Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-24
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 The road from Worcester to Leices- ter on August 15 resembled foreign highway. Over POO persons made the pilgrimage to the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the latter place. ton Transcript.
 That Cleveland -Olney masterstroke of the Venezuela boundary dispute Is recalled by the news that Britons and Venezuelans are again quurrelling over jurisdiction along the Braina river. Boston Transcript.
 ; The attempts of these alleged scien- lists to get into the. hospitals for the purpose of photographing the soul show that a soul does leave the body of some people long before death.- Seattle Post-Intelligencer..
 A proposition from political circles in New York to replace Theodore Roosevelt with Lewis Stuyesant Chanler shows how the small but IIose select knickerbocker. element is look ing up.-Philadelphia Record.
 Referring to Senator Foraker's un- certainty as to where the nevision of the tariff should begin, it is respect fully suggested that 1t should begin as the beginning and go straight through to the end.-Indianapolis News.
 Wall street may have its spasms, but they mo longer disturb the rest of the country as they fegmsrly -dll Tho country knows what it is about and IS taking care of it's business ih an en- tirely sane and successful way.-St Louis Republican.
 Conditions existing in the business world, conditions entirely needless, but brought about by yellow news papers and by the yellow mouths of agitators in public office and else where. made it evident that anybody who now leaves good position volun- tarily makes serious infstake.- Worcester Telegram. l Peach growers in Georgia and Ar I kansas are pondering over the prob lem: What's the use of raising crop if we can't get the peaches to market And the railroads are responsible for the losses sustained by the growers and dealers in both instances, so you | see there is no partiality in the dlstri- button of cars.-New York Packer.
 What is going to be the effect of the ] prohibitory movement n the south upon the much-desired foreign imml- grafton thither? The south needs the foreign immigrant and the foreign im- migrant thinks be needs his beer. A thirst generally prevails over the law, but will thirst deliberately go where it is put to unnecessary trouble:-New York Tribune
 It should be made plain that this country Is not going to be turned int another Asia, but that, on the con- trary. we propose to retain for Canadu its character as home, but for sucl races as will become Canadian-unit. ing with Canadians, adopting th, Canadians idea, and not reducing the tone of the people, or imparing ths comfort of our work people.-TorontC Mail and Empire.
 The performance of the submarine boat Porpoise in the waters around Newport the other night, coming sC near the Fulton celebration in New York, has called special attention tc the fact now quite generally forgot ten, that Fulton died In the belief tha his invention of the submarine tor pedo boat was of greater importanc, than his application of steam to navi gation-Manchester Union.
 Japan has ordered two new battle ships, each to be larger than any nov afioat. The news comes from Londor that the British admiralty Is to bea all former records with a fghtin; monster of 5000 tons displacement, 50 per cent larger than the gren DreadnaLght And the naval au thorities at Washington are talking about going 10000 tons better with ! ship that will cost s2O,Oo0.O0o. Mean while the peace conference at Tn Hague is going placidly on and th delegates are congratuiating eacl other on the wonderful progress mad toward the disarmament of the na tions.-Kansas City Post.
 The breaking of the liquor law il Maine is notorious: it has deveiope' among the people a disregard for al law, which gives the best citizens O the state serious concern. The at tempt to enforce prohibition in man. cities of Maine has been almost con tInuously resisted. Similar condition prevail In the cities of Kansas Kan sas City. Kansas. has been boastini of it's enforcement of the local lIquo Isv-prscticzIly a modification of 10 taI option for a prohibfrioa state Iowa tried prohibition. then passe' a law for It's violation If the exper fence of Georgia differs. the law an the conditions under which t operate