The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-04 00:00:00

SATURDAY, MAR. 4, 1876

"SIGHT, AND WHAT IT TELLS US."

An interesting lecture on this subject was delivered, on
Thursday evening in last week, at the London Institution by
Professor W. IL Clifford, M.A., who fills the chair of Applied
Mathematics and Mechanics in University College, London.
There was a large and appreciative audience, and various
passages were greetawith hearty cheers.—We take the fol-
lowing account of the lecture from ,2 he Times:—
The lecturer began by speakini of the growing in-
terest with which the theory of vision was now studied,
and of its importance in the intellectual development
of mankind. It was felt that by this gateway, if by
any, we must pass from the world of mers phenomena
to something greater behind. Indeed, it m .:ht be said
with trutkl.hat Itrip,ane of:Ahis theory the chazlia
between the objective and the isubjective spheres had
at last been bridged. It was from this point of view
that Professor Clifford proposed to treat the topic
Ladt chisen.. The sensation of sight was
p of impressions of colour and feelings of
ulAir ...amen:lent, and so does not ultimately
differ from a feeling of pain or leasure. The
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notion of a hour-

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A BARE FOOT. —Naturally, one that is only
twelve inches. —Fun.

THE ABBOT'S RIPTON CoLLlslox.—The trea.
surer of the Huntingdon County Hospital has re-
ceived the following letter from Mr. Alexander
Forbes, the secretary of the Great Northern Rail-
way :

"I am instructed by the direetors of this company to send
you the enclosed cheque for 100 guineas as a special dona-
tion to the Huntingdon County Hospital. The directors also
desire me to express their high appreciation of the valuable
service rendered by the medical officers and staff of the
hospital on the occasion of the lamentable accident at
Abbot's Ripton on the 21st of January last, and I am per-
mitted to add, on behalf of the officers of the company, how
sincerely they also recognise the prompt and zealous assis-
tu*lcc afforded by your staff in carring out the distressing
dui leg which resulted from the sad events of that night"

IMP PERTINENCE.—A Contemporary remarks
"Nothing is so ridiculous as to see a small boy of
about twelve or thirteen smoking a cheap cigar, and
leaning over .the railings in Hyde Park, evidently
Imagining be is doing the correct thing." Ridiculous
We should call the scene imp-posing.—Fun.
ims QUEEN-Tr NEW T,xDisrae- li's
Bill "to enable her most graeidm esty to make an
addition to the Royal style ail(/' titles appertaining to
the-Imperial Crown of- the United Kingdom and its
dependencies," consists of a long preamble, and one
clause, ivhictilivas follows shall be lawful for
her most gracious Majesty, with a view to such recog-
nition as aforesaid of the transfer of the Government
of India, brWeirßoYal"Proclamation, under the Great
Seal of the United Kingdom, to make such addition to
the style and 'titres at present appertaining. to the
Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom and its depen.
dencies as to her Majesty may seem meet."
A ittrAL COb-tivnn, -is stated
thatok.siva4 tio coclrliver; :has been discovered in
• &gong tad that considerable quantities of the
latter are in-course of-transmission to this country, to
be submitted to the medical profession for an opinion
on its value.indiiiiiiiertieti.i: The dugong is one of the
whale tribe, frequenting- especially the north-west
coast of Australia; where it is much esteemed by
traders, settlers, and'iatives as being not only useful
for its oil and fat, but toothsome as an article of food.
The oil of the dugong's- liver has already been much
used by the colonial .medical men, in cases analogous
to those where our doctors prescribe cod-liver oil, and
with marked results. It bears, too, this superiority
over its rival, that the oil itself has by no means an
unpleasant taste, and is altogether free from that smell
. Which: in so many cases prevents sickly persons with
'delicate noses taking cod-liver oil.:
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ADDITION .Te THE PZEB.AGE.-1
10Ladycnipp.
—Fun. , • • - -0,

DEATH *ROM Excinmzirr.—An inquest has
been held at the "Prince of Wales" Taverir, Cale.
donian-road, London, concerning the death of• Mr. S.
'Boberte; aged 32, chemist, who died suddenly on
Friday morning. It appeared that on Thursday
evening the deceased, with Mr. Sustkins, the master
of the Islington Workhouse, went out for a walk at
half-pastten: He left Mr. Sustkins at twelve o'clock
to proceed home, complaining of a pain in his heart.
While upon his way home a fire broke out at Isling-
ton, and the deceased ran to get a view of it. On
getting near the scene of the fire he was suddenly 'mien
to fall upon the pavement. Chief Inspector Odell,
who was called, sent for a doctor, who found the de-
ceased dead. 1.5 r. Slater now said that he believed
that the death was from heart _dieease, brought on by
excitement and shock inns the fall. The jury re-
turned a verdict in acnordance with-the medical evi-
dence.
WHITE BE.EAD.--Bread the staff of life,
-but' there are various kinds of bread • some of them,
Indeed, scarcely deserve the name, for bread, like other
things, may be so improved tipon as to leave out alto-
gether many essentials of the original. The finest
wheaten bread is deficient in those phosphatic and
purgative constituents which are an essential -of the
food as an asticle of diet, and so ceases to be as healthy
or even as nourishing as the article which nature pro-
vides. We prefer rather the dingy coloured loaf, which
is composed of good seconds, to its more refined com-
petitor, and we believe that the taste, if not the eye,
will he found to support us in our preference.—
Medical Examiner.
MR. Mown. ni AMERICA.—The .New York
Tribune, of February 14, says :—Since Friday there
have been four regular and three auxiliary meetings in
the revival labours at the Hippodrome. The aggre-
gate attendance has been more than 25,000. :Two of
the services yesterday were special and exclusive in
their nature.. One of them was for women and the
other for men. Both were crowded to the full capacity
of the large hall, and an overflow meeting in tiff; even-
ing was attended by about '4,000 people. Mr. Moody
preached with great power on both occasion, sub-
ject beiug the same The Gospel of the Son of God."
In the morning; at the Christians, he said
he had never laboured in a Place where there was so
much eneourawnent as .be had already found in New
York. " •
. .SpHoon :Ficss.—,-The School auardian, 'says:
L" Our last number. contained a val,uable letter eel-
vocating the payment of school fees quarterly in
advance. It ,is an excellent suggestion if it could be
uniformly carried out. It would, as our correspendent
truly says, be useful to, the managers, the teachers,
and- the parents, and, we may add, the children too.
It would improve the attendance, simplify the ac-
counts, and increape the children's opportunities. But
it would be difficult to enfozce the rule, at first, in
poor districts, or where there was a rival school.which
did not adopt the same plan. On the whole, we think
that the chief benefits of the system would be ecured
if the payments were monthly instead of quarterly,
and it would certainly be easier for very poor parents
earning their money by precarious employment, We
strongly urge school managers to make the trial. It
may be difficult at first to enforce the rule; but tact
and firmness will conquer at last, and a great reforma-
tion will have been accomplished." • ati- 011
NEW NOVEL.—Angry Livers. By the Anthbr -
of Cross Lights.—Punch.
THE INLAND REVENDE.—The 18th Report of
the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue for the year
ending the 31st of March last has just been Issued.
The total Inland Revenue from Excise, stamps; taxes,
and the Income-tax in the year ended the 31st of
March, 1874, was £45,579,818, and in 1875, £44,576,126.
In the last financial year, the increase on the Excise
was £138,162; on stamps, £50,128; on taxes, £134,677';
and the decrease on the Income-tax, 21,326,659. The
Increase was on the revenue, £322,967, and the n 4
decrease .21,003.692. It is stated that "the decrease
In Income-tax is less than might have been expected ail
a consequence of the reduction of the rate from' 3d. to
2d. ib„ pet, pqnrairi-JTI v ri,TO
FORGETTING TO TUB,N ON THE GAS ! A
young lady who, had taken thorough lessons in cookery
to qualify for conducting a public class, being deter.
mined to shine on the platform, rehearsed her lecture
and illustrations so as to be au fait on her first appear-
ance in publie leaye the Court Journal). The utens.
were all neatly arranged, with the operating gas sto
at the left end of the operating dresser. Showing th'
goblet, the trite observation was, of course, "The past
musb be scrupulously clean. - This I place upon the'
stove." The milk, water, groundrice, and seatonine
condiments were in 'due course rapidly placed in the
scrupulously clean vessel, a running commentary on'
the virtues of the compound being accompanied with
the remark, "Now, ladies, you must use a wooden
spoon, and keep constantly stirring until it -comes to
the consistency qL. a creamy palp, ' suiting the action
to the word. After the usual energetic stirring for
some time, and a caution not to, cease that process on
any account, otherwise it would certainly have a burned
taste, the lady cook was not a little embarrassed to
find that she had inadvertently neglected to turn on
the gas, and the auditors got that amount of amuaing
laughter which makes one fat, instead of the expected
potage.

RAILWAY PASSENGER DUTY.—III the House
of Commons, on Monday evening, Lord Claud Hamil-
ton asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether
the decision of the House of Lords in.the case of the
North London Railway upon the two points—first, of
stoppage of trains at every station, and, secondly, the
charge on third-class return tickets, would lead him to
make any modification or re-adjustment in the mode of
assessing the Passenger Duty. The Chaneellorof the
Exchequer understood that the decision of the House
of Lords was in favour of the Board of Inland Revenue
in regard to the mode in which the duties were to be
levied on passengers, and not only confirmed the view
which the Inland Revenue Board always contended
for, but carried it somewhat further. It was the inten-
tion of that Board to adhere to that which they had s-
always maintained was the proper mode of &messing.,
Passenger Duty; but they would not attempt to avail'
themselves of that part of the judgment which seemed
to carry their claim further than they had previously 4
applied it.
I THE WORST SLAVE CIRCULAR (By a Btute of
Bachelor.)—The wedding ring. —Punch.
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TAKING THE HAT ROUND.—A eorrespqnnent
sends us the following amusing story from Paris,
,
which is too good not to be true (says the .eictoriat
World) :—Some time ago there was in London for the
season a lady who is very well known in the French
fashionable world. One day she happened to see in
the streets a monkey begging pence from the public in
the prettiest warner for the benefit,pf his master, an
organ grinder. The marquise took a fancy to it, bought
it, dressed it in the gaudiest of raiment, and made it
a pet. The lady the other day had in Paris a fashion-
able reception for the benefit of the Inondes, and, of
course, her pet was the wonder of the room. In the
17,13lln,0iaroLie,.aCcfZaoinpyrlg
ec:venitaingaiyoung lady sat 'down at the
herself, sang with exquisite
taste .a little' drawing-room song. As soon as the lady
had finished, the monkey, who, though now partially
civilized, had not forgotten his former duties, seized k
a hat, and holding it before each guest,
a.ccorcting tie i
his custom, commenced a colleetion. The yocalietta-
laughed; the- marquise looked vexed, by ,to thsta
amusement of everybody, the animal went roundsi...4.,
and collected a large sum. ' His tatik ended, nelumpsdaf
upon the knee of the singer, and,, amid shouts of,'
ghter, deposited the contents of his hat in, her lap. li
.tie collection wds,.ot cot Tit; devoted to the 'claaritable.,e4
lund,'but Bibo made a distinct lilt, ancl monkeys are-, -t
just now in strong request in fashionable society,
CARDINAL MANNING ON. PALIPERISM."—Ciftr- ~
dinal Manning preached on Sunday at term:Kin to a .114
crowded congregation in the mission chapel.• of St. "if
Mary's, Holly-pla.se, Hampstead, on behalf of thane:le"
eichool.buildiog in connection with that chapel,- in ""!
which about sixty boys Sand girls. are educated.' The
cardinal said that England, the richest of all countries,
had upon it a stain and a shame not to be found in'
countries whioli Englishmen rammed to despise. He
meant pauperism, an intense demoralimed state af poverty. Poverty in itself, was an honourable rthle,
but pauperism was something altogether distinct from
verty. Pauperism was that wrecked. eonfiltion of
men and of families out of which there Was no rising
byany effort .of their own. And azhat ma ft' wine
from? It would take too long to endeavour to say.
One reason he would state; the overwhelming pros-
perity of the rich, the closeness of the hands and the
hearts, and the ignorance in which the rich lived and
died of the atata of the poor who lived and died round
about their dwellings. The possession of wealth and
Prosperity generated a selfishness and an unconssiouss
ness of the sufferings of others, so that Men were
wrapped up in their own daily indulgence, and we
forgetful of those who were in want.

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