Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-12
HEARD IN PASSING

General StOeSsel has done his duty as q soldier to his sovereign to the last chapter and line: he has now also done his duty to his men by say ing them from the fate of the sham Sentinel.
 The Chinese are in some respects the worst sufferers by the war in Manchuria. It is reported that 2O.OW of them are homeless about Mukden and in starving condition. They have no rights, apparently, that either Rus sians or Japanese are bound to re- spect.-Philadelphia Press.
 Poor Pennypacker. Don Quixote | fighting the windmills is less ludic- rous object than the governor of Penn sylvania lcvcling q legislative lance at the Philadelphia newspaper car tOonist. The Knight of the Sorrowful Nisage had hurts to nurse after the encounter. So will the governor.- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The Russians are loud in their praise of the bravery of the Intrepid laps. and all the world takes off its hat to the heroism with which Port Arthur has been defended. What Il pity 1t is that the brave men of two great nations should he thus engaged destroying one another. There could lve no stronger proof of the folly and the senselessncss of war.--Boston Globe.
 The inaugural parade in Hartford resembled the accounts of the French retreat from Moscow on smaller scale. but the Connecticut soldiers had an end to their woes in sight and having reached il through the snow, they were all right. The capitol nn the hill is a shining mark and the 1 troops did not fail to make. it. not withstanding the drifts.-Bridgeport Standard.
 Orisen Bennett is dead. The thought will bring choke to many . throat and q tear to many an eye. The dear old man. who. although he lived to he nearly S4 years old. ever main tained the spirit and vivacity of youth and the heart of boy. and who, wherever he went and whatever the surroundings. by his magnetic personality. invariably shed all around Il glow of harmony and peace and happiness. Journal.
 When the late Prof Sommervillc of the University of Pennsylvania, the learned collector Of gems. charms and mascoiS. had set his mind on some curio heard "f in one of his meetings with OrieItals. nothing could bar tn, Nsly. Were if in the center of tn, desert of Sahara ar oil the topmost pinnacle of the Himalaya mountains he would gn after it and keep up ths search until the treasure was found purchased and placed on exhibition ai inc university museum.-Iiarry Dilloi Jcnes in BooklOver's Magazine.
 This afternoons dispatches iron Washington render it pretty eviden that President Roosevelt regards th. regulation of freight rates as the para mount issue now before congress. an, ti.at he proposes io bring all the virili ty of his nature and all the power O Lis office to bear to force a solution Q the complicated problem. If the pres ent congress fails to enact Legislation Ie will in all probability or'ler an extr; session. IL isn't certain that the preSi dent is quite sure just what remei, ought to he applied. hut he is anxiou to apply it--IIartforI Times.
 The superintendent of firm whicl manufactures musical instruments al II0St fell out of his chair when he re c,.iveI letter from the south Se: Islands which stated that King HOuai lou wanted another piano. That's ih sixth he's ordered in the last si. months. Does he use 'em for fuel fe boiling missionaries: Well I gues 5.ot. He has a musical ~oul-at least it WAS developed when he first trie' IIe instrument Wagner. Beethovei and the rest of them don't please th king very much- but. strange to say ise likes ragfime- New York Evenin, Journal