New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Striking testimony toCthe value or OH lucl 10
given by J. j. Kermode, a mechanical engineer
who recently conducted some experiments on be-
half of the British Admiralty He says that II the
La1sania were fitted for burning oil fuel she wouid
require only twenty-seven men in the stohehoios'
as compared with the s12 necessary with coal. ohe
would be able to carry 1900 tons more cargo ana
at least go additional passengers while the time
for the transatlantic voyage would be reduced by
eight hours With the advent OF petroleum as a.
fuel for warships there has come into existence
tvpe Of ship specially built for carrying the OIL
not only from the place OF its origin TO the naVa
depots but also for accompanying fleets TO sea
AS the coal carrying ships called GOLFERS so
the new vessels will called ''oilers." The Ad-
miraltv already possesses two of these vessels
the Kharki and the Petroleum-and another Is Mt
ting in Sheerness Dockyard
You can't get something for nothing said the
man Of severe principles. 1,,.-
Corntaesel 1--WE got nothin fur somethin IN seE-
eral trades. an can't see but Wn3t IL "SIaeh bnr
1oneE fon stSr. Mas f0'ro 'u' '''' o'''@' ''
The publication in Paris of the "Recollections"
of the Princess Witgensten- -Bariatinsky called
forth a letter In the "Frankfurter Zeitung IN
which the noble woman. despite her ninety-t"o
vears'' is described of the stoutest pillars
of the Roman Catholic Church Her high stand
ing with Pope Plus TX and with Leo XIII. and at
the present time" says the writer, is well known
and in his day even Bismarck recognized It, This
was
married Price Chig Marshal of the Holy Roman
Church and guardian of the Conclave. but to her
qualities of mind" The writer says that not many
people know that the princess was opposed to the
proceedings against Dreyfus that she comDated
the policy which pursued and that she gave
I'D her residence in Paris, resolving to spend the
evening OF her life at Ouchy. near Lausanne. be-
cause her counsel was disregarded
Editor-I'n pay you good money for the right
DE- willy
Editor-I shan't publish 1t at ALL want 1t TO tell
my wife when 1 go home late from the club.-Chl-
cago News.
A Nev, Yorker whose parents came TO the United
States from France forty years ago showed TO
some of his friends few days ago a letter which
his father had written to relative In this country
and which had been preserved and returned to the
family 1t was written January L. 1858. and
contained an account of the funeral of Rachel the
actress which had taken place in Paris on the
dav before The letter." said the owner Of the
document. was written by my father Just fifty
years ago to-day. but even then people re1oiced In
saying told you So He writes; You say you
saw the great Rachel and did not find her great
When I saw the last of her race laid away to-day
thought of your poor judgment. All Paris did
homage 10 the genius of the woman who, as
Elizabeth Felix. sang for coppers in the streets
OF Paris only few years ago. The corners Of the
pall we're held by Baron Taylor, Auguste Maquet
Alexandra Dumas pere, and Geoffroy. the president
of the Theatre Francais Society. Michael Levy.
the publisher. walked at the head of the cortege
and at Pere Lachaise there stood about the
grave men like Scribe. Alfred de Vigny. the
younger Dumas. Halevy. Rothschild. Theophile
Gautier and Sainte- Beuve. Fould represented the
Emperor. All who spoke said there would never
again be seen Rachel and that her coffin inclosed
also the spirits of CorneilIe and Racine. Rachel
was at her best when you her. She faded
away with consumption since then. Sorry you did
not recognize her genius"
you are lots thinner than you used to be'
''Yes, indeed l am"
Taking obesity cure?
Yes; have stopped housekeeping and gone TO
boarding. Houston Post.
The discovery OF gold ore of extraordinary rich
ness" on q Welsh farm near Newport once more
conjures up visions of Kondikes in Great Britain.
says The Dundee Advertiser" That gold exists
in many parts of Scotland. England and Ireland
has been established by repeated discoveries in
| comparatively years, but far IL has
scarcely paid for its recovery. wenty years ago
It was found in fairly large quantities in the
Cwynfynydd mines, in Meronethshire. and within
a couple of years s250.0c0 worth extracted. In
| the same county there at present three pro-
ducins gold mines. of which. ST. Davd's yield
ed :4l5OO0 in 1904 and 1906. Carmartheshre has
its gold mine the Ogofan; there gold reefs
| in the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley, and
also in Sutherlandshre. but small Is the out
| put that all the gold mined in the United King
dom In the last twenty years just exceeds 81. $780,
| O00 in value
Mother-I sorry to hear that Tommy Smith
tied q kettle a poor dogs tail. You wouldn't do
| such thing. would you?
Bobby-N1. indeed, mother.
Mother-Why didn't you stop him. Bobby?
| Bobby-I couldn't. mother; was holding the dog.