The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24 00:00:00

BEARING REINS.

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People who see horses driven through the s 050
,--.lay sometimes be disposed to wonder at the bre_l3.,ned
disjttiy between the amount of harness,.: p
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necessary for hors drawing an °amin
those put upon horns :2 a fashionable carri.sgebeo
former seldom or never aro .afflicted withwithoto
.es o, ia
reins, and are even to be seen ..22netrsaud
blinkers; the latter are always "hoodoo, „
in nine cases out of ten, carry the "gag ""ontlP
rein, a contrivance by which a pull of one r"ft tbi
at the collar means a pull of two pound°
horse's mouth, the rein being in reality a
having its fixed point on the higher part of the
at the root of the ear. Against this aboraill
which can rarely, if ever, be justified, Mr. oaf
Flower has long lifted his voice, and has Ovidiede
forward in a pamphlet which has already res. 00
second edition, and has gone some way
effecting a reform. Mr. Flower maintains t'""g000
bearing-rein is of no value in the case of 8,100
horse; -but that, on the contrary, it is 9 ail°
resorted to by coachmen and others, either tA)..„Ti.it,
to poor horses a fictitious appearance a
at the expense of much torture, or to ol9ke horse'
hold their heads in a way unnatural to allY4 reble
but catching the fancy of ignorant people. Cru° to
involve cruel bits, and terribly cruel are some lose
bits now in use, involving in some cases an suPth tllB,
of the poor beast's tongue in an iron ring 050,
pressure of the bar on the unprotected, delic9Sdees
sensitive membrane lining the lower jaw. It ja be
time that this odious fashion should at is'otoo
-modified, and we are happy to think that it is! cor
prevalent as it was when, only a year ago, tueasios
riages waiting outside the Albert nall on the ciefioll
of the great meeting to put down cruelty to spilt
were drawn by horses exhibiting the most,loll
symptoms of the most cruelitorture in this vu"
J—Pictorica World

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-- HOME, FOREIGN, :IND COLONIAL.
• THE CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF
>rr. —The centenary of the .battie of Lexinet;t6l
celebrated on Menday in various parts of the Ne ftis
',States. =;At troncoid, near which town the baticb
cammeneeeatipp
.was held, atesiclent
50‘,.'Wgeoft14:ivgreVrbsent. irr6luding Vr,ereoo
*rant, the'na.mbers of the Cabinet, and the G°Tne
of several StUtegr A letter from Mr. Glaostial-A0:1
-1'783493V-101&1141-7 Vviasiso—oedinr-
, , reak tivouine,o Ate. r titte
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•,AtlqatED, ii,,/i.0tNT._(.1.40, ,11,rs,
rariy 80.kitiJvs, sthpie Ole Heciltitof 1010511
Jerileilzs)ef.(s,-:-.r,44.1137t0u Win e how old rs• rro tev,
is?"—Butler (severely): `•CiviO stryti.i% Ma'am I '1;31
the Truth, Ma'am I don't feel justified, a° AeeP
,Servant et Ale town& ruxiitzess's
Noliody "—Pim ch. • '
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• 21:Atuttotott4.4'601)..WAt the .Quebee
tute.;M•Lencren, on Fridaytevening in last wee„f
IL et: li'aitl6tt eielivereit the' Second of a coersee;:w
lbettiteh 6n 4'4.lll'ond ind its Effects.' In sP
*brae-Muffs anti-water helemarked that it
to fifid that we have no Stantlaid faced hYlawf4 of 111
to gauge the' nutrition of the one' or the Pau", ftl
other. Bread iiebread, DAVI water is water,. e°e-dotip"
tine bele° poor in dietetic value as to require a 4
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quantity to be. consumed for the snstenation `16.,
and the ether beset foul as to be cloudy to the im 4tooo
eye and full Of moving organisms. Dr. Bartle PO
that much of the bread, flour, and farinaceol%/40.
vended alike to the rich and poor of this acet-Or
not contain more than half the food value of wo°,,,otie°,
articles might contain if proper scientific noteui
were insisted on and maintained u, der Parli'—ito
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supervision. Having recommended one or %rola
.forms of farina, the lecturer concluded by col l"0101
the present fashion among bakers to boast of
the whitest-looking bread.
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WORKMEN'S CLUBS.—The Earl of
was present on Saturday at the inaugural la,terecl,l
the Rochdale Working Men's Club, and deL'',how
long address, in which he urged that freedora
be the mainspring and corner-stone of the novel-ad
that while perfect liberty to drink or not 9
existed outside the club, it should be beo.
side that the club should be kept entirely for noort'
of the working classes, that it should be self-suriros°
ing, and that their discussions should be free ,
party or religious bias.
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LONGEVITY.—The obituary of The - tioo,
the 16th inst. contained some remarkable i11t44 D.
of prolonged existence in 13 persons—seven is
six gentlemen—whose united ages amounted ttoo
years, giving an average of 86 years and rOre gib°
six months to each. The oldest was a gentletaalinleotol
had reached the great age of 95 years; the youlves tbe
the same sex, being 81 years of age. Of the la° TV
oldest was 94, and the youngest 84 years of ag„Abreetji
following were the respective ages—viz., 81, bo ,
84, 86, 87 (two), 88, 89, 93, 94, and 95 37e*'„ fro,"'
septuagenarians there were ten, at ages vax9too7
70 to 79, giving an average of nearly 73 year°e,'
GOVERNMENT INSURANCES AND ANNVI`i there
According to a Parliamentary paper just printeu 0013
were at the end of last year 3,630 current contra' to
account of payment on death amounkoei
£284,096 10s. sd. With respect to the l'clat ot
from the 17th of April, 1865 (the commence°l;,
business), the number of contracts wash-, (10
the amount £1,102,382 6s. 7d. as to receipte, OP
money is accounted for by the payments raft foreeti
the 31st of December last the contracts with t'be
master-General for sums payable at death
3,630, and the amount £284,069 10s. sd. '-i-tah
amount paid for charges of management from
of April, 1865, to the end of last year was 29,267 -1- oitiee
The fees received on the grant of certain ann
amounted to £3,856 15s. 7d. areo
THE SOLAR EcLirsE.--The latest telsErto oIY
received from the astronomical parties sent Out
the et
serve the total eclipse of the sun state that doyB ,
lish observers in Siam are remaining a fey/ ~.;oce'
their station to take copies of photographs obtte;
Unavoidable accidents prevented them being
spot until five days before the eclipse. The Articce,
meats were nearly complete, and thus partial °trope
of the expedition was secured. The Indian 048
mical party at Camorta were successful in obacooll
the external contacts during the solar eclipse. 00%
failed, however, to obtain photographic result.",:o
to the sky being completely overcast during tot ,ot
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THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—A flagsta-- 00
Captain Markham's sleigh has been presented t° Its
by Captain Hoskins, RN., of H.M.S. Sultan. rootr
staff is in the form of the upper portion of a 01300
surmounted by a naval coronet, and issuing ther_ooo,
is a polar star. It is also embellished with the l'ellts°
gram and crest of Captain Markham, and the,
band is engraved with the quotation from M. 0004"
"I dare do all that may become a man,
Who dares do more is none."
All the ornaments aie in silver, and are most
finished specimens of workmanship.
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INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. —The -
ments of Canada and of Denmark have, during tb°05.90
few weeks, had brought before them for disci-lAA
motions in favour of International Arbitra'oe
similar to those successfully introduced daring tlO
past six years, in the Legislatures of Great Brital°, ?tip
United States, Italy, Sweden, Holland, and BelgilAth
The Canadian motion led to an animated detOee.t
during which the hon. Mr. Mackenzie, Govern hoe'
leader in the House at Ottawa, declared eto,Pi7ipet
cally that the policy of the Dominion
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was one of peace. The motion, although wei0,i15%,.
ceived, was not pressed to a division. A. og°
motion was introduced at Copenhagen into the
"Folkthing" by three members of the Left Partl.oo.
is as follows ;—" This Chamber requests the •Go°,o3t
ment to make active endeavours for the establishinty•
of a European Tribunal of Arbitration for the set ,
meat of international disputes. •
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THE AUTHORIZED VERSION.—The revl500 00
the authorized version of the New Testament 131901
Tuesday in the Jerusalem Chamber, for their
,saeot
Session, and sat for seven hours. There were Pr tbe
the Bishop of Glocester and Bristol, who preside'', tio
Deans of Rochester, Lincoln, and Lichfield, 00
Master of the Temple, Archdeacon Lee, oalr
Kennedy, Lightfoot, and Wescott, Professore
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gan, Moulton, Newth, and Roberts, Doctors ,•ffl'icir
and Vance Smith, Prebendaries Humphry all° gt.
vener, and Mr. Hort-18 Aiembers in all, with tot
Troutbeck, the secretary. The company revisedl to
of the sth and the 6th chapter of St. Paul's Epilo'"
the Romans. too
A PRIMITIVE RACE.—It is pleasant to oil
that the Members of our Learned Societies talo,,ev
interest in the affairs of the humbler ranks a
fellow-creatures. Only this last week, at the A-11,7010
pological Institute, a paper was read "On the 13,7;ij0
of the Long Barrow Period." Surely there esti "s"ter
difficulty in identifying these people with the co
mongers we see (and hear) to this day in our street°.
Punch. • r
RECIPE FOR "/DRESSING" A LADY , .
correspondent gives the following recipe for".
a fashionable lady :—Take a young woman
her once in a breadth of satin, twice in a gar
and three times in a puff of tulle; and twent-
flowery garlands wherewith to season the wh,
dish is then trussed up, but has not yet suffic
sing. Something heavy in the shape of a
needed. It may be made of matelassd, wit
flowers, or of brocade. Skewer it on well be]
garnish with gauze butterflies, lace birds, or gi:
Keep very warm at the base and very cool at
Remove the dressing as much as possible
upper part and pile it on below. Season with
and serve up warm.
GREAT SLAUGHTER OF CHINESE Ti
correspondent in Formosa (says the Hong Kt
Press) reports a disastrous affray between ti
of that island and Chinese soldiers, in which
sustained a very serious loss. It seems that
12th of March a body of Chinese troops was
by a large force of these savages in the neighl
of Hong Kong, a small village on the coast a
tance to the north of Langkiaou. A man,
upwards of two hundred Chinese soldiers we
and a large number Wounded. Measures
doubt, be speedily taken to avenge the loss e
the disaster.
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—On Sunday afternoon the Christian wort.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey, opened up a ne
of labour at the East-end of London. A
of ladies and gentlemen from the Agricut,
assisted by ladies from Glasgow, went to the
and visited a number of slums and alleys,

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places where the most abject poor dwell.
assembled in a very large tent, erected on a
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ground near Messrs. M_oody and Sankey's
hall. They here were regaledin the aL__
substantial meal. There were many preont ey,bel.„,
,faces showed unmistakeable aligns of hi
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tea they were addressed in a very kindly' tiinner blj
number of friends, including the wives of 444„Fn
ministers, and afterwards were entreated to itp!r
some place of Christian worship. The Chris
workers, after conferripg with some ministenewef"
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district, came to the conclusion that a great good sv° -
be accomplished if they could continue to give a
Sunday meal to the repot distressed poor of that'co
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