Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-09
HEARD IN PASSING.

After all, the statement of the Aus. tralian who announced, after three weeks stay in this country, that he had seen but one pretty woman, may not have been far wrong. He spent those three weeks in Kansas. vile Times.
 Pity the sorrows of republican leaders in New York state. Being lead. CTS, they are, of course, waiting fol someone to tell them where to lead and the orders they get are distract. lngly contradictory. New York Evening Post
 The European press almost unani. mously predict war between Japan and the United States; but about every other war prediction they have made lately has been followed by a new treaty of offensive and defensive al- liance between the belligerents.-De- troit Journal.
 Raisuli. it appears, is a. subscriber to a clipping bureau. Tn this way he not only learns all the pretty things the newspapers have to say about him, but is opportunely informed of the measures projected, for the capture. Everywhere the press gets in its work. -Mexican Herald.
 When we see the number of the Sons of Rest in Norwich, or, in fact, in any other New England city, we wonder whether prosperity is all that it is cracked up to be; but now and then the bureau of public information dispels ouf doubts by a statement of genuine facts.-Norwich Bulletin.
 No stronger evidence of the present world glut of securities has been given than the recent decline of British consols-considered the safest invest ment offered in any country-mtil yesterday they reached the quotation, S2.11-16. This is the lowest record since 1s4s. when they touched S0.- Springfield Republican.
 Two years hence. September 20, 1909, Mars will again be in a position when the distance will be 36,000. .n0O miles, or 100000 miles less than this year. with an angular diameter of % seconds. The data gathered in 1907 will by that time be we'll understood and will prepare the observers for their work in 1909. Perhaps we may then be able to tell with certainty whether or not Mars is the home of intelligent beings.-Springfield Union.
 Senator Atwater did not spring any surprise when he gave publicity to the ardent predeliction of certain senators for the Consolidated road and other privileged corporations for he only confirmed what the public had already been made aware of by the legislative acts of the sen- ators in question. Their actions throughout the entire length of the general assembly spoke louder than any words available in the English language.-New Britain Herald
 The railroads of North Carolina have found discretion the better part of valor and have succumbed to the state authorities under a treaty which seems fair to all concerned. It Is a rather curious state of affairs when so great an issue is settled, not by court procedure. but by a written a greement between a governor and the attorneys for the railways, but such action is the embodiment of common sense. It is the course that wise men always pursue. The law is not an automatic institution. It has no supernormal powers. but is the mere instrument of human agencies. In the end the law will decide which is right: for the moment there Is Tn honorable truce.-Philadelphia h. quirer.