Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-05
HEARD IN PASSING.

me StdnddrQ Oll SO HdS UeSH threatened with extinction many times, but we still have to pay stiff price for the kerosene the girl uses to light the kitchen fire with.--- Bridgeport Post.
 King Edward has issued message ] to the princess and people of India | on the occasion of the jubilee of di- rect British government of the h. dian empire, pledging an extension of equality and citizenship.-Middle- town Press.
 A thief has been made over into I an honest man by little expert sur gery in Philadelphia. so the reports go It would be interesting to see ! some similar operations performed I on some of our politicians.-New Haven Journal-Courier.
 The Maine Teachers association devoted its annual convention large ly to the subject of industrial educa- tion. The subject is being thrashed | out in all progressive communities, and the actual thing has got to be put into operation wherever the com | munity means to do the most it can for the advancement of the young ! people-which means its own devei- opment.-New Bedford Standard. i Last weeks advance in the price I of copper, lead and tin is taken as an indication that the demand for these ! materials has increased, or at least 1 that there is confident anticipation of larger and more profitable business ! along these lines in the immediate future. Meanwhile, until votes are | counted in the election, all kinds of 1 business will pass through what is known as waiting period. An sonia Sentinel. The sale of $350,O00 Meriden town bonds paying f per cent interest at { par, as reported Saturday, speaks very highly for the towns credit, especially in view of the fact that the bonds do not run for a long period of time. It is fact that banking men 1 hereabouts did not think such fa- vorable sale could be made. The re- suit is a pleasant surprise and a mat ter of much local self-congratulation -Meriden Journal.
 When the Merry Widow hat first made it's appearance it was consid- cred monstrosity on account of its size, but that style of headgear is very unobstructive in comparison with the new Georgette, which has been evolved by the Paris milliners and covers about twice as much space as the previous novelty. It is | said that some of the new hats have diameter of six feet and 1t is easy to see that their wearers will be safe in rain, without the aid of an um.
 brella.-New London Day.
 The current number of the Bank. 1 CTS magazine, which contains an eX.
 tended and illustrated account of
 banks and banking laws and prac,
 tices in Mexico, notes the existence
 there of very effective device
 against the over-use of banks
 credit by its own officials. They are
 required to furnish double the securi
 ty exacted from others for any loar
 made to them, and the security mus
 be in the form of stocks or bonds
 which have paid not less than 5 pel
 cent for a specified time. It is saic
 that this requirement has completel,
 removed from Mexico what is a chic
 cause of bank failures in the United
 States.-Springfield Republican.
 Sunday afternoon as a Hartfort
 young man was getting off trolle.
 car he was hit by an auto ant
 knocked into the gutter unconscious
 When picked up 1t was found tha
 his leg was broken. Subsequent in
 vestigation showed that he had suf
 fered internal injuries and on Mon
 day he died. After striking their vic
 tim the autoists did not stop an in
 stant and were out of sight an,
 sound quickly. Their action va
 brutal and inexcusable. It seems in
 credible that human beings are S absolutely lacking in the essential
 of ordinary decency. With this sor
 of thing happening so frequently is not strange that violent prejudie
 and antagonism are aroused.-Mer den Record.