Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-11
HEARD IN PASSING.

A man has counted 5S6,000 bugs on one bank note, but says that the average greenback is the home of only 142,000. Yet 35,200,000 bugs were found in sixteen drops of New York milk
 During the past few months many millions of American securities have been purchased by foreign bankers. l One we'll known banker places the i amount at close to s150,000,000.- Adams Financial Letter.
 A central Kansas paper receives the story about travelling man who went into a Kansas hotel for dinner. The waitress came to him and said, Bean soup?" No, thank you." said the travelling man. 'I don't care for any bean soup" Dinner is over then, responded the waitress.-Kan- sas City Star.
 If the directory maker is not too enthusiastic, Danbury is taking on flesh and fat at a gratifying rate. He figures out that the present popula- tion of the town is 24,550, which is apromimately 5000 ahead of the fig ure for 1900. Between 1890 and 1900 the census of the town was stationary, but it is now getting up steam again.-Hartford Times.
 MT Lilley has the advantage of having the more active body of
 friends and of being the target for attacks which go so far below the belt as to create interest and sym pathy. It is not altogether a disad vantage for him, either, that men like Healy are bending their efforts to pull Lake through. It promises a lively campaign. Let those of us who have not already lost our tenn pers try to hold them and preserve our smiles and good nature.
 Manager Knight of the Scottish national exhibition at Edinburgh has received the following from a little girl: "I have heard you hatch ba- bies in incubators. Do you give any away? If you don't Ide lik one about 3s. CTS cents); one that has been matched for a week or two. I would like affair haired and blue-eyed little girl; one that is nice and healthy and does not squeal much, If you have no fair-haired at s., brown-haired and brown-eyed will do. It must be healthy and girl. will not have boy"
 Maiden and Worcester, Mass, have curfew for parks and everyone is obliged to get out of the environs of the public parks at 10 o'clock. We do not imagine that such a law was enacted with the idea of working a hardship to anyone. The majority of those who make sure of the benches in the sylvan avenues are young peo- pie. Ten o'clock is pretty late enough for those youngsters to be out. They ve had plenty of time to breathe fresh air, to chew gum, eat candy and swap sweet nothings. Time flies with youth, and it is mighty good thing to have somebody around who knows enough to call a halt.-Meriden Rec ord.
 There are republicans foolish enough to believe that their party can nominate yellow dog on bunco platform in Connecticut this fall and then carry the state We seriously doubt it. In the first place the g. O. p. is in a bad way in Connecticut. Fractional differences in the party have long since passed the concilia- tory stage, and the row that Is now on is certain to be carried to the polls. Moreover thousands of inde- pendent republicans and democrats are sick and tired of these constant republican scraps for places at the public crib. and are only longing for the opportunity to register their pro- test. This republican embarrassment is demoracracy's opportunity.-New Haven Union.