Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-15
HEARD IN PASSING.

The action of President Roosevelt
 in remaining the San Jacinto nation.
 al forest in honor of Grover Cleve-
 land is gracious and proper recog-
 milton of what the late ex-president | did in creating the American system
 of national forests.-Hartford Times.
 n Murphy's, visit to Mr, Bryan was
 unfortunate in recalling the pitiful figure cut by New York at the demo-
 cratic national convention. It would have been better had Tammany
 slunk home without attracting fur
 ther attention to itseif.-New York World.
 That is a good civil service report from the Pennsylvania railroad which
 shows among the company's active employees 1850 men who have been at work more than forty years. Evi- dently the idea prevails in the gen. eral offices that it does not hurt a
 man in efficiency to mature with the
 business.-New York World.
 It is customary for politicians to
 remark after the ballots have been cast, Tt is all over but the shout
 ing" but judging from the eighty
 six minutes of applause which the Denver convention gave to Bryan, its delegates thought best to attend to the shouting first, to make sure of getting 1t in.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 Guffey of Pennsylvanla. agent of the corporations, and allied with the other party, who was dethroned at Denver, will return east and have plenty of company. The successful democrat in strong republican states as rule works hand and glove with the other side, and from all accounts Guffey has been of that kind Middletown Press.
 So perfectly have the cinemato- graph and the photograph been de- veloped that it is now possible to re- produce an entire drama on a screen. with every gesture of the actors and every infection of their voices faith fully recorded. The dramatist and acrtor are no longer able to control the products of their minds and skill. They are at the mercy of factories that can" the drama for the bargain counter trade.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 There will be no war with Venez- uela. in all probability for the Unit ed States will hardly go so far as that in the effort 10 emphasize the foolish ness of President Castro. There are other nations. France. England and Holland. which have similar if not the same grievances against the troublesome South American republic but a combination of these powers to use anything but moral force upon the kicker Is unthinkable.-Bridge- port Standard.
 News from the stock market to- day Is to the effect that Wall street regards the defeat of Bryan as a cer- tainty and quotes the condition of the markes before and since his nomination al Denver compared to those prevailing st the time of his previous selection for the presidency. On the tvo latter occasions a scare followed his nomination. but this year the market was not affected and his candidacy failed tu cause any apprehension whatever.-Nsw 1, Britain Herald.
 Reports from the Beth Israel hos pitsI in Nev York city that periton- itis is being treated successfully hv | the use of pure oxygen seem to indi- | cate that sa eXeeedinsly valuable I medical discovery has been made. Of all diseases this hes been the most 1i1cult to cure. IL carried away President Mckinley and annually oos;s the lives of thousands Of per sons. Under ordinary methods oil treatment it is said that oaiy about i've per cent Of the sufsrsrs of perl icnitis are saved The dischsrEs from the hospital of a patient uk0ss case