Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-15
HEARD IN PASSING

Just what will happen between Dis trict Attorney Jerome as the party of the first part and sundry Equitable sinners as parties of the second part remains for the future to determine New Britain Herald.
 We suppose that some offcious busy bodies will now be nosing around to discover if possible whether the con. tents of that glass with which Presi- dent Roosevelt toasted the success of the peace conference, at the functions on the Mayflower, Saturday, contained anything stronger than ice water.- Fall River Globe.
 The assumption of control along the embattled border between Louisiana and Mississippi will nip the pTonisei war in the bud and insure that what ever expenditure of energy is r!ade shall be against the fever and no' against the forces of either state. And so dies down another thrent of frater- nal bloodshed. The general outlook is better to-day.-Bridgepor Standard.
 Six months in jail and fine of $1,- O00 is sufficient penalty for Senator Mitchell, as it carries with it exclusion from holding office under the govern ment of the United States. It is lighter sentence than was imposed on Senator Burton of. Kansas, who has appealed as has Mitchell Pending a final decision in their cases the senate may not care to eXpel them, but they should have the decency to resign.- Bridgeport Farmer.
 District Attorney Jerome in an in terview published in New York Sun day paper, pays his respects to Con- necticut politics, and says he does not believe that the people intended that auction block methods should pre- vail The people as a rule do not in- tend it, but the methods alluded to do prevail in the land of steady habits just the same as in New York. where Mr Jerome is trying the purifying method.-- Penny Press.
 An official statement from Wash ington shows that immigrants to the number of 112,315 arrived at ports of the United States during the month of June. compared with 75.443 in the cor responding month of 1901. Of the total, 106,0I5 came from Europe. more than 5000 from Asia. the remainder being scattered. Nearly 10000 immi- grants registered from Russia. a slight increase over the figures for June 1904. The quality. however of this mass of aliens, was considerably below the av- craze as much as the quantity was above it.-New Britain Herald.
 Tent grown" tobacco is somewhat out of vogue in Connecticut, but i'll Cuba thousands of acres of the best tobacco fields are covered with the cloth which was developed in our cot ton mills to meet the demand that ex- isted here two or three years ago. Cor respondent Frank q. Carpenter, who has been in Havana recently. reports MT Book. the leading Cuban producer of tobacco and cigars, as saying: We are raising tobacco under cloth be- cause the shade protects the plant and gives it a lighter colored leaf. There is a fashion in tobacco and the, fash ion now is for light-colored cigars Many suppose such cigars are not so strong as the darker ones. but that is a mistake. The color is caused by the sun. and a dark cigar is only a sun burnt cigar. The shade does not change its flavor or quality. It serves as a protection. however. and the plants are less liable to be injured by insects or the wind."-Hartford Times.