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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1886-07-14, Page 2• III II IIIILI 111111; 1,111 II MINIWIllif0II.1111111III 11Jfll 6,111. 1 II1III11IIIIY11,I111,11Y YAlll 11 LII IIYL ...*finkr .11 I, JIII,t1111iIlY�,pl 1111iNIAinIIIIIIf NJ Ilyl..'II��1u1lWilll�Ilii.tAeill ld, 11111d11JIJl6.l 1h* Jurptt IVO jtiCO14. • TM/MED 'very Wedpesda3r—Idornitsg YY�ci t► e4�� 8t oAA., -xt.'C THEIR orrice,' Albert Viteet, Clinton, One X.25 in advance, e.?;2 f not sl' pec 4 fihe proprietors of Tug Gent -Mien NEws, 'having purchased the business and plant of TIM HtinoN RECORD, will in future 'publish the amalgamated paptors.in Clinton, under the title of "Tim }tenor ICEWS-! of discipline, stages the conference .the armpits, and made it fast in ' ' to proceed with the final decision three or four tight flat (knots, in spite of the injunction, es the "Item out -"yet , S"atn,,' he .erten, discipline, of the . church directs. "(loin out yore, till I lora how to He says this i:'fL an. exceedingly fly a kite.'" critical crisis, and the honer, char. -.,, .'his is' jiwliat the play heal'& its water and future'. gr 1ite +tionferenoe rho bar`i`ifoin, and they lounged to - largely depended upon its judicious ward the door with -a latigh. As but firm and dignified notion... The. they teethed the threshold filo case has created a ;great sen'eatiton) laugh turned to a cry of amazement and Me result is Watched with the g , and horror, They saw.Antos Evers grertest interest. stoop and push the Yelp° aft the . - ` • stump altogether, In another in. SEVENTY . MIL ;S BY 1UITE. staid they saw hint whisked up in- ••�--- to the. air as though he had beon a A V1IIOl1-71AN's ASToxtst1ING PIGIIT feather, instead of a man weighing AnQvil TIRE CLOUDS. 140 pounds. He was just about RECORt):" heavy ono •h h to make he ik the kite t•Olirite i s the most prosperous town in ;W?este rn Ontario, is the,seat of conssrierable • • manufacturing, and the -centre of Olefin* agricultural suction in Ontario. The combined circulation of Tun NEWS - ■\l.. ���A/-ems ■ w---.• �y• .T— ULAI)STOIS'E AND BRIGHT, ot.Anstiorins to Mutant ]lir Gladstone has. written the fol. lowing letter to. Mr. 3oiiii Bright: -- Edinburgh, July 2. "IXlr DEA; Mn. Morelia,—I am sorry to be eotnpelled to again ad. 1Yees you. in .your speech at Biro ntingham you charge bre with hav_ ing successfully concealed my thoughts last November.. You ought to know that this is nota fact, for g ALPX;NA, W. Ya., July 2,—Antos maintain its equilibrium. .; a he I in reply to others from whom this Evers of this village returned home' was jerked upward he gave vent to gross charge was more to be eXpet• yesterday, after: ono of the most ox- an unearthly yell Then itis coin- ted than from you, I pointed out citing adventures that has ever fol- panionsHelp ! Help 1 Fur the Lord's faintly heard him cry, that November 8th I told my eloc- s len to any man in the,United States, sake, boys-- but. they heard no tors in Edinburgh that if the Irish • ;:clod in the County of Hnron. It rs, ,if not in. the :world, For the last more, for the unfortunate utas" was t' eleet ons Yteitt as I expected, the therefore, unsurpasseit -as nu advertising i' if dozen• t 'h b l.aeoan tweeds that of. an/ paper pub. h medium,a years i asbeen thet 'nearly a thousand feet alcove their ;'magnitude of thesubject'thoy would •s Rates of advertising, liberal andi Custom in the summer months for heads. They saw' him. kick and brfttgforwardn ldthrowa11otheis str !furnished on application. uggle and 'grasp the rope in. front in file shade and flint it wont down orParties making contracts fora spec;• the boys and men in this vicinity of hint, Higher and higher he was ' 'fled t• ,e who discontinue their advertise- to amuse themselves by making hngo 1 • to the very roots and foundations of borne, and fainter and fainter be - b "'our whole civil and olitioal consti- u,mrts before the expiry of the same, •will kites of stotit oiled paper, and flying came his shrieks. In loss tllsin five p -be charged full rates. minutes ho was amore stru�nitn Advertisements,.•without instructions as thein with thick cord. A. worthlessgn g tto space and time, will be left to the judg; cur or a cat or two was usually at- j pec le ac tet�rnatstill tviaible nt theban d inesw s ment•of the compositor in the display, in- '•"' sorted until forbidden,. measured by I. 'Welled to the. tail or r`bobs , and risine. steadily, It must have been scale a solid nonpareil (12. Naos to first great was the delight of the inhabit- going at a terrific rate of speed for iinsertiond chargedcents is aline aline for sus. ants when the frightened animas -)+001 ];vote was.swingiing.out,'behind insertion and 3 coats a line fir• each sub. 1 a sectuent insertion. Orders to discontinue kicked and: -squirmed -aa the. kite i like a pennant' from a ship's intrst. adyertisemonts must*beiinw' in,r. Iu a few Minutes More the outlines star mounted into the clouds. 'Notices sot as m'E:rin • rrATTEa, t of his form could no longer be Immured by a scale of solidlCorrpaiie7, 12 • It .was determined this 'year that seen. and at the expiration,of.fifteen lines to the inch) charged at'ttte rate of all. previous efforts in kite ;making minutes from the time the kite .was 20 cents.a.line fol• each assertion.. let loose holed 'passed - should' be outdone, and throe weekst� p • .. out of sigliY;, ago work was began en -a nhonste'r. going Diountaia `a •s �trlof the to - JOB WORK.,, 'Ivo have ono of the best appoiirteclJab'-affiaair. 'Tito dimensions will give an' 'A lleghntiies, Offices west of Toronto. Onr'faulities in idea: • Extteane ._height; . 9 feet .4' On the followinn rnorttino• a party this bepartment enable us to do all kinds . limbos; Of +POl'k^tl'oIna.calltrlgehr{l tea mammoth cues;, width across t , d out iu the: direction°tbe kite ;poster, in the.hest., style .kra'own to -the 3 inches.; width across the butto*7a 2 had takers.. • They retttrncd at night - craft, and at the lowest possible rates. fee•t ; extreme width noross the midi fall without any tidings. of the tuan Orders by mail promptly attended to. who had K. 'so strangely snatched' dddre , awnV. . •I, Ile tol5 4 feet started file 5 feet 6 inches Tho frame•- ! wo days passed, and. noth- 4TJre •News-Recorf, work was .built •of tough ' hickory iug wis•heard, of Evers. 'Three clays,. Ctiiltton. Ong shaved thin; and stayed With.i•-inch • four, five, sik.daya, a week, and stili 'Decerirjor,'1••8•82, . E copper .wire. A double •thickness not•lhin.r 'twits then generally con- I• 1 had, b t of heavy mtauslin was stretched on 'ceded t hat the man, talc been -lost, y and consolation was -offered to the f"d each •side.of the framti, aud the pliico' n The Huron News-Reoo widow in the shape of a small keg .. for iirsteni•ng -the flying cord. was' of whiskey, a; new "sled wagon," • iVedinesd ty; July ]14th. ' doubly braced .with` yellow pine and anlule. But yesterday morning. r • scantling a •quarter inch thick. •Into 'Amos Evers . turned up as. large, as ..AA•OJitU)a.CJ:I SENSATION. tills rvassoiewe•d a' ring bolt, which •life,''••Two gentlemen accompanied hon into' the- place: He• sat down ect•I do not in the midst. of over — t or some time pest i�llniotta cit ' was-clamped_an_tllc uter•sidts with an a cr rc]ror...b trrel in the 0rocerv, - ' tution. Do you now adhere to. your accusation] Secondly, you say that I described a "conspiracy now was- ting in Ireland as marching throtlgh- rapiue to break up- the kingdom." This is also ' contrary to .•fact. In 1881 there was,,in my opinion, such conspiracy against• the' paymeit of rent in. Union'. Counties, and I so described it. In my opinion ' there is 110 ch conspiracy;tow,.nortiny- tiling in the least degree resembling it. Yoe. put into my mouth words which corning from me wonitl be absolute: •falsehoods. 'Thirdly, you charge oto with want of 'frankness because I have not pledged theGov- ernment to some defined line of ac. tion in regard to thu Land 1;111..•A, -charge of this kind as `between old •col'icagues ,and friends is to say thio least, unusual: •Evidently yon have not read the.•Bill or arty speoeh - in- troducing it,:a=id, you have: never been concerned in the practical work of legislation of difficult and.coinhli- cato1 subjects, TIio. found•it'on c f your charge is that on Bitch a stab-. g - _ whol.uttug..wark,, foram cies in the maritime provinces have •'nn. fron.pin. the ring itself was.,5. baud told Itis story in a foie words, a now course 'anal 'method of .action been greatly shocked, reports and • 'inclles.in diameter, and capable of and without any effort of self-glor- ,without consulting my .colleagues. g Y bea;iug four o.t• five liiindred'wei ilt. ifioation, ' " ,. .investigations of charges of -humor- i The kite complete'.weighed • nitlet - iifeet," It !night have occurred to .yeti, who alit Rev. D,:D. Currie ' the J After I got jeticod off my .have. been in the Cabinet;'that such Y againstsix "pounds.' rite taail;was made of he, said,. `I didn't know' where' I. was. a course on 'illy part 'would have most eloquent preacher• of the i a sixteen -foot rope weighted. With for a minnit, •but when:• that roll." been indecent and disloyal, aud that. Methodist church ..1n tlhe provinces, ! lead. Instead of. the usudrl flying bei*in to tighten it:knocked all the : J shoitld.nrentl refer to. boar the ex- resident of the New Brunswick:• cold., 300 yards. of closely wound:.ruu out'0' my bead 1 guoRs 1 liol- charnel and susyichpons wbi,lt 'ou un- P inanilla• rope, vox•}• light, but •as g p s conference, formerly editor .of the: n -ink chain • Were .lured some, , Seems to. mo •.I woe •'• exp eetedlyare.the•roan to fasten on. 9th ora as a dutible 1, iri e n n o, e t roc o.. o an � t procured on uia' ay thing. • First I tlinnglit I WoUld cat ;'vinccil ,that it: is • my• intention •to of the Methodist general conference .itoon;of last.ryeek the pito was pro- the 'rop• e;. but'.fincltng;j bras liable. .thrust the Lati4.13'llthrounh Parlfa • pounced complete and ready• forat. g •of Canada. Zie fs 'about 55 years : n 1 ly' to drop too 'ttr I conc�laclecl to hand ' thrust • If I am --a than• capable of ' •oia: • 'While' preaehiu�* at R. small voyage ru the air. . on ail .see of"1. eauldn.t •ketch i .tree y a • such, iiitentiou.I wonder Ghatyou Simi. Weitherbee .was the- man :top';* butt .wuz a •'heap.' too high fur took office. with one so:ignorant ignorant: of aottleniout in'Nefv Bi'uufiw•ick he isg late at once T •l 1 'gh f I t i t it y= ' hie, Or. you .state.that. you ate � •eon- • .11.eslepan, anda piotninent member , and 1h d after - who .alleg d t 1 seduced the d ht • originated• the ide• a, and Whiln 'that.., After awhile' I begin to. -lose ''tile spirit of the constitution and so• c 0 have se nee a rug er everything was . finished Sant .called shy breatlh';lilc0,'an' then (:concluded'' '-u bitrary in character-' -'Though • it et a prominent local Methodist at up .the: crowd toliquor. at .Bragg's solnethiu'..liad to be done,so 1 begin -a i ears to bo our' opinion •of W +whose. house he stayed, Other bar. The' party consisted' of e'ath- eliihib'iu'.that repo' With ,of, Ili iiot think that opinion is held :.Cl..1.euati Ph. yASr1...::aselee6:6,+r my electors.. I adhere to what I eaitI I shall be surprised if the net I'ar- l=ament be more favorable to your. Irish measures than the one you • thought necessary to dissolve. • Though time differing front you on this •tluestieit, do not.rniagine I' can ever cease to admire your great qualities or to value the {creat set. vices yon have rendered the cotintry. Yery sincerely yours, Jona Buxom" :The Irish l'ros'byt;dr'ians have lair- culated resolutions in favor of sup. portina.the 'Unionist candidates in the coining elections.. The Dublin Methodist conference, by a'vo'te of 137 to 22, iias resol"ved not to• interfere in politics.' Without expressing a distinct opinion as to the expediency of the roam Catholic clergy thanking Mr, Gladstone for hie defense of the Irish cause, the Pope has intimated to the Irish bishops :a desire to have them abstain from political party strife. EAST YEAR'S WHEAT CROP. ° The statistics of the world's last year's whoat•erup are both interest- ing And gratifying, ' The figuresare largo, but when we .take -into con= • sicloration that the • population that the population of the world is about . 500,000,000, the proportion for each •individual would be about one and One-half bushels. The calculation, howovor, would not .hold gdod the. whole world over, as. in the .more .southern count•tios, • rice, tapioca, sago, and such. othes tropical prodiic- tions aro substituted for' bread., . In wheat producing'.countries the pro- portion. Is. about' eight. or' -ten bushels• fo each adult member of•thefamily. Tho, prospective yield -this year in. .the United States . and •Canada is abo.Ve•the average. Statistics' compiled by the Depart Mont of Agriculture show that the world's product of wheat in 1885 was 2,110.,000,000 bushels,. and - the requirenlonts of consuinption 2,1G5,- 000,005 bushels, presenting a defi- ciency of 55,000;000 bushels, drawn from the previous• year's surplus of 125,000,000 bushels. They find the product of Europe ,a medium, talose, of India and, Australia Ial•ge,, and a heavy reduction in the United :S. tato. . For the, supply of ; the • corning year the crops :of Australia, India. and South Atnerica.already. harvest- ed .aro •probably abbot 32,000,000 bushels less than -those of. last • year while those of the United' States promise fully 10,000,000. bushels more than the harvest of 18851 • The wheat in- the United States' • -on May 1st last wag.' 104,000,0.00 bushels; April l'it, 1.52,000,000 bus- hels in 1885. The crop of corn in •1885=86 was 1;61'7,000 bushels, the stock, 587,000,000; and the .export-' ation 4,000,000 bushels.. The esti- - stated acreage of winter wheat note .growing 'is 24,727,087; "of spring; 'wheat, 11,800,000; total, 36,527,087. .char es.of aduletr••ywore enbsegttent-'Mind Amos Evers; Bill.. Oaks or; hostile: a hole in the kito. Must a by iity ccuntrynten. You giiote .not - blind I3i11 Oaks, as he t8- ,better • taken me :five' or six Irotn•s,to climb a word in' sttliport of, your charge Jy e,preferred.-hHe : vehemently. .de- know, Ed. Walton and Spence May- '20 'yards, cos it was.. pitch clerk, a hicli. is absolutely ' n111111e: , Ever ' lnnoe; the' -the --and- denounces . _ ., Y 3' • 'Mem as atrocious attempts at blatik'� ]later'"rIvey'`zliardc'pretty-•f-seely-for" when:•( feels_the,.:1:.ite....a.ay-c11z_lin .4a—candidata:1v}ll take his -*Own vied.., ,. 1, More than. an hour,. it Was then though it-liad lost its bobs. 1 weir' but I 'cotta;;;; ' "will not'toreao ` my mall:.. Civil and ecclesiastical pro- Y reedin .„were -instituted,. an4 the :proposed. that a trial should be toad's afraid to .go any high" fM-('Sear she right,to make:some effort to: amend. g'been of the kite, to test its �owors before would drop too•suddint so I slides ...ease 114 bee ; .ltef0re the 'courts and 1 P , the dangerous and Mischievous' Land the lihlbeen oinQtime: • Ave dict the:groat fly.cnme off the next.morn• back a little why, nu' then slie.,got .Biil,passed lnst.yetr. I have .done The was given for Mr'• Curcio 'ere die ing• :l'he.wind.r�*as Mewing pretty' stidyingin. Finally I •says to. my- . What I could to avoid'a controversy • •ril court; but two '.or three trials' .fiosh: from Smiths Gorge, and after self, , Bei,tor he quick aud be done with You, and while you have driven - tiro Ecelestasti a1 courts rvero one or two. iinsiiccessful efforts, rho.. ;w.itlr it, and 1 starts ;to :climb agru: me to remonstrate agaivat yonrchar-. G , ger that I desire to - abstain from all notice of your statements criticisms . and arguments. 1 ani "always'yours sincerely,: (Signed 1V»t.• E. GLAD-. STONE.• • . BnioiiT T0. GLAnSToNE. adverse to hila: This, he claimed,' hubs frame eatlght•the windas three' -The old • kite . wobbled fearful. • was Inc result of ex . c•te evidence anon ran With, the rope down a steep felt that T wuz agora , down amaztn• and prejudice on• the" of• alio 'incline toward Laurel fork:, ,One' that. I felt myself swish : thiough of them carried the coil of rol=e over a• big button,vood, but 1 couldn't. get sonunitte.e heating the charges:. Ile , his shoulder, rvlill° the other two nohaud hold, soI•Iceptou eliuiliiu.. -1, foreetho Nd. e Yuisuust< Itorraiclu confute cain paid out the line •As• the huge. kite, The nearer I •got•, to the kite the onceuory in'sossion at. $ickville. rose in the air it required tiie'etmost .more- she •wobbled; and the anoro' 1i: commit'tee 'of • investtrysation• re - finding of all three to bold it, and she Wobbledthe'fmther clown She • ported, ' tin. h'•n.01 tlitj.char .e' finding .this a difficuht •tit k, they .come: ;Altor.a while she turns ker• ac .nit ni, tt g , uf•seilucti n but wore ' fvid'cd as to took a.'•half turn, around a tree• .Jhumnhix; stn (;lands .all• in a limp ' d stamp,. and hi that way .gradually • ttlongsido of a• little r1ut, in.a-piece the- truth of the charges of adultery, • g,tvo the kite more rope, until it was '(vhsr I'd' Levet been; before. • 1,1 wttz whereupon a nett' eonimtttee was 75aids fn"fila air. kiucl u' foolish, T neas fihr.I didn't appointed.: Shortly after the charges es ' a ry,. ', , • were first. tirade 111;'. Currie retired ' Just then Evers came out'. of wake rip till :daylight: an,liiltl t .'ti:ora active' inifistetdal work,' ' and Brag's bar -roost... ' lie was...very i iiow what. wits wrong, ..I .meets.'] sutbsegoently •i•!atired, froin •th c min- drunk,. but walked a fairly straight lot.of people an' thou two •gontlo- • istry altogether, but aro tiaas.entitlud lino, "There's a drink within' fur then take • me up to their house, and t•o nearly $1,000 froth 'various do- yonso fellers,"• said lie with 'a'hie=, keep. me for:three or four days till 1 etomina1tioni11 funds upon. resigning,' cough, "];otter git in that end git .git right and, atter 1 ;cis• on but h'o would forfeit all':ctaint. to :it, an'=" Then, suddenly espy. any 'feet, I have to stay' a coitple those in Case of expulsion. for mfs- ing the kite and. the cord wrapped days more with some other gentle - conduct. •• The new conlinittoo 41: around the satrap—"Why, you've ,men. Give us some lickut lammed. 'to.,,tlittke •a thorough in., gat her tip,.h111111 • yer1 jos' gitllnle 'Tile place. where' '.Evers. landed.' . westigation into the charges, and the encl,,0' that rope, I'll hold her. ,after . his wonde .f 11 fligl>t through l,a•ueare all ebtaintcblo •evidouce, ad- while you Ticker," the air was Mill Brook, Ifampshirc juitrning for that Purpose.. Mean: .".,Nothing loath,' the. three anon a9- county; about 70 utiles' as the crow while the case ]las assumed an ex- seined, .,and ,after giving the rope 'flies 'from Alpena: The gentlemen traord'inary andtinpreeedentod another tarn gavo up the sleek end'who first discovered him worn Henry pease by an in,junetion issued yes- to EVerS and went into the bar. who Beeson and.Cleorge Hackett, both -terday by the supretno court of New .N0 cooler had -they gone than Evers, ,of whom attest the' finding of Evers 33runsw•uck, restraining the confer- took one turn' off the stump, anti in an insensible condition lying he•. 111(0 orany committee tuoin proceed.' the rop0•began to run through and side the huge' kith. He was badly ing an • further with the investfga- bard his bonds, 1 -le braced. himself bruised and could not speak for tion of charges a ainst.Alr. Currie, against a big stogie and managed to several boots after being restored to or takiug any aetien thereon: The got 10011 over, the stung) again ill conscioilsness. They nursed hint • srrvitlb of the injunction created a such a manner as to form , what end then agreed to aecompianv hire profound sensation :flitting the meth,- sailors wotilrl 011 a cottplo of half to lois home,•whieh they slid, Evers hors of the conference,+, I)r. Wit bitbhes. This 'stopped any more in•Ids terrible jo01110 * crossed seven limas, the general Superintendent, rope from sunning out. Brit F,vers 1IVeI'p and two ranges .of that Al. who has, been striking' terror into boliovecl ha could do bettor tlhan...11%114n;v inottntauus. Ile was. 'sits• the, hootsof sleepy Maraitittio titin- that. Tal ing tip the slack, . be pentled in the 'Air. at least set'cn iatars by 'his east iron •ettforeetnent, wrapped it around his body under hours. ' • .Jelin Bright has replied. to. Mr; Gladstone as• follows:—r ass' sorry my .speech .irritated•.:y 0i, . It l;tts been as great a grief ,to me to spook as I. have spoken as it catti have been to yon -to listen.or :read; 1fr. Bright then argues • that '11r, •'Gladstoile's asking last November for. a majority to enable him to be independent of Mr,.Pitrncll was,•by the country, as well as by the Liberals, understood to 1110511.a majority to resist.:Vir..Piti'- noll, 'and not to make. a complete surrender to Min. Bot'orriug to Mr. Gladstone's. objection. to' his quota- tion of the phrase-desscribing the tho.,Parnellites as ,starching through rapine to disruption of the.. Enipire- Air, Bright says he believes that the• Irish movement is now sti81'i a. con- apit'ncy olid that itis a:orating aud seeking its further. anemia though Mr. Ghuistone's measures. Concern - the Iryi+, hand purchase Bill Kr, Bright thin' is both- Mr, Gladstone s friouds•and enemies .throughout the country have a -right .to know . the Premier'sintentions ` concerning his future, action on the -measure and adds, "your language of your colleagues • is' contradictory. though a little elearor" Itt oonelusion Mr, Bright says. ''T •have urged no matt in 'or out of Parliament to. vote against rwt. I abstained t'h'orn sl,ciakint WWI 1 ;vas i11 the fitpe of ADIAZING SCANDALS. The. Philadelphia' lady on whose complaint 'Rev. '�Vitll`o`3itesstiros a prominent preacher there, has been; .arrested for indecent assnnit, avers that she is in- receipt ~of threatening !otters from other wornen in the. : congregation, . and that if many young women belonging to the church would tell only •a part of • what. they know concerning their pastor the public indignation would be such that . it would not bo safe for '.lhiin to be • seen on the Street. Some such statement as this is made ' by tile. cornplainauts in every ease . il.i ill 111 1. L. 61_1,11 - "take the roofs off from more than a hundred hooses in Boston." Notti,whnt is the unregenerate sisals of the world to thinker these thingsl What do, they anean' It it �Concoty; able how uow and thein e1' black sheep may be found in any fold, or that the hireling shepherd may sometimes prove unfaithful) but aro not these desk tante, so freely made and amply fortified in roost cases, amazing I Chicago Road, .1 RIiAlts Olt' SOmXADII31JLIfTf3 A..gentleman was discovered at 1 o'clock in talo morning in a neigh• bol•'s garden engagod.in prayer, evi- dently under the impression that lw was. in church, but otherwise hi a deep sleep. A. young loan—of whom I'otrus writes --.used to get up in his sleep, 'climb onto his castle- battlements; seat himself astritlo them, and tired- ' spur and whip the Wall, under the impression .that lio was Mounted upon his steed, Dr. Pritchard had a patient who was particularly fond of home exer-. cine, and used to 'ride at night,. find his 'way to the stable,, saddle his _ 1_.. horse, enjoy a gallop, and_finally • come back, knocking at his own•..• front door, in a soinnambulrstic - oondttton, . - Dr. Macnish, of Edinburgh, gives . an account of a gentleman who swam more than :two miles do'vn n river, got ashore, and wits 'subsegt'iently+ discovered sleeping by the roadside altogether rtnconscitius of the extrt- •ordivary feat ho had accomplished. 'Dr. Iinayoock,tho eminent Oxford divine, would. often `rise from 'Itis . bed at night, give out his text, and, white soiilid ..asleep, deliver an ex- collont . sermon upon it. • lIe ' was frequently watched, but .no• amount of tugging,- pulling, or pinching • ' over succeeded in rousing frim. • , Prof: Fisehnell, of Basel, writes: • of a young strident of )� nrtosiburg collage. who used to play hide -and-- seek while fist asleep. His -fellow - students . know •of• his ..pfopensity, and when he began ;''walking" threw .bolsters 'tit .hills;'•which• he always', eluded, jartuping over bedsteads and - othet Obstaacles placed in his way. • • Moritz gives' au instance of a. poor - - and illiterate basket-inaker•who. was • . unable- to • read or -write, yet 'in a state bf sloep,vigil he would preach ' fluent •s'ertuons, which wore..after- ward recognised as having- formed • . portions Of cliscoiirses, he was accus- - tom,ed to hoar•'in the parish;:ch}itch as a child -shore than forty. 3ears beforu. ' .4. young gti•1• gia'on le • sleep -talk- • . ing was in the habit of;iniitatingthe • violin, with her' lips, giving the pre- liminary Unbar,' and -scraping. and ,flourishing with the :utmost fidelity. • It' pined her physician a great deal , Until .he ascertained that .When'an. • infant the girl lived_. iu .a room ad- • ,joining a fiddler,. who -often per- formed upon this in1tiun9ent within • her T=earing. Net more than six years ago an ;11th y--iireciittntc =ii - linbttroh--`- was tri©d'before the high •court there for- the nin.i•der of his own child. : • It was -proved that he arose front .itis, 'bed art night, and,. fast'itsleep' , ' took the infant. 'from 'beside. its mothor,, • arid'.. dashed it furiously •against the '. Zv't511. ;The:. evidnnee ' •showed:that the wretched father lysis addicted to somnambulism, .and his own explenhtion of the niatter-was that ,he. dreamed he .. was attacked . and had struggled With his assail• ant, , Of .course the man wt1s acquit .tuck,,,, ' . • . - 'TheT.rother of Lord'Culpepper in' 1686 got up, saddled his favorite charger, nod, went, fora tido ii1 the • , park,'• being all .the thno sound asleep. One of. the sentries on ditty, - 11oino unaware. of the condition in' • which, tato officer was, refused to allow him to pass, lthe1• • whereupon 1lon. Mr: Culpepper dtewhis pistol and deliberately—shot the pow. 'man dead on the. spot. When tried at the Old -Iiiileyfor Murder he plead- ed s0n1uanlbelism, and, as it was proved that he was arldicted to the habit, and that 'be was found to be asleep wised arrested immediately after the tragedy,, lie was acquitted. „ in whieh a minister fignies. Areas. front Weirton wllo•fear exposure and , a conviction that if tate *hole truth tvere known tato preacher would be mobbed, make up the burden' of the'. public tittorances of those wlio May 'bo prosocnting hila. . . Of course; if the Oleo was one of blackmail this would be a very,•• natural. attitude for the complainant' to assume, but it se 'happens that in . the majority Of' such scandals there is no ground for the belief • that blackmail is at the bottom of them. Unforttinntoly for the cloths.that is rar'e'ly urged .oven by the defonsie, and it is safe to assutno thatait Would bo,it' More were any grounds for it:• In the case of Mr., Downs, •of Bos - tett, liis guilt was beyond queation, but the saute eondittoia of aflilirs was alleged to exist in lila congregation. His prosecutor knew of several wo- men whose relations with the pastor, would not bear investigation,. and anonymous lettere threatening hits with violence •exposed -them wok „showered upon him:Even :Downs"ltimselt' publicly proclaimed that if his brethren of the ministry chid not look -out 11e would make disolosurr s as to the rottenness in other congregations wililrh would • A MIDNIGHT' ALAR.M. .l There is soareely any.friiht More alarming to a mother than the ominous sound of croup—so liable at the hour of night.. -When,I3agyard Pectoral Balsam (for the throat and lungs) is at hard, croup and distress• ing coughs lose half their terrors. It cures coughs, asthma and brow. chide. . FIVE ;:`FANS OF TORTC711E. ' Mrs. ii: Aston, of Brneebridge, writes to say that Burdock Blood 1311. tors cured her of headache, Iron* . which she had suffere,f for five years, all other means havfug trailers. 34 J •