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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

FARMERS AND A NEW GOVERNMENT.

The Graphic remarks :—" Farmers are not now the
sleepy old-world people they were once reputed to be.
Misfortune sharpens the mind, perhaps; or possibly
the smoke of engines and of factories, which now finds
its way into the remotest country districts, has
brought with it, on the laces a non lucendu principle,
the intellectual clearness it is supposed to throw over
the great towns. During the past six months or so
we have heard much of farmers demands on the Con-
servatiye Crovernment. We have also heard what
Lord Beaconsfield was willing to do towards satisfying
those demands. We must now remember that,
although the balance of party power is
,changed,
farmers' demands are in no wise altered. To the
Liberal party leaders will have to be put the plain
'questions already laid before the Conservatives. The
answers will not be forgotten one way or the other;
and if rumour be justified in7uggesting the likelihood
of another dissolution at no very distant date, then
farmers, having both parties' answers fairly before
them, will be able to act with all the force of
unanimity."
A FORTUNATE COMMUNITY.

The little town of Haltern, near Miinster, in
Prussia, has been recently celebrating the singu-
lar good fortune of its inhabitants. Owing to the
value acquired by the town property, the citizens
are not only able to defray the whole communal
expenditure out of the annual returns from the
property in question, but are able to distribute
a large surplus each year among the citizens. On the
.31st ult. and Ist inst. this year's surplus, amounting
to 14,000 marks, was thus divided among the inhabit-
ants of this enviable parish.

In noticing the above "Taxpayer" writes to The Times:—

Sir,—Haltern, near Miinster, is not the only town
in Germany.which is able to distribute a surplus each
year among its citizens. A renowned watering-place
in the South known to most of your readers—namely,
Wildbad—is equally fortunate. The town property
is so considerable that, after defraying all communal
expenses, a "parish bounty" of about 100 florins is
awarded to all those who enjoy the proud priyiledge
of being a "Burger of Wildbad;" together with a -liberal
allowance of fuel. As a matter of.course the citizen-
ship, not to call it freedom, is not indiscriminately
conferred upon ambitious strangers, as the influx from
the over-taxed German towns would be so considerable
as seriously to affect the premium.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

MEER SCHAD 11

BRIAR-ROOT HPES,

PLAIN AND FANCY
CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS

And Every Description of

T OBA c coNisT' s GOODS

ALSO 1 FINE STOCK OF
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

MONEY TO LEND, WITHOUT SURE-
TIES, BY THE IMPERIAL ADVANCED
3 DISTANCE NO OBJECT.—AII respectable
Householders, whether they are private Gentlemen or
Ladies, Shopkeepers, Farmers, Car Poprietors, Cow
leepers, Tradesmen, or Clerks, can be accommo-
dated by this Bank with Sums of Money from £lO
to £lOOO, repayable by easy instalments, extending
nver one year and upwards, to enable them to increase
their stocks and afford them every kind of temporary
accommodation, without friends as sureties and without
any unnecessary delay Applicants would do well before
aPPIYing to any office to consider its respectability. This
ofiice was established in 1576, and since that time its
business in advances has been rapidly increasing, and it
now has a very extensive business in making advances
without security. Every information willingly afforded
-riAy, either personally, or it by letter state amount
required, to
LILWIS SlMPLONS,Proprietor,
371 lola John-skeet, lATirpooli
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

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'or Disorders of the Liver, Stomach,
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powerfulty tonic and satikfactorily aperient, they are mild
in their operation and beneficial to the whole sysem
'Weakness and Debility—liery ot:s Irrita
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Old Coughs, Colds and Asthmatic
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tranquillize the hurried breathing, soothe the irritated
air-tubes, and assisted in dislodging the phlegm which
stops up the air passages. This treatment has proved won
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colds but even asthma of many years standing.
' Complaints of Women and Children
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i
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blood, and expelling from the system all gross humour.)

The Pills and Ointment are sold at Professor HoLLowAz's
Establishment, 633, Oxford 6treet, London; also by nearly
every respectable Vendor of Medicine throughout the
Oividzed World, in Boxes and Pots, at is. lid., 2s. fld.
111. Od., us., 225. and ;335. each.
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S. FILL 45
TOBACCONISI,
92, HIGH STREET,
STOURBRIDGE,

HAS JUST Rl-;;CIIVED A LARGE

CON:AGNMENT OF -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

THE BLUE RIBBON ARMY AND
TEMPERANCE,

--
In London on Monday, Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P.,
presided at the re-opening of the noxton-hall, for-
merly a music hall, but now devoted to the promulga-
tion of temperance principles, under the auspicv of
the Blue Ribbon Army Gospel Temperance Society.
Mr. Morley said he should certainly like to see the
Legislature pass an enactment for, if not t4e total
closing of publichouses on Sundays, at least the prohi-
bition of the slide of drink for consumption on the pre-
mises. In default, however, of such a Billsbeing carried
in its integrity, they must be satisfied with siloh reason-
able concessions as he felt sure the new Governiiieht
would most cgtainly grant to the popular voice and
demand. The measure would no doubt be tentatiite,
but he trusted that the working classes themselves,

especially in the large towns, would do all in their
power to faciliate what was so earnestly desired by
large numbers —the adoption of some lep-i„ slative
measure by which the frightful evil of drunkvi-
ness in this country might be lessened. The
incoming,Government would be a powerful one, and
he felt suke that it would deal in a broad and compre-
hensive spirit with this and kindred subjects, which
had for their object the social and material improve-
tment and well-being, not only of the industrial and
working portion of the community, but of all
classes.
Mr. G. Palmer, M.P, spoke in approving terms
of the work accomplished in that neighbourhood by the
Blue Ribbon Army.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

AN EXTRAORDINARY POST-CARD.

At the DllsEeldorf Exhibition, which. opens on the
oth proximo, a member of the sßhenn and West-
phalian Stenographic Society will exhibit a German
post-card, which is somewhat larger than an English
post-oard, containing V oss's translation of the first
three books of Homer's "Odyssey " and.part of a very
long debate which recently took place in the German
Imperial Parliament. The number of swords in the
extract of the " Odyssey " is 11,000, while in the Par-
liamentary debate the number ise2,ooo. The whole of
the 33,000 words have been written in the Gabelsberg
system of short-hand and with the naked eye. The
quantity of matter contained in this German short-
hand manuscript would be equal to what is contained
in about nine pages of The nate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

JEWISH CANDIDATES AND MEMBERS.

There were eleven candidates of the Jewish faith before
constituencies at the present general election. Of these
five have been eleeted members of the new Parliament,
as follows :—Sir Nathaniel de Rothschild, Bart,
Liberal (re-elected), for Aylesbury ; Baron Henry de
Worms, Conservative, for Greenwich ; Mr. Serjeant
Simon, Liberal (re-elected), for Dewsbury; Mr. Arthur
Cohen, Q.C., Liberal, for Southwark ; and Mr. Sidney
Woolf, Liberal, for Pontefract.
The unsuccessful Jewish candidates were—Sir Julian
Goldsmid, Liberal, candidate for Rochester; Sir Julius
Vogel, Cohservative, for Penrhyn,and Falmouth • Mr.
Saul Isaac, Conservative, for Notting,ham ; Mr. Sidney
Stern, Liberal, for Mid-Surrey; Mr. -Edmund P. avis,
Liberal, for East Kent; and Mr. Alderman Harris,
Home Ruler, for Kildare County, freland.
At the last general election there were nine Jewish
candidates, viz., Baron Lionel de Rothschild (City of
London), Sir Fraxcis Goldsmid (Reading), Sir Nathaniel
de Rothschild (Aylesbury), Sir Julian Goldsmid
(Rochester), Mr. Serjeant Simon (fiewsbury), Mr.
Saul Isaac (Nottingham), who was the first Conserva-
tive Jew elected; Baron Henry de Worms (Sandwich),
and Mr. Arthur Cohen (Lewes), Of these the follow-
ing were elected : Sir Francis • Goldsmid, Sir
Nathaniel de Rothschild, Sir Julian Goldsmid, Mr.
Serjeant Simon, and Mr. Saulasaac.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

RE-OPEN.

THE ROYAL 0 AK,
HOLLOWAY END, STOURBRIDGE.

THIS OLD ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS
IS NOW RE•OPENhD BY ,

MR. EDMUND LOWNDES
(Late Sergeant lst Battalion Royal Sects)
Who hopes by strict personal attention to business to
merits share of the public patronage
The house which has recently been thoroughly renovated
Smoke Room, Tap Room, with large
Ceratigßtosoomf Batatr; mchSed, kc.
Spirits, Alegi, Cigars, and Tobacco of the bec quality
and at town pticts.

THE Bo
YAL 0 AK,
ELOLL.WAT AND, STOURBRIDGB.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

MONEY I MONEY MONEY 11l
citsH ADVANCED £lO to £6OO ON EASY TERMS.
To Respectable Household era, Fartr ere, Cowkeepers.
Iradesmen, and others, Without Sureties, or
delays. Apply personally or by letter, to B. Goodman,
80, Princess Road, Birmingham, (Private Resid nee),
3, Priory Street, Dudley, and 6, &mill@ Street,
17tffic outteetiase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

STRIKES IN AMERICA.

The Philadelphia Correspondent of The Times writes :
"Labour difficulties are not attracirng so much
attention as formerly. The piano manufacturers of
New York have conceded the 10 per cent, advance
demanded, so that the strike, which once looked most
formidable, has ended, and the men are nearly all back
at work, only a few minor differences, chiefly affecting
trade union rules, remaining unadjusted. The 500
furniture-makers who have been on strike in New York
have also had their aemand for more pay con,ceded, and
resumed work. These results, with the genwral
justice of the movement, are causing wages to go
up in several trades vohilitarily, and this has
had a salutary effect in preventing many new
strikes. The Pennsylvania colliers and iron pud-
alers' strikes continue, the employers being firm
in their refusal to concede the advance demanded,
and the men equally firm on their side in the deter-
mination not to recede. At Cohoes, New York, in
the Harmony Knitting Mills, the largest establishment
of the kind in the country, where a minor strike re-
cently began, the movementtbecame general yesterday,
5,000 persons turning out, and nearly every loom
being idle. This is, however, the only new strike of any
importance. There are 400 tailors on strike in Pitts-
burg for about 30 per cent. advance, and two or three
small strikes are reported in New Jersey; but these
are all the new movements of the kind. Several more
railways have this week advanced wages, to take effect
April 1, and general cheerfulness and satisfaction are
reported to exist among almost all classes of railway
servants, the advanced wages having now become
'general. _ .

"Railway construction in the United States re-
cently took a fresh start, and this is providing our
working classes with a great deal of additional labour.
Since September 1 it is estimated that 3,000 miles of
new railway have been constructed, while over 12,600
miles of additional line are projected and to be built
during the year. These enterprises will absorb about
273,000,000 dols. new capital, thus giving an enormous
impetus to the many trades.that are interested."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

34.74 e 3tottritible Ofrstroer.

SATURDAY. APRIL 17th, 1880.

mostly for inferior kinds of iron. The ;
branded bar makers have also secured a few
orders, but trade generally is, if anything, 1,
in a worse condition than before the revival.
Sheets and hoops were the articles mostly
inquired for to-day. Tin-plates for export
were offered at a steady rate, but the firm-
ness of the quotations prevented two or three
houses taking all that were for sale. Pigs
were exceedingly weak, and some lots were
pressed on the market. Common pigs were
sold at 5s per ton below quarter-day prices.
The makers of best pigs, however, would not
listen to any sumproffereci below the rates
quoted a week ago. Ironstone sold rather
better, and there was an increased demand
for thick coal, the prices for which were of
a steady character. The wages question was
freely discussed on Change in view of the
meeting of the Wages Board to be held in
Birmingham on Monday next, under the
presidency of Mr Joseph Chamberlain. The
1 main point of issue is whether the scale shall
:be based at the rate of Is per ton for
pudling on every pound of the selling price
of the article, or whether any addition shall
;be made to this sum. .

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday,

The meeting of ironmasters on 'Change
this afternoon was thinly attended, partly in
consequence of the weather and partly
through the dulness characterising all de-
partments of trade. There was no dis-
position to enter into contracts manifested
by merchants or consumers, and the sales
both of raw and finished iron during the
afternoon were few in number and of very
little individual importance. Since the
quarterly meeting there has been even a
greater holding back on the part of con
consumers than before, and this is especially-
especially the case with regard to local re-
quirements. Expectations of a good spring,
trade do not now seem probable of realisa-
tion, for the iron trade has again entered
upon a period of quietane, the duration of
which cannot at present be estimated.
Marked bar firms only secured sufficient
orders as a rule at the quarterly meeting
to keep their works going for a week or two
to come, and those houses who have
axhausted old contracts are not by any
means in a cheerful position. Tne drooping
tendency in prices continued in regard to
all descriptions of iron bat marked qualities.
Shortly before four o'clock a notice was
posted in the Exchange announcing the
sudden death of Mr. J. S. Wright, M.P., at
the meeting of-the Committee of the School
of Artg, held at the Council House. The
appalling suddenness of the event could at
first scarcely be realised, the deceased
gentleman having visited the Exchange
early in the afternoon, Irom whence he pro-
ceeded direct to the meeting. The news
I occasioned a feeling of the deepest regret.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

Tuesday night's London Gazette contains a notifica-
tion from the War Office, dated, April 12, 1880, that
the Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her
intention to, confer the decoratioit of the Victoria
Cross upon trooper Peter Brown, of the Cape Mounted
Rifles, whose claims have been submitted for Her Ma-
jesty's approval, for his meritorious conduct at
Moirosi's Mountain on the Bth April, 1879.

The act of courage for which he is recommended is thus
described in the London Gazette :7
- -

"Trooper Peter Brown, during the assault on
Moirosi's Mountain on the Bth4of April, 1879, while
lying unaer cover waiting for the order to recommence
the advance, heard two men, who had been wounded
some time before, crying out for water. Trooper
Brown carried a water-bottle to these men' under a
heavy fire, to an adjacent rock to which they had
crept for shelter. While giving the first man water
he was wounded severely in the right thigh, and im-
mediately afterwards a Millet shattered his right arm,
the use of which he has never recovered."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.

General Bristow, who is publishing in the Philadelphia
Times a series of articles upon the annals of war, briefly and
tersely recites the military history of General Grant, ex-
President of the United States, as follows
"Before he was 43 years of age Grant had partici-
pated in two great wars, captured 500 guns, more than
100,000 prisoners, and 250,000 oitfi
hasrenel:,l
world
dens
tnohsfe, redeemedtmerrimightiest
re-opened osfq
river on the globe, and stubbornly pursued his path to
viptory, despite.. all obstacles. Since then he has
crushed out rebellion in the South, re-established the
authority of the Union over a territory larger than
France, taken 200 battle flags, scores of cannon, thou-
sands upon thousands of prisoners and hundreds of
thousands of small arms, and then modestly returned
to the capital of the.nation to disband his army of a
million men, lay his sword at the feet of the Congress
of the people, and wait their pleasure whether he should
fill a high station or become an humble private citizen.
The world furnishes few such examples of greatness
and humility, and our country only one other—that of
George Washington."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

pleaded guilty and was lined is and costs.—Henr,Y,
Westwood, miner, of Blackheath, was charged wit
being drunk and disorderly in the highway, on the
26th ult. Tolice•constable Frost said he saw the
defendant in High Street, Blackheath, drunk and
using bad langua3e. Dgendant was fined 5s and
costs.

BREACH OF THE PEACE.—Benjamin Cooper, clerk,
of High Str,-et, Blackheath, and William Jackson
clerk, of Darby Street, Blackheath were charged
with committing a breach of the peace by fighting
on the Ist inst. The case was proved and defend-
ants were bound over to keep the peace for three
months.—Henry Pugh, miner, of Blackheath, and
Charles Brilzwater, anchor smith, of Cradley
ri ea th chargei with committing a breach of
the peace by fighting on the 10th inst. Police
-
constable Sylvester proved that the defendants
were fighting together in High Street, Craalley
Hesith. Defendants were bound over to keep the
peace lu. three months.—James Hadley was charged
with co:nmitling a breach of the peace on the 3rd
inst. Defendant ‘-F, bound over •to keep the
peace fer three months.
NEGLECTING TO SUPPORT A WIFE AND FAMILY.
—James Williams, miner, of Portway was charged
with neglecting to support his wife and family and
causing them to become chargeable to the common
fund of the Dudley Union. Mr Taylor, vlieving
officer, proved that the defendant's wife had re-
ceived relief amounting to 13s. Defendant was
ordered to pay that amount and costs.
CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN. —Henry Tromans,

landlord of the King's Arms Inn, Rowley was
chargeclewith selling spirits during prohibited hours.
Police-constable Styles said he was on duty w,th
Police-constable Lightfoot and when near the de-
fendant's house saw four men come out about
eighteen minutes past ten o'clock. The landlady
followed the men out with four glasses on a
tray. Police-constable Lightfoot corrob
Defendant, who had hitherto borne a very good
character and had no c >nvictions against him, was
let off with a small fine of 5s and costs
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

THE PROPOSED WELCOME TO MR.
GLADSTONE.

Mr. Gladstone's letter declining a public reception
on his arrival in London was read and discussed on
Monday at a meeting of the executive committee which
had been appointed to organize the proposed demons-
tration. Ultimately a resolution was unanimously
adopted, stating that although it was a great disap-
pointment to the committee to be obliged to forego
their purpose of giving Mr. Gladstone such a welcome
as would testify to the great and general admiration
whieh is felt for him, nevertheless they could but re-
cognize "the generosity and magnanimity of Mr.
Gladstone's motive," and were oc opinion that they
would best show their regard for him by a prompt,
though very reluctant acquiescence in his wish. The
public reception will, therefore, be given up.
Several suggestions were made as to what form the
intention to do honour to Mr. Gladstone should as-
sume, and one of them was that a substantial sub-
scription should be given to Mrs. Gladstone's Home.
A final decision on the subject was postponed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

13 Lt I Vdt LE I lilt

STILALING MICICEIZEL.-..it the Police Court, on
szrlay, before 11. 0. Firmstone and H. Smith,
Uharles Henry Adams (Ti) and Joseph Car-
penter (11), two boys whose parents reside in
Fenton Street, Brierley Hill, were each fined 10s.
and costs, with the alternative of snven days' impri-
sonment, for stealing two mackerel from the shop
of Josiah Green, fishmonger, Fenton-street, on the
9th inst.

OLD .1-4.1_,L.
D.tUNKENNESS. —At the Poqee Corn t, onno dly, Wel-
be:ora Messrs Wr. Basr.:vno an.t B. Hing'o.-,
Afcd Billingham, oh,titunaker, of Cradtey
was.e.harg,ul with being drunk a d disorderly- in
the iughway on the Erh inst. Police-e,onsable
Wetton 1)::oved fiat defendant was lyinginthe r, ad
drunk, in High Street, Craclley itJ. Defendant
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

The Daily Telegraph remarks :—" Professor Wicker-
sheimer, the celebrated taxidermist attachal to the
Anatomical Museum of Berlin, hat just discovered a
liquid which, injected into the vein 1 dead meat, not
only preserves it for several weeks from decay, but
keeps it perfectly fresh and in possession of its
natural flavour. Hiving treated a slaughtered
calf with his new preparation, and subsepiently
caused to be exposed for a fortnight to the airand
weather changes, hanging in the open front of a
butcher's shop, he invited a Ftlect party of scientific
celebrities to partake of the meat thus tested,
providing for them, however, other viands in
case the prepared veal should fail to suit their
palates. The Professor's guests, however, found his
piece de resistance so toothsome and delicate that they
confined their attentions to it exclusively, neglecting
all the other solid items in his menu. We under-
stand that Herr Wickersheimer has already taken
measures to patent his ingenious discovery in
all the principal European realms. One of his
earlier processes for the preservation of dead
animals in their natural forms, attitudes, and
elasticity was purchased from him some time ago
by the Prussian Government. Should his latest in-
vention prove equal to the full replisation of all its
promises, the great problem of dead meat supply to
Europe from the trans-oceanic colonies will be per-
manently and triumphantly solved."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

10 IWOIII AMMONS OD Hoinsemiss.—All suf-
fering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness
'will be agreeably surpriled at the almost imniediata
relief afforded by the use of " Brown's Bronchial
Troches." These famous " lozenge 3" are now sold
by most respectable chemists in this country- at
is lid per box. People troubled with a " hacking
cough," -a "alight cold," or bronchial affections, can-
not try them too soon, as similar troubles if allowed to
progress, result in serious Pulmonary and d Asthmatic
affections. See that the words "Brown's Bronchial
Troches" are on the Government Stamp ground
*soh box.—Manufactured by Jost; I. BROWN & SONS,
Boston, Unitaa States. Depot, 493 Oxford-OmA

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will nourish and produce increase of weight in those
cases where oils or fat, not so treated, are difficult or
impossible to digest. All tendency to emaciation and
'loss of weight is arrested by the use of Ilydroleine.
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BENSON'S,

CLOCKS,

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Library, Carliage, Church, Hall,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-17

PAGE WOODCOCK'S' Ti'IND PILLS have for
twenty-five years held the first place in the world as an
effectual iaLidote to In‘ligeston. Wind on the Stomach,
iliouness. and all comp:Aiwa arising from a disordered
tat, of the htemseti, tWwiels, Or Livtr.luic, 'Vigor
sting and purifying they fort:. the best remedy extant
Of all Caamista, is lid and 2a 9d per
.bas., or of ['AGE
D. WOODCOCK, Oalvert Htretllh,fot stamps,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

THE NEW HEBRIDES.

The Rev. J. G. Paton, of the New Hebrides Mission, has
lately contributed to the Southern Cross some interesting in-
formation about the manners and customs of the islanders.
In his remarks about-the island of Santo he says :
"On this side of Santo they make earthenware and
cook their food in earthen pots, some of them a large
size. For prints and knives we purchased a few good
specimens-of their crockery. It is strange that the
art of making it should be retained here, when it is lost
on Efate, Nguna, and all the other northern islands of
our group, though it is so valuable to all in every day
use; and it is yet more astonishing that the art of
making an article of such universal use and value
should have been lost even on Santo except at that
i
place, from which the natives make t an article of
trade around.their own island, and to the adjoining
Aslapds. The remains of broken pottery owthe Istmface -
and often at a great depth below it-on the other islands,
decidedly proves that at one time it had been manufac-
tured and used on all those islands,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

• AND
NEWMARKET MEETING.

Westbourne still hea,ds the list of quotations for
the Ci yan Surburban Handicdp, and froln what
,he his done with IsonOmy:, the Bingsclere people
think -hit tie is sure to .recoup them for their
Cesarewich disappointment, Rosy Cross, Master
Kildare, aud
•are good business, and one of
this quartette should produce the inner.
Next week, the first gathering at Newmarket
this year will be held, and Wednesday is set for
the decision of the Newmarket Handicap, distance
miles, The Americans head the list with
Falsetto and Parole, but I think neither Will see the
Post Furtitude 7st seems to ban a good chance
'von him. King Duncan- 6st 131 b, 2rologue
7st 91b, Simba Gst 91b,iand Stitchery read well in,
and from the work
SIM BA/and STITC ERY •

have been clang lately, one should be thereabouts.
On the Friday, the International Handicap 1
mile and a quarter, is the chief event to decide.
Brown has seven ngaged, and the best shotild be
Wallenstain, John uawson's Briglia 7st 91b will
run well here, as the mare generally performs well
on the home ground. . Joseph Dawson has five
engaged—the best should be Lord Clive Bst lib T,
Jennings, with turee, viz,—Ragman, Prologue, and
Clementine should had a fair represaitativd ; and
Lipscowhe 6st 71b on his Nottingham
Handicap 101 m should be handy. However, if I
take
LORD CLIVE and RAGMAN
to represent me, I think the winner should cotn3
from th. m.

BIRTfr.

On the 4th inst, at Webb's Yard, High Street,
Stourbridgc, the wife of William Young, cabinet
waker, of a son,

Holloway's PiZls —The,
,c_harAes.
.of.temperature and
westher,fn.qae AV upset persons Who are most cautious
of tieir 'health, and most part calar ia th.ir diets.
cDrrec iv, parif;ing, aid gentle aperient rids
are the best remedy for all defective aCtious of the
digs tive org.ins ; they atigute t. the appetite s•rengthen
the CO'rect biliotumese,-and carry off ail that
x u, Zr 10 tiie linll,)%vay'A Pit!s are elm'
, (~eat): reit lat,abous, tia,a.xrd 'arum .er ma ter.
auJ ."(1
, n that acelaut arc pecudarly. sy,ii iduptol for t"
yowl,. delieaL, awl age.:ts this peetleAs nae.:ici!"
has gamed fame in the past, b.() will I preserve it. in the.
future by its renovating and invigorating qualities, and
ts fnospaoity of doing bum. • ..td
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

TO TIE ELECTORS

. ON
EAST WORCESTEESHLRI.

GENTLEMEN,

In ebaponse tr) au invitation forw,trlerl to me under
verj flite.teriug CITCULLI:taUers, ,pa b. hsif of the tither:at
Elen,orn of Lt Woro.steroe, I lose no tiLa in
prea_uting ruyerti,t..i yuui.4 c4udt,ltit. far tile itepro•
bentatio., of j .ni oa P‘iriin,,ne.i. At tun so

DlBtr36tei o ii o,:u Ui aud clitir!iug coarse of
Foreign Pehe.y, and oat: ..y St tile tures, of 3LIZ
,114.1 couat.v, eu ti ...u, gnat the
tion..kur aud iuterLat6 it
•Ern,t. total ..e safe iu
tue band i,f Liett3i lir.,v2ra.aut kn.J, I b iere.
gtattly revert J Itu pain of poluestics I,egisiatton bud
!Worm under their guieance:

Veither in Europe nor in Asia has that Foreign Policy
redounded to our c edit as a nation bile ti
tendency has been to overload onr own revuzzeo, t has
out enteeeued in preven,ing toe aggrandine..t of
ia, or even in inaintaiding tne influence of England
with the Porte.

The eifuject of Rome It•tle has bon obtrus,valy pat
forward by the Primc. ainnater. Home aule is a vague
and c JnAcquently objectionable term ; but, it it means,
as it> generally aupsea, the trimmer if ind-T2ndent
Parliamentary autuority to any p,rtion of the United
Kingdom, I wholly repudiate such a notion as fatal to
its unity and well-being,

With reference to Domestic Legislation, which has
been so long neglected, I shall heartily support any
men urea calculated to give the Itatepayara a just
control over Local Expedditure, and I shall carefully
consider any proposals ahich shall have tor their obj:-cts
the amending ot our Land Laws, to as to bring them
more into oonfoindity with the times in which we
live.-

Having had the honour of a seat in Parliament for
the last 15 years, I trust I may appeal to my Conduct
during that period as evino.ng my fidelity to and support
of Liberal Piiuciplea and
Should 1 receive the honour of Election at your hands
I shell spare no effort to cuosult tho wishes and to
promote the lute:mow otsii ala Sada or my Uortstirilentill.

I sin, Gequemen,

Your very fixitlfii. Servaut,

W. H. GLAD

House of ComLuoas, Westminster,

March 11th, 1880.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

No 815

SALE

RAGLEY

MO h DAY,
400 SHEEP
40 Head ot CAI
The Usual e

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tOO SHEEP
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OATES

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have the pleas
Sales periodically at '
)1 Estates, Lioneea,
'Narks of Art, &c.,
aharges, to be had oi
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TUEBDA

TO FARMER;
BREEDE

SUM',

RisIVILLE, ALVEL

-VB. H. KING
SECOND WEE
noTEL, ENYILLE. rib
and bEEDSIBUDIUdi

Date of the Sale an
.11 future LdverLisem,

Valuable FREE HOl
RO

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tions to OFE
the ROYAL EXCHANOI
On WEDNESDAY, APR
Evening, subjct to
embodying the comt
ham Lew Society.

LOT those !
nOUSES, numberec
the Nallshops, Brawl
witti a triangular Pie,
at the Causeway, Bla
pation of B. Badley,
LOT 2.—A1l that
PUBLIC-HOUSE: ar
1-Xcua4om " j, sit
now ~ccdpied by Mr.
are advantageously
erected, and arranged.
able trade, and cousin
large Club Room, Bi
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Also (with same Lo
11(.IJX8, adjoinini
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L. Haynes.

For farthcr inform.
Lf Messrs. handers, '
le) ; or the 3.actlul,e

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lIIPORI

IN RABITAN
AND

J .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

THE HUNTING OF SEA LIONS.

Captain Mullett, the sea-lion hunter, has described
hisimethods to a St. Louis reporter. In six years he
has caught 164 sea-lions, mostly near San
Diego, and has profited thereby, since the regular
price for an exhibition seal is 1,000 dollars. "Our
method of capturing the lions," he said, "is this :
They go in rookeries of 100 or more, and we
watch the shore to see where they vi go
into camp. This we can determine from the fact that
they carry their young on shore, leave them, and go
back to the watcr, returning at break of day. When
we find a camp we dig trenches in the sand to hide in,
or, if there are rocks convenient, we hide behind them.
The vessels are anchored some distance off the shore,
and we bring from them in small boats cages made of
six-inch fencing boards. When the herd comes ashore
the lassoers watch their opportunity and lasso one of
the lions around the neck. Another lasso is then fastened
to one of the hind flippers, and the lion is forced into
one of the cages. This must be done within a , short
time or the animal will not live. After the lion is cap-
tured, a shot, to which a long rope is attached, is fired
from a bombgun on the shore over the vessel; the other
end of the rope is attached to one of the cages, and it
is pushed into the breakers and hauled out to the
vessel. •On board the vessel the lions7are not put in
water, but are kept wet with a sprinkler. They are
then taken to San Francisco, where they are placed in
cars built for the purpose and transported across the
Continent, each car containing twelve lions,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

There is a man in New York in possession of
a powerful memory. He was employed by the Humane
Society to "remember the poor."
A Detroit young woman tried to be aristocratic, and
did not look at the money that she gave to the horse car
conductor, but he meekly gave her back the lozenge on which
was written, "I'll never cease to love thee !" and said he
was an orphan with five little brothers to support, and must
be excnsed.

Two new words have been added to the American
vocabulary, namely, "to 'burgle,'" meaning to injure a
person by breaking into his or her house; and "to statue,"
meaning to honour a person by erecting to him or her a
statue.

A Yreka (California) man has invented a torpedo in
the shape of a kernel of corn, which is designed for the be-
guilement of festive crows. As soon as the offensive crow
takes hold of it, it explodes and blows the top of its head off.
This affords a cheap and innocent receation for the crow,
and at the same time does away with a grievous,evil.

Speaking of the alterations whioh himself and a
collaboratuer had made in a play of theirs which had uniformly
failed wherever produced, an American dramatist said
lately, "The more we cut out of it the better it got, right
along. We cut out, and cut out, and cut out, and I do believe
this would be one of the best plays in the world, to-day if
our strength had held out, and we could have gone on and
cut out the rest of it."
One very hot day a case was being tried in a court
of law in one of the Western States. The counsel for the
plaintiff had been speaking at great length, and after refer-
ring to numerous authorities, was about to produce another
imposing volume, when the judge inquired what was the
amount in dispute. On being informed that it was two
dollars, " Well, ' said lie, "the weather is very het, lam
very old, and also feeble- -I'll pay the amount myself."
"Why did General Washington cross the Delaware
on the ice during the storm of an awful night?" asked a
teacher of her young class in history. "I reckon," piped a
small voice in answer, "it was because he wanted to get on
the other side."

"That's my tailor," said an actor to a friend, at the
same time pointing to a lean, cadaverous-looking man just
passing. " Looks•pretty bad, doesn't he?" "Yes," was the
reply; "looks as if you had dealt with him a long time,
doesn't he?" The subject was immediately changed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

ELEPHANT SHOOTING IN SOUTH
AFRICA.

Mr. Tilden Tunbridge, of Addo Drift, has favoured a Port
Elizabeth (Cape) paper with the following particulars of an
elephant adventure :

"On Saturday morning, at half-past nine o'clock,
my neighbour, Mr. Ferreira, came through the
river and told me that he had just seen the fresh
spoor of a large elephant close to the drift on
the south side of the river. He sent a Hottentot
to see if the elephant had crossed the river
lower down, who soon came running back, saying
that his Majesty was at the river drinking.
We all turned out, both women and men, to see the
sight, and found him drinking on the south side of the
river, about a.quarter of a mile below the drift. We
had a fine sight of him, standing on the high wall on
this side of the river in perfect security, with only the
river between us and the huge brute. He seemed too
sick from former wounds to take much notice of us.
We gave him a few good shots from our rifles as he
walked into the belt of thick bush that reaches down
to the river on that side. My workmen and
Hottentots, with Mr. Ferreira, kept putting a few '
shots into him the whole morning, at not very
close quarters, as he moved through the thick
bush down the river, it being rather awkward to get
near him until about two p.m., when they managed to
get closet and finish him off. A dog belonging to one
of my workmen gtuck to him gamely for hours. Had
there been a few more of his sort we should, without
doubt, have finished him long before. He. has numerous
old wounds, which would no doubt have eventually
killed him. His body is much emaciated, his skin
hanging loose about him. He is a trifle less than ten
feet in height, with not very large tusks, but seems to
be an old elephant."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

AN ATHLETIC ENTERTAINMENT IN

BOMBAY.

- -
An entertainment of a novel character was given on
March 6, at the house of Mr. Morarjee Goculdas at
Bombay, who invited a large number of guests to
witness some extraordinary feats of strength on the
part of the celebrated Deccan athlete, Babajee Tul-
siram. The athlete, a tall, soldierly man, some seventy-
seven years of age, and with a magnificent development
of muscle, proceeded to crush s number of cowries
between the palms of his hands. He completely ground
them to powder in this manner., uttering during the
process sharp, shrill cries, - which were probably in-
tended to express the magnitude of his exertions. Then
the performer placed a cocoanut upon the head of a
boy, and, with what appeared to be a fearful blow,
broke the nut in pieces and scattered the milk in all
directions, without, strange to say, hurting the boy in
any way. The next feat WaS breaking a stout coir
rope by simply pulling.it. One of the most extraordi-
nary parts of the performance was the following :—The
athlete placed a betel leaf between two of his fingers,
and then, by pressing the fingers together, cut the
leaf so as to throw the upper part several feet high.
But the most startling fact was the breaking of a stone
laid on his chest. The man lay down at full length on
some chairs, and a huge stone, weighing four Bengal
maunds, was placed on his chest, which was simply
covered with a thin tunic. Two Ten then struck the
stone some tremendous blows with heavy hammers, '
and, after one or two attempts, the block rolled off the
man's chest in two pieces. He next made several at-
tempts to break a cocoanut with a handkerchief. His
mode of procedure in this case was to roll the handker-
chief tightly in the shape of a llall, and then to throw
the ball upon the nut. Pulling a piece of sugarcane
into two exactly at the joint, and bending a thick iron
plate, were among the other feats performed. The
company then went out on the balmily, where the
athlete cut a sugar-cane so as to throw up a piece
thereof 1501 t. high. It was done thus—a man held out
a.ce to a close, and the
a scimitar with the edge downwards, and Babajee
struck the cane upwards against the edge of the sword,
the piece thus cut off flying a great distance into the
air. This brought the performance
performer was then presented With a haiidSOrne

BENJAMIN TO BRITANNIA.—Zrunc dimittis I—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

?NEY LENT FROM XlO to ael,ooo,
ir easy Terms and without Sureties to re-
'actable Householders, F. grillers, Cabowners,
re, Professional Gentlemen, Lodginghouse
, and Others,
To

MR. T. BANNINGTOr.
t Floor, 48, Union Passage, Birmingham.

Distance no object.

EY TO LEND, WITHOUT SURE-
-4-188, BY THE IMPERIAL ADVANCED
.-DISTANCE NO 011JECT.—All rekpectable
Aders, whether they are private Gentlemen, or
'.'ihopkeeners. Farmers, Car Poprietors, Cow
• 0, Tradesmen, or Clerks, can be acconamo-
-'xv, 7 this Bank with Sums of Money from £lO
•, 'O, repayable by easy instalments, extending
Year and upwards, to enable them to increase
cis and afford them every kind of temporary
adation, without friends as sureties and without
. •
if•seasary delay Applicants would do well before
T to any office to consider its respectability. This
z established in 1875, and since that time its
• in advances bus been rapidly increasing, and it
very extermive busi4es in making advances
security.. Every information wiflingly afforded
••
el'har persi)nalcy, or i I by letter state amount
, to
LZWIS SIMMONS, Proprietor,
Vt. South John-street, Liverpool.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

MEER S CHAU DI

BRIAR-ROOT PIPES,

PLAIN A.ND FANCY
CIGAR, AND CIGARETTE 110LbEies

And Every Description of

ToBACCONisT's GOODS
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

'tem' UTCYO beei'•tes, port wine, and all tonic
dieines."—Loacet.
"A. medi. aulted since to young and old, the
ireanot harto ,he most delicate, and very atzengthen
• "
--Practiisoner.
'Nervous Debility, caused by th constitution
1-...r.ving been injured in early life, can be cured by
tnis remedy if taken judi iouely."—ifedieol Timm.
"The • sweet approach to a cure for Consumption
11,31 has yet been diacev.re.l."—.BritisA
" Rati.ralarly adopted t the fem Ale system."—New
York Journal of .3f‘mbieilso cad Jimegory.
'e .ma to be a sp- clue :ur ever iGr.7l of wealmess
and eares.most diseases." —Dablin Medical Prow.
"A mild remeny of uni,ersal applicacioe, and a
goad family medietne."—MmetA4 Journal of ?kat,
yokir.
'La's tha 'enadation ef health in the young, and
so bands tap a strong eonstitutien."..-DrtWit's
0,4V4111 V11411.KO(7111111.
•Will save tea timesite .cost in doctors' bille."-
.IloserL•on Plearioseentseal Journal.

"It is 0 s el thl; f w p:sparsirons that can be de.
pa.:11...ed non, an. mist, in course oi time, atirely
ennorsesie Tait:ins, iron, cod liy,r .41, tonics, bitters,
snit 14 thosoand and one faAhionable, dear and
dosb,itil retnedigos."--Chewiet (sod Drs gist.
told In Bottles at 2s 9d. 4s 6d, and lls.
and also in 330 and £5 Cases,
Ley °heads net haying it in ,toek /rill procure it to
order, and there is a great 'Acing in bnyinl the
larger sizes
Xl'Arryitallaeitoftimor
islets youyeattlik for WEBIG'S
Agate sell all oar Notritivee sal prepare.' astililre
.istrieb are assesrons. itesseolber that LIE BIG'S
cippitoAL TOOD is a medicine sold in bottles
4lnd bearing the diarernment atarap.

Le -len Barclay and Sons, U. Farringdon Street
Elwards and Sone, 197, Queen Victoria Street ; sew.
'cent tied Sone, 37. Newirste treat.; 3Li .ord an.:
Sack 40. Charterkonse quart, ; Sanger and Sous,
ibid 213, Oxford Street ; Eiovenden and S na. 6,
ovet• Marlborough Mr, et, W., and 93 and 16, U.ty
9d; Button and Co., 10, Bow Church ard ; Buts.
azy.,l .•risp,,, 4, Clump:44e ; Maw, Ben. end Thompson
7 to 14 Al .ersgate hires s ; Lynch and Co., 1714 and
IT is, Iliersgate Street, ; William Mather, Farr:7lg
deft lead ;sad J. C. Thompson. 121, New Narita
Reed.
ORDER OF ANY CHEMIST.

LIEBIG & CO.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

THE RAILWAY UP MOUNT VESUVIUS.

Considered only .
as a mountain, Vesuvius is hardly
N
gigantic. Ben evis 9vertops ; and Snowdon very
nearly matches its highest peak (says the Evening
Standard). But the ascent is fatiguing, sometimes
dangerous, and to look down the crater, though one
saw "nothing in it," used to rank among the minor
feats of European travel. Nothing could be more
delightful in spring time than the ride through vine-
yards and fields green with the sprouting maize. As
one climbed higher, and vegetation ceased among the
sulphurous ashes, all the lovely shores of Naples
opened in the sight, parcelled in squares of vary-
ing colour, dotted with white towns, backed by
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10

COLLISIONS WITH ICEBERGS.

A telegram from Lloyd's agent at St. Pierre
Miquelon, by cable, reports that the Fernville,
steamer, of Sunderland, from Hartlepool, for Boston,
with pig iron, struck an iceberg on the 26th of rarch,
in lat. 46 N., long. 48 W., and sank the followin,, day.
The crew were picked up by_ the Alliance, I'rench
barque, and landed at St. Pierre, Miquelon. The
Fernville was an iron screw steamer of 1,361 gross
tons, built at West Hartlepool in 1878, classed 100 Al,
and owned by Messrs. IL Shadforth and Co., of Sun-
derland.

The steamer Ithiwindda, belonging to the Cardiff
and New York Line, was docked at Cardiff on Mon-
day morning with a hole in each bow and her fore
compartment full of water. While on her homeward
voyage with cattle and a general cargo the Rhiwindda,
encountered an immense mass of drift ice, which it
took 48 hours to get clear of, and in steaming throuo
it the injuries above-mentioned were received. N o
fewer than 100 icebergs were seen on the passage.