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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-19
A Constable in Petticoats.

Allegheny, Pa, can claim the honor OF
possessing the first female constable in
the eastern states, il not the entire coun-
try. Florence Klotz, the handsome 1S-
vear.old daughter OF Alderman Edward
Klotz, holds this unique position, having
been appointed by her father a month
ago. She serves warrants, summonses
and subpenas with all the authority
and determination of a male minlon OF
the law. Moreover, she is possessed OF
large amount Of courage, and, as has
been demonstrated OH several occasions,
can hold her own with the average man
in a rough.and-tumble fight. Miss Klotz
is bloomer bicycle girl, and she thinks
her advanced ideas regarding womans
rights were fostered through study OF the
bloomer question and attendant subjects.
She secured her position through the i'll
ness of her fathers regular constable.
A little jeweled revolver is her only de-
Tense against possible assault. 1t was
presented to her by big constable from
an adjoining ward, who was filled with
admiration at the way the plucky little
woman subjected the incorrigible. She
values it more on account OF its intrinsic
worth than anything else, for she is per-
iccty fearless. I'll went after man |
would get him" said she; IF he refused
to come along | don't know what |
would do unless | called an officer or
some one else to help me. would bring
him all right, though. I'd just like to see
the person that got away from me-" she
concluded, with an additional snap Of
the black eyes.
Miss Klotz is an enthusiastic wheel.
woman. She wears modest boomers
because she thinks they are the right
thing for any woman to wear when rid
ing a bicycle Last summer and fall she
wheeled over Allegheny county drum
ming up trade for her fathers candy fac
tory. She could turn in twice as many
orders in a day as her father could, trav
cling over the same territory. Next sea
son she and her sister will ride tandem
geared to 6S, and any orders that ge'
away from them will have to be in som,
locality where competitors have strewr
tacks.
Florence KIotz is slight, petite anc
handsome. She has raven black hair
and swapping black eyes, that denot
energy and determination. She regard
her novel calling with a good deal of re
spect, not altogether unmixed with awe
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-19
A Slight misunderstanding.

A well-known brilliant entertainer who
has just returned from five years tour
in Australia, has many amusing tales to
tell among which is the following
81 was ordering my advertisement in
a Melbourne daily newspaper office
one day." said the narrator, when a tall,
lanky countryman walked in and said he
wanted an in memoriam' notice in the
obituary column OF the paper.
My ole guvnor died a year ago, he
explained, and | should like bit O.
poetry in the paper about him..
"All right, answered the clerk; have
you brought it with you?'
mo said the rustic can't you fix
me up bit2'
"'Certainly,' replied the clerk. Our
charge for Tin memoriam" notices is six
shillings an inch
"A look OF intense amazement passed
over the countryman's face.
GoodgraciousP he cried, as he mad,
for the door, 4 can't afford that my
guv'nor was six feet high"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-19
millionaire Farmers.

Levi p. Morton, says correspondent |
600 on his place at Rhinebeck. John
Jacob Astor has a 5000-acre estate on
the Hudson, near Rhinebeck H. Nc
Kay Twombly has laid out $1500,000
on 1000 acre farm at Madison, N. j.,
which ne has now closed, however. w.
X. Vanderbilt, w. Seward Webb, W. d.
Sloane, w. w. Law and Abram S. Hewitt
have practical farms attached to their
country seats. Theodore A. Havemeyer
o the American Sugar Refining company
follows dairy farming with such force
and common sense that from 5000 en-
ftebled New Jersey acres, representing an
investment of $3.50 900, he gets yearly
dividend of from to 10 per cent. He has
80 horses for private use in the stables, a
900 acre deer park, with a herd of 60
deer in it, pleasantly OF 1000 birds,
and 400 Jersey cows housed in stables
260 feet long. The average of the cows
i'll the Eavemeyer stables is about 1000
pounds OF milk year. That is, a COW
yields $500 quarts in about 200
DAYS. If she cannot do that we'll she is
not worth keeping. The average milk
production in New York state last year
was $500 pounds COW.
The milk is OF uncommon richness, and
when sold is guaranteed to be 20 per
cent cream, Havemcyer has customers
for all the milk he has at IL cents a
1 quart. Other mikmcn get to 10 cents,
The manager of the farmis John Meyer,
/ MIR. Havtmeyer's son-in law He is a
practical man, and began to learn in the
school OF the farmland. He is both an
outdoor and an Office farmer, chemist
and student. For % years he has con-
Quoted nice experiments in feeding and
breeding. He was the first farmer in
America to use ensilage to any extent,
The ancient Romans used ensilage, and
llS NdlUc was ISulSCONeISu ~ years ago
by Gohard, Frenchman. Mr.. Meyer
says that he produced 80 tons of ensilage
to the acre at cost of SO cents ton
last year. Two tons OF ensiage, costing
S1.70, have a feeding power equal to a
ton of hay worth SIC.
Mr.. Meyer is conducting a cross-breed
ing experiment that has exctcd much
discussion among eastern breeders. He
is strengthening the vitality of the Jersey
lowered by long inbreeding and forcing
, by crossing it with the great healthy
woody Simmenthal, the Swiss COW tina,
follows the snow line up the Alps
Havemeyer bought in Switzerland Segg
! a 2000-pound prize bull, and five cows
( some of them weighing 1900 pounds. I
$ similar experiment is being conducted
T with the Jersey and the robust heavy
9 weight Normandy milk cows.
Q The farm is the wonder of the country
n side. Any fine Sunday it is visited b
= from 10 to 20 farmers
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-19
Gage and the Reporter.

Frank H. Brook, Chicago newspaper
man, relates story Of a freak assign
ment of his in which figures Lyman ].
Gage, now President McKiney's secre-
tary OF the treasury. 1t fell to his lot to
put to Mr. Gage, c. T. Yerkes, Marshall
Field and Samuel Allcrton this question:
"If you should suddenly lose every dollar
of your property, find yourself deprived
of credit health and friends and could not
get work anywhere, what would you
do?" To this question Mr.. Gage ans
wered: 81 should hunt job of course"
But suppose nobody would give you a
job? it was suggested. "Well, that is
hardly possible-but granted that it is
why, in that case, Id get shovel and
clean sidewalks or get up peanut stand
or do something like that Mr. Gage re-
piled confidently But, Mr. Gage sup
pose you hadn't even capital enough to
buy shovel or lot of peanuts, what
then ?""Well, then, suppose" said Mr.
Gage thoughtfully, I'D have to beg or
the streets" And suppose again no.
body would give you a cert, same a:
thousands are refused on the street every
night Here Mr.. Gage waved his hanc
impatiently and remarked: ooh, WELL
suppose would steal, and YOU tell tn,
editor who gave this fool assignment
that believe he would too, under TIN
same circumstances.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-19

essary to catch that train back to New
York, and so there was no protest from
the man in the hack. But as soon as he
passed the gate the driver put his whip
in its socket, leaned lazily back and let
his painting horses walk.
"Hurry, hurryl" cried the impatient
man in the hack; don't let me lose my
train. Whip up Whip up"
whip up!" retorted the driver; mot
much. If Col. Ingersol saw me whip
ping those horses he'd whip me"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-19
Literary Note,

McClure's Magazine for April will
contain series OF unpublished letters
Written by General Sherman to young
lady between whom and an army Officer
the General undertook to re.establish 9
broken romantic relation. The letter,
embody a story as good as any piece o
fiction, and exhibit Sherman in yer,
charming way.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-19
Home Science.

Camphor and gun cotton are the chief
constituents of celuloid goods.
According to Max Hagen, the smoke
Of wood fires is not in the slightest
degree injurious to vegetation.
A man feels drowsy ater hearty din
ner because large part of the blood in
the system goes 10 the stomach to aid in
digestion, aud leaves the brain poorly
supplied
Prot Shusop says: THE eyes OF fish
and birds are round, with no angles at
the corners. The eyes OF birds that fly
by night are generally about double the
size Of day birds
Humboldt estimated that the earth
contained $4,000 species OF plants,
$1,000 species OF animals, A ZOO species
of insects, 1000 species OF birds and
1000 species OF reptiles.
A household curiosity is the asbestos
towel, which never needs washing.
When soiled, it is ceansed by throwing
it in the fire, and in few minutes it NAV
be taken out fresh and clean.
American shoemakers state that the
feet of women are getting bigger, owing
to the cycling, tennis and other outdoor
exercises The feet are, however, said tc
be more healthy, and the chropodist i:
finding his occupation gone.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-19

Mother-nid you steal the cake, Eddie !?
Eddie-No ma am; did |. Elsie?
Elsie (who got piece oil the cake)-No
deed, mama-I saw him didn't Truth.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-19

The first important nominations sent
to congress by President Mckinley in
Guided the following: John Hay Of
Washington, ambassador extraordinary
and plenipotentiary Of the United States
to Great Britain; Horace Porter, like
mission to France, and Henry White Of
Rhode Island to be secretary of the en-
bassy to Great Britain Mr. White is to
be congratulated on being one OF the
FIRST to secure a position OF honor and
trust. ATHERTON.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-19
House No. 2 Main Street

very desirable residence in one of the
best locations in st. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-19
BINGHAM'S DRUG STORE,
81 Main Street.
At Private Sale.

Owing to my removal to New York
City, offer for immediate sale,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Novel Dishes of Nuts.

What to Eat.
Nuts have become very popular in cook
cry and are constantly seen in new COM
%binations.
Tiny oval sandwiches Of thinnest bread
and butter, with a filing of chopped wal
nuts and a whole meat, pressed into the
top, are seen at receptions.
Baked apples are cored and stuffed with
pecans which have been chopped and mixed
with cinnamon and sugar.
Dates have the seeds removed and are
filled with an English walnut meat.
Lemon Jelly is nodded with blanehed al
monds cut in thin strips.
Chocolate blanc mango is also greatly
improved by the addition of blanched and
pounded almonds.
Little cup custards are dotted with En-
glish walnut meats and tiny slices of eitron.
Glace walnuts and Brazil nuts are a bon
bon often seen at luncheons.
Saltines spread with icing and chopped
almonds and Drowned slightly in the oven
are also 2 favorite luncheon DAINTY.
ChestnutS, boiled and mashed, are served
as a vegetable.
Peanuts are used as a stuffing for ducks
and rival the almond for sailing purposes.
In ice creams the hickory nut, While still
popular, is largely superseded by the pis-
tachio nut with its delicious flavor. Choco-
late ice cream nodded in the form of cante-
lopes is sprinkled with chopped pistachios,
and almonds are also chopped, and toasted
a light brown.
AS a garnish for salads nuts are especially
popular. A combination of apples and En-
glish walnuts makes a very good salad
when served on lettuce leaves with a
French dressing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

was tugging at his. trying 70 get ii out with
one hand while he held onto the Assina-
boine with the other.
"'Quick! oh, quick | called to. him.
Hurry and stab the man! Ills people are
closing in
And they were. Already d few had
passed along through the timber on each
side of the pass, and others were coming
straight up it.,
j." i can't get my knife out. said Heavy
Breast. It's stuck in the sheath. what
shall / do2'
Il looked over my shoulder and saw that
fool relation of mine coming up.
Hurry! | shouted to him. Hurry!
Take ne-tuk-ka's knife out of the sheath
and stab this man, or we VIII all be Killed.
Just as / said this a shot was fired near
us. The bullet struck Heavy Breast IN the
forehead, Draining him, and he TELL from
his horse. As soon as his arm was free
the Assinaboine turned and tried 10 grasp
me, but | struck him in the face and rode
back up the pass as fast as | could so, my
rows were fred at us. one of the arrows
passing through my arm. When got 70
the top OF the pass l could see our people
Just starting out. But they were TOO late.
My friend was dead and | felt sick and sad.
The sun had set anu darkness was com-
ing on. / went down, met, ana turned
them back, promising that the next DAY
we would 30 and be Venged. But When
morning came / could not leave my bed, nor
did | for many days. The arrow had pois-
oned me. During the night the Assina-
BONES moved away, going in such a hurry
that they left many of their lodges, furs,
robes and food. Some of our young men
who pursued them killed three men and
took a boy captive
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
The First GraY Hair.

Philadelphia Press.
1t is always a tragedy to a woman when
she finds her first gray hair.
Somehow it seems to her to mark the out
most boundary line Of her youth, and it
brings home to her for the first time the
poignant pain of realizing that she, too, is
mortal. and that the relentless march of
time is not to be stayed for her. She is
growing old. in hat is all the bitterness
of the long years TO come, for, say what
you will, lit is the waning, not the eres-
cent moon, and old age is still old age"
1t is the custom to ridicule those who ape
youth after it is gone. We laugh at the
woman who paints false roses on cheeks
where the real ones have long ceased to
bloom, and who covers up her grizzled locks
under artificial frizzes. but surely there is
a pathos as well in this desperate and UNI
awaiting clingtng TO a vanished and Elusive
past. 1t IS in vain that we point out the
beauty OF the ripened grain and the mellow
softness of the autumn TO one who can only
see cnarm in the roses of spring.
And, ah me-, the spring is so short!
Perhaps II is this transition period, be-
tween the first gray hair and the whitened
locks that is so fun of regret. After one
has made up ones mind to be frankly mid
die aged and ceases initiating youth, one
has robbed the situation Of us bitterness,
and can begin to enjoy some of its perqui-
At no other time in life do men enjoy
such an advantage over women as in the
matter of growing old. No unwritten ira
dition compels them to keep up the fiction
of youth long after they have ceased to
possess the fact. They do not need to cover
up their honest badness with frivolous
curls, or TO preserve the waist measures of
the twenties, long after they have acquired
the aVoirdupois of the forties.
Ii is a little curious that as much as we
all object TO growing old Individually there
are none of us so dull as To be blind to the
beauty of old age. 1t would be a hard and
cruel world If IL We're peopled only by the
young, and crude with the crUdeness of ig-
norance and ineNperience.
We have the phrase as "tender-hearted
as a child but in reality nothing is so
hard and cruel as youth. Its judgments
are memorable. 1t confounds the sinner and
the sin. it is impatient and implacable.
has known the temptations and trials of
life, does one learn 10 deal gently with the
weaknesses and faults of his brother man.
and TO throw about the world the tender
and enveloDing mantle of charity and SYM
pathy.
Surely this broader comprehension and
sympathy is some compensation for grow
ing old. To il may be added the fact-not
always appreciated-that as one grows old
er one enjoys with a cultivated sense many
things OF which youth is profoundly ignor-
ant.
The young devour all pleasures with the
discriminating appetite Of the farm la
borer. The older person chooses warily, as
an epicure selects among the dishes of a
feast. Perhaps the panorama of life is not
less beautiful 10 the old than the young.
Only the picture Is changed. 1t is no
longer a gaudy chrome, but an etching.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

ger whom she has loved and married.
could ever forget his theater ana Amer
lean Beauty days sufficiently 10 say, What
Gid you do with that dollar l gave you
yesterday
Now. frankly speaking. it never occurs
TO unmarried girls that their honeymoon
can ever wear off. we look upon husbands
as only married sweethearts. We sort OF
half way believe then1-at least we used
TO, before we observed other girls husbands
when they tell as that they long for the
time when they can pay our bills and buy
clothes fer us. We never thought, until we
were told. that any little generous arrange
ment which we expected TO last must be
fixed during the first few weeks, OF mar
rage. I dare say most of us had planned
to say. in answer to the money question.
Just as you like, dear. I'd rather have
you manage such matters for me. You
know so much more about them than I do.
1t is a horrible shock, from a sentimental
point of view to be told TO say, I'll take
an allowance, please and then II two
amounts are mentioned, TO grab for the
biggest. oh. it is a shame, 1t is a shame
TO be told that We'll be sorry If we don't
and to know that we shall have no OPP
portunity to show how unselfsh and trust
Ing we are.
It is all your fault, you men. that you
don't think OF these things more. You
might stop a moment 10 consider that 1t
is rather a delicate matter for a woman to
ask money of a man. If your wife is like
most wives, she is doing as much to help
you make your money as you are. She is
keeping you well and happy. and your home
beautiful. You couldn't keep your mind on
business an hour if she didn't. Therefore,
she deserves every dollar which, after dis
cussing your future life together, you feel
that you can afford to give her. she ought
to be made to feel that she has earned
it. and that she may spend 1t freely ana
happily. or invest it just as she may choose.
Do you think that you wouldn't get the
whole of il back if YOU were i'll and needed
it? 1t is an ungracious thing to call her
to account for every dollar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Plen Tor simpIicity.

Philadelphia Times.
We have taken from the French their
idea of serving dinner. but we have not
taken from them the simplicity which gov
erns any private household in France, no
matter how great its wealth may be.
Take the woman whose husband is said
to make d good income-that very vague
description of affairs-and you will find that
his wife has her dinner table most elabo-
rately dressed, when a few flowers In a
graceful vase would have been much more
artistic; that she serves many courses, in
Guiding a great many vegetables and a
great many sweets. / would be willing 10
take my oath that a man. tired out after
his busy day, Is bored with such a dinner.
He'd rather have a good soup, Il joint from
the best part OF the meat. done TO the
proper turn, not more than two vegetables
with II. a bit OF cheese, with the heart of a
head OF lettuce, and then that mysterious
dish that do believe every man likes, and
which he vaguely calls ''puddin'.' This
may be made of rice. of bread, of tapioca.
of custard, of all the many things that are
within the reach of any American woman.
Then he likes a cup of coffee, and then sits
at his ease, is proud of his wife, and never
realizes how his pride has increased as the
dinner progressed. Who hasn't dined i'm a
house where, having one servant. and an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
The Chemistry of Debt.

HarperS Bazaar.
In the processes of chemistry the various
elements appear and disappear and I'M
dergo the greatest changes. None of these
are so strange, however, as the hemica
change undergone by money after it has
passed from the lenders pocket TO the bor-
rower's. Before its transfer the borrower
reVerenced it, from affair. he sighed for 1t,
perhaps begged for it. Tie was at first so
sure that Il would be punctually returned
that this really seemed to take way half
the merit of the lending. When it was
once transferred to his own pocket, how
ever. it began to seem a very trifiing thing
to have lent ii or borrowed it-for are we
not all brethren land In a little while it
seemed to nestle into its new home like an
adopted kitten. and 70 wish 10 be dis
turbed 40 more. 1t really seems to require
"A very strong and clear mind. after TWEEN
tv-fOur hours, to regard a borrowed dollar
as still belonging rightfnlly to the man
who lent it. ii il be not properly the bor-
rower's, how is it that his fingers and his
purse close over it so peacefully and hap
pily2 May il not be. after all, that he has
aforementioned, and that he did not actu-
ally borrow the money, but that u came,
by some august decree OF fate, into the
hands of the very person who needed if
m0st2 IL would he wrong, he feels Inward
IN. 10 interfere with any such proper and
Useful decree of Providence By any petty
~reIunding Of the debt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
The Mife,r Allowance.

Lillian Bell, IN Ladies' Home Journal.
Perhaps men think | am exaggerating
the evil. Perhaps they don't snow that
the only advice married women give to en-
gagged girls, which never varies, is, BE
sure you ask for an allowance from the
first, because If you don't you may never
gel It," I suppose the majority of men don't
know that their wives hate to ask them
for money. OF course. ii doesn't seem so
terrible to those of US whose fathers occa-
sionally want to keep back enough money
to buy coal, when our daughterly demands
get refused. But we never imagine that a
girls -loyer-hpsband, this courteous stran-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Mowers as Timekeepcrs.
It'd Bits.

so fTNNFf
1t is quite possible TO so arrange now-
ers in a garden that approximately all the
purposes of a clock viii be answered. AS
long ago as the time OF Pliny forty-six
flowers were known to open and shut ut
certain hours of the day. This number has
since been largely increased. For instance,
a bed of common dandeiions show when
II is half-past i've in the morning. and also
when it is half-past eight at night. These
lower open and shut az the time named,
frequently to the minute. The common
hawkweed opens at : in the morning and
closes with a few minutes Of 2 In the after
noon. The yellow goat's-heard shuts M ~
o'clock noon, sidereai Etne. Our clocks, il
is we'll known, do not follow the sun. but
are usually a few minutes fast or slow, ac-
cording 10 the longitude of the place where
they are. The goats beard, however,
shows true noon all the world over. The
SOW thistle opens at s o'clock in the morn
Ing and closes Between II and II. The white
Ely opens at a. IN. and closes at . in the
evening The pink opens at s u. III. n
shuts at half-past q p. m. In the country
farm servants often take their dinner hour
from the yellow goats beard. which Is
never mistaken. whether the sun be OBJ
secured by clouds or not,