Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-15
HEARD IN PASSING.

It Is said that the last annual mes
 sage of President Roosevelt to con
 gress will be sizzling hot, Roose-
 veltian to the core. If SO, look for
 another slump in Wall street.-Win-
 sted Citizen.
 The gentleman who gives notice to
 the editor that he wishes to have his matter printed just as written should
 be careful that every rule of gram
 mar and the dictionary is not vio-
 lated.-Norwich Bulletin.
 MT Bryan boldly announces him self the advance agent of prosperi-
 ty." Is it the prospect of MT Bryan's election which is bringing prosperity
 back already? We shall have the answer to the question in a few weeks.-New Haven Register.
 One thing certain, before man inquires why some names are not on the voters list while others are, 1t is we'll for him to be sure of his ground. Also before a man elopes from his party he should be con- vinced he really wants to marry and settle down with another.-Ansoni Sentinel.
 American visitors to London this season have fallen of 50 per cent in number, owing to the fact that Lon don shuts up at 12:30 a. m. A man who stays up all night in New York to have a good time doesn't want to be put to bed just when the night season becomes interesting. and so he cuts London and goes to Paris.-- Bridgeport Post
 The reports given out from repub- lican headquarters to the effect that the national committee is short of funds. having but about $400, ,000 in- stead of the $1,500,000 expected, should be taken with the proverbial grain of salt. Just such reports have been given out in previous cam paigns when the republican treasury was literally oyerfowing with cor ruption funds. Doubtless the same is the fact now.-Bridgeport Farm CT.
 Here in Savannah we have 570 registered automobiles. The num- Der is largely due to the fact that in this county we have about 100 miles of as good roads as are to be found in the United States. With such mileage of hardened roads. most ev- erybody who can afford an automo- bile has one. The number is increas- ing, which may be taken to mean that the financial condition of the people is getting better all the time. News.
 We wish to suggest to the schools have a big spelling race on NJ Webster's day, since 1t will come on Friday this year. Many of the old people will remember that Friday, the spelling race and the old blue black speller constituted the great trio. If not the great trial of their lives-that is, of their school lives. Don't forget that 1t will also be John Paulding's day, and that ! caught a British general mapping" on his pony.-New Haven Union.
 Another presidential ticket has been placed in the field. This time it is the liberal party that has made nominations, its candidates being Sidney c. Trapp of Georgia for presi- ient and John Maddox of Minnesota Tor vice-president. The convention was held at Chattanooga, Tenn, and the party platform declares for wo- men suffrage, direct taxation, separa- ton of church and state, the confin- ing of state and national govern ments within their constitutional limits and the initiative and referen- 1um. This makes eight national tickets that are now in the field and he citizen who cannot find one In he list to which he can give his sup port must. be hard to please.-New Britain Herald.
 Three days hence. If all goes we'll, here will be sixty war ships at an- ;hor in the harbor of Yokohoma, of which sixteen will be United States 'attleships and eight the battleships ,f Japan. Japanese cruisers and smaller vessels will make up the re- nainder of this great congregation ,f war ships. Every kind of enter ainment of which the Japanese have command will be offered to the American officers and men during | heir stay in the ports of that coun- ry. In China the government seems 0 have the idea that gold and silver medals will prove most pleasing to | he men of the American fleet. The | Jhinese government has cast 200 l ,old medals, each costing $50, for | distribution among the officers, and | 200 silver medals for the men, while the fleet is at Amoy.-Hart- ord Times.