New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Hungary has for a long time waited for some one
70 take the initiative in the formation Of an asso-
citation to suppress duelIing. Now General Turr
has come to the front and declared himself against
duelling This old warrior OF the "Hs'' rebellion.
who also fought under Garibaldi for Italian liberty
can scarcely be taunted with lacking courage He
has thrown himself into the work OF forming the
association with extraordinary energy and it's sue
cess IS in small way due TO his championship.
General Tdrr IS aided in hts enterprise by NJ Ars-
tide Dessewfry, important member OF tho Hun
garan House OF Magnates. and together they have
succeeded in launching the Hungarian Anu-DueI-
ling Association. Crowds ask for membership
every day, men OF distinction and rank. The wom-
en- Of the Hungarian nobility are also aiding the
movement An International anti-dueIling congress
Is to be held next May
our club is going to give a big entertainment
Yes. so 7 heard Do you think It will be a
sure 20 bc. We've arranged It so that every
member Is chairman OF some committee other
Philadelphia Press.
The Bangkok Times says that the proprietors
OF Siamese newspaper have distributed the fol-
lowing notice: The news of English We tell the
latest Writ IN perfectly style and most earliest
DO mighty chief die. publish it. and in borders
OF sombre. Staff has each ono been college, and
write Ike the kipplng and the Dickens. We circle
every town and extortionate not for advertisements
good Ready on Friday. Number one"
., Il NO, WSnder remarked Miss Asoum. what made
Born that way" replied the grouchy old bach
'Nousense"'
Not at all; horn a female. you see"-Catholio
Standard and Times.
An amusing story is told of the way the Cullinan
diamond-the birthday gift OF the Transvaal 10
King Edward-was sent TO England II was felt
that there was certain amount of danger in the
railroad journey from johannesburg to Cane Town
Two stalwart railway detectives, an hour or two
before tho mail started from the gold reef CITY
were ordered TO travel with It on special duty
They were told to be vel! armed, and at the last
moment they were intrusted with small sealed
package, which they directed not TO lose
sight Of until they deposited in the strong room
OF the liner. Learning that It was the great dia
mond. the two men had anxious journey Some
months later the truth became known bv tho
Transvaal Postmaster Generals report, that tho
diamond had really gone In the mall as an or
dinary registered package The detectives mission
was simply an elaborate piece of deception.
.,,, .Ef Satan wus once in heaven. how come he
He couldn't stan prosperity-po' devilr'-At-
lanta Constitution.
One Of tho serious propositions for the people Of
Canada to solve is the fuel supply of the future
according to "The Chicago News" Not a pound
Of coal OF any kind has ever been discovered In
the province of Ontario. In the older part OF the
province the timber is practically exhausted. The
grotesque looking stump fences. the last remains
or the once gigantic pine forests. are now being
replaced with wire fences and the stumps con-
verted into fuel for the furnace and stove Hard
coal is 10 per cent higher than 1T was ten wears
ago. and the supply of recent is not equal to
the demand during part OF the long winter This
condition of affairs has caused many experiments
to be made in the last decade to convert the In
exhaustlble peat bogs into fuel for domestic usa
Hundreds of thousands of dollars has been ex
pended in perfecting machinery to dry and manu-
facture the crude bogs into brick for fuel 1t is
alleged that one firm in Montreal alone lost sSS0OOO
In trying 10 solve the difficult problem CT manu-
featuring peat fuel
won't hurt you a bit. 4N
The Patient (after the extraction)-Doctor
know what Ananias did for a living now-Iiius-
trated Bits. -NS