The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-06-10 00:00:00

Jensen iviise.—The numerous eightisee--re of
England, who are attracted by any freak of nature
will be gratified by the exhibition of • pair of juripl
twine whose union is even mire complete than that a/
the Siamese brothers. The subjects of this maltornus
ion are girls, who are united, not by an intervenieg band, aa in the cam of Chang and Eng, but by the
absolute coalescence of the two epinal column, ic their
lower portions. Th, union appears to extend in site degree to the circulatory and nervous .3 stems, that
each twin feels a touch on the lege iif the other. 11
may, indeed, be said that the girls are eseentialiy two
above the hips, and essentially One below, They weye
originally united back to back, but their bone. yielded I
during infancy and childhood to their struggles cepa.,
the inconvenience, of this relation, and they are now I inclined to one another at a 'light angle. They were . born In North Carolina in 1851 of a clay.. mother, sod were for a short time in England in 1855. Ilya pez,
donable exhibitor's licence they are now spoken fbe
those in charge of them as one individual, although
the beads and busts are known reepectively as Midis and Christie. There can be no doubt that their livse are inseparably blended, and that no question shoot the severances of the union nould ever anise in thee case. Millie and Chriesie are short, but otherw ice all
developed. Their mother was • full blooded negro)",
their father a mulatto ; and their colour and featur,
are such as thie descent would naturally produce,
They have been well educated, and appear very happy,
lively, and good-tempered. They Bing Mitts and damp,
gracefully, the four lege moving together with perfect
rhythm; and they talk with much intelligence, each
head aesertiug it, own individuality, and easing -I,e
rather than " we." The Siamese twit., isi their old
age, had, it will be remembered. • mournful aid suff,r.
ing look, which rendered a visit to them alimat painful,
Millie and Chrissie, on the contrary, laugh and talk,
and roll their eyes about after the fashion of their race,
in finch a manner that those who eee them will baldly
feel called upon to bestow eympathy on an union winch
he 'objects manifestly do not consider a mieforthne
Opinions will differ about the propriety of ex
malformations of any kind, but in thin case the main.
lent contentment of the girl, takes away the element of repulsivenees from the show. They are accompanied
by the Nova Scotian giantess Mies Swan, who we,
with the Sianieee twins, and asli:o by • Kentmly giant
(Captain Bates) of vant proportion, and very tolerable
symmetry.
PgAcricAL EXPKRIENCE.—ForeigLers who visit
our chores, and are the prey of boatmen, porters, cab.
men, and other extortionists, at once understand what
in meant by our Income-Mk—Punch.
TnE Qunixo V. ButILTON AND PARIC.—Thi9
case was before the hoed Cnief Justice in his private
room on the rising of the Court of 4.4.leeti's Bench oa
Tueeday. It will be remembered that on the trial of
the defendants Boohoo and Park a verdict of " not
pulley" was given, and they entered into their recog.
nisancee to appear and take their trial on the second
indictment, charging them with an outrage on common
decency, by appearing in female apparel at public
places, Some persons thought the indictment would
have been tried at the sittings aft-r the pre...exit term.
Mr. Archibald, who was for the Crown, and Mr, George
Lewis, jun. (Lewis and Lewd), appeared at the
Judges' Chamber, on a summons taken out in behalf
of the defendant, to withdraw their plea of "Not
Guilty," and to enter into their recogniaancee to be of
good behaviour, and to appear when called upon.
Juatiiie Montagu Smith declined to hear the
applicati.n. and referred the parties to the Lord Cnief
Justice at NVeetmineter. On the rising of the Court
Mr. Archibald and Mr. George Lewis went before his
lordship, and the defendant, Bonbon and Park were
ushered into tie lordstaip's room. Alter • discumion,
the result was that the defendants entered into their
recognisances in £llOO each to be of good behaviour for
t ivo years. The recognisance was signed, and is now a
record of the Court. In the event of any repetition of
the alleged offence the defendants can be called before
the Court.

PItuDUCIC OF THE INCOME- TAX.—The return
recently laid before Parliament stating the public in.
come and expenditure of the United Kingdom gild!
the Revolution of 1688—a return which will probably
he known wi Mr. Chicholou'il return, from Ito having
been almoat entirely the work of the Warden of the
Standards—ishows that since the intro iuction of the
ind,metax by Sir Robert Peel in 1842 and down to
the end of the financial year 1803-69, the available re.
ceipte into the Exchequer from the tax, have
amounted, in the 27 years, to £209,461,785. In the
brat year, 1842 43, the available receipts were only
£5BO 885; subsequently they have nahred from
£5 196.9'37 in the year 1843 46 to £16.6.'9,933 in
1856 57.

AWKWARD REVELATION.— Dr. Blandydhe did
not show his accnstomed tact, when, called in ti a
pr.lessional voaliet, he told her that what she was
coffering from was • wact of " ttne."—Punle.
COUNT MOLTKE ON THE GEktltAv Sl CXESSE°.—
Count Moltke says in a letter to the poet Oscar von
liedwitz who addreased to him hie "Song of the New
I.;erinsu Empire:'—

"To the poet It is permitted to be prodlga,. Ile sows
with full hand. (demon& and pearls, the stars of heaven
and the it Avers of earth, and In the name apirlt he bestow.
at. praise.. In We sense only can I receive your song com-
pering me to the great num of the past. These have been
gent Win in ulvcrelty, and especially in adversity. We
nave had notl.ing but successes. Let It be culled chance,
destiny, fortune, or the ways of Providence—men alone hoe
not done It. Conquests so great are essentially the resell
of a state of things which we can neither create nor dent-
ate. The excellent lint unfortunate Pope Adrian had the
following words engraved on his tomb.— How different
is the action of even the beat of wen according to the times
In which he live.! More than once the moat capable have
failed owing to the invincible force of circiunsta ces, while
lees capable has been carried by it to encomia.' If I see my-
self constrained, not by • false and vain modesty, to con-
niter as imt delerved part of the praise. bestowed on me, I
am not In., less indebted for them, for verses like yJors
may last longer than many • broree or marble monument."
IRISH GraLLANTRY.—A smart Irish paper reports
the speech of a fair lecturers, in which ehe says
There is no work a man can do but that will be
o..tter done by having a w.uan by his side." The
gallant Irish editor adds this remark of his own :
How about carrying a kieking mule?'
A GIFT THAT WILL Hie APPARCIATED.—" The
Pope fatis sent 60 000 francs for the relief of Paris, and
eeveral chests of "—Pr.prisions ? No, "Sacred objects
ror the Courches."—Punck.

EXTRACTING A Liot.'a TOOTH.—The Glasgow
Herald reports • remarkable operation which has been
performed on the jaw of a vigorous fulligrown lion in
Mander's menagerie, in that city. A tooth had been
injured by a blow inflicted by a man named Maccomo,
when the animal threatened to attack him. Gradually
the lion became low spirited, eating his food with great
difficulty, and when, at length, a gentleman who stands
high in the medical profession in Glaagow volunteered
to subject the lion to &surgical operation, provided that
the anitned could be properly secured, the offer was
accepted. The fore paws of the lion were caught sad
oound to the bars of the cage by strcng ropes. After.
wards the head was " lassoed, " and ropes were ha
relied round the an ini are neck wench a manner as to pris
vent, as fares possible, the movement of the head, and
force the mouth close up against the bars. When the lion
was ...rime w hat exhausted by struggles to f ree hime elf, the
doctor mounted on a tub in front of the cage. A piece
of wood was placed to the lion's mouth, and at once
the beast made • tamp. Then a pitchfork was held up,
and, placed in the mouth, kept it ..pen, while the is'
side WWI thoroughly washed. Afterwards the doctor,
pushing his arm between the bars into the lion'a
mouth, and running his hand over the teeth, found the
loose grinder. A terrible struggle eneued. The is
plunged more vigorouely and howled more frightfully
than ever, teasing his head from nice to side, and at
times forcing his hinder as well as his front paws
against the bars. but ultimately the doctor triumphed
over all difficulties and dangers, and by means of power.
ful forceps extracted the loose tooth, which was found
broken arid diseased near the root. When the task had
been aem ple ed the lion sank down completely exhausted,
and while he lay steady and quiet the doctor cut the
flesh over the jaw, and Lund the bone severely in.
jured if not broken. It was, however, deemed inexpe.
dient to subject the besot to another operation, and the
excision of Inc injured bone has accordingly been post-
poned. The latest bulletion announce that the patient
is making satisfactory progn se, and beef tea and
claret have been prescrib. el. Altogether, the "opera.
taken" lasted about an hour and • half.

RATHER COMPOSING 7—An impatient Irishman
called to his wife, "Come, come, lent breakf ant ready?
I've had none since yesterday, and tomorrow will be
the third day." Tide lassoed to the call of the stirring
housewife, who aroused her maid at four o'clock with,
"Come, 111ary, get up! Here, 'tis Monday morning,
tomorrow is Cue eday, the next day's Wednesday—
half the week gone. and nothing done yet !"
SCULLS FOR A SPAT OF LSARNING reader
of the rims, one day 144 week, among the particulsre
of its Table of Contents, noticed a reterence to
"Oxford University Sculls." Eagerly turning out
this; suggestive heading, he found it to mean a Totems,
match. He was greatly disappointed, being a phrenoo
logiet.—Punch.
A HAKVRST FOR TRH NOVRITSTi—Let nee give
you the sketch of an hietoriette, one of many
(writes the correspondent of the Dairy News). Mons
eieur ('role Etoilee he living at I'. rosily in the position
of a gentleman. He is not wealtey ; but he has saved
a good bit of money, and invested it in house iroperty
in that beautiful suburb. He is about 66 years of age;
he has a wife of about 59 ; and he his three daughters,
one of whom is married, the youngest—the fair EL les,
the pride of the house— being 17 years of age. Comas
the campaign of Nenilly, and Monsieur Trois Etoilee
has the oietress of seeing one aft, r ano,her of his
housed destroyed. He is on the threshold of old age,
and he sees all his means distappearing. What is to
become of hie family? What is to become of the
darling of the house—the youthful Elive ? AU
his houses are in mine, except the one he it
staying in with his wife anti his two notches
ried girls. One day he gone • little too boldly
to a window, and he is shot through the heart. His
wife has gone out of her mind. She is raving mad.
She was first brought into Paris under care of the
elder unmarried daughter; then ueder the Same Can
hhe was comic) rd away to Montmorehcy. The
youngest daughter come into Paris, temaincel withou
protection, and has been seduced. Here is a chapter
of horrors; it has all taken place within the 19,st six
weeks. There is scarcely a family here that has not
got its wonderful tale to tell. And if we have not all
been mad in the last fortnight, we havo all been on the
brink of madnees, enduring a terrible nightmare.
LUXURY.—General Troohu attributes many of
the misfortunes of Frenchmen to their having adopted
habits of " English luxury." What does he moan?
Soap and water? We are unaware that we have taught
them the use of any other luxury, and this, as towards
will testify, has been very partially adopted. The
Breron is hard upon the Briton. liv the way, the
French London paper, the International, translates the
General's phrase thus • "Le confartafile emprunte ate
Anglais." Then we don't think he did mean 6011 p and
water.—Pund.

OFR FOR TRH ATARINIS.—ThtTO is a juggler's
trick in India, it iii report. d, which ts very striking, end
not racily comprehended. A man is seen seated in the
sir upon the points of three bayonet+. The one bayonet
is withdrawn, and he appears Citlit g upon the other
two. Next the second bayonet disapnears, and yet the
third does not pierce his body. Finally, the thud
bayonet disappears, and the man Is Hen firmly poised
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