The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03 00:00:00

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HOME, FOREIGN, AND EOLONIA.;

INSURANCE OF POSTAL PARCELS.—The Postal and
Teephonic Gazette says :—" It is rumoured that the
Past Office authorities are preparing a scheme for the
insurance of parcels, and that the premiums will be
at the rate of id. per £2 10,s. and under in value,
under £5, and id. additional for every £5 up to £lOO,
which is likely to be the limit. As nine-tenths of the
articles at present sent by parcels post are under the
value of £5, the rate seems very reasonable, but no
doubt as soon as parcels can be insured, articles of
greater value will be entrusted to the Post Office for
delivery, and then the parcel insurance branch will be
a financial success."

TILE COLLECTION OF PARCELS BY RURAL LETTER
CARRIERS.-A Post Office notice announces that from
the let November rural letter carriers, whether on foot
or =tinted, will be required to accept parcels from
the public for despatch wherever they now collect
letters, subject to certain regulations. A rural carrier
on foot must not accept from any one person, without
previous notice, a greater weight of parcels than 71b.
in the aggregate. A mounted rural carrier is not re-
qnired to accept a greater weight in the aggregate than
211bs. from any one person without notice. A carrier
unable to accept more parcels must explain the reason
to the person who offers the parcel, and must report
the circumstance at the next sub-office on his route,
and also to the postmaster at the terminal office.
Tux ELECTRIC LICHT EN CHURCHES —The first
instance ni the use of toe electric liht in an &tab-
lishei place of worship was supplied on Sunday
evening, when St. Matthew's Courch, Brixton-road,
London, was illuminated by electricity. The system
In use is the Fyfe-Main. To light the edifice four arc
and 60 small incandescent lamps were brought into
requisition. The former was placed in the roof, while
the smaller lights were distributed over the lower parts
of the building. The result was very satisfactory, the
church being suffused by a fine softened light, which
burnt with great steadiness. The light will be per-
manently used in St. Matthew's Church.

Tin CARP xei Avisains.—An interesting communi-
cation is published in the New York Jonrnal of Com-
merce on the introduction of the German carp into
America two year ago by Mr. Blackford, the Fisheries
Commissioner. He sent two carp fry, just hatched,
to a friend, who placed them in a pond on Long
Island. Not long since two carp, weighing each about
five pounds, were taken in this pond. One of them
was cooked, and declared to have an exquisite flavour.
These fish bad a peculiarity. They were not, like
their European progenitors, covered with scales.
Some rows of scales ran along the back, but the rest
of the body was smooth-skinned, like that of the eel,
Dann IN BILLGIITIC —The Brussels correspondent of
The Times says :—During the war of 1870 a number of
French deer took refuge in the Belgian Ardennes,
especially in the neighbourhood of St. Hubert. They
appear to have found their new quarters very comfort-
able, for they have multiplied enormously. Baron
Hoogvorcs, a large landed proprietor in the Ardennep,
moreover, turned loose, some years ago, a number of
Canadian deer. It is now found necessary to kill the
beasts in large numbers; but it is to be hoped that the
Belgian sportsmen will not go too far in tneir warfare
against these noble animals,
FOItIISTBY IN SCOTLAND.—The International Forestry
Exhibition, to be held in Edinburgh next summer,
will be under the patronage of the Queen. The presi•
dent is the Marquis of Lothian, and amongst the
patrons are the Lord Provost, the magistrates, and the
Council of the City, the Highland and Agricultural
Society of Scotland, and the Scottish Arboricultural
Society. There are ten classes relating to practical
forestry, forest produce (raw and manufactured),
scientiric forestry, ornamental forestry, illustrations of
forestry, forest literature and history, essays and re-
ports, loan collections, the economic conditions of
foresters and woodmen, and miscellaneous (articles not
particularised in the above divisions).

DEATH or A CENTENARIAN. —Mr. W. Henderson, a
native of Shetland, has jut died in Canada at the age
ot 100 years and 45 days. Deceased was formerly one of
the be-t known merchant-4 in Quebec. He lied at his
resido-nce, Heini,on Brook, Frampton, in the cont,ty
of Dorchester. In conjunction with a brother, Mr.
Henderson settled that portion of the county of Dor-
chester known as E-44.1t Frampton with a hardy and
ineloatrious race. He presarved his faculties and his
health almost to the very last, and he was most Ira-
tellivent and wed read. Connected in early life with
the Great North-West Fur Trading Company, he
contributed sketches of its operations ta the Dominion
Monthly, and he was also a contributor to the Montreal
Witness.

" NET " RIBULTS.—First West-End Fishmonger.
"Well—their 'Fisheries Eedhition' has been a tre
mentions success I "—Second Ditto Ditto. "Yes—and
none of us the worse for it/ "—Punch.
BERNING OF A THEATRE —The Japanese papers
bring inteiligence of an appalling calamity in Sanuki.
A theatre throvered with spectators took fire and a
panic ensued_ Tee flames spreading rapidly tiir pugh
the slightly built house sixty children awl tiiteen
grown persons werc' in the fright and contu.ion,
crushed or burned todeath, and upwards of one hun-
dred persons were eerieusly injured. In commenting
on the sad event th 4 Japan Mail says ;—" A Japineee
playhouse is a veritable tire-trap. In the first place,
the entrance is so narrow that ing•eAs or egress for
more than one person at a time is inconvenient; and,
in the next, the gailery is only accessible by a steep
ladler, to descend which at the best of times is no
easy matter. Moreover, the majority of a Japanese
theatrical audience consi.ts of women and children.
Thus anything like a panic in a Japanese theatre
can only mean death or serious injury for a number
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the spectators."
TURNPIKES —Notwithstanding the rapid disappear-
.

ance of turnpike gates in recent times, these barriers,
together with the toll-houses which Mr. Weller,
senior, regarded as strongholds of persons of misan-
thropic propensities, appear to flourish still in consider-
able numbers. From a recent Parliamentary Report it
seems that horsemen and drivers in England and
Wales were last year taxed at these compulsory
halting-paces to the large amount of £184334, a sum,
however, falling short of the expenditure of the trusts,
whi3h reached the sum of £199294. There are alto-
gether 184 trusts. The above ngures, however, com-
pared with those of the previous year, show a decrease
of £44,418 in the receipts, while the expenditure was
reduced by £47,381, and the number ot trusts by 50.
The bonded dent was meanwhile reduced from
£550,237 to £420,294.
LIKELY.—Smith "Hallo, Brown, old boy, how are
you? Why, I hardly knew you. How long is it
since I've seen you ?"—Brown : "Why, let's see, it—
it must be about six years."—Smith: "So it is; how
you've altered. You've had your hair cut, or some-
thing I"—Moonshine.
PRtBENTATIoN TO A lIIINTSMAN.—On Monday, Sir
Henry Brand, the Speaker, presided at a large
gathering of Sussex sportsmen at Glyndeeplace, on
the occasion of the first meet of the Southdown
foxhounds, when a gold watch, silver tea service, and
£824 in money were presented to Mr George Cham-
pion, who for 26 seasons has been chief huntsman of
the Southdown pack, and has been appointed recently
in a similar capacity in connection with the new pack
formed by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon at
Goodwood. Mr. Streatfield, last year's Master,
made the presentation. Mr. Champion, in reply,
mentioned that during the past 26 seasons he had
hunted 2,393 nays, killed 2,(-03 foxes, run to ground
1,326, and had 40 blank days.
NEW RAILWAY LINE IN CALIFORNIA.—A difficult
piece of tailroad is being built by the Central Pacific
Company fr, m Reading, in California, to the Oregon
border, to meet the Oregon and California line. The
new road will be about 150 miles in length ; it will have
two ranges of rnouutains to cross, and the grading
alone will cost 80,(0') dolts. per mile. There is a great
traffic between San Francisco and the Portland district,
and when this new road is completed it is expected that
there will be strong rivalry between the land and
sea in the carrying trade. From San Francisco to
Portland by rail the distance will be about 660 miles.
The steamers now plying on the coast between the two
cities make the voyage in about 48 hours in good
weather; and the trains will probably not shorten
this by more than 15 hours or thereabouts, But the
passenger business will be mostly diverted to the rail.
way, as there is only now and then a person who
desires to cross the Columbia bar for the mere pleasure

of the journey. The Oregon and California eitension
forms the northern part of the Central Pacific line,
and it is being built over a country as difficult to reach
as any part of the line which the Central Pacific
throws northward. When this work is completed, it
is thought that a great tide of immigration will set in
along the valleys of the Willamette and the Sacra-
mento, so that a very large passenger traffic is counted
upon. _ _ _ _

PRETTY CLEAR.—Lady Hawthordocks : "I've not
given up my tea yet, Mr. O'Bull ; but, really, after
what the Dean has said, I don't know what to do."—
O'Bull "Sure, me lady, in our atin' and drinkin'
we're the most discontinted people in the worrld.
We never know what we want, and when we do get it w
won't have it /"—Funny Folks.
TIE SITE OF THE PLACE HOLB.—The Calcutta
correspondent of The Times says that an interesting
discovery has just been made in Calcutta by Mr.
Bayne, an engineer in the employment of the East
India Railway Company. He has succeeded in
identifying the exact site of the historical Black Hole,
and has laid bare a portion of its walls. They are in
a perfect state of Preservation, with the plaster intact
en the inner surface. The dimensions of the chamber
correspond exactly with those recorded. The excava-
tion has been made just inside the gate in Dalhousie.
square, on the north side of the General Post Office,
and occupies a portion of what was the north-eastern
bastion of the old fort. It has been suggested that
a monument to the victims should be erected on the
site.

OUR LITERARY MAN TELLS AN ORIGINAL STORY.-
0. L. M. (alter the laughter has sunsicled) "Bet
you never heard that before."—His Friend: "Only
twice. The first time I heard it was when I told it to
you last year, and the second time just now when you
told it to me ! "—Moonshine.
Tine GARITIELD MONumENT.—The site of the monu
ment which is to be erected to the memory of Pres!.
dent Garfield at Cleveland has now been decided upon.
The Lake View Cemetery Association of Cleveland
offered the necessary ground, covering twdand-a half
acres, and the offer has been accepted by the monn-
incnt aBsociation. Tne site is (.0 C bluff overlooking
Dike Erie, being the highest grouNd a'ong the lake
shore, about four miles from the centre of the city of
Cleveland, and in a north-easterly direction from it.
The bluff forms the southern portion of Lake View
Cemetery, and the view from it is a very commanding
one, Lake Erie stretches below it on the north. The
monument will be placed near the southern edge of
the bluff, and the whole of the two-and-Enhalt acres
of land will be laid out with the h,ghest skill in land-
scape ardening. The monument will face toward
Lake Erie. There will be a fine opportunity for
decorative planting on the slopes and along the edge
of the bluff, which will be made the must of.
A SAD BLUNDER—They were two chaps with paper
collars on, uants tucked into their boots, and a thirsty
look around the corners of their mouths. They set
out to c,oes the Brooklyn Bridge, and upon reaching
the rtowers, they walked around them several times
as if looking for a door.—" Don't see nary signs of
one, Bill ; " said the first, as he carefully looked
around.—" Maybe we have to go up in an elevator,"
replied the other; and as a policeman came walking
that way he continued:—"Say, Kurnell, wher' d'ye
get in?"—" In where "—"lnto the saloon."—" There
is no saloon here. "—" Thar' ain't I Ain't thar' no
place %wean here and t'other shore whar' a feller kin
licker up ?',—" Not a place. "—" Then we don't go
another rod, Sam. A town as will put fifteen millyon
&Hare into a shebang like thes 'ere and forgit a half-
way aloon is too fresh a burg for Sam and me. Come,
pard—the bridge is a blunder and may not be safe."
—Detroit Free Press.
CONSOLATION I—Widow (with a sigh). "Ah, well—
( Mourning ' always was becoming to me ! "—Punch.
THE PARCELS Post—At a meeting of the Printing
e.nd Allied Trades Section of the London Chamber of
Commerce, held on Tuesday, after some conversation
as to the advantages of the Parcels Post, it was de-
cided to request the Council of the London Chamber
to urge the Postmaster General to undertake the col-
lection of the values of parcels from recipients, when
called upon to do so by the senders, a small fee or corn.
mission being charged for this service. It was pointed
out that an organisation of this kind already exists,
and works \Frey satisfactorily in the United States,
France, Germany, and some other countries of the
Universal Postal Union, and that the adoption of the
system in this country would probably greatly develops
business, and lead to a diminution of bad debts in
respect to tradesmen's parcels.
Mz. MATTHEW ARNOLD IN NEW YORK.
Writing on Sunday, the New York Correspondent of
the Daily News says:—Mr. Andrew Carnegie gave a
reception to Mr. Matthew Arnold, his wife, and
daughter, at the Windsor Hotel last evening. The
rooms were beautifully decorated with plants and
flowers. There were many great beds of flowers, in
the centres of which were the namssa in bright-coloured
blossoms of Mr. Arnold's best known works. Over
three hundred persons were present, including many
of the most prominent in art, literature, and the
learned professions.
A RAINY DAY.—Mamma, may I ring the bell?
"What for, darling ? "—"Oh—for somebody to come
up I"—Punch.
GALLANT RESCHE.—On Monday morning a fire
occurred in the bedroom of a small dwelling-house in
Birmingham, ()coupled by a labourer at the gasworks.
James Murray, a mechanic, saw flames issuing from
the windows, and, breaking open the front door,
rushed through the flames and smoke, and found a
man and wife and three children stupefied. He
carried them all out in succession unassisted, and they
eventually recovered in the open air. The gallant
rescuer was several times beaten back by the flames.
The fire was caused by a candle which had been left
burning.

TERRIBLE END OF A "STOWAWAY."—The Iran.
denblatt states that the body of a young man, ap-
parently about twenty years of age, a stranger both to
the crew and passengers, was discovered in the hold
of the steamer Professor Woo-mann, of Hamburg, as
the sailors were unloading her on the 28th of July
last, near Little Popo, on the Western Coast of
Africa. The body was found eompletely blocked in
by huge bales upon bales of merehandise and other
heavy goods, sufficient space however having been lest
for the unfortunate man to breatise, and even to move
about a little. It was supposed that he had contrived
to ensconce himself here when the vessel was about to
sail from Hamburg, being under the imcression that
her destination was England, and that he would there-
fore be released before the food with which he had
provided himself would be exhausted. By his side
was the bone of a leg of mutton, of which he had
devoured all the flesh. He had also found means of
breaking open a case of Hollande, and had emptied
two bottles. His provisions having been consumed,
and there being no means of escape, or even of
making his presence known, the unhappy stowaway
had spos-"ently died a lineering death from exhaustion.
Daemon or PAUFERISIL—The report of the Local
Govern teent Board direett. attention to the encouraging
fact of the large decrease in pauperism in England and
Wales. The mean nuinber of persons receiving relief
last year was indeed large enough to suggest painful
rtflections, being 78,29 out of a population of a trifle
over 26 niillion.; and of these no fewer than 192,2)8
are de.serihed as adult ahle-hodifd person.. Compared
with ten years ago, however, these figurts are very en-
o,ursg,ng ; for at that time, though the population was
three millions lees, there were 977,200 !wipers, of
whom the able bodied adults numbered 1 0 930. In
other words, thotugh the population has since then in-
creased more than 13 p.r cent., there bite been an
absolute decrease of more than 19 per cent. in the mean
number of paupers, and a decrease of 32 per cent, in
the number of adult able-bodied paupers.

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A HINT TO INTENDING EMIGEANTS.—The statsraent
in a Ltd.land psper to the effect that there were
firty•three a•Ailicants for a junior clerkship in the
Eduestior Office at Auckland is deserving of being
widely circulatei (says the &mini] Stand,ard). It is
a lesson to young men who are unwilling or unable to
do mechanics' or labourers' work, that they will in no
way h Ater their condition by going to New Z-!aland,
or ind,ed to any of the other C.,lonie.. Nothing is
more absurd than the manner in which young men,
unahle to find employment here, are ehipoed off by
their families to the Colonies, where they land
without any ability to work. Every father whose
son intends to emigrate should place him for at least
a year vu;l2 a carpenter, smith, or saddler, to learn
something of a trade. There would be no difficulty
in finding m-en who would, for a moderate premium,
receive young fellows wiling to work and to learn in
their workshops, and in a year a sufficient amount of
knowledge might be gained by a youth to enable him
to earn his living in the colonies until he saw an open-
ing for the employment of any little capital be might
take with him. To give a young fellow a hundred
, pounds and to turn him loose at a port in Australia or
New Zealand, is in the majlrity of cases, only to en.
able him to live a life of idleness until his money is

spent.
ACROSS THE CHANNEL ON A RAPT.—On Friday
morning in last week, Mr. C ,peman left Dover on
his seat raft to cross the Channel to Calais. The raft
was lannched shortly before eight o'clock, and was
towed out of the harbour about half an hour later by
the harbour tug, which accompanied her on her voyage.
I In the raft were Mr. Copeman, the inventor, and four
boatmen. The raft, which took the first gold medal
in the Fisheries Exhibition, was provided with a lug
sail and four oars, both of which means of propulsion
were used There was only a light wind from the
N.W. at the time of starting, but after getting away
from the shelter of the high land there was a strong
breeze, and the raft made good progress, and sailed at
two o'clock into Colais Harbour, where a large num-
ber of people had assembled to witness her arrival. A
cheer was raised as she entered the harbour. It is
stated that the conduct of the raft was in every way
satisfactory.

POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK. —Ben j amin Franklin
61.4 published Poor Richard's Almanack in Philadel-
phia, in 1733, under the fictitious mane of "Richard
Saunders, "and continued it for twenty five years. It
contained the u-ual astronomical information, besides
pleasant and witty verses' jests and sayings. The
little spaces that occurred between the remarkable
days of the calendar he filled with pithy proverbial
sentences, inculcating industry and fragality. In
1757 he made a judicious selection from these sentences,
which he formed into a connected discourse and prfi-
fixed to the almanack, as the address of a prudent old
man to the people attending an auction. This diet-
course was afterwards published as a small book under
the title of The Way to Wealth, and bad an immense
circulation in America and England.

CATCHING A WEASEL ASLEEP —Mrs. Pousonby de
Toinkyns (pointing to her book.). "They are not
many, Lord Adolphus, but they are all friends—dear
old friends "—Noble poet (taking down a volume of
his own poems and finding the leaves uncut). "Ah I
hum! I'm glad to find that you don't cut all your old
friends, Mrs. Do Tomkyna I"—[Mrs. P. de T. is at a
lass for once.l—Punch.
MORTALITY IN ANTIGIIA.—A Correspondent of the
Daily News, writing from Antigua on Oct. 11th,
says :—" As to weather, we have had it hot—four
earthouakes, and a narrow escape from a hurricane
which fell on Dominica. During the hot season the
coloured population appears to be literally decimated.
Making allowance for the more healthy part of the
landward district of St. John's parish (the statistics
being made up in parishes), competent observers have
come to the conclusion that the mortality in the town
of St. John's is about 65 per thousand per annum
The explanation generally given is that it is infant
mortality, caused by the blacks neglecting their
offspring. But one can easily see whether a funeral
' is that of a baby or of a grown person, The small
coffins of the former are commonly placed in an old
gig, with no mourner but the father, whereas the
latter are imposing processions, the number of which
is the first thing that strikes a stranger. The negroes
here are not a stalwart race like the Jamaica yam
and coffee fed mountain freeholders, but are underfed
and puny. The women evidently starve their
stomachs for the sake of their backs (in town I mean),
as tney dress on Sundays, and when out for pleasure,
wonderfully well."
LIGHTNING AND STEAMSHIPS. Some months ago
when entering the Bay the Pacific Steam Navigation
Company's steamship Colombia was struck by light-
ning. The vessel was not injured, as the conductor
on the foremast conveyed the flash into the sea, but
the forward part of the vessel was so powerfully meg-
netized by the current that alterations have to be
effected. When running on certain courses the cons'
passes are untrustworthy, and the movement of the
wheel is sufficient to deflect them. Captain Bass, who
is now in command of the Colombia, believes the steer-
ing chains and the wheels they travel on have been
magnetized by the electric current, and when the
vessel reaches Callao they will be changed. The
magnets on board were all demagnetized and reduced
to the condition of ordinary iron. The circumstance
is rare if not entirely new, and will attract the atter).
tion of seamen.—Panama Star and Herald.

A STRANGE MARRIAGE.— The Spring/se/41 (Mass.)
Herald etatee that a man named Childers, and Lucinda
Philipps have just been married to each other for the
second time. They were firet married at Franklin, in
1856, and Childers served in the Southern Arnil
during the war of rebellion. It was reported that
he had been Iciled at the battle of Vickebtaa-g, ana
his wife remarried one of his friends, Mr. Philipea•
At the expiration of hostilities Childers returned
home, but upon discovering the state of affairs he co.
not attempt to aesers his rights, but himself married
again. He lost his second wife about ten years Ws
and married a third wife, who died in 1880. Mrs
Priillipe, the husbend ot his first wife, died last year.,
and Childers havieg met her recently at the house of a
mutual friend, fell in love with her, proposed, wal
accepted, and is now her husband.
THE BROUGHAM AND THE BOOTS.—By what Strang.,
chances do men's names survive in history I On;
readers will iemember an anecdote of Brougham Imo;
Wellington, in those days when friendly feelings hat'
succeeded to the more hostile opinions of past years.
They met in the robing.room of the House of Lords.
Wellington had just come c own to the House in one of
those recently invented carriages to which a builder
lt
Long Acre lied given the name of the great orator of
his age—a Broueham ; and Wellington said, "
lord, I find I have been under a great mistake. .1;
thought you would go down to posterity as the friena,
of the uegro, the apostle of education, the reformer Og
ancient abuses, and of charitable endowments; but net
I perceive it now—you will be known hereafter aq
to posterity only as the inventor of a carriage.
And I," said Brougham, "I have also been under fi
mistake. I thocght that your Grace would be knoWn
to future years and to posterity as the hero of of
hundred fights, the restorer of Spain, the victor 0
Bonaparte and of Waterloo; but no, no, it will not ba
so; your Grace will only be known to future genets'
tions as the inventor of a pair of boots!" It was
very pretty play of wit; but it also illustrates how.,
even great men and great politicians are better IWO:
by some eccentricity attaching to their character Ow
by their solid claims for fame.—Leisure Hour,
A VERY POOR PLAYER.—A Parisian journal tell°
the story of a beggar who presented himself regnial
at a certain coffee-house with a clarionet under b _
arm. " Will you allow me, gentlemen," said he, ia P
humble tone of voice, "to play a tune? lam °nil eti
amateur, and if you prefer giving me a trifle I
spare you the annoyance of listening to me." Eyerel;
one felt at once for a few stray coppers, and
musician departed with a profound reverence.
he repeated several evenings in succession. At
one evening a young man, who bad never failed "''
contribute to the wants of the itinerant musicieth
asked him in a friendly manner to give him a MI
let it be good or bad; he wanted to hear him. L:v,e'ile
I am afraid, sir, I shall disappoint you."—" r4...ne‘c,e
mind that; give us a tune."—" But I am a veil Nilo
player, and I have a very poor instrument."-- ir,
matter for that; I want to hear you."—"
since you insist upon it," said the poor man, " wit
tell you that I don't play at all. I carry this clarlol?,b
merely for the purpose of threatening the people 1/1'
my performance.
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LAND LAW REFORM.—The statutes of 1881 and 1 /411
have gone a long way in the desired direction. °fee
have shortened all deeds and documents of tritnime
and morteage, as law stationers, especially, well bowbe
to their cost. At the same time it must, howevert A.
remembered that this system of shortening it.
veyances does not really simplify the system it of
By the old practice, under which every kintilo of
oevenant and proviso was fully set out in a de beg
sale or mortgage, the parties thereto might haV° of
some notion what they had signed. N w
those covenants and provisoes are initted
deeds where they would have been inserted.
bl
they are, all the same, presumed to he presentoops
the enactments of the statute governing their 000
struction, In this way it is not so certain that
has been gained by shortening conveyances, eaPegel
as, by the new scale of solicitors' costs, the chant,
are in most cases as high, and in some even bigrirg,
than they were formerly. Nor is this surPriigeo,
for a short deed is as much trouble to draw _ee:
long one, and the investigation of title is still d 070,
tial. Upon this point it is once more propose :bier
every title to land should be registered in a V.l.red
office, so that any piece of laud could be tranemobite
in as short and summary a manner as is gb,.ba
But the practical question is, Who will pal %refer°
penes of the necessary investigation of a title
it can 'se so registered ?—City Press. gigot
ANOTHER VICTIM TO AFRICAN COMMERC2."7_AetIt
Licata, a member of the Naples African D'eTevor
writes from Aseab an account of the murder of 001.-det
'ro
Sacconi, an Italian merchant at Harar, who, ib _hieb
to extend his business, went to Ugaden, a place
had such a bad repute that no European would veelata
optel
there, Signor Sacconi took with him eight ono et
and, safely arriving, Was received with WarpeorP:,
friendship and even a present of animals. OL'e t_ ttre'
ing some Somalis came to Signor Sacconi's
persueded him to send font. of his servants wlb lett'
mules to a distant pasture, which they said weesep.tbrei
god. No sooner had the servants departed tir eel"
Somalis attacked Signor Sacconi, cutting 01T blsolf
hand with their sabres as he snatched hi.' r-eloot l
and wounding him fatally in the side. TheY
the heads of two of the remaining. tour Servlp
wounded the others so horribly that they a'
mediately. o ere
Tte eel
HOMEOPATHY IN THE UNITED STATES.---- a st•
7,000 houia,,pathie physicians in the Unite_ eeeog
and 278 iDstituti.n.. Four national eocietils „eel,
1,669 enembere ; 26 State societies report elmm
,70.eoberlij
her. ; of 103 local soeietiee 66 report 2,35°
' generog
of 13 clubs seven report 97 members ;01 hoe fed
hosp‘tale 18 rep. rt 1,268 beds, 15 of theme
! of 11,6
treated 6 670 patients, and the estimated Yaltispitelsset
there hogritals le 770 500 dole. 01 3d specie' b°lart
report 8F.9 beds, and nine of these treated 006 e „e
10,617 net ieete, of whom about one 'halt were 006014
on their bode, and the cost of 10 of these iv° „rel.',
was 1,006,000 dole. Of 39 dispensaries 27 Yee_P:,, he%
year 111,469 patients. Twelve medical coll. gL,O
had 1,267 students, and graduated 421 phYSITO.
year, and 5,680 since they were founded
Journals have published this year 9,74 k Pages'