Daily globe., 1883-08-12


tain church to the "man," "have you heard
that the minister said at the presbytery
meeting that he had to propose that his
beadle should stand on his head?" "Aye,
Mr.. johnson, did he really say that?" re-
piled the officer. "Weel, maybe he's no
very far wrang; but I have strong faith
that Providence wha ne'er allows the sun
and the moon to shine together, Wilma let
the heads O. twa great luminaries O.
the Auld Kirk to be turned upside down at
the same time.'
Two Highlandmen, killed in primitive
order, dropped inadvertently into an Epis-
copal chapel on a Sunday, and seated
themselves in a respectable pew. Having
never been in an Episcopal chapel before,
their astonishment cannot be described on
beautiful symphony being struck up by
the ,organist. At that instant gentleman
came to take possession of the seat, and
civilly laid his hand on the shoulder of one
of them, and pointed to the door. Shout
toutr' cried the Highlander, ''tak' out DON
aid there, he be far better dancer than
me-"
A SINGULAR incident in natural history
occurred lately at Chester, England A
thrush in a happy state of freedom was
trilling its notes in the orchard beneath the
walls, near the wishing steps, when its
music excited similar efforts from Gagged
bird of the same species, which was sus-
pended in front of the adjacent houses.
These feathered songsters persevered IN
raising their melodies to higher and higher.
efforts, as if in earnest rivalry, when sud-
denly the bird among the trees darted from
its perch upon the wicker cage of its COM
petitor, broke the bars, entered it, and
commenced an assault upon the musical
captive; the owner of which, hearing the
unusual noise, came out, took the aggressor
prisoner. and sold it into bondage.
REy. Ohas. W. Tory, Congregational
minister of Cleveland, relates with impress
sive sincerity his frequent visions of heav-
en-. One of these visions he thus describes:
II went with two or three young girls, who
held me by the hand, to meet the Lord.
Many others, old and young, were going
the same way. As soon as we caught q
glimpse of his face we were ravished with
his wonderful beauty. He had just put
forth his hand to welcome young mai
den hardly older than those with me, and
the smile that lit up his features was the
most glorious vision ever beheId 1t
seemed to Tighten everything. 1t was the
efulgence of lightning without its sharp
ness. 1t surpassed every conception of
earth" But the two girls who accompan-
led Mr.. Tory were rejected, because they
had in Sunday school refused to welcome
a ragged girl to their GLASS. - '1'tS
IT is said that the czar of Russia has
become a partial convert to the faith of
modern spiritualists. It came about in
this way. When the czar was in some per-
plexitY respecting the measures to be taken
for the safe conduct of the coronation
ceremonies, it was suggested to him that
he should "ask counsel of the Spirits" at
the hands of lady medium, who has been
practicing for some years in London.
The lady (who is an Americanl was accord
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"sitting" to the czar. The result of the
seauce was so satisfactory that the prepar-
ations for the coronation were hurried for
ward with greater energy than before,
haste being recommended with much en-
phasis. Everything having passed off ex-
tremely we'll in Moscow, the car had come
to think that ''there may be something in
spirItualism after ALL" and the lady on her
part, is said to be extremely we'll satisfied
with the result of her visit to the Russian
autocrat. The late czar, the father of tn,
present one, was for thepast ten years of
his life decided spirituslist.
ONE of the beauties of the English
church system has lately been illustrated
in strange way in a parish near Bath.
The living had long been in sequestration
and it's duties had devolved upon the Gu
rate, for the vicar had not been there for
many years. Ths serenity of the parish
was rudely disturbed a month ago by the
accidental discovery that the vicar had
died last September somewhere in Wales,
and neither the bishop nor the patron,
who is the dean and chapter of Bristol,
had known anything about it. The emol-
uments had, however, been paid regularly
down as late as an early date in midsum-
mer. The question which agitates the &C.
clesiastical mind is whether the new vicar
or anybody else will have legal claim
upon the money thus paid to a dead man
or its equivalent. The curious state of
affairs which makes 1t possible for the
presumed pastor of a church to Withdraw
himself SO utterly from its life that he
could be dead nine months before his peo-
pie and his bishop knew it, las seemingly
not yet been thought of. -..-
Gov. CLEVELAND, of New York, is very
industrious person. While the New York
papers we're reporting bis presence at New
port, and some of them bersted him for
being off on "a junket." the plain Buffalo
lawyer was busy enough in the executive
chamber. They tell characteristic story
of him at Albany. He was telling state
official about proposed official act, when