Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-08

the story told. Derby men of tender age should stick to juicy corncob pipes. Bridgeport Post.
 The so-called representative set' of New York are representatives of licen- tiousness and loot. They are an iD- cubus upon the body polite. '"They toll not, neither do they spin," but they g9t all the good things there are going.-Hartford Telegram.
 The Wethersfeld Monthly Record printed it's July 4th number in red, white and blue. In ''the. town crier's" column was the following joke: When a man gets to think that he can work others instead of himself, he can then look forward to a vacation-at the states expense
 Russia cannot justly be offended when We ask her to stop the massacres Of the relatives and friends of our fel- low citizens, but if she insists on mak ing fuss about it, then she will find Uncle Sam is no laggard in backing up his ideas of his humane duties.--At- lanta Constitution.
 The strike in the Lowell cotton mills cost the employees more than $1, ,25O, ,OO0 in wages, and they are now returning to work without having gained any thing. Evidently it is the part of wis dom for men and women who think of going on strike to look before they leap.-New York Tribune.
 Tn the Irish house of lords, now the board room of the directors of the bank of Ireland, are on view two great wooden chests, strongly bound in iron, which are believed to have con- tained the money with which King William III paid his troops after the battle of the Boyne.-Exchange.
 Police Commissioner Greene must come forward and stand suit>w all the other capitalists and managing men of the lamented asphalt trust, which is some SPA, COG, 900 shy of its obligations to those who invested in it. Barber, Elkins and most of those with whom General Greene was associated are very rich men, but it is doubtful if all of them together can raise as much as $24,000,O0O in ready cash.---Hart- ford Times. .t
 The best way to take the weather is to take it the way it comes. We can- not make it any cooler by grumbling, but we can make ourselves a great deal hotter by the grumbling process. We cannot make the cold days any warmer or the rainy days any brighter by finding fault all the time or even part of the time. There is enough to worry about i11 this world without worrying about the weather, for that is something that we did not originate and cannot regulate.--New Haven Leader. -z5g,,.5 ...,s...,.
 People in Paris who are interested in giving working girls bit of plea sure now and then. have devised scheme where worthy girls are given two tickets to good theater once in while The scheme calls for an elab' crate system Of registration, but it is | working to perfection. The kaiser 1: thinking of introducing the idea .ntt the royal theatcrs i'll Germany. a1it the Parisians want Andrew Carnegie to introduce it into this country. a! they claim that it would do more good than lfbraries.-New Haven Union.
 Of all the foreign monarchs. there is no doubt that Emperor William has the warnest welcome awaiting him from Americans, should he ever con clude to visit this country. Not be cause of the nation which he repre- sents particularly, but on account ol his own qualities as a man-his en ergy, his versatility, his courage and 1 his surprising tact. Also, there is con siderable curiosity. we believe, to set 1 the one hereditary ruler who, everyone agrees, actually is earning every cen i of the salary which his people pay him,--Syracuse Herald. ss"ee~s -sr~s ! Politics, a Washington dispatch in forms the country, are to be eliminated from the rural free delivery system which is to be placed on business basis. It is high time. Hitherto tht service was based on politics, and al a congressman had to do in order t l have as many unneeded routes estaO lished as ha thought would bring hin votes was to ask for it. It was of nt moment to him whether the route dit not serve more than half dozen pat rons if it secured him a. political agen with q salary paid by the governmen that is by the taxpayers-and h' got the credit among his constituent of being a useful member. The reform system now to be put in operation will l ignore congressional districts, regart the state as unit, and establish ire, delivery routes only where needed Bridgeport Farmer. ..-