The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-09-25 00:00:00

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i AUSTRALIAN ABORIGTNES.—The- RRlTUal,rille; -
port of the Board for the Protection of 'the Ah°,l4B'"lt p
has been presented to the Parliament of Victoria' of
appears that there are 1,553 aborigines in Victoristoot.ss ,
.whom 557—viz., 302 males and 255 females—at°
tied on the six stations under the control of the
resat s-•
Though the stations are not yet - self-supPo op
much has been done to promote useful industries _.
them. The estimated gross values of the P5rr16431:17
raised at the several stations last year was At,..' Ile
Every effort is made to induce the natives to Pus-„ery
profitable employments, and their education is ins' g.
carefully attended to. The children at Lake Wel`rs,l '
ton were examined by a Government inspector,roa
had reached the highest standard that can be get,ot '
in State schools. The aborignes still wandering a'''`:sa
the banks of the Murray and elsewhere are supPlitto
with food and clothing, and medical attendance va
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required, but are not compelled against their Dli
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tion.s to abandon the localities where they were bora' '
THE PLAGUE or FLIES.—The Rey. Ge°,lssO7
Meares Drought writes to The Times, from Irelant;il;
"For three years I have lived in a town, and d ales
that time my sitting-room has been free
—three or four walking about my breakfast-"' 1 ,
while all my neighbour's rooms were crowded. t ,
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often congratulated myself on my escape, •1 '
never know the reason of it until two days ags°'tser
then had occasion to move my things to sn''' ops
house, I remaining on for two days longer. A-13.3030
other things moved were two boxes of geraal no
and calceolaries, which, always stood
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windows, the windows being always %len to resole
extent top and bottom. The boxes were 'at'
half an hour before my room was as full of flies ass,k.
those around me, and I am now writing at 019 bsressi,
fast table with twelve dead bodies in the slop Passsis ,
and everything on the table crowding with fhTos t
arrivals. This, to me, is a new discovery, and Pes:rsh Is I
it may serve to encourage others in that s'el",s`',
always a source of pleasure, and now proves SS' .:
be a source of comfort—window gardening. '
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FROM HARVEST TO lEhnvEsr. —ln the tifeo t ,
months from the Ist of September, 1874, to the ' foot
August, 1875, the imports of wheat and wheasts sits .
into the United-Kingdom amounted to 49,654,k-few ' A
equal to 11,770,372qr5. In the preceding b_sir to
months the amount was 50,006,885 cwt., equtse '
11,892,141qr5. • and in the twelve months ending 01
31st of August, 1873, as much as 53,177,050cvst.seccirs w
to 12,634,423qr5. The imports of corn of all kill od
wheat, wheat flour, barley, oats, peas, beans'shrse r'S,
Indian corn—have been as follows in the saeca's of-fl", it
periods :—ln the twelve months ending the ;31,13:4,;
August, 1873, 104,459,121 cwt , equal to 26,809,8,Fl itis4, st
in the twelve months ending the 31st of Augus'S the 1 '
93,794,748 cwt., equal to 23,942,177qr5. ; and es 70 .
twelve months ending 31st August, 1875, 96,' -'
cwt,, equal to 25,001,590qr5.
i .AS SAVOURY AS WELSH RABBIT.—Sayg 04 • i
le, ti j • :
W. 5.," in a contemporary :—As many peoP
gentlemen especially, object to sweets for desserfss a `), '
send a receipt obtained in Canada. It answere -It ' :
relish for lunch, or may take the place of Pastri,s. tic
is a great favourite with people of TranssT)bits
ancestry. It is quite as savoury as Welsh °be of r
while neither heavy nor indigestible. Two ounc, of
butter, four ounces of bread crumbs, eight otte'r, the
cheese, one cup of sweet milk, three eggs • eti" is :
the
butter and cheese into small pieces and pi ose illc, i
into a bowl with the bread; on this pour scalding Tole i
after which add the yolks, well beaten, and alio" tos4
salt; mix well together, cover, and place on theiol
of the range, stirring occasionally until all is diBs°lo a
then add the whites, beaten to a stiff froth; Plaeeboot
buttered pie plate, and bake in a quick oven for Afro •
twenty minutes ! serve the moment it is take ° s ,
the oven. Many eat mustard on this.
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CRIME IN SCOTLAND.—The first ma.,-Ls et - belt,, qisl
cuit Court at Aberdeen since the year 1761 wasi the
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on Friday, in last week, when the Lord Provost 0, the
City, according to immemorial usage, presenteu,soo
presiding Judge, Lord Deas, with a pair of white gwco.
in an oak casket. Lord Deas, in replying, altel soce ;1#
gratulating the magistrates and Sheriffs on the slostit 1
of serious crime in the district, said he had n° -osfor
that was a good deal owing to the operation of r,ivir A
matories, which were originated in Aberdeen, 000
charge.of the young and educating them and r 1 e 1 !
them from those scenes of corruption near whien„oo a
would otherwise have remained. While there," oil
diminution of criminals over the whole country, lot,
sorry to say the diminution was chiefly, if not altoge dos.
among that class of the population who lived by Pins.% or
ing their neighbours. His experience for the pot
three years showed a very considerable itscrenifo, t
crimes of atrocious violence and of taking av"'..ss' oSg
arising mainly from the increase of drunkeeneso,_74oo
the 'Working population. He attributed the ditaw.',":o- of 's
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in the number of thefts to the increasing prosper-I"pr ' 11
the country, and when the working populatiooof of, f
quired habits of sobriety he would expect to be
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decrease in crimes of violence: • ter
A BRAIE GIRL !—ln the middle of the Win At
of 1838 a fire broke out in the female 58011,0 that
Limoges, France, and spread with such rapiditsissTpli
it was feared all the inmates would perish. S,n.Ts-her
there was a cry that one little girl had been ler,"L, to '
room. As the excited spectators were begirta'","be•
pray for the unfortunate child, a tall girl, with °:•`:.igh
yelled blonde hair and flowing nightgown, cut thr47o
the crowd, and with a shriek of "I'll save her l :Act'. s I
rose above the sound of crackling timbers and ~."';:ish„
masonry, dashed into the doorway. A loud ted 1
that was prolonged to the echo only to be rePrtse i I
again attracted the attention of the devotees, '°5e 5 4,
pale-faced girl was seen skipping through the i. 14
with the terrified ehild. A few days thereafter Pl;er
Louis Phillippe sent the heroine a gold medal for ii;od
bravery, and a captain of the French army, vibetioS•
witnessed the girl's pluck, begged an introduc_sce
The captain is now President of France and the h'''
girl Madame MacMahon.
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TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN THE UNITED STA t
—The New York papers of September 9, report tit:.
the previous night a fire was discovered in the ail ao-
room, on the 'second floor of the building of the Llore-
loid Manufacturing Company in Newark. The ' the
man of the drying-room immediately turned off bus
steam with the purpose of extinguishing the &ashore
he had hardly done so and reached the door when .tiog
was a terrible explosion, caused by the overhesto,
of a quantity of celluloid in process Of manufset op
The two upper storeys of the building were blowa„si ,
and fell in with a loud crash that was heard for tas;jl
blocks. The Dames burst out from the building .s.nrissty•
sides, and set fire to the adjoining structures. :6.1-b-out
men and boys were employed in the building. isr
a dozen were seriously wounded. One man Wit!! the
stantly killed; four or five others were crushed us..is-' •
falling walls and buried in the cellar under the dew
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AN ANCIENT CIVIC CIJSTOM.--TH Lon,-0)-, f-fle
Friday in last week, in pursuance of an ancient cildel ,
custom, the Lord Mayor und Lady Mayoress reeertse
at the Mansion House the Master and Wardens
Fruiterers' Company, who presented to them
did assortment of choice fruit, including pinesP_,P es.
melons, pears, apples, plums, peaches, and greengrbsp, '
The gilt was laid out with much taste in the ssiu,°-eci'
Some cordial expressions of goodwill were intercio'i
, 'the
between the Company and the Lord Mayor, aa,'„ to
interview terminated, as usual, with an invitat'°-
gOnse
the Court of Assistants to dine at the Mansion the '
before the close of the Mayoralty. In olden
annual gift of the Company to the Chief Magis"-
conaisted of 12 bushels of apples "of vatious kindaVoi
of the finest description that can be procured."
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purchase used to be made in state at Earring -eto
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Market, and the fruit was thence cairied in bOrrhe •
covered in white napkins to the Mansion House. s'sss
records add that the Lady Mayoress handed the
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to her housekeeper, and placed in each of the Pe7i-re•
baskets a bottle of wine. The men were then
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gsled" with a dinner in the Lord Mayor's kitchelis, ha-spi '
"having satisfied themselves retired, taking with w„-la
the fragments for their evening's supper. Thiel," ,
ceremony has not been observed for many years. '
ARISTOCRATIC PRIVILEGES.
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—Many noble lor
belonging to the British peerage are possibly unat,be
of their privileges in respect to one another. -"be ,
Duke of St. Albans, for instance, would probabllA,
surprised to hear that he may in all places out of,,,•''''g
a°
Royal presence have a "cloth of state" bs', '
within half a yard of the ground, as also his clucc„ne-tiet
who may have her train supported by a baroness. rto
the most important mark of state is that "no earl
wash with a duke without the latter's permison
This privilege is indeed worth preserving, tholikes . •
fail to understand whether "washing with" 013 P-to
the same basin or bath, or whether it merely refer
the same room, in which case were the rule to l'''
e We,
adhered to there might be possible though not
affronts given and received in the lavatories of °eel, ,
exclusive clubs, or even in the House of Lords itse ,
In the same way no viscount is to wash with a mail i
but at his pleasure, though to be sure the fornae,r TA,
have "a cover of assay holden under his cup' l'i s ,
he drinks, and a viscountess may have her gniiiler ,
"borne up by a woman out of the presence of
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superiors, and in their presence by a man," A reylloo ,
of some of these ancient customs, though likely t9c9", gyd•
many heartburnings would delight the hesrt,lql,,,,°o3 I
Bernard., X3urke, and give. thst,Oolliike,Of As-iiis l'ffig
more dignified employment than that of Invel3,o
armorial bearings for enriched grocers and i;aillic.l/
coal merohanta.—Vanity Fair. •.:

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