The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-08-21 00:00:00

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VERY NEUESSARY.—It IS best to wear - ,fet
that, however generous a person may be, and vibe'
he may give away, he should always keep hie I-
-Judy. -
DANCING IN LONDON.— SomehoNe „rer
seems to have got tired of clariing (seYe
pendent). When the Shah was here, no realrio
made was more relished than his question to the& yog
of Wales while the dance-was going on," ispir
not employ servants to do this for you? " The Peerto
ing Prince could hardly explain, but eociety Dif
seems to relegate dancing to the corps de ballet. too
has been especially the case this season, in sole Ito
sure owing to the new tight-fitting- skirts. P
spoken lady was recently heard to say- with 9015,pd
What with being tied around above and tied °two
below, I haven't had a good sit doWn
months." When a large ball is given there isec be!
logy for dancing, a few mincing steps are Olio
presently the company falls to almiring each:Ancia
dresses, and it all end 4in music and talk. v" riot
bids fair to becorae a .`‘ survival.," as the andel-Ito
say. Even apart from any other entertainniefoke
great evolutions which have taken place in dreel'hafil
the English drawing-room far more attractive t
formerly was. for or
014°
THE STATUE TO JOSEPH PEA.SE.-1.1.10 „r
statue About to be erected in Darlington t°heel
memory of the celebrated ,Teseph Peas.,
successfully cast on Saturday, at Messrs. te
Son's Foundry, Thames Ditton. The s• dle
be placed in a conspicuous part of Mr. Pease's cf
town, Darlington, the birthplace of the rallware cot)
world. The unveiling will take place on t.1,3:041
anniversary of the running of the first passienk' slew
the 27th of September next; on which day this
' way jubilee" is to be celebrated at parlingtcli '
statue itself Will erected on a pedestal nine fee
of finest axed granite, having four bronze Ef',..lae'
side, delineating the various phases in Dlr. -
eventful career: 1, emancipation; 2, education ,a
political .and Parliamentary career; and_.4, -PTO
and railways. Four lamps of somewhl tilleviest'
handsome pattern as those in Palaceey.....„“-l• 040'
minster, will fully equip this work of art, anet cote'
able to the sculptor, Mr. .G. A. Lawson, the O.
roittea of management, and the , subscribert, leol
complete work will cost about £3,000, the vot.,y,olic
which, or nearly so, has already been raised bY
subscriptions.
'POOP
SUITORS' SUFFERINGS.—As Law is uo -
f
matism, so is Equity to Gout. • The fusion
and Equity may be said to form the counter P-
. Gout.—Punch.
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RESTORING HIS APPETITE!—There As a -11,10..
anecdote of Henry VII. The king had been ou'pras+o,
ing in the neighbourhood of Windsor. His egjoigl3'
in the pursuit of the chase had carried him out 0 to
and hearing of his retinue. Night was falling ;1.6,01
to the castle that day was impossible, for close e;', aft'
lay the Abbey of Reading. Thither according:a the
king turned his steps. His habit was simple+, • telV
good monks took him for one of the roYal
while Henry, for reasons of his own, did nel' 'a el• l
undeceive them. He was hospitably entert ,aill_ie le it
the lord abbot looked on with an approving seriiar
the hearty performance of his guest. At last he ols
"Truly, I would give his grace, your master, theme
of my revenues for so good an appetite." Threeaieil
passed ; the abbot was suddenly arrested in the ~,ata
name, and hurried to the Tower, where a diet of wavy;
and water was assigned him. The end of thee; Of
may be imagined. Before a month wall c/
abbot had recovered an excellent appetite for bee
beer. A .00—
, AN OLD PROVERB NEWLY APPLIED .--41 loto'
ing friend has lately had a favourite racer.4o,
graphed, and wishing to show the animal its loe
he put toe Carte before the Horse.—Punch. boo
• THE PLAGUE.—An important note ha': see
communicated to the French Academie des 10
on the chronology and geography of the plaguLtheP
Caucasus, Armenia, and Anatolia during the Il`" phr
of the nineteenth century, by 111. J. D. Tholozan,,
sician to the Shah of Persia (says the Lancel4,eor(le
information has been obtained from official P4O,
preserved in Trebizonde and Tiflis, &c. It elate°
that in the beginning of this century the plaoerg, II
in the Gaucaeian Provinces for more than 18 Yes:„. 01'
made its first appearance in the capital, almoeti Turee•
centre of the country, and thence spread in 14 et ce°
dons. Its most rapid and persistent movenae.-500
-
towards the north, whence the centre of Rustielas pits°
seriously threatened in 1806-1816. About the
its extension was slower and its stay briefer.
south it made no movement, but it passed to thef tire
into Turkey on several occasions. The account °Rod
disease in Armenia and Anatolia presents a Beiral
atacks in rapid succession, the longest period of Ix!,
nity, for instance' at Trebizonde, being the 16,40
between 1814 and 1830. M. Tholozan's researe,,,,m ry
up a blank which previously efdated in the hie'
the disease. are_
WHAT A MOCHA-RY !—English
frequently ignorant as to what strange and 1.17, ere
food the inhabitants of less favoured countrnl'of
often condemned. In Jamaica incredible as I„effee'
seem, many of the very richest men live ow"
grounds !—Judy.
gr.
AGE OF OLD TREES AT CLUMBER.---
Miller, Clumber, writing to the Garden, 0150' the
At the present time vistas are being cut act I,,aasil
pleasure grounds at Clumber, to show the 01a csto
as well as to open out the landscape. I have CO
arere
the annual rings of some of the largest trees voalc lore
going to decay—beeches, larches, silver firs, ++„o„,",e„, 10!
and I have found that they numbered from hoe'
thus it would appear that they were planted °veil
a century ago. The solid contents of theelew the
were from 120 to 230 feet each. To su°- aeer
necessity of examining old trees standing f the
mansions or other buildings, I may add that one, cio it,
trees referred to—a fine cid elm, with 200 feel' „with'
and apparently in perfect health—was found, ne'bere
standing a diameter of five feet in the ground, te.,,opeo -
but a shell of sound wood some two or three I'ooo
thick on the outside • whilst the interior was es oti
as touchwood Had not been for the sheltere tfif
tion in whtch it stood, this tree would probablYaie 0
fallen, without the use of the axe, during some g
wind more heavy than usual, and might possiblYA 100
demolished stately buildings, and perhaps canee'
of life. . bi
THE OPIUM REVENUE.—A return obtaloe
Sir George Balfour hes been issued relating tcro re'
East India opium revenue. Last year the grn°
ceipts were as opium revenue in India 28,324,817'0:0
net receipts for the whole of India were in thern the
year £6.323,395. The total weight of opiuna 'WO)
period was 12,716,9911 b. The total acreage ill 01 re'
the poppy is cultivated is 521,270 acres. The 3.!orege
ceipts from Bengal opium_ having been on all A' 00
of the last five years £4,111,896, it would be nee,g pet
it is stated, to levy an average rate of £7 170.
acre to realize that revenue. Taking the receiSnpfeo
1870-71, the figures for which years have been e,
as being a fair average for the extent of cut'the rate to be levied would be £6 19s. 4d. per acre'vo
THE LAST INVENTION !—A doctor in Belleios
has invented a machine by means of which the Actara
mother may assure herself from day to day, °I. rill
from hour to hour, that the baby is doing satisfacl
as regards its increase of weight. It consists oloce
ordinary cradle, to suit the taste, fitted with a tIO
underneath which will tell the exact weight rb'
cradle and its contents, without any need for dletcllloo
ing the child. It is said that after two complet sb
of life a child weighs four ounces less than at 1)„,11 at
When a week old, it will be the same weight i,ge
birth. From seven days to five months the syrup
increase should be three-quarters of an ounce et
At five months the weight should be double the'bie
birth. At sixteen months the weight should be &Ara
that at five months. Of course, infants varY „ea;
time to time and each individual has a rule of its
the great point is that growth ought to be congt4g3 ia
ROYALTY AND LETTERS.—Although it Oriole •
undoubtedly detract from the value and grace e",lon
presents which the Prince of Wales will confer 1-4 to
the leading natives of India and Ceylon if we Werfeeo -
numerate and specify them, yet it can prove °tole
harm if we mention that we understand that ver„000
books relating to the East will form a conse'eae
part of those presents (says the Athceneum). Slenoe'
gratified to learn that whilst rajahs and native 'lithe t
men will receive costly and handsome mementos ofoot
prince's visit, poor orientalscholars of celebrity wilAye
be forgotten. Our native subjects will thus pert 0
• that it is our wish to patronise letters as unirc„atal
rank. A large number of the most recent or..7.'ilert
works, by such well-known writers as Max k.a„ay
Monier Williams, &c., have, we understand, aph
been purchased, and only await the prince's autogr-
to be ready for presentation.
ORIGIN OF A PHRASE.—" The sacral-eer '
quaintance," comes to us from the Roman alD,' hes)
H Adrian. e was at the public baths one days Tiodi
he saw one of his veteran soldiers scraping
with a tile. That was such poor luxury that
• ordered that his old comrade should be supplied ith
more suitable cleansing mater,frals, and also 'f'or
money. On a subsequent occasion, when the En)Pos
again went to the bath, the spectaele before hill bad
highly amusing. A score of old soldiers who
fought under Adrian were standing in the water, et
leach was currying himself with a tile and wincingdy
• ,the self-inflicted rubbing. The Emperor nerfd:' of
• understood what he saw and what was the purpo.eter
the sight. "Ha, ha !" you exclaimed. " 'had bet 3 Ale s
scrape one another, my good fellows." He a"..,„"ab
"You certainly shall not scrape acquaintance ""
me."
ago
A CURIOUS DISCOVERY. A few day 91010
some men were breaking stones on the road "Oa.
Hennebout to Kerviquae, in the department of '
bihan, when one of the stones was thrown on onc,„-it.
:by a labourer, who had not been able to brea. „'a
The foreman snatched a hammer from the Wile f
hand, struck the stone a few sharp blows and brolotb,
To the surprise of every one, the stone was thrre. '
streaked with a yellow metallic substance. Pbe let,
man picked up the pieces, placed them in his poe— to
and on arriving home in the evening showed theeia.
"a jeweller, who informed him that the metallic 00e.
stance was gold, and offered him £2O for the 00-0
The news spread like wildfire through the townr.ca
• quarries are being explored, and every one is seesi .
an auriferous deposit, which all assert must exist scale
:where in .the neighbourhood.
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AUSTRALIAN RAINFALL.—A return comr-e
the
by Sir G. S. Kingston, of Adelaide, showing 43,0
amount of rainfall in the last thirty years in 701
capitals of the three leading Australian continec,,,a
colonies, has been issued from the Government priotp
office at Adelaide. The yearly average is 21•360 llicie
at Adelaide, the range extending from 13'85 incticiae
• 1861:7) tit 30'630 inches in 1851. At Melbourneb.orn
yearly! averaire is 27230 inches, the range leeillg
1594 inches; in 1865 to 4.250 inches in 1849. At
the yearly average is 49917 inches, the range Pe jp
from 21.49 inches in 1849 to 82-810 inches in 1850. to
Adelaide the most rainy period is from
August, inclusive; in Sydney, from January to cone
in Melbourne there is less difference between ,hat •
month and another. Sir G. S. Kingston statee,:',Aae
the weather in one of these colonies seems to mfje
little, if any, connexion with that of the other. of
says : " The telegraph constantly informe, 11.2wc1•
changes of weather, heavy rains, and gales ol
one day in Sydney and another time in Melbon-ci,jo
the weather here being perfectly dry and calra, ant the
corresponding change taking place here, even sae
lapse of many days."