Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-09-04
THE HUMAN SOUL FOUND.
Scientific Disclosures and Proofs
Which Threaten to Startle
and Artonish the Whole
World When They
Are Published.


Are Published.
LIEooLN, NEB., Aug. PA most
remarkable discovery has recently
developed in this city. 1t is Of such
an astounding nature that the cores
pondent hcsitates to give the circum-
stances to the public ON account OF
being barred at present from giving
names, although there is 10 good
reason why il should not be done.
However, the gentleman who has
made the discovery requests it. This
disclosure consists in proving beyond
the possibility Of doubt by scientific
means the existence of the human
soul, laying bare the greatest secret
of nature and proving the doctrine
of eternal faith "that the soul of man
doth live" the disclosures and proofs
of which will shortly startle and as
stonish the entire world.
For the sake of convenience the
gentleman alluded to will be called
MIR. lIolland,a man of small stature, a
mild eye and thoughtful countenance
deyout Christian, possessinga pecu-
liar belief that the soul of a man is Il
counterpart of the body itself; and
in this theory of the dual man he
sought the key of life and death. lie
reasoned that within this body of
bone and sinew was yet another body
existing IN vapor form which death
alone should free, ,and that by simple
microscopic device the dull sight of
human eyes might penetrate the min
ute particles of the air we breath,
aud see the soul take form and flight
to the boundaries of another world.
His attention was first attracted to
this, he says, by man lying upon a
sofa suffering with pain in his foot,
and yet there was no foot there to
suffer, the leg having been amputa-
ted nearly to the hip. "For years.
says Mr.. Holland, "this incident ran
through my mind, until at last l re-
solved upon an experiment. | pro-
cured the most powerful lenses |
could fluid and completed all inven-
tion Of my own, and when had my
light arranged perfectly so | could
examine the microbes Of the air,
called upon friend who had lost his
arm and explained that | wanted him
to put his imaginary hand where |
directed. lie laughingly accompani-
ed me TO my rooms and did as | de-
sired. The moment | adjusted the
glass u world of revelation broke
upon me. The dual hand lay beneath
my glass asked him TO make let
ters with his imaginary finger. lie
did so and to his wonder and aston
ishment spelled out the sentences he
wrote. That was conclusive eviden-
dence to me-" continued Mr.. Holland,
"and you know the rest"
The second experiment was one Of
the greatest difllculty-that Of watch
ing the soul itself take flight. The
friends of dying men would not al
low experiments, and, indeed, it
would have been delicate matter to
ask it. Hospitals afforded opportu-
mites, but physicians and attendants
had no faith in the experiments of
the quiet gentleman, whom they 10
doubt alluded to as "crank," so for
nearly year he was waiting and
watching for man ready TO die.
The opportunity came at last; a
consumptive wanderer from the
East sought relief in the Western air.
lie fell penniless, and was about to
be taken by the authorities to the
county poor-house when Mr.. Holland
interposed and had him removed to
his own home, to nurse and watch
him die. Through many long hours
of the night, Mr.. Holland sat by the
bedside of his charge, tanning the
spark of life lest it should go out in
the night, when all efforts at the ex-
pertinent would be lost, and leaving
orders by day with his wife TO call
him the moment the patient seemed
to be sinking.
The fated moment came about 10
o'clock yesterday morning. Stretched
upon low bedside, with the death
rattle sounding in his throat, lay a
young man of perhaps twenty-three
years of age. Mr.. Holland quietly
motioned the correspondent to
seat and continued watching the
features of the dying man with silent
interest. Presently he arose and ad-
justed the curtains of the windows
so that flood of light fell aslant the
dying man. He wheeled from cor
ner of the room what looked like a
photographers camera, arranged the
lenses to focus, and then produced
a large lens of some twelve inches in
diameter and placed it in grooves
made to fit behind the apparatus.
The back part was then covered with
O black cloth so as to obscure the
light, and from time to time as the
breathing of the man grew heavier
Mr.. Holland made inspections of the
instrument.
At precisely II 80 o'clock sudden
tremor passed through the body and
he had ceased to breathe. Mr.. Hol-
land arose from the bedside and said
in whisper:
"Now is the timel" .v
Together Mr.. Holland and the COR
respondent passed their hands under
the black cloth and bent their eyes
intently upon the glass. Particles Of
dust in the air were magnified seve-
raj thousand times and for a time
their motion kept perfect dazzle
upon the glass.
Then as the vapor gathers into
clouds, so an object appeared to be
forming a foot above the body upon
the bed. Particles seemed to seek
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