Show 9 MODERN I 1 lyn sost I 1 b business business Is is being rg country indeed it maybe d ud d th abat at it I 1 Is 9 receiving a 11 haunted houlen houses ate are ammon in the states tata kp fe se be ea ja ill A 11 abda unaa ft a alty qa circumstances cum stances ghost stories find their way into reputable pape papers re and dissek dime 04 arp published publish id in iii magazines of respectability tabi lity spiritualism do bo cled i I largely reely answerable lor for this revival ai of 9 pd superstitions and taw ping cabinet trickery and ma serializations which are so of often tela ei posed but still continue contribute to the craze graze for the max marvelous which crops up in all grades of society witchcraft too to is being revived and it is astonishing how bow much erf ere denoe dence is given to wes tales of stells spells incantations i the ib black I 1 ack art and sundry kinds of superstitious ious intimidations that are used to work upon the tears lears of the timi dand bring money to the pockets of charlatans drowning and burning fare not resort resorted edito tOy as in lormer former times almes but bat the reputation of a witch is ex cedill v damaging to apy any unfortunate cirone in il many a village and p pe pea arsace ranee and 1 appear to give color to suspicions auspicious started by the breath of scandal of the ghost stories that tbt go the rounds appear to be inexplicable at ac first but when they thep are re traced up divested of the trappings rap pings bf ona tion a and nd exaggeration and grasped common they either cither Ao totally tally disappear aw ar ari proven to be the result ox of villainy or that idiotic t pastime called practical joking Sp fc parkill arkill A newyork new york village has hag recently bently been disturbed froin centre to ao circumference by the nast itly visitations of a ghost whick walked the earth and seared scared folks et elat of their wits to suck an ad alarming extent that several inhabitants began to ar 1 ments to move away but at length the frightful i elcona terea a manof man of nerve and seafe who proved more than a match gateb for the terror inspiring spook while crossing the bridge which spa spans nathe the sparkill Sp arkill week creek this gentleman aured the ghost on its nightly round of horror he picked up a good goed sized stone audilet the spectre have it hard the spook was hurt huft sud and augry angry arid ellik ehred with ith the stone thrower who whoa proved to be more ralis muscular pular than the spirit and g grasping Dg it by the throat boon brought aitto it to its knees and to terms his k as collapsed begged for mercy and add wis was allowed to go on 04 promise of ceasing the imposture which be had ben been carrying zarr carry ing ying on for or f fun an his hip identity ideality was concealed as part of the bargain Sp sparkill arkill people can now travel around at night in peace people will still glance hastily round and look stealthily over their shoulders when hurrying tome home at a late bour i ij ii celare that thai most most it not all the tales that are going the rounds about taunted haunted houses barns aarns ands and roadways could be as therong X exploded as the Sp sparkill arkill mystery it resolution aad good sease were brought to bear upon them liace the so called materializations of the mediums these spirits prove to be things of flesh and blood when laid hldi with sufficient fore to 0 thein and demonstrate rea reat character j there pay may be something thing at the ack of spiritualism as it t la is called which cannot be accounted for by ordinary and leeown laws of nature ture and methods of investigation deceptive spirits play strange pranks with ore credulous humanity the powers of darkness acquire great influence upon th those ose who give them themselves seLvAs up to their js trong delusions ll 11 analu and in aliat witchcraft the tee same influences MAY operate by means ot of agents w the that detriment of all AmI in the unholy I 1 lo 10 1 y work and their frightened victims B but u t it bigbe will be found that theft these evils c can a a only operate through fth the fears and credulity of the unwise ua wise liet let them teem be booked Q aked upon as superstitions exploded by the dynamite of positive disbelief djs belief and they will very arery to trouble tiie the public it js is only in quarters where dat and terror or foolish the ways way that society is disturbed with this OU species of aAd deception the best course to td pursue Js is t to let all such unsatisfactory and disquieting disquietly dis ng things severely alono thoy are pt 0 no i real eal profit they only breed trouble confusion 11 11 disorder and disaster di M T atte ra barlly 6 is no need to dread them they im are largely illusions or impositions and what there is of in them is not of any value to te mankind athe althe spirit fit truth which comes through obedience and devotion to jetty je ity in tue the midst of all such a nd and by its aid need f ul knowe ledra may bt be obtained from the sou ree of au truth and aad this will dissipate the errors of superstition ape jr a titi i on tle he soul against malignant influences and establish that perfect love and aad faith which cast out all fears fear I 1 |