The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-11 00:00:00

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HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

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good I% rp, •ptIMO tßae/ ..•.no- well Icemen
t he r.,et Lunen, in 1.1. 1. bley
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S CF. DivC.,VinvOP 00..aL.—The Nheltield
rt, egray ,b,s an idinary scene to hat
wan. w low. r ueiug put cowu *nlcoin.tree XIISMEt . l.avu 11:1,1 open a seam of
coal
.• crops a, loot to th - surf .ce News
f ~,$ Rae quic. preed erno,ig the hutnbler
rtshk. to .otljj oefighoouri... ci, and the reeult watt that
sevenil L. WOLII•la childr“, pit in an appear-
anLe t.t bal ,Ixio.c, Back; ood sll kiwi of e-
cep "-.4, for t_. of the down..nde "
as they wore thrown op by the Ivo, amen. the separa-
tion of the coal from the earth and atones certainly
involved some little trouble, but the crowd was enter-
prising and patient, and the division of the spoil was
conducted with a tak &fres of decorum.

001111IINICUTID. A "Home Ruler " —My
WM.—Punch.

TAXES cm Boomi.—A Board of Trade Returo,
stating the import duties levied in Europe and the
United states Cu produce and manufactures of the
United Kingdom, show that printed books araad
mated free into the visa!pal countries of Europa. the
return relating to HAM& adding " subject to Q.
censor's regulations." Boobs in foreign languages irs
admitted free into Swedes; but Imported hooka in
Swedish must pay 19e. 11. d, per cwt. In Spain, boob.
In Spanish are liable to am Import duty of 16.. 3d. per
cwt., books in foreign languages one•tonrth of that
rate. There is also a differential duty in Portugal, but
books In • foreign language are admitted free if nu.
bound or In paper covers. In Italy bo .ke unbound are
admitted free; bound books must pay 40s. Bd. per cat,
In Switzerland there is an import duty on books, but
it is only 45d. per cwt. In Turkey there is an Import
duty of 7.20 per emit, ad ealerent. The Unttee %Me
shut their doors faster, and demand 25 per cent. 44
tatorvm. They aleo levy 20 per cent. on Photogrspkg
The B a.rd of Trade date the Return in July List.

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RILNIMBIRENG HIS Psomzsz.— The following
anecdote of the late Mr. Cbi.hohn Anstey is comma-
cleated by a correspondent :

I remember, years ago, Mr. Luray telling me of how he
became reconciled to Lord Palmerston aftee the celebrated
impeachment of his lordship, which, unfair and injuicitee
se It was, established Mr. Snaky as a man of mark. TM
then member for Youghal called upon Lord Paimendon—
then oat of °Moe, but expecting to come in. The peat mei
was very cordial, and never, you may be sure, talked of Uni
Impeachment On limning away Mr. Anita), laid, alluding er. the expected cite* "Lord, remember me when thou
comeet into thy kingdom" Lord Palmereion laughed aload,
and said, " When the kingdom comes well talk about it •
The result wu Mr. Alutey's appolntment at Hoag Kong.
A HAPPY THOUGHT YOH THAVELLABS.—RajI.
way offlidals, possibly, may not be strict grammarian;
but there is little doubt that most of them are now
well vaned in Acoidence.—Punch.

DUMB WITH Suarams.—At a ball ginn by a
British merchant in Bison, several Siamese nob," ire,
among the guesna. Torir sensations may be imagined
when the Scotch bagpipes, played by an old sailor,
struck up the only music which had been found ems&
able, and the European members of the company we.
whirling and whizzing past, as reel, jig, and blitlnlset
Blng followed each other in quick succession.
with surprise and dismay, the nobles rushed en stmee
from the house, entered their boats, and ordered tag
oarsmen to pull furiously for the mission houses,
situated some two miles lower down the river. It wee
verging towards midnight, but some of the missionaries
were still busy in their libraries, and the excited nobles,
first knocking furiously At the door, and then entering
without wishing for • response, called clamorously,
"Help, help for your countrymen I The foreign=
at the British godowns are gone crazy; they are dam
lug for themselves I"

CO-OPZHATION RICOMMENDED !—The follow-
ing is from an article in the Globe, entitled "Then:.
man's Plea" :

What would I recommend the public to do to get may
cheaper I Ain't easy to say. We doesn't mean to week
longer hours or at km retes, that I tells you. If mule
choose to combine Agin as, we aren't afraid of a light,
we can allays get some wart 'cove ground, being heady
hard-work& chaps, but they'll be ruined If their pile and
plant ls Idle foe long. I expect your beet dodge 'II be to buy
pits for pommel's and work 'ens together. Carpi...atlas'.
(Jame evidently meant co-operation) "Corporation h,
good &die for cheapening things It Urea a lot, as eel
found out long sin'. In course, you'd have to psy press,
high for good pits, but you'd save middlemens' and men
chants' profits anyhow, and they're pretty big, I gums. Y.
corporation's your game, and not trying It on to make as
work harder, for we aren't gobi' to, that's fat."
Music as JP Wiles.— On a 'Pleasant Jane
afternoon • number of gentlemen, who had taken up
their homes in San Francisco as music-teacheis,
started upon an excursion to the cliffs around the
Golden Gate. AI they walked on, they picked by the
roadside some fully.npened grapes, which they took
along with them to add to the completeness of the
luncheon. Afterwards one of the party, as they aid
upon the cliff partaking of the grapes, called the at
tention of the others to the similarity in appearance of
the Mission grapes which they were eating to some of
the varieties which grew in Germany, and from which
they themselves had waisted in making wine. This
little circumstance turned Kiibler and Flohling from
musicians into wine-maker.. They began their experi-
ments with the Minim grape, and in 1854 they had a
few barrels of wine. As an evidence of the rapid in-
crease of this enterprise, we find the great house of
Kiihler and FM:ding now occupying extensive P
and eroding out hock, claret, sherry, muscatel,
port wines and brandy, of such qualities as have made
them well known in the trade.—From "The ettlizatit
to the Pacific."

A FRAOMISAT OF THI VENDOME COLUKN.-..
The New York Times gam that for some time peel
• curious looking piece of hem ze, weighing about 751 b.,
has been on rinibltion at No. 581, Broadway. This
bronze is said to be a fragment of the Vend Owe
column, demolished during the reign of the Commune
in Paris. An attache of the French General Consulate
recently demanded that the debris be returned to ths
French Government, to whom it belonged. The to.
gusset was complied with, and the VendOnie fragment
promptly delivered to the claimant.
HACKNEYED " HosHoHs."—Whilat Tam read.
ing my newspaper at breakfast, my servant, who also
reads hers, often interrupts me by ailing me a question
about some articular in connection with " that mur-
der." Waat murder? I always Pkip murders. There
is such a "saneness about them all, and there are so
many of them I—ONE OF THE PEOPLE.—Pock.

A Rscoommow !—Professor Sedgwick was
geologising in a quarry near the high road dressed in
a rough suit for the purpose, and striking vigorous
Mows with his hammer upon the rock, when • travai-
ling carriage coming up stopped at the place, and
gentleman within beckoned to the Professor to coos
up to the door, as be wanted to know the way to the
residence of a nobleman in that locality. Protestor
Sedgwick having answered this and various lathe
questions put to him very readily, the gentleman,
pleased with what he deemed the intelligence and
civility of the quarryman, offered him *shilling, which
was received with thanks. The carriage drove on,
taking its occupant to the nobleman's house, where be
was an invited guest Soon after Professor Bodged&
followed him, tor he was staying there at that time
himself. At dinner they happened ta be seated near
each other, and soon fell into conversation. After •
while the gentleman, looking earnestly at Profeescg
Sedgwick, observed—" I think I must have had ths
pleasure of seeing you before, and that not very long
ago f" " Oh! yes," was the reply; "you saw me this
morning, and gave me a shilling for answering • whole
string of questions, and I was much obliged to yes
for it,"