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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

SCALE OF CHARGES.

Single Teeth,k-. Seta, £2 10s.,
Stopping, Scaling, and Extracting, and the regatatiag
of Children's Teeth, at Moderate Charges.
N.B.—Patients ran bw waited upon by Appointment
made at the Above Address,:or by Letter.to—

17, 13ENNliTT'S HILL, 17
LFirst door from New•street, and opposite the Thesis'
Royal.;
Consultations Free.

NOTICE.

THE MIDLAND BANKING COMPANY
(LIMITED)

HAVE OPENILD
A BRANCH AT STOURBRIDOR
ON THURSDAY, the 10th SLPTEMBER,

155, HIGH STREET,
CHARLES KNOCKER,
General Manager.

London, Blot August, 1871.

smprisb.,_

Tot aeozdats and Printers are cautioned that thlg Is Yr
regiatereu cupjfesgAt of liessra. Wats di •one, and that asps
eral fraudulent imitationa having been detected, any
in any no, infringing the same. trill be at once
against. it:Hulled) Jail. Ll'l Err,
lkitors to Meahrs. W.ADlb.i'LtuHC.hOw". Vtilt"tilaßrial4t Sole
May 8t6,11174.

EMI6RATIoN To AI) LA IDE.

SOUTH - •"" AUSTRALIA.
•-

ASSISTED PASSAGES
UNDER THE NEW LAND ORDER REGULATIONS
The Government of South Australia are prepared 16
grant passages to the following persons :-
1. Artisans, Agricultural and other Labourers, Milian
and Osrdenern under 50 year. of age.
2. Single Females Domestic Servants, or Whlenr•
(without Children undi r 12! not ezeeeding 96 years
of age.

- - -
Subp-et to the part...nth fl onat r
For Males or ke1.111.1 under 12
Ditto ditto ovi:r 12 and under 40 4 „
Ditto ditto over 40 and under 60 •
Persons paying then own l'avvage receive a L 444 Wit
rant of the value of p2o.
For farther inforolation.opply to

Mr. DI. PALFREY,
Ce4iltitreet, Stootbridp,
beltotiug Aget.t.

fog PahNaha, 116 p.p., densy Bvo.. Post Psi,
A New Illustrated SELF'. ESTIMATING
LIL CATALOGUE for HOUSE FUttNIBHINO,
with full description and pricehof the Articles, profusely
Illustrated, and general aunimato.ns. Ly EDWIN
STRINGER, Cabinet hlauutaGtaitr and cum
House Furnisher, Commercial Buildings, 8
and 19, 20, sod 21, NIII-street, Kidderminster
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

ADVICE ON EXPLOSIVE MATTERS.
(From Punch)

Certainly a recent and very sad event will suggest to
Parliament, when it next meets, the advisability of
considering some measure dealing with explosive
substances. At the same time should the expected
Act become law, as many other matters are quite as
dangerous as gunpowder, it may be presumed that
some means will be taken to prevent those ebullitions
of temper which cause so many explosions in the family
circle. However, as the Public will have to wait with
more or less patience for that legislative interference,
that should have been exercised years and years ago,
Mr. Punch begs to publish a few hints tha will be found,
he believes, valuable in the interim.
If you tread upon the gouty toes of an Old Bachelor
a most unpleasant explosion of wrath is sure to follow.
If you refer to the age of a Young Lady in the
presence of an Old Maid a cruel explosion of spite may
be expected.
If you give advice to a Friend who declares himself
to be in trouble, and anxious to hear your opinion,
you may feel much surprised if you do not cause a
loud and greatly prolonged explosion of argument.
If you complain to your wife that the total of the
house-keeping book is too large, you may consider
yourself lucky if you escape with nothing worse than
an explosion of sobs and tears.
If you suggest to your Wife's Mother that her visit
I to your mansion might be brought to a close without
causing any very serious inconvenience either to your-
self or your household, an explosion of angry irony
will follow as a matter of course.
If you open a Theatre, become Security for a friend,
or start a new Paper, you will be indeed fortunate if
the explosions that are sure to follow do not land you
in the Court of Bankruptcy.
If you attempt to scale the Mountain of Fame by
publishing a book of Poems at your own expense you
will discover that the critics will combine to pull you
down.
And, lastly, if you neglect the above excellent advice
1 and commit the blunders therein enumerated, you will
find that every sensible man in the world (inclusive,
of course, of Mr. Punch) will help to blow you up.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

MARY C. GRIFFIN,

TN returning thanks to the Public generally of
Stuurbridge and Neighbourhood for past favours
shown to her late Uncle, Mr. JOHN GRIFFIN, sad
since his death, to Herself, begs to announce that the
Business will for the future he carried on by Mr. 'JAMES
THOMAS HORSLEY.

In taking to the above Business, J. T. HORBLICY
hopes by etrict attention and punctuality, to merit •
continuance of the patronage awarded to his predeces-
80Ve.

THE OLD HARE AND HOUNDS,

HASBURY.

VISITORS
from Birmingham or Harborse.
ea route through lisie,owen, to Hsgley, Cleat
Hills, or Kidderminster, will find this Ancient Old Hons.
"THE HARE AND HOUNDS," et BASBURY,

OPENED AGAIN.

Visitors will find every accommodation.
Spirits, Ales, Sitter Beer, As., of the best Quality.
JOSEPH NE WRY,
Proprietor.
Nit.—The Old House is known as the resting plase In
the Fox Hunting Season, for Refreshments,,tc.
LOWER GROUNDS ASTON.—
THESE BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS ARE

OPEN DAILY.
SUMMER DISPLAY OF FLOWERS.

BOATING on the Lake, ',Lich has been enlarged snE
made perfectly safe by the water bertg only 4 feet
deep all over.
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, SINTER
and GILMER'S CELEBRATED BAND ; every Tem-
day, Thursday, and Friday, YOUNTNEY'S BRASS
BAND. From Three till dusk.

ADMISSION—ADULTS, D EACH.;
3.
CHILDREN under 12...
11 6 Id.
SEASON TICKETS way.be obtained. Family Thai&
21s. Single Admission, 104. 6d.

H. G. QUILTEII, Proprietor.

ENVILLE GARDENS

BY the kind permission of the Right Hon.
the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, them
beautiful GARDENS and GROUNDS will be thrown
OPEN to the PUBLIC every Trim", and FRIDAY
thrunghout the sermon,. s
. . . . .

Admisaion Free (by 1 iebet only), to be E.l,tained at the
Stamford Arms Hotel, 1 nville.

Conveyances of all description to be had at the Talbot
Hotel, Stoorbrulge, on most reasonable b rule, on appli-
catiop to the Manager, Dlr. J. Bridges.
" •

Diener l'arties c;;ntiacted for

sUIIGEON DENT'S r.

MR. A. It.

BROADHURST:,

J.F6S respectfully to announce to the
I. ) Deliabitonts of btourbridge and ito vicinity, that
Ito may he Consulted every Fitioay, from 10 orn. to I
p.m., at Mr. PAIIETT'S, 138, 1111ilf•8TEEE I (Neat
to the Talbot Hotel), upon all points App. rtaming In
Dentistry, both in the Suriticsl afstl ilechw,cal Depart•
meats, and trubto that by
Charges and the euiploythent of beat Materiels nod
Workmanship to merit • aborr of their kind parole/4e
arid impport.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

pHOTOGRAPHY.

ARCHER CLARKE,

STOULI:LII GE.

kilo .Lflng por de zin Visite, two poet
tions.

Ilia Portrait and Plintitg Ito num have boen altored
arid intr,...v.l inting the tt intor. and PORTRAITS can
‘.41 Favaiiirt anti neat free of c‘nti much quicker
tiruu prey', way.

Tin,: NEW REMBRANDT PICTURE.
THE NEW CAMEO VIGNETTE.

THE NEW ENAMF.LED PORTRAIT

IZAISLD 1N “ELIEW.

These vation. sty!eß, which are yeite new, are now
taken, rue OIL. Li eau be en at
ARCHER CLARKE'S,

71, High-41reet,
btourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

An UNFORTUNATE INSURRECTIONIST.

The vicissitudes of fallen monarchs having often
afforded opportunity for easy satire, AR amusing
chapter might be added to these chronicles by an
account of the fortunes and misfortunes of unsuc-
cessful pretenders. One of these lately died at
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, whose life must have been
more startling than anything portrayed in sensa-
tional novels. Originally a man of enormous wealth
and high position in Saxony, John William Leakar
placed himself at the head of a revolutionary move-
ment, which, if it had succeeded, would have landed
its chief on the Saxon throne. Owing to one cause
and another, the rebellion proved a complete failure,
and those who had taken part in it found themselves
compelled to seek refuge in flight. Among these
was Leskar, who, after the confiscation of his im-
mense estates, found an asylum at Allegheny City,
where, dropping all further claims to the crown and
sceptre, he took up the razor and became a barber.
Not apparently with much more success than
attending his attempt at seating himself on the
throne. On his death this unfortunate victim of
ambition was found to be so destitute of means that
the city authorities had to pay his funeral expenses.
It is said his influential relations would have saved
Leskar from exile and his property from confiscation
if he could have been induced to submit himself to
the royal clemency. But he remained obstinate in
refusing this concession to the very end of his life, and
would not allow his brother and son, who are now
holding high positions in Saxony, to do anything in
his favour. Altogether, an impracticable sort of man,
who does not appear to have succeeded in anything he
attempted, whether it was the subversion of thrones
or the scraping of chins—Globe.

accounl

more
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

AS IT OUGHT TO BE.

visited" n•-;ite-s-ii;:-Iln-ssAITL, "Messrs.
Th,rnitnan's Warehouse, and took samples of Tea
ready for consignment to their Aci ENTS,SC on analysis
I found them PURE. & of superior quality."
"At the Docks, I took samples of Roraima'''.
TOZI,, which I analyzed, & found PURE; the quality
being equally satisfactory."
'I purchased Packets from 'Agents for
Ilarniman's Tea,' the contents I find correspond in
l'unrry and excellence of quality, with the tea I
obtained from their stock at the Docks."
11,248 Amin—Chemists, Confectioners, .te.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

PUBLIC NOTICES.

AORICLTLTURAL BONE MANURr:S.

THE Walsall Glue COM piny Limited 13irchills,
Walsall, require an Ali ENT to rept. sent theat In
Saturbridge and adjoining district.
To a person of influence and ability a lib, ral commas-
sion will be given.—Apply, with references, aa above.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

*ocal ant) istritt gews.

THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

A meeting of this Board was held in the Corn
Exchange, on Friday evening last. There were
present :—Major Walker (vice-chairman) in the
chair, Messrs. Wall, Prescott, Stringer, and Bil-
lingham.
The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting,
which, on the motion of Mr. Wall, seconded by
Mr. Stringer, were confirmed.
The I lerk submitted to the Board the financial
statement :lowing the receipts and expenditure of
the Board for the year ending attli September
last.

It was move ,y Mr. Stringer and seconded by
Mr. Wall—" That the financial statement of the
receipts and expenditure of the Board for the year
ending 29th September last, prepared bythe clerk,
and now submitted by him to the Board, having
been examined, be adopted and signed by the
Chairman, and laid by the Clerk before the auditor
to audit."

This was carried unanimously.
Mr. Smaluoin Smith (architect) submitted tothe
Board the plans, as modified by him.
The alteration in the plans was effected by re-
ducing the size of the infants' rooms, so as to
bring down the accommodation tothat required by
the Board.
After some diecussion,

It was moved by Mr. Prescott, and seconded by
Mr. Wall,—" That the plan • and specification be
left with catch member of the Board for his consid-
eration before the next meeting of the Board."
This having been carried unanimously, the meet-
ing terminated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

CREMATION IN THE GARDEN.

Naturally, where herbaceous plants are cultivated
in quantity, the material thus cut away is considerable.
What then is to be done with it? Here, without
hesitation, we recommend " cremation," for this
especial reason, that, with the dead tops, very often
quantities of seeds are removed, and if these be con-
signed, as they generally are, to the rubbish-heap,
they do not perish, but yield a bountiful crop in what-
ever part of the garden such rubbish may be ultimately
utilise,L My own plan, and one from which experience
shows that undoubted advantages are to be gained, is to
reserve all the haulm from the herbaceous borders as
a basis for starting a ire, say about the beginning of
November; a few days will consume a large quantity
of this refuse; but by a prior arrangement all the
summer's weeds and border rakings may be deposited
in close proximity to where the crematory process is
to take place, and by gradually banking up the fire
thus formed with this refuse, it rosy be retained
sufficiently active for a month or six weeks, during
which time it will have consumed a year's accumulation
and leave some tons of ash and burnt soil ; the rough
stones, of which there is sure to be a bountiful supply,
may readily be separated by screening, and the
residuum has a value of its own, whose use I will ex-
plain by-and-bye. No seeds or insect eggs will survive
such an ordeal as this, that is one important advant-
age gained, and in the dry burnt soil you have one of
the most powerful disinfectants there is; that is ano
less important second advantage, and on these, I think
the value of the process fully establishes itself—The
Carden.

summer'i
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

CAMELS"- THIS SEASON'S FASHION !

Coming events cast their shadows before, and if
fashion has any influence upon Fahrenheit we are
likely to have a winter of very great severitylremarks
the (dote). The Paris dress designers have already
made their arrangements for it, and the last novelties
are revealed to an expectant public. For the last few
years the milliner's idea has been to dress her customers
as like men as possible, to give them stand-up collars
and leather belts, to arm them with umbrellas hanging
from the waist as if they were swords, to supply them
with gentlemen's watch-pockets and gentlemen's watch.
chains. Even in fashion the world must advance, and the
move for the coming winter is decidedly a move forward.
Fashionable ladies, who have been dressed like men, must
now dress like wild animals. All the new tissues are to
resemble furs, and as a few years ago young ladies
were said to wear Dolly Vardens, so now they will
put on their "camels." That is the generic name by
which the Parisian modates have called this year's
fabrics, though of course there is a variety allowed,
and a young lady may appear as a reindeer, as a bear,
as a northern elk --in fact, as any rough-skinned
animal she may select. But it is necessary that the
skins should consist of as few pieces as possible. The
"camel," and a collar which will be known in the
fashionable world as a dog's collar, will complete the
costume, lint this new invention of the Foench dress-
makers has not so much originality after all. The idea
is merely a development of the Ulster great coat,
which was borrowed a couple of years ago from
the Irish peasantry. This desire for the roughest
materials and the rudest make has produced
already strange results. In Switzerland English-
men are dressed so like guides that it is difficult
to distinguish them. Even at Brighton the taste for
walking-sticks has declared that a perfectly plain bit
of ash cut out of the wood and innocent of scraping
and varnishing is the most fashionable cane. A silver
ornament is allowed near the handle as a sort of trade
mark to show that it belongs to a gentleman. Even
if the winter of 1874 should be as inclement as that of
1870, there may yet be days when the " camel " would
he too warm, and so less heavy garments have to be
prepared. Still, the relations with the animal world
will be kept up. Ladies, when they cannot go out
like beasts, will go out like birds. All trimmings are
to be made of feathers—cocks' feathers, pheasant's
feathers, peacock's feathers. This plumage is to cover
the dresses, but a whole bird will be in the hat. A
very fashionable lady may, therefore, assume a
parrot's head and a peacock's tail.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

HALESOWEN.

Cnocon OF FOILO Diiii•iso.—At the Police Court,
on Tuesday, bits!, Gen., and J. W. Wotesia,
Thomas Craerther, of liiini!ey Hill, wan ehargd with
furious driving, on the I,del feeling from Dudley to
Bramagrove. on the tat hod. Police.constable Knowle
proved that the defendant nv.s drtving at a furious rate,
and that he was throes out of the trap. Defendant
pleader guilty and said that the horse was a very spirited
one. Fined rine shithig and costs.

...
ASBACLT CAkE —lifery 110 igkins, WAS ChllUtd by
Fleury WllliarD, 7ith as,culting Win on the 24th ult. I
Mr. Smith app,ared for the complainant, who said that I
he is idraper, and on the above date he aakomi her to
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

THE CAPTURE OF MONSIGNOR
THEODOLI BY BRIGANDS.

The Correspondent of The Times writes:—
The Italian papers give particulars of the capture of
Monsignor Theodoli, one of the Pope's Chamberlains,
by brigands. He was staying at the Monastery of
Trisulti, and, after the custom of Roman prelates,
was taking a walk after dinner in a wood, through
which a road had recently been constructed, when five
men, apparently mountaineers, approached. Neither
Monsignor Theodoli nor the two monks and servant
who accompanied him, had any suspicion of their design
until the men came up to them, when one of them
said, "Your Eminence, come with us immediately,
and do not speak a word." The monks trembled,
and the prelate turned pale, perceiving at once what
was their intention. Resistance would have been use-
less, and he followed the brigands. His servant begged
them to desist, but one of them, holding a pistol
towards him, ordered him to follow his master, and
told the monks to let the Pope know that their
prisoner's ransom would be 50,000 lire. The brigands
and their captive then marched off, and the monks
returned to the Monastery, where they had not the
courage to give the alarm, though the Monastery con-
tained more than 50 monks and laymen. A peasant
shortly afterwards presented himself who had been
arrested by the brigands, for the purpose of making
him their messenger. Monsignor Theodoli had told him
to inform his friends that 50,000 lire was the price of
his release, and one of the brigands added that
they must have notes of small value as there might
be a difficulty in changing others, and that if the pre-
late's friends made any alarm he would be murdered.
The monks resolved on sending word to the family and
on otherwise observing strict secrecy. The family, al-
though rich, bad not the amount by them, but they
hastily collected 10,000 lire, informing nobody of what
had happened lest the prelate's life should be imperilled.
The peasant took the sum accordingly to the brigands,
but they said it was not enough, and that unless the
remainder was forthcoming they would kill their
prisoner. Twenty-five thousand lire were then sent,
but by this time the authorities at Frosinone and
Velletri had heard of the affair, and troops were des-
patched in pursuit of the brigands. The latter, how-
ever could not be discovered, and the prisoner was re-
leased on the whole sum being paid.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

110110 WAYS OINTMENT

Bronehitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Colds, and all
Derangements of the Throat and Chest.

In any of the above diseases, immediate and permanent
relief is obtained by effectually rubbing this detergent
Ointment twice a day upon the neck, chest, and back, and
Imck, and in all stages of influenza, settled coughs, and
wheezing at the chest, the same treatment may be fol.
lowed with efficiency and safety.

Bad r.egs, Bad Breasts, Old Sores, Wounds, and

Ulcers.
By rubbing this Ointment p Tingly upon and
around the affected parts twice a day, it will penetrate to
the tissues beneath, and exert the most beneficial influ-
ence; the inflammation soon diminishes, the pain
becomes less intolerable, the matter thickens, and a
cure is soon effected. In all long standing cases boll°.
way's Pills should also be taken, as they greatly assist ja
expelling all depraved humours from the body.
Skin Diseases of all kinds.

In this class of complaints, no,m atter the age, the sex
the place, or under what name the disease may be classi-
fied, immediate ease, and ultimate core, may with cer.
tainty be precared, if this Ointment be plentifully
rubbed upon the part affected, while Holloway's Fills
are taken in appropriate doses night and morning, to
purify the blood.
Gout, liheumalism,"and Glandula r Swellings.

Every one suffering from these excruciating complaints
should have recourse to these purifying remediee. as they
have reamed thousands from a life of torture, after all
other means had failed to give them relief. The Oint-
ment and Pills used conjointly will act so searchingly
and certainly, as to effect cures in the most hopeless
Cues.

-Piles, .b'istulas awl Internal Itajlamtnations.

Persons afflicted with these distressingeomplainta will
find in this wonderf al Ointment instant means of relief,
and all can effect their own cure without explaining their
infirmity to anyone. Holloway's Pills, if taken in small
doses, greatly assist the Ointment, as they parity the
blood and regulata the stomach in an extraordinary
manner.

The Ointment and Pills are sold •at Professor HOMO*
WAT'S Establishment. 533, Oxford-street, London; use
by nearly every respectable Vendor of Bedieinethroughs
out the Civilised World, in Pots and Boxes, at is
28 941, 4s 6d, us, 225, and 33s each. The smallest Pot of
Ointment contains one ounce; and the smallest Box
of Pill, four dozen.

Full printed directions are 'axed to each Pot and Box.
and can be bad in any langiniee, I'Vetl in Turkish, Arabic,
Armenian, Persian, or Chin,*

AWell-bred Short-born BULL is kept at
0. Horsley, tuy of (Aura -street, Strrtrbrulge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

MARRIED.

Hognsv—OßlNTlN.—On the nth indent, at the Parish
Church, Oldawinfoed (by the Rev. T. Williams, Vicar
of St. John's), Jamos Thomas, second son of George
Hor.ley, fitourbridge, to Mary Calling, aided daughter
wf the late Henry Griffin, of Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

WORLD FAMED

'BLOOD MIXTURE.

Trade Mark,—" Blood Mixture."
TNE CREST BLOOD PURIFIER & RESTORER
sh DISEASES, r,ruptious, Btc lohes,
Ulcerated Sore Id pa. Old Sores, Glandular
Swellings, Cancerous Ulcers. Spots, Pimples.
Pustules, Boil,. Carbuncles, Ringworms, Scald
Reads, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch. Scarfs,
Discolorations of the Skin, Humours and
Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or
nature, are literally carried out of the system
in • short time by the use of this world-famed
Medicine.
THOUSANDS:OF TESTIMONIALS FROM ALL PARTS.
IMPORTANT ADVICE TO ALL.—Cleanse
the viiisted bleed whenever lon find its im•
porities bursting through the skin in pintples,
ruptions. or sores ; clentise it when you tinil
it obstructed and slicggiA in the veins ; cleanse
it when it is foul, and your feelings a ill tell
you when. Keep the bloial pure, and the
health of the system s-ill follow.

As this mistirre is pleasant to the taste, end
warranted free from anything injurious to the
most delicate constitution of either sex, the
Prorictors solicits sufferers to give it a filial
to tot its value.
CLARKE'S WORLD-FAMED BLOOD
MIXTURE is Sold in Bottles 2s Id each, and in
Cases, containing nix times the quantity, lie each--
sufficient to effect a permanent cure Ai the guest
majority of long-standing rases, by all Chemists and
Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the United King-
dom and the world, or sent to any address on receipt
of 27 or 132 etamps, by the Proprietor,
F. J. CLASKE,CnEmisr, Apothecaries' Rall,Lincoln.

Wholesale : All Patent Medicine Houses.

LONDON DM OT : 11",0 NFOND WIRIET

CURE FOR ALL.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

VEGETABLE versus ANIMAL FOOD.

The arguments adduced by our authors to prove the
superiority of vegetable diet in the production of
muscular strength are based, of course, on observa-
tion and experience. Referring to the statistics
collected by means of a series of experiments in-
stituted and conducted some years since by Dr.
Forbes of Edinburgh, we find that a number of
English, Scotch, and Irish labourers, of the age
of twenty-five, being submitted to trial in rela-
tion to average height, weight, and strewth, the
superiority in all three qualihcationa was adjudged
to the Irishmen, the Scotchmen occupying the
next place, and the Englishmen coming last in the
category. It was then ascertained that the latter had
been accustomed to a mixed diet of flesh and bread, the
Scotchmen principally to oatmeal porridge, and the
Irishmen to an exclusively potato diet. Sir Francis
Head informs us that immense loads are carried by South
American miners, who feed entirely on grain and pulse.
Lord Heatlafield, who defended the fortress of Gibraltar
with consumate skill and persevering oourage, was well
known for his hardy dietetic habits. He neither it.
animal f nod nor drank wine ; his constant diet being bread
and vegetables. " The Laplanders," says Dr. Lambe,
"are of a dwarfish stature. It may be thought that
this is the effect of their polar cold. But we find
irterspersed among them, and inhabiting the same
bleak latitudes, numerous families of industrious Finn's,
who cultivate the earth, and live on such meagre pro-
duce as it affords. The Laplanders subsist on ammo,'
oil and flesh, and as a result are stunted and diminu-
tive alike in body and intelligence. The Greeks of old
daye are associated in our minds with all that the world
holds best of valour and of strength. These splendid
heroes—the defenders of Thermopybe, the champions of
Salamis and Marathon—were from infancy nourished
on the plainest vegetable fare. The athletes who took
part in the muscular games of Greece were also
trained entirely on grain and vegetable food. At the
Gymnasia, where this training was undergone, the
regimen was very severe. The only aliments allowed
were dried figs, nuts, cheese, and a coarse bread.
Later on, when the reign of luxury had corrupted
these simple habits, a portion of flesh was introduced
into the bill of fare permitted to the athletes. But it
was soon found that the free use of this kind of aliment
made them abnormally stupid and senseless. The diet
of the soldiers of the Roman Republic, in its pahniest
and manliest days, was also almost exclusively vege-
tarian.—Westminater &view.

'%l
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

DR. FRASER ON EDUCATION.

On Tuesday evening the Bishop of Manchester die
tributed the prizes to the successful science and art
students at Preston, in the Guildhall in that town.
His lordship said in a great industrial community like
that of Lancashire the importance of training in
practical science, and in those departments of art
which are essential to the manipulation of our com-
mercial industries, could not be exaggerated. When
he read, as he did, of foreigners being employed in
the higher departments of manufacture, he considered
that It was a matter of shame and regret. Ha looked,
too, to these science and art institutions to remove this
reproach and place the industries of England more
than they had ever been in the hands of Englishmen.
(Applause.) He was however, still under the conviction
that we, as a nation, would never be able to take rank
with other educated nations of Europe till we got
something—they might call it compulsion or what not
—that would bring our children to school, and keep
them there a reasonable period. (Applause.) He was
afraid, in regard to the Education Act of 1870, that
we could not lay to our souls that flattering unction
that it had done much, or was doing much as yet for
the country. He looked, however, for more hopeful
things in the future, when our system of education had
become more developed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

THE TEN-HOUR LAW IN
MASSACHUSETTS.

In Massachusetts, the New Ten-hour Law for the
regulation of labour in factories comes into effect on
October 1 (remarks the Correspondent of The Times.)
It prohibits the employment of minors under 18 or of
women over that age for more than ten hours a day;
but says a different apportionment may be made to
give shorter hours on Saturdays, provided there are not
over 60 hours of labour per week. The employers are said
to take more kindly to the change than the employed,
for it will bring the latter generally reduced wages,
although the Act was passed chiefly to satisfy their
demand. Heretofore in the cotton factories the
hours have generally been 65 per week, and the
hands were paid by the piece. The time-table that will
now be adopted in these establishments will be from
7 a.m. to a quarter-past 12 p.m., and from 1 to 6 p.m.
for five days; and from 7 a.m. to a quarter-past 12 p.m, ;
and from 1 p.m. to hall-past 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
This is ten and a quarter hours daily except Saturday,
which is eight and three-quarter hours, the whole
aggregating 60 hours' per week. The wages will be
one-eleventh less than was paid for 11 hours' work
daily. As the New England mills have generally
determined to curtail production one-third, this new
time-table will be in excess of the actual labour per-
formed in many of them during the balance of this
year,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

MCP:NIX FIRE OFFICE.

/IR. GEORGE PERRY, Solicitor, Agent
for Stourbridge, begs to remind the Public that
the PHG:NIX was for many years the only Fire °Rice
th kept • FIRE ENGINE in the town, cud to Inform
them,that it still keeps one there.
For the keys of the Engine House, apply at the Talbot
Hotel; or to W. Jones, Blacksmith, Entille•street, the
engineer; and for Terms of Insurance, apply to the
Agent.

DYER'S BATCHES—The Best and Cheapest ia She
World (tide limes). 30 PER CENT SAVED.
Lowest Prices: Alutuiuiutn, 18a to 20; Workmen's
Good Silver, 26s to 395; Ditto Huntihst Case, 411;
Ladies Elegant Silver (Small size), 56s ; Hunting Coss.
425; Gent's Splendid Silver Ls vers, 455 to 105 e; Hitsils
ing Case, 'Ns to 135 a; Ladies Fashionable Gold Vfatelies,
555: Ditto Routing Case, 118 s; Gent's Splendid Gold
Levers, 98s; Hunting Case, 130 s. Every kind of 14E4
Class Gold and Silver Watches kept in Stock, at Loved"
Wholesale Cash Prices. All Watches warranted to pas.
chasers from one to five Sears each, by Printed sad
Stamped Warranties. signed, GEORGE DYER. Prise
Lists and Orders sent safe err Post to all parts of the
world. Post Office Orders Payable Regent-street ; G••• -
ksrs, Union Rank of London.—DYSß, Goldsmith and
WatcEmaker, 90, Rego t-etreet, Loadoa,W

itTONEY to be lent in Town or Country, to
Li tlentlemen, Farmers, Tradesmen, or others, from
Fifty Pounds aud opt lards, upon personal security. in.
tercet five per cent, per auxum, Item our to seven years,
No commission or charges made. Also sums from Ono
Thousand Pounds on Mortgage, at three and a half per
cent., on freehold or leasehold property, for auy term OCIS
exceeding twenty-one years —Apply to Mr. Hansa
HOWARD, Civil Enginter and Surveyor, late Girdlestone
and Barclay, IL Enston.aquare, London.
TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATEU
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The usual meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Grainger, in the chair. There
were also present: —Messrs. I. Rollinson, Rhodes
H. Billingham, Psrker, Baker, Rollinson, Has-
kew, Guest, Thompson, Homer, Wood, Hall,
and Giles. 'The minutesof the last meeting were
read and confirmed. Admitted into the house
during the week, 10; discharged, 12; dead, 2;
born, 0; remaining, 311. Corresponding week
last year, 13135.—0ut door relief Kingswinford
district £22 9s 6d ; Stourbridge district, £l7
108 24 ; Halesoweu district, £l7 17s Gd ; non-
resident paupers, 115 8d ; total £5B lie lOid ;
against £6B 5s Od last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

FIVE SHILLINGS REWARD.

_L°ST' on TUESDAY, email SKYE TIP.
MICR DOG. Answers to the nano of "Joe."
—Anyone bringing him to C. Peat', Anableeots, will
receive the Above Reward.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

REVISING BARRISTER'S COURT.
EAST WORCESTERSHIRE.

On Thursday last, Mr- George Browne held a
Court forthe Revision of the Voters Lists for East
Worcestershire, at the Talbot Inn, Stourbridge. The
townships dealt with were Stonrbridge, Cradloy, Lye,
Wollescote, Wollaston, Upper Swinford, Bagley,
Pedmore, Broome, ('lem, Churchill, Lutley, and Bel-
broughtou. Mr. Illicit (Druitwich) and Mr. P. J.
Collis for the Liberals; Mr. (ioldinghtim and Mr.
Chappell from Mr. C. W. Collis's office) for the
Conservatives. Amongst the Couservatee objections
was one to Mr. Clifford Edward Bloomer, Cradley,
and it appeared from the duplicate notice that it had
been addressed to Edward Bloomer Clifford. Proof
was given that the qualifying property had been sold,
lot as the notice contained the above defect, there
was a question as to whether the Barrister had power
to strike the voter's arum off. The Banister said he
should like to strike the name off, but as the notice
was not valid he could not do so.—The Rev. Win.
Cochrane was objected to by the Conservatives. He
said he lived at Netherend. and had a freehold house
at the Lye Waste. Hu had had it twelve years, and
it was of the valuable of 40s. and upwards, clear of
deductions. lu reply to Mr. Goldingham: Mr. Coch-
ran said the house was not part of the chapel pro-
perty. Mr. Goldingham asked to inspect the conve-
yance, and Mr. Cochrane handed it to him. After
inspecting it, Mr. tioldingliam said the qualification
was perfectly good, and he was sorry Mr. Cochrane
should have been troubled to come. Mr. Cochrane
said he was sorry as well, as he had been prevented
going to Netherton. He created considerable amuse-
ment by stating that he purchased this property to
prevent its getting intulthe hands of the lawyers.
The Barrister : I question if that was not the ground
of objection. Imughter.l—There were not any
cases of special interest before the Court.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

SPECIAL ATTENTION.

Is Siren to Copyiug and Enlarging (teen to Life Size
any Portuit. and finishing the nine either in Oil end
Water-eolour, or plain blick•and-white.
OIL PAIN LIN G. Iliniatures, ear tem de Visite. Glass
maa r Picture* of self or deceased friends, Copied for
Out si,um.
Crute4 de Visile from 5e per dozen, liken daily.
kRCHEtt CLARKE,
71, HIGH STRMIIT, 87 OU liil RIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

THE LATE LORD DALHOUSIn.

On Monday night the Grand Lodge id Scotland held
a funeral lodge in Edinburgh in honour of the memory
of the late Lord Dalhousie, Past Master of the Grand
Lodge of Freemasons in Scotland, and of Lord J. C'.
I'. Murray, Deputy Grand Master. The number of
application+ for tickets from all parts of the country
was so large that it was found necessary to hold the
lodge in the music-hall, the largest place of meeting in
the city. About • thousand brethren of the craft
were present, including representatives of about
130 lodges from all parts of the country, and
ales a considerable number of representatives of
Continental and foreign lodges. The proceedings
were of a very solemn and impressive character.
The marble bust of Lord Dalhousie, which is a per
manent memorial to him in the Freemason's Hall, the
usual place of meeting, was placed in the centre of
the music-hall. The organ gallery was draped, and
the masonic aprons and insignia attached to the offices
which the late lord held were displayed on the table.
The usual service of a funeral lodge was gone through,
and the Rev. V. G. Faithfull, Edinburgh one of the
chaplains, delivered an oration on the late Lord James
Murray, which was followed by the Rev. Dr. Gray,
Lady Yester's, Edinburgh, giving an oration on the
late Lord Dalhousie, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, the
Grand Master Mason of Scotland, who presided, made
a few remarks applicable to both the deceased office-
bearers, and, after a dirge, composed by the Grand
Board, had been sang, the meeting separated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

A_

.4;

SHOCKING OUTRAGE BY CHINESE
PIRATES.

By the mail just arrived from Hong Kong we
have details of a shocking tragedy which has occurred
in the China Sea, on board the English steamer Spark.
A party of Chinese, numbering twenty, embarked in
her at Canton for Macao. The character of the men
was unknown at this time; but it subsequently trans-
pired that they were Chinese pirates, who had
heard that a gambling-house proprietor was taking
passage in the ship, with a large sum of money
in his possession. When the vessel had got
fairly to sea, the Chinese got up a sham quarrel, and
fought with sticks. The officers of the ship interposed,
when the Chinese fired at Captain Brady, and fatally
wounded him. They then hacked him almost to
pieces, IV) less than thirty-two wounds being after-
wards found on his body. A general massacre
of the crew followed, and the decks were covered with
blood. Mr. Mundy, an English passenger, offered a
gallant resistance, but was stabbed twice in the
breast. After ransacking the luggage the pirates
forced the passengers below, and kept them
there, battening down the hatches. They were
in possession of the vessel six hours, and ulti-
mately left in a boat. Some of the firemen, who had
hid themselves during the slaughter, and thus escaped
to tell the story, took the ship to Macao. It was then
found that nine persons had been murdered, among
whom were four passengers. Information was for-
warded to the English commodore on the station,
Captain Parish, R.N., who despatched her Majesty's
gun-vessel Elkin search of the murderers. Portuguese
and Chinese gunboats had also gone in search of them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

THE NATIONAL DEBT.

At the end of the last financial year, on the 31st of
March, 1874, the capital of the funded debt of the
United Kingdom comprised 1'395,830,624 ES per Cent.
Consolidated Stock ; £211,381.285 New £3 per Cents. ;
£08,208,600 Reduced £3 per Cents.; £3,803,580 New
£2B per Cents. ; £225,746 new £3B per Cents.;
£13,645,869 debt due to the Bank of England and the
Bank of Ireland, at .£3 per cent. ; and £418,300 Ex-
chequer Bonds, created by 16 Viet., c. 23. The total is
£723,514,005. To this must be added terminable annui-
ties amounting to more than 48 millions a year, repre-
senting a capital (estimated) of £51,289,610; and,
lastly, the unfunded debt in Exchequer Bills and Ex-
chequer Bonds, amounting to £4,479,600. The total
amount of the National Debt, therefore, was
£779,288,245. The National Debt was increased by
the Crimean War, and on the 31st of March, 1859, it
amounted to £830,757,193, which was constituted as
follows :—£790,480,720 funded debt, £18,277,400 un-
funded debt, and £21,999,073 estimated capital of
terminable annuities. Since that time the capital of
the funded and unfunded debt has been reduced by
more than 80 millions. The capital represented by
terminable annuities has increased by 29 millions, but
what we pay in this way goes partly in reduction of
the principal of the debt. The terminable annuities
comprise about a million a year, payable to persons
who have purchased Government life annuities; but
upwards of 38 millions a year of the terminable annui-
ties cease in 1885.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

CORRESPONDENCE.

7b the Editor of the " Observer.

Sir,—ln reeding through the report of Mr. Turoe7'.
lecture, contained in your issue of Saturday loot, I notice
one or two errors, whica, as they may give rise to some
mkurderstauding, I trust you will kindly allow me to
con ect.

It was affirmed, net that " Some divine, thought the
deluge to be a fall of hot water," but that " Some bad
thought it to be a flood of hot eater bursting out of the
earth," which wee the sinipieition of Dr. Burnet. Again,
it was that "Some believed that although the world
would not be di stroyed agaiii by water, yet it wonlit be
by fire,- not Brit " Some believed it would be destroyed
again by water,- a thing which is expressly denied in
Oen. 9 11, and irrelevant to the passage r.ferred to is
the secot d Epistle of Peter.
Mr. Turney is made ti say that the cbristian doctrine
of the resurtection of the body owes its origin to the
pagan belief in the immortality of souls. This, of course,
could not be. While showing the agreement of modern
christianity with paganism in the latter doctiine, he re-
marked that the christians believed in a resurrection of
the body also.
. . . . . .

I rejoice to see the spirit of toleration and inquiry,
wl ich is said to be a characteristic of the present day
extended to matters of religion. That this spirit is DA
loltogether wanting ia Stourbridge, is shown by the at-
tention given to these lecturer, and their lengthy report
in a pubiic paper. If the bible is treated in the same
manner aa any other book, namely, read with a simple
de..ire to understand its teaching, it will not be found to
set forth the dogma of the immortality of dead men.
Truu.ting you will find space for this,
I remain,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

A SNAKE IN A RAILROAD CAR.

POSTHUMOUS REPUBLICANISM.

A proposition to transfer the remains of President Andrew
Jackson to the Tennessee State Capitol grounds in Nashville
has caused American papers to reproduce a letter of his, in
which he expresses his desire that he should be buried where
his wife had been interred, and that the bodies of both
should there remain. The occasion of his writing the letter
was the presentation, by Commodore Blliott, to the National
Institute, of a sarcophagus which was the repository of the
remains of the Roman Emperor, Alexander Severus, and
which Commodore Elliott had brought from Beyreut In
1539, intending it to be a resting-place for General Jackson.
The latter writes to the Commodore:—

"With the warmest sensations that ean inspire a
grateful heart, I must decline accepting the honour in-
tended to be bestowed. I cannot consent that my
mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared
for an Emperor or a Ring. My Republican feelings
and principles forbid it; the simplicity of our system
of Government forbids it. Every monument erected
to perpetuate the memory of our heroes and
statesmen ought to bear evidence of the economy
and simplicity of our Republican institutions
and the plainness of our Republican citizens,
who are the sovereigns of this glorious Union, and
whose virtue is to perpetuate it. True virtue cannot
exist where pomp and parade are the governing pas-
sions. It can only dwell with the people, the great
labouring and producing classes, that form the bone
and sinew of our confederacy. For these reasons I
cannot accept the honour you and the President and
Directors of the National Institute intended to bestow.

I cannot permit my remains to be the first in these
United States to be deposited in a sarcophagus made
for an Emperor or a King, I again repeat. Please
accept for yourself, and convey to the President and
Directors of the National Institute, my profound
respects for the honour you and they intended to
bestow."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

The Western grasshoppers are very regular in their
habits, eating only one meal a day. This they begin at four
o'clock in the morning and continue it until the correspond-
ing hour on the following day.

If anything will impress the human mind with awe,
It is the expression of the manU face who has Just been
aroused from snoring In church.
Mr. Jones, of Vermont, said on his dying bed that
he had never written a line which lie cared to erase. The
whole State was proud of him till it was found out that he
could not even write his own name.

A New York wag bet five hundred dollars that h
would call a popular missionary an old hoss in public:and win
applause by it. Ile attended a meeting held by the mis-
sionary, and when they were passing round the plate he
rose, and stretching out his hand, exclaimed, " Here is a
hundred-dollar note for the old Miss in the pulpit," which
remark was greeted with applause. Ile made tour hundred
dollars by the little joke.
•

- • --
A Detroit young woman tried to be aristocratic, and
did not look at the money that she gave to the horse car con-
dnctor, bathe meekly gave her back the lozenge on which was
written, 'lii never cease to love thee," and said he was
an orphan with live little brothers to support, and must be
excused.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

FIVE SHILLINGS REWARD.

LOST, On MONDAY EVENING, II small FOX
TERRIER BITCH, with black and tan Earn and
black and tau epa upon root of Tail. Anyone bringing
it to Old Observer Odic!. will receive the above Reim&
Anyone detaining it thin this netice will be prosaculad.

STOURBRIDOE CHORAL SOCIETY

CONCERT
IN THE CORN EXCHANGE, STOURBRIDGE,
ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1874.

First Part.
MENDELSSOHN'S "HYMN OF PRAISE,"
With Orchestral Accompaniment.
Second Part.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Solo Flute, . . . . Mr. JAMES ifATHZWII.
„ Viol= . . . . Mr. GRIFFIN.
Harmonium, Mr. A. SIMMS, Mug. Bar. Oxon.
Conductor, Mr. S. SIMMS.
Doors open at 7.30; Commence at Eight. Reserved
'Seats, Ss ; Second, 2N; liaek, la. Tickets may be had
at R. Broomball's, where a Plan of the Room may be
seen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

KINVER.

DAMAGING .5 TREE —A t the Petty Ses.ions, held at
Brierley Hill, on Monday la•t, before ?grants. F. livers,
and la Freer, Francis Watkin, a boy was charged with
wilfully damaging a chestnut tree, on the 4th inst., the
property of Harry Pariah Downing. Poliee.sergeant
Stevenson, proved that the defendant damaged the tree
and broke he treenhouse. Ordered to pay costs, and
repremandid.—John Wall, (14). Joseph Millward, (9),
Jane Edwards, (11), and Catherine Moore, were
tallied with damaging tree on the tun inst., the prop.
arty of Harry Parish Downing. Jaue Davis proved that
she saw a'l Vie d..fendants up the tree, getting chestnuts.
The tee was much broken. A letter was sent to the
Beech by Mr. Downing, who complained of the damage
done, and stating that he did not wish to press the case,
if they would promise not to repeat the offence, and pay
elsts. This the defendants agreed to, except Millward,
who was discharged with a caution, on account of his
youth.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-17

KINVEH SCHOOL BOARD.

A meeting of this Board wu held on Tuesday; the
Rev. John Rodgeon presiding.

The Clerk, in • reply to a question, stated that no reply
hat btaa received since the last meeting from the
Government school. _ .

The Clerk submitted an estimate of the expenditure of
the Board for the half-year ending 25th March next,
amounting to £236. 11. 62. The school fees would
amount to about £.52 13s. 42 , and it was resolved that a
precept be Jostled up in the rating authority for £2OO,
beiog at the rate of 211. in the pound.
A letter from the Public Wirrks Loan Commissioners
was read, stating that on the 31st ocotober there would
be due upon the loan the sum of £l2 15r. 91, for prin-
cipal and interest. An order upon the treasurer for that
aup..uut wad signed. .

The accoun; for the year ending 29 September last
wao laid before the Board, and passed. They showed
that the receipt. (inclinling a balance in hand on 29th
September, 1573, of £lOO. 7s. MI.) were i—From Go-
vernment grant, £135.; rates, £363. 9. 7d. ; school fees,
.£lOl. ISa. Gil.; loan raised for erection of girls' school,
£475., making a total of £1,175. 15s. lid. The expen-
dii arc included the following items :—Salaries of officers,
.235. is..; salaries of teachers. £282. Si. 21.; books,
appar .tus, and stationery, £l4 17s. 84. erection of school
biding., £712 mid election expenses tl5. Os.
71. The LOW expenditure was £1,173. 15s. 61., leaving
a balance in hand of only 5,1. The expenditure for the
proculing year was £1,045. Si.
The returns from the teachers for the month of Sept. in.
were laid before the Board They showed that 25
eh ldren had been admitted, and 31 had left; number ri •
owning 326, or a decrease of 6. The average attendanse
239 9; corresponding month last year, 203 9; increase, 34.
The amount of school fees in arrear was £3O. 9.. 54.;
previous mouth, £29. 16i. Id.
The Board then adjourned to the 27th October.