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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

TRADESII9.ENS ADDRESSES

MEDICAL CAUTION.

THE Special Treatment adopted and used
with such great success by Dr. Hunter for the
last thirty years, can only be obtained at 44, Great
Charles Street, Birmingham. Book of Testimonials,
With advice how to regain Health and Manly Vigour,
aarsDirections for Self Treatment, free to any address

BLAIR'S GOUTIPILLS.
THE GRELT ENGLISH REMIDY
FOR GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
THE excrueiating pain is quickly relieved and mei
in a few days by this celebrated Medicine.
These Pills require no restraint of diet during their
*se, and are certain to prevent the disease attacking any
vital part.--Sold by all Chemists, at is lid and 2s 9d
r box.

• FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIEE."-.
ioo Deuteronomy, chap. mil., verse 23.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.

Cholera has appeared in the government of Smolensk,
and that epidemics are not only ravaging the Volga
districts may be seen from the following rescript of the
Governor of Bessarabia, quoted by the Gobs from the
official journal of that province, which is more eloquent
in itself than any comment can make it (says the Cor-
respondent of The Times)
"Whereas the epidemic of diphtheria has now for
seven years been ravaging our province round about,
carrying to the grave in some districts almost all the
rising generation, and whereas the steaggle against this
horrible scourge has hitherto proved quite ineffectual,
it has at last occurred to me to issue the following
order, which will afford an excellent result, the more
so as the remedy prescribed is not expensive; it con-
sists in fumigating all the dwellings and clothes of the
peasants with vapours of burning brimstone."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

PREACHER -

REV. GEO. HALLS
Vicar of Clent.

FULL CHORAL SERVICE.
ANTHEM, "AS THE HART PANTS,"
MEND ELSSO fiN.
The Choir will be augmented by those from St
Thorns's Church, Stourbrldge, and the Lye Church.
DIVINE SERVICE AT 7 O'CLOCK,

STOURBRIDGE UNION,

TO MILLERS AND OTHERS.

rill:1E GUARDIANS of THIS UNION are
JL prepared to Receive TENDERS, with Samples
for the supply o1:2 TONS of GOOD SHARPS.

Tenders for the same to be sent to the Master of the
Workhouse, Kingswinford, on or before the 24th inst.
By order,

THOS. WALL,
Clerk.

Workhouse,:ltingswinford,
18th Aily, 1879.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

THE LINN/EAN ESTATE.

In the Swedish State Budget for 1880 a sum of
80,000 crowns is set apart for the purchase of Ham-
marby estate, near Upsala, which it is intended shall
be preserved by the nation as a memorial of
Linnmus. Towards the close of his life, when he
had become a tolerably wealthy man, the great
botanist purchased this estate, and, if we are not
mistaken, it was here he died. What changes have
been made in the place of late years we are not
aware, but if it remains at all as it was when visited
by the Royal Swedish Physician, M. A. F. Pontin, in
1834, it is altogether a unique memento, and it is not
surprising that the Swedes are anxious to preeerve it.
An account of the visit referred to is given in the
transactions of the Swedish Horticultural Society for
1835. The principal building on the estate is a block
comprising two houses and is situated at the foot of a
stony height, surrounded by large rocks as if an earth.
quake had thrown the granite round it. Those houses
are of wood, and at the time of M. Pontin' e vivit one of
them was inhabited. "The other,which appeared to have
been occupied by Linnmus and his family, was closed, and
the ground around it was covered with tall grasses far as
the steps." In consequence of some unknown family
arrrangement, this house had never been occupied, and
"with all the comforts of wealth had remained un-
disturbed for the space of fifty years." There were
the various articles of furniture that had been
fashionable a hundred years before; the portraits of
Linnseus and the different members of his household
adorned the walls; there were tea and coffee ser-
vices, alabaster figures, and on one of the tables lay
the illustrious botanist's academical hat, pretty
much worn, yet in good condition. It was made
of green silk stuff turned up on three sides, and
ornamented with bows of red ribbon at the
corners, and, in the opinion of the visitor, was pro-
bably the identical hat in which he had taken his
degree at Harderwyk. On the top of the rocks in
the vicinity of the house stood a four cornered stone
building, reached by a well-beaten path between
young firs. This was the professor's museum and
auditorium, in which, during academical vacations, he
was wont to lecture eight hours a day, often number-
ing among his auditors men of world-wide scientific
fame. There M. Pontin found tne professor's chair,
a three-legged tressle with a board on top for writing,
and in front were the benches on which the audience
sat. It may be easily understood that to a sympa-
thetic visitor the sensations produced by an inspection
of all this were, as the narrator says, comparable to
those felt on crossing the threshold to the atrium of a
newly-excavated house in Pompeii. The furniture,
as well as the estate, it is now proposed that the
nation shall buy.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE WEATHER AND THE HARVEST.

The Times of Tuesday published the following letter from
Mr. Mecni, Tiptree Hall, Kelvedon, Essex :
Sir,—Our fields are again super-saturated. Five-
and-a-half dry days, with some sunshine, had relieved
the drained lands of surplus water and considerably
improved the crops, when, on Saturday, again came
the downpour, followel yesterday by a hurricane
of hail, rain, and thunder. At about 5.15, when
the storm had ceased and folks were returning
from church, my gardener and his wife (Anne
Huxter, who had been our faithful and be-
lightning, near the back entrance gate
loved nurse fromtw9ty-six years ago) were both
Poor Anne was instantly killed, the
lightning striking
struck down dfoawrron
.by
her ear, scorching her under•cloth-
ing, and tearing off her buttoned boots in shreds. Her
husband recovered with some bruises and scars. My
daughter and grandaughter, who were 150 yards in
advance, felt the shock, but happily escaped. Again
we have had a stormy night, with driving rains, still
continuing. Very sad for hay-making, but we should
not despair,
With suitable weather our harvest may commence
about the 20th of August,lthree weeks later than
usual.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

A FISHING ADVENTURE.

On the 2nd inst. Princess Louise and the Duke of
Argyll were on the Metapediac river in a canoe,
manned by two Micmac Indians, and while crossing
the stream where the current was 'strong, the frail
craft was thrown against some logs which had
" jammed " below the rapid. The dexterity of the
Indians with their paddles rendered the concussion
harmless; but the canoe just then swinging suddenly
round, the end of a log was likely to pin one of the men
against theside of the boat. All would have been in
the river in an instant but for the presence of mind of
the Indian, who leapt heact foremost into the water, and
thus saved the Princess and his grace from at least a
ducking. The occupants of the canoe could not help
laughing at the figure cut by the Redskin, both in
going over the side and after he was rescued; but
the incident put an end to their fishing for that after-
noon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

Ci!:73.2A11,.: CURE FOR NERVOUS DEBILITY

GRATIS, a MEDICAL WORK, showing
B,2lTerera how they may be cured and recover
RPFtitli end Vi'aiity, v7ithont the aid of Quacks, with
Rerip.,3 f•ir irlriffug the Biood and removixg Skin
aTeetiohs. Free oo receipt of stamp to repay postage
Adtires. Secretary,lnstitnte of Anatomy, 13irmingham

IANVASSER.—Wanted a Good Canvasser
k_l for S'onrbritge.—A.pply, Singer and Co., 217,
Vl'ulvethampton Street. Dudley.

WANTED.

SPECTABLE YOUNG MEN to join ft
ew Cricket Cub about to be formed at the
Cooks,y'a wet, Old Hill. Persona wiling to join
kin 1l call it the Hotel, on Monday, July 14th, at 8 p.m

lIPERIOR APARTMENTS TO LET.—
Li Address, L.lnrelVils, 29, Bagley Rosd Stourbric4e.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

DUDL EY,

ANNUAL SERVICE IN TEE CASTLE COURT YARD.
—On Sunday there was an immense congregation
at the Friendly Societies' service in the court yard
of the Castle. The committee and the secretary
(Mr. W. Field) made special efforts to secure a
large attendance, and to make the arrangements
in every respect satisfactory. Processions, headed
by bands of music, were formed at Woodside,
Cradley Heath, Gornal, Great Bridge, and Nether-
ton. At Queen's Cross there was a general as-
sembly, and those present marched through the
principal streets to the grounds of the Castle. The
service in the Court Yard was conducted by the
Rev. Gilbert Bradley, assisted by several clergymen
of the district. The Church choirs of the town
and neighbourhood gave their services, and dis-
coursed some of the music very effectively. An
appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. J.
Y. Rooker, Vicar of Upper Gornal. The collection
which was afterwards made, amounted to .281 12s
6d. This sum, with subscriptions entered in col-
lect:ng books to be yet received, will be equally
divided between the Guest Hospital and the Dudley
Dispensary. Much credit is due to Councillor W.
Smith, Mr. Septimua Dudley, Mr. H. Swinchatt,
Mr. W. Field, Mr. J. Humphries, and Mr. Dolman
the leading supporters of the undertaking.
LOCAL FAILURE.-A petition for liquidation by
arrangement was filed on Saurday last in the
County Court by William Tronaans, shopkeepei
and chainmaker, Cradley Heath. The liabilities
are estimated at £5OO, with assets not yet known.
Mr. Addison, of Brierley Hill, is the solicitor for
the debt•ir.

THE LATE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE —At the Police
Court, on Monday, before Messrs. J. Aston and J.
Fisher, Thomas Lloyd, a nailer, of Cawney Hill,
was charged with assaulting his wife Jane Lloyd.
The case arose out of the recent attempted suicide.
Defendant, it appeared, had severely assaulted his
wife, and to avoid another threatened attack she
went out of the house and took a quantity of
"vermin killer." Mr. Allen, surgeon, was sent
for, and the woman recovered after the usual
remedies.—The Bench said the defendant was a
disgraceful character, and sentenced him to 21
days' hard labour.
HOLLY HALL—PROPOSED NEW CHURCIL—A
preliminary meeting of Churchmen was held on
Monday evening in the Infants' Schoolroom, Holly
Hall.—The Rev. T. G. Sffindell, who presided,
urged that a new church should be erected.—Mr.
A. Crompton gave a report of Church work in the
district during the past sixteen years. He said
that Holly Hall, Hart's 11111, and Woodside.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE EMPRESS CHARLOTTE.

The Cologne Gazette learns from Brussels that an
appreciable and most gratifying improvement has
taken place in the condition of the Empress Charlotte
since her removal from Tervueren to Bonchant. At
Tervueren she was under constant and rigorous
supervision, and she evidently knew and felt it,
The only walk, which she was at liberty to take
was up and down one particular avenue of trees.
At Bonchant she has the entire grounds at her
disposal, which are tastefully laid out, with changes
from park scenery to flower gardens, and in which she
can roam about at pleasure without feeling the restraint
of being watched. The new system has already pro-
duced satisfactory results, The Empress has not
thrown off her habitual melancholy, nor is she likely
to do so, but she evidently feels more at ease, and she
has of late been absolutely free from the painful and
distressing attacks which made her life wretched at
Tervueren. The Queen of the Belgians visits the poor
lady frequently.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE MARKETS,

3IARK•LANE.—MoNDAr.

Owing to the continued wet weather and the gloomy ap-
prehensions respecting the harvest, the market opened with
a very irregular tone. The lower prices from America, how-
ever, checked the improving tendency. hnglish wheat was
rather scarce. Foreign was in good supply. Business pro-
gressed slowly, and in the majority of instances the quota-
tions realised were Is. per qr. higher than on Monday last.
Barley was still firm, with a moderate business doing. Malt
found buyers at full prices. The oat trade was very firm,
and a fair demand prevailed; whilst maize ruled 6d. per qr.
higher. Beans and peas were steady in value and demand.
The flour market was steady, the tendency of prices being
against the buyer.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY.

The cattle trade was quiet, and without special feature.
Supplies were below the average. The rectfipts of home fed
beasts were very moderate, but the quality and condition
were somewhat better. There was a want of animation in
the inquiry. For fine breeds a fair demand prevailed at full
prices, the extreme being Hs. per 81b., but other sorts met a
dragging sale. From the Midland and home counties we re-
ceived about 1,200, from other parts of England about 600,
and from Scotland 38 head. The foreign side of the market
was well supplied, about 300 American were offered, besides
a good sprinkling of Danish, Spanish. and Swedish. The
trade was quiet, at late rates. The sheep pens were
rather sparingly filled. Transactions were on a limited
scale, and the prices realised were about the same as on
Monday. The best Downs and half•breds changed hands at
63. Bd. to 6s. 10d. per fibs. Lambs were quiet, at Ts. to is. Bd.
per Sibs. Calves and pigs sold at about previous currencies.
At Deptford there were about 1,800 beasts and 1,500 sheep
and lambs. Inferior beasts, 4s. to 4s. 6d. ; second quality,
4s. 6d. to 55.; prime large Oxen, 6s. 6d. to ss. Bd.; prime
Scots, ss. Bd. to 63. ; inferior sheep, 4s. 61. to ss. ; second
quality, 53. 6d. to 6s. ; prime coarse woolled, 65.61. to 6s. Bd.;
prime Sonthdowns, Bs. Bd. to 6s. 10d. ; large coarse calves,
53. to ss. 61.; prime small ditto, 53. 61. to 6a.; large hogs,
3s. 81 to 45. ; small porkers, 41. to 4s. 6d.; lambs, 7s. to
7s 8d per 81b., sinking the offal.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.-MONDAY.
The supply of meat on offer to-day was only moderate, bat
the trade was slow, and quotations had a downward
tendency. Inferior beef. 2s. Bd. to 35 81. ; middling ditto,
4s. to 45. 4d. ; prime large ditto, 4s. 6d. to 65. 6d.; prime
small ditto, Cs. to bs. 4d. ; Teal, 45. 81. to 55. 4d. ; Inferior
mutton, 35. to 3s. 10d. ; middling ditto, 45 to bs. ; Prime
ditt/, 6s. 4d. to 6s. 4d. ; large pork, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 10d. ; small
ditto, 48. to 4s. 6d.; and lamb, 6s. Bd. to 75. 4d. per 81b. by
the carcass.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE RECENT ERUPTION OF ETNA.

At the last meeting of the French Academy of
Sciences a communication was read from M. Fouque,
who had been sent to examine the phenomenon on the
spot. He states that on the evening of the 26th May,
alter some slight shocks of earthquake, the mountain
split over an extent of ten kilometres (about six
miles). The fissure, slightly sinuous, passes by
the central crater, descends on the one side to the
south-south-west, towards Bia.ncavilla, and on
the other to the north - north • east, towards
Mojo. Sometimes it has abrupt walls four or
five metres apart, and at others parallel crevasses,
narrow and numerous; finally, the widest parts of this
fissure correspond with the craters of new formation
and the orifices through which the lava teued. The
opening of the fissure occurred simultaneously on both
sides of the mountain. The large outlets thus formed
facilitated the immediate issue of the eruptive matters,
and explains the short duration of the phenomenon
(eleven days in all). The central crater does not
appear to have emitted any lava; its action seems
to have been confined to projecting abundant showers
of ashes and blocks. These latter are of two kinds,
some with sharp angles, consisting of the old
lava which formed the bottom ot the crater;
and others in less number rounded and worn, ap•
parently brought up from a far greater depth.
These blocks, of a maximum of a cable metre, were
projected to a distance of several kilometres. The
lava issued from three separate points, from the south
of the cone at an elevation of 2,600 metres, and the
north at about the same height, which commenced
simultaneously. Bat the third, the most important,
issued from the new fissure much lower than the others,
and as soon as it began they stopped. This .one ex-
tended to a distance of six miles, and caused great
damage. As it became chilled in its course from con-
tact with the snow which then covered the mountain
its flow was slackened, and the incandescent material
pressing on from above bccatne heaped up on the first
stream, so that in some places it forms a thickness of
at least forty metres.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE HARVEST IN RUSSIA.

The Gobs contains the following from its Odessa corre-
spondent :

"It is many years since we have had such an excellent
harvest as we are promised this autumn. In all
districts unvisited by the corn beetle the cup will be
splendid; seven, eight, and even nine reeks to the
deesyatina (three acres). Barley is already gathered
in, and part of the winter corn also. Very shortly the
peasants will commence to cut down the spring wheat,
which everywhere is in good condition. Labour is
extremely scarce. Men receive the enormous wage
of three roubles a day (65.) together with provisions,
for working on the farms. In view of the loss
likely to be sustained through the want of sufficient
labour, the Zemstvos of Kherson recently addressed a
letter to General Todleben asking that the troops of
the Odessa conscription (about 100,000) might be
allowed to assist in getting ix the harvest. The Go-
vernor-General very graciously conceded the request,
on condition that the commanders of the various local
detachments interposed no obstacle. Unfortunately,
with scarcely an exception, the commanders have
refused to set the men free from military duty, or,
where they have done so, they have demanded
prohibitive wages for the troops. In consequence
of this, the Zemstvos have united in despatching
a memorial to the Minister of War on the sub-
ject, setting forth that owing to the unparalleled
excellence of the harvest and the extreme scarcity
of labour, the province of Kherson is likely to incur
serious loss. Intelligence from every part of the pro-
vince speaks of the ravages of the corn beetle. Up-
wards of 50,000 acres have been laid waste by this
pest. The peasants are thinking of quitting corn for
other crops, and a deal of energy is being thrown into
the cultivation of maize, hemp, and flax. Each of
these articles, however, seems to be also attended with
an insect foe this summer, the worst being a species of
caterpillar three-quarters of an inch long. Reports are
current that a fresh insect has appeared in some dis-
tricts, with an insatiable appetite for corn beetles and
caterpillars. If this be true, Russia may get rid of its
pests without the aid of costly and too often useless
insect extirpating machines,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

AN ASCENT OF MOUNT ROSA.

An ascent of Mount Rosa, which was made last
weak by four persons, very nearly resulted in a fatal
accident. M. Gross of Bordeaux, and his wife, accom-
panied by a guide named Tangwald, who is one of the
three survivors of the accident which occurred to
Lord Queensberry's younger brother in 1865, and
another man started from their hotel at one in the
morning, and after an ascent of eight hours they were
descried through a glass by some Charaounix
guides who were accompanying the Prince de Join.
villa and the Duc de Penthievre to the pass of St.
Theodule, slowly climbing the Sattel ridge, which
forms the summit of Mount Hos% A violent
north-westerly wind was blowing, and the snow
and frost made locomotion very dangerous. The cold
was so intense that the second guide had three fingers
frozen; but after great exertions the four excursionists
reached the summit (15,1401 t. While upon the
summit the clouds began to gather, and the descent
was accomplished under great difficulties. M. Gross
was scarcely able to breathe, and after some time the
party lost their way. The light was so bad that at six
o'clock in the evening they found themselves upon the
brink of an immense chasm, over which they would
have been precipitated if the sun had not burst through
the clouds at that moment. Finally, they made their
way over the glacier of Gcerner and reached Zermatt
at half-paat seven in the evening.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

LOOKING BACK!


A lady has just died at Copenhagen whose experi-
ence, added to that of her husband, is probably wider
and farther reaching than that of any couple now liv-
ing (says the Evening Standard). Madame Bonnay
was ninety-three years of age, and was the wife of the
Marquis de Bounay, who presided at the National
Assembly in Paris in 1879. This was ninety years
back, and he must certainly have been well on in
middle age at that epoch to have been chosen
for so dignified a position. He must, of course, have
been an old man when he married the lady who had
just died. Her memory is said to have been perfect
to the last, and she was able to recall all the incidents
related to her by her husband as happening in his ex-
periences. Thus, supposing the Marquis de Bonnay
to have been a man of fifty.five years old at the
time he was chosen President of the National
Assembly, the lives of this husband and
wife extend over a period but little short of a
century and a half, The husband may just have
remembered the signature of the Peace of Aix in 1748,
which terminated the war in which the British troops
defeated the French at Dettingen ; the wife has lived
to see the heir of the Napoleons die fighting by
the side of the British in South Africa. What a
history is included between these periods, what a mar-
vellous series of events did this lady witness herself or
learn from her husband's personal narrative! Such an
ixperience as hers was unique,,and although it is pos-
sible that nonagenarians who were married in their
youth to old men may be found in the land, yet the
position which the Marquis de Bonnay occupied in
the stirring times of the French Revolution was such
that the personal recollection of this husband and wife
may be said to stand altogatfier alone.

4,expe;

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

DUDLEY AND WALSALL.

PIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS moy
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two or
Three Years; after which, and without any further pay-
ent, to become the property of the hirer. Alllnstru.
*eats had on this system, or otherwise, will be
Unchanged any time within six months for muy other, if
110 Upproved of , and returned carriage free. And fur.
her,.aftel a trial of three year', any Pianoforte or Har-
nieniwn would be taken back, at its original cost, and
tb emoney returned, deducting the usual charge for
hire; thus offering greater advantages than the London
o rEt!rmingham Houses.—A.pply FREDEB,ICK GREEN
11 ow Warehouse, 260, Castle-street, Dudley, and Me
I ark-etreet, Walsall.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

I REGISTERED FOR 1
( TRANSMISSION ABROAD. I

SALES BY AUCTION.

STOURBRIDGE STOCK SALE.
TUESDAY, AUGUST sth, 1879.
H. King, Auctioneer.

Hol&mays Pills.—lmportant for the delicate.—lcis
difficult to determine which is the more trying to the
human constitution—the damp, cold days of autumn
end 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 needs 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,
paring may be spared, aid life saved.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

CELEBRATED BAND

Will be in Attendance.

Anaussiow—At Twelve o'clock, 2s. 6d. each.
At Two o'clock, is. Od.„
At Half-hast Four, 6d.
Children under Twelve, Hait-krice.

M.••••••••••••

F. B. GRANGER,
) Secretary.
Broadwell Road, Oldbury.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

FLOWER SHOW AT TIACLEY PARK.

ON TUESDAY NEXT, JULY 29th, 1879,
RETURN TICKETS (First, Second, and 'third
Class) at about a single fare and a quarter for the double
journey, will be issued to HA.GLE ftom 13irmiughain
(Snow Hill), Worcester, Wolverhampton (Low Level),
and intermediate Stations.

For particulars See Bills.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT MALVERN.

ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND
THURSDAY, JULY 29th, 30th, and 31st. Re-
turn tickets 1 2 3 class at reduced fares, and available on
day of issue only, will be issued to GREAT MALV.F.RN,
and MALVERN WELLS, from Hagley at 10.15, Churchill
10.21, Droitwich 9.40, Fearnal Heath 9 9, and Hartlebury
9 27 a.m., and on 'Tuesday and Wednesday, July 29tft
and 30th only, from Birmingham at 7.15 atd 10.0 a.m.,
and from intermediate stations to Stourbridge by 7.15
a.m. train from Birmingham, and flora Wolverhampton
and intermediate stations to Brettell Lane by 9.0 a.m.
train from Wolverhampton, and from Biaderminster at
9.12 a.m.

ON THURSDAY JULY 31st, an excursion
train for IdA.LVEEN LINK and ALS.A.Nr..EN
WhLLS will leave Birmingham at 8.25 a m., Eiock.ey
8.30, Handsworth, 8 36, zmethwick Junction 8 44,
Oldbury 8.49, Itowley 8 54, Old Hill 90, Crsdiey 9.5,
Lye 9.10. Wolverhampton 8.30, Bilston 8.37, Daisy
Bank 8.40, Princes End 8.44, 1 ipton 850, Duey B.ob,
Netherton 8.59, Hound Osk 9.5, Brieriey Hill 9.9,
Brettell Lane 9.13, and Stourbridge 9.17, a.m., rata:Ai:lg
same day,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE MONUMENT TO THE LATE
PRINCE IMPERIAL.

The following letter has been sent to the papers for pub.
lication by the Dean of Westminster :-
1.4 Some misconceptions having taken place with re•
gard to the proposed erection of a monument to the
Prince Imperial in Westminster Abbey, it has been
thought right to make the following statement of the
facts of the case :

"When I received an application to this effect, I at
once coasented, subject to the approval of her
Majesty, in whose Royal Chapel of King Henry VII,
the statue was intended to be placed. It seemed to
me that the manifestation of public sympathy had
been of such an unirmal and extensive character as to
leave no doubt of the propriety, so far as I was
concorned, of acceding to the request. The
tragic associations connected with the fall of a foreign
Prince bearing a great historic name, fighting
under the British flag, and giving his life to the country
which had received him and his parents as guests, and
which had learned to honour him personally for his
blameless and engaging character, were such as to give
him a claim to be ranked among those Princes to whom
Westminster Abbey has at various times given shelter
or admitted memorials under its roof. The spot chosen
for the memorial at once indicates the nature of the
honour thus to be paid.

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"It is not in the Abbey Church, properly so called,
but in the Royal Mausoleum appended to it, and in
which, as a general rule, no one is interred or com-
memorated except members of the Royal Family or
persons specially connected with them. In this chapel
the particular locality chosen was the north-east corner,
corresponding to that which on the south-eastern side
had received a like monument to another exiled Prince
from the same country. There the Duke of Mont-
pensier, brother of King Louis Philippe, who had
died in England during the first exile of the Bourbon
family, together with the Queen of Louis XVIII.,
were interred. The Abbey knows no difference of
politics, either foreign or domestic. It is, as Lori
Macaulay has well described it, • the great temple of
silence and of reconciliation.' It seemed that another
exarople of this cherished characteristic of our great
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE FRIENDLY ZULUS IN LONDON.

The Daily Chronicle of Monday says :—" The party
of Zulu warriors, friendly to the British cause, who,
after considerable negotiation with native chiefs, Mr.
Farini's agent was at length enabled to bring to .Eng-
land, made their first appearance in public at St.
James's Hall on Saturday. With skilful managerial
foresight it has been arranged that the Zulus shall re-
main on the stage the whole of the day, their meals
even being brought to them and partaken of in view of
the public, so that those who are curious to see good
specimens of the people encountered in South Africa
have every opportunity of witnessing at leisure their
social peculiarities. During our stay on Saturday after-
noon there was a goodly number of persons present,
and so far from the Zulus evoking any manifestation
of hostile feeling they were received with an amount
of interest, and even cordiality, that they were evi-
dently unprepared for. The Zulus occasionally varied
their exercises by quitting the platform and strolling
among the audience in the body of the hall, and at one
of these periods it was curious to observe the puzzled
expression of the Zulu gentleman who, we believe, is
the chief of the party, and likely to be a very in-
fluential personage in his own country in future
years, when a lady rose and offered him her
hand. According to Mr. Farini, this token
of feminine rest ect is not generally awarded
in Natal to the Zulus, which may well account
for the chief's hesitation in scenting the proffered
honour. Their apparel on Saturday was increased
by some gaily-covered scarves, which greatly add to
the picturesqueness of their appearance, and is certainly
a judicious concession to British taste that would not
tolerate a too literal exemplification of how 'Wild in
his native woods the noble savage ran.' During the
day the spirits of the Zulus were frequently enlivened
by conversations with visitors acquainted with their
language' a clergyman who entered about four o'clock,
and who had often preached to the tribes of which the
present party are composed, reminding the chief of
Natal associations which evidently awakened that
sympathetic sentiment which helps to 'make the
whole world kin.' The most popular performance, as at
the private rehearsal, seemed to be the vigorous war
dances, in which an exactness of time was maintained
that had a most remarkable effect; the combats in a
stooping posture with sticks, genuine trials of skill;
and the assegai-throwing at a fixed target—also con-
tested in the true spirit of rivalry—the making of an
" outer " being received among themselves with de-
rision and contempt, whilst the scoring of a " bulls-
eye " was accompanied by congratulation-i. So far as
our experience of Saturday's entertainment went, the
Zulus were remarkably well pleased with the reception
accorded them, whilst the audience were certainly not
dissatisfied with the examples of native habits thus
vividly presented.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE "NORDENFELDT IYIITRAILLEUR."

The Royal Laboratory Department in the Royal
Arsenal, Woolwich, is engaged in experiments with
the new machine gun, which has been called the
Nordenfeldt, after the name of the inventor—a weapon
which, as announced in the House of Commons,
has been adopted by the Admiralty for use on board
ship. The particular purpose of this gun is to
repel the attacks of tordedo boats which are being
designed upon a plan supposed to render them in-
vulnerable under a fire of rifle bullets, being protected
by a light steel armour. Artillerists differ in opinion
as to the value of machine guns, the prevailing
belief being that they are inferior to a field-piece firing
case or Shrapnel' shell both in rangs and in effect, but
the Navy has a special partiality for such weapons,
and the Gatling gun, which is adopted as the national
mitraillewe, has its chief popularity afloat. But it is
admitted by all who have witnessed the Nordenfeldt
at practice that it is the most powerful by far of all the
infernal machines yet produced. Unlike the Gatling
and other repeaters, which have a series of barrels
revolving upon an axis, the Nordenfeldt has but four
barrels arranged in parallel order, side by Bide. They
carry a bullet lin. in diameter, and weighing within a
fraction of ilb., and so effectual is it in action
that steel plates ot 2iu. and lin. in thickness have
been completely ridnied at a distance of 100 yards.
Considerable secrecy is observed in conducting the
trials, which the War Department has undertaken
solely for the information of the Admiralty ;
and there is apparently some mystery about the
weapon which it is considered desirable to conceal.
The barrels are very stoutly made, being more than
3in. in external diameter where strength is most neces-
sary, providing a thickness of metal adapted for the
employment of gun•cotton cartridges; and the
mechanism of the breech is combined with magnetic
batteries and electric coils in some manner which can-
not at present he explained. The gun is very rapid in
firing; it is traversed and elevated by simple ap-
pliances, and it has made very accurate shooting even
at long ranges. Its stand is a kind of bed of iron, and
the entire apparatus has the appearance of being ex-
ceedingly heavy. A large number of these Norden-
feldts, as already stated in Parliament, have been
ordered for the use of the Royal Navy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE BISHOP OF OXFORD AND THE
WEATHER.

The following communication has been addressed by the
Lord Bishop of Oxford to the Archdeacons of his diocese
"My Dear Archdeacon,—l have received a letter
from the Archbishop of this province, suggesting
the propriety of setting apart a day on which the
attention of the people may be directed to the
duty of praying for such weather as will tend to
give us the blessing of an abundant harvest. The
i
prayer for fair weather s no doubt already in
general use. The clergy require no authority from me
to use it as the local districts may from time to time
suggest. At present I fear there are few places, if
any, in this diocese where the distress is not sorely
felt. In churches where a special service is held, and
the use of proper Psalms and Lessons may be
desired, I authorise the choice of the 107th Psalm,
eighth chapter of Genesis, and the 12th chapter
of St. Luke's Gospel, 13-34. Preachers may do
well to point out that our increased ability to
prognosticate the weather has not given us the
slightest power to control it; and in this time of
general depression, to ask whether the season of mar-
vellous prosperity which preceded it was thankfully
received or profitably spent: May God give us grace
by these and other like thoughts to turn to good
account His providential dealings with his children in
our land.—l am, your faithful friend and brother in
Christ.—J. F. Oxox."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.

It is repeatedly observed by persons who take an
active interest in rural affairs that a bit of smart prac-
tice will carry a man through a crisis triumphantly,
while others who will not or cannot be smart are over-
whelmed and crushed by it. I will give an illustration
of this. Nearly all the grass that has been cut up to
this time has either rotted on the ground or been at
least rendered comparatively valueless. But when
few had the courage to cut and none appeared to suc-
ceed in haymaking, I saw a piece of thirteen acres got
up superbly. The owner of the piece is a good weather
prophet and waits on the barometer with constancy.
He saw what he believed to be a gap in the clouds
that might continue for a brief space. He had com-
mand of labour sufficient, and everything was put
aside for a rush at the haymaking. Down went the
grass and the " making " proceeded merrily: it was a
busy scene. The gap that was looked for occurred to
the extent of three consecutive days of fine weather.
The hay was well made, well carried, and is now a
fine stack. Smartness did it, but there was a com-
bination of the good luck which smart people are apt
to enjoy more of than dull peopIe.—ALPHABETAGAMMA,
in The Gardener's Magazine.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

ARCTIC EXPLORATION.

The Arctic expedition whieli has been equipped by
Mr. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald,
set sail from San Francisco on July 8 in the yacht
Jeannette, late Pandora. The expedition is under the
command of Lieutenant De Long, United States
Navy, an old Arctic explorer, and all the officers of
the ship have been selected because of experience al-
ready gained in the Polar regions. The whole foree
conEists of 32 men, including an astronomer, a natura-
list, and a meteorologist, the latter being Mr. Collins,
who had been engaged on the meteorological staff of
the Herald. The Jeannette; which will be accompanied
to Behring's Sea by a schooner acting as coal and pro-
vision tender, has been well equipped for the perilous
voyage. In the outfit are included eight Arctic tents,
each 6ft. by Oft., a suit of spare sails, and a number of
ice-eaws with which ice from ten to twelve feet in
thickness can be cut; a deck-house roofed over and
fastened together by mortices and screw belts is
provided, which can be taken down and put up at
will; the cabin and forecastle are padded inside
with several thicknesses of felt, and the poop
deck is covered with three thicknesses of stout
canvas painted over. The ship will be heated by
stoves burning soft coal. Every man on board has
a good hair mattress, pillow, and pair of heavy
blue blankets, and warm clothing. There is a
beautifully-appointed surgery. Every square inch of
cargo room is taken up with provisions. With the ex-
ceßtion of flour, all the stores are in the concentrated
or condensed forms—meats, vegetables, and fruits.
The Jeanette is provisioned for three years; about
twenty tons of provisions and seventy tons of coal will
be left at St. Michael's in reserve and for use on the
return voyage, or in case the Jeanette should be lost or
abandoned. Pemican and bread will be the principal
articles in the daily menu, and instead of spirits ample
rations of beer, tea, and coffee will be served. The
whole cost of the expenditure is defrayed by Mr.
Bennett, and will be about 300,000 dole,
In selecting the crew choice was made from 1,300
applicants, no men being accepted under 25 or over 35,
and care being taken that all were of average height,
size, and weight, sound in all respects, and without
consumptive tendency, of good character, and accus-
tomed to the sea. The seamen receive 25 dole, a
month; the others are paid in proportion. Four Es-
quimau' will also be shipped in Alaska. Most of the
officers and men have had some Arctic experience.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

lIALES BY AUCTION

HAGLEY STOCK SALE.
MONDAY. JULI 28th, 1879, at eleven.
400 SHEEP and LAMBS,
40 Head of CATTLE, including some capital Cows
bud Calves.

The usual entry of Calves and Pigs.
OATES, PERRENS. AND WOOLDRIDGE.

VALVABLE BUILDING LAND,

AT PEDMORE.

MESSRS.

OA.TES, PERRIN—S:7I-1;d WOOLDRIDGE
are favoured with instructions to Sell by Auction
at the TALBOT HOTEL, STOURBRIDOE, 011 FRIDAY, the
Ist day of AUGUsT, 1679, several Parcels of Valuable
FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND at Pedmore, near
Stourbridge.
Particutars in future papers, in the meantime, further
informatiou may be obtained of Mr, C. W. Collis, or
the Auctioneers, Stoutbridge.

TO LET.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE GROWING USE OF THE
REVOLVER.

The Daily Telegraph (in a leader) calla attention to
the growing use of the revolver, as illustrated by the
numerous charges of shooting which are brought
before magistrates, and suggests that it is high time
that some serious steps should be taken to prevent the
abuse of that most dangerous weapon. It is not diffi-
cult to see the consequences that must follow if its
me becomes more common still. No one will be
safe in any class of life. Argument will lead to
manslaughter and dispute to murder; and many
a quarrel which at the worst might have led
to blows will be settled by the more fatal agency
of shots. It has more than once been suggested
and not without reason, that a weapon whose use can
only be justified as a means of defence in savage or
lawless countries might very properly be taxed in our
own. Checks are put upon the sale of poisons in the
interests of the community at large, so why should not
some limit be put upon the sales of the gunmaker who
provides death as surely as does the apothecary with
his fatal drugs? The danger of keeping firearms in an
ord'nary household is far greater than that of meeting
with a problematical burglar who is as well provided
as his antagonist, and is in possession of the plan
of the campaign, with every chance of a first shot.
For the reckless emplo; went of firearms there is no
excuse whatever.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

ASCENT OF THE SUFEID KOH.

Mr. George B. Scott, of the Indian Survey Depart-
ment, says a Lahore paper, has the honour of being
the first European to have scaled the peak of Sikaram
—15,600 feet—the highest point in the Sufeid Koh
range. When this news reached Simla, the Com-
mander-in-Chief paid Mr. Scott the compliment of
sending him his congratulatiors on the achieve-
ment. The last 4,000 feet of the ascent had to be made
by cutting steps in the snow with an Afghan knife.
On the top, and near the summit is a small Ziaret,
reported to be that of Said Karrum, and this is the
supposed origin of the name " Sikaram," and not from
Sita Ram, as had been supposed by some authorities.
This is a place of pilgrimage for Mahomedans. Still
there is some difficulty in explaining how Said Karrum
came to be buried at this place, for he lived in the time
of Mahomet, which may be put down at about two
centuries before the Mahomedans had reached the
region now known as Afghanistan. When Mahomet
lost one of his teeth in a battle with the Jews, it was
this Said Karrum who extracted all his own teeth
and made an offering of them to the prophet on that
occasion.

The Ziaret is formed of rude stonen and a few sticks,
with bits of cloth for flags, such as may be seen at
other tomb shrines in Afghanistan. A little to the
north of Sikaram is a flat-topped peak, called on
account of its shape "the Tukht," about 15,000 feet
high. Close to the Tukht, and nearly of the same
height, is a small lake called littoza Khaz, or the
"Clear Lake." The water from this lake flows down
the Mangal Durreh, and forms one of the sources of
the Surkhab. At this point the Sufeid Koh forks out
into two ridges, and they are known as the Tor Ghar,
or dark mountains, as they are of lower altitude, and
have no snow on them. There is a road which passes
over at this point, called the Ogzan Lar, by which the
natives pass from Gundamuk over to Ali Sheyl and
the Shaturgardun._ _ _ _

From Sikaram Mr. Scott had a fine view, looking
down on the southern side of the Sufeid Koh range.
He saw the camps of General Roberta' force at Hariab,
Khoortun, Peiwar, Kotal, the village of Peiwar, and
Ali Kheyl. Unfortunately, he had no heliograph with
him or he might have returned their survey depart-
ment message of "Who are you down there ?" He
would have had the advantage of doing so at a much
higher elevation than the survey party from the other
side had reached.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

DESPATCH FROM SIR BARTLE FRERE.

'Cape Town July B.—l congratulate her Majesty's
Government on a decisive victory vouchsafed to her
Majesty's forces under Lord Chelmsford in a fair fight
in the open on July 4th, and on subsequent capture
and destruction of Cetewayo's Royal Kraal, Ulundi.
Lord Chelmsford appears, according to his promise,
to have awaited at Camp on White Umvolosi
noon 3rd July, for delivery of his guns and 1,000 rifles
by accredited Indunas, required by him as earnest of
Cetywayo's sincerity in asking to treat for peace.
Conditions not being fulfilled, Lord Chelmsford left
camp. laagered, and advanced with 2nd (Newdigate'e)
Division, and Wood's flying column; was attacked
on march in open country by Zulu force, variously
estimated at from ten to twenty thousand. They
enveloped the hollow square of our troops, charging
on all four sides up to within sixty yards, when Zulus
broke and fled under heavy fire: were pursued
by cavalry, and utterly routed. Lord Chelmsford
advanced to Ulundi, burnt and destroyed all
military kraals, and returned to camp on White
Umvolosi same evening. All arms reported to
have done their duty admirably. Zulus slain
estimated at £OO by Mr. Archibald Forbes,
who rode with above news in fifteen hours to Lands-
man's Drift. His telegram reached night of sth July.
British loss ten killed. Only name given Captain
Wyatt Digell, 17th Lancers; but no other officers
killed, 53 woundvd. Only names given :—Colonel
L Ave, Major Bond, Lieutenants Pardol Jenkins,
James. None severely. No other casualties
named since last mail in any column.
General Crealock having arranged for landing stores
at Port Durnford, is advancing on road to Ulundi.
Zulus on line of march, coming in large numbers to
surrender. Sir G. Wolseley, after waiting in vain fur
two days to effect landing at Port Durnford, re-
turned in Her Majesty's ship Shah to Durban,
proceeded by land to join General Crealock's
column. Troops with Lord Chelmsford com-
prised detachments of H.M.S., 13th, 21st, 24th, 58th,
80th, 90th, 94th Regiments, 17th Lancers (one troop),
King's Dragoon Guards, 600 coloeial troops, besides
artillery and engineers. I have received from Sir
Garnet as yet only one copy of Forbee's tel.eeram,
which had reached me previously.
(Signed) "PiezuE.'