The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The Salvation Army has won it's way
! by single-hearted devotion, by unre-
| served self-sacrifice. and by courage
that nothing daunts. Into the dark
est recesses of the city's haunts of mis-
! cry and vice these soldiers of the cross
| go fearlessly, women and men, They
! do not go with denunciations. but with
loving appeals. Many of them can say,
| and do say: I'VE were as you are.
! We have found the better way. We
are here to lead you to it, Gomez"
And hundreds have followed these
apostles of a loving faith out of sin
and wretchedness into a better life
! The Salvation Army soldiers have
| done good work daily and hourly
| They have Well-earned the good will
which is now universally given them
| Cleveland Plain Dealer.
| One of the marvels of the present
| day for the whole world is the size of
the editions of popular books published
! by American houses. 1t is a marvel to
be dreaded by booklovers if it means
| deterioration of standard in either
/ literature or book workmanship Some
of the recent productions, even of lead
ing houses, are wOefully deficient in
the latter Complaint is being heard
too frequently that copies of popular
novels, for instance, break off in the
middle, omit a number Of pages and
duplicate others, to the great exasper-
alton of the reader This is due to
carelessness on the part of the pub
fishers employees and the carelessness
probably is due to haste and cheap
ness-Hartford Courant.
The dispensary liquor bill which has
passed the Georgia Legislature and
which will probably become a law diff
fers in a few particulars from the
South Carolina law on the same sub
ject. The latter is obligatory on the
whole state. But the Georgia bill has
a local option attachment which ena-
bles the voters Of a country to decide
at the polls whether they want proti-
bition or the sale of liquor, and if tue
latter whether it is to be sold by pri-
vate persons or by public institutions.
Philadelphia Press.
With the Henley races thrown open
permanently to foreigners. English
SPORT is saved from the stigma of de-
cay. That form of protection would
have certainly caused deterioration in
English sculling, but with foreign com
petition likely to be met each year. the
standard of development should be
kept high. American oarsmen, it may
be believed, will visit Henley year af-
ter year, and they are not likely to be
satisfied until all the cups have been
brought across the SPRING
field Republican.
Wednesday nights terrible railroad
accident in Michigan has been traced.
it is reported, to a mistake made by
one of the engineers in reading his in
structions. The great loss of life how
ever, appears to have been due to the
flimsy construction of the cars on the
emigrant train. Such collisions do not
break up the solidly built cars used on
first class trains to anything like the
extent suffered by the emigrant train
Philadelphia Ledger.
Lord Lansdownes assurance that
Great Britain earnestly desires friendly
relations with the United States is
undoubtedly sincere. Nations, like in
dividuals always like to be on good
terms with their larders. We are send
ing her $500, 00O0 900 worth a year of our
farm products. most of it breadstuffs,
meats and provisions. In peace or in
war this country is Britain's indis-
pensible base of supplies.-New York
World.
II think says Hall Game. that I
know my Bible as few literary men
know it. Whatever strong scenes l
have in my books are not of nv crea-
ton. but are taken from the Bible
MOral-Read the Bible and skip Hall
Caine.-Boston Journal.
German STUDENT know desc scars
my face on look not pretty but
proud of them am. 1 get them in
duels."
American Student-"Huhl Wait till
you see some of our football cham
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