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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-12-07

IRIDISCENT GLASS.

Amber and emerald, purple and turquoise blue, are
some of the hues exhibited on a specimen of the clear
white glass to which the name of iridescent or rainbow.
tinted has been applied. It is not a rainbow, how-
ever, that it calls to mind, so much as the finest-
formed of soap bubbles, for at the sight of it we feel
the same surprise, make the same conjectures, and are
inclined to form the same wild theories that we in-
duhied in years ago, when blowing soap-bubbles for
boyish amusement. Can the glass ornament have
something in common with the soap-bubble? And if
there be some community of structure, how has it
been impressed upon the iridescent glass to make it
BO unlike all other glass-ware; in other words, to
what discovery in the glass-manufacturer's art are we
indebted for these pleasing ornaments? It has long
been known that if glass be exposed for a great
length of time to the action of the atmosphere, its
surface is chemically acted upon, and a substance
which we are accustomed to regard as the most
durable, so far as resistance to the action of moisture
is concerned, will in time become entirely changed.
By this chemical action, thin plates, or lamince, are
formed on the surface of the glass, and these thin
plates are the physical cause of the variety of tint dis-
played by glass which has been " weathered " in this
way. The fact of iridescence resulting from long
atmospheric action on glass was, according to Brewster,
observed by Lord Brereton in 16 6; and in recent
times specimens of decomposed glass have been found
among the ruins of Assyrian, Greek, and Roman
buildings, exhibiting in exquisite perfection tints so
brilliant as to far surpass any colours producible by
art.—Science for All.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-12-07

"M ES S I AH"

Will be giTen in th•

VICTORIA HALL AND RINK,
ON MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER Seth, 1878
By the above Society.
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MR. IKUSTON,

kna a BAND and CHORUS of upwards at SEYI9ITI
PERSOBILERS.
MR. S. MUM

Conductor ..

Prices of Admission Reserved seals, Is 64; (Ifansily
Ticket for Four, Bs. ) ; fisuand Seats. 1.; Third Seal 84
A Plan of the reserved seats snay he seen ot Sheers.
Mark and Moody's and Tickets may be had oS say
Members of the Committee.
Doors open at 7, to Commence it 7.30,
Carriages may be ordered for 10.30.
The Room will be Specially Warmed on !his oseodyss

VICTORIA HALL AND RINK

STOURBRIDGE.

A REVISED SCALE of PRICES for eilAfti
TICKETS and COUPON 8001.3 for the moist
Season is now in Operation.

Particulars at the Rink and Newspaper Mo.

These Tickets give admission at all online:7 times
and to all Entertaiamen ta whet Elketiag be gpat
mitted.

BAND IN LTTENDA-1101. • .0
H. J. HUMOR.
Prolate

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weeks, Irons the 26th Dam:masa net, to the
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addressed "To the Clerk of the Guardians of OW at..
bridge Union, at the Workhouse, Yingswisierd."
properly sealed, Free of Zxpense, and endorsed." rig.
DKR," on or before the 1911 instant iii.:—
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-12-07

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I 1 readysnm s for Immediate ifadeerdiltitoe,inonessr detsincrilpartigoen or
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real or personal security no less than one year, at a low
rate, viz., 4 per cent. on personal, and. 3 per cent on free-
hold or leasehold security. Interest in all cases payable
half-yearly, and not in advance. Distance no object.
All applications will be treated with strictest secrecy and
despatch. Money obtainable on the shortest notice. No
ccuimision.—Apply with full particulars as to nature o
security, amount required, and for what period, to WIL-
L' 4.11 SzvxoEß, Esq., Financier, 9, Great Russell-street,
London, W.C.
BLAIR'S GOUT PILLS.

THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
FOR GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
THE excruciating pain is quickly relieved and cured
in a few days by this celebrated Medicine.
These Pills require no restraint of diet during their
use, and are certain to prevent the disease attacking any
vital part.—Sold by all Chemists, at is lid and 2s 9d
per box.

MONEY TO LEND, WITHOUT SURE-
TIES, BY THE IMPERIAL ADVANCED
BANK.—DISTANCE NO OBJECT.—AII respectable
Householders, whether they are private Gentlemen or
Ladies, Shopkeepers, Farmers, Car Poprietors, Cow
Keepers, Tradesmen, or Clerks, that they can be ac-
clmmodated by this Bank with Sums of Money from
£lO to £lOOO, repayable by easy instalments, extending
over one year and upwards, to enable them to increase
their stocks and afford them every kind of temporary
accommodation, without friends as sureties and without
any unnecessary delay Applicants would do well before
applying to any office to consider its respectability. This
office was established in 1873, and since that time its
business in advances has been rapidly increasing, and it
now makes more advances than any other single private
advance office in the provinces. Every information
willingly afforded. Apply, either personally, or if by
letter state amount required, to
LEWIS SIMMONS, Proprietor,
27. South John-street, Liverpool