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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

An Ohio paper contains an advertisement of an
enterprising tradesman, who, at the end of it, announces :
"Ministers supplied with goods at cost price, if they agree
to mention the fact to their congregations."
A justice of peace at New Hartford married a
couple the other day, and the bridegroom asked him his
terms, after the knot was tied. "Well," said the justice,
"the code allows me two dollars." "Then," the groom
said, "there's a dollar; that will make you three."

Strangers visiting Augusta, Me., while the snow is
In the streets, are particularly cautioned net to kick any
old hats they may notice in their path, as several citizens
have had their heads seriously braised in this way before
they were dug out.

An American paper says that a new way of fasten-
ing on ladies' hats is to bore the tops of their ears, put in
gold hoops, and have the hat strings tied through them.
Thus, step by step we tread the pathway to perfection, and
are the darkness of death envelopes all the world, man will
have utilized his nose in holding up his pantaloons or pull-
ing on his boots.

The authoress of Loving and Being Loved compares
a man to a silk umbrella, in these terms: "A good man is
like a strong silk umbrella—trustworthy, and a shelter when
the storms of life pour down upon us; a mere walking-stick
when tie sun shines—a friend in misfortune.

A Chicago paper says :—" Snow fell here yesterday
a foot deep." Let a St. Louis editor see that, and he will tell
you that if the snow was a Chicago-woman's foot deep, second-
storey windows were a mighty handy thing for people who
wanted to go out of doors.

The following anecdote was told by an American
preacher for agact :—He was praying, and in his prayer he
said, "I pray that the power of the devil may be curtailed."
Just then an old darkey in the congregation cried out,
"Yes; amen. Bless me I Cat him tail right smack, move
off.'

Strange there are men occupying high positions -in
business and society in this city, not knowing how to read.
This remark Is suggested by seeing the number of intelli-
gent-looking men unable to decipher the mystic legend,
"Please shut the door ! "—Buffalo Reasoner.
A Yankee. patent medicine man warrants that, if
taken in time, his Cough Elixir would have "suspended
kiahomet's eoughin'."
'Tis glorious to stand at the back window and view
the resplendent sunrise vaulting o'er the eastern leafless
forest, to mark the' deepening glow of the god of day as he
toils away with Ms little kerosene can and tools around with
the ash sifter, and the beauty of it all is that you are too far
away to hear his wife shout from under the bedclothes,
"Aint you got that lire lighted yet, Sol?"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

A QUAKER'S GIFT.

Mx. Daniel Pryor Hack, a member of the Society of
Friends, has given to the Town of Brighton £5OO to be ex-
pended in purchasing books for the Public Library on the
condition that the books bongut shall be consonant with
Scriptural teaching. The following address to Mr. Hack
(now in his eighty fifth year) is in course of signature in the
town, as the Public Library is not a lending oue :
"Sir,—You have Made a generous gift to the
Public Library. The £5OO to be expended in your
name will buy more than a thousand books ef great
interest, which your humbler fellow-townsmen pill owe
alone to you the opportunity of seeing. May we ask of
you to connect with your gift the still more generous
request that those for whose benefit you design the books
shall have the opportunity of reading them on the only
day when thoughtful reading is possible to them? Since
you stipulate that the character of the works shall
pertain to Sunday, we take it that you will be pleased
with the desire to read them en that day. Being your-
self an honoured member of a persuasion whose wor-
ship is, on principle, spontaneous and meditative, and
unbroken by the mechanical distraction of the
preacher, we venture to ask that readers may, under
similar circumstances, Le permitted to peruse your
books on that day, when the mind is most likely to
profit by them. Wise reading is a form of worship.
You will recal the remarkable words of her Majesty,
who, when first she looked upon the works of mere
genius in art in the Hyde Park Exhibition, exclaimed
—` One felt filled with devotion—more so than by any
service I ever heard.' And the same sentiment is
evoked still more strongly by appreciating the genius
of thought in great books. The Town Council, who
will fulfil your wish as to the nature of the books they
buy with your money, will respect your wish that
they shall be available at the time best for the readers,
and many pew-openers will volunteer to hand out
the sermon-books on the Sunday afternoon. Since
you belong to a society to whom every courtesy and
every kindness was once refused, we feel sure that
you, now it is in your power, will extend to unfriended
readers—of whom it may be said that-improvement is
their- religion—that consideration denied to your
forefathers. We cannot doubt that you will do unto
others what your ancestors desired in vain should be
done unto them. Age brings no dignity and the grave
no peace like that which proceeds from charity of
opin;On. All we ask you can give by a word. If you
withhold it your books will be locked up on that day,
when they would do most good and give most pleasure.
The rich care nothing for your books. They have
their libraries, and can read as they list on 'Sundays,
without supplicating any man's permission. The
bookless poor, who alone will be grateful for your gift,
look to your religious charity for the opportunity of
studying them."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

A TEMPERAICE MISSION.

A week's temperance missitt took place at Sheffield on
Sunday by the preaching of 9N temperance sermons, and on
Monday there was a Conferetce in the afternoon, and a
meeting at night. Both Mr. loebuck, M.P., and Mr. Mun-
della. M.P., had been communcated with to take the chair.
Mr. Roebuck wrote as follows :

" Were I ten years younzer than I am I would
cheerfully accede to your request to preside at the
proposed Conference • but I 1m now physically incap-
able of fulfilling the duties impoied upon the chairman
of such a meeting. Men will me*. with strong feelings
to which they Will be Inclined to give expression in
strong language. To preserve order and good temper will
need great firmness and strength, which latter would
fail me, and I should be helgess in the boisterous
surge of conflicting opinions. ton must, therefore, be
good enough to excuse me whin I meet your request
with a negative. The subject to be discussed is very
important and very difficult, reluiring for its solution
large experience and much kaoiledge of mankini.
sincerely hope that the question may be treated
calmly, in a wise and generous spirit, and in a temper
that may lead to wise and metal conclusions.—l am,
yours very truly, J. A. Rozßucß."

Mr. Mundella wrote, excusing his non-attendance on the
ground of his Parliamentary duties, and in the course of his
letter he said :

"Much of the distress and privation of present and
past years would have been averted had we been a
temperate and thrifty people We can never becomp
truly happy, prosperous, and free as a nation till we
become sober and self•denyizg. The waste of money
caused by intemperance is fearful and prodigious; but
the material injury is trifling compared with the injury
which intemperance inflicts on the moral, religious,
and intellectual life of the nation. To endeavour
effectually to remedy an evil which is at once a national
curse and disgrace is the duty of every honest patriot
and true Christian."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

TiffrOAT AFFECTIONS AND HOARSENESS.-All suf-
fering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness
will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate
relief afforded by the use of " Brown's 'Bronchial
Troches." These famous " lozenges " are now sold
by most respectable chemists in this country at
is lid per box. People troubled with a " hacking
cough," a "slight cold," or bronchial affections, can-
not trythenitoo soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to
progress, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic
affections. See that the words "Brown's Broccbial
Troches" are on the Government Stamp around
each box.—Manufactured by JOHN I. BROWN & SONS,
Boston, United liteten. Depot, 498 Goroford-streeti
Loam - •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

PROTECTION IN CANADA.

Under date March 16, The Times of Monday publishes the
following from their Correspondent at Ottawa :

" The Finance Minister made the Budget speech
last night. Over two million dollars are required to be
raised by fresh taxation, and differential duties are
imposed for the first time. These are upon salt and tea.
Upon teas c moing from the United States there is a
specific duty of 2c. per lb. and 10 per cent ad valorem.
On salt from anywhere but Great Britain and its de-
pendencies the duty is Bc. per 100 lb. Lord Lorne is
the first Governor-General whose Royal instructions
omit stating that any Bill impoking differential duties
shall be reserved for the consideration of the Home
authorities. Besides the general tariff being raised
from 17,i to 20 per cent, ad valorem, numerous classes
of articles are subjected to highly protective duties.
Cotton fabrics pay lc. per yard specific as well as 15
per cent. ad valorem, and when measured by square
yards the specific duty is 2c. Silk fabrics pay 30 per
cent, ; shawls, blankets, and flannels of all sort, cloths,
felt cloth, yarns, and knitted goods, 7ic. per lb. besides
20 per cent. ad valorem; ready-made clothing and
wearing apparel, 10a. per lb. and 25 per cent, ad
valorem ; carpets composed of wool 10e. per square
yard and 20 per cent, ad valorem ; pig iron, 2 (?.ols. per
ton; iron in slabs, &c., 12i per cent, ad valorem ;
in bars, rolled and hammered, boiler, and other
plates, nail and spike rods, 17i per cent, ad
valorem ; rolled wire rods in coil, 10 per cent. ; iron
raila, 15 per cent.; railway fish Plates and sub, 17i
per cent; iron and steel wire, 20 per cant; and
tin-plates, 10 per cent. To benefit Nova Scotia,
anthracite and bituminous coal and also coke are
subjected to a duty of 50c. per short ton of 2,001 b.
Cabinet furniture is taxed 35 per cent., agricultural
implements and wooden ware 25 per cent., and bread
stuffs and barley 15 per cent. Machinery for cotton and
woollen mills is on the free list, The Customs
duty on spirits is increased from 1 dol. 20c. to
1 dol. 32ic. per imperial gallon, and on brandy
from 1 dol. 20c, to 1 dol 45c. 'Meru 13
also an increased excise duty of 103. per gallon
on spirits, and a 10 per cent, duty has been
;.laced on foreign vessels seeking registration in
Canada. The American bounty on sugar is counter-
vailed by duty being levied on the value irrespective
of drawbacks. The sugar duties are—'on all above
No. 14 Dutch standard in colour, lc. per lb., and 35
per cent, ad valorem ; No. 9 to No. 14, fo. per lb.,
and 30 per cent, ad valorem ; tmder No. 9, *c, per lb.,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

THE FRENCH LOTTERY.

On the above stbject a correspondent writes to the Daily
News

"Nearly twenty thodliand prizes still remain un-
claimed, and these have been removed from the Palais
de l'lndustrie to the Pavilion de Flori at the Tuileries,
as the former plaee is required for the reception of pic-
tures to be exhibited at this year's salon; Most of the
gros lots were claimed at once, and some of the
white elephants" did not turn out such unprofitable
prizes as some of the jocular people represented. The
winner of the ton of carbonate of soda sold it for
.240, and the gentleman from Kentucky who w
the agricultural steam engine sold it promptly for
£BO. A few of the chief prizes were won by
glish people, and a great many of the petit lots
Tmind their way to this country, some of them worth
£25 to £35, including such things as diamond ear-
rings, gold bracelets' handsome clocks, vases, &c.
Several members of the English aristocracy won
prizes. One lady, well known at Court; who held
five tickets, won three prizes, and at least a dozen
houses in Belgravia have been enriched by works in
bronze, Baccarat glass, faience ware, &c. One lady at
South Kensington, who held four tickets, had the re-
markably good fortune to win a prize with each. A great
deal of exaggerated comment has been made on the
number of worthless prizes, but the number has been
in reality comparatively small. The Commission of
the lottery having resolved that some things should be
bought in each class and each section of the Exhibi-
tion, and also that gifts should be accepted by whoso-
ever offered, it was inevitable that some such lots must
form "prizes." Most of the English prizes have been
sent to this country by Mr. Mason, of the English
Precs Agency, 7, Rue Scribe, Paris. After a short
time longer, the unclaimed prizes will be sold,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

REDUCTION ON RAILWAYS.

At the Caledonian Railway meeting, on
Thursday, at Glasgow, the chairman stated
that the receipts had decreased £1.22,000,
but the working charges had also fallen
£62,000. The company suffered most in
mineral traffic, and the third-class passenger
traffic had declined £33,000. The com-
mittee endorsed the appointment of a com-
mittee to co-operate with the two other
rts4lway companies in reducing the unneces.
*lt competition. -

HE;AVY PENALTY'FOR EXPOSING
BAD MEAT.

.

The Staffordshire P. Otteries Stipendiary,
on Thursday, fined a butcher named Charles
Nonnt £25 for exposing putrid meat for
sale, being £7 each for three quarters, and
over A 4 costa. The defendant purchased a
beast, alleged to be diseased, at Macclesfield,
and consigned the meat to himself at Kids-
grove. The meat was quite putrid, anti was
certified by the Medical Officer of Health
and the magistrates to be very injurious to
health.

A boat containing three men has been
capsized on Lough Gana, county Sligo, and
all were drowned.

On Thursday the crew of the Aberdeen
steamer Denmore, Captain Crombie, were
landed in Dundee, by the trading -steamer
Princess Alice. The Denmore was bound
from Leith -to Aberdeen with flour, and
struck on the May Island on Thursday. The
&Tv, all belonging. to Aberdeen, bad just
time to get into their boats before the vessel
sank, and they were picked up by the Prin-
cess Alice. ~

_
The Queen's Bench Division on Thursday,
granted a rule absolute for a criminal infor-
mation against Messrs. Mortimer and Brown,
publishers of the London Figaro, for libel on
Mr. Weldon and Sir Heiiry De Bathe.
Mr. Passmore Edwards has stated that
the announcement of his candidature for St.
Ives is unauthorised by him.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

MONEY ORDERS BY POST CARDS.

-
The transmission of money through the Post Office
has become so much a necessity of the age that any-
thing which can be done to render it more easy and
expeditious deserves the best consideration. A
great step has been made lately in this direction
by the institution of registered envelopes, and the
liberty now permi4ed to the public to send coin
by means of them. There ii, however, even in
this method of transmitting small debts, a good
deal of necessary waste whet the postage fees
come to be added to the price of registration; and
on sums which have to be made up wholly or princi-
pally of silver coin this tax becomes a serious item. It
seems unfortunate that the charges for small sums
should have been raised lately to s higher figure than
they had once attained, and the expediency of such a
change from a public point of view is far from
having been fully made out. As the fact-
lities afforded by the Englisl Pdst Office are
thus still decidedly imperfillt, it is possible that
some advantage may be taken of a hint frOm the
French postmaster. In France there has been in
force, since the let of March, a new regulation by
which a great economy both in time and expense is
secured to the senders of money. A supply of maniat-
cartes has been forwarded to many of the local offices,
and through them to the public, the use of which is
apparently simpler than anything we are acquainted
with in this country. The transmitter writes upon
the card the amount of the sum to be sent, and
having done so has nothing to do but to hand in the
utwl tv the postmaster or clerk, and pay the money,
plus the small charge made as a fee. There Is thus no
necessity for him to take back any paper, or to for-
ward this to the intendedrecipient of the money. The
Post Office charges itself with all the subsequent steps
in the process, and thus there is little or no chance of
robbery or loss in transitu. It may be well worth con.
sidering whether, this principle, already partially
adopted in respect to international Post Office orders,
may net be extended, as it has been in France, to pm,
poses of inland communieation.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22


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No 759

SALES BY AUCTION

HAGLEIY STOCK SALE.
MONDAY, MARCH 24th, AT ELEVEN.
350 SHEEP,
50 Head of CATTLE,
The usual entry of Calves and Pigs:
"1 OATES, PEREENS. AND WOOLDRIDGE.

TO POTATO DEALERS & OTHERS.

MESSRS.
OATES, PERRENS, & WOOLDRIDGE are
favoured with instructions from Messr3. William

Trow, J. B. Hill, and Samuel Meredith, to SELL by
AucTrox, on WEDNEBDAY, MARCH 26th, 1879, about 1,800
BAGS of Best and SEED POIAIOES, White Rocks,
Champions, Brown Rocks, Red Rocks, Red Regenti, and
Skerry Blues, on land at Isniere, Wannerton, and Hack.
man's Gate Lane, in lots to suit purchasers.
Sale to commence at 2 o'clock in toe afternoon. in a
field near Ismere House.

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, TALBOT HOTEL,

kiTOURBRIDGE.

MESSRS.
(WES, PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE
Will SELL by AUCTION, On WEDNESDAY, APRIL the
16th, 1879, a quantity of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
and Effects, removed to the above room for conveni-
ence of sale.

Parties wishing to dispose of any Furniture will
pleases send entries to the Auctioneers, 102, High Street,
Stourb ridge.

' AUCTION SALE ROOMS,
102, HIGH. 'STREET, STOUR.BRIDGE,

MESSRS.
OATE S, PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE
have the pleasure to announce that they hold
Sales periodically at the above Rooms, fO7 the disposal
of Estates, Houses, Building Land, Pastures, Wines,
Works of Art, &c., &c., at a moderate fixed scale of
charges, to be had on application.

HARVINGTON STOCK SALE.

TUESDAY, APRIL Ist, 1879.

MR. JOSCELYNE will hold his next SALE
as above. Present entries
30 Head of CA.TTLE, including 12 Fat
Heifers and Bullocks from one feeder.
150 Fat SHEEP, and several couples of EWES
and LAMBS, Fat and Store PIGS.

TO LET.

THE " COOAIBS," NEAR HALESOWEN

TO BE LET, with possession at LADY DAY
Next, the above pleaaantiv-situated RESIDENCE
containing Dining Room, 16f. Gin. by 13ft. Gin. ;
Drawing Room, 14tt. by 131 t. ;-Breakfast Boon , 14ft. by
10tt. ; Hall, Large Kitchen, Old Oak stair-case. On
the tipper floor. '1 wo Bed Roams, 161 t. 6in. by 14ft.
and 14ft..hy 131 t. respectively ; Two ema.ler Bed Rooms,
W. C. and Two Attics. he Outbuildings consist of
Brewhouse, Coal Rouse, and Cow Houses, to tie 5 Cows,
There is a large Paved Yard, and Pump of Capital
Water.

. The" Cocmb I" stands in its own grounds of 41 Acres,
including Large Garden, and well•stocked Fish Pool.
The remainder being old Turf Land. It is within 10
minutes' widlc of the Old Hill and lialesowen Station?,
on the Great Western hailway. .

For further particulars, apply to Messrs. Harwardi,
Shepherd, and Mills, Solicitors, titourbridge.

STOURBRIDGE CANAL.

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TWO WHARVES with Stabling and Weighing
Machine to be let.—For particulars, apply to
W. North, Gas Works, Stourbridge.

TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT.
• ..2.- A HOUSE, containing 8 ROOMI, 4 up, and 4
downstairs. Bowling Green Villa, Bowling Green Lane.
—Apply, Mr. Bateman, Longlands, Stonrbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

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REGISTERED FOR I
TRANSMISSION ABROAD. I

PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

PHCENIX FIRE OFFICE.

EASTER IpLIDAYS.

• ENTERTAINMENTS.

STOURBRIDGE.

ADMISSION 6d. USE OF SKATES, 6.

TRADESMEN S ADDRESSES.

rrHE TRUSTEES of JESSON'S SCHOOL
-1_ CHARITY are willing to Purdi a Piece of
Land in or near Dudley, forilthe erection of a zichool.
Half-an• Acre at least will be required.
Application to be made to either of TT stees
names below, Colonel Fletcher, Lawn oc lit use,
Stourbridge ; John Round Tilley, Esquir Dudiey ;or
John Ledbetter, Esquire, Hanbnry Hill, Sturbridge.

AIR. GEORGE PERRY, Solicitor, Agent
1-V_IL for Stourbridge, begs to remind the public that
the PHCENIX was for many years the only Fire Office
that kept a FIRE ENGINE in the town, and to inform
them that it still keeps one there.
For the keys of the Engine House, apply at the Talbot
Hotel; or to lhos. Robinson, Letter Cutter, Emilie-
street, the engineer; and for Terms of Insuranee, apply
to the Agents.

VICTORIA HALL AND RINK.
BELL STREET, STOURBRIDGE.

THREE GRI.ND
DRAMA fIC AND CHARACTERISTIC

VICTORIA HALL AND It INS

THE RINK IS NOW OPEN DAILY,
MORNING EXERCISE 11 to 1
AFTERNOON „ 2.80 „ 6
EVENI.\ G 7 ~ 9.30.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

THE AFGHAN WAR
THE REPORTED RUSSIAN MARCH

ON MERV.

The
.Berlin correspondent of the Dai y
News telegraphs :—" So far as I can ascer-
tain, no direct information has been received
here in regard to the reported plan of the
Russians to. march on Merv, and the state-
ment to that effect which comes from London
is reeeived with. incredulity. It is doubtful
whether, in view of the state of feeling be-
tween Berlin and St. Petersburg, any offen-
sive demonstration on the part of Russia
would be received with much favour here.
The mano3uvres in Roumelia are only half
understood; And are the object of no little
suspicion. The Press in general treats them
as having for object the creation of pretexts
for keeping a Russian garrison: there in spne
of the provisions of the Treaty of Berlin."
The special correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph, in a message from Candahar, of
Wednesday's date, says :—" A.bdul Rayman
Khan, who hitherto has been at Tashkend,
urged by the Russians, who have promised
to support him, is reported to be returning
to Cabul with many adherents. The death
of Shere Ali has just been made known here
It is expected by the Afghans that England
will settle the question as to who shall be
their next ruler. They express themselves
content wiih such an arrangement, but
would rather be governed by the British."

We (Globe) learn from S. Petersburgh
that Colonel N. Grodikoff, vino recently rode
from Balkh to Aqterabad, via Herat and
Merv, has receeived ordes to hold himself in
readiness to proceed to Krasnovous% to join
General Loraakin.'s column. Copiee of
Colonel Groaikoff's reports otthe defencez of
Alerat,-and thR condition of the Tumoral=
tribes living beiweeii nerat and Mery have
already been furnished to General Lomakin,
General KApfmann, and the Grand Dae
MichaerafTiflis.

t•

• THE IRON TRADE.
WozarzumusProx, Wednesday.
The market to-day was quiet and to salsa
which took place were few in number, ovine
priacipally to tam 14Q09 the quertig 'Alba 14
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

A SERMON TO SOLDIERS.

On Sunday Dean Stanley preached a special sermon
to the troops at the Garrison Church, Woolwich, from
the Words, "And the soldiers demanded of him, say-
ing, And what shall we do 7" Luke, chap: HI, v. 14.
He urged upon them to be careful to perform the
duties of their profession, to make the best of their
leisure hours, to stand by each other for the promotion
of all that is just, pure, manly, and holy, dwelling
upon the fact that idleness opened the door to all
vices. The Dean spoke in terms of admiration of the
British soldier, specially remarking on the heroic re-
sistance of the handful of British soldiers under
officers of the Scientific Corps, who saved from de-
struction thousands of their fellow-countrymen in the
colony of Natal.

The large church of St. George's was filled, and the
congregation listened intently to every word spoken
by the Dean.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

Free by post, in Envelope, Six stamps.

DiSEASES PECULIAR TO WOMAN.
Gives the Cause, Symptoms and Cure. This
book is published for the special use of Females, and i*
a Private Guide to the Treatment of a class of ailments
peculiar to the Female Constitution.

bk. HENRY 8111TH, 8 BDRTON-CRESChNT, LONDON
IY.C.

Now Ready, the THIRTIETH THOUSAND, Price One
Shilling. Free by post, 12 stamps, in envelope.
WOMAN:MOTHER. AS
lAllualltraAteldDEwiliu; WI,
AvivAGN.
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to Woman.

DR. HENRY SMITH, S_BußTor: CRESCENT, Lcamox,

NV . C .
NOTICE TO COUNTRY: INVALIDS.

Consultation by Letter without Fee.

DR. HENRY SIIITH, (By Diploma of .the
Royal University' of Jena) who has devoted
THIRTY YEARS to the Special Treatment of Diseases
of the Nervous System, resulting from Exhaustion of
Nerve Power, Local Weakness, itc., will for the benent*
of Country Invalids, on receiving a statement of case,
send his opinion, with Advice and Instructions, which,
f followed, insure a Cure; a Personal Interview gni
expensive Consultation•fees are thus avoided.
A " Confidential" form of Correspondence to assist
the Invalids in describing their case sent Post Free.
DR. HENRY SMITH, 8, BURTON CRESCENT
LONDON, W.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

TNE VICTORIA CROSS.

„
.1- The London _Gazette of Tuesday evening announCea
that t he Queen has been graciously pleased to gignify het .1
intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross
on -Captain John Cook, -of the Bengal Staff Cot ps,for a
signal act of valour at the action of the Peiwar Kotal
on the 2nd of December, 1878, in having, during a
very heavy fire, charged out of the entrenchments
with such impetuosity that the enemy broke and fled,
when, perceiving at the close of the melee, the danger
of Major Galbraith, .Assistant-Adjutant-General,
Kuram Column Field Force, who was in personal con-
filet with an Afghan soldier, Captain Cook distracted
his attention to himself, and, aiming a sword cut
which the Durani avoided, sprang upon him, and,
grasping his throat, grappled with him. They both
fell to the ground. The Durani, a most powerful
man, still endeavoured to use his rifle, seized Captain
Cook's arm in his teeth, until the struggle was ended
by the man being shot through the head.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

THE CORONER'S BILL.

A paper en this subject was read on Monday evening by
Mr. W. 11. Michael, Q.C., President of the Health Depart-
ment, at a meeting of the Social Science Association,
Adelphi, London.

The lecturer pointed out that the new Act as it
stood made little or no alteration in the existing state
of the law. He held the opinion that it would be
much better to adopt the Scotch method of pro-
cedure by the procurator- fiscßl, in place ot the present
antiquated, cumbrous, and almost useless coroner's
court. Over the question of whether
_a coroner should
be a lawyer or a medical man much ink had beeu
unnecessarily shed, tut he believed that legal train-
ing was more requisite than medical knowledge.
Under the present system it was impossible for that
official to know whether an inquest should or should
not be held, and the Bill made no alteration in this
important respect. Coroners were still to he elected
In counties by the freeholders ; but he hoped that
this provision would be removed from the Bill. It
would certainly be most energetically protested against.
Power was also given to continue their juris-
diction as to inquiries into treasure trove, and he would
strongly urge the desirability of extending it so far as
to include inquiries into fires where no life had been
lost. In the discussion which followed there was a
concurrence of opinion in favour of the election of
coroners by county boards, and tha-non-existence•of a
public prosecutor was deplored. It was hinted that
the new Bill did not do what was necessary to make
coroners' inquests effective, and left untouched the
whole of the present defects of the law.
The speakers included Messrs. E. Walford, Ernest
Hart, and Dr. Hardwlcke.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

THE STRIKE IN 7HE HORSENAIL
'TRADE.

On Wednesday theWitiiencil makers now on
strike in the Sedglq,': t‘brWal,,Coseley, Halemowen
and Rowley distriotrabt a reduction in wages
held several meetiii 4.* At' t'ach meeting it was
reported:that upwritde 01100 then were at work
at the required wsigea, viz., bs. 2d. per thousand,
and, in the event-of the whole of the men being
firm, it wee thoirghi %bat the whole of the ern-
nloyers would consest not to enforce a reduction
It wpe dectided "to piay on," and also to refuse
- to do work for the factors."-- The Brazil nail.
makers are on strike.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

IS TRADE REWLIIG

•
The Statist says : Apart Iron the atatistics of trade,
which relate to the movement of oods and the activ:ity
of transactions, there is a quesion as to improving
tone in the markets of tie comtry which requires
examination. Everythini is pnpared, or preparing,
for a revival of cheerfulness, of prices, and, in short,
of trade; money is cheap, Wages are low, the hours of
labour are extended, stock are reduced, and prices in
the wholesale markets ae down to what appears
to be a minimum range. It may, perhaps, reason-
ably be hoped also that tio -effects pf failures and
of bankrupt competition whi no longer be so strongly
felt as of late in many trades. Under such circum-
stances we may look for a revival of speculation in
various markets, whiclk shall erentually spread to
all, and replace the providing lepression by hope
and activity. Here and there ve do actually find
evidence of the growing !epeculaive power referred
to. In the corn, the iron anl tin, the cotton
markets, this first sign of reviving trade is apparent.
We believe that the weather has a great deal to do
with the improvement, a narked iicrease of shipping
activity being in consequeice of be better weather,
reported from Hull and other ports; and as regards
inland trade, the break-tp of tie long and.severe
frost has been followed by marked activity in build-
ing and agricultural operations, iron, wood, tools,
machinery, materials, laboar, all being immediately
in request to make up for wean. A slight impulse
of this kind, coming upon the easy state of money
matters, and upon the low state of stooks and prices
which prevails in nearly all trades, is sufficient to
put an indefinite spring into the commercial organism.
It is quite according to theory and experience that
there should be small ant isolated beginnings, but
the improvement will spread, a most powerful acting
cause being the desire to "go into stock" and to hold
stocks of goods when priceilhow a tendency to rise.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

. THE DISTURBANCES ON ST.
PATRICKS' DAY.

FATAL RESULTS.

A man named Carberry has died from in-
juries received • during the rioting on St.
Patrick's Day, at iCeady, near Armagh.
Another man, named Carberry, is severly
wounded. Alfred Mackenzie is in custody
on charge of having caused the injuries.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
" PUTNAM'S RIDE."

A centennial celebration of what is known as " Put.
nam's Ride" took place at Greenwich, Connecticut,
the other day. In 1779 General Putnam was in com-
mand of the forces in Connecticut. On the 25th of
February in that year a force, commanded by Major.
General Tryon, Governor of New York, composed of
about 1,500 men, chiefly British and Hessian troops,
marched unexpectedly upon Greenwich, where General
Putnam had arrived a few days before to obtain informa-
tion as to the military situation. A small body of Ame-
ricans posted across the road through the village with
three cannon fled at the approach of the Royal
troops, and Putnam prudently followed their example
—galloping off on his horse, pursued by the enemy's
dragoons. On reaching the brow
it
of a bill over-
hanging a precipice, the fugitive, t is alleged,
rode his horse rkht down the precipice amid
volley of bullets from his disappointed pursuers,
and thus epcaped from their grasp. The precise spot
at which Putnam and his horse went over the preci-
pice is involved in doubt—indeed, the fact of his riding
down the precipice at all is doubted by many of the
citizens of Greenwich, who declined to take part in.
the "centennial celebration" of the event, maintain-
ing that even if the hero actually performed the
feat it was in the act of running away from
the enemy instead of running to meet them,
and had therefore better be buried in ob-
liviGn. Tho majority of the citizens, however,
entered into the affair heart an& soul, most of the
leading Connecticut towns sent delegations, several
hundred persons went from New York to Greenwich,
there was an imposing procession, an oration, services
in the church, p benediction, a collation, and the cen-
tennial celebration of Putnam's Ride was a decided
succees.—Pall Mall Gazette,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

g •
' self-go=

that he appeared in the same place, and seemed
to pull although he had not the strap round his
neck. He had cautioned the defendant on two
occasions. Police-constable Wallace said he had
several times cautioned the defendant about it.
Fined 10s. and costs; in default one month.
NON-PAYMENT 01 POOR RATES.—A. number of
persons were summoned by Henry Yates, collector,
for non-payment of poor rates.—Order was made
for payment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

ACCIDENT TO A RED DEER IN
WINDSOR PARK.

_ .
Writing in Land and Water, Mr. Frank Puckland
says :—" Prince Christiall has been kind enough to
allow me to place on record an event which I believe
to be unique in the annals of forestry. This curious
catotrophe to one of the red deer in Windsor Park
will be of the highest interest to all owners of deer
parks. On the lfith of January one of the keepers
(G. Wheeler), who has charge of her Majesty's
deer in the royal domains, was going his rounds,
when, to his great amazement, he suddenly came
upon a magnificent red deer lying on his back, with
MD leg tightly fixed in the forked branch of a
white thorn treo. Ile VIM lying on his near or left
side, and the tip of his right shoulder was supported
against the trunk of the tree. The chest and fore part
of his body were clear of the ground, suspended bi
his right or off foot between the fork of the tree.
Wheeler attempted to remove the foot, but found it
es tightly fixed that with all his force he was quite
unable to do so. The appearance of the stag's foot
was as follows :—The shank bone was fractured and
splintered diagonally. The fractured bones had made
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

KIDDERMINSTER.

CHA.BGE OF STEALING PROVISIONS.—}Ienry Childs,
A.rthur Phipps, and Frederick Phipps, three youths,
were charged at the Police Court on Thursday with
stealing 41bs. of beef, 21ts of pork, and one loaf
of bread, the property of Thomas Wyre and William
Hawthorne, boatmen, on Tuesday.—Prisoners were
remanded until this day (Saturday).
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

MEER SCHAU M

BRIAR-ROOT PIPES,

PLAIN AND FANCY
CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS,

And Every Description of

TOBACCONIST'S GOODS.

ALSO A FINE STOCK OF
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

THE FESTIVAL OF THE HORSE.

The Mshommedans of Egypt, although they have
not yet established either a 'Derby" or a "Grand
National," are nevertheless in full enjoyment of an
annual solemnity called Doceh, or the "festival of
the horse." A correspondent of the Journal des
Daats gives a substantial account of the manner
in which it was performed this year, in the presence
of a concourse of spectators, native and foreign,
almost worthy of Epsom Downs or Newmarket.
For the benefit of those who do not happen to know
what is meant by the Doceh, it is explained that
Mahomet was its original founder, and that the
episode in his life which is thus commemorated oc-
curred at the important moment of the flight from
Mecca to Medina. The tradition given by the. /Mats
is that the prophet was ridieg in all speed away from
his enemies, and on arriving at a village called Yatieb,
which was full of his adherents, found the population
prostrated on the earth before him. However de-
lighted he might be with this proef of his influence or
sancity, the fugitive was not able to pause even so long
a time as would allow the worshippers to rise. He rode
on over the bodies of the faithful, who endured the
ordeal without flinching, and were in return preserved
by Allah from any injury under the horses' feet.
Such a circumstance could not fail to commend itself
as an excuse for a religions ceremony; and accord-
ingly the dervishes every year make a grand affair
of the horse festival in the part of Cairo called Boulak.
They cause a number of enthusiasts, chiefly camel
drivers and donkey drivers, to lie on the ground, and
then the imam, mounted on a white horse, rides over
them, while the dervishes howl out verses from the
Koran. This account of the festival and its origin is
all very well in its way ; but it will strike readers of
Gibbon as exceedingly unhistorical. And Mr. R. L.
Mitchell, in his English Egyptian Calendar, gives a
very different and much more probable version,
according to which "the custom dates from the end of
the last century," and was instituted by the Sheikh
Yttnas, "a saint who possessed the power of riding a
horse over glass without breaking it."—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

MR. BRIGHT, M.P., ON THE
GOVERNMENT.

The Eight Hon. John Bright, M.P., was recently
written to by the Secretary of the All Saints Branch
of the Workmen's Peace Society in Birmingham, ask-
ing him whether he would support a Bill compelling
the Crown and the Government to consult Parliainent
before going to war; whether he woultl support the
present Government in proposing a simultaneous re-
duction of all standing armies; whether he would
support an inquiry into the present system of pensions,
with a view to the abolition of such as those of the
Duke of Marlborough pnd the Duke of Schomberg ;
whether he would support Mr. Macdonald's Bill for
liability of employers for injuries, and a Bill for
shorter Parliaments. In reply Mr. Bright has sent the
following letter, which was read at a meeting held on
Monday night ;

"182, Piccadilly, March 11, 1879.
"Dear Sir,-1 cannot. say ' Yes 'or'No ' to the
questions you put to me. Any answer I could give to
them would require explanation and more length pf
writing than I can put into an ordinary letter. I may
say, however, that generally I doubt not that my views
are much in harmony with your on the points you
have raised.
"With regard to the liabilities Of employers, if I
remember correctly, I was willing to support the con.
elusions of the committee appointed to consider the
whole question. The gill then before the House
seemed to me to require amendment.
"The pensions to which you refer should have been
terminated by purchase long ago. .Those perpetual
pensions should never be granted.
"I think no Parliament should sit for more than
five years; probably three or four years would be a
better time.
"With regard to the reduction of armies, it is
ludicrous to think of supporting this Government in
any attempt of the kind. The policy of this Govern-
ment for three years past has made the reduction of
armies less possible than it was before and has been
the cause of nearly all the war or wars which have
afflicted the world during that period. They have
made needless war in Asia and Africa, and were a
main cause of the great war in the east of Europe. I
hope they have convinced the nation that Parliament
does not exert a sufflcient.control -over the disposition
to go to war shown by the Ministers of the Crown:
but it must be remembered that the Parliament has
partaken largely of tho guilt of the Administration.
A better House of 0 kmmons must precede any of the
good things which you are hoping for.—l am, respect-
fully yours, JOHN BRIGHT.
"Mr. Herbert Ball, Birmingham."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

OLD HILL-.

DRUNK AND DISORDIIRLY.--At the Police Court,
held on Wednesday, before Mr. B. Ringley, Daniel
Woodhouse was charged with being drunk on the
Bth inst. The case was proved by P.olice-constable
Frost, and defendant fined is and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

FURTHER, REDUCTION OF MINERS'

WAGES.

EXTENSIONOr HOURS IN'THE SOUTH

YORKSHIRE IRON TRADE.

On Thursday, all the men and boys em-
ployed at the Strafford Collieries, near Barns-
ley, received notice to quit their employment
in fourteen days. The owners intend closing
Park Gate Pit. The miners employed in
the Silkstone Pit will be asked to submit to
a further reduction to-day. The notices
previously given to the engineers, fitters,
and others employed by Mitchell's Foundry
Company (Limited) for extension of the
working hours having expired, the men de-
cided to strike in order to avoid the move-
ment, which is spreading throughout South
Yorkshire.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-22

GENERAL NEWS.

ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER.

At Tunstall Police Court, on Thursday,
John Thompson was remanded on the charge
of attempting to murder his wife. Prisoner
induced his wife to accompany him to a soli-
tary place and accused her of intending to
elope. She denied this, and he, sweating he
would kill her, deliberately shot her in the
neck, A very thick shawl saved her life,
but She is now under medical treatment,
though out of dange-e. The
_parties had
been living apart for some time': •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

THE HARVEST.

Monday's Magnet says :—" The more settled weather
of the past week has enabled farmers to make every
effort to secure their crops in the southern and some of
the midland counties; but the improvement has come
toolate except to prevent further loss from bad weather.
Reports generally concur in the statement that the
yield is not only deficient in quantity, but is also of
bad quality. On heavy soil the wheat crop may in
many instances prove to be an utter failure, Light
porous soils have of course suffered less from the super-
abundant moisture; but the want of sunshine and
lowness of temperature have been equally felt by all.
The wheat harvest may generally be put down as a
third lees than the average. Barley and oats are
expected to turn oat still less favourably, and beans as
well as peas look bad."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

THE WASTE OF SEWAGE.

The Pall Mall Gazette says :—Mr, Mechi has taken
advantage of the prevailing uneasiness about the
future of our agriculture to call attention once more
to the really important matter of the waste of sewage
of our great towns. There can be no doubt that sooner
or later we shall regret the wholesale sacrifice of valu-
able manure which is entailed by our present system,
to say nothing of the mischief which is done by it, if
not in London, certainly in many of our large cities.
Mr. Mechi calculates that the metropolis consumes
the produce of 20,000 acres a day, and that instead of
replacing the value thus taken out of the soil at
home we have to import artificial fertilizing agents
from foreign countries. This must come to an end
sooner or later, and Baron Liebig has plainly foretold
what that end will be. Without taking the gloomy
view of Mr. Mechi, it is still clear enough that to
throw away every year sewage which properly handled
might be very useful to the country is exceedingly
foolish. What the Chinese continue to do with it even
on most unpromising soils is well known; and nowhere
on the Continent is there such waste as in England.
The Agricultural Commission, which proposes to take
things so easily, might devote a little leisure between
now and January to this point. When there are
practical men who say that a proper use of our present
sewage would make it worth while to till the whole
surface of the country with the spade, we may at least
asaume that a far greater amount of produce might be
raised under the ordinary system within a reasonable
distance of our great towns.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

FLOSTLIZE3I...-17ES TIE TRUTH LED BUIELTS...4
few drops a Os liquid "Floriline " sprinkled on a
wet 'tooth-brush produces a pleasant lathe; whiok
thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites of
impurities, havdens the gums, prevents tartar, stops
decay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-whitenssi,
and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It remove,
all unpleasant our arising from decayed teeth OS
tobacco smoke. "The Fragrant Floriliue," being
couiposed in part of Roney and sweet herbs, is dell.
to the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery of
- Prise its id, of all Chemists and Perfumers.
by allll7 O. Osumi, 490 Q49rd-ittgell
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

THE CLOCK OF THE FRENCH ARMY.

The Evening Standard gives the following account of a
remarkable clock, which has been christened "The Clock
of the French Army"

There exist a great many ways of honouring the
memory of the dead, but the following—due to the
inventive imagination of a celebrated French clock-
maker—has at least a claim to originality. This
ingenious Frenchman was desirous of paying a tribute
of respect to his fellow-countrymen who met with their
deaths during the Franco-Prussian war, and to this
end has consecrated a clock to their memory, the
whieh he has christened the clock of the French army.
The façade of this marvellous piece of mechanism,
says a French contemporary, measures three
square mitres, and upon this surface the inventor
of the clock has spent years of patient labour in
order to bring his work to perfection. At each
quarter of the twenty-four hours appear the four na-
tions—France, Italy, Spain, and Austria. When
the first quarter strikes, four groups advance and
manceavre ,• these are : Corporal Thibault and his
mcn ; the National Guards who go through their
exercise in a Parisian locality; the firemen of the
capital; and lastly, the rappel of the 4th of Sep-
tember is represented. As the half-hour strikes,
several French flags appear, to the sound of mili-
t iry music. The following quarter brings for-
ward Commander Bonbaron and his corps, with
a number of sentries engaged in watching over
a battle field. With the striking of the hour twelve
doors open simultaneously, showing the marines of
the Vauves Port, the 11.9di Regiment of the Line,
the National Guard at Montreterie, the artillery of
Chatillon, the mobiles on the plain of Avron, the
Turcos of Wissembourg, the Ist Regiment of Zouaves,
the franc-stireurs of the press, an ambulance, the
transport of the wounded, the freres on the battle
field, and lastly, sisters of mercy engaged in tending
the sick and dying. The clock is said to be a mar-
vellous piece of workmanship and ingenuity; but what
is to be done with it now that it is completed is not
stated.