The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-12-28 00:00:00

CUTTINGS FROM ADIERICAN PAPERS.

KW Plollll..4folst anger, ons pound: 00mrsein salt,
two pound,: saltpetre, a quarter of • pound; fresh ground
allspice, oat ounce: water, four quart,' dissolve. To
pickle meat, to which it imparta a One red colour, ends su-
perior flavour.
TIPSY CAUL—Soak a little sponge-cake in as much good
French brandy as It will conveniently absorb ; then stick it
full of blanched almonds cut into whole length spikes, and
pour rich cold boiled custard round it.
LEMON TEA CAKES—Rub half • pound of butter Into a
pound of flour: add half a pound of finely-sifted sugar, grate
the rind of two lemons, and squeeze in the juice of one, and
two eggs. hits all well together, roll out the paste, cut into
shapes, and bake in a slow oven.
LAMB 118.—Cut • small beck of lamb Into chops, which
Must not be too fat, season them lightly with pepper and
salt, and lay them ill your pie-dish, with a few new potatoes
In sines, pour in a little water, then cover and bake.
FRIED CALEs Livaa.—Cut the liver in thin slices, wash
It, put it in salt and water, and let it stand for half an hour,
to draw out the blood. Then wash it and season with
pepper and a little more salt. Fry it in lard; serve hot and
nicely browned
REMEDY Fox BOILS, ke —lt has been stated that strong
tincture of iodine applied to boils and carbuncles will shorten
the suppurative stages more than one half ; and, at the very
first application, will almost entirely remove pain and other
disagreeable symptoms.
SWEET PUDDING SAUCE.—BoII the thin rind of half a
lemon, one ounce and a half of auger, and a wine-glassful of
water, for fifteen minutes ; then take out the lemon peel,
and mix one ounce of butter with a small quantity' of flour'
stir it round in the sauce till it has boiled one minute, and
then add a glass and a half of cherry.
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. irriggledaruphooldiveness.
The members of a legislature in one of the Western
States attacked each other with chairs—and thus, as= editor
Mit forty
minutes,
uptelumss, In a little sugar and remarked, " broke up their sittings?'
liaLltdleattnallapjx:
wilts!
"All things from above are not blessing's,', as curly
water until they are tender, then take out the stones and
simmer ft longer : then strain it through a outlander, and alighted on his head.
Fenian, gravely said when an evalanche of snow and Ice
make it quite sweet. Line small tinplates with athin paste; A notorious contemporary says that be "cannot be
place a rim of puff paste; fill the plates, and bake them convicted of twin& falsehood." Then the only reason in,
until the crust Is done, that his falsehoods always bunt in couples.
i PIiI3ERVIIIO CrEhlrff.--Clirfunin can be Preferred for A Brother Editor tells us that when he was in prison
ples and other purposes, without Injury to their quality, bg for libelling a jurtice of the peace, he was requested by the
, placing them in glass or goneware jars filled to the top wit gaoler to give the prison a puff.
bot The Is made with one of white
sugar to asugarsyrup. pint of watesyrupr, and Is poured on bpoundelling hot and The following inscription is at the head of the
, the jars sealed up tight when the air bubbles cease to rise of its
Wrote the wrap. remain and plums may also be preserved In benefit of its patrons and the pecuniary profit
Rockland Rosette, "An independent paper, devoted to the
Else same manner. publifthers.
lab; pick it fine: put it into a frying-pan: add two table- I am, and more deliberate people than I am, and even
MALT FMB WITH Eooo,—Take a nice piece of tender salt Mark Twain says, " I have seen slower people than
e1x."1.1 of beilial water, a Piece of butter half the she of quieter, and more listless, and latter people than lam, But
an egg, a very little pepper; set it on the fire, stirring It they were dead."
constantly until the butter melt,; break in lour eggs, stir- The lady members of the first Baptist Church in
ring It rionstautly Until the eggs are cooked. Serve very Nashville have agreed that they will dispente with all finery
hot, on Sunday, wearing no jewels, and hereafter appear at
A aeon CHRISTMAS PTITIMRO.—Tate of flour, three ounces: church in plain calico dresses.
bread crumbs, three ounces ; suet, atoned raisins, and An American, when asked by a Russian the boons
currants, each siz ounces ; minced apples, firm ounces ; d of his country, sald—" 'I hat It was boineled on the north
sugar, eve ounces : candied peel, two ounces ; spice, half • b e “ll'''v th A Borealis' and on the south by the day of j udg,
teaspoonful ; salt, a few grains; brandy, a small wineglass- ~;„,„,'
ful; three eggs. Mix and beat these ingredients well to. -----
' gather, tie them tightly in a thickly-flavoured cloth, and The editor of an Arkansas paper has indulged in an
boil tor three hours stud a half, nerve with Oa first page, far 'dour
German or wine erratum, which reads as follows: '
sauce, aqui/tie ' read ' permanence.' "
SOLID creteno.—one ounce ot Melees, two pints nine, Josh Billing' defines a thnrrer-bred bizinese man as
milk, one dozen of bitter almonds, pounded, the yolks of " wur that knows euulf ab ,tit steel.' so't there kant enny
tour eggs, sugar to taste. Dissolve the 'gingham in the milt body steel from him, and °null about law so that he kin do
add the pounded almonds, put the mixture on the fire, win his stealth' legally.
let it boil a few minute.. Four it through a sieve, thou add When a steady, well-behaved young man is seen
the yolks of the eggs, well beaten •, sweeten to your taste.
Put it on the fire Until it thickens, stir it till nearly cold, and there
put it into a mould. good-night, or saying, " Poor old Corbison ilabscrew."
• out&
may be e I cent apprehension that he has been " taLlullt
SALLY LIMN PUDIHRO.—Cut out a piece from the under thine.
shaking hands with a pump, and bidding it an affectionate
aide of the cake so as not to injure the upper crust, replete° '
It, and let the cake soak for three hours In boiling milk in a When a Kentucky judge, some years since, was
basin that will just hold it. Mix one egg, well beaten, with asked by an attorney upon some strange ruling, "Is that law
a glamor wine and a little spice and sugar. Having removed your honour?' he replied, "II the court understands hire.
the piece of cake previously cut, stir in these ingredients, self, and he thinks he do, it are !"
still being careful not to break the crust; replace the Piece. "I and the President put up at the same tavern lost
put some butter on the basin, fill It up with bread-cruraba, night," said a rough-looking I ellow.—" It must have bees •
Sod boil these-quarters of an hour. : house of accommodation for both man and beast," replied a
I bibystander.
Fast% PITY7II. —Roll out a rich psheet ; aste, and cut them
illaste with a • An American editor, in puffing a "down eaater''
scuit cutter, lay them on a tin cut a rich pu
the same size ; cots hole with a small wine-glass, making a betel, says that anew tooth-brush has been supplied for the
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attached to a strong iron chain, so
liM half an inch thick, and bake them until quit e done.
piddle will always be accommodated in the, respect.
that the
Putt before sending them to the table fill them with pre-
serves of any kind. Paste looks much nicer, if beat-up egg , An editor in New Hampshire offers to bet his bead
ifilbruehed over it with a paste brush, and white sugar sifted ' against a sixpence upon some political question. A brother
On Just before it is sot in the oven. If iii, to be very light. and rival editor accepts the bet ; says he thinks It an even
coloured, use only the white of the egg, and omit the sugar ' one, and asks who shall hold the stake..
BARLEY WA/Ea—One ounce of pearl barley, half an ounce Old Mrs. Dernley is a pattern of household economy.
of white sugar, and the rind of a lemon ; and put it into a She says she has made a pair of socks last her fifteen years,
jug. Pour upon it one quart of boiling water, and let It by only knitting new feet to them every winter, and new legs
stand for eight or ten hours; then strain off the liquor, add- to them every other winter.
log a slice of lemon, if desirable. This Mittman makes a
most delicious and nutritious beverage, and will be grateful , A contemporary of ours, who fancies himself beset
that h Is "d te nii dto II his life as
to persons who cannot drink the horrid decoction usually by enemies, says„e er ne se
dearly as possible. We really !hick, that if he gets six-
given. It lA an admirable basis for lemonade, Timms, or
weak mulch. pence for it, he will die a @windier.
seen BISCUITS —Take seven pounds of flour, one pound of We the other day received an impertinent letter, upon
moist sugar, one pound of butter, four ounces of vole- which, although it Was duly post.patil, we at once put
tile salt, half an ounce of caraway seeds, one quart of three additional stamps. We put them with the heel of our
milk or water. Do not work the dough more than feces- boot.
seep to combine the ingredients well together, roll it into thin A prominent member of Congress warns the bank!
sheets one-tenth of an inch in thickness, cut them into form that they "may find a whirlwind raithd about their eara.
with a large round docker, dock them with holes on both They will be glad to hear it. Some of them have not been •
sides, wash over the tops with egg or milk, and bake on but- little puzzled to know how the wind was tube raised.
tared tins In a quick oven. " An impertinent editor warns WI that the battle is
To BOIL e Hem.—Soak the ham for twelve or fourteen not always to the strong. at that editor showed ou a eel,
hours, lay it in a suitable vessel, and cover plentifully with uan occuion. wben ~,,,.... arwe eim, teas the Tee, wee
cold water; bring it very slowly to boil, and clear off the to the swift," remarks lila rWaL
scum. Then draw back the saucepan to the edge of the stove
that the ham may be simmered softly, but steadily, until A Western editor says that he will labour to put
tender. A bunch of herbs, a bay-leaf, and a few carrots, down the cause of drunkenness. "An the Cause of drunken-
thrown in will improve it. When sufficiently boiled, strip off hem is generally supposed to be strong liquor, he will no
the akin and strew fine raspings over it. The time required doubt put it down without the least trouble," remarked
for boiling varies much according to the size of the ham, his rival in his next Issue.
averaging four hours and a half. A gentleman out West tried advertising for a wife.
PATENT YEI.ST.—BoiI six ounces of hops in three gallons It worked to a charm, as usual. Ile says he has received
of water three hours ; strain it off, and let it stand ten in answer to his advertisement, 794 letters, 13 daguerro-
minutes ; then add half a peek of ground malt, stir it well up, type likenesses of ladles, two gold finger-rings, and 17 locks
and cover it over ; return the bops, mid put the same of hair.
quantity of water to theni again boiling them the same time "My Brudders," said a waggish coloured Irian to a 1
as before, straining it off to the first mash ; stir it up, and let
It remain four hours, then strain it off, and set it to work at crowd, "in all
l infliction, in all oh your troubles, der
Cl"in
is one '
I you can a. ays find sentpathy " " \Thar, w
ninety degrees, e ith three pints of patent yeast ; let it shouted several. "lu the dietiouary," he replied, roll; ug his
stand about twenty hour. ; take the scum off theand eyes m,,,w..d.
strain it through a hair sieve; it will be then lit for use. one
pint is sufficient to make a bushel of bread. A Novelist tells of two lovers, who agreed to wave
their hands towards each other, at a certain lime, across
To MAKE PTT oED OX TONGrE.—BoII tender an unsmoked
tongue of good flavour, and the following day cut from it the Atlantic ocean. One might suppose there would be wares
o
the quantity desired for pottieg, or take for this purpose the .""11^;‘,mr mirt,wren them without their trying to make more
oil a
s.
remaim of one which has alrk arty been served at table. Trim with t
off the skin and rind, weigh the meat, mince it very small, An Illinois judge, on a recent trial of a forger, whose
then pound it as tine as possible with four ounces of butter counsel set up a defence of insanity, said, that if the offender
to each pound of tongue, a small teaspoonful of mace, half had merely signed another man's name to the cheque. Ms
as much of nutmeg and cloves, nods tolerably high seasoning defence of insanity might have been held good, but that his
of cayenne. After the spices are well beaten with the meat, drawing the money and spending it "showed him to be a
taste it, and add more if required. A few ounces of any sagaciom and sound-mhuted man." The prisoner was eon-
well-roasted meat mixed with the tongue will give it firm- Tided.
ness. The breast of turkeys, fowls, partridges, or pheasants "Well," said the judge, to an old negro who had
may be used for the purpose with good effect, been hauled up lor stealing a pullet, "what have you to say
To Cults Herts.—Take the hams as soon as the pig is safe, for yourself ? '—" Nuffin' but ills, I was crazy as a bee bug
clently cold to be cut up, rub them well with common salt, when I stole dat or pullet, cos I might have stole aMg hen,
and leave them for three days to drain; throw away the and nebber done it. Dat shows 'elusively dat I was Lehman'
brine, and for two hams of from fifteen to eighteen pounds under de delirium tremeatem."
weight, mix together two ounces of saltpetre, one pound of Maine husbands came a trick on talkative wives. A
the coarsest auger, and one pound of common sail; rub the man tells his site that he is going to Ausaugnuatansogow•
hams in every part with this, lay them in deep pans with the mongotongo fishing. He then regnests all his friends to call
rind downward, and keep them for three dais well covered at the house and inquire his wher.bonts. When he returns,
with the mixture ; then pour over them a pint and a half of the poor woman is extutuated, and doesn't speak again for a
vinegar, and turn them in the brine, and baste them with it month.
datly for one month ; drain them well, rub them with bran, *The closing paragraph of the inatiovral addrese just
and hang them for a month high in • chimney, over wood tire,
to be smoked. delivered by the Mayor of Indianola, low'a, we extract from
: an Arnericau paper :—" With these few derogatory remarks,
CONSION &mem Pumwm.—Beat together three-quarters gentlemen, I tender you my diabolical congratulations, end
of a pound of ?lour, the same quantity of raisins, six ounces
of beef suet, finely chopped, a small pinch of salt, subside Into a useful and union loving citizen of this great
thme . and conglomerated republic."
grated nutmeg, and three eggs which have been thoroughly I
whisked and mixed with about a quarter of a pint of milk. ' The following is a specimen of Weetern eloquence :--
or less than this should the eggs be large. Pour the whole "Where is Europe, compared to America? Nowlin • Where I
into a butter dish, and bake it an hour and a quarter. Is England 1 Nowhar. They call England the r stress of '
STRASHerieI POTTED MEAT.—Take a pound and a half s nhe the sea but what make. the sea 1 The Mississippi melon
and all'we've got to do i to tar t Mississippi luta the 1
of the rump of beef, cut it into dice, and put it in an M ' ammoth Cave and the English navy will be floundering in '
earthern jar with a quarter of a pound of butter at the tho mud..
bottom ; tie the jar close up with paper and set over a pot to
boa When nearly done, add cloves, mace, allspice, nutmeg, '
brfeht moonlight one evening. Like all editors' wives, she
salt, cayenne peper to taste ; then boll till tender, and let it An editor and his wife were walking out in the
coal, Pound the meat with four anchovies, washed and I
was of an exmedlog poetic nature, and sald to her nests.—
honed; add a quarter of a pound of oiled butter, work it ' "Notice that moon; how bright, and calm, and beautiful!"
well together with the gravy, warm it a little, and add cochie
pots, and pour melted
neal to colour it ; then press into small pots,
think of noticing it," returned the editor, " for
; anything less than the olual rates—a dollar and fifty cents.
, suet over each. 1 for twelve lines."
BARLEY BnEAD.—The bread made according to the fol- I The Rev, Mr. Stiggins said :--" lam a charitable
lowing receipt is excellent, and, by many persons, is pre- I man, and think every one entitled to Ms opinion, and never
ferred to the best wheaten bread :—Take three and a half I cherish malice against my foes, not even against Mr. Mut-
pounds of barley meal, mix them well together in a large berry, who has indirectly called me a sinner; but still lithe
earthen pan, add yeast and warm water, and then leave the Lord has a thunderbolt to spare. I think it would be well
dough to rise for an bout; it mint then be kneaded and bestowed upon dear Brother Mulberry's head."
Well worked together for twenty minutes, after which, make ne following advertisement is from a paper ymb-
the above into a single loaf, put it into the oven, and let it Ilshed in the Far West;—" To rent, a house on Melville
bake for four hours. Care should be taken that the barley Avenue, located immediately alongside of a flee plum garden,
is ground fine, and well silted from the bran through a fine
STEWED Lent or VEAL.—Take part of a loin of veal, the
sieve. fro,..iititawbeienhi:oa.bu:idant supply of the most delicious fruit
may be stolen during the season. Bent low, aniline greater
saucepan, or into a stewpan, about a couple of ounces of
chump end will do: put into a large thick, well-tinned, iron '
, A Western Justice ordered a witness to "come up
butter, and shake it over a moderate fire until it begins to ' and be sworn." He was Informed that the person was deaf
brown, flour the veal well all over, 1.7 it into the saucepan, and dumb, "I don't care," said the judge, passionately,
and when it is of a tine, equal light brown, pour gradually in "whether he Is or not—here is the constitution of the
veal broth, gravy, or boiling water to nearly half its depth'
add a little salt, one or two sliced carrots, a small onion, or totted States before me. It guarantees to every man the
right of speech: and so long as I have the honour of a seat
more, when the flavour is much liked, and a bunch of on this bench, it shall not be violated or invaded. What the
parsley; stew the veal very softy for an hour, or rather Constitution guarantees to a man he should have, I reckon."
more; then turn it, and let it stew for nearly or quite To some pungent remarks of a professional brother
another hour, or longer, should it no', appear perfectly done. an American barrister commenced his reply as fellow.:—
As none of our receipts have been tried with large coarse "May it please the court, resting on the couch of republican
veal, the cooking must be regulated by that eire-unstance, equality as I do—covered by the blanket of Constitutional
and longer time allowed should the meat be of morn than panoply as I am—and protected by the tees of American
ml Of :size. Dish the joint ; skim all the fat from the liberty, as I feel myself to be—l despise the bussing of the
gravy, and strain it over the meat ;or keep the joint hot professional insect who has fast sat down, and defy his futile
while it is rapidly reduced to a richer consistency. This is attempts to penetrate, with It, puny sting, the instersticris of
merely a plain family stew. • my impervious covering."
PIGEow Pr —Border • large dish with fine puff-paste, and This is the way they do up an Enoch Arden romance
cover the bottom with a veal cutlet, or tender steak, free in Oshkos, Wls. :—The Western Arden did not come back
from fat and bone, and seasoned with salt, cayenne, and and gaze through the window at the felicity of green and
nutmeg; prepare with great nicety as many fresh-killed yellow melancholy busied,; not any. He kicked the new
pieeens as the dish will contain In one layer; put in each a husband out, sorted over the children and sent his brats after
slice of butter, seasoned with a little cayenne; lay them him, and then, after thrashing his wife, settled down into
into the dish with the breasts downwards, and between and a peaceful and happy head of the family.
over them put the yolks of half a dozen hard-boiled eggs ; Josh Billings says, "Hive the devil his due, reads
stick plenty of butter on them, season the whole well with well enough in a proverb; but what is to become of me and
salt and spice, pour in some cold water for the gravy, roll you if this arrangement is carried out ?" His critic replies,
out the cover three-quarters of an inch thick, secure It well "This la the first time you have put a question to me directly
round the edges, ornament it highly, and bake it for an hour In print, Josh, and twill therefore sow wer It. You will on
or more in a well-heated oven, where petroleum and brimstone are fools at burning, while
Limos PICKLE, lost FISH, COLD MEAT, ETC—To one I shall write a little poem about you. But, Josh, your style
gallon of best white French or pickling vinegar, add twenty In this matter Is less refined than usual—less of the Billings
lemons; take one ounce of bay salt, one ounce of peeled than the Billingsgate."
garlic, quarter of an ounce of cayenne pepper, half an ounce Two scientific gentlemen of Georgia have recently
of white pepper, one orifice of mace, one good nutmeg, two been experimenting extensively on rattlesnake bites and
ounces of white mustard seed, all well powdered together in antidotes therefor. The lives of many dogs bitten by the
a mortar. Cut each lemon half.way through with a knife
' reptiles were sacrificed, a, the reputed antidotes all felled.
divide the powilered ingredients e qually in the twenty At last whiskey was tried 11 .iin a dog that I, ad been bitten in
lemons, squeezing; it into the middle of them. Place them .- fleshy part of the thigh The poor creature wean' for
In an earth ern dish large enough to lay them single. Bake '
many days but finally recovered, and is now as well as ever ;
them till quite brown ant the moisture nearly out of them, but the scie,ntific gentlemen are unable to say whether the
turn them hot from the oven into the vinegar ; close them whiskey Was an antidide to the bite of the snake, or whether
down, oceasioll ally atirring them ;it will be re.y for use in the virus of the reptile prevented the whiskey from killing
en days, but the longer it remains the better.
, he dog.
BATH Min.—Huh with the hand one pound of fine flour
and half a pound of hotter; beat six eggs and add them to
the flour, with a teaspoonful of good yeast; mix them to- •
gether with half a teacupful of milk; set it on a warm place !
for an hour; mix in six ounces of sifted sugar, and a few
carraway seeds ; mould them into buns with a tablespoon on
a baking plate, throw six or eight earraway conilies iin each,
and bake them in a hot oven about ten minutes. Theae
quantities should make eighteen Mins.
HAILS NOUN—Pour on two pounds of shin of beef and a
hare well washed and carved iiito joints (or the remains of a
roasted hare, with the forced meat and gravy), one gallon of
cold water; and when it boils and has been skimmed, add
two ounces of salt, three onious, one large head of celery, rind
Circe carrots ; a quarter of an ounce of black peppercorns,
and a few cloves. Gently stew this for three or four hours,
thou take up the principal joints, cut the meat from them, ,
mince and pound to a paste, with the crumb of two penny '
rolls that has been soaked in a little of the boiling soup and I
then pressed dry in a cloth; strain and mix smoothly with it i
the stock from the remainder of the hare. Strain the soup, '
season with cayenne, anti senm it when at the point of
boiling.
CURING DuRIL.—SCUYVy Will never arise from the use of
salt provisions unless saltpetre be used in the during; salt
alone answers all purposes, provided ell the animal heat be
entirely parted with before salting. The insertion of pork in
pickle oboe is not sufficient, lint it should be rubbed tho-
ronighly with dry salt after it has entirely parted with its
enteral heat, and then the fluid running from the meat should
be poured off before packiim the meat in the barrel. This
should be done sufficiently close to admit no unnecessary
quantity
of air; and some dry salt should occupy the space
between the pieces; and then pickle, not water, should be
added. Great care must be taken to fill the barrel entirely
full, so that no portion of the meat can at any time project
above the surface of the fluid; for if this occur a change of
flavour ensues such as is known as " rusty " pork. 'the pickle
of course must boa saturated solution of salt and water, so
strthg that it incapable of dissolving no more salt It must
be remembered that cold water Is capable of dissolving mom
gall than hot water.

A Massachusetts man has succeeded in teaching •
eat to play "Yankee Doodle" on the pianoforte.
An editor out west boasts of having had • talk with •
woman, and got the last word.
A Yankee editor has recently been raving about the
"'ambient pastimes of boreal coruscations."
One paper annihilates another by saying that it
"wobbles in opinion on literary mattera-
Josh Bitings says that "one ov the hardest things
for enny man to do is tow fall down on the Ise when it le
wet, and then get up and praise the Lord."
If you wish to cure a scolding wife, never fail to
laugh at her with all you might until she ceases—then kiss
her. Sore cure.
Don't be in too great a hurry, girls, to fall in love
with young men. It often happ,lis that your hearts are no
sooner theirs than theirs are no longer yours.
A Chicago barber's sign reads thug, " To morrow
the public will be shaved gratuitously." Of course it is ale ays
"to-marrow."
A Yankee editor bag had his pistol stolen. He
advertises to give the thief the contents, and no questions
asked, If he will return it.
A Virginia paper descrit es a fence down there, which
Is made of such crooked rails, that every time a pig crawls
through he comes out on the other side.
A Michigan printer, in setting up the sentence, "We
are but parts of a stupendous whole,' by mistake of a lettis
made It read, We are but parts of • stupendous whale."
The Auburn Bulletin fashion editor sums op the
present female costume in the brief word, tuckupbehindully.

village or Eatonton, Georgia,. man e hia appearanoe,
and stopped at the tavern. Howls troweled of • most re-
markable n 0..; one which almost monopolized his entire
face—red, Roman, enormous. It was such a nose as is seen
only In. lifetime. So great a show was it that it attracted
universal attention. The glances cast at it, and the remark,
made about it, had rendered Its owner somewhat sensitive
upon the subject. A Writ-grown negro boy was summoned
by the proprietor to carry his baggage to his room. Cuff ee
was very much taken with the nose. Al he came out of the
room, unable to contain himself longer, he exclaimed,—
"Oh I what • nose !" Our traveller overheard him, and
went to the master with a demand for his punishment.
Code, was called up, and at the suggestion of some by-
slanders, was let off on condition that he would apologise to
the offended gentleman. This be readily agreed to do.
alklng to the room where oaritraveller was, touching his
hat, and humbly pawing, he sold—. Mans, you ain't sot no
non al all—not W'ssk of I"

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

It has been computed that the railway service. of
Wrest Britain compriWe nearly 800,000 men.
An American paper states that an eminent New
York tailor is engaged hi perfecting a new style of bullet.
proof garments.
The Auset7hirioedan(walnut.:hy.ototilsis
u Government has assignedla subvention
of 130000 florins to the IT mien Catholic clergy in Bohemia,
which in to be distributed before Christmas.
In Berta it ie proposed to build a National His.
toricai Museum. In order to supply the necessary capital,
the Burgergemeinde has resolved to grout 200,000 francs out
of the reserve fonds of the Depoait Sauk.
Us hookolior" e ko kiaaina o Oahu, J. Koons ma
kahl o J Kaankin ha met i make iho nel—lfonoluln (0.I.)
Polynesian. We hope the reader will deeply ponder the
Im.birtant fact stated in the &boy& It is to be considered
strictly counder:tial.
Mr. Seodanjore rf.ouorls that the total number of
messages forwarded from joostal telegraph stations In the
United Kingdom during the week ceded Dee. 10, 1872, was
201.117, a. against 2:18,M0 Is the corresponding period last
year.
The Peruvian Government are about to introduce a
law empowering any person to work on his own account any
mine he may discover in Peru, and upon hia promising tO
give sufficient grounds for Ka efficient working.
The Christian M'etusland, the seventh of Messrs.
John Broaden and Son's emigrant ships, with workmen for
the New Zraland Railways, has arrived safely at Dunedin,
Otago, after 1 passage of 87 days.
The Bishop of Nantee has addressed • pastoral letter
to the faithful of that diocese, inviting them to DM to God
" to turn from us mhfortunea of all kinds, that may be
caused by the inundations.' Ile also orders collections to
be made in the various churches for the sufferers.
It is said that Lord Buckhurst will, early in next
wanton, bring forward the question of railway accidenta,
with a view to some legislation on the subject, and will call
attention especially to the telegraph block ayatem, the Inters
locking of points and sigeals, ridings, and appliances Which
are indispensable for the public safety.
As a natural trough sequel to his recent marriage,
abi,a has proved an event of such interest to the dwellers
in the Flowery Land, the Emperor of china Is said to be
about to undertake an enterprise rarely precedented in the
annals of his predecessors, a progress in state through hla
dominions.
The Fieamer St. Louis, for New Orleans, which
sailed from Liverpool on Thursday. In last week, had on
board 184 emigrants, principally lam labourers from
Leamington and Bp:a:turban-
The steamship djas which arrived at San Francisco
on the 211 of December, with dates from Sidney to the 26th
of October, brought account* of sharp shocks of earthquake
felt oaths 18th of October in many districts. No damage,
however, WAS done.
The Commissioners of the London International
rAbso Exhibitionci,
ihiitmorel.d
apaceti oohi
artists
t willttli
tdB7eh .81,
withae: Artsresolvedehead rei pdr mit: etn tea pt Include
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f
ebewosatrk.apriafoe.r succhramyepuipresseondtactiroon.d.
elkt
&alibi exhibited next year.
A letter from Ulm states that the Court of Assizes
has just sondemned to three months' Impthonment • stay--
maker guilty of outrageous language agAnst the Emperor of
Germany. He had qualified that Sovereign in a public place,
SI 'an eater of cumin, a vampire, a vagabond, and a leader
of brigand'," and had offered, for a sum of fifty florins, to go
to
n . BerlincOist h.
a_eving • Californian ham, came upon a nugget of gold of
traohervdsel zdet.l..'fbeatheo Tef Majesty.
sh ttehgeu Swiss
lcd lucky
ag . :I
find,tini a ns wellsn)w'l a nali
knowngheii'g innkeeperarki
. bteh ag r am'l
nt
various‘l'hlleer::
spnimincei nx,,2 their way into pigs' stomachs, but the
discovery of a nugget o: Pure gold In this way may be es-
teemed a novelty.
"A proposal half been put forth to recognise publicly
and solemnly the marriage of King Victor E ntuanuel with
the Countess Mirasiosi, in which case that lady would be-
come Queen of Italy. Signori Rattan' and Menabrea are
favourable to the proposal, but it is opposed by Prince
II umbnrt and the present Governnir nt. If it should be
carried out, a change of Ministers would no doubt ocour."—
Pall Mall Goon Is.
The advice. from Berlin and all parts of Germany
describe great pressure in the various money markets. It
seems that the Vienna bankers have been drawing large
amount; of accommodation paper on Berlin, and that the
Bank of Berlin, following the example of the Bank of Eng-
land. has taken measures to check the discount facilities on
which these parties incautiously relied.
• The existence of deer in Epping Forest, about which
there have been doubts of late, is asserted in a letter ad-
dressed to Mr. Smith, hon. secretary of the Forest Fund,
by Mr. Sampson, Forest-gate. Driving with a friend to wit-
ness the meet at Coopersdale, the other morning, Mr Samp-
son WY "startled by the appearance of three fine deer
crossing the road about twenty yards in front" On making
Inquiries in the village he was informed that ahead of silo!
eight, In good condition, had been frequently seen of late.
A new undertaking, entitled the Steam Stoker Com.
pany (Limited), has been formed, to carry out on a large
scale the substitution of machinery for hand labour in she
charging and discharging of gas retorta. It Is remarked that
the strike of the London gas stokers shows the necessity of
substituting machinery for hand labour in the only branch of
gas manufacture wherein the companies are solely depend-
ent upon th-,lr labourers.
The Japanese Minister to the United States has paid
no a compliment. Ile is of opinion that the Eliglish language
Is destined to supersede the vernacular of Japan, which
will
in time come to be looked on as a mere curiosity. It is •
poor language: and the new public schools are expected to
introduce English to such a degree that by-and-aye philo-
logists will have to preserve specimens of Japanese among
their collection of extinct tongues t
The other day above • million American oysters
were dropped at the Cleethorpes oyster beds at the mouth of
the Humber. These oysters, which filled 850 barrels, were
brought over by steamer to Liverpool, and forwarded by
railway to Grimsby, making 22 trnek load. On arriving the
barrels were opened and discharged into three lighters and
taken out to the bed. Dir. Bochard Appleyard, fishmonger,
of Grimaby, is the consignee, and it the experiment 'ryes
successful it will be repeated. The American oysters are not
so large as the Cleethorpea, and more resemble the nat'ves,
both In etze and favour. They can be sold at a profit at trom
Is. to Bs. per I 2), whereaa the price of the Cleethorpes
oysters, of which there Is a scarcity, has been lately as. per
120.
There are at present living in the small village of
South Willingham, with its 308 Inhabitants, 17 persons who'd
united ages amount to the large number of 1,1142 years,
which gives an average of 71i years. The oldest person, who
Is PS, is in the possession of all his faculties, and reads his
Bible without spectacles. The ages of the others are teepee.
lively—men, 67, 82, 74, 72, 72; women, 88, 86, 84, 80, 80, 77,
77, 75, 72, 71, 71. These persons have all been married, and
there. Is not one old bachelor or one Old spinster in the
village.
The accounts of her Majesty's Clothing Club at
Windsor have just been passed. From therms It appears that
for the year 1872 there were 234 firat-class depositors paying
611. weekly for 40 weeks, 211 second-claas contributing 411.
weekly for 45 weeks, and 145 third-class depwilting Id. • week
for 48 weeks. The total was 640 dep.ttors. aho paid In
£470 he. go this her Majesty added £lOO. The amounts°
saved is expended in purchasing warm clothing for the
winter. The club was founded by Qaeen 'Adelaide
The work of restoring Rochester Cathedral, under
the direction of Sir Gilbert Scott, and from a fund belonging
to the Dean and Chapter, proceeds apace. The exterior Of
the east end Is now nearly finished, bat the new stained-gloss
windows have yet to be inserted. The exterior of the north
transept has been taken In hand. Many of the traces of long
neglect or barbarous pattiaing and blocking up are now gone,
and more will follow.

The value of raw cotton imported into the United
Kindgom in Novemner was £4,272 630, as compared with
£4,416,048 in November, 1871, and £2.003 790 in November,
1870 ; and in the Il mouths ending November 80, this year,
1.48,8.18,917, as compared with 850,626,269 in the correspond-
ing period of 1071, and £54 000709 in the corresponding
period of 1870. In this year's aggregate the United States
figured for £23,858,R 6, Brasil tor £4,628,017, hap% for
6E6,428,788, and British India for £12,404,744.
The Paris police has just succeeded in capturing a
whole band of shoplifters who Inhabited In common a bow:ft
in the Rue de Charenton. Their industry was exercised
principally in the Saint Antoine quarter. On the premises,
where they were arrested, was found, In addition to an im-
mense quantity of goods, which, for the most part, had still
the shop-tickets on, &collection of different costumes for Ma-
gnifies sufficient to stock a theatre. These individnale, who
gave themselves the name of the "Chevalier, de Charenton,"
are ail in custody.
The Pananta Star and Herald gives a striking illus-
tration of the vigour and rapidity of vegetation In the tropics
by referring to the bushes and trees growing In the ruins of
the burnt Aspinwall Hotel, at Panama. It is scarcely more
than two years since thio conflagration occurred, and yet
there are dbw growing within the walls trees at least 301 t.
in height. They belong to what are called trumpet trees
(genus Cocropia). and the branches are laid to be crowdiog
out of the highest doors and windows, so as to render it pro-
bable that in their further growth tbey will throw down
the wall with which they are Interlaced.
I In distributing the prizes at King's School, Peter-
borough, the other day, the Bishop °I Peterborough referred
to the danger in public schools of teaching too mail sub-
jects, and so turning out sharp, clever prigs, whose minds
were like kaleidosopes, filled—at the end with small bits of
coloured glass of all shapes nod colours, but of little use.
Competitive examinations for the public service def, d,
to
a great measure, the object of their promoters, which was
to place rich and poor on an equality, because success was
made to depend very largely on succesrful cramming, which
meant a high-priced crammer. Competitive examination
was a hobby which the British public had ridden very hard,
and lithe pace were continued much longer both the public
and the hobby would come to grief together.
The Director-General of the Post Office In Prussia
having made Inquiry of the Pont Office authorities In Wash-
ington as to the number of women now employed in the
postal service of the United States, Postmaster-General
Cresswell informs him, Inn letter dated the 30th ult.' that
about 703 women are so engaged, their employment being
restricted to the position ef postmistress, clerk, to local post
offices, and clerks in the General Poet Office Department at
Washington. The number of women holding the office of
postmistress at local post offices is about bBO, out of • total
of over 30,000 local post offices, and the number employed ea
clerks in local post offices does not excefiel 100.
A correspondent of the Eastern Budget at Vienna
says—. A very simple incident which has occurred recently
in the Tyrol is gradually assuming the dimensions of a great
State question, and will no doubt soon be the subject of
some warm debates In the Reicheratti. A certain Hiss
Augellni, of Innsbruck, set her heart on building • convent, and
although both the municipality and the Government autho-
rities refused their permission, she built It in spite of them,
and installed herself in It with a number of novices The
municipality having called her attention to the illegality of
her conduct, she declared that she had acted under the au-
thority of !letters from court.' This evasion el the law
SCENE /N AN AMERICAN COCRT.--" Does the Court has produced a tremendone sensation in tie. 1,11, .ral press,
Understand you belay, Mr. Jones, that you saw the editor of and the affair will doubtless he used as another
means of
the Argue of Freedom intoxicated ?"—" Not at all, sir ; I shaking the influence of the Clerical party."
merely said that I had seen him frequently so flurried in his "Mr. Cardwell was entitled to great credit for inati-
mind, that he would undertake to cut out copy with 1111 tuting the Autumn Margeuvres, and it was 1,, ly surprising
snuffers—that's all that nothing of the sort Lad been done bet re. Abet long.
" DCMFOENDERING" HIM.—A man of unblcmished nehmen at hi art would rather fight nut their quairela and
character was candidate for a seat in Congress, and the fol. regarded arhitratlm as a new-f anal. d •nd disavreeal,le way
lowing means were used to get rid of him At a large public of settling inteniat tonal dispute.. Ile pleaded guilty fonds
meeting, an elector got up and said, "I demand the el errise , feeling himself, though he waa satisfied that we lod acted
of my right to ask that candidate a question. Will he well in tbe A/abated business, lie did not believe that the
answer me Yes or No, ilko an honest man t'—" Undoubtedly , peace-ebony-price psrty really re; resented the national
I will." A most incautious promise, as the reader will guess. leeling. lie feared sewers still only too war-like. A farmer
then," said the elector, " I aok that gentleman, Who one day asked his landlord out hunting if there was any
killed his washerwoman r—What was the poor man to say? pews, the gentleman answered, absently, 'The Dutch are in
What yes or no could snorer the question b He hesitated, Holland ;' on width the farmer looked very grave, and said,
be stammered—the meeting was against him; he WIN hOlUed Well, sir, I reckon we must turn them out of that.' He
out of the room, and to this day he labours under the grave trusted, however, that arbitration would In future, to a
imputation, in many people's minds, of having feloniously so- great extent, take the place of war in the solution of Inter-
ceierated the death of some uofortunato, and perhaps 111. national affilcultles."—Sir John Lubbock at the Maidstone
used washerwoman. Reform Association.
"WHAT A Noss I"—Not many years ago, in the "There is an air of novelty in the circumstance that
-----joining in the general
- of labour.

the officers of our convict primer.= no
demand for increased pay and reduced boars of 'lab....
These officials area class of whom the outer world knows
little but to whom society Is largely indebted. it can be
no light task to keep watch and ward over the worst of mans
Idnd, and to see that the punishment prescribed by the law
I. duly fulfilled. It most be a repulsive duty am well as an
Irksome one, requiring for its right performance such
qualities as can only belong to a somewhat superior body of
man. . . . . We hope, therefore, that this parl of the
question, es well as Mei which relates to the matter of pay,
will be promptly placed on a satisfactory footing by the
authorities to whom appeal has been made. Saying a word
to the officers themselves, we may advise them to restrain
their natural feelings of Imnattersor and to act on the
aesumption that their reasonable cleans will be ultimately
greeted, althosp the Intense*" parted el &lay ray be
IMP la soden. —2'hp Semikirt