Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-27
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is fast waning in popularity. One sell ] dom hears it played now at dances l and other places of amusement. 1t Is following the path of Its predecessors, "Hiawatha" and "Bedelia," into the tomb of oblivion and like them will soon be almost forgotten. Like good race horse it has had its day and must now be retired. AS a popular two step, which always was sure of re- ceiving one or two encores, it Is being replaced by "I Have Feeling for You"
 Something those who take outings jin the woods and fields should remeln- { Der is that poison ivy has three lear- | lets and Virginia creeper has five. The I former has white berries, the latter purple. All the drugs In the world are of no use in preventing bad case of poisoning unless one begins to do something as soon as the telltale itch- ing begins. When the pustules break open, one Is almost sure to be in for three days or week of suffering. It is we'll to have a little bottle of ex- tract of grindella in the house all the time. Rub it on the affected parts every five minutes until the trouble is averted, and be sure to lose no tlme an beginning.
 The final report of the British cen sus of 1901, just issued, consists of 191 pages of explanation, and 200 pages of tabular matter. The first complete census of the United King dom was taken in 1921, when Ireland had population of 6,801,8 ,827. In 1S41 it's population was S,175, ,124, and to-day 1t Is less than four and half %hn o% years the population of Great Britain has shown a continuous increase and At is a remarkable fact that while the { population of Scotland, as enumerat- ed at the last census, slightly exceeds ] that of Ireland, in the years 1921, { 1881 and 1S41 the population or Ire land was over three times as great as that of Scotland. The total number of persons enumerated in the United Kingdom was Al, ,45S, ,T21. and of these 20, ,1O2,40S were males, and 21,356,313 were females.
 Twenty-six stories high and three hundred and forty-six feet from the curb to the lower side of the cornice, khe new office building now beng constructed at No SO Wall street will l be the tallest building in New York, and perhaps in the world. An idea of the height of this record breaking skyscraper may be had by comparing / it with tIhe height of a number of the tallest prominent buildings in New York: Park Row, Nos 18 to 21 Park Row, to tower 382 feet: to rooftop of building proper, 300 feet; Pulitzer building, to tower, 3751s feet; Man haitian Life Insurance Go, Nos GA to 6S Broadway, to top of tower, 34S 1+s Az %1v AA Nf CT, 246 feet; American Surety Go, Pine street and Broadway, 306 feet inch; American Tract Society, Spruce and Nassau streets, 806 feet.
 
 If you want to see something real iy curious take walk uptown, along Central Park West. Amsterdam avenue, Broadway and Riverside says a New Yorker. There will be found an aggregation of magnificent strucu- ures, ranging in price from half mill lion to four times that amount, Ill which suites and apartments range from $2,500 to $5,000. There are q few which go several thousand better, but this is the average. Owners seem to think that this is the golden age sure enough. A majority, of the rooms are small, light is not furnish
 
 essity which asks for no extra com / pensation. These prices will doubt less range from the 20th of Septem- Der to the 20th of December. Would that some power would let the land- lords see themselves as tenants do, like the famous coon in the tree "they must descend"
 Some of the local shoe dealers have been caught mapping In the late sum. Ener time there is little demand for tan shoes and consequently the deal { CTS have very few in stock. They order issued this week by the cap tains of the local military companies that the members must wear tan shoes ' on the trip to Manassas. The army Regulations require It. Some members visited their favorite shoe dealers and found that they had no tan shoes iIl stock or had no sizes to 1t them. One Or two dealers had fairly good stock but not enough to supply the two com panies. Several dealers have sent or. sders for supplies of tan shoes and il they arrive the local boys will be well liked. Otherwise some of them vii have to wear blacks. Tn speaking oi shoes, one should be careful of his speech to a certain officer of Company c. He had had a fine pair of blacks 1 made especially for the trip to Man assas and was anticipating what com fort he would have in them on the long walks when he heard of the order for tans. To say that he was angry does not half express his feelings. But his anger sufficeth not and he had t. purchase pair of new shoes.
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 Men who aspire to office have to put dp with good deal of annoyance which they never would have to dea with had they been wise and kept oui of the public eye. No good citizer would think of mentioning the name of private man in an irrelevant way but 1t Is not unsual to hear very gooC people talk hippantly of aspirants tc public positions, even though the meI they aim their missiles at may be above reproach, so that between tht poking of fun and throwing of mut