New-York tribune., 1902-06-29


amounting Imprisonment and martyrdom. to
which Mile. Eve Humbert had been subjected
during the last ten years, and also to the state
ments that Nine. Humbert had dazZled the eyes
of one OF her most important creditors by relat-
ing that her daughter Eve engaged to
marry Paul Deschanel. who at that time was
brilliant bachelor and president OF the Cham
her of Deputies. Nine. Humbert said: why,
they betrothed themselves there In front OF the
portrait of her grandfather. Gustave Humbert.
the Minister of Justice. NJ. Deschanel is per-
fectly devoted to his iancee, and sends Eve
beautiful flowers every morning. Just look at
these which came to-day" and she showed a
gorgeous bouquet of rare and exquisite orchids,
to which was attached the visiting card of Paul
Deschanel. president of the Chamber of
Deputies.
The French Astronomical Society has decided
to celebrate the fftieth anniversary of Foucault
the scientist, by repeating in the next few weeks
that scientists famous pendulum experiment In
the Pantheon, which served as an ocular dem
onstration of the rotundity of the earth. Pres
ident Loubet has signifed his intention of being
| present on the ccasion, and NJ Berget, pro-
fessor at the Sorbonne will carry out the public
experiments. The original pendulum used by
Foucault, which is kept at the Arts and Crafts
Museum. will not be used on this occasion, the
J
NJ. Maumene, well known chemist, who con-
Quoted experiments with it in 1852 at the Cathe-
dral of Rheims. 1t consists of a leaden ball
weighing twenty Eight kilogrammes. to which
is attached steel wire seventy-fve metres long.
1t will be suspended from the top of the dome
of the Pantheon, while the floor below will
be placed a quantity of sand spread out in
circle eight metres in diameter The swing OF
the pendulum during quarter of an hour will
be such that about ten centimetres of the little
rampant of sand will have been brought down
by the pointer attached to the leaden ball.
Speeches will be made and the fftieth ami
versary of Foucault will be celebrated in an
original and deserving manner.
In a communication submitted to the French
Academy on Wednesday NJ. de Nelly collated
all the known portraits Of the Saviour, and
classed them chronologically. Among the latest
discovered images of Christ the Redeemer is
the admirable statue of the Christ Of Bammatia
of Constantinople dating from the third CEN
tury now in the Berlin Museum, and the Coptic
fresco of the Saviour, found at Baouit. Upper
Egypt few months ago. by NJ. Cledat.
A comparative examination Of these sacred
portraits shows with absolute certainty, accord
ing to NJ de Nelly, that until A. D 325 Christ
represented without beard This tradf-
ton OF the beardless Christ followed in the
West for two hundred years, but in the East.
on the other hand, after the famous dream OF
Constantine, the official sculptors and painters
represented Christ with a beard. M. de Nelly
called the attention of the Academy to the in
teresting researches OF NJ. Cecil Torr, who ad-
duces evidence In support Of the theory that
Christ was only twenty-one years old at the time
Of the crucifXion.
The automobile race from Paris to Vienna, at
the very outset characterized by serious acci-
dents, has already called forth from the
Partisan press several protests. Baron Henri de
Rothschild who is a doctor Of medicine. started
over the road in motor ambulance with a
surgeon to care for the killed wounded Sew
eral Of the competitors came to grief only eight
miles from Champigny. The English flyer, the
Hon C. S. Rolls, dashed against a tree. smash
ing in the PROV of his Foxhan keene acci-
dentally rammed a railroad crossing gate at
Belle CroiX and was brought to a standstin
owing to the front of his motor being turned
wrong side out NJ. Fraignac's car was BOWED
over by an explosion of the pneumatic tire. w.
X. Vanderbilt, tr-, within two miles OF Cham
pigny, had a lively eight minutes run. during
which the following episodes occurred: He had
two tires punctured. he jammed his water
cooler. he ran over and killed a big yellow dog.
he threw his steering gear out OF order, he
twisted his brakes that they could not be
worked and he smashed one of his cylinders.
Two amateur automobilists following the race
as spectators had collision with cart near
Langres One of them was killed and the other
dangerously wounded.
So far the casualty list among the racers is
four wounded, exclusive Of Mr.. Rolls, who re-
ceived only slight contusions on the forehead
and elbows Neal Chaudenay, in the automobile
of NJ. de Rothschiid. who was preceding the
route as an amateur plunged Unexpectedly into
a tree, killing the mechancian and wounding
the chauffeur The ''Gaulois' asks rs 1t use
full or practical for automobiles to go from
Paris to Belfort In four hours running time
while the trains take eight hours? And by what
right or sense Of justice are these flying mon
sters accorded the monopoly OF roads for ad-
vertsement OF this that firm OF automobile
makers? NJ Waldeck- Rousseau, who is himself
a practsed automobst in rational way, was
opposed to road racing, and had signifed his
intention of forbiddng the present race Why.
now should NJ. Combes, his successor, au-
thorize it?' T. b.