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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-06

bUque holend6s 10 eordr 10 Egropa,
J Al pitArterra europes en Msr,slls,
mas vI1o' saGo ite Qae los reJsl los
triut tad rea
hufl6 erire a. nievsa bolaudesaIt
pero del sar de Africa recIlmArou lu
euerpo, J az aQuslla terra Ardiette
Tue depoIltado.
En ell lnsrlerlo de Pretoria uuo
de eIcs cameLtsilcs rroteItInisG que
Icn jardInes Sc elevA dtIds hAes 20.
90 el m6uumenio 4 X -uger. El buito,
en- mGrmol blsf ec, deses nIA Iobre 10
IsrclllA ibIerireion que rtmtmoTA 10
pAIriA IerdidA, Las krmas trSnIvIA.
lSu1sS sIeulpidas sn mGrmol rfgeo, 10
eoronGn.
81 Tol it.icano cernisrdo 40 Ina
ardlette Ior el ramiis que circupdA el
monument, ilumlna 10 sumba del Sua
Iero repub icIno, que 70 iu DRiris de
adoTe'6r, dsignrsda , Ierdida TOR
snctrTAr ~ lue.o unAl lq,iiimkI nj
uII de GRO,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-06
yOTIC|AS GENERATES

En- Ia oAlle del Sol sptre T4ncs
y O'Donrell, vivsn unss DANES que
dadaa las muChM Simpl tl0s que dss
piertan, tAnto diurnE, como nosturna
meuse Sc ven vilisAdaS con trscueneis
por persnnas que q vecss que no guar
dan las iormAs dc las psrsonsa recA
tAdAs J dsosrtsS.
En- squel vscIndtrIo viven fami
las sHiimAb,ea, y ca de esperarae que
ocurrs una mudArzS, qle Sc obi.
que a Ia mudAtEA
cHA Sido propue,to don Manuel
Nufics Velez para coneeial del Ayun
tlmisbto de Las ksliaa
Hoy hA IaliAo hIeia V.gs Alta
el sGcsrdtt 10 don Elcso EehAvArffs,
qulen f.6 nombrsdo dliImsmart, por
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-06
NUEVO FERROCARRIL

Dsntro de dos semsnaP, & mas
tArdar, tmpeEaran las obras de coma
stueoi6n del ferroosrril de San Jasp
& CSgusv, cuyA Inca parsirA dc un
punto del fsrroearrll que uns Rio
Piedrss con CGroIina, dirig endose
h,siA Truitllo Alto , de ALI ACIguss.
Fl paissis cue recorrera etts nue.
vo tsrrccafril es uno de los mas pre-
cioaos de Ia isla. Trpitllo Alto J Ca
gVAs etAn de enhorAbasnA con Ia
construction de este tsrroearri'; el
primsro porque IsrA ain dudA Ia real
denoIA verAni7ga de 10 gtnte IComo
dada CO San Juan y ell iegundo, ,or
que con eats nueva Wis de ccmunica'
ci6n, sendia nedIoS mas praesIccs y
eisclivos de xplctar su r.QuezA, po
ni6ndo.s 81 pivel DO les puebloS mas
proSperos dc Puer!o Rico,
Por olTo lado, C'guAE con eale
ade.Rnto iLtroducido, eouiRia Aden al
dc 10 central frAncssa y lA scmpsfil
sAbIcalers que ya roSse, con otrA ias
rfA en- la gus AdQulrhal gran desA
rrollo aQuellos irgsnioI de sA6s,
srAnlformGndo aus EntIguos henss
iAmA'QlinoE por los prccedimientor
moderuoa dc Ia elaboration ds lzd
car.
Per eao el tyuniamienso de lque
ia eludad, peneirsdo do Ia imgortan
ella Qde para el dei arrollo de di, hi
comArcA tlene el fsrrocArril Tn pro
yesio, hE tornado 81 aeuerdo de cedsl
la sompl ale los terrenoS neessa rIol
para satablseer IL eItIel6n en- el pue
bio milmo J 81 efteto un edificIo parl
sl CATO. idettIco ll de MsyIgH z. se
r& GonsEuidJ muy en- beVs.
D gno de fsllelIAcl6n o. sl e,tAdc
ayurtAmiento, por el eoEeurao gu
presla Ala ohra de prt grsso dc aaus
pueblo, alf como son dignAI de tslleI
Iarss ambas pc b IsIonsT, per lE If 4
twas Ventsiss que ha dc rsportarls
a nusvA llusa- &c, i.rroelrrll.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-06
NOTAS De YABUCOA
CarreEeras on estado Iamen-
table. venta dc la Gen.
trail laura"
Ell DR.. lZQuIERDO
Robo sin descubrirse alos au-
torres Una biblioteca. Sc
va, para no volyer.

Las cArYeter1s que do este pusblI
O. muniean con Humscan y Nsguaht
se encusr tran en- deplorAbe assedo d.
Absndouo. dsssps reeiendo el armSdt
y hAblsndo un Aino6msro de derrum
bes que iptsrcepssn vec's sl srGnsit
y amsnsxan Ia vida del vlsiante, es
peeislmsnte laI qae nos une con Msu
uabo.
Desde Qua don RgAlado Bsnites
ces6 6 mo ensArgado do dichas earre
teeas, ea que 90 notAn eEas ds6ciensiS.
de q le el DspArsamento del Iltsrio
Gtens 20 ccn .cimfsrt1.
-Ss aaegura que oil sBauco Tr
rritorlal y Agrieolss tiene corcsrtsd'
IL vsnta con 10 sAmsrIcAn TAbGce
Cq., dc Ia Central sLAuras que fa6 D.
oa seforea Clinton Hsrmanos, par
dessina ar sus tierrAs oil cultivo de g.
aromas!cs hoiA,
--Se rnmorA que 90 le ofrecerA,
ventsj1sas proposieiones nj doctor
11q uiardo de Rio Pie 1rss para 10 pls
z. do OasIal dc Asnidnd dc eats pus
bio,
l~AGu no hIn podido scr deseu
biertos los Autores del robo de 81 5Ot
la dofa FdlleiAnA Rivera vluda d.
Leon.
-ss verfA son gisto que sl sCen
tro de Iastruec Ga y Resrefs que euer
10 con recurIos propios, eatRb ecieA
una B blloteOa on sus salones psr'
distraction de los socios, An6a de ~
mentAr sl fomsnto do 10 inasrucsi6
lcomo corrisL 10 pre- & 'esistA dc los put
bios quP, como Ysbucoa, 80 encuentr
q una AlturA envidiable
-E1tre los del grupIto en- mi is
ltura pseudo republisAno hs cAido ma
10 adhasi6n q ls q nueasro partido hs
GO don Baniso Roman Ago mas es
peren,
| Ell CurA pGrrcco do cate pueb!
aefior Antonio Perez Ruiz h. embar
aAdo para EGp'n Is, ategurandoie 2
retornark & Puerto Rico,
-HNta sl IabAdo pRaado habfa
iuscritos 1913 eltcsores uniouisia
por.... 81 republicsnos.
-Avissmos a toica les eorrsl
glonar!oa do eAta iurlsdicci6n Qae
, Ilihro Reglasro do Ia Uai6a Puertorr
queflA eatAr& alberto dssde oil primer
de Agosto On 10 casa ,mNcIo ds nue.
tro Presidents don Artopio Care
Cintr6n, { donte pueden ir q s.tAmpI
aus hrmAu todos Aquellos psariotI
que esten idsptifcGdos son loa prime
pios de 10 U ni0n do Puerto Rico.
CORREsPoNsAL,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-06

1fznIafo, o En1 por IN gobierno ex
ranj'ro deha ser sutteuciadA 90 aus
oropics srihuaa!es de ,eticia, ain que
balo niugun& oircurstAneis pueds aer
eonsidsrada eomo asunto spropiado
para una representation 6 negccia
eI6n diplomstIcs.s
Con IL docriua Drago timoaM
Ean tambi6a much . gcAndeA pc iaieos
aersesmsrIcanos y slguros eu2opsos
sAmhie1.
Ell punto SO reaolvel& sn oil Con.
gres0 Pan Americana, psro tai vez
no muy satIsfAcioriamente para loa
pei tieonsrios, para lac rep6olicAs
embr0 Lad~S, 7 oil sfseto, recuerda IN
-eri6dico la siguienta irtsrprtlac,6n
que en- 1895 dIers, en- ssss sentiio. & le
0cetrina de Monroe, Mr.. O.aey,
Secretario de EttAdo de la admins
.raoi6n ClsvalAud por squel ertonces.
Dssfs'
sE,sa aplioloi6n e. do Ia docsrl
aA do Monroe s'goi1 10 que .los Este
1oa Untdos no eats blsesa un protse-
torAdo general sobrs los dem&s E.ta
dos do America SignidcA que NO
exlme mir 6 ina naei6n amer ana de
les obligaslones que tieue eontraidas
por las lsyes iuternaelonsles, nj pro
lhibe q nipgda E,tAdo europeo, direc
ltamsnte intsres ado, obljgAr & IN cum
lplimientt ; nj 10 pr< h be tam >oeo al
dc echo dc aplicar el msreoido cAatigo
Ia los que Quebrantsn tales OBJ ig Aeio
Ines, etc
| e goblerno Amerlosno no ignors
Ique 'xlsL', sntss de 10 dootrina Drs
Igo, 10 doctrina Drdga, 9 dragjniana, de
algunss rep6olicas de ls America, &
msjor dieho, dc eiertos gobiernos de
lapiladorss, y no hs de citsr ejsmplc
a'guno, que ccgsn prestAdo sir
ltaaA q las ricAs nAeionsa, y despu6I
para psgar, arran Ia g0rdd, pro.es
taudo Go los Atropellos inaudisos.
L1s Esta los U aidos todo 10 qu
/. lpodrAn hAcer en- estAs contingencies
es xeonseiar q las rsE6olisAS c0nuulsi
v0s como die, el doctor CuAdrado, 4
loa psisss del surdefstandingI propues
. TO, diciandoles, EcAso, una buenA II
neA dc conducla para evlsAr el peligr,
que Ge tsme, apsrts do b kcer respesar
eo todo tempo, 10 primera doelrlna
~ haicA .ossrLnA, la d ctsina d. NJ IN
lroe.
Il Por Il tlmo, VA 10 diio R9osevsl
en- 1901 ala docsrina dc Monroe M
IdA liene que YER con las relACio ae
comereiAlea do cua q uierG do les pc
ssncias amerlcanas, salvo que &
vsrdad ella parmI:s que cAda Gus
est& ble2cA las que 10 pare2ca.n...
sN) gArautiss smos ningd1 Tssad
conh la raprssl6n qua Hu conducl
pudiera acArreArles, etc,
. Tespr6. de cato, tAcil 50 PREDICT
hdo 10 demd8 qua pod eonseguir
dc ctrinS de Draso an el Congreso
10 Argentina.
Il G. AtiIes Garcia.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-06
LA DOCTR|NA DRAGO

Ctoan muchss lersonAs, 30 blec
erterSdas de lG po ( ,ias icterr salona'
en- 10 que g continents aud americana
ia refisre, que le dootsinE DHg, es
Ago aaf como una barssrs, un d.
que, { 10 doctrirs Go Monroe, y eaian
en- IN error.
La doetrIns Drsgo, On su parte
mas essccisl, y suasaneisl, es ID SAP
oi6n a 10 doltFins dc Monroe, On O.
sentido de que sne pueda h&ber tx
pansi6n territorial europea ca Ame
ries, nj OPPRESSION dc los pueblos d.
squel continsnte (sl continents CT fer
mos. que diio Cesar zamst,) porlue
una dafgraeiAda sisussi5n fnancisrR
pu |isss llsvar q algunos dc ellos 4
difsrir el cumplimiento de aus com
promiso,s; pslsbras ssxsuRles ests,
del documett0 que hoy llsva el nc M
bra de 81 autor, Ministro de Rs!acio
nea Extariores dc 10 Argentina, dec.
tor Luis M Drsgo.
Con respesto q este punto primer
dial, el primero y mas importants que
uer& diaeutido On breve On el Congrs
10 Pan Americana, % que dessa "a.
cltamsnts el gobisrno de 10 Argent
ua, el spoyo y IL sAps'6r la conaA
grAei6n >por los Eitados Unidos del
Norte.
Mas elaro el asunt3; Va In doc
trina Drsgo contra 10 intervenci6r
armada y 10 osupsci6n territorial
por parts de lss nscionea europcal
on las repdblIcAs grapadaS 8 en- IaI
REP 6blicas enredsdAs en- emprestltos
EstA doctrina, que defsnden loI
pois!cos aud smerieanos, = que, In
dudAb blemente, hA aldo &C gidA Col
entuaiaamo y simpalfa % tcds ID
An erica es7ai1 ola, esta ssnclon a d .
implici!amsntf, por 10 dcotrina d,
Monroe Lo 4 lioo nuevo que tlsne,
que presents, a. 10 demanda dc con
sagroci6n por parts del gobierro d
loe ENAdoa Unidos.
La grande imporsanOis dc Ia doi
trina DrSgo consiatiera en- dsmAnda
solemne declaration del G obiern
smerisAno, de que la de Monroe n
serk nurca interpretada en- oil seutid
expansion territorial de- los Esta
dos Unidoa en- 10 AnerisA espafIola
Pero eats shatercl6n SO sobfeentiends
virtua merts, desde oil momento o
que 40 buses IL ftstatnidEd J ii Ga!G
con Ia gran pAtria de Warrington
donde tiens su nae miento Ia doctrin
mairiz cue pre- hibe q los europeos pC
sAr 50 plAnia, en- torma de ocaps cI6r
ca los paisss htIpsno AmerieanoI
Con mas rAS6n cuanto gus hscs POGO
dias Id dec|ar ado Mr., Root en- IN
do aQuellas eito tcas, & POGO do q
lIegads, que su lRt!6a 20 deaes e.
Ipa3tSionarSc 5 rrit3rialusnts On LAtir
| Au6Iea
La DCotrlnA Drsgc, pienaan otrc
que ca un ttrmi q med.0 entre 10 dot
trina Monroe 10 doctrlns SCalvo,
EAta GimA senssbs 10 siguisntei
4TodA reelamsei1n epsAbladA al
To una nAei6n por un oiudsdano e.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-06
ASESIAATO En- Los AIRES

Dice IN psii6diso do Ia slutad de
N W York;
SEa sl octave piso del armIz6n de
hIsrro que oonAtIsuira el 81 tel Plaza.
que aCtuA msnte Sc eonsIruys sn Is
cAlle SO , en- Ia u Avenids, ae dela
rroll6 81 iueves pRsAdo IN drama san
griento, del euAl resultaron un polieia
muert) y dot h,ridoa de grlvedAd
81 cor aIclo tuvo or gen en- el lntspe
rAdo atsque que los lrAhsiAdoreI cue
perienseen q la Uni6n obgers, hioIe
ron 81 poliGfa B4tler, por sstr enoar
gado este de protsger { Ioa crou
obreroa empleados 90 lA iAbrIca y que
no perieneI n { la eits union. Bntler
fle lar zado deEde la aiturs , SO el-
Irell6 contra ell pavimeLtl dc Il ealle.
PrrA Atgcrar el exilo de lA luthA ,
svIiAr que el enem 90 tuviers fleili-
dIdeI de huir, los unIltGs hIbiEn Ie
nico Is prGcN cIon de guitar laI eIsa
leral de eIcGIe. Y 70 fte li1o del
pusI que sonIAban con dos vfsilmAI
entire el gtupo de los no unionIttAs
cahudo las IeIel vas de la tsiRe!6n d,
politiG de 10 sale 81 lltgGron al AiiiC
=, revolver on mGno, Eeparon hAlIi
sl sImpo &c eombate. LoS AnolinA
dos 90 deslAiaron entonCes rsndldoI
LoI sabs7IllGs tleron IrrsLtIdo
lyss les ligue el iuieio criminal 90
rFespondiente
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-06
A, BRAVO Z C.

EsiA respectable cSsa de kAysgp z
On ura circular muy sensida, pone en
eone cLmlento al pdblieo que la muerle
de ~ soeio eomAnditArio, don LuiS
Bravo -ds que ss osup6 A DEMoCRA
GA en- un editorial Lesrolfg CO nc
aItera On uA3A lR mareha de sus ne
gosios, per e,tlr PresiIio el caIo en-
81 couirAto social, cue vercsla or
1910
LArlz6n me,sAttil A BRAVO y
CO, eottIl "a con 81 niImo perionA
reAliEaneo id6atlsAs oIer.cIonss 60
meFei&lss.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-06
ECOS DEL EXTERIOR
lngIaterFa pFeyi8Qra en- Egip.
to. Tratados dc c0meTCjo.
Ahogado en- II. Hampshire
kTREvlDA ASCENSION
Un 6lipino Procurador Gene
raj. -Moylmiento anti-ame.
rcano en- MfJco.

Diecn de- LondYes que en- el cLon.
DON TX raEEs se hs puh)icsdo pn eA-
Die del Cairo en- ii eusl es 1lee que.
dada el aumt MO o9n2ssnle da iAuailE.
mo que te obssiy en os nktlvog, SO
sItin ton srd0 muthsa precsuelonea
}or las autJridsdes Ersrs 6stsa fl.
guva IN plan para reiorzar oil ejeyeito
do cuE scI6n.
~Ct munIcAn Go B2g;tt que sl
CorgreSo Comereial que 40 Scaba de
,elebrar On Colombia, hs adopiAdo
yArisa reiolucicpes apoysndo las ne.
gocissiones que "a han emrezsdo On.
ire o Presiderts Rsyes J ell minissro
BArret, para cslsbrAr stAtAdoa de co
nereio entire ColombiA y PauEmA
Colo mbis y E.Ia1os Uhidos
Ell yea Hamilton Mac Tw>pi.
1lsy, h 10 del copoeido oApisAlisia do
,te apeliido, hs pe,eeido shogado,
Olarri6 la desRrAcia en- ell ago de
AsquAm, 90 el EttAdo de NV HampR.
hire.
ComunicAn de Manila Que hA sido
u1mhrGdo ProourAdor G neral del
{oblerno insuar, con un sueldo Anusl
de 1000 pesos orc, 81 fi,r Grsgorio
ArApetS, nSt,vo dc las VsAyas.
Q lien delemp'a ba oil cargo gus
70 q dostmptiiAr Arsneta es Mr.. vii.
asy, que 10 AbAndona para ir &
Chi q con el iGez del tribunal Go los
EnAdos UnidoA.
Ell Duque de los Ahruzop ha en-.
hApo desds Uganda, A r'c', IN teA.
oaeho Trey Visitor Aanue anun.
h&ndoe que ha hs asespdido q Ia
,umbre del monte Ruvsr z)rl que
,Iene Is 900 pies de s'et asI6a,
jana. hlbia llegado nsdis q 10
.umbre del monte tisfdo.
ComuuicAn do NV Orleans Qle
1 u MA lIE &Au q casa GAAN%0 PILUcAcAbu
lei territorlo m xoano, un0s cinauen.
A y doa amsr.oanos irgtivds. Fxpli
san 10 eAusA do 81 tcgs de Mexico,
ls 10 mansra alguIsnte;
Dasde h,cs q guuos dias yi61enaa
| peg Ando On todos los Il gAres ldbH,
| sos do Monterey, sa slllo, San Lula dG
2otoRi , otrAs grAndea aiudsdss ma.
| IlcGuas, gtandea y sugeat,yoa proc'a-
mas, en- las que 40 Ice que los AmOr!
samoa dAean spoderArae ds TODD sl
pAis,
En- dithAa proelAmssaa prtvI9re
loG txirApgeroa esptojAlm9nte & lot
&msrieanCs, que abtndonen el YAl
sntss del Is &c Sepliembre Er6xlmo.
A"gurSn los amerosuoS ioglsi
vos QUE ca todas las fegioDss septtn
riona,es , csnirslss do Nelso, q
uota .un tXRAordirsr,o sentiment,
SpM ex'rar grc
ALI los inalgelaa tslaa en un ia
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-06
COLLISION FUNESTA
Dlcen de Vancouver

DIcen de Vancouver.
clos vApores &C hehalias y SPrIn.
csia VIct,riaS han chosado ee.ca de
Ii rAdA ds BunArd
Nnevs personss han pereeldo.
Ensrs los ssisrcs d,l e. hehAliIs
SO coptAbRn los propittArios de loa
bArecs do csirAR de Ia bahia de Bun
der y los Representatives, del sindieato
IL g'esq 20 trAta de comprarlos
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-08-06

cslosl de Diairiso. No hay cue deeiI
que tales luistls son republleanos.
CoRRESpoNsAL
Agollo 70 de IgCe
Milford chronicle., 1906-07-27
RendIng one,s Own Obituary.

The Rev. S. Barring Gould, the Eng
lish writer, is by no means the first
man in England to read his own obit-
uary. When q. B. Burgin had sim
liar experience two years ago he could
not resist the temptation to follow
Mark Twain's famous example by de-
claring that "the rumOr Of my death
is greatly exaggerated" DIR. Venn,
Caius college, Cambridge, finding his
death recorded in "Modern English
Biography" in 1902, wrote to the
Athenaeum, 81 am not disputing the
fact" The first Lord Brougham circu-
lated himself the false rumOr to see
what the newspapers would say about
him. 1t is related that they did not
give him the pleasure he expected.
Mr.. Roche, member of parliament for
East Galway, possesses a photograph
of a tablet marking the place of his
burial in America. Two years ago the
Rev. Prebendary HobsOn was present
at a meeting to hear that his check
had been returned cancelled owing to
his death.
Milford chronicle., 1906-07-27
rhe Finding of a Rools.

Literary history is full of rOmances.
Only the other day one came under my
notice-a literary find-but l must not
tell the story in full at present. 1t was
q well known book of the Elizabethan
age which some student of that remote
period had purchased hot from the
press. a thin quarto or folio. He had
sat in the fireplace in the old manor
and read till he was tired and then put
the book on the stone ledge by his side,
where it had been forgotten for gener-
ations, protected by the dust and by
the warmth. The fireplace in due
course got bricked up.
A modern stove had taken TIE place
of the old one, and generation after
generation were born, married and died
in the old house. unconscious of the
fact that a masterpiece of the Eliza
bethan age was buried in the stone
work Of the fireplace.
But the other day-400 years after an
absentminded Elizabethan reader had
thus casually thrown it on one side
great structural alterations were made
in this house, the new fireplace and the
modern one were alike torn down, and
the old book was unearthed, with soiled
cover it is true, but with pages inside
as clean and sweet as if the ages OF
good Queen Bess and those of King
Edward came together instead Of be-
ing separated by centuries.-Londor
Sphere.
Milford chronicle., 1906-07-27
A Gnnd simiIe.

Ellison Capers, a bishop in South
Carolina, described at a dinner in Co
lumbia a graceful incident that had be-
fallen him.
81 preached one day years ago in
Burgaw." he said. 81 liked my ser
mon rather well. An old cOlOred cook
at the house where I was staying told
me after the service that she had liked
the sermon too. She said she had
found it improving.
"'What was it aboutY said l..
"Indeed, sir said the old woman, 1
can't remember
"Tf you remember nothing Of the
Sermon said 1, how can it have i'm
proved you?
"She pointed toward a great array
of clean white linen spread on the lawn
to dry.
"'Do you see that linen have been
washing and drying, sirT she said.
"'Yes,' said 1.
"'That linen is all the better for its
washing, isn't it?
Yes, Of course.
"But not drop Of soap and water
is left in it, is there? Well, sir, it is the
same with me. Not a word Of your
good sermon stays in me, but am all
the better and cleaner for it for all
that Philadelphia Bulletin.
Milford chronicle., 1906-07-27
oil on TRouBLED WATERs.
An Enertive Remedy That Has Long
Been Neglected.

Been NeEAecAeus
A hundred and fifty years ago Benja-
min Franklin learned of a Dutch cap
tain who saved his ship from founder
ing by spreading a small amount of oil
upon the waves, which prevented their
breaking, and Of Portuguese fishermen
who made safe landings in the surf by
4 similar device, says the Philadelphia
Record. Keenly interested in every
thing that was scientific, and especially
in everything that was useful, he gave
all the publicity he could to this infor-
nation. and he made with partial sue
cess the experiment of smoothing the
waters at the mouth of a harbor by
eiecting oil through a perforated pipe
One would suppose that the maritime
world would have seized eagerly upon
this device and no ship would thereaft-
er have gone to sea without oil and the
means of spreading it over the water
Yet the maritime world paid absolutely
no attention to it. In the course of the
century following Franklin's obserYa-
tions two or threefvessels were saved
by the use of oil and made the facts
public. but other sea captains and
owners were uninfuenced. About forty
years ago a captain posted in the Mari
time Exchange in New York his sue
cessful use of oil. and it was treated
simply as a sailors yarn or a marine
| curiosity.
About thirty years ago Scotchman
reneated Franklin's experiment at a
dangerous harbor mouth with complete
success. Chambers Journal took espe-
cial pains to give publicity to this and
to the use Of oil by shipmasters. About
| twenty-five years ago two or three
cases Of the use of oil attracted general
attention and got into the magazines.
/ Twenty years ago the photographic
/ Office of the navy department published
a monograph on the subject, giving all
/ the information then available, and a
few years later a paper on the subject
was read before the Franklin institute
in this city.
Since then the use Of oil has been not
uncommon, though far from general.
As the results of experiments by Lieu
tenant Wycoff of the navy. retired.
Representative Jones Of Washington
offered in congress a bill compelling
all our lake and ocean ships to carry
oil and the appliances for its use.
Here is Il device for saving lives and
property which has been demonstrated
over and over again to be Of great
value which is simplicity itself and
ridiculously inexpensive, which has
been known to the world for centuries
for some of Franklin's knowledge
came from Pliny-and which even at
this late day is nevertheless employed
by very small number of ship own
ers or masters. The Indifference of
the men whose property and lives are
directly involved inspires this effort to
force the oil safeguard upon them by
an act of congress. The negligent at
titude of the maritime world toward
this method of preventing the breaking
of the waves is incomprehensible.
Milford chronicle., 1906-07-27
Pagan Rome. 700 Years of War.

Pagan ROme's 700 Years Of War.
In pagan Rome war was the rule
peace was the exception. The temple
Of Janus, in Rome, was always open IN
time of war and was closed in time Of
peace. From the reign of Romulus to
the time Of Caesar, embracing 700
years, the temple of Janus was always
open, except twice. when it was closed
only for six years. It was subse-
quently closed at the birth of Christ
as If to symbolic the pacific mission Of
the Redeemer of mankind. The United
States has enjoyed twelve years of
peace for one year of war. while the
Roman empire enjoyed less than one
year Of tranquility for every century
of military engagements.-Cardinal
Gibbons at Lake Mohonk.