The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31 00:00:00

"HOW TO DO IT."

Under the above heading Captain Carlisle has ;
contributed an interesting article to the current
number of the Army and Navy Magazine. The
writer says :—"Given-141 battalions of infantry ;
answer required—how to ensure that even when
petty wars are taking place in different parts of the
Empire, not more than one-half of these corps shall
be employed outside the United Kingdom. Here,
in brief, is the problem which has set one War
Secretary after another knocking his head most
pathetically against ' plans ' and 'schemes' and
' projects 'of reorganisation, all more or less in.
genious, and more than less; futile. For the con•
ditions tacked on to the problem made its solution
practically impo-sible. These laid it down that,
tiering ordinary times, 70 battalions would always
have to be stationed abroad and 71 at home, the
latter-as 'feeders' of the former. This idea has
lain at the root of every proposal devised by the
tinkering folks since the Cardwellian new depar-
ttne, and a very funny idea it is. It is to be ob-
served, then, that the British public do not much
mind spea ding more and more money on the array;
the estimates show that pretty clearly. A few
stern economists, and of course the Birmingham
school, indulge, it is true, in a good deal of windy
protesting whenever any considerable increase
takes place in tilt: War Office demand. But the
general public remain profoundly apathetic, being
imbued with a very wholesome belief that a
million or two, more or less, is not worth consider-
ation when the insurance of the Empire is at stake.
So long, therefore, as there is no perceptible in-
flation of that bete noir, the standing army, any
great outcry would be unlikely. Bearing that fact
in mind, it becomes possible to devise a scheme by
which the required aid might be reached witheut
exciting suspicion. . . Suppose that ten local
European regiments were restored to India —four
for Bengal, and three each for Bombay and
.Madras—that would enable the Indian Govern-
ment to despense with a like number of Royal
battalions. In that case, therefore, we should be
able to keep eightyone battalions on the Home
Establishment to feed sixty battalions abroad, thus
allowing the War Office a standing surplus of
twenty-one battalions as a reserve against un-
foreseen exigencies. It is to be obberved tbat this •
re. arrangement would not increase the standing;
• army by one single man, the sole difference con-
sisting in the altered distribution of the infantry,
and that dismal bugbear would not, therefore, have
to be confronted. What prodigious expense would
have been saved, and how much safer would
England have felt., had this arrangement been in
existence when the Zulu war drained her of _troops
at the very moment when there seemed every likeli-
hood of a great European convulsion At all events
here is a simple rough-and-ready plan by which
the required end of providing a sufficient surplus
to insure the proper working of the feeding system
could be surely attained. Before throwing it aside
as • repugnant to the present state of English feel.
mug,' or for other intangible reason of that sort,
critics would de well to devise a better scheme.
There will be a tetrible smash-up some day if the
rnal requirements o, a military organisstion for an
, Empire so circumstanced as ours are net boldly
; faced and liberally supplied. Not by merely
shuffling heroes from Whitehall to Pall Mall, or
from London to Madras, can this all-important
work be done, but by wisdom, adroitness, determin-
ation, and the pluck requisite for challenging
public opinion on au unpleasant matter, which
discreet people prefer to keep in the background."
' BLAIR'S GOUT PILL.

THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEItY
FOR GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.

THE excruciating pain is quickly relieved and curefl
in a feN days by this celebrated Medicine.
lbese Pills require no restraint of diet during their
use, and are certain to prevent the disease attbicking any
vital part.—.told by all Cbenaiits, at is. lid. and 2s. 31
pr box.

FIT S. —EPILEPTIC FITS OR FALLING SIC KNES
—SENSATIONS, GIDDINESS, FAINTS.—A. certain method
of curebas ben discove.-ed for this distres,ing complaint
by a Physician, who is desirous that all sufferers may
benefit from this provilential discovery. It will owe
the most hopeless case after all other means have been
tried. Full particulars will be sent by post free of charge
addre;s —Ma WlL.Lfins, 10, Oxfurd Terrace, Hyde
Park London.

THROAT IRRITATION.—Soreness and dryness, tickling.
an 1 irritation, inducing cough and, effecting the voice
For these symptoms use Eppes'. Glycerine Jujubes,
Glycerine, in these ' agreeable confections, being in
proximity to the glands at the moment they are excited
by the act of suci,ing, becomes actively healing. Sold
only in boxes, 7id. and Is. lid , lab lied "JasrEs EPPi
and Co, lloruceopathic Chemists, London„' A. letter re-
ceived : "Gentlemen—lt may perhaps, interest your to
know that, after an extended trial, I have found your
Glycerine Jujubes of cansiderable benefit (with or with-
out medical treatment) in almost all forms of throat
disease. They soften and clear the voice.—ln no case
caa they do any harm —Yours faithfully, GORDON
HOLMEs, L,11.C.P.E. , Senior Ph3sician to the 51 anici-
pal Throat and Ear Infirmary.—Epps's Medicines in
Stou:bridge : Morris, 136 High Street.
LIVER AND STOMACH PILLS, DR. KING'S DA DEMON
AND Qu NINE LIVER PlLLS.—These famous Pills do
not contain even a-trace of Mer..ury, or any of the many
dangerous ingreAents frequently found in adver ised
P,lls. This fact continues to keep Dr. King's renowned
discovery in front of all Pi ls whatsoever, as the safest
best, speedies, mostt certain. and effectual remedy for
disorders of the Liver and Stomach, whether in the form
of Bili usness, Constipation, Indigestion, Flatulence,
Acidity, Headache, ShouLler Pains, Feverish Restless-
ness of the whole system, Disinclination for Food, • or
Dyspeptic symptons geee,ally.
Holloway's Oiatnzeat and Pills —Mitch watchfulness
must he exercised at tLe present time, and the earliest
evidences of ill-health must be immediately checked, Gi
a slight illness may resti:t in a serious in.ttatly. Re-
laxed and sore throats, influenza, quinsey coughs,
chronic, cough, bronchitis, add most other pulmonary
~ff,ctions wil on relieved by rubbiug this cooling Oint-
ment into the ekie as Lear as I;reicti2w.le to the seat of
misallef '1 his Treatm,..nt. .-o ei.eple and yet an tffee-
Live, is admirably adapted f.r the removal of these
(Incases during infancy and youtn. Old asthmatic in-
valids will derive mai veil us reliec feom- the use of Hol-
loway's retriedie., which have brought many such
s.,fferers. aid re-estaleished health, after every other
means had signally fai7ed,
A CARD.—To ALL WHO ARE SUFFEaING FROM THE
errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness,
. early decay, lest of inau!wod, &c , I will send a receipt
that wil cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by a missionary in South
America, Send a self-addressed envelope to the Rev.
.JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station 8., New York: City, U.S A
How MANY PEOPLE SUFFER, WWI Clllll l'eavy pains in
t'.7e head; with tired and laeguid feelings thats!eep does
not remove; with a fulness aeout the chest after eating
often attended with palpitation. A pain ire the sidc and
back, with frequent sickheadache ; with nausea after eat
ing, attended wit 11 flatulence and a disagreeable tasre
morniugs; loss of appetite, with vertigo ordizziness, &e.
Hew many people suffer with all Itiese d,sagreealde feel-
ings end little imagine the real cause of their malady, or
the prop ':', mode of obtaining relief. These are some
symptoms of indigestion and liver complaint, but they
will be dispelled at or.co by the sae of "Seigel's Curative
Syrup" if taken in-tautly after eating The Syrup will
cause the food to digest and give nourishment to the
system, and cause the bowels to move with regularity.
01 all Chemists.

FLORILINI!—Fort THE TENTH AND BRNATTL—A.
few drops of the liquid ." Floriline" sprinkled on a
Wet tooth-brush produces a pleasant lather, ,which
thoroughly cleanses the teeth !loin all parasites os
Impurities, hardens the gums, mvents tartar, stops
decay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-whiteness,
and a delightful fragrance to the I:resth. It removes
all unple&ant odour arising from decayed teeth or
tobacco smoke. "The Fragravb Ploriliwt," being com-
posed in part of Honey and sweet herbs, is delicious to
the taste, and the greatest toilet diFeovel y of the age.
Price 2s. 6d., of all Chemists and Perfumers. Whole-
us depot roomed toigilionisgdon Load, mdniu