Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-26
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 Senator Mitchell is mistaken if he thinks he can better his position by making statement on the floor of the senate. The place for him to present his defense is court room.-New York World
 W nat the democratic party wants during the next four years in it's con gressional leader is powerful convic- tloll-the quality of leadership in its broadcst sense in debate, amazing or amusing in repartee.-New York American.
 A Baltimore girl, who was kissed against her will has sued the young man in the case for $20,OO0. That lovely Marylander's kisses may be the sweetest ever, but the young man could buy a whole sugar refinery for that amount.-Philadelp Evening Telegraph.
 Colonel Jack Chinn, of Kentucky, must spend ten days in a Kentucky jail for packing pistol. Colonel Jack will probably conclude the age of chivalry in Kentucky is over and come to New York, where he can pack a pistol for ten dollars a year.-New York American.
 It takes 80 years for a pine tree to reach merchantable size According to expert lumbermen the supply of timber will hardly last 50 years at the present rate of consumption. It would seem to be high time that the country was waking up to the importance of the forestry QueStion.-Chicago Tri- bune.
 If the men who really want short session will decide to have it they can get it, and they can easily get through with all their business, too. All that is needed is determination to trans act the public business on business basis, which is--in the most expedi- tious manner at the smallest expense. -Hartford Telegram.
 Some of the tributes to the late Sen ator John James Ingalls, at the dedica- tion of his statute were rather fervent. There is that of Senator Platt, of Con- necticut, for instance, who said that as an orator Ingalls, was not excelled either by Daniel Webster or Demos themes. This is piling it on rather thick.-Boston Herald.
 When Colonel William J. Bryan says that Connecticut has as large a venal vote as any state in the union he for gets Colorado, Delaware and other black examples of wholesale and sys- tematic corruption of the electorate. Connecticut has venal vote, more shame to the bribers, who make the venality possible, but it bears no com parisOn to some of the other states, in which the franchise is publicly for sale.-New Britain Herald.
 Two modest runaway boys were found in Bridgeport, the other day by the police. They had come all the way from Perth Amboy, N. l., not to kill Indians. but merely to hunt skunks. It is almost pity that they had not been successful in their quest, to the extent, at least, of encountering one of the animals By the time they had been scrubbed up. antL-made present able again they would probably have concluded that home and school were good enough.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 General FurlOng. a civil war vetcr- an. has lived for more than thirty years in Fifth Avenue hotel. New Nor-. Y iG though. that since the days "f 6ayard Taylor. Gaaeral fGr- long mas oaeu tlc grs..ra.C .m aTic;iH traveller. out he never gives up his room in the hotel. He quietly LIsap. pears and returns without explanation to anyone. thinking naught of trip to the interior of Africa or into the wilds of south American. General Furloug never tires of talking about the Vale of Cashmere, which he has explored thoroughly. He says Tom Moore's widest fancy did not cxag. gcratc it's beauties of nature and wo- mankind.--Exchangc.
 C. M. Schwab had pair of shoes made to order few weeks 1gn. and when he received bill for S.D for them. which was more than ne had ever heard of any one paving for q pair of shoes before. he was so pleased with the shoes and so convinced of their superiority that he ordered five pairs more Tt the same price. If the shoemaker had sent in Il bill for S:I or Sl0 Mr Sch'.ab would not have thought that he was getting something better than any one else and the shoe maker would not have received tlc or,lcr for the other five pairs. So many different morals are possible that everybody who reads inc true story might just as well do his own think ing as io what il mcans.--Ncw Yorl; Times