The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-13
sPIRITUALIsN A SCIENCE.
Ehe Tests That Resulted In the Con-
versiOn of a New York Man.

Ehe Tests That H Resulted In the Com
version of n New York Man.
u am naturally inclined to be skepttcsl
and it was only after had gone through
crucial tests that l was converted. / sat
alone an hour each night IN the darkness
ofmy room for eighteen months, and eE-
perieneed wonderful things. but stil was
not convinced. Ny right arm would
grow cold at. times, and move tnvolun-
tariIy, untiT became frightened and
thought was about to be paralyzed- 1
was at that time q broker near Wall
street, IN New York, and doing 8 large
business. ! was sitting at my desk in the
office one day writing. suddenly that
Peculiar sense of numbness came over my
arm, and my hand moved the pen serUss
the paper, and I had no power Of resist
Rnce. I wrote in large bold letters: You
are being robbed; count your cash ! had
not dreamed Of such a thing and was
completely dumfouuded. A friend u
mine came i'm at the moment and got
him to count the cash over for me. /
made note of the amount, and carefully,
locked the drawer. We then went 10
lunch and were gone several hOnrs. Up
on returning We counted the cash again.
and found 1t SlL50 short I was unable
to discover who the thief was. The spirits
viii not tell rs that so long as we have
the system OF Furnishing instead OF trying
to reform criminals.
y think that was sufficient test TO con
vince any man. Afterward I went into
the lnmber business in connection with
a house In Liverpool We bought
quantities Of lumber in Canada and
shipped it over I'm CargOes. The system OF
regulating the business there IS this: The
lumber Is graded into three clRsses-Oue,
two and theee The first Is free from
knots, the second has d certain number,
and the third more. The government
employees men TO brand this lumber and
grade 1t as It comes from the saw, snd
each clssS Is stamped one, two or three
You can see what amount Of damage these
branders could do. were they bribed by
the mill-owners
"One winter I received a number
Of complaints from the firm in Liverpool
as to the quality OF the material One
night was n my Office az Quebec writing.
and again the old feeling came over my
arm, and my hand travelled across the
paper. The pen traced the words Go %
Montreal You are wanted at once
had but fifteen minutes IN which TO go
mile and catch the boat, but l got there.
| On arriving in Montreal I went straight
70 the dock where we had a cargo about
to start 1 went on deck and declared
that there had been fraud IN the branding
of the lumber, and demanding that the
work be done over again. Under the law,
when such a demand Is properly made,
: the court must order the work done i'm
mediately by three government men In
+ the meanwhile, was incuTring an enor-
/ nous risk There had TO be paid to the
. ship-owners $500 for every day the ship
WAS held beyond the sailing time, and $50
/ a day in addition for every barge. In
case the relanding OF the cargo did not
alter the amount 10 per cent, then this ex-
peuse fell on me. The three examiners
.r-.Ha q Il Hhr.a~w sanHH IA
days to get to work. They then discovered
. that all the second grade had been
stamped As SO. ] aud the third grade as
. No. . Tn this way $50 900 WIS saved 10
the firm IN the single cargo and ali the
I expenses had to be paid by the bondsmeI
/ OF the government employee who haC
been bribed by the mill-owEers. Had
failed I would have been laughed at anC
. called a fool. but I was willing TO iuCul
the risk on the strength OF the spirl
writing.
Another mistake which is made is fl
cunfounding the faculty OF being able e
see and know things by means OF a tOucl
Of the hands. This discovery Was frs
made by Professor buchanan, fOrneTl,
OF Kentucky He was principal OF
college IN Ohio, and an Episcopal bishol
went to consult him as a physician. IN
Bishop said he was wonderfully construct
ed, and could tell by feeling 8 piece o
. metal, without seeing II, whether IL wa
iron, brass, copper, OF something else
Professor Buchanan placed the Bishop
hand behind him ana 8ppiI=d a number U
. tests all of whi "a were answered immedi
. ately. The Professor thought there va
something in it, and iegan making test
with the bOys in the college. Out Of 5
there were about 100 who were more q
less gifted that way lie extended b
researches further and began experimen
ing with drugs. There were about twent
of the boys he could influence by piaCin
a drug ia the palm Oi her hands, an
could even cause some to VOmit BY pu
ting ipeCac in their lunch without the
/ knowing what il was. He continued a
work, and one day went to the bishC
mentioned above, and. placing a scale
letter In his hand, said | want 10 kno
IL you can divine the contents Of that le
ter by the sensation its touch Causes
The Bishop laughed. and said / feel
sensation as Of great soldier. who W.
very angry You are right repli'
Professor Buchanan. That letter was o
written by George Washington the uiEl
he learned aI !'catdiCt Aruula's treason
And JI.r- g Ma ftat the science ~
discovered u has since been develop
wonderfully huJ should rot be co
founded with sputualism" - Char
Dawburn in Louisville Times