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New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
UARhINGS on MARS.
and customs

Recognizing the fact that Mr. Perciyal Lowell
has for several years given more study TO the
planet Mars than any other astronomer has, the
editor of Nature recently asked him TO indi
cate what he considered the most important re
suits OF this years observations. Mr.. Lowell
confines himself to his own work. conducted in
Arizona, but in doing so betrays egotism. His
telescope is probably the only large one in the
United States which has been trained on Mars
with anything like regularity during the last
few months The Lick telescope seems to have
been otherwise engaged, and the Washington
and Yerkes observatories were too far north
for advantageous use at the recent opposition
On the latest occasion for fruitful scrutiny the
nlanet did not rise as far above the southern
horizon as it sometimes does
Practically everything which Mr.. Lowell re
ports seeing this year has been seen before. The
appearance and disappearance Of the polar
matches phenomena which are closely asso-
ciated with the alienation of Marian winters
and summers and which may be due to the for
nation and melting of snow, were mentioned
in textbooks on astronomy generation ago. The
straightness of the canals the changes in their
visibility from time to time and their arrange
ment in an elaborate network when most nu-
roerous and distinct were reported by Schla-
nareIG. of Milan, before Mr. Lowell turned his
attention 20 them. The Italian had even sus-
rprfad that there was some relallOH DStWeel
the coming and going of these tine lines and
Tho succession of the seasons. Hence Mr. Low
ellis discovery that the return Of the canals
is :, SEQUEL of the shrinking of polar cap
merely confirms a suppositon previously enter
taned though in Strengthening the theory he
has performed useful service.
An even more valuable feature OF this years
work M Flagstaff is the securing of photographs
OF the 'cauals7 Little or no testimony such as
these pictIreS furnish las been obtained before.
MIR. lowell believes that he can identify on his
plates no less than fifty-six Lines which had
previously been charted from eye observations
alone lie seems TO have demonstrated conyinc-
inglv that the most puZzling of the markings on
the Marian surface are not products of the
Imagination or optical illusions. Except for a
lni.efin or two sert by cable, nothing is yet
known OF photographs taken in the Andes by
the expedition sent ont by Mr.. Lowell. These
may not put the doubling of the canals, first
announced by Sciiiai i,a-ell, beyond doubt. Still
should they fail 20 do so it may be assumed
that they will at least tell the same story as
the plates exposed in Arizona. Whatever inter
probation may be put on the facts. therefore.
fine cenuineness of the network of lines on
Mars Is not likely hereafter to he questioned
WHIST these lines mean. Of course, is n matter
of opinion. la applying the name canals 10
them Schiaparelii was careful to say that -
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

first time in its history the medal shall he Of
gold.
Just 4 brief little Anglo-GeiInan incident, not
cf suiicie2t Importance to find a place in the
news of the day by the side of imaginative war
Scares and scandals That is all. Yet somehow
it seems 20 be worth the telling. and the tell
ing Of it makes the world seem a little less
sordd and selfish. and enboGens optimistic
minds 10 nope that. after ALL the age OF chiv
airy is not quite gone. hut that despite the Sos-
pei of unheroiSn and the commonplace which
has been so persstently preached in our day.
there are still nerves which thrill with noble
passion, hearts which throb with generous de
yotion. and lives ready to be offered i'll unhes-
itatng sef-Sacrfce for the good of others. 1t
is simple story. but its very simplicity and
modeSty give cause 10 believe that if we were
as diligent in searching out and proclaiming the
good as the evil the merely sensa-
tional in the world. it might be matched thou
sand times year amid the rank and file Of
common humanity
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
AN AEGLo-GERMAN INCIDENT.

fFor number of years q good many persons
I've seemed chiefly to busy themselves with
|pfious comments on the relations between
[eat Britain and Germany, and with trying
make out that the two were about TO go TO
kr II is not unlikely that there have been
|agh pieces IN the path. and that John and
kps have now and then looked askant at each
ker What two great peoples are there, with
5ongly competing, not TO say con1ictlng, inter-
s. wbuse shoulders have not at some time
kbed pretty sharply: But with so much talk
the truti OF which we are by 10 means sure.
! of the benevolence Of which there Is much
Re than doubt, it may be worth while TO give
Ley words 10 telling of one real. true Anglo
man incident, the record OF which is CLEANED
quite matter-of-fact official reports.
WIS Just year ago. up In the Karakorum
ntains, adjacent 10 the Roof OF the World
Albert Won Lecoq n German scientific ex
ar. had been at work in those inhOspltable
ens for two years and was i'll and all but
h out On his way homeward he chanced 10
Il Captain J. ID Sherer. of the British army,
. wa5 also travelling toward home They
ee strangers, but became travel companions.
h after crossing the K8rnkorum Pass Sherer
very III with typhoid pneumonia, and there
no help within many miles. I4ecoq was
badly of as Sherer. lie set out for help.
ring al their provisions with Sherer save
tile -four. he started for PanacuilE. Tic had
ross the dreadful Sasser Pass, nearly eigh-
a Thousand feet high, with three miles of
ltinnous glacier climbing; tban the scarcely
)ss Formidable AIrrghi Pass, and SO to Pana-
kis. Hating there only long enough 10 get a
IL. O. lilter, seal.e ponies and men. he started
tx over tie. ,.lasses again. For nine con3ecu-
p days tie sick man travelled continuously
cm dawn 10 night. FIRING nothing but raw
Fur ard a lutte grease In his desperate effort
save the lie of a stranger of an alien race.
"ss src+essful. and both men got bach 10
CA aId 10 Eufepe, alive aDG well And now
f'riIa'e OF Wales and the chapter general of
Order OF the Hospital Of II. JOHN of Jeru-
'.in have awarded fo IjT. Tecca the medal of
pit order FOR saving lie on land at Imminent
al risa, and have ordered that for the
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
THE FOEL!NG OF THE AIR.

Announcement is made Of the interesting dis
Covery that costly metal bridge which was
built across the Passajc River ut Newark not
MANY wears ago is so seriously corroded that
extensive and expensive repairs must iniine-
diateIy be made to assure its safety and To keep
il from utter ruin. The mischief, according to
expert judgment, has been caused by the pol
luton of the air in that Teighborhood' which
is laden with sulphurous fumes from the reek-
ing chimneys OF various industrial establish
mcnts.
This explanation is quite plausible. In fact,
nobody seems TO question its accuracy. But X
suggests some interesting and pertinent in
ouiries If such has been the action of the
polluted air. under the open sky. upon massive
metal work protected with paint, what must
have been its action upon other less substan-
tiai articles, not thus protected, in adjacent
dwellings or other buildings to which the foul
air penetrates and in which its comparative
sta agnation probably intensfes its effect: Above
all what must be the effect of such air upon
the lungs of the human beings who are com
PEELED 10 breathe il?
In the city of London ii is estimated by com
pptent authorities that nearly half million tons
of sulphuric and suphurous acids are yearly
emitted into the air from chimneys and that
more than twelve hundred tons of solid mat
ter-soot and hydrocarbOns-are yearly do
mile of the city. The damage thus done to
property is estimated at S230eo.Ooo and the
waste of fuel at S40O000O0 a year. \ single
manufacturing concern at Warrington reports
that il has effected Il saving of one thousand
tons of coal a week. or S1230D Il wear, through
the adoption of devices to secure more perfect
combustion and thus to pre- Mt the emission of
smoke and fumes. Other concerns, including
railroad companies, make similar aports.
The pollution of the air In New York and
neighboring cities is not so great as in London.
But the difference is one of degree and not OF
kind and the case of this Newark bridge indi-
Gates that the degree of diff"ron"o is not always
So great as might be desired glance along
the waterfront of Manhattan especially above
4od street. will show some gigantic chmneys
yoluminously reeking. Tugs and steamboats,
on the rivers leave milelong trails of stencil and
bIackness As for some of the neighhoring COM
munties in New Jersey. the smoke of their vile
ness ascendeth forever. There is yet vast
work 10 he done for the redemption Of the air
from preventable and nOxious pollution.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
PRESIDENT PA.lDO ENTERTAINS.
American Scientists Guests at Dinner at Lima
Cordial Speeches Made.

Lima Aug SI.-President Pardo gave dinner
last evening in honor OF Professor David +. touo'
of Amherst. Mass, and Dr. Leo > lO"c, ol ~ w
- tor.;,,. of PennsvIvania Among the thirty-two %
e,1esis were tire American Minister leshe Coihos
his secretary Richard Il. Neill, and the AhlerIcti 70
Consul General at Callao. Samuel NJ IayloF' 1he
President in n speech welcoming the Aine''eaiiS
said highly pleased TO hote 'iie 80 =
o, Of sucb distinguished scientists Professors
Todd and Rowe who would appreciate the Feai
conditions existing IL the republic d. conlnuli-
cate their impressions thc people OF t'e oi'i'eu
States ,, 80,
Professor Rowe in reply. said he ana ms cpIh-
,o,. fol. 10 IL they we're under a deHshtfui
smell. 1t was impossible to express their feehhss
in visiting these enchanted lands. Professor f|o"e
thanked the President for the hospitality EXTENDED
to the American party. and for the opporIuh.'S
10 @ -. 60 form, an idea of the wonderful min
e.,I and other resources of Peru.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
UJ-lI4N KINDNESS ~ TEXAS.

Texas seems full nowadays Of hand shakers,
barkers. masters of ceremonies, press agents.
old home and new home orators, real estate
boomers and prose poets The Five Million Club
has already apparently about three and Il half
million members and the whole population has
resolved itself into committee on reception and
entertainments. We called attention the other
day TO the extraordinary impression of urhanity
and hospitality made upon the minds of con
signment of Russian immigrants landing at Cal
weston hy the address of welcome delivered TO
Them bv the Mayor of the Texan metropolis.
Texas believes in the open heart rs well rs the
opeu door and Texan dignitarics on hand at
every railway station to receive with proper
honors any candidates who present themselves
as recruits 10 the Five Million army.
We did not need the assurance of the poet
laureate of the Five Million movement that
Texas is animated by no selfish or vanSoriouS
motives in advertising itself as 4 Canaan to
which the foot-looSc of all lands and nationali-
ties are invited to repair. We knew that the state
of sunshine and magnificent distances was more
anxious 10 give than to receivc-that its purpose
was altruistic and untainted with suspicious
of self concern Yet We accept with grattca-
ton The Houston Posts further disclaimer of
any such underlying mcrccnary considerations
and its declaration that the Five Million cam
Iaign is rather
a noble philanthropy. a hospitality without Ini'-
tation. an exudescence, 1t We're. OF ioftY
humanitarianisu. a crevasse in the levees Whictl
impound the food waters of our sohcltude for
The welfare of the human race streaming OF
The milk az human kindness from Surcharged
udders of human affection.
What will Texas do for the incoming millions:
The prose poet of THE Post is lavish in golden
hued promises.
We want them 1.-THE said millions to feel the
warmth of our kindly sunshine and the soit.
soothing breath of our magnolia scented hrecZes;
we want them 10 fat and gouty upon the
unrivalled luxuries which infest our forests.
fields and streams; We want them - view the
beauties OF life under sunlit skies 10 ENJOY
the serenity OF starlit nights of sweet repose'
we want them to hear the mocking birds singing
in the honeysuCkle vines in the moonlight. 10
hathe in our Iimpid streams or breast the gIiht-
ing pillows which wash our romantic shores, We
want them to WOO radiant daughters ana We
want them to bring their dimpled, red haired
rnaidens cor widows) that may do some nigh
buffeted by our cloudbursts of pure cream and
tidal waves of strained honey.
Texas has apparently both the goods-all
wool and a yard wide-and the good Will to
deliver them. Ii Is pity that Mark Tapley.
with his rccollections of Eden, cannot revisit
America as n Five Million Texas colonist
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

found it the most convenient one which he could
use but did not wish to commit himself by its
use to any theory as TO the nature of the mark
ings themselves. Mr.. Lowell has long held that
they represented narrow belts Of vegetation
made possible by irrigation systems He re-
iterates in Nature" this belief. though Gp-
parently without having obtained any new
evidence that Mars is tie abode of intelligent.
constructive life" Hence the question whether
Mars is inhabited not is left about where it
has been for several years. The notion Is p!auS-
ibe and captivating. and there can be no great
harm in accepting it. but such chain Of proof
as would usually he required in court Of
law 10 support important plea yet remains
10 l,t forged
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
USES DOG TEAMS IN CHURCH WORK.

I
ArchdeacC1 Hudson Stuck. who has supervision
ever Tho Episcopal missions ir the interior OF
Alaska is staying for few days the Lincoln
Hotel before he goes Richmond. O attend
the general convention of his Church. He will
spend the winter in the United States and purposes
returning his work next spring. Travelling by
dog team in winter and by steamboat in summer
the work of Archdeacon Stuck i'm the North has Il
good deal Of the strenuous life in it. Last winter
be travelled more than three thousand miles by
dog team. visited missions under his iurisdic-
ton. establishing missionary outpostS and doing
frontier work for the cause of the Church.
one of the most arduous Of his trips was made
last winter. when he journeyed fifteen hundred
the trackeSS snow to establish mis-
sion koyukuk. Tanana was the first mission
visited. Going up the Yukon River. Archdeacon
Stuck stopped Circle for short time. then
doubled back To Fort Yukon. Then he went up the
porcuninc TO Rampant House. returned to Fort
yukon and ascended the Chandar. He crossed
over to AllalalIet by the way Of Beetles.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
CONDUCTORS POLITE IN AURORA.

From The Chicago News.
Lord Chesterfield. who long. long ago set a style
for puliteness which English speaking nations have
bcen shooting since. would have turned
green with envy yesterday in Aurora had he wit
messed an occurrence a trolley line i'll the me-
tropos of the Fox River
A Riverview Park ear was speeding along the
rails al a wenty-Tnile clip. when old mans hat
blew off and straight the window the OPP
noste side of the coach. The fiurred owner bounced
n,t of his seat sgnalied for the train to stop and
started for the door to get off. the car in the
mean time having travelled a block.
..Don'f do that said the conductor "l get it
for you. . - -,
yVj,ere1,non o the motcrman to reverse his
mower and back TO the spot where the headgear
iav Hopping off the rear step. the conductor
y,jck ed mn the hat and presented II TO its owner
with a low bow. The occupants of the car ap-
The iron bands to its destination.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
PEER WHO STARTS WoMENS FASHIONS
From Tit Bits.

Entomologist. sportsman, agriculturist and poll
ucan. Lord Waisinghan. who recently celebrated
his SiXty-fourth birthday is several single gentle
rolled one and has a variety of inter
denied to the average His collection e
moths and butterflies is the largest and i'm
portan in the world. and by his generosity. is the
proI erty OF the nation, to whom IL conveyed
by deed of gift in 1901 large part of Ii is in the
Natural History Museum at South kensington. and
il is a curious and little known fact that womens
fashions directly indebted to Lord Walsineham
and his collection. DressmakerS ana designers Of
Court gowns go to the drawers and cases OF but
terfiies and moths 10 Study combinations and
contrasts of color. subtle shades Of nature and
helInonies of tone. which to be behed and
studied there, and there alone.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
MRS. STANFORD WHITE ANNOYED.
Report of Approaching Marriage to Charles
F. McKim Denied.

Mrs Stanford White, who had been abroad
several months. arrived here yesterday, accom-
panied by her son. the French liner La Lor-
raine. Mrs. White was greatly annoyed at the
rumors that she contemplated marrying Charles
F. MeKm, of the firm OF McKim, Mead Sc
White of which her husband was member.
There is no foundation for the rumor, shs
said and think IL cruel TO start such reports
Such idle gossip has caused me much pain
Mrs. White was met at the pier by her sister.
Mrs. Prescott Hall Butler, and her lawyer. Al
len w. Evarts.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
People and Socfof IncfdenfS.

Secretary of State for the Colonies celebrated az
an athlete and the favored nephew Of Mr.. ard
Mrs Gladstone. He is younger brother CT Lord
CcbEam The Bishop London has also sailed
from England and viii be here during the course
OF the month
Each incoming liner brings returning travellers.
Among those due here this week and who are now
On the ocean are Mr- ard Mrs Cornelius c. Cuyler
Mr. and Mrs James Speyer. Mr. and Mrs. Penn
broke Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Chisholm.
Coaching viii Be begun Tomorrow week with
the first of Alfred 6. Vanderbllt's Vent
ure as a public road coach. between the Holland
House aod the Ardsley Casino. The coach will
make the trip day excepting Sundays through
out the remainder of September and until the mid
Gle of October. following the same route the
Pfonee- in previous years, starting each morning
from, the Holland House at 10 O'Clock and return
ing frc.r Ardsiey after luncheon in time FOR din
Senator and Mrs Chauncey NJ Depew. who havs
teen abroad the greater part the summer saijst
for home yesterday and are due here on the St.
Louis az TIE erd OF the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Peters have gone TO New
port to spend the weekend and Labor Dav with
Mr.. and Mrs W. Storrs Wells.
Mr. and Mrs John French. who were married
last June. have returned to town from Woodstock
Vt. and staying at the home OF Mrs French's
mother Mrs. Frederick Billings.
Mrs. George E. Baker has returned 70 Tuxedo
from Monmouth Beach. " J. where she has been
visiting her SON -fl-aw and daughter Mr. and Mrs.
". Coadby Loew
Mr. and Mrs Robert f. Livingston returned yes
terday from Magnolia Mass. where they have been
spendin, the summer. to their country home. Law
renee Park. Bronxyille, n Y
Mrs +. Ritzema de Grove who arrived from Eu-
rope A few days ago. mas gone to Seabright y J.,
where she is the guest OF her daughter. Mrs Er-
nest I'ahnestOCk
General and Mrs. Howard carroll. who have been
spendng the month of August at Hot Springs Va.
returned this week and opened Carroll cliff. their
country at Tarrytown-
Mr. and Mrs r Towar Bates have returned to
their country place AT Convent, y. j, having spent
The summer at Seabright, y. J.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
KAISER DRINKS TO PEACE.

rerlin. Aug 3l.-Emperor William. speaking to-
aov Mt Tecklenburg, in Westphaia. on the occasion
az The oooh anniversary Of the ann exatlor OF the
County of Tecklenburg to Prussia shu' o,'"N
,his c,n 1red with German wine. TO the welfare
80 tba Couutv of Tecklenburg with the wish that
Gods blessing may preserve it and give me power
To continue to maintain peace in order that you
may go about your business undIsturbe1
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

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Nfm11prk Dsilp Criba,ts
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1907.

THIS newspaper is oscnod ana published by
The Tribune association, q Ne'C York corpora
fsoa: Office and principal place Of business, TFT6-
ane Building, No 154 Nassau street, Ac'0 York;
Ogden Mills, president; Nathaniel TuttIc, sec
setary and treasurer. The address of the Of
fcers is the Office of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

2. D. Aldrich.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. q. Alex
ander.
sir. and Mrs. s. =. Alien
Charles r. Bennett.
Miss Cora G.. CrapOv.
Mr.. ard Mrs Benjamin
Drew.
MIR. and Mrs. c. NJ. Ham
iltOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mills.
KAIsERIN AUGUSTE VIC
Mr.. and Mrs F. J. O.
AlSoP-
MIR. and Mrs. l.. r Ellis
James Hyde.
Mr.. and airs. ". r. II.
Green
la LORRAINE
Mrs stanford White
CharIemagne Tower. jr-
Mrs. r. T.. English.
Mrs. Frank Leslie
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

Tae Mayor OF Erie, Penn. has just been ousted
from office by the courts because he disregarded
the PENNSYLVANIA corrupt practices law in Civ
ing s,oters drinks and cigars. The neglected
esreilbinders" may come into their own again
now that the cut rate cigar and the foaming beer
schooner are being put out Of business as CAM
naign ora tors.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

Ono of Bostocks elephants mas shown such a
distaste for riding III express car that her
return from Asbury Park to Coney Island is
reported be inconveniently delayed. IL the
circus season weFe now opening, instead Of
,etne about to close, such a. cccentrcity would
ba intell giD.e
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

BIoodhounds as adjunct TO the police force
have always seemed to belong properly TO rural
neighborhoods but perhaps New York can learn
p lesson from the country
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

r NJ. Orr.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". y. Post
Mr.. and MrA Walter -
ur and Mrs Carr v. Van
And1
Matthew White. jr
Colonel and Mrs. Albert w.
Swain.
John NJ. Redfiel1.
TORIA. FROM HAMBURG
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Goer-
1itZ-
Mrs. C. Young Heyworth-
NJ. aud Mrs. II NJ A. Nil
Ter.
ytr. and Mrs. Edwin Goulc-
FROM HAvRE.
Mr.. and Mira Charles -
Morgan.
Baron RosenkrAnA -.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
SENATOR AND MRS. oEPEW SAIL.

southampton Aug Fl. - The American Line
steamship St. Louis. which sailed from here for
New York to-day had among her passengers Sen
ator Chauncey NJ. Depew and Mrs. DepeW
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

ishnent should be inflicted at all may be moor
question But # it is to be inflicted, the gulilo-
tine despite its ghastly associations. is propaoE
one Of the least Objectionable Instruments Tor
it's infiction It is scarcely possible to conceive
anythine. more certain more swift or more pam
less in its action than the guillotine: In all
those respects it is decidedly preferable to hahS-
ing and in at least the first of them to electro-
thanas:a. The torture to the criminal in being
p1aced under the knife is probably less than
that of having The moose adjusted or OF belhs
strapped 10 the electric chair. AS a public spec
tacIe. beheading is. of course, ab0minable; oui
so is any taking of human lie.
One OF the foremost men in the south Amerl-
can export trade is quoted saying that IN
secure packing, boxing and baing has come u
''be regarded by South Americans as our ma
"tional fault and is of the chief stulnbIhs
"'blocIs in olu export trade That is douotiesS
quite true and it is merely the latest reretltlo4
of what The Tribune has been saying for years.
matter the need of better methods OF Shipment
has become the almost daily burden or consular
ana other official reports. as wei as OF tae eA-
Tiortations Of the most thoughtful merchants
One Of these days II is to be hoped. Americans
will generally appreciate the need of keeping
pace with their competitors in this as well as In
other respects.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who arrived yesterday
from abroad were:
NEW YORK FROM SOUTHAMPTON