Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26
FOREIGN GOSSIP,

about twenty men.
The English Admiralty has ordered q
supply of songs for sailors with a
view of their adoption in the naval
training-ships.
THE gold coinage of the German EN-
pire had attained, on the LIST ultimo,
the large sum of S1A, Sl3,075. This
increase is due to the gold received in
payment of the French indemnity,
THE high price Of iron is embarrass-
ing British ship-builders. Finding
they could not safely take contracts,
one firm, the most extensive ON thelTay,
recently discharged $50 of their work
men.
SHEFFIELD England t.sade reports
state that the United States, Canada,
India, Egypt, and several of the larger
colonies, are taking large lots of BESSIE
mer steel rails; and Brazil, Egypt and
India take fairqusta of locomotives.
As an illustration of the comparative
inefficiency of irregular troops when
pitted agaihat regulars, it is officially
shown that in the second siege of Paris,
in 1870, the besiegers lost but 794 killed,
all told while the loss of the Commun-
lists is estimated at not less than 10000
killed and q, 900 prisoners.
IS
are employed at railroad building in
Costa Rica, and have contracted to
work for eight years for the liberal sum
of 81 per month, three suits of clothes
per annum, and free passage home. If
they do fair amount of work, their
employers cannot very well complain of
these terms.
A REPORT recently presented to the
English Parliament gives the daily aver
age pay of mechanics as follows: Aus
tria, 81 Belgium, 60 cents; France,
$1.10; Denmark, 60 cents ; Italy, 40
cents Netherlands, rs cents /; Norway,
60 cents Sicily, 80 cents Portugal, 40
cents; Prussia, rs cents; Russia, rs
cents; Sweden, 60 cents Switzerland,
60 cents.
The will of Napoleon III. has been
proved in England. His personal prop
erty is sworn atunder $3.50, 900, and this
he leaves to the Empress without re-
serve. To the Prince Imperial there is
only one bequest, we are told-the i'm
perial crown. If this be true, We have
here certain violation of the idee Ma
poieonienne, according to which any
Bonaparte may govern who is called by
the voice of the people. And the En-
peror's will is in this respect an import
ant manifesto to the Imperialists.
A DUEL was recently fought in Paris
between two women living in the Boule-
ward de Courcelles. The cause of dis
pute was rivalry for the affections of a
man named Juglin, and the two women
agreed to decide their dispute by means
of duel with knives. The frightful
conflict was waged in private house,
and the result was one woman MORALLY
and the other dangerously wounded.
The cause of this dreadful contest, the
man Juglin, has been arrested.
A MOST extraordinary woman was pas
senger ON a horse car in Cleveland
March 4, 1873. She had with her a
pet poodle, and she had something else
with her, as we shall see presently. The
gentlemanly conductor stated to her in
the mildest manner that dogs were not
permitted to ride in that car, and that
hers must be put out. The damsel
straightway arose, drew revolver from
her pocket, and said, "Unless you drive
on without molesting my dog I'll make
you eat this straw" There was q
scene. Ladies left the car. But the
woman with the pistol didn't. And the
dog didn't.