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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14
ImpresiOnesldel general
Ripley en- Messina.
Pasaba pOr ell estrechO en- un dia
OpacO y pudO cOntemplar ell pa
nOrama del Etna.

Soffioio especial do La Correspondence"
Nav York, Ensro $40 que 10 conAi
usra como In Ultima fdtografia do Msuuina
y ciertamsnts ha sido lR 1ltima On llsgar
{ ssts pais, foe tomada Dor sl gsnsrnI
Edward II. Riplsy juutamsnts una Ismans
antss del tsrrsmoto.
n gsnsral Ripley. acompan ado de 81
sshors ssposa y sun hijas Alicia Amslia
acaban dc llegar dc IN visis aIrsdsdor
del munde abordo dsl vapor lSan Esis, ds
In Amsrican Liua.
III general Ripley y m famiIia embar.
caron "a Bombay abordo del Macedonia
que loo habfa de conducir hasta MsrueIls
pssando por el sstrscho de Msssina
"Fn6 IN opaco dfa aquel sn que llsga'
mos al sstrscho-dijo sl general Ripley
y, por 10 tanto, sl tismpo no era prop6si.
% para sacar pianchas fotcgrkficaL Nose
troA ainsmbargo, tuvimos OCCASION de YER
On bsllo panorama del Etns, fcsute al
cual ksna pasamos medic dia. Y 20
pads nctar sntoncez que sl volcan parcels
hallarHs en mks fariosa actividad eruptivu
qus do costumbrs, &, mejor dicho, que Il
Ultima YES que 10 vi. Y sl Str6mboli
que 10 pssamos sss misma tsrds, aparscis
"a las mismas condolences 70 no quisrc
ngni6car con sstu que los volcsnsa estA
ban ea dssussda srupci6n, psro Las snor
mss columnsE dc humo que brotaban d,
Hus crAtsrss sran mucho mas dsnEss On
volumsn y On fusrIa qus otras vscsE."
"Ambss, Reggie y Massina, sinsrnh srgo
sStaban en complsta tTanquilidsd dc igual
mansss que la gran lfnsa do pusblos ,
villas sssntados sn IL costa AiciliAns,
las faldas del monte Etna."
De los poeos sdificiou que han qusdadt
% pie despu6s ds los tsrrsmotos On Mes
sina, 90 sucusntran algunoa fusrt,s fGrol
los cualss pusdsn vsrss On Ia fstogrAfil
que publicamcA
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14
AVISO.

LA correspondence" ha supri-
mldo la venta de sus ediciOnes Dor
medic de muchachOs en- la calle.
Este peri6dico puede obtenerse
facllmente a domicilio dirigiendose
al senor Juan Sacristan, agente
especial de 'La Correspondence"
en- San Juan por medic de tarieta
postal al apartadO 785 de correos
dc esta ciudad, persOnalmente 50,
llcltando la del agente Tetuaa Sc.
0 en- los puestos siguieRtes: =,
Portal del Hotel Inglaterra.
La AmadOra. Plaza de Gallon
esquina a O'dOnelI.
LA Gaditana. Tetuan 56.
. kiosko de Jose Ruiz, Plaza de
Colon, frente al Teatro..
kiosko FL Uarihe." Plaza de
San Francisco.
LA Mayagiiezara." San Jus.
to II.
Restaurant "POlO Sur" Marina
frente a los muelles.
Tabaqueria. San Francisco 40.
kiOskO de la Plaza Baldorioty.
Cafe, San Sebastian 81 frente 4
la Plaza de San Jose.
Jesus NJ. SulsOna. San Sebas
tian 81.
Francisco CarrerO. Sol Is.
Juan Carrea. CristO s.
Fonda y Cafe. Arsenal No. 3.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14

lugsnio, y en- mAnsra alguus podsmou con,
nnersr serism ente q. Ley. de tai naturalszs
pusda ssf aplicada 6 IN caso como sl nuss
tro. No ne divide. qus 10 Lsgislaci6n de
Lodi ne dict6 como Lsy especial para to.
da ]. America espsfiaIs, no solo para las
Antiilas 8 11dias OccidentAlss como tsm.
bien Gran llsmadss por tsnto no vale
decir que ID pRlabra "Indio" ne uuiro "a.
terir todos los hsbitsntes de las Iadiss
Occidsutales, Iodudnblsmente nor tIo.
dio" 10 sntsndi6 aiempre en- fa Lev de Ia
Metr6poli antigpa los individuos de Ia
llamsds rasR indis aborfgsnss de Ame
ric., qua 60 tsmbi6a al .ignif cado gus ha
rscibide On Ia Ley Americans. D.fsndsr
serismsnts que IL pa'abra "Iadio" 10 hs
rsferido todos Ios natives dc America
nos pArecs una sfrmaci6n tan avsntura
da qua no crsemoa msrszca los honorss ds
una ssris diseusi6u. Entandemos nosotrou
que muehon nativ,s dc Puerto Rico, d.
Cubs y demks pRisas Sur ameyicanos no
tolerhrfsn 30 lss motsjass dc "Iodios" aus
quizGs considsTarian injuricso Dor rsfsrirso
q unA rsxI qus dsntro de los pref uiciou co.
rrisntss 90 cousidsrsda inferior & Ia oauek'
sics.
La Ley de Iodias tambieu regis On Gu
bA como Ley especial ssgdn llsvamos di.
cho, y 10 mismo que On Pnsrto Rico 6 fa'
to do provisionsH sn In rsfsridA Ley ne
rscurrfa al dsrscho com6u de In antigua
Mstr6poj, porqus Ia P35pia Ley de In.
dias hAbfa dispuesto. ca 10 que ella ex.
pFsSamsnts no regulase. % harfs apliosci6n
de Las Lsyss dc UAstills conforms ID ds
Toro. I sn tanto no 90 crsy6 jamEs que
sl tsxtc legal citado por Ia contraria ss rs.
irisss nj rscon0cimisnto dc los hiioa natu.
rales q cuanto II Tribunal Euprsmo ds
zspsh spIic6 All a;smpfo Il Lsy oooa lis /
roro. V6snss las suntsncias ds 10 dc |
dayo de 1850. 21 de Mayo de 1877; ils
Is IL de O.tubra de 1882 y Ii de % dc
Jovismbrs de 1882. Tsmbiea sn Puerto
Rico 10 ap!ic6 10 Lsy once de Toro On 10
sntsncia de 26 de Mayo de 1858 La
itsda dc 10 do Mayo do 1860, dice lite
nlmsnts:
"Las cusstiones Eobre declaration do hi.
jos nAtufslss dsbsn ser rssusItaa con
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14
NOticiaS de Aguadilla.
Los pastOreS recOrrierOn ell pueblo
Il los acOrdes de Ia OrqueSta.
Ode nucstrS cOrresycnsdL J

knaro liza Compsfiia dc Varistlsu
y Gina parlauts que hAsta sl jusvss habia
satAdo trabaisndo On union do la de EAR
Eusla, hkss sspaTudo qusdsndo 6nicam snte
ia compa MIA dc zarEusls de gensro chico,
, ia parsis do bails supa hols.
Aver como dc costumbrs en- amos
nntsriorsa rscorrisron las GALES del pus-
bio, los paatcrsH los AcordH do Ia orauss'
ts qus diriis sl maestro Lsqusriqus.
-Vsncids la licsucis que 10 fue concs.
uids, ha vuslto hoy & tomar pouesi6u de-
IN cargo sl sfior Ramon Labioss, rscto
cabo de psnalss dc ssts cGrcsl de distrito.
-Anochs sali6 para San Jusn al sefior
Garcia Duc6S, director de LA Union"
--kl ssfior MapHAno Avifi5, ex Hubmur.
ahali dc ssta Corts Dc diltritc, nos iuformn
qus muy On brevs marcharS hscin San
joan donde probAblemsnts fiard 81 rsui.
dsncia.
sisntsn On ssts ciudAd SuS amigoI 10
Marcia del senior Avifi6.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14
ACLARACION.

En- la sdici6n del IL de Ensro del "Bo'
lstfn Msrcsntil" 10 inssrt6 uua noticia 60
brs robo de IN rsloj snchapsdo en- la qua
spsrscen dss Virtuados los hschos;; parsce
ha sido msl informAdo sl diario, como @
We. FL rsloj foe sustraido do Ia ioysrfs
del ssfior F. Kshrhahn usg6n confssi6u a
del miamo muchacho y 10 cambi6 por nm
gallo oil ssfiar jose Linares no ri seiior
kshrhahn como erronexmsnte % dics sisn
do sncontrado por sl dstsctivs senior Ino
osacio Df.z (ChsnOho) On podsr dsl msn.
cionado Linarss y sutrsgado Ia joyssfs
mencionada. Esto 90 todo 10 que rsal.
ments hs ocurrido.-F. Kehrhahn.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14
BancO Popular de
Economics y Prestamos.
CONVOUATORIA.


I'll Conzsjo de Gobisrno do e,ts socis.
dad sn sssi6n or dinaria cslsbrsds In nocbe
del IL del actual scord6 fiiar oil dis 25 dei
corrisnts msa , hors de les sists msdis
de Ia nochs, psrs In celebraci6n ds Ia
Junta General ordinaria qus 20 coptr.sn
Lon EststutoH y Rsglsmsnto porous us.riss
cate Banco, On los zalonss del mismo ssts :.
blerimianto.
Con al laudabla prop6sito do cue los
acusrdeH que 10 toner, rssultsn rsvestidos
do In ms,oH ausoiidad, 90 rusga & loo no.
horss acciooistas IN asistsncis sl scto Va
psrE slmsnts por delegation ssptn us
dstsrmina an In sscci6n 80 de les artfculos
~ IA = rs de los refssidos Estatutos.
ASH MISMO fue acc 1sds hacsr sabsr
6 los sen rss mponsntss qus partir dol
dia 20 del corrisnte msu qusds abisrto sl
psgo do loa intsrssss & los <sdorss do
librstas qus correspondent nj ssmestrs que
v snci6 On 81 de Diciembrs 6itimo. San
Juan de Puerto Rico IL de Ensro do 1909.
81 Director Gsrsnte, Domian Monssrrat,
-Ei secrsta 10. Juan Bsyiey 6v.a.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14

VI k&u4xkI 10 OkbxANk ~ p311 Az1Us
psci6n de las qus fasron colonias sspafio'
lsz, y szto pssar dc sxistir la llsmada
Lsgislaci6n dc IndiaL
La Lsy de Indias citada por ls parts
coDtrsris sisnts sl prscepto de que 81 hijo
de una india casAds con No indio 10 re-
putahijo del mAiido do la madrs.
prsaunci6n traida de loa principles del de-
recho patrio general. Tai Ley no admite
otro ssntido por muchc que 70 agucs sI
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14

En- esta imprenta sc vende papel de
peri6dico vielo & $500 los rs kilos
SR( tQGinaL
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14

smineraieS. n I'd
Se empiean para preparation ddban|
los que obtienen en- el Balneario.
JABONEs, (preparados 4 5ase n
plei, poderosamente antisepticos, etcelenk]
AGUAS termales clorurado, ,bromur|
dad, lftico arsenicales.
Para mas informes, soiciense del 81
Deposito para In venta
Alma
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14

"arrsglo las Ley IL do Toro. sea ID
"primsra' htulo quiuto libro 10. do lRNo'
''visina rscopilaci6n".
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14
GRAN COlIPANlA DRAMATICA
Ell teatrO de San Juan solicitado
pOr GerardO de Artecona

81 artists 3 nor Ggardo de Artacons.
81 cual ss hslia actuaImsuts On Ia Hsbs.
na. ha solicitado del ssfi ,r alcslds munici.
pal de San juan sl Tsatro Municipal para
actusr con qua comp7flfs dramatics de Ia
cual % primer actor y director.
Gsrsrdo do ArtsconA ss seg1a Is prsn.
On habaners, Nm notAbls actor oue hs CON.
quistado muchos y msr,ei5os aplsusos an
Cubs On donde 81 labor ha recordsdo IL
del insigne Vico y ls do ENRIQUE BORIS.
FL ssHor Artecona di6 haes aIptiu tism.
po una fanci6n bsusf clio suyo, rsprsaan.
tando On 81 taatro Martf. como estre 10, ii
gran cuadro dram ftico original del insie.
ne postA cubsno don Diego Vicsnts Teis.
n, sl splsudido antze dc ssLa Hsmsc.p Il
cual kgnto se hixn noblern aufa sst;m {, =,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-01-14

III cusdro d ref Tsacis - tisu'a t'Plkci.
do On In capiila.n
Assscona obtuvs un gran triunfs-
30 ia compafifs dfamGtica que 81 disijs
hgura tambisn una c6lsbrs actris, la q N ..
ra Filomsna Vk.qus.
The sun., 1909-12-02
The Age Limit for Judges.

The current newspaper discussion
concerning the propriety Of appointing
q man 65 years old TO the bench OF the
Supreme Court of the United States
has developed some curious misconcep-
tions on the subject. or course there
are valid objections to the appointment
OF lawyer Of that age who has never
performed any judicial service; but none
Of these objections applies to a man who
is an able and experienced Judge already,
provided he is physically capable of doing
the work required of him in the Supreme
Court.
IL is a novel proposition, and vet il
is accepted in many quarters, that a
Judge who has served many years ac-
ceptably on the Federal bench or in the
court of last resort in his State il unfit
to be promoted to the Supreme Court
of the United States simply because he
may not be able TO sit ten years in that
tribunal. Our view in that the great
dcsideratum is a combination of two
Elements Judicial ability and judicial
Experience. These can ordinarily be
found in some Judge in the District or
Circuit courts Of the United States or
- some member OF the highest court q
The sun., 1909-12-02

- Elapunea T. chswad, thu -eud OF mE dis,
pleasure made bittSrer By the menory. oi
the comparisons which sprang forward be-
tween the notable number OF biz trun ks
flled with nne new toilet brought into
ItSly each season by fashionable friends
and my modest baggage with It's simple
Burning with righteous indignation. q
sense OF gross intustice and extortion and
the insult to my intelligence implied by such
imposition, did what / bave never before
done In my many seasons Of travel aproed.
I betook myself to the office OF the Amer
lean Consul. This, too. was an adventure.
found myself In the presence OF q benign
old gentleman. who receivod me with cour-
tesy and listened 10 my tale with genial
smile on his face. which broke into amused
chuc lIies at the most salient insoiences I
repeated. For a few moments IL was borne
In upon my mind that possibly was un-
consciously as witty as the great Marx
Twain, and that Observation-Disclosures
knows how unintentionally-I was funny:
but a flash OF intelligence caused ~ an
interruption from my listener revealed that
tho geniaIlty OF the distir guished member
of our diplomatic service was caused not
by lack OF sympathy for my mtsadventyre
but by the prospect OF a wedding breakfAst
as soon as should take myself on with my
woes L departed without resentment. Tor
surely I could not fail to understand that
IL 10 far plessante consular duty 70 par
take OF fruit cake and champaane, than to
adjust the differences OF a faded American
female and the Italian dogana. j. 7.
FLORENCE. November is.
The sun., 1909-12-02
Open Football.

We are glad to see that the college
editors are uniting for a change in the
rules governing football with view to
making the game open, more attractive
to spectators. and less dangerous to
players. II used to be as much a. a
mans life was worth TO murmur in the
presence Of the General Staff OF Football
about limiting mass plays and giving
the spectator a chance to see where the
ball was when put into play. Knowl-
edge OF the fine points OF the game was
shared, we were told, by the gifted few,
the controllers OF it's destiny, and II the
Napoleonic tactics oontrived by them
were to be eliminated by unintelligent
revision Of the rules, the game wouldn't
be worth looking at; and, anyhow, 1t
was no concern of the general public.
But at last the rules were revised, and
some Of the most knowing OF the tacti-
clans have since glorified the open game.
Now all agree that there must be fur
ther revision. t,tG
The PrincetonidH says truly that under
the present rules II rests with the coaches
whether the old style Of football or the
The sun., 1909-12-02
Uncle Sans Farm.

Secretary WILSON OF tho Department,
Of Agriculture tells us in his annual re-
port that the value Of the farm products
Of the country has become merely a row
Of figures, 80 Gu mulative and immense
in that value. May we be pardoned
and not suspected Of fiippancy, il we
say that row can be pronounced in
two ways, and that Tama JIM's figures
suggest q oonfiict'of deductions?
We will be explicit. Corn is up, wheat
10 up, and 80 is cotton, the last in price
IL not in quantity. Most prosperous
Of all years. ID the place to which 1909 is
entitled in agriculture, says Mr.. Will
SON. The farm products Of the country
are worth IS, ,7eo, 900 900, a gain over 1908
OF tses, 900 600, almost as much as Con-
gress appropristes for the expenses Of
government when in q thrifty mood
Barley, buckwheat there are cakes for
all. nevertheaess), rye and milk alone are
backward in yield, but not in price. Be-
sides corn, wheat and cotton, these crops
have scared: potatoes, tobacco. beet
sugar and rice. Plenty, plenty on every
hand, with few exceptions NOTED, and
prices rampant. Who would not be a
farmer. outside OF stern and rockbound
New England and the non-cotton pro-
ducing parts OF the South? We are
grown so familiar with the fatness and
ease OF the Western farmers, with their
fiocks Of unmortgaged barns and red
touring cars, that We are prepared to
hear that the value Of their products has
reached a trillion. The corn crop alone
for 1909 tallies 81 ,72O, 900 900, and, as Mr..
WILSON says, nearly equals the value Of
the clothing and personal adornments Of
70, ,OOe, 600 people census Of 1900.
We stagger on from one stupendous
estimate to another. The corn crop for
the single year is worth more than, or
as much as, the. gold and silver coin
and bullion Of the United States. Two
Dreadnoughts every twenty-four hours
could be built out Of one days product
and how stingy Congress is about
Dreadnoughts! The lint and seed Of
the cotton crop alone bring the farmer
$3.50, ,0o0, 900, mere by-products. Cotton
has sold for Is cents a pound. Wheat
The sun., 1909-12-02
WON4N's SUPREMACY.
Philosophical Reflections sf Mao Who Il
Content Though Married.

To TIE EDIToR OF TIE SuN-Sir: Nv
deepest sympathies have been touched by
the tale Of my fellow bud. flower and fruit
OF humanity" who signs himself AN Ad-
mirer OF Women" In a letter to TEE Sun.
What heartrending wall from the slou gh
OF despond and the pit OF despairi The
sunerings he has endured from his numerous
mothers, wives. sisters. aunts, Ac.," have
probably unnamed him. Can no thing be
done for him?
Women are proverbially unguarded and
i'll advised in their speech. This may be
granted. But is not An Admirer of Women
more sop Now as for the rest OF US who
adore and reverence American woman
hood. who see in woman the most beauti-
full and incomprehensible OF all creations.
how comes it that we have thus weakly and
willingly hnmbled ourselves to the sway of
these mesterful brutes. liars. thieves and
and honor as queens Of. our homes these
brutal and snobbish children? Is IL thar
%s.;. q: s da:.sss. w.h AZ is.
having chosen FOR his heroic sacrifice the
The doctrine OF preservation for so de-
praved q race In the face Of facts such as
he points out must appear the ran kest fall
for man. with his superior Intellect and pecue
liar faculty for interpreting his own depray-
INTO the tolls of = SO % onsn sysd
Woman. on the other hand, is showing an
ever Increasing reluctance TO enter into
Thanksgiving Day apply his tormented in
tellect 70 logical analysis? VIII 1t not lead
the greater wisdomg
Men are made and unmade by women.
II IL matter OF common knowledge and
est deeds have been achieved except
through the inspiration or agency Of rome
woman II woman. good or bad, has the
points, is she not his master?
An Admirer Of Women says that most
sensible men treat women as IN thew were
children. He evidently has done so himself
while acquiring his -experience Of ffty
years. The result is self-confessed fall
tried with success Let him treat women
as III they were women.
CONTENTED THOUOH MARRIED
BROOKLYN, December
The sun., 1909-12-02
A Colorado Election.

The Denver Express asks with dis
traction in it's aspect:
Docs Mayor srEKR zee . rival In the CITY
En- sineer. J. .. HuNrxR,-
A thrilling inquiry, no doubt, to Dem
YER voters, petticoated or trousered. but
We can bear it with composure. What
stirs our gall is the nameless bunker who
keeps sending us marked copies OF the
Denver Erpress with the ironical in
scription: Those Dear Women Vot-
ersl" Here is q chapter Of the talc on
which the nameless one comments and
over which he chuckles:
Yesterday Mrs. PATE. pelies nairoa. told tAs
women Of the Jane Jenerson Crub that she had
orders from Mayor srExH to defeat any ucks,
that Mrs. HUrrxn might back. Followers opealy
assert that the real reason WY thsy tried 10
slaughter Mrs. HUNrzR's ueket and boost Mrs.
Macy o. c. BRADsoRD 10 that thsy do not want
70 see HuNIxk Mayor. and that orders had come
down from above that his wife was 70 obtain no
power In the women's Organizations which might
be useful TO her husbsnd In any Asyoraity cam
paisn.
Mayor sPEka agreed 70 keep his hands OF In
this little election. He didn't. We are mad.
Mrs.. MAnI c. c. BRADFORD wants TO grab
everything In sight She has won the vice prssi-
dency Of tho Jane jefferson Organization. But
just wait until shs tries TO get reelected County
supcrinte ntendsnt Of Schools.
These arc some OF the things that are being
said, not for publication today
We know the Jane jefferson Club a.
an institution compared with which in
point OF political and general informa-
ton and OF fruitful activity the City
Club Of this town, for example, is as
q wart to Ossa. Mrs. BRADFORD was
elected. Presumably the majority of
the members wanted her elected. No
tice too that the police matron was
perfectly straightforward. If she tried
to influence the election she did it openly,
straightforwsrdly, with no 'wirepull-
ing and @stabbing in tho dark Is it
expected that women voters will all be
Mugwumps and kickers? Can't they
run with the machine IL they feel so
-dispoged'?
Hear the commentary OF the Denver
Express:
what's the use Of women being In politics u
uey can't have the privilege Of scrspptnx once
In q whIlc,-
The Jane Jeffersons don't scrap
No policemen were needed to preserve
order or -clear the hail. Take the
women at their worst in politics, and it
is impossible for them to be a. stupid as
the men folks. Remembering Bloody
Brides WAITE and other Colorado oe-
lebrities. we wonder that Mere Man in
that region dares to say a word against
the Ruling Sex.
The sun., 1909-12-02
RgEEsE THE E4AMp LAWS.

| wAsHENoroN. Dec. i,--Secratnry Ballln-
gers otiicially declared position In thu
matter OF public lands should put an end
| TO much OF that ungracious and often un-
fair criticism Of which he has been mads
the victim. His report ON this matter
directs public attention TO those faults in
our present system which have practically
invited frauds in the past and which
stiIl leave many loopholes through which
crooks and grafters may rob the people.
He calls attention to the evil and pre-
scribes the proper remedy. s'If material
progress IL TO- be made In securing ths
best use OF our remaining public lands.
he says. Congress must be called upon
to enact remedial lsgislatiou.' Congress
has been called upon repeatedly and has
responded with much talk and no action.
There is undeniabls merit IN Mr.. Bal
linger's proposal that -speciflc Legislative
authority shoald bs E;vsT. The Department
TO classify and segregate our public lands
into well defined divisions according 70
their greatest apparent use, with the
continuing power Of reoiassiication to
meet changing conditions and the increas-
ing knowledge Of their character which
may pecessitate 10 the transfer OF lands from
time to time from one class TO the other
Our public lands are In fact a real estate
business in which the Congress and the
Department OF the Interior act as the
agents for the American people The
laws should not only authorize bus
directly oonstrain the Department to
classify the public land and TO sell or
lease its divisions for what they ACTUALLY
are and with due attention to their actual
commercial value. That ia. coal lands
should be treated az coal lands only, tim
ber land should be treated as timber land,
and water sites should be treated as water
sites having value and not as arid lands
OF no value. +-H ''.-' ..
For tho determination OF the character
OF our remaining public lands wo have the
Geological Survey, an important bureau
whose work is restricted by the sppropri-
alton made for its sctivitiee. The work cf
the bureau is in part scientific. but u has
it's practical side, and on that side 10 the
survey and classification OF the public
domain. The classification proposed by
Mr. Ballinger would not be a costly work,
and the expenditure would doubtless be
returned many times over in the finaI
disposition OF the property. The need Il
new laws. The present laws arc anti
quated, unsuited to the conditions OF to-
day, and under them land stealing has
been reduced to a scientific system. Un-
der then, the country has been robbed BY
pirates and spectators. Billions Of acres
have been stolen. and action for recovery
is in many cases barred by the statute Of
limita tons.
Tf no change lie made in the laws the
future will only be a repetition Of the
scandalous past. s'A -
The sun., 1909-12-02
fndixnities % Spirits.

To TEE EDITION or TEE SuN--,Ssr: j an not .
spirit yet and so don't profess 70 know anything
about them but should fancy tpat were the sta
tistics OF insanity In the spirit world 70 be pub
lIshed the percentages Of madness would be pretty
high. Anyway. they arc called upon by moTtals
TO do the most undignined things.
Why should spirit care a rap about moving
the furniturei Supposing asked the medium
how the devil such aud such q thing was done.
wouldn't some ghosts be likely 10 oeJ6ct, n
mentioned there was change In the Temperature.
surely that would be insulting. and should never
dream Of asking spook To take chair or to have
cigar. He'd probably say that he didn't smose
ON earth. t'' - 20
Stili. he might be pleased III happened to say
that me seAnce was frost. However. As nrn1ly
believe that there isn't ghost Of a chance for a
chance of ghost sha'nt trouble my head about
them at present not even for advertisement or
sordid dollars. NoN- BELIEVER.
NEW YORK. December 4