The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-19
FOREIGN ITEMS.

THB TRAPPIsTs. order of Trappists has
just acquired, in the arrOndissement of Saint
Marsehn, near Roydon, a considerable tract Of
land in order to establish house and agri-
cultural farm. The spot selected by these
Cistercians is the old and celebrated forest of
Chambarand, now partly destroyed, the un-
cultivated lands being of small value. The
purchase was made in the name of the Abbot
of the Monastery near Nevers, whose secular
name is Count de Duras. The order already
possesses two houses in the Dr0me-One, the
famous establishment at Aiguebelle, near
Montjoyer, with near two hundred monks; the
other at Mauber, between Bondonneau and
Montmellimar. In the latter house hundred
orphans are educated and taught a trade gra-
tuitously. The Trappists of Chambarand are
specially devoted to agriculture, like their
brothers, who have achieved so much success
in the Dombes in the improvement of cultiva-
tion and the enrichment of the soil.
THE HosPIoE OF ST. GoTHARD.-The official
report has been presented to the Swiss Gov
ernment of the hospice on the summit of Mont
st. Gothard supported by monks who, like
those of the great st. Bernard, give hOspi-
tality and succOr to unfortunate travellers
whom cold and WEAKNESS arrest midway in
their journey. From this it appears that,
from October l, 1860 to September 80. 1867
the institution has distributed gratuitously
2O,773 rations to 1896 poor travellers of all
countries, great number of articles of cloth
ing, and especially of shoes and woollen socks.
OF these travellers, thirty-nine were i'll and
half-frozen; consequently, they needed long
course of treatment. The total expense
amounted to less than f340 (S492f. 50c.)
THE PARIS ExHBITIoN.-An official report of
the money taken by the theatres of Paris
during the seven months from April to Octo-
ber last, both inclusive, shows the effect of
the great "Exposition" upon places of amuse-
ment generally. The receipts of the theatres,
concerts, Scales, concerts" public halls and
miscellaneous curiosities, during the seven
months in question, amount to 16, 533, 365f.
30c., whereas those during the corresponding
period in 1866 amount to no more than
9,640, 2l6f. 4c. The figure of each month is
larger than that of the month Immediately
preceding, with this exception, that the re-
ceipts of August are less than those of July.
A GLUTToN.-An awful story of gluttony
comes from London. A young tradesman in
the Marylebone road ate an enormous dinner,
and five minutes after dropped dead. In his
stomach were found a pound and three
quarters of solids, consisting of a mass of half
masticated vegetables, mixed with Jumps of
| beef and mutton, weighing half an ounce each;
whilst his intestines were crammed with food
still ndigested-showing that it was pure
| gluttony and not want that made him eat so
voraciously. He died from spasms of the
heart, caused by the pressure of an over-dis-
tended stomach.
CoLoNIzATIoN.-The Russian newspaper
MoStra says that the Government intends to
try the experiment next spring of establishing
| Czech colonies in the Black Sea district. Land
in the Caucasus is to be offered gratis to Czech
settlers, but they are not to be allowed to sell
any portion of their settlements during the
first ten years of their stay. The Government
will also lend them money for farming pur-
poses and permit them to build schools and
other public establishments.
RAILWAY PROGRESS IN EURoPE.-An English
paper says:-f we take the total increase of
railways in Europe from the end of 1860 up to
the end of 1865, and calculate it as equal to
100, the share falling to the different countries
is as follows:-To England, 20'5 per cent;
France, 10 O.; Russia, Id; Spain, 11'3; Ger
many, 100; Italy, 8.9 Austria, 49, Sweden,
Al; Portugal, 2'5; Belgium, "a; the Neither
lands, II; Switzerland, IA; Denmark, IA;
! Norway, 0'8; and Turkey, 90.