, 1875-02-12
THE CITY.
MYSTERIOUS SICKNESS.
uAS nnouulie 10 REPENTANCE.

NAN nnouaHs 10 nEsrATArcs.
There has ilsst in this city Tor como months
man by tho nnmp Of WigElfla, who, although
rearc, BY rious and God fearing pareuts. get let
his feet wander into tho paths Of iniqnisr. ard
tho rle .sant ways Of destruction. He gave h'fn-
eclf up 10 evil living, pursuing tho dictates oi
corrupt and vicious heart, rather than 'ilo lcs-
cons OF hs parents. 11o played cards for money
drank to esccss, and was Eold ami nso"ea aIe-
believer In revelation. lie rtrscvcfcd lor
seyeroi wears In those evil couaas, sinking moro
aid more into tho clutches Of tho demon RIM,
tin.i most of his timo tpent i'll the gutter or
tAs snlaon.
OuptnBhk, however. Eo uha 1nducoa 10 httenn
4 yI:lrEEAaeE atEErlai.
aud, becoming hulnal,lY CONSCIOUS o. his ial'en
condition. signed the pledge, md 1alnea hoVeral
Temperance societies, yainl7 imagining that tho
moro OF them Io bcorged to the more flrmly
anchored lie would bo III his new courae, not
gecking all aud support for tho POOR htil1an VII
Nhcre aloqo they can Ee inuh,' i9f T. nc tna.
constant spcnEnr ns temperance meetings., tns "
could he said Of hin, NJ it was Of Talkatlso re
tnun hath no rlace in 1,a healt or house or coil
ye;ua,ion NIL io hath lfctn II. Lis tnnElo, ald
b,s teligton la to mako . noLsH therowith.''
IIo went TO tnr in lin vasngto11ouH nttl "1ckea
bo:s.uy rs TO tlcc!are tuat lio never wore ons hs
hnecs 1hnslHG; -.-..--
mud he did not btiicvo III Tod. Then he caleu
down tl,u most iourlul curses oil h,trself, nlhi
hored that God would WltAcr his rlSht trim II lt
ever lifted n drop uf hgNor TO hfn 'npnta. nh'
il haprcucd to lin Us ii did to Vain Confidence
who, "not seeing tho way before him. iell into
deep pit wnch WAS GU PURPOSE thcra fhaJo bs
the Ptiucc uf tloso Eruli',ds 10 catca saing4oti,
nus fools w,tbal, and NaA dashed 10 pieeeS "tt,
lis fall" The spiritual Joy aud davont praTer
which Jeromy TAylor co a'lnctIds al an1ong eno
blsns OF temperance Eero not iound IN "'eems;
But these blas2hcalous Savings %ElGll ~ usea
4 1r1jh h5
caute Of Temperance. aud they fsll off fro, him;
obey,ng tho uortts Of tho PsalmisE, "brsaed
,s the fann TINT walEtih not III tho counsel OF TIM
ngod nor sttest Ia the fn': o. e, .no stotnre
full a,i5 how little nan can stand wben acpllSca
OF Dayuo hid, for Virgins. bccomlng desperate
at tho failing away irunl him ot 's fr7onds' re-
t,rucd e.lin to his folly, aui 4 week hsn Eecalne
erazy df,u1 and yoveu dors entered lhtn THO
l,oilHc vhieh had been swopt and Ea:1'ls'itd, ami
tue last con tision Of tina: ,nan was vorso than
tho !!7f;t.
might bo stepped, IL Unopened that
TIE R1tiEiT 4RM
ot this man .sas EUllenly attacked by mystic
riniis aud Hlns nlar dtstAso. lie VIVA removed 70
tho County lii spital, whoro h's case has recelEea
tho clnsest attention by several phys1claas; none
Of them, hoM O. er nblc 10 give fat!staeto.y
ex;!auatinu Of lilo .nntscE. Tho ma'l il lar-,c.
1.cayy ono, Weighing orcT 2Gb ponlt. hrasl.Ae
1sp to labor. and w,th big, muscular arms. Now;
hpYeyer tho rigl1. ons LAS aIIruN!.en away until
Il rs uLo,1t tho eizo OF that OF 3-ycar-old child
lnsteel OF tlA lul.ly appearance Of ileslt y u
ol an ashen-Erav tint, aud to tho touch Ia
cxcce t!itsly dry, l.ho bit OF dried ten1oE,
1f1a.lns il able to nlovu his artn, anu tais Is
therefore eyidcntly mt case OF paral'sih Tue
1!1xur enl ex:en4or MUSCLES are untior perfect
cuutro1 but it s im(G ssiblo for Wig4:lus 10 LIT
ANY weight whatever. Tho witlcruS enbraces
10th fu earn and BElonn or. There aro no Higlih
OF ca,.rei,e and tho On tors aprrrl!cnn nuio,
though tiIoy frankly Adnnt ttiey co not kbo" what
Tho trouble in. All tbs hair has CONT OUT as.fl
tho arm, fr1in shoulder to tnEor-tlI,s, seelns t.
have bhrGnk about inches. Llcct1lcily mas NJ
oiroct whatoror, and thora Ia MI appa'cn 1ttons'
Utility tp rain. except OH tho paluh or The halius
n2d uinier tim 1inEor-nnll9.
Whatever opinion pHysicin!f1 or tho ineredu'
loub multitude may taio 0f this case,
TIE hEfTEEEn
soee iu IL the ii;t.ser ct Providence, anu po"s
i'll submission to tho pc:laitv of his mlHdcet!s'
1IIH eyes hay0 been epened, hSs thost ot saul
aud he scsEB only fur IN Opportunity to brs1e
fultll fruit meeL for repentance, Hnfl to RESUME
hia abors in behalf of to,npera acc WITH chast'
encd spirit, cuA with mini WHICH roties lo
support, not upon tho unastl Viii. bnt upot
that Hstlstnneo which cotlcA frull 1busc.
A:.OrNEE ISBTANGG. ..-
A case eoaae !. hat similar to this happened y
tbp ci:y in 1sj6 and Ila relAsLl W Alf. Mood
At tho prayer-nleEllrEu held durll'E JAIunry II
Ito Old Methodist Church l'tcL. Il SalHo!Ei
who ,7ns dealing cars al solnp tst.llIt-hotise
lurpoucI iuto one OF tile nuotl-tthy meetings
nnd sns nlucu Affected by what ha hoard IL
however rosistea the ntri1i1,gh of tue spirit. M
touolt to CONTINUE lis old busiuesa- Jiut III
y1yllt nrnl tIcennlo 30 nervous aud lrtSnuseu y
much that Ae waB unatla to ioal+ ald. recoEhi2
iu. tia warning, he abandoned his evil couisos
aud joined The Church.