The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08 00:00:00

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BY Dn. BARNE,, AI.1) , (U S.)
ATREATISE on the LAWS GOVERNING
LIFE, and the CkUSES, SYMPTOMS, and
TREA'PSIENT. Of all diseases depending on Exhaustion
of Nervous Vitality, such as Nervous Debility, Mental
aud Physical Depression, Palpitation of the heart,
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and Memory, Indige-tiou, Prostration, Lassitude,
pressiotr of Spirits, Loss of Energy aua A
in the Back and Limbs, Timidity, Self-Disirust, Dlzzi-
sees, Love of Solitude, Groundless Fears, and Tie.;
other ailments, which, if neglected, bring tile su it', rrr)..'.
to an early De sth ; together with flints on Chroni
Rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia, Epilepsy, Hysteria, an
all .liseasos of the Nervous and alimentary system.
The Appendix to this valuable work elntains many
useful PRESCRIPTIONS for the alleviation of suffering
and the cure of minor disorders, with full insttuctions
for their preparation and use.
Contains also some friendly advice on Hygiene, or th ,
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of treatment necessary to effect a permanent cure.
Address, Dr. 18.111NES, 48, Lousdale Square, Barns-
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SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1876

A NATION'S BIRTHDAY.

History records no such example of nation
progress, within the brief space of a century,
as that which has been celebrated this week in
the great Republic across the Atlantic. If
the French ere no co'ouisers, certainly the
Bri ish are, for on the Fourth of July, 1776,
when :he declaration of American independence
was officially made, the population of the
revolted States slightly exceeded 200,000, three
quarters of a million loss than the present
number of inhabitants in London. The Four:h
of July, 1876, hag found the population of tin
'United States one of forty-three millions. At
the same rate of growth what it is likely to be
a hundred years hence it weu:d be difficult te
say. That there is room enough upon its
great continent for a populatno qna' to th
of the civilised gaibe, no one eau doubt. lt,
cides may be compared t ) mere speolk; upaa,
its bound'ess olains, far far aw ty and I. y
them am primeval forests and Minn asar:dt 4
prairies .wtich in t. :e dim vi,ta of the hau,. ea
likely to become the homes of bmiy peopo
Its Likes more resemble inland seas than t boa
i ii liet:e sheets of water sessociated ai:11 tha
deser:pt:on in this country, and is 10n20.4:
rivers, such as the Alonzo!: ani
each ti:r:n thonteed mil,s in he 1g:11, so coin
p!etely- outshadow anything which we cat.
show, that when we rollect that the Thames is
only 200 miles long, the et:olio:mg proporions
of those kneed an streams scent to us perfetoiN
unaccouto.able and incomprelo n,ibio. The
course traversed by the Missaisipin or 01,
Antozon, from its rise to its .tuou:la, more th
represen s the distance betw-ten Great Britain
and the United State;, au:l:h trao, of to' ry
which it waters considerably exceeds ill extent
the whuie of Eurol.e. Perhai s such com-
parisons as these better ii:u6trate the
of the land across the. ocean than any nunalar
of mere figures conl.l do. The viii y draiheti
by the Mississippi alone is capable of groa in
food enoogi: to supp!y the whole of Oh
European contineot —a population amounting to
several hundred tnilitions.-
The Americans may well he excused a
litti-
pardonable Vide in the eel brat ion of centena,y.
In a hundred years the no:o,r of tlhir
considerably exceeds those ot cireat isritaia—r
nation which boasts a history of half-a-score o;
centuries. It exc,eds also those of France,
which was a great Pu,l.er it Europe long bdore
Columbus set saii in ordor to discover thth
great lone land which instinct told him 'ay tin
mistakably on the other side of the gnbo. Ato
e;:e frogress of its population ever that
France is the more remark :ble tiecifig how tin
French remain at home, and do not scaitei
themseivi s over dist int colonies as the Engr.si.
are in the habit of doito!. We ea I quite under-
stand how the numbering ,f the people in Gre,t
Britain would show a e,Anparativoly slow rat(
of speed between one decade and another
inasmuch us a constant stream of emigratioi
sets from our shoru.—one po-tion* for 80,
United States themselves, another for 111,
Canadian Dominion, a third for the Aestrali
Colonies, a fourth for Natal, an I so on. Nos
there is nothing of this kind going on in France,
where the Lanai itauts man fed; a disinclination
to leave home, and even if they were dispootd
to settle elsewhere would tiod the differeoe.• in
language an alteo.A insuperable barrier to Hi, ir
doing so. Au Englishman could fink to all
American, a Cacadian, an Australian, or a
settler in Natal, but a Frenchman would find ii
equally impo sibL ti n .derst nit rto be under-
stood. '1 her:fore he remains at home almost
as much from necessity as from choice. But it
seems to be the fortune of the Angio Saxon
race to colonise the globe, and those who
journeyed to America took with them the basis
of that great English speaking nation which
has been commemorating its indepehience this
week.
In these long summer days, midnight in
London means seven o'clock in the evening in
New York, so that while solitude and .darkness
reign in the one capital, the sun is yet two
hours high in the other, and the whole place is
full of life and gaiety. Ostentatious Americans
would tell us that this is merely typical of tho
positions of the two lands so far as their ulti-
mate destiny is concerned, and that when Eng-
land's sun has set, that of Columbia will still be
shining brightly. Thera is no necessity, how-
ever, to take such a view, nor is there anything
to warrant the assumption that we are a de-
clining people. Fluctuations in the tide of
national prosperity there are, and always have
been ; but -after all there must be some stamina
in a country like ours, which has held its own
through so many centuries. The world is surely
wide enough for both Great Britain and the
United States in their respective hemispheres.
'Chem is nothing in the progress of the child to
beget a feeling of jealousy on the part of the
parent. Their interests do not clash, for the
United States have but little concern in
European complications, and England has
' nothing whatever to do witu any disputes
which might arise between the States and any
of the South American republics. There is no
occasion whatever for the drawing of invidious
comparisons between the mother land and her
successful offspring; and as the relations of the
countries have lately been on a more satisfac-
tory footing than they were some years ago,
many good wishes have this week been sent
across the atlantic _on the celebration of the
centenary of American independence.

THE IRON TRADE.
unE DROWNING OF THE COLLIERIES.

WOLVERHAINITON, WEDNESDAY.

The r«laAion in the make of pig-iron conse-
(pica upon the blowing out of furnaces had the
cffect of 'Change this afternoon of strengthen-
ing the quotations for the reliable Staffordshire
sorts. Pigs of a less valuable kind were, how-
ever, a shade easier, alike as to native and also
, foreign brands. This tendency to ease has re-
ceived an impetus this week from the less satis-
factory condition of the Cleveland industry !
The announf:ement of the difference against the
tea 'e upon th:., month of 20,000 tons encouraged
htr,crs to look for tams by vendors of pigs of
all quali;ios which, if they had been accepted,
would have effected a percep!ible drop upon the
week. Vendors were not wholly unyielding,
but, they did not book more than a small per-
centage of even the few offers they received,
and only little business was therefore reported
in the pig iron market.
Matters were not improved in regard to
flushed i on, consumer:3 declaring that they had
no orders necessitating the buying of any sort
i
of finished iron. This ronmasters regarded as
market diplomacy. Nevertheless, the demand
io certainly very quiet, Ana greatly under the