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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

THE STEWPONEY BECHER CLUB AND

ALLOTMENT SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of these societies was held
on Tuesday last, at the Stewponey Hotel, near
ll...lnver. The members attended Divine service at
Kinver Church in the Morning, headed by the
Brierley Hill brass band, thE sermon being preached
by the Rev. T. L. Claughton, ,vicar of St. Mary's,
Singswinford. At the meejng afterwards, in the
grounds of the Stewponey 'iota Lord Lyttelton
presided; and Mr. W. H. Foley, the Revds. J.
Hodpona £ R, Tumor, J. W. Bourne, J. J. 51E10
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

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TUNER-
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And 67, Park Street, Walsall.
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one Tuner He tunes by equal temperament, and ob.-
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;Lrch, Huddersfield :—" I have much pleasure in tes-
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tirer' He lays the bearings with exactness and perfec-
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'r°l3l Mrs. Sanderson Solo Pianiste, of the London
and Liver 1 "M Green is one of the few
wh_ poo o=BEo3. r.
ta can Tune my Piano to the nicety I require previous
ey Public Recitals. (Signed) E. R. Serum-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

THE BOERS AND THE TRANSVAAL.

The Times publishes the following letter
Sir —I have received by the last mail from South Africa
the following letter. It is written by the oldest and most
respected inhabitant of Pretoria. His was almost the first
house built upon what is now the market-place, but was
then the wild open veldt. He may be called, in fact, the
father and founder of the capital of the Transvaal The
letter speaks for itself. No man knows the Transvaal and
the Boers better than the writer of this letter No man's
opinion and advice call, especially at this time, for greater
consideration and respect. It comes to hand opportunely,
and will be read with Interest.—l am, Sir, ONE WHO LIVID
SEVERAL YEARS IN ZIILIILAND.—June 2.

"Pretoria, April 18, 1879.

"We have been greatly troubled here. Such times I
have never seen. The Boers threatened to attack Pretoria,
so we fortified the place, and they call this unfair. Every-
body has been on duty, in one way or the other, but as I
expect you see all the local papers it is useless to recapitu-
late. At present the greater part of the Boers have left,
at, d the remaining few are now encamped a llttle beyond
Mr} duns, on the Natal road. . . .

"Sir Bsrtle Frere is now here and has had several inter-
views with the Boers. They are like a lot of children, and
only cry out for the moon, alias independence, or at least
what they call auch, which, in my experience of them, means
trying to be the biggest man, and bringing the whole country
into worry about it; the stroll; oppressing the weak, and
degenerating year after year into an animal a little better
than a Caffre. They are as incapable of governing them-
selves as the children in a nursery. The country Tall
gradually dwindling away, and in a short time there would
have been only the remains of the Transvaal, with no rulers,
no money, no credit, no men, and everlasting bickering
among themselves: and the end would have come by the
Zulus turning us all out and taking the country for themselves.
Sir Bartle has told them plainly that they won't get it back,
and so we stand."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

BROMSGROVE.

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—At the fortnightly meet-
ing of the Board, Wednesday—Mr. J. Russon in the
chair—Mr. Weaver was unanimously appointed a
member of the Union Assessment Committee, in
place of Mr. W. Partridge, who has ceased to
occupy a seat at the Board. Mr. Humphrey, clerk
laid before the Board his estimate of the expendi-
ture of the School Attendance Committee for the
ensuing half-year, and the list of calls to meet the
expenditure of the Rural Sanitary Authority for
the same period, and both were adopted.—At a
meeting of the Rural Sanitary Authority, sal).
sequently held, Mr. Hobbes, medical officer, pre-
sented his report for 1878, which showed 208
deaths to have been registered, and the death-re,' e
18.79. the highest for the past four years, due
mainly to epidemic of scarlet fever and the
severity of the winter. More than one-third of
those who died were over 60 years of age. The
number of births registered had not been returned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

The remains of the two officers have been recovered,
placed in coffins, and received Christian burial.

Lieutenant George C. Jefferyes Johnson, of the 99th
Regiments who was killed in action during the battle
of Ginghilova ( April 2), was the second son of William
Johnson, Esq., of Vosterburgh, near Cork, his father
being a deputy -lieutenant of that county, in which the
family had resided for more than two centuries. The
late Lieutenant Johnson, although only twenty-seven
years of age, had had command of a company for some
months, his captain having been promoted, and
when Lord Chelmsford inspected the troops on the
banks of the Tugela, his youthful appearance seemed
to astonish the general, who, however, seemed quite
satisfied when informed that the young officer, besides
being lerder of his company, was musketry.instructor
of the regiment. When poor Johnson received his
death wound he was endeavouring to steady and
restrain the too fervid enthusiasm of his men (all of
them young soldiers), and to prevent them wasting
their ammunition.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

A FAMOUS MARE.

Sadowa, the horse the Emperor William rode at the
battle of Kcenigratz, so named in commemoration of
that victory, has died lately. The Fremd,enbiate fur-
nishes the following details relative to the venerable
charger :—" For some time past the noble animal gave
such signs of weakness, resulting from age, that the
veterinary surgeon was convinced it could not live
long. On the 17th ult. it was so feeble as to be unable
to stand, and to spare it further sufftring it was killed.
Orders had been given, in case of the death of Sadowa,
to have the animal stuffed, and the task was confided
to M. Ludwig, expert at the Zoological Museum.
Sadowa was a mare of great beauty, distinguished by
a noble carriage of the head and fine ears. Her length
was six feet one inch and hor height five feet seven
inches, The akin will be prepared in sulh a way that
it may be stretched on a body of the same form
moulded in plaster,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

THE SINKING OF THE AVA.

Particulars have been telegraphed to The Times of
the sad accident attended by great loss of life which
happened in the Bay of Bengal about two o'clock in
the m ruing of the 24th ult. The British Indian Steam
Navigation Company's steamer Ava, which had
sailed from Calcutta for London on the previous
evening, came into collision with an in*ard•
bound sailing ship, the Brenhilds, and received
such injuries that she sank in fifteen minutes.
There was a heavy swell at the time, and no moon,
but the night was clear and fine. The Ava carried
five boats, one of which was unfortunately de.
stroyed in the collision, and another stove in while
being launched. The remaining three were got into
the water, and nearly all the passengers and officers
got off in them to the Brenhilda, which bad imam.
diately hove to, but had drifted such a distance that
it took two hours to reach her. Captain Dickenson
commander of the Ava, refused to leave his ship, and
was last seen on the bridge just before she sank.
Fifty.three persona were saved in the boats, and
seventy lust, including the captain, the surgeon, the
purser, and the fourth engineer, one first-clasa pas.
senger named Simpson, who was a tea planter in
Cachar, three second-class passengers, and the majority
of the deck passengers and crew. The Brenhilda was
much damaged, but was able to continue her voyage
to Calcutta, where she arrived on Monday with the
survivors of the Ava.

The liquidators of the City of Glasgow Bank, at
their meeting on Tuesday afternoon, declared a second
dividend of Ils. 4d. in the pound, payable on 201 h June. The
first dividend &Mounted to 6s. fici. in the pound.
A shocking accident occurred at Sheffield on Monday
evening. The children attending the workhouse schools had
been spending the day at the house of the Chairman of the
Guardians, Mr. Alderman Searle. They were being driven
back into town when, at the top of a steep hill, the breaking
of part of the harness caused the horse to take fright and
break the shafts of the vehicle. Left to itself, it ran down
the bill at a terrific speed, finally running against a wall.
The driver was terribty Injured, one of the children was
killed, and several ottitra were much hurt.
On blowsy the Emperor of Germany slipped while
walking in the Babelsberg Palace, and injured his kneecap.
Ba Majesty slept well alter tne accident.
TI. e L of Wales has consented to lend for a few
months to the Corporation of Glasgow his collection of
Indian presents the same as exhibited in the Paris Ltilibi-
tion last year. 'They are valued at half a million ftletrifigii,
They will reach. glasgopAtkailgobereuvitmizeihimed
COIVOIbt46t Mertes gratlffouly IYO days in Um weok.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

PROTECTION AND THE FARMERS
IN AMEBIC&
(From the Chicago FArmere Review.)

We have not unfrequentlf of late heard the boast
of manufacturers that the manufactures of the United
States were now beginning to compete with foreign
goods in the foreign markets, We have been ready to re-
ceive these statements as no vain boast, for it really did
not seem improbable that such should be the case.
Wages have come down 50 to 100 per cent, during the
last few years. The shrinkage in values, experienced
by all kinds of property mist have convinced manu-
facturers that they were iot the only ones to suffer
diminished incomes and that money could not ie any
branch of industry, or however invested, bring in the
same rate of profit or interest that it did formerly.
Living has cheapened marvallously. The products of
the farm which feed the pcpulations a our manufac-
turing centres are abundant and cheap. Much has also
been said, and justly, in regerd to American ingenuity
and inventive genius, and finally we astonished the
whole world at the Paris Exposition last year with the
wonderful evidences which we there furnished of our
ability to successfully compete with the most skilled
manufacturers of the Old World.
And yet we are compelled to ask in the face of such
an array of facts, what is it that manufacturers expect
to obtain further by persisting in the continuaace of a
protective tariff which weighs so heavily upon three.
fifths at least of their fellow citizens. We will not
discuss the question as to whether it may or may not
be opportune at certain periods of the industrial history
of all countries, to exercise protection to a greater or less
extent, certain it is, however, that now, by their own
confession, the great plea of "protecting our National
industries" so-constantly harped upon by these gentle-
men when seeking legislative wet-nursing, can no
longer badvanced. If our manufacturers still need
protection to survive, then indeed protection may be
set down as a failure. If they do not need it, why
should it be granted to them? Is it simply to enable
them to keep up the prices of those articles of which
the farmer is so large a consumer, and for which he
has to pay in that produce, the cheapness of which
enables them and their workmen to live the more
he4ply? If not, what then?

Ths remains of a rosstodon have been found in a
Sandpit near the gates of Vienna.
The Derbv Aftrozoy state& that tile
-tiegtolAbotetiftvitbt-bilOriett ei6 has teensucceaditri
ettormed on Mr. Plimsoll, and that the hon. genaa.
baaals propesass ismousWl go Welt be expeoWs

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES

CONSUMPTION IS CURABLIL—A sertain method of OUT
has been discovered for this distressing complaint by a
physician, who is desirous that all sufferers may benefit
from this providential discovery. It is beyond all doubt
the most remarkable remedy of the age. Thousands
have been cured by it. Full particulars of the remedies
will be sent by post to any person free of charge.—
Address:—liir. Wausau, 10, Oxford Torraoe,Hydo
Park, London.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

NATIONAL COFFEE PALACE COMPANY
(Limited).—Friends of the cause, who may be
aware of suitable localities in the Provinces for the
establishment of Coffee Palaces, are earnestly invited to
communicate with the Company's
Provincial socretary—bir. EDWARD RIDGE GUNNER
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

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THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.

The present being holiday time there were
but few on 'Change this afternoon, and the
manufacturers and merchants present ap-
peared to be little disposed for business,
though some odd lots of the smaller sizes
went off. Hoops and unbranded bars were
in steady inquiry. Plating bars had more
purchasers, and tin plates maintained their
quotations. In the pig trade there was
scarcely anything doing, the few parcels
that were purchased being of a medium
quality, and they changed hands in buyers'
favour. Nail rods and wagon sheets are in
more inquiry. Orders for hoop iron and
other finished sorts have been placed more
frequently during the last fortnight, and
there were further inquiries to-day. Tube
makers have more orders to give out, but
there is a strong competition for the iron
consumed by them, and manufacturers are
not likely to gain Much advantage in the
shape of value. Galvanisers' sheets were a
little more sought
.for this afternoon, con-
sequent on the arrival of the Australian mail,
but prices were wretchedly low. The coal
trade is exceedingly dull, and very few of
the pits are drawing this week. Sales are
mostly for forge fuel. The demand for
household sorts has gradually decreased,
and it is not likely that there will
be an upward move in this direction for
some time to come.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

SURRENDER OF CETYWAYO'S YOUNGEST

BROTHER.
One of the Correspondents of The rims-, writing
Irom Gilighilova on April 23, says:—

"On the morning of the 21st inst. Mugwende, Cetywayo's
Youngest brother, came in, accompanied by his wives and
some 20 followers. He had been in treaty with the acting
Brigadier for some days previously, and it was anticipated
that he would have surrendered, with a larger number of his
men. His desertion of his brother's cause is not considered of
any political significance, as his disaffection had been well
known; so much so, that two of the Ungoya chiefs had re.
ceived orders from the King to watch his _brother's move-
Manta, and so well had they done their duty that, accord.
lag to Mugwende's statement, the greater number of his
party as well as all his cattle had been cut off and he him-
self had been barely able to escape with the. small number
who accompanied him. He says that no Zulu force of any
considerable -size•is -anywhere collected which would be
capable of opposing tegeneral advance; that since the double
victories of h.ambula and Ginghilova the Zulus have been
Completely disorganised and have dispersed to their dif-
ferent kraals. He concluded his statement, however, by
la, gni; that if time and opportunity are only afforded them,
the Zulu army will agaiu be mobilised and a vigorous
resiatance may be then expected, on our side of the country,
Particularly in the Umthaluzi bush.
"In appearance Mugwende is a low, cunning-looking
savage, with a forbidding look about his eyes. lie has a
tendency to elephantiasis, caused by his weakness for native
eer, which it is said he indulges in to excess. His wives are
conspicuous rather by the scanty nature of their costume—
Viz, a string of fine beads round the loins—than by beauty of
Person. Their hair is shaved close, except a round patch
nu the crown of the head, where the hair is gathered into
a. sort of on and plastered with red clay. The dignity
and self-possession shown by the whole party, male and
lel:Dela, struck all the numerous onlookers as the most
remarkable feature of a very interesting scene. Mugwende
and his followers have been forwarded into Natal by the
c°n•cy of empty waggon& which left here for Tugela yester.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

DUDLEY,

CASTLE FETICS.—The Fetes Committee are to be
congratulated on-the success of the first day's pr(.-
ceedings, both as to the entertainments and also in a
pecuniary sense. The attendance numbered between
five and six thousand and the net takings amounted
to £320. There would doubtless have been a still
larger attendance, but the inclemeney of the weather
in the latter part of the day stayed the inrush of
visitors. The balloon descended at Hammerwich,
near Lichfield. The fetes were continued on Tuesday
and there was again a large attendance. Another
balloon ascent was made by Captain Morton, and the
band of the Royal Marines again discoursed excellent
music. The other amusements were similar to those
of the previous day. A grand display of fireworks,
by Messrs. 'Wilder, closed the proceedings
On Wednesday nearly 10,000 people paid for admis-
sion to the grounds of Dudley Castle. The pecuniary
result will be very satisfactory. It is expected that
a profit of £4OO will be realised. Three-fifths of the
amount will be for the Guest Hospital, and two-fifths
for the Mechanics Institution. The aeronaut and
his two companions (Mr. Ernest Long and Mr.
John Mitchell) descended on Wedneslay at Sutton
Coldfield.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE.

From a circular just issued by the Farmers' Alliance to
farmers and others interested in agricultural reform we
extract the following:—

It has been long felt by many farmers, as well as by
others who understand the necessities of modern
farming, that the conditions under which the cub
tivation of the soil is carried on are highly detri•
mental to agricultural prosperity, and, as obstructive
to increased production, prejudicial to the interests
of both landlords and tenants, as well ag of the public
at large. The serious position in which landlords
and tenants find themselves placed urgently demands
that every legitimate effort be made to encourage the
development of the resources of the soil, and the
preliminary step In this direction must be to free
the business of farming from the trammels of
unjust laws, and the cultivation of the soil from the
unwise and in many cases absurd restrictions which
obstruct its improvement. The hopes of agricultural
reform have hitherto proved delusive, and the
reason plainly is because the interests of those en-
gaged in agriculture are not adequately represented
in Parliament. The first thing towards the redress of
those agricultural grievances which have to be dealt
witb by Parliament is manifestly the election of men
who really represent the interests of agriculture. To
accomplish this, farmers have only to assert their
political independence and elect candidates who really
represent their views and thoroughly possess their
oonfidence. The Farmers' Alliance is organised to
help towards the return of such representatives as the
proper constitutional means for the redress of the
grievances complained of, and to promote the other
objects stated in the provisional programme, by the
united action of all who are in favour of agricultural
reform."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1879

said that she was asked for "brown mixture" by
the mother of the child, which would contain a
certain portion of opium. She, however, added that
inadvertently a greater quantity was supplied than
was necessary for a young child.—Eliza Rudge,
mother of the eta', was called, and sfated that she
purchased, on the 3rd of April, one pennyworth of
" brown mixture" from the defendant's shop. She
gave it to her baby, which was only two months old.
Soon after taking the medicine the child became
very ill, and died a few hours afterwards. The
bottle in which the mixture was supplied was not
labelled" Poison." nor did it bear the name and ad-
dress of the seller, nor anything to show the nature
of the contents.—Defendant then pleaded guilty.—
Superintendent Kemp said that under the circum-
stances he should apply for an adjournment of the
case for a fortnight for the production of evidence.
I, He stated to the Bench that the witnesses would
' have been present on that occasion but for the fact
that he had received an intimation from the defend-
ant that she would plead guilty to charge.—After
some conversation with the Bench the defendant
withdrew the plea of not guilty.—Mr. Gibbons ob-
served that the Bench considered it a very serious
offence. Persons selling such articles ought to be
very careful indeed.—A penalty of 50s. and costs
was imposed.
ASSAULTING A WATCHMAN.—Henry Mole and
Sarah Bastable were charged at the same Court
with assaulting Alfred Mollett, watchman, on the
23rd ult.—The complainant, a watchman, in the
employ of Messrs. Dunn, colliery proprietors, saw.
the defendants searching after coal on the pit mound
He ordered them off, whereupon they both assaulted
him.—Defendants were each fined 10s. and costs,
or in default twenty-one days' hard labour.

FATAL FALL.—bn Thursday morning, an old
woman named Ann Standen, aged 66 years, was
found dead at the bottom of the stairs in the house of
her son, who resides in Chapel Street, Spring Hill. It
appears the old woman had engaged to sleep in the
house during the absence of her son and family, who
were on a visit to Witley. As she did not rise at
her usual time on Thursday morning, the neighbours
became alarmed. An entrance was effected into the
house through the bed room window, and the unfor-
tunate woman was found lying at the foot of the
staircase. Deceased was subject to fits of giddiness,
and it is supposed that she got out of bed and accident-
ally fell down stairs

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Total •• • •.• .• • ••• 88
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

STOURBRIDGE UNION.

ELECTION OF CLERK.

r ItHE GUARDIANS of this Union will at
A. their MEn'tINO to be held on FRIDAY, the 20th
JUNE NtX at the BOARD ROOM, at the WORK-
HOUSE, at KI,NGSWINFoRD, at Twelve o'clock in
the Forenoon proceed to Elect a Properly Qualified
Person as Clerk, who will be required to perform the
duties relative to the office as prescribed by the Local
tiovernment Board.

The salary is £ll9 per annum.
He will also be required to perform the duties of Clerk
to the Assessment Coramittee, the /mai Sanitary
Authority, anti the School Attendance Committee, at a
remuneration to be awarded from time to time, which
last year amounted in the aggregate to £9O.
Approved Security for £2OO will be required.
The Union comprises 17 Parishes, with a population
of 73,386, and an area of 16,200 acres.

1 he appointment will be =Lie subject to the approval
of the LL,cal Ciovernmeut Board,
Application, with Testimonials to be sent to me on, or
before the i9th June next, and Candidates to attend
personally on the day of Election, but no travelling
or other_extienses will be allowed.
By order,
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Stourbridge,
30th May, 1879.

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THE LATE FAMINE IN CHINA.

A correspondent of the North China Herald gives an
interesting account of his experience during a recent
visit to a north-western border of the province of
Shuntung, where the agents of the American Board
distributed relief during the famine. He says he was
amazed at the numbers of roeflees houses on every
side, indicating the great decrease of population
through hunger and the pestilence which has followed
it. He estimates the decrease at about one-third.
Those who have survived are wretchedly poor. Many
houses are being offered for sale at from one-fifth to
one third of their original coat. Amongst these are
some of the best in the villages visited. Last year all
but the wealthier portion of the people were compelled
to part with their lands, and now they have to dirs.
pose of their homes in order to provide subsistence
until the next harvest is reaped. Another result
of the famine is the great decrease in the number of
live stock, and the low rate at which they can be
bought. Still, so great is the poverty that many can.
afford to buy animals wherewith to do their
ploughing, and much of the land has been laboriously
dug up with the mattock. The correspondent adds
that the severity of the famine has now passed away,
that business is more active, and that, though still
hard pressed, the people are hopeful, and have re-
Burned their labouts "with an earnestness that be
tokens success."
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CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

A country newspaper ont West thus heads its report
of a fire:—"Feast of the Fire Fiend—The Forked-Tongued
Demon Licks with its Lurid Breath a Lumber Pile I—Are the
Scenes of Boston and Chicago to be repeated ?—Loss, one
hundred and fifty dollars.

An impromptu mock auction sale of women was
amusing and profitable at first, in a church fair In Wis-
consin. The young men bid liberally for the attractive
girls, and it was all very funny indeed, until an ugly but In-
fluential sister was put up. The auctioneer was compelled to
knock her down at twenty-five cents, and she was so angry
that she knocked down the auctioneer.

An American philosopher says :—"Young ladieß, if
you must wear pins on the back of your dresses at a dance,
put tnem in with the points towards the left. No charge."

A lawyer in one of the Western courts lately threw
a cane at another's head. The court required him to
apologise to it. He did so, and added, "While I am about
it, I may as well apologise beforehand for throwing another
cane at him the first chance I get."
In a Boston paper, a young widow lady advertises
that she is desirous to meet with an affectionate and good-
tempered partner, that can offer her a comfortable home.
A gentleman of colour not objected to, from fuity-live to
fifty yeart of age.
"When was Rome built?" asked a school-teacher
of the first clam in ancient history. "In the night," an-
swered a bright little girl. "In the night," exclaimed the
astonished teacher; "how do you make that out ?" "Why
I thought everybody knew that home wasn't built in a
day I" replied the child.
Some enthusiastic astronomer exclaims in the
columns of a contemporary :—ln the great race for wealth
and lame does it ever occur to a man that 6,500 years ago
Sirius was the predominaut star of autumn, and that 6,000
years hence it will be the rullog star of spring? Let it come
on, and bring the onions with it.

"Prisoner," said an American judge, in awarding
judgment, "it is a maxim of law that it is bettee to err on
the side of mercy. The court has made up her mind which
side she will err On, and nothing remains bat to err on that
aide."

A paragraph is gniug the rounds of the press. ex-
plaining on scientific grounds why a girl cuinot Oirow a
stone. If some teientlst would kindiy point out what is the
sated position the bystander can occupy—whether behind or
before— wb en she attempts it, he would be to some exteut, a
public benefactor.

A high-school girl in Deg Moines the °the day gave
the following definition of spring: "Whoa the gentle
zeph)re tw.ke the wing on your hat stand straight up and all
yottr .eolaing lccks severally assert their incUviduality, than
It b awing.'"

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

HALESOWEN.

THE CABE OF POISONING.—At the Petty Sessions,
on Tuesday last, before Messrs. J. Se Gibbons, J.
Watson, and E. B. Phillips (magistrates), Emily
Ella Adams, chemist and druggist, Hagley Street,
was summoned by Superintendent Kemp on a
charge of unlawfully selling to one Eliza Budge
certain poison—to wit, a preparation of opium—
without labelling the bottle or vessel in whichjsuch
poison was contained with the word " Poison," or
with the name of the article or with the name and
address of the vendor.—At the out set defendant
pleaded that the mixture wee supplied by her, but
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

[From Punch.)
"SCIENTIA DOCET."

(Not a doubt of it.)

. _
SCENE— Smoking Room. Enthusiasts discovered dis-
cussing recent _treaty.
First E f,thusiast. I think it's quite the biggest thing
DIZZY has done. We have got everything we wanted,
and India is safe for a hundred years.

Second Enthusiast (struck with the idea). Ah
Bhouldn't wonder. (Refers to evening paper.) Yes.
I see we've got the Khurum, Pishin, and Sibi Valleys,
and control of the Khyber and Michni. I haven't
looked at the map, but that sounds strong.
Third Enthusiast. Strong! I should think so. Why,
we are to have an agent at Cabul, and he'll be able to
wire to Simla in tive minutes. Why, if a hundred
thousand Russians suddenly turned up at Herat, we
should know it at Bayswater same evening. Look at
that!

First Enthusiast. Splendid! I 'll UM you what it's
done for Russia. It 's given her her quietus. No
intervening four hundred miles now. If she 's
quarrelsome, why tilt re she is right alongside of us.
Second Enthusiast. Just so, And Article 111.
stipulates—
" That the foreign affairs of the Ameer shall be conducted
under British advice, and that the Ameer shall be supported
by the British Government against foreign aggression."
I like the ring of that.
First Enthusiast. Rather! It will give Lytton a
chance if he knows what he 's about. The whole
thing 's been managed admirably.
Third Enthusiast. Yes. And look at the cost. A
mere nothing. Two or three millions down, and a
tLifling sub4dy of sixty thousand a year.
Second Enthusiast. Is that all? Mere child's play.
What's a squeeze more or less of that kind out of a
rich country like India?
First Enthusiast. Quite so, Well, Dizzy promised
us a Scientific Frontier, and, by jove, he's got it.
He's a wonderful fellow, [Left crowing.

A monument is about to be erected at St. Rdmy
(voiges) in memory of the soldiers who fell in the battle of
Nompatelize, fought October 8, 1870.
In their fifteenth weekly balance sheet (issued on
Tuesday) the Central 00minutes of the London Engineers
declared their position to be in every respect much better
than at the commencement of the strike. Many of the men-
have found employment in shops not affected, whilst several
have pone abroad. By emigration and employment of
members, the origizal strike roll of 1,000 men has been re-
.loo tOii x.wit .
dllOeCI tO 11WIlt CAO!
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

ATHLETIC SPORTS AT DUDLEY,

The Dudley Cricket Club held their annual athletic
carnival on Wednesday, on the grounds near the rail-
way station. Liberal prizes were offered for the
various events, and a large number of entries were
therefore secured. There was a large attendance. Mr.
W. Atkins acted as judge, Mr. J. Richards starter,
Mr. H. C Brettell clerk of the cour-e, and Mr. S. J.
Perkes timekeeper. The following is the result of
the various events :-100 yards handicap (club rac-)
Ist heat: A. Hooper, Ist; E. R. Fox, 2nd. Five
started. 2nd heat: BT. Skidmore, Ist; A. G. Marst .n.
2nd. Four started. Final heht :A. Hooper. Ist:
M. Skidmore, 2nd. Tirae, llsees.—Handicap hurdle
lace (open), 120 yards :Ist heat fell through. 2nd
heat :G. W. Pugh walked over. 3rd heat .T. Clulee
Ist ;F. Felton 2nd. Final heat: T. Clulee, Ist; G.
W. Pugh, 2nd. Time, 211 sees. Pugh fell, the other
man then easing. This accounts for tbe long time.
100 yards handicap race (open) : Ist heat, S. T. Bate-
man, Ist; F. Tandy, 2nd. 2nd heat: W. J. Jones
and W. Penn ran a dead heat; on running off Jones
won. 3rd heat: E. P. Cartwright, Ist; S. Sheppard.
2nd. 4th heat: S. H. Pugh, Ist; C. A. Hickman,
2nd. Final beat: W. J. Jones, Ist; E. P. Cart-
wright, 2nd. Time, 10/secs.—Mile handicap race
(club) : A. E. Marston, Ist; G. G. Wilkinson, 2nd
Quarter•mile handicap race (open) : Ist heat, W.
Gibney, Ist; S. 11. Pugh, 2nd. 2nd heat: B. S.
Oliver, Ist; LH. Hollings worth, 2nd. Final heat:
R. S. Oliver, Ist; R. H Hollingsworth, 2nd. Time.
54 sees.—One-mile handicap race (open) : J. L
Allday, Ist; J. Law, 2nd; T. S. Mayes, 3rd. Time,
6mins. 36secs.—Quarter-mile handicap race (club):
A. E. Marston, Ist; M. Skidmore, 2nd. Time, lmin
32secs.—Half-raile handicap race (open): J. L.
Allday, Ist; T. E. Yarnold, 2nd. Time, 2mins
14isecs. The prizes, which consisted of gold and
silver medals and silver cups. were afterwards dis-
tributed by Mr. M. Grazebrook. The South Stafford-
shire Victoria brass band gave an excellent selection
of music under the leadership of Mr. George Porter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

FARMERS not wishing to dispose of their
crops at the present low rate of prices can obtain
cash advances from £lO to £l.OOO by applying to
FIRST FLOOR, 48, UNION PASSAGE. BIRMING-
HAM. Money also advanced to respectable House
holders, Cab Proprietors, Cow Keepers, Professiona
Gentlest:gen and others, without any loan office routine
apply as above.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

MEDICAL TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION.

The annual meeting of the British Medical Temperance
Association, which was founded three years ago, aud now
numbers 94 members of the profession among its oonstituents,
was held in the rooms of the Medical Society of London, 11,
Chandos-street, London, the other day.

_
The newly-elected president, Dr. B. W. Richardson,
F.R.S., in his inaugural address contended that
the only reliable and scientific way of wing
alcohol as a medicine was to administer it as
alcohol, and to prescribe it in set form and
dose just as other active remedies in the pharma-
copma. For his own part, he had followed this
plan exclusively for some years, and while the results
he had obtained as to the value of alcohol were, in
consequence, most precise, they did not place it in a
very conspicuous or special plsEtien as an important
aid for the relief of disease, while they gave it no pre-
tension whatever as an actual means of cure. In any
case, and at the beet, its use was temporary and pallia-
tive only, while the craving for itself, which it soon
excited, demanded the most watchful care.

Dr. Norman Kerr, F.L.S., in proposing...a resolu-
tion of thanks to Dr. Richardson for his address, with
a request for permission to print it and to circulate it
among the profession, said that by the magic of their
president's name he had himself within the last six
months enlisted 45 medical men as Associates. The
vote having been seconded by Mr. Henry Dixon,
coroner for South Oxfordshire, was carried by acclama-
tion, and Dr. Richardson having acknowledged the
compliment and acceded to the request, the meeting
closed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

EARTHQUAKES.

At the last meeting of the French Academy of
Sciences, Baron Larrey read a paper by Dr. Thfiluzan,
physician to the Shah of Persia, and corresponding
member cf the Academy, relative to the earthquakes
which have occurred in the East from the seventh to
the eighteenth centuries of the Christian era.

In the seventh century there were eight earthquakes;
In the eighth, ten; in the ninth, fifteen: in the tenth,
seventeen; in the eleventh, eighteen; in the twelfth
sixteen; in the thirteenth, thirteen; in the fourteenth
and fifteenth, seven; in the sixteenth, six; in the
seventeenth, one. In most of these cases there were a
large number of houses destroyed, whole cities ruined,
and a large number of human victims. The facts are
compiled from 111 notices collected from various
Arabian and Persian authors.
Among the more terrible of these convulsions were
those in Khoraesan, in 614, which lasted seventy days;
in Syria, 712, forty days ; in Africa, Asia, and Spain,
716; in Khorassan and Turkestan, 818, seventy days;
the town of Rhdi suffered in 855.56 during forty days ;
in Yemen, in 856.57, a large mountain on which were
several villages and a great extent of cultivated land
disappeared and was replaced by another; in 858, '
the city of Tauris was entirely destroyed, and the
following year the shocks were very severe in Syria,
Mecca, and Africa; in 881-82, at Alexandria, the sea rose
and threw vessels on the coast; at Acre the sea retired
from the shore to a considerable distance and then re-
turned with violence; the Nile overflowed and carried the
craft on its banks to the adjacent fields; in 956 and 99,
shocks continued for forty days in Bagdad, Jemen, and
the neighbourhood; Tauris suffered severely again in
1042.43; Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, and Khorassan
were surely tried in 1068; in Syria and Mesopotamia,
in 1138, terrific shocks continued during fifteen days;
and tte same district, with Mesopotamia, was terribly
shaken, in 1201, 1203-4; in Mesopotauaia, in 1226, an
earthquake lasted forty days, and extended as far as
Tangiers; in Egypt and Syria, in 1303, shocks of ex-
treme violence continued during twenty days; Tauris
&wain suffered in 1314-15; the turn of Aleppo came in
1403; in 1429, in Mesopotamia, a whole town was en-
gulphed by an enormous opening in the ground; in
1481, a terrific earthquake occurred in Egypt; in
1505 another in Cabul lasted forty-five days, and most
of the houses were thrown down. On this occasion,
as many as thirty-three shocks were experienced in
one day.
In several of the cases above mentioned the pheno-
menon was accompanied by winds of terrible force
which did immense damage, and, on some occasions,
the most frightful noises were heard, and, on others,
most vivid lightning was seen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.

Born in Massachusetts, December 12, 1804. .
LIVED TO FREE THE SLAVE, AND TO, SEE HIM FREED,
Died in New York, May 24, 1879.
True heart and fearless—Freedom's foes that braved—l
On Freedom's friends when fiercest down they bore—
Farewell 1 The citadel of Freedom saved,
What matter if its GARRISON'S no more?—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-07

Ff A GLEY .

Hon A.Lyttelton, b C. Barton 2
Handscomhe' b Shuttleworth 0
Wakefield, b Shuttleworth 1
Hobbes, bC. Barton ... 1
Jacks 'n, b Shuttleworth
Cox,_b C. Barton ... 1

C. Wyatt. cT. Barton ... 0
Froutn, cS. Barton ... 5
J. Waldron, 1 b w 4
F. Williams, c Ketley ... 0
Fellows, not out" ... . . 1.)
Extra ... 1

Total ... ... 15

In ihe second innings of Hagley the Hon.
Lyttelton was not out 14, Handscombe not out
9, Fellows b C Barton 0, byes 2, total 25. The rain
stopped the remainder of the play. •

-BIRTH.
ROBINS.—On March 10th, at Rosario, the wife of
Henry Robins, son of thelate John Robins, Esq.,
of Dunsley Hall, of a daughter