The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-01
Foreign Vtems.


Foreign Items.
"A Roman correspondent of London paper
notes the exploits of two English ''mlsses,
who mounted on the benches above the kueel-
ing multitude, surveyed with their opera-glasses
the Pope as he pronounced the benediction in
the council. The Pope, with mild smile,
pointed them out to some of the Cardinals, but
no alarming consequences bave overtaken them.
The Rhenish Gazette publishes the follow
ing curious certificate, given in 1909 by the
magistrate of Meest-"We attest that the exc
cutioner of Tecklenbourg, one named Joert
Henri Stolheart, brother-in-law of the eXecu-
toner Dalgermann, has decapitated exceedingly
well and to my peculiar satisfaction one named
Henri Schuerkamp and that even when his
brother was eyndc the above named Stolheart
very genteelly hung one named Koetler. He is
therefore quite expert at such functions"
Where was st. Patrick born In the pre-
face to the second volume of the collection of
Ancient Laws and Institutes of Ireland, the
Irish editors of the ''Senchus Nor" have tho
roughly examined this Interesting question, and
have arrived at the conclusion, supported by
the testimony of the Apostles own confession,
that st. Patrick was born at or near Glaston-
bury, in Somersetshire, and that he returned in
his old age to end his days in The land of his
birth, and amid the scenes of his early youth,
and was not born, according to the prevalent
belief, in ireland, at Downpatrick, near Saul,
"where he had made his first convert and
founded his first church in Ireland" 1t will be
TalneT n buOck 10 lTlhH plbIlOJlSU W ltuTH bulJ
her patron saint was the descendant of Roman
colonists, a young Somersetshire gentleman,
and son of the Roman d6curo, or mayor of
Bath. But 1t may console them to reflect that
Glastonbury.
'Where the winter thorn
Blossoms at Christmas mindful OF our Lord"
and where Joseph of Arimathea had deposited
"The Cup the Cup itself from which our Lord
Drank at the last sad supper with His own"
under the shadow of the Tor of st. Michael was
no uniting or unworthy birthplace for this inn
mortal coniessor Of the Christian faith.
The London Publishers Circular gives some
statistics of the English publishing trade during
the past year which are worth note. 1t ap-
pears that no less than 5l36 book titles have been
registered in the lists of that publication in the
year. But of these, it is explained, some are
mere re-entries for change OF price, so that the
actual number of new books and new editions is
1863 Theology appears to be the most pToduc-
tive of all classes, as it is certainly the least
subject to those fluctuations of seasons which
affect the demand for lighter reading. Up
wards of 1000 publications are set down
of fiction, 500 juveuile works: 142
law books, 2SS works of travel, 2g2
books of history and biography, 100 medical
books, and 24 publications classed under
at the ebbs and flows of this great literary
stream, some facts Of interest present them
selves. For example, the intimate connection
between books and the freside is shown in the
TACT LnuL IUc numbers OF DOCKS TlSe
from 249 only In September to 522 in October,
40 in November, and 5U in December. The
great bulk of the latter number appear to be
Issued within the fortnight preceding Christmas
day. Another though less marked, season ap-
pears to take place about Easter, when there is
q slight increase over the duller nonths.
The Manchester Guardian gives some inte-
resting particulars as to the society OF Little
Sisters of the Poor" which was founded in
1910 by French priest named Lepailleur in
Brittany, and is the youngest of the many forms
of Roman Catholic charity. The Little Sisters
of the Poor" form n religious order under a
mother-superior, who presides over the first
Home In Brittany. They have devoted them
simple, distinctive dress of black with white
head.dress; and they establish homes in new
centres, according 70 the directions from the
| mother superior, by whom also changes are
made now and then in the personnel of the
several communities. The term Sisters" every
body understands. Why they should be
called 'Little Sisters" the Guardian does
not know, unless 1t is that the dImnutive in all
languages Is expressive of endearment. During
| the 30 years of their existence as an order they
have established 100 Homes, whereof ~ are in
| Great Britain, 12 in Spain, In America, in
| Italy, in Paris, and large number in other
| parts of France. Those in Great Britain are
| located as follows:-Two in London, and one at
| each of the following cities and towns, Man
| chester, Birmingham, Plymouth, Bristol, Leeds,
| Newcastle, Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and
waterford. Inc OF tue OrQer nuHOcr
1900 most OF whom are Bretons, although nearly
all other European countries are represented;
and they have under their care between IL, 600
and 10, 600 old people.
Paris begins the new year well provided with
periodical literature. There are at the present
moment 81 daily political papers In the French
| capital, and IL seems another is shortly to be
| added to the number by the creation of an organ
| OF NJ There. In point of opinion the 81 jour
nails may be classed as follOws:-1 official, 4
| epYni. official z ROuhprigt- q Dlliyierigt y Ippi-
| tmist, Ultramontane, Parliamentarlan
| (,IOurHdt des Debdts and Journal dc Pdrfs), 1
| Orleanist, moderate republican, revolu-
| tiOnaTy. neutral opposition (Ffgdro, GduLOis,
aud Parts JoUrndD, and satifical (Ohdrfudri).
| Twelve out of the 81 papers existed before the
coup d'stdt, were either founded or transformed
from non-politleal into political journals during
| the arbitrary period of the Second Empire QS51
! to 1869; the remaining l2 have sprung into ex-
| istence since the voting OF the last press laws,
! authorization. The highest price charged for
| any Paris daily political paper Is 25c.,
| which Is the cost of the Journal
| 0biciel and Journal des Debdts. The lowest
price Is &c. One of the papers costs 20c., two
cost l0c., and twenty-six l5c. each. The largest
| circulations during the month of December have
been those of the Adrseilldis6, 10000, and OF
the National QOc. paper) $4,000; the smallest
circulation that of the Pays, which averages
2OO0 Throughout the year 1863 the mean sale
Of Paris political papers mot counting the
ObicieD has been 500, 600 copies per diefn which
represents a daily flow of lS,OOOf. into the Trea-
sury for stamp duty, and an annual flow Of
O. 49S 0OOf (c2J9, ,920l deduction being made o
appear. In addition 10 the thirty-one Journal;
already alluded to- the daily press OF Paris count,
two police gazettes and three fye-centime 'lte
rary" papers (Peth Journal, Petite Presse, Peti
lMoniteur), the combined circulation of whicl
exceeds halt a million; there 10 also the Pet
O6iciel the proprietor OF which Is bound by hi