The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEW'.

ARITISB AND FOREIGN,
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Further slight shocks of earthquake have been felt
In 11-11uno and the neighVurhood. A Nev York tat-gram
says thrt e shocks of earthquake were felt at Buffalo on Sun-
day morning, causing the buildtngs and shipping to rock

It appears that the revenue of the Smz Canal in
Soon ahtounted to £67,72), as compared with £39 711 In Juno
1672 ; the increase In the receipts of the Coal C,.:opr.) last
month was thus no lets than £28,019. as compared with the
corresponding period of Ih7o.

The hlackemithe and strikers employe3 on the Eset
Lancashire hallway at Bury have struck Jr au a Iveonce of
is. per week.

In London, on Monday, an inquiry was held at
Chkring cross Lospital Olt the Cody of Joseph Telßea, aged
34, a market gardener. The evidence showed that deceit:ad,
while at work in Covent-garden Market, on Feldky hod, coo,-
planed of the In-at of the Soo. Suddenly he ceased working
and went home, whoa a dock r found tha he was cuff-nag
from sunstroke. Before anything could he done for I,lm he
died. A post mortem examineti. n showed that deceased
suffered Iron, disease of the heart, otherwise he might have
lived for some hours longer. Verdict 'Death from unturiil
causes." _

The joint committee of the Ashton car %room hands
ata meeting on Monday night have resolved that they are
prepared ti w•cept five per ce .t. on the present wages and
go t, arbitration for the etheifive In dispute, adhering
to the districts proposed by themes the boils at the late
conLrence with the masters,
The annual outdoor fete to the hapless inmates of
the lianwell Asylum came off on nesday. Of the 1,700
women and 700 nun confined in the Asylum, GOO and 510
respectively were deemed capable of participating in the
sports.

On Tuesday in the secludrd little burls' ground of
the Homan Catholic Church at Cinskhurst, the remains of
Prince Joseph Pon'stoma( were laid to rest, under the
shadow of the new cfficrel welch is being erected as a
mausoleum for the coffin at the Emperor Napoleon HI.

In the regular return of the If General it is
pointed out that the drnsttis from diarriee t, ehioh In the sin
previous weeks had slowly li.creased from 12 to 22 rose last
week to 68; the corrected average number for the cor-
responding week in the last tett yearn is, however, 138. Three
dea•lns were alto referred to simple infantile cholera. Par-
ticular emphesis is tel I up in the fact that the (avow-Wile
Cnditton of the public heatth depends very mach upon the
action of the sanitary authorities and of the water corn.
ratites the utmost Purity of the Water eupply re rtq sir d.
aarehm• should be trente,l at once, ~the t also It ILO, LOYal
to sholets ;thhapplio. r sAorally to children.

Artling evidence has beet adduced at the Irish
Anise, of toe efllaey of the Pee ce Preservation ACC in
Meath, here the act le In operation, the Lord Chief Justice
has congratulated the county on its almot entire immunity
from crime; whereas In Clare the grand jury hay. made a
presentment deploring the atrocious crimes Viet have oc-
curred in the count), and eating for the general adoption of
the Act.
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Ihe troops under orders for Dartmoor for the man.
mum t. ill assemble on the 28th Instant.

An official report states that 55 cases of cholera
have occurred in the distrLt I Dresden since the 22111 Joe,
29 of snitch were fatal. Ti,re have been no case, in
Leibowitz s nee the 2-th of June. Several fatal can-ii have
occurred in the riling:a of Burgh and Lobtau.
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On Monday the London Royal Militia was pre-
sented wile new colour. by Lady Rose, wife of Ste Willitm
Anderson Rose, colonel of the regdneut, woo, howevtr, was
prevented by ill health from being present- Lady Bose, in
mat log the presentation, expreivel her confidence that the
c W. were mesusted to the handset brave and honourable
men, who w utd never tail to suttain the reputatioo for
lot ally and devotion for which British soldiers had no long
been renowned.

Something above a ball porter—A about butler.—
Judy,

The Prince Imperial, who is now with the Empress
In Switzerland, will return for the lath of August to Chicle.
hurt, in order to receive, on the occasion of the miniver: sty
of the s ational pt.% the good withes of Vie numerous and
faithful followers who last year paid their homage to
N .poleon 111. The Prince will do the hnhours of Cmiden
House, at her Melosty will be absent In Scotland during a
few days at that time.

Mr. Clemenii, more widely known Re "Mark
Twain," who recently vented Loudon, le at work on a novel,
"The Gilded Age," In cot Junction with Mr Charles Dudley
Warner, the editor of the Hartford Courant, and author of
the'liaokog Studies," ''Seauteringe in Italy." "nuiumer
to a Gordon," ac.

A pretty and well dressed young lady, after looking
St strand paha a gloats in a clop in London, lavender.
coloured, abockei the asaiqtant by asking him which pair he
thotizht the "lavenderest."

A mailer amount of tonnage was lannoned On the
Clyde last womb than In June, 1872, but on the half-year
there is all Increase of nearly 26,000 tons, comparea with the
that sin months of lot year

A Dresden engineer proposes a method for increas-
ing the durability of railroad tires, by which, he considers,
thy may he made to hit four times as long as at pretext
The sleepers, t,f whatver kind of wod, are first allowed to
dry for mine time In air, then are al tincially dried in a hot
chamber. They are next introduced, while hot, into an lin-
precitation apparatus containing heated 000!-tar, where they
are impre,mated thoroughly under Prentice. Then they are
cows with silted saw] or coal sans and allowed to dry.
Every bsinre is earthily filled ; the nails u ed in timing true
sleep_raLare 11:st dipped into hot coal-tar, and any part of the
work which may he exposed Is carefully coated. Tie in
veutor further states that wood thus prep.r,l lies bets
also tired for bouse-buildlng purposes, and with exmllent
results,

The crops over the entire north of Ireland look on
usually w. 11, and the farmers in all districts, and with
almost every kind of crops, have at present most eueourag
trig prospects. Flax, which Is naturally re;arded with great
ercst in Ulster, in consequence of haclose connection with
the staple tied° of tino p o.inc-, is remark:l7l) promising.
The directors of the Manchester Chamber of Corn.
merco have adopted a mem rtal to Mr. Glut's one on the
4.0 jset of the shortvang of the hours of labour. The me-
ruortigisls view with grave aporthei lion any attempt by the
I,gtenture to Impose further restrictions on the c stt..n
outtry of tlds country, and pray that the Bid for reducing
the h. um ..f .or of ftVlllell In cotton fa,tories, recently
intr tOted into the lionte of Commons may reevive the dis-
approval of the Premier and the Cablitt, AS a inesmre
totally uncalled for ' y the conditions of fee ory lab..ur, anti
fraught with petit to the future int,rists of the lab, uring
chives and the capnahsta.

The gentleruan who awerted thut kis friend never
01,.ed I. mommli with.li putting his lot in it, ht e died
upon to avoio4ise, add he was very sorry, but when be made
she sasettion he did not see the size of his friend's four.—
Judy.
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- -.A—rabbit inahia is raging in Japan. Certain breads
fetei en,rtemua paces, apti tuterest taken in tie issue
*Lima's hss provoked the high-bawled Interference of toe
authorities, anti Some Japanese rpteutat,rs have been
arrette fool impriemP ter hart. g put cha.“ll some raatnts
at an auction, It tydng c..ttairlarci that Ws was a sigelis of
gambling. A jownslghose e demos are devoted etairtiy to
the rabhit eubj, et has been started.

A statement has been circulating through the Lon.
clod press, medical and non Medical, that the elietinguishtd
au on Nelaton Ilei seriously ill at his Parilian residence,
hut the report is now declared to b without 1 oundstioo

The Gart,-r vacated by the death of the late Earl of
Zit land has been conferred upon the Karl of Leicester.

" The Estimates being now neatly all voted, the
essential business of the Session Is practle.lly concluled
Barring any tiof.m.etn contingepey, the probability is th •1
P,aliamens will be prorogued ttout the commencement of
the last week lathe present month.—Obserrer.

When the Shah waa at Ma first meal with the Prince
or wales at ki.rlhorough House he took a pinch of a.tlt from
the cellar, al d the Pance, seti,g what was intenecti, lid
and the other guests adopted the lame symbol oh
hosoitdity and friendship.

Ou Saturday the enaineera, except rimers, employed
at .f. liroau anl Cot, Atlaa Wixaa,ll and
yelima Works, and Vickers and CO.ll, Ri o.n
Sht Meld, came out on etrtlre, aturun-nting the total already
mit rho erneloyera thow mi Mans of giving way, hut hare,
on the contrary, ikerned it advieahle to j the Mai cheater
aaiomation of tinetneerine firms. Then,' n I ully deer.
011111 d 41 ataiiii It out, and are mipporti d by their tagala ad-
two. Iteyolol one or two machitoly brealtdiainv ow, groat
IncoliVeUletiCia has )et rcsol,d, hut ahould theae h. come
more frtquent, large number of men In other branch,' of
the wulous ironworks will in all probability be thrown tale.

It is annotuicad that Prince Adalbert of Prusais
quit Mid the whole at Ms private fortune, including hand-
some palace, situated at the Pot dam Gate, In B -eon, to Ids
morganatic wife, the Baroness von Arnim, Me Elosirr, who
has offered to sell the same to Government, saber intention
is to reside in Austria.

If in 1872 ix millions more coal was cold than io
1871, and nearly twice the price was paio per too, there
tole the amount°, capital which passed uto the haute o
the coal interest my be taken to have been at least doubled
It is announced from Vienna, that the cholera has
an el Wend, char xter there, sod that only the number of
cases 050.1 at this time of year have occurred,

Sir Joeeph Dickson, the Eughsh phye.iae, Who
has been In atteurlance in this country noon the Shah hat
taut tic - mode: surge° of the Bry ish Gospital for Di,esses
of the Ssin, in Great Marlboro, gh-street, 1.00,1011, a letter
announcing that his 11,1 ,sty the Shah has 1,-n graciously
pleased to Sec me patron ot the ho:pttel. It is n,,t unlikely
that the s peck! prevalence of them fatal trio, of leprosy
Inc Persia may be the cause of the_Shah's benevolent Interest
Inc the "lepers "of this country.

At Huddersfield the county magistrates have
decided, In a poschir g ca,e, that.uutil the gars had been
aluefl stud tired. poaching could not be pr,ved, nod that the
summons should have been taken out for trespassing,
Monday (the 7th) being the Feast of the Translation
of the 11,10 cs of St. Ti., Mil of Cluter ury, sonic 300 ladlel
aid gentlemen look part in an excursion orgaLised by the
C tch.,llo Young kitn's Association to the scene of themes
Beckett's murder.

r. G. A. Sala is now entirely recovered from the
sever ailment uncer which he hu for live months bun
lahourhig, cud has reaumed his literary duties.

Up to Monday the.amonnt received at thoMan4on.
hou e lo all of the " Holpital Suuday Fund" had reached
upwards of £27,0e0.
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A project 11 ou foot, says The Times, for a sulwcrip-
tion oi aoout £60,000, to establish & shoq line of railway in
China u a resent to the Emperor, with the vi-ov of brltaios
the Imperial mind to a Beim or the advantages to be de-
rived from the introduction of ouch work..

Arc Liehman's Brogue—Pat ois.—Judy.
We, The Times, regret to learn that the military
correspondent of Gina (lobos, Colonel itoiusnoff, translations
of whose intimating letter. "On the Way to K hlva"
have sit sUfferent times published, perished by his own hood
at the camp. Karat-Ate, a few marches from Khlva, havin
shot himself with his revolver. It is not knows what were
causes of this act, but Colonel..ltomanolf seems to have
suffered for a long wille from is painful disease, which may
have preyed on his spirits.
The lion Wallace, belonging to Mr. Manders's col.
lection of wild beasts, died on Friday at Easlngton, neer
Durham. The twine of death is stated to have been biliaine
mutton of the hinge. The body was at once dispatched to
Mr. Slanders's museum at Liverpool it will be rememb. red
that Wailsoe took the principal net to worrying and kihilig
the lion-turner M•Cartby, at Bolton, some mouths since.
Queen Isabella of Spain, before leaving Rome last
wt.'s, presented the Pop. •lth a muse% In chamonds and
subscribed EBOO to the Peter's Pence Fund, liar daughter
subscribed £4OO.

The much talked-of duel between M. Paul de
Cassagnac, the reputed Imperial juornallat of Paris, ant If.
Race, the recently elected deputy for Lyons, came off on
Monday aiterueon at three o'clock on the territory of the
Grand Ddchy of Luxembourg. It is said that at the rnd of
the list assault, which lasted ten minutes, bleed appeared
in the upper part of M. Rahc's eight arm. SI. Rue bud hie
two etc .uels having declared the weer d no: serous en-digh
to interrupt the dutl, a second assault took place, in which,
after a few minutia, NI. de Canapes,: WAS wound. d 1,1 the
hand. hi. ftsuc's sword entering the palm, and passing
along the Wrist. al de Caseagnac was compelled to drop his
sword His surgeon, alter examining his hand, del'ared the
wound to be serious, and said that considerable thitemmation
must ensue in the hand and lore-arm. The seconds on both
sides then decided that it was Impossible to continue the
dual. After his wound had been dressed, M. de Canaanite was
placed it, a earliest:. 1111.1 driven towards i attemblura. 1,1„
Haut returned to Luxembourg. al NI. RAIIC and Caseagnac did
not address a single word to each other on the ground, and
merely exchanged a formal bow on meeting The news of the
Intended duel attracted se large a crowd that the gendarmerie
had to interfere to keep order.

The Levant TilrleB of June 28 says :—" A most pain
fill Incident occurred in connection with the illuminations.
Mr. Hades'', iI.E., Ottoman engineer of the province of
Aleppo, had charge of the electric light and other displays in
front of the yali of Itsshid Pasha. Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Oii awaking the neat moiniug, Mr. Hnddan was dismayed at
discovering that he was totally bloc—the result, there can
be no doubt, of watching the electric light, which was one of
extraordlnaly power. His medical niter dant happily flu
reason to Pope that In the course of time the patient's sight
will be restored.

All kinds of queer stories are cropping up &Pont the
Shah. lit. wild that he got to bed alto difilxity at Back.
P.gham Palace Green it the sacred colour of the Prophet,
an a green carpet had been laid on theft or of lilt Sistesty's
bedroom It happened, however, that there were yellow
spots in it on which he contrived to tread, and so reached
his bed.

An inquest hae been held in London, at the Charing-
cross Hospital, on the ho •y of James Byrne, an American,
who coninntted euicide on Friday last Mr Allen, a Roman
Cath lc priest, maid thr d'-conned arrived in England on Friday
17110111 i. g with his cousin, and went to the Costing crow
11 tel. lie was not well, and had I, ,en 'flighty " all day,
Lie went to lie down ill the afterno.•u, about five. Ms
cousin locked the door outside, and went down stairs, and
soon after Ile trd an alarm, sod ou going out found the de-
ceased being carried Into the hotel and he was removed to
the hospital. James Sprigs, who wo, at work outaide the
handing, saw the drce.ed get out of ‘atie of the windows
on to the balcony. Be went from window to window, tin
he g d to the end, and t, en he sprang on to the parapet,
and falling through the skylight with a loud crash fell on
to the pavement below. there was no dot,bt he sprang
when ho got the last window'. Mr. Mims, the manager
of the hotel dascrlhed the construction of the windows and
the I, dconeitee cu side, there bring also a lower led.) on
whica any person oil d Walk and hold on to the iron railings
until getting to the end of the building. Tic Ruy found
that the deceased committed suicide while in a state of
unsound mind.

On Monday afternoon a melanThoty accident !m-
-oaned at Woitiands, three roles west of Lyme Regis. As
Commander Dalrymple Elohtnstone, R.N., was visiting the
Coastguard stattou at that pla m he approached the edge of
the cid, in that spot nearly 200 feet high, when tha ground
gave ts,y under Ms feet Re was thrown down the steep
slope at the top of the cliff, witch ended in a sheer precipica
roily too let high, hear whirh he fell. Ile Was kited on the
spot. Commander Danymple was a most promising officer,
esteemed by all who knew him. Ile Was the eldest son a
Sir James Dalrymple Eiohinsteine, M.P., and held the ap-
pointment of Insdeutteg Commiumer • f Coastguard in the
I,)nie livvia division. An inquest Was held on Tuesday
morning, at which a vesatet of "Accidental death" was
returned.

On Tuesday evening a pedic meeting was held in
Exeter Hall, London, under the auspices of the Anti-Slavery
Society, with reference more espec sly to the Treaty forth.
suppression of the slave Ira 1€ on the East Coast 01 Airiest.
The chair was taken by Lord Strathedeu and Campbell. Sir
Bartle Into, who was tbe principsl.peaker, enten.d into a
statemeu., tenth g to show the lloprfol prospect opened up
by the working ..f in y Ile ci o a11.u1,11 to the 11 ,nrildt.
lug state of commerce on the cowl', and Jr. In his blustrations
he drew the cos elusion that it was highly mpi.t att. for this
country t exercise its Influence for the extinction of slavery,

During the week ending lout Saturday 4,957 bird%
and 3,011 desths were registered io L ninon and t • mit) other
large cities cud towns of the Uni ed Kingdom. The natural
increa e of population was 1976., The mertalny from all
cruses in thew tow. Was at the rate of 21 deaths annually
to ay..) 1,000 person. esttonstel to he liviug, le the metro-
polo. 2,151 births and 1 198 deaths were regittered the
former having beeu ant the letter 243 below the average
numbers. One person died from small pox, 33 from mearles,
11 from scarlet fever, 7 from dlohtheria, 43 from whooping-
e nigh, 24 from different forms 4,1 fryer, and 98 froin
diaraces ; thus to the seven prindord diseases of the r4moUe
clue 107 4 earns were referred, against 129 rum 146 in the two
preceding weeks.

The banquet at the London Guildhall in honour of
the Shah is sad to have cost not leas thee £50,000

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An almost miraculous draught of salmon Wee taken
from the r,ver Wye on Monuay leight, the total number beteg
175. The whole of the tlsti sere ought by two boats and
live men, and the total weight was 2.000 lb..
the competition at Wimbledon for the prizes offered
by the National B.ltie A woelatton c .mmenced on Monday
morning. Toe t ntries are ab..nt 12,000 in number, and they
regn sent between 2000 and 3,000 men, 2,14 . competitoni
haying out-rod for the Q teen's 'Tice, and 1,639 or the et.
George's Chadenge 170.. e. Twenty sidemen from Canada
militate part it. this shooting. _ _

The Chancellor of the Exchecner acknowledges av
"C.P.ltetellce %Imlay " the rec Apt of both hallos o! a £lOO
note from •.E. It C." for It.c.nne Tax.

The Marseilles journals announce that a duel
with wordy has just Wien 'dace at the Chateau XII between
M. Edmond Girard, Bonapartist, and M. Bend Jacquinet,
Radzeal. [he latter was severely wounded.
A parliamentary return recently issued shows that
the ..ntal " extraordinary disbursements" of ter Majesty's
embassba and mi.sions abroad for the year 1871-72 sere
£22 493 Ils, Id Toe Isrgvst oisburwments were ,Persla,
3.!3 10s. ;iukoy, 0,430 lie 14; Frauce, £2,964 175. 42.;
and Unit, d Slates, £2,717 175. Ild. The largest Items of en-
pee., nune by the P. retain missloo were—wages, 41,5 • 1 14.. 5d.:
couriers, £1,4351ia Id ; ahilli•cldentalexpenms, £1 2 .115.54.
The Turkish wisvion g oaid .£1,320 13s 3d. ior u,c,dentel ox-
pons's, and £1,106 17s. 72. for w bses. The largest item
u; der tae head of France is Cl 000 for fuel and light : and
the largest portion of the dlslanrseim nts by the I:l2ted elates
mission was CUM 55 72., for telegrams, sod £991 13, for
couriers. The mission which incurre 1 the wean. 51 expense
was that at CaMurg, which orey ex,,ended £l3 1i.., of which
£lO 10. 10J. was for postage stomps, and £3 Os. 22. for
punt. ys en piddle ser vice

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"Orostnzin it the name given by M M HeUZBIII and
Renard, to a new explo Inc substance. It is pr duct dby
acting upon benzin, boiling at 81 deg. Cent., w;th concentrated
• em.; formic and ace, to acid are produced .11 a gelatimus
pr. ctplate formed, whlel, being oried in none, becomes a
whit., solid, which Is the explo- ive pound named. 11 de.
tousle, violently when struck or when cdsiply heate,l. It Is
In the ale; water decomposes and dissolves It '—
dfliteneum.

has arrived, Parliament enters this week on
the lifih month of the &polo., and jailed Nlimbers he.iin to
ilcolion when they will hi, releitsed from their labours
Hope in triumphant even In the Pmlace of Wrotniiiiater, and
Pal gut. ri droners are not wanting who venture ti predict
an notionally • arty bribiluor-uo. Esin r for the More, the
A'pi, the a-nettle, and the Vienna Exhibition they think it
not improbable that On prorogation may take pima
CO swop . tl e 2811 of Jot, the when the troops
anti begin to aalartulain tor ten animal mahieitvris. The
proo rect. is temptin.., be lie possioio thiit tOw wish nosy be
father to the thought, mad that tto work rem Ailing on hand
will occupy 4 longer time than the •uthoslasta would allot
toroth; p,rformance."—Leader In Daily Telegraph

A discovery hoe been made by a French firm of
plper msalitincturers whili seems likely to interest English
hop-s,rowers At the lent gez.ernl are of Freis,•!l muses,
maitre kill. J. urdeuil, rsrixst, and Gusseo submit:, d some
sampses of a new ttxte labs': to the 1'.,1•gr.88. h'gh
price of r ,gs limo for nnie time last given rise to sort, it
slforts to tit line the texiVe portion of various vinets,l.
Mow. Thus wool, straw, "part° glass, aloes, ails, phor-
ndum, and various whet' venetable. products, Ilse,' lwen
pressed into the envier, but hews rot proved entire,y snits-
factory. Among other drswnscks the fibres obtained from
tl ese are short Awl not sufficiently supple. Snell faults do
It exist iti the now rr -duct, which has be.,.. I Paled° re-
garded us useless, namely, the textile nllenth of the hop
stalk By rennvog this outsr skin and snbj. Clll4 is lon
C• rain chemt,sl proc,Tei a textile siibstsrce p 1555. ii' g
lrotke intgl.ll yeltllol. UI piper
lengcn, suppler en', and i.ellcacy of texture, foss be,ni pen-
ducts!. The invent:on to nawiT,d, and further prdtcted
the novel charseter of the chemical process.
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Griffin and Nordecaci, two men cond,rone.l to be
hane,..l et Italel4h, N. C., received commutation if their
sentences to imprieoment fcr life just one hour before the
ti appoint. d for their executi de. A large woad had
treaty collected aro•md the ecaffold, the prisoners Were
dreseed for the occasion, had taken leave of their fernilha
and were en. a4ed 1 devotional exercises when the roesbego
of the Governor arrived.

About MO American ladies and gentlemen, trinci-
pally teachers, were entertaiee I at a couvers,ziot.e in the
hloreurn of Science and Art it. E Ititbitegn on &sturdy), even-
ing. The Lord Provost presided, and in the c..urre of the
ev. Mpg addr.Ase• of welcome were delle. rrd by Mr. items'
Xe x end by Dr D., aide m, rect. rof Rdierburen Royal fil,Th
School ; the R-v. Mr. Wl,herepoem, from Virginia Univerm),
err 1 the Rev Profess v Combine, Porn Meeee,mrrert, replied.
The excurelouista are under the care of Mr. Cook.

Oa 1110n,1ey, the fo-rtY-a-in-th-a-u;;;e1.• meeting of the
EL,yl.lSocb •r &e ere•-htion of Cruelty t A 111111•13 Was
h. id to. St. James's-hall; the Esti ol Harrow In In the 'hop'
The Doehse lof Ter k dli trinut,d t ; rI2o ;It emoltel by to
S .ciety ton nombet ot children connected wit:i metropolitan
..h"°l. tor .ln hirtribraw, of the objects sought to ha
effected by this usaul orgaidzation.
In revolt iagoiust the tyranny of fa4ii .u, a society
of lidos has b,eo instituted lo New York, 11 dgead tb *tor
dr....a that vrbl misith• r violate good taste nor he eztravarvit
In pr.cr, owl to oat their tatriscc.t efforts to mslie ail Otis WI
Wends do the like.