New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-31

trIge ITo"TTWG U-II1ai
by the King of spain. With Zelayas ambitions
unfuIfIIed the danger OF war hangs continuary
Central America.
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.
Natural soap baths would appear 70 De rot an
unrnixed blessing in of the East Indian ID.
ards. Tho curious soap spring which forms
wonder il village IN Timor. an East Indian
island consists of = small elevated mud eons
from which bubbles M water heavily charged win
aIkalf and radiunl The discharge gives the apvsar
uCe ~ q miniature volcano great dsadvas-
age to the island Of possessing such washing
place is that vegetation is ruined for miles around
great deal Of agitation has heen caused ancnr
opium smokers since the law went into effect for
the closing Of all opium dens in Shanghai CRY.
ordered by the raOt2f- Tantal Jul has arranged
with the Chinese Municipal Department Tor The
establishment Of an institution where employees Of
opium dens may BE- apprcutIccd % some trade are
the closing Of the dens. The municipality has DE-
cided purchase all opium pipes ~ N cents each
and fix a price az which 70 buy other opium
smoking apparatus. Tho funds for this are 10 "a
raised by subscription, and TaOtd Jul has sub
scribed 5000 toward tha fund The owners u
opium deuS who closed tbei- business and sur
rendered their apparatus on the date ordered ~
the municipality 70 receive silver medals IN
reward for their zeal in obeyins orders.
An interesting but most cruel object Of punish
r1eut NAV he found IN the Council Chamber % the
Town hall ~ Forfar. which IS generally known
az the ''Wttch's Bride This is a kind OF cage
made OF fat iron bars into which the head of the
unhappy sorcersss was thrust, a lock q the back
securing and keeping II in position The mouth
piece IN this instance Is made o. plate. stud
ded with sharp spikes. which caused great suffer
ing 20 the woman II she tried SPEAK As soon
as the victim had been condemned % death for
wtchcraft this bride placed over her face and
she was led through the town BY short chain. 10
be mocked and made the butt OF all Who saw her.
after which she would be publicly stranEIed and
burned The latest record of an execution Of
supposed witch at Forfar. in Scotland, was in the
year 1866.
A comprehensive report on the field geology of
the Discovery Antarctic expedition shows that. al
though generally barren of organic remains the
sand formation. which is thousand feet thick.
Yielded at the top, seven Thousand feet above sea
level various fossil plant remains OF these. how
ever the characters could be determined. owing
to decay OF the plants and to changes produced BY
an adjacent layer Of doerite.
DIT. Workman. who recently as,e7tIeI n. Fi-1a-
layas. climbed with one guide and six coolies for
fourteen days. fOrdinS five branches Of the Suru
river until he reached the altitude q 70 900 feet.
where the coolies stopped From here they made
2 circuit OF The range and chen made for the
peaks. II was impossible 90 climb the highest
peak. Ill sides there are pgrren iicular walls
80 tfey assembled the second highest This proved
= he dangerous. as the ice walls stopped az
angle Of between 90 and 90 degrees and each
step mad TO De c'It- Avaianches IN he Alps we're
small in comparison with what they saw The
rocks were brittle and corroains and every few
minutes there were laudS'ides- At the height OF
10000 feet they still found people of Monaghan
descent. raising rye. wheat oats. and blckwhea-
and - 600 feet above The timber line they
discovered a small village where human beings
were living under the roof with goats. chick
ems. marmots and some strange animals. While
these people acted Ike animals they showed soma
Intelligence. they understood irrigation in
crude way Above - 90 feet ONLY rhfor species
o. partridge. and pair u enough birds, Ike
Cows. We're found. u was believed that STOW
leopards would be found. hut they saw none. Allows
lSt'H feet there practically m life.
The Parliament building in Wellington. New Tea
iand said 10 he the ldrSeSt wooden structure in
the world. In Wellington and most New Zealand
towns almost every house is constructed Of wood
Large churches and important business premises
are ouilt OF the same material
Tho last country gentleman i'm Worcsstsrshrs.
England. who kept professional lASJer-3 qait
tool-tn his house was said u have been Mr. Bart
lett of taStlemorton- Jack Havod was the HS1s
or The Sqlirs'S fool, and his tricks and drolsas
were remembered by the people o. Castlsnanen
long after his death As bis fool as Iacs
Havod is still saving IN thar part Of Worcester
shire II IS also told Of him that upon one cccs-
sion h. assisting m STORING peas m ban
and there being nSuffirieU the crop
Jack coolly shovelled them Out Of a window mo
pool or water underneath, saving Views set
vent for them now To this dav ~ is a provero
IN the netshhorhood; d" We've GOT vent for them
as Jack Havod said"
The highest price ever givcn for single stamp
Is ssS75. which was paid bv The German Postal MI
scum In 1902 for specimen Of the second que
Mauritius. In 1894 the Prince - Wales bought az
auction another specimen ~ this stamp ro'
cent British Guiana. 1850 Of which only one spell
men is known 20 exist. II Is IN the possession q
NJ. le Renotiere Won Ferrary. Of Paris
Two years hence the colony Of Queensland N
Australia, will celebrate her hftieth year OF SCI
government. In 1850 Sir George Bowen was sep'
out 20 create the new colony. which out Of eon
pliment To the late Queen. was named oueenslanu
In those early days Queensland a country -
sheep stations. and cadets Of many Distinguish
families went there and penetrated INTO the "eusl
on their pioneering work, These "squatters IN
term has died out now with the breaklns up %
the big estates and the cOmins ~ the IarnSSIt.
took their itVes In their hands. and many ana %
Yer were their strUggleS-trOuheS with aoorlsIra
ignorance Of climatic conditions. FtC-hut MANY
big fortune WAS made the plains Of oueensls--
and the makers unfortunately for the cuul.-H
which gave them their success. tnvartany g,
FOR England when fortune had smiled upon - -
In those nifty years Queensland has maao sss
nous progress in every direction but ons-sns IN
not succeeded In attracting great popuis''oE ,ha
1899 the associated chambers OF coulraerce o.
empire will hold their annual conference N s,ni-
liza, and u is proposed that tntsrnauun@, ..ns-
bitioi be held at Brisbane the capital OF 0u''
land, 10 celebrate the jubilee.
According 10 an account in an old folio book -. y
the ancient giants reached the enormous as ard
thirty three feet II 'FaZelus reia'JT,r
from him Cluverius. that 1S47 A. u. near - IN,
mum. in Sicily, the body of a giant was usS ,,N
about eighteen cubits, or twenty-seven toc' Ma
The same author states that a D. ISIS, near ~ ~
arene In Sicily. there was found the poi grssrthkr
giant twenty cubIts. thirty feet. tan. IrctAsr
that A n. 1StS. Syracuse. was dug W 20 n.sr
body Of the dimensions A u -. tsr.s
Entella. in Sicily was dug UP body thlIS ,,t m
feet high. and whose skull was about zen 81
circumference. There is described the SOis vast
a giant OF great size, found standing ~ -xnoss
cave near Depranun, in Sicily A u Sf-.
staff was like mast Of a ship. and the ISs,,snsL.
OF whose skull would contain siehlAn
which is about third OF an American >