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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF
CARTRIDGES.

About three o'clock on Sunday afternoon, a dis-
covery, which has created the greatest consternation,
was made at Bolton. A lodge attached to the Spring-
field Paper Works, in that town, has been undergoing
a process in cleaning, in order to effect which the
whole of the water has been let off. The workmen
left work on Thursday night week for the Whitsun-
tide holidays, since which time a number of lads
have been observed searching in the mud lying
at the bottom of the lodge. This drew the atten-
tion of the police to the spot, and they then
learned that scattered in the mnd, were many
cartridges, which had cvidently been lying in the
water a very limited time only. These were col-
lected, and on examination they proved to be regula-
tion cartridges of the latest improvement. There
cannot be less than 2,000 of them. The lodge into
which the cartridges have been thrown is on the out-
skirts of the borough, and in a very retired situation,
adjoining the Bolton and Bury Canal. It is suspected
that, fearing discovery, one or more persons have
become alarmed, and have gone to the lodge during
darkness, and deposited the cartridges there. Extra
precautions have been taken for some months past by
the Bolton police for the protection of the public
buildings, and it is the knowledge of this which may
have led the possessors of the cartridges to take the
step they have done.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

CARDINAL MANNING AND THE
EDUCATION ACTS.

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In London, on Tuesday night, Cardinal Manning
presided at the annual meeting of the Westminster
Diocesan Education Fund, held at St. James's-hall.
There was a large attendance.
The Cardinal, in the course of a long speech, re-
viewed the work which had been done by the fund
in watching- over the religious education of Roman
Catholic children in the elementary schools,
in the higher or secondary schools, in reforma-
tories, &c. He spoke of the difficulties raised
by the large numbers of orphans to ;be dealt with,
and he bore testimony to the self-sacrificing spirit
shown by some of the very poor in taking charge of
orphans frequently (mly remotely related to them. He
then proceeded to speak of religious education since
the Education Acts have been in force, and said he
was sorry to say there was a growing insensibility
even in the minds of good men as to the danger
arising in the country from a lack of religious educa-
tion. He had a body of unquestionable testimony
before him to prove that the new system of education
WAS out-doing the other—not only in the Catholic
Church, but outside of it. Ile declared that by the
action of the Acts the religious character of the nation
had suffered and was suffering. Ile acknowledged
that the Education Act of 1870 was passed to meet a
gigantic evil; but he maintained tkat the course taken
was not only not a right one, but that the House cf
Commons was not fitted to deal with such a question

as education. He insisted that the whole subject of
education should be inquired into apart from political
questions.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

AN ELECTRICAL SPEECH-RECORDER

A curious piece of apparatus, not likely to be of
practical use, but showing considerable ingenuity, has
been devised by M. Amadeo Gentilli, of Leipsic, for
the purpose of giving an intelligible record of speech.
The natural movements of the mouth in speaking
are employed to produce through delicate levers
a series of electric contacts, and thereby sundry com-
binations of signs on a moving band of paper,
similar to those of the Morse alphabet. The
transmitting portion of the ;3 laratUB is based
on a careful study of the motion of lips and
tongue in speaking with an object held between
the teeth. The working parts are mainly arranged
on vx ebonite plate, from one end of which projects a
piece to be taken between the teeth, whereupon the
mouth-levers come into position. The nasal puff in
sounding m and n affects a special delicate organ.
There are eight electromagnets in the receiver, each
of which, when actue,ted by a current, causes a line to
be formed on the paper, It is mentioned by M.
Querout (who describes the apparatus in La Lumiere
Electrique) that the letters g and k, d, and t, b and p, f, v,
and la, which are produced by movements very slightly
different, are represented by the same signs. Thus
of these letters the alphabet comprises only g, t, b,
and f. Further, c, z, and x are represented by ti and
gs.
The apparatus will, perhaps, be shown at the forth-
coming Exhibition in
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

THE NEW FRENCH TARIFF.

4 Sheffield firru who do a large Qoptinent4.l trada,
have just published a statement showing the serious
effects likely to ensue if the new French tariff is
adopted. They contend that the low-priced table-
knives now exported, and very extensively, will be
completely excluded from France should the tariff come
into force, or any commercial treaty based lipoi thr,,t
tariii—the substitution .oi a spedfic 'duty for an ad
valorem, one. It is their opinion as well as that of
many French importers of English goods, that this
desire of France to substitute specific duties for ad
valorem is simply an attempt to exclude most of the
goods imported from England, those goods being for
tha Grep,ter part low-prie9d ones. For cutlery pays
600 f.; and other -aittery.376f. per 100 knots:, and they
ask where the line is to be drawn, when each case of
cutlery will often contain from five to ten distinct
qualities. To show how common and middle-class cutlery
would be affected they point out that whar;,as Oct present
duty on a dozen of coinmon table-knives worth 2s. 6d.
is only 4id. the new duty of 375 f. per 100 kilos. would
amount to 3s. old. The present duty on common
table cutlery, fms s* worth 6s. Bd.l is only Is., bilt the
new duty on the same articles will be no less than
12s. 2d. A dozen of knives, worth 4s. 6d., now paying
only Std. duty, will pay 4s. 6id. duty under the new
tariff.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

ROYAL SYMPATHY WITH THE
SHIPWRECKED. - _

A few days ago there was published in the papers
the terrible story of the shipwreck of the Nornianton,
of London, and the sad death of 15 out of the crew of
16 hands. The only survivor is George Kidgeon, who
was landed at Liverpool on the 2nd inst., and who is
now living at Devonport. Her Majesty the Queen,
Teeing the account of his fearful sufferings, directed
inquiry to be made, and on Saturday most graciously
sent a sum of money for his relief to Mr. H. D. Grey,
principal officer of the Board of Trade at Plymouth.
Mr. Grey presented the money to Kidgeon the other
morning, and the recipient strongly and feelingly ex-
pressed his thanks, whilst he was surprised that the
Queen "should be so gracious as to think of such a
poor fellow."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

GOOD DAYS IN STORE FOR ENGLAND

AND THE CHURCH.

There were great rejoicings on Tuesday at Reni-
shaw-hall, near Sheffield, on the coming of age of Sir
George Reresby Sitwell, the heir to the estates.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the uncle of Sir
George Sitwell, in responding to the toast of "The
Clergy," spoke of the intimate manner in which the
clergy of the Church of England were mixed up with
the joys and the sorrows of the people. He said
he looked upon the past with joyful anticipation
for the future. He was quite sure there were
good days in store for England and the Church.
The great thing for them, as clergymen of the
Church of England, was to impress upon themselves
and their people the necessity for holding and acting
together. It was an old saying that the Church and
the land must hold together, and his belief was that
if any evil happened to the one evil would happen to
the other also. Some people said that if there were no
bishops there would be no Kings and Queens; they
thought it very likely that if one went the other would
go. Let their religious and political opinions be what
they might, he believed they were all desirous that
this country should be as prosperous in the future as
it had been in the past.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

SAFETY IN THE WATER.

Writing to The Times on the above subject, " Rear-
Admiral " says:—

"When I first went to sea at the age of 12Ls years,
I fell overboard in the Bay of Biscay when the ship
was going 10 knots with studding sails set. A heavy
sea was running, and the Captain wrote that he'had
never known anyone saved under such circumstanees.'
"I had been taught to swim at Eton, where I had
gained some proficiency in diving for chalk eggs. This
practice gives a boy the two qualifications to which,
under Providence, I owe my life—first, that of not
being afraid when under water, being in the habit of
swimminc, about under water looking for the eggs
which had been scattered ; and, secondly, that of
treading water, for we used to come up with eight or
ten eggs, two or three being stowed under one's arm-
pits, and we had to retain them all and put them into
a punt or they did not count. My first sensation on
feeling myself in and under the water was to force my-
self in the customary way to the surface, and then, see.
ing the ship sailing away, and the lifeboat apparently
close to, to try the good straightforward breast stroke'
recommended by the hon. secretary of the Swimming
Association. Less than a minute convinced me of my
error. My cloth uniform was very heavy, as it was
mid-winter; I was losing all my strength, and filling
my nose and mouth with spoon drift.' I at once gave
it up, turned round, and trod the water as long as I
could, and when I could no longer do that, turned
on my back and floated, in which position I was picked
up by one of two cutters sent to search for me, as they
had lost sight of me from the ship. I will not take
up your space by praising the smartness of the ships
or speaking of the officer, still living, or crew who
manned that boat. My only object in writing is to

add my testimony to that in your issue of to-day, that
the art of sinking,' added to that of quietly waiting
—treading water and floating—till assistance can reach
you, will be found far more efficacious than wasting
power by swimming."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

POTATO.

Fair supplies. Old sorts sell very slowly, but good de-
mand for new. Old—Scotch regents, 808. ; champions. 603.
to 803. per ton; German reds, 38. 6d, to 4s. 6d.; Belgian
kidneys, 3s. 6d. per bag. Now—Jersey kidneys, us. to 12.5. ;
ditto rounds, Os. to 10s. ; Cherbourg rounds, 10. s. to us, per
cwt:

GAME AND POULTRY.
Fat ortolans, 2s. 6d. to 4a.; live quails, 9d. to is. 6d.;
pigeons, 64. to 9d. • Bordeaux ditto, is. 24. to is. ;
leverets, 2s. to 4s. ca.' ; rabbits, is. 6d. to 2s. 3d.; wild ditto,
54. to Bd.; ducks, 2s. 9d. to 55.; goslings, es. to 105:
chickens, Is 6.1. to 4.5,; large fowls, is. 9d. to 10s. ; haunches
of venison, 60s, to 86s. each; forequarters ditto, ifd. to Is.
per lb.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

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Postage.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

USE Ole ELECTRICITY IN SURGICAL
OPERATIONS.

Dr. George Buchanan, professor of chemical surgery
in the University of Glasgow, describes in the British
Medical Journal the applicatioq of Vaure's secondary
o storage battery to the removal of a nmvoid tumour
from the tongue, to which Sir W. Thomson referred
in his recent letter in The Times. He speaks of its
surgical application in very high terms, observing that
this contrivance, which enables one to carry stores of
powerful electricity iq a jar no bigger than an ordinary
preserving meat tin, will render the use of electricity
in surgery much more extended than heretofore. The
growth was very ascular and invaded the tongue almost
to the middle line. The tumour wr.ep removed' by a
platinum wire heated to incandescence by the use of
this electrical jar without the loss of a drep of blood.
_

Professor Buchanan speaks also at the same time of
the surgical use of Swan's electric light, of which Sir
William Thomson suggested to him the application at
the same time, and which he put to practical use on
that day in ti?,cl wars witll excellent eftect, employing
forthe purpose a Swan's electrc lamp. gven in a
ward of the hospital, where the bright sun could not
be effectually shut out, the translucency of the stric-
ture which it was desired to test for the purpose of
diagnosis was made apparent to every student.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN
ARMENIA.

A telegram from Constantinople says that further
particulars have been received here of the disastrous
earthquake. The details are still incomplete, but they
show tha catastrophe to have been of a heartrending
character. No fewer than thirty-four villages, situ-
ated east of Van, have been totally destroyed, the
havoc being terrible. The survivors fled in a body to
the mountains, where they are existing as best they
can, and are in the greatest distress. The loss of life
proves to be much greeter than at first reported, about
one hundred. The exact number of those who perished
cannot yet be ascertained. Captain Clayton, the
British Vice-Consul at Van, is busily engaged in dis-
tributing relief to the refugees, and has telegraphed
to the English Embassy here for aid. The Armenian
Patriarch has opened a subscription for the sufferers
and is collecting funds.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

MILITARY BALLOONING. ,

A paper was recently announced to be read before
the Balloon Society of Great Britain by M. Wilfrid
de Fonvielle, vice-presidant of the Societd d'Aerosta-
tion M4teorologique Paris, on "Military Ballooning,
Strategy, and Balloons." The author of the paper was
not able to be present, and it was read in English by
Mr. Reid. M. Wilfrid de Fonville has taken deep
interest in the science of ballooning, and gave a very in-
teresting account of the progress of military ballooning
both in France and England, and of the various forms
of construction which have been suggested and adopted
from time to time for captive balloons and fire
balloons, pointing out the changes in construction
which he considered best. The time was probably
not far distant when the channels so admirably
adapted for aeronautic manceuvres would become the
battle-field for interesting experiments, opening to
aerial navigation unexpected prospects: He and
others had taken part in an aeronautical tourna-
ment in the month of October last, which ter-
minated in their descending in Belmonton Bay. M.
de Fonvielle also adverted to the attempts that
had been made to utilize steam and other me-
chanical appliances as guiding and propelling
powers. He offered many useful hints to aeronauts
for their information and guidance. Special
attention was directed to the question of the re-
quirements needed for the construction and utilization
of balloons designed for military purposes, and the
special uses for which they might be rendered appli-
cable. The paper displayed much research, but many
portions of it were necessarily of a very technical cha-
racter. After the paper had been read, Mr. W. H.
Le Fevre, CE., who presided, proposed a vote of
thanks to M. de Fonvielle, which was carried by
acclamation, and the meeting separated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

WHAT SHALL WE DRINK ?

No doubt the saying from the East that ' water
tsusubbilisittitu a
is hest" are words of wisdom; yet all are not of the
mind to use water " netq " We are artificial in
our tastes and sentitnent, and having to meet pre-
jt,f2eswforrecthetopstes
o
WO ('fl,
useful
exciting and mischief-making drinks now commonly
in use, promising that the demand for cool and
at the same time 8 ligiciy stimulating beverages is
natural, especially in summer time. Heat causes
evaporation from the outly, and those who are
engaged in active exercise, or who are employed i-L
to
as
pleasant weltz s

close rooms, ot tho pen silushine, require fluid to
replace tb It slto,lo, also be remembered
that much fluid i 7 a cause of profuse perspiration,
and ultimately of thirst. Persons who are always
p; re vs tfd Wier slowly sipped
will q- c(t th t niust for a far longer period than if
taken in !are dri,nghts at once. All alcoholics,
whether in the form of beer, brandy-and-soda„ or
wine, or eider, &o , ultiqiately increase the thirst,
injure the liver, and render the drinker liable to
sunstroke and other forms of injury to the brain
and nervous systcm generally. Iced beverages
should be indulged in carefully. Tempting as they
are, they are not without danger; and they interfere
with digestion by lowering the temperature of the
stomach.

As a drink for mankind let us specially mention
pure cool water A few slices of lemon in wuter
make a most healthful and refreshing beverage.
The lemon should be squeezed till most of its juice
is mixed with the water, and then two tor three
slices of the peel should be added. The acidity aLd
the slight bitterness render the water thirst-quench-
ing. A goodsized lemon or two will flavour half a
gallon of water. Sugar may be added in small
quantities if desired, but the less the better; or
boiling water poured on a sliced lemon, sugar added,
strained, and drunk cold, is much approved.
Tea, coffee, and cocoa are all liked in harvest
work, cocoa being the more nutritious, Tea of good
quality, and made good, to which cold water may
be added, is a handy and favourite beverage.
Travellers and sportsman allow this to he a refresh-
ing drink. Bark*, water, with a slight flavour of
lemon, is nice in health and in sickness; and butter-
milk. when it can be obtained.

For heavy labour, either agricultural or mechani-
cal, nothing is so sustaining as oatmeal drink, in
the proportion of lib of mealboiled in three gallons
of water. to which is added a little brown sugar.
This may be used either N, arm or cold, but should
be 'well shaken before taken," as the oatmeal
subsides to the bottom. Those who are engaged in
w ,rk far from home will find oatmeal, stirred into
coal water and drunk off Scotch fashion, a good
support.
F. J. T.
[From the TEMPERANCE REconn, ,Tune 2, 1881.]
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

THE NEW FRENCH TARIFF.

A return was is3ued on Wednesday giving in Eng-
lish weights and money the import duties now leviable
in France upon live stock and agricultural produce,
and those which would be leviable under the new
general French tariff.
In comparing the rates of Custom duty to be levied
in France on live stock and agricultural produce under
the new general o,riff wiidi the duties under the pre-
set conventional tariff, it will be noticed that only a
few descriptions of live animals are enumerated in the
conventional tariff, the greater number consequently
having been subject to the rates of the old general
tariff.

As regard the duties mi imrsga, there has been a
small red on and a large one in mules; but the
diltizz on most other kinds of live stock have been
increased, oxen now paying 12s. each instead of
2s. 1.1 d., and cows 6s. sd. instead ot is. Live and
dead game, fowls, and turtles, moreover, pay Bs, pu
cwt. instead of being free of duty as formerly,

Fresh butchers' meat pAys a new duty of is. 3d.
per cwt., and the rates on preserved meat and extracts
are also laised. Skins, wool, and horse hair are still
free. Cheese, both hard and soft, are to pay double
their former duties, and a new duty of ss. 2d. per cwt.
is imposed on fresh butter, while that on salt butter
has been increased.

Coming to vegetable products the small duties of
3d. per Qwt, on wheat and 6d. on wheat flour, are un-
,ltered, other corn being still free. Rice has been
made free. Truffles—not an article of much agricul-
tural interest to this country—are to pay a new duty
of per cwt. ; and lastly, the rate on hops has been
increased from ss. to 6s. per cwt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

EMIgRATION TO THE UNITED
STATES.

The New York Correspendent of the Daily News writes
"The Emigration Office receives numerous letters
daily from railroad managers, builders, coal and iron
mining companies, cotton, wool, and silk manufac-
facturers, in fact from almost every branch of in-
dustry, reciuesting men, women, and families to be
forwarded at once. The demand for mechanics and
labourers of all kinds still exceeds the supply. The
nriusually good quality of the artisans among the
inuiligrants this year has stimulated the demand for
them. They are found to better trained than those
now here."

Negotiations aro reported for &unpromising the
differenoes between the New York Emigration Com-
missioners and the foreign steamship companies about
the support of Castle Garden emigrant stati,n by the
steamships paying 50 cents for each emigrant landed.
the steamship interests being also represented on the
Conamission controlling, the station. .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

DEATH OF A PENINSULAR VETERAN.

The small band cf surviving Peninsular officers has
been still further reduced by the death of Captain
Cranstoun George Ridout, formerly of the 11th
Light Dragoons, son of Captain John Christopher
Ridout, of the 46th Regiment. Captain Ridout,
joined the 11th Light Dragoons when that regiment
was quartered at Doncaster, in 1801, he being then
only 15 years of age. He remained with his regiment
for six years, and then, in 1807, was appointed to the
staff of his uncle, Sir John Floyd, in Ireland.
After the Peninsular War broke out he rejojned
the 11th, on its being ordered for active service
in 1811, and sailed with it from Cork for Lisbon
in February of that year. The 11th were sent to
France in 1815, but Captain Ridout being on leave in
order to be married, was not present at the battle of
Waterloo. However, he was with the regiment for
three years in the army of occupation in Paris, and
came back to England with them in 1819, when he
exchanged to the 2nd Life Guards, and finally retired
from ilia servioe in 1825. In the course of the
Peninsular War he was present at the affair of
El Bocion, at the siege of Badajoz, and the taking of
Ciudad Rodrigo. At El Boden he commanded the
right squadron of the 11th, and chared the French
cavalry no less than ten *las, having two horses shot
under bim4 411,1 °ldly himself escaping unhurt owing
to the course of a bullet being turned by the Bible he
carried in his valise. On that occasion his regiment
(in common with the others that were engaged) was
publicly thanked by the Duke of Wellington for the
"memorable example they afforded of what can be
effected by steadiness, discipline, and confidence,"
Cantain Ridout married, in 1815, Lonisa, daughter
of Dr. George Heath, Head-mastcir of Eton and Canon
of Windsor. He was the posisesor of one of the Cum-
berland Medals, of which only four were struck after
the battle of Culloden, and which he inherited from
his father, to whom it had been bequeathed as next-
of-kin by his uncle, Lieutenant-General \Wen, brother
of Sir Christcphzr Wren, the architect of St. Paul's.
Captain Ridout had lived for the last thirty years at
Brighton, where he expired on the 3rd inst. in the
ninety-sixth year of his age.—Obituary of The Times,
June 15.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

THE DIVISION ON SIR W. LAWSON'S
RESOLUTION.

In Tuesday night's division the majority for Sir
W. Lawson's resolution included Mr. Bright, Mr.
Forster, Mr. Hibbert, Mr. Dodson, Mr. Law, Mr.
Goschen, Mr. Playfair, Mr. Trevelyan, the Lord Advo-
cate, the Lord Mayor, Sir A. Lusk, Mr. Firth, Sir F.
Herschel, Mr. 0. Morgan, Mr. Mundella, Mr. Grant-
Duff, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Donald Currie, Mr. Rylands,
Mr. Labouchere, and Mr. Slagg. In the minority there
voted Mr. Gladstone, Lord F. Cavendish, Lord R.
Grosvenor, Mr. W. H. Smith, Mr. Talbot, Lord G.
Hamilton, Sir W. Dyke, Mr. Alderman Fowler, Sir
R. Lindsay, Alderman Cotton, Lord Elcho, Sir J.
Hogg, Earl Percy, Mr. Shaw, Lord H. Lennox, Sir
H. Wolff, and Mr. Gorst. When the local option
resolution was brought forward in the late Parliament,
just prior to the dissolution, it was rejected by 273
votes to 185. The general election, therefore, effected
a complete change in the attitude of the House of
Commons upon this question.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

THE "LITTLE WESTERN."

In London, on Tuesday afternoon, the tiny craft
named the Little Western, which last year made the
voyage from Gloucester, Massachusetts, to London, in
forty-nine days, with a crew of two men, started from
the foot of Westminster Bridge to make her return
journey. The embankment, for some distance alon,,
the river-front of St. Thomas's Hospital, was crowded',
as was also the bridge itself, with spectators curiously
interested in the circumstances of this adventurous
voyage.

Claiming to be the smallest vessel that ever crossed
tke Atlantic, this mere cockboat has probability on
the side of her boast. There were sailors before
Columbus, who may possibly have performed tke
daring cruise in galleys no bigger than a Welsh
coracle; for it is the opinion of some who have made
a study of comparative history that all recorded dis-
coveries, in the cause of civilised geography, were anti-
cipated in remote times by people almost as wild as
the savages they found inhabiting the lands of
their invasion. But, so far as chronicles will
show, the Little Western is undoubtedly the
smallest ship whose Atlantic log was ever printed
for the edification and wonder of an age in
which every one, standing, sitting, or running,
reads. /Ter dimensions are 16ift. over all ;
13gt. keel ; and 61ft. beam. Her appear-
ance on Tuesday, in clean white paint, with
a blue deck-strake—for of bulwarks she showed
not a vestige—was neat and trim. While she lay at
moorings, boats came alongside, full of admirers,
anxious to shake hands with the courageous crew,
Fred Norman and George Thomas, and to wish them
a safe and pleasant voyage to New York, for which
port they are now bound.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

CRICKET.

HART'S HILL UNION JACK V. ST. JOTIN'S WHITE
ROSE. - This match was played on the ground
of the former and after a pleasant game ended m a
win for the home team by 12 runs. The play of P.
Chance and W. Wall was excellent. The howling
ot . Perkins and W. Wall was very good owing to
the ground. The following is the score :
_

HART'S HILL
T. Chelton, b Wall
J. Woodcock, b Perkins
S. Chelton. b Wall 0
D. Price, b Perkins
J. Brooks, b Perkins 1
C. Murray, b Perkins .
T. Mooney, b Wall 0
S. Archer, b Perkins
J. Kemp, b P. Chance
F. Taylor, not out
G. Tams, run out
Extras 8

Total .
Sr. JOHN'S WHITE ROSE.

B. Squires, c Murray, b Camp 3
C. Chance, c Woodcock b Camp
W. Wall, b Chelton
P. Chance, b Chelton l6
S. Blakemore, c Murray b Camp 0
T. Perkins, c Taylor b Camp
N. Porter. c Taylor, b Cheiton 0
J. Green, run out
J. Homer, b Camp 0
A. E. Staples, not out ... 7
T. Wall, e Chelton b Camp 0
Extras

Total

POETRY
ON THE DEATH OF BEACONSFIELD,

SJ he is gone; the honoured and the great;
Regretted much by all who are alike,
Our Country's friends and his and justly so,
For few so well deserve a nation's praise,
Our Country's truest welfare ever sat.
Enthroned within his heart; in cause of which,
He spared nut time or strength,
Rewarded by the friendship of our truly noble Queen,
Who ne'er is slow true worth to recognize.
He had his enemies—fur what great man.
Is there who has them not.
But until they can ehew a brain more fertile—r a
heart more true,
Unto this Country and its Empress—Queen,
Let them keep silence. We, his friends need not
To do so, while with life aud voice we're blessed
To tell his fame. And though we mourn him doad
He yet within our grateful hearts shall live
For age. And in the records of our land
His name with deeds of greatness shall appear
And let his life at least one lesson teach
Alike to Friend or Foe :—To make the most
Of talents given us by God to use
For His great glory end our fellow's good.
JANE FOXALL,
b'tourbridge,
May, 188
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

TRUE HEROISM AND DEVOTION.

To the list of courageous heroic women should he
added the name of Mrs. Smith, widow of the band-
master of the 94th Regiment. She was present at the
massacre of Bronkorst Spruit ; and from a letter
written by an eye-witness of that melancholy affair we
learn that "her conduct was such as to elicit general
admiration. She attended the wounded men under
fire, tearing up her dress to make bandages for those
who were bleeding to death." And Colonel Bellairs
afterwards published the following District order:—
"Pretoria, April 5. The officer commanding desires
to thank Mrs. Smith, widow of the bandmaster of the
94th Regiment, for the good service she rendered
at Bronkorst Spruit fight, in assisting the wounded.
Mrs. Smith was herself present in the midst of the
action ; but, though surrounded by dead and dying, she
in a courageous way set about alleviating the sufferings
of the wounded, and for upwards of three months has
continued to be unremitting in attention upon them
under very trying circumstances. Such true heroism
and devotion merit recognition and high praise.
Colonel Bellairs, therefore, takes the opportunity of
Mrs. Smith's returning to England publicly to refer
to the good acts she has performed." It is to be hoped
that such humanity and courage will not be allowed
to pass without substantial recognition.—Se. James's
Gazette,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

BLAIR'S GOUT PILLS.

THE GREAT ENGLISH RETIIEDY
FOR GOUT AND RIIEUDIATISM.

TUE exert:elating pain is quickly reilieved and cured
in a feN days by this celobrated
,ese. Pills require no restraint of diet durinq their
USC, and are certain to prk-Nent the discase att.:(ticing any
vital part.—Sold by all Chemists, at Is. lid.
per box.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

CITY OF LONDON CHURCHES AND

C RAPE LS.

On Monday the St. James's Gazette published a
census of t4e copgreg,ations 9f 57 churches anol 15
Nonconformist chapzls in the City of London. The
attendance at St. Paul's Cathedral (1950), and the
Temple Church (055) are also given, but not included
in the total. There are in addition 4 churches and 1
chapel closed. In commenting upon the census the
St. James's Gazette says :

It was taken on Sunday, the Ist of lk,lay and it
shows how many • people attenited service in all the
City churches; the number of persons each church can
accommodate; how the various congregations were
made up ; the cost of ministration, so tar as the income
of the clergy goes ; with some other detailed informa-
tion of an interesting and surprising character.
Front this tablp it will be s,een that on this Ist a Llay,
deducting officials and their families, choristers,
school-children, and so forth, there was in one church
a genuine congregation of 10 persons ; in another of
0; in another of ;in another of 4; in another of 2.
Further, it will be seen that of 57 City churches, only
11 had a congregation (with the above-mentioned
deductions) of over a hundred persons; and that
in more than 1-141 f the clp4rphea there were not
fifty of such worshippers. Next, it may be
noted, there were 706 choristers to sing to a
total congregation (always with the aforesaid de-
ductions) of 3,853 a very large number of these
choristers being hired • that the tt tal income of the
clergy who ministered t the total ge, eral congregation
of 3,853 was, according to one authority, more than
£36,000; according to another nearly £42,000. After
looking at these and some other interesting figures,
attention should be given to the returns of attendance
at the Nonconformist chapels on the same day; from
which it appears that the total general congregation in
15 chapels nearly equalled the congregations in the 57
churches.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

WINTER FOOD FOR CATTLE.

What may turn out to be a useful hint is given to
British agriculturists by Consul Henderson in his
commercial report on Boston for the past year (re-
marks the St. James's Gazette). He states that farmers
in different parts of the United States have recently
turned their attention to the subject of "ensilage," or
the preservation of green food for cattle as winter
food. The last named invented for this fodder is
" cowkraut :" and it is prepared by cutting green
fodder of different kinds when well matured, chopping
it into lengths of about an inch, and storing ani press-
ing it down in watertight pits, which are afterwards
made air-tight also. It is stated, on what seems to be
unobjectionable evidence, that this food is eagerly
eaten by cUtle, and produces the highest " condi-
tion " in them; that with much cows it increases the
quantity of milk far beyond dry food ; and that having
undergone a slight fermentation, it improves the
quality of the milk even as compared with the same
fodder fresh from the field.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

MR. BRINTON, M.P., A.T KIDDERMINSTER

Mr. Briuton addressed a meeting of his constitu-
ents in the Town Hull, Kidderminster, on. ruesday
night. He said it was twelve months since they
had returned him with a triumphant majority, and
he assured them it had been his aim to discharge
his duties faithfully and concientioutly. Amongst
the things the present Government had
to undertake was the undoing of the wrong policy
of the previous Government. There was a plan of
legislative action towards Ireland to be laid down,
and then there were their engagements with our
arms and Colonies which had to be put in suitable
form, and there were the very important measures
ot finance which the Government had to settle after
six years of Conservative rule. Home affairs Ns ere
neglected, our foreign and Colonial relations were
embroiled, and our finances were in contusoin, and
the Liberal Government had done all in their
power to remedy that. In home affairs they had
passed the Employers' Liability Bill and the
Ground Game Act, and they had repealLd the
malt-tax. He defended the foreign policy of the
Government, and said we had a better natural
frontier in Northern India than we could have in
Afghanistan. The Government had also done
their best in the Transvall. He reviewed the
!lid' Land Bill, and said it was imperative it
should be passel this session, aud he did not believe,
after the great majotity by which it was passed on
the second reading in the Hou,e of Commons, that
the Lords would dare to throw it out. He regretted
that Mr Bradlaugh had offered to take the oath on
the second oceaiion, after he had refused to do BO
on the first, but he believed it was the Constitutional
right of any duly el, cted member to sit in the
House of Commons.—A vote of ccnfidence in Mr. i
Brinton was pas-ed. and n aswer to a question,
he said he would support an inquiry into perpetual
pensions.—A subsequent resolution was carried
urging the Government to carry the Land Bill,
and to oppose all attempts that might be made to
obstruct or mutilate it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

EMIGRATION FROM GERMANY.

A correspondent of the Pall Jrall Gazette writes from

Leipsic as follows :

The emigration statistics of Germany are engaging
the serious attention of the Imperial Chancellor, who
has submitted to the Bundesrath tables showing that
during the year 1880 no fewer than 11,454 young men
liable to military service quitted the Fatherland for
America. As the exodus during the past year
was nothing beyond the common, whereas
this season the numbers s.re assuming really
alarming proportions, it seems likely that the
military service will be deprived of at least 20,000
young men. The worst feature of the case of course is
that the emigration of this class means a twofold loss
to the country—the sinew and backbone of the land
are leaving it, and the aged, infirm, and children are
left behind. It is not a little remarkable perhaps that
the chief exodus seems to be from Prussia. Bavaria,
with a population equal to one-ninth of the whole of
of Germany, only supplies one-twentieth of the emi-
grants, seeming to demonstrate the fact that life in the
South is not quite so unendurable as in Prussia it-
self.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

CORN AS FUEL.

It is almost with a feeling of awe that English people
read now and again of the use of corn in America as
fuel (says the Evening standard). To our thinking,
the idea of burning good corn is almost sacrilege, and
we have, most of us, had the privilege of reading Hans
Anderson's story of "The Girl who Trod upon Bread."
But the lowa State Register puts the matter in such a
way as to make it clear that the duty of some people
is to uze cam as fuel, and that to import coal for the
purpose would be wicked waste. In the first place, it has
been ascertained that corn in the ear is capital stuff
for burning. It is well suited to stoves made for
either hard or soft coal, and is at its best in cooking
stoves. In the Tatter of fuel they have in lowa a
choice between importing coal, growing wood, or
growing corn to burn. Now at a very little distance
off the noes of railway the cost of imported coal puts
it out of the competition, and it is contended that
between corn and wood the preference must be given
to the former. An acre of corn can be raised for
about six dollars, including the rent of the land.
Fifty bushels of corn, which we may take as a fair
average crop, will weigh 3,5001 b., or the equivalent of
about a ton fand three-quarters of soft coal. But the
value of corn, away from the railroads, last winter
was but 15 cents the bushel, and that would be as
cheap for fuel as soft coal at four dollars the ton. The
argument, so stated, seems unanswerable, however
opposed it may be to our prejudices. But it is an
argument which the English farmer, if -he be
capable of enjoying malice, may view with a
feeling of some satisfaction. Corn whioh is
raised at no more than six dollars the acre,
including rent, may be trusted to be taking a good
deal more out of the soil than is represented by that
amount of money, or than will go back in ashes. If
corn lands are freely used to grow corn for fuel, and
their harvests duly burnt instead of finding their way
into the market, the owners of the land are likely to
find, when they come within the area of competition,
that they have burnt more than they bargained for,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

A Boston writer in his native language thus speaks
of an oyster :—" The cooling morsel of deglutition, in its
saline baptism, comes to the alimentary with an assurance
of health from external atmospheres."

Mark Twain says that nothing seems to please a fly
so much as to be taken for a huckleberry; al if it can be
baked in a cake and palmed off on the unwary as a currant
it dies
.happy.
A farmer who came home suddenly to New England.
from Texas, as a reason for his hasty exit from that South-
Western State said: " I was attacked with a fever, and my
physician began trying on my clothes as soon as he wrote a
prescription, and nay hired man be'l;an to pack up my loose
property before he'd mix the medicine. That cured me of
my malarial fever, and of my Texas fever also."
After the officials of a Xansas town had vainly en-
deavoured to disperse a mob, a minister mounted a box and
made the simple announcement: " A collection will now be
taken up." The result can be easily guessed.

Josh Billings has this playful illusion to see-saw;
" I saw a blind wood-sawyer. While none ever saw birn see,
thousands have seen him slim,
People who object to elaborate weddings should go
to lowa, U.S., where a marriage wa3 recently celebrnted
with the following brief ceremony :—The happy pair were
told to join their right hands, and then asked, "Do you want
one another?" Both replied "Yes." "Well, then you have
one nnother ; "and the couple were man and wife.

Economy is wealth. And it cqrmot be ten fucibly
brought to the minds of young married foil:8, that if they
are as economical in some respects—such as both sitting on
one chair, (tc —after the event as they were before, they
cannot well sail of becoming wealthy.

" I never argy agin a success," said the late Artimus
Ward ; "when I see a rattlesnaix's bead sticking out of a
hole, I bear off to the left, and say to myself, 'That hole
belongs to that snaix."

"When we are old, Claude, we shall still be lovers,"
she said, gazing into his eyes with the rapture of a gifted
woman who writes poetry for the Boston papers. "The
warm hues of our youthful affection shall never fade, but
only grow brighter as we draw nearer the sunset. We shall
still sit out in the hush of the summer eves and feed our
souls on the poetry of the stars, shall we not?" "Well
hardly," answered Claude, "unless you want me to remain up
till daybreak basting your old back with arnica."
. .
A young man in I'ennsyivarna 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.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-18

THE IVIARKEi2S,

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEZ—MoNDAY.
Full average supplies came to hand, and they were amply
sufficient to meet requirements. Foreign stock was more
freely offered. The receipts of beasts from our own grazing
districts were about the same as usual, both in respeot to
numberitml condition. A slow inquiry prevailed, and prices
were rather weak for superior qualities. The best Scots and
crosses sold at 4s. Iod. to Ss. per UK From Norfolk, Suffolk,
and Essex we received about 1,600, from the Midland and
Home counties about 500, and from t,eotland 51. On the
foreign side there was a good show of beasts; about 850
American were offered, besides Danish, Spanish, and Swedish.
The trade was dull at drooping priees. The sheep pens were
rather more freely supplied. Not much activity was
observed in the demand, and prices were about the same.
The best Downs and half-breds sold at 6s. to 6s. 21. per 81b.
Lambs were quiet, at 7s. 6d. to Bs. 4d. per 81b. Calves and
pigs realised about late rates. At Deptford there were about
2,000 beasts, and 9,000 sheep and lambs. inferior beasts,
4s. to 4s. 6:1. •, second quality, 48. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; prime large
oxen, 42. 81. to 48. Dd. ; prime Scots, 4s 101 to to. ; inferior
sheep, 4s. 01 to 51 ; second quality, is. to is. 6d.; prima
coarse woolled, be. 10d. to 6s. • prime Soutlidowns, 6s. to
6a. 2d. ; large coarse calves, to. ed. to 6s. ; prime small ditto,
65ss:
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111:T11OPOLITAY MEAT MARKET.—MONDAY.

There was only a moderate supply of meat. Trade dull,
prices drooping. Inferior beef, 2s. Od. to 3s. ; middling ditto,
Ss. 4d. to 43. ; prime large ditto, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ; prime large
ditto, 4s. 2,1. to 4s. 441. ; prime small ditto, is. 4d. to Is. 6(1.
veal, ss. to 6s. 8 I.; inferior mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. ; middling
ditto, 48. 41. to ss. 4(1.; prime ditto, Be. 4d. Os. 2d. • largo
pork, 33. Sd. to 45.; small pork, 48. 4d. to 4s. Bd. :lamb,
7s. 4d. to Bs. per 81b. by the carcase.
HOP.

The hop market is quieter, not much is doing, but quota.
tions for all choice qualities are maintained. The late rains
have been of a great benefit to the gardens, but a higher
temperature is now required.. A correspondent writing from
Alsace, describes the prospect there as very good. Kent,
1880, £4 to £7; Sussex, 1880, a 18s. to £6 ; Farnham, 184:0,
47 to £7 158. ; Farnham (countr)) 1880, £6 12s. to £7 10a. ;
American, 1880, £4 10a. to £6 10s. ; Belgian, 1880, £2 14s. to
; English, 1879, £2 10s. to £4 ; foreign, 1879, 10s. to
; old, all kinds, 10s. to 42 per cwt.