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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

STOURBRIDGE FIRE BRIGADE.

FIRE BRICADE CONTEST
And Competition for Prima, promoted ey Steurbritige
Volunteer Fire Brigade, to be held at the

HEATH PARK, STOURBPJDGE
(Kindly lent for the occasion by Mrs. Cochrane),
ON JIONDAY, AUGUST Ilth, 1879

Under the following distinguished patronage .
The Eight Lien. Lord Lyttelton ; W. Foley. Esq, ;
John A uipblett, Esq ; Colonel Barrows ; Colo:. el Fleicner
Major V. a.ker ; Williams, t!:sq.; M. P. braze-
brook, Esq ; C. Cochrane, Esq ; W. J. a umev. Esq. ;
The Chairmau and Memiers comprising the ;Board of
111 6tourbridge improvement Commissioners.
The Contest is by invitation to the neighbouring Volun-
teer Fire Brigades, with a desire to promote a h. altny
emulation among them, thereby testing their skill and
efficiency in time of need, fully believing that the public
will appreciate all efforts tending to increase their safety.
The following Brigades will take part in the Contest
. .

Aston, Coleshill. 1 Stourbridge,
Bromsgrove, I Smethwick, Westbromwich,
The Prizes will consist of GOLD and SIi4VER Medals,
Aggregate value £25.
Competent Judges will be Engaged.
Arrangements are being made with the Great Western
Railway Company for _Excursions on the occasion.
The Contest to commence et Two o'clock punctually
Firemen, in Uniform, admitted Free.
A hiILITAra BAND WILL Bk. IN ArfENDANCE,
And. Play belectious during the Contest. _

Brigades will assemble by the County Court, Hagley
Street, at 1 o'clock prompt. and wit' form a
PROChSSION, with their Engines, headed by
the Band, through the Town to the Park. .

Admisbion to the Grounds, 6d. eacii, Luciosure, fid

extra. Carriages, 2s 6d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

LIVING
"LIKE CAT AND DOG."

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t, h enthusiasm" is reported to have been ex-
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which t aLY or two ago by an extraordinary combat
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which 43°4 Place in the Rue Lobinau, n Paris, and
theand
Wee or°111(1 not be unworthy of a Place emu"
lived ii ta'a:nit:bairco sop in dern tEsop or La Fontaine. There
a h ' the said street a spaniel
u.atur,af
Its e cat, eachofwhich had so far subdued
Peevishness of temper as to have become
EnCia ir not friends, and to have established,
1 b u armed neutrality, and then, as it appeared the sequel, a real defensive and (Alon.
ri
ve • league.
They were rivals only in the
Petition for the favour of their mistress, whom
..,4y bothB
visited often accompanied as a body•guard when
the St. Germain Market hard by. It was
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uu oune of these expeditions that an ill-tempered P boale. i
ejLetia,tul appearance, and after seeking occasion
trean:a—fre,i, in which the smaller dog was in no haste
ex
upon him and seemed likely very soon
sPectiktors littae
a bad end. A diversion which the
forthcomi pected was, however, immediately,
1/Jr the cat, with her fur bristling soot
a.ev„-7 ruur standing on end, made a rush at the
to d
isi.,_'"leso4,aud•in,-the twinkling of an eye compelled
1_.:7: whose p.•l. ro his victim and stand at bay against the
claws were busily tearing him about the
te_M The beule•clogue does not appear to have been
ri'coestomed to that species !of chasse to which such
lliale 'moat addicted in England. At any rate,
„etarreUed• tiSetics which would never be approved by
T,.... e flulc7" In Leadenhall Market or Sbven Dials.
cr_tead„ ,91 rolling puss over on her hs,ek, he "got
into that position, and so endeavoured
rwath feet anti teeth to ward off the fierce attack. He
ale vanquished, naturally, and obliged to condescend
e ; while the victor made off almost as speedily
bie? a legitimate triumph in the tobacco shop.
--611:trode would not disgrace that chapter in the
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Ritopadesa whichlitreata of "the lacquisition
iriends.".—Glott.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

SALARIES AND PENSIONS IN PRUSSIA.

We all know in a general and vague fashion that
salaries, &c„ on the Continent, and especially in Ger-
many, are considerably below our English standard;
but the following instances will help to particularize
our knowledge (remarks The Times).
The entire salary of the imperial Chancellor, Prince
Bismarck, from all sources both as Prussian Minister
and as Chancellor of the sources,
is only 54,000 marks
(22,700).
The highest salary of a Prussian Cabinet Minister
Is 36,000 marks (21,800). Pensions are on the same
moderate scale. They are settled on analogous prin-
ciples to those which govern our own Civil Service
Pension system, the pensi m amounting to as many
eightieths of the salary which was being received at
the time of retirement as there have been years spent
in the service of the State. Ten years are added to
the record of service in all cases where misconduct
has not called for censure. But where the salary
exceeds 12,000 marks (2600), only the half of such
excess is taken into account.
Dr. Falk, the retiring Minister of Public Worship
and Education, entered the service of the State in
1847. He has consequently, 33 years of public service
plus 10. His salary as Minister was 36,000 marks,
which becomes reduced to 24,000 for the purpose of
estimating his pension, which will be 42-80ths of this
amount, or little over the half—viz., 13,200 marks
(2660).
Herr Hobrecht, the ex-Minister"of Finance, made a
compact that the time which he passed as Chief Bur-
gomaster of Breslau and Berlin should be reckoned as
so many years spent in the State service. Hence his
pension will be somewhat higher than that of Dr.
Falk, since he began earlier his career as a public
servant.
Dr. Friedenthal, the out-going Minister of Agricul-
ture, would have had the same pension as Dr. Falk
had he not voluntarily retired from the State service
In 1864, to devote himself to the management of his
own large estate in Silesia. He became Minister in
1874, so that he has lost ten years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

I_S

CONIDDIPTION IS sertain method of cur
has bean dissovered for this distressing complaint by a
physician, who is desirous that all sufferers may benefit
from this providential discovery. It is beyond all doubt
the most remarkable remedy of the age. Thousands
have been cured by it. Full particulars of the remedies
will be sew, LI post to any person free of charge.—
Address:—Mr. WILLIAMS, 10, Oxford Torraes,Hydi
Park, Load's,

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES.

THE HAIR.—For 40 years Mrs. S. A. ALLEN
WoRLD's HAIR RESTORER has received the coulriatkdation
sad favour of the public. It has acquired the highest
place that can be obtained for any moderate enterprise,,,
andcontributed to the adornment of tens of thousands of
persons, who have the proof of its servicable character.
It will positively renew and restore tht original and natu-
ral colour of grey, white, and fa led flair. It will
strengtiata and invigorate the Hair, top its falling, an
induce a healthy and luxuriant growth. No other pre-
paration can produce thesame beneficial result. sold by
alliChemists and Perfumers, in large b)ttles, 6s. Dep,,
115 S.; 116, Southampton Row. Londoz:.
ANOTHER. CUP.E OF CONsIIIIPTIVI3 COUGH BY DR,
LoCOCR's WAFERS.—From J. Pratt, Chemist, St:fiord
Street, Velverhampton, " A lady had been suffering
frem a severe consumptive cough for 11 or 13 years.
and, after consulting several physicians, was induced to
try your Wafers. The first dose gave instantaneous
relief, and she has not had another attack." In
asthma, consumption, bronchitis, coughs, colds, the u-
olutise .UI 3 1l 11.0.,r.va.t tend retvo,is c.wq.1.11,1s
inbtaiAL rbacitcuu a raina 'cute it. given by tee 11rdiets
which taste pleasantly. Sold by all druggists at is,
Ze, is, U. and Um • per box.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

NEW VARIETIES OF WHEAT.

The Royal Agricultural Society of England have
decided to offer two prizes at 25 and £lO each for dis-
tinctly new varieties of wheat which shall combine the
largest yield of grain and straw per acre with approved
form and size, smooth and thin skin, full and white
kernel, and high specific gravity in the seed, and with
bright, firm, and stiff straw. One sack must be de-
livered to the Society by each competitor, together with
a sample bundle of straw, before the let of October
next. A portion of each sample will be kept for com-
parison, and the remainder, divided into equal por-
tions, will be cultivated next year in four localities
differing in respect of soil and climate. The prizes
will be awarded for the best varieties of the crop of
1880, thus cultivated under the Society's auspices, if
in the opinion of the
.judges they possess qualities
which entitle them to distinction. The produce of the
experimental crop of 1880 will be the property of the
Society, and will be offered first to the competitors
who submitted the seed. _

The Society -a-li-lo—o-ffer prizes of £25 and £l.O for
newer and improved varieties of wheat upon the same
conditions as those enumerated before, except that the
sample sacks shall be delivered by October, 1882, thus
giving time for the development of an uniform and
permanent variety.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

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TO LET.

:7CLARKETS7I
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DUDLEY AND WALSALL.
'DIAN
()FORTES bind HARMONIUMS may
had on SYSTEM of NEW SYSTE of HIRING, for Two or
ikirse Year a; after which, and without any further pay-
ment, to become the property of the hirer. All Instru-
m: Tits had on this system, or otherwise, will be
rthanged any time within six months for any otber,if
tap Proved of, and returned carriage free. And fir.
"ac, after a trial of tkre• years, any Pianoforte or Har-
-14; ni.m would be taken back, at its original cost, and
ti *money returned, deducting the usual charge for
41'0; thus offering greater advantages than the London
?.thirtningham Houses.—AppIyFREDEKICK GREEN
asic Warehouse, 260, Castle-street, Dudley, and 615
I Ark- str ee t , Walsall.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

THE MARKETS

MARK-L AXE. -MONDAY.

With finer weather and some improvement In harvest
prospect; trade at Mark-lane has ruled quieter. Supplies
were not large. Digital:l wheat was sparingly offered..
Millers, however, were very cautious iu their dealings, and
were not disposed to pay firmer prices, consequentiy but
little was done, and the tendency was favourable for buyers.
Foreign wheat a fair supply. Business slow, and quptations
were hardly so firm. Barley remained steady, reaching full
prices for all descriptions. Supply moderate. Malt was
disposed of at late rates. The oat trade was firer in tone, a
moderate business being transacted. Maize was firm. and
6d. to 9d. dearer on the week. Beans and peas were quiet
but steady. The flour market was steady at lull quotations.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.— MONDAY.

The cattle trade was quiet, and without feature of impor-
tance. Supplies were not large, but were ample for require-
ments. English beasts came rather sparingly to hand, and
Included a large spriekling of half fat stock. Business
throughout was on rather a restricted scale, and the level of
prices about the same as last week. The best Scots and
crosses changed hands at ss. 6d. to 6s. Bd. per 811 es. From
the Midland and home counties we received about 1,200,
"l eT parts of England, about 500, and from Scotland,
2"7he°atdh.About an average supply of beasts was on the
foreign side of the market. There were 200 American, 400
Spanish, and some Danish. The trade was quiet, at
about the rates previously current. The sheep pens were
moderately well filled. A slow trade prevailed, and the
prices realised were the same as last week. Theibest Downs
and half-breds were disposed of at 6s. 10d. to 7s. per 81b.
Lambs were quiet, at 7s. to 7s 86. per Sib. Calves and pigs
were hisposect of at late rates. At Deptford there were
some 800 beasts and 7,000 sheep and lambs. Inferior beasts,
4. to 63.; second quAlity, ss. to ss. 4d.: prime large oxen,
ss. 4d. to ss. 66.; prime scots, 55. 66. to ss. 86.; inferior
sheep, ss. to 65.; second quality, 6s. to es. 6d.; prime coarse
woolled, 6s. Bd. to 6s. 10d. ; prime Southdowns, fis. 106. to
7e.; largo coarse calves, be. to Is. ; prime small ditto,
ss. 6d. to 65.; large hogs, 3s. 86. to 4*.; small porkers, 4s. to
4s. 6d.; lambs, 7s. to 78. Bd. per 81b., sinking the offal.

DIEIROPOLITAN MEAT MAILKET.-MONDAY.

Owing to the warm weather trade was slow and prices
were flat. The supply ot meat en offer was moderate. In-
ferior beef, 2s. 6a. to 35. 6d.; middling ditto, 35 Bd. to
4s. 6d.; prime large ditto, 4s, Bd. to 5;.; prime Scotch, bs. to
55 4d.; veal, 4i Bd. to 6a. 4d; inferior ditto, 3s. 2d. 1045. ;
middling ditto, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d.; prime ditto, ss. 6d. to 61;
large pork, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. ; small ditto, 45. to 45. 6d.:
lamb, 6s. 4d. to 7s. 4d. per 81b. by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

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TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES,

THE CERTAIN CURE FOR WORMS IN CHILI/
BEN is "KEATING'S WORM TABLETS," very pleasant tc
the taste, so mild in action that the youngest infant may'
take them. Price is lid et all Chercists. Advt.
The most remarkable results ever effected by a Heal
ng Remedy are produced by POWELL'S EMBROCATION.
H.R.H. the Duke D'Aumale, the Right Bon. the late
Earl of Clarendon, K G., the Right Hon. Frances
Countess Waldegrave, the Right Hon. the Countess oi
Radnor, and many other eminent persons have giver
testimonials as to the extraordinary efficacy of Powimis
RHErMATIC EMBROCATION. The relief which it affords,
the cure which it effects in all cases of rheumatic and
neuraligic pains, gout, lumbago, and all sudden and
painful attacks. aches, pains, and weaknesses in any part
of the hod.), calling for an external application, are at
once speedv and peimsnent. It is scl h 5 all eh:mists
in bottles at is. lid. and 28 9d. Mr. S. Hughes is our
Agent at Stourbridge.

Op:posite Stourbridge & Kidderminster Bank

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1879.

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PARISH OF BIRMINGHAM.

ONE GUINEA IiEWARD for the appre-
hension of GEO. -WM. PLESCOTT, Jun , late
of Stourbridge, for Deserting His IN' ife and Two
Children, now Chargeable to this Parish.
Anyone giving such Information as will lead to his
Apprehension, shall receive the above Reward. Infor-
mation to James Daniels, Warrant Officer, Workhouse,
who holds a 1‘ arrant for his Apprehension, or to the
Police at tourbiidge, who also holds a Wariant for hls
Apprehension.

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AMERICAN FOOD IMPORTATIONS.

The arrivals of live stock at Liverpool last week
from the United States and Canada, notwithstanding
the recent scheduling of the sheep under the Foreign
Animals Act which requires that they shall be
slaughtered at the port of debarkation, were about the
largest that have arrived in one week this
season. The previous week was also large, but
last week there were about 1,000 head of cattle
and 1,000 head of sheep above the figures of the
former period. The conveying steamers were nine
in number. The Dominion brought 150 head
of cattle and 2,007 sheep; City of Bristol, 448
cattle and 416 sheep; the Alvah, 245 cattle and 1,500
sheep; the Victoria, 250 cattle and 921 sheep; the
Glamorgan, 320 cattle and 1,137 sheep; the Istrian,
417 cattle; the Jeranos, 126 cattle; the England, 145
cattle; and the Spain, 170 cattle; making the total
2.271 cattle and 5,981 sheep. The steamer City of
Bristol also brought 131 pigs, being the first consign-
ment of these animals that has been brought for some
weeks past. The quantity of fresh meat was much
below the previous week, being only 2,540 quarters of
beef and 625 carcases of mutton, against 3,990
quarters of beef and 978 carcases of mutton the week
before.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

BRIERLEY HILL.

DRUNKENNESS.—At the Police Court, on Monday
before Messrs. H. Smith and H. 0. Firmstone
James Warr was charged with being drunk and
incapable in Fenton Street, on the 218 t ult. Police-
sergeant Salt proved that defendant was lying on
the footpath, drunk and incapable. Defendan
pleaded guilty, and said it was the first time he had
ever appeared in court on such a charge and he
hoped they would deal lightly with him. Defendant
was fined ss, including costs; in default 7 days.—
Elizabeth Webb was charged with being drunk and
disorderly on the 26th ult., in High Street,
Brierley Hill. Police-constable Wetton said he
saw the defendant in High Street. She was very
drunk and using bad language, and she had been
turaed out of several public-houses. The Bench
said it as a very • bad case, and as she had been
convicted on several occasions before they should
fine her 20s and costs; in default one month's hard
labour.—James Dodoff was charged with being
drunk in the parish of Kingswinford, on the 23rd
ult. Police-constable Gibbons said defendant was
using bad language, and refused to give him his
name. Fined 2s Ocl and costs, or in default 7 days.—
John Wharton was charged with being drunk and
creating a disturbance in the highway, on the 21st
ult. Police-constable Thorpe and Police-sergeant
Stevens proved the offence. Fined 2s 6d and costs;
in default 7 days—Two men named Hammond and
Williams were charged with being drunk in Moor
Street, on the 19th ult. Police-constable Wetton
preyed serving the summon. es. Defendants who did
not appear, were fined as and costs; in default 14
days.
COAL STEALING —Two boys named Cook (12), and
Workes (13), were charged with stealing coal oa the
19th ult. Joseph Gregg, watchman, in the employ
of the Earl of Dudley, said he saw the defendants
reaching coal off some trucks. Defendants denied
; having been near the place. The Bench said there
was some doubt in the evidence, and they should
dismiss the case.
CHARGE Or KEEPING A FEROCIOUS DOG.—James
Simm, was charged with keeping a ferocious dog, on
the 23rd ult. Mrs. Archer said the dog attacked her
and tore off her dress about 12 months ago, and she
had often complained to the defendant of her being
frightened at it, but he took no notice. Thomas
Norwood, who lives at Mrs. Archer's, said that he
Ea w the efendant's dog attack complainant's dog on
Wednesday night, and it bit a piece of flesh out of
ita sld2. The defendant said it was not a ferocious
dog, but it seems to have a dislike to Archer's dog,
and that he had done everything he could to prevent
his dog from attacking complainant's dog. George
Young said he had known the defendant's dog for a
god while, and he had never seen him in a ierocious
state. Defendant was strictly cautioned, and ordered
to pay coati.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02


111 E STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER_

power for the comfort and convenience of the large
number of people thus thrust upon his care. Sleeping
accommodation was provided in barns and outbuildings,
after all the dwelling-honses were filled, and a supply
of provisions was landed from the ship. The vessel
and cargo are insured. The purser and fourth officer
speak in the highest terms of the coolness and bravery,
of Captain Moodie. The most perfect order was main-
tained. There was no excitement. The passengers be-
haved remarkably well. The sailors knew their duty
and performed it manfully. Sable Island is a small island
in the Atlantic Ocean, lying directly in the track of ves-
sels sailing between the northern ports of America and
Europe. 90 miles south-east of Nova Scotia. It is in lati-
tude 43 59 north, and longitude 59 47 west. It is low and
sandy, about 25 miles in length and l in breadth, and
has been the scene of many and melancholy ship-
wrecks. A company of men, furnished with pro-
visions and other necessaries for the purpose of re-
lieving shipwrecked mariners, is supported on the
island by the Government at an annual expense of
4,000 dollars. The island is covered with grass and
wild pease, sustaining by its spontaneous production
about 500 horses and many cattle. There are success-
ful fisheries in its vicinity.
In 1871 the population of the island consisted of five
families, comprising twenty-seven persons, connected
with the establishment. In 1873 the Government
established two lighthouses—one at the west end with
revolving light, 123 feet above the sea, and the other
one and a half mile from the east end, with fixed
light, 128 feet above the sea. The bars at each end of
the island make a crescent of. 52 miles in length,
caught within the horns ot which crescent, in a strong
northerly gale, the situation of a vessel is extremely
perilous.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

THE PAST AND APPROACHING
HARVESTS.

The Times publishes the following from a York Corre-
spondent :

While it is generally accepted that the season is a
backward one, little idea is entertained as to how far
this is the case, and therefore the following figures,
which are the observations of a practical farmer
residing near York, may be read with interest. They
are under three heads, and make the season a very
exceptional one :

Time of Shooting Time of Close of
Year. the Ear. Reaping. Harvest.
1858... ... June 9 ... July 31 Sept. 9
1859 ... ... June 9 ... Aug. 4 ... Aug. 27
1860 ... . . July 7 Sept. 12 ... Oct. 8
1861 ... ... June 14 ... Aug. 13 ... Sept. 15
1862 ... ... June 14 ... Aug. 21 ... Sept. 18
1863 ... ... June 10 ... Aug. 8 ... Sept. 12
1864 June 14 ... Aug. 11 ... Sept. 27
1865 ... ... June 14 Aug. 2 ... Sept. 5
1866 ... ... June 15 ... Aug. 13 Sept. 21
1867 ... June 18 Aug. 21 ... Sept. 18
1868 ... June 5 ... July 25 ... Aug. 18
1869 ... ... June 26 ... Aug. 14 ... Sept. 8
1870 ... J une 14 ... Aug. 1 ... Aug. 24
1871 ... ... June 21 ... Aug. 14 ... Sept. 13
1872 ... ... June 20 ... Aug. 15 Sept. 21
1873 ... ... June 20 Aug. 12 ... Sept. 12
1874 ... ... June 12 Aug. 6 Aug. 31
1875 ... ... June 11 ... Aug. 11. Sept. 10
1876 ... ... June 19 ... Aug. 11 Sept. 5
1877 ... JuLe 25 Aug. 25 ... Sept. 27
1878 ... ... June 18 ... Aug. 12 ... Sept. 9
1879 ... July 8
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

THE RECORDER OF LONDON ON
FLOWER SHOWS.

Sir Thomas Chambers, Q C., M.P., Recorder of the City of
London, opened the third annual flower show of the Alden-
ham-street Sunday School, London, at the St. Pancras
Vestry Hall, on Saturday afternoon.

In declaring the exhibition open, Sir Thomas said
he took a great interest in the cultivation of flowers.
In a city like London, where a large proportion of
the population lived in rooms or habitations the
reverse of cheerful, owing to deficiency of light
or air, the appearance of flowers afforded
much relief. He was old enough to remember
when flowers- were scarce at dinner tables whereas
now as a rule such tables were almost hidden with
flowers. lie was old enough to remember when
one could pass by whole rows of houaes and see no
flowers, but now one could scarcely move a )3rd
without seeing flowers (asplayed in windows, the cul-
tivation of which could not fail to be gratifying to all
—the owner and the beholder. There was now a as.
Edon for flowers, and he (Sir Thomas) thought the love
of flowers produced an excellent moral effect. Flowers
had no use other than to cultivate ideas of beauty, and
if children were taught to look at God'a works and
contemplete Nature's embroidery of flowers their
moral astute would be opened up.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

Holloways Pills.—lmportant for the delicate.—lt is
difficult to determine which is the more tryiug to the
human coLstitution—the damp, cold days of autumn
and winter, or the keen, dry, easterly winds of spring.
Throughout the seasons good health may be maintained
by occasional doses of Holloway's Pills, which purify
the blood and act as wholesome stimulants to the skin,
stomach, liver, bowels, and kidneys. This celebrated
medicine need, but a fair trial to convince the ailing and
desponding that it will restore and cheer them without
danger, pain, or inconvenience, as by a timely recourse
to them the first erring function may be reclaimed.
suffering may be spared, and life saved.
PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS have f
twenty-five years held the first place in the world as an
effectual antidote to Indig”ton. Wind on the Stomach,
Biliousness, and all complaints arising from a disordered
state of the Stomach, Bowels, or Liver. Tonic, invigor
sting and purifying they form the best remedy extant
Of all Chemists, is lid and 2s 9d per box., or of PAGE
D. WOODCOCK, Calvert Stree t,Nerwich. for gaups.
EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COMFORTING.—"By
thorough knowledge of the netural laws which govern
the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by care-
ful application of the fine properties of well-selected
cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with
a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many
heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such
articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built
up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease.
Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us
eady to attack wherever there is c weak point. We may
escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well for-
tified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame
—Civil Service Gazettc.—Sold only in Packets labelled
amEs EPPS & Co., Homceopathie Chemists, London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

THE NAVY

According to the last Admiralty return there are, it
seems, 125 of Her Majesty's vessels engaged on foreign
service just now, while the number of ironclads in
commission at home is nine, all of the latter being
employed as district ships for coastguard duty. The
125 men-of-war are attached to nine different stations,
with the exception of nine which are engaged upon
"Particular Service," or on surveys.

The Mediterranean, apparently, still absorbs the
largest number, for Admiral Hornby, who is the Com-
mander-in-Chief upon that station, has still twenty-
three craft of one kind or another with his flag-
ship.
The Channel Squadron, which consists of four iron.
dads, is also in the Mediterranean, but under the
independent command of Vice-Admiral Lord John
Hay.
After the Mediterranean the China command is the
most extensive, having no less than twenty-two war
vessels attached to it.
The North America and West Indies station, which
ranks next in importance, requires the presence of
fourteen vessels, under Admiral Inglefleld ; and the
East Indies Squadron. which comprises eleven ships,
is under the orders of Rear. Admiral Corbett.

The Cape of Good Hope Squadron, by reason of the
Zulu war, is rather stronger than usual just now, and
includes twelve vessels, at the orders of Commodore
Richards.

In Australia is a squadron of nine ships, in charge
of Commodore Crawfurd Wilson; and on the south-
east coast of America four others,

[From Punch.]

HARD WEATHER FOR HAY-MAKING.
(A Clodhopper's Carol.)
"Make hay while the sun shines," was Paddy's advice,
When 'a told, one hard winter, a chap to cart ice,
'Twaz a sayun as Booted the time o' the year,
Such a sazun for wet, pretty nigh, as this here.
Take time by the forelock, as saith the wise man,
And, my bucks, while the sun shines make hay when you

, can.
A do still shine at times, once or twice in a way;
Then look sharp, and set about makua your hay.
Eel, you go it like good 'uns the whilst 'a bides out
Fur as much as five minnuts, or moor, at a bout.
To be sure wi"un shinun so long and so hot,
Makun hay while 'a shines, won't ye make a fat lot
Azy work you'll find that, let the sunshine but last,
But the job is to do 't wi' the sky overcast,
When it raaine, with the sun hid all day like an owl,
To make hay over which skies du weap and du scowl.
The way we be told their hay vorreners makes
Is by hoistin' to dry upon sticks and thurt stakes,
Which, if sapluns enough in the fields 'ood but rise
To our hands at the word o' command, med be wise.
Here we baymakun be at the close o' July.
We shall praps carry somewhen in August bimeby,
Not long afore harvast is most years all done;
Our cam, too, let's hope for to rip in the sun.
Rye and whate, watts, and barley, at length for to store
'Twill now and November, or laistways afore
Father Christmas comes round, if as yoozhul severe,
Comun twice, ye naed say, in this terribul year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

RECEPTION OF THE BRITISH
EMBASSY IN CABUL.
oftiThev...ollowing has been sent to the papers from the India

"From Viceroy, 26th July, 1879.
" Followin
July g menage received from Cavagnarl, Cabul, 24th
Embassy entered city this morning and received
s.rlost brilliant reception. Four miles from city two
milw're with some cavalry and two elephants met
We proceeded on the elephants with a large
:rod
cavalry. Outside the city two batteries
of •""ulerY, some cavalry, and nine regiments
ealutinedfan, were drawn up in column and
Anth heir bands played British National
a sai,,eLa as we entered city. The heavy battery fired
was of 17 guns. Large crowd assembled, and
rnost orderly and respectful. Two Sirdars met
ft:• t;4l3llar place of residence in Bala Hissar. At 6 p.m.
'erroal visit to Ameer and delivered Viceroy's
r• Atneer •
? aftinquired after Viceroy's health, and
er
that of the Queen and Royal Family, and
dercreered regret at death of Prince Imperial. Ameer's
flour was most friendly.
Cholera abating.'"

PRICES FROM 1820 TO 1827.
th 4, Parliamentary return issued on Saturday shows
tinitntitY of grain and flour imported into the
7,tfauldtytingdoin from 1820 to 1827. The maximum
aa in 1827-namely, 6,849,272 cwt., and the
itirnun't (in 1823) 141,156 cwt.
67 as average price of wheat for the year 1820 was
; for 1821, 565. ld. •, 1822, 41s. 7d. ; 1823,
t'ai. • 1824, 27 64s' ' • 1825' 68s. 7d.; 1826, 58s. 9d.;
betor buiche're' meat the average price in 1820 was-
-344d. to 4' s Bd. per stone of 81b. ; sheep,
2d. per stone; 1821, beasts, N. Bd. to
; sheep, 2s. 2d. to 4s. • 182.2, beasts, 21. to 3s. ;
,111, 15. 10d. to 3s. 2d. ; P 1823, beasts, 2s. 4d. to
; sheep, 2s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. ; 1824, for beasts and
44. 4t4. 38. to 4s. 4d.; 1825, beasts, 4s. 2d. to 58. ; sheep,
36. 58. Bd.; 1826, beasts, 38. 6d. to 55.; sheep,
4e. lor• ; 1827, beasts, 43. to ss. 4d.; sheep, 3s. to
£2'827 the price of butter was £3 175., and cheese,
lit .r.wt.; milk was is. ld. per gallon.
price Lof? Southdown wool fetched an average
Cessiv 'B' sd• per lb. ; and it fell gradually in mic-
e Years till in 1827 it only fetched 9d.


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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

PENAL SERVITUDE ACTS.

The Commissioners appointed to inquire into the working
of the Penal Servitude Acts have made their report, In
whieh they give the following as the recommendations to
which they attach the greatest importance:—

1. That in order to prevent contamination of the
the less hardened convicts by old and habitaal
offenders, a separate class should be formed (subject to
the exceptions we have mentioned) of convicts against
whom no previous conviction of any kind is known to
have been recorded. _ _ _ _

2. That prisoners convicted of treason felony should
be separated from other convicts.
3. That the class of convicts known as weak-minded
or imbecile should be separated from other prisoners,
and placed in charge of officers specially chosen for
their intelligence and command of temper.
4. That the provision of the Penal Servitude Act,
1864, by which, in a case where any person is con-
victed of any offence punishable with penal servitude
after having been previously convicted of felony, the
least sentence of penal servitude that can be awarded
Is a period of seven years, should be repealed.

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5. That the defect in the Prevention of Crimes Act,
1871, which renders it practically impossible in the
metropolis to enforce the law which requires convict-s
on licence and other persons under supervision to
report themselves, be amended in the manner pointed
out by the Chief Commissioner of Police,

6. That in the metropolis special police officers be
appointed for carrying on the supervision of convicts
on licence and other ,persons under supervision, and
that they should act in conjunction with the Royal
Society for the Assistance of Discharged Prisoners.
7. That a superintending medical officer of high
standing be appointed.
8. That arrangements should be made for the inde-
pendent inspection of convict prisons by persons
appointed by the Government, but unconnected with
the Convict Prison Department and unpaid.
9. That the prison at Spike Island be discontinued.
10. That the dietaries in use in the Scotch and Irish
convict prisons be revised.
11. That two members of the Irish Prisons Board
should take an active part in the management of the
Irish convict prisons.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

GERMAN OPINION on the ZULU WAR.

In reference to the victory of the Brithh troops under
Lord Chelmsford, at Ulundi, the Cologne Gazette publishes
Nom 5 reflections, from which I extract the following (says the
Paris Correspondent of the Standard) :

"The power of the Zulus may now be regarded as
broken, and according to all appearances the British
Government will have the satisfaction, on the proroga-
tion of Parliament, of being able to announce to this
country that in the course of this year's session two im-
portant wars have been brought to a conclusion, while
in our own quarter of the globe the terms of the
Treaty of Peace, on whose execution doubt
has so often been cast, have been carried out and
added to the category of accomplished facts. The
news which was conveyed by special steamer from the
Cape to St. Vincent and so arrived here in fifteen days
is of importance for the entire policy of the Govern-
ment, and may very easily lead to some change in the
disposition of the Ministry in regard to the dissolution
of Parliament. . . . After his victory Lord Chelms-
ford intended to join Sir Garnet Wolseley at the
Umvolosi River. Thus the latter will find all his army
concentrated. The prospects of success for the negotia-
tions for peace have been essentially advanced by
Lord Chelmsford's victory, and the confidence which
Gen. Wolseley expressed at Port Durnfordthatno new
troops would be required to finish the war, and that he
would soon be able to begin sending some of the regi-
ments home again, appears now thoroughly well
founded. . . The result of the battle of Ulundi con-
firms, in a remarkable manner, the correctness of the
first views of Lord Chelmsford and Sir Bartle Frere,
which were not regarded by the Home Government.
They both laid particular stress on the importance of
sending out a division, that is two regiments of
cavalry, The Government declined to accede to the
request at the time. At Ulundi the cavalry con-
tributed essentially to the completeness of the victory.
Chelmsford and Frere had also pointed out that
if sufficient forces were only sent in time the troops
could soon dispose of the Zulus, and then be sent for
ward to India. This, it seems, might easily have been
done, and probably the Isandula disaster would have
been avoided. Now, however, in spite of all mistakes,
the war at length seems coming to an end, and Sir
Garnet Wolseley, who would doubtless have carried
it on with skill had the fates so willed, is the proper
person to conduct the negotiations for peace, more
especially as he is thoroughly well-informed as to the
intentions and wishes of the Home Government."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

THE CONVICT'S FINAL STATEMENT.

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Under the above heading the Standard of Wednea•
clo,y published the following

Tile fallowing is the text of the final confession made on
Monday by Catherine Webster, who was sentenced to death
for the midst ot Mrs. Thomas at Richmond :
" Wandsworth Prison, 28th July, 1879.
"Final statement of the prisoner, Catherine Webster,
under sentence of death in Her Majesty's Prison at

Wandsworth.
"I made a statement in the 'presence of the wardress to
Mr. O'Brien, my mollottor, on the 10th Silly, e 324 a oecond

WIN
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

HARVEST PROSPECTS.

Monday's Magnet says: The more settled weather
and the spells of brilliant sunshine have unquestion-
ably greatly improved the appearance of the growing
crops. Everything is, of course, very backward,
and even under an uninterrupted continuance of
most favourable contirgencies the harvest must be
very late and deficient. However, even a slight
amelioration is something gained. The late hay crop
is being secured in much batter condition than that
cut earlier in the season. Wheat looks very bad,
especially on heavy soils, and barley in many districts
is even worse. In France, Germany, and Hungary
the general aspect of affairs is hardly better than with
us. In Russia on the other hand a very bountiful
crop is being gathered in. Odessa advices state that it
is many years since such an excellent harvest has been
promised. In all districts unvisited by the corn beetle
the crops will be splendid. Barley is already secured
and part of the winter corn, and the cutting of spring
wheat, which is everywhere in good condition, will
commence very shortly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

TRADEHIENS ADDRESSES.

1
ADVICE TO MOTHERS !—Are you broken in yeur res
by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth
Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mus. 1
WINBLOW's SOOTHING SYRCP. It will relieve the poor
iufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and
pleasant to taste, it produces natural, quiet sleep, by
relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub
A wakes "as bright as a bntton." It soothes the child,
it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind,
regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for
dyseuttry and diarrhcea, whether arising from teething
or other causes. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is
sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is lid per
bottle. Manufactured in New York, and at 493, Oxford
Street, London.
"NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND."—Procrastina-
lion with many is the besetting sin. Everything is put
off till" to-morrow." The torpoid liver is unheeded
until jaundice, consumption. or abscess of the liver is
I established. These maladies are curable if arrested in
time by that fine tonic and alterative medicine, PAGE
WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Thousands are t2king
them for almost every complaira, and arc beiug cured
' Its never too late to mend." Of all Chemists, at
,slid, and 2a 9d, per box.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.

A return just issued, shows a balance due to de-
positors on December 31, 1878, of £30,411,563, and a
surplus of funds to meet liabilities of £765,76L
Since the establishment of these banks the total
amount received from depositors, including interest
to December 31, 1878, was £111,014,219; total
amount repaid to depositors to December 31, 1878,
£80,602,655.
The number of transactions were as follows ;—De-
posits, 36,902,602; withdrawals, 12,989.559. The
number of accounts opened was 5,783,527; closed,
3,890,771; remaining open, 1,892,756.
The total cost of the Post Office Savings Banks from
their establishment to December 31, 1878, was
£1,647,962; the total number of transactions—i.e.,
deposits and withdrawals—in the period was
49,892,161 ; the average cost of each transaction from
the commencement of Post Office Savings Banks busi-
ness, on September 16, 1861, to the end of the year
1878 was 7•9 d.

Prior to the passing of the Post Office Savings
Banks Act, 1861, it was estimated that the average
cost of each transaction would be 7d.

The sums of £126,279 14s. 11d. and £147,116 16s.
have been paid into the Exchequer out of the funds
at the Post Office Savings Banks in the years 1877
and 1878 respectively, under section 14 of the Act 40
Viet. c. 13, being the excess of interest which had
accrued during the years 1876 and 1877, as shown in
Parliamentary Papers, No. 334, for 1877, and 209 for
1878.

The sum of £70,000, the coat of the site of the new
Savings Bank Building in Queen Victoria-street, and
a portion of the cost of the new building, have been
paid for out of the accumulated funds of the Post
Office Savings Banks,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

THE WRECK OF THE STATE OF
VIRGINIA ON SABLE ISLAND.

The New York papers give long accounts of the
recent wreck of the steamship State of Virginia. on
Sable Island. It seems that the vessel left New York
on July 10, with 51 passengers, a crew of 72 men, 102
cattle, and a general cargo, in charge of Captain
Moodie, bound for Glasgow. Everything went well
till Friday, July 11, when a dense fog set
in, which continued until Saturday night, when,
at 8 p.m., the ship grounded on a sandbar
off the Eastern end of Sable Island. The sea Was com-
paratively calm, but all efforts to get the vessel off
failed, and on Sunday morning they began to throw
over cargo to lighten ship. Minute guns were fired,
which very soon brought Mr. McDonald, the governor
of the island, with a party, to the rescue. They
sent off a carf-boat and took off eleven women and
children, the purser, fourth officer, and the doctor.
These all landed safely, although there was a heavy
surf. The boat then returned and took off eighteen
more persons, passengers and crew. When about
fifty feet from the shore this boat capsized, and all
its occupants were thrown into the water. A. terri-
ble scene occurred, women and children shrieking for
help which it was impossible to render. It was four
minutes before the boat was righted, and those who had
clung tenaciously to it for life got in again, but already
nine had been drowned. Their names were Marie G.
Moutin, Alice Wilson, Mrs, Mary Peden and two
children, John Widestrand, Mrs. McGlone, Miss
Coleman. and Mrs. Walker. No further attempt was
made to land until two o'clock in the afternoon, when
the ship's boats were launched, and two were filled
with passengers, but the surf was too strong to get
ashore with safety, and the people in the boats were
taken on board again, where they remained Sunday
night.

_
In the meantime the ship had settled elpwn in tip)
sand, and was quite easy. There were 3 fathoins of
water on the port aide, and 4-i on the starboard. By
six o'clock Monday morning, the surf having consider.
ably subsided, boats were lowered and all hands got
into them, the last boat leaving at 6.30 a.m., all land-
ing in safety on the beach opposite Gov. Mac-
Donald's house, about seven miles from where the
Virginia lay, Mr, MacDonald did everything in his
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

WORKING MEN AND EMIGRATION.

On Saturday afternoon a meeting of working men was held
on Peckham-rye for the purpose of hearing an address by
Captain W. J. Barry, on " ffew Zealand as a Field for Emi-
gration."

In the outset, the speaker said he was not a profes-
sionat lecturer, nor was he in any respect a paid agent.
He had come home from New Zealand on his own
private business, after an experience of fifty years'
colonial life, and had been startled by the amount
of poverty and privation which he saw pre-
vailing in England when such a splendid field
for emigration existed. He found that many
people had very peculiar ideas about New
Zealand. They seemed to think that it was unsafe
except on the seaboard; but he could testify, from
personal knowledge, that the mass of the Maories had
long since become civilised, and that the country was
one of the most secure, healthy, and fertile in the
southern hemisphere. Within the last twenty-five
years flourishing towns had sprung up in the interior,
with churches, chapels, and schools. There were also
good roads and an efficient railway system, an abund-
ance of good water, and a.most salubrious climate. In
fact, all the conditions of comfort and wealth existed
for active, young, and industrious men, the
only want of the colony being more people
to develop its rich resources. As instances of the re-
muneration to be earned, he stated that men able to
work on the railway were paid 10s. per day, brick-
layers and carpenters 14s, per day, farm labourers 255.
to 30s. per week, and domestic servants £25 and £.30
per annum. In conclusion, the speaker bore a high
tribute to the energy and talent of Sir Julius Vogel,
who had done more for the welfare and advancement
of the colony than any other living man, and who, as
agent-general in London, was always ready to give
intending emigrants every information and assistance.
A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Captain
Barry for his address,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

OUTRAGES IN AFGHANISTAN.

The Times of Indies of July 4 says : Two more
outrages upon Englishmen are reported from Af-
ghanistan. Surgeon W. B. Smith, attached to the
Khoorum force, was stabbed at Chapri, near Thull, by
tribal thieves. He was on his way to Khoorum, and
on the night of the 25th of June pitched his tent
inside the ,camel inclosure immediately attached to
Chapri, a military post seven miles from Thull. He
appears for some reason to have left his tent and to
have wandered about inside the enclosure. At about
two o'clock on the morning of the 26th a cry from him
Is said to have been heard. The inmates of the en-
closure raised shouts, and a party from the military
post came down. They found Surgeon Smith dead
some fifty yards from his tent inside the enclosure,
with three severe sword or knife cuts on the chest and
both arms. The cause of death was a cut across the
chest. The thieves escaped by breaking down the wall.
Mr. Smith had only been in the Indian service about
two years.
" The second outrage has fortunately not terminated
in the death of the person attacked—Private Rogers,
of the 60th Rifles. While buying grapes in the bazaar
at Kandahar on Saturday, this man was suddenly
attacked and stabbed in the side by an AIE zai fanatic,
Two Sikh soldiers coming up seized the would-be
assassin and succeeded in depriving him of his knife.
Our correspondent tells us that many natives were
present, but they did not attempt to interfere. The
fanatic, who has since been hanged in the market-
place, confessed being one of three moolahs of Zemind-
awar who have sworn to take European life. Rogers
is expected to recover."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02

HOP.

The weather of the last few days has been much more pro-
pitious for the blue, aud though there may be many as yet
unable to take a very hopeful view of the condition of the
plant, owing in part to the prevalcnce of fly and other
Varmin, the prospects certainly are encouraging, aid in the
face of this agreeable change it is found difficult to uphold
the extreme prices a a week back. The demand for hops is
only moderate, and the tone of the market may be reported
somewhat easier. The following are the quotations ;—Kent,
1878, 355. to 1203. Sussex, 31s. to 70s. Farnham and
country, 70s. to 1105.; Worcester, 848. to l'26s. ; America,
503. to 953.; and Belgian, 40s. to 50s. per cwt.
GAMS AND BOTILTB,Y.
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Goinea fowl., 2s. 91. to Zs. ; pea
lbs. harm 35, to 65.; wild rabbits, 9d. to
D. ;3d ; P t
igeons. 10d. to is. ; Bordeaux ditto, Is 91. to 2s. ;
docks. lie. to 3s. 6d. ; geese, 63, to 8s 911. ; haunches of
per lb.
venison, 45g. to 62. a,.11; fore.quarters ditto, Bd. to 10.1.
fowl, Ortoiloa.ns, 3r. to 45 :
FISH.

Black 8019.3, 2e. 61 to 41. e& per pax; T.:Ckerel, ,23.. i.. tc.,
8„. gd per dozen: crabs, 27e. 64. to 561. per barrel; lobsters,
lbs. to Bt3s. per score; crimped salmon, le. 10d. to 2s. 2d. per
lb.; whiting, 12s. to 15e. per basket ; o) &ter, ls. to se. per
dozen; smelts, Ls. to Ss. per basket; bloaters, 10s. to it,.. per
hundred; trout, Is. to is. 2d. per lb.; tarbot, 7s, to 158.
each.

POUT°.
The supplies continue on a moderatb scale, and trap is
rather quiet at almost late rates. Jersey, 200 s. to 2705.
Guernsey, 2205. to Ms. per ton.