Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1897 — A BABY WITH A HISTORY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A BABY WITH A HISTORY.

Thrown Overboard from a Slover— Rcaenel by Children. The nice, bright, intelligent little fellow seen In the middle of this group has an extraordinary story—a story that well Illustrates the romance of the mission field. One day when the tide was out the other four children were

playing on the seashore at Zanzibar, when they picked up a little black baby,dripping wet and half dead. They niu with their find to Miss Mills, a wellknown missionary, and it was afterward found that the baby had beeu thrown oven-board from a slave dhow, because he seemed too ill to be worth the slave dealer's while to smuggle ashore. Miss Mills nursed the little hoy back to health and strength, and he became the pet of her school. A Noted Englishman. Thomas Bryant, surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria, is one of the most prominent of the Royal College of Surgeons and a very protieient operator.» Mr. Bryant—surgeons are never called “doctor” in England—succeeds the late Sir John Ericliseu In his newly found honors. As long ago as 1849 he passed the examination which made him a member of the royal

college and was given a fellowship In 1853. He has held all the most important offices in the college, examiner, vice president and president. He was elected to the headship of the institution for three successive terms, an honor that is by no means common. In 1893 Mr. Bryant was selected to give the Hunterian oration. That year was the centenary of the death of the famous surgeon and Mr. Bryant had for his auditors the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. At the present time Mr. Bryant is,the representative of the college iu the general medical college. At the last election of members for the college council lie was re-electd at the head of tlie poll.

Feathered Ventriloquists. Many birds form their sounds without opening their bills. Tbe pigeon is a well-known instance of this. Its cooing can be distinctly heard, although it does not open its bill. The call Is formed internally in the throat and chest, and is only rendered audible by resonance. Similar ways may be observed in many birds and other animals. The clear loud call of the cuckoo, according to one naturalist, is the resonance of a note formed in the bird. The whirring of the snipe,. which betrays the approach of the bird to tlite hunter, is an act of ventriloquism. Even the nightingale lias certain notes which are produced internally, and which are audible while the bill is closed. Hack writer (on Daily Blowhard)— ’lease don’t disturb me uotv, dear, 've got a column editorial to write on The Marvelous Success of the Dally Blowhard, the Phenomenon of Modern Journalism.” His wife—l only wanted to ask you % a little money to buy some food for tbe children. “Very sorry, dear, but I haven’t a half-penny. The Daily Blowhard hasn’t paid any salaries for three weeks.”—Spare Moments. Iu India there are 100,000 boys and 027,000 girls under the age of fourteen who are legally married, while 8,000 boys and 24,000 girls who have not attained the age of four are under marriage bonds as arranged by their parents.

BABE WITH A HISTORY, AND RESCUERS.

THOMAS BRYANT.