Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-23
HEARD IN PASSING

Reads the same both ways--G. o. F, Grand Old Party" stP. o. G.. Post Office Graft Life. .
 Among his most intimate friends Congressman Lucius N Littaeur is fa- miliarly called Loot. What's in q name. Little perhaps. But it often happens that there is considerably more in a nickname. me.--Providence Journal. Hartford feels pretty good over the prospect of having the biggest stone bridge in the world. Springfield, which would like to be at the head of the sloop navigation, but isn't and not like ly to be, is not saying anything for pub lication. n.---Middleto Tribune.
 Colonel Osborn of New Haven would consider 1t a personal favor if the su- prenae court of errors would abdicate long enough to permit him to hand down an opinion that the state police law is unconstitutiona1.--Ha Post.
 Nothing but satisfaction is to be felt over the outcome of the negotiations in regard to Manchuria. The latest news entitled Secretary of State John Hay to the congratulations and thanks of his countryn1en for two more notable achievements in the field of diplomacy and statesmanship.-- p.--Providence Jour nal.
 As a general proposition, all laws should be enforced, and in this nlanu- featuring center the child-labor laws are enforced very efficiently; but it should be understood that they are en- forced in spite of many inhabitants who ought to be opposed to labor of this kind, and not with their co-opera- tion.--Fa1l River Herald.
 AsMeriden policeman who arrested man there the other night was severe ly censured for having taken a drink with the prisoner two hours before the arrest and having paid for the latter's beverage. The judge blamed the DO liceman more than he did the prisoner and said the officer should be dismissed from the force Sound doctrine.- Bridgeport Post
 And there's another item: Because you eat big course dinners in winter, when you are more active and need more fuel, don't consider yourself bound to eat the same sort of dinners now. Try cold dishes, less meat, more vegetables, especially salads, iced tea. ice cream fruits, and after the meal take life s easily as circumstances per- n1it.--Brooklyn Eagle
 We get from Kalamazoo the story of the death of William G. Pettison in his S9th year, as the result of his excessive use of tobacco, for he had smoked cigars for twenty years at the rate of 5000 a year, or nearly an average of eleven day. He must have been tough old sinner to take all that time to kil Or else nicotine is not as dead ly a poison as it's enemies believe New Britain Herald
 Congratulations are due Editor Jones of the New Hartford Tribune on get. ting rid of a war relic that he inad- vertently attached to himself during the Rebellion and which has stuck to him closer than a brother ever since. A memento of that kind on one's watch chain would be more comforta. ble to carry about than on the inside Of tke possessor's anatomy.--Torrjngton Register
 It Is worthy of note that government employees and oficials at Washington are not being overworked during this hot weather. Our government is not an exacting employer. It not only gives good salaries, but it also allows each employe thirty days leave of ab- sence during each year on full pay. That is for ordinary recuperative pur- poses. If an employe is actually sick he is also entitled to thirty days full pay during absence on that account. These vacations give the employees time to devise ways and means of saw ing the nation.-Indianapol Sentinel
 
 For lazy liver try Chamberlain's