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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

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THE DIARKETS.

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MARK-LLNE.—MormAy779I
Business at Mark ane to-day has been dull. There hat4—'
been a thin nclar le, and throughout transactions have
been restricted. English wheat came to hand in Gulling
quantities, nevertheless sales were difficult, prices rain&
about the same as on Monday last. With reference to
foreign wheat, the supplies were tokrably good. There was
a dull trade, and had sales been forced, less money must
have been taken. The supply of barley was moderate. The
choicest malting samples were steady in value, otherwise
the market was flat. Malt sold en former terms. Oats
were in moderate supply. The trade was quiet at previous
currencies. Maize met a slow sale. American was quoted td
at 28s. Beans and peas were dull and occasionally is pew.
quarter lower. The flour market was depressed at nominally
previous prices.

MPRK-LME.
There is no fresh feature in the grain trade at Mark-lane:
English wheat is in short supply, still the demand remains ,t
Inactive, at about late rates. With reference to foreign wheat
the market was fairly supplied. Throughout business was
limited, at the prices of Monday. Barley was in moderate
supply. The inquiry was limited, on former terms. Malt
was disposed of at previous quotations. Oats, of which a
very moderate supply was on the stands were in quiet request 4
at late prices. Maize was dull and drooping. Beans and
peas were depressed, at the recent reduction. Flour was
dull market throughout. =
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prising that ladies, who must have su'
cold, owing to the deficiency of the
have taken to clothing themselves in
.of the chase after the fashion of _
and if these 'deer-skin bodices Die ...de "anapie di
to coxer their throats, the cost of embroidelhAof-
'with silver will no doubt be saved in doctor'sl3 "‘
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,however, be a grateful, act of con,d9scelc2t
their part if, while utilizfrig the beasts or thi rcv
ornamental purposes, they will take We 'oppoi. Ulu
of sparing the birds of the air. .A lady with a
skin thrown Over her shoulders may 'dispense'
,cock robin in her hat. The body of the deer may •
cooked and eaten, and the approlsiiali6n of its
Under these circumstances excusable ; bite.n-pody eaA"
cokli 'robins, whose harmlessness Mbie!her,. rendergi'
-their distruction uncalled for. *mat 13.0u1d dite.4sT;
her attention to beasts and four-footed animals rathEira
than to birds.—Bymaing rats or mice, for instance, as
a headdress she will assist in extirpating disagfreeable
vermin, and confer a.real boon on society.—Pall-Mall
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competed for annually. There is also a travelling scholar-

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

KINVER.

SCHOOL BOARD PROSECUTIONS.—At the Police Court.
at Brierley Hid, on Monday, before Nfes,irs F Ever,
and 11. HO, fifteen pr4ons were summoned by George
Bunker for Leltecting to send their children to school
Ttie whtile of the case 3 were proved except that of
Paskin who was ditnissed, all the others were fined 5,
each.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

thy questions should approach them quite unbfittenoed
with a full consideration of all the difficulties which beset
this question, and an earnest desire in that way not to en-
courage those somewhat angry feeliogs which on both sides
lforturtertfely Wen called forth by the discussions which
•eady taken-place on the question. He begged to lay
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

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PULVERMACHER'S PATENT
GALVANIC CHAIN-BANDS, BELTS, BATTERIES,
RECENTLY IMPROVED.
Approved by the ...leadeiny of Medicine of Paris
mid other Medical Alithoriries in England and abroad.
Electricity, the prime actor in the process of life,
pervades all living organism, and its identity with
nerve force is no conjuncture, but a positive scien-
tide fact, known to all versed in :the teachings o
Electro-phyisology.
Consequently in nervous exhaustion, local debility
and various functional disorders it is Natare's sole
and most c mgenii I remedy. Tee self-application of
this wonderful physical agent has become easy and
agreeable to the patient, and accessible to all by the
recent improvements.
In c.mtradistiaction to those unprincipled adver-
tisers who publish statements solely on their own
authority. Ms. Pci.vsuut.cuini refrains from pntting
forward any statements of his own in favour of his
Medico-Galvanic Appliances, but confines Li:oself to
quotations from the opinions of competent medical
awl ficieutitle authorities, including Ss U C. Lococa,
Bart.. M.D., w.R.C.S.•, Sia HiNav IioLLAND, Bart.,
M.D., F.R.C.S., and F.R.S.; Sir J. R. Maaris,
C. 8., F.R.C.S., F.S.A., and F.R.S. ; Sir W. Essous-
soy,Bart., M.D.. F.R.S..
THE BONA-FIDE EVIDENCE of the efficacy of these
appliances 1.4 supplemented by the following para-
graph recently Mewl in the standard \I ork (p. 76.
1867) of Jon KIM}, M.D., Clinical Professor of Ob-
stetrics at Cincinnati :
In this.... CO,WS where it is desirah'e to product-
s contnounits current if galvanism and withnit the
intervenvion of conductors or electrroles, thi:re
no in drntaiant sup rior li. Poi vcrinarber $ 1m ruvo
(;a'v,eie Clianl.4. . The, ChAillal are very nut-
fat in many inervo:is disoriltrs,
Muscular Debility Aphonia Itheum.ntism
Eh/minty I Dyspepsia
Paralysis rorMil Fever l'aralysis, Bladder
C.natral Paralysis Asthma ChOfCll
Paraly,is Ain..norrkisea Impotency
Noucalgia Dysoi.niorrniiet Wr.ters Cramp
$5141,* pseal Irratition tlyst •r cal Craall,s
Iliad" Joint-. 'Nervous Dcbiliv in ii Con:I-actions
saris Lois if Smell
Idyst.rie Paralysis' Deafacss Nervous of Taste. Ac.
M. Pui.v..s.u.tensa chain:lives the strictesi.inn
vestotatioi of e numerous doeutouis and t •xt.l
rinotuals. me deal and pr:vate. which are prad:sheo
in his P imptiltt. ••irr%nna. NATVIiK'S
i-TE4tOI4;;.KOI 1111.115LD :TIL ENK6i4Y: swot 1.0-1
free for 1 stanps, by Am.l. tog to 3. U. PULVER-
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•• • br 11111111' ASS- ANT 'Amiss whe have slit yet died the
43.1.x41ieLn STARCH, they are respectfully 'solicited to
give it *Walt and carefully follow out the directions
printed on every package, and if this is dens, they will
say, like the Queen's Laundrem, it is the finest Starch
hey ever used. When.youissk for Guimittai
see that you get it, s inferiekr kinds are ofteic substituted
'Orlhe sake of extra piodt. Beware therefore' of spilt.-
bus imitations. •

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TIMOILT Arracrrtoogs AND IfoAsnitslL-41l ea-
' bring from irritation of the throat and hoarseness
will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate'
relief afforded by the use of " Brovrn's Bronchial
Troches." These famous "lozenges " are now sold
by most respectable chemists in this country at
la lid per box. People troubled w•ith a 14 hacking
cough," a "slight cold," or bronchial affections, can-
not try them too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to
progress, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic
affections. See that the words "Brown's Bronchial
Troches" are on the Government Stamp around
each box.—Manufactured by JoRN I. BROWN & Sorts,
Boston, United States. Depot, 493 Oxford-street,
London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

Ely :itourbrilc Obscrucr.

SATIMDAY, MAUCH 4. 1576

PUBLP.i,

Eor scam years past t 11,2 Priv, Connei: ha-
employed different patirdogists of undoubted
eminetica to conduct various independent re-
arches more or h 5 connected with the ippts-
tion of public In•ahli and sanitary legislation.
Within the last few ytn!r:. it has become estlib-
lbilied beyond the pos-ilday of doubt, that what
used to be cilled 12:pus' fever can be distinguish-
ed into two kinds—typhus. and typhoid, or, as it
is more commonly c.Oled enteric fever. The
old-f,,Aioned ty;ditts f..ver wiich wasundoubted-
ly of an infeetious es well as of a c intagiou-
nature, is now compareively rare; but enteric
or typhoid, althongh not itlf cling is alarmiug:v
f..equnt, and ci.inis its .itthas by thou,and,
every year. The Privy Couneo, th ref ore, ein•
ployed Dr. Klein to c,niduct a series of invos!i-
gations i::to the nature of the typhoid p•iison.
and he usult of hi. 4 rfstarc;,t s in cuhtained in
a In( at lucid report, which was laid upon the
:ab es of both Houes of Parliament a ft.w d.l3s
ago.
Those who have witnessed the spectacle of it
strong man bring stricken down by lypnoid
I yer, have often wondered as to the eau.,
which has prostrated a litaithy frame, cud re-
duced physical strength to the weak.nesm of. a
litle child. Dr. Klein now tel:s as he Is sAti .1A
that the poison of typho:d fever is a .1g
cognizable, if not to the nok4l eye, at any rate
under the microscope. He believes that it con-
sists of a small faugus which is originally *Alio
inhaled in more than weeny Impure sir, or
swallowed in polluted water. As soon as this
abominable little growth reaches the &Heats
litsle membrauss with which the stomach and
other internal parts are liued, it multiplies with
an almost magical rapidity, spreading like a foul
mildew over the whole organism. From the
alimentary Callal it is absorbed into the blood,
polluting and literally strangling the entire sys-
tem until the veins and other vessels of the
patient resemble a stream, the course of which
has been so choked by foul weeds, that its flow
. arrested,_ and its waters become stagnant and
• ccrrni!t. pr. Klein's opinion is that this little
organism is generally found in stagnant or pol-
luted water, and that the must largely fatal of
all modern epidernic.i is caused by the operation
on the human system of a poison so tangible
and specitic in its nature as brewer's yeast, and
like it, capable of being bottled up and carried
from place to place. The diagrams which
idustrate his trealse show the actual appear.
auce of this pest under the lens of a powerful
microscope. It looks, however, very much liko
any other fuegus, and offers no indication to the
eve of its deadly nature.
Now, apart from the interest which always
attaches to any great scientific discovery,
.Dr.
repor, enforces upon us a very obvious
practical lesson. In ninety-nine cases out of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

W-HY ARE THE YOUNG, NERVOUS
,011) LIIE MIDDLIC-AQI4D DEBILITATED ?
la now explained in s Meuieal Work, and a safe
mode of treatment for the reatoration .of health and
Vigour fully stated' Avoid tialvanie appliances and
Quackery. A single copy post free on receipt of stamped
envelope Address-- Stcretary, Institute of Anatomy.
Birmingham." The Author, A. M. BUTTON, hilt u.s.,
1.. S A , will send advice, free of charge, to all applicants
who tend details of their cases, and may be consulted
' daily at 44Rireat Charles-street, Birmingham. ,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

p 1(
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_ mechanism f3f sight Inight
analyzed into feelings of sigAlitykolour, and resistance.
nese feelings or im- "iisteii**Nreia 'language telling
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

OLD HILL.

CIAROZ OF TinATININU —At the P dice Court, on
Wednesday, before N. Hiss ley. Mao Mary Curtis s.ufs
Pkoebe best, were charged with 'plug
,threateniug
language te Alice Lakin, on the 23rd ult
.1 here was a
trosignlosaions shut/ion Alice Lakin with living threaten-
ing language to Mary Curtis end Phoebe West, and John
Lain • was charged with threatening West.
After hearing the evidence, all the parties were honed
'Ter to keep the pea‘e for threw raonts.
/Seinen 01 Mg pliaClL—Jatmes Attwood, jan., sad
William' Bloomer was charged by Irspector Price wish
sonansitting a breach of she peace by tinktiog, oa she
Nth ult. sale James Atiwood, ass, with al.ting and
alsetting.—Police-censtable Pilsekbara preyed the ease
Ordered to find one surety oath to keep the pease tor
three months.
FACTO= ACT Cm.—B•fore Mosses. N. /Bagley and
PI. Howard. Mallard Lord was charged by Mr. grower,
Inspector, with allowing his son William to wo k mere
than 61 hours. on the 10th tilt, aid he was further
charged with neglecting to send his son to school, 'a the
11th alt.-111r. Brewer proved the ease and laid he did
not press for a ceuviction in both cases. Fined 2e 6d
and costs.

ASSAULT Cam—John Bayliss was charged by Xlizabeth
Mitchell with assaulting her son Thomaa Mitehall. on
the 23rd ut. The complainant said that the defendant
kicked him. The defeace was that complaisant used
bad language to him. Fined 54. and costs.—Willians
Brooks was charged with assaulting Thomas Wainwright,
on the 23rd ult. The assault complained of was that
the defendant struck him with hia fist and made his nose
bleed. The defendant set a dog on him and he kicked
it. Fiued 21 6 I and Cots.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

AN UNPLEASANT PROSPECT.

It is a curious circumstance that the prosperity of
certain people in America should injure the interests of
certain other folks in Indiss•---This•nt -really-the -case, '
however, the enormous development of silver mining in
the United States having the 'effect of decreasing the
value of the currency with which the Ind4ari Govern-
ment pays its servants, as well as part of its
obligations. The rupee is no longer worth two
shillings, nor , does silver command anything like
its former price of five shillings an ounce. Ac.
cording ,to the last advices from Bombay, the
current rate of exchange on England had fallen
to is. nd.- per rupee. This heavy deduction from
the nominal value of. that ,coin :cannot fail to
. prove very- inconvenient to those' officers, either of
the civil or rpilitary services, who have occasion to re-
wit ... tit* In England foi the maintenance of their
'2o ,takathe ease of a captain; of • EurPPean ‘
tin • . try,,Aiis yearly. pay amounts. to 'close .on 5,000
,rupees per annum, which at 2s. per rupee would be
eqr.sivalent to £5OO.- Oat of thin we will suppose that
be renatteione-half-to his family in England. At the
. ciitte, nA'..;t4t.fe .Of 4.clinge they : rill only"reivel'
' 241...9.:* b.. ;;n4ad, ~of
.g 250 thaCecitilvaent far. 2,600
; it-glees. 4. an. ,exahange lof 2s. , per rupee. - English:
holders of rupee paper are similarly: mulcted, the in-,
!terieit -6iiishchl obligations' being • payable in India's
cui+eileY;'filiteaci or id sterling, :, like 'the ' gua-
ranteed /1 interest . on ,tha ,r,.4sri a y 4, . Even, in
India . itself' the standard. -coin is gradually losing
value, its purchasing, power being far less than it was
twenty or thirty years ago. In other words, although
the servants of the State nominally receive the same
pay as formerly,. S$ a matter of fact their remuneration
is considerably smaller. Nor does there seem to be
any, present limit to the extent Of this evil influence.
Yis'iir ' alter year the production of silver increases
enormously, and year after year it becomes less in re-
quest for...currency purposes. Should this increase
Of supply and diminution of demand continue, the re-
' ieult cannotlail to. be &still farther loss of value in the
rupee.—Globe ''
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

THE SCHOOL BOARD.

An adjourned meeting of the above-named body
was held in the ante-room of the Corn Exchange,
on Monday afternoon last, to consider the transfer
of St. Thomas's Schools from the Managers to the
School Board.
Mr. Billinghain was in the chair.
There were also present Messrs. Stringer and
The ininutes of the last meeting were read, and
on the motion of Mr. Wall, seconded by Mr.
Stringer were aonlirmed.
At a ineetiag of the committee appointld at a
meetiag of the Board held on the 21st day of
February, on the subjeat of the transfer of St.
Thomas's &hoe's, it was resolved that the com-
mittee recommend the Board to accept the transfer
of St. Thomas's Schools, on the terms offered by
the Managers except that the option of deter-
mining the lease at the end of the first 7 or 14
years be confined to the Board, and that the
reservation of the use of the schools by the
Managers do not include either the lighting or
warming the schools by the Board.
Proposed by Mr. Stringer and seconded by Mr.
Wall that the report of the committee appointed
at the last meeting of the Board, to consider and
report upon the offer by the Managers of St.
Thomas's Schools for a transfer to the Board of
those schools be received.
The Rev. H. Sherrard attended on behalf of the
Managers of St. Thomas's Schools, and explained
that they would be willing to accept the qualifica-
tion recommended by the committee as to the
lighting and warming of the schools. He said
with respect to the recommendation of the com-
mittee as to the power of determining the lease,
he p_oposed that the Board should take a lease for
twenty-one years not determinable by either party.
It was moved by Mr. Billingham and seconded
by Mr. Wall that the report of th.: committee be
adopted, except that of the use of the schools be
reserved to the Managers on Sundays, and after
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

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(11l CZtniists,
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4s CAI and us each.

Sent by the Froprktors upon I eceipt of Stamps.
From Rev. J. Stonehouse, St. Saviour's
Vicarage, Nottingham.

AUGUST 1874.

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as an invaluable Cough Remedy. I have given it a fair
trial in my own family, and have also supplied it to per-
sons suffering from Cough in my parish, and in every
instance it has given immediate relief. In some cases,
after passing sleepless nights. one or two doses of the
Pectorine have had such a good effect that persons have
got a good night's rest, and the Cough has speedily dis•
appeared.

Mr. A. Rolfe, St. Anne's Square, Man-
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Says : "Your Pectorine is superior to any Medicine
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Manufacturing Chemists, Park Street, Lincoln.

*.* Vice-Chancellor Sir C. Hall granted a perpetua
injunction, with costs, against F. Mason, Chemist
Rothersm, for using the word " Pectorine."
Agent for Stourbridge: Mr. J. H. Bland, High Street.

W-INTED, GP,NERAL SERVINT.
Apply at) 16, 04.1 P.rmunage, S..utt id.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

the larynx and the voice, they do not overlook the
claims of the epigastrium and tne appetite, and are as
sensible of the pleasures of good eating as they are alive
to the delights of drinkatg in sweet sounds. Music
has had a hearing at the Mansion House ; we hope that
Cookery al2O will soon receive proper attention in that
congenial atmosphere.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

HALLSOWEN.

uy Wii yLL DAMAGE —At the Petty Sessions,
had on 'Tuesday, before Messrs. E. Gem suit W.
Jatue, Gardner was charged with wilfully and in iliciously
damaging a pair of bedsteads, on the 22,iid tut, the pro-
perty of James Hodgetts. The case well not proveu to
the satisfaction of the Bench and the case was disini-;seil.

CHARGE OF DRIINEENNESS.—CbarIes fin-11-o-v;a-y—Wa.;
charged with being drunk and disorderly, en the 15th
alt, at Hasbury.—Police-eoustable Smita pri.ved the
case, and defendant was fined 5s and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

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CONDITION' BA 11,,W ire, morebmr, most useful for 1. attle. Bulkelis thrive faster and " do" tter with an
oceadloWal dame Ist -theft -Salle (or Powders), and attacks of Hove or " Blown," Loss of Appetite, Loss of Cud,
keullgeetied,, Hidebound,. Red or Black Water, are prevented. Six Balls, 2/6 ; Six Powders, 9/9. Sold by all Drug-
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..t . 154XVISL liosulaurr, Jun., Keg , Coalbonrn Cottage. Stourbridge, writes, Oct. 20d, 1874.—" Having used your
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Testimonials have also been received from the following Trainers :—Mr. Thomas Stevens, Mr. Samuel Rogers,
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•Mr. Jamas YoIINGIYAN, of Wattisfield; Suffolk.—" I have found your Condition Balls very useful for several of
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because not given to animals in a thriving condition."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

Pica{ ad gistrict Seto.

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The usual meeting of this Board was held in
the Board Room, yesterday. Mr. G. Granger
the chair. There were also present :—Messrs.
RoHinson, Guest, Hall, Forrest, Penzer, Has.
kew, J. Billingham, Thompson, Higgs, Wood,
Brooks, Homer, Rhodes, Hingley, and Raybould.
Admitted into the house 8; discharged 7;
born 0; dead 3; remaining 317 ; corresponding
week last year 317. Out-door relief, King-
swinford district 4:22 15s 4d ; Stourbridge
district £l5 lOs Od ; Halesowen district, £l6
us 6d ; non-resident paupers, £1 Os 2d ;
total £57 17s Ott; against £5B 68 21-d last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

KIDDERMINSTER.

HORSE REPOBITOBY.—Mr J. Hillman's sale of horses
on Thnrsdoy last, was numeiously attended and much
interest was.taken in the proceedings. Mr. Hillman was
heartily congratulated for the upright manner in which
he conducts these important sales. Owing to the recent
alterations there is now accommodation for 70 horses,
and on Thursday most of the stalls Were engaged. A
number of very useful animals were submitted to :victim,
and hunters made from 35 guineas to 61 guineas; burgess
horses from 23fguineas to 47guineas ; cab horses and
ponies from 19guineas to 30gu1neas ; cart horses 25gA to
51guineas ; cart colts were in extensive demand and made
high prices.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

-- --AUCTION SALE ROOMS, •
102, HIGH 'STREET, STOUBBRIDGIC,

MESSRS.

PERRE-I\;§—,-it-nd WOOLDRI6GE
have the pleasure to announce that they hold
ptriodictilly at the above Booms, for the disposal
tioates. /louses, Builoing Land, Pastures, ines;
Work of Art, &c , &c, at a n3oderatt fixed scale of
W charges, to be had on applicatin•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

ANNUAL SOIREE AT THE LYE INSTITUTION.

The anneal tea meeting and soiree in connection with
this place, was held on Monday eveninglasto There was
a large attendance both at the tea and concert, the room
being crowded.
Mr. Charles; Cochrane. of the Grange, presided, and
there were present the Revs. R. Fletcher and A. Wright,
Messrs. G. K. Harrison, 8. Brooks, G. Richards, T. Mob-
-rley, T. Hill, IL )l.wasia,J Hill, B. Brooks. J. Dailey,
U. Evasion, kc.
The Chairman called on Mr. Thomas Hill to read the
report for the past year, which was as follows :
PAPORT 105 TIM TSAR, 1875.

Jo reviewing the work and position of the Lye Insti-
into for the past year, the Committee have much plea-
sure in congratulating the members oa the satisfactory
stite of the finances. At no time in the history of the
Institute has the balance in hand been so large, this tin-
provement having been brought about chiefly by an in-
crease in the amount of subscription made two years ago,
by a Iditi mai honorary subscribers and by a reduction
in II e annual expenses.
The income during the past year (including a balance
of £l2 12s 8d brought from the previous year) amountisd
to £67 Is ld, and the expenditure to £45 153 7d, leaving
a balance of £2l 5e 6d to be carried forward.
The number of members on the books was 111 as com-
pared with 108 in the previous year—an increase of 3.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04

SHROVE TUESDAY IN PARIS.

The Paris Correspondent of The Times writes
"To-day being Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi gras, the
rMulevarde are crowded with loungers, who all appear
attracted by the possibility of looking at some fancy
dresses or masks, but, with the exception of a few
children and the advertising mediums of the public
begs masques carnival garments are nowhere to be seen.
However, the crowd take the matter philosophically,
and gather round the print and photograph shops
and the cafés, oeitliteng the Palaie Royal and
the galleries which extend from - the lower
end of the Rue Vivienne to the Rue de la
Grange Bateliere. Most of the theatres give morn-
ing performances of popular pieces, while the skating
rink, the national museums, and the Jardin de Plantes,
have more than the usual number of visitors. But,
after all, Mardi Oras is a melancholy sort of fete nowa-
days ; and the weather is not more propitious than are
the times, for there are gusts of wind and occasional
showers, or rather attempts at rain. The only F3ople
who seem to thoroughly enjoy themselves are the
gamins, who exhaust all their breath andathe patience
of their neighbours with the blowing of the hoarsest and
coarsest sort of horn. To:day, being also the 29th
of February, naturally affords a chance to the lighter
litSrateurs of exhibiting their romantic talents to their
readers. One of these gentlemen's stories is si non
vero beni trovato.' It appears that a fast-living young
gommeux, being in a state of impecuniosity, applied
to a money-lender for the loan of five francs. 'With
the greatest pleasure,' replied the disinterested specu-
lator; my terms are 40 per cent, for the year.' Ac-
cordingly, the borrower drew a bill for the amount
plus the interest, and asked what date he should fill
in on the doeument. The lender referred to his
newspaper, and thoughtlessly replied the 29th of
February next. It was not until after the money had
been paid that he discovered he would hay. to wait
four years for his capital at the -modest and unremu-
nerative interest of 10 per cent.—The only people who
seem glad to welcome the 29th of February are those
whose birthdays fall upon this scarce date, for they, of
course, expect presents of fourfold value, and if ladieso
bouquets of fourfold size.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

ANTIQUITY OP M4.N.'

A •Sydney A Correspondent writes to The Times:— tm r.
B. T. Skertchly,of Her Majesty's Geological Survey,whe
is stationed at Brandon, Suffolk,. has recently dis-
covered some flint implements in that neighbourhood, in
beds formed before the close of the glacial period. One
was picked out of the beds in a pit at °milord; Suffolk,
and two others were dug out of like beds in a pit at
, Botamy Bay, on the Norfolk side of Brandon. It was
not tili Mr. Saertehly himself found another imple-
ment at Culford and saw the boulder clay above ths
bed from which he extracted it that the importance of
the discovery dawned upon him. Alongside the Cal-
ford implement he found a deposit of broken and
scraped mammalian bones, and some fresh water
shells. These bones were all in a circumscribed area.
A jawbone containing teeth had been forwarded
London to be eictnined. 'Underneath tho
the clay Ives found to be burnt. Mr. Skertchly
explanation is that we have here preserved the o
solitary instance in the whole world of a ()swim
ground of palte?lithic men, and this camning,-grou
occurred below the boulder clay which belonged
the earliest part Of the glacial period. There remai s
Vvere thus far olelerthan anything previously discover e .
Tracing the boulder clay and the beds beneath acre s
the country, he saw th,at the implements found t
Botany By were of the iTme age. The men who
lived before the' boulder clay appeared to him to be
„more intimately connecteld Li time wij.ii *he men of. the
Litiqillolitlimgraxela lying upon the beniderclay
were theiatter with the men of the neolithic age, who
scooped out those ancient Hint trilICE near Brauden
called' Graves,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this board was held
yesterday. Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were present :—Messrs. H. Billingham, Rhodes,
Guest, Baker, Hall, Kelly, J. Billingham,
Parkes, Brooks, Fiddian, Wood, Hingley and
Giiles. Admitted into the house during the
7eek 8 ; discharged 14; dead 0; born 0; remain-
ing 346; corresponding week last year 294.
Out-door relief Kingswin ford district X2l 17s Od ;
Stourbridge district £l3 8s Od ; Hales-
' owen district £l6 us. 104; non-resident"paupers
us 8d ; total £52 Bs. 6d ; corresponding week
ilst year, £54 49 6d.

CHARGE OF WILFUL DAMAGE. - At the Police
Court, yesterday, before Lord Lyttelton, Colonel
Fletcher and Colonel Barrows, Thomas Richards
and Oliver Doe were charged with wilfullyidamag.
ing quantity of plants, on the 11th last, the pro.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

' fIEOGRAPHERS IN COUNCIL.

In the curse of the Orientalists' Congress at
Marseilles; M. Is:niters (who has now arrived at
Brussels and is the guest of the King) mentioned that
his son, in concert with some officers of the Russian
StBff, has gone to tria.ke the preparatory studies for a
railway which should unite the Russian railway system
with the Envlish railways in India. He added that
the Russian Emperor was warmly interested in this
project, M. Lesseps also spoke on the proj 'ct of
flooding the Sahara, which he thinks a plan easily to
he realized. It would improve rather than hurt the
climate of Europe, while it would fertilize North Africa,
and would allow the French to extend their Algerian
pos,egsions beyond the southern mountains, which at
present cost were to watch than they are worth.
The Romans awed the solidity of their African Empire
to their military stations in these districts. But then,
added M. Lesseps, they also °carpi( d Tunis. From
1,200 observations made by M. Roudaire in Algeria
and Tunis it appears that there is a depression 27 to
41. ILD'r3B below the level of the sea, and the only plaosi
where the tide in the Mediterranean rises as high as `2i
alitres is where the bank would have to be cut to give
access to the Sahara. The tide would thus aid the
waters to flow in. The oases are all above the level of
the sea. M. besseps said that the 5,0001 which he has
given on the King of the Belgians' list for the develop-
ment of Africa ie. the exact amount of the prie 3 awarded
him by the Acad.& my for his works in piercing the
Isthmus of Suez. He spoke highly of the practical
character of the word initiated by Leopold IL, and
advocated the junction by a canal of the Congo and the
Zambesi. The one falls into the Atlantic, and the
other into the Indian Ocean, but they approached each
other within 30 kilomiitres.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

OLD HILL.

ASSAULT CASE.—At the Police Court, on Wednesday,
before Messrs. N. Hirgley and W. Bassano, John, Charles
and Henry Payne were charged with assaulting Thomas
Smith and Arthur Thomas Smith.—Mr. W. Hayes, jun.,
appeared for complainants, and Ur. Stokes defended.—
Thomas smith said he lived at Long Lane, Old Hill.
On Sunday morniug last defendants impounded his
horse. He went to their house in company with his son
and asked them to show him what damage the horse had
done and he would make them recompence. They told
him they should not and he then weifi to the Rowley
policemen for assistance. When he came back defend-
ants were taking the horse ta the pound. He went up
to them when defendants struck him and made his nose
bleed and also struck his son.—Arthur Thomas Smith
corroborated his father and se,d defendant Henry
knocked him down.—Several witnesses were called for
the defence and after hearing their evidence the Bench
said they considered the case proved and fined defend-
ants is and costs each:
ANOTHER CASE.—Samuel Perry and Thomas Perry
were charged with assaulting James Batty, on the 7th
inst.—Mr. W. Hayes, jun., appeared for complainant,
and Mr. Homer defended.—Complainant said defendants
set about him, knocked him down, and kicked him about
like a ball.—Defendants were fined 5s each and costs.

WOMENS' QUARRELS.—Sarah Ann Lowe was charged
with assaulting Sarah Nock and was fined is and costs ;
in default 7 days.
DRUNKENNEBB.—Thomas Downes was charged with
being dna ik and disorderly. at Tividale, on the 14th
inst.—Police-constable Hicklin proved the case and de-
fPndaLt was fined 23 6d and costs.—lsaac Siddaway and
James Morris v• -e charged with being drunk and dis-
orderly, on the 10th mat, at Old Hill.—Police•constabls
Sylvester proved the cases and said Siddaway was con-
victed at that court three weeks ago for a similar
offence.—Siddaway was final 5s and costs, and Morris
23 6d and costs.—Eliza Jones, a married woman, was
charged with being drunk and disorderly, on the 14th
inst.—Police-constable Hicklin proved the offence and
deft ndant was fined is and costs; in default 7 days.
CAUTION TO BOYS.—David Pearson, John Pearson,
John Dallow, and William Byng, four boys, were chargeJ
with letting fireworks off on the highroad, on the 13th
inst.—Police-eonstable Sylvester proved the case and
defendants were fined GI each and cots ; in default 7
days.
ALLEGED ROBBERY OF TlMBER.—Thomas Hughes
was charged by Samuel Beasley, with stealing a quantity
of timber, the property of Henry Lova% contractor, on
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

A CRUISE UPON WHEELS,

"G. G." writes to The Times :--" I am glad to find
from your correspondent "N.'l3" letter, which appeared
in The Times of Monday, that he has derived similar
pleasure to that experienced by my wife and myself in
a cruise upon wheels.' In the hope that others may
be induced to try the experiment of such a simple and
enjoyable way of spending a month's holyday, I venture
to give you a short account of our driving tour during
the month of September just pasted, and also as an
ex smole of what might be done if time was unlimited,
We started from home with a hooded phseten, a pair
of seasoned horses, and a trustworthy groom; a box.
made to fit under the back seat, with a good-sized
dreasing-bag, hat box, wraps, and umbrellas, come
prised cur baggage. Oar route was by Windsor;
Henley-on-Thames, Oxford, Cheltenham, Te ivlsea
bury, Worcester, the 'Malvern!), R )ss, Monmouth,
the banks of the Wye to Tiatern Abbey and Chep-
rithw, up the banki- of the Severn to Gloucester,
Stroud, Cirencester, Great Farringdon, and home.
We drove altogether about 400 miles, which included
excursions around the various places we stayed at
(Great Malvern, with its hygienic and other attrac ,
tions, kept us for a fortnight), and the horses returned
home quite aa fresh and well as when we left. Before
starting I laid down my route, with the assistance of
Smith's reduced ordnance maps, and found, as I had
anticipated. thsoughout our jsu-ney the most charming
river, dale, hill, park, and woodland scenery, also very
many objects of great interest in the way of cathedrals,
abbeys, old buildings, la, too many to enumerate here.
To the geologist and hietorian the mantles of Gloucester
nod 'Worcester, as Is well known, offer s rent attrac-
tions, the Malvern "lePtis especially abouniiing in
notable associations With regard to the "cost, our
total bill, including hotel expenses far the groom, was
somewhat in excess of that of our correspondent
(accounted for, probably, partly from our horses being
somewhat too fri-kr to be tethered on the road-aide
while the al fresco five o'clock tea was prepared, and
for us in that way to economize), but iadid not exeesd
that which I have found from experience to be the cost
of travelling by rail and hired carriages in the ordi-
hnaomrye.wal/ dee,dnuelcutisoi,3gns,ilmmplayytehaeyh, cf,rros ems'tikiise
opmwd ifioermn at
experience, that b professional or buieiness men ache
require real mental relaxation, the simple, easy, and
healthy pleasure derived from driving through the
country is, to my mind, far more beneficial than the
noite, confusion, and excitement attached to railway
travelling."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

HOPS

An increased amount of husin--eee bas been transacted in
hcps during the pest wctit, and the market now presents
decidedly firma r apDearance. The prices of the middling
and inferior descriptions exhibit come recovery. Belgian
hops, the quality of which is ind,fferent, are difficult to sell:
East Kent soldings 13.16, 416 to £l2; Sussex, £6 to £9;
FArnhams, £,3 to Lii 10s. ; ditto country, £8 to £11; Wor-
eater. £9 to 411 lie.; Belgian, £6 61 to £7; Bavarian, £l2
to £l9 ; English, 1k75, £3 to £6; foreign, £3 10s. to £8; old
hops, all kiwis, ?SI. to £3 loc.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

Mold Argood Colliery Company, Mold," Pleasantly
surprised with the minute information."
Maconochie Brothers, Fish Factors, Lowestoft.
"Increase our subscription to One Hundred and Fifty
Pounds (Z 150
Wallace, Bailey and Wilkins, Tanners and Carriers,
160, Long Lane, Bermondsey, London, S.E.
"Information most accurate—speedy.—Your Office un-
questionably stands first. Increase our subscription to
Fifty Pound (1:50). Members 6 years.
Slade, John et Co., Boot and Shoe Manufacturers,
Worcester. " Increase our subscription to Twenty
Pounds
Briggs, Shera & Co„ Oak Works, Horncastle,
"In no one instance have we been deceived—correct—
reliable,"
Huntley and Palmers, Biscuit Manufacturers, Reading,
" Specialite—most valuable in removing doubt as to real
position of parties.—Members 11 years."
Dewirarst, Hoyle and Smethurst, Colliery Owners,
Blackrod near Chorley and elsewhere.
" Where relied upon, your information perfectly safe in
crediting. Members 16 years."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

SEED.

LONDON, Monday, Oct 16.—k nutted quantity of red
English Cioverseed was cffored and held at very high prices.
rhe short supply of Foreign sold at enhanced values. New
Letoll was quite as deo, with a steady demand. Dutch
Hempseed brcrught very full rates. White Mastardieed of
fine quality: commanded former prices. Biome brown
Dutch has been sold at 10s. fid. per bushel. English samples
inquired for, but not yet ready. Winter Tares offt red freely:
the demand being limited, prices were again lower. Grass-
seeds, English as well as foreign, realised very fu'l prices.
Canaryseed sold at irregular prices. English Rapeseed
brought the extreme rates of last week. _
PROVISION..
LONDON, Monday, October 16. —The
Ireland were 217 firkins totter and
from foreign pbrts 22,i93 packsges Butter, and 1,710 bales
gßeaconerna. 426 arrivalsn ol
ea last t
Bw,,ene,kn fromand
ery short stip I
but fine being in Y
and P Y
l dTehsenrfloprteini foreign , Butt,r tnarket remains steady for the
few and unfinp3rtant. Bacon
alndvlarnischedthOes.tr per
aC 3 I lecZitons
trade very slow, with no change in Irish, but Hamburg
fri,inrcest Normandy Dutch 150 s.
declined 2a. per cwt, Dud romalus very quiet.
Cheddar
ed
dGalro u. ce. a. t.:.r. t
sG g
Butter, per eel. : a. s. Cheese, per cwt.: 5, 4
Dorset ...... .... 140 to 168 Cheshire ... co to 70
American
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1115280 s
llama: York 104 112
Wiltshire
frith. green, Lo b. 70 76 Irish ..
HAY.

WIIITECUAPEL Saturday, Oct. 14—There was a rather
large isupply of kry and straw at the market to-day. with
a dull trade prices were easiest Prime clover, leos. to 140 s. •
interior, SiSs. to Oa Prime meadow hay 90i to 1304„. ID:
tenor. 514. to 75.5. Straw, Mi. to We par load.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

WHITE LEAD AND ZINC WHITE.

Referring to Mr. Redgrave's report on the reanufac-
tura of white lead, Professor Barff wishes, as having
been long engaged on the investigation of paints, to
call attention to the fact that the evil of which
he complains extends far beyond the manufacture
of this substance. House-painters suffer very much
from lead poisoning, in Hu various degrees of
intensity; and it is almost impossible to make them see
the need of cleanliness and of taking other very neces-
sary precautions. Sooner or later white lead must be
given up as a pigment; from its power of saponi-
fying with oil, involving the less of carbonic acid, it
losses its opacity and turns yellowish. It is valued for
what i 4 termed its 'body,' and hem the ewe with which
it is laid on. In his lectures for several yeers past at
the Royal Academy of Arts, he has pointed out its
defects with, he is glad to say, some success, and many
artists are now using zinc white, which retains its
.opaoity and does not blacken on exposure to foul air.
_For artistic purposes zinc white can be prepared
:neaoy equal in body to white lead. He fells convinced,
from the result of his experiments, that sul-
• phide of zinc, properly prepared, can be made to
have as good covering properties as white load, and
that the addition of rnagneeia in the manufacture
renters it as ageeeable fer work. Ile wishes, therefore,
to call the attentien of thozi interested in this question
or the fact that they can obtain a better paint in all
respects than white lead, and one which has no
injurious effects on the health of those who prepare or
use it.—Sanitary Record.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

CORN EXCHANGE. STOURBRIDGE.

THE LAST 2 FAREWELL NIGHTS,
Saturday: and Monday, October 21 and 23.

The Last Day Performance on Saturday, at 3 o'clock.

I\T I\T A_ IC M S
JACKITSCHY TROUPE of 12 MALE aid
FEMALE JAPANESE.

NEW ENTERTAINMICNTS.!
NEW PRESENTS AND GIFTS 1
EVERYTHING . NEW 1
FRESH AIITISTES I —Cio

EXTRA. GIFTS of Treys, Cabinets, Tables, Fishing
Rods, Baskets, Fans, Bops. Kites, Dolls, Ivories, Sticks,
Pictures, Show Boxes, Stiders, Aquariums, Tea Pots,
Cigar Boxes, China Wu., Vases, and 100 other novelties.

Prices-Bs, 28, is. and 6d. Children Half-price to 3s.
28, and is Seats. Doors open at 7-15 ; to commence at 8.
Remember :—Every person receives a Present of a
Japanese Curiosity. Tannaker—lmporter of Japanese
Goods, London. W. Manufactory in Japan.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

PUBLIC NOTICES.

TO PARISH CLERKS AND OTHERS.

REQUIRED the Place and Date of Burial
Mrs. Winter, or Wynter, the Widow of r.,1
Winter, or Wynter. This lady it is presumed t.. be-
tween the years 1780 and 1825, and was buried to some
parish within a few miles of Halesowen.—Apply to NI cssra
Paterson, Snow, and Burney, Solicitors, 40, Chancery
Lane, London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

AN OLD MAN'S SAD DEATH.

The Indianvolis Journal of September 28 reports
the suicide ot Mr. Samuel Turner, a clitizen of Green-
wood, 111 d.,,r peculiar eire'runstances. Mr. Turner has
lived at Greenwood since 1823, wlire he amassed con-
ski( rable property, and by a life of Christian charity
and uprightness Suned the esteem of all who knew him.
Owing to physical peculiarities his habits and views
were eccentric. His head was bald, and had been from
birth. A little tef r. grew on each ear. He had but one
tooth, and there never had been any more. Ills body
was covered with strange msrks and signs of odd shapes
and c)lours. He never married, and as the rhadows
begau to thicken around him he dreaded that his grave
would be violated, that body-snatchers would cart his
remains in the eight to the dissecting-room, that his body
would be stretched upon & distecting-table In the presence
of medical students, Mad his mangled rennin thrown into
a sower when the surgeon's knife had done its work.
He used to ray, "When I am dead, I don't went the
doctors to get hold of my body." The thought grew
into a phantom, which followcd him everywhere. .• It
increwed until it crowded every other thought out of
his bewildered brain. A short time ago he marked his
eighty fi`th year. On the 18th ult, he came to
ledianapolis. In the afternoon he wrote a letter to
Mrs. Jackqon Lyons, of Greenwood, at whose house he
lived. The letter announced that he intended to go to
Louisville to throw himself in the Ohio River. On
the With the Indy was! found in the river about thirty
miles south of Louisville. On examining his will it was
found that he had left all his money in bank, amount-
ing to about 3,000 dols., to the American Bible Society.
Ho held stock amounting to about 8,000 dole. more.
He directed that the interest on these and othcr in-
vestments should be paid to his brother, John Turner,
during his life, and at his death to the American Bible
Society.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21

HALESOWEN.

THE LATE CHARGE OP STEALING A WATcri.—At the
Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday, Edward
Willetts (23), iron-bundler, was charged with stealing a
silver wAtch the property of Samuel Holden, on
the 22nd January. Mr. Godson prosecuted ;the prisoner
was undefended. The watch was entrusted to prisoner
to get it repaired, instead of which he pledgel it, and
prosecutor was unable to get it from him. There were
several other cases of a similar nature against the pri-
soner, one of which was taken, and resulted in a con--
viction against him—He was sent-nced to eighteen
months' lard labour, and five years' police supervision..