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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

TAKING THE VEIL.

A Correspondent gives the following description of the
Ursuline ceremony of taking the veil :
About six o'clock Bishop Racine, attended by
thirteen assistants, and Pere Le Moine, the chaplain,
entered and took their places before the altar prepa-
tory to celebrating mass. Simultaneously with their
entrance a march was played upon the organ, and we
could see through the grille the black-robed nuns filing
into the place in the following order :—First came
three nuns in black, the middle one carrying an
immense cross and her companions on either
side bearing candles; following them came two nuns
still wearing white veils, then thirty or forty of
the sisters, and last of all the five noiaces. These
were clad in the dress of lirsulines who have
taken the last vow, with the exception of the veils,
which were white, and as the others took their plates
upon either side of the chapel they seated themselves
upon chairs facing the side of the altar. After the
celebration of mass, in which they aeparotely received
lacrftulynt from tho haucl of OA Whop, ho aid*
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

REVIEWS OF THE PRESS.

io by whom this this hook will
TbeliefoTV!sd7 numberseftillvh .celbbc-fi(i' l
rSnc3n person hold the relation
of Perent, Preceptor; or Clemyntau..".--Sun, eve Ding puper.
:MS UN Mzwo.— TrLTuOIIKA.:II)—.% LI v written and
qay tteer:lit,s the :;Ource or these tiieee which produce
,
decline in yout.i. and more frequently priln,ture old 110.—
Dail.y Telegraph, 27th 185,/.
.
C STIS ON AIN ILOOD Flioula he in the bands of youth and
o
a class of painful nutliulies, which have too long been
t
of the illiterate and designing.—United Service
Gazette.
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This work, based upon the result of:30 years' sretessful
.practice in the t catuant of a painful cud distressiujj, 01055
of diFolwes,• will be fenud to contain plain directions for the
cure of mauy rlimusiseA hitherto •nbaridoned h'opeless.—
Sunday Tim ' Times, 23rd March 1856.
Londou—Sold also by DlAlac, Booksolisr, 89, coral".
l inlice lu age.it,ro y k a medical publication, developing the treat-
ment
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

THE FAMINE IN ASIA MINOR.

At the meeting of the Asia Minor Famine Belief
Committee, held in Constantinople on the 12th, a
letter was read from Cesarea, in which the writer
stated that about a thousand families were being
assisted in that city. "It is certain," he added, "that
people are actually dying of hunger. Bread is abun-
dant, but prices are nearly four times their ordinary
figure, and multitudes have absolutely nothing with
which to purchase, were bread never so cheap." At
the previous meeting of the committee extracts were
read from the journal kept by its agents respecting
the condition of some of the distressed districts, and
these are now published by the Levant Herald. In
the village of Ahali there were about 1,100 inhabitants
two or three years ago. Since the famine there have
been 400 deaths and 150 persons have emigrated. The
total population is thus reduced to little more than
500. In some cases dead bodies were left unburied
for many days, the survivors being too demoralised by
I privation to perform the last offices for their fellow
villagers. Many of these bodies were eaten by starving
dogs and cats. This was also the ease in another vil-
Otge ziamaci Kmodi4li,
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PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Concert, and
other Pesters.
Handbills, Circulaw, Cards, Programmes, Bill
Heads.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL KINDS of PRINTING, in Black or
Coloured Inks.

S. FIFIJ ID
GENERAL PRINTER,
STOURBRIDGE.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

A STRANGE STORY.

The Cincinatti Commercial has the following :
A few years ago an American lady, while studying
medicine abroad, having been refused admittance to a
course of medical lectures in one of the most noted
universities in Germany, determined to put on male
costume and pass herself off for a young man. One
day an American consul was summoned to an hotel to
see a lady from the United States. As there was no
reception-room in the hotel, he was shown up to the
room indicated in the note he had received by the
servant. He looked in vain for the lady, but saw
what he supposed was a young man sitting on a
trunk. He was soon undeceived. The "boy " said
he was simply in disguise, and set forth at length
the reasons for such extraordinary conduct. She
said she was resolved to attend that course of lec-
tures, and had called in the consul to give her real
name and place of residence in the United States, so
that in case of trouble she could appeal to him for pro-
tection. The position of the consul was a novel one,
but he finally consented to take the lady's statement,
and promised to keep the secret inviolate unless she
should be discovered. This did not happen. The
disguise answered its purpose • the lady remained at
the institution a year, passed 'through the course with
honour, and is doubtless now applying the knowledge
gained in her practice somewhere in the United States.
We suppress all names of persons and places for
obvious reasons, but give the fact in illustration of the
indomitable perseverance of women ambitious of a
professional career in pursuit of knowledge under
difficulties.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

TELEGRAPHING MR. BRIGHT'S
SPEECH.
(From Wednesday's Daily News.)

Our Special Correspondent at Birmingham writes:—
The telegraphing of Mr. Bright's speeches from
Birmingham is always looked forward to in the Post-
office as the great feat of the year. Special efforts to
meet the demand for an early and full report of
the right hon. gentleman's utterances are made,
and invariably with success. But year by year,
as the enterprise of the press grows, and the re-
sources of the telegraph department are extended
to keep pace with it, the task grows a more stu-
pendous one, and its accomplishment the more
worthy of record. The last time, previous to the
speech of Monday night, that Mr. Bright spoke in
Bingley Hall, it was estimated that 160,000 words were
telegraphed from the office in Cannon-street, where
Mr. Herbert presides. On Monday, not less than
200,000 words were despatched, the increment being
due not to the increased length of the speech—for as
was mentioned in my despatch of Monday night, Mr.
Bright, curiously enough, spoke for exactly the same
number of minutes as on the former occasion—but to
additions made to the number of towns requiring full
reports. On Monday night there were not less than
eight wires in communication with London. In ad-
dition direct communication was specially effected
with Dublin, Belfast, Huddersfield, Bradford, Liver-
pool, Newcastle, Darlington, Edinburgh, Aberdeen,
Dundee, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Leicester, Notting-
ham, Glasgow, Sheffield, Leeds, York, Manchester,
Cardiff, Carlisle, Hull, and Southport. The chair was
taken at seven o'clock, and fifteen minutes later the
sixty or seventy reporters seated before the platform
began handing " copy " to the corps of messengers
in attendance. Thirty thousand words were thus col-
lected in the hall, and whilst Mr. Bright was yet speaking
his words were flying all over the country. By midnight
the great bulk of the work was finished, and at one o'clock
yesterday morning the last slips ,were through, and the
sharp clicking of the instruments, which had been
going on for six hours, ceased. Sixteen of Wheat-
stone's instruments were taken down to Birming-
ham, and communication being effected with the
various circuits, as many members of the "special
staff" took charge of them. Under the practised
hands of this picked corps, the instruments were kept
up to a speed that did not fall far short of their full
capacity of 120 words a minute. That is a rate which,
happily, few public speakers attain, and regarding
Mr. Bright's habitual style of utterance, it is probable
that a single verbatim report of his speech was des-
patched from Birmingham to London in less time by
a quarter of an hour than it -took him to deliver it.
Mr. Johnston, the director of the special staff, to whose
untiring energy and administrative capacity its great
success and growing usefulness are mainly due, was
present, personally superintending the arrangements
of the evening.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

was as soft and smooth as velvet. When Sir
Duncan examined her alive her pulse was 'regular,
soft, and compressible as that of a girl of sixteen, and
she had a smooth voice that never seemed to tire.'
This quite corresponds with the daughter's skin, voice,
and pulse, speaking from my own experience when I
saw and conversed with her for an hour, and shook her
hand on Wednesday.c' I take it that thOugh it is
probably impossible to prove the exact age of Elizabeth
Leatherland, so as to satisfy the demands of evidence,
there is little ground for doubting she was a cente-
narian, and that it will never be proved she was not
112." She was buried on Saturday last at Tring.

In connection with the foregoing, Mr. William J. Thorns
has sent the following to The Times :

Sir,—After the discussion in The Times in August
last as to the supposed exceptional age of Betsy
_.o.therlund, I did not anticipate that anything more
would be heard of the so-called " Tring Centenarian."
In the face of what was then clearly established—
namely, that there was not the slightest evidence
that the baptismal certificate of "Elizabeth Horan"
referred to "Elizabeth Hearn or Hem," that
ho trace was to be found of her asserted mar-
riage to Leatherlund at Dover in 1785 and no
confirmation produced of any one of the alleged
circumstances of her life—l protest against our being
called upon to admit that Betsy Leatherlund had
reached the hitherto unattained age of 112 upon the
medical testimony that a post mortem, examination
showed "none of the usual signs and changes commonly
known as senile changes," and on the absurd assump-
tion "that there is little ground for doubting she was
a centenarian, and that it will never be proved that she
was not 112."

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SATURDAY, JAN. 30, 1875

THE FIVE GREAT EXHIBITIONS.
The

"Great Exhibition" of 1851, held in London,
'wee opened on the Ist of May, and remained opened
for payment for 141 days. The numbeg of visitors was
6,039,195, and £414,322 wah 'receive4 fer admissions.
The "Exposition Universelle" of 1855, at Paris, was
Opened on the 15th of May, and remained open 200
days, Sundays included. The number of visitors was
5,162,330 and £128,099 was received for admissions.
'rho "International Exhibition" of 1862, in London,
was opened on the Ist of May, find remained opened
171 days. The number of visitors was 6,211,103, and
£408,530 was received for admissions. The "Exposi-
tion Universelle " of 1867, at Paris, was opened on
the lit of April, and remained opened 217 day, Sun-
days included. The number of visitors was no less than
8,805,969, and £420,735 was received for admissions.
The "Universal Exhibition" of 1873, at Vienna, was
olDelied on the lit of May, and remained opened 186 days,
Bundays included ; the number of visitors was 6,740,500,
and £206,478 was received for admissions. Thus the total
number of visitors at the five great International Exhi-
bitions was 32,950,097, a greater number than the entire
Population of the United Kingdom enumerated at the
Uensus of 1871, and £1,588,164 was received for ad-
Missions. The "Progress Medal," as it was termed
at Vienna, for the greatest number of visitors in one
day, belongs to the Exposition Universelle of Paris in
1867, when 173,923 persons passed through the turn-
rstiles on Sunday, the 27th of October. The Vienna
Eithibition was a "good second" with 135,674 on the
closing day, Sunday, the 2nd of November ; Paris, in
1855, comes next with 123,017, on Sunday, the 9th of
13epte..Mber. Then comes the London Great Exhibition
of Mal with what was then thought the extraordinary
huteber of 109,915, on Tuesday, the 7th of October,
four days before the close • and, lastly, London, in
1162, With 67,891, on Thursday, the 30th of October.
We wait now for the great Exposition at Philadelphia
in 1876.—.24e Times.

overwhelming force. On the whole, the uses of
Captain Boyton's dress are practically boundless, and
the voyage from Wapping on Saturday to Lambeth,
performed with ease and in spite of stoppages under
an hour and a half, told to thousands of spectators a
story of cheering hope in the future for all who go
i
down to the sea n ships and do business in mighty
waters. _ .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

'god( nub pistrid

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The usual meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were also present :—Messrs. B. Brooks, I.
Rollinson. Baker, Wood, Thompson, H. Billing-
ham, Homer, Guest, Rhodes, Fiddian, Wright
and Hall. Admitted 10 ; born, 1 ; died 3; dis-
charged 12 ; remaining, 337 ; corresponding
week last year, 366. Out door relief: Kingswm-
ford district. £23 16s 9d; Stourbridge district,
£lB 3s 31d ; Halesowen district, £l6 12s 10d ;
non-resident paupers 11 8d ; total £59 4s 61d
against £59 13s Od lastyear.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

FIRE IN BIRMINGHAM STREET.

A fire, which threatened to he of a serious char-
acter, occurred in Birmingham street, on Tuesday
night lust, at the shop of Mr. Weston, clothier
and outfitter, of Birmingham street, in this town
It was about nine o'clock, and the shop had been
closed for some time, when a person who was pas-
sing noticed a very brilliant light through the
chinks of the shutters. An alarm was immedi-
ately given, and there were soon a great number
of persons on the spot, who set to work throwing
buckets of water on the fire with the object of ex-
tinguishing it. This they succeeded in doing;
but some of the fittings were considerably damaged
by the fire, and the goods were also injured both
by the fire and the water which had been used to
extinguish it. The damage amounted to over
£2O, which, we understand, is covered by insur-
ance,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

GARIBALDI IN ROME.

Garibaldi arrived at Civita Vecchia at a quarter-past
one on Sunday morning. The Syndic and members of
the Municipality, Prince Odescalchi, and a large num-
ber of friends received him at the port, and the quays
and streets were brilliantly illuminated. The General
landed amidst loud cheers, and went to the house of
Signor Pallazzini, from the window of which he ex-
pressed his thanks to the crowd for the reception given
him.

At a quarter to one in the afternoon Garibaldi
started for Rome. He arrived at half-past two, and
as the train approached enthusiastic cheers were
raised by the crowd, who filled the station to excess,
and gathered outside in masses so dense that fifteen
minutes elapsed before the visitor could find a passage
through their ranks. He was received by the Syndic
of Rome and many members of the Chamber of
Deputies, and by deputations from trade societies,
who had assembled with banners and music.
Directly he had entered the carriage provided
for him the people took out the horses, and they
drew him in triumph from the station through
the streets, passing across the Piazza dei Ter-
mini into the Via San Nicol° da Tolentino,
where the crowd was so great that it was found impos-
sible to proceed. Garibaldi then decided to descend at
the Hotel Costanzi, and from the carriage thanked
the people for their enthusiastic reception of him,
begging them to show moderation and preserve tran-
quility. Ten minutes afterwaids he appeared on the
balcony of the hotel, and said that his stay in Rome
would not be of brief duration. He wore the famous
red shirt with the cloak, the loose handkerchief round
his neck, and the red blue cap, embroidered with gold.
Notwithstanding the extraordinary excitement that
prevailed, perfect order was maintained throughout
the proceedings. In honour of Garibald's visit many
of the houses of the city have been decorated and hung
with flags.

Ro3rE, Monday Night.
Garibaldi took the oath and his seat in the Italian
Parliament to-day.
The crowd in the streets was tremendous. So dense
was the throng that the carriage of the General took
four hours to reach the House.

The Chamber was crowded to excess. So great was
the applause of the members and the public that the
Speaker threatened to clear the galleries of everybody,
the ladies included. At this there were roars of
laughter.
General Garibaldi wore his grey poncho. He was
bareheaded.

When he quitted the House he was received with
deafening shouts. _

ROME, Monday Night.

Garibaldi, with his BOTI and two friends, visited
Monte Mario this morning. From the villa where he
wants to reside he surveyed the different points of the
city, especially the positions defended in 1849.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

A DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION.

The New York, Times gives an account of the recep-
tion of foreign representatives at the White House on
New Year's Day :—" Our observance of the Jour del'
An is especially agreeable to Messieurs les Diplomats.
The President, attended by his Cabinet, receives them
first, and they are neither jostled by the Justices of
the Supreme Court nor crowded by Congressmen.
They meet en grande tenue in a parlour set apart for
them at the White House. There they arrange them-
selves in accordance with the established rules of diplo-
matic precedence, and when the time arrives they are
escorted to the President by the Secretary of State,
and presented by their doyen or oldest member of the
rank of Envoy. The present doyen of the Diplomatic
Corps is Sir Edward Thornton. A man of un-
doubted sagacity and tried public integrity, he is
very popular here, both with his colleagues and
the members of this Government. He wore his
Bath uniform to-day, with his scarlet cordon, and
the decorations of several orders of knighthood. His
family are in England, and those of his suite who ac-
companied him are unmarried. Indeed, there is a
lamentable scarcity of ladies in the diplomatic corps
here just now. Brazil and Peru were represented to-
day by Mesdames Borges and Freyre, and then we had
the little lady from Japan, in a gown of Oriental silk,
made by a Washington mantua-maker. Why couldn't
she have worn her Yeddo costume? The scarlet fez
worn by Ariistarchi Bey, the Ottoman Envoy, and his
heavily embroidered uniform; were objects of marked
attention, as were the uniforms of the Russian Lega-
tion. But as a general thing the representatives of the
more important nations were eclipsed by those from
the smaller Powers in South America and elsewhere,
some of whom were resplendent with gold embroidery.
All of them must have been impressed with the un-
assuming, gentle manners of the Chief Magistrate to
whom they are accredited, although the grim, deter-
mined expression of the lower portion of his face shows
that he is not to be trifled with."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

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Late Organist at llocht.E.ter Cathedral; also

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LONDON OPERA COMPANY.
HAS the honour to announce to the Nobility,
Clergy, and Gentry of Dudley and its Vicinity
that he is open to receive PUPILS for
SINGING, PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, HARMONIUM
HARMONY, THOROUGH BASS. &c., &c.

Mr. Lansmere is also open to receive engagements foi
Concerts, Oratorios, &c., &c.
Mr. Lansmere has had the high honour of appearing
at Concirts in coujunction with Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr.
Santlev, Mesdames Sherrington and Sainton-Delby, Miss
Edith Wynne, &c , and has everywhere received most
!Ina( ring encomiums from the Press and the Public.
Terms on application.
Address,-
139, UPPER EIGILSTREET,
DUDLEY.

THE OLD HARE AND HOUNDS,

HASBURY.

VISITORS from Birmingham or Harborne,
en mite through HaleEowen, to lingley, Clad
Hills or Kidderminster, will fird this Ancient Old House
"THE RARE AND HOUNDS," at HASBURY,

OPENED AGAIN.
Visitors will find every sceornmodation.
Spirits, Ales, Bitter Beer, Sze., of the best Quality.
JOSEPH NEIVEY,
Proprietor.
IC B.—The Old House is known ns the resting place in
the lox Hunting Season, for Refreshments, Sze.

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FOR PICTURE FRAMES,
(-1 0 to the Pr:let-teal :\tiko.,-v-},ere' evil* deti.
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Wholsale and Retail, by
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House Decorator,
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• AND..MOULDTXGS,
Of every description,
CLEANED, REPAIRED, or RE-GILT. • ~
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

Your Committee report the Treasurer's balance
on the several accounts to be as follow :—Highway
Account: Due from Treasurer to December 23rd,
£llO 6s 9d. Cheques ordered to tke:same date, £56
Ss 71 ; intorest, £1 17s 6d; due to this date, £55 15s
7d.—lmprovement Account : Due from Treasurer to
December 23rd, £ll3 12s Bd.—Urban Sanitary Ac-
count: Cheques ordered to December 23rd, £49 Is
341; amount paid to Treasurer, £33 5s 3d; balance
due to Treasurer to this date, £34 5s 9d.—A number
of accounts were examined and recommended to be
paid. Highway Account;-£32 13s Od ; Improvement
Account, £l2 7s lid; Urban Sanitary Acconut,
£54 16s 9d.

Mr. Billingham, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, said he wished to make a few observations on
the report. He wished to refer to the state of High
Street, during the last fortnight. He had never
seen the streets in so filthy a state as they have been.
He had lived in the town for more than 37 years,
and had never seen them in so bad a state. Since
the contract with Mr. Horsley, they had been ranch
worse, and yet more money was being paid than was
paid to Mr. Whittaker.
_ _
Lat was Mr. 1—
Mr. Edwards said be believed it was £145.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

"ANDERSON (ADMINISTRATOR)
v. COUSINS."

The above cause has been heard in London, before Mr.
Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.

The plaintiff in this action, suing under Lord Camp
bell's Act, claimed compensation for himself and his
(laughter for pecuniary loss sustained by the death of
his wife, her death having been caused by the defend-
ant's dog..

The plaintiff is a labourer living at Potter's-bar, and
the defendant is a publican living at St. Pancras-lane,
London. In the summer of last year, the defendant
sent a puppy to be taken care of by a man named
Slow, who lived at Potter's-bar. This puppy was a
cross between a Newfoundland and a retriever. In
the afternoon of the 25th of last September Mrs.
Slew found that the dog was loose. She attempted
to chain it up again, but failed. She then called
out to Mrs. Anderson, who lived in the next house,
and was then in her garden, that the dog was loose.
Mrs. Anderson said that she was not afraid of the dog,
and remained in the garden. The dog ran into a field,
and then into Mrs. Anderson's garden. It then fell
upon Mrs. Anderson and bit and tore her severely. She
was ill in her own house for a month, and on the 24th
of October she was removed to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, where she died the following day of hydro-
phobia. The dog was shot. It was proved on behalf
of the plaintiff that the dog was always kept on the
chain, and that Slow had cautioned one witness,
who was patting it, not to meddle with it, BS he did not
know what it was. At the close of the plaintiff's case,
Mr. Howard submitted that there was no evidence of
scienter to go to the jury.

His Lordship, however, ruled that evidence of know-
ledge on the part of Slow was evidence against the de-
fendant, and that the way in which the dog was kept
and the caution given by Slow afforded evidence to go
to the jury that Slow knew that the dog was of a
savage disposition.

Several witnesses were then called on behalf of the
defendant, some of whom knew the dog at Potter's-
bar, and some who knew the dog before it was sent
there. They stated that the dog was ten months old
at the time of the disaster, that before that he was
always quiet and gentle, and that there was no warn-
ing of the frenzy which seized him on the day in
question.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The
parties agreed on the amount of the damages—namely,
£lO for the husband, and 15 for the child.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

A new York journal suggests that burglars, thieves,
and highwaymen are becoming so bold in that city, that the
citizens ought to organise and protect the police.
Brooklyn is a pious place. Even the saloon-keepers
quote Scripture. One of them has for a sign, "Why halt ye
between two opinions?"
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A New York auctioneer announces that he has so
much business he has worn out two hammers, and is now on
the second end of the third.

Alluding to New York fashions the Herald says :
"In some of the new styles there is no change. Poor rela-
tives are cut the same as last year. _ _ _

_
It maybe some consolation to know that the heaviest
item of American manufacture exported is that of refined
petroleum. It amounts to the enormous figure of £9,000,000
annually.

Melancholy husband, to his affectionate wife—" If
I should die, my dear, where would you go?" Affectionate
wife: "Go? Why, I should go after your We insurance
money, of course. '

A dispute is going on in Fiji about the etiquette to
be followed at missionary cooking. One party claims that
men only should be allowed to dance around the tempting
morsel, while the Fiji Woman's Rights Society urge that
the women should be permitted to join in.

A liquor dealer up in Coos County, N.H., ordered a
barrel of whisky from Portland, Me., some time ago. The
barrel came, was tapped, and freely drunk of. By-and-by a
dance was given near by, and such inroads were made upon
the barrel that the morning after the dance found it ex-
hausted. That evening the gentleman received a letter from
the Portland house from whom he had purchased, saying—
" Send back the barrel we sent you last week at our expense
Immediately. By mistake we sent you burning fluid instead
of whisky."
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A REPORTER'S STORY.—" I never had much to do
with cold climates, but I know how hot it is in Africa.
When I was reporting for the African Dogstar, the leading
morning paper in that country, six men had to stand and
fan me as I wrote. One day two of the six got into a fight,
and the heat was too much for the other four. It melted
this left arm quite off, you see, and my right leg was saved
only by the greatest exertions. I know it looks like a big
story, but if any of you doubt my word I'll give you the
names of several respectable parties in Africa who can be
addressed. _ But that wasn't called hot weather—not a real

hot day. When the sun got to melting the types in the
cases, the door-knobs dissolved, and awning frames burned
like straw, then we had to stay indoors and look out for our-
selves. I know of several instances where parties taking
aim at rabbits had the barrel of the gun to melt before they
could lire a shot 1"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

STOURBRIDGE GASLIGHT COMPANY,

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
next Half•yearly Ordinary MEETING of the
shareholders of this Company will be held at the Com-
r.txv's OFFICES, GAs WORKS, AMBLECOTE, STOUR-
BRIDGE, OR FRMAY, the 15th day of FEBRITARY, 1875
at Twelve o'clock at Noon, for the purpose of reeeiving
the Report of the Directors of the Receipts and Disburse-
ments for the last Half-year, and a Statement of the
General Affairs of the Company for that period ; also the
declaring a Dividend for the last HAlf-year. and for the
transaction of the General Business of the Company ; also
for the purpose of raising additional Capital.
W. H. JONES, Secretary.
Stourbridge, Japuctry 25th, 1575.

Thu Transfer Books will he closed from the 4th to the
16th day of February, 1875.

TANNAKER'S JAPANESE.

CORN EXCHANGE, STO URBRIDGE,
MONDAY 22nd, TUESDAY 23rd FEBRUARY.
THE GREAT DRAGON TROUPE

FAREWELL APPEARANCE.
CHANGE OF PROGRAMME EACH NIGHT,
Far urpassins their previous Visit.

TOMMY THE WOLF.
LITTLE ALL RIGHT.
ROPE AND WIRE WALKING.
LADDER, TUB, AND DOOR BALANCING.
TUB, EGG, AND SCREEN SPINNING.
Aso,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

SUDDEN DEATH OF A LONDON
CLERGYMAN.

At ten o'clock on Saturday night the Rev. James
Galloway Cowan, vicar of St. John's, Hammersmith,
died from excessive prostration supervening on a sud-
den attack of congestion of the lungs. Mr. Cowan
had preached in his church on the previous Sunday
morning, and had also assisted in the evening service,
and on Monday and Tuesday evenings he had
taken an active part in some penny readings in his
own school and in the neiglbouring district of St.
Paul's, Hammersmith. On Wednesday evening he
was suffering from what was at first regarded as an
ordinary cold, but on Thursday his illness became so
serious that Dr. Burrowes was called in to consult with
his medical attendant, but even then it was hoped that
he would recover. On Saturday, however, he became
suddenly worse, and died in the evening. Mr. Cowan,
who has a family of eight children, had married a
second time only six months ago, and leaves a young
widow. He was greatly respected in the parish, and
was well known as a preacher, some of his published
sermons having attained great popularity.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

STATIONERY.

Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL KINDS of
PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY.
Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patterns.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, &c.
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS,
Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books, &c
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

THE TRING CENTENARIAN.
(From Monday's Times.)

Mr. Francis Craig writes from Aylesbury "Elizabeth Leatherland, tho Tring centenarian, has
this week expired, a year or more after the contro-
versy in The Times as to her reputed age. She was an
old woman when the living inhabitants of the neigh-
bourhood were young. An old man, buried in the
churchyard at Tring at the age of 93, always main-
tained that she wai about ten years older than himself,
and he knew her when she was a girl. Her chief cre-
dential as to age was the baptismal registry in the
parish church of Chinnor, Oxon, which runs
thus :—`1763, April 24, Elizabeth, daughter of
Thomas Horam, travailer.' On Wednesday last
I saw the only surviving 'child,' a daughter
of Elizabeth Leatherland, who told me that her
grandmother died in childbirth at Chinnor, where
her own mother's birth was registered, as already stated,
in 1763. The family of Ilsaru or Horam was well-
known in the eountieu of Herta, Bucks, and Oxon as
tra7elling gipsies, and this particular family encamped
in tents on Buekland Common, Chenies Bottom, and
other like localities till these encampments were dis-
turbed bylaw. This might account for the grandmother
—the mother of the centenarian—dying out of ordinary
reach of the registering agency; she might die in a tent
and be buried in a ditch. The father or other per-
sons might be more careful about recording the birth of
the child than the death of the mother. Moreover, it
was not uncommon about a century ago for the
mother's name to be omitted in the register in persons
of this class of life. Mr. Walford, curate of Tring,
informs me that in consequence of Mr. Thom's
queries, and the doubts raised in other quarters, he
wrote to Sir William Augustus Musgrave, rector of
Chinnor, to search the register for any similar name
and no name at all like that of the woman just dead
occurs for 37 years afterwards, which precludes the
possibility of its referring to the mother of Elizabeth
daughter of Thomas Horam, as has been sug'
gested. Sir Duncan Gibb, M.D., of Bryanstone-
street, Portnaan-square, has examined the body of
Elizabeth Leatherland, and states to me that none
of the usual signs and changes of decay, generally,
designated senile changes, are present. He has ex-
amined four living centenarians, and in this case as
well as theirs (for he examined the Tring centenarian
while she was alive, a year or two ago) he found
remarkable vigour of vital powers. In each case there
was almost unimpaired power of the lungs. In this
instance, the heart and lungs were in almost perfect
condition, corresponding, Sir Duncan says, to those
of `a young girl of fifteen.' There was slight con-
gestion of one log, the rooult 0 cold, litr
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

CRADLEY HEATH.

ASSAULT CASE.-At the Old Hill Police Court, on
Wednesday last, before Messrs. N. Hingley and H,
Howard, Charles and Isaac Brooks were charged with
eseaulting John Hampton, ,;on the 4th. Complainant
said that he went into Mr. Whitmore's public-house, the
Five Ways Inn. He had not been in long, when the de-
fendant, Isaac, wanted him to fight for £5. Witness told
them he had had fighting enough, and had been in prison
enough; when the defendant picked up a quart jug and
struck him a violent blow on the held, cutting his bead
open, and he became insensible. Police-constable Cooper
proved that the complainant was covered with blood, and
complained that the defendants had struck him ; an I he
advised him to summons the men. Another wituesi gave
corroborative evidence. The Bench fined defendants 5s
each and costs.

THROWING SrosEs.—Thomas Hampton, Thomas Wake-
man, and James Davies, were charged with assaulting
John Phillips, on the 13th inst. The complaint was that
between four and five o'clock all the defendants threw
stones at him ; bat they did not hit Lim. Witness is
watelman to Mr. Mason, and defendants were continually
throwing stones at him. Defendants agreed to pay the
costs, 8s each.

INDECENT ASSAULT.—James Green, alias Tipper, was
charged with committing an indecent assault upon Eliza-
beth Beech, on the 19th. Complainant said as she was
going down the High-street, on business, the defend-
ant came up to her, threw her into the doorway of Joseph
FeLows, and insulted her in an indecent manner, and
made use of disgusting language. A witness gave corro-
borative evidenee. George Taylor was called for_the de-
fence, and said it was not the defendant, but another man.
Complainant and the witness were recalled, andswore
positively to defendant. Inspector Price said that ano-
ther female had been assaulted in a similar manner.
Defendant was committed to hard labour for three
months.—John Parker was charged with using obscene
langu-tge, and obstracting the foo.p tth. This defendant
was with the last witness, and made use of disgusting
language- Fined 20s and costs.

(..:;11AliGE OF STEALING MONEY.— William PallieS, of
Tividale, was charged with stealing is 6J in money, the
property of Thomas Junes. Prosecutor said that on the
night of the 25th tilt, he put down a two-shilling piece
on the table. Had paid for a quart of ale, and defendant
picked up the remainder. Defendant admitted having six-
pence to pay for some ale, and another man had a shil-
ling ; but it was to spend. They had all spent 23 each,
and it was the prosecutor's turn to spend 2s. Prosecutor
said he did not wish to press the case, as they were all
drinking together; but it transpired that the defendant
had formerly been transported for seven years, and sen-
tenced to nine months' imprisonment. The Bench
ordered the defendant to find one surety for his appear-
at ce next week.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

AMATEUR BICYCLE MATCH.

On Monday afternoon an interesting match took
place at Lillie Bridge, between the Hon. Keith Fal-
coner and Mr. H. P. Whiting. Mr. Whiting has
long been recognised as the amateur champion, but
when it was stated that Mr. ;Keith Falconer, of
Trinity College, Cambridge, had ridden ten miles
under thirty-five minutes, there was but little difficulty
in arranging the present match, which was for a silver
cup, of 25 guineas value, over a distance of 25 miles. The
state of the weather during the early part of the
day was unfavourable. Luckily, however, it improved
shortly after mid-day, and the remainder of the
afternoon turned out fine, while, in spite of the heavy
rain, the running path was in fair condition.
Soon after the appointed time, two o'clock, the com-
petitors showed on the path, Mr. Falconer bestriding
a machine built by Humber, of Nottingham, with a
dxiyizig, whool of 60 Whets diarnotor, wbil Ur,

Whiting was mounted on one of J. Keen's manu
facture, which had a wheel of 54 inches in diameter.
Mr, J. Inwards, captain of the London Bicycle Club,
acted as starter, and Falconer at once went in front.
For the trst five miles the Cambridge champion
held the read, but Whiting, in the third lap of the
seventh mile went in front, only to be repassed
almost directly. Half the distance was completed by
Falconer in 32 min. 15 sec., Whiting being one second
behind. In going along the second lap of the fourteenth
mile Whiting put on a spurt, and once more went in
front, but slipping one of his feet off the treadles,
Falconer again gave him the go-by. From this point
up to the finish of the second time round the ground
in the final mile the Cantab lay slightly in advance,
but in the last lap Whiting left his man as though he
was standing still, and, finishing at a tremendous
pace, won by quite 100 yards, his full time being 1
hour 41 min. 16i sec., Falconer taking 1 hour 41 min.
28 sec. to complete the distance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

CO3IMISSIONER,i' MEETING.

The monthly meeting of this Board was hell on
Monday last, Mr. Turney in the chair. There wore
also present Messrs. Hughes, Allchurch, Kelloy, Per-
kins, Penney, stringer, Eillingiam, Franklin, Pack-
wood, Allsop, and Edwards.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

SATTTEDAY; JAN. 89, 151

Mr. Stubbing, on behalf of Chance, applied that his
client should be bound over to appear at the next Assizes.
to prefer a bill of indictment against Robinson under the
" Vexatious Indictment Act. '
The Bench offered no opposition to this course.

her husband she went to the brewhouse and wined the
fowls in question. The fowls produced were the pro-
perty of Mr. Pope. She gave information to the police
ten minutes afterwards.'

Ass tULTINO .1 W0:11 IS.— tie P&jiic otii !o, nn Thurs-
thy before Air spoon r, ipniiary, WiDiana Tennant,
IN as charged with assaulting gi. cs Shake-pear, on the
18th. Complainant, woo Jives at Hart's Ilill, said, she,
was going,along the ciinfil and saw the defendant, line
asked him why he had been scandalising her. HO the!:
caught hold of her and tried to throw her into the cans!!
and she fell accross a boat, injuring her face, her legs be-
ing partly in the water. His defence was that she first
struck him with a brick. The learned Stipendiery Paid
he never heard of a n-ore disgraceful piece of rutfianign
in his life; Throwing a woman into a canal; and sen-
tenced him to 11 months' hard labour; and at the expira:
tion to find two sureties in £lO to keep the peace for ail
months.

--Nilo-MEN'S QUARRELS —Mary Ann Walters was charged
with assaulting Eliza Longmore, on the 2ith inst. There
was a cross summons charging Longmore with assaulOng
i .„
‘lalters.—The parties are neighbours. A dispute too
place between them, then Walters threw some dirty wet ,
over her. The complaint against Longmore was that sh .
threw a stone at her and hit her en the side. Walters
was fined 10s. and costs £1 Os. Gd ; and the case against
Longmore w as dismissed.
REFUSING TO QUIT.—John Mullett was charged with
reiusing to quit the Lion inn, Wordsley, when requested.
He wia..furtn er charged with assaulting Charles Heckle,'
on the, 20th. Charles Beckley, manager, said that the
defendant came into the house with another, and beget' .
to quarrel. He ordered him out. Defendant refused to
go, and he ejected him. Defendant then turned roand
and struck him on the lure; but he did not wish to press-
•
the assault case. Fined 103. and costs. .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-30

A LECTURE ON CREMATION.

On Monday, the lecture platform at the London
Institution, Finsbury-circus, was occupied by Mr.
Armytage Bakewell, who delivered an able address
upon cremation to a very large audience. Professor
De la Rue, the president, was in the chair. Ayr.
Bakewell commenced with an exhaustive examination
into the origin of the process, which he conceived to
have been practised in times long anterior to history,
or even tradition, and to have sprung from the fire-
worship of the Persians, though not developed by
them. But cremation seemed to have died out towards
the end of the fifth century, and as the funeral fires of
Rome were extinguished, the dark ages began. It had
now become a pressing social question, not from any
materialistic hardness of heart, or that they were slaves
to an exacting utilitarianism, but rather because they
had awakened to the importance of the Government
Reports of 1850-51 upon extramural cemeteries, which,
even then, were fast becoming intermural, and
from an absolute sanitary necessity. He therefore
trusted that a Government pledged to every sanitary
reform and with only a heedless opposition, would not
fear to foster this idea, concluding by answering the
chief objection urged against this method of disposing
of the dead.