Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
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 If those fellows across the English channel that are keeping a heavy hand on Ireland will only give that country half show it will show what it can do. The people of Ire land are now inquiring into the ques- ton of tobacco culture, and, through MT Gill, the secretary of agriculture, who is now in this country, have asked Secretary Wilson to designate some tobacco expert for employment in Ireland. Secretary Gill is seeking light on the methods of growing, haf- vesting and fermenting tobacco.
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 The true spirit of charity and feel ang for the afflicted was shown in New York the other day when four China men called at the City hall and asked 10 see Mayor Mcclellan. The mayor had not yet returned from lunch. ssWelI, we want to give him this for the General Slocum fund.-" said the spokesman. Their gift consisted of S657. mostly in $1 bills. which had been collected in Chinatown. It has been truthfully said that one touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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 You will notice that the successful man usually tackles the disagreeable duty first. and gets it out of the way. He meets the difficulty half way and the thing isn't nearly so hard as 1t looked at a distance The weakl1ng Eputs off the disagreeable duty until to- morrow; the longer 1t is postponed the greater b1gbear it becomes and at the last he leaves it undone or, If that IS : 3T7s tferent manner. Face the disagreeable ana annoying problem; finish 1t up Gight; get it done.
 What is said to be the largest pno- Geographic print ever made is to De eX- hibited at the St Louis exposition, ana another CODY has also been shown at . fair in Dresden, Germany. The print. which measures about farty by five feet represents the Ray of aples, and is a panoramic enlargement of six separate negatives, each about eight by eleven inches. The huge print was handled during the develop Ing and fixing process by the aid of a great wheel thirteen feet in diameter, and three tanks one of which was fif- ay feet long. The total amount of water used in all these processes was nearly 1l,UUO cuDlc IeeL.
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 The drenching rain, magnificent cleo frical display and rumbling of thunder made up quite a magnificent display last night. The scene of operations was as much of a secret to the public as is that Of the exact location of the big blow out which the Business Mems association has planned for the even ing of the Fourth of July, but if the committeel has hit upon place from where the noise and discharges of their cannon can be heard and seen to as good advantage as last evenings exhi- bition. then everybo will be satisfied and the public will rise up and call the Business Mems association of Water bury blessed, that is provided the com xnittee manages to conduct the affair without mixing in the rain with it. As d1hey have accomplished such feats the mast week there is no reason to doubt #hefr ability to regulate the weather nconditions.
 Talking about the religious question man who long since got into the habit of staying at home instead of attending church services, said that The was of the opinion that the reason Catholics are going ahead and other denominations struggling to hold their own and not doing that, was because Ltoo many of the Protestant eyangel- lists spend their time trying to make converts among Catholics and in this way those whose spiritual welfare they have Jurisdiction over are neg Iected and finally they become indif- ferent and forget all about religion. He considered the Roman Catholic church marvel of organization and thought its phenomenal success in all ages depended to some extent upon the fact that one has to make sacri- fees to belong to it. 'This,'' he add ed, land the fact that while constant fly on the lookout for stray sheep, it never loses sight of the ones already fin the fold, and accepts the bible in its entirety, gives the Roman church an anchorage such as no other or gganization ever can enjoy and keeps lit long ways ahead of the process lGion.
 A good story of his editorial days Ifs told of Representative Brownlow IDf Tennessee. He was running a country paper in that state and had made things pretty warm for some of his enemies, using language which was vigorous and meant fight Just after the paper had gone to press one week Editor Brownlow was in his den figuring how he was going to pay his printer and buy paper for the next is sue. A savage looking fellow, with club clenched in his hand, walked in and asked if the editor was in NO, he's out" said the sly Brownlow, but he'll be back in few minutes Just have seat and I'll go out and hunt him up.'' The man with a club took chair and putting his feet on top of the desk and proceeded to make himself at home. BrownIow walked down stairs and at the foot he met another irate fellow-they were from adjoining counties and unknown to the editor. s'Will I find the editor of this dirty sheet upstairs?'' asked the