New-York tribune., 1907-07-01
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Forty years ago-Juns 10. ls67-Niaximilian OF
Mexico" says a Vienna paper. paid with hts life
for having accepted an imperial crown He began
his short career Emperor OF Mexico with high
aspirations and filed with noble purposes. but he
was unable TO conquer the Republican party under
the leadership OF Juarez. After hopeless strug
Gle from which he might with ease have escaped
with his life. he fed TO the mountain town Of
Oueretaro, where he betrayed into the hands
Of his enemies The court martial and his eXecu-
ton along with two OF his generals. soon fol-
lowed" The writer then quotes poem written
bv Maximian before he went from Austria TO
Mexico. and unpublished until now. IN which he
expressed the hope that he might die. when his
time came. mot in a valley with vision hermed
about but on a mountain. in the glow OF the set
ting SUM-" Poor Kaiser!" says the writer what
n contrast between your wish in peaceful homo
and the realization in the foreign iand:'
Ficks-Is he u generous man?
Wicks-Oh, yes He is always giving himself
away.-Somerville journal
The Commercial and Industrial Gazette OF st.
Petersburg describes q now deposit OF platinum
that has been found in the Urals the river
Schumich The sand is easily accessible, and the
platinum is so plentiful that poachers with tho
most primitive washing apparatus. have been
making an average OF 800 month Hitherto
only gold had been obtained IN that region The
color OF the platinum is dark and it Is hoped that
IT contains iridium. There is brisk struggle 60
Ing on between the poachers and regular miners,
and body of troops has been sent to the scene
10 protect the latter
First suburbanite-I see they have taken the
a. M train of this line. Do you miss 1t?
as / used TO miss 1t when It was On.-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The agitation against capital punishment which
was active in South Africa some time ago. has
been revived by details published recently, OF
scene at the recent execution Of Kafir at Pre-
toms n fha
daypned mans cell the prisoner made fierce re-
sistance and struggled violently all the way to the
scafrod At the sCaftod the executioner and his
assistants cleverly forced the man into chair.
vvhere he was bound so that he could not move.
The man and the chair were then hanged to-
gether
Pater-we my boy so you have ,oa ntefSewsd TSs red
coGger Voc VOC u9 3ad i'' was the mark!-NIontreal
Standard.
s,enor NIotteucci. director of the observatory on
,,o,',t vosp,,,us has recently published in the
..Ruuetn NJ the Italian Geological Society some
details Of the eruption Of the volcano in 1906
The west side OF tho has fallen In TO depth
of $40 feet and the east side TO depth OF sou
feet or about the equivalent o; one-'ehtA tNe
total height Of the mountain The parts that
have fallen In represent bulk OF about nun
| dred million cubic yards Of rock. Inc crater
which prior to 1908 had depth OF ABOUT 'hou-
| sand yards. is cut down TO from oVV u 'Vo'
| This chasm is capable of holding s4oooVOO euoic
| yards of rook-a figure far below the ancient
| measurements. In the eruption OF 1904 thefe was
only one lava stream. Last year there were seven
that covered s75 acres of land.
| She-Mary Graham is certainly q very clever
woman, yet she has little 10 -,
| He-Thats where her cleverness comes m Sns
leads man TO believe that she thinks he Is worth
| listening to.-Pick-Me-UI.
Chief among the many objects OF interest IN tn
| gardens of Easton Lodge. Dunmow. the resdenc
| of the Earl and Countess OF Warwick, Is Il lila
| tree which occupies conspicuous position on IN
| terrace. This tree has circumference of 100 fee
| and n height OF sixteen feet and II has so dense
| growth and blooms profusely that when
| flower IL forms huge bouquet OF lilac blossor
| The lilac is that commonly known as the Persia
! and described by the botansts as the Chimes
| IL is not a native of either Persia or China b
was raised In the Rouen Botanic Garden in II
| by the hybridization of the true Persian lilac al
the common lilac OF British gardens.
First Old Lady-what kind OF time did "
| have at the funeral? H >
Second Old Lady-Well, I've eniovad ,,,,s
more at others.-Lifs -'S