The Warwickshire Herald. — 1892-10-27 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

GRACE DARLING'S JUBILEE.  Tuesday was the jubilee of tne death of Grace Darlir.g. Fifty years ago this brave-hearted ~aughter of the lighthouse-keeper on the Fame ilands passed away, to quote her sister's words, like snow," and was herself as pure and lovely as the snow. At that time the country was still ring. i.,g with her praises for the brave deed she per.  termed on the night of September. 7th, 1838,-. in  r,scuing the crew of the steamship Norfarshire, which had struck on the Harker's Rock. A terrific ,torm was raging when this girl, fragile in body bu strong in heart, went off in an open boat with ;cr father to save the shipwrecked sailors. It was sly by keeping near the rocks and rowing with lite wind that they were able to reach the %Tear, which was a mile and a half from the lighthouse, furious was the gale. The crew were save I ir -pite of the roar of the tempest and the dashing of adgry seas over the little craft. Men still en) 'twassnobly done," but Grace was unmoved wher honours and wealth poured in upon her, and tht heroine of the hour protested with touchim humility, "I only did my duty." The tremenclow offort, coupled with the terrible exposure, quickened the disease which had marked her foi us prey, and four years later Grace fell a victim D onsumption. Her body rests in the little church card which lies at the foot of the grim castle a' Bamborough, which is a conspicuous object ti vassengers on board ship when passing the Farm Islands, and during the summer season, as the steamers ply to and fro, the story of her heroism i. repeated over and over again. "That's when Grace Darling lived," exclaims an officer, am straightway every eye is turned towards the litth island where the lighthouse stands. Many are du pilgrimages made to the spot where she lies at res' on the stormy Northumberland coast, and visitor read with melancholy interest the simple inscrip:ior on the gravestone: Grace Horsley Darling, born Nov. 20th, 1815. es. Forfarshire wrecked Sep. 7, 1838. Died Oct. 25, 1842, aged 28 years. An effigy. carved in stone surmounts the grave The face is sweet and winsome, the figure slim an, graceful, while the hands, small and delicate ;rasp an oar—the symbol of her heroism.  A new Dutch ironclad was launclud at Amster jam on Saturday.  Mrs. Harrison, the wife of the President of tin Unit. d States,who died on Tuesday morning after ngering illness, was a descendant of an old Nes Vngland family. and inherited a strong Punts, strain. When she came into power at the Whit ll 'use she set her face sternly against certain style fashionable dress wliich had been prevalent th !re ted it is said that "she shamed one too decollee lame into decency by deliberately turning awa fr.,m her with an expression of fare whieli left n dnibt as to its meaning." Mrs. Harrison was great musician, and took an active part in semnerance movement.  Snow ha l fallen in the North of England, the Midlands, and in Wales.  The Social Democratic Federation has resolved to call upon the Government to deal with the on. employed question. Yr. A. L. Hunter, a/ Balliol College, Oxford, broke his leg in a College football match at Oxford on Saturday. A woman named Gordon committed suicide at the Charing Cross Hotel, London, by taking an .overdose of chlorodyne.