The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-07 00:00:00

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"AND HE DIDN'T SEEM TO LIKE IT."—Newly-
Married Husband (jocularly) : "Well, dear, if there
is a smash on the line, you're well provided for. I've
made my will, you know."—N.-M. Wife (playfully:
"Yes, love; but don't you think you'd better run and
get an Insurance Ticket for the largest amount you
can ?—it would be so handy to buy the mourning;
black always did become me so."—Fun.
EQUINE DENTISTRY.—W. Le Maire (Brighton) writes
to Land and Water :—I think some notes I lately
noticed in a French paper will be interesting to your
readers, so I give you the gist of them :—A celebrated
horse dentist, M. Loffier, was recently making a tour
of the racing stables at Chantilly, when he remarked
that the influence of dentition is greater on the health
of the horse than on that of man, and that many horses
refuse their oats because chewing causes them great
pain. Some racehorses have such sharp-pointed teeth
that they wound the gums, others have them so ir-
regularly placed that the bit is a torture to which they
will not submit. Whilst visiting the Delamarre
stables' which are so admirably kept by Carter, the
dentist examined Viveur's mouth, and instantly ex-
claimed, "The colt pulls to the right when galloping;
a misplaced tooth is the cause of it." Hence, a colt
may get a bad name through a misfortune for which
he is not answerable, when his nature is very gentle
and pliable. "The dexterity of AI. Loffier as an
operator is extraordinary," so says a correspondent of
Le Derby. He is left alone with the horse, approaches
him gently, caresses his muzzle, and without ceasing
ignorance):
to stroke the animal, introduces the instrument into
its mouth, and the tooth is out before the patient
suspects anything. Henceforth racers must have their
special dentist to complete their retinue.
"ALL THERE! "—Clerk (who has called to see the
—Young Wife
`f`els (v yours "
Well, it is rather damp, I'm afraid! "—Punch.
1 BRAVERY REWARDED.—
'he Mayor of Newport
(Mr. Russell Evans) has at request of the
French Government resented a gold medal of the
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like
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show
meter, madam?"
c kin and gold medals of the
second class to Edward Richards, mate, and Walter
rip
first class to Captain ,on ,
and Richards, seamen, all of the British steamer
If in acknowledgment of their
Companie, of Cardiff
service to a sailor of the French steamer Valentine,
s
of Dieppe, whom they saved from drowning at the
risk of their own lives.
ATTENDANCE AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.9,—AOOOraIg
to a return made to the House a Commons, referring
to the year ended Ao,gust 31, 1879, there was in
London, 'with
' an estimated population of 3,620,868,
accommodation in voluntary elementary schools for
260,193 children, in Board schools for 198,716 chil-
dren. The number of children upon the rolls was—in
voluntary schools, 220,684; in Board schools, 208,669.
The average attendance was 164,370 in 'voluntary and
161,804 in Board schools. I:here were 752 half .timers
in the voluntary schools, and 1,666 in the Board
schools. The return includes all the English munici-
pal boroughs of over 100,000 inhabitants. The sta-
tistics for Liverpool were—Population, 58,338; accom-
modation—voluntary, 59,745; Board, 13073 o„n the
rolls—voluntary, 57,47; Board, 1,3,3a41,
attendance
—voluntary, 40,361; Bloarcl, 10,546 ; half-timers—
voluntary, 23) ; Board, 15. For Birmingham.—
Population, 388,834; accommodation voluntary,
31,894; Board, 20,561; on the rolls—voluntary,
31,368; Board, 25,959 • attendance voluntarY,
21,882; Board, 18,034; half-timers—voluntary, 1,075;
Board, 1,502. For Manchester.—Population, 361,819;
accommodation—voluntary, 52,041; Board, 14,323 ;
on the rolls—voluntary, 43,30; Board, 13:710;
attendarce—voluntary, 29,686 ; Board, 8,602; indf-
tmers—voluntary, 1,0 T; Baud; 60, Telik

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