The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-09-18 00:00:00

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An American contemporary records the ath of
an extraordinary dbnkey which came off torious
in an encounter with a lioness at the Cincinnati Zoo-
logical Gardens. A boy who was leading the donkey
in front of the cage containing an African lioness,
topped to gaze on the noble wild animal. In a
loment the ferociotts' beast buret her bars, and
ttacked the unconscious and unoffending donkey.
he little donkey accepted the gage of to:Atte and re-
versed the traditions of all time by defeating the
Jnesic--filraking-her off, be stood his-ground, and-by
a well-directed blow "fetched her one on the mug and
keeled her over." Rushing at her and Eieizing her with
his teeth, he shook, her as a big Newfoundlana dog
IZT'Egervlrsrimptstr- little terrierwho had barked
aßpixtfrt.. btu kept', Re; was sorely, wounded,
however, and Wai-teriderlY CirZa 'Mt; Provided with
the. best medical attendance and .watehfuL hursing,
every pains possible being taken to prolong his,velu-
'stbletlife. But the attack had been too severe. The
teeth of his enemy, crunching the bone of hislip joint
areffeil, a painful wound which. wopld pot heal, and
tb nppuEs.tki4 from whici,caapsed'lliis death; after an
ihtervar of neatly foul', months IF'opa the date or the
eventful conflict; of 'Whichle Was at once the heio and
the itiFt34..,44virre Vie •ti Live stock Journal and
rancier s Gazette."

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THE DRAWBACKS OF GREAT CITIES.
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we. , ,ot reetrjet the amazing grow of th th 4 rn
; tein 'regulate it; and Winighthe.
liletô tollow the' line of thought 41dch
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Helps' once introduced into one of h 1 essays,44l
consider whit enormous losses are caused by the 'bi-'
cessive bigness of great towns. There is, as he pirinti
out, something stupendous in the loss of mere animal
powerin London, where four or five hundred horsese
are culled to the knacker's yard each .week P while
the loss of time, of -comfort, and of health, .in cons*
queues of the distances to be traversed, and of the
crowded condition of streetsand of dwellings is terrible.:
Not only work, but play, he reminds us, are rendered-
extremely difficult—social pleasures are reduced,
because of the rarity of being able to meet one's
friends, and yet the- certainty of finding oneself in a
crowd. With regard to the health of the inhabitants
of the metropolis, 'it was well said 'tiY. the 'llltt-Dr.
Arnott that, though London is a place Where the 'rate
of mortality Is not exceedingly high, it is yet a place
where nobody except butchers' boys enjoys perfect
health—the lull state of. hpidth that they are capable
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of enjoying;
It is just this depressed physical condition,--the
state of health which, in conjunction,wilh overwork
and the strain of constant anxiety, keeps men low—
which brings about very serious evils: One'ôf
chief of them is the increasing and pernicious prac
tics . :of !taking .frequei3t stimulants. Not only.
habitmi of ,the public-house and the gin-shop, but
caller at the ,luncheon bar, the loiterer at the railway
buffet, the City man who has a private bottle in his
offioe—yes, and even the overwrought invalid or con-
valescent, who is kept going by the doctor with
ammonia and chloric ether and bromide of potase, anal
all the other tonics which are to take the place of Om
alcohol that is forbidden, are putting one thing bed
the place of another—stimulus instead of food, ariako;
instead of meat, excitement instead of rest, work in-
stead of play, and, in addition to an unwholesome way
of living—or perhaps as one cause of these unsani-
tary practices—they frequently live under unwhole-
some conditions of air and water.—City Press.

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 18, 1875.

916.; a 4313 of the same weight being
F4brp.:,wy in the Laleham district by a gentleo.og
known for the intereat,le ,ahows.in prontotio
welfare of the Thames fisheries. This fish
first trout taken this year, but, being out of Ilia
was returned to the water, after being marice
manner as to ensure identification if recapture
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first trout taken in the fishing season Pflocie,
landed by a late Secretary of the Piscatorial_Aitiooo'
it weighed 81b., but was not in good reou,'", oszcl
good trout of 6ilb. was taken a Penton Boole,
81b. hoz. and one of 71b. at Walton, ono of
one of 71b. at Sunbury.

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Loss AND GAIN.—John Bull: "Half 3 ---.., •
lion o' money gone to the bottom at once !I !
Punch: "Yes, my dear J,.hn, it's an expensive ei:.
periment ! but no lives were lost, and now we 101°^
what we've got to trust to ! "—Punch.
'1 Of
COMMERCIAL EXAMINATIONS. —The COURcI
the Society of Atts having, at the present time, uudf„r
its consideration the regulations for the examinati°m;
specially adapted for young persons entering conanier,
cial life, whether as clerks or otherwise, will, as soon el ,
the details are arranged, publish them for the benefit?,:
those who will look forward to a Society of Arts certlna., ,
cate. as a sure—at least an almost certainP,,SpOrt 71:
excellent-commercial employment. The new
of the Society of Arts, founded on their old geno‘Vn
scheme of 1856, will not be restricted V.) the metrofeufg, ,
'-it like the Universities' local examinations extend •
le provinces: The iiiinaination will be strictlY
-iercial character,,ew4 be seen from the 5u11e,!.',7
of examination, which-lire as follows :—Arithwe',l7;
English (composition,. correspondence, and Pre;
writing), bookkeeping,-1 cominercial history, and g.L. ,
graphy, shorthand, political economy, French, Gern3
Italian', Spaniith. -In'Ordei'to ensure that any one° to ..
passes into a commercial sittiation with the certificts,
of the Society of Arts shall, at the very least,
tcl undertake the ordinary junior duties of an offic;
Society require that a candidate for a " certificeri
s ig
commercial knowledge " mue; as in three ub
all least, two of which must be arithinetic and Eng'
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!To PIRIS AND BACK ' Oit;f:I 13ICYCLE.--°
gonday, 30th u1t.,,, NT. H. Tilt, a Jolndon hicyo,l4 1
‘fie!t but for a tiff) to 'Parte via NatchaVsn;-tiePPe, fo i
r4tien, arriving; at 'Paris *NV0,312064 evening' 0.
'1*14.-., After staying therea Week le left On W.gdj,„„, .
Lclay., the Bth inst., via Beauvais, Pormerie,' Gaul toy
tame, and Neuchatel, arriving at 'Dieppe on the Ow
lug
e thagth, crossed to Newhaven on rtitisz_va, °oh
ng, and returned:home -yea Briabtoti .and
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le oskig were geneeillygood, Ina oceiesichr,l9 fob
ire very Fiteep Ms. The peasantry-were veri i.'
terested in (what seemed . to them) the extraor.
iight of the machine—namely, a "527ithich '.,1
le journey well.
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ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.—A Lisbon correse s,s
'
ent writes to the Athenceum 614
: "It is stated ,112 t ,
beautiful Roman tower which terminated the anue°,lo•
, of 1,
of Quintus Sertorius in Evora, the capita/ the•
Alemtejo, has lately been demolished by order of . _
Municipal Chamber, in order to make a market on to,"
site. This tower contained the conduits, and 10'00
edifice of brick, stone, and plaster, and belonged t°l
Julian period, about 73 B.C. It was coniidered yog ,
preserved, and was pronounced by Murphy, vAl° f to
a design of it in his book of travels, to be one ° • els
most beautiful relics of Roman architecture fo.,
world. As yet there has ,ben no explanation veto, -
seed by the authorities. So let Murray, Bradak,
Baedeker, and others strike out the Tower of Sertorip
one of the glories of Evora, from the list of the eig,l%
of Portuguese travel. It may be worth while to re 190 f.
that until some few years back the beautiful teg3P,',,,,,e
-lima, in the same locality, was used as a slaills
la obily
use. It is now, however, cleansed and PoPe ,
Amsted."
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"THE UNPROTECTED MALE.--„ --„ DAC-ne lor°
ites to the Standard: , yO4Ol 1
"Having just read a letter (in your impression 'Ol
by "A Mother who likes Fair Play," I trust yon
me the favour of a few lines, in order that I reel,,„reial I
emphatically endorse the statements contained t7wie oi
This is, I regret to say, essentially a fast age. The,2,le no.r,
dress of the modern English girl is neither ari.",i bay
decent ; on the contrary, the tightly drawn dresses.
placed at the end of a huge coil of hair (which May bit'l, tio
or natural), is, I maintain, highly indecorous. MO Ws°
amount of "slang" that is introduced into the convos.nolf
of modern society is far from edifying, and does 13 cr "roar
much for the result we naturally expect frouistioe•
present means of obtaining a high-class educing*
As to the necessity or propriety of 'ladies' co Is
ments ' on our railways, I, as a frequent traveller Nacifte
England 'and abroad, have invariably noticed 010 'ea lif
seldom use them; and their objection to them is evoconerftl
one frequently finding ladies in 'smoking' conTer,),ll" •
(though there be ample room in other parts of the t.,p11,
when informed that iiis a smoking carriage, naively loot
'Oh, never mind; l've no objection. This in,,,nirse_
Instances, no doubt, arises from that love of being tocl w_
which so few women can resist. While fashion is es'cliesSr,
such an extent, and while ladies walk about I° ti ot7
(covered with what looks very much like the coital:ail o
cutler's shop slung from their waists) that bared,' et ell
their sitting down, little can they wonder if a carte fooe
of men fail to recognise their respectability, and are,/ tb.
wanting in that deference towards them which is ofie,'-'OOOl
greatest characteristics of the English gentleman.--
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'FRENCH JOURNALS--StatifitipS have j ,gt
published showing thst 754 different papers gr1.0"4011
lications, either daily or weekly, appear in the
capital. Of these 53 are theological PePe.„.`lilif
political, 63 treat of jurisprudencet 10, of geb:dticir
and history, 56 are of a light charactir,.* are if;te t°
tiOnal, 53 literary, philosophical, Stc..," 11
painting and art, 2 to photography, 8 to arch Ste.,,,. 6•L .'
5 to archieology, 17 to music, 8 to theatrical ge`',,lfer
to fashions, 78 are technological, 69 medical, 47 °,004
tit; 23 military or naval, 18 are exclusively 9 0
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to agriculture, 12 to horse racing, while the 1 „
are classified under the head of "miscellaneous. 'OO •
MURDEROUS OUTRAGE IN JAMAICA-
West India mail steamer which arrived a few Olt
ago at Plymouth, brought news of a horribled 00
which had occurred near Falmouth, Jamaica,,tle. .4,‘
creating much excitement among the popuir be°
white man and his wife, named Downie, horordef
differences, resolved to separate' and a -udici_., to tli°
to that effect was obtained. Adispute arose °•.;„. 04.
custody of their youngest child, and this one
followed by a scuffle. Each seized the infant ap„foti °I
tempted to drag it from the other, and in the :thil!
the conflict they cruelly tore the child in Pieee'theq
killing it on the spot. They were seized blots;
neighbours and would have been hung to the l'ine es!
tree had not the authorities overpowered the re, thei
taken the wretched couple to Falmouth, whet'
were committed for trial by the magistrates. ,1,0/
IPEOACCTA.NHA CULTIVATION. —The - frop-
ceutical Journal states that in his report on the'P',4pg
Gardens at Kew the Director, Dr. Hooker, re,.„fertg-i,
to the attempts made to acclimatise various P"Thror
other than their native countries, says, that the: tee
pects of ipecacuanha cultivation are far le' 011
couraging than those of the cinchona cultivatiog,...o%
arises not so much from want of success in estali er
and increasing the plant as from the apPgr°° Wel'
tremely slow growth of the underground rot vielti
from which the drug is obtained, and the 8.29,10
of even a fully grown plant. Nevertheless.
the cultivation should be persevered in. P°ll.'
PORK AND BEANS. —A Hereford corree
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dent writes to the Standard : Ord ;0
many letters have lately appeared in the
other journals advocating the more extended use el
as articles of food with the view of cheapen,'
meat; but nothing .I have seen strikes me as -
an Englishman's ideas and tastes, and within every
man's reach, as the famous Jersey breakfast dish
and beans. This dish is prepared in the followild;r,
Soak in cold water the dried )eans, either the isr,in,.;'
Mazagan, or even a good sample of the common 419'
until they have become swollen; take off any that
the top of the water (such being generally faultA f
any water not absorbed, and place the soaked r
deep baking dish; then lay on the top of the I ~..
of salt pork, in the proportion of 11b. of the 'diet ni
quarts of the former; place the dish in the ova' 70/010
bread is drawn, and let it remain all night. Ths:cars,,a
kitchen stove ovens will answer equally well wit"
attention to the heating. The cooking in either case lii(eS ;
be by a long, slow process. With the old Jersel ills tt,
"pork tub" is a necessity, and their parsnip fed P..,,c" coos
sweetest in the world, while baked pork and beau",,ress ,
tUte to this day the regular Sunday morning's bres7l4,oof
many of the good houses. I have heard manY 4 l'arlaol°
log Jerseyman say there is no food like a good bres
pork and beans to do a hard day's work upon. 110
life AN EVENTFUL LIFE.—An eventful ,OO,
been that of Morris Guilding, of Hartford,
during the last three years, has gone throne
of accidents, any one of which would have
death to anyone but the luckly individual -
countered them. He has fallen froni.4 brjd.)
high, tumbled head first into a quarry' 3,0
breaking his leg, dad just at present is reces
injuries sustained in a fall of 40 feet from Abu,-
A rAt
CONSUMPTION Olf .SPIRITS..--In the A.--
of the year 1875 the quantity of heme.made 0'
which duty was paid for consumption in .
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beverage was 7,987,435 gallons, which is 1,- , ,E;
lone more than in the corresponding half of tt:
ceding year; in Scotland the quantity Fag
gallons, a decrease of 13,568 gallons; in
2)908,438 gallons, a decrease of 15,568 gallon!"
total ) for the United Kingdom, tilerefore'
14,013,902 gallons, showing the moderate '
125,979 over the corresponding half of the
year. The increase in the quantity of for,
colonial spirits entered for home coneumptiog t
eluding sweetened or mixed) is much great_er,
amount in the first half of the year 1875 was
proof gallons, or 580,311 gallons more than in
.half of last year. .
i ! PRINCE BISMARCK. —Few persons are
7aWare that,the terrible ChanVellor of Nelrtli-
was nearly being a Frenchman; or, at a,llev_
iirvice in France, just as Napoleon Bonapar"
hey° been a British ,eubject - had we only th,
- worth while to keep Corsica. Prince Bismarcle°
says a Paris contemporary!, was forced to leale,
country in consegnenels' Oft-A 'titicl and, in
offered his eervices to' the King' of Wiltltend*rg,,,, 3
to Jerome Bonaparte, In this way Prince
father found himself in the service of France, ?'"
pert in the Russian campaign, Marshal NET.
army corps he served during several dee
marches gave him the command of th ' e ...-
guard. At the battle of Borodino be had three
killed under him, and his regiment,' which
mended, was one of the most ill.treated
retreat. After the passage of the Beresin.
Bismarck led the shattered- remains of his
pack to Wiirtemberg and recruited it. He al
' distinguished himself as a Light Cavalry
at Bautzen, and was decorated with the
Honour. Having gained glory and honour
lice of France, it would not have been
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iii World, afterwards general, Bismal
rattrhorce, adopted ?ranee as his country.
risnin.--Aryntanii Navy Gazette.
J i THAMES TROUT-FISHING.—The Thanioe,
fling season, which closed last week, has ng,"
.very successful one (remarks the Pall Mali,'
' ih were both scarce and shy; and althougg
misters were "marked down" here :and t.
ight of the majority of the fish taken :tees
, which is considered a small size for Tho„n''
put. The secretary of the Thames Angling .r,'
on Society, in his report of the season's yle
11 particulars as to the capture of almost
or little, taken in the "City waters"
e two largest fish stated to have heel, taken
son weighed 101 b. each ; one was landed at '
4 local fisherman, the other at Sk
amateur. The next fish of import
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