Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-29
HEARD I'M PASSING

Il is claimed that the Turkish army
is demoralized. That Is what Greece
thought. &C Chicago News.
OF course the sultan didn't want
those Russian war vessels about. He
Is seeing enough big hardships without
them. Philadelphia North American.
We Judge from the observations OF
David Birthstone Hill that he is not an
ardent admirer of Colonel Roosevelt
David Is evidently getting into MS
stride ngain.-O Chicago Chronicle
A correspondent of the Sun. who
save he has taken trouble for years 10
watch for and record the first coming
OF the katy1ids, observes that they
haven't been heard from yet, although
August s rs the latest In his record
hitherto. He thinks Shis portends an
unusually late coming of the autumn
cola. The correspondent should keep
his ears open. The katydids pfped
Up in New Britain on August 15.-
New Britain Herald.
It is said the curfew law works we'll
in some OF the cities and towns of
Massachusetts. The fnore's the pity.
II the curfew daw. Is necessary, 1t is
an tmpeachment OF our domestic gov
eminent When the state has to start
"a spanking machine to secure proper
circulation of the children, whether IN
the era OF Purftanism or in the oppo-
site era which now confronts Us, 1t
would seem as If domestic science re-
CURED domestic art.-Bogton Journal.
Mrs Mary Hadley, wife of the first
preacher in Emporia, writes from Col
orado to corroborate BENT Murdoch s
statement that the pioneer women Of
Lyon county wore shirt waists, or
polonaises, or whatever they were
called In those days, made,out of -four
sacks. II want to say" she says,
shat Bent is right, and had it not been
for the flour sacks some of us poor
women would have been compelled to
resort to cottonwood leaves for cloth
ingg, there being no fig leaves handy .
Kansas City journal.
The crtmfnal sale and the reckless
consumption Of poisonous drink is,
without question. the cause Of much
insanity, and the bad health Of
myriads, who do not suspect the cause
OF their. troubles, could probably be
traced to poisonous beer and liquor
Some OF the substances used in adul-
terating foodstuffs are injurious; 9th
ers are harmless, perhaps; but even
when the authorizations do no harm it
is swindle to sell and charge a high
rate for an adulteration which Is war
ranted pure.-Philad elphia Ledger.
About $4,000 gallons of milk Tin
Guiding creamy are required daily to
supply the largest Is cities of the Unit
ed States, and as milk is one of the
most perishable OF our food products
1t is necessary that it should be trans
ported to the market in which 1t is to
be distributed for consumption with
the greatest possible expedition. How
successfully the railroads have over
come all obstacles encountered in
transporting milk for long distances
can be best illustrated by stating that
large part of the New York city milk
supply is carried over 200 miles, while
some shipments are made from points
as far distant as $50 miles.--Chicago
Herald.
When we contemplate the legion Of
different kinds of so-cdfled breakfast
foods on the market, and the fact that
millions Of people use canned goods Of
every description, eat and drink all
kinds Of adulterated food and bever-
:. z.
ages, wear transparent garments, keep
late hours and turn night into day, we
wonder how our grandparents manag-
ed to exist on good wholesome food and
beverages, fresh fruits and vegetables,
fish and meat, good sailed fish and
meats, nourishing home ground flour
and meal, wear comfortable and sensi-
BILE garments and work by daylight.
Nevertheless our grandparents were
not confronted with the servant girl
problem, neither did they depend on
the stores and markets for their next
meal of victuals. They were healthy,
hardy, happy race, social and hospit-
able, lived to a good old age, reared
large families and never heard Presi-
dent Rooseveit's opinions on race sui
Western News.
Mrs MoIlie Allen of South Fork, Ky,