The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23 00:00:00

SATURDAY, OCT. 23, 1875

completely isolated from each other and from the city.
Destruction in the city must be immense, as noise of
falling buildings is continually heard, and it is almost
entirely under water. All except the mail agent and
the locomotive foreman have arrived from the river at
Ahmedabad, but they are also considered safe. It is
thundering, lightning and raining, but the waters are
now rapidly subsiding. There is a heavy flood also at
the Maid River, but the bridge is quite safe.
A citizen of Ahmedabad telegraphs to the same
journal on the following day :
"Ahmedabad, Sept. 24.

"Heavy and unparalleled inundation since three days
Half the city is under water. 20.000 persons are houseless
Distress is insurmountable. Try to raise subscriptions for the
poor and helpless."

HUMBLE BEES FOR 1•1-sv ZEALAND. I'llllo
teresting experiment is being made in the Y [it
Plymouth
nests
fo
s of humble
Canterbury,humbl
ebees
New zan
weleichehaivaedr.ec
eTaitleiivis,
cipal object aimed at .in the introcinctiop,
these insects into the Antipodes is the fertilizetio
the common clover, the pollen of which the CC
bee is generally unable to collect, while the 11'
bee," having a larger proboscis and being 4.0
stronger, is able to reach sufficiently deep
flower to collect the fertilising dust. It iS hope"
by this means the plant will be raere gel:ken
fertilized, and its cultivation largely extended 1 d yor
colony. The bees which have just left Engl,allt hfel
the Antipodes were in two separate nests, wi.Pc3c.ked
been procured by Mr. Frank Buckland, atojevert
in a suitable box, where they were supplied unoedi
thing necessary for the voyage, includineenng' st
farina, water, &c. They are very fine sPec
the humble bee. The exact number is not knowoiate
many of the eggs are not yet hatched. Tilerof
placed under the care of Mr. John Hall, a reeraci
the Council of New Zealand, who takes a $'
for the purpose of keeping down the tem:
the nests while passing through the tropics.
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THE SWEDISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION.--
patch from Krasnoiarsk, dated the 30th nit t°
Gazette de la Bourse, of St. Petersburg, states tbSt
Swedish expedition had arrived at Yenisei:4k,
had been warmly received. Professor Noi
and his companions had thus travel'ed up 33
the mouth of the Yenisei, which they had
the 27th of August. On the 6th inst. this in.
i 0
was communicated by M. Latkine to a meeting 'a
Society for the Encouragement of Conaraerce go
dustry, which learned with much interest the dei
nation of MM. Nordenskiold, Sundstrogn,
berg to return to Sweden through Siberia and El
Russia. It was felt that the success of the exP"-
had solved the problem of a communication 11
between Europe and Siberia, and was likely to um
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the establishment of a regular trade. M.
pressed the opinion that the success of the ex!
was of as great importance to Siberia as had
Europe the discovery of the New World.

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BINH A RAMMER !—England s
the Iron Duke.—Punch.
GAB.DEN STUDIES. —The Gardener's
remarks that "garden studies of Natural
pursued with far less zeal than might be
a consideration of the advantages of the
the fascinations of the subject. Our gardens
permanent abodes nf numerous birds, insect'
cv en of a few quadrupeds that arc
way interesting, though scarcely welcome; While
feathered visitants are numerous and for the
part gifted with wonderful powers of song or
beauty of form and colour. The feathered
and the butterflies constitute a population more
desired than a horde of fairies, while, of less at
forms of life the garden encourages and shell
are worthy of the most attentive cons!-
whether as enemies we may desire to banish -
friends that minister to our comfort, while offs
the means of intellectual entertainment. The,o•
ference that generally prevails in reference
large representation of the life of the great woo-,
may he discovered in the garden is as much a
for surprise as for regret; for while know'
power as to things that bear distinct relat
our interests, so it is joy in regard to 11,2",.0
nature offers for our admiration amongst
live and grow and manifest some individualitY
racter."

A LARGE VINE. —At the Centennial
tion to be held next year at Philadelphia, there,
be sent from California the Montecito big graPe,
from Santa Barbara county—perhaps the larges"
in the world. It has been taken up and
sections and otherwise prepared for exhibitio9.
dimensions of the vine are 14in. in diameter 3ft•
the ground, and nearer to the ground it has
meat of 18in. in diameter, while its foliage n,
covered a space equal to 10,0)00 square feet.
duce of this vine, as estimated by one of the
Commissioners to the Centennial Exhibiti
others, has often reached the immense
7,500 clusters of an average weight of lilb. e'
nearly 12,0001 b. Its age is between 50 and 69
and it has for several years past shown signs ot
ing vigour. An offshoot from this reniarkable
exists on almost the same spot from which the
tree has been taken. It is 16 years old and
16in. in diameter 31t. from the ground, making.
of an inch in diameter annually. Last year troB
produced from B,ooolb. to 10,00 lb. of grapes
the months of August and January. •
ICELAN DERS IN MANITOBA. —A Canadians
states that about 200 Icelanders, who bad be
ployed for some time on the Victoria RailwaY,
Toronto on the 24th of September for Manitoba
that the Government of that Province gave
5,000 dols. The Toronto Globe publishes new°
Manitoba of the same date. The thermotne„t7,
Winnipeg stood at 90 deg. in the shade on the 741
September, but, on the wind changing to the -
fell to 70 deg. in half an hour. Consul TaYler
sent to the largest wheat buyers in New York in
of Manitoba spring wheat, and they were valued
more than any samples these consignees had haw
Vat
DISCOVERY OF A SILVER MINE. —The
States' Collector at the port of Sitka recently re"
to the Treasury Department that a silver mine l's
discovered at Alaska by a practical miner.
lector has since- reported that a party of Canau,'„
hearing of the existence of the mine, have locateut it
erected a colony in its vicinity, and, claiming tin'•
upon British territory, have applied to the Dora,
authorities for an Act of Incorporation, to enter.
its development. The Collector is positive that
mine, which is represented to be immensely vab
is beyond the Western boundary of British AO
and clearly within the territory of the United 5
The matter is under investigation.
AN ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY.
de Cesnola United States consul at Cyprus,
ported to have lately made a most interesting
covery. In the course of excavations he is condo
at Episcopo, near Limasol, on the site of
Curtiuni, a tomb was opened of unusually large -
sions, which was found to contain a sceptre of
gold, bracelets, and a necklace ornamented
precious stones. The sceptre weighs 4i okes, or
121bs. On the bracelets, which are of thin gol
engraved inscriptions which have not yet
deciphered. -
TRADE AT THE GOLD COAST. The Co'
pondent of the Manchester Gaardian at Cave
gives a desponding account f trade in that regior,
adds :—" It was supposed that thelate war would,
opened up trade with the interior, but the roads
more completely closed than ever, not by the -
tees, but by the Djuabins, and it is reported that •
two tribes have come to blows, and that the Ashnn
have had the worst of it. Trade has also been
standstill at Accra, but I believe the merchants
will before long establish factories at• Akr°l
Croboe, and other places in the north-eastern dist
and buy produce from the natives on the iipot Wi
any go-betweens, who are a constant check upon i•
intercourse and trade."
AN HISTORICAL PIECE OF EMBROIDERY.---:
Troy Press calls attention to a sample of " paintii3eolr
worsted," which has a peculiar interest, from the Is a
ject represented, for Scotchmen. It says :—" Arlo
the many works of art and skill on exhibition at
Washington County Fair last week was one whie',
worthy of more than a passing notice. It consisteO
a magnificient piece of worsted work, representing
death scene of George Douglas on the battlefield, r 0
aiding Mary Queen of Scots to escape from Lochleve,a
Castle. Its dimensions were eft. by 41t., and it vir;
the handiwork of Mrs. Keach, an old lady of San
Hill, aged 70, whose husband was killed in the wari:to
1812. She was eighteen months, working ten h°
per day, in performing the labour upon the above se.°
It contains twenty figures of men, women, and horseSiti
and 1,857.600 stitches. The whole is mounted iert
beautiful frame which cost 140 dollars, and at a' 6/3.°1
distance can hardly be distinguished from an oil ow
ing. The value of the picture, considering the atnol
of material used and labour employed upon it, jsto
mated at over 1,500 dols., and Mrs. Keach expee"
realise that amount for it."

A NEW OCEAN SURVEY.—The American
vessel Tuscarora, Commander Joseph N. Aliller,ora-
under orders to run a line of deep sea soundings frsts
Honolulu (Japan) to Brisbane (Australia). The
Will be made about fitty miles apart, and more "0
quently when circumstances require. On the retlo
from the survey the Tuscarora will sail upon a einll,4
errand along the West Coast of Guatemala
Mexico. After completing the first survey she °la
cruise among the islands of the Caroline, Gilbert, =la
Marshall groups, in pursuit of pirates, who are
to have carried on extensive depredations under CO"
of the American flag.
THE EMPEROR AND THE BILLIARD-PLAYEB.--'
Berger, the great billiard-player, died this week (sslilt ;
the Court Journal). He in said to have made 1,200 9'
one break. The Emperor Napoleon 111. sent for 131
to give him some lessons but Berger was so excite,. [
that he could not play, and oddly began to talk politiire
and gave His Majesty the benefit of his ideas.
Emperor listened quietly, and at last said, " Bergertl,
will give you a lesson in bil iards." The billiaru
player was surprised, more so when the Emperor cOr`ci
tinned, "You first place the ball on the red spot, an,
you then try to knock it into a pocket, or else make
baulk. ' Connu 1" "Of course," exclaimed Berge!:
repeated the Emperor, with, a sly Willi'
and Berger understood what he meant.
COOKERY INSTRUCTION IN. SCHOOtS.--
head mistresses of girls' schools in the divisions
Greenwich, Southwark, Marylebone, and Finsb,
attended the School of Cookery on Saturday while a
dinner was cooked for 60 persons, with full explanation
from the three instructors in the art, While the dinner
was being "dished" the teachers adjourned to the,
East India Mu,eum—a most interesting exhibition 01
Oriental curiosities, to be seen for id. ; and after the
viands .had been despatched the arrangements wer°
dismissed for the two centres" of cooking instruction/
where 000 selected girls from School Board school°
will have practical lessons fortnightly. Thal
" centres " are at Chalton-street, off the Euston.roaa;
and at Blackheath-hill near New-cross. In both 01
these arrangements can be made for instructing a liku
number of girls from voluntary schools.
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WESTMINSTER ABBEY. —A part of the exterior
of Westminster Abbey is undergoing the process of re-
facing. That portion known as the north porch, near
St. Margaret's Church, has for some time past shawl'
symptoms of decay, and it has been decided to re:lace
It as far as the large circular window over the recessed
arched entrance to the Abbey. The work will also in"
elude the re-facing of the turrets and towers at the
east and west angles of the elevation, as well as the
four massive buttresses on each side of the central Cu
trance, and tee two similar buttresses at each an,gliesi
all of which are in a very decayed state. The prinelg.a
central recessed arched entrance, as well as the arc
on each side, and the recessed windows above, will all
undergo similar restoration, together with the evi,4o
Gothic arches immediately above the central arch- th,t
work is intended to be executed in sections, and
on the east side of the central archway entrance ie, Usin progress. The decayed old stonework, to a Ibe
of several inches, is being removed from the face 0„,1
elevation; and as this is effected, new masonry Nvi`h
fiJled

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listralia may not be gen'
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studied every knov
.saistralla and Polynesia
1,4.4g,e of what was before
11,—bPand. Ile ;vas a man
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t(Tinions of others to with second-hand infc
urd& of forraer voyages,
lidera, of Dentrecasteai
.Ir,ii-knowtt by research, n(
tier works were based
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Tbe Australian station
part, Australi
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of early discoveries
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