The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-05-11 00:00:00

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WHY ONE GOES TO THE PARIS ExattrittoN—The
following list of reasonable reasons will be found in- ,
valuable to all persons who may need, from whatever
cause to offer an excuse for crossing the Channel :
Because one knows French. Because one dovell -
know French, but thinks this an excellent opper•
tnnity of acquiring the language. Because one has re-
lations settled in Paris, and lodgings will therefore be
saved. Because one didn't go to the last Frencl3
Exhibition. Because one did go to the last French
Exhibition, and wants to compare this one with its
predecessor. Because the Prince of Wales has been
exerting himself so energetically in the getting-up of
the show that one feels it to be the duty of every loyal
El:glishman to evince active appreciation of the -
Prince's efforts. Because it will be somethipg to say
one has been. Because one's business is slack, and WS •
no use stopping at home. Because one's business isn't
slack, and one can therefore afford an outing. Beaause
everybody is going.—Funny Folks.
MARE CLAUSIIM.—It is said that the Russians pro-
pose to re-christen the Sea of Marmora "The Fleet
Prison."—Punch.
DISASTERS AT SEA.—There were 22 British and
foreign wrecks reported during the past week, makiee -
the total for the year 507, or a decrease of 260, as corn'
pared with the corresponding week of last year. The
approximate value of property lost was £230,000, in*
eluding British £160,000.
ECONOMICAL COOKERY.—A largely attended meet- -
ing has been held in the Athenwum, Tiverton, for the ,
purpose of inaugurating a school of cookery. The rector,
the Rev. G. Hadow, presided. He expressed a hope
that some plan would shortly be promoted for giving,
systematic instruction in food and cookery in rl.l;irb3
schools. Mr. Buckmaster, in the course of some re' •`
marks, referred to the use of bones as well as oxtails le
the making of soups. Two or three pennyworth 0
fresh bones, a young cabbage, a pint of skim milk.,
and a tea cup of oatmeal made a cheap and substan-
tial soup. He showed how many vegetables might be
served as separate dishes instead of swimming in made
gravy with a slice of meat. He recommended the
more general use of haricot beans, lentils, oatmeal,
milk, and macaroni. He believed the daily necessiti
for meat was greatly overrated. An influential Cour
mittee has been formed, and the school promises tab'
successful.
LOST DOGS.—Few facts will better illustratt tht
vast scale on which almost everything presents itsett
in the English metropolis, even so humble a subje;
as that of poor dogs that have temporarily lost the,
masters, than one mentioned in the Annual Report
the Chief Commissioner of Police. He informs
that nearly nineteen thousand (more than 18,800
stray dogs were taken charge of by the police in th
metropolis during the year 1876! A little roman.
might be mixed up with the story of most of these
homeless wanderers, if we could but know it: hat
Carlo or Boxer was distressed at losing his protector,
The animals were either taken for a while to the Dogir
Home at Battersea, or were otherwise provided for,

Chambers's Journal.
ROBBING CHILDREN IN THE STREETS.—The practiCe
of robbing young children in the streets of the Metre
-
polls has become so prevalent, so systematic in sone
districts that Sir E. Y. W. Henderson, the Chief Conn
missioner of Police, has issued and widely circulate°
the following notice
"To Parents and Others.— In consequence of the Pte;
valence of larcenies from children, the public are caution?:
against entrusting young children in the street alone 11,14;
parcels or money in their possession; and the general
are requested to aid the police in their endeavours to deiAn
offenders—in most cases women—the children themBeltr.
being either too young to give evidence against, or to ideal,'
the thieves.—E. Y. W. HENDERSON."
ANOTHER ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—A fresh Arctic eX`
pedition in search of the records of Sir John Fran'
is being prepared in America, the leader being a 70913
cavalry officer, Lieutenant Schwatka (saye "la
Graphic). When serving against the Indians last
he read an account of the discovery of some Franwk,
relics, mentioning the probability of the existence
cairn in the Arctic regions, and resolvedto go in seePd'e
of it. The owners of the vessel which brought
the relics are ready to fit out the necessary expediti°,l
and the Lieutenant will accordingly start in June
Repulse Bay, with a crew of some six white men OA
twenty Esquimaux well-armed, as the travellers
eEP
to meet with a hostile tribe of the Nachillas, a
race believed to inhabit the neighbourhood a
cairn. The vessel will winter in Repulse Bay, eallfo
search party intend to leave in May, and to
sledge journey to the cairn' supposed to be betll;
400 and 700 miles distant. Here they will spew:into
summer and winter, returing in the spring of 188 v
Repulse Bay, where, lest the first vessel should
crushed in the ice, a second ship is also to be setnha
The expedition hopes to be back in America ill
autumn of 1880. ~noCI
Two PROBLEMS NOT IN EIICLID.—" Given lb— a
Servants, to find good Masters and Mistresses'
"Given good Masters and Mistresses, to find g°
Servants."—Punch. ~,t•
COST OF TEACHING DOGS TRICKS.—A writer
letter to a transatlantic contemporary referring
reply given by the latter in its answers to correent
dents, to the effect that it "does not know what 0
costs to teach dogs to play tricks," states that he3B,
give us some idea. He has, he says, a setter, and,
amuse my children trained him to shut the 4.10
Unfortunately, he discovered that jumping sgaios!,„os
other side of a door would open it. He jumped e555;:,0
the yard gate, succeeded in getting out, and it cost w
five dollars reward, besides advertising, two clone;
new collar, one dollar; and new gate to shut
jumped against, three dollars—total, eleven clo_l7;s
not to naention tribulations and anguish of sung'
during tile three days that the dug was gone.'
A ToWN GARDEN.— Nothing is sweeter and lovellef,
aa
than a clump of lilies of the valley, " Maiglocken, .
our German neighbours call them. They will flouriese
almost anywhere, even in the heart of London, sal p
violets and primroses would disdain to put forth_
single bud. I know a terrace, or rather a row of
a few ragged, dirty evergreens drag out
mean, dingy-looking London houses, in front a
• hle efr
a misers
istence, but between the end house and a drearY bift7os
wall there is a triangular bit of ground, which is Ito
ally carpeted with lilies of the valley whenever oos
comes rnund. They scent the squalid street, enasot
a single pair of leaves comes up without its attenSe
spray of blossom.—Front " Litt,le Folks" for IlltrY• r
Peier
MOBBING THE SHAH OF PERSIA.—The StwaS
burg Journal states that as the Shah of Perbees° is
• a
proceeding to the Mosque in Teheran to obtain sas-
sing on his European journey a crowd of 801d1er8,800
rounded his carriage and presented petitions for not
of absence. As an immediate acquiescence Wvltieg
vouchsafed they threw stones at the Shah, Bull Se
the carriage and knocking an aide-de-camp
horse. Toe guard subsequently arrived, syllerl
mutineers were captured and sentenced to deal.',„" •
Faris
PHILOLOGICAL.—Firet English groom (new
"And the French gent as he drives round the g°coad
he pulls up quick, and calls out ' Woa !'
ditto (who has been in Paris some time). "lie
have said. ' Woct 1' as there ain't no ` W' in Freoes;yer
First ditto. "No `W ' in French? Then 'or/ `.•
spell 'Wee '?"—Punch.
AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN.—The foll°Witt_es
are the average prices of British corn for the a,
ending May 4, as received from the inspectora6j,
officers of Excise :—Wheat, 525. id.; barley, 42e...a51t
oats, 255. Bd. per imperial qr. Corresponding 006,
last year :—Wheat, 60s. 6d.; barley, 40s. 5a.;
275. 6d.
TAXING DOGS ACCORDING TO THEIR vAarr• bee'
learn from Forest and Stream that a Dog Bill 115,064
passed in Virginia allowing owners to value the'`., she
at 100 dollars, and to pay to the Commission!lftot
tax on that amount, which is one dollar for th°l9 0
dog and 50 cents for all others. After the dog.a pre'
listed for taxation he becomes as much persoase
perty as a cow or a horse. Of course no one 13 011
pelled to pay the tax ; it is purely voluntarY. !joble
have the effect of stopping the stealing of c'n,oroe•
dogs, and a stolen dog will be as rare as a stoleu '
This tax will place some thousand dollars in the-
state
Treasury.
Sow IT IS !—Pigs are proverbially dirty. x°
therefore, always expect the dirtiest weather
the wind is " sow-est.' —Fun. jeep
A FISH IN A FlX.—The Evening TelegraPh,l3ociciln
has the following :—This morning the wet :-.1.00g
Arbroath was run thy for the purpose of asenoo°,,,
the state of the bottom. Among the mud
a fish, tightly jammed in a bottle, and quit° joef,l
The bottle was of clear glass, about eight 111°,11101
eS
with a wide neck, and the fish must have gob
quite small. Several persons tried but failed 1_•? oleo
cate it. The fish, which is known by the 10c340 stle
of "poach," was taken possession of by one 01"
who discovered it. s Of
POSSIBILITIES OF A CAMPAIGN.—Three Ye"'ar
010
I would barely add eight or nine millions sterlinc iso
charge to our debt, while the effect upon e/013so
be such that her position as a first-class Prow; aoo Pao
be gone for ever, as it ought to go, and liv." tro°lo
very soon. But not only can we land Indliitioe_4o
of the finest quality and in the finest n0°.,0 trrd'es
fresh on the shores of Turkey as the Ell° 034 of
are on leaving headquarters, but the effetatioe,ao
be produced upon the Mussulman poP„„oe ,volo
Turkey is perfectly incommensurable. 31‘-e 01 00
have not studied the enormous latent poioP,:eg
Turkish character do not realize the wonderfw otna
that the Ottoman population will receiveetoire.oo
that England has called upon her Asiatic ftaelyso
join the Turk in resisting the hateful t of
aggressor. It is not too much to saY st
Indian troops imply a corresponding ha. 501,0401
Ottoman troops of the highest quality eswidr•
Plevna, and it was a stroke of the highess_na
.;of
genius on the part of Lord Beaconsfield
Hardy to have resolved on such a policy%
Opinion.
CO,
WINNING THEIR HEARTS !—The Pa"'„
dent of the Daily News writes :_T b 0 .40 p.•
Wales is winning the hearts of the Colony*.
Exhibition by his courteous thoughtfoloesAotrial
instance of the manner in which he acts trogr;ase:of
let me relate the following incident. ilia, C.t 1311
made an appointment with the Hon. 2.7 Tiol tilet
President of the Victoria Commission, :go all
°
section and taste the Australian wines. -1003,,
turning out inclement and the glass Pro 004
amelioration, the Prince the night before el 5
apology. Mr. Casey wrote to express his r'r,iB
rain having prevented him again seeing,_.,Optinsas,
Highness, as at the. end of the week legisletol;eserver
obliged him to return to Melbourne.sobelolsiet!
glad that a fellow colonist would replacesb_oeb few
it might suit the Prince to inspect the Aricw,. seerealeel
On Saturday Mr. Casey was surprised IoY
the Prince, accompanied by the Prince? the %se!
the Prince and Princess of Denmark, 0•013:tu
Duchess oi Mecklenburg, to all of who
was presented. The Prince of Wales S'
are going away so soon, we have got t:'n,beO ir!,
on. t
gagemente to spend a morning w. v - oAtst.eli
adjourned to the long but in the
pgarercile:i..l.4.e.9
at a round table. They tasted a varietY fer PAO',
wines. The Prince expressed a
wine of a Rhenipf character,.called '
elratenjr 6'o
end of a long visit the Prince said
so,. y
`Pray convey to the -colony the intererysinese:,oo.l,
progress, and the pride I take in its % istielrt,K4
have the goodness to say that whenever '');„,ast '
want me to do anything for them th !111 said tot vio
tate to ask me.' A. gentleman Prelseacted p
Royal Highness is so affable and und , 0
never makes one feel his high rank, forget
comports himself that you cannot -
Prince."