The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-09 00:00:00

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AN US DOIINTEIJ OgiNTENARIAN. "Vigil" 1
Writes in The Times
In your obituary in a recent paper isoth Olillars Lusting
'satiated to have died on the 23rd of JUDO, 1870, sited /03
years one month and four days It happens that this life
was Insured In the Evitable ASSUrallee &del, and the age
stated in The Times correspond, With the age—namely, 32
given when the insurance was effeCted In Of year 1799 The
late ffir G. Cornewall Lewis doubted whetlMr any Instance
of a male having attained the age of 100 years &mild be Bath,
isvierfly_Phdro I but, tw it is clearly against the interest of a
Person effecting an insurance to make If out older than
he really Is, she moat sceptical on the collect should accept
this case of Mr I 0i,.9'1 as alMost conclusive evidenced the
fad. I may further mention g fact di tusarauce if general
intetufst—nlimely, that this policy will Modes nearly six and
a halt times tbe Nniehnt orlginaily insured, the latest addi-
tion ever paid by the Elivitable, and I. doubt not, alto, the
largest that was ever paid in the ?Midi of life insurance.
ADVICE TO PARLIAMENTARY °RAW/PA.—Keep
yolir breath to cool your turtle.- Punch.
A Mimi:note ClooloB.—ln the House of Com-
mons, on Monday night, hi answer to Sir F. Heygat-,
Mr. Bruce said that, up to the pksent time, there had
always been what was called a religloas venous in
Ireland. Scotland offered great oppoeition to one in
1861, and it was not taken; but, an It appeared from
the recent communications with the representatives of
religions bodies that the same objections tiid not now
exist, the religious census would be taken in 187 i, hi
Frigland, he regretted to say, the same opposition
which had been offered on former occasions was again
exhibited, and es tomb a matter could not b- carried
out successfully without willing co-operation, it was
sit proposed to take a religious census in England.
(Murmurs of disapproval from the Opposition henche.).
VERT EXPLICIT !—For sonic time past says (the
Morning Advertiser) rumours have been abroad, given
with circumstantiality, respecting private adhesions to
the Crouch of Rome, on the part of prominent public
men,—but especially in relation to one person filling a
large place in the public eye. It is added that the
party in question will go openly over to Homanism as
soon as he has disposed of come import ant pnblic busi nem
which he has on band. We give the rumours as they
have reached us, not vouching far their truth; but
from personal knowledge we do vouch for the fact, that
some of those wltto rank highest in the Roman Catholic
communion affirm in the mitt emphatic and explicit
terms, that rumour in this instance is synonymous with
truth. .

CURIOUS "CAT CaLLS."- —At the Belfast Police
Court, Teresa Brown was eharged by a constable with
having made use of party expressions at Ballymacar-
rett. The policeman said that when he arrested the
prisoner she was shouting br Orange Bill. On the
way to the police office she shouted for Orange Billy
and Papist Kate. Mr. M'Causland Go prisons.) :
What have you to say for yourself 1' - Prisoner : I have
two cats, and they will answer to no other names.—
Mr. Weausland : You may call them whatever name
you please in your own hon-e, but you cannot be al-
lowed to make use of such expressions in the street.
The defendant was fined 40e. and costs, or in default
fourteen days in gaol.
ADVICE co PERSONS WHO HAVE "FALLEN IN
Lova "—Fall Out—Punch.

THE LTi MB. FARADAT.—Perhape some of
your readers may feel interested in a very early note
written by Fsraday when he was nineteen, in the
sixth year of his apprenticeship as a bookbinder
(writes Mr. H. Bence Jones to The Timea). It was
tent to his master, Mr. G. Riebau, with the notes of
some lectures bound by himself.

" Sir,—When first I evinced a predilection for the sciences,
but more particularly for that one denominated electricity,
you kindly interested yourself in the progreu I made in the
knowledge of facts relating to the different theories in ex-
istence, readily permitting me to examine those hooka in
your possession that were any way related to the subjects
then occupying my attention; to you, therefore, is to be
attributed the rise and the existence of that small portion of
knowledge relating to the sciences which I possess, and,
accordingly to you are due my acknowledgments Conned
to the arts of flattery, luau only express my obligati°, it, and
in a plain, but sincere way; permit me, therefore, Sir, to
return thanks In this manner for the many favours I have
received at your hands and by your means, and believe me,
your grateful and obedient servant, hi. Kinanar."

THIS Ceors.—(From the Chamber of Agricul-
ture Journal)
The rain, so long desire I and urgently required upon the
farm, has at length fallen, and that abundantly. The im-
provement in the growing corn crops is astoniablng. The
grass pastures have wonderfully revived, and it has been
almost the salvation of every root crop. The many gaps in
the latter are now hopefully filling up, and we now have
every prospect of a fine root crop. The cabbage tribe, too,
are looking well and most promising; even the meadows
have commenced a second growth, so that • fair supply of
hay may be expected It has rejoiced the heart of every
farmer; the congratulations are universal.

THE PREVAILING WIND AT THE NORE.-NuTe-
Nore•East.—Punch.

Tan Wzinnit Amaßics.—The Philadelphia
Lf tiger remarks : -
There is something In the weather of the present season
worthy of the closest study of our mete orologlas For 16
consecutive days—viz , from Slay 26 to June 10--the wind
was northeast, east, or south-east—something, as the sailors
say, 'with 'east' in it ''—antl tinting the whole of that
period there were rains or dries'es orsheavy clouds. Since
the 10th the wind has been "southerly" all the time, and
the air moist and oppressive. For 21 consecutive days the
prevailing winds have been from the seacoast, without in-
terruption, and Ale westerly and south-westerly breezes
common to the summer season, seem to have abandoned the
city. Darius a considerable part of this time continuous
dense fogs were report..d off the c 'sat, dealing int
ward.hound steamers and otter vessels. In fins viol,
oily the rains have not only been ireq•-,44.05.40n1e
of thrm very heavy, over narrow belt of cow. . A° of
them, last Monday week, in the upper part of the city, seemed
to come down as from a cataract; and on Saturday 111,re
was a similar rain among the hills on the west branch of Ole
Susquehanna, wht-h caused a destructive flood In that region
In a Inc hours. At the same time there is a drought to the
north, tires in the main and Canadian forests, and a drought
in some parts of Europe. There have been many unusually
heavy hailstorms, frequent serious casualties by lightning,
and a number of hurricanes. Ilow much of all this distu, h-
ence of the meteorology usual to this season is du, to the
" dense fog off the coast!" is the fog an effect of some
cause further oil? Here is an interesting series of pheno-
mena to Le connected into a chain by some capable philo-
sopher.
THE SPANISH KlaG-DASIGNATE.—Pzinee Fre-
deric of Hohenzdlern, who has accepted the offer of
the Spanish tcrane from tieneral Prim, is the eldest
eon of the reignin; Prince of Hohenzollern, who in
1849 surrendered his sovereign rights to I russia. His
father lives at Dasse!dorf, and is considered as a mem-
ber of the Prussian Royal family. The Prinee is
thirty-five years of age, and was tuarried in 1861 to
Marie, the sister of the present King of Portugal, by
whom he has three eons. His younger brother is
Prince Charles of Roumania. In religion he is a
Roman Catholic. The French papirs are highly
indignant at the news, and Fee in what has been done
the hand of edunt Bismarck. The Constitutionel gays
that if the election is confirmed not only will it be the
cause of civil war in Spain, but the peace of the world
wid be disturbed.

A VaE YoR OLD OLOTHEIL—A New York paper
tatee that the magnificent white satin cope worn by
Father Morrill as celebrant at St. Albano Church in
that city is made from the wedding drier of one of
the ladies of the pariah, who has also givencostly jewels
to the church. The cope is heavily embioidered, and
the worse is of solid gold and richly jewelled.

A NEW Greece it-is- no: the Golden
Age, nor the Silver Age, nor the Iron Age, but the
Brigand-Age.— Punch.

A SEASONABLE WELCOME.— On the Bth
Freemasons from all parts of the linked States at-
tended the laying of the corner stone of a Masonic
Temple in New York. Nearly 10,000 persons, by actual
count, were in the procession. The heat briug intense,
the citizens along the route hung out buckets of ice-
water from their houses. The cup of cold water saved
many from dropping out of the procession from sheer
exhaustion.

THE WATER SUPPLY OF JERUSALEN.—A letter
from Jernenlem says
The Abbe Richard, an well known for his cleverness In dis-
covering water-springs, has Just made a leigthened stay here,
and on the invitation of the Governor, li,amil l'acha, has
made some hydro geological surveys in thicown and environs,
The result is most satisfactory ; according to the learned
abbe, there are two means of supplying the Holy City with
good drinking water In atiMment quantity.-1, by wells to be
bored in the rocks, to the town and close by eatable; I, by
aqueoucts bring the desired liquid, flint to the sealed well
ithefinis r'gnatc'e of the Canticle of Canticles), then to the
reservoir at Arroub, and finally to Jerusalem. By either of
those methods the scarcity of water felt every year would be
definitively overcome. The Abbe Richard was In favour cf
the second plan, In consequence of the better quality of the
water and the larger quantity to be than obtained.

_
FORK AND Arr.—Who designed the new helme
for our police? Whoev,-r it was, he must have done it
in a fit of pique.—Punch.
MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.— (From the
Manchester Examiner)

•• Widower, in business, is wirhful to correspond with a
domesticated person with a view to marriagn—Aldress," Ad.
" A gentleman, of good family and considerable prospect.,
wishes to correspond with a lady cf some means with a view
to matrlmorly.—Address, Mid°, Leith."
Advertiser, well educated and domesticated, has £5O
ready money and some prospect., desires to marry an intel-
ligent bachelor or widower, of good character, between 30
and 40.7. Address." ctc.

-7; (Zial;;;;;7i g';`,a position, residing on hi. own estate,
is anxious to correspond with an amiable, wello-ducated lady,
about 40, with view to matrimony.—Adiiress, in strict con-
fidence, enclosing carte," itc.
PLMASAPT —VERY !—Accounts from Wisconsin
state that " the Oneida Indians have organiz,d a brass
band, and purchased twenty-five wind instruments."
They have, no doubt, also retired into the depths of
the primeval forest to practise; and it is to be hoped
they will enjoy themselves. Music, we know, bath
charms to soothe the savage breast, and twenty-five
trombones, blown by twenty-five noble savages, none
of whom know a note of music, must be one of the
most soothing things that could possibly be listened to.

ltarlD New;Es.— Two extraordinary paasagea
across the Atlantic have just been toads by the Cunard
Loyal Mail steamer Scotia. She left Liverpoul at 1.12
p.m. on the 4th of June, and. favoured with easterly
winds, made 242 miles on the sth, 255 on the 6th, 319
on the 7th, 329 on the Bth, 338 on the 9th, 346 on the
10th, 347 on the 11th, 361 on the 12th, and 367. n the
13th, making the run to New York from Liverpool in
nine days nine hours five minutes. She left New
York again on the 22nd of June, and, notwithstanding
rather variable winds, made the following remarkable
run : —On the 23rd 320 miles, on the 24th 316,00 the
25th 322, on the 26th 329, on the 27th 360, on the 28th
350, on the 29th 347, on the 30th 346, and on the let of
July 240, writing at Liverpool at noon. Sqn thus
made the (pinkest return voyage oh,* bag yet &nom.
plished, the mean time to the; part being tight Jaya 19
hours.

k LAWN PARTT.—CODiNCEItiON.—PUTteh. , _
D IN FAVOUR OF VACCINATION.-- ill
of Lancashire acrusade Is' being essried on
Tari°"Par` 9..ct.,1-8 to vaccination. At Cloham
against the 0... ..k 29 summonses have been heard duariiiig n the peat W.- 'to comply with the Vacciaation
'3%
at parties ref nail% ,ceived from the meniral de.
.w
Act, orders having been r, -il for enforcing its Igo.
pertinent of the Privy. Coum 'that in ecaeeneenee
vieions, and it having been alleges. -,d become very
of the public negligence smallpox th. -awe, when prevalent in that unign. In seven of the ..... -.ginated the parents objected to hove their children va.... the
the ftll penalty of 20% and costa was Imposed; n e

remaining Caere the tines were 10s. bix persone
alto eutursoneel for not forwarding certificates of suc-
cessful vaccination to the registrars. It was explained
that formerly the clay of sending in these certificates
lay efirk the registrars, bin under the present Act of
Parliament lt was thrown upon the parent. In torso-
cases nominal lines werA inflicted. At Rochdale, too,
similar proceedings have been taken.
THE VOLUNTARY SYSTIM.—The independott
(an American paper) has revived an old joke in
saying that a Connecticut pastor once declined an
addhion of 100 dole, to his salary for this reason,
among others, that the hardest part of his labour
heretofore had been the collection of his salary, and
it would kill him to try to collect 100 dole. more.
Tux RIGHT PLACN.—Antiquarieg and historians
are agn el that in ancient Babylon all the executions
took place in the hanging gardens. —Punch,
DONK AWAY Wall AT LAST ! —An institution
has j oat been done away with in Paris which we cannot
allow to perish without a few words, certainly. I et of
regret, but of commemoration; we allude to the Burear
de Prior, through which, until a few months sgo, aft
foreign newspapers had to pars before they were
allowed to be delivered or sold in Paris. This cicipart--
mein of the Minirtry of the Interior consistrd at sr
chief, one M. Clirandeau by name, and a staff of clerks,
whore duty it was to read all the foreign newspapers
sent to Paris, and to translate into French anything
wl 'll they thought likely to corrupt the French
political mind, in order that the head of the depart-
ment n.ieht crier, if he deemed it needful, all copies
of the offending journal. There were several English-
,,;•:•ll in the Mlle-, one of whorl was for years the Paris
of a mornin; paper now defonct. This
gentlemen rr,-.wed the cam of 1 5001., Cr Pfio a year,
for his valtlabl N.a• 7dces, All selzed papus were the
e
e
perquisites of the Litire....7 de "
.Prr' ,• and it must have
from the sale as
derived quite a nice little :2"!"
waste paper of back numbers of .n..nrnals so eeiz'd•
Tin" SHANNON " AND INN
(room Mondsye Times) :
So,—l noticed in The Times of to-day that Tholes/0
Mg, who recently diad at Cirencester, 'be supposed to have hies&
the last of that brave crew who fought cm ooard the Shonnont
In her engagement with the American frigate Chr:open4 t or
the Intel June, 1813." I have eery great satist.mtion iu
forming you that one other at least of the heroes who took
part in that ever-memoralde actio is .151 Heirs—Admiral
Sir Provo W. I'. Wadi% KCB, who. as fietowel Lieutenant
of the Shannon (after the disablement of Capitals Rojo, by
wounds, and the atLctlng death of First.LielltelllSTA Watt its
the moment of victory, took the C 0111111.41 of that vessek
anti brought her and her prize safely Into the harbour of
Halifax amid the applauder shouts of thousands.-1 urn,
your obedient servant, MELviLLit L. Lgii, Rector of Bad-
, port. Rectory, Bridport, tidy 1.
_ . -

CROQuZT AND CHIVALAY.—Tbe Croquet I our-
nament at Wimbledon did of course not want a Queen
of Beauty, nor did that Sovereign lack subjects of the
most resplendent charms, but what sat of Ithighto
were the gallants who figured in the lists? Ac-
customed to distinguish themselves principally on the
field which is carpeted with but, ilougtity ai the
champions of Croquet may be, they mud, for all their
prowess, be regarded as carpet knights_.—Ponch.

A (lANTENARIAN CHARGED WITH DRIGVITENNF ED.
—At the Belfast Pi Ice-court, Mary Jane Inland,
feeble old woman, 103 yeara of age, was charged with hav-
ing been drunk. Mr. Coate. to toe prison.) : You are
charged with being drunk last night; what have you
to say' Prironer : G id help a feeble old creature like
me. Mr, Coates : Vhat age are you? Prisoner
air, 103 years. Mr. Coates : Where ore you from?
Prisoner: From the city of Dublin ; but I have been
46 years in Belfast. Mr. Johnson : You are dis-
charged. Prisoner: Ali, God bless iou.

•
THE QUININE PLAItT IN AMERICA.—The culti
vation ot the cinchona, or quinine tient, in Jamaica.
has proved thorcuably successful. It was introduced
in laes, and at the close of the following year the,
number of young plants had no Menaced that IC was
found desirable to convert 600 acres of virgin forest on
the blue Mountains into a cinchona plantation. Fifty
acres were cleated, and forty of three at once tilled
with cinchonas, which, in spits of unfavourable cir.
cumstances, have laraely multipl.el. The plantation
is situated about 1,000 feet above the sea level, is well
watered, and possesses a suitable soil, capable even of
resisting the pernicious influence of a season like that
of lost yea-, which was one of the driuit on tens O.
Sir Limes Grant, in his rt port just pulAished, regrets
that the demand for young cinchonas for propagation
has hitherto been far behind the supply ; but when the
I success of the experiment has become more whiely
known he hopes that mountain proprietors will find
it to their interest to cultivate largely a plant which
has commercial as well as sanitary value to wenn-
meud it.

ILLUSTRATION. FOR.A. Corr BOOK.-PfOCIRSIIIIR-

on pcking Times pocket.—Punch.

A Faisz PROPHETI St !—A singular scrap d-
advent excitement recently btoke out among the
negroes of Springfield, Texas, owing to the preaching
of a negro woman, called " who announced
that the milleMum was to take pisco n May 26, and
the "mighty ship of Z on " would deemed to B_ol3
those who should comply with her directions. In ac-
cordance with these, the negro s burned one-half of
their earthly 'possessions in a bonfire, hoed op their
corn and cotton, and destroyed much of it, gave away
their children, stripped themselves naked, and danced
a "holy dance." 'They then killed all their dogs.
" Jane " was then about to sacrifice her own child,
when the authorities interfered and arrested her.
When the prophetess was locked sip her disciples
seemed to come to their tenses, and have been assisted
by their neighbours in replanting their grain, and re-
pairing, as Jar as possible, their losses.
SAVAGE AND UNPIIO VOICED ASB auhT —First
-.. _ •

Matron: Your doll looks very
Second Disto : Yee, dear! I think i: frete a great deal
about Alfred; be kuoek4il one of it e} es out lent week,
and it bet a greas deal of eaevdu4, and kahn't born the
same doll since ! —Foe.

RteconatLr.—The San Francisco Alta
tats that on the aft-moon of the 20.11 of June a
British ship .yii.g in the harbonr was seized by order of
a Judge of the 'United States Dlatriet Court for wages
due to 11 pallor, and a depu.y,inarabal was put on
board the ship, which was lyirg at anchor in the
harbour. The captain, who was absent at the time,
returned on board late at night, and early in the.
morning he weighed anchor and set sail. The deputy.
marshal states that he arm violently assaulted and held
down to prevent his making signals f..r help, and was
taken out nearly to the I'Aralloties and then placed in
a boot and rent back. A revenue cutter, it is said, went
in pursuit of the ship.

Ms. DICKENS A UNITARIAN.—Mr. Phitp, an
Englishman resident at Washington, at whose house
Mr. Dickens was &guest when in America, writes to a
journal of that city that "Mr. Dickens, during a con-
versation relative to tic pulpit cratory of the United
States, of which he had the highest opinion, remarked
that he had always been a Unitarian, and that for
many years he was a member of that au6ety. In early
life be constantly attended Finsbury Chapel, when W.
J. Fox, who afterwards went into Parliament, wsa
pastor." Referrieg to an account given ladn by Mr.
Lichens of the railway disaster at which he was pre-
sent, Mr. Philp says : "On that terrible night Dickens
laid out with his own bands the dead bodies of thirteen
men and women. The chronometer watch presented
to him by the workmen of Coventry, which was in his
pocket at the time, has never kept time correctly since,
doubtless caused by the shock when the collieion took
place." It is mentioned that Dr. Elder, of Philadel-
phia, asked the novelist, " What is your object in
writing ?" and be replied, "To show that all meu may
be Raved."

UNITED STATES SNITPING.—A Unite Stalea
paper, the Nation, writes :
In 1&5 our mercantile marine exceeded England's a mil-
lion tons, or nearly one-fourth, and se POiii clipper ships to
other nations. At that time stApbuilding culminated be
this country, and except a revival In 1e59 and BSA has on
the whole, been declining in importance ever since. But the
decline of tonnage from 1861 to 18€5 was bet from 5,500,000
I us to 5,11.0,00, or seven per cent, while in the twoyeare of
peace It fell to leas than 4,000,0(0 tons, a decline 01 23 percent,
an that it was not the war, nor the A /amnia that destroyed it.
Intact,we built bet half as much new • -- 1039, the last
. . .

- tonnage ... ,
peace year—as In 1661, the last war year. The fact is, that
the rapid growth ot tonnage up to li,C5 ma. 111 wooden ships,
and was fairly divided between foreign and c, Entine trade ;
that since that time iron screw steamers have been taking the
place of wooden &hips in Ocean trade, but the woolen
skips have still done our eNesting business, and the building
of them has been active when this hinniesn demanded hem:
but the oaten trade belong a to the new screw steamt7s, and
the tariff on iron prevents us from building them, whit, the
navigation laws forbid the importation of them. 'fence
shipbuilding can never again be so Important an industry as
it has been until the duty on iron 14 repealed; nor cau
American shipowners compete with foreigners on the ocean
while the present tariff and navigation laws are maintained.
VirdAT atm Pain I—The En-Queen of Spain
suggests to the Spaniards a King called Alfonso. An
Mr. Dickens wrote, "If ever there was an Alfonsu
who carried in Lis face plain Bill" (d)nastically speak-
lad) this is the young gentleinan. —Punch.

RASHER A COME-DowN.--Dr. Newton, the
miracle worker, is deteriorating. The other day a man
took a little blind boy to be cured by Lim—without
MICCeBB, of course. The father having made 'tome
rather strong remarks, a scuffle ensued, in which the
poor child is reported to have hal his eye „L' lackehed,
instead of lightened. This is coining Wa. It is
something clever to cure the realty nick, bat a very
little ritjfection will show that a flack •ye may be pro-
duced by considerably lees than a mirrortcle.— Judy.
TUE DRAM or Lope y.—The lhaziliau General
Camara Las written a letter to an Argentine paper
respecting the death of Lopez. lie na)s :
I was among the first who, 111 coming to the bank of the
Aquidibanioni, saw Lopez fallen and almost lifeless, on the
other ride. Near Lentz were two officers who die tl sword in
band defending him to the last, and some nne other, who
succeeded in escaping perhaps to aursetaler later. The
former I ascertained aftetwaras were Mai ri Estiogarriba
and Vargaa, who were shot by the riflemen who came after
nie to the bark, and who fired on seeing me wading across,
alone and on loot, to be received, not as a liber.•tor, but as
an implacable and rancorou4 enemy. I owe lit,, my honour
as is soldier, to 017 name and my country I owe it to hi,tory
and to my conscience, to declare tintbiolly that liar-hall
Lopez died fairly, arid in full possess hot f ht. eersel When
I stooped to take the drawn sword from Ms hand he
made a movement t., wooed me, sad mind lo a firm and
arrcgant tone, •. I die sword in hand for my country. ' I
then ordered a soldier of the Muth Battalion to disarm him,
end it wee in the str wale with him he expire:l, without
receiving a further wound.

81111.1-1.11,AR Itlctivanx OF A WATCH.-- On the
second day f the Queenstown Itsgatta, an officer of
the Cork g annum had his gold watch ireilsn on the
Promenade, among the fashionable aseemblage of which
it ie suspected more than one iiieuils-r of the swell
mob txicieid their vocation. Tne fficsr reciving
the futility of endeavouring to look in such an assembly
for his lost property, gave the matter up as a had job.
In the evening, a brother officer returning by train
Iroin the regatta found hirrselt in a comportment with
two etrangere, one of whom drew a watch fri m his
pocket Its if to ascertain the hour. The officer at Nate
recognised the watch as the same whose I, as his friend
had been bemoaning a short time befit.., and with
great boldness and tlecision acind the stranger's hand,
and wrenched the watch out of it, the glass being
broken and the Albert guard mapped in the struggle.
The fellow and his associate pretended great inOigna-
tion at the proceeding, and threatened to give the
gentleman into custody, and at the next station—the
junction—both left the carnage, as they said to find a
policeman, but did not return. On his arrival at
quart ere She owner of the watch was gratified with the
restoration Of his property which had been luckily re-
covered.