The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-10-26 00:00:00

INTERESTING STATISTICS.

An instructive article in a German newspaper makes
known by carefully selected statistics, the great in-
crease that has taken place of late years in most
European countries in the consumption of articles of
food and drink which our grandfathers regarded as
luxuries. As a matter of course the increase has
been much greater in some articles than in others. In
Prussia the yearly consumption of meat per head had
advanced from 33 lb. in 1806 to 40 lb. in 1849, brandy
had grown from 3 quarts to 8, and wine from quart
to 2 quarts. The increase in sugar, again, was from
14 lb. to 7 lb., and in coffee from lb. to 4 lb. These
figures do not bring WI to the latest times, bat the in-
crease has been even in a greater ratio during the
ears since 1849. Thus, Kolb estimates the total con-
sumption of sugar per head of the population in the
area of the Zollverein for the year 1860 at 7•371 b., and
in the year 1864 it had advanced to 923 lb.
The annual consumption of tie population of Lon-
don is given, on the authority of the Economist, as
follows the year 1843: Sugar, 16.54 lb. ; tea,
1.47 lb. ; cocoa, 009 lb. ; wine, 0.22 gallon ; spirits,
0.87 gallon. In the year 1865: Sugar, 41.17 lb. ; tea,
3.26 lb. ; cocoa, 1.14 lb. ; wine, 0.40 gallon ; spirits,
0.89 gallons. From these figures it appears that Eng-
land bears the palm easily in all such matters.

From the recent work of M. Block, " L'Europe
Politique et Sociale," it appears that the sugar con-
sumption of France per head per year is 7.4 kilo-
grammes, that of Prussia 3.75, Austria 2.46, Russia
L 2, Rolland 7,03, Belgium 4.06, while England stands
at 19.88 kilogrammes. It is the same with tea.
England also uses above half as much silk as the whole
of the rest of Europe.

SPUTTERINGS FROM "JUDY'S" PEN.

A SCHOOL BOARD that is never Elected—A black board.
NEVER marry a woman till you know where her dress ends
and hers •ul begins.

IF a man has but one eye, let him get a wife, and she will
be his other I.

IN what case Is it absolutely impossible to be slow and sure?
—ln the case of a watch.

THE husband who devoured his wife with kisses found
afterwards that she disagreed with hire.

AN old bachelor says a woman may be surprised, asto
nialied, taken all aback, but never dumbfounded.
" MRS. Tooarten, where's your husband ?" "He's dying,
marm, and I don't wish anybody to disturb him." A very
considerate woman that !

A TIa:TTI with a turn for figures had live eggs to boll, and,
being told to give them three minutes each, boiled them a
quarter of an hour altogether.
jUSE Wit out a thousand pounds in jewellery for my
dear wife," mid a fond young husband. " Your dear wife
indeed V sneered an acrimonious old bachelor.
AN affectionate watchmaker may call his wife " Myyttle
Jewel ; " but she ought to call him "My little jeweller.
•-

THE Digger Indiana are never known to smile. They must
be grave Ditgers.
JONES wrote to a friend, and closed by saying, "I am glad
to be able to say that my wife is recovering slowly."
IF a woman tells more than the truth in speaking of a
rival's age, she will probably make the thing even by stating
her own.

MoTTO for Cheer-players.—" Act on the square."

A DINNER In the City.—Blg Ben.

THE Uest Thing for a 'Fre ';:01d.7G4 it cured.

A SEASONABL; ncst wine is—other people's.
—Judy.