The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17 00:00:00

CANADA (aftor the departure of Lord Dufferin).---
For-Lorn.—Punch.

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AMERICAN FooD.—ln no week since the trade 41
American beef was established has the quantity been
so low as that which came to Liverpool laet weeks
while, on the other hanti, the arrivals of live cattle
and sheep, particularly in the case of the latter, eic•
ceeded any former period; no fewer than twelve
steamers reached the Mersey from the United State
and Canada, bringing, collectively, 2.468 head of cattle,
3,218 sheep, 60 pigs, and 62 live horses. The steal:Del
Baltic was the only vessel which arrived with fre"
beef, havinif on board 700 quarters. There were n°
arrivals of either fresh mutton or butter.

OH ! I !—One of the attractions in the Paris Exhibi-
tion is a bonnet trimmed with real jewellery, OA,
priced at £5OO. Thousands of elegantly attired laal"
congregate round this attractive spectacle, and g
at it admiringly for hours in succession. Will it
credited that one brute of a husband—English, ei
course—actually walked away by himself to the re-
freshment-bar, after having waited for his wife only
an hour and a half? "Couldn't see what there was t°
glare at," the creature said. Actually !—Judy.
AN ASTUTE CLERGYMAN.—The threepenny Pie,ce
has been a source of considerable discomfort to mini'
ters and deacons, as it enables members of the eoui
gregations without shirking "the plate," to Five °,
their substance the smallest silver current coin.
worthy clergyman in Melbourne suburbs had been
plagued by certain of his flock to such an extent bl
their parsimony that he decided to adopt a better pier;
than remonstrance to produce reformation. Instesu
of paying the weekly offertory of threepennies into the
local bank he quietly placed them on one side. Tne
result was marvellous. After some £9O of small oil
bad been withdrawn from circulation, sixpences se
shillings took their place in the plate, and latest ee:
counts speak encouragingly of the increased miaow°
derived from the weekly contributions.
"MUCH WOOL AND LITTLE CRT."—Motto for the
seat of the Speaker of the House of Lords.—Punehs
A SHOOTING ACCIDENT. —On Saturday Pl°
Thomas, the wife of a tradesman at Barnet, went wlth.
her husband and children to the Alexandra psi,
While in the grounds, she unconsciously got be
the shooting gallery, and while in a direct line Tan
the bull's-eye the bullet from a rifle which h'iti
just been discharged penetrated the target at the en
of the gallery and entered her head. She was at one?
removed to London, to St. Bartholomew's Hospitt
where the bullet was extracted. Subsequentll. la'
operation was performed, when five pieces of her err.
was extracted. She was in a most precarious stir
and but little hopes of her recovery were entertainea.
BT JUDY'S HEAD GARDENER.—" A Hardy Ann°
—Sloper's. Look out for it. —Judy.
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THE TELEPRONE.—A. capital exhibition of the
powers of the telephone was given recenq
Brooklyn in the sclioolrooth attached to Dr.
church. The Edison carbon telephone was emplul7
as the transmitter, and anew and powerful instruffisnr".
known as the Phelps crown telephone, as the reseal:lo •
A large paper cone was employed to reinforce of
sound at the receiving end. The circuit was net
any large extent, being only from the pastor's d ,we
ing.house, near the room where the lecture was '
but similar effects could doubtless have been obtsiu„.
over many miles of wire. Solos and four-part Orli:
speeches and guitar-playing were heard with distin,.
nese, and, thanks to the cone, with surprising 14170
nese by every one in the room, which contailleum
audience of about three hundred. The quality 0f25,,
tones were clearly recognised, not merely the joitri;
and the voice of Dr. Wells could be instantlY
tected from the others.
CAPTURE OF THE SEA SERPENT.—The Ae
Correspondent of the Hobart Town Mercury writes
follows :
tesie.
" Messrs. Macnamara and Andling arrived by the s
ship Devon to-day, bringing a most remarkable
111 t
te i
captured yesterday in a fish pool at Penguin. The fiing
141 I. long, Thin. deep from the neck to the belly, tanaW.
21n. to the tail, and 81n. in diameter in the thickest PD
There are no scales, but the skin is like polished silver; to
18 dark lines and 8 rows of spots running from the banjo.
the tail, on each side. There is a mane on the neck4ol,
long, and continues from the head to the tail; snaall
no teeth, protrusive mouth, capable of being extended 40d
like a sucker; eyes fiat, about the size of a half-crown...not
like silver, with black pupils. There are two feelersrod
the chin, 321 n. long. The flak was alive when captures,, .
is on view at the Mechanics' Institute, labelled. ono
Serpent.' Numbers of people have inspected it, bta.
are able to assign the species."
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IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE.—The country
been put to the expense of £6,427,060 for the preseiroo
tion of peace. A high price ; but how many rutiln
more would war have cost us, by Jingo I—Pulics'
A obi.
THE WHITE ELE.PHANT.—A noteworthy "bite
recently occurred in India. The oldest of the
elephants, aged one hundred and eight years, dirr,ite
Its temple. Every one knows that this famous sir,;,ea
elephant, before which a whole people bow the sa
is the emblem of the Kingdom of Siam. The dee7r-ed
idol was accorded a magnificent funeral. A hull ,The
Buddhist priests officiated at the ceremony.
three surviving white elephants, preceded by trurn,je,
and followed by an immense concourse of Perth.
accompanied the funeral car to the bank ui
Menam, where the king and his noble lords roe'the
the mortal remains, which were transported ,_ psis
opposite bank for burial. A procession of thirty 're tipg
figured at that curious ceremony. All the f" tae
houses, ranged in double file on the Mensan Wivita
number of over sixty thousand, were adorned
flags and symbolical attributes. Oat
FAITH.—A contemporary devoted to sanitary web f
believes that great mischief is wrought to healtis'op
sleeping upon feather beds in the summer time. the
tresses are the proper things, it says; the law:Woo,
better, and even a plank would be better than °nod
"There should be a local authority to see to theef,
kindred matters, as they are of vital importance.
is easy to see that the contemporary is a doyen
liever in the Board of Health.—Judy.
AVERAGE PRICEf3 OF BRITISH CORN.—The
are the average prices of British corn for the 01
ending August 10, as received from the inspectors 33,;
officers of Excise :---Wheat, 445. Id,; barley, 35'5.0614
oats, 2 s. Id. per imperial qr. Corresponding 00.
last year :—Wheat, 655. Bd.; barley, 345. 7d. ;
278. 4d. of

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CYPRUS.—The August -11 tanber011
The Bookseller contains a bibliography of works re .° tlis
to Cyprus. Excepting references contained inoisli
classics, the oldest work on the subject is by a Potilr
writer, Fernando de Herrera, whose book was 10iet
lished at Seville in 1572. The list, which 0000
about fifty titles, includes works in ancient snag:ool
Greek, Latin, French, English, Spanish,
German, and Low Dutch. Der-
" RlSKS."—Shrewd Clerk (with an eye to
centage) : "Take an Accident Insurance TicketAleog:
—Passenger (nervously) : " Wha' for?!
Well, sir, nothing has gone wrong 'twixt thg, tbs
London for the last fourteen months; and, 0008
haverages, the next smash on the hup line is h°llo.lo
exactly iix weeks and three days !"—[old gent .
out with alacrity.]-.Punch.
THE NATIONAL SUNDAY LEASUE, This
visited the town of Maidstone on Sunday in
recognize the act of the Corporation in °pow:Wl
museum and art gallery on Sunday afternoons, L'Thso
congratulate the promoters on the success whi%ocee
attended the movement. The Sunday Rawl': hie
since the first opening on the 9th of June 10'00
averaged fully 800 each afternoon, while the.qatori
daily attendance is about 50. A congrarnifoo
address was presented to the Mayor and CorP°r
of the town. 1101113°
BOROUGH Amts.—The town of Birkenhead„A
recently received a Royal charter of incorporat4s4o°,
municipal borough, the Town Council is now eti7ge
in choosing a coat of arms. The Heralds' CA/Diritelji
willing to allow a coat of arms representing the
head lion, the Tranmere tree, the Bebington /4.00111
the two young lions of Oxton—these being t
crop'
districts of the borough—quartered with a
,
two crescents and the pastoral staff of a h je-
hfrto
whole surmounted by a lion rampant. lilecoaejj
proposed is Uot, fides, i&i lux et robin.,
has taken time to consider whether these I"
bearings are appropriate to the new borough. t
MORE DISPARIM—SOITIBOREI has found o,llktilllbt eti
reason a woman cannot throw a stone as strwroe
man is because her collar-bone is differentlY r Teri
the collar-bone of a member of the stronger 0ert:000,
is a matter to which the attention of the ri
Rights Association should be directed withou
If ever women are to be in all respects the e4iiiecr-
men, a redistribution of collar-bone is a prinler
sity.—Judy. lef
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THE RIGHT WAY OP WASHING THE mag
People would think that there are several wr-Wiloll
of washing the face, and but one right. Dr',.hird'lb,'-00
directions are :—" Fill your basin about tiv°"'";ocl
with fresh water; dip your face in the water' 0024'
the face'
your hands. Soap the hands well, and pase,4o Aott
hands with gentle friction over the s":"ra'''t,
Having performed this part of the "d
thoroughly, dip the face in the water a 0"coo
1, ote .40;
and rinse it completely; you may add v.e"b110..„,' 0
the luxury of the latter part of the operatinn„6:lo"-
a second basin ready with fresh water W '-
filial rinse."
the 0 to
A CENTENARIAN.—Mr, William Career, writ'e
tary of the Indigent Blind Visiting Socisty,few 71500.
the Daily Telegraph :—" During the 102t„ded
many instances of deaths have been rec°.`„re str't
tenarians, but none, I venture to think, 010esfie13, 0t
than the following—Thomas Bugden, a Arth inev'eed.
Spitalfields (who was blind), died on the
the age of 104, and whose burial I have inertbe ag
He was born on Jan. 27, 1774, married at 0 fc't
th
29, and lived with his wife in the same ger
oun 88.
years. His wife, who was three yeare c 0 of Ile
himself, died thirteen years since, at the a ee t
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IMPORTANT TO TOURISTS. HoW t0,,,v. of 01331
World" for sixpenoe.—Buy a copy at a"'
bookstalls !—Judy.
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ONE EMPIRE, ONE MONEY „nrresecos
.—A "'" of tUv
recently raised a question as to the variety_biob
ages in use in our different possessions, ;dial"
very great importance to an Empire eltassia
every portion of the globe. A traveller te, se
one country to another is compelled to snuroreeeliel
loss which frequent exchange from one. l'.o.zre_Aei
another entails; but the inconvenience lei:Dowd 0
when the process has to be repeated in lano.steceofso
allegiance to the same Crown. The ell old irTh.
uniform currency in our various colonies orth°oo.
to facilitate commercial relations between .00,3 tyo
advantage has been to a certain extent adn!,l 00,01
acceptance of thegold coinage of the Sycrnly.ooree,,
legal tender in this country, but this f 'OO
short step in the right direction. So long.._ dia_ooo4
nationalities exist, so long must there. n.:to p!
monetary systems; but we are only adqintbiwieff ;Able.
eerily existing state of confusion by m3.11,14"0han,4006.
rate systems of coinage, or, at least, uninrong. t4ooe.
moneys, in so many of our foreign poseValted lot
adopts the dollars and cents of the ;
India has her sy stem of rupees and aaam.--Itt rAelg
counts her wealth in a similar marine!. ed 51'0010
Africa, Dutch and English coins are eznPlrlord 0 For
side. Cyprus, again, will probably elirejell
instance of the inconvenience. It would 1'
sible to arrange that, even if the e 011350 find D'
various colonies are not identical in form, idiewoje.
the pieces should be equal, and that 0100 of
able to obtain currency without deprecisti
all over the eimpire.—Cokniim and India.