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The Huron Signal, 1887-8-26, Page 3THE HURON SIGNAL FRIDAY. AUG. 26, 1887. The . Mplcrious Toach. [ In my researches through goons old manuscripts, I recently cbaaced upon the fullowtni dory, As yet Ica t definitely fix the authorship, but my suspicious pant all in ore direction. Should they his realized after further hu• veetigatioo, I shall hare no hesitancy its eines his name dere Is lbs eon precisely as it appeared in the menu script, *Lich apparently las bs fore seen the light •j — "It has lung been a the Ty of mine that then is a natural explauatiuu for e very oocarence, however out ut the course of nature 11 may seem to the casual tenet ter. Acting upon this theory I have devoted years to the study sit so celled supernaturalism. Little has been published upon the subject that i have nut read. My library is tilled with such works as 1 lwens' Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World," Balloter'. "Strange (tory," Da• -ib' "Crest Her monis," Edam ides' "Spiritualia,u," and the writinio of Swedeutorg. From the weird legends of the Hate mountains to I)rummond's "Natural Ltw in the Spiritual World,' there is little with which I my not familiar. Anything bearing eves icdirectly upon supernatu- ralism or the spirit world is of interest to me. • "The .tory of myths, (arias, ghosts and goblins is one , f rare fascination one enjoys a skillfully told ghost story, even while he laughs at the idea of n ghost. Who dues not experience • thrill of interest upon reading Dickens' "Thirteenth Juror," "The Signalman,' of Bulwer's "The Haunted and the Vaunters !"' Human nature naturally inclines to the lore of the marvelous and supernatural, and the rehearsal of such tales has made certain writer* famous. "I cannot say that icy study of super- naturalism has led to any definite result. I have not made ars remarkable dis coveries, but have had 2,4110 experiences that mystified rime. Among them was ,me of apparently an iurxplicat.le nature, which it is here my purpose to relate. "I remember enc., gums year ago, while sested in gay study, Louden* over e desk, a hand was laid upon my shoul- der. It was my wife's custom ,my late hours bothered Laura , to roue me at times in this manner, and when I turn- ed in answer to the summons, it was with the expectation of seeing her behind ,11111My chair. Turtling slowly about I su- mmered, 'Coming, Lein.' To my amaze - meat the ram sag empty ! I had heard no footfall, ,in voice, but had merely felt the touch of a hand noon my shoul- der, tender, it is true, bight, as L,urs's touch always is, but ucimisatkable; I had not been in • dims, it was not fancy ; I had hest touched by a hand. '•1 confess that upon turning around and finding nothing, 1 was startled. I sat • mucoent in thought, seekieg to bring the occurrence within the ranie of comprehension. My brain was clear, every faculty Mire. Going to the door, I epee it and called op the hallway in • low vole : ".Lura e "No answer. "I Balled again, my voice echoing strangely. The hour was late. Lsnra was evidently asleep. "I resumed icy seat at the desk, but could not continue writing. My thoughts were vague sad scattered. The myste- rious touch upon the shoulder filled me with strange emotions. What sapless - ton was then for it 1 No human hand, and touched me ; had 1 felt the imptesa of • spirit hand ? Ridiculous ! I laughed outright at the idea. Mystified dissatisfied, I chimed the desk, put out the light and went up to my bedroom "j felt the Week. Laura, se shovel' ee tied moll I make 1 1 dettegoimed to I feel the pressers of your hands at this tell ht* /M whole dwelt belting to Sed moment. There was no deception • u some parallel kr it is hie lust exp.erieow was nut • delusion ; • hand touched ems. se a pbyatcuo. Drawing ay chair close Who was it ( What was it 1" to hie, I recited every incident ou•meet- "Laura flamed quickly oust her ed with the mysterious touo► as clearly shoulder, •e nervous people are apt to sad connectedly as I could. He was in• When I bet it y',r moral said *ental do fmtw,a " do whets aloes in the Isom, late at breezed from the b0.41'g. get s.'y.J "raft. the sweets of tlettsry, night. bad finished he hooked d carefully •ewer the neem, uleoltb7 weetied-+ae. web en Mid you are iu derger et einem into a "1 wonder if the bone is hunted i" then o(ever trop, es4ese sit iujudfeitiu• adult - she ,luired. expression eipretua pertly humorous, partly4 observed : ee*tiuh, a food thuruugb•spukeu enemy ' 1 went to bed, but tee lo sleep. The puzzled, and• I will ptotic a vary etti:ieot e.pwhzer and jun.-nit. trivet as it ata/ stem, nmystt6• 'Will you please take el your cost !' "1 did so. a wltulese us tunic. People who dun t ed and worried me. It called for au *mount to anything never haus enemies. which 1 could not, Rive. "Roll up your sleeves,'' he continued. "I did so, weudenug at the weuuug any int re than trees that duet bear fruit There was nu supeany so u• fear to it, myWas it one are stoned for apples You never had reason rebelled et1 any but • natural ofremarkable procedure. s lution of the mystery, and 1 exhausted of the uld gentleman a concede f Ha hse ebial-in *arountd 'oewtridesstalko; icy ingenuity in e..deaiunng to reach grasped my shoulder and seueeaed it, y drawing recon me •cry of pais.grow that they congregate with eudlees such •solution. I rsriv.3 the envie g(ret and flurry. The rata that toe have recce over and over again. It is im- "Night after uizht," hey, sagely re- y possible to pic'•ure here my unspeakable marked, frowning, "you have sat by this to) enemy prates that tee are alive. screen. Cool, moist air hasblown on N.bw'y ever yet tem k the tr''ub a to amazement, when, touched upon the shoulder by a soft hand, I turned sod your shoulder for hours at a tone. What fumed behind mu --- nutting ! The other results c .did have been expected : ' mystery became s part of my dreams. "Prim, dieter, what is the result r I "A few utghts sifter this incident ukrd, ea¢erly. occurred I was again writing at my desk. "Rheumatism," was the sentence us A chilly air was tlow tng through the wire feply. setweu 51 my side It had grown late, 'And the soft u sekd♦ like r,rh 1" but nest later than it was my custom to "Was ,aeraly-fie twitching of a work. Without footfall, voice or warn- , muscle. 'fbe soft. spirit like stage has ing, the touch dime agaiu upon the eaten I passed, and the fin and giialet stage and of the qualities that go to mate up I• T— shoulder and in the same manner. I I comes next, unless you learn wisdom,' I I �Glsri.l pawn can be satiroly rem"' it as plainly as 1 ever felt the touch I "I could have embraced the old troe manhood or wo.nanh vol, bat, li:. of (torr. rho system by the use sit Ayrr's of human hand. Quick as • dash I gentleman in my transports. With • the!lcorqutto• our euctnies are bound to Aim. Cnmre, which contains a sure .psis tururd, ruin toLeet to reyeut anygleeful hop, skip and jump I nn to Lbs keep w wide awake and active. Disease tic. in the ft en o t a very rtabie prduct, g my P never came from a river that has • rocky used in no other remedy. Warranted. poaseseiry of hiding or escape. The doer. room was empty ; the door remained "Laura! Laura !" I Balled. !eau, during his stay in Paris, will cone IC is utsdrnto.d that Heen..l. A Chap - closed as 1 hail left it. "The tenor creature came 'tinning "Did you ever turn fiercely to strike down the stairs as if a fiend war after pints all arnn¢ements for the part her. Canada has to make in the World's Ex - an enemy back of you, and find meth- pusiuon, to be held therein 18,89, ing 1 I wt frightened ; anger was "What has happened 4" she gasped. the prod.' pant feeling. I was con- "Dr Erle has found our gh rat," I acinus of twit the victim of a shrewd cried. deception. felt that this mysterious "Where in s'1" presence, ilia nameless and immaterial "In his arm," answered the doctor. something, war inimical to me. I was "My dear madam, your husband is the eager to materialize it, corner it, under- tint mean I ever met that laughed when stand it. It would here delighted ate to I til him that he had rheumuatlsn. 1 Maness aa*mtse Tor fie pampa tied setas' sun el erysipelas, ease Ayer's Harw•parilla, the ''prose bs .Inst .,t a reed h"neet aperibe obduraed by emmueut tuedtul essay' ass "Amber" in time Chicago wt►o tti.sa. Ju-mrw,l, "euliteste one as 'Jd lathes tenor mea me earthworm. eu:tivate catnip and Oteroashwort' ..Must o) tb. onto •b . M84 t.. arc Tatty may raid lea pleasant tohe%r around, fog work are fru* the eat, ' said M..'er Car Reenter W. ft. Ludlow at the 'a.l- gned yards yesterday, "end it gees eith- uet *eying that they are broke. i here had some very iotellignit i tit m at sure w the yards cleaning cattet men • hu bare been educated at 4Difurd, Cam- bridge, Vale act Harvard, and who have held high and responsible potation* in banks sad well kaolin commercial houses. There was one time that 1 ouuld have supplied a titan for any pro- fession or trade, from a minister 1.1 t h. :.1.1)e1 to hod carver. 1 had one credo - ate ail • European university cleaning oars for a year. He afterward taught a country school, studied law and is now admitted to practice, with • (toed pii s ins cemetery. Eaetets are what hues are to potato hills—they keep down the weeds. The cultivator, as it gore tsar• ani between the corn•hillocks, bring all the useless *aerie to grief, but it sets the ministers of the Gospel working for one 'asset of the cora atilt like an emerald plume. Our frisuls sometimes, like the at one time, and they are all sluing well profession now."—Oakland faithless Daub, lull us into bad content. ; 'frin theiribnne. wherein we are despoiled of strength',• ride a tot, alaiust the peaceful dreamets pact of eminent success in his pro fusion. Another oar nastier is s pronminent lawyer in Oakland. He was a first-rate car cleaner. I had three channel and is fervid to battle its way over discouraging and beeline atones, but rivers that have no obstructions are apt to to, by the name of ponds, and the 'very serenity of their ■tagnatiun breeds unwholesomeness Cit•e a young man • :tarn row in life, with plenty of dis- courszements, and geed whalest lis criticism, and he will enter the port of middle age like $ warship, staunch and full manned. Give hint a luxurious career of petted idleness, with n.. enemy to 'keel• t::e watch on the liekeut and he will a.:;l ...it, port very likely free aid. WA a eowt::rarti 1•lu:,•e to t!mc bottom. Our friends arelpt to be blind to our faults ; our enemies never are. Thuu;h the c.rn'.nt Battery of the former we grow in the wruog direction, as city aldermen do—ah•:ut the girth. Under the sharp i:•duence of honest criticism, we grow as pine tree do --straight to- ward heaven. Then let us cultivate, Etc. to face, honest enemies, and be- ware of the Lae security of friendship. The one will make • hero of you : the other will tarn you into tbu miold of pint cup, unable to bold the full moa• sore:meat of character development. learn that I was the victim of • practical joke, as that w.eold hare barred the aupernat ural. "Laura I cried fain,, to the door. hope may continue to laugh. "Better rheumatism than a g'ue•st is the house, doctor, "I ventured to say. "Hum :" I don't know sir. Of the "Its a few moments I beard the rustle two. I believe ghosts are the easiest die- d her dream on the stairway. rued of." "What is it, Gecrge 1" she asked as "Our ghost is very effectively laid,' she bunt eagerly min the room. said Ltura, helpin.t me on with icy coat "Something has touched me on the and smiling at the doctor. shoulder again,' I replied. \\-hat can it "It only illustrates my theory," said be ," I. "No so called supernatural occur - "I wish I knew,' said Laura, drawing rences will bear the Beit of investil e- very near to me and looking about the ton." ram with a mystified and frightened "Not so with rheumatism," observed ezpressi.n. "Ism sure I eau't see any- the doctor, dryly. "It will bear the thine." light, and it thrives on night air. Any• "Wen you asleep when I called ?' bidy can t keit ; but few can get rid of "Ns. I was uiq.., "Did you hnbl anything .'" "The old gentleman was right ; 1 "Not a sound. Sit down at your desk have it yet. My spiou has undergone a seam, Georgie, just as you sat when the change. Give me my ehoice between hand touched you. I have an idea." rheumatism and a ghost in the hoose, I "I did so, bending over as :f in the would 'gladly welcome the gb.st."—H. act of writing. '•Laura approached me gnftly. I c .old hear her footfalls very faintly, and laid her hand just when the mysterious touch had come, and even more gently. "Laura "' cried I, springing up, "you did it ' What • 1 m yjeu have made of me "George," she exclaimed, her great D. Mason in Pittsburg Bulletin. I hare been a severe sufferer from Catarrh for the past fifteen years, with distressing pain over my eyes. Gradually the disease worked down upon my lungs About a year and • half ago 1 commenced using Ely's Cream Balm, with most, gratifying results. and am to -day ap parently cored.—Z C. WARREN, Rut- land, V t. dark eye ailing with -111 tan "1 did not MJ daughter and myself, great suffer eSI ' n frontC CatarrhB1, haMve been curedsmell by d t. I know nothing about it. How m sit n i " y s ream a m. y ss n can yon doubt me ?" rest..red and health grea:IJ improved. — "I don't doubt you little wife,' said 1, C. M. graxm.•r, Merchant, Ithaca, N. reassuringly ; "but I began to doubt Y. myself." Ivy sed Dogwood retuning. "I put out the light and we went up --- stain together, both in a rather ember mood. If, after all it eras a spirit hand that touched me, *hat did it mean? Dit it portend misfortune of some kind, death 1 Unconsciously I began to grow morbid upon the subject. With the slightest basis en which to begin an in- vestal/aeon I should not hare despaired. But what was there to investigate ? Without the aid r•f sight and hearing reason faltered ; the simple act of feel- ing the touch availed me aotbing. Whet conclusion mold 1 arrive at but that the touch was soperoatural "Twice upon the street I was eon- acioes of the same strange touch, in bread daylight, when no deception was possible. Unable to fathom the mys- tery, 1 waited cautinualy, yet b..t with - oat misgivings, to se* what it portended. "One evening, while I was seated at my desk, Dr Earle called ; an aged gentleman, in whom eonversation I take grit pleasure. Seating him **elle t - ably in gay easiest chair, I excused my- self a movement while ooapleting a letter begun before his arrival. i had celled Len, but she had not yet Come down. Witbont the slightest warning which had always been the case, the same band Gln � "Lighting a lamp that stood on the bureau, I looked at Laura. bite lay in sound sleep, her calm sweet facie partly averted. I gently roused her, had her sit op, assured myself that she was thoroughly awake and then asked : J, "Lara, have you been long asleep 1' • "Fully an hour," she replied, looking at me wonderingly. "Has anything happened. George 1" "Are you sure then is nobody in the hoes. bat ourselves 1" I eretioned. "Who could there be, George ? Te:i ire what has happened." "Seeming my puzzled expression, she ensiled, looked at me quizzically and limed me I felt angry with myself for having waked her, yet Riad to have her sweet eompat)iombip. "Laura," I began, comet -ions that I was abost to aake • very foolish state - meet, "I lave just had as ei- perieeee that 1 cannot explain. You know what my views are nn the subject of swpernataral'— "She tnterrapted me with • laugh—a egaenend it. Pain ed, amamd, Mr"' to eseant girlish laugh that did me good. see what this new plan of the mystery Taking my hand in beth her own, she Meant, i whitled about with arms ex - said . tended. Then was nothing behind nae. "Oh, George, 1 rosily thought it was Dr Karts nu tenet!' *ted on the For iry and dogwood„ poisoning boil wood ashes enough to male a strong lye ; wash the poisoned parts with this, and let it remain • few minutes ; then wash off ip luke-warm water, and, when dry awr,int with grove. Two or three application of this will generally effect e a cure.—Bustin Budget. adbar. Persons who have suffered for y with Asthma will find • quick relief cure in the double treatment of Sou ern Asthma Cure. wan and th- Alunar watat. D•-morest s Monthly gives • summer outfit for • lady with a slime pocket hied-, which is so gaud that we copy it l:e's. It is within the reach of almost every w.,ma.t, city or country, and she who hat the wardrobe mentioned will leek neatly and tastefully dressed, though a millionaires dauehter be contrasted with her. The gowns should be care- fully made and fit to perfection. The advice herein following is given to a leacher, but et will tit any other woman u Kell : You do not regenire a very farce num- ber of drssaes, but they Phoned be care- fully selected with regard to usefulness. 8111 Debeoge, • most serviceable material, is revived this season, and this, or bummer serge, would make )'ou an rxcelleut traveling wit, and be geed fur sated wear on toed days. You should hare an old 'Tress for rain that will not be in- jured by weather. A checked gingham or striped seersucker, and a steed wash - dug cotton, not • cheep our, in two shade of bloe, will sulii a for school wear during the summer. with a black lace ticha fur the neem, and ill black; straw hat. A black torah with black lace bonnet, and fiche, ur barite. fine jetted *Aar, will prove the best church dress, and you can lighten it by a group of pale pink or yellow d owert daisies or cowslips, and some loops of ribbon to match at the left side of the waist. You had better not buy kit gloves ter cam- and then it will be a pleasure for you to do your corresponding, mer wear. Oise pair of black lace untie. as well ae helping to advertise your business. one sit eucra thread, would serve for trItrrl"a church sear or calling, while good Lisle A lady in Bt'nekville state—I was in • - st.nd,nq cold in my head that was pro- (•chs.. weer. A teal ulster, and ,rico • pounced Catarrh. The Balm trate ion- w.t.r•pre,f, will be indispensable, and mediate relief and perm•aently cored rut should have in *admen to a pretty me. It was so pleasant and agreeabl to use that emote wrapper for room ear■r, a cheep i6 h ltit" g and stoppage of the nasal passs. agemnsl .. Ger wvrnw¢s . it need not cat Show fns the man, writes Sterne, who knows what life 1* and dreads death, and hi I'll show thee • prisoner who dreads s liberty. 1■ arlet. awe 1e the rola.. Tit -anemia is dreadful. Disordered liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe to Red nature. The human digestive apparatus is one of the most c,wplicated and wonderful things in existence. It is easily put out of order. Greasy Leta, eineh fiend, sloppy t•"d, bad cookery, seentai worry, late hours, irregular habits, and many other things which ought not to be, have made the American people a nation of dyspeptics. But Green's August Flower ha. dune a wonderful work in reforming this sad business and making the American so healthy that they can enjoy their meals and be happy. Remember :—No happiness without health. But Green's August Flower brings health and happiness to. the dyspeptic. Ask your druggist for • tattle. Seventy -tire cents. eowly Sore Eyes The eyes are always lar ',treater wtta the body, sad agent as secelleat lade: of Its cuedltlua. yl-bru the eyes beams week, sad the lids lnfiamral and sore, It is aa evidence that the system has become disordered by eerufula, for which Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the best known rraaly. Scrofula, which produced s painful la- sammaatius to sty ryes, catered we omen angering for a uumhrr of years. By the adytee of a pby.iciau I commenced taking Sarsaparilla. After usher this medicine • &hurt time 1 is as .umptetely Cured Ky eves are no* in a .pteu.tll condition. and I am am well and strung ea rosy. -- Mrs. William Hage, t'urvmdd,. If. For • number of years i was troubled humorwith a humor In ms rye.. and was nimbi.to obtain any relief until 1 eummti reed using Ayer's Sarwparilla. This Medicine has egretel a complete etre. aol 1 belies* it to be the best of bkowl purifiers - C. E. l'I.tuu,'aasbua, N. U. i Frost ebiklimood, and until within a few months, 1 boor been atilt -tea %Vsak and sore Eyes. I hate u.e.I for these cuonplatnte, with beneficial results- Av'er's, n ear.ap•r,la. aid m .•.rtl.nlrr 11 a gat titian purifier. Mrs. C. Phillipa, Gluier, \t. 1 std[cre t for a year with inflamma- tion 1a my left eye. 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