The examiner., 1886-06-19

value their own happiness as we'll as that of their friends, should give this subject the most careful attention and investiga, ton.
 sPIRITUALIsM A SCIENCE.
 The Tests That Resulted In the Con-
 version of aNew York Man.
 q am naturally inclined to be skeptical and it was only after had gone through crucial tests that was converted sat alone an hour each night in the darkness of my room for eighteen months, and ex- perienced wonderful things, but still I was not convinced. My right arm would grow cold at times, and move involun- tarily, until I became frightened and thought was about to be paralyzed. I was at that time broker near Wall street, in New York, and doing a large business. Twas 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 across the paper, and I had no power or resist ance. I wrote in large; bold letters: fYou are being robbed; count your cash.' had not dreamed of such @ thing and was completely dumfounded. A friend of mine came in at the moment and got him to count the cash over for ne. I made a note of the amount and carefully, locked the drawer. We then went to lunch, and were gone several honrs. Up on returning we counted the cash again, and found it $11.50 short. was unable to discover who the thief was. The spirits will not tell us that so long as we have the system of punishing instead of trying to reform criminals.
 '1 think that was sufficient test to con- vince any man. Afterward vent into the lnmber business in connection with house in Liverpool We bought quantities of lumber in Canada, and shipped it over in cargoes. The system of regulating the business there is this: The lumber is graded into three classes-one, two. and theee. The first is free from knots, the second has certain number, and the third more. The government employees men to brand this lumber and grade it as it comes from the saw, and each class 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 number of complaints from the firm in Liverpool as to the quality of the material. One night was in my office at Quebec writing. and again the old feeling came over my arm, and my hand travelled across the paper. The pen traced the words. sfGo to Montreal. You are wanted at once.o 1 had but fifteen minutes in which to go a mile and catch the boat, but I got there. On arriving in Montreal l went straight to the dock, where we had cargo about to start. I 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 demand IS properly made, the court must order the work done inn mediately by three government men. In the meanwhile, was incurring an enor- nous risk. There had to be paid to the ship-owners $4OO 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- pense fell on me. The three examiners were appointed, and it took them eight days to get to work. They then discovered that all the second grade had been stamped as No. 1 and the third grade as No. 3. In this way $20, 900 was saved to the firm in the single cargo, and all the expenses had to be paid by the bondsmen of the government employee who had been bribed by the mil1-owners. Had failed l would have been laughed at and called a fool, but was willing to incur the risk on the strength of the spirit writing.
 tAnother mistake which is made is in confounding the faculty of being able to see and know things by means of a touch of the hands. This discovery was first made by Professor Buchanan, formerly of Kentucky. He was principal of college in Ohio, and an Episcopal bishop went to consult him as a physician. The Bishop said he was wonderfully construct ed, and could tell by feeling a piece of metal without seeing it, whether it was iron, brass copper, or something else. Professor Buchanan placed the Bishops hand behind him and applied a number of tests, all of which were answered immedi- ately. The Professor thought there was something in 1t, and began making tests with the boys in the college. Out of I5o there were about 100 who were more or less gifted that way. He extended his researches further, and began experiment. ing with drugs. There were about twenty of the boys he could influence by placing a drug in the palm of her hands, and could even cause some to vomit by put ting ipecac in their lunch without their knowing what it was. He continued the work, and one day went to the bishop mentioned above, and, placing a sealed letter in his hand, said: want to know if you can divine the contents of that let ter by the sensation it's touch causes.' The Bishop laughed, and said; T feel sensation as of a great soldier, who was very angryI You are right replied Professor Buchanan. That letter was one written by George Washington the night he learned of Benedict Arnold's treason
 And thus it was that the science was discovered. It has since been developed wonderfully, but should not be con- founded with spiritualism."- Charles Dawburn in Louisville Times