Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
HEARD IN PASSING

children in Derby at the time of the recent small pox case charged the city at the rate of $8 an hour for their ser vices. There's popular kick against payment of the bills.-Hartford Post
 Aguinaldo is rapidly becoming Americanized. Yesterday he gave a newspaper interview, the first he has ever given. It will be on the whole reassuring unless he falls to denying it to-day. That would represent too rapid, if not suspicious growth.-New Haven Register.
 The redistrieting of the state into new congressional districts, to be ac- companied, also. by new division Of representative districts, means a warm and uncertain state. campaign Poli7 ticians will be unable to forecast re- suits with any, degree of accuraey, IL will afford, a. good opportunity to in fuse new blood ints olitics. AA Ansonia Sentinel.
 The police board of 1Somerswortl1, N. H., have ordered that no saloon or place Nliere intox xicating liquors are sold shall be open between 10 o'clock on Saturday night and 6 o'clock Mon day morning. All of which calls to; mind the remark thatStfIe governor of North Carolina is reported to have, made to he governor of South Carolina. Boston Herald. sg
 The feeling in New York seems to. be that AIr Platt's declaration, that he has no fayorite for the niayoralty. this, time, and will be found ready to sup, port an independent democrat. of the. John D. CrinminsA class if the anti-i Tammany leaders agree upon him. is sincere. It sis received with evident satisfaction. His other declafat ton that he could not support Cofer dis pleases .tlle comptrolle ller's friends, but can hardly be a surprise to theIn.- Hartford Courant.
 The latest thing in undertaking is the paper coffin. A manufacturer tells the New York Sun that it has stood all the tests, Sit having been demon strated to be waterproof, fireproof, acid proof-in fact, indestructible. In it's cheapest form it is 50 per cent cheaper than the plain pine boxes used for the potter's field interments and it is 50 per cent better. Then again very hand some paper coffins are made You can make the prepared paper stock take any form you wish and adorn it with all varieties of mountings and orna- mentation. An artistically treated pa per coffin may be made to look like the finest rosewood or oaken casket'' New Haven Palladium.
 London and Paris gossip says that the Duke of Marlborough has become weary of his American wife, and that they have been apart lately. 1t is also said that the duke snubs and ignores the other members of the Vanderbilt family, including nolless a person than William K. Vanderbilt, father of the duchess. to whom the young English man is obligated for large sum of money. with the prospect of many mill lions yet to come. But the young peo- pie met in Paris on Sunday and re- turned to London together, and there is, of course, q possibility that the all- powerful influence of King Edward VII. may be brought to bear upon the duke in such way as to prevent the disruption of his little family Hart ford Times.
 The task of selecting teachers for the schools in the Philippines will be one rather of elimination than of searching for good material. Applica-s tions for these positions are coming in aI lIe Idle Ol lWeuly UT IWenIy-uVe a day, according to Washington advices The number of teachers to be appoint ed is limited to 1000. A short time ago more than 1,500 names were sent to the war department by the civil service commission; and the indica- tions are that as time goes on and the civil government is established, the daily number of applications will in- crease rather than diminish. By far the greater number of teachers will be assigned to the primary grades. The qualifications necessary to obtain plae- ces. even in these grades, are: Appli- cants must be either normal or college graduates; they must. have had sev- eral years successful Experience in : school work; and be now engaged in teaching: they must be. physically sound and able to withstand tropical climate, and willing to accept whatev- CT location is assigned them by the sJl- perintendent. As the pay is by no means large the inducements are not by any means alluring in their nature.
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