The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-25
INTERESTING ITEMS.


Mdgdgae says:--A useful If hackneyed, moral
may be enforced by a story told of NJ. de Beau
jon, the hnancier, who built the Elysee Bourbon,
and fitted it up IN style of luxury that made it
one OF the wonders OF Paris. An Englishman
obtained leave 10 visit it, and on entering the
diningToom found a table magnidcently laid
out. Your master" he observed to the naitre
dhOtel, "makes wonderfully good cheer.u
"Helas, sir, my master never sits down to a
regular dinner; single plate of ofvegetables is
prepared for him." Here at least is food for
the eye said the visitor, pointing to the pic
lures. "Helas, sir, my master is nearly blind"
''Well," resumed the Engshman, on entering
the second suite, "he Compensates himself by
listening to good music" "Helas, sir, my mas
ter has never heard the music which is PLAYED
here; he goes to bed early in the hopes of snatch
ing few minutes Sleep" But at all events, he
enjoys the pleasures OF walking in that magnif-
cent garden" "Helas, sir, he cannot walk"
In word, the supposed Lucullus was leading
the lie of Tantalus; tor all purposes of enjoy
ment he was the poorest of the poor
PRoPELLNG VESSELS BY TURBINE WHEELS
An interesting trial OF new mode of propulsion
Tor steam vessels by steam mas been made on the
Thames. The NdMlaS, an eighty.seven ton
boat, fitted with Ruthvens hydraulic propeller
was tairly and successfully tried against a river
boat. The propeller consists of turbine wheel
below the water-llne, which throws out with
great force water admitted from the bottom by
tour noZZles, two at the stem and two at the
Stern. The vessel, of course, goes forward
when the latter and backwards when the former
posite directions the vessel turns as on pivot.
A Iudder is not really wanted. Numerous ad.
Vantages are specified, among them that the
water of q leak would be rapidly forced out and
made to serve instead OF to sink the vessel. All
the machinery OF motion is wholly out of the
reach of injury by an enemy, and the Govern
ment has ordered the building of u gunboat on
this principle.
REsTAURANT is AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION
of the "nterna tlonaP character OF the Paris
Exhibition next year Will be illustrated in the
restaurants whicn are to be established in con-
nection with it, An attempt will be made to
exhibit the peculiaritios of diet in different
countries, and the walters are to be clothed IN
the respective costumes. correspondent,
specializing upon these different refTeshment
rooms, says:-"The Englshman will expect to
have his roast beet and ale; the Yankee his pork
and beans, buckwheat cakes, and green corn
the Du'chman his SGuerkrdut; the Spaniard his
Ola cdtdO and duJces; the Italian his maccaroni;
the EsquimauX his blubber; and the Chinaman
his rice and birds nests-perhaps, in a quiet
way, a rat or so. AS a large space will be de-
voted to the Polynesians, some very curious
culinary preparations from that quarter of the
globe may be looked for"
PARTISAN DIET.-The regular victualling of
Paris is one of its most wonderful features. Dur
ing the year 1865 1882, ,629 hectolitres of wine
were absorbed by the thirsty population "a hec-
tolitre is equivalent to l07 pints) During the
same period ll2,6O2 hectolItres OF brandy and
10000 of cider were imbibed, as well as $40, ,3O8
hectolltres OF beer; of grapes, 7,549, 89S kos
were eaten "a kilO 2'2046 pounds; OF meat
coming from slaughter-houses Ill, ,546,262 kilos;
OF dead meat sent up from the country or from
abroad, 1885, 223 kilos; and Of various other
kinds OF meat such as venison, kid, ETC., 7,O62,-
4s9 kilos; of pork, hams, and tongues, l,9OO,O 900
kilos OF cheese, 1921, ,23lf worth; oysters
2,409, ,9l0f. of fish, 1909 000f; OF game 23 OOO-
000f; OF salt l0,000,O00f; of for cooling pur-
poses, 10000 worth; of charcoal, 1000, 900
kilos: and OF Goals, 6950OO, 900 kilos
SCULPTOR IN CoURT.-The French sculptor
Courtel recently sued one Fitzeibbon, son of the
Mayor of Cork for breach of contract-tne
case being thls:-FtZgibbon ordered a statue of
his father, Tor which the sum of TWENTY-FIVE hun.
dred dollars was to be paid The work was un-
dertaken, but after some time FitZgibbOn stopped
it, on the ground that the people of Dublin had
objected to the erection of statue of Prince
Albert; hence there was opposition to statues
in Ireland, and the elder tltzgibbon would ac.
cordingly not be honored in that way. The
sculptor, however, insisted upon the fulflment
of the contract and the court decided in his
favor-decreeing that he should retain the plas-
ter cast and receive one thousand dollars as
damages from Fitzglbbon.
A NEW ARTIFICIAL ARM.-LondOn papers
notice an artificial arm of novel construction,
II is hollow and light, yet very strong. The
elbow and wrist movements are simply effected
by cords working entirely from the shoulder
Joint OF the lost arm or forearm. The artificial
arm Is attached only by a cross.strap passing
behind the back to the opposite shoulder and
not crossing the chest 1t enables the wearer to
feed himself, to dof his hat, to drive and to
carry weights.
PERILs BY RAIL.-A frightfu disaster recently
occurred on the Brighton Railway in England,
by which many persons were killed and
wounded survivor states that when the
crash took place he was in a frst-class carriage,
with another gentleman and two ladies, and
that when they attempted TO extricate them
selves from the wreck they found the doors of
their carriage locked. Luckily he had railway
key with him, and with it released himself and
his fellowpassengers.