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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-07-27, Page 2• 't Zairo Your flair te1u of 4e'5.>~'5]t tiisY'll;otr• 4.0 This prei aratien has no equal as es dressing. it keeps the scalp Olean, cool, and iealthy, and preserves the color, fullness, and beauty el the hair. ' "I was .rapidly becoming bald and gray; but after using two or three bottles of Ayer's Hair Vigor my hair grew thick and glossy and the original color was restored."--Molvin Aldrich, Canaan Centre, N. H. - " Some time ago I lost all my hair in consequence of measles. After dui. waiting, no new growth appeared. I then used Ayer's Flair Vigor and my bair grew Thick and Strong. It has apparently come to stay. The Vigor is evidently a great aid to nature." --J. B. Williams, Floresville, Texas. "I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for the past four or five years aud find it a most satisfactory dressing for the hair. It is all I could desire, g 1 being harmless, causing the hair to retain its nature{ color, and requiring but a small quantity to render the hair easy to arrange." -- Mrs. M. A. Bailey, 9 Charles street, Haverhill, Mass. " I have been using Ayer's Hair Vigor for several years, and believe that it has caused my hair to retain its natural color."—Mrs. H. J. King, Dealer in Dry Goods, &c., Bishopville, Md. Ayers Hair Vigor, PnErAltED SY Or. d. 0. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by Druggists and Perfumers. T(ie Huron News-Recora .50 a Year—$1.25 In Advance Wednesday, July 'ti7th, 1189f8 THE WOLF BOY. In November, 1872, writes the t,ev. J. H. Seelye in the Conprer/a ti. ntalist, I saw at Socuudra, near Agra, in Northern India, a boy that had been brought up among wolves, I published an account of his appearance at 'the time, and some further facts which I have lately learned concerning him will also be of interest. He was found in 1S67. Some men, passing through an unfrequent- ed jungle, suddenly came upon a child, apparently 5 or 6 years old, without clothes and running upon his hands and feet. They tried to catch him, but he disappeared in a hole,which was undoubtedly the lair of some wild boast. Unable to unearth him by digging, and not daring to go into the hole themsel- ves, they reported the fact to the magistrate of the district who directed them to start a fire at the mouth of the den and smoke out its inmates, of whatever sort they might be. The fire was started, when presently a large she wolf dashed out of file hole, scatter- ing the fire and speeding away for safety. She was soon followed 'by the boy whom the mon had"soeu before, and whom they uow caught with difficulty. Ho was evidently a child of human parentage, but with the appetites and ways of a wolf. Ile could not walk erect, he was without clothes, ho had no language but a whine, he would eat nothing but raw flesh and would lap his drink like a wolf. Put into au inclosure ho would lie in a cor- .ner during the day and at night would prowl about picking up bones and ravenously gnawing them. ATTEMPTS AT EDUCATION. After keeping him awhile the magistrate brought him to an orp- hanage at Sccundra, under the caro of the Church Missionary Society, where ho was kindly received and cared for, and where he has since been an object of unceasing wonder to the many who have eeeu him there. He hasbeen tauglit to walk erect—through he dots this awk- wardly—to wear clothes, to driuk like a human being, and to use a fork and spoon. Ile 1103 lost his appetite for raw flesh, and he has no longer a disposition to escape. He has also been taught to do a little work, but he does not like to work. lie hes become wholly in- offeusivo, and mingles freely with the children, among whom he has his favorites. He evidently hears well, and understands many things which are told him, but he has never uttered a word or shown any wish to speak, through many efforts have been made to teach him articulstiou. IIe is now, as far as can ho judg- ed, about 30 years of age. Ilis forehead is low, but his features aro regular,and his eyes though wild and restless, have not an idiotic look. His jaws do not protrude, and hie teeth are regular and human. His arms, legs aud body differ from those of an ordinary human being only so far as incident to his habits of locomotion when he was first found. Ilow far has he ever become con• scious of moral or religious r ith it is impossible to say. The nearest approach ho has shown to something like an apprehension of an unseen world was in connection with the death of one who had cared for him and of whom he was very fond. At the funeral, as the body was lowered into the grave, the poor boy looked wistfully at the coffin and then at the by-standers, evident- ly wondering what it alt meant. By gestures and other signs, by feigning to be sick and dying, and then pointing downward and up- Watd,tho Iii standel'a seeoied to await- en in him some Orange though of something widell Could POW 85t1 and. at,,ertvard, when r,iok himaelt, he laid down and closed hie eyes and pointed to the earth and sky. From a friend in India,' who has recently seen him, I learned that he is will living at the orlihanage where he was first taken, and• in a report of the orphanage, which has lately tomo into my handa, I find also the statement that three other ohlldren—•two boys and agirl— found under slusilar cir'cumstitnoes and with similar characteristics, have beeu brought to the institution, though none of these have lived longer than a few months after their capture. • There are also other well -auth- enticated insa hoea uta similar sort, accounts of which may be read in Chambers' Journal, volume 18, page, 33, and in Frazer's Magazine, vol- ume 49, page 587, also repriuted in Littell's Living Ape, 34:53 aud 41 :589. These strange stories awaken many inquiries which are not easily answered. We find no instance yet of the wolf evolving itself into life human, but here we, have the -human easily losing its most essen• tial charactoristicts and taking on the type of the welt. Does the human life left to itself fiud degradation more natural than development ? MONSTER SNAKES. Pythons are abundant in the Phillippines, says a writer in the Scientific American, the species be- ing identical with that found in Borneo. During our stay of eigh teen months in these islands we have heard many accounts of the euor'mous size attained by these snakes, and recently Dave obtained three fine specimens. The smallest os these measured 16 feet 11 inches in length and 18 inches in greatest ciicumf'er•enco. It had evidently been without food for some time and was in an emaciated condition, but was still a heavy load for two men. The next in size measured 22 feet 6 inches in length, and 21 inches in greatest circumference. The head was 6 inches wide at the angle of the jaws, and the month opened 12 inches without danger of the stretching of the skin or die• placemeutof the bones, of which it is capable The tbird specimen measur- ed 22 feet and 8 inches in length and, 22 inches in greatest circumference. The gape was the same as in the second specitnen. In each case the stomach was entirely empty, and one familiar with such animals can easily form an idea of the enormous increase in size that would take place if gorged with food., Above the length of 19 or 20 Beet these snakes iucreaee greatly in bulk for every foot in length, so that a snake 19 feet long looks small be- side one 22 feet long. It ie difficult to estimate the weigkt of an animal of this kind, and we had no means of determining it accurately. A quarter of it was a heavy lift tor a strong man, and it was all that two teen could do to drag it a few feet along the ground, one man being unable to do so. The second speci- men displayed its enormous strength by snapping in two by a steady pull one of its fastenings—a rattan between one-half and three-quarters of an inch in diameter. The snake being securely fastened by rattans around the neck, two men aud a boy who attempted to hold it by the tail were powerless to do so. From the log in which the third specimen was caught eightyenino eggs were talc@n. They were white and nearly round, about the size of an ordinary baseball, and were covered with a short leathery shell or skin. They adhered to each other, forming a large masa, which had to bo literally torn apart to be separate them. Su far Ire observed, all wore fertile, each specimen ex- amined contain a living embryo, the snake was coiled upon it eggs, apparently incubating. Upon be- ing removed from tho log the eggs dried up rapidly. As the tempera- ture in the log was noticeably above that of the atmosphere, it is pro• bable that the close coils of the snake prevent evaporation. A snake this size could bring down a medium sized buffalo, and could crush out the life of a man in a fraction of a minute, and we have no hesitation in expressing the opin- ion that it could swallow him. We know of the case of a snake about this size swallowing a full grown buck with autlere, a male doer of this species being larger around the belly than is a man around the shoulders. If the stories told here about large snakes can be believed the speci- mens described are small indeed in comparison with really large snakes, but we find that such snakes de- crease greatly in aize wheu brought in contact with the deadly foot -rule. An intelligent halfcastrecently told us that his brother-in-law had killed, measured, and skinned a snake forty-four feet long.- We did not wish to question tho man's veracity, but heartily sympathized with the remark of a Spanish gentle- man, that forty-four feet were a great many feet. JODULAE 16,11,EC;'I'I()N , THE PROcUQT OF DOG DAY MUSINGS BY HIRED JOK:R$. .Tire Daughter of ins Editor Itetctrus it That Had Ko "stamp".—h'un 1'rors larany Sources and nu :luny ToplwN, i ///e A ), "Why did you reject hire?" "lie was not accompanied by stamps."— Life. • There is something clecidedly racy in th( horse-radish.—Lowell Courier. It is generally the man who can least af- ford the cost who has the reddest nose.— Horn. A towel trust has been established. It will conte down with acrash.--New Orleans Picayune. The alternate delegate to the Presideutiel nomination convention never gets a post. office.— Picayune. The man who is the most awkward at saying nice things is usually the most siu- cure,—Atehiusou Globe. She—And why is a ship called 'she* Elo—Aye, ma'am 1 because the r:ggins costs so much.—Judge. The boy on the farm approaches his turn- ing period when the having grindstone it brought out for nee.—Binghamton Repub• ltcan. Miss \Maud—Isabel is a charming girl, isn't she ? Miss Nettie (icily)—Humph ! Channing ex -girl, you mean.—Chicagr- News. "I tell you, that fellow Ilibbs has real good horse sense." "Yes, Y struck him for f.5 and he promptly '-aid nay''—Chicago In- ter -Ocean. Persistency is the road to success. The only known exception to this rule is the case of a hen•sittine on a china 'egg.—Bos- ton Transcript. While waiting for the temperature tc take a drop there is no particular reasor for people taking too many themselves.— Philadelphia Times. • Miss Flash—What do you think is wee man's hardest trial ? Miss Dash—A rainy Sunday when she has a new hat.—New York Journal. Variety is the spice of life.' If a man has nothing for supper to -night he doesn't want it for breakfast to -morrow morning.—Bing- hamton Republican. She—What is the best thing to keep one from being sun'.turned at the seashore? He —I should, think a theater hat would be.— New York herald. Fair passenger—I wonder why th,: ocean is so restless ? Gallant mate—How could you expect it to lie easy with so mahy rocks in its bed ?—Harper's Bazar. Luckv—Do you honestly think, Jaek, that Bolt Jones loves that girl ? jack -- Well, I saw him 'round shopping with her the other day.—Boston Budget. "Why should we say to Saten•'i`,et thee behind me ?' " asked the Sunday school teacher. "So that we shall get dread of him," returned the bright boy.—Puck. "Father," said a 6 -year-old, where is Atoms ?" Atoms, my boy ? What do yoc mean?" "Why, the place where everything gets blown to,''—Boston Bulletin. The coalman's season may be the winter, the summer an iceman's bul-vest. s0 t•hat its possible the milkman finds his great- est profit in the spriug. — Philadelphia Times. When she gave him hor little hand He was cu much in love. He little thought that every week 'Twould need a bran -new clove. —Ckak Review. Perdita---He has the reputation of being a fortune hunter—do you believe he is -1 Penelope—Why—yes—that is, I tinier• stand he wants to marry }lou.—New York Herald. A Nautical View.—Manana—Dot:'t you know that your father is the orcin t:n• of the family? Freddy—Golly, aiu-t he though ! And the spanker, too.—Brooklyn Life, \thud—Is Helen vets nervous ? Alice— Well, I should think so. Why, every nicht whin she takes down her folding he'd An Idyl of the Present. she shuts it up again to loot: under it.— Yale Record. "Theh you positively refuse my love, as Alicia, and we ate henceforth and forever He is out to -day in his yachting clothe,, C to he strangers to each other?'' he asked Which tit hint to a T ; 'r But the wa v he wears throe plainly sit o•,vs sadly.That he never goes to sen,Ye.\lr. Oi,lbo}-, I cannot marry you. —few Yr,•rk Press, and it is therefore better that we should Mrs. Hicks—People complain of being pa"Then, Alicia, if this is to be our final robbed at drug stores ; they never m-er- ch,trecd mc. Hicks—What do 'you bn},., pating 1 must ask if you will --will --" Mrs. Hicks—Postage stamps. --New York "Be a sister to you? ()h, yes, Mr,(ltd• Herald. boy, with (pleasure." Paterfamilias—Why did you kiss my "No, no 1 he answered wildly', you 1015- daughter against her will, sir ? Jack—Well, heeaise—don't you see --she changed "Can you ask for the few paltry presents her Mind when it was too late.—Kate you have given me?" • Yield's Washington. "—Suspenders'.'" gasped the unhappy Perhaps the world will become wisp man, "nay new blue suspenders you borrow - enough some day to find out how it comes cd to wear with your yachting suit." that the people who have no children think But she hung her head in despair. How they' know the most about how to train could she tell him they were "busted!" thein.—Ram's Horn. _— BOWS] B*AND T1 E BABY, NO WONDER B'ABIE$ ARE HOWLING HALF THE TIME when their Mothers Talk Cherokee, ror- tteguese and south Sou Islantd Gibberish to Them — Sensible Talk would be Understood by the Little Ones. "Mrs. Bowser, do you look upon that child as an infcrnal idiot ?" suddenly ex- olaitned.Mr. Bowser the 'other evening as she was talking to the baby while preparing him for bed. "Why, of course not 1" she replied with a startled demeanor, "Ott, you don't 1 Don't intend to bring it ul or an asylum, then ?" .'Bowser, what do you mean?" "And what language do you expect him tospeak when ten hu grows s n p," tout inued Mr. Bowser without heeding her question. "Why, the English language, ot uout•se." "English, elf ? Then why don't you talk to hits in English ? I've been watching and listening for the last month, but haven't been able to get: onto the dialect. Is it Cherokee, native African, Portuguese, South Sea Island, or what?- He may be able to say 'sugar' or 'eat' in the English language when he grows up, but I doubt if he goes beyond that." "Do you refer to the way I talk to him?" "Of course I do. If you'd been jabbered at in that way in your infancy you wouldn't know enough now to go duwu to the gro- cery laud ask fon clothespins. 1 don't wuA• der that the child is howling half the time. He must be thoroughly disgusted with such Lalli." "You have got to talk baby talk to babies, haven't you ?" she queried he a doubtful way. "No, ma'am ; you haven't—not unless the said babies were born with sawdust in the head in place of brains. I believe that's what ails half the adult population of this country today—they were made fools of by their mothers during infancy aud childhood. I don't want to be arbitrary about au,,- thing—I never am arbitrary—but you will oblige me very much indee 1 by stopping this nonsensical talk at once aud forreer," "Your another talked baby talk to you," said Mrs. Bowser after a long silence, dur- ing which young Bowser was trying to get his baro foot into his mouth. "Never ! Never talked a word of such nonsense 1 \lv mother was a woman of sense !" "How should babies be talked to ?" "The saute as a grown person, of course. Do you suppose that a young 'un under- stands you when you say. 'You'ittle angel, turn an see oor dat•lin' mamma'?" "Of course he does 1" "Bosh 1 I'll prove to you that it's all nonsense and that you are making a fool of him. Now, then, put hint in the crib and get out of his sight. I propose to show you that lie's got sense and cat understand sensible talk." The child was deposited in the crib, kicking and crowing and smiling, and Mrs. Bowser retreated out of range of vision. Mr. Bowser then advanced, arms folded, and with sober face and in sober tones ob- served : "William J., in case you are inclined to sit on my knee for a while extend your arms." • Baby didn't extend. He stopped kicking and his smile was replaced by a look of wonder. - "Your mother having stepped out for a moment," continued Mr. Bowser, "yon are in my charge. In case yon want to get up raise your right hand as a signal." What baby suddenly raised was a howl ot terror.aud dismay which could hn.ve been -heard clear across the street, and Mrs. Bow -ser dashed Mr. Bowser aside, grabbed the child in her arras and Leered. him up and down aud exclaimed : "Dere ! Dere ! Did do grrat big papa scare ou almost to def ? Too had—too bad! He shan't scare mamma's 'ittle angel no more 1" Mr. Bowser sat down with a great jar, flushing from red to white and back again. The howle died away, the tears eeaseti to fall, and in forty seconds baby was smiling again. "You sec,"Bogan Mrs. Bowser in explana. tion, "you see that babies " "I don't see u thing—not a thing !" in- terrupted Mr. Bowser, as he reached for his paper. "I have told you that you were making st fool of that young 'un. I have also proved it to you. You are bound and determined to go ehead, and I' have nothing more to say. In future years when the children ruts after hint and yell 'Fool Bow- ser 1' perhaps you'll enjoy the fun. Take hien away and continue right ou 1„ And even when the youngster called, "Goo ! goo 1" and kicked and ^struggled to get his hands on Mr. Bowser's b.,11 .spat and sinooth it down, the old matt refused to notice his existence on earth.—\I, Quad. She ugly Imre a little of this world's pelf, But life still pleasure brings, Aud 1 hat's when she has a da}ato herself To go out pricing things. —Pomona Nows. Professor at Lick Observatory—I notice now a new star that itas recently appeared in the northeast, and roti can see plainly that it is inhabited. Tourist (looking) -1 am pretty sure, professor, ,that you are looking into the twenty•third story of a Chicago sky -scraper. — Chicago Iuter- Ocean. Daughter—You know, father, they are going to have a fair at the church next week, and I thought I would like to get something for it. Father (h.cndi17_ er a check) — Certainly, my dear, in cause of charity I am always eral. What were you going to g Daughter—Something in the list` a a new gown.—Judge. — A Friend in Need. Philanthrol.ist—Why are you crying so my rhi!.l ? Liftle Girl ---Please, sir, me madder sent me with tfty cants f,e, to get bread wid, an' I I, ',Lit iu that there dark alleyway. all Le ' , Ite,l trit,l,le. ::,, i.:, ;•ic;--\yell, w-,1 1 1 my poor c•l•i ,i t ,:r} :seer te:o.. lr.re is .-a snatch. : h • o!,tnr Le :.i,:e tc. t!ed it. -]luck•. Lie -Locks. The Conditions Changed. "Why; look here, Bingo, it was at your suggestion that I got my life insured for $2,000 on the ground that I was employed in the Chicago Postoffice building and there was ho telling what might happen. And now, when I want to increase the policy to $5,000, you tell mo I ought not to do it." "That's all right, Gringo. I was an agent for the company. I'm a stockholder now." —Chicago Tribune. BROW NING'S MARRIAGE, When Mrordewotth heard of the marriage of, Robert Browning to. Elizabeth ]3airett, he, remarked in bit dry, level tons, ".Doubtless th.vy will speak more intelligibly to each other than they have yet done to the public)." Wordsworth was an old man when he uttered these words, and unlikely, being the age he was, to accept any new message of poetic inepiration, espceially if convoyed in an unaccustomed forth Even forty yearn earlier Coleridge had complained that Worthworth dosired to make modern poetry sec• tarian, with limitations fixed by his own dogmatism. Atro period,per hsps, of Ilia life would he have had eyes to see the dak.n of any "now morning" other than the glow of which the "Lyrical Ballads" had brought upon earth, dispelling by their 'natural colors the cold and rigid fornts of classicism. But, allowing for a certain narrowness of vision on the part of «rordeworth in saying what he did of the want of intelligibility, he but echoed public opinion regarding the poetry of Browning—at the time. Miss Mitford, the literary gossip of the period, and at tho sauce time the most intimate friend of the poetess, shares `'troidswsrth's views with respect to the author of "Para coleus." In a letter to Charles lianas she writes: "The greatest news of the season is the marriage of my beloved friend Elizabeth Barrett to Robert .Brown ing, I have seen him once only, many years ago. Iie is, I hear from all quarters, a man of immense attain- ment andgreatconversational power. AB a pont, I thiuk him overrated. * * * Those things on which his reputation rests, 'Paracelsus' and ` Bella and Pomegranates,' are to me as so many riddlds." Miss Mitford, bad shelved on to the last decade "doubtless" would have j)ined the Browning Society, and escaped all danger of being strangled by the Sphinx. In , an other letter to the same correspon- dent she writes:• "I at Miss Barrett's wedding 1 Ah, dearest Mr. Boner, it was a runaway match ; never was I s0 much sur'• prised. He prevailed on her to meet him at church with only the two necessary witnesses. They went to Paris. There they stayed a week. I-Iappening to meat Mr. Jameson, she joined them in thetr journey to Pisa; and accordingly they travelled by diligence, by rail- way, by Rhone boat—anyhow—to Marseilles, thence took shipping to Leghorn, and then settled themselves at Pisa for ail'morales. She says she is very happy. God grant it continue l I felt just oxactiy as if I had heard that Dr. Chatubers had given her over when I got the letter announcing her marriage, and fouud that she was aboutto cross to France. I never had an idea of her reaching Pisa alive. She took her own maid and her• (dog) Flush. I saw 111'. Browning once. Many of his friends and mine, William IHarness, John Kenyon and Henry Choiey, speak very highly of him• I @up pose he is au accomplished man, and if he makes his angelic wife happy, I shall of course learu to like him,"—Temple Bar. LEGENDARY ORIGIN OF EARRINGS. Aceording to the Moslem creed the reason why every ,lfodanniedau lady considers it her duty to wear oaniings is attributed to the follow; ing curious legend : Sarah. tradition tellsetra, was so jealous of the pro- fereuco shown by Abraham for Hagar that she took a solemn vow tlt:tt she would give herself no rest until she hod mutilated the fair Bice of her heated rival and bouclruaid. Abraham, who had knowledge of his wife's intoption, did Ilia utmost to pacify his embittered spouse, but long in vain. At length, however, she relented and decided to forego her plan of revenge. But how was she to fulfil the terms of the vow site had entered iuto1 After tuat- ure reflection she saw her way out Of the difficulty. Instead of dis- figuring the lovely features of her bondmaid, she contented herself with boring a hole in each of the rose lobes of her eats. The legend does not inform us whether Abra- ham afterward felt it incumbent up- on him to mitigate the smart ot these little wounds by the gift of a costly pair of easings, or whether Haar produced the trinkets for her- self. Tho fact remains, however, that the Turkish women, all of whom wear earrings from their seventh year, derive the use of those jewels from Hagar, who is held in veneration as the mother of Ishmael the founder of their race. ADVICE To MOTnFna. Are yin disturbed at nicht and broken of your rest by a siert child suffering and crying with pain of Cutting Teeth? If so send at once nus get a bottle of "Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup" for Children Teeth Ing. Its value Is incalculable. It will relieve thepoor little sufferer immediately. Depcndnpen it, mothers; there is no mistake about it. It sures Dysentery and Diarrheea, regulates the stomach and bowels, cures Wind Colic, softens the gams, reduces inflammation, and gives tone THE ONLY REMEDY. and energy to the whole system. "Mrs. Winslow'e G E?(1 LE11fE:T,—I have used Burdock Soothing Syrup" for children teething in pleasant to the taste and is Cho prescription of one of the Blood Bitters for my blood and for pim- oldest at beet female phyeieinns nn1 nurses in plea, and two bottles made a complete the United States, and is for sale by all drttbottle. I erre of rr ease. It ie the onlyremedy thronghont the warhl. Price 20 aunts a bottle. y ire sero and ask for "Mas. WINcLow's 9,v-emrNe I could find to help me. Svacr,"rnd ash; no other kind. 856y Mrss JULIA Vrasrt, Trenton, Ont. UNIG$UST'S• FiT4 t OR IIO A After all the Unionists are -pot disposed to take a gloo.tny Wow of the position in Britain, I%fr, 012144*' pertain la full of. fight, aud, the opposition generally will beex• tretnely formidable and ever on rho watch for a chance of etri,ldig home. They have lost some good >> men, but Mr. Chamberlain's fa - Iowa's' seam likely to muster about forty, and these with the Conserve, fives will lead the Gladetoniape a. pretty deuce. That Mr, Gladstone is thinking of postponing the Home Rule question altogether is highly probable, and if the Parnellites will - only consent to the course the Old Man will most jpyfully adop•' it; By way of a sop,``lhre may begi ,y repealing Mr. ]3alfour's Coer b Act, so that tho Irish National League may once more become powerful in Ireland. With this coucession the Irish party might consent to allow him a year ofgraoe before tackling the Home Rule probl em, SAVED BY 1IIS EXCEEDING COOLNESS. "When I was out on the Platte iu 1872." said the major, "I had an experience that I wonder didn't turn my hair gray. I was camped all alone on the side of that historic stream, and had occasion to go for some water to boil my beano in. First thing I know I stopped plump into a quicksand. I knew what was up at once and knew that I was gone, And I am willing to admit that I was scared. In fact that is how I came to escape. As I stood there with that horrible sand drag- ging, dragging, dragging at me like some live mosnter, I turned colder and colder. Do what I could my teeth would keep on chattering, thcugli I knew that every vibration of my jaw was shaking me further down into that ready made grave. And I grew colder and colder. Suddenly 1 noticed that I had stopped sinking." "Struck bottom, eh 1" "Bottom nothing 1 I had grown so cold with horror and— and fear—I may as well admit it— that I had actually frozen the water in the quicksand—frozen the whole business solid, air, solid." al TO REiIOVE. IRON RUST. The following method for remov- ing iron rust is recommended by an exchange : But four ounces of muriatic acid at a druggist's. It is useful for various purposes. Have it marked plainly. It should, more- over. be labeled as poisonous. Fill a large bowl with boiling water. Have another bowl of part full of water. A bottle of house.,. ho141. ammonia also . is ,,necessaryl - Place the spotted part of tho gar• meat over the bowl of hot water. Vet a citric in the muriatic acid and touch the iron rust with it. Immediately the spot will turn a a bright yellow. Dip at once in the }tot water, and the stain will dire appear. When all the spots have been removed, rinse the article thoroughly in several waters aud then in ammonia water, a teaspoon— ful of household ammonia tots quart of water, and finally iu clear water. The acid is very powerful and will destroy the fabric if allowed to re. slain upon it. Ammonia neutral. izee it, If the directions be follow- ed carefully the most delicate fabric can be successfully treated in 11118 way. MOTHERS AND NURSES. All who have the care -of children should know that l)r. Fowler's Extract of Wild Stn wherry telly be confidently da• pended ou to cure all euumer complaints, diaerhn'a, dysentery, cramps colic, cltoleta iofantnm, chelera morbus, canker, etc., in children or adults. —A very sad and fatal accident to Maggie, daughter of F. hilgoure, druggist, tock place at Arthur, Ont., yesterday. A number of children lit a faro on the street and after- %verds added coal oil . The flames reached Maggie's clothes. She screamed and. two men von to her assistance, but could do little for her. She suffered very much and died a few hourse later. The evils resulting from ha'hitual cos- tiveness we many and serious ; but the use of harsh, drastic) purgatives is quite as dangerous. In Ayar'e Pills' however, tie patient has a mild but effective aperient, superior to all others, especial- ly for family use. —A farmer named Cochrane, liv- ing about four miles from Lans- downe station, Ont., was running after some cattle, and, becoming warm, stopped at a pump and tak- ing a cup drank his fill of water.* Before reaching home he was taken, sick. Ou investigation it was found the cup had been used paris green and contained quite large quantity. Cochrane will die. —The old negrees Rix whose life- long desire was to see the Queen, has been presented to her Majesty..