens, Look
here, my dear, hadn't you better come
to your senses and let me go before"
Let thee go, Lalji, ere what? Ere
any come to disturb us? Nay, but who
should come between husband and
wife In the first hour Of their reunion
after many years of separation? Is 1t
not known--does not ali Khandawar
know how have waited for thee, al
most thy widow ere thy wife, all this
weary time? Or Is 1t that
thy heart hath forgotten thy child
bride? Am I scorned, my lord--I.
Naraini? Is there no love In thy bo-
som to leap in response to the love
Of thee that Is my lifeg
She released him and whirled pace
or two away, draperies swirling, jew
els scintillating cold fire in hopeless
emulation of the radiance OF her tear
pemmed eyes,
"Naraini?" stammered Amber. re-
calling what he had heard of the WON
an "Naraini!"
AYE. my lord. thy welded wife,!
The rounded little chin went up a
trile and her eyes CLEANED angrily
Am | no longer thy Naraini, then?
Or. wouldst thou deny that thou art
Har Dyal, my king and my beloved
Hast thou indeed forgotten the child
that was given thee for wife when thy
father reigned In khandawar, and thou
vert but boy---a boy of ten, the Ma
harai Har Dyal? Hast thou forgot
ten the little maid they brought thee
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That Which In Faithful.

lie who doth not smoke hath either
known no great griefs or refuseth
himself the softest consolation, next
TO that which comes from heaven.
What softer than q woman?" whis-
Ders the young reader.
Young reader, woman leases as well
AS consoles. Woman makes half the
sorrows which she boasts the privilege
TO soothe.
Woman consoles us. 1t is true. while
we are young and handsome; when
we are old and ugly, woman snubs and
scolds us.
On the whole, then. woman in this
scale. the weed in that. Jupiter!
Hang out thy balance. end weigh
them both; and II thou give the pref.
erence to woman, all can say is, the
next time Juno rutfles thee. oh. Ju.
p'ter! try the weed.--Bulwer Lytton.
What VIII He DO With IT."
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hams Vegetable Compound was red
commended, and after taking three boz
ties she has regained her health, thank
to your medicine. can recommend I
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CoRKRAN. 11O3 Rutland Street, Balt1
more, Md.
Hundreds Of such letters from moth
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Lydia Z. PinKham's Vegetable Con|
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been received by the Lydia E. Pinkha4
Medicine Company, Lynn. Mass.
Young Girls, Heed This Advicel
Girls who are troubled with painfr|
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health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegd
table Compound Thousands have bee}
restored to health by It's use.
Write to Mrs. Pink ham, Lynn
Mass, for advice, free.
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pectedly courteous. even polished.
manner; but he became more like his
ordinary self later OH. On the second
occasion he seemed to me the great.
est bore that a country house could
tolerate" But Carlyle amused him by
gravely hopping up and down In or.
der to keep warm. Cation was the
only man who ever got Herbert Spen.
Ger to the Derby. Spencer said thar
the crowd of men on the grass looked
like dies on plate and that the
Derby was lust like what he expected
II tn ms
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stork has planned the fire, and SO
takes blazing stick in her beak to
set fire to this neighbor's nest In re-
venge.
More often. however. the blazing
bunch Is dropped on roof. and as at
that time Of year everything is dry as
tinder big fire is burning in a few
minutes.
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Blame Eggplant and Stork

conilagrations are most frequent In
the months OF August and September.
and the Turks attribute this increase
to tho fondness of tho Inhabitants for
egg plant This Is great dainty In
Constantinople. and is usually fried In
oil.
When It 10 plenty and cheap. H. 10
prepared In almost avery household.
and as the kitchens Of the poor a.s
primitive. the frying II usually dons
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sleep. The doctors thought ] had only
short time to live. was SO great
iy improved after short use of Doan's
Kidney Pills that continued and was
completely cured. l am positive that
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure any case
Of kidney trouble II taken as directed"
Remember the name--Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price 60c.
Foster. Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
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in pans perched previously on the
Goals. These are easily upset, the oil
catches fire and there is confagra'
ton all ready.
But the present chief OF the fire do
partment-such as It is-decares that
they should not blame the inoffensive
egg plant, but should accuse the storls
instead He reasons that the stork
builds her nest on tho top OF C. chin.
ney. A spark sets nfire the dry
branches OF which the nest IL built
the stork. instead. thinks her neis!'bor
aud as the kitchens Of the poor are
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A Waists Used 20 Be.

A London paper prints an article
from :he ladies' treasury Of 1865, IN
which a prize is offered for the woman
with the smallest waist in proportion
to her size. A silk dress was the first
prize and gold watch second prize.
In the school In which the prize was
offered by the principal the pupils
were required to sleep in corsets,
which could. however. be lOosened
when retiring.
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a physical wreck.
My kidneys we're In
terrible coalition
the urile passing tDo
freely and being .
chalky white in col
or. My appetite fail
ed, I lost flesh rapid
1y oud could mt