New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-15
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TWO VOLCANOES IN ICELAND FOR sALE-FoX
HUNTING-PERILS OF CIGARETTE
SMOKING IN PARIS.

TWO VOLCANOES IN ICELAND FOR SALE-FoX
HUNTING-PERIIs OF CIGARETTE
SMOKING IN PARIS.
Volcanoes FOR Sae.-According to advertise
ment contained in the Danish Government Ga
zette" published in Copenhagen two big volcanoes
are for sale They are situated in Iceland and
the principal attractions OF the island The owner
asks for them the sum of 800 apiece
cessive charge for anyone who Is In real need OF
healthy, well-behavcd and active phenomenon OF
nature.
No Rates No Beer-Burgstadt. prosperous and
thriving town In Saxony. has just Instituted a novel
and successful method OF effecng settlement OF
unpaid rates and According to a law recently
enacted By the municipality of the place liquor
sellers and cafe proprietors prohibited. under
pcnalty OF heavy fine and forfeiture of their license
from supplying any kind Of liquid refreshments TO
citizens who have failed TO pay thelr taxes
Nature Aids Art-Just OF the splendid
entrances Of the Grand Opera at Paris there is
Young plane tree In fun leaf and about three feet
high growing from chlnk in the masonry. Some
bird is supposed to have deposited the seed Of the
tree there Both the director and the architect OF
tba Onera have decided that the tree shall be per-
mitted 10 live and flourish nasmuch the entrance
has been greatly improved In appearance by thls
artistic bit of business on the part OF Nature.
Degenerate Foxhunters.- One would be tempted to
believe that foxhunting, the national sport OF Great
Britain is on the wane. for the Herefordshre Hunt
has found II necessary to pass resolution insist
members
not 10 erect any barbed-wire tences on their iaid
between November and April l. The only surpris-
mo thing is that the undertaking does not contain
clause forbdding the poisoning OF foxes when III
GOOD old times used TO be considered crime In
fnitely more henous than murder
An Appropriate Malady.It Is Of scarlet fever that
Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing has just died In Scotland
Tho late baronet was the head of the greatest
turkey red dyeng and printing establishment IN the
world and under the circumstances the maahy OF
which he died cannot be considered altogaher IN
appropriate
Frances Explosive Observation-Disclosures TO Paris
should be warned against purchasing any or the
ceIluold cigarette-holders and mouth-pieces now
being turned out In large quantities by the Govern
mont cigarette works. The celluloid may blaze up
IN the twlnkling Of an eye and explode An accident
Of this character took place the other day AT one
az the leading Partisan clubs, where member
ahsorbed in a game OF cards. had hrst ms beard
singed by the sudden explosion or MS cigarette
mouthpIece and was then scared almost 10 death
Nv the explosion of an entire package or cellulolu
month pieced cigarettes in his breast pocket, a
spark having fallen therein.
skating As Part or The Curriculum.-Berins
city fathers have just issued decree to the effect
that the pupils Of all the municipal schools or the
CITY are TO be taught skating as part OF their
tona course, on Ice artiicially manufactured
and laid In a portion of the courtyardS Oh ue
schools.