Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-24

HlrTEN BY A RATTLESNAKE.
An Adventure on >torm.l<inx Noun. |
t"t"-An Astonishing Restoration. |
Correspondence of Tho sun.
CORNWALL, July Son Saturday,
June -, Joseph Hulsc, a wood chop
per OF this place, was bitten by II rat
tlesnake. While an Storm King Noun
tain, five miles up, he encountered
serpent, and. wanting ono for a friend
who had rheumatism, the belief Of
many hcrcabouts being that snake
grease Is cure for 1t, he chased tho
snake, which took refuge in a
wood pile, and Huso seized him
by the back OF the neck, but
SO far from tho head that it contrivcd
to turn and plant ono of its fangs in
tho index finger of his right hand.
Hulse held fast to his snake ncvertlle-
less, stamped his head of, and then
spent half IN hour In looking for white
ash leaves, which are believed to be IN
antidoto for the poison. He found
none to suit him, however, and started
! for Cornwall. He was bitten ut Z, and
| 1T was eleven o'clock when he reached
the village, and DR.. Beattie was sum
mOnel.
AT this time the arm and finger were
| very mucA swollen and very gangren.
GUS, the action of the heart had almost
ceased, and the man seemed like one
in Estate of intoxication. DR.. Beattie
hastily cut the finger open, and admin
lstercd two quarts of whiskey in twenty
minutes laudanum and quinine were
also given i'll large quantities, and not
wlthstanding the loss Of three half pints
OF blood from the finger, the pulse in
creased, and Hulse became perfectly con-
scious. He is, after eleven days, in
apparently good health, with excellent
appetite, but az black as any African
in New York. The black is OCCASION
ALLY streaked with blue, purple, and
green, which appear and disappear
alternately.
He is in the hands of Mr.. John
Rrookes, and may DO seen 10y any
physician or other person who is de-
sirous of making an investigation.
Examinations for Women Under tho
Supervision Of Harvard College,.
It is now several years since q system
of local examinations for women was
established in England under the con-
troll of the great universities. On
passing these examinations satisfac-
torily certificate was given by the ex-
aminers to the successful women.
The number OF candidates who offer
themselves for these local examinations
is increasing every year; and the stand.
ard OF wOmen's education in Great
Britain has evidently been raised by
the introduction and favorable WORKING
of the plan.
! From the list of those WHO have re.
Gently passed the examinations for
special certificates of higher proficiency
granted to women, in connection with
the University Of London, it will be
seen that the ladies' can consult their
predictions and pursue any branch of
study they may happen to fancy:
Enghsh-A Mary Amelia Bennett.
North London Collegiate School ior
ladies'; Elizabeth Ewart and Henrietta
Frances Lord, private study. Matle-
MATES and Mechanical Philosophy
Helen Susan Black, private tuition {;
Eliza Orme, University College. Nat
ural Philosophy and Chemistry-Laura
Gertrude Eaton and Susannah Wood.
Ladies' College, Cheltenham. Human
Physiology-Mary Stewart Kilgour,
Ladies' College, Cheltenham. Political
Economy-Henrietta Frances Lord and
| Eliza OFme, University College.
In this list there is no applicant for
a certificate of higher proficiency in
Latin aid Greek but in most of these
local examinations in England certifi-
Ecates for excellence in the classics are
fgive6s@ That it is possible fer woman
to 9ttai in distinction as classical
scholar, is shown by the brilliant OK,
ample Of Miss Swanwick, an English
woman, who has recently given us the
best metrlcal translation of Eschylus
in the English language. The transla-
ton is remarkable for being melodious.
and at the same time thoroughly i'm
bued with the spirit of Greek poetry.
President Eliot, of Harvard, has re-
Gently: announced the Introduction of
this examination system in this coun-
try, under the direction of the faculty
Of Harvard College. The Nation gives
these particulars of the proposed ex-
aminations:
In the last half of next June, and
annually after that date, there will be
two examinations, held by examiners
authorized by the Harvard Faculty, at
which young women who have reached
the age OF seventeen years may present
themselves for examination in various
studies, and from which they may
bring away, in token of their proficien.
cy, certificate which will be of the
same kind Of value as the diploma
given to young men at the end of the
college course. Tie preliminary exam
iuation will embrace the following
subjects: English, French, physical
geography, either elementary botany
or elementary physics, arithmetic, al.
zebra through quadratic equations,
plane geometry, history, and any one
OF the three languages, German, Latin
or Greek. The certificate will
be of the form following: A.
E. has passed (passed with distinc-
tion) (passed with the highest distlnc.
tion) the preliminary examination held
at -. on the - day of -, 1874,
under the direction of the Faculty of
Harvard College, and is entitled to.
proceed to the advanced examination.
This advanced examination will be
divided into five sections. in one or
more in which tue candidate may pre-
sent herself. The five are these: Ian
guages, natural science, mathematics,
history and philosophy. The young
woman choosing to be examined in
languages, for example, may offer her.
self for examination to any two of this
following list: English, French, Ger
man, italian, Latin and Greek. So OF
the candidate for certificate of attain
ments in natural science she may offer
herself for examination in any two Of
the following subjects: "Chcmistry,
physics, botany, mineralogy, geology"
AN ACT OF JUSTICE. Castle
was 4 sad stumbling block in the path
of Bunyan's Christian, though it
couldI't bar his way to Truth. We
can sympathize with the Pilgrim, for
Doubt always bescts us when we are
asked to believe anything particularly
extraordinary. Consequently, when we
heard, some eighteen months ago, that
u physician in California had COM
pounded. from the iuices md extracts