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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

FEMALE LABOUR IN BERLIN.

The following figures recently given by a Berlin
savant furnish a picture of some interest as to the
amount of labour performed by females in Berlin
"Of the 437,000 self•reliant persons in that city, there
are about 140,000 women, so that they are about 32
per cent. of the whole; 71 per cent. of these woolen
came from abroad. The terrain of female labour is
very comprehensive. To judge from the statistics
women prefer that of common service or hiring out,
tailoring, laundry, attendance, millinery, making
of artificial flowers, and articles of leather, tapestry,
manufacturing of cartoons, fancy articles and
umbrellas. These branches of industry are
sought more by women than men. In the
sphere of education and instruction the propor-
tion between the two sexes is nearly equal; there are
almost as many male as female educators. The same
holds good in the manufacturing of laces, fringes, &c.;
also in attending bathing institutions The women
are largely represented in stores and trading generally,
in factories of articles of leather, in restaurants, hotels,
furnishing-rooms, attendance on the sick, hair-dressing,
and cabinet-making, in which they generally, as
widows, continue the business of their deceased
husbands. In relation to their domestic status, the
female labouring population (of course we mean self-
reliant labourers) comprise 100,000 of the 300,000 un-
married women, while of the 129,200 married, 7,776
are engaged in female labour, and of 83,600 widows about
32,300 are self-reliant. Again, the women relying on
their own labour are 6 per cent, of married, 33.3 per
cent, of unmarried, and 40 per cent. of the widows."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

AUTUMN LEAVES.

An advantage undoubtedly of the change of seasons
is that somehow or other it breaks in on the monotony
of life. The fact is, in this world of ours there is very
little of which we do not tire—even boys and girls are
sickened with too much sugar and the dearest of
friends; and even married couples, it is hinted— of
course we are not in a position to state it as a fact—
have been known at times to long for a little change.
Nature, at any rate, rejoices in variety, and we never
tire of her, whether we woo her full of promise in her
lusty spring, or gorgeous in the radiance of her summer
bloom ; and, as to autumn, there are few, indeed, who
de not feel its wondrous charm, especially when
the uniform green of tree, and shrub, and hedge
begins to give way, at the approach of rain and
frost, to the brown and golden tints, which
perhaps make a woodland scene fairer than ever
as the leaves begin to fall. It is then the
poet becomes most poetical as he sees the shower de-
scend from oak, and elm, and beech, and ash, and
watches the equinoctial gales whistling along the
branches, and scattering their flakes along the ground.
It is then the artist plants his ease! in the woods and
catches the fine effects in which nature is so rich.
Abroad in this respect he is more happy than in his
English rival. There the forests are on a larger scale,
and late and early the hunter or the woodsman catches
him at his precious task. It is under the most truth-
ful of inspiration then that he works. He is alone
with nature and with nature's God. Far away is the
hum of the buoy city and the unwholeeome fever of the
crowd. There there is no strain after effect, no sacrifice of
truth. He can feel and paint at his best, and, as
Bryon says, "loves not man the less but nature more '
from these her interviews." It may be that he is a
little sad at times, and no wonder, for the autumn tells
of decay and 3eath ever treading on the steps of life ;
and after all do not the pomp and pride, and fame and
power of man wither up, and fall and rot as autumn
leaves ?--Pictorial World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

MOODY AND SANKEY IN AMERICA.

The American Correspondent of The Tirnea, under date
October 26, writes:—

"Messrs. Moody and Sankey opened their labours
as Revivalists in Brooklyn on the 24th of October.
They held their meetings in the Skating Rink, the
most capacious building in that city, and it was
crowded inside and out. About 7,000 people
thronged inside, and as many more filled up the
space outside the building, being unable to gain
admission. As a service to attract the multitude,
the meetings in Brooklyn are highly successful.
The great majority of the audience were of the class
one is accustomed to see at Plymouth Church or
Brooklyn Tabernacle. The churches on Brooklyn
Heights more than a mile away, were not very well
represented, and very few persons are said to have
come over from New York. Judging from the ex-
pressions of many of the andience when the services
closed, it might be concluded that the first impressions
of the public were a disappointment. Too much had
been expected, newspaper sensational zeports having
wrought the popular anticipation to too high a pitch.
Sankey seemed, however, to quicken the emotions in
a way that Moody could not accomplish and the sing-
ing was generally declared a greater achievement than
the preaching. Every day, excepting Saturday, the
work goes on morning and evening. The Revivalists
themselves profess to be abundantly satisfied with
the results of their labours thus far. They
say that the class of people with whom they
are dealing in Brooklyn are much leas sus-
ceptible to Revival influences than the middle
classes of England, but they believe that the
impressi% made upon them will be equally enduring.
They have to deal, they say, with a higher order of
intelligence, and must convince the head as well as
touch the heart, a task which is much more arduous.
While all the Sunday services are at the Rink, the
morning services on week days are at churches in
Brooklyn, and are held as prayer meetings. Yesterday
the morning service was at Brooklyn Tabernacle,
which was filled to repletion, and Mr. Moody, in the
course of the meeting, said :
If God don't work here in Brooklyn, there can be nothing
done. But if He does a work, it will be deep and lasting as
eternity itself. I have a good deal more hope of these prayer
meetings than I have of preaching down at the Rink. Why,
it ain't preaching that Brooklyn wants. You have had more
preaching during the last 30 years than any other city in the
world. You have better preachers here than I am, and there
are better singers here than Mr. Sankey is. God created the
world out of nothing, and if God can create a world like this,
can't He save our friends?'
The New York newspapers have copious and highly
coloured reports of the proceedings at these meetings.
It is the sensation of the hour."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

PRESgNTA NON OF THE FREEDOM OF THE
CITY OF EDINBURGH TO MR, FORSTER,

The Right Hon. W. E. Forster was presented with
the freedom of the city of Edinburgh, on Saturday, the
Burgess Ticket being beautifully illuminated on
vellum, and inclosed in a handsome case covered with
crimson velvet.
In returning thanks, Mr. Pouter referred to tha
Education. Act, and said it was a popular fallacy that
the Conservative party passed that Act. He admitted
that there never was an important measure carried in
the House of Commons in which the determination of
the House was so completely evinced to do what was
best, independently of party; but it was not true that
the measure was specially carried out by the Con-
seryative party. With the exception of one debate
and one important division upon a matter of detail,
though an important matter of detail, there was
not a single division in the progress of that mea-
sure on which, if there had been no Conservatives in the
House, it would not still have been carried by a majo-
rity of the T-f iberals. Mr. .Forster also asserted that the
great prineiples of the measures came from Scotland.
Politics, the right hon. gentleman said, were rather
dull at present; and he did not think there was
anybody in France or in Germany who did not envy
the quiet in these islands. But it would be a great
mistake to suppose that our want of violent party
feeling arose from an indifference to politics in the
highest sense of the term, or that it did not much
matter what political principles were advocated. That
would be a great mistake. No one, he thought, should
be indifferent as to politics. He would rather see a,
young man a Conservative than not taking any intel-
ligent interest in the great political parties. Politics were
quiet enough at present, but it by no means follows that
they will so continue. There is (Mr. Foster said) a great
ask for the future. There is the task of having
somehow or other to arrange so that that democracy,
which is becoming more powerful everyday, which, in
my mind, ought to become powerful, and which cer-
tainly will become powerful, should be so nourished
in its quick and rapid growth that it will not act in de-
stroying ancient traditions and the advantages which
his story has handed down to us.

Mr. M'lver, M.P., speaking at Birkenhead on
Monday, advised increased support of the Volunteers. He
said that the navy could not now be relied upon as it had
been, for the huge ships required huge supplies of coal with-
out which they could not keep the sea, and French or Ger-
man transports might take advantage of the vessels coaling
to land troops upon the coasts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

TRAGEDY ON BOARD SHIP.

The annexed report of the master of the Siamese ship
Queen of England was received on Monday at Lloyd's, from
Hongkong :
"Left Hongkong on the Bth of August, bound for
Bangkok ; had a continuation of south-west monsoons,
and was beaten down to lat. 10 N., long. 113 E.
"At 2 a.m., August 9, when on the poop on watch,
a seaman named Noan came up, I thought for a lamp,
but he jumped up, seized a belaying pin, and attempted
to strike me. I caught hold of him and grasped a
knife in his hand, cutting my arm. The man then
jumped on the main deck. I cried out for the
mate, but he gave no answer; so I went down, but
stopped at the wheelhouse, where I found the
helm deserted. Went below, and found the chief
mate with-his throat cut and his head nearly severed
from his body. I reprimanded the man for leaving
the wheel, and asked his reason for so doing. The
man replied that Noan had threatened to kill him,
therefore he left the helm, and fell down on the deck,
pretending to be dead. Seeing the state of affairs, I
went to the cabin, procured my revolver and returned
to the main deck. The night being very dark and
squally, I could not see the murderer. Through loss ot;
blood I became insensible, fell to the deck, and in fall-
ing the revolver discharged, the ball passing through the
knuckl-ejoint of the fore finger on the left hand. I re-
mained insensible till daylight, and being thirsty, asked a
Chinaman standing by to get some water, which he
did. I then asked him where the eerang was, and
he replied that he was forward. The serang was
called and asked where the man who had attempted
to murder him was. He answered the man was
aft, and had thrown overboard compasses, chrono-
meters, charts, instruments, clothing, lamps, &c.,
and had broken and was still breaking up the furni-
ture in the cabin with a handspike. I asked the
serang why, if there was only one man mutinous, the
crew did not seize him, and they immediately got dif-
ferent implements and attempted to secure the mur-
derer, who, upon seeing them coming towards him,
jumped overboard from near the wheelhouse. The
Chinese supercargo received a cut on the right side of the
nead from Noan, who was not seen again after he had
jumped overboard. The charts, chronometers, &c.,
being lost, and the ship having been left without a
helmsman for some time, her position was not known;
but, after making several observations, I ultimately
succeeded in making for Lyeemoon Pass, and
anchored inside Green Island at seven p.m., on Septem-
ber 26.

"The man Noan, by whom the tragedy was com-
mitted, was saffering from a disease known among the
Malays and Siamese, as gillah, or SMOCArae. It take
the form of ringworm, and is attended in every case
by madness of more or less severity."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

ON MARRIAGES.

Few things in our social life, says the Rev. Dr.
Allan, in the Quiver, are more serious than the reluc-
tance of:young people to marry because they cannot
at once set up expensive or stylish housekeeping. They
wish to begin where their fathers leave off, and instead
of the economical expenditure and the modest house-
hold, which are the surest and wisest way to wealth,
they refuse to marry at all; hence years of unsettled,
uneasy, unblest single life, sometimes leading
to vice, sometimes to unhappiness, always to
loss both of manly completeness of character,
and of the truest and highest good of life. When,
for reasons of selfish prudence, a man will not marry
until the verge of middle life, he inverts the laws of
Nature and the purposes of God; his children are
born at an incongruous period of his life, when he is
less qualified to mould their character, and when
their settlement in life may be seriously damaged by
his loss. He suffers, they suffer, society suffers. The
moral and religious aspect of this question of late mar-
riages are very grave. Late marriages are becoming so
largely characteristic of our social life, on these false and
selfish grounds of social economy, that society as a whole,
and religious life in particular, are seriously damaged.
If a man has gained a position that enables him to
marry with ordinary prudence, let him marry, and let
not the prudence be pressed too hard; young love, if
true and godly, will make early struggle wholesome
and joyous. If he has found a woman who will make
him happy, let him take her to a modest home, the
loving wife of his youth. His life will be better for it,
and his fortunes too.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

THE SPEAKER ON THE AGRICULTURAL

HOLDINGS ACT.

The public dinner to inaugurate the opening of the
New Corn Exchange, Cambridge, was held on Satur-
day evening, and was a great success, there being about
six hundred persons present, under the presidency of
the Mayor.
The Right Hon. the Speaker, in responding to the
toast of The County Members," referred in the fol-
lowing terms to the Agricultural Holdings Act.
Last session the Imperial Parliament recognised
the importance of the agricultural interest by at-
tempting to promote the prosperity of agriculture
by improving the relations between the occupiers
and owners of land. (Cheers.) I hope that it will not
be considered out of place if even at a festive meeting
of this kind I quote an Act of Parliament, but I
trust, as I rarely have opportunities of meeting large
numbers of my constituents, that I may be permitted
to advert shortly to the Agricultural Holdings Act of
last session; and I am induced to ask your indulgence
because it seems to me the scope and object of that
Act have been imperfectly understood. (Cheers.)
There are two classes of objectors to that Act.
There are those on the one hand who treat the Act
with contempt, saying it will be of no use. There are
tkose on the other hand who speak of it as a dangerous
innovation, and who, in a state of thoughtless panic,
propose to contract themselves out of the Act, and I
doubt whether those who hold these extreme opinions
have ever read and understood the Act in question.
The Act is good in more ways than one. Hereto-
fore the presumption at law has been that every im-
provement by a tenant, at the termination of his
tenancy, is the property of the landlord. Now that pre-
sumption is largely modified by the Act and in favour
of the tenant. Again, the Act applies imperatively
where agreements between landlords and tenants are
oral or unwritten agreements, and the effect of that
provision will no doubt be to induce landlords and
tenants to. frame written agreements which would
greatly benefit both parties. I am quite aware that
the objectors tothe Act contend that it will be inopera-
tive because the parties (that is, both landlord and
tenant) can contract themselves out of the Act. No
doubt there is some force in that objection, but speak-
ing myself as a landlord, I cannot understand a
land-
lord contracting himself out of the Act, provided
he has confidence in his tenants. (Cheers.)
If there be not that confidence between land-
lord and tenant, the sooner the relationship is
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

ROYAL SEED ESTAI:3I.I?HMENT;I

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On
,Friday, the 19th of November, 1875,

WHEN UPWARDS OF

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

TOBACCO.

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This Brand is sold ev2rywhere, in Ounce Packets 3d each
To avoid fraudulent imitations, see that each packet bears
our name and trade mark (a star),
-a, tot NULLS & SONS, Bristol and London.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

A WILL CASE.

In the Supreme Court of Judicature, in the Probate and
Divorce Division, before Sir J Hannen, President, the cause
of " Teniswood v. Foley and others" has been heard; and
which was a suit to establish the validity of the will of the
late Mr. John Henry Foley, the distinguished sculptor and
Royal Aeademiciau, who died on the 87th of August, 1874.
The plaintiff, as executor, propounded the instrument, and
the defendants (the brother and a nephew and niece of the
deceased) contested its validity on the ground substantially
that at the time of its execution the deceased was so feeble
as to be unconscious of what was being done.
Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Clarkson appeared for the plain-
tiff; Dr. Spinks. Q C, and Mr. Searle, and Mr. Gates, Q C.,
and Mr. Witt for the defendants.

The will was a death-bed will, the testator dying
about ten minutes after it was made, and the circum-
stance attending its execution were these :—ln August,
1874, Mr. Foley, while staying at Hampstead, was
attacked with pleurisy. He succumbed rapidly to the
disease, and on the morning of the 25th of August his
condition was so hopeless that Dr. Andrews, his
medical attendant, recommended him at once to settle',
his affairs. The testator declared that he had no
desire that his life should be prolonged, but was much
'distressed at having delayed the execution of his v 41,,
the heads of which he had prepared. Thilepa
which he had marked "terms of my will," was brought
to him at his request from his house in Osnaburgh-
street. He also desired that his solicitot ihould at-
tend him the next day, with-a vieW to 19145Pialgirtgi
and execution of his will, but that gentleman hap-
pened to Ns out of town, and the matter had to be
deferred. On the morning of the 27th of August, how.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

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TO MECHANICS AND OTHERS.—Wanted
trustworthy and respectable men, to act as Collec-
tors for a well-known home in Loudon; a.ill not interfere
in any way with the duties in which theT may he en-
g4ged•—Apply, in the first place by letter only to Mr.
Miils, 4 and 5, Horse-shoe Court, LC.. Loudon. !ei.i

STOURBRIDGE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATION
FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS.
WANTED, an OFFICER, who will be
required to devote the whole of his time to the
work of the above Association.
Apply (in the first installed by letter), stating Qualifi-
cations, and giving References to
Rev. W. J. J. WELCH,
Stourbridge.

STOURB RIDGE LICENSED VICTUALLERS'
PROTECTION ct BENEVOLEN T SOCIETY.

rpHE ANNIVERSARY DINNER of the above
JL SOCIETY, will take place in the CORN EXCHANGE,
STOURBRIDGE, OR TUESDAY, the 23rd day of NOVIIMBER,
1875.
President: A. STAVELEY HILL, Esq„ Q,C., M.P.
Vice-President : C. W. COLLIS, Esq.
F. MONCKTON. Esq., M.P„ andlseveral other Gen-
tlemen of influential position have also intimated their
intention to be present.
Dinner on the Table at Half-past Four.
Tickets, Sc each, which may be obtained of any Mem-
ber of the Committee, or from

G. H. BOWRETT,
Secretary.

PROPHECIES.

Concerning
AYS
THE
4AST D

Now being
ACCOMPLISHED.

THE SECOND ADDRESS
On the above Subjects, will be delivered in the
CORN EXCHANGE, STOTIRBRMGE,
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING NEXT, NOVEMBiIIt
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

EXPLOSION AT SEA.

A lamentable accident has occurred onboard the Newcastle
and Hamburg steamer Brigadier, by which two of the crew
were killed and three others injured. The steamer was towed
Into Hartlepool on Sunday evening in a disabled condition,
she having been picked up at sea about 60 miles S.E. of Tyne
mouth Light by the City of London. of Antwerp. The sad
occurrence, as detailed by Captain Harley, the commander,
Is as follows :
The Brigadier left the Tyne, to which port she be-
longs (being owned by the Tyne Shipping Company)
on the 6th inst. with a cargo of general goods, for
llamburg, and at about 3.30 p.m. the cylinder cover
gave way, instantly filling the engine-room with
steam. The engides at the time were in charge of the
third engineer, who had just come on deck to get a
drink of water ; but there were three of the firemen
below, two being in their bunks in the engine-room.
They rushed out upon hearing the report, and one,
named Robert Bruce, courageously tried to
stop the engines, for which purpose he enve-
loped his head in a pillow and his body in a loose
coat. Unable to succeed at the first attempt he made
a second effort, and, although scalded about the head
and one arm, he reached the regulator and both
stopped the progress of the vessel, and prevented a
further escape of steam. As soon as the scalding vapour
had sufficiently subsided, the attempt was made to
ascertain the fate of the two firemen, when a fireman
named Robert Clark Was found, head downwards,
having evidently been overcome by the steam while
trying to escape at the foot of the ladder, and a second
fireman, Joseph Cairns, was terribly scalded. Both
men were conveyed to the cabin, and the utmost at-
tention bestowed upon them, but Clark only once
or twice breathed after being brought out;
Cairns, however, lived, in great agony, for twenty-
four hours. In the endeavour to rescue the poor
fellows, the chief engineer had one foot scalded, but
not seriously. After the accident the steamer was
completely disabled as regards steam power, and had
Sunday night's gale sprang up a few hours earlier, her
position would have been perilous in the extreme. The
damage to the vessel is inconsiderable, except in the
engine-room, and the above are the only cases of per-
sonal injury. The deceased were conveyed to the dead-
house.

An inquest on the bodies of Joseph Cairns and
Robert Clarke has been held at Hartlepool.
After hearing the evidence of the ship's engineers
and firemen the jury found a verdict of Accidental
Death, due to breakage of the junk ring," adding that,
in their opinion, access to the stop-valve was insuffi-
cient, and recommending more direct communication
between deck and boiler. They condemned the posi-
tion of the firemen's berths, being too near the engine,
and recommended a more frequent examination of the
piston by the engineers. The owner's agent promised
that these recommendations should be immediately
attended to.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

RAILWAY No. 2.

A Railway (hereinafter referred to as Railway
No. 2), commencing in the Township of
Wollaston, in the Parish of Oldswinford,
in the County of Worcester, by a Junction with-
the intended Railway No. 1, at, or near a point
thereon, 1* chains or thereabouts measured in a
westerly direction from the north-west corner of
the house called or known as "Washing Pool
Cottage," in Bowling Green Lane, in the occupation
of Mr. James Page, and terminating in the Parish
of Wolverley, in the same county, in a field
on the north side, of the Cookley Iron Works
and called or known! as "Pool Meadow," which
said intended Railway No. 2, will be made, or pass
from, in, through, or into, the several parishes,
townships, and extra parochial, :and other places,
following, or some of them (that is to say), Wol-
laston, Stourbridge, Oldswinford, Cornsall, and
Wolverley ; all in the County of Worcester, and
Kinver, otherwise Kinfare, and Whittington, in
the County of Stafford.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

ADVICE TO FARMERS.

A Louisville agricultural journal gives some good
advice anent the greed for large farms which is found
among settlers in Kentucky. Ccuteris paribus, of course
a larga farm L. 1.066cr than as await ond in .A..talerleti aS
in England. But when a man has not much capital
and has a large farm, he is a cumberer of the ground;
and so our contemporary observes that one of the
curses of Kentucky and other States to-day is too much
land and too little capital. The indiyidual who is in
debt for his land, unless he is a man of rare push and
energy to enable him to get rid of the incubus, is much
worse than an ordinary slave. His mind has lost its
freedom. He is unable to give his thoughts to his
business. Every now and then the image of the party to
whom he is in debt will rise up in horrible propor-
tions before him. "Young man, don't be in too big a
hurry to own large tracts of land! Hasten slowly, as
the old German proverb has it, and what you do—do
well. The spread-eagle style of agriculture is played
out, and there is no sort of analogy between thousands
of acres over which the eye can range, ani an immense
mercantile project, every part of which is right under
the personal inspection ot its manager." It appears,
therefore, that the comparatively greater profit of small
American farms is no evidence for a general conclusion
in favour of subdivision of holdings. By the way, we
suppose that "Festina lente" is the "old German
proverb" to which the writer alludes.—The Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

AMERICAN HUMOUR.

new biographer of A rtemus Ward says the genial
hinnourist, usually wrote with one leg over the arm of his
chair. W#had always supposed he wrote with pen or pencil.

"You look as fine as a hired girl" is now about the
greatest compliment that can be paid a young lady in the
rural districts of America.

A Boston paper declares that Byron was a " hard-
money " man, quoting in proof of the assertion the following
from "Don Juan ":—" Oh, gold! I still prefer thee unto
paper, which makes bank credit like a bank of vapour."
A publisher of a newspaper out West, in the first
issue of his journal, returns thanks to those who have loaned
him pecuniary means, and gratitude to heaven that there is
no law in that State enforcing imprisonment for debt.

A returned Enoch Arden was tearing around and
railing at a Christian community that would allow a woman
to starve nearly to death in the absence of her husband. The
truth is, he left her in the days of hoop-skirts, looking like
this 0, and on his return found her pinned back and look-
ing like this I. The impression that she had starved was
natural.

A New Orleans paper gives the example of a man
who cannot recollect the last washing day. lie must be
brother to the man who acknowledged thaVhe had no
doubt he had done actions that he had forgotton, and
that, consequently, he might have marrieh several
times, without any intention of committing bigamy.
Jones, however, disputes this, and declares that although he
has only married once, he has never forgotten it, and he
defies any living man to do so.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

A MACHINE FOR CUTTING HARD
STEEL BARS.

According to the Engineer, a Pittsburgh manu-
facturer, having occasion for a machine for cutting
hard steel bars, has invented for the purpose a knife of
soft iron, which surprising as it may seem to those who
forget the
" Saxa t,amen mat dnra cavantur aqua"
of our school days, thoroughly answers its purpose. It
is a circular knife or disc of about 42 inches diameter,
made of soft wrought iron and mounted upon a hori-
zontal axis, so as to be rotated with great velocity.
With any moderate speed no cutting was produced.
But on giving the disc such a speed of rotation as to
cause the periphery to move at a velocity of about
25,000 feet per minute—nearly five miles—the steel
was rapidly cut, especially when the bar to be cut was
slowly rotated against the disc. Sparks in a steady
stream were thrown off. But on examining the pile of
accumulated particles beneath the machine they were
found to be welded together in the shape of a long
cone, similar to the stalagmites in the limestone oaves.
Real fusion takes place. The steel is melted by the
swiftly-moving smooth edge of the soft iron disc, but
the disc itself is but little heated. The bar of steel on
each side of the cut receives but a slight heat, but not
at all drawing the temper, or oxidising it. By this pro-
cess a rolled, polished, and hardened steel bar of two or
three inches in diameter may be cut in two in a few
minutes. An odd circumstance, in connection with
the operation, is that the hand held in the stream of
sparks is not burned. The sparks have been liquefied,
and become small shot glancing off at once when they
strike.—The Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

170,

By an Evangelist serving under the Lord's Restored
Apostles.

Addresses at Eight o'clock.

Admission Free.

THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION COMING UPON
ALL THE WORLD.
Subject of Sermon on SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14th,
at 6.30, in St. Peter's Catholic Apostolic Church, Duke.
street, by an Evangelist serving under the Lord's
Restored Apostles. Seats Free.

LONDON MUTUAL BOILER INSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED,

--
Established for the INSURANCE and Periodical
INSPECTION of all kinds of STEAM BOILERS,
LAND or MARINE, throughout the United Kingdom.
Boilers and Machinery inspected for purchasers and
others.
For particulars, apply to the Secretary,
17 QUEEN VICTOBIA,STREET, LONDON, E.C.

THE MIDLAND BANKING COMPANY,
Limited, in anticipation of REMOVING to
other Premises, are open to receive. Offers for their Un-
expired Lease of 51 years of their present ?remises, at
at 155, Iligh.street, Stourbridge.—Applications may be
addressed to John Barr, Esq., the Manager of the
Branch.

51000 PIANOFORTES tic. HARMONI.
MIS have been TUNED by G. F. GREEN
Professional Tuner, 260, CASTLE-STREET, and 168, HIGH
STEZET, DunLEY. Pianofortes Re-silked, Re-strung,
he Hanimeis Re-cov-ered with Patent ‘Felt, as used by
t be most eminent firms.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

[Froth Punch.]

THE WEDDING OF LAW AND EQUITY.
"This first of November England witnesses the union of
Law and Equity. '—Tiates.
UNION of Equity and Law!
Who such a union ever saw?
Such fusion must confusion mean!
Can no Queen's Proctor intervene,
Show the plan, ere 'tis born, miscarried—
Being divorced, they can't be married.
This happy union, people say,
Was fitly fixed for All Saints' Day.
Ye warriors of the Devil's Own,
Was such a blunder ever knownl- sr' T
Ye who in Hall eat legal dinners, r
Js there no feast that's named All Sinners?
Picture the bridal! Bridegroom gruff,
Made of the very sternest stuff:
No smile o'er that grim visage flits ;
Ills wedding coat is lined with writs.
His honeymoon, no doubt, he fain
Would spend in happy Chancery Lane.

But 0 sweet Equity, the bride
A creature to be deified— 7TSIC'4
With perfect justice in her eye, =
She cannot cheat, she cannot lie
Behold her, dressed in virgin white,
An angel of serene delight.
They're wedded! Wonders never cease:
War in due time will marry Peace;
To seek a husband Truth will range,
And find him on the Stock Exchange;
Religion, Jilting Controversy—
Her follower long—will wed with Mercy.
When Law and Equity receive
Their guests, one hardly can believe
That he, of tyrants quite the sternest,
Will take her counsel in good earnest.
But Punch the union won't disparage,
And drinks their long and happy marriage.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

RAILWAY- No. 1.

A Railway (hereinafter referred to as Railway
No. 1), commencing in the Township of Upper
Swinford, in the Parish of Oldswinford, in the
County of Worcester, by a junction with the Rail-
way of the Great Western Railway Company,
authorised by the Great Western Railway Act,
1874, at a point thereon, 10 chains or
thereabouts measured in a south-westerly direc-
tion from the south-west corner of the Booking
Office at the Stourbridge Passenger Station, and
terminating in the pariah of Kingswinford, in the
County of Stafford, at a point 130 yards or there-
about:, measured in a north-easterly direction from
the north-cast corner of the Clock Tower of St.
Mary's Church, at Kingswinford, which said
intended Railway, No. 1, will be made or pass
from, in, through, or into the several Parishes,
Townships, and extra parochial, and other places,
following, or some of them, that is to say, Old-
swinford, Upper Swinford, Stourbridge, St. John
the Evangelist, Saint Thomas, and Wollaston all
in the County of Worcester; and Oldswinford,
Amblecote, Kingswinford, and Wordesley; all in
the County of Stafford.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-13

IN PARLIAMENT.-SESSION 1876.
STOMORIDGE WESTERN RAILWAY.

(Incorporation of Company : Construction of Railways
• from Stourbridge to Kingswinford, Cookley, and
Kinver, with Branches; Working Arrangements.
teith, (tild powers of subscription, guarantee, andra is-
istg and application of Funds to, a-nil comp-at:coy!:
Jade Wits affecting Great !Western and London anct
Korth Western Railway Companies; Running
Poicfrrs and facilities over portion of Railways of
Great Western Railway Company, at Stourbridge ;
Confirmation, of Agreements; Amendment or repeal

of Acts, and other Powers.)
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application
is intended to be made to Parliament in the
sasuing Session for leave to bring in a Bill for the
purposes following, or some of them (that is to
say)-
1. To incorporate a Company (hereinafter
referred to as "the Company "), and to authorise
the Company to make and maintain the Railways
hereinafter described, or some or one of them, or
some part or parts thereof respectively, together
with all proper and convenient stations, sidings,
buildings, approaches, and other works, and con-
veniences connected therewith respectively, or
incidental thereto, (namely)—
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-03

PECENIX FIRE OFFICE.

if R. GEORGE PERRY, Solicitor, Agent
.4414 lor Stourbthigc, begb to rtn.lutl the puLlic that
k e (li N 1 X as lor wally years the only Fire Office
that kept a lIRE ENGINE to the town, and to inform
them that it bull keeps one there.
For the keys of the Engine house, apply at the Talbot
Hotel; or to lhos. liob.nson, 1 (Ater cutter, Emilie-
stre et, the engineer ; and for Tema of Insurance, apply
to the Agent.

piANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS may
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIEING, for Two or
Three Years; after which, and without any further pay.
went, to become the property of the hirer. All Instru.
ments had on this system, or otherwise, will be
Exchanged any time within six months for any other,if
not approved of, and returned carriage free. And fur-
ther,after. a trial of three years sII ilanofortc or Bar.
moniurn would be take', bark. at originai "Oat, sad
the money returned, deducting ihe usu.' charge for hire
thus offering greater adventages thao the London or Bir-
mingham Houses.—Appiy G. F. GREEN, Pianoforte
Tetieher.ind Tuner, Mvsie Warehouse ,::60,Casst1e-blr it
lid 168, 1-1 igh-street, Dudley.

ONE Box of CLARKE'S B 41 Pillm in
wHrratitcd to cure ail discharges from the Urinar
,Orgsits, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Grsie
and Pains in the Back Sold in boxes, 48 6d each, by
all Ch.inists and Patent Medicine Vi•ndors; or sent to
any address for 60 Stamps by the Ataker. F. I,cLAux's
Consulting chejiiat. lligh-reei. Lincoln.— NI holesz:le
Agents, BARCLAY tic: SONS, London, shd II th:• Wholesale
Houses.

THAT ComPLExtoN has always be.en heldto be the MOO
lovely in which the rose an.i the Iny cautend for ruitatei:e
or in which their beauty is blended. Great sacrifices are
with Oa
atbnealnPeeNn-erranscueeccenerdr.e7A"ruidciartot uppro-
cmoamdle,htioatpirooni,lubcuet
rich N4ture 'Ebe only arn:figment th,tt CRII he wade to
reidler win wrawnijid bdtt'lt, 11 all dint, is to
freeiy tv-e fl to.ts's 1 1. pr mutes the
skin fro:i prenieur, i“:t.hivs. and furi,ws—renders it
.uppi' and
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t;haul'el cich°'l it:
'tat nr
utoi aufrrteel:: ttosi :':iv(l).eit
ob-
tained of 311 Cheintats itlnt Perfumers throw.hout the
world. Prier: 3s. bd. European Depot: 114' and 116,
fioutlininpton-r01,,, London.

TIIROAT vaNDPIPE .ire especially listas to
trillatitniati(m. cainong oreties and dryrio,,, fielding
and irtatation• iatuctag ctin)th atd aff,cti,,c;V volt,:
liege symptoms IMP glycerine firm ifit/juke.
tio-fit C bit g i.i•rnxt
kr , tts
t king, be,on.ra act.;%ely g. ti t
packet,: !by post 8 or 15 stamps`, label], LIPS
tv• efl.,l.lomwopathic Chemists, 48, Ilitseadneedle St.
and 170, Piccadilly, London.' —boid in Stourbridge
A. P. Morris, Chemist, and J. H. Bland, Chemist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-03

WHAT BEFEL A MODEST YOUTH IN A

CAR.

An exceedingly modest young man, dressed in a new
suit of broadcloth, entered an Olive street car yester-
day, and blushingly took a seat by the side of a nurse
with a baby in her arms. The mother of the babe, a
young woman of vivacious disposition, and with visual
orbs somewhat marred by strabismus, had a seat on the
opposite side of the car, where she could gaze fondly
upon her offspring, and mark the play of her cherub
countenance. The " chick-a-biddy" was exhilarated
by the gentle rocking of the bobtail, and looked at its
mother and crowed and thrust its fist into its mouth.
The young mother responded by a tender glance at the
"sugar plum," but to the bashful young man it
seemed that her eyes were fixed directly upon him,
and he blushed scarlet and wiped his face with his
handkerchief. "Is it fond of its new cosy?" ex3laimed
the tender parent, unconscious of anyone present except
her child. The face was aglow with intense affection,
and her eyes lighted up with the fire of love and
devotion; but, alas? they were looking in the wrong
direction, and beamed upon the modest riling
man, as he thought, with too much freedom. He
wriggled in his seat and tried to turn away .but
another lady was at his left, and he could nut
avoid the gaze of the admiring woman opposite.
"It will be a little man by and by, and have
a nicey mustache when it gets older, and it will
go to see the girls and flirt with them, won't you,
darling?" And the eyes blazed and burned, and
seemed to devour the face of the young man with in-
creasing appetite. "Does, it want a stick of candy?
Well, its muzzer'll get it some when she gets out at
the corner; so don't cry, my little darling." The
young man was now in a high perspiration, and, being
linable to stand it any longer, seized the strap, and,
giving the bell a dozen vigorous jerks, rushed fran-
tically from the car. He told the first acquaintance
that he met that a beanti ill girl had made love to him
in the car, and that she was so "far gone" that she
declared her passion in a street car.—St. Louis
Democrat.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-03

A CITY OF WOMEN!

The City of Veiled Women in Siam numbers 9,000
inhabitants, all of whom are of the female sex. In this
feminine municipality female blacksmiths, jewellers,
merchants, and manufacturers abound, and the Jack-
of-all-trades is a woman. The walls are guarded by
female sentinels, female policemen patrol the streets,
and once a week a female military company perform
their evolutions on a large parade-ground in the centre
of the town.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-03

OLD HILL.

ANNUAL DINNER.—On Monday last, the Mine s' Int:e•
pendent Order bf the' Knights of the Wood," held their
thirtieth anniversary at Mr. Whitmore's, the Golden
Cross Inn. One hundred and ten members sat down to
a sumptuous dinner, provided by the host. After dinner
the chair was occupied by Mr. Joseph Smith, P.G. Dur-
ing the evening a number of songs were well rendered,
and all appeared to enjoy th(mselves thoroughly. This
society subscribes two guineas annually to the Dudley
Dispensary.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—At the Police ;Court, on
Wednesday, before Mr. N. Hingley, William Mann and
Thomas Watts were charged with being diunk and dis-
orderly on the Bth ult. Police-constable Holland proved
the case. Fined 2s 6d each and costs.—John Hackett
and William :kitt were charged with a similar off,nce,
on the 15th instant. Police-constable Kettle proved the
case. Hackett was fined ss, and Skitt 2s 63 and costs.—
Henry Male and George Holloway were charged with
being drunk on the 201 h ultimo, and fighting, at Old Hill.
Police-constables Stiles and Kettle proved the case.
Male was find 5s and costs, and Holloway 2s 6d and
costs.—John Lose was charged with being drunk, on the
20th ult. Police-sergeant Walters and another officer
proved the case. Fined 5s and costs.—Benjamin Smith
and Alfred Harris were fined 5s each and costs for being
drunk on the night of the 21st uit.—Elijah Hethering-
ton was fined 2s Od and costs for a similar offence.—
Edward Parkes w a.= fined 2s 6d and costs for being drunk
at Blackhrath.—John Bite, of Blackheath, was fined 2s
6d for being drunk on the night of the 30th nit —Har-
riet Skipton was charged with being drunk, on the 9th
tilt. Two police-officers gave evidence to prove the case,
which was denied by the defendant, who called a witness
to prove that she was sober. Ordered to pay costs.
PLAYING AT CARDS ON THE HIGHWAY.—JaIDOSChettoe,
Caleb Wiiletts, George Grove, and William Brooks, were
charged with playing at crids on the highway, on the
15th instant. Pleaded guilty. Police-constable Kettle
proved the case. Fined Is and costs.

NEGLECT OF WonK.—James Lowe was charged with
neglecting the work of David Pearson, rivet maker, on
the 26th ult. Complainant stated that the defendant
gave him 14 days' notice, but d:d not work out the time,
and claimed 5s as compensation. Defendant said that the
complainant had no work for him to do. Ordered to pay
5s and costs.

CAUTION TO SWEARERs.—SamneI Pitt Was charged with
using profane 14ngustge on the 20th ult. Police-constable
Kettle proved tne Case. Defendant pleade,i guilty. The
Magistrates said they would flue him on one oath, 2s and
costs.—Samuel Hitchcock Was fined 2s for a similar
offence, on the 2Uth, and Julio Hill 2s and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-03

AN UNPLEASANT MOUNTAIN.

The name of Gresham is always familiar in London,
and has been for the last 300 years. It is just now
rather more prominent than usual, in consequence ot
an attempt to reform the now useless Gresham lectures,
and make them of some real service in the spread of
education. There is, however, a story about the original
Gresham which, we suspect, is not generally known,
and which seems to throw some light upon his charities.
In one of the later years of King Hent y-VIII. Gresham,
then an eminent London mefchant, was on his way home
from Palermo. At that time there lived at Palermo a
rich usurer, by name Antonio, to whom, his Catholic
Majesty of Spain had mortgaged two kingdoms. Now,
the ship in which Gresham sailed came to anchor to the
leewarld of Stromboli, one of the Lipari Islands, and
an active volcano. About noon, as the violence of the
eruption abated, Gresham and eight sailors ascended
the mountain, and got as near to the crater as safety
would permit ; then, from the inside of the crater,
amongst other awful noises, they heard a loud voice
say, "Jake haste! make haste!. the rich Antonio is
coming." As this was followed by a violent erup-
tion, they made the best of their way back to their
ship, and returned to Palermo, where they found
that Antonio had died, at just about the moment
when they heard the voice say he was coming. i
On their arrival n England, Gresham told the
story to the King, and the sailors attested it by
their oaths. The incident made by so much impression
on the hero of the story that he gave up business,
distributed his wealth, and spent the rest of his
days "in the exercise of piety and devotion." It is
rather curions that this story, which is said to be
well-attested, is not the only one of the kind told
about Stromboli. The other, which is pretty well
known, is that- of a Captain Barnaby and thirty
I
rivl44vo4 74,94.11ikW Mr, Booty, a receiver, arid ni?xt.
..aetaaw 'ajsuoidaii.tq "a
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-03

MR. SPURGEON AND THE REVIVALIST
SERVICES.

Easter Sunday was a great day at the Metropolitan
Tabernacle. After having been closed for four weeks
for repairs and re-decoration, it was re-opened for
worship, and the pastor, the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon,
who has been laid by with illness for three months, but
who is now happily recovered, preached both morning
and evening. On both occasions the immense building
was filled to its utmost capacity, every seat and stand-
ing place being occupied, and hundreds of persons
who presented themselves being unable to obtain admis-
sion, an evidence of the continued andunimpaired popu-
larity of Mr. Spurgeon. The sermon in the morning was
from the 42nd- Psalm, and the llth verse, "I shall
yet praise Him who is the health of my countenance
and my God." That in the evening was from the 6th
verse of the sth chapter of the Epistle to the Gala-
tians, "For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision
availeth anything nor uncircumcision, but faith, which
worketh by love." In the course of his sermon in the
evening, which was a masterly exposition of the doc-
trine of justification by faith, and in which he main-
tained that a true belief in Christ necessarily led to
purification of morals and to holiness, Mr. Spurgeon
referred to the revivalist services now in progress in
terms showing that while he rejoiced in it, he was
anxious that the effects of it should be of a permanent
and not of a transient character. Some of his
hearers, he remarked, had probably been converted
within the last few weeks under the influence
of the services conducted by his dear friends,
Messrs. Moody and Sankey, at the Agricultural Hall,
and people were asking were their conversions worth
anything. He implored them, if they professed to have
found Christ, not to make a sham of it, and said
their salvation, if it were worth anything, should be
a salvation from sin. Salvation from hell was not the
zalvation they ought to cry after, but salvation from
sin, and that would bring salvation from hell. A
thief would like to get salvation from going to prison,
but the only salvation for him that was worth having
was salvation from thieving any more. They must
ask God to give them a new heart and a right spirit,
and though there never were truer words uttered than,
"believe in Christ and thou shalt be saved," yet, for
all that, as his friends Messrs. Moody and Sankey
'would tell them, if their believing did not save them
from sin, it was not that sort of belief that would save
their souls.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-03

A LONG PRICE.

"PRESTIGE," so says HARDY, "can never be sold ! "
Very possibly: still, 'tis undoubtedly strange,
That what men cannot part with for silver or gold,
Is allowed to change hands by a Bill of Exchange !—Punch.