The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-24
INTERESTING ITEMS.

EAGER TO D1sTINGUIsH.-Th Providence (R
H. Journal asserts, on the authority OF
washington correspondent, that Nlrelnia clerk
in the Interior Department at Washington,
having been ordered before the Board Tor the
examination of clerks the other day, was asked
TINS queston:--"Mr. --, are you gram
IlisTt9 miaria9nip He answered-"No' SIR l am a Nr-
A PAINFUL CASE or INsANITY.-A man from
Milford, Mass named Parrish, while working at
Hartford, Conn.,. recently fell in love with girl,
and became insane because her parents would
not let him solicit her hand. He went to Milford,
nearly killed his father and mother, and fled 10
the woods. The inhabitants turned out and
hunted him down, and he is now in the Retreat
at Hartford.
Chicago BETTER HOME For CHOLERA THAN
PHILADELPHIA.-TheC Chicago Tribune remarks:
I'VE have made a careful computation. and
find that each city scavenger has only thirty
miles OF street on an average to attend to; and
admitting that not another particle of filth be
deposited the united efforts of our numerous
scavengers would clear up every particle of dirt
in about six years and make ours clean City."a
A NATURAL WATERFALL. - The Cleveland
(Ohiol Reg'ster says;-',A gentleman OF TINS CITY
is the happy possessor of bright little daughter
six months old. When the child was born the
head was entirely devoid OF hair, except that
portion of the head which with ladies', is
covered by the waterfall and this portion was
, covered with thick growth Of ietblack hair
three inches long, and precisely in the shape Ut
the most approved WATERFALL"
HUGE RooF.-An immense work is at pre-.
sent under way at the entrance of the Paris ter
minus of the Western Railway, in the Rue ST.
Lazare. II is an iron root, constructed over the
thrty-one lines OF rail which start from that
point and which was formerly called the Place
de rEurope, under which the trains passed
through two stone tunnels. The tunnels have
been removed, and a road will be constructed
over the iron roof.
LUXURY IN PARIs.-The demand for all arti-
Cles of luxury was never greater in Paris than
it is at present, and shopkeepers are prodting
by il to demand eXtravagant prices. In fact,
some Of them admit that if they did not ask high
prices they would lose their fashionable custom
ers. In many trades the supply is not equal TO
the demand, and the deficiency of hands re.
qulres those employed to work additional
hours, TOR which they are literally remune-
rated.
LIBRARIES IN ITALY.-Regenerated Italy has
an lnquiring mind. The people read, and libra
ries are springing up in all directions. The
total number three months ago. was 2l0; of
which l64 are open TO the public-46 not so.
These 2l0 libraries contain 4, ,l49, 2S7 volumes.
Emilia possesses more than a quarter of these.
Lombardy is the next richest province, having
500, ,0C0 Tuscany comes next, with 100000. The
Abruzzi and Basilicata are the poorest. The
total means possessed by all these libraries
amounts to 7463l7 francs, of which sum 87,77C
francs are derived from endowments belonging
TO the institutions; 4s69S6 lrancs represent Gov
ernment grants, 94,404 communal grants, anC
1898 provincial grants