Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-17
HEARD IN PASSING

Alfred Austin, whose poetry is of q certain sort, has written a piece en- titled "Forgiveness.' An extension thereof, or plea therefor, Alfred?-- Albany Argus.
 Tn the interest of accuracy, and at the risk of being voted ungallant, we desire to state that it is not proper al- ways to refer to the end seat hog as ''him. ."-Washington Post.
 That St Louis crowd that raised Il riot when deprived of the pleasure of seeing bullfight should go to Chicago and visit the stockyards. where real sport may be had.-Milwaukee Sen tinel.
 Tn discriminating between the good and the bad immigrants we can bet ter afford to be accused of inhospital- ity than to continue the process of de- grading American citizenship-New York Tribune.
 President Mellen doesn't want any thing yellow about the railroad. He has ordered that all the yellow stripes on the locomotives of the Consolidated road be removed. Nothing but the initial letters of the railway and the number of the locomotive will appear in color.-Bridgeport Post.
 Hartford is indulginp itself in some thing like a crusade against automo- bilists who speed faster than the law allows. So far as Bridgeport is con- cerned our experience is that ill-man- aged bicyclists are a greater danger to the pedestrian in our streets than the big and noisy machines are.-Bridge- port Farmer.
 Old and we'll tried tenets of govern ment have been defied of late. New and heretical inventions have been ap- piled. Bad lessons have been taught at the highest sources. Needless and bloody wars and the seizure Of countries from their rightful owners and the boastfulness of empires and republics over the conquest of might, are too large for personal effort, but they furnish insidious examples to men.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The up-to-date song of the shirt lasts just six and one-half minutes, according to factory inspector for whose edification the foreman of q shirt factory started a piece of cloth on the rounds and made it come out ready for the customers back before the second hand on q watch had re- volved seven times. Tn this time sev- en girls had contributed their efforts to the finished product. One machine in this shop makes 16.S00 buttonholes day, or twenty eight in a minute, and in q ten-hour day man can cut 250 dozen shirts.--Chicago Tribune.
 The Japanese caMe win distinction at the desk of the counting house as readily as in sea fight. One who obtained a situation with an English I firm on trial was asked q few days af. ter his appointment by the cashier tc write to n customer who had owed some money to the house for long time, and who seemed to have no Tn. tention of paying, Write briefly and politely" said the cashier. but let him understand distinctly that we expect him to pay the money without further l delay' The letter was written and on the following day came check fol the amount due. The surprised cash 1 fer asked the new clerk to show him a copy Of the letter which had beer so effectual. It ran thus: "Dear Sir If you do not send us at once the money you owe us we shall be obliged to take steps which will cause you tho utmost astonishment. Respectfully l yours. ."-Westminste Gazette.