The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-08-08 00:00:00

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GIANTS IN THOSE DAYS.—While a The Great Eastern steamship left Sheerness on
Creek township, Mich., he recently exhumed a human
one T. C. Boylan was ploughing out a ditch in Battle csaatpiirdm.
inaygripianu
foutlhlyereivecab,lwedatoyihnagreethp:dbiigtlesnhiptobaAckmaetrthetr
moorings about the first week in September.
skeleton over seven feet high, together with several
It is stated that a great number of Irish labourers
tools made of stone, and very ancient in workmanship. and artisans of the lower grades are returning to Ireland
The discovery has caused an excitement amongst what- from America
elegies all over the country, and many scientific Madame Bazaine in reported to have tried to obtain
pilgrims from the neighbouring States are visitors to from the President of the Republic the commutation of her
the local, high school museum in which the Titanic re. husband's sentence of banishment for life. Marshal Mac Mahon
mains have been deposited. returned s peremptory refusal, at which Madame Bazaine
ORIGIN or THE FAN—Since the fan has seemed much irritated.
come to be regarded as an almost indispensable adjunct
to the feminine toilet, a history of its origin may not bathing u Sunday evening et3h•eeniini
;ii.is angtuounmibieerrh"ofd.blernazni. went
hove
nt
two of themogsot into deep water, and sank before assiatanoe
prove uninteresting to the sex who handle it so adroitly could reach them.
(says the P i rtorial World). 'rhe Chinese say that On Saturday Professor Owen delivered a lecture on
Ran si, the beautiful daughter of one of the manderins. „
occasionzo zoological lac avli .
it
pat ddepartmentbyin members
be theri
found the mask which Celestial etiquette required to
club to that institution.
be worn in public by ladies very oppressive, as the
evening was warm, but her ingenuity was equal to the The Bank holiday wan very generally observed in
occasion. She untied her mask, and moved it so London on Monday. Toe weather throughout was beautifully
of Britishlt:h' teinv:Y. lour Akiwi',U,igmmli,a ol: n: then the
rapidly up and down before her face that it was impss- fine, presenting in this respect a pleasant
tcio.nt,rasttonWhit-
sible to distinguish her features, while her beauty was Monday with its heavy thunderstorm, and • scions_ means
lizing glimpses afforded by the coquettish misnomers
enhanced in the eyes of all the beholders by the tanta-
-11 f• 3f Fif hire taken to ascertain
ntlipelormy
eldwtoay
tahnedirsfteuallmesbtoeaxtteconitimanies for leasing
In a moment a thousand fair Celestials—appreeiatil
what course should be adopted with regard to the fifteen per
her courage and coquetry—imitated her example, an cent reduction in wages proposed I.y the masters. has re-
i°ProwAvindpOwederebo)e. the Miners i. Fifes hire,
a thousand masks were put in motion before a thousand suited in favour of settling th disputee by arbitration. At
Pretty faces, by a thousand pretty hands. The in. several of the collieries, however, the men have given the
genious Chinese caught the idea, and by the next i usual fourteen days' notice to stop work.
Feast of Lanterns fans were substituted for masks. , It is stated in a Berlin despatch that the Emperor
of Russia has addressed an autograph letter to Prince
QUAKERS' CONFERENCE.—A Conference was ilismark in reference to the recent attempt upon his life.
with the Friends' First Day Schools Association. upon his escape, and compliments him in eulogistic terms.
at Darlington, on Monday, in connexion The Emperor cordially congratulates the Imperial Chancellor
There were present about 500 delegates from various Sir Robert Charles Dallas, Bart. brother-in-law of
Parts of the country. Mr. Henry Pease presided. , the late Earl of EllentioronglLly,d..
reel-
About half of the scholars in the schools represented in deuce in Montaguaiptare,
, the conference are adults who receive not merely villg4',l.l:lif the tlal'amt
ofiatTeng,;,loileu....ttaerfltiti‘nlidaisa.Comdplanny-.
Edward,
onl;SeavtlardathYe a t onlyahis . -
religious, but elementary secular teaching. Parr' find was born in 1804. Ile is succeeded in the baronetcy by
chiefly relating to the work of the schools and the ast
method of teaching were read and a national [system hisTeil,dee
Get
esirintii,aGneo
Emperor,re
of education generally approved. On Monday several RUSSilill capital was nominated chief of the St. Petersburg
ilbioirnoninhl:2last visit to the
papers were read and discussed. The subject princi.-
Grenadiers, a post formerly held by his father, has just pre-
pally dwelt upon was the adaptation of the work or seated the regiment with new copme., with the expression
the society to the wants of the present day in order to of a hope that, true to its old tradit ~,,, s, it will always carry
increase the usefulness of the memben3hip of that ' them in a career of fame and honour.
. body. It was generally held that the society should I Amongst the passengers who arrived in Liverpool
, wealth and love of ease had prevented them doing to I Rev, Canon Kingsley, who has been on a tour in the t sited
labour among the masses and the street Arabs, which I on Monday, per the White Star steamer A driutie, was the
The dispute
in the weaving trade in the valley of
1 services, unless they wished to remain in their present !
i. any extent. They should enlarge the scope of their I States.
Devon, 1 . manuans ire, as virtually terminated,
II low numerical position. Union men generally returning to the mills on the terms
the D 'I k h hthe
I 'VICTIMISED AVENGER.—No wonder the In- stipulated by the masters—that they shall work side by aide
fanticide Bill was rejected, the other night, in the with the non-Union
for se months.
already dispute has paralysed the
House of Lords without a division. Had not Ministers trade in the district
An extraordinary incident has occurred in connee•
already begun the Annual Massacre of the Innocents?
tion with the progress of the King of Denmark to Iceland.
—Punch. HIS Majesty and suite arrived on the 20th July at Thorshavis,
GREEK ANTIQUITIES IN AFRICA.—The Nile capital of Stramoe, chief of the Faroe Islands. where an as:
states that a party of Egyptian staff-officers, while on dress sea! it.,eyatdhebyertchieteLreensitdeorthoef
ituli;ar
vuilsiiiteittalglyii wwtoci
a surveying expedition near Berenice on the Red Sea, °re.girocn°,llmm' Immediately fell down dead. The unfortunate gen-
tleman discovered in latitude 24 deg. an ancient fortress
built on a height, about 150 feet above the sea level. was an old nian, and had been ailing for some time.
The untoward event cast a gloom over the intended re-
Several Greek inscriptions, found on the spot, were joicings.
sent to the museum at Boulak and have since been A telegram states that the Coggia comet in now
deciphered. According to these inscriptions it would I visible at Melbourne, and presents a brilliant appearance.
appear that the fortress was built by Ptolemy Euer- I Mr. Hind writes that the new comet discovered at Marseilles
in very good preservation and the whole edifice is said i perihelion, and it will not be at all a conspicuous objecl.
getes, son of Ptolemy Philadelphus. The walls are , la receding from the earth. though it has not yet reached Its
to be a remarkable monument of the perfection I The Birmingham News states that the Rev. Dr.
attained under the Ptolemaic dynasty in the science of ' presented to him within the last few darn.
fortification.—Academy. spontaneous proof of the regard in which he was held at
Rugby School. His former pupils have subscribed the sum
Hayman has had
A RESORT FOR CONSUMPTIVES.—OverIooking ' of £250, which sum they have forwarded to him, with an
the valley of Mexico (says a correspondent of the address.
St. Louis Republican) there is a beautiful town called According to a report made by the Agricultural
San Angel. Its location is elevated, the climate is
i per cent above and that of the spring wheat 4 per
that of perpetual spring, the atmosphere pure and Department of the United states the condition of the winter
cent. wheat is
the average '
balmy, the scenery beautiful as in the gardens of the
Clieveden Park, the Duke of Westminster's seat in
Peril. No lovelier spot was ever gazed upon by
mortals. Recently this place has become a famousconnected with the Metropolitan Working
thousand persons Iluckinghamshire, was visited on Monday by about two
place of resort for consumptive patients. Some 9.8- lien's Club. The Duke himself was present, and witnessed
tonishing results have followed a residence here by the amusements enjoyed by his visitors.
patients stricken by the destroyer of life—tuberndia An American journal has been discussing the sub.
pidniodatia. In one case a gentleman in the last stages ject of titles of nobility. After allowing that they are of less
of the disease waa sent hither by his physician. He ex- importance on the Continent than in the mother country, it
the wishes of his patient he would send him there to
pected no favourable results, but thought to gratify suggests that" a reason for this may be that in England the
die. The patient went. The sulphurous water, the title has tntiloltiti,port.tof7du valuilbilsecitigylestsattached
u flil to citable
its
Pure air, and the pleasant climate, had a wonderful privilege." oi course it is.— Pictorial World.
PI. wearers to marry an AmerrioePat girl- which, alter all, is a
effect. The patient began to improve, slowly at first,
but more rapidly as his residence was prolonged Monday at Lord's Cricket-ground, playing an innings at
. In The American Base Ball Players appeared on
a few months he could not only walk without fatigue cricket with members of
the al CC., besides allowing their
but could run and leap like a young man. In five skill at their own game. The accuracy and precision of
months he left San Angel in robust health, and now their catching elicited the greatest praise from all present.
physicians unite in writing San Angel as their pre- In the Pope's native town the humble cottage where
scription for consumptives. Hundreds of persons he was nursed is still owned and occupied by his foster-
who have gone out declining from the ravages of the brother, who has erected a tablet setting forth the fact of
fatal disease have returned in a short time cured of
their ills. Sunny rooms are the thing. The tern- iiTanriiirnhueg Ilhieereoll'ypeasthsent-4ire
Rome the Pope eaten
. mil:chi:Pl:l ahrtsviii'n'ga 1..'
ds to him quite a fraternal welcome.
perature of San Angel never exceeds seventy degrees ills Holiness has founded in the town an hospice for fifty old
and rarely descends below sixty. A great many sick men.
People now go to this favourite place. First-rate In their report on East Indian Finances, the Coin.
accommodation may he secured there at reasonable mittee of the House of Commons state that from the evidefice
rates, they have taken they have received an impression that
have in some instances been imposed upon India
" SPORT "IN PERU. —The South Pacific Times cwhhairc
oughtto have berm home by England. There seat the
of the 29th of June reports that at Callao, on the 28th same time a very general desire in the English departments
(Sunday), there was a bull-fight, in which &Chinaman not to throw cherges on India improperly, and it is hoped
and two women took part. Previous to the appearance that the Committee now appointed may place the matter
of these performers, however, two or three bulls were ' uPon a satisfactory footing
brought out and worried for half an hour each. One The floating island has made its appearance on
Its dimensions are small at present,
was slonay tortured to death, after being stabbed
'twenty different pplroacceesss;, bust
refused the t
0 otherdi e
die,
litrwirtweter .
the drylAetTeather continues it will increase in size,
ainfteari"unutde'jitusbffisottahppffitrieene.wiagnedinvtib,iebsletinfionrierf
forty
appearing)l.Btpbthg
snotn,-
were driven bleeding and wearied back to the yard. merged ins the 27th of August.
The fourth was a celebrated bull, and the Chinaman A society has been formed called the Railway
took particular good care to keep far enough from it Travellers' Protection Society, the objects of which are to en-
to prevent damage to either party. At last the deavour to promote the safety of the public in the use of
chief attraction of the day appeared. A chola woman rin'iri"ailZi"a'y tt'radvimelti'ghgroe through tcostulifseesapveditlenVeowcotr7lreodf
on horseback took her position in the centre of the , the railway companies, such as unpunstuality, insufficiency
arena to "receive" the bull, as it is termed, on his of permanent way, inadequacy of establish .nests, and neg-
being let loose. She did "receive" him, but in a way lect to adop. the various means of safety constantly recom-
she had not expected. The whole affair was over in mended by the Board of Trade ;to obtain the correction of
a minute. Directly the bull charged, her horse turned various minor defects. which Voillse much discomfort and in-
tail, and the bull knocked him and the equestrienne convenience to travellers; to enforce more humane arrauge-
meats for the conveyance of cattle, .d for the nether regu-
over. The horse stood still, the bull proceeded to gore lation of the minerals and goods traffic.
the unfortunate woman, and the " gallant " bull- Six giraffes have
just been received by the Garden of
fighters amused themselves by keeping a respectable Acclimatation otParis. Those animals, imported by M.
distance from the animal. The bull was prevented Hagenbeck, of Hamburg, have been sold by him to the
killing the woman by his attention being drawn off by garden. They are all young, the oldest being only three
the appearance of a volunteer with a poncho, who was yea. Of age, and measuring at the shoulder 71t. ain and at
also knocked down for his pains. There was intense the head 121 t 41n. Becoming more and more rare, this
excitement and the bull was finally deepatched. animal is no longer to be found except in a small canton of
Abyssinia, the centre id wlach is Carola They are quite
A NEW LIFE RllOl/.—At the conclusion of wildt and all ath,mjits to domesticate them in that country
have failed. Strangely enough, they live in Europe, and are
the swimming races in the Serpentine, in London, on easily tamed, and propagate their species.
Monday last, a trial was made with a new life buoy,
the results of which cannot but have the greatest _ A hairdressers' congress, at which no less; than 300
interest for all those who have business in great P
sent, haslifisrr melenarasdeuln.tri7eliemstoAirt4ewperreocirWt
waters. The new buoy is an ingenious invention tees were especially interesting from a competition, in which
and patent of Mr. Dolby, and consists simply of a eight persons took part, for a prize for the best stile of
tin water-can, of such form that it can be easily and ladies' coiffure. Many spectators witnessed this perform-
quickly strapped on to the chest of any person, so once, which was carried out with energy and elegance.
as to leave main arms entirely free. Mr. Williams, Sixteen diplomas of honour were awarded to the exhibitors
in the collection accompanying the congress.
the superintendent of the Royal Humane Society
at the Serpentine, desiring to test the efficacy of ii The Domestic Servant Difficulty" is the subject
of the invention, attached it to a couple of life- shrewd remarks.iclii tll,Cii,teynePyreesss...Zemwrrsiter makes some
guards' men, who went into the water, and greatly whose article "On the Side of 'the Maids" el-11115,n. Lsi7cri nii
amused the spectators by their endeavours to sink, sensation recently, that mistresses themselves are not a
They adopted every possible position withoutbeing able little to blame for the present state of things. One remark
to keep under water, and it was only when one of them of his cannot be too strongly impressed on Mary's employers.
sat on the other that the desired result was obtained. He aays 1 "The difficulty of obtaining competent, modest,
and trustworthy servants is DOW so great that the fortunate
The moment he was released he shot like £l, cork to the housewife who p messes such treasures may well cherish
surface Mr Williame expressed himself perfectly them.”—Pictoria- l° World.
, . ..

satisfied with the result, arid highly recommended de
simplicity. For emigrants especially this invention
must be of the greatest value, as it nerves the uses of an
ordinary water-bottle during the journey, can be con-
verted into a life buoy at a moment's notice, is not
liable to rot and get out of order, while its cost only
exceeds by a few pence the one they are compelled to
carry in their kit.
EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND.---The follow-
ing is a list of the ships and number of emigrants for-
warded to New Zealand by the Agent-General for that
colony during the month of July last :—The Chili, for
Nelson, with 220 souls; the Duke of Edinburgh, Can-
terbury, 337; the Jessie Readinan, Otago, 324; the
Star of India, Wellington, 375; the Bebington,llawke's

The Paris correspondent of The Times says that the
tad of September, the anniversary of Sedan, will be cele-
brated in many parts of Germany, and it is reported at
Berlin that that day will henceforth be a holiday. In the
Prussian elementary schools the teachers will be instructed
to relate the events of the day, and by songs and other means
to foster a spirit of patriotism. Where a religious service
In held they will take their scholars to church, and in tlfb
afternoon an open-air fete is to be held wherever prac•
ticable.

Bay, 317; the Helen Denny, ditto, 258 ' ihe Zealandia,
Auckland, 252; the Invercargill, Otago (from Gins.
gow), 308 ; the Waitangi, Auckland, 400; total, 2,881.
THE COMING PILGRIMAGE.—The Times says
that by way of preparing the minds of the English
Roman Catholic body for the pilgrimage to Pontigny,
the Very Rev. Monsignor Patterson, the president of
St. Edmund's College, near Ware, Hertfordshire, has
undertaken to preach a series of sermons upon the
subject of pilgrimages in general, and the coming
pilgrimage in particular, in the pro-Cathedral at
Kensington, on the evenings of the first four Sundays
in the present month. On the fifth and last Sunday
Archbishop Manning will preach upon the same sub-
ject, and again on Monday, the 31st, the eve of the
departure of the pilgrims. The names of intending
pilgrims are pouring in steadily from all parts of the
kingdom, and there can be little doubt that the
numbers of those who join it will show no falling off
from those of last year. In anticipation of this
pilgrimage, a Life of St. Edmund has been issued by
Messrs. Washbourne' with the imprimatur of Arck-
bishop Manning, and with a preface and introduction
from Monsignor Patterson 's pen. •