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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY

To all parts of the Midland and Manufacturing Dictricts
of England, and to LONDON, DUBLIN, BELFAST,
EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, and all the principal
Towne in the Kingdom, and on the Continent.

Mr. Ford, Printer, 131, High Street; London and
North Western Offices, The Wharf, Mr. Payton, Agent.

Carts call at the Onkel frequently during the day to
convey Parcels to the STATION.

The public are requested to order their Parcels
"PER LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.'

Chief Traffic Manager's Office GEORGE FINDLAY
Easton, November. 1878.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW.

AN EXCURSION TRAIN will ran to Bir-
mingham as under THURSDAY, DECEMBER
sth, from Worcester (Foregate street), at 1O.&; a.m.,
Droitivich, 10.1 k; Hartlebury, 10.30; Kidderminster,
10.40; and Stourbridge, 10.56, a m., returning the same
evening.
For fares and full particulars see special bills.
J, Griolllol3, Gsneral Manager.
Paddington Terminus.

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SOCIETY, good agents will be appointed, Branch
Secretaries, Liberal Commission, evening work. Director
10, Walbrook, Mansion House, London, E.C.

BILIOUS and Liver Complaints, indigestion
Headache. Loss of 'AppeUts, Drowsiness (lid.
linen, Spurns, and all Disordersof the Stomach ant
Bowels are quickly removed by that well-known Tragedy
FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. They unite the
recommendation of a mild' operation with the moat Elle-
end,' effect; and where an aperient is required nothim
can be better.
Sold by all Chemists, at Is. Is. f 4. 1, 10

CORNS OF AIITNNA AND COIIIMI NY DR. LOCOMICII PUL.
mom WAYERL—From Mr. C. Collins, Chemist, Brettelt
, Lane Stourbridge : "I am touch pleased to say tia
' your Wafers give general satisfaction, several of imy
customers having taken Ibcni for asthma, coughs. ,te ,
and in every case tli, ius e had the desired effect. In
my opinion they Burp ~.. auythiog that has been offered
to the public." lii .t:thina, consumption, bronchitis,
coughs, colds, rbsur,r-•Tslii, and all hysterical and nar-
rows pains, instant reliet and a rapid sure is siren by
the wderg, whielL taste pleasantly. Sold by all Drat
gists at la lid and 21 Od per box.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

THE PARSON'S GRATES.

The Daily Chronisle has the following :--

Sir,—Somo idea may be formed of the discontent
with our present system of warming from the fact
that I have received in ten days more than 1,000
letters complaining of insufficient warming, and re-
questing instructions for constructing the parson's
grates. The letters still continue to come at the rate
of seventy or more per day. I would venture to sug-
gest that these grates are especially desirable in railway
stations, board schools, and other large areas, for they
can be inexpensively adapted to the agricultural
labourer's cottage or to rooms of large dimensions. I
speak from more than a 12 months' experience of their
use. For a room 30ft. by 20ft. a grate 24in. wide
and 14in. high would give a superabundance of heat,
and its cost, including the setting, need not exceed
about £3. If required for richly•furnished rooms the
ornamentation might be costly, according to desire.
At present our railway stations are cheerless in
winter. Not only do we get much more heat from a
like quantity of fuel, but the cost of attendance is con-
siderably less. As at present constructed the heat
is carried up the chimney instead of being dif-
fused in the room. The drying effect of these
grates is surprising, and especially valuable in country
districts during the moist cold season, Instead of
drawing the outside air through every crekvice, as is
done by the strong drawing registers, these grates heat,
dry, and expand the air which is in the room, so that
one feels warm all over. All applications for instruc-
tions as to construction (which I shall cheerfully send)
should be accompanied by a postage stamp.—l am,
Sir, your obedient servant, J. J. MECIII.
Tlptree-hall, near Kelvedon, Essex, Nov. 26.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

MR. MIINDELLA, M.P., ON THE
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DEPRESSION OF TRADE.

Speaking at the annual dinner of the Sheffield I
Trades Council, Mr. Mundella, M.P. referred at
great length to the depressed state of trade in this
coputry, and particularly with regard to its connec-
tion with American competition. America was just
recovering from five years of unprecedented depres-
sion in trade, and her recovery was due to her bound-
less resources, for thousands of her artizans had been
driven by trade depression to the cultivation of the soil.
Now, she was not only supplying her own people with
goods, but exporting her manufactures to such an
extent that she had become a powerful rival
to England. It did not follow, however, that
America's growth would be England's decadence, for
he believed that England would grow with America's
growth, and strengthen with her strength. Still, it
was important that English workmen should be fully
alive to the strides America was making. The
America patent law encouraged rather than retarded
invention, and a patent there could be obtained for £lO.
It was, he maintained, the greatest folly the working
men could commit to endeavour to stop over-produc-
tion, for they ought to leave that to the employer and
the capitalist. What they ought to do was to sell
their labour wherever they could, for he was sure
that so far as over-production was concerned the
employer and the capitalist would pull up soon
enough. The question was not only an economic,
but a political question. In his opinion, the depres-
sion now prevailing in the country was due to the
want of confidence caused by the probability of the
country being plunged into war. It was a fact that
some of the Australasian colonies were anxious to place
large ..loans EngliA4 n;ka,rlFets leith which to make
railways and carry on other wOriLs vihicli'vionld have
brought a vast amount of trade to this country; but
they were unable to float these loans, owing to the
want of confidence. The conditions existing in the
country now, however, were abundance and cheap-
uess ; and, with peace, he felt certain trade would ex-
Wiez?" rebbilllct alllo Ate Should have a return of
OA old ptoliperlty; (4platuie.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

THE VALUE OF HAIR.

In an article oa "Hairdressers," the Glebe remarks :
. . . " Hairdressers are most friendly to those ens.
tomers who have to purchase hair. Perhaps the
candid confession of need of their services mollifies
them; but we are informed by ladies who have had
occasion to supplement Nature's gift of tresses that
the ' artist ' relaxes greatly on these occasions, and
shows a delicacy and consideration which is quite re-
markable. The intended purchaser of false plaits
or curls is ushered into a private room with a strong
light, and there the hairdresser devotes much time
and skill in ' matching ' the customer's locks in
colour and, texture. Fair-haired people have to pay
a great deal more for their additional locks than dark-
haired ones, and golden Lhair is nearly as costly as
the metal it is named after. £l5 is no unusual amount
to pay for a long plait of really golden hair ; or, at least,
was not when that hue was in fashion. Actual white
hair is exceedingly costly. Brown hair is dear if of a
very fine texture. People with 'coarse, dark hair
come off most cheaply. We are told by a hair-
dresser that foreign convents save the locks cut
from the heads of the nuns who take the final
vow, and sell this hair afterwards for the good of the
community. These tresses bear a higher value, for,
coming from the heads of people of the better class,
they are generally of finer quality and in a cleaner
condition than locks purchased from the poorer
classes. We do not vouch for the truth of this state-
ment. It must have required a great many devotees
to supply a tenth of the fable hair worn during the
rage for chignons; but the idea is a pleasanter one
than the reflection that our borrowed locks were
taken from the head of some German peasant
girl, who was certainly no disciple of the creed
that 'cleanliness is next to godliness.' True, all
hair is subjected to a long variety of processes before
it is offered for sale to a wearer. At one stage the
locks are rolled round little sticks of clay, placed in
a dish, and literally baked in a pie,' like the 'four-
and-twenty blackbirds.' Still, visitors at the annual
village fairs in Germany, where the hair merchants
reap their great harvest, would certainly prefer bon
rowing false locks from some gentle ' religious ' than
from the damsels they behold in the act of selling
their tresses
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESO EN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

MEERSCHAUM PIPES,

CIGAR

HOLDERS,

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1878.

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES,

PUBLIC NOTICES.

PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

VICTORIA HALL AND RINK,

STOURBRIDGE.

Six Days Only. Commencing Monday Next, Dec 2cd

Engagement of the Renowned
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

THE AMERICAN FOOD SUPPLY.

The American food supply at Liverpool last week
was characterised by the arrival of an enormous
number of live sheep, considering the state of the
weather. The amount of fresh meat landed was also
large. The steamer Memphis had on board 111 head
of cattle and 2,424 sheep; the Brooklyn, 525 cattle
and 1,851 sheep; the Lake Champlain, 135 head of
cattle; and the Istrian, 54 cattle ; the totals being 825
head of cattle and 4,275 sheep. With American meat
the following vessels arrived :—Nevada, with 1,700
quarters of beef and 600 carcases of mutton; Adriatic,
700 quarters of beef and 200 carcases of mutton; City
of Richmond, 724 quarters of beef, 164 carcases of
mutton, and 94 dead pigs; Moravian, with 600 quarters
beef; and the Egypt, with 668 quarters of beef and 75
carcases of mutton, making 4,%92 quarters of beef,
1,035 carcases of mutton, and 94 pigs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

(From Wedneaday's Times.)

DADUR, NOV. 26.
"On the 22nd Colonel Kennedy, commai,ding a brigade
consisting of six mountain guns, the 2,,d Punjab Cavalry,
and the 32nd Pioneers, wings of the Ist and 26th Punjab
Infantry, and the 2nd Beloochees—a force of all arms 2,000
5tt0L....... Cued to 0r19311Z it, on the
,Khelat border.
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71.01=0 e"Aratfdr(l: "detachnie
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

ARCTIC SKATERS

(Charlton and Tyme.) who will give their
MARVELLOUS ENTERTAINMENTS,
Every Evening at 8 and 9. Two distinct Performances.

PROFESSOR CHARLTON'S

CHAMPION STRAPLESS FEAT
Is the Greatest Skating Feat of the present day.
The most difficult figures being executed without the
Skates being in any way Fastened to the Feet.
SKATING AT INTERVALS. FULL RAND.

Admission, 6d. Skates, 6d. Season Ticket Holders, Free,

VICTORIA HALL AND RIME

STOURBRIDGE.

A REVISED SCALE of PRICES for SEASON
TICKETS and COUPON BOOKS for the present
Season is now in Operation.

Particulars at the Rink and Newspaper Offices.

These 'rickets give admission at all ordinary timt
and to all Entertainments when Skating is per-
mitted.

BAND IN ATTENDA.NCE.
H. J. HAINGE.

Propri a ter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

A PARTING NOTICE.

The New York Times Bays:—" Dean Stanley has
sailed for home in the Canard steamship Bothnia, after
a two months' visit to this country. After his arrival
at Boston, in September, he travelled extensively
through the Eastern States, from Maine to Virginia,
went to Quebec and Niagara Falls, and at length came
to New York, where he has spent ten days in the most
indefatigable sight-seeing. He is a very small man, 64
years of age, though looking much older, and apparently
too fragile for the slightest exertion; but he proved him-
self to be possessed of an iron constitution, and accom-
plished more while here than could have been deemed pos-
sible. Even on the day of his departure for Europe,
though fatigued by the immense farewell reception
given in the house of Mr. Cyrus W. Field in his
honour the night before, his energy did not flag, and
passed a very busy morning. After an early break-
fast he received many friends who called to bid him
farewell. He was then driven to the Normal College
on Sixty-third-street, which he thoroughly inspected,
and where he made two short addresses to the
students. From there he went to the Cooper
Union, where he was received and conducted
through the building by the venerable Peter Cooper,
and returned to Mr. Field's house for lunch. At
half-past one o'clock he was on board the Bothnia and
receiving the friends who came to bid him God-speed
on his voyage. This reception was somewhat pro-
longed, as the ship did not sail until three o'clock, or
an hour after her advertised time: but during all this
time the Dean remained on deck chatting with his
friends and protected from the cold by an immense and
very shabby cloak, a broad-brimmed, soft felthat, very
rusty, and looking even more shabby than his cloak, a
black shawl wound about his neck, and black cotton
gloves on his hands. As the great ship moved from
her dock he stood near the rail on the starboard
quarter-deck with his travelling companions, Mr.
Grrove and Dr. Harper, and waved an adieu to his
friends on the pier with a small, red-covered guide-
book of New York and vicinity, with the aid of which
he was prepared to discover places of interest while
sailing down the bay."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The usual monthly meeting of this body was
held in the Board Room, on Monday; Mr. Hughes
in the chair. There were also present Messrs.
Kelley, Scott, Woolley, Moore, Ick, Hicklin, and
Stringer.
The minutes of the,laF3t meeting were read and
confirmed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

AN EXTRAORDINARY POSTMAN.

A man who has walked an average of sixty kilo-
metres a day during sixty years merits a word of
notice when he disappears from the stage of life, even
though he be but a rural letter carrier (remarks the
Evening Standard). Pere Ayrat, or the wandering
Jew, as he was commonly called, was doyen of French
rural postmen, having been in harness for upwards
of sixty years, during which time he had scarcely
known a day's illness. He did his sixty kilometres
per diem to the last—that is to say, till his eighty-
fifth year, having walked during his time 1,306,800
kilometres, or a distance equal to 32 times the tour of
the world. Being a man of order and method, Pere
Ayrat had kept, since the day he entered upon his func-
tions, an account of the number of letters which diurnally
passed through his hands, with their tidings of joy or
sorrow, their words of tender love or angry hate. The
total amounts to 1,425,675 missives distributed by the
rural letter carrier during the 60 years, the amount he
received from the State for his services during this
period being 226,000 f. Pere Ayrat walks no more now,
having just succumbed, after a short malady, at Espa-
lion. It would be but right if the inhabitants oi the
country districts, where his weather-beaten counten-
ance has been so long familiar, were to erect a modest
monument over his grave, with a faithful account of
his walking exploits recorded thereon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

THE WESLEYAN METHODIST
THANKSGIVING FUND.

The proposal to raise £200,000 for the present and prospec-
tive requirements of Methodism has directed attention to
former Wesleyan movements of a similar character, and the
following particulars may not be without interest :

The Missionary Jubilee Fund in 1863 amounted to
nearly £190,000; the Connexional Extension and Re-
lief Fund of 1853 amounted to between £BO,OOO and
£90,000; but the Wesleyan Centenary Fund of
1839 is most in point for the present movement,
and some particulars of it will be interesting.
The amount raised in England, Scotland, and Wales
for the Centenary Fund was upwards of £191,000;
being about 12s. per head for those then in the society.
The Wesleyan ministers, probationers, and supernu-
meraries of that day contributed a sum of more than
£14,200, or close upon £l4 per contributor. There was
no higher subscriber to the fund than for about
£1,600; 11 donors of £l,OOO and upwards raised
£15778; 20 donors of £5OO and upwards raised £11.862;
58 donors of £2OO and upwards raised £15,380 •
199 donors of 2100 and upwards raised 223,374-2
£66,394. So that nearly two-thirds of the whole amount
were contributed by persons whose gifts were lees than
MOO each. It has been calculated that the total number
of donors, exclusively of those who gave at public
collections, was about 24,000. The following districts
contributed the following sums :—Manchester and
Bolton, £28,950; London, £19,380; Leeds, £14,303;
Halifax and Bradford, £12,394; Birmingham and
Shrewsbury, £11,262 ; Sheffield, £9,055 ; Liver-
pool, £8,347; Hull, £7,574; Nottingham and Derby,
£7,110; Bristol, £6,566; York, £6,495; Macclesfield,
£6,029; Newcastle, £5,454; Whitby and Darlington;
£4,973; Cornwall, £4 667 ; Bedford and North-
ainpton,£4, 927; Bath, £3,903; Lincoln, £4,798; Kent,
£3,190; South and North Wales, £3,190; Norwich and
Lynn, £3,015 ; Exeter, £3,195 ; Channel Islands,
£2,744; Devonport, £2,368; Carlisle, £2,209; Oxford,
£2119: Portsmouth, £1,454; Scotland, £941; Isle of
Man, £386.
Since the Centenary Fund in 1839 the Wesleyans
have greatly increased in wealth and numbers' so that
if they give now as they gave 39 years ago, there is
every probability that the £200,000 Thanksgiving Fund
will be raised in the course of the next two cr three
years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

TALLOW

a. d. s. cL
Town Tallow, per cwt. 63 3 Rough Stuff, per cwt. 14 a
9 •
Rough Fat, per Sibs. .. 1 7 °reeves 16 0
Melted Stuff, I , per cwt. 27 6 Good Dregs , 6 0
Yellow Russian, new .... 86s. Od, per Cwt.
Australian Mutton Tallow. See. 6d. u
Ditto Beef Ditto. 85s. Od. u

HAY,
WHITEcHAYEL, Saturday, Nov. 23.—Our supply was mo-
derate. A rather better trade prevailed and Clover and
Straw were rather dearer. Annexed are the quotations :
Prime Clover, 100 s. to 12Th; Inferior ditto, 808-t01,902. Prime
Meadow Hay, 761. to 841. Infezior,Ao4.4o 70s4and Straw
S2s. to 40s. per load.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

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MR. GEORGE JOHNSON, 30, Colmore Row; Bir•
minghaw, is prepared to make immediate CASH
ADVANCES upon every description of Security.

AirONEY lent on Easy Terms by *plying to
Benbow sad Co., Debt Collectors, Bacot.,
BtOurbridge. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

THE KENTISH LABOURERS' STRIKE.

The Maidstone Journal denies that there has been
any "general lock-out" of Kentish labourers, while
the number on strike has been greatly exaggerated. A
few farmers, less in number than could be counted on
the fingers of a single hand, have refused to employ
labourers belonging to the Kent and Sussex Union
The great majority of the agriculturists have left their
labourers free to belong to the Union or not as they
please. As regards wages, the reduction has been by
no means universal. If it had been, there need be very
little cause for surprise. Worse times than have been
experienced during the past few years cannot well be
imagined, and Kent has been peculiarly unfortunate.
Small farmers have in many instances been actually
worse off than the men they employed. Even large
owners of land, during the last year or two, have con-
sidered themselves fortunate if they have cleared their
expenses and not sustained any actual loss. In numer-
ous instances they have had to trench "seriously upon
capital.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

THE UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE.

In London, on Tuesday night, the anniversary
meeting of the London Auxiliary of the United
Kingdom Alliance was held at the Memorial-hall,
Farringdon-street. Alderman Sir William Lusk pre-
sided, and was supported on the platform by Mr. A.
M. Sullivan, ALP., Mr. B. Whitworth, M.P., and
Mr. S. Pope, Q.C. The first resolution was moved
by Mr. Samuel Pope :

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"That the present state of the public mind in relation to
the liquor traffic and legislation upon it is eminently propi-
tious to the cause of the United Kingdom Alliance, and
ought to encourage its friends to a still more earnest and
ardent advocacy of its claims and of the admirable Parlia-
mentary measure associated with the name of Sir Wilfrid
Lawson."

This resolution, which was seconded by Mr. A. M.
Sullivan M.P., who drew the attention of the meet-
ing to the declaration on the Permissive Bill, signed
by over 250 graduate-electors of the University of
London was carried. The second resolution, pro-
posed 14 Mr. B. Whitworth, was as follows :

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"That the failure of all attempts efficiently to grapple
with the evils arising from the licensed traffic in intoxicating
liquors affords urgent reason for the adoption of that pro-
hibitory legislation which hes never failed, when faithfully
enforced, to produce the moat beneficial results, .ind which,
therefore, all true patriots should unite to press upon
the constituencies and Parliament of the United Kingdom."
This resolution was seconded by Mr. N. B. Down-
ing, and carried. It was next resolved :

"That the success of prohibition in Maine and other
states of the American Union, and the enactment of a per-
missive prohibitory law by the Legislature of the Dominion
of Canada are circumstances calculated to animate all the
friends of temperance in this country to a liberal and en-
thusiastic support of the United Kihgdom Alliance in its
great and arduous work of agitation and reform."
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Mrs. Molloy (United States) then delivered an
address, urging the women of Old England to do all
they could to obtain the passing of the Permissive Bill
and to help the United Kingdom Alliance, as if they
left these matters to men they would have to wait a
good time.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

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Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of MRS.
WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYMP. It will relieve the poor
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Address :—Mr. Wirziefds, 10, Oxford Terrace, Hyde
Park, London,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

THE DANGERS OF HURRY.

A recent painful case illustrates the danger of hurry-
ing to catch a train. The peril is very considerable,
and it besets most men in these busy times. It is not
perhaps a matter of social concern, but it is one in
which every member of the community has a personal
interest. The high pressure and speed at which we
live, and the impetuous haste of business in these days
of extreme utilitarianism, do not allow any exemption
from the common rush. Even the staid and deliberate
classes are affected by the rapid movement around
them, and must needs hurry to keep their place. No
inertia can check the torrent, and the stoutest resolve
to move slowly is powerless to stem the flood. It re-
mains to adapt the conduct to the inexorable condi-
tions. There is only one remedy for the evil of hurry,
and a single protection against its consequences—that
is orderly method. Never in the history of intellec-
tual and commercial progress was the need of order
more urgent. It is not the amount of work accom-
plished that exhausts the strength and leads to a
break-down; it is the effort made, and the worry of
making it, that over-tax the energy of control and the
strength of action. Perhaps one of the most prolific
causes of collapse in recent times has been the lack of
training. This is not sufficiently recognised. In the
old days of "apprenticeship," and slowly built-up
qualifications for work, youths were specially-trained
for their business in life, and the difficulties of the
career came upon them gradually. Now one-half
of the labourels in any department of industry have
entered it in some sudden way, and industry has be-
come a general Take, in which those who can by effort
accomplish the greater results are counted successful.
The effortless, though not always the least capable,
are vanquished. What takes place in regard to work
finds its parallel in, and is to a great extent the cause
of, the hurry and worry of the busy world as a whole.
Everything and everybody presses forward at high
speed, and success means outrunning competitors.
The maxim of safety—to avoid physical hurry and
mental hurry alike—is, prepare, deliberate, in a word,
adopt an orderly method. The man with a weak
heart who endangers his life by hurrying to catch a
train, unless under altogether exceptional circum-
stances, is probably the victim of a defect in early
training, which leaves him at the mercy of impulse
without order; or he is striving to fill a place in life
for which his chief qualification has been the faculty
of accomplishing by effort more than can be achieved
naturally by steady labour. Some persons are ever
hurrying after their engagements; others are goaded
onward by the pressure behind them; but however the
" hurry" is produced, it is full of peril to happiness of
mind and health of body, and in the end, by ex-
haustion, if not prematurely by accident, it kills.—
Lancet,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

GAME AND POULTRY.

Turkeys, 7s. to 15s. 6d. ; hen ditto, 45. 6d. to Ts. 9d.; geese
selected, Bs. 6d. to 12s. 6d. French ditto, Be. to 81. 6d.. • Irish
ditto, 4a. to 6s. 6d.; live hens, 2a. to 3s. ; chickens, is '9t. to
2. 10d. ; pigeons, 6d. to is.: plovers, 10d. to is. 3d ; golden
ditto, is. to Is. 6d.; snipe, is. to Is. 3d. : teal, Is. 6d. to 2a. ;
pintail, Is. 3d. to 23.24.; pheasants, 2a 9d. to ss. ; partridges.
is 6d. to 35.; ptarmigan, 9d. to is. 24 ; roe deer, 15i to
275. 6d. each; Aylesbury butter, is. 24. to is. 64. per lb.
FISH.

Sod, £7 175. 6d. to £ll 10s. Per score; crimped, 10s. 6d. to
21s. each; soles, is. 9d. to 55. per pair; whiting, 101. to 155.
per basket; lobsters, 12s. 6d. to 455, per dozen; crabs,
£2 103. to £3 lOs per barrel; eels, Sd. to is. per lb.; bloaters,
4s. to 5s per box; kippers, 6s. 6d. so 123. per basket;
turbot, 9s. to 18s. 6d. each • native oysters, £l2 to £l3 per
bushel; common ditto, 65. each;
10s. per hundred; sturgeon,
11d. to Is. 3d. per lb.; mackerel, 2s, 3d. to 41. per dozen
mullet, Bs. to 10s. per score.

SEED.
LONDON, Monday, November 25.—There was rather more
Enghah Cloverseeq ering, and higher prices were de-
manded for all fine qualitits : several buyers inclined to get
into stock Not much passing in French or American ;
little of either sort offering. Trefoil was unaltered in price.
Canary seed was in limited request, at rather less money.
Small Hempseed could be bought on lower terms, but the
demand wm, limited. Winter Tares continue to be offered
qatuevsetry forndiogoeordategruaatleisties,Wahtiteprlelvuisotusardsgeueodtawtaiosnisn. air
inr %-
samples of brown were fully as dear. Good samples of
guglish Rapeseed brought quite as much money, with a
steady sale.
PROVISION.

LONDON, Monday, Nov. 25.—The arrivals last week from
Ireland were 410 firkins Butter and 5,357 bales Bacon, and
from foreign ports 29,31‘ packages of Butter and 1,237 bales
Bacon. the Butter market remained steady during the
past week, with little alteration to notice in prices, the
finest qualities meeting the readiest sale, but the quay price
of Dutch declined to 116 s. to 120 s. on account of quality. In
the Bacon market there was a fair amount of business
transacted at little or no charge in landed rates of Irish.
whilst the charge for free-on-board orders was reduced 24.
Hamburg was 2s. lower.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

A WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT.

The Government have decided on recommending her
Majesty to call Parliament together on Thursday, De-
cember 5. The first session of the present Parliament
was held March 5, 1874. The session which will open
on December 5 will thus be the sth of the ninth Par-
liament which has met since the accession of Queen
Victoria. On the 19th of November, 1867 (Lord
Derby being then Prime Minister), Parliament met
for a winter session, on the occasion of the Abyssinian
war ; and it was then announced in the Speech from
the Throne, with reference to King Theodore, that
"his persistent disregard of friendly representations
has left me DO alternative but that of making a
peremptory demand for the liberation of my subjects,
and supporting it by an adequate force." There was
another winter session in the following year, when the
new Parliament met December 10, 1868.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

G. F. GREEN,
-I)IkNOFORTE
A '

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

3,l4iiryr PLita.SITRE IN PUBLISITING THII FOLLOWING
TESTIMONIALS,

Vrom Mr: C. Potter, Professor of Music, from the
wtitation for the Blind, St. John's Wood, London:— ,
eau confidently recommend Mr. Green as a Piano,
orte, Tuner, He tunes by equal temperament, and ob-
elus an exact scale. (Signed) C. POTTER."
FroM Mr. J. F. Patterson, Organist, St. Patrick's
Church, Tluddersfield :—"I have much pleasure in tes-
tifying to the abilities of Mr. Green as a Pianoforte
Tuner. ae lays the bearings with exactness and perfec-
tion. (Signed) JAMES F. PATTERSON."
Froth Mrs. Sanderson, Solo Pianiste. of the London
and c..iverpool Concerts:—" Mr. Green is one of the few
who (!aza Tune my Piano to the nicety I require previous
to giving my Public Recitals . (Signed) E. K. SAND.
SON.

From Mr. Batterworth, Organist, Dobeross, ne
Mac eh ester :—" Mr. Green's eqn al as a Pianoforte Tun
ewn i-irely be re et 'Kith.. (Signed) DAVID BUTTERIVOIVIB
g s. d
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

AN INCIDENT IN AN AMERICAN
SLEEPING CAR.

A Burlington correspondent relates the following incident
that happened to him last week in a sleeping car on an
American railway :
We had taken in passengers for the night, the latest
being from the backwood district. "We were all in
bed in our respective recesses, when an inhabitant of
one of the recesses started out with a terrific—
" Gu-r-r-t I" That opened every eye in the car. We
all hoped it was an accident, however, and, trusting
that he wouldn't do it again, we all forgave him.
Then he blasted our hopes and curdled the sweet
serenity of our forgiveness by a long drawn " Gw-a,
h h-h-hah ! " That sounded too much like business
to be accidental. Then every head in that sleepless
sleeper was held on the pillow for a minute, waiting,
in breathless suspense, to hear the worst, and the
sleeper in "lower three" went on in long drawn,
regular cadences, that indicated good staying quali-
ties, " Gwa-a-ah ! Gwa-a-ah ! Gahwahwah ! G'ah-
wahwah ! Gawha•a-a-ah ? " Evidently it was going
to last all night, and the weary heads drooped back
on the sleepless pillows, and the swearing began.
It mumbled along in low muttering tones, like dis-
tant echoes of a profane thunderstorm. Pretty soon
"lower three" gave us a variation. He shot off a
spiteful " Gwook ! " which sounded as though his
nose had got mad at him, and was going to strike.
Then there was a pause, and then we bean to hope
hat he had either awakened from the sleep or
strangled to death, nobody cared particularly which.
But he disappointed everybody with a guttural
" Gurroch " Then he paused again for breath, and
when he had accumulated enough for his purpose, he
resumed with a stentorian " Kowpf 1" that nearly
shot the roof off the car. Then he went on playing
such fantastic tricks with his nose, and breathing
things that would make the immortal gods weep if
they did but hear him. Just as the other passengers
had consulted together how they might slay him,
morning dawned. "lower number three" awoke.
Everbody watched the curtains to see what manner of
man it was that made that beautiful sleeping car a
pandemonium. Presently the toilet was completed,
the curtains parted, and "lower number three" stood
revealed. Good heavens! It was a fair young girl,
with golden hair and timid pleading eyes, like a
hunted fawn's!"

The Daily Nem states that the Duke of Argyll,
who is at Canoes, is Buffering from a severe attack of gout,
which may
England in time for the December session of Parliament,
make it impossible for him to return to
On Tuesday night a meeting of railway servants in
Dundee, Arbrouth, Forfar, and other Scotch towns was
held in Dundee, to take into consideration the reduction of
wages intimated by the directors. It was resolved that
deputations from all the towns should wait on the directors
with the view of getting the notice withdrawn, TO re-
duction,is to the extent of la, a wee li; and ia tfq strect all
the o 'Male except stationmaalers, clerks, colleCtors, and
portal§
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

A PRINCELY PILGRIMAGE.

The Crown Prince of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus,
has been making a pious pilgrimage to Pan, in order
to see the birthplace of the founder of his house,
Monsieur John Baptist Julius Bernadotte, who
afterwards became Charles XIV. of Sweden. It
was the first time since 1780, the year of Bernadotte's
dvparture, that any member of the family had
visited the ancestral home. In that year the young
son of the Pau lawyer, only sixteen years of age, little
dreaming that a Royal crown lay at the end of his
journey, ran away from hie parents, and enrolled
himself as a private soldier in the army of Louis the
XVI. After a phase of jealous Republicanism, the
future King of Sweden threw himself heart and soul
into the plans of Napoleon Bonaparte, who advanced
him to an Italian principality, and the Governor.
Generalship of Rome. In 1810 Charles XIIL pro-
posed to the Swedish. Estates that Bernadotte should
be nominated Crown Prince of Sweden. The ambi-
tious man joyfully accepted the honour, and was
hastily converted from Catholic error to Protestant
truth, in order fully to qualify himself for his promis-
ing future as the successor of Gustavus Adolphus, the
armed knight of the Gospel, whereupon the Swedish
king adopted him as his son, and bestowed upon him
the name of Karl Johann. His great grandson and
heir, the present Crown Prince, after viewing the
house in which his French ancestor was born, sought
out all the still remaining members of the Bernadotte
family in the neighbourhood of Pau.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA
DESCRIBED.

The Vienna oorrespondent of an Austrian paper thus
describes the Impress of Austria

"Here everyone goes to drive, walk, or ride on
horseback, and I have, thanks to Madame Nilsson,
seen all the celebrities of Vienna, and the Empress on
horseback. As usual, we left the carriage to walk a
little, and just then the royal party passed, her
Majesty bowing to the fair Swedish prima donna
with great affability, and smiling at the same time
very sweetly. Being with Nilsson, I was also fa-
voured with a most gracious bow, which gave me a
rare opportunity to look well into the face of her Majesty.
She is the finest horsewoman I ever saw, and is still
perfectly beautiful en horseback. Picture to your-
self a slender lithe form, clothed in a perfectly-fitting
riding habit, masses of dark, curling hair, and a dainty
aristocratic face lighted up by superb black eyes.
When she smiles her teeth gleam out even and fine,
like small pearls. Her complexion is pale and
clear, and her mouth, though a little large, is
quite a royal one, with thin, well-cut lips and
corners, just haughtily enough to say, "I was
born to command." Her neck is slim and well poised,
and her bust is beautifully modelled. You must know
that the Empress of Austria is now a grandmamma,
and yet no one could with justice give her more than
30 or 32 years at the outside. Her waist is still as
round and small as when she was a young princess, and
not, as now, her Majesty. Sometimes her face wears
a most lovely colour, and after galloping up and down
two or three times the long avenue of the Prater, she
looks younger and prettier than ever."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

THE AFGHAN QUESTION.

Addressing a large number of his constituents on
Monday, Mr. T. W. Boord, the Conservative !member
for Greenwich, observed that the Russian journals
were openly boasting that the present difficulties in
Afghanistan were the result of Muscovite diplomacy,
and that it was once more to be a case of unofficial
warfare. Afghanistan under Russian influence would
be a perfect hotbed of intrigue and a source
of constant trouble and annoyance to the people of
India. There was another element in the question.
The Afghans themselves held our North-Western fron-
tiers, and we were entirely at their mercy—a state of
things only tolerable while Russia remained at a dis-
tance, and the ruler of the country continued to be
friendly. What England wanted was to hold Russia
to her promises made in 1869, when she proclaimed
that Afghanistan was outside the sphere of her diplo-
macy. The frontiers must also be placed under our
own control. (Hear, hear.) If that could be done by
the occupation of places so situated as to give us the
command of the passes, the annexation of territory
being as limited as possible, we should have cause for
congratulation. The time was at hand when compe-
tent critics would have an opportunity of saying all
that could be said for and against the present Govern-
ment. He felt certain that the fullest information
would be laid before Parliament, whose deliberations
could not fail to conduce to what was the oonetantaim
of the Government—namely, the lasting peace, the
honour, and tranquility of all the races having the good
fortune to belong to one of the greatest Empires, the
world had ever seen.

Advices from Tangier of the 21st inst. state that 60
deaths occur daily at Mogador. The epidemic is not con-
31dered to be cholera.

At the morning service at Westminster Abbey on
eSutylay, the prayers of the 'congregation wAre aged for Mr.
William Neiman limt, who is dangerously ill.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

ie
ACKNOVVDEDGED
BY EVERY CONSUMER
to be
SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS.

FARMERS not wishing to dispose of their
crops at the present low rate of prices can obtain
cash advances from £lO to £lOOO by applying to T.
BANNINCITON, First Floor, 20, Cannon Street., Bir-
mingham. Money also advanced to respectable House-
holders, Cab Proprietors, Cow Keepers, Professional
Gentlemen and others, without any loan office routine,
apply as above.

EXHIBITION NOTEII.—PARIB.—" The Grlignani's
svnger "of October 15, says " Messrs. Horniman have
had wonderful success with their famous tea in the Paris
Exhibition; it is now sought after by foreigners as well
as English. There is no doubt but that Messrs. Horni-
man's tea is a great acquisition on the continent; it is
possessed of a most delicious flavour, and it is unique in
quality ; the price, too, is such as to bring it within the
reach of all classes." Agents; Stourbridge, Clarke, 151,
High-at Baker, 124, High-st.; Hewit, Market Place ;
Morris, 136, High-st.; Brierley Hill, Rawlings chemist ;
Kidderminster, Hewitt, Bull Ring; Halesowen, Adam,
chemist ; Lye, Jones, chemist; Wordsley, Whewell,
chemist;Kingswinford, Pearson, Brettell Lane, Collins
chemist; Birmingham, Banks, Bull Ring.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK AND
WORKING MEN.

The Archbishop of York addressed a large assem-
blage of men in the Corn Exchange of the ancient
city on Saturday evening. He said there was no
doubt that the position of the working man was now
far higher than it ever was before. So far as political
freedom and equality of political rights were con-
cerned, the working man had certainly no cause for
elmplaint of his present position. But there were still
alany things that hindered the working man from
obtaining perfect freedom. For the most part, how-
ever, the chains he wore were not forged for him by
any other class—they were forged for him only by him-
self. The Gospel was the only supplementary need.
If they would but know the truth and know Christ,
they would be free indeed. Christ had done much
for the working classes and the lower middle
classes throughout the country, and if they would
but accept Him He would do infinitely more.
He knew, for instance that no man could follow
Christ and also practice the slavish, degrading vice of
drinking. The aspirations of the working man in
regard to equality had in a great measure been
realised. There was no doubt a gradation of classes
amongst the people, and he hoped it would long con-
tinue. Liberty, equality, and brotherhood were theirs
in Christ, and all other' attempts to realise them
would be in vain. The liberty the people tried to
snatch for themselves would only end in tyranny;
equality would only be built up to be immediately
shattered, and brotherhood would be a thing of the
ips, and not of the heart and feeling. (Cheers.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

FINANCE COMMITTEES' REPORT.

The Clerk read the Finance Committees' repoit
which showed. the following balances: Highway
Account due •to the Treasurer to this date,
.2362 38 10d; Improvement Account balance due
from Treasurer £93 8s lid; Urban Sanitary Au-
thority Account balance due to Treasurer .2445
id.
Your committee have examined a number of
accounts and recommend them to be paid:—
Improvement Account, .2242 12s 6d; Highway
Account, .269 13s 3d; Urban Sanitary Account,
.231 5s Od.
On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by
Mr. Kelley, the accounts examined were ordered
to be paid.

REPORT OF TILE GENERAL PURPOSES COICIIITTER•

MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH'S REPORT.—
Number of deaths registered from October 21
to November 18 is 9, viz., 5 males and 4 females.
The death-rate is 11.9 per 1,000. The death-
rate during the past month has been remarkably
low. Out of nine deaths five were of one year
and under, and one was from an accident BO that
there were only three deaths from ordinary causes.
The cause of the deaths of those young ones being
deficient The water that is being laid on
at the Gig
supply there is in a very
Mill willbe a great benefit to the 111-
.1 e number of births regis-
drink,i,ng
period is 32, viz., 16 males
Tbe birth-rata ia 40.9 per
and 16 female&
deficient coit
nadliittlio.n. li
habitants as the
tered in the saule
1,000-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

MEDICAL CAUTION.

TMILE Special Treatment adopted and used
with such great success by Dr. Hunter for the
last thirty
„years, can only be obtained at 44. Great
Charles Street, Birmingham. Book of Testimonial'',
with advice how to regain Health and Manly Vigour,
and.Direstioas fir Self Treatment, free to any address
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

A MAGNIFICENT SCHEME.

A discovery is reported by a newspaper of Chicago
to have been made by a Mr. Stempel, of that city,
which eclipses not only the electric light, but tele-
phones, phonographs, and all the other wonderful
inventions of the day. Mr. Stempel proposes not
only to light, but also to heat and furnish water power
for the whole of the United States by one immense
and magnificent scheme. His proposition is that the
tides of the ocean can furnish a constant and un-
limited power which can by friction be converted
into any amount of electricity for the purpose of
creating light, heat. and power for the use of man.
He proposes to build immense basins in the sea,
in the shallow water of an inlet near the shore,
where there are high floods. Two walls are to be
built strong enough for the purpose. One will be
built at the mouth of the inlet to shut off the sea;
the other a certain distance apart, to divide the
inlet into two basins. Each wall will have a floodgate,
through which, when open, the sea can flow in. At high
tide the floodgate nearest the land is shut. Six hours
after, at ebb tide, the gate of the outer basin is closed,
and thus Mr. Stempel will have one great basin full of
water. Smaller gates in the wall of the first basin are
then opened, and the water rushes through, turning as
it runs a thousand turbine wheels, which in their turn
keep in motion the electrical machines from which it is
proposed to generate sufficient electricity to furnish
the entire country with light, heat, and motive power.
The cost will, it is estimated, not exceed 2,000,000,000
dols. ; and Mr. Stempel proposes to bring the matter
before Congress in its next session, and urge upon the
Democrats " to go in for this scheme, instead of pay-
ing the rebel debt and claims."— Pall Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-30

THE COMING FORCE.

Electricity is indubitably the coming force, and
there seems to be a prospect of a time when every man
will be his own electric light. Indeed, it will be
necessary to check rather than encourage the de-
velopment of human electricity. A Montreal Pro-
fessor tells us that on the floor of his dining-room he
has a hearthrug of buffalo skin, and that when his
servant treads on that, in handing a plate to a guest,
he very commonly also communicates a flash of
lightning on a small scale, the shock being un-
pleasant to both giver and receiver. It seems
that no one can move about without generating
electricity; the only thing that prevents men from
being so many charged Leyden jars, with a
shock lurking somewhere about them, is the
ease with which they part with the electricity they
make, when the air is damp or when their feet are wet,
or when they touch a conducting medium. We are
constantly making electricity; but we let it go as fast
as we make it, or almost as fast. Perhaps when we
establish an especially fine conductor between us and
the world—in the shape of wet boots or wet clothes—
we part with it faster than we make it; and perchance
the medicine of the future may find that this has some-
thing to do with the maladies thus generated. It has
been said by some medical men that, in cases of
cholera, the electrioal conditions of the patients
are curiously affected, and remedies have been
suggested which have nothing more in view than
to keep up the supply of electricity in the body.
But in Canada, it seems, one has only to run across
the room in order to be able to light a gas-lamp by
a flash from one's fingers. Really the ancients made
some shrewd guesses at the science that was to come
after them. Plato was not very far from the know-
ledge of nervous centres, connected with the will by
very slender sympathetic control; but it has re-
mained for the nineteenth century to justify the myth
of the thunderboltsin the hand of Jove, by pointing
out that if a Canadian will put on dry woollen socks,
and run across a woollen carpet; or even if he will
sit upon a stool of warm dry glass and get somebody to
flog him gently with a fox-tail—he can send a small
flash from his fore-finger to light his lamp, Poor
Jove 1 to be reduced from wielding the thunders to the
lighting of gas !—Eeening Standard.