Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-15

Slstant united states attorney haq ad-
vised her to consult mediums. When
you take this in connection with the
fact that the Supreme court evidently
listened to the ghost conversation as
part of the testimony, you cannot blink
at the conclusion that a ghost has been
admitted to a court of justice in the
United States. The supernatural has
come again to play a formal and rec
ognized part in the affairs of men in a
country which calls itself civilized.
SplrituaIism Involved.
OF course, the whole question Of
spiritualism is here involved. There
are many intelligent and sincere peo-
pie who believe that the existence Of
ghosts who can communicate with US
has been proved.
Out in the West there is a certain
placer deposit of gold which has been
the grave of many fortunes. One man
after another has tried to get this
gold, and all have failed. Finally,
QlouS (dluC OH LAFCHlU Will q ulOSl
ingenious and expensive plan for get
ting the gold. He had absolute faith
in it. It appeared that he was in COM
munication with the ghost of his dead
sister, and that she had impaired this
plan to him, and had told him 1t was
sure to succeed. He spent every cent
he owned and could borrow on the
plan and lost 1t all. The ghost was
wrong.
Here is another example Of a med
dlesome ghost who sought to make
trouble. A young and attractive widow
was invited by an older woman who
lived in the same boarding house to
join her in some ouija board excur-
sions to the land Of the dead. They
Immediately got into communication
with the spirit of the young woman's
dead husband. He proceeded to crit
icize her goings and comings at great
length. He objected to the nan she
went with. He told her that such and
| such a nan was immoral, that an
other ate cocaine, that a third had q
wife living in Australia. He advised
her to give up all frivolities and stay
at home nights.
Widow ls Troubled.
The young widow was considerably
troubled at first. But she had strong
common sense. She reflected that
even if spiritism was a true revelation,
there were fake mediums, and her ell
derby friend might be n Of them.
| She also reflected that her husband in
life had been a jealous fellow, inclined
| to lie about all possible rivals, and she
| saw no reason to believe that death
| had reformed him. She was able to
prove that some Of the messages which
had been sent her from '"The Beyond"
were not in accord with the facts.
When the next ouija board session
| came off, there was a struggle. Hub
| bic tried to get in some more advice,
but the young widow had strong hands.
| Instead of hubby, 1t was the defunct
aunt of her elderly friend who got the
floor. This departed lady informed the
| elderly friend that she was in danger
of serious financial reverses, that she
was apt to die a violent death, proba-
bly, by falling down stairs, that the
rubber company in which she had
bought three shares Of stock was a
swindle, and that If she did not drink
less tea she would get cirrhosis of the
liver. All Of this threw the good WON.
an into a sweat Of apprehension; the
ouija board readings were discontin-
ued, and the dead husband lost his
only means of communication with the
world of the living, to the great re-
lief Of his widow.-Frederic ]. Haskin
in Chicago News.