New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Italian railway system, with the exception of
the Sandman lines, comprises only about 5000
miles OF road, employing in the reighborhood OF
1000 The roads owned by the govern
ment, though they have been leased out TO private
companies for the last ten years. the notion being
to get rid of the burdens incident to government
control. This has not worked we'll and the gov
eminent is resuming the management of
them. They will be under the immediate direction
of railway committee so organized and author
lied as not to bother the government much; opera
tives Will have their own committees likewise, so
that it is hoped strikes may be in great measure
prevented. Better management all around IS prom
Used, faster trains and more of them, but re-
duction In fares freights Government owner
ship of the roads there has not done all that was
expected of 1t by its advocates made the fiat
failure predicted by its adversaries. The new plan
of administration proposed looks like a judicious
from business point of view
Too Much for Her Memery-"You tad man"
everybody waiting" Pardon me-" replied the
of HeEcon.' 'Heiicon? Where's that? Another
of those north shore places? I never re
up that way.'-(Cticago RecOrd-Ferald.
Heinrich Heine described Rhine wine pale as
the and maddening it's light" and it is
of more than common interest to be let into the
secret of the ways in which this choice elixir, of
which we import and consume much, is modern
" made. The evidence in court some time ago OF
the employees of one DR.. Schlamp, the proprietor
of extensive vineyards in NicTstein the very home
OF the highest brands. throws interesting light
on the subject. He used 800 gallons of fair.
ordinary Rhine wine into 900 gallons of high class
Nierstener in this way: First he added 500 gallons
of Rhine water to the Wine; then he mixed in
scientifically ammonia, fannie acid. isinglass
prunes, raisins oil of vitriol geatnes and various
drugs, after which he added something out of a
phiaI which he always carried in his pocket,
the composition of which he carefully kept
secret The doctor did not deny the testimony Of
his employees, but said that all producers OF high
class Rhine wine pursued similar methods and he
made appeal TO the German public prosecutor to
drop the case, the ground that pursuing it and
giving it publicity would tend to the injury Of the
business.
Yes. the walls of our fiat are so thin that my
husband ana le2rne9 the deaf ana dumb alpha
Dealer
Estimates of the diamonds in the Premier mine
Pretoria, in which the 3O32 carat stone
Gently found, are that the total production may
be worth $6O0O00OOO. Last year it earned 500
per cent dividend. and its stock is selling at
IA times par. 1t is outside the De Beers
diamond trust and is selling it's product
with no syndicate restrictions. at the high
prices which the trust makes and holds the
ket to. The trusts policy has been TO restrict
output and keep prices pegged up CRITICALLY.
hard thing do with new and Independent
company of immense productive capacity in the
field Probably we shall learn that It has been
absorbed into the trust one OF these days. and
disturbing element in the diamond trade thus neu-
tralized till another big deposit is discovered
so your engagement with Jack IS broken off,"
Did he exhibit the cIoven hoof?"
No the cloven breath. -(Houston Post.
The Editor Of THE Fillmore C1o) Lever
mourns: Yesterday and to-day the editor has
been eating cold grub and cobwebs. poked through
the kitchen window broom, the while sitting
on an upturned wash boiler. with our back leaning
for support against miscellaneous pile OF furni-
ture. chlnaware and skillets and our feet mixed
up with an assortment of Sunday school papers,
table cutlery and stove backing. The editors
domice Is undergoing the throes Of the annual
cleaning Mrs Gilbert an old wrapper,
and tired look. a spot Of SCOT on her nose
a CLEAN OF determination in her eye. Oh. ye
married men. give your sympathy!
she-Oh I detest sofa pillows and tidesi II
ever keep house III never have such things ar
He-Win you be my wife2-(Chicago Record
Herald