Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-22
HEARD IN PASSING

Germany would SuperSede the mule for South African use. The mule does not kick on that-Buffalo Even ing News.
 All accounts agree that the camp week at Mantle was a, great success. and even the generals and coionels on the governors S staff learned something about soldering. Stamford Advocate.
 The czar of Russia is said to have sent an agent to the United States to procure data on lynching He might enlarge the agents scope of inquiry to take in jury fixing in Kentucky. Louisville Herald.
 Kerosene oil has risen again. The consumers might play even by going back to taHow candles were it not for the mechanically fact that the packing house combine has the tallow cornered. Atlanta Constitution
 President Roosevelt has right to talk strenuously flor decency in speech. He doesn't swear often. True, he is reported to have used the word damn on the occasion of that troll ley accident, but certainly the sftua- tion jusifed it.-Syracuse Herald
 Irf the Connecticut river doesn't get agitated over the discussion regarding the fitness of its water for drinking purposes, which is being conducted by the Hartford papers, it will be because the editorial blasts are mutually de- struetive of one another. Torrington Register.
 At Richmond, Va, six candidates for the nomination for sheriff on the dem ocratic ticket determined the candi- dacy by a foot race. Cleveland, Cor man, Hfl, Maes, Parker and others should govern themselves accordingly. They could get more running in this way than by nomination against President Rooseve elt.-4A Milwaukee Wis conSin-
 They do persist in saying that Gen. eraI Corbfn is to be the Pooh Bah of the war office again. If we should get into another war, the experience of the general during the Spanish American encounter would enable him to cut terrifying figure at Washing ton. When this fighter gets his war paint on and begins to issue orders, there is always trouble for the enemy, at home and abroad.-Pawtucket Times.
 
 traIia will have unusual significance, because for the first time the entire fe- male citizenship of continent will exercise the unrestricted right of suf- frage. Over S5O,O0O women voters are registered. and, needless to say. such a great increase of the franchise has introduced uncertainties into the cleo tion, sufficient to cause even the most experienced politicians to lose their prophetic bearings entirely.-Newport News
 Governor Durbin of Indiana has re- moved a police commissioner who is a member of the Glass Bottle Blowers union, and was appointed at the in stance of organized labor, and who 1 failed to protect the business men of ] Marion during the recent labor trou- bles If labor unionists oppose the 1 nnilitia and police it is evident that l they ought not to be appointed col onefs of the National Guard or com missaoners of police. ce.-Philadelph 1 Record.
 The annual story of thousands of | children who cannot be received in the 1 public schools comes from New York. l This time the number to be excluded is  l time is the nonlcomp1etion of school buildings that have been ordered. and which are said to have been delayed l by strikes. The additional sittings l actually provided since last year are l 19.8O9. The increase of children of school age was about 25.OOO. and last l year 6S.34O were crowded out.-Hart- 1 ford Times.
 Harper's Weekly for August 2 con- tains a timely discussion by experts on an important phase of the interna- l tiorral yacht races. William Everett Hicks claims that the practice of jock | eying before the start in the America s cup races is unfair and unsportsmdn- | like, to which Sir Thomas Lipton re- l plies in an authoritative and interest ing article defending the practice MT Hicks's contention is based upon the fact that the jockeying before the start not only gives one boat an unfair advantage over the other before the race has really begun, but that it is 3 constant source of peril to the yachts