The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-12-13 00:00:00

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HOME, FORIIGN, AND COLONIAL.

A RAILWAY TRAVELL c/a PROTECTION SICIETY
—The Pall Mall Gazette calls attention to a letter
lately addressed to it by Mr. Richard Martin, the
banker, of 63, Lombardoitreet. This gentleman said :
Tar article, What Rtlirray Passengers rimy do or
Thotneelves," only requires to be rearrange I to form the
bus,. of • society than which nous mull be me re popular
Cr more successful. If no more Llittentist person than my-
loll will start a 'Railway Travellors' Pnde.:ttn Sodety."&
shall he happy to hec lye ertraestinns and commusicstinns
(by let..er) trom persons who may take an lotered in such a
moveneeld. an! 'disuse the I have for many months
past had the lormst,on of mien a society In view, nub tl.e
details of w-drh I need not trot'-le you. With • fair start,
the sedaty wonid soon run alone, and! am cmythced would
be eml•lently useful.

A PIcaLULOGICAL DISCOVIRY. —At the last
meeling of the Philological Socivty great int reet was
excitPel by a pap_.l on Etruscan Numerals by the RAY.
Isaac Taylor. Ne stated that the long sought key to
the Etruscan language bad at last been discovered.
Two dice had been fond in a tomb, with their six
faces ma:ked with words iaateori of pipe. Re thowed
that three words were iiiential with the fin, eix digits
in the Altaic branch of the Turanian family of spreal.
Guided by thia eine it was easy to prove that the
grammar and vocabulary of the 3,C00 Etruscan
Ilona were also Altaic. The words denoting kindred,
the pronoun', the conjugations, and the leclvuejeu,
corresponded closely to those of the Tartar tribes of
Siberia. The Etruacan mythology proved to be es.
eentially the same AO that of the Kalevala, the great
Finnic epic.

EMIGRATION 70 THE OAPE.—Several parties
of artisans and labourera have lately left Southampton
by the Union Company's mail steamships for the Cape
of Good Hope, unuer a Gots,rnmeot engagement, to
be e,uployed on publo, woke in the colooy. A large
.umber went out in the Roman, which sails 1 on Friday
inol another batch wd. ,cave hyl he next steamer
on the 15th inst. The married and single men have
entered into two and three years' erheagements
reapvc,ively, free passages being provided for them,
feud the rata of ps3 guaraterd isss. per day to Wanner,
an! 7.. Cu 8. for WI Lump, to commence from the dote
of arrival in the colony. The Cape papers last received
..tate that the emigrants who had arrival out at Table
Bay reported moot favuu, ably of the arrangements
made for their passage out, and the careful attentions
beetowed upon them by the Rev. Mr. Fuller, the
Government agent acting in the matter, who euperim
tends their departure.

N/CELY BOE/YD.—We ara all familiar with
"beet calf" in another form besides excellent veal,
but perhaps it may not be equally well known that
"coloured cheep" (not to be confounded wok' black
faced mutton) ie I also to be found on our table.,
Punch.

' NEW UsE-or G.—Mr. Baker, Inspectr,r
of Factories, noticee in hie report, recently L.ened, that
gag or glues are comkng it, nee in Ter-ions trade., tar-
ticularly lot small letter preen I-looters &IA rilethd
weavers. It is a cheap and easily appled motive
power, whenever a eolid ton cdation for the engine can
be obtained. In the negehbonrhood of (kkventry, he
observe e, steam power f krmik go congidorahle elk meat
of expense in the weaving of ribandg, the gas engine
has been employed to do the work of boys 13 or 14
year. of age, who used te turn the machinery, and the
Invention in acceptable, as relieving labour of ems part
of its fatigue.