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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

To those who have regarded The weather for
weeks past as more rainy than usual it may
seem strange TO speak of a shortage of supply
In the Croton water region. Yet as matter
of fact the total available supply is said 10 be
considerably less than it was in last year,
drouth and it is predicted that unless the
weather from now until midsummer is eXcep-
tionaIly wet there will be a worse shortage
than fer msny years.
We should like to think :hls unwelcome re
port exaggerated or mistaken. but, unfortu-
nately. il is too strongly supported by known
circumstances 10 be lightly dismissed. II Is
well known that the water in some of the
reservoirs is very low, so that complaints have
been made by residents of the Croton region OF
the supposed menace 10 health Of the exposure
Of vast expanses of lake bottom. Obviously
the absence of snow during the last winter has
deprived the Croton watershed of much of the
stored moisture which is usually available in
early spring. and for that loss a few rains at
this time can scarcely atone. There is no
occasion for panic. We have no idea that
there will be an actual water famine But It is
not improbable that there will be some scarcity
Of water which will be perceptihle in impair
ment of convenience and comfort. if not of safety
and health.
The obvious lesson is that the Catskin ex-
tension OF the city's water supply system
should be pressed 10 completion with all the
speed compatible with the most thorough work
manship Now that il is evident that New
York is dependent upon that source for its
future supply and for security from danger Of
a disastrous shortage. any unnecessary delay Of
that indispensable enterprise would be menace
and discredit 10 the city. For a few years
past with an exceptionally heavy precipitation
in the Croton region, some have affected TO see
nc need CT an enlarged supply. But the cycle
Of vet years is now probably past, and one Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The expulsion Of ICY" Seymour from the New
York National League team was the subject Of
discussion uptown club, when one man. TAX
ing the part Of the deposed Giant" said that
Seymour's hssty action should have been over
looked because he was a ''hot-booded Southerner
"Southerner.' said another man, IF you measure
from Labrador, for he born at Albany, where
his father had a carpenter shop in Blocker
street" The who gave this information. him
self Albanian. under the impression that
"Cy's'' father The" Seymour, was member Of
an Albany baseball nine away back IN the
ers when Albany was a baseball centre and
such teams as the "Knickerbockers" RED Stock
ings" and "Haymakers' occupied high places in
the fraternity.
q licked the stuffn out O. Dick Smith this
You bad bow, Aren't you sorry for it,
'.Yessunl-awful sorry. I jest found out that he's
goin' ter have birthday party to-morrow.-Cleve-
land Leader.
Agitation regarding the pay Of French military
officers has had some effect. for the Minister Of
War has asked for an extraordinary credit OF
$4,000 to supplement the pay Of the officers. which
has not been increased since 1870. In that time
nearly every grade Of state official has had his
stipend raised. but the sub-ieutenant has had to
make both ends meet best he could with six
francs a day and the lieutenant with eight
Widow and window are very much alike"
when / get near either I always look out
Boston transcript
An American Just returned from a European
tour brings this story from Berlin Two Americans
vvere walking in the Friedrcbstrasse. when one. in
the course Of conversation, said. in rather loud
tone Of voice. The Emperor is a fool" The words
had hardly 5een spoken when a who had over
heard the remark stepped up TO the couple and
said. You are under arrest-you slandered the
Emperor" Not at ALL" said the American: I was
speaking OF the Emperor of China That IS not
true" said the patriotic German; you can't fool
rne-theres only one fool emperor" And the
Americans had to make further explanations to the
authorities.
C;ver-There goes the great living detective
Afyer-Indeed, What made him famous
Gyer-He once discovered the plot OF a comic
opera--ChicagO News
Representative Burnett has introduced IN the
Massachusetts Legislature bill that II II be
comes law. ought TO go long way toward
curbing the indiscriminate sale and use OF fire
arms. The measure prohibits the sale of fire
arms 10 juniors compeIs all dealers TO take out
licenses forces all purchasers to show q license
from local police authorities and to register with
dealers facts as 10 name business and intended
use Of the weapon. The only opposition 10 the
bill comes from makers and dealers in firearms.
Police authorities of twenty-fOur of the thirty
three cities in Massachusetts heartily support the
proposed law.
What makes you say that your late uncle was
'Didn't he cut me OFF IN his wIn?"-DetroIt Free
Press
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

Densions have there been granted to many VINO
have not vet reached the required age; In some
cases possibly through deliberate deceit Out
more generally through the pensioners actual
ignorance of their own ages. In the next place
there has been more emigration from lreand
than from the others and it has been largely OF
the Young and middle aged, leaving the oId al
home and thus giving that country larger pro
norton of aged inhabitants than Its neighbors
have
But the chief reason for the great number Oh
Irish pensions doubtless IS the unhappy econom-
fcal condition Of that country. Wages are lower
there than in England or Scotland, the posi-
billty of saving is far less, the people on the
average are much poorer. and so the NUMBER Oh
those Of seventy years and more whose incomes
are s11ch as to shut them out from the pehsIohH-
HE class Is much smaller. 1t Is seldom, lndeeu'
that n man can be found, save, of course among
the professional and mercantile classes In the
large cities. who is seventy years old and VINO
has sufficient income to make him lnelglDIe 10
the Dension list That is a striking indication OF
the state Of affairs in the 'most distressrul
country" but there Is reason to fear That II IS
not exaggerated and that thus the actual need
of Densions Is more than two and half tunes
as great in Ireland as in Scotland and nearly
three and half times as great as In England
and Wales.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

the canal, then through the canal we oeheVe
they will 90. Granted that 1t will take steam
vessels from twelve to twenty-four hours 10
pass through the canal" How long would 1t
take TO transfer their Cargoes TO railroad cars,
convey them across the isthmus and reload them
on other steamers? And is 1t really true thar
the former prejudice against breaking bulk be
tween shipping point and point OF destination
"in the delivery of freight is ont of date? That
will we think be news TO many shippers
Mr. Fox may be quite right in saying that 1t
is unsafe TO argue success for the Panama CdIal
from q supposed analogy with Suez or Man
chester The obvious reply is, however, that
If is equally unsafe to argue failure for 1t from
either analogy or lack of analogy. Even II the
Suez Canal did cost. as Mr.. Fox says two ana
a half times the original estimate, its financial
success has been so vastly and Overwhelmingly
I'm excess Of the most sanguine dreams of its
most sanguine promoters that even small frac'
tIon of such success on the isthmus would make
the Panama Canal pay well. As a prophet OF
failure Mr. Fox Is no doubt in ilustrlouS COM
panv-with THE Quarterly Review indignant
" declaring that one might well ride on q
Congreve rocket as on railroad train at twenty
miles an hour; with Theirs, insisting that rail
roads could never be of value for carrying
freight: with IArdner, mathematically demon
strattng that no steamship could carry enough
coal TO feed its furnaces on a transatlantic voy-
age and with q goodly company who main
tanned that the Erie Canal would be worth
nothing save as a grave in which 10 bury lis
mad builder. and that the Suez Canal could
never pay operating expenses. But it Is COM
panv whose prophecies themselves met with the
failure which they falsely foretold for others
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
PENSIONS Nv Iceland

The British old age pension system, we
have already observed, Is proving far more cost
" than was expected-so much so, indeed, as
ments of the government That, however, is not
strange. If the paradox be permissible, it really
was 10 be expected that 1t would cost more than
was expected. In nine cases out Of ten such
undertakings do considerably exceed the esri-
mates. Another feature of the case which has
excited some surprise and also some suspicion.
though see no good ground for either
feeling. is the vast prepOnderance of pensions in
Ireland over those in other parts of the United
Kingdom.
Down to January 81 last there were granted
613962 pensions in the three kingdoms. OF
these 37O,657 were in England and Wales &c, 123
in Scotland and no fewer than 1I71S2 In Ire
land. Now, at the last census in 1901, the popu-
lation of England and Wales 1882 .S43, of
Scotland 4.412. 103 and of Ireland 445S. 77j. Ire
land therefore, with a smaller population than
Scotland. has nearly three times as many pen
sions and with a population less than One-sev-
enth that of England and Wales, nearly one-half
as many pensions. In other words, England and
Wales have one pensioner-that Is, a pauper or
dependent over seventy years of age-in every
81 of the population, Scotland one In 81 and
Ireland one in -. The contrast certainly is
striking but it is probably easily TO be explained.
In the first place in both Ireland and Scot
land it is far more difficult to determine ages
than in England at least of persons in the
Deighborhood of seventy years, for seventy years
ago there was no compulsory registration of
births In those countries, while there was in
England. 1t is not improbable therefore that
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
4 CRACK IN THE ROCKS.

So positive was the report that a cave as large
as the famous one in Kentucky had been found
In the Adirondacks that an immediate invesuga-
ton was undertaken to verify or disprOye It.
The hole discovered by Captain Thomas proves
10 be a mere fissure. not cave. II contains no
bottomless pits. emits no suphurous fumes and
nowhere broadens out into anything like cav
ern. One OF the chambers in the Mammoth
Cave series has a width of 100 feet, ana the
whole chain extends for a distance of several
miles. The crevice concerning which Captain
Thomas told such an astonishing tale has
length of about four hundred feet and breadth
of six or eight feet at the widest part. lt APP
narently has no stalaCtites or stalagmtes, and
is too insignificant to add in any way to the in
terest Of Adirondack scenery
There was. Of course. an inherent probability
that no cave Of considerable size existed in the
Adirondacks Such n natural feature is found
only in regions where there are extensive de
posits of limestone. Partly by dissolving the
rock and partly by wearing ii. underground
streams remove sufficient quantities of this soft
material to leave cavities of greater or less size.
Professor Ralph s. Tarr, of Cornell University,
saws in his Physical Geography Of New York
State that the rocks Of the Adlrondacks are
GRANTEES. gneisses and equally hard stuff. Ac-
corling to the same authority, no 'sedmentary
rocks-the class to which limestone belongs
are found there except in the very outskirts or
what the writer calls the Adirondack province.
A dispatch TO The Tribune, printed yesterday.
remarks that 1.-The character of the rock forma-
"tion observed to-day precudes the idea Of any
cavern in these mountains
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
THE FUTURE OF THE STEAM TURBINE.

THE FUTURE OF THE STEAM TURBINE
Two things justify interest In any formal
utterance of the Hon. c. \. Parsons, the English
inventor One is the fact that mis- is the first
rotary steam engine which ever had any prac-
teal success. The other is the singularly judi
clal spirit in which the man speaks Of his work
That characteristic was manifest in a recent
lecture delivered at Watts birthplace. Green
ock. and fully reported by Nature in It's
issue of February %, 1909. on the occasion
referred to Mr.. Parsons discussed the present
limitations of his famous invention.
The steam turbine does its best work when 1t
Is running at q high rotative speed. VIII yes
sells whose propeller shafts revolve ninety times
a minute its consumption Of steam Is notably
economical. With n much smaller number OF
revolutions to the minute the advantage disap-
pears Now, as there are many vessels the
owners of which, for good reasons. prefer to
keep the rotation of the Shafts below the rate
at which the turbine shows its greatest eff
cheney, a curious compromise has been suggested
It has been proposed to divide the work Of pro
pulSion between two engines, one being Of the
old recprocating type and the other turbine
In accordance with this plan the former would
take the steam first expand it partly and then
pass it along TO the latter. Until the expert
ment has been made there Is no certainty about
the result, but Mr.. Parsons himself expresses
faith in the plan, ana Is apparently recOHclit-d
to its adoption until something better can be
found. 1t would be followed. Of course, only
when and where the ships making use of ii were
intended to run at moderate speeds
Several methods of retaining the high rotative
velocity Of the turbine without any OF the 1isad
vantageS observed in some kinds of service have
been suggested. One is to improve the form Of
the screw. Another is to employ gearing, so
that the propeller may run more slowly than
the engine. A third suggestion is to generate
electricity with the turbine and operate the
screw with an electric motor, thus making the
speed of the one independent Of that of the
other Mr. Parsons refrains from expressing an
opinion concerning the relative merits of these
and other possible solutions Of the problem and
from indulging in definite forecasts, but he notes
the fact that the subject is receiving attention
from experts. That the economy now attained
with steamships of a certain class may eyentu-
ally be made available for all does not, how
ever. seem impossible. The turbine is still IN its
infancy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

dry years is beginning in which the need OF
more abundant supply than>the Croton FalIeH
can possibly yield will be severely Iell- Inc
imperative order Of the day Is 1or economy anu
prevention of waste of the present supply, and
for unfaggipq energy in securing the new supply
from the Catskins.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

wireless telegram sent by Dr. van Dyke
from Paris to his friends in Princeton was re-
peated eleven times before reaching its destina-
ton. Its course was a little circuitous and the
average length Of the intervals 1t spanned was
about $50 miles. This fact alone, perhaps Is
not remarkable. but the accuracy Of the repet-
lions is at least noteworthy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

The "Novoe vremya," Of st. Petersburg, has
not always been friendly or just to the United
States but at times has seemed to go out Of It's
way to be hostile to this country. Yet Ameri-
cans can afford to overlook his faults in con-
graduating the editor of that journal upon the
fftieth anniversary Of the beginning OF his lit
erary career and upon his record Of achieve
ments which surpasses those of which most men
can boast. He has and has long held for
himself and his journal a place Of distinction
and power and has made mark upon the cur
rent annals of the world which time will not
efface.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
THE DUTY OF THE HOUR
From The Syracuse Post-standard.

TaUf revision Is the duty of the hour. Ii won't
be an easy job 1t will hang over the bust
ness OF the country long enough. matter what
efforts made to dispatch it. To get the tariff
revised with whatever and sta teSmanship can
be brought to hear on the problem ana to get it
done without one moments unnecessary loss of
time. is far the most important Legislative prof.
ect Of the present time that all other legislative
projects may be said TO be nowhere by comparison.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

That railroad trains have the right of way on
their own tracks against automobiles Is the
Judgment of a federal court. and It IS commend
able to common sense.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
PASS THE TARIFF FIRST"
PhiIa delnhla Press

From The PhIadeIphIa Press
Pass the tariff first, All Is ready. The Senate
will debate with the House In months the
work can be done. Business win expand. Prosper
itv will come In like a flood Any Congressman
how ever good his motive who delays action the
tariff will hear from his country, his state and his
district.
pass the tariff first,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

This newspaper is o1rr'ed and published og
The Tribune Association. Ac1o YORK corpora
fisn: office Gnd principal place OF business
Tribune Building. No. 154 Nassau stFcet. Neo
York: Ogden MUS. president; James u boT-
-eff secretary and treasurer me ood'eSS U
The officers Is the Office of This nerspGper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
TARIFF REVISION.
COFFEE.

From The Boston Post.
No bin which lays tax upon the breakfast table
will mass this or any other Congress in the present
temper of the American people. Such proposition
win doom O failure any tariff h!L
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

The Adirondack cave Is not the only thing
that has proved disappointingly small There's
the proposed Interborough subway, for instance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

The weather bureau Is still explaining that
It Is not infallible But we thought that had
been clearly established
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
IN THE HANDS OF IT'S FRIENDS

From The Cleveland Leader.
AS ) iron and steel. in other great business
interests the country Is assured OF careful, mOder
ate and safe tariff revision. There viii be rash
destructive action. No legitimate American in
dustry will be dealt with harshly in a spirit Of
antagouism. As this paper has often assured It's
readers the tariff is in the hands OF its friends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
QUICK WORK NECESSARY.

From The st. Louis GlObe-D Democrat.
Possibly Mr. Taft's desire TO have the law
on the statute book by June may be gratited, az
ter all. Senator AldriCh Is apparently just as
anxious Mr. Cannon to push the measure 10
early enactment so that business win get chance
adjust itself TO the schedules quickly. This
will benefit the Republican party we'll aid the
country. Business cannot get an effective start
until the tariff uncertainty is removed. II is i'm
portant that the Republicans make good showing
in the state elections which take place in NOvem-
Der of this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

Colonel Gruber, who as POSTMASTER at the
Thirteen Club dinner nominated Controller Metz
for Mayor, was determined to prove his con-
tempt OF misfortune in more ways than one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
COOLEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

Siberia has the oldest weat q known an syns de-
In the world. AT Nerkhoyat q Siberia. ~ tSsS
grees below zero was Obsei y s,suuar9. Athe
which goes below anything L.-J~n - - ths
world before since Al that PO.ts - d.
average temperature for january Is nearly y Inc
grees below This town is $50 feet aoo9s "a
level OF the sea, and during the entire vln'eA
weather Is calm and clear.-London Gloos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

liza bilities as compared with the corresponding
period year ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15

The name Of Jefferson Davis is 70 be restored
to Cabin John Bridge and the name of Benedict
Arnold is to be removed from the Mount Pleas
ant mansion, in Philadelphia. On the whole
there will be a gain in the exchange.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
EXEMPTION OF PERSONAL EFFECTS

From The Philadelphia Record Und.).
In connection with the revision of the tariff a
movement Is foot to increase to $500 the amount
OF personal effects that the American tourist in
Europe may bring home free of duty. the tariff
is undergo substantial reduction in WOOIen
and silk wearing apparel much could be said in
favor of the proposition But of this there is from
present indications, small probability The exemp-
ton then OF 5000 in personal effects would assra
vate the existing abuse of gentee smuggling In
present conditions or probable conditions the free
entry of tnat amount of baggage would pay the
expense OF hrfef voyage to Europe There Is no
doubt that It would greatly stimulate ocean travel
but IL would be at the expense of the people who
stay at home Under general reform Of the tariff
this objection would disappear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-15
Inder TO Advertisements.
Ieu7lprk DaiIr Gribn1tG

MONDAY. MARCH IL, 1909,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-02
THE THEATORIUM'S
 SPECIAL FEATURES

The mysterious DeVeauX opens Monday afternoon for a weeks en- gasement at the Theatorium. The DeVeaux has the reputation of one of the best acts in vaudeville. There's not a silent act" Comedy runs throughout the entire skit and the jokes are all clean and new. For tho mysterious part of the performance too much cannot be said. His work is so well finished however, that his greatest feats are accomplished with such ease that one thinks they are cay. until one tries to explain them. Mr. Curtis will continue his spotlight ballads and the orchestra seems to be getting better all the time
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-02
Simpson & Webb's
 Fine Furniture Exhibit

The Simpson & Webb Furniture Go. has we'll earned the reputation of fine furniture dealers" Their dis play at 210 West Second represents as fine and as large an assortment as ever seen in Pine Bluff. Their i'm mense store is chuck full of goods but the display at the above number has caused many expressions of admira- tion. MT. Simpson, the proprietor. is a wide awake merchant and is ever progressive In his methods of doing business.
 A fine line of skirt and shirtwaist boxes in cedar and mating covers and also a nice line of hammocks and porch furniture has just been re- ceived at this store.
 All are requested to call and see the fine display of furniture.