Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-30
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 If Mayor Thoms wants to leave on his vacation trip with the good will of the dogs of the town, he should revoke the order requiring them to be tied up. The order has been pret- ty generally observed for the past six weeks and over. and according to the best authorities we have in Water bury on such matters. every case of rabies that existed would develop in that time, and then 1t would be safe to let all that showed no signs of the malady trot around as usual, so that If the disease is stamped out it would be a humane act to give the dogs their freedom, and if they don't appreciate it they can be pulled again.
 The official stenographers of the house of representatives say that the debates in the two houses of con- gress during the past seven months average greater space than for any like period in the history of the na- tional legislature. From the begin ming of the present session last De- cember to the close of the days pro- ceedings on June 27, a total of 9,700 pages of reading matter have been recorded in the Congressional Rec ord. This record has only been reach ed once before, and that was dur ing the f1fty-f1rst congress when the first session lasted from December to the first of the following October. In other words, the present session which will probably not last longer than seven months, produced as much debate and netted as many pages of printed matter as did the ten months session of the fifty-first congress Of the debate this session the house has contributed the larger share, all though the senate Is not far behind owing to the great amount of talk ing on the statehood and railroad rate bills.
 Changes in the color of glass are caused by subjecting it to the action of what are known as ultraviolet rays of light. Something of the same sort may be observed on high noun tains, where old glass from bottles originally green, after exposure to the light of great elevation in the regions of perpetual snow, attains a beautiful pale purple tint. The same results may also be seen in connec- tion with the glass insulators used on telegraph or telephone lines in mountain districts. During a period of years an observer says that he has found 1t interesting to watch the changes in hue of the insulators on the telephone line connecting Laggan station of the Canadian Pacific rail- way with the chalet at Lake Louise. The elevation is between 5000 anc 5000 feet, and while the line runs through the forest almost all the way, the actinic effect of the light has changed the green of those insu- lators that have been up for several years to brilliant purple. Those that have been in service longest appar- ently have the deepest tint.
 Apropos the recent announcement to the effect that Henry Ford con- templates manufacturing motor trac- tors, "Hughie" O'Brien, purchasing agent for the Ford Motor company, claims, with all due respect to Mir Ford" to be the original motor trac- tor man. O'Brien has quite reputa- tion as Detroit's Official Tower; not that he has ever acted as walking delegate on a canal or driven mule motor, but the kind hearted fellow cannot suffer fellow motorist to walk home, or hire a horse" when the car gives out. O'Brien admits that he cannot remember a Sunday when he returned to Detroit after days outing and didn't have some dis abled car in tow. Last Sunday he eclipsed all previous stunts by towing big 1905 Olds car weighing 5000 pounds, together with its load of five passengers, three miles into Detroit O'Brien had three passengers in his own little Model "F'' Ford, and all though he admits his car "sweated a little at the radiator" she never falt- cred under the load-and did 1t on the high at that. Talk about motor tractors" says 0'Brien. "they are nothing new to the Ford company, but expert drivers who will work gratis-they're hard to get"
 Senator Knute Nelson of Minne- sota was born in Norway in lS43 and started In life as a newsboy in the streets of Wisconsin. from which state he moved to Minnesota in 1871. Recently he objected to the consid- eration of bill providing that news boys shall be properly licensed before being privileged to cry their papers on the streets of Washington. It was on this occasion that he told the senate he was a newsboy in his youth, putting 1t in the following language: '1 began life in lSi0 as newsboy. had to earn my living. I do not think 1t is fair that good. honest boy must procure license before he can sell newspapers in Washington or in any other city. For that reason l object to the consider ation of the bill" The feature was eliminated from the bill and 1t was passed. Senator Nelson has taken an active part In the welfare of the United States. having been private in the Fourth Wisconsin regiment during the civil war. in which he suffered a wound and imprisonment at Port Hudson. La. in 1883. He was admitted to the bar in 1Ss5 and was q presidential elector in 1880. Be- fore entering the senate on March {. 1895. Mr Nelson served three years as governor of Minnesota and was a congressman for six years.
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