The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25 00:00:00

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ILAN Et a

w';''k-ig Food
For Infants and Invalids.'

To be obtained from Chemists and

Grocers at 1/6 and 2:6.

Egtd."SOOTIGINE"
1873.
New Carbolic
Sanitary Co., lAN RE,
Hackney.
A DRY
355. per Ton. POWDEIfr _

DINGS and ROOTING. Sew ant
Church's, Chapels, Mission. and
- Rooms, Lawn Teems
L Pavilions, Pottagr
s, Farm Buildings,
Buildings here on view.
J tons of Iron Rooting in
itock.
'ORKS, Brixton Station,

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PTIONS. LARGE PROFITS
are often quickly made
by these favourite Stock
Exc h an g e operations.
Non-liability system.
Safe and reliable. Full details in explanatory book, sent
gratis and post free. Address, 43. EVANS & CO, DUMP
brokers, Gresham House, London, E.C. Established 1891.

HOUSEHOLD NECESSITIES!
'74 q pit
0 A,
pc:f s
Pcy
zi 0
1-* k, iS

SPRING BLOSSOM CEYLON TA

FRAGRANT AS TIIE FLOWERS OF SPRING
Of all GROCERS, CHEMISTS, &C.

In AIR-TIGHT CANISTERS, Z'-, 2,6, and 3/. per lb.

N.B.—lf any difficulty in obtaining this delicious Tea,
Sample Packages will be sent post free on receipt of cash oi
postal order, with list of Agents where obtainable, by C.Cri,
JOHNSON & CO., 8, Lime Street, London, E.C.

BILLIARDS or BAGATELLES.
All those requiring New or Second-hand
Tables, Requisites, or Billiard work done,
should, before going elsewhere, send for
New Price List, Cloth and Cushion Rubber
Samples, to HENNIG BROS. 29,
(oomsbury. London, W.C. Established 1862.

LASTIii Aftery iiia'rxf Letraiamd
d enutri F,l
for grinuilig
Into fine meal by Hand, Horse, or other power. Pnce from.
Ms. 6d. Patented all over the world. Send for lists of these—Chaff
Cutters. cake Breakers. &c., to B. A. LIOTCVt & Co., imrsley.

L_ _ • _
iverpool Private Commercial Hotel, 7, Li verroot
Street. King's Cross. Most conveniently situated for countr/
visitors. Penny tramis to All parts. Bed and breakfast, 36.

Wcr YU.O/16/it
Bartholomew's Illustrated Guide to His Slarirlsllll
and other Baths. l'rice 6d.
Bartholorc ow's Medical Lecture on the Curative
Action of U e Turkish and other Baths. Delivered be.
fore the Learned Societies, Westtninster Dail, London. Price ad.
Sent post tree front his estaniisliments in Bristol. Bath.
mingbani, Manchester. Worcester. and Leicear.r Square. London.

TIIE SUEZ CANAL CONVENTION.

Correspondence respecting the proposed Inter-
national Convention for securing the free navigation
of the Suez Canal has been published. The despatches
are 81 in number, and date from Nov. 12, 1885, to
Dec. 6, 1887, dealing, in the progress of the negotia-
tions between the French and English Governments,
on the subject of the Suez Canal. The draft Conven-
tion was forwarded by M. Waddington to the Marquis
of Salisbury on Sept. sth last, and this was sent on
Nov. 4th to the British representatives at Berlin,
Vienna, Madrid, Rome, The Hague, St. Petersbuyg,
Constantinople, and Cairo. On November 18 the
Italian Government intimated their acceptance of the
draft Convention, the Netherlands Government fol-
lowing, on November 2, with their willing approval.
M. de Giers intimated to the British Ambassador at
St. Petersburg, on November 30, that the Russian
Government would await the decision of the Forte.
The final despatch of the series is one from the
Marquis of Salisbury to Sir W. White, approving of
his proceedings in inviting the adhesion of the Turkish
Government to the draft Convention agreed upon
between Great Britain and France.

"My dear boy," said a fond father to his son.
"never neglect your work. W„prk acts like medicine."
"Then," exclaimed the son, who had been dosed with
drugs, "I don't want any of it; I kite medicine!"
Wrinx Jones came in the room unexpectedly, Mrs.
Jones gave a scream and exclaimed: "You frightene4
me half to death." " Did I? " was tr.e unfeeling
reply. "Suppose I try it over again.'
" SPARABLES. '—A CORRESPONDENT writes to Notes
and Queries: All shoemakers know what spara-
bles are, and most of them, I think, know
also that parable is short for sparrotebill. The
sparables are of two kinds—thin for soles, and
thick for heels, the latter more closely resembling
the bill of the house-sparrow. In the trade they are
called separately " bills " and "thick bills." These
headless nails are from a quarter tc; three-quarters of
an inch in length. Formerly there used to be among
nail-makers a class whose sole work was to make
sparables. This was before the days of machine-made
nails; and these artisans not only worked from finer
irod rods, but had a special " stiddy " and hammer
for the purpose. To make thorn properly a delicate
touch from the hammer was requisite, and this was
only acquired with practice. In the making of all
hand-made nails there was a rule as to the number of
blows and turns of the rod (to the right for one blow,
and back to the left for the next) required for each
sort of nail, and unless the number was duly observed
there would be no certainty as to the true shape,
length, and quantity of iron in each nail. The
making of horse nails as always the most important
branch of the nail trade, for unless it got the regula-
tion number of blows before the iron cooled the nail
was spoiled. Three or four expert blows gave a rough
form to the nail; then the point was finished, and the
nail worked backwards to the head. The distinct
branch of sparable making by hand is now probably
dead, and all are machine made. Up to 30 years ago
the making of " bills "was by boys, girls, and women,
and it was interesting to see how rapidly these shaped
and cut them from the rod. Some idea of the nicety
which makers of nails acquired may be gathered from
the fact that so many go to the pound, and if a thousand
nails was the regulation number to the pound, a good
hand would not be below or above that number a
dozen nails. Heel sparables are going out of use, and
a nail with a head is used instead, not, however, a
hobnail.

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