A MODERN HEROINE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1703, 4 November 1887, Page 4

A MODERN HEROINE

♦-— If the days of chivalry are past, it ia not bo with thoaa of heroism. Apart altogether from the silent Belf-tacrifioe which is the unregarded lot of no many, there are, every now and then, more startliog Instance! of the same virtne, associated with physical rather than with mental suffering. One of these cases has juat been met with at Liverpool, and In the person, moreover, 0/ a woman— a woman who is both a wife and a mother. Her name ia Atkinson, and the occasion of ncr heroism was as follows:— She wai leaving a cricket ground, after bavins cleaned on t the pavilion, when sudd' there arose acy of ' Mad dog ' ' .» cricket ground with her wer* " nl y men and two children—- ' -fa the her. The men, it f a oonple of m. flight behiof* all strangers to woman did v ..ems, Bcught safety roohedtc „ the barricades. The to th' so ignominious. She , the children, and, shouting om to run, succeeded m Intyrpoßing them and the dog, wblxfn se'z^d her by the hand. Than ensued a fierue struggle betwebn the woman and her assailant— a< Btroggle In the ocurso of which she extricated her hand, bat instantly felt tho teeth of the beaat fixed In her breast. In the end two jponng men oame to the rescue, and the animal flad, leaving Mrs Atkinson terribly wounded and weakened. Puch la the story told In a local paper by tyro persona who sfgn their names and appear to be certain of the facto. ■ Hollowav'b Pills and Ointment.— Soldiers and Sailors. — These well-known and easily used remedies are OBpeoially serviceable and convenient for those who, like soldiers and sailors, are exposed to great changes of climate, and the hardships inseparable from their calling. Many of tho diseases engendered m the system from these and other untoward oauses can be oheoked and controlled by attention at their onset, and m Hellovray'e remedies will bo found a ready means o( relief without hindrance from duty. Many a man ia invalided and rendered more or less a burden to himself and friends from neglecting the early symptoms of his complaint, which calamity might be averted by timely resort to tfaa w ol golleway'i Fills tad Qintmeat,