The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-29
HIS TOUCH SEEMS
TO BE MAGICAL
Young Man Astonishes Hundreds by His
Supposed Cures.

SupDOsed Cures.
HE Is LIKE A HUMAN BATTERY
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Has Created n Furore i'm Cumber.
|
| A Char,bersburg Pa. CORRESPONDENT
| Of the PHILADELPHIA Record writes: The
whole Cumberland valley has suddenly
awakened to the fact that II has in its
| midst what manv bslieve 70 bo q genu-
| Inc healer. He does not claim 10 be
| gifted with divine power to work mir
acles; nor 10 De spirituai heaier'
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lists superstition in some sections as
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METHOD OF HEALING.
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,oos r;cbt m 10 tha n,t;ert ,.I,.n. b,s
or h.r. bord, Gov , fav, ,,inutas thon
torcbos tho nor,s ,efao.ad As,.r tbat
tho valiant cIain,. to avnor;snco =. fsoI-
ing Of rast ond ,.,iof fro,, n,in mat
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noithor thev nor tho heo,sr Lnovs rho
hoaIar ,h;ois i, 10 o,oo.r,o,,,, rro,,arot tod
tn, I, 1pI ,trl, s1,rl, 20. tkn
;ointsr ord ,ho notio,ts s.,, th,t .t bic
touch which is var,n ,nd ,noist thev
ayner;.rcoa n tirr,,nm sansat,on trronnh,
o,,t ,ho a,,;ra hoar ,o1,o,,,aa h,, :, Ices
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FAITH HIS TOUCH.
Whether or not Keyser is human
battery that can shed electricity like
|
cures are simply the working of the
| imaginations of the patients, who, as a
class are not educated people. he has
undoubtedly magnetized this valley.
While the intelligent hold aloof from
him. as a class, and the physicians
laugh at his claims, the lame, the halt,
the paralyzed and even the blind, are
seeking his touch with an abiding faith.
This is one of the incongruities of this
famous county. which Historian John
NJ. Cooper claims has produced more
great men who have held high office
than any other rural county in the
union.
Who and what is this young man
| who has set the whole valley to talking
and the doctors to laughing? The doc
tors claim that he Is simply one of the
periodical healers which this valley
has become accustomed to receive with
open arms-that is, the superstitious
| part Of the valley. They saw that for a
long time Rife was the craze; that there
| were thousands who believed in the
efficacy of his touch and incantations
which were always performed right af-
ter sundown or Immediately preceding
sunrise. They point, also, to the al
legged cures by Mrs, Woodworth, the
trance medium, and argue that Key
ser's popularity will not last long after
the novelty dies out.
Keyser, however, has many stanch
| adherents. who discuss his merits even
! with the doctors. One will known citi-
| zen of this borough. who will argue for
q week that the Bible is not n. Divine
insniration and who is a great admirer
of Bob Ingersoll. has the greatest faith
in Keyser and Is n firm believer in the
efficacy of faith cures. He saws he
knows of two permanent cures of her.
mia right in this town through faith
| The victims. he saws. in obedience 10
the instructions of n pow-wow man,
simply looked at the new moon and
placed their hands on the affected parts
saying soltly three times: "What see
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thoro GRO como inteI,igent ne, ,vbo od
NIT that there is sometbinr about
youpg Kevser that tbev do NOT under.
| stand ,pd II ;s c,oimed come of b;s o,-