THE LIGHT THAT CAST NO SHADOW.

Otago Witness, Issue 2295, 24 February 1898, Page 50

THE LIGHT THAT CAST NO SHADOW.

Curious fitoties are told about the powers possessed by cer-aio uatirt-s r-i ikdia who live up among (he Hircal»>a mountsmis. TbeseoM men, iv 1h said, have devoted scores of years to the study of natural l?wx >n>d Uirc<s which tha rej-t of the world knew* nothing about. Lately a GtsruiHU professor vi-ittd Ui6 '' adepts," as thf-fte queer Hitidu? are called, for the purocse of finding onfc thf-'Sfcrtt <•{ tbeir lemaikabls performances. They treated him rather scurviiy, but interested h"im all the satne. Ofi« day the profV-ssoi 1 wanted to examine same acciert Sanskrit, manuscripts. Ao adept went with him to a cave wherein the fcoukg were kept. The place wa>cJai-k: ?s tfce b'>t'om of a welt. " I can't set tf> lead here," .seid the visitor. "Then we will have tome light," was the reply, aDd immediately (the professor says) a soff-, pearly light brightened the oave. He could not tell whence it. came, but he noticed that- it had one strange quality — it cast not the slightest thadow. Thin is a story hard to belif-ve, yet its truth is affirmed by a, man of vaat learning aijd high, character, and ycu who now read it have no reason Tor doubc except that all the lights you have seen have cast shadows. Belief or unbelief commonly ruus parallel vrith one's own experience. Dr John-ou sniffed at the account; of the Li.-bon earthquake, yet credited the tale of the Cock Lane gho.-ifc. A man who ha* been ill for years, and failed to find a. cure, is ecvpHcal when friends tell him of a medicine whifh they believe will make him well. What else but doubt could result; frond his experience ? Take an example :—: — '* In the spring of 1888," writt-s our correspondent. "I fell into a low, weak, and languid state. I felt low-spirited and out of sorts. At? first my etomach was deranged, my appetite poor, and after eating I had paiu and wtight *.b the chest. I was much troubled with wind, and frt quently spafc up a sour fluid, al«o bitter bile. Later on I suffered from nervousoess and great depression of spirits. I kept up with my ■work, but had always a "sense of discomfort. Off and on I continued in this way for two years-, nothing that I took relieving me. Afc last I hesrd of Mother Seigei's Sjrup, and procured a supply. After I had taken only a lew doses I found relief; my food digested, and gradually all nervousness left me. A'though I had no reason at first to feel any confidence in this medicine, never having used it or seen it used, I now gladly admit its value and its power over disease. Since my recovery, for which I thank Mother Seigei's Curative Syrup, I have been in the b^at of health aod ?pints. In the interests of suffering humanity I deem ifc a duty to send you this testimony (Signed) D. Grflit;bfi, tailor nnd ou' filter, 151 Huckley Hill, Birmingham, June 8. 1893." There is a deal of difference between Mr Griffith's candid letter and the etory about the lighb that cast no shadow. The latter may be true enough, but it cannot be verified without more trouble than it is worth. On the other hand we have a trustworthy witness, who will answer letters of inquiry, and can be found at his address. Finally, there is nothing mystic or magical about Mother Seigei's Curative Syrup. It acts on the theory that most ailments are but symptoms, forms, or phases of those universal diseases indigestion and dyspepsia ; it cures these, and throws the l'ght of. health and happiness over hearths and homes where illness and pain had cast such dark and terrifying shadows. And that is why people believe all that is told of its success by eager witnesses.

— A bore, meeting Douglas Jerrold, said, "Well, what's going on to-day 7" "I am," said he, as he passed him. — Ifc is asserted by the Rochester TimeH that the bagpipes could not have originated in Scotland because they were known in ancient Babylon. Such ignorance is unpardonable. The Times should know that some of the Scottish clans trace their ancestry back to periods long before Babylon was thought of. I£ the Babylonians had bagpipes, they may have got them from somo Caledonian piper who went forth strange ' COuQtriaa for to eta.