Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-22
More About the stlQmata.

The San Francisco Chronicle Of yes
terday has another long article Of de.
tails and particulars Of Information
relative to the stismata miracle In that
city. We extract the following:
TIE sTIeAATA.
The Stigmata are counterparts OF the
five wounds Of Christ, and are sup
posed to be only conferred as a mark
Of the special favor Of the Almighty.
Many Roman Catholics have already
resolved them: 81. Francis d'Assisi,
81. Francis Xavier. Blind Peter Cla-
YER, Mary Ann of Jesus, Maria Morl,
Louisa Latiau, and others too numsr-
Gus to mention. In nearly all these
cases they remained for q period OF
years ; 10 others. a. In the case OF Miss
Collins, only for a day or two. Other
marks have also been conferred, as that
related In the "Adversaria" Of Casau-
bon, where. on an occasion Of . thun.
derbolt falling on . church. marks OF
crosses were burned In the backs and
breasts OF many persons. This was,
beyond all doubt, caused BY the cleo
trio fluid heating the small metallic
crosses that Catholics wore around
their necks as charms). Concerning
the Stigmata Of the saints mentioned,
we have nothing to say, but n thing
Ia certain, that the hand Of Saint Fran.
els Xavier (who Is said to have died
with the Stigmatah preserved IN the
Jesuits' Church Of the Gssu In Rome,
though dried up. In an exhausted re-
ceiyer, and otherwise enbalmed, does
not show even Q c OF any suon
wound.
CASE OF MISS coILIss
Does admit Of investigation. notwith.
standing the fact that only priests and
deyout Catholics ara allowed to see
the miraculous sores. She was not at
tended by any one except her pious
companion when she received them.
Afterwards they were exhibited, bleed
Ing, to several Of the devout. Iney
grew apparently larger towards even
Ing, and bled afresh, notwithstanding
that they were beginning to e,cstrise
already. They were only ;he deptn OF
the epidermis or outer skin ; the outs
or inner skin was not at all aoraoeo,
or but slightly so. The epidermls
around them was ragged, and the gen
ersl character Of the wound similar to
ons that would be made BY scratching
or pinching of the skin. The wound
on the back of the hand was deeper
and more ragged; on the palm a DIT OF
epidermis was simply removed. On
one Of the hands the upper and lower
wounds do not colncide In position by
over an Inch, which would cen TO In
dictate that they were the werk Of .
person with q very Inaccurate eye.
The wounds In the feet are quite small
and unpretenttous, while that on the
side looks like . series Of scratches
only skin deep. The wounds are all
irregular In size and shape, and bear
the appearance Of having been made
either by pinching or scratching.
HER STYLE AND APPEARANcE.
Miss Collins u rather q good7looklng
Young woman, OF not specially pious
aspect except when she casts down her
eyes. She played rather ostentiously
with her rosary, which was three feet
long. At the request Of the reporter
she held out her hands for inspection.
Their appearance coinclded exactly
with the description we have gwen.
They are fast healing up, aud on the
palms are scarcely visible. In reply
70 tho reporters query as to whether
or no she suffered yet from them, she
said that on the previous Friday even
Ing she suffered exquisite pain. It Is
noticeable fact that Mas Armer does
the principal part Of the talking, and
with a methodical regularity, watched
all the while like y lynx BY Miss
Collins, Miss Collins does not have a
straightforward manner about her that
would impress a skeptical person OF the
truth Of her statement. Indeed, quite
the contrary. Even those who at first
put credence In it now refuse to listen
to the story as miraculous. r