Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-06-07
F'OREfGN GOSSIP.

LAND was lately sold Ill the city of
London Mt the rate of $50 a foot. or
G1, 1000 per acre
TwENTY-FoUE books were published
in Japan last year, of which nearly all
were translations. With one exception,
they relate towhat were till lately foreign
subjects.
CAIRO, Egypt, has over one thousand
restaurants or cafes, and nearly one
hundred public baths. The former arc
dingy and musty, and the latter far from
attractive.
WHEN wife i'll Turkey forgets to
keep the suspendcr buttons sewcd on
her husbands trowscrs she is patted on
the back for half an hour with a pine
board an inch thick.
Is Napoleon dead? A correspondent
of the Paris Hgaro says no, and that
the person inferred at Chiselhurst is u
counterfeit Emperor, while the real
Bonaparte is travelling quietly through
France testing the political feelings of
the people.
IT is expensive to trihc with life and
property on railroads i'll England. A
recent report made in the House of
Lords shows that from 1867 to 1871 over
5000, 900 in gold was paid by railroad
companies for injuries inflicted on pas
| and DIM tho Il
$11, TAP, $40 was paid for compensation
on account of property destroyed.
MISS THAcKERAY in her charming
novel, "Old kensington, draws brief
parallel between Paris and London
" Paris" she says, "comes with u
cheerful flash of light, II sudden multi
tudinous chorus. The paved streets
rattle, the voices chatter, the note is not
SO deep as the hollow London echo that
we all know, that slow chord of a great
city,
HERBERT SPENCER considers the CO.
operation experiment, Judged by it's re-
suits, failure, though he is firm be-
lever in it's ultimate snccess. He
thinks that the laboring class do not at
present show that spirit of fairness and
sense of justice which are it's necessary
basis and that their treatment of their
own fellows in their labor organizations
shows clearly what a very poor article
working-man morality" like all class
morality, really is.
WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCY.
Here is useful hint on the best
method of action when the clothing of
any friend is on tire-an accident which
all are liable to. Seize a shawl, or
blanket, or any woolen fabric, hold the
cornerf as far apart as you can, stretch
them out higher than your head, and
running boldly to the person, make a
motion of clasping in the arms, mostly
about the shoulders. This instantly
smothers the fire and saves the face
The next instant throw the person on
the floor. This is an additional safety
to the face and breath, and any remnant
of flame can be put out more lcis,rcly
The next instant immerse the burnt
part in cold water, and all pain will
cease with the rapidity of lightning
Next get some common flour, remove
from the water, and cover the burnt
parts with an inch in thickness of -four 4;
if possible, put the patient in bed, and
Jo all +bot -, ,nccil,la fo caotbo Nil
the physician arrives. Let the -four re-
main until it falls off itself, when a
beautiful new skin can be found. IN
less tine burns are deep, no other appli-
cation is needed The dry flour for
burns is the most admirable remedy
ever proposed, and the information
ought to be impaired to all. The prin-
ciple of this action is, that like the wa
ter, it causes instant and perfect relief
from pain by totally excluding all the
air from the I'M urcd parts.
A RUSSIAN MARRIAGE CEREMONY.
Marriage observanccs differ i'll out
ward form with the nations, and per-
haps our own whimsicality is the honey
moon, which intermediate period is not
openly celebrated by the Russians, who
entirely abiure this sentimental custom.
Their weddings generally take place tow
ard evening. During the ceremony
the bride and bridegroom hold lighted
taper in their hands in front of n small
altar placed in the center of the church.
Rings are placed on their fingers, and