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popular as cool days, Of course they're not shirt waists, but delightfully."- made up with the bewitchery of tuck and lace.
 A beautiful specimen is spotted with the finest of white polka dots. It has a rather tight back, laid in the broad, horizontal tucks that are so decidedly is also tucked, with blouse below of Hamburg embroidery in red on white The plain sleeves, encircled on top with loosely tucked upper pieces, that fall and rise with the arm, are a novel feature, together with the neck jabot of embroidery. This delightful bodice is worn with a white organdie skirt, and bright coral belt ribbons, by blaek-haired girl, whose beauty it greatly enhances.
 Some of the girls are not wearing red waists, but on such girls you are sure to find stock and belt ribbon in some shade of coral A blue shirt waist is worn with a red satin tie and a. red belt; a fancy bodice, no matter what the color, is worn with a coral stock, of any shade from pale pink to the most vivid red. One girl wears a hat of the hghtest shades, q stock that is rather darker, and bodice and belt ribbon of the very deepest. To say that the effect is decidedly striking implies that she is dark, with rosy cheeks
 THE LATEST.
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HERO AND MAN.
Some of the Traits of the Duke of
 Wellington.

Some of the Traits of the Duke of
 Wellington.
 The worlds of reminiscence and his tory agree that there was something about the duke of Wellington which rem dered empty pretense quite impossible in his company. He was absolutely genuine, man without vanity or desire of display. He was invariably cour- teous to women, but that did not pre- vent him from staying off such as were bores. One of them gushingly asked him to give her an account of the Bat tie of Waterloo.
 Oh" said he, tits very easily done. We pummeled them, they pummeled us, and suppose we pummeled the hard est; so we gained the day"
 Yet he was great stickler for pune tilio, in what seemed to him the proper places. When the regiment of his son, Lord Douro, was quartered at Dover, the duke was staying at Walmer castle, and the officers rode over and left their cards, as a matter of form. Soon after came an invitation from the duke of Wellington, inviting all the officers to dine, but ignoring his own son. When Lord Douro asked for an explanation the duke gave it thus, with great good humor:
 q make no distinctions in the service. Those gentlemen had paid me the com pliment of a visit, and I invited them to dinner. You were not among them, so l omitted you in the invitation."
 Thus he could always hold his own with an imperturbability which might well have served him on the field of battle. At dinner one day he was talking with the dogmatic John Wilson Croker, who eontradicted him f1atly about something which had occurred at Waterloo. The duke, knowing his man, submitted quietly; but not long after ward Croker again became extensively assertive in regard to percussion caps
 My dear Croker," said the duke, with unruffled good humor, Il can yield to your superior information on most points, and you may perhaps know great deal more of what passed at Waterloo than myself; but as sports man, will maintain my point about the percussion caps!"
 But of all stories about him, there is one which best proves his almost quix- otic honesty. At one time he boughta farm lying near his estate. and there fore very valuable to him. When the purchase was concluded, his steward congratulated him on having got such bargain; for, as he explained, the owner was in difficulties, and had been forced to part with the land.
 What do you mean by bargain ?'' asked the duke.
 Tt was valued at 11oo,s said the steward, and Vt, got it for g soQ,'
 Tn that case said ths duke, .you Will be kind enough to carry the extra t zoo to the late owner, and never talk to me of cheap land again. =. Youth's Companion.
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every few inches and making a little mark with pencil; then stitch around the circle thus marked This indicates the probable extreme size of any de- sired crown.
 About every inch slash the goods from the edge of the hole in toward this line you have marked and stitch as deep as you require it, to make this opening for the crown fit your head
 Cut for the crown a circle of crash IA inches in diameter. Plait the crown to fit the opening you have made for it in the brim and sew it on to the out side just below the slashings. Gut a bias piece of your crash 11s inches wide and fold in both edges to make band three-quarters of an inch wide. Lay this band around the crown so as to cover your sewing, tacking it now and then, and bring the ends together on what will be the left side of the hat Cover the ends with little stiff, flat bow, made of piece just like the band.
 By removing the crown the hat can be laundered perfectly.
 The most fashionable gowns of the season are by far those in black and white. Black lace over white is much seen. They have sashes or belts of law ender or bluet, and are either very simply made or most elaiborately trimmed with insertions or bouillones.
 Insertion is a great feature of the season. Half of the summer gowns are trimmed with it, while those of heavier material have row upon row of bouil- lones. These bouillones are made of some diaphanous material gauge, net moussehne de soie, tulle- shirred twice to form tiny puff in the center, with the raw edges turned under The most popular width is half an inch finished. but 1t is not unusual to see them two inches wide. They are used to outline yolSes and bodices, trim sleeves, en- circle skirts. and, in fact, take the place of insertion on the heavier gowns.
 A very striking example of the use of bouillones is a black silk canvas, made up over a white lining The skirt is encircled with six rows of shirred white mousseline, set on in two clus- ters-one of four near the bottom, the second of two around the hips.
 The bodice is made with mousseline yoke, and four shirred puffs beneath.
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rags gre baled in great os,...--
 themselves and bound wjth Vng are other bales of cotton ., s,,s Wire l1F'
 of newspapers, of man;'a a''a llneil pasteboard rubbish ana a''a papeI all ready to be sold to broken a vantage. V 'ue greats
 The bottles go into a h;,. selves, and there are 5, oln ey ! loads of them being taRsn a'ways ! sold, the Doctor of Bottles la h. away fled them by size and ohs haslng3 greater convenience in sa,,: rsacte| shoes repose by thousandea' sde'lins' bin' and they have tbe;r Ss n a9 world, probably to cover U ase
 poorer wearers. The tin ea sus
 another commodious bin cans ans chasers :. subject them first 'a nsl melt off the valuable sola. l '0 oaso ,nso cakes and resold N plate left is made into sash s
 other low grade metal artia,s a aflg| must be considerable nros.
 the solder off old cans in Quantll3 m 2 cause the same process has s4'l' nished a poor living at ths ~ aoa| more than one queer charactsss s his melting and casting with tss of appliances. v 'ae
 Of course the paper was+a to the mill to be turned again SOs ;ss chantable paper, the wrann,'' a printing papers being kent throughout the process. Wb.+ of the cotton waste I do not s Ln Y wooden rags are made into sb,] substance probably abused bar deserts. "
 There are left a host of miscs,,. items-battered tea kettles. N board fit for kindlings, boilers bodies, broom handles, broken K fittings; an omnium gatherum most diverse things. Most of tbsJ their uses, for rubbish is, after RI another name for articles wb;o,1 one else would appreciate more M present owner.
 Contractors still compete for M ilege of trimming the city's asb| the pickings are not what Ind when the ash barrels hospitali} more generous. In the old days are not yet past, though passine,|
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 seasons color. but very inIeh of it would be unbearabls against the tos glare of the court.
 The cycling girl who got new gown in the spring is once more in trouble. Her gown hangs well, it's of good color, and she thought it would be all right for the season, but--it's too warm. She swelters under it, while her more fortunate sister rides by in cool linen gown.
 There is certainly nothing which quite replaces the linen gown in sum- mer, and it isn't at all expensive to get one. Follow the example of one girl, who bought separate skirt, and then secured the rest of the costume in the following manner:
 Her brother bought pair of linen knickerboekers at sale for two dollars She looked at them longingly, then an idea struck her. Her brother was sent for another pair, as near her size as possible. They were too wide around the waist, but she took off the belt and ran in a drawing string. She is now wearing them under her linen skirt, and when the skirt blows, the neat finish of knickers revealed delights the wearer, while the endless array of pockets is charm of which she is never tired.
 Linen skirts are considerable longer
 than those of wool because they do not
 stay down well. They are worn with Esten jackets that cross and close in front with large buttons.
 Linen hats complete these suits. They are Alpine or round In shape A pretty hat may be made at home, at slight expense, as follows: Take one yard of linen and three eighths of yard of gray haircloth. For the brim cut two circles of crash 121s inches in diameter and one circle of haircloth. Baste the three together carefully. Take the edge of the hair
 cloth and one layer of the crash and turn in scant half inch. Then turn in the edge of the other layer of crash, and so baste them all together. Now stitch it as near the edge as you can on the machine. A half inch back of that stitch again, and so on until you have four rows of stitching. Next, in- dieate the center of your circle and cut out round piece 3 F inches in diam
 eter. Take tape measure and mark a circle three inches inside of the outer edge. You can do this by measuring
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adorn the blouse. Broad revers reach from shoulder to belt and fasten under large mother-of-pearl buckles.
 Duck is by far the best tennis ma terial, as it is light in weight, yet with sufficient body to prevent it's chnging Linen crash is the next best; pique is little too stiff. and denim is good when of fine, soft quality.
 White. pale green or cream makes the best color for n tennis gown. bit of red may be tucked in somewhere about the gown as compliment to the
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AN ANEcDoTE OF LINCOLN.
He Measured Height with a Miner is.
 Pennsylvania Town.

fenhSSlSanfH Town.
 Once while on his way to Washington as president the train stopped a little time in the town of Allegheny, Pa. Around the station great crowd gath cred, eager to see the new president. They shouted and cheered until Lin coin had to appear on the rear plat form of his car. He bowed and smiled. but the crowd was so noisy he did not try to speak to them.
 Very near to the platform stood a miner, wearing red shirt and blue overalls and carrying dinner pail. Like the rest, he had stopped, hoping to see MT. Lincoln. The workman was almost giant in size, and lowered head and shoulders above the crowd.
 No doubt he had heard that Lincoln also was very tall, and, encouraged by the friendly face, the workman sudden ly waved his bare arm above his head and called out:
 Hi, there, Abe Lincoln! I'm taller than you-y a sight tallerl'
 This loud speech silenced the crowd by it's boldness and laugh arose. But Mr. Lincoln, leaning forward with g. good-humored smile. said, quietly:
 My man. doubt it; in fact, I'm sure am the taller. However, come up and let's measure.r
 The crowd made way; the workman climbed to the platform and stood back to back with the president-elect. Each put up hand to see whose head over- topped. Evidently Mr. Lincoln was the victor, for with a smile of satisfaction he turned and offered his hand to his beaten rival, saying, cordially:
 Il thought you were mistaken, and was right; hut I wished to be sure and 10 have you satisfied. However, we are friends anyway, aren' t we?"
 Grasping the outstretched hand in yigorons grip, the workman replied
 Yes, Abe Lincoln, as long as livei' St. Nicholas
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are equally simple, for she wears an or dinary shirtwaist belted in in the usual manner
 The average tennis girl, however, con siders it necessary to dona picturesque gown, apparel for which Miss Moore has the greatest contempt. Such girls will be charmed by the gown worn by a black-haired visitor to the Casino court at Newport. It is of duck in pale green, stitched thrice about the skirt. A braided yoke in white, and below two tennis rackets, also worked in white,
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families of pickers lived in thd atmosphere under and abos wharves where the refuse was At each wharf a seow lay withit ing contents exposed to the su enough carloads had been dun it to send it out full laden to sea process might take two or tnre( and meanwhile the noses of theI bors grew retrousse from never aspira tion after purer air. Hsu now. At the Seventeenth stres adjoining the stable of the streeq ing department, which is near ing plant, stands huge struc iron and steel whose sole funceq load the scows. The carts dum| contents at the foot of a steep s which travels an endless cham a succession of iron buckets. AZ top are rows of compartments ! pockets, into which the relus there to be secluded until the boatload on hand. The loading by gravity. A half dozen poeh be chuted at once into the scoJ is then moved along to reeelVe tents of the rest, and in an no, be bounding out to sea, like q life and beauty, gently guided sisted by a pug-nosed tug.
 And what is most rernarkaoie all this is so easy and natural vious that one can't help Wo' why it was not all done 20 yea But it takes genius to think o' vious things.
 Iot1N NGDON HEA
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JOHN LANGDoN Il
Temperance in Exercise1

It is said that most of the r dents in mountain clllepins
 through the failure at the cii'J .] ment of some man who has '
 mountaineering too late n ii1'' is, perhaps, out of condition. .., .| who have reached middle llls E ! engaged in sedentary oee'5 ! should engage only with great .s| spection in any form of eAelsass1| 4,'a makes serious demands on 'ne
 ton, quickness of eye or nam tdiiirancc. There is no reass .sl men who have passed mlo''| should not take up cycling \ should be with a recognltloii r a| itations which age imposes. rg s| tances, great speed and nln < s'1 find the weak places, the nss. a sells of the. brain. The stIa'a 3 attention is considerable wnsn is,| bicycle in crowded thorouss aS1| the risk is apt to be great z
 of youth is gone.
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TALE OF THREE FISHERMEN.
How They Caught Bass and Ate Liver
 and Bacon.


 and Bacon.
 Senator Dwyer said it was all Wes- tons fault. Senator Morrison said tho same, and as John J. McKenna backed up the two assertions the whole party laid it to Weston.
 q always knew Weston was hoo- doc" said Dwyer.
 And now 1 know it. said Morrison. "It's the truth, said McKenna.
 The three with their wives and fam flies and unfortunately, as it turned out, with Weston, went up to Sher- mans park, on Browns lake, to spend the Fourth. They took with them be- sides Weston 40 pounds of the choicest beefstealS Chicago could supply in tending it for their own special selves. Sunday morning the four got up at four o'clock, hired boat, man to row 1t and bought 250 chubs and stone rollers at two cents per and went fish ing.
 The weather warmed up about seven o'clock and by ten they had 15 bass and each one had sunburn which would have done credit to native red man of the plains.
 T expect to get 20 bass myself, said Dwyer.
 'And l." asserted Morrison.
 s'Me, too," said McKenna.
 And you each would have done it :. in the same breath shouted Rep. John F. McGoorty and Rep. Pete Maginnis, Eff Weston hadn't been in the boat" Weston breathed hard, and fiinty gleam came in his eyes as he stopped talking for moment.
 All day long he talked and far into the night, and yet no hint did he give of the deep-laid scheme he had con cocted. Monday morning came and with it breakfast. As the summer waiter girl approached Dwyer, Morri- son and McKenna, she softly mur- mured: Liver and bacon or ham and eggs?s
 Ham and eggs each responded
 To each of the other guests she said: Fried bass or sirloin steak ?n and they each took fried bass and sirloin steak until it was all gone. Weston ordered double portion. He was eating and talking but saying nothing and the gleam in his eye had given place to a twinkle.
 After breakfast the three heroes of this unvarnished tale asked their wives to come down to the ieehouse 10 in- spect their catch Weston went along and hid behind barrel A lantern was lit and Dwyer reached forth his hand for the fshbox. He got it. But as for fish, there was nary a one,'' as Me Kenna put it.
 Great Scott!" yelled Dwyer, Morri- son and McKenna .'Onr fish!" they repeated.
 And our stealS!" walled McKenna, who had been conducting private in- vestigation of his own.
 McGoorty and Maginnis, standing by, softly repeated the words of the summer waiter girl at breakfast:
 Fried bass or steak?''
 A great light which hid that of the lantern flashed across the minds of the three principal statesmen.
 Weston did it!' they screamed at one and the same time, and McGoorty and Maginnis said: We told you so.,' Yes, l did it" came from behind the barrel. If I've got the name of hoo doc I'm goin' to have the game"
 And that's how Dwyer, Morrison and McKenna came back home without fish and without more than mouth full apiece of sirloin steak. - Chicago News.
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THE LATEST FASHIONS.
Wkat Miss Bessie Moore Wears
 Upon Her Tennis Court.
Cycling Gowns and Hats-Red Waists Are Popu1ar-Shirred Puffs of Df- aphranous Material the New
 est Gown Trimming.

This years great revival in tennis has naturally made the tennis girl very eager about her dress. There have been heated discussions about skirts, some favoring those of ordinary length, others no skirt at all, while every length from the knee down finds it's advocates.
 Miss Bessie Moore, ex-champion of womans tennis in the United States.
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laughs at all attempts in the line of uns usual dress. She advocates conserva- tive garb, as in her experience the skirt makes little difference, so long as it is short enough not to interfere with run ming. She considers the proper length to be about three inches from the ground. Her tastes regarding bodices
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The Final Test.

She-Is the bicycle taking the place of the horse in Paris?
 He-- No, indeedl There isn't any old bicycle that was ever made good enough to eat Yonkers Statesman.
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It is typical gown of the eeewt.s combining the newest colorings with the most novel trimmings. Of course. In the materials mentioned it would be expensive, but the same model might be made of plaid gingham, with null bouillones and have a very striking effect.
 There is a. rudnor to the effect that. coral is going out. There is, besides, a fixed impression in the minds of folks generally that any shade of red is heating, and not to be worn in the summer.
 Notwithstanding these facts, red lawn waists are everywhere seem They're as
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-21
Letters to St. JOhnsbury People.

MRS. SwITsER, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
MADAM Soap either saves or rots
clothes.
Tits mild it saves them; If strong it
rots them.
Now, clothes are costly and soap is
cheap. But, if soap saves orrots clot hes,
the soap that saves most is extremely
profitable. And the man that puts within
your reach the particular soap that saves
the most clothes is saving you part of
the cost of those clothes.
So that pis vastly more than SOAP:
It is clothes. You are buying clothes by
the pound OF soap! The little money Won
pay for soap is multiplied over and over
again, il you get the right soap.
You knew it all before. We have only
fitted the words to it.
Did you know that you knew it2
We advise the use of Harmless soap
because it's mild and heavy bodied. Ii
will wash third more clothes than our
lower priced soap; and it won't rot them
Yours truly,
c. H. Post & Co.,
Newburgh, N. Y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-21

from Connecticut in the last century
brought slave with them that lived
and died in that town. The Sheldon
museum at Middlebury has the bill OF
sale, dated 1873. The price named was
$40.
CT. Hood of Lowell, Mass, the pro-
prietor of Hoods Sarsaparilla, who is
native of Chelsea, established stock
farm at West Andover, Mass, in 1889.
He bought Star Lily, then mare OF
great reputation on the circuit, and fol.
lowed this with purchases from famous
Kentucky blood lines. In the meantime
he became interested in Jersey cattle and
Berkshire swine, and finding his larger
pleasure in these he decided to sell his
horse at auction. The sale took place
Tuesday, and total of $4,000 was
realized.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-21

GSmall advertisements will be inserted in
this column in reading matter type at the
rate of two cents word for the first inser-
ton and one cent a word for subsequent in
sertons. Cash must accompany the order.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-21
N. e. o. p. Annual rleeting.-The S

N. E. 0. p. Annual rleeting.-TheS u-
preme lodge Of the New England Order Of
Protection held its annual meeting in
Boston last week. 1t was the largest
and most enthusiastic annual meeting in
the history of the order. About 100
members and representatives were in at.
tendance. Harmony and good feeling
prevailed throughout the entire session.
Nearly all the old officers were reelected.
A bounteous collation. was served in the
banquet hall at the noon hour and all
parties did justice to what was set before
them. After the installation of officers,
the retiring supreme warden was pre-
sented with beautiful solid gold pin
and charm with emblems of the order en-
graved thereon. The presentation speech
was made by Supreme Warden Deming
of New Haven and very feeling reply by
retiring Warden Howard of Cambridge.
Following are few statistics concern
ing this lodge: Increase in 1867, 2,7SS ;
deaths, ia; assessments paid by these
members, $13,41295; benefits, $685.
600; net gam in membership during year,
1,442; Maine has 1924 members, New
Hampshire 69S, Vermont 954, Massa-
chusetts 9,943, Rhode Island S4S, Con-
necticut 5,697; insurance in force April
l, $9,737, s44, gain of So ,522, 900; num-
Der of lodges 261; new lodges 10; loss
by suspension and transfer 10; Maine
has 81 lodges, Vermont Ia, Massachu-
sets 9S, New Hampshire IL, Connecticut
80. Rhode Island ~.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-21
Good Strings Of FIsh.-Alonzo Car

Good Strings Of Fish.-Alonzo Car
rick and ]. H. Annis brought in an ele-
giant string Of trout Wednesday which
they caught in this vicinity. They were
unusually large and weighed 10 and
three.tourths pounds.
The same day Z. D. Steele OF Lowell,
Mass, and his brother Charles W. Steele
went to the brooks in Sutton. and
brought home SO trout.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-21

Church News Rev. Thomas lyric
will resume preaching at Grace Meth
odist church next Sunday morning.
Father Carmody Of ST. Roses parish
was in Burlington few days this week
attending the 40.hours' devotion SER
vices held in the cathedral and large
number of priests in the state were in
attendance.
There will be preaching services at st.
Andrews church next Sunday, conducted
by Rev. II. Jekyll Of Montreal.