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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

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stock, he is tempted to subsitute another and an interior
fabric rather than lose a customer. Insist upon seeing
the trade marl,: stamped at the back of each yard. The
finer qualities are equal in appearance. and wear better
th toe very best Lyons Silk Velvet, and cost nlv a
qimrter the price.
Can be purchased of all leading retailers, in all
Qualities—Blacks, from 2s to fis per yard; Colours,
tram 2s 6d to 6s 6d per yard.
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Yall FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities and
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aid Midland Counties Drug Co. ol —BEWARE OF
TO TATIoNs.

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EXPECTED every day of the neek in all domestic
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

Mr. P. Pargeter presiled mt the us :al weekly
meeting of this Board ye rday.
The Master's,returns were as follows :—Adini'!ed
into the House dwing the week 22, discharge! 20.
dead 2, remaining in the Mous- 531, as again 4 490
for the corre,ponding week last yea-. Tha follow
ing is the oltfic,or relief :—liingswinf ,ed £45 3s 2d
Stoarbridge ;; 6s 3d, Halesowea .231 9.4 9il, non
resident pan., :a lE sd, total £ll5 is Oid, cor-
responding d last year 1.115 ai 100.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

_
In the HOUSE OF LORDS, on June 10th, Lord Salis.
bury slated in reply to Lord Carnarvon, that the Con-
vention relating to Egyptian affairs would not be laid
on the table until it had been ratified. He might say,
however, with regard to the stay of British troops in
Egypt, that her Majesty's Government had, subject to
certain conditions, engaged to withdraw them
within thee years of the ratification of the
Convention, and that we should cease to have
the right at the end of five years to appoint
the officers of the Egyptian Army. But the engage-
ment would be limited by the condition that there was
no danger, external or internal, to be apprehended at
the time when the evacuation would be due. After the
evacuation, England would have the right of sending
troops back under three contingencies—namely, if there
was danger of external invasion, if there were internal
disturbances, or if there was danger of the Egyptian
Government not fulfilling its international engage-
ments.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

TAMAN FROM

ATM the village of Zilliig-
--
dorf,in Lower Austria, lives
Maria Haas, an intelligent .andl
industrious woman, whose
story of physical suffering and
final relief; as related by her,self,
is of interest to Englishwomen.
"I was employed," r she says,
"iii the work of a large farm-
house. Overwork brought on
sick headache, followed by a
deathly fainting and sie:kness
of the stomach, until I waS un-
able to retain either food or
drink. I was compelled to
take to my bed for several
weeks. Getting a little better
from rest and quiet I sought
to do some work, but was soon
taken with a pain in my side,
which in a little while seemed
to spread over my whole body
and throbbed in my every
limb. This was followed by a
cough and shortness of breath,
until I finally could not sew,
and I took to my bed for the
second, and as 1 thought for
the last time. My friends
told me that my time had
nearly come, and. that I could
not live longer than when the
trees put on their green once
more. Then I happened to
get one of the Seigel pamph-
lets. I read it, and my dear
mother bought a bottle of
Seigel's Syrup, which I took
exactly according to directions,
and I had not taken the whole
of it before I felt a change for
the better. My last illness be-
gan June 3rd, -1882, and con-
tinued to August 9th, when I
began to take the Syrup. Very
soon 1 could do a little light
work. The cough loft me, and
I was no more troubled in
breathing. Now Tam perfectly
cured. And oh ! how happy I
am! I cannot express enough
gratitude for Seigel's Syrup.
Now I must tell you that the
doctors in our district distri-
buted handbills cautioning
people against the medicine,
telling them it would do them
no good and many were there-
by influenced to destroy the

Extras .. .

STOCRERIDGE v. DUDLnY.—l'layed at Dudley onl
Saturday last, and drawn in favour of Stourbridge.,
Score : —Stourbridge : Otter, b Braznell, 4 ; Earle,'
IbW. b Bramell, 3 ; HedgEs, b Sides, 1 ; Nun,
h Jobson, 12; Parkes, b Bagott, 15 ; Fothergill,
1 b w, b Sides, 3 - Parkes, b Sides, 7, H. Quarry,
not out, 44; Dodd, b Sidts, 0; W. Simms, b Bagott
2 ; F. Quarry, b Jobson, 1; extras, 4; total, 96
Dudley : Jubson, b Hedges. 17; Frederick B. own,
b Hedges, 1 ; Braztiel], c Otter, b fledges, 1; J. G,
Jones, c Dodd b Hedges, 5 ; E. Ph mpson, t
Hedges 4; J. K. Jones, b Hedges, 0; Davi. A, nol
out, 7 ; extras, 5; total, 59. F. Brown and W. A.
Thompson to tat.

THE IIiATILV, THE STOUR-BRIDGE UNITED..--TIHS
ma,teh was played last Saturday. on the United
ground, and ended in a win for the heath by 11
itui.Seize : •

TEE HUTU.
S. Johnson, b I3enbow 7 '
G. Wal.on, h W. Harris 3
A. Pyne, b W. Harris
J. Cadwallader, b W. Harris_ 5
G. Brown, b Benbow 12
J. Mobberley, b W. Harris 4
J. Charnock, c and b Benhow 0
G. Webb, b Benbow... ll
W. Roden, rua out
C. Peal, W. gmlismem.•• 6

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

ME. PEIIRY, Solicitor, Agent for Stourbridgo,

p%RiONS of eloler x wante3 to ,la artistic work at
home. No Paititiag Good Pay. 2s. Apiece.
Al, runt,rials Free.—W. EAST,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

A BURST OF SUMMER:

On Monday the I emperature in London rose to a
remarkably high point—a maximum of 81 deg. in the
shade. In part this indication of the thermometer
was obviously due to reflection from houses and other
surrounding objects, for at Greenwich Observatory
the greatest beat of the day was 79 deg. So early
as nine a.m. it was 69.8 deg. In the sun's rays the
maximum reached was 139.5 deg., as against 133.9
on Sunday. There was uninterrupted sunshine
throughout the day, with a very light breeze. A
correspondent telegraphs that in Lancashire the ex-
pansion of the railway metals in consequence of the
heat on Monday afternoon was-so great on a portion
of the London and North-Western system between
Huyton and Prescot that the rails became contorted,
and a partial block of traffic ensued. As is well
known, allowance is made in laying down a line for a
small longitudinal expansion upon a rise of tempera-
ture.

A MAYOR'S STRANGE ADVENTURE,
M. Bonnet, the Mayor of Saint-Leu, France, is a
gentleman of notorious propriety. In the Forest of
Montmorency, which adjoins his domain, is a large
pond, in which the ouvrters of the neighbourhood
are fond of disporting tffemselves in this sultry
weather. Now M. Bonnet, who strongly disapproves
of these proceedings, was doubly shocked when, while
driving by the margin of this fair sheet of water, he
beheld an individuil utterly innocent of the smallest
rag in the way of a garment floundering about in the
pond. He called out to the man, and, on receiving
an impudent answer, got down from the vehicle and
possessed himself of the bather's clothes, which were
lying in careless neglect on the bank. The cul-
prit, alarmed at the prospect before him, aggra-
vated his offence by bounding out of the pond,
and running up to the Mayor, who informed
him that he would return his things if he called at
the town hall and said who he was. Furious at the
trick played on him, the man roundly abused the
mayor, who dealing him a cut with his whip, dro7e off
at full speed. Soma of the man's comradeswho had gone
in search of him having charitably lent him a blouse
and a pair of pantalocns, he started off to the town
ball, after picking up his knife, which had been lying
unnoticed on the grass. He asked for his clothes, and
on the mayor again insisting on knowing who he was. he
opened his knife and stabbed him four times in the
breast. Happily the wounds are not severe. Mean-
while, the individual, who turns out to be a Swiss
workman named Geesier, has been lodged in Pontoise
gaol.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

.'l"tc
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Seigel pamphlets but novrt
wherever one is to be found,' '
ft is kept like a relic. The
few preserved are borrowed to
read, and 1 .have lent mine for:
six miles around our district
People have come „ eighteen
miles to get me to buy the
medicine for them, knowing
that it cured. me, and to be
sure to get the right kind.
I how a woman i who was
looking like death, and who
told them there was no . help
for her, that she had consulted
severi doctors, but none could '
, help her. I told her of Seigel's
, Syrup, and wrote the name
' down• for lief that she might
make no mistake. • She took
my advice and the Syrup and
now she is in perfect - health,
and the people around us are
amazed. The -medicine has
made such progress • in our:
neighbourhood that people saY -
they don't want the doctor ag
more, but they take the Syrup.
Sufferers froin gout, who were
confined to their bed and could
hardly move a finger, have been
cured by it. There is a girl in
our district - who caught a cold
by gOilig throUgh, some water,:
and was in bed five years witit.
costiveness and rheuniatio
pains, awl had to have all
attendant to watch by her.
There was not a doctor in the
surrolinaing district to.Nsitont
her mother had not applied to
relieve her child, but everyone
crossed themselves and saia
they could not help' her.. When -
• ever the fittle bell r4ng'ivilich:
is rug. ifi-'otifplaCe when any
'-
body is dead, we thought surely
it was lor her, but Seigel's.
Syrup • anti Pills saved her life,,
and* now She is .as healthy asr
anybody', goes to church, and
can work even in the fields..
Everybody :was astonished
when they saw -her out, know-
ing how many years she had
been in- bed. To-day she adds
her gratitude to mine for God's
mercies and Seigel's Syrup.
—MARIA HAAS." 4

Frinted and Published by the Proprietor, GICOMS
13ARRY FIELD, at his Offices, 90, High Streei,
itourbridge, in the Coeaty of %moister, to while
place all itten sad other somosoleatioas aul
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iliitculay, &as Is, 11147
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

THE CRI3IES BILL TO BE REPORTED.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS Mr. W. H. Smith moved
a Resolution to the effect that at ten o'clock p.m., on
Friday, the 17th inst., if the Irish Crimes Bill be not
previously reported from the Committee, the Chair-
man should forthwith put the question or questions on
any Amendment or Motion already proposed from
the Chair, and that, after the Clauses were disposed
of, he should forthwith report the bill to the House.
Mr. Gladstone denied that there was any sub..
stantial ground for charging the Opposition
with obstruction, but as there was a point at
which the action of the minority against the will of the
majority must cease, he should offer no opposition
to the motion. Mr. Parnell moved an amendment
eclinibg to sanction a proposal to deprive the
()hair during the discussion in Committee on the
Crimea Bill of the power which, since the open-
ing of the discussion, the Chair had been called
upon repeatedly to exercise in opposition to
the Government, for the protection of freedom
of debate, and the maintenance of the rights of
minorities. The debate was continued until a
quarter after eleven o'clock, when Mr. W. H. Smith
moved, amid Ministerial cheers and groans from the
Home Rule party, that the question be put, which was
carried, on a division, by 284 to 167. The House then
divided on Mr. Parnell's amendment, which it rejected
by 301 to 181.—Mr. Chance moved to alter the date
to the 24th, but this was negatived by 268 to 113. The
debate was continued on another amendment until a
motion for the Closure was made and carried by 258
to 91. The resolution, after the Closure had been
again applied, was adapted in its entirety.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

STOURBRIGGE UNION.

r' GUARDTANS OF TfIF, STOUBBRIDGfr,
.1114;iib BY GIVP NOTIC&, *ht at t!!r
lteetivg f the Board to be bi.ll on the 24th Jui e
iust, they will rteeive,
TENDERS

troth perpflus willing to supp:y the underna.ntioned
nicei for three u.iouhs. v z : -
B ea 3 (4 b loaves
Flour (best econ is)
Grocery. including Raw Sugar, riot pieces, nor crystal.

I:zed.
Beef, Nin;tor, Suet
Ale (X)

Also Teudeis to: the Supply of
CLOTHING
Coal not necessari!y thiek coal,
Slack
Potroieutn
sharps
Barley •nleal
Further particulars with p>intAil fmono. of Tender may
be had on applient on at my 'ffic. ]. Hagley Strtet,
Stott; bridge , or of tie lidest r of the Workhous,., Klng-
nWilltutd,

The meat may he paid fir f nquightly if desired, and
the coal u entity sulj-et to 21 per cit. di,count
Guardians siil not require any security,
Tenders roust be made on the printed forms, which
alone will be received, and sent with sample of article
tendered for to the Workhouse, addressed to the Clerk
to the licard of Guardians of the Stourbridge Union,
not later than 12 o'clock noon, on tile V3th June
in3t.

Ihe Guardians do not bind themselves to accept the
lowest or any other tender.

Ali e.c3ounts due from the Guardians must be for-
warjed to the Workn,us3 before the sth July next,
and, it correct they will b 3 paid to Tradesmen (or their
authariaeci agents) on 6 turday, the tth Jury next,
at my offices as sbov--. Any clam not discharged within
three rnowhs from the f' sprain of the half-year (end•
i ig Lady Day or Mie'aaelmas) ia which it was incurred
is abso niely forfeited and cannot aftinsar.is be paid,
By order,
THOMAS WALL,
Clerk

Board Rom, Worle.oule,
Kingwinf 'rd,
10th June, 1887.

pH(ENIX eIRE OFFICE
LONDON.

(ESTAIIL CSII}:1) 1752. )

IXSUILNCE AGAINST LOSSES BY FIRE AND
LIGHTNING.
INth )13 BTED SECURITY. MODEIO TE
RATES. PROMPT AND LIBERAL SETTLE-
MENTS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

KIDDERMINSTEit.

VoLuNUEER ItEVIEW,—CoIonzI Carr held, a review
a the ( hree compline3), dewdley,
Stour, ort, nbary, ant W..lvcrley Companies of
Volui:teers on Monday afternoon, at H. uobrook,
whey. there was a good muster, upwards ot 4,oomen
bei ,g precut. Toey w.•re pa turouga the varioni
exere'ses by Lientenant-Colonll Watson aud Major
E. J. llotton. The ..taer officers present Were..
Colo i-i Sir Frederick Wii:n Knight, Major J. Wat•
son (tiaderrninster). Cz ptaini Danks (Wolverley)...,
Gauo (Bewilley) ilareisou (Stourport), Adjudaot.
s, Staff-Surgeon Waddell, and Acting-Chap-'
Bathe.—On the completion of the review
Colonci C.lrr said he must cnupliment the men
their improved apneaettnea since be first reviewed
them This mad; the fifth time he had done so,
he regretted to say it would be the la.st, He
wished tltu battalion every suceess.—Colouei r;ir
W. Knight also briefly addressed the men.

The medical proressionare now or,lering C LDS /
COCOL ESSENCE in thousands of cases. because it contains
lt ore nutritious and nosh-forming elements than any other
beverage, and it is preferab!o to the thick starchy Cons
ordinarily sold. When you ask for Cadbury's Coco
Essence be sure that you get it as shopkeepers often past.
!imitations for the sake of OUZO profits, Maksra ca
4.2neen. Paris Depot. 90. limbo:woo& IS. Itellift.

SATURDAY JUNE IS; 1887.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

FAIR WIT I IMMO
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for the delicate akin of ladies and children and MEM
sensitive to the weather, winter or atutunir.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

FISH.

Good supply, slack demand. Prices, whof ;isle
Salmon, Is 2d to Is 71 per lb; grilse Is 2d per lb; tdrly,t,
Cs per stone • brill, 5s per stone; soles, 50s per box; lemon
Soles, 6s per'dozen ; plaice, 15s per box; mackerel, 10s per
pad; gurnet, lOs per box; fresh haddocks, 4, • o is per
box; wbiting•, ts per 1 ox; live eels. 20s per draft ; c(4l,
38 each; ling, is each; lobsters, 20s per score ; crabs,
274 per pad • bloateis, is per hex; kippers, 6s per
round; dried 'haddocks, 2s tn 6s per dozen; prcwns, 55
per lb; shrimps, Is to is Od per gallon. Ret Ail Falmod.
is 4d to is 9d per lb; grilse, is 6d per lb; turbot, 91 per
lb ; sturgeon, 9d per lb; soles, 8d per lb; cod, 4cl per lb ;
brill, 7,1 per lb; hug, 4cl per lb; halibut, 9d per lb; fresh
haddocks, 3d per lb; live eels, Is 3d per lb; plaice, t;cl
to Is each; mackerel, 3d each; red mullets, 2s eac
gurnets, is to is each; whiting, 4d eaoh ; lobsters, Is to 2s
each; cribs, 6d to 3s each; dr ed haddocks, 4d to Is each;
bloaters, 6d to is per dozen; kippers, Is Cd per dozen;
prawns, 1s 6d per dozen ; oysters, 6d to 2s per dozen; white'
bait, is Pel per qu:rt.
POTATO.

There was a, fair sup-pi; p tatoee on offer. The
trade was quiet at the annexed rates: 01.1—Maguail
bonnme, 10'e to 130 s g regonts,,Ve to 120 s; champions sos
to ltOs per ton. New—Malta round, 8s to 10s. Jeree9
kidnoye, 3a to 15s per cwt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

IRELAND.

Knocklayde, Ballyc-as-t-le-,-co—wity Antrim; Slemish
Mountain, County Antrim ; and Bean's-hill, near
Downpatrick, county Down.
The following is a list of those mountains in the
Lake District, over 2000 ft. high, on which work for
the bonfiree is now progressing : Soden Pike, 3210 ft.;
Helvellyn, 3118 ft.; I Skiddaw, 3054 ft. ; Bowfell,
29606 ft.; Coniston Old Man, 2633 ft.; Red Screes,
25411 t; 11l Bell, 2476 ft ; Langdale Pikes, .2401 ft.
Should the weather prevent the lighting of the bonfires
on the 21st, it has been decided to light them on
Midsummer day. the 24th.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

ROAXING A BOARD OF GUARDIANS

We are authorised by the Lord Chamberlain to say
that a statement published in the Freeman's Journal
of June H, that he had written to the Dungarvan
Board of Guardians is entirely without foundation.
The statement referred to above appeared in the
Dublin Freeman's Journal of Saturday as follows:

"A truly extraordinary letter from the Lord
Chamberlain was read at the meeting of the Dungar-
van Board of Guardians yesterday. We presume
that a copy has been sent to every other Board in
Ireland, and that they will an discuss it during the
approaching week. Lord Lathom announces. an
extension of 'the invitation already given to
Corporations in order to embrace all public
bodies in Ireland,' and therefore 12 tickets
of admission to Westminster Abbey have been
placed at the service of the Dungarvan Guardians,
who are further informed that preparations will be
made to receive them, and accommodation provided.
This is all very courteous; but, as we believe that
English Boards of Guardians have not been thus
favoured, we are impelled to ask why Ireland has
been singled out—in the year of coercion, too—for
special distinction. Lord Lathom reads the boards
of guardians a lecture upon their duty as loyal
citizens, and as this is the gist of his communication,
we give the public the benefit of his views: 'ln con-
sidering the invitation it is hoped that your board
may not confuse it with matters of a political nature,
as some public bodies in Ireland have already done.
The cause of the lamentable condition of affairs in
your country at present is not vested in her Majesty
the Queen, whose earnest wish it has ever been to
promote as far as lay in her power the pros-
perity, peace, and concord of her subjects.
I would, therefore, ask you to put aside
all unplesantness, and to believe that her
Majesty regrets just as much as anyone else the sad
condition of her Irish subjects. She has not been
responsible for any misgovernment that may have
prevailed in Ireland for the past half-century. The
disunion of Ireland in times past may have largely
contributed to this result. If Irish members of Par-
liament had been united, and I, td not held aloof from
other members in the past, and had made ono
common cause in the interests of their country—of
both Protestants and Catholics alike—then the House
of Commons would have been obliged to pass bene-
ficial laws for the country. But when Whig Ministers
were in power those who called themselves Nationalists
assisted them; and in the same way Conservatives
were assisted by Irish members in bringing in Acts,
coercive and ameliorative in their character. It
is to ba regretted that gentlemen calling themselves
Nationalists should be influenced as to the particular
line of conduct they should pursue on this occasion."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

THE CRIMES BILL.

The HOUSE OF COMMONS resumed Committee on the
Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland) Bill, and pro-
ceeded to consider the Amendments to the Fifth
Clause, which provides for the proclamation of dis-
tricts. Several of the Amendments led to prolonged
discussion, but in every case in which they were pressed
to a division they were defeated by large majorities.
Eventually the Clause was added to the bill:
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

SAD DE ATHS OF CHILDREN.

An inquest was held on Tuesday, before Mr.
Maurice Jores, coroner, at a farmhouse at Trelydan,
near Welshpool, upon the body of Matilda Ann
Morris, aged eight, daughter of the late schoolmaster
of Trefonen, near Oswestry, who was accidentally
shot by a boy of 13, named Higgins. He had gone
to a loft on the farm to look for a jackdaw, and was
followed by the little girl. The boy incautiously
handled a fowling-piece which was lying, loaded, on
the floor, and it went off, the contents lodging in the
brain of the child. The jury returned a verdict of
"Accidentally killed." An inquest was held at
Birmingham on Tuesday on the body of Sidney
Walton, 13, who was killed on the previous day in
consequence of approaching too near the machinery
of the works where he was employed. He was alone
in one of the polishing shops, in which an endless
band was revolving, and was apparently in the act of
shifting the band, when it caught him up by the arm
and whirled him round with such tremendous
velocity as to dismember him before the machinery
could be stopped. The jury returned a verdict of
"Accidental death," adding an expression of opinion
that more !precautions should be taken by the em-
ployers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

ITCHING PILEB-SYMPrOMS AND CURE.

The symptoms are moisture, like perspiration, intense
itching, increased by scratching ; very distressing,
particularly at night ; seems as if pin-worms were
crawling in and about the rectum ;.the private parte are
sometimes affected. If allowed to continue very serious
results may follow. "MAYNE'S OINTHENT" is a
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Scald-Head, Erysipelas, Blotches, all scaly. crusty Skin
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I THROAT AFFECTION. AND HOARslNigs.-•-All suffer
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brush produces a pleasant lather, which thoroughly
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the tet.th a peculiar pearly-whitness, and a delightfa
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Tic, Faceache,Neuralgia and nearly every case of Tooth
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hill, near Aldbourne ; Woodbyrough-hill ; Cherrie
Down, Collie.
WORCESTER.—CreIefI-hill; ; Old Star-
ridge ; Twin Beacon, Malvern Wells; Stagberry-hill,
Bewdley ; Old-hills, Powyke ; Wychbury-hill ; Gravel;
hill, Beoley ; Beoley Tower; Curslow-hill, Chaddes-
ley Corbett; Bromsgrove Lickey ; Webheath, Red-,
ditch; the Linthurst-hill ; Cient-hills ; Land Oak,
Kidderminster; Pudford-hill, Blartley ; Acock's:
green; Bredon-bill ; Cleat-hill; Broad way-hill ;
Cadley-hill ; Blookley ; Oldbury; Newburn-hill, Bow-I
ney-green ; and Mortyn-hill, Inkberrow.
YORK.—Bradwell Edge, near Sheffield; High-lowe
Hatersage, Sheffield; Hooberstand, Wentworth.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

A VERITABLE TREASURE ISLAND;

A despatch from New London, Connecticut, dated
the 21st ult., says: There is a little island not far from
Fisher's Island which is not considered of enough im-
portance by geographers to merit a place on the map.
It is a desolate little place, rocky and bare, and has
been known as Trees-ire Island by the sailors for a
great many years. There has been a story since the
memory of the oldest inhabitant to the effect that
during the Revolutionary War a wealthy colonist
buried a fabulous amount of British gold on the island,
but as time and again people have dug all over the
island to no purpose the story has of late years been
regarded as a popular legend only.
Captain John Herbert, an old whaler, turned up
in this city a day or two ago, however, and an-
nounced that there was some truth in the yarn about
Treasure Island, and stated that he had found
several thousand dollars' worth of gold pieces. The
captain backed up his statement by exhibiting several
pieces of British coin dated away back in the
eighteenth century. Captain Herbert says that he
landed on the island last Tuesday, and that he dis-
covered what appeared to be a small cave near the
shore. It was low tide, the captain says, or he
could not have made this discovery. The captain
entered and found himself in quite a respectable
cavern, and after poking around for some time found
an old iron pot containing money. The captain believes
that there is more money in the care or on the island
somewhere, and will make another visit.

PA, have you got the hydrophobia ?—No, Bertie,
what makes you ask that question P—Well. I heard
ma say to-day that you got awfully bitten when you
thought she had a fortune in her own name. •
HUSBAND (Ong fishing) : Good-bye, wifey ; I won't
come home until late, unless I catch something.—
Wife: If you don't come home until late, hubby, you
will be sure to catch something—you hear me?
GRANDMA: Johnny, I ./ave discovered that you
have taken more sugar than I gave you.—Johnny:
Yes, grandma, I've been making believe there was
another little boy spending the day with me.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

livNOUR FOR THE EHAIRM IN.

Mr. l'argeter said he had received a cornplimen;-
a-y tieket from te Lord Chamberlain for admiksiou
to tie 3ervieu in Westminster Abbey on
_the Jubilee
Day.

POLICE INSPECTION.—Tha annual inipection of
polic in the en.itera division of Worcestershire took
place in the station yard on Wednesday afternoon.
Gwonei Cobb being the in,reci,,g officer, nnd he
was attended by Colonel Cal:inichael. A pd;nute
ex,fini.,ation was made of the clothing, cells, lnd
books, ,tc., and everything uas found it, a .tutis-
f.tetory eta e. Then; were pre& nt 1 superintendent,
1 inspector, 5 sergeants, and 33 men, nytking in
all 40.

CHANGE RIZZOING.-0:1 Monday evening last a
quarter-peal of Bob Triplccont-tining• 1,260 changes
Cy the followt.,g : C. Larrett, 1; T. D3es, 2 ; If
Hartshorne, 3 ; 11. Httij, 4; H. Allison, 5 ;
iiartshoru,i 6; G H. P,lgett, 7; J. Cru,hp, 8
Conducted by G. H. Nett. This is the I,nige3t
'nen by tits lo.al banal. Messers. H irtshr n • nail
too biaiiLy Hid, and Maso Old Mll.-2,1101,f
t'eal—O, Wedneiday evening last, several
sawcaotscoi.kasuro,ifkoiPgc ierciri2i.naptßt.
costbtf.owrTe
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Lues, 2 ; 11. Hams, 3 ; W A. Pu
.11. 4 ; G. H.
Pagett, 5 ; J. ttodgers, 6; J. Bird, 7; J. Crump, 8.
Conduced by G. H. Paget%
MaGisTElttar, —At the Police Court yesterlay,
before .dessrs T. D. Illornas and W. J. Turtviy,
Ephrai a Sin th, a gipsy, was tined 103 an I cos 3
for drank w ,it in c•tam3 of a hors, and
cart.-I).e. Cooper pro:ed the case -- John Mn
hl,e.:l•Nard Co; and Thomas Nash were duel
for driLikenness. Dnvid Griinger was tined .10s
and c0...3 for allowing his hoses t) stray on the
hiviwat...—Joseph Attwood was fined 53 and coscs
for not "lying control ovtr his horse. Sergeant
k_.hare p eyed the case.—Willilta Aldiss and Jo in
l'VtliteilouSa were find 8s and costs for furious
P.C. Day proved the case. Rupert
~diugley was bummoned to show cause why he
dad not delivered over his books and
_accounts
Joseph linowlee, his emessor to the ourveyorsl:
of Wolleecote, Defendant said he windd;turn tia)

the books now that he knew the law required it.—
He was ordered to pay the costs. Daniel Wilkes
was fined 10a and costa for being drunk and cruelly
illtreating a colley puppy. Henry Evefon, horse
dealer, was fined 16s and costs for assaultingiWm
Taylor, at the Engle Vaults. --- Mr. Waldron pro-
secuted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

THE AFGHAN REBELLION.

-•
despst .ili from Mery states that the Ameer left
Cabul on the 31st ult, in order personally to take
command of the troops despatched against the insur-
gents. The same telegram as erts that the population
of the Afghan provitices bordering on the Transcaspian territory are joining, with few exceptions, the
rebel Ghilzais. A ditnla correspondent, writing on
Sunday, says: There is no foundation for the Mery
despatch received yesterday at St. Petersburg alleging
that the Aineer left Cahill on the 31st ult. in order to
take personal command of the troops against the in-
surgents. According to the latest intelligence the
Ameer is still at Cabul.
The reoorts regarding the Ghilzai rising are con-
flicting. -From Candahar, telegraphs a Calcutta cor-
respondent, we have a despatch stating that the
Hotaks have submitted and that General Gholant
Ryder has moved northwards to put down the
Tarak his, while more direct intelligence is to the effect
that the situation at Mukur and Ataghar is un-
changed. If the latter be true it seems probable that
a fight will take place when Ramazan, or the month
of fasting, ends. Rumour has it that the Tarakiii
clan is collecting in the Nawa Valley, between
Ghuznee and Lake Abistada, under one Shir Jan,
whose brother, Sahib Jan, headed a rising against us
in .1879, and was defeated and killed by General Ken-
nedy. It is reported from Candahar that a caravan
has been plundered on the way to Cabul, and that a
niece of the Governor of Candahar has been carried off
by the robbers. Nine hundredrecrults for the Ameer's'
new Barakxai regiments are said to have been enlisted,
and to be encamped outside Candahar. A despatch
from Cabal states that Gholam Hyder Rakzai has sent a
letter to the Ameer announcing that the Katuwaz,
Sulieman, Kheyl, and other tribes are threatening to
cut the communications between Candabar and
Ghuznee, and asking that reinforcements may ba sent
to prevent them. The Ameer, it is believed, returned
to Cabul for Ramazan. On the whole it seems pro.
bable that the Ameer's troops, having the resources
of Candanar behind them, will starve out the insur-
gents, and that the rebellion will then enter a new
phase of passive resistance, the Ghilzais ceasing to
rise openly, nut refusing to pay taxes as the Shin warns
are now doing, apparently with success. The accounts
received from all quarters agree that the Ameer's
popularity and prestige are hopelessly shattered, and
that unless we interfere on his behalf he must soon
fall. Interference on his behalf would set the whole
country against UP, and his speedy fall, far from being
a matter of regret, would be the best thing that 03u14
happen. Sirdar Noor Mahomed Khan, eon of Wall
Mahomed Khan, is said to have gained possession of
the Khost district. It is also stated that Sirdar Share
Ali, the ex-Wali of ganda,bar,, jipt, uturned (Fom
Bombay to Kurrichee:
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STATE OF IRELAND.
THE BODEVE EVICTIONS.-FURTHER

RESISTANCE.
The armed cclumn started out early on Saturday
morning from Fort Anne, and by half-past nine
reached the house at Lisbarren occupied by Thady I
Collin-, who was marked for eviction. He had
a daughter lying ill with consumption. This fact
was communicated to Colonel Turner, and he gave
instructions that the tenant should not be disturbed
at present. The forces were then withdrawn and
were marched to Knockbrack, the scene of the pre-
ceding Wednesday's operations. Several small hold-
ings were there to be taken possession of, and the
advent of the soldiers was announced by watchers
on the hill tops and by the blowing of horns. The
crowd of onlookers was not so large as that which
viewed the attack on O'Halloran 's house, and
there was little demonstration of popular feeling.
The thatched cabin of Michael O'Callaghan 14as
attacked with crowbars, and the emergency men
were assailed with the customary volleys of hot
water by the women within the house. There
was a short ekirmish at a window between a
couple of the emergency men armed with shields
and one of the women inside armed with a beam, but
the women inside soon expended their ammunition,
and the police rushed in, notwithstanding that Colonel
Turner ordered them back. The emergency men fol-
lowed, and the eviction was successfully carried out.
At the next house visited, that of Peter Wall, a de-
termined resistance was made by a number of girls in
the house. The emergency men were drenched with
hot water again and again, and a sharp-pointed salmon
gaff was thrust at them. This a constabulary officer
succeeded in seizing, but the girls further defended
themselves with stones taken from the broken walls.
Half a dozen constables then drew their ba one, and
scrambled through the opening, beating the girls back.
The women were dragged out over the fallen stones,
one of them bleeding profusely from a cut on the fore-
head, and the whole were placed temporarily in cus-
tody. A constable received a cut on the arm during
the struggle. The people around screamed with rage
at the sight of the injured girl, and they were
promptly chased away by the police.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

AN EXTRAORDINARY HAILSTORM.

Accounts received at Philippopolis from Bourgas
of the hailstorm which recently passed over the dis-
trict of Aitos and Carnabat (in Roumelia) describe
it as of an extraordinary character, the hailstones
having been more than a pound in weight, of irregular
form, and rough surface, presenting sharp, frozen
points. Several persons .surprised by the storm while
working in the field, as well as a large number of
cattle, were killed. The tiles of the house roofs were
broken, and planking was pierced in many cases as if
by a bullet. The harvest was entirely destroyed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

AND LIVERPOOL,

On SATURDAY. JUNE 25th. a cheap EXCUR,4ON
TRAIN for STOCKPU T. Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent
Chester, Birkenhead ad Liverpool will leave Stour-
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FGr fares and furaer partieulars see special bills.
J. GRIERSON,
General Manager
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

TEM IRISH LAND DILL.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, on June lS the Irish
Land Bill was recommitted in respect of the provi-
sions which deal with the equitable bankruptcy juris-
diction of the County Court Judges.

An amendment Moved by the-Duke of Abercorn to
the effect that, where a landlord had offered to accept
in full satisfaction of arrears such lesser sum as the
Court might think fit, and the tenant refused the offer,
no stay of execution should be granted, received
the assent of the Government, and was agreed to.
On Clause 21, relating to jurisdictions in bankruptcy
by consent, Lord Kilmorey moved to omit that portion
of the Clause which authorised the County Court
Judge to fix the rent to be paid for the unexpired
residue of a statutory term, at such amount as a
thrifty and industrious tenant might reasonably be
expected continuously to pay. The amendment was
opposed by Lords Herschell and Kimberley, but sup.
ported by Lord Northbrook, and being accepted by
Ministers, it was agreed to.
The bill was passed through Committee, and ordered
to be reported on the Ist of July.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-18

PRESENCE OF MIND.

A railway accident, which was attended with con-
siderable damage to property, but fortunately no loss of
life, occurred in Dundee on Sunday. While a goods
train was shunting at a station four miles from
Dundee, nine waggons, laden with coals and general
goods, broke away and dashed down a steep gradient
at a high rate of speed. The runaway waggons were
observed by a signalman at a cabin two miles from
Dundee, and he, with much presence of mind, tile-
graphed to a signalman in a cabin half a mile distant
from the town, asking him to endeavour to shunt the
wagons on to another line, as they were running
along a line on which a passenger train for Blair-
gowrie was due. The order was promptly obeyed,
and the waggons had hardly been shunted when the
passenger train dashed past. A disastrous collision
was thus narrowly prevented. The waggons, con.
tinning their course, ran into the Caledonian Station
at Dundee, where they overturned several empty car-
riages, throwing some of them on the platform.

SHE did wrong to look back; didn't she, Bessie ?
Yes, mamma.—And what do you think Lot thought
when he saw his poor wife turned into a pillar of
salt ?—I don't know, mamma; I 'sped he wondered
where he could get a fresh one.
AN art-critie, describing a recent collection of
bric-a-brac, says: The visitor's eye will be struck,
on entering the room, with a porcelain umbrella.
FOOTE, being scolded by one of the actresses, said:
I have heard of tarter and of brimstone, but you
are the cream of the one and the flower of the other.
IT'S all very well, said the gravedigger, to advise a
young man to begin at the bottom and work up, but
in my business it ain't practicable.
DOES the dress make the lady? asked an exchange,
From the description of society it appears that the
absence of dress makes the fashionable lady.
A LADY orator speaking in reference to the advance
of the woman suffrage cause, said: It is merely a
question of time when women shall wield the ballot
This leads a contemporary to remark that "the
tendency of women to speak of the ballot as though
it were an improved kind of broomstick is calculatee
to make the men nervons."