Show WR ms HIS RELIGIOUS convictions A great number of both men and women have at one time or another been incarcerated in jails on false pretenses and many also have been hurried off to lunatic asylums under the pica plea of insanity and there some of them have lingered for years others have ended their davs days in such confinement lin having ving becci become insane not before but after their incarceration the tile new now york sun publishes the account of a gentleman named edwin C woodbury who has J just been released from bloomingdale 0 Asylum There he lie has been imprisoned as a lunatic for two years during his confinement mr woodbury was denied any comma commit ni cation with his real friends and all attempts to obtain a hearing and an examination offis of his mental condition proved fruit fruitless ls until last thursday when ho lie was released from prison on a writ of habeas corpus tho the hearing took place before the sheriffs jury in the supreme court room dr theodore A Mc mccahill Cabill dr ranney and dr G W lovett conducted tho examination of mr woodbury who answered all interrogations rogat ions in a prompt intelli intelligent Wilt and composed manner mr woodbury is a member of the firm of woodbury bros brush makers new york in ili 1879 lie ceased to take an active interest in the hu business siness of the firm lie ile said kaid it was so systematized as to no ion longer need his personal attention he ile gave as other r reasons that lie desired to devote part of his time to liis his sister who was in poor health and part of his time to religious iou s matters as he lie believed he be was wis under 11 spiritual inspiration the examination elicited the following 0 as part of his religious experience peri ence prior to his incarceration the religious spirit had more or less possession of me I 1 waa was nervous and restless and could not stay in one place I 1 told our bookkeeper that I 1 felt that the spirit of god had possession of me this lasted several months I 1 took tool long walks and traveled and passed the time as best I 1 could I 1 could not put my mind on ill my b business usines i si I 1 was worried about ref religion my mind was inn confused state that gradually wore off and I 1 sot got quieter I 1 was trying to find out tho tile true religion I 1 read the biblo bible much I 1 went to dr deems church I 1 hired a hall and formed a society for the tile improvement of myself and those who attended the boys in the factory did not attend because my brother threatened to discharge them if they did I 1 paid 25 a month for tho the hall ball and field meetings there at first once a weeke and thou oftener of lener I 1 bought presents for different persons I 1 did n not ot overdraw my account I 1 was in the habit of drawing about 2 0 2000 a year after I 1 got interested in religion I 1 drew 25 a week and kept my expenses within that limit except that there was 50 owing when I 1 was arrested I 1 kept the society going in the hall ball for about six mon the tile tie tickets bets that I 1 first got out were for fora a meeting of tho the solid back brush makers that name was suggested because I 1 I 1 proposed ro posed to havo have the men who made our solid back brushes at tend when I 1 formed the society tho tile name solid backs was suggested naturally the way I 1 came to tako take the name Illel helix lm was because my py brother did not want in me e to use liia his name in business I 1 had thought of that name as a trade mark in 1874 the name was part of our trademark trade mark I 1 believe tho definition of helix is a spiral coil I 1 only adopted tile name as a pseudonym I 1 knew that in law a w I 1 could not drop my own name my aly audience in ili the hall in the bowery dwindled down to children I 1 bought toys to amuso amuse them coil complaint was made and I 1 was arrested and taken to tho the tombs I 1 did not see any doctors I 1 wasl was perfectly cool I 1 expected to bo be brought up and hayo have I 1 a trial I 1 was not examined by any doctors the tile first thing I 1 knew I 1 1 was ordered to the tombs I 1 got up tip and twice demanded a jury trial I 1 was roughly thrust back into tho the tombs I 1 was then taken take n to bloomingdale asylum they have generally let me alone inobe in the asylum they did not treat me or give IDO any medicine until a year ear and half after I 1 went there wt when the doctor thought I 1 was bili bilious oms in reply to tho the question as to what would be his future course if he lie should be released from confinement mr woodbury said he lie should attend to his business affairs in his own way and that he lie should advocate and advance his religious views aa as much as ho be pleased or could which lie had lad a perfect right to do the jur jury y were addressed by E P wilder esq courts counsel cl for mr nr woodbury and the tile medical gentlemen dr ranney in in giving the case to the jury expressed his conviction that there was nothing in cither either the tile testimony of the physicians of tho Bloomingdale asylum or of mr woodbury himself hini elf to indicate that mr woodbury was insane ll salle lie ile said the time lad not arrived when it would bo be safe to declare a man insane inano in ano merely for his religious convictions and lie spoke severely of the fact woodbury had lad been confined in the asylum nearly two years without special medical treatment locked up as a maniac maniac and refused communication with his friends while no doctor could give any tiny description ef of his insanity that could be found in any modern hook book dr ranney said it was in liis his opinion timo time to look after the law under which it had been possible thus to deprive a roan man of liis his liberty f for or two years without any testimony against him but the certificate of two physicians under such a system he lie said no man mail could be safe from incarceration the jury were just three minutes minute 8 making 0 up their verdict and pronouncing noun cing I 1 mr E C woodbury perfectly p or sane and amid tile applause app lauso of the multitude lie was again restored to liberty two METHODS of utilizing tile power of sea waves aves have been proposed in ili the system of M gau gan aliez the rise and fall ofa of 1 large float produce corresponding motions ofa of a bell shaped iron vessel by means of pulleys As this vessel rises air is drawn through valves in its top and as it falls the air is forced through pipes into a repressing reservoir ser voir by tho the other plan suggested by prof wellner Brunn of a species of air trap in the seawall sea wall serves as an air compressor under the beating of the waves prof wellner produces motive power from the compressed air by running a pipe from the reservoir under an ail air wheel resembling an overshot water wheel immersed in water the air displaces the water from the cells and drivear the wheel round while expanding 1 and rising to the surface THE SIZE and weight of tile human brain are absolutely g greater re than in any animals except the elephant and the larger whales whale Q the tile brain of the elephant is said to weigh from eight to ten pounds and that of a large finner whale between five and six pounds relatively to the bulk and weight of the body the th brain ebrain of man is exceeded in size only in small birds and mammals marn mals trin ELECTRIC light lias has become so important a feature in building 9 operations that the ito royal y al institute of british architects is considering the merits of the various systems with reference to architecture and is trying to decide upon the expediency of requiring its students to pass an examination in physical science as a preparation for the study of electrical apparatus THE BOTANICAL literature odthe of the chinese is quite extensive and important por tant and dates back to B 0 |