PLUCKY ONEHUNGA GIRL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 34, 12 February 1901, Page 4

PLUCKY ONEHUNGA GIRL.

The trials through which an Onehunga (W Z ) girl, Miss D. Cunningham, of Sel-wvn-elreet, has passed, caused her to bfe recently interviewed by a reporter; a-nd i exceedingly interesting her narrative I proved. "I must tell you," said Miss Cunningham, " that I am a native of Onehunga, and tm consequently well known here. My age is c ghteen. About two yeais ago my trials began, for I then cont actied bronchitis, which developed into consumption. I waß afflicted with weakening night sweats, emaciation, complete loss of appetite, and a hacking cougn; my expectorations were marked witn blood. I was treated by sk.flul doctors for six monihß, but at last I was told I was a helpless consumptive. But, feeling that whilst there is life there is hope, I Bent for a supply of Dr Willi ams pnk pills for pale people, and after &"£">& two boxes was considerably benefited - the cough ceased and I began to eat well; two more boxea cured me. Since then 1 ha?e been in excellent health," Consumption is not incurable in erery Btage, nor is every case, pronounced by doc'ors incurable, wi£h ordinary medicine, beyood hope, if Dr Wlliama' pink pills, which are not ordinary medicine, are used. Tbey ha?o cured many cases by replaoing the lost blood and increasing the resistant power of the lungs. By enriching the blood and retooing the nerves Dr Williams pink pilla cure anaemia, debility, rheumatism, neuralgia, skin eruptions, paralysis, and c yen locomotor ataxia. Sold by chemist s and storekeepers, and by the Ur vv nliams' Medicine Co, Wellington, three shillings per box, bix boxes sixteen and six, post free. Substitutes never cure, and should always be avoided. A recent topic for excited discussion in the United States was the kidnapping of a young son of Cudahy, the millionaire pork packer of Chicago and Omaha. The lad was held for a heavy ransom, which Cudahy paid. It appears that he was taken to a Ismail house, in Omaha as a Srisoner, being subjected there to inignities, and also being daily threatened with lobs of sight, while the plans were made to get money from the father. The father was induced to send a sum of 25,000 dollars (£5000) in coin to a lonely place, where it was received .by the abduotors. The lad soon after returned home. Cudahy then put the matter in the hands of the police, and employed private detectives to run down the abductors. They have recently sent letters to Cudahy threatening to take away another child and also promising death to Cudahy and his family if he does not remit his efforts to bring them to justice Cudahy, in addition to his large packing house interest, is largely concerned, financially, in the mines and t-.ade of the Klondyke, and is many times a millionaire. Several American newspapers are urging tlie enactment of a law that Bball provide the death penalty for kidnapping. The following paragraph, referring to a successful young New Zealander, a native of Hokitika, appeared in the Stirling Journal and Advertiser of a recent date : —"The .Town Council of Stirling has conferred the freedom of the burgh on Dr St. Leger H. Gribben, who lately returned from South Africa with the Edinburgh and East Scotland Hospital. Dr Gribben, who is a native of New Zealand, was house aurgeon at Stirling Royal Infirmary, and volunteered for te vice in South Africa. He left Stirling in March last for the seat of the war. By hie professional ability and tact Dr Gribben gained the respect of all who knew him." L'r Gribben's father is Mr H. Gribben, superintendent of the Seaview Lunatic Asylum, A sailor belonging to the barque Lake Erie created a sensation in Lyttelton by attempting to folio w his vessel when she waa well on her way to Timaru. Running along the Gladstone pier, he saw the Lake Erie being towed to sea, and, determined lo lose no time, at once plunged into ths water, with all his clothes on, and gallantly swam out towards her, Finding, however, that there was no chance of his overtaking her, he wisely reiurned to theßhore. Between the towns of Los Angelos and Paßadena, in Southern California, there as been constructed an overhead path for the exclusive use of cyclißts, The path is built of wood, varies from 3ft to 50ft in height, accommodates four maohines abreas**, and is lighted throughout by electricity. The experiment of burning papa in a for use as road metal on Oh nra road, Taranaki, where ordinary metal iB unobtainable, has proved a success, and Government Jhave engaged 10 brickburners to go on with tlie work on a larger scale. A Roumanian chemist named Dinkeresco has discovered^, process by which photographs caa be permanently printed on skin, and it ia becoming quite a fashionable craze to have tiny portraits printed on the wtiat or arm. The proceaa is not in the least injurious, and, unlike tattooing, is not painful. The Uttle pictures are as clear as those that are Been in the photographers ' window. The operation costs from five to ten guineas, and takes about three hours to complete. In view of the recent startling disclosure that a staff costing £2000 a year, were employed at the Kutherglen Yiticultural College (Viotoria) to look after one student, who was most of his time on vacation, tne Minister of Agriculture has determined to turn it into an experimental station. M. Dubois, the principal, will tour the country giving lectures, and the grounds will be utilised for experiments for the benefit of vinegroyers generally. The original outlay on the college was over .£20,000. The officers of the Brisbane Post and Telegraph department intend to try a motor car for the 'purpose of collecting the mails in Brisbane. It, is said that the motor was tried for a week, witb verysuccessful results, in Toronto, (Canada).