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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

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For farther h horneta.. a i.ple to
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Selenium Agent

Tlie Use of
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The Delight of the Laundress,
The Admiration of the Beholder,

And the romfod of the Wearer.

As iris AS/TOUGIIT TO BE
In ' Tide Timm' of Jan. ph, 'At the Docks, where
Dr. II ASSALL Writtl: Ilernintan's Tear are in
" I have made a turtheribond, I took samples from
analysis of tea; otiS samples, .
0.000 found jobs chests, which I
ed. They were all artiticiAlly analysed St found perfeztly
coloured with Prussian blue, pugE„ and free from the
turmeric,& a mineral powder.
Ths substances used in facing M"al artifi'
sea servo no useful purpose, the quality li,!ing equally
but render practicable other satiSlaglory.. t.t. 19. Ors.
more serious adulterations." 'A. H. .11 D.
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Dy,:it. the Friuli...tit Wut
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Workmen's Watch Club.. %Lich enable... members to
obtain at WHOLESALE LIsT d'hILES. his celebrotta'
Silver Watches by the payment of as low a 'dim as 1
weekly, the advantage to ...obit g men and tiers,.o
obtaining good watches on ruch easy temt is fully In
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any party wishing to obtain the ihitrisfreineeit of • Club
can obtain particulars by po.t. or otherwise, on applies,.
ton a. shore. 11,45 systom has proved great boon to
thousands of the members as tending to encourage pro
vident habits mud enabling them to obtain valuable
stokes wi Iliut tail e ii ,iiuiflcl to thin.
elves.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

Weakness, Languor, and Debility.

These famous Pills will immediately retneve all aria
toots of debility, languor, sod weakens, no matter tile
cause, as they quickly eject all impurities from the
system, give tore and energy to debilitated constitutions,
and brace and strengthen the nervous system an a moat
wonderful manner.

Biliousness, Loss of Appetite, and Lowness of
Spots.

The Pills etrest a wonderful:change in persons subje e
tobilious attack, as they create a healthy appetite, co:
rack indigestion, remove excess of bile. and effectually
cure jaundice, bilious remittenta, and all the mists to
disease generated by an unhealthy condition of the live
The Kidneys—'fheir berangement and Curs.
If these Pills be used according to the printed direction
and the Ointment rubbed over the region of the kidneys
for at least half an boor at bed time, as salt is forced into
meat, it will penetrate the kidneys and correct any de.
rangement. Should the affliction be ston, or gravel, it
is particularly recommended that the Oints...dit, in such
cases, be used night and morning, ashy its judicious ap.
plicatiou the most astounding cures may be performed.

The Pi and Ointniebt are sold at Professor flobbo•
MAT'S Establishment. 533, Ozford-it., Lonuun ; also by
nearly every respectabie Vendor of Medicine throughout
the Civilian i World, in Boars and Pots, at Is lid, 2m hd,
ts .6d, Ils, 22m, and 33m each. The smallest Box of
Pills contains four dozen; and the smallest Pot of Oint•
tent one ouoce.
Full printed directions are affixed to each Boa and Pot
and can be bad in arty language, even in Turkish, Arabic.
Armenian, YetPuLu or Lliineme

EIiVOUS DEBILI'I Y.—Gratis a Medical
\I WORK, showng sufferers h,,ts the) roe:: be
wlthuot the aid of quacks. Free on receipt of
postage stamps. Address, Secretary, Institute of
Anatomy, Btruungham.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

SUICIDE OF AN INDIAN OFFICER.

The Bombay Gazette of March 16 says :—The saddest
event which has occurred in Bombay during the past
week is the suicide of Major Holland, R. E., in
Watson's Esplanade Hotel. It appears that on Thurs-
day morning he went to a chemist's shop and bought
prussic acid, alleging that the poison was intended to be
used for certain experiments with animals. In the
evening his absence from places of resort in the hotel
was noticed, and his room was forcibly entered. He
as then discovered half lying on the bed, quite dead.
A coroner's jury was empannelled next morning, and
the verdict returned was suicide while temporarily
insane. Several witnesses stated that they had
noticed nothing at all extraordinary in Major Holland's
demeanour a few days before his death, but it also
came out that he had latterly been very much troubled
about certain official matters. Eigla years ago he was
partially in charge f the erection of barracks in
llelgaum ; lately these have fallen into a ruinous con-
dition, and in consequence he was dismissed from
service in the Public Works Department. This
preyed greatly uj.,n his mind, anddoubtless it was the
overmastering conviction that his prospects were
ruined which caused him to take away his life. He
has left a wife and two children.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

gocat aitb istrict getirs.

COUNTY COURT.

AN IMPORTANT MINERS' WAGES CASE.

At the County Court, on Thursday, befote
Mr. R. Kettle, Judge, the case of Roberts and
Knowles v. Messrs. Event and Sous, proprietors
of the Homer Hill Colliery, Croaky, was heard
in the private room of the judge, Mr. Stokes ap-
pearing for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Perry on be-
half of the defendants. The case was partially
heard at the last sitting of the Court, but was
thou adjourned for the production of toe pay
book. The action raised the question of wages
p uid to miners engaged in the lower ineasuree.
The plaintiffs were formerly engaged in the top
measures, but were asked to go and work in the
lower measures. They refused to do so unless a
guarantee were given that they would receive
increased remuneration. A deputation waited
upon the masters, and they agreed to give them
whatever was the lower measures' price, without
stating what that sum was. The men went to
work, and at the end of the fortnighht claimed
5s lid per day, which they contended was the
wage paid for lower measures. The employers
refused to give more than ss, alleging that such
was tue usual price. On Monday moruiug the
men went to the pits, hut before descending the
shafts asked whether they were to receive Sc or
58 61 per day, to which they were informed that
the.;rate of wages would be 5s per day only.
They refused to go to work, and were immedi-
ately dismissed from the employ of tne defend-
ants. The action was now brought to recover a
fortnight's waces for improper dismissal, to-
gether with the sixpence per day extra for the
fortnight during which they were employed in
the lower measures. Evidence was given by
some of the men engaged at the pits that they
had been receiving 5s 61 per day for working in
those measures, and upon the defendants' books
being produced, this statement was proved cor-
rect. The defendants alleged that the wen who
had been receiving Sc 6d per day were " supe-
rior" workmen, but the Judge held that they
had no right to make that distinction, and gave
a verdict for the plaintilD for the full amount.
The decision in this case, we understand,
would affect the position of a uutnkr of miners
if the pits were at the present time at work.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

TRADES UNIONS AND CO-OPERATION.

The Daily Telegraph (in a leader) thinks it strange
that "the unions have from some occult motive pre-
ferred to carry on hostilities against employers rather
than to turn their flank by becoming in part their own
masters. To the present hour, though most of the
unions are now of old standing, not one in a hundred
has ever thought of building or even hiring permanently
a place of meeting ; they still depend for the most part
on the interested and often injurious hospitality of the
public-house. Why should we not see London studded
with dining-rooms, built and managed by the work-
men themselves —places for cheap and wholesome re-
freshment, for trade meetings, for evening resort,
saving them from dear and bad refreshments of all
kinds, and from the temptations of a 'host ' who
offers gratuitous shelter, and expects, in return, hand-
some orders for drink! Is the organisation of these
societies unable to go out of the old ruts! Why con-
fine their tasks to the conduct of strikes and the
payment of pensions? Why not enrich their common
funds by safe and obvious enterprises such as these!
Even amongst the middle classes waste of fuel and
bad cooking make housekeeping frightfully dear.
According to Captain Galton, five-sixths of our coal
is wasted—with better grates five million tons of
fuel would do the work that now takes thirty-
two millions; and the nation would thus save about
L'25,000,000 sterling a year. We, in fact, annually
destroy with our pokers nearly the interest of our na-
t. 1 debt, and have had dishes and grimy cities for
our reward. Such artisans' dining halls might also be
schools of cookery for their daughters and wives, who
now know next to nothing of the secrets of thrift and
taste that make many a French house a real home.
This, too, is a kind of co-operation in which the upper
and middle classes have led the way. They have their
clubs and large restaurants; why should the working
men keep up their miserable, isolated, and compara-
tively expensive meals! The evil of bad cooking is
more obvious in their ease; their need is greater; why
should the remedy be delayed!"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

LYE.

TIIE LATE ELECTION RIOTS.-At the Worcester
Sessions, on Tuesday, before Mr. It. H. Harring-
ton, Samuel Taylor (on bail), was indicted for
having, on the 12th February, at the Lye, as-
sisted at a riot. Mr. Cooke appeared for the pro.
sedition, and Mr. Selfe for the defence. Mr.
Superintendent Freeman gave evidence showing
that on the day of the East Worcestershire elec-
tion there was rioting at the Lye, and vary con-
siderable disturbance. Stones and sticks were
used freely, and numerous attacks were made on
the police, who were compelled to charge tha mob.
Several constables were injured, the Riot Act was
read, and the web, which was composed of several
thousand persons, were very turbulent and vio-
lent. Martha Rea, wife of Police-sergeant Rea,
deposed to seeing defendant throwing stones with
others at the place where the police were stationed.
Several police-constables gave evidence, showing
that the prisoner took a very activepart in leading
the mob. For the defence an alibi was set up,
several witnesses being called to prove that pri-
soner was not at the Lye at the time at which it
was alleged he had participated in the rioting.
Superintendent Freeman recalled, said that after
the election prisoner absconded, and did not re-
turn to the Lye until three weeks after the sum-
mons had been issued, when he surrendered him-
self. Prisoner's father said he went into Derby-
shire to look for work. The Jury acquitted the
prisoner, believing it to be a case of mistaken
identity.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

THE OBSTINATE GOAT!

The only drawback to the suoceas of the review of
the Ashantee troops by the Quash in Windsor Great
Park on Monday wsa the conduct of the goat belonging
to the 23rd Fusiliers, who obstinately refused, in spite
of threats anal entreaties, to join the regiment in the
march past, and even, it is said, went (10 fa* as to
" butt " the shins of the warriors who attempted to
reason with him, and induce him to alter the in-
convenient decision he had arrived et (ssys the Pail
Mall (Ja:ette). If it is tree, ea statcd, th4t the goat
had only joined the regitm.nt two hours previously at
the ralway station, having been carted thither by
command of her Majesty as a present it,. the .i‘usiliere,
there Is some excuse for Ma condos', tor he had boareely
had time to amiaito aay psi notion of the nature of
military diseiplitie ; and, under any circumstances, it
is imposaible not to admire an animal who thus held his
own against a band of conquerors flushed with victory
and unaccustomed to find themselves in the position of
a defeated force. To be thus bearded in the presewe of
Royalty by an insignificant animal nr.:st, no doubt, for
the moment have been galling in the extreme to the
gallant regiment ; bat they may take comfort from the
reflection that the whole British army, with Sir Garnet
Wolseley at its head, would probably have been
powerless to cope successfully with the goat, whose
tactics might have baled Moltke himself and reduced

the German legions to despair. The secret of these
tactics. lav in the application of the principle " I
won't. Not even arbitration would have moved the
goat one hair's breadth from the line of conduct he had
marked out for himself. Before the bravest soldiers in
England. within earshot of its wisest councillors, and
in sight of the sovereign upon whose dominions the
sun never sets, the goat, from sheer force of character,
remained master of the situation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

OUTBREAK OF CONVICTS.

At Portland Convict Prison, on Monday, two
warders, Mitchell and Lisney, were conducting a gang
of twelve prisoners from exercise to their cells, when
the convicts sprang upon the officers, who were in-
stantly felled to the ground. The convicts then cont.
menced kicking, andthe officers struggling to get their
swords but two of the gangran off and raised an alarm.
Assistance arriving, the convicts, who by that time had
inflicted desperate wounds on the officers, rushed into
the hall, and shut themselves in cells. Five got into
one'cell, the door of which they barricaded with sheet
iron torn from the sides. The guard having been
summoned, vigorous efforts were made to force the
door of the cell, but without effect, the besieged greet-
ing each unsuccessful effort with cheers. At length a
parley took place, and the convicts consented to
surrender on the promise of the Governor that the
warders should be restrained from thrashing them.
They were incarcerated in separate cells, to await the
decision of the director concerning them, which will
not he given until the result of the dangerous wounds
inflicted on the warder Lisney has been ascertained
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

TESTIMONIALS,

From Mr. C. Potter, Professor of Music, from tit*
Instiution for the film& St. John's Mood, Leedom:—
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•• I can confidently recommend Mr. Green as a Piano.
torte iuuer. He tants by equal temperaseeett, and abe
;nine au exact scale. )Sinueof C. Portia."

—From Mr. J. N. Patterson, Organist, Si, Pairing's
Chinch, Huddersfield :—"1 have much pleasure is bea-
tifying to the abilities of Mr. (ireea as a Pismolerte
Poser. He lays the bearings with exacts's' sad parks.
ifiigned) James F. Pamsasou."
From'Mrs. Sanderson, Solo Pianist., of the Leedom
sod Liverpool Concert. Mr. Green.. vi. of the few
who can Tune my Piece to the nicety I rewire previous
to giviug my Public Recitals. (Signed) h.. I. 64111.11//r

From Mr. Butterworth, 0ry..1 '•', DoLcroas, •••Z
lin r : —• • M r. Urrer.. SY{ ,s•Lullora• 1
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

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DR. BARNES [nay be consulted personally
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

CLAD! FOR WAGES.

11".//a//maae V. Borldington.—Eliza Woodhouse,
a duawstic servant iu the employ of Mr. rhoulas
Boddington, brought an uctiou ugaiust Min to
recover the sum of ..t5 I.oa for wages, alleged to
be due. -

Mr Stokes appeared for plaintiff, and Dr.
Evans defended.

Mr. Stokes, in opening, said that the plaintiff
walformerly in the employ of defendant, as a
cook. The vages agreed upon was £2O per year.
A quarter's wages were due to the plaintiff, and
10s allowed for washing, the sum he was new
suing for. Plaintiff said she went to live at the
defendant's house, and was engaged as cook, at
a salary of £2O. She continued to live with the
defendant until the 16th February. On one oc-
casion her mistress requested her to wash up the
dishes. She refuseu to do so, as she did not
consider it any part of her duty to wash dishes.
Her mistress told the defendant that she had
refused, and he came and told her if she did not
wash the dishes she was to leave, or he would
send for a policeman. Being afraid of the po-
licent.u, she left.

Druss'ex mined: I have washed up dishes for
my °An convenience,.but never the ordinary
dishes. Defendant did go to Birmingham, and
previous to his going ordered me to leave the
house. _ _ _

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De. Evans, for the defence, denied that the
defendant ordered her out of the house, but said
if she did not wash up the dishes she would
have to leave, and plaintiff left of her own ac-
cord, and contended this was not a dismissal.
Mr. Kettle said it was a case more suitable for
a matron to settle than himself. However, he
would settle it, and reserve hie decision until
next Court day. The question appeared to be,
whether or not it was any part of plaintiff's duty
—she having been engaged as cook—to wash the
dishes. . _ _
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

SCIENTIFIC TEACHING IN
UNIVERSITIES.

Dr. Playf air, at a meeting in Dundee n Monday,
urged the importance of placing the Edinburgh Univer-
sity in a position in which it would be able to teach in
a thoroughly practical manner the sciences and the
professions resting upon them. He dwelt on the great
importance of scientific education, and said that any
nation which bestowed more science and skill to any
one of their manufactures than we did must inevitably
beat us in the race. He pointed to the advantages
which Germany had derived from bestowing special
attention to scientific instruction, and said that in
Manchester we now saw the remarkable spectacle of
an inland trading town of England in which Germans
occupied much of the field of industry.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

Diseases peculiar to iVomen.

There is no medicine equal to Holloway's Pills for co
recting the ailments peculiar to females. Their very
mild and painless action highly recommends them to
every household, as they may be taken with safety for
any irregularity of the system. Any mother, nurse, or
young person, guided by the directions which accompany
each box of Holloway's Pills, bas at once available wean.
for checking disease, purifying the blood, and expelling
from the system all gross tumours.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

• 'WOB THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE."-
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WORLD FAMED

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ASHANTEE UMBRELLAS.

Apropos if the Queen's trophy from Ashantee, King
Koffee's umbrella, now placed in the South Kensington
Museum (says The Mirror). The umbrella enjoys an
exaggerated importance in the East. A great number
of them are manufactured in Birmingham, where the
workmen have become so skilled in their production
that they can distinguish the various hieroglyphics
with which they are ornamented by the various chiefs.
As a rule, they are very large—King Koffee's, for
instance, could afford easy shelter for about a dozen
persons and they vary in size and design, according
to the rank of the owner. In Dahomey and Ashantee
especially, they are extremely popular. All the chiefs
use them, and umbrella-holders are important officers
of their households. Some are produced only on
state, others only on religious, occasions. The
latter are called fetiehe umbrellas. Mr. Skertchly,
in his excellent book on Dahomey, tells us that
during part of the horrible annual customs
there, " fetiche umbrella, black, with white
skulls and crossbones on the lappets, and the stick
crowned with a real cranium, was slowly turned
round" above the Kin-"s head by an Amazon: Another
which be saw was " white, covered on the lappets and
top with eighty-four human jawbones, disposed chevron-
wise." This was appropriately named the Agrathowe,
or "jaw-umbrella.' King Gelele took a great liking
for our traveller, and went so far as to make an
umbrella in his honour, which is thus described :--" The
King walked under the shade of a new umbrella of his
own design, representing a very podgy parody upon a
white man shaking hands with a sable specimen of the
genus homo in blue pantaloons, pink hair, and legs and
arms much on the same scale as those of a tortoise.
This device was emblazoned upon every lappet, the
groundwork being dark green velvet bordered with
yellow and scarlet. The pole was surmounted by a
curious specimen of carving, supposed to represent a
fish situ, a white man protruding from his mouth— a
very sorry Jonah. No wonder Geleles subjects were
astonished at their Sovereign's condescension.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

THE LAND TRANSFER BILLS.

Two of the three Bill, laid on the taide of the House
of Lords have now been issued. Chic is on the transfer
of land, and the other on the limitation as to res,l;,-..ro-
perty. The third relates to vendors wad purchasers.
The measure to simplify the trarSfer of land contains
171 sections, diyideu hito 11 parts. It is not to take
effect until the lit of January, 1876. The other Bill to
limit actions and suits relating to real property contains
only 12 sections, and its operation is not to commence
until the let of January, 1879. It proposes that no
land or rent to be recovered but within 12 yeas; siter
the right of action accrued, and as tc csess of future
estate it is limited to six years ul.an out of possession.
In cases of inkiicy, (...sertore, or lunacy at the time
wken tits riglit accrued, then six years to be allowed
from the termination of the disability or previous death.
No time is to be allowed for absence beyond seas, and
a period of thirty veers is to be the utmost allowance
for disabilities. The Bills will be read a Reused thus
after Easter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

KINVER.

The Managers of Skegby Natiwial School, Notts, have
preseoted Mr. William H C.arke, son of Mr. John
Clarke, of 'Culver, on the occasion of his marriage with
a hatidsomely-cha.ted silver.plated tot and coffee service,
as a mark of their appreciation of his services during
the Ii :e years he has bad of their school.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

IHE I'ARIV FTNI suilint: CHASE

0,4,, v., entraoee d lowa (1 soy. to M. Vu' il an i 1
soy o the a, CI.. Lor-ei. for bona flit II tu.teic the •r -
pen). of Tennot Farm, :s or their rtiteil MI format., tee.,
that. 100 a, r.s, and It ,ymg no othur ocenputim. but un, g
solely by fuming, sad which have been fairy Hunted by
them end in their poroteasion stare January let, 1571,
and never liable to Race Horse Duty, and that up to the
time ,f starting have never wln a Flat Race, Hurdle, or
Steeple and which have bets regulaily awl fairly
/flawed by Farmers or their Fiona with th, ihrighton,
W..reestershire, Wheatland, LiAllow A the, tune. Lord
Coventry's, Sir 'V. W Wynn's. Shr,walliry. Slirop,,,,ire
North end South Statfordalitre. the Meyneli, and North
Warwielis',ire Hounds. Four ye tea, list. ; five y art,
12. at ; six years and aged, 1:Int 71b Any Fanner run-
ning a ItAree bred by himself allowed 711,. rob. ridden
too, qua,tfierl to enter, or by Geutleuten as qu.slitied
by the Stewards. About 3 miles. Any rider over 50
years of w.f.' IthOlVed 71h.

THE RE9 COAT STIIII,PLE CHASE.
Of 5 g vg each, 2 sovs to the Fuld, cad 50 sore added,
for la fide fluo!ers which have been regularly and
hurls hui.ted ith the Alsrighton. or•e•terehire.
Witt. Ludlow, Lord Corentry'a. Sir W. 0 you'. the
cna.,hire, Shrewsbury. Shropshire. North and south
Staff..rcishire. the NI. yn.-I!, Atli..r.t .ne, sod N oh War-
wick-Sic Hound. Ana that have J., ie•e,L lowle to Race
llo,e Duty ounce January 1573 I'2 .•. rech Winton;
one: of £5O. ; twice f •. • I.llb ;
there 1111Irs. OrOfiC*.iif i U • x !. • .•
obe nits Rea Cc. . • . :
Ruh. b 2 A rider over sti y: , , • . 7.•
TliE iiNIERE HAM ,

Value 20 ti,vs for Horses rru I i Mr
Trovo's Lint Ce. I I.
, , .i. uflert bf.re WI
),..1.1,1.1 of auylterooc, 7i,, ,
titan. roue. 711, kilo,. 1 1• • . -
v, dna of age. About 3 Wiles I.llls. c 2 .su, 1 ,ov
to the Fund, wad 1 St.v. to Stroud Horse it more thah
four start.

THE S lOUBBRIDGE OPEN HUNT STEEPLE
CHASE
Of 5 each, 2 SOV3. to th, Foaf. with HO Solt,
..141.-.1. 75 Shyly by the Tr niesut n end lent eepert. 01
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY.

The 12th section of the Married Women's Pro-
perty Act, 1870, has been the cause of considerable
scandal (says the Globe). It was said that through
this 'section a woman might by marriage release
herself from liability to an action at law for any
debts she might owe. If there was no seglement
her property went to her husband, and her creditors
could not touch it. It was, howover, held by lawyers
that a marriage made for the purpose of defrauding
creditors would not have that effect, but whatever
she had possessed might, in equity, be recovered by
them. If on marriage she had reserved to herself sepa-
rate property, that only could be made chargeable for
her debts contracted before marriage, and the Act
rendered her liable to be sued for the purpose. "The
Married Women's Property Act (1870) Amendment
Bill" proposes to make the husband liable at law for
Isis wife's debts contracted before marriage to the
full extent of any property he shall become entitled
to in her right. It will be seen this does not pro-
vide a full remedy. A woman having debts and no
property may still be relieved from all liability
by marriage. It is true she could not have
paid her debts had she remained single, but it was
pomible she might acquire property either by work or
by inheritance. The provisions of the new bill do not
propose to touch the great blot on the original Act.
Under the existing law a married woman's earnings in
trade are her separate property, and it has only
recently been decided that it was not the intention of
the Legislature to bring married women under the
bankruptcy laws. The effect of this is that a married
woman may trade at a loss, and then defy her
creditors. Perhaps some of our legislators will canoe
this point to be discussed before the Amendment Bill
is made law.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

MISTRESSES AND SERVANTS,

A lady, signing herself "C. E. 5.," sends to the
Daily News what she Calla "a few words of common
sense" regarding a recent magazine article on the
above subject. "C. E. S." writes :—As to a servant
maid's bedroom, kitchen, and board, the question is,
are they not on an average better and more comfort.
able than she would get in her own home, or if, as a
factory girl, she provided her own board and lodging?
The lady "On the side of the maids" writes, "A
servant's work is never done, potentially, even it
actually. She is liable to be rung up at all hours;
her very meals are not secure from interrup-
tion; she has no time that is absolutely her own ,•
and even her sleep is not sacred. In the dead
of night something may be wanted, and she must get
up to bring it." Substitute "he " for "she," and
would not every word of the above apply exactly to a
medical man or even to a conscientious clergyman?
It applies, also, to every mother of a family, unless
she be wealthy, and is simply a necessary characteristic
of household work, whether the mistress dots it her-
self, or pays servants to do it for her, or to help her
to do it. It is a proverbial saying that "a woman's
work is never done." The same argument applies
to the restrictions on a servant's liberty. Had
she a household and family of her own, she
would find her ability to go out when she liked
obstructed by still less pleasant hindrances than the
having "to ask leave." In place of a single cord, she
would find herself bound with a thousand pack threads,
accompanied by cares and anxieties from which, as a
servant, she was free. What lies at the bottom of
domestic services is simply this—that one woman says
to another, "If you will do my household work for
me, or such and such a stated part of it, I will lodge
you and board you rather more comfortably than in
your own home, and will pay you so much in money.
Besides which you will have such advantages as being
a member of a respectable household giee to a young
unprotected girl, one of which advantages will cer-
tainly be that I will not allow a lot of idle young men
to hang about you, and take away your good name."
A sensible mistress, with a servant she can trust, has
no objection, if the servant becomes engaged to a re-
spectable (that is, steady) young man to allow him to
visit her. But, alas, how few servants remain long
enough in one place for their mistresses to know
whether they are trustworthy or not! The servant
knowing all the conditions accepts the bargain, or de-
clines it, according to whether she thinks she can, on
the whole, do better for herself or not, which latter
question depends on the amount of competition, not on
the ')) here, then, is the hardship?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1874.

TH. UTZ ALLIC.IIO RoMOMS OF Selene.— A t th-•
Staff .rd SasiOlal. on Wednesday, before Mr. it. g.
Kettle, Assistant Chairmen, Alfred Broom, on Lid,
coari:cil steilaig, on the :fib of March, a queutity
of rum and other articles, the property of Joseph Whit-
more. Mr. Kynnersley era% for the prAecution
Mr Corer defec-led the vrisoner.—The Cale Wee that
the prisoner was employed by the prosecutor, • publican,
at Old Hill, as brewer and cabman, and that liii hs•
gained access to the spirit cellar, which waa partitioaed
from the ale celler, and stolen 7i gallon. of row 4of
brandy, and 2 of whisky. Tbe accused had given a
quantity of spirits away. and Ms fact baying aroused
•uspimon au exciseman was sent for, and the casks har.
Mg been pined, it was ascertained that the quantities of
spirits named had been drawn off. After his appretien-
ston tile prisoner ssid it was through drink he had dune
it, and if he had known it would have cone to that
imear-ing the prosecution) he w,uld have paid for it. The
jut) retired to consider their verdict, and after half an
honr's absence returned • verdict of acquittal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

answer

" Why, wot can I do? Here Ili 'are 100 people depend-
ing on me, getting bread and butter fnan me, .11 about
60 of them are orphans and some of them are blind and
cripples. Why, don't you see its against nature -such a
request? I'd have a nice-looking circus in Union-square,
knocking the 'cads out of my runi barrels, wouldn't I?
Just fancy ! It would take the whole National Guard to
keep the place clear and it would make all the bilious sour
in the neighbourhood for a week. And, besides, all the
blessed hackmen around Uninnaquare would be so shame-
fully drunk that 51r. Matsell would bar to double his deter-
lives. No, not iii know it I don't start no lunatic asylum
up town at Fourteenth-street."
Mr. Matsell is the Chief of Police. In connection
with the whiskey crusade it may be mentioned that
in Ohio and Indiana it has reduced the distillation
of spirits to such an extent that there is a marked
falling off in the receipts of inland revenue from those
States.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

THE VOLUNTEER FIELD DAY AT
HARTLEBURY.

The first battalion of Worcestershire Solon.
tears had a turn out on Monday, on Hartlebury
Common, and went through a number of
reameuvres and evolutions, which formed a good
commencement of the out-door work of the
volunteer year. The common has an extensive
area, and is well adapted for such movements,
the undulations of the ground, the cover for
troops among the heather and gorze, the plateau
at the top, ai.d the flat reaches of sandy soil,
which extend on the west side as far as the Sev-
ern, affording as good a situation for the display
of military tactics as could he desired. A very
cohaiderable body of troops might easily be
mancenvred at Hartlebury, and perhaps on some
future occasion there may be a larger gathering
of volunteers there. The total force present on
Monday numbered 631 rank and file, including
two field (Major Dixon and Major Walker) and
one staff officer iCaptain and Adjutant Woirigel.
All the eleven companies composing the batta-
lion were present. The Wolverley, Bewdley,
S tourport, and Tenbury companies were sta-
tioned as an outpost to cover the Worcester road
leading to Stourport, aud the remainder of the
battalion marched down from Hartlebury rail-
way station to the southern end of the common,
wh, re a mimic warfare commenced, the above
four companies opening fire upon them from
where they lay in concealment. The advancing
force at once threw out flanking companies to
cover the advance of their main companies,
which broke up into skirmishing order with sup-
ports. The supposed foemen then peppered
into each other briskly, and a smart fight was
maintained over the broken ground of the com-
mon, which afforded capital facilities for skir-
mishing. Every bit of vantage ground was
made use of, and the attack was pressed till the
defenders were driven step by step over the top
of the common, and after an hour's fighting
found themselves compelled to take to the gravel
pits below the plateau. Sheltered here they for
some time sustained a most terrific fire from
their assailants without, however, being much
the worse for it. An attack in front to carry the
position did not at first succeed, and two com-
panies were detached to outflank the gravel-pits
on the kit. At the same time the whole line
advanced and the defenders were completely de-
feated. They retired, still lighting hard, to
some enclosures, where they changed front,
having thrown their right buck, to prevent being
driven into the Severn. The action was now
supposed to be at an end, and the regiment
in Arched to a meadow, past which the Severn
was rippling along, and they were put through a
number of inametivres, as u further test of their
powers. A very large number of spectators were
present, awl the neighbourhood presented a gay
and animating scene.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

HALBSOWEN.

VESTRY MEETING.—The usual annual meeting was on
Tueeday,in the Vestry, and adjourned to We National
School-room in consequence of the large number of
ratepayers who attended. The Venerable Arohdeas,
Hone presided, mud noruinatedMr. !diehard Trowoila
as the Minister's warden for the ensuing year. Mr.
Somers proposed, and Mr. Bunn seconded, the appoint-
ment of Mr. Alfred Burr as People's warden, which waa
carried unanimously. There were two vacancies in the
Burial Board caused by the retirement of Archdeacon
Hon, Ind by the death of the late Mr. Moore. The
Venerable Archdeacon Hone was re-elected withoat
opposition, but there were three num mations for the Other
vacancy, namely, Mr. E. B. Plnilips (Nonconformist),
Mr. Joseph Hodgetta (Churchman), and the Bee. M. t.
Astbury (Noncoutorrui.t minister.) Before the noun.
nations were pat to the meeting the proposer of the
latter gentleman withdrew his nomination aaJ the con-
test was therefore between Messrs. Phillips mid Hodgetts,
and the former gentleman was elected by a large majority.
Messrs. J. Smart, E. Ball, and H. Pariah were reepec•
iively proposed as amlidora of the accounts of the Butial
Board for the ensuing year, and the two former gentle•
men were all Cnuranuen, and Mr. Phillips is the only
Nonconformist who now has a seat upon the Boar,l, bat
the Nonconformists express there intention of being
more fairly represented, and seem confident that sheu
any other vacancies arise they will be able to carry Wore
seats.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

ABOUT "DISCOUNTING."

The latter part of the Nineteenth Century is emphati-
cally an age of "discount." We discount our money,
our time, and our health; often to the great disquiet
of our minds. We discount our incomes, to pay for
those luxuries which we might as well have waited for, or
have done without, and which, if we had waited for,
and gone into the market " ca,ll in hand," we might
perhaps have obtained at a reduction of at least 25 per
cent. We discount our time, by mending and receiving
expensive and worrying telegrams, and are kept in
a continual fidget by nearly a dozen posts a-day ; and
we also discount our time by rushing about in mad
haste in "smash 'ern and scatter em" express
trains, to the imminent danger of lives and limbs.
Then how very much do we discount our precious
health, and our precious lives, forestalling our three-
score years anti ten, by orer-eating, over-drinking, over.
smoking, and over-incitement of every kind; or by that
mad struggle for wealth which characterizes the present
day, and by which our energies are so exhausted that
we euccumb far too early, either to death or to disease.
Discounting appears to run through everything in the
present day. We discount our Foreign intelligence, we
discount our Queen's Speeches, we can almost discount
our parsons' sermons when we have heard the texts.
We discount our dinners by heavy lunches, or by kettle-
drums. In fact, what is it that we do not discount in
these hasty and feverish days? Are we the wiser, the
better, or the happier for all this tremendous system
of discount, or had our slower forefathers the advantage
over no ?—Pictorial World.