New-York tribune., 1878-10-01
GENER.4L NOTES.


That a feline can be felt by feelin' when
iue Sc can be felt has been demonstrated In Butna
VISTA Ca. These many years Lewis Webbs feet aud legs
have been paryzed and he has gone about on eruohes
IT, sos that he can drive knife through his foot and
- tl n. that when ne strikes his foot against any OBJ
sect ne knows It by the resistance offered, and not by
s1,ng u frequently bnsters bis feet In walking but
Knows pothug Of It until the bsters burst He washes
MA feet oiten-sometimes In cold sometimes 10 not
Water but cannot tell by feeling In the foot whether
ater cold or hot Thus he has hved for eight years,
sooa,nnss walking about and often in bed. When cat
ce his foot he instantly feels IT, The touch OF cat
even when has stockings on, sepus pIey
SANITY ten the touch Of cat, however sught MDat
comfort every old maid VIII derive rom t1e %
bf mere are chords the human foot which only pet
cat can tOuchl
From Colonel IngersOlrs motto as text
An honest Gods the nOblest work OF man., Frofes-
son Richard A. Proctor breaches a short sermon OF
afv lines in The Echo aDent Providence and disasters
Hs asks II there can be anything moro CHASTITY or more
erotesque than the thought that the Almighty de-
,troyed the women and children who were on board
the Princess Alice because certain politicians In Eng
land have regarded too lightly the suferngs OF women
and children in Bulgaria. He remarks that the Oreh-
tal mind could form better conception OF Sod thah
as despot cruel, treacherOus and mereless' Staying
not only those who had offended him, even unwttngy'
but their wives and children and all belonging TO their
household; but IL has been left 10 English theclogans
toiDyeut a false God even more hOrrble-"a God who'
being offended with set OF persons, would Wreak
vengeance on an entirely different set ayenglng the
wrongs OF women aud children. not Dy Furnishing the
persons who had offended him, but by destroying hun
dreds OF and children, and bringing sorrow on
thousands more" The truth iE-RlthOugh the PrOteS
W uoe not say sO-hat OF the strongest evidences
Of the divinity Of the CHRISTIAN regon Is me aet snd
% many modern preachers
If ANYTHING was lacking to render the ill
starred woman suffa age movement utterly unwOmanly
the gap been filed by certain creatures OF that order
iu Toledo. They have turned their backs upon the
Christian religion and cuted it. They have proclaimed
thar the lessons OF selfsaerce aud obedience taught
woman by the Christian Church have been fatal not
only TO her interests but through her have also
dWarfed and degraded the race" And furthermore
that It is through the peryerson Of the religious ele-
mcDt in woman euluEatmg the emotions at the expense
Of her reason playing upon her hopes and fears OF the
future holding this life with s its high duties forever
allegiance that which is 10 come. that she aud the
children She has trained have been 80 completely suu-
gated bY pnestcTaft and superstition" Wherefore they
declare their independence Of the Christian Church, or
IN any event. their determination 10 have separate
female Interpretation Of the Scriptures" Obviously
the principle OF female Interpretation" will not serve
There was ST. Paul. with ignorant prejudice against
Tie sex who even went far TO make remarks
about their back bairl How The writings OF such
person. ON any priueipe Of Interpretation total
elioD satisfy the spiritual needs OF an oppressed ana
s must dro1 81 Paul ana eet up Bible Of their
ov11 TIE leading Bibles that have been manufactured
since the New Testament was written are tue Koran and
the BOOK OF Mormon, and under each religious system
women have been 0egfaded through pOlygany. These
attempts AZ BIDle-mAIng have not helped the sex but
these Toledo women are smart, and may have better
iacf.
The scathing criticism to which bis action
IN the Kimpton ease has subjected Attorney General
Tran OF Massachusetts, has drawn from hm spirited
bat not very gOOd-tempered reply in The BoSton Tran
tfpt "If It s pettfoggng," he Eays, to apply the
yaciples OF the Consultation and laws imPartiaY to
~ weak and the strong poor and the rich the
Ssat and the wise vicious and the virtnous, then
nay Open charge Of pstfoggng II to inquire
whether the eKtradOn Of alleged fugitive from jus
Tee sought good faith for the purpose OF trying him
Cor hs erlns or for another and different purpose then
am ObnOxlous TO your charge" Inasmueh as the At
tOrReyGenora ntimstes that t is improper for anyone
70 discuss this question without examining the evidence
covering 56J pages the State House, and, moreover.
a. be writes very long letters when he Is dspessed with
sHy eOmmsnts Is may be njulieions 70 refer TO the
pontsof aT 10 tins place. He will certainly not take 1t
amEs he Is reminded that he has precedent for his
action Is far south Florida. IN the days when the
carpctbaggcrs hourshed and tatiened upon the spOs
oOfce in North Carolina, Messrs Ltefeld aud swep-
con made themselves notorious by their extensive opera
hons railroad spectators and lobbyists. When the
bubble burst and the State found IL had been swim
died out Of some millions Of dollars and had only par
haT completed line Of road LtIefeid was indicted IN
s0e u the state courts and found In Florida teach
ms tho people OF that State the mysteries OF rail
toaa hnaneering. The Governor Of Florida refused
70 surrender Lttlened on The reqwsitiOD OF the
S9Seinot OF North Carolina. A year two
htr Ltueheh mad ned frOn Florida for reasons
similar 10 those which caused him 10 leave Norm |
SlOuha ahd feqQstOn Was sent out for him with 10
ea 70 NOftu Carolina u the hIs place, her Governor
1 p0OoAD'y HsYe known where to find him.