The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-27

-"Mushed potats" (mashed potatoes) and
"cheri-gobler" grace the bills of fare at Partisan
restaurants now.
"A London servant girl recently hung her
SELF Beside her body, after death, was found a
sensational novel; narrating murders and
suicides.
The ambassador of Morocco who recently
arrived in Paris brought, as a present to Louis
Napoleon, six splendid stations and magnif-
cent tiger.
There are thirty thousand blind persons in
Great Britain, nearly tenth part of the number
being in London. The great majority of these
thirty thousand persons are in state OF desti-
tuition.
Am alarming incident occurred recently at
the Geological Garden of Stuttgard. A remark
ably fine lion was confined there in cage sur
rounded by a glass framework to protect the
annual from cold. Mr.. Werner, the proprietor,
was going through performance, and was
seated on a stool in the cage, when he lost his
balance and fell backwards. The lion lmwedi-
ately sprang on him and terrible combat en-
sued; Mad'lle Werner, seeing the danger of her
father, took up q heavy seat and dashed it at the
glass; and the animal, terrified at the crash
released the man, who was then able to with
draw, only slightly hurt
Some curious st atistics have Just been pub
lished with respect to the population in France.
1t appears that the females numbered 18, 74l,0 ,037
and the males l8,645,276, forming altogether
9,054,03O families. There exists 5000, ,l2O boys
Uuu6T age, anu OJ lUO,Oll gIlSs vi o.OiJ,U4O uIl-
married persons, there are 4,479,s50 females
There are 93l,023 widOwers, and l,79O, l26
widows. OF the widowers 81 are 20 years OF age
and there are $40 widows of tine same age
France possesses at this moment 1929 l54 girls
of from l5 to 20 years of age, and 30S, 1856 boys
of the same age. The greatest examples of lon
gevity are supplied by females. We find three
females out of four unmarried persons who have
reached the age of los, and two widows who
have passed that age. 1871 French men, and
only IS, 400 French women have lost their sight;
l2,447 French men, and only $500 French
women are deaf and dumb; 22,3l9 French women
have become insane, and only 1872 French men.
There are 23,407 male idiots, and only Is, ,ll8
female idiots. The female sex prevails in
France, while it has constantly decreased in the
city OF Vienna since the year 1880, in the pro.
portion of three-hundredths every six years.
The evening lectures for the working classes
lately introduced into France appear TO have
had an immense and deserved success. On a
recent occasion the SecretaryGeneral of the
Minister of Public Instruction, accompanied by
the Mayor of the Eleventh arrondissement went
to the evening school Rue Morond for the pur-
pose Of presenting the lecturer, H. Levy, with
an official mark OF the Minister'S appreciation.
Seven hundred artisans and apprentices were
present The Secretary made a very good
speech, in which he passed high euogium on
their admirable conduct as well as on the anti.
tude they had displayed for study and the
attention and gratitude they had invariably
manifested towards their instructors. He men
| toned that in consequence of the encourage
ment Government had received in the numbers
| whe attend the course of lectures delivered, il
| has been decided by his EXcelency M. Duruy,
| that additional courses of lectures would Se
opened next May. The Secretary concluded
by presenting NJ. Slay with the palms Of office
which constitute him Officer of Public In
] structiOp,