THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1001, 16 February 1882, Page 3

THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE.

» The National Gazclto makes the following announcement in regard to the use of petroleum as fuel:-" "We shall soon be able to announce a wonderful stride in the mechanical appliances for using liquid fuel for generating steam in both marine and land boilers. The matter is ' in tho hands of practical men, who will demonstrate they con make from 28 to 30 gallons of crude petroleum, costing from 35 to 90 cents, do the work of a ton of coal, costing from 4dol. to 4dol. ISc,, without dirt or smoke, and when, as in the case of a largo steamer carrying from ''- forty to forty live men in the fire-room, one man in each will be able to keep a uniform pressure of sloarn at all times. ';-■■ Liquid fuel is the intervening step be- ■•'' tween coal and eloctricity, which will in due season furnish motion for the world."

An exchnngo says:—Here.ia a curious thing. Two sisters were given their choice as to where they should go, one evening—tha pantomime or prhyer meeting. Susan chose (ho former, and Polly the latter. And Susan camo home first. An instance of a hoy being nearly eaten alive by ants is given in a telegram to the Sydney Evening News.—".A boy named ... Spann, residing near Ipswich, was sent on to bring in some cows, and not returning, the neighbors searched- the county for 40 miles round. In the evening the boy's mother heard a faint scream in the paddock near the house and on going to the spot found her hoy with his left arm brokon, his spine injured, and his face, arms, and hands eaten by ants, which were found carrying away small particles of skin ;and flesh. Tho boy is getting on . pretty favorably, A Christmas box for the Pentridge prisoners. At half-past 1 o'clock on Monday morning (says the Argus) the warder on duty at the Pentridge Stockade, in the £ quarry, observed a mnn approaching bis post with a large swag in his hands, The officer challenged the intruder who commenced to run. The officer gave chase, and the rnau fiudiug that he was likely to bo captured dropped his load and disappeared in the darkness. The warder discharged two barrels of his revolver, at the . same time calling on his man to surrender, ' but to no purpose. The swag was found ,j\ to contain a variety of luxuries intended ' 'for the prisoners in the stockade. There were four bottles of brandy, besides rum, about 500 figs of tobacco, a large quantity of sugar, tea,' coffee, and a number of other articles.