Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1888 — "SHE" AND HER BABY. [ARTICLE]

"SHE" AND HER BABY.

How the Little Helpless Waif Gots Much Att ent I onHot weather is the season when the anxious young mother is full of details about the management of the baby, the teeth cutting, the diet, the air, the* oxer cise. It is then that the . erstwhile giddy young woman displays her latent womanJLy feeling-and-sbo ws how one touch- of nature makes the whole world kin,. Whatever summer resort the young mother contemplates it is the jYidtare of the baliy Uyit is the guiding, incentive and coijSltP citation. The intelligent young,mother acquaints herself with all the tore of infant nourishment, and prides herself on her knowledge of sanitation, and sometimes makes an especial boast that she eschews paregoric and that her baby sleeps without narcotics. While the society columns narrate the frolics and festivities in which the pleasure-seekers at fake, mountain, or sea forget thp beat and dust of the cities; the. ever new and ever qfd watch .and Ward of the young mothers, fashionable or unfashionable, goes on, and the ba&esare made secure as far as natural love can, guard them from harm. This does not’ hold a place in the society columns, but . without it society would indeed be a whited sepulchre. The young mother is more ‘ interesting and-attractive than thq. blooming damsel who is chiefly engrossed in herself. Maternity reveals woman to herself and to man.

j A Remarkable Darky. At Helena, Ark., there is a wonderful colored man named Mack Hamilton, who has been making a show of himself on the streets of that town. Some of his feats consist ofeating large quantities of porce--lain-and -glass without any deleterious cf sects. His appetite is always in good or der, and for a dime he will eat enough to convince the most skeptical that there k no trick about it. lie also drinks as much as a gallon of water at a time, and then with a motion of ■ ids right arm—such ;< motion as is given to the handle of apumj when pumping—the water comes out ol his mouth in a stream as clear as when first swallowed. He also is able to drink boiling water and eject it by means of this pump like process, and when it is emitted it" is hot enough to scald. lie swallows _ livc fTOgSTindTmall snakes, and by a sim pie motion of his arm they are forced out of his mouth.- He has drank a half-gallon of whisky without “cling the slightest in convenience. He has had some splendid offers from, different people to go in : show, but he prefers tp be his'own master. Tie has a dread that some doctor Will kill him for the purpose of making an exami nation of him. “Woodite,” a Valuable Material.' The material known as woodite, devised by Mrs. Wood, a clever Englishwoman, promises to become a very useful sub stance. Its chief ingredisnt is caoutchouc. During the past few months it has given good results fcr a variety of purposes, and is now declared to be especially ad'ained" to many other uses. According to tiSnEdward Reed, M. P., it has been preduced in boris for water-proof articles, dense blocks for resisting the blows of shot or shell, and very satisfactory rings for -engine packing. One process converts it into am elastic, sponge like substance; and another in which it is mixed with whalebone cuttings; gives it a rough or frictional Quulity for mats. Some curious naval applications have been worked out. It is made into armor-plates, which on being penetrated by a shot closes so tightly that no water is admitted, ami it is also formed into light and convenient cylinders for carryitigrcompressed air t o drive life boats, torpedo-boats and scout-boats, while it is, suitable for making floating or partly •'floating cables for protection against tor pedo attacks, etc. Wanted Two Millions. One of the girls in fashionable society in New York made up her mind to gel married the other day, and after confiding .her intention to her father, she said: “What doyou intend to do for me?” The father was a wealthy man, and thought that he was.showing a liberal spirit when he answered: “Well, I will give you SIOO,OOO to buy a house and $25,000 tb furnish U with.” “And what will you ’ give me to live on?” the young lady demanded, with a dissatisfied look on her face. “Oh.” I will allow you the interest on another $100,000,” replied, her father. “But my chef will cost $1,200 a year. How doyou think I can .possibly manage with so little?” The father looked slightly grieved, but only said; . “That must do while I am living; you will probably have more wheii lam gone,” The young man who was interested in hearing the result of this conversation lietwcen father nnd daughter said when lie heard it: ‘He might at least have given her two millions-”' -The marriage did not take place.

A Suspicious Character. Mrs. Snide—“ Who is that man who went away just now?" . Mr. Snide—“He Wants STO dhat I have been owing him for the lust two years?“ Mrs. Snide—“ That’s what I thought. He has a mean eye. and there is a hangdog, sneaky look about him. He made a bad impression’on me as soon as I saw him, the low-down scoundrel.”’’ A Dog Fishes a Child ftoiu a Well. The 4 year-old clrihl of William Wilson, living near Bakerstown, Butler county, fell into a well twenty feet deep. A box was fastened to a rope and a Newfounland doc put Into it and lowered into the water. Hie dog seized the child’s clothing and kept hold, until both had , been drawn to the surface. ; Tim“lrtfiß soon recovered from its cold bath. The dog has been in the fainilVvfor about two years, ■ dating Which time it has shown great fondness for the child.