The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03 00:00:00

Alisallantaits nititigentt.

HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

CAE-ALISTIC INFLUENCES.—The conveyance of voters
to the poll.—Funny Folks.
THE INVENTOR'S GRAND IDEA.—He came into the
office the day before yesterday and asked to see the
editor. He was an inventor, he informed that func-
tionary, and he wanted the aid of the Press—the
mighty Press—to get the greatest project of modern
times on its legs as it were His idea was to start
a grand Consolidated Milk Supply Company. A
reservoir holding about six million cubic feet of
milk could be constructed anywhere upon the foot-
hills, in the midst of a grazing farm calculated to
feed say half a million of cows. These could be
milked twice a day into the reservoir by machinery.
and the cream be skimmed off the surface by out-
riggers attached to sail-boats. Service pipes would
conduct the liquid to the kitchen of every house in
neighbouring cities, same as gas. It would run
through a patent • milk meter, which would be
shut off in case of non-payment of bills, which would be
modelled on the gas principle in the matter of charges.
A corporation of this kind, the inventor went on to
say, ought to pay fifty per cent dividends weekly.
The editor replied that he was a water-drinker and
therefore would not trust the business of milkmen.
He told him to apply at the Milky Way and get out.
CANDID, ANYHOW.—Young Lady: Do you under-
stand music, Mr. Jones ?—Jones: Well, no, I do not-
but I remember my music master telling me when I
was young that I would make an excellent musician if
I could only learn.—Young Lady: WRy didn't you
learn ?—Jones: Well, I suppose it was because I—l
was so doosed stupid.—[Young Lady thinks there is -
no doubt about it.l—Judy.

THE HORSE TRADE IN R,ussa.-1,091 horse fairs
are held every year in 471 localities of the eighty
govetnments of Russia, and on an annual average
360,000 horses are offered for sale at these marts. The
total trade' represents a value of 9,000,000 roubles
without taking into account the sales at Moscow, St
Petersburg, or in the State breeding-studs. During
the last ten years 222,212 have left the country for
foreign markets, ausl their average value being
estimated at 100 roubles the foreign branch of the
trade abroad represents ktn annual value of 2,020,100
roubles.

A SCRATCH CREW.—That of the boat in which
Charon used to ferry souls over ancient Styx to Old
Scratch.—Punch.

THE AMERICANS GROWING STOUT.—ACCOrdiIIg to a
correspondent's description of the recent Charity Ball
at New York, the Americans are growing stout.
"Not the most cavilling European," he says, "after
attending the Charity, could possibly accuse us, as a
nation, of being thin. As the throng wound round
and round the floor in grand procession, one could not
but be impressed with the enormous increase of adipose
among both sexes. The pale, thin-visaged, anxious-
looking business man of some years since has entirely
disappeared, and in his shoes—so far as he can get
them on—stands a ruddy, aldermanic, round-faced,
bald-headed personage, redolent of good dinners and
generous living, whom we find it hard to believe was
ever like his predecessors. As for his wife,
.what a
change ! The skinny neck, those pipestem arms, that
waspish waist, really not laced half so much as it
appeared to be—where are they? Who is this standing
in her place, with plump shoulders, pudgy arms, and
expansive waist? Can we believe that this genial,
round matron could ever have been the subject of
wicked personalities on the score of attenuation ? "

THE DIGESTION OF KNOWLEDGE.—The Daily Tele-
graph remarks :—Everybody knows that the elephant
is the most intelligent and sagacious of four-legged
beasts; but, until the following curious incident came
to our knowledge, we were not aware that he had
developed a keen taste for literature, or a greedy
appetite for works of fiction. Only the other day
ci
however, as the editor of the Moskauer Zeitung stoo
fixed in admiring contemplation of the colossal pachy-
derm that is the chief attraction of Winkler's I\lePa"
genie, he was somewhat startled by the swift insertion
of a prehensile proboscis into his great-coat pocket,
which gaped invitingly, and by the removal thence of
a manuscript novel forwarded to him for approval by
a regular contributor to the feuilleton departnlent of
his journal. Ere he could utter an ejaculation of
ptotest, the elephant had conveyed thewho le story to
its ponderous jaws, and, after masticatin i
g t for a few
seconds with obvious relish, swallowed it at a gulp.
Down to the date of our information respecting the
results of this extraordinary feat, no evil results had
accrued to the elephant from its romantic mettl.

LEAP YEAR IN A3IERICA.—Leap Year has been thus
practically put into operation in New York :—" Will
you do it?" she said, twisting one end of the strap
around her hand. He squirmed, and looked frantically
at the key-hole of the door as if he would like to crawl
through it. "Will you do it ?" she said, skirmishing
with the strap around the calves of his legs, while he
skipped around like a great north-western grasshopper
with the jim-jams. " NATill you do it ?" she repeated,
concentrating her energies for a terrific swoop. "I
will," he roared in agony of thought, and they were
married.

ENGLAND AND THE AUSTRO-GERMAN ALLIANCE.—
The Paris Moniteur considers it extremely probable
that England will join the Austro-German Alliance,
and fails to see that this step would be indicative of any
danger to France. It sums up the situation in these
words: "The (French) nation and the Government are
in favour of the maintenance of peace, and resolved to
abstain from all that could provoke war. The London
Cabinet considers us as unassailable on this ground,
and what it did in 1875, with the support of Russia,
when it was outside the Three Emperors' Alliance, in
our defence, it would again do with more authority in
the situation which it has taken. It is thus that things
appear to us at present, and we hope that their aspect
will not soon change."
PALM SUNDAY IN NAPLES.—The Correspondent of
The Times writes from Naples :—" Palm Sunday was
observed everywhere with the usual solemnities and
traditional customs. Olive trees suffered much, for
large branches were brought into the churches to
receive the sacerdotal benediction, and everyone was
eager to secure a sprig to decorate and sanctify his
house or his boat. You may find it stuck in at the
bows of every boat or coasting vessels that leaves the
port. Palm branches plaited with great art were more
rare, and were reserved for the upper ten thousand, or
thousand, as the case might be. It is impossible to
get through a village in the neighbourhood of Naples
on Palm Sunda, without meeting a crowd returning
from church with a bundle of olive branches tied up
with ribands of various colours, among which is in-
serted the inevitable galatel, a doll-like figure made of
unleavened bread. Many an enmity was healed by
the presentation of a bit of blessed olive, and in this
figurative manner pardon was asked which would
never have been expressed in words, while the recipient
kissed it and forgave.
A ROYAL Docroß.—The German Chancellor has
caused the announcement to be made that his Royal
Highness Duke Theodore of Bavaria, who recently
took the degree of Doctor of Medicine at a German
University, has received the certificate enabling him
to practise as a surgeon without being required to
undergo the additional examination to which intend-
ing practitioners are orclinarilyliable under the German
law,

BIRMINGHAM ALWAYS LIBERAL.—In a speech at
Birmingham on Monday Mr. Bright said:—" Some
years ago a deputation from Birmingham came to
London to see me and our lamented friend William
Scholefield, who was then my colleague, about some
Birmingham business. lam not sure that I have not
told yon the little anecdote before, but I always like
to remember it, or to repeat it. One of the deputa-
tion, talking about Birmingham, said, Well, you
know, Sir, that the sea is very salt, and if you take a
spoonful of water out of the sea anywhere you will
find it is salt, and if you will go anywhere in Bir-
mingham, and appeal to the people you will find they
are Liberal.' I have not forgotten that little anec-
dote, and the longer my experience of Birmingham is
the more I find it to be true—(hear, hear)—and I re-
member that it has been true. I know not how long,
but certainly we have very accurate information as to
its troth, for, at least, fifty years back."
CON. FOR THE CREWS ?—Why is this year like the
Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race ?—Because there
are twiS Eights in it.—Punch.
DEFINITE PRINCIPLES.—Meek Canvasser.—You are
a Conservative I 'ope, sir? Fiery Constituent.—How,
sir! Do you venture to indicate by a single word the
complex phases of mbdern politics? Sir, I am a
Nationalist or Liberal-Conservative views —p/us
Beaconsfield—tempered with pro-Reciprocity, anti-
local option, and uncompromising-hostility-to-Home-
Rule proclivities. {Meek Canvasser rather wishes he
was well out of it.l—Funny Folks.
THE LADY BOOK•CANVASSER.—A very prepossessing
young lady canvassing for a popular book, stepped into
the office of a broker, and finding him apparently at
leisure, asked him to look at her book. The gentleman
informed her that it would only be a waste.of time, as
he could not purchase it. "Oh, never ramd that! "
ejaculated the vivacious young woman; "it won't cost
anything to look at it, even if you don't. buy. I should
like to have you read some portions of it, and see what
it is." The accommodating broker took the volume,
and glancing at the title-page, c9mmenced a perusa
of the introduction. This finished, he began at
the first chapter, and read carefully and leisurely
along. It was about nine o'clock when he com-
menced, and an hour passed silently away, when the
book agent began to show signs of nervousness, Which
were apparently unnoticed by the broker, for he never
took his eyes from the volume but read steadily on.
Eleven o'clock came, and the lady began to walk
smartly around the room, glancing occasionally out of
the windows. At noon the broker was still reading,
and the agent wore a decidedly troubled countenance,
A few moments before one o'clock the broker laid the
book down, leisurely donned his overcoat and hat,
and remarked: "That is a very good book. lam
sorry I cannot read more of it, but I am obliged to go
to dinner. If you could call this afternoon, I will con-
tinue reading it."
NOVEL APPLICATION OF BEER.—The last mail from
Montevideo states that a fire broke out on the 6th ult.
in Schenzer's extensive German brewery and bierhaus
in that city. 'All available supplies of water having
been exhausted, and the flames still progressing, the
fire brigade asked and received permission of the pro-
prietor to make use of the large stock of beer on the
premises in order to continue their operations. The
President of the Republic, Colonel Latorre, the
Minister of the Interior, and a number of officers
assisted at the conflagration, which was not extin-
guished until it cost the life of one man by suffocation
and more or less severe injuries to many others, in
addition to the loss of some 20,000 gallons of beer cast
into the flames.
ELECTION Tip.—" Buy the living Jingo ! "—Funny

Folks.
STRUCE UPON s STRUCE.—A curious illustration of the
strike mania is recorde&in the Iron Age, as one of the
many examples now occurring in Pennsylvania. The
coal miners at Houtzdale are now on strike for an ad-
vance of 10c. per ton, and this is resisted by the
masters, on the ground that there have been in this
one locality nine strikes in three months. First the
men struck for the appointment of their own check-
weighman. This was granted with the proviso that
the men should pay their own checkweighman. Strike
2 was to insist upon this official being paid by the
employers, and was also won by the men. Then the
drivers struck for an advance of 25c. per day, vihich
was conceded, followed by a fourth strike on the part
of the trappers for an advance of 10c., a fifth by the
miners themselves, a sixth by the drivers again, who
demanded another instalment of 25c. and also a ten
hours' day. All these points have been won by the
men, and the masters have now declined to move a
step further in concessions, declaring that it would be
less ruinous to themselves to make a present of the
pit to the men than work it under such disastrous con-
ditions.

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STRIKING THE BARGAIN !—An honest miner sat in a
contemplative mood before the door of a saloon in one '
of the thoroughfares of Denver. He had "taken
sugar in his'n " several times, and now cast a wistful
look at intervals towards unprospected regions in the
foothills, where he hoped to strike a tellurium lode,
now that "the placer diggin's was played out." Slowly
down the street came a solitary horseman, ill-
mounted, poorly-clad, meagrely equipped, and stopped
in front of the sitter. " Stranger," said he, "I want
to sell yer ahorse." " Stranger,"was the reply, "I don't
want him." "Stranger," rejoined the wayfarer, " yer
really must buy him. Yer never see a better horse
for the price." "What is the price, stranger ? " asked
the contemplative man. "A hundred and fifty
dollars, and dirt cheap at that." The inquirer medi-
tated for a few moments, and then blandly remarked:
"Stranger, I'll give you five dollars." The equestrian
dismounted, saying with earnestness, "Stranger, I
won't allow a hundred and forty-five dollars to stand
between you and me and a trade. The horse is yours!
A REAL ARCADIAN SHEPHERD.—A Rural Dean.—
Punch.
ENGLISHMEN DESIIIRIBED.—" I lately came aCTOSS a
very queer character which foreigners gave English-
men 300 years ago. It was drawn up in the year 1698
by Paul Reutzner. He says :—` They are powerful in
the field, successful against the enemy, impatient of
anything like slavery, vastly fond of great noises that
fill the ear, such as the firing of cannon, drums, and
the ringing of bells, so that it is common for a number
of them that have got a glass in their heads to go up
into some beifry and ring the bells for hours together
for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner very
well made, or particularly handsome, they will say, B
is a pity he is not an Englishman.' "—" Argus," in
Land and Water.
A BIRD'S EYE VIEW. —According to the foreign
intelligence a tobacco monopoly will shortly be esta-
blished in Germany. We cannot conceive such a
thing possible, for so unpopular a measure would
not "end in smoke." If the Chancellor knows svar't
he's about he will not interfere With the pipe of peace,
since we fancy oui cousins German have Wills of their
own, and will not appreciate being dictated to.—
Fun.
A CABUL HERO.---Perhaps one of the most curious
apisodelof the occupation of Cabul by our troops after
well nigh forty years' absence is that a well-known
Major in one of our Ghoorka, battalions finds himself
again in Cabul, his birth-place in the days of the old
occupation. Born in Ca.bul, he was carried by his
mother, the wife of a staff officer of the army, through
ea
all the horrors of the dreadful retreat, was borne into
captivity, released by re's cavalry, and grew
Shakesp
up to bear her majesty' commission, and again to
enter Cabul. Stranger still, the jailor of his mother
has come to Cabul, and visited his prisoner of bygone
days. —Ccdcutta P k'neer' „
CURIOUS GOOD FRIDAY OBSERVANCES IN LONDON.—
On Good Friday morning, at the church of Allhallays,
Lombard-street, according to a custom which has been
observed for the last 287 years, sixty of the younger
boys from Christ's Hospital attended the service, after
which', in accordance with the will of Peter Symonds,
made in 1593, they each received at the hands of the
churchwarden a new penny and a packet of raisins.
The same will also directs that the clerk and sexton
shall receive Gd. each, the rector af Chadwell, in Essex,
205., and the poor of the parish and ward and the Sunday-
school children 6d. each.—The sermon was preached by
the rector, the Rev. Prebendary Mackenzie, IVI.A. The
text was from Matthews xxviii. 36, There was a large at-
tendance at the service. A very ancient custom was
also observed at St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smith-
field. Divine service was conamenced at eleven, the
aged rector, the Rev. John Abbiss, taking his place
at the Communion-table. At the conclusion of the
service an old tomb in the churchyard was visited (a
procession being formed) when the Rev. J. Morgan
laid twenty-one sixpences on the Wirth, which were
picked up by twenty-one elderly females of the parish.
It is stated that an old lady left this benefaction, and
that she lies buried in the churchyard, but the exact
spot cannot be pointed out.

THE FIELD OF ISANDLANA.—Mr. Fynn, m gistrate
of Irmsinga, and Inspector G. 4ansell, of the ounteP
Police, state, in their official report of their recent in-
spection of the field of Isandlana, that they found that
nearly every trace of the conflict had disappeared, and
it was difficult to remember that such a scene of carnae
had occurred on that spot. On going over the groundi
however, they found that in a great many instances
the earth had been partly washed away from the
graves, exposing the bones to view. They recommended
that Europeans under proper supervision be sent to
rebury the dead where only covered by earth and
stones, by digFilig deep graves at the sides and shunt- s
ing the remains and the earth about them into the
new graves. The dead were too far apart to be con-
veyed to one locality.
A REMARKABLE FACT. —Old Gent. :—"I suppose
your sight grows very keen with practice ? " Coast
Guard :—" bight! Loi:' bless yer, yes, sir; smell, too.
There's men 'ere can smell smuggled 'baccy ten miles

at sea ! "—Fun.

THE PANAMA CANAL.—The Boston Courier says
:-
"Captain Fads' proposition to connect the Atlantlu
and Pacific Oceans by means of a railway for ships le
deserving of careful consideration; and though at a
first glance it may not seem so practicable as M. de
Lesseps' projected Canal, it is nevertheless not $e
visionary as many suppose. The plan, as we under-
stand it, is to build a railway out into the harbour
3,000 ft., at a depth of 301 t. By this means a laden
ship i Eto be transported in a cradle to land, where 12 I
rails laid side by side 3ft. apart are to receive it. On .
these the vessel is to be carried to its destination, and
will have a pressure on each rail of only three tons."
"OUR RESERVES."—Adjutant (referring to young
Militia officer attached for instruction), "Sergeant,
Mr. Skipling doesn't seem to be getting on fast
enough."—Sergeant (Drill-Instructor). "It's not my
fault, Sir, whatever You cannt expect it when his
eyes is continually a-rivetted on all the young ladies
as passes ! "—Punch.
SECOND THOUGHTS ARE BEST.—A farmer entered a
Detroit restaurant with his hat on the back of his head
and a joyful look in his eyes. Flinging his hat on the
floor, he exclaimed, " Whoop ! Sold my wool, and
now I want a tip-top dinner! " He was invited to sit
down at a table, handed a bill of fare, and asked to
name his dishes. "I want chicken, turkey, oystera,
fish, quail, snipe, pie, cake, soup, wine—bring on the
best you've got in the shanty!' he observed, as he
pushed the bill away. The waiter hurried out, and
the farmer produced his wallet and counted his money.
His face grew serious after a few moments, as he began
to realise that luxuries cost money, and in another
minute he pounded upon the table, and called out, "I,
want to see that waiter ! " The waiter entered, ana
the farmer continutd—" You hold on a little. You
may scratch out that other order, and bring me in
some meat and 'taters and bread. I've sold my wool,
as I said before ; but 'just happened to think that the
corn crop may bust on me—and where'd quail on toast
be then? So bring along the meat and 'taters."

EXACTLY.—We are told "the evening wore on," but
we are never told what the evening wore on that owl,'
sion. Was it the close of a summer's day-

Mn. BRIGHT AND THE JEWS.—In reply to a Jewish
elector, who had written to him on the subject of the
relation of the Jews to the two political parties, 3Nlr.
Bright has written as follows :—" March 28, 1880.
Dear Sir,—l am afraid I shall have no opportunity of
saying anything about the Jews. None but an ignor-
ant one can fail to know that the Liberals session after
session contended for the Jews when the*, were e%
eluded from Parliament. Mr. Disraeli was, I think&
the only man on the Tory aide who voted for them, and
the reason for his vote is obvious. I thank you for
your note, and I am, very truly yours, JNO. BRIGHT." .4

REMOVAL OF ELECTORAL DISABILITIES.—Since the
dissolution in 1874 an Act has been passed to remove
certain electoral disabilities, which will take effect
during the present election. The law is not generallY
known, and some of the officials of the Metropolitan
Police-courts are not aware of their privileges. All
old Act prohibited magistrates, clerks, ushers, door-
keepers, and messengers from voting under a penalty
of £lOO, and the disability is now removed.

THE COMMON LOT—DRUNK OR SOBER. To be
screwed in our coffins I—Punch.
THE PETROLEUM FIELDS OF RUSSLL—The owners
of American petroleum deposits will before long have
to encounter a considerable amount of opposition in
view of the discoveries of this valuable oil on the Co?'

tinent, and especially in Hanover and Russia.- The
beds in the latter country are comparatively boundlessa
extending for a distance of 1,500 miles along the
Caucasus range, from the Caspian to the Black Sea.
At the present time, however, there are but two dis-
tricts in this large area where any systematic efforts
are being made to obtain the petroleum. One is 111
the valley of the Kuban river (which flows into the
Black Sea), where two wells have been sunk by 3
French company under the superintendence of an
American manager; this company has a refinery st
Taman. The other and most productive district Di
near Baku, on the Caspian Sea. Many wells have
been sunk here to the depth of 300 feet, having a dailY
yield of 28,000 barrels of crude petroleum.
AMERICAN AND CANADIAN FOOD.--The total num-
ber of live cattle and carcases of fresh meat landed at
Liverpool last week from the United States and
Canada were as follows i-1,338 live cattle; 4,911
quarters of beef, 1,632 carcases of mutton, and 580
dead pigs, making a larger supply of live stock and a
smaller supply of fresh meat landed than in the pre-
vious week.

MARBLE IN JAPAN.—Signor Gagliardi, an Italian
Professor at the Polytechnic Institute in Tokio, wb.
was lately commissioned by the Japanese Government
to explore the Ibaraki mountain range, reports that
he has found several veins of marble of different
colours. One mountain, Suvoyama, seemed to him t°
he a mass of white statuary marble; and he also de'
olares that he came upon some black marble equal to
the finest in Europe. He anticipates that if care he
taken in quarrying and facilities of transport be pro*
vided, Japan will become the great marble market for
the world. Marble has been known in Japan for cen;
tunes, but it was not much prized, being eonsidered
too difficult to polish.
THE VALUE AND NUMBER OP Pixs.—An appro%f;
mate calculation puts the number of pins manufacture"
daily in Europe at 80,000,000. The quantity lost
every day is about the same. The cost price of a pit'
varies" from two to three-thousandths of a centime.
England (Birmingham, London, and Dublin) produce°
most-50,000,000 a day.
JAPANESE RAILWAYS.—The railway system
tending rapidly in Japan, two lines having .been
recently completed in the island of Niphon, and 0
third in the island of Yesso, the most northerly of thi2
Japanese group. The rails are of English make, he'
the rolling stock and engines have been ordered in
America, the former being supplied with Westing'
house brakes, and the latter with spark arresters,
very proper precaution on the part of the Japane"
authorities, for were a chance spark to light upon one
of the shingle roofs by the side of the railway whole
villages would be swept away and a very natural feel'
in of hostility be developed towards railway enter',
prise. The two first engines are to be named Benkei
and Yoshitsze, after two celebrated early Japane°
heroes. It is the first order of the kind that has been
given by Japan to American houses.
THE MOST POPULAR RACE OF MR SEABON.--10
Frith's "Race for Wealth."—Yuany
THE GERMAN REVENuE.—In the 11 months fret°
April 1, 1873, to the end of February, 1880, tli.,!
receipts from Customs and Excise duties by tvts`
German Imperial Treasury showed an increase u*
38,500,000 marks, or £1,925,000, over those of the
corresponding period of the previous fiscal year 1878•9'
The only head showing a decrease was the brewing
licence, The farge and general increase exhibited g
the return, which upon the year will be over 2,0001
sterling, is due not so much to the revival of trade"
though that has had some slight effect—but to the
general arising of the dues of taxes, as resolved upon ill •
last • year's session' of the Imperial Parliament °I
Germany.
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FOUR DAYS AT SEA WITHOUT FOOD.—The crelir -
the barque Mystery, owned by Mr. C. H. Stewart,
of London, have been brought to Liverpool by the
Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer CO,l
dinera, from South America, and report the loss 0 1
their vessel and severe privations endured by there'
selves before reaching the Cordillera. The ALYstel
was on a voyage from New York to Auger Point, wited
a cargo of petroleum, and on the 24th February arriv
off the Brazilian coast, near St. Roche, when thl
vessel was carried by the strong current and the win;
upon the rocks, and almost immediately commence°
to break up. The crew, who numbered ten hands, wera
able only to launch one boat, and had no time to place rt
it any water or provisions, or any clothes. Their vess
having foundered, the men steered for the nearest ie,;
habited part of the coast, and for four days remablet:
in their frail craft without being able to obtain food °I
water, their sufferings being most intense. They
then fallen in .with by a fishing smack, which supe...„--
them with food, and took their boat in tow, landing er,
ultimately at Natal, one hundred and twenty m
from Pernambuco. Hero they were kindly treatet°
but in order to reach Pernambuco had to cover the
whole distance on foot, arriving there in a complefeY,
exhausted state. They were then put oa board Or
Pacific steamer Cordillera, and brought to Liverc;ol
where they were received by the Shipwrecke"
Mariners' Society and forwarded to London.
REVENUE OF PRUSSIAN RAILWAYS.—The total
.11;
ceipts of the railways of Prussia in 1875 were Dr;
million marks, or k 27,500,000. The wurkilig expen,*;
tune was 310 million marks (£15,500,000), leaving z'
million marks, or £12,000.,000, for distribution among
the shareholders. This is cqUivalent to an averag°
dividend of 4•9 per cent. On the capital invested. I
FEMALE SUFRAGE IN AMERICA. Stong-Minde.'„
women will be glad to hear that female suffrage
looking
-
looking up in America (says the Pall Mall Gazetter
The Legislature of Wise()Min has passed a resolution
to the effect that, without regard to previous condition°
of servitude, race, religion, or sex, women are in the
opinion of the Legislature as fully entitled to tilts:
suffrage as men, According to the local journals tf:,
passage of the bill was greeted in the Senate
!` thunders of applause" by a swarm of ladies tilir
filled the galleries. Some discontent, however, is fel
at the fact that the privilege of voting is to be enjolea
by married women only. The Unmarried women ar-
left out in the cold, t le benefit of the Act not beinig,
extended to those who have not husbands. This is feL.
to be an iojustice which may nevertheless yet be
remediO, for the question Is not finally settled.
Before the intentions of the Legislature can be carried
into effect it will be necessary to amend the State
Constitution) and until this has been done, the wonl
of Wisconsin are no better off than they have hither"'
been in the matter of voting.
PERSONS EMPLOYED ON PRUSSIAN RArtwAy.g.iecl
The personnel employed on Prussian railways is divia_t,
into two main classes. The first comprises the officie"-
and servants with fixed positions, and mostly wearinst
the uniforms of the companies they serve. This c,lO
numbered in 1879 as many as 94,000 persons. 'Pio
other class, the labourers, was 85,200 strong. The tiv.o
classes together thus number 179,200 persons. Th,t,
independent of the navvies and others employed '4
contractors in building new lines and extensions.
number of persons employed in working the railvvorii..,
of Great Britain and Ireland, independently of th°:t
engaged on the construttion of new lines, is 00"
300,vvv.

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THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT • •
BRIGHTON .

The Easter Monday Volunteer Review took Place
on Monday on a portion of the South Downs about
midway between Brighton and the Sussex county town
of Lewes. Fine weather favoured the spectacle, and
about twenty thousand volunteers took part in the
display. The troops were divided into two forces, one
of which was massed at Lewes, under Major-General
Turner, and the other at Brighton, under Major-
General Radcliffe. The battle, which commenced at
twelve, lasted about two hours. The Daily News'
Special Correspondent with General Radcliffe's com-
mand, speaking of the troops engaged, states that,
" take them all in all, for physique, for soldierly
smartness, for alert discipline, and willing intelli-
gence they would have brought no discredit on the
Jnost military of nations, had they formed part of its
regular army, ,

A-n interesting feature in the day's proceedings was
tilt employment of three captive balloons by Colonel
Turner's force to signal by electric telegram the move-
ments of the enemy, while the outposts of the de-
enders were all connected by the telephone with the
central division.