St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-05
ARRESTED AT THE ALTAR.
An Erciting Scene at a Rericat Meeting in
Reading, Pa.
Daod;pp Do Cracioi

Reading, Pa.
Reading, Pa, Special
For some weeks past religious revival
has been in progress at the United Brethren
church on South Ninth street. Meetings
have been held nightly and the excitement
has sometimes been very great. The ser
vices have been of the usual revival charac-
ter-a short sermon or exhortation followed
by prayer and singing, during which all
those who desired to do so were invited to
come forward to the 'anxious seat'' and be
prayed for.
The meeting last night was one Of the
most exciting since the revival began. The
sermon had been an unusually effective one,
and at the close several persons ''went for
ward" Among the latter was young wo-
man who at first wept almost convulsively
for few moments, and then began to pray
with much fervor for conversion. Her ac
lions were at times almost historical, and the
audience in consequence became very much
excited. This excitement was soon very
greatly increased by the appearance of
slightly built young man, accompanied by an
elderly woman, who made their way with
altar, where the sobbing woman was still
kneeling, surrounded by a crowd of other
people, kneeling and standing, all of whom
were either singing OF praying and too deeply
interested to notice the intruders. The
slightly built Y Dung man was recognized by
many in the house as Mr.. Schleit, husband
of the kneeling woman, and his companion
as his mother-in-law, and instantly there
was increased confusion
Many sprang to their feet and others
climbed upon the seats in order to get the
best possible view of what was to be done.
Fifty voices were heard uttering all sorts of
ordinations, as many present knew the OBJ
ject of the visit. The confusion that fol-
lowed was very great. The '!mourners" con-
tnued their prayers and the young woman
who was wanted besought. those areund-her
to be taken away because she wanted To con-
| tinuc in her efforts to be converted At this
| iuncture another intruder appeared. He
was in the full uniform OF policeman and
easily made his way to the front, where he
took Mr.. Scheit and his mother-n-law into
custody and marched them out, after which
the meeting proceeded and the excitement,
which had been of the most intense kind,
| gradually cooled down. Mayor Rowe's court
room was crowded this morning when the
! case was heard. The accused, Mr.. Schlet,
| is a respectable and peaceabe young man.
| He said he had not gone into the church to
| create disturbance, but slmplytO prevent
his motherin-law from making fuss. The
Mayor administered severe reprimand, and
| fined the prisoner $3.50, which he paid, and
was discharged. Joel Ganser one of the
| leading members, said: ''When the mourn
er's mother went up the aisle and wanted to
ha off T OF tba
door, and after she came in I locked it.
Then in response to loud hammerngs 1
opened it and Mr.. Schleit entered. He
rushed up the aisle attracting the attention
of every one. l went after him, met him
| and asked him for an explanation of his
conduct. He refused to say anything, and
then, as the excitement increased, we called
| the officer and had him arrested.''
| IN, 1mlericam SiGht-Seel Gets a Fe,c Points
IN "I'aree."
Somerville Journal
Yes, sir, said the said the American mil
lionaire, as he consulted the bill of fare in
Partisan cafe. 1 delight in travel. When I
was boy working for 50 week, l used to
think what grand thing it would be if had
money and could travel all over the world.
1 resolved then that if ever became rich
would see the noted places of the earth.
Well, made money, and here ] am at Parce
on my tour of observation. When an Am
erican citizen, sir, gets the travel fever on
him, his country. big as it is, is too small to
hold him.
Yees, your country ees big country,
said his French acquaintance who sat oppo-
site him. "
Big country, exclaimed the American,
striking the table with his hand. 1t is the
biggest country in the world.
I've been there,'' said the Frenchman; it
is full of wonderful sights. Niagara, for in
stance.
Never saw it, said the American, never
had time to visit it.
And re Yosemite valley, continued the
Frenchman.
Never had chance to; go there, said the
American.
And re Yellowstone park. -
Heard lots about it, but never could find
time to visit it.
And re Mammoth cave, of Kentucky.
Blamed if l ever thought of visiting that?
Ze Palisades of re Hudson
Whew! did intend to see them, but al
ways had so much to look after, you know,
and
And re scenery. magnifque, at re White
mountains
Never could find time to take trip up
there by gosh.
OF course you have seen re Thousand is
lands, and re rapids of re St. Lawrence,
Lake George, Lake Champlain, and all re
beautiful places!
Never had time to visit any of those places.
Always had too much business ON hand.
Why come to see re tame scenery of Eu-
| rope when you haven't seen seen re grand
scenery and re wonders of your own coun-
try.
Because I'm dinged fool I'll go right
home on the next boat. A man who hasn't
been any further east than Swampscott, nor
any further west than North Adam, in his
own country, has no business in Europe.
The Wise Father.
A worldly father after the style Of Lord
Chesterfield, is giving good advice to his son,
who is about to enter into society. :
Sand, above all, avoid firtations But if
you must firt or fall lin love, sir, be sure
it is pretty woman. It is always safer.n
"Why?"
because some other fellow win be sure
to be attracted and cllt Won ont hefrrn sapv