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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11
RALLY WEEK CLOSES.
Rev. Dr.. Lewis Talks Upon The
Strength of Union.

Rev. Dr.. Lewis Talks Upon The
Strength of Union.
The last service of the rally week"
at Pilgrim church was held last even
ing with praise service. Ten new
members of the church were received
at the morning servise, and at noon
special rally exercises were held by the
Sunday school The sermon in the even
ing was on "The strength of union"
and DR.. Lewis spoke from the text in
Tcclesiastes. iv, 70. "A threefold cord
is not quickly broken" He said in
part
I'VE see by reading the several verses
preceding that Solomon has been speak
ing Of companionship. He sees the
power of union prevailing over difficult
ties, and it is as if he said: In union
there is strength The real power Of
the figure Solomon uses is brought our
when you realize the scientific truth Of
It, / have found that two cords will
hold three times as much as one, while
three cords will hold five times as
much. Solomon has in mind however,
the strength of individuals, of persons,
of companionship. Who can calculate
the tremendous power of people who
are united in the bonds of love, and
with single purpose, all moving tow
ard a single point?
This strength of union lies in the
fact that we help one another. Man is
a creature of society. A man who
would fail under some circumstances
would succeed if given kind word Of
encouragement A man cannot alone
and single do his best. That poor, af-
flicted, accused Dreyfus, was sustained
in solitude through the thought of the
love and devotion of his faithful wife.
God saw the need of this companion
ship when he said: 1T is not good for
man to be alone When Christ selected
his apostles he sent them forth two and
two, that one might help the other.
THE citadel of each soul has its weak
point, and when you unite two souls
one supplements the other, and r,ives
strength where the other Is weak
THUS God established and founded
the Christian church. You may be a
good Christian If you do not belong to
the church, but You cannot be as USE
full Christian.
Another reason of the strength of
union is that there is a diversity Of la
Dor with singleness Of purpose. Each
one bears his own burden, yet Bear ye
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11
rs THIS THE LAST RACE ?

1t is a question if some other name
than yacht should not be applied to the
Columbia and Shamrock. They can be
Of no use for pleasure cruising, they
are not adapted for carrying passen-
gers or supplies, they can hardly house
a crew over night. A steam tender
came with the Shamrock and lowed her
much Of the way. These new yachts
are not serviceable, since a relatively
slight strain might suffice to seriously
inJure their hulls of thin metal plates
and the ponderous weight Of lead that
serves in lieu of keel When the race
is over, neither boat can find others of
it's class with which to race. and IFS
usefulness will be at an end, for when
next there is an International race. new
boats will be built.
The maintenance as we'll as the con-
struction of such boat is a heavier
burden than one man would ordinarily
feel warranted in undertaking, and no
one would attempt it for mere pleas
ure. The honor of the club that holds
the cup, and the fame and prestige to
be gained by winning the cup. are the
incentives that lead to the immense
outlay demanded by these great rae
ing machines. The cost of the De-
fender in 1895, including the mainte-
nance, is said to have been $500. 900. and
there is no reason to suppose the Co
lumbia will be less expensive, so that
1T may reasonably be asked if the limit
has not been nearly attained? Already
syndicate is required for bearing the
burden, and when the race is over, the
victorious yacht will be Of no use ex-
cept as a pacemaker for her successor.
The evolution Of the racing machine
has been gradual, but at last the Yacht
proper seems to have entirely disan.
peared. The Mayfower, Puritan and
Volunteer, like the original America
were yachts, and they were of service
after the race. The Vigilant was some.
what in advance Of these, but the De-
fender passed entirely out of their class
Hitherto, the British have sent over
serviceatle yachts to contest for the
cup, but this year, warned by expe-
rience the challenger has brought a
vessel modelled virtually on American
lines, and now both boats are mere
racing machines, designed for this
single international trial of speed
good for nothing else, and unmatched
by any other vessels in the world. The
Columbia and Shamrock have no com.
petitors, nor is either likely to have
till another challenge is due. 1t is nc
unreasonable prediction, therefore, CON
sidering the enormous expense involved
that there viii be no more Americas
cup races, if Sir Thomas Upton goes
home without the coveted prize.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11

Expected as was the Dreyfus verdict
it has shocked the world. ut seems tC
me as if my country had just heard a
condemnation pronounced upon it,
writes Marcel Provost. The exodus OF
spectators from the court room al
Rennes is described as "a funeral pro-
.eession." But the worldwide lamenta-
ton is not alone for the cruel distress of
Dreyfus and his family, but for France
and the French people, for modern civ
ilization and justice, and the reason is
obvious. If military despotism has at
tanned to such audacity and power
what becomes of the safety of the in
dividual? 1t was Dumas who said that
if he were accused of stealing Notre
Dame, he would not attempt to prove
flee the country, and it looks as if his
resolution We're wise. As The Spy has
before said, judged from principles OF
universal justice, it does not so much
matter whether Dreyfus is guilty OF
innocent; the vital fact is that the pris-
oner has been convicted in open trial
before the whole world, without pro-
ducing evidence of his guilt. If such
an amazing perversion of justice car
be committed in one case it may in an
other and there is no safety for any
individual citizen against whom civil OF
military authorities may conspire. Sc
it proved in the case of lola, who was
tried before a civil tribunal. In hi!
trial as well as in Dreyfus' two trials
the accused was condemned, not in ac
cordance with evidence, but becaus,
the generals declared that he must be
Their opinions and demands have out
weighed all evidence, and the result i!
a stunning blow to public confidence il
the French democracy and the French
administration of justice. To condemn
Dreyfus again and yet commute his
sentence from life Imprisonment to II
years, indicated weakness and coward.
ice. The army had not the courage tc
follow its own logic to consistent
conclusion.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11
ART OF sELF-MAsTERY.

A new order of evening service was
commenced at the First Baptist church
yesterday and hereafter the psalms
and responses will be printed on the
back of the program each week. The
sermon by Rev. Spencer b. Meeser last
evening was on the subject, 1.-THE art
OF self-mastery." He took his text
from Proverbs. xvi:32; Proverbs xxv:2S
and Romans vi:13. He that is slow to
anger is better than the mighty; and
he that ruleth his spirit than he that
taketh a city,; HE that hath no rule
over his own spirit is like a city that is
broken down without walls"; Neither
yield We your members as Instruments
OF unrlghteousness unto sin but Weld
yourselves unto God, as those that are
alive from the dead, and your members
are instruments of righteousness unto
God" To have rule over ones spirit.
ne said, is to have in control anger and
passion, and to overcome everything
degrading to manhood and womanhood
to compel the submission of oneself to
high IDEAL to be independent of other
men, to have the courage of convic-
tons. 1t is government by use of
reason and exercise of will.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11
THE DREYFUS TRIAL.
(springfeId Republican.l


All the extraordinary circumstances
of the second trial-not least the quick
ness with which a verdict was an
nounced after the testimony and ad-
dresses of counsel had ended-give
much plausibility to the conclusion that
what has happened at Rennes was pre-
arranged AS trial it was more than
burlesque. 1t was an infamy The
judges were the mere puppets of high
er power The universal opinion Of the
public both French and foreign point
ed to a second verdict of guilty" And
that verdict promptly came notWith-
standing that the evidence brought
against Capt. Dreyfus was so weak that
an impartial jury, on the strength of
1t, could not conscientiOusly condemn
a mongrel dog. 1t has been obvious for
months that the Dreyfus case had
passed far beyond the dimensions of an
affair concerning merely the personality
of the one man accused. 1t was a great
political and national crisis, in whose
womb might be growing another of
those revolutions for which France is
famous. The politicians, who govern
France, therefore, would naturally take
political view of the situation, and
with the temporizing spirit of the poll
ticfan would endeavor to have the trial
so terminate that personal justice
aside, the government should not be
seriously imperiled.
The political issue thus involved is
not so easy for foreigners to judge as
the simple one of justice to that afro
ciously wronged man. Capt. Dreyfus. In
this aspect the Dreyfus affair is worthy
of the most careful attention of the his
N n
concerning the plots of the generals and
the monarchists to overrun the repub-
lie in case of an acquittal than it is pos
sible for us to know today. That the
great mass Of the army was hostile to
Dreyfus, that their feeling was shared
by the church. by society and the fana-
teal jew baiters, is well known. 1t is
terribly damning to France that this is
true, yet if we are to understand how
the politicians mind has worked, these
facts must be given great weight. Judg-
ing by all reports, including those of
American travellers who have been in
France the past summer, it seems very
probable that a verdict of acquittal
would have threatened so seriously the
whole constitutional fabric of the ma
tion that the government would not
have dared to risk the complete yindi-
cation and rehabilitatio of the pris-
oner at this time His triumph would
have meant the ruin of the French gen
erals, and their disgrace might have
seriously disorganized the French army
which is the national idol of modern
France. 1t is not at all improbable that
a murky scandal of the most portentous
character, involving one or more of
those generals, is at the bottom of the
Dreyfus inferno, and that the rulers of
France believe that reasons of state
compel the sacrifice of the accused,
whether he be guilty or innocent.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11
WHAT THE EDITORS SAY.


Ex-senator German is prepared to
meet every political emergency with a
physicians certificate. = Milwaukee
Sentinel.
AS a, matter of fact we are on the
gold basis. AS, a matter of law the
thing is open to rgument.-Portland
Oregonian.
The best course for Missouri is to let
some other state be the first to demand
that the flag be pulled down at Ma
nila.-St. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
THERE'S little or nothing for physicians
to do in the Klondike country. Several
members of the profession have recent
ly been compelled to stake out rich gold
claims and work them for a living
New York Mail and Express.
One enthusiastic friend of Sir Tho
mas Upton declares his belief that the
Shamrock will come mighty near win
ming the America cup" That is exact
ly what all true lovers of sport on this
side of the water would like to see her
do.-Boston Globe.
Speaker Bates doesn't see why the
support of so many of those who have
been associated with him in the legis-
lature should be the subject of criticism.
Neither does anybody else. To assume
that it is a subject of serious criticism
looks like a little bit of artifice i'm
provised for the occasion. Boston Her
aid.
The New York Evening Post quotes
with approval the saying of the Jour
nal des Debats of Paris that lawless-
ness and sedition may not long be
preached with IMMUNITY to the masses
n n cd ic inc
that might be applied with propriety
nearer home. Lawlessness and sedition
are the stock in trade of the "anti-im-
perialist" papers in the United States
Providence Journal.
1t is expected that two hundred and
thirty-five thousand pupils win be reg
istered in the city's public schools this
month, and that not more than a thous-
and children will have to stay out of
school for lack 81 accommodation. This
is due to eight large new schools to be
opened, and it is the best showing the
city has made in years. Before another
school year opens the authorities should
be able to provide for every child in the
city.-New York Herald.
Even in Massachusetts there is no
disposition on the part of democrats to
place stumbling blocks in Mr., Bryan's
way. Mayor quincy, VINO once ruled
the machine, entered formal protest
against choosing Bryan delegates in
one block at the state convention this
fall, but there was no disposition to
back the mayor up even in Boston.
This is probably the last stand that the
former leaders of the Massachusetts
democracy will take.-New Bedford
Mercury.
War in South Africa is possible. 1t
Is by no means certain. Indeed, we are
not yet inclined to regard it as proba-
Bile. The most warlike news comes
through the least trustworthy channels,
and the most peaceful through the most
authoritative. Perhaps the most hope
full indication is in the assurance that
both the government of the Orange
River Free State and the leaders of the
Afrikander party in the Cape Colony
are exerting their influence with Presi-
dent Kruger in favor of peace. Their
influence with him ought to be great.
They are fellow Beers, even if not of
the strictest Dopper persuasion, and of
their sincerity he can have no doubts
New York Tribune.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11
AT THE SOUTH BAPTIST.

Rev. Mr.. Somerville of Blackfriars'
church, Glasgow, Scotland, preached at
the South Baptist church last evening.
Mr.. somerville is typical Scotch cler-
gyman in personal appearance, and he
has q clean-cut and distinctly clerical
cast of features. He spoke with a
marked accent, and with a delivery
verging on the dramatic. He said in
part: When the Israelites had pitched
their tents for the last time on the
river Jordan, in sight of the promised
land, their years of hardship and battle
ended. A sorrow clouded their rejoic-
ing, for they knew that Moses had been
commanded to ascend the mountain
and there offer up his life. The leader
embraces the opportunity of this SOL
emn moment to bless each tribe. To the
tribe of Ashur, the most exposed and
lmperilled of all, he gave this promise:
AS the day so shall by strength be. -
The speaker then proceeded to show
that with the increasing difficulty of
our day, increased strength is given TO
meet its exigencies. Human nature is
elastic, and can be accommodated to
any conditions. God gives light and
comfort at each step. Illustrations
from experience and from biblical his
tory were cited to demonstrate this
thought
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11
CLING TO THE CHURCH.
Rev. George W. King Talks on "Leav-
ing the Old Home.

ing the Old Home.
Rev. George w. King, pastor of Trim
ity NJ E. Church, delivered an earnest
sermon at last evenings services at
that church, taking for his subject
Leaving the old home" He took his
text from the Hebrews, XII, 8. His dis
course was directed toward the new
members. of his congregation, of whom
there are quite a number, and his talk
must have made them feel more at
home. He said in part: Abraham is
fine example of a man leaving his
home at the call of duty, which was
the call of God for a larger field of use
fulness. The story of Abraham is a
long one, and is in one degree or an
other enacted many times in these
days. The strangers in this city left
the old home suffering all the sorrow of
separation from old friends and asso-
Citations, and have taken on themselves
the task of forming new acquaintance
and getting familiar with new church
associations, which are sometimes very
difficult of forming. Many people find
that in the transmission from old
homes to new ones that they lose all
religious interests. When leaving old
places, perhaps to some great distance
and larger churches you may feel that
there is no place for you in the larger
churches. That is not so. In the lar
ger churches there is a greater need of
people and there are greater opportu-
mites for their individual services.
There are compensations for all losses
from the old home. You have come in
response to a call of duty. Obedience
to a sense of duty is in itself COM
pensation. Your sphere of life will be
broader, your character more severely
tested and also better developed if you
stand the strain without breaking
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11
JAMES McDERMOTT,
100 FRONT STREET
TRIBUTE TO sEMRRIcH.
To the Editor of The SpY:-

| To the Editor of The Spy
1 deem it extremely fortunate for
| Worcester and her festival patrons that
an opportunity is to be afforded to hear
and see as well. the gracious and bril-
| liant cantatrice, Nine Marcella Sem
brich. With the charm of personal
presence OF Nordica and the brilliance
of Melba, her appearance is sure to call
out applause, while her singing will be
received with the greatest enthusiasm,
being in the purest style of the Italian
belcapto. 1t was during the season Of
| 18S4-S5 that Sembrich sang "off nights"
with Patti in that never to- be-forgotten
series of delightful operate perform
ances, Patti! singing in "Semiramide"
and ''Traviata," and Sembrich in "Lu-
cha" and the Barber of Seville" eacn
receiving about the same applause.
Sembrich, some dozen or more years
younger than Patti soon after married
well, and has until the last season re-
NAMED in Germany, devoting herself to
the care of her family, with occasional
appearances on occasions of great pub
lie interest.
Fo@ some reason of which l am not
informed, but no doubt owing principal
ly to that inward fire which leads all
really great vocalists to public per-
Torrance, Mime. Sembrich last year re-
turned to the operate and concert
stage, her appearance being greeted
everywhere with the greatest enthusi-
asm.
In Boston, her singing at the spring
| opera season Of the present year was
fine indeed, the writer being a witness
to number of her triumphs. A well
informed Boston musician tells me that,
in his opinion, Nine. Sembrich was
the star of the company.
Mechanics hall will offer to her the
finest place in the country to display
her exceptional gifts, and no doubt the
familiar sign Of former festival lays
will reappear on the occasions in which
she sings. standing room only"
Yours faithfully
O. MInroe
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11

This week the people of Worcester,
and of a large section of the country,
for that matter, will have an oppor-
tunity to manifest their active interest
in the annual music festival. The in
stitution has acquired an honorable
name, at home and abroad, and at no
time has its prestige been greater than
now. The arrangements for the com
ing festival promise results as crafty
ing as in any previous year, and in
some respects it would be altogether
reasonable to expect even more than
the usually satisfactory results. Never
have the comments of the outside press
been more favorable to both the pro-
grams and the soloists, a fact to which
the engagement of Nine. Sembrich has
undoubtedly contributed. 1t may be
accounted happy omen, that the bust
ness arrangements, this year, have
proceeded with uncommon smoothness,
and the details of the enterprise are in
a most encouraging state of forward
ness,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11

largest and most important reinforce
ment since Erv:ng Winslow began to
shine in public life. Their new friends
and abetters are no less conspicuous
and able advocates than the Spanish
pressN Here is the Madrid Epocha, for
example, arguing for Philippine indie
pendenca, on the ground that the ma
tives reveal great aptitude for politi-
cal, military and civil organization" Il
must be highly gratifying to the ants
that Spain should have suddenly been
Weakened to this wonderful discovery,
after four centuries of indifference and
ignorance. Years of bloodshed were in
sufficiently to conv ince her that home rule
and independence We're the obvious
remedy for Philippine ills, but now that
she has parted WITH the archipelago, her
bright young journalists make the pro-
position as clear as mud.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11
WHIMSICALITIES.

First little girl--Does your mother give
You anything when YOU are good?
Second little girl-No; but she gives me
something when ! am bad Tit Bits.
1T pears to me, said Uncle Eben, dat
de man wifi de rustiest razzer IS mos alhs
de one dat does mos braggin bout de
cyahvings he's been mixed Into. Wash
ington Star.
Hanks-Old Bill Joslyn has a kind word
for everybody
Borrowby--He kin afford IT.; everybody
knows it's impossible to borry anything
from him!-Puck
Getting home from the seaslde?"
Eyes.
ANY curiosities?"
"One. My board bin is coming by
freight. ATLANTA Constitution.
Miss De Puyster--I can trace my ances-
tors back to the reformation.
Dc Jones-Thats nothing. 7 can trace
mino back years and years before they
attempted to reform Chicago News.
Some people" said the boy with dirty
race, never thank We. no matter what We
do fur en- A feler put bent pin on tho
teachers chair III other day, an wnen
the teacher was about to set down I
pulled the. chair out from under him to
save him from the pin. An, by George,
he licked me fur 1t. "--chicago Tribune.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11

AS senator from Louisiana, the late
James B. Eustis counted as a good deal
of a partisan. AS ambassador to
France he belonged to the entire Am
erican people, winning esteem for his
tact, scholarship and breadth of view.
There were contradictions in his char
acter, but nevertheless Mr. Eustis was
pne of the relatively few southern dem
ocratic statesmen of recent years who
Rre entitled to consideration outside of
their own party. He was of New En-
gland origin, his father having been
born in Boston. and his uncle being a
former governor of Massachusetts.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11

Unless the New York papers are all
drawing long bow, theacc0mmodation
of visitors during the Dewey celebra-
ton is already a serious problem. All
the hotels are filled to overflow with
advance orders, and the same may be
said of private boarding houses and
rooms to let. According to an expert
hotel mans calculations, there will not
be lodgings for more than one in four
that may be expected to flock to the
city. and there will be something like
100000 waits to wander in the streets.
These are pretty tall figures, but surely
there is going to be an awful crush,
whether this preliminary census is ac-
curate or not.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11
PERSONAL.

A local evening paper of Saturday, in
its personal columns, made confusing
series Of statements relative to DR.. T..
d. Fitch, formerly of this city. He was
cey medical school of Philadelphia. AS
a matter of fact, there Is no such school
and the doctor gave up the practice of
medicine some time ago, and is now an
instructor of mathematics in Philadel-
phia The story of his cooperative ho-
tel at Atlantic City, in connection with
other students, amused him. He has
been engaged in the hotel business at
Ocean City, with an old hotel man es
partner.