The herald., 1897-04-02

/ Il tell you lIdHhlSs ecnkltilOts Sdlb
| the witness, Il discourage that line OF
| thought as being useless, particularly
when keeping malice, anger and the
| other evil qualities that hurt us in sub
| lection is much better than speculating
about things that cannot do one any
good
| Mrs. Russell denied in toto all the sew
eral allegations regarding Mickey
and Arthur Taylor.s behavior prior to
his fainting spell on, the Sunday even
ing, as we'll as to the life at the hall hav-
ing been a degraded slavery" Miss
Holmes she regarded as being a very
good woman. and as one that rested
upon Gods will more closely than she
did. and possessed in consequence
greater peace than herself.
The witness. judging from her man
ner, was aggrieved al the reflection upon
her dress on the night when her address
came to abrupt termination. 81 was
dressed in a house gown" said she, "a
dinner dress 1t would be called in the
world; II was not low cut. but was closed
over in front by several jeweled pirs.
was veil dressed, must confess. Very
we'll dressed"
ONLY A TOUCH OF STAGE FRIGHT.
When the suggestion was made at the
hall that the speakers should address
the audience from the platform witness
could take such a public position. She
had never been on platform since read
ing her graduating essay years back.
and to reassure her it was decided that
a number of the other inmates would sit
upon the platform with her, and so keep
her in countenance. I'm the period of
quiet" said witness, Il engaged in
prayer just as in the Catholic or Episco-
pal church, and it struck me how sub
servient we were to forms, and how,
just because our mothers did thing,
we also must do the same thing. / de-
termined to speak few words along
this line of thought. Not infrequentiy,
when speaking, l would put my hand
upon the shoulder or arm of Miss
Holmes, and If I saw the people were not
interested / would slip my hand into her
hand and she woula squeeze 1t, and by
that reassure me, and sometimes whis-
per to me to go on, and that l was doing
all right After the publication of the
libelous article ceased this habit in or
der to show that was in no manner de-
pendent upon Miss Holmes as alleged.
Lifting my head" continued witness,
"while in the act of speaking, l saw
Miss Irwin looking straight at me with
a face that was filed with malice, and
the restless eye of the man by her side
wandering around. I was surprised, and
looked again, and as she came forward
l became more interested in what l
there saw than in my subject. The ex-
preston upon her face intensified. l
turned to Miss Holmes and said that
the little lady and gentleman are deadly
enemies and have a deadly hatred to
me.
"Why don't you go on and say all that
you have to say" answered Miss
Holmes, ''it doesn't matter to you what
1nx toward nr2i
II said I wouldn't speak" resumed
the witness. land Miss Holmes then
came forward Some one asked what
was the matter, and 1 told them that the
little lady and gentleman had hatred
to me- AS Miss Irwin passed me l saii
so that she could hear perfectly do
not know what it means, but there IS
1 meant that time would re-
veal the secret, and it did when the libel
Gus article was published"
ONE DAY AT A TIME.
Upon cross examination Mrs. Russell
spoke of Miss Holmes teaching being to
the effect that peoples lives were too
restless, and that a quieter mental con-
dition was requisite All worry, anX-
iety, discomfort, anger and the memory
of the past with its sorrows and anguish
ought to be fought against by people,
and they ought to live in the present,
while trusting God for the future. She
denied being on intimate" terms with
Miss Holmes. her intimate friends at the
hall being Mr. and Mrs Wheeler. "She
was and is my friend" said the witness,
"but that I was on very intimate terms
is not true"
Senator White at this point interjected
a question regarding the human soul.
which was met by arrogating to herself
the privilege generally accorded the av-
erage Irishman of answering a question
by asking one.
Might 1 ask question:" she querie1
well, you might make it too difficult.
but go ahead"
What do you mean-how do you de-
fine the soul?"
We'll" answered Mr.. White, sit is
rather hard to define, and under present
I'm not certain II could
at all but / meant s-o-u-l, not s-o-l-e--
Just as Webster has it, and its after ex-
istence."
"Oh. I don't bother much about the
hereafter-God will look out for that"
The following of a soul having thus
ended in a blind alley, so to speak,
fresh line of inquiry was begun regard
ing Miss Holmes ability in certain d.
rections. she reads English said the
witness, land writes it-phonetically. I
wish we did in English. I heard her say
in an address that to criticize one an
other was a devilish act and I thought
that a fair specimen of virile Anglo
Saxon, the devil usually being spoken
of as Satan. There was nothing auto
cratic in the government at the hall but
on the contrary by every one assisting
the meetings were made more interest
ing"
BEEFSTEAK AND EGGS.
do you belong to any church,"
mo, do not.'
What is your opinion about animals
having souls and being unfit for food?"
Possibly animals may have souls-I
don't know and can't find out, but the
slaughtering of animals is repugnant,
and | don't think meat wholesome"
What about the healthful character
of eggs?"
There is not any idea Of slaughtering
attending the eating of eggs"
Don't you think that in eating an egg
you may be slaughtering in anticipa-
tion?"
well" responded witness, smiling,
81 never thought of the matter in that
Mr. White" / don't however.
believe the spiritual condition is ad-
vanced by refraining from eating meat"
Don't you believe you might be re-
duced to very spiritual condition by too
long abstainng from it?"
To this witness had nothing to say,
and was excused
When Miss Charlotte Farnswortn was
called as a witness there was some cram
ing of necks in the court room, for il is
pretty generally understood that the eff
forts mt forth by Mr. TheoGore Gray