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r^' THE "SPmrrUALIST" SENSATION A Hesmeriat and Oonjurer Exposes the Diss Debar Woman. THE " OTHER WOKLD " HEAED FROM Mr. Marnh, the InfatiiHteil Wealthy Lawyer, Tellii of IIIh KxiierU'ures. A special lieBpatoh from New York saye : In the 1)188 Debar caao to-day Carl Uertz mesmeriBl and conjurer, was called. Uo teatitied that tlu> production of spirit pic tares was a trick and described how it was done. His offL'rtn illustrate was accepteil and his wife was jjiven jx-rmiBsion to help him. Herti; asked ptrniisBion of the court to re lire for a fiw moments to make prepara tiona. An exhibition of tlio trick of writintj on a blauk sheet of paper on the inside of ihe fold while it was held up tothe woman's forehead was K'ven in court in the midst of much lau)>hter. Mr. Randolph was then )<iven a chance to explain his history for the benefit of Lawyer Townsend. lie had been theatrical manager on the road. The story of his connection with the priestess and Mr. Marsh was then gone into. Some spicy developments came out of Uandolph's description of his relations to the priestess He said that bhc made love to him and told him how pretty he was. The reasons for his rcfjard for the madamc were of such a natare that he was unwilling; to explain in open court. Gen. Diss Debar frowned and â- aid : " Oh 1 Yau scoundrel !" Witness Mid the madanie broke her contract with him. Mr. Marsh was next called to the wit- ness stand. Ilisliair stood up in picturesque disorder. He sat easily in his chair and did not appear to notice the attention he attracted. Mr. Marsh said that he was a reformed lawyer. The (general and the madamc entered his home in Auf^ast last. Mr. Marsh cxbibitod to the attorney a com- munication which he had received from Bt. Peter, sixteen pa){es in length, which he â- aid was written by the spirit in two miontes. It took fifteen minutes to read it •nd was a fairly ijood sei-mon. Bt. Anthony of I'adaa was also heard from. Mr. Marsh naid he had various other tablets in his mum which were locked with • Yale lock. Counsel for the prosecution aaked Mr. MBr^h if he still believed that the alleged coinniunication from Bt. I'eter oame from that {>ersona);e. Mr. Marsh replied that he did tirnily believe that the letter came from I'eter the Apostle. .\t this several prehiiniablo spiritualists in the •ndience applauded and the jad)>e waxed indignant. Quiet was restored and the famoas " Claudius " picture was then dis- oassed. The Diss Debar woman told Mr. Mkrsh, in her capacity of medium, that a picture of Claudius the Roman Kmpcror would soon come from the vasty deep, and he said the picture arrived on time. One Mr. O'Hullivaij once held a canvas over his head while an allei;ed painting; of liem- fcrandt was matariali/.ing on it. Mr. O'Builivan was incredulous anil watched the opi-ration in a mirror, but the picture materialiwd jnst the same. liero Mr. Marsh said he wanted it understood that when he mentioned his " communications" from the spirit land he meant that ho received the coinmuuications through a " medioin " and that " medium " was Mftdame Diss Debar. One evening Adelaide Meilson, tliroui^h Mniu. Diss Debar, told him that a |>ortrait of Bhakspcare would â- oon appear to him. A blank canvas was placed on an easel in Mmo. Diss i^ebar's room. Then tthe went out and when she returned there was an excellent likeness of the " Jlard of Avon." As Mr. Marsh warmed up to liis subject and told how divers medalliuns " materialized " that â- ame night the woman Diss Dobar's face lighted up with smiles and she tried to ? lance admirini^ly at herself. Passing rom the rpirit painting industry to the communicatious, the wituess told how the madamo would go into a trance and he would act as lur amanuensis. When the madame awoke from her trances she would almoHt ilio from fright when ho read to her what she had "communicated." And Bu Mr. Marsh continued hirt remark- able tall', going into the details of the various paintings and "communicationK in a manner whi(;h conclusively proved his unshaken Ixdiif in the su|)ernatural char acter of Madame Diss Debar's perform, anoea. Carl Ilert/, the magician, was recalled to the stand to i>rove to Mr. Mffrsh that an ordinary earthly conjurer ooald do the trick of writing on a dosed pad of piipcr. At tliiu stage the I>i»u Debar woman began to evince an active intenst in the proceodings. " Mark your pail, Mr. Marsh," she fairly hissed at her victim, only to provoke a cry of " silence " from the judge. 'The con- jnrer produced a new pad which Mr. Marsh carefully examined, and apparnntly tossed it into a newspaper and folded it up. As a matter of fact he had changed pads, but Mr. Marsh did not see the chanf^a rnd but for the warning of Mrs. Diss Debar's coun- sel the trick would have hoodwinked him. The judge tuld the over/.ealous lawyer that ho had exceeded his duty and with this re- mark adjourned the hearing until ueit Tuesday. (ioiinsel for IIih Lawrenus asked that they Ih) pamlid on their own rccogni/anue, and father and sun were thereupon re leased on these ternis. The Diss Dobars were â- eonrely locked up in the tombs prison, where they will remiiiii until the next bearing. After the bearing today somebody in a position til know suggested that Agent "Ilandolph" was really a detective em- ployed by I'inkerton. Whether the asser- tion was true or nut did not appear, but it is ncvertheleijB generally believed. WUEKK ARNOLD LIEN. The Bnrial at Laleham Chnrahâ€" .Some of the DlatlUBUlnhed Hen Who Were Preaeut. A London cable says : Matthew Arnold was buried on Thursday afternoon at Lsle- ham Church, two miles from Btaines, on the Thames. Large numbers of friends went down from London by train, arriving at Btaines just before noon, and thence driving to Lalehain. Among them were Mr, Browning, Ijord Chief Justice Cole- ridge ; the Master of Ualliol, Dr. Jowett ; the historian, Mr. Lecky ; Mr. Uenry James, the Americon ; Mr. Mundella, Mr. Leonard Courtney, Admiral l^gerton. Sir George Kussel, Mr. and Mrs. Humphry Ward, Mr. Lyulph Stanley and Bir Kdwin Arnold. Mr. Frederick Macmillan repre- sented one IJrm of Mr. Arnold's publishers, and Mr. Arnold's staunch friend, Mr. Geo. Smith, with his son, the otherâ€" the lirm of Smith, IClder A- Co., who issued nearly all his prose works. Many others came, but there was no repiesentativc of either the Government or the Court. Laleham Church is a very small and seemingly a very ancient building of ex- treme simplicity, with a picturesque red brick, ivy-covered, square tower, llcre lie three of Mr. Arnold's children in the nar- row churchyard. Houses crowd close up to it, and the place is quiet but not soli- tary. The hearse and carriages following with the family arrived just after 12. The Dean of Westminster and Archdeacon Farrar went out from the church to meet the body, which lay in a plain oak cotlin embosomed in flowers. It entered the low porch with friends on cither hand. The church was tilled and the service was said, the coflin resting near the entrance. The service at the grave was read by thi^ Dean of Westminster amid heavily falling rain, and with two or throe hundred mourners about the grave. Very solemn was this sorrowing company, and singularly im- pressive the scene in its perfect simplicity and {lerfect sincerity. All was over before 1, and the last " good-bye " said to tlw great writer and beloved friend. i'KAVKIt CUUK UKSt'LTS FATALLY. H'hen the Vtetliiis are Dyiu|c the Servicer uf a I'hj'sleiun .Sought. A West Medford, Mass., despatch says : The prayer cure has been tried in West Medford with fatal results, two lives being sacrificed to asuperstitiun that seems crimi- nal. On Sharon street Mrs. Lottie A. James, her husband and four children lived in one half of the house. The other part is occupied by her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Connor. The lady, who is about .05 years old, is a graduate of a (Miristian scientist college, a woman of more than average intelligence and of most e-xemplary piety. She is a thorough believer in the doctrine that all disease can he cured by prayer and faith. On Thursday night, when her daughter, Mrs. James, was in the throes of childbirth she had recourse to prayer alone, although Mrs. James begged her mother piteoiisly to send for a physician. At last Mrs. (y'ounor relented, but before the physician was ready to answer the call another messenger came, saying that his services were nut needed, as Mrs. James was dead. Mrs. Connor attributes her daughter's melancholy death to an iiiHcrutable decree of I'rovidcnce, and consoles herself with the thought that " Ue doeth all things well." Holding a diploma from a regularly organi/.cd prayer cure institutiuii Mrs. ('ounor though* herself qualitied to sign the certificate of death. Khe was soon disabused of hercrror by Medical lO.xaminer Diixell. DOMINION PARLIAMENT t:tO,000 r«>KAN AHHU llltOKKN IIKAUT A Widow nf UO SlleN u Wldiiuir iil ^ll ror Itrettf-h i»f I'ruuilHe. A Medina (N.Y.) telegram says ; A sen- sation has been created here and in Alliiun by the commencement at Albion of a breach of promise suit. The damages asked for are S<tO,OOU. The plaintilt is Mrs. Moses UoBB, a widow 00 years old, who lives at Medina. The defendant i.h Washington Forgnaon, of Albion, a widower, aged over 70. He is very wealthy and widely known. Mrs. Uoss, in her complaint, says that Mr. I'erguson liad engaged to marry her, and that while she was getting ready for the ceremony he suddenly inarriid Mrs. II. Wirt, of Kagle Harbor, a widow of more pretensions to youthful years. John Bright always dresses in black broadcloth, and doesn't wear the Quaker ooetame, although he always attends the oliarch meetings and soinetinieH preaches. Mr. C. 1*. I'reston, of KBijiiosing, has been dangernnnly ill for the last two weeks with rheamatia fever. Yoang man, never preserve a love letter. The sweets keep slowly ebbing out of it till it gets to be as stale as a fourteenth-oen- tnry witticism ; and then like as not yonr wife will get hold of it, and go and tako all of the I'aris green you were saving for the potato bugs.â€" /(ur/i7ii/((m I'rttl're.it. lliinilHoiiie AfrlrniiH. The IlangalsH, says a writer in " lllaoK- wood's Maga/.ini!," are a tine raio phyui- cally, being tall, powerful and splendidly formed, with features by no nieand of the negro type ; the women are the liamtsomest I have seen in Africa. Their dress is scanty, consisting for the most part only of a waiht cloth for the men, and a short kilt of woven grass for the women ; but men of high degree often wear mantles of dressed goal or other skins. They cicatrize their arms, shoulilers and busts in patterns by cutting the skin and injecting some irri- taut. Sometimes the result looks very well ; but in other cases the process is not successful, and raises huge unsightly lumps of flesh. The chief of Iboko,- when I ar- rived, was an old man over HO his age was reported by some to he H4, by others, 8G â€" who had lost one eye in battle and possessed fifty wives. Ho was over six feet in height, with a linn, welldevelopi'd figure, and, but for his dirty white hair and shrivelled skin, would have passed for a man of half his age. He was much at- tached to Captain Coquilhut (named " Mwafa" or the " llagle" by tlio natives), and never undertook anything without commlting him. The scene just after our arrival at liangala, when, " l.e Uoi des Ilangalas" being announced as we were all sitting over our afternoon coffee, Mata llwyki entered, wearing his royal hat of leopard skin and attended by several of his wives, and enfolded i'aptain (!oiinilhat, gold-spangled uniform and all, in an ample bear's hug, was really worth seeing. lieRluning to be Coneeriied. " Doesn't it embarrass you to he kissed by your husband before a car full of peo- ple?' " Kmbarrass me? " replied the lady, who was starting ofl on a journey, as she settled herself comfortably in her seat and looked at the questioner. "Did John kiss me when ho said good-bye? 1 declare I didn' ' notice it. Is my hat on straigiit, Laura 'i',t The following Bills were introduoed and read a first time : Kespecting the Central Ontario Railway Company â€" Mr. Wood (Brockville). To provide for the examination and licensing of persons employed as engineers elsewhere than on steamboats â€" Mr. Cook. To prevent the practice of fraud by tree peddlers and commission men in the sale of nursery stock â€" Mr. Boyle. Mr. Thompson introduced a Bill to amend the Territories Real Property Act. Mr. McLelan, in answer to the inqniry of :\Ir. Charlton, said it had been reported to him that the DoputyPostmaster of King- ston had been detected in having treated letters improperly, and it was reported to him at the same time that tbe official had left the country. He had given orders since, learning of his return, that he should be proceeded against. Mr. Thompson, in answer to Sir Kiohard Cartwright, said it was not the intention of the Government to propose any addition to the salaries of County Judges of the Pro- vince of Ontario. Sir John Maodouald, replying to tbe question of Mr. Landerkin, said it was not the intention of tbe Government during the present session to remove the duties on books imported for use of Mechanics' Insti- tutes. The HouHo resumed the adjonrned debate on tho second reading of the Bill to permit American vessels to aid vessels wrecked or disabled in Canadian waters. ' Bir Charles Tapper said the Government bad carefully oonsidered this bill, and though there was much in it that was de- sirable, they were afraid that its passage might prejudice a much larger measure of reciprocity which might at no distant date bo secured. It was well known that the Americans are desirous that this Bill should become law. Mr. Laurier said he thought if there was any prospect of securing an enlarged measure of rc'ciprocity by postponing the Bill, it would be well to do so. It was evi- dent that reciprocity was in the air. But recently the Government had pat seeds and fruit on the free list as part of a reciprocal arrangement with tbe United Slates. Sir Charles Tupperâ€" We are sowing the seed. Mr. Laurier â€" And wo shall reap the har- vest byand-bye. Mr. Kirkpatrick said he did not agree with the reason given by the Finance Minister for withholding the advantages uf reciprocity in wrecking from the Cana- dians. He believed that the adoption of tlu.' liill would act as an inducement to the Americans to make further proposals to us in the same dircHition. Mr. Patterson (Essex) said the course proposed by the Finance Minister was a wise and statesmanlike one. Ha did not believe in giving to the neighboring nation the privilege they wanted and receiving in return something that was of very little value. The HouHe divided on the second reading, which was lost. Yeas Iil, nays Ht> : Vkas.â€" MeBMrB. Amyot, AnuBtro' j;. llaiii (Weiit- wur ti), lluchard, llell, ItorKerun, IterKiu, tieruier, llerdvn, lluuraiis%, llowtuau, C'lirloriKbl (Sir Kichunl), l'»tiKr.«in. Choquetto, ('ook. Cuulumhe, Dm Ht (ieurt^ftt DuMHiuut, Doyuli. Kilg&r, Kllm, l-'iHot, Kubur. f lauthinr, tlilluior. (iirouartl, Uoil- l.«'iit, (iuiiy, llali^ IliiUuu, Ktrk, fvirlii'titriek, l.abt.ilo, l.tiiiK. Laurier. Levitt, Miiedonald lllureni, Meiiityrn, McMillan (Huron). MiMiillin, Mi--ii{H, ^tltlâ- llell, I'aterBou illraiii). I'crry, IMtilt, I'refeiitnliie, Kliifrut. ItuberlBun, itowaud, Ste. Miirid. Kcriver, Suui|>le. Sliiinly. Siuitli (Sir l>.)ii- aMi. Koiiii-rvllUi, SutherlHlul. TluTieu. Trow, Tuic.itt. WalKun, WiIhuii (i;ii{iiil. 'letal. 111. NAYH.-Mi-i.KrH llalu (SuiiluliKeH). lliiiril, Ituker, MiiwfU, llnyli,, llrowii, KryHoii, Caiiii-riui. C'ari^ill. I'arlm*^, CVrpwuler. Caruii (Hir Ailulplie). Clmp- leau, Cliarlluu, I'iuiOD, C'uckluim, Colby, C'oukIi- liii. ('i)utiire. Curran, Daviu. DaviH, DawKoii, DuiiiBun, liii-kinHon, Dutmiit, Keri;unuu (Uetnlh!. l-'erijUHuii 'Uitufruw). Koater, Fri-etiiau, lllKauft, (ioriluM. (iraiiilbttiH. (itiillct, HiiiiilerHoii, lti)d(*t>ii, lllt-ktiy, HiiilHpiali, Ivim, JauUeKeii, Kenny, l.anKtivin (rir Heetur), Lailriu. McCiilIu, Mae Diihiilil iVii'liirial. McDiiuKaUl (rietoul, Ntt'Duu- i;iitl (t'(ipi< llrntoiil, Mi-Kny, NtcKeeli, Mot. elan. Mi.Miliiiii iVnililreiill). MuNuUI, Mudill. Mar- Hliall, MillH lAnnapuliB). Muttatt, Miiucri'itl. Mon luKue. O'llriiMi, I'litterson (f<^HBe.\), INirtvr, lti>l»il Ititil, Uoiiini) Itykert, hkiiiiier. Small. Siuith, lOiilariiO. hpriiiilo. SlovciiHon, Tayliir, TIk»uii» Bull, TikiIhIi., Tupper (Sir t'liarleni, Tui'pir (fit- tmil. Tyrwliitt, \ aiifuiHu, Walluee, Wanl. Weliloii (Alliert), Witinut, WiIbuu lArguuteuUl, Wilseii (Ijuniioxi, WriKlitâ€" 84. Sir Kiehard ('artwright announced that tomorrow ho would call the attention of the Ilonse to the conduct of the returning otVicer for the county of Haldimanil. Kir Hector Langevin moved the adjourn- ment of the House. Mr. Jamieaon said he would much prefer that tliu House would take up the iie.\t order on the paper, which was the Bill to ttineiiil the (!anada Tiniporanoo Act, instead of adjourning at that early hour. On the last occasion the Hill was reacheil he allowed it to stand over on the sugiit^s- tioii of a member of tbe Governinent that itHhoiild bu taken up to night. (Laughter.) He did not want to have thu matter stand over any longer Sir Hector Langevin said the House had been sitting late, and as there would be lengthy sittings during the two (ullowiiig days, it would meet tho views of the majority of niembttrs to adjourn. Ample opportunity would be given to oouBider tho Hill. Mr. Fisher regretted that the Govern- ment had taken upon themselves to pre vent the consideration of this Kill. If tho (ioveriiment prejudiced the case they must take upon themselves tho responsibility of ! bloi'king the ainondment to the Bcott Act. I Kir Charles Tupper said tho Oovernmeiit would take care there would be full oppor- tunity to bring tho Bill before the House. Mr. Thompson introdiioed a Bill to amend the Indian Act. He explained that the Hill made more stringent provision for the admiBsion of half-breeds to treaty privileges, and for their retirement from I the treaty. It was also proposed to iiiako Indian lands amenable to thu remedies for municipal taxation, and to be sold and con- veyed by tax deeds. More stringent provi- hion WHS alao made with reference to tho sale of liquor to the Indians, and authority was given in British (!olumbia to tho Governorin-Connoil to appropriate the proceeds of fines for the sale of liquor to Indians. Sir Kiohard Cartwright called tho atten- tion of the House to tho question he put to the Government a few days previously. He had asked if the Government w«ro aware that Charles Young, one of the deputy roturningofiicera for Ilalilimand, in Feb- ruary and November, lMH7, had served a term of imprisonment for theft in Brant jail proviouB to being appointed deputy returning-oflicer. The Minister of Justice had answered that tbe deputy retoming- officer. Young, was not an officer of the Government, and that they were informed he had not served such term, but was a respectable man, who bad held several offices of honor in â-¡aldimand, and had been recommended by several persons, inclading a prominent Grit politician. The hon. gentleman then read a series of affidavits contradicting the Minister of Justice. The Bheriff of the county of Haldimand, in on affidavit, stated that a man named Charles Young was con- victed on May 2nd, 1870, of stealing wheat, and was sentenced to six months' imprison- ment, which he served in Brant jail. Mr. Wesley Coulter, barrister, swore in the affidavit that he had censured Dr. Langrill, tho returning officer, for appointing Young, and had told him Young was an ex- convict. Subsequent to that warning Young was reappointed. Mr. T. Montmanagb, of Oneida, swore be knew Deputy lieturning Officer Young and that hewasthe man who had been convicted of theft. In tbe face of the evidence there was no escaping the fact that Deputy Returning Officer Young was an ex-convict. The Government had taken upon themselves power to appoint returning officers and were responsible for the men appointed by those officials. This same Dr. Langrill, who appointed the ex- convict, was an applicant for the position of physician for the Indian reserves. The Government now knew all the facts. It was in their power to purge themselves from all suspicion of complicity with either the returning officer or the ex-convict by inflicting some appropriate punishment. If they failed to do that, the Opposition would know the reason why and thecountry would know the reason why. He asked for an explanation, and reserved his right for future action. Mr. Thompson said the policy of the last speaker in attacking returning officers on all possible occasions was a most extra- ordiiary one, in view of the fact that after an unusnal number of election petitions arising from the late general election not one cf the verv few charges that had been preferred against returning officers had been sustained. Sir Richard Cartwrightâ€" Take the case of Dunn Mr. Thompson said the hon. member and his friends had Dunn brought to the bar of the House day after day, bat they had not the courage to formulate a single charge against him. He contended that the Government had no control over deputy- returning officers, and were in no way re- sponsible for them. Not one name in a hundred of tho names of the deputies ever came under the notice of tho Government. Their appointment rested entirely with the returning officers. It was as much out of place for Sir Richard Cartwright to inijuire about any private citi/on. Further, there was no justification offered for the attack upon the character of this man in so far as his conduct of the election was concerned. Sir Richard Cartwright said he was informed certain irregnlaritios had occurred luring the election, that ballots were impro- perly rejected at tho poll, and that the County Judge at the recoaot had restored to Coulter tho votes which Young bad deprived him of. Mr. Laurier said the shamefnl fact remained that an exconvicl bad been selected to stand as umpire between the parties in a closely contested election, and tbe responsibility for his appointment rested solely upon the Government, who had tho appointment of returning officer. If tbe Government insisted upon choosing their own creatures as returning officers, they must be resiionsiblo for the conduct of the appointees of those officers. Sir John Macdonald said tho Govern- ment accepted the responKibility for the alteration in the law, by which returning ofhjers are appointed by the Government. That alteration was forced upon the Gov ernment by experience. They found that the CUinservativo party had no fair play, at least so far as tho Province of Ontario was concerned, because when the Government of that Province had control of the returning officers they put tho screws on thoBo ofhcers for tho pur{>oso of defeating tho Conservative candidateB. There waa good ground for appointing registrars to this i>oaition under the old Canadian reiiime, because then these ofti- cera were appointed during good behavior, but now it was diltereut. Tho Government were aware from the reports received that preesuro was put by members of tho Pro- vincial Government of Ontario upon their officers to aid in the defeat of the Conserva- tive candidates. Mr. Desjardina Baid that in the elections of the I'rovinoo of Quebec tho local Liberal Government exerted undue influence over the returning officers. Mr. Madill said the Ontario Government had in somecaflosappointedcx-iienitentiary convicts to positioiia of justices of the peace. Mr. Paterson (Brant) said he thought the HouHo should know from the Minister of Jiialicoby whom ho was informed that Voung had never served a term in jail. Among tho affidavits was one to tho effect that tho returning ofticer had been warned before appointing Young a second time that ho was an ex-convict, and if auch were the caBo ho waa greatly to blame. He eeiiBured tho action of the Government in connection with tho Queen's (New Bruns- wick) election. Mr. Thompson said he had not accepted tho proof which had been sprung upon the HouBo. It was a point on which the Gov- ernment had no responaibility. Notwith- standing that, however, ho would be ex- ceedingly sorry if in any way he had misled the House. Ho had beeu misled himsA if the Btatemouts laid liclore the House were correct. Sir Richard Cartwrightâ€" 1 will lay the affidavits on the table. Mr. Rykortâ€" You had better keep them. Sir John Macdonaldâ€" They do not amount to much. Kir Richard (!artwright said the position taken by tho (iovernment waa tantamount to a declaration that in the mind of hon. gentlemen ex-conviota were fit and proper persons to be returning officers. (Criea of " No, no.") If they wore not profXir per- aons tho Government should deal out punishment to tho returning-offioer who appointed one. Under the present system Govornment appointing returning being believed it was poBBible to obtain impartiality. able returning- officer that had been ip. pointed. (A voice â€" Dunn.) Wherever possible the Government had chosen tbe sheriff or registrar to act aa returning- officer. The House went into committee of the whole on the Bill to amend the Adultera- tion Act. On the clause declaring that tbe term " food " included every article use^. for food or drink by man or cattle, and every ingredient intended for mixing with that food, Mr. Costigan explained that it waa in- tended to bring baiting powder within the scope of the Act. Mr. Paterson (Brant) objected to Gov- ernment employees being paid extra for any work they did outside their oanal routine. Mr. Daviesâ€" It would be a charity to give them some work to do. Mr. Costigan said ho desired power to send officials from Ottawa to Toronto or Hamilton to collect samples, because being strangers they could do the work easier. In the same way he could send officero from Toronto to Montreal to collect sam- ples. It would be cheaper to use the In- land Revenue officers at a slight expense than to appoint special inspectors for this purpose. It being tj o'clock, Mr. Speaker left tbe chair. \.. of tho officers uo human ClUK UACK TO LIFE. Thu Feeuliar Ciwe of Mm. Eiiima Att- huuse. Who Wakes From a Sleep off Thirty-Three Days. The awakening of Mrs. Emma Althouse from her last sleep or trance of thirty- three days is told in tho Attica, N.Y., Socs. She feebly opened her eyes, but could see nothing at first. It was M.'25 in the even- ing, the time at which she usually wakee from her long slumbers. She inquired about her sister Katie and said : " For mercy's sake, do not let me go back to sleep again else I shall never again awake! " When told that she had been asleep 33 days she manifested the utmoat aurprise. Upon gainint; sufficient strength, tbe doctor asked what she had seen and done while in her trance. She waa too weak to remem- ber. Leaning down closer, he whispered : " What shall I tell them ?" (referring to those in the room). " I do not know. How is grandpa ?" " He is much wor8e,"eva8ively answered the doctor, fearing to shock the patient. Opening wide her eyea she exclaimed, "Why, he is dead. I know he is dead." Her grandfather died shortly after she went asleep, and it puzzles her friends and physicians to know how she learned tbe fact. Tho following day she felt drowsy and took a nap, and was awakened an hoar later without much trouble. After that she felt no desire for either sleep or iood. She is in considerable pain from an abscess in her left side near the lung and her left arm is lifeless, caused by tbe bursting of a blood vessel. Her body is almost rigid, but her eyea are alert. She is aometimes thirsty and with great difficulty a few spoonfuls of milk havs been given her. Is It UHgsai'B SiKaet ? \ shaft sunk outsido the great walla of the city of Jeraaalem, near the southwest angle, disclosed an ancient pavement '23 feet beneath the pressnt surface, and '.'0 feet below that a second pavemaut. TherCt amid fragments of pottery and glass, a gentleman's seal waa found. It is about the size woru to-day in gentlemen's rings, and is a finely-grained black stone, in- scribed " Haggai, tho son of Shebnaiah." The letters resemble those employed dur- ing the ago of the captivity in Babylon. The prophet Haggai was one of the exiles who returned with Zorubbabel. •• He is,' says Mr. King, "tho only one of the minor prophets who mentions a signet, and one can imagine him holding the ring on his finger before the leader's eyes to emphasize the worda which cloao the liook of prophecy which has come down to us under his name : ' 1 will take thee, /.erubbabel, my servant, thu son of Shealtiel, aaith the Lord, and will make theo as a signet ; for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.' "â€" .iHiiciif Citiei. t'Hu't Uhyuie (or iihuekK. Chicago I'riliurif . " 'Have you read any of tho late poems, Mis-j Ilowjamea,' said the young man, brightening up, ' written by Walt Whitman fortho Now York lUrâ€".' ' I atu not in tho habit of reading anything written by the person you mention,' re- Slied tho Boston voung lady, with freezing ignity. ' Well, to tell the truth,' atam- mered the young man from St. Louia, ' 1 am not dead stuck on him myself. He can't rhyme for shucks. Ho makes anxiety rhyme with nitio-glycorine.'" (>u« KeBiilt uf the Ki>iB«r'.i Ueidli. Olio effect of tho late Kmperor'a death is that fully 30,000 of tho Germans resideut in Kiighmd who evaded the conscription and the call to arma on the breaking out of the Fronco- Prussian war will bo now free to visit the Fatherland without incurring the risk of being tried by court-martial as deserters, as their offence is only coevaJ with tho late Emperor's reign. An Awful Sprliij; Oreaui. " Lena, what ailed you last night? \'oa must have had a terrible dream. Yeu tossed about so that I couldn't sleep a wink." " Ah, my dear, you can well say I had a horrible dream ; I thought I was obliged to keep at work cleaning endless windows in a great glass palace." Tu Be Put Ou Ice. " la a cellar a room ?" " Certainly." " Then a salt cellar must be a salt rhouin." Tho above is to be placed on ice at once O. L. Clauaer, a shoe dealer, of Canton, O., recently paicl a gypsy $314 for a charm that waa warranted to romovo a large wart from hia faoo. After the woman had left he waa curious enough to open tho bag that contained the charm aim found therein only a few bita of brown paper. H.uiuiKT Beeciikb Sxowe is failing. Her memory growa daily more treacherous. She is much of hor time hor old self, oon- veraing on all topics in which she is in- terested with great intelligence and fluency. But there are intervols, not infrequent, during which she forgets tho names of I friends, loses track of her own business < » Wr. latterson (Ksaex) challenged hon. , concerns and cannot apeak accurately of gentlemen opposite to name any objection- 'the events of the past. f