The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-04
EDITORIAL COMMENT

1t is quite evident, and more espec-
tally so to the younger element of So
ciety, that the evening hallowed to
mirth and misrule has become sadly
| decadent. There was time when
every boy with ginger in his veins
could command a pumpkin goblin OF
| his own, and as for cabbage stalks
| they were ready at hand in exhaust
| less quantities. But now what does the
up-to-date lad find when he glances
| through the daily market reports
| Serious shortage in the pumpkin
crop" And a little further down Cab
this time of year" Then if the active
youngster essays the gate toting act
that is as old as Samson, he finds nc
gates to carry. When they do exist
they are always of iron and heavily
rivited on. AS for "tick-tacks" and I'M
seen ropes across the walk, that either
catch the feet of the unwary, or their
| hats, the boys find not only the police
to deal with, but the vigilant night
Waterman as well.-Cleveland Plain
| Dealer.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, has re-
turned to the Republican party. This
| is cause for sincere congratulation-to
Senator Jones. 1t is of small conse-
quence to the Republican party.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
Righteous indignation sometimes
| costs money. Members of a Kansas
| mob that ducked a man in a horse
pond for speaking disrespectfully of
the wounded president now find them
selves defendants in a suit for dam
ages. And they may also have to an
n Of
for polluting the water.-Kansas City
Journal.
A Chicago judge. has summoned a
| newspaper proprietor to answer the
| charge of contempt of court. The con-
tempt consisted in adverse criticism
of more or less violent nature of the
| judges decision in a case involving the
interests of gas company. The judge
has picked up a difficult proposition
and is likely to give the newspaper a
liberal amount of valuable advertising
before the incident closes.-Washing-
ton Star.
When one takes up file of Jewish
papers, he finds interests enough Of
various kinds to absorb all the atten-
ton of earnest men and women. Jews
need not look outside of their own
communion to find great subjects of
thought, and interesting plans to exc
cute. But, when one turns to the rep
resentative organs of any other great
human interest, whether found in a
church like the Presbyterian or the
Episcopal, or in a science, whether
physical, physiological, or sociological,
the same thing is true. One modern de-
nomination now has more interests
than all Professionalism had three hum
dred years ago. Any special science to-
day requires more knowledge and re-
search than did the whole body of
sciences fifty years ago. One branch of
i biology now covers wider range of
discovery and research than was in
cluded in the anthropology of the last
generation. And yet the tendency is
toward unity-a unity lying outside of
and beyond the limits and objects of
any special form of religion or Of
science.-Christian Register.
The legends that have grown up
around the personality of King Alfred
of England are one by one being torn
away. The visit to the Danish camp
in disguise, the hanging up of the gold
en- bracelets on the highway, the in
PRODUCTION of trial by jury, the founda-
ton of Oxford University-al1 these
have been disproved, even to the call
ing of such names as foolish" and
dishonest. But, thanks be to the delv-
ers in folklore, the world is yet allowed
to believe in those burning cakes. No
less a scholar than Sir Frederick Pol
lock, surely considerable as well as
learned. goes to considerable pains to
prove the strong likelihood, if not
actual truth, of that tale of our child
hood. The whole Anglo-S Saxon world
owes a debt of gratitude to Sir Fred
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