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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

NIGHT LODGERS IN NEW YORK
POLICE STATIONS.

The tramp question in America is fast becoming
one of vital importance, and is attracting the attention
alike of the philanthropist and legislator. During the
summer weather these dangerous classes quit the
towns and cities for the country, where they become
objects of terror and dislike. Murders, robberies, and
outrages of all kinds are committed in a systematic
manner, which bespeak the greatest coolness and
effrontery, and, at the lame time, evince an utter
disregard for the laws, which appear to be unable
to check or punish these offenders. The first cold
snap of winter, however, at New York, is fol-
lowed by a veritable pilgrimage of the professional
tramps, either to the office of the superintendent of
out-of door poor for permits to take up lodgings on the
islands, or—as the case of the more industrious mem-
bers of the clan, who think the season favourable for
the commission of small thefts—to the various station-
houses, where, at least, they may sleep in warm apart-
ments. It has been noticed, during the present winter,
that among the applicants for lodgings at the stations
an unusually large number represents a class of men
and women unaccustomed to such dormitories. There
are hundreds of people, not familiar with the charac-
teristics of crime, who, in consequence of the severity
of business depression, have become unable to pay
even for the slight accommodations of cheap board-
ing-houses. These crowd with the vagrants by
choice, thieves by necessity, and meals by
natural endowments, and may be readily dis-
tinguished from them. The apartments to which
they are consigned in the station-houses are well.
ventilated as a rule, and comfortably warmed. Their
bed is a long, deep wooden platform the head being
about two and a half or three feet above the floor, and
the foot from six to eighteen inches. No pillows or
blankets are furnished. It is expected that in return
for the lodging the applicants will sweep out and
wash out the appartments in the morning before their
departure. To this the professional tramp objects,
but by so doing reniers himself liable to ba refused
shelter on a second application. There are many
poor people, however, of both sexes, will manifest a
grateful appreciation of this plain hospitality, and
cheerfully perform the required service, for which
they are generally certain of accommodation. The
lodging rooms are thoroughly whitewashed once a
week, and are kept as wholesome as the construction of
the buildings will permit.—P ictorial World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

MR. SPURGEON AND HIS FLOCK.

The latest account from Mr. Spurgeon, who is still
at Mentone, states that he is progressing favourably,
and that there is every likelihood of his complete
restoration to health and strength before the lapse of
many weeks. The members of his numerous congre-
gation, who feel the fitnaost regret at his enforced
absence, entertain the hope that their esteemed pastor
will be able to resume his work among them about the
middle of next month, if not sooner. _ _ _

At the morning service on Sunday in the Metro-
politan Tabernacle, a letter was read from Mr.
Spurgeon, in the course of which he said :
. _ . ... .

"God bless you, dear friends. May His richest blessings
rest upon every one of you. May those brethren who speak
to you have more strength than I have, and more grace. If
they shall be the means of bringing some to Jesus whom I
have never reached I shall be glad indeed. I want you all,
members of the Church, to be very, very diligent in helping
in the February meetings by your efforts and your prayers
My dear brothers Clarke and Smith are well fitted for their
work. You ought to have the Tabernacle crowded every
night of the week; that is what I want to hear of. Each one of
you must get to work to get the outside people into the house,
that they may hear and live. The evangelists will be with you.
for the best part of the month ; and if you all work hard and ear-
nestly to gather the crowds together. Then those two
brethren speak and sing. I do not doubt that a blessing
will resLupon them like that which came upon our brethren
Moody and Sankey in years gone by. Pray for me, I beseech
of you, and having done so, prove the sincerity of your
prayers by helping on the Lord's work. This will be as
medicine to your sick pastor's soul and body. I rely upon
you each one to see these services made a success, God the
Holy Spirit helping you."
Messrs. Clarke and Smith, who have concluded some
weeks' services in Portsea and Plymouth, will com-
mence a series of services in the Metropolitan
Tabernacle on next Sunday afternoon. The services
will consist of addresses and song.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

MEDICAL CAUTION.

TFIE Special Treatment adopted and used
with such great success by Dr. Hunter for the
last thirty years, can odly be obtained at 44. Great
Charles Street, Birmingham. Book of Testimonials,
wita advice now to rept,' Health and Slauly Vigour.
and Directions for Self Treatment, free to any address.

FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE."-
See Deuteronomy, chap. xli., verFe 23.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

DUDLEY AND WALSALL,

DIANOF-ORTES and HARMONIUMS may
_IL be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two or
Three Years; after which, and without any further pay.
ment, to become the property of the hirer. Allinstru-
ments had on this system, or otherwise, will be
exchanged any time within six months for any other, if
not approved of , and returned carriage free. And fur.
her, ate' a trial of three years, any Pianoforte or Har-
moni‘m would be taken back, at its original cost, and
the money returned, deducting the usual cherge fo/
hire; thus offering greater advantages-than the Londfn
or Birmingham Houses.—Apply FRE,D.EICICK
Magic Warehouse, 260, Castle-street, Dudley, and 67 '
?ark-street, Walsall.

()NE Box of CLARKE'S B 41 Pills in
warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinar
')rgans, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Grave
,ind Pains in the Back.—Sold in boxes, 4s 6d each, by
ail Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
a;iy address for 6U Stawps by the Maker, F. J. Cualee
Consulting Chemist, ugh-street, Lincoln.— NA Lolesal
Agents, BAEOLAIC & dots, London, and all the Wholual
e °um

TOWNSHEND HOUSE SCHOOL,

tiIIWatAINSIEIt

VAuANCIES FOIL BOAIWEES.

Terms Moderate.—Apply W. MAI"III.E‘V 6, PriLicipal
Late dead .nater ut oLuniey Citatntuar 6chuot,
Papiia admitted at any tittle.

coRNFORD,

(Late IC. TI-19.1.(50N,)
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LINEN AM) N‘ UULLEIN DRAPER

UrENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING

Made to Order, on tne bhortest
STYLE AND FIT

LADIES JACREIS, siLIWLS, DRESSES, -8;c.

14 and 15, 11.1.(1i,hi sTOU IDGE

SALL: OF SV, WOOD UOOISE
AIiCH.E.I.I,

ARNBY and CO., 5, Ales, le, Birinibgliain, notify that
their Goods wil I be on bale, at their Agent'.s, kr.
Archer Clarke, 71, High Street, Stourbridge,
Baray and Co, especially call attention that the
prices cuarged wiii be lue sauie as at Birthingbaui.

Archer Clarke respectiuliy cdlls the
public that ou al nis Goods iu fife shop a coiAik:c.l4:bic
reduction is made for cash,
Framing orders quickly ecuted on
Oleagraphs, Chromes, erap and cut•oat ltelie -
in the is allowed offlor cash.
CARTES-DE-VISITIe. TiliaN DAILY front 9
o'clock. ss. and 78. ed per dozen.
..Ififteenc.op;kl,..sc:Le
given to the dozen for cash.

SELLINQ OFF.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE.

On Saturday the Cleopatra, containing the Needle,
was safely taken to her moorings opposite the Houses
of Parliament. Her exit from the dock was accom-
plished without much difficulty, and once in the river
she was lashed to two tugs, one on each side of her,
and, preceded by a third, was towed up the river.
This unusual procession on the Thames attracted the
attention of the vessels lying on either side of the
river, and on London, Southwark, Blackfriars, Water-
loo, and Westminster bridges there were large numbers
of persons congregated, who cheered heartily as the
Cleopatra passed. The process of mooring was suc-
cessfully carried out.
The site which it is believed the Obelisk will occupy
(and which was suggested by Mr. J. Dixon) is that of
the Adelphi steps, between Waterloo and Charing-
cross bridges, and if the sanction of the Government
and metropolitan authorities can he obtained, very
little delay will
_take place before the erection of the
monument.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

THE DEATH-RATE AMONG QUAKERS.

The number of deaths in Great Britain and Ireland
among the Quakers during last year was 308-125
males and 183 females. As the number of Quakers in
the kingdom may be roughly stated at about 20,000,
it will be seen at once that the mortality is consider-
ably less than that of the population in general; and
an examination of the details show conclusively that
this is the case. Out of the 308 there were only 19
deaths of children under one year. The total number
of deaths undee twenty years of age was only 49; and
out of the 308 the highest number in any one ten years
of life was in that which included those whose ages
were between seventy and eighty. The next highest
number, 55, died at ages between eighty and ninety.
Eight died whose ages were between ninety and a
hundred, and the average age of the members of the
body in the last year, according to the official state-
ment from which these figures are quoted, was over
fifty-eight years. To whatever cause this happy state
of things may be referred, its existence is at any rate
deserving of note.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

A JAPANESE EXHIBITION.

The conductor of Messrs. Cook's "Round the World"
tour, writing from the steamship Hiroshima Marn, under
date Nagasaki, Nov. 27, says :

" During our visit at Tokio this year, one of the
great events and attractions going on was the
Hakuran-Kuwai, or national exhibition, at the Park
of Uyeno, which we were fortunate enough to witness
and which does Japan great credit. It was opened on
the 21st of August last. The exhibition buildings are
six in number, and form an irregular sexagon, within
the limits of which the grounds are tastily laid out in
flower beds, and have in their centre an arti-
ficial circular lake, fed through pumps from the big
pond Shino-badzu-no-ike ; but the grounds extend be-
yond the sides of this sexagon ; they are, in fact, said
to cover an area of 20,000 tsubo, or 720,000 square
I feet, and in these more distant places are to be found
various structures, refreshment stalls, eating houses,
&c. The six principal exhibition buildings bear each
of them an inscription indicating their contents.
Turning left from the entrance we find these build-
ings ranged in the following order-1, Horticultural
hall; 2, Machinery hail; 3, Western hall; 4, Fine
Arts gallery; 5, Eastern hail; and 6, Agricultural hall.
These are all connected with each other by a short
covered gallery, and are profusely decorated both in-
side and outside with flags of various colours. The
structures being, with one exception, only intended to
remain as long as the exhibition lasts—viz., until the
18t of December this year—they are unpretending in
appearance, and have been built in the most economical
manner. They are all of wood, one storied, roofed with
galvanized iron, floored with cement, lit by windows
in the walls, and by sky-lights in the roof, and painted
both inside and outside with colours pleasing to the
eye. Each building is constructed in form of a rect-
angle, but they vary considerably in size. The one
exception from the general method of construction is
the building for the fine arts, which is intended to re-
main standing as a memorial after the exhibition shall
have been closed. In every department of manufac-
turing industry, silks, lacquerware, bronzes, porcelains,
and the thousand-and-one articles of daily life, the
exhibition teems with the best examples of what
the artists and artisans of Japan of to-day can
produoe. Old curios and antiquities are not shown,
and the lover of things of the past must look else-
where for a gratification of his curiosity. The Exhibi-
tion Bureau has published in the vernacular a guide
book and a voluminous catalogue. The number of the
exhibitors is about 18,000, and the articles exhibited
about 30,000, valued at a, total of 175,228 yen or
dollars. The Japanese Manufacturers, whose in-
telligent, ingenious, and artistic toil has made the
the exhibition what it is, are to be warmly congratu-
lated on their meritorious success in almost every
department of human industry."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

EPIDEMIC OF TYPHUS IN ARMENIA.

The special correspondent of the Gobs telgraphs
from Tiflis, under date 30th ultimo, that "accord-
ing to the official report furnished by the
Armenian Census Commission the number of sick
Russian and Turkish soldiers, chiefly typhus
patients, in Asia Minor at the present moment, is
as follows :—Kars, 5.000 men; Hassan Kaleh,
7,000; and Erzerouni, 12,030. In Tiflis the typhus
plague is increasing."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

RUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO THE PAMIR

The Globe is informed that the expedition des-
patched last September by General Kaufmann to
explore the Pamir has returned to Tashkant, bring-
ing with it a deal of valuable information re-
specting the people living on the confines of I hibet
and India. One of the professors attached to the
expedition has despatched to St. Petersburg a
series of maps of that part of the Pamir which,
until the arrival of the party, had not beeu visited
by Europeans, together with march routes
compiled by his assistant, Captain Schwartz.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

STARCH.

Mold Argood Colliery Company, Mold," Pleasantly
surprised with the minfite information."
lliaeozoshie Brotifers, Fish Factor., Lowestoft.
"lawssee oar subseription to One Hundred and Fifty
Pounds (S 150
Wallas*, Bailey and Wilkins, Tanners and Currier'',
160, Long Lane, Bermondsey, London, B.E.
" lafcalbion most seeurate—speedy.—Tour Office un-
questionably stands first. Inerease our subscription to
Fifty Pound (i6O). Members 6 years.
Made, John & Co., Boot and Shoe Manufacturers,
Woreester. " Illness" our subseription to Twenty
Founds (iii)."
Briggs, Shera & Co., Oak Works, Horncastle,
"In no one butane. hare we been deceired—correet—
reliable,"
Ilazitisy and Palmas, Biscuit Manufacturers, Beading,
" tipecialiter—mest "alusble in reinoTing doubt as to real
position of parties.—Xembers 11 years."
Dewharst, Hoyle and Smethurst, Colliery Owners,
Blaekrod near Chorley and elsewhere.
"When, relied upon, your information perfectly safe in
crediting. Members 15 years."

Bell Brothers, Ironnasstero, Middlesboro'. " Very
satisfactory—hare availed ourselves ler 10 years or more."
John Snowden, Paint Manufacturer and Oil Merchant,
South Shields. Your Telegram received, and very
much obliged to you for your prompt reply—They won'
get an ounce of stuff from me. Yours dre.
Swann, J. E. and Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro
and Glasgow, "Satisfactory."
Bissell, James, and Son, Birchill Iron Works, Walsall.
" Great Value."
Darlington Forge Company. "Prompt replies—ap-
prove of the Confirmatory style adopted."
Laskenby Iron Company, Middlesboro'
" Conscientiously recommended. Members 8 years."
Darlington Waggon Company, Darlington.
"Prompt—reliable information—various sources."
Stanbridge, Sydney, Esq., Maltster, Camberwell,
London, S.l. " Charges are higher than any other
office, but the results justify the additional outlay."
Oldroyd and Sons (Limited) ,Dewsbury. "Reliable."
Hudson, Sykes and Bousfield, Leeds, " satisfied with
the thoroughness of the manner you answer Continental

DEBT COLLECTING AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Is ü *twisting (sornetheng grevious) every year to see the amount of money—good money, or ought to bs—that
I. lest to Creditors through air inability to follow up a Debtor (in consequence of being unable or unwilling to
aford M. time to leave their business, or having tried (and most probably inefectually) to recover it, have become
thoroughly ttick Ms afair II) The Debtor, in most cases, knows and relies upon this and calculates that he will
eveatsally tire be Creditor out.
DIRT COLLECTIRG.—The system adopted by there Oftlees is the most peremptory and successful ever
submitted to the Public. Immediate application to Debtor • prompt remittance to Creditor. Reports on unpaid
debts every month. Statement with every remittance, so that Creditor can post direct to his Ledger.
Tiaus-5 per Cent, up to £5O 21 beyond. Double this:rate for Irish, Scotch and Foreign Debts.
Debi Colltstiag only, S 1 is per won, and Terms as above. NcepSubsoribermarDebts;Collested lir
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

ENGLAND AND THE WAR.

The following reply has been received in answer to a letter
to Earl Russell concerning England's duty in relation to the
Eastern Question :

February 2, 1878.

Sir,—" In reply to your letter of the 30th of Janu-
ary, in which you desired to be acquainted with Lord
Russell's opinion on the affairs of the East and the
duty of this country, I beg to say, on his behalf, that
he has been for some time unwell, and has not yet
completely recovered; all I can say positively is that he
is decidedly in favour of a policy of peace, at the same
time wishing to maintain all our real interests, and
that he is Nery anxious that the oppressed States of
Turkey may obtain independence.—Youre faithfully,
F. A. R. RUSSELL."

The Times of Tuesday publishes the following letter:—
Sir,—The extension of the area of war in the
Eastern hemispnere surely p4nts to the increase of
expenditure in the naval and military services. For-
merly war was European in character and locality;
now it may be (as far as we are concerned by the in-
terests we have at stake) both Asiatic and African in
direction and bearing. There can, in fact, at present
be little or no difference between a peace establish-
ment and a war establishment so long as nations
are so sensitive and prone to war. It would be no
use to have the most efficient army or navy ready a year
after the time they might have beenserviceable either in
upholding the true interests of this country by actual
service, or by their acknowledged existence acting as a
suffieientsafeguard and check, for however commonplace
the expression maybe, it may still be that "readiness for
war is the best security for peace." General efficiency
(as far a 3 money can bring this about) by sea and by
laud, and readiness for active service on short notice
must be (alas! that it should be so) our normal condi-
tion as a nation at present, with, however, this
alleviating thought and wish, that our efficient troops
and ships may after all belong really to the "preventive
service. "—I am, Sir, yours faithfully, FORBES.
CaLtles Forbes, Aberdeenshire, January 31.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

OUR RELATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE

OF INDIA.

_
The fifth of a series of lectures in connection with the
Working Men's Club and Institute Union, was delivered in
the hall of the Society of Arts, Adelphi, London, on Satur-
day, by Sir George Campbell, M.P.

_
Mr. Hodgson Pratt introduced the lecturer, who
said the general state of things as to the mass of the
natives in the present day was somewhat thus. As
generations had passed, these people had become for-
getful of the rule from which we resoued them, and
our relations with them were not so cordial as was
the case in earlier days. Still he did not think
there was any grave feeling against us, and
he thought the natives felt in the main that
our motives were honest and that we tried to do them
justice. As to the future, whether we should induce
the people to become zealous in favour of our rule,
that depended very much on the course of our policy
in the years to come. As regarded the c )ntinuance of
our rule in India, our social relations had not im-
proved, but had become worse. We had not assi-
milated the people of India to our religion or to
orr social habits. Where native religions had been
destroyed caste had been left, and the result of caste
was to prevent people meeting together with the
freedom which was desirable The journey between
England and India had been reduced from many
months to a few weeks, and this had tended to
diminish the "old Indian" feeling which formerly
existed, though there might be some exceptions. His
belief Was that we must educate the lower classes of
the people, and influence the villages first, and then
the larger areas, but that could not be done in a day.
We should seek to offer them a simple form of
Christianity, and then we might supply a bond of
attachment to us. Thus we might take farmer hold on
the country, and in the next generation we might feel
that we had not gone backwards, but rather forwards
in the great work.
A vote of thanks was passed to Sir G. Campbell for
his lecture.

OBLIGING !—Mistress. "Mary, has that parcel of
stationery arrived yet from the stores ?"—Parlour-
Maid. "No, Ma'am. But I can lend you a few sheets
of my own note-paper, if you don't mind using my
monnygram ! ! "—Punch.
A NATURAL RESULT.—The tax on dogs is being en
forced in consequence of a tax of dogs. —Fun.
SLEEPING AND WAKING.—Lady Beaulieu was Com-
plaining of being waked by a noise in the night: her
Lord (an Irishman) replied: "Oh ! for my part,
there's no disturbing me; if they don't wake me
before I go to sleep, there is no waking me after-
wards."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

THE EX-KHAN OF KHOKAND.

Up to the present moment the efforts of the Rus-
sian authorities to discover the whereabouts of the
ex-Khan of Khokand, who fled from Orenburg two
months ago, have proved fruitless. The Cossacks
sent after him tracked him as far as Emba, but there
lost traces of him. It is supposed that he has either
perished in the dessert or is pursuing his course, in
disguise, to Khokand, through the Turcoman territory.
The Cossatk frontier guards are keeping a vigilant
look out for him.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

A SHIP DESTROYED BY FIRE.

A Lloyd's telegram from Madras states that the
British Sceptre arrived there on the 12th of January
from Melbourne. The master, Captain Richards,
reports, while at Keeling Island, the Cheviot barque
arrived there with a portion of the crew of the Glene-
richt, of Liverpool, from Sunderland for Singapore, coal
laden, consistingof themaster, his wife and two children,
and 15 of the crew. The master of the Glenericht
stated that about the 25th or 26th of November the
cargo was found to be on fire from spontaneous com-
bustion, and all efforts to put it out having proved
ineffectual the vessel was abandoned on the 29th, in
lat. 32 S., long 89 E., the crew leaving in four boats.
The ship was then burning fore and aft, and the three
masts had gone over the side. After being together
three or four days two of the boats parted company
during the night. Eleven days after leaving the ship
the master's and two other boats fell in with the
Cheviot, on board of which vessel they were taken to
the Keeling Island, and there the crew were divided
into three portions, six being taken to Madras by the
British Sceptre, six taken on board the Theophane,
bound for Calcutta, and the master and his family and
three of the craw being retained by the Cheviot,
bound for Rangoon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

DUDLEY.

SCHOOL. BoARD MEETING.—T3iII ALLEGED EXTRAVA
ciawcit or TSB Boaan.—Mr. R. T. Terry presided on
Monday at an ordinary meeting of the above Board.—
After a considerable amount of formal business, the
C.,airman sa.d they had a precept to sign.—Upon this
Mr. Billing rose, and said Mr. Reynolds had written to a
weal paper upon the extravagance of the SchoA Board.
kie had attempted to show that the Board was spending
more than it ought. Mi. Reynolds made the majority
on that Board, for Churchmen and Nonconformists
were each five in number. If the Board had been ex-
travagaut he was responsible; bat he (Mr. Biding) knew
ut no extravagant item, except the £l5O which the
Board had spent in Mr. Tanlield's matter.—Mr, Rey-
nolds rose to order. Eh denied that he had attacked
any member of the Board.—Mr. Billing said he still
held that Mr. Reynolds was responsible for the spending
at the money. It was not fair tor him to disparage the
vtrk he had helped to. The Act compelled them to
spend money, and he should think it better if Mr. Rey.
nolds would propound a more economical scheme than
in writing to the papers.—Mr. Reynolds said he could.
Tee schools to be elected ought to be momentary ones,
nit middle class ones. The school rate would yet be
2s in the pound iu Dudley, and nut toe led and 3d as
stump orators who propounded the scheme said it
would. The education provided was beyond elementary,
t equal to an examination for the Dudley Grammar
6cuuol. Toe childri n had to be taught animal
payttul gy and were to be made " eelosofers."
(caugh,er.) Ni ell, lie was an Irishman, and must bay ii
that way. Ris scheme fur economy was for elementary
Ecnoola, ant not for middle class ones. Neither should
a fresh school be built until the old ones were all filled.
Taulield said if all the schools in the town wards
were filled there would still be a deficiency of school
accommodation of 2,000. There was no blame to be
attached to the Liberal party, who had been in the
minority, and could not have spent money had the other
side desired to proveut them.—rhe Chairman held that
ihe discussion had proceeded far enough. It was plain
Mr. Reynolds did not attach blame to members of the
Board, but rather to the working of the Act. (Rear,
hear.)—Mr. Garrett said he did not wish to be taunted,
as one of the majority, with spending money.—Mr,
rautield denied that he nad taunted the majority; all he
had said was that the minority. could, not spend money
if the majority desired otherwise.—l he Chairman said
the diseubsion must drop; up to that time it had been
conducted with good humour, but the business ought to
'
proceen the precept for X 3,605 was then signed.
Mr. Jones proposing it, and Mr, Reynolds seconding the
motion.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

HIPPOPHAGY.

The Lord Mayor of London has had a communica-
tion from a society founded in Paris in 1864 for the
extension of the use of horseflesh as an article of food,
stating that two of their members—tradesmen at
Rheims—were about to open in London an establish-
ment for the preparation and sale of horseflesh as
food, and requesting his lordship's authority for
that step. They urge that horseflesh will be an
important addition to our food resources, especi-
ally to those of the poor, whose means will
not allow them to entertain senseless prejudices
against the new item of food; and they state that
horses past working are sold at higher prices to
butchers than to slaughterers' and that the animals
are trsated with the greatest care; it being to the
butchers' interest to have them well nourished. The
English population, perhaps, might be repugnant to
the consumption of horse-flesh, but there were
sufficient foreigners, notably Frenchmen, in
London to ensure the success of the new in.
dustry. In any case the butchers would
rtrade at their own risk and peril. The first
" boucherie " was opened in Paris in 1866. The num-
ber of horses, asses, and mules consumed in Paris
was 2,192 in 1.867 ; 9,732 id 1872; and 10,619 in 1877.
There were now 61 " boucheries " open in Paris alone,
and many in all the principal towns. The founder of
of the society is M. E. Decroix, the principal
veterinary surgeon in the army of Paris.
The Lord Mayor has replied, wishing the experi-
ment a fair trial and the success it may deserve, and
pointing out that no authority or permission is needed
to open the establishment in question.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

CRADLEY HEATH.

CoNsEavaTivn AssociATloN.—On Tuesday evening a
meeting of the Cradley -Heath Conservative Assotiiation
%as held at the house of Mr. Daniel Willetts, Cross
Guns Inn, Five Ways, Cradley Heath. Mr. C. Lander
presided.—ln his opening remarks tin Chairman re
ferred to the late Conference held in Birmingham,
which he said was a great success, and calculated to
strengthen the Conservative cause throughout the king-
dom. He also spoke about the question of supplies now
before the House of Commons, and shortly censured the
action of the Radical party in opposing the vote.—After
several other members had spoken the following resolu-
tion was unanimously carried, and the secretary re-
quested to forward it to Earl Beaconsfield :—" rhat
usia meeting hereby express their entire confidence in
the honour and ability of Earl Beaconsfield and her
Majesty's Ministers, fully believing that the honour,
integrity, and interests of the country will be Zealously
guardea by them; and that this meeting also express
their contempt at the unpatriotic and obstructive policy
of the Oriadstonian (Liberal) party in opposing the vote
for supplies which the Goverment are fully justified
in asking for, in order to obtain, if possible, a per-
manent peace, and preserve the welfare and dignity
of this empire."—A vote of thanks to the Chairmen
brought the meeting which was enthusiastic throughout,
to a close.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

sian honour requires is the repeal of the humiliating condi-
tions of peace at the close of the Crimean war. I trust that
a lasting peace may be secured by mutual ooncessions, and
also that Russia and England will become friends again by
a fair compromise."

A most curious incident occurred to-day, halfway between
here and Adrianople. A train was telegraphed for by
Sulieman Pacba to remain at his disposal at Bazardjik, and
left Adrianople to proceed to its destination. .But at
Tirnova a gathering of ten thousand refugees was met, who
squatted down on the line and refused to let the train pass,
taking the waggons by assault. There remained nothing
else to be done but return to Adrianople with this unfore-
seen cargo.—Correspondent of the Standard.

Public opinion at St. Petersburg, and more particularly at
Moscow, is reported to regard the projected European Con-
f ereuce with disfavour.

---
The Daily Telegraph of Tuesday; says :—" Upon what he
deems to be no mean authority, our Paris correspondent
has heard that Russia is carrying on secret negotiations
with Turkey for the transfer of her entire fleet by way of
Indemnity for the war."

Additional correspondence respecting the affairs of Turkey
has been laid before Parliament. Server Paella, telegraph-
ing to the Turkish Ambassador in London on the 27th, says
that the Porte gave its consent to the entrance of the
British fleet into the Dardanelles in consequence of the
pressing representations of Mr. Bayard. " You will call the
attention of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to this latter
point," adds the despatch, "so that the passage of the Eng-
lish fleet through the Dardanelles may not be considered as
a violation of the Treaty of Paris."

The Eastern Badg3t learns from Warsaw that preparations
are being mule in the Kingdom of Poland for a new levy of
about 40,000 recruits next spring. It is stated that the losses
sustained by the Russian army in the war are much heavier
than they have been officially represented to be, and that
this was especially the case in the recent crossing of the
Balkans, where the Russians lost three times the number
stated in the official reports.

The North German Gazette, in. publishing
.the news

_
respecting the signatnre of an armistice, says diet the Rus-
sian troops have penetrated almost to the gates of Con-
stantinople, and that 'the military conditions of the truce
have hardly been fully oommunicated he the St. Petersburg
elegram."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-09

THE CURE FOR A "SORE LEG."

Not very long since I was speaking to a country-
man upon the advisability of putting away something
for a rainy day, urging the usual argument, that he
would not always be young, and that his friends
might not, if necessity required it, be so willing to
assist him in his need as they now were in his pros-
perity. "Faith, there's no denyin' good advice, sir;
but, with all respect to your honour, the money put
by for a sore leg often goes the wrong way." Upon
inquiring what he meant by the "sore leg," he ex-
pressed his surprise at my lack of fable-lore, and with
a few prefatory movements of tongue and limbs related
the following :

"A simple-minded woman was married to a man of
accumulative habits. His one great desire was to
accumulate sufficient cash to look forward with confi-
dence to the issue of the rainy day. His wife was
never made aware of his intentions in this respect until
he had gathered a considerable sum, which he gave to
her, and appointed her custodian of it in these words,
Here, Mary, put that by for the sore leg; Heaven
knows when we may be visited by it.' Mary stowed the
chink away in a long blue stocking, and resumed her
household duties without any striking observations. A
cunning rogue lived in the neighbourhood—what
neighbourhood is without such an inhabitant?—
and he, hearing of the lucky stocking which had been
put away for the sore leg, determined to obtain it at
any price. Trusting to the woman's simplicity, one
day whilst the husband was absent at a fair, he tied a
beefsteak around his leg, called upon his victim, and
with woe-begone visage and piteous accents asked her,
Had she any cure for a sore leg?' Oh, the heavens
be praised, my poor man,' said Mary • 'I have the
cure here in the house itc this ever so long expecting
you.' It is unnecessarf to state that the money put
by for the rainy 'day went the wrong way upon this as
well as many other occasions."—Pictorial World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-31

FISH.

Fresh herrings, 20s. to 255. 6d.; roused ditto, 18s. to 80s.
red ditto, 12s. 6d. to 235. ; pickled ditto, 30s. to 31s. 6d.;
kipper haddock, 20s. to 405. per barrel ; trawl ditto, les. to
18s ; ditto plaice, 16s. to 21s. ; ditto whiting, 10s. to 155. per
basket; crimped salmon, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per lb.; native
oysters, £lO to £l2; Dutch ditto, £5 to £6; Ostend ditto,
£4 to £5; American ditto, £2 to £3; common ditto, Al to
£2 10s. per bushel.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-31

A PURSE REVOLVER.

The readers of the Waverley I\tovels will remember
the description of Rob Roy's purse, which contained a
pistol so placed among its oinaments as to be liable to
go off if any attempt to open the purse was made by
one who did not know the secret of the fastening.
An increnious German, Herr Otto Fraukenau, has
recently invented a purse whih contains a revolver
in one of its divisiorls, so arranged that it can be fired
with extreme readiness. The purse has the outward
appearance of a somewhat thick portmonnaie, and the
pistol is securcd to the metal framework on the left
hand side, when the muzzle is pointed forwards. On
the right hand side there are the ordinary pockets
for money, and on the left hand side the purse opens
in the same way to allow the pistol to be cleaned
and loaded. By touching a spring in the framework
a little trap-door opens and discloses the muzzle,
while at the same moment the trigger falls down from
below. The revolver has five chambers, and carries
Eley's five millimeter cartridges. The idea of the
inventor is not only to afford a means of carrying a
pistol without displaying it, but also that a thief
might be shot in the very act of appearing to comply
with his demand for money. The mechanism is very
simple, and works easily and well; and the pistol,
although concealed, can be levelled with sufficient
accuracy .for its purpose as a weapon of defence at
close quarters. in order to fire a rather strong pull
on the trigger is requ!red, so that there is practically
no danger of discharging the pistol accidentally when
using the purse for its declared purposes.—The Tinscs
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-31

HYDE PARK GARDENING.

On the above subject, The Times publishes the following
letter :

Sir,—While all who can afford it are going, or have
gone, to the French Exhibition, it is well to recall the
tact that we have here, in London, an exhibition of
our own that far excels anything of the kind to be seen
in Paris or elsewhere,

The "carpet gardening" in Hyde Park is the last
word of horticultural art. The beds are simply perfec-
tion. Their designs their colours, their regularity are
marvellous. Not a leaf is wanting, not a spray out of
place; it looks as if the extinct ars topiaria had been
revived to perfect the gardener's skill.
The care, foresight, and sustained attention neces
sary to insure such a result must have been enormous,
and have earned the thanks of the public for those in-
trusted with the work.
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-
Moreover, this is an exhibition open to all, rich and
poor, free of charge for seven days in the week. No
sour Sabbatarian can put these leafy pictures under
lock and key, or prevent their humanizing influ,‘nce
from brightening the thoughts of the working thou-
sands of the metropolis on their weekly holiday.
Carpet gardening is, to a certain extent, a moral
development of horticulture. To many hundreds of
excellent gardeners throughout the country its beauty
and variety are almost unknown, and it Would be a
kind and profitable outlay for all those who can afford
the luxury of flower gardens to send their gardeners
up to Hyde-park to study them while in their beauty.
—Yours obediently, EDWARD SULLIVAN.
13, Grosvea•r-place, Aug 26.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-31

BILIOUS and Liver Complaints, indigestion
Headache. Loss of Appetite, Drowsiness, Gid-
iiness, Spasms, and all Disorders of the Stomach and
30we1s are quickly removed by that well-known remedy
FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. They unite the
recommendation of a mild operation with the most suc-
cessful effect; and where an aperient is required nothing
can be better.
Bold by all Chemists, at is. li.,eLcl is. 9d. IA; be
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-31

SATURDAY, AUGUST, 31, 1878.

HIGHWAY OFFENCH.—John Bateman, Henry Lowe,
and John Lowe were charged with playing at cards on
the highway, on the 26th inst.—Mr. Hayes defended.—
Police-constable Frost said he saw the defendants playing
at cards at ten minutes to eleven o'clock but he did not
see any money.—Mr. Hayes, for the defence, said they
were simply playing at cards but not for money. As the
defendants were nailers and had no money.—Case dis-
missed.
A. BAD FATHER.—Joseph Kendrick was charged with
allowing his wife to become chargeable to the Dudley
Union.—Mr. Taylor proved there was due n 6s 10d
Mr. Addison, for the defence, said that his wife left de-
fendant with her own accord that she had broken aip six
homes and was living with another man. Defendant had
been a soldier serving his country.—Superintendent
Woollaston: Yes, and I have a letter from the Colonel
asking me to press the case. While in the army defend-
ant served most of his time in prison. His character
got so bad that he was drummed out of the regiment.—
Mr. Addison: The man has been badly used by his wife
and he was willing +3 Pay if time was allowed.—Defend-
ant was fuither charged with neglecting to pay for the
support of his son in a reformatory.—Superintendent
Woollaston proved that there was £6 9s due.—Defendant
expressed his willingness to pay if the Bench woald giye
him time—Defendant was committed to gaol for one
month, the warrant to stand over for three months, do.
fendant agreeing to pay £1 down and the rest by instal-
ments and he was bound over to appear at the expira-
tion of the time, himself in £l.O and one surety of

£5.
STEALING A SHAWL.—Mary Hollis, a young woman, of
Cradley Heath, was sent to gaol for a month for steal.
ing a shawl, value 53, belonging to Hariiett Hender,
Old Hill.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-31

across stretches of desolate heather. On the
other hand, a great deal of it, more especially in
large towns and their immediate neighbour-
hood, is of a most costly character, and once
triun for a railway is gone for ever. There is
another thought in connection with the intro
duction of steam, which is worth mentioning
in its association with this subject. Steam as
applied to purposes of land conveyance, by the
necessity of having special lines made for it,
deminishes the ammonnt of land which can be
appropriated to other uses. Steam as applied
to ocean conveyances, stand upon an entirely
different footing. It does not lessen by a single
foot the quantity of that which it traverses,
which could well afford it, being three times the
bulk of land. Again in a comparatively small
country, with an increasing Population, both the
living and the dead are continually absorbing
more land. More houses for the living—larger
cemeteries for the departed—here are two con-
stantly-angmenting causes why land is absorbed
No one can wonder, in the face of the silent
march af such powerful agencies as those re-
ferred to, that land in this country becomes
more and more valuable. We have not the
boundless prairies of America, or the far reach-
ing plains of Australia, nor can we reclaim much
from the sea. It is, therefore, for our agricultur-
ists to add to the productive power of the land
by every means in their power, and by applying
the hineflcial results which have arisen from
the discoveries of chemistry, and the develop-
ment of modern machinery, increase the value
bath of land and of labour, thereby contributing
to the supply of food essentiAl for the mainten-
ance of an ever-growing population.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-31

A GALLANT ACT.

A gallant feat to preserve life, performed by Captain
Walter Ellis' of her Majesty's 48th Regiment, is re-
corded in the Indian papers. A coolie from a c.ffee
estate near Palghat lost his way, and was wandering
for four days on the banks of the Taekady River, in
the Annamullay Forests,, without food; but did not
attempt to cross, as the river was swollen to such an
extent by the monsoon rains that it appeared im-
possible that any human being c3uld cross it.
Captain Ellis, who was shooting in the vicinity,
having been informed of the matter, immediately pro-
ceeded to the river, and giving one end of a rope to
his shikarries, took the other end himself and
plunged into the stream to swim across. The cur-
rent, however, was so strong that, although the gallant
captain is a Teri powerfnl man and a good swimmer,
he was washed down the ri7er for more than a hundred
yards, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he
succeeded in getting acros. Nothing daunted by this
experience of the strength of the stream, Capt. Ellis
fastened the rope round the coolie's waist and con-
veyed him about half way through the river, where, how-
ever, the current was so powerful that Captain Ellis
was washed down the stream. The shikarries on the
other side, however, pulled the coolie safely to land by
the rope the gallant captain had fastened round his
waist. Had it not been for the plucky act of Captain
gills the coolie would have died cif starvation, as he
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-31

THE POPULATION OF PARIS.

Official statistics on this subject have just been pub-
lished for the year 1877. During the twelvemonth the
births amounted to 55,041. The month in which they
were most numerous was March, with 4,93; then come
January, 4,865 ; December, 4,73; August, 4,665; and
October, 4,664. The one which shows the fewest is
June, 4,196; afterwards, May, 4,325; and November,
4,477, During the same year the number of deaths
Was 47,508. The month in which the mortality was
greatest was March, 4,700 ; then April, 4,353 ; January,
4,224; December, 4,188. The worst months there-
fore are two in spring and two in winter. Those in
which the smallest numbers occurred were—Sep-
tember, 3,428; November, 3,507; July, 3,690; and
October, 3,763. The number of marriages was 18,032,
the smallest known for ten years. In 1876 it was
18,117; in 1875, 18,845; in 1874, 18,827; and in 1873,
19,520, The general average for Paris is 901 per
10,000 inhabitants, The 'elation of births to marriaces
is very curious and very important; the average in
the city is 31 per marriage. That proportion descends
to 1-9 in the Bth and 9th arrondissement, but ascends
to 6.5 in the 14th, and 41 in the 10th (Saint Denis)
If the proportion of births to marriages was as high in
the country districts as it is in the capital, the effective
of the rural and productive population would not de-
crease in the serious and disquieting manner it does at
Present.—Galignani.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-31

ROBBERY IN NEW YORK.

A very bold robbery. has taken place in broad day-
light at Thirty-seventh-street and Ninth, avenue,
New York. C. H. Stone is a son-in-law of Joseph
P. Hale, the piano manufacturer, and is employed by
the firm as its cashier. About noon on Saturday he
went to the West Side Savings Bank, at Thirty-
fourth-street and Eighth-avenue, and draw 2,950 dole.
to pay the workmen at the factory. He presented the
cheque and received the money, partly in currency and
partly in silver, which he tied up in a bag and walked
out with under his arm. He went along Thirty-fourth-
street towards Ninth-avenue, and when about to cross
to the other side of the street he noticed a red butcher's-
cart, with three men besides the driver pass quickly
by. Not suspecting any danger other than being
run over, he dodged the cart. No sooner had he
reached the station of the Elevated Railway at
Ninth-avenue than the three men leaped out of
the cart, and one of them springing upon Mr. Stone
from behind, threw his arm round his. neck and
attempted to choke him. The other two seized him by
the arms and legs and attempted to throw him. Mr.
Stone is a powerful man, and struggled violently with
his assailants. Aware of the unequal contest,
he shouted to a district telegram messenger, who
was passing, and throwing to him the package of
money told him to run away with it as fast as he
could. The boy picked it up and ran up the avenue.
Mr. Stone, freeing himself trom the robbers, threw
himself upon them and called loudly for help. One
of the men, in a rage, struck him in the face, and then
pursued the boy, who had nearly reached Thirty-fifth
street. Catching up with him he demanded the
money, and meeting with a denial he knocked the
boy down, wrested the package from him, and re-
joined his companions, who had overpoivered Mr.
Stone. The three then jumped into their waggon, and
drove away at full speed. Pressing an express waggon
into his service, Mr. Stone started in pursuit. Reining
in their horse, the thieves allowed their pursuers to
come up, when one of them dealt the express waggon
horse a powerful blow on the head with the butt-end
of a whip, stunning the animal, and thus preventing
further pursuit. At twerity.ninth.street one of the
traces of the cart broke, but it was quickly mended by
the robbers, who soon disappeared.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-31

WANTED.—For a!I .se near Stourbridge,
MAN and WlFii 114(1 as 04r feller, and ta
attind to Pony. Wife as an experi,nced Cook. without
eueuntberanse, and aged ib .ut 40 +9,ly by letter,
Villefruuebe, Lord's Wood Road, Harbourne.