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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

year. During the past few months the interior of
tie 1 it lding has, under the superintendence of Mr.
Jones tll3 master, been thoroughly ranovated, and
with the Chr:struas decorations it presented 011
o,lity a ve, y :)ttlactive appearanc. The dining
hit! ri I cap i n.a l but not profusely decorated,
The windows are festooned with everkrteens and
flowers, and the walls are adorned with suitable
texts and mottoes. Early in the na, ming—shortly
after eight o'clock—as tnpLiy of the inmates as were
able to attend service, j. ining heartily in the
prayers and responses and singing lustily the well-
known Christmas hymns, "hark ! theherald angels
sing" and "0 come, all ye faithful." The choir
which consists of a number of the children and the
workhouse officials, rendered, in a very pleasing
style, the anthem "Behold, I bring you glad tidings
of great joy." The Rev. S, P. Tozer, the chaplain,
preached an earnest and appropriate sermon. Dinner
was served at twelve o'clock, and consisted of 6501bs
of prime beef, a plentiful supply of vegetables,
I,ooolbs of plum pudding, and ale for those who
cared for it. In the afternoon, through the kindness
of the Mayor and Mayoress of Dudley, Mr. Job
Garrett, Mr. P. Billing, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Foster, Dr.
Higgs, Mr. Collins, Mr. Aston, Mrs. Rudge, Mrs.
Nicholls, Miss Hughes, and others, the inmates
were regaled with fruit, and the children were also
provided with sweets and toys. Upwards (4 400
of the adult inmates were presented by Mr. Joseph
Smith, of Wednesbnry, with Christmas books. In
the evening a miscellaneous entertainment was
(riven, the performers being a number of the school
children and the workhouse officials, The whole of
the arrangements were carried out most admirably
by Mr. and Mrs. Jones, the master and matron.
During the day there was a good number of visitors.
—At the Guest Hospital the sick and accident wards
were decorated by the nurses with evergreens, Sce.,
and two large Christmas tt ees were reared, one in
the adult ward, and the other in the children's
ward, both trees being heavily la.len with Christ-
mas toys of all varieties; and which will ultimately
be distributed among the little patients, and tl'e
children of the adult patients,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

-*cat nub ttrictlie lir

A. PAINFUL CANE. At the County Court on
Saturday last, before Sir Rupert Kettle, a case of
IVes, woJd v Panting was called ou, in which £9
15; was claimed for the maintenance of defendant's
wife and three children. Mr. Higgs was for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Waldron defended.--Mr. lihrgs
6tetted that the eefendant aul his wife had ben
married six years, aud they had had three children,
one of whom had recently died. They lived happily
together till about eigeoe n mouths ago, when de•
fenda.ut began to boat his wife, and his con-luet was
attributed to hi, uother's in erference. Ultimately
Mrs. Panting suminened him to Bri rley Hid P, lice
Caurt, where he was lined 50s and costs. He gave
notice to terminate the tenancy of the house he had
b.2en occupying, and the wife rem ved certain goods
from the place. He pr Necuted her for this under
the Married Wonien'a Property Act, and she was
commit ti I for trial at Stafford Assizes, where the
gran i jery threw out the bill. Since then one ef
the children had died, and the defendant had iii.
sinnted it was due to his wife's negligence, but at
the inquest held on the body the jury censured the
husband for his conduct. The plaintiff was the
mother-in la, v of defendant. It came out in the
course of the case that defendant was in receipt of
an income of £l5O a year. The action em'ed in a
verdict for plaintiff for .tn ss. Mr. Waldron, ou
behalf of defen lent, asked for the children to be
given up to him by the wife. This was opposed by
Mr. Higgs, uho stated they were young ehildrel,
and required a mother's care.—His Honour sat] he
could not int rfere.
TIIE LATE Amex AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE
At the County Court, on inturi.say, Mr. NV:tilro,t
applied in the ase of Grove v. Goblin, in whtea
ye diet fur £5O was obtained by plaintiff at the last
court, for an order for the waote of the money to
be paid to the widow of deceased. She was a p od-
ding woman, aral would apply the mon-yr to start
. in business for the support of herself and etai:ircn
Mr. Waldron mentioned the number and respective
ages of the children. His Honour said he should
require an all' lavit to be tile], and he wolald th n
older the wle.d.s of the in etey to be paid to the
widow. He h pc.ct she woill be able to keep the
money, and keed out of the way of all sorts of
i auctioneers and valuers Mr. Wall:on kno.v
what he meant.—Ar, Wel free intimated that he
: did.

A reemit writer in our local papers his wisely
observed that "one of the follies of the ag.3 is to
buy dear -Wines and Spirits." Another folly is to
suppose that buying from those who make the
largest return of duty is buying them in thy
cheapest marke°. 'llr3 Merchant who p tys dray
upon thousands of gallons, pays in exact propor-
tion to the retailer clearing a single cask. A great
prolit must be gained to cover enormous expenses
of large business premises, cost of advertising, aad
an ttllOWanco of profit tco the Agent, greitter
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

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A NURSERY CARD,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

MATRIMONIAL QUERIES.

There are two questions that always agitate the
female mind in respect to adult persons of the other
sex. (I.) In the case of his being a bachelor, "Why
does he not marry?" and (IL) in the case of his fall-
ing under the female yoke, "Why did he marry ?"
The reasons are so various in the former instance, that
they often occupy the attention of the ladies for many
years, sometimes even till the poor man dies unwed,
when their unsatisfied curiosity reaches its acme. One
seems to hear them strike his very tlmb with the
handles of their parasols and demand of his shade,
why it was, when it had substance (and enough for
two), it lived a single life. On the other hand, when
a man marries, one may say, without any want of
gallantry, that there are by no means so many ways
of accounting for it. His reasons lie within a more
limited area, and can be discovered with tolerable
certainty—generally by the process of elimination.
"It couldn't have been for her face, nor yet for her
figure, etc , etc., etc., therefore it must have been for
her fortune : Q. E. D."
There have been cases, however, where a man has
been induced to marry by none of these three F's,
and the question, 'Why did he marry?" has seemed
ten times more inscrutable than "Why he didn't ? "
For, what terrible women some men do marry ! (Of
course women also marry some terrible men, a subject
too ghastly to my mind to be dwelt upon, and besides
it does not just now concern us.) I have always
thought that one of the wisest texts of the sacred
Scriptures is that which dercribes the deteriorating
effect of matrimony upon a female of this sort. She
is almost as had as she can be to start with (I don't
mean, of course, that she is not virtuous—she is much
too inhuman to be otherwise), cold, cruel, and mean ;
but having, contrary to all expectations, &seared a
husband, she becomes infinitely worse. She is one of
the Three Things, says Solomon (the other two are by
comparison flea-bites) "for which the earth is die.
quieted—an odious woman when she is married !" He
had a large experience of matrimony, and spoke no
doubt as he found.—From "Why He Married Her,"
by James Pam, in The Bdgravia Annual.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

LIFE DEPARTIMNr.

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;Wins paid immediately ,•fter print of deati, and title.
.ow tales of preiliums tot youn4 live.

MIDLAND BUANCLI OFFICE.-

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Agents at Stout-bridge:
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qESSRS, BERNARD and KING. Snlieitors. .
G. RICRARDS, Station Master, (J.W.R.

it Last! At Last! it Last!

DR. LOWET'S invention is one of the greatest sue-
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aitherto knlwn. This mutate prAuces, in a short
time, thick heir and wh.rkets ; it also prevents the hair
i:om falling off.

The Inventor guarantees come
plete success.

:SoLD Is BornAs ft. liaso

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MEDY FREE I—A victim of youthful hum'
deuce causing Premature 1..), cry, Nervous D4-bi;ity
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ADVICE GRATIS. A Medical man up-
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astruit, dizziness, love if sdlituie, groundless fear.,
ielpitation of the heart, noises in thtt ::ead aid tars, in.
lecision, impaired sight and meinoty. indigestion and
)(Ally prostrstion of the whole system. "1 ee moat im-
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iy author fully explained, by winch all slider rs isra
ailed to cure themselves perfectly, and at toe least
possible cost. without taking quick medicines, or
iun-
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in receipt of 2 penny stamps, by Dr. LUSS ELL, 17,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

THE IRON TRADE

IVoLvEnuampros, WedneL.,day.

'Change to day had the usual holiday a,pect
of the Christmas week. Trade, however, is, but
by the ironmasters in the several localities re-
ported as steady in the best, and as qoiet in the
worst cases. Orders are upon the books ; but
the holidays intrzt have got well over before
customers will again freely specify for delivery,
Thin-sheet mills are in a few cases restarting to-
night; but in most other branches only the forges
will this week resume. Where repairs have to
be undertaken, works will remain wholly inoper-
ative till next week. West Bromwich will then
see the starting of a wholly remodelled mill and
forge by Messrs. Onions Brothers, who will trade
as the Greet's Green Sheet-iron Company.
Sheets alone will be produced at these works. A
guide mill will in the same week be restarted at
Millfieds by Messrs. J. and W. Saunders, of
Deepfields. Prices remain without mach altera-
tion. At the quarterly meetings, which tire fixed
for January 9 and 19, it is expected that marked
bars will be re-declared at .1!7 10s., and all-mine
pigs at 65s to 62s 6d. It is noteworthy that this
week the Blaenavon Iron Company h tve ad-
vanced their eold- bleat iron 105 per ton, making
the price delivered in this district for best
foundry purposes £6 15s.

Business is at a standstill this week in the
local iron trade, and it is only in exceptional cases
that work will be resumed before Monday or
Tuesday next. A few makers have orders for
sheets which will carry them into the New Year
but the majority report business very scarce and
competition increasingly keen. Prices are nom-
inally unchanged, but there can be no doubt that
good orders might be placed at a slight reduc-
ion from recent quotationr. more pariicullrly
for angles and similar sections, which are now
being sent into this district from tha Nor: h at
prices which local makers cannot touch. Under
the circumstances the demand just preferred by
the operatives for an increase of wages appears
to be singularly ill timed and rather than submit to
it most of the roltkas of finished iron declare that
they would prefer to close their mills. The
only hope of the South Staffordshire iron trade
is that there may be a revival of the enquiry
for shipbuilding which would furnish employ-
ment for the northern plate mills and prevent
makers there from adding to the depression of
of the merchant•iron trade by competing for basi-
n e,ss with South Staffordshire; but according to
present prospects the coming quarter will be an
unsatisfactory one for all branches of the trade.
Prices of marked iron are unchanged and likely
to continue so, on the basis of £7. 103. for bars
which represents pratically the minimum at
which iron of that class can be profitsblv'produced
Unmarked bars are plentiful at from £6. upwards
and common sheets may be brought down to -£7.
10s. The pig market continues quiet at late
rates ; and coal is weak, and in very limited
demand, either for domestic or manufacturing
purposes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

THE STANLEY uREST.

We ought not to omit a reference to—whether we
can quite explain is another matter—the singular and
so often prominent crest of the Stanley or Derby
family, the eagle and the child. It seems to hold a
mysterious tradition and several attempts have been
made at a solution Of it. Perhaps our readers know
something of the story of Sir Thomas Lathom, of the
reign of Edward 111. It is said that in the old age of this
ancient knight, finding himself hairless and childless,
he atql his wife, the L xdy Isabel Stanley, dis-
covered in an eagle's nest, hard by their mansion, a
child ; this chili was adopted by them and became, by
the name and title of Sir °skate' D'Lethom, the inheri-
tor of these great estates. But another version of
the story is that Sir Thomas Lathomi as he drew
towards the close of life, confessed that Sir Oskatel
was only his natural son, that he bad placed him in
the eagle's nest, and that the daughter of Sir Thomas
Lathom, the Lady Stanley, in contempt and derision
of the spurious brother, took the eagle and child for
the crest, in token of cot quest over him and of his
claims. There is, no doubt, much of the mythical and
fabulous about the story, but it seems probable that,
amidst the variations with which the tradition is pre-
sented, there is something like a probable air of truth
in that concise version which we have summarised
from the lengthy pages of Seacome for our readvs.
At the same time a little circumstance, quoted from
Jones of Tynemouth by Dr Paulli, in his learned "Life
of King Alfred," appears to have escaped notice. Oise
day, when Alfred was hunting in the forest, he heard
the cry of an infant, which appeared to come from a
tree. He despatched his huntsmen to seek for the
voice. They climbed the tree, and found on the top,
In an eagle's nest, a wondrously beautiful child, clothed
in purple, and with golden bracelets on its arms. The
King, commanded that it should be cared for, bap-
tized, and well educated. In remembrance of the
singular discovery he caused it to be named Nestin-
gus. It was added that the great-granddaughter of
this foundling was a great favourite at the court of
King Edgar. Thus there was clearly the tradition of
an eagle and child before those to which we have
alluded. Is it possible that the Stanleys derive their
crest from the Saxons as they derive their name ?
Leisure Hour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

DUDLEY.

SUICIDE OF A BREWER'S TRAVELLER.—At about
midnight ott Christmas Day, Mathew Crew, brewer I
traveller of Simm's Lane, Netherton, committed
suicide by hanging iticusef to his bed-post. His
wife who discovered him in this position, called in
Joseph Stokes, a visitor next door, and Crew was
cut down. It is stated that Crew was suffering
from domestic troubles aul that he had been drink-
ing heavily of late.
SINGULAR DEATH OF A CHILD.-011 WOdt esday
morning shortly after one o'clock Arthur Cooper
(3), son of a whitesatith named George Cooper, of
Oakywell Street was found dead by his parents
under peculiar circutnstances On the previous night
his mother put the boy and an elder brother to bed
shortly before nine. She then went next door to
spend the evening with her mother. During the
next two hours she went into her own house and
hearing no noise believed the children were all
right. Upon reaching home about one o clock she
visited the children's hed room and found Arthur
lying; with h:s head and shoulders through the bdr:,
of the foot of theibedstead. His back was liscoloured
and it apprared as though he had fallen through
and been unable to extricate himself. Life was
extinct: The boy is said to have be subject to
fits.

The inmates of the Dudley Union Workhouse
number about 640, being about 30 less than last
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

THE SKlN,—The Glory of Woman, the Pride o
contains the delicate lines of beauty, and con-
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have their skins blemished by irritant soaps, Carbolic
Coal Tar, Glycerine, made of wail fa s. "11-11:
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

THE SLIDE OF ALPNACH IN
SWITZERL&ND,

By means of this singular roadway, which was fin.
ished in 1812, the trees, forming the large spruce
forests on the top of Mount Pilatus, were run down
in the slide into the lake of Lucerne. Some of the
trees measured one hundred feet in length, four feet in
diameter at the lower end, and one foot at the upper.
The trees acquired such a velocity in their descent as
enabled them to reach the lake in the short space of
six minutes, the distance being upwards of eight miles.
This slide was a sort of trough built in a cradle form,
and extending from the forest to the end of the lake. It
required thirty thousand trees to construct it. It croi,sed
in its descent three great ravines, one at the height of
64 feet. another at the height of 103, and the third,
where it went along the face of a rock, at that of 157
feet. In two places it was conveyed under ground.
The trees thus brought down into the lake were formed
into rafts and floated down the rapid stream of the
Reuse, by which the lake discharges its waters first
into the Aar, and then into the Rhine. By this con-
veyance, all in s,reams of great rapidity, the trees
sometimes reached Basle in a few days after they had
left Lucerne. They were then navigated down the
Rhins on rafts to Holland, and were afloat in the Ger-
man Ocean in less than a month from having descended
from the side of Pilatus, a very inland mountain not
lees than a thousand miles distant frcm the coast.—
Forestry.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-29

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