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FASHION NOTES.
How to Hide ls,emishss.

Collar bones and "washboard" chest need not discourage a woman from wearing a low neclzed dress if she wants to. Many a neck as yet unde- veloped about the chest and collar bones, is round and pretty at the back, at the nape of the neck and along the back nape of the neck into the shoul- der. Plan the low neck of your gown so that it will mask what is not pretty. You can plan cut of gown that will entirely obviate the ugly collar bones and ridges and chest. Let the gown be squared front and back, and it may be little lower in back than in front. In front of 1t must be only bit lower than where ugliness begins. In front, too the cut will narrow a little more sharply to pass over the shoulders than it does at the back.
 Into the edge of the gown set band of insertion as wide as seems needed and finish the insertion by frill of very narrow lace, tiny ribbon in bead ing being between it and the lace. This ribbon will draw the insertion close to the neck and it is a wonder how dell-
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cate insertion will not seem to make the neck higher, and yet will mask
 scrawnyness and not hide smoothness.
 A figure that is merely too young to be smooth, but that Is building along
 good lines, is not to be deplored. Some
 times the cutting out of a point of ma terial at the shoulder can be managed without seeming to be too much of a calculation, and nothing is prettier than the slender curve of young throat into a slender but still round shoulder. Take stock of more than collar bones and chest before you de-
 eide that you are unfitted for low neck dresses.
 The trial is greater with V shaped
 cuts, which the revived favor for sur plice bodices will make plentiful, but even these are possible when made with the foregoing hints in mind This pie tured dress was a youthful one drawn
 in pale blue surah lined with rose pink taffeta, its skirt banded with rows of block Chantilly insertion, through winch the pink lining showed The bodice had a plain back trimmed with lengthwise folds of lace over pink, and the fronts were decorated to match. Long ruffles and big bows of pink sat- in ribbon ornamented the sleeves FLORETTE.
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Cd UGHT.
FLoRETTE

First Boy (to second boy, who has been Catch anything?' Second Boy-'T haven't been home yet "--Baltimore Life.
 Himmins-'I believe Farlowe would sell his soul for $1,000" Simmons-"I don't. Whatever his faults may be he is no bunco n."-1ndianapolis Jour- nal.
 One Way of Putting It.-"what do they mean by parity?"
 ''Oh! it mean& that one kind of dollar is just as hard to get as the other''- Puck.
 Darling, you can have anything you want on the bill of fare Shall read it off to you?'
 she-"No. Read it off to the waiter" Truth
 Farmers Wife-"I hope you are not afraid of work" Tramp (uneasily)-"I ain't exactly afraid, mum; but I al- waysfeel fidgety when there's anything like that about. ."-Tit-Bits
 When in the brassy skies above
 No hope nor help I see,
 I gladly seek the girl I love
 She's always cool to me.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. 1T wonder what that man is so angry at himself about?" said the mosquito. During the half hour I have been fly ing around his head he has done noth- ing but hit himself in the jaw every half minute or so. o."-Indianapolis Jour nal.
 Dea Jasper-"Your voice doesn't seem to be quite so powerful as that of our last preacher. Are you sure that you can make all the congregation hear what you say?" Candidate-"Well, not those who stay at home. ."-Somerville Journal
 T know the Sunday school song that sister likes best. It's Put Your Arm Around.'" You bad child.
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Armor On Then why does MT. Waggles always put hiS arm around you when you sing 1t In the parlor?"- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 There is little girl in Columbus, O., whose mother is in the habit of using the phrase, "Oh, don't mention it!" when any one apologies to her. This little girl was naughty one day and her mother said to her Elsie, what will God think when you tell him tonight how bad you have been to-day?" Why, mamma said Elsie, He will say: Elsie. don't mention it! New York Tribune
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durable, can be made, by very cheap process, to initiate stained glass in such manner that 1t cannot be distin- guished from the genuine article, can be cut by shears, nailed to wood, and transported without danger, can be easily repaired in case it is cut, does not break, and is well adapted for fac tory windows and skylights for hot houses, market halls, verandas, trans portable buildings and for roofing.
 A plan to assist dull pupils was put in operation at Waukegan, Illinois, at the beginning of the school term. In addition to the regular departments in each school an ''ungraded department was opened, the province of which is to care for those who have not been to school for several years and who now desire to avail themselves of school privileges, but who do not seem to class well In any of the regular departments; for those who have com peted the grammar grades and who do not desire to take the regular work of the high school, but are anxious to be- come more proficient In the so-caned common school branches: and for all pupils over fourteen years of age and less than twenty-one, whose educa- ton in the judgment Of the superin- tendent, can be better provided for in this department than in other depart lnents of the school. In this new de- partrnent special emphasis will be placed on the practical side of educa- ton, The arithmetic of the farm, of the workshop, and of the store will be made prominent, and this will be sup plemented by teaching in elementary bookkeeping and in other features of commercial life. There will also be enough work in manual training to as- sist the pupil in relating his school work to any trade or occupation in which he may expect to engage.
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WHEELING Ys. PIANO PLAYING

The latest plaint against the wheel comes from London, and it appears to have substantial foundation. A London music teacher affirms that the mania has inflicted a sad strain on her. and presumably others of her profess sion. For. instead of taking music les sons as formerly, her pupils now take bicycle rides, and her expensive college education has become of no use; the workhouse stares her in the face. She attained almost the highest honors awarded for the piano. She thought fortune, or at least a reasonable com petence, was within reach, and for two or three years she earned a fair sum. but teachers as well equipped as her. self were as thick as blackberries, and the rush after g pupil has become
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Advertising Rates.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, Ono Cent Word each in- sertion.. Five cents word for a full wock (seyen times.)
 Display Advertisemeuts-Pe inch, one in- cents; one week, $3.20; one month, S10; one year, $40.
 Obituary notices in prose or verse, E cents per line. Notices of births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local notices. 16cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immedite business (all matter to oe unob- 1ectionable), and their contracts do not in- clude Wants, To let, For Sale, etc.
 Diacounts-Cn two inches or moro one month and over, 10 per cent; on four Inches or more, one month and over. l6 per cent
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One of Bryan's fellow church mem bers in Lincoln is quoted as saying that although the candidate is personally popular and respected, yet The does not know a single member who will vote for him in November. Tn fact, he has the best reason in the world to believe that not single member of the church will support the Popocratic candidate for the presidency"
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A London thief holds the record for meanness. He stole the purse of a doc had been run over by a heavy cart and lay dying in the street.
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If ''tectorium," which is coming into use in Europe, Is what some say it is it
 is a good thing Tectorium consists of ss galvanized iron web covered with a
 gelatiuous substance. and is translu- cent, but not transparent. It is de- scribed by manufacturer as sub stance that can be bent without being broken, is tough end flexible, is rot softened by the rays of the sun, is non soluble. is not affected by severe cold. is a bad conductor of heat, is well adapted for roofs, on account of its ex- treme lightness, when exposed to the sun it loses its original yellow color in time and becomes harder and more
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A recent report of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange shows 475 mills in the South this year in place of SS6 in opera tion last year. It also notes that while the northern consumption of cotton fell off this year, the southern increased.
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The cyclists of Louisiana who have abandoned all hope of getting good roads through any legislating, have asked to have their bicycles taxed, the money to be used in roadmaking. There are twenty miles of good roadway in New Orleans, but all the roads running out of town end in swamps and are therefore unpopular.
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For State Officers.

FOR GOVERNOR, LORRIN A. COOKE, of Winchester.
 FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ! JAMES D. DEWELL, of New Haven.
 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, CHARLES PHELPS, of Rockville.
 FOR TREASURER, CHAS. w. GROSVENOR, of Pomfret. FOR COMPTROLLER, BENJ. P. MEAD, of New Canaan.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIRRs IN THE CITY, 10 CENTS A WEEK, bn nCENTs A MONTH, S3 FOR SIX MONTHS, SG A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BYMAu.
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District Electors.

- DISTrICt EIeCtOTs. list Dist. GARDNER HAIL, JR., of Will ington. 2nd Dist. -GEoRGE l. ALLEN, of Mid dletown. Sd Dist. GEORGE A. HAMMOND, of Put nam. 4th Dist. t.-J. DENYING PERKINS, of Litchfeld.
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THECARRINGToN PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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REPUBLICAN NO0IIN ATIONS
FOR PRESIDENT.

 WILLIAM MCKINLEY, of Ohio. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GARRETT A. HOBART, of New Jersey.
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Professor Peellmann, of the Univer- sity of Bonn, has been Investigating the lives and characters of the de- scendants of a woman who was a con- firmed drunkard, and who died early in the present century. The five or six generations of her direct posterity number, to date, S34 persons. Of these he has ascertained the record of no less than To9 He reports that 106 of them were of ilIegitinate birth, i62 were pro- fessional beggars, S4 were inmates of almshouses, 1S1 women made trade of unchastity, 78 were convicted of serious crimes, and were condemned for murder The total cost to the State of caring for these paupers and punishing tine criminals, and the amounts pri- vately given in aims and lost through theft, are recokned at $1, ,260,00O or more than $12,50O year. Truly an expensive family.
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State Electoral Ticket

FIECToRs-AT-T.ARGE, GEORGE POPE, of Hartford. JAMES GRAHAM, of Orange.
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To those who believe in the fatality of the number thirteen some points about the American silver quarter will sound gloomy if they are burdened with many of these coins. On the quarters are thirteen stars, thirteen letters in the scroll the eagle holds in its claws, thirteen feathers in the eagles wing, thirteen feathers in the tail, thirteen parallel lines on the shield, thirteen horizontal stripes, thirteen arsowheads and thirteen let ters in the words Quarter dollar"
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Prices: 15 cents and 25 cents per bottle. ,oT ALL DRUGGISTS AND MINERAL WA TER DEALER
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24
A MONSTER MAGNET,

A monster magnet is used at the British
arsenal at Woolwich to handle the shot
for the 110-ton guns. The body or core of
the magnet is U-shaped, and in one forg-
ing. The winding is mechanically pro-
tected by stout brass fanges, and is COW
cred with thick brass tips. The ends of
the winding are led to duplicate terminals,
duplicated wires, to prevent accidents in
case of the wire fouling and breaking.
being taken over the pulleys to the switch
box on the CONFERENCE.-THE at the back of
the crane.
single pole switch is placed in this box
and is used, in conjunction with a water
resistance, to shut the extra current pro-
duced on breaking the circuit. to close or
open the circuit. The current varies from
three to four amperes at twenty to thirty
volts. The maximum weight that can be
lifted has not been ascertaIned exactly
but it exceeds $500 pounds.-C1ncinnat
Enquirer.
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SHAPED LIKE A BELL,
\ PECULIAR MOUNTAIN TO BE
SEEN IN ALASKAN
wv ArEpc
WATERS.

When the Alaska steamers are getting
toward Sitka they go through passage
way known as Finlansons Canal, and if
they happen to pass certain point in the
daytime most unusual-looking noun
tain can be seen. 1t has been named the
"Bell-shaped Mountain" and more ap-
propriate cognomen could not be found.
This peak, which has always been one
of the sights for tourists, occupies a most
unusual position. 1t is directly in the
center of the channel, and when the
steamer is going northward seems to block
further progress. For several miles before
the mountain is reached the passageway
is not any too wide, and steep mountains
come close to the waters edge on both
sides. They seem to join the lower portion
of the bell-shaped mountain, and form an
impossible barrier across the roadway.
AS the steamer is heading directly for
the mountain it shows to the best advan-
tage. Rising abruptly from the mirror
like surface of the water, it rears its head
about 1000 feet toward the sky and reveals
the most perfect symmetry in its outline.
The sides slope inward and on the top
there is a little knoll, the whole combina-
ton forming perfect bell.
II this mountain is seen in the early
morning when the steamer is about five
miles away it will appear silhouetted
against the sky. The edges look clean and
sharp cut, and it is hard to believe that it
is not the work of human hands. 1t
really looks like monster bell placed in
the channel.
The sides of this mountain are covered
with thick growth of pine trees, and as
the steamer draws nearer it loses some of
its peculiar appearance. The vessel keeps
head on as if to run it down, but when
quite close makes sharp turn to port and
passes through channel so narrow that
it is possible to throw stone on the
mountain from the deck. The mountain
is much longer than wide, and does not
look the least like a bell as soon as the
steamer has passed so that it can be seen
over the stern.
Navigators in that part of the world
consider it a great accomplishment to be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24
BRIGHT GIRL ARTIST,
REMARKABLE WORK DONE BY
CHRISTINE LAPLAcE OF
THIS CITy


Miss Christine Laplace is the daughter
OF j. Lewis Laplace, from whom she doubt
less inherits her artistic talent, as he is
one of the ablest photographers in this
country. He is q Frenchman, and before
marrying an accomplished English woman
he spent the most of his time travelling
and having strange adventures in many
parts of the world.
Christine, with her parents, brothers and
sisters, lives away out on the Corbett road,
at the base of Twin Peaks. Their pretty
home nestles in quiet canyon and is con-
cealed from the road by a small forest of
trees, which her father planted years ago.
Although this cozy home is situated in the
heart of great city, so to speak, it is as
completely removed from the noise and
hustle OF the streets as though 1t were in
the high Sierras. The artistic tastes of
Christine's parents are shown IN the large
and well-kept flower gardens and hot
houses belonging to the place. 1t is easy
to imagine Christmas sensitive nature ex-
banding under surroundings so congenial
to an artistic temperament On her way
to and from school every day she sees
some of the grandest views afforded by the
mountains and by the beautiful valleys
which nestle at their base. The accom-
panying picture, drawn by her, shows that
with proper perseverance, she will some
day be famous artist. 1t was drawn
without any assistance, and as her parents
propose to make an artist of her they
should feel strongly encouraged by this
effort.
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LIKES TO BE SHOT AT.
A WILD DEER THAT SEEMS AL
MOST TO HAVE A CHARMED

There is wild deer that for the last four
years has made its home along the western
slope of the hills ten miles north of Santa
Cruz. Its habits are unlike the rest of its
tribe, for it shows a disposition to run
with the bands of cattle in pasture in the
vicinity. The strange thing about the
deer, though, is that nobody has ever been
able to kill 1t and at present the animal
seems to like the idea of having bullets
flying around 1t.
There are certain game laws that pro-
hibit the killing of deer for all but about
six weeks of each year, but in certain To-
calities they are dead letter. The Santa
Cruz Mountains is one of these districts,
although the people say they have to kill
the animals to defend themselves. OF
course it wouldn't do for them to allow
deer 10 hook them. That is possibly the
reason that every hunter takes a shot at
the deer that is said to have charmed
life. Hunters, by mistake, often shoot at
others that do not have charmed lives.
And after the animal is dead they might
as well eat it.
The first man known to have shot at the
deer in question would have bet all he had
that he would have killed it, as it was not
more than hundred yards away. But
he didn't, and all others have failed ever
since. A. man living near by says that at
least 300 shots have been fired at the ami
NAL and it mas never been grazed.
The deer has got so now that it gets into
position as soon as man with a rifle
comes along. 1t is not the least bit afraid
and will stand still in field and watch
people driving past.
Last Sunday the deer was not more than
seventy-five yards from the road. A fence
ran along the edge and hunter took
steady aim. 1t was such pretty shot it
seemed impossible to miss. But the hunter
might as well have used blank cartridge.
for the deer simply tossed its head and dis
appeared behind ridge, moment after
cloud OF dust beyond showed where the
bullet struck.
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been stood on end entirely by the use of
ropes, pulleys and muscle. Those IN the
center of the bridge are the highest and
the others get shorter and shorter as they
climb the bank on either side. Very few
braces are used, so that the bridge pre-
sents the appearance of series of straight
poles reaching across the ravine. The
country in this vicinity is picturesque and
wild and the bridge does not look the
least bit out of place. In fact it rather
blends into the landscape. 1t does not
present very beautiful appearance nor
does it look grotesque.
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REMARKABLE BRIDGE.
1t CROSSES CERRITOs CREEK Nor
FAR FROM SAN GRE
GORTO

One of the most remarkable wooden
bridges ever built in California. if not in
the United States, is still standing in a
fair state of preservation. 1t crosses Ger
ritos Creek on the stage road between San
Mateo and Pescadero, few miles north OF
San Gregorio.
The most striking thing about the APP
pearance of this bridge is its enormous
height. The center span crosses the creek
ninety feet above the water.
1t is not known who the engineers were
that built the bridge, nor Just what facil-
tiles they had for doing the work. The
structure was put up about 1853 and mas
remained in constant use ever since. 1t is
true the stages do not cross it now, but
foot passengers and smaller vehicles use it
regularly. The only effect of its long
years of service is slight swag at the
northern end.
The bridge is really built of the trunks
of redwood trees that were hauled from
the forests about fifteen miles away. How
they were placed in position is something
past finding out, as there is nobody living
in the locality that remembers when the
bridge was put up. And, indeed it looks
as if the job would puzzle an engineer OF
to-day, even though he were given the use
of all modern appliances, which the others
did not have.
In all there are seventy upright sup
ports in the bridge and they must have
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In the New Years procession at Konigs-
berg, in 1858, Bologna sausage exhibited
by the butcher man" was 622 feet in
length, and was carried on the shoulders
OF sixty-seven men and boys. The one
exhibited in the same city in the year 1888
was over 1900 feet in length and weighed
434 pounds
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able to sail around this mountain. The
winds and tides are variable, and many
shippers often give up the attempt, after
remaining in the same spot for days, and
take the outside passage.
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WHY MEN SLEEP.

Leavitt-I see they have passed law in
Ohio forbidding women wearing hats in
theaters.
Mile (scornfully)-The brutesl I suppose
they'll want us to take OFF our hats in church
next.
Leavttt-Oh, no; the clergy would never
allow that. If they did the women would all
sleep through the service like the men.-New
York World,
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LOTS OF THEM.

Actor-Are there any good situations in that
new play of yours?
Dramatist-There ought to be. The manager
has not engaged anybody yet.
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No USE FOR x RAYS.
EXCITED HER PITY.

Mrs Hussiff-What did you work at?
Rural Ruggs-I had job in a soap factory,
mum.
Mrs. Hussiff (pityingly)-Come in and eat. It
must be terrible to be out of work SO long as
you've been.
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HIS DAY OFF.

First Nobleman-They say that Miss Bond
stock has couple of millions in her own
right, besides ten millions or SO she'll get
from
Second Nobleman-For heavens sake, old
chap, don't let's talk shop.-New York World.
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COULDN'T Fool HIM.

OOOlIIJ4N I WE
ST. Peter opened the gate wide. "Come in"
he said.
The shade shook its head
Mo- it said; 'I've backed many theatrical
companies in my time, and 1 know from ex-
perience that It's no fun being an angel"
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SILK DEPARTMENT.!

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81 2 will be ca yard
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FANCY
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and cardinal, former will
purple ana black
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$1.OO "a
prices 25, be IN at ayard. ' -N1e-
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T ,,cvv Doc

Chow much does it cost to go to Europe7"
"It didn't cost me anything"
chow was that?"
al was born there"
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No APPARATUS.

Judge-Have you searched the prisoners
0ficer-No, your Honor. The horoscope is
out of order.
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CHILDRENS UNDERWEAR

At SO Cents.
IS dozen CHILDREN'S NATURAL
GRAY CASHMERE WOOL SHIRTS,
high neck, long sleeves, drawers to
match, warranted non-shrinkab BILE,
will be offered at SOC each, regular
price 75c.