Show IT EDITORIAL SUMMARY the inman steamer city of paris and the cunard steamer austia have lately had a trial of speed from new york to liverpool though it is stated that is was not a pre ar ranged race the city of lares paris left new now york at p in on the loth of february and arrived at liverpool at 5 am on the thus making in the run in the remarkably short time of 8 days daya Ys 15 hours and 15 minutes the russia left forty fonty fave five minutes later and arrived at liverpool an hour and thirty minutes later the city of paris it will bo be seen made the trip in horty forty avo five minutes less time than her rival rieal the bus Rus russia sioe sice not lauch much difference but sufficient to mako make the inman lant at and to endanger the well veli earned laurels of the tho cunard company there has been a feeling of rivalry between the two lines for some years but the advantages were so clearly on the side of tho the cunard th that atthe the latter affected aspeling of disdain for the inman but of late the inman steamers have been competing and successfully too nith with the cunard and the two lines are ara now naw not far from being equal A mrs noble fox formerly merly one of the tho fox fos giris girls who gained notoriety at rochester N ein eln vin yin the first development of spiritualism gave a at omaha lately she Sho professed to be able to present manifestations similar to those ot of the davenport brothers brothe r when the time for the performance had arrived the first thing done was to make a collection to defray the expenses of the hall and to pay the medium for her trouble for this purpose seventy fiyo five cents per head was paid by the spectators of whom there was a large number present mrs urs noble nobie was then introduced to the assembled sign seekers and made some remarks after which the show commenced the first part of the tho exhibition consisted in tying the ladys wrists apparently close together the ends of the cord cord being then tied around a leg of a table close to which she gat and upon which were placed a guitar and some horns and bells the light in the room was extinguished leaving leavi the medium and the audience in total darkness ar kness knoss the extinguishing of the light it was stated was one odthe of the to the success of the exhibition another one was that all present must join wads hads and that if the circle thus formed formea was waa broken the instruments upon lipon weh the spirits would operate would falex soon after the jugglery commenced adne of the gentlemen present evidently of tike sidd gidd didymus mus v str stripe p azo broke e the circle and moved ed about about in the 0 s space aco between the table and ana the first line nd of seats sea occupied by the amenie ala Mence but dic liot in the he least affect tho the spinal manifestations consisting of vibration from the guitar on the table ashad as had been predicted the doubts odthe unbeliever cero vero owns strengthened d v and having on a pair of very veit soft rubbers ba rs lie made his way waa r the ta tah table tabla IQ ana and stood at the end medium nedium after waiting waltin for a boine moine nV or two he reached reache dout out his ids hand band discovered that tho the guitar was w 3 pot not 0 on anthe the tha table but that it was wa being moved a hout tout gut out in ond one hand of tho the medium and in her hen mave mens mant he touched the sleeve of berar ess being naw now more than ever convinced othe Impost imposture of the affair he clutched at and caught the strings of the guitar when w hen the medium nii nic um instant instantly y v dropped the and called out that the circle circie was broken and asked for a light when the light was procured the guitar lay on the loor floor a few inches ches chos from the bottom of her dress with the finger finler board pointed toward her the unbeliever had reached his seat wro before the light was procured which baffled the attempt to discover him the tho medium was wag 1 indignant di gnant at the violation of tho jho the tho rules roles aej ang ana declared that she would not have given the had she not been assured that good order would bo ba observed she declared DC ore over that i it tho the rules were again violated she would break it up san dan ceremonies cere monie before continuing the thid show the medium so arranged some of her immediate friends between herself and the audience that none of the latter could ret get to the table without being detected having done this the lights were again extinguished and the contin continued aed the lady announced that the spirit of an indian had possession of her and that she was ready to converse with any one in chippeway Chippe waw one of the audience inquired if the spirit knew spotted tail the medium gave some inter ver very irrelevant re reply ay iy but vouchsafed no intelligence in re relation atlon to tho the departed brave much bell rin nin ringing tying and untying of knots followed and ana finished the show when a light was again procured the circle breaker went vp to the lad iad y and felt the material of her dress and satisfied himself that it was the same he had touched in the dark he then told horth herth hor hon that athe ho was the one who had broken the circle A prayer ca closed ed the exhibition which disgusted the greater eater eaten part of the audience the medium intimated that she was prepared to give private se ances the writer of the article in the from which the above is 1 summarised summarized thinks sho she unquestionable questionable question abl abi should give them in private only hereafter the high church party in eng england land have by means of the confessional arrived at a knowledge of the tho condition of society that their ministers mini stent never imagined until lately existed in n that much lauded christian land magazine maga Vaga zoe zhe for tor ferrua february ry a 3 very temperate authority says that among ladies the affectation of b boy hoy oy sian sinn slang siang I 1 which was in vogue ten years ago is fa bast fast 5 t being superseded by conversation of a far more dangerous type and she who would earn the reputation fon for kc being fashionably fast must stifle every feeling of delicate delicacy y and amuse herself by making good men blush while bad men laugh worse still horrid stories creep about hinting at deeds worse than words and scandal which no one seems able to contradict caps every story with a worse the high church party say that this state of things can only be coped with by a return to the ancient catholic usa asago go of having the people confess their acts words and even thoughts to the priests but on the other hand their opponents with a yell of execration declare that has undermined the national morals and has created the evils which I 1 it t pretends to have discovered gatli GATH the washington correspondent of the chica chicago 0 o tribune says to read the daily news and criticisms thereupon from washington must often make the cheerful nature sad so much scandal if all be not true so much ovil evil if half bo be real seem enough to attach to tho the state the despair of men and the vengeance of god yet he thinks thinka he may say that the united states is altop altogether ther the purest fa fairet fairest iret fret freest fabric of a state known to christendom if this is so how about the despair of men and the vengeance 0 of god gov towards the rest of christendom the ehe washington evening star gives an elaborate description of the inaus inauguration reception ball on the ath instant in that city the confusion that c existed misted in the cloak rooms is described as squi 1 pg fearful the arrangements rox fox checking and ana i delivering e e g hats bats overcoats ac were cpr very y defective de etive i many nany having to td without fth ith their thein hats a or overcoats and ana others hayling having to ta wait for fae hours to get theirs horace greeley was at the ball and he wag was a conspicuous object wherever where ho moved though domett somewhat hat it 14 i said like a cat in a strange garret slow in Motion motion he was continually being scrounged and hustled and crushed bythe bytho by the pretty women revolving about him but this tilis he rather liked he had however to go into the cloak rooms in quest of his white overcoat and was jol joi jolted t ej and jammed for two hours thero there and while there jenkins says he swore a good deal in the oddest and most miscellaneous style stylo he adds that one would aa as soon expect a bullet from a rosebud rose bud as an oath from horace greeley but he be certainly certain lydid did curse most ferociously on that occasion there was one po point i ut about this affair that is worthy esworthy of notice the ball was held in the treasury building and the dancing was to be in foun four di different forent rooms ana and on different floor As a single pro gramme was to bo be observed in the order of dancing abid abd selections of music it became a question how to secure uniformity of time etc to accomplish this telegraph wires werl were were introduced into the several ball rooms ani and the master of ceremonies communicated his orders simultaneously to each by electricity and by this means confusion this is a gewand novel notel use of lightning q A young whito white hito man by the name of jas ingle was killed in a boarding house at washington city by a colored woman on the ath instant instant by hitting him on the head with an abo as delayon he lay iny on a sofa after committing she took a street car and went to the police station where she told what she had done and gave herself up her statement was that he had seduced her she was enci ente and he had threatened to kellher kill kil lher her if her statement be true she served him right |