Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-20
HEARD IN PASSING

It Is to be feared that the unmarried women of this nation will not take
 kindly to the suggestion of long en- gagemehts as remedy for the divorce
 evil. Long engagements are so uncer- n.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 'The trusts are inferior to the gov. ernment," is the way a spellbinder puts 1t. Just before election the trusts will
 permit the statement to go unchal- lenged, but there Is no court of record
 where such a statement is in evi-
 dence.-Exchange
 A New York doctor claims to have
 killed cat and then brought it to life
 again. The story would receive more
 credence If some other subject had
 been chosen for the experiment. There is popular belief that cats have nine hves.-New Haven Union.
 ssNo famine this year." joyfully ex- plains the Philadelphia Enquirer. "A record breaking crop Of corn is in thA
 shock and Jack Frost may bite thG
 pumpkin if he chooses" How easy it
 is to tell that the Enquirer is a repub-
 lican paper. Hartford Post.
 It is strange to us that some of our boys will serve the devil right in the
 midst of prayer meeting by going out
 among the mules and horses and turn ing saddles back forward and under meath. That trick was dope last Sum-
 day Wesson, Miss, Enterprise.
 Judge Parker's little speech of two or three days ago has done more to put life and spirit into his campaign 1 than all his previous utterances, in-
 cluding the gold telegram, put togeth- 1 CT. There should be few more short l and straight from the shoulder address es coming from him Springfield Re 1 publican.
 l After thinking the matter over more
 carefully, General Registrar Foley of New. Haven has decided that President Mellen can legally vote in the national election on November 8. MT Mellen I located in New Haven on November
 g.. 1908, and MT Foley decides that the
 required year of residence is com pleted on November 8. There are ju-
 diciaI precedents for this ruling 'I wish to inform the public of
 Smith county that if they will deposit
 $500 in some bank of Smith Center, I
 will make it rain any week commit. l tee appointed for that purpose should suggest. and if satisfactory to them I to receive the $500, and if not, to re- ceive nothing. After which, if desired, will enter into contract with Smith
 county to furnisA rain for so much per cultivated acre throughout the's crop season. ''Re ruben J Jarvfs,sgsin fa Smith
 County. Kan, Pioneer.
 There are only 1,147 names of ne- l groes left on the voting lists in Louisi-
 ana no less than 130,0O0 having been excluded by means of the poll tax pro-
 vision. Practically, the whole negro vote of the state has been eliminated ! by this poll tax qualification and the suffrage amendment. The registered
 white vote is 1O2,723 and it is calcu- lated that about 85,O0O white voters
 have been disfranhcised by the meas
 ures taken to suppress the negro vote.
 Only a little more than one-third or l the male adults of Louisiana will be included in the list of qualified voters
 this year.-Hartford Times.
 l The wonderful capacity of Japan to l copy all that is best in the world for
 her own administration has been sig,
 nally demonstrated this year. In her | war with Russia she has shown the
 results of years of preparation and study. She has learned all that the
 world has to teach In the art of gov
 ernment. Her constitution is com posite of all that is best adapted to \ Japan in the constitutions of all the different nations of the world. Her
 military organization has been perfect
 ed to the highest degree and all that
 the military genius of the world had I to offer in the line of construction, en- | gineering, discipline and craftsmanship l Japan has learned and is putting into l effect The result is that in this war l modern military organization has had ] it's most remarkable demonstration. I Not only has Japan paid attention to l great things, but comprehendipg how much success depends upon fidelity in little things, her genius has Dranched
 in an infinity of directions. Wall Street Journal