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water TO Avoid.

To THE EDITOR OF the SUN-Sr. 7 dare say
that vey. very few of the complaints against our
water supply are VOL grounded. The gumbIers
are as a rule laymen with hardly any knowledge OF
the physical and chemical properties OF the uni
versll solvent" The following are the most I'm
portant indications OF pollution In any given sample
Of water; more than Ave parts Of sodium chloride
common saltl in 100 900 parts Of water: more than
one tenth Of a milllgram to the lltTe OF lbuminoi
ammOnia; more than sixty parts OF total solids in
lOO,O00 parts of water: more than 30 per cent. loss
on ignition OF the above named total solids: more
than .O2 parts OF nitrogen gas present In the nj
trates OF 10000 parts Of water: more than three
nfths parts OF nitrogen gas present In the nltrates
OF 100. 600 parts Of water.
4 potable and wholesome water may have none
OF the above abnormal indica tiOns and yet the
llyman will think II abominable for drinking pur-
poses. On the other hand, the water that tastes
sweet and has a limpid appearance TO the layman's
eye Is probably Just the one that is laden with
pathogenic bacteria and Is the most
beverage.
The mere fact that the water happens TO be turbId
At a certain time. OF that certain earthly solids are at
times suspended In water, should not In the lea st
condemn the authorities. II all depends upon the
nature and constituents Of those suspended bodies,
and whether they are OF organic or Inorganic origin.
Education Is the best remedial agent for the chronic
grumbler. NATHANIEL ]. ILLMAN Phar. ID.
NEW YORK. October /.
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The international Balloon Race.

Viewed as a sporting event the inter
national balloon race which ended in a
triumph for the young West Pointer
Lieutenant FRANK p. LAIN was fasci-
mating, but it adds nothing to practical
aeronautics; as long ago as l7s5 the Eng
Iishman BLANCHARD and the American
DIR. JEFFRIEs crossed the English Channel
successfully from France in a balloon,
and ballooning as a means Of navigating
the air, in the sense OF proceeding
in any direction desired, has made
no progress since. The balloon is still
d~ependent upon the wind for direction,
and is at the mercy Of the waves II the
navigator is sofunlucky as to be blown
out TO sea. II a success is ever made of
the dirigible airship we shall have races
worth looking at from the solid earth as
contests of skill, and then we may begin
To talk about the transportation and
commercial value OF air navigation.
The inflated bags which were released
in Paris on Sunday made much the same
kind Of race that toy balloons would
have made; that is to say, they were
driven before the wini, and the aero
nauts, although they could rise or descend,
were helpless TO change their direction.
But the human factor made the so-called
race ~undeniably interesting. Had the
wind shifted from southerly to easterly
when the most venturesOme were sailing
over the channel they would probably
have found their graves in the Atlantic.
There is comparatively little risk in bal
looming a long as the navigator can
avoid large bodies Of water. In the last
three years 5000 ascensions have been
made without loss of life by the Aero
Club of Paris.
The contest which began on Sunday
in Paris was a disappointment In COM
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when the Pirate, Celebrated.

From me bufinO Magazine,
The buccaneers would "irTi-ate"-buy drink
lavishly. They bought wine by the pipe, and
placing It on the street invited all who came that
way to drink with them. Tho invitation was at
Olce cordial and impeHoIs; like that Of the king,
It was a command. II any one refused. the bucCa
neer whipped out a pistol and compelled the way
farer to drnk. The buccaneers had no siA shoot
as we're then In use as ever the cowboys Of the
Texas Panhandle were with modern weapons.
The wayfarer might eat when and where he
pleased. but he had to drink and be merry" or
seem to be merry, with the buccancer on the public
streets And there was dancing, and
Gold Cost dances, In which the wayf 70 reT Joined
at the muEzle OF a pistol that carried an ounce ball:
and n he was a "tendeTioOt' and well Dire ss,d, so
much more the fun. slaves In ragged osnaburZs
and grandces In silks and hces Joined hands and
clrcled around the open wine cask, while the buc-
cancers shrickcd and whoOpcd and beat time with
knife and pistol.
In fact. as the buccaneers grew hlla rtoIs under
Oft repeated drinks they dipped up the wine In cups
and threw II over the well Dire I'D people who came
within range, The man who soaked his SHIRT In
boo to color II red fOInd Immense Satisfaction In
throwing wine on the silks and satlHs worn b.
the handles ~ the Jamaica metropolis.
But the drinking bouts on the streets were only
the beginning OF the IOllincatIOn, In uavCTns and
melting. Some OF them would spend two or three
thousand pieces OF eight In a night, not leaving
themselves . good shirt 70 wear In the morning"
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Roman Catholic Church Music.

In conversation with an American
visitor recently Plus X. declared him
self well satisfied with the progress OF
the rehabilitation of the Gregorian chant
in the Roman Catholic churches Of this
country. At the same time he signif-
Cantly asserted that he was not in favor
Of the complete exclusion of all church
music otherthan the Gregorian all thathe
asked was that there should be nothing
worldly. Doubtless it has been the mis-
fortune Of the Pope to hear the inter
mezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana" tor
tured into an Ave Maria"
These ~utterances in regard to the use
Of other music than the plain chant
ought to serve to clear up a ~misconcep-
ton which has been widespread. That
Plus X. would try to throw back the
march OF musical progress more than
three centuries was hardly to be be-
Iieved. The Roman Catholic Church was
the mother of modern music. Musical
science was first cultivated in Europe by
priests seeking to build up a liturgy for
their Church. 1t was inevitable that in
doing this they should little by little
Cisoover the combinations Of tones lying
at the basis of harmony and counter
point. 1t was equally inevitable that
having found them they should utilize
them. Thus they led the movement
away from the plain chant and carried
music toward that splendid era in which
the works OF PALEsTRINA and ORLANDO
DI LAsso were produced.
These compositions remain to this day
the models for all composers of liturgical
music. They are heard often in the Sis
tine Chapel, and 10 nan could dwell long
in the domain of the Vatican without
coming under their mighty sway. After
the introduction Of the orchestra and
the solo voice into the Roman mass the
descent from the lofty level of PALEs-
TRINA was gradual but sure. Styles
of composition utterly out Of keeping
with the Church spirit were used, and
even where there was a feeling OF pro-
found religion there was an absence Of the
Roman Catholic idea, IA notably in the
case of BACH's great B minor mass.
Nevertheless, since PALEsTRINA's day
many admirable pieces Of ecclesiastical
music have been composed, and it seemed
altogether improbable that the Pope
would be willing TO part with these and
order his Church back to the monotonous
proclamations Of the plain chant. A
part Of every service can be effectively
delivered in plain song, especially since
the Solesmes fathers, have restored the
correct method of informing it. But there
always should be room for the employ
ment in the service Of the Church Of the
loftiest music that human genius can
| create. To that the Church is entitled
by reason of her position as the mother
OF modern musical art.
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reign OF NAPoLEaN M, whom universal
suffrage ROminalIy prevaD>d In France.
The sohame seems ~ have been shat
tered by the disruption ofthe Octobrists.
A majority Of their leaders, shocked by
the public assertion Of their ostenstble
head. Mr., GUcHKoFT, that revolution Is
nov more TO be dreaded than reaction,
seeded, and at the instigation OF Mr..
SHPoFF have signifed a willingness to
enter into a combination with the less
radical members Of the Constitutional
Democratic organization. The probable
effect Of the new alignment will be the
adoption by the Moderates, who have
g~ravitated toward the Left, Of a~platform
much too advanced for Mr.. SroLYPIN to
accept. His whole electoral programme
is thus, 70 oil appearances, wrecked, and
his professed zeal for representative In
situations is likely TO have been sensibly
chilled.
There are rlImors that he has grave
cause for misgiving in another quarter.
The prolonged absence Of the Gear seems,
on the face Of things, to leave the Pre-
mier all powerful; but, on the other hand,
it is calculated to sap the fidelity Of the
troops. The business Of a ruler Is TO
rule, and a throne is no place for him
if he can be scared from it for an indef-
mite period by the dread Of assassina-
ton. What at first was described as
a short pleasure cruise has begun to
look like a deliberate flight. In the
eyes Of his soldiers NICHOLAS ii. may
soon begin to figure az a deserter, or a
craven, and they may decide to transfer
the crow to some member Of the Ro-
manoff family who is not afraid to wear
it. Every Grand Duke knows that his
death has been decreed by the Terror
lists, but many a one is too brave and
proud to fly from the face Of danger.
A Russian Emperor has been absent,
no doubt, from his realm before, but not
in the time Of trouble when the fate Of
his dynasty was at stake. The be-
havior Of the present Car is unique in
Russian history, and II his absence
should be protracted for some weeks
longer it would not greatly surprise us
to hear that the regiments OF Guards
stationed in or neal st. Petersburg had
| revolted and announced that NICHOLAS
! II. had ceased to reign. 1t would not
, be by any means the first time that the
! Guards have brought about a change OF
sovereigns in Russia.
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Even without Leonard wood.

The afrectionate solicitudes Of u
British cousins have never been more
~lagrantly exhibited than in a recent
suggestion by the esteemed London
Spectator to the effect that all WI need
for our complete beatiication is the
assignment Of General LEONARD WOOD
TO supreme command at Havana. This
friendly counsellor recalls the
able services of General WOOD six years
ago; reminds US of the almost super
human ability with which he quelled the
turbulence OF the disaffected Cubans,
and assures us that another dose Of that
same prophylactic will calm the passions
of the ~populace and, so to speak, smear
the whole island with the ungueHt OF an
inspired ~pacifcatiOn.
Unfortunately, or otherwise, General
WOOD is now beyond the reach Of this
emergency. In far of LuzOn he counts
the cadavers of the converted FlipinOs
and reckons his account as a prophet
of American civilization. He is not i'm
mediately available. But looking back
over the record Of American benevolent
occupation Of Cuba, and keeping special
count of the part enacted by LEONARD
WOOD in that interesting melodrama, we
feel moved to say that possibly the pres
emit Intervention will prosper reasonably
we'll even without the aid and direction
of General LEONARD WooD. He served
a very useful purpose at Havana, we can
we'll believe, for he showed as with a
great white light of illustration exactly
what we should not do a second time.
Time has erased the more prominent
and aggressive features of the episode.
Pending a revision by Congress Of the
case of ESTES G. RATHBoNE, we a dis
Germ no special blotches on the record,
nor can any n forecast another and a
| different line OF inquisition. Let us close
! that chronicle until new events shall
have parted the existing clouds and
opened new vistas for the thoughtful.
Meanwhile, we may take refuge in the
more or less warranted conviction that
Secretary TAFT can manage this affair
without issuing a Macedonian call for
General WooD. II will be a sad day for
this country when it is reduced to an
alternative so shabby and so futile.
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6arlson with ths uerles 81 races N 1000
AZ the time Of tho exposition, when The
Count DE LA VAULx, in the first race,
reached Wloclawek. in Russian Poland.
700 miles from Paris, and N. JACQUES
BALsAN descended at Danzig, East Prus-
sia, 1877 miles from Paris; and on the
second trial Count DE LA VAULX sailed a
far an Korostichev, in Russia, ilsS miles
distant, in thirty-six hours and forty-five
minutes, and Mr.. JACQUES BALsAN got a
far a. Radon, Poland, s43 miles, in twenty
seven hours and twenty-five minutes.
Fortunately, the wind blew steadily from
the west. In the race of 1908 the direc-
ton was southerly, and II Is yet to be- ex-
planned why the race was started when
the conditions were so u~nfavorable. Only
the hardest spirits took the chances
Of the channel. It seems, however, to be
considered bad aeronautiI form to post
pone ascensions. P~arisians have little
patience with timid air sailors. On
one occasion a man and his wife who
had advertised a balloon exhibition
succumbed to the resentment Of specta-
tors and against their better judgment
vent UP and were blown u to the
Atlantic, where the floating car, with it's
occupants uninjured, was picked up by
a fishing smack.
International balloon races cannot fail
TO stimulate interest in a sport which,
judging from comparative casualties, is
not more dangerous than ~automobiling.
In France ballooning has become 80 well
established as a recreation that a bal
loon can be rented for $40 a day from
the Aero Club, and anybody can make
an ascent and go where the wind listeth
for an expenditure Of $40 for gas n
labor. The sport has been taken up
with enthusiasm in Germany, where the
Deutscher Luftschiffer Verbard includes
nine clubs with a membership Of 2,742
Now that an American has won an inter-
national race in an air craft periodically
nam d the United States, a boom in bal
looming may be expected in this country.
Because of the victory of young Lieuten-
ant LAIN the next international race must
be held, under the Aero Club rules, in the
United States.
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wants q Clearer Answer.

To TIE EDITOR or TUE SUN-.sir: ON Saturday
noticed the question OF inquirer" in regard to
the necessity OF subscribing to a set form 0! creed
In order TO belong to the Presbyterian communion,
and an IiouSly awaited a reply. When ! read a
reply In this Mornings SUN ! was disappointed.
The Presbyterian Pastor" does not give a salts
factory answer. He simply makes a barren state
mcnt OF what Is done. He does not explain why
this IL done.
VIII not some trained, logical and philosophical
brain volunteer some intelligent on
the question: is Il necessary to subscribe to a
set form Of creed In order 70 belong to the Presby-
terrain oOmmunion; and II not. why notr' Many
subscribe to the divine lordshIp Of Jesus Christ
and to every word that Nc uttered. In consequence
thereof.
Why docs not the Church insist, there fore, that We
subscribe to all things whatsoever lie taught"'
Why does a minister say. and where does he take
out his license to say, that we arc not sent to teach
all things that the Lord taught and are free TO
subscribe or not TO subscribe to all these things,
since he that believes all these things will be saved
and he that belleveth not viii be damned! Read
the last chapters OF Matthew and Marx.
JERSEY CITY. OctoheTi. BIBLE STUDENT.
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AGE OF THE N
Argument 70 Prove That 1t Is More Than
LOOT Years Old.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In this
mornings SUN Mr.. Joseph Morens asks me
10 give him proofs that the world is very
much older than 6,667 years, which Is accord
Ing to the Jewish reckoning. He evidently
takes Ii for granted that the Hebrews would
DOT have observed their New Year IL this
we're not an established fact beyond the
shadow of a doubt.
Apparently Mr.. MOrens is not much Of a
student of geology, and particularly OF Sir
Charles Lyell's book on geology. which |
consider the best authority on the subject.
l would also refer him to some of Charles
Darwin's works and the great scientific work
of Professor Ernst Haeckel. The Riddle of
the Universe" Let him study the writings of
Thomas II. Huxley. another scientist and
liberal. ! believe that we're he to follow my
advice his mind would become 40 broadened
and his horizon so widened that he would soon
become convinced that his petty little God"
who created the world In six days, 5,e67 years
ago TO a day on September 90 last, has no
existence outside Of his own brain. To come
down nearer to home. l would advise him
by Rabbl Emit q, Hlrsch on Genesis vs..
creation as told In Genesis. Mr.. MOrens must
certainly he familiar, as Is any s~choOlboy. with
s sae for S1nig instance SeO he Ice age pse'S or the Se stone snS s4 ase.
&cy periods of time which elapsed millions
and millions Of ages before the creation OF
Adam" and Eve"
Science has demonstrated conclusiVely that
this earth OF ours has bean and IL continually
passing through successive changes; that
instead OF Ia wing been created out OF nothing
as the defenders Of Judaism would have US
believe, there has been and still continues to
be a continuous evolution or change. and
the word evolution solves. TO the scientific
mind. a great many of the riddles and eRigmas
which religion cannot solve, Though the num-
Der of its defenders Is still legion.
Once science has proved that the world
was not created IN six days, what use is
Lord? So. also. II science has proved. and
I can adduce In proof OF this assertion the
greatest minds that the world has produced,
even the Jewish philosopher Baruoh SpinOza,
that this ball of ours is millions and millions
of ages old. what becomes Of the BabvlOnian-
Jewish superstition Of a world created 1897
years ago? LOUIS BERGER.
New YORK. September IS.
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uaAs nule Mna Chaos Wsuld PsOvatl Y ths
Radicals Had Their way.

To rHE EDTroR oH THH SUN-Str: Whs
l read the letter The UnionistA Side" In
THR SUN Of September - l thought Of . few
other people. who also AK few other things.
And how path etically simple and how little
are the things they ask
For instance. your correspondent. Freder-
iok y. Martin. only asks that we let him and
ha kind set up q government within the
Government, but greater than the municipal.
State and Federal Governments which We
now have; change the meaning Of the WORD
"duress". ignore the laws Of cAtallactios; bury
the principles Of equity. 30 long in working
out; AXE away the freedom Of men to agree
10 work. and Of employers 10 hire; in short.
overturn the Government and society and
the principles upon which they are founded
and substitute an iniquitous. irresponsible
cabal, In whom ignorance and malice and
envy are 10 be prime requisites.
Mr.. Martin shows that the processes Of his
mind are abnormal when he charges those
who do not want to place their liberty In the
control OF any Of his cabals or murdSrers'
unions with want OF omm honesty"
some years ago I walked among the mem
bers Of the murderers' unions Of Idaho and
Warrington a. q Deputy United states Mar
shall and heard them assert IL as q right that
they should be allowed to put n~on-unIon men
out Of the way by any means that might be
necessary TO that end.
Inc tOVoTnnlent, 30 uehIly Dou8hS' ~
price Of somuch blood. " s to be q penny show.
change Of pros anime every day. Then
various forms Of socialism-socialism which
has never yet even made 9 beginning at
founding Q civilized nation-demand scOrn-
fully that the Government under which We
live and under which so many have found
happiness shall lie dow before its abnormal
thinkers and their crazy schemes Give
up everything they cry. laws. courts and
Rnrvaa and Oraada and lain N n ma Wa Xh 0Rl
the wild dance Of death and chaos
Why. this very Mr.. Martin says trade
unions would have small consider alton in the
court Of public opinion II they had no penalty
for the oppression OF their members" Lois-
ses mos faire. let me make them do i'll Such
Is the creed and cry Of these savages. who are
not content that the peoples will and welfare
are in the hands of the elector but demand
gang rule. PosEY 3. WILSON.
TAOS, N. NJ, Heptember 90.
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4 College IN BOkhara.

From ne Minneapolis BeiImGr.
There lay behind the great arch and the dorcs
and the minarets a retired precinct Of ancient iiess
and shaded walks. a grove, Ia the midst 81 ne rll.
colOnnaded in quadrangle by the pointed arches O..
the students cells. Under the trees was a 7of' q"
SUMMED house or pavilion. Two or three young
men were walking In an avenue against the hrlh'I
colonnade, and on the stone steps Of q Wide. s'h"eu
pool sat several mulIahs on their praying rugs
We visited a number Of the students m lh'H
cells-monaslic little brick walled rooms "n-ro
they live the year round there arc no vacations
In Mussulman colleges and for years ON 'uI y
Is not unusual for a student, after passing vac
primary school. TO spend as much 10 eileen 0,
twenty years az his mig her studies, tho4th 's1s",
In such a long CONS, he will 20 thruI3' '''''''
different colleges In the order ofadvsncr"r'|
Quiet men, thcs- students. mild eyed, patient
often middle ARed.
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DissOlving the Party Tie.

II there are any voters whose ale
glance has been given 10 the Democratic
party, and who have felt the spur OF
regularity" prick them to accept the
Buffalo candidate for Governor against
their consciences and judgment, Mr..
HEARST's attitude toward the Kings
county organization should release them
from any fancied obligation to support
him. The Kings county delegation to M
State convention opposed Mr.. HEARsT's
nomination manfully from beginning to
end. When the convention had acted
the delegates returned to their homes
defeated, but abiding by the action of
that body.
Now Mr.. HEARST, to rebuke the Demo-
Gratis who voted against him, announces
thathewillpu in nomination an ind epend-
ent ticket for county officers, planning to
elect it if he can, and if that is not posi-
BILE to throw the local jobs TO the Repub-
licans. Of the regularity of the present
Kings county organization no question is
made its legal and moral right TO follow
the course it did at Buffalo is indicated
by the theory Of democratic government
and innumerable party p~recedents. Yet
Mr.. HEARST intends to punish it.
Party regularity" will be appealed to
for the purpose of whipping many re-
uctant voters into line. Whateverforce
it might have had has been dissipated
and nullifed by Mr.. HEARST himself.
He is the most conspicuous bolter in the
Democratic party to-day.
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Socialism AntaGOnI.tIc to Democracy.

suondent ID. g." In his letter Mathematics OF
Socialism" Is nght In slylng that Democracy and
socialism are antag onistlc, President Hadley OF
Yale has defined socialism as the widening OF the
sphere Of government" Socialism means more
government. II maintains that that country Is
best governed which Is most governed. Now
Jefferson, the founder OF Democracy. said that
that country is best governed which Is least gov
emed." What could be moro anGag Onlstlcr
And yet II Is a common experience to hear a man
who calls himself a Democrat shout for Jefferson
and socialism In one and the same breath. II
xoss to prove that a great many voters belong to
one party or the other not because they believe
In its principles they don't even know but
because OF environment. Or heredity. or because
in order to vote thsy had to belong to a party.
LRFIMLD, Pa October 1. q. A. b.