The Cotton Factory Times. — 1887-09-16 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

BILAVSRY OF AN ENGLISH LADY.—An act of bravery and self-devotion on the part of a young English lady, which lately occurred at Neuchatel, has now reeeived official recognition, which must be no less gratifying to the recipient than it is commendable on the part of the President of the Canton. On the 19th of July last two Swiss children, one aged 11 years and the other six, fell into the lake at Neuchatel, and were in imminent danger of being drowned. A girl who was witness of the accident jumped into the water in the hope of rescuing the children, but, as she was was unable to swim, this precipitate intervention only increased the danger. At this juncture a young English lady—Miss Fanny Rowe, daughter of the Rev. J. G. Rowe, Rector of Toperoft, Bungay, and grandchild of the late Mr. Richard Tetley, of West Derby—chanced to be a witness of the scene. She is an expert swimmer, and, without a moment's hesitation, dived into the lake, first rescuing the young lady who had plaed herself in jeopardy, and afterwards, with much difficulty, saving the two children. But for Miss Rowe's prompt and courageous interposition it is more than probable that two, if not three. lives would have been lost. The conduct of Miss Rowe, who at the time was residing en pension at Neuchatel, evoked cordial admiration from all who witnessed it, and the President of the Council of State resolved that it should be publicly recognised. There has just been presented to Miss Rowe °handsome silver bracelet, engraved with the arms of the Canton, and on the face beariug the inscription, " The Council of the State of Neuchatel to Fanny Rowe, July 19, 1887," and on the reverse a wreath of laurels in gold upon oxydised silver. This appropriate gift was also accompanied by an engrossed copy of the official "arrests," or decree, setting forth the reasons for this distinction, and that the President and Council of State resolved that the deed ought to be recognised as one of special courage and devotion. The document is signed by the President, and stamped with the seal of the Re. public.  I  A Flascniscn Eras' Cixs. Morphine and vapourised ether are, the correspondent of the Daily News says, being superseded as a means of intoxition by haschisch. A club of haschischins has been founded on the Boulevard St. Michel. The mem. hers are to meet over a caf6 there once a week, and Friday is the day they have chosen. They are a select few, and they set up to be dilettani ; they do not wish to be many. It is from a desire to avoid being intruded upon that they will not let it be known at what precise place they meet. Another of their rules is to take a minimum quantity of the intoxicating drug, which is to be determined by a doctor, and that each of the members is to describe, either in writing or by word of mouth, his sensations, for the information of all the others. The club has a chemist of its own, as well as a doctor. The former is to be charged exclusively with the preparation of the haschisch, which is not to be chewed or drunk in an elixir, but taken in pills. la the East this drug is often mixed with dried hemp and tobacco, and smoked, or it is taken as a drug, or made into square cakes to be chewed. In the latter form it is, to beginners, nanseating, but the nasty taste becomes delightful with habit. I have known two haschisch eaters. One was an American and the other an Englishman, who gave it up early, because frightened at the heavenly aspect which it gave to reality. He was not, he said, in a fool's paradise. His mind lost hold of no fact, but every fact, however prosaic, however vulgar, was trans. figured. The glamour was so delicious that he felt he would have to pay a heavy price for it, and all the more so because the person, an ex-doctor in the Indian army, who initiated him, committed suicide to escape from the mental horrors which took lwld of him in the period of reaction. The American persevered. His end was miserable. He had to be placed tinder keepers to prevent him killing him. self.  Published at 1, Warren-street, Cross-street. Mari. chester, by JOHN ANDREW, of Tatinton-toad, Ashtonunder-Lyne, for the "Cotton Factory limes" Corn pany, and printed for the said Company by I AaDnare & Ca, lldarket Place, Aallton-nnder•fiynaa