El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-17
ITALY RENEWS
TRIBUTE To
LINCOLN
Memorial Designed AZ Years
Ago, but Lost, Will Be Re
placed and Sent to Museum
FARM LANDS WILL
BE IRRIGATED

De- 1IGh1OAI Ell
Rome, Italy, Aug. 17.-AlI hope hav-
ing now been lost of finding the stone
taken from the Agger of Servius TuI-
Illus in 1865, and destined as a me-
mortal of Rome to Abraham Lincoln.
engineer Ferdinand Gerard. one of
the survivors of the committee of a
years ago, has obtained from SignOr
Credaro, minister of public instruction,
permission to take another similar
stone to replace the one lost, and to
be sent probably to Hardin county,
Kentucky. for the museum of the great
president.
Thomas J. O'Brien, United States
ambassador to Italy, has expressed his
satisfaction at the renewal of Italy's
tribute to the American patriot, and
has been willing to take it upon him
self, once the stone is ready, to have
1t sent to America in such a way that
this time there will be no danger of its
falling to reach its destination
The stone will bear the same Latin
inscription and the same date, June
20, 1866, originally carved on the stone
entrusted to the British steamer Uhla,
which, commanded by a Capt Lincoln,
sailed from LeghOrn on August 4, 1865,
and was wrecked near Bermuda, losing
all her cargo, together with the
precious memento.
Pope Is In Good Health.
Whoever remembers the anxiety
caused last year at this time by the
rather serious condition of Piux Y will
hear with satisfaction that his health
now is all that can be desired, consid-
ering his age, the heavy burdens i'm
posed upon him by his unique posi-
tion, and by the life he is obliged to
lead, confined as he is within the pre-
clncts OF the vaucan-deprfved of the
advantage claimed at this time of year
by others of change of air.
The pope has found great benefit
from sleeping this year in a more airy
larger and cooler room, which being
him the fresh breezes coming from the
Apprentices and the Mediterranean sea.
What has really helped him to pass
without great hardship the hottest
days has been the tunnel recently built
which permits him to go from his
apartment to the vatican gardens with
out walking at all. In fact he de-
scends by the elevator to the court of
San Damaso, where his ca rriage awaits
him, in which, crossing the courts of
the Maresciallo and of the Papa gallo
he e1--ers the tunnel and goes directly
into the beautiful shady walks and box
avenues, rendered more interesting by
the remains of the ancient towers built
from the incursions of the Saracens
In one of his daily promenades Plus
x paid a visit to the observatory. I'M
der the care of father Hagan, a Jesuit
from Georgetown in America The OBJ
SerVatory, which stands on three OF
the ruined towers, has many connec-
tions with the United States. as besides
presents of instruments and other OBJ
jects sent by wealthy people and
scientific institutions of America a
CT en- inn, hv-fI S.s,,
which is called the American bridge"
because it was conceived by an Ameri-
can and carried out with American
money
VIII Irrignte Farm Lands.
One of the greatest curses of agrI-
culture in Italy has been for years the
want of water for irrigation, due in
part to natural causes. in part to the
Ignorance of past generations, who de-
the forests which clothed the
Italian hills to realize an immediate
gain. ruined some of the most flourish
ing regions of the country, and con-
demned their descendants to poverty
and thirst Many of the Italian peas
ants of the south are unable to live
near their work and are herded in the
towns for want of drinking water in
the country districts and many of them
walk as much as 20 miles day in
consequence, in addition to their labor
% these conditions is to a great ex-
:
southern provinces. where the nature
of the soil and the want of trees has
induced the extreme of aridity and
renders even rain a disaster when It
comes, as it assumes a torrential char
acter destroying everything before it.
washing down houses and land to the
sea.
All this is about to be remedied by
q vast scheme conceived by engineer
a. Omodero, who, supported by the
government, which has already pre-
sented a bill and obtained the neces-
sary appropriation from parliament,
will form artificial lakes on the top
of the mountains. where water will be
accumulated and used both as hydro
electric power and for irrigation.
One OF the greatest of these lakes
will be on the Apprentices looking down
to the immense plains of Apulia. capa-
BILE of irrigating 100000 acres of land
Another will be on the rock mountains
of Sardinia and will contain more
than half a million cubic yards of
water.
With SUI. a system 1t =, believed
that in a few years the center and
south of Italy and the islands of
Sicily and Sardinia will become one of
the greatest manufacturing. industrial
and agricultural centers. attracting
once more. as in ancient times the |
commerce of the whole Of the Medi- !
-erraneap.