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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

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JESUITS IN JERSEY.

The bill for the expulsion of Jesuits from Jersey
was brought up for discussion before the States
Assembly on Tuesday afternoon. The bill was intro-
duced originally about four years ago, when the
Jesuits were being driven from France and many
were expected to take refuge in Jersey. It could not
be brought up for discussion before its turn, and
meanwhile that confraternity arrived in large
numbers. Since then they have acquired a large
amount of property where they are at present
located, and they are carrying on their work of in-
struction at their college of St. Louis. The bill,
which has been amended since its introduction,
sought to make its provisions retrospective. It also
provided for the inspection of this and all other
establishments of religious orders whose members
were bound by Tows. There was much opposition in
the Assembly to the bill, and after a warm and long
discussion the preamble of the bill was thrown out,
and the measure consequently fell through. Con-
siderable opposition was raised to the bill outside the
States Assembly, it being urged that the body of
Jesuits are not in any way interfering with the
interests of the inhabitants, either politically or
religiously, and that their presence is of great
pecuniary benefit to the island.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11


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ANCIENT WATER SUPPLY.

The reservoirs of the ancients were not inferior to
those of the present time. The expertness of the
ancient engineers is attested by the remains extant;
they certainly are not buried in the waters of the
Lethe. The Pools of Solomon still continue to furnish
water to Jerusalem. They are three in number. The
upper is 1601 t. above the middle one, the latter 248 ft.
above the lower. The first was supplied by pipes
from springs, and when full emptied into the seclmi,
and that into the lower one. The water was used for
irrigating Solomon's gardens and supplying his
Temple. The lower pool held about 31,442,425
gallons, the middle about 12,280,912 and the upper
one contained 13,778,772—a grand total of 58,511,109
gallons, or nearly six times as much as the Kansas
City reservoir, which is estimated at 10,000,000
gallons. These pools were solid rock and masonry,
lined with cement, and had steps leading to the
bottom. One historian says that Nebuchadnezzar,
wishing to brick the bottom of the Euphrates, which
flowed through the centre of Babylon, caused a
reservoir 40 miles squhre to be dug, so as to allow his
masons a dry river bed. Another historian writes that
Nitocris, a daughter of Nebuchadnezzar, is said to
have dug a reservoir 420 stadia in circumference, lined
with stone, for the waters of the Euphrates, in order
that the river bed at Babylon should be dry, so that
she could build piers for a bridge. A stadium being
625 ft., it would make this circumference 40 miles.
These two reservoirs may be the same, and this shows
what discrepancies there are among writers.—Buzlding
and Engineering Times.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

BRUTAL OUTRAGE AT ROWLEY.

Serious injuries were inflicted on two young men
named Benjamin and James Round, sons of the
landlord of the Britannia Inn, Spring Vale, Rowley,
on Tuesday afternoon. For the past few days a
series of pigeon "homing" matches have taken
pliice in the district, and several:disturbances have
ensued. On Tuesday afternoon a number of men
visited the Britannia in a very drunken condition
and demanded drink. The landlady instructed her
sons not to serve tvie men, and they were ordend
out. They then went into an adjoining garden and
commenced a disturbance The sons of the land-
lidy went out to order them a% ay, when they took
off their buckled belts and struck the young men
ahout the body and head with such ferocity Lis to
render them unconscious.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

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A BROKEN-HEARTED MOTHER.

At the Westminster Police-court, Mary Ann Bastin,
a married woman, was summoned for threatening
Selina Buck and Marian Evans, also married women,
of 43, Hugh-street, Pimlico. Mr. T. D. Dutton, pro-
secuted, and Mr. W. D. Smyth defended. It appeared
from the evidence that defendant and Buck were
sisters, and all parties were in a good position. One
of the defendant's daughters, a prepossessing girl of
16, had lately disappeared, and the defendant, in a
frenzied state, went to Mrs. Buck's on the 27th of
March, made a great row, and threatened both the
complainants, especially Mrs. Evans, who lived apart
from her husband, and it was alleged had taken the
girl away. She was to have her heart cut out. Mr.
Smyth, now, on behalf of the defendant, said that her
mother's feelings had overcome her, and she was
almost mad at the loss of this child, who it was feared
had met with a bad fate. She, however, was now
calm, and prepared to offer bail for future good con-
duct. Mr. :D'Enycourt took a substantial recog-
nisance in £lO for six months.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

FIELD DAY AT DOVER.

A very successful field day was held at Dover on
Monday when about 5000 troops of regular and
volunteer forces were engaged, the manceuvres taking
place between Dover and Martin Mill. At their
zonclusion General Feilding, who was in command,
expressed himself in terms of high satisfaction at the
conduct and bearing of the whole of the forces
engaged, and particularly with the volunteers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

CHURCH OF 'ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S
SOCIETY.

At a time when the welfare of young men is con"
sidered of such vital importance as to be a matter of
general discussion, and to call for special considera-
tion at conferences, &e., it will not be out of place to
give a short outline of a most valuable agency which
has now been in existence for nearly half a century.
So far back as 1678 young men's societies can be
traced in connection with the Church of England.
About the year 1700 services were instituted at St.
Clement Dane's, and Sunday evening lectures in
thirteen London churches. The societies for young
men languished for some time, until in 1842 there
were started for the London and Westminster Young
Men's Society for Aiding Missions at Home and
Abroad. These societies united in 1843, and there
was thus formed the Church of England Young
Men's Church Mission Association, and City of London
Young Men's Society for Aiding Missions at Home and
Abroad, and other kindred associations. A few
years after the society altered its constitution
and enlarged the purpose of its work, its objects
being "the promotion of the welfare of young men,
spiritually, socially, and intellectually, with especial
view to their consistent life as members of the Church
of England, and their active personal labours for the
good of others." The society, too, has ever sought to
help and to extend the work of the Church, and to its
efforts is due the establishment of the Lay Helpers
Association, which now occupies a conspicuous posi-
tion in Church affairs. The society has branches in
Belfast, Bath, Birmingham, Falmouth, King's Lynn,
Oxford, Cambridge, Burton-on-Trent, Norwich, Win-
chester, and other provincial cities and towns, and
also 14 metropolitan branches in the principal
suburbs of London, but the work in London is very
much cramped owing to lack of suitable accommoda-
tion. A special effort is now being made to secure a
suitable and commodious building as a centre for the
whole society, the existing central rooms at 18, New
Bridge-street, London, being altogether inade-
quate to its requirements. The proposed new
building will be designed to contain a hall
for large meetings, library, reading and class rooms,
gymnasium, club and refreshment rooms, besides
affording accommodation for a resident secretary,
and also sleeping apartments for temporary use by
young men arriving from the country until recom-
mended to suitable lodgings. Such a building will
not only make more ample provision for the various
and excellent work now carried on, but will enable
the central society to become a home for young men
of the Church of England, and a centre of usefulness
and influence in every branch of the Church's work.
The late Earl Cairns strongly recommended the
special movement to public support, and her Majesty
the Queen has expressed her approval that the build-
ing shall bear the name of The Leopold Booms."

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

MR H. B. SHERIDAN, M.P, AT DUDLEY.

On Tuesday the annual tea meeting and concert in
oonnectioo with Woodside Metlio...li3;. New Connec-
tion Chapel, Dudley, was held ii the building.
Iter the meal there was a meeting in the base-
taunt of the chapel, over which Mr. B. Hingley
p'resided, and he was supported by Alderman Dunn,
Councillors G. Dunn, F. Coley, and D. Hill, and
.lessrs. W. Brookes (the working-man candidate
for Woodside Ward) and T. Partridge.
The Chairman, in introducing Mr. Sheridan,
g4vo bitu a hearty welcome, and asked the audience
to ,ive him their continued support in the coining
election. (A.pplause.) Mr. liingley then spoke a
to .v words in favour of the local Liberal candidate
for Woodside (Mr. Brookes), and these remarks
were well received.
Mr. Sheridan then addresseA the meeting, and
referred to his visit on the previous day to Nether-
ton. Be said that portion of the borough and
Woodside had workE:d together in the past. and
tied shared the same triumphs. But a greater,
triui.u.pli awaited them, for in the House of Com-
mons was a measure of reform which must
necessarily be sooa completed. (Applause.) Both
picnics were agreed upon it, which was a noaderful
thing to say about a question of reform supposed
to be in tile in crusts of the working man.
(Laughter.) It was not a usual thing, however,
and yet on the present occasion the Liberals
theuesbc their interests had been considered, and
the Tories thought they had not been forgotten ;
and so they cad all agreed to have a reform bill.
(Laughter) After it had been passed en election
woutd be imminent, and it was for Lhat election he
wished them to prepare. It would be one superior
to any since the great Reform time of 1832. They
could not tell whether the new constituencies would
give a Liberal or a Tory majority, but. if by any
chance the latter should happen, he felt sure it
would nut be followed by a second. (Laughter end
applause.) lie counselled the Liberals of all places
not to be too certain of vic-,ory and so lose ground.
They had neen accustoniud to victory in Dudley
for many years, and it would not be well to let in-
action rob them of so long a Liberal majority.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

ELECTION OF THE BISHOP OF

EXETER:

On Tuesday morning at ten O'clock the Dean and
Canons residentiary assembled in the Chapter House
at Exeter, and on the prebendaries arriving in the
Chapter House the chapter clerk read the conge d'elire
and the citation. At 10.30 the dean, canons, and
prebendaries proceeded to the choir, and the morning
service proceeded as usual to the end of the First
Lesson, after which the dean, canons, and prebendaries
returned to the Chapter House, the great bell tolling,
and the chapter clerk read the letter commendatory.
The Chapter then appointed Mr. William John Battis-
hill, notary public, to be their actuarz4 and appointed
certain witnesses. The dean then declared absentees
contumacious, and read a monition and protestation
declaring "all and singular excommunicated, sus-
pended, and interdicted" who ought to have attended
and had not, and that their absence would in no way
invalidate the election. The Chapter then proceeded
to the election, and having elected Dr. Bickersteth,
the Dean of Gloucester, the dean declared the result
to the chapter, who then returned to the choir, and
the dean from his own stall announced the result of
the election to the congregation. The service con-
tinued, and after it was concluded the full Chapter
returned to the Chapter-house, and declared that the
usual certificates of the election be sealed with the
common seal of the Dean and Chapter, and also the
usual proxy be appointed for the presentation of
certificates to the Queen, the Archbishop, and the
Bishop-elect.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

DIED.

BLAKEWAY.-At High Street, Stourbridge, April
Ist, 1885, Elizabeth, elde:t daughter of Mr. F.
Blakeway, vet.Tinary surgeon. Aged 27 years.
UNDERWOOD.—Ou the 7th nisi-, at the Chequers,
High street, Stauroridge, Francis Unlerwood
aged 52, (kept}, regretted:
STANLEY.—On the 9th inst, Market Street, Stour-
bridge, Edward Stanley; aged 58 years. Fiends
kindly accept this intimation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

RO WLE Y.

LOCAL BOARD ELECTION.—The votes recorded in
this election were counted on Wednesday, at the
Board Room, Old Hill, before Mr. W. Bassano,
returning officer, with the following result :—E.
Lowe, 3.332 ; W. Whitehouse, 2,642 ; J. Plant,
2,631 ; W. P. Strawson, 2,611 ; B. Priest, 2,523; W.
Taylor, 2,505 ; B. Hadley, 1,292 ; C. Willetts,
1,195 ; Wil etts, 1,186 ;G. Wood, 1,091 ; and
E. Pcwtriss, 16 The first six are elected. For
some reason, the returning officer declined to make
the usual declaration of the poll. It should be
stated hat Mr. Pewtiess wi hdrew from the contest
which accounts for the small number of votes re-
corded in his favour. Mr S. Cave raised an ob-
j ction on the ground that only thirteen days had
elapsed between the last day for receiving nomina-
tions and the counting of the votes, instead of
fourteen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

TR.A.DES'MENS' ADDRESSES

MPORTANT ! SPECIAL!!
BENSON'S
NEW PAT.isNT (No. 4658),
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

"BULL-NURSES."

• Perhaps we ought to apologise for using this word;
but years ago (it may be so still) it was the sailor's
phrase to indicate a male attendant on the sick. We
recommend the attention of doctors and others to a
very sensible letter on this subject in the St. James's
Gazette of Monday last. Everybody is aware that
during the last twenty years or so women have
gradually rushed into various employments where
formerly only men were accustomed to tread. Heaven
forbid that we should grudge them the privilege. In
many cases they do the work just as well as, if not
better than, men; and, poor creatures! they are
e ther content to accept, or obliged to put
up with, lower wages than would satisfy their
razor-usirg rivals. But now for the special
point concerning which we desire to speak. Nursing
seems an especially feminine occupation. There was
a time when most of the professional nursing was
done by elderly ladies of the Sairey Gamp type,
though many of them (we hope most of them) treated
their patients better than did that distinguished
creation of Dicken's genius. Then came Miss Florence
Nightingale, who made nursing fashionable. Young
women of good breeding and refinement took to it,
some for conscience sake, others because they had a
real vocation in that direction. The result, on the
whole, has been satisfactory, and it is probably that
nursing is altogether both more intelligently and
humanely carried on than it was thirty years ago.
But one effect of the Nightingale crusade has been
to kill off the "bull-nurses" of former days. As
"J. H. L." pertinently says in the above
letter, a male nurse is now very difficult
to procure. The chances are, if one does
present himself, that he has been an attendant in a
lunatic asylum, which would be to many people the
reverse of a recommendation, for such men are apt
to have very rough-and-ready ways. Yet it is easy
to see that in many cases male nurses are the best
suited for male patients. A woman who becomes a
nurse does not cease to be a woman, and, as she is
usually a young woman, her sense of propriety cannot
fail to be shocked by the occurrence of many unavoid-
able incidents. And, without insisting too strongly
on this aspect of the case, the superior physical
strength which the male creature usually possesses,
however inferior he may be to woman in other
respects, must come in very handily where heavy
Patients have to be 111 ted.—The Graphic.

ANARCHIST InANUFACTITHR.—Iiere is a reeipe for the
manufacture of Anarchists: One small hall over a
beer saloon; a saloon keeper who will trust for beer;
three or four loafers who will discuss the labour
question; one long haired crank to curse the rich; one
little red flag to wave the signal for gore (an old
undershirt will do) • a lot of lazy idlers who despise
work, and can, hurrah for the destruction of every-
thiPg.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

FOREIGN SUGAR BOUNTIES.

On Tuesday afternoon the half-yearly Council
meeting of the Workmen's National Committee for
the Abolition of Foreign Sugar Bounties was held at
their head-quarters, the Trafalgar Hotel, Leman-
street, Whitechapel, London. Mr. John M`Lean
(secretary of the Scottish Workmen's Association,
took the chair. The Chairman said that the imports
of bounty-fed sugar had alarmingly increased during
the past year, inflicting incalculable injury both on
the employers and the employed, as well as upon the
trades dependent upon the British and colonial sugar
industry. In 1862, previous to the commencement of
the bounty system, 5 per cent, of the total sugar im-
ported came from sources that were subsidised by
foreign Governments. That 5 per cent. represented
about a total of some 50,000 tons of sugar, but in
1884 such had been the increase in production, manu-
facture, and exportation of sugar on the Continent,
that no less than a total of 614,000 tons of sugar,
valued at from 10 to 12 millions sterling, had been
imported into the United Kingdom, which amounted
to 51 per cent. of the total imports, or ten times the
amount of what the continental imports were before
the bounty system. That involved a serious loss
to British workmen, to our colonies, and to the
employers. Mr. Kelly (organising secretary to the
committee), reported that a deputation from the
London Executive had waited upon a large number
of candidates now seeking to represent in Parlia-
ment various divisions of the metropolis, and 19 out
of 25 of them, embracing Liberals, Radicals, and
Conservatives, have giveu their adhesion to the pro-
gramme of this association. Mr. S. Peters (secre-
tary), reported that Mr. C. T. Ritchie, M.P., was
doing everything in his power to secure a day for
bringing the whole sugar bounty question before the
attention of Parliament, and of moving that the only
way to neutralise the effect of the system was to put
on a countervailing duty, equal in amount to the
bounty. It would be much more advantageous to
the consumer and the nation to countervail the foreign
bounties of Europe to the extent of £3 a ton, which
would give the Chancellor of the Exchequer two mil-
lions sterling, than to put 3d. additional duty upon
tea. The .E 3 duty would add a trifle over two-thirds
of a farthing per pound to the price of sugar. while it
would restore to the country a great and important
industry. After much discussion, and when various
reports were handed in, Mr. D. M'Kie (Canning-town
Lat,ourers' Association) moved, and Mr. E. Barrett
(London Dock Foremen) seconded, the following re-
solution: "That this Council resolves to hold a magi
meeting at the East-end of London at an early nate
to support Mr. C. T. Ritchie, M.P., in his endeavour
to induce the Government to countervail the foreign
bounties on sugar; and hereby calls upon all members
of Parliament to assist the hon. member for the
Tower Hamlets." The resolution was unanimously
carried.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

THE CURE OF INEBRIETY.

Dr. Norman Kerr presided over the annual genera;
meeting of the members of the Society for the Study
and Cure of Inebriety, held on Tuesday at the rooms
of the Medical Society in Chandos-street, Cavendish-
square. In the course of his presidential address Dr.
Kerr congratulated the association on the successful
character of the first year's operations, and on the
fact that there were now 279 members and associates
combined together for the purpose of instituting a
searching inquiry conducted on scientific lines into
the cause of inebriety in its varied forms.
The president then called attention to the encourag-
ing fact of the steadily increasing recognition of
inebriety as a disease, and concluded by stating that
the drunkard was more to be pitied than blamed
as the subject of a disease, it, or a diathesis predi,-
posing to it, having been by heredity stamped on his
being. The diseases of inebriety resembled in many
particulars the disease of insanity, and it was as much
the duty of the Christian, the philanthropist, and the
State to establish homes for the treatment of the
inebriate as they had acknowledged it to be their duty
to sustain asylums for the care of the insane. A
paper was then read by the secretary, Dr. W. M.
Sturrock, contributed by Mr. Crother, of Hertford,
Connecticut, honorary secretary of the American
Society for the Study and Cure of Inebriety, entitled,
"The Incipient Stages of Inebriety." A discussion
followed, in the course of which Dr. Farquharson,M.P.,
pointed out the difficulty of any legislative measures,
and also asked for the results of the treatment in the
Dalrymple Home for Inebriates. The chairman, in
reply, stated that it was difficult to arrive at any
satisfactory results from the statistics, as they had
only been in existence for about a year, but that of
the forty-nine cases treated in the home, 50 per cent.
of them had remained steadfast and had been re-
stored to their ordinary careers, and 29 per cent, had
been greatly benefited. The discussion was continued
by Dr. James Stewart, Dr. Morton, and others.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

BROM -GitO VB.

CONSERVATIVE MEETING.—A meeting of Con-
servatives of Stoke Prior, Upton Warren, and
Graf on Manor, was held at the Golden Cross
Hotel, being the most convenient plc ce, on Thursday,
to appoint delegates upon the Divisional Com-
mittee for the parishes named, Mr. J. R. Horton
presided,' and the delegates were appointed as fol-
lows :—Stoke Prior: Messrs. N. Jones, J. Moreton
W. Morris, J Nelson, and J. Russon ; Grafton
Manor: Mr. R. Smith; Upton Warren: Mr. R.
Swayne.
LOCAL BOARD.—At the meeting on Wednesday
there were present Mr. W. Jefferies (Chairman),
Messrs. J. Amphlett, A. Bennett, T. Billingham, J.
Brazier, W. Brooke, J. W. Fitch, T. E. Ince, G.
Nicholls, D. Roper, and R. Wood.—The Chair-
man signed a petition to the House of Commons,
on behalf of the Board, praying that the title of
the new electoral division of the county may be
changed from the King's Norton Division to the
Bromsgrove Division.—Dr. Girey, medical officer,
reported that 16 births and 12 deaths were regi--
teted last month, the tirth—rate being 24.1 and the
death-rate 18.0 per thousand. With the exception
of o ne case of typhoid fever and a few of whooping
cough the district was free from zymotic diseases.
Dr. Carey was instructed to make 'a special report
to the next meeting on the state of S demoor and
other places.—Tne estimate of expenditure f.:r next
year was presented, the total atroinnt on general
district rat. being £1,760 18s 21. an I on lighting
rive, £391 us 9d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

SUICIDE OF A SILLY YOUTH:

Very young people too frequently commit suicide
in France. Not many days ago a student still in his
teens, having loved too well, but not wisely, resolved,
in his despair, to kill himself. Being of a literary
and rather romantic turn of mind, the foolish youth,
after writing a letter to his parents asking their par-
don for the grief he was about to cause them,
determined to leave behind him his "impressions" as
the poison he had swallowed took effect. Be absorbed
the poison in an American grog at a Parisian café.
Then withdrawing to a private room of the establish-
ment, he took up a pen to jot down his impressions. "I
am going to die," ran this strange document, the
beginning of which was written in a firm hand-
writing, the concluding sentences being almost
illegible, for the writer was in his death agony. "Am
I afraid? No, I want to die, though a bright future
was in store for me. But I loved. It is good to love,
but it is also fatal." After these reflections the un-
fortunate lad began to suffer intolerable agony, which
he depicted in disjointed phrases. The poison "burnt
his throat, his chest, his heart." He could no longer
note down his impressions. He had but life left to
write the last words, " As revoir, adieu," and all was
over. Two hours later his bereaved parents claimed
the remains of this poor silly lad, who sacrificed his
life because his boyish passion was unrequitted by the
object of it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

A ROMANTIC STORY,

Some years before the American war, Otis Ba:dento'
a farmer, seeking his fortune in the West. drift
Missouri, where he met an accomplished young hirai
with whom he fell in love. She was pleased with to s
but before he made his passion known she moved
distant part of the South. About this time the 73
broke out, and the two soon lost all traces of ee'cooo
other. Burton joined the Union army, and "s
.„nEtild
afterward wounded, and as it was supposed be "-ber
die, a letter was sent to his mother informing
that her son could not live. He, hz.-wever,
blessed with a good constitution, and recoll'ilej
He went back to his regiment, and Wash p
with a company to take supplies across the
The party was attacked by Indians, and every
in the force except Burton killed. Ile wasTlis
ported to have been slain with the rest.
Indians decided to let him live, and took him a PA,
Boner to their retreat in the mountains of the Som:a
west. He gradually recovered from wounds he bto
received in the encounter, made himself agreeable
of
his captors, and adapted himself to their v015,i,%
living. After he had been in captivity some
mouths or more he was allowed more liberty,ancl4s
began to watch for a chance of escape. The
had stolen a number of ponies, and among these
.."0
one which Burton's practised eye showed hira___,;ce,
highly bred, swift, and with speed and endua
This pony was cared for and petted by Burton,
he was allowed to ride him. One day he strayeclift,Tts
further than usual, and, though not acquainteoi_.%"lf
the country, made a dash for liberty. He was
pursued, but the gallant little pony had the " beit'rbes
for a winning race. He rode three days, en' -tiler
began to see that he was getting out of the 1101,e
country. In the distance he saw a house which •th
knew must be inhabited by whites. He shouted °lvo
joy, feeling that he had gained freedom at last. '-'O3
knocked at the door of the house, and a oerPhs;cl
awaited him. It was opened by the woman be "ocl
loved in lang-syne. He was at once recognised, 50,
received a hearty welcome. Burton told his eAgfebe,
tures and narrow escapes to a willing listener. te
too, told her story. She had mairied a Confedierile
officer, who was afterwards killed in battle, alluge'y
now owned the farm sha occupied. Is it nece,s-
to tell the rest? They were betrothed, there ww-tig
merry wedding, and the happy couple are Ate
living in a south-western state. Surely in real,
are romances as strange and more interesting tww
those woven by the fertile brain of the novelist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

IN A LONDON OPIUM DEN.

Over the doorway are certain mystic signs. I ask
my companion their meaning. "They are Chinese
characters," he replies, "and signify righteousness
and harmony." Beneath these mendacious symbols
we pass, and stumble into a little apartment to the
left, from the open door of which a reeking odour is
issuing, of extreme unpleasantness, caused by the
escaping fumes of opium. The room is of the
smallest dimensions, and the ceiling so low as almost
to necessitate the removal of one's hat. The pur-
poses, however, to which the room is put are by
no means proporticnate to its size. A rapid glance
reveals its use at once as shop, smoking divan,
and grillroom. . . . We now proceed to ex-
plore the back and upper parts of the house.
Throughout, every possible advantage appears to
have been taken of the very limited space
at command. In the passages we find partitions
erected, forming, with the wall, cells so narrow that
the ordinary mattress barely finds place within. In
the rooms an arrangement is observed similar
to that which prevails on board of ships. The mat-
tresses are posted berthlike, one above the other,
and thus, in a miserable apartment barely twelve
feet by eight, accommodation is made for from ten to
sixteen smokers. On the entire premises of this
wretched construction as many as 50 can be provided
for simultaneously. None of the rooms are filled,
through which we wander, and few of the couches
are for the moment tenanted. But the reasons for
this are not hard to surmise. From a remoter room
have long been issuing the excited shouts and eager
exclamations that betray the progress of a game of
hazard. Entering this room we find that the mat-
tress has been removed from the upper of two opium
lounges, and replaced by a cloth, the board beneath
thus forming an easily-extemporised gambling-table.
Gathered around this table, some sitting, some
standing, some even squatting, tailor-like, upon it,
others stretching on tip-toe in the background, and
not a few mounted on stools fetched for the occasion,
are three-and-twenty Chinamen. All are intent upon
the game, and it is a striking picture that, in the
flickering glare of the dull lamp, their eager, peering,
closely-packed faces offer.—Good Words.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11

JENNY LIND S VOICE.

She sang two or three wonderful pieces; ofietody,
by Chopin in which she took the upper nie'il
while her husband played the lower parts. Thefrej
but impossible intervals for the voice she renuetbe
perfectly; but the most surprising effort was era
following: She sang "Auld Robin Gray " lof
slowly, and I could hear amid the profound sileal to
the audience, that the accumulated echoes seenteurag
be floating in the air, and forming perfect cb°icea
every now and then such as I had never Otos
before; but the climax of all my experievco ber
reached when at the end of each verse Poo
husband played a single chord (the Pioocl
having been silent during the entire °ice
long-drawn stanzas), I found that both
and instrument were, not merely somewhat 000
•but absolutely in perfect tune. To those who jii
the fearful odds against the accomplishment of
daring feat before an audience, I need not sa°i
all critical notions were scattered to the winds,
hailed her as one of the most astonishing artists.e te,cl
heard of. Her voice was what is called "
this kind of organ is peculiarly liable to partiallfisg
if not total extinction, for a time; yet, overrnss';,he
all by her wonted determination and genias; 00
triumphed over every obstacle, and perforraeu,bere
surprising feat during five successive verses. "-A be.
was no more to be said; we could only listen 911!';
silent. A similar success will rarely be attaivw
anyone.—Memoirs of a Cambridge Chorister.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-18

DEATH OF A MURDERER.

Armand Peltzer, who, with his brother Leon, was
found guilty of the murder of the barrister Bernays,
of Antwerp, has died at the Penitentiary of Louvain
after a lingering illness, during which he had received
the most humane treatment. He had been per-
mitted to receive almost daily visits from his mother
and daughter, ttnd his :brother Leon, who is an in-
mate of the penitentiary, was allowed to be present
during his dying hours. The deceased made no
statement whatever relative to his crime before his
death.

Mrs. Newgold : "This picture, Aunt Eunice, is a
real old master.' Aunt Eunice: "Well, I shouldn't
care if it was; it's just as good as some o' the new
ones.''
During the late cold snap Mose Schaumburg laid in
a big lot of wood. He encouraged his son to pile it
up by saying: "If you vash a good little poy, Isaac,
you may pile up dot load of
,woßd.."_ f!'A.nd yen I
vash a pad little poy, foddeli-Nrot' den"l'i'lljea you
shalt pile dot wood up veder you vauts to or not,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-18

W OR DSLEY.

VOLUNTEER INSPECTION.—The annual Colonel's
inspection in cornection with the D Company of
the Ist Volunteer Battalion South Staffordshire
Regiment. took place on Thursday night, in the
Drill Hall, Wordsley. The officers present were
Co!onel Earclay, Adjudant Mittord, Major Webb,
Captain Coliia and Lieutenant Boulton. A close
inspection of the men's anus and accoutrements
took place, after nhich the colonel addressed a
few words to them. He said he was very pleased
to see them looking so smart, and mustering up
much stronger than on previous occasions. He
told them that they were going to camp at Alder-
shot, by permission, but he was limited to about
500 men, and those men would be picked. The
captain wonlirpick them and they would he those
men who looked smartest on parade, and who knew
their drills best, iA n. 1 such that Would sustain the
credit of the company. The last time they went
to Aldershot they were praised from the General
Commanding do.via to their brother volunteers, and
he hoped this time that they would keep up that
prestige. He was wiry he could not take wore
men, He should have liked to have taken the lot,
but he was under orders as well as they were.

THROAT IRRITATION AND CODGE.--Soreness and dry-
ness, tickling and irritation, inducing cough arid affecting
the voice. For theae symptoms use Ijtt,s Glycerine
Jujubes. In contact with the glands at tile moment
they are excited by the act of sucking, the Glycerine in
tinge agreeable confections becomes actively healing.
Sold only in boxes, 7d., tins Is. lid., labelled "Jardsla
EPPs & Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London. Dr,
George Moore, in his work on "Nose Throat
Diseases," says: "The Glycerine Jujubes prepared by
Jarnes Epps and Co., are of undoubted as vice as a
curative or palliative agent." While Dr. G)rdon
Liohnes, Senior Physician to the Municipal Throat and
Ear Infirmary, writes: "After an extended trial, I have
found your Glycerine Jujubes of considerable benefit
(with or without medical treatment) in almost all f yrms
of throat disease."—ln Stourbrtdge Epps's Medicines
aro sold by Morris, 136, High Street.
For a sustaining. comforting, and nourishing beverage
drink Cadbury's Pure Cocoa, sud do not be persuaded
to accept a substitute.
DRAFNEss, NOISES IN TEE EARS, DF,LLAR
ESSENCE FOR DEAFNESS should always be tried. RS in
numbers of eases, seemingly incurable, it, has done
wonders. Slight Deafness, obstructions iu the Ears,
and the incessant humming sounds so frequent with,
effected hearing, are removed after two or three nights
applications. Deliar a Essence can be spoken of as sure
• to give some relief in any ease of Deafh-,s ivithout
causing the slightest injury to the delicate or,onisins of
the ear ; and, however snrprimhp2,
.persons for years
Deaf have heard sounds after a Lair trial of Dellars
Essence. Bottles, Is. lid. and 2s. sa. Sold by all
thaemists, 1•011 L free for 18 Stamps sent to Bedford
Laboratory Bayley Street, Loadoa, W,C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-18

ENTERTAINED AN ANGEL
UNAWARES.

A. tramp called at a house at Wadesboro, North
Carolina, a fortnight ago, occupied by two ladies, and
asked for a lodging. They at first refused his request,
but finally agreed to lock him in a closet, where he
was to remain all night. About twelve o'clock the
ladies were waked by a negro who had come into the
room, lie threatened to kill them if they made an
outcry, and demanded money, which one of the ladies
said she would get. She then went to the closet and
unlocked the door, when the tramp, who had heard
the whole conversation, sprang out pistol in hand.
The negro started to run, but the tramp fired, killing
him instantly. Shortly after it was discovered that
the supposed negro was a white man who had blackened
himself and invaded the house. lie was recognised
as a neighbour of the ladies.

"That sermon did me good," said one friend to
another, after hearing an eloquent preacher. "We
shall see," was the reply,
"I intended to tell Jane to bring a fresh bucket of
water," said the wife of Prof. It ettlehead, looking up
from her sewing." "You doubtless mean a bucket of
fresh water," rejoined her husband. "I wish you
would pay some little attention to rhetoric your
mistakes are embarrassing." A few moments later
the professor said: "My dear, that picture would
show to better advantage if you were to hang it over
the clock." " Ah ! " she replied, "you doubtless mean
if I were to hang it above the clock. If I were to
hang it over the clock we couldn't tell what time it
is. I wish you would pay some little attention' to
r.hetoric: your mistakes are embarrassing."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-18

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THE PRINCE OF WALES AMONG THE

DUBLIN SLUMS.

Among the most interesting incidents in connection
with the Royal visit to Ireland, and one which doubt-
less will have touched many a loyal chord among the
.tiore distressed inhabitants of our sister isle, is the
visit the Prince of Wales made to some of the slums
to acquaint himself with how the Dublin poor live.
On one occasion a covered carriage was drawn up at
a private exit near the Ship-street gate of Dublin
Castle, and accompanied only by Prince Albert
Victor, Lord Suffield, and Captain Hammond, R.N.,
the Prince of Wales was driven away through Ship-
street to Golden-lane, a place of most unenviable
reputation, consisting of old, tumbledown, tenement
houses of the most miserable class. The Prince
entered, perhaps, the worst of these dwellings, and
went through the rooms. No warning whatever had
previously been given, and the Prince thus saw a
Dublin tenant-house in all its horrors and filth. The
broken flooring, dilapidated roof, the want,s of sani-
tary accommodation, were all commented upon freely
by the Royal visitor, who as freely expressed his
sympathy for the occupants. The Prince further-
more loudly condemned such dwellings, and hoped
they would soon be swept from the face df the earth.
During the time this work of inspection was proceed-
ing, the word went round that the Prince was there,
and immediately the occupants of all the other houses
in the lane rushed out, and in a brogue peculiar to the
neighbourhood expressed their wonder. The Prince now
found himself at the door, with a mob of as uncouth
and wild-looking men, women, and children about as
could be imagined, but from their attitude it was
quickly seen that the people were not hostile. The
Prince received them with smiles, and quickly cheer
upon cheer was given. The youngsters, almost naked.
shouted themselves hoarse, and !men and women
offered hands, which the Prince, without demur, shook
heartily. From this point the Prince drove off to a
group of artisans' dwellings in the Coombe, built by
a limited liability company, and known as the
" Coombe Area." The Prince was here followed by a
large crowd in his tour through several of the neat
cottages in the block. The crowd was, of course,
composed principally of women and boys, the hus-
bands being at work; but these crowded round the
Royal party so thickly, and so eager were they to get
near him, that it was with difficulty Lord Suffield, Mr.
Harrell, the Chief Commissioner of Police, and the
secretary of the Dwellings Company could fight
a way into the open street again and reach the car-
riage. Cheers followed his Royal Highness as he
drove away.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-18

A WARNING TO LADIES.

When a draper has not the "Nonp—a;reFVelveteen in
stock, he is tempted to subsitnte another and an inferior
fabric rather than lose a customer. Insist upon seeing
the trade marl.; stamped at the back of each yard. The
finer qualities are equal in appearance and wear better
th tee very best Lyons silk Velvet, and cost ply a
oarter the price.
TOWLE'S PENNYROYAL AND STEEL PILLS
FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities and
relieve the distressing symptoms s prevalent with the
Bones Is. lid. and 2a. 9d., of all Chemists. Sent
auywhere on receipt of 15 or 34 stamps by tie maker
ti• TOWLE. Chen ist, Nottingham
A DELIGHTFUL FLAVOUR.—CRAOROFT'S AREOA-NUT
TOOTH PASTE.—By using this dtlicions Aromatic Den
frice, the enamel of the teeth becomes white. sound,
and polished like ivory. It is exceedingly fragrant,
and specially used for removing incrustations of tartar
on neglected teeth. Sold by all Chemists. Pots, is and
2s each. Get Cracrofes.

LIVER COMPLAINT.—TiItee•fOIIII.IIB of our functional
derangements are caused by inteiroption of the liver's
action. A few doses of DT. KING'S DANDELION AND
QUININE LIVER PILLS, without mercury, are a potent
remedy. They perform fall the benefits of mercury
without any of its disadvantages and dangers. Dr.
King's Pills remove all liver and stomach complaints,
biliousness, headache, sickness, shoulder pains, heart-
burn indigestion, constipation, so ensuring perfect
health. These old-fasbioued Pills still keep ahead of
all others as the great liver remedy. Sold everywhere.
DR. KING'S LIVER PILLS, containing dandelion and
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surest, mildest means of removing ineigestion, bilious-
ness, headache, dyspepsia, obstructions and irregulari-
ties ot the liver and stomach, so ensuring perfect
health. Dr. King's Pills are sold everywhere.
To STOP COUGHING, a few doses of PEPPER'S WHITE
COUGH MIXTURE arrests the most troublesome fit of
coughing, relief and tranquility to the irritated mem'
branes and air-passages Soothing, comforting, and
demulcent. its action is quite different front Cough
Remedies. Bottles. Soli everywhere.
FOR GARGLING THE THROAr AND MOUTH, use PEPPER'S
TANNIN THROAT GARGLE. An application of great
service for sore throat, whether imfiammatory, relaxed,
or ulcerated. Tannin Gargle is strongly recommonded
to speakers, singers, &c as greatly preservative and SUE
taming. It is also a valuable purifier as a mouth wash,
being singularly agreeable, astringent, and cleansing,
Bottles. Sold everywhere.

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