Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-08
AS YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
 Note Book

city. a few days ago, $3S, ,S91 dollars on wearing apparel and other dutlabie goods brought from foreign countries 1 The list comprised four Paris dresses, $16,000; pearl necklace and brooch, $14,000; diamond rings and pins, S1o,- 900; two Persian lamb coats, $6,OOO; coat, huff and collar of Russian sable, $5,000; antique silver service, $o.00O; Turkish rug. $2,500; two MooTish bronzes, $1,000; paintings and bric-a- brac, $17,500; total valuation, $76,OO0. The recent fire made business in a direction no one would expect. It made harvest for lawyers. It Is evi- dent from the trend of business that flowed into lawyers offices after the fire that in the midst of all the excite ment, the hurry to form order out of chaos, to smooth the wrinkles of the brow of business affairs, that the thought of death was uppermost in the minds of many of the sufferers by the fire. Whether or not it was made so by the fire. or that it had been q daily thought with the sufferers, is q mat, ter that cannot be guessed at. How ever. it seems that one of the first things done by those who, suffered to any extent by the fire and who have things to leave after them when they depart for the next world, was to make their wills, or remake them if they had been destroyed in the fire. The number of wills made by those who suffered in the fire is astounding.
 White & Simmons, the grocers on CfI nI,I .ars,,. horse. A few days ago when things were dull in the afternoon in news paper affairs, a couple of newspaper men were standing near the above named grocery store. Naturally they were signing for the condition of things, because. singular as it may ap- pear, it is nevertheless a fact that when times are dull with newspaper men they work the hardest One of the scribes said something to the effect that he thought things would never again get lively and then, as if in an aftertkought, he wished that White X SlmmOns'S horse. which was standing near, would do something to stir things up. Allowing time for the transmits sion of the thought to reach the horse, it turned it's head toward the scribes and then fell down. Immediately things were stirred up as the scribes had hoped. 4 crowd gathered. Some thought the horse had died suddenly; some thought something else, and the suggestions to get it on it's hoofs again were laughable and numerous. After defying every attempt to get it up, the horse arose of its own will and the crowd scattered.
 There is tender sweetness about some of our common phrases of affec- tionate greeting, simple and unobtru- sive as they are, which falls like dew upon the heart Good night The lit tie one lisps it, as gowned in white. with shining face and hands; and pray CTS said. she toddles off to bed. Sis ters and brothers exchange the wish; parents and children, friends and friends. Familiar use has robbed it of its significance to some of us; we re- peat it automatically without much thought. But consider. We are, as voyagers, putting off from time to time upon an explored sea. Our barks of life set sail and go onward into the darkness; and we. asleep on our pill lows, take no such care as we do when awake and iourneying by daylight. Of the perils of the night, whatever they may be. we take no heed. An unsleep- ing vigilance watches over us. but it IS the vigilance of one stronger and wiser than we. who is the Eternal Good. Good and God spring from the same root, and are the same in meaning. .Good-bye'' is only "God be with you.'' "Good night" is really God night" or God guard the night" It would be churlish household in which these gentle forms of speech were ignored or did not exist. Alike the happy and the sorrowful day by day may say "Good night"
 Tn a trade journal the As You Like It Man found the following about rum ming a newspaper: Probably the most difficult and grinding part of the editors experience is during the cam paign times, when he must maintain an absolute impartiality in the pre- sentation of news. This treatment of matters political the average ward heeier does not understand. Espe- cially must he maintain q watchful- ness when there is factional fight in the party which his paper is sup posed to represent. He must see that the news is entirely coIorless In that case, both factions insist that the city editor is for the opposite side. when in fact lie is for no one side. and is simply there to handle the news. With a great many people the news paper office is a prime place to seek when somebody wants something for nothing. The city editor is general ly the first man approached, and the caller is kindly directed to the adver- Using department. Sometimes this brings forth a protest and then the gentle argument must be used that when an entertainment is being given for profit, and the newspaper is re- quested to help bring in the dollars some difference should be paid to the advertising columns. A certain ele. ment believes that a newspaper does not have to pay salaries, and that the attaches are gifted with some sort oi constitution that does not require bread to eat and clothes to wear. Oi all the men connected with newspa per, the managing editor, the city ed
 ftor and the reporter are the repositor. ies of fearful secrets. If the details suppressed during the year by the conservative newspaper were printed it would necessitate a special edition every day for six months. The papers
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