The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-08-24 00:00:00

FAILURE OF AN AIR BRAKE.

An alarming accident occurred on Thursday
afternoon upon the Midland Railway, about Wi miles
north of Settle. As the express from Manchester,
Leeds, and Bradford was running northwards through
the Bleamoor tunnel, the longest on the line, the
Westinghouse brake went wrong near the engine, and
the tram was effectually brought to a standstill. While
It was standing in the tunnel, it was run into by the
Pullman car express from London, which, according to
the time table, should reach the tunnel about twelve
minutes after the Manchester express. The men in
charge of the first train had relied upon the observance
of the rule that no second train should be allowed to
enter the tunnel until the train had cleared it, but
after they had been in the tunnel about a quarter of an
hour they heard the Pullman train approaching. The
passengers in the Manchester train heard it too, and
on finding the doors of their carriages locked were in
great terror. The guard then ran back to the signals,
and he was able to place some detonating signals upon
the rails, but the Pullman express had not a sufficient
distance in which to pull up after receiving the first
alarm of danger. Happily, however, the driver was
able to moderate the speed of his train very consider-
ably, and so avert a most dreadful disaster. The
guard's van of the first train was smoothed to pieces.
The engine of the Pullman train was thrown off the
line. A dog in the first train was killed. Several
tisseirilsarteed that they had stared severely
both very very full Ipm:ewers. re

THE MAIDENS PROGRESS.
All who are interested in the welbbeing of the English
nee must view with considerable misgiving the change
which is corning over English girls. The question is a
eerious one, and tho consequences may be in the hist
degree deolorable. If the biy he father to the man, the
girl is undoubtedly mother, and with influences far more
potent for good or evil The maidens of this generation
will be the mothers of the next. Will they be patient,
lovable, self-secriflcing, of pure mind and healthy conga-
teams, posseseing the finest qualities of the perfect
Woman, of the typical mother, " that holiest thing alive I"
The answer, Ills to be feared, must be given in the nega-
tive. Neither the moral nor physical training of modern
English girls is such as to justify the hope that they will
be invariably above reproach. The live, they lead, the
loosens they learn, the aims set before them all tend to
degeneracy and deterioration. They are permitted as they
grow up ti develop all the lesser ViColl unchecked. They
are subjected to unwholesome physical pea:ewe calcu-
lated to work as much mischief to their bodice as evil
counsels and bed examples will to their minds. They are
allowed a freedom from restraint, an independent brreid•
nese of speech, a latitude in thought an anion, which
might easily lip", into worse, and drive them ',cross the
slight barrier which nowadays separate, Propriety from its
opposite.
The progress of our modern maiden', like that of the
bad eprentiee, is a ,wewer 1 from the first. They rem,
un ler the , &Nenee of vicious treetmeot almost in their
crell a. Vanity and frivolity they absorb with their
mother's milk. While still the merest infante they
acquire a elusion for dress: their earliest prattle is of
furbelow and flounce;
kerkt,4".withli
into their ears long before they leave thosceoolroom ; and
they learn ea.:), to appraise and epee c ire those which ,
The pa r stalk:lA dn
their
ill tii pinafore.,
oaeclodtareie theirnn elders,
"wodfi %hfirst
bpersonal g wjls:tt"
aticiehsaiP:tal'rtieai their
dsatinsstehn i;Cdr
they flitter themselves eh, y reatly peewee,. The silly ,
peoido who surround them fost r sod fin this into • cm-
'tautly glowing flame Gies, to compass beauty or its
counterfeit, will ch erf illy Imii themadves to the tor-
mentor", atid glaily taco present torture and future
Injury if they think their appertranee will thereby be
Improved. There can be found no mote grievous, X toplei
of this than in the rage for tight-lacing, which the latest
fashion with Ps development of "the figure' his recently
brought so much in vogue. A welt-authenticate] sue is
on record of a mother who, hems dieseti,jeei with the eiee
of her daughter's waist, at that timo aged 12, persuaded
her nothost 1,13, to weer perpetually • pair of stays
fashioned like a cuirass, but with • padlock always
travelled, of which the mother k. pt the key. The
husbands, poisib/y of professional beauties, at any rate of
wives of we.° appearance they were pr iud, lave been
i WAKEFIELD CATTLE.—We had 4,706 sheep and
enoa.e Ii p .rein ally superinteed the process of lacing. 1 1...... he, , e.e.
. and teem fat beards, including upwards of 100
ian cattle. Trade throughout the day ruled slow,
itonusire.t.in‘girtiiptrhelpree,redly utpoereestorbet
til.imuc,,etihiannioef.irealeprilii.onu: c.o. tis; """
order to bring the circumferimee of the waist within the but at the close • fair clearance was effected. The
limits if a spin. Other men, not only near releti vet, but quality of both le -f and mutton was good, but we cannot
that large host of admirers whose approve' is grateful quote any alteration on late rates The tendency of the
to ev.ry it wader of Eve, exercise iiidiricidy tee market was downwards, but on the whole dealers obtained
Gime pernicrius influeuce by eceordine pro,, only last week's prices.
BRISTOL, CORN, THURSDAY. —Several samples of new
to the mist monstrous distortions of the human
form diem,. What are the t inures and diecousiorte English wheat offering on our market to-day, and selling
at irrular prices, condition fair. . Foreign pressed for
undergone by the wretch A victims to thi" false
staldard of b.A ay, they themselves alone can tell. sale at Is to te per qr. decline. Mame slow, at previous
But
y
soma cououjoif in of it bi observing rat"- Barley tome, and commands full Prices. Some
n
oneldw °tat" mysiTtaitinarried vpirengvfiorutnimriareteL‘nd in
a damp
condition'
a sywleeliiliiik 'Ye fi f
..,"1"n tre as .he low, up tiiii sten, tin her okiti-
tight earn, nti, wencher paiuflidy in her narrow-point:it high-best, I.- ho. s, which disturb the butane. of her body, BRISTOL CATTLE, Tauesoar.—We had but • small
sal destroy ill grace of gait- I. fatigue overtakes her, as show of Euglish beef in the market to-day, owing to the
It easuredly will, she vu .> hail • cab • hut she is- the large arrivals of Canadian- Besttort' fetched front 70s to
curious oftoryer may me
lee this any day for Wessell—far an 72e. d middlingfrom OW to EM per cwt. Mutton was
t.O tightly trussed robe able to lift her o -ton to the step, plentiful, and met with a quiet male. Beet wethere
and will bare to elves i between dismissing the cabman is
_eten.°4 al t0_91,1,4°,(1, ,heavy Ow" 8•1 to 114,1 Per pound
or being df:ed into her seat. Follow her • dos on yards e“nl°,,ret .la.rt "us in le" MI MIL Best sone (etched
flutter, awl you will
There were about 1,700 store cattle from
Prodadole n 'tics her tures aside, innu °I t° 11.
ostensibly to look int i• sh pew indow, but really together Ireland, an with an improved trade nearly all were sold
stength from her smelling silts awl thus avoid fainting at late rates. We hail only about 500 jail" Bacons
lii the streets. Nor do three horrible anl mere immediate fetched Ils SI. and
_porkers front 11, 91 to 121 per score.
Inc myeeiences ram up the pernicious , ffect of this WAKEFIELD CORN, FaiDaY.—There is very little
Abominable practles of tight- I icing, which is now carrell businees Passing in wheat this morning, and prices may
to such d preemie excess. The snore remote, but inevit- be quoted 21 lower on the week for red winters, and Is to
' able, conseque.ces are absolutely fatal to health, modem Ita or white wheats. Some inquiry for barley clogs at
fashion is a hideous Moloch, and the maiden vowed to its I hand hut not much demand for 4ipment
wiyable is doomed. She may escape for a time; but the uvEaPouL CORN, Irivllar.—With modeeate attends
germs of disease are there, and will some day come to sues our market elvers with • fair demand for wheat
rapid maturity. The truths of medical science, if eought Bed winter, 14 per rental lower-. C diforni in, Ss 41 to
out would convey an awful warning, which the most Sind. Fl sue slow badness, net changed in value. Indian
recklese could not fail to lay to heart. This artificial con- eaM. "'new, ,wix"4;ll American,eri°4n, 5' 1# l• Beane. Elyptian,
striction if lb., wai,t is a foul misting. of the human '' 11tot "• ' Peas,Csnadiau. s3lto 7a 4 Oatil
frame, and the penalty is malformation and utter dis- plow. Oatmeid_quiet, lowering tendency.
organisation of the internal °mann. It will inevitably SOUTHAMMN CORN. flusiar. —Our market to-lar
lead to • eerie, of terriblo in 01, will suPerindoee was thinly attended. Several samples of new wheat were
pfemeinzu Ad age, perhaps end iu an early death.
Possibly the euumeration of theme physical evils my serve to frighten those reaponaibte for them, and in due
_lnila:velerckeiry-agndsuainitil
0,11P:fal
ticannueg£PePtvll44lrrewaitnthawli
tee:etor°l7l:,
,pamd).tie decline,
048:Flioul Burley,rratigiloli; c'fnhefila'wn lartdist
c -wilt tend to work their cure. But their removal meet say NS t, 374. aceording to quality :—New wheat (English)
be eccompinied by more enlightened moral treatment, If we would check effectually our wahines' downward barley, Stfis to 30i; oats. Ms to 2131: beans, ek to 47,: Pen;
descent. If their frail bodies aro cruelly treated, so also 45' " 42, : mete • 27s to 3?.' limr 344 to 37* per sack.
are their minds. Muth. ra are sometimes Culpably sou rnAmpfoN CA.TTLE, kltiDaY. There was •
neglectful; more often they do irreparable iuts,bbit by small supply of stock at this day's market. Trade for
suffering their daughters to see and hear, even take part mutton was • great deal better than last week. Walters ,
in, evoryihin• that gam on. The little girl may listen at Changed hands at 6.8.1 to 7, per stone; and heasta at las ,
first without harm to doubtful conversation: but she will
~,,,te 151 per score. The following were offered :—Shisep,
soon ilev, lop precoolous quickness of apprehensio0. ithe am ; beasts, 26; calves, 15; piss. 00; bones, 12.
may not grasp the exact meaning of flirtation; but, like BATH CORN, Bsrunasr.-01.1 stocks of English whist
all children. she is imitative, and she will soon understand are nearly exhausted, and for the few samples of new es
how to use her eyes. Long before she is introduced and , offer fair Prices were made. the quality being satisfitetor7.
out in the world she e ill have mastered the use ,I tho ' Other grain remained without change in value. The fins
weever." she is t i ban 114 atelna inaukind. The educe- ! trade ruled doll.
, flee ml, have hem imperceptible; more probable it hae 1 GLOUCESTER CORN, fiIaTURDAT.--We have had *
b-en stimulated by the vicious help of personal example, week of cloudy but dry weather, favourable for basWeet
, inune,chl.nmish,
anineid.Lbliltirte,2o,
oiresnwaho,nif
thsevewolorlidk
and
dy
isettatealeyees operations. Of the simple, of new English wheat sh
;at our market to-day some were very good and other,
I. sire 'ily deeply vereea in ee.en. le - r farther pr-gress a ~.ry indifferent Prices were the LIMO as last week. Thia
certainly not towards improvement. Wilhite a season or . trade for foreign wheat was extremely dull, and to snake
cot!two she n 11l have distinctly deteriorated. See has reamed sales • concession of 61 to 11 per quarter on s
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At rUa 'N7OI IN°DI3 Awl? se-or-
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t stock
. in the wicket to-d iy WM a little below the
tth2..secireiale;ereb.vire.nryert:woqutota, bi£l:s4 c;h:ges in 1etea744;4264
are would scarcely cheeses her for a wife, o
p.m' Pr"4Betl,'L.6s:t: ittoratioutise—Thlrat"
brier, owid..ingb"rdinlicr2l:tdiroiffe.Lwntili;evf :iiicaktoriry.d
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collie d I,r, if net ;Imre unite,.
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in, the sscred function. . wetherr, Sit to Ws; fit uWira
' Pan over to that
' a."'CORK BUTTER, SATUILDAT.--:::::: calves,
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mat', bat might certain:y be te
112. ; fourths. 1031 • fife& 7 e a "4°Dda'
*moo to tito scandal of %addaxes-omi and she ius lni : mild, 1110 s. Salt keiss-84t. • tlesseowe; nit I'3lll,ll'k.
(Willa. 110 a Number of firkins in She swim,' -WC— '
fail.
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" Cocoa " and " Chocolate " are of Mexican origin.
The word " Chocolate " is derived from " Ch000latl,"
the sound produoed by the primitive stones, used to
bruise and mix the COODA with sugar; whereas
"Cocoa "Is the name under which the unadulterated
beans of the "Theobroma Cacao" of Linnceus are
imported into England. Those who wish for Cocoa
absolutely pure should ask for the Cocoa Buena.
originally prepared by Cadbury Bros.