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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

AN EXPENSIVE HOBBY.

New York papers contain advertisements of the
sale of the "Stevens Battery," which was to take
place on the 29th ult. in pursuance of an order in
Chancery.
The Stevens Battery, says the New York Times, is a
"big elephant" on the hands of the State of New
Jersey. In 1843, Robert L. Stevens, a Hoboken
millionaire, conceived the idea of constructing a mam-
moth war vessel capable of resisting all sorts of attacks,
and he began work on the battery. After his death
his brother, Edwin A. Stevens, continued the labour
on it, and when he died bequeathed 1,500,000 dols, to
complete it. Less than 100,000 dols. of the appro-
priation remains, and the battery is still, after thirty-
seven years, in an unfinished state. It was willed by
the Stevenses to the State of New Jersey, but the
State has never been able to find any use for it.

A petition has been accordingly presented to the
Court of Chancery, praying for power to dispose of it.
The petition states that during many years large
sums have been spent in the construc9on of the
battery or in preparation for it, and during all that
time no income has been derived from it ; that
1,800,000 dols. has already been spent upon the con;
stniction of the battery; that the 100,000 dols. re-
maining of the bequest for the completion will not
complete it, but that 500,000 dols. will be required;
that the battery cannot be used in its present shape
for any purpose; that it requires to be housed in, and
to have a man constantly in charge, and that a new
house will be required to cover iti, at an et pense of
several thousand dollars. The petitioners say "that
difficulty in the sale of the vessel has been
found to be that, in times of war in foreign
States, there was a demand for the vessels, but the
Executive Department at Washington would not
consent to such a vessel being sent abroad, as it might
be used against one with whom the Government was
at peace; and in times of peace there was no demand
c.or the veasel, it being uncompleted and requiring such
large expenditure of money to fit it for use; that there
is no appropriation to complete the vessel made by
the State, and the only way it can be disposed of is to
dispose of it in its present unfinished uncondition."
In April of this year Chancellor Runyon made an
order directing the Master in Chancery sell the vessel,
in whole or in parts. The terms are to be 10 per cent.
on the sale being effected, and the purchaser will be
allowed six months for its removal.

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A few years ago the estate received a bid of
125,000 dols, for the battery.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

THE RECENT DISASTROUS ACCIDENT

AT NAINI TAL.
ThtTi7n of Monday publishes the following, under date
Calcutta, Oct. 3

The sensation caused by the disastrous accident at
Naini Tal has not yet abated. The weather seems to
have quite cleared up and here is probably no further
immediate danger, but several houses, including the
Government-house, are pronounced unsafe, and the
people are leaving the station rapidly. The number
of natives killed can never be ascertained exactly, as
many of them were coolies, from the neighbouring
hills, who had come in for work. It is variously com-
puted at from 150 to 200. Surgeon-Major Hannah
appears to have been attending to some people hurt in
the first landslip when he was overwhelemed by the
second. Colonel Taylor and the Rev. Mr. Robinson
were with the working party. Captain Haynes had
taken refuge in Bell's shop. Several narrow escapes
are mentioned, and some few people who were caught
in the edge of the wave of falling earth were rescued
in a more or less injured state ; but the great majority
of the people who were in its path were buried alive
beyond hope of recovery. It is improbable that many
more bodies will be found, and it was arranged to hold
a funeral service on the margin of the lake last Wed-
nesday, where most of them are believed to be.
The falling mass appears to have been composed of
semi-fluid shale an debris detached from under-lying
rock by the percolations of rain. It is described as
having spread out in a fan-shape as it moved. This
fearful accident will make the public profoundly
trustful of Naini Tal, and it is not unlikely that the
North-West Government may remove its summer
quarters elsewhere.
A committee, under the presidency of the Lieu-
tenant-Governor, has been formed to collect subscrip-
tions for the wiJows and orphans of the killed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

DUDLEY TOWN COUNCIL.

On Tuesday evening the monthly meeting was
held, the Major, (Mr. IL M. Wainwriut) presiding.
The Mayor said there t wo:scheine on foot for bring-
trmways to the town—one from Kingswinford
to Dudley, and the other from Dudley to Birming
h •m. While it was very desirable to have a sort pf
gsneral aFqui-seence of the Council with reference
to the principle of thes., undertakings, in respect to
the one comiegfroui ~ingswiword there was a very
important matter wincn, he
,thought, it was t:, the
interest of the Colincil and of all p: ties should no ,v
be named. It appeared that the gradients betwee
Kingswillorti and Dudley were so very steep tltht
the only way by which alp, tramway could be worked
with any prospect of commercial success would be
by using mechanical power, it would,. therefore-
be requested to ae the matter at one into con-
sideration ; but with regard to the Lindley and Bir-
mingham scheme there was no condition of the kind
he had named in
.connection with the other. Alder-
men Dudley, Smith, and Wi:kinson, and Councillor
Finch and otherr spoke in favour of both schemes.
Mr, D. Round cailel attention to the necessity of
extending one of the schemes to Netherton. Mr.
Shipway, one of the engineers connected with the
Birmingham and Dudley scheme, ekplaine.d tilde
various kinds of engines—viz., gas, atmospheric, an
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

GENERAL ROBERTS AND HIS
TROOPS.

Before proceeding to India, Sir Frederick Roberts pre-
sented distinguished service medals to the men of the 72nd
and 92nd Highlanders and 6th Goorkhas. The Times of
India gives General Roberts's address to the men as
follows :

"I am glad to have this opportunity of giving
medals for distinguished conduct in the field to you
men of the 72nd and 92nd Highlanders and sth
Goorkhas. One thing I am sure of, no men could de-
serve them better. You showed the other day what
material the Highanders and Goorkhas are made of.
I only hope it will always be my good fortune to have
such brave forward soldiers with me. The 72nd
Highlanders have to mourn the loss of their colonel,
as fine a leader of men as I have ever seen. With
him fell an equally gallant spirit, Captain Frome, and
many brave men, among them, I regret to hear, Ser-
geant Cameron, a grand specimen of a Highland
soldier. The 92nd lost heavily also, Colour-Sergeant
Fraser being among the slain. Fourteen gallant
fellows were laid in one grave on the evening of
the 2nd September, and many more are lying
wounded in the hospital; but, men, you have the
satisfaction of knowing you did your duty
nobly. I have seen a great deal of hard fighting,
but I never remember noticing a greater look of
determination to win a battle than I observed on your
faces on the morning of the let of September. No
Afghans could stand against such a steady, bold
attack. You beat them at Cabul, you have beaten
them at Candahar, and you cannow leave the country,
feeling assured that the very last troops the Afghans
wish to meet in the field are Highlanders and
Goorkhas. You have made a name for yourselves in
Afghanistan. You will never be forgotten here, and
you may depend on it you will never be forgotten by
me."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

FISH.

Native oysters, Ss. 9d. to 4s. per dozen cod, £6 18s, 6d. to
£ll per score; crimped ditto, Vs. 6d. to ss. each; black
soles, is. 10d. to is. perepair.; lobsters, 10s. 601. to 38s. per
dozen; crabs, 40s. to 55k per barrel; turbot, is. to 12s. Cd.
each; whiting, 6s. 64. to lls, per basket; bloaters, 58. to
78. per box; kipper herrings, Cs. to 108. per pad; eels, NA.
to is. per lb.; John. Dory, Is. to is. each; common oysters,
20s, to 50s. per bushel.
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1101).
Moderate supplies of hops are arriving at market, and
the quality varies Considerably. For choice qualities the
trade is very firm, and the tendency of prices is favourable
to sellers. Inferior hops are in stow request at irregular
quotations. Weald of Kent, new, £3 to Li 15s. ; Sussex,
£.2 103. to £5 10s. ; Farnham £5 to £7 7a.; English year-
lings, £3 10s. to £l3 10s. ; foreign, 10s: to £4 lOs. Inferior
new English hops are stilt selling at low prices, vb., from
£1 10§. to £2 10s. per cwt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

If there is any Lai 7 GerXerr:ln uolo bat' not
tried BUDDEN'i lIALSAit ot HOREHOUND u.:d
c013:7-FOO Nor or sn
affection-a the ChtBL 14r 1,u0.gv,.e1 toetb Ic. oet
sod y w,i. fi,ld.tirtt (311tt di!St, fOrd r•Piitf.
b Atie, 3U 10O.cases, effect a most complete cure.
DAD% bc persnaded to t..ke Any other kind. etees le
lid. and 2s. 9d Agents for Sturbridge Mr. J U.
Bland 75, High Street, and ll&r. F. Hughes. 154„ High
oust, Piarmaceatical Cheinista.- , • .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

AMERICAN-INDIAN FARMING.

A friend who has lately returned from Fort Pelly
gives a very interesting account of the satisfactory
progress in farming made by the Indians on the
Cote Reserve. Being in that neighbourhood during
last month he remained- over a day to see those
newly-made farmers at work, and was surprised
at the novel sight of an Indian driving two yoke
of oxen and another holding the plough. The
work done would be very creditable to more ex-
perienced hands; the furrows being pretty straight
and the sods well turned. A nephew of the in-
structor, Mr. Johnston, was ploughing in the same
field with a team of gorses, an Indian driving them.
The instructor on this reserve, Mr. James Johnston,
deserves great credit for the proficiency made by those
natives ofr the prairie. The work done shows the
great pains the instructor must have taken with them.
Not only the instruction given in the field, but his
general intercourse with the Indians when seeking
advice or information showed an amount of tact and
firmness certain to ensure respect and attention. If
all the reserves are conducted in as efficient a manner
as this one, our friend asserts practical Indian farm-
ing will be an accomplished fact at no distant date.—
Winnipeg Times.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

TIIE IRON TRADE.

WOLYERUAMPThN, Wednesday.
• There was an average attendance on 'Change
ruis afternoon. Transactions were rather few,
but there were some good inquiries for several
sorts of fioished iron. Conmaners generally
9ui to be waiting for the quor,erly meetings
u-xt week in the hope of obtaibii.g easier terms,
though they et., told that ihts wLi not he so. The,
leading houses [,.tn.te that thty b,-ive no intention
of making ;.iny concession nixi; week. Second-
class firms are fairly well hookeii up in orders for
common bars, and galvanisers' sheets.
10 the latter hoe i-,nyers reok to- purchase for-
w,rl, as they fear the ciAnbilthtion will soon
ei.oanee prices ; hut ioaker,( .'eciine to pledge
tiiltuse'tves. Puled tars wet with more it.
quidta, en.lih. ic-plate trod ilf,r6 active.
In pigs 4.u.ore small, the orders given out
being ebiAL for co:tanon srr.. liematities
were.; firm' 4:: 70a., and ClevelaA brands were
395. for No. 4. NorthauP-
D'ir) pigs rico. There was a
bAker clftuanii householii coal, dad quDta-
dot's were strong,-;r.

BIRMINGHAM, Thursdkty.

In sutieloation of ihe quarterly meeting next
week, prices of marked bars have been reduced
10, ti;o, 10s. This reduction
liA=l h,;11 ed by
,several firms, and it will
t = ff.!ct.rf wakinz prices uniform. Earl,
fpotatiorts tidy:ince of
128 6:1: upon the list. A. nepres,ing i:-..ffect was
pmdaced or the muitut ythe faii in prices, and
tinmarlv‘ti iu=:sperienced a reaction. Buyers
of secoml ,:-Los iron abstained from enteting into
contracts p-ipliog the decision of the "list"
! houses and they -afterwards refused to pay the
rates which Lith,arto'prevailed, and common
' bars were sold at. as low ag 15. i., being .from
5 . to 103. a ti-bn L&o at, week's quotations.
17:,yy little trisiness. tnavactod oven at the
lowL:r prices; anti i.lier.;•- whit a tt=ellog that prices
furtlitr recA ;.
.j.te pig iron depart-
ment prices were weak, and the supply mach in
excess of the demand. An adjourned meeting of
the sheo iron mandaatarers. repreileuthig the

most influential firms in the district, was held
this afternoon at the Queen's Hotel, ander the
presidency of 'ouncillor B-erd, and unanimously
confirmed tht r ouj, Opt; dat tho inc:ct,ng
last week in favour of forming an association
and the maintenance of existing quotations.
It was determined to fix the minimum for the
commonest qualities of sheets (singles) at £7
10s. to £B, to embrace all the usual extras. It
is understood that ironworkers' wages will not
be affected by the reduction in marked bars, in-
asmuch as the minimum under the sliding scale
arranged has now been attained. The coal
market was quiet, and prices unsteady, filly
justifying Mr. Fisher Smith (chairman of the
coal trad) in declining to accede to the colliers'
request for an advance in wages.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER

AN UNPLEASANT ACQUAINTANCE.

The ferocity of the octopus is undeniable; but
doubt has hitherto been cast on the old stories which
represent this unpleasant creature as being in the
habit of seizing and swamping boats (says the Daily
Telegraph). It is admitted by scientific naturalists
that the hideous thing, known to the ancient world as
the polypus, and to modern boatman as the cuttlefish
or squid, attains to a portentous size and strength in
the warmer seas, and is very powerful and even
dangerous. Its voracity and the peculiar violence
with which it attacks and rends its prey are well
known to those persons who have seen it, weakened
by captivity, and rendered less eagerly ravenous by
the abundance of food ready to its thousand hands.
To speak by the card, these number nine hundred and
sixty in all, and are rather to be called fingers than
hands. But what fingers! Each is a powerful
sucker that expands and contracts with rapid and
ever changeful motion; and there are one hundred
And twenty of then i to each of the eight long,
writhing, restless arms. With eyes fixed on its adver-
sary, and with parrot-like beak advanced for the en-
counter, this most unsightly of all living things inspires
awe by its loathliness not less than by its actual power
to harm. That it will turn and fasten upon a human
being, if angered or menaced with capture, is a well.
established fact ; an a recent occurrence reported
from Adelaide goes far to revive the old belief that a
polypus will venture on attacking the hull of a boat.
A telegram from Port Elliott published in the South
Australian papers, states that, on the 20th of August
last, "Trooper Bruce and a man named Edward were
out in the bay near Lipson's Island, examining a piece
of wreckage, when their boat was encircled by the
tentacles of a large octopus, and pulled over till it was
half full of water, and in great danger of being
. swamped. The occupants escaped with the utmost
difficulty."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS

No comedian, says Uncle Sam, can naske as laugh-
able a face as that made by the small boy when he brings
a jelly jar down from the clotet shelf and discovers it to be
u otYnw a i le
A l
).unnpge n
man nnt into a florist's store the other
f toe
day to buy a rose-bud..for his :affianced. Seventy-five cents
was the price asked, Will i keep?" inquired the young
man. "on, yes, a long wl.ile. "Then you may keep
l of the
was the reply.
It is a fact that rapid motion quickens the mind.
One day a swarm of bees got after a man, and there is no
doubtwritt e thatwritten
t iofmhee
that
badvi oupl p
s neacni
151ine a
lkw m, he could have
l the
literature
Elizabethan ages.
As if there were not shooting enough in Kansas
with six bores, we are told that WO men in Banns have
been killed by a shooting star.
Mark Twain is said to be about to lecture on the
obelisk which is coming from Alexandria to the U. S. He
says it was originally erected some 10,000 years ago with the
object of being exported to America.
lie had an auburn-haired girl, and promised to take
her out riding She met him at the door when be drove up
and he exclaimed, "Hello I ready?" She misunderstood
him, and they don't speak now. Thus slang makeS another
nightmare of love's young dream.
At Newburyport the other day, an EngliShMan
and a Yankee engaged in a game of brag. "Well," said
John Bull, "we can beat you on guns. We have a gun at
the Woolwich Harsenal that when it is fired the report is
'eard in Australia." "Guns," said the Yankee, becoming
excited and jumping to his feet, "guns, why we nave a gun
here in America that was fired off in 1776, and you English.
men haul heard the last of it yet."—Boston Journal.

NEW YEAR's WEATHEE.—The Astronomer Royal
reports that the duration of registered bright sunshine
last week was 3 9 hours (against 43 hours at Glynde-
place, Lewes), the sun being above the horizon during
56 0 bows; the recorded duration of sunshine was,
therefore, equal to 7 per cent, of its poniblo duration,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

A RUINED CITY.

According to the New York Sum the United States
now boasts the finest ruin in the world, an American
Baalbek, in fact (says the Daily Tel cgraph). It is the
ere while City of Pithole, Pennsylvania; once a place
containing twenty thousand inhabitants, and now
owning but three families. Its history is a peculiar
and sad onT. In 1864 "oil was struck" accidentally,
and immediately all the population of the adjacent
districts flocked to the scene. Houses were erected,
lots apportioned, streets marked out and built,
Government offices, establishments, churches, chapels,
theatres, drinking saloons all grew apace. In a
very short time Pithole bid fair to become one
of the most flourishing townships of the Union.
Two years passed by. All was going merrily forward.
when suddenly the oil ceased flowing. Then a stain.
pede ensued for places where petroleum was to be
found. Away went the populace, and, following them,
the officials, until three families only remained to
plough up the streets and grow wheat where once the
citizens had disported themselves. In the eyes of the
American paper that records this, but one satisfaction
remains, and it is that happily all the great classes of
political thought in the States are still represented at
Pithole, for while one of the remaining residents is a
Greenbacker, the second is a Democrat, and the third
a Republican.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

HOLLOWAY 3 OINTMENT.

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Bad Breasts, Old Wounds, and
Ulcerations of all kinds.
here is no medicinal preparation which may be so
Ihoroughly relied upon in the treatment of the above ail.
ieents as iielloway's Ointment. Rubbed upon the surface
of the body, over, or near the affected parts, it disappears
ender the friction of the hand, penetrating at once to tha
source of the evil, and thus performs its healing errand,
rapidly, safely, and without pain. In all long standing
eases, Holloway's Pills should also be taken as they purify
the Blood and expel all depraved humours from the system
Coughs, Colds, Sore Throats, and
Bronchitis.

This Ointment is irresistible in the cure of these throat and
pectoral complaints* which when neglected often end in
settled Asthma or Consumption. The Ointment well
rabbed upon the Chest and back, night and morning
penetrates the skin, and thus absorbed, is carried directly'
to the Laugs, where, in immediate contact with the whole
saxes of circulating Blood, it neutralizes or expels all I.
purities. By these means all pulmonary complaints may
be curet with rapidity and ease.
Disorders of the Kidneys, and Stone
Gravel.
lii any of the above complaints more benefit may be
derived in twenty-hours, by adopting the following simple
means, than could be brought about in six mouths by any
ether treatment. In bad cases, if the ointment
be diligently
s nightly
rubbed into the small of the back, over the region of the
Kidneys, it will quickly penetrate and give immediate
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according to circumstances.
make
Gout, Rheumatism, and Stiff Joints,
This invaluable Ointment excereises a more obvious control
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u
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The beneficial effects of this peei less Cintreent are t
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The Ointment and Pills are sold at Professor liouowey'S
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THE STOTTRBRIDGE OBSERVER.

FOOTBALL.

SMETHWICK v. COLMAN HlLL.—Played on Satur-
day last on the ground of the former, and resulted
in a victory for Smethwick by one goal to nothing.
For the visitors Bloomer and - Richmond played a
good game. whilst for • Smethwick Welch, Lacy,
Tilotnpon, and Ritchie played well. Both teams
played nine men Only Players : Smethwick : L. C.
Lacy, back; Sutton, Thompson, half-
NS
Nichols
ol llss,
goal;W el c h.
Paddock,
b back,
Wright, Groves, substitute, forward
; Bloomer Richmond:
'his, the return match
Wis playcd on the 7..,:tourbridge ground on Saturday
last, in the presence of nearly one thousand per-
s ms. Three weeks ago the StOurbridge team
played at Rugby, ad after- an excellent game it
was drawn in favour of the latt2r. On Saturday
Rugby kicked off with the advantage of the wind
and kept the ball well on their opponents quarters,
when Bourne made a splendid run obtaining a try.
Mason attempted to kick the gaol, but faired, the
wind taking the ball one side the p 0,4, and the
home team touched d',wa twice in self-defence
In the s-cond half-time the home teatqappeared
to pull themselves together and both sides worked
bard for t'te victory, the Wind being in favour of
the home team they sooa carried the ball into their
opponetas qunters and some splendid runs :and
a_;rimtnages took place. • Unfortunately for Rugby.
Vie umpire called 'time" before it was up, and
several of the Rugby players 'eft the field; but
were called back au d had to pity ten minutes
longer, the fesult was that the home tram made
strenuous efforts to win, and succeeded.
who made a splendid run. passing,- four men
obtained a try. The Rugby men disputed the try
The Stourbridge umpire allowed it and the Rugby
umpire did not give his opinion. Simms kicked
the goal and the home team won the match ater
splendid play. by one goal to one try. Jefferies,
Simms, Aston, Penn, and F. and C. Lamb showea
good form and among the visitors Mason, Bourne
and Parsons played exceedingly well. The follow-
ing are the names :—Stourbridge. Backs, F. Webb,
G. F. Simms; threaquarter-backs, Clulee, F.
.Lamb; half-backs, J. Aston, G. Lamb; forwards, A.
J. Otter, C. Jefferies, S. J. Meredith, W, R. Penn,
F. S. Short, W. Barnard, J. Hack, J. Davies, S.
Fiddian.—Rugby s Backs, Satchel', Turnbull;
three-quarter-hacks, Mason, Parsons; half-backs.
Tolson Jeffs ; forwards, Bourne, Pennington,
Whittaker, Fox, Hogg, T. and W. Tew, Hopewell,
Sale'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

THE COST OF CRIMINAL LUNATICS.

The returns of criminal lunatics, obtained through
the Commissioners of Lunacy, shows that the numbers
under detention in the different asylums, hospitals,
and licensed houses during the year ending the 29th
September, 1878, amounted to 867.
The average cost per head in the State Asylum at
Broadmoor was £53 13s. 73., against £54 19s. id. in
1876-7, and £57 se. 6d. in 1875.6.
For the 46 county asylums in which criminal
lunatics were under detention during the year, the
average cost per head was £26 ss. 5d., against £26 Bs.
in 1876.7, and £26 14s. 33. in 1875-6.
For seven city and borough asylums in 1877-8 the
average was £32 Os, 3d„ against £3l 31. 10d. in
1876.7, and £3l 2s. 4d. in 187-56.
The lowest average cost per head for the cgunty
asylums in 1877-8 was £2O 108, 24. for Dorset County
Asylum, £2l 4s, 84. for the same asylum in 1876-7, and
£2l 17s. for the Moor Asylum, in the county of Lan-
caster, in 1875-6.
The highest average cost In 1877.8 was that for
Bedford, which was EU 103., against £32 3s. id. for
Chartham, Kent, in 1876 7, and £36 Bs. for the same
asylum in the previous year.
For the city and borough asylums the highest aver-
me for 1877.8 was £39 105. 10d. for Leicester, against
£36 12s. for the City of London In 1876-7, and a like
amount for the same asylum in the previous year.
The lowest was for Birmingham, and was £23 Bs. for
each of the three last years. In licensed houses a few
cases remain at high rates paid from private funds.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

AMERICAN BISHOPS and TEMPERANCE.

A Correspondent, signing himself, "Clerical Total Ab-
stainer," writes to The I imes :
Dr. Rolleston in a letter to you today concludes
by relating an incident of an American bishop declin-
ing to take wine, and saying, "If I were to take a
glass of wine, it would be known by telegraph all
over the Union at once." I cannot imagine which
of the American bishops could have been guilty of
such an absurd remark, but as your correspondent
concludes from it that all the American bishops are
total abstainers, and as this fact has been on more than
one occasion stated and been, as it were, thrown in
the teeth of our bishops, I write one line to say that
there is not the least fouzdation for the statement
that all American bishops are teetotallers. It has
been my good fortune to be acquainted with several
of the American bishops and to have partaken of
their hospitality on more than one occasion during a
three years residence in the States, and also to have
privileged to make some small return of hospitality
to them when they visited this country for the late
Pan-Anglican Congress and I do not remember to
have met at the dinner-table a single total abstainer
among them, I especially call to mind a most pleasant
dinner party given same years ago by a bishop in the
Southern States, and at which three other bishops and
eight clergy were present, when " cocktails "
were handed round before dinner and the cigar-box
afterwards, and two or three different wines were on
the table,

The American bishops and clergy are, as a rule,
very abstemious (as, indeed, are most respectable
Americans), and doubtless there may be several total
abstainers among them, and you may often dine at a
large hotel and see no wine at all drunk, It does not
follow, however, that every one present is a teetotaller.
It is a pity that such statements are made by energetic
advocates of temperanae without careful inquiry as to
their accuracy, as they cannot do good to a cause
which has so much to recommend it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

THE SULTAN'S "HOUSEHOLD."

The Constantinople Correspondent of the Journal de
Geneva, in a description of the inner life of the Sultan's
palace, says:—
"The Imperial household possesses ten table
masters, who provides the provisions for the kitchens
and see to the service of the different tables, which
are very numerous and variously supplied. Their
functions are in no way connected with those of ten
other stewards, who draw out the menus and give
their orders to the cooks. The latter, with their subor-
dinates, are 300 in number, To carry the dishes from
the kitchens to the different dining rooms allotted to
the functionaries and dignitaries there are 2 0 attend-
ants. A. large number of persons residing in the
vicinity of the palace have obtained the right of pro-
curing their dinner from the Imperial kitchens. It is
said that 800 families and about 4,000 persons live
thus daily at the Sultan's expense.
"In the four palaces there are a hundred doorkeepers,
twenty-five of whom are attached to the Yildiz Kiosk.
They are under the command of the capoudgi bachi.
The eight watchmen are twenty-five in all. There
are ten employes whose duty it is to unfold the carpets
for the Sultan when he is going to pray; ten cafedf is
to roast, grind, prepare, and serve the coffee; ten
tutundjis, whose duty it is to keep in order the
chibouques, narghiles, or to prepare cigarettes for his
Majesty; twenty persons to look after the imperial
wardrobe; eight to see to the chandeliers, candlesticks,
&o.; eight for the aviaries and aquariums; one
director of the imperial wardrobe, with twelve subor-
dinates; one director of the stables, with 280 grooms
or coachmen; one master of the rowers, who are a
hundred in number; five armourers and two hair-
dressers, who must be Mussulmans. In the last
official budget the sum allowed annually for the civil
list is 2 5,000,000 fr."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

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WHO BUYS ALL THE WATCHES P

The Graphic remarks :—" After reading some in-
teresting statistics which appeared in Monday's
Times on the watch-trade of France and Switzerland,
we felt a difficulty in comprehending how all the
watches that are made year by year can be profitably
disposed of. We have often experienced the same
thought on passing shop after shop, the windows of
which were festooned with watches. "Who are the
buyers of all these more or less costly little machines ?''
we have said to ourselves. The well-to-do, who after
all form but a fraction of the population, usually fur-
nish themselves with a well-made and expensive
pocket timekeeper, which, if it is not lost or stolen,
lasts the better part of a lifetime, and is of value
to their successors. Poorer people, who cannot
afford such a good watch to begin with, often go on
for years with an unsatisfactory time-recorder, simply
because they cannot afford to bay another. Where
then, we ask again, do these apparent swarms of
watch-buyers come from? The matter may, we
think, be explained in two ways. First, there are a
large number of people in the world, neither very
rich, nor very poor, who buy, or come into possession
of, an average perhaps of half-a-dozen watches during
their life-time, Secondly, we are apt to overrate—
in comparison with other industries—the establish-
ments for the manufacture and sale of watches. Watch-
makers are not sown broadcast over the world like
bakers and butchers. When we read that in 1878 Be-
ninon turned out 454,886 watches, or when we stroll
along the southern footway of Cheapside, we are
inclinsd to regard watchmakers as multitudinous. In
actual fact, the watch manufacture is chiefly confined
to certain well-defined areas. Besancon is the watch-
making emporium of France, and if we add to
Besancon certain districts of Western Switzerland, of
New England, of London, Paris, and of a few other
large towns, it will be found that these places are the
chief watch purveyors of the world, that comparatively
few watches are made elsewhere, and that, as in other
trades, the supply is probably little in excess of the
average demand."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

A CLERICAL INCOME.

"A Poor Country Parson" writes to the Datly News :

At this time, when there is an outcry which amounts
to a demand for a reduction in tithe, will you allow me
to present your readers with my actual income and
outgoings for the last year ;—lncome as commuted for
1879, £258 4s. 41. From this sum, befora I can expend
e single penny for wife or family, I have to spend :
Poor-rate, £39 15s. 110. ; inrome-tax, £3 ss. 10(1. ; in-
habited house duty, ka 2s. 6d.; land-tax, 211 Bs. ;
archdeacon's fees, 10s. 11L; Queen Anne's Bounty.
10s. 6d ; insurance, £1 Os.; collecting tithe, £2 2s
total, £59 17s. 11d. This reduces my income to
£l9B 64. 51, From this sum lam obliged by my pod-
tion as a country parson to deduct for Inland Revenue:—
Carriage, £2 24. ' • dog, Vs. 61.• man for horse, 53.;1
school-rate, £4 4s. ; clothing club, £1; ringers
at church, £l—total, £9 Bs. 63, further reducing my
small income to the sum of 2188 17s. 11d. This
amount has to meet the expenses for a horse, without
which I must resign my living, and indeed a necessity
in this county as a means of communication with my
pari,.,hioners, repairs of vicarage, servants, food.
clothing, and furniture for myself and my wife. I
leave you to judge, sir, whether I am able to make a
reduction in the tithe, and whether I have not a right
to expect from the Government some reduction in the
present heavy taxation; and yet I believe my case
could be matched by many of my poor clerical
brethren.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

THE ROWLAND BILL MEMORIAL.

On Monday the Lord Mayor of London received
from the Colonies and the Continent varhus telegra-
phic messages on the snbject of the Rowland Hill
Memorial, and in connection with the fortieth anni-
versary of the introduction and use of the penny
postage system on Saturday last.
The first came from the Island of Cyprus, the Mayor
of Larnaca heading the list there with five guineas,
and promising to place it before his Council; and the
Mayor of Cyrenia stating that his Council would be
happy to commemorate the event.

.
The Mayor of Savannah said that, appreciating the
great reform in question, the movement would have
his sympathy, and he would lay it before his citizens.
The Mayor of Mobile telegraphed that his fellow-
citizens recognised the good results of the penny
postage system in the peace and happiness of the
world, and with England they honoured the name of
Sir Rowland Hill.
The Mayor of Charleston wired :—" There is no
city in the world where the advantages of cheap
postage are more appreciated than at Charleston; and
I shall take great pleasure in laying before the public
your despatch touching the international memorial to
Sir Rowland Hill, who is regarded throughout the
country as an universal benefactor."

The Mayor of Buffalo expreaaed his heartieat gym.
pathy, as did also the Mayor of Chicago, New York,
New Orleans, Quebec, Baltimore, and St. Louie, and
also the Prefect of Police at Cairo, the Mayor of
Niecela (Cyprus), the Chairman of the Bombay
Chamber of Commerce, the Governor of Malta, the
Mayor of Villa Real, tho Preeklent of the Muniot.

pality at Limasol, the Alcalde of Vigo. the Mayor of
Varosia, the Mayor of Famagusta, the Mayor of
Paplo, the British Consul at Smyrna, the Mayor of
Syra, and the Mayor of Milwaukee.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

ENGLISH CHARITY IN EGYPT.

The Times of Tuesday published the following :

Sir,—May I venture to call the attention of your
readers to the fact that in Egypt (a country which at
present excites so much interest among the English)
there is but one charitable work under the British
flag, and that one begun by a solitary woman! The
small girls' school I opened nijieteen years ago has
now grown into two schools where 500 children of both
sexes (a large proportion of them Moslems) receive a
good secular education as well as thorough instruction
in Scripture. There is also a medical mission, opened
last year (1878), the only thing of the kind existing
In Egypt, where poor sufferers from various maladies
are freely treated by the skilful and benevolent
medical man who presides. More than 2000, have
been treated in the poet year and the proportion cured
was very great. The people were grateful and I have
more than once heard one remark to another, " We
did not think Christians could love Moslems thus.
But the collections in aid of these labours of love fell
very far short of the needs last year, and the burden
is heavy, although every item is managed with a
Careful economy, which I believe few missions can
equal. Will not my countrymen help ?—I remain,
SIT, yours, &c., M. L. WHATELY, Cairo, Dec. 30, 1879.

Subscriptions and donations will be received by Mr,
j. H Tritton, Barclay, Bevan, and Tritton, 54, Lona-
berd•street, London, or by Miss Webb, 267, Vauxhall-
bridge-road, Pimlico.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

THE FOREIGN OUTLOOK.

While the recovery of . trade proceeds
slowly, there can be little (17.ubt that its pro-
gress Is in some degree retarded by the un-
settled state of European politics. Foreign
affairs have taken a prominent place in the
public attention during the past four or five
years ; for Great litritab...,foll3lB a part and
parcel of the European commlt3o-van...
good or for evil her fortunes are indissoln..
c ,unrrted with those of the continent&
empiees. Our prosperity no less than our
security depends upon the relations of the
Great Powers towards us. It is true that
we are not in the position of either of them.
with a long line of frontier to guard by land;
but it would be a mistake to suppose that
the Channel places us in a situation from
which we can regard the rise and fall of
neighbouring States with indifference.
'Cressy and Agincourt, Blenheim and Water-
loo all conibine_to remind us that we did not
climb to the height which we now occupy by
pursuing what many would be inclined to
y-ryzar,:l as a selfish isolation, and by turning
our attention exclusively to our own affairs,
leaving oar neighbours to take care of them-
e reS, under any circumstances.
The aspect of European politics may he
Ykened to a kaleidoscope, the scenes in
which shift with every turn. How rapidly
triey change was illustrated in July, 1870,
-v. hen 'without warninp; the whole face of
e:i-ugs was suddenly changed, and Europe
,ras plunged into one of the greatest wars
the centary. The conflict between France
~.11,1 Germany litartled the nations like
under from a cloudless sky. There had
.. peen scarcely any mutterings of the ap-
proaching storm, for the King of Prussia
himself had not long before been a guest of
the Eiuperor Napoleon at the opening of the
Paris Exhibition. In the present case many
acute observers think that Russia is passing
a crisis which resembles4the phases that in
other countries have preceded a social revo-
- intion. In France ninety years ago it aid
end in revolution ; but in the casc-- of the
great Empire of the North it i impossible
to
.say whether the end will be the establish-
ment of popular institutions or in the con-
centration of despotic power in the :hands of
the Court. Great social farces are at work,
the outcome of which is often beyond the .
C )ntrol of hamar' power or the results of
human influence. it is not the ambition of
her reigning dynasty, but the magnitude of ;
vaot territory, the hoaaogeuaity of her

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

A FIGHT WITH A DEVIL FISH,

The Melbourne Argus says that Mr. Smale, a
Government diver, while at work recently on the bed
of the Moyne river at Belfast, Victoria, was attacked
by a large octopus, or devil fish. Having thrust his
arm into a hole, he found, to use his own words, "it
was held by something, and the action of the water
was stirring up the loose clay, and therefore I could
not see distinctly for a few minutes, but when it
did clear away I saw to my horror the. arm of a
large octopus entwined around mine like a boa
constrictor, and just then he foxed some of
his sackers on the back of my band, and Um pain was
Intense. I felt as if my hand was being pulled to
pieces, and the more I tried to take it away the greater ,
the pain became, and from past experience I knew '
this method would be useless, but what was Ito do,
lying in this position. I had the greatest difficulty in
keeping my feet down, as the air rushed along the in-
terior of my dress, and inflated it; and if my feet had
got uppermost I should soon have become insensible,
held in such a position; and also if I had given the
signal to be pulled up the brute would have held on,
and the chances would have been that I should have&
broken arm. I had a hammer by me, but could not
reach down to use it on the brute. There was a small
iron bar about bft, from me, and with my foot I
dragged this along until I could reach it with my left
hand. And now the fight commenced, and the more
I struck him the tighter he squeezed, until my arm
got quite benumbed; but alter a while I found the
grip began to relax a little, but he held on until I had
almost cut him to pieces, and then he relaxed his hold
from the rock, and I pulled him up. I was completely
exhausted, having been in that position for over 20
minutes. I brought the animal up, or rather a part
of it. We laid him out, and he measured over Si feet
across, and I feel perfectly convinced that this fellow
could have held down five or six men."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

WOMEN'S EMIGRATION AID
ASSOCIATION.

At a meeting of ladies and gentlemen interested in
the well-being of women, held on Monday evening, at the
retidence of Lord and Lady Harberton, resolutiens were
adopted establishing a society to promote the emigration of
women, and nominating a provisional committee to carry
out the resolution.—ln reference to the above, The Times
of Wednesday published the following letter :

- At a large and influential meeting, held at Lord
Harberton's house to-day, an association under the
above designation was originated. I venture to think
the object aimed at is such as will meet with the
cordial support of The Times. It is simply to devise
some scheme for facilitating the removal to our
colonies of a portion of the redundant more or less
cultured female population of this country. The uniform
experience of those of us who have visited the colonies
is a palpable dearth of women, and I need not
may what the uniform experience of those here at
home is, The letter of a clergyman in your columns
sometime since partially revealed the state of things.
He told us, if I do not forget, that in reply to an
advertisement in The Times for a nursery governess
at a very moderate salary he had considerably over
1,200 applicants. One of the deepest convictions
which I brought home from a recent visit to New
Zealand was the urgent need there was for a higher
class of women. A large proportion of the pros.
perous settlers were originally labouring. men, and
their homes lack that refinement which comes
alone of the presence of a cultured woman. lam
sure hundreds of these worthy men and women would
welcome to their homes a lady who would, to a general
superintendence of the intellectual welfare of the
youngsters, add a willingness to help in the domestic
arrangements. Here, I submit, is a sphere every
way worthy, and preeminently suited to the necessi.
ties of a large and ever increasing section. of our
general female population. To help in this most
desirable branch of emigration is the object of this
association, and I trust it will not be long before your
advertising columns bear witness to its salutary opera-
tions.-1 am, Sir, yours faithfully, ARTHUR CLAYDEN,
(Author of " The England of the Pacific.")-13,
Clapham.cornmon.gardens, London, Jan. 12.