Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-01
HEARD IN PASSING

A woman knows more about dress
than a man knows about everything
elst Observation-Disclosures Record.
Five years in prison may prove to be
something of a hardship, but the Hum
berts certainly We're well paid for their
trouble, and they got their pay in adj
yance.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
| State officers in Minnesota have dis
covered that chewing gum has quiet
ing effect on lunatics. 1t is just posi-
BILE that some people not in asylums
have been unjust1y criticised.-Balti-
/ more Herald
Probably Lou Dillon will never trot
so fast as Dan Patch will pace the
lateral gait is swifter-but her per-
formance at Readville was more Won
derful than that of the PAGER last
week.-Springfeld Republican.
| Senator Quay says it isn't good poll
tics to have an extra session of con-
gress this year. No one would ever
have suspected the boss of Pennsylr
vania as being interested in good poll
| tics, after his recent experiences
Lawrence Telegram.
| SuppOSln SO1uG OI These newspaper
| fellers that know so much about wo-
mems half hose and peek-a-boo
waists-which isn't so-let up on wo-
mems riggings a while and tell us why
man wears belt and suspenders at
the same time to keep his breaches on.
-Kimball, S. D., Graphic.
The kaiser wants the pope to dec
crate him with the order of Protector
of the Faith, or something similar, it
| having just been discovered that on
the back of the imperial coat three
inches above the waist, there is really
| plenty of room for small medal
New Haven Union.
! Speaking about southern barbarism,
we observe that there are 27 900 sa-
looms in the south and $4,000 in the
state Of New York alone, and there
are three and a half times as many
! people in the south as in New York
state. Wonder if we can't do some
thing to reform that benighted state?
memphis Commercial Appeal
| Chicago Is the second largest city in
the United States, but it is more dan
gerous to he alone on the streets of
/ this big city than to go through
| Breathitt county. No wonder law
abiding manufacturers have to go
where they can get along without hav-
| ing to mount Calling gun before
their doors.-Louisville Courier-Jo our
nal
It will cost $4,000 to repair the
battleship Massachusetts which re
Gently scraped the rocks at Bar Har
| Dor in attempting to leave that port
| This does not seem a large sum in
view of the extent Of the damage said
to have been incurred, but it empha.
sizes the need Of the most thorough
knowledge on the part of our naval Of
ficers Of the configuration of the har
bors into which they are required te
| take their ships from time to time
Hartford Times.
Turkeys present authority in Eu.
4 rope is an anachronism and should no
longer be permitted. The Ottoman en-
! pire has no more title to be treated as
a desirable civilization than the Iro-
quois. the Greek or the Sioux confed.
eracy. If the powers of Europe fool
! with this matter of compelling the sui
tan to grant Macedonia the autonomy
enjoyed by Bulgaria there will be q
gameof Instruction all over the Balkan
states. and it is not impossible that the
sultan may play the Pekin trick upon
all Christians by taking an appeal to
the religious fanaticism of every Mus
selman in Africa. India and China
i Portland Oregonian.
A remarkable piece Of news, to-day
tells of the new arrangement between
the window glass makers and theil
employers. These workmen now
rank among the highest paid artisans
in the world. Their product is ''pro
tected' by duty of 45 per cent, ant
they have a very strong organization
absolutely controlling the number o.
persons who can engage in the work
= Yesterday at Detroit an agreement ii
said to have been made providing fo
the stoppage of all the factories in thu
: country at stated times. which. will bt
whenever there is a prospect of an &C
, emulation of window glass. At TIT
same time there is TO be an increase
of 10 per cent in the very high wages
now received. 1T appears to be l.;
fact that the window glass workers dt
not work more than half the year, blu
are able to obtain as much wages il
six months as skilled laborers in othe
trades can get in q whole year. Their
!, is nothing quite like this window glas
aristocracy anywhere in the world
Hartford Times.