Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-01
AS YOU LIKE IF.
Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
 Note Book.


 Do not complain about the warm weather; before you realize 1t the | fall will be upon us and then the winter. August travels at rather
 swift pace and 1t seems no time until we are gazing at September on the calendar.
 Employees not satisfied with their vacation should not grumble. Re-
 member Russell Sage maintained
 that it was just as reasonable for employees to work two weeks during the summer for nothing as it was for
 employers to give their help pay
 while they were on their vacations. Many persons, If asked about it, | would say that the thermometer is affected by the wind, but 1t is not. If you stand out where the wind can blow freely over you, you feel the cold much more than you do when
 sheltered--say, by the corner of a building it is different with a thermometer. Try 1t by hanging up
 two thermometers, one in the wind and the other in a sheltered place
 near by, and you will find that they
 mark the same temeprature, every thing else being equal. Wind is merely air in motion, and the motion does not make it colder. You feel the cold more sensibly when ex- posed to 1t because the current of air takes heat away from your body.
 Did you ever know that dentists have almost as much dread of having their teeth treated as their every day patients? The fear of dentists in- strument is half imaginary the greater part of the time, but still the doctor apparently has the same feeling for the chair as hundreds of others. While talking with two dentists during the week the writer was surprised to learn that each dis liked very much to have detntist work on bis teeth. One was young practitioner while the other has been in the profession for several years. Still they claimed the pain did not trouble them in the least. No won der their patients are at times scared to death when taking their seat in the chair.
 Although the grade and layout of Wolcott street will undoubtedly be welcome improvement to the ma jority of the residents. yet all will, it is safe to say, regret the passing of Welton's arch. For years this arch has stood on the road nearby the Melton homestead and has at- tracted the eyes of all passersby. Adorned with fruits and flowers, beautifully carved and surmounted by handsome eagle with spreading wings chiselled out of large rock, the arch was magnificent piece of work considering the manner in which it was done. This arch as we'll as the novel gate going into the Well ton yard and many other objects made by the artist have for years excited admiration in those who saw them, and 1t seems a pity that any of them should be removed from their original places.
 The belated discovery by some one that there Is no legal warrant for the historic motto of Virginia, Sic Semper Tyrannis." recalls the fact that the chief notices of our states as we'll as the notices on govern ment coinage. exist in usage only. Some have been incorporated in of- cial seals; some have been used in- discriminatory on state documents and some merely grew up." The motto of the United States. "E Pluri- bus Unum." is Latin. and nearly all the states have taken up Latin mot toes. There are few exceptions. One is Minnesota. which has a French symbol, "L'Etoile du Nord" North Star). Montana has a Span ish motto, "0ro y Plata"-Gold and Silver. It was adopted before the vast copper deposits of Montana were known. Alabama has an Indian motto. the English equivalent of which is Here We Rest" Washing ton state has an Indian motto. Al l Xii" i. e., by and by. California has a Greek motto, the work Eureka" T have found it." Nebraska has the | plain American motto, Equality Be- lore the Law"
 Whitening flowers may be wonder fully revived by plunging their stems into hot water or by clipping he ends. A preventive of decay Is l pinch of charcoal put into the first water in which they are immersed. Flowers grown from the roots in .hree weeks-this may be accom- llished by filling a flower pot more han half full of quick-lime, then filing to the top with good soil, and the bulbs In the usual way. The heat of the lime rises through he earth and by this process flowers an be obtained at the shortest lotIee. Keep the soil very dry. good soil no plant can hrive. The best Is produced by mixing fresh sandy loam with R third f weil-rotted manure. In poitIag ,lants press the soil well down into