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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

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Direlt from Vienna.

ALL GOOD BRANDS OF
FOREIGN AND BRITISA CIGARS,

Kept at this Establishment.
A GREAT VARIETY OF CHOICE TOBACCOS,

Lachiding Willi', Archer's, Hignett's, Cope's, Jonas's, " Black Jack," and other Byket Tobaccos; Retups,
Latakia, Irish Roll, Twiat, &c., &c.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

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CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1875.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

SALE OF ARTICLES

Will take plaee in the New School Room. Any article
for the Tree will be gratefully accepted.
Tickets to Tea and Christmas Tree, is each. Admis-
sion to the Tree and Sale at Seven o'clock 3d.

FREE EMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND.

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Free Passages are granted by the Government to
Female Domestic Servants of all kinds, who are quite
free to engage with whom they please at the best wages
they can get.
Wages £25 to £5O a-year all found. •
Free Passages given to Agricultural Labourers whether
married or single.
Wages 1:110 to £5O a.year with hoard and lodging.
Assisted Passages to Ittecbanies on payment of £l.
Wsges aa owl- r :-
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Blacksmiths, 12s to 14s a day Shiprrights lOs to 12saday
Carpenters. 124 „ 14s „ Tailors Os „ 108 „
Shoemakers Os „ lOs „ Miners
The above need not want work a single hour after
landing.
Apply personally or by letter to Agent-General for
Queensland, 32, Charing Cross, London, S.W. ; or to-

A. W. BEALF.:, Commercial S.in Rooms,

DIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS way
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of f f THING, for Two or
Three Years; after which, and without any further pay-
ment, to become the property of the hirer. All Instru-
ments had on this system, or otherwise, will be
B:changed any time -within six month, for any other , if
not approved of, and returned earring. bee. An.l fui
ther,after a trial of three years any Piaooforti. or Mr-
nionium would be taken back. at its original cost, and
the money returned, deducting the usual charge for hire
thus offering greater advantages than the London orßir
mist...ham Houses.—Apply G. F. GRERY, Pianoforte
T0a.),...45ta Tenor, Music IViachouse,26o,Cahtle-street,
itud stret•t,Dudley.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

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Thursday night of his self-inflicted wound& His oonfession,
which I telegraphed to Ka, seems to have been wrung from
this wretched criminal by remorse asserting itself on the eve
of death. Placed in the same ward with same of the victims
of his deed, their heart-rending groans are said to have ren-
dered him so far human as to cause him to avow his guilt.
But for his attempting to commit suicide immediately
after the exploskon, and then confessing his motive
in the hospital, it is by no means certain that
the crime would have been discovered. Even if the deadly
chest had been traced to him, he could not, without special
indications, have been held responsible for a blacker guilt
than the secret and illicit despatch of explosive material.
But a spark of feeling was left even in his sordid breast.
Emetging from the cabin a moment after the explosion, the
assassin rushed on deck, gave a furtive glance at the ruin
around, and, returning to the sq.loon, shot himself. His
trembling Woad refused him the immediate relief he sought,
and he lived long enough to tell, his disgraceful tale.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

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instance, Italy is seeking tb introduce disciimiriaua_,
duties, and thereby will bring about a vast amount bf
confusion.
The directors of the Alexandra Palace seem to be
well satisfied with the results of the first six months
dzring which their institution has been open. There
is a net profit of over £22,000, and the number .of
visitors has exceeded 1,300,000. Considering that the
Palace is reached by only one line of railway—the
Great Northern—this result is rema,kable, and shows
the great popularity enjoyed by the Palace in the
eyes of the inhabitants of London. When the
Great Eastern has struck out a branch from Tottenham,
and the Midland from Crouch-hill, the proportion of
visitors to Muswell-hill will b 3 largely increased. It
is not likely to be long before the enterprise of the
' Midland, at least, brings their system into communica-
tion with Alexander Palace. This company has done
more to develope facilities for railway travelling than
perhaps any other, and its third-class return tickets
are a great convenience to those who avail themselves
of that description of accommodation. Not many years;
ago it was the practice of railway companies to throw
every possible impediment in the way of third-class
passengers, in order to force them into the second- -
class, the consequence being that those who could not
afford to ride second-class did not travel at all. The
Midland, by the inducements which it offers, has at-
tracted to its roomy comfortable carriages, large num-
bers who would not otherwise have ventured upon
their line, and as the public always reap the benefit of
competition, the effect of their policy and the force of
their example has had results beyond the districts im-
mediately traversed by their own railway.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

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PEICE ONE PENNLY.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

CHAWNHILL MISSION.

After Tea, a
CHRISTMAS TBEE
AND

WANTED, a Steady GIRL, about 17, , $
GENERAL SERVANT.—AppIy, F.
Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill.

WANTED, a Trustworthy STEADY MAN,
as TIMEKEEPER, &c.—Apply; at the Leath( r
Works. Stottrbridge.

WANTED, a Good GENERAL S EP. VAN T,
not under 20. Mast understand Plain Cooking.
—Apply, 29, Hagley-road, Stourbrulge.

WANTED, a thoroughly Practical FIRE
BRICK MAKER, who is capable of undertaking
the General Management of Brick Works in the South
of England. A Liberal Salary will be given to a suitable
man. House, Coals, and Gas, Free.—Apply, by letter,
to Mr. F. G. Wheatley, 28, Martin's-lane, Cannon-street,
London.

ATEA MEETING in commemoration of the
Opening of the New School Boom, will be held
on MONDAY, MICEMBER 27th, 1870.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

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Local pistrict

THE SCHOOL BOARD.

;ZA meeting of the members of this Board was held
in the ante-room of the Corn Exchange, on Mon-
day afternoon last. There were present Major
Walker (who preLided), Messrs. Stringer, Billing.
ham, and Wall.

The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting,
which, on the motion of Mr. Stringer, seconded
by Mr. Billingham, were confirmed.
The first business on the agenda was a commu-
nication from the Public Works Loan Commis-
sioners. From this it appeared that the Depart-
ment were willing to lend the Board the sum
asked for—.£4B9o—upon the terms specified; and
they had forwarded a draft of the mortgage, and
it now remained for them to affix the seal of the
Board to that and the other necessary documents,
and return the same to the Department.
The following resolution was adopted, on the
motion of Mr. Stringer, seconded by Mr. Billing-
ham—" That this meeting, at its rising, do adjourn
till Friday, the 31st December, at three o'clock in
the afternoon, for the purpose of affixing the seal
of the Board to the draft of mortgage, and to the
other necessary documents."
The Clerk reported that the auditor had appoin-
ted the 23rd of this month for the audit of the
Board's accounts.
The Clerk also stated that loans had been
offered to the Board by various firms, but the
Board declined to have anything to do with them.
This was the whole of the business.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

0R MADE TO ORDER.

ONE Box of CLARKE'S B 41 Pills in
warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinar
Organs, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Grave
cud Pains in the Back.—Sold in boxes, 4s 6d each, by
all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
Iy atleress for 60 Stamps by the Maker, F. J CLAUR's
Consultillg Chemist, High-street, Lincoln.—Wholesale
Agebtlil, BARCLAY dr SONS, LOlldoll,and all the Wholesale
11UPOS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

AT, HY ARV, THE YOUNG NERVOUS
V AND THEMIDDLE-AGED DEBILITATED?
_This i, ni,w pi:6o,i in a Medical Work, and a safe
rule of treatment for the restoration of health tun]
viur litiiy stated Avoid Galvanic applinvet s and
(2,tackery. A single copy post free on receipt of stamp, d
envelope Address—" S, eretary, Institute of Aratomy.
Birmingham." The Authtir, A. M. Burros,
wit! send ailvice, tree Of charge, to all upplican,S
,ietails of their cases, and way be consulted
duly it 11 Great Chides street. Birmingham.

THROAT APPECTTONS AND H0A3511NZ50....411
fering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness
will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate
relief afforded by the use of "Brown's Bronchial
Troches." These famous "lozenges" are now sold
by most respectable chemists in this country at
is lid per box. People troubled with a "backing
cough," a "slight eold," or bronchial affections, can-
not try them too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to
progress, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic
affections. See that the words "Brown's Bronchial
Troches" aro on the Government Stamp around
each box.—Miuntfacturod by Joint I. BROWN At SONS,
Boston, United States. Depot, 493 I:Word-street,
London.

ADITC3 TO ISlonnens f—Are you broken In your
rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting
teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of
Mae. WiNsLow's SOOTRING SYRUP. It will relieve
the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm.
less and pleasant to taste, it produces natural,
quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the
Little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It
soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays all
pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the
best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhcea,
whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers
everywhere at is lid per bottle.—Manufactured ia
New York and at 493 Oxford-street. Loudon.

Ii
THERE ARE AT LAl:nits who h:Lvo nr.t, yet used the
GLicruraLD STARCH, they are relpeettullf solicited to
give it a Wall and carefuny fo:IuA out the dirr: 00
printed on every package, and it C!is is done, they v,,,;
say, like the Queen's Launuresp, it* is the hue..
hey ever uaed. When you ask for OLKNYIKLD
see that you get it, as inferior kinds are often substituted
or tne baiie LI extra profit. liewmre therefore of spu-
ta imitations.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

WORLD FAMED

(BLOOD MIXTURE.

Tam— " Blood Mixture."
VN GIIFAT BLOOD PURIFIER & RESTORER
SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, Blotches,
Ulcerated Sore Legs, Old Sores, Glandular
Swellings, Cancerous Ulcers, Spots, Pimples,
Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ringworms, Sca:d
Heads, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas. Itch, SPurf,,
Discoloratiops of the Skin, Humours and
Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or
nature, are literally carried out of the system
in a short time by the use of this vvorld-famed
Medicine.
THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS FR OM ALL PAI:TS.
IMPORTANT ADVICE TO ALL.—Clense
the vitiated blood whenever you find its im.
purifies bursting through the skin in pimples,
eruptions, or sores ; cleanse it when you find
it obstructed and sluggish in the 'veins ; cleanse
it when it is foul, and your feelings will tell
you when. Keep the blood pure, and the
health of the system will follow.
As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, and
warranted free from anything injurious to the
most delicate constitution of either sex, the
Proprietors solicits sufferers to give it a trial
to test its value.
fiLARKE'S WORLD-FAMED BLOOD
N.) lILUURB is Sold in Bottles 21 6d each, and in
Cates. acattaining viz USW the quantity, lls each—
Val Meat to Weal a permanent cure iu the great
Majority of ioag-standing cadet. by all Chemists and
Patent Medicine Vendors thrvnghont the United King-
dom and the world, or sent to any address on receipt
Q 1 30 07 132 stamps, by the Proprietor,
Y. J. CLARKE,CwamisT, Apothecaries' Efall,Lincoln.
i. sclipat for Stourbridge : Mr. J. H. Bland, High-street
Wholesale: All Patellt Medicine Houses.
LONDON DEPOT: 350 OXFOLD STREET
TOBACCO.

sopyyight_l

This Brand is sold evzrywhere, in Ounce Packets 3d each
To avoid fraudulent imitations, see that each packet bears
ous name and trade mark (a star).
WILLS & SONS, Bristol and Lone,.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

THE LARGEST AND CHOICEST STOCK OF
MEERSCHAUM PIPES
CIGAR TUBES, BRIER ROOT PIPES,

Mounted, and in Cases, will be found at

S. I S
OLD CIGAR STORES,
HIGH STREET, STOURBRIDGE,

THE
9 2 ,

Who has just received a large Stock of

PIPES
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

KIDDERMINSTER.

WHOLESALE ROBBERY OF EXCAVATORS' SPADES.-At
the Petty Sessions .on Monday, before Messrs. J. Kiteley
and J. Brinton, three navvies named James Mctiarry,
John White, and Henry Willsher, wer,3 chargel with
-tealing a number of spades from a locker on tho lin
between Kidderminster and Bewdley, now in course of
construc.ion Eight snades were produced in Court, bit
t centy had b en stolen.—George Collier, a navvy,
i.i, nitid The of them as his property, and said he lost
it on Thursday.—Mrs Hatton, lolginghouse-k.eper,
stated that McGarry, had sold it to her, and J. S.
Griffiths said Mrs Hatton delivered it up to him as one
of three she had bought from McGarry. who was then in
cuctody on other charges. He took the spades to the
latter, and he accused White, who was accordimily taken
into custoty. There being no evidence to implicate
Willsher, he was discharged, and McGarry and White
were now accused of stealing five spades from a locker,
on the line.—John Morris, cider dealer, Worcester
Street, stated that he bought two epistles frem McG arry,
who said they were not wanted, as the owners had given
up work.--Joseph Cooper identified two of the spades,
as did also the contractor. John Shaw and the latter
said he saw Cooper lock them up in safety.—Mary What-
more. of the Cape of Good Hope Inn, deposed to buying
two of the shovels from McGarry for is. 6d.—The Bench
discharged White, but sentenced McGarry to four months'
imprisonment, with hard labour.

Holloway's Ointment and P Neu-
ralgia.—lt is sometimes difficult to determine which of
these diseases is afflicting the sufferer, but such uncer-
tainty will be imrnateral if Holloway's remedies be used
They alleviate and cure all muscular and nervous pains,
In hereditary rheumatism, after bathing the affected
port with warm salt water. Holloways Ointment should
be well rubbed upon the spot that it may penetrate and
exert its soothing and regnlating properties on the deep-
er vessels and nerves which being unduly exited, cause
both pain and.awelling. Holloway's treatment ha 4 the
effect of removing the disease without debilitating the
constitution which was the inevitable result of the bleed
in mercury, and colchicum practice formerly adopted y
in these corn plaints.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25

CURE FOR ALL.

HOLLOWAYS OINTMENT]

Bronehitis, Diphtheria, Cou9hs, Colds, and all
Deranyements of the Throat and Chest.

In any of the above diseases, immediate ni7 permanen
relief is obtained by effectually ruLbirg this detergen
Ointment twice a day upon the neck, chest, and back, and
bs.ck, and in all stages of intlue,nza, settled coughs, and
wheY2ing st the chest, the same treatment may be fol-
lowed with efficiency andsafety.

Bad _eys, Pad greasts, Cores, 1I ozatir, au'

Ulcers.
By rubbing this Ointment perseveringly upon trvi
around the affected parts twice a day, it will penetrate to
the tissues beneath, and exert the most beneficial influ-
ence; the inflammation soon diminishes, the pain
beduniss less intolerable, the matter thickens, and ii
sure is soon effected. In all long standing cases Hollo-
way's Pill* should also be taken, as they greatly assist in
slpelling all depraved humours from the body.
Skin Diseases 01 (511 kinds.

In this class of co uplaints, no matter the age, the sex
the place, or tinder what name the disease may be classi
tied, immediate easd, and ultimate cure, way with cer-
%Misty be precured, if this Ointment be plentifully
rubbed upon the Dart affected, while Holloway'. Pill's
are taken in appropriate doses night and morning, to
parity the blood.
Goat. kheativilism, (1)1(101antlular Swellings.
leery one cuffecing from these escrnciating complaint:
huuld have recourse tothere purifyinß remedies, as they
have rescued thousands from a life of torture, after all
other means had tailed to giro them relief. The Oint-
ment sad Pill. used conjointly will act so searchingly
and certainly, al to effect cures in the most hopeless
eases.
Piles, Pistulas and Internal Imjiautinations.
Pelson' sillieted with these distresaingcomplaints wi.
find in this wonderful Ointment instant means of relief
and all can effect their own cure without explaining their
nflruaity to anyone. Holloway's pills, if taken in small
dusss, reatly assist the Ointment. AEI they purify the
bloo,t mil regulate the stomach in All extraordinary
sr all 11 CF.

jhe Ointment and Pills re sold at Professor ROLL°.
vis Vis Establishment, 513, Oxford-street, London ; also
by nearly ev.-ry re-reetahli. Vndor of Medicine through-
out the Civilised World, in Pots and Boxes, at is lid,
24 9d, 43 6d, 11s, 225, adn 33s each. The smallest Pot of
Ointment contains one ounce ; and the smallest Box
1 Pills four dozen.

Full printed directions are adixt:d to each Pot and Box,
and OM be ha 41 any language, even in Turkish, Arabic,
. •raresian, Persian, or Chinese,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

OUR FIREPLACES.

The adoption of the close stove as a means of heat-
ing air-chilly rooms has again been earneetly advocated
this season (remarks the Sanitary Record). No doubt
a great deal may be said in its favour, but it has many
disadvantages. The Dutch stove is a close stove, but
its heated iron surface is apt to burn up the air and
the dust which settles upon it. The American stove
is less objectionable because of the moisture yielded
to the air from the vessel of water which is generally
placed upon it. The stoves used in Russia and
Germany, which are sometimes of iron and some-
times porcelain-cased, retain within them the heated
products of combustion until irhe whole surface of
the stove-structure has been heated. The saving
of fuel in all these close stoves is considerable.
'I he question is, are our open grates more healthy?
We have not a word to say for the common,
wasteful, and ill-devised grates which are in every-day
use with us. They send nearly all their heat up the
chimney, and heat merely by the radiation of the most
paltry surfaces. But a room heated by a grate which,
besides radiating its heat into the room, sensibly warms
a large body of fresh air in gills behind it, and permits
that to issue into the room, is preferable to all the
close stoves which we have.seen abroad. Nor have v(e
forgotten many cases of asphyxia, for which these close
stoves are answerable. There are scores of engineers
in England who would undertake to make the rooms
of any house here, quite as comfortable as any in-
Russia, and maintain the heat which is implied in this
comfort, without running any risk of suffocating the
in malpa_
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

WOLVERLEY.

FORK STEALING.—At the Worcester Epipharny
Sessions, on Tuesday, before Mr. R. H. Harrington'
William Morgan, on bail, was charged with having, on
the 12th October, stolen a garden fork, the property of
Thomas Page. Mr. Streeten appeared for the prosecution,
and Mr. Godson for the defence.—The fork was stolen
from a field, and was subsequently found in the possession
of prisoner, a labourer, who was working with it in a
field. He said he had bought it from a person near
Stourbridte.—The Jury found him guilty, and he was
eentensed ter two months' hard labour.
BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A 'l.---kt the Coady petty
Sessions, on Thursday, before Mears. H. HorafraY, W.
Hancocks, J. Kiteley, and J. Brinton, Thomas DaVie•
cabinet-maker, of Wolverley was brought up on charge
of maliciously assaulting his wife, Mary Davies, on Tu"-
day Mr. H. Saunders, jun., appeared to prosecute being
instructed by the police.—The complainant was loth to
i
give evidence. nothwithatanding the brutal way n which
she had been treated. She had two black eyes, her face
was bandaged up, and she was in a very weak state. On
Monday went prisoner to Kidderminster with. his brother
in-law, who has recently returned from India, and did
not get home until two o'clock on. Tuesday !morning,
His wife was sitting up foa him, but;owing to his threats
she ran upstairs and hid herself under the bed. Prisoner
followed, and began kicking her with his nailed boots.
She got from under the be and ran down stairs, and,
d
still fearing the fellow
's violence, she ran through the
glass of the window into the road, where her screams of
" Murder !" attracted the attention of Sergeant Mat-
thews. lie hastened to the spot, and found the woman
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

ROWLEI REGIS.

CHARGE OF DEFRAUDING CREDITORS.-It the Stafford-
shire Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday, before Mr, R. A.
Kettle, Ira Dingley (on bail) was indicted for unlawfully
concealing or removing certain goods, on the Bth Septem-
ber, 1874, at Rowley Regis, and being since the date of
an unsatisfied judgment obtained against him in the
Dudley County Court, with intent thereby to defraud his
creditors. Mr. C. Fulford was for the prosecution, and
Mr. Motteram defended the prisoner.---rhe prosecution
failed to establish their case, and the prisoner was dis-
charged.
STEALING SEtrars.—M the Staffordshire Quarter Ses-
sions, on Wednesday, before Mr. R. A. Kettle, Elizabeth
Cot (40), no occupation, pleaded guilty to stealing, on
the 15th October, 1874, at Rowley Regis, 13 woollen
shirts, the property of Herbert Packwood. Prisoner was
in a delicate state of health, and sentence was deferred.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

SUICIDE OF A NUN.

A num, named Mary Keogh, an inmate of the
Convent of St. Louis, at Monaghan, committed
suicide on Tuesday morning. She was missed
shortly after breakfast, and on search being
made her cape was found floating in Spark Lake,
close to the convent, and soon afterwards her
body was recovered, life being extinct. She had
been thirteen years in convent, and for the last
two months she appeared greatly depressed in
spirits. An inquest was held, and a verdict of
suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity
was returned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

)11°NEI' to be lent in Town or Country, to
~ Gentlemen, Farmers, Tradesmen, or others, from
utY Pound B and upwards upon personal security. In-
rest five per cent. per annum, from one to seven years.
,t? commission or 'charges made. Also sums from One
J-nousand Pounds on 31ortgage, at three and a half per
cent., on
;reedingfreehold or leasehold property, for any term not
twenty-one years.—Apply to Mr. HENRY
anZtal), Civil Engineer and Surveyor, late Girdleatone
'ftrel", 11, Euston-square,_Londot.

POmit THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE."-
ee Deuteronomy, chap. ail., verse 23.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

DIED.

HEMINGL—On the sth instant, aged 34, Walter Wilke
einiug, youngest son of the late Joseph Fleming,
printer, of this town; deeply regretted. Friends will
please accept this intimation,
FENIC—On the 2nd inst. at Stourbridge, Mr. Fenn, aged
75; deeply,lamented.

Good va'ueyor nr,ney is desired by ail, with articles
that c othot b dgf:d of by appearance, careful pur-
chasers rely ou eli high standing of those with whom
they deal. For 30 years, Fl-rnmian's Pure Teas in
packets have given general satisfaction, being exceedingly
strong, of UYI iform good quality, and truly cli-ap. Agents :
Stourbridge—Cla ke, 151, High-street; Baker, 121, High-
street ; Flewit, Market Place ; Morris, 136, High-street.
Brierley Hill—ltawlings.chemist ; Kidderminster, Bull
King ; galt.sowen, Adam. chemist ; Lye, Jones, chemist;
11 ore , rurLer, ; .King:-.wii.lord, Pearson,
Brettel Lane, Collings, chetoist ; Birmingham, Banks,
Bull Ring.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

NEW WORK BY DR. SMITH.

5.
,oil CI

Now Ready, 96 pages, Free by Post for Two Stamps,
GUIDE TO CURE OF 'ABILITY, OR
Health Lost and Regained. By HENRY SMITH.
M. D., of the Royal Univesity of Jena, Author of " The
Warning Voice," &c. "GUIDE TO CURE OF DE-
BILII X" gives Rules for the Cure of Netvous Exhaus-
tion, Indigestion, Rheumatism, Dimniness of Sight,
Weakness. Low Spirits, Nervous Debility, Painful
Dreuns, Mental and Physical Depression, Indecision,
Impaired Memory, Loss of Energy, Pains in the Back,
'limpidity. Dizziness, Love of Solitude, Groundless_
Fears, 8:c. Addressed to Sufferers from Debility. and
other Diseases resulting from Exhaustion of Nerve-
power, the effect of Indiscretion. Gives PRESCRIP-
f"ION S and INSTRUCTIONS by which Thousands
have been restoted to health and vigour. Illustrated
with Testimonials from grateful patients who have been
cured by Dr. Smith after all other means had failed.
6` Dr. Smith has published some excellent advice and
instruction for the Cure of Nervous Debility."—"Naval
and Military Gazette," April 6, 1873.
NOTICE.—A copy of "GUIDE TO CURE OF DE-
BILLITY" will be sent post free to any address, FREF.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

to London, I one day cantered across tg
as safely as those who, with rounded shouldl
wrongly roughed, were bumping up and-
Rotten-row.--I am, Sir, your obedient sex

Croydon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

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DOMESTIC SERVANTS.

The following communication has been sent to the Daily
News for publication :

Sir,—One of the most widespread and crying com-
plaints of the present day is that we have no good ser-
vants. Each new girl that comes to us is lazier, fonder
of dress and novel reading,less efficient in her work, and
more given to changing her situation than improving in
her duties. This is generally acknowledged, some
people laying the blame on the new order of education,
which fills poor girls' heads with book learning at the
expense of household duties ; others on the inefficiency
of mistresses to teach their servants how to do well
the things which they see are done badly. Without
however, seeking for the cause .of • a now-establishi.
fact, may it not be as well to find and lay. hold of a
remedy which will obviate it? Servant girls do not
learn domestic duties at school. They cannot learn
them in the poor, overcrowded, and slovenly homes maly
too common among the English lower classes. How
can they be carefril over crockery when to have more
than one plate apiece implies to them a pitch of luxury
which should despise breakages? or skilfull in cooking
when one fryiugpan and a saucepan, minus a lid,
probably constitutes the sum total of the culinary
utensils at home? Ladies cannot, even if able to
teach, fill their houses with untrained girls; still less
can they run the risk of taking them in by the day
from their dirty homes. What then is the remedy?
Many will answer, "Training homes ; " and a few
ladies at Kilburn are trying to carry that answer into
practice. They have taken a house, where a motherly
matron superintends a dozen or so of girls from 12
to 15 years of age (there is accommodation for more
were funds forthcoming), and they are taught
cleanly, regular, industious habits, and find daily
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

HEPWORTH DIXON'S HORN-BLOWER.

The Cincinnati Commercial has the following :
When, at the appointed hour, the celebrated individual
stepped proudly on the platform in full.dress he vc as
greeted with loud applause by the assembled multitude,
who then laid eyes on him for the first time. He
,seemed to be a ferocious and determined customer,
and we all took a severe look at him. What was my
surprise, and that of the gazing audienee at large,
on seeing him advance to the front centre
of the platform and proceed to pull out a
French horn from under his coat tail! I supposed
he meant to use it in some way in the course of the
evening, as an illustration of something or other in the
German war with France, the subject of his lecture
being the recent history of Germany. But no. He
struck an attitude on the stage, put the instrument to
his mouth in high style, " blowed " away on it till his
eyes stood out, played a tune, was applauded, played
others with louder applause, and kept on playing,
till it seemed as though the celebrity of the hour had
made up his mind to substitute au entertainment
on the French horn for a lecture on the German
war. Was the man crazy? It looked so. But unex-
pectedly he marched off with his horn just as he had
marched on with it; and then, after a moment, we
found out that the personage whom we had admired at
his entrance, and applauded at the end of each piece,
was not, in reality, Hepworth Dixon at all, but a
player who had been hired to give a musical prelude
to the lecture for the entertainment of the audience.
The real Dixon stepped on as the performer stepped
off, and I suppose that neither of them could tell why
there was laughter mingled with the applause which
"welcomed the coming, sped the going guest"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

PLAIN PEOPLE.

Heidegger, King George IT.'s master of the revels
whose furrowed Übe was likened to a map with a great
many rivers on it, had the reputation of being the
ugliest man of his time. Of course he afforded rare
sport for the caricaturists, but he wisely '-took all in
good part, and was ready enough to jest at himself,
even to wagering that such another set of features was
not to be found in London. Jolly, the fashionable
tailor of that day, once pressed a noble customer for a
settlement of his little account "Begone I" exclaimed
his ducal debtor; "I'll not pay you till you bring me
an uglier fellow than yourself." Jolly knew of but
one man uglier than himself, and wrote to Heidegger
to say his Grace wished to see him next morning upon
particular business. Heidegger was there at the
appointed time and se was the tailor. The Duke
acknowledged himself beaten, And paid up like a man.
Jolly must have felt as grateful
.to Heidtzgger as
Soderini the singer was to Fanar the ballet-master.
The first time the latter appeared at rehearsal,
Soderini, after contemplating the new comer for a few
moments, accosted him Ns ith, "Let me thank you a
thousand times for coming among us; command me in
any way, for I can never sufficiently repay you for the
happiness you have conferred upon me." Astounded
by such a welcome from a man he had never seen before,
Fanar inquired to what he was indebted for it, "To
your unparalleled ugliness, my dear sir," said Soderini;
"for, before your arrival, I was considered the ugliest
fellow in Great Britain." A still better story is
told of a Delaware justice of the peace who had
long been regarded by common consent, his own in-
cluded, to be the ugliest man in the county. While
out shooting one day, the justice met a man beyond
all question even worse-looking than he was, and
immediately levelled his gun at the astonished pedes-
trian, who cried out to him not to shoot. "Stranger,"
gravely said the justice, " I swpre ten years ago,
that if ever I met a man uglier than myself I'd
shoot him, and you're the first lye come across."
Surveying his odd assailant from head to foot, the
stranger answered : "Well, captain, if I do look any
worse than you do, shoot; I don't want to live any
longer !" How they settled matters is not recorded,
but no doubt the arrangement was amicable.
Chamb era:a Journal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

SCALE OF CgARGES.

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CT—Ja:l=l=2.), &c.,
7—!,_,ESPECTFULLY informs the Gentry and
JI_U Inhabitants of Stourbridge, that he has made
arrangements sith Mr. T. PFNNEY, to CLIP and SINGE
HORSES at his Vitt rlnary Forge, Market-street, Stour
bridge.
3. M. rti..itl:s inter° flunks to his patrons for past
favors, and trust; by assiduity and attention to business,
to merit a t ,TAinuance 01 the same.
Any application made at Mr. 'X. Yenney'e, RUA mea
with prOloPt itttation.

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Organs, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Gravel
and Pains in the Back.—Sold in boxes, 48 6d each, by
all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
any address for 60 Stamps by the Maker, F. J. CLARKE,
Co. suiting Chemist, 'Egli-street, Lincoln.—Wholesale
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"LET IT FREEZE!"
(From Punch.)

SOFT falls the snow in silent flakes,
The ice grows thick on ponds and lakes,

But Mr. Punch, at ease,
Surveys this wintry state of things,
And Nature treats like other kings,
Observing, "Let it freeze"
Thermometer at twenty-six,
Jack Frost is free to play his tricks--

The snob loves low degrees. 2,firtsAl
But sunny wit, that gives no pain, tl2;
Keeps constant summer in the brain,
So Punch says, "Let it freeze !"
Yes, let it freeze, so long as they (ttUfl
Whose wealth defies the wintry day, mdti,
The pinch of poor-tith ease: ; ; int
If, like Gulf-stream, from hill to cot -
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There flows what keeps the labour hot,
By all means, "Let it freeze!"
Good neighbourhood strikes bonds throughou
Strata, far-cleft, of lord and lout
A happy land one sees,
When he who takes, and he who gives,
Alike for proof in practice lives,
That Love can never freeze.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

STATIONERY.

S. FIEJJLD
GENERAL PRINTER,
STOUBBBIDGE.

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Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL HINDS or
PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY.
Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patterns.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, &c.
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS,
Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books, &,e

Messrs. Croskill
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

THE "SPARK" PIRACY.

The following letter from her Majesty's Consul at
CantOn with reference to the capture and pillage of the
steamer Spark, has been published :

"Sir,—With reference to the capture and pillage of the
steamer Spark by pirates, the murders of the master,
G. Brady, and the purser, Felix Ferries, and the dangerous
wounding of Mr. Mundy, a passenger, and others on the
22nd of August last, I have the honour to state, for
the information of his Excellency the Governor, that
every effort was made by the Canton Government
to arrest the guilty parties, and fourteen in all
were captured and brought to trial, and of these
six, having confessed their guilt, Liu A-wu, Chang
Te HiO, Liang To Ching, Kwe Kis Hae, Wu
Ch`al Kwei, Wit Kwo Yu, were executed on
the 3rd ; and two, Ho Hain K`wt,n, Hwang A-lien, on the
6th inst., Fan A-fang, who died from wounds received at
his capture, was also beheaded. The heads of these
criminals will be exposed in the usual manner as a warning
to all. On the other persons in custody sentences have not
yet been passed, there being doubts respecting the identity
of one or two of them, or whether they were engaged in the
piracy. In reporting these executions his Excellency the
Acting Viceroy informs me that no reward can be accepted
for the apprehension of the pirates, the police having done
no more than their duty.—l have the honour to be, Sir,
your most obedient servant, _

"B. ROBERTSON, Consul.
"The Hon J. Gardiner Austin, Colonial Secretary,
Hong-Kong, Nov. 12, 1874."

THE EFFECT OF COLD ON umni.
The recent accident on the Great Western Railway
has raised a question as to whether the coldness of the
weather had contributed to the breaking of the iron
tire or axle of the wheel by increasing the brittleness
of the metal. Different opinions have been expressed
on this point, but the prevailing opinion appears to be
that the proximate cause of the accident must be ac-
counted for in some other way than by ascribing it to
the fro.A. As a general rule the cchesive force in
bodies increases as the atoms or molecules of which
the bodies are composed are brought into closer proxi-
mity to each other, and heat tends to separate the
particles of matter, and thus to weaken the cohesion
existing between them. Di accordance with this well.
established law, a lump of ice, in which there is a cer-
tain amount of tenacity, loses nearly the whole of this
force when it has been converted into water by the
agency of heat; and when, by further heating, the
water has been converted into steam, the cohesive
force is entirely overcome by elasticity operating in.
the opposite direction. A great number of experi-
ments have been made for the purpose of determining
the influence of variations of temperature and other
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

FATAL PI r ACCIDENT AT DUDLEY.

FOUR LIVES LOST.

A serious accident occurred at the Dog House
Pits, Buffery Colliery, in the occupation of Messrs.
Jones and Co., on Tuesday evening last.
The night shift, consisting of six men and two
youths, descended the No. 4 Dog House Pit, Old
Beery Colliery, to work. Their particular work
was to complete a brick dam which was being
erected to prevent a fire in the workings from
spreading and destroying valuable coal. The
names of the shift were Benjamin Mason, Edward
Parkes, Joseph Slater, Francis Fellows, and James
Davies. When the dam was nearly completed the
shift was divided into two parties of four, and
remained some little distance apart, the four last
named being on the side of the arch, underneath
ihe dam; nearest the bottom of the pit shaft.
Whilst the finishing touches were being put to the
dam an explosion of fire-damp occurred, and
brought down the greater part of the dam, and a
vast amount of debris in the shape of coal and
' slack. This choked up the immediate means of
escape, and brought with it a lot of "fire stink."
The first named four in the above list were on the
farthest side from the bottom and were immediately
suffocated by the fumes. The party which had so
miraculously escaped ran off for assistance, which
was at once obtained by those op the bank, and
in less than an hour strenuous efforts were being
made to make a passage through the fallen mass.
At half-past nine this was accomplished, and then
for a short time the workers were driven bach
whilst a clearance of gas took place. Then the
bodies of Mason, Knowle, Harrison, and Green
were discovered uninjured, and lying as though
they had fallen asleep. The feature was unchanged,
and even wore a peaceful expression. Shortly
after ten o'clock the bodies were brought to bank,
placed in carts, and conveyed to their respective
homes. The batty of the pit, Mr. W. Wright,
had inspected the work being done by the night
shift only a short tie- e before the explosion oc-
curred, and he then believed the place to be quite
safe. He and Mr. James Crew, the manager, did
everything in their power to assist in getting the
men out, nub helped to carry the bodies to the
bottom or the shaft. Messrs. Jones, the owners
of the colliery, were speedily on the spot, and they
also personally assisted in the work. Benjamin
Mason was aged 36, and was a man with a family.
He resided at Netherton. Joseph Harrison aged
45, was also a married man, with a family, and
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resided at the Mumble. Knowles was abut 21
years of age, and Green 18 years. The former
lived in Prince Albert Street.

The Coroner has fixed the inquest at eleven
o'clock on Saturday, at the Dudle4 Axnas
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

HALESOWEN.

STEALING IRON.—At the Worcester Epiphany Ses-
sions (Second Court), on Tuesday, before Mr. R. H.
Harrington. Henry Ward (27), nail-forger ; S. Williams,
alias White, nailer ; and William Harper (1)), miner,
were charged with stealing two bundles of nail iron, the
property of William Price, on the 24th Decemb3r. Mr.
Selfe prosecuted : Mr. Griffiths idefended.—The robbery
was effected in the yard of the prosecutor. The iron was
afterwards sold by the prisoners to a nailmaker, about
three-quarters of a mile from the yard.—The jury con-
victed the prisoners, and Ward and Harper were senten-
ced to three months' hard labour, and White to two
months' hard labour.
STEALING STRAW.-At the Petty Segel In, held on Tues-
day last, before Messrs. Watson and Howard, Thomas
Crump was charged with stealing four boltings of straw,
the property of Thomas Ridglev, of Romsley. Mr.
Maunders, of Birmingham, defended. From the evi-
dence of Police-constable Knowles, it appears that on the
night of the 26th tilt, about twelve o'clock, the officer
met the prisoner coming from the direction of prosecu-
tor's house, with the straw. On going to the house of
prosecutor four boltings of straw were missed. Mr.
Maunders addressed the Bench for the prisoner, after
which the Magistrates sentenced the prisoner to 24 hours'
imprisonment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

HOW TO ROUGH HORSES. I

The following communication has been sent to The Times,
for publication :
Sir,—Although it may be considered that, with the
thermometer 20 deg. above freezing, a receipt for
rouhing horses may be compared to an offer to
lend Noah a cotton umbrella after the Deluge, yet you
may perhaps parentally feel disposed to permit me
to submit to your innumerable readers the sad fact
that on one side of the Atlantic the Anglo-Saxon
roughs his horse scientifically, and on the other side
ignorantly.
In the northern portion of the United States, and
especially in Canada, where for half-a-dozen months
in the year young and old people of both sexes are in
the habit of riding and driving from snow across
streams and rivers of glare ice, as smooth as a look-
ing-glass and nearly as hard as iron, the toe as well as
the two heels of each shoe is roughed; and as in con-
sequence thereof a horse on every foot stands on a
sinews and muscles not only remain in
position all the lhours he is in his stable
but wn.ie crossing a level country the sole of each
foot works' pa,rallel to its surface.
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In ascending a hill the four front cogs, In deicending
a hill the eight hind ones, and in traversing fiat glare
ice all the twelve cogs catch firm hold of the surface.
Now, in England, generally speaking, horses are
roughed on their heels only, which, in the stable as
well as while traversing a dead level, throws the
beautiful mechanism of their feet, fetlocks, and sinews
out of gear.
In descending a hill the cogs of the heels of each
foot take firm hold of it; but in ascending a hill.
when, altering his position the horse works on his toes,
he di4covers that while his hind heels (which he cannot
then use) have been roughed for him, the fronts of all
his shoes have been left smack smooth.
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To gallop and twist a horse roughed in the English
fashion over ice is exceedingly dangerous. Whereas
in Canada, while riding many hundred miles, I not
only never had a horse slip up, but, after my return
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

MESSRS. MOODY AND SANKEY.

The excitement caused by the visit of Messrs.*Moody
and Sankey to Sheffield was even greater than that
shown in Manchester. Crowds assembled in front of
the Albert-hall long before the doors were opened on
Sunday morning. On Saturday afternoon the Evan-
gelists held a service for parents and children, which
was very largely attended; and early OR Sunday
morning Mr. Moody addressed Christian workers in
the Albert-hall. He made a most stirring appeal to
them, pointing out that there was a work for every
one of them to do as Christians. If they did not do
it, they alone would be responsible to God. In the
afternoon there was another service in the same place,
when the hall was crowded as it never was before,
there being still large numbers of people waiting in.
the street clamouring for admission. A room under-
neath the large hall was also used at night. The
churches and chapels closed earlier than usual, and the
crush at the nigkt service was greater than ever.
Many hundreds of people, after waiting outside for a
couple of hours, were unable to gain admission.

The Daily News of Tuesday says :—" Messrs. Moody
and Sankey have arranged to spend the whole of the
month of February in Liverpool, and great prepara-
tions, are already in progress for their reception. A
temporary building", capable of accommodating some
8,000 persons, is being specially erected as a central
hall for the occasion. It will be situated in Victoria-
street, at the back of the new public offices of the
Corporation, on a piece of ground recently purchased
by the Government as a site for a new post-office; and
though only of a temporary character—to be entirely
demolished within two months—it is to cost £3, 390, and
the committee calculate that at least £4,500 will be
required to cover the whole expense of the visit. The
invitation to Messrs. Moody and Sankey was forwarded
to those gentleman in September last, and was signed
by nearly 100 of the clergymen and ministers of all
denominations in the town. Early last month a,
numerously attended conference was held of the lead-
ing ministers and other friends of the movement in the
town. Mr. Moody was present, and the whole of the
arrangements were completed. It is intended to hlve
a revivalist service in the Central Hall every night
during the month of February, with extra. services
on Sunday, both morning and evening, at such
hours as not to interfere with the ordinary services
at the numerous other places of worship in the town.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-09

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UPPER ARLE Y.

MrsnEmEawouu.—At the Staffordshire Quarter Ses-
sions, on Wednesday, before Mr. R. A. Kettle, Ralph
Wilson (29), farmer, was indicted for stealing on the 2nd
November, 1874. at Upper Arley, ten cows, one horse and
trap, and one set of harness, the property of Charles
Parkes Faulkner.. Mr. 'Underhill was for the pi osecution
and Mr. Young defended the accused. The trial of this
case involved a number of "points," which formed the
subject of animated argument between counsel, the result
being that the prisoner was acquitted. He pleaded guilty,
however, to an indictment charging hiv, with obtaining
by false pretences from Robert Woodward, on the 19th
October, 1874, at Arley Castle, £lOO, ana for this offence
he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.