Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
HEARD IN PASSING

During the year ending October 1, 1904, the Boston police rounded up 22,621 jag cases, as against 17,11S ar- rests for the same cause during the previous year. The increased arrests for drunkenness are due to the string ent orders issued by Judge Emmons, chairman of the board of police com missioners.
 A woman in Connecticut writes to metropolitan newspaper that she cannot get any one to work on her farm, although she pays good wages, and the neighboring formers. have Ithe same trouble, while she points out, the city is full of the unemrfoyed That is the point. These men do not want work. They want employ ment," which is different to their minds. Brooklyn Standard Union.
 A curious mixture of early piety and worldliness came to light in a city school room, one day. says Ltppin- cott's, when the teacher had asked the children to write oa tbeir pads of paper something about the profession or occupation in which they would like to engage when they became men and women. One little girl wrote briefly, but effectively, "I would de- sire to be lady rider at d circus, if 1t was the Lords wfil"f Another wrote, Missionary, but if not that. millinery or clerk in candy store.'
 The following extract from some republican correspondence concerning Indiana is quoted especially because of the light 1t throws upon the free rural delivery service as a new politi- aoI 1Y,u aafraa Tn dns1I1kfttT k,fAAoS. ttusI.a a \ rural free delivery carriers--almost all of whom may be regarded as intelli- gent and effective republican scouts, have reported the number of Bryan ties on their routes who are going to vote for Roosevelt or for Watson, and the figures are exceedingly encourag- ing to the republicans Scouts, it appears, is an interchangeable term for offensive partisan" n."-New Brit ain Herald.
 Typewriting is much better than most writing with pen, but printed page IS more comfortable for use than ono that is typewritten, and it seems that u New York stenographer has walked up to the fact and now furnish cs records of evidence in court cases printed at the same rate as typewrlt- ten. It is explained that tho trans cripts can be furnished in even less time than before, the method beipg to read the evidence into photograph and then have 1t put into type on n typesetting machine from the phono- graph reproduction. Stenography, photography and typesetting machine make thoroughly modern combina- ton, and one which only few years ago would have been startling almost beyond lief.--Hartford Times. Notwithstanding the Russian con. 1 tention that 1t is unlawful for the English and American people to sell food and munitions of war to the the | Japanese, cargoes of food stuffs for | the Russian government are being shipped from San Francisco to Shang- l hal, and Charles R. Flint of New l York has just been sued by Theodore | $. Darling of St Petersburg for $41,- | 900, alleged to be Darllng's share in I the profits on rapid guns and projec- l tiles made in Bridgeport and sold to l the Russian government for $441,O00 l Nlint's price was $400,00O) It is said that these guns and projectiles | were shipped to Russia after the war with Japan begun. The Russian con- ception of International law evidently Is a law which is binding on every !, other country except Russia.-Hart- | ford Times.