II A Report from Canning. PROVEN TO BE CORRECT, Regarding the Wonderful Escape from Death of a Young Lady of that Town. From The Western Chronicle, Kentville, N. S., November i8th% 1SQ7. Capt. Edwin Holmes of Canning is a man that is well known to almost everyone in Kings County. For many years he has followed the sea as Master Mariner, but of late he has purchased a place in the town of Canning, and has settled there with his family. Apart from the dangers he has had to erlcounter while at sea, he has found trials to contend with on land and at home, and not the least of them was the serious illness of his daughter, Miss S. Holmes, some seven years ago, at which time it was feared her life would pay the penalty. To look at Miss Holmes now one would never dream that so short- a time ago she was the picture of misery and distress, the vic- tim of a disorder that if allowed to go its way unchecked would sooner or later end in death, yet such is the case as related to a Chronicle reporter. " Seven years ago," Miss Holmes related, " I was ashamed to be seen on the street, as everywhere I went I was the subject of remark by people who would stop me to tell me how badly I looked. I could not eat a bit of bread or the simplest food without being distressed. When my father came home from sea he was visibly alarmed and at once got me all kinds of medicine, but it was of no avail. ^ In the mornings I was hardly able to stand up, and had terrible headaches. Towards night I would feel a little better, but the next day would be a repetition of the Seigel's Pills cure Constipation*