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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

A STORM IN THE BAY OF NAPLES.

An Occasional Correspondent of The Times thus describes
a storm that occurred in the Bay of Naples on the 18th of
September:—
The Bay is sleeping as quietly as an infant, and it is
difficult, as one locks on its placid surface, to realise
the fact that a hurricane was blowing from Sunday
night to Thursday morning. We have every year
about this time tempestuous weather, which marks
what the natives call the "rottura del tempo" (the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

KINVER SCHOOL BOARD.

A mectirg of SA. 13oerd WHY hell on Toesdne le.l,
tin: Girl Ward Sehncl. The Rev. John Hodgson,
(chairman) presided. Ihe other in-tubers present wer•
Messrs. Bolton, Butte, Jordan and IT'lsom The chair-
men road the following letter from the Educational De-
partment to the clerk
Kau ation Depar.ment, Whitehall, London, 15th
September, 1874.
. . . . .

Sir, I lii;re the honour to acknowledge the receipt a
your litter of the Iltli insiant.
The reply to your letter id the lath ultimo, in which
was encloaed a plan of the c.i-e actuated for the new Boys'
School has been delayed in coniegnence icf the *barmen
from England of Her Majiisiy'ri I ovecior Mr. Turnbull.
My Lords hope to be eLle a 'thin short time to coo-
niniticate their decision to youii b curd

have the I.2auoar to b, air, your obedieut eef vent,
. P. Cuaniu.'

Mr. Lauder gave hotice In terminate the agreement
between himself and the Itoara 41 the 2.-oh March oral,
witn respect to the nog/igen:volt of his daughter, as •
pupil teacher in the inta.nts school.

-
The notice WAS accepted.
Order. upon the tressarer were signed for the pay.
ment of the guorlerly eslaries due September 29th, awl
the Board adjourned to the 13th Octocer nest.

IF THERE ARE ANY LADIE9 who have not yet used the
OLENFIELD SIARCII, they are respectfully solicited to
give it a t,usll and carefully follow out the directioas
printed on every package, and if this is done, they will
say, like the Queen's Laundress, it is the finest Stan*
they ever used. When you ask for OLE:MELD STAROL
see that you get it, as inferior kinds RI e often substituted
for the sake of extra profit. Beware therefore of spur.
Oils imitations.

Bryant and Mny beg to direct special attention to Moir
Now Oval Pocket Vesta Boxes, with Patent Spring Cur-
ers, which are entirely free from all Rough ltdges and
Sharp Corriere, and admitted by every one to be the Beat
and Cheapebt Pocket Box ever produced. Retailed every-
where at One Penny. Patentees and ale manufacturers,
Bryant and May, Louden. N.

The following appeared in '' FUN "30th September, 1874
TO A PEN-SIVE POE 1.
WHY nibble your tie:tills°. and hammer on
Verses with anguish and pains,
When the pens of Maeniven and Cameron
Form very good sauce for the brains?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

DIPSOMANIA-YOUNG LADIES AND
BALLS.

There is one dreadful form of nervous excitement,
very prevalent amongst all classes of society, very often
inherited, very often acquired, and that is what is
commonly called dipsomania. A weak tendency to
drink becomes an insane tendency. We are especially
liable to it at the present time, because so many of
us are overwrought. Our actors, our orators, our
commercial men can hardly keep up the nervous energy
required to go through with their work, and so they
take alcohol to get up the steam of the mind. I
be-
lime if a man has to go through a certain amount
of bodily work be will do it better if he takes a
little stimulant. In cases of nunial strain, the freer
he keeps from stimulant the better. Let him always
eat something when be drinks. Let him drink as
little stimulant as possible as a rule, let him substitute
coffee or cocoa for spirits and wine, and he will be
' fresher for work and last out better. The body is a
tough machine, but you must treat it fairly; and so of
the mind—it is usually tough enough, but you can
upset
it. I beseech you, workers' to watch your-
selves, especially in this matter of taking stimu-
lants. But what shall I say of the pleasure makers?
No one will accuse me of being censorious. I
want young people to enjoy themselves. But
what do I see constantly? I see young people whose
susceptibilities are keenly alive to everything that
comes from without, fresh and healthy young girls
of seventeen and eighteen, at parties and balls,
who really require no stimulant, or the least possible
amount—a little wine and water at most. Well, these
young girls drink champagne at intervals, glass after
glass; they do not know how much they do drink.
They have not been cautioned. It is over-excitability ;
it is thoughtlessness. But it is like throwing vitriol
upon roses to apply such an amount of stimulant to
young healthy bodies. A little thought would con-
stantly set all this right. If young people would
merely watch themselves a little more all would be
right. They would not get so excited, and then so
pale, and prematurely old and worn.—" Speech in
Season," by the Bev. H. R. Hawies.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

JOHN MIDDLETO:

1-1012... S CLIPPER. &0.,
RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentry and
Inhabitants of Stoarbridge, that he has made
arrangements with Mr. T. PKNNEY, to CLIP and SINGS
HORSES at his Veterinary Forge, Martet.street, Stour

bridge.
J. M. returns sincere thanks to his patrons for past
favors, and trusts by assiduity aud attention to busiest's,
to merit a continuance of the same.
Any application made at Mr. T. Penney's, will meet
with trompt att

DANCING, DEPORTMENT, AND CALISTHENIC

EXERCISES.

MADEMOISELLE SILVESTRE
FROM LONDON]

HAS the honour to inform her Pupil• s the
Gently, Schools, and Inhabitants of Stourbriiige
and Vicinity, that her CLASSES will be resumed at the
TALEOT HOTEL ASSEMBLY ROOM, 0171 WEDNESDAY, OCT.
7th.
MORNING CLASS at Eleven o'clock; AFTERNOON
Ditto, Irons Twu o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

LINE Boa of CLARKE'S B 41 Pills is
ki warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinary
Organs, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Gravel
and Pains in the Back.—Sold in boxes, 4s 6d each, by
all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
any address for 60 Stamps by the Maker, F. J CLaitax,
Consulting Chemist, flighretreet, Lincoln—Wholesale
Agents, BARCLAY ik SONS. Loodoo,and allthe Wholesale
Houses.
Sold by A. P. Morris, ambit, Stourbridp.

IONIEN
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

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CYCLONE IN THE ATLANTIC.

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

An exchange asks, "Does hanging prevent murder?"

- -
A saucy young widow says she is in the honeymoon
of her widowhood.

A temperance gentleman says :—" Thousands of
poor men are spending as much for newspapers as would buy
a good glass of beer every day.".
• • .

- - •
To obtain a postage stamp at a Niagara post-office
it requires a rive minutes struggle ssitb two negroes and a
bald-headed book-keeper.

•
The Zionsville girls don't spend " all their time
trying to climb the holy hill of Zion, for on their way home
from piemiu they attack defenceless young men and kiss
them by main force.-
.hadiaimpoliE Herald.

"I ihall awaken in Paradise with 'me love,'" wrote
a fair young girl before she took arsenic. but she took too
much for a death dose, and awoke with a stomach pump
down her throat.

" May Heaven keep me humble and poor" said •
minister during his discourse. One of the elders nudged
another and whispered, " If he will but keep humble we'll do
the rest."

—A
-handsome young Englishman, making a call at a
house in Washington where there resided some of the
loveliest young ladies in all Feder.lia, suddenly discovered
that he had come without his purse. The prettiest of the
ladies said, " Shall I loan you a dollar ?" " Would you?
was the reply. The dollar was produced from the most
charming portemounate, and the beautiful American said,
laughingly, "I must have interest, you know, when you re-
turn it." The handsome Euglishman called next day, repaid
the dollar, and plating a couple of exquisitely-cat bottles of
perfume on the table, added, "And there is the interest, two
cents."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

AN AQUATIC VISITATION.

A correspondent of the Daily News writes

"The canal and barge men are an isolated race,
living industrious lives, though in a neglected and
struggling condition. Last month an agent of the
Missions to Seamen' rowed over 72 miles of canal
and river, visiting 268 men and boys, besides women
and children, in 149 barges, in the course of three days.
He found many of them living miles away from Church
ordinances, without any one but the 'Missions to
Seamen's ' agent to visit their marine abodes; and
most grateful were they for a cheery word of kind-
ness whilst listening patiently to his message. The ,
barges on this canal were much smaller than our
London ones; and he often found a man, his wife, and
three or four children residing in a space barely six
feet square, the sleeping compartments within that
space hardly admitting of room to move, whilst
neither man nor wife could stand upright. The wash-
ing and cooking is generallydone on board. Sometimes
far away from home, grounded on a mud bank,
children fall ill, and no medical or other assistance is
procurable. Education is, of course, sadly neglected,
many of the children never attending even Sunday
schools. Two bargemen being asked, 'What parish
du you live in ? ' replied "This is the parish I've lived
in for years,' pointing to the barge. Two others
replied to a similar question that they did not know;
and one had not bean inside a church for 27 years.
Though living in the midst of country parishes, they
are thus greatly isolated and neglected, but are by no
means bad fellows in their way. The secretary to the
Missions to Seamen will be glad to receive—at 11,
Buckingham-street, Strand, London--parcels of old
magazines, periodicals, and pictorial papers for indus-
trious bargemen and their families."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

TESTIMONIALS,

From Mr. C. Potter, Professor of Music from the
Institution for the Plied, St. John's Wood:London t--
"lean confidently recommend Mr. Green as • Pianos
forte Tuner. He tunes by equal temperament, and at.
tame au exact scale. (Signed) C. Porxxs."
From Mr. J. F. Patterson, Organist, St. Patrick'.
Chinch, Huddersfield —"1: have much pleasure in teis.
tifying to the abilitiea of Mr. Green as a Pianolort•
Tuner. He lays the bearingswith exactness and Fortes.
lion. (Signed) Janne F. Parrasso•."
From Mrs. Sanderson, Solo Pianists, of the tondo*
and Liverpool Concerts Mr. Green is one of theft"
who Can Tune my Piano to the nicety I require previotia
to giving my Public Recitals. (Signed) E. R. BANDISO
sox."

From Kr. Butterworth, Organist, Dobcross near
Manchester :—" Mr. Green's equal as a PianoforteTualse
can rarely be rastwith. (Signed) Devil, Burrsuwowrw.'s
sls
Terms for Yearly Tuning, neluding minor re-
pairs—
Cottages, per annum I I
Grand% do
Single Tuning', (in Town).
s. ii. s. d. s. d s.
Cottages.... 3 6& 5 0 Full 0 rands.. 6 6*7 0
Semi-Drands 5 0& 6 0 Concert Iron
Trichord o- Grande —1
Obligue. . 4 6& 5 6
Pianofeees Tuned to the French Pitch (now 11111•111,
sally adc rfud throughout England, if required.
••• A large stock of Claesical and Modern XIII* at
Pituse observe the eiddrees-260, Castle Street, an 8.
168, ILO Street, Dudley.

Priated axial Pub Whorl by the Sole Proprietor, 811IZON
Flh: LC, at hi. iAllree. 02. Illghortreet, ntourbridite, La
the County os ooreester 00 which place Ili haat. OW
°Citr Ofliefloflu malit oe addreesied.
Saturday, October 3. 1874.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

RIiVIENVI; OF nut PRES&

" There is no member of Society by whom this book will
not be found useful—whether such person hold the relation
of Permit, Preceptor, or Clergymau."—Sun, evening paper.
Cesris ON 31ANDOOD.-7771. THOUSAND—AbIe written awl
plainly describes the source of those diseases which produce
decline in yonth. and more frequently premature old age.—
lAilly Tarp-05./1,27th March, 1856.
Cearm ex MANHOOD Sbeldd be in the hands of youth mid
old toi'. It is a medical publication, developing the treat-
ment of a class of painfol maladies, which have too long hem
the prey of the illiter.ite and desiguing.—Unfol &Trice
tootle.
This work. lased Olson the recoil of 30 years' eLeceasful
practie, in the treatment f • painfol rind di.dressiog dams
of dice Ist,. will be found to contain plain directions for the
Cure Of soygliseases hitherto abandoned no hOttielie
Sunday Ti•eex. 210 d Ilorul.
Loinhei —sold teso Us MANN, Bookeefier, 39, Cornbill.
BI RiRATi ( U ADi LAIDE-

SOUTH - • '.• AUSTRALIA.
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A SSIST i) PASSAGES

UNDERTHE NEW LAND ORDER REHM /MONS

The Government of South Australia are prepared b
grant passages to the foilowing persons :-
1. Artisans, Agricultural tool other Labourers, Miners
and Gardeners undi r Ml years stage.
2. Single Females Dom. stk. Seividite, or Widows
(without Children under 12) not exc. eating 35 ye MS
of age.
Subject to the payments as under:—
For Males or Females under 12 yeses LS each
Ditto ditto over 12 ;nil under 40 4
Ditto ditto over St laid under Mt 8
Persons paying their own POSYagO receive a Laud War
rant of the value of 120.
For further itiforniation apply to
Mr. la. PALFREY,
Cedil Street, Stourbridge,
Selecting Agent.

CASH ADVANCED NN 'TROUT SURETIES
mONN'Ft..Y Lce t EGNTtI PRIVATELY,;d at a
others, residing in nny part of Endland and Wales, from
5 pet cent. in stars of 1:10 to .1:501, n rets.m%' note of
11011. t. Terms arranged CI II the, m, uth. to live years.
personahy, or lv lettt r, t log the nun nut rt.
and when. to Mr A. !- rsdit.ry (i•ittate house..
t 11VOItt, rend, SE. ,oel ltes Cash nlivn•
iitlt, ii, conrn Ni')! with 1,0,tt canes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

THE DUTCHMAN'S INSURANCE.

THE SEWAGE QUESTION.

posed additions, to the great principle on which it
rests—viz., "Deal with this evil at its source; deal
with 'it at once and in detail "—I have connected
another— viz-, " Divide and conquer ;" and this is more
especially in order to "overcome the impossibilities"
of the water sewage system. By the adoption of the
earth closets thirty gallons of water per head of the
Population daily axe reduced to five, or in some
eases even to three. Then, by the separation of the
sink-water and slops from the other refuse the removal
and disposal of the three or live gallons (increased,
perhaps, to four or six gallons) becomes in itsslf per-
fectly feasible, while the manure is undiluted, and can
be shown by experiment to be of the value of at least
10s. per head of the population. I am sorry to be
again at variance with chymists, but in extenuation of
my presumpti in, I would state that this value depends
not only on the undiluted state of the sewage matter,
but on its mode of application to the land.
The system to which I have been led requires the
daily application (for six days in the week) of the
liquid matter. It further requires that vegetables or
grain', to be grown, should be m drills two or three, or
even four feet apart, so that by working and watering
the ground between the drills while the one crop is
growing, preparation is made for a second, a third,
and even a fourth crop on the same piece of ground
within a twelvemonth.
By this equal and intermittent application of the
sewage matter over a sufficient space (and that very
small), none of that matter will reach the subsoil; all
the manurial properties will be retained in the soil,
and thus we obtain a natural and inexpensive filtra-
tion. I have in this way, by the sink-water alone of a
family averaging ten persons, obtained most abundant
crops. On one perch of ground I have grown (since
October last) two crops of cabbages, each numbering
100, and six dozen lettuces, and there is now growing
on it a crop of broccoli, standing more than 2ft.. in
height.
I will at present add only this, which is grounded
on considerable experience—that the manure from
such an establishment as that at the Wandsworth
School for Orphans, while it might be safely and
profitably disposed of on four acres of cultivated land,
is sufficient for 20 acres, and that those acres, besides
supplying the household with that great requisite in a
large school—good and fresh vegetables—might feed a
dairy of 20 or even 40 cows; and the premises would
at the same time be free of cesspool, tank, sewer, and
drain. —I am, Sir, yours faithfully,
HENRY MouLE.

Fordington Vicar.l
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

THE CEREMONY OF LOCKING UP
THE TOWER OF LONDON.

At the present moment, when the free opening of
the Tower of London is exciting such general interest.
it may not be uninteresting to mention a custom called
the lockingdipof the Tower, which iscarried out nightly
at eleven o'clock. As the clock strikes that hour the
yeoman porter, clothed in a long red cloak, bearing a
huge bunch of keys, and accompanied by a warder
carrying a lantern, stand at the front of the main guard-
house, and calls out "Escort keys." The sergeant of
the guard and five or six men then turn out and follow
him to the outer gate, each sentry challenging as they
pass with " Who goes there ?" the answer being Keys."
The gates being carefully locked and barred, the
procession returns, the sentries exacting the same ex-
planation, and receiving the same answer as before.
Arrived once more at the front of the main guard-
house, the sentry gives a loud stamp with his foot and
asks "Who goes there ? " "Keys." "Whose Keys ?"
"Queen Victoria's Keys." "Advance Queen Vic-
tuna's Keys and all's well." The yeoman porter then
calls out " God bless Queen Victoria." To which the
guard responds "Amen." The officer on duty gives
the word "Present Arms," and kisses the hilt of his
sword, and the yeoman porter then marches alone
across the parade and deposits the keys in the lieu-
tenant's lodgings. The ceremony over not only is all
egress and ingress totally precluded, but even within
the walls no one can stir without being furnished with
the countersign.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

BISMARCK'S MASTER MIND.

Although inflexible, if necessary, in pursuing a
foreign policy of " blood and iron," Prince Bismarck
in domestic life can unbend. The other day, at
Varzin, he gave all his farm servants, male and female,
a grand feast, followed by a ball in celebration of
harvest.hoine. Soon after the waltzing had com-
menced, the Prince and his Princess entered the saloon,
and joined in the festivities. The Princess "danced
with one of the labourers once, and then played the
part of a spectator." But as for Bismarck himself :

" The Prince danced with all the girl's on his estate, but
not until he had given his first partner a lesson In the art.'

This incident is mentioned in apiece of news under
heading of 'Prince Bismarck at Home." It shows
him at home in the capacity of a dancing-master.
Thus Bismarck is proved to be more of a master mind
even than he is reputed. From his having danced
with all the girls on his estate, it is evident that he is
an indefatigable dancer. Who has ever dreamt that
Prince Bismarck would remind him of Sir Christopher
Hatton Yet if Queen Elizabeth had a dancing
Chancellor, so, it appears, has Emperor William.
Islm it is known that Bismarck dances, the dance-
musicians will most likely get hold of him, and pro-
duce Bismarck waltzes and I piadrilles, or perhaps some-
thing new in polkas or mazurkas, which they will call
the Bionaryinenne. Withal, pictures of a beautified
Bismarck, with blooming cheeks and an Adonis figure
in the fullest evening dress, may be expected to appear
very shortly in shop windows on the lids of musics
books."—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

POTATOF.S.

I There were large arrivals of homegrown potatoes offering,
but those from abroad during the week were very limited.
Trade was dull, and prices in all instances favoured the
buyer. Choice regents, 70s. to SOs. ; ordinary ditto, 80s. to
; rocks, 50s. to 60s. ; kidneys, 90s. to 100 s. per ton.

ROM
, The work of 'picking has nearly, if not wholly, been com-
pleted, and in very few places have the hops turned out better
than was anticipated. Really choice qualities will therefore
he scarce, and will, it is probable, continue very firm ; hut
business has as Set been remarkably •islet for the season,
Slid planters have certainly not realised the prices calculated
upon some time back. The imports of foreign hops into Lon-
don last week consisted of 613 bales from Antwerp, 143 from
' liarnburc, 52 from Terneuzen. 13 from Rotterdam, 75 from
• Calais, 340 from Ostend, and 40 from New York.

PROVISION;
LoNDON, Monday, Sept. 2&—The arrivals last Week from
Ireland were 194 firkins Butter, and 2,633 bales Bacon, and
from foreign ports, 25,281 packages Butter, and 2,012 bales
Bacon. The Butter market continued firm, and for some
descriptions of foreign higher prices obtained ; best Dutch
198 a. to 140$ Irish scarcely inquired about. The Bacon
market remains steady, without change in value ; supplies
cleared off as they arrived. Lard in short supply, and •
further advance realised.
PRIM.

LONDON, Monday, Sept.- -28-.---Inglish cheese are more
plentiful; the quality of some choice dairies quite up to the
average.
Butter, per cwt.: s. s. Cheese, per cwt : s. a.
Dorset
Friesland — Dhle. Glouc., new 70 80
Jersey 112 180 Chedder
Eng.Fresh,perdoz. 16 18 American
Bacon, per cwt Hams York
Wiltehire, dried 74 76 Cumberland
Irlsli,greenj.o.b. 78 82 Irish ll2 120

TALLOW.
liiDon, Monday, Sept. 28. The tallow niarket in Orin,
awl a fair speculative business is doing in V.C. at 42s old,
and 420. new, on the spot. Town Tallow make. 39e. 641. per
cwt. net cash, and rough Fat is. 11d. per Blbs.
at ad.
Town Tallow, per cwt. 42 0 I Rough Stuff, per cwt. 14 9
Rough Fat, per 1 11 I Grooves
htelted Stuff per cwt. 29 0 I Good Dregs , 19 0
6 0
Yell w RUSSIIII, new 42. Od. per cwt.
Ditto Ditto old .... Out. Oat. „
Australian Mutton Tallovi42o, Od.
Ditto Beef Ditto 40e. Ott. „
Flettle
Turbot, 6. 6d. to lie. ; brill, Is. toSs, ; cod, Is. 04. to Ss-
dory, Is. to 3s. ; guileard, is. to Is. 61. each; lobsters, 13s to
304. ; crabs, 12s 641. to 20s. ; mackerel, Is. to 25. 94. per
dozen , bloaters, Is. to Is, 64. ; kippers, Is, to 84.314. boz ;
nth. OYIIIOrk Ell commas, WA pm 041
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

BRIERLEY HILL.

ADJOURNED LICENdING DAY —On MOLlatiy, it the
Police Court, before Messrs. H. Smith and 11.
William Griffiths, grocer, applied for and obtained a
lliAnse to sell wines and spirits.—Benjamin E. Ole.;
shoemaker, Petianett, made 'in applicatiun to sell beer
not to be drunk on the premises, but the license was re-
fused.—Tho annual' black list " win next presented by
Superintendent Holland, which included the fol.osing
publicans iward Sadler, ilroain Inn, Commonaid•
A. Smith, New lob, hound Oak ; David Stikes, Omni
Lane Inn. Penanett ; and Richard Coley, Bri aunia
Round Cak.—The listrates ordered Sadler to attend
the court iin Monday next, anal the othets were can.
tioned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

THE MURDER OF MR. HABER.

The Times has published the following letter :7

air,—The following account of the assassination of Mr.
L. Haber, the German Consul a Ilakodadi, which I have re-
ceived by to-day's mail, may interest your readers :
On the Bth of August there arrived at Hakodadi a
Yakunin, about 22 years of age, from Okibo, who was fre-
quently seen at the tea hottses, and who was said to have
been on his way to Yedo to finish his education. It seemed
that this man had while staying at Ilakodadi a dream wherein
he saw one of the Hands, u-ho prophesied evil to the Em-
peror through foreigners. The fanatical youth thought it
his duty to avenge the wrongs the Hand had pointed out
to him in his dream, buhas he did not know where to find
foreigners to sacritt,e, he went to a temple to ask the Gods
to point out to him the right victim. It unfortunately
happened that when the assassin had finished his prayer
poor Mr. Haber walked by quickly. The Japanese, to
make quite sure of his victim being a foreigner, asked two
women who were standing near if the man he saw was ,uch,
and on their replying in the affhmative he tried to attract
Mr. liaber's attention by throwing his umbrella at him,
but the latter, without noticing it, passed quickly on. The
Japanese then, without further waiting, drew his sword
and made a cut. His victim took the alarm and lied through
a house and a garden, and while climbing over a hedge was
overtaken by his pu.suer, who, with his sword, hacked him
literally into pieces, his legs being merely retained by a
piece of skin. When the murderous work w-as done, the
assassin, under threats of taking their lives, ordered ammo
Japanese to throw* water on the corpse of his victim ; then
the murder, r went to a tea house amid there recounted his
achievement with great complacency, after which he sur-
rendered himself to the authorities.

The body of poor Mr. Haber was. at a late hour of the
night, conveyed to the hospital, to have the parts re-united
for sepulture, which was to be performed on the 12th of
August.

The deceased gentleman has thus fallen a victim to the
sword of a neon-lunatic or fanatic, and the case affords one
more melancholy example of the great facilities which the
carrying of such murderous weapons as Japanese swords
affords to the crazy or evil-disposed to wreak their malevo-
lent intentions.

I have the honour to be. Sir, your obedient servant, S.
liaverstock.hill, NW., Sept. 29.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

DISPUTING WHO SHALL BE
GREATEST!

The new journal of the German navy, the Marine-
Verordnungeblatt, contains in the unofficial part of its
last number a curious review of the long-standing con-
flict for the acknowledgment of our own supremacy
over the British seas, carried on throughout the whole
Stuart period with our neighbours (remarks the Pall
Mall Gazette). The claims of Great Bntain were that
her flag should be saluted in token of this supremacy
over all waters between Norway and Cape Finisterre ;
and it is not surprising that France, Spain, and
Holland at various times resisted these pretensions
with more or leas success. James I. ordered all his
ships of war to require a salute from foreign armed
vessels within these wide limits without being called
upon to return it, an edict which naturally pro-
duced direct refusals from the French and Spanish
Kings. Charles 11. repeated the claim at first
in its full extent; but when Louis XIV. remon-
strated in the warmest terms, the difficulty was met
by ordering the English admirals to keep away from
the French ships of war, and in case of an unavoidable
encounter to salute simultaneously. The claim to
superiority was, however, expressly re-asserted by
Royal orders under James 11., and commanders were
directed to enforce it by arms if necessary; the reply
to this from Louis XIV. being a positive instruction to
his own captains to insist on the first salute, even at
! the risk of battle. In two treaties of peace made by
! us with Holland during this century the right of the
English flag to a salute was made an express article,
! and this was actually repeated in that of 1784 between
the same contracting Powers, although the usage
practically died out during the eighteenth century,
! having been last, it seems, enforced against our ships
I on the open sea, under Louis XlV.'s former orders,
by a French admiral just before the declaration of
war in 1744.
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SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1874.

COUNTY COURT.

Bennett v. Sergeant.—At the County Court, on
Monday, before Mr. H. Kettle, Judge, this was an
action brought by plaintiff to recover £l7, for meat
sold and delivered to the defendant.—Mr. Collis
appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Wall for the de-
fendant.—From the evidence it appeared that the
meat in question was sold to the defendant during
the lifetime of plaintiff's husband, and that when
threatened to be sued for the money. defendant
paid 3s on account, and refused to pay the balance.
—The defence was that defendant was not in a
position to pay.—His Honour gave a verdict for
£lO, to be paid 10s per month.
Tromans v. Philiips.—This was an action to re-
cover the sum of £lO, for injuries received from a
bite by defendant's dog. Mr. Oldershaw appeared
for plaintiff, and Mr. Prescott defended.—From the
evidence of plaintiff it appeared that on the 25th
July he was passing the defendant's house on his
way to work, when a dog belonging to the defend-
ant ran at him and bit him on the leg, causing
severe injuries.—Mr. Prescott cross-examined the
plaintiff at some length, to show that he kept bull-
dogs, and that on one occasion he had set his dog
on the defendant's dog, and was in the habit of
teasing it—Joseph Whitehouse knew the defend-
ant, who kept two dogs. The small dog ran at
him, but it was called back.—Jane Skidmore said
the dog ran at her; but did not bite her.—Eliza-
beth Worton said that on one occasion as she was
pasE.ing defendant's house the dog ran at her and
tore her dress.—Aaron Moyle also gave evidence,
when his Honour asked Mr. Oldershaw if he could
carry the case any farther. Mr.Oldershaw said at
present he could not, and consented to a non-suit.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

THE SCAVENGERING OF PARIS.

The Dibas gives an account of the seavengering of
Paris, the efficiency of which might serve as a model
to the authorities of London (remarks the Paris cor-
respondent of The Times). The superficial area of the
public thoroughfares is eleven million metres, and to
cleanse this before the traffic of the day begins operations
have to commence about three a.m. The staff employed
muster in brigades at certain points of each quarter, And
is then dispersed over the varidus streets. No matter
what the weather or the temperature may be, they are
to be counted by thousands, and long before dawn their
sabots clatter on the pavement and the noise of their
large brooms is audible. Beside them may be seen
the nocturnal philosophers who pry into the filth and
rubbish deposited by the edge of the curb. The
two classes are on very friendly terms, the scavenger
facilitating the chiffonier's search and assisting him,
if necessary, in getting a good harvest. The scaven-
ger is usually steady and economical. He is rarely
seen at the publichouse, and when his work is over
be hastens home. In addition to sweeping by hand,
more than 40 machines are at work, each requiring
but a single man. The driver, who must keep an
eye on his horse, manages from his seat a spring
which raises or lowers the sweeping cylinder. These
are principally used for the boulevards, avenues,
squares, and wide streets, and are at work nearly all
day. In bad weather they traverse the most frequented
streets and sweep away the mud or snow. Sweeping
by hand is very active the whole morning in the
vicinity of the chief markets, where masses of rubbish
of all kinds abound. Between six and ten scavengers
are there hard at work, and heaps of rubbish are carted
away.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

OLD HILL.

CHARGE or THHEATENING.—At the Police Court. ott
Wednesday, before Mr. F. W. l; Barra, Hannah Tucker
was charged with tbreateniog Martha Cole on the 26th
alt. The case which was a very trivial one was dismiaed.
THE ATTENDANCE OF MAODTRATE9.—At the Court oil
Wednesday, upwards of 30 cases were on the het ha
hearing, consisting of several factory cases, felonies, to.,
which require the attendance of two Magistrates, but no
only one attended the majority of the cases were ad•
fourned for a week, caning the parties interested in thell
considerable inconvenience. We hope the evil will tam
remedied on future OCCESIHODE.

OPPOSITION TO THE ROWLEY REGIS

SCHOOL BOARD.

A large and very enthusiastic meeting of the ratimyere
of Rowley Regis was held in the Old Hill School cis
Tuesday evening. • The meeting was celled for the pur-
pose of considering the action of the School Board is
proposing to build schools opposite the Old Hill School.
The chair was occupied by Mr. liamillai Haingley, who
briefly opened the meeting.
Mr. George Green moved the following resolution
That OM meeting protest, against the proposal of the
School Board to build schools ma the cite seliced et
Old Hill —let, because it is not conveniently situated for
the children who will have to attend there; 2nd. became

the buddmg of them there inust cause eventomlly,
thlnk is intended to cause the closing of the Old Hill
School."

The Bev. 0. Cosens seconded the motion, n marking
that the reason why that school was objected to was be-
caum it was a Dissenting school—tapplause). If it had
belonged to the Establishment, be did not think i would
have been rejected.
The resolution was put to the meeting, and cached very
enthusiastically.
On the proposition Mr. Thomas Homer, seconded
by Mr Forrest, the following resolution was also carried.
That this meeting thanks Mr. Whitley for the manner
in which he has performed his duties on the School Board.
and is of opinion that the Chairman has foiled in showing
that impartiality in conducting the business of the Board
which his office demand,. With respect to Mr. %Whitley's
notice of resignation, it leaves the future iu his hand•
with perfect confidence."
The following resolution 1,18 also carried: “Thst this
meeting request the Chairmen to convey the first resolu.
tern to the Committee of Council on Education. sad
prays my Lords not to give their sanction to the building
of the schools on the site proposed. It also requests bits
to send copies of both resolutions to the Board, ask in;
them to reconsider their derision to build the schools ow
the said site."

The meeting closed with the according of a vote at
thanks to the Chairman.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

THE CONGRESS MANIA.

(From Pum.h.)

WHAT to do in Autumn
Often people ask :
Something may be taught 'em
If they like the task.
Follow not the pheasant

Frivolous affair;
Wisdom is effervescent
In Congress everywhere.
Pundits Oriental

Give us Sanskrit puns
They are ornamental-
Looking sons of guns
They can talk in Tamil,
'Mid many other feats ;
Why don't they ridothe camel
Through our sober streets
Congress of Fungologists—
Toadstool-eating men,
Who appear apologists
For aught that grows in glen.
Punch of no such rueful
Fungi will partake;
In pita give him truffle,
And mushrooms with his steak.
The Congress scientific
Must bore us, just a bit ;
Its sopor-sudor-ific
Results, we all admit.
The Congress Mr. Punch is
More willing far to share
Involves the best of lunches
In bright October air.
It puts an end to troubles,
And brings a calm repose,
The wine that briskly bubbles,
The wit that freely flows,
The pungence of a salad,
The laughter of the young,
The music of a ballad
By red lips gaily sung.
'Twist politics and science
The year is taken up
At both Punch hurls defiance,
And means to drink his ' cup ; '
Leave so vans to their tall ways
And saints to theierepose
Rohl Autumn Congress always
Of the nicest girls he knows
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

LECTURES FOR LADIES.

our foAon Corrtspoubmt

IMPORTANT REGISTRATION DECISION.

At the revising barrister's court held at Guildford
on Saturday, to revise the list of voters for the borough,
a large number of clergymen, military officers, and
private gentlemen were objected to by the Liberal
agent on the ground of non-occupancy. It was shown
that between July 31, of 1873, and July 31, of 1874, the
persons objected to let their houses for various terms,
and went away to the Continent or some seaside resort.
In order to retain occupation of the premises either a
room in the houses was kept locked, or possession of
the coach-house or stable was retained. 'f he barrister
(Mr. P. H. Le Breton), greatly to the dismay of the
large number of persons who were objected to,
and who filled the roust, decided that all the ob-
jections must be allowed. He said that a person must
not only be an inhabitant of his premises, but-an in
habitant occupier. In the case of "Ford et Pye,"
which was decided in the Court of Common Pleas last
November, a clergyman exchanged with a brother
clergyman for two months, but kept two rooms locked
up. This was not deemed to be occupancy, and Mr.
Ford lost his vote. The Rev. Robert Trimmer, the
rector of Holy Trinity, whose name was struck off,
said when he let his house for two months he retained
one room, and the key hi his possession. The barrister
said that was exactly what the Rev. Mr. Ford did, but
it did not save him. A large amount of feeling haa
been caused by this extensive disfranchisement, as the
practice of letting in the borough is very general.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

THE SLEEP OF PLANTS.

With a great number of plants, both leaves and
flowers assume during the night a very different
position from that which they affect during the day.
'Co this curious phenomenon Linnams applies the name
of vegetable sleep. Thus, in the case of the False
Acacia, the leaves of which hang towards the ground
during the night, the fifteen or twenty-one leaflets
which compose them spread themselves out hori-
zontally at the rising of the sun, and eventually raise
themselves up in such a manner 88 to touch each
other by their superior surfaces. Themontrary takes
place with the Colutea, so common in copses ; being
spread out horizontally during the day, in the night
the leaflets raise themselves perpendicularly upon the
petiole, and stand opposite each other by their upper
surfaces. With the Cassia marylondica the situation of
the leaflets is exactly contrary to that occupied by the
leaflets of the Colutea ; these, being also horizontal
during the daytime, turn themselves down backwards
in the night until they touch each other by their lower
surfaces. With the sensitive plant Mimosa pudica,
and its congeners, the leaflets of the four feathers com-
posing its leaves being spread out during the day, bend
themselves during the night along the petioles,
covering each other, the lower face being above.
In the case of the Tephrosia caribma, the move-
ment is quite opposite, the leaflets bending them-
selves from the summit of the leaf towards
the base. This curious faculty, indeed, shows itself
generally, and in the highest degree, among the legu-
minous plants. It is but rarely found in other fami-
lies, and even then is usually isolated in some genera,
such as the Oxalis, for example. Philosophers have
hitherto been unable to explain, satisfactorily, the
sleep of leaves and flowers, spontaneous and excited
movements, &c. A crowd of hypotheses, many of
them very ingenious, have appeared from time to
time, but they destroy each other and disappear before
serious examination. The author who has moat suc-
cessfully applied himself to these studies, Mons.
Dutrochet, affirms, in order to explain the phenomena,
that plants are furnished, the same as animals, with
nervous systems, and in truth, the explanation which
he gives, following a vast number of experiences and
and delicate anatomical dissections, appear to favour
that conjecture. —The Garden.

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March was £629,814 125. 6d. and £558,347 7s. Bd. on horses

•
The discovery has just been made in Turkeystan of
a wild silky, arm, which fUltildileis an extremely gruug and
durable thread.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
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SNELLING,
JOHN

(Late of the Old Ring's Head),

91AKES the present opportunity of thanking
1- his friends fol. their pest support, and respectfully
solicits a continuance of the same, vow that he has taken
to that well-known boatelrie,"
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All kinds of Machines Cleaned and Repaired. Old
Machines taken in Exchange.
Ail letters or post cards seat to the above addrees, will
receive prompt attention.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

ORIGIN OF THE WORD "QUIZ."

There is the following curious story conected with
the origin of the word " quiz" :—Very few words ever
took such a run, or were saddled with so many mean-
ings, as this monosyllable, and however strange,
the word, it is still more strange, says a writer,
than not one of our lexicographers, from Bailey
to Johnson, ever attempted an explanation, or
gave a derivation of it. The reason is obvious it is
because it has no meaning, nor is it derived from any
language in the world ever known, from the Baby-
lonish confusion to this day. When Richard Daly
was patentee of the Irish theatres, he spent the
evening on a Saturday in company with many of the
wits and men of fashion of the day: betting was

InTogi7ed7;l; ilTe—rn—an;ge-17-staked. a large' BUM
that he would hear spoken all through the principal
streets of Dublin, by a certain hour next day, Sunday,
a word having no meaning, and derived from no known
language. Wagers were laid, and stakes deposited.
Daly repaired to the theatre, and despatched all the
servants and supernumeraries with the word "quiz,"
which they chalked on every door and shop shutter in
town. The shops being shut all next day, everybody
going to or coming from the different places of worship
saw the word, and everybody repeated it, so that
"quiz" was heard all throughout Dublin. The circum-
stance of so strange a word being on every door and
shutter caused much surprise, and ever since, should a
strange story be attempted to pass current, it draws
forth the expression—" You are quizzing me."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-03

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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

JOHN SKELDING,

(Late of the Old King's Head),

MAKES the present opportunity of thanking
J._ his friends for their past support, and respectfully
solicits a continuance of the same, mos that he haa taken
to that well-known " boetelrie,"
THE COACH AND HORSES INN,
HIGH-STREET, STOCRBRIDGE,

And to assure them that he is actuated by the removal,
still further to cater to their satisfaction, the Premises
being superior in every respect to his former Residence.
An ORDINARY every Friday at One o'clock, on the
Birmingham principle.
FOREIGN WINES and SPIRITS.
Uood Stabling, Lock Coach-house and Yard.
Sir- Note the Removal.

SEWING MACHINES ! SEWING MACHINES!
SEWING MACHINES! SEWING MACHINES 1
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visiting the above district every ‘Veduesday, and will
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LESSONS given FREE to all Purchasers, and every
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All kinds of Machines Cleaned and Repaired. Old
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All letters or post cards sent to the above addrese,el/1
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