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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

[From Push.]
George Eliot.

DEC. 23rd; 1880.
"Dr. ANDREW CLARK turned round and observed in a
low voice to her doctor, ' Moritura."rhis mournful scientific
verdict was ton soon fulfilled, and the gifted Authoress
passed away shortly afterwards in a state of continued un-
consciousness and without any pain."—Telegraph.
BREAKING uponthe music of our cheer
Came the deep tolling of the passing bell.
Ah ! " Moritura I" Then—the last sad knell—
And Death had claimed her with the dying year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

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the letter-carriers 'something to drink" at this
season, would this year give them its value, "some-
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a great boon to the men.

The postmen might invest by means of Mr. Faw-
cett' admirable plan. Any person pasting 12 stamps
on a card and sending it to the General Post Office
can begin a fund, that may prove a treasure in time of
need.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JANDTTA MANNEIW.
Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Dec. 21.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

AN EXTRAORDINARY FAST.

The New York Warl4 reports—Martha Terhune,
spinster, fifty-nine years did, was buried from her house
in the queer old-fashioned hamlet of Lodi, New Jersey,
a few days ago, having died of the effects of a fast
which her friends say lasted eleven weeks. On
Sept. 8 last Mrs. Gertrude Terhune, her mother,
was stricken with paralysis for the third time.
Miss Martha was then in good health but was
terribly shocked by the occurrence, and took to her
bed and thereafter refused all nourishment though
she did accept under semi-coercion a very trifling
amount of food during the first four weeks. After
a few days she left her bed and went about the
house part of the time, but never fully recovered. The
shock occurred precisely eleven weeks before her
death. Four weeks afterwards she tasted, as her
relatives avouch, the last food that passed her lips,
and the remaining seven weeks, or forty-nine days,
she fasted absolutely. Dr. John Soper was called in,
but she would have no medicine. Mrs. Stephen
Massey, a neighbour, who is as amateur homceopathic
physician, did induce the patient to take a few of her
pills to allay a feyer brought on by the long-continuesl
fast.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

A TOWN ALMOST DESTROYED BY.
FIRE.

Tho New York p.per.; publish despateh..9 from
Pensacola giving details of a most disastrous fire, which
has almost swept that city out of existence.
The Ore broke out early on Vie morning of the 11th
inst. in a business house near the cent re a the city,
and as the only engine in he town was undergoing
repairs, little could be done to stay the fis,mee. Ttio
wiaajoialleiwing briskly,i and the fire swept un-
moleated"Relross the port.o of the town where the
best buildings and heaviest ttocks are situated. The
place seemed fair a tine entirely at the mercy of the
tire. The residents, however, finally formed them-
selves into bucket brigades, and, after several hours
of fighting, the fire was got under control. Several
persons were seriously injured by falling walls. Nine-
tenths of the business portion of the city is destroyed.
The losses will amount probably to over 1,000,000
dollars.

A later despatch states that five blocks in the heart
of the city were burnt, involving a loss of over
500,000 dols., possibly 750,000 dols. Over 100 esta-
bliAments are gone, embracing the main business
buildings, and turning out about fifty families from
their houses. The Custom-house, with its records,
Post Office, Merchants' Hotel, Brent's Bank,. both
telegraph offices, both newspaper offices, Dunn's Ex-
change, 'Wright's dry goods house, and the County
Clerk's office are among the well-known buildings
burned. At one time the loss of the railroad depot
and adjacent mills seemed inevitable, and locomotives
stood all night under steam !ready to draw the com-
pany's equipments and other property out of town.
The origin of the fire is unknown. It began in a
building occupied as a confectionary store, the inmates
of which barely escaped with their lives, two being
severely burned, and saving nothing. The calamity is
without precedent in the history of Pensacola, and
business is almost suspended in consequence.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

REPORT OF THE IMPROVE4ENT COMMITTEE.

THAMwAYa.—A deputation, consisting of Messrs.
Broomhall, Blakeway, Saunders and Blunsom„:
waited on your committee and urged theralto advise
ti e Commissioners to cunsent to the construction
of th pr,posed tramways in the township of Stour-
bridge.
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DRAINAGE ;sTroN. The draft application
the Local Government Board for the formation of
a United Drainage District was read, and isstrue-
tions gii en to the Clerk to have the same printed
and circulated amongst the member of the Board.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA.

At about ten minutes pat five o'clock on Christmas
Day, two rather severe shocks of earthquake occt.rred
at Odessa, within a very short interval of each other.
They appeared to have come from the direction of the
Middle Danube and, passing through Roumania and
Bessarabia, spent themselves on the shores of the
Black Sea in South Russia. They seem to have been
most strongly felt at the Bessarabian towns of
Bieletz, Kishineff, and Tiraspol, for the walls of some
of th. hnuctes were cracked in conseqUence. At °dess.
the effects were limited to hisildi4aiia furniture
being more or less roughly shaken, or light articles,
such as vases, bottles, and glasses being thrown down.
The weather was extremely mild and calm at the time
and the sky but very partially clouded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

[From Punch.]
SEASONABLE FOLK-LORE.

'lf the first person who enters your house in the
New Year goes in with his right foot foremost, ill luck
will befall you. If the person has his face blackened,
a revolver in his right hand, a jemmy in his left, and
"CHARLES PEACE, a Monograph," in his pocket, ill-
luck will befall you very soon.
It is considered unfo te by some people to go
underneath a ladder. Ph are the people on whom
rti
workmen have dropped pls of paint and molten lead.
Others consider it unfortunate to pass outside a
ladder. These are they who have stepped off the
pavement into the road, and been run over by trac-
tion-engines.
The Folk-Lore with regard to salt is conflicting. If
you have spilt salt on the table, and have then thrown
a handful over your left shoulder, the servant who
receives this in his eyes seldom considers that ill-luck
has been averted. If you help your neighbour to salt,
you and she are certain to quarrel if, at the time of
your uncalled-for politeness, she is eating ham, bacon,
m4ringues, or ice-puddings. Some people when they
have spilt salt on a table-cloth, immediately pour a
glass of claret over it, to take out the stain. But this
is invariably late in the evening, and arises rather
from a confusion of ideas than from any accurate
knowledge of Folk-Lore.
It is most unlucky to look at the new moon through
glass. Want of attention to this maxim is the reason
why so many people who wear spectacles are short-
sighted. Also why astronomers generally come to
grief.- The case of Galileo will at once occur to any
child in the fourth standard at a Board School.

If you dip your hands into a basin where even your
best friend has cleansed his face, you and he will
quaryel. This particularly holds true when your best
friend has been playing Clown in an amateur panto-
mime or emulating the glories of MOORS and BURGESS
for the benefit of a drawing-room.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

INNOCtNT'S DAY AT WESTMINSTER

ABBEY.

The Dean of Westminster preached a sermon te
children at Westminster Abbey, on Tuesday—ln-
nocent's Day. His text was the 41st verse of the sth
chapter of St. Mark—" He -took the damsel by the
hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi, which is, being
interpreted, damsel, I say unto thee, arise."
In the course of his address the Dean said that the
Saviour's expression, in addressing the little girl of
twelve years, whom He thus raised from the dead,
was equivalent to "My little lamb; my little pet
lamb, in English. He drew a lesson from the
story of the miracle of both parents and children.
He called upon parents to reflect on the inestimable
gifts they had in their little children, and the re-
sponsibility this p?ssession imposed upon them. In
illustration of the influence which the childlike nature
exerted on men of the strongest character, he referred
to the story of Luther and his daughter, who died at
having
and he also related how Sir W. Napier,
- hus to a child at a certain hour,
declined an invitation which he had strong reasons for
accepting • • order that he might keep faith with a
ialfge 13pcoln3u;sed
little one who had so 'implicitly trusted him. To the
children the words, "My little lamb, arise," showed
how precious they were to the Good Shepherd. They
must rise from any selfish or slothful habit. He
told them the story. of a bookseller's boy, who,
fatigued with the weight of three folio volumes of
Clarendon's History, laid down his load pain g through
Broad Sanctuary and sobbed at the thought that there
was nothing higher for him to look forward to
in life than being a bookseller's porter. Suddenly
he looked up. He thought of the great build-
ing which towered above him. He thought of the
great men enshrined within it. He brushed away
his tears. He replaced the load on his shoulders, and
he walked on with a light heart determined to work
and bide his time. He became one of the best and
bravest and most learned of our Indian missionaries.
He further told the story of a girl who, seeing a
legend printed by her unbelieving grandfather, "God
is nowhere," read it as if it were "God is now here."
That, said the Dean, was what all ought to do. Out
of words which •bad no sense, or which had a bad
sense, our •eyes, our minds ought to be able to read
better sense. The old grandfather was touched and
made serious; and all parents in like manner ought to
be made serious by the innocent answers of their little
children. God was everywhere, and saw each one of
them in the Abbey. He said to each one, "My little
lamb arise, mount up. Be better this year than you
were last year. Become better 4nd wiser."

"WHEN WE WERE BOTS TOGETHER ! Robin
(looking at Toy-shop window). "A.h I they don't
make such amusing 'Toys now As tht-v used to make
sixty or seventy years age •do they Dick?" Uncle
Richard. "No, by George! Nothing like! "—Pune?.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

DEATH OF A NAVAL VETERAN.

Admiral Johnson died at his residence, Little
Baddow, near Chelmsford, on Sunday night. The
deceased entered the navy in 1803, and fought on
board thp Victory at Trafalgar. His age was ninety.
He retired thirty-seven year 's ago. . At a banquet in
1874 he stated that he had never seen salt water
since, and that he knew nothing of ironclads except
what he had seen on paper.

The Daily Telegraph, noticing the death of the
veteran, remarks :
"Within the last few days, a gallant veteran, in the per-
son of Admiral William Johnson, has slipped his cable and
gone to join the majority. This tine old tar was no less
than ninety years of age, and had joined the Navy in
1803. He fought on board the Victory at Trafalgar, and
earned his lieutenant's commission in the year before
Waterloo. Yet promotion must have come to him
slowly, for his appointment as captain only dated from
1842, when he had been nearly forty years at sea, and had
reached the mature age of fittrtv,'o. Of his gallantry it is
enough to say that he was one of Nelson's men- every man
and boy on board the Victory was a hero—andithat his de-
votion to duty was amply seasoned with personal courage
is seen from the fact that more than half a century since he
obtained the gold medal of the National Lifeboat Institution
for being one of a brave handful ,who saved at the imminent
peril of their own lives a drowning crew off the Irish coast.
Of course, he had outlived contemporaries and associations.
He had been accustomed to the wooden walls ' of Englaud,
and apparently took little interest in their metallic
successors, for it is stated that since he retired from active
service thirty-seven years ago he had not seen salt water and
knew nothing of ironclads except what he had read in the
papers. He belonged, however, to the right breed of sea-
dogs, the men who made this Empire what it Is; and,
whether the floating castles which are their homes upon
the deep' are of wood or of iron, there will never be any
lack of worthy successors to the honoured veteran just gone,
one of the few survivors to recall memories of the thunders
and glories of Trafalgar."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

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THE RISING IN THE TRANSVAAL.

Copy of telegram from General Officer commanding,
Natal,. to Secretary of State for. War, dated Pietermaritz-
burg, December 27 (received December 28) :-
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"Magistrate Kimberley reports large force of Boers
occupied Potchefstroom, killing one officer, four Eng-
lish residents.

"Officer commanding camp, after warning Boers,
shelled them out of buildings occupied.
"Boers evacuated town, with loss 100 killed and
many wounded."

Copy of a telegram from the. General Officer commanding,
Natal, to the Secretary of State for War, dated Pietermaritz-
burg, December 28 (received December 28):—
"Further Details.—Hume, 944 h, wounded 20th.
Dr. Ward, only unwounded officer, remains with
wounded. Ambulances and medical attendance sent
out from Pretoria.

"Captain Lambart, 21st, prisoner at Heidelberg.
"Potchefstroom camp attacked whole of 26th.
Boers repulsed with considerable loss. Captain Falls,
21st, killed, six men wounded.
"Meeting of Boers near Wakkerstroom ; reported
attack on town threatened. Utrecht seized. Headr
Quarters, two companies, and 250 drafts leave this for
Newcastle." •

Captain Alexander Lawrence Fans, of the 21st Regiment
(Royal Scots Fusiliers), who is reported in the official tele-
gram given above to have been killed in action at Potchef-
stroom, obtained his first commission in the army December
18, 1867; became a lieutenant (by purchase) May 10, 1871;
and a captain November 12, 1878. Re served with his regi-
ment in the Zulu war of 1879, and in the operations against
Sekukuni, including the storm of Sekukum a stronghold.

Tuesday night's London Gazette contains a despatch,
dated Cape Town, November 30, which has been received
by the Earl of Kimberley from Sir George Curnine Strahan,
K.C.M.G., Administrator of the Cape of Good Hope, giving
the following particulars of casualties in South Africa:—

"On the 20t11, Mr. Saunders, Commandant, Basuto
Police, killed at Leribe on the 22nd, Private Ebden,
D.E.O.V. Rifles, wounded in foot at Mafeteng.. Two
men, Ferreira and Olsen, woodcutters, have also been
reported murdered at Isomo Drift on the 22nd inst."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE REPORT.

MEDICAL OFFICER'S OF HEALTH REPORT.—The
number of deaths registered from November 22nd to
December 22nd, is 8, viz: 4 male 4 and 4 females.
Death-. ate 10-2. Toe number of births in the
same pe? iod is 26, viz :-13 males, and 13 femalis.
Birth-rate 33-2,
TiER OFFic ERM REPO liT.-1 he deo th•rato is
lower this mooth than last month. There ham been
no death from any zmotic dise3se. The ease
mentioned last month has been taken into court
and a conviction obtained. The Medical Officer of
Health's Journal was laid before your committee
showed that premises in, Duke Street had been
and notices served were necessary.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

THE ALBERT MEDAL.

The Lancet says :—We have much pleasure in an-
nouncing that her Majesty the Queen has been
graciously pleased, on the recommendation of the
Prime Minister and the Secretary; of State for War,
to award the Albert Medal for saving lifp to Surgeon
Henry Grier, of the Army Medical Department, for
his gallant and heroic conduct in endeavouring to save
the life of the late Lieut. Graham, 2nd Battalion 10th
Regt , stationed at Malta.
Mr. Graham was suffering from diphtheria in the most
virulent form, and had undergone the operation of
racheotomy for relief of some of the most urgent
symptoms ; the tube became blocked and suffocation
was imminent, when, other efforts having failed, Mr.
Grier, at imminent risk, sucked the poisonous matter
and diptheritic membrane from the wound, and suc-
ceeded in restoring the life of his patient. Mr. Graham
unhappily succumbed a day or two afterwards from
exhaustion and extension of the disease. Mr. Grier is,
we believe, the first member of the medical profession
on whom the Albert Medal has been bestowed; and
we congratulate him heartily on the honour which has
been conferred on him, and through him on the
medical service of the army. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

SIR J. FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION.

The remains of Lieutenant Irving, who was one of
the officers in Sir John j'ranklin's expedition to the
Arctic regions, have been brought to the Clyde in the
Anchor Liner Circasskt, and are now in the custody,
of Messrs. Henderson, of Glasgow. It will be remem-
bered that these remains were found by Lieutenant
Schwatka, who had been sent out by the New York
Herald to search for relics of Franklin's party. The ex-
ploring party come upon the camp of Captain Crozier,
and in a grave found a skull and some other bones; also
a handkerchief and a silver medal, two-and-a-half
inches in diameter, with a bas-relicf portrait of George
IV., surrounded with the words " Georgius IV. D. G.
Britanniarum Rex, 1820" on the obverse, and on the
reverse, "Second mathematical prize, Royal Naval
College," enclosing the words " Awarded to John
Irving, Midsummer, 1830." This identified the re-
mains as those of Lieutenant Irving, the third officer
of the Terror, and Lieutenant Schwatka brought them
to New York and entered into correspondence with
the Admiralty with reference to their transmission to
this country.
In answer to a communication from the Admiralty,
the Anchor Line Company asked to be allowed the
privilege of bringing over the remains to this country.
The offer was accepted, and the box containing them
was then handed to the Captain of the Circassia, who
has brought them to the Clyde. They are consigned
to Lieutenant-Colonel Irving, a brother of the de-
ceased, who is at present residing in England. It is
intended, we believe, to inter the remains in Edin-
burgh, the native city of Lieutenant Irving.

The anchor and chain belonging to the ill-fated
Terror, which was recently found near the Nore light-
ship by a party of Leigh fishermen, has just been
brought to Sheerness Dockyard, and placed upon
the anchor rack, where it may be inspected by the
public. A portion of the anchor is much eaten
away by rust, but the stock is still in a good state
of preservation, the name, Terror, and the weight,
20cwt. 'qr. 71b., being clearly legible thereon. The
Terror is supposed to have " slipped " her anchor
at the Nore when she started in company with
the Erebus upon the Arctic Expedition in which
Sir John Franklin and so many gallant seamen
perished. The anchor is to be preserved as a relic of
the unfortunate ship.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

FATAL ACCIDENT.

An extraordinary accident, resulting in the death.of one
passenger and the serious injury of another, on the South
Wales Union Railway occurred at the New Passage late on
Monday evening under the following circumstances :

Among the passengers by the last train from Bristol
that night were two men named Bates and Diamond,
apparently engineers or fitters employed on board a
steamer. They had booked to Cardiff, via the New
Passage,'where a railway pier projects for several hun-
dred yards on each side ef_ the Severn, the passengers
being taken across the riverty steamer. When the
down train has traversed half the length of the pier it
is customary for it to stop while the engine shunts to the
rear to push it on to the pier-head. On Monday evening
while this was being done several passengers opened
the doors of the carriages under the belief that the
train had reached the pier-head, the night being ex-
ceedingly dark. The guards called to them to shut
the doors and remain in the train. Bates and Diamond,
being strangers to the locality, mistook the top of the
handrail at the side of the pier for the platform.
Getting out on to the footboard of the carriage, they
both leaped to the handrail, and to the horror of
their companions in the train disappeared over
the barrier. Owing to the rise and fnll of
the tide of the Severn being something over
40 feet, the pier stands considerably more than
that -height from the bed of the river, but as
the tide was low at the time the unfortunate men
fell between 40 and 50 feet. Diamond fell on some
hard marl, and his neck was broken. Death must
have been instantaneous. Bates fell on to mud, and
though suffering severe internal injuries, was conscious
when picked up. Prompt arrangements were made
for at once conveying him to the General Hospital at
Bristol, and with the assistance of Mr. Cullimore, the
manager of the "New Passage" Hotel, Mr. Spear, a
gentleman travelling in the train, and others, the
injured man was placed on cushions in the guard's
van, and conveyed to the hospital in Bristol, where it
was found that he had one arm and one leg broken.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board was
held in the Commissioners Room, Corn Exchange,
Stourbridge, on Monday last. Mr. \V. J. Turney
in the chair. There wet e also present Messrs. Kelley,
Haskew, Dawes, North, Mills, Hicklin, Ick,
Green, H. Turney, i„riffin, Edwards, Bland,
Stringer and Allsop.
Th 3 chairman read the minutes of the last meet-
ing, which were confirmed.
Mr. Bland's no.ice was the first business. The
motion was "That the Clerk do prepare an agend,
of the business coming on, and that every member
recieve a copy."
The Clerk read the Act of Parliament bearing
upon the question, which did not show that it was
necessary to prepare an agenda. The chairman
said he considered it very necessary that an agenda
should be prepared every month, and that each
member of the Board shpuld have one, and so have
ime to think it over. He did not see anything in
the Act of Parliament to prevent them from having
an agenda. Several other Commissioners expressed
thf-ir opinion as to the advisability of having an
agenda. Mr. Bland withdrew his motion, and gave
notice that he should at the next wo:ittily meeting
propose a res..lutieu " That an agenda be prepared
uunth,y by the clerk, of the huziness to be.brought
forward at the inoe.ing, and that every member be
sent a copy, also the va.rioua committees."
FINANCE REPORT.

The clerk read the following report showing the
various balances :—Highway account, balance due
to Treasurer £l9O as. sd; Improvement Account
balance due to Trea,urer, £2.50 18e 2d; Urban
Sanitary Authority account, balance due from
Treasurer, £49 6s OJ. Your committee
having examinPd the accounts recommend them to
be plid, viz :—On the Highway Account .t 219 Os.
9d; Impro, e nent Account 167 12s 6d ; Urban
Sanitary Authority £66 us 3d. Cheques were
signed for the tarious amounts.
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MR. BRIGHT ON ARBITRATION.

At a recent meeting of the Pennsylvania Peace
Society, in Philadelphia, a letter from Mr. John
Bright was read by Mr. Alfred H. Love, who ex-
plained that it had been received in reply to a com-
munication sent to Mr. Bright by the Connecticut
Peace Society, held in Mystic in September last,
asking him to convey to Mr. Gladstone a series of
resolutions adopted at the convention, urging universal
arbitration, and specifying certain cases in which it
might be employed. After expressing his disinclina-
tion to convey to Mr. Gladstone the enclosed resolu-
tions, and suggesting that they should be sent direct
by the society to the Prime Minister, Mr. Bright dis-
cusses the question presented in the resolution, and
says :

"There are cases in which it cannot be applied. Many
such cases present themselves to your mind. It is not ap-
plicable to the cases you specify, as your own history—the
history of the United States—affords examples of cases in
which nothing can be done by arbitration. Who could have
arbitrated between the colonies of North America and the

England of George III.; or who could have interfered
with advantage between the slave-power and the Govern-
ment of your country in the year 1861? It is list a j‘.,tifi
cation LhL, fu inauy eases between nations,
arbitration is an impossible remedy. Arbitration is often
good, and may be, and I doubt not will be, more and
more frequently adopted; but there are cases, and not a
few, when it cannot be called in with any advantage. What
is wanted is a stronger sense of the evil of war, and of the
crime of which it is the cause, and a desire on the part of
all Christian men to suppress it. Then men will look on dis-
puted questions without passion, and will strive to settle
them without bloodshed, and will refuse to make the tre-
mendous sacrifices which wars involve at the bidding of
ambitious and wicked rulers and statesmen."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-08

OSTRICH FARMING AT THE CAPE,

A Port Elizabeth letter says :—" Farm after farm
in this province is being cleared of sheep to make
room for ostriches, now all the rage. One result of
this was felt in this town last week, when the butchers
here issued a notice that the puke of mutton would
be raised to 6d. and 7d. per lb. 'on account of sheep
farming being pushed aside by ostriches.' Ostrich
farming is undoubtedly the roost profitable of all
farming, and recently several joint-stock companies
have been started to provide the capital necessary for
working these farms on a large scal.e. Our export of
feathers from this port alone for the present year will
amount to over half-a-million. As yet the demand
keeps pace with the increased supply, so that prices
are firm, while for choice feathers there is always the
keenest' oontpetition.— It remains to be seen what the
result will be of the recent enormous development of
this branch of farming."

The Citizen states that the Tost Propertiea of the
London City Companies will by•and-by he shown to have in-
creased during the past twelve years by upwards of 4100,000
a year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-08

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CREMATION OF A QUEEN-CONSORT.

The Queen-Consort of the Maharajah of Cashmere
died on Dec. Ist, and her remains were ~:remated on
the right bank of the River Tavi on the following day.
The ceremony is thus described :—The corpse was
carried on a bier preceded by silken banners and
military music, and followed by his Highness the
Maharajah, the durbar officials, and a large mul-
titude. Silver and gold coins were thrown on either
side as the procession moved. The funeral pyre
stood near the river's brink. Surrounded by atten-
dants and priests, the body was placed on it, and
after the usual ceremonies consigned to the flames.
Special sowars on camels had been sent to recall the
three princes who had proceeaed to Lumbagran, for
the celebration of Prince Ramsingh's wedding, but
they had not arrived when the sad ceremony took
place. The greatest sympathy is felt by all classes for
his Highness's bereavement. The late Queen
Consort was much beloved for her many virtues, and
her loss is deeply deplored. The court went into
mourning for a whole month.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-08

A ROMANTIC SUICIDE.

On Saturday a man named Frederick Day, bebween
fifty and sixty years of age, committed sincidein the
New Swindon parish churchyard. tie formerly lived
in Swindon, and kept a beerhouse ; but, his wife
having died last May, he disposed of his business and
left the town. He was recently heard of as living in
London, whence he wrote and informed a friend that
he was going to spend his Christmas holidays in
Swindon. No one appears to have seen him alive
in Swindon; but about eight o'clock on Saturday
morning, as a gravedigger went into the church-
yard, he saw his body lying across one of the graves,
quite dead, with part of his face blown away
and the right hand tightly clutching a pistol.
Day had lain down on his wife's grave and shot
himself. _ _

An inquest was held on Monday evening on the
body. There was no doubt as to the identity of the
deceased or that he premeditated the fatal act. A
letter, apparently written not long before he shot
himself, was found on him :—" New Swindon. lam
tired of life and seek rest. 1\137 poor old girl (his
wife] died here last April. I cannot live with-
out her, and I thought of being a little bit
nearer to her by doing this.. I am quite aware
that my head is not quite so clear as it
might be; at the same time, I should like to be buried
in the same grave as she is. He then proceeded to
say that his life was insured, and gave the name of
the person holding the policy, who, he said, would pay
the funeral expenses, &c., "which need not he much.
I may as well be buried as you find me (clothes I'm
in.) I don't want a lot of old women to mess me
'about. The sexton," he said, "can identify me. Re-
lations I have none that I acknowledge. Friends are
scarce, very scarce. Now, don't make a great bother
about this little affair. I shan't.—FßED DAY."
This letter was written in a bold and good hand.
Witnesses were called whose evidence tended to
show that he felt the death of his wife, which
took place in May last, very acutely, and his manner
was very strange at times. The jury returned a
verdict a "Suicide whilst in a state of temporary
insanity."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-08

DOING A GOOD TRADE.

The Arctic-like weather now experienced in North
America appears to have imparted an extraordinary
impulse to some departments of business. According
to local papers the Chicago merchants are in the
receipt of a perfect deluge of orders. Every country
merchant has suddenly make the disoovery that he is
unprepared to meet the demands of a winter season of
the old-fashioned type, and is hurrying to replenish
his exhausted stocks. The result is an overflow of
orders to the large commercial centres, which is pro-
ducing an amount of activity quite unusual, except at
the recognized "busy seasons " of the year. In the
Western States the hard frost has been of great
assistance to the "game trade." Vast quantities of
quail, prairie chickens, and wild turkeys have been
collected and piled up without fear of injury, and the
dealers are busy sending off heavy consignments to the
English market. At St. Louis alone the annual
game trade mounts up to 1,000,000 dols.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-08

THE MARKETS.

MARK- L A.NE.- MONDAY,

In the trade at Mark-lane there is no fresh featUre--..--BUsi•
nose is quiet, but with a steady appearance. There was a
short supply of English produce, but a fair show of foreign.
English wheat was in quiet request, but at fully late rates
for an souud samples. In foreign *wheat not much was
doing, but quotations were firm. here was nothing new in
the barley trade. Fine stout samples were still firm, other-
wise very little was done. Oats met with a fair amount of
attention, and were the turn against the buyer. Maize also
was steady, but without being active. Beans and peas were
quiet, on former terms.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.-MONDAY.

Quietness prevailed in the cattle trade. I rather better
tone was reported in the dead meat market, but live
stock moved off slowly, more particularly amongst
beasts. The number of beasts offered was about the
average, with increased supplies from the eastern coun-
ties and Scotland. The quality and condition were,
on the whole, very good. From Ireland the receipts
were fluty numerous, but the condition was indifferent.
A dragging trade was experienced throughout, and quota-
tions were weak. The best Scots and crosses sold at ss. Cal.
to ss. Bd. per Kb. From Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex we
recofved about 1,500: from the midland and home counties
about 600 ; from Scotland 220; and from Ireland 600 head. The
foreign aide of the market was sparingly supplied with
beasts, chiefly Spanish, which were dull and weak.
The sheep pens were moderately well tilled. With a firm
trade, prices had an upward tendency. The best Downs
and half-broils made 7a. to 7s. 28. per Sib Calves and pigs
sold quietly, at about late rates. At Deptford there were
about 500 beasts and about 3,000 sheep. Inferior beasts, 4s.
to 4s. ed. ; second quality, 45. 6d. to s€.' prime large oxen,
6s. 4d. to ss. 6d. ; prime Scots, ss. 6,1 to ss. Bd. ; inferior
ef, S6odlithtdoo,Ovisi.s,' esp.rilOmde
c .
;B(stectoontg. qioudali:tpy, ssrime.
to 7s. 2a. ; large coarse calves, to es. ; prime small
ditto, es. to 68. 10d. • large hogs, Is. 6d. to ss. ; small porkers,
boear;e 5s Wotoollssed.
ss. to ss. ed. per Edb. sinking the offal. Total Supply.-
3,320 ; sheep, 11,120; calves, 80. Foreign
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.-MoNDA.Y.
Increased supplies of meat were on offer, but trade was
BEenasgitissh, 21 Beasts,
veal, 5s Id
to
ai l to,o, 01 8; . in'•
firmer, as follows :-Inferior beef, 38.4 d to 4s ;middling ditto,
mutton, ditto,
€. 4s. 108 10d
totols 68. ,•
8d 4s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; prime large ditto, 4s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. •
55. sd, ; prime ditto, 55. 6d. to es. 2d. ; large pork,
4s 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; small pork, ss. to ss. 6d. per 81b. by the
primefer or small
carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-08

A NEW YEAR'S MASQUE.

St. George's-hall, Liverpool, the use of which had
been granted by the Corporation, was the scene of a
revival of the old English practice of bringing in the
New Year with a masque. The party numbered
upwards of 1,500 persons; and consisted of the men
and women employed at Cope's tobacco factory,
together with some of the principal inhabitants of
Liverpool as spectators. The entertainment, which
was originated and carried out almost exclusively by
the girls engaged in cigar-making., aimed at being a
counterpart of the festivals held in England in
mediinval times. The programme was a medley of
music, dances, plays, and allegorical tableaux, and
supplied a succession of amusements from eight o'clock
at night till four o'clock next morning. First, there
were several round dances in the great hall; next,
amateur dramatic performances and mock trials in the
Crown and the Nisi Fri us Courts of Assize. At inter-
vals there were concerts of vocal and instrumental
music (all rendered by the girls and young men of the
factory), and, as midnight approached the whole
interest was concentrated in the new year's masque.
The guests were marshalled in a double line, running
the entire length of the hall, and, along the avenue
thus formed, the allegory was enacted. The gas was
turned down and the place was illuminated only by
lime lights, which shed their rays upon the gaunt
and weary figure of "Father Time" as he tottered
slowly from one end of the hall to the other, while
Mr. J. C. Cowper recited Tennyson's "Ode."
The procession was so arranged that "Old
Year" reached the end of his journey just as
midnight struck on the public clock, and the instant
he disappeared behind the arras the hall was
lighted in the fullest brilliancy and it was discovered
that, in the place cf the old year, there had come the
new year in the form of a pretty little girl, arrayed
in white and smiling with gladne-s. Then came upon
the scene in succession allegorical figures of Spring,
Summer, Autumn, and Winter, the advent of each
being heralded in an original poem by Mr. R. Cromp-
ton, recited by Mr. Cowper. Then the choir accom-
panied by Mr. W. T. Best on the organ, sang the
National Anthem, and the sneci;acle at that moment
was such as was never before seen in Liverpool.
When the midnight masque was finished, the round
of plays, dances, and varied recreations was resumed,
and it was late on New Year's morning before the
party broke up. Throughout the evening the guests
were supplied with abundant refreshments, exclusively
of a non-intoxicant character.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-08

ANECDOTE OF CARLYLE.

Every anecdote of Thomas Carlyle is of interest,
especially to Scotchmen. The London correspondent
of the Dumfries Courier tells one which deserves to
be reproduced. One of the most constant visitors
at Carlyle's house in Cheyne-walk is a lady, whose
friendship with the philosopher began in a curious
manner. Many years ago, the Rev. Dr. Thomas,
now of Clapham-road Chapel, delivered a lecture
at Stockwell on Carlyle's works. Amongst his
audience was a young girl in humble circumstances,
upon whose mind his glowing eulogies of the great
master's writings made a vivid impression. Return-
ing home she managed to become the possessor of
one of Carlyle's volumes, which she read with avidity
and then, yielding to an uncontrollable impulse, she
penned a letter to the author expressing her grati-
tude for the light which his work had been the
means of throwing upon many subjects that had
hitherto perplexed her. Scarcely had she dropped
the missive into the post than, half-frightened,
half ashamed at her own presumption, she would
gladly have recalled it. A day or two afterwards
a carriage stopped at the door of her father's little
shop in Camberwell, and a lady alighted and in-
ouired of the girl wh,, tha Anov fo.•
"I am Jane 'Trice," was the timid reply. "And are
you the lassie that has written to Tom?' said the lady
—Mrs. Carlyle. It required some little explanation
before the blushing girl clearly understood that her
visitor was the wife of "Tom," and that he had been
so favourably impressed by the letter that he wished
to see the writer. She was taken in the carriage to
Chelsea, where she remained over night; and from
that day down to the present time, although she is
Jane Price no longer, she has been a weekly and
a welcome visitor there.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-08

A FAITHFUL DOG.

A Geneva Correspondent writes :—L'lmpartial des
Alpes tells a touching story of the faithfulness and
intelligence of a St. Bernard mastiff. A short time
ago Father Nicholas, a monk of the Grande-Char-
treuse, once aide-de-camp to the Czar, was returning
from Fourvoirie to his monastery, followed by a fine
St. Bernard dog, to which he was greatly attached.
Instead of keeping to the highway he took a footpath
that runs along the left bank of the river Guiers, which
is thereabouts very precipitous. As he walked he read
his breviary, and being more intent on his devotions
than on the direction he was taking he made a false
step, and falling down the precipice his course was not
arrested until he reached—unconcious and terribly
bruised—the edge of the stream. The dog followed,
and, as is supposed, tried to rouse him. Not suc-
ceeding in this attempt he returned to the foot-
path, and did his best to attract the attention
of two shepherds who happened to be
.passing ;
but alarmed by the mastiff's manner, which they
attributed to madness, they ran away as fast as
their legs could carry them. The next day the dog
presented himself at the monastery, and the monks,
thinking from his appearance that he was hungry,
offered him food. But the animal refused to eat, and
by his plaintive barkings and gestures did his best to
tell the monks that something was wrong. In the end
some of them decided to follow him, and the dog,
with many manifestations of delight, led the way to
the place where he had left his master. When he
reached the part of the river bank whence Father
Nicholas had fallen, he began to bark, and the monk,
who had by this time recovered consciousness, was
able to utter a feeble shout. When his rescuers, pre-
ceded by the mastiff, reached him, they found him
lying with his feet in the stream, and quite unable to
move.. With the help of the shepherds, whom the
barkpgs and shoutings had drawn to the spot, they
contrived to drag him to the top of the precipice and
carry him to the monastery, where he is now in a
fair. way for recovery. The mastiff has ever since re-
mained by the bedside of his master, whom his in-
telligence and devotion saved from a frightful death.

The Duke of Somerset, Lord Lieutenant of Devon-
at a meeting of the County Volunteer Asso-
ciationalluded to the importance at this particu-
lar time when disloyalty and disturbance were showing
themselves in part of what he supposed was still called the
Uniteii Kdop, of fiLeaesppulititintiqg takpLeisithoya;
ingigibuall•toliterrreelf—aild—littacfrffieTit to the constitu-
tional Monarchy under which we live. Looking at the pre-
sent Volunteer force, it was valuable, not only as part of our
defence, but as a portion of the educational system of the
country in infusing in our youth habits of discipline that
had a most important bearing upon our national organiza-
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