The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-17
SCRANTON IS
A BONANZA


peered darkly over the head Of his Wis.,
itor. who turned uneasily but saw
nothing. Yes" continued the seer. 1T
Is Grandmother Blank (giving the vis-
itor's proper name) and behind her
stands n peculiar figure, o guardian
spirit, which out of u large book reads
these words: Here he threw in a little
Hebrew" and then said, This spirit
Will watch over you, and your life Is
destined to be one OF success"
SAW A BLONDE
AT this moment he riveted his gaze
on corner of the room, and remarked
absently, II see blonde" The Trib-
une man looked hurricdly at the corner,
muttered disappointedly, II don't" and
the doctor continued. You know u
blonde?' BY a stretch of the imagina-
tion the visitor remembered that he did
Know damsel with golden hair, and in
awe-stricken tones murmured that he
did. An, ha!' triumphantly exclaimed
the clairvoyant, "she will exert a great
influence on your life, but beware You
VIII be great favorite with the fair
sex, even though you are personally
aVerse to them. And now. is there any
thing else could do for you?'
Ihe guest suggested that he would
ike to hear something about the past,
Whereat the pamists strong features
resolved themselves into an iron-like
cast, and he remarked sternly: "All
such questions, prompted merely by
IDLE curiosity, are ignored by me-
early In the seance he had requested
that the name of his visitors enemy
ne written down. or q question pen-
ned regarding the true state of rela-
tions towards MIN of some dubious
party. This was done. but 1t evidently
slipped his memory, and therefore the
fribune man. who was really anxious
to know whether or not there are any
persons about the city who spend
nights LAYING for him. anXiousy
queried, "And how about my enemy?"
you have an enemy" replied Lord
gloomily. You have an enemy, ana
he is a man. Further information
was not vouclsafed. He next gave
the startling news that his hapless
guest would be unfortunate in specu.
lation. while fortunate otherwise. and
then rousing himself from his cata.
l"ptic state long enough to take the
bill rendered him bv his guest. es-
"
TOLD THEIR EXPERIENCES.
Two women, who emerged from
seances. told the Tribune man odd tales
Of their experiences.
They were both apparently intelli-
gent and sensible persons, and seemed
thoroughly dsgusted with what was
returned them for their money. The
one, a middle-aged woman, was re-
quested to write down her name upon
card. and after studying her hand
for awhile, DR.. Lord managed to dis
cover her name. She is afflicted with
deafness, and after being several
times request ID by her to speak louder
he informed her that she was a victim
of ear trouble, brought on by a shock
and catarrh. However" he added.
sraciously. coming out of the clair
voyant condition, for the time being,
IT would be pleased to give you medi-
cal treatment and cure your disease"
The other lady, VINO. was we'll on in
years, was not requested to write
down her name. However, after a
close examination of her hand. the
nalnist asked mysteriously: "Who is
Mary?" On hearing this rather un-
common name, the visitor answered,
'I've a daughter by that name"
"Of course smiled the palmist,
land poor Mary is very unfortunate
"Oh. no SIR was the response,
"shc's heen Il very successful girl"
And what's more" said the clair
voyant cheerfully, she always will be.
was referring to the other Mary"
One of the kindcst things which Gun
be said about Kent Lord is-he is not
seventh son of q seventh
son. However, he Is getting vast
sums of money from persons who can
poorly afford to be deprived of 1t in
this way
If he was taking the money merely
of those who had their fortunes tolf
for pastime and can afford it.
the evil would not be great. but
unfortunately the great majority of
his patrons are credulous persons,
who need the money he takes from
them and who ought to he saved from
the nonsensical notions he fills their
heads with.