Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-17
HEARD IN PASSING

Up in Maine the issue was Rum,
 Roosevelt, Reform, and all kinds of
 things. New York World.
 Never mind about Brother Fair
 bankss Arctic temperament; has his
 bar'l thawed out yet?-Atlanta Con stitution.
 As long as Odell Is the republican
 party of New York there is no telling what may happen to Roosevelt ---Me Mem- phis Commercial-Appeal ,5 + s.
 Some men achieve matrimony. soma
 have it thrust upon them, and others
 are lucky enough to escape 1t alto. gether.- r.-New Haven Union.
 The newspaper fraternity will be
 pained to learn that carrying radium in the pocket affects the tone ana color of diamonds.-Merideh Journal. l China would feel under obligations l if the international lawmakers would get together and fix fair rental price for battle fields. -Kansas City Jour 1 nal. 1@
 I AS a general statement, it would be fair to say that racing machines have about as much right on wagon road as locomotives. Tn fact, twenty. mile-an-hour automobile is a locomo- Candidate Roberts is going to have l the time of his life piling up a re-
 publican majority in this city. It's very lucky for him that he comes before the people in presidential l year.--New Bhitain Herald.
 | tive.-Philadelphi Record, x
 One thing our citizen soldiers have learned at the Manassas maneuvers,
 and that is how it feels to get worn out with the work of marching and fighting or make-believe fighting. They
 know how the Russian troops felt
 who ran from Ldaoyang to Mukden,
 and how the Japanese soldiers felt who did the chasing over the same ground.
 It is something, surely, to be expert.
 enced Tn some of the sensations that go with real war. Our boys have had lem Bridgeport Standard.
 John Arbuckle, the millionaire Brooklyn sugar refner and coffee
 merchant, has declared war on the towing monopoly on the Hudson
 river. This combine has dictated
 rates for transportation through the
 Hudson river for twenty years. The Arbuckle interests are alone in the
 new fight, and they will keep at 1t until they hammer down the rates to
 a reasonable figure. MT Arbuckle is
 well equipped for the struggle, hav- ing the boats, the money and the time. He has already hired twelve tugs, and the immediate re- suit has been cut of about 40 per cent in rates. The millionaire Brook | lynite declares that he is prepared to stick, even If the fight lasts for years.--Hartford Post.
 Mrs Grover Cleveland has be- come an expert in photography, and
 the fascinating occupation is her chief diversion In her beautiful
 home, Westland, Princeton, she has
 complete equipment, ana the finish
 of her pictures shows how painstak-
 ing she has been studying the use of
 the camera One of the best examples l of her art is 6 by 10 mezzotint of
 her husband and son "Dick'a--as they call sturdy Richard Folsom Cleve-
 land--raking hay in the meadow. The focus is perfect, the expression on ! each face has been caught to a nice l ty, and even the smallest blades of l dried grass are outlined with q 1 sharpness of edge that would do
 credit to the professional photogra-
 pher., Views of the entrance to the l grounds, the interior and exterior of I the Presbyterian church, front and l side views of the Cleveland house,
 are among the best examples of Mrs l Cleyeland's work.-Exchange
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