New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-29
FOREIGN NOTES.


matter of necessity.
NJ. Adrian Marx relates in the FIGARO how he
had the good fortune ~ travelling with NJ MarOr who
Indignantly denied that Queen Isabella refused return
TO Madrid without him. Marfori attributed the reyolu
on 10 exterior causes and 10 Her Macsy's g00dnature
The mtendau IL seems, is OF middle hight, and
resembles with his pearshaped head those carcatures Of
Lons Philippe common here In 1913; lie wears specta
Giles. through which flash par OF black Castlhan eyes
nc is bald aud nas thin nose wide open noStrs short
An ingenious calculator who gives the results
OF his ton IN lie Figaro thus curiouSy estimates the guam
represents In volume 50 columns equal to the in the
Place Vend0me the smoking tobacco, pressed closely
represents cube of the dimensions OF the Arc dc EOle
its foundations included; tho chewing tobacco would
I'LL $3.50 casks recioned two hectoires the cas: and
lastly the cigars laid end 10 end would form line twice
the length of the equator This statistical information
gwen In all seriousness though OF course doubters are
ut liberty to test its correctness II they please.
AT Forces, in Scotland, the Ordnance Survey
officers have discovered extraordinary detection of
the plumb line There are no mountains near to cause
this, and Il Is believed that there Is mass OF unusually
solid matter beneath the surface Forces else large
cavity ia the which a. not fer distant TO ASCERTAIN
AZ Fures 40 miles disant by tho side OF each clock there
viii be amagne connected with The opposite clock 10y
cIo and g The in the vbrsons Of the nendn
OF the plumb ne and thus the cause of the curious pine
nomenIn al Forres viii then be ascertaincd.
In Algeria, where considerable ravages have
been produced by locusts the most signal adyantagcs
were derived from The importation OF bird called ny the
hg
being favorable that the Imperial GOVERNMENTS aboat
10 renew upon stil larger scale In the Mauruus tho
martin irss did most eiCctul service entirely freeing
the country from the hosts OF gIutionous hlndes win
which 10 had been for some time infested. The Italians
would do we'll 90 turn their this usetu ally
and 10 encourage ihe htlcuncuv on y,he1 80
Of inseccatcrs, for There can be little doubt that the
wholesale destruction OF birds which has been going on
for ages on the Italian SOL mas no, niue eonriDned
10 agrayatc the damage occasioncd by these periodical
VisliatOns.
The Steele saws that the other day, during
al
George sands play. when Mdc Ihulher uhe k0ri-
nc ~ the seventh scene had Ia say 10 Roger saint
GildOs) Fly, y" and NJ Roger was about to disappear,
the actress was heard TO murmur, Ali can go on no
longer can 60 un no longer" and To fall Hat
the stage. NJ Roger, rushing from the side scene a,
seeing his companion lying senseess immediately cnhsru
the curtain 60 he lowered moment after tins IL WAS
again raised aud NJ Fscrant with an agitated voice, an
nOuuced that Mdle Thucr, being seriously indisosed
could not possibly continue her part which indeed was
nearly concluded The last scene In which the korgane
did not reappear played IN the midst Of much emo
ton.
Brother Robert TriphOok of tho Charter
House died there. few DAYS In his s'ih year lie
almost the last 81 The bibopoliss who hourSed IN
Of extensive reading and thoroughly master OF the best
English books not only In his trade, bat In his own
library, his counter Tor more than 40 years TIE rem
devious Of the nrsocIcy and gcntry-a one time III ST.
Jamcs-St. at another IN Old BOndst. The author OF
Wayorley" has cossiped again aud again with Robert
Tuphook. Sir Walter scott employed the ST. Jamesst
he founded "The Pirate" Many iilne Lord byron LAS
dropped into the shop after visit 10 his friend
IJoi,ionsc who LODGED AZ Trphook's. Shelley Leigh
Huni Colcrdgc Haztt. Charles Lamb Professor Val
son and other Gne ,prits fingered there to talk
vita the Old bookshelf
The present President of the Spanish Junta
started IN fo journalist Born N 1900 nc wa al
fpatv taken prisoner by tne French On 1913 as one ~ c
defenders Of Castle M0nz9n ana eyer sieo ~ @ u'
foremost In tie contest for the Queries OF spln ~
jnu>t. member " the Cortes, ~ Journalist rs liloao
OF Inc people as Minister Of Finance. lie Is also TIE
author II the best work ON the Geography Stail,es' an
History Of Spain; IL appeared IN Mldla i1h 20 20 TT
inns guarfo volumes He j. native Of Cata9ha ann
ha rfosbiy more Intimate knowledge % the character
and wishes " his couuityinen tha ans one ~ ~ go.
lea gvc-. The Germans call him tho slAulsi Nci'ker'
perhaps II is well for Spain that the naucc > ot
TOO CLOSE regards an uneomproinhs energy ia ueouS
not merely Ia Words
An extraordinary performance recently took
place at Nottingham FL gland, which ecpses the pro
credng u John Aliens daucehouse JocxhiOitlnn was
he'd on the stage Of travelling thoai, IN thc Ftht nl
OF tie Lord would hold meeting. 10 be conducted by
converted thief, sweep. doctor ald miller j. bIlch,
b. d. a converted iIgger Will play tho banjo as host 81
Heavens royal Umy' The services Themselves appear
20 have been exactly what such an announcement Wold
lead 10 expect Mr. Birch. whose D. ID WAS announced
to mean Devil Driver sang ny mns 10 no baI9o' ths
crowd joining BOO The chorus, ana lvuuy hppanmig ~,
eicorng the performer. Mr.. Dune, the hiy naiusd
leader Of the baud. evoked considerable nerinch' u,
tAe evening service by rising once or t"'o iaon ,
krcs while De was praying aloud, TO attend TO the Stage
eAis OF course the mult,tnd,s whom te1 nc mai
proceedings gathered 70 each seiNlos 80. ,",.
ter buflesquc ana is ahotneI Oh VI" ii1 "se
every ding TO confirm IT, Ba We arc r a." s@Tyi"Ss
only WIS butiesque intended. but that VIC -,
G'lGerntcly choose thee extraordinary methods Of
bringing religion 10 the people
The most curious thing about the Hungarian
gcs il that they 20 circuit all over Europe as sys
teiaticily as the Bar and the Bench 90 on rieni III
Fnriaud Elsewhere gypsy bands limit thcir miGfaiions
10 their own country but Hungarian P.ss arc 10 pe
found everywhere They the most faithful or rather
the ouly surviving representatives o lhg Oh pnmlilNe
hores Of IS p,ies who hrs KNOCKED al thc ghu on awe
Struck Chfisicidon." France they visit regularly, IN
spite Of police and gcndarmes. borrow leh III WIN
party cold night near Genoa warming lntuheN,H ny
briok-RD, whose speech betrayed them 10 nom nun
gary Indeed no sys distinctly That there are no gylr
SEES In Italy but immigrants from hungty lms, now
ever quite accurate, a. some 81 the pnest l Lu
rope have found ~ Ascoli Ia Caabria Ihi, year
b1 OF these HnugafIaus actually turned In England
M the back OF WOowch. where they were considerably
Toughed and mi shaudled. the usual kindly EngiS hhi
snlders and what was wore, they repudiated AL
together by the degenerate Englsh gyses lG s"oi' III
ceaniy ways huhhgsiy ebuuEl, ii iN h3iry,
though the most archaic IN cvzed Europe, mas oNr
vet been satisfactorily recorded. The PNpsy ol "ie-
mans yocabularythe first writer on large ssae' VINO
investigated the language. and fairy cstabisned ny
Inc certaluy Of their Indian orghi~is mainly OF the
hungarian iype but Il Is mixed hRgedy piggtdy WIN
gypsy everywhere nor II y at nj W we eono''o
The Lancet is responsible for the following ::
A how OF a. belonging 10 Kiosk Wesicrn Russial VINO
used 10 walk with crutch on account on anchy ivS on
tbc night Knee was ON horseback the fields. whom ho
Vas overtaken 10y a violent storm After severe clap Of
thnuder The horse ran away aud the boy, completely
stnnned len TO the ground. When he returned TO his
and tried TO rlso hc found that lis right leg Was
gone Ills uncle, who had ridden by ls side, ana nls Own
3orse had Disappeared Tho poor boy ~ hrst somewhat
coliaused fe asleep. His companion, however az nst
returned, after having secured ne horsc .iu o,, oAa
inc his nephew no observed that the rg reg whs ehcy
Wanting me patients khrt ana eVthce were III shles
ud burned aOng the se3t and on tht Dolly were many
49, ,The hoy was c01&eyed to the village 10 cart
Entering severely theetlnp. aud much alarmed nj tue
benorrlage, which. however, soon Stopped Few uEs
af,er Dr HoQoWitch found regular wound hs usually
made Ly tic amputating knife, surrounded WIN grHnu
fiona and presenting In tho center lew gipEitHohs
snpts 'Tbe division had been ELECTED by nghtnlhg,
oTe he superlOr extremity OF the tnid, the paria
90 f,,ur bcng intact The healing OF THIS wound i0"k
uace very rapidly aud by the use of 0r'hary meana.
INC severed leg WAS found on the grass severn, dny
tcr fbe accident inst where the hoy had been thrown
nom his iolse It was quite dued up, ana emitted no
emeI tie tiba being quito black and stripped bht doNn
~. Tbo.c facts mentioned IA the BtT hitit