The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-20 00:00:00

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iron, putty knives, rope ladders, and skull cape. One
of the latter was an elaborate affair, woven of the
finest silk and of many colours. All the tools left gave
evidence that none but the most skilful professionals
were engaged in the robbery. The money removed to
the roof was left. Money was subsequently found
about the building, but in very small amounts. Had
the thieves succeeded in getting into the other safe,
which was partially blown open, they would have
found notes and papers to the amount of nearly 500,000
dollars.

SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1875.

HOW TO COOK MACARONI. —When you
macaroni as it is prepared in Italy you find it
Turkish coffee—something the soul delights
took the pains (says an inquiring lady writer)
an authentic recipe for cooking macaroni, and
who wish a most delicious, easy, and cheap -
write it: Take three pints of beef soup, cleaJ
put one pound of macaroni in it and beil
minutes, with a little salt; then take up the Pa:
—which should have absorbed nearly all the 11'
and put it on a flat plate and sprinkle grated 4
over it thickly, and por over all plentifully
made of tomatoes, well boiled, strained, and se'
with salt and pepper. Some People prefer to
put the cheese on it, but I prefer it with tont
well. If anybody don't like that when it is UI
is because he don't know what is good.

A WEEK AFTER MARRIAGE. Mr.
(angrily). But I tell you "Equity follows the Laltio.
Mrs. Law—formerly Miss Equity—(calmly). 0, iSte
was so before marriage; but now I am to rule.—
Judzcature Act, 1873, sec. 25 (11)1—Punch.
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A FEARFUL THREAT !—A Frenchma—,
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had lost an appointment he held, having Pu iss
clared that it would cost the lives of more ti"sssssf
hundred persons, this statement came to tiSfr ,
the public authorities, who had him arrel,lo
asked him whut he meant by such a threat.' t' ;
threatened no one," he replied; "I only megt
was about to turn doctor.
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VERY WELL DEVILLED.—Mr, -10,„e b 9,6
been very properly reproved by his wife fce usbdissius
language in connection with Turkey, has b°lllldlstive
self not to say anything worse of that se,Luissuiss.'
power than "Devil take Turkey" till uwposh,
After which he must use stronger language.
S pSa
nPiAs ips rHo vinc es o f PROVERBS.I‘I
They have but two proverbs; for ever are d l a
u-1-.cTiahaerine
shaaibdittano
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the lips—the one, Trust no one but G°dS„a and
dollar in your pocket ; " the other, "Reav''''
earth are good; all between them worthless. lad to
THE PRECOCIOUS ONE.—I am always. gby I
tell a tale when it occurs to me, ane that ls v;-asitS
tell the following (says a contribitcr to who
Fair) :—A country gentleman had a small soe
having been early taken about to the stables had
the kennels and initiated into their tecretB4joing
become quite a baby-expert in all matte's ner's
thereto, and quite ready to give his opilion sfs
horse or a litter of pups with as much seri ete
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tainty as though, instead of being a chid, be eV
an old and hardened sportsman and fantier.
country gentleman had the good fortune :0 be boy p
sented with twin daughters by his wife, aid t,,beps ts
after his usual round among the animals, wo ra7s;sle.
see these little creatures as they lay in th3ir.`"legg•
The child looked at them gravely, pulled ,11e,irscters
pinched their arms, opened their eyelids, Leo 'Sold,
moment of reflection, pointing to one of thete,
"Keep this one."
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A VETERAN CENTENARIAN.—In the eck
New York at the present day resides Cart. Fr,erts he
Lahrbrush, formerly of the British arm 3, ss'ussstle
aged 109 years, and enjoying good health
man of the most engaging manners and nstural ra
ment, he receives a large number of visitsrs, Ststee
lates a history of romantic interest. H, reo",
Third Avenue and almost every Sabbith, slosh
Church of the Ascension on Fifth Avenue, the eusetlis
treble of his worn-out voice may be heard Au' eie
filo°
worship of the congregation. He rises Moe
the morning, and retires shortly after seven
slat bl
evening. He is abstemious in his habits 01°1'10
the daily practice of eating opium, to whici drltslir
believed, he attributes his long life. Captain, the
brush claims to have fought wader Wellingtoil SO
Peninsula, and to have witnessed the sigtie,sg,f(soo
famous Treaty of Tilsit, which took place in>" 1000:
raft moored in the River Niemen) betweenlCaPe
Alexander of Russia, and the King of Prussia
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AUTUMN LEAVES. Operator (coolmitft,
Attack). "Hair's falling off very fast, Sir
(carelessly). "Y
-e-e-e."—Operator. "1 canSe,(krest!
—Patient (gaily). "'Generally does this Time 0 sesist
Fresh Crop in the Spring, y' know! !" Vsef
[Operabr sighs, and raises Siege.]—Pmicil.
THE WARMEST CLOTHING.—White hats
clothes are worn in the summer because they (oSusso
readily as dark-coloured articles absorb the heittslits
is a rational expedient, but it is not so reasolSelo
forget, when winter comes round, that dark tr tbel
radiate heat, or allow it to escape, as rapidlY
absorb it. At a season when the heat of the ogro,
almost entirely generated and supported from Ili sit
it seems unaccountable that people should so consg°o
affect dark clothing. The fact that animals in tb..tsto
regions are provided with white fur in winter p 401,0
the more judicious selection. The practice a P
on the most sombre and depressing garb at a
when everything has a tendency to look gloonsi
necessary, and, considering that it is the revtore°.
cheery, it might, with advantage to health and seS
be extensively modified. There should be no di spt
in procuring stuffs for clothing combining silsiscl
substance and low-conducting material with ligP
cheerful colours.
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CATTLE DISEASES.—At a meeting Or -. —e
folk Chamber of Agriculture on Saturday resoltSllo
were adopted to the following effect :—ln vieW 01 00
universal existence of foot-and-mouth disease ,_,O
chamber memorialised her Majesty's Governis,lna
close all fairs and markets throughout the ut7i,
Kingdom for six weeks, first giving the Nu% bit
month's notice, fat animals only to be iss°v;
licence. In the opinion of the chamber this kes,
check the disease, and allow time for all mare
lairs, cattle-trucks, steamboats, and infected Isslaes(oo
be cleansed and disinfected.—Mr. C. S. Rea", 104
tary of the Local Government Board, said that
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disease was imported into the country from Ire!7ootlie
a large scale, and until compensation was give° seelete
slaughter of infected animals in Ireland, it was l'sssoe
for Norfolk farmers and land owners to go to exississ
in order to get rid of cattle disease. The hon. resescat it
suggested that the chamber should take care 11.00
was represented in the deputation on the subjeeta
the Central Chamber of Agriculture which swill tss 1
upon some government department, if not up 03,1,40
Prime Minister, during the Smithfield Club
Show week. Pte
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WINE AND SPIRITS.—Mr. M'Laren, -
has obtained a return, containing an analySiL sea
former return, giving the net receipts from selr'year
other sources of revenue. It appears that in tbeiosed
ended the 31st of March the duty on spirits Os:loch
£20,576,812 in the 'United Kingdom—in Eogisad,
£13,206,641; in Scotland, £4,041,419; and in irslist
£3,328,752. The wine duty in the year ended 0014;
of March last was £1,709,856—in England, £1,429,`
in Scotland, £113,858; and in Ireland, £166,846.
A REMARKABLE CLERGYMAN. The
Robert Walker was one of the most remarkable u'rod-
men that have ministered in the Church of Beg sree
He ministered for 66 years in the parish where bseros
born, and was buried there in 1802. He wag e'e for
man and schoolmaster, teaching in the churebSesp:
there was no school house. He sheared his own.L''' sof s
spun his own wool, made his own clothes and yu'i for
his family; made his own shoes, gathered his Pei' • g,
fuel, made his own candles, and, while thus labgrioSs,
preached the Gospel every Sunday in the lowit tssr
church of Leathwaite. "He, being dead, yet speas-e
—The Bock.
GAOL BIRDS.—The Examiner says :—lt tot
common complaint among the criminal classes led
they never have a chance of turning over a neWsisie-
after leaving prison. Employers are naturally the
clined to trust men with such antecedents, ST:4O/
werking-classes themselves hold aloof from ig
sag
birds." Thus the road to earning an honest it l
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barred, and the repentant criminal graduall9Lilf
back into those evil ways to which he is inceBs''"A.o
tempted by the solicitations of former comradeesso,
this tends to perpetuate an organised criminal "'ads
we are glad to see the progress already made tof'dis.
a better state of things by societies for the aid 01 sot
charged prisoners. Last year they helped 1,025 Jo
of 1,841 to gain an honest livelihood, and altbe
many of these may have relapsed into crime, these e
be little doubt that a good proportion were reslos
The directors of convict prisons bear witness to of
effect in their last annual report, wherein the valueof
the work done by such Samaritan institutionsis frsutis-
acknowledged. . . . As the reformation of thes,,e_ssi
fortunates mainly depends upon their finding rs;si '
remunerative employment on leaving prison etat
centre of industry in the 'United Kingdom will wo-061
consult its own vital interests by joining in the g
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work. Kindness will do more than the cat to extisit
crime.
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PASSING THE CROWD IN. A wer„ e-xis- _st
drummer for a dry goods house, who chaneed,vo
summer to be in a Maine town, where the es`io
was to show that night, made a bet that he C 0435
pass every one of a party of thirty, who had Cso'
over from a neighbouring town, into the
te
without paying a cent. The wager being acceP
the party was marshalled and proceeded to the te• g
where the doorkeeper was busily engaged 01°110
tickets from all who passed through the aperture es
the canvas. Coming up with the crowd, the draloso,
rushedup to the ticket-taker with his hand full of C9f.vg
and saSd, 'Just count these men as they pas in, eiluto
with the one in the straw hat." Certainly, sir,
the Cerberus went to work. "Five, ten'
fiftelitecl
eighteen," &c. as they passed by him and
with the crowd, till the straw hat was reached, sm'tiie
he shouted, "thirty-one," and turned round for jijo
tickets. But the polite individual who had bade
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enumerate had vanished, while, the party who `was
crowned with the straw hat, the only one who .swts
stopped before he had mingled with and melted IP E,
the indistinguishable mass of the crowd inside, won,
to be an innocent countryman who had legitimar74
procured pasteboard. The ticket-taker couldn't lesee,
his post, for the ingress of regular spectators was Prsse.
sing, so he made the best of it, and said nothing. 'Ls,
had learned a lesson, however, that made him in
tickets first and count afterwards for the future.
A FAMOUS DINING-HOUSE.—Notieing a famoo
dining-place in Paris, the Maison DorSe, a corruptor
dent writes :—Since the restaurant was first opened
July, 1841, it has never been closed by day or by nigb
For snore than 34 years the outer doors have nsse.
been shut. Even during the siege and the Conarlo°.
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the place was not entirely closed. Of course the p!-
prietor could not at that time undertake to provide
food for all and sundry, but a small party of ten
twelve had lunch and dinner at the Maison Dore°
every day during the siege. Moreover, they Wet re
never obliged to put up with horse, or rat, or cat, es
any of the abominations that figured on all other_
menus at that time. This smal party of Sybaritse
consisted of personal friends of the proprietor,
spared no pains to provide this veritable table ciwe";
to which he himself sat down, with all the delicall
that were available. The expense was DAMV
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enormous. Thus a cow, which in ordinary times, ee:f
200 f., cost then 4,200 f. ; and the then market Prk's,c.the
• eggs was 3f. a piece. The expenses incurred rsseis
assiduous frequenters averaged 100 f. a day, au" —.se
at this tariff the balance was rather on the wrong st
of the proprietor's books. The gourmets contrYse"s,;
however, to pass a comparatively pleasant time. s'-"Ii;
breakfasted and dined well, and then filled up tue
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tervals of eating with a game of bouillotte. purled.
these troublous days the cellar was never once insSsa43o.
and even during the Commune no attempt was