Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-17
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The man who handles the local de- partment of newspaper learns after que experience not to expect very many thanks for column of pleasant things, but he knows as surely as comes the seasons. that single line In which there are unintentiOnal mis- lakes, will cause some one to be heard. and that when he has made pleasant mention 999 times of some person, place or thing, but on the 1000th time fails to do so. he must not be expect to be forgiven, says a friend of the As You Like It Man. The omission may have been from accident, inadvertence, or even an en- tire lack of knowledge it mat ter not. The bare fact reihains 'that he will be judged on that. He may say good things about some busi- ness man for weeks but let him make some mistake and all good things are forgotten, and the mans business de- nied him.
 John Eickbush, Q farmer Of Leeds, Mo, has a crimson rambler growing over his house which he believes to be a champion in point of productiveness, says the Kansas City Star. The rose bush was planted two years ago. Up to a short time ago this season MT. Kickbush had sold $12.65 worth of roses from the bush, and the other day he cut one bunch-ramblers grow in bunches-in which there were 1SO roses
 Despite the fun that is being made of the hoop skirt 1t is catching on. and more than 2.0C0 women h Chicago are now wearing them," said Mime. Walcot recently to the Dressmakers' club at Chicago, according to dispatch from that city. "Orders are coming in from fashionable women faster than they can be filled. It Is not the old style crinoline, but just the three coil feath- erbone, which will keep the skirt away from the feet and will prevent it from sweeping up the sidewalks over which we walk. Every woman will see the advantage of that. This is dirty. dirty city, and the hoop skirt will fool the microbes, which have picnic with the old styles."
 The Prince of Monaco is rendering to aerial navigation service more valu- able than the invention of flying ma chimes, says the London Globe. He seems to have set on foot really sys- tematic study of the air currents in the upper atmosphere. During one of his long cruises last year he perfected system of kites which enabled him to secure useful results at an altitude of about 15,oO0 feet. In order to secure the advantages of coordination and comparison his highness has induced the German government to order a Iseries of similar experiments on cer- Itain warships. while the Portuguese lgovernment has also decided to insti- flute a service of the kind in connection with Lisbon observatory. Here is an international work in which other gov. lernms2ts might render aid.
 Traitors among the Japanese officers are not treated pleasantly when their misconduct is discovered. Bonnet Burleigh in his new book Tyn Japan tells of an instance. says the Chicago News. Two Japanese transports laden with men, stores and heavy siege artil- lery had been suddenly attacked by the Russian yladivostok squadron. One was sunk. and the other escaped with difficulty. Who had given the information of the sailing of these ships? "The Japanese made search to fnd out who had blabbed and ulti- mately traced it to a high official in Tokyo, one holding sea rank and en- gagged in the admiralty. A Russian check for a large sum was traced into his hands. He was confronted with it and his receipt signature thereon. Then he was led into secluded room. where a number of his fellow officers had gathered. They stripped him nak- cd. spat upon him and kicked him to Heath -