, 1877-02-05

oI Kind act- Many man hnaTarlncu small
buy in his bosom, only to have him grow up nnl
blow 4 TIN horn In ha ears. Many ali unmarried
woman has xast Christmas slippers before her
pastor, who has subsequently turned ana rcn!lcd
her hoftcst feelings by marrying some onc else.
We conuot tell what misery 4 single kind act
may produce; and there atc scures Of men
whose lives hnye been blasted l,y a thnuvhtfcss
kind wnra SPOKEN to determined widow, thor
ins,ros sncccss in a brcart-,tprotnise sn1t.
The complicated Chicago para1yttc lady en-
durcd her ent1ernRs with tile resignation that's
10 beautiful in woman who cannot litt stovc.
y, however, i occurred 10 her to pray; and. ia
epitc Of the fact that she was confirmed resi-
dent Of Chicago, she boldly knett down and be-
gan hcr dcyottons. II Il b. possible TO crlttcisc
ener, it may he oskcd WHY paralytic who could
nut sustain herself without crutelcs, should
hare thrown them aside and knult7 Sslli, VIC are
obliged to accept tho fact TINT sllo did kncel, for
we have l,cr solemn assertion to that effect.
Presently the deyout lady lleari n volce Ia tho
room, md felt natural Indignation at tho
trrcrcEcnt interruption. The sound Of tho
yofcc grew louder Rn,l louder. uhtil It occurred
Il /. hat any connection with tho phenomenon.
Ilarlnr "put her hand right In betwcen her
tccth," she discovered TINT the vutec III qucs-
tlon was her own voice. She rcGognizcti l. Is
tug that she could speak was so great that slo
Instantly sprang up anu run across the street to
mention the matter to au. Intimate fricud. As
snc WAS running shc f'apnened to notice TINT
eflc was milo to more without crutcnes, anu
this naturally added to her 10y. That she
demonstrated her recovery Of her voice by
sioicntt singing was not to ee woh.lercd
at, nnd It !sa hardly be doubted that size also
Illustrated her improved condition In point OF
legs by throwing q few graceful soMcrsaulsa,--
although she nbstains from mentioning this
iact. a veil mist bo dropped over the Aubse-
qucnt meeting Of tlc husband and wife. There
mi ind
respect tho feelings Ut the man who turnel to
oner happy home to lind Ills wife standing erect
ut tho front door uud uycr!1owIpg With long
fe IL tSc n ,hG
scarcely be worth repeating were i not that Ger
tain good people in ChlcaEo, Including nt least
one presumably, intelligent minister Of rs.
pMtable sect, Insist that tho woman has bcGu the
subject Of a genuine niraele.
It may not bc tho province Of secular news
paper to decide upon the gcnuinencss OF an al
legged Chlcago ulrAcie, but It IS permissible to
po!nt out the conseluences:whirh tue acecpt-
her cure was nstraculonA involve. There Is euf-
acfcnt evidence to prove TINT so-cal led 'tmag-
nctle healcrs" have apparently cured cases Of
paralysis 0r commanding tho rattcnt to throw
CcrtuIuly did this In several instances, lnl other
quucks 1T cqual lnpulence lAvc bcef, occaslon-
aily equally successful. Why should wu re.
working miracles, II wc grant TINT tho
prayer ol Chlcago wdnlan has wrought
d miraculous curcF Or. TO naks q closer
parallel, there arc mcfl-authcut!catcl cases
Of paraiyties, Or other invalids, who haye been
cured by praying at the shrne os some popular
Roman Catholic saint. We cannot rutuso to be-
licyo tho miracles wrought at Lourles II We be-
ltore tle miraclu wrought Ut ChlvaKo. II the
Chicago woman really Was cured III thu form
au,t laauner alleged, Il Is much simpler to as
SUMO that her paralysis was q form Of hystcra,
II, wllicl. case her sudden euro WIS in no Wise