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Show ALARM THAT WAS GROUNDLESS. Report Must Have Made Timorous Individual Feel Small. Says the Allahabad (India) Pioneer: r,A gentleman of Madras recently received re-ceived In his morning 'dak' a very mysterious looking parcel. Suspecting Suspect-ing a bomb, he handed it over to tho police unopened. An officer, told off to to Investigate, made this report: 'I have received the suspicious parcel and on careful examination find It consists of two metal cylinders wrapped In pink paper bearing some English printed matter and purporting purport-ing to come from Hunsur. On carefully careful-ly opening one tin It was found to contain a brown powdery substance with a very aromatic smell and pungent pun-gent to the taste. This on being placed In water was sllgtly soluble. Some of tho powder was placed on an anvil and struck with a hammer, but apparently appar-ently with no 111 effects. A portion was then placed In tho fire, but no explosion ex-plosion occurred. On further examination examina-tion by an expert in these matters it was ascertained that the powder was a substance well known throughout through-out India and in fact in most civilized countries and in common use in most households. Its usual common name Is coffoe powder. The approximate value of the sample Is two rupees (64 cents). I propose to keep it for myself.' " |