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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

PUBLIC NOTICE S

"FOR ASTHMA, HXY FEVER, & CATARRIL

-lElimeou'a Cum was employed under the WO est med.
ical Function in the case of the late Earl of Epee 'sfield
The medicine from which his lordship found most coin-
fart and relief was Hieuron's Powder. The fumes are
inhaled by the patient, and at o: ce afford relief." Per
Tin 48. Samples Free. J. M. RICHARDS; 92 and 93,
Great Russell Street, London.
Eeekelaer's Rose Soap,—lshe best for the toilet.
"GET A BOTTLE TO DAY OF PERRY DAVI
PAIN KILLER —lt instantly relieves and cur s severe
scalds, burg, sprains, brai,es, too ha,he, headach p
in tbe side, joints, and limbs, all neuralgic and rheuma-
tic pans. Taken internally cures at once coughs, sudden
colas, cramp in stomach, colic, diarrhoea, and cholera
infantum. Pax KILLaRiS toe great household mediciue
and has stood the test of 50 years. Any chemist can -
ply it at is. id. and 2s. 9d.'d
Holloway's Pills.—Indigestion and Liver Complaints.
—The digestion cannot be long or seriously disordered
without the iieran,gement being precept:ble on the
Countenance. These Pills prevent both unpleasant
Consequences; they improve the appetite, and with the
incree,se of desire for food,.tney argment the powers of
digestion and assimilation in the stomach. hollowiWs
Pills deal most satisfactorily with deranged or diseased
conditions of the many organs engaged in extractiug
nourishment for our bodies from our various diets—as
the liver, stomach and bowels, over all of which they
exercise the most salutary control. By restc ring at
any early stage of this malady to these purifying and
laxative Pills, the dyspeptic is speedily restored to
health and strength, and his sallowness gradually
vanishes.

A DVICE TO MOVIEUS!---Are you broken in your
rest ty a Biel' child suffering with the pain of cutth:g
teeth! Go at once to a chemist 1..n3 ,-,et a bottle of
Wi J'Nsnow's SOOTIJING k ittCP. 'it will relicv!
the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly hana-
tees and pleasant to taste, it produces natural,
quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the
little cherub awakes bright as a button." it
soothes the child, it softens the gums, ailaye
relieves wind. 2 regulates the bowels, and ih the
test know:retsaay for dysentery and diarylk,
whether ansing from teething or ot.te...tr causes. 6 Mr 4.
wasiow,„ soothing_ §rup is sold by Medicine dealers
evenivinue lag• Pot WM%
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

HAGLEY.

STOCK SALE.—The sa!e on Monday last was the
first since Christmas to which store stock was ad-
mitted, and considering that it was Bank Holiday,
there was a good supply of stock comprising 30
lied of cattle, 195 sheep and lambs, 115 pigs and 5
calves. There was a good company of buyers and
Jul market prices were realised. Now that the re
strictions are removed, the supply of sheep coming
to thii sale every Mon,lay will be very large, and
of first-class quality.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

THE IRON TRADE

BIRMENGUAN Tlairkd ty.

The market this afternoon bore quite a holiday
ap;-.earance, and there wer.! no tratlelctions of im-
portance effected, though inqui Les were a little
more numerous and may lead to business at an early
da.e. A. large number of the works are still stand-
ing through the holidays, son at some establish-
ments the men have refused to resume their em—
ployment pending the decision of the arbitrator as
to toe wages question. Manufacturers were some.
what apprehensive as to the action of the men
geeerally in the evant of a drop being declared,
though if a reduction should be made in the North
of EnglAnd Staffordshire, manufacturer. would
have no alternative but to follow suit, as they can •
not otherwise compete with their northern rivals,
who are at present preseing them very keanly.
Puddlers are now receiving 7s 6d a ton in this dis-
trict, but in some parts of Siiropshire they have ac-
cepted a reduction of 121 per cent., which brags
wages down to 5s 61 a ton. PriceB of manufactured
iron to day were weak, thonih nominally unaltered.
Marked iron found but few buyers, and the i•lis;"
prices were obtained with difficulty. Unmarked
Oars ran.;eil in value from £1 15s to ..,CG 103, the
average price being £6 a ton. lloops were in a
little better request at £6 5s to £7, but ihA-e was
no ia-tprovement in the demand for sheets, which
were quoted at A 7 to £7 5s at the works for singles,
and £7 158 to £.B for doubles. Tin plates wece in
to!erably good'inquiry at the enhancedrates. Pig
iron was oily iispiS d Olin sin;,ll paraels at low
rates. The coal market w.. 8 inactive atil prices
unremunerati re.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

HOW TO BETTER ONE'S CONDITION.

"What State would be the best for a young man to
go to better his condition ? " is a question which is
asked us by many young men every week (says a New
York paper).
The notion that the "right place" for a young
man to make his fortune can be found by travelling in
search of it seems to be almost universal. But in the
majority of cases, this will be found to be a mistake.
Of course, the best place, as a rule, for anybody to
get remunerative employment is the place where
such work as he can best do is the most in de-
mand. It does not follow, however, that it
would be wise for a young man to spend his
time in hunting for that precise place. It would be
better for him to go to work where he is already
known, and where people have confidence in him. Of
course, if those who know him best have no confi-
fidence in his ability and integrity, the first thing for
him to do is to amend his ways, and so live as to
deserve and win the confidence of his fellow-citizens.
That having once been done, his success is assured,
according to the measure of his ability, his industry,
and his economy.:
When it is known in any community, that a certain
man can be depended upon to keep his business en-
gagements or that he will always have his work faith-
fully done at the time agreed upon, or that his cha-
racter for truthfulness and integrity is worthy of
perfect confidence, he need not travel to any distant
State to find a place to "better his condition., Such
a man can always do well enough at home, and as his
reputation spreads abroad he will be sought for posi-
tions of higher trust and increased emoluments.

The young lady who was blamed for allowing her
glove to be discovered in a young man's pocket, stated
that she had no lAnd in it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

LAW OF HUSBAND AND WIFE.

The Married Woman's Property Act, which has
now been some time in operation, is found to work
unequally as regards the two sexes, the balance being,
on this occasion against the stronger sex (remarks the
Queen). Under this Act criminal proceedings cannot
even now be taken by the wife against the husband,
nor by the husband against the wife, in regard to
property, whilst they are living together. A wife
cohabiting with her husband may pawn or
sell his property without rendering herself liable to
be "prosecuted for robbery, which would be the
ease should she be living separately; and the
same law applies equally, mutatis mutantis, to the
husband as regards the property inherited or earned
by the wife. But should they be living apart, the Act
immediately comes into operation, and it also applies
to property wrongfully taken by one when about to
leave the other. This remedies an injustice, which
previously was not infrequently committed. A wife
could formerly leave her husband, carrying off all the
portable valuables available, without rendering herself
liable to any prosecution on that account; and in a
similar manner a husband could take the property
earned by or belonging to his wife. This state of
things no longer exists; either party can take criminal
proceedings against the other for the wrongful abstrac-
tion of their goods and chattels.
So far the present law treats both sexes equally;
but beyond this point there is a difference, and it is
against the husband. If the prosecution is com-
menced by the wife for the unlawful abstraction of
her property, she can give evidence against her hus-
band, and his evidence is also received. But, as the
man is usually the bread-winner and sole producer of
the property accumulated, it more frequently happens
that a woman leaving her home takes property belong-
ing to her husband, in which case he can take pro-
ceedings against her; but there appears considerable
doubt in the present state of the law whether he can
be a witness in his own case, or give any evidence
personally. This is so obviously an injustice that a
short bill to remedy the evil has been introduced into
Parliament by Sir Richard Cross, one of the members
for Lancashire, and Mr. undo Palmer, member for
Lincoln; and as it is merely to remedy a technical
evil which was obviously the result of an oversight on
the part of those officers who drafted the Married
Woman's Property Act, it will probably be passed
without opposition, as it is in no sense a party
measure, its proposers sitting on opposite sides of the
House of Commons, Mr. Palmer occupying the
Ministerial side and Sir Richard Cross being in the
ranks of the Opposition.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

THE LARGEST

WEDDING AND FUNERAL CARRIAGE ESTABLISHMENT

121 THE MIDLAND COUNTIES!

GEORGE ill ORRIS, PROPRIETOR,

SAG'S HEAD INN,

KING STREET (Late of Stone Street), AND BAIT AND LIVERY STABLES, DUDLEY ARMS,

DUDLEY.

DANKS. St. Thomas-street,Netherton:
GOULD, Undertaker, Cradley Heath.
MOORE and FERRER, Undeztakera,Kingswinford
AGINTII:-.—< G. WOODALL. narket-street, do.
WHITFIELD, do. Brierley HII
DORREL, do. do
EMERY do. do

A Large and Well-selected Stock ot

MEERSCHAUM PIPES

CIGAR

AND
ELEGANT
Archer's, Wills's,

BRIAR
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

That Complexiob has always been held to be the mon
Lovely in which the rose and lily contend for muttr
in which their beauty is blended. Great sacrifices a,4
made to produce anappearance corresponding with t e
combination, but they never succeed. It cannot al,-
',roach Nature. The cniy arrangement that can be ma4t
tc. render man or woman independent of all expedients it-
to freely Use HAGAN'b MAGNOLIA BALM. It preteiVcii the
skin from premature wrinkles mid furro s—renders
smooth Goo k..upple, and restores the hue which Md.) hay
f aded through hint as, exposure to a noxious attnospher.
the heat of summer or the itortu winter. b b ot•
timed all Chemists and Perfumers throughoubt tli
World Price as. 6d. European Depot 114 atoll

MY' 13Ult WEIGHT I—H.ydroleine INydr,ted Ott
Itaa premed of the highest value 23 Io:d. -in COlas
Sumption and all wasting diseases, inymiably pre,
aiming increase in r.esh and weight. This preparati
af ou
Itfdrated Cod Liver Oil is toniz4 digestive, ant'
a thief
an times more nourishing, as WU es far moil
ple.gx:,:: to taste than Plain cod liver cit. Hydroleini
ii riz.s..s:.-b and produce increase of wight in
•rineriols or ft, flat so treated, Ore diffiult
- to disext. M t±ency te emaciation ank
qf weight is arrezitd by the use of Hydroleine.
chemise., 4" 6d. New dopes, yarrimgdat
look" lomiligoi bob •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

MURDER AND SUICIDE.

'On March 10th a newly-married pair, of the name
of Kozma, left Nyitra, in Hungary, for their wedding
tour, and about three weeks ago they arrived at Mon-
treux, on the Lake of Geneva. After spending a few
days there they went up to Glion. To all appearance
they were very happy. After they had been at
Glion a fortnight, they announced their intention of
leaving the next morning en route for Nyitra. They
packed up their belongings, said good-bye to their
friends, and after ordering a carriage to be ready at
sunrise to convey them to the station they retired
to their room at an early hour. In the morning
the porter, as he had been ordered, went to
awaken them. There was no answer to his knock.
A locksmith was sent for, and the door forced open.
M. Kozma, was found lying on the floor in a pool of
blood. His head had been pierced by a ball, and by
his side lay a six-chambered revolver. Madame
Kozma was in bed, seemingly fast asleep, but quite
dead. A blue, almost imperceptible, hole in the
temple showed where the bullet had entered her brain.
The doctor said that she had died two hour's before
her husband. M. Kozma's nephew, who came to
Montreux to arrange about the funeral, said that his
uncle was a man of irritable and melancholy tempera-
ment, that he had often expressed a disgust for life,
and must have killed his wife and committed self-
murder while labouring under temporary insanity.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

DIED

BEAVINGTON,—On the 4th inst., at Pepper Hill, near
Stourbridge, Charles Beaviagton, in bia 89th
year.

4
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A recent writer in our local papers has wisely
observed that "one of the follies of the age is to buy
dear Wines and Spirits." Another folly is to
suppose that buy iug from those who make the
ai ge-,t r..turn of duty is buyin,l them in the
cheapust market. ch.: Mer.hatit who pays duty
upon thousands of gallons pays in exact proportion
to the retailer clearing a single cask, A great profit
must be gained to cover enormous expenses of large
business premises, cost of advertising, and an
allowance of profit to the Agent, greater in
many instances than taken by them in the respect-
ab e Merchant. To buy cheap is to buy where but
one profit is made, and we cannot better illustrate
our argument than by pointing out the way in
hich our townsmen, Messrs. J. Rutland and Son,
63, High-st, have opened up the trade. We have
no hesitation in saying that 25 per cent, is now
saved by their bringing the producer and the con-
*tuner together, over the prices paid a few years
ago, and a trial will fully bear out our assertions
Dudley Herald. December 24th, 1881.
" tiOUGLI ON RATS."—The Thing desired found at
last. Ask ehem;sts, grocers or oilmen, for Rough
on Rats It clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches
flies, bedbugb, insects, ground moles, &c. 74d. and
is lid boxes.

• bucnuPAnte."—A new, quick, complete cure
or all urinaty affections, (smarting, frequent dig; -
ult) and kidney diseases 4s. At Druggist, London
gency, No 1, King Edward Street
"RUPTURES."— WHITE'S Mae-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
is the most effective inventien for the treatment of
Hernia. The use of a steel spring, so hurtful in
its effects, is avoided, a soft bandage being worn
round the body, while the requisite resisting power
is supplied by the Mac-Main Pad and Patent Lever,
fitting with so much ease and closeness that it can-
no:. be detected. Send for descriptive circular, with
testimonials and prices, to J. White and Co.
(Limited) 228, Piccadilly, London. Do not buy of
Chemists, who often sell an IMITATION of Moe-
Main, J. White and Co. have not any Agents.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

HISTORIC SCENES IN STOCKHOLM.

The Rikalagslms, or Assembly Hall of the Swedish
Chambers, stands on the Riddarholm island. It was
first built, in 1794, upon the site of an old Franciscan
monastery, and rebuilt in 1866. Previous to the last
date the Upper House met in the historic Riddarhus,
or Knights House, a plain, undignified pile of build-
ings, but with many historical associations. The
edifice is of brick, erected in 1648, and adorned on
the façade with allegorical figures and Latin inscrip-
tions. The Hall of Assembly has its walls almost
covered with metal plates, displaying the armorial
bearings of 3000 Swedish nobles—the arms of the
Vasa family being conspicuously prominent—and a
ceiling painted by Ehrenstrahl. The President's Chair
is a curious piece of workmanship: it is of ebony
and ivory, covered with Dutch carvings of Scriptural
subjects. It was in this Hall that the Swedish no-
bility bowed in grateful homage to Gustavus Vasa
when he had achieved the liberation of his country.
Here Gustavus Adolphus made his parting address to
his subjects before setting forth on the career of glory
that terminated at Liitzen. Here Charles XII., half
mad with the love of conquest, harangued his nobles.
Here the assembled senators were surrounded by the
troops of Gustavus 111., and, by a coup d'etat, was
inaugurated an era of absolutism that rought the
monarch to the dagger of Anckarstrom. In another
room are portraits of all the Marshals of Sweden
for two hundred years, except Lewsnhaupt,
' unsuccessful in war, and beheaded in 1743.
Amongst the portraits is one of Count Fersen
(of Scottish descent; the name corrupted from
MePhersons), who, on June 28th, 1810, when
attending in his carriage the funeral of the popular
Prince Karl of Augustenburg, was dragged out and
murdered by the people in consequence of a stupid
rumour that Fersen had wrought the prince's death
by oison. This deed took place in the square outside,
called Riddarhus Tor g, already famous for deeds of
violence. Here in July, 1756, Counts Brahe, Barons
Horn and Wrangel, and others, were beheaded for
engaging in a plot against the Constitution. The
square is now adorned with a statue of Gustavus
Vasa, erected by the Swedish nobility in 1773, on
the 250th anniversary of the deliverance of Sweden
from the hated yoke of Denmark.—Cities of the
World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

pERFECTION

ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

COMFORTABLE IN USE,

NATURAL IN APPEARANCE,

DEFYING DETECTION.

STOURBRIDGE 13RANCH

77, HIGH STREET,

MR. J. O. C. pHILLIPS,

Surgeon Dentist,

Co/more House,

Co/more Row,

BIRMINGHAM.

Established 30 Years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

lILLES BY AUCTION

EICKILAzz's Ron iikbeSt for Ili Toilet,.
ip YOU An IN TERRST I- Din the search for a cure for
Rheumatism and Neuralgic Pains you are hereby directed
to el tab) of any chemist POWELL'S RHEUMATIC EmmmoCA-
TION. It S extraordinary efficacy has been attested by Earl
Clarendon Lady Waldegrave, the Countess of Itednor,
General Wood, and many other eminent persons. It is fo
eX ernal apnlicaUon only. bold in bo ales, at is. jdnd
•IlabY an Gilagstai -

To SUFFERERS FROM ASTHMA. BRONCHITIS. SHORT
NESS OF BREATH. &C.. DR LOCOCK'S FULtioNIC WAFERS
Mr. JEWELL London Road, Liverpool, writes :—Mr.
Oates suffered from Asthma, but since taking your
Wafers he is no longer truLbiLd with it. lie takes
them now occasionally for Bronchitis, and Shortness of
Breath and Difficulty of Breathing, after taking cold
and finds the Wafers most valuable ; he has taken
nothing else for 3 years, and believes he would have
been dead long ago but for their use; he is now over,
20 years of age, and he is hale and hearty.' —ln Asthma,
Consumption, Bronchitis,. Coughs, colds, Shortness of
Breath, Phlegm. Pains in the chest, and Rheumatism,
they instant give relief and a rapid cure. Dr. ccocx's
WAFERS taste pleasatly. Sold at is. lad., 2s. 9d., 4e,
6d and Ha. liar box, by all Druggists.

'TOR ASTHMA, HAY FEVER, AND CATARRH.—HIM
Bon's Craa was employed under the highest medical sane
ton in the case of the late Earl Beaconsfield. The medicine
from which his lordship found most comfort and relief was
Himrod's Po% der. The fumes are inhaled by the patien
and at once allord relief."—.Per Tin 48. Sample Free.
X. RICHARDS. 82 and 83, Great Russell Stro London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

-F-%2TAL ACC ID rTO A STOUiIIitiDGE

LADY NEAR KIDDERMIN,ATER.
On Thursday evening a socking accidelt
oceurred on the Great Wes'.ern -Railway betwe n
liagley ana:Churchill to an elderly lady, who was
subs,:quently recuemised as Mrs. Taylor, o:
bridge, mother of Mr. Hurry Taylor, merzhant,
Kiddeitninster wi I Dud Ll. The unfortunate lads-
had been visidug some fri,nd-i at Church.li, and
shortly after five O'C'OCk wad endeavowing to cross
i he iine by the ievei crossing about half a mile fr
Churchill Station, when she was instantly kilnd
The train from Birmingham :o Wo c ster due al
Kidderminster at 524 waz deseending the steep
gradient at gre.tt speed, it not being tinted to stop at
Churchill. There ia a sharp curve near tho cross-
ing and as the train fltm, along at nearly 40 milts
ter hour, the driver saw the old lady near the Tow-
feet. lie in.9t-trztiy blew his whistle, but she ed-
dently did not hear the alarni,:as she walked on,
an I was in the centre of the r-dls when the train
rea.led the spot. The body was terribly mutilated,
the i•ead being smashed in, the legs severed, and
the trunk torn in a frigatful manner.

"Coco/ DRINMS SHOULD Till( DELACRE.B COCOA..--•Par
soluMe, dILe3I te economioal• !ta perfcct purity certified
Dy Savory d M o.e (chemists to toe Q.teen)—aud Profs.
Stoildart, ['either, Dr. Liottger. aILL may other erain-nt
Analyticsl Chemists and Aledwat Practitioners. One
pound svll produce 100 cups of Co3ua. Sold in tins 4,1' lib.,
fib., ilb.. at 33 9i, 22,, and li. Sample tins of D., :tere's
Coco., by Parcels Post, from Who esale Depot, 92, Gt.
Russell Strret, ou receipt at PriCe.
'ADVICE TO DYSEPTICS."—Symptom3 of Dyspepsia
and Indigestion, with sp,cial advice as to iliet.—Tois ht.l,
Pamphlet appeals forcibly t.) Cluse who lia,vc. :illowe t ti);
' Palate to decide Er. eryt:ii ,g• for them . aud have 0.‘,1 Ilia in-
evulthle penalty of their folly." Globe. sent for 0 e sot lip
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

THE BELGIAN CANARY.

The peculiarities of the Belgian canary are not pre-
sented to the eye until, in a state of nervous excite-
ment, he braces himself together and shows what the
little frame is capable of doing in the way of "posi-
tion," much in the same way as the pouter among
pigeons shows himself in his pride. On entering a
room in which a number of Belgians may be caged
singly, or in numbers in flight-cages, we are not at
first struck with the peculiar merit of any one
specimen. The very best of them, which when put in
position may exhibit the most remarkable conforma-
tion, is seen hopping in a slovenly manlier from one
perch to another, or sitting apparently in meditation.
His legs are certainly too long, and set too far back.
He cannot, when on the bottom of the
cage, keep his tail off the ground, and when
pecking at a grain of seed stiffens his legs into
two splinters, straightens his tail into the same line
with the body, like those artistic conceptions on chil-
dren's toys, and looks eminently uncomfortable. And
this is one of those most extraordinary Belgians of
which one has heard so much? No wonder his beauties
have no charm for the profanum vulgus, and well may
it require an educated eye to discover them. Wait
awhile. He hops on a low perch, and from that to a
higher, drops his tail, which was never intended to be
dragged about on the ground, pulls himself together a
little, stretches an inch or two, and is already not the
swan out of water he was a moment ago. You pass
him into an open show-cage, and possibly one or two
others hop in at the same time. But we must get thr,ni
on even terms, for one is standing turned in an opposite
direction to the rest. Don't hurry or frighten them in
any way. Possibly they may look a little alarmed and
not be very steady, or may even heave a little with
the. excitement, but a few minutes will set them to-
rights. Our well-bred Belgian is not a bird to be
jostled about roughly; he is accustomed to polite
society and is not unseemingly boisterous. Hang the
cage a little higher, on that nail just above the level of
the eye in the far corner of the room, where the atten-
tion of the birds will not be distracted by the bustle
and twitter in the other cages. Don't lift the cage by
the top, or the birds will perhaps cower and become
more frightened at the novelty of the situation ; take
it by the bottom and keep the hand out of sight.
Surely these cannot be the same birds we stbw in the
flight? They are already standing in an erect
attitude with their legs straightened, their wings
tucked up closely, tails so nearly in the same line with
the back that a plumb-line would not show much
deflection.—Canaries and Cage-birds.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

A GERMAN VIEW OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE.

The Berlin correspondent of the Daily News

writes:

At the last meeting of the German Society for
Commercial Geography a lecture was delivered on
"The British Colonial Empire." The speaker, Dr.
Emil Deckert, opened his address with a comparison
of the ancient Roman Empire with the modern
British Empire, and pointed out that the Romans
considered the strictest centralisation as their chief
axiom of government, while the English have carried
out the most ample decentralisation. With a nearer
knowledge of the British colonial policy the cus-
tomary opinion will disappear, that England
must be dreaded as an obstacle to the colonial
aspirations of other nations. England has her
hands full enough with her own colonies, the• final
separation of which from the parent country is more-
over only a question of time. As, 100 years ago, the
North American States fell from the ancestral stock
like a ripe fruit, so in no far distant time the other
emigration colonies, particularly Canada and Australia,
will secede completely from England. Attempts are
being made in England, where this eventuality is well
recognised, to defer this separation as long as possible
by bringing about a confederation of the colonial
States with an obligatory customs union. This plan,
however, the speaker considered impracticable, as the
great ethnographical diversity of the British colonies
among themselves would be sure to offer insurmount-
able obstacles to such a confederation. India alone
would, however, have to be regarded as the noli me
tangere of all British colonies. It has often been
asserted that England only possesses so many
colonies because she was beforehand with other
nations; but this is a great mistake. Without hardly
an exception, England has had to conquer her colonies
by force of arms, and it is a striking fact that particu-
larly those possessions which were, so to say, thrown
away by their original owners, have turned out to be
most valuable, as Canada and Australia. But even
after the separation of the great emigration colonies
from the mother country the commercial relations
with them must still continue, and as long as India
and the fortified naval stations, which now form a
complete circle round the globe, remain in British
hands, England will never cease to be the ruler of the
seas and of the world's trade.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

M A B It I i 1)

MA.THEWS - Tu-a-N—Ey-r.:--On the 17th inst., at Old-
swinford Parish Church, Randie Lamb, youngest
sari of James Mathews, Esq., Hungary Hill. to
Elizabeth Ellen, eldest daughter of W. J. Turney,
Esq., J.P., Park Hill, Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

A TRAGEDY AT THE ESCURLS.L.

A singular tragedy was enacted recently in the
palace of the Escurial. While the visitors were being
conducted through the cloisters, they were startled by
three or four reports of a gun following one another
in quick succession. Several of them ran in the
direction from which the sounds came, and met in
one of the passages a handsome and well-dressed
girl, who exclaimed in piteous accents, "Help me,
for God's sake; my heart is cut in two." She was
holding her hands to her breast, and blood was flowing
in large quantities down her dress. A few paces further
on a young man was found lying in a pool of blood,
with a gunshot wound in his side. When he saw
the crowd and the girl among them, he just had
the strength to exclaim, " Oh ! look at me, thou star
of my life! I wish to die with your eyes looking
into mine." The two victims were taken into the
hospital of the palace, and it is hoped that they may
both recover. It has been ascertained that the young
man, a native of Madrid, had for some time been in
love with the girl, and as she would not listen to his
suit he determined to kill her first and himself after-
wards. Hearing that she was going to visit the
Escurial with one of her friends, he thought the
opportunity would be a favourable one for carrying
out his scheme of vengeance, and he followed her
from Madrid to the palace without being observed,
and called out to her while she was in one of the cor-
ridors, shooting her as soon as she turned round.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

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