The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-20 00:00:00

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attempt on the Elm
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reffold ifteteml of three,

woo cutter, fres no other m ,tire than tho
desire to reatrict judicial daughter. One of Onitui
accomplice@ in the attempt on the Emperor's life was
spared:at the lamt moment in ordort.hatonlyffwo beads
might fall on the scaffold instead of three. tut in the
present case of frightful piracy,, When thimrirajnal
badbehn miraculously sought out in all martera
the, of
ii,:td aM brought tO justice, ang.'altnoik I.
min usly finally coilvictell,. after 'Aluinlieirleas
technihal objections to Chit constitution of .the mutt
which itried they, .it .itaff foltvnecassarrao Om a
terrible-erarnple to the maritime population, and the
four convicted murderers, equal in guilt, have all
shared in the game supreme retribution.

THE BEAST-TAMER AND TIIE BEAST.—In
travelling menagerie which was about to exhibit it a
fair at Mulhansen • few days since a nipw beast tamer
entered tlfe cage of a panther, but had scarcely touched
the animal when it sprang at his throat. The rcifen '
' dropped 'his rod, and seining the animal with both %
hands, squeezed its throat till be forced it to loose
its hold. They then both fell together, but the
panther being the more active was first up, and buried
its fangs in the man's neck. The keepers hastened to
the spot, but their blows only made the animal more
furious. At length they dashed a bucket of water over
it. and elrere enabled to withdraw the unfortunate
tamer, who was insensible. lie was conveyed to the
hospital, but although he is seriously wounded there
are hopes of his recovery.
CHOLERA AMONG Doug—The " Pungolo " of
Naples states that the dogs in that neighbourhood have
been suffering from a malady which resembles cholera
in its symptom., but have been cured by their swallow-
ing a certain earth, which they seek for instinctively.
That phenomenon is now the object of a study by the
medical men of the city, to ascertain the properties
by which such a result is obtained. A letter from
Foggia also mentions that marvellous effects have
been produced by the use of a decoction of To, dreary
in attacks of cholera.
A PRACTICAL JokE.—A crowd of people was
last week seen collected together on one of the Paris
quays, eagerly scanning a garret window of one of the
houses. Whispers and murmurs grew louder, and the
crowd increased rapidly. At the window were observed
the legs of a woman dangling and swaying to and fro,
and it was clear that • crime had been committed or
a suicide had taken place in the room. The guardwas
sent for, and took ooservations, coming to the conclu-
sion of the crowd. So they proceeded to the room, and
as no response was given from within, forced Open the
door, finding tnemselven in the room of a young
sculptor, and that the leirn dangling at the window
were beautiful plaster of Paris legs of a female hung
up to dry. The mare's nest in every sense canned con-
siderable hilarity below, and at the expense, of course,
of the sergens-de-ville.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH .—Mr . George
Cruikshank has contributed the following on the
discovery and introduction of the electric telegraph:—
The discovery arose, I believe, from the circumstance of
Mr. Wneetstone, when first appointed lecturir at liirg's
College, having seven miles of wire Ic the lower part of that
building which abuts upon the river Thames, for the pur-
pose of measuring the speed of lightning, or the electric
current, and upon one occasion, when explaining his n aped-
merts to me, he said,—" I intend one day to lay sonic of this
wire across the bed of the Thames, and to carry it up to the
top of the shot tower on the other Ms, and so make
signals," and this was, I believe, the first idea or suggestion
of a submarine telegraph. We are also indebted to Mr.
Wheatstone for the electric bell, for long before this tele-
graph came belore the public, hi explalulng the machinery to
me, he said, as it was possible that one party might he asleep
at one end if the wire, he had so arranged the working that
the first touch should ring a bell at the other end. even If
th, *amide of miles apart This, it will be admitted, is an
important part of the discovery, and therefore I am sure
that everyone will feel that the man who has done such
wonder, for the public advantage in Introducing such instant
connininicaticu with the wide, wide world" well dest eves
the !minims and rewards which your correspondent and
yourself have suggested should be conferred upon my old
and highly esteemed. friend.

1 lIKATMENT OF WOMF.N IN PCII.I7.—A letter
from Peru gives a Iw-herons account of the mule of
mounting a horse. Tun women do all the work, and
the men are a good-for-nothing set of gamblers and
thieves. The women ride on the hind.quarters of
their horses, without s saddle, cross-legged, with the
load in front. They mount the animal by taking told
of his long tail, making a loop by doubling it up and
clasping with one hand the upper and lower parts of
the tail, and then putting one foot in the loop and the
other font on the joint of the horse's leg, they ascend
as if going upstairs. They usually stand erect on the
horse before sitting down. The horses never kick or
stir.

AN INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPH I A letter
from Rome, in the Indepenclance Beige, has the follow.
lug passage : ,
Yon are aware that the Roman Bank, whose notes are at ,
ten per cent. discount egainst Romsn money and twenty per i
cent. for French, is obliged to provide 30,0001. • day to ex-
change at par The most disorderly scenes take place at the ,
office where this operation is carried out ‘Vhen a certain
number of the holders of notes, amounting t i perhaps aboat ,
one-half the stipulated amount, have been admitted, the
emp:oyes declare tiat the sum is exhausted, and cause the
gendarmes to disperse the crowd The National Committee
has had one of those scenes photographed, and showing
from the life the gendarmes and the abirri in the exercise of
their functions—that is le say. brutalizing the crowd. A
copy of this was sent to the l'ope, from whom there was
then no longer any possibility of concealing the truth. The
paternal heart of l'ius IX. was moved, lie required ex-
planatim a to tie given him, and called, as you have doubt.
leas heard. a misting at the Vatican of men rinsed in busi-
ness affairs, in order to devise a means of remedying this
state of things Csrdhal Antonelli is said to be much an-
noyed at that course, and to have remarked that nutters
were returning to the bad times of 1840, since laymen were
mixed up in S.M. aff airs,
THE SLAVES REVENGE !—Another incident
illustrates rather forcibly the native's sense of wrong
(remarks The A ryusy for October). A certain Porta-
! emote eignor, near Shopangs, formed the not mi-
-1 common habit of spend ing a great deal of his time in
drinking 'pinta, and when lens than half 0011,160118
from the effects. making his slaves fan him as he lay
, on his bed. When sober, ha principal ainusement
, 1.1&tl ill-treating them. On one occasion his no-called
native wife happened to incur his resentment for want
of proper attention, and in tear of the consequences
took refuge with some of her friends. Having found
out where she was, he followed and brought her away
in spite of most earnest entreaties, and soon after had
her deliberately shot before his eyes by one of her
fellow-slavesn The governor of Quelimane wee in the
neighbourhood at the time, but witnesses were wanting
to prove the killing of a negro, for, of course, no
native's word is evidence ! Not long afterwards he
, Wan crossing the river in • canoe, as usual halbintoxi-
i cated. His own slaves were paddiing ; but the canoe
wan large, the weather perfectly calm, and there were
no sunken trees for them to run against. Yet eignib-
cantly enough an upset took place, and no helping
hand saved the murderer from his fate, though every
negro on the Zambesi known well how to swim.
THE LIBERATION OP VINICL—Great prparatione
are being made at Venice to celebrate the entry of the
King 14 Italy into th it city. The Bleetntaare, the
historic galley upon which the Doges of Venice mar-
ried the Adriatic, has been reconstructed and magni•
ficently ornamented. The King will be conducted to
the Ducal Palace along the Grand Canal, traversing
Venice in its greatest lencth. Among the patriotic
manifestations that will take place is one that ia calms'
latod to produce the meet profound sensation. One of
the most beautiful women of Venice, entirely clothed
in mourning and covered with chains, will be presented
lii his Majesty at the moment of his coming in sight
of the city, but, in place of the keys of the city, the
Podesta will offer to the King &symbolic axe desitined
to strike off the chains of slavery. At the same instant
the shackles of the captive and her mournful vestments
will disappear at the pound of salvoes of artillery and
of popular acclamations. Venice, personified, trans-
formed into a goddess of liberty will then present to
the King the traditional cushion upon which will be
found a golden key.
HARD.WORICID MEN !—III connection with
the causes of railway accidents, some facts were stated
at a meeting of railway servants held in London which
are well worth attention. One speaker said the
labour imposed on them was beyond endurance, and,
as an instance of the work often required, he men-
tioned the case of s guard on the South Western line,
who was employed twenty-seven hours without the
slightest relief. Mr. Vincent, the founder of the
Railway Working Man's Provident Society, stated
that he knew of a guard in the employment of the
Midland Railway having worked eight days and eight
nights without having gone to bed, and he had seen
others who had worked three days and three nights
without relief, in the tervice of the same company.
It was also a fact that engine-drivers, in consequence
of being overwotked, often lay asleep on the foot-plate
of the engine'while the train was in motion; and that
on awaking they only knew where they were by
observing eipme familiar spot on the route. The
speaker appealed to the meeting for corroboration of
the statements he hail made, and several of those
present, by cries of "Right, right I" testified to their
truth.
RATHER. Doeirrra. !—" The Chicago Times"
says : ,
Wilkes Booth, whose body Secretary Stanton took so much
pain to dispose of so that no man nhoul,l ever know the
spot where it was buried, is reported to be In Europe The
story is the. the man whom Boston Corbett so heroically
shot, and whose body Stanton refused to exhibit to any one
that ever saw Booth, was a p mr wretch hired by the assassins
to personate Booth, In order to facilitate the escape of the
latter. Whether there De or not any tenth In this story, it
will never cease to be a suspicious circumstance connected
with the tate of Wilkes Booth, that Stanton refused to
deliver the body that wee brought up from Virginia to his
friends, or even to let them look upon H.
A FACETIOUS BRIGAND !—Lefteri, the famous
brigand, is prospering 'around Browns (remarks the !
Levant Herald). Last week, at the head of a well- '
armed party of eighteen, he stopped a crowd of nearly '
300 Greek and Armenian pilgrims en route to the
Panagia at Yeni-keni, a village beyond the provincial
capital. His pretence in the neighkenirhoodnad been
t : suspected, and the devout company had thus neled:
. together for mutual prdtection. As soon as he ap ared,
however, the whole surrendered without e n an
! attempt at resietance and he, quietly nroceecled to rile
. all who seemed likely to repay the ttrobble. Knowing '
, his business he searched not the pockets but the shoes
of the nelecied victim', and thus collected a large sum.
A portion of this he at once divided amongst the poorer
members of the company, but to make up for this
generosity he 'fiend and held to ransom a couple of
rich Armenians, for whom he asks 800 liras apiece.
, The cadi of Bronsaa happened to be of the party, and
Lefteri, with a stroke of Claude Duval's humour, in-
sisted on this dignitary dancing • saraband, or some-
thing like it, for the entertainment of the company.
' Resistance befog useless, the Effendi capered through
, the exercise, and the travellers were then allowed to
. proceed without farther molestation. ,
DEAret IRON TRICHINOSIS. —An inquest has
been held in London on the body of Miss Emilie Elise
Sophie Kleinan, aged thirty-three, a native of
' Hanover, who died suddenly at the residence of Mr.
Ebeling, page to the Duke of Cambridge. Miss
! Kleinan complained of headache the other evening,
: and, after dining, went into Battersea Park, returning
! at five o'clock. About eight o'clock in the evening
, she was sitting by the side of Mrs. Ebeling, and com-
plaining of pains in the head. She was asked if she
! would lie down on the sofa, when without a reply she
! turned back and died. Dr. Chard had twice attended
' the deceased, the principal complaint being hysteria
and depression of spirits. The pOit.7ll,orsCM examine.- ,
. Mon showed on the IVA hiansrplrent of Ora brain • '

email sack, or hytiatid, alxmt the size of a nut. This r
was prodaced, and was explained to the ova of. I
worms, which might he produoed by the eatidt. of
infected pork or imperfectly boiled German asuasßegi
The cavities of the brain contained abriut six *noes
of serum and six or seven hgdatids in the fleprgh
ventricle, caliph* the fluid tcr‘ press ion the kraal
chord, and this produce paralysis of tine heart. , atie
jury returnea a verdict in hcaut4ce
medical evidence.
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AN EXTRAORDINARY WMOIE—A foreign schooner
was towed nto the harbour on Saturday afternoon,
whose history hex awakened a somewhat unusual in.
tercet in the neighbourhood, from the fact that it was
one of those which had been long looked for in vain,
-and which, indeed,' Wks generally supposed " would
never more come home" (we are queting from the
,Edinburgh Courant). The vessel is ego Ckartotte, of
Straleund,l, and sailgti fropi Memel for Dunbar, with a
,cargo of ram, exactly three` months and three days
previoirs to the date of its entering the karhour here.
During all tha three lorktr-wearysattnthe-the teasel has
been knocking about in the North Sea, unable from
stress of weather and contrary winds to make the land
until come three days ago,. when it entered Aberdeen
harbour, from which it at last gained its destination.
As the passage is frequently made in three, or four
days, or a week at most, all hope of ever sekiiio the
vessel or its crew had long been lost; and we believe
the claim for insurance had either been Ina& or wiaa'
about to be so, when the long-lost vessel fortunately
turned up. Such • voyage is unparalleled in the annals
of the seafaring folks here, and on Saturday and Sun.
day the vessel wag the object of particular attention.
Notwithstanding the long exposure to wind and
weather, the vessel does not appear to have suffered
much damage.
THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA'S TITLES. —The Em•
peror Francis Joseph has directed his Minister for
Foreign Affairs to omit in future in the enumeration of.
his titles, the 'Air& "King of Lombardy and Venice,"
so that the heading of the new treaty of peace will run,
"We, Francis Joseph 1., by the Grace of God, Bal.'
peror of Auetria, King of Hungary, Bohemia, Dal.
mstia, Croatia, Slavonia, Gallicia, Loclorneria,, and
Illyria ; Archduke of Austria, Grand Duke of Cracow,
&to." The necessary (utter for the surrender of the
Iron Crown of Lombardy, which has long formed •
part of the insignia of the imperial family, has els!)
been given.
MODEL DWELLINGS FOR THE POOL —The dean
and chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, have now in
course of erection near the Harmel,i ik the parish of
St. Thomas, in that city, a block of model buildings-
or the pcor. The block consists of twelve residences,
in fiats, three stories high, there being four separate
dwellings on each floor. Each dwelling is complete in
itself, is approached from an open staircase, has .one
sitting-room, scullery, water-closet, ash-pit, sink, sepa-
rate supply of water from a cistern, which is indepen-
dent of the water-cloeet supply, and three bedrooms.
The buildings are well designed, being strongly built
and fitted with every convenience, and afford a strik-
ing contrast to the wretched habitations which pre-
viously occupied the site.

Something very like pettMees is shown in an or.der
toned by the ien Governo Sa rof hli/nen lie has hro.
hibilted.the ratting of snbscripOon• by the fuhabitantirolethe
prognoe for the purpoenaof Plirchasing • wedding stiffer
the ,ertecotts Dagmarts
ifs. •
"lighthouse Air Sae small islet of the Mangers
wan femotele the lb ire of a double older. ronena4m
d- ,
night of the 22ault. both tlfg keepers thn station' Were
assassittated. their repositories were broktm open, and grir
mosey mot arms carried wan
1 The other day a female inmate of the Norwich
! Union died as. the advanced age of 102, having retained the
lull use of all her faculties op to the last moment.
A very novel use of fi,,12 has lately been made on the
Western Lakes The sturgeon which get to, seals for ntarket
are sold on the wharves to the &Learnt/nit stoksrs, who
thrust them into their foresees, &nil greatly tacilitatn the
combustitm of the wood Twenty of thew big nab are equal,
it is said, to &Ford of Lerood in gaming steam.
The Qien of the tiandwick Islands km arrived in
ten Francium', and hai undergone the ordeal of a public re-
ception by the civil and military authorities. The Zederal
war steamer Vanderbilt has been platted at her-dispose.' or
the homeward voyage to Hawaii
A Waahington paper says that when the Prersitlent
In his speech propounded a conundrum, Who made me
your president?" a winted strtet conttruCtionist In the
crowd responded "Booth." , [the assassin of President
Liticoln.
The Chamber of Commerce of Venice loam conceived ,
the chewable idea of opening • subecription in favour of,
the Vsustian workmen oat of ompiof meat, whose distr..,
has been increeeed by the political crisis. General Revel •
hati suitscribed 10 000 f. in the name of Victor It:contemn'',
and General Leland 4,000 i. to the name of the Emperor
Napoleon.
A collision between a goods and a passenger train
Wok plume on the railway between Odessa and Baits during
the night of thettlst September, when 14 persons wereldlied
1,1 5, wounded. The accident occurred at the station of
Coloutatevska, at about $O miles from Gdpees.
A short time ago as two ship caulkers named Boyle
and Lyons, were at the Isle of Dogs, on a Aide, lacing the
seams of a vessel with pitch, the lashing; gave way ana they
wore both precipitated into the weter, two bucket@ of boiling
pitch falling over tient at the same gine. Both men were
quickly got out, when it was found that Lyons was covered
with pitch from head to foot. Re was removed to the
hospitaL .
Lord Brongham, at the Social Science Meeting the
other day read in a tolerably audible voice; but after read-
ing about hall of his paper he suddenly sat down, apparently
owing to a set of false teeth getting out of order. lie re-
adlnsted them, remarking, "One's teeth are troubleeonts
troll birth."

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The overland mail brings painful details relative to
the famine in India. Riots have oecarred In the Madras
'presidency, hut no serious mischief was don, ; and in this
province the scarcity and consequent privation were falling '
gradually within narrow limits. In hengal the case was
different, aid the distress condo** regions. •
" ' How to stop Irish EillignstiA by feeding men
instead or feeding bullocks Maw to rrclaini all or waste
lands by tillage for man's wants instead If grazing for cattle.'
Such Is the rmszlrg diseovery .lately, placarded over the
wails of Dublin. Paddy is to he kept in his own country,
and made rich sad contented. Ho.? By being induced to
give up flesh meat altogather. Mod pelvis think he is too
much of a,' geterian already ; and his being what'hs iii. one
of the strongest arguments ID favour of it mined diet; litany
rate in our latitude '—Pall Mali Gazette.
Game is very scarce/this year in Paris. Partridges
are kel.ll”g front throe to lour trance, pheasants einefrancs,
wild lucks four francs, dailies, three francs, hand eight to
nine francs, woodcocks five and six francs each.

The Globe save the paragraph which is going the
tont& from the Now Tork El orris Journal will he rather
aminiing t tin trend. ot Mr. Spurgeon fin rev, gentleman
himself is only 92 years of age, hanng been born in 1'334 The
Lead in eorc.poodent of a contemporary, remarking on the
same paragraph, states that Mr. Spurgeon's daughter is much
Carer four year. of age than 24.
An amusing illuetration of the sort of blunders
which Frenchmen make In writing or speaking English, is
afforded by she international& a journal, which, beivg pub-
lished th I noi as well .in Paris, ought lobe exempt from
such le cudarftles Among the *setae. el. Lend's& 11
announces Is. week "My Husoend lino." at the flay-
market, Vurinry Chiekweed "at the Lyceum, "A Sheep in
Weld'. Coaling" at the Adelphi, and iiweebarts and Wives"
at Muller'. Well After this the "divine Williams" ought
11. longer to sanitise us.
The total number of theatres in Europe is 1 584, of
which France has 237, Italy (lneledlng Vetema) 246, Spain
Gre.t Mit.= 150, Austria 140, Germany 191, Russia and
Poland 41, Belplurn 34, liollano 23, Switterialid 20, Sweden

and Noreiny 18, Den-Mirk 18, Porhigal 16, Turkey k, Greece
A, DAmmanis IL end %riga I