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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-08

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THE QUEEki'S INTEVDED VISIT TO
ITALY.

The Times of Monday says :—" We have reason to
beliove that the various announcements which have
appeared in the rress relative to the Queen' a proposed
visit to the Continent are inaccurate. It ic the Queen's
intention, after the marriage of the Duke of Connaught,
to pass a short time at the Italian lakes in strict
privacy."

The Correspondent of The Times writing from ROM°
says :--" 0-reat pleasure is expressed by the Roman
Press in anticipation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's
intended visit to Italy. Although travelling strictly
incognita, undnr the title of the Countess of Kent, Her
Majesty will be received at the frontier by the Duke
of Aosta, who will escort her to Baveno, on the
Lago, gaggiore, and King Humbert will go to
Baveno to vizit Her Majesty during her residence
there. The Opinion in a leader on the subject says ;--
' Although Queen Victoria comes to Italy in strict
inc9gnita, nevertheless, while respecting Her august
will, Italy, by her respectful bearing, will know how
to manifeSt her delight and the honour she will feel at
the presence of the illustrious Sovereign of the United
Kingdom. England has reached that degree of power
and greatnegs that the name of her Queen will live in
history as one of the most glorious. We Italians
must not forget the sympathy England showed us
during the most difficult period of our national re-
surrection. The reverence we feel for Queen Victoria
is not less than the consideration awl affection we
entertain towards England, for she has ever been the
example of all the prlvate and public virtues which
should adorn thrones.'"

A telegram from Rome says that the Minister of
the Interior has instructed the prefects of Turin,
Novara, Como, and Bresda to take the ueceoParY
steps to afford every facility to Queen Victoria and
f,he Royal suite on the occasion ot Her Majesty's
passage through ItOty to Lago Maggiore.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-08

The DEVELOPMENT of the GERMAN
NAVY.

A. cierman service paper, reviewing the progress
7,1
which has been made of late years in the development
of the German a7Ye
remarks that in 1873, the year
in which the well•known plan for the establishment of
a fleet (Flotten-GrUndungsplan) came into force, the
latter consisted of 52 steam vessels of al rates. Among
these were 3 Armoured frigates, one armoured cor-
votte, 2 armoured wooden vessels o. small tonnage
and very inferior structural strendl, one line-of
battle ship, 5 spar and 6 flush-deZked corvettes, 9
gunboats of the first and 10 of tie second class, 2
transport ships, 8 steam vessels edapted for har-
bour service only, and 5 despat.h vessels; while
among the 12 sailing vessels foreeing part of the
navy there were 2 frigates, 3' lorifel and opo r4loop,
the rest being pilot cutters olazracl-ships. Con-
sequently, &trine., the Six years which have elapsed
sine 1873 the strength of the Gelman navy has been
increased by 5 armoured frigos, 3 armoured cor-
vettes, and 6 armoured gunboat', or altogether by 14
ironclad vessels; while to the tnarmoured portian of
the fleet 6 spar-decked and eTi,iluah-deoked corvette, 5
torppers veosela, and oue stealer for harbour service
have lo"een added the total 'umber of vessels in the
navy having been augment,cl by 32 new craft. At
the same time it may be renarked that the number of
guns afloat in German Inellrf-war is smaller now than
it was in 1873; but, on tip other hand, it is almost
needless to add that in :alibre, weight, and power,
'the 'Ordnance now carries is immensely superior to
that forming the armarant of the Germany navy six
pars ago.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-08

time, and Lord Brougham was one of its most
energetic promoters, The Prince, therefore, had a
—^nit task in following so many distinguished
men, but there is no doubt that he acquitted
himself very well. The Crown Princess of Ger-
many, who has been over here on a visit
to her Majesty, has in these two public appearances
of her youngest brother been presented with the
strongest possible contrast between her new and her
old home. Prussia being itself an armed camp, and
the nation one vast body of soldiers, the royal princes
are brought up strictly to the military art; the Em-
peror of Germany himself is seldom seen out of a
soldier's tunic, and at the sounds of battle the Ern-
peror and the princes issue forth from the palace to
take the command of the German armies. In this
country the studies of the children of the sovereign
are not, fortunately for us, of an exclusively military
character. Of her Majesty's four sons, excluding the
Heir to the Throne, one is a sailor, another is a soldier,
while the youngest devotes himself to those subjects
which in all ages have conduced to the civilisation of
humanity by peaceful and ennobling means.
The fact that Weston, the American pedestrian, at
the call of "Time," was only 22i miles from accom-
plishing his herculean task, and that he still struggled
on so as to make up the distance, is a striking testi-
mony to the pluck and perseverance of the Anglo-
Saxon race. After all, a score of miles upon 2,000 in
sis weeks, although it causes him technically to lose
his wager, does not count for very much when the
accessories of the feat are examined. Two thousand
miles were to be done on foot in one thousand
hours, but from the time Sundays were excepted,
so that the actual number of hours available
were reduced to 856. In that time he covered
1,071 miles—a marvellous performance. He has
done this, too, in six weeks of the most bitter
winter weather. He began by journeying through
the night over one of the most famous and histozic
roads in England—that lying between London and
Dover. Then he made along the entire south coast,
all the way to far-off Penzance. Arrived at the ex-
tremity of Cornwall, the persevering pedestrian
turned, and walked north-eastwards, going, how-
ever, from Tiverton to Bristol by rail, in order to
keep some of his lecturing engagements. Then he
went through the midlands and the bordering counties,
to the great manufacturing towns of Lancashire and
Yorkshire, hastened due north to the very frontiers
of Scotland, and completed his wanderings along the
eastern coast, with a final twist, so as to take in Oxford
and Windsor. He passed through thirty-one English
counties, at an average rate of 56 miles a day. Nothing
like this has ever been attempted before, and it must be
admitted that ii, was a great feat of indomitable en-
durance.

difficull
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-08

THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK ON DUTY.

On Sunday afternoon the Archbishop of york
preached the sermon at the services iu the Chapel Loyal,
Whitehall, His grace, taking as his text the 16th
chapter of St. Matthew, 24th verse, observed that at
this season the thoughts of all Christian people were
recalled to the duty of self-denial. The Church of
England was not in this respect forgetful of her duty
towards her children, but if they were to look
to her with regard to directions in food and
drink, or her dispensing power respecting the ad-
ditional meal which weakness of body or any
other cause might call for, they might feel dis-
appointed at her silence. It was not, however, the
silence of neglect, for she educated by freedom in this
as in other respects. The right of access to the Holy
Communion and the self judgment preparatory to it
was left by the Church to the individual conscience,
and the question of what a man ate or drank was
treated by her in the same way. She set her mark
upon the vigil and the fast, as she enjoined the ap-
proach to the Holy Communion; but in one case as
well as the other she desired each to be his own
spiritual judge and guide. She looked upon over-
interference as a peril to that freedom into which she
desired to bring her children.

}laving explained the various phases and views of
this point, his grace remarked that in our language
there was one word whose scope was as wide as life
itself, and that word was duty. To obey its calling
was the glorious desire of youth—to have attained it
the proudest satisfaction of old age. It was the
nearest approach to true liberty. The word denoted
something above us and beyond us, entitled to
control our actions, though the general power might
be of a higher or a lower mind. But a few days
ago thougsmde of people, undeterred by the biting
frost and severity of the weather, went forth to see
England's soldiers embark from their native shore
to serve the interests of the mother land. So
deep was the spring of patriotism in England
that whenever her honour was hurt or her interests
injured, or she believed such to be the case,
then she expected, as they did before, that every
man would do his duty. Man finding his part in the
general scheme ought to manfully do it. While he was
free his choice should still be to work diligently in his
place, just as the instinct of the animal caused it to
work in its own position. The world was ruled by
God, and the call of duty meant for man that he should
work as He would have him work, and thus bring his
will into harmony with the Creator's. Duty told the
man to do the work appointed by God. The motive
to begin could not be fear, for fear was not consistent
with freedom, with love, with God. The causes why
men failed in their duty, continued his grace, were
pride and sensuality—a summary of all the evils of the
world, Each of them was a picture of ruin, and
either of them was enough to hinder the love of duty.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-08

CANON BARRY ON SELF-DENIAL AND

SELF-DISCIPLINE.

At Westminster Abbey on Sunday morning Canon
Barry, D.D., preached a sermon having reference to
the necessity for the exercise of self-denial and self-
discipline, especially during Lent. He took as his text
the words "I keep under my body, and bring it into
subjection," from the let Corinthians 9, verse 27.
The preacher first repudiated the idea that what
was laid down in the Bible for observance at this
season of the year had become in any way obsolete,
and argued that self-denial was the alpha and the
omega of Christian life. At the present time no
greater fallacy could be advocated than that the
body had no influence over the soul; the soul
and body together constituted the man, and the latter
should be the instrument of the former in its service of
God. With reference to drink, for instance, it was
generally conceded that temperance was better than
abstinence, but on account of the terrible evils of
which they were all too well aware, abstinence was
more frequently contended for. What abstinence
taught them in regard to one sin Lent taught them in
regard to all. There was one most important way of
maintaining the supremacy of the spirit, and that was
by the power of habit, and that power of habit the
power of self-discipline would greatly strengthen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

AN EGG-HATCHING MACHINE.

A great attraction at Cologne at the present
moment is the newly-patented egg-hatching machine
(Brutmaschine) which is being exhibited in the Zoo-
logical Gardens of that city. The chief part of the
machine consists of a four-cornered glass case, which
contains a water vessel made of zinc. The vessel is
filled twice a day with hot water, by which a tem-
erature of 32 degrees Rdaumur is kept up in the
"nest," which is placed immediately over the zinc
vessel. A glass cover closes in the whole, through
which the curious visitor may watch all the details
of hatching—the breaking of the egg, and the slip-
ping out of the young ones into the world of life.
No less than fifty of these " brooding chests"
(Brutkasten) are now on show at the Z )o-
logical Gardens. When the young bird is hatched it
remains for some hours in the "room" in which it was
born, after which it was transferred to a secona warm
room, where it is fed with proper nourishment, and
remains for twenty-four hours. A third case, or
"room," to which it is removed on its second day of
life, contains two sections—a warmed upper chamber,
and an empty room below, with small doors for
slipping in and out at will. This last case is technically
known as "The Hen," as the young ones are com-
mitted to it until they are quite competent to be
trusted with the freedom of the adult. The directors
of the Zoological Gardens are purposing to try experi-
ments with their new machines on all the species of
birds in their famous collection.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

Holloways Pills.—lmportant for the delicate.—lt ih'
difficult to determine which is the more trying to the
human constitution—the damp, cold days of autumn
and winter, or the keen, dry, easterly winds of spring.
Throughout the seasons good health may be maintained
by occasional doses of Holloway's Pills, which purify
the blood and act as wholesome stimulants to the skin
stomach, liver, bowels, and kidneys. This celebrated
medicine needs but a fair trial to convince the ailing and
desponding that it will restore and cheer them without
danger, pain, or inconvenience, as by a timely recourse
to them the first erring function may be reclaimed
Buffering may be opared, and lifeaaved.

TEA HARVEBT.—The year's crop of a tea-plant is only
four ounces of leaf as prepared for use, and if of "best
quality " plucked in the early Spring. the total annual
yield, is only tvo ounces ; for purity and strength
Florniman's Tee is unequalled, great care being
bestowed upon its growth and preparati3o. List of
agents in this locality supplying Hornimans Tea.
Clarke, 151, High-st.; Baker, 124, High.st. ; Hewitt,
Market place; Morris, 136, High-st, Brierley Hill—
Rawlings, ehemist ; Kidderminster, Hewi t, Bull Ring;
Halesowen, Adam, chemist; Lye, Jones, chemist;
Wordsley. Whewell, chemist; Kingswinford, Pearson
Brettell Lam). Collins, chemist; Birmingham, Banks',
Bull Ring; Quarry Bank, Watts, chemist.

BILIOUS and Liver Complaints, indigestion
Headache. Loss of Appetite, Drowsiness, Gid-
lianas, Spasms, and all Disorders of the Stomach and
3 ) wels are quickly removed by that well-known remedy
MPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. They unite the
reculuniewiation of a mild operation with the most suc-
cessful effect; and where an aperient is required nothing
can be better.
Sold by allChemiate, at is. li.,and is. 9d.iperlbo
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

In St. Louis, U.S., everybody is considerate and a
daily paper therefore remarks, "Two gentlemen arid a lady
left for the penitentiary last week."

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It is reported that a match has been arranrzed in
.itichmond between a scarlet runner and a Virginia creeper.

"Did you ever," askea a brother humourist of Josh
"stand at the hall door after your lecture and
listen to what the people said about it as they posed out?'
Replied Josh, "1 did—once" (a pause and a sigh)—" but I'll
never do It again 1"

A western editor in acknowledging the gift of a peck
of onions from a subscriber, says, "It is such kindnesses as
these that always brings the tears to our eyes."

A company of settlers, in naming their new town,
called it Dictionary, "because," as they said, "that's the
only place where peace, prosperity, anti happiness are
always found."

The jury-box in n Limestone county, Texas, has
been placed so that hereafter the jurymen will sit with thelr
bacis to the audience, so that their attention will not be
distracted. _. . . . _ -

ADzi bury boy asked his father the other day what
was a philosopher.—" A. philosopher, ray sou? Why a phi-
], sopher is a man who reasous."--" Is that to.' said the hoy,
dejectedly. "I thought it was a man that tiPu't let tbiLgs
bother bini."—The fadaer 'Mainly patted his sou's head.
It is a rule of etiquette in Arkansas that no true
gentleman will eat with his leg thrown over the back of his
nei.i..hbour's chair, if he can help it.
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In the bright L-xington of Kentucky there are no
such words as "No, I thank you, I don't drink."
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stock
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vasts
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mreepnotrot eriver,r, i ecsactriilbo
ri nu dg a as
aryesc,
—cattle and cheep—were drowned in the risiug waters, and
the owners' on contemplating the ruin wrought, were
drowned in falling tears.''
The Boston (U.S ) Advertiser says: "A noted demo-
cratic politician of this vicinity was once asserting his entire
indifference to the opinions of his opponents, and to their
personal abuse Why,' said he, ' a man likened me the
other day to Judas Iscariot, but I don't care." Yes,' said
a bystander, 'but how does Judas feel about it! ' "
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

A FIRELESS LOCOMOTIVE.

At the late meeting of the British Association an
interesting paper was read by M. C. Bergeron on Lon
Francq's fireless locomotive. It was stated that it
was at the time that the horse plague was raging at
New Orleans, in 1872, that the idea was conceived by
Dr. Lamm of applying hot water to give motion to
small locomotives for drawing tram-cars in that town
by taking the water from a fixed steam boiler. Im-
mediately after the Franco-German war M. Francq
occupied himself with the Paris tramways, and studied
the question of mechanical traction by mean of
steam-engines without are, that is to say, water heated
to a high temperature by the injection of the steam
into a body of water. He carried out several improve-
ments in L tmm's machine, which had enabled him to
show that it was possible to utilise at the circumference
of a wheel a considerable dynamic power of hot water
at high temperature. and much greater than that
which was applied at New Orleans. He made appli-
c Alen of his principle on the line of tramway between
Rueil and Mary-le Roi, on the St. Germain Railway,
near Paris. The principle object of the invention was
the suppression 01 the farnace of the locomotive, and
this was obtained by the utilisation of the caloric
capacity of water in giving it quantity of heat sufficient
to obtain the production of steam necessary for the
working of each machine. The Areless engine is said
to have possessed all the elements of safety that could
be required in an engine intended to run in the streets
or towes and along country roads. Explosion was
impossible, for there were no tubes to explode, no hot
cinders were dropped, and there was no alarming noise.
On steep inclines the brake suffices to moderate the
speed. Not only were the engines convenient for
tramways in town, but they were expecialy suited for
railways underground, such as the Metropolitan. In
a few weeks we understand one of these engines will be
on the Leeds tramways.—Land and Water.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

AWKWARD FOR PERSONS ABOUT TO
MARRY.

An Act of Parliament has recently passed with the
object of facilitating marriages, but like many other
laws on the Statute-book, it is not proof against the
celebrated ordeal of " tlriving a coach and four
through it." In Scotland, where it is popularly sup-
posed that a formal marriage may be contracted with
even less difficulty than is entailed by the operation of
"jumping over a broomstick," it would hardly Et:ern
necessary to devise any meaas of simplifying the pre-
liminary forms required to make a marriage legal, and
this would appear to have commended itself to certain
persons who have lately been doing their best to render
the new Marriage Notice Act inoperative. It is pro-
vided that persons about to marry may, if they
prefer to do so, dispense with the publication of the
banns in church by exhibiting, in a conspicuous arid
easily accessible place on the outside wall of the
registrar's office, a notice in a certain prescribed form,
giving the names, addresses, Sti., of the happy pair.
This notice is to be displayesl for seven consecutive
days, and the marriage cannot take place without a
certificate to that effect being given by the registrar
whose house had been honoured by being chosen as the
receptacle of the placard. The formality is at first
sight so simple that intending Eenedicts have rather
largely availed themselves of it, but in more than
one instance recently an unexpected difficulty,
embarrassing alike to the bride, the bridegroom, and
the registrar, had occurred through the surreptitious
removal of the notice by some practical jokers be-
fore the expiration of the statutory seven days. The
seven consecutive days' notice beiag thus interrupted,
the proclamation has had to be re-issued, and the
question has arisen as to who is responsiole for the
safekeeping of the notice, the registrar or the author
of it? If a hopeful bridegroom is obliged to engage
one or more guardians to watch over his proclamation,
it is unlikely that he will avail himself of this method
of getting married, while a faithful bulldog chained
near the important document might be regarded as
preventing that "easy access" to it Ithich is indis-
pensable. Even then a heavy thunderstorm and a
gals of wind might combine to displace the notice;
and in view of all these difficulties it is likely that the
Act in question will remain a dead letter.---Globe.

TliE BEST TOURIST'S COICEANIQiiFO 1879,—An
Umbrethu—Pungh.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

ROWLEY REGIS.

LOCAL BOARD.—A monthly meeting of this Board
was held on Monday, Mr. W. Bassano presiding.—
The Assistant Medical Officer (Mr. Beasley) pre-
sented a report as to the health of the district, show-
ing that the death return was still much under the
average. The total number of deaths for the past
month was 31, as against 20 in July last. 'The
deal-rate was 11.9 per 1,000. Three deaths had
resulted from zymotic disease—two being from scar-
latina, and one from typhoid fever.—The Clerk
presented a letter from Messrs. Skidmore and
Webster, proprietors of the Eagle Colliery, Powke
Lane, in which they complained that owing to the
defective facilities provided by the Board for carrying
off the drainage water in that locality they had
sustained serious loss and damage in consequence of
the flooding of their mine. The damage done was

estimated it £.lOO. They should like to- know what
the Board were willing to do in the matter. A
subsequent communication was also read from the
same firm, in which it was alleged that further
damage had been caused, and V.Teatening the Board
with legal proceedings. The Clerk explained that
the damage arose from several causes, none of which
were due to the action of the Board. Originally it
was caused by the Mines Drainage Commissioners
placing small pipes in that district and interfering
with a watercourse. A reservoir on Messrs. Skidmore
and Web,ter's own land, which was half full of mud,
had, it appeared, overflown, and the water had found
its way into their pits. In his opinion the Board
were not to blame in the matter, nor were they liable
for the damage. The Surveyor said he had inspected
the place, and fully bore out the statements of the
clerk as to the state of the reservoir, Ile further
pointed out that some time ago the Board laid down
18in. pipes to convey the water from the Powke
Lane district. The Mines Drainage Commissioners,
however, at their terminus placed only Pin. pipes,
and consequently with the unusual floods recently
exp3rienced, the pipes were found to be insufficient,
and the water had overflown and found its way into
the plt4. The Chairman considered that the com-
plainants were themselves entirely to blame for what
had occurr,d. The reservoir and all the works
connected with it appeared to be in a very defective
c udition. After a brief discussion the matter dropped
no action being taken.—Mr. Crewe, a ratepayer,
attended the Thard, complaining of the annoyance
caused in the neighbourhood of Wright's Lane, Old
1-hi, by the floods of water which ran into that
street 'Amin various directions, and which sometimes
compiettly flooded the road. Mf. Crewe urged that
the cost of the pipes necessary would be saved in
twelve months in the labour which is required to
repair the street from time to time. The Surveyor
was instructed to put down sufficient dr,rinage pipes
to abate the nuisance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

THE YELLOW FEVER IN AMERICA.

The American papers state that the National Board
of Health have been investigating the origin of the
fever at Memphis, and the manner in which the
germs have been introduced. It is the opinion of the
medical man, who has been conducting this inquiry,
that the germs were imported direct from the West
Indies, that they passed the New Orleans quarantine,
and arrived in Memphis in June.
The Howard Association had 207 nurses attending
196 families, 129 of whom were white, and 76 coloured.

MEMPHIS, Aug. SO.
Daring the past week the number of deaths from
yellow fever in this city reached 51..

At Memphis there were 53 eases of yellow fever and
15 deaths on Saturday and Sunday, eight cases and
four deaths on Monday morning. At New Orleans
there was one case and one death.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

PO ATO.

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The arrivals continue upon a moderate scale, but there is
a want of condition, and the trade remains quiet. Early
shims, Ills. to 1203. ; regents, 130 s to 1905.; early rose,
110 s. to 1503.; and kidneys, 1305. to 180 s.
110 P.

Another week of unpropitious weather has had an adverse
effect on the hop plantations, the pistit having made but
little progress. Even now, wide brighter days, the progress
is stow, owing to the low temperature for the time of year.
The trade La hops, therefore, continues very firm, and
prices have an upward tendency. Prices are as follows
E tet Kent goldinge, £5 be.. to £.B 10e.*; Mid Kent, £5 to
£7 10s. ; Weald of Kent, £5 ss. to-46 15a. ;- Sussex, £4 10e. to
£5 15s. ; Farnham aud country, £5 10s. to £3; Californians,
£5 5z to £6 68.; Bave.riabs, LO L 7 14s.

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GAME AND ' rouLnly, .
A few partridge at market, selling from 20. to 4s. each.
Trade generally very dull, at the fol ovriog quotations :—Fat
ortolaus, 2s, 61. to 3s 9,1. ; live quails, 10d. to ls.; grouse,
18.101 tJ 4s. 9,1 ; black game, 28.30 sis ;
to 2 M
e. 3d • widgeon, Is. to Is .; baiwi'd ducks, ls. 6d
es, 3s 3.i. to sa.
;
collies, 101. to 13. Bd ; pigeons, widgeon, i. to it.; duckt, le. 6d. r 0
3a• ; 80. slings, 6s. to 103. eacn.
FISH.

c; ownaltnii :inn
gds 1, tlti2:, etas.
to 8 per hundred ; (a.e, £e tu £l2 vet score ; cri:nped datu,
los. it,,- 25s esciti Picktoo ditto, £2 t., £2 10a. per barrel ;
17
t: 123. per
41. b upsehre II
b; .
d V
20,.. per basket; mackerel, 2s. 6 •43 per dozen ; mullet,
crilaptelvdeso::::::
22
es to Ss ed. per sore: large b,dd'ick. E.e. to 9s. tauh; trout,'
lA. tO is. OJ. per lb. ; lobsters, 12s. to 27i. el pa d a • 0
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our own Turf Correspondent)

DONCASTER ST. LEGER, &c.

The great Doncaster " Carnival " will commence
Tuesday, September 9th, on the Town-moor, when
the truly abominable bad weather will surely give
place to some at least more congenial, so as the
going at least will be more reliable than it has been
this past season, when favorite after favorite has
being over-thro‘‘n through the heavy state of
ground.
On Tuesd ty, the chief event will be the Great
Yorkshire Handicap, over the St. Leger course,
when a fair field may be expected to face the
starter if the betting returns are any criterion. At
present ltoohampton beads the list, both in the
weights and the list of quotations, and from the
way be won the Nurthampton Stakes he will again
take a great amount of beating, even with his
steadier of 9st. Rylestoue Bst 91b on her Lewes
Handicap running is also just now in splendid
form, and will run a great mare, as the distance is
just her liking_ Parole, Glendale, and Moorfoot,
of the older horses seem to hold respectable chances
and of the youngsters Mycnae, Chippendale,
Crilderoy and Dresden China are the pick; but in
still reducing them, I think fit and well at the post
that

ROEHAMPTON or MYCNAE
will be returned the winner.
The event of the week will be the Blue Riband
of the North—the Doncaster St. Leger, run on the
Wednesday, and, as hithertofore—some sensational
doings as already taken place.
Until Wheel of Fortune's visit to York she held
an unchequered winner career, when she then suf-
fered defeat by Ruppera in the Great Yorkshire
Stakes, the distance being one mile 6 furlongs the
exact distance to be travelled next Wednesday.
Since then Wheel of Fortune has taken things easy;
consequently Sir Bevys the Derby hero has sup-
planted her in the betting returns, but being such
a public idol the mare is sure to regain her posi-
tion of premiership in the quotations before the
fall of the flag. At present doubts are entertained
that she cannot stay the extra quarter of a mile,
but I am loth to believe it, although we have the
Gt Yorkshire Stakes defeat staring us in the face,
and what excu-e to make for that I am a loss; still
with the remembrance of Blair Athol's and
Apology's defeat in this veiy race and their sub-
sequent victory over the town-moor, I shall not
desert Lord Falmouth's handsome daughter of
Queen Bertha and if I couple

WHEEL of FORTUNE with SIR BEVYB
the hero of the Derby along with the Oak's victoress
I shall not be far wrong on the day; but should
they be doomed to suffer defeat it will be by the
winner of the Grand Prix—Saiteador.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

THE DROUGHT IN TURKEY.

The C.)rrespondent of the StandadvA, writing from Con
stautinopie on Augrukt 23, says:—

-
" Whil iet n ELgland and on a large part of the Con-
tinent storms of cold winds and leng-protranted rains
have been prevalent, we in Turkey have suffered from
intense heat and long-protracted drought. We have
been absolutely withcut rain since Easter last, and
the heat during the greater part of the time has been
overpowering. The effect upon the country has been
die steous. The crops have withered; the grapes have
retuned to swell, and have dropped in a blighted
eullenness from the viees ; the hid,' around me which,
during the correkp mading period of each of the three
previous years, were green with the undergrowth of
the pine woods, or purple with the bloom of the
heather, are now as brown "as is the ribbed sea sand."
The earth has been of iron and the sky of brass. The
wooden houses have become as dry as tinder, and
wherever a fire has broken out it has swept every-
thing before it. . . • As it is, our water supply is be-
coming very low. Most of the private wells have
given out, and though the Bends (or reservoirs)
at Belgrade still contain some water, it is
of bad quality and full of decemposed animal
and vegetable matter. We have had a serious epi-
demic of diarrhoea, which sensational correspondents
have elevated into cholera, but which, though it has
not been choleraic, has been sufficiently distressing.
The season appears to have been as unhealthy with us
as it has been healthy with you. Here, in the islauda
of the Marmora, they have a curious tradition, which
has grown into a belief, and which may interest your
readers as much as it has puzzled me. Old and highly.
educated and very intelligent inhabitants, declare that
if you bathe in the Marmora between the 6th and 18th
of August (new style) you will in all probability hit
upon an unlucky day, and will have your skin
stained with blackish or greyish black spots,
which will be ineradicable. Usually we ex-
pect the weather to break on the 15th August,
the Feast of the Assumption, and when rain falls on
that day it is called "the Virgin's Tears," but the
weather does not always answer our expectations,
and when the rain is deferred beyond the 15th of
August, and it has been so deferred this year, the
odour of the decomposing seaweed in our tideless sea
is almost insupportable. Now, we know that sea-
weed yields iodine in large quantities, and we know
that iodine communicates a brownish tinge to the
skin, which it is not easy to get rid of. Can it be
that the highly objectienable action of the Marmara
at the period in question is due to the fact that the de-
composition of the weeds has 'surcharged the Bea
(which, it must be remembered, is a motionless sea)
with iodine?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

GRAIN CROPS IN AMERICA

Private advices from Chicago state that the largest
winter wheat crop ever produced in the United States
has been harvested this season. It exceeds both in
quantity and quality that of 1878, and the farmers are
well content with the prices realised. The spring
wheat crop is also a large one, exceeding that of last
year, and it is now mostly harvested, except for the
northern part of Minnesota and the northern part of
Wisconsin, It is estimated that they will be from
this year's crop a probable surplus of 165 and 175 mil-
lion bushels of wheat for export to foreign countries.
The importing countries of Europe will probably re-
quire, from accounts so far received, from 280 to 300
million bushels. The yield of oats varies in different
parts of the State, in some districts being light, whilst
in others it is good. On the whole a fair crop is re-
ported. The prospects for Indian corn are excellent
all over the States. It must be borne in mind, how-
ever, that this crop is not matured until September,
nor free from the blights of frost until then.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

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"THE BIGGEST TELESCOPE IN THE
WORLD."

Under this heading the New York Herald informs us
that Professor Otto Struve, the dietinguished astro-
nomer who has charge of the great Russian Obser-
vatory near St. Petersburg, arrived at Washington on
August 4, accompanied by his eon Hermann. He
wished to inspect the United States' Naval Obser-
vatory and teat the power of its great equatorial
telescope. "The object of his visit to the United
States is to make arrangements for the construction
of a telescope for the Russian Observatory, the
dis 3 of which shall be up to the very limit of
vision, and as large as the firm of Alvan Clarke
and Co., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, can make, it
being the desire of the Russian Government to mount
an instrument which will not only put the Pulkowa
Observatory at the head of astronomical institutions,
but which will enable it to maintain its position
for all future time, Professor Struve spent the day
at the Naval Observatory. It was his purpose to
spend the night at the observatory testing the great
telescope; but, unfortunately, the weather was not
clear, a thunderstorm darkening the heavens until
after midnight," In conversation with a representa-
tive of the Herald, M. Struve explained that it was
questionable whether the largeness of the disc of the
great Washington equatorial (26in clear of the
mountings) added much to the facilities of the ob-
server. "The lens at the Russian observatory is only
15in. in diameter, and it has been found by careful
examination that there is no instrument in the Euro-
pean observatories that excels it, and but one that
equals it." What the Russian a,tronomical authori-
sies now desire " is to carry the size of the disc to the
extreme limit at which it can be serviceable. The
theoretical idea is that a glass could be cast for grind-
ing which would yield a disc between 22in. and 36in."
M. Struve was in America to confer with the
makers of the lens of the Washington equatorial, and
see whether his wishes can be realized. "Professor
Newcomb is of opinion that a glass could be
made serviceable with an aperture of 36in., and have
a correspondingly increased power of penetrating
spice. . . . The rough disc will have to be cast in
Birmingham or Paris; and this is an undertaking
requiring the greatest care and skill, for the slightest
flaw would make it worthless."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

ASCENT OF THE GROSSER
SHRECKHORN.

The Berne papers contain an account of the
successful ascent of this very difficult Alpine peak by
M. Reiners, in advocate of Aix-la-Chapelle. This
gentleman, who is a member of the West German
section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club, and
who had distingui-shed himself three years back by an
ascent of the Matterhorn, climbed the Grosser Shreck-
horn on the 21st ult. This mountain is 4,080 metres
or 13,219 Paris feet, above the level of the sea. The
steep side, upon which the ill-fated Mr. Elliot some
years back lost his life, was surveyed at various
intervals' when it was found that the greatest inclina-
tion was 56 deg. Close to the summit, at 1.10 in the
afternoon, the thermometograph, when exposed
slightly to the sun, showed a temperature of 3 deg.
6 min. Centigrade, or rather more than 38 deg.
Fahrenheit; the minimum, temperature being-4•9cleg.
C., or about 23deg. Fahr., and the maximum, 13deg.
C., or about 55deg. Fahr. In spite of the risk tie ran
from threatened avalanches, owing to the softened
condition of the _ snow and the .pieces of rock which
occasionally fell 'down'the route he bad to
Reiners made the descent quite safely.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

THE BAD HARVEST.

The Economist points out that "should 1879 prove
to be about two thirds of an average wheat crop, we
have experienced as bad before. The peculiarity of the
case is the long succession of bad harvests, accom-
panied by a low price for produce, If we go back to
the commen 'ement of the century we shall find se-
quences of bad years nearly, perhaps, even more
disastrous to the country than those since 1870. At a
moderate estimate, we may expect to pay 15 millions
or 10 millions more for our bread this year than
last. We are the poorer by that amount, and by a
great deal more, for the deficiency in our harvest is,
unhappily, not confined to wheat alone, But a
country which, like this, habitually imports some
£110,000,000 of food, without including wine and
other articles of consumption, should be able to meet
a demand for £16,000,000 additional, and even a
larger one, for its wheat supply without great stress
on its resources. The immediate effect on our money
market may be to cause some stringency ; a further
effect will certainly be to defer that return to better
times, for which all classes have been anxiously look-
ing to a later date; but the country has passed through
even worse times than this, and will, no doubt, bear
the additional burden inflicted by the vicissitudes of
the seasons with patience and fortitude."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

ALPINE PIGEON FLYING.

The Geneva Correspondent of The Times writes, under
date August 29 :
"At the instance of the Military Department of
the Federal Government some interesting experiments
have lately been tried with a view to ascertain if
carrier-pigeons possess the power of flying at great
heights, and if they are as capable of finding their
way home from the summits of snow-covered Alps
as from lower altitudes. In the afternoon of
August 14 two untrained pigeons were let loose
at the cabin on the Bergli, 8,600 ft, above sea.
level. After perching a few minutes on the neigh.
bouring rock they flew off towards the Eiger, but
shortly thereafter returned to the cabin and did not
finally take their departure until 4.20 p.m., when they
made off in the direction of home, notwithstanding
that the surrounding mountains rendered it quite im-
possible for them to take even a bird's-eye view of the
country. The next day, at 9,25. aan,, two other
pigeons, one of which was untrained, were let loose at
50 paces below the highest point of the Jungfrau,
13,7501 t. above sea-level. They rose at once, made
several wide circuits, and then, taking a north-easterly
course, disappeared over the valley of the Lauterbrannen
in the direction of the Sohilthorn and the Schwalmeren.
One of these pigeons returned to its cote at Thun at three
o'clock p.m. on the following day, 18 hours after it had
been let loose on the Jungfran. The other did not re-
turn at all. Of the two let loose on the Bergli, one did
not return until the 22nd, seven days after its release;
the second is still at large. But neither of the pigeons
which failed to find their way back were trained—that
is, they were not accustomed to be let loose away from
their homes. So far as is known, no previous attempt
has been made to fly pigeons in the high Alps, and the
result of the experiment in question is all the more in- i
teresting inasmuch as on several occasions when they
• have been released from balloons they have appeared
utterly unable to sustain themselves in the air and have
fallen to the ground an inert maim?!
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

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THE MARKETS,,

3IARK-L ANE.-3TONDAY.
The grain trade at Mark-lane is in a quiet state. There
was a Main attendance. English wheat was in short sup-
ply; the demand was inactve, at about late rates. Foreign
wheat was in fair supply. The trade was quieter than on
Friday, and quotations Dad a drooping tendency. Fine white
parcels were, however, rather dearer than on Monday.
Barley was in moderate supply, The trade was firm, at full
prices. Malt was steady, at late rates. For oats a fair in-
quiry prevailel, at steady currencies. Maize was dull, and
rather weaker. Beans and peas were quiet, but steady
The flour market was inactive, at about late rates.
METROPOLITAN CA.TPLE MARKEL—MONDAY.

The cattle trade has been quiet and without fea-
ture. Supplies were hardly up to the average, and
there was again an unevenness in quality and condition.
A moderate supply of beasts came to hand from our
gra zi it g districts, and a good show from Ireland, but
Scotch breeds were scarce. Transactions were on a limited
icale at about the rates current last week. The best Scots
and crosses were disp3sed of at ss. 4d. to 55 ad, per Sib.
From the Midland and llama counties we received about
1,800, from other parts of England about •[OO, in-fa Scotland
11, and irom Ireland 500 head. On the foreign side of the
markA the supplies of beasts were short. Abnut 20
Canadian were offered, and some 200 Danish, besdes
a few Spanish The inquiry was limited, at late cur-
rencies. With reference to sheep, a fair number was in the
pens. In the general aspect of the trade nothing fresh
occurred, the demand ruling quiet, at last week's prices.
The best Downs and half-brees were disposed of at es. Bd. to
Os . 10d. per 8;b. Lambs were quiet, at 7s. to 7s. 10,1. Calves
and pi.rs were disposed of at late quotations. At Deptford
th, re were about 2,700 beasts, sue 7,000 sheep and lambs.
Inferior beasts, 41. to 45 61; second quality, 4s. 6d. to Sc.;
prime large oxen, bs. 2d. to ss. 4d.; prime Scots, 53. 4d. to
53. ed.; inferior sheep, Sc. to ss. ed ; second quality, Si.
6d. to Se.; prime coarse woolled, 6s. 6.1 to 6s. bd. ; prime
Southdowns, es. Bd. to 6s. 10.1 ; large Coarse calves' ss, to
53. 6d.; prime small ditto, Sc 61 to 65.; large hogs, 38. Bd.
to 45.; email porkers, 43. 21 to 45. Bd. ; and lambs, is. to 7s.
10d. per 81b. aiuking the offal

METROPOLITAN &MAT MARKET.—MoNDAY.

There was a mcalerate supply ot meat, the demand for
which was slow, at the foltowing pacts :—lnferior beet,
2s 4d. to 35.; middl,ng ditto, 3s. 4d to 4s ; prime large
ditto, 4 2d. to 4s. lod ; prime Scotch ditto, 4s ed, to es. 2d. ;
veal, 4s. 51. to Si. ; interior mutton, 2s. 81. to 3s. 4d.; mid-
dling ditto, 3s. to 4s. 4d. ; prime ditto, Ss. to 65.; large pork,
4s. to 41. 4d. ; small ditto, 4s. 6d. to Sc. per 81b. by the
carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06

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THE COMSTOCK SILVER LODE.

The entire yield of this extraordinary lode from 1858
the year of its first discovery, to the end of 1878, has
been 291,171,605 dole., to which must be added the
tailings, estimated at 32,500,000 dole., bringing up the
whole yield of the mines in twenty years working t
323,671,605 dole. A sum of 40,000,000 dole, should be
included also for losses in working. The Comstock
mines are the most productive, the deepest, and the
hottest of the precious metal mines that have ever been
opened on the American continent, and probably
in the world. They are also the most variable
In their results, for while large areas of ground are
barren and absolutely worthless, a space of 1,200 ft.
contained ore bodies which in five years' time yielded
more ore than the whole lode had produced in the
same period. But these great beds of riches are
now nearly exhausted, and the owners of the mines
are preparing to contione explorations to depths ap-
proaching the limits of what has hitherto been con-
sidered practicable. The three principal points to be
considered are, the heat, the water, and the probs.
hility of finding more ore. Tne heat is already rather a
serious matter, for in a good many of the drifts tbe
men work in an atmosphere of 108 deg. to 112 deg.,
while in the 2,000 ft. level the rock is 130 deg. Fahr.
At present the miners work well in this heat, and it
is quite possible that ventilation may be devised so as
to enable them to encounter still greater elevation of
temperature. The drainage question is more serious
than that of heat. The ramifications of the mines ex-
tend more than 200 miles in aggregate length, and in-
crease at the rate of 12 miles per annum. The pumps
are now raising five million tons of water every
year, and the upcast shafts by which the air current
leaves the mines send up a volume of vapour 40tt.
high. As the mines are I,oooft. deeper than the Car-
son river, in the plain of which they are situated, the
drainage of a large area will have to be accounted for,
in addition to the possible or probable reservoirs of
water which may be tapped, as excavation goes on.
With regard to the finding of fresh ore at deeper
levels, the prospects are at present somewhat theo-
retical, but Professor John Church, who has been
examining the lode on a Governmental inquiry, con-
siders that the chances of rich ore are sufficient to
warrant the further preparations.