Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-21
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Those who get close to nature these bright summer days are living in ac- cordance with the spirit of the simple life. Would that we all could lead a life even simpler than that which is so much talked about and so little under stood.-Providence Telegram.
 Carnegie can well afford to say that poverty is the greatest legacy man can have bequeathed to him, but the average man agrees with the late Dis raeli when he said that ito be haf- assed about money is one of the most disagreeable incidents of life. It ruff ties the temper, lowers the spirits, dis turbs the rest, and finally breaks up the health" h."-New London Globe.
 An innovation in the matter of pro- viding transportation facilities for q great city under public ownership and control was inaugurated at New Dr. leans the first of this month, when the first spike was driven in the ties of the Public Belt railroad. This rail road, which is to be twenty miles lon!' will encircle New Orleans, connecting all lines of railway and all docks and wharves, rendering the handling of that city's growing commerce sim pier and more economical problem than ever before, and apparently plac- ing New Orleans on par as regards freight handling with the best situ- ated cities in this or any other coun- try.-Meriden Journal.
 America has plenty of spare cash, inasmuch as that part of the new Jap anese loan in the United States haS been six times OversubscriDed; half the preceding loan was taken here and
 the whole might have been if Japan were not shrewd enough to enlarge the field of her financial connections by distributing her favors. In other
 ways. too, American money has been
 literally used in financing the eastern
 war. Not a little of the funds fur
 nished Russia nominally by France and Germany was borrowed in the United States, as the heavy eXporta-
 tion of gold last winter disclosed. And still we have left much larger gold stock than either France, Germany or Great Britain.-Norwich Record.
 According to reports from Port Said the Dogger Bank affair came near to being outclassed while the Russian converted cruiser Dniepel was there on her way back from the east. The Dneper had on board the crew of the British steamer St Kilda which the Dnieper had sunk, and her commander curtly refused the request of the British consul to land the men at Port Said, intending to carry them
 to Russia. The British authorities,
 however, had an eye to business and
 gave the Russian an hour to put the
 men ashore Meantime British
 cruiser maneuvered around till she
 was in a position where she could be
 effective if needed The British sail ors were put ashore and peace pre-
 vails.-Springfeld Union.
 They have a way up in Massachu, setts of taking some things for grant
 ed concerning Connecticut which will not always stand the test of rigid ill. vestigation. The Springfield Union re.
 gently remarks: If the New York Central should build that bridge across the Hudson at Peekskill and
 construct the line across western Con- necticut to Springfield, it certainly
 would be carrying the war into New England. Such line would be great rival to the Poughkeepsle bridge
 route" Quoting this complacent state
 ment the Hartford Times pertinently
 asks: Meanwhile, will the Union
 kindly suggest the date on which the
 New York Central is likely to get a franchise to construct road across
 the sunset side of Connecticut?' For further particulars s,e small bills of
 the day and date.-Bridgeport Stand ard