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The Huron News-Record, 1892-10-05, Page 2$14blt l'di8oMe, Vntil tint eisell ». it enoliled from the oyateru, bare earl Oa ere sere for • thtI 1oathaoma • r►ud demagog, malady. Wherefore, tbe on1,1 effective treetreat to *thorough cools ofy,pyor'I soresp$rlllt►-,•the beat of all; Meal imam, The sooner you begin the better ; ,d"elaY ie dangerous. *1 two troubled with catarrh for over two yelyra. I tried various remedies, and was treated bye number of p yal. curie, brit received no beneilt until 1 began to the Ayer's 8ar@aPartlla. A. few bottles of tido medtcine•cured ma of this troublesome complaint and co pietely restored na-vhealth. " M •Jesse M. Rogge, Uolwan's mils, N. O. s' When Ayer's :,areaparilia was rec. Ommended to do me ltsr catarrh, ffi ac b: 1 Haig, tried so many remedies, with.little ben- efit, 1 had no faith that anything would cure me, I became emaciated from lose of appetite and impaired digestion. 1 bad nearly lost the sense of smell, and" insstem was ly derange& I was aboutdie discouraged, n a friend urged erred me to personsawhom it had cured of catarrh. After taking half a dozen bottles iattthe only sure way f treconvincedg fs obstinate disease is through the blood.", —Charles H. Maloney, 113 River at.i Lowell, Masa. Ayer's Sarsaparilla,. ramenaa Dr. J. O. Ayer &I Co., Lowell, Mass. ' Price $i; six bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottle. tmeauxammeleaseramatememanuansormaispromp The Huron News -Record 1.50 a Year..–$1.85 in Advance. Wednesday Oct. 5tli, 1892 llat{t aotpQ. ha $,aU il11s»lt ,atka*tt'. tvhit;* Milli' glritpdroa apagt a. Vtlat deal Qf hie fleets.. filo own borne i not ti r dirtalat, cad hisdeserted wife end children are Iivina,:. Mitt sttaighteued circumstances, lie spent .last Sunday Weaning in his tandraOther'a..boupe,.and earl7 he morning thertook a westbound train. They have not been heard of since. °Three barbas employed in the shop where Wirtpuan worked have left town with" relativeaduriug the last two years, the elopers being a mother-in•law, an aunt and a sister•in law. sor ''Jt ,- WS Z$` FORM . SAVED BY A. DREAM. An instance in wh;ah a dream 'was useful in preventing an -im- pending catastrophe is recorded of a daughter of Mrs. Rutherford at Edertou, the granddaughter of Sir Walter Scott. This lady dreamed more than once that her mother had been murdered by a black eor• vent. She was so much upset by this that elle returned home, and, to her great aetoniehment and not a little to her dismay, she wet 011 Wa- tering the house the very black servant she had met in her dream. He had beau engaged in her ab- sence. She prevailed upon "a gentleman to watch in an adjoining room during the following night. A LIVELY LECTURE. THE LECTURER ENFORCES ORDER WITH GUNS—A BLOODY RUCTION. T. J. Lyons, editor of the St. Joseph Americau, of St.- Joseph, Mo., attempted to lecture at Cheyenne, Wyoming, last week, on Romanist Influence in Public Schools. He had received an inti- mation that trouble would ensue if he carried out his intention, and when he appeared on the platform he exhibited two six shooters,which, he said, he would use if necessary to protect himself. There were about 500 pereone present. Lyons was frequently interrupted during his lecture and at last he called upon the policemen and ushers present to clear the hall. Amid a scene of wild confusion this was partially accomplished. When nearly all the people had gone out Lyons took a revolver in each hand and started to leave the hall. As he reached the door Patrick Nolan, a policeman, attempted to disarm him. The crowd closed in upon the two and Lyons commenced fir ing. The ahooting became general and fully thirty shots were fired within a few seconds. Patrick Moore, a boilermaker, was shot twice, one of 'the bullets, passing through his body, inflicting a pro- bably fatal wound, Policeman Nolan was stabbed iu the face and neck, and received two serious wounds. The shooting scattered the crowd, and Lyons, with a body- guard of friends, reached his hotel. An excited crowd of men threaten- ed to lynch him, and lollowed and surrounded the h el. Sheriff Kelly arrested Lyons in his room and took his revolvers from him, after which ho was taken to Fort Russell for safe keeping. The ex- citement over the affair is very great. If Moore should die, an attempt to lynch Lyons will surely be made. Lyons is supposed to have went there under the auspices of an anti- Catholic organization which exists in that city. It is npt known who did the stabbing. ELOPED WHILE . THE OLD FOLK WERE PRAYING. About three o'clock in the morn- ing the gentleman heard footsteps en the stairs, carte out and met the servant carrying a quantity of coal. Being questioned as to where he was going, he answered confusedly that he was going to mend the mis- treas' fire, which at three o'clock in the morning in the middle of sum- mer wan evidently impossible. On further investigation a strong knife was found hidden in the coals. The lady escaped, but tl.e man was sub- sequently hanged for murder, and before` his execution he confessed that he intended to have assassinat- ed Mrs. Rutherford. A BANKER'S TESTIMONY. A'despateh froom St. Petersburg, September 22, rays that in April kat .ire, A•jpa $ainicp, wife Of professor lit .the, •Start@ College at Tevastebuua, Vinland, was fouud (3.itilty of pgieoaipg. her husband, find in accordance with the 'medi• feral taW, which is still in force there, she wait sentenced to be be eheaded and her body to be affixed to a beacon and burned, 16 was chargbd,that 111're, Saiulco had been unfaithful to her husband, parrying on a li teot1 with one of the students at the College. She etrenuouely denied this, and eaye her motive in killing her husband was to get the insurance of $2,500 on his life as she was deeply in debt, The ease was carried to the Court of Appeal, and today 'a de. oision was handed down affirming the judgment. It transpired dur• ing the trial she had forged her huaband's name to oheques for small sums some time be- fore his death, and for this offence the Court of Appeals orders that 'her right hand be cut off. Then she will be decapitated, her body fastened to a stake, covered with inflammable material and set on firs. At the general meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of British North America in London, the Cbairman,Mr.Gaspard Farrer,speak- ing of general•matters,observed that "perhaps the most noticeable as affecting every Canadian anal every merchant, bank or capitali t con• nectod with Canada, is the con- tinued high credit of the securities of the Dominion Government in the British market, and that in the face of dullness in and distrust of many colonial stocks. Tenders for the loan applied for last June were sent in with a promptitude and at a price which must have been grati- fying to those responsible for the ountry's finanoios, and is, I think, a fitting testimony to Canada's prud ent use of her credit in the past." An elopement which took place at Baltimore on .the Jewish New Year had caused much interest among the Hebrew residents of the city. Lee Meyers, a young drum• mer, and Flora Goldsmith, daughter of a wealthy dry -goods merchant, had long been enamored of each other, but the girl's father did not favor the match owing to the young man's financial standing. On New Year's clay, when all were at the synagogue, the pair met at Mr. Meyers' home and started out to get marrird. As all the rabbis were engaged, they concluded to let the Rev. J. B. Stitts, a Methodist min- ister, tie the knot. The young lady was 'not satisfied with this cere- mony ; so they went to Washington and there a rabbi.tied the knot over again. They returned yesterday, but the bride's father was very angry. Her brother -in law, how- ever, took pity on the pair and ad- vanced them $100, with which they are now enjoying their honeymoon in Now York. ELOPED WITH HIS GRAND- MOTHER. Albert Wirtman, a barber, 25 years old, left Buffalo with his grandmother, Mrs. Geo. Wirtman, who is nearly 70 years of age, lout wealthy. Widmer, though married and the father of two small child- ren, is said to have been possessed of a fascination for his grandmother and her money. She lived in a - THE LORD 11IAYOILAL• ITY. MR. KNILL WOULD HAVE TANT CHAPLAIN FOR SERVICES. Turning to banking prospects, Chairman Farrar said that they were -not bright in Canada, and they were not bright in any part of the world ; but still, he went on, "I believe that Canada as a whole is more prosperous to -day than she has ever been. The possibilities of the Northwest and of British Col- umbia have taken a:firm hold of the mind of the people down east, and immigration and devolopinent is going on there apace. Every acre that is broken in Manitoba, and every mine that is opened up or timber limit exploited in British Columbia, is not only additional wealth for these provinces, but addi- tional need for the accumulated capital. of the older provinces, and additional custom for their factories and their merchants. If Canada grows and prosper's,a's I believe she is going to, I think there will be ample opportunities for this bank to assist in that growth and to share in her prosperity—at least it re :tri' business to see that we do not mise our opportunities. Turning to the. balance sheet, there is little, of course, to remark. The deposit and current accounts ate larger than ever before. and you will be glad to hear that while, as' I mentioned, the average increase of deposits in all Canadian banks has been 63 per cont. during the last seven years, ours have increased 68 per cent., so that in this particular we have more than held our own." Can a people whose bank deposits have increased 63 per cent in seven yearn, and whose public credit is so good, that their securities are taken up at the highest figure, ho fairly soid to be on the down grade 4 tee A PROTI S. PUBLIC OR>lsN '1801 :Qoi.Q1t; OF .frOTER$ A l.O>' Olt sleet*QUdT, Calderon, Cerrauteo cud other Spaniel) writes praise ;be eye of the emerald hue, in wh obi 11ie' bre imitated by Longfellow In bis Spanish Student, where 'ho spoaits ot the "young and greon.eyed Gadl tans." But per -hope the poets do not intend to be so precise in their definition of color as their worlds might imply. Green is of many shades, and poetical praise of emerald eyes may perhaps be beet interpreted by Swinburue'e beautiful lines in Feliso : O lips, that mine havo grown into, Like April's kissing May ; O fervid eyelids, letting trough Those oyes the greasiest of things blue, The bluest of things gray. So' much praise ot green eyes is sotnewhat'cur•ious when one recol- lects that tho color is so intimately associated with jealousy—the growl - eyed monster" of Iago. But this is only a part of the contradictorincssot• the symbolism of this chameleon - like color. Green is the color of lovers, and at the Berne time the color of jeal- ousy and of fickleness, and, if we may believe Chaucer, it is also the color of avarice. In the Romaunt of the Rose, he thus describes this unlovelr personage Ful sad° and caytif was she eek, And also green as ouy leek. But whatever may bo the color of avarice, the belief in green as a sym- bol of fiokleness is very general. Chaucer's ballad, Against Wornem Unconstant, has for its burden the line : "Instead of blue, thus may ye wear all green," and "green for- saken clean," is a familiar saying, or, as it is often more elaborately put: The proposed selection of Stuart Knill, who is next in rotation as lord mayor of London, Eng., Iran aroused considerable opposition in view of the fact that the lord mayor is required to•attend certain religious services of the Anglican church and to have an Anglican chaplain. In response to enquiries made of him by Lord Mayor Evans, Mr. Knill has written a letter in which he says that in the event of his selec- tion as lord mayor he would have an Anglican chaplain to perform pub- lic duties, while hse private chaplain would be a Catholic. Mr Knill adds that he would not attend the Anglican services personally, but that be would appoint a substitute to represent him at such services. A. majority of the newspapers sup- port Mr. Knill for tha position. The opposition, however, question the legality of the election of a Roman Catholic to the lord mayor- ality. Mr. Knill has been elected. ADVICE TO MOTILERa. Are yon disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pain of Cutting Teeth. If ao ,and at once and get a bottle of "Mrs. window's Soothing Syrup" for Children Teeth Mg. Ite value is incalculable. It will relieve thepoor little sufferer immediately. Depend upon it, mothers; there le no mistake about it. It Gum Dysentery and Diarrheas, regulates 'the stomach and bowels, cares Wind Collo, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, and gives tone and energy to the whole system. "Mrs. window's Soothing Syrup" for children teething is pleasant to the taste and is the preseriptioa of ono of the (iciest and beet female phyeioiana and nnrsee in the United°States, and ie for gale by all druggist's throngbont the world. Pride 25 cents a bottle. .Be erre and ask for "Islas. WtNBLOw•'s SOOTHING Svnur,"and take no other kind. 656y —On the farm of Mr. Brocel. bank, Brant, Bruce county, a dog chased a snake four feet long into a pile of stones. The snake bit the dog, which afterwards swelled up with great pain so that it had to be shot. The snake was of the "racer" variety and fortunately not very cotamoa. FALLIBLE, THOUGH A PRIEST. A FRENCH-CANADIAN NEWSPAPER DRESSES DOWN FATHER LANGE- VIN. Le Canada of Ottawa city, com- menting with unusual freedom on Father Langevin's scathing attack on the French Canadian press for remarks on the domestic scandal in which father Guyhot was one'of the central figures, says all the French- Canadian Catholic papers in the country have discussed the scandal, and it was their right and their duty to do so. Le Canada requires that the greatest respect be shown the clergy, but is opposed to idola- try of the priest, as a man who' is fallible like the rest of humanity. The priest is entitled to respect as long as he is respectable. Le Canada thinks Father Lange. vin's allusiou to the moral reputa- tion of journalists wno have com- mented on the case being inscribed on the registers of the police courts an unfortunate ono, and protests against- it as an insult launched against good Catholics, to whom 'the clergy often have recourse when they 11001 th,, i help of jthe press, and itraiii1 many goo services. If the press were to trent the clergy as cavalier- ly as Father Langeviu had treated the press, Le Canada concludes, and had not so long a time cast the veil of charity over certain mis- deeds, the list of names figuring on the police registers would make him afraid. 1 Green's forsaken, Yellow's foresworn ; Blue's the color That must be worn. HOW THE HE:ILRT BEATS, Wt#ATiX STA.T1,$ i( l vf1 • e 'THAT f1Atr4 It it,;.aged (l�l" � W IIF. IlEADVIIKST QQi,7NTRY i n% DER THE SUN. The number of deaths in the Dominion for the twelve months ending ,api•iI 6, 1891, is placed al 67,688, ea compared with 63,413 in the same period in 1881. Thi,. Showa the increase in deaths to be 6.75 per cent. against an increase iu population of 11.73 per cent. In 1890-91 the d-eethe were 15.10 per thousand, against 15.34 per thousatrd iu 1880 81, or one in every seventy• one persona in 1891 and one in sixty.five in 1881; indicating im• proved conditions in life as the re- sult of ten years' experience. This result, as compared with the death rate in the United Kingdom, is much lower than the latter, and even better than that of Australia, which country was declared to have the lowest death rate in the world. Dr. W. B. Richardson, the noted physician, saga that he was once en- abled to preach an effective temper- ance lecture by a scientific experi• ment. An acquaintance was sing- ing the praise of wine, and declar- ed that he could not get through the day without it. "Will you be good enough to feel rimy pulse as I stand here I" asked Dr. Richardson. The man did so. o Tutif I4D Qnoo wore ,deet mu 140)7 trade re.. turue are of it Meet ;rl<tif .lf QIaz•- 00er For u IPPBdens rot the ,. r atatetrlpfte ieeind by" the .Quttttotns department leave been 'MOO gip e t Noosing, it. le"e� *lu � l ... . enehte. whether Om IMO err0r been:ora o1 • wore satisfactory nature than tbet which was furnished to The .empire Saturday. The statement for the mouth of August le as follows Produote of the Mine . $412,218 11Fisheries 706,791 f 14 Flatteries • 4,309,752 " ' Aminal' 4,150,975 - " Agrioultura1,564,451 " Mauufaotures. 480,637 Misoellaneona. 30,599 $11,824,421 Non-produote of Canada ' 1,424,186 Grand total ...$13,248,607 The value of the products for August 1892, was $10,810,292, showing aq increase for the past month over the corresponding period of lrat year of $3,238,315. This large increase is chiefly in the items of forest products, which last year were valued. of $2,687,077, as against the figures given above ; aniniaieand their produoe,•$3,251,- 360, as contrasted with $4,15$,973 ; and agrioulture, $589,634, as against $1,500,000 for last month. The total exports of Canadian produce for August, 1891, were value at $8,544,133, as against $11,825,451 lase month. For the two months July and August, the total exports, produce and non -produce, are as follows : 1892.... 1891 The census returns for the pro- vince of Quebec went to indicate that thlm death rate among French Canadians is greater than among tbo rest of the community. The returns show the total deaths to have been 28,154, of which 26,089 were Roman Catholics. This gives the rate per 1,000 at 20.1, or one in every fifty. The death rate among Protestants in the province of Quebec is 1.08 per 1,000, or one in uinetystwo. In Ontario the death rate among Catholics is fourteen per 1,000, or one in seventy, and among Protestants 10.8 per 1,000, or one in ninety-two. As 68 per cent of the Roman Catholics are French Cdnadiarrs, it is evident that the death rate among them is very high. Taking the death rate by pro- vinces the returns show that it is lowest in the Northwest territories, being only 7.32 per thousand, and highest in Quebec, where it is 18.95 per thousand. In all the provinces the death rate in 1891 is lower than in 1881, except in Nova Scotia, where there is a slight increase from 14.54 in 1881 to 11.57 per thous sand in 1891. The births for the year 1891 numbered 135,843, divided into 70,080 wales and 65,736 females, thus making a birth rate of 28.3 per thousand of population. The excess of the birth rate over the death rate for 1861 in the various provinces is as follows : "Count it carefully. What does it say'?" "Seventy-four" The physician then went and lay down on a sofa and asked the gentleman to cpunt his pulse again. "It has gone down to sixty-four." he said in astonishment. "What an extraordinary thing I" When you Ile down at night," -said the physician, "that is.the way nature takes to give your heart a rest. You may know nothing about it, but the organ is resting to that extent, and if you reckon the rate, it involves a good deal of rest because, in lying down, the heart is doing ten strokes less a minute. "Multiply that by sixty, and it'is six hundred ; multiply by eight hours, and within a fraction, there is a difference of five strokes; and as the heart throws six ounces of blood at eveery stroke, it makes a difference of thirty thousand ounces of lift during the night. When I lie down at night without any al- cohol, that is the rest the heart gets. "But when I take wine or grog, I do not get, all that rost, for the ;nflueuee• of alcohol is to increase the number of strokes. Instead of getting repose, the man who uBes alcohol puts on something like fif- teen thousand extra strokes, and he rises quits unfit for the next day's work, until he has taken a little more of that 'ruddy bumper,' which he calls 'the soul of the man below.' TRUE BLUE PRESBYTERIAN. The term "blue Presbyterian" was „first applied to the Cameron - iasis, that branch of the Presbyter- ian church which seceded under the leadership of Richard Cameron, whose opposition to the Government and the established church of Eng., land cost him his life in 1680. The Cameronians were the straitest and strictest portion of the church, and chose blue as their distinctive color in opposition to scarlet, adopted by the cavaliers and adherents of Charles I. Cromwell's soldiers wore it during the civil war prior to the execution of Charlea I., and their reason for its selection was that verso of the Bible which says : "Speak unto the children of Israel .and tell them to make to them- selves fringes on the borders of their garments, putting in them rihbone of bine." "The true blue dye" was discovered by a Scotchman, and probably named from that lino of Hudibrae which describes his badge : " `TwasrPresbyterian true blue." —Erastus Wiman was seen at the Clifton house on the Canadian side of the river the other day. Ile was asked his opinion of E. A. Macdon- ald, of Toronto, the co laborer of McGillitudy, of Gbderich, in the annexation fad, and his interview in Boston on annexation of Canada. "Mr. Macdonald thinks that annex- ation will be 'the' issue in the next election," said the correspon- dent. "Not in 100 years," answer- ed Mr. Wiman. "The man does not know what he is talking about. Why, the people of Canada are as far from annexation as, as—well 1 can't find a comparison just now. Macdonald wants prominence. Ile ran as an annexationist and made a epltirge, but he was little noticed in the papers. I waa in favor of an- nexation, but the more I study this matter the more I grow to believe that Canada is not ready for annex- ation . You can't force a people to do, something which is directly opposed to the views and wishes of the mnjority." —Willinnl Brown, baker, aged 43,of Ingersoll, died yesterday From heart failure while sitting in a chair, British Columbia, 23.16 births per thousand against 13.94 deaths. Manitoba, 32 53 against 10.36. New Brunswick, 27.70 against 13.36. Nova Scotia, 25.41 against 14.57. Ontario, 24.50 against 11.30. Prince Edward Island, 24.45 against 12.26. Quebec, 36.86 against 18.19. Northwest territories, 24.98 against 7.32. The deaths according to religions were in 1891 Baptist, 3,587, or 11.8 in every 1,000 ; Roman Cath- olics, 36,438, or 18.3 per 1,000 ; Church of England, 7,681, or 11.8 per 1,000 ; Methodist, 8,835, or 10.4 per 1,000; Presbyterians, 8,149, or 10.8 per 1,000 ; others, 3,069, or 11.9 per 1,000. Methodists come first, having the. lowest death rate; then follow Pres . hyterians, Church of England and Baptists abreast and Catholics last, Compared with other countries the term of useful working life appears to extend to a more advanced age in Canada. BROKE HIS NECK. A NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE FALLS FROM AN UPPER STORY WINDOW AT' DETROIT. $25,960,975 21, 791,416 Increase $4,169,541 Correspondingly, the imports fur home consumption abow an improve- ment, lthe value for August being $13,518,575, and for the trio months $23,063,837, as against a total of $19,508,843 for July .and August, 1891, showing an increase of three millions and a half in round num- bers. The duty collected this year so far amounts to $3,689,843, as against $3,325,226 last year, J. H. Wickes, of New York, president of theWickes refrigerator company, and a` well-known mill- ionaire, has been in the habit of confing to Detroit several times a year in the interest of hie company. He arrived in the city on Friday morning, and°ropaired to the Russell house. About five o'clock he went to Earle's place. While in the place Mr. Wickes drank a quantity of liquor, and early in the evening went to a room on the second floor. A CLEVER TRICK. A very good story is told of a Lancashire collier whose name was Jack :'Bills. Jack had very drunken habits. He earned good wages, but spent most of them at the Bull -dog Inn. As a con- sequence of this his wife and family had to suffer from want of food. One :night after, a drunken spree with his mates, he went home. Pulling out of his pockets a pound of beefsteak, a pound of onions,and a twopenny muffin, he commanded his wife to cook them for his supper and throwing himself down in his chair he fell asleep. Whilst his wife was cooking these dainties, the children (who had been sent to bed supperless), hearing the sweet music of the frying pan, and also smelling a sweet savour, came creep- ing down stairs, and asked if `fey- ther led brought owt to boyt.' Tho mother's heart was touched at the appearance of her children. Suddenly a bright idea idea struck her. Turning to her Bleeping hus- band, she said, 'I'll serve thee sick a trick to-neet as tha were never sarvod i' the life before." She then divided amongst her children the whole of the steak, onions and muffin, and sent thom to bed. Then she dipped her fingers in the gravy which was left, rubbed her husband's lips with it, and placed the empty plate and knife and fork by his aide on the table. After a little while he awoke, and, turning to his wife, he said. "Where is my supper 1" ''Thi supper i" said his wife in a voice of affected surprise. "Thi supper 1 Con thou expect thi sup - pe r twice o'er t Lick thi lips, mon." Jack, after having licked his lips and noticed- the empty plate, said, in a tone of satisfaction' "Eh, I'd forgett'n ut I'd had it. He remained there unitil about half -past 'ten, and 'frequently com- plained of the cloeenels of the atmosphere, the room being tory small and having only one window. A few minutes later the occupants of the house were startled by hearing a loud crash on the side of the house, and someone suggested that Mr. Wickes night have fallen out of a window Several persons ran to hie room, which was found unoccupied. They then ran to the yard on the east side of the house, and found Mr. Wickes lying on the ground. Every effort was made to revive him, but to no avail. Messengers were sent for physicians, who examined him and found life air'oady extinct, the left side of his head being frightfully fractured, and his neck also broken. It is supposed the unfortunate man went to a window to obtain fresh air, and in leaning out lost hie balance. - x THE PREACHER AND THE TAR. :HOW A PULPIT APPEAL IN CHICAGO WAS RECEIVED BY ONE OF TILE AUDITORS. The Rev. J. G. Mister, pastor of the United church, has for some time entertained the idea of erect- ing a Bethel for the sailors who frequent this port. Sunday morn- ing he made the matter a subject of earnest appeal to the members of his his congregation. He dwelt at length upon the great need of such an institution in Chicago, and said : "We must do something to sav these men. They now have n place to go but to the river and saloons. What wonder then that they tire so disrepdtable." "You're a liar," yelled a voice in the back of the church. "I'rn a sailor," shouted the owner of the voice, "and we are not disreputable. We don't want any Bethel here ; what we want is morewages," and the toiler of the seas delivered to the congregation his personal opin- ion of the pastor, which°was neither flattering nor couched in polite language. All efforts to pacify him failed; and the profane son of Neptune was hustled through the sacred portals by an array of ushers.