Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-25
HEARD IN PASSING

A boy at Windfall, Ind, has be- ome insane from religion, but so far as heard from there is no danger of it's becoming epidemic.-Indianap Sen tineI.
 On the whole MT Wh is fortunate to have kept his head on his shoulders He really has little excuse for not knowing China +better.-New London Telegraph
 Lieutenant Hobson has decided to go to congress. The congressional. record will have to be published in sections if this sort of thing continues.-New Haven Union.
 The Fourth of July fatalities climb up so that they look like the casual ties of a great battle, instead of the innocent and noisy celebration of free dom.-Norwich Bulletin
 New Britain is never happy unless it has a few question marks in it's midst. Now the. people in the Screw City have fire investigation in full bloom.--Meriden Record.
 Cassius M Clay, the Old Lion of Whitehall, is freed at last from his delusions and animosities. It is case for saying, with the good Earl of Kent: "The wonder is, he hath endured so long. "-Hartford Courant
 A Midway woman wishing to visit a neighbor pulled the baby's crib up in front of the telephone, opened the re- ceiver and told Central if the baby be- gan to cry to call her. up at the neigh bor's.--Blue Grass Clipper.
 The projected trolley line from sey- mour to Woodbury via Oxford, is in keeping with Connecticut progress. l Five years ago it would have been ridiculed as an improbability. To-day 1 it is welcomed as practicability.- Ansonia Sentinel.
 No; the president will not go to Eng land. But there is another possibility that would go as far to promote inter national good will and fellow feeling Let tl'o king and queen come over to 1 America and pay visit. We could and would give them such a welcome as they never had in any other country they have visited. The nation would welcome them and England would hear us doing it. So would Germany.-Uti- ca Observer.
 Never in the history of our nation has Uncle Sam's political circus been more interesting, during an off year, than it is at the present time. Our l lively, venturesome president is con- stantly doing something to attract our earnest attention; our only living eX- president, who is by no means a 'has been" keeps the minds of all filled with an expectant curiosity concerning what he may or may not do; our only living tried-to-be president continues to con tribute his unique serio-comic part of the entertainment while noble com pany of would-be presidents awaken lively and varied anticipations of at tractive performances yet to come. All in all the show is we'll worth seeing.- Boston Herald.
 We have heard quite too much in this country during the past year of at- tempts to injure workfngmen who have performed military service to the state by depriving them of opportunity to work after their service has ended. It has sometimes happened when the de- mand has been made upon the employ CT to discharge such men and the de- mand has been refused that an attempt has been made to injure the business of 1 the employer. as well as to hurt the f3mplOye. All SuCu oHOrTS must be resisted with the whole power of the state if Americans mean to continue to live in orderly communities. If that military service which patriotism calls for is to be privately penalized then we have already gone far on the road to anarchy, and shall get there all too soon.-Hartford Times.
 In the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city is hung a massive painting of the court of Rus fia at the time Cassius M. Clay was the repre- sentative of this republic thereat. The scene is one of unusual brilliancy, and portrays the czar in his imperial robes, with feathers living from his headgear, while around him are Sta ttoned all foreign ambassadors at tendant upon the court. Tn the picture Clay and the czar are the only two standing with t2eir heads covered. It is said that Clay was requested to re- move his hat in deference to being in the presence of the czar, but this Clay refused to do, saying: T only take off my hat to those who take off l their. hats to me-" Had the czar un- l covered his head it is to be presumed that Clay would have followed suit, but so long as the Russian monarch kept his head covered before Clay the ! latter would not uncover before him. New Haven Union.