The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30 00:00:00

The Kidney—Their Derangemoi ai:d Cure.

of these Pills be fsed a ccordina to the printfd diraersen
and the Ointment rubb,-A over the region of the kidneys
es at least half an hour at bed time,as salt is forced isato
moat. it will penetrate the kidney:3 and correct any de-
rangement. Should the affliction be stort or gravel, it
s particularly recommended that the tiintnt, in such
asses, be used night and snorting, as by its judicious ap-
plication the most astounding cures may be performed.

• The Pill:, mid Olntracqit tr sold at Professor lionno-
WAY'S Establishment, 533, Oxfr)ril-st., London ; also by
searlTevery reAtik,:tuble Vendor of i&icinethroughont
e Civkiiei 111 d, in Boxes and Pots, at is 10, 2s 9d,
is tid, 113, 225, and 33s each. The smallest Box of
Pills cniioo :our dozen ; and the smallest Pot of Oint-
ment on:, ouuee.

Full printed directions are affixed to each Bo 5( and Pot
an,l can be bad in any lauguage;even in Turkish, Arabic,
Armenian, Per-dan or Chinese

FOR HORSES AND CATTLE.
CHRONIC COUGHS AND BROXENI WIND
are wouderfally relieved, and recent Onuoui Matt
COL.IIS rapidly cured by GOSTLING'S 00II3It BALLS (or
Powders.) Six Ba;le, i 6,1. 6ix Povrd,..rs, is 9,1.

11}1E first symptom of CODGa, COLD,
INFLUENZI, or LUNG Dll4}l 'ail,: in ether HORSES
or cA.TTLI,I should be observed. and GosTlANa's Cocu
BALL (or Polvfler,i) adminiitered without delay. Six
BAlls, Istjd. S:x powder. is 93.

pROKEN WIND.-31auly a Horse's WIND
/ has been iV,Ted by the timely use of Gro,rchNo's
Conou BALLS (or Powders), Six Balls, h 6 i.. six
Powders, is J.

(L;OSTLING'S CONDI 1:10ti BA.LLS (or
Powders) for HORSES promote -a hPalthy
appetite, good digestion, strong nerve, powerful muscl,,
and fine condition. They also prevent cracked heels,
swelled leg., hideb..und. dtc. Testimonials from cele-
brated Trsiners, Farrne,rs; Three Mils, 13 Gul ;
Six lii. Sin Powders, 2s 9,.1.

IiQULLOCET'S Fatting thrive more rapidly
will: an occasional do4e of Goszt.tYi."=".i CONDITION
13 kt.cs (or PodTkrsl ; exe,llent for Indigestioo, Hove Or
1/I"nt, lo ,s of Cod. lied or black Water, itc. Thrcot
13slis, ; Six Bails, 2s 4d. Six Polvdna, 2s 9d.

(11 osTLING's PIG POWDERS act as a
prevent'we of Mitk Fever and Clarget in Sows,
promote the he,ltil and well-do!nf2, of growing rigA,
greatly fteilitnt:l the fitteniug ct Pigs, &c.. 5..7e. Five
fur l , ir Fift.leN fr2a 6-1.

The nbovo are obtainable of ell Druggists, or will be
sent past free to tiny ,thlress by the Proprittor, T. P.
GosTLING, DM, NOrlOtk, on
.ree.-ipt of post &tamp.
or P. 0, 0.

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AUCTIONEER AND VA.I, IJ E ,
1116// •;; ERE KINVEII.

Stocks and Furniture of every descriptions bougbt and
Cash advanced upon all 4X 3a sent for absolute sale.

TIMOAT AirECllOll9. AND TroilLlSl2l9.—All enf.
lering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness
will La agreeably snrprised at the almost immediate
redef ariordea by thou el " Brown's Bronchial
'Troches." These fat-not:a " lozengcs " 313 UOW 801 l
by most .resreotable chemists in this eenntr7 1.
ls ltd per Vim. People troublad with a `l94;mng
congli,"-a "slight cold," or bronchial allacticins, Cain-
no t try th4.3m too soon, La similar troutiw, alloT6cl to
progrels, rcsult in serious Pnlnionary and
affections. See that the words "Brown's 13rouchinJ
Troches" are ou th:l Government Starr around
eaeh bor.-I.lannfactured by Jon i I. BLOWN it SoNs,
Boston, United butted. Depot, be o.ll(rid-ttrect,
London.

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•
"Da. Lococa's PIILMONIC WAFER 3 are invaluable for
the Voice, Throat, and ehe3t. All persons suffering from
bronchitis, hacking cough, and DEPSIVATION OF REST,
should talc, them."—The above is from Mr. Earle,
m.p,S., 22, :d,rket-place, iuu. in asthma, consump-
tion. hroochitis, coughs, colas, gout, rheumatism, and
.111 Ifygterical and r,ervous pains, instant relief is givoa
by Du LOCOCK'i WAFERS, wirich taßte
Sold by all Druggiats at is lid. 26 01. 43 6d. nod Us per
box. WA

TIME'S CHANGES.

The last week of the old yeer naturally sug-
gests thoughts of a retrospective character.
Another streamlet of time is about to disappear
into the great ocean of eternity ; but its events
though beyond re-call; leave memories behind
them, many of which can never be effaced from
the mind. Still, in glancing back into the land
of recollection, we need not necessarily confine
ourselves to any particular year; nor on the
present occasion is it proposed to do so. It •
takes many a year to make up a lifetime, even
to those who have advanced only to middle age,
'although when the time has gono, what a
phantom does it seem ! A decade is often a
convenient way of reckoning the flight of an
age or the disappearance of an epoch ; and a
few of the remembrances of the past ten years
may not be out of place now.
It is as easy to write 1877 as it was 1867.
There is no more labour or trouble involved ;
it is merely the substitution of one figure for
another, and the thing is done. To the casual
observer there might seem to be but little-dif-
ference in the two. He still: treads his way
along the dusty vale of life, and has not arriveu
'1 at an age when the passing away of ten years
begins to tell upon the human frame. Ali
around him apparently goes on as before. The
sun rises and sets, the tide ebbs and flows, the
dews descend silently from heaven, the oak
spreads her mighty branches to the breeze,
seed-time and harvest have not ceased, the
streets of populous cities are filled with multi-
tudes, the wind blows upon the land and upon
the sea, the fields and the valleys adorn the
landscape, the firmament sheweth the handiwork
(if the Creator, the constellations continue in
their courses, the moon regularly tells us the
story of her birth, the stare are scattered along
the pathways of the Ai,i, jast as they were
centuries ago. Whar'clianges, then,
,can haNe
happened in a single decade? No alteration,
Patient reader, in the laws of Nature, no shift-
ing of the bed of the ocean on to the dry laud,
no uprooting of the mount n, no fluctuations
in, the dontonr of the vall -ys, no sudden turning
of the midnight into the meii Han noon, no 1
freak of Nature which shall cause the rivers to
flow backward from the sea, or the summer rose
to burst into bloom at midwinter. The changes
noted here are simply those, which have been
wrought by the Agency of man.
Looking across the English Channel, and
comparing France with whit she was early in
1867, we find a wondrous a!teet'ien. The star
of the Emperor Napeleole which had shone
brightly for so many yeai s, then began to wane
The struggle in the previous summer, which
gave Prussia th(i leadine position •in Germany,
had brought to the frontiers of France a giant
military Power. France had se long arrogated
to herself the leading place on the Continent,
and interfered so much in the internal affairs of
other States, notably Spain and Italy, that she
could bear no rival near bet throne. But here•
was Prussia, at her very gates in the opinion of
of Europe a Power equal to France herself. So
the French resolved that Prussia must be
humiliated ; and, although 1807 was the year of
the Paris Exhibition of Arts and Industry, King
William and Count Bismarck being amongst the
guests received by the Emperor, there can be
no question that for four years France silently
lint, resolutely prepared for war. We all know
the result. Within six weeks of the declaration
of war by France on the 15th of July, 1870, her
sovereign was a captive in the hands of his
enemies, her armies had been every where de-
feated, and were prisoners of war, the golden
eagles which had been borne out of Paris
with such high hopes, were carried in triumph
to Berlin. The victorious hosts of Germany
pushing onwards in their irresistable march,
captured Metz, and laid singe to Paris itself.
After having gallantly held out for four months
the proud city.was at last corn relied to surrender*
and King William and Count Bismarck entered
the French capital as conquerors. An indem-
nity of two hundred million sterling was exacted
from. the postrate country, two of her fairest
lopTtp:frahheospisevseseeilEeardseclr
eoethdarhr eheewa
endeavoured
ddit
oki
seebi:xnneve
nueko.oohemi
nedny
years
to raise
her.srrhnst
aieg.
erslfnaae
victoriousgntn
hhtdd he
dtea hon thoseendc
crumbled
fua
pridesbffoororien.
leiween,rshtdheolNrica'
into dost.and.upon its ruins rose the more solid
empire of Germany. It was a bitter penalty for
Napoleon to pay for overweening arefition ; but
should the shock of war ever again rend the
nations of Europe, the potentate who was so
many years its arluta must keep the solemn
silence of the grave—
" After life's fitful fever he sleep well, •
Naught can disturb him now.
If we turn to the bright morning land of the
East, we find clouds gathered there upon an
horizon which ten years ago was bright and
clear. The Treaty of Paris in 1856 had, it was
believed, definitively settled the Question, and
placed the peace of Europe on a solid and
durable basis: Troubling himself but little
about the good government of his subjects. the
Sultan gave himself up to a life of voluptuous in-
dolence ; and in the summer of 1867, made a
tour of the principal capitals of Europe. He
was received in grand state by the Empero