3 JANUARY 1931, Page 17

How TO STILL A CHILD.

A serving-wench, left in charge. of a little girl in Edinburgh, a few weeks ago, m her anxiety to disengage herself of the task of attend- ing to her, dosed the child with whisky and laudanum in such a way that, it died in a week after. It does not appear that, any thing has been done to this new edition of St. John Long, except to discharge her.