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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

AMERICAN AND CANADIAN FOOD.

During the past week the arrivals at Liverpool of
fresh meat and live cattle have again been on an exten•
sive scale. The steamer Montana brought 2 700 quar-
ters of beef, 500 sheep, and 500 pigs; the Helvttia, 1,080
quarters of beef, 294 s le%) %ti 150 pigs; the City of
Chester, 924 quarters of beef, 100 sheep, and 265 pigs;
the Castello, 965 quarters of beef and 246 pigs; the
Devonshire, 994 quarters of beef: the Lord Clive
860 quarters of beef, 114 sheep, and 160 pigs; the
Celtic, 660 quarters of beef, 91 sheep, and 200 pigs;
and the Moravian, 650 quarters of beef, making the
tottsl for the week 8,832 quarters of beef, 1,102 sheep,
and 1,421 pigs. The arrivals of live stock reached
1,208 cattle, 288 sheep, and 480 pigs; the City of
Bristol bringing 362 cattle and 480 sheep; the Lake
Champlain, 122 cattle • the Helvetia, 68 cattle; the
Istrian, 74 cattle and 288 sheep; the Quebec, 180
cattle; the Lord Clive, 198; and the Minnesota, 204.

bencecial step. It will put no present pecuniary dis-
advantage upon the men; while its probable—l may
even say certain—future effect will be, by diminishing
the cost of production in the country, to obtain a
larger share of the world's work, for the benefit of
both employers and employed.—l am, Sir, your
obedient servant,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

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and the Duke of Connaught devoting himself with
praiseworthy assiduity to his military studies, the two
great arms of cmr national defence cannot be said to
be neglected by the members of the reigning House.
Thus much for the two intermediate royal brothers ; the
to the Throne is fully occupied in the discharge
of his various social duties, and the youngest of
the four brothers has a reputation for devoting
himself to literary studies. The sphere of usefulness
fc.r the sons of a sovereign in this country mu-t in-
evitably remain, century after century, in the same
groove, and that a restricted one. As two of the sons
of George lll.—the Duke of York and the Duke of
Clarence—entered respectively the army and the navy,
so have two of the sons of Queen Victoria. There
are other professions, truly, but not such as a
Royal Prince would care to enter. There is the
Church, but it would never do to have a Royal
Archbishop; there is the law, but royalty and
the woolsack would not go well together. There
is, however, no incongruity in a Royal Commander
in-chief of the Army, or of a Royal Grand High
Admiral of the Navy, and we are all glad to see
our Princes take an interest in these two honourable
professions, which to the exclusion of all others are
only open to them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

[From Punch.]
BETWEEN TEE YEARS.

Trmira river flows without a break or bridge,
The moments run to days, the days to years:
Strange how we pause on the dividing ridge,
Which Iwiat Old Year and New our fancy rears!

There, with divided mind, see England stand,
Between the chill of fear, the flush of hely.,
Scanning the'cloud that lies about the land,
For any rift that way to light may ope.
With backward survey, o'er the dark "has been,"
With forward gaze into the dark "to be:"
Summing the good and ill that we have seen,
As if God's purposes stood plain to see—

As if 'were man's to reach Heaven's far-off ends;
To reckon up Time's harvest In the seed;
To write off gains of good and ill's amends—
The balance of their books as traders read.

As thick a fold between us and the past,
As e'er between us and the future, lies;
The ills we grieve for may work good at last ;
Out of our seeming good what ills may rise I

Only one thing we know, tbat over all
A wise and loving Power holds sovereign sway ;
This knowing, let us stand between the years,
Bent but to do the duty of the day;
Speaking the truth and holding to the right,
As we the truth can reach, the right can read:
Trusting the hand that steers-, through dark and light,
By His lode-star, not ours, to ends decreed.
Between our larger and our lesser worlds,
Of self, home, city, state, or continent,
There is no variance of far or near,
Of great or small, in that Guide's measurement.
Twixt strokes of policy that hit or miss,
And sleights of skill that make or mar a cause.
Then, grateful,-take his gifts, his strokes, submlss,
And look to Man for rule, to Heaven for Laws.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

THE IRON TRADE.

WoLVERIIAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.

The quarterly meeting of the iron trade,
which was held to day, was well attended,,
there being present a number of merchants
from London, Liverpool, Manchester, and
North of England.' The market opened dull,
consumers being very desirous of ascertain-
ing the intentions cf the marked-bar peopla
with respect to their prices during the next
quarter. Inquiries were numerous on this
head, but little fresh information was forth-
coming, as there were but two or three of
the official-list houses represented, and these
declared their inability to take less money,
current prices being so exceedingly unre-
raunerative. Merchants, in many instances,
kspt back their orders until to-morrow in.
the hope of being able to place them at easier
rates, though they were told they would not
benefit by so doing, as fresh concessions were
impossible. Several lots of marked bars were
disposed of, as were also a fair quantity of
boiler plates. Girder plates were in good
inquiry, and tin-plate makers are receiving
an increasing number of orders. Other sorts
of iron, however, seemed to be neglected. In
the pig trade some uneasiness was occa-
sioned owing to the inability of obtaining
any knowledge as to what the leading houses
are going to do with their prices. The
Lilleshall Company announced that they
had altered their system of selling iron from
the long to the short weight, and that the
prices would now be £4 5s for cold blast and
£3 5s for hot air pigs, short weight delivery.
Some of the consumers grumbled a little at
this, and expressed their opinion that they
should have had easier terms offered, but
they failed to get them. A good quantity
of Middlesborough and West Coast pigs was
sold at the prices which have ruled the Mid-
dlesborough and Barrow markets this week.
There was also a fairly good inquiry for
Derbyshire iron. Household coal remains
in brisk demand and prices are steadier.
Other sorts of fuel are in plentiful supply.
There were no exhibits on 'Change except
those shown by -Messrs. Steen and Co., who
had a number of india-rubber goods and
machinery appliances on view.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

BILIOUS and Liver Complaints, indigestion
L., Headache. Loss of Appetite, Drowsiness, Gid-
Thiess, Spasms, and all Disorders of the Stomach and
3owels are quickly removed by that well-known remedy
FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. They unite the
recommendation of a mild operation with the most suc-
cessful effect; and where an aperient is required nothing
can be better.
Sold by all Chemists, at is. 'Leta le, 9d. ir lo
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

Approval of application for Provibional Order.

NOTICE is hereby given that au EXTRA-
ORDINARY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS
of the STOURBRIDGE WATERWORKS COMPANY
will be held at the Companies' Office, No 1, Church St.,
Stourbridge on the 25th day of January just, at 4 o'cionir
in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering a Draft
Provisional Order erupiwering the Company to supply
water within a new District and to raise additional
Capital for which order al plication has been made to the
Board of Trade.

At such meeting a resolution approving the applica-
tion will be submitted to the Proprietors then present.

Dated this 10th day of January, 1879.

GEO. HOLLOWAY,
secretary.

GEORGE BICKLEY PRIDDEY, Deceasea.

Pursuant to the Statue 22nd and 23rd Victoria, ehanter
25. intituled "An Act to Further Amend the Law of
Property, and to Relieve Trustees.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all
Creditors and other persons having any CLAIMS
or DEMANDS upon or against the ESTATE et
GEORGE BICKLEY PRIDDEY, formerly of Norton,
in the Parish of Oldswinford, in the County of h °nester
Commercial Traveller, but late of Cheadle, in the County
of Chester, Gentleman, deceased (who died on the 2nd
day of November, 1878, and whose Will was proved in
the Principal Registry of the Probate Division of Her
Majesty's High Court of Justice, on the 21st day of No-
vember, 1878. by Benjamin Wood, of Clifton House, in
the Parish of Oidswinford, in the County of Worcester.
and Robert Mawley Comely, of Hay Green, in the said
Parish of Oldswinford, and County of Worcester, the
Executors therein:nsmed), are hereby required to send
in writing the particulars of their CLAIMS or DEMANDS
to me, the undersigned Solicitor for the said Executors,
at my Offices, 4, MARKET bTEET, bTOUILBKIDOE, On Of
before the 31st day of Mwecu, 1879. after which day tits
said Benjamin Wood and Robert Mawley Comely will pro-
c?.ed to DISTRIBUI E the ASSETS of the said de-
ceased among the parties entitled thereto, having regard
only to the claims of which they shall then have had
notice, and that the said Executors will not be liable in
reapect of the Assets of the said Deceased, or any part .
thereof BO distributed, to any person or persons of
whose CLAIMS or DEMANDS, they shall not then
have had notice.
Dated this 3rd day of January, 1879,
CHARLES W. COLLIS
Solicitor for the ~aid Executors.

UREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

BIRMINGHAM • PANTOMINES. .

ON MONDAY, JANUARY 13zb1 a Cheap
Exeurcon train for 1311011/itiii AII wil lrave
Worcester (.-hrub Hill), at 1 45 ; Fearnal Beath, 1 s°;
Dr.,itssieh, 2 0 ; Liar tlebury, 2.10 ; Kidderminster, 220 ;
and Stourbricge, 2 45, p m., returning battle day.
See bp: cial bills.
J. Grierson, General Manager.
Paddington Terminus.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

KIDDERMINSTER.

COUNTY COURT.—At this Court, before Mr. Ruperl
Kettle, on Wednesday, a claim in the bankruptcy of Mr.
Butt, grocer, of Bewdley, was made by Mr. Wright, of
Leicester, to allow a proof put in by the baokrupt's
mother to be filed. Some time since Mr. Bott filed his
petition, and afterwards a proof was put in purporting
to be on account of a debt of £423, for money lent by
the debtor's mother. 'I he receiver refused to allow this
as it was not amongst the debts tiled by the debtor. The
application was that it be permitted to be-proved, so that
the debtor's mother could r,ceive the div:deud with
other credit, rs. Mr. M. '2orbet, who opposed the appli-
cation, contended that the money was a gift and not a
I,ran.—His Honour held that the money was a gift,
although the mether, doubtless, intended that if the
business answered her son should give her back tome
part of the money. This was not however, a promise to
pay. The application was therefore refused.
A DISHONEST TRAMP.—At the Police Court on Wed—
nesday, before Messrs. Banks, Green, and Tovey
(Magistrates), George Wilson, a tramp, was charged
with stealing a teapot from the shop of Mr. Franklin,
china and earthenware dealer, of Worcester Street, on
Tuesday.—The prisoner went into the shop to beg, a:.d
shortly after he left the teapot was missed, it was
afterwards found at prisoner's lodgings, where be was
apprehended by Inspector Ebury.—Committed for two
months' hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The total number of public-houees, beershope, and
wine-houses in the Metropolitan Parliamentary boroughs- is

8,973, or one to each 333 persons. I
At Leicester on Monday night, the looal School
Board decided to establish a library in connexion with the
school, having received a donation of £2OO for the purpose
from Mr. Councillor Bennett.
The American Traveller says that a Bill is before
the South Carolina Legislature to prohibit the marriage of
a divorced person whose late partner is still living.
The pedestrian contest for the championship be-
tween O'Leary and Campana, the great Connecticut pedes-
trian' for 1,000 dollars aside, was proceeding when the last
mails left New York. Campanili who ran most of the time,
was leading by 10 miles on December 24, but in the course
of that night 0 Leary wiped off the difference, and when he
left the track on Wednesday morning was six miles in ad-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

MEDICAL CAUTION.

THE Special Treatment adopted and used
with such great success by Dr. Hunter for tb•
last thirty years, can only be obtained at 44. Great
Charles Street, BiTmingbam. Book of Testimonials,
with advice how to regain Health and Manly Vigour,
sud.Direetions for Self Treatment, tree to any address

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

THE *UNITED STATES AND CHINESE

IMMIGRATION.

According to telegrams from New York the United
States Government have at last decided upon taking
a very important step with regard to Chinese immi-
gration. It is stated that they propose to request the
Chinese Government to modify the Burlinghame
Treaty in order to restrict the incoming of their sub-
jects to the Pacific Slope. In practice this immigra-
tion has been greatly restricted already, owing to
fear on the part of the Chinamen as to what
might happen to them on their arrival. But
the step now taken is none the less grave on
that account. The territory of the United States
has hitherto been open to all immigrants who did
net impose a charge for maintenance on the com-
munity. Now it is proposed to make an exception
against Chinamen alone. rhe agitators of San Fran-
cisco and the mining camps have thus carried the day ;
and henceforth Chinese cheap labour will probably be
shut out from the Western States. For, as the
Chinese Government has no wish to see its subjects
emigrate, the demand from Washington will most
likely be conceded, and its requirement enforced, at
least so far as it may be in the power of the authorities
at Pekin to enforce it. —Pall Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

A DISASTROUS VOYAGE.

The steamer Macgregor reached Liverpool on Satur-
day morning (4th inst.) after a very eventful voyage.
The steamer, it appears left Boston on the 20th
December for Liverpool, 'saving on board a valuable
cargo including several hundred live cattle and sheep.
Shortly after leaving port she got ashore, but was
subsequently finated, havicg received no injury, On
Christmas day, when in lat. 49 S., long. 43 W., she
encountered a heavy gale, which continued until the
27th, when it blew a perfect hurricane. Heavy seas
were running during the whole of the time which kept
repeatedly striking the vessel. On the 27th during the
height of the hurricane, the decks of the steamer were
swept fore and aft by tremendous seas, which carried
away four life boats, stove in the wheel house, and did
other damage. The pens on deck containing a large
number of sheep, although very firmly fastened, were
washed away, some three hundred of the sheep being
also carried overboard and lost. A fireman named Wm.
Toole, belonging to Liverpool, was assisting in secur-
irg the ship's boats when he was washed into the sea.
No effort csuld be made to save him on account of the
terrific weather, and the poor fellow was drown4d.
Strong gales were also experienced with heavy cross
seas on the 28th and 29th. The weather was never
known to he so severe. A number of cattle were also
lost overboard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

LORD LYTTELTON ON THE VOLUNTEER
FORCES.

On Thursday night the annual presentation of
prizes to the members of the 7th Worcestershire
(Dudley) Rifle Volnnt, era took place at the Public
Hall, Dudley. Lord Lyttelton presided, and in
opening the meeting, said he was extremely glad
to have the opportunity of serving the corps, for
he had always taken a strong interest in the bat-
talion and all the corps within his reach. A little
more than twelve months ago .he was addressing a
similar meeting at Stourbridge, and pointed out
at the time how well the Turks at Plevna fought,
and how well they kept the enemy in check. The
lesson to be drawn from that was that half-drilled
and comparatively barbarous soldiers were able to
hold their own against disciplined troops so long as
they were on the defensive and behind trenches,
Soldiers were begining to feel that the old plan of
taking the defensive was likely to be modified.
His lordship said he felt certain that the volunteers
had done their best to make themselves to t•ay the
least defensive soldiers ;but what the Government
should do to make them better soldiers was to arm
them with the beet rifles procurable. (App ause)
The volunteers should also be taught to entrench
themselves. With these two requsites the voluu
Leer force would be a most efficient force.

Captain Renaud, Lieutenant Culdicott, Major
Walker, and Captain Wolrige also addressed the
meeting; and Lord Lyttelton then distributed the
prizes to the succesful marksmen.
A miscellaneous concert followed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

THE INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL

EXHIBITION.

One of the novel features which it is proposed to in-
troduce in this exhibition is a comparative museum of
ancient and modern farm implements, with a view of
informing the members of the Roy al Agricultural
Society and the public at large how greathas been the
advance made alike in the design and the workman-
ship of English agricultural machinery since the esta-
blishment of the society 40 years ago. In order to
attain this object, the Exhibition Committee are en-
deavouring to obtain the loan of such more or less
primitive forms of implements as would illustrate the
successive steps by which each class of machinery has
been brought to its present pitch of perfection. It is
hoped that the collection will include ploughs, rollers,
Mirrows, cultivators, clod-crushers, drills, waggons,
horse-hoes, carts, hrse-rakes, chaff-cutters, root-
pulpers, horse-gears, mowing machines, steam cultivat-
ing engines with winding apparatus or windlasses,
reaping machines, steam cultivating tackle, threshing
and dresing machines, portable engines, agricultural
locomotives, and other curious or interestiog machines
connected with agriculture.

PITY A POOR ROOF.
( A Cry Front S. Alban')
lIPLP me I some are hot to stone me.
Others with a view to "tons" me—
Want to lead or copper plate me;
Others at less cost would slate me.
Ist odd, 'twiat atone, slat, egpper, lead—
That I should still be off my head 7—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

BROMSGROVE.

Lochtz, BOARD:—The monthly meeting was held on
Wednesday eveving, Mr. W. Jefferies in the chair.
gessrs. Billingham, Burrows, Corbett, Lamb, Rhodes,
and Smith were also preseut.—Mr. Bevan, inspector,
reported that during tbe quarter ended Michaelmas last
the refuie of cesspits, Ste., had produced the sum of £l6
6s, and during the past year the receipts for produce of
the land used for sewage purifi at on am mnted to about
£sB.—Mr. Casey, medical officer, reported that during
the past month 16 births and 23 deaths were registered,
the death.rate being 396 per 1,000. Nine of the deaths
were from diseases of the respiratory o•gaus, and one
from consumption, 8 of those who died being above 60,
and 9 under 5 years of age. So far as .he knew the
district was free from infectious dise,ases except whooping
coJgh.—Tbe report was adopted.—The services of 18
young men of the town were accepted to form a Volunteer
sire Brigade, and it was decided to provide them with an
outfit at an estimated cost of £5 31 per man.—Some
correspondence respecting the provision of an hospital
for treatment of infectious diseases was referred to the
Sanitary Committee.—Mr. Robert Cordell was elected a
member of the Board in the place of Mr. James Parry,
deceased.—A general district rate of 10,1 in the pound
WA4 signed, and co.ncluded the business.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

MUTTON FOR NOTHING.

At a recent meeting in Melbourne of the principal
Australian meat-preserving company it was stated by
Sir Samuel Wilson that the meat then in course
of packing in the tins which have now become such
familiar features in the provision merchants' shops
in this country, cost "a farthing less than nothing
per sheep ; " or, in other words, that the sums rea-
lised from the sale of the skins and tallow were suffi-
cient to cower, or rather more than cover, the original
prime cost of the animals. It fellows that the coat of
the tins in which the meat is packed, and the expenses
attending its cooking and shipment, are the only
charges which the preserved meat has to bear. If
muttan is to be had literally "for nothing" at
Melbourne, the consumers in this country have a
right to expect it to be sent over here in the very
best condition; and the English public, who have
hitherto looked too much askance at the anything
but tempting looking cylinders containing the Aus-
tralian produce, will be gratified to hear that im-
proved methods of manufacture will enable the pre-
servers greatly to improve the quality of the contents,
as well as the appearance of the tins themselves.
American preserved meats have latcly been running
the Australian produce very close in the English
markets ; but the invention of machinery which
enables 24 tins to be packed in Melbourne in the
same time in which one tin is filled by hand in
Chicago ought to enable our colonial brethren to
distance all competition. The trade in tinned Aus-
tralian meats, which is of very recent origin, has
attained large dimensions, and promises to take still
more rapid strides in the future. New South
Wales, which only exported £172 worth of tinned
meats in 1862, now sends abroad an annual quantity
estimated at a thousand times that value. Victoria
in 1866 did not send away £2,0e0 worth of tins, or
atiout 120,000 th., while ten years later over 6,400,( 00lb.
were exported, .valued at £167,000, and these figures
were lees than half the total export of 1871. Q ueens-
land, again, which is able to produce cheep of as fine'
quality as almost any other country, but which has
turned her attention principally to the export of wool,
is Ininniiig to do a fair trade in freqh tinned. meats.
—*Me.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

MEERSCHAUM

BRIAR-ROOT PIPES,

PLAIN AND FANCY

CIGAR AND CIGARET2III 11OLDERfi,

And Every Description of

TOBACCONIST'S GOODS.

ALSO A FINE STOCK OF

FOREIGN & BRITISH CIGARS

OF THE BEST BRANDS.

TOBACCOS OF ZKIIIY DZiOBIPTIOL
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

A NEW REMEDY FOR HYDROPHOBIA.

A Parisian veterinarian has, we gather, recently
announced his discovery of a certain antidote for the
virus of rabies. To prove its value he inoculated 16
dogs with the virus, abandoned eight of them to
nature, and placed the remainder on active treatment.
The first eight shortly be fame rabid and died • the
others are still alive and apparently in sound health.
In connection with the question of hydrophobia, our
contemporary, the Farmer, quoting " L'ltalia
Agricola," recalls a circumstance little known abroad,
which was put on record many years ago by Dr.
Maraschetti, an Italian surgeon attached to the
hospital at Moscow. While travelling in the Ukraine
in 1813, there were' introduced to his notice fifteen
persons who had just been bitten by a dog that was
undoubtedly rabid. As the doctor was preparing his
remedies he was waited on by a deputation of respect-
able pereons who requested that a peasant of the
neighbourhoe'd, whose skill in curing hydrophobia
was in high repute, might be permitted to undertake
the care of the patients. Doubtful of his own chances
of success, Maraschetti consented, on condition that
he should be allowed to be present and 'personally
supervise the measures adopted by the countryman.
The latter gave fourteen of the patients a decoction of
broom-flowers to drink, and twice a day he carefully
examined the inferior surface of their tongues, to
see, as he expressed it, "whether any buttons con-
taining the poison had formed." Where these ap-
peared they were at once opened and cauterised with
a red-hot iron. The whole of these fourteen patients
recovered, and Maraschetti saw them three years after-
wards in perfect health. The fifteenth patient, who
was put under ordinary medical treatment, developed
symptoms ot hydrophobia at the end of the seventh
day, and succumbed to that disease. Willing to learn
from every source, Maraschetti thenceforth adopted
the method of treatment employed by the peasant
quack, and relates that by its means he was able to
cure four patients subsequently coming under his
notice in Poland, who had been bitten badly by dogs
that were undoubtedly rabid.—Land and Water.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

BIRMINGH %.M, THURSDAY.

The quarterly meeting of the Birmingham
and South Staffordshire iron trade was
held this afternoon, and there
.was a large
attendadce of local coal and iron masters,
together with merchants, manufacturers,
and smelters frem London, the Cleveland
and West Coast districts, South Wales. and
the Midland Counties. No alteration in
official rates was declared, quotations for
marked iron remaining upon tbe basis of
£7 lOs for bars, with the usual addition for
Lord Dudley's make. Pig iron is likewise
unchanged, all-mine cold-blast of the Lille-
sail brand being quoted at £5 per ton.
Cinder pig was quoted at £2 2s 6d to £2 5i
and all-mine hot-blast realised from £3 15s
to £4. The Northern producers endea-
voured to secure purchasers in this district,
but their efforts were not very successful,
and the local smelters obtainel the greater
part of the contracts. While there was not
a nrisk demand for any qualities of iron
finished or in the raw state, still there was a
fair distribution of small lots which will no
doubt be gradually increased as the quarter
advances. Caution is being exercised chiefly
in consequOnce of financial considerations
produced by the continuous failures. Not
only are merchants buying with discretion
but raanmfacturers are selling with cautim,
and bills are not given except where there
is no doubt entertained as to the soundness
of the customer. Sheets were not so freely
sought for as was the case previous to the
holidays, and quotations were a shade
weaker. The general tone of the market was
a decided improvement upon the meeting in
December.

A variety of useful inventions for iron
and coal masters were exhibited on "Change,
Messrs. Bateman and Co., showed models of
Mackle's patent wrought iron split pulleys
for pit shafts. By this invention the neces-
sity is obviated of removing the old pulleys,
as they will fit upon the existing shaft. The
pulleys are made of wrought iron rims and
malleable iron centres. It is said that there
is not half the power required to drive these
pulleys as the ordinary cast iron ones, and
there is no danger of .breaking by the speed
of the revolutions. Messrs. Bateman also
had on view specimens of their patent metal-
Me for dispensing with lubricating. It is
an American patent, and will serve for
twenty years without requiring oil. Among
the other exhibits of this firm were samples
of their, patent emery wheels and machinery.
Messrs. Ketley, Glenday, and Co., again
showed specimens of their American
stretched leather belting, which is command-
ing a ready sale throughout the district.
They also displayed samples of their silicate
cloth, a kind of wool woven from blast fur-
nace slag. This article is used for covering
boilers and hot air pipes where it is the
object to conserve heat. It is a non-con-
ductor, and is applied with the greatest
facility.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

A NEW CURE FOR INTEMPERANCE.

The physicians and temperance men of Chicago are
very much excited over a new remedy discovered by a
Dr. D'Unger, which, it is asserted, not only cures in-
temperance, but leaves the drunkard with an uncon-
querable aversion to spirituous liquors, says the Pall
Mall Gazette. The medicine is red Peruvian bark (cin-
chona rubra), called by druggists "quill bark," because
it comes from twigs about the size of a quill. A pound
of this bark is reduced to powder and soaked in a pint
of diluted alcohol. It is then strained and evaporated
down to half a pint, so that it is in fact a pound to a
half-pint. The drunken man is given a teaspoonful of
the medicine every three hours, and his tongue is occa-
sionally moistened between the doses during the first
and second days. The third day the dose is generally
reduced to a half-spoonful, then to a quarter-spoonful,
and gradually down to fifteen, ten, and five drops.
The medicine is continued for a period of from five to
fifteen days, an in extreme cases to thirty days; seven
days is about the average. Dr. D'Unger has cured
2,800 cases of the worst torms of intemperance by this
treatment. He tais as men • debauched by liquor for
years—used up, demented, loathsome sots," and in ten
days, as a rule, makes sober raspectaMe men of them,
with a positive aversion to liquor in any form.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11


G. F. GREEN,
pIANOFORTE

TUNER

280, Castle Street, Dudley,
And 67, Park Street, Walsall.

GAS GREAT PLEASIIIIII IN FrRLISIIING THE FOLLOWING
TESTIMONIALS,
Ifrom Ir. C. Potter, Professor of Music, from the
astitatlon tot the Blind, St. John's Wood, London :
• I can confidently recommend Mr. Green as a Piano-
forte Tuner. Be tztles by equal temperament, ond oh.
sins SA SIMI scalp. (Signed) C. POTTER."
.From Mr. J. F. rattnrson, Organist, St. P.triek's
Church, :—" I have much pleagure in tes-
tifying to the abilities of Mr. Green as a Pisanfolie
. Tuner. He lays the bearings with exactness and perfec-
tion. . (signid) Jamie F. PATTERSON."
From link Sanderson, Solo Pianiste, of the Loudon
and Liverliool Concerte:—" Mr. Green is one of the few
- who eau Tun my Piano to the nicety I require pri.sious
to ering my ?alone Reeitals . (Signed) E. R. SAND)R.
eaw.
From Mr. Braterworth, Organist, Dobercs• ne
anikestet :—" Mr. Green's equal as a Pianofor t. un
*an rarely be metwith. (Signed) DAVID BUTTERS:

Time for "Tsarly Tuning, including minor re-
pairs—
C•itagms, per sant= ....
Grande de .. 1 5 0

Single Tunings (in Town).
S. 1. e. d. sdp.
Coblegio.... I 111 0 gall Gran de 6 6&7
lisaii•ersade I Ia 6 0 Conessi Iron
TribOcdi druids I

Obligee.— 4 •is 1
Plaider.es Toned o th• treneb Pitch (now natter
sally adept./ tbrengbout Enfland,i t required.
•.• A large stook of Classical and Modern Music, a-
Half-pries.
Plisse observe tka Address-260,CastleStrest,Duells,
• and $7. Park Street. Walsall.

11:110 LET.-IraIGIIMME, w". 717071
- Room °VI:C.-Apply, Observer Office, St,:ur-

bridge.

MO GLASS CUTTERS.--An Experienced
China Polisher Wanted ; good:eharaeter indispen-
sible, regular work and good wsges.—Apply John Rose
sad Co.. Coalpori. Shropshire.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

DISIRESSED POOR OF STOURBRIDIE

Stourbridge Licensed Victuallers Protec-
.l_ tion and Benevolent Society will distribute
230 LOAVES to the Distressed Poor, at the CORN
EXCHANGE, S'l OURBRIDGE, this day, SAT-
URDAY, at Eleven o'clock a.m.

JNO. E. CHAPPELL,
Secretary
A further distribution will be made by the
Society at a future date.

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

OPERA ON WHEELS.

A. New York paper says :—" A contract was signed
by Colonel Mapleson and Samuel Carpenter, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, in New York, yesterday
afternoon, by the terms of which Her Majesty's Opera
Company is to travel, during their proposed tour of
the country, in a manner equal to that of the Marquis
of Lorna and the Princess Louise on their recent
journey from Halifax to Ottawa. A special train is
to be furnished for the transportation of the entire
company of 216 persons, for the trip of 4,000 miles:
at a cost of 15,000 dol.. Of this train Colonel
Mapleson's private car is to be new, and is to be fitted
up and furnished in the most luxurious manner.
It will contain a drawing-room, sleeping room,
smoking-room, bath-room, iyo. Externally it will
be as handsome as painters and gliders can make
it, and its central panels on either side will bear
the inscription ' Her Majesty's Opera Company.'
To it will be attached a kitchen and dining car. Three
of the sleeping cars, which will be refitted for the trio,
will be named Gerster, Roz 3, and Hank. The entire'
company will live on the train during their stay in
various cities, as well as when en route. A special car
will be reserved for members of the Press, several of
whom', from New York, will undertake the entire
trip. The company will leave New York on Saturday,
the 2h mat, for Bo,ton, whence the !mite will be to
Chic.a2o, St. Louie, Cincinnati, Louisville. Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Washii•gton, Springfield, Mass,, New
Haven, and Hartfold,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

UNLUCKY DAYS.

It may not be generally known—and if it were it
would not probably cause much consternation—that
among our forefathers the first half, and especially the
first week of the present month contained more
" unlucky" days than any like periods in other months
of the year. All over the world among the nations
of antiquity are to be found traces of superstition
in reference to lucky and unlucky days, the
latter far outnumbering the former. The Jews,
the Greeks, and Romans specially noted them,
while their observance in Egypt caused them to
receive among many peoples the name of "Egyptian
day." But it is not only in Pagan but in Chrietian
times that this superstition has held potent sway.
No season of the year, no month, no week has alto-
gether e.caped the discredit of untoward days on
which to begin any enterprise, work, or travel. Our
Anglo-Saxon ancestors dealt largely in these Dies
Mali, but seemed to have varied their belief in them
at different periods and in different districts. From an
old Saxon MS. we gather that there were three
specially inauspicious days in the year, namely, the
last Monday in April, the first in August, and the
first Monday in the second half of December.
To spill the blood of man or beast on either of
these days would be fatal to the spiller, and hardly
less dangerous to drink or eat goose flesh on them.
In the ancient Exeter Kalendar, a MS. said to be of
the age of Henry 11., the let of January is set down
as a Dies gala. Altogether the oldest Saxon
Kalendars give a total of about twenty-four evil days
in the 365; but these were afterwards added to. The
astronomers mainly held that six days in the year were
specially unlucky, and of these January the 3rd was
one. A comparatively modern MS. Kalendar of the
time of Henry VI. gives thirty-two RA the number of
unlucky days in the year, and of these January claims
no less than seven, their dates being the Ist, 2nd, 4th,
sth, 7th, 10th. and 15th, so that we are now well into
the midst of them. No other month has more than
three, and otober is the best off as it has only one.
These thirty-two days says the MS., "be the perilous
days, fur to take any sickness in, or to be hurt in, or
to be wedded in, or to take any journey upon, or to
begin any work on, that he would speed well."—
Evening Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

DUDLEY.

SYMPATHY FOR THE CHIEF SUPERINTREPENT OF
POLICE.—On Tuesday, the following address was pre.
seuted to Mr. Burton, in the library at the Town Ball
buildings :—"We, the undersigned inspector, aergeauts,
and constables of the Dudley division, deirre to cony. y
to you our heartfelt sympathy in the painful bereavemeLt
which you, your son-in•law Mr. J. G. Mainwaring, atel
family, ha ve suffered by the lamented death of your
daughter, Lydia Charlotte Mainwaring. In her we feel
you have lost a most loving, affectionate, a dutiful
daughter, her husband a kind, loving, thoughtful, And
industrious wife, and her children a most kind and
affectionate moth,r. We unite in oir expression ti deep
sorrow for your grief at the loss of one so near and cl,-ar,
and we humbly trust the affection aud sympathy of the
officers and men serving under you way be of home
comfort and support in your heavy afilict,on. We also
beg your acceptance of the accompanying wreath an 4
cross, subscribed for by the officers and men, and hope
you will allow the same to be placed upon the coffin of
Ltie deceased, the loss of whom we so deeply dep'ore."
Mr. Burton was much affected on receiving tile address.
FAILURE.--At the County Court on Theirs lay, Susan
El zabeth Ruiler, described as a dress maker, of No. 8,
Vicar Street, Dudley, filed her petition for liquidation,
with liabilities estimated at £550 or thereabouts, and
assets not yet ascertained, Upon the applicatiou of Mr.
A. Rooke, of 12, Bennett's Hid, Birmingham, the regis•
trar appointed Mr. Charles Marris, of Wat,:rloo Street,
accountant, the receiver of the estate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI.

Monday (6th) being the Feast of the Epiphany, the
annual ceremony in commemoration of the adoratisn
of ths Magi, was performed in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's, London, on bshalf of her Majesty the Queen.-
It was formerly the custom for the monarch to make
the offering in person, attended by heralds and pm..
suivants, with Knights of the Orders of the Garter,
Thistle, and Bath, wearing their collars; but since
the illness of George 111. compelled him to be absent,
the Sovereign has forwarded the gifts through the Lord
Chamberlain's office, and the ceremony has been shorn of
its original grandeur. It was alsothe custom for the Lord
Mayor and Aldermen, with representatives fromthe City
guilds to attend Divine service at St. Paul's Cathedral
on the occasion. On Monday the Verger proceeded
to the Royal closet, where two of Her Majesty's
gentlemen ushers were in waiting with the Royal
gifts, clad in their Court Costumes. The Queen's
representatives were conducted to the altar rails,
which, as usual on State occasions, were coverel with
crimson velvet embroidered with gold. Raving made
obeisance to the holy table, they knelt and presented
the red silk purses containing the offeriags of gold,
fripkincense, and myrrh, which were received by the
Bishop upon the large alms dish, bearing the initials
of Queen Anne, which occupies the centre of the corn-
muoion table. In acccirdaece with the rubric. his
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

CRADLEY HEATH.

Tux DliTRE9ll.—In consequence of the distress being
so great in this district a praiseworthy efiort has been
made to alleviate the sufferings of the poor peodle. Mr.
Gould, Mr, White and other tradesmen of the place have
k ndly hal soup male at their own homes ant distri-
buted amongst the half starved aril ill-clad pour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE SCHOOL
'OP ART.

The annual distribution of prizes took place a,
the School of Art on Thursday evening, R. Kettlet
Esq., in the chair. There were also present, the
Revs. J. Bolder°, W. J. J. Welch, D. Maginnis,
Messrs. G. Perry, C. Cochrane, H. Billingham, and
a large number of pupils and friends.
The chairman in a long and highly interesting
speech, referred at considerable length to art in-
dustry, and the staple trade of the district. He
had read the report which showed that the school
had obtained a high position. The speaker then
gave the students some practical advice, and dis-
tributed the various prizes.
On the motion of the Rev. D. Maginnis, a cordial
vote of thanks was accorded to the chairman.
In visiting the exhibition we have to notice many
excellent examples in the various classes of study.
lii painting from objects in oil, Miss Charlotte Scott
shows to much advantage. "A Wild Duck "painted
by Miss Elizabeth Richardson is a work of very con-
siderable effect Miss Westwood has a good copy
of fruit in oil. Miss Mary Green exhibits some
good copies after Birket Foster that are exceedingly
well done. Miss Annie Short has a very meritorious
drawing of the " Roman Car" in chalk, the draw-
ing, or real outline, is very well rendered. The
works of Miss Emily Smith, Miss Chapman. and
Miss E. Penn are much to be commendeded.
In the works of the male students we first observe
as notable performances the very beautiful designs of
Mr. James Hill for glass decoration -- such work as
this is and will be of great value in this locality.
Mr. William Gething shows designs for iron gates,
displaying much power for this kind of work. Messrs.
William and Harry Northwood also show to great
advantage in design. The claim of Mr. E. T. At.
tenborough are very clever in form and hjghly pleasing
in colour. The water Wars of Mr, Edmund Pop

are very clear and excellent:copies of the originals.
This artist has one quality not possessed by all land-
scape painters, viz :—good drawing. Mr. James H.
Walker and Louis Mickley have some good tidies in
chalk. Messrs. T. King, Nock, P. Allsop <ind Porter
show carefully executed drawings in chalk. Mr.
Harry Billingham, J. Billingham, and W. Hingley,
have some highly finished .outlines of ornaments.
Mr. Ralph Bowen shows his studies done by him in
the Royal A(,ademy of Arts. We were particularly
struck with the portrait of an individual well-known
in Stourbridge. We need not comment on the
excellence of the works of this young artist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

Tit STOURI3RIDGE OBSERVn.

large numbers, or tempted to enlist in a service involving
constant responsibility and no little personal peril for a
pound a week. It is true that the goods guards, whose
places are now being supplied by temporary recruits,
have not such important duties to discharge as the
guards of parenger trains, though In some respects
their management of trains at sidings is more com-
plicated. But goods trains run on passenger lines, and the
bungling of raw hands in charge of them might seriously
Interfere even with that part of the traffic which has not yet
been directly affected by the strike. The aspect of affairs
would be more alarming if the signalmen and pointemen
should follow the example of the goods guar& and refuse
the new terms By the end of the pre.ent week we shall
know what line thee* men will take. Unfortunately, even a
short struggle might do serious mischief.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

DEAN STANLEY ON THE NEW
LECTIONARY.

The Dean of Westminster, preaching on Sunday
afternoon in the Abbey, took his text from the 40th
chapter of Isaiah, one of the afternoon lessons, "The
grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of
our God shall stand for ever," and said that it might
be well on this, the first Sunday of the year to call
attention to the new Lectionary, which though in use
in the Abbey and in some other places for eight years had
only become the legal series of lessons from the com-
mencement of the present year. Some ten years ago a
Royal Commission was appointed to revise the rubrics,
and this commission appointed to revise the lessons a com-
mittee, of which Bishops Thirlwall and Wilberforce,
since deceased, weremembers. This committee, after two
years' labour, brought in a new Lectionary, which was
approved by the commission and which had now been
legalized by Parliament. It omitted disagreeable and
horrible detail, historical accounts, long genealogies,
and details of ceremonial and social law, more interest-
ing to the student than suitable for the ears of a
mixed congregation, and on the other hand Pt gave
portions of Scripture, such as the very chapter from
which his text was taken, which had been omitted
from the old lessons, The Books of Chronicles and the
Apocalpyse, which had not been used in the old
series of Lessons, were now read among the new ones.
Again, in many cases the Lessons were much shorter,
it being considered better to read one parable, one
discourse, or one -miracle than a whole chapter con-
taining several subjects. The anomalies caused by the
present arbitrary divisions of chapters disappeared
also from the new Lessons. The change in this
matter was in itself a proof that the Church was not
dead but living, and was doing its work. The arrange-
ments were now such as to bing what might be called
an outline of the whole B.ble annually before the
whole congregation, and to• ad to a more intelligent
study of the Scriptures. There was no more potent
instrument of public education than a proper selection
of Biblical teaching, introducing to the people the
most sacred, the most human, and the most Divine of
all books. The grass might wither, the flower might
fade, but the Word of our God contained in the best
parts of this Sacred Book would stand for ever.—Mon-
day's Tones.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.

S. r VELD
TO

92, HIGH STREET,
STOURBRIDGE,

HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGIE

COIcIGNMENT OF
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

vane..

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During the past year the deaths in the Metropolitan
area have numbered 83,695, and the births 129,184. Daring
the past year 34 647 charges arising from drink have been
made in the Metropolitan district, and no less than 194
suicides have been attributed to intemperance The num-
ber of arrests for drunkenness shows an increase of nearly
2,300 over last year, in spite of the depressed state of trade.
The Crown Prince Rudolf of Anstria has made hii
appearance as an author. The subject of his book is "A
Duni i ~g Excursion." The Prince tekes a great interest in
ornithology, and the book Odefl,y coushts of his observations
respecting the birds of the Danube.
At a meeting of Indian gentlemen resident in
London, it was resolved that steps should be taken to con-
vene a public meeting of natives of India at present in
Eng'and and others specially interested in our Indian Em-
pire, to consider whether Parliament should not be peti-
tioned to relieve India from the expenses of the Afghan
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

HALEI3OWEN.

UNBOUNDED CHARGE OF ROBBERY —At a Special
Session on Tuesday, before Mr. E. B. Phillips, John
Hope, of Manchester, was charged with stealing £2 the
property of David Thomas, of Langley. It appears that
Hope worked for Thomas and also lodged with him
Hope sent home to Manchester for some money and his
mother forwarded him a post office crder for 50 shilllngs.
He offered to give Thomas 40s. to let him go and have
his clothes, and they refused him. He then put souse of
his clothes on, and left the house. He was brought from
Manchester on a warrant and Mrs. Thomas said she had
lost 2 sovereigns. Mr. Phillips expressed his opinion that
it was a trumped up charge, and dismissed the case.—
The Rev. W. Cochrane and several other gentlemen
gave prisoner testimonials of good character.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-11

for the latter year. In 1866 the percentage of bacon
and ham consumed per head was 213; in 1877 it was
804, being an increase of 277; wheat and wheat flour
(1b8.) in 1866 was 104.50, in 1877 it was 20326, being
an increase of 94, and so on in proportion with such
articles as sngar, tea, spirits, and malt.
The number of paupers in receipt of relief on the Ist
of January, 1878, in England and Wales was 742703;
in Scotland, May 14, 1877, 96,404; and in Ireland, the
first week of January, 1878, 85,530—making a total of
9M,437.