The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-28 00:00:00

Tite Committee of Council on Education in
England and Wales has issued its report Col
1885-6 in the form of a Blue Book. There-
from we gather that on the whole very sit
factory progress has been made in the
arrangement for securing a thoroughly use-
Ifni, course of elementary education for every
'child under the rules of the Committee oi
Council. If the young fail to profit as much
as they should from the learning thus
brought within their reach, it is not because
provision has not been made for their accom-
modation. Indeed, an examination of the
array of figures to be found in this Blue
Book shows that an almost fabulous amount
has been expended to that end. Up to the
11st of April the borrowing of over eighteen
million pounds sterling had been anthorised
to School Boards alone by Government,
uaainly for the erection of school premises.
This sum would, roundly, furnish accommo-
dation for about a million and a-half
scholars; and when it is remembered that
nearly the whole of the loans granted have
been utilised already, it will be seen that
great strides have been made since the School
Board system came into vogue in this
country. Bat though so much has been
done, the Council cannot now rest on its
oars or devote itself to the administration
of education in the multitude of spacious
buildings at present in existence. There
are the ever-coming young of the new
generation rising up and calling for atten
tion, and such is the increasing number of
children of school
.age that it will require in
'London alone a new school capable of seating
1000 children every month for ten months
in the year in order to maintain the present
ratio of accommodation. London grows
faster, a little, than many great provincial
centres, but, proportionately speaking, not
much less increase is being registered the
country through, so that, however ratepayers
may grumble, building will still have to go
on, though it may be said that, as we stand
there is is most districts as much accommo-
dation as the hour demands. On the average
' this is so, though a few places fall below the
desideratum, and need even yet public spirit
and local effort to bring them up to the
status which educationalists have striven so
'sincessfully for elsewhere. At the' end of
Ithe last official year there were over 19,000
'day schools under separate management on
Ithe inspection list of the Committee of
311 ay be as well Up mention that eetlee.ei the Council. These had provisrion for more than
Self-steatoret" Is gentle, but exceedingly effective. The .
ve million scholars, about half a million less
mild, but benrfficial. current generated by its 114, bracts h
the (lntern, and by its be ign influence gradually but delbeing actually on the register, with threc.
up &se frame until the mind begins to get brighter the and a half millions average daily attendance.
natural functions becomes stronger, the elastic spirits,
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of youth once more apparent, and so the progres the children individually inspected,
wards recovery steadily goes on nr.til the p wen is 0ace]1,370,745 were under seven years of age,
mere young. In eases of weakness, arising from any 2,860,429 between seven and thirteen,
the before-mentioned senses, these Belts are at once th-
Th„f 141,554 between thirteen and fourteen, and
most certain remedy ever invented or discovered.
ere entirely self-setine. and NO ACIDS being required. eau 39,420 above the latter age. Of the older
be worn at any time without any wetting prat:s ss or it, scholars, considerably more than one 'mil
urnvenience to the patient, the salt contained 'in thel
Is tensible perspiration being sufficient to keep i in ac-fpaSSed the prescribed tests in reading, writ'
mg, and arithmetic without failure in any
one of the subjects; 91.86 per cent. wero.
successful' in reading, 8383 in writing, and
79.74 in arithmetic. This is a distinct
advance on last year's results, when the per-
centage was 90.78, 82.42, and 77.59 respec-
tively. The population increased during tin
iyear by about 1.35 per cent., according to
iestimate, while 171,980 school places were
added during the twelve months dealt with.
!
gee many persons who, by living too generously.lThis gives an enlarged accommodation of
hese 'become prematurely old, and consequently save'3's6 per cent. The scholars on the registers
these wretched morbid feelings? They have so ie,aincreased by 1..73 per cent., and what is still
that nature ie Ineeying, and the pleasures of life havet_,._
_ ilepartias ae essessia sou ibis far from s....ia.tatiaw pt....mg the average attendance was
hht the feet. Natal-obits not decayed ;it is simply Iyiev better by 3 per cent. Voluntary subscrip-
tion's's., and Deed s but a little assistance to once inoretiOnS to public schools inspected by the corn-
assert its presence. The creaking gate requires oil Im-t.
tee s officers have been satisfactory and
sr it-will continue to creak." So it is with the human
beaut. Absist_it where weak, put it in a position to re. continuous; the contributions from local

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knows for tee cure of all bodily silmenti ari in trim
ieslieeretion and otl er esusee Te thivie afflicted with
Vervouseesr. Nervous Debility. Loss of Physiesl Power
Weakness et Bay and Mind. &c.. this inventi•in pre.j
routs a mesas of cure f an unfailing a character that
th • greatest sufferers from any of the above distressing
eomplaints may. with confiience. rely upon being quickly
ter anal te a sound state ef heath and strength. In fact,
the tinny marvellous cures performed by the "Self-Re-
storer" (UNDYNTIIII.I PROoT OF WITCH CAN BI GIVEN) at
*nee paws these extraordioary Instruments far beyond
anything of the kind hitherto offered to the public. Ii
o der te prove that these Belts are all they claim to be,
it would be as well to menti n the f !lowing circum-
stance:—

"fn the High Canrt of Justice (Queen's:Bench Divi-
a:no) an injunction was grated co January 24th.
r• straining ea tam n uni riocipled persons from seJli gan
so curable imitations of the "Belf-Itestorer" Belt. the
Jur wiring the popriet r a verdict with costs and
aarnages let such infringement.' The Belt was also
expl.ioal. and its Klectresl powers f Ilr tested in open
°nun, both before Mr. Justice Hawkins and the .lurYt
u:otn the same occasion.

ram axy other manufacturer ot Electric Relte:produce
mtideace of 80 SZYKILB • TROT Surely, after shah proof
aa this, the most sceptical will believe that it really
possesses the great restorative power aseribe to it.

The atm, performed are not of a fleeting character,l
but pormanent,proriding the instructions sent wits each
instrument are carefully adhered to. It apee,iiiy r
move, that most tniserable feeling "lowness of sisatts,"!
eo often experioneed ; and after being worn a short time.]
enables a man to look at the future in • more hopeful',
light. se the certainty of a rapid cure ride, the wind'
of • great bum...

ver Itself, and you will find ihat after -all I,le haa it
.ipleatines,and 'on the restored inclination to partake of
'Hone.

rates to the maintenance of Board Schools
rhas gone up from £915,474 to £1,140,946.
The school pence and Government- grants
have also increased in about a corresponding
II" ratio." The grant is now 17s per scholar,
• in actual attendance. The night-schools'
, taken cognisance of by the Council are also
being vigorously maintained and well appre-
ciated, especially in the more populous
manufacturing centres. There are now, it
I may be noted with interest, over 49,000 cer-
tificated teachers constantly employed in the
tuition of children under the encouragement
of the Council's system, besides 16,618
assistant and 25,750 pupil teachers. At the
end of 1869 the numbers were 12,027 certi-
ficated, 1,236 assistant, and 12,842 pupil
teachers. The training colleges for teachers
,in England and Wales provide accomnicda-
lion for 3,367 students, and there are 3,259
in residence. These colleges are, therefore.
purnishing a yearly supply of about 1,500.
'teachers who have been trained for two
yrears. Having regard to the number of
'duly-qualified persons who annually enter
the profession through other recognised
channels, and to the effect which recent
changes in the Code is likely to have in at-
tracting a higher class of teachers from the,
Universities, the Council is sanguine that ,
very shortly there will be a thoroughly ,
.adequate supply of specially-fitted tutors for ,
Ithe children in the various schools it inspects.
The salaries of teachers, both male and ,
female, have greatly improved of late years,'
iso that better men and women are devoting
themselves to the educational profession haul
was the case awhile ago. The average :;.daryl
of a certificated master in 1870 was e..:,91 2s
while it is now £l2O 19s 2d ; the average
of a schoolmistress's stipend then was £57
us ld, now it is £73 15s 9d. Tin:l.e are, in
!addition to this, emoluments in the shape of
'shares in the Government grants, 'free resi-
dences, &c. ; and it should be remembered
that these averages are calculated upon the
i'aggregate of all the certificated teachers,
lassistant and head. There are a goodly
number of masters with annual salaries of
over £3OO, and of mistresses with more than
2200,in both Board and Voluntary Schools.
ft will be seen, therefore, that while our
'educational system has expanded into vast
land satisfactory dimensions, its administra-
tion is being wisely, and not, considering its
,magnitude, extravagantly conducted. The
workers in the great educational hive. too,
lare being paid the fair wages of their hwour.

The beneficial action of these truly life-giving Belts
upon the human frame bee been proved so conclusively,
by thousands ef unsolicited testimonials, that no shadow
of doubt remains as to their extraordinary efficacy, 'they
ean be swore by either sex with the greatest ease and
sulfur', without fear of discovery, and by a delicate ar-
rangement can be aajusted to act directly upon the
weakened parts, so that immediately upon contact with
the body, an electric currant is at once produced, of.
mild, but withal of so efficacious a character, that an al-
most instantaneous improvement becomes noticeable.
'llse heavy hanging feeling wears off, the eye bee -Ines
brighter, the brain clearer, until at last the pati. la feel.
in k own mind th‘t he is Once more in the posseiali
of the greatest blessings upon earth, viz., 1-IEALTu
STkRNOTU, KURGY, and MANIA Vicious.

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ao JLICEI in the world to be compared to tlieNe !telt.
Nature requires assistance in all these complaints, ao.
that assistaLce, te be thoroughly effective tut,,t h 1 1
tamed from Nature herself—thus, by calling int ..!.er
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&Mations, is obtained, and the result ta in alniust uver‘
ease permanent cures are effected. Again, in ca.vs
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restoring thousands of both sexes to a healthy mod tig
erects ecistence when that fell disease “Cousuteptiou'
had, kr the opinion of mauy eminent niedte. Joel—
marked them as its victims. Th se are facLe ‘vhicti eat.
be proved to be absolutely.true.

To persons desirous of further information. instate
Ilion, will be given away, in 130 pi, pamphlet, slio.vinv
sufferers how they niay be restnred to health. Strength,
and Manly Vigour, without the 'lid of Medicine, or wilt
be sent, post froe, together with all partienlars a ti
regimen, diet, Ste. Address—W. WRltiliT, Esq.
Beeratery, Volta aquae, 175, Wardour•street, Ox!ortl•
street, London, W.

THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS 11“ Y B
USN AT THY HBTABLISHHSNr.

Prices of Dill Boll's Medico

Magnetic or Volta Belts are

P., £3 35.. & £5 Ss. each,

keeording to powor. The Instrument can be;sent tn fin
part of the koo%wo world, through the Post. secnrel
sacked. npon receip of rewittence. P 0.0. made psy
ble te Mr. W. Wright, at the Charing Cross Po.
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