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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

THE PROPOSED INCORPORATION OF

STOTT RBRIDGE.

meeting of the various local bodies of the
above-mimed township was held in the Commis-
goners' Room, Corn Exchange!, Stourbridge, on
Monday last, for the purpose of taking into con-
ridervi .n is proposal for in orporation of
Stourbridge, Wollaston, Uppnr Swinford, The
Lye, Wollescote, and Aiablecote as one township,
under the Carter's Act of 1877. Mr. W. J.
Turnpy (chairman of the Stourbridge C'ominit-
sionels) presided. There were also present from
the Lye Mr. Lavender, Mr. Forrest, Mr. Newnan:,
Mr. Cod&ngtoo, and Mr. Richards. From Wol-
laston, Mr, Benjamin Shakespeare, Mr. John
E wards, and Mr. Joseph Taylor. From Amble-
, cote the Rev. J. 5. Bolder°. From Upper Swim-
ford Mr. Noah Forrest. Wollescote School Board
rae represented by Mr. George Hill and MT.
Jr.
The Stourbridge School Board by
M She!!ard, Ilr. -ki P"4others.The
urll B and
` a- Ar.J B. Shepherd end the Rev,
C S. WorTzworth.

'lhe Chair:4.6ln the cLculgr caLin I"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

DIED.

CAKPBELL.—On the 24r1 ult, at 17, St. George's
Square, London, E izabeth Aston, wife of Hubert
L. eampDell, aged 59. Friends will please
accept this intimation.

ROGER-S.—Aiarch 25th, at 7, Palace Square, Upper
Norwood, of acute congestion of the lun4i, fl
the 61st year of his ag,:, Captain Daniel Alexander
Rogers, late of the 7th Regituent, Madras Native
lnfautry, HE 1.0 S., eon of the late Revd.
howas Rogers, M.A., Usinba, and grands :n ot
Dame). Rogers, of Wassell Grove, Worcestershire.

Said Charley one day to his f
tieorge, en yon a chirop, recommend?
" A Chi:opodist ! Ninny,
Will charge !oil a guinea—
Alicock's Corn Shields your Corns wi.l soon end,"
Allcock's Corn Plastera Ip.ve no equal as a cure and a
reliever uf Corns They always give satisfastion

WAN TED 10 RENT a House with Four
Beth olms, StAtae, &c., anti good G del. .
—Rent not to exceed E.;U a year—Situate within a mile
of './he Ketiey Brick Works, Kitißswinford.—Reply to
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AGENT WANTED to push first-olass
LUBIVCVIANG OILS. Commission 10 to 15
per cent.—Box 201, eoet Office, Livia-poll.

Printea and Pubii.hed by the Role Pr oprietor, Mr'
ISI EON FIELD at hia Offices, 92 High-street. Stoul_ii
bridge, in the County of Worcester t to which Once"'
t.t era and other communications mud be addressed.
Illeterdsh AMU 254,18111.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

EOWLr.Y REGIS.

LOCAL BOARD ELECTION.—The election of five
members to LAB Board takes place on the 6th of
April. Messrs. W. Bassano. W. C. Barker, J.
Connop, R. Green, and W. Witlianas, who are the
retiring members, have all been nominated for re-
election, and the only other candidate is Mr. Jaines
Ilingley, chain to rnufacturer, Cradley Ileatn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

AN INDIAN VILLAGE SUBMERGED.

The Daily Telegraph says :—Among the many
victims of the recent inundations in America was an
entire Indian tribe, the Yangtonese, whose village,
constructed upon some low-lying land, close to the right
bank of the Missouri, was submerged in consequence
of a sudden rising of that river. This terrible catas-
trophe took place in extremely cold weather, towards
sunset, and the mighty stream overflowed its banks with
such force and rapidity that the frantic efforts
of the terronsticken red men to escape from the
huge volume of water unexpectedly deluging their set-
tlement proved unavailing. Some of them made
desperate attempts to urge their horses to flight,
but the latter, paralysed by fear, refused to
budge from the spot upon which they had been
tethered. A detachmentof United States troops, com-
manded by Major Tigers, was stationed on some rising
ground not far from the Indian village, and endea-
voured to render assistance to the drowning creatures,
but in vain, owing to the darkness, the severity of the
temperature, and the vehemence of the flood.
All through the night the soldiers heard the
screaming of women and children, and the mono.
tonous chantings of the warrior's death-song.
When morning broke a vast sheet of fast-freezing
water covered the whole flat upon which the Yang-
tenese settlement had existed twelve hours previously.
The entire tribe, with all its live stock, some five
thousand head of horses, cattle, and other animals,
had perished. Eight frozen corpses were discovered
perched high up among the boughs of trees, upon
which the wretched Indians had sought refuge from
the rising waters, only to succumb to the frighful cold
of that dread winter night. So heavy a calamity has
not befallen the North-American aborigines for many
years past.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

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RE•OPENING OF EXETER HALL.

In London on Tuesday the re-opening of Exeter
Hall was celebrated by a prayer meeting in the after-
noon and a public meeting in the evening.
The public meeting was held in the Great Hall,
which was crowded to inconvenience. The Earl of
Shaftesbury presided, and the speakers included the
Archbiston of Canterbviry, Earl Cairns, the Lord
Mayor, Mr. S. Morley M.P., and the Rev. Canon
Fleming,
Resolutions were passed recording with thankful-
ness the fact that the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion had become the possessors of Exeter Hall, and
thanking the gentlemen through -whose munificence
the building had been preserved for the purpose
originally contemplated by the founders.
It was st tted that five thousand pounds had yet to
be raised, and a collection towards that sum was
made.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

MR. W. S. CAINE, M.P., ON IRELAND.

Addressing a meeting in Birkenhead on Saturday
on England's duty to Ireland, Mr. W. S. Caine, M.P.,
regretted the passage of the Coercion Act. It was
necessary, though he did not believe England could
successfully govern Ireland by coercive measures.
The ill-feeling engendered by the Act would pass away
on the advent of the Irish Land Bill—a measure
that would satisfy the people of Ireland and be
worthy of the reputation of Mr. Gladstone of
whom it would be said before he went to his
rest, that he had saved Ireland. There were in Ireland
84,000 houses which had only one room in each, and
the families lived like pigs in a stye. Ireland in its
wants was somewhat similar to what portions of India
was at one time, and the land system which had
proved successful in India he would like to see intro-
duced into Ireland. In India fixity of tenure, fair
rents, and free sale had created peace and order among
the n indoos, and he did not see why the three " F's "
should not produce similar fruit in Ireland.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

AN AMERICAN-INDIAN CENSUS.

In strange contrast to the elaborate Census returns;
which will a few days hence be issued to every house-
holder in the United Kingdom are the bundles of
willow-wands forwarded to the United States Statis-
tical Department by Numana, Chief of the Piute
Indians, at the close of the last general Census taken
of the great American Republic's population (says the
Dailv Telegraph). Numana had been entrusted
by the local government of Nevada with the task
of collecting the desired details throughout the
districts inhabited by his people. lie distributed
to the sachems of all the villages acknowledging his
authority large sheets of white paper, upon which
each of these subordinates drew as many lines
as corresponded to the number of Indians coming
under his cognisance, distinguishing !gnaws from
bucks by curves as contrasted with straight
lines. The marks representing children varied in
length, according to their respective ages. Numana
having collected these primitive returns, proceeded to
transfer them to willow-wands by the rudimentary
process of carving notches thereupon. Each wand
represented a head of a family ; the notches,his wives
or other females dependent upon him. Tiny twigs,
neatly tied up in miniature faggots, stood for those
members of the community legally described as
"infants." By the employment of this simple
mechanism an accurate Census of the Nevada Piutes
was obtained, and received official recognition at the
hands of the United States authorities.

A GOURMET'S Morro JUST NOW.—" Peas at any
price."—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

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Hairdressers, and Perfumers everywhere.
That Complexion has always bees held to be the most
tovely in which the rose and lily :outend for mastery
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

FATAL ACCIDENT TO LIEUTENANT
COLERIDGE.

A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday at Plymouth
to Lieutenant and Adjutant . Percy Duke Coleridge,
R.M.L.1., nephew of Lord Chief Justice Coleridge.
During the afternoon Lieutenant Coleridge was
engaged with Colonel Graham inspecting the positions
to be occupied at battalion drill on the following
morning. While proceeding at full gallop across the
Brickfields, his horse became restive and attempted
thrice to throw him. Lieutenant Coleridge main-
tained his seat, however, until the gravel paving was
reached, when the horse crossed its forelegs and fell,
pitching its rider upon the back of his head and then
rolling over his body. Lieutenant Coleridge was
borne unconscious to the hospital, where he died
within four hours, momentarily recovering to ask for
his wife, who had been summoned to his bedside.
Lieutenant Coleridge leaves also two children. He
had the reputation of being a smart officer, and was
highly respected by his fellow-officers and the men as
well, whose enjoyment he promoted by actively assist-
ing in the arrangement of theatrical and other enter-
tainments.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

THE CENSUS.
APRIL 4, 1881.

! Postumus, truly the " anni fugaces"
Glide by, and, old friend, wo no longer are young ;
A new generation brings fair and fresh faces,—
The wrinklim DOW show on the girls that we sung.
In vain 'g,ainst attacks of old age doctors fence us
Though bravely we combat its aches and its pains,
The Registrar-General comes with his Census,

To show us we're nothing but fossil remains.
The young folks to-day proudly put down their ages,
The future is theirs to enjoy and explore;
We've written our record and turned down the pages,
For good or for evil, 'tis there evermore.
Yet one consolation may still recompense us,
Though Henniker shows us that time travels fast,
We've lived and have loved,—laughed and wept, and the
Census
Must leave us at least the indelible Past. —Puna.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

ANCIENT ART- NEEDLEWORK.

An exhibition of ancient art-needlework was opened
at South Kensington on Monday. Since the establish-
ment of the Royal School of Art-Needlework and the
first exhibition there, a great demand has sprung up
for new designs, such as those sent to the Philadelphia
Exhibition, and also for restorations and repairs of
ancient work. Considerable interest, therefore, at-
taches to the present exhibition, which contains rare
and curious specimens, lent by religious houses and
private families, in whose possession many
,of them
have remained for centuries. Ranging, as the articles
do, from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, and
admirably classified and grouped in the spacious apart-
ment at the disposal of the school, the collection
enables the student in such matters to trace progress,
or perchance the decline, of the art in this country
during the successive periods represented ; and again,
inasmuch as some of the articles shown are the work
of French, German, and of other Continental schools,
to institute comparisons between the products of each
nation at a given time. The needlework will remain
on view until the 9th of April.

"The Empress Maria Feodorovna, nee Princess
Dagmar of Denmark, is a splendid horsewoman, a skilful
skater, can ' tool ' four-in-hand through the verdant alleys of
the Peterkoff with an address surprising for her sex, and is
withal an accomplished musician and a woman of the true
womanly temperament—sweet, loveable, and domestic.
She made it a point of visiting her father and family at
Copenhagen every year, and was invariably accompanied by
her husband. The 'sea-king's daughter' loves her native
Denmark, and has miniatures of all that Thorwaldsen ever
`chiteliMfelber 'boudoir in the Aniutehkin• ralace."_—The
Cuckoo,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

HONOURING the ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD.

The French nation excel in doing graceful actions,
and they have just honoured themselves by honour-
ing the remains of a Frenchman who died half a
century ago at Bombay (remarks the Evening
Standard). Victor Jacquemont, a name now almost
forgotten, was a scientific man of distinguished
attainments, an indefatigable traveller, and an enter-
taining author. His account of his travels in India
is one of the most interesting books ever written
upon that country, and when after three and a
half years of journeyings in various parts of the
Peninsular he died at Bombay, a deep feeling of
regret was felt at his fate. Gradually his name
faded into oblivion until attention was called to it by
the discovery of his grave in the disused burial ground
of Sonapore by Captain Burton, some four years
since. The French Government then took the matter
up, and last month the man-of-war Laclocheterie
arrived at Bombay for the purpose of conveying
Jacquemont's remains to his native country. The
exhumation took place on the 26th ult. in the presence
of a considerable number of spectators, among whom
were all the French inhabitants of the town. The re-
mains were but scanty, for in a tropical country decay
is rapid ; but all the bones were carefully collected and
placed in a coffin. Some children then brought forward
a wreath of flowers with an inscription in French,
"These were the flowers which Victor Jacqnemont
introduced into Bombay from Cashmere and which
bear his name Jacquemonia.' " The new coffin, with
the floral offering, was then placed in a teak chest and
carried on board the French man-of-war, by which it
will be taken home and finally laid in Pere-la-Chaise.
France does well to honour its illustrious dead, and
England might well learn a lesson in this subject from
her neighbour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER

attaches, were present. The service was performed
by the Rev. Eugene Smirnoff, Chaplain of the
Russian Embassy, assisted by the Rev. M. Spiransky,
and three singers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

LECTURE ON "THE PRESENT LIBERA.L

GOVERNMENT."

On Monday evening last, a lecture was delivered
in the rooms of the above-memcd association, by
Mr. J. C. Stokes, of Birmingham, MI "The Present
Liberal Government." Mr. B. Wooldridge pre-
-ided, and there were also present Messrs. J. M.
Blindloy (Birmingham), S. Brooks, T. Perkinr, A,
Richards (secretary), D Batham (late secretary),
Stone, Thompson, Granger, Giles, Millincliip,
Rogers, Harris, Johnson, Burton, Sims, Smith,
Drew, &c., &c.
The Chairman read a lettor from Mr. W. Barton,
of Birmingham, stating that he was not able to be
present owing to a severe cold, and called upon the
lecturer.
Mr. Stokes said that he bad to talk to them about
our Lil.eral Government, and be had selected that
cite f•-ir his lecture because it seemed to him moat
important. At the present moment they could
not turn their attention to any subject =re br
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

ARMY (SUMMARY PUNISHMENT).

The following are the draft rules as to summary punish-
ments proposed to be made by the Secretary of Sate under
Section 4 of the Army Discipline and Regulation (Annual)
Bill (1881-2) :

"1. Summary punishment may consist of any one
or more of the following punishments
"(a). Putting the offender in irons.
" Attaching the offender, while on the line of
march, to a cart, wagon, or horse, so as to compel him
to move onward at a walking pace. While so attached,
he may be handcuffed or otherwise secured so as to
prevent his escaping, but he must not be in fetters.
"(r). Requiring the offender to carry extra burdens
or weights not calculated to injure his heaith.
"2. And one or more of the above punishments
may be repeated on more than one day (not exceeding
14 days), as the sentence of the court-martial may
determine, but in no case are any of such punish-
ments to be inflicted on more than three days con-
secutively.
"3. The offender, while in irons or otherwise
attached so as not to injure him, may be moved from
place to place, or on the march, in any waggon, cart,
or other vehicle,
"4. Officers will take care that the above punish-
ments are inflicted in such a manner as is not calcu-
lated to cause injury or to leave any permanent mark
on the offender, and the punishment shall always be-
stopped or mitigated on the repre3entation of the re-
responsible medical officer that the continuance of the
punishment will be prejudicial to tl.e ufferakr's
health."

A LONG HORSE !—A curious correspondence once
arose between Mr. Pitt and Mr. Dundas. When the
latter applied to Pitt for the loan of a horse "the
length of Iliegate " Pitt wrote back to say that he
was afraid he had not a horse in his possession quite
80 long as Mr. Dundas had mentioned, but he had
sent the longest he had.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

LECTURES ON HEALTH.

In continuation of a series of lectures on "Domestic
Sanitation" for the special benefit of ladies, Dr. B.
W. Richardson on Saturday took for his subject "The
Process of Breathing or Respiration." The lecture was
delivered, as before, in the hall of the Society of Arts,
London.

The lecturer now gave some additional information
respecting the nervous action of the heart. Holding
in his hand an exact model of the human heart, Dr.
Richardson pointed out that the auricles and ventricles
have their own nervous centres. Even after death the
left auricle of the heart was often known to act for
some time. The effect of indigestion, of anwsthetics,
heat, cold, &c., upon the heart was also explained ;
but the subject, said the lecturer, was too vast to be
dealt with in one lecture.

On the subject of sleep the lecturer next touched
briefly. His opinion was that everybody should en-
deavour to sleep at eight p.m., because that was the
most natural period for quiescence. Courted at that
hour regularly sleep would come, even to men or
women of active inindN Nothing should be eaten or
drunk before going to sleep; alcohol ought to be -en-
tirely banished.
With respect to occupation, Dr. Richardson stated
that the tendency of all sedentary occupations was to
produce slow circulation, and if the diet be excessive,
to degenerate changes, first functional, and then
organic. Light exercise for persons thus situated was
very beneficial.
The lecture closed by the submission to the audience
of a number of beautiful diagrams illustrating the
lungs, heart, ribs, &c.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

THE ARMING of the ENGLISH FLEET.

Engineering remarks :—" A subject of the greatest
importance is the arming of the fleet. We have it
now admitted for the first time officially that our
existing guns are obsolete. Mr. Trevelyan tells us
that at the present moment there is not a single
heavy breechloading gun mounted in any of our ships,
but that by the end of next year a very substantial
beginning would have been made towards arming the
fleet with breechloaders. In another place he states that
the 18-ton guns of the new armoured cruisers will be
more powerful than the Woolwich guns mounted in
the Thunderer, which, as is well known, weigh 38
tons. The ex-First Lord, Mr. Smith, makes the re-
markable admission, that however good our Woolwich
guns may be, there could be no doubt that the naval
guns of England were inferior to the new guns on
board the German, French, and Russian ships, and
that the Krupp gun was certainly superior to any-
thing which we now possessed on board our fleet.
Again Mr. Stuart Rendel, whose practical acquaint-
ance with the manufacture of heavy artillery cannot
be disputed, tells us that, as far as armament was
concerned, the whole British Navy might be con-
sidered to be at half power. These are serious admis-
sions. It is with sincere pleasure that we acknow-
ledge that the Government has at last arrived at a
state of knowledge on this subject to which other
people had attained years ago. Being, however, thus
late in the day possessed of this information, it is little
short of criminal folly to postpone for a single day
longer than is absolutely necessary, the re-arming of
our fleets and of our land defences. And we think
that the Government can hardly be aware of its
responsibilities, and of the duties which it owes to the
country, when the representative of the Admiralty in
the House of Commons calmly speaks of the end of
next year, that is practically the commencement of
the year 1883, as the period when a substantial begin-
ning will have been made towards re-arming the
fleet.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

A DAY CENSUS IN THE CITY OF
LONDON.

The Corporation of London having failed to induce
the President of the Local Government Board to allow
an authorised day census to be taken in the City in
connection with the general Census, have deter-
mined to take a day Census of their own, at an ex-
pense not exceeding £l2OO. The Imperial census
affords, from the Corporation point of view, no indi-
cation whatever of the actual population of the City
of London, for, being gathered while the population
is sleeping, it necessarily omits from enumeration the
very class of persons whose trade, wealth, and enter-
prise make the City the most crowded commercial
centre of the world. It is not to the figures or
mode of procedure of the Registrar-General that the
Corporation object, but to the unfair use of those
figures by persons unacquainted with their significance.
The last time the Corporation took a Census was in
1866, when the results were as follows :—The night
population, consi3ting chiefly of care-takers ot pro-
perty and the humbler classes, 113,387 ; and the
mercantile and commercial population, engaged in the
City daily (not included in the former total), 170,133,
making a total population of 283,520. The number of
persons resorting to the City daily (exclusive of the
previous figures), being customers, clients, &c., were
509,611. The total persons frequenting the City daily
in twelve hours, from six a.m. to six p.m., were
549,613; in sixteen hours, 679,744; and in 24 hours,
728,986. These three last items showed a daily increase
in 1866, as compared with 1860, of 21,977, 22,365, and
22,365, the increase being the same in the two last
cases.
Fifteen years have elapsed since the last day Census
of the city was taken, and in that time trq de has
largely increased. In the City Directory of 1879 the
number of merchants, bankers, brokers, traders, and
professional men amounted to over 37,000, and as that
figure does not include managers, clerks, messengers,
or other employes, male and female apprentices,
besides women and children resident in the City, it is
expected that all the items in the return will be
enormously in excess of those in 1866.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

TALUIELI DIEOOTERT FOE THE HAUt.lf your
hair is turning grey or white, or falling off. use "The
Mexican Hair Renewer," for it will positsvely restors
in every case Grey or White hair to its original colour,
Without leaving the disagreeable smell of most
"Restorers." It makes the hair charmingly beautiful,
as well as promoting the growth of the hair on bald
spots, where the glands are not decayed. Ask your
Chemist for "THE MEXICAN HAIR RENEWER," sold
by Chemists and Perfumers everywhere at 3s, 6d.
pex
Bottle. Wholesale dot issieved 16 18N •
Road, Loailos.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

THE EVACUATION OF CANDAHAR,

rhe Calcutta Correspondent of The Times telegraphs the
following with reference to the debate on Candahar and the
arrangements for the evacuation :

The result of the Candahar debate reached us on
Saturday night; and, although no one expected that
the view of the evacuation question which i* almost
universally held in India would prevail in the HOLM
0 lCommons, still there is a general feeling of dis-
appointment that the Ministerial majority should
have been so large. The impression, however, grows
stronger that, be the intentions of the Government
what they may, it will now be found impossible to
withdraw the troops before the autumn. The season
is now so far advanced that it becomes a serious
question whether it would he justifiable in any case to
expose the soldiers to the dangers of a march through
Southern Afghanistan and a railway journey through
Sind. And, apart from this, the situation is still
far from clear. It has been already announced that
General Hume considered the outlook so doubtful
that he refused to allow the departure of the regi-
ments which had been ordered to start immediately.
Nothing definite is yet known regarding the future
destiny of Candahar, but there is good ground for be-
lieving that negotiations for handing it over to Abdur
Rahman are in progress. If the Ameer declares him-
self unable to hold it alone—and, seeing that he has
only some 6,000 hastily raised troops available for the
purpose, it is not unlikely he may do so—then
General Hume's division will probably not begin their
homeward march for some months. The interval may
be occupied by the Ameer in an attempt to crush
Ayoob by an advance from Candahar towards Herat,
and should he make such an attempt, we may pos-
sibly so far assist him as to detach a brigade to
Girisnk for the purpose of securing his rear.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

A DELIGHTFUL FLAVOUR Crts,oPwr's ARECA•NUT
TOO= I'AbTIE.—By using this deliciona'Aro r,atic Denti-
frice, the enamel of the teeth becomes white, sound, and
poliohed like ivory It is exceelinglv fragrant, and
sp icially useful for removirg ncrustations of tartar on
neglected teeth. sold by all Chemists Pots, is and
2$ 6d erch. (Get Cracroft a )
sty rifor.v.3 Lonow."—An external Means of
CURING SKIN DISEASF.S. There is schreely any
eruption but will yiell to " Sulpholine" in slew days,
and commence to fide away, even if it seems past cure.
Orslinary pimples. redness, blotches, t•curf, roughness,
vanieh as if by roaqic ; whilst old, oLdaring skin dis-
orders, that have l goad the suffer,rs for years. how-
ever deeply roo el Way way be, " Sulpholine" will
,uecessfully attack them. It destro3s the animalcu
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which cause these unsightly, rritable, painful affections
and always produces a clear, Lealtby, natural condition
of the skin. " Sulpholine" Lotion is sold by most
Chemists. Bottles, 2s 9d.

LIVIA MIDICIINII. TARAXACON AND PoDowwThnnt
This laid combination, extracted from medicinal roots
is becoming very popular, and is now used instead of
blue pill and calomel for the cure of dppepoia, bilious-
ness, and all symptoms of congestion of tl..e liver, which
are generally pain beneath the should re, headache.
drowsiness, no app.tite, Urred tongue, disagreeable
taste in the morning, giddiness, disturbance of the
stomach, sod feeling of general depression. Tt sets the
slpgKish liver in motion. very slightly acts on the bowel!,
givii.g a sense of of health and comfort within 24 hours.
It is the safest medicine, and ass real fact, is orescribt.;
by meny doctors. Tarszaeum and Potlophyilm is a
fluid made only by J. PEPPI, a, Bedfurd Labolator!
London, whose nano is on every label. It is imporiali•
• nt.tict this. Eotiles, R. Bold by all Ckeinist
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

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evreidered The rate inatlequat,e, and moved that t''
furth r(•07.18' ler--tiol be referred to t, e r 11403
Committee anfl t,, rcport at the next lan/41117
T:Oiflg.

G.:NIiaLL PURPOSES COMMITTEE It p wr

MBDICAL OFFICER'S OF HVALTR RNFORT.--. he
eum-:.er f •seats registered from F. bruary 21.4, Le
March 21st, is 19, vi,: 8 male- and 11 Uralic's.
Death-, ate 24 3 The number of birth; regie:ered
during the same period is 33, viz :-18 mates. and
15 females, Birth-rate 41.—The officer reports
the death-rate is slightly higher this month than
last. The death-rate for the corresponding mon-h
last year was 15-3. He also reports having visited
properties in Church Street, Coventry Street, and
Yardley treet. Notices have been serve i for the
abbatement of nuisances
TOWN OFFICSH'S REPORT.—The nuisances remain-
jug from last month 17; reported duringthe month
35, total L 2. Removed old 14, new 20, total 34, re-
maining. 18.
NIGHT SOIL REMOVAL —Ninaty-six privies, 73
ashpits, two cess pools, belonging to 171 houses
have been emptied and cleansed, and their con-
tents removed. Number of loads 191.
The sltuehter-houees and lodging-houses were in
lgood sanitary condition.
Two cases of overcrowding are reported; one has
been removed and the other is progresiing.
The contracts for watering and cleaning the '
streets expires Ist June, and suggest that the
clerk do advertise for tenders.
The Chairman moved that the question be referred
to the General Purposes Committee, to see whether
they advertise or do the work themselvts. He ,
, considered the turn out of t'ie carts and horses a
disgrace to eivilisa:ion, and the streets were 1
, not •,hrouly cleaned.
Mr. Green remarked that the whole cost would
not be 1:200.
Al-er some discnision the Chairman withdrew
the proposition, and m .'red that they advertise for
tenueis fur one year, which was eecon.,led and
carried.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

THE SUNDAY SOCIETY.

In London, on Sunday afternoon, the members of
the Sunday Society made a visit to Apsley House,
permission for which had been given by the Duke of
Wellington. The party were conducted through by
the Rev. H. R. Haweis, who called attention to the
many relics of the great conqueror whom England de-
lighted to honour, and also to the many interesting pic-
tures contained in the gallery. After a pleasant time
spent in the examination of works of art a meeting
was held, at which the Rev. H. R. Haweis in moving
a vote of thanks to the Duke for his liberality
in throwing open Apsley House, said that the visit
originated in a suggestion made by him to the Duke
during a walk in a pleasant Sussex lane last year. He
was lamenting the paucity of places that were open to
the public in London on Sunday, and the Duke said
he would be glad to open his house to those members
of the Sunday Society who were disposed to see it, if
suitable arrangements could be made.
Professor W. H. Corfield, in seconding the resolu-.
tion, said he had seen many larger galleries, but none
that were of higher interest or in better keeping.
(Hear.)
Mr. Wm. E. A. Axon (Manchester), on behalf of
himself and other visitors from the North, expressed
gratitude for the liberality thus shown, and hoped
that the example thus set would ere long be imitated
by the nation at large.—Mr. H. Rutherford and Mr.
Mark H. Judge supported the resolution, which was
cordially adopted.
In the evening the Grosvenor Gallery was opened
under the auspices of the Society, and was visited by
upwards of 2,000 persons. The exact number cannot
be stated,,,as the crowd was so great that the turnstiles
could 0n137 be used for a portion of the visitors; even
with an additional entrance people had to be admitted
in relays.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

THE FUTURE POLICY OF RUSSIA.

The Morning Post holds that there is but one safe
path for Russia as things are. Let her turn from all
ideas of foreign conquest and territorial extension. Let
her postpone sine die even the remotest ghost of a
desire for Constantinople. Let her see that within
her own present limits she has ample scope for
the most noble of enterprises in the elevation
and improvement of her eighty millions of people.
Let her shut her eyes to the attractions of Central
Asia, and throw all her energies into the ameliora-
tion of her own people and the development of
internal prosperity, and the reign of Alexander 111.
will be more glorious than that of Peter the Great,
more noble than any one of his predecessors; the
wilderness and the solitary place will be glad for him,
and many a desert now barren and bleak, with nothing
to bless it but a downtiodden and unprcsperous
people, shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. In the
presence of a brave Emperor, who sets before him as
the one aim of his life the task of making his people
great, happy, and free, and -lives to promote their
interests, and not his own or those of his House,
Nihilism will be annihilated, and , the best instincts
of a free people will be enlisted to Ihold the dynasty
that has solved the problem of the' deliverance.

THE WHEAT HARVEST in the UNITED
STATES.
It appears from the reports -received from different
parts of the -United States that the yield of wheat for
the present year will be considerably less than had been
expected, and, instead of ranging from 475,000,000 to
490,000,000 bushels, arid even as high as 500,000,000,
will not exceed 465,491,000 bushels, of which the turn-
out from the Pacific States will probably be 38,000,000
bushels; Western States, 338,007,000 bushels;
Southern States, 41,929,000 bushels; New England,
1,000,000 bushels; Middle States, 36,595,000 bushels;
Colorado and the Territories, 10,000,000 bushels. The
quantity exported last year was 185,000,000 bushels,
and the estimate for home consumption in respect of
this year's crop is 261,000,000 bushels. Thus, if the
total yield is to be reckoned at 455,000,000 bushels,
there will remain 184,000,000 bushels for exportation
abroad.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-02

REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES.

In addition to his.proposal to extend the hours dur-
ing which marriages may be solemnized, Mr. Blenner-
hassett has introduced a Bill which has for its object
to dispense with the presence of a registrar at mar-
riages in chapels. The preamble recites that clergy-
men may-marry without his presence, and that satis-
factory provision has already been made for the
marriages of Quakers and Jews. It is then proposed
that, where a building of any other religious body is
registered for the solemnization of matrimony, a pro-
prietor or trustee may obtain from the superintendent
registrar of the district a license authorizing the
minister of the building to marry in it without the
presence of a registrar.

The necessary prelude to such a grant is a certificate
from twenty householders, stating that the building
has been used by them for a year as their usual place
of religious public worship, that the person referred
to is its lawful minister, and that they desire him to
receive a licence. The marriages thus solemnised
would, according to this scheme, be registered by the
minister in duplicate, the one register book being re-
tained by him, and the other being sent when com-
pleted to the superintendent registrar. Returns of the
marriages would also be made to this officer quarterly.
Upon a vacancy in the office of minister, the register
would be under the care of a marriage committee, to
be elected by householder members' of the congrega-
tion. In case of the building ceasing to be used
for religious worship, the register would be sent to the
Registrar-General.

For marriages without the presence of a registrar,
the Bill provides an additional fee of Gs. on a licence
for marriage, and of is. on a certificate. Compensa-
tion also is provided for the present registrars, in re-
spect of the fees which they would otherwise receive
for being present at these marriages.

An American has recently calculated that the cost
of the balls given by associations in New York last winter
was £150,000. The Orion ball, which was attended by 11,000
persons, who drank 4,860 bottles of wine, is said to have
cost £20,000. The money spent by New Yorkers last summer
at the sea-side, watering-places, and similar resorts is said
by the same statistician to have amounted to three millions
sterling.—Truth,

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