The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-13 00:00:00

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The Boston correspondent of the New York Herald,
writing on the 20th of February, says :—Tho rare
spectacle of pronouncing the death sentence upon a
juvenile murderer was witnessed in the Supreme
Court in this city this afternoon. The unfortunate
offender was Jesse Pomeroy, the boy fiend, who was
recently convicted of the murder of a little boy named
Milan, and who had also confessed to the murderipg
of and the cruelly butchering of a little girl named
Katie Curran. He is also the youthful fiend who
tortured so many children in the suburbs of Boston a ,
year or two since. By direction of the Court the clerk
asked the prisoner if he had anything to say why sen-
tence of death should not be pronounced upon him, ti.
which he replied distinctly that he had not. Judgel
Gray then pronounced sentence of death. He said
that accompanying the verdict the jury had sent a..=
recommendation of mercy, but that . recom-
mendation could have no effect upon .the Court.
That would be sent to the Executive
of the Commonwealth; but whether he would
yield to its prayer . was impossible for the court.
to determine. His honour then said it as his
duty to remind the prisoner of the importance of turn- •
ing his thoughts to an appeal to the Eternal Judge of
all hearts and to make preparation for the doom which
awaited him. The person in the court room who
seemed to appreciate the solemnity of the occasion the
least was the doomed boy himself. He preserved that
.calm, stolid, and indifferent manner which charac-
terized his appearance during the trial—not moving a
muscle, or seeming to care for the fate which awaited
him. After the sentence he was removed to the gaol,
where he will remain until the warrant of Governor
Gaston is issued. Efforts for a pardon will probably
be made, but it is doubtful if it will be granted.
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HOME, FOREIGN, SAND COLONIAL.

SWEET AND SILVERY TITLE FOR A CITY LOITE-
SONG.—"Emma Mine! Emma Mine !"—Punch. .
A KAFFIR JOKE.—A missiOnary lady arrived
from England and took up her residence in. Edendale.
She brought out with her an unusually large trousseau
of under wearing apparel. A Kaffir, knowing this,
availed himself one evening of the opportunity, while
the enthusiastic lady was preaching to a congregation
of Hottentots, to get hold of certain portions of her
underclothing which he thought Most beCoMing •, and
immediately ran off with them to show hkoself. A
. very large -Kaffir arrayed himself; in the reverend
lady's drawers put on as a vest; lie •thrust an arm-
•-through each 1,4 of .the,paritaloons,.ind the frills with
which they Were-orrianiented hung over his lyrists. A
chemise tie nuit he had tied`tby the sleeves round his
,waist, as a kind Of shirt; net being able to get inside
U.—Sketches of Life and Sport in South-Eastern. Africa.
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MEMOY7S HAITNTS.—The habit of r turning.
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night after night to the same cornea:, and of seeing the
same things always, becomes a Second nature ,Tlaisis
the reason why old hares and old ‘foxes, eVen after
having been hit somewhere near their forms or their
holes, always. crawl back to them '•- they want perhaps
to see the bit of brushwood or the tuft of ' ag grass
which are associated with their early rerr arances.
For our- attachments and even our anxieties md our
troubles are after all a large part of our exit 3e, an,
our trials attach us to a place almost as much
haPpier. nieniories.--" Brigadier Frederic : a Story, t.
an Aliciiian Exile." ~• -'' a
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FEMALE .SUFFRAGE.-4. largo _ meeting was,
'held inrthe,Colston Hall, BriAtel; on Thursday evening
last week, in support of Mr. Forsyth's bill' for.
,rtiaoving the Electoral Disabilities of Women. The chair
was taken by Christopher Thomas, Esq. La yAii.p.,
~-C4.ore Langton, in moving one of the resolutio s,._ 44
;that' a fair 'share of political power was one of,
ti,,liest ambitions of a man, and the Possession lof thit '
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, bower improved him, elevated him, enlarged hi ideas,
and f4ceti him to consider the welfare'of othe a, and
if Men found tliii position in life iniproved'.ah belie-
• fiti& by having the franchise, would not Nionieii qually '
"filidiliemselves benefited if they also had the,4ver to
VO-te-? ' She quite agreed that women's dutle:Sl &Wad
none—they began there, but they did rtt' end there.
'Atm believed that in giving women the franchis they
' would raise them socially and morally, and it mas for
the power of benefiting their fellow-creatures that she
was an `adVocate for women's suffrage: The! Rev..
Prebendary' Peicival, Miss Sturge, of Birminitharn,
and Miss Lilias Ashworth, were among the s .ers.
The usual resolutions were carried in suppo f the
bill.
~ 41-4,EsENX OMPANY ALWAYS EXCEP
—Aunt Emily (who thinks that Two's ConfPan
Three's none) . .'.I thought mamma toed you,
she went out, to go downstairs for the p
Mabel."—Mabel (who thinks Three better than
" Well, and so I did; but I didn't find the pre
here I am again !"--Punch.

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A PEAIITIFITL HUNTRESS.— In Harris, 2g,
ren.nsylv.ania----there is s. " bi3autiful, huntress,' a
,youpg lady of seventeen, who delights in roMantic ad-
vaturev,iii the tribufitainbusAregians' of her native
State. The other morning she went out on a hunting
expedition, and in a short time succeeded in " bagging "
sixteen partridges and three squirrels. 'I he same even-
ing she shot eight musk-rats. The next day, by no
means exhausted, she performed similar exploits with
her revolver. Her uniform consists of a tight-fitting
jacket and short skirt, cap with oil-cloth cover, and
India-rubber boots. She is accompanied by two canine
companions on her expeditions,

A FAMILY LIKENESS.—SCENE--Pe
Guards—Back, Entrance.—Sentry " Can'y
here, sir. Isn't your name 'Purchase'?"
Stranger: "0, dear, no. My name's
No relation whatever ! "—Sentry: "
commonly like him, anyhow ! "—Punch.

THE ASHANTEE EXPEDITION.—The
mentary Estimates show that in the currela
year there has been paid by the Government
of .22,000 to Captain Glover, and £5OO to
worthy, and also £2,500 for presents to
Chiefs, compensation to special service ogle'
small gratuties to various persons.
• MESSRS. MOODY ANT) SANKEY AT 101
—FAREWELL SERvlcEs.—Sunday (the 7th),?
last day of tho stay of these gentlemen
cervices were held, ,viz. :—At eifsbt
iristian workers ' • -at eleven am. for thote.
not regularly attending any place of worsPli
p.m., for women only; and at eight
only. Each of ,these services were very
tended, and in the aggregate some forty 0
persgns must have been- present. For tvij
before the proceedings commenced hundreds.;
besieged the building, eager to secure admisgd,
Sankey was not present, but Mr. MoodY, 0
appropriate addresses to each, exhorting mll'srs
to perseverance, and recommending the eno.ti
ministers of religion who promised to take his
• a series of services to be held this month
cious building in which they were then
The total cost of the visit amounts to £5,01'
£4,500 has been subscribed.
A HINT ABOUT SLEEPING APAILTaIgO
erroneous idea seems to prevail in regara,
healthfulness of our sleeping apartments.
_Ter
aiserted that they should be cold in °I."
healthy. In alluding to this a medical PI
that "A moderate amount of heat is needed
Mom, but that moderate amount is needed lei
time. There is no advantage in going
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in a cold room, nor in Bleeping in 3 C
-a. in getting up and •dressing in a
Jrsons' may survive it; many have l°s
by it. To have the chill taken off the air
bed, and when dressing, is comfortable and je
A room under forty-five degrees is a cold 70r,
sleeping apartment, and sleeping in an in?
sphere lower than that is always hurtful anal
• pernicious, for the simple reason that such
ture causes the carbonic acid gas of a sleepl,
ment to condense and settle in the lower
room, where it is breathed into the lungs
pernicious results.
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ANCIENT CREMATION • NEAR CAMIL.
making the double line of rails between
Bottom and Cambridge, on the Great Eastern
a curious discovery has been made about
hundred yards from Fulbourn Station. leoe
of an ancient furnace have been found. 11'1
used for cremation, and contains the calcinelh,,,,
of the bodies of men. The furnace is about 5
and 6 feet wide ; round the bottom of it is!A
made flue, containing the remains of char r 5
and the dome of the furnace is cased
stone. A passage large enough for a 10124
into runs from horizontally in a north-wes'-‘,
tion ; this has been followed for about six fe,ebe
is supposed to lead to a similar furnace. °eel '
furnace were found the remains of mens
thighs, leg bones, and skulls.
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" I3RITISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO FORE-C 4
sioNs."—Under the above title, the Rev. c Pelet„
son has issued an interesting little palnPi'lis
which we gather the following facts resPe4oB
contributions in 1873 (says the Rock). To
amount raised for this puipose in the Britisll,"re
£1,032,176, the largest sum ever obtained 0,,,re
missions in one year in one kingdom. Till Ye
increase is found in the contributions to 161
Missionary Society, which amounted to
income exceeding by'230,000 ChM drawn fro 's_
Asia, Africa, and America by the Associati;ol
Propagation of the Roman Catholic' faith.
total is thus made up :—Church of Ean?,nglatia,P3o
£446,2i8; joint societies. of ChurcChurchmen4ol
forrnists, 2132,264; Nonconformist societies, .
Scotch and Irish societies, £133,321; Prono I
the Roman Catholic Church, £11,86: gr„„eoe,
£1,032,176. This amount does not include Igo
investments, balances in .band at the beginulep
year, nor any foreign receipts. •
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UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS.—The amoun
unclaimed dividends on 'the National Debt, ass tl
have materially decreased in the course ¶f '29
Sums from this source amonnting to 287", 1).
been paid over to the Government, leaving 9,,tci
in the hands of the Bank of England to ule-toot
'made by the owners; but this balance, which esii,
to £72,320 at the end of the first quarter of
been reduced to £25,420 at the end of that
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A SCHOOLMASTER WANTED.— ./0/01 to
(writing to his Sweetheart): "Do you happen,,;,..,
if there 's euoh•a, Thing as a " K " in Lan(as'
bi a
Ruggles? "—Mr. Ruggles: " Of, course O
John 'Thomas " Ah! BO I thought. Bat #
exactly know whereabouts to put it. '_[)lx.
volunteers' no further information.—PurFai. ,
W.Eicurr or WOMEN.'—ln romance 1113
of hero-s rushing, off • with fainting rose--,0
blazing houses,- or "carrying" them off 'col
shoulders for purposes of revengeful abdaotl ,01
the Court Journal). Let any one Out of trftfro
under six feet high, and with proportionate
attempt to run away with a fairly well-con3lwat
of eighteen or twenty, and give usiiis opinineva
vaunted knight's. A woman weighing a hut'',
forty pounds weight of ticking womanhood •si'v'eig
be carried at all. Even a slight girl will ~ al
hundred pounds, and "our hero" will stagge• 014
her lovely but encumbersome figure'. There ar,eo;o
of buxom girls who weigh up to a hundred ana
pounds, and it is not given to every man t°.sel
off" with such baggage. When the -victlral,4l
faints on the stage, the robust tenor takes Tio
the fainting shall be accomplished as cloie to ta,A
as possible, He knows what she weighs 133170
perience of rehearsals. Let any of our leader;oo
his sister up three flights of stairs without
and forward to us his sentiments on the 0cca.019,60
Vienna we saw a little tenor struggling to ns'bicli
fat.soprano to the amusement of the house, wojef
made stentorian mirth by turning round,. °bid:
up the tenor, and making her exit with hun '-
under her arm. •
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LAW AND LEATHER. —lt is notorious t f
wills of some of our most eminent law.yera, ce'sg,il
own tnaking, have been so ill-made as to nef be
litigation, and not a few of them to haegbeiti
aside. And now, of all great luminaries, -PAO
Leonards dies without leaving any will at all Zei
him, at least -any will that ban be found.
vi,ving relations of dec'eased- lawyer'. apPor4o I
generally, in testamentary affairs; of all Pe°l-01
the w_erkt off, for law. But is not the shoelliiol
wife proverbially,always_the-worst-shod woman
pirish ?—Punch. .
A HARD-HEADED MAN.—The
York) Times records the death at .Williamstown', 1
sachilsetts, of a negro named Abram Parso,nlilo
commonly called "Abe Bunter." "His thic'ocla
skull, even for one of his race, was simply aston 80,
He would split heavy planks with his head in °All
of business, or for the amusement of any one
to pay a quarter for such fun, or would uttelo
comfit and rout an adversary by launching 'Col
bodily and irresistibly at his stomach. When ce
store was burnt, some years ago, and the 11101,0
could not be broken open, Abe- very °bile
pdunded it in with his head."
A NARROW ESCAPE.--" S. P." wiites 4,0#
Times A few days ago a railway clerk (llty
and a porter, at a small station, entered, on
loaded gunpowder van. An under.porter See„l-1
train approach closed the door; as was his dll,_l*•"cie
with such force as to lock the spring-lock. Pie '
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and porter found then that the key of the van geot
the•pocket of the porter within the van, ;vhich
not be opened from the 'inside, and were awarell:
no similar key was to be had within five miles. ,
soon perceived also that the van in being maueo
proof had been made air-tight also, and that
minute added to their difficulty .in breaw_
Happily, there was by mere chance a earPenteio
the station, and he with some difficulty..made,a
through the roof of the van, mad receiving the c(
through it set the prisoners at )iberty. Both are.o,
vinced that had it been necessary to send to the
• —half a mile away—for a carpenter, they soulL'
have come out alive." tjtj;Alexi et.eit•
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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CARPETS.-14,-
position in the United Statereaf' the, 10. per ce,l4
imported manufactured goods taken off in 191,
which telegraphic advices have been ree-:,,,ed)
garded in Yorkshire as practically Bhp'
lish carpets from the American mar' -arks
Tines). -With a tariff of 70 per cr
sides costa of freight, the English _
chance whatever. Before this last step.
English goods of this class had grew
and the loss of English trade may be
is stated that a few years ago nearly
product of the Er
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looms in the States, and women are ern ;(1" on
cla,sses of looms. r.Che opposition of Engi,,h WO'
;to the employment of women upon carpet
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' ment has only been. attempted soJar as•-the*e°
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.. .A- FELLOW-FE ELI.N CI," &C. ajors__ _2..04
4,-if the Seallio'nshire Bilks) : " Welt What ha,:e 1
.ot -to :Say for yourself? "—Fai/-Copowal. Forre'°l
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Prisoner-te twri rattow.
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..I 'll just tell..tlie whole True. I -toOk to
Cyards about half-liastiNOine last-Night; an' lost'sP,,
had; 4',. he ~j -II shoutd -„Stayslill I' Von it
back,' that W--till Fate* o'Cloe.k. this gore
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—"—The Major- 71 inatercite L3ol)layir, who'
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'left off4i3-.awn little Gctina precisrllpet the sane 110
vei'y hastily): " Adinonish'd, admonish'd I " ---- ',"'
gcant : "Left Turrn ! Queeck 'Arrell! ! "—PzitiCl?, ,
ImmianlTlON. One-of tEe mo..st dacult 50c04,,
problems of the day is how to get servants, and.havic4§
got them,'how to keep them. Girls won't "go
for beine., servants nowadays; they want to be tor,
graph clerks and suchlike, or they invest in a, sewl4.
machine. Or if they are servants they are 'moved 113
more than one sense by a vague- feeling ,of diskinites.
which finds vent in a desire to "better themselvea•
This is a transitory phase of society consequent cd',.,,a
little knowledge; when knowledge has become 11'cl-a
thoroughly diffused, things will right themselves sli
find their level. 'But this will take time, and nae3ll_.;
while what is to. be. done? In India there sl-bc,
thousands and thousands of excellent trained servall,,,"
—servants by profession, so to speak, by virtue of the
birth and inherited. "caste." These servants er_c,"
clean, noiseless, frugal, andimoderate in their ideas sP
to wages. •!Phey are exe'ellent cooks, and the tenaPPrw.
tore of our kitchens would reconcile ' the to oo'
climate. In order, therefore, to tide over our dif6'
culty as to Fe t vantgal ism, it is suggested a comPasi
or society should be formed for the importation °
servants from India. The experiment might, at least,
have the result of bringing our servants to their be.f:
- ings. Perhaps the Oriental Club might set tJ4P
example by having some of these dusky attendants 1
their picturesque costumes for their club, or at lean
strangers' dining-rooms—World.

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