Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-05
HEARD IN PASSING

The necessity of interference on the
part OF the police to protect helpless
citizens from the lunatic chauffeur is
quite as self-evident as if the mailman
went around with a Winchester rife in
stead of a forty-mile hour locomo-
tive.-New London Telegraph.
In the United States there are 2o2,-
Al miles of railway, or 46,28S more
than the British, German and Russian
empires combined. And the toot Of the
American locomotives Is heard in all
climes, quite eclipsing the morning
drum-beat that keeps company with the
hours.-Lowel1 Mail
The Chicago garment makers propose
to revise their garment rates in &C
cordance with a mans avoirdupois
The lean man squeezes through most OF
the dilemmas Of life while the fat man
sticks, and this new discrimination in
favor of the lean man stamps him en-
phatically for the survival of the fittest.
New Haven Union.
When a nickel with big v gets into
the United States treasury it goes to
the melting pot because of the danger
of its being gilded and passed for SIS
gold piece. Twenty cent pieces have
the same fate, because they are no
longer issued. Old copper cents are
melted, with tin and zinc added, to
make new cents.
Are workingmen to be good men?
We do not mean saints, but ordinary
honest, law abiding citizens. A union
will decide this matter when it chooses
it's leaders. The same conditions
which make good influences possible
make bad influences possible. The
morals of a labor union will not rise
higher than the morals of it's leaders
any more than the morals of the church
will rise higher than the morals of it's
ministry -Christendom.
In the matter of matrimonial trou-
bles Indiana is very interesting. The
other day q matron of that state asked
for separation because she was tired
of living in the country, where she had
no opportunity to let people see her
nice clothes. Another asks for her
freedom because frogs make night
hideouS near her home. Even the COM
monwealths in which Cruelty and
"desertion" Of fanciful kind are ac-
cepted as adequate grounds for divorce
can't beat this.--New York Sun.
It must be cause of grief to President
Roosevelt to have the war department
port that his bosom friend, Congress
nm LittaueI. has probably violated
he law in the matter of furnishing
gloves to the government. The evil
dence seems to be clear that Mr. Lit
tauer paid another glove manufacturer
not to bid on the contracts in which he
was particularly interested. It is prob
able that under the law the New York
congressman can be compelled to pay
a large sum to the government as a
penalty for his on.-Hartford
Times.
A good many amusing stories are
told at the expense Of servant girls
and domestics generally, but this which
comes from Chestnut Hill is at the ex-
pense of the mistress rather than the
maid. It was a new servant girl, who
was, as rule, truthful, but who would
tell harmless white ib when her mis-
tress required it. One day the rector
called, but for some reason the lady did
not wish to see him. Answering the
bell, the maid very politely said her
mistress was out Now inethe draw1nG
room, leading directly from the front
hall, there was folding screen which
stood two or three inches from tn"
floor Behind this the lady secreted
herself. $50 your mistress is out?'
| mildly said the minister. eyes, SIR"
| answered the maid. WELL, remarked
thu caller. as he looked toward the
drawing room, "the next time your mis-
tress goes out will you kindly suggest
that she take her feet with her?"-Phil-
adeIphia Ledger.