Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-12
HEARD IN PASSING

HOW ulCS It WOulQ lUG II SS0LyDOuS could quit work Saturday at noon dur ing the summer months.-M eriden Journal.
 Was Gallivan insane before the mur- der, or was he driven insane by it, or was his insanity the result of being tried twice for, the crime ?-Ansonia Sentinel.
 The Graham News man says he could not find the editor of the Jacks boro News at the picnic. He probably noticed a tall, handsome young man wearing q magnificent smile who strut 1 ted around the grounds with the pret- tiest girl there. That was l1s.-Jacks- boro, Tex, News.
 Ten years ago there were ;44,926 men l and boys in colleges. and 10, 0,761 women and girls. Now there are 75,427 of the former and 27,S79 of the latter. These figures are interesting, but not half so l much so as if we could have returns showing how many of this army of more than 100000 will be really bene- ffted by college courses. New Haven Union.
 From Ann Arbor university comes the news that girls who go in for athletics are becoming so slender in the waist and so broad in the shoulders that the corset is becoming unnecessary and is likely to disappear, Tn that case physical culture would be only com pleting what fashion had begun. It is a delicate subject, but persons with any powers of observation cannot help taking Norwich Record.
 Here at last is direct charge brought by responsible men and sup ported by certain known facts. If Parks is innocent, his strongest desire must be to confront his accusers and secure a trial at the earliest possible moment Organized labor, which has been badly served of late in various ways, cannot afford to remain indif- ferent ip the face of evidence that it has been betrayed for sum of money. New York Tribune.
 A eomical loophole has been found in the Pennsylvania press gag law. While it applies to daily, semi-week- ly and monthly publications, no men that they are exempt from it's opera tions. Should the law prove a re, straint upon the daily papers, they can
 
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 The announcement that eleven thou. sand negroes are to be brought to Mas sachusetts and colonized near Boston does not promise comfort or enjoyment either for them or for the people of the vicinity in which they may live. There may be no objection to colondzing me- groes near Boston or near any other city of the north, but to bring eleven thousand of them Hall in bunch, ]" without affording them any apparent means of support is to inflict upon them aud upon others deprivation and hardship not pleasant to contemplate te. - Ansonfa Sentinel.
 When Mayor MuIyihill and his fire board are not contributing humor in junks to the gaiety of nations, Mayor Sullivan of Hartford and his common council are doing the vaudeville stunt to the mingled amusement and disgust of their constituents It was but a short time ago that New Britain also contributed liberally to the examples of parliamentary bad manners, but of late there has been a lull which might profltably be made permanent It is just as easy to conduct the city busi- ness in a gentlamanly way as la bad manners,-New Britain Herald