St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-03-21
Interesting News Notes.

The United States government has in
preparation books OF postage stamps
made up of twelve stamps of the two
cent denomination to be separated by
| glazed paper and capable OF carrying in
the pocket. The dozen will be sold for
25 cents.
Southern California can Justly claim to
be the pioneer of commercial -long-dis.
tance transmission of electric power.
To-day the most notable transmission
| plant in existence is that OF the Southern
California Power Company, designed to
carry 10000 horse power at SO 900 volts
| over eighty.three miles of line from the
power house to the town of Los Angeles.
The transmission line is composed of two
circuits OF three wires each of No.
Brown & Sharpe (No. Birmingham
gauge copper wire la little over quar-
ter of an inch in diameter.)
Since he made his great speech on the
Philippines last month Senator Beveridge
OF Indiana has received no fewer than
5000 etters commenting upon his re-
marks, or asking for a reprint of them.
or these 6 900 letters only % contain
criticism of the senator's attitude. Let
tiers are still coming in at the rate of 100
or more per day. The republican ma
tional committee published Senator Bev.
eridge's speech in an edition of 100, 900
copies, and this is now exhausted.
So well was Col Bryan pleased with
his recent visit to the Green Mountain
state that he now cortemplates coming
again in June and spending week here,
not 50 much for campaigning. he says,
as to see our state in its best garb and to
indulge in few days fishing.
The gold fund in the United States
treasury has touched the $500, 900, 900
mark for the first time in the history of
the department, the largest accumula.
ton of the precious metal in the world
outside of the Bank Of Russia. A part OF
this gold is "earmarked," but the net
gold reserve held against general liabili-
ties is little over $4,000, 900. The
Bank OF Russia at the close of December
carried total gold fund of about $40
100000, while the Bank of France has
about $375,000,000.
During the last fifty years." says the
Pacific, America has produced three
great preachers-Henry Ward Beecher,
Phillips Brooks and Dwight L. Moody.
Beecher was the orator, Brooks the
preacher, and Moody the evangelist; and
yet they were all orators, all preachers,
and all evangelists. These three men are
types of the new American pulpit"
Candy has been added to the regular
ration oil the American soldier. One New
York firm has shipped more than SO tons
of confectionery during the past year for
the troops in the PHILIPPINES, Cuba and
Porto Rico. The government buys
candy OF good quality, which would re.
tail from 80 to 40 cents a pound. 1t
consists Of mixed chocolate creams.
lemon drops, cocoanut maroons and
calculated fruit drops. These are put in
sealed one pound cans of a special oval
shape, designed to fit the pockets of a
uniform coat. According to the Even.
ing Post, the use OF candy as an army
ration originated in some experiments on
the diet OF the troops conducted bv the
German government 10 years ago. They
showed that the addition of candy and
chocolate to the regular ration greatly
improved the health and endurance of
the troops using it. Since that time the
German government has issued cakes of
chocolate and limited amount of other
confectionery.