Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02


 lies, an iceberg passed by the German steamship Pheobus on May IT was q remarkable sight, according to Cap tain Schierhorst, master. who tied up at Bayonne May 24 from Amsterdam. Eighty feet in height, the great ice cube was 1000 feet square, and in the sun at midday, lazily floating in 2 smooth sea, 1t looked like an ice covered tableland detached from the nearest shore. Newfoundland, 450 miles away. The immense block of ice, nine-tenths submerged, must have weighed not less than 28,000,- 900 tons.
 Fortunately for the occupants of a pony cart, the North Main street trolley car was not making It's usual lightning-like run between Benham's barn and the Waterbury club this noon, or else there might have been serious accident to chronicle. As the car that reaches the center about 12:34 was coming down the hill, a pony cart containing a boy and girl came along Kingsbury street. The pony became frightened before reach- ing North Main street and started on mad gallop. The pony and the car reached the. corner at about the same moment. The motorman put on his brakes. and the animal dashed across the tracks and up North Main street, passing within a few feet of the car fender. People who witnessed the affair held their breath, and heaved sigh of relief when the frac- tious animal passed up the street on mad run, with the boy tugging at the reins. The youngster seemed to be able to handle the animal all right, but if trolley car bumped him his knowledge of driving horses would be of little use to him.
 Official and social Washington had as their guest during the past week his highness Maharaja Gaikwar of Baroda, Gujareth, India, and his wife, the maharanee, together with a retinue of retainers and servants. Gaikwar rules over three million peo- pie in India and is also the Nizam Hyderbad of the Mahometan church, thus being to the Hindoos the first prince of India. His highness is 3S years of age, short and stocky in build. of dusky complexion and ex- tremely democratic in manner and conventional in garb. The prince speaks English quite fiuently, having received his education from private teachers in Baroda. He has ruled over the province Gujarath since 1882, being then 14 years of age. The Gaiwer dynasty is over 200 years old. The maharaja lives in hand some palace in India and is greatly interested in the advancement of ed ucation among his people. The en- tire revenues of the province are at the disposal of the maharaja, who, while he has large income. is in cumbered with heavy expenses. He is obliged to pay out of the revenues for the support of the army and the administration of the civil govern ment.
 At this season of the year when the sweet girl graduates are in the public eye, members of congress are in demand to deliver commencement addresses at these functions. The other evening Representative Rede of Minnesota, the acknowiedged,'wt of the house, and man who has been heard in this city. addressed the graduates of girls school and gave the young ladies some advice on how to get along in the world. He de- clared that happiness is the aim of life and that neither riches nor posi- ton contribute to that state of mind. Branching out into a humorous vein, Mir Bede said: Women quarrel more than men. Why is this? Why is it that children, the sweetest things in the world, can't be together two minutes without quarreling? Sim ply because they haven't experience. Women haven't experience in public affairs and when they join revolu- tionary society they immediately begin to evolute. But l had rather belong to the D. A. R. and fight all the time than not to belong to any thing, for 1t brings experience. So | pay my respects to the D. A. R. and the. Danes of (now what is it?) the Danes of-Auld Lang Syne and wish them godspeed." Speaking of hap piness and taking his hearers back to the days of the old nobility, Mir Bede said: We have more happi- ness than men have had at any stage of the worlds history. We are bet ter on, too. in every way. Why, I went through one of Henry VIII's houses once. You couldn't have rented that house to an American me chanic without putting in improve, ments. It didn't have any bath tub. Henry never took bath. Would that be happiness for us? What of his wives? He had almost as many as there are graduates in this class and he went around killing them out of season, contrary to the game laws of the Kingdom. But even that sport did not make him happy. What of the wives themselves? Not one of them ever rode a bicycle or wore a shirt waist or even knew what shadow embroidery was. How could they be happy" In conclusion MT Bede said, in addressing himself to the class: Be either hot or cold. but never be lukewarm. Do things right or let them alone. There is just as much art in doing thing at the right time as there is in boiling water. Not every woman knows how to do that. My wife didn't when she was married. It's an art Some peo- pie get it either undone or oyerdone. Some cook it SO that the life Is taken all out. Be true to the ideals of the and always equal to the opi portunities that come within your path throughout life"