THE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1920.
TWO
Comment-and
Discomment
cleiy for th SuppresBlon of Capital
Punishment in Nebraska.
In these days, when eminent sci
entists are assuring us that there Is
life beyond the grave, and that
tiearen would not be heaven with
nagging wives or without tobacco, It
Js refreshing to read the death knell
of spiritualism In the yellowed pages
of a magazine published in 1857.
We fancy that after the average
reader had finished "Table Turning
in France," which Is the title of the
article we stumbled upon, like the
writer of the article, he would
laugh at turning tables" and con
gratulate himself on his common
ense, just as Lee Richmond is prid
ing himself on being humane be
cause he fell for the bunk of the So-
In these days we do not call it
'table turning," but describe the
phenomenon by a word that has a
much more scientific sound, out
means the same thing, "levltatlon."
In 1857. ghosts, or spirits, If you
prefer the term, were not quite so
accomplished as they are sixty-odd
years later. They had no mediums
In those days who would close their
eyes and speak with the voices of the
departed. Mediums were lacking in
Imaclnntlon. There wasn't even an
oulja board or a planchette to assist
the departed to spreafl their
thoughts.
It must have been hard sledding
for spirits who were honing to com-
municate with a world from which
Ihsv worn rut off. The only way it
! muM he done then was for them to
take hold of a table and make the
, legs kite ud in the air, or force it to
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dunce, or rap uiou it. fcjulrit rap
ping was quite popular, and often a
neat little syttiem was devised, sucu
as one knock for "no," two knocks
for "yes." Counting was quite'eacy.
If the Moibo code hud only been in
use, the teiegraplK-is might nut have
uuU to wait tor lifiy years to secure
a living wage.
Dut if they were lacking in spirit-
uauatic phenomena an we know them
today, there were other things JuhI
as exciting, Plenty of people coulJ
be found who had Been ghosts, and
some of them had conversed witn
them. -The wildest stories wer tolU
of tables. A French nobleman. Count
de Uasparin, had written of his ex
perieuce. He haa taken a stout ash
table, a three-legged table, to be pre
else, and with the assistance of ten
to twelve operators had made it per
forin. Once, a 170-pound man was
placed on it, and it danced about as
blithely as when unloaded, even
throwing its rider at the word of
command. At another time, it could
not lift the man, but gave a child a
pleasant ride. It wasn't a partic
ularly intelligent table, for once,
when asked to rap the number of
nuts which a gentleman present had
in his pocket, it rapped nine when
there were but three. It was always
reckless when computing numbers
Finally, when loaded with ISO
pounds of sand and stones, it burst
from the effort to lift itself.
Having experimented with a num
ber of tables, Monsieur de Oasparin
prepared a set of rules for table
turning, and we are going to pass
them on to our readers. It may be
that you will want to try it out some
dull evening, and we can assure you
that if you do get a table to perform
ing, the dullness will disappear.
Read the mcarefully:
The first requisite is to get asso
ciates who will stay by you till you
get results anyone will do if he or
she is not a quitter. The room should
have an uneven floor. The room
I should be moderately warm Bum
mer is the best season of the year.
You must be sure of success. There
must be no laughing and tolklng in
the room; witnesses must be serious
and silent. All this is odd, because,
they say, tables demand singing at
first, detest people who are easily ir
titated and if met by preoccupation
are apt to become sulky.
Follow closely, for you are now
about to begin: "Let the ten oper
ators place themselves in communi
cation by crossing their own thumbs
over one another, and each little
finger over the little finger of their
neighbor on either side. Let a fore
man be chosen, and let him give the
word of command to the table. Be
gin by commanding it to turn. Ex-
ervlse each foot alternately. If any
foot refuses to act, discharge the in
dividual nearest it, and replace him
by another. 'Become animated in
difficult moments; loud talking,
bhouts and ballooa are then of use.' "
Here you have the whole secret,
and you are bound to have success
If directions are followed. Observe
the rules carefully, and no table an
refuse to do as commanded.
If all this stuff seems like poppy
cock to you, remember that Sir
Oliver Lodge, George Bernard Shaw
and others are doing their best to
convince America that there is some
thing to it. Some day we'll tell the
story of the pink pajamas, and prove
to you conclusively that spirits can
communicate with their brethren on
the earth. In tho meantime, if you
are interested, purchase a planchette
and get more rapid action without
so much preliminary work.
On second thought, maybe you'd
better buy an oulja board. Plan-
chettes seem to be off the market.
It hasn't been over three years ago
that we attempted to purchase one.
We selected the best department
store in the city where we lived, and
told them our needs. They referred
us to Mr. So-and-so in the picture
department. To this day we can't
see why they should expect to get
ghost-hunting material in the picture
department, but that where they sent
us. We waited three or four months.
and then there was delivered to us
not a planchette, but a pantagraph
Now a pantagraph is a very useful
instrument, if you know how to use
it, but it is absolutely powerless to
move spirits. We returned it with
thanks, and asked them to try again
We quoted Webster to them to show
that the two were no Identical. After
three more months, they returned
our money, but by that time we had
lost interest and was glad to get It
There's a lot of fun in playing
with ghosts, if you don't take them
too seriously. We know a true story
of a roan who did, but it will hare
to be reserved for another telling.
Tr.o Herald's makeup is a man of
iron will, and he has Just now point
ed out, with undeniable smeddum,
that we have no column stretcher
By the way, that word "smeddum"
is uncommonly good. Next time we
see Rufus Jones we're going to ask
him, point blank, what it means, and
we're gambling a good cigar, now
that "cooking whisky" Is a thing of
the rast, that he won't stutter about
informing us especially so since
we've civen him a chance to look
ltjup.
PUBLIC LAND
SALE
Wednesday, Feb., 11th.
On account of my wife's health, I will sell regard
less of price all of my real estate and personal
property in and close to Broadwater, Nebr.
My Residence Property
This property is the best in Broad
water, close in, with 6 rooms and bath,
full basement, heated by hot air fur
nace and has water and sewerage, all
built in fixtures, oak floor throughout,
best of woodwork, garage and barn,
cement sidewalks in front and rear.
An ideal home for anyone. New.
$500 down, $3,000 in Building and
Loan, balance due March 1, 1920.
Farm No. 1-80 Acres
Fenced and cross fenced, 60 acres of
good beet, alfalfa and potato land, 30
acres fenced hog tight, 60 acres under
cultivation and watered, 20 acres pas
ture, large new granary, 30x32, that
can be converted into barn with hay
mow that will hold 6 tons of hay, large
hog sheds, good soil all over.
$1,000 down, $5,000 in 5 years at 6
per cent, balance March 1, 1920.
Farm No. 2-80 Acres
Half fenced hog tight, has fair house
16x34, stable, cow shed, well, windmill,
scales, 60 acres under cultivation, bal
ance pasture, 10 acres alfalfa. The soil
is the best.
"'""$1,000 down, $5,000 to run 5 years
at 6 per cent, bal. March 1, 1920.
Farm No. 3 --40 Acres
This farm is all under cultivation, rich
soil and under ditch, level as a floor,
fenced, finest beet land in the valley.
This farm will put the man with mod
erate means ahead.
: $500 down, $3,000 will be carried 5
years at 6 per cent, balance March
1, 1920.
This land is located x mile northeast of Broadwater, is very desirable and is all under the
Brown's Creek irrigation ditch furnishing 30 inches of water to the acre each year. No
bonded indebtedness on this ditch. This land will be sold regardless of price to the highest
bidders. . . ... u$$
L. W. McMANIS,
Owner
COLS. H. 0. GOLDEN & M. A. LONGAN, Ar cts.
CHAS. B. MERRITT, Clerk
Hart-Parr 30 plows
10 inches deep
at 3.08 miles an hour
The average depth plowed by all other three-plow tractors in the big Ohio tractor test
was 8.41 inches. Hart-Parr plowed 10 inches 2.09 inches. better than the average.
The drawbar power necessary to do this plowing was 26 horsepower. The average
drawbar horsepower developed by all other three-plow tractors was 13.9.
The farmer should buy a tractor equal
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can be done without strain on the tractor,
its life is prolonged and trouble minimized.
Greatest Tractor Test of AH Time
Held by Ohio Stata University, July-Aug. 1919
7HY YOU SHOULD ORDER
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