Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-18
HEARD IN PASSING

Mr. Roosevelt edited his nominating
speeches, but he will not be allowed
to blue pencil the election returns
Memphis News.
% 1t certainly is discourteous for the
Japanese to refuse to discuss then
plans with our war correspohden -
New Haven Union.
"NIistah President, sub. you should
surely git a rabbits foot" This is the
| 18th republican national convention
New York Herald.
Who says that southerners are not
patient and forbearing? The man who
at the Nashville reunion, proposed to
change Dixie, was allowed to escape
uninjured. Baltimore Sun.
y A. newspaper article tells sHow J.
p. Morgan buys jewelry.''' The most
interesting Feature is omitted in the
story, which is the fact that he sdoesn
have to pay cash DOWN. Brockton En-
terprise.
A man in Sterling, III, il JOB years
old and, has voted at twenty presiden-
tial elections In every instance his
candidate has been elected. The par
ty that secures his vote this year will
be lucky. -Bridg Morning Tele-
gram.
Imagine il you can President Roose.
velt's surprise when the notification
committee of the republican national
convention marches into the white
house and without previous warning
tells the president he has been nol1i-
mated. Chicago Chronicle.
IL the vandai who, slashed Santos
Dunont's airshfp bag could be detect
ed, punishment fitting the crime
might be to let the Brazilian aeronaut
take him along on one of his air voy-
ages with permission to pitch him
overheard at a point of the aeronaut's
selection -Ansonia Sentinel.
Here's another chance for skeptical,
cynical folks who like to pin. up anna
teur prophecies for future. reference.
Chancellor Henry McCracken predicts
that within fifty years New York will
have a Roman Catholic university and
4 Jewish university .-Hartford Coi1r-
ant
+, Charles G. Bisse1l would like to, be
the republican candidate for comp
tro11er and his friends are active in his
behalf, They will !, hardly endorse
Governor Chamberlain for renomfna-
ton as he could not be paid that IN,
precedented compliment without in
Guiding ia it. the rest Of the state, off,
GERS. Not to include would be to
snub them. Bridgeport Farmer.
Elijah" .Dowie is with us once
again. Neither England nor Aus
tralia could 'bides 1.-THE Prophets pres
ence. London and Sydney Were objects
of his, sovereign abomination. In an
interview. at the Liverpool quay 'tthe
REORGANIZATION of Elijah is. reported to
have said: "Some people think I am
an fmpostor, but prophets were stoned
in days of Old The same authority
that tells us that the prophets were
sometimes stoned by an ungrateful
people IS silent as to their financial
rating, The Chicago exhorter stood
in high .repute while his name was in
| honor in Bradstreet's, but, since the
court appointed a, receiver for the wiz
ard of Zion City there have been none
50 poor. as to do him reverence. Dow
lie. the money therer, stood like Saul
| among the prophets: Dowie, the bank
| rupt, has fallen too low for recogni.
| ton. Like other individuals the ROY.
| ing, evangelical bent on amassina
wealth sinks to his own level, and
there the people are content to leave
him. Catholic Transcript.