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Valparaiso. undaunted by the great
earthquake. expects to have harbor works
that will cost nearly $40 900 900 more than
those the city was building when the calam-
ity destroyed them. For three years before
that event the city had been planning for
sea walls and basins that would convert the
largo bay into safe harbor. The first
plans vArs rsiected. and a commission Of
seventeen engineers WAS appointed TO devise
others The report was accepted. and the
building Of works TO cost moro than SO, 900, =
900 had been in progress nearly year when
the blow came. Not least OF the ills that
Valparaiso suffered was the complete de-
struction of this improvement. which was
30 sorely needed
The trouble with Valparaiso harbor 10
that tho splendid deep bay opens wide on
the sea 80 that all hurricanes and great
storms enter 1t. In the last eighty years
nearly 400 vessels have been destroyed in
the harbor. and In 1908 the passenger
steamer Arequipa foundered with 100 souls
within full view Of the city. This 10 the
leading Pacific port Of South America, and
the world OF commerce 10 therefore much
interested in having the treacherous and
unsafe harbor turned into a safe resort for
shipping.
It IN therefore gratifying to hear that .
syndicate OF French and British hrms has
now been commissioned to construct new
harbor works that will turn Valparaiso into
a first class port. 1t is expected that the
works will be completed in 1918 at a cost Of
about S2o. .ooo.0
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A Thousand Millions Of Debt.

The city continues TO progress toward
a debt OF q thousand millions Of dollars
at highly gratifying rate. To the Cats
killwater supply project, the cost Of which
- e-tiIasted at Sl80, ,0o0, 900, ID now added
tho Suffolk county plan. which would
impose the expenditure Of $4,000, 900 on
tho town. A trifiing sum; it IL 81, ,O0o, ,00O
less THAI the debt OF the Republic of
Mexico and only little more than twice
as much as the debt Of Switzerland.
OF course nobody knows exactly what
the debt Of the city is now. This mere
detail Is OF no consequence when ex-
penditures for water supply are under
consideration. Bonds issued for this
purpose are not counted against the debt
limit. Still II might be Of interest to the
taxpayers to know what the figures on
the debit side Of the ledger are.
II bigness is what the taxpayers want
they should be satisfied with their debt.
1t Is inconteetably the biggest thing Of
its kind when the return for it is taken
into account.
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Expensive Water.

It is.proposed to add ESQ, ,o0o, 900 gallons
Asdayi to the water supply Of Brooklyn
BY tapping the subterranean water areas
OF Suffolk county, Long Island. That
this can be economically effected we
have no doubt, and there,is equally no
questfon Of the purity Of the supply. We
talgs it for granted that the inhabitants
OF the region whence this water will be
dylyn will presently be heard in selfish
rid narrow minded remonstrance.
fsThe effect Of the withdrawal OF $50 Co.,
gao gallons day, from, Suffolk county
viii be to reduce large part Of Long
Island to barrenness and utter desicca-
tion, undoing the wonderful work Of
home and landscape building which has
gone on there during the last twenty
five years. This concerns nobody, we
presume. except the property owners
and the, dwellers on the land, both a
negligible quantity.
We believe that If this city were to
adopt universal meter system and
make every householder pay for the
amount Of water actually used, the pres
ent water supply would be sufficient for
the needs OF the next fifty years. Vast
ing water and stealing water are the
cnrse .of our municipal proffigacy. The
safne principle Of paying for water aotu-
ally consumed would make Brooklyn's g
present supply more than adequate for
many years to come.
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Tho Coup d,Etat in Persia.

~ The struggle between tho Shah and the
4 elected spokesmen Of the Persian people
has, been brought to an end temporarily
As by the summary dissolution of the Parlia-
ysyrnent and the expulsion of its members
- from the Parliament buildings We shall
"A soon learn whether the outcome of this
.tSviolent proceeding will be the permanent
collapse Of representative institutions or
ssathe dethronement Of the present Shah,
t,sor compromise between the opposing
+ parties.
ssi As what passes for standing military
2 2 sfcfce IN Persia rs wholly controlled by
: st-e sovereign, the transient success of a
coup detat was to be expected. but it Is
- one thing to dominate the single city Of
Teheran and quite another to maintain
n authority throughout an extensive region
IN, which the means Of communication
es have been but little improved since me-
ss,diaeyal times. Aside from the half civil
~. lied m6pntaineers, who are at all times
restless and from whom are drawn the
|. most effective fighting levies, the inhabi-
! stSnts ~such urban, centres hs Ispahsn
and Shhaz are but slightly influenced by
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TURENNE RELICS.
The Cannon nall Tnas Killed the Marsha
sa,uwm m Paris ana Near Baden.Baden.

The Cannon I3sli Tnat Killed the Marshal
SHOWN IN Paris ami Near Baden.Baden.
To TIE EDrroB or TEE suS-Sa: In THs
SUN Of June % note an excerpt from the
London Glo6e entitled The Charlemague
Ross Tree" describing Ito age.
When was . boy l. sojourued in Baden.
Baden at Professor Hsdler's school. called
Forest Castle. erected ON the site Of an old
monastery. The usual Sunday diversion after
the midday meal was to take walks into the
surrounding country. Holidays or fast days
were likewise given up to similar peripatetc
wanderinss. The professors accompanied
the students and pointed out the dora or
related the leGends Of the windeck or Ober
Baden and other ruins. Naturally the con.
vereation was carried on now In German. now
In French. proving instructive to the youth.
full travellers and fixing In their minds the
plants and history Of the country.
On one Of these trips-I recall IL well as
being the Feast Of Corpus christi-we arrived
at small village about six miles from Baden
Baden, whose ever prevailing church lifted
its spire toward the zenith. Bearing In mind
that the sacristan would be able to inform
us Of points Of interest or q celebrated his;
sSSs sbnSndsd e1 we sought him, and he IN answer
and guided us TO field where We saw an
msnt s surrounded By . high spiked iron fence
outside OF which was q small shelter house.
In the usual monotone OF one who was re-
peating an oft told tale the sacristan pro.
TO Marshal Turenne. who was Killed st that
SPOT In battle between the French and the
foreign allies by Q cannon ball. which after
wounding him terribly tore away a portion
Of the trees trunk. In proof the sacristan
pointed TO the indented bnr's. Now, as the
tree was about ten inches in diameter and
either an apple or pes pear his story q lts great ad
this he evidently Interpreted from our looks.
for TO substsntlAte hfs story he called our
attention to TIE CARING % On the ,nonoiItah,
still unconyinced he in further proof led US
to little house and produced the very can
Some nonths lat beins IN psris. visited
the Dome des Inv .. les and asked ths uni.
teopSsss sSSs 70 poss.d g tSs S
EnEiish ness and wound mp by bringing 70
light and handing me the very cannon ball
which wounded the celebrated Marechai de
Turenne.
BaTnum snslyssd ~. 90 when We m.ke our
facts TO feast our eyes upon. How would
the poor innkeepers. the INDECENT guides and
hotel harons live II they had nothing TO show
American travellers c!amoring for legends,
and how tame 1t would seem Y upon our re-
turn we could not relate that We had seen .
hoasss whsrs Mohss aS ooum
bus Leonardo do Vtnci and Dante.
To my mind the Hoboken teryninel OF the
Lackawanna railroad and the Grand Central
Station. not to speak OF other beautiful New
many oi the royal palaces that % We 90 thou.
sands Of miles to Dee. H. +. y.
GLEN RIpoE. ". j.. June %.
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the opinions Of tho capital. while a. fof
Tahfis, Q populpus town near the north.
westeIn ff6nsier, this has long been O.
foousRof disaffcction and revolt. It 10
said indeed that an uprising in Tabris
provoked by the news Of the closing OF
the Parliament has been put down, but
1t Ia likely to be renewed at any moment,
when the revolutionists shall have OBJ
tanned Ammunition, and 1t may start a
general movement among the people
which will prove irresistible.
Those who are most conversant with
The actual state Of things In Persia seem
unanimous in thinking that IL peace and
order are to be restored, II national
revenue 10 70 DO collected and II the
Shah's sovereignty Is to be generally
recognized the ruler must not attempt
to carry things with high hand, but
must quickly give reinsurance Of his in
tantion to uphold a parliamentary regime
According TO telegram, he has received
most earnest advice to this effect from
the agent Of the st. Petersburg Foreign
Office, and he must have seen the wisdom
Of the counsel if it 10 true that he has
agreed to issue a decree ordering new
elections for the Assembly and Senate to
be held within three months.
It cannot be denied that the expert
ment Of parliamentary government In
Persia was made under adverse condi-
tions, which, however, were not moro
unfavorable than those by which Japan
was confronted when she introduced tho
principle Of parliamentary government
some forty years ago. 1t will doubtless
be acknowledged also that the Persians
are As well qualified for parliamentary
institutions as were the Turks in 1879,
when almost all expert onlookers con-
CURED with MIDHAT Pasha in thinking
that the Sultan's promised concession of
q legislature to his subjects would if car
ried out have been attended with con-
siderable success. 1t will be remem-
bered that an Ottoman Parliament was
actually authorized, but that the project
was soon renounced Then again the
Persians, who for the most part are of
Aryan descent, should be as we'll fitted to
exercise measure OF self-rule as are the
Filipinos, to whom we have granted the
right to form one branch Of bicameral
Legislature.
The element Of hope in the present con-
dition of Persia is the impotence Of Tur-
hey to turn the existing anarchy to her
own advantage, an impotence due to the
unwillingness Of Russia and Great Britain
to make the outbreak OF civil war be-
tween the Shah and his people pretext
for interposition. But for the treaty re-
Gently concluded between the British
and Russian Foreign Offices the chaotic
condition of the region lying between the
Caspian and the Persian Gulf would al
most certainly have been followed either
by concerted partition Of the territory
or by a fight for ascendency on the part
of the three foreign neighbors.
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Did Lady Macbeth Drink ?

Asubjeot OF wide sociological possibili-
ties was discussed by DR.. HORACE How
ARD FURNEss, the distinguished Shake
speare scholar, in his address before the
Harvard chapter Of Phi Beta Kappa on
Thursday. We don't refer to his vindi-
cation OF Ophelia from the charge Of
falsehood. During this age and admin
istration about everybody OF any i'm
portance has been called a liar. What
encouragement can there be for any
attempts TO rehabilitate the reputation
for truth and veracity in the neighbor-
hood where they are known Of ladies'
from Denmark? They must wait their
time. vindication begins at home. In
regard to the Thaness of Cawdor the
case is different As an old Shakespear-
ian actor put it, did the old dame crook
her elbow A question stated more
fully by Dr. FURNEss:
There are two lines In Macbeth to which
have never heard but one Interpretation and this
Interpretation has always been to me not only most
inartistic but revolving. II Is In the second
scene Of the second act where Lady Macbeth enters
with the words:
q" That which hath made them drunk hath made
me bold
What hath auench'd them hath given me nre'
81 know of no published explanation OF these
words other than that given a hundred and thirty
years ago by Mrs. GRrYyIrHs. who remarks that
SHAKESPEARE seems to think that woman could
not be rendered completely wicked without some
degree OF into1icatlon,' All subsequent oomrnen-
ho,ta t.h faux
any reference to the passage; her Interpretation
remains therefore the only one. a. far as ! know
and Is not only so gross but implies such VIOLA
ton Of all ert in representing heroine asintoz.
Gated that will not listen TO is. Rather any soiu-
ton however far fetched feeble or childlsh than
than Lady Macbeth In that supreme hour was sus-
tained by drink"
Doesn't DR.. FURNEss exaggerate here
a little? II the lady had screwed her
courage to the sticking place with Dutch
courage, If she had steadied her nerves
a little, she was not therefore "intoxi-
Gated" SHAKEsPEARE depicts the woman
Of his own day, OF course, the Eliza
bethan and Jacobean England, when, as
Mr.. LOWELL said, maids Of honor drank
beer for breakfast. Does Art require us
to suppose that Lady Macbeth was pro-
hibitionist9 But let us hear Dr. FUR
NESS again:
May we not nnd In the attendant circum-
stances another explanation OF her wordsf Dun.
ean was sleeping beneath the roof OF his own kins-
man. not only kinsman. but the most loyal and
trusted OF Thames. Could King be more seeuredf
Verify with the knowledge of this security naiohe
not Vigilance. so far from being increased, be re-
iaxed, Lot the fumes OF wine and wassaiI mount
to the brain--the king was absolutely ssfs; there
could be none 10 harm him: by this oonvictiou, all
fears were quenched. and the sleep OF svery head
In tho castle might for that night a. sast be sound
and deep, This then 1t was. ~ I think. this as
surance Of absolute security. shis utter absence
OF suspicion. that besailed the ehsnDerisins into
a relaxation OF wstchfuncss and into sisep. and 10
wss thls sassasds q the sxlsseaes q tAis sasns-
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with the Fine Arts,

They moved down the avenue with a
certain retioent majesty. Pink noses Rlowed
and In Bills eye there was q nameless tri-
unph. What's the New Hedonism com-
pared to q new epigramI And now, viii
liam. compose yourself, for we are about
to sec the Fine Arts. Pater Gays.
Dye mean pictures and such?' asked his
listener, 4Yes. the latest things In paint,
marble and ink What's ink got 10 do
with art9" Lots. But there, wilhelm.
sha' mt make sport Of you any longer. Ink
is used In printing etchings--no. no, Bill,
no blasphemy. Don't curse on the Avenue.
We are out for an intense. esthetio day.
and by Apollo let US put aside the ooarser
forms Of quotidian hfe.' He paused.
-Quotidian 10 good. very good he thought
and mentally smacked his lips. Hal hal
roarsd the other, Iknew that Last ono would
fix youi' Not q word was EXCHANGED
until they paused before q picture shop.
Suddenly Panl1y fell back and whispered
hoarsely: "No. not In there. Bill. That's
where they sell American art. We are after
the venetians; no American old masters FOR
u.s. They proceeded on their quest.
Then. ascending In Al elevator. they en-
tered gallery. Panhy rubbed his hands
with esthetio glee. He nudged bis thin
yet phlegmatio companion.
.Looki voyons. mon cher Guillaunae.-
(sBcdnd, he's OF on his French mare
thought Bill.) -See nothing but Venetian
masters. What Joy. Look at the dior-
gione. Lady Playing Marbles In the Bath
What tonesi Hey1 What 0ashouss
George this painter was. think. rather
Familiarity nloknamed.s because be ran
lh> ~r.A.p xla Al Naaknlfp-r uau.
Venice. I've bean there. I've becn thsre---s
4But ye didn't drink up any Of the water
I'ilswear.' interoalated Bin, rather ooarseIy.
'And that Tisiano--what nobility Of gesture
a. sxprsssed In tho outstsetShsd asml
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Ths OLD c,rau. ros.

To ran EpIroR or TEE SuN--sty: Abou, IN.
year is4S where the Mercantile Library stands now
IN As'or Place was an open iot. and when the crcus
came 10 town the tent was put up there OF tina
performance can say little except that sav tssrs
Van Amburg the great lion tanner. In later var
went several times too clrcasin the Bowory. onno-
site the old bowery Theatre. IL was In existence
tor several years. a. was circus In Fourteenth
ssreet, about where tho Dewey Theatre N to-d
II was built Of sheet iron and was burned.
The Franconl Hippodrome. on the site ~ IN.
Fifth Avenue Hotsi. was she moe prstcn t,or. IN
tho way OF orous that We had ever had up 10 thss
ume nad brick wslls And sowera and canvas
cover. There was no way TO get In except hi n.v
and 60 through the gate. have before m, a ,sc,
ture Of the Hippodrome with the crowds Of people
going IN. SSopis
take no stock Ia tho present day shree y,ns ~.
vtidsrina circus but would mako an effort 10 nd
o real clown should come my vay. q 'A
NEW Yonk, June 90.
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Cork Anoat.

70 THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir. The
Presidential yacht feet seems to be In COM
mission again. and the flag Of the Most
Exalted" 10 flying at the main.
He is having q -corking good time" doubt
lees. and all at the public expense.
VIII the time ever come again when public
officials can travel and take their pleasure
like ordinary mortals-just common, every
day. plain American oitizens-and In the
usual modef W.
NEW fonE, June a.
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Civil War Youngsters.

To THa EpIroR OF THE SuN--sfr: I enlisted In
Company q. sixth Regiment Vermont Volunteers.
In October 1851 at tho age OF II years and 2months
and was mustered out OF service In September
1865, having been detailed for service In clerical
capacity under General Howard In tho Freedmen o
Bureau during the last year Of service.
How 10 the question 80 to tho age OF the youngest
veteran 10 be determined, Age at time Of enlist
ment and period Of ssrvcei II so. claim the cake
and As the Same time am not old enough TO draw
q pension.
perhaps there are others. J. @. Rock.
WAauINoroN. d. O.. June IS
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'stSonce Moro the Old Fiction.

sapSa widely printed sketch ofthe catee.
Of Lieutenant-C Colonel AAlMoN A.,AUGUF
6ftSe Twenty.fourth Infantry, who died
at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, on June rs
theunblushing fiction that Colonel RoosE.
WELT and the Rough Riders captured the
bioekhouse on San Juan Hill in an ire.
sistible charge is repeated. We read
that when the Rough Riders, led by
Colonel Roos8vRLT, charged up the hilI
to capture the Spanish blockhouse they
were subjected to D amurderous FIRE 7; xhSl
in this emergency the. Twenty fourth, q
colored regiment, supported them; and
that: - .,.. -,.....
With this Reinforcement the Roosevelt regiment
swept up the hill and captured the biocHhouse. the
Strategic pointin the nrst days battle"
Tbs truth 10 that Fort San Juan Hill,
the fort farmhouse pierced for rife fire
and .the strategic point in the first day e
battle, was taken by KENT's infantry
division under the immediate direction
and lead Of Brigadier General HAMILTON
s. HAwKINss and that Colonel ~RoosB-
WELT, with the cavalry division, saw the
key ofthe position carried by the infantry
he being at Kettle Hill, 400 or 500 yards
slightly north by. east Of the so-oalled
fort on the ridge. A perusal Of the re-
ports Of General j. FORD KENT and of
Captains A. G. MARLEY HENRY WYdANT,
BEN W. LEAvELL and CHARLES DODGE Of
the Twenty-fourth shows that that regi-
ment took conspicuous part in the as
sault on the blockhouse; no reference to
The Rough Riders, who afterward occu-
pied the ridge ON the right Of the block
sshohse without serious resistance, is found
:. in the reports Of these officers.
"a copy; Of Captain HERBERT n. sAR-
GENTS book on the Santiago campaign
land ACCESS to the report in 1898 OF the
Major -Generah. commanding, the army
n would save obituarists from repeating
;. The mistake made in the sketch of
p Colonel AU6UR's career Mr.. ROOSEVELT
Ssof course Is in part responsible for the
: exhibition in his exhilaratfng book Of q
aspieture Of himself on horseback leading
y s8mah az men in charge mp San Juan
y J. .Hin, = when the hill he really took was the
Fiealatsd Kettle Hill, which the Spaniards
made no attempt TO hold
~ When-M ROOSEVELT ia his ample
leisure edits another edition of his work
}, let US hope that he will suppress this
\ picture or courageously change the lying
sstitie on IL. s"s ~ -' *
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nnrs ana ef shs abtsBes o. thss SudRstson shsi
maas fssp Aaobssh bod. IA shs MN esnsciovnasss
Of sn en- pervsding ssnse Of sssHrity shs could
count % shs success of the murder end BE- nrsi
WITH mo 10 cid n. what had auenched q, guards
had sivcn her nre.
II know 10 Insy ne objected that enc sfterwsrd
says tafterward pray Observe, thssshs had drusged
the groomr possete. Had this fact caused hcr
boldnsss. she would. think. have mentioned u at
nrst. But II IL be stIl maintained that she refers
to the drug. It must then DO admitted that shs had
herssif partaken Of IT, Why. then, was not she
herself drugsed tool lfthe drug nsd auenched the
srooms. why was Dot she TOO qsenshedf prugn
do not produce directly opposite efocts-accelsrete
the pulse In one person and retard Il In another.
do NOT forget that In planning tho murder Ladv
Macbeth had told her husband that she would con-
vinoe the chsmberiains with wine; but this refers
to the possets and does not countervsii. think.
what have Just slid a. 70 the Interpretation Of
her nrst words"
The conviction" OF the chamberlains
10 mentioned by Lady Maebeth In scene
Of Act l.:
His two chambsrisins
wir with wine and wsssAn 20 convince.
That memory, the wsrder Of the brain.
Shall be fams aud the receipt OF reason
lmbsck only: when In swtnish slesp
Their drsnchsd natures lie. a. In q death.
What cannot you ana ! perform upon
This ungusrdsd Duneanf what NOT pos upon
His spousy ofhosv, VINO shall bear ths gufit
OF our great eusD.-
II would sesm that Lods Nac6stk
msant to entice the ohanberiains TO q
drinking bout, not in the words Of the
ornament Of the legitimate already cited,
to dope their ile." What she did do
was to dope the posset, that amiable
mixture OF hot ale, milk, spice and what
not with which our wise and pious an
oestors invited sleep and bilionsness.
She had to dope" the drink herself.
She could entrust the job to nobody else.
Would it not be natural for her TO take or
pretend to take an unsophisticated
posset, a nightcap, with Duncan's gen.
tlemen? The drink that puts them to
sleep makes her secure and bolder for
the murder, the opportunity Of which it
affords. We are not to suppose that a
courtier wss likely to be watchful or to
need any other assurance Of security
than his own appetite and comfortable
habit TO relax his watchfulness.
Still, a. an example of the drink habit
leading to murder, Lady Maebeth ought
tc be help to the Drys, and we doubt
II they'll give her up.
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