Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-14
AS YOU LIKE IT.
Some Stray Leaves From q Reporters
 Note Book.

North square to-day furnished its | almost daily contribution of diversion for the storekeepers. A picture ped. dler was driving up past the water. ing trough when a wheel of his wagon caught in the trolley track The hub of the wheel split and the wheel fell off and the load of pic. lures tumbled into the street. There was a crash of glass that brought every storekeeper to his door and the lamentations of the peddler were heard all over the square. The pic. ture frames were broken and the pic. lures were torn, and the mans loss considering his apparent circum- stances, must have been heavy.
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 In 1902 the city of Strasshurg open ed dental clinic for the care and treatment of the teeth of the child ren in the public schools. and to make such care and treatment compulsory. The children are treated free of cost and are given instruction in the care ! of the teeth and keeping them clean. Since the establishing of the Strass- burg clinic similar ones have been opened in Darmstadt, Mulhousen. and other cities in Germany, and much interest is being aroused. At the Strassburg clinic 5,343 children were examined the first year and 2,666 re- ceived treatment. The third annual re- port, just published, states there were 21,601 visits to the clinic in 1904 and 6.2S2 children were treated for whom 7,065 teeth were filled and 1885 were extracted, and 1882 other children had their teeth examined. Great advancement was made during the past year in the attention given children between the ages of 3 and 6 years. Of the children between the ages of 6 and years 1G0 out of to- tai of 2,103 had sound teeth, or but 1-4 per cent.
 People live on 16-foot stilts in the remarkable turpentine-growing coun- try of France. They don these stilts after breakfast and do not remove them again until 1t is time for bed. There are two reasons for the wear Ing of stilts in the turpentine country. One is the turpentine gathering The other is the herdlng of the great fiocks. The turpentine comes from the maritime pine. This tree Is tapped, a shingle is inserted, and from the shin gle is hung tiny bucket. into which the turpentine drips. The tapping pro- cess is like that used on the American sugar maple. Young pine trees are tapped low, but with each years pas sage the incision is made higher, so that it is not long before most of the trees are tapped 20 to 30 feet from the ground. Hence the huge stilts of the workmen. On these stllts they tra- verse the flat country. covering five or six yards with each stride, and quickly and easily they collect the turpentine that overflows the little buckets hanging high up In the trees. It is for herding also that the stilts are useful. The country is very fiat, and the herdsman. unless he contin- ually climbed tree. would be un- able to keep all the members of his flock in sight. But striding on his stilts, he commands a wide prospect: {: he Is always. as It were. upon a hill. The stilt-wearers carry a 15-foot staff with a round flat top like a dinner plate. When it is lunch time or when they are tired they plant upright un- der them the stan and sit down on Its round. flat top. Then in comfort seated so dizzily high. they eat and rest and chatter.