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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

FRENCH POPULATION STATISTICS,

The Bureau for General Statistics has published a
record for the year 1885 in relation to the population
pf France. This shows that last year there were
922,361 births. These figures are lower than those
of any year since 1872, the usual number of late
years being from 935,000 to 937,000. Both in 1884
and 1885 there was a marked increase in the pro-
portion of illegitimate children. The rate last year
was 8.03 per cent, on the total registered births, the
number being 74,118. The deaths in 1885 numbered
836,897. The excess of births over deaths last year
was 85,464. The extent to which the birth-rate lisa
decreased may be appreciated from the consideration
that from 1872 to 1877 the average excess of births
was no less than 143,149. The number of marriages
in 1885 was 283,170, which is about the usual average.
The divorces numbered 4927.

"YEs," she said to her escort as they glided around
the rink, Ido au love roller skating. While you are
sailing around, your soul seems floating away toward
heaven, and—" Just at that moment both of her soles
floated away toward heaven and the rest of her smote
the earthly floor with a mighty smite.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

BELSON 1886,

VALENTINE, HARDAWAY, and TOPPINas
(lionlogne-Sur-bisr, France).
rpHE Oldest Established Firm in nistertse. Slade.
for the St. Leger and all the Autumn I/Handiest',
forwarded free upon receipt of addtess.
DOUBLE AND THUILE EVElrre•

ONE HORSE MATCHLESS TELIGRAMEN

NO WIN NO PAY TIMM.

The success which has attended onr Morning Wires
om the Course containing our
MATCHLESS ONE HORSE MECUM

:wo races each day only has been astounding. Oar
system is simply thus :—That for Five Telegrams you
remit us 2s 6d, thst is Si:penes to defray cost of mes-
sage and then you invest for as One Shilling oa snob
horse we send, and you to remit us thereto of odds yips
lbtain each day. Thus if the horse ( only ono bona
aach race) start at evens, and it wins you used to u Ono
'Shilling ; if at 2 to 1, you remit 2,; list 11 to 2, you
send 3i,; if at 10 to 1, you send as 10., and so 011 riobt
up to your limit. This ia fair to both parties, we do
the work and find out the good things and you oily
invest for us ls along with you stake, and whoa a
,winner remit us the neat day and to on. Short mbar
T)gs maze long friends. Jut try bes week's giros oa
de NO WIN NO PAY SYSTRII, and yrs wifl saver
tegret. We have all to lose sad nothing to gain adios
iwe send winners, and better the prise bettor Sot us.
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letter on the same terns by patting as ls on miei ism%
tave only to send stamped addressed envelopes, as
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

CYCLONE IN THE WEST INDIES.

A telegram from the Governor of Jamaica to the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated the 26th
inst.,says : _ _

" Cyc:one passed through St. Andrews, St. Ana,
and eastern parishes, during night of 19th August.
Property generally damaged but not very serious,
only small craft wrecked. Kingston escaped lightly.
Give publicity."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

REPCItT OF IWROVEMENTS COMMITTE.

Internal drainage.—The surveyors report that the
house drainage of the properties in Hagley Street,
reported last month, is completed, They entered
into an explanation as to the details of the house
and other property connections referrei to in the
item of a 145 4s lid, which they had certified as
being due to the contractor, in the absence of which
explanation your Board decided to pay the amount
at the last monthly meeting. The town surveyor,
acti )g on instructions from .your committee, pro-
duced a report of all the undedicated streets in the
township, stating their respective lengths and
widths, showing a total of 18 streets, a total length
of 3,866 yards, or nearly 241 miles, with an average
width of 26 feet. Accompanying the report is a
statement as to how the streets should be laid out,
formed with the widths of their respectiiiei :foot.
paths. An account of the rateable valueiciithe
property in each undedicated street accompaniell
the report. Having regard to the importance of
the subject your committee recommend that the
consideration of the who .e subject be referred to
the Improvement Committee to be appointed after
the election. Foster Street property. The draft
contract for the sale to Mr. Orford of 305 square
yards of this property is recommended for adoption
by your Board.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

TROOPS FOR INDIA.

The naval and military authorities have made
arrangements for the movement of troops during the
ensuing trooping season between this country and
India, where, owing to the demands for Burmah, the
European garrison falls short of its proper com-
plement. Large drafts will be conveyed to Bombay
by her Majesty's Indian troopships Euphrates, which
leaves Portsmouth September 8, and is due at Born-
hay October 6; Serapis, which leaves England Sep-
tember 22, and Crocodile, which sails October 6. The
Junina leaves Queenstown, October 27, for Bombay,
with the M and R Batteries 4th Brigade R.A., N 0.2
Battery Ist Brigade Eastern Division, RA., and
drafts. The Euphrates will bring home from India 13
F and G Batteries 4th Brigade R.A., and time-expired
men, and will leave Portsmouth for Bombay Nov. 24
with the 7th Hussars. The Serapis returns to England
with the 14th Hussars and time-expired men, and
will afterwards convey from Plymouth to Bombay K
P and Q Batteries 4th Brigade R.A., and drafts.
The Crocodile leaves India November 13 with time-
expired men, and will arrive in England early in
December, sailing again for Bombay December 21
with large drafts of officers and men. On November
26 the J umna will leave India with the 2nd Battalion
North Staffordshire Regiment, and a battery of
artillery for Aden, whence she will bring to England
the 2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment and No. 6
Battery South Irish Division R.A. The Jumna will
afterwards go to Egypt, and on January 20 will
embark at Suez the 2nd Battalion Durham Light in-
fantry for conveyance to Bombay. On Jan. 1 the
Euphrates will leave India with A and C Batteries 4th
Brigade R.A., and time-expired men for England,
where she is due in February. Proceeding to Malta,
she will embark on Feb. 18 the 2nd Battalion South
Yorkshire Regiment for Bombay. The Serapis
leaves India in January with the let Battalion Oxford-
shire Light Infantry and time expired men; and on
February 12 the Jumna sails for England with the
Ist Battalion Durham Light Infantry. The Ist
Battalion East Kent Regiment will arrive in India
from the Straits Settlements on March 6, taking
passage in her Majesty's troopship Orontes. The
destination of the troops despatched from the United
Kingdom and Egypt is as follows: 7th Hussars,
Secunderabad; 31 Battery 4th Brigade R.A., Saugur;
R Battery 4th Brigade R.A., Kirkee ; No. 2 Battery
Eastern Division RA., probably Burmah ; K Battery
4th Brigade R.A., Meerut; P Battery 4th Brigade
R.A., Norogong ; Q Battery 4th Brigade R.A.,
Bareilly ; 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry,
Ranikhet ; 2nd Battalion South Yorkshire Regiment,
Poona; let Battalion East Kent Regiment, Kurra-
chee.

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A NAUTICAL VIEW.-14famtna : Don't you know that
your father is the mainstay of the family Freddy:
Golly. ,in't he thnligh ! and the spanker, too.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

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PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

STATIONERY.

Auctioneers' Catalogues ,Sermons ,Concert, and
other Posters.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmes ,Bill
Heads..
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL KINDS of PRINTING, in Black or
Coloured Inks

GENERAL ADVERTISING AGENTS.

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Designs and Patterns.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, dm
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN S 800
Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

ONEY LENT WITHOUT DELAY
LVI by the CHA RING CROSS DEPOSIT BANK
(Regd.) 28, Bedford Street, Strand, London.
Capital £150,000. Reserve fund £50,000.
Advances immediately made upon promissory notes as
ollows, without deductions,
Advan £25, 12 monthly repayments of .£2 5 10
91 11 If 60 411 8
„ 100 9 3 4
I
Larger amounts the same in proportion.
Advances of £25 to £2,000 granted at a few hours
notice in town or country, male or female, on mortgage
of furniture, trade and farm stock, plant, crops, Ste.,
without removal, and to assist persons into business.
Also on deeds, policies, and reversions, at 5 per cent.
for one month to 14 year 3. Distance no object. Easy
repayments. Strictly private. Call or write.
Notice,—Before applying elsewhere, ask any solicitor
uctioneer, &c„ in England and Wales knowing this
3ank and you will at once find out you are treating with
an old establish (1870), safe and bona-fide Bank. Having
large capital we do business cherper than others. Re.
sponsible Tradersf Farmers, and others can have money
without a bill of sale. No good loan ever refused.
Current accounts opened according to the practice of
other banks. No charge for keeping accounts, or clear-
ag country cheques. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent.
Bowed on the minimum monthly balances.
Deposits of £lO and upwards received at 4 per cent.
r annum, payable on demand.
.z.ubject to thre months' notate of withdrawal, 6 percent
Subject to six months' notice of withdrawal, 7 per cent
Subject to twelv months' notice of withdrawal, 8 per cent
Interest:paid monthly, quarterly, or as agreed.
A. WILLIAME, Manager.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

Amusement and Instruction for

the Young,
ONLY NINEPENCE FOR

THREE FRENCH DOLLS.

With an Elegant Wardrobe of 32 Pieces.

Consisting of Reception, Evening and Morning
Dresses, Bonnets, Street Costumes, Cloaks, Hats.
Hand Satchels, Sun Umbrellas, Music Portfolios,
Overcoats, Sailor Suits, Drums, Street Jackets,
Watering Place Suits, Travelling Costumes, Dress
Suit, &c. These dresses and suits in this elegant
wardrobe:represent nine different colours, and they
are lovely beyond description, severall being from
designs by Worth of Paris.

There is One Little Boy and Two Girl Dolls in
each set, with pretty faces and life-like beautiful
features; and their wardrobe is so extensive that it
takes hours to dress and undress them in their
different suits. Every child and every mother that
has seen them go in ecstasies over them. Childr n
will get more real enjoyment out of a set of French
Dolls that out of articles that cost a guinea. Every
person that buys them sends immediately for more,
a great number of testimonials having been received

A lady writes us that her little boy and girl
played for five long hours with a set of these French
Dolls, and they felt very sorry indeed to think
they must stop and eat their supper; and if mothers
only knew how much amusement there is in these
Dolls they would willingly pay double the price
asked for them.

Sample pet consisting of THREE DOLLS, with
their wardrobe of THIRTY.TWO Pisous post paid for
NINE•PENCE in stamps; Two sets, Six DOLLS;
131ITT•POUR PIECES, for is 3d: agents Wanted.

• Any little Boy or Girl, or any Agent, male or
female, can sell 100 Sets every day. If you do that
you make over Seven Guineas a month out of these
Dolls. You have not one day to lose, as each day's
Pounds loss to you. This is an
opportunitystaony too valuable for you to lose. These
de l delay is o m
Dolls are Gems of Beauty. Address
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

THE ORDNANCE SCANDALS.

At last, says the Graphic, there seems some chance
that the public will be enlightened as to the real
condition of the Ordnance Department. Colonel
Hope affirms that it is a sink of corruption, and if
only one-half of his charges are made out, some one
certainly ought to be hung, pour encourager les mitres.
But the official heads of the department assert, with
not less emphasis, that Colonel Hope must be suffer-
ing from hallucinations. It now rests with himself to
demonstrate whether that is the case or not. The
Secretary for War promises that if the accuser will
only make known to him, in confidence the name of
one of the accused parties,at the same time furnishing
snfficient evid3nce to make out a priruil facie case,
the whole matter shall be submitted to a judicial
tribunal. A fair and reasonable Proposal enough,
and Colonel Hope has done well to accept ii
at once; the War Office could scarcely be expected
to initiate legal action on the vague ipse &zits of
any officer. If a precedent of that sort were once
established, we should have every disappointed
inventor demanding as of right, the appointment of a
Royal Commission to investigate the ladles of the de-
partment or office that failed to discern the merits of
his brilliant discovery. Colonel Hope does not come
into that category, of course; but, distinguished as he
is, the necessity remains that he should now demon-
strate the accuracy of his terrible accusations. It cer-
tainly tells in his favour that four of our finest ironclads—
the Colossus, Conqueror, Edinburgh, and Collingwood
—are now on the invalid list, and practically hors de
combat, owing to their heavy ordnance being under
suspicion of constitutional weakness. That would be a
rather serious matter if England suddenly found
herself at war with some great maritime Power.

"1 nAvE made it a rule through life," said a busy-
body at the lunch-table the other day to the man on
his left, "never to meddle with another man's busi-
ness.' "That's right—perfectly right," was the reply.
"But I see you have a new !confidential clerk."
"Yes, sir—yes. "He's a hard-looking case. I've
seen him drunk a dozen times, and I wouldn't trust
him out of my sight with a nickel. Took him out of
charity—eh ?" Well, not altogether; you know.
He happens to be my oldest aon I" Then there was
a periods:of silence so painful that both wished some-
body would yell" Fire!" to break it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE REPORT.

Me Real Officer's Report. —Number of births re-
gistered in the township from July 19 to August 23,
25, viz., 14 males, 11 females. Number of deaths
registered in the Sarno period, 7, viz., 6 males and
1 female. Birth-rate, 301, daath-rate, 86. The
Officer reports the death•rate continues still to keep
very low, the corresponding rate last year was very
much higher, viz.. 18.4. It is satisfactory to be able
to state that all the notices I have reported
about duringthe last two months have been either
complied with or are in progress. The Journal of
the Medical Officer was laid before your committee.
Ptemises in l'argeter Street have been visited and
ordors given for the removal of the nuisances found
thereon,

TOWN OFFICER'S REPORT.
Nuisances brought forward: 27
Reported during the month 39

Removed, old, 20, 30

Remaining

Tie Inspntor reports :—ln making my inspection
during the month I have found and reported upon
39 nuisa..,us, consisting of 1 dilapidated building,
21 uos4nitary waterclosots, privie., and asl.pits,2
unsanitary hEOFs, 2 defective dra'ns. 3 buildinvs
with dilapidated spouting, 2 open offensive privies,
the remaining S cone under the head of miscel-
laneous, 26 notices have been served and 30 verbal
orders given for the abatement of the said nuisances.
Night soil retnlvi.l: Number of registered orders
ou the bo ,ks, 25; ,consisting of 42 privies, 27 ash.
pits, belonging to 70 holism probable number of
loads, 80, or abort 7 days work. The 7 registered
lodging houses are reported to be in a good sant.
tug state. They have been occupied as follows:
Daily 75
Weekly 488
During the month 2830
No complaints, The 18 registered slaughter houses
are reported to be in a good sanitary state, except
one case (no. 19) where the nulsance found thereon
'has been ordered to be abat',3. Your committee
have instructed the Clerk to write to the neighb:irtr-
ing t )wns for the charge of water f:r water clUsets.
Your committee recommend that 10s 6d per day,
including gas and fire, be charged for the use of
the Commissioners Room for auditing the Union
and other publio ages:tun* The xe•lighting of

Cooper's entry was referred to a lighting committee
Your Committee have decided to sell the debris in
the -Market Hall, and have instructed the Town
Officer accordingly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

HORRIBLE CRIME IN FRANCE.

A great sensation was caused in France a few
months ago by the discovery that dead bodies not
long buried had been dug up and exposed in the
cemetery at St. Ouen. On the 25th of March last
the men employed in the place found lying on the
heap of mould the body of Marie Fernandie, a girl
of 18, who had been buried the previous night. The
corps° had been taken from the coffin and re-
moved to a distance of 60 feet from the place of
interment. It bore evidence of horrible maltreat-
ment. The police failed at first to discover the
perpetrators of the outrage. Three days after-
wards a letter was received at the prefecture of
police from a young man named Duhamel,
who accused himself and a friend of having com-
mitted the crime. Duhamel was found to be
quite mad, and was in consequence liber-
ated. On the 13th of June, at five o'clock in the
morning, the people connected with the cemetery
found that another coffin had been displaced and
opened. The body had disappeared. It was thht of
a little girl named Chaillet, who had been buried the
previous evening. Continuing the search :or the
body the manager of the churchyard found a winding-
sheet. At the same time he saw a man jump from
a window of a neighbouring house, which at the time
was unoccupied. He was pursued and caught.
The dead body was found in the empty house.
The man given into custody was Henri Blot,
married, and 26 years of age, who had been em-
ployed as a gravedigger. The dead body in this
case had sustained no injury. The accused
was examined by a medical man who reported
that he was not insane: But was on Friday brought
before the Correctional Tribunal of the Seine on
chatges of violating rlaces of burial, profe.ning dead
bodies, and committing outrages against decency. He
admitted that he was guilty of the outrages of which
ho was accused. He could not explain why he did it.
He was drunk. He was mad, and in spite of him-
relf that he was impelled to act as he did. . The
witnesses -stated that when Biot was a gravedigger
they often saw coffins which had been opened near
the common grave. After he left the churchyard this
had not happened. The court departed from the
charge of outrages against decency, and condeinned
the accused to two years' imprisonment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HER MAJESTY'S REPLY.

The HOUSE OF Loans held a brief sitting on August
30th, in the course of which the Earl of Mount
Edgcumbe, Lord Steward of the Household, brought
down her Majesty's answer to their lordships' Address
in reply to the Speech from the Throne; and sevetal
peels took the oath.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

ALSO A FINE STOCK OF

CIG-ARS

OF THE BEST BRANDS

TOBACCOS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

(7e be continued)
CHEATING THE GALLOWS.

The public mind at Charleston, in America, is
much exercised over the question whether or no a
certain criminal lately executed there has not been
aided and abetted in cheating the gallows by his
friends. There •Aus, it appears, a conspiracy to save
the life of the condemned man, and since his execution
took place the rumour is current that the conspiracy
has been crowned with success, in proof of which
people have come forward to assert that the criminal
who was hanged in public a fortnight or so ago has
subsequently been seen walking about in the flesh.
The last requvot, it is stated, made by the
prisoner to the sheriff was that the " drop " should
be as short as possible, and in fact the fall was only
12 inches. People thought it strange that this
preference for a slow death by strangulation
should be chosen, but the sequel of the story explains
what appeared unusual and singular. The man's
neck was not broken, and after hanging 15 minutes
the doctor listened for the beating of his heart, and,
hearing none, declared him to be dead. The story
runs that the body was then hastily taken away by
the criminal's brothers, that an electric battery,
brandy, ammonia, and other revivers called back life,
and that thus the law was cheated. This report has
led to a general demand that the grave in which the
body is said to be buried shall be opened; but the
family of the deceased or living man, whichever he
may be, indignantly protest against any such act of
desecration, and keep perpehal watch over the grave
to prevent its disturbance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

MEERSCHAUM

BRIAR-ROOT PIPES,

PLAIN AND FANCY

CIGAR AND OIGAREITE HOLDERS

And E, Description

TOI3ACCONIST'S GOODS
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

THE "ADVANCED GLADSTONIANS:

A meeting of 40 "advanced Gladstonian " mem-
bers of Parliament was held on Tuesday under the
presidency of Mr. Illingworth. The object of the
gathering was to ventilate the views of the advanced
section as to the attitude to be maintained by the
party. The speakers were in favour of a forward
and aggressive policy, and a general resolution was
adopted to the effect that Mr. Illingworth should
convey to the leaders of the party, Sir William Har-
court and Mr. John Morley, the desire of the meeting
that the struggle inaugurated at the recent election
of the Home Rule question should be strenuously
maintained.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

PUBLIC NOTICES

MRS. LANGTRY

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it to any other.' (Signed) LILLIE LANGTRY. Pears' Soap,
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and Chapping. Sold Everywhere. Largo Scented Tablets
and smaller (unscented), 6d.
nNE BOX of CLAIIKE'S B 41 PILLS iswarranted to cure
discharges from the Urinary Organs, in either sex
required or constitutional Gravel and Pains in the back
Sold in boxes, is 6d each, by all Chemists and Patent
medicine Vendors ; or sent to an address for 60;Stamps by
makers THE LINCOLN & MIDLAND CO UN YI ES' DRUG
COMPANY' Lincoln, _Wholesale Agents BADOLLY & Son
rid all the wholesale houses. a
No artiele requires more care than the choice of Tea
through recommendation the benefits of Horniman'r
Tea is daily extended, it is guaranteed pure; whilst to
strength, and flavor, it is unequalled; being free from
the usual mineral facing powder, it is perfectly whole-
some.—Meld by 3,538 Agents.
List of Agents in this locality :—STOURBRIDGE :
Clarire, Chemist, High Street ; Baker, Chemist, High
Street; tielleck, 136, High Street ; Hughes St Wyatt
Chemist.—Brierley Hill: Rawlings, Chemist.—Kidder
minster : Hewitt, Bull Ring. Halesowen : Lawton.:
Chemist. Lye: Greenwood, Chemist. Wordsley
White, Chemist.—Kingswinford : Male.—Brettell Lane'
Collins, Chemist, —Birmingham : Banks & Co,, Bu
ing.

ADVICE TO Mon:taus I—Are you broken in your rest
by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeeth
Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. Win-
slow's Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor
sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless land
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 know remedy for
dysentery and diarrhcea, whether arising from teeth-
ing or other causes. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at is lid per
bottle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

r: 0 THE WEAR-)L7--

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0 persnn , pair of a speedy restoration to
IN health and strength if he or she will carefully
peruse the following, and learn that the great

need des;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

POLICE EXPENSES.

A Parliamentary paper has just been presented
showing the cost during the police year completed in
1885 of the police in each of the boroughs of Great
Britain of over 100,000 inhabitants having a separate
police establishment. In the Metropolitan Police
district the number of police employed on ordinary
duties was 11,556, and on special duties 1599, as com-
pared with 800 and 102 respectively in the City of
London, 981 and 385 in Liverpool, 1046 in Glasgow,
523 and 27 in Birmingham, 840 and six in Man-
chester, 429 and 29 in Edinburgh. The total cost of
the police was—in the metropolitan district
£1,376,593; in the City of London, £94,496; in
Liverpool, £124,169; in Glasgow, £89,304; in
Birmingham, £50,914; in Manchester, £74,076; and
in Edinburgh, £45,016, The cost per constable was
in the metropolitan district £100; in the City of
London, £9O; in Liverpool, £B4; in Glasgow, £7B;
in Birmingham, £94; in Manchester, 85;;£ and in
Edinburgh, £77. The return also contains statistics
relating to other towns.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

A FATHER SHOT DEAD BY HIS SON:

While out deer-stalking in the Forest of Strathwick,
Ross-shire, on Friday evening, Colonel Leyland, a
tenant of shootings, was accidentally shot dead by his
son. It appears that the son had been removing the
cover from the weapon when the trigger being at full
cock, the gun went off. Colgnel Leyland, who had
been handed the gun by his non in this condition, was
struck by the bullet, and fell down dead almost in-
stantaneously.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

LAWN TENNIS.

WOLLASTON v. UNITARIANS.—This match was
played at Wollaston, and resulted in a win for the
home team by seven setts to two, F Perry and
W. Haioes beat G. Skidmore and T. A. Guest 2
setts to love. 6-0, 6-4 ; F. _Perry and C. V.
Hodgetts beat G. Evers and H. Guest, 2 setts to
love, 5-3. 6-1 ; F. Perry and E. W. Haines beat
G. Evers and H, Guest, 2 setts to love, 6 —O, 7-5 ;
G. Skidmore and T. A Guest, beat F. Pdrry and C.
V. Liodgetts, 2 setts to 1,3-6,6-5, 6-1. ~
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

FAIR WHITE HANDS
BRIGHT CLEAR COMPLEXION

SOFT HEALTHFUL SKIN

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FASTEST TRIP ACROSS THE
CHANNEL.

The new passenger steamer 'Victoria, built by
Messrs. Pearce and Co. on the Clyde for the traffic
of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway service
to the Continent, made its trial trips from Dover to
Calais and back on Sunday in splendid weather. On
the outward voyage from Dover she had nearly two
hundred passengers. Soon after leaving Dover it was
decided to reduce the speed, owing to the priming of
the cylinders. Thus the outward journey was not a
true record of speed, the time from pierhead to pier-
head being one hour and twenty minutes. The return
journey was much more satisfactory, albeit there
was the 3ame priming of the boilers. The steamer,
fully laden with the ordinary passengers from Paris and
others, loft Calais at 3.53, and, although speed had to
be slackened once, the head of Dover Pier was
reached at 5.7, the passage having been made in 1h
14min , the shortest time on record. During this
journey the number of revolutions ranged from
30 to 42 per minute, and for short periods the vessel
travelled at 22 knots an hour. It is believed that as
soon as the new hands become used to the special
machinery, the Dover Straits will be crossed in an
hour. The ship is built of steel, for lightness and
strength, being 310 ft. long by 351 t breadth, and only
draws 8f t. of water, although over 300 tons registered
bu rthen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

bROMSGROVE.

LrottNsirta SESSIONS.—These Sessions were held
on Wednesday, the Rev. Canon Eaton, and Messrs.
W. Green and T. White being upon the Bench.
Superintendent Jeffrey read his report for the past
year. which stated that the district was 15, 919, and
the number of licensed houses 73—viz. , alehouses
44, beerhouses 16, wine licenses 2, grocers and off-
licenses 8. With three exceptions the whole of the
district had been well conducted, and the superin•
tendent did not oppose the renewal of any of the
existing licenses —The Rev.,Canon Eaton (chairman)
expressed the gratification of the Bench at the
report, which contained few facts or features for
special remark. One case mentioned should teach
license-holders tha lesson that when they gave enter-
tainments to their private friends it was well to give
the police previous notice. There, were persons
always ready to speak against the manner in which
licensed houses were conducted, and it was satis-
factory to find so little to complain of in the present
to one point—namely, that every case of cffence
against the law involved some discredit, not only to
the persons proceeded against, but also to the trade
in general. He asked the trade to remember this,
ana he hoped the year upon which they were enter-
ing would be a prosperous one, and one which,in
the conduct of business,!would give butlittle trouble
to the Bench.—The whole of the licenses in the
division were renewed, and the special sessions were
not adjourned, there being no occasion for an
adjournment.

DRURY LANE THEATRE.-Mr. Augustus Harris has
abundant reason to be satisfied with the advice and
assistance he has received ir the production of A
_Run of Luck. Mr. Leopold de Rothschild. Prince
Soltykff, "Mr. Manton" the Duke of Portland,
Mr Chaplin, and the Duke of Beaufort all lent him
their colours to be used in his race, and on Thursday
his Grace of Beaufort came up expressly from Bad-
minton to officiate as the foreman of crritical jury
of sportsmen. Sir John Willoughby, Lord Baring
(who missed a division in consequence), Colonel
Vivian, Mr. Alger's:in Bourke. Mr. Hume Webster,
Captain Thurton, Mr, James Selby (no relation to
the squire of that ilk), and the proprietor of Kemp-
ton were all amongst the empanelled ; the trial-
rehearsal lasted for more than five hours, and the
final verdict was pronounced in the small hours of
Friday scorning. At the production on Saturday
Lord Rosebery and Sir George Clsetwynd were both
present, the Comptroller of the Household dropped
in on his way back from Covent Garden, and Sir.
John Gorst mused on the mysteries of the marriage-
laws in the stalls,—The World,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

'BUS CONDUCTORS AND THE PUBLIC.

At the Bow-street Police-court, London, on Satur-
day, an omnibus conductor, named King, appeared to
a summons charging 'him with "wilfully deceiving in
respect of the route or the destination of an omnibus."
A gentleman named Ramsay stated that on Friday
last he went to the Colonial Exhibition, and on leav-
ing he entered the defendant's omnibus with the idea
of being conveyed to Liverpool-street. He particularly
mentioned to the defendant that he wished to be
conveyed to that station. On arriving at Charing-
cross the defendant refused to proceed farther, but
said that complainant could procure another omnibus.
Sergeant Cia.wford, 42 E, deposed that his
attention was called to the defendant's 'bus. He
found eleven passengers who desired to go to Liver-
pool-street, and it was complained that the defendant
had represented that the 'bus went there. There was
also a board on the 'bus indicating that destination,
but it was alleged that on the journey from the Exhi-
bition the defendant had altered the board to
"Charing-cross only." Mr. Vaughan said it was not
to be endured that the general 'public were to be
annoyed and inconvenienced by the trick described,
and he fined the defendant 103. and 4s. costs.

a YOUNG soldier on guard at the State Encamp-
ment at Poughkeepsie, seeing an unknown person ad-
vancing toward his post, levelled his musket at him,
and nervously cried, "Who goes there?" "A
friend," was the reply. "Advance, friend, and give
the countersign ! " yelled the sentinel. "Our liber-
ties," said the stranger. "Thanks, friend," said the
young sentinel, in a tone of relief—" thanks; I'd for-
gotten the darned thing!"

ALLOTMENTS AND SMALL HOLDINGS.
A Parliamentary paper which has been issued,
containing returns of the number of allotments de-
tached from and attached to cottages and of agri-
cultural holdings, show that the number of agri-
cultural labourers, farm servants, and cottagers in
each county of Great Britain in 1881 was in all
899,409. The number of labourers in Great Britain
having ground for potatoes in June, 1886, was 111,146.
The number having a general run for a cow at that
date was 12,593; and the number having a definite
quantity of land was 4709, while the total acreage in
the latter case was 9657 a. 2r. 14p. The number of
field gardens or allotments (except railway allotments)
not exceeding four acres in extent, in Great Britian,
in June, 1886, was 324,517. Of these 57,172 were not
exceeding half a mile distant from the cottages, 57,172
were exceeding half a mile but not exceeding a mile,
and 13,252 were exceeding one mile. The number of
garden allotments ot and exceeding one-eighth of an
acre in extent, attached to cottages, in 1886, was
272,567, and the number of live stock thereon as
returned on June 4, 1885, was—horses, 1,406,252,
and cows and other cattle, 4559. The total number of
sheep and lambs in Great Britain was 6,559,206.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

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THE NEW "TI.CHBORNE" CLAIMANT.

It may be remembered that in December last it
was reported that a new claimaint to the Tich-
borne. estates was about to make big appettitanco
under somewhat romantic and extraordinary cir-
cutnstances. Ile NVIS then described as a person
going_ by the name of Curteis, who-lad
prOseeuted a successful •claim against the -.Larked.
States Government, and it was stated that not
only had he avowed himself to be "the real • Sir
Roger," but he was also said to be • in pOssts-
sion of an original passport granted to Sir Roger,
as well as other documents of importance as to
identification. Further, that he held the necessary
links in the chain of evidence which failed in the
cross-examination of the Claimant in the last trial,
and that his reasons for remaining in the background
for so long were cogent and convincing to those who
had examined him—in fact, these persons were said
to be so convinced by the new Claimant's representa-
tions, that a syndicate was formed in America to
raise capital to enable him to prosecute his claim in
this country. Since that time the subject has more
than once been mentioned by correspondents in the
States, and the new Claimant left New York on
Friday on board the steamer Ilammonia for this
country.

The Rev. John L. Scudder, of Minneapolis, preach.
ing on dancing recently, said, "There is a line where
safety ends and perils begin. In dancing that line
can be definitely drawn, and the place to draw it is
around the woman's waist." This is particularly true,
if the other fellow who brought the girl to the
" shindy" is of a jealous disposition, and wants to
monopolise her himself. The writer once drew the
line around a girl's waist at a dance several times WI
succession, and had to wear a beefsteak over his eye
for a number of days afterwards. But the °the;
follow lost two front teeth, so it was about even.
There are 1,400,000,000. people living on the plaUet,
' which we inhabit. And vet there is now and then
man who 'wonders what the rest of us will do when,
be dies- There ampeoplein "society" who honestly.
think that all the' world elo.ses its eyes when " ciiir •
set" lies down to sleep. There are men.'whe fe:ar
act ac.!ording to their ..own coßvictions,.becaiise'Per.t
haps 10 persons in a .crowd, of L 400,000,000 will laugh
at them. Why, if a man could only realise every
moment what a bustling, busy, fussy, impotent little
atom be is in ail this great ant-bill of important, fussy
little atoms, every day he would regard himself less.
and think & ill lees of the other molecules in the
corral,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-08

SCHOOL SAVINGS BANKS IN FRANCE.

The annual report jw.t published by the French
Ministry of Public Instruction shows the con-
stant progress of school savings banks, the new
auxiliary branch of education, down to January, 1886.
Since the first establishment of a school savings bank,
1834, in the municipal school of Lo Mans, many other
attempts, more or less successful, have been made in
France and other countries of Europe. In 1874, how-
ever, only seven schools in Franca were furnished with
a school savings hank, when an improved organisation
and a more precise method were contrived by M. de
Malarce, who devoted himself to the establishment of
these banks in France and elsewhere. In France the
number of the school savings bank was, in 1877, 8033;
in 1880, 14,372; in 1883, 19,433; and in 1885, 23,980;
while the number of schoolboy depositors at these
dates was, in 1877, 143,272; in 1880, 304,845 ; in 1883,
395,807; and in 1885 491,160. The average amount
standing to the credit of each open account (not
including the sums withdrawn by the boys,
who often use their money to buy school books or dress,
and also for charities, or even for aid to the family)
is from 20f. to 21f. (about 165.), which represents a
saving of 15c. a week—no bad saving for a schoolboy.
Last January the total sum in de it was 11,934,268 f.
(..E477,370). It is noticeable that these institutions
are maintained without Government aid and without
pressure of the central administration, and result
simply from the appeal of the originator to the good
sense of the local and educational authorities. Many
conseils municipaux and coecils ghteraux de departe-
ment grant annually a special medal and honorary
diplomas to the most deserving schoolmaster, on
which occasion the local inspector of schools or a
municipal or general councillor presents the annual
report. These numerous and detailed reports show
exactly the educational influence of the school banks
on the Epi rit, morals, and school life of the boys. The
best and most indisputable demonstration of the value
of thei e institutions is the fact that their influence
acts also on the parents of the boys and generally on
the working people, half a million of boys and 24,000
schoolmasters naturally acting as teachers of economy.