The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-24 00:00:00

THE LARGEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD.—The forth'
_ . . . .

coming Forth Bridge, the plans of which have II I
prepared by Mr. Baker, C.E., show that the gigantio,
structure when completed will be the " biggest
thing in bridges ever constructed. Its length will be
5,3301 t. (over a mile) ; two spans of 1,7001 t. each ; two
land spans of 6801 t. each, with piers that take uP
2601 t. and 145 ft. respectively. The immense sloping
are necessitated by the depth of the water, which 10
over 2001 t., preventing immediate support. IV
centre pier has its site on an island, for without it tbe
work would be impossible. The height of the under
side of the bridge will be 1501 t. above high water.
Steel is to be used, and it will absorb 42,000 tons
the construction of the centre arches alone.

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THE BAR AS A PROFESSION.—The Pall Mall Gazette
remarks :—" Gentlemen before deciding to adopt the
bar as a profession would do well to study the Law
List for 1883. A correspondent who seems to have
taken considerable pains to know how many bretbrino
of the long robe we have, writes that 'of the MT,
members of the bar of England, 13 per cent. appear 16'
be in practice abroad, 37 per cent appear to be
practice here, and 50 per cent. appear not to practise
at all. Still the 37 per cent. who are in practice here
amount in all to 2,700, so that, when opened, the
nineteen courts in the new Law Courts could each boa
provided with a separate bar consisting of about 1
practising counsel.' "
MAKING SURE.—Smith: "I say, Brostn, have 91
got change for a five-pound note ? "—Brown: " Irelho
think I have."—Smith: "Then lend me a sovereign •

—Funny Folks. '
RAILWAYS IN INDIA.—The total length of the
ways of India open to traffic on January 1, 1882, vm
9,880 miles, of which the State Railways took OP,,
3,286 miles, the guaranteed lines 4,640 miles,
Indian 1,507 miles, and Native States 447 miles. 'IT
traffic work performed was equivalent to 2,626 11i".
lion passengers, and 2,340 million tons of goods C..,.,e1"
ried one mile. The gross earnings were:' I
14,32,30,801; the working expenses, Rs. 7,07,12,465;
and the net profits, Rs. 7,25,18,336, or an average
turn of 5.38 per cent, on the capital cost of open line' )
STATISTICS OF ENERGY.—An Ounce of coal rePrcs
Bents an amount of energy which, if entirely expend h
in doing work would raise 695,0001 b. one foot bigr
against the force of gravity, or would do 695,000 WI '
pounds of work. In an ounce of gunpowder is storl 1
about 100,000 foot.pounds of energy. An ounce °
zinc represents a stole of only 113,000 foot-pounds- Aill )
ounce of copper represents a store of about 69,n'a
foot-pounds only. An ounce of hydrogen gas i'l
yield, by combining oxygen, 2,925,000 foot-pounds °
work.
AND YET HE WASN'T SATISFIED. —Mies Behnort:
"How long did you stay in the North, Gus?
"Only two days—the weather was so awfti ly chaise; ,
able. Went specially to have some skating, and '4
Jove, a thaw came on, and the whole thing sros -
' frost ' "I—Funny Folks.
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AMERICAN CONSUMPTION OP TURTLE.—Large uotu to
the consumption of turtle is in Europe, especlallll
England, it is still larger in America (says the 13':,
James's Gazette). New York receives every year abots. ,
two hundred thousand pounds weight of this delical, I
while Philadelphia and Baltimore take about fifol
s o
thousand pounds each. Boston, the literary caplto
the States, owing possibly to superior faetidiousness ° )
gastronomic taste, is satisfied with 2,00011). on 19;
Turtles are more abundant in summer than in winter.o_
and when the supply is greater than the demand ?
New York, the creatures are kept alive in ponnej 0
where they are fed with lettuce, celery, and the AIL 1
of water-melons. The largest specimen ever seen .
New York weighed 5601 b. In Philadelphia there lei.: 7
considerable demand for small turtle for families, t" '
price ranging from 20c, in winter to 10c. in summer.
sib
LOCAL AUTHORITIES' ACCOUNTS.—A return
stracted from the accounts of the Local Authorities °
England for the year 1880-1, and issued on Tnesdhilis
shows that the total revenue was £41,115,207, vl,lOl \
the loans raised amounted to £14,231,425. The s°_,,
expenditure, including the repayment of ion I
amounted to £52,590,874., and the loans outstand/D I
came to £144,335,238. ,
S fRAW MADE INTO PLANKS.—Land and Water eili°ol) '
—American papers are making a good deal of
over the success at C oicago of pulping straw and PresLi
it into boards and planks. In England this has i
1
done for many years, and at one time when
up in a light form, these straw boarda were much ht
for the panels of coaches and in the making of Ufa \
carts, but they did not meet with any great araoun.'bt, (
success, as it was found that what was gained in ago
ness was lost in strength and durability. PerhaPe op ,
inventive genius of the Americans has improved ,tiPus
the original English process, as the Chicago ?Ina
are said to be equal to iron wood, to resist fire It ,
water, and to be workable with planes and chisels. ~,
is calculated that three tons of straw will prbalr,
1,600 superficial feet of board an inch thick ;.,,%s
land jobbers, in offering land for sale, describe 1...„11 ,a ,
being capable of producing so many feet of I. '
boards per acre,
uld
FORRIDDEN Pauu.—Potatoes and pigs—wah cao a°,s •
apprehend any sinister consequences from their It'i,
intimate association? To the wary dyspeptic, r,o,
haps, their culinary combination might Ise sugge,°:ep ,
of indigestion, with nightmare to follow ° an? „af•
tainly a Jew would taboo the potatoes that how P a
fered contact with the unclean animal. But, to'er
practical matter of fact, the pig is very likely to
real contamination from the potatoes. So statee„
note in the AnUe Scientiftque. From this r,otS ib l'a
pears that potatoes, when sprouting, develoP
r_. .
poisonous principle called solanine. The poison :a .
sides chiefly in the sprouts or buds, and is devel°PiS
in greatest quantity towards the cloa t of wint00 er. ‘a '
_... ,
is not invariably fatal in its effects, but it oe"Ptia .
sickliness and emaciation which the unstleoc.lei
breeder is often puzzled to account for. Fowls, ,1.--0
if allowed access to potato fields are at to Pf,..4 , .
and suffer from the poison. The warnibg P !fr., '
The obvious moral is that, in feeding age*,
potatoes should he regarded as fdrbidden • "loon'
unless the tubers are carefully freed from their P 0 :
bearing germinationta—Lire Stock Journal.
A ROYAL GODCHILD.—The Earl of Mount•Cw'aess
infant son and heir of the Marquis and blarchicje
' at :
Conyngham was baptized on Saturday in the sen'ol
parish church of Patrixbourne, near Canterbur7, 001
close td the Marquis's place, Bifrous, who! wit.
Majesty was pleased to stand sponsor for the in,,,di I.
The Queen was represented on the occasion b 7 fifrt
Ventry, and the other gpqnoqrs were the 11°,7°'„iitrt
Candy, th 3 Maifiluis of Ormonde, arid Lord
The baptismal rite was performed by the Ea. stPlao
T. Vine, vicar of Patrixbourno and domestia chsP i', ,
to the Marquis Conynghatn, assisted by the IteV'tllo 1
N. Ripley, M.A. The infant was baptized In 1
names of Victor George Henry Francis.
REWARD FOR BRAVERY. —ln Londp;a, iaat os,a,ailes,*,
Inspector BannisSer a'Acaded at BOiastreet -LP Y .
court for the purposo of receiving .a cheque f 0 gl
from the Folice Reward Fund in regognltion of br',,
displayed in rescuing two children ham a r°,°::
burning house. Sir James Ingham, in nisJtto hi;
presentation, observed that Bannister had oiet..,ate°
t.ela. ta- i
own life to save two children, and had also 3,-rnfer A
to save the life of the children's mother. '-''',".,rase,'"
nately she had sustained injuries which had Floe .19 ,
fatal, but Sir James Ingham had great
publicly acknowledging the efforte uvliy bY Awi'P
to save her. '
. ing 011
NAVAL TRAINING IN GERMANY.-4`10) tr*lll.-7 11.

•
bop for the Qciplgrt Llavy is to be be,g.
Friedrichaort on the 7th of next month.
are well cared for in the barracks and on the trs;ibee
ships, and are taught by officers selectel for to
special qualifications. After three years' ti'llitii:l46l„
which they are admitted between the ap, 00/1
he
and seventeen, they are bound to serve m _ eceo
for nine years ; but they are well paid—th,
in the lower ranks being from £!5O to £6O a N. fel
rations; and the number of candidates is pot
In wears of that of the vacancies,
THE TRUE DATE OF EASTER.—Respecting- te
date of Easter, W. T. Lynn, of Blackheath, %grip tb2
Notes and Queries :—The Nativity took
year of our ordinary reckoning D.o. 5, pyoh4'' IP
;
autumn of that year. Our Lord'would, thoree
thirty years of age (when St. Luke tolls us that 11,
baptized,
in
before the commencement 0,004
ministry) n the autumn of AD.; for thirtLii3es
must have intervened between B.C. 5 and A•P•
there is more doubt as to how long the Thar tle
lasted, chiefly on account of the doubt vibe' of 01
"feast " mentioned in the fifth chePter 'lf I,
John's Compel was 4 Passover or not. ti 3!.
were, three Passovers are mentioned betweA
til
above date and that of the Crucifixion Aillf 13
ministry lasted three years and a halLwo
were not, it would seem that only such, to
overs occurred, and we must limit the roin,6".-' for
years and a half. This latter view, in itself Vi
uer 000:,
most probable, is, moreover confirmed .ob 7 01„°°;"
siderations. In the year A.D. 29 the full -12a51,--ill
occurred on the morning of April 17 whic—._ '3lOOl
year on a Euncify• klbw the crucifixion toox fe'veljoi
a Friday, and the Passover was held doh way
before, or on a Thursday. By the Jewi; ateeo"o
reckoning, the Passover was kept on the
day of the moon (or from the day on which
_tcen l
sor
was supposed to be new), which would Da fell °0
be on the day of the full moon, but frequenL.quept rit
the day preceding ; it eould never, however, Dee,2%l co"
much as three days before the day of the a, !rowel
moon. But in the year A.D. 30 the Paschal t6u:oo.
.05
occurred on the evening of Thursday, AO'
the Crucifixion followed it the next day, (widoncliq
April 7, and the first Easter Day took place cm
April 9.

IMPE]

In the Hors
Campbell at
Policy of her 3,
on numerous
IL La3ard froi
Operations fro
'Mentioned ste
not condemn,
was a case E
Egli), ton que
form,o betwe(
I Granvi
drek,..,l to the
the change m,
sending* of Mr
anbritttted thE
' at our Embal
Gov, nment,
for ti.,t 'uteri,
impeble foi
noble lord, I
communicate
been since th,
Lord Salisb'
that lord Cs
Government
debate on the
Impossible to
Inunicated to
The motion
The Sale of
Committee;
third time an
Their lords
In the HOI
question to
that the se sal
in the Speed
Gladstone sal
difficulty wit
ting live we
Oinch (leclaral

Sir R. Cros
Secretary, th
.he explosioi
Office, and w
'police force.
Sir W. Ha

right hon. g€
something
public build
say that I t
was insuffici
and that h
•Charles-stre,
was usual,
well worthy
Executive G
Boat Race-1

Inconvenien
spectacles
cries of " N
lbo learn ti
srdinary du
the Boat RI
without we
as my Milt
inultipilcati
'ever, at eac
:passing at

.Wllratt, WS
Tery time
pollee-serge
the 15th in
the end of
aglin
_et g p

and when oi
Immediatelj
Into a door,
Was almost
will be ren
•one of the
50 yards of
say that or
police fore(
case before.
the deficier
addition sln
Five hued]
things. (H
done after t

iiii-cce Tip- pli4
soldiers sha
public bull
atrengthenc

Mr. Chat
Bankrupicy
system, ancl
a full inciP
an honest
the credit 4

and comme

of an indej
each bankri
limited, and
Proposed 1
there was
employing
the Board
by the Bo
Receiver,"
would be
fees and b
Would be pi
duty of Um
Of the bank
and to mak
Lena had b
as a did

CaT.cild
Wrecks and
collection
Would be li
treatment
Went at len
Act, menti,
?Iltablish a
'receiving
Or not, al
The Court
fraudulent
ting his d:
him to obt
his positioi
done away
County C,oi
by which •
among his
. Mr. E. 81

HoTtse-,-ivni
existing lel
entrust the
ot the Gov
iniDosttion
duties wh
gffichiliam
Jn iteß...
theM. Wrnls.
A
Mr. S. 000
ofticialism
the second
lir. 4. 0'
olVosed th
Mr. Greg
of the deta
Sir J. Lu
dealt with
en the prei
1/f assets I
increasing
liras to inn

brg. c
reading, c
tended, le
touched.
end it was
nmrality v
46 pol
fidtonlea
Prompted
Must nece
tn. the Bill
Odefly- to
ifonid ptß
creditors.

Mr. Aid
flag that,
r.O liar]
pot y,
bt Tiak
and Mr.
bourn the
bei
azt
also spoke

Alter a
the Bill w
The Ea

Of
ahovvi
gi
exPort
ninth)!
suitab'
the
the -0
1300 n
if the
pace
'arrce:
the R,
In'
411 d tc
the s
Conti:

brated rose.
'ed to be one
e planted 11
a last season.
it years are
it the outer
sx tend about
'led of much

.News comes
Iruzz.i, at the
w has fallen
e, hindering
Enult for the
Fowl. ManY
ir extreraell
in the rnotin•
Dy the snow.
to the
ot teen expe•
he Lorth side
bEen 13 deg.

rr essage via!
3 New Yor"
op dangerre
Id Norwegian
ompanieti b 3:
L•wet gale",
r. during the

! and
you like the
, very ranch?,
if you coula
lige me,
and he don t

'.—The forth..
have
,the gigantlg
e " biggest
ength will be
qt. each ; two
that take 11P
antense spal!e
Lter, whic.....b
10
ipport.
vithout it the
of the under
re high wets!.
2,000 tons 0

U Mall Gazetg
; to adopt the
tudy the La'i
leerns to have
nany brethre_,o
'of the 7,5uv
ent. appear
opear to be oi
not to practise
practice be
ri opened, tb,e.
could each
; of about 13'

)v:rn, have 701
DWII : " Yoh, 71
) a sovereign •

;th of the rail'
ry 1, 1882, 06°
[ways took 03
10 miles, lir:
47 miles.
; to 2,626 nu"
s of goods eel"
;a were.
s. 7,07,12,46
an aver Age rr
t of open line.
of coal relites
lrely expend
one foot WET
o 695,000 fee;
owder is storel
An ounce
lot-pounds•
I about 69,000
iii
,rogen gas Wei
foot-pounds
Miss Belmont:
wfa ly chang'
hating, and
Le tbing was

—Large though
'
e, especiall 10
h (says the .-7;
very year abet,'
)f this delicat
ike about. yf
erary caPiro' of
istidiousness,,
2,000113. ow;
han in winter!
he demand,7
live in P°D,'J
and the raL,
n ever seer! `;
Iphia there Oise
)r families, tm
in summer.
-A return
Authorities u
ed on Tuesdi,:o
,115,207, svuta
425. The
lent of len
ins outstauaw"
,nd Water 0011::
,d deal of Ilgoic
.aw and Pre1:18:1
d this has be
e when
were 1:11116h
ligßof
nakinK oft
reat &mew? by
gained in 14,0
57. PerhaPs !!,10
improved ,tIPIO
Ohicage
resist fire
and chisels.
im will Prz":10014
• "13
[Loh thick; 0
e, describe too
y feet of ser •

oula
igs—who
rom their 10:.,
Pe'
dyspep.+' to, ,414
t SUg:;;
DIIOW ° .tif,
s that bah
'al. But,
r likely to Bo
s so stateB,,,,
• Or
this ::-.0+9
3g, deVelOP:
The poison r 3
lid is devel°Pts
of winter,
o#o
but it Gauge. g
e unstoPe siso,
r.
at to Plicipaok
rniof Piito
!tccos,
idden
Dm their po

rna/.
Mount•Charle°'
nd hiarchionel
Y in the aucieoA
Janterbury, tow
3110; when 19!
7 for the infol3"
xasion by 1.2 g
'theci Son. 7' •
Lord Veil
',he Rev. Vr0,13,6.
'mastic chaPO"
by the
, Real;
uaptlzed in Poe s)
110 OStlirdi/P
IV,Bireet rOll/6
'bi:ique for '
*ion of braTe".
)in rooo3 01
in niakiag
had iisked
I also ntqunPw-,,,,
then
ich ha. d POI%
reat pleasure 1,
149 Ditoiste-
The tr*iiiing ott
) be begnl3,,,„°l
nth. The
on the trauwat
aecteJ for thm
ars, tiAning;
; ago.: a fift°'
ye IJthe nail
d--tlw pay
WI:4
0/
60 a year, , r
generally'
meting the ittL.,6
Iteath, writes,'",
)4. place in
Pyohahly in ;
ld, thprefore,
us that Ile lir
3eraent a g
or thirty,lol/I.s
nd29. 131;1
tho 1131101,0
Lbt whether %,
chapter oi
a. not. if lie
ed between
ifilion and SI;
a hali. I(
such two ,
zninif,tor to t'sig
itself by far_ii,
i by abet 9113
Paschal 11W"6 ,
which NU et
t,
Au took place
Id the evenil
Jewish WaY ,b
the fourteent.
which thB Vic
not necessar
00
!quently
ever, beicePtg
I the actual L
ischal full ra?.,71
A pril 6, 0° loy
day, on Flo?,
Lace on sttriw"