Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-14
AS YOU LIKE IT.
ome Stray Leaves From a Rspertes's
 Note Book.

The fact that sea water contained Ibid was first made patent. we be- bye, by the observation that the de- l bsit of the copper plating on jetty Hes in sea harbors was comparatively fh in the precious metal. On the es- hnate that ton of sea water contains bproximately one grain, the yield | lould amount to something like 200 Ins of gold per cubic mile and. as the plume of the worlds ocean is esti- 1 lated at 4OO,000,000 cubic miles. the |tal possible yield of gold would be ' less than 100,000,0O0,000 tons-a ! Inly attractive prospect to the com Thy promoter.
 If you want the big number of the Toman's Home Companion for No kmher pay your subscription in ad- hnce within the next two or three hys.
 When you write to your friend and Ens yourself Yours sincerely" you Iy, literally. 'Yours without wax"
 ere is the story about this strange listing of words: A famous sculptor
 hs just putting the finishing touches
 the face of a statue which was to
 to the Academy the next day, when
 accidentally clipped off the end of
 Ie marble nose. Quick as thought ne
 Fefully and cunningly made tip of
 hx for the mutilated organ. trusting
 Eat the accident would never be de.
 hted. But there happened to be a
 larp-eyed man on the committee, and
 e sculptor lost the prize for which
 had striven. Ever afterward it was
 common saying, We wish the sculp-
 re to be sine cera,' or without hx,' and by degrees the term be-
 lme applied to living men as we'll as
 those made of marble, and now
 bans simply lone who is all he pre-
 hds to be-"
 The writer heard of horse deal
 lis week which is of t;ie more interest
 lcause theNman who was worsted in
 Ee deal is supposed to be one of the
 Ist judges of horse flesh in the city. fellow in business had fair
 good looking horse, but 1t was not
 Est enough for it's owner, who on
 Tuesday last took it to we'll known
 keryman and effected bargain. The
 h horse and $35 were given for q
 etty good steed and the young man
 ent on his way rejoicing, while the
 lrse dealer smiled the smile of con
 ntment. But the following day his * bile faded. On that day, Wednes-
 ly, he allowed one of his men to the horse he received the day
 fore down to the Beacon Valley fair.
 he horse travelled at good gait, but
 ben its destination was near 1t be.
 me sick and in a few minutes fiopped dead. When the owner was
 ptified he became furious, but the lily thing left for him to do was to
 Ind over a couple of dollars and have
 brought to it's last resting place. be young man who was fortunate
 Rough to get rid of the animal in
 he shook hands with himself, but he
 i'd he really thought the horse was
 good one.
 A man went into tailor's shop in Bew York this week. intending only to [kt measured for suit of clothes. [ It fate was kind to him and he ac'
 lired. besides the assurance-which 4 e all enjoy so much-zrthatnthe...S ..Suik F ould be delivered atpah fihpossiBF &hrly day--a piece of information both and interesting to all who l lse automobiles and to all who don't, Ind that seems to include everybody. While the measuring was in progress !he tailor said: Been taking lot # Exercise. MT -T' "Why, mo-" TO- Died the customer: .'swhat makes you Ihink sop Because your chest ls lilly two inches bigger round than 1t
 las a year ago." said the tailor, and
 gain he asked If the customer had Iot in some way changed his habits.
 gain the reply was in the negative,
 hut to the question, Haven't you been ktomobiling a good deal this sum herY' the customer said. ''Yes. have. Hut there is no exercise in that, and Particularly nothing to expand the hest" Then the tailor spoke his lit- le pieee-announced the discovery up b which he had been leading. Auto hobiiing." he declared ''ls exercise, Ind its effects are particularly notice Ible in increasing chest measure. hents. I've seen it in dozens and doz- Ins of my customers who indulge in fothing in the way of athletics, as kommonly understood, but who daily lake long trips in their automobiles. knd it isn't the steering, either. for Ihe increase of chest comes whether They act as their own chauffeurs or sit bn the back seat and do nothing Alp larentE it's the effort required to breathe rapidly moving air. and the purity of the air may have something No do with their gain" Now. SO far g we have noticed, not even the auto mobile agents have heard of this req Ion for buying and using their ma khlues: at any rate they are not ad- EertIsing 1t as among the advantages pertaining to the new mode of loco motion. Perhaps they refrain because bo one make could claim monopoly hf 1t, and their object is less to adver- Iise automobiles than to advertise an butOmobile. The doctors. however. Ehould look into the matter at once. hnd. if the tailor Is right. they will for bnce be able to give advice that Is both pleasant and good. And they tannot do that as often as they would