The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-31 00:00:00

WEE CARE OF THE TOOTHBRUSE!

We can hardly be surprised et Itinrtog that the people of
Bordeaux are rather uncomfortable at the prospect of the
possible appearance of the PrTisidalul in that city. A raid on
the cellars of Bordeaux would beau inconvenient to the hosts
as pleasant to the guest., and the temptation to pay a visit
to the bankers aid wine merchants of • place presenting so
many attractioni must be difficult to resist. There is also a
valusYlo relic of the Emperor Napoleon 1., which of itself I.
enough to tempt the Prussian. to incur any trouble and
danger with the view of obtaining poueeslon of It; in the
Si su euna • few years ago seas pre.erved the Emperor's tooth-
brunh, and it is probably to be found there still. The citizens
of Bordeaux have therefore some reason for slum; the
toothbrush they might remove to a place Of security, but
not so their wine.

cOmING TO TVA IR IT?

The following decree he. been published In Paris The
Dovermuent of the National Defence, seeing the tor of 19
Brumaire, An 111., seeing the decree of the Ist of October
1370, decrees Requialtlon Is made in the name of the
Government of the National Ds fence of all the horses, uses,
and mules existing in Paris, and in the territory within the
linos of Investment. 2 By the effect of this requisition all
no...seers become but simple guardians of these animals and
are bound to prcilace them when called upon to do to. They
are not at linerty to sell, etchings, or slaughter them, or to
remove them from one district to another. 3. In accordance
with directions which will be addressed to each possessor of
such animals by the Minister of War conjointly with the
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, the animals speciffed
most be Immediately delivered at the place@ named. 4
Animals shall be weighed alive and paid fur in cash. 5. Fur
hones delivered according to requisition and in good con.
aition. the price will be from If. 25c. per kilogramme to
lf. 75c. ; inferior adman will be paid for according to a
scale LO be fixed. 6. Any owner of. horse, ass, or mule who
msy desire to anticipate the demand for delivery, is at liberty
to bring those animals to the hone-market, ti,ulevard
d' Eater. The price to be paid fr animals thus spontaneously
offered will be from 21. to If. 500 per kilogramme. 7. In
Consequence of the general requisition of all horses, asses,
and mules, all owners of such animals who have not con-
formed to the decree of the 2501 of November, 1870, are
hound to make within 48 hours the declaration proscribed
by the said decree. 8. livery animal not duly declared will
, be confiscated for the benefit of the State. 9 Every animal
which shall not have been duly declared, or the transference
! of which to the State shall not be satisfactorily proved, will
ent3ll a penalty equal to the value of the animal withheld—
in no case to boles. than I,oooL—Parts, Dec. 151 1370."

TE peluslare CONTI:N/11D AND PATILICr.
A lady has sent the following letter, dated Dtle. 17, and
received by balicon post from a friend in Parts whom, htua
band and father are both taking part to the defenoe of the
city —'l cannot tell you how cheerfully the people of
Parts bear the miseries of our situation. They recast°,
morcover. quite resolved to hold out as long ae there Is
o in.,uthful of bread. Up to the present time we ore In
*vont of umhlng absolutely neceseary. People are beginnthg
to appreciate hortelleah, and to be pleased when the
Qvmsosul Mon Am Pa be eilelbuted al SU buidiar

shops. Sometlmee„ tnetead of meat, Moe and salt herrings
are served out. Nobody grumbles, and It sought to make
the Prussians rt fie ct to see how the French tvrii help it.
to endure patiently all Mode of prlvdtiona. Wharf the time
comes tor us to have nothing but dry bread, people will
season it with a bon rant, and sell fancy they have had
• good dinner. Let us hope, however, that before then the
Provinces will hive succeeded In putting on a good tooting
the ermine which they are preparing, and that the fortune
of we agatn mly be tried. If nothing sh mil succeed, and
we are obliged to aubrnit to the law of the stronger, we
shall at lent have the consciousness of having amply tut-
1t.16.1 our duty ; honour, at least, will be preserved. Let us,
however, have mondence, for it le imposaible Wit Pr,vi-
donee should not ty Mow &glance on us and enable octet the
our revenge. You CAD form no idea of the tranquility which
prevails to Paris. It might be thot ght a small country
town of 2,000 souls, and at eight p rn. not • sound is heard,
unlesa that of the cannon, which, with its harsh voice,
reminds us that we are surrounded by enemies. I think
without the cannon we should entirely forget that we are
besieged, people get so easily accustomed to everythlug
here."
WAR VICTIMS.

'fl. chief lola of the day before yesterday was sustained
by the First Battalion of the Queen Elisabeth regiment, old
friends and good friends of tome. fhe battalion whiCh your
readers may remember headed the attack which retook Le
1 Bourget on the 30th of October, has again had terrible rea-
son to remember that village 01 its remnant of officers
left, five more went down the day before yesterday, and 117
men were killed and wounded. The chief. Hauptman von
Altrook. seems to bear a charmed life. Ile had on the 3 ith
October 14 bullet holes through his loose mackinto., and
not a single wound. The day before yestereay his offi :ere
fell around him but he was never touched. I have to
record • severe mishap to a very dear friend, young
Freiherr von Brockdorff, • lieutenant in the Kaiser
Fraos Regiment, and the nephew of General von
Moltke. lie was shot through the cheat near the close of
the action of the day before yesterday. A brighter lad I
never knew. Ile was • @tn.:lent at college, In Berlin, when
the war broke out, and Joined the army at once. tie had
won hie commission and the Iron cross. NOW the war has
brought him something elle. I have Just teen hien. He is
lying nearly comatose and very weak. He believes It was
the splinter of • shell that drilled the Jagged hole in his side:
but I think It must have been a stray chassepot bullet, or
one of the mltrailleuse balls which the °Mewed train lent
over. His elder brother. • lieutenant in the Thuringtan
Uhl= regiment, h. been sent round by General von Moltke
to see how fares it with the lad. I fear the tidings which he
viii have to take hack must be the reverse of goott."—Corre-
sposseleut of Daily News.