The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

before lle DOuLn phleIds magistrates, England,
charged with being drunk and creating a dis.
turbance in the streets. On the charge being
read, she said:-That's right; it's ali through
drink. The Bench-Why, you have Just
come out of Jail. Prisoner-That's right, sir;
have been out three weeks. When am in
'lall do my work well; work like woman.
No one can say anything against me on that
score. The Bench-Well, well have to send
you back again. Prisoner-Oh, Pm quite
willing to 60. The Bench-YOu are fined
forty shillings and costs, or two months.
Prisoner-Ye're a lot o. jewels. Two months
Why, can stand on my head for that tlme'
The prisoner was removed to the cells, eX-
hitting at the prospect OF spending another
two months in the cathedral city.
POPULATION OF THE EARTH. - In the first
volume of DR.. Behm's Geographical An
nual," lately published at GOtha there is an
interesting article on the population of the
earth. This was estimated by Busching in
17S7 at ], 600, 600, 600, by Fabr and Stein in
1900 at 900 GOO 600 by Horschelmann in 1888
at S72, 100000, by Dieterici in 1858 at 1,2SS,-
000,0 600, and by Kolb in 1866 at !, ,220 900, 900.
DIR. Behm estimates it at l, $50, 600 900, thus
istributed:-Europe, 2S5, 000, 600; Asia, 1885,
600, 900; Australia and Polynesia, 1850, 900;
Africa, l88, ,000,000 and America a. 500, 600.
At the same time he acknowledges that it is
impossible to arrive at anything more than an
approximate notion OF the population in Asia
and Africa, there being no census or other
accurate means OF ascertaining the number of
inhabitants in those continents.
RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES IN GERMANY.-An of
fcial return gives some curious particulars re-
lative to the manufacture of railway locomO-
tives in Germany. In 1864 the number of loco
motives on the German railways was 476S, STA
of which were manufactured abroad while
Germany now not only builds her own locomo-
tives, but sent one thousand last year to other
countries, such as Switzerland, Italy, France
and Russia. The number of engines now used
on the railways of Germany is $3.50, $40 of
which have to be replaced every year. The
largest of the German factories is that of Bor-
sig, of Berlin which has built two thousand
railway engines since it was first established
in lS4l. Of the others the principal are that
OF Matfei, in Bavaria, that of the Austrian rail-
way companies at Nienna, Egerstortfs at Han
over, and Henschl's at Cassel.
MAxMmIAN's WmL-M. de Teck, Minister
of Justice of Belgium and Baron Krauss, re-
sPectively delegated by King Leopold and the
Emperor of Austria to liquidate the succession
OF the late Emperor Macmillan, have read the
two wills left by his late Majesty. The first,
dated from Miramar, in 1864, constitutes the
Empress Charlotte his sole legatee; in the
second, written, at Queretaro few days before
his execution, the late Emperor, in the belief
OF the death of the Empress, leaves the bulk
Of his property to the Archduke Francis
according to the first will.
A PICTURE SToRY.-The CornhW tells this
story:-"The late w. Hope, the wealthy
banker of Amsterdam, bought a picture as a
Rembrandt, and gave two thousand guineas for
it. Finding that it did not quite fit the Frame
he Esent for the carpenter to ease it lit
tie. While watching the operation he re-
marked how wonderfully the picture was pre-
served, considering that it was nearly two
hundred years old. THAT is impossible said
the carpenter. This wood is mahogany-and
mahogany had not been introduced into Eu-
rope at that time.' Mr.. Hope burnt the
picture"
AN EGG OF AN EXTINCT BRD.-Mr. Grandi-
der has presented to the French Academy an
egg OF the remarkable extinct bird, the Epi-
oTnis of Madagascar. Having lately returned
from the island he says the eggs OF the Epiornis
are found on plain at one side OF the island,
and at height of several metres above the
sea-level. Strange that though numerous
eggs have been discovered, the bones of this
creature are rarely found. From what NJ
Grandidier has learned,from the natives, there
seems little doubt that the Epiornis is extinct.
THE LUNAR ECLIPsE.-At a meeting of the
French Academy, on the 10th ult., M. Cha
eornac gave an account of his observations of
the lunar eclipse on the night of the 18TH M.
Chacornac examined with his spectroscope the
light proceeding from the lunar disk. His
object in doing so was to discover whether the
spectrum contained telluric absorption bands.
He expected to find these, owing to the light
having traversed the terrestrial atmosphere,
but he was disappointed; no such bands were
perceived.
THE NEWSPAPER PRESS FUED.-The Commit
tee of the Newspaper Press Fund in London
reports that the number of members now on
the roll-book of the society is two hundred,
of whom one hundred and fOrty-two are
metropolitan and ffty-eight country members.
Two members have died, and in each case the
widow has had liberal grant from the fund.
Other grants have been made to applicants for
relief from temporary embarrassments. The
donations at the annual dinner on the 29th Of
June amounted to ESQ.
DIGGING POTATOES BY MACHGNERY.-A trial
of pOtato-diggers took place near Bishop
briggs, Scotland, last month. One consisted
of a broad scoop for opening the drill, with a
revolving grape behind, by the action OF which
the potatoes and soil are thoroughly separated
and thrown to one side against netting
attached to the side of the machine. Another
was on a similar principle but with the re-
volving grape placed in a different position,
and without the netting.
A CHOLERA MEDAL.-A decree of the King
of Italy orders that medal shall be struck In
bronze, silver, and gold, to be conferred on
such persons as shall have rendered signal
service during the prevalence of cholera or
any other grave epidemic. 1t will have on
one side the head of the King, and on the
other crown of oak, with legend importing