Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-13
HEARD IN PASSING

If President Baer had control of all
the foodstuff in Port Arthur just now
he would be delighted with the prices
"the traffic will bear." Detroit Tribune
In her campaign against Port Ar
thur, Japan has shown with horrifying
directness that the cheapest commod-
ity In the mikados kingdom is human
life. A few more victories such as the
assault upon Ixin-Chow and its cap
ture will make defeat a prize to he
sought in preference.-San Francisco
Call.
Perhaps if the enemies of the di-
vorce evil could take away the matri-
monial incentive that impels separa
ton In so many instances, the hardest.
blow would be struck MT the practice.
Prevent divorced people from marry
ing again, or make them wait Il GER
tain length Of time before marrying.
and the divorce courts would find
their labors materially lightened. But
we need a uniform marriage law to
start the reform. Plain
dealer.
What is the lesson of Quay's career
tc the young men OF the time? 1t is
this: If obliquity and low craft and
manity may be practiced skillfully
enough. there will be no bounds to the
rewards. Quay and his system are
the reversal of all the doctrines taught
in the books; they are examples of
topsy- turvydom: and his career is a
dark, painful, disgraceful episode in a
great nations Philadelphia
Ledger.
-,
street the pay telephones have attach
ments to prevent patrons while talk
ing from inhaling germs from tile
mouthpiece. There is attached TO
each transmitter small silver box
containing disinfecting fluids. When
the patron begins to talk the disinfect-
ing stuff can easily be tasted and
smelled. You see" he explained,
several hundred men use the tele-
phone daily. Some have il whiskey
breath and others a tobacco breath.
Some others must give off germs but
this contrivance fixes EN-. New
York Sun.
1t is just about as ridiculous to talk
of passing a law to compel passengers
to give up end seats as it is for the So
called "end seat hogsoto argue that
they should never under any circHm-
stances be expected to move over.
| There may be circumstances under
which man is Justified in holding an
end seat, and there undoubtedly are
times when he ought to be willing to
move along. Good breeding and de-
cent regard for the rights of others
are the only things that can ever be
expected to remove the "end aeat hog
| question from the list of troubles at
tendant upon city life.-Chicago
| Record Herald
The good probation officer is a min
! lister, doctor a lawyer, a confidant,
an adviser and almost everything that
| is good-except an editoT--a1id ibis
chances for thwarting the devil and
saving the state both finances and an
| increasing tendency toward bad NOR
ais are practically unlimited. He may
work without ceasing and still find
| his labors unfinished. Oftentimes UNI
der his plea OF "Just one more chance
the fallen have been reclaimed. The
| state did well when it adopted the
probation system and critics that fail
to make use of It are making mis-
take. 1t is saving far more than 1t
costs to run it.-Ansonia Sentinel.
The users of automobiles are, as a
class, law abiding and careful. They
recognize that they must to some OK
] tent suffer for the misdeeds of irre-
sponsible persons who do damage and
break laws, thereby bringing the
whole class in disrepute with those
who do not stop to discriminate. But
| If the automobllists are treated fairly,
they will themselves most effectively
act against the lawbreakers among
their number. Meanwhile, the public
may as well face the fact that the
automobile is reality and a perma-
nent thing and consider the wisest
ways of dealing with 1t. Indiscrim-
mate onslaught on all its users is not
one OF them.-New London Telegraph.
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