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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

CRICKET.

STOURBRIDGE v. Lye.—A. match was phyed between
.he above clubs on the Stourbridge ground, on Saturday
list. StoutbAge won the toss and sent in their
.pponents. The bowling of Davis and Price was so
.oud that runs were made slow, and the whole were
lisposed of for 40 inn,. Woodhall was the only oce
\vac, scored double figures, 11. Stourb:Pge then went
n to bat and scored 61, being 21 ahead of their
?pponents. W. Green made Vire top score, 22, A. Otter
10, W. Dav:s 9, making two 4's and a single, and J. W •
.-'arkes 7. The 1.3 e went in for their h ecoad innings
which closed for 91. F. Pain contributed 23 Stour-
bridge then went in to play out the time and 4 wiek:ts
were disp sed of for 10 runs. The following is the
,ore :
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

THE HARVEST IN FRANCE.

The Journal Officiel gives the subjoined intelligence
from the provimes, relative to the coining crops
"The apvearance of the fields is much better than was
expected after the wretched spring of this year. In
the north, west, and east, the wheat has flowered under
favourable conditions; it the formation of the ear is a
fortnight behindhand, it will take place in splendid
weather. In the Beauce, a harvest is expected which
will make up for the deficiency of the last. From
Champagne, the Brie, and Burgundy, satisfactory
reports. The Limousin and Auvergne appear to be
content, the Nivernais and Berry expeot an average
crop. Everything leads to the expectation of a good
ordinary yield in the Dordogne, the S)mme, the basins
of the Lot and the Tarn. The vint appears to
be in excellent condition. According to the reports
from the vineyards, the effects of the frogs of April
and May last are almost null. In the Tarn et-Garonne
and the Il4rault an excellent vintage is expected if the
flowering passes over without accident, and, as the
quantity of the grapes is less considerable than it was
last year, the quality is counted upon. But the
phylloxera, aided by another insect of recent discovery,
is spoken of in the South. The flax crop is good in the
North. The news from Holland and Belgitzm is
equally favourable as regards that plant. The hay has
been much as usual, the yield being about an average
one. The planting of the potato having been delayed
by the spring rains, we must wait a little before we
can form a correct estimate of that tuber.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

THE BRUSSELS EXHIBITION.

The Brussels correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette
writs :—Clos,) to the park entrance of the English
section the largest gallery of the Exhibition branches
off. The first two-fifths of it sre ccmip'eii by Germany.
The German exhibits are very methodically arranged,
and comprise an enormous variety of things relatirg
to pubic health and the preservation and saving of life.
Next comes Belgium, occupying about as much spice
as Germany, and illustrating by her productions the
enormous iticlusfrial progress of the country. Russia
occupies about a fifth of the hall. From the Belgian
compartment the French secti ,n branches off to the
right. It is lees varied than that of the other great
nations, and contains notably few 01-,j-cts relating to
the ambulance service. The sp cial Exhibition of the
city of Pgris, which is placed at the end of the gallery,
is very remarkable. From the other side of the B Alan
compartment a lateral galler, containing heavy and
voluminous ol+ eta, leads to the long gallery, of which
me side ie devoted to. Austria, Hungary, Italy,
Switzerland, the Netherlands, and to additional cx-
hibils of Belgium and Switzerland • and the other
aide to the various railway exhibits, shoveng the
latest inventions for making railway travelling safe and
comfortable in time of peace, and the adaptation of
railway carriages to the ambulance service and the
transport of the wounded in time of war. Among the
Italian exhibits is a model of the cremation apparatus
from the cemetery of Milan. A side gallery, opening
on the French section, containe the exhibits of Den-
mark and Swedcn and Norway, and the rem ar4able
exhibition relating to the construction and furnishing
of schools organised by the Belgian G.Ntrnment. A
number of ery heavy machines, boilers, and diverse
objects are placed in the ground pertaining to the exhi•
bition. Close to the principal entrance in the park are
a Russian railway carriage of a novel kind, and a con-
struction representing in natural size a vertical section
cf the great works of the Senne, executed at Brussels.
Notwithstanding the great heat, the temperature in
the Exhibition building is very agreeable. White
cotton cloth has been suspended under the skylight,
and this, combined with the shade of the large trees
between which the galleries run, cools the air consider-
ably.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

SUICIDAL INGENUITY.

A remarkable instance of suicidal ingennity oceurred
on the night of the 20th of June in a boarding-houee at
Lafayette, Indiana, United States (says the Pail Mall
Gazette) A man named James More, who arrived at
the establishment on the morning of the day in
question, and expressed his intention of remaining there
a week, called at a machine shop in the city and bought
a large new broad axe and two iron bars, three inches
wide lag one inch thick, and sixteen inches long, which
he had riveted to the bead of the axe. On either side,
fastened to these bars, in the shape of a handle to an
axe, be had a system of wooden bars eight feet long,
the extreme end of which was fastened to the floor of
his room by hinges. The axe was raised and held to
i's nearly perpendicular position by a double cord
fa4ene4 to the wall. Between the cords stood a
candle, arranged FO that when it burned down to the
cords it would burn them off, and the axe fall. Where
the axe would strike Moot° placed a small box, in
which, when found, was his head, with some cotton
that had been saturated with chloroform. He was
strapped tightly to the fl or with two straps—one
around his legs, the other about his arms and heart.
The straps were both screwed in the fl or, renderiug
movement impossible. It is supposed that he set his
axe, lit the candle, and strapped himself to the floor,
put his head in the box with the chl Toformed cotton,
and was insensible when decapitation took place. The
axe and fixings weighed about 50 lb., and fell a distance
of from ten to fifteen feet. Moore's head was com-
pletely severed from his body and the axe buried in
the boards beneath.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

BROMSGROVE.
A PUBLICAN HEAVILY FINED.-At the Petty Sessions,
on Tuesday, before Captain Bourne, J. Weiss. R
Smallwood, and A. Ryland, Richard Crawford, of the
Duke of York Inn, Sidemoor, was summoned by the
police for having, on the 4th of June unlawfully sup-
plied Joseph Boughey, then a constable in the Wor-
cestershire police, with two glasses of ale while he was
upon duty.—George Dyer proved that Boughey was
served with two glasses of ale in the passage of defend-
ant's house, on the night in question, by Mrs. Crawford,
and he afterwards came into the bar and had several
more glasses, defendant being in and out of the room ,
several times while Boughey was there.—Defendant ad-
mittod supplying some ale, but said he did know it was
wrong to do so.—Defendant was fined £5, being half the
full penalty, and XI 3s costs, which he paid, Captain
Bourne said they had considered as to endorsing his
license, but would not do so this time.
PROPERTY IN POSTING BlLLs.—The Bench gave judg-
ment in a case in which Moses Nokes, auctioneer, sum-
moned Henry Allbutt, bill-poster, for wilfully damaging
a poster announcing a sale to be held by him, which had
been posted by William Hill, another bill-poster, upon
a place where he claims the exclusive right of posting.—
'The Bench decided that the complainant had no
property in the bill after it was posted, and they dis-
missed the summons.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

DEMONSTRATION OF MINERS.

The sixth annual demonstration and gala of the
Durham miners was held on Monday, on Durham
Rice-course, and attended by thirty thousand people.
The colliers marched to the place of meeting, each
Lodge headed by a band and banner, acd there
were 95 bands and 116 banners upon the ground.
The epeakers were assembled on t tro platforms,
Mr. Alderman Fowler, of Durham, presiding on
No. 1 platform, while Mr. Richard Fynes, of Myth,
wa chairman on No. 2. Resolutions were adopted, con-
gratulating the meeting on the absence during the year
of serious conflicts between employers and employed;
on the introduction into the House of Commons, by
Mr. Macdonald and others, of the Injury to Workmen's
Bill; adhering to the principle of arbitration as a
rneens of settling trade disputes; and expressing a
strong °pie: ion in favour of an assimilation of the
b )rough and county franchise, and adopting an
pledging the meeting strenuously to support Mr
1
Trevelyan's Assimilation Bill. The speakers were Mr
Macdonald, ALP., Me. Thomas Burt, M.P., Airci
O'Connor Power, M.P , Mr. C. Bradlaugh, Mr. Lloyd
Jones, Mr. Jones, barrister, Mr. William Crawford;
and a number of local representatives of the miners:
The general tone of the speakers Wad commendatory of
the course recently followed by the miners in giving
their vote in favour of arbitration in the matter of
settling the question of the reduction of wages sought for
by the coalowners, in preference to giving it for a
strike throughout the whole country. The remarks of
the various speakers on this head were received with
loud applause, which strongly showed the groundless
nature of the reports which had been most industri-
ously put about to the effect that the men generally
did not approve the recent decision arrived at by the
Miners' Association to adopt arbitration in preference
to a general strike—a subject to which some of the
local speakers warmly adverted. The whole of the
resolutions were unanimously agreed to, and the meet-
ing passed off most harmoniou,ly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

SIMPLE RULES FOR SEA-SIDE
ENJOYMENT.

1 —B4ore leaving home, study your trains, pack
trunks the day before, don't forgtt anything, and
avoid hurry and excitement.

2 —Look f ir roams quietly, in a clean qu'et street,
or suburb, and see that the rooms are clean and
airy.
3 —Do nothing at all the first day.
4.—Rise early every morning, soap down and tub
from head to heel, eat a biscuit, and go and hear the
birth sing, and look at the sea.
6.—R,q;ular 114,u-s, regular exercise, regular meals,
and regular medicine (if you need it).
6.—Eujay yourself all you can, but 'ware excite-
ment pod fatigue.
.—Strong men, may bathe before breakfast, bnt
the best average time is about three hours after break-
fast.

B.—Walk at a moderate pace to the bathing ground,
so as to be neither too hot nor too cold, and undress
as speedily
,as poskislet _

9.--It is better to plunge at once into deep water;
don't unless you can swim, however, but rather after
bending down and laving the face and both arras, drop
ight underneath the first wavelet.
_ _ _

-10.—Wear a bathing-oap, especially if a lady.
11.—If you can swim, swim and nothing else; if you
cannot, you can at least tumble abort and keep moving,
and also rub your limbs with the hands.
12.—Come out before you have actually ceased to
enjoy yourself.
13.—1 t is better to have your own towel, one at least,
and let it be moderately rough.
14.—Rub your face, shoulders, limbs, and body; wing
moderate friction, and finish drying with a smoother
toweL

15. —When quite dry, dress; and it ought not to be
at all necessary to dress quickly.
16. —lf faintness or sickness comes on which must
be looked upon as quite an accident, lie down for a few
minutes.

17.—After dressing, a bzisk walk should be taken;
and now a lunch biscuit will do you service.
18.—Remember that the glow after the bath is the
great event to be looked for.
19 —lf instead of this glow a decided chill takes
place, and it is not removed by a brisk walk, a small
drop of brandy taken along with a biscuit becomes a
necessity, or tor ladies a glass of some cordial.
20.—1 f you are an invalid, try to forget it; if a
Hercules or a Webb, forget that. /n mediis tutissimus
ibis.

21.—Don't forget fluinel urder-clothing if at all
delicate.

I have tried, although in a desultory Port of way,
to let you understand that at the sea-side it is not al,)ne
from dabbling in the waves you are to expect the benefit.
Health must be looked for by the ses•shore, and in the
sunshine, in every breath of wind that blows, sad in
the ever changing face of the great ocean itself.—From
"Cassel's Family Magazine" for July.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

FEARFUL SUFFERING OF A CREW.

The barque Stephano left Cardiff for Hong Kong in
July last year with 1,300 tons of coal. Letters receivt d
by the Western Morning News from York, Western
Australia, narrate her loss, and the terrible result. On
October 27, the Stephano ran on a reef at Pointcloates,
and broke up. The captain and one seaman were
drowned, and 15 persons were washed ashore. Some
provisions were saved, the natives taking possession of
the remainder, but brought and gave to the wreolted
men the chart which by pant( mimic action
was expla;ned. This luckily proved to be the
chart of that coast, and by its aid the shipwrecked
mariners proceeded southwards. They journeyed
for six days, but, discovering no water, retraced their
steps, and finding a water bottle, they lived for six
weeks on rock oysters. Two of them died from ex-
haustion. The remainder subsequently renewed their
march, hnt after terrible sufferings died off one by one
until only two remained. TLe,e determined to pene-
trate to the interior' and finding a tribe of aborigines,
who treated them kindly until a vessel appeared off
the coast, when they were taken aboard more dead
than alive.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

LORD'S.

What a Young Lady says.—l do so like cricket
matches, they are so pretty, and I am quite learned
about them. But do tell me, why they are running
after that ball; and is it really necessary to put three
bits of stick near the bowlers with their bats? You
didn't know I knew so much abut it, now, did you?
Thank you so much, I will take a little more cham-
pagne cup. No raised pie, thanks—l have got some
lobster salai. Oh, do smoke. lam awfully fond of
the smoke of a cigar in the opeirair ! And now, you
must tell me all the news.

What a Dowager says.-1 shall certainly keep my
umbrella up, in spite ot shutting out the view from a
carriage-load behind me. I really mnat think of m 3.-
self in this hot weather a little I

What a Yomng Man says. —Really too bad of that old
woman to put up an umbrella, eh? Can't be any good
to her, don't you know. Nonsense to think she wants
to keep her complexion. Got no oomplexion at all,
don't you know? Ham't had one, I should think, for
the hot twenty years, ch, don't you know?
What an old School fellow says.—Hallo, my boy, why
it's you! Haven't seen you for twenty years ! How
fat you've got! Why, what used we to call you? Oh,
"Nosey," to be sure!
What Angelina save.—My dear Edwin, you don't
mean to say you were ever called "Nosey I" How you
hay,. deceived me!

What Edwin siys.—Hang that fellow !
What a Good Bqy ys.—My dear father, this is a
very painful sight! It grieves we to see two-and-
twenty young men spending in recreation time that
might be so usefully employed in study!
What a Bad Boy soys.—Look here, old man, lets's
give the guv'nor the slip, and have some more grub!
Whit Everybody svis —Capital way to spend a
summer's day pleasantly.

And ?all thc Umptre szys (espec:Ally at 7 ram).-
0 vet !—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

SINGLE-STICK.

There was a little exhibition at Islington on Monday
of a kind which has not been seen in London for
perhaps half a centary. Two professional players
met to decide a public match at the good old
game of single-stick, and proceeded to their work
with a determination worthy of the palmiest days
of that very Eoglish sport. The stake was no lees
than £l5O, and the audience was worthy of the
cccasion. No doubt it comprised some veteran
spectater4, who remembered in the distant days
when they were boys the prowess of village
champions who fought so manfully on the stage
at the rustic fairs then held in high honour.
There would have been more of them had they been
aware of the forthcoming combat; and if the authori-
ties at Islington have a mind to revive the old sport
by it fresh match, they will do well to give notice
thereof to some of the burly squires who still retain a
vivid recollection of the village tournaments and the
single.stick players of sixty years ago. The conditi-ma
of the battle were that out of 100 hits he who received
the smaller number should carry off the prize. This
was certainly a liberal allowance to be distributed
between two men, and it must have required some
courage even to embark in a conflict with the proba-
bility of receiving a moderate share of the punishment.
Even amateurs who occasionally appear in sub-
stantial padding and slash away at one another for
five minutes or so generally carry away with them
some very plain recollections of their perform-
ance in the shape et many-coloured bra:Bes. But
the two champions who stood up on Monday to
support the rival claims of Woolwich and L.nadon
had protected their manly limbs with no such
effeminate coverings. Ooly their heads were shielded
from blows that might have lost them their sight, and
the body cuts descended with unabated force upon
their flesh and bones. Sixty-two of those " very
palpable hits" did the beaten man receive without
losing his pluck or his hopes, or anything but a part
of his good temper; and the vigour with which the
castigation was inflicted may be calculated from the
feet that "nearly a dozen stout sticks" were broken
over his legs, arms, or ribs. A semi-official and semi.
military character was given to the match by the
presence of the fencing instructor of the First Life
Guaids, who acted as referee, and ensured fair play
and the consequent success of an encounter which,
without involving any brutality, represented one of
the most real of all athletic contests.—Globe. •

A PUBLIC DANGER.—A. glntton of a fellow was
dining at a hofel, who. in the course of the `• battle of
knives and forks," accidentally cut his month, which,
bting observed by a Yankee sitting near by, he
bawled out, "I say, friend, don't make that ar nole
In your countenance any larger, or we shall all starve
io death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

BANQUET IN LONDON.

On Tuesday evening the American residents in
London celebrated the Centennial Anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence by a banquet at the
Westminster Palace Hotel. Colonel Hdfmann,
Charge d'Affaires, occupied the chair; and amongst
the guests were the Lord Mayor of London, and
the newly-appointed American Minister to the British
Coust, the Hon. E. Pierrepont, who arrived in London
only two hours before the banquet commenced. The
oratory of the evening was principally confided to the
Rev. Dr. Thompson, of New York and Berlin, who
uttered the most cordial sentiments of fraternity. Mr.
Pierrepont also responded to the toast of his health
mostly in a genial spirit of badinage, but he seriously
prophesied a speedy termination to the depression of
business, which seems to be as rife in the United
States as in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Smalley read the poem composed for the occa
sion by Mr. Bayard Taylor, and which was to be
recited in England and America simultaneously.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

ODDITIES IN THE POST OFFICE.

Since the study of the lives and habits of all manner
of swimming and creeping things has been popularised
by the opening of aquariums in different parts of the
country, the Postmaster-General, as a common carrier,
has la( en called upon to transmit a greater number of
fearsome things than were ever before committed
to his care in a given time. The other day a
(-inutile of newts were stopped in St. Martin's le-
Grand, it being found necessary to water them in
( rder to keep thtm alive whilst they were waiting
to be applied for. Newts are positively harrnlesq, but
they are scarcely such thing 4 as one would like to find
loose in a letter-box or bag, any more than the follow-
ing 01-j:icts which have been observed whilst passing
througb the General Post Office: A bat, a snake, a
crayfish, frogs (from South Aineric.), leeches, stkitils,
beetles, caterpillars, mice, and last, but cntainly not
least, puppies. Other oddities—not alive--which "the
department" has been called upon at different times
to deliver have comprise 1 a Packet of sausageg, a tie. of
Devonshire cream, a box of shrimps, &German sausage,
and other comei-tibles ; whilst personal iff-cls have
appeared in various forme, including umbr, has and
walking-sticks, telescopes, hats, and articles of.
ladies' attire, such as thcee shops which lay
thems=lves out for the supply of trousseaux are bi-st
acquainted with. Most curious of all tbe curiosities of
the Post Office, however, are the addresses %hich
appear on some of the letters, and which the very
clever and wide-awake "blind man' at St. Martin's-
le-Grand has to puzzle out. Unforturately, no de.
scriptien could do justice to these mysterious direc-
tions. They need the pencil Nf the artist and the
burin of the engraver. They would wake a very
curious book.—City Press.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

SUNSTROKE.

r Dr. H. C. Wood, an American physician, a year or
two ago published an essay upon the subject of sun-
stroke which obtained for him the Boylston prize of
Harvard 'University, and which has jrikt now a
peculiar interest even for readers outside the medi-
cal world. Sunstroke, as a subject for minute and
careful inquiry, was suggested to him by cases
bromht under his notice when resident physician of
the Pennsylvania hospital. "Sunstroke" be refers
to three classes—acute meningitis or phrenitis,
heat exhaustion, and thermic fever. Acute meningitis,
due to exposure to the sun must, he says, be very
rare, even if it eve occurs, and he dismisses
it without considera`ion. Cases of mere heat ex-
haustion he also Pets aside as indistinguishable from
other common forms of exhaustion, and having no
affinity with true sunstroke. With regard to the
latter, he says the only absolutely necessary a, d ever
present in .mediate cause is heat, which may be either
solar or artificial and he finds reason to endorse the
modern opinion that aur stroke is not due so mach to
the direct heating of the head as to the heating of the
general body. In support of his opinion that
artificial heat may produce all the symptoms of
" sunstroke " he prodnces a great many well-
attested instance'. He had und r his own observa-
tion one case which originated in a sugar re-
finery. Dr. Longmore had thirteen cases out of
sixteen, whi,h originated in barracks or hospitals-
aid M. Bowfin, he ea) s, found that cf a hundred
ca-es of " sunstroke " on the French roan-of.war
Duquesne, the great majority occurred at night when
the men were in bunks. Animals are as liable to it as
men, and a long series of experiments seem to show that
no change in the actual condition of the blood takes
place, as it has sometimes been maintained, trans-
fusion fiorn the veins of a patient to a person in health
having produced no effect. Premonitory eymptoms
ara usually experienced, and the timely withdrawal
from heat is always followed by relief and complete
ultimate recovery. Special conditions of health or
other circumstances only influence sunstroke in so far
as they tend to render the heat more effective.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

COMING TO REASON.

It is satisfactory to see that the industrial classes
are at last beginning to recognise the fact that wages
cannot be maintained at an artificial level by trade
combinations. In presence of a continuously falling
market for any particular commodity, it would simply
be suicidal for employers t) pay the same rates for its
I.roduction as when the price ruled perhaps 20 per cent.
higher. They may submit to some sacrifices ?II order
to prevent complete stoppage of work, but in the long
run they will be forced to lower wages until the cost
of production is reduced to the level that attracts
purchasers. The converse of this proposition holds
equally good, of course. Employers cannot long keep
Nein wages in the face of a rising market. Should
they he so foolish as to attempt it, the result would
not fail to be very disastrous, both to themselves ard
their hands. At present the tendency in most of our
principal indu,tries is all the other way, and it is there-
fore gratifying to see that workmen in all parts of the
kingdom are acoepting the situation with its attendant
evils. Even among the somewhat stubborn tykes of
West Yorkshire the common-sense view a the subject
is beginning to make way. The dispute that has been
raging for some time past in that dis,rict between
coalmasters and miners is at Last happily terminated,
the latter having accepted a heavy reduction in
wages. This loss of it c-eme will, we fear, cause
many hardships to people who have grown accustomed
to a rather too liberal way of living. Even among
more provident eaasee the sudden deprivation of a
fifth or a quarter of the annual income would partske
of the nature of a calamity. In the case in cuitstien
there was no help for it, as a few facts will Elbow. In
1850 the price of the best sorts of house coal at the pit
month in West Yorkshire was ss. per ton, seconds
4s. 61, and slack is. During the fuel famine of 1873
the rates rose respectively to 2 ls., 18s., and us. At
present, they range somewhere near lie., 10s., and 65.,
or about half whet they were three years ago, and
double the level of 1850 —Olobe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.

Many of the birds and insects against which the far-
mers wage unceasing war have their uses, and their
extermination brings other pest; of a more destructive
nature. The annual report of Dr. Riley. a Missouri
entomologist, on the insect pests of that State, which
has lately been printed in the United States, gives
some curious information on this point. It seems that
one of the great enemies cf the Colorado potato beetle
Is the common crow, which "even digs up the ground
to get at the beetles after they have entered it to
hibernate." The 'army worm" and the " kanker
worm" have a host cf enemies who keep them down so
effectually that "two great army-worm years have
never followed each other, and are not likely to do so."
The Reeky Mountain locust, which caused great de-
struction in Missouri last year, brought with it some
remarkable compensations. The locusts, it seems,
robbed the dreaded clinch bugs of the vegetation on
which they continuously ley their eggs unseen, so
that they were obliged to lay them in exposed situa-
tiens, where the young broods vetre doomed to
perish. The result is that exempti, n from this pest,
which the Missouri farmer has always with him, is
seemed for two years at least, and the same is true of
many other irked& The locusts fa.° left a rich coat-
ing of mature, which made the soil of the stricken
country unusually productive. In fact, the fruit.
growers suffered more from the plague of locusts than
the grain-growers and stock-raisers. After the devasta-
tion was over there was a great prevalence of plants
which in ordinary seasons are scarcely noticed. Dr.
Riley, however, succeeded in showing that the locusts,
prepared, make excellent soup, and can be served up
in a batter as cakes or simply baked or fried.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

THE STOURBUDGE OBSERVER.

the Presidential campaign, he repudiated all ambition
to sit at the head of affairs in the White House. He
thought he was too old for it. The only desire of Mr.
and Mrs. Fruit at the present epoch of their existence
is to go off awl emothly. POII4OIIB who envy the
lot of 0 d Parr, CJrnaro, the Couutess of Deernoud,
and the like patriarchal beings, would do well to
ponder the lesson their history tewles—that long life,
without Z motifs gift of perpetual youth is not an un-
mixed blebsing.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

AMERICAN HUMOUR.

"Ho fell dead and expired in two minutes," says a
Georgian paper of the desth of a ueFr.)
Au Oikl man bai been converted to temperance
ninety-eight times, and he sass he'll go up to a hundred or
die.
A Chicago paper delicately announces that i-n
charge for marriage notices is "Just what the ecstacy of the
bridegroom may prompt"
"Gentle-
Beg inning of a j•idge' charge in lowa :
men of the Jury, ou must now quit eating pea-nuts, and
a
Wend to this case.
y, four negroes got on a
journal poetically remarks :—" In
day,
and now there ain't
I,lspree;oAn t gdo
oinn" Byv,
tookjAi I :et at
hiso ,
little e oti nace
kr
dk
but three."
.fhe editor who "did not mind the placing of his
words" in.roduced some vanes thus :—" 1 he pot ni published
this week was composed by an ett:emed friend who has lain
wat.akeedrebtuunrnhionwg
bfreowmasthe,finwneeiria.l.
!tibia gr.ive many years for his own amusement."
0 Am!:
wsiffinecwtehdenhuas
fbrai,unda
said he pa..hetically, I think I feel the better for that little
walk."

A Yankee editor, given to the melancholy line of
philosophy, wrote of a cattle show: "As with men, so it is
with cattle. They nosy he, anu po,sibly are, lovely aod beau-
tiful in their lives; but in their death they are divided "
A gentleman of New York, being about to marry his
fourth wife, some one asked his daughter who Was going to
perform the ceremony. She replied, "I don't know, but I
presume that it will be Dr. Spring. He generally marries
father."

A charitable lady in New York sent one of her lam
year's dretses to a destitute woman. She wit% somewhat sur-
priteil to have it retirned, with the statement that it ' was
to lull behind hr the preEent. style," and "would stre take
a breadth out, and change the trimming?

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION.—Teaching the young
Idea how to cook.--Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

ATTRACTIONS FOR ARMY SURGEONS

(Wanted.)

Talking of Vivisection, people are apt to forget what
an amouut of it, operated by projectiles and other
weapons of war, happens in a battle to Di( n as well as
horses, and how much more has to be performed on the
former afterwards with surgical instruments. Stu h
vivisection as amputations and the like proceedings,
necessitated by lactated wolindm an -I shattered bones,
is remedial, and prevents greater pain by inflicting
lees. Therefore it requires skilful op wont ;of whom
if a wAr broke out just now, there woula be a sad
detic;ency, accrding to the British Medical Journal,
in which—

"It is s'Ated that such Is the present state of the Army
Medical Department, owing to the growing deficteney of
isledical Officers, that leave of abitence in several of the home
districts has been peiemptorily stopped, And that at
Woolwich every Medical Officer has extra duties imposed
upon him."

How much the reverse of pleasant is the present
state of things may be estimated from the fact that
whilst there is a growing deficiency of Army Surgeons.
we hear of no Wing off at all in the supply of Medical
Officers to Poor Law Unions, although their work is
1 tborious and their pay beggarly. If the service a
the Nation is PO much less attractive to Medical Men
than that of the Union, what must the former be ?
Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

PREPARATIONS FOB THE WAIL

A correspondent at Belgrade forwiards us (Pall Ball
(iazette), the folleming notes on•the preparations for the

war :
The greatest sacrifices are being made to get things
in readiness, and everyone is eager to lend a helping
hand. There is a great deficiency of doctors, and the
etudente of Belgrade who know anything of medicine era
ds sited, ia. to fill up the vacancies. Moreover, the
scholars at the lycecse era being rapidly taught by such
doctors as we have te do the simpler operations, such
as bandaging, Jes. The churches are arranged as hes-
pitale, and thoarrincess has organized all those things
which are essentiel to the tending of the wounder
under Ler Terkoual supervision. Much astonishment
is expressed at the eumb-3r of Russians who come here
sympatnizing with our cause. It is forgotten that the
Priocess of Servia is a Rus,ian lady. Her father,
Pi iuce Kechko, distinguished himself by going to Italy
to fight Prince Dolgorouky, who wrote a book
against Russia—" The Truth respecting Russia."
Distinguished among the volunteers is George
Biikovitch, the same who lost an arm and a leg
at Sebastopol, and afterwards when Belgrade was bora-
barded by the Turks suddenly fell with his battalion
upon a strong body of them, and exterminated them.
For this service he was presented with a sword of
honour. After him comes Alimpitch, also a man of
considerable reputation. Many French officers seek
to join the volunteers. Large bakehouses have been
erected, and the old pensioners and prisoners are busy
making biscuits for the troops. Each person euh-
scribes to a voluntary tax of 2 ducats, and besides this
a public subscrip' ion is opened. Vast numbers of
wealthy Austre-Serviane also subscribe money and
become volunteers. The Minister of Finance has
rated a lean of about £1,000,000, issued in £4 bonds,
receiving interest at the rate of 8 per cent, and repay-
able in five years. All Servia is placed upon a war
footing, and the enthusiasm is general. The
present war is looked upon by each man as not only a
national but a private quarrel, and the hatred
of the Turks is intense. There is no lack of the
materiel of war, and, if subscriptions and voluntary
taxation go on as they have begun, the money will also
be abundant.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

COOKLEY.

TILE COOKLEY CRICKET CLIII3.—On Saturday nearly
fifty members of the Old Cookley Club dined together
at Mr. John Small's, the Bull's Head Inn. The occa-
sion was the death of the old club and the inauguration
of a new one, composed of the younger members and
others. It appeared that the rifle movement was so well
supported that cricket was neglected, and hence the
secession of several of the principal members. Mr. G.
Piper took the chair, and Mr. J. Harvey the vice.—The
usual loyal toasts were proposed, and Mr. Dawes made a
statement of account, which showed that after all the
dining expenses had been defrayed there would be a
sum of £1 33 left. This it was unanimously resolved to
hand over to the new club. Many other toasts followed,
and the meeting was a most harmonious one.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

Bell Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro'. " Very
satisfactory—have availed ourselves for 10 years or.more."
John Snowden, Paint Manufaeturer and Oil Merchant,
South Shields, Your Telegram received, and very
much obliged to you for your prompt reply—They won't
get an ounce of stuff from me. Yours &T.
Swann, J. E. and Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro'
and Glasgow, "Satisfactory."
Bissell, James, and Son, Birchill Iron Works, Walsall.
" erreat Value."

Darlington Forge Company. "Prompt replies—ap-
prove of the Confirmatory style adopted."
Lackenby Iron Company, Middleboro'
" Conscientiously recommended. Members 8 years."
Darlington Waggon Company, Darlington.
" Prompt—reliable information—various sources."
Staubridge, Sydney, 16sq., Maltster, Camberwell,
London, S.I. " Charges are higher than any other
office, but the results justify the additional outlay."
Oldroyd and Sons (Limited),Dewsbury. "Reliable."
Hudson, Sykes and Benefield, Leeds, " fitatislleit with
the thoroughness of the manner yen answer Continental
inquiries."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

GRATEFUL MUNIFICENCE,

The Times has published the following lett9r

Sir,-03 the 7th ult. I and two friends were travellers on
the line from Portsmouth to Waterlo ) when the accident
happened to the tunnel at Gaildford. We were in ore of the
flair: carriages, and h.ol it not been for the presence et mind
displayed by Mr. R-ypert, the engine•driver, we, prnbably,
should have been the first victims to the smash. When in
safety, we consulted together as to the expediency of
org mixing a subscription for the benefit of our preserver,
but found ourselves anticipated by Mr. Richard Fisher, also
a paisengar, who, in a letter mblished in The Times shortly
afterwards, kindly offered to receive contributions. Each
of us (three) accordingly sent a mite to Mr. Fisher, who duly
subscribed the sum promised in his letter.
Now, lot the result of the movement be made known. Of
the numerous passengers who would now have been corpses
or cripples had it not been for Mr. Renert and his matt s,
only ten have responded to Mr. Fisher's appeal, and the
whole sum collected is rt presented by the princely figure of
£9 3s, which has to be distributed among five persons.
We are told that life is not much valued by certain
Southern and Oriental nattonr, but I do not see that in this
respect they differ greatly from the majority of my fellow.
passengers on the 7th of June.—Your constant reader,
London, July 3. JOANNES OXONIENSIS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

STOUBBRIDGF.

Ist Innin3R.. 2al Innings.
Clulee, b Carpmail .. • 0 1 b w, b Perry 1
Green, c Wooldridge, b Perry 22
Parkes, c Woodhal b Carpmall 0
liavis, run out.. .. 9
Price, b W00dha11..... .
Pearson, b Carpmail
Otter, c Maybury, b Woodhall.. 10
Cooper, at Hancox, b Woodhall 4 not out
Plant, c and b Carpmail........ 0 b Perry .
Hodson not out..
w, b Carpmail
Extras

STOURBRIDGF. a. BELBROUGHTON.—On Monday last
.1 match was played between the abov3 clubs
at Belbroughton, and after an exciting contest was
wan by Stourbridge by 3 runs. Belbroughton won the
toss and sent in their opponents to bat. This was
fortunate for the Stourbridge team as from a variety of
circumz tames several gentlemen were unavoidably
absent. E. Oakes and W. Yates were the first to bat and
Yates was bowled by J. L. Hobbs for 3 runs. Dean was
the next man in and was bowled for a " duck" by J.
Hayes. J. W. Parkes then joined Oakes and there was
some good steady play, and 31 runs were hoisted on the
telegraph board when Oakes was caught by T. Hobbs
after scoring 27 runs. J W. Parkes played well for his
15 and Fothergill for 10, F. Pearsons made 7 and A. E.
Millward played a good innings for 8 not out.
The whole were out for 82 runs. The Behroughtou
team then went into bat. T. G. Hobbs made the top
score, 18 and J. Boulton 14 ; six weeks fell for 68. At
this stage the game got very exciting and the bowling
and fielding at this point for Stourbridge was very fine
and the Whole were disposed of for 79 runs. The fol-
lowing is the score :
•

STOURBEIDGE.
E. Oakes, cT. Hobbs, bJ. Hobbs 27
W. Yates, bJ. L. Hobbs ..
. . Dean, b Hayes ,
' -; -- J.lV,Parkes' bJ. Hayes-
• -I
•Gy9ent c Lilley, b J. L. Hobbs 7 • ...
Fothergill, c J."l3olton,•bZ. Hobbs 10
W. Davis, b J. I,7ltobb A
V, ,Pearson, b. J. L. gobbs
A. E. Millward, not out ' ' - ' -
T. Lowe, st Warne, b Hayes -
,
A. Hingley, • b Hayes..
Extras..
'
.82


BELBROUGFITON.

W. J. Warne, b Fothergill
J. L. Hobbs, et Green, b Davis 0
J. Boulton, c Davis, b E. Oakes
H. Hickman, run out
T. G. Hobbs, c Green, b Davis l9
H. Moore, b Parkes... ......
J. Hayes, run out..
W. Smith, b Fothergill
C. Lilley, not out 5
J. Baylis, run out
W. H. Brown, run out ..
Extras

WOLLASTON V. BRIERLEY HILL GLASS WORKS. —This
match was played at Wollaston on Saturday last, and
resulted in a victory for the home team. The following
is the score :

't WOLLASTOII.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

AN OLD MARRIED PAIR.

America boasts of the posseesion of the oldest
married pair in the world—so far as the statistics
objectionable to Mr. Thorne and followers can Le
relied on—in the rerson of Mr. and Mrs. Fruit, of
Ripley township, Montgomery county (says the
Evening Standard). We confess we are unable to
direct the sceptical in those matters to the precise
Montgomery county indicated; and should he be de-
sirous of satisfying himself by personal inquiry, it is
only•fair to inform him that there are fifteen coun-
ties of the name in the United States. There
are Montgomeries in New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Ala-
bama, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Ohio, Indiana, Illiuoi and Missouri. At all
events, wherever they may be located, it is stated as
an undeniable fact that the united ages of the vener-
able couple amount to over two hundred and two years.
Both are of German origin, and both are illiterate.
George Fruit, the husband, was born in Baltimore in
January, 1763; he fought in the wars of independence
and in various struggles with the Redskins at the early
settlement of Kentucky, and has carried a bullet re-
ceived in his leg at the battle of Blue Licks for the last
eighty }ears. He is a tall man, standing over six
feet three in his stecking vamps, but wears hie
phenomenal age lightly. The top of his he td was
bald a quarter of a century ago, but is now covered
with a growth of a very fine baby-like hair; his
third set of teeth are making their appearance ; but
—strangest peculiarity of all—his toe-nails some-
times disappear, and then put forth a thick,
spongy growth. He is a conscientieus man, and still
clear in his reasoning powers.. When asked had he
ever shot an Indian, he candidly replied that he was
not sure, but he knew of several times when he had
looked along the eight of his gun and saw them fall.
And when pressed as to his intentions with regard to
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

PUBLIC NOTICES.

TWO DAYS' GRiND

CRICKET MATCH

Between
STOU4BRIDGE

AND

GREASBO.RO'__FITZWILLIAM,

YORKSHIRE,
ON
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

igocal (tab 'lsl,tict '116154

BURIAL BOARD.

I meeting of this Board was held on Wednes-
day last.
Mr. J. Shepherd in the chair.
There were also present Messrs. Stringer, Platt,
tlaSkew, Perkins, King, and F. Evers.
The minutes of the last meetin.r, were read and
confirmed,
A lel.ter was read from Mr. Taylor, to the egeet
that he had sold clover and grass belonging to
the Burial for ZO to Mr. W. Pearson.
The Clerk was directed to write those gentlemen
who had rent plans thanking them for so doing.
rho uoard decided up( n the plan of Mr. T. Smith,
‘vith certain alterations ant the meeting was ad-
jOurned.

THE NATIONA.L SOJIETY AT THE

s'IOURBLIDGE SCHOOL BOAI:D.

A meeting of the Stourbridge School Board was
held on Tuesday af:ernoon with reference to the
transfer to the Board of St. Thomas's Schools.
The Clerk read a letter from the National
SoAty, in which the coannitte strongly objected
to the terms of agreement for the transfer. In
th,: opinion of the committee, a transfer on such
terms would be an i-nprop,!r and turtecessary
-iiolatiou of the tuts on which the schools are
Ueld. The so..!i -ty ‘vouid oppose a lease for an:y
p2riod longer then was required for the repayment
of any loan that ini!.,:ht have to be obtamed. Th y
would also oppose aq:yr agreem,,nt which did net
provide for the reservation of the building to the
use of the miginal managers on Saturdays as
well as Sundays, and also on Good Friday, Christ-
mas Day, Ash Wednesday, and Ascension Day.
The Bishop of Worcestir wrot-,‘, in reply to the
clerk, that he was not prepared to object to the ,
arrangement for the transfer if it could be legally
effected, regard being had to the trusts declared
in the deed of conveyance of the site. Archdeacor
II Ono wrote that as the managers of the school
knew more of the eireumstanoo of thu case than
he could possibly do, he gave his consent to the
transfer. He was surprised that the terms on
which a p:operty of considerable value was ac-
vired, should only be the use of two rooms at
times when they were not wanted by the Board.
The Clerk stated that the managers of St. Thomas's
Schools_had been informed of the correspondenzo,
and they did not desire to make any observationi
with regard to the statements of the National

Society.
On the motion of Mr. Stringer, seconded by Mr.
BiHingham. the clerk was instructed to write to
Vie Department, and explain, with regard to the
observations of the National Society, that the
Board could not at present say whether or not any
loan for obtlay on the schools would be necess-ary,
and that they would not have negotiated with the
managers for taking the schools on a yearly ten
-
alley ; and that as to the terms for which the
schools were reserved, the Board acceded to all
that was •asked by the managers, who might be
sapposed to be the best judges of their own re-
quirements.
offers from the present teachers of St. Thomas's
Schools to re-engage under the Board were re-
ceived, but they stand over till the transfer is • de-
finitely arranged for. .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

THE ECLIPSE
SAUCE
IT ECLIPSES ALL THE CHEAP SAUCES.
TRY IT.
In bottles at 6d., ls. and 2s each.

MANUFACTURBD BY
CHARLES MORRIS, READING.
and sold retail by all Grocers and Oilmen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

LYE.

DISORDELY.—At the Police Court, yesterday, at
.itourbridge, Joseph Meredith was charged with being
drunk at the Lye on the 24. h ult.—Police-constable
Smith proved the case. Fined 5s and costs.
CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—Henry Aldis was charged
with cruelty to a horse, on the 25th ult. The case was
proved by Paul Homer and another witness. Fined 108
And costs.