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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-11-01

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-11-01

-KIDDERMINSTER:

TIMPTED SuiCE.A blacksmith, named
William Calbon, attempted to commit suicide by
taking a quantity of laudanum on Tuesday night.
Calbon has been out of work for some time, and his
wife had tld him that if he did not get some em-
ployment she should not work to keep him any
longer. He sent a letter to her at the factory
where she worked on Tuesday afternoon, upon
which was a representation of a coffin, and also the
following words :—"Beware of the knife, murder
and blood; turn up or dye." When it was ascer-
tained that Calbon had taken poison he was con-
veyed to the Infirmary, and the usual restoratives
applied, and he is recovering from the effects of his
rash act.

KIN VER HILL COURSING MEETING.
This annual coursing meeting was held on Tues-
day, on the extensive seed farms belonging to
Messrs. Webb, Queen's seedsmen, of Wordsley. The
day was beautifully fine, and about 250 gentlemen
attended the meeting. Business was commenced
hi a field near the homestead at 9.45. and although
no fewer than fifty-three courses were run, in
addition to " undecideds," the whole were concluded
at about half-past . three o'clock. At sbont half-
past twelve o'clock 260 guests sat down to luncheon,
which had be, n provided by the hospitable gentle-
men who promoted the gathering. The stakes
competed for were valuable, and some of the best
dogs in the Midland Counties eintested the different
events. The principal stakes (the Kinver Hill)
were divided between Mr. Dyas's Diana, after some
exceedingly fine coursing had beer. witnessed. The
Enville Stakes was .von by Mr. Darling's Miss Lucy.
The bitch ha , been previously successful at other
meetings this year. The Worlsley Stakes fell to
Mr. Trevor's Truthful, which was nominated by the
Hon. D. Finch. The same gentleman also nomin-
ated another dog called Templar, which won the
Dunsley Manor Stakes. Both these stakes were
won easily. The High Grove Stakes was won by
Mr. Bath's Barbican, which beat Mr. Landor's
Brave after one undecided. In addition to these
there were two stakes made up on the ground—one
for puppies and the other for all aged dogs. Mr.
Wentwdyth's masterley judging was very much
admired, and the whole of the arrangements were
perfect. The following is the complete list of the
vents:—
The KUPER HILL STAKES, for 16 all aged grey-
hounds, at 10s. each; winner, £35; second,
£l2; third and fourth, £4 10s. each.
Mr. W. W. Riddell's Royal Alfred beat Mr. J.
Ilirt7er's Odessa.
Mr. W. D. Deightons Going for Freedom beat
Mr. J. Darling's Twi-t.
MI, O. W. Lea's Fleloise beat Mr. J. Bond's Lady,.
Mr. H. Haywood's Rubicel best Mr. C. J. Harries.
Hawthorn Belle

Mr. M. Spiitio's Saucebox beat Mr. R. Threlfell's
Meg Merrilies.
W. P. Hammond's Blooming Blida kat Dirt
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

A CERTAIN CURE FOR NERVOUS DEBILITY

GRATIS, s MEDICAL WORK, showing
sufferers how they may be cured and recover
Health and Vitality, without the aid of Quacks, with
Recipes for purifying the Blood and removing skin
Affections. Free on receipt of stamp to repay postage
Address Secretary, Institute of Anatomy. Birmingham

WANTED. A Steady Respectable Young
Man, as Porter.—Apply, 74, High Street,
Stourbridge.

MO GLASS CUTTERS.—An Experienced
China Polisher Wanted; good character indispen-
aible, regular work and good wages.—Apply John Rose
mil Co., Coalport, Shropshire.

rpo BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT.
1 A. HOUSE, containing 8 Rooms, 4 up. and 4
downstairs. Bowling Green Villa, Bowling Green Lane.
—Apply, Mr. Bateman, Longlands, Stonrbridge.

DUDLEY 1 DUDLEY U. DUDLEY 11l
CASH ADVANCED AT A FEW HOIMS NOTICE.
MO Householders, Farmers, Cart Owners, and others
From £2 and upwards, without Sureties, and in
strict confidence, at the Thiion Loan Office, 3, Priory
Street, Dudley. (Strictly Private.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

TRADE RETURNS FOR JANUARY.

A Parliamentary naper has been issued containing
the accounts relating to the trade of the United King-
dom for the month of January. The total value of
tukimports for the month was £26,367,046, as corn-
pa t d with £30,609,956 in January, 1878, and with
£32,899,380 in the corresponding month of 1877. The
exports amounted in value to £14,196,518 as against
£15,423,911 in 187 d, and £15,946,080 in 1877. In coal
and coke, although the export has increased from
1,012,542 to 1,047,369 tons, the value has 'declined
from £494,340 to £478,849. Copper shows, upon a
total for the month of 2201,617, a decrease of £88,494.
On the other hand, the exports of haberdashery, &c,,
reached a total value of £344,011, being an increase of
£40,768; linen manufactures, 2551,336, an increase of
£17,895 ; jute manufactures, £124,971, an increase of
£12988; steam engines, £218,921, an Increase of
£06,402; . and silk manufactures, £183,831, an im-
provement of £13,320.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.

World Known—World Tried 1'
For strengthening a debilitated constitution, these Pil
are more efficacious than any other medicine. Persons o
a nervous habit of body, and all who are suffering from
weak digestive organs, or whose health has become
deranged from whatever cause, should lose no time it
giving these Pills a fair trial; their action is immediate
beneficial, and lasting, restoring order, health, and vigo
U every case.
For Disorders of the Liver, Stomach,
Kidneys,7alldc_BowelB.
These Purifying Pills are confidently reccommended as the
most simple and certain remedy for Inthgestion, Flatulency
Acidity. Constipation, and all Disorders resulting from
disordered Stomach or Bowels. They act as purifiers,
alternatives, and strengtheners of the stomach. Though
Powerfully tonic and satisfactorily aperient, they are mild
in their operation and beneficial to the whole system. •
Weakness and Debility—Nervous Irrita-
bility and Low Spirits.
The wholesale effect exercised by these admirable Pour
over the Blood and Fluids generally, is 'like a charming
dispelling low spirits and restoring cheerfulness. The
general aperient qualities well fit them for a domestic
medicine, particularly for females of all ages and period of
life. They quickly eject all impurities from the system
and regulate every function of the body, giving wondefull
tone and energy to weak and debilitated constitutions.
Old Coughs, Colds and Asthmatic
Affections.
These pills, assisted in their actionly rubbing Holloway's
Ointment very effectually twice a Zay on the Throat and
Chest, and keeping ' those parts covered with the
preparation, will be found the most effective remedy for
Asthma, Coughs, Colds. Bronchitis, and Influenza. They
tranquillize the hurried breathing, soothe the irritated
air-tulies. and assisted in dislodging the phlegm which
stops up the air passages. This treatment has proved won-
derfully efficient, in not only curing old settle _ coughs and
colds, but even asthma of many years standing.
Complaints of Women and Children
Any mother, nurse, or young person guided by the dires
tions which pcompany each box of Holloway's Pills, has
at once available means for checking disease. purifying the
blood, and expelling from the system all gross humours
The Pills Pills and Ointment are sold at Professor Hotnowsx'e
Establishment, 533, Oxford Street, London; also by nearly
every respectable Vendor of Medicine throughout the
Civilized World, in Boxes and Pots, at Is. ltd., 2s. 9d.
4s. 6d., lls., 225. and 335. each.
Full printed directions are affixed to each Box and Pot
and can be had in any language '

N.B.—Advice can be obtained, free of charge
D 7 applying at the above address, daily, between
h orahou of 1.1 and 4,. or by letter
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

LIFE- IN A LIGHTHOUSE.

Life in a lighthouse must at all times be a dreary I
existence, and when illness occurs the sense of isola-
tion must be terrible indeed (remarks the Pall Mall
Gaelte). The lighthouses off the Burma coast are it
eeems4 very insufficiently inspected ; and a story told
by the Rangoon_ Times of one thus neglected will, it is
to be hoped, lead to some better arrangement's; being
adopted in future. A telegram having been received
at Rangoon stating that the light on the Alguada
Reef was not visible' the steamer Celerity was des-
patched to ascertain the cause. The light was found
burning all right, but signals of distress were flying. On
the captain pf the Celerity londing, he discovered that
two of the peej. in the ligUthouee were dead, while a
third was lying, In a precarious state. The lighthouse-
keeper stated that signals of 'distress, such as "I
want immediate help,". and "Man dying," had been
exhibited by himfor about twenty days; but, although
several vessels and steamers had passed by, no notice
whatever had been taken of these. appeals for assist-
ance. He therefore, as a last resource, darkened the
'light on the Bassein side' feeling certain that this step
-would not fail to attract attention to th 6. lighthouse.
It seen worth consideration Whether, on the ground
of humanity alone' a system of telegraphic copmuni.
catibn might not he e2tablished between those Wh 0
, live.in lighthouses and thobe.wbo live ell elm, •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

SIGNATURE OF THE -RUSSO-TURKISH

TREATY _OF PEACE.
The Russian Treaty of Peace with Turkey was
signed on Saturday evening (Bth). The Council was
occupied all day considering it. General Labanoff and
his secretary were in attendance on the Grand Vizier.
Shortly after sunset the Treaty was sent to the Sultan,
and in three hours afterwards it was returned signed
by his Majesty. The Treaty will be ratified in
fortnight, and the Russian troops will leave Turkish
territory within six weeks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

MO LET, with Immediate Possession, the
SOUSE and PREMISES, now occupied by W.
OftEEN, Painter. , Union Street, Stourbridge,

MO BE LEA, A LARGE STABLE, with good
_1 Room over.—Apply, Observer Office, Stour-

bridge.

r 0 LET, IN THE CEICTRE of STOURBRIDGE
1. Good Stabling, Coachhouse and Cart Shed,
with Lock-up Yard.--ApPly, W. Green, Plumber,
64e., Union Street, Stcurbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT CRADLEY

HEATH.

The adjoutfaed enquiry into the circumstances attend-
ing the death of Frederick William Southall, aged seven
years, residing at No. 7, Copeland Place, Cradley Heath,
was resumed on Wednesday afternoon, before Mr. E.
Hooper, at the Beehive Inn, Granger's Lane. The boy
it will be remembered, died on the 10th ultimo, under
singular circumstances, %heady reported in the Observer.
The enquiry was adjourned in order that certain portions
of the body of the deceased might be examined, and that
the contents of the stomach and also a packet of tea of
which the deceased partook the night before his death
might be analysed by Dr. Alfred Hill, Birmingham
borough analyst.—Dr. Hill deposed on Wednesday that
he had analysed the whole of the contents of the stomach
and found no trace of poison whatever. He also examined
the parcel of tea forwarded for analysis, and found it to
be genuine, containing no poisonous matter.—Mr. Stand-
ish recalled, attributed the death of the boy to suppressed
scarlet fever.—The jury returned a verdict of "Death
from natural causes."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

EDUCATION OF WORKING MEN.

In London, the other evening, Mr. Frederic Harrison de-
livered a lecture on the " Eclueation of Working Men," at
the Working gen's College, Great Ormond-street; Mr.
Montague Cookson, Q.C., presided.
The lecturer prefaced his remarks by pointing out
several facilities which working men possessed to aid
them in their efforts after a sound popular education.
They were free from the necessity of devoting a great
proportion of their time to a minute and teehnical train-
ing in some professional study, a training which did not
come within the meaning of the word education as he
wished them to understand it. The nianual labour in
which they were engaged left their minds for the most
part at liberty to work during intervals of leisure, and
they were free from much of the worst side of
academical tradition. The question they had tp con-
sider was this—what was the minimum, in the way of
educatiou that an industrious man who had only a few
houis to himself in the evening might accomplish,
and to what subjects ought he chiefly to devote his
time? It was necessary to -avoid every kind of
specialty and every species of merely technical
instruction, as well as all minor poetry, poetic
essays, and simple criticism. Let them in all things
avoid the commentary and stick to the text.
He would exclude all fore;gn languages, unless their
elements had been acquired in• early life, though, per-
haps, an exception might be made in favour of
French. A really popular 'education should embrace
four thinga—l, the olpments of geometry and some
notion of the leading physical gedences ; 2, an outline
or general conception of the histqry of mankina as a
whole with a special knowledge of the great critical
movements of modern Europe; 3, some acquaintance
with the greatest poets of modern and ancient timeft'and
4, a notion of philosophy and the laws of human thought.
Such a scheme Of education as this would deal with all
sides of the human intelligence, and its realkation was
not at all impossible. From five to seven years of
• steady and continuous study would enable them to
make very considerable progress in all four of the
branches he had named, provided they kept their
minds firmly fixed upon the central *principles a•nd
ideas. The lecturer then entered into a more detailed
consideration of the plan of study he had drawn up,
mentioning under every head a number of the books
best fitted to guide them in following it out, and con-
cluded by urging his hearers to bear in mind that edu-
cation was no mere instrument for getting on in the

world, but was a means of fitting them for their work
it life, and of making them understand its true value
and relation to the crder a things they saw around
them.
A brief discussion followed the lecture.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

MEDICAL CAUTION.

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

TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED
Read the New Work entitled
HOW TO ENSURE HEALTH.
Just published for two:stamps.
BY DR. Realize, M.D., (U.S.)
ATREATISE on the LAWS GOVERNING
LIFE, and the CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, and
TREATMENT of all diseases depending on Exhaustion
of Nervous Yitality, such as Nervous Debility, Mental
and Physical Depression, Palpitation of the Heart,
Noises in the Head and Ears, Indecision, Impaired Sight
and Memory, Indigestion, Prostration, Lassitude, De-
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in the !Isar and Limbs, Timidity, Self-Distrust, Dizzi-
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to an early Death; together with Hints on Chroni
Rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia, Epilepsy, Hysteria, and
all dismays of the Nervous and alimentary system.
The Appendix to this valuable work contains many
useful PRESCRIPTIONS for the alleviation of suffering
and the cure of minor disorders, with full instructions
for their preparation and use.
Contains also some friendly advice on Hygiene, or th
WAY TO PRESERVE HEALTH.
Illustrated by numerous testimonials from grateful
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Sent post free for 2 stamps; or by letter post, three
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se- Address. Dr. BARNES, 41, Lonsdale Square
Simsbury, London,N.
IMPORTANT TO COUNTRY PATIENTS.
DR. BARNES may be consulted personally
or by letter in all private and confidential cases
and for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers who cannotvisit
him, he will, on receiving a description of their case, en-
closing a stamped envelope for .eply, be ready to give his
opinion upon the nature of the case, and the principles
of treatment necessary to effect a permanent cure.

Address, Dr. BLRNICS. 48, Lonsdale Square, Barns
bury, London. N.

°IMOD. THE BLOOD IS THE
ei: See Deutesmomy, chap. xii., verse 28.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

G. BUCKLEY & SON,

BTANUFACTURERS OF
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REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

Ee bserver.

SATURDAY. FEBRUARY. 15, 1879.

PARLIAMENT AND ITS WORK.

THE closing days of this week find the
British Parliament onci more in session,
the Speaker again in his chair, surrounded
by the symbols ta his office, the Ministers
upon his right, and the Opposition, follow-
ing the precedent of immemorial custom,
upon his left. Very differently does it open
from that of last year. Then it was in
session four weeks 'Barba.; a great war was
going on in Europe, and there were 'appre-
hensions that we should be drawn into the
conflict. Bat the alarm gradually passed
away; and now, looking back only twelve
months, it is satisfactory "to note that the
pa.ssimis pf that time have subsided, : and
that the excitement has cooled down. The
Legislature • now begins its labours in a
calmer atmosphere, politically speaking, one
better fitted for the consideration of the im-
portant business which demands the atten-
tion.of those called to the government of a
greatinpire. By comin.on consent, too,
. the busthess.before the legislature :this year
_
will be very.different from th'at'nf last scs-
sion. Foreign affairs were then of such
: absorbing interest aslo'- '-avertd.ow every
4her subject; domestic topics CO'lMiareely
obt.a.in a hearing; and even so important a
mattes the local government of counties
was intiO4nee4, merely to be withdrawn.
But the vast. aiict ,varied interests of an
empire like-tti.eat -:Britain, whose boundar-
ies stretch from sealts. ...sea, and whose flag
z.` is found floating in every clime, cannot
always live upon foreign affairs, and a time
• ....must come when our own business. must be
ttended to in earnest.
.-
To judge from indications, that time
~, Domestic legislation
, seems Nehave come.
1 of conrse there must be, and the first ques-
t' - fon which the Government has to decide is
1
4(ltiltrifivhat can be done within the limits of time
'ttt• their disposal. The lloase of Commons,
. although i five.y_cars
compafativay frail-. ---iind- vigdwii,§..,,,..
the eption.-oE the IPAnight ',.oc6llPiodllY•
theAinter seisionlitlhas had BiX Months test
although it containintany men Of Mature
s, rs, there are 'also plenty of young pOliti-
ns inks. SOmething is really due
ti) the pedgertitkireat Britain this year ; and,
with the full session before it, the collective
wNdom of the nation Willoubtless; recog-
nisethe expedieucy-of -patting its shoulder
to theiegielatirs Wheel: The finances of
-

AVOZAL,._
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

Mr. W. H. SMITH on the COMMERCIAL
DEPRESSION.

-
Mr. W. H. Smith, UP., and Sir Charles Russell,
the members for Westminster, were entertained at a
banquet on Tuesday evening. The First Lord of the
Admiralty, in responding to the toast of his health,
referred to the Zulu disaster, and expressed his entire
confidence in the success of the measures which had
been taken by the Government since the receipt of the
intelligence.—ln speaking of the existing commercial
depression, the right hon, gentleman expressed his
concurrence will a very high authority upon ques-
tions connected with the textile industry that the real
cause of the present distress was mainly to be found
in the delirium which prevailed, not only in Eng-
land, but in other parts of the world, in 1870 and
1873. We were now suffering greatly from the con-
sequences of over.trading—from having to a certain
extent lost our market in consequence of that over-
trading. But markets are to be got back again. We
were not in a hopeless state, .and the condition from
which were now suffering was much leis serious than
many supposed. The distress was anything but uni-
versal, and the savings bank returns showed that there
had been last year a considerable increase in the
savings of the working classes, which was still going
on. The people of this country, and really the work-
ing classes, were comparatively more lightly taxed
than those of any country in the world, and if they
chose they could beat every country in the world both
in excellence and in the thorough honesty and cheap-
ness of their work, so that it was in their own hands
to determilie whether England should remain the
workshop of the world. The conditions were all in
our favour. To adopt the cry for protection would
be a piece of the most gross infatuation.

AMERICAN AND CANADIAN FRESH
MEAT AND LIVE STOCK.

During last week the quantities of fresh meat which
came to hand at Liverpool from the United States
and Canada were even greater than the previous
week, one consignment, by the steamer Montana,
consisting of no less than 2,750 quarters of beef
and 1,100 carcases of mutton, which is about the
largest quantity ever carried in a single steamer.
Besides this the Nevada had on board 1,750
quarters of beef and 700 carcases of mutton; the
Pennsylvania 1,180 quarters of beef, 373 carcases of
mutton, and 175 dead 'Digs; the Wingate, 1,103
quarters of beef, and 175 pigs; and the Sarmatian 590
quarters of beef. Of live stock the steamer Iberian
brought 178" head of cattle, the Pembroke 74 head, and
the Memphis 56 head. The mortality amongst the
animals during the passage was very small. The
totals for the week were 7,373 quarters of beef, 2,073
carcases of mutton, 250 dead pigs, and 308 live cattle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

THE LIBERATION SOCIETY AND THE

BURIALS BILLS.

The Executive Committee of the Liberation Society
have passed a series of resolutions deaJing with the
several Burials Bills now before Parliament. Those
of Mr. Marten and Mr. Egerton are objected to
as making no attempt to redress the Noncon-
formist grievance. Mr. Monk's bill, authorizing
the addition of unconsecrated ground to churchyards,
is condemned as unsound in principle and creating an
invidious distinction: Mr. Ritchie's bill is objected to
because, while it allows of Nonconformist services, it
is only with the consent of the incumbent; and it is
contended that the exercise of, the right ought not to
be at the discretion of individual clergymen. As Mr.
Balfour's bill recognizes, while it limits, the Noncon-
formist right, the opinion is expressed that the second
reading may lee assented to, and that if the restrictions
are not removed in committee, it should then be
opposed. The committee resolve& upon such per-
sistent efforts as may secure the adoption of the
principle of Mr. Morgan's bill. in a future, if not in
the present Parliament.

.........
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

KIN VER.

THE CHARON OF Fowr, STAALtNa.—At the Brier.
ley Hill Police Court, on Monday, before Messrs. H.
0. Firmstone and H. Smith, Thomas Brown was
charged on remand with stealing four fowls, the
property of William Borraston at Kinver, on the
25th ult. Mr. W. Waldron appeared for the de-
fence. Prosecutor said he lived at Kinver. On the
25th ult., he had eight fowls in a pen in the pig-
stye, at the top of his garden. He saw them safe
about five o'clock in the evening, and the following
morning about ten o'clock he missed four. He
noticed footprints and blood and feathers near the
pens. He traced the footprints across two fields.
He went to prisoner's house in company with
Police sergeant Stevenson and CAM hree feathers
there by the back door, They were feathers out
of " Penciled Hamburg" fowls, and were fresh
feathers. Three of the fowls he had were that
breed. Witness was present when Police-sergeant
Stevenson compared prisoner's boots with the
footprints in the snow near the fowl pen. There
were seven large nails in the heel of the left foot,
and they corresponded exactly with the nails in
snow. Cross-examined: I ordered the officer to
I take prisoner into custo4 if he thought proper.
1
I know a man named Hamilton who lives close to
.prisoner. He is a respectable person. I swear I did
not hear the Sergeant ask Mr. Hamilton what he
was here for this morning. We compared the
footprints on the 26th January, about eleven
o'clock in the morning. Prisoner was taken into
custody on Sunday about half-past twelve. I do
not know that it is a singular thing for a man to
have seven nails in the heel of his boot. They
were ordinary working men's shoes.—Police-ser-
geant Stevenson was called and repeated the
evidence reported last week. After hearing Mr.
Waldron, and witnesses for the defence, the
prisoner was dismissed with a caution.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

The Berlin Correspondent of the Standard says :

"The news about the British defeat in South Africa has
caused much sensation here, and even influenced for a
moment the money market. It is not so much the military
difficulty caused by that defeat which people discuss as the
Is thought, will have a very bard task now in
political consequences which it wilt involve. The British
ainst the Opposition for whom the disaster at
makingGovernment,a
stan dit a g
Tugela will serve as a most favourable ground of attack.—
The National Zeitung says :—This defeat Is most serious for
England's colonial policy, but,not less serious for the Eng-
lish Government itself. We do not doubt that King
Cetywayo will have to pay very dear for his present success,
and that his final ruin is now much more probable than pre-
vious to his victory.
"The Noradeutsehe Allgemeine Zeitung says :--` The
unlucky skirmish at the Tugela River, and the neces-
sity to despatch at once stronger forces to the Cape,
will not only thwart the intention of the English Go-
vernment to introduce the greatest possible economy into
the War Budget, but may, in connection with the complete
deadlock of operations in Afghanistan, raise great difficulties
in Parliament as to the character of the Premier's colonial
policy.'"

The Natal Mercury says that Lord Chelmsford's
army comprised about 6,600 Europeans and 7,000
natives. Of these about 1,400 were mounted men, and
there were 20 guns of different calibres attached to the
columns. In addition there were reserves of 1,600
regulars and over 700 enrolled volunteers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

THE FUTURE OF THE TELEPHONE.

• Vanity Fair remarks :—" To all those who care to
think about the matter it .must be clear that Mr.
Edison' s recent inso-entions—to speak of no others—
have absolutely superseded and rendered useless the
greater Dart of that telegraphic plant which the wise
British -Government so wisely bought several- years*
ago at twice its market value from the original pro-
prietors. The. Telephone alone must effect this—
for who will write painfully when he can speak
freely; and what then• becpmes of all this present
system contrived for writing alone? It is at once
killed fatally dead. There already exists at
Chicago in America the 'Telephonic Exchange,'
which is worked thus :—There is a central office,
from which radiate wires to any desired number
of places say to the Corn Exchange, to Wall Street, to
New York, Washington, or what not. ' A private
individual. at the end of any one wire has only to
make the request to be put into connection with any
other, and to sneak and listen as much as he will.
With the expansion of this system, which is a mere
matter of time, what will happen will be that every
household of any standing will have its own wire to the
Central Office, and will thereby be-put into immediate
speaking communication with the whole world. With-
out leaving my armchair I shall hear the debates in
St. Stephen's Parliament, the orations of Gambetta,
the firing in the Khyber or under Cabul, with
the shouts of victory and the groans of the wounded,
the whispers of my wife safely bestowed on the other
side of the Atlantic, the prattle of my child in course
of baby-farming in a remote village of Devonshire.
That all this will happen is me certain as anything can
well be; for on a small scale it has happened already,
since a man in London has recognised the voice of his
friend•speaking in Norwich. There is, indeed, a notion
that the Post Office, having a monopoly of the tele-
graphs by Act of Parliament, can prevent us. from
realising all these improvements; but if this is tried it
will not succeed,
_whatever the Act may say,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

BRIERLEY HILL.

DRUNKENNESS.—At the Police Court, on Mon-
day, before Messrs. H. O. Firinstone and H. Smith,
Joseph Robinson, chainmaker, of Lomey Town,
Cradley Heath, was charged with being drunk on
the Ist just, at Quarry Bank.—Police-constable
Gibbons proved the case, and defendant was fined
5s including costs; or 7 days.
NEGLECT OF WORK.—John Edward Jones was
summoned by Edward Millward, his master, for
two days loss of work, 3s per day. Complainant
said he was a crate maker, and defendant was
apprenticed to him. He absentel himself from
work on the 3rd and 4th insts, and had not permis-
sion to do so. He had frequently stayed away
from work without leave.—Police-sergeant Hinton
said when he served defend-nit with the summons
he put on his coat, left his work and went home.—
Defendant said he went to Kidderminster on a
visit, and whilst there his mother was taken ill,
and he stayed the two days.—The Bench said that
was no valid excuse. On promising not to offend
again, defendant was allowed to go on payment of
costs, 7s 6d.
NON-PAYMENT OF GAS ACCOUNT.—Benjamin
Cooper, was summoned for non-payment of £1 8s
Od due to the Brierley Hill Gas Company. Mr. J.
Gallimore, collector to the company,.proved the
offence.—An order was made for defendant to pay
.the amount, in default of payment, a distress.
ASSAULT CASE.—A lad namtd William Beasley,
of Coalbournbrook, was charged with assaulting
another lad named Joseph Thatcher, at Amblecote,
oa the Ist inst.—Compltinant said he worked for
Messrs. Castry and Gee, at Holloway End Glass
Works, and defendant also worked there. On the
above date he had a fire shovel in his hand, and
defendant wanted to take it from him. He=ref used
to let him have it, when defendant struck him
twice, knocked him down, kicked him on the face,
and cut his cheek so badly that he had to go to a
doctor. Defendant said he only struck complain-
ant once, and he fell against a wall.—The Bench
considered the charge proved, and said it would
have been a very serious case, and defendant
might have knocked the lads eye out. He would
be fined is and costs, the doctors bill, 7s ad ; in
default, 14 days...
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

LETTER FROM MR. SPURGEON.

On Sunday the =truing service in the Metropolitan.
Tabernacle was conducted by Mr. J. P. Locahart, of Liver-
pool, who read the following letter aderessed by Mr.
Spurgeon to his congregation :

."151entone; February 6.

"Dear Friends,—l am hoping and praying that the
special services at the Tabernacle may excel all that
has been before. To urge you to the highett earnestness
about them, I have written the short sermons, which
will be published this week. It would give me great
joy to hear, as I feel I shall, that in this as in all the
other works of the church, you are abundantly filled
with zeal and consta•icy. My own concern is lest the
Lord's work should suffer by my absence. I entreat
you, do not permit it to be so in any one point •or
degree. The damp and dull weather which has reached
us, even here, ha 3 retarded my progress to health and
strength, so that I remain a very feeble travener.
But yet I am greatly improved, and feel that my
mind and spirits are the better for rest. To all of you,
from the bottom of my heart, I send my sincere love
in Christ Jesus. Yours to serve, while there remains
any life in me.—C.-11. SPURGEON."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

LETTER FROM LORD DALKEITH.

The following letter has been addressed to the electors of
the county of Midlothian by Lord Dalkeith _ _ _ .

Mr. Gladstone having written a letter to Mr. John
Cowan, chairman of the Midlothian Liberal Com-
mittee, stating his intention of becoming a candidate
for this county at the next election, of which, I under-
stand, a copy has been sent to every elector, I think it
respectful and expedient to intimate formally to you
that 1 propose to ask the constituency for a renewal of
their confidence whenever the general election takes
place, and to express my hope that I may have your
support on that occasion. My long connection with
the: county of Midlothian renders it unnecessary to
enter in this letter into my political views. When a
dissolution occurs, I shall of course avail myself of
that opportunity of issuing an address with reference
t ) the subjects of prominent public importance.—l
have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
DamixrrEf.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

HUMANITY AT SEA.

At a recent meeting of the Liverpool Local Marine
Board the Mayor presented to Captain Allan, of the
Amerisan ship Bridgewater, a gold salver, bearing the
inscription, " Presented by the British Government to
James M. Allan, of the Bridgewater, in acknow-
ledgment of his humanity and kindness to the ship-
wrecked crew of the Anglo-Saxon, of London, whom
he rescued at sea on the 17th of October, 1878."
The Bridgewater sailed from London on the 4th of
October last, in ballast, for St. John's. On the after-
noon of the 15th of October, in lat. 49.30 N., long. 16
W., a vessel with signals of distress was sighted.
This proved to be the barque Anglo• Saxon, Captain
Macaulay, from Dublin for Quebec. She was die.
masted, was half full of water, and had lost all the
water out of the tanks. Passing close under her
quarter, Captain Allan inquired if the crew desired
to be taken off, and, receiving a reply in the affirma-
tive he hove-to. Thrt Bridgewater drifted fist to
leeward, but seven men were rescued with difficulty
from two boats which had put fiff from the Anglo-
Saxon. The Bridgewater was six miles to leeward,
and, darkness coming on, the Anglo-Saxon was lost
sight of until about 10 a.m. on the following morn-
ing, when she was about five miles to lee-
ward. Captain Allan launched a boat, which unfor-
tunately got stoye in, and then the lifeboat was
launched (as the Anglo Saxon's two boats, which were
towing astern, had been lost during the night) and
sent in charge of the second officer to bring the rest of
the crew that remained on board. This was accom-
plished by dark, the men having saved all their effects.
On the 23rd the French steamship, Amerique hove in
sight, and captain took on board the rescued crew,
except twd boys who joined the Bridgewater. Captain
Allan was shorthanded, living the day previously put
on board a derelict his mate and five hands; con-
sequently, he had great difficulty in launching the,,
boats and handling the ship at the same time. The
men engaged with the Anglo-Saxon and the derelict
had been up three days and nights altogether.
The Mayor having made the presentation, Captain
Allan responded and said that the salver should be
preserved as an heirloom in his family for genera-
tions,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-15

A REMINISCENCE OF AN ENGLISRI

STATE LOTTERY.

Many adventurers who have net been fortunate
enough to draw prizes in the French National Lottery
seem inclined to attribute their bad luck to some defect
in the mechanism of the lottery-wheels. These wheels,
indeed, have been sometimes at fault, and a curious
instance of this is recorded in the case of the English
State lottery in 1774. It seems that at the con-
clusion of the drawing, which took place at the
Guildhall, ticket No. 11,053, as the last drawn
one, was declared to be the winner of a prize of
£l,OOO, and was so .printed in the list of prizes
published by the Lottery Commissioners. But
after the wheels were carried back to Whitehall they
were opened, and ticket No. 72,248 was found sticking
in a crevice of one of the wheels. On this becoming
known the Commissioners cancelled their previous
decision, and ruled that this number was entitled to
the £l,OOO as being the last drawn ticket; 'which
affair," it is said, made a great deal of noise." The
arrangements at this period seem to have been rather
imperfect, for hi the following year it was discovered
that some of the boys—who were selected from the
boys of Christ's Hospital—employed in drawing the
lottery had been tampered with for the purpose of
inducing them to commit a fraud. This was deemed
of so much importance that a Treasury order was at
once issued, which is curious from the minute
details into which it entered. After setting forth the
reasons for laying down instructions on the subject,
the order stated that "every boy before he is suffered
to put his hand into either wheel shall be brought by
the proclaimers to the managers on duty, for them to
see that the bosoms and sleeves of his coat be closely
buttoned, his pockets sewed up, and his hands
examined; and that during the time of his being on
duty he shall keep his left hand in,his girdle behind
him and his right hand open, with his fingers ex-
tended." These elaborate precautions appear to have
been effectual, as no further frauds of the kind are
recorded.—Pall Mall Gazette. -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-11-08

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES?

MEDICAL CAUTION.

THE Special Treatment adopted and need
With such great success by Dr. Hunter for the
let thirty years, can ouly be obtained at 44. Great
Charles Street, Birmingham. Book of Testimonials,
With advice how to regain Health and Manly Vigoar,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-11-08

disaster and bereavement. Twelve months ago very
few of us had any idea of the troubles which were im.
pending in the land of the Zulus; and about the last
notion that would have entered the head of any
intelligent person would have been that Napoleon
Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, the Prince Imperial of
France, would travel 8,000 miles to perish in a quarrel
not his own.

When the Lord Chamberlain gives official notice
that the State apartments at Windsor Castle will be
closed on a certain day, it is a sure sign that the
return of the Qeeen Is at hand. As a rule, her
Majesty's stay at Balmoral extends over three months
—namely, from the middle of August to the middle of
November, so that the time rapidly draws near when
the Highland home, which the Sovereign loves so well,
must be left to the solitudes surrounding it until about
the third week in May, when the Queen generally
goes to Balmoral for six weeks. Within three weeks
of the Queen's return from Balmoral last year, her
sojourn at Windsor was darkened by the tidings of a
terrible bereavement—the death of her second
daughter, Princess Alice, and that, too, on the an-
niversary of a still greater Borrow for Queen Vic-
toria. Time has somewhat softened the memory of
that grief, but many an humble occupant of a Darm-
stadt cottage has still a story to tell of the acts of un-
obtrusive kindness on the part of the Princess who on
a day of bitter winter weather was called to her eternal
rest.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-11-08

PILGRIMS EN ROUTE TO MECCA.

We are not surprised at the number of pilgrims
seen on this particular route when we know that so
many as 60,000, with their 20,000 camels, reach Mecca
at the appointed month each sear, traversing the arid
and burning sands of Arabia from all parts of the
Mahometan world. A man can hardly consider him-
self a good Mussulman if he has not (unless prevented
by extreme poverty or illness) visited himself or
at least by paid deputy, the holy places of Mecca—
unless he has seen the Beitullah or God's house, and
seven times made the circuit of the Holy Kaaba it
enehrines, each time kissing the black stone that bears
the mark of Abraham's foot, He must drink of the
Zemzem water, and walk in procession to the hill of
Arafat, where Adam, conducted by the angel Gabriel,
met Eve after they had been separated 200 years, in
consequence of their disobedience and banishment.
He sacrifioes in the valley of Mina, shaving the head
and clipping the nails. Only by performing all these
ceremonies does the follower of the Prophet acquire
the proud title of Hadji or Pilgrim, and become en-
titled to wear the green turban—the colour of that
worn by the prophet.
According to the Mahometan legend, the curious
small oblong or cube-like building called the Holy
Kaaba was constructed in Heaven 2000, years before
the creation of the world, and Adam, the first of the
faithful, erected it on earth in its present site exactly
beneath the spot where it stood in Heaven. seventy
thousand angels have it in their special care (when
the black awning which covers it is shaken by the
wind it is said to be ruffled by their wings); and
when the last trumpet shall have sounded, the angels
are commanded to transport the holy Kaaba back to its
original place in Paradise. To visit such a wondrous
site is not only a religious obligation, but is naturally
regarded as one of the greatest events in life by the
Imaginative and credulous Orientals. From the re-
motest confines of Islamism they oollect, forming them-
selves into caravans, for protection against the übiqui-
tous Bedawee brigands; and fatigue, privation, and
danger, sometimes famine, the plague, and death, are
braved with the immovable fortitude engendered by
their entire belief in fatalism enjoined by the Prophet
of Allah.—lllustrated London News.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-11-08

PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.

A very ingenious system for giving warning of the
commencement ef a fire has, says Galignani, been in-
vented by M. Anakl6e Charpentler. The apparatus is
extremely simple, and its efficacy has been tested on
many occasions. It consists of two fine copper wires—
that is to say, good conductors of electricity, covered
with a thin coating of some isolating substance which
melts at a slight heat or volatilises immediately without
leaving any adherent residue. The two wires thus pre-
pared are placed side by side and only separated by the
isolating substance. Their length may be practically
unlimited according to the extent of the locality
in which they are employed, whether houses, f,ctories,
workshops, hospitals, schools, &o. They are so fine that
they may be fixed round a door, window, curtains,
articles of furniture, &c., without being perceived,
more especially if they are coloured the same shade as
the groundwork they are applied to. The principle of
their action is that when the isolating surface is melted
the two wires come in contact and complete the circuit
of a battery with which they are connected, and a series
of alarm-bells are immediately sounded. These latter
are placed in such situations that they must attract the
attention of the persons concerned, the master of the
house, the watchman, the assistants sleeping on the pre-
mises, ko. A further security is afforded by the fact that
these fine wires are knotted at frequent intervals, for
it might happen that the heat which dissolved the
coating might twist the wires apart, and thus the de-
sired effect be prevented. With the knots such a
result is impossible, as not only does the isolating sub-
stance melt hut the heat expands the raetal so as to
ensure contact. One system of wires is a sufficient
preservative for any extent of premises, as branches to
any desired number may be carried to different rooms
or workshops without in any way deteriorating from
the efficacy of the apparatus. By an ingenious
mechanism a dial is worked near the bells, which at
once indicates the place in which the fire has ap-
peared.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-11-08

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