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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

WORCESTER MEETING

JUNE 2,3, 4,5, and 7, 1880.
GREAT EXHIBI LION OF STOCK AND
HORSES POULTI.Y, MACHINEIa, ISIPLE-
MENTSO% ORES OF ART Fad HORTICUL.
-SPECIMENS ;—COMPETITION of
SHOEING-SMITHS, ctc., &c.

JOSIAH GOOD WIN, i3ecretary,

4, Terrace %talcs, Bath, Nay, 1880

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BRIEE.LEY LULL • AND STOUEBRIDGE

BUILDING SOCIETY.

Estab.:islieci 1851.

THIS SOCIEI (nu in. the thirtieth year
of iLti ellStErlee) ha b a cousiderable sum of
SIONEY at its Baolters, ready tob. ALVANCE') as
ftssistance to perst.a.b al:4,lat t buih. purcliabe land or
building ,or pay off ,xiating wortgasts

lhe n paynieut for .020 share is Tcu Shiilirgs a
fc:•luigli,L, slid prcpurticus!,Ll). tui ()Lutz sruuutia.
ibe int,erts4 charged itud paid is 0 per cent. per
anuum.
Premiums rely

PROFI S DIVIDED ,! MON G ALL 111131
bIEAIBEItS.

For furthcr particulars, apply to the Secretery,

J. M G6:Ii:NO,

Holloway End,
StnuThridge.

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CON:_-lONINIENI' OF

MEERSCHAUM.
AND
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

kept s,ecret. A young man had been bitten by a mad
dog, and symptoms of rabies speedily appeared. His
family, in a state of the greatest alarm, scarcely
knowing what to do with the sufferer, shut him up in
a loft where some garlic had been left to dry. In his
delirium, the poor fellow seized the bundle of garlic,
ate greedily of them, and soon became exhausted, and
fell into a deep sleep. When he awoke he was cured,
and the symptoms of rabies had disappeared.—British
Medical Journal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

DIED.

• Coorm—On the 16th instant, at the reeidenoe Of,
his brother-in-law, Summer Street, Stourbridgel
Corporal Cooper, late of the 70th (Surry) Regimen'
Deeply lamented by a large circle of relatives aLlel
friends. His end was peaee.

EPPS'S GLYOIIIIIIIIII Juana's. Cannot I The
effective and agreeable sonfestions are sold by mt.
Chemists, by others, however, attempt. are often lee_.'"
at substitution, we therefore deem it necessary to eatitt2l" •
he public that they can only le• obtained In bozos we'
and Is Labelled Jewel; EPPS & CO, Ileacsopathi.
Chemists, London.—ln Stlon6, a
rbridizgek
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are soli by A. P. Morris. s
The most remarkable results ever *forded by a Heel
ing Remedy are prodseed by Powsz.n's Kinnewattle:.
a/LH. the Duke D'Anmale, the Right Holt. the
Karl of Clarendon, K G.. the Right Hon. Iranin'
Countess Waldegrave, the Right Ron. the Coost•••'
Radnor, and many other eminent persons kers
testimonials as to the extraordinary *Mosey a IPeirass, •
RSINVYATIO EMBROCATION. The relief which it sisal
siz all eoa,seasndof eselaudigiedon 0%11
np thea° int lgr7cw attacks,Phiici°h tiaC eh
gout,ffese,c tpains, and weaknesses in Mg
of the body calling for mu external applisatlea, ere •
0„e speedy and parliament. It is sold b, all *heal.
in bottles at is. lid.and 21 94. Mr. 0. Hashes is •
Agent at Stourbritige.
Tag HALL—For 40 yearslirs. 8. A. • ILLS%
WOULD'S HAM Hamm' has received the emiaeado._ii.;
and favour of the public. It has segairad
place that can be obtained for any sesnlerate entsripl7
and eontribeted to the adornment of tens of those's',
of persons, who have the proof of its serviceable eliae_e"
ter. It will positively route es4d restore the ere;
and natural colour of grey, whits, and Acted lir
It will strengthen and invigorate the Hair, stop its lei;
ing, and induce a healthy sad lazariaat growth.
other prepare ion can produce the same bensis
result. Sold by all Chemists and Perfumers, is
bottles, be. Depot 115 da ill, Southampton 10"
London 8
Suerzuges from any disease should make haste 1112,4
take BILLISDUNTR'S PILLS. They do good invarisw,'!„ -
relieve and oftin tare at once. It Is now eenseded !!,
all medical men that BIIANDRWI'Z'S Pans are the be
b.
cleansing medicine, taking hold of what is asested •
removed from the bowels and bleed when we are to
And such safe removal nsuallr CMS. Sold b I -
Chemists. See "IL Bileasunnvw 'on stamp.
BILIOUS and Liver Complaints. ia4igel/o°.:
Headache. Loss of Appetite, Theiesitteas,
Illness, Spasms, and all Disorders if the 'Smash -
lyres are quiekly removed by that woll•baews
IPRAMPTON'S PILL OF MILLIS. They WM
recommendation of • mild operettas etWa the Roil Jorn
easeful erect; and where an aperient fantail*" aolgo
an be better.'
"old lay awAssaists. at Is ti...ia to: es 10
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FL LLD a. ta 91. Iligii.ateoet, Slitti -
bridge, to re CommV, at W....caster OM while& plea """ •
'litters and other sommulaiaa.ioas mast be
Ileisteley. May had, MO.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

A TRADES UNION MEMORIAL.

Hal has h

forward,

the Premier b

memorio._ ,een ...rded to , oy
the Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Unions
Congress setting forth the subjects upon which
the working classes most urgently require reform.

The programme includes an alteration of the law
relating to the liability of employers in respect of the
injury or death of their workmen; a codification of
the laws administered at petty sessions; reform of the
qualification of magistrates and of the mode by which
they are appointed; a completion of the work of the
codification of the criminal law by the repeal of obso-
lete laws, and the elimination from the Statute-book
of many extraordinary and oppressive provisions; a
reform of the jury laws so as to include at least the
higher and more intelligent of the artisans as jury-
men; and the application of the Summary Jurisdic-
tion Act to Scotland and Ireland.

The questions of the county franchise, the redistri-
bution of seats, and reform of the land laws are not
referred to in the memorial, because it is understood
by the committee that they form part of the Govern-
ment programme of reform.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

A GERMAN MAY CUSTOM.

A pretty May-custoM still obtains in the more pri-
mitive villages of Suabia, Bavaria, and the Tyrol,
distant from the great railway routes and compara-
tively untouched by the prosaic temper of contem-
porary German culture (says the Daily Telegraph). On
the first Sunday of the flowery month the unmarried
girls of the hamlet, armed with leafy boughs, visit in
procession the young wives who have been wed during
the past year, and make formal inquiry, in certain set
phrases hallowed by long custom, with respect to
their health and happiness: Etiquette prescribes that
each married woman thus distinguished should receive
her maiden visitors at the outer door of her house,
before which they take up their stand in double line.
After thanking them for their kind inquiries, she
passes slowly between their ranks, receiving from each
in turn a light blow, inflicted with the greefi branches,
as a mark of maidenly disappro'val of her faithlessness
to their virginal sisterhood. Having endured this
gentle discipline, she is expected, according- to her
husband's means, to make a pecuniary offering to the
vestal band; and .the total amount of this 9uaint
May-day collection is expended by the village girls in
an evening festivity, to which they invite .the mar-
riage.able bachelors of the village. At this merry-
making all the outlay for musicians and refreshments
is defrayed by the youthful hostesses, ,who, however,
reserve to themsejves the privilege of " engagi"g
partners." The whole picturesque ceremonial Was
performed the other day at Tunxdorf, near PaPen-
burg, with strict fidelity to traditions that have been
traced back to the Middle ages, and probably owe
their origin to an even earlier period of German
history.

E°TANY.—Rosie. What plant is that, lvlaulla ?
Mamma. The castor-oil plant, dear. B4OSIO. Have
they got a
00-."--ver•011 plant too, Dolarama:—Judy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

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foring from irritation of the throat and hoarse: go
'will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediaeto
relief afforded by the use of "Brown's
spronchial
Troches." These famous " lozenges " are now sold
by most respectable chemists in this country as
Is lid per box. People troubled with a " hacking
sough," -a "slight cold," or bronchial affections, can.
not try them too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to
progress, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatio
affections. See that the words "Brown's Bronchial
Troches" are on the Government Stamp around
oath box.—Manufsetured by Jo RN I. Boowx & Sows,
Boston Unitod States. Depot, 498 0110rd4treg%

TRY EMI WEIGHT I—Hydsolen* (S7dre44 °n„)
has proved of the highest 'value as a food
Gumption ,and *ll wasting diseased, invariabli PO'
-dozing increase in flesh and weight. This preparstion
of Hydrated Cod Liver Oil is tonic, digestive, sad
tea timid more nourishing, as well as far more
pleasant to taste than plain cod liver oil. Hydroleins
will nourish and produce increase of weight in those
*Ross where oils or fat, not so treated, ars difficult or
impossible to digest. Atatendency to emaciation and
lass d-weieit là asgemod b the use of Hydrolsine.
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TO Respectable Householdsrs,Farniers, Conkeepere.
Trades:au, and others, Without Sureties, or
Apply personally or ley letter. to B. 000dhisn,
alvelapYl titt. coos Read, Birmingham, (Private Residenee),
S, Prim %coin, D‘Alay, awl 6, Must,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

PUBLIC NOTICES

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

EPSOM RACII,S, DERBY DAY.

(AN WEDNESDAY, MAY 26m, A CHEAP
kJ THROUGH EXCURSION TRAIN for LONDON
(Eensingtop), aNd EPsO4, will lesve Tipton, at 4-35
am.,; Dudley, 440 ; Brierley Hill, 4,45; Stuurbritiga
Junction, 5,0 ; Kidderminster, 5,15 ; Droitwicb. 5,35 ;
and Worcester, (stiruo dill), 555 s.n2 ; and return same
evening. Passengers to Kensington can, also (at higoer
Gres) return from Paddington on Saturday, May 29:h.
See special bills.
J. GRIERSON, General Manager.

BATH & WEST OF ENGLAND SOCIETY
(Established 1777) and
SOUTHERN COUNTIES ASSOCIATION,
Patron—H. R. H. TRH PRINCE;or WALES,
President—lßE RIGHT Hex. Ins EARL otr COTEIi TRY
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

drawn.

In the course of these advantageous drawings
which contain according to the prospectus only
7,500 tickets, the following prizes will be
forthcoming, viz.:

The highest prize will be ev. 400,000 Marks
Premium of 250,000 Marks.— 1 Prize of
150,000 Marks-1 Prizq of 100,000 Marks
—1 Pi ize of 60.000 Marks-1 Prize of
50,000 Marks-2 Prizes of 40,000 Marks
—2 Prizes of 30,0- .0 Marks— 5 Prizes
of 25.000 Marks-2 Prizes of 20,000
Marks-12 Prizes of 15,000 Marks-1
Prize of 12,000 Marks— 24 Prizes of
10,000 Marks-4 Prizes of 8,000 Marks
—3 Prizes of 6,000 Marks— 52 Prizes of
5 000 Marks— 6 Prize-s of 4,000 Marks
—6B Prizes of 3,000 Marks-214 Prizes of
2000 Marks-10 Prizes of 1500 Marks-
-2 Prizes of 1200 Marks-531 Prizes of
1000 Marks-673 Prizes of 500 Marks-
-950 Prizes of 300 Marks-65 Prizes of 200
Marks-100 Prizes of 150 Marks-25150
Prizes of 138 Marks 2100 Prizes of
1124 Marks —7O Prizes of 100 Marks-
-7300 Prizes of 94 and 67 Marks-
-7850 Prizes of 40 and 20 Marks which will
be sure drawn in 7 drawings within the Space
of a few months.

The first prize-drawing is officially fixe,l, f r
the 9 and 10 of June of air; pres-nt year an fl
the price of a whole original ticket is only
shill. 6. or 6 Marks, a half original ticket is
only shill. 3. or 3 Ma-ks, a quarter original
ticket is only shill. 1. 6,1. or I Marks, and I
will forwarded 'hese ori,rinal tickets guaranteed
by the State (not prohibited pr-missary nots)
even to the most distant countries in return for
the amount forwarded prepaid. Every ticket
holder will receive from me gratis along with
the original ticket the original prospectus pro-
vided with the arms of the State and immedi-
ately after the drawing, the official list without
any charge.

The payment and forwarding cf the sums
won to those concerned will have my special
and prompt attention, and with the most ab-
solute secrecy.

cir All orders can be sent by the medium o
a Post Office Order.

gz- Please address the orders in all con-
fileae,3 to

SAMUEL HECKSCHER, SENII.,

BANKER AND EXCHANGE AGENT AT H A.MBII 11 G

GERMANY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

FASHION AND DEFORMITY.

Professor Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., recently delivered
a very interesting lecture on the above subject at the
Royal Institution, in London, having passed in review
the various methods adopted by different nations and
at different ages of deforming or altering the natural
shape of some portion of the body in obedience to the
dictates of fashion.

The different practices of shaving, cutting and
dressing the hair and beard, and tattooing the skin
were alluded to, but mom attention was given to the•
disfigurement of the nose, lips, and ears by cutting
holes and inserting various substances through them,
almost identical customs being described among people
living at most remote regions of the world. The fan-
tastic Methods of filing and chipping the front teeth
into different patterns practised by the Malays and
some African negroes were then noticed. An account
of the mode of altering the form of the head, which
prevailed once extensively in Europe, and was almost
universally adopted in Peru and on the westFrn• coast
of North America, was followed by a description of
the effects produced upon the feet of civilised. races by
the unnatural form of the boots commpaly worn,. the
evils of 'pointed toes and high heels being exemplified
by diagrams and specimens.
The construction of the waist was next noticed, the
figure of the Venus of Milo, and one taken from the
last Paris fashion-book, being compared and con-
trasted. All these customs were
.shown to arise from
a similar propensity, which manifested itself in the
human mind -under all conditions of civilization, to
tamper with a form which good sense, as well as good
taste, ought to teach was the most perfect that could
be designed. The origin of these fashions is mostly
lost in obscurity, all attempts to solve them being
little more than guesses. Some of them had become
associated with superstitious observances, and some
have been vaguely thought to be hygienic, most have
some relation to conventional standards of personal
appearance ; but whatever their origin, the desire to
conform to common usage and not to appear singular
is the prevailing motive which leads to their continu-
ance. The vitiation of taste produced by these con-
Nentiorial standards which shows itself in the Malay in
the preference of black teeth to those of the most
pearly whiteness, in the Bongo negro and American
Botocudas in liking lips and ears, which are enor-
mously and to our eyes -hideously enlarged by huge
wooden plugs inserted through them, in the Chinook
Indian by contempt of any head which is not flattened
like a pancake or elongated like a sugarloaf, is dis-
played among ourselves by the admiration of un-
naturally pointed toes and contracted waists.—The
Lancet.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

MODERN SCIENCE.

At the ninth annual dinner of the Pharmaceutical
Society of Great Britain, held in London on Tuesday
night in Willis's Rooms, Professor Roscoe in replying
to the toast of "Science, with which his name had
been coupled, said that those who could look back for
25 or 30 years might indeed be well Contented with
the progress which science had made in this
country —progressinthewasgenheerldal;
progress, estimation in
which scientific inquiry
in the scope and
importance of that inquiry.
The profession of science was to-day an acknow-
ledged one. The work of the scientific man
,r is position was recognised
was now highly prize., •, ,
as an important, indeed an essential, one in the body
politic. Nor was the recognitiTi othe value of
scientific work and interest in scienti.ffic inquiry con-
fined to the educated few; it l'a
belief of the educated many
popular scie tifi-
and sound scientific literature and to
For, to our of
cheap
eta the
. Fr, s
t nli°aNkv as
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lectures, a genuine love for scientific pursiLitosonkirnages
spreading rapidly throughout the country.
next to the more distinct field of scientific education,
it would be seen that not only did our ancient unv n
sities vie with the newer educational establishments_
fostering the teaching of science in its higher branch. ,
but the demand for a scientific education was making
itself felt among the masses of our population, so that
many of the primary Board schools had introduced
science into their curriculum. That ploughboys should
demand to be taught chemistry would, 25 years KO,
have seemed as impossible as that men at Cambridge
should be able to take a degree in physiology ; and yet
both these things had come to pass.
After referring to the newly-fOunded Victoria Mil-
versity in the North of England, with which he had
the honour to be connected, Professor Roscoe re-
marked that the spirit of scientific inquiry in England
nefelf was so strong before as it was to-day.
_ Efilma Fisher, a servant at the " somerville Arms,"
Leamington, has been seriously injured by an explosion of a
very unusual character. She had just put a piece of coal on
91 ire, when it exploded with a tremendous report. blow-
-I_4a,xtehgme.obwulyitnctduhotweas f
grbooautte and smashing the brick and iron work.
the Teo;
awnderearmalss by also broken.
kieifir.
agnFiiesihi.tesr,
awl ri
lies in a precarious condation. Several other persons had a
narrow escape. It is supposed that the accident was dtie to
faa papl9o4 chars" otanamite kit la tazo col
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS IN
REGENT'S PARK.

The Zoological Gardens, in Regent's Park, London,
had 32,838 visitors on Whit-Monday, nearly twice as
many as last Whit-Monday, when the numbers were
17,528. In the previous year they were 31,963, but
that was a decrease of 10,000 upon the figures of 1876
and 1877.

Mr. A. D. Bartlett, the experienced and able
superintendent, has in a warm room adjoining his office
the koala, or native bear of Australia (phascolarctus
einereus), the first brought successfully to England.
He lives on the leaves of the blue gum tree, and his
captor taught the little brute, which was taken very
young, to eat the dried leaves. Now that he has
reached England it is, of course, easy to find the fresh
foilage of the Eucalyptus globulus. Although of
very reedit introduction among us, the tree grows
abundantly in almost every place to which it has been
introduced. It flourishes at the Zoological Gardens
and in the Botanical Gardens at Regent's-park, and
grows, too, abundantly at Kew. There is no reason
to suppose, therefore, that these opossum-like little
marsupial now imported into this country will suffer
from want of his natural food. He is still very young,
not half his full size, and has strong fore-paws and feet
adapted for climbing.
IN the Australian bear is the bird-killing spider,
a monster from Bahia, with a hairy body three inches
long and terrible claws. He hides under a bit of
bark, from which he emerges to kill his prey,
mouse or a bird, or he will eat a dozen ship
cockroaches in an hour. 'Unwarned by the fate of
their comrades, the cockroaches walk up to the great
insect to stare at him, and are caught up and devoured
one after the other as the followers of Ulysses by
the Cyclops. The animal has his uses, and • will at
least serve to reduce the number of the cockroaches by
which the gardens are infested. They are not the
ordinary insects round in London houses, but brown
cockroaches, twice as large, brought in boxes from
ships with the new specimens of animals. It is im-
possible to poison them, for they might in turn poison
valuable animals, and so they flourish with impunity,
but will now be trapped for the spider. In like
'manner, the rats and mice which swarm about the
dens arid must not be poisoned are caught in
traps and served up as food to the beasts
whose food they steal, and even the little
sparrows who pilfer the grain destined for rarer
birds are taken at last in snares, and the nourishment
which they have surreptitiously acquired only makes
them a more delicate meal for the owls. The bird.
eating spider was brought from South America by
the accomplished surgeon of one of the mail-steamers
trading to Brazil. -
Another new acquisition to the gardens is a Cane
hunting dog, presented by Mr. Ernest Pope. The
dogs hunt in packs, and were formerly very common
in the Cape, but now have to be followed at a great
distance in the interior. He resembles a hyena, but
is anatomically an unmistakable dog.

phciscolarctus
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

ZULULAND-ISANDLANA MEMORIAL
• CHURCH.

Under the above heading, The Times has published the
following letter :

Sir,—The advertising columns of The Times are
among the wanders of the -19th century. Will you,
with your wonted courtesy, find room for this letter,
which is intended to direct the attention of your
readers to one particular advertisement which appears
in your columns?
An effort is being made to consecrate the field of
Isaiidlanal by the erection of a memorial churcti. The
scheme will, it is hoped, commend itself to the hearts
of all Englishmen, whatever division of opinion may
have existed as to the merits or demerits of the Zulu
war. -The field of Isandlana has the advantage of
lying in the territory of the only chief who at present
is anxious for the return of white teachers. This
chief Hlubi, has ever proved himself loyal to- the
English, and there is no reason to fear that a church
built and a minion established under his auspices will
be otherwise than secure.

It is intended that the church, with school and need-
ful buildings, should cost abont £2,000; in addition to
which it is understood that an English lady purposes,
at her own expense, to build a mausoleum for the re-
ception'of the bones of those who died upon the field,
as a special memorial to the gallant 24th. *

I will only add that the plan has the support of the
ecclesiastical authorities of South Africa, and that
Lord Chelmsford is among the subscribers.

Surely £2,000 can be raised for such a purpose as
this ?—I am, your obedient servant,
HARVEY CARLISLE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OE COMMON,

I notice with satisfa,tion Volt the imports and
exports of the country, as well as (,ther sins, indi-
cate some revival in trade; but the depr,ssion widTh
h'tls.tely bee-, perceived in the revenne continue-=
without abatement. The estimates of income wh:ch
were laid before the last Parliament were framed
with moderation, but the time which hags since
elapsed exhilas no promise that they will be ox-
ceded. The annual estimates of chare, so far as
they have been already voted, will be promptly
laid before you.

My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
The bate se ,son of the year at which yon com-
mence your labours will, I fear, ,erio s'y nbridg-,
tie time available fr nzeful legislation, but I make
no doubt that you will studiously turn it to th.,
best account.

The Peaoe Preservation Act for Ireland expires on
the it of June. You will not be asked to r. new
My desire to avoid the evils of exceptional
legislation in abridgment of liberty would not in-
duce me to forego in any eegree the performance of
the first duty of every Government in providing
for the security of life and property, hut, while de•
termined to fulfil this sacred obligation, lam p-r-
-suaded that the loyalty and good sense of my Irish
subjects will justify me in relying on the provisions
oF the ordina-y law, firmly administered, for the
maintenance of peace and order.
The provisions enacted before the dissolution of
the late Parliament for the mitig,,,tion of distress in
Ireland have been serviceable for that impottant
end
The question of the sufficiency of the advances
already authorised by Parliament is u..der my con-
sideration.
A measure will at an early day be submitted +o
you for pu+ting an end to the controversies which
have arisen with respect to burials in churchyards
and cemeteries.
It will be necessary to ask you to renew the Act
for secret voting.
Among the chief subjects whinh will be brought
under your notic , as time rn‘yporm'ts, will be Bills
for givint.c more effectual protection to the occupiers
foofr
of land asrainst injury from g-ound g
terrnining on a just principle the liabilities
em-
ployers for accidents sustained by workm,n, and
for the extension of the borough franchise in
Ireland.
The,e and all your labours I heartily commend
to the blessing of God.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.

The Universal Remedy for Bad Legs
Bad Breasts, Old Wounds, and
Ulcerations of all kinds. _

here is no nCedi—cinal preparation which may be so
Ihoroughly relied upon iii the treatment of the above ail-
ments as laolloway's Ointment. Rubbed upon the surface
of the body, over, or near the affected parts, it disappears
under the friction of the hand, penetrating at once to the
source of the evil, and thus performs its healing errand,
rapidly, safely, and without pain. In all long standing
oases, Holloway's Pills should also be taken as they purify
bile Blood and expel all depraved humours from thesystezti

Coughs, Colds, Sore Throats, and
Bronchitis. _

This Ointment is irre;s-tirile-i-n-ilie cure of these throat end
pectoral complaints, which when neglected often end in
settled Asthma or Con.umption. The Oinlnier t well
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

A TYROLESE VILLAGE BURNT.

The Times of 'Tuesday published the following letter :--

Sir,—The village of Nauders, in Tyrol, was-burnt
down on the night of the 3rd of March last, and about
1,000 persons were made homeless and lost nearly all
they had in the world in the course of an hour. The
village is well known to tourists in Tyrol, who will
recollect the 9uaint little inn, the Post (or Sonne), with
its vaulted ceilings and old wood carvings; and no one
who has seen the splendid view into, the lower
Engadine which is tp be had from a ridge not far from
Nauders will easily forget it. The clergyman of the
place is Herr Franz Senn, who is well known to moun-
taineers, as he was formerly for many years the
incumbent (carat) of Vent, or Fend, in the Petzthal,
where he entertained strangers in his parsonage in the
absence of an inn. He has sent me an appeal earnestly
begging for public contributions foe the relief of the
poor, burnt-out peoplerand will be most thankful for
any money which may be sent to him, addressed Rev.
Franz Senn (Pfaxrer),. Nauders, Tyrol, Austria. If
any .one should prefer it, I would gladly undertake to
transmit to him any money intrusted to me for that
purpose.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. POWER
HICKS. Clifton-lodge, Bloomfield-road, Maida-hill,
London, May 11.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS

" Ah," said one of the oldest ladies in Omaha,
"laming is a great thing; I've often felt the need of it.
Why, would you believe it, I'm now sixty years old, and only
know the names of three months in the yearond them 's
Spring, Fall, and Autumn. I larnt the names of them
when I was a little bit of a gal."

The American Rochefoucald says, "When a man
reaches the top round in the ladder ov fame, he thinks he
owns that round, and he can't make enny room on it for enny
body else.

Barnum was travelling once on board of one of the
American river steamers, whereon they board the traveller
for a moderate outlay very sumptuously, but the portions
supplied are usually of microscopic dimensions. Ile called
at tea-time for a beefsteak. The negro brought him the
usual little shrivelled mite of broiled flesh, certainly not suf-
ficient for more than two mouthfuls. Barnum poised the
morsel on his fork, scanned it critically, as though it were a
sample of steak submitted to his inspection, and then re-
turned it to the waiter, saying, "Yes, that's what I mean.
Bring me some of that"
-

A young man in Pennsylvania attempted to stir up
several rabbits in a hole with the butt-end of his gun the
other day. Twenty-three shots have been picked out of his
shoulder, and the doctor is still probing. The young man
thinks the rabbits must have escaped.

A smart American girl calls a young fellow of her
acquaintance "Honeysuckle,' because he's always hanging
over the front fence.

An American editor says he has seen the contrivance
lawyers use when they "'warm up with the subject." lie
says it was a glass conceal, and holds about a pint.

An exchange heads an article "How to save one
hundral million dollars a year." One of the resolutions,
says thie Morristown Herald, we made on the first day of
January was not to save so large a sum this year, and we
shall not break it.

A witty old American judge:, who had spent an
levelling with a young lawyer in the country, whose office
.was on the second storey, on taking his departure, stumbled
on the stairs. and fell to the bottom. The young lawyer,
hearing the noise, rushed out, and seeing the judge lying on
his back at the bottom of the stairs, hastened down, and
with great anxiety. asked, "Is your honour hurt ? " "No,"
said the judge, scrambling to his feet—" but my legs are."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

A NEW REMEDY FOR HYDROPHOBIA.

M. Lesserteur has just given publicity to a plant
wbich has a great reputation as a cure for rabies in
of Annam. This plant, of which the
is a kind of liana, closely akin to
°:arignognstuanra'; its effects are similiar teahose of
tnthhaeemfeldalisnseghad
strychnine and brucine. M. Bouley, in speaking of
tips new remedy in the Receuil de Medecine Veterinaire,
regrets that no new facts corroborative of its effica-
ciousness are given, but is of opinion that the property
recently shown to belong to rabbits of easily con-
tracting hydrophobia by innoculation, should be
utilized for making experiments thus so easily per-
formed. In reference •to this subject M. Bouley
related an anecdote about garlic, a substance which
has alway had a great reputation amongst remedies
against rabies, and, b constantly found as a principal
integral portion in a large number of £ormule3 long
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

THE COST OF THE BERLIN CONGRESS,

The Daily Telegraph remarks :—" From an official
return laid before the Reichstag by the Imperial '
Chancery we gather that the total cost to the German
nation of entertaining the representatives of the Great
Powers at the Berlin Congress amounted to £2,967 10s.
So moderate an expenditure, considering the rank of
the illustrious visitors, and the duration of their stay
in Berlin, really does honour to German thrift. It is,
we believe, without precedent in the annals of inter-
national receptions that the outlay of the host should
prove to be far less than that of his guests. The ex-
penditure in question appears to have been distributed
as follows. The sum of £522 was laid out in preparing
and decorating the- apartments set apart in the
Radzivill Palace tor the use of the Delegates and
their suites during the Congress meetings; £250
odd in travelling expenses and "diet money " for a
Commissary and several junior diplomatists, sum-
moned to assist the German Delegates in secretarial
work; £lB2 odd in extra pay allowed to subordinate
officials of the German Foreign Office; £53 odd for
new liveries, and so-forth, supplied to the extra servants
employed in attending to the members of the Congress;
1.:75 in wages for extra messengers- £990 odd for
' printing expenses; £93 for maps and drawing ; 2191
for books writing materials, and binding; £3B to call-
graphists,for fair copies of the treaty for ratification;
2500 to a Berlin restaurateur for twenty luncheons
served to the Congress members; and £75 for "sun-
dries." In assemblage of such importance as that
which met under Prince Bismarck's presidency in the
summer of 1878 has probably never before been enter-
tained at so slender a cost."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

THE ELECTION RIOTS AT HALESOWEN.

At the Ilalesowen Pollee Court on Zuesiay.
before Mr. E. Gem, Mr. E. B. Phillips, awl Mx
Gibbous, Joieph Budge 1611111ftelld to hia bail on ,
a

=Q.4 ;74 04,414EK.'d
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

BELBROUGHTON.

WHITSUNTIDE HoLIDAYS.—A grand fete and
eala, in connection with the OddfelloN+B and,
F.resters of this district, was held in the beantifu'
ground. of Bell Hall Park, which were kindly lent
for the occasior. by C. P. Noel, Esq. The weather
being all that could be desired there was a goodly
attendance There was an efficient programme,
consisting of acrobats, Punch and Judy, vi enlists,
athletes, and negro comedians. The acrobats, Alza
and Arno, were very good and performed some
very clean and clever tricks. The negro comedians.
(Messrs. Brown, Bertros, and Denlaw), created
roars of laughter ; but the main feature of the day
was the clever and daring performances of Milo
with the 561 b weights, who after performing some
very clever and wonderous feats of strength, allows
anyone to throw the 561 b weight at his bare chest,
making it rebound the same distance as thrown,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

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is turning grey or white, o.l* !ailing off, use The
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TRADESMENS' ADDRESSES.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.

MY I ORM AND GENTLEMEN,
I avail Mys-lf of the earliest opportunity of meet- 1
ing you after he v-etteral eh c,ion, anl rile arrange-
ments required upon a change of Ad.-inistra-ion.
The cordial reLtions %-:hich I hold with all the
Powers of Europe will. I tact, enable inc to pt.o.
mote in concert with them the
fulfilment of the Treaty cf Berlin With respect to
effectual reform and equ:il laws in Turkey, r.s we;l
as to such territorial questions as have not yt been
settled in conformity with the provisions of that
treaty. I regArd such a fulfilment as essential sor
the avoidance of further complications in the East
In accordance with this view I have deemed it ex-
pedient to despatch an Ambassador Extraordinary
to she Court of the Sultan. On the last occasion
of my addressing you I expressed my hope that the
measures adopted in Afghanistan would lead to a
speedy settlement of that country. Since that
period the gallantry of ml) troops has continued to
be conspicuous, and the labours of my Government
in India have been unrernittin.,z, but I have to
lament that the end in view has not yet been at-
tained. My efforts will, however, be unceasingly
dil eeted towards the pacification of Afghanistan,
and towards the establiF.lunent (,f such institutions
as may he found best fitted to secure the independ-
ence of its people and to restore their frienly re-
lations with my Indian Empire.
The condition of Indian finance, as it has re-
cently been made known to me, has required my
special attention. I have directed that you shall
be supplied wih the fullest information upon this
weighty subject.

invite your careful notice to the important ques-
tion of poii, x connected with :he future of South
Africa. I have rontinufd to commend to the
favourable con.ideration of the authorities, and of
the people in the varotts settlements, the proj et of
confederation in maintaining my supremacy over
the Transvaal, with its diversified population. I
aeire both to make provision for the secufity of
the indigenous raee,. and ti extend to the Eurnpean
settlers institutions based on large and liberal prin-
ciules of self-government.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS.

As far as it has one at present, the year 1880 is
one in which parasols have been of more service than
umbrellas. It would appear that in old-fashioned
times the same thing might be said of most years, for
parasols certainly came into general use much earlier
than the more cumbrous weapon which defends us
against rain. The Journal des Debats, in a sketch of
the history of these useful articles, shows that through-
out the last century parasols or sunshades were already
great favourites with the fair sex, who had them made of
all sorts of materials and of all colours of the rainbow,
garnished with glass beads, Indian feathers, and vari-
ous kinds of lace. As for the umbrellas it seems not
to have been known in England or France until the
16th century, and for 200 years later was only used
by rich folks. A much more usual way of escaping a
wetting was to jump into a sedan chair and follow
the example which in this matter had been set by the
Greeks and Romans of antiquity. In the 17th cen-
tury an umbrella generally measured about four
feet in height and nearly four yards in circum-
ference. It weighed at least four pounds, and cost
a sum varying from £2 to £3, and even more. It
was then made of leather, oiled silk, or glazed
paper, and constituted an important article of pro-
perty, handed down as a famib: heirloom from genera-
tion to generation. It vas in 1780 that the Paris
manufacturers began to reduce its size and to make it
of lighter and less expensive materials. Its colour
had then tihn fwenbhyionn;
o maenadnsthbeecgoomod people of the e restricted to the hues
revolu-
tionary times, as well as under the Directory, were
free to indulge according to their fanGy in such
colours as yellow, rose-colour, blue, and even apple-
green. 1830 is, however, the "year of grace" for um-
brellas in France, for no one in the world ever did
more to popularise them than the citizen King, whose
constant habit it was to carry one with him as often as
he appeared in the streets of his capital.—Gtobe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

AN UNFORTUNATE WHITE WHALE.

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firm

The Duke of Sutherland has presented to the
Museum of the Royal C.3llege of Surgeons the skull
of a white whale (Delphinapteru.s kucas), taken alive
near Dunrobin, which presents a most remarkable evi-
dence of an old extensive injury and subsequent
recovery. This cetacean has been but very
rarely observed in the British seas, and there.,
would seem to be but one other recorded instance
of ope having been caught alive. The speci-
men in question was, writes the Rev. Dr. Joass, of
Golspie, found close to the salmon net near the Little
Ferry, about three miles to the westward of Dunrobin,
on the oth of June, 1870. It was caught by the tail
between two short posts to which a stay rope of a net
was fastenod, and A EialinoA of 181 b, weht, whictl waá

supposed to have been the object of its pursuit, was
found in front of it. It measured 12i feet in length.
In its efforts to escape it had broken Lts back between
the third and fourth lumbar vertebra, and it had a
recent wound on the front of its head, nearly five inches
long and three broad. It was seen two days before its
capture, and the fisherman seeing it approaching
against the ebb took it for a ghost!

Professor Flower, in exhibiting the prepared skull to
the Zoological Society of London, stated that the
skeleton showed that the whale had been a. per-
rectly adult animal, that the atlas had been dis-
located off the occipital condyles, and this com-
pletely so, and the bones had afterwards become
firmly fixed by deposits of new bony matter in
such a way as to enormously narrow the aperture
for the passage of the spinal cord. There was no
appearance whatever of any disease of the bones,
and there could be no reasonable doubt but this
dislocation was the result of accident. It is certainly
difficult to imagine how such an accident could
have happened; such a dislocation is often brought
about by a fall on one's head, but aquatic animals are
not liable to such a catastrophe—even, thinks Pro-
fessor Flower, a violent collision of the head against a
rock or ship could scarcely have brought it about. It
seems marvellous that after such an accident the
unfortunate whale could have contrived to pursue and
oapture living prey. For a time it would almost seem
certain its general powers must have •been interfered
with. After recovery its head was fixed quite awry
on its body, and this may account in some measure for
its wandering so far from its natural home and for the
facility of its capture.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

'i.re Is; e , ' Pi 7;"C
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at'en-ion tho feable. ••.n,l those in failing 17eaith, is
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With dulness of rerceltion and delusions end all
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-22

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