Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-20
have an idea that I lived in Egypt, but

have an Idea that ! lived in Egypt, but
can't swear to It,"
"Don't know where he lived I" muir.
INJURED the General again. "Oh, intel.
ligent spirit!"
"Just suppose you had lived q hun
dred and fifty thousand years ago, OF
may be two hundred thousand, could
you have picked out the spot on this
planet which had been your home ?
Everything Is changed. There arc
seas where there were continents
there are mountains where there were
seas. The whole planet is changed.
Just suppose you had come to San
Francisco In 40, and built a cabin up
here somewhere on Clay-street hill, on
a sand heap. Well, suppose after that
you had died and suppose you came
back here in 1871 and found streets all
laid out. and houses built up, and all
the old landmarks gone, could you pick
out the place where your cabil stood In
'49p I reckon not"
"The old fellow has kept pretty
we'll posted In current history, for an
Egyptian who died q couple Of thou
sand centuries ago." observed the spec
ulator.
What have you come for? What
have you to tell us?" asked the lawyer.
i've come lust for q ~cliange-just
for u lirtle recreation" was the re-
Spouse. 81 don't know that l have
anything particular to tell you, and l
may as well 60; but I've seen those
plans for your new City Hall, and l
can give you my opinion of them. My
opinion Is, that architecture Is q lost
art. There are 10 architects living
that are worthy the name. You should
have seen Thebes. There was archi-
lecture for you. But your architects
are pigmies. I'm tired now, but world
like to come again."
SETH DooI.E.
The medium now went through q
series Of contortions, after which she
heaved a sigh of relief. The dogmatic
Egyptian who didn't know his name,
and despised modern architecture, took
his departure, and the organism Of the
medium seemed to be taken possession
of by a new ghostly tenant, who COM
menced talking In a thin, piping, quer-
ulous voice, widely different from the
deep, decisive bass Of his predecessor.
This spirit knew his name, which he
announced rs "Seth Doole."
Upon being asked If he had anything
special to communicate, he answered
rs follows:
"Wcll, l like to communicate. 1t
seems sociable like. I've been very
lonesome lately, and l don't get no
satisfaction In going to them common,
low circles. This ere circle seems to
be a rather heightened affair. 1t isn't
any two-bit show. It's conducted by
gentlemen who want to get at the
truth. never had no advantages, but
vet I'm fond Of good society,""
swell, Mr.. Doole," said the advo-
cate. "you understand that We are in
restigators. Can you tell us anything
that we don't know"
TIE GHOST EXPLAINS TIE MYSTERY OF
DYING.
"Yes, l think | call. / think | { cal
tell you n thing or two you don't know,
though | haven't no book larnin'. You
never died but | hev. There's where
I've got the advantage of you. You've
got to die, too, and maybe you feel Gu
Tlous about 1t. Well, It's q mere trifle,
after all. It's jest like goin' to sleep.
You can't get up In the morning and
remember Jest when you fell asleep.
Well, you can't remember jest when
you died. It's all a little misty, like.
/ didn't perfectly realize that | was
dead till a week after l was buried.
You see | was very sick, and the last
days my mind was considerably con-
fused. l kind o. suspected that my
time had come; but after | got pretty
low, everything vas mixed. I don't
rightly know to this day whether 1t
was Sunday afternoon or Monday night
I died on. I don't know whether |
suffered much, or whether l was long
in dying. 1t was all like a dream, or
like trying to remember things when
you've been drunk over night. I guess
generally make too much fuss
about dying. I guess, rs a ordinary
rule, folks don't suffer as much In dy-
Ing as they do IN having a tooth drawn.
If they do, they don't Know It,"
HOW Doo1.E DISCOVERED THAT lie WAS
DEAD.
elbow long after your DEATH" asked
the lawyer, "did you become aware
of the fact?
81 don't know. 1t was something
like this. I'm n shoemaker, you know;
or rather was when | was alive. We'll,
l had n journeyman working for me, n
tonguey fellow, who used to pay n
good deal more attention to my wife
than | liked. J went down to the Shop
one morning, and there he was talking
ard laughing with my Betsy, and i
stood looking In at the door and saw
the rascal trying 10 kiss her. Then I
went to pick up n last to throw at his
head, aid found | hadn't any fingers"
"Hadn t any fingers! What do you
mean b. that?'
"Weli, l couldn't pick up the last.
Theu ! spoke to Betsy, and swore at
at my journeyman, and they didn't pay
tie least attention. couldn't make
Il EN- h.ar me, l hadn't any voice.
They didn't hear me they didn't see
me. Then 7 got frightened, and knew
that something had happened to me.
Then for the first time the idea flashed
across me that I had died and was a
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"Do you like life In the spirit land
rs we'll as life on earth ?" was the next
question. .
"I'm tired" was the response. "Ill
come and talk with you more another
time. I'm glad I've found You. I'll
come again and have a talk. What
was 1t now that 1 wanted to say? Never
mind I'll come again"
And thus ended the first spiritual
seance we ever attended. Either there
Is something strange inthls business,
or the medium of these "private in
Is a clever woman and a
actress.
A CAPTIVE AMONG THE INDIANS
The crew Of the schooner Forest Hing,
was wrecked on the 9th Of
January on Barclay Sound, state that
while they were at the Indian ran
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