The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06 00:00:00

SkOICING, AND ITS EFFECTS.

effeetwe bava had some more discussion on the evil
Ti, of tblasc(says the Pictorial World).
,slisa
al co smoking
stnolters . waYd been a very vexed question among the
Up ' -rid non•smokers When the question crops
about'iltte. public
press, wi; ish it does on the average
about „wlee evtry year, we always hear a great deal
geii,Z ,L,Fte effect of smoking upon the nervous system
as a"a"Y, the bile, and the sight. It is even laid down
inj°llB
el"ba°lllte rule that excessive smoking is almost as
cea;irlee. in its effects on the nervous system as ex.
avteollt thlarltdulgence in alcohol. Yet we know very
Of ;,I "me habitual smokers are splendid
44u fine billiard players. There are went
ereoke Years of age, who, although constant
c„alld thr:haTe got the eye to sight a bird on the wing,
I. Queh Th." :ialaci to finger the trigger at the right instant.
nerve ----'Ari can neither be weak of sight nor weatco
is Et -. '3.5 to the effect of smoking on the bile, that
Lae, 111.3, abstruse business indeed. Mere are some
in thw''' earl arouks with impunity the very firstt thing
eigareb,Tf4ning, but yet who dare not touch a pipe or
find si,-.°l. i ° going to bed and vice versa. Some, too,
Are B,—freerrireatest Consolation' in smoking when they
prostrati dphysical
ng from the severest mental an _
' mad °". While others in a like condition .would be
fact,ewilee life,etly ill by the least smell of tobacco. In
ing us r jlet best confess that there is no stfe thaeogrriese-
-1 with vo "le-making on the subjec.t, if smoking
Tobae'e .11; ishaoke by all means; if not, leav italon_e.
pleases° 14. an absolute monarch, who rules
.r.s
.he
awl, ' ((luta independently of all or any smentitio

OYSTERS IN AUSTRALIAN LAKES.
ti •
trilltelnui thil: Lst two. or three years an
1180 n wh 8 been in course otrial
1.,.._ ,
.0 conceived the idea f interesting ex-
king the Bait
of
st.eeby Sir Samuel
""ea of Victoria with oysters and different kinds of
sea fish. There are several of these bodies of salt
Water in di R
--..'erent parts of South-Eastern Australia,.th l
e'32:QPosition of the water of which is almost identical
which that of the sea. The lar est salt lake is Cox angamite
?which covers an area of 75 squgare miles, and is situated 70
iir.Bo miles north of Cape Otway. Into this sheet of water
ir Samuel Wilson has laced a large number of the
edible oyster, besidesseverspal kinds of sea tish, such as
W,lliting. flounder
hue 1 mullet, bream, ~.
adY contains large quantities of small shrimps,
,ancl
al sPecies of small fish locally termed " whitebait, ' so_
that •
1,,,,1 ltB neW colonists ought not to pine for want of
vi—`lo .i.i Several small streams fall into the lake, and it
or :lel- be au interesting experiment to place some salmon
read Mon trout in them, as this would probably s,lford a
Y means of lny, increasin the stock of these t‘h in the
1
ilikt Moms ha
, e°thelr, and the lake might ti
t become a natural nursery to;
bd.. kiFoPag at Io n . It has not been yet possible to aim
attended tOe ktpb 1 icPBP i t i t ed pro.
bawd Won. ri Cie tat skin

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l's&ibibb4 sksuin

.erai .144 h ittfJaksege4..,

there, Lake Corangamite and other salt lakes in the
country will become valuable properties. The oysters
offer, perhaps, the greatest chances of success, if only
the bottom of the lake is suited to them, for the lake
is protected from the violence of the storms to which
the sea coast is exposed, and the mouths of the fresh-
water streams running into it ought to form excellent
sites for fattening beds.—The Colonies and India.