Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-27
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some Stray Leaves From a Reporters
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Note Book.
 Eteamboats travel above the clouds on Lake Titicaca in South America, at a height of two and a half miles straight up above the ocean level. An account of such a journey Is given by the traveller Ernest O. Rost in the July Harpers. To reach the lake MT Rost rode over what he considers the most railroad ever constructed, the Arequipa-Puno of Peru. which is 837 miles long.
 Some school children are very ob- servant as is shown by the following story: A few days before the close of the last school term one of the fe- male school teachers went to schooI one day with a diamond ring on her finger. It attracted the attention or one little girl in particular, but noch- Ing was said. About a week laGer the teacher in another room In rne same building was surprised to nave one of her pupils raise her hand dur- ing the recital of a lesson and ask, tsIs Miss - going to be marr1en She replied, ''I don't know, you Deuter ask her. Who told you soY Mdmae So and so. Mamie heard 1t from Susie Blank. while Susie heard it from her friend Anna.' When the matter was safted to the bottom by the teacher, whose marriage had been discussed, It was found that one little girl had no- faced the diamond ring on the teachers s finger and instantly concluded rnaI she was going to be married. Ana she passed the word along to the other Children. The child was given tnor- ough lesson on the danger of arriving ct conclusions too rapidly.
 A Waterbury man whosegwife finds fault because she has to do odd chores while the hired girl is out with her best fellow, clipped the following item from paper and sent it to his better half by mail: Man IS almost curiosity in Para quay. The central government is In the hands of a few men; beyond that nearly everything is in the hands Of OF is done by women. Man is so scarce in this little South American republic that he is hardly allowed to soil his hands with work He is given R. hammock and a pack of cigarettes md encouraged to lounge away the liyeIong day in the shade, while the women, solicitous of his welfare, bring him his tea, wait upon him, and do all the work necessary for his maintenance and their own. They plough the fields, they plant the crops, they build the houses, attend the mar kefs. are the butchers, bakers, and even load the steamers which take away their fruit, and herd the cattle which roam wild upon their extensive plains" The woman was too sharp 10 be deceived and charged her hus- band with sending her the letter and when he went home that evening she expressed much surprise at seeing him, adding that she understood he had left for Paraguay.
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 it is surprising how easily smart folks can be fooled, provided one goes about it in the right way. This was very forcibly Illustrated recently in a prominent family when the young sters found fault with homemade cat sup and recommended the introduction of certain brand for sale in the mar ket. One of the boys said he had used it at college and that it was wonder ful appetizer. Of course the good wo- man of the house, willing to give her children anything that suited them best, made no delay in procuring a bottle of the kind they wanted It touched the right spot and all liked it So well it didn't last long. While the mother was pleased to see the child ren use it with a relish, still she req T.n4 41 4o 4I household expense, and besides she had notion that 1t was not one whit bet ter than the dozen or more bottles of her own that she had in the cellar, and which she had prepared at con siderable labor. so she thought out 8 plan to have the boys and girls use the home article while believing that they had the other kind. She took her husband, a resourceful fellow, into her confidence and after filling the empty bottle that had contained the real thing. from one in the cellar, they awaited developments. It was put on the table as new one that had been bought that day with the cork SC tight that 1t required considerable effort to get 1t out. The trick worked like charm, one of the boys remark, ing as he licked his lips after tasting it that ''he wished his mother could get the recipe for making that kind ot catsup and thus save the cost of buy ing it." This was too much for the projectors of the scheme and they Iei the cat out of the bag by indulging fl hearty laughter.
 ssGentlemen,'' said the corn doctor as he expostulated on the merits o1 his goods on the vacant lot on Crane street, q wish you would not .gc about telling what you know abou this remedy unless you have given i a fair trial. lose many sales on ac count of the long tongues of the know alls and knockers, people who don know whether what I'm selling 1! worth five cents or $5, but being wise than their neighbors they feel in duty bound to tell them what they don know as well as what they do. I sa, to you, my friend. take that home anC try 1t; If 1t fails to help you bring i
 back and I'll return your money ant we'll part as friends, but if it doesn' do as l say and you neglect to com