The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-01-26 00:00:00

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HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

HINT FOR THOSE WHO DO WRlTE.—Occasionally it
is said of a man that his word is as good as his bond.
Bearing in mind what the handwriting of some persons
is like, it would be fair to say that their word is a great
deal better than their bond, especially if they happen
to draw up the document themselves.—Judy.
A CHARITABLE LADY.—A well-known benefactress
of religious, educational, and charitable institutions,
Miss Thompson, of Clements, Ilford, has just died at
the age of 90. She was one of the oldest governors of
the London Hospital, a liberal supporter of the
Christian Knowledge Society, the National Society,
and other kindred organisations. At Ilford she built
a spacious elementary school and teachers' residences,
a leading-room and lecture-hall, and a drill-hall for
the Volunteers, besides placing two stained-glass win-
dows in the church and a clock in the tower, and
defraying the greater part of the cost of a peal of six
bells. She was treasurer to the National Schools, and
the principal mover in starting the Ilford Coal Club,
the Clothing Club, the Medical Club, and the Lying-
in Charity.
BRAVERY AT SEA.—A meeting was held on Tues-
day in the rooms of the Liverpool Mercantile Marine
Service Association, to present five medals awarded
by the Massachusetts Humane Society, to Charles
Harvey, boatswain, Anthony Depsey, Joseph Coarun,
Patrick Barry, and Herbert Tilley, seamen of the
Liverpool barque Thomas Brocklebank. They manned
a boat and rescued the cre w of the American schooner
Louie A. Swett, of Boston, at sea, on the 10th of
August last. The society also awarded its certificate
to Captain Peter B. Brown, master of the Thomas
Brocklebank, for humanity to the rescued crew. The
Louie A. Swett left the West Coast of Africa on the
-11th of June for Boston, and experienced tempestuous
weather till the 10th of August, when the vessel, half
full of water, became entirely unmanageable. Signals
of distress brought the Thomas Brocklebank to her
assistance, but the weather was so bad that Captain
Brown did not think it right to order his men into the
boat. However, the five men named volunteered for
the work, and, in spite of great difficulties, rescued
the schooner's crew. Coarum, a coloured man, was
the only member of the boat's crew present. The
other medals and certificate will be given through the
owner of the Thomas Brocklebank. General Faxchild,
the American Consul, said that with the medals went
the hearty thai‘ks of all men in the world interested
in life-saving.
ANECDOTES OF TURNER —The Portfolio for January
contains two anecdotes communicated to Mr. Hamer •
ton by Mr. Samuel Palmer, of the Water Colour
Society. Turner was staying one in a friend's house
at Knoekholt, where there were three children,: He
had brought a di awing with him of which the dis-
tance was already carefully outlined, but there was
no material for the nearer parts. One morning,
when about to proceed with this drawing, he
called in the children as collaborateurs for the rest
in the following manner. He rubbed three cake
of water-colour—red, blue, and yellow —in three
separate saucers, gave one to each child, and told the
children to dabble in the saucers and -then
play together with their coloured fingers on his paper.
These directions were gleefully obeyed, as the reader
may well imagine. Turner watched the work of the
30 little fingers with serious attention, and after the
dabbling had gone on for some time suddenly called
out, "Stop." He then took the drawing into his
own hands, added imaginary landscape forms sug-
gested by the accidental colouring, and the work was
finished. On another occasion, after dinner, he
amused himself in arranging some many coloured
sugar plums on a dessert plate, and when disturbed in
the operation by a question, said to the questioner,
"Thera! you have made me lose 50 guineas."

ADEN.—Perspiring. Sub. (the Regiment had just
arrived at the Garrison—te Non-Commissioned Offi-
cer). "Well, Corporal Casey, what do you think of
Aden ?" Corporal. "Phew I Shure I don't wonnder
Adam au' Ave was onasy in't, Sorr ! "—Punch.
VICTOR EMMANUEL AS A SPORTSMAN. Mayfair
says :—" Speaking of the late king, I may quote an
interesting anecdote. His Majesty was very fond of
shooting, and on these occasions preferred preserving
his incognito, going about with his gun over his
shoulder, with his dog as his only companion. One
day, in the Savoyian Alpi, a peasant, who had seen a
master-shot of his Majesty, went up to him and asked,
if he would shoot a marten which had done much mis-
chief among the chickens of the peasants. Of couise
the peasant had no idea of the rank of the sportsman,
and promised to pay him two small silver coins if the
order were punctually executed. Before daybreak
next morning the king was on the peasant's laud, and
had soon killed the marten. The countryman paid
the price agreed upon, and asked him who he was.
'This,' said Victor Emmanuel, 'is the first money I
have ever honestly earned, my sm ; I am thy king.' "

OPEN TO MAHOMMEDAN INFLUENCES.—The Rus-
sians, it seems, have in former times occasionally
shown themselves singularly open to Mahommedan in-
fluences, and a remarkable instance of this is afforded
by an incident related in the Annual Register for 1776.
During an audience of leave which Prince Repnin,
ambassador extraYrclinary at the Porte from Russia,
had on the 11th of May in that year of the Grand
Vizier, one of his officers, even in his presence, threw
off his uniform and hat and called for a turban, de-
claring be was a true and faithful Ala,hommedan ; but,
his exceqency having talked to him in the Russian
language and reclaimed him, the Grand Vizier caused
him to be returned—which, however' it is stated was
not the case with about twenty other Russians who
turned Mahommedans.—Pall-Mall Gazette.

NOT AT ALL.—Straits that Russia would not object
to be reduced to—The Dardanelles.—Judy.
Too UGLY TO LIVE.—" One day," said Mr. Lin-
coln, "when I first came here, I got into a fit of
musing in my room, and stood resting my elbows on
the bureau. Looking into the glass, it struck me what
an awfully ugly man I was. The fact grew on me,
and I made up my mind that I must be the ugliest
man in the world. It so maddened me that I resolved
should I ever see an uglier, I would shoot him at sight.
Not long after this Andy--" (naming a lawyer pre-
sent) "came to town, and the first time I saw him I
said to myself, 'there's the man.' I went home, took
down my gun, and prowled round the streets waiting
for him. He soon came along 'Halt, Andy,' said
I, pointing my gun at him. 'Say your prayers, for
I'm going to shoot you.' 'Why, Mr. Lincoln, what's
the inzAter? what have I done?' Well, I made an
oath that if ever I saw a man uglier than I am, I'd
shoot him on the spot. You are uglier, sure ;so make
ready to die.' 'Mr. Lincoln, do you really think I'm
uglier than you are ?' 'Yes.' 'Well, Mr. Lincoln,'
replied Andy, deliberately, and looking me squarely
in the face, If I am any uglier, fire away 1' "
Harper's Magazine.

THINKING BETTER OF IT !—ln the "Diary of a
Diplomatist in Italy," by Count d'ldeville, published
about ten years ago, I find the following anecdote
about Victor Emmanuel :—" One day, Napoleon HI.
wrote a letter, at the instigation of the Empress
Eugenie, to the King of Piedmont, reminding him of
certain compromising agreements. Victor Emmanuel
was very much incensed, and took occasion, during a,
ball at the palace at Turin, to express his dissatisfac-
tion. He called Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, the
then Envoy of France, into an adjoining apartment, and
gave him to understand, without reserve, the impression
the Emperor's letter had made on him. He said
Who is this man, this last of the sovereigns?
He should remember who he is, and that I descend
from the first and oldest race which reigns in Europe.'
The unhappy Envoy was obliged to listen silently to
this outburst of anger, and confined himself to reply-
ing—' Sire, permit me not to have heard a word of
what your Majesty has said.' The king, without
answering, quickly left the room, but in the course of
the evening, he again sought out the Envoy, patted
him on the shoulder, and whispered—' It is not
exactly necessary, my dear friend, that you should
report our conversation to Paris. Moreover, you have
said yourself that you heard nothing of it.'"—Mayfair.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO THRIFT.—On Saturday a Par-
liamentary Return was issued, obtained by Mr.
Holt, M.P., of schools in receipt of annual grants
having savings-banks attached to them for the use of
children, whether penny banks or Post-office savings.
banks, with the amounts deposited and tho number of
depositors at the end of last August. The return ex-
tends to 22 folio pages, and would have been of More
service had a summary been made. Numerous de-
posits were made in penny banks which were not re-
stricted to scholars. Remarks are made on each of the
banks and the number of depositors. At New Ferry
a penny bank in connexion with the Liverpool
Savings-Bank Association had 3,928 depositors, and
at Hoxton a bank had 3,362 depositors. Some had
bat few depositors ; but habits of thrift seemed to be
encouraged.
THE LAW OF CONSEQUENCES.—In Paris marriages
and births are reported to be on the increase, owing,
the Parisians believe, to the present Republican form
of Government. This wants thinking over.—Judy.
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THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Locus.—The United
States Entomological Commission, which was organ-
ized and placed under the auspices of Professor Hay-
den's geological survey, for the purpose of investigating
and reporting on the entire subject of insect ravages
throughout the western regions of the United States,
have completed their labours for the present season,
and are preparing the year's report. It will give a full
account of the locust, its habits, devices for its de-
struction, &c. A chvrnical analysis and examination
of dead locusts shows that these insects furnish a new
oil, which will be christened caloptine, and a very
large percentage of pure formic acid. Though this
acid exists in the ant and some other insects, it is with
difficulty obtained in large quantities ; whereas, I,y the
action of sulphuric acid upon the locust juices, it
passes off with great readiness and in remarkable
quantitrand gravity. The various uses of this acid,
as a therapeutic, &c., are capable of great and valuable
extension where it can be obtained so readily and in
such quantity. The work of the Commission will
occupy two years more, and will include a study of the
cotton-worm and other injurious insects.

SENTIMENT OF AN OLD CITIZEN.—TempIe Bar re-
moved from Fleet-street seems like Turtle eliminated
from the Lord Mayor's Dinner.—Punch.

ANOTHER USE FOR THE TELEPHONE.—The Cor-
respondent of The Times, writing from Madrid on the
subject of the marriage of the King of Spain, says :

The King spends with his bride all the time allowed him
by etiquette and public affairs. ,Re hastens to Aranjuez,
where she is staying, and during the journey the Royal
Leander will sometimes look out at the carriage window to
see on the horizon the bare trees under which Philip II
conspired against the conscience of the world. When he
returns from Aranjuez his impatience leads him to a part
of the Palace, where modern science has placed its late 4
discovery at the service of the Royal lover, and annihilates
the space which for two days longer separates him from his
bride. 4. telephone, in fa^t, has been fitted up connecting
one of the King's rooms with that of Princess Mercedes' and
enabling them to converse together free from indiscreet eyes
and ears. Strange to think that the telephone should thus
get the better of the traditional and implacable etiquette of
a Court where the King cannot get an egg boiled without
six iniccessive messengers and 16 pairs of hands. Yet more
strange is a love so rarely found in the loftiest stations, and
which could only spring up and gain strength because two
hearts met in the solitude of exile far from the factitious
pomps of Courtly constraint.

AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN.—The follow-
ing are the average prices of British corn for the
week ending Jan. 19, as received from the inspectors
and officers of Excise :—Wheat, 525. id.; barley,
48s. Bd. ; oats, 235. 9d., per imperial qr. Correspond-
ing week last year—Wheat, 51s. 11d. ; barley, 395. 7d.;
oats, 245. 11d.
A LEFT LEG !—A traveller was lately boasting of
the luxury of arriving at night after a hard day's
journey to partake of the enjoyment of a well-cut ham,
and the left leg of a goose. " Pray, sir, what is the
peculiar luxury of the left leg? "—" Sir, to conceive its
luxury, you must find that it is the only leg that is
left !"

THE MARCH ON GALLIPOLI.—" F. R. G. S." writes
to the Standard :
Sir,—Connected with the rapid advance of the Russian
armies in their war of conquest in European Turkey, there
Is one point to which I have seen no allusion made, though
it appears to rue of the gravest importance. Would not a
direct march on Gallipoli, if successful, put them at once in
possession of an eastern Gibraltar, which they are said to
covet, and enable them at will to bar the passage of the
Dardanelles? The danger seems to be so obvious that it
scarcely can have escaped notice Still, a word en the sub-
ject from a bystander may not be out of season. It is to
be earnestly hoped that the English government is prepared
te ad with resolution, in order to prevent mischief which
might prove irreparable.
HYDROPHOBIA.—On the 12th of last September a
mad dog bit three persons and a horse at Tarporley,
Cheshire, and was then pursued and killed. Three
weeks afterwards the horse showed all the symptoms
of rabies and was shot. Subsequently two of the
persons bitten succumbed to the dreadful disease, and
on Monday morning in last week the third—a woman
—died after fearful agony. Mr. Churton, the coroner
for the county, has communicated with the Lord-
Lieutenant, pointing out the prevalence of rabies, and
asking, in pursuance of a recommendation of the jury
at the last inquest, whether some steps cannot be taken
to allay the excitement naturally felt by the public by
placing dogs under strict supervision.

- THE MOST INSTRUCTIVE OF PICTOR BOOKS. —lf you
want to teach young learners, send them to the Old
Mastet s.—Punch.

AMERICAN ROBINS.—The Philadelphia Ledger says
that a number of American robins are about to be
shipped for acclimatization in England. We hope the
news is not true, though no doubt the birds would do
most exceedingly well here. Our own robins, how-
ever, are mischievous enough, but at least, they repay
us with their song even in the depth of winter, when
" on the high naked tree the robin sings disconsolate."
But the American robin is nothing like ours. lie is
nearly as big as a pigeon, quite as voracious as a raven,
and has only a harsh squeak as he rises when dis-
turbed. We do not want this distinguished visitor.
—Meat and Provision Trades Review.

IMPROVING THE SHINING llOUR.—Paterfamilias :
"It was on that occasion that Cmsar sent the famoiss
despAtch : Vini, Vidi, Vici."—lugenuous Boy : " Ah,
that would go for a ! "—Punch.
I'HE PRINCE IMPERIAL IN SCOTLAND.—Here is an
incident well worthy of wide notice. On Sunday, as
the Prince of Wales and the Prince Imperial were
being driven to Hamilton Palace, the
.carriages turned
aside towards the farm of Merryton, at one time the
borne farm of the Palace, but now being tenanted by Mr.
Lawrence Drew, the well-known breeder of Clydesdale
horses. Mr. Drew's horses were being aired in the
courtyard when the distinguished visitors arrived, and
the Prince, after examining the animals with great
interest, expressed his gratification at having visited
Merryton, and complimented Mr. Drew on the
splendid collection of horses, which, it may be men-
tioned, numbered over a hundreti. The Prince Im-
perial also appeared delighted with the display, and
he gave ,an unlooked-for proof of his horsemanship,
for while "Lord Harry,' son of the famous horse
"Prince of Wales," was being run round the yard by
one of Mr. Drew's servants, he twisted the mane round
his fingers and leaped on its back without the slightest
assistance—being the first, it may be mentioned, that
had ever attempted the feat. Evidently the Prince
Imperial is a bold young gentleman- but then bold-
ness is corn nrion to Frenchmen and the Bonapartes.—
Pictoriae World,

THE AMERICAN FOOD SUFPLY.—The quantity of
both beef and mutton which arrived at Liverpool last
week from America was again large. The steamer
Pennsylvania, from Philadelphia, brought 2,231
quarters of beef and 59 pigs; the Wisconsin, from
New York, 1,370 quarters of beef and 313 carcases of
mutton; the Montana, from New York, 1,000 quay
ters of beef and 246 carcases of mutton; the Republic.
from New York, 700 quarters of beef and 200 carcases
of mutton; and the England, from New York, 500
quarters of beef and 81 carcases of mutton, making
total of 5,801 quarters of beef and 840 carcases 01
mutton. No live cattle came to hand, but the Quebec,
from Canada, brought 360 head of sheep.
THE DOG T‘tx.—On the subject of the more effectual
collection of the Dog Tax, W. B. writes to 114
Times:--

saw lately in The Times that the tax collectors ere
instructed to recommend persons—superannuated police
officers, if possible— to look up the Dog Tax. Why not lAOI
the matter into the hands of the County Police at once?
the sergeant at every police station were furnished with 3
list of those who paid Dog Tax in his district, it would add
but little_to the present duties of th. police if they were
instructed to furnish the collector with the names of those
who were evading the tax. For so doing let them, by ell
means, receive half the fines. The very duties of the Count/
Police must necessarily make them perfectly informed as te
who do and who do not keep dogs. Years ago I wee
-
Coned this subject to a police sergeant and a collector.
The former's answer, while allowing how easily ho mmld
supply the necessary information, was "that he had received
no instructions;" the answer of the Litter, that "he would,,
prosecute if I would furnish the necessary information.
So, from it being no one's business, the Dog Tax has become
a tax only on those whose position or conscience will MA.
allow them to defraud the Revenue.

CHEAPER TELEGRAMS WANTED. —We seem to be
further off than we were this time eight years from
obtaining really cheap telegrams. On New Year's
Day there was nevertheless a great advance made oa
the Continent. Under the new tariff which then
came into operation, the twenty-word system Was
abolished in France, Germany, and Holland in favour
of a uniform charge of twenty centithes, or 2d. pet
word. Thus it will now be poisible to send a two-
word message for that amount from Kiel to Toulon.
If our officials would but adopt that system here, they
are not in the least likely to suffer in revenue.
Messages would be greatly curtailed in length, and
would at the same time be greatly augmented
number. At least we ought to begin with restorinct
the 6d. telegraphic service which was in force in the
Metropolis before the Government took over the
telegraphs.—Court Journal.
THE STORY OF A PICTErRE.—The Times publishes
the following letter :
Sir,—ln your account of the "Old Masters" at the
Academy, in The Times of the 10th inst., mention is made
of a Pieter de Hooghe, "Girl Feeding Chickens," in the Pos.
session of Baron Rothschild. Pictures sometimes undergu
strange vicissitudes. This one, now a dweller in the
gallery of the Baron, was discovered by the late Mr. S.
M. Mawson, at a public sale in a dingy place in the out-
skirts of Paris about the year 1842. The picture was la fle
neglected a state that it was being passed over without
bid, when Mr. Mawson offered 1001. and it was knocked
down to him. It was cleaned, framed, and then excited
general admiration. Baron Rothschild showed great fond-
ness for it, and Mr. Mawson parted with it for £BOO,--al.
though purposing to hold it at £l,OOO. It is now the Pieter
de Hooghe, "a thing of beauty, and a joy for ever,"—Yours
truly, W. DIESELDORFF, Hamburg, Jan. 15.
A GOOD EXAMPLE.—Sir Horace St. Paul, Of
Ellowes-hall, Dudley, has consented to have about 30,
acres of his waste colliery lands at Cosely levelled ana
cultivated, with the view of finding employment for a
large number of men who are suffering great privs'
tions owing to the depression of trade. As there are
thousands of acres in a similar useless condition in the
Black Country, it is thought the example will be
followed by other landowners.

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WE CAN NOW BREATFLE FREELY. —ln a leader, Ve
Times remarks :

"The opening of Parliament has produced exactly the
result we ventured to predict from it. The Ministry haS
declared for peace, and the anrouncement has been followed
by a general sense of relief all through the country. 3ien
see now how weak, as well as how unreasonable, was the
demand for war, and how little chance there was that it
would be listened to. The danger of the position is
what it was previously, or certainly not less than it was-
English interests were threatened by the advance of Russia.
they are threatened still. The fact is that the country No! -
apprehensive, not of what Russia was doing, but of whe.t
England might be betrayed into doing in order to cheeN ,
Russia. We can look on calmly now that it is clear that er,,,e I
are to be suffered to remain as spectators, and that we shah
not be forced on to meddle as principals in a conflict with
which we have very little to do. It was by the machinaticite
which were going on at home that our real fears were roused- '
Now that these are set at rest, we can breathe freely and CO
discuss the situation at our leisure. We may find a worthi
part to play yet, but we are glad to find it will not be the
part which was assigned to us by noisy alarmists among our-
selves." . . .
THE HEALTH OF THE CZAlL—Truth says :—" I hear
from St. Petersburg, that the Czar is seriously indis,;
posed—weak, and so thin, that he sits on pillows an'
soft cushions, to prevent the bones from corning -
through the skin. He is depressed, too, with a Pre;
sentiment of his approaching death. No Romano.lP.
has lived beyond sixty, and he will be sixty in ApIll• •
When his sister died, some two years ago, she re-
minded him of this, and told him, he must be prepared
t go before he was sixty. They say her words made
a great impression upon him then, and now that be i 0
not well, they constantly recur to him."
A MIRACULOUS MANIFESTATION.—According to eie
letter from Moscow in the Cologne Gazette, crowds
people, on foot and in carriages, have been lately pro:
ceeding to the Sakolniki Park in that city, to look a'
what is commonly believed by the Russians to he ,14
miraculous manifestation of the approval by Provl:
deuce of the Russian crusade against the Turks. A"
the beginning of the Crimean war the papers of St.
Petersburg and Moscow gravely stated that the Virgin
Mary had appeared at the battle of the Alma, stretch,'
ing out her hand as if to protect the Russians, thotie.
without success. It was also generally reported that
St. Sergius had come to the Emperor Nicholas in hiSt
room, and had given him a wooden cross as a sign
victory. The present " miracle " is merely that in a
pond of water in the park which has been party
frozen over the portion which has remhined liquid its
in the shape of a St. Andrew's cross : and to go t°
this pond and make the sign of the cross in preseill
of the " miracle " is regarded by the good people c".
Moscow as a sacred duty. One of the Moscow paPers'
the Sorremmenoye Isvestge, predicts that after the Pre,"/
sent war will come the Millennium.—Pall
Gazette.

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THE PHoNoGßAPH.—Bottling Sounds ?—Well; are
we not only too familiar with barrel-organs ?—Punche
ACCIDENT IN THE HUNTING FIELD. The eldest
son of the Rev. G. West, of Thaxted, lies in a veil
precarious condition owing to an accident which har
pened while out with the Puckeridge Hounds. When
leaping a fence he was violently thrown and nue (3f.,
his hands becoming entangled in the reins he
dragged some distance, th 9 horse kicking him tw'c'
on the head. The sufferer was conveyed to Cammar
hall, from which place it has been unadvisable t° •
remove him. His skull is fractured.
GREAT PEDESTRIAN COMPETITION. A six daY,7
competition islo take place at the Agricultural nal"
London, during the week commencing March 18, for
prizes amounting to £750, which Sir J. D. Astley
guaranteed. Each competitor is to make the best Of
his way by running or walking for six days and nigYtisl
and the man who by ten o'clock on Saturday We,'
has accomplished the greatest distance is to be known
the champion of the world, to be the possessor of a
£lOO belt, and to receive f.:500. The entries are open
to the world, but the number of competitors
limited to twenty. Entries may be made up t°
February 18.
THE RIGHT TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON !-111 Ger-
many, prisoners, as in England, used to be punish
for endeavouring to get out of prison. Above twentYo
years ago, much discussion arose as to the right of tb„
State to punish a man for escaping, or endeavouring,'"
escape, from prison. It was decided that he was aai
exercising a natural right. In England, so far as ,
can make out, if an escaped convict is caught, be
flogged. That he should be punished for breaking t.'":
rules of the prison, or for doing some injury to G°:
vernment property, in seeking to escape, is, perhaPs, -
reasonable, but it is contrary to the most elementaffi
principles of justice, that the punishment should be
degrading one. I trust that the Commission whice
is to inquire into our convict system, will look lat
this matter.—Truth.
SUGGESTED USE on THE TELEPHONE.—The rk.
Lane Express says :—" There may be a noble raissic'
of the future for the telephone—that of a rook-seater'
Imagine a central telephone with branches extendint
to several fields, served by a rook-boy highly profieierlr
in the art of uttering loud and excruciating cries;
still better, a gun fared occasionally at the centre
station, and the report repeated by all the branch tele
phones in different fields. Bow fearfully super:
stitious the poor rooks would become! They Wu
think the fields were haunted by invisible rook-bag
and ghostly gunners !" at
KILLED BY A BULL—James Smith, a stockinaa
Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex, has been killed by bttu
which he was leading upon the marshes which bonne
the Thames there. He led the bull out by a rI
ring
attached to the in the animal's nose. SllO,1v
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afterwards, the bull being seen standing alone, So'. g
master hastened to the spot and saw the man bleedolie
from wounds in the face. He was attended bY a
surgeon, but died shortly afterwards from conannu,:a
fracture of tho jaw. The bull, a three-year-01d, a
always been thought quiet.
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A NEW THERMOMETER.—To be obliged to A--,° r
warm, comfortable room in order to consult a le
rnometer outside, and that, too when we see we
snowfalling through the window-panes, or when .0
hear the wind blowing before it the half-frozen ratil
can hardly be called agreeable. It is, however,
every gardener is now and then obliged to o°l 11„ea
only by day, but also by night. This inconveniel;i
has, we believe, been long surmounted in GermanYeet
the invention of a thermometer with a trans Par
scale, which is fixed to the bars of a window aro
showing its face to the observer, who, by this raes,ter,
can take his observations at his ease under
The transparent scale in which the the
fixed justifies the title of glass thermom,
metre a glace) which has been given to
the well-known philosophical instrument
Rue des Boulangers, Paris, has inaprovec'
instrument by making the divisions pha
using the three scales, Centigrade, E
Fahrenheit, which are the only ones nov
sciences. By this valuable addition ti
meters can be used in any country.—The
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A GREAT RAILWAY BRIDGE.—The
now being built across the Hudson Ri'
keepsie by the American Bridge Counpar,
will, it is stated, be in many respects
inarkable bridge on the American contin,
tainly its dimensions, as given by the Bo
Chicago, are of a truly gigantic nature.
to roach reach 112 ft. beneath the surface of the
here has a dopth of about 60ft. The piers
to a greater depth than that of any other
in the world. Their height above the v
130 ft., making their total altitude fr
summit 2421 t. The depth of the truss
so that the railroad track will be 190f1
water-line. The bridge will be carried
air at a height of about 200 ft. above tin
distance of considerably over half a mile
spans 5251 t. in length, the longest spans
The entire length of the bridge and its a
over a mile. The contract price of tl
structure is 5,000,000 dols., the largest
put into a bridge contract.

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