Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-21
HEARD IN PASSING

It is noteworth, that when grand jErieS determine to go after big game they never undo. take to find it on the dHm0cratic side Of the senate.
 It is all very well to condemn riot ing and revolutions, but what would you do if you were a Russian peasant:
 That earthquake up in New Eng land was probably due to the late George Frisbie Hoar turning over iD his grave when he heard of the goings on of some of his former colleagues.- New York Telegraph.
 Don't let the thermometers fool you. Some of them go riduculously high on the slightest provocation, making peo- pie think it much hotter than it really is. and thus increasing their suffering. If you must consult thermometers con suit reliable ones, fairly located.- Meriden Journal.
 Secretary Wilson stands in danger of repeating the famous hot air blunder of the late postmaster general. The secretary cannot afford to conceal any of tie details affecting the prosti- tuition ef the government crop reports. regardless of whom may be exposed by full publicity.
 The railroads of the country are still in the business of slaughter It ap- pears from a bulletin of the interstate commerce commission just issued that nearly a thousand persons were killed and more than 14,OO0 were injured dur ing the first three months of this year. Prevention does not appeal to Ameri- can railroad managers generally, it would seem.-Providence Telegram.
 Judge Stoughton, who has been en- gagged by Senator Patrick McGovern to test the constitutionality of the judges salary bill, has not yet decided upon the details of the proceeding he will institute. An injunction against the payment of the increased salaries will be applied for. The case then would be returnable before the superior court and would be reserved for the decision of the supreme court.-Bridge- port Farmer.
 Referring to the strictures passed by President Roosevelt in hisletter to Mir Moody, on Statistician Holmes, the crook who sold the government cotton reports, the Lowell Mail says: "The president has happy way of voicing public sentiment ill a vigorous man. ner' That depends on whether or not the party who happens to be the sub- ject of discussion is a personal friend. In that case MT Roosevelt is quite likely not to voice public sentiment nor pay heed either to thatper to logic or ethics. The Morton episode is case in instance.-Fall River Globe.
 There is no doubt that Judge Cal houn, recently sent as special commis- sioner to Venezuela, will disentangle the somewhat complicated situation there, so that there will be a. least a fair comprehension of what the condi tions really have been in the past ana now are There is good reason for this conclusion, because Judge Cal houn has done similar work for IT." government and demonstrated his skill and good judgment along that line. He went to Cuba in the same Tnpacity Ifh- der President Mckinley and he did his work there with celerity, certainty and discrimination which makes 1t more than probable that in the Ven ezuela case he will also bring under standable order out of the apparently prevailing chaos.-Bridgeport Stand ard.
 IL is believed that Sayaii Roo, the raiah of Baroda, is the l.0ssessor Of wealth equal if not superior to that of John D. Rockefeller. He was educated in an English university and his peo- pie are we'll governed. Much of his vast riches is in the form of precious stones. His wife owns the most fam ous diamond necklace in the world. It is worth S2.OO0.O0O and is made up of 900 stones, each the size of hazelnut. She also has a collarette of J0O per feet diamonds. none less than 20 car ats. In the treasure chamber is car pet four square yards in surface, made up entirely of ropes of diamonds, pearls and rubies. II required Si,OOO,- UOn worth of gems and three years of labor. The long corridors of the palace are lined with marbles and onyx of