The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-24 00:00:00

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HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR. —The surplus of
the fund subscribed for the relief of the sick and
wounded in the Franco-German_ War has been in-
vested in first class securities in the joint names of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, Lord Shaftes-
bury, and Colonel Loyd Lindsay as trustees. The
interest accruing from this investment is added to
the principal sum from time to time, thus creating a
fund which will be applicable to the relief of the sick
and wounded in any future• international war which
may unfortunately arise similar in its nature and cha-
racter to that which in the first instance excited the
sympathy and elicited the generous contributions of
all classes in this country. The committee, duly re-
garding the purpose for which the fund was created,
have not felt justified in applying any portion of it to
the relief of sick and wounded in the protracted civil
struggle now going on in Spain. Still less can they,
consistently with the trust reposed in them, apply
this fund to the I•dlief of distress which, however
severe and widely spread, is in no way connected with
the operations of war.

FRUIT AND THE RAINS.—The recent hel
rains have very much injured both fruit and fisafeoo
the latter so much that the supplies from Out a, "Li,
for Covent-garden have been much deteriera;ii
Many have had a difficulty in disposing of their °to,
fruits, except at unremunerative prices. Large q
tities of dimnaged fruits are now being suld at verY..o
rates for preserving. Strawberry growers will fa;
great loss, much of the finest fruit being destroveu
the rain. Gathering and marketing fruit is 21;°
difficult, the fruit running together in the sieves
baskets. The fllvour, it need not be added, is
deteriorated.—The Garden.
LONDON IN 1875.—There are 2,500 Mile:
streets in London! The metropolitan hours s
present time amount to nearly half a million; theY
consequently sufficient, with an average front.,
five yards, to form one continuous row of WI
right round the island of Great Britain, fronl,4o
Land's End to John o'Groats (600 miles) frora t'au 0
o'Groats to the North Forela.nd (540 miles), allciviricrg
the North Foreland back again to the Land's
(320 miles), equal to 1,460 miles altogether. „
"THE SADDLE ON THE RIGHT EfORS-''
Paris has got an International Exhibition of ; the
time and Fluvial Industries." It includes, :nsocl.
French Export Department, "a trophy oadid
dlery.” For a moment we were at sea on re tfot
this piece of information, and at a loss to sec°, :Ilmneon
the presence of Saddlery in a Maritime ExnwtT-1,00
but then we remembered our old friends "the
Marines," and understood at once that the tropbY
consist of their equipments. —Punch. fcivs6
THE FLOWERS OF PARIS.—At present `v.-N, ice
correspondent) Paris provides itself with fiowero. vide
is no longer required. It does even more than Pr°ther
itself—it also provides the provinces and °roil
countries with flowers. Each district around Ploit,
celebrated for some particular flower, pl- an'
and this renders the neighbourhood row
the most beautiful in the world. Two
of mignonette alone are sent during
Vaugirard to Paris. Meudon is celely
and Nanterre for its roses; Montm
lilacs, and Chevreuse lilies. Then corn
sweet basil, verbena, geraniums, st,
&c., all of which embalm the air, and
of some of its offensive smells—for, ni
Paris is the most unsavory town in EI
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FORTY NATIVES DROWNED.—P__
given in the Bombay papers of the accident
occurred in the harbour of that place on the 23ra
It appears that a native boat containing a large
ber of coolies who were going to discharge
dentally struck the moorings of a coal barge,
moment capsized. The sea was rough at
but the accident was one which might have
in any weather. On being thrown into the wan
men tried to cling to the bottom of the boat 2
captain of the ship Jane Lawson, which was
far off, seeing what had happened, immediate
the boatswain and two others to the rescue in
and a large number of the coolies were thne
What the actual loss of life was could not
tamed, and probably never will be accurately
"WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY.”—pirs.
and Mrs. Tomkins have determined to
Autumn holiday, with their families, at some -
able French watering-place. To save expene,e'
send Wilkins and Tomkins over first, to 1041'
them, and take cheap and suitable lodgings.
trouble, W. and T. go to the best hotels, and'
the rate of about five thousand a-year each.)----.21t,
Host wishes to know "if the Messieurs are couteo,
—Wilkins. " 'Contong ! ' Je voo krwaw, rnen.,,te.
cong ! "—Tomkins. " Contong ' Juste ne le Sox—
nous pas, vieux Coq I "—Punch.
ACT.
THE PUBLIC WORSHIP REGULATION •
A Parliamentary Paper has been issued unn,t(*.
the Order in Council approN ing the rules ana
for settling procedure and fees under the
Worship Regulation Act, dated the 28th of June
The rules are signed by the Archbishop of Canter
the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Yoe
Penzance (the Judge of the new Court), and
Chief Justice of England. There are 65
orders, and in any case not provided for the
of the Judge are to be obtained upon a snmr
taken out by the party requiring such directiono•
a note it is stated, "in the event of the Judge
coming Official Principal of the Arches'
Canterbury or of the Chancery Court of Y
rules and orders and the forms and fees
shall be applicable, mutatismutandis, to all
after arising, such necessary alterations in the
the forms being made as the Judge may direct.,
are,4l forms set forth and a list of the fees to
under the Act, and the costa to be allowed to
as well as a scale of expenses to witnesses.

'articulars

FINANCIAL MEM.—Defacing the cu.
nothing to do with the money mark-it. It is
to keep things clear.----Judy.

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ORANGES IN CALIFORNIA. —The San Fl
Chronicle says that California consumes 10,
oranges per annum, or about eighteen apiece to
man, woman, and child in the State. There =-
course, some who would far exceed that figilt
many who never taste an orange from the
January to the 31st of December; but eighteen
average. Of the 10,000,000 oranges consum(
50 per cent. now come from Los Angeles and tl
southern counties of the State, and the supplY
that source is constantly increasing.

THE STORM IN GENEVA.—Ii appears 1937
news from Geneva that the first accounts of the
storm there did not exaggerate the amount of
but considerably understated it. Within a
ten or twelve miles round the city nearly all thL
vineyards, orchards, and market gardens were
away. At the village of Seiznove a house vro
down, and the fall caused the death of three
Else where a man was killed by a hailstone
him on the temple, and another had his wrist
Several other persons were injured. An extrol.
number of small birds wire killed by the hall
person is said to have picked up 500.
THE CATHEDRALS OF EllROPE.—A•curious
culation has been made of the number of persoug,
great cathedrals of Europe will hold. St. Fete!'
Rome holds 54,000 people; the Milan Cathedral p.
37,000; St. Paul's at Rome, holds 25,000; St. 50P11199
Constantinople, holds 23,0001 i Notre Dame, at -
holds 21,000; the Cathedral at Pisa holds 13,000'
San Marco at Venice, holds 7,000.

THE MURDER OP MR. MARGA_RY.
Shanghai Courier says i—lt may interest our
to know that the only one of Mr. Margary's '
attendants who escaped from the Mou-mein
turned up in Hankow on the evening of the 20"
May; the poor wretch had begged his way
hiding all Uhrough the day and travelling only at
He was not present when Mr. Margery was
having been sent on some errand to a neigh,
town, but he returned to the spot in time to se°
bloody traces of the deed. He was told that the
Chinese with Mr. Margary at the time (his cook '
man he had brought with him from the '
Consulate) fought desperately ; the latter ,der
several of his opponents before he himself scas
powered. Margary was killed before he had titileto
strike a blow. After despatching him and hi° here
attendants the crowd proceeded to his lodgings, se 01
they found the teacher and the boy, whom they literthet
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cut in pieces. Of course they stole everything, Aiii
could lay hands on. Our correspondent gathered ,'„,`"ea
information from his teacher, who saw and tArc,/
with the man the morning he wrote to us.
hear that the man is half silly from privation au":01
fering, and is as yet unable to give a very cube'
account of his proceedings.
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"TOUT VIENT A QUI SAIT ATTENDIU4'OII
Shouting heard—Engine whistles frantically—Bre
applied violently—Train stops—Accident, no doe
Alarm of First-Class Passengers—Stout Gent fliendi
Communicator—Child shrieks—Terrified LadY °F",.."
out, " Help ! Guard! What is it? Let us out .0 .
Guard. "0, no fear, Miss. On'y Driver he just °foe
lot o' fine Mushyroons' Miss, and we—he like 'enl. '
Breakfast. All right! Away y' go! r—Punch.
BIRDS V. FRUIT.—The Garden says :—A --
garden surrounded with strawberries and woodland a
pretty sure to suffer periodically from the attack°
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birds; and, as we have a great amount of labour,'"
protecting choice fruits from them I have been .Lft.
to observe under what conditions 'their attacks '',")
come the most persistent, and I am decidedli it 1
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opinion that it is only when pressed by hunger, throug
the scarcity of their natural food "through
continued drought," that they attack our fruit gar'
to any serious extent. In moist showery wow„li
I have observed them feeding under the ft"
bushes without molesting the fruit. Blackbirds
thrushes are our most numerous depredators;
while they can find a ready supply .f worrao, g.
and insects, they confine themselves to the sk-
beries or woods, to the ground amongst crops
kitchen gardens, and, more especially, to fruiti
borders when mulched. When, however, there are'
periods of drought, and food gets scarce, birds
bolder every day until even the nets that we enall'ef,
for covering small fruits fail to keep them otiii
as they will, when very hungry, fiad th ,e ,
way under them. Powder and shot, or good nets,
the only means that I find at all effectual in preservil
a full crop of fruit. Raspberries are as much injur4
by birds as any crop we have; for, in addition to tua
quantity they eat, they settle on the side branches, an,...)
break them off in quantities, thus destroying the 811;si
ceeding crop. The best remedy is to build a Ural
rary framework over the beds, and cover the wile
with nets. When birds are protected, the most eOO
nomieal way is to net up, effectually and well, all frui
before they begin to colour.

REUNION IN THE RAIN.—The Garden Parl
which was to have been given at Holland HouAe 0'
Wednesday, was postponed till Thur2day, wbe
owing to the still unfavourable weather, it took Po"ir,
in-doors. This information we owe to an frit
correspondent, who adds, that had the Garden-Part
at Holland House been given in the garden on eithee
of those days, it would have been entirely a water-par/
on shore.—Punch.
THE CATARACT OF THE NILE.—As we watchs
almost breathless, the strain on the ropes, look! there
is a man in the tumultuous rapid before us, swiftlY
coming down as if to destruction (says a writer in des'
cribing the cataract of the Nile). Another one followei
and then another, till there are half-a-dozen men 02
boys in this jeopardy—this situation of certain deatP
to anybody not made of cork. And the singular thilig
about it is that the men are seated upright, sliding
down the shining water like a boy who has no respe't
for his trousers down a sandbank. As they dash pas'
us, we see that each is seated on a round log aboat
five feet long; some of them sit upright with their
on the log displaying the soles of their feet, keeP
the equilibrium " with their bands. These are smooth'
slimy logs, that a white man would find it difficult W
sit on if they were on shore, and in this water thei
would turn with him only once; the log would go eV)
way and the man another. But these fellows are
no fear of the rocks below; they cagily guide thei,r,
barks out of the rushing floods, through the whirlpoe's
and eddies, into the slack shore water in the rear
the boat, and stand up like men and demand back'
sheesh. These logs are popular ferry boats on o._
Upper Nile. I
.have seen a woman crossing the ri..,.1tt3.1
on one, her elothes in a basket, and the basket on tr"
head, and the Nile is nowhere an easy stream to 0101.

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