Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-25
HEARD IN PASSING

The extent to which American cities are indebted to foreign immigration is shown by the fact that in San Francis co only "A per cent of the population is composed of native whites of native percentage; in Chicago that element composes by 20 per cent of the popula- ton, while in New York 1t is but 21 per cent, and in the borough of Manhattan only Is per cent.-San Francisco Call.
 The United States is not the home of all the multi-millionaires, after all. A man has just died in Russia who was possessed of fortune of $10o,O00,OOO. For more than fifty years he was re- garded as one of the curiosities of Mos COW. One of his schemes was to build a home for mother-in-laws who were badly treated by their sons-in-law, but the police refused to sanction the scheme.-New Haven Union.
 When Margaret was 8 months old she and her mother came home from nila. Now she iss2, and refuses to adopt papa, who, just returned, is try ing to get acquainted with his daugh- ter. Finding her busy with pencil and paper one day, he asked: ''Writing a
 
 look at him, Margaret answered, "Go way, man! Pm writin' to my dear papa in 'Nilla." ."-Exchange.
 Archbishop Ireland, one of the lead ing heads of the Catholic church in America, expresses the opinion that there is not in the history of the world, a similar example of progress made by any people of any color or of any race equal to that made by the colored peo- pie in the forty years since President Lincoln declared them free and fnde- pendent. He predicts that what has been accomplished in the last forty years will be quadrupled in the next forty years,-NeW Haven Leader.
 The Deep River New Era is jabbing sharp stick into the boys who con- gregate on the postoffice steps and expectorate tobacco juice and profan- ity. If these boys" it says, "are too old to be spanked and not quite old enough to show proper respect for themselves and others, then let the au- thorities take hand in the matter and see if that particular locality cannot be renovated so that the public can be allowed to call for their mail without being obliged to run this gauntlet of hoodlums"
 J. F. Morgan seems to have quite a bit of money in the bank that does not worry him greatly. Recently a New Orleans firm was somewhat surprised to receive letter with a check for $3,- 766,OOO.50, we see that the office boy it was worth while was the mystical name of Morgan. The check was not meant for the firm, so 1t was sent back When most of us write a check, even for such an insignificant sum as $3,- 766,O00.5O, we SC that the office boy puts it in the right envelope and that 1t does not wander around the country without a guardian. Springfield Re publican.
 Mrs Burdick of Buffalo tells a story of her relations with her lover, Pen- nell, which will make it rather hard work for his classmates and friends to pass any more votes of confidence in him. Their love making began in New Haven and it went so far as to secure an understanding that Pennell was to obtain a divorce from his wife and marry Mrs Burdick. Burdick got pos session of all of Pennell's letters to Mrs Burdick, including the one in which Pennell wrote, There is that in the manner of your husband toward you that makes me fear sometimes that I might kill him." In view of such dis closures there is no reason to regard it as unlikely that Pennell did go to Bur dicks room and kill him at last.-Hart- ford Times.