The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-08-07 00:00:00

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A ID ST Fort HOT WE—ATHER.- It IS ft rn °bleu)
in these enutmer weeks to keep one houses cool, N,o
Mfficult itrie-MVOlve ,• bat it is bard to minion. Kono
1.11108 with the solution (says a writer in the Ger. tleonara's
Mafiazine.) The general rule is to throw dots stoi
windows open ; the right thing is to keep Loon slosely
shut. Esolude the hot air as rigidly in summer ae
you do the cold air in winter. Open all your case-
ments early in the Morning. NI nearly IA 811.1111.0 as
your uprisings permit, for tha' is the coldest time of
the whole day; but when the morning warms shut
them up tightly, and be as chary as possible of opening
them again during the heat of the day. A house well
closed will keep cool for many hours while the external
heat is unbeatable. The secret k to catch the cold
air when you can, and when you have got it, keep it
jealously. If the outer air grows cold during the day,
and your rooms are warmer at the time, open windows
and get a cooling; but otherwire keep all closed.
Generally observe this maxim (a couple of common
thermometers, one indoors, the other out, will help
you) :—Warmer out than in, keep abut; colder out
than in, throw open.
ANOTHER NITRO-GLYCERINEEKPLOSION.—HarcIIy
have the echoes of the nitro-glycerine explosion in
Wales died away when there reaches us from Brazil
an account of an accident not less disastrous in its con-
sequences, and quite as significant as to the dangerously
senaitive character of this explosive. The Brazilian
Times of the 23rd ultimo contains the following account
of the occurrence :-
Seven Brazill in victims have been added to the number
sacrificed by that unsteady conipramil, nltro-glyraritin. A
linatitity hit been pntcarel i.y the military arsenal tor ex-
periment, but in COTlStql,tl,B of its evil reputation its me
was declined upon the lec,l c works in progress. and orders
were therefore given to g,t rid of it. Accordingly on the
Oth six ears of it. cur our: 6010., were taken In a launch to
about a furlong's distance from the arsenal to be sunk In the
bay, but, unhappily, on throwing out the first can it exploded,
the explosion extending to the others, the boat was blown to
pieces with six of the crew, and the seventh man was rescued
only to die soon after.
It can hardly be said that we are premature in sub-
jecting the use of this substance to legislative teethe-
tion.
SINGULAR CALAMITY AT A SPA.- A few days
since, a snl calami'y occurred at the sulphurous
springs which attract so many visitors in summer to
the Lake of Boghien. A workman, whose bushier,
' it was to clean the pipes for the conveyance of the
epring waters to the dunking establishment, fell into
the principal reservoir. A stoker named Delune, who
happened to witness the acciont, stooped clown over
the eulphurous water, and, suffocated dy its fumes,
fell into the reservoir. Seven other employ's .4 the
establishment attracted by the crowd, which hal a.-
eembled successively in attetioing the rescue of their
prelecess ire, followed their example, am! f.l into the
reservoir. By the lime all thee victims had disap-
peared, the hr kereou organized a more rational
system if remue. The seven bodies were ratticated
from the reservoir, and three in time to restore them
to life. The workman wh. at. fall had caused the sub-
stquent acedenta w,,s reed, as also Delui e, a me
chanic nsined Levan I, and Franads, one of the new
hauls belon,ing to the baths.
Ex TIAMION OF A BaLLOON.—EIGFIT LIVEN LOsT
--Lloyd's agent at Buenos Ayres reports the following
accident on the 24'h May, at the fe'e given in com-
memoration of the anniversary of the declaration of
freedom. An aeronaut named M. Hematite made an
ascent in a balloon in the centre of the Plaza. It re-
mained stationary over the ety for some time, there
being no wind, awl on descending fell into the harbour.
A number of boats and a small steamer named the
Catrose put off to the rescue of the aeronaut, who was
drowning in his car. By some misfortune, the balloon,
in rolling about, came in contact with the funnel of the
steamer. and, the gas getting ignited, exploded with
terrible force, blowing the crew overboard. as also those
in the boats. The steamer was set on fire, and sus.
tamed flinch damage. The Buenos Ayres papers state
that eight prisons were fatally injured and twenty-five
were much burned and injured.
THE PRINCESS Or WALKS. —The retirement
offered by the quiet and romantically situated bath of
Wildbad, in the Black Forest, (says the Lancet.) has
been one of the chief reasons for its selection by the
Princess of Walee, at the close of a ft..mewhat prolonged
and certainly fatiguing season. But, in additirm to this,
Wildbad has a certain reputation in joint affectioue, de.
rived probably from the temperature ra'her than the
chemical constitution of its waters ; and advantage
will be taken of the local means of treatment in the
cae of her Royal Highness, who is still somewhat in-
convenienced by the absence of perfect power of
flexion. _

APPEASING THE MUSICIANS. "W. H. L
writes to the Pall Mall Gazeite, from Salisbury•square,
London, as follows :
From long study of the inibject of German bands, I have
arrived at the knowledge of the liet that the quiet streets
and Ecillneeil of lundoli are periodically apportioned to and
held on lease by separate gangs of these terrible inflictions
So one morning, a low weeks ago, Juan WI their concert
had begun, I sent a civil message to the trombone, who was
also the treaaurer, begging him to favour me with a few
minutes' conversation. Ile came, with a half-frightened,
sheeoish sort of matmer; bit lie quickly recovered when
I told him t hat I only wanted to know the lowest terms
per week the hand would take for keeping away
from the square altogether. lie requested me to
name a price, and I thought I should never get off under
three or four shillings a week; lint, prudence suggesting
that I should commence with a mild bid, I offered sixpence
a week. To my surplice and delight, trombone accepted the
offer, and, pocketing the first eispence in advance, he , oli ely
bowed himself out and j. hied his friends, who had just
finished '• len Little Nig ers." There was discord of another
sort in that band of nimetrels when trombone told them the
agreement ha had, °lade : mas I watched hi from the
window. I saw IA was at,, butlierl for his vraet of financial
ability that I felt Wolf Melt fed to go out and say I would make
It a shilling. But the htetil nobly stuck to the agreement
nevertheless, and sulkry wdkeil eff there viii h n A
every vet cis, Otto.tch .000eeli,,ci Al mid n, trout, 1111 l e ea'ls 1..1
his sixpence, while his comp Aliens wait somewhere I oUnd
the corner, unnseeu and unheard. And the NUM, le
tranquil.
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RAILWAY SIONALLING.—A Hungarian paper,
the Iftrmeitestalur Zetteng. mentions a new system
gif railway signalling, invented by Herr Eduard
Krejczy, the special advactaxes of which are the fol-
lowing t—l. A train without slackening Ps speed cab
communicate with any station or any other train on
the same track. 2. In case of an accident the train
itself can signal for assistance, and make the casualty
known along the whole line. 3. A concumion is im-
possible, as two trains in motion can constantly ex-
change signals. 4. The working of the new system is
very cheap. Herr Krejczy has placed his invention
in the hands of the Hungarian Government, with the
stipulation that in case of its being sold be is to receive
one-half of the purchase money and the State the
other.

HOP-PORTUNE.—An Exhibition is advertised en-
titled " Kitchingman's Performing Fleas." Isn't the
K superfluous ? Punch.
Diaaterauta Sromds.—The journals of Luxem-
bourg contain accounts of a violent storm which broke
over that town a few evenings back, accompanied by
lightning and a deluge of rain mingled with immense
hailstones. At first there was an entire absence of
wind, but shortly after a hurricane from the south
west sprang up, and swept along the valley of the
Stockeu, tearing up trees and crops on its way, and
levelling to the ground, like a house of cards, the large
workshops established for the repair of railway engines.
Aliout 40 men were still occupiid there, hut, provider,.
ti idly only three—named Kreoecq, Menoste, anti
Laurent - were seriously hurt ; the first had a leg
broken, the second an arm, and the thud received
Revere contusions; several others received injuries of
less gravity. The greater part of the men were pro-
tected by the locomotives under which they were work-
ing. Ot 14 evgines, 10 are so much d itnaged that
they are rendered unfit for service. The building was
nearly 300 feet long and about 60 bread. Portions of
the zinc roof were blown to a distance of more than
100 yards. The hurricane continued its onward course,
strewing the ground with poplars and telegraphic
posts.—A violent storm broke liver Orleans on Saturday
evening when the electric fluid carried away half of the
cupola of the church of St. Paterne.
SIXTEEN PERSONS TRAMPLED TO DEATH !—A
frightful catastrophe has occurred at Trani, in Italy.
A religious festival was being celebrated in the cathe-
dral, and • large ornament of wood, covered with
gauze and lighted with thousands of tapers, had been
erected in the centre of the nave. In the middle of
the service the drapery caught fire, and the flames
mounted to the top of the structure. Many person
stood calmly looking on, while Alters were quietly
leaving the building, when a cry of "The roof is fall-
ing in I" was raised by some unknown voice. A gene-
ral rush to the doors was then made, and in the con-
fusion • number of men, woman, and children were
thrown down and trampled on. When order was re-
stored sixteen dead bodies were found on the ground,
with a great number of persons seriously injured. The
fire, which had been the first cause of this calamity,
was eventually got under.
Yount MORAL WATER-POWER—At the fourth
annual meeting of the Metropolitan Drinking Foun-
tains Association held last Saturday, the vote of thanks
to the Chairman, Karl Grosvenor, moved by Mr.
Samuel Gurney., was appropriately seconded by Mr.
Waterhouse. The cage of the Association of which
Mr. Waterhouse is a leading member may be stated as
that of "Waterhouse v. Publichouse." This is the
kind of antagonism to Intemperance that commends
itself to the reasonable friends of Temperance. Pit
pore water against pothouse beer, and ginshop spirits.
There are, doubtless, many persons who how fond
soever of good bier and good spirits, when they can
get them, yet inaamucn as they are unable to get them,
would very much prefer goo I water to bad beer and
bad spirits. Beer at the public-house, even if unadul-
terated, is for the mist psi t spoiled by the beer-engine ;
spirits, at the best, are no better than bloc ruin, and a
nice drinking- fountain is an attraction likely to with-
draw many • thirsty soul from a nasty bar.—Punch.
A CONVEYANCE.—To the uninitiated., whatever
Property a legal instrument may be intended to =lvey,
there is one thing it rarely conveys; i.e., its precise
meaning—Punch.

LOSS Or A SHIP WITH TWIT-FIVE HAl99.
The splendid ship Protector, 1,273 tuns register,
belonging to Messrs. Ash thud Co., whirl, left Hull in
October last for St. John's, New Brunswick, with a
cargo of coal and a crew of twenty•five hands, ham not
since been heard of, and there miaow be no doubt that
the vessel has gone down with all hands. The Prokctor
was the largest sailing vessel belonging to the pert of
HulL She was purchased by her List o genera *bout twi.
years ago, along with the ships George Kendall and the
&boalopol. It may be remembered that the Georpt
Kendall was abandoned by her crew off Gorleston, as
was being brought to Hull from Liverpool, alibiing},
she subsequently arrived a derelict at that port, but tbi
crew were upset in the lifeboat and twenty-bye
were last.
A MI;CHIRVOUS PRACTICAL JOICE.-011 MOIL,
day, at Bradford, Benjamin Eyre woo charged witi
Ilirnuring the face of a man named John Wild, h
Joiner. 'the complainant appeared with a bandag,
over his eyes, and was conducted into the witness-box.
On removiog the bandage, it was seen that the fact
was covered with wounds of • purple hue. He stated
that on Saturday night ha want into the runt& Bowl

ism—Loth. , Horton, sod after getting sunk-Ulu go.
link ie,l asleep. When be was ad.ep it appra,
toat he pri.oner sent tot drilitedd's shop for a penny
north ie .atiatic, and!Winedlt over the complainant,
Isolt who awolie on feelinic a painful etnolatiON itt his
eyes. The prieoner was remanded.
I. T.. Donn MUD TOE HADt.DN.SSEi BUD
1 ,tween the I duke and Duchess ft 0-suns and their
hair dre.mere, 515!. Leroy and Alh,rt, has juA been
,card before the Coil Tribunal at Paris. The Duke,
,n tieing sent as Atutow.ead..r fig Spain to St. Peters
..urK by Queen Isabella, attached to his embassy a
codeur from the firm jut mentioned, for whose
.we ice* he agreed to pay 500 fr. a month. A bill for
4.9251 r. including different articles of perfumery. was
eventuiLy sent in. and the Duke d Hanna offered
4,1751 r., deducting 753 fr. which had been paid direct
to the man on account. The others, however, claimed
tbe full amount, on the ground that their &Natant
had not been authorised to receive mcney for them,
siol having levied an execution on the luggaze of the
Duke while he was staying at the Hotel Itleurice in
in Paris, the late Ambassador was forced to deposit, at
the Caisset des Depots, the sum demanded, iii order tit
recover his personal property. The court now decided
that his offer of 4,175 fr. was sufficient, and condemned
the hair-dressers to pay the coats.
INDIAN La-rnat WaiTtao.—True copy of an
apprcation from a blind native who wanted a post of
"bellows-blower:"—
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•,...0...-t-ttt-tt•v• •
Bonmet, Superdt. Locomotive Dept. Punjab Ito.,
Lahore Sir,-1 most humbly bog to Inform your honor that
as the fame of .our honor generosity piety is so bath the al-
mighty God exalted you but niy Lord when a nian he blind &
also have no service then of course hi. living is very much in
diet.% & I ant the Blind whom lie Harrison had delivered
your In now on account of to he employed lie unr'er of your
ortteti & I hove tried & have witilvit in y.,ur uodown ~•hops
Thaw iy a p`ture ot below the lows) on which is "Suitor Deer,
Mien so I Inc the solicit to be appointed me therein on
ti.' he'•wr. work. and at pie omit there are two men I blind
& the other w lio'e no you can change the grho:e man to
anther w rtk & on his instead kindly appoint me bre:mse he
can tto other works but I catnot do any other work n crept "
of below.; brrpping that you will take pity for providing rne
the below. works and for doing so I shall pray for your long
life Tam sir yours most ()bed eery% "KRZgM BUM "lilmdiuin
D: Labote 12-12-88.

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A CURIOUS 1/f EDAL.—A unique medal of
Charles I. was included in the sale of the cabinet of
coins of the late Mr. Thomas Brown, which termi-
sated on Saturday under the hammer of Messrs
Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, London. The fol.'
lowing is an extract from the catalogue :—"574.
Five-broad piece, an extraordinary and priceless pat-
tern, by liriot, in. in. wee CAROLVS. D.G. RAG. BRIT.
FRAN. Er. RIORRNIAZ. /M. bare-headed bust of the
.King to left, !with long-flowing hair, and Vandyk e lace
collar; rev. Fame m. m. FLORICNT. CONCORDIA. REGNA.
arms in high relief, ox a garnished ahield, crowned; at
the eides, C.R. crowned, edge engrailed, highly pre-
served, and unique. This memorable piece porn. ones
conssiderable historic interest, from the drommumee if
its having been given by King Charles I. to Bishop
Juxon, most probably during the last scene in the
eventful life id the unfortunate monarch, it being well
known that the faithful prelate eras in attendance on
the scaffold." It VMS bought by Mr. Webster, for
4:345.

THE FRENCFI ATLANTIC CABLE.—The Governor
of Maam(husette has forwarded the following telegram
to the French Atlantic Cable Company

Boston, July 30.—1 n behalf of the people of the Common-
wealth or Maosachusetta, the Governor si know I. dg,
the friendly sentiments of the granola Atlantic Telegraph
Company, and congratulates that body on the successful ac-
compllsoment of the work. I have the honour to tender to
.tedtarndgtre.he hesthet
hw,l,spehestho! :Awe poltespfluett,LthteheSt
company may be commensurate with the ability and energy
sautecceaissoresaof tihde.
ankh It has shown. (Maned) William Claflin, Governor.
UNCLAIMED PRoPSII fT.—The new director of
the port of Toulon lately ordered an examination to
be made of an immense amount of property in the
storehouse appropriated for the reception of the lug•
gage of officers who pay off their Aim; there. Amongst
some thousands of chests are several which have re•
mined there for more than ac• ntury. The owners of
three-fourths of the goods have been dead for many
3 ears. Alll,lllg the most remarkable objects discovered
are the table and kitchen service of Count d'Etaing,
who, in 1778, commanded the French fleet which went
to the assistance of the Americans in the War of In-
dependence against England. The uniforms, tall,
linen, Sic., are all in rage; but the vessels, plates, and
rJi-h,s are intact. An inventory will he made of the
whole property, and the families or represmitatives of
the former owners will be c iminunicated with.
D fIiESTABLISIIMSNT AND DIBENDOWMr NT.—On
Sunday morning a singular occurrence took place in
the parish church of St. Bide, Fleet-street, London.
During the service a tall, intelligent-looking man, very
well dressed, was observed in the church, paying
marked attention to all that was going on, particularly
to the sermon, whi h was preached by the Rev.
Prebendary Marshall the vicar, on fear in acknow•
ledging Cnrist—a sermon which had no political or
istlemical beariug. At the close of the sermon, and
before Mr. Marshall left the pulpit, the gentleman
alluded to rose Irons his seat, and, in a loud clear voice,
began to read a paper, which turned out to be a protest
against the diserstabliehment and disendowment of the
Irish Church. The vitae, from the pulpit, motioned
him to desist ; but the protester read on without any
beadles of the church advanced down the aisle and
appearance of agitation or confusion, until the two
quietly removed him from the church.
FORCIBLE RtMOVAL 07 A DEAD Bony.—An
inquest was held on Monday evening, in Westruitriater
Hoopital, in Lulld,ll, on the body of a labourer mimed
Barry, who had died from the effects of an accident
Previous to the inquest a large number of his freirds
(poor Irish) had assembled at the hirpital, and in a very
excited manner demanded the body, in or ier that it
might be "waked." This request was refused by the
hoepital authorities, who informed the people that the
issiy (mold ;pot be removed until after the inquest.
The friends then went away, but returned again in
the evening in increased numbers, and ineistett upon
!., ! sing given up to them, else they would take
it by force. Thus threatening they forced their way
Inc.', the dead bourse where the body ley. To prevent
dtstuibmice in the hospital the body was all r wed to
be taken away under protect. The coroner now
ordered the brother of the deceased, who had taken an
mval .f thoy, h . _ rought
active part in the rim hi
forward, and informed him that he had laid himself
open to punialinient by his conduct in removing the
body before, the inquest without his permission. It
was a most improper proceeding, and were it not that
he attributed his conduct to ignorance he certainly
ehould have put the law in force. The brother ex-
pressed regi et for what had taken place.
POL:TICO CHEEP:AL • CHANGE OP COLOUR.—
Now that the Irish Church Establishment that was
hat been disestablished and disendowed, a leading
organ of Irish Protestant opinion proclaims that "the
natural ethane° of the English settlers in Ireland is
with the Whigs of England." So the immediate effect
of the Irish Church Act bass been to turn Orange
Blue. - Punch.
A CLEVER EXPVDIENT.—A few nights ago, a
gentleman in the neighbourhood of Inverness, who had
occasion to be out pretty late, observed some move-
ments in a field beside the road, and saw a dark
shadow in the dim light Nosing to look, be saw a
' horse quietly grazing in the clover, having strayed
apparently from its keeper, or been turned loose to
forage during the night. Just at that moment, the
sound of an approaching vehicle was heard, and the
1 animal suddenly turned off from the rich pasture to
' pluck the scanty gran at the roadside. When the
conveyance passed, the horse returned to the clover.
Surprised at this sign of intelligence, our friend re.
Ermined on the watch. In a abort time another con-
veyance wan beard cowing up, and the horse repeated
fI the same movement. On further inspection of the
ground, it turned out th it the owner was lying at the
' back of the dyke with a rope in his hand, OOP end of
• winch was attached to the horse's head. A smart
• pull brought the animal to the roadside the instant
! there appeared to be any danger of discovery, and in
' thie way a good feed wart obtained without expense.
' For once the owner had not been quick enough to
escape detection.
; B,QUEET co NAPOLEON.—Most people most
, recollect (says the Court Journal) &rather elderly man
who for the last twenty years has been in the habit of
driving a red fire-engine sort of looking coach and four
• horses round the streets of London. He always drove
by himself, and looked and dressed like a coachman of
• the old school, who used to start every morning from
the Bull and Mouth. His pedigree was unknown,
but it wee reported he had made his money in Frani*.
Well, the other day Mr. Savage, for he west by that
I name, died, and, strange to nay, he left the whole of
I his moneyt amounting to £120,000, to no less a person
' than the Emperor of the French. Mr. Savage bore a
• great resemblanen to the Emperor.
ANOrn R SHuCHINO MURDER !—A. very brutal
use
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, murder is reported from Greenock. On Sunday morn-
s night
bed
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body
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owh;:ttndnil.t,
,dvest.
otbe
dhyehne,hynii;
otktolreth:se r s r
stMgai,
murdered
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tire
si
cog last the police of that town were called upon by
ed
pears
he
is
assi
; Barbour, and informed that a washerwoman had died
' son.street, West. On an officer visiting the house he
I Bred, a widow, aged fifty. The corpee was fully
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main:van:it dtlelb:tioe:ungt: v :ad Po°. et
Barbour were arreeted, and in the courses of the day a
atant t.gednitehiit:toyb-tiwecto,thht
caa
loon-
at the police office was to have the body removed
I by the authorities. They brought
werebefore the
Greenock magistrates on Monday, and remitted on the
capital charge. ni
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,ith posture.nol
brother
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NOT Omit's° THEY PAIN INDEED !—Mr. Guise,
the Chatham stipendiary magistrate, has heard a sum-
mons which had been taken out by order of the
Chatham Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-
mals against James Russell for cruelty to three fowls,
by carrying them with their heads downwards. The
case, from its being the first f the kind, created much
interest. Evidence was given that the defendant was
carrying the three fowls through the street by their
feet with their heads downwards, and that on being
remonstrated with he denied that he was causing any
pain to the birds, and rcfu•ed to carry them in any
other way. Mr. Guise said there could be no doubt
that carrying fowls in the way described caused them
great and unnecessary pain. As, however, the prac-
tice was a very common one, and it was the first prose-
cution of the kind, he should tuflict only the mitigated
penalty of 2s. 64.1, and wets, or seion days' imprison-
ment. The defendant paid the penalty.
JugruricaTios.—The proprietress of a café in
the Quartile'. Latin, was tried on Saturday by the Cor-
rectional Police for allowing gaming lobe carried 'loin
her establishment. The defendant, Madame Gaut,
lid not deny the charge, but sail in her defence that
die had only permitted play to go on whelishe found
All her customers abandoning her for other houses
where it was tolerated; she hail even filet tried unsuc-
cessfully other means of attraction. such as leplissing
r waiters by young women dressed in Italian core
• tome, but the students remained insensible to their
aburements, and preferred to take refreshments with
the zest of baccarat The defendant, said that when
she at length consented to follow"the example of her
neighbours she took care not to admit iih_arpers • on
ono ocomaion a doubtfuLlooking individual bad cdired

ile s,th Ji U n 0at.11,011.11, In, Meet:tor id file
play, but she ti it y ~'fu.d.Th 'Tribunal condemned
tier to two inonti.s' in. pi fel talent and, as usual .. he
stakes and cards seized and the lurniture of the apart-
ment were cionfi -motet

WILFUL MTSPIL/6 AT DvgipobT.—Ou Saha
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day tuorniug joist after seven I.l.cl"ek, 'rii ate Woori..,
Taylor, if the 57th Ree.imeort, shot Cdrprood Arthur
Skulliu dead, on the parade ground or the barracks at
Davenport, Irecause the officer said he wculd reraort
biro for deficiency of kit. Taylor, on dr li, was fund
to be minus mune of his kit, and the orpreal sent him
to loa row to gomplete. at the Panne rime telliorc him
that he should report it to the sergeant4nrojor. Taylor
returned with a complete kit, finished his drill, and
was dismissed, the corporal going towards the aergeant.
major engaged on the parade. Taylor itunreolatelp
went to his room, took his rifle, loaded it and coming
on the paraie-ground met Corporal Skullip, returning
from the sergeant.majeT, and discharged his rifle full
at him, killing him imitantantroualy. Tajlor who wain
at once o.rizeo, is about 24 y ears if air. and Pore a
good character. Corporal Skullin hui served for
nearly 21 years, and was about to get his raircioarge.
lie was with his regiment during the Crimean war and
the last New Zealand campaign, from which he has
only recently returned. The murderer was Mime.
diately apprehended, and after his examination before
the magistrates, he was committed for trial.

Slam& Simmers —Hippophagists tetve taken,
we hear, westing donkeys. We ran supply them with
an appropriate in Ato :—'Not where teat, but where
I am eaten "—Simktiectre.—Posrm

ALL THEY Seivr.—A entieutan recently took
down the entire oonversation bet ween two a' es slur-
Pi a f .shionable cad, and reports n batint all td at was
said as 10114,W8:—"H ,SV do you do de sr? "
well, thank p.m" (They kiss ) "H.,w have you Info
this age?"" l'retty welL How have )I,u been?"
"Very well, thank you." " Pleasant to-day." " Yes
very bright; hut had a shower yesterday." "Alt your
family welt?" "Quite well, thank you, llow is
yours ? " "Very well, I'm obliged to you." "Have
you seen Mary B— lately!" " No; but I've seen
Susan C—. "You don't say so? Is she well?"
" Very well,! believe." (Rising.) 'Must you go?"
"Yes indeed; I have seven calls to make." "Do you
call again soon." "Thank you; but you don't call en
me on in an age" "Oh, you shouldn't say ass; I'm
sure I'm very good." "Good-bye." "Good-bye."
A LOXORY IN SONTIER.—A Swedi.h news-
paper describes the large export trade in ice carried on
in Norway. It appears that a company hot puts
chased an extenicive lake, surrounded by mountains, in
the neighbourhood of Droebtk, on the Golf ,d Chris-
tiana. and, to ensure the perfect purity ..f tot"
from sewage, has s Yen bought all the houses that. stand
on its shores. Each winter the ice, which frequently
attains a thickness of two or three feet, is cut by a kind

of plough into long strips, and sulisequentri sawn
into blocks weighing from titre*, to five hundred.
weight. In this form it he shipped for exp
and, in properly constructed cellora can be me.
nerved for co long a pet bot that • large por-
tion of the ice now sold in London actual) arriwd
here in 1866. Iksidea the regular ships be'onging to
the company, many vessels accidentally frozen up in
the Norwegian fjords leave in the spring with earorc
of ice. By far the largest trade in carried on uith
England, avbich in 1k6.5 took 44,055 tons out of a
total of 45,093 exported.

I

THE QUICIDIST WAY ROUND THE WORLD.—
Wito the meane of locomotion at present in use, a
tour round the world may be made in eighty days, or
about the time employed in the olden time for a journey
from London to St. Petersburg. The itinerary is as
follows t New York, 11 days; to San Fran.
deco (rail), 7; Yokohama (steamer), 21 • Bong Kong
(steamer), 6; Calcutta (steamer), 12 ; doeihay (rail),
3; Cairt (steamer and rail), 14 • Cairo to Parte (Ammer
and rail), 6; total, 80. Of that immense route, the
only (onion through which steam is not used is about
140 miles between Allahaba I and Bombay, and that
interruption will shortly cease, as the wicks for com-
pleting the railway are being carried on actively.
WARM VP-ORE.—Considering the temperature,
it was inflame superfluous to announce that the veloci-
pede races at the Crystal Palace would be run in
heats." We avoided seeing the poor fellows who
were to compete "without hands."—Funch.
RUNAWAY SKAIA.—TwO seals Which recently
arrived at the Ecological Gardens at Bruasle, escaped
a few nights ago from the reservoir in which they were
kept, and, after crisetiog the park, climbed up the wall
and dropped into the road which skate it at a depth of
about six feet ; they then set out on a nocturnal pro-
menade in the direction of Wavre, much to the terror
of the persons who met those singular looking animals
on the way. Their absence was at length perceived,
and they were overtaken and easily brought back by
their keeper. A strong railing was the next day put
up round the basin to prevent a repetitionof this freak.
SAD REVERSE OF FORTUNM. —At the usual
meeting of the Paddington Board of Guardians held in
Loudon last week (says the Daily News), Mr. Prescott,
banker, in the chair, the chairman stated that while
visiting the infirmary, he had been accosted by a
pauper inmate who, a few yeem ago, was in possession
of property worth from 250,0011 to £60,000, was a
blood relation to one of the higheet peers in the realm,
and whose fortunes had been c muletely broken by the
failure of Mestere. Oven-nd and Gurney's concern.
This man, who in seventy years of age, after recount-
ing, in a forcible and intell:g,ent manner, the difference
between the imesent and las former merle of living,
and also after stating that he had met with every kind-
at ss Pour the workhouse ellicials, reek, d him (the eh/P-
-elee) to rerrlest the guardians to grant him a few
indulgences beyond those accorded G. the loser
substratum of paupers living in the workhou.e. The
chairman added that bitch had been the gentlemanly
behaviour of the man w. ile in the hose, that the
master awl matron had frequently supplemented the
diet usually allowed by little luxuries which they had
paid for out if 'heir own pockets, After the vlce•
chairman had exorcised his regret that the law did not
allow guardians to drew a line of demarcation between
the treatment of the we 11-o inditioned and ill.conc itii at ed
, pauper, the board reso: od tFa; Lord-7-he written to
informing him of his reladinee present ctrcumetances.
CAPsIZINO OF A LABOR DON SHIP IN Dung.
—A most extraordinary aceblent occurred on Tuesday,
in the Wapping Dock, LiverpooL The iron ehip
Flying Venus, 1,533 tone, had just discharged a Em-
bay
cargo. and was left with nothing on board hut 120
tons of ballast. Some men were engaged about noon
hauling at the ship, when the ballast suddenly shifted,
and she capsizcel, and the hatches being open she Rack
into the dock. The men on board managed to scramble
on shore in time to escape injury, and luckily two sides
lying near the Figing Venus had been removed shortly
before she capeized, or the consequences might have
been neat destructive.
A Wong I soli, MAN'S VISIT TO AMEhICA.—Mr. T.
Connolly, a member of the Operative Masers' Union. is
about to pay • visit to the United States, under the
auspices of a number of members of Parliament arid
other gentlemen, with the object of making a tour
through the manufacturing districts, and ascertain ng
from personal observation arid inquiry rummer the
working men in all trades their actual political,
physical and social condition, their rate of w.tges out
hours of labour, and the bearing of the late I and e., i-
gration questions and movements upon la ,"r in the
Stites generally. He will be absent for several mouths,
and it is the intention on his return home u. publok
the result ef his inquiries in a volume at ouch a price as
will render it accessible to working men geberally.
CANINE CONT.Is DRUM.— Why does the River
Thames just now resemble a Pie' boric Pug? Because
it 's especially bad at }larking.—Punch.
AN ARMY or Pailtt-To.— The ecclesiastical
authorities of Rome have just published a i.enriet for
the present year. These statistics show that the
regular clergy is composed id 2,265 pereous, thus
divided :—Cardinals, 32 ; bishops, 26; prie.ts and
clerks, 1366; and students at the eccleeiartical col.
leges, 841. The religions communities count 5,215
souls, 2,959 men and 2 256 women. The Icy &gads.
tion amounts to 197,198; soldiers in garrison, 10,207;
prisoners under sentence, 338' Protestants, 637; and
Jewel. 2 682, making a total of 220,532, or an Increase
of 3 154 over the year 1868. The number of families
is 42,515, or an average of rather more than five per-
sons to each. Maitre are more numerous than females,
the figures being 118.873 and 101,659 respectualy.
Longevity is greater &Mow the latter' of pepons who
have attained the age of 70 to 80 the women count
2.367, and the men 2,144 only; from 80 to 9,', 556 and
495, and between 90 and 10 L 55 and 34. The number
of cardinals residing in the Eternal City has remained
nearly the same during ten years, never having been
below 29 nor above 34- at present it is 32. The same
remark does sot apply to the bishops, who have never
been so few. In 1864 they comited 40; at this Moment
there are no more than 26. Priests arid regular clerks
have also diminished during the last decennial period,
the number never being so low. In 1884 it was 1,504;
at present it is 1.366. On the other hand, the inemnerl
of religions communities have augmented ; in 1860 the
males were 2,390, and the females 2,031; the progres-
sion has been constant, and the figures now are 2 :459
and 2,256. This increase is naturally explained by the
confiscation of the Church property in Italy, and the
expulsion of the monks and nuns from their in.bas-
tense and convents, many of them having sought an
asylum in the capital of Christendom.
AMERICa WANTS A CABLE.—The New York
Times of the 19 h says, it having now been shown that
ocean cables can be hid without much risk and worked
with great profit, America ought to have one of her
own, and riot be dependent upon those of the two
foreign Governments which are must inimical to
Alnerican interests. It thinks that the cable simuld
be connected with Germany as • European N. er with
which the United States is never likely to have col.
union or difficulty, and with which she has more iuloor.
tact relations than any other country in Europe,
England seods us more goods than Germany," it
adds, "but Germany sends us more population than
all other countries put together. We get more netts
from France than from Germany; but we get more
valuable contributions to our strength from Germ,my
In a week than we get from France in a century." The
New York Times suggests that if nevessary, the calia
should be obtained from England. It thinks the
services of the Great Eastern undiapenriable, and says
that the work ought to be completed before the close
of next ear.
CuagrixoviowaL Ms.—When Mr. Gladstone
compared the Peers to men in a Balloon, he evidently
Meant in a captive balloon—hke Mr. Godfreyer, at
Chelsea—with the Commons' Majority for rope, and
Gladstone himself at the wineh.—Punot.
StION MARRIED AND Sooll DIVORCED !—Elhi-
grants to the United States will do well to make the.n.
selves conversant with the marriage laws of th,t
country before they leave their two, as the abeen, of
such knowledge oceeeiorially leads them into awkwaid
named Carl Schell married • Kul just arrived from the
Fatherland at Omaha some three weeks ago in mos;
scrapes.
i feel peculiar
them:wm: :mei 1::
Terhl rilir;tpcTiri iecafiol dufkautrar:He
news—viz
rtikfd' marriagetzetl" uhtotehli rana and t dAae nu( ie I is:
his
exposition.
of
tho
toatrimoni
ja"arrailittleeoctierae•
mony constitutes a divorce in America." He is maiw
in gaol for stealing a trunk, and it is to be hoped that
this last little ceremot r will put an end for flotne time
to
the country he hie adopted.