The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-10-19 00:00:00

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HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

THE DUTY ON PIG hum—The British Iron Trade
Association has presented a petition to the Minister
of Finance at Brussels, praying for the abolition of the
duty of 2id per cwt. Row levied on all pig iron enter-
ing Belgium from Great Britain. The petitioners
urge, among other considerations, that a remission of
the duty would be attended with greater advantage to
Belgium than its continuance. "It would be certain,"
they say, "to develop a larger trade between England
and Belgium, and by enabling Belgian ironfounders,
forgemasters, and engineers to purchase their crude
iron more advantageously, it would enable them to
distribute their products over a wider area. It would,
moreover, benefit Belgium by affording employment
to a large number of hands in the Belgian mills and
forges occupied in converting the crude iron into mann-
factured products."
A HOUSE OF RETREAT FOR OLD ANIMALS.—A love
of and a care for animals is a good and estimable trait
in the human character, but carried to excess it be-
comes ridiculous. A member of the French Society
for the protection of Animals, in his desire to befriend
his protege,s, has just, it is stated, founded a house of
retreat for quadrupeds advanced in years, and suf-
fering from the inevitable infirmities inseparable from
age. Amongst his pensioners there is a cow aged
thirty-six, a mule which has exceeded the Psalmist's
limit of man's life, a sow of twenty-five summers,
a goat with the weight of eighteen years on
its back, a goose in its thirty-eighth year, and a
number of other elderly •or aged animals whose
remaining days are rendered as comfortable as
attention and forethought can make them, thanks
to their benefactor's generosity. The feathered
tribe are also allowed to share in the hospitality of
the asylum, provided they can establish their right so
to do by an authentic certificate of age. Thus the
establishment reckons amongst its inmates an invalid
goldfinch, warranted to have passed its twenty-ninth
birth-day, and a sparrow three years its senior. Visitors
to the asylum are invited to examime a register wherein
are inscribed the respective ages of the pensioners and
other details concerning their life. The maintenance
of the house of refuge does not in all probability entail
great expenditure, but whatever may be the annual
sum it Costs, it appears somewhat misspent, while
there is human suffering to alleviate, and aged poor
whose declining days are more worthy of interest than
are those of cows, geese, or swine.—Evening Standard.
To MAKE THE BEST TOOTH•POWDES.—Grind your
Teeth.—Punch. -

THE SEWAGE OF GLASGOW.—The Town Council of
Glasgow have had before them a report, by Mr. J. F.
Bateman, C.E., as to the collection and disposal of
the sewage of the city and surrounding district. The
area included in Mr. Bateman's scheme contains
about 14,900 acres, and the population of the district
is estimated at 710,000. Of these 546,000 persons were
in 1877 within the municipal boundary, on an
area of about 5.900 acres, showing an average of
92i- persons per acre. In 1861 the boundary
.consisted of 360,000 persons on about 5,800 acres,
or 70 persons per acre, thus showing an increase in
the population of about 37i per cent, in sixteen.
years. At this rate of increase the present popu-
lation would about double itself in forty years. The
drainage scheme is therefore prepared with. the view
of providing for a population of nearly a million and a
half. It is proposed to carry the sewage to a place
some distance below the city, either at Govan on the
south or Dalmuir on the north.side of the river, and
there by a process of precipitation to separate the
liquid from the solid, the former being poured into the
river in a clarified state, and the latter carried off in
barges and thrown into the Firth of Clyde. This
great scheme, which is estimate I to cost about a mil-
lion sterling, will be discussed at a special meeting of
the Town Council next week.

NEWSPAPERS FOR FOREIGN PARTS.—A very large
number of newspapers, posted for foreign part; are
daily kept back and sent to the Returned Letter
Office, in consequence of one or more of the regula-
tions not being complied with. In the great majority
of cases these newspapers cannot be returned to the
senders, so that not only do they fail to reach the
persons for whom they were intended, but the senders
themselves are unaware of their having been de-
tained. The most common fault in these cases is
an insufficient prepayment of the postage. Some
of the newspapers are prepaid a halfpenny only,
which is the postage for an inland newspaper,
and some, although exceeding four ounces in
weight, are prepaid only a penny, the right postage in
most cases being a penny for every four ounces, or frac.
tion of that weight, in the ease of each separate news-
paper. A large proportion of the newspapers are
found to be written upon, or to have enclosures, some-
times letters, inserted in them, and not a few are
posted beyond eight days from the date of publication.
he public are requested, in order to prevent disap-
pointment to themselves, to be careful not only to pre-
pay sufficient 'postage on the newspapers which they
post for foreign parts, but also to comply strictly with
all the regulations affecting such newspapers, as laid
down in the British Postal Guide.

A NEW IgLAND. —The Bergenspost is informed from
Tromsoe that Captain E. Johannsen, who has lately
returned from a voyage far beyond Nova-Zembla,
discovered on the 3rd of September last year an island
situated long. 86 deg. E., and lat. 77 deg. 35 min. N.,
which he called " Eensomheden" (Solitude). It was
about 24 kilometres in length. The sea was towards
the west, north, and east, free from ice; to the south-
east, however, drifting ice was observed. The vegeta-
tion on the island is poor; but there exists a rich fauna
of birds.

CHINESE EDUCATION.—Chinese women are brought
up most carefully in every domestic virtue, and their
education is conducted strictly according to the rules
set forth in two famous works—" Nu el Ching," which
describes the daily routine of a girl's life, and "The
Girl's Four Books," which were compiled in the Ming
dynasty 300 years ngo, and have two prefaces by Em-
perors. The boys also have their "four books," which
they read before the study of the five classics, and
which were compiled in the Sung dynasty, 700 years
since.

REBUILDING A CITY.—The city of Cera, in Vene-
zuela, which was recently destroyed by an earthquake,
is about to be rebuilt on a new site. Instead of recon-
structing the houses on the side of the mountain, where
they formerly stood, it is proposed to locate the city on
an adjoining plain, where certain villages, which were
in existence at the time of the earthquake, suffered very
little injury, while nearly every building on the moun-
tain side was destroyed. The neighbouring town of
Sainte Lucie, also on the plain, passed scathless
through the earthquake. The Plain of Mann, in close
proximity to the former site of Cera, and watered by a
fine stream, is suggestad as the best place for the re-
erection of the city of °era. Though not so seriously
affected as the hillside, this plain is still not exempt
from the effects of volcanic force, as it still shows
traces of having been the site of an ancient city, of
which little more than a vague tradition, however,
remains.

GAME IN BOSNIA. A private letter from an
Austrian officer of the Army of occupation in Bosnia
says :—" Under other circumstances I would consider
a short residence in Bosnia as extremely agreeable,
especially from a hunter's point of view. Wherever
we halted we started whole flocks of quails and part-
ridges. Woodcock also seemed to breed here. A
wealthy Greek told me that last autumn, in company
with an English gentleman, he shot on one day sixty
woodcock. Along the Bosna there are countless flocks
of wild duck; and the other day, while I was having
the villa of a Pasha searched for arms, my faithful
four.footed companion, Sedan, started a cloud of
snipe. As to hares, they are here in droves. About
an hour and a half from here there are thickly-wooded
mountain slopes which literally swarm with roebuck.
The great oak forests, about a mile and a half from here,
shelter immense droves of wild boars. But the most
singular and beautiful objects which I have met with
are the wild pigeons, vast flocks of which quite cover
large open tracts. I have also frequently seen a beau-
tiful species of eagle. After each skirmish twenty or
thirty of these birds circle round the field of battle,
and I could often have had a capital shot at them.
Only, unfortunately, that was neither the time nor the
occasion to take a gun into my hands."

PRIVATIONS AT SEA. —Among the passengers by the
Royal West India Mail boat Moselle, which arrived
on Monday in Plymouth Sound, was Captain Lyons,
of New Brunswick, ship Cosmopolis. He had a tale
of unvsual privations to tell. He was proceeding in
his ship of 1,259 tons, belonging to Messrs. Ring and
Co., of St. John's, New Brunswick, from Rio de
Janeiro to Callao, in ballast, when, on the 4th July,
the veseel in a heavy gale of wind and blinding snow-
storm, went ashore on Staten Island, off Cape Horn.
All hands were fortunately saved in the ship's boats
and landed, living on the Island for twenty-two days,
for the most part subsisting on limpets. They were
able to get a fire to cook the limpets and such like
eatables as could be obtained but small comfort else
was available. On the 29th July they were taken off
the island by the French barque Bacalan, and con-
veyed in her to Callao, landing all safe.
DEGENERATE TlMES.—First Dragoon: "Awfully
fine girl, that ! "—Second Dragoon: " Ya'as—but
hasn't got a word to say for herself. Asked her if
she wasn't awf'lly fond of hunting? Said she'd never
been on a horse in her life! Now, what's a Feller to
say after that? Can't make out what girls do talk
about in these days! "—Punch.
HE PREFERRED TO WALK.—" She's pretty hot, am'
she ? " said a backwoods passenger, addressing the
engineer of a Mississippi steamer that was racing with
another boat. "So, so," responded the engineer, as
he hung an additional wrench on the safety-valve cord
to stop the steam from escaping. "I reckon we'll over-
take that craft soon," pursued the stranger. "That's
about it," returned the engineer, giving the cords
another twitch and hallooing through the trumpet to
the fireman to "shove her up." "One hundred and
ninety-five," hummed the passenger, looking first at
the guage and then at the boilers, "That's about
where she's rusticating," put in the engineer. The pas-
senger ran his fingers through his hair nervously, and
walked about the decks for a few minutes, when he
came back to the engineer and observed, "Hadn't
you better leave that boat go?" "Can't do it. Must
pass her." "But s'posen' we should blow up?"
"%Veil," said the engineer, as he peeped over the
guard to see how fast he was going, "if it is the will
of Providence for the boat to blow up, we'll have to
stand by it." Then he hallooed to the fireman to coal,
and give her a little more turpentine and oil. The
next moment there was a splash in the river; but
before the yawl could be lowered the man had suc-
ceeded in reaching the shore, and holloed out, "Go on
with the race. I guess I'll walk." .

GROUSE IN NORFOLK. —Dr. D. G. F. Macdonald
writes to the Daily News:—" The Prince of Wales is
trying a very interesting experiment on his charming
Sandi ingham estate, which comprises a considerable
extent of broom, furze, and moor. Scotch grouse have
recently been turned down on that part of the property
most like their northern haunts, and the birds seem to
have taken kindly to their new home. I sincerely
trust that they may continue to fight the battle of
life durirg the long and dreary winter, and that the
trial may prove a success. As I viewed this moor a
few days since it looked to me all that could be
desired as a habitat for grouse. The surroundings are
unfavourable, however, being chiefly cultivated land
and scrubby marshes. While grouse are not so very
wild by nature, they are exceedingly capricious; and
although absolute solitude is not necessary for them to
flourish and abound, I fear the Wolferton Moor at
Sandringham is not sufficiently extensive to lure the
birds into a belief that they are on their native heath
in Aberdeenshire, and that they may therefore fly
away to the Yorkshire hills. Whilsf our enterprising
prince merits great credit for this experiment, he must
not be too greatly disappointed should it fail, as
similar attempts have proved unsuccessful in other
parts of England."
DIFFICULTIES IN BUILDING LIGHTHOUSES.—The
Lighthouse near the Isle of Sein on the Breton coast,
now being built, presented great difficulties of con-
struction at the beginning, according to Engineering.
The lighthouse was to be built on a hard gneiss rock
from 40 to 50 feet long and 25 feet wide, and the pre-
liminary works could only be executed by the neigh-
bouring fishermen, familiar with the waters. Accord-
ingly, when the weather was favourable, two men
wearing cork belts got eut of their boats and lay on
the rock, clutching the ground with one hand while
they made holes at intervals of 3 feet with the other.
While doing this they were covered with spray, and
were often swept off by the waves. In 1867 only eight
hours' work could be accomplished on the rock and only
fifteen holes were made, but forty holes were finished
in the following year, and in 1869 the building itself
was commenced. Now the lighthouse is 40 feet above
the highest tides, and when finished will be 90 feet
above.

A VETERAN.—The Louis of the Admiralty recently
ordered "sixpence a day for one year" to be paid from
the funds of Greenwich Hospital t James Thomson,
Stonehaven, ex-private of the Royal Marines, in re-
spect of services prior to the year 1815, he having
served under the late Admiral Sir Thomas Usher
on board the Undaunted, frigate, which conveyed the
Allied Commissioners with Napoleon Bonaparte from
Frgjus to the island of Elba in 1814.
THE LATE MR. WHALLEY. —" The descendant of
Edmund Whalley, who was first cousin to John
Hampden and Oliver Cromwell," aye, and who signed
the death-warrant of Charles I. "Can Bourbon or
Nassau go higher" in the way of Puritan ancestry?
Poor Mr. G. H. Whalley, sometime member for
Peterborough. I read, in the English newspapers,
with real sorrow of his death. I knew him well for
years, but recently from afar off. I preferred to listen
to him talking about the Pope and the Tichborne
case, puffing away at his meerschaum meanwhile, in a
club smoking-room, to talking to him; for talkiag
leads to arguing; and on the two thorny topics I
have named Mr. Whalley was as much above argument
as the old German Kaiser was above grammar. But I
did not fail heartily to congratulate him after the last
general election on his being again returned for Peter-
borough ; and I may venture to predict that he will
be as much lamented by his constituents as he will be
missed and regretted in the House. He may have
had the Pope and the Claimant on the brain; but he
was not the less, to my thinking, a simple, kindly,
true-hearted gentleman, whom everybody liked, and
whom many loved.--" G. A. 5.," in the Illustrated
London News.

RUSSIAN ARMAMENTS.—The'tßussians are having
made in Germany at the Witten manufactory some
new mitrailleuses which, by the rapidity of their firing
and the effect of their projectiles, surpass everything
that has yet been invented. These mitrailleuses are
constructed, says the Allgemeine Militar Zeitung, on
the Swedish system—Palinkrantz. Their barrels can
be fired successively, or they can all be fired at once.
These engines, made on a larger model far the navy,
are composed of four barrels, whereas others of a
smaller size, which can be used as held pieces, have
ten barrels. According to the ability of the men
serving the pieces, the larger size can eject 160 to 300,
and the smaller 800 to 1,000 bullets per minute. The
projectiles will penetrate three iron plates three.
eights of an inch thick, and afterwards bury them-
selves an inch deep in an iron plate placed behind the
former. The Russian Government has ordered a con-
siderable number of them to be used as a defence
against torpedo boats, and the smaller kind have the
advantage of being so light that they can be carried
by men should horses fail.
A NAIL GUN.—Respecting an implement on view
at the Wellington Industrial Exhibition, the New
Zealand Times says :—One of the most simple, and at
the same time most ingenious, implements on view at
the exhibition is an invention of a young matt in this
city, a Mr. F. Falkner. It is called a" nail gun," and is
used for nailing down flooring boards. We have seen
the implement in use, and as far as we are able to judge
it is quicker in its work, and ensures greater cleanliness
the same length.
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driven into the boFcls beneath. A practised hand,
by this simple contriyance, could do the work of half a
dozen men.
,We believe that Mr. Falkner is now im-
proving on his invention, and is making a "nail gun"
which will be self-feeding. We have no doubt that
when the impleiinent comes to be generally *flown it
will be brought into general use,

IMITATIVE PROM; WILES OF ISIONXETIL —Monkeys
are famed as adepts in mimicry, and a British doctor
in Java recently received an unpleasant proof of their
imitative propensities. The doctor had a large mon-
key, tame and very clever, which was generally its
master's companion in the dissecting. room whilst he
pursued his anatomical studies. Jacko used always to
watch the proceedings attentively, and one day, when
alone with its master, sezied the unlucky doctor,
popped him upon the dissecting-table, and was just
going to put its lessons to practical use, when the
doctor's cries brought the people of the house to the
spot just in time to save the doctor from immediate
vivisection.
RIGHT THIS TIME. —lt is probably because the world
knows nothing of its greatest men that the name is not
mentioned of a benefactor to the human race who has
turned his attention to deadening the noise made by
railway trains—an invention which is shortly to be
tried in New York. It is described as the "sectional
elastic wheel," and its peculiarity is that the tire is
composed of inch-and-a-half steel cut in sections, so as
to break the usual vibrations, and these sections are
set round a band of indiarubber, three quarters of an
inch thick. An iron flange holds the whole concern
together. Is not that a device which deserves the
praise of a much deafened generation? Wooden nut-
megs and bogus oats have a little prejudiced the
British mind against Yankee inventions; but this
contrivance for depriving the railway fiend of his
rattle is really hOULd

A TRUE ARTIST.—Mamn, a (to Tommy, who has
been allowed for a few minutes to wait at table).
"Now, Tommy, kiss me, and go to bed."—Tommy (to
Footman). "Do you ever kiss the Missus, Charles ? "
—Footman. "No, sir ! "—Tommy. 'Then I won't ! "
—Punch.
AMERICAN FOOD.—Last week there arrived at Liver-
pool from the United States and Canada no fewer than
2120 live cattle, 6509 sheep, 809 pigs, and 10 calves,
numbers which far exceed those of any other week since
the trade in live stock was initiated. As regards sheep
the increase over any former period is enormous. The
importation of live stock last week is significant from
the fact that, although the weather experienced in most
instances was very severe, the mortality amongst the
animals in transit was smalL There was also a larger
supply of fresh meat. Four steamers have arrived from
New York, and one from Philadelphia, bringing 4280
quarters of beef, 535 carcases of mutton, and 710
packages of fresh butter.
SEWAGE FARMING.—The Royal Agricultural Society
of England is this year offering prizes for the best
sewage farms in England and Wales—prizes which we
hope will be largely competed for in the interest of
the public in all ways, for getting rid of a nuisance
and increasing the food of the people. The first prize
is for farms utilizing the sewage of not more than 20,100
people, and for such profitable provision as the farm
can show. The prize of £lOO is offered for a farm ab-
sorbing the waste of more than 20,000 people. The
market gardeners are not neglected. Within a radius
of twenty miles from the Mansion House in London
for farms exceeding ten and not more than fifty acres,
£5O, £25, and £iO will be given in the three awards;
and like sums to other farms of the same compass,
situated within a radius of fifty miles, providing they
are in the five Metropolitan Counties. The roots
grown on sewage farms this year have competed very
fairly with those grown on more favourable soils.
There is a vast amount of manurial substance that
ought to make bread sent into the rivers to kill fish
and poison the people who live upon the banks. Mr.
Mechi should be appointed one of the Committee to
award the pries. No man has taken greater interest
in the work of encouraging the use of valuable mate-
rial, which, being wasted, does harm. The entries for
these competitions close on the 31st October.—Graphic.

BURNING "NUMBER 45."—The beginning of the
reign of George 111, was characterised by the publi-
cation of No. 45, of The North Briton, by Wilkes,
which was looked upon by Government as a seditious
paper, and ordered to be burnt by the common
hangman, followed by the consequent popularity of
the author: at the same time Lord Bute was looked
upon with great disfavour by the people, in consequence
of his intimacy with the Princess Dowager of Wales,
and the influence he exercised through her, over the
young king. In 1763 the burning of the North Briton
took place in front of the Royal Exchange, under
the superintendance of the sheriffs, one of whom was
Alderman Harley. A large crowd was assembled ex-
tending down Cheapaide, one section of which was
making a demonstration, by burning a jack-boot and
a petticoat in derision of the Court favourite, in
front of the Mansion House, Sheriff Harley made an
attempt to seize the boot, but at the moment the mob
was amusing itself by pelting the hangman and con-
stables, and a missle, most likely accidentally, passed
through the glass of the sheriff's carriage, when he
retired to the Mansion House. The people, who
were in good humour, made no attempt at rioting,
beyond the stone pelting, and only one person, a
spectator, was apprehended, but released the next
day. The sheriffs were thdnked by the House of
Commons for their resolute behaviour in carrying out
their order, and a similar vote was proposed in the
Court of Common Council, but was negatived. —GUI/
Press.

A FAIRY PICTURE SPOILED.—It WU just the close
of day. The West shone in scarlet splendour, and
dimpled cloud-ships lay serenely clustered in sun
kissed argosies over the peaceful vale, where all was
sweet tranquility. The robin was chanting his vesper
song, and the roses dropped indolently in the balmy
breeze, and seemed wafted to a realm of delicious
visions. At this heaven-fraught hour I wandered
down a woodland avenue with a girl whose beauty was
beyond description. Her large black eyes look fondly
into mine as we sat on a fallen tree. Her soft jewelled
fingers lay in mine. Oh, heavenly moment. I could
feel her warm breath on my cheek, for our lips almost
touched. She asked me in faltering accents :—" Were
you ever in love?' "Never till now," I replied.
And then she looked at me most lovingly, and I drew her
close to my bosom, and was just kissing her for the
second time when the vision broke and I paid the
dentist and left. It was my first experience with
nitrious oxide gas.

" GETTING INTo A HOLE."—I have heard the origin
of the saying, "to get oneself in a hole," and I think
the explanation tolerably satisfactory (says "The
Tatler 'in Pictorial World). In playing at golf, to ;
get your ball into a hole means that pretty nearly as
matter of course you will lose the game, as you are
very certain not to be able to come up to time with
your adversary.
MAKING A MAGNET USEFUL.—" The Tatler " in q?
Pictorial World says: " I have just been told of a very'
curious use to which one of the great magnets at
Greenwich Observatory was put a few months ago-
A gentleman, while walking through a smith's forge,
managed to get a metal spark in his eye, which caused
him considerable pain. The family practitioner that
he went to for relief told him that he had best kee2
his eye covered up for a week and the piece of metal
would work out. But the the inflammation becoming
so excessive that he could hardly bear himself, a friend
told him to come down to Greenwich and see what the
big magnet would do. He did so, and on its being
placed near his eye the metal was slowly drawn to the 1
surface without any particular pain and was easily'
taken away."
BOOKS FOR THE UNITED STATES.—In a communi-
cation received from the United States Post-office in
December last, and announced to the public in Notice
No. 73, 1877, it was stated that a book sent from this
country to the United States in the mails was exempt
from Customs duty, provided it did not exceed in value
one dollar. The Postmaster-General has now been
informed by the United States Post office that this
exemption is not an absolute right, but is altogether
subject to the discretion of the collectors of Customs,
who are instructed not to permit the delivery of books
imported through the mails which are sent by pub-
lishers or booksellers in the way of trade, or which,
from the quantity or other circumstances, are pre'
sumably intended for the use of any one other than the
person to whom they are addressed, even though such
books are of less value than one dollar. It should he
understood that no exemption from duty will be allowed
except in the case of single copies of books transmitted
through the post for the use of private persons sent in
good faith for that purpose.

AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN.—The follow.
ing are the average prices of British corn for the
week ending Oct. 12, as received from the inspectero
and officers of Excise :—Wheat, 395. 91.; barley,
40s. id.; oats, 21s. 10d. per imperial qr. Correspond
Mg week last year :—Wheat. 525. 2d.; barley, 435, 6d. ;
oats, 28s. 9d.

PARIS PRICES.—The Economists Francais contain°
an article on the prices of articles sold in the central
market of Paris, comparing those of 1872 with the re'
turns of last year. Game and poultry have in these
five years increased 33 per cent, in price, and the col?'
sumption of them per head of the population of Pall°
has fallen from 10.951 kilogrammes to 10 355 kilo;
grammes. The price of meat has increased from .4
per cent. to 6 per cent., and the consumption of
2 kilogrammes per inhabitant. The price
fish has risen Sc. per kilogrammes, and we
consumption has fallen from 13 5 kilogrammes
13 kilogrammes. The average price of butter Wes
in 1872 2f. 90c, per kilogramme; it is now 3f, 16".
—an increase of 9 per cent. The consumption oi
has fallen from 7.8 kilogrammes to 7 5 kilogramme'
per head. The price of eggs has risen 6f. 62c, per I,otr's
eggs, or 8 per cent., and the consumption has fallo'
from 785 kilogrammes to 7 kilogrammes. The price°,
of cheese, fruit, and vegetables have also increase?'
Thus every ordinary article of food has increased le
price since 1872, and the consumption per head of the
p,Tulation has risen only in the case of meat, having,
positively fallen in the ease of most other articles e`
food,

PRINCE BISMARCK'S DOG AGAIN I—"Tyras," niece
Bismarck's favourite dog, who nearly gave a new turn
to European politics by partially eating Prince Gorl.
schakotf, has just distinguished himstlf in a new vilei
(says Mayfair). A friend of the German Chu/weal-1
called upon him very early the other morning to presen_i
his compliments and congratulations on the betrothAci
of his daughter. Prince Bismarck was dressing, An
in the meanwhile the visitor was shown into the drAl:
ing-room. To him entered " Tyras," who, after 8131,
fing round his legs in an exceedingly uncomfortsbl
manner, suddenly observed the visitor's hat, which hilo
been placed upon a chair. " Tyras " straightway IDA,'
for the hat, took it by the brim, trotted out, and
posited it on the doorsill. This hint, coming from 80
a quarter, was not to be disregarded, and the visit'
thankful for his personal escape, took his hat and tie'
He said he would call again when the Prince was uP,
ETON Boy.—The other day I heard a very
story about those golden youth, the Eton boys.
farmer in the neighbourhood of Eton was constaulo
being annoyed by the lively scholars robbing his apP
orchard. However, he couldn't very well afford i.to
make formal complaint, as he rented his land from tn
College; so how to stop the apple stealing was rather
difficult. But he was a man of very artful resoureq'
and knew that the weak point of the Etoniane the%
social dignity, so he determined to hit them througo
that. The worthy farmer therefore had put up in d
orchard a notice bearing the inscription, "1/.00370
gentlemen from Eton may take apples free of charge'
When the boys saw this, they flew into a fearful It/
sion. "Confound the old cad ! "they all cried;
does he mean by daring to say we would take his
founded apples free of charge? The impudent °
humbug ! " And in such a rage were they that th,
wouldn't go near the orchard, which was exactly wnr.ii
the olci fellow wanted.— The Tatter," in the Piclorw'
World,