New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

Two remarkable children who are said TO be the
biggest in the world and whose home IS IN Foxton'
New Zealand. paying a visit 70 relatives IN
England. Though not yet twelve years Old "1l-reA
Westwood stands feet inches in height. WelsIs
2si hounds is % inches around the chest and .
inches around the calf Of his leg His sister IS Ten
years of age, feet ~ lnches hlsh anu -
in weight The father was AZ one tn1e mayor %
Foxton- They very active and inteLigent- Lhe
bow speak Ks Maori and English fuenIly. When they
landed in England the captain or to- VesseI winch
brought them over from Zealand caused much
laughter BY shouting, There goes half my cargo
As many as twenty thousand cygnets are killed
every year 70 be converted into dainty powder
pufTs TO say nothing Of the innurnerable young
birds of the elder duck and wild goose kind slaUgh-
tered for the same purpose TIE bulk OF these are
frlp0rted-the geese and swans from the lslandS
of the Baltic and from Norway and Sweden and
the elders from the northern and iceoound seas
,1aria has in the Iasr four months Of the pres
eut wear been devastated TO almost rutnous de-
gree by Iocusts- The swarrns first appeared dur
ing January in the south. Some five districts IN
the CoIoub region were then affected. the insects
spreading gradually. The whole force OF the A.
serian army loose against the invaders. bur
nothing that multitudes OF men. directed by the
latest resources Of science, could do was efcacOUS
against the pest. Now the north Is nearly as badly
devastated as the south IN one region alone it -
estimated that 125.0.o acres are covered The de-
partments Of Oran, Constantine and AlglerS afs
Overrun-
The other day a remarkable incident occurred
outside q store IN OF the busy streets IN Btr-
ninghaU. England II seems tnstI ths rraCesIial
was financially embarrassed with the result thar
g couple of bailifs dStrain upon his belong
ings They seized q piano. and while engaged N
removing it from the place another party. repre-
senting the landlord was informed OF what was
going or Happening know that the rent had
not been paid decided that he was just as
much entitled the instrument as the baillrs So
he seized one end OF IL, and thereupon ensued a
veritabe tug OF war in front OF the shop for ths
possession OF the piano which must aosether have
been run distance Of one hundred yards. In ths
end the bailifs gave way 70 the landlords repre-
sentative and went in search OF fresh equivalent
FOR their debt.
,,ar1- has made an experimental run from that
ci.v 70 Augsburg with a train OF cars weighing
80 tons at an average speed OF 30 kilometres
(about 81 miles) hour. For considerable
part OF the journey the speed was 1545 Kilometres
the highest speed that has been attained on a
European railway. The locomotive weighs II tons.
or with tender. IS3 tons The Bavarfan Minister
OF Communications. Herr Won Frauendorfer. made
a trip the engine during one OF the trials
Explorers who were sent by the French gov
ernment 10 fix the boundary lines between tha
French Congo and the German colony Of Cameron
discovered a queer tribe the chief object OF whose
existence seems TO be TO get gloriously drunk
From millet they brew great quantities Of a Pc
cuary potent beer Not being subject TO any
tax IL cheap that the poorest native can
AFFORD TO get drunk 10. IL Is fully equal 20
whskey in promoting that bellicOse condition which
is known spelling for fight In the reporr
made 70 the government Lieutenant 'Ieors rel.-tes
how with a. escort OF tiraileurs. he arrived az
one OF the native villages during a particularly
happy period OF general inebriety- He had mucn
trouble in securing huts for himself and his men
Later in the day the chief called on him and pro-
posed by way appropriately winding up the
Festivities and amusing his guests. tnar MS men
should fight the French soldiers The lieutenant
explained TO him that Frenchmen did not regard