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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-01

bicycle, which the owner can
have by proving property and paying
charges. Address D., box 912, Westboro,
Mass.
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DEN.4TTRIIIZiTIO
Trouble Taken to Make Alcohol Too Nasty
to Drink.

From the Lancet
Decentralization" is a term which is now
applied to that process which renders certain
substances unfit for human consumption.
The process has become a necessity In mod
ern times In order to promote fairness in
commercial competition and to cheapen GER
tain commodities when used exclusively in in
dustriai operations Thus few years ago
the manufacture OF caffeine was almost monop-
oliZed by Germany on account OF the fact that
tea intended for human consumption in this
country was 100 expensive to extract. Owing,
however. to the representations OF English
scientific manufacturers. u revised regulation
framed IA Few yeHrs ago HGsGd1g to which
vided that It was "denatured" and rendered
wholly unit for human consumption by treat
ment with lime and asafTtida.
Tea treated in this way is now used prohta-
bly, for the manufacture Of caffeine. and Eng
turc. and has thus completely turned tho
tables upon her mpetitors, for now the aka
and America similar example, we believe,
occurs in the case of damaged or unclaimed
tohacc.co. which previously was DESTROYED IN
this waste going on. such tobacco is now large
" nsed for the preparati2n OF nicotine washes
for killing yeTmln Ic Without dcnntgrai
industries would be so extensive as to he pro.
hibtIve, because it would he drnkable. But
recourse has been made 10 adding substance
TO the spirit which makes II GAdrinkahle, but
which at the snme time does not interfere
with its properties for certain manufacturing
processes Formerly wood spirit was cm-
plOved. hut. such is the evil tendency Of human
nature. the vile mixture became cheap and
favurlte Triple. Next q portion Of petroleum
spirit was tried, method obtaining al the
present day. hut sven this has been found 70 be
mixture by some persons.
Cases are even recorded in which some de
PRAYED wrStches ind paralliu oil an agreeable
stimuant. The problem. therefore. of de
maturing alcohol cannot be regarded as salts
factorily settled. The latest suggestion Is ace
tone oil, OF which ner cont, is said - he sull-
cient Bur that nasty. nauseous. onion smell
ing liquid al'vlic alcohol. Is said e. give even
better results added in The proportion Of one
tenth to one.half per cent IN volume. Tho
desidcrata ~ a "denaturali2er' for alcohol are
that II should render It UNIT Tor consumptlnn
without making IL more iniammabic, while
the material should be CHEAP and easy 10 de;
tect ar1 its separation by rectihcation should
be iml lssible for any comm rcial advantage.
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lIonoring Sir John Murray.

In awarding the Cullum Geographical
medal to Sir JOHN MURRAY the American
Geographical Society has honored II bril-
liant and original physical gcographcr. He
is one Of the most productive of scientific
workers and has made notable additions to
oceanographv. Sir JOHN has said that
"sincc the discoveries Of COLUMBUS, CANA
and MAGELLAN in the thirty years from
1902 to 522 there has been no addition to
the knowledge OF the surface Of our planet
that can in any way compare with that
OF tho deep sea expeditions during the past
quarter Of century" This Is doubtless
true, for no complete theory OF the earth
was possible so long as the conditions pre-
vailng over three-fifths OF the globe, buried
under the oceans, were unknown. 1t was
to the discovery and elucidation OF these
conditions that Sir JOHN MURRAY and other
distinguished explorers Of the deep sea
have devoted many years.
Sir JOHN WAS engaged for thirteen years
in editing the Challenger Reports" work
twice "a large as the latest edition Of the
Encyclopedia Britannica, recording not
only the researches and results OF one OF
the greatest scientific voyages ever under
taken, and In which he took part, but also
including all available information on the
same subjects down to the time when the
Report was completed in 1928. Foreign
Governments placed their records and col
lections at the disposal Of the Challenger
experts and the scope which Sir JOHN
MURRAY gave the work has made it the
one great textbook Of orcanography. He
completed, last year. another notable I'M
dertaking, n map showing The highest and
lowest temperatures, or in other words the
annual range Of surface temperatures in
each two degrees square OF the oceans as
far rs has been observed. This map is
a special convenience in investigating the
influence Of temperature changes upon
oceanic forms Of life.
Geographical achievement knows no ma
tlonality and in awarding It's gold medal
the American Geographical Society rec
ognizes the best work by whomsoever
done. It's first medallist was the American
PEARY. its second the Norwegian HANSEN
and its third is the Canadian MURRAY who
has long dwclt in Great Britain.
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DRIFTED 2,4OO MILES.
One of the Latest Involuntary Voyages Over
the Pacific.


The peoRrnphers OF Europe ara TALKING ahout
n rororrohIo ;ourroy lost rnor y, II,.Io
renhatkno'e tourney last year. OF little
schooner from Tahiti. and are inclined to think
that its involuntary wandcrinps throw lipbt on
tha ,axo5 nnas,t w. 80 ,,. +. , 49,. ~.
'he 'ohe-'eAeu uurS''. as 10 now IL happens
that so many widely $, norated specks OF land
in the vast expanse Of the Pacific Ooaan n ra in :
hohitod Thaw ha,iova that n,o, ~, 80 ~
hhpi'eu' lheS pelleVe that many OF THESE
islands were peopled by natives who. while out
at sea I'm their various craft wore blown avoy
80. =, . 80, ~" """'
from their own Islands ana carried to others
OF which they had no previous KNOWLEDGE
In March last year a party OF Tabitian ma
80 -, f' a' ha
yves Saleu from nome III Il schooner OF only
thirtv-two tons. They were not afra id to ven-
ture far from home and in fact wero hound
~" '"' ,'o'' "N" III - "eio uouhu
Tor Penrhyn Island, III the northwest. and over
700 miles away. These native sailors and their
Iit,Io ho,t woro caught in , ,erribIa storn, ond
.,'.'o p'''' ~ y. 4" H'oi' anu
the schooner lost her masts and sails and was
no longer navigable. She drifted around on
III. ooo,n and nor cr,,v ,yoro noworrooa 20
,i' 'e,"' W. ''' ~, W." p'"ei,eas W
direct her course. They had considerable
supply OF provisions which they largely aug
mented nv nshIng and tba rainfall wos am
hie"'c' W '''''ns' anu Wv '"'h."h was SUM
Client to supply them with all the water they
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The beauty Of the gilt initial S and Greek
motto cannot blunt the pang given by this
cruel letter.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE srN-Sir am instructed
by Soros!s to request that you do not send your
porter TO our meetings in future As We do not wish
them reported In the daily papers.
"AIICE G. DEMoREsr. Corresponding Secretary.
"JuSE2"
We appreciate fully the shrinking from
publicity and the desire for privacy that
have led SorOsis to ask that its proceedings
shall no longer be spread upon the record.
Yet we venture to say that in the present
motion for executive sessions it forgets the
place it has acquired as teaching body.
May not this he a case in which private
convenience should yield to public adj
vantage?
Sorosis, reported or unreportcd, accessi-
bic or mysterious cannot cease to be an
object of respectful curiosity. Deprived Of
its counsels and banished from its conf
dcnce, the world must plod on more darkly,
yet frightened a little by the reflect ion that
somewhere, although the doors are bolted,
Snrosis is meeting.
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Gripping This Week OF the Dee
partment of Water supply.

Mayor Van Wyck sent two communications
to the Council yesterday. The first urged It
to authorize at once the issue OF bonds to
maintain the city water supply. to pay money
due on contracts for the Harlem River drives
way and to pay the award made for the Long
Island Water Supply Com pany's property.
The proposed issue OF $3.50. 000:to maintain
the water supply has been hung UP since No-
vember. 1893. In the Council. Meantime the
cash available for the purpose has been dimin-
ishing. The Mayor inclosed TO the Council
letter from Comptroller :Coler to Water Com
missioner Dalton saying that on June &. II no
provision is.made to replenish the fund. 1t will
be exhausted. The COMPTROLLER says:
Il have up to this time been able to prevent
the scandal Of the city being unable to pay its
laborers on the most necessary public i'm
provements. This scandal. however am no
longer able to prevent. On or about June &.
as above stateJ..the cash in this fund will be
wholly exhausted and II will be your unpleas-
ant but imperative duty to discharge every
aborer and employee engaged upon this work.
which has hitherto proceeded without inter-
rupton for twenty-eight years"
The communication was received without
comment Yesterday and ordered on fe. and
the Council adjourned to meet on June ID
One OF the Mayors commCn lcations was de-
voted TO the issue OF S20O0.OO0 OF bonds for
repavinR. This was referred to the Commit
tee on Affairs OF the Boroughs.
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THE AMIR OF AFGHANIsTAN.
How He Is Aiming His Men Throughout
tho Country.

now ne IL ArmlnR his Men lhrOuRhOut
tho Country.
Like other potentates. the Amir Of Afghan
istan is putting into practice the injunction to
prepare for war in time OF peace. Since the
beginning Of the year large consignments OF
Lee Metiord. Martini and Mauser rifles have
been imported into Afghanistan In addition to
the quantities that have been turned out By
the arms factory at Kabul.
During the months OF February. March and
April there were cleared at the Indian port OF
kurrachee for despatch to Kabul twenty nine
tons Of Hotchkiss and Martini cartridges. five
tons Of Nordenfeldt cartridges, and $500, 900
Lee Metford and Mauser smokeless powder
cartridges. In the three months Immediately
previous large quantities OF small arm and ar
tllery ammunition had passed through the
kurrachee Custom House In transit for Afghan
istan. 1t Is estimated that every person In the
country capable OF bearing arms Is now fur
nished with rifle OF some kind.
In India there Ia much curiosity as to the
meaning OF these warlike preparations on the
part OF the Amir. but no:satisiactory expiana-
tions are forthcoming. The relations between
himself and the Government OF British India
are said to be cordial. and 1t is stated that he
Is in frequent communication with the Vice.
ROY. Lord CurZon. by letter At the same time
he Is reported to be friendly disposed toward
his Russian neighbors.
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TO DO AWAY WITH STRIKES.
Features of Plan of Trade Combinations
Proposed In GIcnt Britnin.

WASHINGTON. June Ga report on n new
trades movement in Great Britain has been
made by Commercial Agent Griffin. stationed
at Limoges. to the State Department. He SAYS:
THE untold evils wrought by the engineers
strike in 1897. by which hundreds ofthousandS
OF innocent people suffered. several manu-
facturcrs were ruined. many millions sterling
in the form of wages and profits were driven
from their natural currents. and some in
dustrcs were trnhsplnnted in foreign lands.
especially in belgium. Germany and tho
United States the distressing coal strike in
South Wales. which resulted In disaster to all
concerned-these and other troubles have en-
phasizcd the question which has been before
the public for so long time. viz is there not
some means Of cooperation by which the in
tcrests Of the employer and the employees NAV
be united. by which those disastrous strikes.
so fatal not only to individual comfort, inter-
est and happiness. but to industry aud COM
mcrcial success. may be prevented!
Mr. T.. J. Smith. the originator Of this COM
bnation movement. has been successful
manufacturer for several years in Birming
ham; he has held the, different positions Ut
employee, traveller, salesman and m m ,in,.
front a System which Is recognized by students
Sweden as containing possibilities OF better re-
suits than any other scheme 50 far devised
trade proposes to form an alliance is to ascer-
tain most carefully and conc lusivey che actual
cost of production. Political economists have
stated that these are known to a very few
manufacturers. In certain industries where
there is a great deal OF intricacy In the manipu-
lation OF the raw materials and the manufac-
tured article 1t requires considerable scientific
knowledge and patient work to ascertain costs.
ITO prevent manufacturing being carrie on
at a pecunary loss a minimum scale is
adopted A representative article like certain
pattern OF bedstead or one dozen plates of .
given size and shape. is taken as a basis to
ascertain how much it costs to manufactures
at which it can DO made then certain per-
centaRe is added for profits and this forms the
manufacturers bind themselves by the rules
OF the alliance not to SELL without the consent
OF the alliance below this minimum price. To
the workmen are also offered certain interests
in the success Of the business. and both parties
being mutually dependent. there Is 10 occasion
for strikes. lock outs or trade disputes"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-07

G"n iiE>pEHSo%'S public announcement
o' his attitude toward the Administration
WI! b., studied everywhere with great in
forest and with some pcrplcXity.
Questioned in regard To his opinions on
t!,a subject uf American expansion, the
so," remaining rHnlidut" for Speaker re-
pi"d I'm, "unw is not the time for indl-
vid,mle tu iix puli"i"s'
TRANSMITTED this means that whatever
may hr Gen. HENurrsoNs present views
nhopt the retention Of the Philippines, he
Gca.yc- tn" votes in December not only OF
thu-a Republican Congressman who are
against expansion, If any such there be-
but also If t'ru-" who Hr" for il.
II" continued
see where arr AMI then wn"th": it is req
sonhle for :o attempt t. anticipate the conditions
which time brings We NJ" III a period Of transition
and r,adtustlnent. AMI Congress will not meet rn,il
newt Decemher unless which Is not likely. there
should h. sro 'inl session. and We should not at
tempt to furo-all the future action which the light
OF developments may shO" t. be advantageous AMI
lrore'.
What Ne sAould all Ia at tbs time is to stead
tasty support President M,KINLEY. As the Chief
Executive. he is in possession OF hourly acquired in
f,i.maton A. t. III" ever changing conditions. This
he will in time give over - us. have no doubt. and
IN the meantime believe the duty Of all % us ts to
give him oar iru1 loyal sup rt. This ia all caro-
Co SAY. lii fact | have sail mJrs than intended
saying
Translated, this may mean that Gen.
Henderson wishes to lay the foundation
for revision and n reversal in December
Of the opinions he expressed last year
0hoUt expansion
rs to the declaration of loyalty and sup
port meantime, that requires no trunsla-
ton, for it signifies nothing in the politi-
cal sense All good citizens of the Re-
publican party and all good citizens of
every party arc giving to President Nc
KlNLEY their firm, loyal support lin the
meantime" II Gen. HENDERSON were
doing any less than that at the present
time his canvass for Speaker would speed
lily terminate, and not by his own voiition.
All right about tho meantime the i'm
portant question is whether the support
will bn firm and loyal when the meantime
is over and the time has come.
Gen. HENDERsoS's statement contains
nothing that threatens the contrary; and
that is the hest that can be said for it. 1t Is
encouraging to hear the next Speaker
talking about ever changing conditions"
Times change, and men change in them.
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and which she Is reluctant to forfeit. The
pressure for revision came not only from
England, Germany and Italy, whose disin-
terestedness might be questioned, but also
from the United States, and even from Rus
STA, where, II anywhere, the argument based
on the necessity Of maintaining intact the
prestige OF the General STAFF might have
been expected to gain approval.
Let us not Judge the French people too
harshly, because the instinct OF self-prcser-
walton and the supposed duty OF accepting
the judgment Of court-martlal as infalli-
BILE predisposed them to look with deplora-
BILE Indifference upon the sufrerings Of a
guiltless man. Remember that when all
appeal was brought home to the nations
conscience. 1t was not made in vain!
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The Surrender Of Theology.

The Surrender Of Theology.
The Rev Mr.. CORNELL an Episcopal min
lister Of New Jersey. thinks that 1t is Gin
degree, unfortunate that the secular press
should handle such matters" as religion and
theology. But why, except to the degree
that the newspaper shows incapacity for
dealing with the subjects? PROFESSIONALLY
II any paper, nominally secular or profess
sionally religious IL anybody, clergyman
or layman, assumes to discuss them with
ont manifest competence for the task, tho
result is unfortunate, but it Is no more I'M
fortunate in the one case than in the other.
At this time, moreover, even professional
thcoloRians have brought the subject OF
religion distinctly within the sphere OF
secular discussion by subiecting the Bible
to scientific and literary tests, and conse-
qucntly inviting criticism Of theological
doctrines and dogmas wholly on their
merits as discovered and determined by
secular analysis and demonstration. In
stead, therefore. of the secular press
invading the domain OF religion, religion
itself has invaded the domain OF secularlsm.
Instead OF assuming supernatural au-
thority, theology Is throwing itself open to
discussion as merely natural science, and
criticizable accordingly.
""''i "'''h''9 ~ 'e niiii'e'is ineh
"' ''ns 'n' poesio''''s vi niiiaclee'
en 'n' "..o'o 'ae'' y, o.i '9''"ii'y 10
su.uIe' "l'nou' i''iuc.es '''e'e remains
W. VI, ~ INCOMING 'NveP' a'. e''''ca. System as W
whose merits discussion and controversy
are pertinent and inevitable. The Church
thus offers itself for criticism like any other
''''''"" 'A9' non lol'i vi poil'icai
So ''N,"'' ''' instance ~ s"p'u''S 'he
L'',o anu consequently every uoc',ine anu
ma u'""'' i'o,i, i, anu 'ro'i' ,r"'''o'ol 10
o'o 'o'O ~ ''eu'o''''s accounting W 'he
=. ,,'7,''' VI n",iid. s''e''e anu redson'ne'
~. '''p'"1,9 VIII, 'a'cn anu in,'tes i"''''e'-
-! ~ Jo''' WIN IL III DISTRIBUTING JUS SOLO
pCnp''l' u".n'i IVY
49, ,f''' opt"N9 VI newspapers coi-
'tou' UNIV " '','o a. t'''e9 VI
IFS '"p''' ""'IN 9''ei ~ ie's''n'
"o ''|' p"p'' '"os arc "'i"oi wy
w any oei 'o"e e"pJec' "na'cNer'
'''e ,c"7 VI e''u'"'' luz 'hosU SERIOUS
fu'''''', ''' NUS. tremendous "licn Gun
."e"s' WV ,ii'i" vi 'i'ui. 10 'nc question: vi
rs 'o. "'',' ""'s ,'c iooi e'eei9 al l. vi
.,e"'e IL nsr''H' Inc wise man approaches
""."' - WIN 'i'! io'erehee III
.,'' "-.', WIN MS "e"" o""eu III h"liiila-
'ioii at 'ne CONSCIOUSNESS Oh HIS utter IN
"''' ~ ''N" ,"o pi'oiein VI '"c un'-
,, "',i ','o ''r', ar" pv't! hno"iciec
p7''N' avn '''i' D.s '''' an '''a' .hc MN"
~ man ,"'' ica' /" Vi MO" vi iiiiasine lIere
''' oo''''''c'' "o''' 'ii'' within iaiIh
avn, 'i can cii.ci.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-07

PARKERsBURG. W. Va. June Ga. W. Cor
don. market gardener on Blennerhassett
Island. near this city. discovered peculiar
formation on some grapevines in his orchard
last Sunday. Mr., Gordon has a nun Der OF May
cherry trees. upon which some OF his graps-
vines are permitted to grow. While strolinR
through this orchard he noticed red forma-
color with the cherries on the trees. On closer
examination he found thnt the peculiar look
Ing fruit was ripening. II is, shaped like a
and is about the size OF May Cherries but clip
tical ike grape, The only explanation to he
offered Is that the cherries and the grapes
blossomed together and that the pollen from
the former fell upon and mi ed with the latter
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-07
woman's Education in India.
From N" Katbtawar Times.

FT0W W' haI6 I1Dnr TImFt.
Sir T Madhavao, tie greatest aud the most con.
sidoratc and tolerant rcformor LAYS down the fol
lowing rules as regards the education Of girl;
Don't teach tho girl any language useless TO her life
=, Dom teach her work which she will have no &C.
ca~lnn to do. g. DON'T create taste for pleasures
which she cannot command I. Don't waste her
precious time IN importing knowledge which she
viii Lave no o"asiol whatever t. use. =. Don't
prefer in her education the ornamental to the nee
esSary d. Don't dcnationali2c her so as to unnt her
for the position she must NIL. T. Don't try to teach
her at school what she can better and more patu.
rally learn at home.
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FRANK THOMSON, who died on Monday,
was a graduate from that most mary elous OF all
schools. the Pennsylvania Railroad Its students
are all past masters in their profession. and Mr..
THOMSON. who was President OF the railroad
company at his death. was among the most
distinguished. He was OF such personal at
tractiyeness that his social relations were par.
ticulnrly largo and agreeable outside OF his
office, Few men ever ended a career Of great
responsibility and success with more and
warmer friends than did FRANK THOMSON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-07

Macabebes, who are enemies Of the Taga-
los, have been enlisted, and more are
offered The matter Of further reinforcing
Con. OT1s can In short, safely be postponed
for few weeks, and meanwhile some spe-
cial organizations, like Col. PETT1Ts Fourth
1mmunes, which got ready for Cuba but
was not needed there, may be DESTROYS to
help fill up the gap.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-07

From N, Atlanta Contribution.

FTVTV FTTWNTd IONITVNTIOn.
Dr. Briggs and those who are hurryius his doc
trincs their logical conclusions have nothing to
oner in tho place of the Bible they arc DESTROYING
no hope to hold out to those whose faith they are
trying to undcrm No, In place Of our Lord and
saviour of whom the Prophets tell and to whom the
Apostles bear witness they do not even offer us Ma
Lomet nor BrahmA. nor Confncus. what then?
Who, ~ far as the higher criticism Ia concerned we
have no choice but between Bob Ingersoll and the
deyuI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-07

From the Lancet
coroners jury at Poplar has returned a verdict
Of Death by tea poisoning" The deceased who
was male furniture dealer, aged ~ years was in
the habit OF consuming all enormous amount of
tea" often drinking eight cups before leaving
home in the morning" His nervous system had
been nearly destroyed, in the opinion OF a medical
witness but although thai was no doubt tho case it
seems difficult tounderStand how death sufficiently
sudden TO call for judicial inquiry could have super
.naI
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Alas, tho Poor Laureate!

From the london Daily Nous.
Fifty or sixty years ago the following Ioval
Jingle was often sung in the infant schools OF
England:
Victoria, Victoria,
We hail thy gentle rule.
victoria, the pAtroness
OF every infant school.
Do not these limos suggest the possible origin
OF tho poet laureates madrigal
had formed my own opinion with regard to
the poets inspiration. but. seeking confirma.
ton. ] read the first verse to three persons at
different times. and asked what II suRgestedto
them, and they each confirmed my views By
unhestatingy replying. Mary had little
lamb Compare
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to GO
with
And whatsoe'c r her people wiled
That Will she made her own.
From the court journal.
II seems to have become a recognized thing that
whenever Mr., Nrrcd Austin writes In his capacity of
Laureate an attempt t. pick his verse 10 pieces
should be made and tho sooner the fact ia recoG.
nIled that not only Is this IN bad taste but dsra.
spectful t. her Majesty, the better will those wha
recognize the poet lAureAts's position b pleased.