The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-27 00:00:00

SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 1P.,,

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ifffviE, FOREIGN, AND COLONIti__

ROYALTY AT THE GERMAN MANCEUVRES —At the
instance of the Prince of Wales, a group of the
Princes who were present at the headquarters of the
Emperor of Germany during the Homburg manceuvres
was photographed. The King of Spain wore the
uniform of the 15th Lancers, the Prince of Wales that
of the Blucher Hussars, the Duke of Connaught that
of the Ziethen Hnssars, and the Duke of Cambridge
that of a British Field• Marshal.

PRODUCT or THE HEN—The hen has in her ovaries,
in round numbers, more than 600 egg germs, which
develop gradually and are successively laid. Of these
600 the hen will lay twenty in her first year, 135 in
her second, and 114 in the third. In each one of the
following four years the number of eggs will he dimi-
nished by twenty, and in her ninth year she will lay
at most ten eggs. In order to obtain from them suffi-
cient product to cover the expense of alimentation,
they should not be allowed to live over four years.—
zlnnales de la Sociedad Odontologica, Bauaea
AN INCIDENT OF WAR.—The following incident
too: place in Canada during the struggle there between
tho French and British. The 42nd Highlanders
(Black Watch) had seized a strongly stockaded fort,
The French made a desperate attempt to recauture it,
but were repulsed with great loss, After the fight two
Highland officers, Captains Grant and Macdonald,
ascended a mound behind the stockade to have a look
round. A wounded French soldier saw them, and,
unobserved, with his last efforts, this man dragged
himself almost up to the foot of the stockade, loaded
his musket and fired, expiring immediately afterwards.
The bullet glanced along Grants right cheek, inflicting
an ugly but not dangerous wound. "A brave man,"
said Macdonald, looking down at the dead soldier,
"Yes," replied Grant, coolly wiping the blood off his
cheek, "a very brave man, but I wish he had died five
minutes sooner."

THE ORIGIN OF THE "JOEY."—Notes and Queries
says that groats are generally supposed to have bzen
first issued by Edward 111. Threepences were first
issued by Edward VI. in 1551. Both were discon-
tinued as general coinage by Chants 11., although
from his time to the present date both have been issued
pretty regularly as " Maunday " money. The modern
groat, or " Joey," was issued in 1837, at the instance
of Mr. Joseph Hume, from whom it derives its nick-
name. The modern threepence has been in general
circulation since 1845.

SALES OF IVOEY.—The Liverpool quarterly ivory
sales have again resulted in advances in value. There
were 29 tons on offek, which included 3i tons of
GAboon, 17i tons of Angela 2 tons of West Coast
African, 5 of Cameron, 1i of Niger. There was a
large attendance of buyers, including French, German,
and American representatives. Compared with the
July sates, small tusks were from £2 to £4 per cwt.
dearer, and large tusks about £2 more. Bangle teeth
were Plentiful, and the fashion for " bangles ' being
stronger than ever, the demand was brisk, in spite of
the extensive use of horn and silver in the manufac-
ture. Angola tusks averaging 89Ib. fetched £6B per
cwt. ; 651 b. average, £6l; 351 b. average, £52 10s. ;
bangle tusks ave,aging 18113. sold at £59 per cwt. ;
141 b. average, £55 10s. ; 111 b. average, £5l. Small
tu4ks averaging 6113. realized £4O 10s., and West Coast
Ivory averaging 561 b., £55.

A BIT FLUSTRATFD —A "summer failure "in the in-
terior of the State started out the agent of a New York
wholesale house the other day, and when he reached
the town he found no satisfaction beyond an empty
store.—" Do you claim that you scld out the entire
stock? " he demanded in amazement.—" Every single
article. "—" And where's the money ?"—"Well, you
see, that's where I was lame. I went into business
determined to make this town howl. I had 3,000 dohs.
worth of goods. I contracted for 1,500 dole. worth of
advertising and printing. Then I put prices down to
fifty cents on the dollar. What I got for the stock I
paid to the printer, and came out only ninety-eight
cents behind. I call that mighty close figuring for a
man who was peddling fish up to a year ago! "
" Yes, but you owe us 3,000 dols. ; "—howled the
agent.—" That's so—that's so, and I'm sorry for it.
I don't care so much for the ninety•eight cents I owe
the printer, for he'll carry me sixty days, but that
3,000 dole. I owe you does sort of flustrate me every
time I think of it ! "

A CURIOUS CUSTOM.—In the year 1807, in the Court
of Common Pieas, the cause of "Fanning v. Lord
Grenville" was tried, and was an action to recover
half the value of a whale caught in the South Seas
by the captain of a vessel belonging to Lord Camel.
ford, recently deceased. The noble defendant in the
action was aiministrator of Lord Camelford. The
action was brought on a supposition that it was cute
tomary in the fishery trade to allow those who first
struck a whale half the value of it. It appeared
that the plaintiff, who was the captain of a South
Sea whaler, obtained the "first sight" of the fish in
question, and harpooned it with a kind of beacon,
which niscovered the fish if it went away from the
ship before he could pursue it. The captain of the
defendant's ship, having seen the whale, hoisted out
his boats, killed it, an.l got it on board, conceiving
it to be a loose fish. It was contended on behalf of
the defendant, that the custom on which the plain-
tiff sought to recover had been abolished; the jury,
however, found a verdict for the plaintiff, and gave
one thousand pounds damages.
A SAD ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning, whilst a
kaa.stge anke bolus towed to libia now grid-
iron at the head of Hartlepool Harbour with eight
men on board she suddenly foundered, throwing them
into the water. Whilst the crew of the tug Lizard
was attempting to rescue a man named Thompson his
legs were crushed completely off between the lighter
and the steamer, and be expired at the hospital within
an hour. George Leng, who had charge of the sunken
14.hter, was drowned, as al.° was William II tr,i,on,
bosh of West Hartlepo,,l. The remainder of the
lighter's crew were all saved.
Loss OF A GERMAN MAIL STEAMER —Lloyd's agent
at Harlingen telegraphs that the Aline Woermann, a
German mail steamer, has been totally wrecked at
Terschelling. The Aline Woermann left Ilam'.urg on
Oct. 16 for Africa. he was a steamer of 918 tone,
built at Hamburg in 1882, and owned by 0. Woer•
mann, of Hamburg. The crew of the vessel numbered
30 men, and there were three passengers on board, two
of whom were missionaries.
EXCITING SCENE ON-THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.—
In London, on Saturday afternoon, an exciting cane
was witnessed from the Victoria Embankment. It
appears that shortly after the departure of one of
the London steamboats from the Temple pier a man
was seen struggling in the water about 203 yards
from Blackfriars Bridge. Two piermen, named H.
Ware and H. Bone, at once launched a boat and
pulled towards the man, who was sinking from ex-
haustion. They managed to catch hold of his hair,
but owing to his immense weight, over 17 stone,
some considerable time elapitti before the piermen
succeeded in dragging him into the small boat. He
then made the remark that they had better have
left him to his fate. On being removed to the Thames
floating police station, Waterloo Bridge, he was
attended by the divisional surgeon and placed in a
warm bath. On recovering he told the police that
while be was standing on the Temple landing pier he
was, jerked into the water.
PULLMAN CARS.—The direct ire of the Midland
Railway Company have purchased the Pullman draw-
ing-room cars running on their main line from London.
The cars come into the possession of the Midland
Railway Company on the Ist of November, and all the
conductors have had notice to leave the service of the
Pcllinan Company. A scheme is under consideration,
whereby the cars will be used as first-class carriages
without any extra charge. It is expected that the re.
sult of this will be that all first-class passengers will
travel in the cars, which will enable a number of
first•class carriages—which at present run half empty
—to be taken off the trains.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY IN SWITZERLAND.—The
Geneva Correspondent of the Daily News says that an
Interesting discovery has been made at Anderrnatt, in
the Canton of Uri, by some workmen who were ex-
cavating near the old church, well known to tourists.
While digging they suddenly came upon several
skeletons, and on disturbing them there fell from
the lower jaw of one two gold coins of the reign of
Charles VIII. of France, at the end of the fifteenth
century. Furthur search revealed the presence in
the bony hand of the skeleton of a piece of linen rag in
excellent preservation, and on unfolding the rag the
men brought to light ten silver coins of the sixteenth
century, of the time of Francois I. of France. It is
supposed that the skeleton is that of a soldier, who
fought at the battle of Marignan, and that having
stolen some money, and put the gold coins in his
mouth for eafety, he was immediately after killed on
the field.
PRINCE BISMARCK AS A MANUFACTURER.—Few
perhaps are aware that Prince Bismarck is an exten-
sive paper manufacturer (says the Evening Standard).
He possesses a large paper mill, which he founded in
the forest of Varzin, and the business seems to have
been so successful that he intends to erect another in
Lauenburg. The Prince's paper is manufactured from
wood, an idea which he probably derived from the
Austrians, where the production of paper from wood
has been carried on for a considerable time, with
success and profit. The use of wood as a material for
the manufacture of paper is not a novel conception, as
many patents have been taken out even in this country
for the conversion of the bark or fibre of trees into
paper. Many newspapers on the Continent are
printed on the product, and probably the out-turn of
Prince Bismarck's paper mill is largely used up in the
newspaper offices of Germany. Patents have been
taken out for manufacturing paper from almost every
conceivable vegetable substance ; but we believe the
German Chancellor proceeds upon well tried business

A MONSTER SEASIDE HOTEL.—Near the quaint old
town of Monterey, in California, stands the Hotel del
Monte, the most magnificent structure of the kind
upon the American coast. It is stated to be the
largest, handsomest, and most elegantly furnished
seaside had in the country. No ocean house upon
the Atlantic approaches it in its plan of exterior,
while its interior finish, accommodations, and apart-
ments are much superior to those of any like establish-
ment in the United States. It is built in modern
Gothic style, and is 385 ft. in length and 1151 t. in
width, the centre being five stories high, with a tower
801 t. in height. One hundred more rooms are being
added this autumn. There are three flights of stairs,
one at the intersection of each of the end wings, and a
grand stairci.se leading from the lobby. The hotel
is lighted throng bout with gas, and pure water is
supplied from an artesian well. At a short die-
taoce from the hotel are the carriage-houses and
stables, large enough to accommodate 60 horses. The
grounds contain 160 acres of a beautifully-wooded
natural park of pine, oak, cedar, and cypress trees;
and there are thousands of young trees planted.
There has recently been completed for the hotel the
largest bathing establishment of the kind in the
United States, at a cost of 250,000 dohs., with large
hot, cold, plunge, salt, and fresh water baths, and
ample accommodation in the bath houses for 200
bathers. Between the hotel and the ocean are 7,000
acres of land, and a more romantic or natural park
cannot be found in the State. The town of Monterey_
itself, whice is one of the historical spots of California,
boasts one of the most even climates in the world.

A Goon FATHER. —A Brush farm father called his
son into the lihrary the other day, and said :—" Harry,
you are now 17 years old.'—" Yee, father.."---" I have
given you money from time to time, but you have had
no stipulated allowance. Begiuninz with next week I
shall allow you 6 dole, per week."—" That will be
splendid! You are one of the beet fathers in Detroit ! "
Ye 4, 6 dole. per week, and as you are now old
enough to pay board, I shall charge you 5 dole. per
week You can always depend upon the dollar
coming to you each Saturday.—Detroit Free Press.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT A COLLIERY, —On Monday
afternoon, as George Oakes, of Welsh Hill, and
Samuel Hill, of Bedford Leigh, were leaving off their
work at the Bi :ershaw Colliery Company's pits,
Abram, near Wigan, the former person was killed
and the latter seriouslv injured through tie coupling
of one of a set of coal tubs snapping and precipitating a
number of them down an incline up which they were
being drawn, and along which the men were walking
at the time that they might ascend the pit shaft.
THE WHALE FISHING —The steam whaler Narwhal,
of Dundee, arrived at Lerwick on Tuesday from the
Davis Straits, after a most unsuccessful voyage,
ha log secured only two whales, calculated to yield
25 tons of oil. TRe captain reports that the Nova
Zembla is the only one of the Dundee fleet now
to arrive from this fishing with 30 tons of oil The
Esquimaux arrived at Longhope on Tuesday with
tons of oil. She has brought home a live walrus.

BIRDS AND LIGHTHOUSES.—The lighthouses on the
Atlantic coast of the United States cause the des-
truction of about one hundred thousand birds
annually: the birds, being attracted by the light, fly
against the glass and are dashed to pieces. The
migratory birds are the chief sufferers, the havoc being
great in April along the northern coasts, from Cape
May to Maine, and in October on the Florida shores.
At one lighthouse in Florida the lantern itself was
broken by the repeated shocks from ducks, and an
iron network had to be erected round the light.
Even then the ducks struck the netting with such
force ai to break through it and smash the outer
plate-glass of the lantern, and frequently from twenty
to fifty birds would be found dead in the morning.
• DISASTER AT SEA.—The Norwegian b4rque Mindet
has arrived at Cardiff, having on board Captain
Thomson and the crew, 13 all told, of the barque
Clifton, of Liverpool, which was abandoned in a sink.
ing state off the coast of Newfoundland on the 7th
inst. The Clifton left Sutton Bridge in ballast on the
10th September for New Brunswick. All went well
until the 23rd Settember, when a heavy gale sprang
up, and the ballast was washed about the hold. All
hands were employed in baleing and pumping; the
water continued the same for 48 hours, when the gale
increased. Twelve days were passe lin great danger,
and under most Qtressing circumstances, the men
being obliged to reMain constantly at the pumps, and
at the end of that time4hings changed for the worse.
The pumps got choked, the ship sprang a leak, and
began to settle down with a heavy list. Preparations
were then made to get the boats out, but fortunately
the Mindet hove in sight, and responded to the signals
of distress.

THE TELEPHONE AND THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.'""
The Belfast Morning News says :—The electric rail has
displaced the telegraph wire. It is stated that the
proprietors of the Portrush tramway will shortly be
able to dispense with the wire along their line, as they
hope to make the electrie rail serve the double purpose.
Experiments—so far successful—are being made by
which the rail may serve also for a telephonic COD*
ductor.

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AN AWKWARD DISCOVERY. —On Tuesday Harriet
Emsley, a young woman, was charged at the Not
Police-court, on remand from the iprevious
day, with stealing a tin travelling box, containing the
body of a child and other human remains, from the
Nottingham Railway Stht'on. The box was labelled
for Edinburgh, and the prisoner got clear away froin
the station with it, hut was so horrified on discovering
its contents that she returned to the railway station
and gave herself up to the police. The box was now
identified by a medical student, who was travelling
from Heanor to the Scottish capital, and had procured
the human remains for scientific purposes. The pri•
s-iner was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.
SUICIDE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—On Monday, Dr.
Dipiock held an inquest at the Railway Hotel, Hatte
ton wick, on the body of Roland Baxter, omnibus pro'
prietor, aged 58 —The wife of the deceased deposed
that he left his home at Hampton-wick on Fridal
morning in last week, but he did not say where he wee
going. Of late he bad been very melancholy, and Wee
restless at night. —Thomas Steer, railway gdard in the
employ of the South-Western Railway, stated that he
saw the deceased get into the 12.30 Kingston train at
Waterloo on Friday midday. On the arrival of the
train at Hampton-wick he observed him lying on the
seat. He went to arouse him. Then he saw a revolver
lying against the door of the carriage, and observed
b'ood flowing from the mouth of the deceasad.
did not speak or move. Witness heard two lond re*
ports on the departure of the train from Teddington.
—Constable Marshall deposed that he searched the
body, and found £8 in gold and some silver and bronze.
He also found a box of cartridges and a new five"
chamber revolver. There were 45 cartridges in the
box and five in the revolver, two of which had been
daharged.—The jury returned a verdict to the effect
that the deceased shot himself while of unsound mind-
AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN.—The following
are the average prices of British corn for last week, as
received from the inspectors and officers of Excise :--
Wheat, 40s. 5d.; barley, 345. 6d. P • oats, 19s. ltd. Pet
imperial qr. Corresponding week last year ;—Wh'
09a. I'd.; barley, MEI. IlTi. ; oats, IN. Sel.
VOTING EXTRAORDINAIY.—A curious circumstance
has occurred in the town of Porto Longone, in the
island of Elba. The worthy electors of the toy°
council resolved to abolish the municipal admint
tration, and when the lists were opened on the
inst. not a soul appeared to vote. The Royal delegate,
convoked the electors once more for the 14th inst., al!'
this time the electors flocked to the urns, seeminglY 113
merry mood. The ilme evening the report ran througiP
the island OM the electors of Porto Longone hem
nominated as their council twelve gaolers of the con;
yid prison. The election is legal and valid, an
unique in history.
A ROYAL GlFT..—Captain Shaw was on Saturder

the recipient of a handsome clock, the gift of be,.
Majesty the Queen. The case i 4 of black marble Witt'
gold Corinthian columt,s on either side, the 6811
and hands being of gold. At the top there is aEP
held:let, with other &vices in bronze underneath.
emblematical of the fireman's calling. A gold plat
bcars the following inactiption—" Presented to CI:
tam n Eyre M. Shaw, CM., Superintendent
Metropolitan Fire Brigade, by Victoria, R. 1.,
The following letter tccompanied the clock :--"P7
Captain Shaw,—l am commanded by the Qneen
send you the accompanying clock as a present fr 011,3
her Majesty.—Yours sincerely, HENRY F. PorisoNßY.

RIOT AT DELHI. —A serious riot between Elincloca

and Mussulmans occurred at Delhi on the 13th lnet"
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on the occasion of the Eedul Z Thar festival.
dispute arose about a CJW which the Mahomedane.,
wished to slaughter. The Hindeos affirmed that I"
belonged to a temple, and offered to perchase it for
1,000 rupees; but the Mahornedeus declined the effe_iri
An affray then began, and continued until the arrive:
of the Deputy Commissioner with a large body
„ere
police. Nobody was killed, buteeseveral men
severely wounded.
THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.—The St!
Paul's Gazette (Minnesota) declares that the CU
Indians, computed at 800 families, reckoning
heads, are the richest people in the world. TbeY
the owners of 6,500,000 acres of good land, which ",,g
1 dol. an acre gives a value of 6,500,000 dole. Tigra%,
have 11,500 horses, worth 20 dole, a piece; that or
230,000 dole. They receive an annual allowance
8(0,000 dole, from the United States Govan:twee:4,
R,.ckoning up all these items, we have a total "
7,530,000 dole., or 3,510 dole, a head.
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A NEGLECTED INDUSTRY.—I do not know w--1bet $
it would pay any one to gather the corks which Ora
up and down the Thames, but it is certain they ereebe
be found there in millions. I believe that on
Seine such a collection is made, and that the corks ors
sold after they have, been re-dressed. PerhaPtee
would not be safe to use the corks for their oriel;
purpose—that of stopping bottles—after theY 1"01
been saturated with the sewage-polluted water of eaor
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bsuevreelybesoenmepuresepercloyultdrebeeteff fhb:
of cushions, ceuishkioemnsp,
tuhloirese,
encolelnadre,
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on. In
large restaurants the "beer boys" pick UParo
corks from aerated water bottles, and the?
need again for the purpose; but this cannot be u ii,oo
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think, in manufactures.—" Dogberry " the
Press.
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A. NOVEL FORCE.--As an illustration of the W
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developed in the process of growth, the followingeee
teresting anecdote is related :—Sir Joseph Bankst ';"ø.
bwehincthiliz theed, screw
hoo
celebrated naturalist, had a cask of wine, wh,ieu
tasting was found too sweet, it was te eref ore is
up in a cellar to ripen. There it remeined for t 740:
years, probably during the time he we with COPA of
Cooke in his voyage around the world. At the eniltta -
that period he directed his bu' ler to ascertain the °esti,
of the wine, but the cellar door could not be oelei,'ha
on account of some powerful obstacle within. bo
door was cut down, when the cellar was found tO
completely filled with a fungus so dense and firm g:ecl
require an axe for its removal. It was then discos oel
that the fungus had consumed every drop of wine'
raised the empty cask to the ceiling.
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Mn, GLADSTONE'S RECENT VOYAGE _The
correspondent of The Times learns from a good
that Mr. Gladstone'," voyage to Copeebagen woe Tbe
not to his own wish, but to Mr. Tenneson'e. eeie.
poet wished to see that city, and Mr. Gladstone 5 0
sented. Whatever political conversations enocir
Copenhagen were, therefore, the natural result o
cumstances.
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THE ADVENTURES OF TTI A SCOSH IMengig
HA— nfee.
Andrew one day went a-hunting. He did not Pr-re eo
to be going a-hunting, but asked leave to go alio 11 "
the river's mouth and there wash his dc thee. ter;
a privilege which is dear to the heart of the hardloae
he delights in washing his clothes and messing eyed
with soap-suds. Our harpooner, however, was emao"
Ulysses—a man of many devices—a cunninK
with an eye to possibilities—so be privily toeic:ope
him a rifle and some cartridges, and with °To
kindred spirits repaired to the river's bank.e.,hele
party had not been long engaged in their pursuo..i; et
Andrew was 'ware of a fine stag looking curie,u:';titt
him over the brow of the bank. Cautious/Yel:
down his pipe, cautiously he takes up his ri; the
levels it at the inquisitive beast. He Piles ring
trigger—bang I—the deer falls, and the eche part,"
out a volley against the hills, as the we9b.itg;yJJ
taking in the situation, sprang forward with eee the
like the Highlanders at Tel-el-liebir, to bre7 rifle
0
slope and be at the enemy. Andrew droP ,opeo
and seizes a stick—for is it not more like hir§
,e," off
than a rifle ?—and advances steadily to fin" an
the
prey. Soon he reaches the prostrate deer,
nick° for
straightway delivers a blow calculated to cl deb e
dead—a calculation, alas but too well fonn the
the deer forthwith rises up and makes
wind, the party standing aghast at the Phee, Andre
uffirio'ing'eno;
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reproaches Boraohio andaepentrealae_