New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-22
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The St Petersburg correspondent OF the Vienna
"Neue Freie Presse, in speaking Of the full pardon
which granted by the Gar to Lieutenant Won
Lemsberg. Of the Guards after thirty-one years
of penal exile and penal service in Siberia says:
He was in his day fine looking and highly
complished officer Like many of his fellows. he
borrowed money from city Counsellor Wlassow.
old. good natured bachelor. Young Won Lens
berg's notes continued to grow and the old money
lender threatened unless some Of them were
redeemed. Then the young lieutenant became n
gagged the daughter of Count Todeben and
called Wlassow TO tell him the and 10
ask time. You wait said he in q sneering
way III give you a wedding present 10 he re-
memhercd' Believing this to have been a threat.
the lieutenant called the house the next day
and deliberately cut his throat. He opened the
old mans desk 20 find HIS promissory notes and
discovered them neatly tied up. marked Paid
and document by which he would have become
the heir Of the he had murdered. Overcome
by remorse, he surrendered 10 the authorities and
sentenced TO life servitude In Siberia. Because
OF good conduct his irons taken off after
seven years he married woman who went into
voluntary exile to he relative started
vegetable shop in the penal settlement which grew
until It became great mercantile establishment.
and when the war with Japan broke out he vol
unteered. became officer and decorated
for bravery"
Irate Parent-Herei What is all this noise?
Bobby-Please. papa We are playing trains. and
! am the locomotive
irate Parent-You are the locomotive eh? Well.
I think I'll Just switch you--Illustrated Bits
After twenty-five years OF waiting. work has been
begun on carving the stones that were left for
that purpose when Trinity College. Hartford.
Conn., was built. the twelve entrances OF the
main building. Only two OF the doorways will be
cut at present. Some time ago members Of the
class OF 81 voted to give the money necessary 10
carve the stones the first section doorway.
Designs were submitted TO President Luther by
talbot Entrees. OF Hartford and a young mans
face. surmounted by an oxford hat. was selected.
Before the work begun. Fred HaiGht.
alumnus OF the class of ST. struck with the
plan that he succeeded in having his class make
similar gift for the decoration of the next section
doorway. A monks head has been submitted as a
design 1t is not known according TO Dir. LIuther's
statement whether this will be carried out
whether other design will he used in it's
place. The monks head copied from a pair of
rare andirons which made in Florence a num-
Der years aso the moulds being destroyed
soon as the first taken The andirons
are now in the possession OF OF the college
fraternity houses.
Dudley says his motto is. Live and learn"
than the latter we'll be going to his funeral SOON.
Philadelphia Press
The new English dogs act has had one remarka-
BILE effect I'm Iondon-the transferrence of some
thousands OF animals from the streets TO tho Dogs
Home. At the beginning of every year the home
has been busy, simply because dog owners would
renew their licenses. says 1.-THE Pail Mall Ga
zette" This year 1t day and night work for
all hands, with dogs being poured into the home a
the rate of seven hundred day There still
fvo hundred dogs, average, awaiting their
differentiation by owners. sale, or the eutha-
nasa of chloroform and carbonic acid gas. fol-
lowed by cremation. AT first the dog which en-
tered the home had only three days assured him.
Then. II he was worth anything he might be
spared n while but If his doom was sealed
Then Queen Victoria pleaded for mercy and the
period OF happiness was raised to five days Now
the new dogs act has fixed the minimum at seven
days-an act of doubtful mercy. which costs the
home nearly $4,000 year. OF all the thousands of
dogs-rapidly approaching a total OF 30OO0-taken
to the home year by year. were DESTROYED
last year. and these have to be kept and fed and
attended. while the prices realized for the others
trfing.
so Bob Smiths lost his wife. Is he getting over
Not yet I'm afraid You know, how, slow Soma
insurance companies are In settling up"-Tit- Bits
Genoa and Milan are to be connected by an cleo
trio railroad elghty-hve miles long, which is TO
100000. The high cost is owing 70 ,bo
nature of the country through which tho linz I'm
pass. 1t will require nineteen tunnels ona 80
which will be twelve miles long. There will Ia o,o
bridges and the road Will be six years In COURSE f
construction The cost of the line construction oIor
will be $4,000 a mile. The road will ha 49,
tracked and there will be grade crossings Trains
will consist of three cars, each acconornoaa,,
fifty passengers. 1t is proposed to run twenty
trains a day, and 1t is estimated that the dail,
traffic will be six thousand passengers A coronIa,
schedule has been arranged to take care of the ax
press and local traffic, well freight Of tina.
section OF the country The power will be derived
from "a, 00horsepower hydraulic generating plant
AN old subscriber writes us to know what
married couple can live comfortably on" said the
editor wisey.-Life '0once