The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

HINTS FOR PEDEsTRIAEs.-A Paris physician,
DR.. PhGbus, has been studying afresh the
causes of sore feet on the march, and the best
means Of preventing them. In addition TO
advice as to the shape Of the boots, he recon-
mends the repeated employment, during the
march, of cold ablutions of the feet. Walkers
he says, should stop when they pass running
streams or stagnant water long enough to take
of their boots and TO put their feet in the
|. water for minute or a minute and half.
In inhabited places vessels of water may be
procured for this purpose, and the feet kept
In till the sensation of heat or burning has
disappeared. If any blister form, a thread of
wool or cotton should be passed through it,
and loosely tied. Thus the fluid escapes, but
the epdermis is preserved-a precaution by
which severe subsequent pain is avoided
EXcoriations are best treated by soft oxide
of zinc ointment (made with benzoated lard
\ and little glycerine). The shoes should be
soft and supple, although sufficiently thick.
A dozen or two small nails in the sole, where
it wears most, suffice TO preserve it. The
leather may be softened by rubbing mixture
of linseed oil and oxide of lead or of lard.
Stockings should always be worn.
SHREwD WAY OF CATCHING THEvEs.-The
Paris papers reveal a new style of theft by
which jewellers are losers. The thief enters
the shop OF a dealer in diamonds and pearls,
! and asks to see some small unset stones. He
is well dressed, and wears cOlored spectacles.
| The stones are ldlQ DelOfe MIN, spfedu Ou
q paper. Being very near-sighted, as his glasses
prove, he is obliged to bring his eyes SO near
to the gems that he can pick them up with
i the tip of his tongue, and he keeps them IN
4 his mouth until out of the shop. II he fears
detection, which seldom occurs, he swallows
his treasure - whence the slang name OIL
"SWallOw il raw given to this class by the
4 thieves fraternity. One of them was caught
= the other day. The diamond merchant, put
upon his guard, said he had no small stones,
= but would have large supply the next day
II A policeman was in waiting; the diamonds
were laid out upon paper previously impreg-
mated with an extremely bitter drug which,
when the thief put his tongue to them, acted
q so violently on his sense of taste that he in
stantly rejected what he had just taken. The
policeman appeared, and the thief was taken
in the act.
OPIUM EATING IN EEGLAED.-Dr. Hawkins, of
n Kings Lynn, has published an alarming re-
port respecting the prevalence OF opium eat
ing in the fen country in England. One Lynn
chemist sells an average OF one hundred aud
seventy pounds of solid opium in the year,
besides ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF laudanum.
Indeed il is said that half the quantity i'm
ported into England is consumed in Lincoln
Shire, Norfolk, and Leioestershire. The re-
suit is a great mortality of children, and a
marked degeneration Of the human race in
those districts.
AN OLD MIRACLE REPEATED.-''A rumor was
current yesterday" says the Italia, OF Naples
of September 10, "that ST. Januarius would
not this year perform his accustomed miracle
in consequence of the heretics and excommu.
nicated persons who are at the present moment
forming impious plots against the Holy Father
The Saint would not, however, iniiict such an
affrOnt on his native city for the few hair
Drained men who are now committing Heaven
knows what sacrilege. This morning, indeed
st. Januarius rose earlier than usual and al
half-past the blessed blood was in state o.
hqueiaction in the miraculous walls. A can
non shot announced to the twelve quarters o
Naples that st. Januarius had performed the
miracle promptly, which means that all the
graces Of the Lord will be poured down Oh
Naples"