The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-20
LNTERESTING FOREIGN TTENS,


nonesses had produced four young ones during
the day, and the lions in the same cage de
VOured three of them; the mother hid the
fourth behind her. The animal was dull and
melancholy all day. but it went through its
performance as usual in the evening. AS Battv
was leaving the cage he perceived the young
non, and fearing that it might meet the fate
Oh the others, he stopped to take it away. At
tnat moment the lioness sprang on him. bit
hlm severely in the right thigh, and with
piow OF her paw tore piece of flesh from his
Dacki but with these injuries he succeeded in
escaping from the cage. The incident caused
an immense sensation among the audience:
many women tainted, and a great number of
those present left the theatre, the curtain
having dropped. Batty subsequently pre-
sented himself at the footlights, and was much
applauded. His injuries are not likely to
prove dangerous. In consequence of this Incl
dent the Project of Police has issued an order
that no person shall henceforward enter the
cages in which the animals are confined.
WNE.-A controversy on the comparative
cheapness and me rits of Spanish and Greek
wines, between Senior Jose Piodela on the
part of Spain, and Mr.. G.. Denman on the part
of Greece, has elected the fact that one small
district of Spain, in the vicinity of Cadiz pro-
duces every year more wine than the whole of
Greece. There come from it annually from
10000 to 10000 butts of sherry of which
mixed in various proportions with sweetened
and cOlored wine, and wine brandy. Senior
PiOdela says that the taste for dry Gun
sweetened) wine is daily increasing in Eng
land, and as sherry, when pure, is dry wine,
there can be no doubt that the demand for it
in that state will be met by an adequate
supply. Hitherto it has been sweetened and
branded because the public taste was in favor
of sweet and branded wine. The lowest pr ice
at which pure natural sherry can be remune-
ratively sold is from l4s. to los. a dozen.
QUAKER MIssIoNAR1Rs.-The Quaker mis-
sionaries who lately left England for Madagas-
car, arrived at Antannarivo, the capital of the
country, on the Sd of June last. They visited
Mauritius on their way, which island they
state contains population of 340, 900, $50 900
of whom are East Indians, and are either Hin
docs or Mohammedans. Ignorance supersti-
tion, and immortality abound, say the mis-
sionaries, among these people. The missiona-
ries left Port Louis, in Mauritius, for Tamatave,
in Madagascar, a distance of four hundred and
fifty miles, in French bullock ship. They
were invited by the native Governor of Tama-
tave to meet him, and they describe him as
man of ability and of dignifed and pleasing
manners.
SCHOOL AGE.-In the schools of Great Bri-
tain, 608 of every 10000 of the scholars on
the school registers in the year 1856 were
under four years of age; and 653 in the year
1866. In 1856, 1649 of every 10000 were be-
tween four and six years of age; and 1894 in
1866. The proportion of scholars not more
than six years old increased, therefore, con-
siderably, being 2256 of every 10000 in 1856,
but 2447 in 1866. Not so with the scholars
between six and ten years of age; there were
47S4 of these in every 10, 600 scholars in 1856,
but only AIS in 1866. The proportion of
scholars above ten years of age decreased still
more; there were 2960 of them in every 10000
scholars in 1885, but only 1888 in 1866.
THE TURKISH BATH.-The following report,
says the London Medical Press and Circular,
from the medical officer was read at the last
meeting of the Board of Guardians of the
Fermoy Union:-"The Turkish bath, after
trial of four years in the Fermoy workhouse,
has been found a useful remedial agent against
a large class of cases-for example, in conges-
tive and infammatory states of the internal
organs and viscera, the lungs, liver, and kid
news in particular, renal dropsy, Bright's dis
ease. etc. In virtue of its eliminating process
it has been successfully employed in the treat
ment of rheumatism, sciatica, and gout.''
MUYIFIoENT CHURcHMAN.-The London
Globe says:-A gentleman, who has requested
permission to preserve his incognito, and
whose name, indeed, has not been made known
even to the authorities, has contributed five
thousand pounds sterling to the Bishop OF
London's fund for the purpose of promoting
the erection of new church in Kensal Green,
the district around which is rapidly increasing
in population. The Ecclesiastical Commits
sioners have determined on literally meeting
this gift and the arrangement for the new
church and district will be completed without
delay"
"CoMPLET. when Paris omnibus is full,
the word "complet" is placed on the rear OF
the stage. An American in Paris was anxious
to see all the sights, and concluded that he
could in part accomplish his purpose by going
about in the different omnibuses. He saw
many interesting spots, but states that he was
never able to get to "Complet." '"That place
r must possess superior attractions, though not
spoken of in the guide-book, for every omnibus
going there was always full"
SATAN UP A TREE.-A horse dealer named
Gilderoy, in mad freak, began throwing his
money up a tree the other day, at place
called Beam Bridge, near Nantwich, England
under the impression that the devil was there
and wanted to have him. The news that the
devil was sup tree" soon collected crowd
to the spot, including the police, and the poor
fellow was captured. On his person was found
a check for 9220, and around the tree was
picked up f2 los. in silver and three watches
EATEN BY ANTs.-An Australian paper says
that the neighborhOod of HavelOok was re.
Gently visited, after heavy rain, by clouds o
flying ants, which were devoured in great
numbers by the fowls, but the insects, not
killed by the swallowing, ate their way through
the birds crops, and caused their death. This
was not credited at first, but poSt-nortem ex.
aminations have shown the insects alive in the
ruptured crops, or crawling out of the dead