The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-10
A Religious MOnOmaniac.

Springs Tenn, were thrown into
wild Excitement Sunday by the pc
culiar antics of a religious iOOno-
maniac nam Collins. At 5 o'clock
in the morning he went into the
Methodist Church and tore up all the
books, as he said, "to get the devil out
of them" He then passed through
and out of the town, a distance of two
miles, concluding the devil was in his
clothing, and that Jesus had commits
stoned him to go into the church as
naked as he had come into the world.
He pulled OFF his clothing, and in a
state of nature started back on dead
run, followed by the constantly in
creasing multitude of people, who
failed to overtake him. Passing through
town, he finally approached the church,
then occupied by Sunday school. A
man attempted to stop him and was
he felled with his fist. BY this time a
crowd had gathered about him, but ow
ing to the profuse perspiration, which
made him as slippery as an eel, it was
difficult to hold him. Once secured
and bound, he was taken to Jail at
Washington Monday morning the
Tailor went in to feed him. He seemed
perfectly quiet and harmless. AS the
Tailor passed inside the cell door, and
turned to lock it. however, Collins
picked up heavy board and struck him
on the back of the head, knocking him
down, and then beating his head into
a Jelly. The iailor's wife subsequently
came in to see what had become of her
husband, but raising her dress to go up
stairs she did not see Collins until she
got to the top. He was covered with
blood from head to foot. Collins at
once struck her violent blow on the
head, knocking her head over heels
down the stairway, and rushed to the
cell containing his bloody victim and
locked himself in. Collins is an Irish
man, and was until two years ago a
Catholic. when he joined the Methodist
Church South. with the understanding
that ne was to cease drinking. a re-
NGIOus meeting had been in progress,
ard i was not known that he had be-
como religious monomaniac until
Sunday morning CHcU}Hdti G0zeHr.
To ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF Corp
WOOD IN AN ACRE.--TO estimate the
quantity of cord-wood on an acre of
woodland requires experience. a per-
son who has been engaged in clearing
land and cutting wood could give
very close estimate at a general glance,
but other persons would make the wild
est guesses An inexperienced person
may proceed as follows: Measure out
four square rods of ground; that is,
thirtv-three feet each way, and count
as near as possible of the trunks, and
adding one-fourth OF this for the limos.
Then. rs lbs cubic feet make cord,
and the plot is one-fourth Of an acre,
the result is easily reached. Fairly
good timber land should yield cord
to every four square rods. \ tree two
feet in diameter and thirty feet high to
the limbs will make a cord of wood, If
il is growing in close timber, and the
limbs are not heavy, If the limbs are
large and spreading, such q tree will
make I ', TO cords. \ tree one foot
in diameter will only max" a fourth rs
much as one twice the diameter. In
estimating it is necessary to remember
this f4ct. Aurri'w A3rir"bptL
Tax German Society OF Railway
Companies has lately been discussing
the best method Of preventing the raw
ages II moths in the cushions of rail
way carriages, and has invited re-
spOnses to circular asking for infor-
nation as TO successful treatment
on the part OF its directors. Col
latug the replies, it is found that
the best methods are constant cleaning,
airing, and beating especially in the
critical period toward the end of May
the avoidance of any fold in the cloth
used. Persian insect powder, beating
of the cushions in dry air, use of plush
instead OF wooden cloth, avoidance of
sleeps wool, and the introduction of
sca-Yeed for stuffing instead of horse
hair The most important of all, how
ever, is the frequent beating and expos
ing TO fresh air.
No GRANGE IL THE SYMPTOMS
Saturday afternoon boy not over s
wear old was observed to sit down on
tho curbstone on Washington street,
Boston, and lean heavily against a
hitching post. He looked pale, even
through the dirt on his face. and sew
eral pedestrians halted to make inquir-
les One of them observed the old
stub of a cigar in the boys fingers, and
he enquired: "Bub, is this your first
cigar moo; it's m-m-y second"
gasped the boy; and after long pause,
attended by increased paleness, but
don't see any change in tho symp-
toms"
WHITE PUDpING.-Two pounds of
bcei-suet; two pounds of leaf lard ten