New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-10
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

India will be The first country to attempt to put
Into practical use the monoraH method of Iocomo-
ton invented by Louis Brennan. The Indian gov
eminent has granted him of $4,000 toward
the continuance of his experiments with the gyro-
scope trains. Mr. Brennan viii begin work
large model car, forty feet long and twelve feet
wide India IS a country admirably adapted TO the
the hiIly districts the mountains are soft and
f Tr o ana s5 IS BgS The necessary Ievciius
Of ground brings about landslide at once.
There recently occurred remarkable pulpit
somersault In the great parish church Of Frosmone
in Italy Fra Demetro was the LenJen preacher
lie uses many gesticuatous. While he was
preaching to a large audience his action became
even freer than usual-so much that. leaning
too far over the pulpit he lost his balance ana zen
head foremost into the denSely packed crowd De
low. At first there was some alarm but ira
Demetrio only lauEned. ne went odcN ~ Ms
pulpit ana finished his sermon
The pyramids Of Gizeh stand the monuments
of a departed race They perfect IN masonry,
and contain blocks of stone weighing five hundred
tons. What is remarkable about these pyramids is
that these huge stones must have been brought
hundreds OF miles over mountains and across des-
erts In one place in Egypt there is an immense
pyramid In which buried the Egyptians sacred
bulls. This gigantic torb IS partiuoned into al
coves, In which solid granite sarcophagi con-
tanning the bodies of the bulls. Some years ago an
attempt was made to move the sarcophagi 1t
took a great number of men with modern appli-
ances three weeks TO move one of these granite
dTen Of the Nile carried the immense blocks of
granite by hand or horsepowerl they erected
one of the Egyptian temples there lies stone tone
ready quarried, 1t Is 20 feet long and IA feet
square. and weighs 1,l35 tons.
When the island of MauritIus was ceded to Great
Britain in 1910 there a gigantic turtle in a
court of the artillery barracks at Port Louis.
This turtle is still there. although almost blind.
l. weighs $50 pounds and stands two feet high
when walking. Its shell is feet inches long, and
It can carry two men on its back with ease. II Is
believed TO be over two hundred years Old
young Alpine climber of Geneva. who re-
turning with a companion after ascent of the
Plan Aiguille. Chamounix. caught by the
branch of tree after falling nearly three hundred
penders, which stopped his fail. His companion
fell two thousand feet and was picked up with
The site of the present houses of Parliament, in
London was occupied three hundred years by
Il house and ponds They were FOR the use of the
cormorants, offers and ospreys which belonged TO
King James l. This brick house cost 500. The
ponds we're stocked with tench, carp barbel. roach
and dace and a sluice of elm planking was made
to bring tine water from the Thames. CormOrants
are familiar objects fishing on the outlying rocks
emerald eyes tho watch for fish Only few
BIRDS were at one time trained to catch fish for
the amusement OF royalty. European nations Were
first indebted for knowledge of this sport TO
Chinese and japanese fishermen. strap was
buckled round the lower part Of the neck to pre-
which, when held by the strap. formed a Capacious
bag. Inc OlrdS Wleu liberated plunged INTO the
water A wise old bird often made for the bank
and, swimming rapidly searched the holes and
gave chase; and upouched It as soon as, he got it
T. the " ,o Inc ba G0 ni aWays
birds do require either ring cord around
their Threats TO prevent them from swallowing their
prey.
According TO the Investigations OF the Toxic mu-
nicipality. the population of Toxic. the capital of
Japan, at the end OF last year was 2O63 SOS, con-
sisting OF 1,7501b6 males and a8,672 females. The
pSRallay otlhopsesa was 60h sber - ~