The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24 00:00:00

SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1876.

THE PRESS IN TURKEY. —The number of
newspapers published at Constantinople at the begin-
ning of the present wear was seventy-two, of which
twenty were in the French, sixteen in the Turkish,
thirteen in the Armenian, twelve in the Greek, four in
the Bulgarian, two in Hebrew-Spanish, and one each
in Persian, German, Arabic, English, and Italian. Of
the sixteen Turkish journals three only are daily, but
the one Arabic journal, of Jawaib, is daily. The•
Persian journal is called the Akhter. There are nine-
teen official journals in the provinces, in Ezypt, and in
Crete, aud at Symrna, Browse, Collis, Bagdad,
Prizrend, Angora, Rustchuk, Sersjevo, Damascus,
Adrianople, Diarhekir, Erzeronm, Salonica (two),
Castambol, Aleppo, and Trebizonde.
ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT !—Energetic In-
surance Agent (entirely on Commission) has been
pointing out to father of family the blessings of Life
Insurance. Then, again, there is this advantage in cen!
Office—we charge no more premium for suieides than
we do for ordinary orange-peel deaths.—Father of
family. No; I am obliged tcfjou—that would be no
advantage to me; besides, at my time of life, the
premium is so very heavy. Agent (with much
alacrity, and evidently feeling Commission landed at
lass). Yes, my dear sir; but then you would always
have the immensely satisfactory fact before you, that
you could not have to pay many !—Judy.
• WORDSWORTH An) COLERIDGE—WE ARE
SEVEN.—When Wordsworth and Coleridge were at
work on the "Lyrical Ballads," Wordsworth one day,
being at Nether Stowey, produced the poem known as
; "We- are seven,' all but the first stanza, in a little
wood near by. It was based on actual talk with a
child met when he had visited Goodrich Castle some
years before, the dialogue yielding fit matter for a poem,
• since it involved suggestion of the natural instinct of
immortality. When Wordsworth repeated what he
had muxmured out to himself in the open air (the
manner of producing nine-tenths of his poems), and it
was written down, he said that it wanted an opening
verse, and he should sit down to tea more comfortably,
if that were supplied. "I'll give it you," said
Coleridge and gave at once the first stanza, which—as
addressed to a friend, James Tobin, with whom they
were on terms of playful friendship—he began "
little child, dear brother Jim."—aissell's Library of
English Literature.
THE REASON WHY.—" Shure, and I know
how them railway accidents happen, Biddy," said Pat
Flanpigan, after reading the report of one in a newt-
paper the other day. "Didn't the guard say that
when he heard the engine whistle he put on his brakes?"
And share, Biddy, why should he be putting them on
at all, if he just then hadn't been asleep and getting
out ot bed r—Judy.

THE CREMATION CONGRESS.—The Cremation
Congress met at Dresden, as announced, on the 6th
and 7th of June, but was very scantily- attended;
there were not more than 500 per Sons prevent during
any part of the proceedings. All the German Govern-
ments, except that of Saxe-Gotha, are opposed to
I.q3;emation, basing their opposition to it upon the fact
',that the law recognizes only interment (die Beerdi-
gung), and has no reference to burning. The Saxon
Government is so much opposed to cremation that it
has refused to accept several large sums bequeathed to
the charitable institutions of . Dresden by Professor
Eberhard Richter, one of the leading medical men of
that city, because he had attached to the legacy the
condition that his body should be burned in the tem-
porary furnace constructed by Herr Siemens at the
_of Dresden. Dr.2Richter died about three weeks
ago, and his body, which has been embalmed, will
sent to Milan to be burned.

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PRINCE ALBERT PAYING A MORNING VISIT.—
The late Prince Consort was not jocose, butle was
genial and desirous to please. He told an anecdote,
of himself at one of the meetings of the Trinitk
Board, which will bear repetition (remarks the C'ottrt
,Tournal). When Balmoral was being built for him-
self and the Queen, he, knowing the pride of the
Highland Chieftains, made it a point to call upon them
and pay his respects. Early one morning he went to
the castle of Farquharson, and knocked several times
-vathout ,illciting any reply beyond the deep baying of
some mastiffs and btaghounde. Persevering, he saw
-the massive door cautiously opened just ajar, and
bronze face, surmounted with a shaggy mass of red
hair, thru'st itself forth between the door and the
'jamb. "What for," asked the owner of the shack of
red hair, "ye mak sic a deevil's din this unairthli
hour o' the rho) n?" "I desire to see Farquharson,"
answered the Prince Consort. "Are ye daft, mon ;
what for should Farquharson rise to see siccan a loon
as -ye ? Wha be ye?" And here the elle opened
the door to its fullest extent, letting the visitor see
four or five big doga,close behind him. In real alarm,
the Prince replied, "I am Prince Albert, the Queen:s
husband." The natural hue of the Highlandman s
face became incarnadined with indignation as he ex-
claimed, "You a prince! A pretty chiel, you, for a
prince! Gang awa' the noo, or I'll set the dogs on
ye." But here Farquharson himself, who had heard
the voice of his survitor, rushed half-dressed to the
rescuer, and the father of our kings to be was saved
from dismemberment. --

MORAL REFLECTION FROM MRS. STUBBS.--
"Ab," said the worthy, old lady, as she stood staring
at a placard which had caught her attention, on which
was inscribed "Youth wanted"—" yes, I dessay.
Most on us who haye got a bit oldish, as you may say.
might carry a ticket about with 'Youth wanted '
printed on it. But what with old Father Time, and
what with them School Boards most on us will have to
go on saying 'Youth wanted,"l expect for a long time
to come."—Judy.