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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

A "QUIET DAY " AT WESTMINSTER

ABBEY.

Tuesday was observed as "a quiet day" at West-
minster Abbey, the Dean and Chapter, after much
consideration of their duty as at once custodians of
a building of unique historic greatness, which the
people of England would see injured with indigna-
tion, and yet as not exempt themselves from evan-
gelistic work, having decided that they could best
participate in the mission by letting the clergy and
laity go forth from the Abbey as from the central
heart of the mission, and return to it for thanks-
giving. There was throughout the morning a very
large attendance of the leading clergy, including the
Bishop Designate of Exeter, and lay workers of both
sexes and all ranks in the West-end, completely filling
the choir and the greater part of the transepts.
There was perfect silence in the Abbey, the majority
of those present kneeling in private prayer, broken
only by occasional addresses, preceded by the " Y eni
Creator," delivered by the Bishop of Bedford. The
address at a quarter-past twelve was on the vision of
God, which he said was very real, and not a mere
ecstatic fancy in the quietude of such a day, in the
still greater solemnity of a longer retreat, or in a
mission. His lordship controverted the views of
those who regarded unusual religious efforts as tend-
ing to sensationalism, and said that he believed on
such occasions God granted to the man of faith a
very real vision of Himself; though to him who only
desired to do what was proper and respectable retreats
or missions must seem unreal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

MR. CHAMBERLAIN on his DEFENCE.

Mr. Harris, M.P., recently stated at Newton that
Mr. Chamberlain had known how to carve his own
fortune very cleverly without having to toil or spin.
He had known how to buy up a lot of patents from
poor men with big brains, and work them out without
toiling or spinning, leaving the poor men of whom he
bought them in much the same position they were
before. Mr. S. Hayne, the Liberal candidate for
Teignbridge, having sent Mr. Chamberlain a copy of
this speech, received the following reply: "Sir,—The
statement of Mr. W. J. Harris, M.P., is of course only
one of the innumerable slanders with which Tories Of
a certain class meet the arguments of their political
opponents. If you desire to have any further informa-
tion concerning my connection with business, I can
only refer you to any merchant or manufacturer of
respectability in Birmingham, who will be able to
satisfy you on the subject. If Mr. Harris's statement
had the slightest foundation it is not very likely that
the artisans of Birmingham would have returned me
again and again as their representative. Your
!obediently, J. CHAMBERLAIN."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

COLLECTIONS OF BIRDS' EGGS.

The claim put forward by a Wallingford collector,
that he had one of the most completetad valuable
collections of birds' eggs to be found, has brought out
from a New Haven paper some information on the
subject. The coHection spoken of comprises 25(
different varieties, and of it the New Haven pap&
says : "This is a good collection of eggs, and does
,:rcdit to the untiring interest and energy of the young
collector; but it is far from being 'one of the most
complete and valuable collections in the State.' Nor-
wich has two collectors who have a greater number of
eggs than this, and there are probably a dozen collec-
tions in the State very much larger, and hence more
complete. Baird's old list of birds of North America
named 731 varieties, but the vigorous work done by
ornithologists since its publication has carried the
number of varieties to about 1500 for this country
alone, A recent offerer of a complete collection for
1000 dole. stated that it "contained 7000 eggs::
• While eggs can be well Feserved for years, the pre.
vervation of the nests for any length of time has
baffled science. The nests ,of birds are almost all
infested with insects that destroy them in spite of all
appliances yet invented for their vreservation.

A clever witticigm is attributed ter be late Prince
Imperial. When asked why peoplo glways said
I;ibraTe as a sword," and never "brave as 9,\eannon,"
jotrt.Z1!?(I: "PePause a cannon always reooiii+,whell it
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

MMillY& SUCCESS

WHAT contributes greatly to maces'?
• good sneraow
WHAT always causes failure in life?
• bad msraorP
WittFulesni:dicsEsnaibtl,e Ayezry Lady salitsaitlallytar:
Manufacturer, Farmer, &a.? A good mexuol;
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Art of never forgetting—wholly unlike Mnemonics.
book whatever mastered in one reading.
LOST MEMORIES RESTORED. ~D
Prospectuses post free, giving opinions of Mr. RICHAD
A. PROCTOR, Da. ANDREW WILSON, Clergymen sou
others who have studied the system.
Never-
Great inducements te correspondence Classes in
forgetting" and for Cure of "Mind-Wandering" in all P_ar—
of the world.—Private Lessons—Day and Evening Clarv•--
Lectures in Families of the Nobility and Gentry.
Professor I.4OIBETTE. 37, NSW OXFORD STREIT, LAO

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Consumers of Tea do well to exercise judgment, by
tiglecting those descriptions of Teti, that have been care-
' plucked in the early Spring , when-the leaf is small
,n2baed with the richness of the shrub juices. For
years 110111111132 D's Tea has been preferred, bemire it
is the strongest, cheapest, and best :—Sod in Packets.
List of Agents in this locality:—Stourbridge, Clarke,
Chemist. High Street ; Baka, Chemist, High, Street ;
Mores, 136, high Street—Brierley • Hill, Rawlings,
chemist—Kidderminster, Hewitt, Bull Ring.—Hales-
owen, Adams, chemist. —Lye, Greenwood, chemist.—
Wordsley. White, chernist—Kingswinford, Pear.on,—
Brettle Lane, Collins, chemist.—Birmingham , Banks
& Co. Bu 1 Ring.—Quarry Bank, Watts, Chemist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

BROMSGROVE,

DARING BURGLARY.—On Monday evening a
daring burglary was committed at Bent1(1 Manor,
near Bromsgrove, the seat of Mr. Richard Hemm-
ing, J.P. While the family were at dinn,r, soon
aitr 8 p.m.-, an entry was effect ,c 1 by means of a
ladder through the window of a bed r .um, in
which it must have been known to the thieves a
quantity oi valuables were kept, and a consider-
able amount if plunder was carried off, consisting
of jewellery—contained in boxes—the value being
estimated at upwards ot £6OO. The bur Lir; had
Bemired themselves from intrusion while coliecting
their booty by driving wedges under the door of
the room inside and.fastening them with sf2rews,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

ENGLISH COMPETITION IN ITALY.

Some considerable stir has been caused in Italy
by the announcement that an English firm, Messrs.
Armstrong and Co., have obtained permission to
establish works in Italy. But the impression appears
to prevail that they intended merely to set up
an ordnance factory principally for supplying
the Italian navy, whereas the fact is that the
Elswick firm purpose erecting besides an armour-
plate manufactory and a large shipyard. Messrs.
Armstrong and Co. indeed are on the point of
founding a huge branch establishment at Pozzuoli,
near Naples (not Portici, as stated),where they intend
to carry out all the operations above-mentioned.
They have been negotiating for some time with the
Italian Government on the subject, and for leave to
purchase a site on the coast suitable for a ship-yard
and ordnance and armour-plate factory combined.
That site Messrs. Armstrong appear to have now
found, for, concurrently with the above intelligence,
comes the news that they have concluded an advan-
tageous agreement with the town of Pozzuoli for ac-
quiring a plot of land of an area of 250,000 square
metres (nearly 62 acres). It is stated at the same
time that the firm have chosen the neighbourhood of
Naples on account of the cheapness of labour -there
and the skill of the local workmen, the choice being
influenced likewise by the consideration that Pozzouli
possesses a harbour of the required depth, and that
land may be had there at a reasonable price.
The company calculate that the higher rates
to be paid for coal will be balanced by
the lower wages. It is not stated whether
Messrs. Armstrong and Co. intend importing iron ore,
which they might obtain from Sardinia, Elba, and
Bilbao, and making their own pig-iron on the spot,
or whether they will draw their supply of crude iron
from England. The Eiswick firm are also reported
to have come to an agreement with the Italian Go-
vernment, in accordance with which the establishment
will give employment to 5000 workmen, a certain
percentage of whom are to be Italians, the annual
turn over of capital being estimated at about
30,000,000 (? of lire, and in that case equal to
£1,200,000). The Italian Government undertake to
order not only ordnance, but also armour-plates and
ships, from the new establishment. Regarding the
arrangements made with the town of Pozzuoli, the
local authorities promise to complete the harbour
mole within four years and to grant various privi-
leges to the firm.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

DR. SCHLIEMANN'S PROPOSED EXCA-
VATIONS IN CRETE.

The German journals announce that the discoverer
of Troy and of the heroic graves of Mykene intends
making the island of Crete his next field of opera-
tions. In the meanwhile his book on the great pre-
historical palace of Tiryns—the first destruction of
which Dr. Schliemann places in the period of the over-
throw of Troy—is nearing its completion. A remark-
able result already known, and testified to by Dr. James
Fergusson, the eminent architect, is the fact of the
ground plans of the main buildings at Troy and Tiryns
being almost absolutely identical. Crete having been
the starting point of the earliest settlers in the Troad,
the opinion is expressed in an essay by Karl Blind in
the February number of Time that the results of the
new excavation may produce a fresh link in the kin-
ship of the "barbarian," non-Greek, Thracian race
which founded the strongholds of Troy and Tiryns.
That Thracian race the author holds with Grimm to
have been.closely allied to the Teutonic stock, " kindred
to the Germans, forbears of the Northmen, relations
of the English," for which view evidence is adduced
from history, from tribal traditions, and from speech.
Incidentally, Professor Rolinson's annotated Hero-
dotus " is quoted to the same effect.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO TWO DUDLEY
LADIES.

On Tuesday evening, Miss Alice Morris, c3usin
to Mr. George Morris, cab proprietor, of King
treet, Dudley, was out driving in a phaetcn, ii
company with Mss Field, a companion, who resides
in "Vicar Street, Dudley. When near Brcttle Lape
Station, owing to the breaking of a trace, the
horse bee,me reitive, and finally ran away, the
young ladies being powerless to stop its wild career,
As danger of collision appeared imminent, Miss
Field endeavoured to save herself by junip:n; from
the v hicle, but in the fall she sustamei very
:.erious injurics, Miss Morris also jrmpe I out,
and in doing so oust tined severe laceraiicns of the
face, incluctin4 a deop cut over the eye. &veral of
her teeth weie knocked oat, and she also sustained
severe internal injuries. B Ali ladies were taken
into the Swan Inn, Brettle Lane, where they re—
ceived kindly assistance from the p-o2ri tor.
Medical assistance was obtained, and it was then
ascertained that Miss Field's leg was broken in no
less tan three places. Mr. Shelley, of the Dudley
Arms Hotel, on hearing of the accident, sent a con-
veyance to Brettle Lane, and the ladies were
brought to Dudley, where Drs. Messiter and
Bradley were speedily in attendance. After the
two ladies had jumped out of the vehicle, the horse
which is an ordinarily quiet animal, continued its
career through Wordsley, and was finally stopped
at Buckpool. none the worse for its run,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

YMCCESS

es greatly to success ?

A good memory.
%uses failure in We? _ _

A bad memory.
msible to every Lady and Gentleman,
nnist, Physician, Merchant, Lawyer,
or, &o.?
A good memory.
'ery one obtain from PROFF S son
A good memory —the Physiological
log—wholly unlike Mnemonics. Any
'd in one reading.
CEMORIES RESTORED.
ree, giing opinions of Mr. RICHARD
ANDREW WILSON, Clergymen and
ied the system.
to correspondence Classes in "Never
!ure of " Mind-Wandering " in all parte
e Lessons—Day and Evening Classes
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of the Nobility and Gentry. '
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at his Office, 92, High-street, Stoutot Worcester, an to which place
communications .oust be addressed
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"THE DIE ARC g, ," CUADDESLEY CORBETT
HOUSE OLD FURNITURE.

11111. H. KING is instructed by the Exors. of the
late Mr. Jno. Blakevtay, deceased, to BELL by
A CTION, on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 1885, as above,
The wit ,le of the

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and EFFECTS,
Including Mahogany Dining tables, Chairs, Sideboard
Walnut Drawing Room suite, PIANOFORTE, by Hop-
kinson; BRUSSELS CARPE l', Hearth Rugs, Damask
Curtains, MAHOGANY and IRON BED-STEADS,
RIME FEATHER BEDS, Mahogany Chest of
Drawers, Toilet Table, Glasses, &c. ' • Table and
Chamber Ware, WORCES I'ER CHINA TEA SER-
VICE, small quantity SILVER PLATE, Plated Articles,
°"3, • Rotary -Kife CleLner, Kitchen and Culinary Ar-
ticle; ; _ _

VERY HANDSOME COB PONY,
Vied action, regularly driven by a Lady; BRASS-
MOUNTED HILLINESS, Dairy Utensils, and various
Other Articles.
Sale to commence at Ten o'clock.
t, Catalogues may be had at the Swan, Chaddesley
"Re Lion Hotel, Kidderminster; or of the Auctioneer,
Stourbridge.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

WHO WILL GET THE SOUDAN,

The papers are already beginning to discuss ths
fate of the Soudan; but that must depend entirely
upon that of Egypt. If we were about to reign at
Cairo, it might be worth while to hold Khartoum as a
great outpost and depot of trade accessible by the
Nile; but if we are to abandon Egypt in two years—
and this is the theory of the Government—to retain
such a place would be almost madness. Unless we
built a railway from Souakim, and permanently
garrisoned a line of forts along it for 'protection
against Arab attacks, Khartoum would be in the air,
and liable to constant siege; and for what should we
undertake such an expensive and sterile task? We
can resist, or help Egypt to resist, the Mandi much
better at Wady Haifa; and the Soudan itself would
be to us, overtasked as we already are, a most
burdensome possession. What do we, who own a
fifth of the world, want with more deserts, more dark
men, and more responsibilities for keeping order ?
We might, as a trading station, just as well hold
Timbuctoo or the Wahanee capital. As to the
anarchy which is to fall on the Soudan, the Mudir of
Dongola, as sultan of Khartoum, can prevent that;
and if he cannot let the Soudanese do it for them-
selves. What is their anarchy to us? That notion of
our duty to protect two or three hundred thousand
of the bravest men in the world, who break into
British squares, and keep up a siege for twelve
months without failure of organisation or commis-
sariat, who obey one Federal leader, and who can
move through their own deserts at will, is absurd
quixotry. We have enough to do without taking
charge of men who, if they were properly armed,
would probably defeat us, and who can certainly
defend their country against any other Power. We
want the Delta of the Nile for the sake of its people,
and of our own interest in getting clear of the Eastern
Question; but we do not want the Soudan, even as a
gift. Some of our countrymen seem perfectly crazy
with jealousy, and would keep Lord Wolseley per-
petually in harness, at a cost of about six millions a
year, rather than not claim any wretched expanse of
sand which happens for the moment to be without a
European owner.—Spectator.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

TEE RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD.

dome statistics are brought forward by the Minister
of Public Works in Germany, in a report entitled
" Archiv fiir Eisenbahnen," from which it appears
that at the end of 1879 there were in the whole world
350,031 kilometres of railways, which, by the end of
1883 had increased to 422,199. Of the 92,168 kilo-
metres constructed in that interval, the United States
are responsible for 56,327, while of the more back-
ward railway making countries 3727 kilometres were
made in Mexico, 2160 in British North America,
2050 in Brazil, 2786 in India, 3603 in Australia,
and 1166 in Algeria and Tunis. Of the European
States, the most active countries in constructing
railways during the four years were France, with
4500 kilometres, Germany with 2716. and Austria-
Hungary with 2263; while, on the other hand, the
countries with the oldest railway systems and the
densest population made comparatively few exten-
sions, Great Britain being only at the rate of 1399
kilometres, Belgium of 257, Holland of 282, and
Switzerland of 302. The proportion of new lines
to the existing ones during the period was 5 per cent.
for Great Britain, 6-k per cent. for Belgium, 12,i for
Holland, 12 for Switzerland, 18 for France, 42 for the
United States, 67 for Brazil, and 335 per cent. for
Mexico. At the close of 1883 the United States
was a long way ahead of all other countries in
railway mileage, possessing 191,356 kilometres,
Germany had 35,800, while France and .Great
Britain ran a pretty equal race with 29,683
and 29,890 respectively. The smallest railway
owner was Greece, which possessed but 22 kilometres,
though this proportion is now raised by the opening
last year of 100 kilometres between Vol° and
Larissa. If we consider the railway mileage of each
country in proportion to every square kilome're of
land, we shall find that Belgium comes first with 14.6
kilometres of railway, Great Britain with 9.5, France
with 5-6, Germany with 6.6, the smallest European
States being Russia and Norway with 0.5. The
United States, with all its enormous network,
now only figures for 21, and Canada for 3.2, while
Brazil, the Argentine Republic, Paraguay, Japan,
and Queensland are only 0.1 each. But if
we view the subject from another standpoint—
viz., that of the proportion of the mileage tii
every 10,000 inhabitants, the position of affairs is
singularly reversed. Queensland which was at the
bottom of the world's list in the former instance, now
stands at the top with 70•8 kilometres of rail to every
10,000 people. South Australia 561, West Australia
49.6, New Zealand 47.7, New South Wales 311. The
United States show for 36'8, and Canada 29.4.
Naturally the European States are very low in the
scale under this aspect, Great Britain being only 8.5,
France and Germany 79 cash, BelgiuM 71, Holland
6'o, and Russia 3.0. The lowest of alris India witlrol.

Mr. Swainston, proprietor of the Lord Warden Hotel,
e.t Dovet. has died. after a short Shwas.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

No, 49, ENVILI
STuUR.73

4. FIDDIAN will E
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.ee Executors of the late IS
k ha gibes., tam velloiti
nIOLD FURNITURE and
'kilt-Tester Bedsteads, Prim,
other Mattresses, Birch and
tlit,4 Chests-of-Drawers,
gutarthrugs, Gilt Pier Glas
7%hogany Chairs, Couch at
;1°414, Cut Glass, Quantity of
Crown Derby China Vs
p/ell's Gold and Silver Watc
Vll,Ring Lamp, Copper Coall
as Cherrywood Cant-set
lichen and Cooking Requ
411,t1erous other effects
211"ttalogues of which may b
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Bale to commence at Eleve
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

ESTABLISHED 1710 AND 1810.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Insurances effected in all parts of the United Ilingdcm
and in Foreign countries. Total sum insured in 1i 81
£270,959,74.

LIVE DEPARTMENT.
Policy holders participate In foor-fifths of the Profits,
Claims paid immediate:y after proof of death and title.
1.06 taws of premiums tot young lives.

MIDLAND BRANCH OFFICIC-••

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J. It. KEWSAM JAMES,
District Manager.

Agents at Stourbridge:
R. R. JAMES, Birmingham, BRnking Company.
u IttiS R‘:, PER AHD Imo KING, Solicitors.
it K. ii VIOHAHI)!1., Sixty's., Master, G.W.R.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

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atourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

THE RAILWAY OUTRAGES.
CUNNINGHAM IDENTIFIED.

Circumstances have come to the knowledge of the
police which will in all probability lead to a further
charge being preferred against Cunningham for being
concerned, if not actually causing, the explosion on
the Underground Railway on the 2nd of January. It
will be remembered that on the occasion of the explo-
sion the train from which the dynamite was dropped
as proceeding towards Gower-street. Almost imme-
diately the explosion occurred the police took posses-
,ion of the platform at the station and awaited the
arrival of the train, when the carriages were closed,
and in as many cases as possible the names and
addresses of the travellers were taken. Attention was
particularly drawn to three men who had travelled in
the guardes brake van, and they were suspected of
being the perpetrators of the outrage. By some means,
however, they evaded the precautionary measures that
had been instituted, and succeeded in escaping--not,
however, before an opportunity had been given to
the police and the guard of scrutinising the suspicious
travellers. As a consequence a sergeant of the police
,ind the guard of the train have attended at Bow-
treet Police-court, where the prisoner Cunningham
,vas placed among a number of other persons in one
of the ante-rooms, with a view of ascertaining whether
he c )uld be identified as one of the men in question.
rue guard of the train very carefully examined each
t.iclividual placed before him, and pointed out Cunning-
ham as being one of the suspected men travelling i a the
gi.Ard's brake on the night of the explosion. The
:ergeant of police also entertained a similar belief.
During the scrutiny the prisoner betrayed signs of
uneasiness, holding his head down, and keeping his
hat well over his eyes. I;te appeared to attempt to
evade recoenition. It is hoped that other persons
who were travelling by the train and saw the men re.
ferred to may be able to give further evidence of
identification.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

DISSENTERS AND SHAKESPEARE'S
BURIAL PLACE.

An unexpected opposition was raised in the Strat-
ford-on-Avon Town Council, at their meeting on
Tuesday, against the proposal of the Mayor that the
Corporation should contribute 200 guineas from the
municipal fund towards the restoration of the parish
church, famous as the burial-place of Shakespeare.
The Nonconformist members of the council argued
that as the money was to be taken from the borough
fund it would in reality come from the local rates,
and they objected on principle to the application of
public money to such a purpose. It was true that 200
guineas was a small sum compared with the total
amount required—namely, £12,000; but as the Non-
conformists would be called on to pay part of the
money it would amount to a revival of church rates.
The Mayor expressed surprise that there should be a
division of opinion on such a subject, and withdrew
the motion. It was pointed out by one of the mem-
bers of the council that the tithes and other property
which formerly belonged to the Chnrch, biit which
were taken over by the Corporation several hundred
years ago, were at the present day bringing in the
Corporation upwards of £7OO a year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

THE ARCHBISHOP OP YORK ON
EDUCATION.

The Archbishop of York, in presenting the scholar-
ships and rewards given by the Liverpool Council of
Education to successful scholars in the elementary
scholars of that city, discussed the question whether
we were right in bestowing so much time and educa-
tion on Latin or Greek, or were there some other
studies by cultivating which we might at the same
time cultivate the human mind. He pointed out
that the modern scheme of knowledge had so very
much increased that the relations of Greek and Latin
to the rest of the curriculum of studies must be
changed somewhat by the mere. fact that knowledge
had been so increased and multiplied upon the earth.
Science was a branch of education that in these days
could not be neglected. It was impossible also to dis-
pense with the study of languages. It had been sug-
gested that as a general rule Latin and French might
be substituted for Latin and Greek, and to those he
would add another tongue not studied by the people,
and that was English. It was perfeotly monstrous
that there should be a system of education in which
Latin and Greek were taught but not English.

"Mamma." said a little boy to his mother, the
other day, "let me see you break Maud ?I' record;
will you ? ' "What do you mean? " asked the mother.
a Why," said the boy, innocently, "papa says you can
talk faster than a horse can trot."
"Your on is an actor, you say, Mr. Maginnis ? "
"Faith, he is." "Where does he act ? " "Down the
Bowery." "And what roles does he play?" "Bolls,
is it! Faith, he rolls UD the curtain."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

THROAT AFFECTIONS AND EIOARSENEss.—AII suffer-
ing from irritation of the throat and hoarseliess will
be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate relief
afforded by the use of "Brown'4 Brouchiat Troches "
lliese fatuous "lozenges" are now sold by most respect-
able chemists in this country at is lid per box. People
troubltd with a 'hit:king cough," a "slight cold," or
bronchical affections, cannot try them too soon, as
similar troubles, if allowed to progress, consult in
serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic affections. See that
the words "Brown's Bronchial Troches" are on the
Government stamp around each box,—Prepared by
JOHN I. 13ItOwN & SoNS, Boston, UB, litirOpeal depot
33, Farringdon Boad, London.

FAIR WIHTE ILINDS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

KIDDERMINSTER TOWN COUNCIL.

It the quarterly meezing of the C./elicit held on
We Inesday, under the presi lency of the Mayor
(Alderman W. Green), the Town Clerk stated that
the report of Dr. Parsons, who recently visited Kid-
derminster to discover the causes of the typhoid
epidemic, had been received. This stated that a
sudden general outbre tk of eateri.: fever o..:curre I in
the latter part of August, 1831. In a cornninlioa.
tion to the Local Government Board, dated Sep-
tember 6th, 1884, it was stated that there were then
over one hundred cases of fever in the town. Ttie
epidemic continuing to spread, and no very defieite
information concerning its cause having been elicited
he was directed to make a detailed investigation.
This was made in October and November, 18Si.
He then gives a description of the town, and of its
drainage and sewerage system. H condemded the
midden system, as it existed in the two, in the
strongest language, but admitted that the existence
of privy middens did not explain the sudden out •
break ot fever, as the privies had been in eastenee
for years without causing an epidemic fever ; and
further, the fever outbreak had been by no means
confined to parts of the town where uaidden privies
existed, but had attacked houses furnished with
water-closets in prJbably equal pr9ortions. The
channels through which the infection of entelic
feveemight be simultaneously distributed over the
town in such a manner as to account for the sudden
outbreak were three in number—VlZ , sewers, water
supply, and milk supply. The latter might be
briefly set aside. In not a few of the households
first attacked no milk was used before the
This and other circumstances appeared to be quite
conclusive that milk was not the cause of the
original outbreak. There was, however, DO doubt
that both sewers and house drains were throughout
the town seriously defective. They were known
not to be watertight, thew was a leakage of subsoil
water into the brick culverts, and the pipes-sewers
were
.j,ined only with clay, Ile voted some re-
f, ar!zs ivom a report of Mesas. Edward Pritchard,
C. , ftaci 111,, C.E. as to the sewer 4 and
d!ainF. The proportionately large incidence of the
disease upon adult females is suacptible of an in-
teeprf4ation in favour of the sewer hypothesis. Out
of 127 h •nse!ields e.tacked during August in 37 the
first case was a female over 20 years of rige, aud in
only 14 a male over 20. Among the first cases at
ages oder 20 there were almost as many males as
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

THE MERSEY TUNNEL.

An inspection of the works of the railway tunnel
under the river Aferaey shows that great progress has
been made. The river part of the tunnel is now
completely finished, except the laying down of the
ballast and permanent way. The works have been
carried on with extraordinary immunity from accidcnt
to life and limb of the two or three thousand work-
men. As regards the land connections of the rail-
way, the difficult piece of made ground in Birkenhead
on the river side of the Haymarket has now been
successfully pierced, so that there is an uninterrupted
communication between the Haymarket on the
Cheshire side to the further end of St. Peter's
Churchyard, Church-street, Liverpool, up to which
point the tunnel has been enlarged to its full size,
and completely bricked and finished. The stations
in James-street, Liverpool, and Hamilton-street.
Birkenhead, which are to be reached by means of
three gigantic lifts on either side, and also by a
subway for foot passengers from the adjoining streets,
will constitute a unique feature in railway enterprise.
The lifts will accommodate 250 passengers at either
station at one time. When the line has been passed
by the Board of Trade inspector, a week will be
devoted to running with empty trains, to perfect the
officials in their duties ; and to place the Railway
Company in a position to cope successfully with the
great traffic which the line will at once command.

•
"Know thyself " may be an excellent sort of pro-
verb, but some people wouldn't know much if they
obeyed it implicitly.
A man was boasting that he had been married for
twenty years and had never given his wife a cross
word. Those who know said he did not dare to;
but he never mentioned it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

THE STATE AND THE STAGE IN
FRANCE.

The report of the estimates for the Fine Arts De-
partment in the French Budget contains some in-
teresting information as to the National Conservatoire
de Musique et de Declamation, which maybe regarded
as a training school for the lyric and dramatic stage.
The Conservatoire, which receives an annual subsidy
of .C 10,252 has at the present time 670 pupils (of
whom 377 are male and 293 females), who have all
been admitted after examination, and 200 outside stu-
dents. Twenty-one of the singers at the Grand Opera,
and as many at the Opera Comiaue, were trained at
the Conservatoire, while of the actors at the Comedie
Francaise 18 societaires, out of 21, and 25 pension-
naires, out of 25, were pupils there. Twenty of the
actors at the Odeon are old pupils of the Conserva-
toire, and the compiler of the report expresses a hope
that an amendment for the reduction of the subsidy
will not, therefore, be accepted by the Senate. The
report of the Fine Arts Department goes on to de-
scribe the result of giving popular representations at
reduced prices in the subsidised theatres, and de-
scribes it as so satisfactory that the number of them
is to be increased at the Grand Opera and the
Comedie Francaise.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07

ANOTHER TUNNEL THROUGH THE

ALPS.

• A proposal has been made to construct fir otheT
Alpine railway between Chur (Graubiinden) and
Biasca (Tessin) and thus providing another link
between the railways north and south of the Alps.
The project would necessitate the piercing of the
Luckmanier chain, which extends between the Upper
Rhine valley and the basin of the Lake of Tessin or
Langensee, but which is not expected to offer any
serious engineering difficulties. The railway would
have to cross only one watershed, that of the Luck-
manier, without having to surmount, as in the case of
other Alpine railways, secondary watersheds. The
length of railway to be constructed, and joining Chur
and Biases, would be 61 miles. It cost is estimated
at between £4,000,000 and .£4,500,000, of which
between £3,000,000 and £3,500,000 would have to be
expended upon the construction of a tunnel through
the Luckmanier chain (13 miles long), between Sur-
heitn, near Dissentis, and Olivone, near Biasca. The
countries most interested in the construction of the
new railway and tunnel are, besides Switzerland and
Italy, Bavaria and Central and Eastern Germany. r'"
completed, the Luckmanier Railway would to som
extent supersede the St. Gothard Railway.