The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-10-05 00:00:00

A women's congress is to be held at Berlin on the
subject of the higher culture of girls.
Tyndall left Liverpool for New York on
Saturday in the Rusisid.
An enormous quantity of jute is reported to have
been sacrificed in the late cyclone at Calcutta. One accouut
estimates the quantity at 50,000 bales.
Individuals bearing the same surname are forbidden
to marry in China. Fancy a similar prohibition applied to
our Smiths, Browns, mid Jonesee I
A bottle was washed ashore at Portrush, on Sunday,
containing a piece of paper with the following on it—' Lost
with all hands at sea, the Lisbon, on 24th Sept., 1672."
Queensland is flourishing. Cattle, minerals, wool,
sugar, cotton, are swelling her exports. The population
now numbers 120,104—an increase of 20,23 over 1,01.
The popular superstition that overturning the salt is
unlucky, orientated in • picture of " The Last Supper," by
Leonard* Oa Veld, in which Judas Iscariot is represeuted as
overturning the salt.
It is asserted that the Manchester police have given
notice to t e holders of publicans' licences that they will be
deprived of them if in the future they permit Rome Rule
meeting, to be held in their houses.
To impart a flavour to the flesh of fowls, such as
constitutes the "game flavour.' of the will state, the Boston
Journal of Chentietry recommends Cayenne pepper, gr und
mustard, or Omer, to be added to the I,llllMon food of fowls.
One hundred and forty-five fresh cases of foot and
mouth disease have been reported in Leiceeterehire during
the past week, but this is a very great decrease, the disease
having almost died out in some divisions.
A fatal accident ocenrre i on the river Ribble, at
Preston, on Saturday. A pleasure boat, in whieh were three
young men, capsteed, and two of them were drowned. The
third had a very narrow escape.
A stratum of about six feet depth of rich manure
has been discovered in a cavern near Gran, in Hungary,
which has been for agee the trysting-place of innumerable
bats.
Colonel Henderson has declined to recommend an
increase of pay to the Metropolitan police force on the
ground that an increase took place a short time ago, and he
sees no reason for a further rim.
On Saturday a boy leaped from a train on the East
Lancashire Rails ay, and wee so severely injured that he is
not expected to live , and, on the followleg day, a man
Jumped from another tmiu on the tame line, and fell down
an embankment into apiece of water, and was drowned.
Field-marshal Moltke is sending proofs of the work
on the late war by the German geueral staff to Marshall
Mac Mahon to enable him to correct may poasible errors re-
garding the part taken in the campaign by the French
marshal.
The demand of the Fiferibire miners for an increase
of SI per day on their wee., hes been conceded by the coal-
masters, and is to take effect from the first pay day. The
men, who took to working six hours a day to gain their end,
are now again working eight hours.
Mr. Montague Marriott, editor of " Willich's Tithe
Commutation Table," writes that the average prices of
British corn for the fifty-two weeks ending September 2sth,
1872 are—Wheat, !Mt 01d; barley, 355. Ilia. ; oats, 235. 3ed,
per imperial quarter.
A brutal case of sheep massacre has been diecovered
in Dean Forest, seven valuable sheep having been found
with their heads beaten to pieces, whilst seven others were
EPITOME OF NEWS,
, miesing. Thie shocking act ill believed to have been done
out of revenge.
Smokers who buy meerschaum pipes ready coloured
BRITISH AND FOREIGN. should be cautious in their purchases. From a recent re-
port, published in Paris, it appears that the most nolloue
Some Dutch speculators are said to be pigments are frequently employed to give the clay the
peat to England in consequence of the high price of coal cherished hue. Reece various stomachic and often very
A Reuter', telegram from Hong Kong says that the serious complaints.
prnspanta of an abundant rice I...rest in the north of Cigna It stated that Durham Gaol is not large enough to
are very favourable, conveniently accommodate its present inmates, owing to the
numerous convictions under the new Licauslug Act. The
In London, a young man has been fined 304, at one parties convicted prefer, as a rule, to go to prison rather
of the police-courts, for using obscene language ill a public- than pay the fine,
house bar.
The net sum of £3,360,489 9s. 14d. was realized in Mr. Hibbert, M.P., the Under-Secretary of the
Local Government Board, in addreuing • eolree at Oldham,
the year ended the 31st id March last by the Stamp Duties intimated that there was a probability of a new Regietration
on legacies and successions. Bill being introduced next session by the Home Secretary.
The subscription which has been set on foot for tic The number of objections entered in his own borough he
reparation of St. Alban's Abbey has now reached the sum of stigmatised as disgraceful.
£15,000. An officer in one of our Edinburgh Highland com-
There are 1,450 hunchbacks in Paris; 1,100 persons panics of Volunteers at LiLige was the special object of
with only one arm ; 1,200 with only one leg; 150 legless, or
to
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moving along in a sort of bowl on wheels. 4,800 blind.
Lady Stourton, wife of Charles, eighteenth Baron nue nu r,oment,,,
Stourten, of the Cowers, Ithareserook, Yorkshire, was found
dead in her room at four o'clock on Monday afternoon. On Monday the "Countess of Derwentwater" took
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has acknowledged, possession of part of the confiscated estates, now in the pos.
under the head of "Conscience Money," the receipt of £5O in session of the Greenwich hospital Commisslimers. The
Bank notes from "M A. 11." lice Income-tax, and of the Countess walked the bounds of a live acre plot, fur which no
second-half of a .L. 3 note from "X "for Income-tax, rent hae been paid since the attainder. The Countess made
a speech. When she stepped from her carriage, a bailiff
There appears in the Hong-Kong papers to hand an served her with a writ of notice, threateniug her with arrest
announcement In large letters to the effect that, happily, the for contempt of court if she did not appear by a certain day
'lce famine" is stall end, in consequence uf the arrival of a and give details of her estate,
vessel with an ample supply.
ad tGa dmepbeartttient:ollActa;ryvi.iin‘gantdhentlole.deaCir.,ossw.thtriosuagtha
The foot and mouth disease is spreading Ai
ng rapidly in theru..l
the West Riding of Yorkshire ;In Warwickshire the disease by a number of Freuch and Swiss deputations appareutly
has assumed a virulent type, but the return in Kent tally attritive more orations from him. Ills mean the 101,011 g.
very nearly with those furnished a month ago. Ireaneoise has fallen out with that of the Pr, Went about
The latest accounts of the harvest in Ireland are the mdral effect of his starring tour. It is maintained by the
much more returnable, especially from the North; but tin former "to be profitable to the ttepublic."
potato crop, though In some parts better than expected, is If much speaking and fast travelling can secure the
In many districts a complete failure. . Presidency of the United States, then is Mr. iloraee Greeley
On Sunday last, a Swedish seaman, named Peter on the high road to success. A New York telegram informs
Olsen, while on holed a vessel in the Tyne Docks, South us that the eccentric journalist has returned to that city
Shields, got out of his birth while asleep, walked overboard, after an absence of ten days, having travelleu 3,000 miles and
and was drowned. delivered 200 speeches.
Mr. Sunderland. J.P., of Ashtomunder-Lyne, after A Dublin Correspondent writes:—" Lunacy is in.
presiding for three hours at the borough petty sessions on creasing at a startling rate in Ireland. The twenty-first
thiir.day, expired 'suddenly at his own residence the same report of Inspectors of Lunacy Just issued shows that, whereas
everting from dimmer of the heart. Ile was In his 67th year. z„Lit,iretperer.cif3.l
ir lirtelr.y.tgoon IX:a 1-ed:y 0.111114. 3tiaregn:ewviel
It is stated that Sir lioundell Palmer, should he 18,327. While the name were only Cue out of f,61 in 1846,
accept the Lord Chancellorship, will take the title of "Lord there are one in 300 now.
elishury," that being the name of the parish in which he .
was born, and of which his father was rector. Wrinam Taylor, who it will be remembered mar.
About twenty English Volunteers have carried off
dered Susannah liebrien and her daughter Frances, at Ber-
monday, on the 30th June last, haa appearel at South-
prizes at the Tie National in Belgium. At the head of the wark Pollee-court. Medical evidence was bede as to the
list is Mr. Wyatt, of London; whilst Mr. Wallace of Eau- wounds inflicted on the deceased. Moss flebden, a boy of
burgh came In second. 14, who vas also wounded by Taylor, described how ha had
Baden-Baden begins to have a foresight of what it been awoke by his mother's groaning, and found her lying in
would become if made a perfectly moral watering place by blood. The prisoner was fully committed for trial,
abolishing play. All the French notabilitiea who owned villas It is said that Mr. Lowe's speech at Glasgow has
there are getting rid of them as rapidly as possible, given great offence to all classes in In land, who resent the
The miners of Morpeth have determined to " run " manner in which the eight lion. gentleman not only refutes
a eandidir eof their own at the next parliamentary election, the request of the high fishermen, but laughs at them for
and their choice has fallen on Mr. Thomas Burt, ris cretary et making it, anti they point to the neglect of the Irish fisheries
the Northumberland Miners' Union. with the advnitage given to the Scotch In their possession of
a Government brand guartudeeing the quality of the
In the financial year ended the 31st of March last, herring&
the accounts of which, in an official document, have just been
issued, the fees on stamps for patent.. of inveutionsamounted Dr. Ellicot perseveringly exercises his episcopa
to £125,273. powers and opportunities in Gloucester for getting at the
whole tmth of the agricultural labourers' condition. Ile
The adjourned Brewster Sessions for the county of has held a conferellee lit his palace, where several labourers
Derby was held at the County-hall tut Friday. The chair- au mse to bmitted thelves cross-examination by the bishep
an neveral landowners r general ideal of com was
man said the Bench had d hours o
decided to adhere to the houf d Thei fort
the Act. Nine magistrates had voted for this decisiom and to have 15e a week, with Is. el I allowance in lieu of it
two for the extension of the time, better houses i
, and ball-acre allotments , not to coot more
At the honcluding banquet of the Congress of Peace thau As. a year. Mr. Price, M.P., cautioned them against
and Liberty at Lugano, Mr. Iledgeon Pratt, the only English- putting their trust in the Labourers' Union, sail would only
man who is mentioned as having spoken on the occasion, provoke reprisals.
pronosed a toast to "the conciliation ot dwell " The toast At a recent trial instituted by the Society for the
of " Aimee and Lorraine " was received with triple hurrahs. Supprusiou of Vice egalnet a dealer in obscene books and
The Liverpool Mercury says that the inhabitants of photographs, Mr. Commissioner Kerr threw out a seggestion
Ormskirk are preparing to hold 'high festival on the occasion which is well worth noting, lie expressed a hope that the
of the coming visit of the Duke and Duchess of Teck to Committee of the Society would publish the letters which
lAthom House, on the invitation of Lord Saelmersdale. they had seized in the possession of these raiders, and give
in full the namee and addresses Ottoe writers. The Society's
A banquet has taken place at Paisley, in celebration
of the reinvintment of the property of the t own in the cor- Secretary expresses a doubt how far It would be practicable
to carry out the suggeation, and fears that au irijunction in
poration, the burgh having now recovered from its state of Chancery might soon be obtained to etop the publication.
insole( nu.
A general advance of is. per 1,000 has taken effect A correspondent of the Church Herold writes :--A
in the price of bricks at Sheffield. The building trade is stag. friend of mine on Sunday week attended a Dissenting meet.
tract in this town, in consequence of the advance in the tog-house at Brighton, belonging to Mr. Paxton Hood. In
the course of his sermon, the preacher took up a book,
I of materials. which was lying on the pulpit cushion, and, holding it up
The Honda Adrertiscr mentions a report that the said r "Here is a book, my friends, which I wish you would
Rev. Robert lellch, parish minister of Abernyte, has become au buy, and, having bought it, read it, and digest it. twill
a member of the Church of England, and is about to accept read you a page or two of it." Having read a long extract
a ministerial appointment south of the Tweed, from it, he continued r "Now I'll tell you the name of It ; It
Dugong oil, exhibiting in the Queensland annexe is canon Liddon's 'Lent Lectures?' "
is said to be a most agreeable medicine His rarely that we The journeymen shoemakers of Lurgan have struck
find a valuable medicine and an agreeable and palatable food work for an increase of wagea A large number of the men
adjunct combined. During a recent dinner the guests were left their work on Monday evening, an-1 the remalnier, it
regaled with pastry made with Dugong oil, which was pros seems, have intimated their intention of following suit, l'he
nounced excellent, men demand an increase of about 25 per cent., but, consider.
The statue of Sir 'Walter Scott, executed by Mr. log the late advance in the price of leather and other cir.
Steele, of Edinburgh, has arrived in New York. It is a cumstances, the employers say that they cannot comply with
counterpart of the statue of Sir Walter Scott in Edinliurgh, this demand. It ie only a few months ago since the same
and Is the gift of the Scotch reeldents of New York to that employer received a similar increase. Some of the employers
city. It Is to be unveiled with imposing ceremonies at have already aevertiaed fur new hands.
Central Park on St. andrew's-day. The apprehension mentioned last week respecting
the adoption of short time in the cotton factories of Preston
theHDauvbiinign tisoklieen.
Commissioners
motati:Linonersofhathvee
olrridesrhedlathwe
police to
is already beginning to enema a reality. On Saturday the
enforce the closing of public-bosses on Sundays and holl- largest firms in the town, who employ between 3,000 and
days at seven p m., and on ordinary do," at ten pm. in all 4,000 hands, gave notice of their intention to adopt short
the suburban townships of Dublin having less than 5,000 in- time. The high price of coal, mechanical and other labour,
habitants, and the uncertain state of the cotton trade are assigned as
The returns from the several constabulary divisions the chief reasons for the change. The coming winter, ills
of the county of Dorset, made up to Saturday night, give a feared, will be a severe one fur the operatives.
total of 15,397 animals affected with the feet and mouth Dean Swift bequeathed a madhouse to Ireland be. ,
disease. The number of fresh outbreaks during the week cause, as an epicram relates, no country wanted it so much. '
has been 80, affecting 444 farms. As usual, the deaths have According to the French papers, an Englishman, who te-
net been large, compared wtth the large number of at. cently died at Armentieres, has followed that eccentric
tacks. di.insee example, by leaving £OO,OOO for building a lunatic
During the week ending Saturday last 5,039 births asylum in France. "ibis preference does us much honour,"
and 3,381 deaths were registered in London and 20 other says La biberte, "and probably no simdar meult has been
large cities arid towns of the United Kingdom. The mor- paid to this country since old Bedlam was built on the plan
tality from all causes in these W.I. was at the rate of 24 of the Tuileries, a fact which greatly irritated the French
deaths annually to every 1,000 persons estimated to be living, monarch of that day."
1,, Edinburgh the annual rate of mortality was leper 1000 A Paris engineer has just been "hoist with his own
persons living, in Glasgow 23 per 1,000, and in Dublin 25. petard "in a literal sense—s e., blown to pieces by the sect-
At the Devonport registration court on Tuesday, the dental explore,,ir of an infernal machire, whose destructive
whole of the Conservative objections to Liberal voters were propertiee he had intended for the benefit of the Premises,
ruled to be invalid, and rejected in consequence of the should another war break out. The man's name was Durteux,
dublicate notices delivered to the overseers not being iden- and for many montha he had laboured assiduously at his
tin el with the notices served on the persona objected to. believoleut invention, which was to sweep away whole ranks
Some hundreds of objections were thus quashed, of the enemy at a single disci arge. At last the moment
came for the final proof. Durieux procured a hundred
Dr. Barclay', in his report to the C helsea vestry, leaden toy soldiers, deemed then, in the Prussian uniform,
says :—" The death rate for Chelsea during the past fort raced them Imfore his instrument of vengeance, fired it, and
night was only seventeen per thousand for the first week, blew himielf to pieces.
and unaer eleven per thousand for the second week ' Ile
adds, "It in a curious fact that the averages of the last On Saturday night a sad occurrence happened at the
fifteen years have always placed thia week, the thirty-eighth South Pier, Sundaland. A married woman, named Potts,
ef the year, as the healthiest in Chelsea. runs intending to pr ceed to lemdon by the Havelock steamer
in order to reside with her Blends. Before starting she was
The Scotch correspondent of the Church Herald walking upon the pier with two children, when the latter,
writes .—The Reverend the Rector of Denington. Domestic wile lied strayed some distance from her, were blown into
Chaplain, I believe, to his patron, the Duke of Sutherland, the water by a sudden gust of wind. In response to the
has been following the example of Dean Stanley hp Wessell- mother's cries for =detentes some Customs' ofileers rowed to
ing in "A K. H. Bat " church at St. Andrew's, the '' devo- the spot, but could find no trace of the children. One of the
tional exercise." being " conducted," it would seem, by a bodies was subsequently recovered.
Presbyterian Minister. The queation of admitting the claims of 240 miners
The clerk to the Manchester School Board reported to be n the parliamentary register for the borough of South
at the monthly meeting that there were 18,000 children of Shields has been before Mr. Heath, the revising berrleter,
school age in the city. The number ma the books in the week Mr. Purees, solicitor, appeared in suppert of the did... Sir.
ending September 21 was 49078, and the actual attendance ewMlow, a viewer, stated that the miners were not absolutely
36,821. The number of notices Issued by the hoard up to the required to reside in the cottage., and were regarded as
present time requiring parents to send their children to tenants. Sone of their miners resided eliewhere. Mr Heath
attend school wad 8,740, of which 8,701 had expired. 6,45 e admitted all the claims, holding it proved that miners no
had been complied with, and 387 summonses had been issued, cupled as tenants.
The otrike mania is now reached a point beyond According to the Swiss Tinier it was resolved, "&l.
which imagination cannot pierce. It is stated that in a most unanimously," et the Peace Congress at Lugano that
Ger6lBll theatre recently a piece was often given in which a the league should support every effort made for the Intro'
cat had to appear, and the owner of the animal received one ductlon and mainterrauce of arbitration in international
adber.groschen (rather more than one penny in Engbah Airdrie, and if it esteemed it proper to take the initiative in
money)eech night for her performance. All at once he de- the matter; but the Congress stated anew that the only
mended ten times as much (or about one shilling hriglish). If actual means to abolish war, and to do away with standing
Ids demand is not granted pun will "strike," armies, is the formation of a Republican fed erat-on of peoples
The body of Captain Stone, who was drowned on under the name of the "United States of Europe."
the 21st ult, by the upsetting if a yacht nen, weynionth, A number of Dissenters met in conference on Toes-
was found on Tuesday. On Monday a steamer went out with day, at Birmingham, to diseuss the question how hest to be-
diver. to clear the wreck of the yacht, which was found with gin and carry on an agitation for the ditestablishment and
her sides almost embedded in the sand. fhe steamer wet t disendowment of the Church of England. Them were pros
out again next morning, and while the diver was at work the sent among others Mr. aliall, Mr. Illingworth, and Mr. Henry
body of Captain Stone was seen to rim above the water and Richard, members of Parliament. In the course of his ads
float some fifty yards from where the boat was lying. As- dress, Mr. Wall, while urging the principle of disestablish.
aletance having been obtained, the corpse wsa got into a meat, deprecated its being made • test of political action,
AN AWAKENING CONSCIENCE. barge and landed at the pier, where a large crowd had which, he said, would only serve to split the Liberal party and
gathered. The body was much disfigured. give a victory to the Conservatives.
netween a all paragraph headed " CONSCMCE A presentation of a gratifying character took place An inquest has been held in London, at Guy's
at lialstesd a few days ago, the occasion being the marriage Hospital, on the body of John Finnigan, aged four years.
of the Rev. W. H Gough, the curate of Holy Trinity parish, On Saturday morning the child sated for a drink, and the
other small paragraph headed ' MR. Lowz," the to 5.... _
Sites ,emith. The presentation consisted of • very hand- mother told him to go into the )art and take s nine water,
MoNEY " (acknowledging the receipt of some), and =-
following intermediate small paragraph appeared the some ormolu clock, bearing an appropriate inscription, but Instead of doing so he went to the fireplace, and seeing a
other day M The Times :-
11...01S T. accompanied by an address on behalf of the parishioners, kettle on the hob put his mouth to the spout and drank some
HE Ex. Mr. Gough expressed on behalf of himself and his bride, of the water, which was boiling at the time. The mother
Peed in the financial year 1871-2 sums amount-their
acknowledgments of the gilt and the kindly sentiments hearing the chill scream went to him, and found him dread-
uctilthd exuareu'elhOtt tMli'diefocaillowrogi'etrglicet few:
CETQT ER received sake This is which prompted the presentation. fayeastacaldbefidt &hoe
- - Some time ago one of the Paris correspondents re;
marked thatthe French people had during their leleg term e effects of the scalds. A verdict of " Accidental Death"
Dear. • account in the twnas ded.
prece'ding yea.. The Rev. H. M. Barnett, late curate of St. Jude's,
Aim, yes; this is a very sa,,—
iifig:rk. iell:o:u1Pb3; en't £ 3°L'. w,
856:r7r ee 4—mi T hi'v heedi 7. on :tihc :ge
nsisLiamegu::
food, and that a shop had been opened to be permanently indeed. It is a of privation acquired a taste for rat and cat uan article of
'-^ their eyes to
- . eh., devoted to the sale of "siege game," We are now, how- Mildmayspark, whose secesalon fr.m the Fatablithed Church
sign that the Great Untaxed are open., . ' ever, further informed that the manufacture of siege bread of England was announced • fortnight ago, having joined a
the injuatice of the partial taxation indicted ca. ._ --I and has, indeed, only just been etopped by the Free Church in Southampton, in which town he was formerly
--,el secret bakehoUses existed in the poor a curate, has received notice from the Bishop of Winchester's
direct tax-Travers. The former were tins contributors -
couttne....., '-'A was made of the condiments secretary that he will be inhibited from officiating as a
of the £7,132, every farthing of It; and the whole authorities. ce..... ' - siege--that is, linseed clergyman unless he compiles with the Clerical Disabilities
amount was Conscience Money sent "for Income-tax quarters of Paris, where as.. ',wee wings, Act. In announcing this on Sunday, Mr. Barnett said he
omitted." It is gratifying to see go mAch Conscience usual knits manufacture during tn. . - like seceded from the Churchin consequence of the Bennett Nig.
evinced by the Striking Claseea. —Panels. meal, lentils, haricot beans, ground bones, ....., ....t, its should refrain from trinket ollSclating until the
bran, oecaaional wood shavings, and other delicacies es ._ 'the Free Church Connell was taken on Tseadai
nature. These bakers could afford to sell bread at a cheap i e._,,.._ '", ise *mid AMU
Sir Walter and Lady J•illell have offered the pacze• rate, tbe alb. lost mottos sigba sons inkko War',"
d of
ot Jotrow about are Meg ot lawl toe a tom*. • oilto. wok ilad bl Itto.
,

I have attended drunken women, I have walked over the
bodies of drunken men to get to their wives, I have gone up
sin stories and not a light in the building, gresAy and dirty
from top to bottom. I have been met by insane women,
and ordered off ; and sometime., in order to reach my
patients, I have had to call in the police to take their hus-
bands away. My life has been often in danger. Notwith-
standing all that, I never was injured. I was taught from
my childhood never to know fear, and to know that moral
power was greater than physical power.

SPUTTERINGS FROM "JUDY'S" PEN.

13rofeasor.

WHEN are gardeners gnite dissipated characters ?—When
they both otoe (hoe; and rake.
• . .

"I DIE game, u the partridge said when he was shot.
"1 DYE well," as the hairdresser mid to the young lady.
till LE TONES, who stands five 4 eel-nothing in his bluchers,
declares he intends entering the bonds of Hymen.
WHEN do you consider your wile a truly dear creature?—
When her milliner's bill comes in, of course.
"

With regard to the cases in which these ladies are
rime, laity useful, Dr. Blackmar said she often found
the husband drunk, the wife frantic, the friends
frantic, those who were not friends more frantic still,
but had never lost a case of that kind.

Too TRUE —lt don't jolt w because ladies are well laced
that they are etaid hi their demeanour.
CON FOR mg CRITICAL—Can those bakers now hanging
about on strike" be called " loafers "
IT is generally believed that Anorr is about to alter the
title of his journal from the Sutr to I swear. litsmahc
please make a note wet.
A FAST Young Lady—One who is engaged.

A DEAD Colour—Shot silk
IF a herrlnu aud a half cat L, what will be the price of a
lobater oplAd ? .

A GENTLEMAN ordered his Ir,sh servant to call him at six;
but he awoke him at tour, tellu g him he had Iwo hours
longer to sleep
THE dinner boor is getting later and later ; it must end in
our not dining till to-morrow.
"

" I DE:CLARK, M. lioxga, it seems you have real every-
thing. ' Vt I,y, Ma'am, al t.r working thirty 3 vs, as a teen Ix-
maker, It wmld be to my shame If I didn't know something
of the literature of my country."

MANY people are slaves to the Miler ; none more so than
servants of the Crown. . . .

TOE balance of trade may be a spring one, but ft is Cer-
tainly no use in the autumn.
TUE DEsTaovldt."—lt Is said that few people who
have gone through one official minute ever survive for
another.

TRANsMCTATION OF BASER SrBRTANCES.—Judy overheard
an old lady, bathing at liamagate, declare that she was
"a
-floating capliaL"
• •- • - -

THANKS to the wise legislation of our rulers, ills confi-
dently esph;ted that during the remaining half le&I.00, very
few people will become half seas-over.
POOR PRINCE BLSMARCIA would seem AO lack anything like
sympathy in bin illness. Many people, indeed, are quite in-
dighant at the idea of his getting ABOUT again.
AN old lady, whose poultry bad been somewhat disturbed
by the military, was heard to say, that "some people called
'em the ought-to manoovers ; the called 'em the didn't
ought-in manuovers."
MOTTO FOR BIGAMISTS.—MArry in haste and repeat at
pleaAure,
NEW WORK ON Ft—The "Man in the Moon," by the
author of the "Landlord of the Sun."
MEDICAL Mill—What a doctor in a large practice chiefly
wants.-21enty of physic-al streugth. —Judy.

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