The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-06-06 00:00:00

daily necessities, irrespective of any "object." saw
the cool play of the wind on the temples, and •
healthful glow which follows a brisk walk. Medicine
is a joke to it. N.. doctor, ls• ILL. lipbaua never se
•pretentious, could toffee* with simple moms • more
magical result. Considered oily as a heautitier,- we
marvel that the female portion of the community
neglect it. A little chilliness in the air ?A little
sprinkling of rain? A high wind ? An inability to
display a fine dress? What puerile reasons for grow-
ing sallow, irritable, and sick
NOR RELIEF Bu,.— The Select Committee to
which this Bill was referred by the Honse
hate struck out the clause pn,iffing that where a board
of guardians neglect to appoint a visiting committee
for the workhouse, or when it shall am war to the Poor
Law Board that the visiting committee has not duly
P,rformed its duty, the Poor Law Board tnay appoint
a visitor for the year, his salary to log !midi by the
union. When the dense came under consideration,
seven lords voted for it and seven azainst it; as it was
resolved in the negative. The Select Committee
reported that in their opinion it was desirable. in
order to secure greater efficiency in the administration
of the Poor Law, that the number of inspectors should
be increased, and that a certain number of such in-
spectors should be specially qualified by medical know-
ledge to report as to the relief of the sick poor. The
President of the Poor Law Board opposed the last
clause of the resolution and divided the committee
upon it; but he stood alone, the other seven members
present all supporting the clause.
ABYSSINIAN GRATITUDE—The following is an
extract from a letter of an officer in Abyssinia :—" I
must tell you that after the fight at Erogie I wandered
over the field, and, among others, saw a man wounded,
under a bush. I went to him and gave him some
Water, and brought a stretcher up to have him taken
to the hospital. The poor wretch asked me not to cut
his throat, and on my making signs that I would take
care of him he pointed to a bush about five yards utf.a.
I looked and saw a silver armlet. He signed to nie to
keep it; I did so, and showed it to Mr. S. afterwards,
who told me the man gave it me as a token of submis-
sion, and that the giver was a great chief, and had
killed live men in single combat, of which his armlet
was a token. I found out afterwards from the pri-
soners that this chief Was always good to Hit- eiptiyes.
He sent one a message the other day to say he blessed
me and prayed to God for me for having savvd his life.
and was very sorry he could not express his gratitude
in my language.

AtiTIOVITY OE lIIE PIPE.—A Paris paper says:
—" Grand news! In making excavations in Scotland
some old smoking pipes have been found. Until now
the various camps of ( %user, which are numerous, had
only producsl ancient lamps, coins, swords, and urns.
This new discovery opens a vast field to hypothesis.
Are these instruments Celtic, Danish, Scandinavian,
or Ostrogothic? hid Attila smoke? A learned Eng-
lishman, Mr. Wilson, draws a bold conclusion from
this find. Acesirdiug to him the American herb (to.
bacco) was only introduced, as a substance superior to
other narcoties. Heim, was already known to the
ancients as a Illeallll of procuring sleep. One might
ask this gentleman why the Latin language has not
one simple word to designate the use of smoking, ; but
perhapasuch a question would be indiscreet. Another
soroid. a German this time, M. Keferstein, entertains
no doubt that the Celts smokisl But for them to have
1.•,,• • o they must have been acquainted with to-
bacco."

UNDER THE SEA—The greatest depth to
which a diver can descend, with the present appliances,
in safety is about 160 feet, and for this a burden of
one hundred-weight must be disposed about his per-
son (says a writer in the Cornk Maga:ine). The
average depth at which he can work comfortably is
about 00 feet, which was near the depth at which the
operatiomi upon the Royal George were conducted.
In water from GO to 70 feet deep, the men can work
for two hours at a time, coming up for ten minutes'
rest, and doing a day's work of six or seven hours.
An English diver, encased in one of Siebe's dresses,
went down in the Mediterranean to a depth of 165 feet,
and remained there for twenty-five minutes and we
have heard that Green, the American diver, inspected
a wreck in one of the Canadian lakes at a depth of
170 feet ; hut his experience was enough to oonvince
Min that lie could not work on it without danger to
life. At this depth the., pressure of water on the
hands is so mat as to force the blood to the head, and
bring on fainting fits, while the requisite volume of air
inside the dress to resist the outside pressure of the
water is so great that it would speedily suffocate the
diver. Means have been tried to obviate these diffi-
culties, but for the present a limit has been set to the
extent to which men may penetrate the secrets of the
deep. An ingenious Italian workman has brought to
this country plans for a sort id scale-armour dress
wllieh would resist the pressure of the water ; hut our
submarine engineers think that this would not obviate
the difficulties arising from the limits placed to h-nnan
endurance. -