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PALMER'S POLITE CONSTABLE.
II Is Ills DUTY to Escort o women About
the Town After bark. :.

the Town After Dark. .
PALMER, Mass, Oct. 27.-This little town
has a system Of police protection which
makes it an ideal abiding place for s~pinsters
and other women who are without male
protectors.
1t has two constables, one on duty days
and he other all night. 1t is the special
business OF the latter to look after all n
escorted women.
He meets every trolley car that comes In
from Springfield after 0 P NJ, and escorts
every unaccompanied woman in it to her
home. He meets trains from the east and
west, IL notified, and looks after the lone
women passengers, caeerfully carrying
their grips as he accompanies them to their
houses.
And for all this he doss not get a tip or
extra pay. He receives merely the graft
tude OF the fair sex Of Palmer and their
smiles. Such escort duty the town requires
OF him as high constable.
Recently a young school teacher in the
town wished to at tend a wedding many miles
away but her attendance meant that she
would be obliged to return to Palmer at 3
A. NJ. She was about to give up going when
a townswoman pointed out that all would
be made Easy by dropping a note to the POI
liceman, asking him TO meet that . O'Clock
train.
That is his only address at the post Office,
The Policeman. With some misgivings
she wrote the note and at the appointed
time the policeman was waiting on the rail-
road platform for her m escorted her
home as IL It wa the most common OCCUR
renee in the world.
Women who go into Springfield to attend
the theatre and come home on the last troll
ley car never fail to drop a note TO the con-
stable, and he's always on hand to sec them
safely to their homes. II there istmore than
one he collects them all and than drops
them on one by one at their residences.
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dust. In the meantime she forgets to wind
it up. Ask most women and they will con
fess that they never think to wine their
watch until it Is run down.
As for taking a watch once a year to be
cleaned and oiled, probably not one man
even in a hundred dreams of doing such a
thing and never a woman. The usual mode
Of procedure is to wait until the watch be-
gins to stop Unexpectedly or to lose time.
A good watch needs only one drop OF
oil a year TO keep it in first rate condition
but that one drop it must have and seldom
or never gets.
-The small wheel of a watch in one year
covers az much space in its revolutions "a
would bridge the distance from here to
London, and all it asks and doesn't often
get in return is a drop OF oil and a busting
out once in twelve months.
This carelessness is of comparatively
recent date Inc an outcome to some extent
Of the increased supply Of watches and
their lower cost. II women now treated
their watches as women treated them
fifty years & it's scarcely likely that 20
per cent. Of the more than 5000, 900 watches
manufactured in the United States last
wear would have been designed for women.
Why, in 1851, | think hat was the year.
when the first woman's watch Of American
make was turned out in Waltham, Mass,
and presented TO Mrs. N. P. Banks, wife
Of Gen. Banks. a woman lucky enough to
possess a watch treated it rs Y IL were a
prize. 1t was kept in a case when not
worn, which was only on state occasions,
and 90 let IL knock around in a bureau
drawer OF on top Of a dressing table would
have been considered sacrilege.
although it is possible in these days to
get a watch to keep practically exact time.
the average woman is satisfied TO have
har watch gain or iOsA ReVaral minutaa a
day.
Business women are almost az careless
as are the idlers Of fashion. One of the
former, at the head OF the workroom OF a
large manufacturing concern. was amazed
when | told her one day that were she en-
ployed by a railroad she would ave to carry
q watch that kept time.
What do you mean?' she asked. I
consider that nv watch keeps excellent
time. 1t is only four minutes fast now;'
-Four minutes l repeated. Why.
twenty seconds a week is all the deviation
from correct time allowed by the railroads,
and to gain this end the trainmen, con-
ductors. brakemen. engineers and other
employees connected with 10000 miles OF
the railroads OF this country are obliged TO
submit for inspection their watches at least
once a month, and each must carry, say. a
jewelled watch adjusted to at
least three positions
4No, such a watch need not be expensive
In a silver case the price would not be muo
over $50, OF less than One-third what II woulc
have cost fifty years ago. There are pretty
little fancy Swiss watches for women which
may be bought for a very few dollars, Amer
lean competition having brought dow th'
prices OF foreign makers. An e~xcelleD
timekeeper In a silver case can be bough
for $40.
"Of the value Of watch cases, though
I can't speak with authority. that beinj
another branch Of the business
! The Fifth avenue dealer. on the con
traEysJWae REtned svtthj pgnEnatioa a q
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CHIMNEY CORNER CURES.
Virtues of Aromatic Fuei for the Relief
OF Many Ills.

The latest panacea Ia to be found in the
chimney corner. Physicians are recommend
ing aromatic woods and fragrant peat, says
the London Express. which. when thrown on
the FIRE. send up a healing smoke.
Picture postcards OF peat can be sent to Q
friend suffering from asthma. TIT postcard
Is read and burnt, and the sufferer draws his
chair up beside the crate. to inhale the medic
inal odor.
Aromatic FIRE lighters, cut in trellis fashion.
are stepped in turpentine. and their warm
glow and balmy fumes will relieve q gasping
bronchial patient.
Fire r~eVivers are an antiseptic and will
keep away influenza. They are In the shape
Of small bricks, and will revive q dying fire
and perfume the whole house.
Pine logs send out a tonic vapor, oak and elm
are stimulating g, sandal wood will relieve .
nervous headache.
Tiny blocks OF wood, stepped in eucalyptus
oil, are recommended for a bad cold. Law
ender water pellets or eau de cologne globules.
sizzling merrily on the hob, will freshen up the
oyertired visitor. while a few drops Of altar OF
violets on a hot shovel will cure Insomnia and
produce refreshing sleep.
A ~teaspoonful OF ammonia. added to a
saucepan OF boiling water. Will revive a faint
ing patient. IL has even been suggested by a
well known specialist that q tablespoonful OF
tea. thrown in the kettle and inhaled. will oene-
1T the weary housewife FAR more than II she
slipped her favorite beverage.
A nerve specialist who was consulted on the
new cure said: There Is no doubt that there
should be q more intimate knowledge OF the
need for healthy inhalations.
Not only flowers or Jars OF pot-poufri
should be used TO scent a room, but scented
logs should be thrown on the crate instead
OF the usual faggots.
Perfume, in any form, is a stimulant, a
narcotic. or a sedative, as the case may be;
eGsct as that which rises warm ana Dalny
"a little scent. sprinkled on 3 block q wood.
iack 4 RearelEh % eeR6estsd hesdachs.
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n better csss. There was the aulmoniere.
ancestor OF the modern belt bag, a beauti-
fully worker little pouch worn during the
middle ages and the renaissance attached
TO the sirdle, which with its guard OF a
wicked little pair OF knives seemed TO say,
Rob me at your peril"
The large detached pocket or pair Of
pockets Of ohintz or linen used universally
during the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries and tied about the waist under
the skirt in such a position that the pisoket
hole Of the gown was directly over the
opening OF the pocket was by no means
awkward, for petticOats were then intended
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trinsically wrong about extracting money
from ones stocking. but no matter how
daintily il is managed the practice Of keep
ing money in the stocking is frowned upon
by squeamish folks.
just why the pocket in the petticoat
should nave been cOrnered by sedate middle
aged ladies it is hard to tell, but n often
sees them in railway stations, when they
wish to get at their money. displaying large
portions of that stout garment, which with
them is usually of black sateen, in a manner
hat would be quite scandalous II they were
young and pretty INC wore silken petit
coats Of gorgeous dye.
The blouse, which used to he a capacious
receptacle for all sorts of treasures, has
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LIFE on So A WEEK BY A GIRL
THAT MEANS 50 CENTS 4 DAY 70
SPEND FOR FOOD.

A Nhop GINS Account o. How she solved
the Problem Tor . Year, Providing HeF
own FoOd Instead of Boarding. 1T Ne
qulres Cleee Figuring and self-Centroa.
Il was on q late subway train and the
car was nearly empty. AAFpong the pas
senKers were q little p&E OF shopgirSs
bound for The Bronx.
But a girl can't live on 50 ceGts q day
for food-not In New York the girl with
the red bat wac saying
But I axy she cam ~raiolned tn" one WIN
the green pompon. 'And I've dcee It,
For how ienst' asksd the rcd hat scep-
tically.
well, for n whole year
soh, hovNdid you do if Pieass tell ne
bow you managed cried the others.
And may I hear, tool" begged a timid
little stranger from the other side OF the
car.
well, Il is q great deal simpler II you
like doll mattresses began the green
pompon. -.
aDon msttrsssesl' repeated the timid
littis stranger.
-oh, l knowi. exclaimed one Of the other
girls. she means those little excelsior
biscuits"
They're very Sling continued the hrst
speaker, and they are only II cents q oox.
| Then there Is q kind Of coffee you can get
for IS cents a pound. Don't interrupt. l
| didn't guarantees Java and Mocha on so
cents o day.
IF you drink two cups . day " lasts .
week. One pound OF sugar at scents, lasts
a week, and so does . can Of condensed
milk for 10 cents. Count is cents q week Tor
bread-of course, You can toast lt-and ID
GENTS for haif q pound OF butter and is cents
a week for fruit, and il will average aoout
II cents a day for breakfast j.
For lunch you could have a couple OF
good sandwiches and tea or cocoa, when
IL better, for about II cents. You can get
q good slice OF cooked meat at the delica-
lessen store for S cents.
THAT leaves you Is csnts for dinner. n
it has to be q good hot onat u you are going to
live a year on SO cents a day. You've got to
out out chocolate collars and all the sweet
things that taste good, and you've got to DO
so Arm about II that you bate yourself.
You have to think up all the things that
make gOsd bone and muscle. Spinach 70
fine.
you will have to invest q little money to
start with at the S and 10 cent store for
dishes, and get a little burner that fastens
on the gas jet, only don't Jet the lsnalsAy
find II out. II she does you1l have to get an
alcohollamp and eat a 20 cent Dime rios
age II up on account Of the alcohol.
Room rent-for half a room, of course
can be had for o. so, II you don't mind stairs
or neighborhood. And, OF course, you can't
mind, at least until your salary is raised.
Then carfare is at least 80 cents a week.
And lau~ndry-well, your have to do It
yourself in the bathtub. But you will a
to keep the landiady from finding that out
too, and that 10 hard TO do II you dry your
handkerchief on the window pane and the
mirror.
THAT makes $50 a week, not counting
soap and postage stampe."
COR Clothes" said the girl with the red
hat.
And there are thousands and thousands
Of shop girls in New York who get only " q
week, said one girl.
The timid little stranger got up and toeN
her old place again across the car.
Il only get ess week, she said.
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FIFTY YEARS WITH POCKETS,
CENTURIES WITHOUT THEN,
WOMAN'S HISTORY.

AZ Usual. the FrOck OF the Nay supplies No
storage for Money al Other VaiuabIes
The Blouse seryiceabIe TIL Ntade TO
Button Behind -FashIOH and Morality.
Mere man, trihing as he il, still reigns
superior TO sovereign woman in n thing:
he 10 shrewd enough TO have plenty Of pock-
cts In his clothes, while she. who has quite
put him out Of business in the matter of
making, caring for and spending money.
has never a pocket to her name in which
70 put that money for safe keeping.
Fashion 80 DEGREES it and wen forbids
belt bags, permitting only purses or bags
to be carried in the hand-makeshifts which
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NEW BILLS HARD TO COUNT.
Cashiers Liable to Error In HandlInS vresh
S2Ee. A>:s-.

S3ees As.sS.
de you mind taking new bills2' inquired
the paying teller.
do I mind new billsr Certainly net.
In fact I prefer them
Everybody doesn't care for new green
backs said the bank cashier. Then he
added: 1T Ia . common idea that bank
tellsrs do not care to give up crisp paper
money. As q matter OF fact, min cashiers
out Of every ten try TO get rid Of new moRsy
a. quickly a. possible after receiving "
There IL grave danger to tho average pav.
ing teller IN handling unused mercy.
aNew bank notes stick together. FIRE.
quently the ink IL not thoroughly dEy.
During our rush period we handle q great
deal Of money. Il IL the easiest thing In
the world 10 make mistakes with new bilIa
whom IN q hurry TO relieve . long lima at
waiting patrons. When possible we give
out the dew bills during hours when there
II no rush. I'd rather pay out Q million
old bills h q hundred new ensa.s
these bills are nav enough, that's sure.
But I seem 70 be . twenty short. I'll oaupk
them over 70 make sure. No they are
ali here. Two were stuck together
THAT'S Just H. laughed thu eAshiav.
.One cannot be too careful In handling
tham. I oount old bills over tWios. Y
have 70 count . pils Of ney bills half a dozen
| tlnR1r Do n At.- 90.
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nearly one inch in diameter surrounded
with a border Of seed pearls. The shad-
ing OF the opal was magnificent. The pin
Of this watch was of fine pearls only.
Isn't there a prejudice against the opal2'
the dealer was asked.
Il don't often run up against il II there
is," he answered. "Opals have had quite
a vogue Of late. Besides, opals are not
considered unlucky il they happen to be
the wsarer's birthstone"
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RIstorI as Medea.

FT0W We L0ndO0 POtT.
The French dramatist Legouve asked Ristoi 70
take the role OF Medee In his play Of that name.
Rachel had thrown up the piece. because. q sshe said.
she could not express maternal tenderness. Ris-
tOn's reply was. Il cannot take the par OF q woman
Who Kills her children. ! cannot Identity myself
with such q horrible creatlop." Bus Legouvs
begged her TO play the part, and she did 80. Il
only made semblaacs Of killing the chlIdrsn. I
raised the daGger. . croyi Of supsFs drew round.
and when they dispersed the chidren wsp ytay
dea1Es 8in 70 .2.ENf ~ fNan II
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-01-10

1 could have raised ten pounds Of weight
from the ground, the pain was so severe.
This was my condition when I began u.s.
ing Doan's Kidney Pills. They quickly
relieved me and now l am never troubled
as l was. My back is strong and 1 can
walk or ride long distance and feel just
as strong as did twenty-five years ago.
think SO much of Doans Kidney Pills
that l have given supply of the remedy
to some of my neighbors and they have
also found good results. If you can sift
anything from this rambling note that
will be of any service to you, or to any
one suffering from kidney trouble, you
are at liberty to do so.''
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr. Corton will be
mailed on application to any part of the
United States. Address Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers
price, fifty cents per box.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-01-10
Feeding by Machinery,

The latest wrinkle is to feed chickens
for market by machinery. The feeding
is done twice day with patent liquid
food and one man can feed 300 chick
ems In day. The food is forced
through a tube by means of a suction
pump, which in turn is operated by a
foot pedal. The tube is about ten inches
in length and reaches through the
chickens mouth into its crop. When
the crop is full, the flow of liquid food
steps instantly, and the chicken is not
injured in the least. This feeding by
machinery is done chiefly in the prep
aration of roasters for the market and
for finishing the fattening of broilers.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-01-10
The Best Food to Make Hens Lay.

The extremely high prices that have
prevailed for eggs during the past few
years have emphasized more than ever
the need of some food to make hens
lay in cold weather. The best is none
too good, especially when it can be OBJ
tanned at a moderate price. G. H. Why
land of Valcour, N. Y, expresses his
ideas on the subject in the following
letter. He says: Il think Pages Per-
fected Poultry Food is the best food to
make hens lay that is on the market"
Any one sending his address on a
postal card to C. S. Page, Hyde Park,
VT, and mentioning this paper, will re-
ceive by mail, free, postpaid, sample
package of Pages Perfected Poultry
Food"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-01-10
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BEST SOIL FOR POULTRY.
Valuable Pointers Regarding Soil and
Breeds Adapted.


Breeds Adapted.
A writer to the Farmer and Stock
breeder says: Ideal land for poultry is
made up by having nice loamy sur
face soil, together with a gravelly SUBJ
soil. A nice loan promotes insect life,
and we all know how fond poultry are
of insects for food. Therefore, they
will always be busy on loamy soil
insect hunting, and thus our egg sup
ply will be increased, and chickens will
thrive better. Next, to turn to the SUBJ
soil, we see at once how beneficial 1t is
to have this composed of gravel, be-
cause by having a gravelly subsoil the
surface soil is kept drained, and SO is
warm and dry, both OF which are so
beneficial to success in poultry-keeping.
AS one cannot always select his soil he
should know the breeds best adapted to
the soil he has.
One of the most suitable breeds for
heavy land would be good utility
strain of Plymouth Rocks, or, as they
are more commonly called today,
Barred Rocks.
For medium, well-drained land, in
not too exposed position, there is moth
ing to equal good utility strain of Wy
andottes.
For light land we have great choice
of breeds, as almost any breed will do
well on light, well drained soil, but
first of all the Dorking must be named
as being especially suitable, but we
look upon the Dorling primarily as a
table bird, therefore as non-sittllg,
laying variety there is nothing to equal
tho Leghorn. family, as on light soil
they do remarkably well.
Minorcas are by no means to be de-
spised, as after the Leghorn they are
one OF our very best utility breeds, es-
pecially if the space be limited, as they
do remarkably well in confined runs
in fact, they are called backyard"
fowls, simply because they are so large
ly kept by poor people and others with
limited space; but for light soil they
are hard to beat as layers The great
est fault of clay land for poultry is
that it may be described as impervious
to water; that is, when the rain falls
upon a surface soil of clay it stands in
puddles, and therefore drains very
slowly-in fact heavy clay land is not
desirable for poultry or any other class
of farm stock, as it is always cold and
damp.
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Cause Of Soft-Shelled Eqos.

II the hens are laying soft-shelled
eggs, provide a liberal amount of char
coal where they can have free access
to 1t. Some breeders think that over
fat hens are responsible for the soft
shelled eggs. While this is fact, ODE
sity is not the absolute cause. Lack of
grit and proper exercise will produce
more soft-shelled eggs than over-fat
hens. Aged hens will become over-fat
sufficient to produce bad results, and
therefore that difficulty can be easily
overcome by selling them and retain
ing only the young hens.
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May Live 100 Years

The chances for living a full century
are excellent in the case of Mrs.
Jennie Duncan, of Haynesvlle, Me-,
now 70 years old, She writes: "Elec-
trio Bitters cured me of Chronic
Dyspepsia of 20 years standing, and
made me feel as we'll and strong as a
young girl" Electric Bitters cure
Stomach and Liver diseases, Blood
disorders, General Debility and bod
lily weakness. Sold on a guarantee
at All Druggists. Price only SOC.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-01-10

J. 3. Corton,
farmer and lum-
b e r m a n, os
Deppe, N. c.,
says II suffer-
ed for years
with my back.
1t was so bad
that 1 could
not walk any
distance Il o +
even ride in
easy buggy. I
do not balieva
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-01-10
Profitable Breed Of Fowls.

For general purposes the Wyandottes
have proven a success, being of me-
dunn size, weighing on an averat a
pound less than the Plymouth Rocks,
hardly of constitution and prolific Of
layers. They are easily cared for and
bear confinement well. For table pur-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-01-10
Feed Plenty Of Water.

The fowls and chicks need plenty Of
water now, and dry grain or cracked
feed. Avoid soft, sloppy stuff. II you
would have no dysentery or bowel
trouble among the birds during the hot
weather.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-01-10
Friday, Jan. g.

Mrs. Sarah J. Robinson, one Of the
most noted female convicts in the coun.
try, died in Jail at Cambridge, Mass,
from heart failure. She was 6S years
old and had been in solitary confine-
ment for IS years. She had killed five
relatives by poisoning.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-01-10

With the exception Of food, the flb-
rous plants of field and forest furnish
all the necessities of life for the Fill
pipo.