Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
HEARD IN PASSING

Almost as numerous ah snoWHakeS are the protests being received by members of both houses of congress against the passage of the law permit ting cattle to be carried for 40 instead of 2S hours without unloading them for food and water.
 It has been demonstrated by actual measuring that the different musical sounds have an effect upon the strength of the listener. Certain mapor keys acting as tonic stimulants and certain minor notes as depressants. This without regard to lear for music"
 Cax O'Rell has joined the ranks of those who believe that genius is neces- sarily akin to madness. Max once ran slight risk of being considered genius himself but he evidently thinks himself safe by this time and iDdulges in little harmless egg throw ing.
 New York paper which publishes eadh vbgkqj cmfwyp xzfififfffi xziiflft6 daily the list of vessels entering New York harbor from Long Island sound. runs the list under the stereotyped head, Passed through Hell Gate" Recently an error occurred and the head was inserted over the death mo- tices.
 Here is something of what municipal ownership has done in England. liar Hngton has in six years made a net profit of $350, GOO and reduced taxes in live years. Bolton, Leeds, Nottingham m and Manchester show balances on the right side of from $5OO,O0O to S2.OOO.- OOO. Not only water works and street cars are run by the English cities, but theaters, music halls, laundries and bath houses are established. Yet we seem to think America is in the yan.- New Haven Union.
 Connecticut manufacturers have more than a cursory interest in the passage of the Cuban recinrocuv treaty It means much to then-the opening of a new and constantly grow ing market and an instant increase in their output of domestic products Justice to CubaA in this particular in stance carries with it profit to Connec- tlcH manufacturers and q black eva 10 their foreign rivals, who have here tofore held the whip hand in Cuba With reciprocity the reverse will be the case.-New Britain Herald.
 Representative Lakes bill asking Tor the appointment of a woman fac tory Inspector will give the legislators something to think about. The new official asked for may strike some peo- pie as unnecessary, but it will be well to wait until those who favor it have an opportunity to bring out the are11- ments for it before deciding against It. Some states have found sl1ch a. provision wise and we feel sure that the Dill would not have been intro duced unless there were good reasons Tor 1t. The bill is before the labor committee. ee.-Hartford Post.
 According to Professor Totten- if he is correctly reported, there is to be a fourth assa ssination of a president presumably within moderate time He spoke of this at meeting in New Haven the other day and after men tioning that Lincoln, Garfield and Me- Kinley had all met death on Friday and all had been buried on the same day, added that there would be a fourth. He also predicted second national war, and gave warning again that this is an age of the world in which many dire ca1amities are to be expected. Times.
 We are not by any means convinced that one cent Journalism is demoral- izing. There are many excellently edited one cent newspapers. We are constrained, however, to call attention to the effect of the change in price from two cents to one cent upon the Bridgeport Standard. It printed in it's edition Tuesday an excellent like ness of Supreme Court Justice Shiras, as he looked twenty years ago, and la belled it Civil Governor Taft of the Philippines" Should MT Taft at tempt to wear MT Shiras clothes, the law would find a way to compel him to wear at least a bath robe, while MT Shiras with MT Taft's moustache would not be recognized by his most intimate associates.-New Haven Reg l ister.