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Opposite Danbury and Norwalk Railroad depot Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Sins‘ e. or Double Team 1 with or without amm- Safe horses for women andchildrenI . SADDL" HORSES A SPECIALTY ,,\ .lodging and cab hire, .focls."~ .:I THE GREAT FREN CH FAIR 1 How the Money for the Huge Un- dertaking Will Be Raised. Twenty Million Dollars Is the Amount Estimated to Be Necessary for the Mammoth Exposi- tion of 1900. In spite of the opposition of the prov- inces and a certain amount of protest from Paris on the score of the deface» ment of the Champs Elyseefi, the French exposition of 1900 will certainly be held. The government of the repub- lic will contribute $5,000,000, which has already been voted, and the city of Paris is not likely to give less than $3, - 000, 000. But, as the exposition is to cost- $20,000,000, another $12,000,000 will still have to be provided. It is not the cus- tom in France to wait for the returns of gate money to make up the: deficiency remaining after payment of the subvem- tions. The exposition of 1889 was paid for, and there was money in hand for the cost ~of administration, before the gates were opened. This was done by u very ingenious scheme of issuing bonds for 25 francs each, each of which bore 25 coupons which were receivable as admission tickets. The extreme pe- riod of payment for thle bonds was 75 years, but, beginning with the expo- sition year, there were to be 81 draw- ings of the numbers of the bonds to be . paid off, and the first two or three num- bers drawn were to be entitled to lots tcry prizes. The holder. of each bond thus acquired a lottery ticket, 25 ad- mission tickets and the certainty of get- ting his money back, without interest, within a time which might be anywhere between a few months and 75 years. The scheme was a brilliant success, and had this, among other unexpected results, of giving the. public the benefit of a considerable reduction in the price of admission. The amount paid to the exposition by the syndicate of bankers who took the bonds, after providing a sinking fund, for their gradual redemp- tion, was $4,300,000, which, added tot-he receipts from concessions and priv— ileges, the returns from the sale of old materials and the amount contributed by the state and the city of Paris, brought the total revenues of the expo- sition up to very nearly $10,000,000. As the exposition cost less than $8,500,000, there was a surplus of about $1,500,000 to be divided in the ratio of their con- tributions between the state and the city of Paris. The problem of 1900 is a more difficult one. It is not a question of getting $5,000,000, but. of raising twice that amount, on the pledge of en- trance tickets. Profiting by the ex-— ample of Chicago, which collected near- ly ten times as much from concessions and privileges as Paris did in 1889, it is probable that the managers of the show of 1900 will extract a great deal more than $400,000—the amount re- ported by their predecessors — from that source. But, . even if it were $2,- 000,000, there would still remain $10,- 000,000 to be raised mainly on admis- sions. It will be found a good deal easier to double the size and cost. of the ex— position than to double the number of its visitors. The indirect gains of the enterprise are less open. to question. The prov- inces argue from experience that it will drawa great deal of money from them, even as the states of the central west found the Columbian exposition a severe drain on their current cash. But the exposition of 1889 brought the government an increase of $5,000,000 in receipts from customs and other taxes, av hile in the increase of octroi duties the city of Paris received $1, 800, 000. In the half year in Which the exposition was open tl 19 six great railroads lead— ing into I ari 3 had an increase of pas- senger 111121.. .1 amounting to $9, 000, 000, due sols-T ' ' 1 the attraction of the show. Of the I’ :0 exhibitors it was esti- mated " each spent on his exhibit- an I: ,1 of $600, making a. total of ”if" . 1: ostly spent in France. 133:1 .1 x as, during the whole 18) 1.3111. a of the exposition, an average ad- dition of 200,000 persons to the popula- tion; of the city of Paris. If each of these spent, on an average, for board, $6 a day, there was, taking no account of the cost of their amusements and the purchases they made, a total of $216,000,000, which - would not otherwise have been ex- pended in the French capital. It is hardly to be wondered at that the argu- ments in favor of the exposition have proved stronger than those against it. —Boston Herald. HOW VIOLINS ARE “ANTIQUED.” New and Green Instruments Made 1:45 Re- semble Genuine “Shade." Experts in the old violin industry tell how very young and green instru- ments can be made to look like products of the skill of old Stradivarius at a very moderate expense. It seems that by means of a little varnishing, staining and scraping, and by pasting on an old label, worth about one-half cent, that any kind of an old violin may be converted into a f‘genu- ine St 13d” of almost priceless value Every effort is being made to prove that the violin, of the theft of which Mr. Flechter is accused by Mrs. Bott, was such an instrument. Oscar Schildbach, who works for Mr. Flechter, said that. the violin in dis- pute was turned over to him to be prop- erly “antiqued.” The violin “antiquer” testified that he took the violin, a French instrument, made by Nicola, and, under the direction of Mr. Flechter, stained over the name of the maker and pasted on the place an imitation of an old-time yellow label, which read: “Antonius Stradivarius, Fecit, A. D. . 1725.” He also did a little scraping and treated it with some good‘ “antique” varnish. 1 “Did you think that anybody would believe that. this one. was a. genuine, Stradivarius?” he was asked. Y “Many persons,” said the witness, gravely. “cannot distinguish between a new and as old violin. There are many -St. Louis C lobe-Democrat. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. —Photographic plates are not affected by light at a. depth of 553 feet. in. the ocean. \ —It isasserted by local surveyors that the government survey located about 4,500 acres of “good farming land” in- side the limits of Klamat lake, Oregon. —-—Two men intoxicated and driving a large gray horse hitched to a wagon loaded w ith dynamite were arrested' 1n \Villimantic, 001111., the other day w hile driving at a gallop. -—WoodIen trestle structures in the United States so bgregatc 2, 000 miles in length and represent an expenditure of. $60,000,000. As they must be replaced ' about once in nine years the annual outlay is about $7,000,000. —A cow has been known to recognize the picture of a calf; and the tiger is said to be drawn to a trap by a pic- ture of a companion. The timid horse, however, takes no notice of a picture, and the cat will not spring at a painted bird. , ' ——-Mrs. Hugh Allen Spencer, a young woman of Jackson, Ky. ., was busily en- - gaged in her household duties, when some children rushed 1n and announced that a fire had broken out In the kitchen. The excitement was too great for the woman and she passed into insensibility, dying in a short time. —Thc shark, which is the most vo- racious of all fishes, will, if opportunity offers, readily snap up a bird. But as sea birds are far too wary to be often caught napping, the shark’s diet in this form is practically confined to birds that have been wounded, or which have fallen into the sea from exhaustion, such as migratory and other land birds. ' —An old. liquor bill against Ethan Allen is in the possession of a resident of - Fairhaven, Vt. It is dated April 15, 1789, and goes to show that, like some other sturdy heroes of revolutionary fame, Ethan Allen had a fair capacity and liking for liquor. The billcontains a number of items of “three pence for . flip,” and “two shillings” for bottles of rum. '._.. —A cat belonging to a resident of Cameron, M0., is nursing a litter of wild rabbits and caring for them with motherly solicitude. Several kit-tens were born to the cat a week or so a,go but they all died. A neigh or found a nest of very young wild ra its about the same time and they were put in charge of the cat, with the happy re- sult told. SOME OF THE NEW HATS. Tulle Is Used for Trimming and, of Course, Flowers Are Plentihfl. There aIc plenty of picture hats among the new styles, and the tulle ties and loops come in nicely as artistic ad- ditions to the cost.ume You can have tulle ties on any kind of a hat. It is not necessary to have a bonnet to put them on Green and violet tulle are the prettiest colors. An exquisite lit- tle hat is made of yellow straw—straws, I w as going to say, for the hat is a peculiar arrangement of little straw,s set side by side, w ith a violet at the end, forming an edge of violets all around the brim. Tulle loops almost conceal the crown. Another dream (dream seems an especially appropriate term for"a. tulle hat) has a combination of two shades of green tulle. There is absolutely nothing on the hair—a Iound, black straw—but some stand- up frills of light and dark green tulle around the crown. Almost any body can have a hat like this. All that is necessary to do is to buy an untrimmed hat and cover it over with tulle. A flower or two to stand up at the. back 01 at the left side of the front is a gieat addition. The tulle knotted in a large bow under the chin. Flowers underneath the brim are set at the back, where most of the hats turn up. In the case of “nose hats” that tip down over the face, the brim is not always bent up at the back, but in- stead the w hele hat' Is propped up, as it were, with a1bank of flowers and rib- bon. Small button roses are very pretty for the bandeaux under tlhe‘ brim. Flow cr hats are fashionable for women of all ages. A violet bonnet is suitable for an beld-erly lady with white hair, but made in another shape it be-“ fits a golden-haired lassie quite as well. —l\’. Y. Mcrucry. & A Warning to the Gents: The annual ball of the Occidental Ly- ceum and Sporting society was at its height when the master of ceremonies, a gentleman in full dress vest and trou- sers and sacque coat, and four breast- pins in his shirt front-,vaulted airily into the middle of “the ballroom floor and said, with an ominous glitter in his eye: “I am informed. by some of the ladies present that some of the gents from over Dead Man’s Gulch way air just a little bit too exuberant in carrying out the figgers of the dances and when I sing out: ‘Swing yer ducksy-daddles!’ these gents swing their ladies clear off’n their feet. Now we want things togo off happy and harmonious here to- night, but if any more complaints of this sort are made someo’ the Dead Man’s Gulch gents ’ll be likely to go home on a shutter; ye hear me! Choose yer pardners fer the next kadrille an’ all set a-standin’!” and they all “set” to the tune of “Granny, Bite "—Dctroit Free Press. An Apology. A man“ who has a. reputation for be-1 ing very, careless as to his toilet was elected town clerk in one of the small towns in this state some time ago, and the local paper thought it would be a good joke to announce that: “Mr. Makeup will wash himself before he as--- sumes the office of town clerk.” 0n reading the notice Mr. Makeup was furious, and demanded a retraction, which the paper accordingly made the following day, in this fashion: “Mr. Makeup, requests us tofldeny that he will vash himself before he assumes the office of town clerk.” Andstill Mr. Makeup was not pleased. How hard it ' is to satisfy some peoplel—Our Boys and Girls. ‘ ties are- Will Yer Dog , ' I OF NEW YORK. RICHARD a. MCCURDY; President. 3221, 213, 721 33 194,347,157 58 $26,866,563 75‘ $48,597,430 51 $23,126,728 45 Assets, . . Liabilities . . . Surplus _ . Total Income. . _. Total Paid Policy-holders in 1895, . Insurance and Annuities in force, $899, 074,453 78 Net gainin 1895 . . $61,647,645 36 NOTE—Insurance merely 1m men is discarded from thi actually issued and paid chr m cash ls included. 5 Statement as wholly misleading. and only insurance I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. . CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report of the Examining Committee. DIlIce of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, February 11, 1896. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18t h day of December last, theundersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual Statement for the year ending December 3lst, 1895, and to verify the same by com- parison with the assets of the Cempany. The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified \ therein are in possession of the Company. the investments of the‘Company and express their approval of the system, order; and general transacted. Robert Olyphant, 'Wm, P. Dixon, J. H. Herrick. H. C. VonPost, Charles R. Henderson, ' James C. Holden, Committee 1 _ ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President. , WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., 001. Secy. WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, ALBERT KLAMBOTH, Asst. Secy. FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. ' TOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Trees WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier EMORY MOCLINTOCK LL. D., F. I. A, Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, £112., Asst. Actuary. WM. W. RICHARDS. Comptroller. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Gomp. JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies, EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. MEDICAL D'Inncrons GUSTAVUS S. WINSTON, M. 1),. ELIAS, J. MARSH, M. D. GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M. D. JOHN W. N ICHEDLS6 New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. Hes » AefleflAM-En M ' . .1 : . .' 9 LocalAgent. _ 1 . In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of ' accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in ' I amen II he Year En Ingllm. 31 133 r. ,
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