St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-21
ONLY ONE PRECEDENT.
Certain Spirit Materializa-
tons That We're Said to
Turn Hair White.
Il.
A Child Whose Father Is
Claimed To Be a ~
Spirit.
Si1
The Remarkable Case or a
Handsome Young French q
Widow. e,
A Test Of Spirit Return--A
Clock That ForetellS i;
Death.

Tdrls SpeCldl.
A case for which only one precedent
can be found in history is at the present
time the theme of much comment at
Nantes. A widow named Lasalle, who
has now for upward of two years worn
the weeds for her departed spouse, ana
has during that time led. ostenslDly,
the most ascetic of lives, has recently.
to the surprise of her neighbors and
seemingly to herself, become mother.
Whether this child is the first OF a new
order of beings destined to supersede
the present inhabitants of this planet,
as some seem to believe, remains yet to
be, proved. That there is a strong
probability of this being the case is
asserted by many who are intimately
associated with the lady. She herself
tells well-nigh incredible story with
regard to the matter, and, instead OF ap-
pearing dismayed at the advent of the
little stranger, as some ladies undOuDt-
edly would be under the circumstances,
she boldly proclaims theory which ac-
counts for its existence creditably to
herself, and even seems to court investl-
CATION of the matter. Since the death
of her husband Nine. Lasalle asserts he
has not been absent from her thoughts
even for a second.
She Has Visited His Grave Daily
since his demise, and, as the attendants
in the cemetery are aware, has always
left some floral token to show the I'M
fading character of her affection for the
dust repOSing so peacefully below. In
return for this unWavering cOnStancys
Nine. LaSelle claims that on several Oc-
casions when she has been alone in her
room at night her husband has appeared
to her.
His appearance In the chamber has
always, she claims, been the cause OF
her sinking into kind OF dreamy tor
Dor. Nine Lasalle had never previous
fv been a mother, and 1t was an ell
tirelv natural course for her thoughts to
take when enjoying the presence of her
spirit husband, that she would like some
material token of those visits, to prove
to her that she had not been the victim
of a mere mental illusion. So strong
did this desire family become. asserts
Nine, Lasalle, that she finally communi7
Gated the idea to her etherealized spouse,
and was only too delighted to discover
that he entirely shared. =
Her Views in the Matter. +
The thoughtless couple do not appear
to have considered at all what an en-
barrassing position it would place the
lady in to become mother under the
circumstances so long after the husband
had been, according to the calculations
of other mOrtals, dead. Accordingly,
some three weeks ago, and, as Mmei
Lasalle observed, at precisely the prop
er time for its appearance, healthy
and to all appearances an ordinary NOR
tai child was born to her. AS. Nine.
Laselle is an exceedingly deyout W0m-
an, regular attendant at church, and
has an absolutely immaculate reputa-
ton, even with the gossips of the local
ity in which she lives, there seems to
he no disposition to doubt her
statements with regard to the mat
ter. Sheathed in the faith OF
her own convictions, there is not the
Slightest doubt that the woman is thor
oughly convinced that her explanation
is a perfectly correct one, and that she
considers herself woman OF wonderful
powers in consequence. OF course, the
skeptical regard Nine. Lasalle as very
| clever actress and fraud, or else insist
| that she is insane upon the subject, but
| one medical expert, who has examined
| and questioned the woman closely, as
serts that he is ready to accept her
| statement that the man who was mar
ried to her is
Really the Father of Her Child.
Nine. Lasalle has never affiliated her,
self with the spiritualists, but since the
birth of her child has been visited by
several people interested in such doc
trineS.
1t is expected by these people thai
the child if it lives, may develop some
very remarkable powers of mediumlstlc
character, if indeed it does not inaugur-
ate the beginning of new species, DIES,
tined to form link between the astral
| and material existences. The traditions
of the human race are cited by these
| credulous enthusiasts as justifying such
a far-fetched conclusion, as it is limited
both in Biblical and NEUROLOGICAL lore
that beings of Semi-supernatural
| character were once common OH this
sublunary sphere. Meanwhile, the
| baby thrives upon the ordinary infant
diet. and seems to be particularly obliv-
| ious to the speculatiOns of both phlloso-
pliers and scientists. This may, how
ever, be only ruse of his to battle any
impertinent curiosity on the part OF the
public.