New-York tribune., 1908-08-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


Romance got something of setback the other
dav when from the steps of the Royal Exchange
or London the common crier made proclaliauoi
that after August the doubloon woulo cease 10 pe
legal tender in the West Indies. including BRUSH
Guiana Now the boy who finds pirate s buried
treasure will have to dispose Of his Spanish goo at
its bullion value. 1t may console him 10 kho" 'lia'
.or soma wears the douboon has not been the
precious thing it In $780, and Tor ceitulS
after il was worth s., more or less ou' liio -
rent 6oubloon is worth only about 30 II mas ceU
to be coined in its native country. SPAIN anu no"
6, mill soon become unpopular in the west lnoies'
where il has figured in mixed clrculdtIoii en-
bracing British, United States ana opaiii7
In the interest of romance. however uie many .
lao ~ must survive 1t signifies nothing more than
that the coin was double the value OF d pi..e'
- .5oub,oon" was never such mouth-niins
,nockerv as pieces of eight which susses'' So
rtbas hut means only Spanish silver dollars pieces
equivalent to eight reals
THE SPEECH THAT STARTLED.
The orator had made his speech
Ths Amid sIoRs tRs eaPegesdnfh eapeeted hi@
Some mighty climax on thaL Lea gay
And now their faces wore a ioOK o,,x
of grim surprise tSsr Twas 5ea9s 99t PfU& fhey shook;
He hadn't mentioned politics!
They said What kind of man man. is this7
Who Ger his topic win enthuse'
A chance to arb air his I}S ReFs9had 9Iad applause
A phRrst of politicians cause
He M didn't mention politics! s..-
,L,. ,.+.s+ addition to the British Empire. Coe-
,,,, IsIard In the Indian Ocean. Is not the small
est bit of territory reisned over by hlns ho"aio-
1t is for instance. Mt least ten tiries as pie a'
Pudding Island in the Tonga group. "hch Is iesS
+ban n mile In circumference. The area OF tAis
,+.a TOO "a gradually diminishing owing to the
dsintesration and subsidence of the coral base on
which 1t stands derives its curious name rom
its striking resemblance TO the top haif OF d
nudding the barrier reef which entlreiy surFouhu'
n standing for the rim of the basln
rban there is Beehive Island. in the South Pa
cifc which rises from the centre of a perfectly
circular platform TO height OF rour huIureu iee.'
IN a smooth done-shaped hill OF polsned pasa'''
exactly resembling a beehive Its area altogether
is less than thousand acres Ne'er'heiess' oi
the ledge surrounding the inaccessible central dome
are some two hundred natives, VINO support thein-
selves by fishing.
Conway Island is another curiosity IN slnailness'
If is only six feet above the water. and measures
barely one hundred and eighty yards In one d.
rection by about eighty in another
"Mr. smigg must be very rich and influential
remarked the stranger IN the town
what makes you think so 49,
sarraffwe tive Citizen. instead of calling him back
number. r."-Washington Star
A recent number of the Berlin "Ulk' is de-
voted exclusively to tho airship. under the title
..Zeppelin edition. The title page shows Miss
Earth playing diabolo with the airship. An Incl
dent on the Zeppe Line Is the subject OF gro
tesnue picture woman complains to the con-
ductor that the big feet Of the man opposite OBJ
str,ct her view through the glass floor. and she
wants better place
Another cartoon shows the Zu Gutenberg court
n, inouiry escaping the public by holding its ses
sions IN the air Edward out of sorts is the
nict,,re of an arship. the lines OF which closely
resemble the King of England wearing a scowi
An eagle holding one OF It's talons over its beak.
excaims "Phew. but the air is vtiated by all this
gasolene
A man who intended TO take up a homestead
o,air, hut did not know how to do IT, sought in
formation of a friend about H.
Mike said he. you've taken up a homestead.
and I want to know what you had to do to prove
IN and earn your title to the land"
We'll. Jerry. 1 don't know the law, word for
me like this: The government Is willing to bet ye
one hundred and sixty acres Of land asin fourteen
starving to death. Judge