The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-06 00:00:00

SATURDAY, NOV. 6, 1875

A PRECISIAN. —Artist (affably).
ing."—Native. "No' bad ava,'."—Al
Scenery."—Native. " Gey an' U-ood."
to St. Bannoch's, in the distance), "ANT'
down at the Bottom of the Loch?"—.
at the Bottom—it's at the Fut !"—AI
"You Past-Partieipled Highlander !"
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A GRAND IDEA !—A correspo:
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" FEMALE SUFFRAGE."--Fema,le suffrilge
lon been esta.tlished in Utah, where Morraon
fluor, he utility cf their numerous wives' vote. I
however, the vote of the elector is known to the sv
community all freedom of franchise is lost, And not
sin, le Morrnon,dares to vote for a Gentile. One lur
a Eitort time since, cast 350 votes, staying an 11°.y,
the poll for the purpose. He voted for all his
his 64 children, 100 grandchildren, and all kne"
possible relations. That must be a nice little ff
party to assemble round the home dinner-table.

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"Returning home from a quiet dinner
night, to the quiet suburb where I reside—)
ing along and enjoying the fragrant we
occurred to me. All around was still ani
silence was broken by a shrill railway whist
and yet another, and each with a differe
sounds reached me from a distance of at -
Among other things we had been talking of
and the grand idea struck me that it might.
construct a grand organ, the pipes to be acte,
instead of air. Conceive such a grand Oi
grand tower, pealing forth a grand anthem 0,1
day morning over a half-awakened city!
things have been done, but some might say,
did when asked if he liked the bagpipes,
and the farther off the better.' If we do not
our American cousins will surely take up the
'lick all creation' in musical instruments."
BRIGHAM YOIIN G'S DIVORCE. Softie '
ago Judge M'Kean made an order reql .15
Young to pay Ann Eliza Young 500 d(
from the commencement of her suit, as
3,000 dols, attorney's fees in the suit for
ing at the time of issuing this order.
alimony then due was 9,500 dole. The
complied with, Brigham was brougl'
M'Kean and imprisoned one day in
for contempt in not paying the att,
were then settled. Soon after, Judge
moved and Judge Lowe appointed,
asked to punish Brigham Young for
paying the 9,500 dole, alimony. Thk
case was that this order Was illegal
the case rested there until the 18t1
upon application, Judge Boreman
which has been served on Brigham, 1
to appear before the Court on the 23)
why he should not be punished for
regarding the first order.

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"Our O' SESSION."-- Grand/a ('f?"'
Country). "My Dears, I come up Parli'incetla.
pia-pose, 'because I thought I'd see as rsieeh. as le° „ot
But would you believe it, there wasn't a single7oo
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RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. .0
general report by Captain Tyler on railway conillicji
in the United Kingdom has been issued, frau 'glop
it appears that a total sum of £609,895,931. ha af
expended to the end of last year on 16 449 ra," ors
railway, of which 8,749 were laid with two c' )",t
lines of rails, and 7,700 were single lines, at a c` oyes
about £37,000 a mile. By the running of trains the
200,481,263 miles, 256.899,498 were received duringking
year, of which £31,647,517 were expended in 'qui oet
and maintenance, and £25,251,981 remained s',o
profit, so that 56 per cent, of the gross receipto "
expended in earning them,
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DOING NOTHING.—I once had a anof!
got through an amazing amount of work, ana
this account a wonder to every one who knew P.„--ifelw
asked him on one occasion what his secret wArgt die
sure he had one, and, after a number of Toeunis dir
claimers, he told me that, finding he was of an
position, he had made a firm resolve, and to aguree-con'
tent carried it out, "never be doing nothing.v.„r
fessed that the result astonished even hinistbiegl'i
one who will follow his example may do great "d as°
It is the minutes and half hours which are frittere
dawdled away that are wasted. Time spent ieptiO
needful rest and recreation is well spent ; tirnes,'" loft
standing about and "lazing >, is usually entirel
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PEACE AND PEKOE. —lt Will be a
thing, says Mrs. Caddy, if we escape a Treattef'
China. Next to quarrelling with our bread'setith
the worst we could do would be to quarre "-
tea.-Punch. ritei
POOR Bolt !-A boy was recently Prie,,„o"-e
with a knife, with which, boy-like, he cut an, • .000
everything that came in his way, from the dinn,F,Aotoe,
table downwards. A few days after he headratisei
the happy possessor of the knife, his father was 7,-opeit,
•by seeing two men bringing home the young,.:be 611
in a dilapidated condition. His face seernedinherfl;
and bruised, and covered with blood. The leA'-f
course, was very much alarmed, and inquire-0"r
boy who had hit him. "Nothing didn't hit Intl 1
boy answered between Ins sobs; "it Was telcsl
donkeykiisied me in the eye." "A donke„.9
you in the eye, eh?" echoed the father. "11,5„5-
told you a thousand times or more that doete.f;,/iN
gunpowder were not fit things for boys to pilfr
What were you doing to the donkey, Sandy,l: tryiso
wasn't doing anything at all, father; I was am,/
to cut my name on his back."
ACQUIRING EXPERIENCE !—I have
tied, writes a lady in Chicago, three yearns
the exception of the first six months I have 7,1359".,i
fectly happy. I believe the first three month° "sot
ried life are called the honeymoon, and young Tut c,e;
people are supposed to be supremely hapPY- to
liver us from the honeymoon! I ever h.:,oDa
so again, I think I will begin with the
months. I had always had my own way at
supposed, of course, I could after marriage.
seems my husband thought the same, and it „,,w-tit gy",
time before we began to see that we must "!.'bod
up. Since we learned that lesson we have
trouble.
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RATS IN THE WOODS.—This years 0- CAf
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port on India mentions that in the Hyderabad P-0,13, fl 7;
Districts an extraordinary amount of delealif'plei:;
caused in the forests by rats last year. In sixt,a
the rats cut the stems close to the grounds 7,leptvp
case of large ones they dig out the earth to to
two or more inches, and then gnaw the ribsol9l
sloping direction, giving thew the appearance°
been cut with some sharp instrument. A
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PHOTOGRAPHY DOWN WEST. —An Pl:es fel
paper states that a Nevada photographer tesiee,
decided measures-for turning out a goo(' Pil
sitter being in his place, the artist producet' 4, P*3
revolver, cocked it, levelled it at the sitters JOS doo f
said, "Now just you sit perfectly still, aliadioeL
move a hair; put on a calm, pleasant exPri:,-ef 14,8
countenance, and look right into the any 'z'"3ll'
revolver, or I'll blow the top of your head off. ,nt
putation as an artist is at stake, and I don't '-
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THE ROYAL ROAD TO ELEGA-
Spffkins (who can only afford one new Suit Pc!
but patronises a fashionable West-End 2:1:
by the bye, Mr. Brown, can you sugges'
by which I could prevent my Trousers fro
at the knees ?"—Mr. Brown. "Well, Sir, thi
one Way I know of, and that's what most .-
tomers do !'—Little Spiffkins. "Tell nse
it ?"—Mr. Brown. "Well, they order
Thirty Pair at a Time, Sir r—Tunch.
THREE DEATHS FROM MUSHROOM
—The Journal des Debats mentions the 090
poisoning from mushroom eating. A '
collected a quantity of mushrooms on
week, after her return home made them 111'
together with some potatoes, for the suPt•
family. Although some slight indiapositioi
by some members of the family, they "
again the following evening. This time,
indisposition increased to an alarming PAP'
all the symptoms of poisoning. A doctor
in after some delay, was unable to countv
poisonous effects of the mushrooms, and the
the unfortunate author of the accident, died
day evening. The father, despite the doer
succumbed on Wednesday, and the eldest ao,
of age, after the most excruciating agony for
and nights, expired on Thursday.
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FEASTING THE CHINESE EVIL o.—ner
lithographed Chinese circular on yellow' Otreosifists
according to the Rangoon Mail, being elLosl)s,"et
placarded over Rangoon. The following tritegeAk-ei
of this document shows that it is not of an a
pose' 0
comfortable nature :—" Leong Yeon Kee Sots
Canton, brought three letters from Tee'Te's/S0
Minister of the Emperor of China at Pelrill'itOt isl
ordered that forty-nine days be set apart to Beoco,
Chinese evil spirit There will this year 111 j
be,.
of rice and plenty of sickness. Evil 5piP,,,.,"" ed, ber
scend to examine and inquire into the siersptel?sty •
• people do not believe this, many will die ias'-'„„,-
and October. Should any people call you at ;4101
do not answer; it is not a human being wh°d ' Aft
an evil spirit. Do not be wicked, but be 00 I
CROWN LANDS.—The Crown lands in
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produced last year an income of £327,278- els4o
acres of farms and land let for agriculturat
oduced £114,699; the 599 houses and other ei.k%;
let at rack-rents, or at rents which have•
bestOlse`PeS
down from rack-rents, £55,256- land let fers„ss
purposes, and on which 4,574 houses, SO-,
built by the lessees, £12,443- mines, roille'sst L
substrata (the gross amount of the Royalties'. tolwts
the net income is credited to capital), £12,848 'teos„ll3li
markets, ferries, &c., in the 'occupation Of g3,v,54
£10,317; quit-rents, fines, &c., of manors, 02,r r
plantations, underwood, hedgerow timber, &el 00P,
The cost of collection, local management, ibiLest
intendence is less than 3 per cent. This statewo Ytts
serve to give an idea of the nature of the prollode
relates only to England, and does not ill° /
Royal forests and woodlands.
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THE POWER OF PLANTS TO PRODUCE -n; d P°o
In addition to the pleasure that may be deriveiontlof
floriculture the sanitary value of flowers ao,.(irsalloso
a feature of the subject so important as I°4), 11
special mention (remarks the Sanitary Recy';erio 01
of the most important of the late disco` 000,A
chemistry is that made by Professor M9ntego:los
Pavia, to the effect that ozoneis generated 110 1 gr7e,
ss et
quantities by all plants and flowers poseiog ,
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leaves and aromatic odours. Hyacinths,. rolb" she"
heliotrope, lemon, mint, lavender, narcissot, 00 `,l
laurel, and the like, all throw off ozone large,,lo
posure to the sun's rays; and so powerful is
, atmospheric purifier that it is the belief of tjeteo
that whole districts can be redeemed trona tIS t?
malaria which infests them by simply oollitsia
with aromatic vegetation. The bearing o'.wpot;to4
flower culture in our large cities is also ver,,Y;ml 00
Experiments have proved that the air of ol"„--„trif
less ozone than that of the surrounding o°_" thalise!
the thickly inhabited parts of the cities le;01 °V.;
more sparsely built, or than the Parktisi treesfon
squares.. Plants, and flowers, and greelitsle
alone restore the balance; so that eve,q, it 10.10
pot is not merely a thing of beauty walbe
has a direct and beneficial influence uPell
the neighbourhood _in which it is found.