The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-17 00:00:00

4ntrlligente,

The inquest on the body of Mm. Waters, wife of
Mr. Waters, surgeon, of Worcester, against whom (as
mentioned above) a warrant had been issued on •
charge of poisoning her relative Mrs. Gulliver, at
Crick, Northamptonshire, was held at the Crown Inn, PROTECTION FROM FIRE AN DL 17 ItGL ARS.
West Weldor), near Crick, on Friday evening, before The immense vaults of the National Safe Deposit
Mr. Terry, coroner. Company, the foundation-stone of which was lei-1 by
It will be seen from the above statement that during the Lord Mayor, and situated opposite the Mansion-
the inquest at the same place on Thursday on the body house, London, are now completed. These vaults, the
of Mrs. Gulliver, after Professor Rodgers had given objrct of which is to provide merchants and others
his opieicen that morphia had been administered to the with a building for the dep nit of their valuahles, bring
deceased, Mrs. Waters who was accrued of having ad- both tire and burgl .r pro ,t, are sunk to a depth of 501 t,
ministered tire mor; his, was taken enildenly ill in an below the surface of the street, form four stories con-
wijainiog al artment and died shortly afterwards. fleeted by a hydraulic lift and rest on n concrete bed
Mr. Alfred J. Gulliver Waters deposed that he was 15lt. in thickness. The walla are built of fireproof
• annann, practieiog at Worcester, and husband a Staffordshire bricks a yard in thickness with an inner
the (1- ceased. He accomoanied his wife and his shell of chilled sterl 3in. thick. The whole is enclosed
soiicitor, Mr. Rea, from Worcester to West Haddon, in au Dater wall of Sussex bricks ICfit. thiek. The
arriving there on Thuraiwy morning. H- attended the stories above the ground floor will he usi-cl as offices.
inquest on Mrs. Gullivrr, and the deceased was in LOCAL TAXATION. —A Parliamentary Blue-
another room. At about two o'clock, when an adjourn- book has jest been issued on local taxation. In the
'Bent for half an hour was ordered, he went to his wile year 1871-2 the amount of imposts in England was
and reeked her if she would take some refreshment. She £22 215,096 ; from other sources, including loans,
declined, and he then said he would send some one to £9,471151, making a total revenue of £31,686 217. Toe
pit with tier. He then re-urned to the inquest. room, and total exosenditure was £31,185,471. 'Tee limes out
the other witnesses having given their evidence, sald stun-Inv at the close of the respective accounte wore
to Mr. Rat, "Now is the oppartnuity to make a rem- £l:9 461.087. In the year the rates were £18.031 83;
erunication to my wife." Mr. Rea accordingly ac toils and dues, £3,853 363; aad duties, £326 930 The
compareied him upetairs, and they took a pint of sherry rates were on rateable property, the tolls and dues on
With them. Mr. Waters then told his wife what had traffic. and the duties on consumable articles. In
been proved by Proferseor Rodgers—the detection of the pr-c-ding year the imposts amounted to
morphia in the body of Mrs. Gulliver. She replied, zu No 975.
" I never gave her anything, that lam sure." They '
had scarcely been two minutes in the room before she FOREIGN' MONEY.—The Belgian Minister of
suddenly caught hold of witness's hand and said —" I Finance, M. Halo; has puolieshed a Blue-book, which
gives the most complete view by far yet presented of
thrill have a fit. I know I shall ; I told you so this tfi
morninz ; I feel it coming. It is paralysis—just like the coinage question about to come before the con-
I had before, only not so violent." Witness asked her firrenc,e of the four Latin Powers at Paris (remarks the
if be should send for one of the medical men but Pall Hall (laxire). He points ou that the proposal
she replied "No, no; its only a slight shock— beget rid of silver as a starelard, n owe vex desirable, is
slight, alight ; there, its going." Witness could by no means so simple an affair as .te chief advocates
scarcely release his hand from her grasp. With the I have alleged. Since Belgium became an independent
other hand he was feeling her pulse, the state of which monarchy she alone has issued to the- all] t ofl2o millions
alarmed him. The deceased then released her hold, of franca in her silver coins, of which thibelieved that
and in about a minute threw herself hack in the chair. nearly four. fi file are ie cirtulation. Th market for ail ver
Witness exclaimed, "She is dying ! for God's sake Is already thoroughly upeet by the German operations for
Rea, go downstairs and ask Mx. Dicks (areedical marl contractim, which, according to H. Malou'e caleula-
to wane up?" Mr. Dicks came up immediately. she ti mi, will, a!ter allowing for the new silver currency of
was lifted on to the bed, and witness rushed into the the Empire, throw silver coin out of use to the weight
C of nearly eight millions of pounds, which is consider.
iroaest-room and said, "I believe my wife is dying!
He was in great distress. He noticed that there were ably over two years of the present production of the
violent tetanic spasms, andevery indication of poisoning metal all over the word. As Holland, Sweden, and
by some meant He received a communicaeicn—he Denmark are following the German example, this
thought it was from Mr. Rea—that his wife wished to excretes of silver will be added to considerably by their
whisper something to him. He imnfediately went up- "ITU. It is U'C"BOXY, therefore, that the Latin
stairs. Whea he got there she said, "Alfred, 1 have nations should seriously consider whether they must
face,the present c, nein large loss invulvrd in their
taken—" Before she could finish the sentence are.
other spasm came on arid she died. Before this Pro-
getting rid of eurplus silver in order to avoid the un-
fessor Rodgers reeked for the keys of a little black bag cerffiin loss with which they are threat -lied if they
adhere to that met .1 as a et eudard. Pesesing to
which she had brought with her. 'Witness gave them
to him from her pocket. In the beg ware found two I another branch of h-s subject, the small change of the
kingdom, M. Melon poiete cut that the new coina4e
email bottles; one was empty, and the other a very
of nickel in Germany promises favourable for the
email one with a glace stopper, contained about two
desirable object of gi ttieg nil as soon as possible of the
temp iontrile of some fluid. Professor Rodgers smelt
Belgian nickel coins wit out a great sacrifice. It bed
it and said, "I fancy she has taken bench, (or brucins)
or Home preparation of nux vonrica milder than been originally inteoded t--wt these should be issued no
strychnine.
largely as to keep the French blames small change
'
entirely out; but this design had entirely failed, and
..

Mr. Dicke, surgeon, of Long Buckley, described the
symptom apparent when he was called in. The
countenance WAS livid, the eyelids were closed, the
pupils, much dilated, and the pules small and rapid.
She had every symptom of havieg taken some pre-
paration of flux vomica.
At this point the Coroner requested Mr. Dicks to
make a post maid em examination. In the meantime
evidence was given by the people in the house which
showed that the poison could only have been taken at
the time when rime tea was given to Mee. Waters,
after the adjournment for lunch and before the Coroner
addressed the jury.
Mr. R. T. Rea, solicitor, and coroner and clerk of
the peace for the city of Worcester, was then examined.
He deecribed the interview with Mrs. Waters, when
the Coroner was about to address the jury In the in.
quest-room down-stairs. He informed Mrs. Waters, at
tier hntbantde desire, of the effect of Professor Rodgers'
evidence, shed asked her what became of the morphia
which Dr. Walker Paid she obtained from him for a
poor woman three months ego. She answered, "I took
it myself ; I can't live without it. I have some
here to-day. I always have had some with me
since that attack:" She alluded ti a paralytic
strike which she had ab int three years before. ,
Witness said it was at least very unfortunate that
she should always have had of late the very poleon
in her possession which the analysis indicated. She
replied, '1 never gave any of it to her, that I am
sure." Lonediattly afterwards she was seized with the
symptoms described by Mr. Waters, which ended in
her death. She threw her head back over the back of
the chair, with her feet wretched out before her, her
heelo on the floor, arid her body curved backwards—
presenting, in filet, the usual symptoms of poison by
strychnine. She screamed violently. When the medical
men oame up, witnees retired, but afterwards returnee]
to the bedroom, and, being told that she desired to
whisper something to her hueband, be sent him to her.
Two minutes afterwards witness beard that she was
dead. Mr. Rea &leo corroborated the evidence as to
Professor Rodgers' opinion of the cause of death.
The post inort.cm examinatien having been completed,
Mr. Di :its handed in Li, report to the Corner. There
was no natural moss of death, and he expressed his
billet that the deceesstd had died from pi icon, and
that that pi ion was soarcn'ne. The total absence of
tdood from the left ventricle of the heart was tn s of
the chief characteristics of poisoniog by istryetiniue ;
the other medical gentleman concurred. Mr. Waters,
being questi med an to the state of his wife's mild,
said she had been very deepen ling for tie lest three
years, anti that some of her relatives had been con.
filled is a lunatic asylum.
The jury found a verdict of "Febo de eis," and the
Coroner ordered the body to be buried without the
rites of the Church between 9 and 12 pm., and within
24 Hours from that time. The holy was therefore
iuterred on the same night in Wea; Haddon, a few
hours after the clues of the ingleet.

it would be much wimer to accept the fact and mike a
special treaty with France for a common bronze coin-
age, in addition to the general arrangements abut to
be entered into with the other three Latin Powers for
the silver and gold of the Convention.
DISEASE-PROOF POTATOES. —A committee, Con-
sisting of Lord Caqicart, Mr. C. Whitehead, Mr.
Jab,. Turner, Mr. Wakefield. Mr. Brandreth Gibbs,
Mr. J. Bowen Jones, Mr. W. C..izuMers, F.L.S., and
Mr. J. Algernon Clarke, appointed by the Royal
Agricultural Society to carry into effect the suggestions
of the judges of the potato disease essays, held a meet-
ing in London, at Ha-over-square. They will recom-
mend the Council to offer three prizes of .ClOO each for
disease-proof potatoes. Coml. dtors will probably be
required to send in one ton of each variety by the
middle of Februai y. Each sample will be distributed
among growers in many different parts of England,
Waler, Scotland, and Ireland ; and the produce of
potatoes w _doh resist disease during the first year's trial
will be tested for two years longer. With a view of en-
couraging the production of new varieties handsome
prizes are to be offered also for disease-proof sorts raised
from potato plums to enter into competition in the
Spring of 1879. The terms and conditions will be de-
cided upon at the next meeting of the Council.
A DAP'S DEALINGS, —The year 1873 was the
first in which the imports of foreign and colonial mer-
chandise into the United Kingdom exceeded the value
54E1,000,000 a day. The total is stated at £370, 380,742.
Tim exports of British and Irish produce and maim-
factures averaverl nearly £700,000 a day, the total
being £255,073,336.
A DUEL IN New ORLEANS.—The particulars
of a recent affair in New Orleans are thus given by
the Repub,ican, of Dec. 17 :—" Ile diffic ilty between
Messrs. Whitney, of the Picayune, and Drury, of the
Secretary of State's office, was ended yesterday. A
good many hard words and some blows hail passed
between the parties piteviously and the code was
appealed to. Tne sword was selected by the seconds,
as being the fairest weapon, neither gentle:min know-
ing anything of the art of fence. The peculiar col-
chimard was selected, and the parties jabbed at each
other until Mr. Drury's c othee were cat in two places
arid Mr. Whitney received a severe but not danverouv
wound in the left atm. Then they shook hands and
felt totter. Sir. Whitney did up his wound awl went
to the races, and-Me. Drury went back to his office,
Cost OF , laLL4D TRANIMER. —"A Victim
writes tons (The Times) :—" A plot of laud was lately
given for the erection of a classroom in connexion
with is National school. The site, arecerding to the re-
quilements of the Committee of Council on Education,
was valued at £1.5. The cat of conveyance, ez as
shown by the fMlowing statement, was nearly £2s—i.e.,
£lO more than the value of the laud conveyed. Sur-
veyor's fee £2 25., isolieitor'e fee for obtaining eignaturee
of patrons. ES; stamps and parchment, 15s. ; parchment
fr - 5.. ; fee for the Bishop's signature, LI 2s.

for copy, ; ree • ; e
feet; and stamps on indenture, £3 51. 6d; agent's
charges, £2 I3s. ' • postages and parcels, se; solicitor's
fee (returned as donation), £8 Bx—total, £24 15s. 6d.
Comment is unneceseary, but 1 tenet three facts will
help on the tilllVßllleLlt fur the facilitation of the transfer
of land."
New YEAR FOLIC-Lolll.—Many traditions
feud superstitions relative ta the coming year cluster,
as is La•ural, roam' New Yeer'e Day (says the Oar.
dencr's Chronich). Our old calendars are lull of prop
nostications, drawn horn the day of the week upon
which it happens to fall; time, clurin4 the present
year we must expect among other things a windy
summer aad winter, and a rainy harvest with tl ode;
"much fruite. plentie of honey : yet flesh shall be
deare : cattle in general shall die," which sounds bad;
also great trouble and wars will take place: nothing,
however, is said about the price of coal or the prospect
of railway accidents, the latter omission being perhaps
due to the fact that ralways were not invented
when Master Dimes wrote his " Progncirlcations."
Besides these and many similar predictionte, alters
of more general sad practical interest may be
obtained. Take, for inatance, the following set
before us by Suifbt I. 1600 as a way of ascertaining
whether corn will be cheap or dear during the year, and
in which moo' he. Taid may be discovered by the farmer
in the fulbwing simple manner Let him choose out
at adventure twelve praises of come the first day of
Jaanarie, let him make cleane the use berth and
kindle • fire thereupon; afterward let him call some
boy or girle of his neighbours, or of own honee ;
let Ii ii uommand the pertie to put one at th,s gra inee
of come upon the berth made very loam, and hot;
then he Mail marke if the said, greine doe leaps or
lie still; if it leaf,e a bale, then come shell he rerwon.
ally cheeps; but if it I .ape ve;y much, it shall be
very cheap.; if it hope toward the tire mote or lease,
corns shall be more or leap, dears ; if it be eti lard
leapt not, then came -hell etand at one ic iv for this
..am.rooh- )11110 doejc Ake -mann)," .wh/••
second grains for the moueth of rehruary ; and so in I
order with the reet of the grains. for the rest of the
monethea as they follow."

LISIDDELP Le.OIMLAToIO3. le this old? If not
it is neat. It is told by the MeUurne Herald, of two
members of the New South Wales Legtslature :
Theme wiseacres were arguing in the Porlianoent.ry re.
fresbment-rootn, w'mn the following colloquy ensued :
—lst Member: "You blow übmt edtcation ! Why, I
don't believe as how y, u ever hod two-penn'orth of
schoolia' in your life." 2nd Member—' I knows more
about it nor you do, any way. Why, I don't believe
nr u can repeat the Lord's Prayer !' lot Member—
" l'm game to bet you a fiver I can, come now." 2od
M.mber —"Done ; stake the money." The cash being
duly posted on either side, thesecona member remarked,
"Now, then, begin." let Member—" I believe in (14
the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, tad
In—" 2nd Merob-m—" That'll do, you've won the
money; but I'm blest if I thought you knew IL"—
Specktior.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ItteeSPIIONS IN LONDON.
-A London correspondent writes :

There curd to be In Scotian I a society to promote the
better observance of the Sabhatc. I do not know if It still
rx'sts, but if it does its members will be pained to heart bet
a praotice haa sprung up among the aristocracy of bolding
receptions in London cm Su oday afternoon. These meetings
are quite cliff rent frrou the formal at homes" which are
held on other days, and, il wicked, are c'esoribed as very
pie/gent. No I tivltstlons are tuned, but the lady of the house
In in her drawinß.room from three to it. o'clock lathe atter
noon. There is no formality or ftig'olity. Everything la con-
ducted in the molt unconstr,lned sad agrceaule fachion. Them
gatherings are in truth au English Imitati m or adaptation of
the French salon, and It is mainly held at those houses Shit
f spa° chief cd which has some taste for intellectual pursuits.
Poll clolans and men cl letters form an important element at
these afternoon receptions, and the conversations at some
of tram are as brilllint and sustained as can he met any-
where in London. There la twin, chance that the practice,
which is now confined to the Intellectually best houses of the
upper chasm, may become fashionable, and thus degenerate
into as vapid and dreary a thing as an eveniug assembly.

A WoRD FOR TIIE SKILLED AGRICULTURAL
LABORER !—The Duke of St Albans, iu presiding
over theannual dinner of the Nutt iugha oshire Chamber
of Agriculture, on Saturday, briefly referred to the
question of the county franchise. He remarked that,
whatever might be the differences of opiiiion respecting
the expediency of putting forward this subject at the
present time, no practical man would deny that the
skilled agricultural labourers were as capable of exercis-
ing the suffrage as many dwellers in the towns. On
this account the land-owners and farmers as • clams
would not do well to put themselves forward as hostile
agents to the labourers receiving the franchise. He
thought that, whatever their feelings might be, they
could not but look upon the reoeption the county fran-
chise motion hod received in Parliament last year with-
out seeing that the leaders of the Government gove the
measure their avowed approval, and the heads of the
Opposition received It in a manner which left very
little doubt in the press or in the publiz mind that
some time or other it would become law.
THE LAW A• TO GUN LIcENCES.— 11l an
ix dee cam, beard by the Horsham inisgistratea on
Saturdoy, the point was raised whether a man without
a licence could carry a gun for one who had while in
his company. James Hard wee sunimined for using •
gun without a licence on Oct. 30. He pleaded that he
was only carrying the gun for his brother, who had •
licence. A police constable said he heard the dig:huge
of a gun on the day named, and on looking over a
hedge at Hornbrook-hill saw defendant with a gun
under his left arm, his brother bring 130 yarde off. The
supervisor of excise urged that def-ndant was liable to
• penalty of £lO for corrying the gun whether he fired
It or not. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald (chairman) said he
doubted this, and referred to an exemption clause in
the act, by which a man who was proved to have
cArried a gun for one who had a licence was exempt.
The beech however, were of opinion that defendant
fired the gun as well as having married it, and tined
him £2 Ds., at the same time suggesting that represen-
tations should be made to the Inland Revenue for a
further mitigation of the penalty.

SLEEPING CARRIAGES ON THE CONTINENT.—
The Alta Italia Railway Company, with a view to
favour long journeys and t, supply travellers with the
greatest comlort, ban mad' arrangements
which enabie toe company to place at the passeogem'
disposal at the Turin station, by paymsnt of a small
supplementary fare, special eouph.tits (bed compart-
ments) for the journeys to Florence, Venice, Bologna,
Vernne, and Milan, 'lle use of these sleeping com-
partments will be granted in preference to those pas-
sengers who book the greater number of places and
engage them for the long. et journeys. Three sleeping
comtartmesits are constructed after toe most recent
models, and fitted up with every convenience. To every
hod is annexed a dressineetable, with washing basin,
dc., aid water laid on. No fee is due to the train nor-
V3OB for the supply of such articles as soap, towels,
bru4hes, or for making beds, Ike. The price o
each bed, in addition to, the eriinary first class fare hi
a- follows s—hrom Turin to Florence, or return, lis.;
Turin to Venice. or return, 124. ; Turin to Bologna, or
return, So. ; Turin to Verona, or return, Si.; Turin to
Milan, or return, se. Bd.
PITCAIRN'S ISLA/PD.—The Net' York Times
stai.es that the English colony at Pitcairu's Island,
ccmpised of the descendents of the mutineers of the
ship Bouhty, now consists of 76 persons, who are very
Poor and la k many requisiuss of civilised life. and that
recently they have reAved supplies of food, ttc., from
San Francisco upon the representations of a captain
in the merchant marine, who reported the pressing
neoeseities of the people and made a public appeal in
their behalf. The people maintain a school and are
very rQigious.
_

SINGULAR CAPTURE OF AN EAGLE.—The In-
verness Advcrtiscr asps that as two men were engaged
recently in repairing a home at Craignanach. Loch-
*her, they observed a golden eagle on the ground,
devouring what proved to be a rabbit. One of the RUM
cautiously hype 'ached the bird, which was too intent
swallowing the carcase of the rabbit to notice his move
moats. and threw down a bundle of the brakens with
wh'ei he was thatching the c Mage on its back. A
severs straggle ensued, but the two men, assisted by
Mr. Macdonald, gamekeeper, managed to secure their
pr ze, which proved to be a fins specimen, mr‘serirng
seven feet from tip to tip, a size which is seldom equalled
in the golden eagle.
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" PACOLIAR PEOPLN " IN 1 nia .—Tho Delhi

Gazette says :—A remarkable movetneet, headed by •
native, has set in among the people of Eastern B-ngal.
The leader has • number of followers, who read the
Scriptures and endeavour to live after the example of
the Apostles and early Christians. They are vege-
tarians, and discard the use of medicine, seeking the
cure of sickness by prayer to Christ.

. .
FRENCH Istrunr DUTIES. By a decree of the
French government. published in the Journal Officid
of the 31st December laid, additional duties are imposed
on certain imported articles an follows :-1. The duty
on sugar is increased by 4 per cent. 2. The customs
tariff, as regards petroleum sod similar mineral oils,
is thus fixed : —Refined oil, of 800 degrees of density
or more, at a tem erature of 25 degrees (Cent), 371.
per 100 kilogrammes ; essence of 700 degrees of
density or less, at a temperatnre of 15 degrees (Cent.)
47t. per 100 kilogrammes. AN regarded Knell oils im-
ported in a raw state the duties will be levied on each
of the constituent quantities of pure oil and essence as
follows 1- -For 100 kilogrammes of pure oil, of 800 de-
grees of density at a temperature of 15 degrees (Cent.)
371.; for VO kilogrammes of essence of 700 degrees of
density at a temperature of 15 degrees (Cent.), 401.
When the density of oils imported other wits than in a
raw condition is found to be between 800 and 700
degrees, the duty of 37 francs will be augment. d by
ten centimes per degree under 800 degrees. 3.—ln
consequence of the imposition of an excise duty on
soap tI borne production, ftreign soap will be subject
on importation to an equivalent compensatory duty of
5 franu. per 100 kilozrammes. Duty will be returned
on soap exported. 4.—The import they on stearic
acid is fixed at five per cent. on the value, and on
tapers and candles with twisted or plaited wicks,
whidi have undergone chemical preparatlm, ten per
cent. A compensatory duty of 25 francs per 100
kilogrammes wilt be levied on the came articles in ad-
dition to the import duty. An teptivalent drawback
will be allowed on these articles u„ton exportation.

FOUND DNOWNID.— On the morning of the
sth of December the dead body of a well-dressed
man was found at high water mark in Le Saye Bay.
near R0Z.,1 Harbour, on the north side of the island of
Jersey. The body, which bore no marks of violence,
had been in the water, but its Appearance did not lead
to the conclusion that death had been caused by drown.
inc. though Dr. G .dfray, who mado a post mortcm ex-
amination, gave Is as Ms opinion that such was the cam.
At the first inquest hell on the body, the only evidence
adduced was that the deceased had been seen on
the previous evening near the spot where he was
found. Ph. tographs of the body were taken and cir-
culated and copies sent to London, where they were
ident.fied as oh am of Mr. John Francis Slieepard. At
an adjourned inqueet a brother attended, and Mated
that the deceaeed had suffered some levee in specula-
tions on the S:ock•ExchAnge. He left London much
depressed for two or three weeks on the 2.8d.i of
November to recruit his health. He did not may
where he intended to go to. He had with him when
he let a black leather portmanteau bearing his initials,
wore a diamond ring, and carried a gold watch, and •
day or two before he left drew some money from his
broker. A witness identified deceased se having dined at
the OW d'B6le at the " Aurora " Hotel, Jersey, on the
Sal ot Drann mr, and a hairdresser as having shaved
him during the forenoon of the 4.h. Notwithstanding
' the most diligent inquiries made by order of the jury,
not the least clue could be obtained as to where the
deceased lodged since the 29h of November, on which
day it was proved that he arrived in the island. When
he was found there was nothing in his pockets bat a
handkerchief, an old knife, an old watch key, a ring,
and a lucifer match-box. On the 28th of Dsoember
the inquiry wee sdj mem 1 for a second time till Satur.
day last, when, as nothing further had been gleaned
concerning the deceived or his property, the jary
doeed their inveetigation and returned a verdict of
" Found Drowned."
MACHIN x.111'41)8 WATCHES.-- That our A inert-
can magas have gone far ahead of us in the application
of labour-saving machinery is s truism which has be-
came almost stale by revetiti in, and is capable of proof
by reference to their very coniplete "Patent Office Re-
ports," or to the paves of their scientific and technical
j aunals (says the 2.'ngtneer). Scarcely can we find a
department of trade in which some automatic machine
does rot supply the place of dear skilled labour. But
in no branch of manufacture has automatic machinery
proved such a thorough success as in the production of
watches. In the manufacture of small arms the appli-
cation of machinery to the making of interchangeable
locks and stocks revolntionieed the trade, and to this
manufacture are the Americans indebted for a system
which has supplied them with a home-made watch ; for
a system which is ultimately to become the leading one
alike In England, France; and Switzerland. It is
useless for English watch manufacturers to say, "the
thing cannot be done, the machine-made watch cannot
best the band-niede Mug doh lever in the home market."
To their flier, c.At the record of the past proves the
fallacy of such argument. Twenty years ago America
was eupplied with her better claw of lever watchee
almost wholly by Coventry and Liverpool, the demand
for a common article being met by • large importation
of movements f Swim and French make.
o To-day,
these latter countries supply still the enormous demand
of the States for cheap work, but more than 90 per
Afihe,good lever watches are now of American
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