Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
HEARD IN PASSING

In some parts of Ireland eggs are the accepted currency. There are no | records of cOunterfeits
 President Roosevelt succeeded better | with his message to the congress of mothers than with some he has sent to the United States Congress.
 Dowager Duchess of Abercorn, from whom the Duke of Marlborough and many other British peers and peeresses are descended, died at the age of 92.- Danbury News.
 If Japan should Insist on having the Philippines we may have need of those two battleships that the president so earnestly desired and for which Con- gress reluctantly appropriated:
 Fresh bluefish have been caught off Cape Hatteras. which is another indi- cation of spring. If bluetish sold at $1 pound no doubt epicures would pre- fer them to trout and their preferences would he well placed.-ENchange.
 That wicked and soulless corporation familiarity known as the United States Steel trust, has voluntarily increased the wages of labOrerS. skilled mill hands and class mechanics. That the increases are substantial OIieS is appar- ent from the fact that they will cost the company 5000, ,O00-Springtield Union.
 One of the best things about trout fishing is not the fish one gets but the fact that it takes people out into the country and gives them something aside from the mOnOtony of the daily grind to think about To the person who. works with his brain the fatigue that comes from that kind of exercise is rest of the best quality Telegram.
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 Dr TillauX. one of the most eminent surgeons of Paris, whose death was recently announced. has bequeathed 50O.O0O francs to fund for providing old age pensions for workmen. He rendered much valuable service to the poor as chef surgeon of the charity hospital, where he was greatly be- loved by all the students.-New Haven Palladium.
 John D. and William Rockefeller were defeated at a recent local election in TarrytOwn. \. Y. They may be the richest men in the world. but the ballot floors them when it is in the hands of independent men. They may not have tried to use their money. but we sus- pect that if they had they would have found that there are some things that money cannot Bridgeport stand ard.
 Last year a large party of English business men visited France. This year n similar party will visit Ger many. Tt would be we'll" Consul General Richard Guenther suggests, If our American manufacturers and ex- porters would make excursions to Flu ropean countries. Trips of the kind would afford them vast opportunities for informing themselves about for eign markets and how to increase con- mercial relations herewith" New Ha- ven Journal and Courier.
 Electricity says that the Brooklyn bridge is now reaching period in its history when the paramount question of danger overrides all other consider ations. and the structure must he re- built to insure public confidence and safety. It's rate of deterioration has been Sl,HO.CG0 a year. which the en- eineering experts have attributed to overstrain and electrolysis. It is evi- dent. if the facts alleged are anywhere near the truth. that the need of i'm mediate repairs is imperative. no mat ter what the cost in millions.-New Britain Herald.