Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-16
HEARD IN PASSING

If tli6 rural delivery service is 10 Ije Hiaihtained at the standard set bv the postal authofities some aetion must be taken to have the pay of the carriers raised as Soon as possible, 6r present. ly 1t will become necessary to employ men WHo are lacking in qualities that should De employed for such employ raent. Detroit Tribune
 Indications are that the postoffiee will be thoroughly weeded out as q result of these investigations and a long step made toward placing the department upon a strict business Ba- sis, where it belongs, and forever putting an end to the plan which has obtained ii the past of using it as a cleaing house for political debts.- Washington Post.
 It is about time that the bar took up fer serious treatment the suggestion of Justice Brewer for reform ifl our criminal appeals system so that the vefdicts of juries may more frequent ly have effect. It is about time that the state gave legal force to he prop osition that the people have some Tights, too, which a murderer is bound to respect. York Press
 On September 22 Paul Misik delib. erately shot and killed Charles O'Brien iii the town of Newington. On Septeria Der 25 he was caught. On October IA he was found guilty of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to be executed. That's the chronology Of an Interesting situation, and only 19 days elapsed between the commission of the offense and the imposition of sentence
 Hartford Post.
 An appeal for the preservation of the sea coast Of Conrecticut for the use of the public, made by Henry w. Doolittle of New Haven, should be ap- proved by all but those who have al ready obtained private ownership o1 hope to do so. The shore is a gift ot nature. which should be open to hf who care to use it. The use may l regulated. as may that of park, sole ly for the greater good of all, but the use should be preserved. Hartford Times.
 The apple is the most democratic of ali fruits. The p6megranite is priest ly; the grape is royal; the orange is luxurious; tha peach and pear are plttocratic, but the apple belongs to the populace. It is symbolic of the country store and the corner grocery It breathes the free spirit of the Amer ican township and village. It has a flavor of old New England and yet i pungeney as of tie south and middle west. It is mild, palatable. nourish' ing and productive of good fellowship and long life-Atlanta Journal.
 MT Jerome has already accepted i'll vitations to deliver a dozen speeches in the New York municipal campai gn and will repeat his ''whlrlWind cam paign" of two years ago. Due care should be taken for his personal safe ty during the next two weeks. There are people ofl the anti-Low side who look on it as rather in the line Of duty to knock out those who aid in de feating the scheme of graft. MI Jerome is undoubtedly the most dan. gero1is of all the enemies of Tammany and the tiger is very hungry, indeed Hartford Times.
 Among afr Chamberlain Glasgow supporters on the platform was local ironfaaster named Baird, a man of great wealth and considerable inHi enee, of whose grandfather 1t is re lated that, having lived d life which could hardly be described as saintly lie experienced some cofnpunctiens of conscience when he perceived his end approaching. Accordingly he sent for d minister and informed him of his in. tention to present large sum of money to the Scottish church. adding anxiously: DO Se think twill do me any good oJt yon P The minister. also a canfy Scot and anxious that the church should receive the benefactioh yet unwilling 10 commit himself too far, replied with characteristic caution: ''Weel, weel. I'm no just free/t to guar antee ye. but 'tis an experiment weel worth making. ."=-New York Times.
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