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The Blessed Art of Reconsideration.
From it frequent and esteemed con
tributor to The Son we hare this
comment on ibe colossal mistake
which the President mado when he
lgned the La l'olletto shlirolnc bill:
"One of the disturbing things about
Jttio La Follotte shipping bill, passed at
the last session of Congress and signed
by the President (aside from the vicious
character of the bill ltsoif) la that It
hows Mr,. Wilson as apparently In the
habit of signing Important measures
without rtrst carefully considering their
merits or possible effects. Alarmed, as
It would appear, at the consequences of
his yielding to the demands of the labor
unions, tb conserve) the ao-called labor
Tot, tie Is now, when the mischief la
done, considering an Investigation ox the
merits of this measure. This Is some
thing he should have thought about be-
attaching his official signature."
While there Is much Justice In this
criticism, we are free to say that It
would be an Infinitely more disturb'
log thing If President Wilson were
bow preparing to stand stubbornly
by this tremendous blunder of legis
lation nnd Executive acquiescence In
stead of preparing to reconsider It
with a view to recommending legisla
tion that will restore the flue; of our
merchant marine do the Pacitlc and
the other oceans.
The Appeal to the Inventors to Win
the War.
The proposal of Mr. H. G. Wells
that the Inventors of Knglund be
mobilized to devise scientific Instru
mentalities for currying on the war
to n successful Issue may not Im
press his countrymen, but In a Ger
man community Mr. Wells would be
honored for his Ideas, which would
not bo thought fantastic. In Ger
many tho chemists ure working lr
their laboratories to discover means
of killing men In the mass more ef
fectively thau It can be done with
hell and shrapnel. In an nttack
upon the Trench trenches near Ca
lonne on Thursday liquid flame was
In some manner thrown Into them,
compelling the retirement of the
French. Hut the new "frlghtfulncsi"
seemed to lack staying power, for
later the French recovered their po
sition. Great things, however, are ox
pec ted in Germany from the military
use of poisonous gas.
According to a Get-man chemist,
few tanks of gas will do the work
of a thousand Mi el Is. The question
Is not so much the u.e of the gas It
self, but that of lludlng n suitable
distributer. Once this Is found the
problem will be solved." He declares
that substitution of high explosives
by gas used In vaporization will un
questionably tako place. Neverthe
less, he admits that the new weapon
Is In a primitive state of develop
ment. It was on May 110 that the
Russians nnd their first exiwrletu-a
of It. Pouring out from cylinders
arranged In groups ten or twelve
feet apart the gas rolled into the
Jtusslnn trenches, where the men, un
der orders to take their chances with
It, lay In silence with their rllliM
ready to open fire ujon the enemy
when he advanced. In the first Itus
slan trenches most of the men suc
cumbed, but the second line, thanks
to a shift of wind, escaped and tho
Germans were repulsed with heavy
loss. It was noted that the asphyxi
ating power of the gas diminished as
the cloud rolled on, hut when a chnnge
of wind slowly curried It buck the
German ranks suffered ; from which
it may be concluded that after a'l
fchcll lire Is more 1onmiiIiiIIo. Shells
never have a hnuiupruiig effect.
Some of Mr. Wr.u.s's countrymen,
prnctlcal men among them, are tak
ing up seriously lils proposal for
mobilizing Inventors. Thus tho en
gineer in chief and the director of a
great foundry approve of It and sug
gest in a letter to the I l..ti Ttm i
thnt the (iia.t-. up;,.,. Hup,,
prizes of S.'oo.d' , r,. solution
f three problems ln.w to cntoh, ren
dsr Ineffective or deauogr, Bubiaa.
rinet: how by aoa new outfeoeL or
valuable lmproTsmarrt on old rooth-
oils, to kill German, Austrian and
Turkish combatants la tht greatest
possible number In the shortest pos
sible time; how to protect ships from
torpedoes. "A committee of naval
nnd military experts and well known
engineers," say the writers, "should
be nppolnted to do nothing but ex
amine the Inventions submitted. Na
poleon, when we, by blockade, de
prived 111 in of sugar, offered a large
money prize to inventors, with the
result that tho world has beet sugar."
It was, however, MARaoRArr, a Ber
lin niiothecary, who first extracted
sugar from white and red beets.
That was In 1700.
What we make of this turning to
the scientists, be thoy chemists or
electricians, to win the war is that
both sides are prepared to pour out
their money lavishly for final vic
tory. No doubt a number of fantas
tic schemes will bo urged upon the
wnr offices. While It would be the
greatest tragedy In history If Eng
land pinned her faith to tho accumu
lation of shell ammunition nnd thu
Germans rendered nbortlve the out
lay nnd energy by wholesale killing
of their enemies with poisonous gases,
or liquid flame or electrical hhock,
we have no doubt that Mr. David
Lloyd George will not allow himself
to be diverted from his work of manu
facturing shells and guns by the In
genious Mr. Wells nnd his like. It
might occur to the amateur schemers
that they can think of nothing, no
plan, no ngency, that has not already
been brought to the attention of the
Government.
A Year Afterward.
On Sunday, June 28, 1014, a year
ago to-morrow, the Archduke Faxx
cir Ferdinand, heir to the Austro
Hungarian throne, was killed on the
streets of Sarajevo, Bosnia, The shot
fired by a boy fanatic, a mere Iso
lated Incident In tense political sit
uation, flashed the powder magazines
of the Balkans and marked the be
ginning of a trail of red that led over
more than half ef Rnrope.
The perspective of a year, a year
of fighting and hatred, Is not suffi
cient to estimate the importance that
historians will give this assassina
tion. The persons arrested for ac
tive participation in the crime were
tried at Sarajevo ; the youth who fired
the shot and the one who threw' the
bomb were spared execution because
both were less than 20 years of age.
The prosecution Charged that the In
stigator of the crime, the real crimi
nal, was Serbia, which had "been In
spired by another higher up, the des
potic empire of tho Czar." Serbia
and her allies claim that the evidence
connecting Serbian officials with the
murder was tramped up, that the trial
was merely to Justify Austria's un
provoked attack upon her small neigh
bor south of the Danube.
What would be the situation in Eu
rope had Francis Ftjujinanb lived
has been a matter of much discussion.
From being "the most unpopular man
In Austria-Hungary" he became, after
organizing the daring stroke that re
sulted In the annexation of the pro?
ince in which he was killed, one of
the most admired. He was recognized
as a man of peace, and the people
came to believe that he was the ono
man strong enough to hold the mon
orchy together after Francis Joseph's
death and to avert Its dissolution-
It was believed, too, that Francis
Ferdinand could solve the Balkan
problem and that the mission that
cost his life was a preliminary step
in this great purpose.
Future historians may determine
Serbia's responsibility nnd the Arch
duke's position in Eurojteun diplo
macy, questions unanswered to-day as
they were a year ago. Curiously
enough, after a year of- war the red
trail has led back again to the Bal
kans, to Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece,
It was In this quarter that the great
conflict started, and perhaps It Is the
weight of these small States that will
yet decide It.
The Hay's the Thing.
With the promised Increase In the
number of repertory theatres In New
York next season we ure led to pon
der as to the source of the pinys
which ure to make up this reiwrtorj.
'With the Stage Society making lis
j greatest effort to Justify Its exist
(ence by conducting a theatre on Its
own plans for a season, K. H. Soth
khn taking tho Booth Theatre to try
' his fortunes there ns nn actor and
'inaii'iger, and the Washington Square
' l1t'.kv., tLln.mlHi. .. ,n I.,...-...
. iv..o ,,ti,,(t,,fs , ..-inn itiuuun nen
son of several months, there will be
required nn ample supply of plnys to
keep these theatres open.
The managers who do not nttempt
to change the bills In their theatres
until the decline In the Interest of
patrons makes It necessary tlml It
sufficiently dllllrult to obtuln the
necessary number of dramas. How
niiKii more Intricate will be the
problem of that theatre manager who
sets out with tho avowed Intention
of supplying many plays howovertlie
public may receive them. The rock
on which every theatre In this coun
try Intended as a repertory theatre
hits always met shipwreck Is tbn
difficulty of lludlng dramas enough
to Interest the public. Singularly
enough the stock coiujNiules lu tho
various cities of tho country. art bTj
lag tkstr AUBonlttsa ra sseettag Jnst
the same requirement.
E. B. Sotuxbr com os t tie Booth
Theatre wU equipped with plays
which have by no means exhausted
their popularity. He abandoned
some of them when ho decided with
Miss Marlowe to devote himself to
the theatre, and they will be welcome
again. The Stage Society has given
no Intimation as to Its artistic plan.
There are still a number of tho Shaw
plays which are practically unknown
here, although the degreo of their
popularity is always questionable In
this country. So the theatre will
probably not lean too heavily on
Shaw. The Washington Square
riayers mako their repertory while
the audience waits. It Is fresh every
hour, so to apeak. So the difficulty of
this company in finding dramas In
which to reveal rts talents will
probably be much less than the other
more ambitious and conventional or.
gnnlzntions will encounter.
Mr.
Burleson's Wretched Stamped
Envelopes.
Mr. Dockesy, the Third Assistant
Postmaster-General, has given com
mendably prompt attention to the
complaint made by one of The Suit's
falends in Hartford, Conn., of tho
absorbent quality of Mr. Burleson's
stamped envelopes, and from his let
ter, printed In another place on this
page. It will be learned that no
changes in the contract for these con
tainers have been made recently. Yet
"Ex. Trans. App." sent to The Sun
two envelopes on which he had at
tempted to write In a manner deciph
erable by Mr. Bubleson's long suffer
ing clerks tho address of one of his
correspondents, ns samples of the sta
tionery Mr. Bublkson sells.
If when Mr. Burleson nnd Mr.
Dockert rend their copies of Tin;
Sun this morning they will tenr off
the margin of this page, noak It In
water from their finger bowls, nnd,
with a broad nibbed pen, write on the
wet paper eight words, such as
"The Ink spreads dreadfully on this
print paper,"
they will achieve results such as those
Which Irritated our Nutmeg protestant
and Inspired him to do the thing sen
sible men do when they have an inter
esting suggestion to make, a complaint
to record, a question to ask, or an
nrgumimt to advance write to The
Suit. If the official duties of Mr.
Burleson nnd Mr. Dockeby are so
arduous ns to leave them no time for
this experiment, we Invite them to
call at our otllce on their next ofllclal
or Don-olllclal visit to this town, when
we shall be glnd to display to thorn
two envelopes thnt, we are sure, will
make them blush.
The suggestion that our Hartford
friend perspires too freely for the
comfort of Mr. Burleson's envelopes
we utterly reject. Ills heat Is dry and
of rage, not the gentle dew Inducing
glow of pleasant exercise; and unless
Mr. Burleson reforms his paper stock
It may result In flames uncomfortable
for the Postmaster-General.
A Modem Florence Nightingale.
A letter from Its London correspon
dent In the Journal of the American
Medical Association describes the
horrid condition of tho Serbian popu
lace. Typhus mid typh'old fever are
spreading rapidly, being brought
home by soldiers and civilian travel
lers, so that "the country has become
a seething mass of misery and pesti
lence." The number of patients far
exceeded the hospital accommoda
tions. In Kragulvatz, for lnstauco,
which Is n town of 20,(XK) Inhabi
tants, 3,400 died from typhus fever
lu three mouths. No medical service
adequate to the conditions existed.
"Physicians, nurses and others bravely
volunteered from Britain, France and
America, and ninny of them suc
cumbed to typhus,"
The work done by these devoted
helpers Is beyond all prulse. Amid
all these discouraging conditions
there nppcared'a lone English woman,
n Mrs. Hardy, who, like her coun
trywoman Florence Niohtinoale.
brought order out of chaos, taking
charge alone nnd single handed of a
surgical hospital of about 500 pa
tients. Obtaining the help of one
woman, a Serbian physician, she
turned this lazaretto Into "a marvel
of order and cleanliness."
Again Is demonstrated the Incalcu
lable efficiency of woman In hnr own
sphere, nilnlst ration tx the helpless,
the sick, the weary In H-ace or war.
It has been said that Florence
Nhiiitinualk Is the only woman In
the world's history who has alone nnd
unaided originated a great movement
or has reached a place of great emi
nence as an Initiator outside of the
splendid achievements as the mother
' nnd fosterer of civilization
Ml other
' excellent achievements of women
eun In their distinctly feminine sphere
were Initiated by men; for example,
higher education of women by Uicii
ami Ml'i.castkr in IfSSl and welfnrv
work by KnoAit Muri'iiy,
That enormous possibilities are In
store for women as specialists In
their own sphere Is beyond confutn
tlon, and It Is evidenced by the he.
role and efficient work of this Eng
llsh woman, who Inspired men and
women in the throes of despair to
deeds of marvellous efficiency.
Friendly Word to President Marks.
That I lie Hon. Maiicum M. Mahkn,
President of Manhattan, should cher
ish the iimbltioii to attain the ollleo
of Mayor Krntlfles Tnr. Kux Its ef
fect on Mr. Maiikh, If Judiciously
controlled and reBulnted, should bo
enlivening and wholesome. It should
Iteep him wide nwnkn to tho duties of
his present ofllee, closely observant
of the statutes which define hlR au
thority, and Keen lu tho suppression
of tendencies not In conformity with
tbn needs of the city,
But Mr. Mabkb ahould remember
that tho nomination and election of
a Mayor are still somo time In the
future. Not until 1017 will tho elec
tors of New York choose another
head for their government. Bcforo
we enter on that important contest
we shall have to attend to tho sorlous
business of getting a President nnd a
Oovernor, nnd a number of minor
public officors. In the process a
great ninny booms will go to smash,
a great many hbt wenthcr candidates
will And themselves forgotten, and
whole regiments of premnturo states
men win find themselves outside tho
breastworks.
These Interesting nnd characteris
tically Btubborn facts are respectful
ly submitted to Mr. Marks'b serious
consideration, with n probably unnec
essary reminder thnt if the worm
kept at homo the early bird would
not gobble him up.
Josephus Talks Sensibly.
The address delivered by Secre
tary Daniels at the War Collego In
Newiiort yesterday Is encouraging.
It Justifies tho belief thnt the doc
trine of preparedness has found hos
pitable lodgement In offlclnl minds.
We mny even hope thnt there will be
no opposition based on fata Ideals
or mushy sentiment to the serious
proposnls of Informed men who ad
vocate the creation of nn ndequato
defensive establishment for the pro
tection of our consts.
In pnrtlcular, tho Secretary spoko
of the lessons to be learned by this
country from the amazing progress
that underwater and aerial craft have
made. The significance of his refer
ence to the English navy Is enforced
by his pled bo that the Department
will keep an open mind for every sug
gestion of improvement that mny bo
brought to It- His speech amounted
In fact both to an Imitation nnd a
pledge.
When the service does lay Its facts
before Congress, ns Mr. Daniels
urges, its presentation will have the
support of the powerful Influence of
the civilian administrators.
Mr. Daniels has not always nn
pearcd to advantage In the discussion
of naval affairs. Yesterday, how
ever, he struck the noto the who'.e
country has waited to hear. In his
declaration for n powerful fleet, fully
equipped for modern wnr In all ltt
phnses. Josephus Daniels spoke as
a Secretary of the United States
Navy ought to speak.
So far the only sounds not altogether
amicable that emanate from the Panama-Pacific
Exposition coma from the
department of Cho flno arts. Thcro
have been no growls from any other
exhibitors whether they bs commer
cial. Industrial or aaricultural. Thus
does the artistic temperament once
more assert Itself and Justify Its repu
tation. The enterprising Inmates of a New
Jersey Jail who from their cell laid the
foundation for a successful bustns
reversed tho ordinary sequence of
events. Under the present dlspensa-j
tlon a man who founds a profitable I
business Is rewarded by being hustled
off to prison.
Application foas been made for the
appointment of a receiver for Nash
ville, Tenn., becauso Its financial of
ficers have robbed the city. If this
sort of thing becomes fashionable the
bankruptcy courts will be obliged to
cnlarno their quarters.
Authors of "reviews" of tho winter's
dramatic season might not be expected
to collaborate when they are writing
tnr rivnl injinArerfl Thnt n-nnM
' be asking too much. But somo sort
of team work might bo advantageous
to the audiences. Then they would
not be compelled to see the same plays
travestied more than once. Now these
pieces are largely made up of bur
lesques of tho same dramatic perform
ances, since the most notable of the
productions are selected to parody.
A well advertised eugenic marriage
has ended In the divorce courts,
whose proceedings, It Is to be, "hoped,
will be .marked by careful observance
of all the rules of nood sanitation.
The latest official news from San
Franclseo confirms the earlier nnd pri
vate despatches In which wns re
corded the unqualified success of the
WIconsln submarine I.a Toilette. In
clearing fbo Pocltlc of American ships
owned by tho Robert Dollar Steamship
Company.
I'nalile. to protect Its vessels from
the attack of the La Follette, tho
Dollar Company has sought refuge
for them uniler the llrltlsh flat:. The
I struggle proved entirely one sided, and
, the defeat of the enemy ship owners
i was accomplished without tho loss of
a syllable from the vocabulary of th
I.a Follcttn's lockers.
, News of this triumph has been telo-1
'Krnphed to Cornish, N. II , where ono
of the chief constructors of tho I.a 1
Follette Is now sojourning.
I The discolored silk Imdno sent to j
us by Mr. North, the matter printed '
on which we reproduce in another
column to-day recalls the completion i
i of a meat municipal enterprise that
worthily served this town for genera
tions and still continues Its work'
In a manner highly satisfactory. Mr. 1
North has given the badge to the.
city, by which it will be preserved
and we have rcpioiluccd the text that
It bears not mure because of Its timeli
ness with respect of the approaching
Introduction of a new water supply I
into the town than because It Is nl
strikingly clear and excellent record
of tho great Croton River dam and
aqueduct.
The White (lull.
fViiri Mr lliimnun of f'tdor Ftrtky
The white kuIIs dip nnd wheel
Over nntera gray like sleet.
The white gulla rail and cry
A they spread their wings and fly.
Hi white gulls sink lo rest
On the tide's alow heaving lireaet,
Boula of men that turn and wheel
Over water rold ns steel,
Hnuls of men Hint rail and cry
As they know nul where to fly
Kuuls of men that sink la rest
On an all receiving breast
Mataica Moans,
THE BURLESON ENVELOPES.
An Ofllclal Non-Explanation of the
Wretched Stock Used.
To tub Editor or Tub Bun Sir: My
attention has been directed to tho
letter signed "Ex. Trans. App." and
dated Hartford, June 23, published In
Tin Sun, complaining of the spread
ing of Ink on a stamped envelope, nnd
particularly to the editorial paragraph
commenting upon the letter and sug
gesting that tho defect Is the result
of efforts on the part of the present
administration of the postal service to
economize. As the Issuance of stamped
envelopes comes within my ofllclal Jur
isdiction, I beg to be permitted to cor
rect this suggestion.
First lot mo explain that stamped
envelopes nro manufactured for the
department under four year contracts,
as provided by law. For many years
the factory was located at Hartford,
Conn., but In 1907, during the admin
istration of former Postmaster-General
Meyer, a new concern secured the con
tract under competitive bidding and
established Its factory In Dayton, Ohio.
Four years later, In 1911, tho contract
was again awarded to the Dayton
manufacturer by former Postmaster
Ueneral Hltchcock, and that agreement
Is still In existence. This administra
tion has simply executod tho contract
as It found it. No change has been
made in the standard of quality of
paper, and no change, for purposes
of economy or for any other reason,
has been or could be mads In the prices
stipulated in tho contract.
The paper and the envelopes are
produced under substantially the same
conditions ns for several years past;
the paper is made In the same mills,
tho envelopes nro produoed In tho
samo plant by the same organization
and practically tho same force of
operatives, nnd the paper and Its
manufactured product are inspected
by tho enme Inspector representing
tho Post Office Department.
It is the absence or deterioration of
"sizing" in paper that causes writing
fluid to blur. I do not believe, how
ever, that the spreading of ink com
plained of by your correspondent was
due to Insufficient "sizing," becauso
otherwise complaint would be more
general and not confined to a single
city. The "sizing" mlfrht, for example,
be affected from handling by a person
Who perspires freely, or from expo
euro to moisture In other ways.
I have Instructed the postmaster at
Hartford to test his stock of envelopes
nnd If any are found defective to
withdraw them from sale; also to re
place any defective envelopes brought
to his attention by the public. In
such cases the contractor is penalized
not only In the oast of manufacture of
the redeemed envelopes, but also the
cost of departmental administration,
factory supervision, transportation,
poBt office expense, redemption, and all
other cost factors, so that neither the
Government nor the public sustains a
loss.
In oonoluslon permit me to say that
this administration bolleves In econ
omy, and practises It, but in no cose
has It or will it practise economy at
tho expense of postal efficiency. This
Tub Sun may rely upon.
A. M. Dockert,
Third Assistant Poetmastar-Oeneral.
Washington, June 26.
Skimpy Catting 8operlmpoed on
Soft, Absorbent Stock.
To tub Editor op Tub Bun Sir: The
llurloson stamped envelope are of lata
out with the back under the flap so nar
row that when there are several enclos
ures In the envalona th tmrm Mnnt h.
summed down without summing the '
contents at the same time, a disgusting-1
economy.
I not Mr. Hurlnon making enough
money out of the crippled railroads o
that he can reiume the former method
of eutttnc the envelope? Nutmpo.
Waterburt, Conn.. June 2S.
REAL POETRY OF MOTION.
Rhythmic Analysis of the Snorting
of ths Iron Horse.
To the Editor or Tnr Bun Sir: I
have to propoee n new puerility.
Tho lnnomnUo's device of counting
sheep Interminably to derive sleep Is
cognate with my Invention In Its func
tion of tlmo killing, although not so well
bred.
1 would delete the pains or commuting,
offer abrogation of railway JournpjH. di
vert minds now suplna and enervato In
tho dull dead monotony of travel, And
the means Is ai simple as It Is sophls
tlcited. How many times the snortlngs and
spouttngs of the locomotive have Irrl- ,
tated you. particularly in the local I
train ! Well, my Invention builds on this
cry annoyance, sublimating It, trans
lating It Into a dtvertltement and a
blessing. It effects In two words a mot
rincatlon of the detonating exhaust of
the engine.
This Is a fnnclnntlng game and eats
up space between stations.
Let the tyro try It flrnt In Ita gen
erics, "Anapest, nnspest, snnpest," he
will nnd himself chanting ns the city
drops behind ; and before the racttiK ac
celerations have merged Into one long
itrcamlng sound, before, to make It
graphic,
. t ( ,
becomes
before. In short, he realizes that be li
under weigh, he will awake to aware
ness of tho nevt "top nnd the neceslty
of UttliiB siomu other mettle to tho looo
muttw:. Whether this diminuendo be dactylic,
nn would heetn lo b Indlcited , whether,
further, there, be not a slMKle exquisitely
miipcnt spondee at the maximum pant
between stations, Increased toward and
diminished room detertnlmihl), need not
be dlHCiiniPil. Kneh inelrlnt will have
lila subjective reading, and the point i
la oi course explicitly inat lima ! He
Ill!? kicked pleasantly to somewhere over
Imek of lwond
That larger forms of this merhnnlo
onil be developed need also not lie
aliened. Amazing verse strurtures or
rasliuially emergn : If the "frogs" are
bumptious or wheels spin on slippery
tracks one can ascend Into logaieillca
without hatting an eye
Then Ideas pop lo this stneralo. the
roar of tho engine Is the Irtus of In
Kpliatlon, poetry bubbles In the soul and
nil out for your station' edllles the
ear. 8 K. Wilson.
Kwautiimojib, Pn., Juno 20.
O Woman, Woman! Wherefore Art
Thou Woman ?
To tub Kditoii oi'Thk Sun .S'Ir. Thero
Is no better evidence of woman's self
ishness than her habit of unpunctual
Ity. An Idle woman demands from n
busy limn ,i higher standard of punc
tuality than alio seta for herself. Hhe
will scold him unmercifully for being
late, and then be always late herself,
when alio has nothing else In tho world
to do but tie on tlmo,
A Hkcent StirrEitrn.
OitANn Hapids, Mich., June 24,
Missouri tiportamen'a Kitremlty.
I'rom ttit Lamar Vtmocrat
About twn more rrt will finish up th
squirrels, The iiuiill Is Juet about extinct.
Ducks arn getting scarce, About the only
thing for n real sportsman to do Is to
spit on hit hands and get him a (J awat
. . i..-A a. .Us
THE CROTON CELEBRATION.
An Interesting Memorial of an Im
portant City Undertaking.
To thb Editor or Ths Bun Sir:
Herein find a badgo Riven to my late
father when a lad and present at the
festivities Incident to the completion of
the Croton Aqueduct.
This may Interest New Yorkers of a
past day.
My Kr.indfather wns burned out In
"the big fire" about this tlmo nnd moved
to New Haven, Conn., ndJolnlnK the
HlllhouQ estate, which latter property
boenme Inter a part of Yale holrtlfiRs.
PiitLtr Ktkono North.
Auousta, Or., Juno 20.
COMPLETION OF TltB CItOTON AQUE
DUCT CELKIIIIATKD.
Ktw York, October 14, 1141.
1IIKTOUY.
In the year 179 Dr. Joieph Ilrown
propofeil to tupply the city of New York
with water, by bringing th river Uronx
to Il.irlem In an oprn ennui, raiting It to
tho required hdfht by uteain, and con
ducting It to the city In a ilx-tnch pine.
Proposition! hare been mnle otnea by Will
Urn Weiton and othen. with reference to
tho mme enure. Ths CHOTON mi flrnt
reoommended In tho year 1131 by Col.
Hewitt Clinton. In lltl tht I.eslnUture
nuthorli-cl nurveya. In 1114 a permanent
board of Water Commlnlonera was orran
lzd. In 1115, Peb. llth, the report of
Httphtn Allen. Vt'm. W. Fo, Saul Alley,
Charles Duienbury and Benjamin M,
Ilrown, Water OoiomlMlonera, wan made,
recommending the work a conetruoted.
fturvaye by D. B. Douilaan anT John Mar
llneau. In lilt and 1114. March 4th, IMS,
plan adopted by the Common Council.
A-prU llth, the oMaena decided by a dla
tlnot vol that the work ahould be con
atruoted. May 7 th, the CommlMlonera
were directed to proceed. Water Intro
duced July 4th, 1143. THE AQUEDUCT
commences at the CItOTON river. Ave
mllea from the Hudeon, In Weetcheiter
County, The DAM la ISO feet long, 70
Wide at the bottom, and 7 at top, helxht
40 feet; built of atone and cement. It eeta
the river back fly mllea, covering 400
ncrei, and holdi five hundred rnllltone of
salton. Prom the dam the aqueduct pro
ceeiU, eometlmra tunnotllng through eolld
rock, crmilng valleya by embankment!, and
brook by oulverte. until It reaches Har
lem Illver, a distance of II mllea. It la
built of etone, brick and oment, arched
over and under, feet I Inchea wtd at
bottom, 7 feet t Inchea at top of aide
w-atle, and I feet S Inchea In height. It
will discharge In 14 houra, alxty million
of gallons; descent II Si In. per mile. It
will crosa the Harlem Illver on a MAO
NinCENT BHIDOE OF STO.VB. 1,480 feet
long, with li aroha, I of 10 feet span,
and 7 of (0 feet arpam. From high tide to
aofflt of arch 100 fast, to top of bridge,
114 feet; oort about nine hundred thou
sand dollars. Water for the present con
ducted soroaa In an Iron pipe laid as an
Inverted syphon. THE MANHATTAN
VAIA.ET, at Harlem, la pasoed by two In
verted srphons of ct Iron 3 feet In dia
meter, descending 105 fet below the grade
line; 54 mile from termination of Aque
duct maeonry, 1 passes CLEN'DENN'INO
VA2LET, with e rones over atreett nnd
sidewalks about 40 feet high. The IlE
CE1VINO nEsnnVOm U at llth street.
II miles from the DAAf, It covers tlilrty
flra acres, and contains ISO millions of
gallons. The wa;r le conveyed to the
DISTninLTLVO HEsniVOIR, on Mur
ray' Hill, 40th etreet. In Iron pipes. It Is
41 miles from the dam, covers four acres,
built of etone and cement, heigh. 43 feet
above the street, resembling a apaclous
rastle, or fort. It holds 20 millions of gal
lons. From this reservoir. Iron pipes are
laid underground through the city. Water
will rise In any part 114 feet above the
tide, nearly as high aa the clock of the
City Hall. Over 110 miles of pipe re
already laid, The whole oot will be about
TWELVE MILLIONS OF DOLTAIIH.
ENGINEER CORI!1
John n Jervle, Ohlf H. Allen, princi
pal sssletant, E French, reldent Engineer,
first division, H T Anthony, second; Wm.
JervU., third; P, Hastla, fourth.
COMMON COUNCIL, 1141.
Mayor, Robert H. Morris. Aldermen i
C. Balls. C B. Woodhutt. Pre.ldent; J, A.
Underwood, R. Martin, n. Jones. C. Crollus.
Jr.. C. W. Smith. S. Oedney. M, O. Ieonard.
E F Purdy, A Hatfield. R. F. Carman,
II. W Bonnell, J Stewart. II E D.ivlee,
E. D West. F R Lee. Aenlstant Alder
men: II C. Westervelt, O F. Nebltt, W.
Dodge. D. T Wllllame. Wm Adams, Pres
ident It. H. Atwell. J. Nash. C. 1'. Ilrown.
W D Waterman. D, Ward, O. J Dodge.
G, W. Allerton, 1 Esqulrol, J. It. Scoles,
W. V Brady. W. Mesd, J. I'ettlgrew
Holt by tiicari P. WSaltn, No I Corf,
land tlrnt.
ADVERTISING ON THE ERIE.
Its TAteat Income Producer Arouses the
Commuter's Ire,
To ths Editob or Tnr Srx S(r: Will
you allow me to protest through your col
umns In the name of common sense, de
cency and good taste against the action
of tht Erie Railroad In turning Its cars
Into a btdlam of advertising announce
ments' Iteiently the Erie rut on a train of new
cart, all eteel, leather arate, arched roofs,
painted or Is it enamelled? white, a de
cided Improvement on the old wooden
models of 1312 attll in uae. These new
carriages were comfortable, attractive, and
unquestionably rry commuter or tran
alsnt traveller appreciated the unexpected
Improvement
It appear now Chat these cars have
been built nlth advertising denlgn and mal
ice aforethought, for after running them
n few weeks In all their pristine glory,
suddenly, on the morning of June it
entered the coaehrs only to be startled,
amareil, flabbergasted, outraged, Incensed
at the atrocious trick which had been
served upon us The care are abler with
hideous advertisements.
I leld to no man In mv appreciation
of the Importance of this modern art or
sclenre Hut the coaches of our r.illna)
carriages are no place to emblazon the
',trhp,'iin dere of nil manner of
tradesmen I think the matter Is of enm
Importance snd thai tho-e who trael on
the road ha a right to be coniulted.
To be sure the i.irs are the pr.ipi-rty
of the Krle rorporitlon Presumably thev
hae a rlnht, slid we know how urgently
they need an extra f per cent . hut to try
nnd raise It this way' It Is too much
AMCMulE, N J., June !5. II M
The Oreat White Whale.
To TIIK K'iutoii or TlIK Hun .Sir- Your
editorial note of June 2f shorts that
there Is need of n Melville revival Uim
who professes to lie n "lover of Herman
Ity" but admits that he can't get awav
from Nantucket with "Mohv Dick" needs
to hit the salt sea trail Tho National
I'ederatloii of Melville Ivielelles, w lien
formed, will rightly refuse in admit to
membership n one who rannot swal
low the Oreat White Whale.
r.nwiN n. Si.oshon.
New Vohk, June 2U.
The Secret of Longevity,
To Tiir. ICniTos or Tim Hun Sir; Dr.
Aratinnh H Hnthwcll Is out with tho
statement that longevity Is the result of
living a life of continuous h ird work
nnd devotion to duty This Is error.
The average man of continuous Inrd
work nnd devotion to duty dies before
he Is forty-five. Longevity Is the priv
ilege of penslnncts, parasites and de
pendent relatives Vours for health,
7.KMNA I'llKlmiK, Th D.
Nr.w Yoitit, Juno 20.
On the Farm,
Stella Tou have been running
llella Yet, the milk condenser ehssed
me.
The Summer Hoy,
Mary had a little brail
With pants as white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went
Th bsau waj ur to go.
HIS LAST FIFTEEN CENTS.
Story of an Illlnolsan Drought Hp on
McGnffey's Fifth Render.
To thb Editor or Tub Sun Sir.1 I
tsavo but fifteen cents and do not know
where or when I am to get any mare.
I have been wondering; all day nnd try
ing to hit upon a plnn to cam not only
fifteen cents but n much larger amount
In dollars that 1 must havo, for I am
liautiteJ by u fear that I will not be
able to meet the rent bill nnd fuel bill
and grocery bill, nnd by that bring grief
to my wife nnd nn invalid duughlcr.
In my earlier years I was a newspaper
corrcsiwtident and supplied several
metropolitan papers with nuwa items
from ii Western county seat. I have
nisei written acceptable short stories,
stories that always elided well, for I
had so many unfortunate endings In my
own experiences that 1 never could
bring myself to mjiiufncture llitltlous
ones for story characters. 1 have also
written books, mid eight volumes nru
now on bookstands In several cities, but
nono of them huvo ever been mentioned
among tho eight best sellers. I wroto
my Hrst book more than twenty-llvo
yearn ago and It Is yet listed In tho
general cataloguo of the original pub
lisher. I never received any royalty on
thnt book or any of six others, becauso
I sold the manuscript outright to first
publisher who would tuko It, and that
because each and every book was writ
ten Just as this article Is written nnd
sent out, to get a little money to tide
over the shoals of financial need. Theso
facus explain In part why I am writing
thin true story uImui my Inst fifteen
cents; that Is, I believe I have somo
ability as narrator of facts, nnd as news
papers exist upon facts I am hoping
some one will buy this copy.
My plan la this: To semi an Identical
nccount to three of the greatest news
papers In tho nation, trusting thnt onn
of the three will accept, pay for and
print It, and then 1 will have another
story to tell which will be not of my
last fifteen cents but of my next
dollars. It will be n serial, for perhaps
the dollars will grow as no other dol
lars 1 possessed ever did, 'and that will
bo another story, and In that way 1 cm
keep on telling stories that will sell until
the time comes when aomo one will wrltu
thnt the story nnd tho story teller had
gone to keep nn engagement with death.
Every line of this story Is true; Imbed
every word la truo except tho signa
ture, nnd that Is untrue simply becauso
1 could not get consent of my pride to
lot my next door neighbors know who
I am, for though I am sending this to
newspapers outside my own city some
body here may be a reader of the dis
tant paper that prints this.
It will take U of my nftren oents
to send the'e three envelopes and en
closure, nnd that will leave me only
nine, but where nothing Is ventured
nothing Is gained.
I have not been Idle nor cureless nor
extravngant that I find myself where I
am. It Is not egotism for me to say
1 have never been. I commenced ac
tive life by enlisting ns a soldier in the
civil wnr. Ilefore that I bad earned
twenty dollare as clerk In a hardware
store In Illinois. I count my recollec
tion of my army experience my great
est comfort. I escaped death but left
tho Inrger part of my health 4n tho
swnnips along the Mississippi fliver in
Arknnsn. I did very, very little to pre
serve the Union, but I nm devoutly
thnnkful thnt I was privileged even t.
try to do something, When I came
homo I taught school several years,
studying at night to keep ahead of my
lasses that were to reclto the next day
the le-wuns I learned the night before.
Little did those big boys nnd girls In
the winter schools of Illinois know that
1 was going to school myself with them
and was only a few hours ahead of
them, I got through and so did they.
I stumbled one diy, though, and nearly
lost my school teacher life, but wns
saved by n young lady pupil wtioxe
memory I bless to this hour for her 6roat
kindness.
The class in the old McOuffey "Fifth
Reader" was on the lloor, A lad wns
stumbling through a verse In one of
the stately selections that marked that
old text book and enmn to the word
"patrlclfln." Ha nppfole.l to me for
help to pronounce It I came to his aid
with "pat-rl-kan" ! That young lady,
nearly a woniHti full grown, tho beauty
of the sfhnol a-s well ns the brlghtet
and best pupil, had the next verse and
In that verse I discovered, In looking
over the shoulder of tho lad 1 had
"helped pronounce," also occurred tho
word "pitrlclan " Tho right pronun
ciation Hashed across my mind Instant
ly, nnd I fairly teeled nnd neirly fainted
In dread of the exposure of my Igno
rance which should follow her correct
pronunciation, for I knew she knew!
When she enmo to the word sho hesl
totcd Just a second, glanced up at mo
as I (dared at her In terror such as I had
never known In the nrmy, and then,
with ever so faint n smllo. sho read
"pnt-rl-kan" and went on throuiA the
verse quietly us though she had done
nothing worth thinking about I I was
saved !
If this were not a truo story, If It were
Just n story such as I have written
"out of my head" ninny and many n
time, 1 would Fay I made It convenient
to walk home with that young lady
after school, thnt I told her how very
much I appreciated her thoughtful kind
ness In saving my reputation as a
teacher, that some time I hoped to re
pay her. but that up to that time I
could unl ask her to bHve that I
was her devoted admirer and wanted
always to bo her frlond Tho fact is I
never mentioned the affair to her In
any way at .jny time, but it Is also the
fart thnt I have never ceased to bo
graceful to hor nnd rejoiced when she
l.ecamo the wife of my denr boyhood
friend.
After several years of country nnd
village fchool teaching I beo.nie tenchei
..f mathematics In n high school Then
1 entered the mlntstrv, but germs of
the nrmy llfo undermined my health and
I was asso fate- editor of a struggling
country town dally Inter I reentned
the min'Mry and pioneered In northern
Michigan Iiter, health falling nifitn
I eatue to Petmlt nnd took up work as
salesman In a dry goods store After
some yeniH went back Into the ministry
but having Ioh "mv grade" through en
foi.ed retirement. I served, ns best I
could, sever.il chinches In the poorer ills
tricts of Ohio.
1 tmrillon these things as Justifying
my statement thnt I bive not been Idle
I have not been cureless 1 have not
been oxtrnvninnt, nnd vet to-dav
ignlnst all my best endeavors ami
.ur li.sl my hi art cries and wholly
against my plans and wishes, I find niv.
self possessing onlv tlfiecn .'ents and
that I earned by do'ng some copvlrig
n the t peivriter for the writer of 'con
tribution to a iicwsp.ii or who cannot
use the machine' As 1 write now I
look out my window on the men who
nro working for the city grading the
street preparatory to pivlng ami wish
1 could Join them! I cannot for two
reasons, but the main enn Is that
strength Is not entuil to that kind of
work, and clerical work cannot ho had
becauso my hair Is gray!
The flovei ninent of tho United Slates
supplies a pension pavablo next Sep.
tember. so that doee lint do any givifl
to-day So doi's the . Iiurch, but that
does not do for to-day !
Is my plan feasible" lines anv one
care lo look at this picture? Will unv
one care ever to know wh.it huh the
outcome of the investment of two-llfbs
of my present capital In such n pin,
ect? Is truth stranger than tletlon"
1 It more profitable? I have written
ncllon for years anil sold It, principally
perhaps because It ended well, but wli)
tiiilh IbAt lias no end In nlgla e,.i m
nil In a ontlniled story the experi
enced render enn usually guris tin.
ending, but who can guevi where this
continued story Is going to end, or how?
Not even the writer! n, II, Cam.
Toledo, Ohio, June 23.
WHITMAN INSPECTS
INTERSTATE PARK
Governor nnd Wife Jlnkc To
Milo Trip as (!ncs(s nf
George W. Perkins.
xotaihjKs rx tiik p.mjty
Gov. nnd Mrs. Whitman w re tlie
guests yesterday of (leorge W P. i,,,,,
on n seventy-five mile tour of n.p,., i o'
by launch and automobile tlunug'i van.
ou.i rectlons of the I'allsndes Intir t.iin
I'nrk, wliich Is under the JurKdi. ,n (,f
a commission of which Mr rerun, is
president.
Ono of the most plcnslng features of
the trip was a luncheon gHeii by Mr
Perkins for 300 people of New York ntut
New Jersey to celebrate the opening r,f
the Hear .Mountain Inn, a lingo ep.n
air restaurant on tho west bank nf t tie
Hudson about six mites below Ym
I'olnt. Tho affair wns Informal and ti
Oovernor nnd other guests showed tht t
approval of the work of the Commie
sloners lu building the restaurnnt nn.
operating It themselves to supply low
cost food, not by speeches of eoninin
datlon, but by eating a hearty lunche..
with appetites sharpened by the long
boat nnd motor trip that pi eroded It
After spending; Friday night nt th
I'erklns home In ittverdnte the Cnver
nor and Mrs. Whitman nnd Mr aid
Mrs. Perkins boarded one of the HttU
launches owned by the eon, miss
about 9 o'clock In the moinlng nn.,
proceeded down the river lo a pn li
near Fort Lee, Tho boat was thet
tumed upstream, nnd keepng as ne ,r
the New Jersey shore us po-ixible the
party viewed part of the narrow rtr i
of land, twelve miles long, running ln,k
ns far ns the edge of the Tali-wlcs
Hundreds of little white tents pit. i . ,
nenr the water's edge, where earner -are
permitted to enjoy themselves wtf
out cost, were seen, From ranee
rafts nnd little lnndlng piares t,,
campers waved a greeting to the Oove
nor as tho launch passed by. At othi r
plnces along the routo men were nt wor
building n trail nt tho foot of tho l al
sades and filling In land to make n Lie
playground for the campers,
The boat landed thu party at tli
nnglcwood dock of the new lyckm.e
street ferry, where nn automobile a
waiting to tako them through n beaut
ful stretch of Inland country lo t'
next park property to bo Insportt
Cnmp Ulueflelds. In Itockland count
nenr Nynck. Here tho party w.i
greeted by n song of welcomo sung I v
tho hundred or more girls at tho camp
Tho site of the cnmp Is u tract of abon
SCO acres nnd is nn old rlflo range
which was bought by tho commlssloi
several years ago. The cnmp Is und r
tho supervision of Miss Ituby M. Jolliffe
of tho Y. W. C. A.
Qov. Whitman next wns taken pas.
Hook Mountain on the Hudson Itlvu
Just below Ilnverstrnw, another sectlr.ii
of tho park, and on up toward Hear
Mountain by a road high nbovo th
river, affording n. wonderful view ef
tlie Hudson Valley.
Tho party arrived at Hear Mountain
nt 1 o'clock. Just In time for tho lunch
eon. At tlov. nnd Mrs. Whitman
tnble, btfldes Mr. and Mrs. Perkln
were Miss Anno Morgan nnd W. Av,n
llarrlmnn. At the not table we:
.Miss Dorothy IVrklns. John II. IlO' lt
feller. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Wllllnm 1
Porter nnd Miss Helen Potter.
Among tlio others who uccrptrd Mr
rerklns'M Invltntlon wcro Judge nr. I
Mrs. Klhcrt H. Onry. f'ol. and M--(
1'. Townsley of West Point, John ,
Archbold, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A Vie
derllp, Flro Commissioner nm
Adnmon mid Mrs. Adnmson, CIoui:
F linker, Mr. nnd Mrs. James
1-aldlnw, Mr. anil Mrs, Ilambridi:
Colby, Mr. nnd Mrs. Ilnshfnrd Ilea
Mr. and Mrs. James S, Cushman, M
and Mrs. llverett Ie. Colby. Wlllta-u
Rockefeller, Mr. nnd Mrs. Frederh k V
Underwood. Mr. and Mrs. l-'inley j
Shepard, Mr. und Mrs. Herbert 1. S.v
terleo, Mr. nnd Mrs. James tjP''i
Ardolph Kline. V. l'verlt Miicy, Mr. ar ,
Mrs. Frederick O. Sutro
After tho luncheon Cov. Whltmvi
sped out on the new houlev.ud r .
nlng from the Inn to Tnieio Tho
Governor and Mrs. Wbitiii-m ti.
motored to Nyark, where they f rr
across tho Hudson and took tho ti t
to Albany.
MILITIA ENGINEERS TO
TRAIN WITH REGULARS
Twenty-second Corps Will
Cnmp nt Helvoir, Vn.,
Xet Month.
Arrangements for n pr.Ttl-nl " irs
nf Instruction for the Twent--e 1
Corps of nnglnccr. N I V V . Ii "
Held have li ell complid, d The te
battalions of that lommani! 'ompr'. -t
eight companies will tike pirt
Joint cnmp at Helvoir. V.i . n. .ir "
Vernon, with two enniput f i
neerx from tlip l'nM.-il s it. -
The pit. peer lei't ille-i in 1 r
maud of M-ijnr I'l.-.h rh li V W
(insisting i f I'empanleH A. II
nnd in'i mnp.inled by I .Is- , t . -. . t
i
Vnn C l.tirns . Ii ef '
enrpt. will assemble In tin- an
full Held equipment on .I II-. "
o'i-loik nnd take tram m.i tie i
sylvanla ltallroad m ,Ier-' '
1 1 P. M livery man In tl.- I ."
will be equipped with the legul.n- .it
mareliliig shoe as i'n l.n. w 1
nil p-nffleer of Hie nrim "I v
tlate of West Point, Is I, t . in I
have no no n .,f I, is t , . I I .
I ausM m miii f, it fi'-m a- i '
shoes. The battalion will re u
New Vork on July 17
The pniifonu lift tt -i lion cer "tv'.!"
Companion -:. F, i; nnd II. 'i .
seinble in the nrimr un,l, r oi -u
of Major Willi nn S i'.'t.r"W on '
night of Julv II" nnd tile triln I
Itelvislr. It wilt p'lurn homo n .1
.11.
A detachment from the. h,
corps will boon duty with ei'-h b
tallon. Whli'U-s fw lioih I.m i'
will Im provided at llelvolr. b'it al'.
putties will tahe their own tent ig
cnmp equipage
All men of the Twenty-second 1
I neers will be allowed in im .i :
! extra by the State lo snipli e t "
i army ration Tin. Armv I --t '
change nt Washington ll.irri- - "
1 maintain nn exi h.u ge nt the i
I The men of lioili l,.il i nllniih '
1 relic the must ,n 1 insti-int .
, will Ineluile v.ino'is hn.li i '
work, llrld fi.itiihntliiiis ,n .i
jtrenih construction, land m i,
lltlnns, &.C.
I livery company will take wi'1-
scrubbing boards, soup and I
iKaili man's hair must be wi-1
, befoin he ib parts f .r . ,.n .
man tnuM be h.i. u o '
The pie-t . rr t , i
of tin, tamp w dl i , 1
rarliH, 1 1 i ' Inn . ,i.i i
It" put the name of t
nnd battalion nnd "N "i , s
the address.