Louisiana capitolian., 1880-08-31
sPlR1TUAI1sM,
A Family Saved From Starvation BY 4
Mysterious Communication.
~. Louis Times.

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"Spirituaiism IN not running TO seed
" not an exploded fraud, aud there Il
something IN II whether you believe Il
or not Just because yon do not happen
TO in'orse thing, Is IL bound tobe false
on that account! ! bate such men 1.
you are; yon stand IN the way Of pro
gress +; you would imprison the men who
Say The earth moves il you could.
u have been forty years spiri tualis,
and have ssen and heard things strange,
than are dreamed Of In your narrow phil.
oSopby, which makes mau olod and
says that there Is nothing in ths blns ais
and space What good has ever come
ofitP PLENTY Of go"d.' can give you
Just one instance ont Of many which,
have come under my own observation.
During the winter of 1871 there lived a
few blocks from mo young man who
was confidential clerk In one Of tho lead
ins firms on Main street.
"One day ny he sat at his ,lesk bis arm
commenced to tremble violently. 1t WIS
brond daylight, and the house was crow
ded withcustomers. Mt. Jamison- that's
not his name, but il will do--was max
ing out bill, and not knowing what
was the matter Che lad never seen any
spiritnalistic manifestations), hs endss-
vorcd to 70 on writing. But instead Of
tracing on the paper '30sO pounds clear
sides "a l4c.,' tho pen wrote, Go to No.
o35 Biddlo street without fail He turn
ed white as sheet, but made o strong
effort to regain his self-possessiou, and
went on writing. Again tho pen traced
the same sentence. He tore the paper
into shreds aud took y new billhsad.
"A third time the sentence was traced.
and he became NO agitated that his EN-.
ploysr took notice Of it, and asked him
the cause. He pleaded sickness, aud,
crumplinE tho paper in his hand, went
to bis boarding house. That evening he
came to mel was then president Of The
st. Louis Society-and asked my advice,
1t WAS to goat once to tho number indi.
Gated. He invited me to accompany him
and l accepted. When We came to the
house we found lady stretched on Z
miserable bed, starving to death--ycs,
sir, absolutely starving to death. Her
daughter, u beautiful girl Of nineteen,
was sitting ut her side, wan with hun
ger, holding her mothers hand.
1--WE learned their story from her lips.
Her father wealthy Chicago merchant,
had lost everything in the great fire.
With his wife and daughter he came to
st. Louis to engage in the real estate
business, but died in few years after
his arrival. What little money tho two
ladies had was soon spent, aud in tho
dead Of winter, being too proud to boy,
and too honest to steal, thoy were starv.
ing together in that wretclled lodging. !
We brought them provisions aud coal
aud sent fol u physician. Tho mother
rallied and was soon we'll enough to be
removed to better quarters, which my |
friend provided. He learned for tho !
first time on receiving the mysterious |
message that he was q medium. "Dur. |
ing q seance which we held together,
he again received communication from
the same source, the spirit identifying
itself az the girls father. A fsw months
after
"There was u quiet wedding, ellY
Eyes, sir, there was, and he married
that girl, and now they .havc three
children az fine a. you ever saw-the
second one naned Charles H., after me.
spirituslism never did any good What
DO you think Of thats"
"Why, I thiuk it's 9 mighty tough
story sounds like ono Of Besdle's," said
The reporter, as he went through tho
lOOr.
Two editors were seated side by side
1t circus A trapeze woman was COIN.
ing down The rope bottom side mp slow.
y the rope wound around hor limbs and