THE

"ALPHA" PATENT PORTABLE

GAS MAKING APPARATUS.

BRILLIANT, CONVENIENT, ECONOMICAL.
For Large and Small Users of Gas.
IN BUILDINGS OF EVERY CLASS.
IN ALL COUNTRIES.
SEVERAL THOUSANDS IN USE.

By means of this Apparatus any person can have, in any building, Gas of great
brilliance and absolute purity, without trouble or danger. No coal or lime, no
retorts, purifiers, or gas-holders are employed. In the manufacture there is no
dirt, no smell, no unsightly and expensive buildings. It requires no skilled
labour in fixing or use, and there are no extras.

Prices—12 Lights, £16 16s.; 26 Lights, £30; 40 Lights, £42 10s.: 60 Lights, £55; 100
Lights, £90; 150 Lights, £146; 200 Lights, £185; 300 Lights, £265; 400 Lights,£350;
500 Lights, £430.

For further particulars, apply to the Proprietor of the Patent,
H.L. MULLER,
22, MARY ANN STREET, BIRMINGHAM; 147, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, E.C.;
ALSO AT
71, NEW STREET, BIRMINGHAM,
Where the Machines can be seen in operation daily.

TRADE MARK

BUTTONS

AND

FANCY SMALLWARES.

GREEN, CADBURY, & RICHARDS,

GREAT HAMPTON STREET WORKS, BIRMINGHAM,

MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF

LINEN, METAL, AND PEARL BUTTONS.

PEARL BUTTON FACTORY, 250, ICKNIELD STREET EAST.

The Midland Educational Company,
(LIMITED,)
WHOLESALE BOOKSELLERS,
School and Commercial Stationers,
BOOKBINDERS,
Manufacturers of every kind of School and Office Furniture.
ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR FITTING AND FURNISHING SCHOOLS.
The STOCK OF BOOKS, comprising all the Standard and
Newest Books, Bound Books, &c., is the largest
and most varied in the Midland Counties.
Libraries, Public Institutions, Literary Associations, &c., supplied with
Books, Periodicals, and other Publications on the most liberal terms.
ORDERS TO ANY AMOUNT EXECUTED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
THE LARGEST SHOW ROOM IN ENGLAND FOR BOOKS,
SCHOOL APPARATUS, &c.
Catalogues, Terms, and any other information on application to the MANAGER,
91 & 92, NEW STREET, & 40, HIGH STREET,
BIRMINGHAM

RUDLAND & SMITH,
CARPETS AT WHOLESALE PRICES.
Patent Duplicate-Marking Whist Table, price £10.
GENERAL HOUSE FURNISHERS,
UNION PASSAGE AND LITTLE CHERRY STREET,
BIRMINGHAM.

FINE OLD IRISH WHISKY.
(A SPECIALTY.)
The above Spirit, of the best Dublin makes, and 7 years
old, may be obtained at
21 s. per Gallon,
FROM
JOHN BRYCE & COMPANY,
Wine and Spirit Merchants,
44 & 45, BULL STREET.
BIRMINGHAM.

HATS.
HOSIERY.
SHIRTS.
GLOVES.

UMBRELLAS.
SCARFS.
BRACES.
COLLARS.

PORTMANTEAUS.
RAILWAY RUGS.
TRAVELLING BAGS.
DRESSING GOWNS.

SHIRTS ... SIX FOR 30s., 42s., 45s., and 48s.
PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED.

Influenza or Cold in the Head, Hay-Fever,
Sore Throats, &c.,
CURED IN A VERY LITTLE TIME, BY USING
REEVE'S INHALINE.
No medicine required. Sold by Chemists in every Town.
PREPARED ONLY AT
REEVE'S DISPENSING ESTABLISHMENT,
NEW STREET, BIRMINGHAM.
Wholesale Depôt for REEVE'S DIGESTIVE CANDY

ESTABLISHED 1844.
Great Britain Mutual Life
Assurance Society
HEAD OFFICE—101, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON;
MIDLAND BRANCH—
26, TEMPLE STREET, BIRMINGHAM.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT:
ALDERMAN BIGGS, J.P., BIRMINGHAM.
CAPTAIN WALTER BLAKE BURKE, WOLVERHAMPTON.
RICHARD SMITH CASON, ESQ., BRIERLEY HILL.
H. HAWKES, ESQ., J.P., BIRMINGHAM.
REV. CHARLES LEE, M.A., VICAR OF BILSTON.
F.E. LEWIS, ESQ., WOLVERHAMPTON.
WILLIAM DERRY, Manager.

ALDERMAN BIGGS, J.P., BIRMINGHAM.
CAPTAIN WALTER BLAKE BURKE, WOLVERHAMPTON.
RICHARD SMITH CASON, ESQ., BRIERLEY HILL.
H. HAWKES, ESQ., J.P., BIRMINGHAM.
REV. CHARLES LEE, M.A., VICAR OF BILSTON.
F.E. LEWIS, ESQ., WOLVERHAMPTON.

WILLIAM DERRY, Manager.

Great Britain Fire Insurance Co.,
HEAD OFFICE—101, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON;
MIDLAND BRANCH—
26, TEMPLE STREET, BIRMINGHAM.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT:
ALDERMAN BIGGS, J.P., BIRMINGHAM.
CAPTAIN WALTER BLAKE BURKE, WOLVERHAMPTON.
RICHARD SMITH CASON, ESQ., BRIERLEY HILL.
H. HAWKES, ESQ., J.P., BIRMINGHAM.
REV. CHARLES LEE, M.A., VICAR OF BILSTON.
F.E. LEWIS, ESQ., WOLVERHAMPTON.
WILLIAM DERRY, Manager.

WILLIAM DERRY, Manager.

THE ORIGINAL
Mantle, Shawl, and Fur Warehouse.
ESTABLISHED 1836.
MRS. J. PAGE,
81, BULL STREET,
BIRMINGHAM.