The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-22 00:00:00

M. GAMBETTA AND THE FRENCH
REPUBLIC.

At a meeting held at Montrouge on Sunday in aid
of a fund for starting a popular library, M. Gambetta
made a speech in which he eloquently noted the
progress France had made in political education
since her tragic fall in the paths of despotism.
"Since then," he said, "she has reflected; she has
pulled herself together; she has devoted herself to
self-communion; and, thanks to her persevering
efforts at self-reformation, has succeeded with that
rapidity and intense vitality that are the distinctive
feature of her race, in establishing peace at home and
securing respect abroad. Found schools, love one
another, combine, associate, read, teach yourselves,
and class hostility will disappear, and we shall soon
have done with the impotent debris of the past." No
doubt, he continued, the: angs of reaction were grow-
ing again, but it was possible to render them harmless.
Their representatives would see to that. The enemies of
the Republic were not to be feared, for they were the
enemies of order and public repose; because the Re-
publicans did their business in broad daylight, with the
fierce glare of the widest publicity beating upon them,
and because they possessed the confidence of the coun-
try, without which there could be no real strength. Let
them be firm, confident. and perserving. Safely and
slowly democracy would progress and be lasting.
That was not the fruit of passion, impulse, or surprise,
but the reward of steady and patient labour. Let them
work for their children as well as for themselves.

ONE VIEW OF THE CASE. Master: "You sal' -
Alfred the Great was a very excellent King and did
much good for his subjects; now give me an instance '
of his good deeds." Small Boy (just recovered from
billious attack and the paternal wrath) : "Please, sir;
he burnt some nasty, unwholesome cakes that woula
have made the shepherd ill."—Fun.
THE POLITE LITTLE BOY I—Scene in a horse-car.
Seats all occupied. Enter a person dressed as a lady. '.
Bright little boy rises and offers his seat. Lady drops
into it with an air of slight disdain. Boy—" Oh, I
beg your pardon, did you speak?" Lady—" No, I '
didn't say anything.' Boy—" Oh! excuse me,
thought you said, thank you." Lady, in high dudgeon-
-" You may have y Jur seat." Boy (resuming it)--• ,
"Well, I'll thank you." Passengers convulsed. Lady' '
disappears at next street crossing.—Boston TranscriPt.
" BROTHER JONATHAN." —The nickname of ` Brother
Jonathan" bestowed on the United States dates from '
the times of the War of Independence. When General '
Washington was first appointed Commander, and was -
organising his army in Massachusetts, he used, if in
any difficulty, to apply to the Governor of Connec-'
tient, Jonathan Trumbull, saying, "We must con-
sult Brother Jonathan on the subject." GOVernOr
Jonathan was always ready to help and counsel, and
thenceforth when difficulties arose, and the army viag
spread over the country, Washington's phrase became
a bye-word, until the designation of " Brother
Jonathan " gradually grew into the sobriquet a the
whole country as much as "John Bull" is character-
istic of England.
A SECESSION FROM THE BRAHMO SOMAJ. _.The
Friend of India says :—" There is schism in the
Brahmo Somaj. The protest party, who opposed the
marriage of the daughter of Baboo Keshub Chunder
Sen, and have since complained that they have been
treated by their leader in a high-handed manner, have
resolved to secede. They held a meeting with that
object, and Passed a series of resolutions giving effect
to their views. The new Somaj is to be called tke
' Shadharani Brahmo Somaj.' A secretary and as-
Blatant secretary and a general committee have been
appointed to draw up rules for the constitution
management of the new church. The present Sornai
refuses to recognize the schism as such. It looks with
pity and regret on its rebellious children, but as
fails to see that its offspring has any distinctive bags
on which it can stand alone, it is still disposed to re'
gard it as really a part of itself. The new church has
the disadvantage of possessing no leader of command-
ing ability and influence. We suspect, moreover, that
it will be less ardently religious than the parent Soren
and that social reform rather than rapt devotion WU'', ,
be its distinctive feature. It may be doubted if it vina
long preserve a separate existence."
"VITA Fumus."—Tonal. " Whar'll ye hae been
till, Tugal ?"—Tugal. "At ta McTavishes' funeral _
—"—Tonal. "An' is ta Tavish deed ?"—Tegell .
"Deed is he ! ! "—Tonal. "Losh, mon ! Fowk are aYe
deein' noo that never used to dee afore! !"—Punchs '
THE LATEST IDEA.—An ingenious newspaper pub"
Usher in the West, United States, has conceived the
idea of offering his subscribers premium young ladies'
He has now on his list of premiums the names of One
hundred young ladies who have gratuitously lent binl
their aid and sent him their photographs. To ever/
new subscriber to the paper he gives a ticket entitling
the holder to participation in a grand drawing of prize
girls to be held at an early day. As fast as a ticket is
drawn from the wheel, a photograph of one of 04
prize girls will be drawn from another wheel, and ra
lucky winner will be furnished with the name and ;
dress of his prize. He will thus obtain a wife at..
til
mere cost of a year's subscription to an ent
erpris,g.
paper, while the girl whom he draws will obtain aire
and without any exertion or outlay whatever. .11,,,
scheme is more popular with the ladies than sylk"
the gentlemen. The columns of the fortunate nen
paper which has been the first to occupy this gel.
field of business enterprise are filled with gl°ll
descriptions of its unequalled prize girls: ,I_llll,tsni-
"
which descriptions are written by the girls ""- f
selves, and hence are free from the suspicion.
.0.
being untrustworthy or in any way evigerate.
Among them are "handsome young widows, " heel,
tiful girls from sixteen to twenty-two years of ag:,e.
and "exceedingly handsome" ladies of twent9Pars
The photographs of all the young ladies on the
sent to every person who intimates a desire tohase
beco,sso
a subscriber, and then no one is asked to purc__
ticket until he is satisfied that the prizes are substase
tially as represented.
"Sims" DIFFERENCE.—Division of the soil is oltthel:
heard of nowadays ; but it is some time since it vial lie
practice of the people to "multiply on the face
earth," The nearest thing to this primitive arithtat's
cal ethod is the working of compound a niddition snle;L'",.
on the wall of a public house or the door of a
e i
board with chalk.—Fun.
PARIS PRICES.—" Two Anglican Priests"
writes
the Standard : f some :
Sir,—Thinking, perhaps, our experience may be 0 A its
use to our countrymen who contemplate Paris, but drea'oo
prices, we give it. Paris is full, the expenses ertoFrod
Select one of the villages within twelve miles from 1 ~ pi;
out from the Cure—we did) rooms or hotel for headquats4,
stay there ; come into Paris daily. Result—ours at leas
(dittO,
breakfast (very solid, no nonsense about it); sup Per ;evil
ditto, and bottle of wine), six francs a day each
to Paris daily, If. 25c. ; total, 7i francs; and is btl
least, cleanliness. Buy as little as possible in Par/s• the
POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS FUND. -- Yr:°l3ir 31,
account issued for the year which ended Deconbeot of
1877, it appears that the interest accrued in retoe
row
to ,
the securities standing in the name of the ,_C,, to the
sioners for the Reduction of the National DeL"' a wo
credit of the Post Office Savings Bank Full sitars
£968,504. The interest paid and credited to depe djo
amounted to £661,459, and the expenses inenrre
the execution of those Acts to £152,184.
A TRAIN ROBBED BY MASKED MEN.—..4ccordin
the advices received from Salt Lake City, lite'll'atwal
and successful attack has been made upon a, rA 019
train on the Union Pacific line. The train -,!a_e„"o thl
just left Percy Station, about twelve o'cloca " boo
night of the 30th ult., when it was entered by
si, oci
of four men. They were all masked and arnieuprs of
immediately set about dispossessing the Passel viith
any articles of value. The robbers threaten,htest
pistols any of the passengers who offered the s '° 04
ci
resistance. One of the passeners received. t, vita
wound by being struck by one (if the maraucrY,, bell
a pistol. Some person at this juncture pulleo 1;1'00
totedi
cords, and the robbers becoming frightened, 3 ,
from the train and ran away.
PESSIMISM.—Squire (at the gate). I ne't
Dibbles, not much to complain of this year.
1.
11
a saw the the farm look so well. Things grow as if
bed ! " Farmer. "Sad weather ,for weede,'
Punch. A erifejii,
A SURE REMEDY FOR TOOTHACHE. --An - filloanu
homceopathic practitioner states that he has
the Plantago major a sure remedy for tontlit sys.rus
is, he says, the large-leaved plantain of the irt whee
hitherto known as a nuisance. He gatherl loss art! '
the rod has grown to full perfection. TIIO 1 coveroc!
chopped finely, packed closely in a bottle, ahutims 014
with strong alcohol for a week. By this a
bright green colour has changed to brown, all_turate_.,
for use. In using it a piece of cotton-wool is ar„a fau:.
with the tincture and inserted in the cavity, P 7 whia!'
o= A
drops of the same put in half a glass of water, gots,
i
a teaspoonful is taken. By rubbing it on the. fill Pr 9
(on rubbing) was found to ameliorate the Pal!. is sal
cess of teething; and when inserted in the etsi;ore er:
to be equally efficacious in earache. A's irtnes Iva
doubtless many plants of whose medicinal v of toot
are perfectly ignorant, and as toothache Isll3, part °
torments which often baffle all attempts oe_t4io2 fre'sga
physician to cure it, it may, says the ilfh:i; rePotcfe
and Circular, be worth while to give
no tbs
remedy a further trial, a trial which need.
lois --
layed in the case of such a common comP. .
erea
of the toothache. ~ x don't Irefe
THE SCHOOLMASTER ALL ABROAD.— inor, 01
with that adjective," sir," said WagleY, uld 't
46 I On , •,),
rentially to the great Dr. Swisher. , , tita,lvshi
consider-it as correct to describe the harerr, . " lf.,'„s,
"And why not, pray?" roared the Docile, 1111-61
not, I say ?" "Why, sir," replied
with an almost imperceptible wink at till:row/V. .
class, "because, you know, it always
Judy. a BO LINO*
THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE ,;-.P) coo.,„8 to
story of the attempt on the life a .Ningis. isov, op
is worthy to be remembered :—On AlaY,. ita attefsed
English Ministers received notice thas wid adviisci
would be made to assassinate the ICingf; ILL rel;ci to
him not to go to Drury Lane.
that he feared nothing. On arrivino h'stol sb° Ile
enter his box first, and as he did so 5 Pi ceiling; bite,
heard and a bullet was lodged in thes bobinosorns
turned; then said to the Queen who visbusning,4 ths
"Stand back for a moment; they are,,, {root I', lon
cartridges!" He then advanced to tnd ~ Tor_ent
box and, folding his arms, called al-ell,Le footileck
may fire if you like." An appeal toiti'e's9 its..eo sea
and admiration of a crowd always Preusiogle nlvii'sa 110
The audience rose to their feet like a i.e, Oci a is lio
raised loud acclamations. After ti1i.0",,,, tker,, sal
family to enter the box, saying. the 510 l'e 0
danger!" Three times "God save _adocl on tho
sung, and Sheridan, who was present,,..7ooteci.f, of 0
verses. When the King was coroPlko 11.1oug t.,
courage he had shown, he replied, ho is WI of 0.7
King is at the mercy of any one Is 09 .
expose his own. I only perfornued tSi
0100
,
station." I r isbeisii f eetir°e
Go ALONG, Do I—Why1—Why does an eioveti, o
sweetheart honey 2—Because she is be 4 t,...Jadt
—Judy. vf nt 131'11°113 6c°
A (N)ICE POINT.—The top of i,--e-Aistriet,..og on
WAITING PATIENTLY.—III 3 rural 2:. coeri,lfor so
land a young ploughman oncdeellselivbseraiii!i_e.a.it;oo
Saturday night. In vain he rackeo oTro subJec'o"ocl , ,
interesting topic; he could call up ntenee t desP sl
suitable for the occasion—not one oe,, silen 0 jots,
utter, and for two long hours he set on a.'.; haat'
The girl herself was equally silent ;_is_l_',,ob soneg_4ll,
remembered the teaching of the old bou';at patislist 0!:‘
maun be the firot to speak," and 81! e. At bet oo Ye;/
garding him with demure surperirse,o a feete
suddenly exclaimed, "JennY, tu a if tiler. 1 Old.
ittln
goose a' nicht." vet' .1/4.,111
tawpra,o,n" Ireplie' replied wJjednilnYh, a:e` "for I've been
SOUP-MAKING.—The vegevarf.an
count:74: a ce,V,
very popular among the poor o any'
were 1) to ' e
would be no utter folly if our pci_ ,oice 0 t0t,0,4
extenteatogeie. Withncli he ee
nethetirearlteo
tableptttenette.ketfbefese.,gss.tsDvoic
lower orders have but very littiv
, _7eri: pon; ri?'
as affording any nutrition t
w!lan etheY eligrprejedi
ever, with some little persuasio
b'ections an
0, ~,,,
to overcome a part of their 0. Jaa, way, tuerveY.
and meet the vegetarians 11 II
ingsool3 drillwith i' 0
vegetable eaters but by becoin,_,., joined of soul:III
a very few pieces of meat al, r
d at,
iltal 00141115 ille )10
stock of cheap vegetables, a cal)
_, witritio We b
yoele soup
..,..13 holt,
fboeunmda,clee;peaonidanay wfohrovleerysome
ill; childretebons.eo
in winter time plenty of p.rausking in t''
tted th co'
Faris -LA to theis°cc
there is but very little soup
er
to be r.veqibitionh ,
the poor. w
. It
who go indee
go to see Y ...•.e viol" -., a
not have the chance os PaY would ail so ii
they .
of the French poor, n the ell'1)04/41
how much superior they are 1
_,,..s in hsp „os:
-merits to the folks of the
same T:' yrencehiii"osn
sd, rat:litilsoL.. t
00,,
arto
Soup-making is the first art ot to.
woroell °I th
and it would be well if the o enleis't°l3°'
would to some extent try t
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