Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1894 — HE PREACHES IN HIS SLEEP. [ARTICLE]

HE PREACHES IN HIS SLEEP.

Queer Cane of Somnambulism of a Young EcclegiaAtle In a Seminary. One of the most remarkable puzzling stories of somnambulism has recently come to light. The subject was a young ecclesiastic at a seminary. The Bishop of the diocese was so deeply interested that he went nightly to the young man’s chamber. He saw him get out of bed, secure paper, compose and write sermons. On finishing a page he read it aloud. When a word displeased him he wrote a correction with great exactness. The Bishop had seen a beginning of some of these somnambulistic sermons, and thought them well composed and correctly written. Curiohs to ascertain whether the young man made use of his eyes, the Bishop put a card under his chin in such a manner as to prevent him seeing the paper on the table before him, but he still continued to write. Not yet satisfied whether or not he could distinguish different objects placed before him, the Bishop took away the piece of paper on which he wrote, and substituted several other kinds at different times. He always perceived the change because the pieces of paper were of different sizes. When a piece exactly like his own was substituted, he used it, and wrote his corrections on the places corresponding to those on his own paper. It was by this means that portions of his nocturnal compositions were obtained. His most astonishing production was a piece of music written with great exactitude. He used a cane for a ruler. The clefs, the flats and the sharps were all In their right places. The notes were all made in circles, and those requiring it were all Blackened with ink. The words were all written below, but once they were in such large characters they did not come directly below their proper notes, and, perceiving this, he erased them all and wrote them over again.—London News.

Statehood lor Oklahoma.

Oklahoma is the newest of the Territories seeking admission as States, but it seems to he better qualified than either New Mexico or Arizona. Its population, material prosperity, and civilization, judged by the report from the committee, are all more in keeping with the dignity of Statehood than its older neighbors of the Southwest. This Territory was organized only three years ago, hut it drew its population from every section of the country to make it one of enterprise and prosperity. It is an agricultural Territory, and its prosperity has Leen more marked in that line than in any other. Before the public lands were thrown open to settlement they were heralded as the richest in the Southwest. The climate is particularly congenial to the outdoor work of . the farmer, and these, two facts easily account for the rapid advancement of the new Territory and its demand for Statehood.

The report shows that there are 2,372,482 acres of land in farm use, valued at $13,022,345, with $340,761 worth of farm implements in use. In the last year the farmers harvested 284,254 acres of corn, 222,319 acres of wheat, 109,374 acres of oats, 21,311 acres of cotton, 18,755 acres of sorghum, 14,121 acres of Hungarian millet, and 4,422 acres of broom corn. Oklahoma has a population of 250,000 (estimated) and it has more territory than each of twelve States already in the Union. It is larger than Khode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maryland, West Virginia, South Carolina, Maine or Indiana. It is almost as' large as Illinois and has a population greater than any other State when admitted to the Union. Its assessed valuation of property in 1891 amount- 1 ed to $6,878,928 and $13,951,056 in 1893. There are six national banks in the Territory, with deposits of $685,574, and! a number of private banks. The Territorial Legislature has been prompt to provide facilities for education, and there are public schools with comfort-able School-

houses in nearly all the school districts, while there are normal schools, colleges, and an agricultural and mechanicalffmllege at Stillwater supported by the Territory. In religion there has been the same prompt provision made, to show that it is abreast of older civilization. There are 165 Methodist Churches 25 Baptist, 24 Congregational, 25 Catholic, 24 Presbyterian, 6 Episcopal, and 50 Christian Endeavor societies.