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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

Distance no object.

FARMERS not wishing to dispose of their
crops at the present low rate of prices can obtain
(lash advances from £lO to £lOOO by applying to
FIRST FLOOR, 48, UNION PASSAGE. BIRMING-
HAM. Money also advanced to respectable House
holders, Cab Proprietors, Cow Keepers. Professions
Gentlemen and others, without any loan office routine
apply as above.

MONEY lent on Easy Terms by applying to
Benbow vd Co., Debt Collecmrs. Bedcote,
Stourbridge

TAPE WORMS and STOMACH WORMS—
WATSON'S Warranted Specific h4B ct,,,
hundreds of permanent cures of these distreßsing 415.
orders. where every other remedy 1-,fts fßiled I, dues
not require continuing; a tingle bottle btAng erticieut
to cure. Its action is mild, but thorough, and the
most delicate need not fear taking it, Price 2s 9d, or
safe by post for 96 stamps. Watson's Specific Powders
for THREAD WORMS are an effectual rbmeay zor the
tormentors. No. 1, (Adults). No. 2, (Children's) Price
is lid, or by post for 16 stamps. Circulars post free.
Address :—Watson A.P.S,, Shipley, Yorks., or any
Chemist will get it for you.

TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED
Reed the New Work entitled
HOW TO ENSURE HEALTH.

-lust published for two stamps.!
BY Da. BAINZI, (U.S.)
TREATItiE on the LAWS GOVERNING
_LI- LIEN, and tile CAUSy-S, bYMPTOPdb, and
TREATIik:NT of all diseases depending on Exhaustion
of Nervous Vitality, such as Nervous Debility, Mental
And Physical Depression, Palpitation of the Heart,
Noise* in the Head and Ears, Indecision, Impaired bight
an 3 eniory, Indigedion, Prostration, Lassitude, De-
pressiOn oi Spirits. Log-. of Energy and Appetite, Pain.
in the BAck and Limns. Tuutdit), beir-Distruat, Dizzi-
ness, Lr,ve 1 Solitude. tir,,undless Fears, and many
othq ailments. which. if neglect-d ;bring the sufferers
to an eari Death ; togeth.r w.th fitnts on Chroni
heurnatism, i*out. Neur.lgia, piejej. klysteris, and
all disea.,,,a of the Nervous and sitruentsry system.
The appendix to this valuable work contains many
useful PRESCRIPTIUNSUr the alleviation vf suffering
and the care of minor discitilets. Aith full instructions
for their preparation and nee.
Contains also some friendly advice on Ilygiene, or th
WAY TO PRESERVE HEALTH.
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Illtistr— a—tea by numerous testimonials from grateful
patients who have been restored to health through he
author's instrpmentallty.
Bent post free for 2 stamps; or by letter post, three
stamps.

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Barnsbury, London, N.
IMPORTANT TO COUNTRY PATIENTS.

DR. BA.RNES may be consulted personally
or by letter in all private and confidential cat 4
and for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers who cannot vist
him, he *ill, on receiving a description of their ease. en-
closing a stamped envelope for .eply, be ready to give h
opinion upon the nature of the case, and the principle.
of treatment necessary to effect a permanent cure.
Address, Or. 133RNES 48, Lousdale Square, Barns
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

RHEUMATISM.

RHEUMATISM, Gout, Lumbago, Pains
in the Head, Side, Back. Joints, and Limbs
cured by DAY'S RHEUMATIC PILLS. Price is. lid.
per box. Sold by Mr. Pugh, Patent Medicine Vendor,
51, Coventry Street, Stourbridge ; and all Chemists
Wholesale by all the Loudon Houses.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

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WORLD FAMED

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Swellings, Cancerous Ulcers, Spots,. Pimples,
'Pustules, Boils. Cubansles, Ringworms, Salt
:Heads, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scarfs,
kDisoolorationa of the Skis, Humours and
Diseases of the Skin of whatever nano or
nature, areliterally carried out of the system
in a short time by the islet this world-famed
Medicine.
THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS FROM ALL PARTS.
IMPORTANT ADVICE TO ALL.—Cleanse
the vitiated blood whenever you find its im-
purities bursting through the skin in pimples,
eruptions, or sores; cleanse it when you Soil
it obstructed and sluggish in the veins ; Ileums
twhen it is foul, and your feelings will
you when. Keep the blood pare, sad tbe
health of the system will follow.
iujarious to 4.
most delierte constitution of either th•
it • trial
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to test its vain*.
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MIXTURE is Sold in Bottle
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Cases, containing
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

VANILLA AS A. FLAVOURING
. _
SUBS FANCE: .igs

_
The increasing demand for vanilla as a flavouring
subAance for confectionery and beverages of dif.
ferent kinds is causing greater attention to be de-
voted to the production of this article in various
countries where its cultivation has hitherto been
neglected. One of the most valuable of all vegetable
products—ranking with attar of roses or berga
mot for the high price which a minute quantity
will readily fetch—vanilla is the produce of a para-
sitic plant—s species of orchid—which is easily culti-
vated, and can be made te yield an abundant and
profitable crop. The plant grows at the foot of dd.
ferent trees, to which it clings, apparently for the sake
of shelter from the sun's rays. The flavouring essence
is extracted from a kind of bean grown in pods, each
plant yielding about fifty pods a year, and eight or
nine beans in a pod. These seeds are gathered at the
latter end of the year and dried gradually in the sun,
being occasionally oiled to prevent shrinking and
cracking, and placed in woollen cloths, which
absorb the moisture evaporated from them. During
this process the beans assume the dark, shiny
appearance by which the quality is judged.
The produce of five pods thus treated will weigh
about one ounce, the market value of which is
considerable. It is remarked that ie Mauritius,
whence, together with Mexico, the original home of
the plant, our principal supplies are derived, great
difficulty is expsrienced in obtaining statistics of the
quantities exported, shippers frequently carrying
their small but precious parcels unobserved on board
ship. The vanilla plant will thrive in almost any
tropical country, and as it is easily cultivated—the
plants on which it grows being in themselves valoable
—it should bec, Me a favourite candidate for culture
pith enterprisir g planters in the colonies.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

GENERAL NEWS.

REPRESENTATION OF CORK.

Sir George Colthurst has consented to seek the
representation of the county of Cork in the Con•
i•ervative interest, in opposition to his uncle,
Colonel Colthurst, Who is the Liberal candidate.

BEPRF.sENTATTnN OF PORTLINOTON.
Sir Ivor Guest half heen invited to eland for
the borough of Portliugion in the. Conservative
interest, Captain Janet S. W. Dawsou•Damer
being about to resign through ill-health.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

LETTER FROM MR. SPURGEON.

The Rev. C. El. Spurgeon arrived in Paris on Friday in last
week, on his way ty Mentone, in the south of France, where
he intends residing for some three months for the benefit of
his health. The services on Sunday morning at the Metro-
politan Tabernacle were conducted by the Rev. Jackson
Wray, Wesl,-yan minister of the Wandswortla district, who
read the following letter from Mr. Spurgeon —
:
"Paris, Friday.

_
"Beloved friends,—By God's gracious care I have
journeyed thus far, and feel already that pain and sick-
ness are losing their dominion over me. The weal her
has been extremely favourable, and if it continues so a
few days longer I hope I shall reach my destination with
comparative ease. This is enough about myself. Now,
may every blessing rest upon you all in my absence,
and may the esteemed brother who in an emergency
so generously consented to till my place have your
hearty prayers that his ministry among you may win
many souls to Jesus. You have just lately brought all
the tithes into the storehouse, and now you may look
for a great blessing. Does not the promise so run?
On arriving here to.night I have been greatly saddened
by the intelligence of the death of the wife of our be-
loved brother, Mr. Murrell. You know well with
what diligence he serves the church and 1 ibours for
all. He is greatly ufflicted, for he has a tender heart.
I pray you, therefore, as 3ou would wish to be upheld
in the hour of bereavement, plead for him that the
Comforter mac cheer him. My love with you all.—
Yuurs for Christ's sake, C. H. SPURGEON."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

PARCELS

Ara receivuu at the ataderato.mioni,-, Lithees,
Stourbridge for trusetniteie-L, :
VIA TUE

LONDON

•AND

NORTH

To all parts of the Midland and Manufacturing Dieted.
of England, and to LONDON, DUBLIN, Bh.LFAST,
sUEGG, GLASGOW, and all the principal
Towns in the Kingdom, and on the Continent.

Mr. Ford, Printer, 131, High Street; London and
North Western Offloeg, The Wharf, Mr. Payton, Agent.

Carte sell at the Offices frequently daring tit* day to
couvey Par•els to the STATION.

The public are requested to order their Parcels

" PER LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.'

Chief Traffic Manager's Offiee GEORGY FINDLAY
Euston, November. 1878.

NOW READY.

Crown Bro cloth, price 5.

SEEKING FOR LIGHT:

by the itEV. A. R. CLA ‘\l•Ur.i,

Loudon: C. Kagan Paul end Co., 1, Pate:spoiler' Square

TO BE LET, A LARGE STABLE, with ge.c
Room over.—Apply, Obssrcer OfEee, ent:tir,
bridge.

'llO GLASS CUTTERS.—An Experietiota
_L China Polibber Wanted; good character fautepett.
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" 0 LET, IN 'IHE CENTRE ~1 STOI,IF.EE7 DG 7
Ji Good biabling, Cuacnt.uuit b.ll, Cur ~
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TRADESMEN. 4.DDRISSES.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A DUDLEY

MAN AT WOLVERHAMPTON.

Mr. W. H. Phillips, Coroner, resumed the in-
quiry at the Ring of Bells Inn, Dudley Road, Wol-
verhampton, on Monday, into the cause of the
death of George Virgil Parkin (36), designer, in
business at Dudley, but who resided at 52, Dudley
Riad, Wolverhampton. The deceased died on
Tuesday morning, having met with an injury to
his head whilst travelling on the Great Western
Railway, on Monday night, week, from Dudley to
Wolverhampton. Mr. J. E. Underhill watched the
inquiry on behalf of the company.
Mr. Charles R. Smith, surgeon, son of Dr. Smith,
deposed that ho saw the deceased on the morning
after the occurrence, a little before two o'clock.
He noticed a bruise on the side of the left temple,
and one on the middle of the forehead. The de-
ceased was then partly unconscious. At half-past
nine o'clock on the same morning he again attended;
the deceased was quite unconscious, was breathing
hard, and died in about half-an-hour. He had
since made a post-mortem examination, and found
underneath the wound on the left temple a bruise
about at largg as a good-sized orange. He con-
sidered that death had resulted from the deceased
receiving a blow with something blunt on the left
temple. The bruise on the forehead was a super-
ficial injury. There was nothing to indicate that
the deceased had been drinking.
Mr. A. C. Weaver, chemist, Dudley Road, Wol-
verhampton, said he had inspected the bridges on
the railway from Dudley, and found there was
only twenty inches between the side of the nearest
bridge and a passing railway carriage. The
deceased was in periect health when he left Dudley.
Inspector Ledbrooke, of Birmingham, said t
nearest bridge to a passing carriage was at Prince's
End, which was three feet one inch from the out-
side of the Metals, over which the widest carriage
would project 18 inches. The train the deceased
travelled by stopped at all the stations. There
were no marks on the bridges of a man's head
having struck one of them. There was no siding
between Dudley and Bilston on which trucks might
be laden with timber or other goods.
The Coroner said it was singular that the de-
ceased should have met with his injury on the left
temple whilst putting his head out of the window.
It seemed more probable that the right temple
would have been struck hy a bridge.
The Foreman of the Jury suggested that the
open carriage door mightlave struck the deceased's
head and knocked the left temple against the side
of the doorway.
A verdict of "Accidental ,death" .was returned
Inspector Ledbrooke, at the request of the Core
oner, promised to inform the railway authoritiee
that the deceased had left a widow and four ahildren
totally unprovided for.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

STATISTICS OF LIFE.

The New York Bureau of Vital Statisties reports
that there wets 27,005 deaths in that city in 1878,
being 802 more than in 1877. The greatest number of
deaths from any one disease was 4,477 from phthisis,
and the next was 2,964 from diarrhcea. There were
only 2 deaths from small-pox, the smallest number re-
ported for any year since 1821, a result which is
attributed to the activity of the vaccinating
enrlis for several years past. There were 2,416
deaths from diseases of the brain and nervous
i!!'stem, 1 068 from heart diseases, 1,156 from
I 'iright's disease and nephritis. There were 445
neaths from apoplexy, 52 from the direct effects' of
eelar heat, 137 suicides. The deaths included 7,090
utder one year of age, 12,354 under five, 1,00 at
!Fes above 70 years. Only 25 729 births are reported.
There were 2,292 children born dead. In the course
5 the year 20 mothers gave birth to their 14th child,
-1? to their 15th, 4 to their 16th, and 3 to their 17th
eise!!ll. Two tnothsrs, at 15, gave birth to their second
'""d, and 442 mothers, over 50, bore children.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN BELGIUM.

A deplorable acciuent, ...cuded with the loss of
'three lives, happened on Sritarday afternoon to the ex-
i resit train leaving Brussels at twenty minutes past
five o'clock for Calais, yid Tourtiai and Lille. The train
is due half an hour. after its departure from the
northern terminus at Enghien, where it arrived in due
°Gorse, and after the customary delay ot two minutes
prt!ceeried on its way all right. At Bassilly,
a little station five miles from Eughien, and twenty-
three from Brussels, there was a terrible shock, and
after a series of violent oscillations, the locomotive
rah off the line, dragging several carriages after it.
-ale 'engine driver was billed on the spot, and the
stoker seriously injured. In a communication from
the administration of the State Railways of Belgium,
TRlblished in the Independance Beige, the following list of
itirprer casualties i given :—M. Severin Fourreau, re.
Biding at 36, Rue de la Bienfaisance, Brussels, killed;
1.1. Arnold Pisart, of Roclenge, grievously injured (he has
since succuarbed to his wounds) ; M. le Baron
Ogimont, both legs broken; and M. le Baron*
D 0 Sart, one leg br, ken. Several other passengers
were slightly contused. The cause of the accident is
Baspected by experts to have arisen from a fracture of
a rail. An ingrtiry was immediately set on foot.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

SALES BY AUCTION

TRADESMENS' ADDRESSES.-

THE HAIR.—For 40 years Mrs. S. A. ALLEN'S
Wou.nie HAIR RBITORRR has received the commendation
and favour of the public. It has acquired the highest
Plate that can be obtained for any moderate enterprise,
andeontribated to the adornment of tens of thousands of
persons, who have the proof of its servicable character.
It will positively renew and restore the original and natu-
ral co/our of grey, white and fa -led Hair. It will
strengthen and invigorate the Hair, top its falling, and
Induce a healthy and luxuriant growth. No other pre-
paration can produce the same beneficial result. Sold by
11 Chemists and Perfumers, in large bpttles, 6s. Depot,
4 de 116, Southampton Row. London.
THAT COMPLEXION as *mays been held to be the m
Steel in which the rose and the lily contend for masterY
roin which their beauty is blended. Great sacrifices are
made to produce an appearance corresponding with the
Combination, but they never succeed. At cannot appro-
ach Nature The only arrangement thatran be made to
render men woman independen tof all expedients into
freely rule HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM. It preserves the
skin from premature wrinkles and furrows—renders it
smooth and supple, and restores the hue which may have
taded through illness, exposure to a noxious atmosphere
the heat of summer or the frosts of winter. To be ob-
tained of all Chemists and Perfumers throughout the
world. Price Ss. 6d. European Depot: 114 and 116,
SOUthiMptOWTOW, LOniOn•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

DUDLEY.

FAILIIRES.-Mr. George William Green, of
Netherton, grocer and provision dealer, has filed
his petition for liquidation or composition in the
County Court. Estimated lkabilities £B5O. Assets
not known. The firsageneral meeting is fixed to
be held at the offices of Messrs. Homfray and
Holberton (who are the solicitors in the matter) on
Wednesday, February 6th, at three o'clock.—A
petition was also filed on Monday by Joseph Whit-
taker, Rose and Crown Inn, Reddall Hill. The
liabilities exceed ..£1,600. Messrs. G. B. Lowe and
Son are the solicitors to the debtor.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF.

A Cardiff correspondent says that late on Wed.
nesday night a heavy mineral train overran the
railway station, at Cardiff, and came to an
abrupt standstill at Adamadown. The train was
going at 40 miles an hours. The whole train
was upset, and several men had narrow escapee.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

BISHOP ELLICOTT AND THE AFGHAN

WAR.

• ,_The Bishop of Glocester and Bristolt having been written
w-by tht. Liverpool Peace Society respect,ng his vote in the
Bongs of Lords on the Afghan trtlT, has sent a reply in which

" The difference betwern us are, I fear, too funda
raeuthl to make arguruelat profitable, or, perh.ps. even
13"esibl,., War I btsikVe to be au dement in the Divine
government of this 'present world, and, under certain cir-
cumstances, to betust and justifiable. Buil circumstances
I cun,nienti Atsky believe to be present in this particular
c&se. Regarclkig England as having become the trustee
°f ludia an of Indian interests, spiritual and material,
I believe t'ais war to be a just war, necessitated by a
du, conej .deration for the best interests of that country
" ell Its our own and undertaken under motives of
diqinc',; ethical validity. To you, probably. all such
.7inlf.mB appear to be utterly untenable. Be it so.
7.nust, I fear, agree to differ."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

-GOVERNMENT ON EMIGRATION.

tobit_r• Duncan Campbell, of _Keighley, has received the
atC`uwing from the Coiooial Office, in reply to a letter
~..Fgesting an rmperiai. scheme of emigration as the best
of relieving thw prevailing distress
"Colonial Office, Downing-street, January 13, 1879.
L, Sir,—l am directed by the Secretary of State for
Hie Colonies to acknowledge and to thank you for
Ine interesting letter of the 19th ult., suggesting a
j.arge emigration, in families, conducted by the
Government in conjuction with the
`-*overnments of colonies possessing waste land and
Wishing for increased population, as the best
illeins for relieving the present distress. As the
colonies which have a suitable climate and are capable
°I affording occupation to large numbers of emigrants
l'Osv, for the most part, enjoy self-government, the
.9uestion of emigration has to be considered with re-
rather to the requirements of those colonies.
ano the views of their legislaturus than in the interests
°' he mother couutry. The Secretary of State is fully
tulive- to the importance of free and judiciousiy.
that'aged emigration as a means of relieving thos4 of
t e working people of tbis country who are, from time
titoor thrown out of employment by reason of a con-
-o,PriiiBslontof trade, or by bther causes ; but it
not possible for frer Majesty's Government to
n_oderSake the organisation of an exceptional eroigra-.
goo uuovettiebte-at any particular. moment. —I am, Su',
Your obedient serfaut, EDWARD WINGFIELD."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

• THE NAVIES OF EUROPE,

According to the Annie Maritime, France possessed
in 1877 120 ships on active service, including 13 iron.
dads, and a reserve of 82 ships, including 29 ironclad;
Eneland had 202 ships on active serviie, including 21
ironclads, and a reserve of 151. ships, including 26
irouclads ; Germany had in all 88 ships, including
ironclads ; Russia, 260 ships, most of them being of
small diment.ions and of the old model, including
29 ironclads ; Austria, 61 ships, including 13 iron-
dads; Italy, 66, including 15 ironclads ; Turkey, 103,
including 22 ironclad',; Spain, 137, including eight
ironclads ; Greece, 15, including two ironclads ;
Denmark, 33, including six ironolads ; Holland, 102,
including 19 ironclads ; Portugal, 30, only one of
which is an ironclad; Sweden and Norway, 69, of
which 18 are ironclads ; the United States, 143, of
which 21 are ironclads ; Brazil, 65, of which 19 are
ironclads ; Peru, 18, of which six are ironclads ;
Chili, 13, of which two are ironclads ; and the
Argentine Republic, 21, of which two are ironclad',
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

THE MORALITY OF SOUP MAKING.

A large number of ladies of the town and, neigh-
bourhood of Hadleigh assembled in the public hall
on Saturday to hear a lecture on food, and the best
methods of cooking it. The Rev. E. Spooner (rector)
occupied the chair, and iu his opening reus4ras said
he had long taken an interest in the early education
of girls. The large majority of gills were expected
in after life to perform certain hous,hold duties, but
no provision existed in our schools for properly teaching
these duties. A knowledee of the nature of food and
cooking was daily required In every house. He feared
much of the intemperance of the humbler classes was
often due to had food and bad cooking, When the
body was imperfectly nourished there was craving for
stimulants, aud in time the desire and relish for whole-
some food ceased. He believed this cookery movement
had close connections with the domestic morality and
happiness of the country, and he gladly welcomfd
Mr. Buckniaster, who he believed was one of the first
missionaries in this work;

Mr. Buckmaster then delivered his lecture. He
said that in times of bad trade and severe weather the
poorest were the first to buffer; more food was needed
to keep up the warmth of the body. Oil, and fat, and
sugar, at such times might often be used with benefit.
It was unfortunate that soup should always be asso-
ciated with poverty. It was not so in any other
country. If women only knew how to make nourish-
ing vegetable arid milk soups in good times, there
would often be little necessity for soup kitchens in bad
times. He thought soups should enter more generally
Into the food of the middle and working classes. The
bones from joints, with very little addition, would
in most middle class houses make a good soup,
and if it were the habit among the middle
classes to begin their principal meal with a soup the
example would soon be followed in the houses of the
labouring classes. It was all nonsense and prejudice
to say that soups oontained no nourishment; the
poorest vegetable soup was cheaper and more nourish-
ing than beer. The value of soup as a food. like every-
thing else, must depend on the food value of the
materials used in its preparation. He could make a
pint of soup which contained all the nourishment of a
leg of mutton. Mr. Buekmaster prepared a vegetable
soup which the school boys and girls very soon eon-

sumed, and asked for more; but the fathers and
mothers of the children would perhaps have despised
this soup, and spoken of it al "nothing but warm
water stirred with a tallow candle."
After the usual votes of thanks to Mr. Buekmaster
(for his gratuitous lecture) and the rector, the meeting
separated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

11•11mmoiiill

KINGS WINFORD.

FATAL lon Aeon:lnit.—On Monday afternoon
whilst a number of boys were sliding on a pool a
short distance from the National Schools, the ice
*aye way, and two or three of them were pre-
cipitated into about ten feet of water. An alarm was
raised, and though immediate assistance .was rendered
a boy named Joseph Whitehouse (12) sank and was
drowned. The decea,ed was a chorister at St. Mary's
Church, and lost his lif'e on his birthday.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

DIED.

SALNDERS.—On the 16th inst., Jane Eliza, aged 45
years, the beloved wife of Mr. Eli Saunders, Bell
Inn, Delph. I:trierley Hill. Deeply regretted.
DABBBY.—On the 22nd inst., in the 88th year of hii
age, James Darbey, of gorton Villa, Stourbridgd.
SCOTT.—On the 10th instant, at 1, Russell Terrace,
Leamington, Henry Scott, (formerly of Stour.
bridge), aged 76 years. Deeply amented.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

A CIIRIOUSg,STORY.

In his report for 1877-78 Captain Bneton,"A.Raistant
Agent, Governor-Greneral, Rajpootana, &ion an ac-
count of a curious event which occurred in the State
of Bikaneer. Early one morning about 70 (Jr 80 Sidds,
or Hindoo fakirs, who held villages and occupied 'ex-
tensive lands, rushed into his (Impound, msking a
great disturbance and shouting out that their chief
priest, the Mobunt, had been unjustly arrested by the
durbar, and that unless he was immedittely released
they would all kill themselves opposite his door. These
people are in the habit of mutilating themselves or
even committing suicide, when they consider themselves
oppressed or ill-treated by the durbar. Captain.
Burton, however, failed to pacify *ism, and accord-
ingly consulted the Bikaneer vakeel in the presence of
the Sidds. The vakeel stated that there were several
grave charges against the Sidds who had been arrested,
that their cases would be carefully investigated, and
that it was right Juseoonath, the priest; should remain
in confinement until he had answered the complaints
against him. Th,- Siddis were still as stubborn as ever;
they declared the raj was oppressiug them, and
bsing armed with swords, knives, and daggers, which
they frequently flourished, they said they would
commit suicide unless their request was acceded to.
After this they, in 'a body, went and sat outside
the compt.und for two days, making much noise.
On the third day it was reported to Captain Burton
that the Sidds had prepared four excavations, in
each of which a man was seated ready to be buried
alive, while the others declared they were about to
destroy themselves. At first they refused' to desist,
but eventually became quiet, though they would take
no food; and about the fifth day some were even
dying of hunger. On the sixth day Jussonath was
released on bail; on the seventh the Sidds partook of
food, and on the eighth they left the spot where they
had encamped themselves. It appeared there were
many points to be argued between the durbar and
these Sidds, and that both parties were to blame, the
former wishing to extoot, in the shape of revenue, as
much money as possible from the latter, who were
trying to evade payment. The matter, however, was
amicably settled after several months, and the Sidds
returned to their villages.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

THE IRON TRADE.

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday.
The orders given out to-day were not much in
excess of the average of the past six weeks,
but merchants and manufacturers alike report
that there is a gradual expansion of business.
At the same time the feeling was current that at
present prices increased output involves increased
losses. Manufacturers are carrying on operations
in the hope of better prices following in the
course of time; otherwise no one would be
encouraged to further investment. Staffordshire
firms are heavily weighted in competing for
foreign orders by the heavy railway freights,
and nothing but the high-class iron which they
produce enables them to secure any specifications
from abroad. The high tariffs adopted upon
the Continent are telling very unfavourably upon
Staffordshire producers, as upon those of other
districts, and the almost entire loss of Continental
trade, except with France, is anticipated, unless
*lief is afforded. Galvanised corrugated sheets
ere in good demand for India and Japan, but
Continental requirements are fallen off. The
wegon companies are consuming large quantities
of plain rolled sheets, and some of the local
re are bn ay. Bars, boiler-plates,
,ingle- lion, and nail rods are moving off very
the principal buyers being local hardware
inanufaclurers and engineering establishments.
The &Duke of pig iron is being curtailed,
especial iy of the best qualities, for which makers
can with difficulty find buyers, owing to the
competition of other districts. Mr. A. Hickman
has blown out one of his Spring Vale furnaces,
but it is stated that it will be only for a
temporary period while repairs are being:executel
A pretty good demand is experienced at the
collieries for household coal, but the communi-
cation by canal being almost closed by the ice
has increased the difficulties of proprietors.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

LATEST NEWS.

STATE OF CYPRUS.

Sir Henry Holland addressing constiiu.
ents at Midhurst, on Thursday night, said
that, having just returned from Cyprus, he
could contradict all Sir William Harcourt's
recent statements.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

BENSON'S,

CLOCKS,

For Churches, Turrets, or Public
Buildings, Dining or Drawing Room,
Library, Carriage, Church. Hall,
or Shop, Perpetual Calendars,
Wind Dials, &c.
NOVELTY—" EARLY ENGLISH"
Clocks, in Wood and Ormolu, De-
corated with Blue China, Wedgwood,
&c., from £5 bs. Made solely by
Bnxsorr.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

THE NATIONAL, BANK.

The H .n. W. N. Massey presided at
the ineetoig of the National Bo,k on Thursday
Ef- said qie I.;trik had no interest in the Cilasg w
wA.4 e.oacetned to the extent of
£32.000 iii the West of Etwland B adc, bat no
loss was expected. The directors were prepared
to listen to any proposal to convert their hank
from an unlimited to a liwited one. A dividend
at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum was de-
elared.

LORD ItIONDESBOROUGH AND THE
ROYAL AQUARIUM.
The case " Lord Dondeaborough v. the
Royal Aquarium," which involved the question
whether an agreement for the loan of a collec-
tion orartnour totheWestminster Aquarium had
been altered by mutual consent, in crossing out
of the words "per week," was concluded on
nursday in the Exchequer Court. The jury,
after three-quarters of an hones deliberation,
gave a verdict for plaintiff, damages 100 guineas,
and judgment was given for that 'amount,
inclusive of sum paid into Court
CABINET COUNCIL.
A Cabinet Council wilich was held on Thnrs
day sat for two hours and a half. The Minister-
had before them the Zulu King's answer to ours
ultimatum, which arrived on Wednesday night
at the Colonial Office. All the Ministers were
present. Summonses were issued on Thursday
night for another Cabinet Council yesterday
morning at the Preniier's official residence. The
' Zulu King's ansv•er, '!itch is rumoured to be
enytning hat conciliatory to our ultimatum, will,
it be *pia oossidered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

THE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT
OF CANADA.

In London, on Tuesday right, a paper upon "Canada:
lts Progress and Development, ' was lead before tle Royal
Colonial Imtitute by Mr. Caldwell Ashworth. The Duke of
Manchester, chairman of the Council, presided.
-

The paper described, in an interesting manner the
natural features and the climate of Canada, and
presented facts which the writer considered were al-
most sufficient to pluck from the Dominion the
character of intense frigidity that it is generally
understood to bear. With regard to the products
of Canada, Mr. Ashworth stated that timber takes
the first place; grains and other agricultural pro-
ductious follow. Animals and their produce, fisheries,
manufactures, and minerals come afterwards. After
describing the facilities s% hich exist in Canada for
marine navigation, the paper mentioned that the
Dominion stands fifth in the marine tonnage of
nations. The fisheries are very productive, the
yield of last year having been estimated at a value
of £2,400,000, over one-half of which found its way,
pickled or preserved in tins, to this and foreign coun-
tries. Game is very abundant, and the writer sums up
his description by saying that there is no lack of fur,
fin, and feather; that the Dominion, in fact, is a
sportman's paradise, where a licence to carry a gun is
unknown. The emigrant who goes out with health,
energy, agricultural knowledge, and a determina-
tion to work must be difficult to please if he finds not
enough sport to give him food and recreation in a
country which at the same time will well repay his
agricultural labours. The aid of a paternal Govern-
ment, Mr. Ashworth says, is hoped and looked for by
many to induce the Island of Newfoundland to forego
its isola.ion and become a part of Canada. In referring
to a time when colonial separation was agitated, he
says, however, that the Canadians have at all times
exhibited a strong desire to share in England'edangers
and reverses, as well as in her prosperity and
triumphs. The act of replacing a Governor whose
term of office had expired, and who was more justly be-
loved by the people of Canada than any preoeding one,
with a nobleman whose near alliance to the Reyal
Family entrust the welfare of her Majesty's daughter
to colonial care, thus adding additionel lustre and.
dignity to the position of Viceroy, lifts the country
several steps highsr in her own esteem, as well as in
that uf all the countries of the world, ana binds the
inhabitants- thereof with chains of kindness and
affection to the mother country which nothing is likely
to sever.
A discussion followed the reading of the paper, and
the proceedings closed with votes of thanks to the
reader of the paper and the chairman.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

LYE.

DEATH PROM BURNS—An inquest was held at the
Vine,lnn, Lye, on Wednesday afternoon, before Mr.
R. Docker, on the body of George Gordon, a chi!d
five years 61d. The mother had got up early to work
in the nail shop, leaving the deceased and another
child in bed. Deceased got out of bed, Ikruck
;witch, and igiiited his slothes, ruining obi into the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

THE EXHIBITION LOTTERY.

On Sunday (26t14, the drawing for the 300 gra lots
of the Exhibition Lottery will take place at the Tro-
mar°. A description of the objects forming these
most valuable prizes is published in the papers. The
following are the ten first :-1. A service of plate; 2.
A set of diamonds; 3. A diamond necklace; 4. A
diamond necklace; 5. A drawing•room organ; 6. A
service of massive silver; 7. A picture by Gerome,
subject,. " Santon at the Door of a Mosque ; 8. A
picture by H6rbert ; subject, "The Wood Nymph ; 9.
A piano; 10. A picture by MeissonnieE, Junior; sub-
ject, " Morning : the Beach near Antibes." Pictures,
statues, and carriages form the -greater part of the re-
maining g4"3
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

THE MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF
CONNAUGHT.

At a meeting convened by the Mayor at
Windsor on Thursday afternoon, it was rt solved
to raise subscriptions for the purchase of a suit-
able present to be given to the Princess Louise
lidlrgaret of Prussia on the occasion of her
marriage with the Duke of Connaught.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

CAMBRIDGESHIRE ELECTION.

The writ for Cambridshire was reeeive4-
on Tharsday night. The nomination
fixed for Wednesday next, at tht_f4irehall.,
Chestertan, and tike poll for Wodnee.dsLy.
following.
AN AGED jamplachas.
Alderman Thomas Waticinerr senior mesa-
ber for Monmouth Corporation, died yea.
terday morning, in his 90th year, he has
been thirty-five years in the Council, three
times Maypr, and fifteen years Alderman.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

A CLERICAL EULOGY OF THE
PREMIER.

- -
Preaching in St, Silas's Church, at Ardwick, Man-
chester, on Sunday night, the Rev. Richard Butler
asked what had been done in Englaud for the man
who by God's grace had risen from being a gentle-
man of the pres 4 to a peer of England, and almost
the King of England? By sheer industry, by clear-
ness of intellect, by educating his party, and by
making himself distinguished in the House of Corn-
mobs, Lord Beaconsfield had attained his preeent
proud position. As God blessed Joseph, the Premier
of Egypt, so God has blessed thin extraordinary man,
who was higher than Mordecai and higher than
Joseph. His lordship was to be presented with a
splendid golden wreath by the Millions of Engliaid,
and he hoped that Manchester would do its duty
towards the greatest statesman of England's modern
days, for on his career there was not a single dis-
honouring blot.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

HORSE-EATING.

The committee for encouraging the use of horse flesh
as an article of food have issued a return showing that
the number of horses, .asses, and mules slaughtered in
Paris for consumption in 1878 was 11,319, or 700 more
than in the previous year. The continued increase in
the use of horse flesh is, they say, a proof that the pre-
judice against it is being gradually overoome. A prize
of 1,200 L was awarded by M. Decroix to the founder
of the first shop for the sale of horse flesh in London,
opened in May last. That venture, during the four
months it was carried on, did not however, meet with
all the dt sired sliCt:088, the chief reason for which was
(the committee say) that the director was quite
ignorant of the Englteh language. The committee now
offer a medal of .honour to any, English butcher who
shall take up the trade and continue it for three months
at least.

' A CHINESE INVASION.
The Legisaature if California some time•-aso took
-what etto4 it- cinild' 'to .keep the inhabitsaltis oi the
Celestial,Einpire at-bay, but the incursion was so de,
termined that the ai tempt was -quite unsuccessful.
The Chinese made a ,ettlement at San Francisco,
and are 'new spreading to other parts of the Ame-
rican continent. Already in New York a colony
ot them has settled down in a district of the city,
which has come to be known as New China. liy
degrees there has gathered round this population
its own appropriate tradesmen. Chinese druggists,
Chine-a tailors, gambling houses, where Chinese games
of chance are p'ased, and divans where the popular
opium is smoke i, way be found in this established but
def.piseri d striot. The latest additkn to the colony
has been a Chinese restaurant, conducted in every
way after. the b,. t model tin Hong•Kone. The walls
are covere,t ih frec,es representing battle pieces
between the goos of the Celestial Empiie and the
ancient heroes of Asian mythology. Between the
sp‘ces are found long slips of crimson paper, on
which the names of the Chinese population of the
town are immibed in Chinese characters. The
bill of fare is said to be both ere-Bent
and low pricei—roatit pork and boiled rice form.
lag the popular paces de resigtanc,e. Each table
is furuisheA with a vase holding the chop-sticks which
the Chinese always use at meals, and their meats are
put before the guests cut up into very small pieces, as
knives and forks are unknown commodities on the
, dining tables. A greater curicsity even than this neW
, dining hall hae:been the appearance of Is Chinese lady
, in the streets of New York. The industry and deter-
mination of the Chinese. the low prices at which thy
are content to work, and their skill in certain bran, bet!
of manufacture, make the subject of more than passing
interest in a city where the labour market has alwtqs
been exceptionally
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-01-25

ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN PARIS.

The Muncipal Council of Paris has resolved to make
exPerimental trial of the electric light and of gas
ind
eby side during a twelvemonth, with a view to
ascertain the comparative strength and cost of the two
modes of lighting. The electric light is to be used in
the Avenue de l'OpiSra, the Place du Thatre-
Francais, the Place de la Bastille, and one of the
Pavilions of the Central. Markets, (the Halles). The
municipality will contribute a sum of £1,400 towards
the cost, at the rate of 31 an hour per burner.
Arrangements have also been concluded with the
Parisian Gas Company by means of whicri the Rue du
Quatre Septembre (which abuts on the Avenue de
l'Oliigra). the Place du Chit•eau-d'Eau, and a second
Pavilion of the Central Markeis will he lighted after an
Improved method. the Parisian Gas Company has
undertaken to supply gratis the gas in excess of what
Would be burneu Ly the ordinary process. and also the
new apparatus required for burning it, providing that
the municipality wee to purcriate the apparatus in
the event oi their adopting it after the experiment has
blDbrjsd.

Frnin the official btatuaics just published it appears
that In consequeoce of the ravages of the pnylloxera the area
under the cultivation of the vi tie Hi France has decreased
since 1874 by as much 8.3 370,000 acres. The yield of wine
last year Was, furthermore, below the average of the past
ten years by more than eight millious of hectolitres The
decrease, both In acreage and production, is In the south.
In the east and centre there is a notable increase in both.

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