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Exploring Magellan straits.

The Chilean navy In the last few
years has been carrying out geograph-
ical explorations and surveys of much
importance to its own country and to
all sailors In the extreme southern
waters OF South America. One or more
vessels are now constantly engaged In
making a complete survey OF the Magel-
Ian Straits region, n OF. the most In
trioate systems Of waterways in the
world. This ia thu latest extension Of
the marine surveys that the Chilean
photographic ONCE has for years been
conducting along the storm tossed and
often shallow coastal waters Of south
ern Chile.
For about three years the Hydro
graphic Office has been publishing from
eight to ten large scale charts a year Of
its new surveys in Magellan Straits.
The sheets are well engraved aud printed;
the work Is controlled by scientific stan
dards and a very large amount Of infor-
nation Is given. Thousands OF sound
ings are made from shore to shore Of
the channels and their lakelike WIDEN
ings; every islet is marked; the shore
lines are infinitely and sharply defined,
all the land forms within view from the
waterways are mapped, and the height
Of every important elevation is given.
We have only to compare the best
maps of Magellan Straits made in 1900
with those Of 1905 TO be convinced that
there was a great deal to be learned
about the geography Of this region on
both sides OF the main channel connect
ing the Atlantic and Pacific. Such a
chart, for example, as that Of Skyring
and Otway bays and the adjacent chan
nels is full of new facts for the maps,
such as the outlining Of many new fjords
and the discovery Of long channels con-
Meeting Otway and Skyring bays.
One result Of these explorations Is
that sheep farmers have already opened
ranches on the eastern side OF these bays
more than q hundred miles inland from
the Pacific. These large watere xpanses
are connected with the ocean only by
narrow and tortuous channels, and the
conditions are very favorable for grazing
industries. Chile's new surveys are thus
not only OF economic value to herself,
but also OF maritime and geographical
imDortance.
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Our immediate Sorbears complained q the cries
q London. beginning With the sweep and the MIN
man In the morning and lasting until the evening
bell Of the mufhn man Nov them 10 such . con
slant racket that tho uhoop Of the swsso and the
5odel Of the milkman csnnot be heard amid tho
din. Even the bsffei organ b only partly audibls
between the roar Of the trains, thu boot Of the mo.
tor hre ensines and tho sorunehing. gr.Adias.
brain ncktns nolses Of The nososbuess. TfaAe
OF ths ordinary cor grows heavier and heavier
with every pear. yahs, dnys- wagons. milk
wains are not only twtee 40 nuneroes - they we're
1--WE years aso but they 60 about ss double the
rate Of speed. Il may hc that the motor van has
accelerated the pace by CREATING rivalry. but whether
that Be the osuss or not. certain Il 10 that tho ieis.
urely Jog trot Of the drAr or van b now replaced
BY . degree Of speed that adds al Least 100 per cent.
70 the noise Il makes. The cart horses In London
must wouder WY thez vonted smhls no loascr
ssttsaes their drivera why they Arc now expected
70 tear along With the unwteidy humping Of the
vehicle sounding crashingiy behind them, Why the
whip b piled % much moro freely than n used
10 BE- euburb,s 10 the prey Of the motor nend
noiss and duss and honfd petrol smells arc now
the accompaaimsnis Of every hour from midday
u nldnight,
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Tho Politician RetaNates.

For a time it seemed that the politi-
clans would be driven from statesman
ship to real work by the triumphant,
all conquering novelists who left the
pen for the platform and announced
themselves as ready to rule the nation.
The onslaught was so sudden, tho move
ment 80 well planned, that resistance
appeared hopeless. Now, however, the
politicians have recovered from their
first fright and begun their desperate
defence, and It Is announced that N. b
EXCEL, q member OF the Cleveland
Board Of Public Safety, is to write a
novel with Three Cent TON As its hero
and excerpts from tho history Of cuya-
hoga county to supply local color. Thus
the struggle is carried into tho camp Of
the invading story tellers.
The politicians can mako a eplendidly
aggressive campaign if they act to-
gether. Their opportunities are limit
less. ODELL created a sensation merely
by threatening to write a history Of
New York politics. MURPHY's a'Twixt
the Devil and the Deep McC' would DO
Almost e~ngrossing study ofoontemporary
life. The Hon. P. HENRY McCABREN
could indite a problem novel worth read
ing. Mayor DUNES "Thc Promised
Land would be found among the best
Sellers Hired and Fired would be
an appropriate title for the product Of
collaboration between tho members of
a famous New York p~olitioo-lekal aggre-
cation. The novelists would be no.
where. Their campaign funds would
dwindle to tho vanishing point. Tho
politicians could easily beat them attheir
own game.
Nor would the public suffer. Not even
a politician could produce literature
more useless and trivial than the bulk
OF the stuff that zones from tho pens
of the word spinners now at the top OF
their success.
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THE CASE.

WARRINGTON, Aug. 8.-Fair play In the
Rathbone case demands d rehearing d q
full investigation. The points Of law In
volved In the matter are important and
interesting. Rathbone was tried by q
Cuban court under Spanish laws and before
Judges who with one exception held their
posts as appointeos Of the Military Gov
ernor OF the island, Gen. Leonard Wood, to
whom Rathbone asserts the Judges were
subservient, and whose instructions, he
declares, they followed. A tho courts
were organized at that time the decision
Of the Judges Of the Audiencie YVES final.
There was no trial by jury and no oppor-
tunity for appeal.
There Is hardly . doubt that the trial OF
this case In an American court would have
resulted in tho acquittal Of Major Rathbone.
The irregularities Of the proceedings In
the Cuban court were many and fragrant.
Probably no Judge or lawyer In the United
States could review this case, or even read
the argument submitted by the late Sem
ator Hanna, In January, 1904, without
reaching the conclusion hat Rathbone did
not have o fair and impartial trial, and that
he is fully justified In his demand for Q
rehearing.
President Mckinley and Senator Hanna
believed firmly in Rathbone's innocence.
90 have many others who knew the oass.
Since his return to this country after the
passage Of the Cuban Amnesty act, four
years ago. he has been loud In his demand
for Justice and untiring In his ohorts for a q
official investigation Of oil his acts In Cuba.
There Ia probably no way in which this
case could DO brought before any court
Of law now. but as an act Of justice to an
American citizen condemned by q Cuban
court for o crime alleged to have been oona-
mitted while he was holding an important
official position under the United States
Government. the Rathbone case should be
fully and fairly investigated.
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staring America.

TO THE EprToa OF THs SuN-Sir: ID. G.ts'
letter 10 you on Staring America" ought to
be read, marked and inwardly disested q
Having travelled In my time nearly all over
the world / can safely assert that the average
American 10 the greatest adept at staring I
evor came across, with the exception, per-
haps, OF some half civilized tribes. who don't
know any better.
The habit can easily be eradicated by right
education. No attempt 10 made In this direc-
ton. On the contrary, It Is rather fostered.
The child on the car will most assuredly stare
you out OF countenance. That. you are told.
shows It's independence. Once ma while the
mother will say with a half expostulation 70
her offspring, Don't stare SO much. dearl'
but she doesn't really mean IL. The child
sees shs doesn't mean II. and goes on staring.
In my youth IL ] was told not to stare and
Toonflnued staring. the punishment awarded
me would most certainly have made the eye
stare out Of my head inyoluntarily. But therel
They msnas thess things % much better
aevadaysi
The mans stare Is merely the growth Of the
chld's tmpertinence. and 10 thereby intensi.
ded; but. with all due Difference to the ser,
save me from the woman's starei Bold 10
scarcely . strong enough epithet. Ladies on
the ether side are brought up to cast their eyes
down Immediately when they become ware
that they rave been unconsciously staring
or consciously stared at. They do not bring
into Tho llmelight tho foolish retort, We'll,
I am Just a. good "A he or she isl II you
have the courage to question q woman over
here a. to why she was staring so hard at q
particular person the answer invariably given
Ia. -oh. I was merely studying character
This retort Is obviously absurd. II q person
thinks his character Ia being studied. and the
stare might bring such thoughts into his head.
your chance Of divining his peculiarities
would necessarily. be lost. He would nat
urally hide his idiosyncrasies. whereas-and
II IL 30 very easy to do-tf the starer looked
straight ahead at nothing in particular. be or
she could Just as easily observe the person
whose character was in question,
Staring In America. and the women are By
far the worst offenders. Is an abomination
that Immediately calls for remarks from a
foreigner, 1t 10 alien to him. and should be
allen to every well ed, gentle minded
child. woman or man OBSERVER.
Staten IsLAHp. August 3.
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HUSH, HERE CONES ANTHONY.
Les Art shift n Brdeck and Dedrapc Her
and watch Dat.

70 TEE EpYron OF TEE suK-Sfy; II may
b. 4 huge Joke to let IMAM like Anthony Com"
stock wander at viii among the community
bat what right has he 10 enter the Ar Stu
dents League and condemn its productionH
We look 10 the artists among us TO tell us
what 10 beautiful ; We all humbly acknowi-
edge that they can point out TO US the beauti-
full where our unframed eyes would not have
perceived II. We defer to their judgment 40
70 what Ia lovely and what 10 unsightly.
Ten yeara ago New York was an ugly Guy.
Since then charming houses have been butt
under the Supervision OF ARTISTS. and Riverside
Park has arisen over unslRhtly railroad tracks
Ton yeara hence New York viii DO O city
beautiful. We owe this Improvement 70 the
artists among us; and how do va show our
gratitude TO them? by allowing q fisn VINO
knows nothing about art 70 enter her sacred
temple and hunt about among the works OF
her younger votaries TO Gee n he cannot ma
something impure Or Indecent there. TINS
Anthony must have amasins oohcst TO deem
hirnself q better Judge Of what 10 seHmly or
unseemly than tho artists themselves.
According 70 Mr.. Cemstook. the more
clothes q person has on the moro modest and
respectable he ID. 800.
As for the statues, I presume he would like
a GOVT Of Doucet's for the Venus OF Melos
and q Roman togo for the Apollo Belvtdere.
1 wonder how the Marble Faun. In the Capi.
toline Museum. would look In affook coat and
q silk HAITI
III were called upon 10 susgest some appro.
priate piece Of dress for somebody, ] nikht
venture upon the hint Of . streftjacket TOT
Mr.. Comstock. n. d. L.
SOUND BEACH. Conn. August Z.
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Mr.. Bryan.

Mainly for the benevolent purpose OF
keeping an esteemed correspondents
pores open in these canicular rages,
we print his views about Mr.. BRYAN and
MI. ROOSEVELT and THE Sun. Indeed,
his artless misunderstanding OF our
feeling in regard to Mr.. BRYAN recon-
mends pleadingly and persuasively the
publication of his letter. We like MIR.
BRYAN. He amuses us. His swift as
similation of often erroneous and usually
superficial ideas, his position as the
Greatest Conservative Force, a con-
seryative who proves his conservatism
by showing that he is more radical than
ever; the gratitude wi~thwhichthe Demo-
cratic party welcomes his Jeffersonian
dictatorship; his pathetic cry that he
saw the trust monster and the railroad
behemoth first; his role of Taint Killer,
surrounded by Democratic taintees and
plutocrats: Mr.. BRYAN is a boon, a
comfort, a pure we'll head and fountain
OF entertainment.
His many excellent and amiable quail
ties are known to everybody. He is a
healthy and hearty chap; a gripper OF
hands, a compeller of hearts; a voice OF
many tinkling cymbals; a fine, melo-
dramatic figure of a man. He means
well whether he carries out his intentions
or not. He has damnable iteration.
He has given the Democracy medicines
to make it love him; he has, as Mr..
LOWELL or somebody else said Of GLAD
STONE, a genius for "improvising con-
v~ictions.' He blows across and around
the world like a hot wind over dryest
Nebraska. The energy, the spirits, the
vieor, the ebullience, resonance and
reverberation Of him win the interest
of all admirers of salient personality and
perpetual motion.
The Democratic party tried PARKER,
and PARKER didn't work Now it
stands tiptoe on the shore waiting for
the coming Of the old favorite. The
tones are silver, il the silver trumpet
blows NO longer. New strains, more
seductive than the Pied Piper's, are in
the throat of the adapter of the Cross
Of Gold melody; and the Jeffersonian
children are ready to troop and follow.
Dislike Mr.. BRYAN? We love him for
the speeches he has made and the trouble
he is making. We shall be faithful to
him when even GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS
has deserted and MOSES CINCINNATUs
WETMoRE. finding no more trusts to sell
out to, has become a trust himself. Psy-
chology and sociology are our favorite
studies, and we shall always keep the
Lincoln Lincoln under observation.
"Tennesseean's" remarks about Mr..
ROOSEVELT are rather frank than amene;
but these are trying times, and it is
better that he cleanse the stuffed bosom
of the perilous stuff and perspire freely.
Nh. ROOSEVELT advertises does hef Well,
he has the goods. Does knowledge of
this fact suffuse with bile the once limpid
ewes of Mr.. BRYAN? ,y .
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suuer,or Virtue Of America.

70 rRR EDTros or TEE SuN-Sir: Answer
ing Moses oppenheimer. I am glad 10 say
that something has -established among us
a higher standard Of purity aud virtue a oom-
pared, for instance. with those Of Germany.
france or Italy"-and I may d England.
In America obscenity does not Haunt itself.
Unspeakable photographs are not peddled on
the streets. Art students themselves do not
run naked through the city. Here II q vtsitor
wants nasdness he must hunt for It; u 10 not
obtruded.
II Mr.. Comstock ls neasuYably responsible
for the difference he 10 entitled TO the thanks
and encouragement Of the American people.
II may be that the Law under which he
operates has In some instances been used
oppressively or for the purposes Of black
mail. Almost every law can be perverted.
A wise law must be wisely administered, Or.
like ~vaulting ambition. It oerisaps itself and
fAlls on tho other side.
! make n comment On Mr.. CoDetooks
recent raid, bue ] cay generally that thsre u
d deal moro cant about tho saeredness Of Art
than 10 justified.
II Il true, Of oourss. that 10 ths pure IN heart
all things sre pure: but purity OF heart de-
ponds upon purity Of thought. and Thoughts.
unfortunately. depend upon whatsver cause
avakens them. =.
NEW York. Au gust 7.
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THE PLEA or INSANITY.
sheuld Legislation Remove II From the
Arseaal of Criminal Defence?

TO THE Epr1on OF TIE sUN-Sir; Respect
for the law Ia absolutely essential to modern
ci civilization. and lawyers shoula DO tho lead.
ers In promoting that respect. It has barn
for many years my own earnest conviction
that II q drunkard who commits murde, can
fnd no excuse for his act but must suffer
the penalty because the condition Is Pro-
dueed by himself. 90 also should the SO.
called Insane man be held responsible. I
know I am offending the taste Of human.
tarisns In general by this proposition. and
vet We are heading toward a goal far moro
dan eerous than that. We are nauseated
daily by the detailed reports Of q murderous
incident and lie participants. even the cachin.
nations Of counsel being reported verbatim.
and all with the single thought that q muir.
der committed occurred while the murderer
was either insane. temporarily suffering from
alteration Of mind, or influenced by an I'm.
pulse produced by great mental worry. II
Is not for me to emulate counsel by trying q
case In the newspapers. but ! take the or.
portunity 10 urge and drive homo the propo-
sition that O law be enacted removing tnsen.
ity % q defence in homicidal cases. BY
insanity / mean. Of course. to include any
Lesser variations OF that condition.
Uncontrolled Impulse In insanity: so also 10
depraved impulse. and perhaps any varia.
ton from the true line of sober action. We
are largely creatures Of mere impulse. ard
are called upon constantly to keep this aberra-
tion from gaining ground for fear that It may
control us.
n we ind O tendency In the general jury
mind 70 regard an act committed under an
Impulse as an act not amenable to law, we
may look for an increase Of homicidal acts
under the euise Of protecting honor; and
oorreiatively. II We know that We cannot avail
ourselves Of 4 plea Of insanity We shall have
fewer murders and less insanity. We should
see q startling improvement in the public
mind toward the taking Of life: We should
find that murderers. instead Of receiving what
is equivalent to apotheosis. would receive an
irnplacable punishment for the act. not as o
means OF Kidding the world Of a murderer.
but as q deterrent.
Lawyers must do their best for clients,
whether the latter are guilty or not. and
there IL that In every active lawyers mind
which makes his wits the keener when he 10
called upon to get q client out Of a tight place.
The love OF victory is controlling. and We
must not decry any effort in a barrister to
win for his client: but let US remove from
his hand the chance Of using a Fictitious or
fictitious plea Of any variation on the line Of
insanity, and wo shall then zee that we shall
have fewer insane people committing homi-
oides. fewer isrespectfui illusions to law.
and fewer reasons for the unhealthfui ex.
pioitation Of criminal acts BY sensational
newspapers. A. p. b.
NEW YonK. August 7.
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For Cool e

To fnE EDITOR o. THE suN-Siy: II your
readers who ind any trouble In settins a food
night 8 sleep during these hot spells win put 4
piees Of floor mating on their mattress and
sleep on the mating they will have no trouble
In getting . good night rest. IN this way q
certain amount Of ventilation passes between
the body and the mattress. and II 10 this lack
Of ventilation and the body coming into con
tact with tho mattress that cause one 70 be
restless on a warm night. The writer has
adopted this method for many years durins
hot seasons and has had no trouble In OBJ
tanning a good sleep on hot nights.
NEW YORK. August 0. c. s. T.
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From AytoyfeuIfure.

VvHy VuU
The National Hardwood Lumber Associates,
reoently h session n Memphis. Tenn. accepted
the committee report that, from the best estimates
possible 70 b bad. there now stood In the un ,ted
States approximately l.47s. ooo. ooo.oo feet Of lurn.
bsr. but that 4. ZOO. ooo. 900 feet were being cut even
year."
A. this rate our forests would last nearly thirty.
three yesrs, at which time the production Of com.
meYcisl lumber must cease altogether.
But there sre several other contingencies which
must bc considered In such calculations. The
Spnuai area In forests destroy an Incredible guam
tity Of standing timber. Including all the younger
growths which have started and the seed as well
and seed trees from which future forests must b
produced.
Including the consumption Of wood for pulp
and paper, iumbes cut for export and for domestic
use. telegraph poles. cross ties. piling and fuel
Of which much d still used In many locations the
timber uaed In mining operations and that de-
stroyed by forest nes. there are seventy-hve bill
lon feet Of timber consumed each year. with an
increased quantity yearly. II 10 evident there
fore. that We have not enough timber standing
TO continue commercially for mor than twenty
year IN all the United States, including the Paclne
Coast forests.
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or. RSesevsIt asa Harvard.

FToW HdTptVb HttH1b,
TIE opinion thas Theodore Roosevelt wf1 mover
b invited to become president Of Harvard College
ID not held with unanimity in Cambridge. Them
are those WIN consider that hs would make Har-
ward the ooney Island OF tho educational world,
but there Is Also q strong and numerous Harvard
company that wants him. and believes that he
would be an exceedingly valuable uresiaent Ter
the university. n the question really comes up,
tks division Is likely to be between conservative
minds that are eolieitous that Harvard chan retain
It's old time favor and traditions. and moro sm6f-
tious spirits who wish 10 extend the influence Of
the university, especially throughout the West.
For thu latter purpose Mr.. Roosevelt would b
incomparsbly the best man IN sight. Tho young
are for him. They think he 10 tbs man best quail
ned TO get football out Of the pfiery end nshe q
pleasant sport Of r. To Be sure. Mt. Roosevelt
wfi continue 10 be IN politics a. Len: :. - b alive.
but . eolieS4 prsaideat oan b th poiit!os, and might
sven b , member Of the United States Ssaste.
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Separate Counsel for Each Charge.

In some on the expensEeness OF the
Bath Quarter Sessions-which last year cost the
city e<ss for four sittines Of a day or less than a
day ach-the Bun Herald mentions . curious Gus.
tom IN regard 70 the conduct Of prosecutions. II
seems that n two or more charges are made against
the same prisoner. two or more counsel are briefed
for the prosecution. Thus at the Sessions last week
. youth WAS Indicted for two separate but similar
i~arcenies. and two barristers were retained for 'bs
prosecution-one for each charge. No, long afo
four exactly similar and quite trivial charges we're
preferred against q prisoner. and on that occasion
four learned gentlemen each received q hrief
and q fec TO- the prosecution. There al. not veV'
many briefs going % Bath, and ! dar say that this
distribution of soup Is gnteful and comforting
70 the junior mem bers OF the Sessions bar.
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The Pan-American Congress and Ar
bitrattOn.

Much will have been accomplished by
the Pan-American Congress OF 1905 even
II 1t shall have done nothing but furnish
IN occasion for the visit Of Secretary
Roof, which has substituted trust and
sympathy for tho suspicion with which
the United States had begun to be re-
garded In Latin America. Something,
however, will also have been effected
for the furtherance Of intercourse be-
tween the commonwealth Of the New
World In the matter Of a general naturali-
cation treaty. in ~furtherance Of rail-
way REORGANIZATION, and perhaps
in promotion of an interchangeable
coinage. On the other hand. We cannot
draw the inference from the vague re-
ports thus far cabled that tho ELUSIVE
talk at Rio de Janeiro about the refer
n O Of disputes TO arbitration Is likely
10 result In substantial progress toward
the achievement Of tho capital aim Of
the congress, which is TO prevent here
after recourse to war by the republics
Of the Western Hemisphere.
1t was a narrower but much more
practicable object which the last Pam
American Congress tried to effect. and
which 1t was hoped that the present
Congress at Rio de Janeiro might DO
able to attain. Leaving to optimists
the pursuit Of q treaty by which strong
foreign Powers shoud bind themselves
to refer to arbitration every species
Of controversy with weak American
commonwealth. the oongrsss which INST
h the city OF MeIioo confined itsslf