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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

THE EXPECTED GENERAL STRIKE IN THE

NAIL TRADE.

On Monday morning a meeting of delegates re-
presenting the nailmakers of what is called the
"up district" was held at the Royal Exchange Inn,
Old Hill, to consider the advisability of a general
strike in the trade against repeated reductions on
the part of the masters. The deputations present
represented Old Hill, Rowley, Blackheath, Old-
swinford, Dudley, Sedgley, The Lye, Lye Waste,
Gersty Hill. A representative from the Broms-
grove district also attended.
Mr. Joseph Hackett (Old Hill) presided. He
said they had found that they could not live at the
present price of their labour. He knew strikes
were injurious, and men were now worn so low that
they had almost nothing to strike with. They
might not better their condition w:th a strike, but
if they did not strike they would be " clammed "
and starved to de, th this winter—(hear, hear)—
besides which, quarter-day was approaching, and if
they allowed the qua,rter's.orders to be booked, they
would suffer most bitterly. If they coul I get
Halesowen to agree to a strike, every other district
was prepared and would strike, let men suffer as
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

THE BOMBARDMENT OF IQUIQUE.

A Correspondent of the Standard, writing from Iquique
on July 21, gives the following particulars of the bombard-
•mpnt of that place by the Chillan squadron
At half-past seven on the evening of the 16th inst.
the report of musketry was heard in the bay, ap-
parently proceeding from boats of the Chilian
squadron. The firing continned for half an hour,
by which time a considerable number of persons
had congregated on the wharf and housetops,
endeavouring to solve this mystery, as no military
movement had taken place on shore during the
evening, when suddenly a shell was fired from one
of the ships and burst in the centre of the town.
Iquique being situated at the foot of a range of moun-
tains on a fiat sandy plain almost at sea level, and the
houses, with very few exceptions, constructed of wood,
scarcely any shelter can be found except in a few
hollows (from which shells are dug for the manufacture
of lime, &c.) and sand-hills on the outskirts; but, un-
fortunately, it is both difficult and dangerous to reach
these places of safety under fire, as the road is exposed
to the bay;
In an instant the inhabitants were thrown into a
state of great alarm. Streets were crowded with men,
women and children, whilst shells were bursting in
every direction, and the extreme darkness of the night
rendered the situation all the more critical. The troops
took up their respective positions, and the greatest
order and enthusiasm reigned throughout the lines.
The firing from the Chilian squadron was steadily
maintained with musketry and shell till ten o'clock,
when the ships steamed out and did not return to
the anchorage ground until nine the following morn-
ing.
Daring the two and a half hours between thirty and
forty shells, ranging from thirty-four to two hundred
and fifty pounds, were fired, and several were found
intact the following day in various parts of the town.
The damage to property has been considerable. One
of the first shells struck the Customs House and burst
in a room adjacent to where the prisoners of war—
survivors of the late Esmeralda—are confined. The
offices of the Gas Company and a large iron reservoir
of the Arica Water Company were severely damaged
by shells bursting on the premises. Many private
houses, chiefly the property of neutrals, were com-
pletely pet forate d, and in many instances unroofed. The
fragments of the shell which entered the Custom
House decapitated a sentry and severely wounded a
lieutenant and three men. These were the most
serious cases among the troops; but the casualties
with non-combatants were more, as five were killed
and eleven severely injured.

The next day a Meeting of the Consular Corps took
place, and a protest against this bombardment as
being unjustifiable and contrary to international law
was prepared and immediately forwarded on board to
the Chilian Admiral.
The Commander replied briefly, promising to give
notice of any further bombardment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

TEE STOURBRIDGE 96ffgEkVER.

by speculators, and quotation were firm at
quarter-day prices. In several cases where
an advance was asked for the consumers
agreed to purchase at the rates which may
be declared at the ensuing quarter-day, in
preference to paying an immediate advance
of half-a-crown or ss. a ton. A similar
practice was adopted in regard to iron wire
rods, the maufacturers of which in a few
instances were seeking better prices. New
blast furnaces continue to be started in
various parts of the district, Messrs- Graze
brook having blown in one of their furnaces
near Netherton ; Messrs. Jones, of Dudley,
having relighted another of their furnaces ;
and Messrs. Izon and Co„ of West Brom-
wich, having recently commenced operations
at one of the three blast furnaces at Darlas-
ton, which they have leased from the
Darlaston Steel and Iron Company. Mr.
Alfred Hickman, of tne Spring Vale
Furnaces, is reported to have accepted some
extensive contracts for his pig-iron. In the
Darlaston district, where the depression in
the iron and coal trade has been more severe
than in any other part of the Black Country,
the signs of improvement are of a sub-
stantial character. The nut and bolt works
are employed raucli more regularly than a
few weeks ago; four and five days a week
being the rate. at the present time as com-
pared with two or three days at the former
period. A new industry has been introduced
to Darlaston—a manufactory for producing
coach and carriage axles having just been
completed and operations commenced. The
increased briskness in the coal trade, which
began in the Cannock Chase district, is ex-
tending to other districts of South Stafford-
shire. A,l illustration of the improvement
is shown by the fact that one of the leading
local colliery companies have been employed
111 days in the past fortnight, and the
wharf is now filled with boats waiting to be
loader'. Consumers are anxious to obtain
contracts at present rates to tide them over
Christmas, but coalowners decline to book
forward without further concessions on the
part of consumers. Prices remain officially
unaltered, but there is less underselling,
and colliery proprietors are only waiting till
the revival in the iron trade seems assured
in order to advance the price of coal. .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

A THOUSAND SMITHS.

The New York Herald relates that the great Smith
family, whose members permeate every civilised
quarter of the globe, held their fourth annual reunion
on the 3rd inst., on the farm of Peter Z. Smith, on the
north branch of the Raritan River.
Peter, who is 62 years old, is the great grandson of
John Heinrich Schmidt, who emigrated to the United
States from Holland in the year 1740, and who finally
settled a century ago on the ground where his
numerous descendents now met. John Heinrich was
a farmer, and -came to New York when he was 20
years old. After a while he ventured into Jersey,
and penetrated as far as Newark, where he married
a girl named Fraulein Christian, with whom
he went to school in the old country. He had by her
seventeen children, all strong and healthy. He went
into farming and became a prosperous and influential
man. All of his seventeen children grew up to man-
hood and womanhood, and all married and remained
on the soil of New Jersey with the exception of three,
who passed into New York State. Of those seven-
teen children of the ancient Hollander none had
less than four and none more than ten children
each. In the third or fourth generation the Dutch
" Schmidt " was anglicised to "Smith," and under
this designation the descendants of John Heinrich
have since been known. The Schmidts, or
Smiths, married on the female side into the families
of the Coles and Garrabrants, and persons of that
name formed a large contingent in the present
celebration. Over a thousand of the descendants of
John Heinrich attended the reunion. The father of
Mr. Isaiah Smith, of Milburn, now occupies the old
farm, and, with his son, invented the idea of holding
an annual gathering of the family. It was a success
from the beginning, and communications commenda-
tory of the idea came from offshoots of the line located
in places as far away as San Antonio, Texas, and Los
Angeles, Cal.
The Rev. William Anderson, of Fordham, made the
speech of the day, embracing a history of the family,
their contributions to the wealth, industry, and popu-
lation of the State, and the excellent qualities as
citizens they have exhibited. Each of the Smiths
brought enough to satisfy the inner man and woman,
and something to spare beside.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

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- MISIMMENIEMprIMCW4I.IIIIpory,

they might—(hear, hear).
Soloman Westwood, representing the Lye Waste
makers, said the men there were worn out with low
wages, and he was told on Saturday that if the men
kept on nail making until Christmas there would be
two more 10 per cent reductions. The men of Lye
Waste were ready and willing to turn out if Hales-
owen would also take part in the strike.
John Edwards (Sedgley), Thomas Lee (Oldswin -
ford), Edward Handley (Black Heath), John Price
(Rowley), and Richard Parsons (Gorsty Hill), also
on behalf of the nailmakers in their several districts
expressed their willingness to strike providing
Halesowen nailmakers were willing also to strike
with them.
A resolution was passed to the effect that the
whole of the districts were prepared for an immedi-
ate turn out if Halesowen would accompany them,
audit was decided to hold a meeting at the latter
place that afternoon to ascertain the feeling of the
men there, and what course they intend taking.
F. Bing, representing the Bromsgrove district,
alluded to the fact that the nailmakers were on
strike there, but said it must not be supposed they
would continue out unless there was a strike in this
district also.
Mr. John Price, having defended his conduct
during a previous strike, a resolution was unani-
mously passed exonerating him from all blame with
reference to his proceedings at the Chamber of
Commerce meeting held in connection with the
same.
A mass meeting was subsequently held at the
Cross, and addresses delivered by several of the
delegates.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

A CHINAMAN TAKING NOTES.

An observant Chinaman has been taking notes
in Europe, and he has crystallised them into bookform
for the benefit of his countrymen (says the Evening
Standard). He has paid particular attention to the
railway system of the old world, and he emphatically
declares them a great mistake. These outer barbarians,
he says, vaunt the rapidity of their screaming steam-
engines. Granted the rapidity, he questions if that
is an unmixed advantage. There is no need to go
through life in a hurry. It is ungentlemanlike and
undignifie 1. You ate whisked along at such a rate
by the locomotive that you have no opportunity
to study scenery or manners. Besides, the locomotive
is noisy and unsafe. In the event of war, the railway,
which has cost so much, which cuts up the symmetry
of farms, poisons the atmosphere with smoke, and
runs over stray, unoffending cattle, can be made
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terrible auxiliary of the enemy. The Celestial critic
ad,luces, the Franco German contest in . illustration.
'France," he tells us; •"inc.thé days lot k her
prosperity, pushed her railways to the frontier of
Prussia ; but when France was vanquished the
Prussians employed those selfsame railways to
accelerate their operations against France." That
is conclusive. Furthermore, he adds, a single man
can put an obstacle on a rail that will upset a train
and make a line more destructive than useful. Clearly
this Chinaman has the balance of argument on his
side. But if we discaxd railways, how are we to re-
place them? Nothing easier. He suggests a plan
which would be a very excellent plan, indeed, but for
one little circumstance. The flying chariots formerly
employed in China are the very mode of locomotion
that is wanted. Unfortunately, the secret of making
them has been mislaid.

The Empress Elie dale has, it is stated, accepted
the invitation of the Queen to visit the Highlands, and will
reside for a short time at Abergeldie Castle. The Prince of
Waler, it is stated, will not visit Deeside this season.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

THE MARKETS.

talkliX-LANR—MONDAY.

Rather more steadiness was observed in the grain trade.
There was a fair attendance, but business was not brisk.
English wheat came sparingly to hand, and was held for an
advance of ls. per qr. New was quoted at 455. to 485. per
qr. Foreign wheat was in fair supply. The trade was firm,
and prices were from is. to 2s. per qr. higher than on Mon-
day last, but the rise checked business. Barley was in
moderate supply. The trade was arm, especially for malt-
ing produce, and full rates were obtained. Malt was dis-
posed of on former terms. Oats changed hands quietly, at
about late rates. Maize was steady in value, with a fair de-
mand. Beans and peas were quiet, but steady. The flour
market was firm, but not active.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.-MONDAY.
The cattle trade to-day was in an exceedingly doll and
weak state. Supplies were fairly liberal and greatly in
excess of requirements. In the receipts of English stock
there was the usual want of choice animals. Scotland con-
tributed a small number, and a fair show came from Ireland
as regards numbers, but the quality and condition showed
plenty of room for improvement. Transactions were
throughout limited. The best Scots were nominally quoted
at 51. 6d., but this quite an exception, and much that
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to
6s ; 'uteri"
was really good readily sold as bs. per SW., and even
lower. The market was one of the worst known for
some time. From the Midland and home counties we
received stout 1,900; from other parts of England about
150, from Scotland 43, and from Ireland about 800 head. On
the foreign side of the market there was about 430 Canadian,
with some 300 Danish and a few Spanish. The demand was
very dull at drooping prices. The sheep market was equally
as flat as that for beasts. Supplies were tolerably good.
Sales progressed heavily, and quotations were decidedly
easier. The best downs and half-bredr were disposed of at
51. 64. to 6s. 6d. per 81b. Calves and pigs were dull and
drooping. At Deptford there were about 2,500 beasts and
1,000 sheep. Inferior beasts, 41. to 4s. 6d.; second quality,
Is. 6d. to 4s. 104. ; prime large oxen, 4s. 10d. to ba ; Viral
Scots, bs. 24. to ss. 6d.; inferior sheep, 51. to 51. Li Cs. 4d. •
pquriamlietys, calves:
Si. to ss. 61. ; prime small ditto, 51 6d t 6
id
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86.c05: coarse
hogs.
s4ins.kinto 4gst.h6ed.oiT,
asmall porkers,
f 45.2. 4355..
410dd..; per Bth.,
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veal, 4s.
45. to 4s. Bd. • prime
ditto 4s. to 4 4d -
prime large , a• • ; Prime
ditto, 38. 6d. to 45.;
were as folllioEwTsit:_OPlOnfLelrTioAiryNbee , .
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pork. 6s. to 65. 4d. ; Anna
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41. 2d. to 45. 10d- per •
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

MORE CURES OP ASTHMA AND COUGHS BY Dn. Locomes
PCILMONIO WAFERS —From Mr. C. Collins, Chemist,
Brettell Lane, Stourbridge, writes: "Several have taken
them for asthma, coughs, Szc., and in every case they
have had the desired effect. In my opinion they amass
anything that has been offered to the public.' They
instantly relieve and rapidly cure asthma, consumption,
coughs, bronchitis, colds, gout, rheumatism, and aPt
nervous complaints. They taste pleasantly. Bold by all
druggists at Ls lid sad 21 9d per box.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

DUDLEY,

LOCA.L GOVERNUENT INQUIRY.—An inquiry was
held on Wednesday, before Major Hector TuHock, at
the Town Hall, as to the borrowing of £7,800 for
the purpose of erecting baths and washhouses. There
were present the Mayor (Alderman North), Coun-
cillors Smith and Round, and Mr. Warmington, Town
Clerk; Me ssrs. Davies, architects; Mr. Alexander
Smith, engineer; Mr. W, H. Richards, surveyor; and
Mr. McCleod, inspector. The Town Clerk said baths
in the surrounding towns were well patronised, and
the Council felt that the peculiar nature of the occu-
pations tat the inhabitants of that district rendered
baths absolutely necessary. The site chosen was on
the `.‘igh road, and whithin five minutes' walk of
the middle of the town. Mr. Davies and Mr. Smith
had prepared plans and estimates, and the Council
wanted <C,BOO. The price of the land was £576,
and the sinking for water cost £1,400 The total
cost was to come out of the Borough Fund, which
was without any burdens; and they came, therefore,
before the Court that day in a better position than
most towns could. Mr. Davies informed the Court
te,a.t the plans were somewhat on the Birmingham
model. Mr. W. Smith asked whether the proposed
partition between the first and second-class baths
would prevent the language used in the one being
heard in the other, and whether it could be removed
easily when the whole length was required for
swimming matches? The Arehitect replied that the
language could not be neard, and the partition could
' be easily removed, Mr. Smith wished the Government
Inspector to understand that he was not opposed to
the baths scheme. The Town Clerk said Mr. Smith
was really the autho: of the scheme. Major Tullock
observed that the Council might easily have hot-air
and vapour baths. The Mayor and Town Clerk slid
that the water should be taken into consideration.
Major Tullock visited the si es, and the proceedings
then terminated.
ApPLICA.TL)N FOR EJ ECTM ENT. Mr. Holberten
appeared and made application on behalf of Benja-
min Coley, the owner of a house at Dudley Wood
for an order of ejectment against Edwin Edwards,
the tenant of the same.—Mr. A ddison appeared for
Edwards.—lt was urged on behalf of the applicant
that the tenancy of the house had always been
quarterly until Edwards took possession, when a
monthly tenancy was ttgreed upon, the rent being
paid accordingly, audit was only when Coley wished
to recover possession that anything was said about a
quarterly tenancy. Notice had been served on
Edward,, but he refused to move. The rent col-
lector gave evidence t o the effect that in January
last he told Mrs. Edwards she must pay the rent
monthly, to which she didn't object, and paid, and
the production of the rent-book showed entries after
jan
triyedofby"oi‘nier. maodndtihso'sr, rthenatt.t"he
Itetnwanasc,yhhonvneort,
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been altered, and that the rout had been paid when-
ever his client could do so.—Mrs. Edwards also
' denied that she agreed to pay monthly.—The Bench
refused to grant the order

SPORTING NOTES.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCESS IN
STYRIA.

The following is an extract from the letter written by the
Berlin Correspondent of the Standard :

The Berlin newspapers contain interesting accounts
of the visit of the Crown Princess to Romerbad, in
Styria. This was a place celebrated far back in
ancient times for its thermal spring, which is of similar
properties to that of Gastein. . . . The inhabitants
are now hoping that the presence of so exalted a guest
as the Crown Princess of Germany and Princess Royal
of Great Britain will inaugurate a new era of pro-
sperity for their town, which, besides having a
valuable spring, is situated in the midst of attractive
and varied scenery. The Princess is known during
her stay in Romerbad as the "Countess Victoria von
Liugen," and resides in the Sophienschloss, command-
ingly situated on a thickly.wooded hill, from which
there is an enchanting view. . . .
The people of the place have, of course no other
interest in life inst now than the German Crown
Princess. Her imperial Highness is the object of the
most respectful attention; but the incognito assumed
is strictly regarded, and there is not the slightest man-
ifestation of impertinent curiosity. The Princess leads
a very simple life. She occupies the first floor of the
mansion, consisting of eighteen rooms. At nine o'clock
her Highness goes for a walk through the public grounds
with no attendants but the Countess Briibl, Count
Seckextdorff, and the physician, Dr. Mayrhoffer.
At twelve the Princess takes a bath, which is fol-
lowed by dinner. Reading in the balcony occu-
pies the early part of the afternoon, and at four
o'clock a drive is taken. Her Highness appears de-
termined to explore the entire neighbourhood, visiting
a new place every day. The Princess is already a
great favourite, notwithstandin.g that she has been in
Romerbad but a few days. "She is so good," says
one; "She not only thanks pleasantly and graolously,
as if we were her equals, but she speaks when she
meets us in the park and asks about our affairs," adds
another. And what pleases the honest population
most of all is the trust reposed in them by the Princess.
"She has no cook with her, but is satisfied with our
cooking. She has not even brought a bed of her own.
She is attended by our bathing woman," the people
exultingly tell an inquirer.
It is really touching to see the anxiety manifested
to justify this confidence. Her Highness little knows
what a study has been made of her convenience. The
furniture of her rooms was collected from the most
various houses in the town; her carriage was specially
brought from a neighbouring place, and for her coach-
man the finest man in the neighbourhood was sought
out. It should be borne in mind, too, that these
zealous hosts are not Germans, but of Slavic race.
Her Imperial Highness has, it is said, been suffer-
ing somewhat severely from neuralgia, which has
prompted a trial of the ROmerbad waters. The stay
will extend to the close of this month, when the
Princess is expected to proceed to Italy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

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COLOUR BLI4ID,IgESS.::'

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A Parliamentary paper which has jast been published
contains the following m,uute by the Registrar-General of
Shipping and Seamen, Mr. R. Jackson, relating to colour
bilndness
"The colours test," he says, "was first introd,
by the Board of Trade in examinations of candida,
for masters' and mates' certificates in May, 1877. From
that date (to the end of May, 1879) 39 candidates
have been reported to me who have failed topass the
test. From this number, however, should be de-
ducted 12, who subsequently passed on re-examina-
tion, and one who on consideration was allowed
to have passed, which leaves the actual num-
ber of failures from this cause at 26. During
the period referred to, 4,528 individuals have
failed to pass the examinations from various causep,
aril 2,929 have obtained the certificates for which they
were examined. Of these 2,929, only about 1,709 suc-
ceeded in satisfying the Board of Trade Examiners on
the first attempt, the remainder having failed at least
!once previously. If, therefore, we add the number of
!individuals who have failed, 4,258, to the number of
:those who have never failed, 1,709, we obtain the total
'number of individuals examined from the end of May,
1877, to the end of May, 1879-5,967. As, shown '
' above, 26 candidates were decid( (by colour-blind.
The protiortion, tkerefore, the colour-134nd candidates
bear t the total nnmber of individuals examined is
about '43, or rather less than per cent."' f ç TA(

kneed
lates
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

(By our mon 2',lrf Correspondent)

THE NEWAIIRK ET FIRST OCTOBER

MEETING

Since my last (as I pretlicted) Dresden China has
proved good goods for the Cesarewilch Stakes, and is
now at 4to but as the race is not decided for another
fortnight, I shall just gl tu..e over next week's events
and no doubt sure other stable commission will be
WO 'lced during the FintNewmarket October Meeting.
The Great Eastern hallway Handicap, 6 furlongs
is set for decision next Tuesday, when Hackthorpe
heads the Es; with Ost 91b and Lucetta the minimum
with 551 7ib. The accep'anee is not due until the
d ty of race, therefore without them one has to work
in the dark; however, Jessie Agnes, Bowness, and
Linden are very favorably treated of the year olds
and of the older horses Rosebach, La•ly Ronald and
Fiashman cannot comptiin, but in selecting two to
beat the field they shall be
Jessie Agnes and Bownes-t.
The October Handicap, i mile 2 furlous, run on
the Friday I shall dep.trid on
Rob Roy and West Willi
Although the acceptances are not due uatill Tuesday,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

CRADLEY.

SHOCK [NG FATALITY IN AN IRONWORKS.—On SWur-
day, afternoon last, a men named Albert Racket, of
129, Corngreave Road, Cradley llcath, a moulder in
the employ of the New British Iron Company, at
toeir Corngreaves Works, was pa,sing over a plate
near to the connecting-rod ot the engine, when the
plate broke and let Min through into the machinery.
When got out his two legs were found to be brokeit.
The poor fel:ow expired in two hours afterward.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

LARGE AND SMALL FARMS.

Daring this most unpropitious season it would
appear that the large scientific farmers and the small
dairy and poultry farmers have suffered less severely
than the middle-class farmers (says the Graphic)
The reason is not far to seek. The large
farmers have the skill and appliances which capital
is able to purchase to fall back upon; the small
farmers do most of their hard work with their own
hands. It is the medium men, who employ labourers,
who live in good style, but who have not the money to
make head against such a disastrous season as this,
who have gone to the wall. But all summers will not
be like that of 1879, and we may safely conclude that
there is room in this country for all these classes of
agriculturists. No men can raise corn and cattle
so profitably as the big men; and the second class also
may prosper provided their rents are not too
high, and they eschew luxurious living. But we
should like to see a large increase in the numbers of
the third class. It is necessary that they should own
the land they till. It will answer the purpose of poor
men better to rent it, and it may hereafter answer the
purpose of landlords (if they can be freed from the
fetters of mortgages and entails) to subdivide some of
their middle•class farms among peasant proprietors.
The rural districts are not too well peopled ; and the
production of eggs and butter, milk, fruit, and vege-
tables, might be indefinitely increased, our foreign
food bill being at the same time lessened. Moreover,
tnese peasant farmers, with the habits of thrift and
hard work which their occupation must inevitably in-
duce, would be a valuable element in our social fabric,
which at present too much consists of a few capitalists
riding on the shoulders of an army of dependents:
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

RABIES IN DOGS.

A contribution to knowledge of this disorder has
been recently made by M. Galtier (Comptes-Rendus).
The most important of the conclusions which he draws
from his experiments is that the saliva of a mad dog,
obtained from the living animal and kept in water,
continues virulent five, 14, and even 24 hours after-
wards. This fact has consequences which everybody
should be aware of. Thus it seems that the water of
a vessel in which a mad dog may have dropped some
of its saliva in attempting to drink should be con-
sidered virulent at least during twenty•four hours;
and vext, that as the saliva of a mad dog
which has succumbed to the malady or has been
killed does not lose its properties through mere cool-
ing of the body it in important, in examining the
cavities of the mouth and throat after death, to guard
against the possible danger of inoculation. M. Galtier
tested rabbits with regard to rabies, and found it trans-
missible to them from the dog; also, the rabbits' rabies
from them to animals of the same species. The chief
symptoms are paralysis and convulsions. The animal
may live from a few hours to four days after the
disease has declared itself. It is notable that the period
of incubation is much shorter in the rabbit than in
other animals, and this makes the rabbit a useful re-
agent for determining the virulence of a particular
liquid. M. jaltier found salicylic acid, injected daily
under the skin, powerless to prevent the development
of the disorder in rabbits.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

E of FREEHOLD DWELLING HOUSE and
tEMISES, BRETTELL LANE, Near STOUR-
tIDGE.

FESSRS. ROLLINSON and BECKLEY
L are instructed by the Mortgagee to OFFER by
TION, on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th, 1879,
r. Naylor's, ACORN INN, BRET7ELL LANE, at Biz
even o'clock in the evening, and subject to con.
18 to be then real,
that capital FREEHOLD D WELTING-HOUSE
'REMI6ES, having a frontage to the main road
g from Brierley-liill to Stourbridge, and contain.
arlour, Kitchen, Three Bedrooms, Cellar, Entry,
louse (with 8 ore room over), Co:lhouse, Piggery,
,cessary Outbuildings, now in the occupation of
k.l;za Talbot, at the low annual rental of
re is a large and productive Garden, and the
•ty is well supplied with hard and soft water.
turthur particulars, apply, Mr, Thos. Wall.
Stoururilge; or .he A.uctioneers, Brierley-liill.

EDGE TOOL MAKERS.-FOR SALE
About 1,000 pieces CLEFT ASH, chiefly 3ft. 61n.
felled two years, stocked in dry. Apply, C. J.
• Astwood Bank, near Itedditch.

LET.—Two Villas at the:, top of Corser
Street, Love,Laue,:Stourbridge, containing good
ice Hall, Parlour, Dining Room. Four Bedrooms,
Kitchen, Largo Cellar, Large Garden, a good
of hard and soft water ttc. Immediate possession
' had ou application to Mr. W. H D ommei,
Street.

4IOR CLERK WANTED. Must be good
riter, and accustomed to office work,—Apply, L.
cay, Whitehouse Glass Works, Wordsley.

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t /SE! HANGERS.

In Drain Pipes, Chimney Pots, Cements
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-IDS OF JOBBING WObE ATTENDED TO.

Address:—
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MEDICAL CAUTION.

% Special Treatment adopted and used
ith each great success by Pr. Hunter for the
rty years, can only be obtained at 44. Great
!Street, Birmingham. Book of Testimonials,
?lo u how to regain Health and Healy Vigour,
eetions for Self Treatment, free to any address

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)R THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE!'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

J. F. GREEN,
DIANOFORTE
A_

TUNER

260, Castle Street, Dudley,
And 67, Park Street, Walsall.
aaZ GREAT PLEASURE! IN PUBLINIIINO THE roLtownqo
TESTIMONILLS,
Irrom Mr. C. Potter, Professor of Music, from the
nstitution for the Blind, St. John's Wood, London:—
I can confidently recommend Mr. Green as a Piano,
orto Tuner. He tunes by equal temperament, and oh-
ains An exact scale. (Signed) C. POTTER."
From Mr. J. F. Patterson, Organist, St. Patrick's
Church, Tiaddersfield :—"I have much pleasure in tes-
tifying to the abilities of Mr. Green as a Pianoforte
Toner. He lays the bearings with exisatneas and perfec-
tion. f qigned) JAMES F. PATTERSON."
FroM Mrs. Sanderson, Solo Pianiste, of the London
flOfiLiv,rpool C oncerts :—" Mr. Green is one of the few
who can Tune my Piano to the nicety I require previous
o giving nay Public Btvitals. (Signed) E. E. SANDEL.
ON.

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ESPECTABLE PERSON from Country, wishes
4.-bra4enient as HOUSEKEEPER to a Gentle-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

STATISTICS OF BRITISH INDIA.

A statistical abstract relating to British India from
1868-9 to 1877,8, which has just been issued, gives the
area of British India, exclusive of Native States, as
899,341 square miles, the number of inhabited houses
37,043,524, and the population 191,096,603.
The area of the Native States is stated at 575,265
eqiwe miles, and the population at 49,161,549. The
area of the French possessions is 178 square miles, and
the population 271,460, and of the Portuguese posses-
sions 1,086 square miles, the population being 407,712.
The total area of all India is thus 1,475,870 square
miles, and the total population 240 937,315.
Of the population of British India 139,343,820 were
Hindoos, 1,174,436 Sikhs, 40,867,125 Mahometans,
2,832,851 Buddhists and Jain, 897,682 Christians,
and 5,417,304 others, and 561,069 whose religion is not
known.
The total revenue in the year 1878 was £58,969,301,
and the total expenditure £62,512,388.
In the year 1877 there were 19,695 persons killed by
wild animals and venomous snakes, 46 being killed by
elephants, 819 by tigers, 200 by leopards, 85 by bears,
564 by wolves, 24 by hyenas, 1,180 by other wild
beasts, and 16,777 by snakes. The numbers killed in
the two preceding years were 19,273 and 21,391. re-
spectively. There were 53,197 cattle killed in the
same manner in 1877, compared with 54,830 and 48,234
in 1876 and 1875 respectively.
The sum of £10,301 15s, was paid as rewards for the
destruction of wild beasts and snakes during the year,
the total number of the former destroyed being 22,851
and of the latter 127,295.
During the year 1877 there were 688 persons sen-
tenced to death.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

TM '-§tottivgiti h A ,-)ilstrVititt.

A FATAL EXPLOSION.

On Saturday morning a serious accident occurred on
board the Union Company's mail steamer Pretoria,
lying at the extension quay of the Southampton
Docks, by which one mall lost his life and seven others
were more or la s severely injured. The Pretoria had
arrived from the Cape of Good Hope on the previous
Sunday, and her cargo having all been discharged,
she was coaled for the next outward voyage, the coal-
ing being completed on Friday. Shortly after nine
o'clock on Saturday morning the company's stevedore
sent a gang of men into the fore-hold to clear up,
preparatory to commencing the shipment of cargo,
and these were followed by a man named
Richard Batchelor, who carried a naked lighted
lamp in his hand. A violent explosion of gas or fire-
damp immediately occurred, the report of which was
heard all over the docks and immediate neighbourhood,
Some portion of the dtbris from below were forced a
considerable height into the air and thrown at least 30
yards from the vessel, while a part of the goods ware-
house on the extension quay, opposite to which the
Pretoria was lying, was damaged by the explosion.
The fire-engine and apparatus on board were at once
connected and quantities of water poured into the
hold, from which issued masses of smoke, and as
speedily as possible gangs of volunteers courageously
descended to the rescue of their comrades. The eight
men, who were found thrown about in different parts
of the hold, were got on deck, and at once conveyed
to the shore and sent in cabs to the Royal South
Hants Infirmary. The names of the sufferers were
Richard Batchelor, George Street, George Larbalestier,
Charles Newman, George White, Edward M'Carthy,
Henry Andrews, and Martell, Street and Martell
being firemen belonging to the Pretoria, and the other
six cargo men. The case of Batchelor was hopeless
from the first, and the poor fellow died in about three
hours from his admission into the infirmary. Street's
condition was considered to be very critical, and the
other six men were suffering from burns and scalds
on various parts of their bodies; but under the
medical care they receive they are progressing satis-
factorily. The explosion was undoubtedly caused by
the ignition of the gas that had collected from the
coal in the bunker, but it seems unaccountable how it
could have accumulated in such quantities, for it must
have travelled from the bunker through the bulkhead
into the ship's hold. The bunker itself had ventila-
tion on both sides of the deck from the open lids over
the shoots, and there was considerable room for any
escape round the hatchways, besides a special venti-
lator into the hold in the hatchway of which the
explosion occurred.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

KINVER.

STEALING BRASS.-At the Brierley Hill Police
Court, on Monday, before Mr. L. Freer, Hiram
Ashton, engine fitter, was cliErged with stealing a
quantity of brass, the property of Mr. Famstoue,
on the 13th March last. Mr. Waldron defended.
James Evans, landlord of the Foster's Arms Inn,
Kinver, said that prisoner was the out-going
tenant, and witness took possession of the house on
the 12th of August. Witness went into the cellar
with prisoner who pointed out to him a cask, and
asked him not to touch it at, there was something
in it he did not wish to be seen. He saw him the
following day. Prisoner then made a similar re-
mark about the cask. Witness had the cask
opened for the purpose of using it on the 9th inst.,
when he found eleven pieces of brass in it, the same
as produced. He handed them over to Police-
s ,?.rgeant Stevenson. Wstness afterwards found
another piece of brass on a table in the cellar.
Cross. ex,imined ; He had not received a letter from
a s,dicitor. William Holloway and Samuel
Holloway were present when the cask was opened
He noticed the initials R.D.T. on some of them •
He washed therm before ho gave them to Police.
. sergeant Stevenson. He could swear that they
were the same. fliere was no one present when
be had the conversation with pris nier. Police
sergeant Stevenson said he received the brass pro-
duced from last witness on the 9th inst. He went
in company with Police-constable Thorpe to the
Stour Vale Ironworks, near Kidderminster. Wit-
ness saw the prisoner there, and asked him where
he had had the brass from, which he had pasked in
a barrel at the Foster's Arms. Prisoner s3id that
John .Birch, storekeeper at the Hyde Works, gave
them to him a long time ago. Witness then
charged him with stealing 12 pieces of brass from
the Hyde Iron Works, the property of Mr. Firm-
stone, Prisoner replied, "Not me." Witness
waited until another man took prisoner's work, and
while he was waiting the prisoner told him the
rea-on he put them in the barrel, and said that
wben the bother was about the bra-s being stolen
from the Hyde Iran Works, he put them in there
as he thought they might go and search for them.
He told Evans there was something in the barrel,
but did not say what it was, as he intended talthag
them back, but had not had the chance. On the
13th ins*., witness went to the Hyde Works with
Police-constable Thorpe and Mr. Frederick Firm-
stone. The latter gave to him five patterns which
corresponded with the brasses. Police-constable
Thorpe said that while the prisoner was in the cell
at Kinver he said he did •not steal the brasses, but
found them in some boxes he kept his tools in, and
said he put them in the barrel when the bother
was about the brass being stolen. Mr. Frederick
Firmstone, manager at the works, identified the
brasses as some which had been stolen from the
works. Prisoner was committed to take his trial at
the next Quarter Sessions. Bail was accepted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

MR. W. S. STANHOPE, M.P, OWG

AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION.
At the dinner following the Loxley Agricultural
Show, near Sheffield, on Monday evening, Mr. W.
S. Stanhope, M. P. for the South Riding, adverted
at length to the condition of the farmers. He said
that agriculturists had been subjected to a good
deal of advice from people who lived in towns,
and for that advice they were no doubt very much
obliged; but he thought the English farmer knew
his business a good deal better than those who
dwelt in large centres of industry. A farmer had not
only to contend against American and Continental
competition, but also with the adversity of unfavour-
able weather, which in such a season as this was
almost ruinous to the rearing of grain. He
thought that the poverty of agriculturists had been
a good deal exaggerated. He had seen in the course
of his travels some very good crops, and he hoped
that things would turn out better than was expected.
The only thing Government could do for the farmer
was to legislate so as to secure the stamping out
of pleuro-pneumonia and other cattle diseases ; and
he farmer could do a good deal for himself in the
uture by paying more attention to the rearing of
cattle than to the growing of corn, At present the
English farmer had to compete with the Americans,
who could produce a large quantity of grain without
the trouble of scientific farming ; but this kind of
thing would not last, as the virgin soil of America,
under the present system of working, would soon be •
exhausted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

DUDLEY AND WALSALL.

PIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS may
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two or
Three Years; after which, and without any farther pay.
ment, to become the property of the hirer. Alllnstra-
ments had on this system, or otherwise, will be
Exchanged any time within six months for any other, if
no tapproved of, and returned carriage free. And fur
-
her, aftet a trial o f three years, any Pianoforte or Har-
monium would be taken back, at its original cost, and
tb emoney returned, deductir g.the usual charge for
hire; thus offering greater advantages than the London
o rßirmingham Houses.—ApplyFßEDE.ttlCK GREEN
5/ asic Warehouse, 260, Cast/e-street, DudieY, and 671
I E ark-street. Walsall.'

FITS.— RPILIPTIO FITS :Clit PALLING Sickness—A
certain method of cure has been discovered fer this
distressing complaint by a physician who is desirous
:hat all sufferers may benefit from this provident al dis-
covery ; it is never known to fail, and will cure the mot
hopeless case after all other means have bet,n trie,t.
Full particulars will be sent by post to any person free
of ohsrge,—Address ,—W. NV u.r..zasua, 10, Oxford Terrace
Hyde Park, London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-20

_
GAME AND POULTRY.

Tarkey ponits, 81. to 10s. 6d. ; ortolan s, 15. 9d. to 3s. Bd.
nails, Is. to 2s. 6d.; woodcock, 21. to 3s. ; teal, Bd. to 9d. •
utove6hL;
eni
'lints% is. to ls. Bd. ; partridges, 21. 31. to 4s. ; grouse,
s s:
.3d.
3s. ; ohickena, is. 6d. to 2s. 31. each,
12 99.1 d .to to 3. s 9d. ;
goslings,b la6clit cotock, 83 3.
6d.;

HOP.
There being no hope of a satisfactory crop of hops, the
trade remains firm, and late prices are fully supported.
There has been some progress in the plantations during the
last few days, but the crop is so late that there in no hope of
even an average field. In fact, the crop is expected to be
much below the average. Prices are as follows :—East Kent
goldings, £5 ss. to £8 105 ; Mid Kent, £5 to £7 108 ; Weald
of Kent, £5 ss. to £6 lbs.• Sussex, £4lOB. to £5 15s. ; Farnham
and country, £5 10s. to £.B ; Californians, £5 bs. to £8 61. ;
Bavarians, £5 to £7 10$.