The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-28
GENERALITIES.
ssIIis Death was sudden.,,

One OF our Texas exchanges prepared notice of
Admiral Farragut on the recent announcement OF
his DEATH Not wishing to lose prepared "matter,'
little sentence inserted In the first paragraph
rejoicing that the announcement Of his death was
made however in the rest OF the article and there
is delightful mixture OF twas" and u.s." ending
den."
India's Finances.
The London Globe of the 10th Of October has the
following g:-"Advces from India give an unfavor-
able account OF the financial position OF that coun-
try. The expenditure estimated for by Mr. Massey
has been exceeded by 100000, and the surplus Of
e2430O0 expected TO be shown by the budget OF 1865
90 will become an actual deficit OF e9,213362. The
revised budget OF 1SG9T0 shows deficit OF ei ,4O2
instead OF Sir II. Temples estimated surplus OF
e52 ESQ. The cash balances have, OF course, under
the circumstances greatly diminished, and imme-
diate savings are contemplated by the Government
as well as the increase Of the salt duty in Bombay
and Madras, and a temporary addition Of one per
cent to the income tax"
Child Stealing.
Child stealing is coming to be quite common in
Great Britain. The London Times offers reward of
$500 for the recovery Of child seventeen months
Old which was seized from directly under the eye OF
the nurse The other day poor man applied in
great distress to a London magistrate for the re-
covery of two OF his children who had been stOlen
and district in Ireland has been thrown into con-
sternatlOn by the disappearance of numerous juve-
niles. These children are doubtless stolen to be
trained beggars or placed under the tutelage Of
"Fagins." The Pal Mall Gazette says this kdnap-
ping is increasing to an alarming extent
Our Ten Great Libraries.
Inc VI DOOhS III Jcu VI our RIttteSI llOTt-
l. Library of Congress, Washington. 900
2 Boston Public Library 900
l. Harvard College Library, Cambridge 900
5. Mercantile Library, New York. ..........104,5O 800
6. AthenRum Library, Boston l00, 900
I. Philadelphia Library Co., Philadelphia. 5000
S. New York State Library Albany. ........ 10000
Q. N. Y. Society Library, New York. ....... 5700o
10. Yale College Library, New Haven ....... $4,000
Rush's Bequest.
At the New York Social Science Meeting, on Tues
day last Mr.. Sponord, the Congressional Librarian,
''IIere is one more example OF broad and liberal
bcquest narrowly bestowed The idea of excluding
from great public library which is to become MIS-
tOrica the representative periodical literature of the
times, is very incCnsiderate The greater part of
the published literature Of our day is in no respect
elevated above our best daily journals, whether as
regards dignity OF subject breadth of vew elevation
OF aim or excellence OF style. SO far from being in
any peculiar sense the teachers OF isonted think
ing,' the newspapers afford to the authors of many
books their sole chance Of influencing the world,
their thoughts being for the first time reduced to
order, condensation, and coherence when distilled
through the alembiC of the daily press. frs-class
daily journal is an epitome of the world, recording
the lie and the deeds OF men, their laws and their
literature their politics and religion, their social and
commercial statistics, the progress of invention and
of art the revolutions of empire, and the last result
OF SCIENCE
Jersey Crops.
heavy yield of crops is reported by the Orange
On. J.) Journal, which slyS:-"A friend, whose
grounds run from Scotland street to Lincoln avenue
has one and half acres in garden, on which he has
raised the following CROP l25 bushels potatoes 100
bushels corn, so bushels turnips, bushels beans 10
bushels sweet corn, bushel pop corn, IS bushels
beets 20 bushels tomatoes 10 bushels sweet potatoes
bushels peas is bushels parsnps 100 bushels mangel
and carrots, 2000 heads cabbage, 500 heads celery
80 pumpkins and squashes and 6 bushels scoop
squash, 1870 water melons, 25 musk melons. besides
asparagus, cucumbers, onons egg plant and pars-
ley in abundance, with strawberries, raspberrles
currants grapes, and other fruit by the bushel His
gardener did not break ground until late in April
and the drawoacks or the drought prevailed through
weighed respectively 20 and 70 pounds"
Whom Shall American Girls Marrye
The Lord Ansley denOuenIeH ought to serve as
warning for those ambitious maidens among us who
so given to falling in love with unknown foreign
ers and who aspire, above all things else, to be
matrimonsly tied to sprig OF royalty. American
and hereabouts. They may deem themselves fortu-
nate in doing this, even without hoping to make
away with the affections Of lords, dukes, etc,
who may temporarily come among us. Dick Rad
ford is not the first individual whose nobility rests on
o "stable" foundation, who has attempted to palm
himself of as lord upon the American public, nei-
ther will he be the last Entertaining such ideas as
do many foreigners of Americans, others will, time
and again, try similar experiments. one who five
years ago, for time, passed himself on successfully
as a French Count, is now keeping lager-beer sa-
loon on Sixth avenue NJ Y. Post.
New Armor.
The Austrian review Archives of the Marine. an
nOunces that an Italian called Murator has offered
to sell to the Emperor Napoleon the secret of a
effects of the new weapons, the principal component
Of which is sort of felt mixed with various other
substances, and TINS transformed into compact
and adhesive mass. This felt, after being kneaded
by powerfulmachines, then made liquid, and finally
cooled, will resist it is said, even at short
distance, as has been proved by experiment,
rifle and pistol balls bayonet thrusts, and
sabre strokes. Chassepot rifle ball, at distance
cannot pierce a curass made OF this MATERIAL which
is said to be well adapted for covering the hulls OF
shipsofwar as substitute for the heavy and costly
iron and steel at present employed. The felt plates
besides, possess the advantage that unlike those
made OF metal instead of being broken to pieces by
n cannon ball. they yield to the impact, and the
holes made by the shot close of themselves tht
felt were SO much India rubber We are further tolt
that the composition does not cost much more thar
the fourth part OF The price of steel and iron.