The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-06

peaTed, has obtained an extraordinary sale.
It is called "The Fight at Dame Europa's
School, showing how the German boy
thrashed the French boy and how the Eng
lish boy looked on" The author "a church
dignitary, says common report,) expresses
the view of those who hold that England
ought, six months ago, to have prevented the
war, or, failing that, at least to have stepped
forward after the first decisive blows were
struck end called upon both combatants to
hold their hands. His moral is rather a re-
markable one, though, namely, that 'if such
fellows as Ben and Hugh Disrael and Lord
Cairns had been Master Johns fags, this
disgraceful scene would never have taken
place at ALL" The opening sentence is
amusing: 'Mrs. Europa kept DANES school,
where boys were we'll instructed in modern
languages, fortifcation, and the use of the
globes" And there is truth as we'll as humor
in making William, after the first round,
''write home to his mother, on tie bacb Of o.
hoifpenny postcard, so tint all tile letter
carriers might see h010 pious he lOds:-Dear
mamma am fighting for my Fdtb6rlaRd,
as you know 1 call my garden. Aided by
Providence, have hit Louis in the eve.
Thou mayst imagine his feelings Then he
sang hymn, and went on with the second
round"
! Our University of Cambridge does great
deal of sound work, and is quite alive to all
the modern requirements of midde-class
eduation, and the examination of girls. But
1T is sadly crippled by the smallness of its
! pecuniary resources. It cannot be accused
of extavagance, certainly in the distribution
of its finds, as you will perhaps agree with
me in thinking after reading the following :
resolution which was lately passed by the
Senate oithe University
"Res0Iod, That pension of ca is. per
annum be granted to Sarah Gibson, in con-
sideration her services during thirty-two
years q as ugan. blower at Great st. Marys
Church"
You have MT yet, 1 think, organized any
revolt against the tyranny of retail store
keepers similarto that which, in London. has
taken the form Of operative Associations
The object with which these associations start
is to supply all articles of general consump-
ton at marvelOusly moderate rate. by buv
ing direct from the producer and retailing
direct TO the copumer for cash only The
| members of the civil service who first banded
themselves together to initiate the policy
have achieved such notable success that
public company, with subscribed capital of
900, GOO sterDrg, has just commenced opera
tious on thu same plan, hoping, of course. to
make a dividend for its shareholders by turn
ing over its capital rapidly and often. and
gaining some very small profit each time.
Such associations do real service in forcino
theretail tradesmen, by their competition. to
bfing down their charges into some propor-
tion with the value Of the things sold.
Whether they can permanently hold
their ground against the greater
energy of private enterprise is quite another
question.
A curious outcome of the isolation of Paris
owing to the siege deserves a word of notice.
1t has become a favorite device with persons
wishing to communicate with the besieged to
advertise their messages on the front page of
the Times. These announcements bavs
swelled week by week till they now occupy
three or four entire columns daily. In this
mornings issue count no less than thirty
one separate paragraphs addressed to 'Hon.
e. B. Washburne, U. S. Minister, Paris.
praying him, in case the paper comes under
bis eyes, to transmit all kinds of family mes
| lages to the most various parts of the city.
Nmong other items of information, he is
| hgged by one advertiser to announce that |
Marguerite has got tooth; and by another, |
| tAt "Mathilde at Rheims, well, has a girl |
EWn poor General Trochu, whom one would !
thin had business enough for ten men already
on ilAshoulders, has his share of messages to
glVetou'hing such weighty matters as the
heaitl OF wives and birth of babies
1usl as lam closing this 1 see that the
Bristol Chamber of Commerce, body of
! considerable weight, have sent memorial to
the Goernment respectfully but firmly
urging thm to takeyuch steps without DELAY
as may led to final adjustment of the con-
troversy" n the Alabama question. Quod
telt1 JauSta1Pue SitI OxroBD.