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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

DEATH OF A CELEBRATED PRINTING

MACHINE MAKER.

The Obituary of The nines of Monday 20th, says :--

"On Friday last we recorded the death, in his 77th
year, of Mr. Ebenezer Cowper, of Birmingham—a
name once very well known in the printing world.
The whole of his active life was spent in putting up
printing presses in England, Scotland, Ireland, and
on the Continent, after the Cowper-Applegarth
model, a simplification (invented by his brother and
partner, Mr. Edward Cowper) of the Koenig printing
machine, so as to adapt it to the purpose of rapid
and cheap printing. Thirty years ago there was hardly
newspailer in England whose press was not put
up by Mr. Cowper. The first edition of the
Waverley novels was printed at Edinburgh off a
Cowper machine. At Turin the machine seems to
have been regarded as something very uncanny, and
the printer would not use it until a priest had sprinkled
holy water most liberally over every bit of the ma-
chinery. Mr. Cowper wls the erector of the twelve
machines at the Imprimerie lloyale, in Paris, intended
for the printing of the famous Ordinances which cost
Charles X his throne The machines were all smashed
in the revolution, and Mr. Cowper's life was only
saved by "a timely warning from a friendly workwoman.
He re-erected the machines shortly afterwards at the
order of Louis Philippe, and assisted at a great ban-
quet, where Thiers spoke of their erection as a great
fact of Progress. From Paris Mr. Cowper went to
' Ireland, and he used to tell with great gusto how at
cork some men brought him a letter bearing the
usual insignia of death's head, cross-bones, and coffin,
and threatening death if he persisted in his work, and
how he quietly nailed up the letter in the hotel coffee-
room and went on with his machine. -The machine,
although superseded as regards newspapers by the
Walter Press and others, *remains still in use, with
slight modifications, as the best contrivance for
printing works. Mr. Cowper for some years has lived
in easy retirement near Birmingham, much esteemed
and respected by all who knew him."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

GRAINS OF COMFORT FOR THE
CLERGY.

"A Country Parson" writes to Th,:, Tintos:—

"Sir,—Although very few of us country clergy can
read the new Burials Act with anything but annoy-
ance and sorrow, we can at any rate pick up some few
grains of comfort from the 13th section. I have not
as yet seen much attention drawn to this section as it
now stands, and will, therefore, with your permission,
point out to my brother clergy the relief which it may
often give to our minds.
It provides for the use of an alternative service
whenever the Prayer Book service " may not be
used." The Prayer Book tells us not to use the Church
service over those who have laid violent hands upon
themselves. The choice has been to use either the
Prayer Book or nothing. Henceforth we can use the
alternative service when it has been sanctioned by the
bishop. This alternative service may also be used in
any case " at the request of " those in charge of the
funeral. This request may not always be made to the
clergy when it clearly ought to be made, but I think
that in such cases a clergyman may safely use the
alternative service, and trust to the good sense and
sympathy of his bishop to save him from an ecclesi-
astical censure or penalty.

RIGHT TO A T.—Why is the letter "t " like a
standard work ?—Because it is always in type, and
never out of2rint.---Funny Folk.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

BRIERLEY HILL AND STOUttI3ItIDGE
BUILDING SOCIEIY.
Established 1851.

THIS SOCIEI I' (now in the thirtieth year
of its existence) hes a considerable sum of
MONEY at its Bankers, ready to be ADVANCED as
arsistance to persons about to build, purchase land or
building. or pay off t xisting mortgages
the repayment fcr ,120 share is Ten Shillings a
fortnight, and proportionately for other amounts.
The interest charged and paid is 5 per cent, per
annum.

Premiums very low.
PROFICS DIVIDED AMONG ALL ME
MEMBERS.

For furthLr particulars, apply to the Secretary,

Hollow ay Eud,
S tenni) rici go.

J. M. GP:-IH:NG,

£4OO STERLING!

TN ONE HUNDRED COSTLY PRIZES, in value
front 17.5 to 42 108. each, to bc given away
tai s with our :Aeat 's 1;5 ss. ENGLisii :!,ILVKR
LEVaid, the Vot INbteh iu the world, in Three Sizes,
_

for £3.
Gont.'s £6 61. ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING

LEVERS, in Three Siz,s, for £3 10s., same quality
as above.
Gent 's is ENGLISH SILVER KEYLESS LEVERS
in Two Sizes, for £4 10s. No K.-1 required to these.
Gent's £lO 10s. SOP CHRONOGR4I'H LEVERS.
i-plate, centre sec- 'n, H;gh-Fit Class-Made 103.
Workmen s 64. PI It UNSE ENGLISH SILVER
LEVERS. in l'wo Sizns, for .£3 12s.
Ladies, £5 ss. ENGLISH SILVER LEVERS, with

BeauLluily_EngravA C,es, pclec gemi, hi Three

bizes, for-.£3, -
Ladies' £7 103. ENGT,f3I-1 GOLD LEViql-3, White
or Gold Dials, in Tureo S z!3, f r .C 4 10i. FAO lth

ditto for £6 106.

Such an opportnaity 1/3 thiS wlli never ,:cur a4Aiu.
Write immediately, enclosing 'Vivo Stamp, fur Special
Prize Cunpan Ticket, which will 131 seat Post Free, to-
gfther with Copyright IlluArAted Pamphlet and Sixty
P :gee of Marvelous Testirn.mt4i3.
Address —STEWART DAWSON & Co..
121, PAPE ROD, LIVERPOOL.

WANTED, A GODD CANVESSER fo
Stourbridge and District, on Salary and Corn
mission. Apply to Wheeler and Wilson M.F.G. Co.
163, Upper High S:reet, Dudley.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

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These Pills require no restraint of diet during their
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

CRADLE Y HEATH.

COLLAPSE OF THE CHAINMAKEES STRULE. A
meeting of the small chain and trace makers who
have been on strike for azi advance of wages during
the last seven weeks was held at the Manchester
Inn, Cradley Heath, on Monday evening.--Mr.
Isaac Cooke presided and remarked that seven
weeks ago the chainmakers agreed to turn out
in a general strike for an hdvance of wages. He
was sorry to say, however, that it had not proved
to be a general strike. If the men had been honest
and thoroughly united he believ :d they would have
gained the 4s. list long before this. Some of the
men had gone to work and supplied the orders in
the market, and thus defeated the object of the
s'iike. He should like to see a general strike
proclaimed again throughout the trade, and let
them insiA upon every shop being closed, and then
he believed they would be successful.—Mr. Noah
Forrest, president of the union, said he regretted
to say that they had not been able to gain the
price for which they turned out except in a few
instances. Men who could get work were returning
to their employment for less than they demanded
at the commencement of the strike. He sugge3ted
that in future the trade should be divided into two
parts. He was in favour of the present strike
being carried out on that principle. He thought
they could secure a general advance for the trade
if they branched it, and tried one branch at a time.
—The chairman said there were men in the meet-
ing who had been at play twenty weeks, but after
all there appeared to be no probability of their
getting the 4s. list. The collectors repotted that a
don of the operatives were at work
large propor
under the price demanded by the now list. Several
°Perjtive. .1 complained that the big shop men had
d 't
ruined the strike ;an was also stated that the
men were quite willing to turn out again if these
could be induced to co-operate with the general
body.--After a long and animated discuseion, Mr.
Forrest said he saw little hope of carrying on the
strike successfully under the present circumstances
and it would be better to break the society up and
let the thing go. He I,ad come to the determine
tion to resign his position as president, and he did
not expect that he should come amongst them again
in the capacity of a • lqader.—The treasurer and
some of the committee men also announced their
intention of resigning their positions, and the meet-
ing came to an abrupt termination.—The strike
is therefore at an end, and it is understood that
the funds iii hand will be distrituted amongst the
operatives who remaiued out till the last.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

DUTCH BULL

MESSRS.

OATES, PERRENS, & WOO iI,DRIDGE
Will SELL by AucTiox, at tie MART, 102, HIGH
STREET, STOURBRIDOE, on TUEiDAY, OCToBER 5111,1880,
at Two o'clock in the Afternoon, an Assortment of
HAARLEM FLOWER ROOTS.
Catalogues may be had at the Mart.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

GAME AND POULTRY

Hares, 4s. to 55.; white ditto, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d.; rabbits,
is. to 2s. ; partridges, is. 9d. to 2s. 6d. • grouse, 2s. 3d. to
4s. • blackcock, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 9d.; woodcock, 3s to 3s. 6d.;
widgeon, Is. ed. to 2s. 3d.; plovers, is. to is. 9d. ; snipe, 6d.
to is. 2d. • capons, 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d.; pullets, 3s. to ss. ;
chickens, is. Od. to 35.; and geese, 58. Gd. to Ss. 6d. eaeh.

HOP.
Hop picking is now approaching completion, but the re-
sult of the later picking has been fairly satisfactory. The
crop is, however, a disappointment, though some very -good
produce has been grown. There is ails& business doing in
hops, and prices rule firm as follows :—Weald of Kent and
Sussex, £5 to £7 7s, ;inferior qualities,
cwt. - • _
£2 to 4.?. les. Per
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

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GENERAL PRINTER,

92, HIGH-STREET, BTOURBRIDGE.

PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

STATIONERY.

Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Concert, and
other Posters.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmes, Bill
Heads.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL HINDS of PRINTING, in Black or
Coloured Inks. •

Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL HINDS of
PLAlN*and FANCY STATIONERY.
Large Stook of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patterns.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, &o.
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

The Mark-lane Express of Monday says that the rain
and floods of the past week have done great damage to
the crops still outstanding in the north of England and
in Scotland ...Judging from reports recently received,
there appears to be good reason to believe that the
yield of wheat upon thrashing will be found consider-
ably short of the anticipations indulged in during the
brilliant harvest weather which, beneficial as it was in
many respects, was unable to produce grain which had
not been formed at an earlier period of the year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

THE INCREASED USES OF
MACHINERY.

In noticing the Leather Trades' Exhibition at the Agri-
cultural Hall, London, the Daily Telegraph remarks :

"The bootmaker's craft, menaced as it was by the-
introduction of machinery, which was to extinguish
all hand-labour, employs a greater number of work-
people than the old cordwainers would have believed
to be in existence. There is, it now appears, no part
of the work of boot or shoe making which cannot be
done by machinery; and there is only one operation
in which the use of a machine is doubtful economy;
this process being the cutting of skins for the uppers
of boots. Great ingenuity is apparent in the machines
for lasting and welt-sewing ; a cleverly-devised instru-
ment from Northampton cuts elastic sides for
right and left boots at the rate of sixty pairs
a minute; and a Shoreditch firm has even superseded
hand-labour in the pressing of boot seams. Notwith-
standing all these inventions for taking the work out
of human hands, and, as was supposed, the bread out
of human mouths, the number of people employed in
boot-making almost doubles that of workers in the
tailoring trades, and is indeed equal to one hundred
and eighteenth of the whole population. Really it
would seem as if the only hands left free to deal with
boots and shoes without the interference of machinery
are those that wield the blacking-brush; for at
present no piece of engineering exists that will do
the work so well accomplished by the Shoe-black
Brigade."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

. .GREAT LANDSLIP IN BENGAL.

The Daily News of Wedne§day published the following
telegram

LAHORE, Sept. 22„ 3.10 a.m.
A landslip has occurred at Naini Tal, by which a
large. number of British officers and others have lost
their lives.'•• • •
'the names of those killed are—Mr. L. Taylor,
as.iistant-counnissioner of the road police ; the
Bev.' Mr. Robinson, chaplain; Major MOrphy,
40th Regiment, and Z,lrs. Morphy ; Mr. Morgan,
road overseer • Mrs. Turnbull; Captain Frederick
Talbot Goodridge Bengal Staff Corps, of the 35th
Bengal Native Infantry; Surgeon B. Hannah,
M.D., ; Captain Haines, -Royal Engineers; Capt.
Balderston, of the 34th, station staff officer; Lieut. J.
E. H. Sullivan, of the 73rd; (?Dr.) Hatchell, of the
83rd ; Second-Lieut. J. B. H. Carmichael, 33rd Regi-
went. Fifteen soldiers and nine others were also
killed. Four persons are injured
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

THE MARKETS.

MARK-L ANE. —MONDAY.
At Mark-lane a moderate business was transacted. Mode-
rate supplies of English produce were -offered. Foreign
wheat was abundant, and there-tvas a good show of oats.
English wheat met a steady trade, and higher prices were
demanded, but the advance was checked by the liberal
foreign supply and lower American prices. Foreign wheat
Was in fair demand, at extreme quotations. The barley trade
was dull. Malting produce sold at about late rates, but
grinding was rather easier on the week. For oats, the
market was quiet, but the tendency was rather better.
with a fair demand, was firm in tone. Beans were
about is. to 2s. dearer CM the week, and peas were firm. The
flour market was steady at previous quotations.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MoNDAr.

Notwithstanding the cold weather the cattle trade was
weaker, and business progressed slowly in sympathy with
the business in the dead meat market. Increased supplies
of beasts carne.to hani from our own grazing districts. Appa-
rently the graziers from the midland and home districts are
having a better season. The Condition of the stock also is
improving. There was &good show from Ireland as regards
number. Trade throughout was dull, and prices had a
drooping tendency. The best Scots and crosses made ss. Gd.
to 55. Bd. per 81b. From the midland and home counties we
received about 2,300, and from Ireland about GOO head: There
was a fair show of foreign stock. A bout 300 American were
offered, :330 Danish, and some Spanish. Trade was rather
inactive, and prices had a scmcwhat drooping tendency.
The sheep pens were f,airly well filled, but, as was the case
with beasts, the demand was of very sluggish character.
Only the best breeds maintained late quotations, other
qualities favouring buyers. The best Downs and half-breds
realised 68 10d. to 7s. per 81b. Calves and pigs were dull
and droopil°y,. in value. At Deptford there were about 2,800
beasts and 8,000 sheep. Prices are as follows ;-Inferior
beasts, 4s. to 4s. (3d.; secondquality, 4s. 6d. to Is. Od.; prime
large oxen, Is. 4d. to ss. 6d.; prime Scots, Is. 6d. to Is. Bd.;
inferior sheep, ss. Od. to ss. 6d.; second quality, sa. 641. to
6s. ; prune coarse woolled 6s. 6d. to Gs. Bd. ; prime South-
dotms, 6s. 10d. to is. Od. •, large coarse calves, Is. to Is. 6d.;
prime small ditto, Is. 6d. to Gs. Od. ' • large hogs, 4s. Od. to
4s. 6d. ; small porkers, 45. 6d. to Is. 2d. per 81b. to sink the
offal.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET—MoNnAy.

The supply of meat on sale to-day was very moderate, but
the trade was slow, at the following prices :-Inferior beef,
28. Bd. to 33. 4d. ; middling ditto, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; prime
large ditto, 4s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; prime small ditto, 4s. 6d. to
ss. ; veal, ss. to ss. 4d.; inferior mutton, 3s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ;
middling ditto, 4s. to &s.; prime ditto, ss. 4d. to 65.; large
pork, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 10d. ; small pork, bs. to ss. 4d. per 81b, by
the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

SUPERIOR HOU iEHOLD FURNITURE, Sec.
LOVE LAIfE, STOURBRIDGE.

AT, ESSRS. OATES, PERRENS and WOOL-
INJL DRIDGE are favoured with instructions from
the Executors of Mrs. Joel Maurice, deceased, to SELL
by AUCTION, OR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th, 1880, at
her late residence at Lovs LANE, STOURBRIDGE, the
superior HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c., compris-
ing some first-class Dining and Drawing Room Appoint-
ments. the Effects of Four Bed Rooms, new Brussels
and other Carpets, superior Oak Bookcase, Pianoforte.
by Collard and Collard ;-Bagatelle Board, a choice col-
lection of Books, Plated Articles, China, Dessert, Tea,
and Dinner erv.ces ; Lamps and Ornaments, Oil
Paintings, Engravings, Fine Feather Beds, superior
Mattresses, Mahogany Chests ef Drawers, Wash-hand
Stands, Toilet Tables and Glasses, and Effects.
The Goods will be on view on the Monday before the
Sale, and the Auctioneers recommend intending
purchasers to see them before the Sale, as there will be
little opportunity ef seeingithe Lots as they are sold
Male to commence at Ten o'clock in the Morning.
Catalogues may be had of the Auctioneers, or of Mr.
Jno. Taylor Steurbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

MR. SPURGEON'S HEALTH.

The pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle was unable on
Sunday to leave his room. Absolute rest has been enjoined
on him for a few days. At the morning service, Mr. C.
Spurgeon, junior, officiating, the following letter was read
from the rev. gentleman :
".Dear Friends,—Since worshipping with you at
the prayer meeting last Monday evening r have
suffered greatly, and have been quite laid aside. I
beg your loving prayers that I may soon recover, and
yet more that I may gather blessings from the sharp
affliction. It is something to have had six months of
uninterrupted work among you, and even this painful
break will not, I hope, be a long one. Your great
patience will bear with a poor crippled minister, and
I shalL not fail to attempt all that my limited power
can accomplish. God will use my weakness, and His
cause will be guided with strength. At the Monday
prayer Meeting I beg special prayers for the college,
the colportag,e, and for the work in general which God
has committed to these feeble hands. Am I not
happy to have a son to occupy my place to-day?
Blessed be God for it. My deepest love is ever with
my dear people, but I cannot express it, or indeed
'express anything, for the mind suffers with the body.
—Yours right heartily, C. H. SPURGEON.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25

PROFESSOR BELL'S PHOTOPHONE.

The Times of Wednesday published a letter from a corre-
spondent, from which we make the following extracts
"From time to time announcements have been
made that the wonders of the telephone have been
eclipsed by what, since the word ' telescope ' it appro-
priated to a better known but not really less wonderful
instrument, I may call a telegraphoscope,' an ap-
pliance for seeinc, by telegraph. It was stated that
Mr. Graham Bell was it work at the problem,
and, if I am not mistaken, this distinguished inventor
himself announced its solution a little while ago.
However, Mr. Bell's Work had either throughout
another intention, or, as often happens in physical
investigations, it branched off in a different direction
and produced results perhaps originally unexpected.
A full account of his latest research is given in a
paper read by Mr. Bell himself at the recent meeting
of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science. According to this paper, which has
just reached this country, Mr. Bell has performed a
very marvellous feat indeed. He has succeeded in
telegraphing, or rather ' telephoning ' along a beam of
light. The beam of light took the place of the
ordinary connecting wire, and by its means sounds
produced at one cud of the beam were reproduced at
the other. The invention (for such it is rather than
a discovery) may or may not have any immediate
practical application, but of the scientific interest
attaching to it there can be no question. As with the
' telephone, simple means and well-known properties
are made to proclude startling results. Startling,
however, as they are, they will certainly meet with
ready acceptance here. There is ,nothing ixi Mr.
Bell's paper which does not fit in with previously
known facts, and its author's reputation alone suffices
to prevent any hesitation in receiving his conclu-
sions."
The Correspondent of The Times then proceeds to
give details of the scientific means employed to pro-
duce the result referred to, and concludes by say-
ing :—" The instructions given in the paper seem to
be sufficient to enable anybody to try Mr. Bell's
experiments for himself, and doubtless many will soon
-do so. Without, however; waiting for the results of
such experiments, think we may congratulate him
on having at once made an addition to our scientific
knowledge and discovered another possible applica-
tion of science to practical purposes.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH STATISTICS.

Dr. Fischer, of the Imperial German Post Office, has
just published a pamphlet showing the comparative
postal and telegraph statistics, The letter post for the
whole world for 1873 amounted in round numbers to
3,300,000,000 letters, or about 9' 250 000 daily; and the
numbers have been increasing daily at an astonishing
rate. Thus in Japan, the number of post-offices in
1872 wan 1,159, and in 1876 it had risen to 3,649. The
number of separate articles which passed through the
Japanese post in 1878 was 47,000,000, of which
25.000,000 were letters, 10,000,000 post-cards, and
9,500,000 newspapers. Post-cards were first brought
into use only in 1865, and now they are employed in
almost every country of the world, The parcels post
has, however, not yet got beyond the first stage of its
development. The number of telegraphic despatches
sent in 1877 amounted for the whole globe to nearly
130,000,000, or all average of 353,000 daily.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

PUBLIC NEICES

ICTORIA HALL

IN EINK,

BELL STREET, STOTTRI3BIDG

THE BEST FLOOR IN THE MIDLAND COUSTILS

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.

The above popular place of resort

(NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENI)

IS OPEN FOit
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

FOOD PRODUCTION.

The Times has published the following letter :

Sir,—With a -view to providing interesting, and
profitable employment for educated women, and
giving them a scientific and practical training in the
branches of food production included in the French
term " /a petite culture," it is propsoxl to form an
association under the title of the Ladies' Association
for the Promotion of Minor Food Production end
Country Pursuits. Before bringing it definitely
before the public the promoters wourd be glad to teht
the amount cf support and co-operation they are likely
to meet with, and I therefore venture to ask, through
The Times, all those who are interested in the objects
of the proposed association to communicate with me.
Lord Aberdare, Mr. Thomas Brassey, M.P., the
Hon. Mrs. Vernon, Mr. W. J. Thompson, and other
ladies and gentlemen have already expressed their
sympathy with the movement.
Statistics as to the results of poultry and pig
rearing, dairy work, fruit, flower, and vegetable
culture, and bee-keeping will be gladly received, as
well as the names of ladies desiring instruction in these
subjects.—l am, Sir, yours truly, ISABEL THORNE,
Hon. Sec., pro. tern., to Pupil Committee. Southover
Grange, Lewes, Sussex.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

MR. B. MORLEY, M.P., ON TECHNICAL

EDUCATION,

Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., presided on Monday
night at the opening meeting of the new year's session
of the Artisans' Institute at the rooms of the society,
Castle.street, St. Martin's-lane, London. The object
of the institute is to provide the artisans of London
with the same kind of technical education that is
afforded in the trade schools on the Continent, by
means of classes, which are placed under the direc-
tion of competent instructors ; and to induce workmen
to instruct themselves in all the technical details of
their labour, in order that they might be better quail.
fled for the performance of their work, that it might
be of a more skilful character, and in respect to which
they would receive a higher return in the matter Of
wages. Mr. Morley condemned the action of those
who endeavoured to indoctrinate the working classes
with the idea that employers and employed were
naturally born enemies, whereas it was the fact that
they were mutually dependent upon each other. As a
large manufacturer, he believed that he was as much
dependent upon his workmen as they were upon
him, and the work would be better, more thorough,
and more efficient, just in proportion as they were
willing to work under a sense of justice to
to those who employed them. He had known
workmen in the north of Enßland, who by at-
tending technical claeses, had doubled and trebled
that wages. He had no doubt that knowledge was
elevating in its tendency, that it was a source of hap-
piness, and was, in the beet sense of the word, power;
but it was well that they should recognize the fact
that their own material interests could be promoted,
and their social advancement, happiness, and effi-
ciency in their work brought about by the kind of
knowledge to be obtained at institutions of this kind.
He regretted that there was too much self-indulgence
on the part of working men, He was as fond of a
holiday as most men, but he wanted to see a limit put
to the tendency of the working clal-re to pleasure
seeking, especially of an evening at the end of their
day's labcw,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LANE --MONDAY.

At Mark-lane there was no fresh feature. Businese
generally was quiet. Supplies of English grain were very
moderate, but there was a fair show of foreign. Earglish
wheat changed hands quietly, but fine samples were well
held. As regards foreign wheat, transactions were not ex-
tensive, but the market was steady, choice qualities realising
full prices. In barley not much was doing. Malting pro-
duce was still firm. Grinding, however, was rather weak.
Malt sold at previous currencies. Oats were somewhat
firmer, with a slightly better inquiry. Maize remained dull
at previous weak prices. Beans and peas,though not in aetive
demand, were steady. In flour, dealings were limited at
about late rates.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

LYE.

MITRE Music Hem—This popular place of am-
tv:ement still continues to fill with delighted
audiences to witness the performances of the T wo C's,
(Messrs. C. _Roberts and C. *White), characteristic
vocalists, negro comdians, athletes and balancers,
whose entertainment is unique and quitenovel, their
Oqtractetistic s ,ngs being rendered in fine style.
They also perform seine very good duetta, creating
r are of laughts-r, and unbounded applause, and we
must say tint. the n.egi o part of their performance is
a thorough delineAlon of plantation life, their songs,
dances and burlesques being executed in true
American style We understand that it is their in-
tention to introdore this evening, a new burle-cque
written and arranged by themselves, entitled the
Double Murcl,-,r, or the Blood Houud's Revenge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

COUNT MOLTBE'S DAILY LIFE.

Count Moltke (says the Freiherr von Firks, in a
lately published sketch of the career of the great
German strategist) now lives in the new General Staff
building, in the KOnigsplatz. His manner of life is
extremely regular and simple, a daily routine being
strictly followed. During the six winter months
Count Moltke enters his study, which is very plainly
furnished, every morning at seven o'clock, and takes
his morting coffee, smoking a cigar with it. He
then works until nine o'clock, when all the
service letters which have arrived are brought
in to him. These he goes through carefully,
and then changes his morning coat for uniform.
At eleven o'clock he takes a plain second breakfast,
2uceives his adjutants, and writes until two o'clock in
the afternoon. As the clock strikes two the reception
of the chiefs of the different sections of the General
Staff begins. The time occupied in transacting
business with them varies according to circumstances,
and when they are all gone Count Moltke as a rule
lasiace a vv...13... us- Lido, 5vi.......1, is.rdb.o. ke <II.. mtvith hia
family. From five p.m., to seven p.m., the hours are
again occupied in writing; and from seven p.m., to
eight p.m., the newspapers that have arrived are
looked through. At eight o'clock Count Moltke takes
tea with his family, and afterwards playa a rubber at
whist—a game in which the great strategist excels.
The evening generally finishes with music: and at
eleven p.m., Count Moltke retires for the night, to
rise again on the following morning at half-past
six.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

A. CLARK 143 HIGH STREET STOURBRIDGE.

RHEUMATISM.
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b it tbe Head, Side, B.ck. Joints, and Limbs
cu. €.l by D AY'S RHEUMATIC PILL q. Price Is.
Fer box. Sold by Mr. Pugh, Patent Iledicine Vendor,
51, Coventry Street, Stourbridge ; and; all Chemists
Wholesale by all the Loudon Souse&

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES.

ONE BOX of CLARKE'S B 41 Bill is
warrranted to sure all discharges from the Urinary
Organs, in either s,x, acquired or constitutional, Gravel
and Pains in the Bsck —Sold in boxes, 44 6d each, by
al! Chernists a d Patent Me,licine Vendors ; or sent to
at addr,,s9 for GO S!itITIpS by the Maker, F. J. CLARE,
Saltipg Ciien;i•t, Apothecaries' Ball, Lincoln
Wholesale Agents, BARCLAY it SON, London, and all the
Wholesale Houses

PRICE ONE PENI\I.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

W. C.

TAPE WORMS and STOMACH WORMS
WA.T3ON'ti Warranted Specific has effected
hundreds of permam,nteures of the distressing dis-
°Hem w;iera every other remedy has tailed, It dot...
not require sontlnning ; a single bottle being aufhae,o.
to ear.. Its acti.o, is mi d, bat thorough, and the most
delicate need not fear taking it. Price 2i 9d. or cafe by
post for 26 stamps. Watson's Specific Powders for
DWOUNIS are an effectual remedy for the
tormentors. N. 1. (Adults). No 2. (Children's) Price
144, or be post for 15 stamps. Circulars post free
B,4lross : —Watson A. P. S., Shipley, Yorks, or a: y
Cncenist will get in for you.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

VARIETY,

SILK HATS, 4 c.,

ALL SORTS OF GENTLEMEN'S HOSIERY,

Gloves, Shirts, &c.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

A QUAINT CUSTOM IN THE CITY OF
LONDON.

An ancient custom, which occurs yearly at this time,
has just been observed in the City of London—namely,
the presentation of rolls of "livery cloth," as it is
called, by the Court of Aldermen to various great
officers of State, judges, and others. The list includes
the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of Eng-
land, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,
the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Baron, the
Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Home
Secretary, the Foreign Secretary, the Vice-Chamber-
lain, Treasurer and Controller of Her Majesty's
Household, and the Attorney and Solicitor Generals,
besides certain cf the high officials of the City—the
Recorder, the Common Serjeant, the Town Clerk, and
the City Solicitor.
This custom can be traced back in the records of the
City to tub middle of the 15th century, the earliest
recipients being the Cleric of the Peace for Middlesex
and the Clerk of the Court of King's Bench, and there
is no doubt that In its origin it was for favours shown
to the City. It must have been in full practice before
the Commonwealth, for immediately on the Restora-
tion, in 1660, an order was made by the Court of
Aldermen that the livery cloth should " be given to the
great officers of State, the Judges, and others, accord-
ing to ancient custom," and appointed a committee to
oversee the same—a practice which has continued to
this day, although the number of recipients in the
City has been greatly diminished by the abolition of
various offices, such as Common Hunt and the Water
Bailiff.

In connection with the above subject. The Times
publishes the following letter :-
81r,—The civic custom of a distribution of rolls of" Livery
cloth " to ( fficials is not peculiar to London alone, as it is a
custom for the Emperor of Japan to send& roll of silk from
the Royal manufactory, marked with the Imperial crest, to
any person he wishes especially to honour. Japanese nobles
have a roll of such silk sent on special occasions, and this
form of present is made to others who have rendered special
public service. Some time ago I rendered assistance and
advice on sanitary questions through the Japanese Minister
In London, and received afterwards an official letter of
thanks from the Court of Japin, and a roll of about 18
yards of rich silk, woven throughout with threads of gold.
—ROBERT &MUNSON. London, Jan.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

WIRING INTO THE CAPE.

The Queen may mark the inauguration of the Sub-
marine Cable to the Cape by exchange of messages
with such living Potentates as the Sultan of Zanzibar,
Sir Bartle Frere, and Sir Garnet Wolsey. Punch,
more favoured, is privileged to communicate with the
Cape's great Discoverer.
The Ghost of Vasco de Game wi:es to 85, Fleet'
street, from the Anglo-Dutch Dysian Fields, under
the shadow of Table Mountain :
"To Great Britain, at last, bound by more than Red-tape,
I am glad, that like me, you have doubled the Cape;

_
Made her strength twice as strong, and her hope twice as
stable,
Linked, and anchored, at once, by the Submarine Cable I"
—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

THE NATIONAL THRIFT SOCIETY

AT OXFORD.

A largely attended- meeting of the National Thrift
Society was held at the town-hall, Oxford, on Satur-
day evening. In the unavoidable absence of the
Mayor, the meeting was opened by Professor J. E.
Thorold Rogers, who commented on the importance of
the movement now being widely developed throughout
the country by the agency of the National Thrift
Society—yin, that of encouraging and promoting the
periodical and systematic saving of small slims. Pro-
fessor Rogers mentioned that some twenty years ago
he established a penny bank in Oxford, which well
served its purpose at the time, and now that the move-
ment had been so successfully resuscitated he
trusted that it would be permanently maintained. In
the names of the trustees he then declared the
Oxford Penny Bank open for the receipt of deposits.
it... T. cautl evercbary uL
the National Thrift Society, was also present, and
took part in the proceedings. The trustees of the bank
include Sir W. Vernon Harcourt, M.P„ Dr. Percival
(President of Trinity College), Rev. Cauon Ince
(Christ Church), Mr. G. Herbert Morrell, J.P., (a
vice-president of the'eociety), and many of the leading
residents in the city and university.
The depositors on Saturday evening were several
hundred in number. A large gratuitous distribution
of the society's thrift literature formed an important
and interesting part of the evening's proceedings.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

THE TAY BRIDGE
DISASTER.

MORE BODIES FOUND
DUNDEE, Thursday Night. ,
Search for the bodies of missing pas-
sengers of the train which fell over Tay
Bridge continued to-day. About fifty boats
left Dundee at daybreak, and continued to
drao the river till darkness set in, the
resat of the day's operations being the
recovery of four bodies, making a total of
eighteen. It is singular that yesterday the
bodies of two women were brought to the
surface, but both were lost by grappling
irons losing their hold, and that no less than
three cases of the same kind occurred to-day.
The four bodies found to-day were those of
Thomas Davidson (24), ploughman, near
Dundee; Archibald Bain (26), farmer, near
Dundee; Alexander Robertson (22), em-
ployed at Dundee Gasworks; and James
Foster Henderson (22), labourer, Dundee ;
all of them unmarried. The case of Bain is
peculiarly sad. He left home with his sister,
four years his junior, on the Saturday, to
visit on uncle in Cupar, Fife. They were
pressed to remain over the Sunday night,
but the young man was so anxious to get
home to assist his father at the farm that he
and his sister joined the train on Sunday
night. The father of the deceased, over
seventy years of acre, has sustained a terrible
shock by the double bereavement. He
had to be led away after identifying
his son, The bodies got to-day were
very little injured, but signs of decom-
position are visible A number of bodies
were removed from the mortuary to-day for
interment. The funeral services were very
impressive, many mourners being in tears.
At a meeting of the Dundee Police Com-
mission to-day a resolution of sympathy
with the North British Railway Company
was passed, and a hope was expressed that
steps would be taken to re-build the bridge,
which had proved so great an advantage to
the public, and especially to commercial
interests.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

HALESOWEN.

FELONY AT lIALESOWEN.—Annie Eliza Darby,
9 servant, pleaded guilty to ,t3aling a Nvateu, a
heather purse, X;" 15s. in money a woollen stockings
on tied 15,h October, at llalesowen, the property of
Jabez Darby.—Prisoner's father Etated that she had
led a very bad life faid had robbed him before.—
Prisoner pleaded guilty to a previous conviction for
felony, and she was sentence;l to twelve month's
imprisonment and seven year'R police supervision
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

SACRIFICE AND REWARD.

The Paris Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, writing
from that city on Monday night, says 2

" A double announcement has appeared, containing
the story of a life heroically sacrificed for others.
George Herbelin, a young man twenty-eight years old,
was house surgeon at the Hospital of Sainte Eugenie,
where croup and diphtheria have been raging
anion; the infant patients during the present
winter. M. Herbelin's devotion to his young
charges was the subject of much remark among
the visiting physicians and the sisters con-
nected with the hospital. While at the bed-
side of two children suffering from diphtheria,
symptoms of the disease were last week noticed in
himself by another medical man, who insisted upon
M. Herbelin going home. He did so, and died in a
few days. While M. Herbelin was on his death-bed
the circumstances were related to M. Gr6vy. who
quickly had an interview with General Vinoy, Grand
Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, at whose instance
the Cross of the Order was awarded to the young
surgeon. It was taken to the dying man, who, over-
joyed at the news, exclaimed, "I am decorated ! I wish
to live—l will live. Cure me, my friends 1" He sank
back upon his bed exhausted, and died clasping
the ribbon attached to the Cross.

"The Hospital et Sainte Eugenie was founded by the
Empress Eugenie under circumstances of a peculiar
character. The Municipality of Paris had voted the sum
of 600,000 f. to be spent in the purchase of a diamond
necilaee as a wedding present to the Empress in 1853.
The money was preferred to the diamonds, and was
devoted to the foundation of this hospital for children,
since become so famous,"

- -
At the funeral of AI. Georges Herbelin, on Tuesday,
the Minister of the Interior and other functionaries
and a large number of the medical profession att3nded
the service.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

CROP RETURNS.

The Mark Lane Express of Monday published its annna
crop returns kr 1879, as contributed by 441 correspondents
representing every county in England and ten counties in
Wales. It says:—

" They fully confirm the worst accounts that have
appeared from time to time as to the serious failure of
the crops, being the most discouraging which we
have ever published. It is astonishing that, out
of the 429 districts from which the returns have
been oulleoted, not one should have produced a
wheat or a pea crop over average, trim only
two reports should represent the barley crop, and only
six the bean crop, as over average. Only a very excep-
tional combination of unfavourable conditions of plant
growth could have caused a failure in all the cereal
and pulse crops, oats being the only one not thoroughly
bad. An examination of our ten years' tables will
show that we have had worse oat crops, and
about as bad a bean crop in 1877, hut that for wheat,
barley, and peas there has been no year of the ten—
and we might go further back with a like result—
nearly so unfruitful, Even with respect to oats and
beaus, we may safely say that, if weight and quality
as well as measure be taken into account, no year of
the ten has given such bad results. As to wheat, the
disastrous failure of the crop is most strikingly shown
by the consideration of the fact that only four out of
429 returns—less than 1 per cent.—represent it as up
to average. The remarks of our correspondents as to
the condition of the grain and pulse are as dishearten-
ing as the accounts of the yield."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

OLD HILL.

DRIJ.NK AND DISORDERLY.—At the Police Court,
on Wednesday, before Messrs. W. BaSSallo and B.
Ringley, Thomas Brettle, butcher, Edward Brettle,
1 .bourer, and Mathew Ev:ins, engineer, were ,hargei
with being druk and disorderly in the highway on
the 3rd inst. Police-constable Wickstead said he
was on duty on the night in ques ion in High Street,
Old Hill, where he saw the defend( nts who were
dr”nk and quarrelling. Thomas Brettle was fined
28 6d and costs in default 14 days. Evans was

ordered to pay costs. and Edward Brettle was dis-
charged.—Thomas Lowe, chainmaker, of Old Hill
was charged with !wing drunk and disorderly in
the highway on the 3rd inst. Police-corstable
Johnson said the defendant was drunk and using
bad language in Lawrence's Lane, Old Hill. De-
fendant was fined os and costs; in default 14 days.
BREACH OF THE PEACE.—T:IOTIIaS Osborne,
labourer, of Cradley Ileath, was cha,Ned with com-
mitting a breach of the peace by fighting on the
3rd inst. Police-constable Sylvester proved the
offence and said the defendant was fighting in
King Street, Cradley Heath. Defendant was
bound over in his own recognisance of £lO
to keep the peacl for three mmths.—John Brawn.
anchorsmith, of Netherton, and James Willetts,
chainmaker, of Cradley Heath, were charged with
committing a breach of the peace by fighting on
the 3rd inst. Police-constable Sylvester proved the
case and defendants were each bound over, in their
own recognisances of LlO, to keep the peace for
three months.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-10

THE NEW YEAR'S WATER FESTIVAL,

13IIRMAH.

Lieutenant-General Albert leytche, in his "Burmah, _Vast
and Present," thus describes this festival (says the Graphic,
which also gives an illustration of the ceremony) :-
- - - -

"On the first day of the New Year begins the
Water Festival,' which lasts for four days. At day-
break the people proceed to the pagodas, which they
sprinkle with water, offering up at the same time
prayer for a plentiful season. They also present jars
of water to the priests, and ask forgiveness for the
sins of the past year. After this a kind of
Burmese carnival begins, only, instead of sweet-
meats and nosegays, water is thrown, sometimes
scented, or with flowers in it. The fronts of the
houses are decorated with green leaves and flowers, and
the inmates send showers of water on the passersby;
or bands of young men and women parade the streets
armed with earthern jars of water and silver cups,
docking every one they meet amid peals of laughter.
Sometimes these bards meet, and have regular con-
tests, drenching each other. No one, whatever his
rank, escapes the liquid salutation; indeed, bad lack
Is sure to befall those who are not wet at least once
during the day, and the license gives rise to ranch
harmless merriment. The original idea of the festival
Is that of washing away the sins, impurities, and
ill-feelings of the past year."