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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

FOOD FOR THE BRAIN..

A New York letter reports that, a short time ago, a
certain Dr. Lambert read a paper before the Liberal
Club on the "Special Articles of Food adapted to the
Nutrition of the Brain, and the Methods of Cooking
them." Preparatory to this, he invited some of his
friends to a banquet, which is thus taken off by one
of the daily papers :—" Last evening a party of
gentlemen ate a brainial ' dinner at Jones's res-
taurant, Broadway, their host being Dr. T. S.
Lambert. Mr. James Paxton, and about twenty
others, more or less well known, sat round the board
and nourished their brains to a somewhat alarming
extent. The waiters grinned from ear to ear when
they served the food, for not one of them had ever
dreamed of a dinner beginning with toasted crackers
and cheese and ending with boiled custard and butter-
milk. The brainial ' qualities of toasted cheese have long
beenknown to scientitic men, and nearly all the members
of the Liberal Club are passionately fond of boiled
custard, which, as is well known, contains over 90 per
cent, of phosphorus, and will readily burn if rum be
poured over it. Dr. Lambert lectures to-night on
Brain Building,' and it was to raise the intellects of
his audience to a high place that he gave this exhibi-
tion of encephalotropophagy, or hrainial food. Such
a dinner will do occasionally, but is dangerous if too
often indulged in. The human brain is about 80 per
cent, water, and if it be stuffed with the sublimations of
cheese, oysters, codfish, tripe, calves' brains, oat groats,
and boiled custard, it becomes a powerful battery, a
perilous magazine, liable at any moment to explode,
to the great detriment bf its owner and the surprise ot
bystanders. By the time the sixth course, which con-
sisted of stewed tripe and green peas, was reached, the
excitement became fearfully intense, and with the
calves' brains the feast became almost an orgie. The

forehead of the Pantarch grew four inches higher with
the great pressure from within upon the convolutions,
but happily the ganglion where oatmeal becomes univer-
sology was not affected in any marked degree. The
parietal bones of a great Comptist separated, and the
coronal suture widened quite percep+ibly. Around the
brow of a mighty spiritualist there was a marked
nimbus, where the escaping phosphorus ignited upon
coming in contact with the oxygen of the air. It was
singular in the extreme to watch the oatmeal rising to
the brain; to see the subtle poison of the boiled custard
tutu a man into a demon of ratiocination; and, as the
fiery buttermilk mounted to the intellect and hurled
the reason reeling from its throne, the beholder was
fain to acknowledge that the gods are just, and of our
pleasant vics make instruments to plague us."—
Sanitary Record.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

EXPLAINED AT LAST!

A gentleman had occasion to visit a certain city of
New England. He arrived at night, went directly to
his accustomed hotel, and to bed, slept soundly
throughout the night, and in the morning discovered
his watch had stopped during the night. When he
opened the door of his room another gentleman was
taking in his.boots on the other side of the corridor,
and of him our friend askee. he could tell him what
time it was. To his surprise, he gentleman took no
notice whatever of the question. He asked again:
"Sir, will you be good enough to tell me what time it
is? My watch has stopped." No answer. The gentle-
man, without looking up, shut his door and disap-
peared. At that moment two other gentlemen came
walking down the corridor, and Mr. X. asked -of them
the same question. The two gentlemen, without look-
ing to the right or left, continued their walk without
an answer or sign. "Well," thought Mr. X., "this is
very curious." However, he went back to his room.
Presently the bell rang for breakfast, and immediately
a waiter entered the room seized him by the arm, and
began a series of gesticulations. Mr. X. lost his temper,
and burst forth with "What in the name of goodness
is the matter?" When the waiter cried, "Oh I" and
vanished, laughing. Mr. X. began to think something
was very wrong, but went down to breakfast. When
he entered the salle ct manger, which Commonly had a
dozen or twenty people at the tables, he found the hall
filled with gentlemen in black coats, all feedit'sy, gravely,
and in silence. A waiter silently beckoned him to a
place, and when he was seated, he said to his neigh-
bour: "Sir will you be kind enough to tell me what
this is all about ? " No answer. The person, like
Charlotte in Werter, went on eating bread and butter.
Our friend began to feel decidedly queer, and getting
out of his seat, went to the nearest waiter, and
piteously besought him, for Heaver s sake, to tell him
what was the matter with the house. "Oh !" said the
waiter, "don't you know? Why this is the Deaf and
Dumb Convention, which meets today in Hartford.—
Pictorial World.

Great distress, says a Vienna telegram, is being
suffered by the weavers on strike at Brnenn. Their meeting
on Monday night was dispersed by the military at the point
0 the bayonet.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

SINGULAR CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.

A singular case of hydrophobia is reported as having
occurred at Brooklyn, U.S. On the 16th ult., Andrew
Jackson died from the effects of a bite of a Newfound-
land. As he was jumping about and barking, he sud-
denly leaped up to catch a stick which Mr. Jackson
held, and one or he teeth struck against Mr. Jackson's
lip, inflicting a sliyht wound. When Mr. Jackson felt
that he had been bitten he became alarmed, and he
washed out the wound carefully, but did not cauterise
it. Although a careful watch was kept upon the
animal, nothing peculiar was noticed, and at the last ac-
counts the dog was in good health. On Friday, the 11th
of June, Mr. Jackson felt the symptoms ofhydrophobia.
The disease first manifested itself in a difficulty
in swallowing. Liquids were especially hard to swallow,
and the attempt to drink water brought on that pecu-
liar reflex spasm, which had been attributed to irrita-
tion of the medulla oblongata and the ninth pair of
nerves. Dr, Henry N. Read was called in, who care-
fully examined Mr. Jackson's condition, and listened
to the history of the case. A glass of water was brought
to the patient, and he attempted to swallow it. He
took some of the water into his mouth, but a spasm was
immediately induced, and the liquid was ejected with
violence. His mental distress was great, and a constant
flow of saliva issued from the corners of his mouth.
Dr. 'Read immediately pronounced the case one of
true hydrophobia, and believed that Mr. Jackson
could not recover, but endeavoured to relieve him of
his sufferings as much as possible. Large doses of
morphine were administered hypodermically, but, to
use Dr. Read's expression, "It seemed to have no
more effect than water upon the patient's system."
Hydrate of chloral was also administered, but without
effect in allaying any of the distressing symptoms.
The facts of this case would seem to give some support
to the cild hypothesis that the disease is imparted by
the peculiarly-pointed tooth of the dog, and not neces-
sarily resultant from a condition of rabies in the
animal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

- THE MODERN BABYLON.

The vastness of London was never more clearly shown
than-in the index of streets and placesrecently published
by the Metropolitan Board of Works. Extending to 611
closely printed pages, the list contains the names ot about
30,000 separate thoroughfares (remarks the Globe). Of
these, 1,705 have had their names or numbers changed,
while no less than 129,547 houses were re-numbered up to
the end of 1874. Yet, although good work has been done
in this direction, what remains might well appal the
stoutest-hearted reformer. A cursory examination of
the index shows that at the present time the metropolis
includes 160 places christened Albert, and 198 bearing
her Majesty's name. Odd to say, our old friends Brown,
Jones, and Robinson are not nearly so common in the
list, the first appearing only 20 times, the second 8 times,
and the third 14. But John is a great offender against
postmen's peace of mind, that name being repeated 163
times. Even the most singular appellations have a way of
multiplying themselves. Thus there are no less than five
:Frog's Islands, of which Hammersmith, Wandsworth,
Norwood, Lewisham, and Limehouse, each posses
one. Then Frdgmore turns out to be in Love-lane,
Wandsworth, instead of near Windsor, while one of
two Fashion-streets is in Spitalfields. "Who was
Fugion ? " readers will be tempted to ask when
coming across Fugion's-place, nor will their curiosity
be set at rest on finding that the thoroughfare is
situate in Palmer's Village, Westminster. Turning
from these mysteries to the explanatory notes by
Mr. Vulliamy, the regulations regarding naming
streets and numbering houses will be found. Taking
St. Paul's Cathedral as the central point, the nuiuber-
ing of houses when altered, and also in new streets,
begins at the end of the street nearest that building,
the odd numbers being assigned to the left side, and
even to the right. By pursuing this method, slow but
steady progress is being made towards a more
systematic nomenclature and enumeration than pre-
vail at present, but the Metropolitan Board of Works
are greatly hampered by want of absolute control over
the arrangements Prior to 1862, the Board had full
jurisdiction, but since that date a good deal of their
power has fallen into other hands. However, when
it is remembered that the practice of numbering
houses in London only began in 1761, or a little more
than a century ago, the progress already made appears
marvellous.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

VIVISECTION COMMISSION QUESTIONS,

(From Punch.)

To what extent do you think the practice of cutting
up one's friends prevails in this country?
Under what circumstances do you consider that we
are warranted in cutting each other?
What distinction do you draw between cutting a
man and cutting a man dead?
Have you known any unpleasant results follow a
slashing article?
Can you furnish any trustworthy statistics as to the
number of authors who have been cut up within the
last seven years?
Have you turned your attention to cutaway coats in
connection with the subject of this present investiga-
tion ?

_
Have any instances come under your notice of per-
sons who have appeared terribly cut up?
How would you act towards bores? Would you feel
the slightest compunction at cutting them short?
Have you ever known any untoward consequences
arise from cutting at whist?
You are not required to criminate yourself, but
have you ever made short cuts, and, if so, with what'
results?

What course of conduct should you pursue if you
were called upon, at a moment's notice, to divide two
Ladies at the dinner-table?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

MESSRS. MOODY AND SANKEY'S
FAREWELL SERVICES:

The American Evangelists on Sunday brought their
visit to England to a clote. Three services were held
in the hall specially erectedfor them near Camberwell-
green. It is estimated that the hall will seat 8,000 in-
dividuals; and it was not only crowded three times
on Sunday, but many others came only to find the
gates closed and the word " Full " posted outside. The
first service, at eight a.m. was for" Christian workers,"
and so early as five o'clock 2,000 persons had assembled.
The afternoon service was for women only, and
that in the evening for men alone, and this order
has been observed on each Sunday for the last
month. On the week days the hall has also been
filled every day during the month, except on the Satur-
days, when the Americans did not attend. On
Sunday evening Mr. Moody enlarged upon his
favourite they of instantaneous conversion. The
time had come, he said, for the close of his two years
and three months in this cmntry, which had been the
happiest years of his life, and he wanted all his hearers
to be saved that night. He wanted to see 3,000 men
c mverted (there were 8,000 present). To this request
that the converts of that night would avow themselves,
a number responded from various parts of the hall.
—Mr. Sankey sang several pieces during the evening.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

BRIERLEY HILL OPERATIC BAND!

Which will play choice Selections of Music under the able
Leadership of Mr. E BOWATER. This Band has been
patronised for a great number of years.
By the kind permission. of Captain Bathe and Officers,
THE BAND OF THE 20th STAFFORDSHIRI,
RIFLE VOLUNTEERS,

Will be in attendance, under the direction of Mr. J
TONES, BANDMASTER.
Also, the

Ist B.VITALION WORCESTERSHIRE R. V. DRUM

AND FLUTE BAND,

Under the direction of Mr. S. WALKER, BANDUASTER

The Committee have pleasure in calling the attention of
the public to the foliewmg combination of Talent, u hich
is on a scale of magnificence never before attempted id,
the Midland Counties. Special engagement, at great
expense, of the brilliant Acrobats and Gymnasts, the
BROTHERS

ID=i COZI1VIAIR) I

And the Renowned

DE ALVARE.Z
Three of the most Marvellous Athletes of the day, wh
will appear in their exciting performance, consisting tt
daring and thrilling feats on the Arid l Bar and High
• • Trapeze. Flying Parisian 'Zings, Double
Somersaults, Leaps for Life, &c.,
including the wonderful feats of
DI? ALVAREZ, THE MAN WITH THE
LION'S JAW!

England's Great Eepre'sentative of Mirth,
MR. R. H. .SANDERS;

Who wiltai.peLr in his Anin,ing Comicalities.

MR T SNOW,
pylt,c,pai comedian to J. 'l'. Tute's_Wnatrels, in his
• - liliahlc Entettainment,—
" FUN WITHOUT' VULGARITY."

TOM 13AIN.HAM
The Great Dquth-voieei Voca.ii,t, from the GaiJiy
Upcq a Hot se.

al . .G G. OSB 0 It E ,
Ethiopian Serf ro.der ad IJtjiis, wig qv:lr in soni,t

of his Anieric.:-ii Sk,tches,

MR. E. SMITu,

lif; Eminent Piani,t.

• A Great V,riety of
OLD ENGLISH GAMES AND

AMUSEMENTS!

Including Old Aunt' Sally, William Tell, Shooting
Galleries, &e., &c., too numerous to mention.

BALLOON ASCENTS!
At iotervals during the day, under the superintendence
of a first-class Artiste. ,

The Members of the various Lodges in the above-named
Districts, will start from their respective Lodge
"louses at 9 o'clock; a m., and, by the kind per-
mission of the Members of the Stoutbridge
()ticket lub,
A GRAND PROCESSION!

'Will be formed on their grounds at Amblecote, which
will start punctually at Eleven o'clock a.m., and parade
the town of Stourbridee, arriving at the Grounds at
Lawnswood at 12 80. The Amusements to commence at
Half•past One o'clock.-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

MORE FLOODS AT BUDA-PESTH.

Another fearful storm, says a telegram to The Times,
swept over Buda-Pesth on Saturday last. Almost all
the temporary works which had been made to repair
the damage done to the roads and bridges by the storm
of the 26th ult. were again destroyed. The floods rushed
down* again with violence, filling the cellars of the
houses just pumped out. Fortunately, this occurred
during the day. The houses which were still exposed
to danger had been evacuated after the last storm, and
the approaches to them were guarded by the military, so
no loss of life occurred. Besides, the floods last month
had already done their work, and cleared away whatever
could obstruct their way. This time, however, it is not
only Buda but Pesth likewise which felt the effects of
the storm. Several houses were unroofed, and the
wooden theatre of a conjuror was demolished. Both
in the town parts and in the island of Margarethen a
number of large towers were blown down, and both
places looked a picture of desolation. Great as the
misery caused and the damage done by these two
storms is, they have had one advantage—namely, that
of arousing the people and authorities of the capital
from the sense of security in which they had indulged,
and inducing them to take effectual measures against
the recurrence of such disasters. How far the sense of
security went may be gathered from the circumstance
that some of the houses demolished were actually built
over the Devil's Ditch, which provides the drainage of
the valley behind Buda. They were old houses, and
must have stood there many years. There was, in-
deed, another great flood on record, on the 15th A.ugust,
1837, which caused even greater loss of life, for it
caught holiday-makers at the foot of the mountains
and carried them away, but the houses, although in-
jured, were not destroyed. Every one begins to see
that there must be not only thorough drainage of the
valley, but that scmething must be likewise done to
prevent a too rapid flow of the waters from the moun-
tains by making reservoirs in different places, which
besides lessening the danger, would likewise go far to
remedy the want of springs from which these higher
parts suffer in ordinary times.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

THE LONDON HAIR CUTTING, DRESSING,
SINGEING AND SHAMPOOING ESTABLISHENT

190, HIGH-STEET, DUDLEY.
J . WILKINS

_
1-4EGS to call the attention of Ladies and
1 Gentlemen' to his Large, Choice, and Fashionable
STOCK of WIGS, BRAIDS, CHIGNONS, PLAITED
HEAD-DRESSES, and ORNAMENTAL HAIR of
every deseription, Shade of Colour, and Finest Quality,
at reduced Prices.
Sole Inventor of the AUSTRALIAN LIQUID HAIR
DYE, for Changing Red or Grey Hair to a Beautiful
Brown or Black, in a few minutes, without staining the
skin or injuring the hair. Also, the Celebrated Extract
of Rosemary, for removing Scurf and promoting the
Growth of the Hair, and preventing its falling oft oi
turning grey.
Wigs, Beards, and Whiskers, for Charades or Theatrical
Purposes, for Sale or on Hire. Lessons given in Hair
Dressing. _ _ _

-
Note the Address :
ow- 190, HIGH STREET, DUDLEI

ESTABLISHED 22 YEARS.

MR. RICHARD LANSMERE,

ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER OF ST.
JOHN'S CHURCH, DUDLEY,
Late of the Exeter, St, James, and St. George's Hal
Concerts, London, Sze., &e., and
Late Organist at Rochester Cathedral; also
PRINCIPAL BARITONE OF THE ENGLISH
LONDON OPERA COMPANY.

AS the honour to announce to the Nobility,
.11 Clergy, and Gentry of Dudley and its Vicinity
that he is open to receive PUPILS for

SINGING, PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, HARMONIUM
HARMONY, THOROUGH BASS. &c., &c.

Mr. Lansmere is also open to receive engagements foi
Concerts, Oratorios, &c.' &C.
Mr. Lansmere has had the high honour of appearing
at Concerts in conjunction with Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr.
Santley, Mesdames Sherrington and Sainton-Dolby, Miss
Edith Wynne, &c., and has everywheYe r( ceived most
flattering encomiums from the Press and the Public.
Terms on application.
Address,—

139, UPPER HIGH-STREET,
DUDLEY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

E.NER AL PRINTER
92 , HIGH-STREET, BTOUR.BRIDGE.

PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

STATIONERY.

Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Concert, and

other Posters.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmes, Bill

Heads.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL KINDS of PRINTING,. in Black or
Coloured Inks.
CI F. begs to thank his kind supporters fo
commencement in the above Business, and trustg
heir support.

'REASONABLE PERMS.

S FIEJJLD
GENERAL PRINTER,
STOURBEIDGE.

ALL ORDERS EXECUTED WITH PROMPTNESS AND DISPATCH, ON

Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL KINDS of
PLAIN and FANCY. STATIONERY.
Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patterns.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, &c.
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS,

Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books, &c
the liberal patronage he has received since his
s, by strict personal attention, to merit a continuance of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

THE EMPLOYMENT OF SOLDIERS IN

HARVEST.

We believe it to be the case that during the current
hay harvest considerable delay, and of course conse-
quent loss to farmers and to the country generally,
have in some places been incurred owing to the scarcity
of labour (remarks the Field). With the unsettled
weather that we have had of late, everything depends
upon, the ability to make use at once of some favour-
able change, if it only be of a few hours' duration;
and in such seasons want of hands readily available
is felt more severely than in any other. The im-
portance to the nation of harvesting the produce
of the country in good order has always been felt
to be such, that for the time other matters, other
pursuits, and other considerations yield to it. The
help of the soldiers, especially in unsettled weather,
was often most valuable to their temporary employers;
and where they did not take the place of the
regular labourers, and so deprive them of their legi-
timate harvest earnings, their employment was a dis-
tinct gain to the nation, by enabling the produce of
the country to be gathered in without loss and in good
condition and so increasing, and therefore cheapening
the food supplies of the people. In France the em-
ployment of soldiers in harvests is an understood thing,
and their distribution and their rate of payment are
determined by the government in the manner that shall
best conduce to the benefit of the community. Here in
England our position is certainly somewhat different;
our standing army is small, and our reserve forces are
not necessarily in training during the harvest months,
and are therefore free to take their labour to any
market they may choose to select. Still, occasions
do arise when extra hands are urgently wanted at
harvest time, and when those hands could most con-
veniently be obtained from garrison towns. The only
question to be considered is, how the agricultural
labourers would be affected by the employment of
soldiers. During the agricultural strike, objections
were raised to the employment of soldiers in harvest'
at all, and the Government of the day, without de-
claring that henceforth they should refuse applications
for the services of soldiers, nevertheless issued an order
whereby they required so many formalities to be com-
plied with, and referred the applicant to so many
officials in succession, that before the matter could be
dscided the, harvest in most instances had been
gathered in or spoilt, as the case might be, and the
services of the soldiers were no longer needed. We
have drawn attention to the subject in order that
before parliament rises some member may ask the
Government a question upon it, and thereby elicit a
reply which may be satisfactory to farmers, or at any
rate may inform them in time what the real intentions
of the Government are.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

MATRIMONY IN FRANCE.

People are born and die in France pretty nearly in
the same fashion as all the world over. But it is not
with marriage. Nothing can be more trying to an
American or Englishman than to have to go through a
Parisian courtship (remarks the Continental Herald.)
It is next to impossible to get to know anything about
the character of your fiancée. The question is not
"popped" by yourself, but some obliging friend, who
undertakes to obtain the consent of the young lady's
parents, it being an understood thing that no well-
brought-up daughter will object to the choice made
f,r her by her Papa and Mamma. If you have
not been introduced to the young lady previous to
being accepted by them, which is often the case,
a formal introduction follows, and possibly you
may find each other " chaxmants," but it does not
much matter if you don't, as from that moment you
are both already "booked." From the first day of
your engagement till the day of your wedding, inclu-
sively, you are expected to send your betrothed a huge
bouquet of the choicest flowers you can get, and the
degree of your affection being estimated according to
the size and quality of the bouquets you send,tit is not
astonishing that the flower-trade in Paris is in a
flourishing state. You are allowed to call at your
future parents-in-law's house every day and have
half an hour's conversation with your fiancée, in
presence of a me*er of the family, but never
alone. You may shake hands with her, but nothing
more. You call each other Monsieur and Mademoi-
selle till after you are married. If there is money on
either side, you have to get through some very matter-
of-fact business with Mademoiselle's notary, who
being a shrewd man like all notaries, will easily
get the best of you, especially if you are too much
taken up with the young lady herself to trouble about
the details of a marriage contract. A dinner generally
follows the signing of that document, which serves as a
sort of rehearsal for the marriage ceremony, the people
invited and the average amount of nervousness being
the same at both. The next step is the civil marriage
at the Maine, which generally takes place a few days
before the benediction nuptiale. Civil marriage is bind-
ing in the eyes of the law, yet society in France denies
a husband—" the rights of matrimony," until the reli-
gious ceremony has taken place. When the great day
comes, and the guests have assembled, the men in
evening dress and the ladies decked out in all the
colours of the rainbow, you are ushered to church just
in the same way as everywhere else, excepting that if
you happen not to be of the same religion as your
fiancée, the wedding is repeated at your own Church.
After all this is over,"things are made as pleasant and
easy as they were formal and disagreeable before.
There is nothing stiff about French people, especially
about French ladies, and the delight of a Parisienne
when relieved of the restraint she undergoes during
her engagement, is often the key to her own and her
husband's future happiness.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

EMIGRATION TO CANADA. '

The following communication has been sent to The Times
for publication:—

Sir,—Will you permit me to make through the
columns of The Tunes, an intimation which may serve
to prevent a good deal of disappointment and trouble?
The advices which I have from Canada, both pri-
vately and in the Press, as well as from gentlemen who
have lately airived from there, show that in the pre-
sent state of commerce and trade in the Dominion, and
especially at so late a period of the emigration season,
it is not advisable to encourage the emigration from
this country of artisans, mechanics, clerks, and general
labourers to Canada. These persons, arriving in
the middle of July or the beginning of August, will
find a depressed state of trade and a lack of general
employment, and, unless they have extraordinary
energy and self-reliance, or sufficient means to main-
tain themselves for a considerable time, they may
find themselves forced to face a Canadian winter
with no prospect of employment. To encourage
emigration of such persons in such circumstances would
be almost criminal, and equally disastrous to the emi-
grants themselves and to the interests of Canada.

I am, however, advised that there is still one interest
which continues to flourish, and that there is still a
healthy demand for agricultural labourers. Ido not,
therefore, desire to discourage the emigration of these
classes, provided that th.y do not take out with them
large families. But still I deem it advisable to announce
that the Canadian Government will not press during
the approaching autumn for a large exodus even of
these classes.

For female domestic servants there is always a de-
mand, at good wages, in Canada, and it would be safe
for them to go at any time.
I am assured that in a few months the unsatisfactory
conditions of the labour market in Canada will have
been greatly altered, and .I hope soon in view of the
public works which are projected, and the increasing
prosperity of the Dominion, to be able again to re-
commend to English labourers of all classes the selec-
tion of Canada as their home. In the meantime
the efforts of the Canadian agents will be de-
voted, during the autumn and winter, to prepara-
tion for a large emigration in the Spring, and I shall
cause registers to be opened by the Government agents
in all parts of the country, to which labourers of all
kinds may send their names, descriptions, and copies
of testimonials, which will be forwarded to the Govern-
ment agents in Canada, with a view to enabling them
to transmit to this office any offers that may be made
by the local employers to secure the services of such
persons. The details of this arrangement, however,
will be otherwise announced.—l am, Sir, your obliged
servant, EDWARD JENKINS, Agent-General.

Canada Government-buildings, Westminster, July 9.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE BILL.

The House resumed the consideration of the Supreme
Court of Judicature Act (1873) Amendment (No. 2) Bill.

Mr. Watkin Williams moved to add a provi,s? to Clause 17,
limiting the power of altering or annulling existing rules or
orders to such rules as regulated the pleading, practice, or
procedure of the courts.
The Attorney-General said he considered that such a
restriction upon the powers of the judges would be attended
with considerable inconvenience. It would be necessary to
lay before Parliament whatever changes were made.

The amendment was supported by Sir U. James and Mr.
Whalley, and after some discussion, in the course of which
Mr. Williams declined to withdraw his amendment.

The committee divided, when there appeared—For the
amendment, 83; against, 143; majority, CO.
The amendment was therefore rejected.
- - --

Mr. Gast then proposed to add another proviso to the
same clause, to preserve the existing machinery existing in
connection with the Court of Common Pleas in Lancaster
until such time as the new machinery was ready and could
be brought into operation. He hoped that the Government
would be able to consent at all events to the provisional in-
troduction of the amendment, which was greatly desired by
a great number of people of influence in the county.
The Attorney-General stated that if the amendment were
withdrawn he would consider the subject before the Bill
was reported to the House, when the hon. member could
again raise the question.
The amendment was withdrawn.

Mr. Lopes proposed an amendment to Clause 20, the
effect of which which would, he said, be necessary.f or the
protection of trial by jury in certain cases, but after a short
conversation the proposition was withdrawn.
Clause 21 was agreed to.
On Clause 22,

Mr. Grantham moved an amendment, the object of which
was to withhold the power given by the clause al it stood to
her Majesty by Order in Council to do away with certain cir-
cuits, as at present constituted.
The Attorney General admitted that the clause conferred
large powers upon her Majesty, by an Order in Council, to
alter the circuits ; but he thought it was necessary to give
these powers, and he could not, therefore, accept the amend-
ment,

The amendment was negatived and the clause was agreed
to.

The remaining clauses of the Bill were agreed to.

Some new clauses were inserted at the instance of the
Attorney-General in reference to the Acts relating to the
transfer of Government Securities and the payment of un-
claimed dividends.

A new clause, moved by Mr. Jackson, for the purpose of
securing the taxation of costa on more liberal principles, was
discussed at considerable length, but it was ultimately nega-
tived by 191 to 61.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

CRADLEY.

ARSON.—A t the Worcester Assizes, on Thursday before
Sir R. W. Grove, Joseph Bache. (26), iron worker pleaded
guilty to unlawfully and nialiclou§ly sektifig fire to a rick
of hay, on the 10th of May at Cradley, the property of
'Ambrose Pearson. The prisoner said he was in beer at
the time.—His Lordship deferred sia.ntguce, wjti.i theziew-
of some evidettee'beirig given as to'his "state of mind.
CARD PLAYING.—At the Police Court at Stourbridge,
yesterdar, Benjamin Sbott.WiUiaia Scott, and Richard
Scott, were charged with playing a cards on the 10th ult.
Police-constable Harrison said he saw them all playing
at cards. He saw no-betting Remanded:for a week.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

Messrs. Burgess & Turner, Elastic Web Manufacturers,
Birstall Street Works, Leicester.—" We beg leave to
compliment you on the manner in which you reply to
our inquiries, they being so prompt and reliable. We
believe if business men were to act a little more on your
advice and replies, the commercial atmosphere would be
very much cleared of that amount of insolvency it at
present retains. We are pleased with the system you
adopt of sending a number of inquiries obtained from
different sources, and when we find them agree with our
private ones, it gives us great confidence in, and satisfac-
tion with your plan."
Messrs. Tomlinson &, Buck, Carlisle, and at Manches-
ter, Bradford, and London.—" The only time we made
a bad debt (since we were members of your offices) was
when we did not act upon your caution."—Members seven
years.
Messrs. Croskill & Sons, Agricultural Implement
Manufacturers, Beverley,—" Minute and valuable par-
ticulars given promptly—special I; recommended this
feature most valuable Accounts promptly recovered.
Cheques handed us at once."—Members six years.
Messrs. George Murray & Co., Engineers and Iron-
founders, Newcastle-on-Tyne.—" Prompt, efficient, re-
liable—Never been misled."
Messrs. Huntley & Palmers Biscuit Factory, Reading.
—" Recommended."—Members seven years.
Messrs. Win. Seelless & Co., Sewing Machine Manu-
facturers, Airdale Works, Keighlv,—" No bad debts
where we have followed out your instructions during the
last four years."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

- PICTURES FRAMED
From the Cheapest and Best Mouldings.

A NEW SELECTION OF PATTERNS
In Best-English Gold Work.
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Plain, St ined, or Polished, from 4d. each.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

TIGHT BEARING-REINS.

In London, on Friday evening, a conference VMS
held in the Rooms of the Royal Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals for the purpose of dis-
countena-ncing the use of bearing-reins on horses. Mr.
Cowper-Temple, M.P., occupied the chair. At the
invitation of the Society a number of coachmen at-
tended.

The chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that
the object of the meeting was to prevent any unneces-
sary pain being inflicted on the horse. He thought
everybody who walked about the streets of London, if
they pleased, must have observed how much unneces-
sary suffering was inflicted upon carriage horses by the
use of tight bearing-reins. A good deal had been said
about it of late in the newspapers, and so they had called
together coachmen, and persons who drove horses, to
consult with them, and ask whether tight bearing-reins
were necessary or not. They were not going that even-
ing to enter into the question whether there should be
any bearing-rein, but whether the one that was in use
at the present time was necessary or not. He meant
by bearing-rein: the gag bearing-rein. They went into
the streets and saw valuable animals with their heads
drawn up in a manner which cramped the muscles and
Injured the mouth, by keeping a constant heavy
pressure upon it. This bearing-rein was often
kept fastened for hours and hours together, which
seemed to arise from thoughtlessness. Now it seethed
to him that driving a horse with its head up, so that
it could not have all its weight on the collar, must de-
prive it of a good deal of draught, and also had the
effect of injuring its temper. Many horses were abso-
lutely tortured by the custom now in vogue, and they
had evidence from veterinary surgeons that the tight
bearing-rein kept on a long time made horses
" roarers," and injured their wind.
Captain Vincent, who said that there were 16,000,000
horses in Russia, as compared wiah 2,000,000 in Eng-
land, advocated a reform in the tight bearing-rein as
now adopted.
A number of coachmen and others also addressed
the meeting, all of them being strongly opposed to the
use of tight bearing-reins, and ultimately Major
Bethune moved the following resolution, which was
seconded by a coachman named Watkins, and unani-
mously carried
"That this meeting deprecates the use of tight gag bearing
reins as unnecessary, injurious, and causing severe pain, and
pledges itself to discountenance their use."
The proceedings were brought to a close with the
usual compliment to the chairman.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

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Painless Dentistry and Atiiticial Teeth, at strictly
moderate charges. -
A single Toctii -to a c0n,1:1... •'sA nupplied—warranted
for mastication and :laical:ill...
Regular attend:ince t JOUIthIIDGE every
FRIDAY, at
'MR. BENNETT'S,

MILLINER, 159, HIGH-STREET.
R. ABRIEL, the Old Establisked
DENTIST.
BEGS to intimate that at the urgent request of numerous
inhabitants, patient,;, and friends, he has been induced to
visit Stourbridge, every FRIPAY, and may be consulted
personally (free of charge), upon his recent improie-
'Dents in the construction of Artificial Teeth' and Gums,
whereby the weight, balk and cost of the case or frame,
as been much reduced, to the great convenience and
advantage of the wearer. Teeth are by this new method
exquisitely fitted; without extracting stumps, or any pain-
ful operation.
Mr. GABRIEL'S practic‘) (on i of the oldest in Eng-
land) was established in 1815.
Particularly notice,

REGULAR ATTENDANCE AT STOURBRIDGE
EVERY FRIDAY,
At Mrs. Bennett's, Milliner, 159, High-stieet,
Personal attendance from Ten till Four and at

11, BENNETTS HILL, 11
(Next to the Bank of England)
BIRMINGHAM,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

The Chamber of Agriculture Journal says :—"Rain
has again fallen during the past week throughout
the country, which has caused some damage to the
hay crop where it has been cut, as stacking has been
impracticable. No harm has as yet been done to
the wheat crop, but should the next week turn out
wet, serious damage would result. In consequence
of the continued small supplies of English wheat
in the country markets the trade has again im-
proved, most of them showing a further advance of
Is. to 21. per qr. The late change in the weather
in France will greatly benefit all the cereal crops,
more particularly with regard to the reaping of. the
grain fields; and where this has already been done the
crops will more particularly profit thereby. The in-
terior corn markets still continue sparingly supplied,
and fine 'samples are very rarely offered, as holders
obviously foresee in the impending campaign that the
quality of the wheat will be somewhat questionable,
and therefore lay their choice sorts by, to reproduce
them when the opportune moment arrives. Heavy
thunderstorms had occurred in many places in Germany
during the last week, and a good deal of damage was
done thereby, but on the whole, the crops had a very
promising appearance."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

PHYSICAL TRAINING.

It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of
early physical training, and, considering we somewhat
pride ourselves on being a nation of athletes, it is some-
what surprising so little account is taken of this part of
our education. True every School almost has its cricket
and athletic clubs, and where opportunity offers,
as at Eton and Westminster, its boat club likewise. But
the joining these clubs is perfectly optional, and many
a weakly youngster, who might grow up into a strong and
hearty man, is left out in the cold from shyness or in-
disposition to join in the sports. It is desirable, if only on
the well-known principle of developing the mentem sanant
in c,orpore sano, that every school in England should have
attached to it one or more skilled instructors in physics
—not the physics with which the medical practitioner
supplies us, or the physics which some reverend or
irreverend wrangler does his best to instil into our
feeble boy minds, but the proper use of the limbs with
which Dame Nature has furnished us. This necessity
is recognised abroad in countries which, athletically,
are far behind us. In Germany and Holland espe-
cially, whose cricket and rowing would raise a smile of
mingled pity and contempt in the average English
schoolboy, physical training is a part of the system.
To nearly every school a gymnasium is attached, and a
high standard of proficiency in gymnastic exercises is
pretty generally attained. A large section of our
population habitually goes down to the sea in ships.
Strong and deep rivers intersect our island in all direc-
tions; yet instruction in swimming is the exception
rather than the rule. At Eton every boy must
swim before he is permitted to enter a boat,
but generally it is a fortunate accident if an
English youngster shows any proficiency in
this manly exercise. Gymnasia are seldom to be met
with, and the belief is general that their erection must
involve a serious outlay. But there is hardly a school
in England at which the most important gymnastic
appliances might not easily be improvisei. A few
ropes, a few bars, and a pole or two, with a gymnast to
teach their use, make up the mass of what is abso-
lutely necessary, and anything more elaborate might
be purchased by degrees. We trust the day may not
be far distant when all our English youth shall be as
well developed muscularly as we hope to see them men-
tally. This may be done at a very slight additional
expense, and the country should not only urge, but in-
sist, on school boards making due provision for this im-
portant part of our national education. —Land and
Water.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-17

SEA-BATHING,

The nature of the shore is of considerab import-
ance to bathers, and most particularly so to children;
the shore may be sandy, and a crisp sand under foot is
very pleasant; in some places the sands are soft, and
it is a toil to get through them; in other places they
are firm, and you may gallop or even drive a carriage
on them (remarks the Sanitary Record). The sands of
Scarborough and of Redcar are notable in this respect.
A shingly beach, as at Southsea or at Dieppe, is very
disagreeable, and necessitates the use of shoes in
bathing, which to most people is unpleasant. Some-
times there is only a short belt of shingle at high water,
and if you cross it you get on sand. In some few
places used as bathing stations, there is no sand at
all, and the bather must avail himself of shelving
rooks; but in all tolerably large places a space is

usually cleared away among the rocks for the con-
venience of bathers. The swimmer always prefers
ground where the coast shelves rapidly, or, still
better, where he can plunge from a rock. Some-
times there are small depressions or holes in
the sands, which are unpleasant, as the bathers may
step into them unexpectedly. Other matters are the
strength of the tide, or of currents, which varies ac-
cording to local circumstances. If the ground is at all
dangerous, it is safer to bathe while the tide is coming
in; if the bank shelves rapidly and the sea is pretty
high, it is often difficult when the tide is retreating for
the bather to keep his footing, as the sand is washed
away from under his feet. The risk from currents No-
plies chiefly to swimmers, who sometimes, not being
aware of their existence, swim out heedlessly, and then
find that the set of the current prevents their being able
to reach the shore. A rope for female bathers to hang on
by is usually a sufficient protection. Winds, and still more
waves, have to be considered. When there is much wind
the bather should keep more in the water, and expose
his body as little as possible to the wind, which de-
prives it so rapidly of caloric. The waves bear a cer-
tain proportion to the force of the wind, and the
greater the impetus of the waves, the shorter should
the period of bathing be. A sea bath is essentially a
cold or temperate medicated bath, as salt water con-
tains from 2 to 3 per cent, of salts. It may be said
on an average to be at least 40 to 45 degrees colder than
the temperature of the body. It differs from common
house baths in the person being exposed to the open
air, in the water always being in motion, usually suffi-
ciently so to produce waves, the impetus of which gives
what is called a shock.