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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

GOOD NATURE.

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Mon and Tfomen, too, receive in tiaiS ine mu.
cvn log!
what they deserve. It is like a looking-glass this big
world; grin and smile to it and it will smile back-
scowl; .and it scowls. It is but a confession of one's
own unpleasantness at home if we air our grievances.
The nice people are not "nice” without a good deal
of trouble on their part. That pleasant fellow who
always cheers his acquaintances, and who carries an
atmosphere of good nature about him, is probably a
hero in his way, and most likely a good-natured philo-
sopher, who takes a great deal of trouble to be what he
is. That amiable sister, who never complains, has shown
in little things as much bravery as if she had won
the Victoria Cross. On the other band, those young
persons who have always a budget of miseries to pour
into the sympathetic ears of their friends, and who
are totally, if they are to be believed, unappreciated
at home, will be found, if looked into, not so amiable
as they might Le. Mr. Tom Pinch, who never thought
of himself, found even the gross hypocrite Peeksniff agood
and kindly creature; while Martin Chuzzlewit, who
took care to sit in the very front of the fire, and liked
to be read asleep by Tom, discovered every one to be
selfish. Depend upon it, if we try to think more of
others tktia flvfi 9tivalypi4,zfusilall sel49p4apip,
grievanee. nady-Ms&I"--est "assuredltat7if we will
dwell upon our sweet selves, and our own merits we
shall doubtless believe those merits to be so great
we shall find the world will always supply an immense
and ever-increasing grievance by being blind to them.
—The Better ,'eV Essays for Home Life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

PATENT PORTABLE SMOKELESS STOVES
for Drying and Warming Shops, Houses, Green-
houses, &e.
Beet Quality PATENT FUEL for the Stove can be
loads, 111 s. per 1201 b.
secoad Quality, 144. per 1201 b.
1/1106COU CHAttCOAL IRONS for saving labour
Laundry Work, 6s.
Portable VAPOUR BATHS and BRONCHITIS KET-
TLES, with Medical Testimonials.
Fretwork Materials, SAWS, FRAMES, Paper Patterns,
Prepared Wood, &.3.
PROSPECTUS FRZE.
S. NASH, PATENTEE,
sum' DoT2-4253.
RE ar
20,
LEINSTKB TERBACB, W., L0111144T.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

BROMSGROVE.

CHARGE 07 FRAUDULENTLY CLAIMING EXEMPTIoN
Fitom t the Public Office, on Wednesday, before
Mesrs. R. Smallwood and A. Ryland, Alfred Carter was
charged by Thomas. Lucas, toll collector, with the above
offence. Carter is in the employ of Mr. Samuel Troth, at
Bromsgrove, who occupies some land at Rock Hill, and
on the 19th of March last he passed through Worcester
Road gate with a horse drawing a cart load of bay, for
r which he claimed exemption from toll, on the ground
that the hay was going to his master's yard, at the rear
of High-street, for consumption by the owner's cows and
horses Lucas did not believe the statement. and watched
the cart, which was taken to the yard, but on the 22nd
was brought out, loaded with the hay, which was weighed
on the town maelaine, and then taken off up the Birsaing•
ham Road, haring evidently been sold. Mr. E. Parry,
Birmingham, who defended, sailed Mr. Troth, who stated
that the hay was intended for his own cattle, and was
brought to the yard late on the Friday evening, and on
Saturday morning Mr. Baugh's servant came and asked
if he could have some hay. Be taw the load, and on
Monday morning sent the order for it, and it was then'
delivered, witness sending the toll for it up to the gate,
but it was not received. The Bench dismissed this case,
en the groand that no fraud was intended by defendant,
who only obeyed the inetruotions of his muter.—Wil-
liam Monson, also in the employ of Mr. Troth, was then
charged by Lucas with refusing to pay 3d. toll for which
he Was liable, en the lfth of April.—Difenclant passed
through the gate with an empty water cart and when the
toll wai demanded made no answer, tat passed on. Mr.
Parry contended that there Was no liability to toll, as the
cart was sent to Brecusgrove to fetch liquid manure for
Troth's land at Rock Hill. He pointed out the 27th
Section of the Turnpike Act, by which it is enacted that
when a vehicle is sent empty for manure the toll must
be paid, but it can be reclaimed on the return of the
vehicle with the manure. Mr. Parry then set up the
defence that the master ought to have been summoned.
and not the servant, who had simply obeyed his master's
orders. The magistrates, however, convietel, and fined
_defendant 55., Ss. rusts, and 3d. which was paid.
GAMBLING IN PUBLIC-HOUsEII,--At the same Sessions,
Matthew Bohill, of the Ewe and Lamb, Stoke Heath,
was summoned for allowing gambling by playing at
bowls for ale, on 'his premi.es, on the 17th ult. He
plealed guilty' and was fined 10s, and costs IN—John
Caldwell, of the Pheasant, High street, as summoned
for a like offence on the sarne day, the gaming being with
dominoes. Mr. Maunder, Birmingham. defended. After
a long hearing, thi Bench convicted, and fined defendant
10s., and 13s. 6d. costs.—Neither of the convictions were
endorsed upon the licenses.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

•ON AND AFTER,

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commercial information, but our experience teaches us
that. for thoroughly .sound information and speedy
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Continental information the importance of your
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" Superior to any other office." -
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

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BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The usual meeting of this Board was held at
the Board Room, yesterday, Mr. Granger in
chair. There were present :—Messra.
Brooks, Rollingson, Homes, Parkes, Thompson,
Wood, Homer, Ruybould, Plant, Hall, Fiddian,
Rhodes, H. Biiiingham, Haskew, Forrest, Guest,
J. Brooks, Pearsall, end Ringley. Admitted
into the house 11 ; discharged 6; died 0; born 0 ;
remaining, '291 ; gainst 341 last year. King
swinford district .t2l 14s 8,1; zqourbridge 4iistrlct
£l7 2. 21 ; Halesowen district, .tl5 12sSd;
flour , -liocit paupers its 8.1, total £57 Is 2
against £64 5s 2i.t. last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

TRIPLE EXECUTION IN INDIA,

On Tuesday morning, says the Bombay Gazette of
the sth instant, three Hindoos who had been sentenced
by the Session Court at Tanna' were executed. Their
names were Rama, son of Subhana, Jaina, son of
Wajia and Vikia, son of Dharna, all of whom had
been found guilty of murder. The first two prisoners
having become possessed with the idea that they were
bewitched by an old woman residing in their village,
had, with the assistance of others, beaten her to death.
The other case was a murder committed under painful
circumstances, the prisoner having killed his younger
brother in consequence of a dispute which had arisen
between them relating to a division of a sum of money
paid to one of them for the hire of some labour carts
which were the joint pronerty of the deceased and his
brother, the prisoner. 1.7 p to the time when the gaoler
arrived to remove this man from his cell, he persisted
in denying his guilt, exclaiming, "He was my brother,
why should I kill him?" When, however, he was re-
moved from his cell and the irons were taken off his
legs, and his hands and arms boutqf
mit ted his guilt, as the others had previously done.
On leaving the condemned cells the prisoners, each
held by two warders, were marched to the centre of
the compound, where one of the convicts, who acted
as blacksmith, was waiting with his anvil, Btc.,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION,

1875.

. A meeting of the London Committee for promoting
the due representation of British industry at the Paris
International Exhibition was held at the Mansion
House on Monday afternoon, under the presidency of
the Lord Mayor. The members present included Lord
Clarence Paget, Admiral Ommaney, Lord Elcho, the
Lord Provost of Glasgow, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
Ellis, Mr. Sheriff Shaw, Mr. Mundella' M.P., Mr. E.
J. Reed, M.P., Sir Thomas Dakin, the Rev. Wm.
Rogers, M.A., Dr. R. J. Mann, Dr. Cameron, M.P.,
Mr. John Pender, M.P., Mr. F. H. Fowler, Mr.
Frank Buckland, and Mr. Edmund Johnson, Com-
missaire Delcigue and Hon. Secretary.
Letters of apology for non-attendance were read
from Sir Thomas Bazley, M.P., Mr. Sampson Lloyd
M.P., and Mr. Hyde Clarke.

41, list of applications for space from intending ex-
hibitors was submitted, and after discussion referred
for consideration to a sub-committee, consisting of
several of the above-named gentlemen, together with
Mr. Spencer Walpole, Surgeon-Major Day, Mr. J. W.
Willis-Bund, Mr. E. W. Holdsworth, Mr. Henry Lee,
and the Rev. A. Rigg, such committee also under-
taking to adopt measures for securing a due proportion
of exhibits necessary to maintain the reputation of this
country in connection with all maritime industries.

It was resolved that the Chambers of Commerce
throughout the country, and the mayors of the chief
seaport towns, should be officially addressed, and in-
vited to form local committees.
Letters from important firms raising questions in
connection with the French tariff having been read,
Mr. Edmund Johnson suggested that such firms should
be pressed to exhibit, in the hope that, during the pro-
gress of the exhibition, a memorial from British manu-
facturers supported by the representations of this com-
mittee, might be brought to bear upon the French
Government, with a view to some modification of the
present fiscal arrangements.
The hon. secretary undertook to communicate with
the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, Trinity House,
the National Lifeboat Institution the Royal Humane
Society, the India Museum, the Royal United Service
Institution, the South Kensington Museum, &c., with
a view to obtaining their co-operation and the contri-
bution of such of their collections as might be con-
sidered suitable for the exhibition. It is proposed
that British Fisheries, both sea and fresh water shall
be represented as fully as possible as England is by no
means behindhand in studying practice for developing
fisheries as a source of supply of food for the people.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

THE MASONIC CEREMONIAL AT THE

ALBERT HALL, LONDON.

INSTALLATION or THE PRINCE or WALES.

The Installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand
Master of the English Freemasons, took place on
Wednesday afternoon, and the scene in and about the
Albert Hall was very animated.
Never before perhaps in the annals of Freemasonry
have so many Freemasons located at one time within
the metropolis. The weather was all that could bewished, and, as was expected, arrivals it the hall com-
menced shortly after half-past nine o'clock.. 'From ten
o'clock a continuous stream of cabs And carriages set
in, and deposited their occupants at the respective
doors named on their tickets. There were'twelve en-
trances, each of them numbered, besides the royal en-
trance facing north, so that there was little or no con-
fusion. Towards two o'clock the, scene be-
came one of animation, the brethren arriv-
ing in tens and twenties, and, niany driving
up in omnibuses from the different railway ter-
mini. The Lord Mayor came it a private car-
riage, and , was accompanied by Mr.- Vine,' his
private secretary. He alighted at the principal
entrance on the east side, and was received by some of
the members of the Installation Committee. 'Among
a crowd of notabilities who 'entered the hall were
noticed the Marquis.of Hartington, Viscount Holmes.
dale. UP., and a large number of members of both
Houses.
Crowds, of people were in the neighbourhood all the
morning to look at the unusual sight; but, as far as the
wearing of masonic clothing is concerned, they were
,disappointed, as this was strictly forbidden to be done
outside the building.

A few minutes before three o'clock two of the royal
carriages drove to the grand entrance, and the gentle-
men in waiting on the Prince alighted from them. In
a few minutes afterwards a cheer was heard, and the
Prince of Wales and Prince Leopold acknowledged the
reception by lifting their hats. They were received at
the royal entrance by a large number of masonic ce-
lebrities, and conducted into the hall, the doors being.
immediately closed.
THE CEREMONY.

-.-- --
When the brethren were admitted the buildinq began
to . fill with great rapidity, and a beautiful sight
~prviente4 iitself, to ,those who ,enter 4 ..The splendid
old chairs, which have graced the Temple for a long
time, and were presented by the late Duke of Sussex,
appeared in rather more glory than heretofore. For
the firist time for many years the Grand Master's throne
was surmounted by the Prince's plume, and the vessels
whiehlare used in the dedication of new lodges were
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

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Broneattts, .Ipittnetza, aha a
Derangements of the Throat aml chest.

In any of the above diseases, immediate and perrnanen
relief is obtatned by .-ffectually rut, bing this detergki
o.ntutertts ire s da.y upliltir heck. chest, mid back an
back, and in ail stnes of influenza, settled coughs, an"
wheezing at the chest, the same treatment may be fol-
lowed with efficiency and safety.

Bad -egs, Bad Breasts, 07(l_Sores, Wounds, an

Ulcers.

By rubbing this Ointment perseveringly upon and
around the afiected paris twice day, it mil penetrate te
the tissues beneath, and exert the most beneficial intim
euee; the inflammation SOOll diminishes, the pain
becomes leas intolciabje, the matter thickens, and a
cure' is soon effected. In all long stanoing cases Hobe-
way'a iils simuld also be taken, as they grt- atl3 assist in
expelling all depraved humours troni ttie body.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.
Mark Twain, the philosopher of the Sandwich
Islands, says of love :—" Love without money is something
like leather boots without soles."

"flow beautiful it worked !" exclaimed a Nevada
widow who had just been to see her husband hanged.

Josh Billings gives the following advice :—When
you hear a man say, "Life is but a dream," tread on his toes
and wake him up. "Life ii real, life is earnest." If he is a
poet subscribe to get rid of him, and have him deposited in
the ,far West with a gun and ammunition, and a blanket for
sole covering, he will know very soon whether life is a dream
or not.
Two Yankees were once describing the character of
a third. One defended him and the other disparaged his
honesty. "Wall," said the first, "you must admit he has lots
of moral principle." "He orter have," retorted the second,
"for he never uses any."
The Norwich Aurora says :—" A young lady, very
pretty, walked around the new road (seven miles) in one
hour and a half. We remember escorting her round the
road once by moonlight. Time—four hours and forty-five
minutes. But then she said she wasn't in a harry."
A tollgate keeper was brought before a magistrate
for crueltyyto his daughter. The little difficulty arose from
a discovery made by the parent that the girl, who was fre-
quently left in charge of the gate used to allow her sweet-
heart, a young butcher, to drive his cart through free.
An American.giant has refused to go over to Eng-
land because "the 21st of June is not long enough for him
to stand upright in." The said giant has a rival dwarf,
who is so short that he hasn't paid his debts these five years
"She is a perfect Amazon," said the gentleman,
warmly praising another lady. "Yes," said the lady ad-
dressed, who was piqued, and seems to have had geo-
graphical information, "1 noticed she had an awfully big
mouth."
Mark Twain's charity lecture at Hartford yielded
1,200 dollars, besides making everybody happy. The best
good humour is that which turns good humour to the best
purpose.
A baby girl with three eyes is the latest product of
a South Carolina mother. Some ambitious Californian dame
should now give us a baby girl with three tongues Think
of this prodigy grown to woman's estate, and being able to
shriek for woman's rights
A 'Proud Injun ' strayed away from his camp and
got lost. Inquiring the way back, he was asked if he was
lost. "No,' said he disdainfully, "Indian no lost; wigwam
lost !" Striking his breast he exclaimed, "Indian here !"
A newspaper editor has the following placard posted
outside of his office—" Time is money " The editor is not to
be seen, if you do insist, the first five minutes a sovereign, a
quarter of an hour four sovereigns, half-an-hour fifteen
pounds, after which every one will be ejected by the window.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

6'kin Diseases of all kinds.

In this class of complaints, noluatter the age, the sex
the place, or under wuat name the disease May be CiaBBl.
tied, immediate ease, and ultimate cure, may with cer-
tainty be procured, if this Ointment be plentifuil
rubbed upon the part affected, while Liolioway's Pills
are takeu in appropriate doses night and morning, to
purify toe blood.
Gout, Rheumatism, and Glandular Swellings.

Every one suffering from these excruciating complaints
should have recourse to these purifying remedies, as they
have rescued thousands from a life of torture, after all
other means had failed to give them relief. The Oint-
ment and Pills used conjointly will act so searchingly
and certainly, as to effect cures in the most hopeless
cases.
Piles, Fistulas aad Internal [inflammations.
Pe sons afflicted with these distressing complaints will
find in this wonderful Ointment instant means of relief,
and all can effect their own cure without explaining their
infirmity to anyone. Holloway's Pills, if taken in small
doses, greatly assist the Ointment, as they purify the
blood and regulate the stomach in an extraordinary
manner.

The Ointment and Pills are sold at Professor Ilomm-
Vrit's Establishment. 533, Oxford-street, London ; also
by nearly every respectable Vendor of Medicine through.
out the Civilised World. in Pots and Boxes, at Is lid,
2s 9d, 4s 6d, us, 225, And 33s each. The smallest Pot Of
Ointment contains one ounce ; and the smallest Rox
of Pills four dozen.

Full printed directions are affixed to each Pot and Box,
and can be had in any language, even in Turkish, Arabic,
Amrenian , Persian, or Chinese.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-01

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_
THE IRON TRADE.

-WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.

There was a good attendance on 'Change this
afternoon, but no business of importance was
transacted. During the week nothing "'peas]
has been witnessed in connection with the trade
hut although there is no general improvement
to be reported, still in one or two instances a
larger amount of work is being executed at
several establishments in the district. Notice.
able amongst the number is that of the old-es-
tablished firm of Messrs. Groucntt, who have
recently received some large foreign orders.
The result is that the firm mentioned are more
busily engaged at present than they have been
for some time past. Generally speaking, there
is little alteration to report in connection with
the market, and prices remain the same as last
week.

Birmingham Thursday.

There was much more spirit manifested. on
'Change this afternoon, and although the
amount of business transacted was not very ex-
the Tone in alt departments was firm,
and there were clear prospects of mere active
tines. The return of fine weather hag, no
4oubt, had a beneficial effect upon purchasers,
sod the manufacturers are consequently much
more busy than they have been for some weeks.
rhe machiniste and the hardware trades are
,2,ivin,cf orders more freely. Pig iron was plenti-
f,zily offered, and was slightly easier for some
:trands ; but finished iron was lin, thou2h ordera
Nero sought after in all departments. 3 t wAs
,tated that the leading mannLe...urers of bram-ivd
tron have resolvad to make no decided change
!t least for some time to come, as there is ne
prospect, in the present state of the tabour war-
ket, of wages being reduced, and without some
reduction, no lowering of prices would be practi-
cable. Sheets continue most in request, and in
them, as in strips, a moderat: trade is doing.
-ks soon as business general!) improves it is
stated that several additional furnaces, which
nave lately undergone reconstruction, will be
added to the number now in operation. Coal is
being much offered, but it was weak in price. A
subject for conversation arose from the k.tite-
eut reported yesterday, that coal had been
teruck at Fair Oak Sinking, on the hitherto un-
proved side of the Cannock Chase field. As a
consequence, there was a great improvment in
the shares of the Cannock and Huntington Com-
pany's shares.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

CHINESE WAR PREPARATIONS.

The Shanghai correspondent of the New York World,
writing from that place on August 13, says :—The
Chinese are making an unusual effort to put their
armaments both for land and sea into a state that will
compare favourably with those of the Treaty Powers.
In case of a failure to adjust differences peaceably the
Chinese would be found more formidable antagonists
than in any previous conflict. They are showing
great activity in everything that will add efficiency
to their naval force, and have made the most of
their foreign instruction. Only lately a small iron
steamer has been launched and sent on a trial trip at
Tien-tsin. It is the first ever built on the Pehio river,
and entirely constructed by Chinese. Her dimensions
are : length, 66ft. ; extreme beam, 12ft. 4in. ; depth
below deck, sft. 2in. She has twin screws, each being
worked by a separate engine; and on the forecastle
deck is a six pounder Krupp rifled gun, mounted on
an iron carriage, centre pivot. She is ostensibly to be
used as a yacht by Sei Hung Chang, viceroy of the
Chin, but it does not take much foresight to predict
that, in case of war, steamers of this description will
be effective for service on the creeks and small rivers
which interlace the country against any troops which
may be sent inland. Our gun-boats or steamers, even
in times of peace, are not permitted in any inland
waters.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

BEEVES FROM THE UNITED STATES,

The Pall Mall Gazette remarks :—The American
cattle-dealers seem well satisfied with the success of
the first experiment in shipping beeves from the
United States, and mean to send more. A Boston
journal thus alludes to the late consignment of 160 fat
cattle, which arrived in good health at Liverpool, and
were slaughtered for the Metropolitan market. "The
bons vivants of London pronounced the beef as good as
any they had ever eaten. The shippers seem to have
made some money by their venture, and are, of course,
greatly delighted at its success. The continued
demand in England will, no doubt, induce the
exportation of many more cattle from the United States,
and probably in course of time the beef-eaters of
Europe will feast daily upon American steaks
and roasts." Meantime the continental trade in live
stock is fast drifting into an " impossible " situation.
In that quarter, at all events, the importation of dead
meat is our only way out of the increasing difficulties
arising from the precautions employed to prevent the
introduction of disease, and we have little doubt that
by the time the "beef-eaters of Europe feast daily
upon American steaks, the recommendations of such
authorities as Professor Gamgee will have met with
adequate recognition, and the loss and annoyance in-
flicted by the present system be permanently obviated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

A GOOD EXAMPLE.

The Globe opportunely remarks :—"lt being only too
notorious that much wholesome food is wasted among
working people owing to ignorance of cookery, a large
firm at Liverpool, employing several hundred women,
has set a good example by establishing classes for in-
struction in the art. Every evening these a-semble to
hear lectures on the subject delivered by a lady who
graduated at the South Kensington School of Cookery,
and who gives her pupils those practical lessons which
will enable them to make the most of whatever food
may enter their respective homes. In this way the girls
employed at the factory in question acquire a mass of
valuable information likely to be of great service when
the time comes for them to accept the responsibilities
of married life. The special merit of the scheme
as contrasted with ordinary schools of cookery con-
sists in its connection with the factory where these
women earn their living. Fully acknowledging the
excellence of the motives that have led to the estab-
lishment of these schools in many of our chief towns,
it can scarcely be denied that, BO far, they have failed
to attract many pupils from the ranks of the working
classes. After a hard day's toil, factory hands do not
feel inclined to go forth in search of instructior

—Len— go on,
although they may. he willing enough to receive it if
brought to their own doors. According to the opinion
of those best acquainted with our labouring population
the women at last fully recognise the evils that result
from their ignorance of aught but the most barbarous
forms of cookery. They have learned that among con-
tinental nations their class make appetising dishes out
of what would be thrown away as useless in England,
and they are therefore quite ready to acquire such know
ledge of culinary matters as would enable them to
do the same. But a trudge of a mile or two after
returning from work is such a trial that the
new education comes to be postponed evening after
evening until at last it is altogether forgotten. Per-
haps an equally potent objection felt by these girls to
such schools is the feeling that by attending them
they would confess to total ignorance of matters with
which all women are expected to be more or less
acquainted. When receiving instruction among other
girls employed at their own factory, this sense of dis-
grace would not be so keen, there being a strong spirit
of camaraderie among the employs of each establish-
ment, which to a certain extent gives them the feeling
of belonging to one family. Hence, while pride or
indolence might keep a large number from attending
public schools, the same causes would not operate
against classes established, as in the case above
alluded to, on the premises."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

RAILWAY CATASTROPHE IN CANADA.

The New York Times of the 30th ult. contains de-
tails of a terrible railway catastrophe in Canada. It
says :—Last evening, about seven o'clock, a fearful
accident occurred to a train on the Richmond, Drum-
moad, and Arthabaska Railway at Sorel, 'through an
obstruction which had been maliciously placed across
the track. The train, which consisted of six platform
cars, was occupied by about seventy-five labourers, was
propelled by the engine from the rear, and was running
at a fair rate of speed when the accident occurred
about two miles from Yamaska. A man in the front
of the train with a lamp on seeing the danger made
signals to the engineer, and jumped off, followed by all
on the same platform. Steam was shut off, and con-
ductor Swan and all on the tender with him leaped on
without sustaining any injury. Two or three of the
platforms were completely capsized, and all the men
upon theta were crushed beneath their weight. Eleven
were taken out killed, and 25 fearfully bruised. The
authors of the catastrophe are suspected. The ob-
struction consisted of a rail being placed across the
track. The night was dark, adding to the horror of
the situation.

At Glasgow, on Tuesday, the 'President of the
Trades' Union Congress delivered his opening address, in
wh.ch he reviewed the more important events which had
tcanovned sitice the delegates met at Liverpool last year.
and spoke highly of arbitration as a means of adjusting dif-
ferencea arising between employers and employed.

- -
The Economist, referring to the Turkish financial
Collapse, remarks that it has been shown by another conclu-
sive event that the importance to investors in foreign loans
of the character of toe Government to which they lent could
not be exaggerated, and that the systematic borrowing to
pay interest does, in fact, come to an end. After what has
hdppened there will be little investment in doubtful foreign
loans for many years to come. The loss and injury caused
by the collapse of the bubble companies in 1866 are probably
equalled, if not exceeded, by the disasters of the last few
years in foreign loans.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

PEACE AND WAR.

Some remarks of no ordinary interest on the ad
vantages of peace over war were made by Lord Aber-
dare at the meeting of the Social Science Congress on
Saturday. About three years ago a Sish gentle-
man, Sefior Don Arturo de Mackartu, offered a sum of
£3OO as prizes for the two best essays on the question,
" In what way ought an international Jaw, and what
ought to be the leading principles on which such a
code ought to be formed ? " In answer to the adver-
tisements of the association twenty-nine essays were
sent in, the first prize of £2OO being awarded to
Mr. Sprague, of New York and United States
bar, and the second prize of £lOO to M.
Paul Lacombe, an advocate of the French bar.
Lord Aberdare took the occasion of the presenta-
tion of those prizes to the successful candidates to
deliver a few hints to the world in general of a millen-
nial nature. After pointing out the inconveniences of
bloodshed generally, and speaking in terms of just but
severe rebuke of the conduct of those two "terrible
chiefs of antiquity," Alaric and Attila, "We do not
want the chief distinctions either of nations or men to
depend on the success of warfare." The world will,
no. doubt, take note of this expression of Lord Aber-
dare's wishes, but in the meantime it is only fair to
point out that the "chief distinctions" of men do not,
as a rule, depend on "the success of warfare." Lord
Aberdare himself owes his present distinguished posi-
tion not to military but to administrative renown.—
Pall Mafl Gazette.
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Effistetianto:ns
HOME, FORtIGN, AND COLONIAL.

UP AND DOWN STAIRS.—Young Mistress (at
the parlour-door).—" Eliza, what is that bell ringing
for so violently?" Cook (below).—" It's on'y me,
M'um. I want you down in the kitching a minute ! !
—Punch.
SNIALL ECONOMIES.—ExampIe being always
better than precept, here is anincident told in Cassell's
Magazine :

I heard of a working man the other day who was very
desirous to save, and yet in looking over his expenditure he
could not detect any extravagance in any part of it. lie
came to the conclusion that the only way in which he could
possibly economise was to walk to hit work instead of riding,
and to take his dinner with him from home instead of buy-
ing it in the City He did this, and put away the money
thus saved, anti in a few years he found he had in his pos-
session enough to buy the cottage in which he lived. He was
Leiiiles much better in health for the regular. exercise he had
taken. •

TIIE Poon laws.—A conference of members
of the Boards of Guardians has been held at South-
port, representing the counties of Lancashire,
Cheshire, and Derbyshire, for the consideration of the
Poor Laws and their administration,'. Mr. J. Hibbert
presided, and among those present were Mr. Rithbone,
M.P., Mr. Cane, and Mr. Corbett, Poor Law in-
spectors. Upon a motion of Mr. Grant, of Lancaster,
a resolution was passed emphatically condemning.the
law of settlement and removal as it is mow'colilititiited,
but the conference was not agreed as to what form
amendment should take. Resolutions were also passed
in relation to the re-election of members of Boards of
Guardians as follows :—That all nominations bear the
signature of the candidatm in proof of their consent to
act as Guardians; that the names of all candidates be
placed on the voting paper in alphabetical- order; and
that Guardians be elected to sit for three years.
GOLD IN VICTORIA. —The latest reports statel
that the yield of gold in Victoria is being kept up to
the average of the last twelvemonth. Recently, one:
of the Sandhurst companies—the Princess Alice—from
a small spur in thei+ claim had the most extraordinary
crushing which has perhaps ever been known in the
colony. Er( m 6cwt. of specimens taken from the
spur they had the surprising yield of I,ooooz. of gold,
and as they obtained during the same week from other
parts of their mine 7250 z of g )Id, their yield for that
week was 1,725.)z,, an amount which has perhaps
never been equalled by any mine in the colon, .with
the exception of one or twO occasions, when the Great
limitler's Tribute company were obtaining their ex-
traordinary Tieldri.abont two years ago. The mines on
sanclhurst generally are showing very well.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

"HEAT WITHOUT COST."

A controversy as to the utility of limekiln heat for
gardening purposes is going on in a horticultural
journal, and, as is often the case in disputes, the com-
batants are at cross-purposes (remarks the Standard).
One shows a case in which it has been tried with
marvellona success, and so heads his letter "Heat
Without Cost." The other replies that chalk is com-
posed of lime and carbonic acid gas, and the object
of burning it is to drive off the gas, leaving the
lime behind. When chalk is mixed with coal and
burnt a considerable amount of heat is used in raising
the chalk to a red heat, and a still greater amount
is required to drive off the carbonic acid gas. When
the lime is slacked it becomes very hot, and
this heat represents part of the heat taken from the
coal when the chalk was burnt. So that instead of
the chalk adding to the heat of the fire it takes away
a large amount of it. It cannot possibly add to the
heat, because it is not combustible. No doubt this is
scientifically true, but the burning of the chalk keeps
the heat in the place where it is wanted, and the heat
of the kiln is very regular. If, then, at the end of the
process, the houses have been kept well warmed and
the lime pays for all expenses, the process is cheaper
than buying elaborate contrivances for economising
fuel and having nothing to set off against the fuel
used. It is right to call such a process "Heat With-
out Cost."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

THE LYE.

CHARGE OF STEALING CABBAGES.—At the Stourbridge
Police Court, yesterday, Thomas Pritchard was charged
with feloniously stealing a quantity of pickling cabbages
on the 7th October. k'rom the evidence of Prudence
Perry and Matilda Southall, it appears that the priso-
ner came to the house about a quarter past nine, and said
that he had been sent by Mr. Perry to cut sort e cabbages,
and they lent him a knife for that purpose, and prisoner
cut six; after which he ran after the two girls with the
knife in his hand, and said he should kiss them. They
ran into the house, and shut the door. Joseph Perry
proved that he did not send the prisoner for the cabb..ges.
isoner was, however, a neighbour, and his wife was in
a dying state, and hoped the Bench would be as lenient
as possible.—The Bench said the defendant was a very
lucky man, he might have been charged with a much
more serious oflt:nce. lie was then discharged on
pa)meut of costs, Ss 6d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

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he hal:Emma lie-cuv-ered with Patcnt Felt, us used by
be most ow 'mut fi rum.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

THE FIRE AT QUEEN ANNE'S-GATE.

LONDON.

On Tuesday morning a number of ladies and gentle-
men paid a visit to the ruins of the mansion of Mr.
Hankey, the banker, of Queen Anne's-gate, West-
minster, which was nearly destroyed by fire on Thurs-
day night in last week. On Monday night and early
on Tuesday morning, during the high wind, several of
the large beams and massive pieces of coping at the
top of the building were blown down, but fortunately
no one was near at the time. The sides and front
walla of the burnt mansion, which were expected
every minute to fall, have been shored up, and a
number of men engaged to carry out the work.
The members of the London Salvage Corps
have been actively employed at the scene turn-
ing over the large pile of ruins for the purpose of
searching for the immense amount of plate and other
property still buried under the debris. While so en-
gaged on Tuesday morning they came upon three of
Messrs. Milner's safes, containing a large number of
banking-books, bank-notes, and other valuables, and
although the outsides of the safes had been exposed to
great heat, their contents were found uninjured, and
just the same as before the fire happened. The whole
of the workmen employed at the mansion lost all their
tools, valued at nearly £2,000, and a subscription is
being raised in order to provide them with fresh ones.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

LORD KIMBERLEY ON THE POOR LAW.

Speaking at a meeting of the Norfolk Chamber of
Agriculture, held on Saturday at Norwich, Lord Kim-
berley said that the abolition of outdoor relief should
be aimed at, although it was obviously impodsible to
discontinue it altogether. The sound principle upon
which the Poor Law was based was that no person
should be suffered to die, by which was meant suffer
in health from want of shelter, from want of food, or
from want of clothing, which it was our duty to pro-
vide. If we went one inch beyond that we went upon
unsound ground. The mistake which was constantly
made was that people confused the administration
of the Poor Law with the giving away of charity.
But the Poor Law was not a system of charity,
except in a very modified way. It was the ad-
ministration of that minimum of charity whtch
consisted in preserving our fellow-creatures in
their absolute destitution. He commended the
efforts now being made to induce or to compel
children to support their parents. It was a most
lamentable thing to see how our Poor Law administra-
tion was abused in a majority of those cases where
the ordinary principles of the affection of the child
towards the parent ought to prevail. Persons were
not only unwilling to contribute towards the. parents
suppoit, but he had found numerous cases in which
they were indignant beyond measure at !Dein! aPketi
to do it. This was to be remedied by a strict applica-
tion of the law and the workhowe test. With regard
to the law of settlement at one time he thought it
should be abolished, and still inclined to that view,
but then .some practical difficulties suggested them-
selves. Although he admitted they did not exist
in Ireland, where there was no such law, the evil
was not now so serious as to make the matter press
' greatly; but, in the interest of the labourer him-
self morel than in that of the ratepayer, it was de.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

THE SCHOOL BOARD.

A. meeting of this Board was held in the Com-
missioners' Room in the Corn Exchange, on Monday
afternoon last. There were present. Major Walker
(in the chair), Mr. Billingham, and Mr. Stringer.
The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting,
which were confirmed.
The accounts for the past year were gone through,
and it was moved by Mr. Stringer and seconded by
Mr. Billinghani, "That the accounts which have
been examined be adopted, and bo laid before the
auditor for audit."

Tha question of temporary. accommodation for
children prior to the opening of the School Board
Schools in this town, next came on for discussion.
It will be remembered that at the previous meeting
of the Board the Clerk stated that he had written to
the Clerk of the Kidderminster School Board, ask-
ing if they had provided any accommodation for the
children during the time the schools were building.
Ile had received a reply to the effect that they had
provided throe rooms for that purpose, and that this
arrangeme4t had been found to be of the greatest
advantage. It was generally admitted by the Board
that it was desirable to have temporary accommoda-
tion, and

Mr. Billinghana suggested that enquiries be made
as to whether some of the existing school building;,
which were not now being used as schools, might not
be made available. There were the Hanbury Hill
School and the Wesleyan School, which he thought
would answer their purpose admirably.
After some discussion,

'lle Clerk waa instructed to make enquiries of the
proprietors of tha Hanbury Hill, the Wesleyan, the
In I;•ii,n,lelit, and the Ragged Schools, to asci
whether they could let the Board hay,: them for
temporary accommodation, and at what price.
An order for the payment of the Clerk's sa'airY
and disbureetactuti was made.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-16

NATAL THE PLACE FOR EMIGRANTS,

The following extract from an Occasional Correspondent's
letter to The Times, writing from Maritzburg, Sept. 3, may
be useful to emigrants in search of a genial climate,:—

I have spoken of attracting immigratioA, and I wish
that anything I could write could persuade emigrants
to try Natal in greater numbers that they have yet
done. The artizan or labourer will find here high
wages and plenty of work, with the diamond-fields in
their full tide of prosperity, and incipient gold-fields
which may grow to no one knows what proportions,
near him when he wants a change. He may have a
native servant to wait upon him at 255. a month, food
included. This will spoil him and make him lazy, but
it is pleasant and may be held out as an inducement.
There is no Colony which wants Emigrants more than
Natal, and none which offers them greater inducements.
I believe Natal to be the only Colony to which the
poor gentlenoen, with from £5OO to £l,OOO of capital,
may safely venture to bring his family. With this
sum he can settle himself pretty comfortably, and do
pretty well, if he be not a fool, as so many poor
gentlemen unfortunately are. It is always to be
remembered that over and above everything we have
the luxury of a matchless climate. The last five
months have been pure and delicious sunshine. There
is something miraculous in the unvarying perfection
of Natal winter weather. In the summer it is hot in
the middle of the day; there is rain with thunder and
lightning in the afternoon, but even the summer is
pleasurable. Under our skies invalids become robust.
The voyage is only thirty-five days, with breaks at
Madeira, St. Helena, and the Cape, and I wonder that
your London doctors, who send men to the Andes
and other places' have not included Natal in their
prescriptions. As for sport, there is not very much,
though still some in Natal itself, but we are close to
the best of sport. In eight days from Maritzburg you
may be among the big game, and, if you manage well,
you may pay the expenses of your expedition with
your hunting trophies.

The Liverpool Mercury states that Mr. Alderman
William Bennett hat just purchased and presented to the
town, the magnificent picture, now in the corporation
autumn exhibition, painted by Mr. E. A. Armitage, R.A.
The gift has been offered to the corporation through the
mayor, in the expectation that it will find a suitable place in
the Walser Art Gallery, now in course of erection. it is the
most costly art gift yet presented, and is described in the
catalogue as follows •—"Jullan the Apostate presiding over
a Conference of Sectaries, by Z. A.rmitsge, IL.A.. Price