The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24

/ N"hhuuon IN Nhlch ~ explained by
the concessions made To the districts
affected by the great earthquake and the
customa, which have had lees corn and
sugar passing through them in conse-
quence Of recent legislation. The financisl
statement closes with balance % the
good Of t5.7s7.77o
The automobile has had a stiff fle.lt
20 win admittance to the picturesque
canton Of the 0risons. hitherto the only
part OF Switzerland where self-propelled
vehicles were barred altogether IL must
be confessed that nowhere in Switzer-
land Ii the automobile really popular.
The official reason for its exclusion from
the Grisnns Is that the mountain roads
there are too narrow and dangerous.
but now that the Cantonal Council has
opened the first automobile road. from
Tardisbr0ck to Chur. a storm Of popu-
lar indignation has broken out An aRi-
tation h in progress 20 collect 5000 anti
auto signatures. by mems of which the
Council can be compelled To resrind the
permission. and newspaper articles ex-
hort the people not 20 permit tho restful
stiffness Of the Grisons' clear atmosphere
10 he disturbed or polluted by auto honk-
ing and malodorous vapor
The lance ~ a ca valry weapon has
justified its existence. military experts
agree. in the South African and the Russo
Japanese war. in spite Of those who de-
cried the arm as old fashioned and cum
bersome The German military authori-
ties still believe in shock tactics and the
/ cavalry charge. and under those circum-
stances the lance in the Prnssian Uhlan's
hands remains a formidable weapon.
| Experience. however, has also shown
that the lance point often makes too deep
wounds for the shaft to be Withdrawn
| quickly. and 80 the lancer runs the risk
IL having IL wrenched from his grasp
/ in the charge The cavalry regiments
stationed At Brunswick and Strasburg
are experimenting With a new kind 81
lance which carries hall below the base
I 81 the lancehead. proven ting IL from
/ penetrating further II is said thar the
new arm IL just as effective in disabling
an enemy and IL free from other disad-
! vantage~ II will probably be adopted by
all the German lancer regiments.
| German aeronauts are already talking
about the mapping ou' ~ properly lighted
airShip tracks for the guidance Of drigihles
and asroplane~ travelling hy night or
when weather conditions make 1t neces-
sary for airmen to hy above low hanging
clouds which hide the landscape The
( technical paper Luf,sehifhdlIs says that
a patent has just hsen issued for a new
system sof stationary luminous aerial
huoys ~ enormous candle power
/ ., -, ,..nnnrNAA hU
with the earth Different colors are pro-
posed as signals indicating threatening
storms. the direction ~ the surface winds
| and dangerous landing places
/ The only objection seems 20 10 the cost
3 NJ lighting a whole air track. a. the huoys
/ 70 be effective should not be placed too
far apart Nevertheless. IL seems the
J system is going To he adopted for = start
. hv son. large cities 20 equip their land'nE
, places for sirship-
/ Recent local legislation in England
which forbils factory owners 20 permit
/ black smoke TO issue from chlmreyp does
not touch the equally sooty smoke from
the soft coal used in millions Of old
, fashionei English CRATES and kitchen
ranges II IL nor only in London that
3
stonework and Il a m-nace to historical
buildings like Westminster Ahb~y. Ac-
c,riing ~ the Loc1I Gorcrnmsn' Reyisr
large quantities 81 the blacke~t smoke
I are Sr-uei from factory chimreys In and
about ONfcrl.
Over the stones Of liz colleges there IL
a deposit - Soot The acids held In the
SCOT blister the surfaces of the stores
II 70
rough. crumblinE surface the sure pre-
cursor " rapil decay An Informant
oF9cinlIy corrected with the university
hes said that he has little doubt that
the decay ~ the stonework 81 the older
buildings has been greater in the nine
ia~nth century thar in any former cen-
fury. and this il due 20 the ircrrased
tIse ~ coal
The paper gives also particulars Of the
damage to portions ~ Canterbury Cathe-
dral by smoke especially 10 the great
Angel Tower on which the cathedral
authorities have spent q large sum In
repairs. A. regards Exeter Cathedral. a
noble e,iifice ssO years old. the writer
saws that soot has eaten It's way into all
narts Of the delicate tracery Of the western
front Of the structure Efforts have been
male WIN moro OF h-rs Hh''~-" W
and 20 replace. but the ancient glory has
largely departed.
American tourists who catch a glimpse
Of Morocco by spending a day or - At
Taneier visit the jail as q matter 81 course.
The sight 81 the miserable wretcheS
hudilcd together the clankinR 81 their
chains and the smells are usually sum
cient for the avefage visitor. who hur-
richly casts q few coins through the iron
bars and thinks he has seen enough %
the Moroccan prisons.
In the inland cities conditions are much
worse. according 20 recent investigators.
Bribery. they say. continues unchecked.
The prisons are very full. and release can
only be- obtained by money. The slave
markets 60 on "a usual Though fewer
reRreas~a are brought from the far south
their place IL fillei 10y white girls stolrn
in the S,rs country or elsewhere.
Opa Of the n,oat ehockinR cases rerorte1