Albuquerque morning journal., 1906-09-30

killed by robbers near Clear Geek.
Cal. in 1899.
NJ. Revel has had many exciting
adventures. While crossing the Nub-
ian desert with de Gruard they were
set upon by Arabs and nearly killed.
At another time he was arrested for
laughing at a marriage procession
in China. and thrown into prison for
four months. on one occasion, hav-
ing engaged a guide to lead him over
the Andes, he was deserted by the
man who made off with his baggage.
and got lost in the virgin forest
During his ten years tamp. Revel
has covered $4,000 miles. He has
over $4,000 letters and documents
from consuls and other reliable agents
attesting his real presence in the
places where he claims to have been.
A startling article has appeared in
the illustration" in which the au-
thor. NJ. Boule, a celebrated geo
grapher calls attention to the range
of extinct volcanoes in Auvergne, and
the possibility of their breaking out
again.
1t is clear from the hot springs
which are found in that district that
there is an area of intense heat in
the earth under Auvergne, and the
inhabitants of that part of France
are becoming somewhat anxious lest
the seismic disturbances manifested
more or less all over the globe just
now, should visit their district.
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Seventy-two live California salmon
have been stolen from the Trocedero
aquarium here. Some of the fish
weighed sixty pounds and they COM
prised the entire exhibit which was
sent here at the time of the 1900 ex-
position. 1t will be difficult if not
altogether impossible to replace
| them, for the city of Paris allows
only $4,000 francs annually for the
maintenance of the aquarium, and
| the Trocadero officials do not feel
that they can afford to go to the
| expense of sending for other similar
fish,
| The authorities are at a loss to
! know what became of the fish az
none We're offered on the market
within any reasonable time after the
theft. They think the robbers were
simply hungry and ate them; but
seyenty-two. such fish would consti-
tute rather a large meal.
The tedium of military maneuvers
under broiling sun was relieved for
the French and foreign officers at
tending the field operations this sea-
son, by the presence in their midst
of a popular American woman, the
duchess de la Rochefoucauld.
The duchess, who was Miss Maggie
Mitchell of Montana, is spending the
shooting season at her chateau OF
i Montmirail, near the spot where the
French mimic war was carried on
She paid daily visits to the field dur.
ing the pauses in the action, and
has entertained the officers at hel
chateau. She is laughingly called the
good fairy of the regiment, and is
equally popular with chiefs and men
*A*
Mary Garden, the beautiful Ameri.
can singer who has taken the place
held by the late Sybil Sanderson ii
the hearts of the Partisan public, ha,
been the recipient while at Biarrit.
recently, of a good deal of attention
from the king of Greece, also at tha
resort taking the cure. Mrs. Grund,
has raised her eyebrows in vain: sht
cannot prevent the king from comm!
to Paris, and his return from coin
cldlng with the date of the popular
singers rteurn to the French capital
1t is whispered among the king
encourage that he is very anxious
that Miss Garden should appear II
her last years great success, "Aphro
dite' in Athens next winter. How
ever, the American girl is under con
tract with the Opera Comique here
which is a state subsidized institu
ton, and it will only be out of court
esy to the king that the manager o
that theater M. Carre, will permi
his principal star to desert his board
even temporarily.
Miss Garden has had two formid
able rivals in the matter of publ
and royal attention while at Biarrit2
They were Emma Calve and Lu
cienne Breval, both of whom hav
been heard in America. However
though the running was close, it /
generally admitted that the hand
some daughter of Columbia has wo
by a good deal