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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

REDUCTION IN MINERS'

WAGES.

The men engaged at several of the largest
collieries in and around West Bromwich have
received notice of a reduction in their wages.
At Cole's Farm and Wall Face Collieries, where
a large number of men are employed, notice of
a reduction of sixpence per day on thick coal
men and threepence per day on thin coal men
has been given, and it is expected that the men
Will rccivU 1110 reduction aithollt a "turn-OUt.”
Misters urge a reduction of wages of lengthened
hours of labour, and &so the abolition of the
custom of supplying coal to boys and youths.
To the latter the colliers do not raise very do
tt2rmined opposition, but they appear determined
41-, any cost, to resist any encroachment on their
'ours of labour.

THROAT IRRITATION.
l'nF. THROAT AND WINDPIPE are especially liable to
empring soreness and
.dryness, tickling
and iiritation, inducing cough and affecting the voice.
m m i
For these sypto
s use glycerine n.the form of jnjubct
Glycerine, in these agreeable confections, being in proxt
mity to the glands at the motneut they are excite,' by
the act of sucking, becomes actively healing. 6d. and 1.
boxes (by post for 14 stamps), In tins, is. 6d., labelled.
JAMES P Co., flornceopathic Chemists, 48
Threadneedlo St. and 170, Piccadilly, London.—Soldin
Stouxbridge ,)y A. P. Morris, Chemist, and J. H. Bland,
Chemist.

Good value for money is desired by all, with articles
that cannot be judged of by appearance, careful pur-
chasers rely on he high sti.nding of those with whom
they deal. For 30 yeArg, Hot-Mimes Pure lets in
packets have given ganerel satisfaction, being exe,edia ly
strong, of too:form good quality, and truly chap Agungts
Stottrbridge—Clarke, 151, High•street ; Baker, 124, High
street; Hewit, Market Place; Morris, 136, 1140-six:ult.
Brierley Hill—llawlings chemist ; Kidtiermin.ter; Bul
Ring; Halesowen, Adam, chemist; Lye, Jones, chemist;
Wordsley, 'furrier, ; liingswinfo.rd, Pearson,
Brettel Lane, Collings, chowist ; Birmingham, By ko

The PRIVATION OF TUE Us op ONES'S LIMR3 while the
other functions of Nature are intact is a serious mortitica-
, tion to the actively disposed. Such, however, is the con-
dition of the victims of rheumatism or gout. To walk
without enduring agony is impossible. to use the arms.
free from excruciating pain, is equally imoracticable. A
feeling of gratitude therefore pervad es the frame whey
the means are afforded of using all the luentberd
judicious and frequent application of PowELL's Ittißil-
MATIO EMBROCATION. It is past all doubt the granlest
specific for the evils we have named, and others of a
similar character. May be obtained of all Chemists.
Price is lid. and 2s 9d. Laboratory: 114 ad 116 south-
mpton-row, London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

FALL OF A METEORIC STONE.

On Saturday there was exhibited in Wolverhampton
a meteorolite, weighing 81b. It is believed to have
fallen on Thursday afternoon in a turf field in a meadow
near the Wellington and Market Drayton Railway,
about a mile north of the Gradgington Station. It is
stated that about ten minutes to four, within a seven
miles' radius of the Wrekin, the villages were alarmed
by an unusual rumbling noise in the atmosphere,
followed immediabely by an explosion resembling
the discharge of heavy artillery. Rain was falling
heavily throughout the afternoon, but there was
neither lightning nor thunder. About an hour
after the report, Mr. George Brooks went into
a meadow, which is in the occupation of hi a step-
father, Mr. Bailey, and noticed that a hole had
been cut in the ground. He probed it, and found that
what was apparently a hard stone had buried itself in
the ground to a depth of 18 inches, passing through
four inches of soil and 14 inches of clay. It rested
upon the gravel underneath these. The stone wad.
dug up and removed to Wolverhampton, where ir
was found to be a mass of meteoric iron. The hole
( which has been protected for further examination)
19 almost perpendicular, and the meteorolite
is assumed to have fallen in a south-easterly
direction. Labourers were at work at the time
close to the spot where the meteorolite is supposed to
have fallen and were greatly alarmed. It is stated to
be the intention of Mr. Gibbons, of 'rettenhall road,
Wolverhampton, in whose possession the meteoroli.e
now is, to lay it before the Birmingham Natural
History Society. It is stated that the meteoric stone
when found by Mr. Brooks was quite hot, although
nearly an hour had elapsed from the time of the
explosion being heard. The nerolite is to be exhibited
at the Bazaar to be held this week in aid of St. Peter's
Churcb.—The Times.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

HOUSE FLIES.

Among the minor annoyances of life a prominent
place must be accorded to the common housefly, which
is just now beginning to put in his mystecious appear-
ance. There are few of our summer visitors with
which we are more familiar, or respecting which we
are, most of us, more profoundly ignorant. In the
popular opinion, perhaps, these aggravating little in-
truders may all be divided into two sorts—flies and
bluebottles; and probably nine persons out of ten
would suppose that all the different sizes of either
sort merely represent different degrees of de-
velopment—that some flies are smaller than
others simply because they are younger. Some
naturalists tell us, however, that there are at least a
hundred varieties of flies and gnats that find their way
into our houses, and a very trifling degree of attention
will be sufficient to satisfy any one that of the com-
mon fly alone the varieties are very numerous. The
notion that young flies are very small, and that
they grow bigger as they grow older, is, of course,
altogether erroneous, as the slightest knowledge
of the natural history of these enemies of a peace-
ful afternoon nap would show. The egg of the fly is
deposited in any substance in which decomposition has
commenced, the bluebottle, unfortunately for his repu-
tation, seltcting meat which has become tainted, and
for the condition of which be is therefore most unjustly
held responsible. The eggs speedily become maggots,
which, after doing their best to rid the world
of that which pollutes the air and endangers life,
takeoan after-dinner nap of a few hours during
whicic they are gradually transformed into small brown
chrysali ;es. The time they lie in the chrysalis state
depends on the temperature. At some seasons of the
year they are many weeks in this condition, but in
summer time only a few days, at the end of which the
skin of the chrysalis is punctured at one end, and the
full-grown fly creeps forth, with nothing to add to its
size or equipment for its irritating career but its wings,
which, on its emerging from the case in which it has
undergone its marvellous transformation, are neces-
sarily crumpled up into two little moist specks. These,
however, are complete wings, and only reqiiire to be
expanded and the fly is at once perfect and full-grown.
—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The monthly meeting of this body was held on
Monday last.
Mr. Hughes was in the chair.
There were also present Messrs. Stringer, Kelley,
Woolley, Perkins, Mills, Penney, and Evers.
The Clark read the minutes of the last meeting
which were confirmed.
Before the ordinary business was proceeded with
the Chairman rose and referred to the lamented
death of Lord Lyttelton. He said the town and
district had lost a great supporter of the various
institutions in the district, and he should move
the following vote of condolence to Lady Lyttel-
ton :—" That this Board desires to record its great
sorrow at the death of the Right Honorable Lord
Lyttelton, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of
Worcester, which sad event occurred at London,
on Wednesday, the 19th inst. The private virtues
of the deceased nobleman as well as his many
public acts of usefulness and benevolence renders
his death all the more deplorable, and this Board
is deeply convinced that in his Lordship's death
the whole neighbourhood has sustained a loss,
which, if not irreparable, will for many years be
the subject of unusual regret. This Board desires
its most respectful sympathy and condolence with
Lady Lyttelton, the Hon. Charles George
Lyttelton who now succeeds to the title, and the
other members of his Lordship's family, at the
mournful and heavy loss they have sustained by
the departure of one whose death is so much
lamented, that copies under the corporate seal of
the Commissioners be forwarded to Lorct and Lady
Lyttelton."
This was seconded by Mr. Woolley and carried
unanimously.
The Clerk read the following :—The death of
Mr. Thomas Allehurch, a member of the Board
having ,been reported to the meeting, it was
resolved that the Board desires to express its
regret at the loss they have sustained by the death
of a colleague, who, by his constant and regular
attendance at all the monthly and committee
meetings of the Board, discharged the duties for
which he was elected with zeal and fidelity, and
that a copy of the resolution be forwarded to Mrs.
Allchurch.
The resolution was moved by Mr. Penney
seconded by Mr. Perkins and was carried unani-
mously.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

owning the Queen's sway numbers two hundred and
forty millions, and these are ruled by 134 native
princes. The people of India outnumber by
three times those of the whole Russian Empire, and
by eight times those of the British Isles. No wonder
that the Governor General of India, as we lately saw
by the address delivered by lord Lytton at Calcutta,
takes office with a feeling of enormous responsibility.
He is virtually the absolute ruler over more than one-
fifth of the human race, and what with the labour of
five years in such a post, and the trying nature of the
climate, very few viceroys find their constitutions
equal to the strain of official life in England after their
return.

Those who study the fashions are enabled to tell us
that the taste and feeling for beauty which is slowly
but surely spreading over society has at last invaded a
veritable stronghold of conservatism in dress-ntourn-
ing. Comfort and convenience are assisted by the
hurry of modern life, which makes lingering by the
past daily more and more impossible. The present
tendency of mourning is towards far greater freedom
in the individual; it is marked by better taste and a
greater sense of fitness; and it is often difficult to tell
who is in mourning and who is not. Furs are now
universally worn; special shades of violet, grey,
and mauve indicated a mitigated grief; and
white is not only allowed for mourning, but is held to
be highly appropriate. As to the mourning suits worn
by gentlemen, some daring spirits advocate an exten-
sion of the military custom of merely wearing a band
of crape on the arm, but this suggestion has to fight
against long established usage, and this, in matters of
sentiment, counts for a great deal. Indeed, sentiment
is often more powerful than reality, and a grievance
based upon it is reckoned as of far more weight than
one which rests upon a solid and substantial founda-
tion.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

A CALUMNIATED PLANT.

Anglo-Indian opinion is beginning to awake to the
fact that the prickly pear deserves the beat instead of
the worst treatment, the latter being what the plant
hm.generally received up to the present time. How
the tradition grevrim is diffimlt to say, but Europeans
undoubtedly generally accepted it as an axiom thatthe
' opinyia vzOgarie-Zthe prickly pear—was a hateful
Sort of thing, a breAer of malaria and harbourer
of snakes. Hence its wholesale destrultion in many
pizta of India, several thousand pounds having been
expended for this purpose. The plant ought, in
reality, to be considered almost is good a friend of
tnaijkihd as'the cocoanut palm. A paper recently read
befoi&aconference of forest Officers at Simla pointed
out some cif its valuable qualities. In the hill districts,
especially, it is extremely Useftilby preventing the soil
:frdiii_being washed away. It also draws moisture to
the surface, even in the Most arid tracts, while in its
ndeeay it forms a highly fertilising manure. By these
means the prickly pear provides beds in which stray
,seeds dropped by passing birds or by the wind
may
,find a germuiatiug ground. The fruit
' itself 'is not -Very like, being" insipid and
mawkish. But it is asserted that the native
doctors have discovered the juice to be a
sovereign specific for bronchial attentions. Should
further inquiry establish the truth of this theory, the

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EPITOME OF NEWS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

HALESOWEN.

BRIERLEY SILL.

STEALING SEEDI3.—At the Police Court, on Thursday,
before N. flingley, Esq., Samuel Heath was charged with
stealing, on the 26th ult, a bag of turnip seeds from
Brettell Lane Station, the property of the Great Western
Railway Company. The value of the seeds was .E 1 14s.
Thomas Stephens in the employ of Messrs. Webb, seed
grocer, of Wordsley, said that he delivered the seeda to
Brettell Lane Station and booked it to Kingsland Station,
and the seeds was worth 34s.—Richard Pe1213011, station-
master, said he was there when the last witness brought
the seeds ha be booked, and the seeds was placed on a
bench and booked to go away with the 5.25 train. About
ha.f-past four he met the prisoner with the bag on his
back going away with it, and he asked him what he was
going to do with it, if Messrs. Webb had sent for it, and
he said he worked for Messrs. Webb and had been sent
)r it and he going to take the bag to Dudley. At that
time a man from Messrs. Webb brought him a letter and
he then asked if the prisoner worked for Messrs. Webb
and if they had sent for the seed. The messenger said
that the prisoner did not work for them and they did
no stnt:pii oner for the seeds. Witness then sent for the
police and had turn locked up. Before the police Came
prisoner tried to make his escape, bat witness caught
him on the canal bridge.—PolicL-constsble Giles proved
apprehending the prisoner and when charging him said
it was all false. Prisoner said nothing in defence and
was committed to take his trial at the next Staffordshire
Quarter Sessions.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

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TO "APRIL:

Why can't you make your mind up quite
Young April, dear, I pray?
Why cau't you fix, to be all bright
Or wet and dull to-day?
How can we suit your whimsy call
While thus you plague us Nay,
Be shower or sunshine once for all—
Not both at once each day.
Yet 'tis your way, you wilful one—
You girl-month of the years:
You do but sprinkle us for fun, -
Half sunshine are your tears.
—Unit
Dear tricksy sprite, your sweet self please,
And not a word we'll say,
Men do but laugh when maidens tease;
Be wet or dry today,—Fun.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S
MENAGERIE.

Speaking of the animals and birds which have been pre-
sebted to the Prince of Wales during his journey in India, a
London paper says
This magnificent collection will, of course, enjoy
.a
certain prestige of its own in the eyes of the puhlto
from the fact that it is the private property of the
heir Apparent to the Throne, and people will go to
look, at the Prince's elephants exactly as they will now
stand in the street for half an hour at a time to stare at
the Prince's horses. Apart, however, from any ad venti-
,tious interest of this kind, the collection is in itself a
fine one, finer, probably, than any king or prince of Eng-
land has ever yet possessed, even in the good old days
when the Royal Menagerie at the Tower was almost
aa essential an adjunct to the dignity of the Crown as
. the Regalia itself. There are, to begin with, no fewer
than four elephants, of which one is believed to belong
to a distinct species. There are five royal tigers, three
leopards,,two hears, two wilds dogs fiom the .Nceart,
lone wild cat, and one ichneumon. , Of deer: and
4lntelopes• there are several varieties, amongst which
the little milsk and hog deer, and the three
specimens of the exquisitely beautiful spotted axis,
will no doubt be the chief favourites with the
great body of visitors. There are also a couple
of sleek, fat, Brahmin bulls, while, to close,t4e list of,
beasts, we must not milt to notice a Couple of currois
monkeys, and a scalr.nianis or pangolin—a strange
kind of animal, closely resembling an
.armadillo, of
which, to the beet of our belief, no specimen has yet
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

SIVIrIY,IO, .All3l ‘At

and body. She was removed to the Guest Hopital,
Dudley, and attended to by Mr. Orwin, the resident
medical officer. Lane's husband is an invalid in Stour-
bridge Workhouse.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

THE BLACKBURN MURDER.

COMMITTAL OF FISH.
The prisoner Fish was again brought before the
magistrates on Friday morning on the charge of wil-
fully murdering and mutilating Eruily Holland. Toe
prisoner, though pale and evidently ill at ease, looked
a little more composed than he did on the previous
day. On the application of the chief constable, the
prisoner wal allowed to have a seat. Previously to the
evidence being taken, Chief Constable Potts made. a
statement to the Bench in explanation of the course
which had been taken by the police. Evidence similar
to that given at the inquest was then tendered, aid
the prisoner was formally committed to take his trial
at the Liverpool Assizes.—A perfect howl of execra-
tion was set up in court as the plisoner left the dock
ia the custody of two police officers.

The prisoner, prior to being brought before the coroner's
Jury on Thursday, was in a weakly and excited condition, and
it was deemed necessary to give him a dose of brandy and
soda-water. Ms sletp during the night had been unrefreshing.
He had in his cell a large Bible and several books sad tracts,
and these he frequently read. Ile expressed a wish that the
time may soon arrive when he may pay the penalty of his
crime.

On the night of Good Friday it is said Fish read to some
customers the report of the previous day's proceedings, at
the conclusion of which he exclaimed, " If that fellow gets
hung I will have a jolly spree I will break the pledge and
get drunk." On the 914 at Darwen, he said the murderer
deserved to be cut to pieces. On the 6th inst the police for
the second or third time searched his premises, whereupon
a flock of persons surrounded the door and even filled the
street.

On raking the soot of the oven-draught, on Friday, two
little fingers from the hands of Emily Holland were dis-
coveted.

On Friday morning the prisoner's wife and two children
had an interview with him in company of the Rev. George
Heyes, curate of St. Michael's Church, who married them five
years ago. The interview was of the most affecting character
both being moved to tears. The prisuier listened attentively
to the earnest prayer which Mr. Heyes offered up. The pri-
soner's wile told, him that the parents of Emily Holland
had sent a message to her stating that they freely forgave
him, upon which he exclaimed "Thank God !" The prisoner
took his food with heartiness, and on Friday morning, when
asked how he had slept, replied "Very well," though his
guardians said that he was very uneasy daring the night.
The.mother of Emily Holland is now reported to be much
better, and it is thought that she will recover.

It has been said that " when Fish got married five years
ago he j &fed the religious sect of his wife, who is a
Primitive Methodist" toe Rev. John Vaughan, Primi,ive
Methouist minister, has ascertained that Fish was a scholar
In St. John's Church School, and a member of St. John's*
congregation, at Blackburn, and never was in any way con-
nected with the Primitive Methodists.—The
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

day, and go down to the House of Commons
After closing their orices. Again, the Ministers
require the day-time to transactthe work of the:r
respective departments, and not until they have
done in these do they find time to attend the
sittings of th Ii in The gain, there are
on ;di kinds of conceivable sub-
jects and on private bilk By the standing
orders these must not sit during the delibera-
tions of the House itself, except with special
permission ; consequently, they conduct their
investigations between twelve and four, at which
,time they also descend to the Legislative Cham-
ber. It will be seen, therefore that the work of
Ministers, of Committees, and of men of business
all interfere with the meeting of the House at
, an earlier period than four o'clock in the after-
noon ; and as it is improbable that we shall be
swift to adopt the payment of members, or to
exclude Ministers from Parliament as is done in
the United States, it is probable that the
arrangement which has gone on so many years
will continue. The best must be made of a
combination of circumstances which although it
may to some extent result in legislative flaws,
render any alteration impracticable.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

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SCRAPS AND CUT-OUT RELIEFS.

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THE OXFORD FRAMING DEPOT,

71, HIGH STREP T, STOURBPIDGE.

23, IRONMONGER LANE, LONDON.
(THE OLD HOME.)
JOHNSTON'S
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IS THE BEST

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" Is DECIDEDLY SUPERIOR "—Lancet.
"I have examined Johnston's Corn Flour and :find it
perfectly pure and most excellent in quality. When
boiled with milk affords complete and perfect nourish-
ment for children and persons of weak digestion."
CHARLES A. CAMERON, M-D., F.R.C.5.1.,
Professor of Chemistry, Royal College of
Surgeons, Dublin.

AS A MEMENTO there is nothings°
valuable as a GOOD PORTRAIT. It is the
iturnph of Art over Time, Distance, and the Grave.
And what Portrait so exact as the PHOTOGRAPH?

THE STUDIO

Is Open from 9 a m , for the productions of

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AND EVERY OTHER DESCRIPTION OF
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Produced from the Miniature or Locket Sizes to the
Life Size.

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IN OILS, Framed, Complete,
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The Negatives of Mr. Szarkoweski and the late Mr. H.
Bird are retained, as every Negative Mr. Clarke has pro-
duced, and Copies can always be had.

ARCHER CLARKE,

71, HIGH STREET,

STOURBRIDGE.

WANTED a Good GENERAL SERVANT,
who is a good PLAIN COOK; alse a HOUSE-
MAID. One in family. Apply at the Office of this
Paper.

OST on Tuesday morning last, from Beech
A Lanes, near Birmingham, a ROAN PONY, 3 white
feet and small white star on forehead; also from the
same place an IRON GREY COLT, 12 months old, no
shoes.—Any person finding the same will be suitably
rewarded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

ENGLISHMEN ABROAD.

It has been remarked by eomehody, that wherever
Englishmen are abroad they build up a little England
around them (says the Evening Standard). Of none
of our expatriated countrymen is this truer than of
those in remote settlements, where the news from
home comes at distant intervals and the seasons
are so unlike those they have been accustomed to
that by no stretch of imagination can they coax them-
selves into the illusion that they are in the land of hop.
gardens and coal fires. Shanghai, at the mouth of the
Yellow Sea, is about as dirty and uninteresting a
:hole as any healthy Eogliahmau could be con-
:demned to toil in for his sins; and yet the small colony
,of our compatriots thete manage to keep alive
,the sturdy Saxon spirit, and "go in" for British
sports and pastimes as heartily as if they resided
within a stones throw of the towing-path at Putney,
or an hour's ride of the swelling downs of Epsom.
They have a Rowing Club, and great is the excitement
when the periodical match comes off with the rival club
at Koh& another Chinese head-quarters of European
civilisation. They have an Amateur Dramatic Club,
which, when het heard of, was positively so much on
a level with the fashions of the metropolis that it was
playing Trial by Jury, a sparkling trifle which now
may be seen any night at the Opera Comique in the
Strand. They have a Paper Hunt Club where there
are as many as twenty-seven nominations for a handi-
cap; and if they have not already set on foot skating
rinks and spelling bees we may be sure they will not be
long without them. Of conrse they have a Racing Club,
which is in a very flourishing condition, as we find
in the statement of accounts for last year given
in the North China Herald. Among the receipts are
some which will be familiar to members of Sandown,
such as " tines for riding in wrong colours,"
and "fees for changing colours " and others
which appear to be peculiar to the Celestial Empire,
such as extra entrance fee f)r running last,"
and "proceeds of the sale of a buffalo calf." To
tve a pardonable bull, the race-horses in Shanghai
are all ponies, and a recommendation made at
the last conference of the stewards is now being
seriously debated, viz., "that the fence round the
weighing-room should be extended so as to enclose the
stone platform on which the ponies were taken when
measured, and so cause it to be less dangerous to the
secretary, who was at times now in danger of being
kicked by ponies waiting their turn." We sincerely
trust, for the sake of the secretary, that the stewards
may see their way to the construction of that fence,
for the life of 'a secretary to a racing club in Caitia
should be dear to all lovers of the turf.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

EXECUTION AT CARDIFF.

On Tuesday morning, at a few minutes after eight
o'clock, Joseph N. Webber, aged 63, a fisherman, was
executed within the C%rdiff Gaol for the murder of
Edward Stelfox, another fisherman, The under.
sheriff and the prison officials were alone present, the
representatives of the Press being excluded. Since his
condemnation Webber has been quite resigned to his
fate and penitent. It is stated that the culprit died
without a struggle, and that not a muscle of his face
moved as he walked to the scaffold. The execution
(performed by Marwood) did not occupy but a very
little time. A large crowd of persons assembled out-
side the gaol. Webber, though be invariably had be-
lieved in his rights to fish in the waters rented by
the deceased, had latterly seemed to be sorry for his
crime.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

THE RADIOMETER.

Professor Crookes has endeavoured to solve one oi
the riddles presented by his radiometer. Our readers
may remember (says the Evening Standard), that the
radiometer consists id little vanes working on a pivot
in vacua within a glass case. To the vanes 2610 attached
discs 01 pith blackened on one side, and the influence
of light gets the rnachine,in.motion. The nature of the
force exerted is not yet known, the only thing that is
obvious being its convertibility into mechanical action.
But the riddles have arisen from observation made of
the movement not of the vanes but of the glass envelope.
When the glass containing the radiometer is floated in
a basin of water, and candles are placed near it, the
arms move rapidly round, and after a time the glass
envelope itself commences to move, though very slowly,
in the same direction. A similar result is brought
about when the arms of the vane are made to move by
me&ne of a magnet, though in this latter, case the
movement of the glass envelope is more decided. Pr-
fessor Crookes holds that these experiments show that
the internal friction either of the steel point of the
pivot on the glass socket, or of the vanes against t he.
air remaining—for no vacuum is perfect—or both of
these causes combined is considerable. That theie
frictions do exist there is of course no manner of doubt,,
and it is also evident that they would tend toprodude
the results above mentioned. But the explanation is
not yet wholly satisfactory, even as regards the two
experiments mentioned above, while it leaves a third
i
altogether unexplained. As t stands it takes uo-
account of the fact that when the arms were moved
by
magnetism the glass moved far more rapidly, than viten,
they were worked by the light. Butthe thirdeiperiment
to which we allude shows that when the arms of' the
vane are held still by a magnet and light is. allowed to
fall on the instrument the glass rotates briskly inn
direction opposite to that in which the arm would
It sen Inovi dji free. Now here we have two forces
acting on the vanes, but counteracting one another;
butthe movement of the glass is certainly no.inethani-
cal result of these two opposing forces—at least, not',
av;oculdd ibneg ptoosasinbyleoftothame known
wMn r. Cwros of
ems'es9ehx7liancsa.
so as to meet our first objection, but it floes not tou li;
the third experiment at 411.
vidto
'ply

A NATURAL DEATH.-The almost instinctive epigram-
matic shArputss of Irish humour iR a cbarsoteristic
often noticed. An in,tance of it is given in, Sir Jonah
Batrington's "Memoirs," in the case of a quarrelsome,
fashionable, fighting bully, who is suddenly reported to
a convivial company as being killed, having, been just
shot dead in a duel. "Shot, is he ?" exclaimed one of
the party; "Then, by toy word, he has died a natural
death."

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

gocal tulb 3,listrict Pius.

SCHOOL BOARD.

The monthly meeting of this body was held in
the ante-room of the Corn Exchange, on Monday
afternoon last. .

Mr. Billingham was in the chair.
There were also present Messrs. Stringer and
The minutes of the last meeting were read, and
on the motion of Mr. Stringer and seconded by
Mr. Wall, were confirmed.'
The Clerk read a letter from the Education
Department of the 29th of March last, on the
subject of the transfer of St. Thomas's Schools,
and enclosing copy of one from the Department
to the Rev. H. Sherrard, on the same subject.
Mr. Wall moved that ordersf be drawn upon the
Treasurer for payment of the following amounts:
—The Clerk of the Board for a quarter's salary to
the 25th of March last, £l5 and postage 4s 6d ;
the Clerk of the Works salary to the 15t7e_ inst,
.28 Gs 8d; Messrs. Freer and Perry .236 12s Bd.
Seconded by Mr. Stringer.
A letter from Mr. Smith, the architect enclosing
copy of his letters to Mr. Horton, the builder of
the Board Schools in Hill Street was read.
A letter from the Clerk of the Bridgwater
School Board, enclosing resolutions on the subject
of the circulation of impure literature was read.
Mr. Smith, the architect, (Ittendedjand explained
what had taken place between himself and Mr.
Horton, the builder, with respect to the Board
Schools being built by Mr. Horton in Hill Street.
He said Mr. Horton wanted to use concrete which
he (Mr. Smith) did not consider was of a proper
quality, and that proper despatch was not being
made with the works, and he suggested that the
Board should give him 14 days' notice, and if he
did not proceed with the schools then the contract
to be put in force.
Mr. Stringer moved that Mr. Smith be recom-
mended to give Mr. Horton 14 days' notice if he
does not proceed with the schools with proper des-
patch, and the powers reserved to the architect by
the contract will be put in force.
This was seconded by Mr. Wall.
There was no other business.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

opuntia vulgari4 may prove even more valuable in
England than in India, bronchial disorders being much
more common here than there. The greatest defect of
the plant is to overrun every place where it once esta-
blishes itself. Even the American waterweed is not
more irrepressible than the prickly pear. This fault
ought not, however, to weigh against its many virtues,
especially if it be true tbat when pulped and mixed
with water it forms a first-rate fertiliser.—Glok.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

PUBLIC NOTICES.

STOURBRIDGE UNION

WANTED, a WIDOW or SINGLE
WOMAN, without encumbrance, beta., en tire
ages of 30 and 40 years, as Nurse to the above Union, 1
who will be required to perform such duties as 111,-
Government Board and Guardians shall from time to '
time order, and generally to assist the bdatton
knowledge of Midwifery necessary.
The Salary is £l5 per annum, with Board, Washing,
and Lodging.

Testinionials as to character, temper, and capabdity,.
must be sent to me on or before 4th May next, and no
person need apply who cannot read and write.
Persons applying for the situation must attend pep.
sonally •at the Board Boom, at the Workhouse, King.
swinford, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. on Friday.
the sth May next, when the election will take 'place.
The person elected will be request(-d to enter upon
the duties immediately. _

Workhouse, KingsvidOford,
21st April, 1876.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

MR. GLADSTONE ON THE INCOME
TAX.

A meeting was held on Thursday night, in last
week, at the Greenwich Lecture Hall, to proteat
agaiust the excessive expenditure of the Legislature
and the addition to the Income-tax. Dr. W. 0.
Bennet presided, and read the following letter which
he had received from Mr. W. E. Gladstone, the
member for the borough :

" Ilawarden Castle, Chester, April 19.
"My dear am very glad that at the Greenwich
meeting to-morrow it is intended not only to oppose the
increase of the Income-tax, but to point to the large and
steady growth of expenditure which is its cause or pretext.
With regard to the Income-tax as a permanent source of
revenue, my sentiments were fully expressed in an address
of January, 1874, to my constitutnts at a moment when I was
prepared to give them full effect. They remain uncharged,
but opportunities of the nature then offered, return only at
rare intervals. With regard to the augmentation now pro-
posed, I would direct your attentiora to the large extension
of exemptions, which, once granted, it will be difficult to
retract. They will greatly cripple the tax In time of war.
They establish a distinction between people of (say) £320 and
£420 a year hither unknown, and, in my opinion, of dangerous
and socialistic tendency. By lessening the number of those
interested in getting rid of the tax they also tend powerfully
• to its perpetuation.
"With regard to the augmentßtion of expenditure, it is due
to the party in power to say that the c mutry has acquiesced
in it very contentedly, and as long as this is the case there
will alwtys be found men ready to continue and extend it ;
moreover, it has been in part promoted by others than the
supporters of the Tory Government, but it is also due to the
Party out of power that they may be judged by a ftir com-
parison between the figures of the public charge as they
stood in 1878 4 and fae corresponding figures far 1876-7. Ido
not claim for the Liberals very high praise, but the difference
between the two parties is great and will be appreciated, at
least, by these who think with Mr. Cobden, not that the
country should Increase its expenditure in proportion to its
glans, but that all prodigality in laying out public money is a
serious moral as well as financial evil. _ _ _

" I must add, in conclusion, that I have no doubt the ex-
pendit,ire will be reduced and the new burden averted, if the
public chooses to express its sentiments, at polls and else-
where, in favour of a more prudent policy.
"I am my dear Sir, faithfully yours,

%V. E. GLADSTONE.

"W. C. BennEtt, Eq., LL D."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

POTATOES.

Trade was steady, and prices were well supported, for the
better description of ;stitch there was a Nit. supp'y Kent
Regents. )30s. to 18tts. : Eslex dt!to, 100 s. to Ws. ; ru,ks,9ss.
to llOss. : Vtctorias, 150 s. to riOs. ; flukes, 1303. to 1708.
kidneys, 110 a. to 140 s.

HOPS.
The amount of business paataig in hops during the pest
week has bean very moderate, and to-day the trade is slider.
All good and tine qualities , f produce being scarce, are held
at fully previ,ms rates. In the vane of inferior kinds no
to
change has taken place. 3he foreign marksts are reported
dull, the tuppges cifering being considerable. Arner'catt
hops continue to be received in moderate quantities. East
and• Kent guiding', 1875, £5 125. to £7 7s. : Mid Bent,
to £6 6s. : Weolu of Kent', £2 is, to £5 lbs. ; Sussex, £
£475 3 to
414
4s
63.t.0t0£646 103. ; Yearlings, 1874,
; ygruhams, Li 10s.
44 los. 'to itel ; Bavarian, 1875, At is. to £6 ii.; Belgian, 1875,
A 2 12s. to £3 • Alsace, 1875, Al 103. to ,54 40s. ; Amer!
5755.. : -
dWiarco easote urni try£4,
1576, ,C 4 to Ai. oft;

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