Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-14
HEARD IN PASSING

The czar is said to be determined not to permit the name of Actor Witte to appear in large type on the pro- gram. Still the gallery knows who rescued the maiden.-Chicago Record Herald.
 In Cincinnati the women are be ginning to take up the fad of going shopping without their hats. Here a good many of them go shopping with out any money in their pocketbook.- Boston Globe.
 Half or less of the S6O.OOO. .OOO spent annually in improving the roads of this country might be spent to much better advantage in sending all the highway commissioners on an educational trip to Europe where the people know how to make and main tain public roads.-Chicago Tribune.
 Thirteen carloads of black walnut logs were shipped from Stroud, Okla homa, to Germany last week. Eight carloads more of the same kind of timber are ready for shipment. It is to he hoped our big territory will not do like other sections of the land cut down all its black walnut and plant none.
 Wall street complains that it is not prosperous; when Wall street is pros porous it is the rest of the country that complains. Chronicle.
 Woman bigamist says she would like to have 20 husbands if the law would allow it. They might be kind of handy around the house, say on pay day.-New York Herald.
 If what the emperor said has been correctly reported, he will scarcely serve as model of discretion for oth- CT soyereigns and statesmen. Had he desired to give grave offense at TO- kio he could scarcely have hit upon a more effective means. For our own part. we do not believe that the Ger man emperor ever made the state ment that the suggestion of a con ference came originally from Berlin and was offered at the czar's request. New York Sun.
 Tt is rather surprising news" to the Hartford Times that the police Of several Connecticut cities propose to enforce the bicycle lantern law. Its impression is that the legislature in- tended that this toothless statute should be ornamental rather than useful: should be hung on the wall rather than enforced" That seems to he the impression of the Bridgeport authorities, who permit the law to be violated with impunity and of the in- creasing number of wheelmen who are convinced none but they have rights on our sreets.-Bridgepo Farmer.
 There is no better indication of prosperity in Connecticut industries than is to be found in the fact that many of the old mill structures in the state are now being put to use for the first time in years. Not few of them that have long been untenanted are now under lease by energetic business men. and machinery that has long been silent is now humming merrilr. New mill structures are being erected but the fact that the old ones are in demand would seem tO indicate that enterprise cannot wait for builders. We believe there Is a smaller peTeen- taCe of mill structures idle now in Connecticut than for a long series Of years.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 MT TrOup says he seeks no office, and we do not doubt his sincerity. IL is only fair to say of him that in ev- cry office he has occupied his record shows that fidelity has always been the strongest governing motive. for he always has hewed to the line. no matter where the chips fell. No col Iecfors of internal revenue were ever more faithful, efficient. honest and successful. too faithful and too sur- ceSsfuI to suit some who did not want to obey the law and who objected 10 heinz made to do SO but faithful in inst the way that President Rose veil was faithful when as police com missioner in New York city he en- forced the law. saving: "If you do no+ like the law change it. It's my husfuazs 10 enforce the law. I'm not . awmsker.'-New Haven Leader.