The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16 00:00:00

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A " Baiairf",..kose:—.-Peaoo--but not at any
price I—. Fun. •
WATEaLoo.—There is now staying on a visit
to Captain Kerrich at Goldeston an old lady who was
actnally present at and took a passive part lathe battle
of Waterloo. Madame Van Cutsem, now the farmer,
of Hougoumont, was at that time the gardener's
daughter at the Clateau of Hongoiimont, and agecl.s
years. Her father, the gardener, lituokto his post, re-
taining his little daughter as company. The cbAteau
itself was occupied by the British Guards, and was ,
throughout the whole of the memorable 18th or Tune,,,
1815, the grand and principal object of attack. Madame
has a very vivid recollection of the kindness Of our
soldiers, who treated her as a pet, and kept throwing
her bits of biscuit out of their haversacks wherewith to
amuse her. At last the chateau was shelled in the
afttrnoon and set fire to by Jerome Bonaparte.
Madame was then conducted by a sergeant' of the
Guards to a back gate and her retreat secured into the
forest of Soignies. Madame is a widow, of course ad. •
vanced in years, but hale and hearty,„And now visiting
Englandqor the first•time in her lifel-ONorteich Argus.
A SCIENTIFIC POSERI—IteCtRT (just Tetl4/led
from a tour through Palestine). Now, for 'lnstance,
take the Valley of the Jordan :%111 is really most
interesting ;in fact, I—. Churchwarden Clcdcrush, '
(who has already stood about half an hour's scientifia
description of the tour.) Ah 1 it mun be all vara
woaderful ; and pray how might Tonnupa be •a-lookia'
theta-parts, Sir ?—j4dy.
PANICS IN THEATRES.—"J. P." throWti out
the fallowing hints in a letter to The '
"Few persons are aware how short a spice of time is re-
quired for the largest audience to leave a theatre.'- The
attendants employed to close the outer doors can tell within
a minute or so ti.e usual time required. Let their statements
be tested by antl.orlty, and then oblige every maidager to have
painted up t iat information an coespicuous parts of the
entrances and at the same time callieg upon every man, in.
care of an alarm, to sepport the weak, enceurage the timid,
and employ his weight and strength In keeping back the
crowd. In course of time the idea would be so fixed in
people's mind that women would be less alarmed, and, in.
ease of need, every man worthy ot the name would spring
to hie feet and feel he baa a iewoullble duty to periorm;
and, what with those who had served as Volunteers and
others who might be then serving, a rough and ready kind
of discipline would be enforced awl no lives loir. Ineleed, I
believe if any lives were lost it would be from young men
lingering behind watchlag the progress Of the fl men"
NOT QUITE. —lt is stated by a contemporary
that the Italian Government have formally notified
their intention: of adopting
.Capin Boy ten's,
-But it doet notl6lloi, that it is goliag'tO be the Court
costume neverthelese.—Judy.
THE SPANISH ARMADA.— Sit4e. the storms of
the past week which have washed away the upper 1
portions of the Chesil Beach, Portland, searchers have
been busily engaged in quest of treasure which has I
been at times revealed embedded in the.blne clay, the
West Bay having been the place where two treasure
galleons went to pieces in the storm which succeeded
the defeat of the Invincible Armada. The last week,
it is said, has been singularly productive of such waifs,
one bar of dark-looking metal, found by a Portlauder,
proving upon test to be a bar of pure silver 31b. 2,..z in
weight, and valued at £l2. The frequent finds of
these vessels have obtained for them the local name of
" duckey-stonee

Mr. GIADSII-01S'O1i TEE SLIMY Of —The Liverpool Albon says that "A Yqung. Liberal,"
having ivricteu t Mr. Gladstone asking him to furiiish,
a Hat of books the best calculated in his opfniOn" to'
aupply a knowled6e of hiBtory bekit.g upon political
questions of the present time, has received the follow-
ing reply :
Sir,—Among the books you might read with advantage are
ereen*i rupular aistory ot Enghsna," "Hallans's Constitu-
tional History of England," "Itankels 'History of England,"
" A's History of the Great Rebellion," "Sir E. May's
Parliamentary History of England." These works are
generally free from the spirit of partisanship. But let pie
observe that no one can effectually study history for present
purposes without also examining into the accounts of other
countries and of ancient times.--Your faithful servant, •
Nov. 27, 1876. W. E. GLInsTONE.

A FRAGMENT.--,Smith : "Yes everybody's
got colds dow. I suppose you're dot out of the fashibd,
are you? Brown: Well, yes; I can'tliaY I've got a
cold, hut I've got anulsterated greatcoat, if t!hatlikdo.
as well !—Judy.
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'IMMIGRATION ANT° THE UNITED. plemzs,r.,--;
. The statistics IA immigration into the United States
fof the first ten months of the current year indicate a
falling-off from the diminished figures of last year, but
only a fraotiou of the- decrease .w.hich, last. year showed
,itself in comparilont -with the. year befqe: The tuna-
ber (.f arriTst4 •has drbppedl fro& 140,000 rti•lB74 to
84,000 in 1875, and then to probably PAD in 1876,
, The comparatively slight decrease in the preseiat year
seems, sass the New York Tribune, sufficient to war-
rant the hope that the ebb of the tide is almost over,
and that before long, the stream. of immigration, that
has done so much to emich the United States, will be
again setting in upon its shores. Checked as it was
by the hard times sad the consequent paralysis of
manufacturing interests, there is not likely to be much
improvement, if any, until the times are better and
this paralysis has been removed, and the turn in the
tide will be gradual at the best. ,But there is already
abundant evidence that the worst of the harct times
has been long ago seen, and there is hope that the fall-
ineoff in foreign immigration has in these figures
reached its worst point. —Pall Mall Gazette.
, BEtr FOUR IN HAND.—Honours at Whist.
—Punch.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. During the
:service at St. Paul's for the consecration of the Bishop
, of Calcutta all the Prelates present turned to the east
at the recitation of the Niaene Creed, save and except
the Archbishop of Canterbury.--Rotk. -
GAME IN SUFFOLK.—It will be remembered
that the Prince of Wa'es has just visited his Highness
•the Maharaj Dlitileep Singh, at Rvedon-hall,
Suffolk. During the Prince's stay, 3;187 head of game
were shot. The party included, in addition to the
Prince, the Doke of Athol', the Marquis of Beaumont,
the M.irquis of Ripon, Lord de Grey, Lord Powers-
court, Lord Welsingliam, Sir R. J. Buxton, M.P., and
Lorti Homesdale.
"CHAIR ! "—Ladies, gentle ,LAd3elease to,
look at this :
" In mancliester an Influential movemont has arisen for
providing seats for ahopwocnen, durit.g their long hpers of
servica at the counter.'
Surely, Ladies, you will Wish this movement all
euccess. This, now the standing rule at shops ,where
Ladies mostly Congregate—au evil of longstanding—
should be remedied forthwith. "They also serve,"
says Milton, " who only stand and wait." But, when
servirg at the counter, a girl may wait upon her cns-
tomers witbottlie.need-of standing Ell day long ; and
what fatigue she suffers from this "only standing,"
they only who have stood it can ten.—Punch.
TERRIBLE SUFFERING'S AT SEA.—The crew of
.the smack Ala, nt, Captain Allen, arrived at. Way-
;mouth 'last Satuiday, that v'ssel, having giOnioded
early on'Tuesday 60 miles north-west of the Long. '
ships, from which time until Thursday tlia, were ex-
posed to the recent gale in an open boat. ' The men's
sufferings were very great. They made a raft, and
lashed it to the boat ti break the sea as much as pos-
sible, but in Spite of thle for 1121iburs they wef-6 Up to
their knees in Water; ind expected every mingle' that
the boat would go from under them. The nig), f9Ocr
, they brought from the. smack was a sruali,bag of
biscuit; but this became so sodden with salt water,that
; they could not eat it. One of the crew became delirious
fromil his sufferings, and it was as much as the other
- men could do to prevent him throwing himself over-
baard. The other men were exhausted from the effects
of the weather and could scarcely keep the boat afloat.
On Thursday morning a schooner bore down and
picked them up, but the men were so much exhausted
as to be compelled to be hauled on board.

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PROVARBS FOR DIPLOMATISTS.—" Bis nark
qui cite mark."—" He tnekee his mark twice, who
makes it quickly."—Punch.

SUDDENLY GANG MD.—The Paris Corre.
Epondent of the Daily Telegraph writes :
A local newspaper, named the Journal de Lterseviller
givi,s an ace )unt of a strange incident welch occurred in He
locailty on Friday last. I gentleman dressed in fashionable
style went to a leading eatablishment of the place and ***lied
for a hot bath Before undressing, he sent the waiter for a
number of articles uf which he gave a list, written on
piece of paper. Amongst other things he ordered a bottle of
white wine, some whisi,ey, red pepper, carrots. turnos,
tomatoes, and onions. After pouring the liquor into the bath
he out the vegetables into small pieces, sprinkled the pepper
over them, and then turned on 'the tap of boiling water.
When the bath was filled he undressed, and crying out,
"Good-bye; I am going to cook myself in the American
fashion," plunzed in. Suspecting some strange conduct, the
attendants burst open the door, and found the man ,almost
boiled to death. Au invest:gasion proved tlvit he haA gone
audoenly mad.
H s ti. LY A FREEZING RECEPTION. Tho
Lord May or'a dinner to the crews of the Alert and

MK 1114bTING- OT PARLIAMINT. —The Bth of
February being the day fixed for the meeting of Par-
liament, the fleet Wednesday in the Session will be
'Ash Virednesday, and Parliament will have only six
!clear whole weeks before the Esker holidays beein.
Except when the, Session begun in the autumn., Par-
iliament has on' met so late in the new year as tee Bth
lof Flibrusali oti font occasions in the last 20 years, and
the four were all in the last seven yews. In 1876 and
I in 1876 the Session began on thoe Bth of February, and
1 in 1871 ono day later; and the fourth occasion was irs
1.1874, When the General Election was heing held in
I'February, and Parliament could not meet until March.
.Homicina MAN lA. —Mr. Cross has (the Daily
Iccuis imp) acted With his uival discretion and sound
judgment in ordering the respite of William Drant,
who was latelycOnvicted at the' Lincolnshire -Assizes
of the murder of Thomas Gell. The evidence, espe-
;dab that Of the Mother of Thant, went to prove that
,he had ttlay e been a sufferer from epileptic fits,
Igenerfilly followea by an outbreak of violeneite Dr.
iMaudsley has pointed out, in his work on "'Body and
!Mind," and elsewhere, the existence of a sudden
!homicidal impulse, "strictly comparable to an
;epileptic convulsion" and preceded by epileptic
'symptoms. Drant,ltiere seems good reasoh to suspect,
was under the influence of snch an impulse. In needs
*ci great subtlety todistingnish between the victims of
a Malady of this sort, and the characters who yield to
. temptation, and call it irresistible, because they have
not reality& It.' A motiveless murder, preceded by
;epileptic SyMptants; and followed by stupor, is a very
dtflerent thing, morally, from a murder committed in
)r.
_moment of jealousy, anger, or cupidity" If Dr.
Alaudsley be correct, there is no question here of fate
;led freewill, and the case -becomes a medical, not a
Moral, problem. There 111 all the difference in the
*odd between the moral impulse of a motive and the
meehanical impulse of disease.'
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LADY' LAwyEns.—The Council of University
College, 'Louden, have awarded the Joseph Hume
Scholarship in Jarispreidence to a lady who has already
taken the first place in all the classes that women are
permitted to attend at this institution, and who is now
making her way in such active bus'..ness at the law as is
eJlowd to persons who are not called to the Bar. It
may be a long time before the Benchers of the Inns
will grant the "call" to women, but if they prove
themselvee worthy of it it can only be a question of
time.—Athenccum. .
A Ruts PRINT. —The one that frightened
.Ro'nnson Crusoe. There was only one impression of
it.—Punch.

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, ii: . MAN WHO NEVER SAW A WOMAIC-74
;Chinese. who had been disappointed in marriage, and
bad grievously suffered through women in many other
ways, retired with his infant son to the peaks of a
mountain rouge in Kweichoo ; to a spot quite inacces-
sible to little footed Chinese women. He trAined his
boy to worship the gods, and stand in awe ad abhor-
rence of the devils; but he never mentioned women to
him, always descending the mountains alone to buy
, food. At length, however, the infirmities of age com-
.rielled him to take the young man with him to carry
;the heavy bag of rice. As they were leaving the
arkit_,tosin• together the 'son suddenly stopped
, ort, and, pointing ,to (three approaching objects,
s 1
d ied, "Father, what are those beings? Look I look I
ihat are they ?" The father instantly answered with
a peremptory answer, rTurn away your head; they
are devils 1" The son, in some alarm, turned away,
seeing that the evil things were gazing at him with
'surprise from behind their fans. He walked to the
Mountain in silence, ate no supper, and from that day
Wet his appetite, and was afflicted with melancholy.
For some time his puzzled and anxious parent could
,t no satisfactory answer to his inquiries; but at
ngth the young man burst out, crying with inex-
icable pain, "Oh, father, that tallest devil, that
Ileat devil, father ?"

OUTBREAK OF SMALL-PDX IN LIVEBPOOL.—A' .
!rieus "epidemic of small-pox prevails in Liverpool,
at i‘ctive steps are being taken to stay its progress.
; was annPunce3 on Saturday that a serious otttbreak
'Small:PA liaa , taken . place at . the Children'
.fiiiiiary,. and that the ,outdoor department of the .
Aitution was cOnsequently.blosed pro. tern.
POST 011`FiClit SAVINGS- BANKS.—" A..Depo
r" writes to The Times : • •
'Reatllng a paragraph. in your leers of Tuesday headed ,
. ,a t Office Savings Banks,' in .4 hich the PostroastenDeneral
sires to call attention to the advantages offered by the
,st Office for investing savings and small sums of money -
Atli Government security for repayment, it appears to Me
that there is one disadvantage in connexion with the Post .
OM:e Savings Banks. For instance. if I lodge E3O in any ;
year ending the 31st of Decembor, and have occasion to draw' .
out before the end of the year, say, £5O, lam then debarred •
if in lodging any turth,•r sum to replace that drawn. out, all
im !
I ave already paid In the maxum sum allowed ; but as 4
pl; rtion has been drawn out, it appears to me somewhat of $ - ,
disadvantage that I cannot at any time within the year keeP
up the balance at my credit to the maximum sum. If the
Postmaster-General were to allow this privilege to depositora ,
—viz, to keep up at any time within any one year the amount
wed to be lodged, lie would be securing a boon to others -
well as to depositors"

THE NEW "Box Tnicir."—Brown haq just
:ed his new slavey (whom he has had specially from ,
country so she shall be free from London servants'
mks) if she is sure she posted that important letter all 1
tht last night. Here's her reply :—"YeR, sir, I put
-ito the letter box in the 'all door, sir. But it ain' -
yet, sir."—Fun.
REMARKABLE TRIAL IN FRANCE.—A man has,
It been tried at Pau for a crime committed nineteen
ago. In November. 1857, a shepherd in the
renees was found murdered in his hut; a charcoal 7.
and

:ner named Azera disappeared at the same time,
an investigation indicated that he was the guilty
.ty. He was in consequence tried in contumaciaM,
sentenced to death. This man had changed his
ie, and had settled at Hontain (Gironde), where he
ice gain-d his livelihood unsuspected by the police.
di con he quarrelled with an old companion who wag
eossession of his secret, and the latter having de
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need him, he was arrested and now brGught up for
I. "He acknowledged that he was Azera, but de
his guilt. The jury, however, gave an affirmative
Lot, and the court, considering his subsequent
conduct, only .sentenced him to twelve years'
labour.
')D News FOR PATENTEES. A bill has
_ prepared for introduction into the German
Riichstag which promises a great improvement in the
existing state of the German patent law (says the
Eilginetr) The new bill provides that patents may
-he granted for a term of 15 years. For every patent
30inuarks are to be paid as soon as it is granted; but
pohr inventomare allowed a delay not exceeding two
yel;rs. Atethe beginning ot the second year 50 marks
must be paid, and 50 marks more every succeeding
year. Any person having need an invention before it
, was patented, may continue to use it without making
1. an payment to the patentee. The latter is, however,
-bound to permit its use to anyone -who will pay for it.
- If Pie should he refused the patent privileges are lost.
This Patent Office is to have .03e right of publishing all
descriptions and drawings in print, and any person may
search the specification; drawing., and other documents
in the office. Dais is decidedly ,a move in the right
direction by our German neighbours, and it has our
heartiest wishei far its success.
, LIBERAL MEASPRES.—Politician (who has
been " discussing '') : "Excited, p'rapsh, but not
drunk! Virtuoush irrignation ! Condnc' Guv'ment !
Conduc' o' Buleariansh I Nlan desherving name of 'll
Englishman. !—Vocious 1 [ls put to bed instanter.]
—Fun.
SUPPOSZD StIOIDE.—An inquest has been
held at the tßoard Room, Ebury Bridge, Pimlico, on
tile: body of "Mr.' E. W. S. Mildmay, aged 24, of 33,
Coleshill-street, Eaton-square, who killed himself on
Friday in last week by leaping from the window of his
bed-room. The evidence showed that the deceased had
latterly been studying for the parpose of passing a
heavy examination, and had consequently become
unable to sleep. He communicated the fact to Mr.
Eden and Mr. Hamilton Lighton, under whose advice
he was seen by Dr. Taylor on Thursday. The next
day he appeared better, but later in the evening his
friends were so much alarmed that they again went
for Dr. Taylor. Upon returning to the house they
I found his bedroom door locked, and upon calling to
him received no answer. They thereupon forced the
door, and found the room empty and the window open,
and it was subsequently discovered that the unhappy
, gentleman had jumped out of window and killed him-
self in the fall. It was proved that deceased dreaded
; being consigned to a lunatic seylum, and that his mind
had become unhinged by severe application to legal
studies, and the jury returned an open verdict, ex-
pressing their opinion that it was impossible to say
whether the deceased had jumped out of the window to
escape from those whom he believed to be about to
ccinden him to an asylum, or whether he had com-
mitted suicide.

A C ETRE FOR BALDNESS. —Persona afflicted
with baldness will be glad to hear that a luxuriant
growth of hair may be produced by a very simple
process described by Consul Stevens in his commercial
report on NicolaeF for the past year, which has just
been issued. In the summer of 1875 Consul Steven's
attention was drawn to several cases of baldness
amongst bullocks, cows, and oxen' and the loss of
manes and tails among horses. A former servant of
the oonsul's prematurely bald, whose duty it was to
trim lamps, had a habit of wiping his petroleum-be.
sthearcd hands in the scanty locks which remained to
Litn; and &Ater three month's of lamp•trimmitig expert-
ehce, his dirty habit procured for him a much finer
head of gloSsy. black hair than he ever pOssessed be-
fore in his: recollection. Struck by this remarkable
occurrence,
_Consul Stevens tried the remedy .on two
retriever spaniels that had become suddenly.; bold,
'with wonderful success. . His experience, . therefore, •
Induced him to su,cest it to the-owner of severallilick
-cattle and 'horses affected as `above , stated, . and,. while
•it stayed the spread of the difiease among ininals in
the same sheds and stables, it affected a quick and •
radical cure on the animals attacked. The petroleum
should be of the moat rtfihed American qualities,
rubbed- in vigoroatly and quickly with the palm of the
hand, arid applied at intervals of three days, six og •
seven times in all, except in the case of horses' tailg
and manes, when m)re applications may ba requisite.
This news will create a profound sensation in hair
dressing circles, particularly among wig and chignon
makerts,—Pall Mall Gazette.