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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

A WAY TO DISPENSE WITH CEME-
TERIES-
,

Dr. Frank Richardson writes to us (The Times) from liar
bottle, Morpeth :
"The interesting letters which have appeared in
your columns during the last week or two upon the
mode of committing 'Earth to Earth' tempt me to
send you the following instance of a district in which
that unpleasant process is postponed in a singularly
Tlceunusualextendsohomelyvpsirotiost is.
nan,ebgi
oni4us
includes manner.
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upper
naporinpgle parisheetnrtsghtveha
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several
populationeetvrA ihener
haws Call i nosionpqtesne breadthot-w
decreasedaittnhhd-3
from 1,396 at the census of IE6I to 1,272 at that of
1871. The occupations of its inhabitants are almost
equally divided between the tending of sheep
and the cultivation of cereals upon lands which
rest in nearly similar proportions upon free stone
and porphyry. During the year 1874., six deaths
occurred in this parish, being at the rate of
4.7 per thousand, one of those deaths being that of an
unfortunate young shepherd who perished in the
recent snowstorm. This mortality was lower than
usual; during the previous ten years the number was
106, an annual average of 7.9 per thousand. Of these
106 deaths there were 16 between 70 and 80 years of
age, and, curiously, 29 above 80 years of age, consider-
ably more than one quarter of the total deaths thus
occurring in people above 80 years old, or 273'6 per
thousand. Now; is there anything exceptional in the
ages of the inhabitants to account for this low death-
rate? The aged and very young, among whom pro-
portionally the mortality is highest, exists in large
numbers. Within two miles of. my house I know
nine obtogdnarians, and a tenth, our parish
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

NEW WORK ,BY DR. SMITH.

Now Ready, 96 pages, Free-by• Post for Two Stamps,
GUIDE TO CUBE OF DEBILITY, OR
Health Lost 'aid Regained. By HENRY SMITH.
NI. D., of the Royal Univesity of Jena, Author of" The
Werninv Voice," &c. "GUIDE TO CURE OF DE-
-1311411 X" gives Rules for the Cure of Nervous Exhaus-
tion, Indigestion, Rheumatism. Dinotnness of bight,
Weakness. Low Spirits, Nervous Debility, Painful
Dreanis, Mental and Physical Depression, Indecision,
Impaired Memory, Loss of Energy, Pains in the Beck,
Timmidity, Dizziness, Love of Solitude, Groundless
Fears, kc. Addressed to Sufferers from Debility, and
other Diseases resulting from Exhaustion of Nerve.
power, the effect of Indiscretion. Gives PRESCRIP-
TIONS and INSTRUCTIONS by which Thousands
have been restored to health and vigour. Illustrated
with estinionisls from grateful I atients who have been
cured by Dr. Smith after all other means had failed.
" Dr. Smith has published sonic excellent advice and
instruction for the Cure of Nervous Debility."—"Naval
and Military Gazette," April 6, 1873.
NOTICE.—A copy of "GUIDE TO CURE OF DE-
BILLITY" will be sent post free to any address, FREE
OF CHARGE, on receipt of stamped directed envelope.
Dr. H. SMITH, 8, Burton Crescent, London, W.. 0
. IMPORTANT TO COUNTRY PATIENTS.

CONSULTATION BY LETTER WIT ROUT FEE
DR. H. SMITH, the Eminent Specialist for
the Cure of all Debilitating Diseases, will, ter the
benefit of Country Patients who cannot consult him per
Banally, on receiving descriptions of theit .csse, send his
apinion. with advise and directions for the most suc.eus-
restorition to &alit an'd vigour.
IMPORTANT.--A form of correspondence containing
questions. itc., to assist the Patient in Describing ins
case, will be snt post-free on receiving a directed
envelope.
Address, Dr. H. SMITH, 8, Bur‘on-ereesent, London
WC.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

SELECTED ANECDOTES.

THE "PLUCK" OF LORD DUNCAN I—A,MOllg, the
election stories told a few years ago is one of the" excel-
lent pluck" of Lord Duncan. His lordship was at
the house of a gentleman who differed from him in
politics, and who offered his vote if he would finish a
round of beef, which was enough for two men. His
lordship, being very hungry, finished it with the aid
of some Scotch whisky, and the gentleman appeared
before the hustings on the day of nomination, with the
piece of bone in his hand, to show the way in which
he had stuffed his candidate.

A LAY COMMENTATOR. - In Kennedy's Life of Dr.
Macdonald, or Urquhart, its is stated that while the
doctor was one day preaching in Ireland on the parable
of the good Samaritan, he said, "I am not to inquire
at present why the priest passed the poor man 13y."
At once a man rose up in the cdhgregation, and said,
" Plase, your riverence, I cap tell you why the priest
passed him: it was because he knew that the thieves
had left no money in his pocket."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

TErsTI4.RS.

Lieut-General J. H. Gli;Olg-n—e-,-C.B., Ivybridge, Devon.
William Lake, Esq., Darnley Road, Gravesend.
The Rev. W. H. Good, D.D., Newton Abbot, Devon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

PRINTING! PRINTING I PRINTING I !

S. FIELD,

GENERAL PRINTER
92, HIGH.STREET, BTOUBBRIDGE.

F. begs to thank his kind inpporters for the liberal patronage be has received since his
S • commencement in the above Business, and trusts, by strict personal attention, to merit a continuance of
their Support.

PROMPTNESS AND DISPATCH, ON
LE

reams.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

CRADLEY.

ANNUAL DINNZR.—The employe's of the Great West-
ern Railway, Cradley Station, held their lannual dinner,
at Mrs. Cartwrights, Vine inn, Cradley Heath, on Sister.
day, the 6th inst. Mr. B. Bantock, of Wolverhampton,
the company's carting agent occupied the chair and Mr.
Smith, the station agent, the vice chair. The usual
loyal toasts were drank, interspersed with appropriate
songs, and a most enjoyable evening was spent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

Du DLEY.

MAT A LANDLORD GET Drunk IN NIS OWN HOUSE ? --
At the Police Court, on Monday, David Smith the land-
lord of the Coach and Horses, at Hart's Hill, was charged
with being drunk in his own house.—Poliee•constable
Dance said he saw the defendant drunk in his parlour ,
with some liquor before him. Mr. E. M. Warrnington
(instructed by Mr. Challingsworih, for the Licensed
Victuallers' Association) defended, and argued that no
offence had been committed, the defendant being on his
private premises, and alone.—The Bench (Mr. Stokes
presiding) dismisaed the case.

5,000 PIANOFORTES IiARMONI-
UM have been TUNED by G.Y. GREIEN
Professional Tuner, 260, CA BTLE-BTERBT ,and 168, HMI
STROBE; iIIDLRY. Pianofortes 8.-silked, 14e-strung,
he Hammel. Ite-cov-,red with Pst•nt Mellow wile 4
he aunt watutitut Anew
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

THE SPEECHES DURING THE LAST
SESSION OF PARLIAMENT.

A member of Parliament, who has made a diligent
study of "Hansard," sends us (Pall Mall GaePtte) some
interesting statistics as to the number of speeches, long
or short, delivered last Session in both Houses. 'the
House of Commons—perhaps because its members are
in many cases encouraged to speak by the well-known
wishes of their constituents--is much more talkative
than the House of Lords. In the House of Lords, out
of 492 members, only 121 had anything- to say;
whereas in the House of Commons, with 652 members,
the number of speakers amounted to 410. In other
words, only about one peer out of four spoke;
among the members of the House of Commons, the
proportion of speakers amounted to more than two in
three. Putting Lords. and Commons together it ap-
pears that out of 1,144 legislators, 561, Or nearly one-
half, got up once or oftener to make one or more re-
marks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

THE TALBOT HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED.

THE TALBOT FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL

HOTEL,
ST 0 ÜBBRID GE.

THIS Extensive Establishment being now
under the Supervision of a Retired Military
Captain and his wife Of experience,ladies and gentlemen
will be aomfortably reseived and their wants anticipated.
The Hotel contains a large number of Comfortable Bed
Rooms, Magnificent Ball Room, Several Private Sitting
Rooms, Ladies Waiting Rooms, Superb Billiard :Table,
Smoking .Room, Bath Room with Hot and Cold
Water, Commercial Room, Coffee Room for Ladies and
Gentlemen, and several Bed Rooms particularly adapted
for Families.
The BAR, with its Reception Room has been remodelled
and thoroughly renovated, and is exceedingly coafortable.
The POSTING DEPARTMENT will in future be un-
der the immediate Superintendence of the /tanager, to
who, it is nquested, all communications are to be ad.
tressed, when they shall receive prompt attention.
The Company has a Magnificent ESTABLISHMENT
at ENVILLE, which is also under the Supervision of
their Manager.
The attention of the Nobility, Gentry, Tourists and
Families is respectfully invited to the Tariff now in ope.
ration :—Coffee Room, Bed, 25.; Breakfast, 2..; Lun-
cheon, 25.; Dinner, from Its. Commercial Room, Bed,
Is. 64.; Breakfast, is. 9d.; Luncheon, is. 9d.; Dinners,
9s. •13d. Ladies, Gentlemen, and Families occupying
Private Apartments according to requirements.
TABLE Le/30 IE on FRIDAYS. Terms, witrines,
Alio., sa.
It Is reqeated that all Outstanding Acsonute be sent
in at ease to the Manager.
The Leading London and Provincial Journals Taken
CAPTAIN JOHN IL. CROLY.

Mansger.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

paoToGRAPHY.

_A RCHER riLARKE,
ki •

' r:

File Si, Ij(zi L (kites ce Vit,ite, two pos
ions. .

•
Itcnit I Prii•t:, g MI 111 We been altered
iiiiproved luring the. Winter, and PORTRAITS can
tie Finished and sent home (free of cost) much quicker
1.1,an previously.
THE NEW REMBRANDT PICTURE.
THE NEW CAMEO VIGNETTE.

THE NEW ENAMELED PORTRAIT

RAISED IN RELIEF.

These various styles, which are quite new, are mow
taken, and Specimens can be seen at

ARCHER CLARKE'S,
71, High-street,
Stourbridge.

SPECIAL ATTENTION.

Is given to Coplire and Enlerging (tvtn to Life Size
say Partrait, ai.d tiiiishinir the same either in Oil and
Water-colour, or plain black-and-white.
OIL PAINTING, Miniatures, Cartes de Visite. Glass
and other Pictures of self or deceased friends, Copied. for
;he Album.
Cartes de Visite from 5a per dozen, taken daily.

ARCHER CLARKE,

71, HIGH STEXET, S 7 01:1103RIDOE.

APARTMENTS Wanted, within 10 Minutes
Walk of the Stourbridge Railway Station, by a
SINGLE GENTLEMAN.—AppIy, by letter, to "A."
Ob‘erver Office, Stourbridgo.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

ACCOUNTANTS AND
_AUDITORS

Messrs,:R. \\;..-ll—n—d-s-eTell and Co., 23, Martin's Lane,
Cannon Street, E.C.
MANAGER AND PROPRIETOR.
Richard Banner Oakley, F R.G.S.

The Bank transacts every description of sound financial
business.
Drawing Accounts opened with all respectable persons,
and interest at the rate of 5 per cent per month will be
allowed on the minimum monthly balance. Cheque
Books provided.
THE ADVANTAGES OF THE CO-OPERA.TIVE
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC JUBILEE.

The Encyclical Letter of the Pope, addressed to
"All Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and
other local ordinaries in grace and communion with
the Apostolic See, and to all the faithful of Christ, in
the Great Jubilee of 1875," was read on Sunday (the
14th) in the various Roman Catholic places-of worship
in the metropolis. In a note prefixed to the document,
it is explained that a Jubilee is a solemn plenary
Indulgence given by the Sovereign Pontiff to the
faithful, on condition of their performing certain
works of piety, and with special power to con-
fessors to absolve from reserved sins and censures,
and to commute certain vows for other good works,
It differs from an ordinary plenary Indulgence
by reason of its solemnity, and of the privileges
attached to it; and also by reason of the abun-
dant and extraordinary graces which God bestows.
Jubilees are of several kinds :-1, The greater, or
great Jubilee, occurring regularly every twenty-fifth
year, and listing a year; which year is called the
holy year; and this Jubilee, by reason of its occur-
rence at fixed periods, is also called the ordinary
Jubilee. 2. The lesser Jubilee, usually granted by
each Pope on his elevation to the Sovereign Ponti-
ficate, and granted also on other special occasions;
and this is called an extraordinary Jubilee. 3, A
general, or universal Jubilee, which Is granted to the
whole world; as is always the great Jubilee, and
sometimes also the lesser Jubilee. 4. A particular, or
partial Jubilee, which is granted to a particular
country, city, or place. The Pope commences his
letter by saying
"Moved by the grave calamities of the Church and
of this age, and by the necessity of imploring the
Divine protection, we have never during our Pontifi-
cate omitted to arouse the people of Christendom ,
earnestly to endeavour to appease the Majesty of God, I
and by holy habits of life, by works of penance, and I
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

MARRIAGE AND LONGEVITY.

The Landon Medical Record says :
In his recently published "Study of Sociology," Mr.
Herbert Spencer assails a theory that has long been
current with regard to marriage and longevity. That
married life is favourable to longevity has generally
been regarded as satisfactorily proved by numerous
statistics, showings almost without exception, a greater
longevity on the part of the married. When the ratio
of deaths in the two classes stands at ten to four, and
even twenty to four, there would appear to be little
room for doubt. But to this astute social scientist,
the evidence, strong as it seems, furnishes no warrant
for the current belief. He regards the case as a substi-
tution of cause for effect; in other words, greater
longevity is not the consequence of marriage: on the
contrary, marriages are clearly traceable to influences
favouring longevity. The principles of natural selec-
tion work so strongly in deciding between the Bene-
dicta and the bachelors, that the long livers are drawn
to the former and short livers to the latter. Marriage,
Mr. Spencer holds, is regulated by ability to meet its
responsibilities. The qualities which give the advan-
tage here are intellectual and bodily vigour, prudence,
and self-control; these, too, are the qualities which
determine a prolonged life or a premature death. An
even more direct relation is to be found in the instincts
which lead most strongly to marriage. The reproduc-
tive instincts and emotions are strong in proportion as
the surplus vital energy is great, and this in turn im-
plies an organisation likely to last; "so that, in fact,
the superiority of physique, which is accompanied by
strength of the instincts and emotions causing mar-
riage, is a superiority of physique also conducive to
longevity." Another influence tells in the same direc-
tion. Marriage is determined by the preference of
women as well as the desires of men' and, other things
being equal, women are attracted towards men of
physical and intellectual power, refusing the mal-
formed, diseased, and ill-developed types. In the
operation of these three elements Mr. Spencer finds
all that is needed to account for the striking difference
of longevity between the classes, and declares that "the
figures given afford no proof that marriage and lon-
gevity are cause and consequence; but they simply
verify the inference which might be drawn a priori—
that marriage and longevity are concomitant results of
the same cause."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

ENTERTAINMENTS.

Two successful entertainments haye been held during
the year, th 9 first in connexion with the re-opening after
alterations and rtp drs.

AMUSFIEENTS.

Your committee are very pleased to state that altera-
tions and additions have been made to the gymnasium,
iucluding new ,kittles, dumb bells, clubs, jumping stocks,
vaulting t.ticks, parallel bars, &c. &c.; also, that the por-
tion wnich was divided from the reading room has been
made into a bagaTelle room. The bagatelle table affords
much amusement and is greatly appreciated by the mem-
hdrs of the Hot Institutes, The committee trust that
the members will show their appreciation by good con-
duct by taking evey care of the appliances supplied for
thariamtuernent. Two close nights are reserved in the
bagatelle room, expressly for those members who pay
thirteen-pence per quarter extra to the Recreation Fund'
The library is opened every Monday evening from
seven o'clock to 8.30. The cash secretary attends at the
library to recieve members subscriptions. Ladies are
eligible as members of the library by payment of one
penny per week. Catalogues of the books may be had
from the librarians.

In concluding this report the committee would desire
most gratefully to acknowledge the valuable aid rendered
by the Rev. 1.) Maginnis and Mr. H. Hughes, in connec-
tion with the restoiation uf the building, &c., and to the
kind friends who have so well and nobly assisted with
funds, and enabled them to provide so much which con-
duces to one mutual comfott and advancement.

---
The Secretary of the Building Committee, Mr.
J. T. Short, next read the report of that commit-
tee, which described the various alterations and
improvements in the building. The receipts dur-
ing he past year were £54 9a 10d, and the expen-
diture, £5O 21 led, leaving a balance in hand :of
41, Is B}d.

Mr. Addison then moved that the reports and
accounts which had just lopen road should be
adopted and printed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

(From Punch.)

. • •..,
BOYTON the .buoy Vat :gay lipt-- gpi.te.•
.45irt9,41,4e '.Boulpgnp
ft:mu-Defer, _: - li ~........-'15,1'
...ltetiVe Olin "hia venture '-ii.siob'et , one, now we:ve seen him,
:If he can exactly bneY a ton, he at least has proved he can
buoy •
" 43.' . .
Three hundred . pawl or fifteen hours; gay; if not as a
sand-, as a.man-bnoy.

The "silvetatrenl*May well feel small, now it no longer
able is t • , %
To keep up its repulation'as "cequor dissociabilie
With liew4sltgiV un44unneWng, and BES9EI4ER and
DICEY ••"' '1 • • -
Swing-salooning and tviln-zhipping Vet tilikwything. but
nice sea. '

• _
e. . .
But we had thought;ipiti! of tuniiik, and vvringing-saloou
and twin ship • -A , • : ,
The 'Channel icou/c/A4Tele3attifia: to i1e;6141., a mere inidia-
rub lier- skin.ship;
Knocked the wind out of its,watey-proof, niTtcleiTilteocia
. - unuvailing, ,• •- ~• • : ' •
Nor, the ivearer onife in, let him' out, for any amount of
•. •
So no wonder if, like Her Majesty, Puri-eh felt alittla nervous,
When BOSE TON took his leap in the dark, in the -Channel Sea

protervous, - -
And at starting, from the paddles of the night-tide Dover

packet,
Had a narrow escape of having a hole loio'Cked In his air-
tight jacket.
lie was warned 'gainst the Warne tide-way by eacirrilot that
that way knows; -
The French coast was sure, in derision, to stick Scorn'ajhumb
to its Grey-nose ,
The breakers would smaSh his air-cells in, the currents old
• gooseberry playing, •
With his sails and paddles, would toss him up, like a drowned
rat, some distant bay in.
But he would go in, if not over; and like Foreign-Loan
Stock high-quoted,
Was duly inflated, rigged, sent out, and for many hours
really floated, •
Till when it grew dark, and the pilot declined the Captain
longer to lie by,
He was hauled, wily-oily, aboard the tug, stripped, rubbed
down, and put to bye-bye.
Then bravo to BOYTON'S fifteen hours float, and the gallantry
that nerved it!
If he hasn't quite achieved success, he has done more, quite

deservedit. _
And may his next essay—if there's a next—at trans-Channel
_

flosiation,
Find kinder tides, and mere qualified guides to pilot the
navigation.
The first day Punch has nothing to do, we will put on the
apparatus,
And though more used to blowing, than being blown, up,
will let CAPTAIN B. inflate us;
And if the wind keep the water out, and the rocking our
brains don't addle,
Not a la MACGREGoR our oNv4 canoe, but our own Punchy
person we'll paddle.

And let ourselves be tossed—not in a blanket but on the
billow;
With air for fur about our coat, air for feathers in our
pillow;
And if we must go to sea, it shall be with a BOYTON dress
our trunk in,
Though we trust we shall ne'er have to try it on, a ship-
wreck's serious funk in.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

'SALMON IN AUSTRALIA.-

Few salmon anglers have visited the Australasian
colonies; and those who have not done so will hardly
be able to realize the full importance of the statement
made on official authority from Melbourne that "an
undoubted salmon of 111 b. 10oz. in weight has been
taken in Tasmania, in the Derwent," above Hobart
Town (remarks the Pall Mall Gazette). It is now some
five or six years since the first efforts to propagate this
fish, as well as the trout, in Australasia were delibe-
rately made in the Derwent. The young trout very
early showed themselves. But the river is not easily
approached higher up than its mouth, and sportsmen
of energy and patience were wanting to prove that the
reports of salmon seen rising which frequently reached
the town were founded on more than imagination. Many
colonists disbelieved in any success for lack of better
evidence. Now, however, it is made clear that the efforts
at acclimatizing this valuable addition to the Aus-
tralian larder, and the amusement of the brief
leisure of Australian settlers, have not been in vain.
The Derwent, it must be remembered, is within a
little more than a day's steam of Melbourne; and
Victoria, with the adjacent colonies of the mainland
of Australia, will no doubt in their turn be stocked
from this new source. But more important to anglers
is 'the proximity of New Zealand, long known to have
the most splendid fishing rivers in the world descend-
hag from its mountainous interior; only that, as the
early colonists expressed it, "Providence forgot to
put any fish in them." When once supplied they pro-
mise to combine the sport of Scotland with the scenery
of Switzerland, and should in future years prove an
unrivalled attraction to tourists who carry a rod.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

A NICE LEGAL POINT.

It is, we believe, pretty generally known to all in-
terested in such matters, that all bequests to an attest.
lug witness of a will are made void by the attestation.
This rule has certainly many valid reasons in its favour,
and these we will not attempt to discuss. But here-
upon rises quite another dictum. The testator makes
a codicil to his will, and thereby directing some
modification of an original bequest—perhaps in conse•
quence of the death of an executor or legatee- -confirms
his will in all other respects. To this codicil one of
the beneficiaries under the will innocently places his
name as an attesting witness. Neither he nor the tes-
tator has probably the slightest notion of the effect of
such an act. Even if a lawyer have prepared the codicil,
he may be ignorant of the original legacy. But in such
case the Registi ars of the Probate Court hold that the
attesting legatee is barred from his rights under tin
will. We have heard of a case in which a testator left
certain property to his wife, and appointed executors.
For some reason—perhaps on account of the death of
one of them—he appointed by codicil another in his
place. His wife attested the codicil. It was held that
she thereby disentitled herself to All claim under
tho original will of which thc codicA couatt:
_ _ _

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

PUBLIC LOANS.

From a Treasury return which has been presented
to Parliament we learn that from the sth January,
1792, to the 31st March, 1874, the total amount
advanced in loans by the different lending depart-
ments of State was £66,961,526. The amount ad-
vanced for English %purposes was £27,454,399; for
Scotch purposes, £3,(369,589; for Irish purposes,
£32,727,]7; and for :colonial purposes, £3,110,339.
The total of 'repayments of principal and interest
was £55,174,326; the total amount remitted,
£9,406,029; and the balances of principal outstand-
ing was £15,563,493, of which it was estimated that
£12,741,323 was recoverable. A Treasury return has
been presented to Parliament which shows, as far as
they can be made out, all loans advanced for the
relief of trade or of individuals for the employment of
labour, the promotion of public works, or for other
local purposes, from the sth January, 1792, to the
31st March, 1874. Pains have been taken to include
in this return no isaues except these which have been
made as loans to be repaid. The total amounts ad.
vanced for various purposes in England (including
relief of commercial distress) was £9,340,374; to Scot-
land, £2,340,313; to Ireland, £900,000; and to the
llonies (including West Indian relief), £2,162,189.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

Scott Oram— Victoria House
'IO respectfully beg to announce that their great "MAY SHOW" of Fashions for Oa.-
Saramer (at which period of ;he season their nth K may b. said to have reached its must complete
development IN lIVE.ItY TAIPARTMENT)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

SEED.

Irtr4,l,

LONDON, Monday, April 19.—There was a limited quantity
of English Cloversced offering, for which the demand was
steady at the prices of last week. French and American
samples were quite as dear, with a fair sale. Fine Trefoil
was steady in price' and demand. White Alustardseed was
purchased in small lots at late rates, but there was nothing
passing in brown for want of supplies. Large Tares were
scarce, and still wanted; prices were quite as high. Hemp-
seed was in fair request; Dutch very scarce, and held high;
German was rather dearer, and in better request. Black
samples of English Rapeseed were saleable at quite as much
money.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

JUDY.

There was an old lady,
And what do you think 1—
She got her own living
By pen and by ink;
And, though writing for life
Is not excellent diet,
This little old lady
Did pretty well by it.—Judy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

MARRIED.

BEVERIDGE—AKROYI).—On the 6th instant, At Calcutta.
Henry Beveridge, Bag , of Bakcergunge, -Magia.rate
and Collector, Bengal Civil Service, to Annette S.
Akroyd, second ant vying daughter of the late William
Lkroyd, ICq.l of Parkfield, Stoorbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

DIED

•
Ililmtwati).—On the 20th inst, at the Heath, Stonrbridge,
Joseph Millward, in his Slat year.'
BROOII4.—On the 12th inst, at The Lye, William Brooke.
aged 53; dceply regretted.

EPPi'll Cocoi.—GRATIYI7L AND COMFORTINCi.—" fly
a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern
the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a care-
ful application of the fine properties of well•seleeted
cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables wiAi
delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many
neavy doctors' bills. It is by tbu.jii licions use of such
articles of diet that a constitution may he gradually built
up until strong enengh to resist every tendency to disease.
Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around It ready
to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape
many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselvas well fortified.
with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."—Cicil
Service Gautte.

ID THERE ARE ANY LADIES who have not yet nsed the
GLENRIELD STARCH, they are respectfnlly solicited tn
give it a Walt and carefully follow out the directions
printed )n every package, and if this is done, they will
say, like the Queen's Latindrese, it is the finest Starch
they ever used. When you ask for ULENYIELD Smeoft,
see that you etit. as inferior kinds are often substituted
for the sake of extra profit. Beware therefore sit sper-
m
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

A modern tourist calls the Niagara river "the prides
of rivers." That pride certainly has a tremendous fall.
Four Pennsylvania girls are now in training for a
footrace, which will come off at Cape May some time this
summer.
An old bachelor saya. of all the solemn hours he ever
saw, that occupied in going home one dark night from the
Widow Bean's, after being told by her daughter Sally that he
"needn't come again," was the most •solemn.
Mark Twain says: "The man who undertakes to
go through life upon a settled plan, which he is not to
modify according to circumstances, is much like one who
should undertake to traverse a country in a mathematical
line." .411 • ••

A Western paper,. alluding to th 4 statite of Shake-
speare In the Central Park, New York, says, "That's right;
such talent as William's ought to be encouraged."

A lady correspondent of a San Francisco paper,
writing on earthquakes, thinks that " heterogenous paral-
lexes prismatically converging are not due to the silicinus
introductions of phospherical asteroids, but rather to para-
bolic stratification of igneous zygema."
An editor in Illinois gives notice that there will be
no paper this week, ' as his wife is using the scissors t
An American paper says that so numerous is the
company in some of the inns on the White Mountains, that
at night they place travellers on the floor in.rows till they
get to sleep, then set them up against the wall, and lay down
another lot, and so on till all are accommodated.
"Walk with the Beautiful," is the title of some verse
which have been going the round of some of the papers. Old
Skuddy attempted to follow the advice, and, after
promenading with a pretty girl, went home, and was met lsy
an indignant wife. He says he wil4ot follow the advice of
a:poet a second time.

An American editor offers his entire establishment,
subscdbeiiraccounts, (tc., for a clean shirt and a good meal
of victuals. Ile has been trying the experiment of endea-
vouring to please everybody.
An American paper announced the iUnes of its
editor, piously adding, "All good paying subscribers are
requested to make mention of him in their prayers; the
other class nsadmot, as 'the prayers of the wicked avail
nothing, according to good authority."
A MOCKERY.—A man who set his 14ife to, Work
whitiissialaing the ceiling, quoted Longfellow thus
"Wives of great men oft remind us
rag Ugiii9. 93g ZY9IIIO-iimg ..mo,fi

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

OLD HILL.

ASSAULT CASII.—Ak the Pubhe Office, on Wednesday,
before Messrs. W. Bastian°, N. Haigley, and L. Freer,
William Felton wee charged with atsaulting Charles
Brooks. on the 17th inst. Complainant said that he went
into the Old Cross public-honse to have a pint of ale.
The defendant was there, quarrelling with some man,
and struck witness several times. The tatter give him
no provocation. A witnees gave corroborative ev:decee.
Defendant denied that he struck com..llinaut, but eaid
i, was another man that did so, and called a witueei to
prove this. Defendant was fined Gs and costs; it. default
14 days. _ _

DMILTNI APD DISOILDZELV.—FIenry Tucker, Benjamin
Price, Jahn Ashman, and Isa o Griffin. wero chsrged by
Lnspector Price with b,ing drunk and diaorderly on the
night of the 17th. Police-cons-.sble Kettle proved that
ne was on duty on the above night. and about t‘venty
minutes past eleven o'rl,cs he saw the ueLudants in
Garratta Lane figh'iing. end ni.kiug a great noise. Po-
lice-constab..e Otiles gay.; eorrub ra.tive evidence. Pre-
vious convictions wAre proved agaiHst Tucker and• Prise
kshman and tlrithe plead.,l a•id wer, fined 2s
tit «itch and coats ; and the other two defendants Is and
costs.

Funt- Derrnvo —I :aaa Allen was charged with
tut.onn dzivir.g at isackh..ath on the 14th List. Police-
con4..blo• 1-iircAo proved the ease Dotendant pleaded
..,ui.ty. and was o.dered to pav• costs.
CIIARGE oF IIIREATENING. Pri 'cilia Robinson MU
charged with using threatening langw,ge to Sarah fling.
M 7, on the 14,h xnt Cotnplairomt said that defaidant
hied bad language to her, aLd th':eatl,,2,l to •' dig,,Too "
net eyes ..nt. anci culled hr bad names, and was afraid F be
walci do her some bodily harm. Elizabeth Brettlo gave
.zorroborative aviuence. fendant said that complain-
ant called her " Dici, Turi in," and at a was not going to
be called Dick futon by her. Ordered to pay costs be.
,seen them.

NEGLECT OF Won.—John Tippin was charged with
reelecting the service of William ritehouse, on the let
instant. Mr. ildaisonAefended. Complainant said that
when he agreed with'ire defendant they were mutually
to give or tk.ke a week's notlce ; b .t Ir ft on the Thur.day
rrevions to the expiry ot the notice, and claim-d lOs us
co—pensation. the d-fetice was tont the aumplainaLt
tore him vrmission to look for a cottage, ana that on
the Saturday he was us,well. Complainant was recaltea.
ri.d said defenaart aid not ask pamission to go. loinet
1. and costs, and 5s for dam ,ge.;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

HOLLO WAYS PILLS

FRIEND OF ALL.

For ail 1 ii.seases affecting the &mach, Liver,
Kidneys, and Bowels.

These Pills can be-contidently recommended as the
most simple and certain remedy for all diseases affecting
the stoulach, Jiver, and bowed'. They do not distress
the system, or weaken the frame, but thoroughly invigo-
rate the digestive organs. gentiy excite the stomach and
liver, stiwulate.the kidneys to perform their functions
efficiently, and act upon the bowels without_griping or
any other annoyance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

SELECTED ANECDOTES.

• NICE DISTINCTION.—TWO fair dames, not very hap.
pily mated, were comparing the merits of their lords and
masters. "My husband," exclaimed the one, as a
climax, "is a perfect brute !"—" Mine is much worse,"
said the other, "he is a beast!" •
ACCOMPLISHED AT LAST !—A Connecticut lady, who
could'nt persuade her husband to get her a patent
clothes-dryer, took the pole away from her old-
fashioned line, and, crouching down by the fence,
screamed "Murder !" In an instant her startled lord
came flying out of the house, was caught across the
throat by the clothes line, and, before he could recover
himself, it had nearly sawed his head off. The next '
morning, a sombre-looking man, with his neck all .
bandaged up, was seen putting up a patent clothes-
dryer in the same identical yard.
FIRST PERFORMANCE. —The following story is told of
Offenbach, the composer. He always took care to
give Baron James de Rothschild one of the best boxes
at each of the first 'performances of his pieces. Seats
and boxes are eagerly sought for on -those nights.
Many would pay __Offenbach two hundred pounds for a
first-rate box. 'When Offenbach heard that the baron
'had secured his first vintagn .-at Chateau Lafitte, he
wrote ;to the ;greot'banleek :--,"'MOn4enr• b. Baron,
. whenever I haver bad a .*ittr-Performance„ I have re!'
, membered you.; :Y.oulalte now; a first, performance: at •
. CS h Mean .Lafitte 4: ,tliblk 414' 3ne;;--OFFENBACH ..", Baron . ,
i Itothscl4ld:wiat hi* the' 011p*ing day a box ef ;Cb a teat '
Aa4tp.loipst.,-; ..'.- ..-1, -. .!' ! .- . , , .
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i ArrktouitorritG A ADELkira.'----Drf . Thomas . Hume, Ili
,company :With: A friend;,ifieilk office
"ed to the oce Of .0)10 b .
"the ,morning newspapeAtt :-.wlliere . the • 'docr:. ilien 4o ,
plated upon ilia Otimaterjan4bilonnobinent of the death-
. jof soMe friand;together•Mtb;five sililange, theTus il"
cbarge for the inSertiou:OceOvadvertisements. - The'.
clerk glauiteifattiiir',Pipey, .t4iie4 it: *f Queside and
sliid grittily mASeiere and spc I" - `.! I have freoently;'t
reipliedlituda,'"• hid oo'Cadon to publish these _simple.
, notietly-hiid I have never before been charged more
than tivd shillings." " Simple," repeited the Clerk,
without looking up ; " 'he's universally beloved and
deeply regretted,' seven and six." Hume' produced
the additional half-crown, and laid it deliberately by
the others, obser 'no. as he did so with the same
solemnity of tone
tate:yourselft— _
. oxlCUttgfi wlll uoyer be put to.n.
_
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

DU DLEY.

A FATAL FALL.—On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Brooke
Robinson coroner, held an inquest at the Saracen's klead,
Stone Street, on the bodf.of William Francis, who died
from injuries received on Sunday evening, at Messrs.
Grazebrook's Colliery, Netherton. From the evidence,
it appears that the deceased had been in the habit of
" firing " the engines at the Netherton Colliery for the
engine tenters. and on Sunday night last he was left in
charge of one of the engines by James Jones, and when
Jones returned the deceased was lying in the ash-hole
bleeding. Jones obtained assistance, and the man was
removed to the Police Station, where he lingered in great
agony until Monday morning at twelve o'clock. Dr. Higgs
made a post-mortem examination, and found the cause
of death to be a very extensive fracture of the skull. Such
a fracture would be caused from falling into ,the ash-hole
from the boilers, a distance of ten feet. A verdict of
" Accidental death " was returned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

ENVILLE.

CISARGE OF STEALING A TULEEY--At the Brierley
Hill Police Court, on Monday,Ann Lowe and James Lowe
mother and eon, were charged with stealleg a tuikey, on
the 15th jest, the property of the Earl of Stamford.
William Harris proved that he was in the Sheepwalk, at
Ensile, on the above date getting flowers. The by said
"there is some bird in the hedge." His mother said fach
it out. The boy:puiled it out by the neck, and his
mother took it from him, and put it it some old houses.
Be told her tolbe careful as the keeper would be about.
She said to me," You have got no pluck," and if the
keeper oume. I was to say, they found it dead in the
ditch. Edward Smith, keeper to His Lordship, proved
that the turkey was safe at ten o'clock, and that it was
the property of Earl Stamford, and worth a pound.
Police-sergeant Stephen proved that he went to the pris-
oner's house, at night with the last witness. She was
gone to bed. He rapped her up, and charged her with
stealing the turkey. and foetid it on the premises. The
boy was discharged, and the nsother sentenced to two
months' hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

A FRENCH TRAGEDY.

The Court of Assizes of Finistere has just been
recently engaged in trying two prisoners, Marie
Bodere 22 years of age, and Jean Le G-off, 18, on a
charge of murder. The woman was marriTi at the age
of 19 to a cousin, Bertrand Boder6. He was addicted
to drink, and the misconduct of his only wife confirmed
him in that vicious habit. She frequently absented
herself from home for days together, and passed her
time either in wine-shops or with the male prisoner,
another cousin, who lived near them. On the 2nd Oct.
last the husband had been absent drinking all day,
and in the afternoon the wife and her lover went to
look for him. They found him asleep in a wine-shop,
woke him up, gave him something to eat, and
after some further potations, they returned at night
towards their residence. The next morning,, the
body of the man was found on the roadside,
with the head frightfully battered, and in his pocket a
piece of bread poisoned with sulphate of copper. The
fact appears to be that they had attempted to remove
him first of all by the poison, and finding that it did
not act with sufficient rapidity, they had recourse to
;violence. The woman had bribed her accomplice to
aid her by promising him Ear ten of which she had
-given him beforehand, and ten more after the deed
was, accoraNislied. . Both the accused were found
guilty, but the• jury admitted extenuating circum-
, stances in the case of-La Goff, -who was sentenced to
penal eervitude for life, while his female companion
WAS condemned to death:
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

Diseases peculiar to TVOMItt.

There is no medicine equal to Holloway's Pills for cot
reeling the ailments peculiar to femaies. Their very
mild and painless action highly recommends them to
every household, as they may be taken with safety for
any irregularity of the system. Any mother, Luise, or
youug person, guided by the directions which accompany
each box of tiolloway's Pills, has at once available means
for checking disease, purifying the blood, and expelling
from the system all gross humours.

Weakness, Languor, and Debility.
These famous Pills will immediately remove all symp-
toms of debility, languor, and weakness, no matter the
cause, as they quickly eject all impurities from the
systt.m, give tome &nu ..littgy to debilita.c.l constitutions,
and brace and sire:lawn the nervous system in a most
wonderful inannar.

Biliousness, Loss of Appetite, mut Lowness of

iSpirif 8.

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tooilions a‘tack, .:a they create a healthy appetite, cur-
ract iunigestion, remove excess of lale, ana effectually
cur jaundice. bilious reunttents, and all the varieties of
disease generated by an unhealthy condition of the liter

('lie beranycnient and Cure. -
f these Pills be used according to the printed direction
11.1 the Ointment rubbed over the region of the kidneys
for at least half an hoar at bed time, sir salt is forc‘ d into
mvat, it will penetrate the kidneys and correct any de-
rangement. Bhould the affliction be store r)r gravel, it
La particularly recommended that the Oint..._mt. in such
oases, be used night and morning, as by its judicif,us ap-
plication the most astouu,ling curer may be performed.

The Pi and Ointment are sold at Professor Hom.o-
way's Establishment, 533. Oxford-at., London; also by
nearly every respectable Vendor of Medicine throughout
the Civilised World, in Boxes and Pots, at Is lid. 2s 94.
As :6d, Ils, 225. and 33s each. '1 he smallest Box (lt
Pills contains four dozen ; and the smallest Put a Out-
went one ounce.

Full printed direction are affixed to ea( b Box and Pot
and can be bad in any language, even :n 1 in knit:. AraLic,
Armenian, Permian or ChiDetift
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

TitE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER

make in the roof. This thatch is sometimes Inge-
niously worked into figures of men. We are told that
this arrangement of posts is adopted in order that if
they are damaged by damp, &c.' below the ground'
line, that part can be cut off and the post lqwered,
without affecting the stability of the house—an inge-
nious idea.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

THE HEAT AND DROUGHT IN
. AUSTRALLL

The Victoria Correspondent of The Times, writing from
Melbourne, February 25; sap
English newspapers tell us that the unusual severity
of last Winter sensibly affected the death-rate, and
with us the unusual heat of the end of January and
beginning of February told terribly upon the sick.
The mortality among children has been excessive,
and with them, as well as with old people, numbers
of deaths have been directly traceable to the high
temperature. The worst a the summer is now overi-
and the death-rate has fallen with the thermo-
meter. Abundance of rain, too, has relieved us of
all anxiety about a threatened drought, but not until
after some districts he
_begun to suffer severely.
An. LeXiitZted.7nionetark crisis has been averted by
this weeme change; -Vrthe loss of live stock fol-
lowing on the fall in the price of wheat would have
ruined half the small settlers in the country. A
useful lesson has been taught by the painful ex-
periences Of the past month, when the squatters
guarded -their resettoliSrlight arid day to keep off the
perishing sheep of the selectors, and the selectors
in their desperation alternately threatened to rush
viratel, EineLbegged the Government to sein the,
reservoirs arid. compensate the owners,—a course
Which one Melbourne newspaper ventured to advo-
cate. Now that the difficulty has been tided over,
,the sufferers- will see that they dannot trust to—the'
?generosity of their neighbours or to the interposition
bf the Government to. supply them with one of the
MiceSsarieS bf life, and they will follow the squatters'
example and store the precious drops InAime of ple
The ds;)4Fnep.-instified the conrsejtiesr: took in re
ilere'SQta Aleclating that there
Was 149-t::-*4widivilliviteer*Attit:*ildihstt they could
nofleep the seleevortratatrauver at the fi4k of having
soon t..? destroy that' oWn.'.
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44,31iLET.1G ' SPORTS FOR LADIES.
•- 4 t • !. O'rq.ra: Punch.)
Jumping attconchision.s.'
Walking round a, subject:
Running hrough a novel.
Skipping dull descriptions.
Throwihg the hatchet; and, during the holidays,
Bvc,ilg4t4e ears of.,troublsome younger brothers.

is now overr-i ra,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

The ENCLOSURE of COMMON LANDS.

The Home Secretary on Tuesday received a deputa-
tion who urged the importance of a Confirmation Act
being passed this session legalising the enclosures
recommended by the Enclosure Commissioners.
Mr. liroomhead was the chief speaker, his repre-
sentations being supported by Mr. Leemon, M.P.
The deputation pointed out that it was now six years
since any commons had been enclosed owing to con-
firmatory Acts not having been passed. One-fourteenth
of the whole of the land in this country was, it was
stated, still available for improvement, and much of it
could easily be cultivated. Between 1851 and 1871
about 620,000 acres of land had been added to that
already under cultivation, but during the same time
700,000 acres had been withdrawn from cultivation by
the laying down of railways and the buildings of large
towns and cities. The enclosure of commons, it was
asserted, was no hardship to the poor, as allotments
and recreation grounds were always provided on a
liberal scale. The commons were the resort of bad
characters, and the state of suspense in which all im-
provements of common lands remained was very
injurious to both public and private interests.
The Home Secretary admitted that the deputation
had made out a strong case, and promised to give the
matter his early and favourable consideration.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24

the appreciatior of the public for the triumphs of
genius and intellect which are to be witnessed on the
walls.

Amongst the many ways of doing good which are
open to the benevolent residents of a great community,
that of providing shelters for cabmen has lately taken
a practical form. One of these erections has just
been placed on the eastern side of St. Clement Danes
Church in the Strand, and it is for the time an object
of some interest. So far from being unsightly, as
many had feared, it has been designed with a great
deal of taste, and tends to give an additional variety
to the thoroughfare. It is just large enough to hold a
men comfortably, and here, while protected from
the weather, the cabman can indulge in the luxury of
newspapers and coffee, intoxicating liquors of any
kind being prohibited by those who have carried the
movement to a succesful issue. Should we again get
a winter like that which even yet seems so re-
luctant to leave us, the value of these shelters
will be especially apparent.' On some or those
bitterly cold days, when the snowflakes have been
driven through the streets on the wings of the northern
blast, when the air has been filled with particles of
piercing frost, and the drenching -lain is borne along
in heavy swirls, it has often been pitiable to see the
poor cabmen either surveying the dreary scene frora
the insides of their vehicles, shivering upon the boxes,
or endeavouring to keep circulation alive by demon-
strative physical exercise upon the pavements. To the
Duke of Westminster, and to the other noblemen and
gentlemen associated witliLhim in this effort to promote
the comfort of a much-abused class, an address of
thanks, signed by some hundreds of cabmen has just
been presented, an apology being made for the soiled
condition of the document, to which signaLares had
been attached upon the stands in not the best of
weather.

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