St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-18
FROM THE nARCH MAGAZINES,
One of Cougressnian ALIENS Stories.

told story one day of an aspiring citi
= zen in Mississippi who used to quote
grandiloquently the familiar saying
e The office should seek the man. not the
G man the office" A few days later be
! was observed electioneering for himsel
in the old-fashioned style, with whisky
cigars, etc. Being reminded OF his recent
lofty utterances, he answered: Il still
? maintain my position. The Office should
seek the man; but, by CAD sab, the man
should be around when the office is look
ing for him. - From Humors of Con.
gress in the Century.
: MAKING LAWN.
The lawn should be the first care in
any home ground. All effective plant.
ing of shrubs and plants has relation to
this foundation. Homeikeness depends
also upon it. Grass will grow anywhere,
to be sure, but mere grass does not make
a lawn. You must have a sod; and this
sod must grow better every year. This
means good and deep preparation of the
land in the beginning, rich soil, fertilizing
each year, resolving and mending where
the sod becomes thin. Usually we water
our lawns too much, making the grass
shallowrooted and causing it to fail
early. Every inducement should be made
tor the grass roots to go down. Coun
try Lite IN America.
A WONDERFUL HARBOR.
Puget Sound is one of the finest har-
bors in the world, if not the fnest-a
deep bay, over hundred miles long, cut
of from the ocean by the mountainou
western peninsula OF Washington. The
waters nearly everywhere are deep, the
shores abrupt, and the tide is moderate.
Ships may go from Tacoma half way to
Alaska without passing out of this great
sound, and its extensions northward.-
From Ray Stannard Bakers 1.-THE
Great Northwest" in the Century.
CHARMING NEW ORLEANS.
If you should take your map of the
United States and run your finger far
down its surface until it rested upon the
largest city in all the beautiful south, the
one which is the second largest export
city on the American continent, aud the
metropolis of vast inner empire which
holds two civilizations, one French.Span-
lsh, one American, both slowly, very
slowly, merging through the centuries;
or, better still, ii you should stroll along
the streets on sweet March day, peer
ing into its curious quarters, watching
the beautiful little children and the dark
eyed men and the gaiIy dressed women
and all the throngs OF people, city peo-
pie who can never long remain away
from the green fields and the noble old
1f,if hn 81 tn Al.
could not fail to hit upon this charming
old place, New Orleans-in MANY ways
the most interesting of all the cities in
America, the beautiful city that lives
OUTDOORS From 1.-THE City that Lives
Outdoors" in ST. Nicholas.
GROWTH OF THE TROLLEY.
In Massachusetts last year, four times
as many passengers were carried by cleo
trio cars as on steam roads. OF course.
that was due chiefly to the dense CITY
traffic, but still the city street-car sys-
TENS were pretty complete seven years
ago, and the trolley passenger business
has doubled since that time while the
steam passenger business has actually
declined. The electric mileage of the
state has increased from nine to eighteen
per cent every year since 1894. In 1901
the increase was 2427 miles. In the
same year the length OF steam lines was
reduced by l.39 miles.
In Connecticut, where there are no
very large cities to initiate the trolley
figures, and where one great steam rail.
road system is supposed to be the feudal
proprietor OF the entire state, there were
twenty per cent more passengers on the
electric lines in 1900 than on the steam
roads, S, E. Moffet in McClure's Maya
zine.
MR.. coRTELYoU AS SECRETARY TO
THREE PRESIDENTS.
Three men more different than Presi-
dent Cleveland, President Mckinley. and
President Roosevelt, although their aims
and aspirations were so much alike
could hardly be found in public life. The
point OF view, the manner of transactinp
business, even the method of preparing
pubic papers or writing letters, OF each
OF these presidents was entirely his own
and characteristic of his temperament.
yet each OF them found Mr.. Cortelvou
perfectly suited to his needs, and each of
.>'' NohN w Sali niiIt HOI servant, Dut
tr end.
The relations between the president
and his secretary must be of the most
intimate character. Conceivably. a
president might not be on such intimate
terms with any member of his cabinet as
with his secretary. His secretary must
be with him day and night Secretary
Cortelyou, for example, in his character
istic singleminded devotion to duty, has
accepted practically no social invitations
during the busy season in Washington.
because he might be needed at any time.
The secretary S business hours are prac-
tlcally from the time he gets up in the
morning until he goes to bed at night.
When he is not with the president, he
must be. most OF the time, the representa-
tive OF the president, and to many people
ana IN many important matters, his alter
ego. At the same time, he must direct
the large clerical staff and the large vol
ume OF business in the executive Offices
besides keeping an eye on all that goes
on in and around the White House, and
especially the means for safeguarding the
president from unnecessary intrusion.
and from any possible danger. He must
aid the president in making engagements,
political, social, and general, often far in
advance, and he must plan and supervise
all the details of all the presidents Jour
neys. This is not given as a complete list
OF his varied and eXactinp dut;es h,+