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SOUTH AMERICA.
Friendly Corrections and Criticism From q
Firm OF steamship Agents.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir: Our atten-
ton Is again called to the polite editorial in
to-dsyis SUN referring to our letter sent You
on December ~. The fact again becomes
prominent that our duties lie somewhat in an
educational line. We take due respect Of
your kindly reference under the head of
owned and chartered trampa." We do
not quite know in the mind Of the layman
where the difference between regular lines"
and "tramps" comes in. but in the shipping
fraternity a boat that IL employed exclu-
sively in a regular trade il known a. Q line
steamer, however humble her individuality.
and a tramp" Is a boat that has no fixed
trade. but travels az in,Aucement offers: the
vessel herself may be OF the highest type of
modern steamers.
We have pleasure in enclosing a list of the
passenger accommodations on the Verdi,
showing accommodations for about $50 cabin
passengers, 50 to 90 second class passengers
and 200 to 300 Storage passengers. all up to
dafe and meeting. we trust. with the approval
OF our travelling public.
Regarding the mails. we think that your
statement Ia partly in error that these go
via Europe: and the Post ONCE will be able
to give YOU the figures. showing that the
bulk goes by our steamers.
Regarding the figures that you give cover
ing the exports and imports. the bulk of the
trade between the countries il export, the
TO their bulk; in other words, there In one
inward cargo OF coffee worth three cargoes
Of lumber. kerosene and other rough goods
which constitute the principal exports from
NEW YORK. December II.
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Buencs Ayras, reaching the latter port
In. about twehty-Ave days. These n
the vessels added 20 the feet. Their
average speed for the run appears to be
ten knots. with some increase in that for
actual running time. This is hardly 90
DO regarded rs a fast mail or an express
passenger service.
Our esteemed correspondents object
20 u use OF the term tramp" in any
reference TO their vessels. We take It
all back. They may call their ships what
they win, liners, packets or yachts, and
we shall be glad. TO adopt the prescribed
term. Yet with all this food OF light ON
the question, We stubbOrnly adhere 10 a
wish to soc a line Of high class. sixteen
knot ships flying the American flag and
making frequent trips between North
American and South American ports.
The fact that this company has so greatly
increased its feet within the last few
weeks 10 full evidence that Increasing
trade il demanding an improved service.
We respectfully urge a further improve
ment with a consequent inevitable fur
Their increase OF business with our South
American neighbors.
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The December Burlington Magazine.

The Metropolitan Museum OF Art holds a
prominent place in the Burlington Magazine
for January. The Leading art article il NJ.
Leonce B6nedite's interesting acco int Of
Renoir's Madame Carpenter and Her Chill
dren, recently purchased by the museum.
which he regards a. the painters master
piece. 4 beautiful photographs OF the picture
forms the frontispiece. In the Art In Amer
leu" section Mr.. George Leland Hunter de-
scribes the Burgundian tapestries presented
to the museum by Mr., J. p. Morgan. Other
American TENS are the reproduction Of Mr..
r. b. B~randegee's fine portrait OF Miss Sarah
Porter of Pennington. and the important
chronological list Of the works OF Augustus
Saint GaUdens compiled by Mr.. W. Walton.
An unusually long article is devoted TO
Some Italian Medals" by Max ROsenheim and
G.. r. Hin, and is very fully illustrated The
Great Yarmouth church plate exhibited at the
late Church Congress is described by +. Alfred
Jones. Mr.. ID. s. McCOll contributes a note
on two Wllkie landscapes in the Tate Gallery.
and Mr.. Neale one on a picture by Hugh van
der Goes in Christ Church. Oxford, The edl-
tor again discusses the proposed decoration
Of the houses of Parliament.
This issue contains a large number OF book
reviews. Notable among them is that OF Mr..
I'D ward DillOn's recent book on ella 81. : The
usual notes and letters on various topics OF
art will also be found in IL.
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n0sswAtSF idsalisLh shivsF sSi sSapofato.
Dus IL h real. Il IL truthfuliy painted. II
Mr.. Bellows went 90 war. IL 10 certain tnas
his picruBes wohld not h Us heroic mari
Oncttes gracefully waving fagB. The nor
rors and the hell Of war he would show us.
He proves this by his characteristic -Stag
at S~harksy's" over the door. 10 ID a brutal
boxing match (surely four ounce gloveSD
about to degenerate into a chnch and q
mixup. One pugiliHt liz Mnging In the act
OF delivering a Asoalsers 90 his adversary.
You hear. you feel tho dull impact OF the
blow. A soddsn set of brute u
ring the circle-upon the platform the
hight is concentrated. IL In not pleasing
this. or ~edifying. but for tho artist q
amateur the play Of muscles and the vart-
GUS attitudes and gestures arc absolutely
exciting.
Mr.. BaIIn's Bath with its ssnsuOus
charm OF color md pose, was described tn
The Sun several weeks ago. His Seam
stress" In tho Vermeer gambit-tho light
ing, the pose. the atmosphere: larger IN
form. in spirit IL Ii tho Dutchman. Cimi"
otti's romantic canvas. Paul Doughertys
Twisted ledge" which MauRra would not
disdain co sign-striated rocks rooted firmly
IN buO aOlAs 1Du ASOs5h . FEOoby NACh-AAAhF
are on the other side. Wilhelm Funk Is
brilliant and virile in his portrait OF Capt.
Ivy-Davis, whilO Alfred Hertz'B bearded
features and bald head are seen in h por-
trait by 8. J. Woolr. Tho Wagnerian con-
ductor Ia az his music desk: tho light just
Eliminates the lower part Of his face. His
eyes glcam through tho thick spectacies.
It ls a likeness. Mr.. Millet shows q Chinese
diplomat. and W. J.Whittemoro the portrait
OF a young girl in yellow. a hSrp close No
hand.
Tho contributions In sculpture. bronze
and marble arc made by Karl Bitter. Charles
Louis Hinton. HUMPHREYS. Poller, Mabel
Conkling. Edith woodmcn Burroughs. j.
Scott Hartley. A. Sterling Calder. Robert
Aitksn and others. A new conner, Chester
Beach ono evidently fresh from Parisian
influences. shows genuine plastic skill and
a fantastic invention. His bronzes aro
graceful. grotesQuo and rhythmic The
large marble pisoe. The Rivers Return to
che Sea- Ia pAaHn. but not lacking in an
individual touch. It reveals tho strained
ecstasy Of the great F~renchman and also a
hunclied up oroupOf aiOmale. There is stuff
In Mr.. BONch.
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n JEWISH BADGE.
D~lstInguIGhing Mark ms was RenuIren
by EurODean Countries.

From the American Hs6Fst0.
To the Jews Of to-day L. ls fairly well known
chat their ancestors in Europe we're forced
to put up with n g-SAs deal Of humiliation.
One OF tire nost insuHtng methods was 60
require the wearing Of a badgs which would
stamp the vearer as ar -infdel Jew" The
wearing OF a badge was made a general
order throughout Christendom In the year
1915. but IL must have been required in isolated
places before that date.
The most usual form OF badge was that OF
a ring Of distinctive color attached to the
upper garment. Any one OF French Jewish
ancestry will know that his forebears wore
q ring Of this sort. varying in size and in color
now red. now yellow and white. according
to the whims Of municipalities and mOnarChs.
Ie was generally worn upon the breast. and
at one time It was ordered TO be worn like
wise upOn the back. so that a jew might be
known fore and aft" When q Jew was
found without the badge he was fined. Evil
dence OF the wearing OF this badge IL found
as late as 1897 in France. The forefathers
Of the Spanish Jews carried a yellow and
red bsdge1.the men on their bressts the
the badge was nOJ so prevalent in Italy, but
the municipalities almost all required them.
The badge was known. as the 20" from It's
shape, resembling probably the ring in France.
English jews should feel the. distinction Of
having had a peculiar sort OF badge forced
upon their ancestors. IL was first in tho
form of a band-hrst white and then yellow,
and later Jews were required to wear a badge
with the shape Of the Tables OF the Law. In
Germany yellow badges were worn. but here
In Austria and in Poland there are few traces
of the badge, but in Hungary Jews wore a
badge on their left breast. It Is interesting
to know that in Crete az the present day
some OF the houses Of Jews are marked with
the %"
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Tho wher-sbouts Of Three Old Locomotives

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-!Sir. When the
late HoratiO Allen was shout. as chief engineer. TO
open the railroad Of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company near Honesdale. Pa. he ordered
three locomotives from England. The three ar
rived on the same ship at New York city In tho fall
of 1929. Two werS made by George Stephenson
and -ere exact replicas of the noted Rocket.
which was victorious the following year In the
great locomotive contest at Rainhill. The third
was the StOuTbrIdge Lion. made by Foster. Ras-
trick & Co. The two former locomotives were
blocked up in some IrOnmonger's yard on the East
River 'front.' and placed under steam 70 show New
Workers how the wheels went round" The Stour-
bridge was taken TO ROndout and thence up the
Canal and placed on rails. Mr.. Allen then ran it
the nrst OcOmotIve TO run over rails In America
a few miles. Il was too heavy for the 4 feos ,
inch gauge. and this IN Its nrst and nnAl run.
The two others were not brought up from New
York. Had one OF them been brought and tried
In thu place OF the uncOuth, rail rAcking Stour-
bridge. doubtless locomotives would have been
adopted at once by the Delaware and Hudson.
and thus the Rocket type would have been at
work In the United states antecedent 20 the Rain
hill trial.
The question I wish TO ask Is: What became OF
these two Stephenson lOeomOtivesi Writing In
1880 Mr.. NJ. N. Forney uttered the same query. and
I arm curious TO learn whether since he made this
inquiry their career has been AscertAined. Were
they placed on some American railroad or utilized
a. steamboat boilers or returned 20 EnglAnd1
NEW York. December n. l.. 8.
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The Voyage 70 south America.

We publish in another column 4 letter
from the agents of a British firm engaged
In the carrying trade between New York
and South American ports. Their criti-
cisms and information, supplemented by
some independent excavation, reveal the
fact that within the last few weeks a nota-
bic increase has been made in their feet,
and sailings hereafter will be more fire.
quent. The addition was made so unOs-
tentatiOusly that it escaped Dur notice.
Our latest information is that vessels
Of 5000 tons carrying capacity sail on the
fifth Of every month for Bahia, Rio dc
JaneirO, and Santos, the voyage TO Rio
consuming about eighteen days. This
gives a sailing rate averaging eleven
knots an hour Horthe run Allowing for a
~twenty-four hour halt at Bahia, the sailing
speed is increased to nearly twelve knots.
On the twentieth OF every month vessels
OF 1000 tons carrying capacity are now
despatched through 70 Montevideo and
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A PAINFUL
"A tho Fleet sailed Congress was rctl.
toned 60 Raise tho Maine.

u"''V" "~~O "V -
To THE RDIron OF THE SUN-Sir; A more
striking contrast in the circumstances OF a
great n~atiOnsI event has seldom happened
than that which occurred while tho great feet
OF battleships ordered to the Pacific was the
conspicuous object Of praise and admiration
both ashore and a1oGt. than the fact that q
concurrent appeal wnS prepared and for
wnrded 60 Congress by survivors Fl the Union
armies and soldiers OF the Speninh war Tor
the raising of n fpm0us wreck and for the
proper sepulture OF its dead.
The petition calls attention to the fnct chat
since the destruction OF the United States
battleship Maine In the harbor OF Havana,
toxethe. with 208 Of her officers and men. and
declares that rcores of her dead hav never
been recovered and now lie cntombed with
the hulk IN the ooze and increasing pollution
OF a tropical harbor, the objects Of nat .onnl
in the annals of our army and navy.
NEW YoIik. December Fl. G0IDoN
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TAomwhto ThMt Come - Deep Gen sailor.
men on tho Army's GuIdlng Hand
To rHR EDIroR OF THR sUN-Sir: The
stntament In to-day's New York Herald maj
a pilot will take the Atlantic hcct through
the Straits Of Magellan has caused great
Consideration on the part OF naval omcers
az indicating an objectionable lack OF nerve.
-It's a damned outraged said one OF them.
They who nave mnde that passage assert
that there In no more need Of a pilot there
than between Sandy Hook and Lands End.
TT this 10 true In time OF peace. : they say
what may we expect In tirn0 OF war;
To add to the humiliatlng confession oil
lncompetency, II In the despised army trans
port service which supplies the talent Tho Meet
appears to lack.
Hurrah for tho armyl PHANTx.
NEW YORK. December ~.
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may have a certain preiudioe against
law, relieved from unpleasant labor. So
are tho POpulites or Populists. Wasn't
IL Tom WATSON who burned his law
books, thus making a great remuneration
Of his own; and the Chief Justice OF
North Carolina calls himself a Democrat,
we believe.
We are glad to hear that during the
long vacation DIR. GAINES greatly en-
lRrged his biIlery plant.
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The events OF the past season have shown
clearly the enormous economic importance
to Egypt of the Assuan dam and the Assault
storage works completed within the past
few years for the conservation OK the Nile
waters. The stand Of water IN the Nile
last summer was at a lower stage than at
any other time in the history OF modern
Egypt, excepting in 1877. The peasantry
of the country in that year were actually
in need OF food; but not only has this calam-
ity been averted this year, but the crops
have been fairly abundant and the cotton
yield is expected to exceed the highest
earlier figures. This is due solely TO the
fact that an immense volume Of the waters
of the high Nile that formerly went TO waste
in the Mediterranean was stored behind the
new dams and was turned intn the irriga-
ton canals when the lower tages Of the
river failed TO yield their usua supply.
A whole nation has been SAVE from dire
calamity by the efficiency OF the great
engineering works that were erected to
supply water when il is most needed. On
August p tho stage of water at Cairo was
higher than has eve before been recorded
On that date, though the natural height Of
the Nile was then lower than in any year
save one since reliable records were intro
duced. IL was a distinct triumph for the
new scheme of water conservation.
But greater things yet are expected. The
purpose of Increasing the height OF the
Assuan dam, authorized a few months ago,
is not TO give more water TO the present
cultivated area during the months that tho
storage supply has been utilized. II is IT,
tended rather to increase the titled area 10
a considerable extent and 20 make water
available the year around, so that Egypt
shall have perennial irrigation and her
capacity for production shall thus be greatly
,uuvnankad
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From tie SomeTvRIS Journal.
What shall I give herr Tell me, pray.
What shall l give her Christmas Dayf
A set of furs.
Or Just a NUM-
A handkerchief
That's not enough.
A photograph
New-Of myself
She'd surely put
lt on the shelf.
A set OF books
What does she readf
A silk umbrellAi
No, iadeedi
A brooch or locket.
Solid goldI
A lewelled purse,
Her change 10 holdt
A box OB gloves
What Is her sizcf
A comb of jet
To match her eyest
some silken hoset
wouldn't dArel
Ny heart OF hearts
Hut would she eareg
what snail / give nerI Tell me. dear.
FOR Christmas Day " almost hersi
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Cannda's oldest Physician Dead.

From the Daily sun Of 81. John. ~. p.
DR.. william BayArd. tho Oldest physician In
Canada. II not in America, died last evening. Tho
common ancestor Of DIR. Bayard OF Sc. John and
the late Hon. Thomas r. Bayard. for many years
United States Senator from Delaware. four years
Secretary OF state and afterward nrst Ambassador
Of the United States at the Court OF st. James's, was
Samuel Bayard. a wealthy merchant Of Amsterdam,
Holland. who married Annie Stuyvesant. daughter
Of the Rev. Balthhsar Stuyvesant and sister OF Peter
stuyvcsant. one Of the carly Governors of New
ArnnA.rhnm
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FrOv tAs LO.do1 Evening Standard
Mr.. Fisher Unwin Duhlishcd recently A an.,v
Illustrated edition OF -Romola.- He he. dr..
received Q letter addrenaed:.
win. 1 Adelphl Terrace. W. O."
On opening the envelope lI was found ~ -.
tain a circular nom q London press cutting nvsnc,
inviting George Eliot 70 become A 1ubaelhmr
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snctIan aaa Of tho rhnrtnr.

To rHR EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: IN THE SUN
OF yesterday was the declaration that Il was not
necessary or the law did not require that q person
Of the same political faith be elected To al tho
vacancy caused by the removal of Borough Prcai-
dent Ahearn. VIII you kindly state the law cover
ming that pOintf GEoRok B. LoUn.
NEW YORx, December 20.
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Speeding the DepartInw.

FTom ne BIs Horn Counev NspS
A man was given hours 20 leave ,ovn 80
police Judge az Meetoetse the other dav' ga.
many friends were highly xratlned IN ~. n,.s
depart on Thursday mornings stage. Tnrv .,"1a
him much Joy and q long absence. WI"
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demand for what Il dRarA. The players
have struggled against great difficulties,
but have been able to exist. until thoy
now find themselves with roof over their
heads that seems likely to remain there
for more than a few hours. Whether or
not their compatriots will continue 10
support them in their new environment
remains to DO seen. Hitherto only the
Germans have been able TO maintain
their playhouse on an artistic level In
any way comparable TO that 81 the Eng
lish speaking theatres. In the opinion
OF many persons the highest achieve
ment Of the actors art was 10 be- found
in the German theatre of this city, adj
ministered as IL wsAip the golden days
of its e1istenca
The patronage OF the Italians in New
York 10 already important TO Operatic
managers. Both Mr.. CoNRIED and Mr..
HANMERsTEIN have had cause TO be CRATE
full for the presence OF these demonstra-
tive lovers Of their own music. They
purchase the less expensive places in
both opera houses with enthusiasm when
Cn0 pEORTaHlu1eS arc 10 OnSiE Ahunk. Ahoy
are the most sensitive Of all auditors.
They must have just what they want.
Mr.. CoNRIED with his German and Mr..
HAESSERsTEIN with his modern French
operas can scatter them so completely
that there is not q bravo or bravo to be
found in either opera house from parquet
to gallery. Yet 70 long as their tastes
are deferred to the Italians are generous
patrons Of music and a faction on which
prudent managers count. In their own
theatre no foreign influences will dis
pute the sovereignty Of their taste, which
is not so exclusivesin the drama.
Italian operate enterprises have
been dependent wholly ON the support
Of Italians. and the new theatre will
probably find other patrons. The grow
ing interest in all matters OF Italian art
and life and the consequently increasing
number Of New Workers who are learning
the Italian language arc favorable au-
guries for the new enterprise, although
they did not operate so effectively az
they might have done during the recent
visit of ERMETE NovELL to this city.
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N our friends uhO favor as aOtfa manuscripts fOT
Da5gicGilOn ptsh 10 hans geJscied aSstcIes returned lAey
must On all cases send Sf1mps fOy tNSs purpose. {
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FNtOlhtuk W ~ hrUt EIttWOfJ1 BrnWn. United
States Commissioner OF Education, very nearly
$500 600 was spent on American education In
1905. and more than three fourths OF that vnst
amount was spent on the common schools. This a
the account:
Common schools. saO7 Tos N1o
Private elementary and secondary
schools. .,.,...... n a7O 40
Universities. colleges and archaeological
SCHOOLS, .......... "A TNS asa
SoItnal schoois. =, ''''''''"..."-.,.. s.TtsRs4
professional schools. ................ sOoOO oo
Schools for the defective classes. ....,. TNso Sa
noiOI"i aenOo's' ''''.'''''........ 5.38i ,Ise
OJWtnorcini scnoois.' .,.'............... 3OOO Oon
....,..... $500 J6ss aiO
n the cost OF all the other many forms Of Dyivs,s.
and public education could be Ascer.alned ana
added the total would doubtless reach $500 O0o Ooo~
a sum very far greater than the outlay for educs.
ton by any other country Tor several countr,c.
combined In the world. benentlng 10 las sra D,,nIs
directly and S'OOoOOO people directly and md.
rectly.
The 1865 schoq year enrolment was:
Public schools and colleges. IA zsa a..
Private schools and colleges. ........... 1aK, "a
FuDhe spectral scnOots. ......,..,u.... asa "a
FriVAso Hpecia schools aOa ao6
Thisi s practically one fourth our ontiro nopuls,,ov
NJ that year. Il Is q record OF which the AmeTsrsn
nation may well be proud.
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Four hundred Millions a Year wen sp.u,.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. December 10.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-02
CUT UP BIRCH CREEK FARM.
ii. ii. Gilbert Proposes to Sell His
Land in Small Tracts.

The Pilot Rock Record says of the
offer of H. H. Gilbert of Birch creek
to sell his excellent farm to actual
settlers in 10-acre tracts:
H. H. Gilbert, who lives below
Pilot Rock and owns a water right,
will sell what land he owns along
the ditch in 10-acre tracts to those
who will build home thereon and
help improve the country.
Here is an opportunity for the
man with small capital who is look
ing for home and is willing to work.
Mr.. Gilbert is willing to sell this land
at live and let live price, and in do
ing so inaugurates plan of home
building that will do more to advance
the material growth of the town than
any other scheme of colonization that
could be devised.
The best promoter of publicity Is
to throw onto the market the lands
Immediately around Pilot Rock which
cost the owners little or nothing, at
reasonable prices and encourage their
settlement by men and women who
are willing to work and make homes
for themselves.
On 10 acres a man can keep HIM
self constantly employed and make
as much In the end as the man who
aspires to the ownership of a king
dom.