Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-20
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stray Leaves From Reporters
 Note Book.

NOLe BOOK.
 People generally are not aware that postage stamps that are damaged by sticking together in warm or damp weather may be returned to the depart ment and exchanged for new stamps or, if you spoil stamped envelope in writing the address you need not throw it away, for you can return 1t to the office and receive the stamp value. All the redeemed stamps and envelopes are returned by the postmaster to the post office department, and records of the same are kept.
 Notes, bonds, etc, that are taxable
 under our laws in Connecticut, can be exempted from local assessment on the
 payment of two mills per annum on the
 dollar to the state treasurer. But the
 tax must be paid before October l in
 order to secure exemption from the tax list made up at that date. Such securi- ties must be taken to the state treas
 urer's office for registration before the
 date comes around, or else years taxes
 as some old time tax dodgers discovered
 last year. is ugly and means business, and to take a false oath under it is to
 run foul of the criminal law.
 X writer in the American Printer,
 who evidently knows what he is writing
 about, says that on an average it costs
 SEQ, ,000 to start a daily newspaper in a
 small city. Fifty thousand dollars has
 to be sunk in larger place, and to get one on its feet in a metropolis plenty of
 brains and $500, ,000 in money Is neces-
 sary. He proves his statements conclus-
 lively by tables of actual cost from those | who have had the experience. Few news papers are born in n day: it is work of
 some years to establish one on paying
 basis us the public gives its confidence slowly, and plenty of money is required
 to supply the deficiency. It is only in
 rare cases that a daily paper Is made
 success from the day of its birth. It has
 would not be enjoying your DEMOCRAT
 at the present moment.
 | N
 heard good story the other day, in
 which a respected resident of South
 Main street figures. The gentleman in question believes that an occasional glass
 of beer taken in his own house at the close of a hard days work, or when he felt the need of mild stimulant, has a soothing effect. Being a law-ablding , citizen he does not countenance Sunday
 selling. Last Saturday night he felt that glass of beer the next morning
 WOulu SOOus anu bought quart and in order that il would remain fresh and cool left the pal on the back veranda. The milkmar ! going his usual rounds in the early morning discovered the treasure. The . temptation was too strong for his wea l nature and he drank the beer, leaving il its stead pail of milk. The expression upon the face of the man of the house when he uncovered the pail in the morn inur hp iatfar iD0nUina1 than dc . scribed.
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 | The movement under way to intro . duce the grade system into the loca I police department meets with genera approval, as any innovation that vii stimulate the officers to greater efficiency should. It is the intention to fix th' ) salaries of the patrolmen who attain the t first grade, at figure somewhat highe 1 than they now receive, and believe tha l the extra appropriation required will b Q money well spent. The police depart p ment is one of the most important in tn r city, and although the members of tn p force receive less than those in othe Y places their work individually and col : lectively is deserving of praise.
 "Do you know" said travelled frient ]. of mine. at whose request l had handed him a still burning match after lighting cigar, that your present action woult : have been deemed an insult in Cuban The fashion there is never to hand ; > man a match you have just used witt $ which to light his cigarette. The pro per thing to do is to light your cigar O Q cigarette and hand him that. That re d plies that you respect him as gentle c man and your equal; to do the opposit l. shows that YOU regard him as your in c ferior, and no one is quicker than Cuban to resent such an insult.
 t There were l69 failures in the Unite ,- States reported by Bradstreet's durin ,- the week, against i62 in the precedinj Il week and 190, IFS, 145 and l56 ip tn l. corresponding weeks of 1889, 1SSs 7. 1887 and 1886 respectively. The tots if number of failures in the United State IT January 1, to date is 6,s67, against 7,12 ,- in 19S0.