The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-31

,ho v;rdov. ran. away, and was never saar aca;n. Tho monkey fled 10 nie ssaxc,, crasned it with his tail, and hung ', ts;ntinr fit. while the parrot feii to the floor nearly dead. .-s;.o...
 Do you think that all this inolca. sa;eei a spiritual nature to these nas''"' !" It does to me-" was the reply. The work with the aid of spirits or the soI. of their ancestors. All the orlen.as yenerate these spirits, and the magic,ais sometimes become powerful enough n create an atmosphere about them " which these spirits become visible. aao m the other hand, they often become III visible themselves. l remember tne nrs. lime this was done in my presence. a faL;r " ,s in the room with me, croucned down in prayer, and suddenly the Iaki' d;sapneared. was great skeptlc then, and I pinched myself to be sure was not in dream. The door was locked, and [ searched the room carefully. Al ienoth i stumbled over something which [ conld not see, and suddenly my iaklr onneared. I thought even then that ] had hecn deluded in some way, put saw the same thing many times after -
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 " How do they acquire this power ' was the next question.
 {. By the subjection Of the body. fou will find that the most of the good spir- ;tual mediums are unhealthy in some way. and the eastern magiclans reduce their physical nature until the astrai hodv hecomes the most powerful. Then tbev can work like disembodied spirits, which they really are. But many spirits Juy;ng this life and after it are evil. Not deyils--.I don't believe in devils = h,t evil disposed. But the seeming un- natural growth of seeds and voluntary leyitation, and all such feats are rh- doubtedly produced by these men. lne black sorcerers for some reason aiways choose A mango seed for thelr marseis, but fakir will make any seed grow into a plant and bear blossoms and frult Ill ah hour or two. And they will sit m the air yard from the ground for twenty minutes or longer without being Tn con, tact with anything. have seen all sucb things done hundreds oi times, anu SO have hundreds of other Europeans.
 How were you converted to the Ruddhist faith 2" asked the reporter, curiously.
 "By what was to me absolute proof. I was at n yibara in the northern part ot 1 India and the chief of the gurus of tne little village showed me things which ] demonstrated to be truth. For instance, he made me look at bright tin plate and fix my thoughts on something l wished to see. I thought of my home, and instantly saw a room iu my fathers house. in Russia. Two of my aunts was sitting there, one of them reading q hook the title of which I could read And a strange looking hump backed woman entered the room as looked. ] wrote home about it and learned, months afterward, that at that time my l aunts were sitting in that room and one of them was reading the book l men, toned. And the hump-backed woman was q Polish governess, they had en- yaged after I had left home and without my knowledge. :. :.
 "Then the guru threw me into a 1 trance, first asking me to think of some place to which wished to go. Now, some of the most powerful mesmerizers of Europe have tried to throw me into mesmerfc sleep, and have been utterly unsuccessful. Prince Dolgour0uski tried it, but even he failed. But alter this guru had made few passes over my face, and had given me something to smell, and had made me swallow a cer- tain potion, the ingredients of which l 1 know now, but will not tell. instantly fell into the trance. had desired to go to the house of my dearest friend in Der
 lin. from whom I had not heard for q long time. was there at once, and rung the door-hell. An old woman came to 1 the door. and I asked for my friend. Alas said the old woman, she was buried three mouths ago. 1 asked her where she was buried. and she named the cemetery. Then 1 had desire to see the grave, and I was instantly be- side it, looking through the earth at the corruption below. Suddenly l felt two arms thrown about my neck, and q kiss pressed upon my check. ! looked up and nv friend stood before me, a glori- fled image of what she had been in this life, but transparent. Some months later I heard by letter of her death, and years af,erwaid visited her grave and recognized it as the place had seen in my trance.
 "After this guru, who was from Pun jaub, had thus proved his powers to me, I was unable to doubt him when he showed me in similar ways the secrets of nature, the mysteries of the future life, and the truths that appertain to meta | physics. I studied them fer years, and at last I did not believe, but knew the truth of these things for l saw them, felt them, tried them, lived them."
 {" But you cannot expect others, who have not had your experience, to follow you in your belief" said the reporter.
 {" I do not. What is proof to me is no proof to the public, and if they will not believe eleven million spiritualists be- caase many of the mediums are hum bugs and tricksters, they will not take my word, of course, and don't expect them to. But what I know I know. And these marvels, that seem incredible to those who have not seen them---these miracles, as they are called by the Christian church, and tricks as they are called by self styled scientists--are not wonders to me, for understand them"
 Oh, Yes. That " Punger GOurd."
 In letter to the Washington Ameri- can, senator George w Martin. of Ten nessee, attempts to explain the mystery
 e In the outset, to prevent mistakes, I will state that 1 do not now exactly