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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

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EN, AND DISTRICT CTIPONTrLE.

, APRIL 22, 1876.

FOR THE PRESENT SEASON
IS REMARKABLE FOR ITS

PEOPLE'S FREE EDITION.
IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORKS.
BY Da. HENRY SMITH.

Twenty-first Thousand. By Post, one stamp (to pro-pay
postage) in envelope.

HEALTH LOST AND REGAINED; or,
'DEBILITATING ~DISEASES, THEIR CAUSE
AND CURE.
By HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the Royal University of
Jena, A ut!ior of" The Volunteer's Manual,"" The Warnlig
Voice," itc.
This work gives Dr. Smith's Treatment (the result .of
Twenty-Six years specbil practice) for the Care of al
Diseases of the Nervous System, Nervous Debility, Mental
and Physical Depression, Palpitation of the Heart, Noises
in the Head and I era, Indecision, Impaired Sight and
Memory, Indigos ion, Loss of Energy, Pains in the Back,
Constipation, Blushing, hysteria, Timidity, self-distrust,
Disziness, Love of Solitude, Groundless Fears, Muscular
'Relaxation. &c., resulting from Exhaustion of Nerve Power,
,the effect of Overtaxed Energies, Enervating Habits and
! other abuses of the system whica, if neglected, endin proms-
me decline and death
, GIVES IN STI UCTIONS AND PRESCRIPTION,t. 111.
. !Crated with 1 estimenials from grateful patients ; with
means of Cure used in each ease.
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'OMAN. Subjects treated; Girlhood,
- _ Maidenhood Courtship, Marriage, Motherhood,
Female Education Female Health, Female Hygiene,
Domestic Medicine, de.. de. It is a treatise on subjects of
vital importance to woman
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Address, DR. HENRY SMITH, 8, 1311 escent, London
t W.C.

CONSULT A LONDON PHYSICIA BY LETTEI

WITHOUT FEE.
pJR. H. SMITH, the Eminent Specialist fu
the cure of all debilitating and contagious disca,cu
will for the benefit of country patients uho cannot consult
him personally, on receiving description of there ease,send
his opinion, with advice and directions for the most success
restoration to health and vigour.
&drool Dr. 11, SMITH, 8, Burton Crescent) LouGintil W.O,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

THE LARKETS.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MoNPAY.
The number of beasts is small, and trade is brisk, conse-
quently choice qualities have been quickly disposed of at a
considerable advance. The supply of sheep is also small,
and was very readily sold at high rates. A few choice de-
scriptions reached fully 7s. per stone. Calves are also soiree
and dear. The market in every respect pre2enlB quite a holi-
day appearance. Our foreign supply consists of 590 beasts,
10,660 sheep, “S calves, and 20 miicli cows. Beet Scots, Here-
ford, 6s. to 6s ; best Short-horns, 5s 10,1 to 61. 21.;
sec-md quality beasts, 4s. 81. to 51 4d ; calves, 65. Bs. to 7s ;
Piga, 45. 41. to be. 41. ; best .I)Jwns and lialf-breds, 6a. 41. to
6s. 8. ; best shim wool, gm. 2d, to 88.6 d. ; ewes and second
quality, shorn, 58. to 6s. 10d. ; lambs, as. to 9s.

MARK-LANK—WEDNESDAY.
Withoutt ll aarckt-ilvia nt
ye ttEa-
udgalyi
sthh ew
iferaatin wast ra
idne
shhausrrt u lel
supply,
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atuat
kir show of fora'gn was on the stands, Witt) a quiet, steady
trade full prieee were obtained. With ref, r rice to
the supply was moderate. 1 here was a healthy demand at.
till currencies. Malt chanced hat:ris at 1411 pr:ce,. Oils'
were in mo ierate supply. There was a vrong ircoiry, and
extreme prices w:ra, paid. 11,123 was quiet but firm. Beaus
and peas sold quietly at ib ut Late rates. The 114ur market
was quiet at heat weelCS prices.
PROVISIONS.
LONDON, Saturday, April ;lie supplies of foreign
vißuitittrer
üb,e.i.ntatiebrarcealyuseiligialthtee I.l,n,:rdteemt atnodiwaliedfitriutie,chtng,e,iitiyo
actual change to notice in prices is an advance in best
Dutch to 110 s. to 1425. The Bit:Oli 11 a•ket remairdsd steady
pf.rrlcrwit, with a slow sarleA,
Lburiot
yribui:bui g meat declined 2a,
B. d.
rown Tallow, per cwt. 43 ii I Rough Stuff, per cwt, 14 SI
.ugli Fat, par 81193 ... 1 11 I nresves ~ 16 0
!delta,' S,,ity, per owt 29 0 GOO 1 Dregs ~ 6 0
Ye low Ruaalan, new .... 48s. Oti per cwt.
D.tui Ditto old 00s. Od• 99
Australian Mutton Tial.ow 425. 0 I.
Ditto ' Beef Ditto 41a. Ocl.
• 11AY.

WHITECHIPEL, Saturday, April 16.—The nutrltet was
moderately supplied with Nay lad Straw to-day. With a
fair trade, prices were unaltered, u follows: Prime Clover
100 s. to 150 s. ; inferior, 1153, to tbe.. Prime meadow hay,
90s. to 1355. ; inferior, &be. to 754. _ Straw, 565, to bOs, per
load,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

The LABOUR MARKET in AUSTRALIA.

The emigrant ship Ear/ of Dalhousie, which arrived
at Sydney in February, brought 321 immigrants, and
in less than a week almost all had either obtained em-
ployment or been sent for by their friends.—The
Sydney Morning Herald, mentioning this, says :
"Our public and private works are nearly at a stand-
still for want of labour, and it has been stated upon un-
deniable authority that 10,000 men could find ready em-
ployment on our railways alone. here is work for all,
and workmen are getting higher wart« s in New South
Wales than they can obtain in EC-gland. Navvi-s
are particularly in request, and so much are they
wanted that the Government have had to extend the
contract time for some of our railway contractors.
The Government purpose spending something
like £2,000,000 in constructing public works
public works that they would commence immediately
if they could get the men to construct them." In the
adjoining colony of Victoria the demand for labour
does not appear to be so great, but it is stated that for
ordinary labouring men there is a fair amount of work
offering, different trades varying in regard to their de-
mand. Navvies employed on the Government railways
get 9.1. per hour.—The Perth Inquirer states that a de-
putation of persons interested in the Western Australian
pearl shell fishery waited upon the Governor recently
to repre,ent the difficulties under which they labour in
procuring Malays for diving purposes from the islands
under the control of the Netherlands Indian Go-
vernment. It was represented by the deputation that
at Coepang, as well as at Macassar and other ports,
the authorities exacted a deposit of 200 guildera—
equal to £l6 13s. 4d.—for every native inhabitant
before he was placed on shipboard for conveyance to
the pearling grounds. Such exaction, it was urged,
was vexatious, and had seriously retarded pearling
operations during the present season. His Excellency
having explained that the matter had already formed
the subject of a correspondence between himself and
the Secretary of State, promised that no time should
he lost in communicating with the British Consul at
Batavia, and expressed his hope that arrangements
might be made for the removal of the exaction, and
at the same time establishing a system which will
insure the proper treatment of Malays engaged, and
their return to their homes on the expiration of their
engagement.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

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PULVERMACHER'S PATENT
GALVANIC CHAIN-BANDS, BELTS, BATTERIES, ,
RECENTLY IMPROVED.
and otti :I.)roxldibeyalth
Authorities
ulicaord
ie ;
ineys
gifnalfEedniegrandof al::: risabroad.
Electricity, tho prime actor in tho process of life,
nerve force is no conjuncture, bet a positive scien-
pervades all living organism, and its identity with
. title fact,
known to all versed in Jim teachings o
Electro-phyisology.
• • .i_ _s _.a_dre's bolo I
- Consequently in nervons exhaustion, local debility 1
and various functional disorders tiNt
Tile self-application of ,
anti
iNnvoosntdcearnfuglenpiltl3l-srieclualeadgyent has bi!come easy ana
agreeable to the patient, and accessible to all by the
recent improvements.
In contradivtinetfon to those unprincipled adver-
tisers who publish statements Eddy on their own
at horit y, AI u: PULVERMSCRER refrains from putting
forward any statements of his own in favour of his
Sis C. LOCOCK
Medico-Galvanic Appliances, but confines himself to
quotations from the opinions of competent medical
Sir W. Fzaous*-,
and scientific authorities, including
Bart., M.D., w.R.C.S. ; SIR llENisr HOLLAND, Bart.,
M.D., F.R.C.S., and F.R.S.; Sir J. R. MA.artN, Bart
C.B. F.R.C.S., F.S.A., and F.R.S. ;
these.
THESOBNO''BNaArt-FI3DLED".EFV.R.IDSE"NFC.EILoCi4t*OceiIIca 3,
appliances is supplemented by the following f para-
graph recently found in the standard work (p. 76,
Clinical Professor of Oh.
18d7) of JonN KING, M.D.,
—re it is desirable t.c; p:ro,lnce
st,c,tlrnictshitotseCchalcsainsniwitlile:
a continuous current of galvanism and without the
intervention of Conductors or electrodes, there-is
no instrument superior to Penslvenmach.er's•lmproved
OfuallviiirmicanCylianinets;
on% *disorders, •
o chains are very use-
Muscular DobilitylAphouis
lietniplegia . iElipepsy Rheumatism .
aralysis Dyspepsia
P
Itorpid Fever • Paralysis, Bladder •
Spinal IPPaantrallyysissis l!Attliennioarrhoca , Clihntitetedncy
Neuralgia 1 ' 'D3•smenorrnoea • Writers Cramp r
Stiff Joints - . Spinal Irridition Hysterical Cramps
Nervous Debiliti and Contractions
Hysteria ‘ ;Constipation Loss of Sintill
Hysteric Paralysis;Deafness Nervons Loss of Taste, &c.
M. PULVERMICRER challenges the strictest in-
vestigation of the numerous documents and testi-
monials, rue.deal and private, which are published
in his Pamphlet, - GALVANISM, NATURE'S CHIEF
RESTORER OF IMPAIRED VITAL ENERGY," sent post
free for 3 stamps, by applying to J. H. PULVER-
MACHER'S GALVANIC ESTABLISHMENT,
lk, REGENT STREET, LONDON, W. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER

They might try to be neutral, but however silent In
speech or however negative In oonduct they might be,
the world would judge them pretty accurately, and
would know unerringly whether to place them among
the foes or the friends of Him who challenged them
from His cross that day to confess or to deny Him
openly. If they denied Him, wherein were they better
than Pilate? were they not more criminal, indeed, than
that heathen governor, who knew not his duties and
obligations as they did? Yet who could escape the
charge? who could honestly feel that he had not many
times basely truckled to Christ's foes, and shown hut a
half-hearted conviction of His claims by a cowardly
abandonment of Him in Hs loneliness ? But
if they were ashamed of the past, what of the future?
Was the same thing to be repeated every day with the
same results—Christ waiting patiently the sentence
they should pass on him by their lives? Should the
world continue to crucify their King for ever, and be
justified in doing so, so far as they wars concerned, by
their coldness and cewardioe? He trusted there were
many among hit hearers that day who would hence-
forth in all honesty and sincerity denounce all Pilatiem,
and, though they should stand alone, yet would say, as
they looked upon the Lord, "Henceforth, my God,
though all men shall be offended because of the Thee,
yet will I never be offended. Yea, though I should
die, yet I will never deny Thee, for Thou art my Lord
and my God."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

PEOPLE'S FREE EDITION.
IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORKS.
By DR. HENRY SMITH.

Twenty-first Thousand. By Post, one stamp (to pro-pay
postage) in envelope.
HEALTH LOST AND REGAINED; or,
DEBILITATING DISEASES, THEIR CAUSE
AND CURE.
By HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the Royal University of
Jena, Anther of " The Volunteer's Manual," The Warning
voice," kc.
This work gives Dr. Smith's Treatment (the result of
Twenty-Six years rpecittl practice) for the Cure of al
Diseases of the Nervous System, Nervous Debility, Mental
and Physical Depression, Palpitation of the Heart, Noises
in the Head and are, Indecision, Impaired Sight and
Memory, Indigos, ion, Lose of Energy, Pains in the Back,
Constipation, Blushing, Hysteria, Timidity, self-distrust,
Dizziness, Love of Solitude, Groundless Fears, Muscular
Relaxation. etc., resulting from Exhaustion of Nerve Power,
the efeet of Overtaxed Energies, Enervating Habits and
other alms', s of the system whica, if I:eglected, end in prams-
ure decline and death.
GIVES IN STI- UCTIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS. Ill-
strated with Testimonials from grateful patients ; with
means of Cure used in each case.
Ties BOOK 15 SRN! FRDI TO ALL PARTS 07 Tlll WORLD.

Third Thousands. By post, seven in envelope
WOMAN. Subjects treated; Girlhood,
Maidenhood Courtship, Marriage, Motherhood,
Female Education Female Health, Female Hygiene,
Domestic Medicine, de., de. It is a treatise on subjects of
vital importance to woman
N.B.—.A Special Edition, Illirrtruttr T1,Lr3T11.7D3 WITX
EXONATINGI ON Woos, Cloth gilt, One Shilling.
NOTICI, the above medical works will be sent direct from
he Author, in an Envelope on the receipt of the amount in
tamps.

Addross, Ds. HENRY SMITH, 8, Burton Cescent, Louden
W.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

VIVISECTION AND SPOUT.

The Times has published the following letter on the sub-
ject of "Vivisection and Sport" :
Sir,—lf a few men of known character and reputa-
tion, numbering certainly not more than 20 or 0 in
this country, who are or may be engaged in some
researches by vivisection, are not to continte then
except under conditions almost amounting to prohibi-
tion, and under police regulations which are vexatious,
not to say insulting, it becomes absolutely necessary
If only legislative action is to be consistent, to control
the conduct of thousands who torture animals in
countless numbers for the sake of what is called
"sport."
It is proposed, then, to introduce a short Bill at an
early period into the House, to be intituled "An act
to prevent cruelty to Animals in Sport."
Its previsions may be somewhat as follows :
.

It Will be enacted,-
1. That no trout, salmon, or ether fish be taken by
the system of "playing it" with a fine line. All
hook fishing is to be made with a line sufThiently
large to pull in the fish at once, as in deep sea fishing,
and the fish is to be instantly killed by a blow on the
head.

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2. No fishing is to be permitted with live bait.
3. All fish are to be taken by the net wherever prac-
ticable.
4. No fish or "shell fish" are to be boiled ali,e.
Relative to all winged and ground game, it will be
enacted,—
That, in pursuit of game with a gun, whenever an
animal is shot but not killed, the wounded bird, hare,
or. rabbit must be recovered, and at once put out of
misery; and that no fresh game may be shot at until
this has been done, under severe penalty.
Relative to other wild animals, not being game, and
commonly recognized as "vermin," no trap is to be
employed that does not kill the animal at once,
An Act also is required to protect animals, especially
dogs and horses, from mutilation, which is practised to an
enormous extent. The ears, tails, and other organs
are removed, in part or entirely, for various purposes,
in order to modify appearance in accordance with the
prevailing taste, or to fit them for the table, or for
certain kinds of work. Many suffer severely from the
insertion of rings and wires in the nose, by branding
with hot irons, and the like.
All these mutilations should be rendered penal, and
if in any case judged absolutely necessary, must be
practised under the influence of chloroform.
The necessary steps for procuring these Acts may
be taken by our present excellent Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals; or, if not, will doubt-
less be accomplished by some new society of humane
- -right tt“--" ;he

persons brought together for the purpose.
I beg to add that I am not a vivisectionist in any
sense of the word, but I desire that in all legislative
enactments we should, before all things, he just and
CONSISTENT.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

H. A.. Smith, b Oakes .. 0
G. Hornsby, run out
Bennett, b Penn .
Astbury b Green 3 5
L. T. D Smith, not out ........ „ 3t;
Wheeler, c Oakes, b Hiugley
Mogg, b Hingley
Webb, not out ..
Dartnell did not bat
Cureton did not bat

Summerh ill did not bat
Extras..

BIRTH.
DALLOW.—On the 7th met, the wife of Charles Dallo s
of Kidderminster Street, of a daughter.

Printed and Published by the Sole Proprietor SIMEON
FIELD, at his Ofticea, 92, High-street, Storabrilgo, is
the County of Worcester: to whiah place all letters sad
athEr communications mast be addressed.
astardey, June 10, 1876.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

LADY DOCTORS.

A correspondent of the Bund of Ber,pe has (says the
Daily Naos), lately summed up in successive letters
from Zurich, the present results of the much-contested
" Damenstudium." It is now exactly ten years since
the first female student clamoured at the gates, or
rather since the medical faculty opened the gates to her
—for she had been attacking them by a diligent prose-
cution of the medical course. She wat a young Russian
lady. The University of Zurich, on the 14th of
December, 1867, conferred upon her the dignity and
rights of a doctor of medicine. Doctor or
Doctress Erismann has since practised medicine
with great success—first alone, and later as the
wife and partner of a medical man. Twelve young
ladies have followed her example, all of them
standing the test of the severe examination with
credit, and some with brilliancy. Each of these
ladies has received from the Medical Faculty of the
University the degree of Doctor of Medicine,
Surgery, and Midwifery. Six of these graduates were
Russians, two were Englishwomen (Mies Morgan, in
1870, and Miss Atkins, in 1872), one was a Scotch.
woman, one an American, one a S wifs, and the remain-
ing two were Germans. The American, a young lady
from Boston, passed with great applause, and her
public disputation before receiving her degree on the
22nd of June, 1871, created much admiration; after a
short, but very promising practice, she lost her life by
shipwreck in the Atlantic. In 1872, when Zurich had
braved the worst of the storm of ridicule and
anger, the older University of Gottingen found
courage to stand at her side, and the first female
acadetni3al student in the Netherlands passed a success-
ful examination in physics and mathematics. The two
latest, a Russian from Jaroslaw, and Fraulein Fran-
Tiburtius, from the island of Efigen, in the
IWO; have just maintained their thesis and been ad-
mitted to the dignity and rights of the doctor's c.:'egree.
The thirteen ladies who have received medical degrees
have exhibited an undoubted avocation for the pro-
fession. The extraordinary pressure of female stu-
dents with wh ch Zurich was threatened at the begin-
ning of the movement has now subsided, and is not
likely to recur.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF

ENTLEAIEN',S CLOTHING

MADE TO ORDER,

ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.

A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED.

Terms on application.

MILLINERY, HOSIERY, DRAPERY
I AND

HABERDASHERY ESTABLISHMENT,

126, HIGH-STREET, STOURBRIDGE.

MRS.

-W. CLIFF

Begs to inform the Ladies of Stottrbridge and District
that Rho has taken to the above premises, and has
re-oponed them after extensive alterations, with a Choice

Stock of

LAcE, RIBBONS, VELVETS, FEATHERS,
FLOWERS, BONNET SHAPES, Ice., &c.

Mrs. W. C. hopes by strict personal attention to
business to men i a share of public patronage.
..

STRAW BONNETS CLEI NED, DYED. AND

ALTERED TO ANY SHAPE.

°'WOE THE BLOOD IS THE Lnrn."-
ii. Deuteronomy, chap. xii., verse 23.

1 CLARKE'S 1
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

OLD HILL.

DAMAGING GRAM-At the Police Court, on Wednes-
day, before Mr. N. Hingley, Job Chapman was charged
with wilfally damning a qu intity of grass, the prop rty
of Ge .r.4e Lee, on the 30,11 ult.—Complainant proved
seeing defendant walk across the field and that there was
no right of way where defendant was. Defendant con-
tended that there was a right of way and had been for
years. Hc was fined 2v 6d and eosts ; in default 14
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

No. 614

SALES BY AUCTION.

..
MR • F.
!J. -y ATES,
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ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR,

HIGH STREET,
STOTTPABRIIDG-m,
(Nearly opposite Stourbridge & Ifidrisrm(ttster Bank)

Attendance every Friday, from 11 a.m., to 4 p.m.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

ROWLEY.

LOCAL BOARD.-A meeting of this Board was held on
Monday, Mr. A. H. Barrs presiding. There were also
present Messrs. Guest, Parkes, Bassano, Hodgetts,
Bennett, and Plant. The medical officer's report stated
that the number of deaths during the month was 30,
giving a death-rate of 15.2 per 1,000. This number was
14 less than the previous month. The ages at death
were—under one year, 13; between one and three years,
4 ; over sixty years, 3. The total ages of the last three
amounted to 259 years. Three deaths from typhoid
fever had occurred, making nine in the insent year.
The nuisance inspector was instructed to carry out cer-
tain recommendations embodied in the medical reports
—The inspectors reported that in the upper part of the
parish there had been 46 ashpits emptied and cleansed,
at an average cost of 8s lid to the Board; and in the
lower part 63, at an average cost of 9s.—Tenders for
making Cherry Orchard Street, Old Hill were received.
That of Messrs. Jones and Fitzmaurice—.E372 is 64
was accepted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

THE TRADE IN ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.

The merchants and manufacturers of London are
suffering, in common with their neighbours, from the
general stagnation of business (says the Daily Nom).
In the City dulness and depression have prevailed for
a considerable time, and, as the sea.on advances, the
West-end is being reluctantly convinced that not even
the advent of the most genial weather will restore to it
at once the profitable custom it has enjoyed with
unbroken regularity for some six or seven years
past. Oae single branch of London industry, we be-
lieve, may be excepted from this cheerless and dis-
couraging prospect, and that is the manufacture
of artificial flowers. Luckily for those engagcd in this
line of business the prevailing fashion this season is to
wear artificial flowers in exceptional profusion, and the
demand for them has been such that for some weeks
past manufacturers have had some difficulty in keep-
ing pace with it. London is the principal home of
this industry in this country, and its history during the
last fifteen years furnishes a good example of the bene-
ficial influence of free trade. Prior to 1860 it was a
" protected " native industry, an import daty being
levied upon foreign artificial 11 )wers. This was swept
away by Mr. Gladstone's financial arrangements for
that year. For a time there was a reaction, wbteh
seemed almost to threaten the existence of this in-
dustry on this side of the Channel, but as time
wore on, it slowly but gradually revivcd, axd on. a
much more healthy and substantial foundation. Whiletheir manufacture was " protc cted," English artificial
flowers were the most unartistic and the most un-
attractive in the market. Since the trade became
"free." there has been a marvellous change, and the
manufacture has grown and extended most rapidly. A
considerable importation of French flowers continues,
but their high price places them beyond the reach of
many. Flowers of great beauty and of wonderful
cheapness are now manufactured in the London work-
rooms, in quantities which, prior to the abolition of
the duty, would never have been dreamt of.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

STOURBRIDGE.

A. Otter, retired hurt. ... 1
J. W. Parkes, b Loveridge
C. W. Oates, b LotJriclge 0
W. Creen, c Crawhall
E. Clifton, b Loveridge ..........7
K. Clifton, b Higgs 5
F. Wqbb, b Higga
C. Leeson, c Burford, b Higgs . 3
NV. Davis, b Ward ..
H. Dean, c Poison, b Loveridge
J. H. Woodball, retired hurt lO
Extras

Stourbridge v. Queen's College.—A match was played
between the above clubs on Wednesday last. The
Queen's College won the toss and sent in Stourbrfdge to
bat, to the bowling of Smith and Bennett, which was
good and runs were made slow. K. Clifton made the
top score 28 ; W. Davis 16; J. Parkes 13 ; and E.
Clifton 12, the whole being out for 133 runs. After the
usual time had elapsed the College sent in H. A. Smith
and Hornsby, the former being bowled first ball by
Oakes for a " duck." Bennett was the next man that
went in and a stand was made when Hornsby was rin
run out for 10. Astbury and 1.. T. D. Smith (two.old
Brcmsgroveites) got together and leather hunting WRS the
order of the day until 158 was hoisted for the 1033 of 7
wickets. Webb not out for 12, thus pulling off the match
to the astonishment of those on the ground, as it was
sonsidered a foregone conclusion that Stourbridge could
not loose with the number of runs made. No doubt the
match was lost through being too confident and the
bowling and fielding was not so good as usual. The
return match will be played to-day (Saturday) with the
Bromsgrove Grammar School, and trust that something
may be learnt from last Wednesday's play und so pull
themselves together on the field and win the match.
Sturbridge having won thre 3 match( e and loss two. 'I he
following is the score :

STOURBRIDGE.
E. Oakes, c and b Smith
•
J. Penn, b Smith
C. Oates, b Smith
W. Green, c Mogg, b Bennett
E. Clifton, c H Smith, b F. Webb
K. Clifton, c and b Smith
J. W. Parkes, 1 b w, b Astbury....
H. N. Hingley b Astbury
C. Leeson, b Astbury
W. Davis, c Bennett, b Astbury
H. Moore, not out ......
Extras
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

A BOA CONSTRICTOR IN LONDON.

Mr. Frank A. Nash writes to The Times :
Wdl you kindly allow me to give your readers a
short description Of an interesting event which oecurred
In the London Docks on Thursday, being the capture a
large 'boa cuastrictor,' on board the ship Surprise;
which has just arrived from Port Natal laden with
wool and hides. It appears that, while at the Port she
went within the bar to load, being a small vessel, and
consequently was close to the bush. One evening after
her cargo had been shipped, while the crew were having
a little jollification among themselves, one of the sailors,
who happened to possess a concertina, was playing
various tunes for the amusement of his companions. It
is supposed that the music attracted the ' boa 'on
board, and being disturbed it must have found its way
into the hold, as the hatches were off at the time, and
concealed itself among the cargo, as it was not dis-
covered till the ship was well on her voyage home. When
she arrived in dock the question arose as to how it was
to be captured, but, with the assistance of Mr. Jamrach
it was successfully accomplished. I have seen the rep-
tile and I should think it is about eight or nine feet in
length, and as thick as the calf of a man's leg. It has
existed during the voyage on rats and other vermin,
with which, I am informed, the vessel swarmed while
at Port Natal, and there is not a rat to be seen in any
part of the vessel, so that in future it may be thought
desirable to ship a 'boa constrictor 'instead of other
animals to catch the vermin."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

. A WARM TIME.

Quoth Jane to her husband, a dealer in shares,
"The weather keeps cold—what a pity "
With wonder she opens her optics and stares,
When her spouse with undoubted conviction declares
It's been awfully warm In the City.—Fun.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

TREASURE IN FRANCE.

We read in Figaro that there were last week in the
cellars of the Bank of France the enormous and extra-
ordinary sum of two thou-and millions, or two milliards
in coin bill in bar. This represents about a third of the
money circulation of France, and the tenth part of
that of the whole of Europe. To move this treasure
it would take six hundred carts with two horses each,
the two milliards in gold weighing 605 tons. To count
two milliards of francs (that is 100 millions of Louie)
and to pay them out of a little door, would take more
than the average lifetime of a cashier. A hundred
million of Louis put up in ordinary cartridges of I,ooof.
(240) would take two millions of cartridges, and
they would make 1,250 piles of gold as high as the
towers of Notre Dame. With two milliards, Figaro
says he could construct his hotel in solid silver. With
two milliards all the land inside of the Paris fortifica-
tions might be purchased, allowing 10f. for every metre.
The Exhibition of 1878 would not only be built, but the
whole world could be admitted free, and not a sou
of the principal be touched. With two milliards the
wretched Turkish and Egyptian debts could be paid,
and the funds would go up 1001. in a single Bonne.
With this sum an ironclad fleet could be built which
would sink to the bottom in one hour the assembled
fleets of England, France, Germany, Russia, Italy, and
Turkey. With two milliards one could purchase all
the pictures exhibited in the Salon this year, paying
for each picture ICO.ODOf, , and for those which ob-
tained the medal a -million francs each. With two
milliards the whole human race could be entertained
at a dinner, and the menu should be one far from
being despised. Two milliards is, so they say, just
about half of the fortune) of the Rothschilds. What
were the treasures of Crce3us, or of Solomon at
Jerusalem, or of the Gallions of the Spanish-American
colonies of the time of Philip IV., when placed along-
side of this mass of gold actually buried in the cellars
of the bank? Two milliards represent 80 millions
sterling. The indemnity paid by France to Germany
for the war of 1870 was £200,000,000.—G/obc.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

STEAM TRAM-CARS.

Tram-cars worked by steam are so rapidly coming
into notice and us', that the Engineer does good ser-
vice by directing attention to the real difficulties in the
way of their practical success ; difficulties by no means
insurmountable, but at the same time apt to be over-
looked in in a time of enthusiasei. Enthusiasm has a dis-
like for plain facts and figures, but men who wish to
make an enterprise pay have to look facts and figures
In the face. We have, in the first place, to remember
the conditionP. First, there must be power to over-
come the steepest gradients in all weathers; next there
must be little or no noise; and lastly, visib'e smoke and
steam must be suppressed. As regards the first point;
whereas, the resistance of a car on a railroad, with
wheels three feet high, is about 101bs. per ton, on a tram,
with smaller wheels, it is not less than 401133. A full
tram car weighs about four tons, so that we have a pull
of 1601bs. necessary to bc gin with. Then there are inclines
of as high a pitch as lin 20, and on these inclines it may
be necessary to stop and start. This necessity so in-
creases the requisite power that nothing short of a pull
of 6001 b. would be safe. This being so. the engine
would not weigh less than four tons with sufficient water
in the tanks to condense the steam emitted. This makes
the total weight to be moved as much as eight tons; and
as a power of starting quickly is an object, the tractive
force must be increased by four or five times over what is
necessary to keep things going. To keep car and
engines going at six miles an hour, and to overcome
engine friction would require 7-horse power indicated,
and for every hour's journey the engine must carry a
ton and a quarter of water, for feeding and condensing.
On the whole, the engines must be capabie, on occa-
sion, of exerting 20-horse power indicated, and their
dimensions must be regulated accordingly. The con-
ditions being given engineers can easily comply with
them; but then the question will arise whether, the
conditions being accepted, horses will not, for this pur-
pose, be cheaper than steam.—Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

ACCIDENT at ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL,

LONDON.

On Saturday an accident occurred at St. George's
Hospital, Hyde Park-corner, which naturally excited
great alarm. A large iron tank find been erected
some time ago at the top of the building to supply
water at high pressure throughout the hospital. Soon
after eleven in the morning of Saturday a little water
was observed trickling from the ceiling of the top ward,
and immediately afterwards the tank burst with a loud
report, and its contents variously estimated at 20 and 40
tons of water, poured through the top ward, the
next ward below that, and the room on the ground•
floor which is appropriated to the students and to the
use of the Coroner for inquests. The two wards
through which the great volume of water passed are
women's wards, and great panic prevailed, which must
necessarily have had a bad effect upon the health of
many of the patients. Severe injuries were also
suffered from contusions. The water bore down with
it broken beams' masses of plaster, iron, and other
building material, and in the top ward two women,
Rosa Streton and Sarah Gomez, and in the ward
next below Jane Halliday were very seriously
injured by the falling masses. In the sti.
dente' room three gentlemen were very much in-
jured. Wright's and Holland's Wards and the whole
of the lower part of the hospital were flooded. Toe
water swept along the corridors and into many of the
rooms on the lower floor, and found its way out by
washing through the entrance doors and through the
basement into the sewers. It had not all escaped by
nightfalL Great crowds collected round the spot on
Saturday afternoon to observe the damsge done to the
building.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

..Li,9l 3 II) JrNE 10, Ib7

Horton, solicitors, stating that they had that morning
received a copy of the report of Mr. Stileman, of the
firm of McLoan and Stileman, civil engineers, Great
Gst)rge Street, London, upon the scheme of the North-
East Worcestershire Waterworks Company, which report
was made on behalf of the largest landed proprietors in
the neighbourhood. Messrs. Scott and Horton enclosed
an extratt from the report, which they thought was of
such vital importance to the whole town and district as
to demand the immediate serious attention of the Local
Board. This extract statd that the well from which the
supply of water by the company was to be obtained " is
practically in Bromsgrove, and within a half-mile of
the centre, and the inevitable result of the sinking will
be the abstraction of the water from the wells at present
supplying the town. as well as lowering the general level
of the water of the district supplying the streams and
springs." The Chairman thought the Board 'could not
stultify itself by opp -ming the bill of the company after
having petitioned in its favour ; but Mr Sanders
pointed out that the Board could withdraw that petition
if it could be shown that when it when it was presented
they had not such information on the matter as they now
possessed. It appeared to be the general opinion that
the extract from the report was not sufficient to warrant
any action upon the part of the Board, and it was there-
fore determined that Mr. Sanders should simply acknow-
ledge the receipt of the:oommunication.—This concluded
the business.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

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restoration to health and vigour.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

THE BREMERHAVEN EXPLOSION.

Mr. Ward, the British Consul at Bremerhaven,
reporting on the explosion of lithofracteur in December
i
last, observes that it s well-nigh imp )ssible to convey
any approximative conception of the colossal force Of
the momentAry pressure which was thus caused. The
i
large hole made n the quay at the spot where the
cask exploded measured metres (above 10 yards)
in circumference, and 23 metres in depth and
the solid pavement with the soil beneath it was
pressed downwards, white neither Stones nor sand
were thrown up upon the sides of the hole. Most
of the persons, the cart and horse and other
things on the quay, and parts of the decks of two
steamers were carried up into the air, thrown to
various distances, and torn to pieces, inji,ring or
destroying on their passage other persons or buildings.
The most serious effects of the explosion were experi-
enced within a circle the radius of which is given at 750
metres; but where no obstacles intervened the
atmospheric pressure destroyed glass and similar fra-
gile materials offering large surfaces of slight resisting
power in places 1,400 metres dis'ant from the spot
of the explosion. The general concussion of the s?al
in Bremerhaven and neighbouring towns were so vio-
lent that many persons in their rooms were thrown from
their seats; glass, crockery, and such light articles in
shops fell from the shelves ; walls were cracked and
stones thrown down. Trustworthy persons, says the
Consul, report that the effects of the sudden atmos-
pheric pret sure were observed in a few instances at a
dis'ance of nine and a half English miles through. the
sudden opening of doors and windows and the falling
of piles of wood. He adds, also, that the
in
was, according to reliable sources, hearheardn parts of
Holstein and Lauenberg—that is, at a d.stance o4f. at
least 55 English miles from Bremerhaven. Calculating
from the resisting power of pieces of metal which were
torn off the steamer Mosel, lying alongside the quay, it
is estimatAd that the momentary pressure on the spot
was 369,000 kilos. per square centimetre, or at the rate
of 3X4,000 degrees of atmospheric pressure.

A lawyer rose in the midst of a case in Chicago, the
other day, and said, "May it please thosourt, there's a light
out-doors, and I ask for a short adjournment." The court
went out with him.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

FISLL

is. 44. to le. SI. ; craopo3 101 to 23. 2d.
grilse, is. 31 to ls. 6d. ; trout, is. to lz. (d. ; eels, 81. to is. ;
h Ed. ; shad, 6d. to Ed.
per lb.; soles. is. 103. to So. per pal: ; turbot, 8. 61. to
to:711.
brill, Is to 2s. 64. ; dory, is to 25. 3d. ; gnrnard, 9d,
plaice, is. to is. 63. ; large haddock, Bs. to
2136 bl itu iarge 83. to 10d. ; sturgeon, is. to la
63. ; lobsters, 103. to 23. 31. ; crabs, 64.1. to 2s. each ; native
oysters, 18s. 61. to 20s. per hundred.

lIA.Y.
WIIITECIISPEL, Tursday.—Thc-re Was a thud supply of
hay and straw on sale here to-day, with a dull trade. Prices
remained unchanged as follows :—Prime clover, 100 s. t 3
1458.; inferior ditto 153. to 955. ; prime mcado hay, 00s. to
1325. ; inferior ditt3, 55e. to 755. ; an Bsa. to 455. pEg
load.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1876.


• OUR COMMERCIAL POSITION AND

PROSPECTS.

Eminent authorities upon trade and finance
in the city of London have lately declared that
st no period for 30 years have commercial mat-
ters looked more gloomy than at present. This
is 5 omething to say in the face of the fact that
within the period mentioned there have been
three financial panics, in each of which the
Bank Charter Act was suspended. It does not
require a man to be of very mature age to re.
remember the disastrous ye Jr, 1.5•.17, when the
crash was brought about chiefly by over specu:a.
tion in railways. The wild demands of Political
agitators had nt the same time a great deal to
do with the shock then administered to public
confidence. The eflcts of that panie wete felt.
for year:, and were at hrst only
.baili4)ed
thoroughly by the leltin,_; loose of cl..piLLl!l,2..au i
at the time of the Ins:ian \V, r.
peace WaS in 1856, came it
ineviianle reion. It was so after the peas...,
ot for it isan wind that blows n0b0,..,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

THE MARKETS.

MARE-LUCE.—WEDNESDAY.
Quietness lithe feature of the grain trade at Mark-lane
to-day. The supply of English wheat was short, but there
was a fair show of foreign. Business Progressed slowly, at
about the rates current last week. With reference to barley
the market was moderately supplied. Fine malting produce
was steady, otherwise very little was doing. Prices were
unaltered. Malt changed hands qiietly, at previous quota-
tions. Oats, of which a fair supply was on offer, were in
quiet request, at late prices. For maiz 3 there was not much
demand, and the currencies were barely maintained. Beans
and peas were quiet and unaltered. In the florr market not
much was doing, and there was no movement in prices.

METROPOLITAN CX.TTLE MA.R.KET.-MONDAY.

The number of beasts is small, and consequently prices
are higher. A good clearance is effected of all kinds. The
market generally has a holiday appearance. The sheep
market is barely supplied, and although trade is not brisk
throughout, prices remain high. Lambs are selling about
the same as of late. Calves are rather dearer. Our foreign
supply consists of 1,020 beasts, 8,170 sheep, 130 cllves, and
30 mulch cows. From Scotland, 45 beasts; Norfolk, Suffolk,
and Essex, I,COO ; Midland and other counties 8:15 beasts and
10 !Mich cows. 'Best Soots, Herefords, Gs. to Gs. 4d.; Best
Shorthorns, Os. 101. to Gs. 21 ; Second quality beasts, 4s. 6d.
to Gs. 41 : Calves, 4s. Si. to Gs. 44.; Pigs, 45. GI to 6s. ; Best
Downs and half-bred sheep, Gs 101 to 7s. ; Shorn,
Gs. 81 to 75. ; second qual,ty shorn, Os. 8 to Gls. 41. ; Lambs,
75 61 Bs. 64. per stone of Sibs.

TALLOW.
B. d.
1 e. d.
Town Tallow, per cwt. 42 9 Rough Stuff, per cwt.. 14 9
Rough Fat, tier Sibs. .. 110 Greaves ' 16 0
Melted Stuff, per cwt.. 29 0 Good Drcgs .. 6 0
Yellow Russian, new .. 475. 6d. per cwt.
Ditto 1 litto old ...... 00s. Od. '.
Australian Mutton TaHow 425. V. ..
Ditto Beef Ditto. 40s. 6d. „
GAME AND POULTRY.
Cavils, 7s. to 12s. ; fowls, Bs to bs. 63.; chickens, 2s. 6d.
to Cs. ; ducks, 25. 61 to bs. 6,k; ducklings, 38. 61 to 88. ;
goslings, Bs. to 10s. 61 ; ruffs, reeves, redshanks, and god-
wits 10.1. to is. 3d.; leverets, 21. 61 to 68. ca. ; hares, Bs. to
bs. ;,rabbits, Sd. to is 6d. ; and haunches of venison, 603. to
635. each; and for,;-quarters ditto, Sid. to is, per lb.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

KIDDERMINSTER.

BOARD OF tiwattioryss.—Mr. Ki:ely presi, •I tit the
usual meeting of the Board, he' on Tuesday. —A, lit.
was read from Mr Inspector i.ig. stating that lie was
satisfied with the geueral appearance of the house upon
his visit, hut lie regrettcd, that the rue0111:11r11.1it 11. MS
lzizst... year as to C rt,in inipr.,vements had riot !welt car-
kid ont.—The . Visiting Committee rep irt•iil, w.th re-
ference to the communication lately received troll the
‘,Yrexiiitin IT Ilion as to the disuse of stimul tirs, that th. y
'thought the Matter shitu.d be left to the discretion ot
the medical officers. The cntninittee reported th At dry
rot had attacked part of the joiste of the chapel, and
they recommended that the niCeSSaa:, renovations should
he made. 'rise report was adopted.—.l long circular
from the Guildford Union on the lubject of the lunacy
laws was referred to Mr. Harvey, bat he might report
at a future meeting upon any rc:atl In it which might
demand attention.—The Asse3salent Committee re-
ported that they had made arrangements. with Messrs.
Connell and Marshall, of London, far an assessment of
the railway property in the Union, and the draft agree-
ment was produced and ratified.—The out-door relief
for the last fortnight amounted to £l2B :Is 10d ; number
of persons in the house, 200; last year, 182.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

LYE.

DRUNK AND DISOIMERLY.—At the Police Court, at
Stourbridge, yesterday, before Lord Lyttelton, Colonel
Barrows, H. 0. Firmstone and R. L. Freer, Elijah Cart-
wright senior, and Elijah Cartwright junior, were charged
with being drunk and disorderly, on the sth inst.
Police-constable Taylor proved the case, and said they
were both drunk and disorderly. Find 2s 6d each and
costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

MORTGAGES.
Aamount ,to any mount made upon
FREEHOLD OR LEASEHOLD SECURI-
TIES, re-payable by Instalments, extending o'er 5, 10
or 15 years.
INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 5 PER

CENT. PER ANNUM.

FULL AMOUNT ADVANCED.

LOANS GRANTED ON PERSONAL
or other Legal Security re-payable by Instalments
TRADE BILLS DISCOUN TED.

LIFE POLICIES, REVERSIONARY
INTERESTS, &c., &c., PURCHASED.
:WILLIAM HAItRISON.
OrHa.t.-17 /CAB ST 1. 'T t; j_ y
OFFICE HOURS FROM TEN TO SIX.

BRANCH OFFICE-
FOSTER STBEZT, STO URBRIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

CRICKET.

Stourbridge v. Bromsgrove.—This match was played
at Brimsgrove on Saturday last, and no doubt would
hare proved an easy victory for Stourbridge,had not
several of the men been hurt. The
.ground was in a
wretched condition, hard and bumpy, and the conse-
quence was tint no les-, than six men were I urt ; two
- had '.o retire. Broinsgrove was the fint to bat and
singular to relate the first five wickets fell for 10 runs.
The bowling of E. Clifton and C. Oates was very good,
.eight wnkts fell for 36 aul the last two men ran'up
the score to 88. Stourbridge sent in first to b. flifessrs•
A. Otter and J. W. Parkes, and ia.the first over Otter
received such severe injuries to his hand that he had to
retire, and the whole were disposed of for 63. Woolhall
had a s :vere blow on the arm and had to retire after
making 10 runs. No doubt it wouldJisve ended very
differently had not some of the men been injured. The
fotlowing is the score ;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

CHEMISTRY OF VEGETATION.

About the beginning of the present century The )dore
de Sausaure proved that the leaves of plants, confined
in an atmosphere deprived of carbonic acid, soon began
to fade, and would die if they were kept long in such
an unfavourable atmosphere. He operated on plants
vegetating in water and covered with a glass bell,
under which be put a vessel full of lime water, for the
purpose of absorbing the carbonic acid emanating from
their respiration. M. Corenwiader, having taken up
the same subject, last week communicated his results
to the Academy of ScieLeas. On the 25th of April.
1875, he introduced into a tubulated balloon a branch
of a young fig tree, the stem of which measured a
centimetre in diameter. This branch had a few leaves
not quite expanded, and also some buds. A
current of pure air was then uninterruptedly driven
through the ball on, in order to carry off the
carbonic acid generated during the night as well
as by day. rhe branch was not separated from
the trunk of the young fig-tree, which was growing
vigorously in a favourable soil. Oa the 6th of June
following the leaves that were outside the balloon had
acquired their normal development; those on the con-
trary that had been totally dapaived of carbonic acid
had begun to fade, and hi.d remained very small.
From this experimont, agreeing with those of Saussure
and others it may be concluded that in order to thrive,
leaves must absorb carbonic acid through their outer
surface. It remained to be seen whether similar results
would be obtained in the case of full-grown trees
having many branches laden with leaves. The subject
selectt d for experiment was a horse-chestnut tree aboutlB
feet high. The extremity of one of its twigs was intro-
duced into a balloon as before, and pure sic was driven
through. The single bud borne by the twig expanded
very regularly, emitting carbonic acid dining the day.
Here it was proved that a full-grown tree not only
absorbs carbonic acid by its surface, but also assimi-
lates that which circulates in its tissues.—Gtaignani.