The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-06-04
TIE FLIGHT OF a SOIL.
8 Nebraska Man who Thinks lac Knows
the Secret of Nature. and
Explains II.

Gently developed iii Lincoln, Nebraska.
1t IS Of such an astounding nature that the
correspondent hesitates to give the circum-
stances TO the public, Oh account Of being
barred al present from giving names, al
though there is no good reason why it
should not be done However, the gentle
man who has made the discovery requests
it. This disclosure consists in proving be
yond the possibility Of doubt by scientific
means the existence Of human soul, lay
ing bare the greatest secret of nature, and
proving the doctrines Of eternal faith,
THAT the soul Of man doth live the dis
closures and proofs of which will shortly
startle and astonish the entire world
For the sake of convenience the gentle
man alluded to Will be called Mr. Holland.
a man Of small stature. a mild eye. and
thoughtful countenance; a deyout Christ
ian, possessing It peculiar belief that the
soul of man is a counterpart Of the body
itself, and in this theory of the dual man
he sought the key of life and death He
reasoned that within this body Of bone and
sinew was yet another body existing in
vapory form which death alone should
free, and that by simple microscopic de-
vice the dull sight OF human eyes might
penetrate the minutest particles of the air
we breathe, and 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 sofa suffer
ing with pain in his foot, and yet there
was no foot there to suffer, the lee having
been amputated nearly to the hip. For
years" says Mr. Holland. ''tls incident
ran through my mind, until at last | re-
solved upon All experiment. procured
the most powerful lenses could find, and
completed an invention Of MY own, and
when | had my light arranged perfect
". so could examine She microbes Of the
air. | called upon friend who had lost his
arm, and explained that ! wanted him TO
put his imaginary hand where directed.
He laughingly accompanied me to my
rooms and did as | desired. The moment
! adjusted the glass 4 world OF revelation
broke upon me The dual hand lay be-
meath my glass, asked him to make let
tiers with his imaginary finger He did so,
and to his wonder and astonishment
spelled out the sentences he wrote. This
was conclusive evidence to me, : continued
MI Holland, ''and you know the rest
The second experiment was one OF the
greatest liiculty-that of watching the
soul itself take fight The friends of dy-
ing men would not allow experiments, and,
indeed, it would have been delicate mat
ter to ask it. Hospitals afforded oppor-
tunities, but physicians and attendants had
no faith in the experiments of the quiet
gentleman, whom they no 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 con-
sumptive wandcrer from the East sought
relief in the western air. He fell penniless,
and was about to be taken by the authori-
ties to the county poorhouse, 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 experiment would be lost, and leav-
ing orders by day with his wife to call him
= sna,nal IA no uitalr
ing
The fatal moment came about 10 o clock
in the morning Stretched upon a low
bedstead. 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 a
seat. and continued watching the features
of the dying man with silent interest,
Presently he arose and adjusted the cur
tains of the window so that a flood of light
tell asant the dying man. lie wheeled
from corner Of the room what looked like
photographer camera, arranged the
lenses to a focus, and then produced a
large lens of some twelve inches in diane
ter and placed it in grooves made To fit be-
hind the apparatus The back part was
then covered with a black cloth So as ia
obscure the light, and from time 10 time,
as the breathing of the man grew heavier,
Mr. Holland made inspections of the in
strument
At precisely IL o'clock a sudden tremor
passed through the body, and he had ceased
10 breathe Mr. Holland arose from the
bedside. and said, in a whisper.
'.Now is the time!"
| Together Mr. Holland and the CORES
pendent passed their heads under the black
cloth and bent their eyes iutcntly upon the
glass. Particles of dust in the air were
magnificd several Thousand times, and Tot
time their motion kept perfect dazzle
upon the glass.
Then as the vapor gathers into clouds
50 an object appeared to be forming foot
above the body upon the bed. Particle
seemed 10 seek particle as by some mole
cular attraction. until All object was eiearl,
distinguishabc 1t seemed the vapor.
form of a man rapidly assuming a NOR
perfect shape. pure and colorless as tn
most delicate crystal. There was mo
ment of awful stiffness. and feeling cam