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CONTID-"'TS : 

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'WllDt BplrUuol1em Nft"de. . l. REDUCTION OF FARE 

The A.nrct l-1uid. '. 3, 

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MBlerL"llhmUoJl .1"f'.D ond dP8erl~ 3. 

DJrt"C'l Vulell'. Jo'orm Mo.nlteat.oUob8 t Strvpglb cod 

NI~'V YORI{ 

.Aglilly F..blbl""'. :. 4. 

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Ponry.-lk-orp WealD. ' b. 

.A1'Io,lqulty nnd upt\"f'MU'f of Aelf'OloQ'. O. 

D1ret-t. WrlLtng-A ~Ink> .~plodea.. . 'i.. 

$3 fALL RIVER LINE. SG 

Ancient ()n.'t"CV l\:.&('QvalJ()he. 8. Ftnt ClaBa EsC"Ui-aloD Tickets. 

Ap,:pnriliune in BrhJeh c)~ombla.. I S. 

\\ 1)0\ .'o",£".1&y wlU .hlnt ot ue. A propboqr. ~. TntiUII .... D'Ve;' RV('tor'a OboA\. .' 12- l·. M., t'Onn..-e1tng at linU Khet 'W1\b \.be .. lolunC'b aue 

l-~ITOR·~ NUTICE8 AND COlJ31ENTR -,To the .' moguUh"ml '9rJnler BLt;'"ameonl, . 

Jo'rlonds of ,tie Sf'itmliBl4plrlL Ich-nU1Y-· 

"~on-moal WClrk of Sph1tuollf1h).·Our JODmnl 

OLD (;OLONY AND Nl!:'VPORT. 

-R('("6ttt. MDltr ••• Uz.o,llon8··The l'reAA- CSrcu. -nekc19. l!I\Dlt"moms pod beTfba effured A' 'hf' 00nJ 

)o.nt-Oor lJrponmenL&-Unscll'ntlfic. tkJeno pnny's Otacp, No. SOtd ~I.a\e lioulN". n)r. WaalDgkoC 

dHLa-Jo'll4.1le Aud Kpt"C'u)Dllofl&-A ptolf;>mal dDll Slfttu e\,J'¥t'b. and nS Old CoIODy!A·PUI. , 

U,,"",ldIIlK.-Sptrilual Arnc1i"B' .)" '\ So?- J,.. U.l'Al.>Jlntht.'Id.-BubJcc18 Tr~4h:d-Ulgo.,J'1~-' 

Boolut. Uecelved. ~ . 

. ~aphael's: ~r~phe~ie '. ~e~se;,g~r 

AlmanaC, and' )t~ph'V'm"'rl. tor 1816 •. contni'lh1 . 

It' .... tc'lon. of tbe ,Vull\b"r D.,d M.u1ula'lo Jo:v¥ 0,· 

Blrthtlay ~·otetl. &C., &Q•• Puel Free ",alb Kphtt'DlI:rl , 

3D e,·ute. 

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N.II.-ltIlpb .. 1 pmlol...! Ihe ooibr .. k o(,bo W.r 

·to ,be 'HoI")" muntb. \he we1 .ummrrj diltDPiC".&o Ibe 

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A.LSO; Rnrharrs Guide 10 Ao/rolor/y. 'Con~" 

taininlt ru Ic.>a Dnd 1nfnrma1ion wb..:reby nuy p("~on 

Plny (.'4Icul,)le DIlil judgv a Datlvlty •. 1'110 mo.t orl(1. 

DDI and .1mple work ou Aetruloll)' ever pub1ilb""", •• 

E. Gerry Brown, - Editor and Publisher. 

TUE N}O:W Y.HA.lt 

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A I'AR~IlI.fo: THAT' ILI.USTRATES TUg NEEDS 

SPUUTU Ai.iSM. 

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To all, excepl the me"';!,. frivolou.~ and dc- among till' pOOl" aod ignoraot in this great eiiy ' 

prayed in hcarl, the close of a year 18 an to win Ih"m 1'0 thee. I ha.e diligently taught 

ep~ch In lifo which is pregnant wilh sorious ·tho y;'unlt,lnstllllng Ihio them ihdr ealeclU •• n 

tholights and reflectioDs. '1'he mhlll tI.en cn- • and scriplure, and yet I ieel that 1 h'!ve not 

denvors to re,iew the ptull. to draw les.ons of .su~c\cded-I hAVC' not found my way to the 

IVi.dOlD from its uperiences, hI ord~r to serve heRJ1. oC nly hearers. Oft.n; wben 1 have 

as beacons .to warn from danger, and to direct been pouring out my very soul, they ha.c ap 

Its counlC in the right path in tild, I hnvc heard'8ome of ·theni 8ay that 

tive . banded down' hy· tradition, a~d from SundBY to thern "as ibe dreariest day of tim 

\vhich flOInc.usefu) le;!:>ons mny be extracted: ,w'eek. 0 my Lord, how' is it I ca,nnot make 

it was th~ Jast day or the old y

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"lIDd no" Listen fo QJlQu.er p ...... bl~ ..,:J:.WQ 

.a,philosophy anJ.,,& rcli.(t!on. which B'" ",eU 

menib...lta wont forili to sell gootlly "e",I.. ~nlculnl.d to bon. fit and ('lev"le mankind. If 

O~e took his I"'..rls "ith hitn. Bn!1 .et Il ... m it liaa fail,..] to eoilln .. nd it.,elf to tb'\Se who 

b('fore tbe f'1J6 iu tb..-runiil!ht,-.o-tbu;-lIlen- -bl\"'~l,e,.rd-ll.-m.'sage-of-glnd-tidinl!". it must 

migbi b.hola their be"uly, and lIlany rejoicell bave~" tba' th~ method ,employed for its 

in tbem ; they were drawn in lo've lo,,"rds'propaI!Btion bllS not bet>n of tbe trn~st ""d 

tbew. 'fhe olher.' Wont forth without hi. bes, kind. Th. p.lU'l~ of ~ .. t price in-l;p;'" 

pearls, anel, aescribing tbem •..to ,the ear in ilualiom sbould be placl'd before men, So t.hat 

mllDy words,' thought, from bis faithful de- ~h', as "iell as the body, seeks thoir welfaN, who even puniahes them 

which wiao men caU Ihe iJlIsgi-'lI.tion ~nd Iho' to do them. good, and' not for u.cir eternal' 

understanding. Wben 1 spoke to t.he pCople, misery.' They helleye Iher. is ;. continued 

I brought my pearls with me in parabl •• ; 1 life for human beings; afle. they ba ve passed 

Bet bdore tbeir mind's 'eye pictures of living through what men call death. They beli .. e 

soula with the heaoty of' goodne~ in them, Ib1>y have opportunitio .. ' tbere to retrieve the 

and mon heard me gladly because r madolbem misdeeds o)lheir carthly life, if iliey will em· 

seO-88 if I had opened blipd eyes-where all brace them. Tbey believe endles. progre88ion 

was darkn ••• b.fore. 'And": when men OIlY"~ awaits mankind. '1110y b,·!i •• e-bcy fall;' I hap. gone forth with~,ut ,~y arc ever near to bl.· •• them. They thua can hold 

pearle • .11 have /lot, in teaching thy tru~h an~ ,OIit the larll,·.t hoP. to ,miulkind, eneb hope 

rlghteOIlJIIl •• S, s., Ih.ni forlh in living being. as is caltulal~d to I>ani.h despair, and caUbe , 

beforet.lie mind· .. oYe of my poopl .., Dor Iwip.d the dty wilderneso of many human boarje 10 

tbem to see Ihe beauiyof goodness in tlwm. . bud and blossom 88 th. '",se: Wbat, the';, i. 

I bave .imply talked about Coo line •• .ind ;'in ;'anled for tbe Cau ... of Spiritualism, is not 

, to tluJ' mlnd'a ear, and my peopie bave not meNly D,odium.,- but upright Spiritualista, 

heard 'me gladly, ~cause with all my talkiDg' who willa. live 88 to sbow iliat howe .. r Spir-- ' 

I ha'.ldt them still in darkness gropln~ aft"r ltu"n.m inay Ifefrowned 'UPOD by ";'m.; and 

me. Ah I I,see now as I n,'Vei.aw Iodore; ridicuh!d, by others, to tbem it is a po ... r, in· 

I have given uJem Dt'lther 8)ghL IlUf Jove. fuaing lIopl', impa.rtiDg &1r(,lIgth to bear -lift'8 

Pardon, Lord; tliy unlaithful .erVBnl who had burdens .,,,,,·riully, to labor for man's, wei· 

forgotten thy words: • It i. 8umclent for the fare, and for iliemselv.. to a.pire aft"'~ that 

disciple to h .... hi. 'ma;",er. and the s.rvant they may obtain that .. crown of righteous· 

... his lord. .... And Jeau., tUrn~d a I,arting ncas which fadeth not 8W8Y. "...,.Communicale

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, THE ASTltAI. PI.UII) AS SPOKEN OJo' HY MYSTICS Jl.ND ROSICRUCIANS. 

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Acconlihg to !.he most learned lDetapbY"l. 

cl .. n .. !.hrougbout 'U,e un i."",., there b a 

pure, uni ....... I, shining, fiery and IlIvlslble 

jluld rree from matter, purer U'al' clber; 'fDore 

powerful tban tbe load.",,,,., strOl,'ger tha" 

· the !.hunderboll, alld swiCIer !.hall ib~ Iigbt 

IIlng. Thls.'may be tenned !.he soul·priJlciple 

of being, the stre~gth anI:! cuhesive clement 

ill mineral., the growing Power of plants. lbe 

life of men and,a"hnal~the Astral Jo'luld..,... 

as generally spoken of by Mystics and RosicruciaU8. 

Tbe A.tral J.luld Is lbe IIebrew I.lfe. and 

the muderu Magnf'tic Fluid, Nerve Aura,' 

·&c., of tbo Mesmerist. It'l. also called !.he 

Corrosive Fire, i.n allualon to ita burning, pu. 

rifying. or ide.troylng the .• ensual world ill 

n,a".·whlch I. the eod iu all thlngl! ; for.ts 

aelio" iH to reduce all thing. back again ioto 

Iheir owo v'lslble eH.enee, and Lbe ushering 

in.of Lbe ... ,New Jerusale'm" mentioued in 

the power exisletb whereby ;ipitlta can becomu 

vi.lble, and maku sound. :Iud ether 

mauiic.,taUon.. Tb~'Astral Spirit In man Is 

n combination of all lbe I~ponderables In ,the 

11Mvene. and It" original ",sonee is derived 

from the SUII and Planetary system, It is a 

true (;.".. uos of the Uni1crse, and III the sum 

of It .. wOllderful a\rUcture I. contoilled ,"ose._ ". 

-.emanationS froin air, earth, ar;d ~ea; It Js 

also UPOIl' Lbis Soulo(:()verim; that alllbe sand- . , 

, grains uf character are indelibly photographed 

or Imprinted. Seers perceive Its.graduated 

essences in rlngg or spheres. more or Jess attenuated 

in proportion to their distance from 

tIle Soul or proximity to the Hody. 

The m".t interior or Soul (Solar or SUIl) 

spheres COnDect man with those Solar and \ 

Astral Influences undor which he was 

broDght into exl'/encc ; and as they change 

with' Planetary changes, theV atrOCt the mind, 

InBueoce the'ebaracter, and constitute those 

Vf'ry 1I0ks by wbich tbe stars act upon man's 

destiny. As 'the Sool's origin, then, Is In 

u.:.;ty, and as the A.tral Spirit's origiu I. hi 

the Solar SY"tem, how vastly Important upon 

the young or incepUve babe'. character and 

organization must be those solar and plallet- ' 

ary ItdluoUCCH which prevail through every 

stag. of embryonic life. and at tbe very p"" 

rlad when. from planetary and solar Inftu 

Scripture, 'The Investltude .of tbi8 Astral 

'J.'luid upon, I!le Soul as Spiritual Body j. 

· called the Astral Spirit.. :rhus whUst the 

Soul or Innormost of man is a Divine emanation 

from V",ty, Lbo Hody or outermost I~ a 

combination of eart.bly or ~alerlal atoms, 

vitalized by th,i- Astral Splrlr., which Is as the 

life-principle to !.he Uody, the ethereal body 

·of the Soul, and fonns the~ connecting link' enCl!.'!, It I. born u)'Ion ear!.h as a living creatbetween 

tho Soul and Bod1, It is heretn lbat Ilr~,-I/aphaej'. A/lnanac 

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. TIm PHOCFA'>S 01-' MATElUAJ;IZATlON . ., SJo:EN AND DESCRlllED, 

u. E, Francis, Hon. Sec .. of the Brlxl.Qn'/ Irerne ouier banda on t.h~ others, he was en 

P8ychological Society, reconls In,the I. m. ·d. crgetically engaged foreome time lolbrowlng 

404, th,at in company with four otber mem'·· from 'us luto the cabloet wbat mlgbt be 

hers of the socIety. they beld a seance at the iermf'd m~letlcpowcr, tbough no substance' , 

residence..,f 1). Jo"itzgorald.6 Lougbborougb . was scen: Then, retnmlng to lb. open Ins 

. !load, Jlriston. Dec. 18: Mr. Jo::gllnton. me-- of lbe cabin.e!,.he stood, wheo we HaW at bl.s ." 

dlum. ' cOndition." oblnet for:med by folding right .ido a pillar of nebuloue matter, wlucb' 

doors and black calico aero •• the opening; gradually ,'took Lbe buman form, grey and ' 

· gas 1Iame about the size of a candle; cbair. 'gbo.tUke, like the marble bewn Into shape 

at ~~ opelling. of • the cablnet.oo oue side, . by workmen before the scnlptor' giveS It lICe 

., ··We· qoote :.··..·F..gUnton··enteredj,enlrance

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'enUy ..,female, for It bad .. \lOman'. round, It came inlo tbe room, "ca.,cnde of exqul.lte ' 

n ... and grace. Thl. advanced four pares go,",amer that Titani" migbt bave chosen for 

toward. u. and retired; and we saw as she 

, turned in adieu the flowing drapery 01 ber 

roba trailing for "orne distance on the carpet. 

ber lIUptial couch. Tben, gathering it up, 

he stowed It in snme mysterious .. ay about 

hhnself, reUrlngandagaln "rid aca!n repeated 

, The figure. k,uowu as • A bdullah,' at le ... t 

eix. feet biSh, one-armed, habited In white 

Ibe marvelous alld inleresting experiment. 

lIe fiually prodllcPrl a hinged .I"to with a 

gannenLC\, wi~ head-d~ss and glbtening cru\Ub of pencil ii,.lde It, which one of tho 

jewel, then advllnced two yard. luto the room 

and within on:O yard of the sitters, near 

, enough to he toucbed,lf wo were sO mindeel, 

and to sce the soft glittering eye." Ihe brollze 

sitters hail tied in a pecullas: manner, and 

"fler 'n,king that gentleman to hold it with 

blm, 'Joey,' after olle or two attempts and 

retiring. for mot;e pecomb ...r 21, No. 403. e ... o and steacJines.. In Ule exhibition of 

They bave ~ultlyated tbe direct voice unW her power, a 'Weight of twelve or:jour\CCD 

now it Is tolerably perfect, and they converse stoue i. uo 1Ilndrailce. The phyrique of tho 

with " 1I0pefnl" one balf an hour at a time. med\umi.tic frlelld cunvlnces the observer uf 

Another apirit-~riend. who 1,Ias lUadc her' his utter incapacity for tho accompUshmetit 

appearance on the ecelle materialized, is of such, feats. • ' , . ' 

·kllowu to tluim as ',' Charity," and displaY., Tho same.,spirlt Is said to occasiOllally 

sncb \JIental a,,!d ,physical peculiarities, as "materialize a rillg by,thC aid or sOlnt!hing, 

distinguish h~r altogether from th" medium. . which sbe appears to tak~ from a gold clialn 

. She eshibito fCmarkable strength and agility, il'id, on the LajJle ~or that purPose.", " 

, . , and ,is_'ac,e'lstomc walk. down 1ltail1l ,into They havelltrtleral ~ of a minor charac-' 

... t»o. front parlor, and· ,,!ke!, soat Oil tbe, sofa, ier, ouch. for instance; as hearing Ole medium 

in Ihe, presence of a few frieuds"''''Hen,bled -fall, from his coalr 'lrjeide'U!e caolnet white, 

'there,'staying thrce or four minutes ata time. the malerial form was W be Beeu outside, or 

Tbe' priucipal test Whl!;h .be gives US is !.be bearing bim' mo:inlng or breathing ~eavily 

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The Direct Voice. Fa"" Manil63W.tioM. Strength and A!Jilily Jo.'.rhibitro. (; , 

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onder tbe same circumstAnces; nam,," of 

deceased persons, eitber wrl tlen or ~i yen 

, through the alpbabet, ",blcb were ullknown 

, to the medium (and ill one' case unkllown to 

any of U.e.oi",I"I, bllt afterwards verified. 

The different heigbts of the 1lSUI'CS, whtch 

TOry from about 41 feet (a Iitilo girl), to 

nearly 6 feet. A piece of material cut by 

one of th.ir number from a ero... of a rose 

color which a .rbit wears, having faded, \Vas', 

r •• tored OD being brcl!gbt to tbe circle: A' 

lock of balr of a tellture aDd c"lor different 

from that of the medium has also beed obtailled. 

Except, when a Ifew control manifests; the 

gas jet is turned up to its fnll extent, Otber 

c"ndlUons are not mentioned, but tbe report· 

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alludes to the ambilioll oC the circle to obtain 

.. in~onlro"..nible evidence of genuiaeaess," 

and to .. establl.h tbe .reality of the phenomena 

bey.md a doubt." • 'rh~y have also 

seen tbe medium and moteriaJlzed form at 

one alld the same time. 

Tb~ report i. signed by A. J. Smart, ~ Guilford 

Ruw, Cardiff" I-:Ilg. It.ls. certilied by 

neco I.ewi., Ellz.~beih J.owls, ij'Montgomery 

Terrace, William' Smith, Jolt!. Andrews, 

Tall ... in Williams, S. 10'. Wayland, '7den also I 

would Dot be poetic.' Exactlles. I. the nee- ,while lluDyan's "I'!Igrim,. Progress" Is a 

••• a'1 e,lemeot or matheruatic:s ..,as beauty Is' 'higbly spiritualized prose· poem, wblch was' 

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outlined In a. dre:u!l. If the laUor poCl8 have "fit'Ct Ilf!.he sublime, wbich ioa )lI\I't of """t";. 

Ie"" of this characterls:lc of tnle J'Oetry, it Is on the human mind. Infinitude of tlJlle !Iud 

because they arc singers of a mnre material "pace, extremes of vision &lId of motioll, alsn. 

~e. and \V~he ve ... e more, 8ub.'tantlallll d~. I speak of tlu~ undon>taDdable qualitl~. of 

.crlpUv~ as conSOD"nt with pure s~iellce. tbiDgl!; U,el. essence abides In tbe depth. of 

Y, arc repl'e!lented by the Lell anot.her Martial, .te. 'fbe "Bcred Dame. of 

worda revealed from Itea.en 011 Sinnl. Tho the Deity, tJ\e my.tlcal Elohi'nt, and the in· 

effable J All; arc a.trologieal ill thclr origin, 

seven angelic >phcres' 301 •., were typified l>v as well a.- tbe term> l..ord of 8abaoLh and 

tbe seven ages of mall ill the proll'l" .. lvo dc. !'ord of BO.LlI. Th"s for thou"and. of ye .... 

, velopmclltQf hI. psycbol?gical nature, a. an)l Astrology swayed the mind. of "ainl ""d 

, . student m .. y plainly perce, ive. In the vast sage, of old alld youug,.of leaMled and iUit-, 

ctate alike. l,o"g anterior to tbe l.raelites 

depths ofalldqllity i. U,e origin of Ihe a.-tro lioping the name of the :;... r of SIDai, before 

'logical' faiLh Inst., for"'in the moot ancient israel !lave biB bles.lug to J .. cob, or'Abrabam 

record'; \0 -It sp;,ken- or' .. ' being ~vlm then wo,..blpped no the plaiDa .. o( Mamre, Astral· 

ogy was a science alld a rnJigiotl, was studied 

h oary wltb the rnvoluti,m. of age. 'l'he Baby· ill Chaldea, and bad a priC'lthood in Egypt. 

Ionian. assert that of tbe heavellly DIOliOll., , -BIlphae!'a Almanac for 1878.

A H,ATE Jo:XPI.OlJES TUROUCII Tm: FOIIC~: (W DIRlWT WlUTING. 

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Tho;"aiI Colley. wrillug to Lbe I. m. d. 404. 

eays:- .. 11\ tho iutere.' of scientific fact 

perWuing to the ph~lI()ru.na called spiritual 

. (every de""U of wbleb ~hoUld be h.desed for 

future reference,. that tile philosophy of tbe 

mattr mby, as It eerLainly will. bave abund-. 

ant material wherewitb to eOIl,truct itself).·1 

record the following particulars !- 

Sitting with Or. Monck this evening. with 

my wile a/ld Mr. and Mrs. (Jranstoun, of tbe 

'ryrol, we tirst Inspecled a slate ",ade alr.tigbt 

aur! water-tight, by m~""'. of a plate 01 .tout· 

gil.".,· lIei!)g Imbedded ",ver the "ame lo.a 

solid plasl.j WORK. 

In ao lIluAl.rnt"d pnpiff' 0,. Dr. S~hJlfD'lanDt. DOW 

book. an AnOtiymOQ8 writ,,'r fn Scrlbne-r fOl"Jau'bBry 

givf'a thr (0110'" Inll' \"IIllrnate of the Ducc.or"e dillcovt'r. ' 

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jn which f.olltinlhle. it. i. but flllT to '41. the- wJ1lc.r 

dJff .. rR wld~ly froiD ~r. Ulndtltone. 

.• Dr. Schle;",a'''1 ;. himself. though unconciou.,ly, 

olle of the most curious relics of tbe 

mythical w

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eveD In bimsell Uum fn otlio",; not enduring 

10 hold his judgment In oU$pen~e.-ror every 

new dhn:'ovcry bi~ wind findN a place in tU.mle 

preconcelvt.ad theory. or at onct3 (rames· a new 

and more marvchms aile \0 ,fit alld hold iI, 

1I1. ",port of facts Is shaped and colored 

throughout by his Im"l!iDativo conviction.; 

and his read .... .find tbemselves tokeu out of 

tbe \vorld of hL,tory and ehrouology Into i. 

realm of wonde .... hardly Dearer to experlencetban,the 

fairy-land of Spen.er. the spiritual 

battle-plaiD of Milton'. angel •• or the 

misty field of Tennyson'. Lyonnesse. Ue 

found tbe waUs whlcb Apollo and l'oseidon 

built; he found the streets througb which 

tbe piau. son of Aphrodite bore his old faUIer 

from their burning home; he found tbe 

Sca'aD gate, at wblcb the SOIlS of the' gods sat 

wonderlog at tI.e beauty of 'JIelen. as a 

theme worthy of a world In nnns; be found 

the royal trea..ure of King Priam, 'tbe dia~ 

demo and jewel. which bad ~ell the oma· 

meuts of beauty and Ule pride of power, In 

the daY. when the sono of Go.d and the 

daugb~e ... of meD were in dally and intimate 

aSsociation. .' 

Tbe critical world, wbile It could not IIC' 

oept I)r. 8chllemaun'$ Interpretation of these 

dl.coveries. was startled lind puzzled by the . 

wonderful facts which he luod brougbt to 

ligbt.. The doubt whicb Borne .trove to 

. thrQw on bi. good flllUI waR &peedlly dispelled; 

the objects wbich he described are certainly 

In existence, and were found at Ills; 

sarlik; and hi. descriptions, wheD stripped 

of Lhe inferences and beliefs with wblcb bls 

fancy bad mIngled and wrapped theflr,provcd 

to be In substance correct.. • , 

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APPARITIONS IN BlUTISII COLU.MBIAAMONG THE INDIANS. 

The British Columbia papers of Ibe 2~d ull., 

which' arrived here y.sterday, contain an RC' 

coun~ of 8 singular apparition at Medakadab. 

}~ourteen 'years .ago a mission was atart(!d 

there amoog the T.imshacn Indians by Mr, 

William Duncan, uud .. r the auspice. of tb. 

Churd by Re ... Mr. Collinson and 

Rev. Mr. lIall, aleo Churcb.of 'England mlsslonaries. 

MeUskatlab is an inhospitable 

spot. A woy up there, above the lIfty-founh 

parallel of )Qtitud., tbe cliniale will not admit 

of ·agriculturv be-ing ~.J:hmsivcly engaged in. 

WhcaL cannot I", brou~ht 10 maturity. I'.,. 

lal"". and other root crops •• em In grow protty 

welL· to'onnerly ti, .. Indians of tb. T.imshacn 

nation offered human sHcritl"!""8, and it is eaid 

that th.ial80 indulged in cannibalistic proeliviti.... 

It would scem, howev.r, that tbey 

confined their eating of human fl •• h to their' 

"medicine u feativa), and ev!-!'u then no one 

ever I!!BW them do more than, while engag-cd 

io the 'h~monical tit,es which W~ customary 

0,0 tt."sc OCClUsions, ml!reiy bite it. 'rh4! vic .. 

ti.trlB aI, t.he.e ,c~lcbralions "'er" ,mclI,bers of 

other tribes wbolU·lbey bad" eDslay.d., Not 

. only are Ihe loaching .n,1 inftuenc. of Mr. 

Duncan having tho dbct of makinr. the In- 

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EXTBAcr FROM A NE\VSPAPI!:.R 'OF TIlE TWEI'iTY-I\'IB8T CEl'iTuRY; 

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The following article is evidently a part of 

a letler from ODe friend, to nnotlief. A po .... 

tlon of tbe silk on Which it was printed, had 

been'so defaced, bf tbo ravaa"" of time, that 

It was exceeding dIfficult to a'eclpber the cootents 

; and therefore we are compelled to 

omit the commenccmen,t o~ the letter, and 

ean DIy present a portion lIf itB'conclu&!on:" 

It will be •.,en that the dalAl of this paper is. 

A. 1>. 2'.178 ; and the article Is copied from 

anotller paper, foWtd io a bottle, Boating on 

tbe 1lCP.an, the date of wjuch was A. D: 2078. 

,It is the poetry of propbecy.-lJo:I>.) 

, .. We present onr reaIIers, this noon, with 

'tbis rich relic of antiquity, being a part of 

the contents of a news journal, printed on 

.i1k in the olden time; lIS t1ato Is JlII1uary 

19th, A. 1>.'2078, exactly 20(1 yea'" ago, this 

Iwing January 19th, A. I), 2'.178. Wo make 

-, the following, extracts' for the purpose of 

~h"wing our ten millions of readers tho woodonul 

contrast between tho pre.cotconditlon 

of the hnman raCo, and the astonishing ba .... 

barism, (which, by thA way, wa" at that time 

·-2076.-rOgarded as the very essence of civil. 

'lzation and social perfection,] of tbat dark 

age, Our readers will notl.,. 'the tone of pride 

'Iu which tbe wriler speaks, when contra-'lillg 

, the age In which he lives, with the uncouth 

barbarism of lb. 18th and 19\h century. .But' 

here i. the article, It speaks for itself :- ' 

• Ab ! my IQv@ly ZoJivia. would that 1 could 

.pare the time to By to the. on the wings of 

love, that I might drink in the .ouHlood, 

eYcr gushing from tbe slIowy fout\t.ain of thy 

gentle spirit; but, alas ! it cannot be. 7..0- 

livia, my lo ...'y oue, the soul of thy Dalvin 

yearns to be frco from the thraldom, to wblch 

it has so loog becn SUbjected; and he longs to 

Aleep-of as the savageo of the 19th century 

wed ill tbeir ignorance to) e"pl'e3s it-die. 

III the dltrk ages, wbose hl.Wry I have lately 

been reading, my Zolivia, men lived to an 

astoniohlng age; because they were so ntt.crly 

ignorant of:tb. 11\W8 of life arid development, 

'tbat tbey plodded on through sixty, .eventy, 

and even ill raro ca.~e8, even an hundred 

, years, ere tb"1 completed their extornal spiritual, 

grow~, which, is csoential to a passage 

over the River to the first form of tbe second 

life: Their ignorance, my love-bird, was euch 

that diseases, and, frightful disord ..... , wl~llou 

number, aftIicted them, and a be3lthy human 

cranium was scarcely ever Been, and consequently 

a perfect human pleasure .eldom, if 

ever"enj0t,ed or experienCed; and 8lI a tul'- ' 

,ther _ c.9!,sequenco, _of !.heir ,darkened .slate,-,- , 

they were subject to mental disorders of the 

most terrible kind, among which, as I learn 

from the perusal of their bistory, wers two 

of a peculiarly distressing nRture; there were, 

first a straoge fatuity; WhIch caused them to 

'imagine untold penectlhns'resldiug in a kind 

of earth, or lustrous metal; "bieb they called 

gold, the same, Zolivia, with whicb the worshIp-temples 

of our clUes are built. Thill, 

strange' disease, which so sadly aftIicted tbe 

barbari..us of the 19th cehtury, afrecwd the 

eyes in such a maDDer, that Dothing was re" 

garded as beautiful, unless it bad a yeUow 

llue ; and, strange a'i it may seem to 'You, 1)0 

mall bad infiuence, or was 'cousidered .\·C11' 

respectable, uule.o. he possessed a large 

amouut or smalll11edals, made of this yeUw 

earth; together with .large bundles of sheets 

ot paper, ad,orned witb pictures, and which 

were called bank note •. ' 1 b ••• pictur.s, iustead 

of adonling the walls of their dwellings, 

were kept securely locked hi pooderoUll Iron 

trunks, caUed safos. . 

The second dlsClISe to which these poor 

creatures wcre subjected, and wbleh affected 

the .iervou8 sy9tem in a most singular fUan~ 

I1Or, wao one kuown ao Political Ambition. 

After a mao had, by tbe exercise of what was 

theb knowo as MKANNKSS, but wblcb has 

'long Aillce become' exUnct in the humall 

breao!., aCterhe bad accumulated a la;gc bundle 

of tbe.e pielu .... , to which I have alltuled, 

tbe back part of hi. bmin became Inftllmed, 

and then the 8trange.ot ~agarie~ took posse$slon 

of his mind, llOd be would place blmself 

in a positlou where aU tbe people could s.,e 

him, and beg of tbem to lay him in a bed' 

made of .."all bits of paper, 'called balloI.'!, 

1Uld attempt to carry him tbereon into 8 place 

more or les. elevated, called offiee; where he, 

was generally-treated as '8 lunatic, alld'be;'''''''·' 

came the' gilded slave of the vcry men who 

placed him there: the dlsea:>e s~m~tllDes

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Josted .. whole life, but was at times cured by 

saIln'" drau~bl.', or a bath or, two In a river 

wbo.e WIII

tuber:mees wherewi!.h to, dig !.bom:' 'from the' 

soli, We now inbale pure air. and are not 

poisoned w\1h tbe rarified and partially 

blUDed oxygen of stove-fumisbed rooms; 

nor do we waste onr physical powen and excellencies 

for the sake or a,passing moment 

of pleasure, whlcli'is faJ.e, fleeting, eYanes- 

.. cent and hoUow, and con.equentlY do not 

, sap !.be foundations of life, from which tlow 

tho finer emotlollB and feelings of the spirit. 

But our education COlUmonces in !.be hodies 

__ andBIJuIs cl.-.--paret>!&, years ~ ~ are 

born ; consequently we bave none of !.be 

strange looking men which people of the dark 

times of the 19th century, called physicians, 

or doctors, wbo were endowed wi!.b a knowl 

'of the science or polsons j for it Is a iact, Zo- 

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polsone.i, these peroonagea .trn.lgbtwa~ administered 

polson still more deadly !.ban the 

original j.yet, in spite of all !.his, !.he people 

lived to the astonishing age 0,1 60, '10, and 

, sometimes 80, or more, yeanl. ' Thie resulted, 

however, from !.he fact, that men took more 

care of their bodies than their mlnd.9 ; ior, Il,' 

like us, _they knew how to expand the soul 

aud fit It for the slUe.., they would sooner 

have left !.he earth;, and mounted alolt, to a ' 

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,Thus ends a part 01 the lett.el" we thus far 

havo_.been able to decipber. We have engar,ed 

tho services of an "-'nlnen! eryptOgraphlst, 

who will furnish further transl;'" 

tious, at another time. 

THE lIJSTOUY OJ!' Ol,EOl'A'rIl.A'S NEEt>J..E. ' 

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_ Mr. .1ohn DixOD, C. E., the engineer who 

• has _nndertaken the task of removing from 

_ Alexandria and erecting in London the Cleo 

_ patra obelisk, lately gave an Inreresting lee· 

ture at the United Seriice Institution, on the 

'I!bject of his arrangements for tho conveyance 

oi !.be stoliO to Jo:nglaod, and-tile plan, 

'he purposes adopting for placing it upon Its 

pedestal, when a suitable site sball bave heen 

derennined upon. 

, Cleopatra'. Needle, as it has been rel'lned, 

was ,the oldeal monument existing which 

, recorded upon ilB face a hi~tory dating from 

its birth, and as some persons bad questioned 

the utilit,. of taking such pains to po.sess It, 

he might, he thOUght, bring to their recollection 

a few of the principal dflUo-S with which 

tbe monolith was .... oclated. !o1ftcell hUIl- 

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• ioew9 of war to be provided. It waS nt' this 

juncture thllt ~r. :r:,aslDuS WiL_on came for· 

ward, aod If Ule obelisk w •• , d'l"tlncd to be 

erected in J"ondon,it was to Ihat gentleman 

that the tbanks of the nation would be primo' 

, arlly due. . 

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he thougbt no one could ;ay that the efforts 

to preserve it from destruction bad been mis-, 

,directed. I'_ing to the more selenUfic part 

oOr tJ .... subject, narnell'> Ibe.en¢DeCnug ap"- 

pliances adopted In connection 'With the 

trans",>rt .. nd erection of obelisk., Mr. Dixon 

" .. hllbat the Egyptian. lelt no deelslv,e record 

of their plan ; but in the erection of the 8t. 

I'eter'" obelisk before the Vatican, theliamRns 

employed for': month the united power 

of filteen hundred men and one bundre,) and 

forty horse.. 'rbe Jo'rench method in 183:; 

was not ,materially different, altbough Uley 

economi~c~ labor .bet~r, botb consisUng In 

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tho long nAnU'I!I ot our 'IV~II·knowQ achAolrN 10 

lilli, we.bave coined. abbJ'eviatJoD8 tbM will t.a\Le 

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eDgn.,~the attention ~f the mind w"" thereon, etc., do not disturb tho ~ef of a Spirltu:illst 

JCeorded. lie thinkB it "a mnrvclloU!l power wbo bas conversed with spirit frlende and 

which enabl ... a opirit to dig out., as It were, relatives. When one bas the ltiwwledge 

from the bnun events burled in thc long ago, that be bas doue so it Is a part of .!lis existonto. 

and apparently fornotten." ,This i. a p..y. 

ebomeuic reading. ' Every atom' bears in its 

aura or atmosphere the impress of the cvents WHEN WE mado the annooncement that 

thropSh which it has passed. Some porsons we did in our last issuc'we bad not the lea.t 

al'l! BO Ben.itiv~ that by holding any'subsr.ancft idea of what was \0 come of it. ,A' ,monthly 

In tbe baod they are at oncc en rap]JI"'! with publication w"" not thought of. We BUP. 

its hbuiry. now miriutely they can trace pooed, oC course, that Uie weekly would continue 

as nsual. By degfeeo thero came to \Ill 

the detalls depends upon their sensitiveness. 

A notsblc case 18 that oC Mrs.' Denton, wiCc plans' and feotnre. which are ~mbodied In 

of 1'rof. William Denton. Ii this be true of the present publl."..tion. In a weekly they 

rocks, .hells, metals, ancient household ,uten· 

sils, shall the law fail. wben It come to human 

beings? Undoub,ledly overy individual does 

bear in bi9atmo.phere.c~n ...s through wbich 

he has p ..... ed. And it i. notonly pos.ible, but 

jndging from 'Our observations, very probable 

that BoillO 6ol)elthes Call1InCOMcjO!'"Zy r:cad 

theeo scenes. Now just_here b a vcry 1m· 

portant point and wo, wioh our' readers to 

obse ... e.it eareIully .and test Its truth in thoir 

ow~ . e>:perienec.q and Investigation.. SlnC!e 

the Scientbt was .tarted, we have beard 

many compiaints oC tho ahonoComlngs of 

mediums. We have listened patiently, and 

questioned carefully. 'fhe, psychometric and 

clairvoyant faculties. of the spirit are demon 

.trated., May there' not., at times, be an in· 

tennlngling of those two Caculties which' 

would Iihe the 'world a medium, so called, 

but who In reality Is an unconscious psychometl·ic. 

, Such a one ,can give you name., 

dates, evenla and reproduce scenes thaI bave 

pas,ed ; bllt when you a..k for somO inform .... 

tion whlcb the spirit, if.tbore, o;ught to have, 

you fai,1 to obtsln It. . Wby? neuuse the 

spirit., If present, cannot communicate. You 

are not ,consulting a cUlirvoyant trance medium, 

but an nncoDSciou. psychometric. 

~o former your, friend could control and 

giv~ 

you all the Infonnatlon you de.lre. 

:r:very medium 10 valua!>le in his or her pi ..... ; 

out of place thoy awaken distrust. When 

.piritual law. are moro closely studied the 

, type of the medium and tho peculiar' work 

for which he or sbe i. fitted will be determlne'd 

by certain peculiarities, in the S"Ille 

mallner that a discao,e In the J\umau Cramo Is 

known to the pbyslcian by-Its .ymptoms .. 

Wben we havo a knOWn quantity in our prob· 

. lem, it will be Ii basil! for, accurate calculation., 

In the mcantilpo all the thC'Ories of "elementaries,'t, 

"elementaJs," psychic force,'~ etc., 

could not be Bueee.sCully carried out with our ' 

present facilities. It reqnires time to care- - 

fully prepare tbe materliLI of a j'rom thue 

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IOcnL', slating on whAt authority they am 

b:l.ged and naming' the joumallu which they 

are·made public. . 

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OUR JOUJl.~AL Is not designed to iako the 

placo of any other spiritualistic paper: ]t Is 

rather supplemenfary to tbem all. H bas a 

field that Is pe~ullarly iLs OWJl. Its purpose 

I. to pre..erve cvellLs and nelV Ideas related to 

our ~usc a.. they como Into existence. To 

gather up and reproduce In a pel'Olaneut and 

cOllveulpnt form tbe most con$plclous and 

noteworthy artJcles that appear In the A merlean 

and foreign papers devoted to Spirltnal· 

ism, as well as the fugitive picces U,a! occa· 

slonally filld tbeir way into the secular pre ... 

Anybody "liD bas tried tbe bllSlncss of hunt- 

. ing up II!) article,making tbc elion at discovery 

80me weeks after be bas read It, 'II1l11 probably 

bavebad an experience in rummaging througb 

back files. comparable ouly to t.he proverbial 

soarch for a needle lu a haystack' ; to keep .. 

.crap book of all the importsnt itelDS or arti, 

£.1'" that please the falley or are considered 

valuable for reference destroys llIe. that 

would otherwise be valuable, and if completed, 

which Is seldom tile case, does not 

give satisfaction. 'rhe Spiritual Scicntl.9t in 

!ellds to be an index to everything of value, 

sllowing at 0lle8 where fuJI information reo 

latlng to any suhJect may be obtained. Every 

metbod will be used to make the record in 

our country/as well8f.l.in foreigu lands, full, 

nccurate and complete. 

ItF:Ct:NT MATEIlIAI.JZATIONS; The reader 

of the ace..,ull ... of r .. cent materialization. 

III EnglAnd I. forced to ~ept ()ue of two 

collclWlions ; eiU,er the phc,nomeua are gen· 

uine &lId materiall7.ation is a reality, or the. 

authoJ'lj of the account.. willfully mlsrepre 

.ellt the C3:!8. A. they slate tbe condltlono 

and narrate the reaul!.". it cvldenc

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dlufD and naybrenk, lIS well as tp the LOndon flll'iUtles of this lIntnre, but It is better to reeelve 

two or thl'Cf! pap..no from difrereut 

SplritwWe~ \be Intter refuses to print Ii, if it 

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kno~. th,at It has been duplicated, on the sources than to have an item ..,cape. out 

grOuqd that It Is "a cinmlar." Such narrowness, 

attention. Address Editor of the Spiritual 

is vlrtually an attempt to foree Spi~tual Scientist, Boston, Mass. 

IsIB to make an unwortby distinction between 

tho journal ........ to obllge them ~ cllbosc flither lIow D>'1'EN do w.e find prominent a.nthOI'll 

the one or the other, a. the medium lor In- aUd editors wriUhg,;to the point that Spirit 

,fonnatlon. 'It Is unwortbyof any spititual- millsm is nothing· but imposturo ,,!,d delusioll. 

IsUe journal, mnch .. Ip_," onc thai owes .i'" They are seemingly ignorant of the fact that 

..."I.tence 0I11y to. tbQ bounty of gellerotlH b:lck of all of the phenomena ..Jhere is a pbil- 

- Spiritualists, wbo' '~nua\ly "contribute, to a oSdpby, perfect in itBeif, the merits of ,vblch, 

fund for Its support. ' . for conai.toney, I.e noUling elae, are not 8Ul'~ 

p.i..ed by ariy otber system. Nor Is it de 

OV~ n&PAR'l'tlENTS.. s;' far as It \8 prac- pcndDllt u!'On Ule manifestations for a basl~; 

ticable we place cacb Item of information In if ihese are cast IISide It a.sumes only that 

, .Its appropriate, JlOSiUon. ""erc· is a depart- which is assumed by every relilliou. systemment 

for MaterIBlI1-ations, Trance, I'hyslcal futurc exiStence. 'fhere Is ~ertainly a"cbance 

Manifestations, l:ecturcrs,alld Mediunl" Ed- for an atgUlllOllt, wh'ether It Is better to be· 

, ltorial, &c; Sometimes lengthy atticles.are. Iieve as tile Spiritualist doeS, that there i. 

placed in theJI"'t pagcaarnonr; the general compen~atlon or retribution for every deed 

articles. The place.· of holding .meclit~t".. and tbo\lght e"prc~sed or ,nnexpre•• ed, or to 

.will beof vahle to Uto.e who travel rouch. 'aecept tile common theological dogma of tbe 

MallY bt\ve complained th~t It ,i. diffiCult to atonement. There aro oUler jlilTcrenceB beobtain 

Wis infllrmalion in some cities; The tweell the teachings of Spiritualism and Ule 

·spbjeets cho'~u by lectnwl'll., for thelr dis-, doctrinco of tbe Orthodox f;ilth fully as vital 

courses may be suggestions or thought to ..., tbO i.slIC cited •• Spiriiualiem I. au everyothers. 

Other Int.cresling featuro.. wlll be day. religion. 

noticed and pIlrhaps others will ~uggest them- . 

selves to Improve the' character of our pub- . To oui. SUJJSc/UIlEns. 'In coming from 

licatioll. . . ' t~e Spiritualists; canlp groulld; on the Old 

Colony ro:>11 at· Onset lIay~ the subscription 

Ih~}'(lJnd tsken to the 

he entitled, A Popular Review of recent re-' lJaggage room liS the officlal io ci':Lrge of that 

scarches in Physi .., ~iology and Psychology. elepartme;'t OOOlIt.. ; hutbe hasUtus far been 

He'o:LYs, "I'am, as tbe result of yeanl.ofob-' unable to find it. We are thUll deprived of 

Bcrvation and much

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testing tbem.ml'diu!l'" withstand remarkable 

Tlle Scientific American. of 'Jan. 26, .,nder trbl ...... he ....."'. whell peoplc with 1I0t balf 

this Utle bM WI ediiorlal OD William Crooke., the scielltl6caellmell of Mr. Crook"'" apply 

lo'. U .. S., aud hi. relations,to the phenomena their t •• t.-. the same mediums egregiously 

of Spiritualiem. in wblch we 1I0tic~ several fail or are. eXPos~d in tbeir frand." 

Importau' inaccuracies. It falls inlo tho Oil lo'rh'ay evening,. lo'eb. 19; 1875. Mr. 

gtlneral ~rror "f lI.",crting or Implying tbat Crookes Invited a medium to his own house 

Spiritualists believe in tbings .supernatural to submit to whatever tests-be might uppl~ 

and In miracles. Tbere Is no authority for Sev" .... 1 wcll·~nowJl scielltific meu, two of, 

sucb an a... ertlon. Spirlil1aH.ts do net beth~m fellow. "f the Hoyal'Soclety were pres .. 

Iieve ill anytblng 8open.atumJ or In miracles. en" Mr. Crookes';sed his library.a.. a dark 

We speak of them, a. a body fo'r the reason room ill "hlcll the medium sat alone; bls 

,that wbile we have the upre .. ed opinions of laboratory was well lighted. and in this tbe 

nearly all the leading SpiritUalists. againsL experimentalists remained during tbe te.ts. 

a belie' in tbe 8upematural. we have yet to They secured all doors. window.. etc., \)y 

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AnaJ;,'is') to ihl uutllOr, wbo W~ OJ ... '" df lIke fHrllwd by the Iludieuc:c, .. \\ cut. 1u tile hom-e, 

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obs~rvcr\:f. U.2, tbe .. Art of '1"r:,\\,,,,1,4 was allll funlld Ihe toer\'anls in a ~tate u,f ternJr, 

'!iand'eIl to a w"ll·kuo"" lraveller. 11,;1, a box bceau:.e nile of tbeir numbt"r bad beel' 

of CigaJett,es tlaat was iu a lockt"d dU'""'I!r ill to\1(:b .. tl by au unseen gh05t;t. Mr. It'''tzgd', 

Mr. Crookc:\' desk in his Iibra,y,.wuN tlh(J\vU aid lind """"'''8 for beli~' ill!: Ihat in this ra.'. ' 

at a gemleDlnn W}IO ,,'as patU .. llo Ihe weed. there was uo hlekcry au}'wi ('tu, Mid hi! kucw 

9.4, a small ornamental _hick, Oil, a lUalllel 'thtl tnt>s'tn(l'dst.. Here, t,l,etl, \\'C ba\'c n !-flirit 

piece, Ilve fect lrom Ib .. nlelllulIl wa. lI~nd~" in the b"dy. drivil,g a .I'lrit oUt of 8uuth.r 

uut. Immediately Serje811~Co" lind oth ..", 

~qy, ""d lIIaklbg It produce l,hJsical .ffecl.!l 

said that they saw II full huD ..... form _tan.I-' at a dl.lnlleo. If that .cc.",d .pirit had """" 

ing at tbe ope\linlt 01 the cu~l"' ,Ono minute 

later the circIlit was broken, nil rusbed II. ...l/

- 

It. W1! can Csts" than 

otll"111 when sitting with pfo!e.~ionBl mediums' 

Why? I. ft'DOt tllal in their case Ihe 

blending of the psychic spbor •• i,. mo~ com. 

pI""" and tho. thC rccord. of their own ex·, 

pcri(,~ncc arc mo~ai11 availablo 1" \ . 

So far as we ('an' aOscerta.in ihu. contrary i.a 

the .,,"e. Mediums or persona of mcdi umia. 

tic temperament obtain the ·I~.. i. We I;ave 

in mind a nwubcr-of mediullls who havc Complain.1I 

of their inability to get anythillg outoide 

~f.their own avenue of eommunicatioll. 

TilE I.ondon 8pirituaU.t wilh an eye to 

giving ita read.no the most.lnlerelitlog matter .. 

• thai it could find', haS been, for inany wC'.eks 

, put, pUblisbing extrac", from Ur .. l-:ugeue 

CroweU'. "l'rimitive qhri.t1allitY atld ~ud-' 

19 

em Spiritualism." We sbould tblnk thnt 

every investi~tor or SVirituall.t who has an 

opportunity to read ono chapter' would be: 

como possessed of tbe Idea 10 own the two 

volume.~. h Is a .Ial)d~ work and cont.aln. 

more informAtion between U.s covers than 

any oll'l'r we, kllow :Lu:vINo THAT there oro mnny prom; 

nent 1-:ngll.h· SpiritllaliiL' and investigators 

who "'ill be hlt .. re.t~(i ill bavlng " ~rd 

kelil .. f all Ih. currrent facts of Spirimali.ru, 

Wi! have sput.lhl'l:io i ..",un to a 'naimber ol them 

... a "J",elmen copy alld ,solicit ltoeir subscriptions 

hoping to hav .. their support. A pOs. 

tal onl", of ollly 7 .hillln'g•• ",u.ltted to ~:. ' 

Gerry llrown, }lOMton. MA.... lJ.l$. A., wUl 

cover tI)e expeliso for OllC fear. 

A NI

Editor's Record. Physical Manifestations. 

, 

, '" 

Direct IllTiUng. 

Sounds Imilatce/. 

Epee Sru-gonl', communicate. 00 tbe I. s. 

2'18, !be ""perien"". of Rev. William Moullt· 

fordln I)lrecl Writing. It I. written by tbe 

latter, !be naroD Guldenstubbe being the 

medium on one occasion Rnd on anotber 

Charles CoI~lIester, a young 1';"Slish medium, 

wbo died ;!,Ollllg. Mr. MOlllltfordls an 1':,," 

Usb gentIem.m wbo b'" been a residellt ~f 

Boston 'some U.lrly years, He was at o"e 

tlme settled over a Unlta.lan tonlll'

EDIT01/'S 1/EC01l.D. Pl1YSICAL MANIFEST.tJTJON. 21 

", 

,; 

a hunlBn fonn, which Willi DO& !.bat of any 

,one of the five persons In !.be room. Not 

one of thes. five could write !.be sbortest sentence 

10 Greek j not ODe of !.bem kn.w that 

there was ouch a proverb in !.bat Imgoage. 

Conditl~us: new slates, robbed by Dr. 

Nichols and !.broo o!.ber sitters. A signature 

in a weU·knoWil b"udw11t1ng' was a1.0 obtaloed. 

Medium, lItr. EgUnton. l>resent 

!.bree person. beslds pr. N. Dec.~, tho materialized 

form of "Joey" seen wlU, aboul 

twelltv yards of white drapery gathered 

from the atmospbere and latar' melted Illto 

invisible air. 

Bell 1/ung. lIand Shown., Tests. , 

A seance for inqlllre .... was held by the 

Drltisb National AJo;'odatlon at 38 Gt. 1Iwsell 

.t., London, Eng;, Dec. 6. Medium, Mr. 

F.§Ilnton. Member in charge and rooorder, 

Desmond G. Io'itzgcrD.Id, M. S. '1'el. E. Pres 

Cllt~ight other porsOIlS, of whom two were 

skeptics. COliditionS: coat sleeves sewn together 

at wrists :"'d elbows j coat sewn ta- 

, get her at front. Sealed In cabinet, the curtains 

covering !.be face and body and leaving 

feet exposed. ,An I"stromelll called ';Ox 

, f..,rd cblmes," a banI! bell ,and small hom. 

, placed on the medlunl'. knees. Gas reduced 

but objI'Cta visible wlien tbe eye became ...... 

eu.stomrd to Ihe IIglit. In three mllillte8 the 

• Irlng,. of tho cbhueS were Bounded. Ikll 

rang and' tbrown olit. lJand reacbed out 

again seized and rang It. Medium Immedl-' 

ately examined and (a.'teninS" ~ound intact. 

Sir J--, one of tbe skeptical inquirers, was 

permitted to .tand at tho cabinet; and when 

a hand was shown ru.eb In and examine tbe 

fastenings. lle did' 80, but !.be medium was 

found ,ecure.l. -I. s. 278. Similar seances 

with .imilsr results are reported In . the I ... 

2i9, 280, 281, 

l'otabJea Br~ught. 

, Thomas Colley, In the I. m. d., 40.1, 'relates 

tbat be, his wife" and a friend .at 

round the tire with lJr. Monck, talklu>; about 

'cookery. Mr. C. was telling how tbe Neapo)' 

, itans fried potatoe., and had got a& far as 

"pota,"-the Word lIoL having been .po~.m 

befol"e't-when "Samuel-'; carne, pUHbiug 

his lDedium from the chair, and said. "lIere 

I ,bave brought you these." Fuor clean, 

washed potatoes rolled from' his .boulders 

alld body to !.be 11 oar. };'ive minutes afler 

lIr. O. wished to show the Dr. bow Samuel 

came, and In bl9 narrat! va two more potatoes 

bound~ across the room. ' ' 

7'ying. I10ui Jo)'audulent Blaletmitlng is done. 

Ernest Whatloy, CinmetO.ti!r, In tbe I. 8. 

278, furnishes !.be follow log IDformatlon 

which will aid in detecilng .ham mediums, 

playing tricks:-Any knot. Ued 011 an eJ:· 

tcnded corj or tape I., of neCessity, a slipkllot, 

however, firmly It may .1ppear to be 

f""taned. With a piece of cord or t:ape that 

Is JD.t long enough, to go once ollly round 

each arm, the first knot may be fiml eDoogb, 

bul the second, i. bound to be Ii sUp-knot. 

This is a secret known to but few, bllt, when 

understood, rope·tying, with ihe cords usually 

furnlsbed for tho purpose of obtaining 

test coudltions, becomes .. farce. 

'Again, a deal of fraudulent slak-wrltlng Is 

done in this mallner: One side of the slate 

(being prmfJU8/1I written ,on) hi covered with 

a tbln veneer of tlle 3awe material; the oilier 

sido of the veneer is covered with blolting, 

paper, etC. of' course this can be clj,';ned 

alld .crubbed, and writing ~ercon rubbed 

out to any extell!" and yet, by getting cleverly 

rid of the veneered side, tho message underneath 

will remain illtact, appearing on, 

!.be side of tbo 81"t. DeJ:t to tb~ table, to tbe 

astonishment of the uninitiated. 

'- 

Dr. Slade in 'Berlin • 

Tho MOlllte'u'r, a journall •• nCrl at Brussels 

,by the l,"ed.ratlon ':;plrlta ct Maglletlque 

give. a sOlDmary of a reCellt attack opcn 

Slade by a I!

SPIRITUAl, SCU:NTIST. 

the dll'l'CL writing .agaln, a prol\hecy, and, a 

correct dI8{ll10.i. of the Cd~ and on turning up tim light 

fourtcc.·n roSC's of the grt'tltt:lit bf.·auty W\\re 

found upon Ille table. Anotl",r lady having 

been that UJomin;: to oller n. prnycr upoD'th ... 

tomb of one of Iwr fomilY,I,rnyticl al ... that 

'slse might be kis.wd by this pen-on in R par. 

ticular way nt the evening ",ra1hf'rinJ.:. 60 tJUlt 

she might be assured ot t}.3t person's pn.seneC'. 

'ntC kiss eRnie as sh,e had wished, dnd 

she bad not cODlIDunicRtcd h~r prnyc.·r to any 

olle. :At nthor '~Ullr.rs bnutlfuls uf mignunette 

antI d.licate ro.ebutl~ w~rc "cntter.,d before 

the .ille),!!•.'I'he little musical· box was 

fioaled about n.a ... the .. ceiling and made to 

. '~.~',but as the key withi!, l'8d giyt·n it a ,III 

:' ~.blc Ion., the k~y was thrown ~own up- 

· on the labl.. . 

lIautlt£d II.I/sea. 

The BoMon l'ost credite Uie 'Washingtnn 

corre.poncnt of the Chicago Times w jlh ha v 

ing madv an cXhmslve showing of lu)lli.coS Ilt 

the nation.'e capital. wherein mytcrioufi. occur-' 

. . I 

rcD(:('s arc keown, to the terror of tbelr occupanls: 

.. Almost a roond halr-dozel; flUlc\nating but 

· !ormitlabledwdling>l a", m~nlioiwd. ()ne .pn-: 

ciollB mansiun, d\f8crtcd and .dreary, echoed 

ror YC3n a baby's \'Vail.. teHing a myatcrious 

stOTY of tihahl~ nnclcrime; anel \\I lIt.·n B,t last a 

v(»ntut'f.·8t.ml(~ COllirt>8~man and Camily il:it:"'d 

to occupy the. holl.t;.c, and llad it r(~pRjrp.d for 

that pUT1,o8C, a tiny 8k~1~ton was found under 

one of tho chamber floo... The infant'. 

boncs Were· burif.·d, and the 'Wsmng cE'aB~d. 

Und.r Ihe vcry .1,Q-low 01 the Metropolitan· 

Chureh is nnother hi,unled 11ouse. 'rhe~rat,. 

lling nntI ru.t1ing of P"I"''' disturb lIS q'uiet 

uotil the go,S l8 lighted; and h(!of'(:~ 

many yeare 

ago, the wife of a literar,. man died in an in- ' 

txplicilblo ~Dner. A bout otht'r manai~n8 

· unseen eaningt'8 drive. door·\)t"lIs "rinG. and 

frantic. oaths alJd piH.'oUS prnyt!TS rhDund. 

Ihrough the lonely chamlK'",. Hut'pcrh"ps i~ 

is to be wondered at tbat t.bC"re arc no nl0rc 

Siale lVl,'Uing in Tr:ws. 

A correspondent of the Marlin MO"in(l BaU, 

. pUblishrd in Marlin, 'l'exaB, ay ... that Mrs. 

Gardner of tbu.t 1,lnce has beeD developed .. a 

a.sJllh ....\Vritlng Dlt'dillm of gTssn; We simply plncc ulir hands upon ·the 

table, witllnnt a.ny attempt 10 control itsmov,·. 

m~nlS. It travels through tho bOUBe, up 

51ai~ ar down, gwin~ llpon my h("sd and 

",11oulders and rU8hC!8 m~ back waNs, aDd iu 

dnrknr'" Ib"";Ullh roOlnS antI doo .. withuut 

toudlU;g a elUling, though Ihe roble i. D~arly 

38 wide as'tll'! doors. or pl"rilaps it will lx>SI 

d~wn unlll it crlUlh", me 10 the 1I00r. 1 think 

it COD pTl"t>tI down :300 pount1s. Momctimcs! 

while 1 anI Bltling in .. chair, it "ill a .. ing 01; 

to my ,bftck, llook ita Icgs to lny chair ani: 

turn ine around" or drag mo a.1()Dg~ -or pe-rbAp~ 

lip me over,.lh~n drag' rue on lhe carpet. A 

",cent froak was to.Up itself.. ovor, then picl 

up the chai .... on ital.,W'. cail for the alphab~t 

HpeU out u('OUfUBioD t 

" then dist>ogagc itBcI: 

lrom til" chail'l!, set them upriShL in place·

Jo:DITOb.'S RECQRD. 

l'IIYSlC~L NANJl'ESTATIONB. 

ftliy mov~m(>nt is mnile ju..t "" well in the 

blirckc.t ~atku ••• 88 in tb" light-:-it, wi~1 roove 

quick I, to th,· window Bud tnp tbe g,ln •• "!J>idly. 

"ill'out injury, though it i •• o dark Ib"'t 

nOthing cuu be set:=D. 11s communications an.- 

8S varit,·tJ n.s our eunveJ'Nlt iou. 

A C~"jUror>3 Certi/iral.e., 

Samuel llellllcbilli. Lhe prcstidlgitaieur 8"d 

c"',juror w Itis M.,je~ty the Killg allli Jo;rnpe'tt" 

Wlillalll Y., hu., made ", .taltiBl?nt eOJl~ 

ce"lIing Slade, whltb i. ce.tified before a IID-' 

taryalld wltnc .. cs i!l tbe, manner r~'qul .... d 

, hlllio"ible.-I .•. 2;8., I. m. d., b. I.;' r. p. j., 

and othen;.' 

' 

'. 

;z.'/Ou,t7'S and Object.. Transported /n JWy. 

In ti,e AnnaU l)eilo Spiriti.imo of 'I'urill, 

It@y. is .. leuer from }o·'oren.,., writicn by 

t))g. Hhialdo 1>311' Arg:ine. in ·which he StalCtI 

Ih:it Spiritu .. li.1ll is Illakillg grand progre. •• 

In a l:ipiritual Society there, a very be.lvy al· 

bum-l",,"vy becauKe of having Illany piclur •• 

in it-was 011" cvenillg brought to hilll by 

two giga"tic luminotls hands IUlli Ilel>usited 

with him. Ou oue OCC3SlUlJ, auu only once, 

llowcl"H w~ro br\)Ught hirn, but in liltle quantill'. 

'rhey hM'e bad alHO direct.' writing. A 

1,.I"I"clly wbite .heut of paper was placed 011 

the table, autl ill a (.4W momenta the ra~ il1~ 

~i""l.ed th'1l tb~ writing wa.. con;pleted; He- 

, lighting tbe gao, the paper was fuund to be 

covered with wrWllg. 

LOOK Our-DON'l' MISS SKE!NG 

A reporL 01 the ,must astonishing natnre 

UII.! MU appear ill th" Spiritual 'Scielltist for 

M_b, 

Direot Writ;"!!. 

Dr • .illOlltk; 

\ t. . 

1>". Mo:ublJ..,hiug 10llg artlclCl! on 

Mr. ~lilde'8 niedlum.hip. 'fire Berlin Fremdcublatt 

give .. a fait· aceDlIui 'of what r.ally 

take. pl.c~ in hi. p...,,,,,nce. . 

1>". MUNe" bl1>\ taken a 1II0r. commodioWl 

Buite or apar1,"eDl8, rCID..,.iug to 62 Bernard 

.tr... et, Russell _quare, W. C. Sunday mon. 

Ings he is to preside at a free oPen s~"uce for 

lbe dcveloplD"nt and ox ".. i •• of lIunoal and 

abnurloal ope,i.kli.g and heallllg, at tile Cavepdisb 

RoollUl. 

IF yOU d •• ire to know all that i. going on 

In all parts of t4.' ",urld .n,?s~ribe tur tlI!) 

Spialtual ScJentjs.., " , 

, '

Editor's Record. ' Materializations • 

., Many j0T7M seen, a.l'iano lj/led. 

The Bos1.On Sunday Deralt! of Jan. 20, 

8a)"8; .. Another seance took place· at U,e 

residence of .1II ..... l'ickcrlng, III Rochester, N. 

JI .. , last Tbuisday evenillg, at wbich Hev. 

Charles 1Ieeeher of George1.Own was prescnt. 

Orth. party were also Mr; and M..,,; Hibbert 

of Buellos Ayres, South America, Mr. George 

1';· llrowlI alld Mrs. I1laud Lord of 1I0Slon, 

:Mr. and :MrS. B. D. Hillgbam of N""bua, Mr. 

aud III .... (;,b~l~. Sbapleigb of lIaverblll, Mr. 

Somes and M..". ~'o.ter· of Graveland. Mr. D. 

B. Sawver,lllr. 11. J'lerce of 1>over, and a 

Berald rcprellentatlve •. The' medium wok 

her .. seat outside 01 tbe cabiuet at 8 o'clock , 

after a 8eai"chitlg . ezam1"atlon for pallels, 

trap doon and confe

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JoWITOB'S RECOR». 

MATERIALlZATION. 

A 'TM0J1I qJ Form Manifestation.,' 

In I. 8. 271, the editor bas an article on 

various manife.,UltioDS and Rpee'QJations 

thereof, in whicb he gives an aecount of a 

Dumber of seances he has· attended. lie' 

8ays 00 all but two occasious he has not 

known one of tbese forms to ('"hibit original:, 

knowledli:e of any kind ou~.ide that of the 

medium. Wben qllestionL'

,. 

Editor's Record. 

The Trance. 

TIlE DANN]O~ ()Io' I.iORT MESSAGE 

DJo:P'" RT~IJo:NT. 

, C' • 

In this depnt1meul ~~ rec;Ofd In alpbob"Ilrru o"l~r 

1be ~f'8 given wl\b \he comn\untCllUOl\8 rt'C\'I\"~ 'al. 

tl'Ie ('!rclt'e o&thO lJDIII,('r of Ugb'. til 1I01!\OQ 811" Unl. 

tJmorCl; oleo \VIIll"·\','r InforUlatJoQ rt'lnt".JIlu 'denU')" 

lIucb,BJI thne plDC(l Bod wua8 of PllMh)M away. nUu. 

elODI5 to P4J'\h 1"'~4·b(" •• and "·Ia.tJ\·~ or trtlf;'ud .. "ithoe-, 

to ~t1h Or spirit MIt.. 1" '8 urgnl 1bat. Idt'lItil), eM 

of\eoo be 'ruC\>d In the luuJ{UOW'" or p."CUhllJ' 1Drm u( 

e.lpri.· .. IC,ln • blu lhlA or COUhO ea.n bo dt'lf'rmlnft\ 

ouly, by friends or ~tOtjy"'8, Wv pn'I!(!r'Jt' n rt"Cord 

of ,be b1D\rd tnt"". 1& wUI be 'tI""lul \0 lboll'6 who 

bU~y to Lbo flltu,"" daQre to I'\·fer to dny mW&IIgt"; tblll 

. dale, at the cloae or each one 1ndh:oct'B the ))lIpt:r til' 

wblCh u. appuan-d. • . 

- 

. , 

Albert. au ·address. no InCormatlon as to idelltity,--jau 

Go • . 

AnSUII, William K., lI"ni.burg. w y old, 

rbeumaLhnu ~rollnd tbo beart, a eattl~ 

trader., unmarried. r,ns>ed out Noy i3r 

1878. Speak. oC hi. ,Ielld. n "n.1 0 anu 

thinks hi. me ... age will reach Ito destil'''- 

.. ,tIon.-jB" 5. . 

Baker. Qulney,IIl., S6 y old, fatber's name 

D, mother'., l~arbar ....-j.. 11 2t!. 

Bowell, Jam.... AlexBlldda, Va.. Ilellber' 

. . bungry or Ihll'>lty,--jall 12. . . 

BrlggB. :,selden D., h'it the (urhl in San Fran- 

CiscO', s.~mc ii,fleen ycars ago uuder ~)iIt'" 

cuBar cu·cums1:\IICt.·~ ami de:;irt~H w reach 

.' a friend ill Chicago to warn h~ln tu be 

cart!ful fortbc Hext three ur four montluJ 

. -jau 2t!. 

Charlie, to ·Aunt Gharlotte. AUllt Miu-y' 

,V ··-b. t alu.J Grandma, llever rt~nlized lluw 

much c;r-.. mdma had·lo 1:0 through w,ith 

till bpilliu,,". "lid COlllmeot.ll aud 

advi •• tu rhy.lcialls,-jou 26. 

}:astbum, Geoi;, ... :;.• (;I"v.llwd, DO home, a 

wallderer,:':"·jan 12. ; . 

}:Ck.'ls. William, l'hlladelpbla, lIS'y .old,-· 

. joW 19. . _ 

1-:ustl •• Albert. 31., New York (:ny, 10 y old. 

boo" lIun. ollly a little wbile, 'if hi. folk. 

don't bear him he'll upset tho bird cage, 

ollly he d,,"'t want 10 burt Dlchey, 

~lra"dtnuther brought bim,· -jail 2U. . 

Fairchild. J. II., ",,,"ued to teach utbe,." !.be 

way of ),fc ' J 

··jatr ~ . 

1-'lolay, .John UOOrt, St, John., don't l'ro- 

. p,)se to ,elldo~e auybody'tI ho1.e but his' 

~wn,- ·jan ~6. . 

~'ord, Jam"". Nurth Abington. M ....., mem 

. ': ber uf COlJgrl!f~atiollal Church, and 

. tcacberln l!ulldllY r;chool,-jan l!ll, 

l>'ord. John, l'hiladelphla, 2S y old. p"" .. d 

uut' with 'typbuid (.ver. 'fu Jubu, llarah, 

l'el"i! and }o'aunY,-iau' 1:>, . 

}'ull~r. William D., St. Luul •• 41:> 'j lind a few 

day. old, pumllllunla, p .... ed uut tbe middle 

oC ~·eD. 1841,lIked1o play cards. elc., 

.. It ..... bl'otber Jobn I ... t in St Louis, 

tuuud a good old muther; aud d.scrib"" 

hi~· vrogre~s,-'j,"l 6., , ,_ . 

GeIVC.O.e ...., New Orlean., 43 y old ... tberenboub, 

..-jan 26. 

GUSOII. ~:lizabeLh M .• New Yurk City. passed 

. out. ~t!co"d ~uluJay ill March, 1~1:l, has 

'met. KmUUl,. Geurge, Jo~eph ant! }o'atbcr, 

Wa:l called Llzzl.,-jalL Ill, • 

Han'cy,' Harry M., l'ougbkecl'sie. ·N. Y.,-- 

. jail G. 

liayCord. l'llcb. D .• 310ntpullor, a good Mothodt~t,-jal1 

25. . " 

Hazard. nertruele M.; 10 ber (atber.·-jall 12 .. 

Hodge, I'rude"c •• Ulalltonbllry. 60 y uld, beeu 

gOlle two )'cars"-jarl f). 

. Ilovey. IW""beth, Ghllrle.·town, ?lb"., 66 y 

old, widow of Ht~ury Hovey" lea\'ing 

three childl'~nt 8btcn.\l Wid chilur~nt- 

.ja.u u.. 

' 

·Iluntingdon. n.,lph, to hl~ frleud Juhn 

Wetheru.e of Buston. :"'j... li G. 

J ---c, an. address,-jau 26. 

Jacksoll, Ald.",. Waldoboro', 31e.; lived In 

·the c..,.tb·lIl. over .ixty yca ..,-jall ~O. 

JUlies, Owen, Brooklyn. N. Y., 45 Y old; did 

.... 11 be coulel 011 earth to be happy ""k. 

Iriemls I.tI listen boon or it WIll. be 10 

late,·.-jan 26. . 

. K,,. E. N •• while on ea'lh" teacher. all ad' 

dr ....-jau 19. 

Knight, Mary. member of !.be Shaker society, 

.,-jall 12. , ..

;';DITOll'S RECORD. TIlFJ TRANOI

Spiritual !Bin ;n Spain. 

General Mention and Gossip. 

The November number of the EI Crlterio 

Esplrltista ,of Madrid, is larg~ly occupied by· 

the annual' address delivered before the Ce,, 

"tral SoeJety of Spiritualist.' In 'Madrid by its 

Secretary, 1)011 R. Caruana B!'rard. It ...... 

fers in propor terms IdEI Criterio, alld says 

that its Dotable laool'll &fe ably •• conded by 

the RevL,ta de estudios psicologico., of lJarceIODa, 

El Jo:SplriUsmo of Sevlll", I.a Rev~laclOD,ol 

Alicante, and }oJ nuen Selludo, of 

Lfo.rlda. n mcnti;. ' 

jo'amh,,,", ~til.nees and •• veral earthquakes 

will duva..tate tbo l:itates. HOlDe will lose Its 

sCeptre through the attack. of so-called philosoph.",. 

"rho !'ope will be takc" awny by 

hi. own people, and the Church, placed under 

trlbu\l!, will be depriyed of its temporaigoods. 

After a obort tilDe the I'ope will not boo A 

Northern prince, wiJh a hllge artily, will rush 

through Europe, will overthrow republics, 

and oxterminate all rebels. III. sword, 

guided, by God, will valiantly defend the 

"Ohurch of Obrist, wlllfigbt for the orUlOdox 

faitb, and will bring ulldrr bis sway the Mahomniedan, 

power.", A new and last p ... tor 

from tbe shore, Gn a'sign from beaven, will 

come in the simplicity of the h~arl and doctrine 

of Cbrillt, and peace will bave returned 

w the 'age." 

• 

.d Te8t Seance, and Resul!8. 

C, carter Blalie, member of lbe Seance 

Committl!e'of tbe nrilish National Assoeia' 

tiOIl, acau .. s for iuquire", rcports in the I .•• 

281, tbat on Wedlleoday Jail. 2, nille 'POI'llOIlS 

Were present, Nr. Eglinton, medium., Tbo 

medium'. SICCVC3 were sewn together, and 

atllxcd to the back of tho coat., the coat sewn 

togetho.· at tbe breast, and the curtain pillned , 

over bis face. "The usual pbenomena of agit.tion 

of small objcclswere sbown as described 

on previoU9 oeca..ions. , Several ladles 

and gentlemen put their hands Into the cab 

Inet and stated tlll~,.u.ey were gra&pod by a 

band at a distance frulD tbe medium" Writ,. 

ing was aleo obtaiued. Mr. Blake saw the 

band wrile. Tape and ,sewing o(len exanilncd 

and (ound IlItact. 

A l'rophecy. 

The Nowcastle (Eng.) Weekly Chronicle" 

prints th~ following singular doeulnent forwarded 

by a correspondent., who states that 

It w'" found In the Augustinian Library at 

Rome, da1A!d 167r;. Jt Is printed In I.atin, 'of 

which 8.D EDgUsh t.raDBlat.lon Is: .. • Concern- 

Sl'lRlTtJALlSTS In Capo Town, South Af. 

rica, are 1I0t strong as a body or rich as in 

~Ivlduale; but they made up a purse largo 

enongh to enable J. !I. Peebles to reacb l:Dgland 

.... a 'first-c1ass passellger. Ho II ... received 

tOkeo.s of' r .. peeL in coery place be 

has tarried.

GENERAL MFJiTION AN]} GOSSIP. 

I.Io:eTURERS' ANll MEDIUMS" NOTlo:S. 

TJlp. OLDEST medium and lecturer in Eng 

, land is lIr. W. W:>ll:.ce, of ~ Keutisli 'fown 

Road,J...,lIdon, N. W. , 

. - 

A COUlU:SI'()NDF'.NT, J; O. 5.,ln the I. m. d. 

4().j, writcs a tetter of over'" CO)UJDD en.don 

Ing MI .. Be. ... le William, of '(15 Mayall Rtlad, 

Heme 11111, lIrixlon, S. W., Ii. CGmplimentary 

t.rm.; .... a duvelopillll mtodlum-a medium 

for tbe development of medium.hlp in others 

-tlb. Is Ille best be bas rIlet wltb 80 far, 

except,ins ollly one old, lady, whose bealth 

will not ally 10llger aUow ber to sit. A sellall.i'I'C 

person cannot rematn loug ill ber pres· 

ence without becomlllg awaro of a power, 

around blm wbicb 8eem~ at litne. almost to 

take him out of bimself, aud open hla spiro 

ltual seuse. 

WE SEE by tbe'l. N. d. that J. J. Morse 

:"as en(ll\ged I speak every eveuing during 

'!.h .. mOI1!.h of January. " 

• TilE Berliner l-'remdeJiblait says that It i. 

absolutely nece.sary for our schmtific me .. to 

unllertake tbe Illvestillation of Splrltual~'m, 

seriollsly, and cease to m~ke all exbibition of 

Iheir own f"lIy alld friv"lIty by prononnclng 

it a swindle alld a delusion. 

MH. SIMMONS, Slade's agent, reports tbat 

scientillc well III Bcdlll are backward in lestif)'lng 

to unpopular trutbs, aud do not inake 

,tbeir experiences public. 

' 

, , 

MR. HOVAE narrated in the Decemoormeet 

Jllg of the Dalston (Ellg,) As .. oc!athin, bow 

'be had.een a Jlludoo mesmerize .. full'gTown 

~hark. 

,TJllC lato Selden J. ~'Illney's lectures, letlers, 

etc., are to be puhli.hed In book form. 

, J. M, PEEBLES b .... publlsbed Ii pampblet, 

written wbile III A ustralia, entitled" l.'hrlst 

tbe CorllcN;tone of Spiritualism." 

'1'111< Centrnl Society of Spiritualism In 

Paris i. to e8tabli.h ,a J>IIrmanent circle at 

tbe Exposidou, c:.lUng in the most noted meuiuOlS. 

' ',' , 

''fnlC Ceniral Society of SplrUunllstB, of 

]Juice Is working up an lutere.t In tbe projectof 

sending books and perlodlcnls on spiro 

ltualism to Ibe i'rench F.xpOllIUon. 

SPlarrs have been reproacbI'd frequently 

lor their mediocrity in prose, buta oplritrap- 

J>IIr of Carca.soune, r'rnnce, carried aw:.y the 

prize at the floral games of TouloWle, for a 

f"ble in verse. 

J. M. l)&&nUtlo' ancestors w.(tre Scots. 

SUl'm; T, Dec. 2, frleud. celebraled !.he 

sec:ond a,'liivcrsar-y of the tour of Mr. Thoinas 

Brown, lIowden-Ie:-Wear, ... a ml.slenary 

medium. Repo~ In full ill I. m. d. 4o.~ 

~. 'J; MOBS!!! has removed bls re.ldence 

!'rom J..ol1don I Derby. 

U... ANlIF'.H.~ON, who In Gla.gow, SColland,' 

wrotc the. tirs~ complete accoun~, of 

David Duguid's medlurn.hip 10 Human Nature, 

~en yea.,. ago, Is now a medical 'pra~titioner 

in Brooklyn, N. Y. ' 

. 

S. 10:. lIe Morgan has a column account in 

!.he I. s. 276, of his ."perlenc~s, ~wellly-fivo 

years ago, wi!.h his bealing power. It Is addltlDllI,1 

evidence of ti,e curallve power of ' 

rue.meric Jl'IS"e3 and sbows tbe advantage., • 

In some cases, of tbis new .ystem over the 

old school of mlodlclne. 11e takes ee .... lon to 

anDounco his belief that the materialized 

furm i. tUi-emanation from tbe medlnm vlvl" 

lied by the Intiuenee, also an emaJlatiollor 

the.spirlt .. 

The great mesmerl.t, Daron du POlet, 1I0W 

elgbty-one years of age, I. yet lecturing lu 

Paris; whim fifteen yea.,. old he.couJd neitber 

read Dor write, but thenceforward, In the 

Rcadciny of Montpelier, and through bl. Own 

Jlatural g,fts, be 'Dade great progre... lie 

has passed through OIany stormy times and 

been subject to bitter aud inane abu'6, io 

the promulgation of the noUl welJ ... tabllsbed 

theories of mesmerl~m. 

SA "s llIobnp A. Ileal.:- .. There i. a 

steady revivnl of Inte ....... t 10 tbe .. ubject "f 

Spirituali.m among the better class of tblnk~ 

e\'ll, and a deepening coDvlclion of Ita divine 

truth., reaching out iuto tbe differen! .trata 

of society. 'l'he grea\ demand f.o.day I. for 

spiritual facio and te.ts of splrit·returo. 6pir 

'ilnal societies and Iy..,wne tor intellectual 

Improvements arc sprlllglllg up in every tOWn 

and bamlet, anll the voice of prugtC88 Is echo 

Ing the musle of !.he.llpheres." 

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M)l.~. Emma nardluae Britten sailed from 

San Jo'rallcbco for Au.tralla i January 21. 

Tbe 5plrltllallsts of tbe laot named place are 

very carnea~ hi their solicitations that aliI! 

shall make a lo,,~ ,lJIr l"itb t!>e~.

30 SPIRlTrJ.IIL SCIENTIST. 

!SAYS J. Madison AII.n:- "In myopitllon 

mediums and all others caJ:notbe too car..ful 

of U.eir pen;onal habits. ] .Mula '".""r daro 

to indulge. ill ~ros. and "timulallog food •. or 

any form of .plritllous liquor. un).".. ] de 

.Ir.'t\ \0 be altpud.d by Jlesalh'., sell· 

Indulgent, pss9iollBtc, and unwise t-Ip'irits wbo 

would be sure to leaq me (alld those con- 

"'--,""'.cted) into difficulty. ]t sbould be Temem· 

bored by us all Lbat wbatev';r LYpe of spiri Ir 

influence we make con dillon. for. tI ... L will 

we bave wllb U-. It Is for Spirituali.t.. to 

recognize Ibl. law. and. de.lrlns beavell 011 

earth. go 10 work undcr.,r.anditlg 10 bring It 

about. If pure bodl"" are tleeessary as filII,,!! 

receptacles and cball .. e'" for ,pure .pirlta (our 

own and olhers). let us make and k~6p them 

80 bY&UI.plylng them en~y witb pure elementS. 

1f like at\i'aets'like;-pllrity,~ thought "nel life 

alld .. anl .... t endeavor' at self'lmprovement 

may be ex peeled \0 bring to \Ill a curreopolJd. 

lng mental induence and elenlent." ' 

. , 

Tho I. m. d. 40~ haR a lengthy biographical 

eketch of J. M. I'eobles. Ihe .. Splritul'l PIl· 

srlm." 

A farewell meeting was given J. J. Morse 

at Dougbty Hall. London, Dec. 80. III com· 

memmoratlon of hi. departure from I.Olldon 

to reside at Derby. 

III tbe r; p. j. jan' 19. J. A. lIoover of PhUadelphia 

gives a sketcb of a few of tbo lests 

given by J. }o'l'Bl1k Baxter in that city. ,Apparently 

It Is a .horlrbal.d report. 

Dr. T. Ormsbee. who I. a most 8uc." •• ful 

bealer. tbough not' often spoken 01. I. tem· 

porarlly III tbe city of Cblcago. !.eLten ad· 

dres.fil Care of Ibo Rellgio-l'bllioHopbical 

JQur'nal. Chicago, ]11., will reach him. ' 

Tbe annual meeting of Lbe MlcUigall Slate 

As.oclallon wUl be beld at Kalamazoo. March 

'21 to 24. 

'I'he SplrituaU.ts In Western New York 

meet ill quarterly "onventlon at Good Templars' 

)Jail In tbe city 01 Lockport, February 

,2 and 8. 

There W8lI a conventloll of Spiritualists a, 

Morris, N. Y •• January 20 and 26. 

The Spiritualists of Great Falls. N. 11 •• 0 .... ' 

ganized J811uary 13. as a working8ociety ; 

'Jobn 0'. 1IU1. president; P. C. Mills. actillg , 

secretary.' . 

Tbe Splrltuali.tB of Mlllord. organized by 

cbooslng Almon Dooth. president; Charles 

Wllk!Jl1 corresponding secro::t.nry. 

Mrs. 1.ou M. Kerns.,now in New yorl

'GENERAL MENTION AND GOSSIP. 31 

MF.ETINGS. 

WHO Am> WHlIlmt DEL». 8OCIB:T1E8.~. 

'V. ha,.lo tnw • 11 .. , _h'~bi ,. DOL 80 eoraptet.e .. 

h "ttl be 10. Ue rulQ.n!l. We have add..reMed C'Jreul." 

for tbe par"pO"'e '01 n)ut~ corne &JOb. aDd ad..!\uno.e, 

bUL aume of the ",pit.. ~d Do, .. acbPd U. op to lbt" 

time 01 plDl \0 P"'''' e tn\."d 10 mak~ n fun IlIld 

nllable aoo uk Itte aid " t.boae ... bo cao aula, ua kJ 

t.hLJ dSJ'eC:lJoD~ tor Splri .. ual ..... who ~ .,...,.. mD.l tllld 

h dUBooh &.0 P' lotomaa\loD eoot'el'Dllla UleE'U .... 'Lb.... 

are beld lD eorne loealhJ~ lbp, 1na7 JiMppeo 10 boP lu. 

For waD' of.pace and. iClN1re w ".~ Tua !I.... &he 

pAl'le.renee. we olilJL &.he tla, lhlII moo\b. 

SUBJ ECTS Tn.EA TED. 

U:CTtlRKIiS' TOPIC$ DUBING TBK 1II0NTH. 

If lhe l.-n........ repoj ... d La 1111\ 0. II oyuopalo 

Dlllfn\lon 1.. Plue of Lba .fad,. and whEl'e U. caw be 

fOIlD4. 

W. J. Colville. Eog. 

Wbat and Wbere Is Beaven;-The Rei .... 

tive power of the embodied alld dbembodied 

spirit. The lteladoUs between Splritnallam 

and SCieuee,-What ell'eet will SpiritUjlli81D 

have 011 the People.~aJly an.d polllJcally. 

if generally &«eptetl. Spiritual Exl.te.nee • 

• The New Epocb. 1877. from a political and 

spiritual BUI,d""III'- . 

1111'8. Cora L. V. IUchmond, Chicago. m .• 

U. 8. A. 

Creation, disiDtegr'ation and Jawe that per 

. tain to life and death. '1 be real solutioll of 

tlte principia of correepondenc";' ..,d Lbe· 

nature of 8ubsLlluce III 8pirl~llfe,-spirlt 

Emanuel Swedenooi'll. reported III full in r. 

. p. j .• jan 26 .. '1'be Spbel't'l8.-ilpirlt of Martin 

Luther, reported ill full hi r. p. 'j., j .... l!6. 

l-'areweJl to Earth,-!,pirlt John We.

SPIHITUAL SCIENTIST. 

• 

Bigolr!!. 

The December namber of La flIuet.raclon 

Eaplritla ..... of Me,,\co, copie.s from Dlarlo de 

Cutelloll tha\ IOmo day" .Ince, In the town 

of Ahu, a lady wbo elltertain."J ""me Splr. 

i\.D&llaUc Id ..... and bad in con.eroaUon defended 

8ncb, !hough without any partJcular 

eothnelaam, at .... Jided cburcb III that' place. 

A.t Ute coneluoiuD of Ute oen'!cea the mIn 

ISter _.ad In a etentorian voice publicly 

denounced ber, urging bls pari.boners to fly 

tram tbis demon who weUl about sowing di!leOrd, 

and Baying tbat 110 One eQuid be a good 

CbrIotUan who v,,)untarily 'bru.bed agaiust 

her garDJento. One 01 the 'pure ill beart.' 

wbo knew ber cri,ed out 'There.be lsI' which 

c,rea\ed such coufuolon that many fled, wbile 

abe, dlsllUl,Yed, was with rude' puahes U.,ust 

fmID \be temple. It eeema by this b&l"8b 

l.I'eaIoIDen~ ber lIle hu beP.n jeopardlz~ •. 

'- 

lIIPOBTANT. I.e we go to preu we receive 

l&uer& that ell~le us to promise .,aluable 

artJdee in our Dext Dumber. The preoent 

baue bas beeD prepared In a burry, and altogother 

It gives an Idea of our IllteIlUOIIP, 18 

n'O& aalt abonld be. A poem from Mn. J.h.a 

Harney Say kit. "To", 'BJ:C)O~ Farm,"'au ar 

~c1e from J. W ~ :Mackie ~ already In baud, 

and othera Intel'e!lllng and InltroCUV8, are 

~ We conl'emplat.e' tbe add'lt.ioD of 

j,)gbt'pag. to the :March uumber. 

, . 

, "CH~Bn.'1"1lI the poetry'of God',' ia one of 

1-be thouabta of DonDa. Amalia J)omfllgo y 

Soler, a coot.ributor to Ley de Amor, No ... 

30, Yucatan; , 

.' ~ 

PDQ,.. J08US R. Baob .... D, Cudtt V Wdt'll ..... 

Prleoo $1.60. Jawee It. Oaogcod ... Co" 

Boe"'n, 111...... . 

"BeIng a Boy" caprJ~a~ eriU:8 and reader&. 

Then I. Qothinll bot pra"'" and 'hilt. 

of the beartie.t and mOlit 8POnWl!QUA kind, 

for a book In wblcb !.be alory of boybood i. 

told 80 boneeUy, 80 ttallkly. aDd witb .ucb 

irresistible bnmor. The Springfi eld Union 

says :- 

Bo,ytlb QPerlencra OD the '.n:o, a .. ~hooJ. bo,..' 

pla,. boy.' work. &0,." HrapH, boya' .a"aln or "be 

h.u.rt,,*,,d 8..,ery pbaM 01 \he crowded. bapp, HI\o 01 

• beeRY_ bfthb,. New Knaland )&d,1U'e Il"'re'" fonh 

wi .... a bomoj'oue tldllU", to fad \h., fIY"ry lD"n'. 

momo'7 wUI teedb to • be) wu torltlNlle eftUUllh \0 

be brough' up in ue eollntry. ., ,,, a ba DII a'bout bol' 

lile, bu\ f..,r Aduh r .. den, fGr all to whll ~ e'blhihovd. 

dtl&allotot hal Ivp, 'lIcbaJilmenL. "11e,,".au .t'II_ 

UID ... Jo.e aDd .• ppreoblUoD tor tbf" New l! ,n.).nd f:C)ao. 

\'I)' aide, lba~ 'Which \he world baa nOD« fuU or more 

"who'd b.·.at,.. '. 

The Nil';' York Evening P08~ find. Ute 

book .. full of dry, ullexpected humor of 

wbicb Mr. Warner is a master," md callo It 

.. equally deUgbtfuJ to buys of &II &gill h!>m 

.Ix to &ay ol"ty or· ..,venty." 

"(''balPp'8'' 

excellent and humoroos plcLure., .... Ith lutelui 

bindlug. colPplete the atlracl ioDS lIf mil 

~k as a holiday glU. ' 

: 

OBOAlI'rzATlOll'. WashlngtoD A: DanlklQ 

in the b. I. Jan. 6, bas ari'a.rUcle fa~orable ~ 

~rpnhQltlon. 

Be BaYI -truly: "There Ie Intellect 

enongb amollg Splrltuallal.ll 10 command 

the admlralJoo of !.he world. There 

I. a baall of demonetrable fllC\ wbleh will be 

'enure'" ~iatlble when p...en~·1n proper 

form by a body \.bat. will command l'e&PecI. 

TIaeu .. It not our 4uty to utilize theoe great 

In1l1l_ for \be bene& of bllmanlly, ratb- 

81' than by leal.ted eflorta to be Ioeiua much

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MEDIUM. Teet, 'Medleal and DOIIIDells, 

No: 130 C~8tte 4StNf'i, near soo TnmoU\ 8U+e'L 

Uoon.9, 'kt 9. SuodaYIl 2 to 9. 

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ASD NAlLEn 1I0X. AN UU'ORT.\NT SCIENT1Jo'lC TEST, 41. 

,. ENCOUBA(}E TRU:E MEDltTyS. 4:!. 

THI!: Sl'IKl't RArPER 01" CARCASSONYE.· • 42: 

" EDITOR'e NOTE.~ AND CoStMEN'J'S."· ,:' ' .' .' '. , : ,. '. 

. ReeepU,,1I. ,,1 \.be 8plr11QaJ ~1.otl'L~'1ubocriptlon. F.sp1rlnll.-The Po_ Of • 

, lhll SpI,rll.l.-HeI\.-tlul"'m.",tat.-lnletesUng .l!apH'l_Q$I.~pltltuallem .' . 

and Mfnldes.-Muoft'l.-A SplrllnallllS CooveuUou. , " " . ' . ~ 

EDITOR'S RtcoBn.-'EOItM 11 AN):,FHrA'f IONS. . ' ": ' 

Wond ..,u. M ..,If.. aale.ba th",ugb 1>1'. l"rantla Mooc1l:.-llaIIllau and T.yIc>r. 

Jill ... ASld~ (:~-Nn. l~ S. Yudhe" Mlrlln. Tesas.-M ... Pkbrlo«, 

. )Wc,b..... N. U. A T ......-Sfi·rl' l,lah~ and R.l'pIrUUIIIJ.1II ift Bn/lIUld ...... ,End ..... A11D of KeI1;....8J>'ri! .... _4 lnIao_":p; • 

• A MeUIH-9t,Obtaholn_~\eMIoAL~IblaIIwrMMrM_""',-~ . 

o.aanklaud Ifi J .... plde.-L«lurero UHI Mo..tIOID" N""'-Tle Vlee of \II\! • 

, '. l'nlooa. .... )(_ . • ',. '...,. : , 6'1-62. 

IJ'Olty liROO1l PABlI, Lrrlo. tiUlf.U' SA.YLBIt. .. ". 6.i 

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E. Gerry Brown,-Editor and Pnblisher. 

FORM MANIFESTATIONS IN ROCHESTER, N.II., U.S.A.' TEST CONDITIONS, 

, MEDIUM AND FORM SEEN TOGETHER. ' 

" 

It Is now many months since the Dame of 

Mn. Jobn R. Plckerinl Came befo!" Spirit,. 

ualillts, as that of a medium for form manifeStaUons. 

Tbere' had lieen at the time so 

many exposures of, those who boo called 

themselves medlulllS for these phenomena, 

and tbe conditions generally demanded were 

so loose, as to easily' admit of fraud, that tbo' 

announcement did Qot bear Its full slgnlfi· 

cance. UlJ!1ormly, however, tbe repol18 were 

In her favor. Uepre.sentatives of ¥cular pa· 

pers failed to cry humb~g. alld one prominent 

editor of a dally paper-the lIaverblll Pub 

Ilsber-declared tbat be bad every opportunity 

for investigation aud knew the medium to be 

geQuine. 

"Every, opportunity Jar Investigation" was 

a Strong card. That, at least, was sometblng 

, long looked for in tbis vicinity and by no one 

more anxiously d""ir~d tban by the editor of 

the Spiritual Scientist. Ii certainly could 

not be obtained of the mediums iD nO.toD. 

Desiring, therefore, to be able to say tbat be 

had witnessed form manifestations tbat he 

,believed to be genUine, he made the· trip to 

Rochester, N. II., where Mrs, l'ickerlng was 

theD residiDg, for tbe purpose of oDs en in I! 

tery closely wbatever might occur. We ask 

Ibe Indulgence of our readers if we continue 

, -·the narratlve'in the first person; 

I I.ft Boston in company with my wife on 

Tueaday, February 6th, at 12.80, arriving in, 

Great l!'aIIs, N, B., about 8.80. There are 

direct routeS to Boohester but 1 desired to 

hear what the citizens of that city, six 'miles 

'distant., might say ot Mrs. Pickering. The 

, testimony was Wllversall,y ID her favor, Done 

'a11egiug fraud, thougb many declared "It 

: wasn't spirits." A pleasant, 81elgb ride 

'brougbt us into Rochester. A. developing, 

circle was held Tuesday evening, In which 

Mrs. Pickering and her busband wlsbed tbat 

we migbt 8it i as I observed one member to be 

adverse to the proposition, I ,declined. I 

was pNmsied an.interview tbe Dxet morn 

,Ing and tbe possibility of a'private 8eance on 

lbat evening. I represented myself' simpl, 

as a Spiritualist, not meljt!onlog tbat I came 

In any other capacity, The welcome was 

cordial., 

' 

, The next mornhig J had an interview wltb 

Mn, Pickering. A member of tbe developing 

circle Wasal80 presenL Mr. Pickering W1I8 

away to his business as usual. 'lo'rom the ' 

questions asked by myself and Wife, I learned 

tbat Mrs. Pickering Is about 32 ,years of age. 

Sbe was born In' I,aeonla, N, H., aJld has resided 

In l!oehestcr many years. ' Sbe has 

been a ""edlu';'1 20 years or since ber memory 

CAn, serve her accurately_ lIbe Is a lady of 

prepo!SeSSing ilppearsDce; Anyone wbo was a 

careful observer of mediumistic Irail8, would 

selecl ber 88,' a medium. She Is a IItUe 

le09 tban liv. feet in helgbt, and of a aleud .. , 

pby.lque. 

, 'The face, wblch Is'qulteluge, i8 exceed- 

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SPIBI7'U.AL SCIENTIST. 

i ngly pale; aDd Perbaps rendered more prominently 

80 by reason of the bnll' which Is black 

and short. 

Some two yel>J'S ago, raps upon a tnble dl 

,reeled the formation of a circle of six, the 

, ,hwiband m4king seven. for development. 

',. 'ThOse C>iJled ogreed \.0 Bit reguJlU'ly \.0 Bee 

IVhat mi~bt b8 obtained. Then came Ule 

reguI .... , order j rapo, levitation of the table 

slate writing and form manIfestation.. Tbo 

intelligence mo9lng the table and writing on 

thoi slate gave the directions, and they were 

faiihlnlly followed. Of oUler results, of the 

manner In wblch tbo fOrms appeared and 

wbat the cirele witnessed-tbis will be Ule 

subject of a future art1ele. 

A circle bevlng been ....ranged for the evening 

we were present early and bad every 

facility f,or investigation. The bouse w~erc 

the circle wail 'beld Is on Charles street, a 

. short di9tauee from Lbo villagQ cont,o., It'ls 

a two BtOry and a half 8tructure, built alter a 

phin quito common, in that section, and designed 

for two families. A. gable-roof end 

fai:es tbj, street. As it fronts, on the extremo 

loft is one entrance, while tbo other Is on the 

'rigbt, at tbe end of a piazza, thus giving an 

entrance to the rear of WO bouse. It was 

erected live years ago, and is owned by Mrs. 

l',ckering, wbo occupies the last mentioned 

apartment. Tbe circle room i. on tbe lower 

1I00r, on a level with and bounded on oue 

.iile by' the wall of tho piazza before melltioned, 

on the end, and oU tbe second side, 

by the partitions separating I: from We oWer 

tenemebt. A pair of Iolding doors open in 

the second eDd to the reception room of the 

houso, whicb is entered by a door from the 

pIazza, at a height of seven feet from the 

OODr In the £omer of Lbe room, made by three 

feet of the piazza side and three feet of the 

lI .... t mentioned end, is fastened a slightly 

. curved hoop, froID thia hange CUrtaiDII of 

black velvet, and the top Is covered by a sin. 

gle thickness of the same material. Thns it 

will be .een tbat OD two .ides of tbo spac. 

enclosed are blanl;t walls, on the the tbird, 

the aingle' velvet curtains; above the velvet 

covering, beneath a carpeted ftllOr. Tbe base 

board was 8i" Inches high, mortised wiLli·a 

elear sbarp joint. It continued wbole, On 

either elae from the corner to the caIlement 

01 D door, where aleo it was joined O·u.b. The' 

walle were covered witb clear . light psper, 

bavlng a omall figure. It would show quickly 

. any cui or IiugcrlDg. Tbere was not a trace 

of A CODCCnled cioSllt. To more elf~nclly 

guard Qgainst the possibility of' there belng 

anything of tbls nature, an eight foot shawl 

,was lJIeked to the top of the eabinet above 

IU>d \.0 the floor bfoneath, At either end nod in 

the corDer. Tbls ebowecl one foot of the 

&baIVI projecting beyond the point wbere the 

curtain of the eabinet joined the wall, and 

would bave qulc:kly Indicated any movement 

of the wall Or baseboard. The room was nine 

fool. higb. . Tberefore two fegt of the walls 

showed between the top or the eahlnet and 

ceilinguf the room. 

In tho corner of the 1'001II opposite to the 

cabinet, In au alcove m~de by the projection 

of chimney, stood Mr. Pickering willi a commOn 

oU lamp, really to Increase or diminish 

its rays, as mIght be dictated. Tbe aitters 

were formed In two rows. Tbe. first line of 

cbalrs were distant aeven feet Irom the cur· 

taine, elgbt Ieet frOID the medium. The sillters 

Iii the second' row could by leaning forward 

brlDg their faces on a line with those in 

the Orst tow. My race was di8tant from seVen 

to seven tnd a balf feet from the Cnrta1ns 

doring the evening. 

There wore fourteen persons io the eirde. 

The developing clrde were preseot, also several 

skeptics from tbe \.Own and two medl· 

urn.. Tbe lalter with IlIree others were 

visitors who bad como from a diStance. A 

young lady presided at the plano, occasionally 

sloging and asilisted by another when a duet 

wonld be rendered. Tbe circle did not sing 

once during tbo exening Dor were tbey requested 

to. Tbe plano at times was silent, 

aud 8eldom. played much louder than a music 

box.. 

At 7.GO the IIgbt was lowered and the cir. , 

cle seated. Tbe light was at all tlPle8 bright 

enougb for me to see the time by my watch 

whlcb I beld In my band. On my knee lay 

a note book and with pencil In band I record· 

cd the tiI!l,e that each form appeared. Of teD 

tbe IIg"bt W!lllld be suffiCiently brlgbt \.0 en· 

able me to dlstlnguisb tbe lIgol'!!'ln the carpet 

and the outlines of the .ubjcctsof the picture, 

that buog on the opposite wall, 10 feet dis· 

tant. The lamp It will be remembered was 

in the corner on the .ame end and opPosite 

tbe cabinet, so that th.. Interveuing space 

between myself and tbe cabinet was even 

i1llbter'than "herel eat. ' 

•. 55 tho PlanO having ceased playing there 

Was a .lIgb~ru8tling In tbe cabinet and the 

deep, beavy breathing of the metUum conld 

•

J 

FORM MANlFE8TATiONSlN ROCHESTER, N. Y. 85 

be plDinly he:ud. Rapplogs came and n dbet 

';'as sung quieUy. 8, a bright, phosphor",, 

cent mnes appeared nt !.be openiog of the 

COrt.alu8, retiring Immediately, and ~u 

presenting Itself ~veraJ times. The roOm 

was 100 warm, 80 !.be raps said, and a door 

Was opened, Giving ventilation and lowering 

!.be temperature. 

8.10, !.be first form appeared, paning !.be 

curtaln and standing in fuJI view. lL was six 

feet in height., and raising its arm it touched 

the top of the cabinet easily and nal.urally. 

It retired, and as the light inoreased, appeared 

again. The face was thin, cheeks sunken, 

· moustache and chin whiskers black, panialoons 

dark, shirt white: 11 took a chair in 

itS hand, lifted it· easily, and reti ... d. 8:16, 

tJi. chair wl!.b !.be medium in it Dloved sligl)t 

Iy; !.be deep brea!.blng stili audible. 8.20, 

a form robed in white stepped fort.b strongly 

and pointed wi!.b !.be he.nd, retiring III 15 

seconds. 8.21, another form advanced rapidly 

to.the centre of the room. Its head was cov- 

• ered lo white, and !.be fI(>wing white dres.. 

had some lace covering upon iL Reeognlze.J 

as a daugbter by a genUeman and lady of !.be 

d~veloping circle. Sbe bad been before tbey 

· said. She remained 40 secollds. 

8.30, a slight rustling In the cabinet ami a 

tall, .tout figure stepped ont and pointed to a 

sitter. As it was not recognized, 't asked for 

more ligbt, and retiriug again, appeared at 

8.:'15.. The face wi... round and full, wearing 

a ligb~ brown lDouotacbe. }o'eatures fixed. 

It .was very perfect: One of tbe clairvoyants 

.obt.aln.d the name, "~rge Henry," to 

which it nudded as..ent., again raised I ... arm 

anI! pointed to a gentleman who"sald "George 

ilenry Downs It Is you." H·mak)!8 one step 

forward and retires. 

8.40, a brigblllght., " hlulsh wqlle, shot out 

from tbe .ide of the cul"tain, apparently Coining 

through It, describing a curve and failing 

to tbe ground, becoming Invisible ill the fall 

8.45, a little. old womall·form, somewhat • 

Imperfect, but growing stronger, .elected me 

as I ... object of interest: asking for more light 

it ~elired and' again appeared, coming towards 

me. A dress of white, with a manUe ou 

· !.b~ shoulders, a cap of white on the h~ad, 

and face were seen. 1 could not trace any 

.faniiliar features, bowever.. A medium said 

ii was my mo!.ber's mo!.bcr, to whlcb .!.be 

form nodded asaent. As I bacI never ·seen 

!.bat lady ill tho earth form I col11d not reeognize 

it. My description Is anId to tnlly with 

ber appe:uance. 

Immediately ano!.ber form motioned my 

attention. It was 1l0W 8.60. This was !.but 

of II YOWlg lady,-Iong, blaek hair. It con· 

Unued 10 ask for IIgbt., by Ii wave of !.be band, 

ulldl I protested !.bat it might be dangerotlll. 

Its featuzes ·were I'Orrect, and Its actions and 

motions were unmistakably tboseofarelatJve 

closely studied in this life. As I remarked 

"your features are correct., but your hair is a 

lilUe too dark," it moved wl!.b a glad stsp to 

the cabinet, stooped d!!lIberately and lifted 

tile curtalns, revealing the lDedium and Itself 

at one and !.be same time. .'or twenty-five 

seconds the tableau lasted. 1 R8ked !.be 

question "do all bere .ee !.be medium and 

form P" One said that uio form was in bis 

Une of vision and !.ben It moved, afrording 

bim an opportuui~y to see the medium's 

face. 

nere WO bad till; form In white, with 8 

girdle round it,s waist, and long hair reaching 

to the girdle, while !.be faco of !.be medium 

with Its short hair; as well as her form, were 

plainly 8een. 

S.5~, another lady form with a face 80me 

. thing like the last mentioned, and wearing 

brown balr, was claimed by a genU_man 

presenL It remained 20 .. icond •• 

9, a sbort, stout form, "tepped ou', wl!.b 

considerable force, remaine.J a few seconds 

and retired. 

.9•. 5, a mueh !.aIler fOTlD, full .Ix feet, eame 

out in a bright ligbL 'rhe silence was remarkable. 

lie bowed, stoOped to the curtainA, 

lifted !.bem over hi. head, and again 

the medium wl!.b. a·form bending over her 

was SeeD by all preseoL I say." all," because 

1 obtained and have in my Dote book !.be signatures 

of tbirteen perllons to this effeet. 

Two minutes were consutned. It was 9.7 

when it retired. 

Jo:ight miDutes bad now .eiapsed, and rap-· 

pings ""ked for a slate. It Was passed in and 

retumed with tbe writing, "yoti took !.be 

medium's .trengtb last nlgljt." It transpired 

tbat soveral skeptics In !.b~ town d~ .. lred to 

place !.be medium In a locked box and tbe 

developing circle. !.be prevloll8 evening, had 

experimented In tbls directlqn: 

9.1I;,!.be curtain parted, and a lai.-lIke 

form SIPpped out •. It was .ald thnt It bad 

been often. It I18ked for more Ugbt, and, 

having obtained It, appeared !.brec dlfferont 

times, remalnlog &3, 66 and 76 seconds re-

5PIBlTlTAL SCIRNTlBT. 

speetive1y. It mlS cloLbed In Lbln drnpery, 

revenliog tho outlines of Lbe figure parfecl13. 

Tbe ·bands and IU'1DII were covered wi tb 

thl3 gossamer" ~ellcate drupery, yet sbowlng 

a profusion of It. Au end streamed from 

either band about a ynnl In leDgth. Little 

feet wore wblte ~lIppe"" and golden spangles 

added to the eJIect.. The remembrance of 

Lbe perfectnel!8 of • this Ilg1lfe is surpri&iug. 

WJwn it last appeared It asked for muolc, 

and gracefully danced tbe sorond. It remained. 

9.23 It r~tired. The medium could be 

l.eard breaLbing beavUy and it was unmistakably 

too warm In Lbe loom. . 

The temperature baving been lowered at 

11.2(;, Lbe ftmb of a tall Iodlan came into 

view. "We wan't to aee you; come out 

good," nrged one of Lbe circle. It came out 

\valklog wlLb t!,le toe-In atep, peculiar to an 

Indian. Feathel'fl, coal·black bair, copper 

colored face, a red ul!l1l"o confined with a 

belt., and dark, muddy·red pantaloon., Com- . 

pleted the costome so far as my eye could discover. 

.. Uavo you the medium's slippers 

on" ·aald one, and it jumped up ·and down 

· uvldenclog weigbt aod the presence of a bard 

oubstaDce nndcr Ita feet as it came In contact 

· wlLb tbo 1I00r. It was. measuring Lbe feaLb· 

e .., seven reet and a lew Illches In height.. 

9.SO, several membe ... of tbe circle spoke 

01 the Criticisms being made In the town, and 

fifteen minutes w~re consumed In tbls way. 

It WI1& painful to the medium, Or at I_t., 

.u!lerlng moans from the cabinet wonld w .... 

rant tbe lnfereDce. 

9.47, tbe curtaJna parwd, and with a qoick 

rapid step the form of an Indian gI~1 boonded 

· to wiLbin a fOOL of my face, ramlng to the 

medium 00 my right side, .. lady from Por.,. 

I~nd. .. Winona, iB' It yoo" . sbe said. It 

nodded asseot.. It bad a red skirt, copper 

~lored face, . dark balr, a light waist., and 

da.rk brown stockings on ilS feet. n went to 

the cabinet., pushed Lbe cnrtalna one 81de and 

Bppeared to be magnetizing the mediums. It 

Joon llfted the curtalns and for the Lblrd time 

tbat evening medium and form .were visible.· 

'rhe medium moaned deeply. 

9.611. a large man·form aeeo indistinctly. 

10, tbe Biate was taken under the curtaln and 

It was written that abBolute quiet and .. 

cl>ange of conditions only wonld save lbe 

medium. Questions hi this connection were 

IUlSwered and directions given concerning 

Lbe medlnm. Reference will be made to this 

~ Lbe fmore. . 

10.5, Lbe yonog lady form dcs.."";'be

BOW 8PIBITUALFSM APOUS11F.]) SLAVERY. 

qUe-,UOh. lIIy senses and reosonlng powers 

were coDvlnced beyond a doobt, IUId 1 bad 

obUllDed ~hat I bOove eo.mestly sought for 

some yenrs, the conviction thOot 1 had , wi& 

nessed genuine form manlfeR&o.tions. It will , 

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be 0111' provioce IlDd gOod fortuoe ro'mlte)) 

this medium ID tbe future, And to chroDlcle 

the • results thlllt are obtained. Our I'e:1ders 

cao ...... t lIsSured that wbatever Is stated cnn 

be relied upon. 

HOW SPIRlTUAIJSM A BOLlS II ED SLAVJo:RY IN THE UNIT.F .. l)· STATES. 

Mocb hns beeD said and writteo CODcern 

Ing the part that Spiritualism played In prodUcinll 

the emancipaUoo proclamation. Tbat 

Robert ])a1e OweD .... d other promineut Spi ... 

ituslisur wrote of teD to President I.im:oln 

regardiug the freedom of the slaves i8 well 

known. We do not remember, however, of 

,baying read such a eoliueeted and well au· 

thenticated narrative of an impor&o.ot Inel 

dent as the following, wblch I.. taken from' 

the report of a. lecture by J. M. l'eebles io 

'tho I m d '408. lie Bald:..,. '" 

., '1 have another lllustratioD 01 .the iloOd 

, nSe! of Spiritualism. '1 would refer to' the 

. means brought to bear on President I.Intoln '. 

mlnet, resulting hi the ~maDclpatiou of lour' 

, millions of Blaves. I personally know Ihe 

',meu alld mediums. S. P. K""e, }O:Sq.; of 

l'blladelpbia, Is one of the American "rail 

'road,klngH," having aided in theeonstructioD 

. of five, railw&ys"alld was at olle time pre>i· 

dent of two of them. Thi. geutleman. visit 

Ing WashlDgwn, n. C., in the Autumn of 

186:1, during our civil war, was w~lking along 

Pennsylvania Avenue wben. he bappened to 

, .ccu.e suspended sign of the medium, Mr. J. 

B, Conklin, and simultaneously," on s"elng 

U.e sign, be heard a volee saying, ''Go In and' 

see ConkHI!; he Is III the room. oceupled by 

, you twelve ye&l'll.inee." Mr. Kue .tepped 

in and lonnd lIlr. Conklin in a balf abnormal 

state, dlret:!.ing a lettor. wrltteo under spirit- 

,: !ntluence, to I'resldent Lincoln. 

, "lIlr. Conklin .... d, ~'l"ou bave come Iu juat 

at the time needed. I want you to take- thi. 

to the I'resldent." 

:.,' "Well,;' replied Mr. Kase .... ! bave no o~ 

'jccdQnS If you will accompany me." 

They'weut to the presldeDtlal maJlston, alld, 

•. Mr. Kaae, bavlng f, bis name by the servant-US. P. 

k""e." ~hlch' tbe Preolde'nt, unden.ood as 

.. "15. 'I'. Chase," tor Salm~n 1>: Chase was at 

that time a member 01 the presidential eabl· 

net. "Bring 111m up," said the' President. 

.Reaching the dra1V1ng·room, the roJstake 'Was 

e:isily ex plni ned, by the carelessness of the 

servanL 

"Take your &eat," said Pre-ldeDt L1neolb 

to Mr. Rase; "I know yoU well, and appre~ 

date the senice that your railways are dolDiz 

io transPorting our troops to tile Soutb." 

After &orne convel'll&tlcin about tile contend· 

ing armies, and the condltJoo of the country, 

Mr. Kase said, "1 have a letter for you, Mr. 

LincolD,"-handlng It to him. The President 

reading ,aud readlug It, tlimed to Mr. Ka.se, 

a.lld 881d; "This Ie very $lugular":"t.Wa lette. 

pnrports to be f~m splrltS-tbe fathers of onr 

countt); do you know anything about Splrlrr ' 

ualism?"> ... 

, "Ob, -$«

. "Yon, sir, lIS President of the Republic, 

iue cnlled to the poSition you occupy for" 

~ery Important purpose. The world Is not 

only groaning nnder the weight of mental 

iWd spiritual bondage, but four millions, 

made In God', Image, are enduring pbysical 

~Iavery. Their yokes must be brok.en; the 

fotten mu.ot. be severed, and tbe physically 

J,nslaved most bo set free, before your nation 

can be ...... tored to lUI proper .tatiou. Jo"reedom 

was germinally planted In the fares .... 

lands of the West in Washington'. time, and 

. Is DOW abont to bud aud bear precioWl fmlt 

. age. This republic bas beretofore led ,the 

. van of nallons in lUI line of free-thougbt, but 

tho dark plague-epotof slavery stains lUI liaulIer. 

This national evil must bo removed. 

• There is a spirit,!al congrEss supervising tbe 

· ' afraire of this naUon: This oivU "'.... will 

1I0vor cease; the shout of. victory wIn never 

.ring through the Nortb, will. never reverberate 

a10llg the n1leys of the Sonth; the olive- 

SPIB1TUAL SCmNTIST. 

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. . 

br:mCh oJ ps.:1Ce will, nover w"ve over your 

fteld., I>Dd lakos, and mounllliD8, till yon wue' 

a. proclamation 01 freedolll-a pl"Ocla.lllot!on 

that shall set forever free tho enslaved 1IIiJlion. 

of your dl.tracted country." 

SpiriUl virtually repeated tbl. at subsequent 

seances, and in le88 than three weeks from 

the reception of these "plrl.... messages from 

the splrlWolIgtesll, l'resident Lincoln wned 

that great l'roclamat!on of Emancipation. 

. And from that time, !.bough they were 

twenty·.ix battlee fought, every battJo-wl!.b 

the exception, It may be, of unimportant 

.klrml.h~B-~e8Ulted In-a Northern victory • 

l>re&ldcut Lincoln, though the pride of 

.America, was no secta.rlst, no creed·bound 

pbarisee, but a great broad huma.olterlan,. 

JIving a free-Ihlnker, and dying a Splritualt.t" 

The "plrit world is the world uf causes, and 

this .piri~ngrE9ll, th""e spiritual Influences 

,...In a word, Spiritualism, abolished Amer! 

~ slavery. 

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Tnt: l'lIlI.OSOI'llY O~" 'Tm: Rl1>l>F..N SC.IF.NCF.8. 

.' 

.f 

• OCCULT QnALm£B.~(AmonB' tbe anclen\ pbUollopben) 

a. ""rID Vf!.td 8A an A.,1om for 'JrnoTant'e~ 

"bo wbea ,bt'y could gh. nO account. of a pben. 

emenon. were wont to •• ,. It. wu by aD ()('ltolt 

quDll,y. - [8A~LJ:1"a DICTIONARY: 1 

.' 

Step by step, slowly througb the ages, by 

guessee of tell crudo and absurd, specUlation 

a.nd eXperiment, We escape from the unknown 

tq the known: l'oslllvo philosophy would 

never have been had it out been proceeded by 

occult and _ speculative philosophy. This 

proce.s I. necessarily dow under ~be most 

favorable conditions, but the conditions of 

progre.s have .not been the most favorable. 

Uuman vanity, self conceit and the' most 

narrow minded and short sighted .eiftshnts., 

alded and abetted by an honest, thuugb bigoted 

fear of secu lar prugTe8' as,an eneDll' to 

religion and spiritual progress, havo been tbe 

prillcipal causes of hlndranco to elllighleument 

a.od knowledge. 

Every buman heart beato and every brain 

throbs t.he feeling. "I v.'an't.' to know," ye~ 

bow few 'there are wbo .in a manly, honeU 

manner will openly alld squarely eontc .., 1. 

do not knowl And this eonfel'llion of iglloranee 

ie tbe only legitimate pa~b'Yay to knowledge; 

and the puttiug 011 of all appeara.nee of 

knowledge \\'bere there bas been ollly Ignorance, 

has kept natural, spiritual and theological 

philosophIes conrad' over, burled 

'beneath assumptions, pretentions and osten· 

tatlous ebow, hidden away from bumau In 

vestigatlon, rendering discovery a.od advancement 

almost impossible • 

When COtlfotanline raised the Christian 

ciel'gYlllan from self Imposed poverty to that 

of a gentleman of lelsuro, power and pride; 

wben phUooopby was outlawed a.nd knowledge 

placed under !.be supervision and ca.re 

of ignorant priesUl and monks, then science 

and progreS!!, in despair, ded to the moun· 

taine and took refuge In dens and caves. 

Then it beCame necessary to bide under as' . 

sumed names or my&tery, every prlneiple in 

pbilosophy wblch wao, or appeared to be, in 

opposition to Christian articles of {ai!.b. 

Then secret associations were formed, in 

wbich the principles of pagan philosophy becam~ 

occult philosuphy, hidden, concealed 

from e!Jewl"", and made known onlv to Ibe 

membolll of the craft, who were Init.iauod Inte 

the order "Under the 1II0st binding oaths and 

peualliee. Tbe necessity for esoteric pllpll""e 

bad always been considered n..ceasary on Ibe 

plea of not casting tbat which I. holy unto 

tbc dogo, but to this ....... nOw added the more 

important plea, "';\1 pl'C8ervation. 

Th..., secret .... ocl .. lJon. have since sO 1ar 

degenerato!d, that the Ideas. III tended to be 

conveyed, are enUrely lo.teigbt of,.a.od no!.b·

TUE HIDDEN SPDUTU.AL SarENeES. 

. . 

Ing remains only the esoterio formula, lOhi"" , 

Is 1t.e11 disguised nnd changed by Christian 

devices, legendary and docuinal. Yet., not 

cntlrely Io..t; there has alwaja en.ted minds 

here and there' who could penetrate the obscuryty,.a.D,lread 

In the r .... u femnant.. of the 

past, by that light which Iightelh every mao 

who cometh Inlo tho world, something of the 

great tnlths of antiquity included In tho' obscure 

term occult philosophy. 

O~llIt philosopby, as tbe term implies, has 

special reference to hidden causes, is au ell'ort 

to go beneath the surface of appearances and 

detect tlie reality. 

Its stlldy Is tbJ'ee.fold: FJeinentary, Celello 

tial and Theological. The fih.t Includes all 

that is known as natural' philosophy; the 

second. asl.ronomy or celestial dynamies; the 

origin and end of all things. ceremonial relip,ion 

and divine worship. Permeating all 

these brancbes of occult philosophy was tho 

. ,ever present Idea of spirit; Were was no ex 

Istence, buteupplemented by a spiritual interl!retation, 

which was Indeed ~he real existence, 

and that which appeared to oar senses, 

Was only an appearanCe. 

Tbe revelations, discoverieS and general 

cnUghtment of the world sinCe !.be days of 

Gailleo has brought occult phll()sophy Into 

_ disrepote, partly because Its ideas were ob 

.cure and Ilttlo understood, and 'mainly boo 

cause It had througb Its reprt!sentations upheld 

doctrines concerning the uDiverse, which 

were demonstrably false, and In the presence 

01 greater IIgbt unteQablo. 

lIut anotber and a greater reason remained 

for ito belngewept away amongst tberubbi.b 

01 the past as the. vilest and mbst pernicious 

. superstition. It bad a spiritUal philosopby 

wbicb embrsced even that terrible nigbt-marc 

of bumanity-wltcberaJt, and. wltcilcraJt by 

tho bigotry and cruelty of reJlgloni,;ts, bad 

beeu the cause of oue of the most frlgbtful 

. rcligiollS epidemics whicb ha.. ever dl"grsced 

tbe w ... rld. ·Ailythlng unllSual, whether in 

learning, wealth, virtue, beauty or uglines.., 

was sufficient to Institute slllt for witcbcraft. 

':vory misfortune, disease or calamity sougbt 

for Its cause witchcraft, and a subject for 

punisbment was easily found, No one was 

.afc from the ravages of this malevolent r~ 

igiou. epiderulo, and both sexes of every age 

&lid. station in life suffered from Ita ravages. 

Little or no attempt was made to show that 

tbe rellglon whlcb burned witches was wroug, 

the progress of 'the epidemic was ollly stayed 

by proving to an IUIlvllliIlg priesthood thnt 

witchcraft Itself did not exist. And though 

the 'World and We persecutors of witches. dld 

not know wbat witchcraft really meant, even 

while they burned wltcheo, yet tho world wllS . 

glad to have Its noo.e:lIstenC8 proven. Glod. 

because It was tired of bbn·6re., boo-fires red 

by faggolS aud men J.nd women, who were 

only guilt}- or'dilteriog from tbelr neigbbo ... 

So the world moved, wltchcraft'became a d~ 

Imloo and occult philosophy only a thing 10 

be laugbcll at, or beld up as the curious . 

phantasy, of even men of intellect., a thillg 

to sbow tbe world bo~ much it had advanced 

and enligbtene4 it wllS. 

But the world waS moving In another dl-· 

rection. The church was gradually losing ita 

. supervisorShip of learning, and did at langtn 

becomo an object of defiance to man, who 

would think, w!lo woUld Investigate, nOt even 

subjects f~rbiddiln by the church. but the 

very church Itself. Ito right even to an ex 

Istence waS qo""Uoned. '!I'd men did noL 

beoitate to say that tJll. gigantic power and . 

monstrous error shoUld find Ito place with 

dead and burled witelJcraft. StIlrdlly h811 the 

churcb fougbt for it. Cx'8tence; and steadily 

has It cast contumely 011 the efforts ot mel\ of 

science, lOeh of thougbt, and liberty loving 

mell, men ,,'1'0 ~aw ill every prl •.sthood a 

combination of conspirators ..g,unst buman 

liberty and ;mllghienmtlnt.: and this oppo.itlon 

of tbe church h"" engendered h. the minds ot 

tbese mell, a dislike, a hatred. a po_itlve disbelief 

in every thing' of a spiritual cbaracter. 

And why? . Uecause the cburcb, having con· 

vertcd itself into an eDgineof oppreqsloo, ball 

. its ba.~is on the doctrine of the Immortality 

of tbc 80ul, aDd its power for oppression depends 

upon the belief of Ito adberen18 In that 

doctrine, therefore Ir ...e.tbinken. attack the 

foundation as tile surest method of ridding 

humanity of sllperstition and servile fear to 

an In&tltulloo wblcb holds or pretends to hold 

hum au welfare beyono the grave In its own 

h""ds. J)estroy tbe b.lIef In spiritual entl· 

~t • .s and the Immortality of tbe aoul,then the . 

power of the church Is destroyed and science 

IS emancl pated. 

, It i. not strange theil, tbat men 01 science 

"ave an aversion to spiritual things and look 

with a j.alouo eye· uPon Spiritualism and 

kludred subjects, and Imagine that this mod. 

em revival at oCcultism Is oDly a revival of 

·tb~ power (If tbel.r enemy, suwing tbe seeds .' 

of superslltion trom wblcb will grow all oh· 

stacle to tbe scientific growth at hnmanlty, 

and luaugurate another era of clarkDess and 

degradation • 

•

41) BPl1UTtTAL BCIENT18T. 

A 'FREOKY OJ.' FORM 

nIANIFF"STATlONS. 

BY THE KDlTOB. 

We accept tb .. term Form Manifestations lIS 

more general in its appUcation than that of 

maleris.lWltion which hIlS heretofore """n 

lIlIed; for we ~ of the opioion that while all ' 

manifestations of thie type are 1o'orm mani· 

festations, only a small proportion may be 

maleriaUzations; To parapbrase it, aU the 

appearan""s, including materia1lzstious, may 

be comprized in the category of }o'orm mani. 

festallons; but, all Jo'ono JIIanifestationa ~ 

not maleriaUzallons. 

We are led to the.e and tbe foUowing opinions 

afler witnessing the pbenomena throngb 

the medhnnBbip of M1'8. Pickering and endeavoring 

to form what to ODr mind would be 

a reasonablo hypothesis or an easy conception 

of how the resulla wiIDesscd migbt be caused. 

We 8tart with the proposition that all that 

is perceived by tbe selllles is tbe re.olt of 

motion, Ufe. Motion 18 traceable onl; In a 

Btate of vibration. All known foreea are 

propagated by undulations. Light aDd sound 

are ·known as attributes of motion callcd by 

one or the otber nalDe as. tbe re.pecti"e orgaos 

translate tbat motion in different ways. 

Tbe sensations of tasle and smell are aho 

the result of appreciated vibrations. 

Modern 

scientific researcbes do not funUsb any coun·, 

. ter-evidence to the.. propositions. Color is 

bnt a phenomenon of wave length just as 

higber and lowe.. notea are product of shorter 

or longer sOlUld wavea. Wave motions bave 

Umits, at eitber end of which certain oth9r 

vibrations exist whlcb are untraoslatable 

either .... color OJ' sound. 

Tbe analogy between kno:"n fOruB, the· 

phenomena of any ona illustrating tbe other.,. 

the difference being only in degree, II demon· 

strated by acientUlc investigation Why.hould 

not tbi. analog, hold good in tbo laws gov· 

erning ••• u11a caused by spirit agency?' . 

The strength of the will-power of man, its 

ability to control weaker spirits and aoima1s, 

is demonstrau-d. 'l'he paychological law 

bolda good tbat tbe 81l'011ger controls the 

weaker. If It can control an intelligence 

·would DOt the spiritnal force animating every 

atom in the universe be obedient' 10 il8 will? 

Form manifestations then, in our opioion, 

in view of the foregoing, are the result of the 

ef(0JIa of a band of spirits, who under certain 

conditions, are able to alter the vibraliciu of 

invisible atom. in the n!mo.pb .... and thereby 

bring them within the Iimita of tbe average 

human pe~ption. This may not be staled 

acientifically exact, but we lhink that our 

meaning is within the comprehension of all of 

,our readers. 

.' 

Thb; band of spirila perceive a spirit-form . 

attending a sitter; tbey bring together the 

atolDS wbose ratio, of vibralion they have 

altered, mooli! t1!em into shape and present 

to view from tbe cabinet an imitation of this 

spirit-friend. Materialiaation would be the 

plwnomenonof thisJfriend baving the power to 

. clothe himself in these atotnll as above by his 

own will power assisled by others perhaps. 

We .honld explaln the phonomeooo of the': 

form resembllDg thl! medium by supposing 

'that the band working in the 'medlum's at. 

mosphere, became in barmony with her 

vibrations and unconsciously, perbaps inevita-' 

blely, until they fully understand tbe laws and 

conditioDJ! goveroiug the manifestations, the 

aloms are permitted to resemble ber fol'lll, 

becanse tbey enter a spbere affecte d by be, 

vibrations. 

How far the will-power of the'sitte1'8 migbl 

a .. ist or even control. tbis band in presenting 

a form, would of course, depend upon condl· 

tions. F..nglisb Spiritualists are even nOw 

diacusalng tbis point, but upon the supposi· 

tion that lhe central pow~r of the' form may 

bu tbe double of the medium. . 

W .. incUoe to the opioioD we bave already. 

advanced for tho reasOn'lIlat tbe basis is 

a Bolid rock. That motion can vibrate sO 

rapidly or slowly 'as to produce that which is 

neitber. Ugbt or sound, within the Umits of 

eye or car i8 true; that tbe limit vari •• in in·' 

dividuals and animaIA is true t tbat there ie 

a law 01 .• ympathy or sYDcbronism in variOll.8 

bodies i. trUe; is it a warrantable infe~nce 

that an intelUgen't force, man's will-power, 

can by tbi. law of sympathy Dr Iyncbropiem, . 

alter the vibratioDB of atoms that arc invisible 

,and by 80 altering tbese vibratioDs render 

these alom, traruolatahle by the organ of sigbt? 

. II baa been popularly ~upposed that the 

apirils could tell, or ought to be able to teU, 

'just bow they obtain the re~ta known ae 

Form Manifestalinlll>. Bu' bow many 'pel"

A THEORY OF FOlW ·MANIFEST.!1TIONS. 41 

Rona who can render G piece of muaie opon a of while, is on'record. "Lillie"!.he form 

piano forte or o!.he. inslrument oan !ell you manifestilfg' throogh Mis9 Ooolr, under the 

how the ear translates it ... it dOmrD.itiee·, the spirits sllOnld pass power enough through 

nr tbe iJritish National A-";ociatlor;'·~·f·.i>pirlt. tbe wood II) depr .. s tbe armature ... The con· 

IIRUSts composed of p;"'fell."l~b~ ..;.,.i other n.ectlng wir ... to t~e electrical apparatus are 

• . all outside the cabmet, a.nd In full view. In· 

gentleman. under tbe prc.ldellcy of Mr. Des· -Ide the cabinet wltb tbe medium there Is . 

maud Fitz·Qerald, M. S. Tel. \

SPIRITUAL SCIHNT18T. 

ENCOURA(Ho: TRUE lI1ImJUMS~ 

The replies given by tho controlling In- them and say, "We want 'notblng of thIS 

telllgehce ot tho Banner of Llgbt Circles, in kind; glr. us Bomeiblng beyond It.' Now Ii. 

becomes Splrituali.... all over the wOrld to 

answer 10 questiona proposed, arc sometime. 

encourage the mediumistic; encourage tbe 

opentlry of Ihe 

Splrit-Rupper of Cal'C'.assonne. ~irit. bav", 

been reproncbed frequently lor th"'r'medi,,,,: 

rity in ,'prose; Ih., spirit'rap!",r of Carea. 

aonn,. carried away the prlZ. at th .. doral 

galD

, 

Editor's Notices and Comments 

S P I R I T U A L .S C lEN TIS T , 

PUBLL'IDED ·MONTHLY. 

A Soientifl.c Re

SPlJUTU.AL SOIEBTIST .. 

fiict doJ\ond. upon the conditioD 01 the ODO Jhu.L. 

against wbum either good or evil may direct We bave often saI,l'If you wish to know 

its fo",e, If onc . Is in a harrooDlous 'd' eOn .- something 01 the n"xt life study yonrsel! 

closely in this stage of existence, In nt 

lion it enabl •• th~ good to approach. and other way can you ob!.alri so clear an idea. oj 

wards off the evil. On the contrary if one i. what the future b .... In store lor you. . Spll' 

conatllntly in a state of anxiety, is afi •• ted t'tuallsta have tbe best of the theologians It· 

by triO •• and ibrown into a state of anger, the argumeut, that if man does exist aite. 

brood. over dark and unpleasant 8c.nes aDd the so-called death, bo must be tho same mall 

o.e. only eloDds, edl spirito can "ppreacb have the same likes and dislikes, characterls 

(or it is not the right almo.ph .... for good tics and dispo.ILloD. To supl'~se biOI sub 

spirits-nay. more, sueh a on.· .. ally oUrae!.' jected 10 8I.y radical change, to suppose tha 

the pre.ence 01 the inh81monious.' The spit- be at once loses a1l10ve lor friends a.nd rela 

"ltuallsw8 governing this subject 81\! not to be jion., loses all rememb .... nce of loved pia"", 

misunderstood. Alld in this connection let and Interest In the progress of noble work 11 

"ach ODe remember tbat every thought takes which an eanb life has been .pent, I. 10 ere 

ohape and gDCs on it. mi .. loD; illevitably ale at :oncc a different man. If be Is th' 

.... aching the object against which is dil'ected. "ame he continues the lire be bas her 

Kind wishes and sympathies for a friend have jived; takes it upln tho spirit where be leave 

their effect and ao.ist him even though he It In tbo flesb; gradually, 811 here, learns fron 

maibe unconscious th"t tbey have been ex- experience wbat is good 10r him and tho re 

,pre.sed. Tho BnmO roBy be 8"id oCovii .vorse. 'l'buawbBt.cvorhollorheavenexlstsfo 

thoughts whieb, it i. to be hoped, Spiritual- biOI In the noxt lIf.edsts for bim here. Mal 

i8ts never engendor. '1'0 wisll that 80me par- Is nOlV a. mnch i1l the spirit world ail thos 

son may meet witb a mishap, may Dot .cause who have passed through the change, Tru 

precisely the injury desired; but the e-:Il "be sees through a glass darkly," becau. 

thought take. shape and is borne 'on II. mis- bis spiritual senses are .limited by the physl~ 

.ion by'e.il or unprogre8sed spirit.. If the ~rgans, the avenu •• of communication wli 

one against whom an e.i1 thought II"" been his surrounding. He Is affected in the spiri 

directed Is in all lIarmonious state it may by wbat belollgs 10 the flesb; but the thought 

'glsnce oft wilh a momentary unl.appincss; i1 belung to tbe spirl~ alone. The end and ail 

it h •• bccn directed witb .. strong will it will of all human oxistence i. hap!'ln.... Wbat 

he more I .... ting or injurious in its dlects, es- ever· gives thai, or i •. supposed to give It, ; 

pecially i.f one i. in the inharmonious .ondi- sought.. True, there are many mistakes, b. 

tion before alluded to.' In th. truth of tbe;'e' these lUust·b

EDITOB'S NOTICE8 AND COMMF.NTS, 

lIell than the pangs of Remo ... e P They may 

In the earth life be parti~ly nullified by th~ 

e.citcmanto that sball for a time 811ga"..., tbe 

mind, but tbere come. a time wben the conscience 

will apeak, will make iL'elf heard; 

and tbat i. lIell. No wondor th~t It is de· 

scribodMa fire thatls neverquoncbed. And 

i. not a fire that purifies? Does it Dot finally 

aDd Incvitllbly lead to the performanco of 

good deed. as the only true and Ia..ting bappines 

•• 

Tbeologlall.9 from tbelr mbcollceptions and 

false int.eJ'protations make Hell a locality, and 

.find themselveS unable to give It bound. or 

limits. 'Spiritualists make It a condition. and 

Ih,UI every one makes hi. or ber own heav~JI 

or hell, intensifying Ule exactness·of tbo de. 

.cription, "In my father's bouse IIro many 

mansions.'" 

With tbe sweeping away of lieU as a 10- 

eality I. carried that concepUOIl'of a judgment 

dOYi wbich ,WOUld .marsbal each sbul before 

• judge'. box to receive sentence. Each indlyldual 

becomes bls own judge,bis consclence 

tbo witness, and he constantly docs penance 

... penalty until· be can· feel that be bas 

made Some attempt at compensation. It i. 

3D atoDerupnt tbat makos him one with himself. 

Th •• e ancient .ymbols being tJ.anslated 

Uterally is tho caUllC of much of the dlsagreethat 

now .x i8tS in the world. I,et their or· 

Igin be etudied and the meaniug become~ 

crear_ Tbere I. souud sonse alld undeniable 

lruth ill .. adlng the llible between the lin ..; 

tbe useless strlfo atl ••• when it i. attempted 

to roal",tain It as literally exact. I..et tho 

discussion abo~t lIeli go Oil, for truth will 

46 SPIRITU.4.L ,SCIENTisT: 

tallling muncy. the diseu .. ion betweell' ,allsts leave nothing for SplrltUIlIiSIU. BUI 

docte .... and scleut:ists \Va.' animateil, while to wholU and to what should or could a man 

the trick remained ui,exp ... ed. The .iewa lea.e his money, who at the present momeDt 

of 1>r. Cantrell a~, reaso .... ble.. I1e douh"" had 'eJ'lou~ lhougbts of .l!equeathlllg a [ow 

bls reported vi. len. of the other world, and thousand dollars for tbe good of Spirlwali>w? 

saYl" "The man tlchrack unt\uubt"dly had Either he InUK!. devl.e a scheme, appolut hi. 

uervou' """"ms of the beart, but 1. belip.ve trustees, etc., or'there I. no objee~ before tbe 

they were produced by an efIort "f bill pow public for Its support. Thl- fdet ought to be 

erlul ",m.. eUllcernlng hl- tr .. nce" 1 rcall:! well known to Spiritualists. . 

aull houestly believe tba'. be carried tlli. Uling , GUllventions for ... cial purposes may b. 

tou.!ar; that It willi a real partial .u~pen'lou ",en ,enough III their way. _It may be Pie ..... 

of anlm:>!lun beyond hi. control, iwd that ant to have some one ride a hobby borse, 

had It 'lOt been ,tbat tb" cold air was, ali,;weti ,bUt of, w~at practical bendit Is It to'human· 

w circulate aroulld Ibe body alld .1"JCk the ity? ~plrltnalls ... bave every day aud mlnu,," 

nenollO .ystem, producibg.reaelion, h. wuuld in tbe day', for individual 'improvement, but 

probably have never recovered, a"d It would thPy should do somethlllg for others. Th • 

.have been a good Ihiug for tI.e .umn1llIlity.lf darkCl>t spirit i. 'tbe mo.t selfish one.' ·rb. 

be bad n"t." brightest, one wba lives for bumanity . 

. Tbe complaint ,10 made that '8piritualhlu 

~i'IIUT\J""LJ.T CoNVENTIONS • 

remalll I •• tbe cburches, donalo to iUl min· 

Istor,alld to.", ebarlUes and do not com. 

. 'l'be w""kly pepri .. of February V; contain 

iroJU olle to two ciJiumll8 of a rcputt. of tbo 

Vermont 8pirituali~t Association. .It was 

beld at Watetbury, and lasted tbree day •. 

It I. a'falr sample of all of tbe cUI\velllions 

tbat bave been held ror .ooeral yeaI'>!. 

Opened with ";lIgillg, somebody itave an 

"eloquent. and soul-inHpiriu,g add~:l, "', some. 

body gavo his Idea of wbat ought to be dOlle, 

a dlscu .. ion ensued, and' adjourned Ulltit 

nOKt morning. The nex.t

Editor's Record. '. FOl'm Manifestations. 

If'ondroWi M"lIif~.ttlliom Ihro~!Jh Dr. 

Francis .lIonck. 

· • The Hcy.·, Tbom .., Colley., fo. m .. rly "f 

l'rlslDouth, }alt..':o;L t:a .. e. n~ 

,dmtjJt!Jt~d and the wCJtdl'l wl're plai!!ly heard, 

Whp.ir lj,!'leffJi"H-walkelj uver to wlipi'p Ur. 

\Irmck was stalldlrlg near the curlaiu, aruJ 

,radually appeared to .Ii•• olve IIIlu cluud or 

vapor, and was absorbed Into Dr. :\Ionek's 

. , 

left ;Ide, during wbich p,roce" I)r. Monck 

gaye .,very ~ylDpl(JJJI of very great pain and 

'exhaUsUful. " 

" Such, ill ",bart, is what Itt :r 

handA, and advancing up to the circle she' 

drop".d Ih .. ~,h" ... 1 inlo Ihe lap of the .,tiler. 

and r~tired 10 Ihe cabineL, where sbe indical· 

ed Ity rnpR th;Hot she wished me to take a. Beat 

by the (~ahinC't door. J did tID, aQd she at once 

'cnmlA out of the cabin~t, pae~ed quite aroWJd 

1U(t~ and 'i.lIow,'d mtl to' inspect the fioe mate .. 

rial. or which h"r nUler garm.nta were made. 

She th .. n took my urn. nnd walk .. d with nil: 

quite uruund the ronln, pat:l8i~g in front of 

and within .. bout Iwo f .... t "r all the mehlbel'l 

of t)h· circle buck to the cabinet dnor, where, : 

I Inok lea,,, of her. J)uriug thi., walk, her. 

arm restCd upo'n mint', Hnd h~r hand also real .. ' 

cd UP,," my hand. and Ihough vpry d~lIcat. 

and 8ylph like y·.t it •••. IT!M Ie) !!e r,.,..I. , lOhe, 

agaiil c:anJe out of the cabinet and in a goud 

lil/ht "."culed a 1i.~ly da,nee. On ",firing 

.he hade U8 good.night. 1 would .... mark in 

closing, that tWO day" before 1 bad a private

48 SPII1ITUAL SCIENTIST. 

seance with Mrs. M., E. Weeks, at which 

"Sunbeam" told me if I would attend this scance 

she wo'uld tTy and do tbe very thiogs 

wMcjl sbe did do 00 this O""""iOD., 

MT •. Andretll3 ,Cascade. 

10 the b. l., to'ebruary 16, A. B.Browu, of 

Wo~ter, writes that be was a cOII.tant at. 

tendant for the 01& ..canc"," sbo beld. The 

cabinet used ....... 'an improvised frame of 

wood covered with thick paper. 

It was in 

.ize 2 by 0, feet. and 6 feet higb, 'lor... wIthout 

door, 'and rested upon !.he c:a.rpet of the 

room; it was movable, and all could see aud' 

Inspect lIS COIl.truction, !.horeby convincing 

\bemselves that It was not made lor deeeptlon 

or fraud Mh!. Andr~w. went into tbe 

cabinet ano tI,en materializations oecurred. 

Jo'aces appeared at the aperture in the ,cabi. 

!"et and would. talk .. hh tbos", jlre,.nt, 

faces were reOued In texturO and hitmani~Qd 

in bxprcssioll. The masklike countenance 

~o, often secn was entirely ab.cnt. Mr. Jack. ' 

"on spoke naturally, Intelligently; and evr.n 

OU8ntly. Tbe O.,.b' 'as well as the hal, 

looked ilatliral, and the clothing, about !.he 

buot aDd neck oCt."fDcd to he real. l think 

there were some twelve different taces wbich 

sbowed them.ely ..,., alld all spl>ke; tbey 

varied ill looks as much as any twelve per· 

sous would usually vary in their features. I 

, did not .... any face tllat I bad .~er .een be· 

fore, bllt tbere were some who saId they bad 

seen relatives., These persons I do lIot 

. name for' the :casOIl that tboy mlgbt not 

wiob loe to thus carry thrill illtu plint, and' 

al.o because it is not ncc"".ary to tbe meth· 

. odic character of ,my lIarrative. 

Uut wbere 1 personally am " part of d,. 

orama, and also my wife, I will speak more 

partiCUlarly. In conllectlon with olle of tho 

mau·rlalizatlou." there WaA prt!~cnt.ed at tbe 

opening au aged wbmRn'tI fa~e-~ wbom Illy . 

wife h .... often "aid .be Imew she should 

recogni1.e If tbe relative would appear with 

hrr l)l'Culiar whit .. cap and black rlbboll over 

, her head: 'fhis wORlan ,called my wife by 

name and gave her evidence tba! .he bRd 

knowledge of eventll in' my wIfe'. history 

which occurrud' mure than forly )'ean ago. 

. ~ro convince ue that she was our relative· 

8h,,· put-ber, head for,ward. drooping.it and 

exhibiting ti,e auclent cap and black ribbon 

00 constantly worn in her lifeUme. Never 

baylug scell ber in thia life I could 1I0t speak 

a.e to the features, but iny wlIo feels that .be ' 

Can speak positively In this regard, wbile a 

dozen of till can bear teStimony &" to the 

white cap and black, ribbon, and Ule speak. 

ing of my wife's name. 

I am fully .atlsfied tbat neither the medl· 

Um nor any other peraon preseot knew my 

wife's Chrlstian"name but Dura.Iv.,... 1 am 

as yet uuable to reali •• or comprehebd tb. 

subject. Hoth force and Illteillgence accom. 

,panic.d 

the writing"is between tliem. It can also be 

done on paper, Indepondent of peD; iDk or 

pencil. Scaled letters are often answrred; 

The most marked fealu"';' of the pbenolD ... 

with tbis medium. is the combiRlltion of lb • 

l)hysical and intellectual phases; that is, sptr. 

its may w"ritc on the slate, and leaving 00 

willI au unfini.hed word •• ho can conDect the 

lette .. of the brokon word, and complete tb. 

communication by impresa,on, witllout bav· 

ing read what was pn.·yiously written', or hav· 

inK any knowledge of it. She require' n< 

a.6tiifltanc:c irom sitters, and can, wbUe guldiog 

the motions of a e.:wing machine, hold th' 

slate and receive IUi:~agt'8 from the apirit" 

"land, which ~e8sagcs arc not simple bames 01 

brief mentions, but pag ••'of spiritual phil ...· 

ol'by fro", InlfJlY miods. Hands that cal 

Ult,>Ve article! have also been "materia.llzcd. 

TUx press of I'or! Huron; MieblgllD, h." 

IJpened their columns for articles on Spinl 

uallsm.

EDITOR'S RECORD. FORM Jl.llNIFEST.IITIONS. 49 

Mr •• Plckmng, Roche..ter, N. 11.-.11 .Te.t. 

TI", Nashua 1)(1/111 'n!1'!Jrtlph con till". a 

I oug communication from Mr. Il. 1>. nlug· 

ham; a well known· lind enlirely .-.,Ii"ble citi· 

%en of that pla.t po.Wve 

te.t.. that I could receivE', as I KIIOW that 

tbore is not a living person who knows or 

would recognize one of tile.e sign, except 

'Ourselves." 

L. A. lIIgolow of noslon, In b. I. feb. 9, 

M ..... c. Jo:. Hingham, Nashua, N. II., In b. I. 

r.b. 2, J. D. Jonr..:a'reat. Jo'"II., N. lI., in 

'.b. I. feb. 16, Dostoll lit-raid, feb. 27, report 

favorable'seallc". with lUrK. Pickering of 

Hoehester, N. ~f., and ruanlfe,tation. under 

te.t conditions. !'inthlng additional to that 

described In our article i. mentioned. 

Spirlt-llohta and Ilccogn;zed J.'orm jJ[anifcat"", 

ti~"". 

Mr. I'cebles oays In I. Ill. do, 407, of a se' 

ance at Mrs. Macdougall Gregory's, wbllo 

our bands were aU joined, a cro ••, luminoUs 

and bright, appeared 'over Mr. I-:glinton;s 

heM. It rose abeve ail of our beads ."veral 

times, moved away by tbe door, vani.hed, 

appeared, .alld·, re-appeared,. a number of 

times. The .plrit-Intellisence materialized 

In part, and passlull above our bcads around 

Ule ~~ble. addr'lS8~d '" few words t,o ~acb. 

Spirit hands, iCy cohl, patted onr hands, 

h~nd., fnc... Ali •• Merrima .. (dau:;hter of 

Mr. J\IerrhowI, ono of the old~t .. nd 1Il0st 

honored of tho' Spirltllalis~. ,Ill lUem,hl., 

Tenll., U. S. A.) \Va' lifted in her chair; 

and I, tao, IVa.. lifted Ill' from the :t\oor while 

In my chair, alllimigbt, for ought I know to 

the contrary, Ilave beell raisin! to the ceilinll. 

h"d not O,e spirit "brokeu the chair-back." 

The .plrlt, wbile hold IllS Mr ••:gllnlon In the 

t.ance, apologised for the nll>hRp. 

, After thi., Mr ••;gUnton I"y down UPOIl 

tI,O· sofB, lIud becoming entranced, there 

SoOlI ap~ared a materIalized fO MII clothC!d In 

white. It pnrported to be "II Oriental spirit. 

Iii. aWtudes Were certainly charllCtcru.Uc of 

the Jo:a.,t. The /llL' ill tbc room was dimly 

burning the wbole time. A spirit, "I.atly 

,G--," wholn M", .. MRcdou!l311 Gregory 

Kllew well I,reviolls to her transition, matorilLllzed 

in sarlnents .of snowy "hltllne89, and, 

'conv"rs.d wlUI hor for some time. The 

.onve.. atl"n, so, I was asoured, was of tho 

lII03t satL,factory character. Tbe aural In • 

illOuences were strOnll; alld everything was 

Ilarmonlous':"just 'tho couditio!)s tbat would 

facilitate and securo excellent mallifestatio1l8. 

Wltb lUilIs Katie Cook, who i. devoloplng 

under tl,e guidanco of Mr. Charles 1Ilack' 

burn of ~IMch"ster, Jo:llg., forms lIlake on 

IUlll arise from tho baro carpet, In the presellce 

of scvoI-.1 person., while ber bands are 

held; but thesD forms bal·c not yet presented 

Hvlng f~.atures 10 tho ga?e of observers • 

.A 1.ittle Girl jJ(ctJium, llaltie R. Ilelmlck. 

'l'be maulf.stlons whlcb occur tbrough the 

medlum.hip of HatUe R. Uelmick, of Wa..hluston, 

lJ. e., a little girl, elgbt years old, ' 

arc tmly remarkable. Whell Mrs. llom ... 

Uillinll\l wa.. in Wasblngton, "Ski" asked 

that lIattie come hito the circle, as I .. ; saw, 

a medium. lJo "I'ell developed ber clairvoyant 

powers 50 tbat sbe Saw alld described 

spirits which werc recosnlzcd. lUanlfestations 

come In her pr .... ellce while botb of ber 

hand. ,are held. The r. p. j., Febnlary 2, 

1,89 a' 10111; account of tbe manifeslatioD8 

tbat occured, 

, .' 

Fo's 5everal montbs PILot a few Spiritualists 

have beell trying to brlllg into notice a Boston 

lauy who io said to Have'tbe pOwer of produclllg 

fo'rm manifestations. Strict examination 

and exact illvestigll!lon before auy fur~ 

ther public Indorsement I. glveu may pcrbal;"l' 

"reveut another ell(>Oll~e, • 

\

, 

, 

Editor's Record. Physical Manifestations. 

W. AlIlinton, Lon{ 

tbe 

medium's euJIs w... tbrown outside, aud 

afterwards upon' being placed "pon the medium'. 

knees w ... taken inalde by a balJd,and 

replaced. Ooe or two genllemen putting 

their bands through tbe eurtahi., but above 

the medlum's bead,dlstlnctly fel~ the touches 

of some fingers p .... ing over their own. ,JoeY 

11190 allowed all the sitters, Immediately after 

a manifestation bad taken place; to enter tJle 

. cabinet, and observe tbo {""Ieninl!" of tbe 

-;n;;iI!iiIiv,W'bleb wa. done, wilen bo waA found 

• ".' precisely In 1110 same 9Iale .... wben secured; 

nor at the cloSe of the seance wa.. any thread 

or fastening broken, nor any .ymptolJ. seen 

of a strain at any part of tho places wbore tbe 

lDedl1llD was sewed or tied. 

Wells Sisters, New Albon!!, Ina. 

A Test Committee eon.i.ting oC l'r. P. Wil. 

i., lli~ J. II, lo'elter, Lewi. Pullen; Jas. Wat· 

tam, and Mrs.' S. Willi. report in ,}Je r. p. j. 

reb 9; Ihat \hey witnessed fonn manifesta~ 

'lions at the house o{ Dr. J. G"WEile in New 

Albany, Ind" through tbe medium ,hip or tbe 

WellS oiatcrs. They imposed tIlei, own eODdIUo"s. 

They took strong hemp cord and 

bonnd lhe m.dlama' hand' behind :bem, scat- 

cd tbem in chairs and' brongbt tI e end. of 

tbe.cords under tbe ebairs in wlli:1t tbe two 

medlUms oat, and lied' tbem securlly. They 

took .ealing wax and s~aled the kllols. Soon 

after the door or the cabinet.w· ... (Iosed, lwlle 

began to ring rapidly, bs.nd. and face ... ere 

sbown attbo ~perture.of tiio'cabhct, Boveral 

facea were recognized by them, oIl as well as 

yourlg, aDd fornls walked out of Ille cabinet. 

Anolher Slate E:rpI06lon by J)i,oct Writing. 

Tho pbenDmenon of a elate e:tploding In 

England, nnder the force. of dlact wrltlnp:, 

prcvlolloly reported In \.he Sl'llU TtlAJ. SCI' 

JtNTlBT I.,.t month, Lq not an eXCt'p\lonsl 

case. While in New York last week, we 

were told by a lady wbose testh aony can be 

accepted ... reliable that 80me ,nontb. ago, 

she purcb ... ed two .1ate~, caused them to be 

lOcked together with screwe, a piece of pencil 

being placed bctween. In tt Is condition 

sbe took them to Slaoe who c Id not even 

take tllem III blM hand, but mere Iy placed his 

tbumb and linger on one corne: '. In a few 

secund. tbe explosion occurred completely 

sbat1.l:rlng Ille frame as w(dl as t 10 slaw. \ 

A lIau~!

• /SPIRITUAL SOIENTIST. 61 

AIII07I(1 the ~8 in India. 

J. M. l'eebles said, In speaking of the Fa~ 

kirs in India, be bad ~n one of their 8depl~ 

raise a mango-tree from a seed that be had 

exwninea and shaken. Tho man bad no aceompll""s 

or confederate., "ore little cloUling, 

and performed the feat in tbe ligbt on th~ 

sue..1. Haviog taken the seed from a small 

bag be placed it in the sand and made a cirele 

nrouod II.. lie spriokled it witb water,spread 

a wbite handkerobief o.er the top of the 

whole, began to shake 'p3Smodlcally, milking 

passes o.erit with bis hand. and wltlla smN) 

stiel< like a "and, with wbich he described 

more cireles io the .... nd. "hpo presently hc' 

saw, something presslog tbe handkerebid o~ 

wards, whlcb. on being remo.ed, revealed a 

small but perfect mango· tree. , On examina. 

tion he fonnd It a geoulno tree, aod having 

pulled it from tb" sand. It was .... n tbat the 

seed badblirst and bad enot forth many roo,," 

, I~I. and .eeds. They must remember' that 

tbls w .... In daylight. and out of doors, Where 

,no deceptloo could be practised; and, bavlng 

seen those things, be belie.ed tbem to be gnlIine. 

ne did oot say how they were prodnced. 

whether tbey were materiallzatioDs by 

,spiritual power or "stlmulatiog cif the forcea 

of natW'iI J'riestll 0/ I>ldler.. 

Says J. M. Peebles: While in Madras I 

... a .... eral dayethe guest of Mr." D. S. White, 

residing in Kilpauk. ,This gentleman; connected 

with tho, Uoard of Education, and 

. A •• istant Uegi.lrar uf A.surancee, Is a free-' 

thinker on all matters I'Cligious and political. 

Accompanied by him, two Eurasiao gnUeman 

connected with the publicatioo of the 

Anglo-Indian, anf! a lew others, I repaired 

. to a native's house, to see the pheDomena or 

casting out a demon aOlong the lower class of 

lIlndus Tho Bubject was a ... oman, and not, 

I confess, a .ery prepoa&iog one. Iler eye 

was doll; the surface of the hand cool, moist: 

clammy, and the whole ,!ppearanco .tupid in 

tb. 'extreme. Inquiring of the mol her, 

through my Interpreter, Ilearncd' that this 

young woman had, in the flrn place, opells of 

,being very sil.nt, of looking InloTaeaney, 

and refusing to notiCt! her friends. 'I'hese 

... peculiarities. ",ere followed ,by trembllngs., 

whirling motions 01 Ibe head. and otber ob 

, •••• iooal conduct. till 'she relused 10 bathe, 

10 combe her hair or .peak. It was prol\ounced,. 

"possession by a dumb devil. tt 

They sent for a "devil priest," 118 they fllmiliarly 

term them, ooe gifled wilh the power 

of t'xorciam; lie eould not IItteod, and', after 

lome waiting a ··priestess"· cume, ODd tben 

another. A cirele was drown In the aaod in 

fre,\1 of tbe bllt, ooe of these medinmlatic 

women slepplng Iosiele of the elrcnJ .... ,area 

became epasmod!c, tbe heai) began to whirl; 

sho waa ooon entranced, ahd called for cainphor. 

A rude lamp of coCoa·nut oU waa born 

Ing just outside the cirel~, and th .. Ineense' 

smoke of the camphor eame from the interior 

of tbe cirele. A I tbla polot another WOQlaD, 

WIIS entranced by a spirit speaking a different 

dialecr.. 'And no,w wbUe tile Incens .. amoke 

'waa,dying a\9ay, Ihey'brougbt and placied the 

ob.eased Tamil woman witbiu the area of the 

eirel". Then followed Mlde music, with 

tbr..alcniogs and coaxing>! oJ Ibe demonlaca1 

spirit to lo".e. It """ .. failure. And now, 

wlexpeetedly to Mr. While, his servant woman 

who had boen In his employ for twelve 

years, was .uddeoly E'otranced, constituting 

herself master of the eeroinonies. 'This servant 

woman, Mrs. Anthraci, declared that the 

otber woman failed becanse cootrolled by evil 

spirits. She then commanded the drc ..'of the. 

obsessed woman to be chan~d, a new mat to 

bo pl""ed for ber to ait upon, tbegreen branch 

from a t",o to be brought, and some fraokinceose 

to be burned. It was all done. Then 

sbe hat Ibe obse88ed wumAn's body with a 

, rod" ~'pathetl2ed" her bead, invoked tho gods, 

etc., ele., aod "tbe dumb dovil left." This 

was one of the many pbeoomena I witne .. ed 

among th~iv.er aod poorer classes • 

A CORRESPONDENT of tb'e Bmul Sp!rlte 

of Jannary, states tba~ he has a slate written 

upOo In fl •• diff..-ent lanawrues ID the 

usual manner that Mr. Slade obtalna these 

manifestati008 • 

The Ueaearch Committee of the British 

Natiooal Assoclatlun of. I:Iplrltnallsts, has 

mounted a cabioet on a weighing machine, 

to a.'lCertaln wbat change In the weight of 

a medium takes place while Variuul maulIea- 

,tatlon,; are going 00. ' , , , 

TilE, "1-'0" ,slstel'8," through whom the 

manlfe.tatlooe of modem Splritnallsm Jlrst 

began 'In America, are now In London, and 

their power Ie strOll!! as e'er. SlInday, at 

'South KlnsioglOo. ssys. the editor ot the, 

I. 8 •• in lI-'!2. we heard raps loud enongb to 

bA audible In tbs passage outside tbe closed 

door of tbe 'room, through the medlumahlp 

of Mrs. 11. D. Jenckeo (Kate Fox). .

, 

61l • 81'mITU.dL SCIENTIST. 

Mrs, .AndrtlDs, Caaeade. 

A c:orresPondent of the b. I. feb. 2 says, of 

:M~.; Andre",s ofllle Cascade, now at 20 };as~ 

Aoenne, Rocbester, N. y,: On a recent Sar,. 

urday evening, Ilonto, an Iudian ma.iden, 

talked fully tloreo-Okc Uiere 

OUI. ,Oil the prevlono Sunday it was .I"ted 

that several 'malel {allzatlons took place, Md 

in. 0110 partielllar luatallee the husband of 

one of the Bltte.'S, who conversed willi blm. 

Profe.sor Zollner, Weber and Scheibner of 

llIe U nive"'ily of l.elpzlg, having bad a selies 

of "canceS wltb Slade, wUl publish llIelr 

repvrt in beok !onn illustrated with dlagraws,,' 

"Don't leI tile anti:s of' a poor, cemieal 

,clown like me, caus. yo~ to disbelieve in 

GOII," whiJ.pcred olle of IIle intelligences 

,wbo,was carrying around ba\ljos and fans iu 

a recent sC,ancc. 

'Sl,ade bas arrived at St. 'l'elersburg and 

given hi. first sitting lu M. Aksakuff. ,One' 

I"juce and two generals arc among the IiBt 

of name. of Ihose who eOlltribultd to the 

fund 10 bring Slade to tbat city.' " 

" 

The nuss c4Se In l'hilad"ll'bia ,l. closed. 

They pleaded tbat tbelr sbow Wl\ll of IInM 

own eOlltrlvaneo; ,that, U,ey did 1I0t pretalld 

alld under oath it was lIut ever partici"ated 

in hy fonns oil,er thall those of cOllfedcrat,,' 

engaged for the purpose. ' ' 

I


The Trance, 

THE BANNER' O:h' UGUT MF..5SAGJo: 

I>EPAUTM.l-:NT. 

In tJata dep!lrtment we I"ffOrd In alpbnbctt('.Q1 OME'r 

tho namE'ft ghen wiLh lIle t:'f')mmuld("Q.llons r('C('h"ftI 11\ 

tbe d 

0111, by frjendA or 1'f'lalJvf'S. W (" prn('rve I'll rt"ford 

ot the fltott-d Intis, It 'WIU bet bltolui 10 lhOAe who 

may In"*the IUlUn.·d~t;lre 1o refol'to AUY mPfltUlJfC ; ._th" 

.date at 1he cloRe vi "q~h Ob8 tntllC'Alc.'R lbe pupe .. >n 

"bleb .s aPP('8.led' • 

j 

Adam •• William. left New York City. iou~ 

years ago la .. t JIIIY. Rom"where abou t 

the 10th. do not jud~ harsbly,..,..feb :.rJ. 

.Alden. George M .• left Halifax. I1rltl.h 1>0- 

ruiuiou, lour yean,Ago '3.tlL ji~ebn.ary; UI~ 

the nll.(>eulh ~ay; Was 4S y uld;-ft'b 16 •. 

.Aldrich, George lV., Chicago, to hI's UJother, 

wl,o Is a ISpiritualb,t.-r.b 16. . 

Angell; William C •• l'rovloh>JIce, n. J .• young· 

est ."n with him. ref"n, 10 another In 

cartb life, and 10 a brc.ther,·-reb 230 . 

llabblt. George W.;welll out at New Orleans, 

1h yesr,. ago, seuds mes,;ago to f'rieuds jn 

Now YUrk.-feb 23. 

llacon. A ruos C., Now Orlc8119. gODO about 8 

year. wants·to "'lId love to sibler lIIarla 

and hi, brolher lIenj_mill.-feb P. 

Haleh, Thalli ..... New York City. G6 y old. 

been gone 8e,-en yea~t pa.'uled,out abuut 

May Uth. 'fo hi. ,I.ter Frances, broth~r 

In-law Josiab aud brolherJo,epb. to look 

Well to this thin g.-feb 16. 

Ban,e"1 .\ Iphoneo, usad to Ray that as e~on 

as neieft tbo earlh body he would ,'isit 

Ihe Hall ncr of IAgllt clteles. Old Spirit.:. 

uaJl.t,- feb 9. 

.lIarrows, Dr. (~orge, only been away a shurt 

lime, comcs with hi. old. frlclld, l)r. 

Hravest-Cub 23. 

llcecher, ])1'., senw. a hitter to Isabella,- 

feb 2, . 

lilias, ~:unice, Hight .treel,Pmvidence. R. J •• 

IIp~aks of a. goot1 JD31lY who att: as close 

to her as Iho ••• he called ber boy., has 

got ·brotl.enl and ,i.le... tll

'. 

• 

I.Ilt1e, C. D., Ide", to an aunt who believeo 

· in .Spirituali.ID. Be didn't, but now 

does, wallts to colnmunicaw with aUIlt.:! 

:MMry slid Mercy,-feb. 9. 

J.onl, Thorn';'. D., Chi~'l!o, to 'I,is frlen.l 

WIlliam a letter of Mvlc.. lie made a 

sound in ,bis rnom like a champagne bot. 

tle blinn,,!!: I~fe", . t.n ··t bose two Ia..t 

Cdpet:t of nnn~u aud tbat "little girl 

Allnl ....-f.. b 9 •. 

I.yne», Sophia. n., }o'ranUort, Ky .. refers to 

}~pa.. kle. au.lItic aud to a seancO Lhe latt.r 

bad atWlldcd.-feb ~3. 

:Marlopa, lIIdhm addrells,-fcb 23- 

:Marlin, ~:mllla .~'oS!;, New lIrllnswick, N. J., 

f.b 23. 

:Marvin, Natllanlel 1)., I.nul,lana, Mo. 

na-,n'! belm gone mallY weeks.· lie 

wanL':J to get away ,from everycmc who 

knew him and tbeu 11;" frhmd. will be 

likely to believe its hilU,-feb 2.' 

:MaLII,ewo, Anllie I!., Brookllhe, Mass,- 

feb 9. . 

. :Melr080, Ucor/ie E., to III, friends In ("'hlcago 

and CI.velalld, and to bi. friend Cbarlle 

tf) rem.mbcr poor A-, alld our poor 

~'anny,-·feb Illi. 

:Mcs>cr, SU'an Marla, i;'ew Yqrk City, ten 

ye ....... uld, latller alld motber lIone West, 

lIellt 8umll,er If tlley go tl, Ibe .ea.bor. 

will hear from her.·--feb 16. 

Owen, Wellman n.; dle~ 111 New York Cit)" 

• seven yea .. ago, Jan. 20. 60 Y old,- 

reu 2.~. . . 

raul, }o:dna )1..' Cblcago, formerly of New 

. .. Jo:l1gland. II .... eou au lit Jo:dna, .ister 

:Mary, m",th~r alld fatber, IIlC!llsage to 

her brotller,-feb II; 

Pease" Zephaniah, Ne~ np.dfrd, ueen gone 

a year of two, age ~'tllree RCO .. e and tel'- 

and IIltle aoded to that.,"-feb 2. . 

P"lhtlanu.; Thomas. U; S. UeVC1IUp. Steward, 

addres",..,..feb 16. 

l'rltchard, Willianl, St. Louis, Mo.,-feb 23. 

R-, Nallc~ 

to Caro, concerning the old 

home. .~ rial. will 80"" be over. Her 

.Ister-Iu-law will read it,-fllb 9. 

Riley, Jucz I'rC$tn, Compton, H. I" 2'l Y 

old,. fatber's lIanle Jot. . 

Sandfonl, S"san, Jersey clly,-~'eb: 2- 

Saullders, W.illlam, M., wellt out in the days' 

. ' of the war, wall'" to say to h'8 mother 

that he kuows all thll1&8, but caunot 

change tbelll-)o'clb.· Ill. 

Sawin, I::IY\r:' Jordan, Greene Co., N. Y. 

· jo'"b, 23. 

Schuyler. Ilome!.,· I'hUman, Westchesler 

:.'DITOR'S RECORD, TIIE'TRANf..·Jo:. 

Clail'11O!1anee. Predietiom Reajl~ed. 

In tho Revue Svir:ile for January 1II. T. 

Tonocpb, makes an lmporlallt contribuUon 

to Ibe volume of facts tbllt are already on 

record as ""I.:!bll'billg the reality of Clairvoyalice 

and 11:\ wonderful power to truthfully 

predict the future. Ue says:- 

.. Raving read In a paper that an o!d Pro., 

fes..or, Ut. 1Wuic, was' dangerously III, my 

"'S1.ler·ln.law'took'theco.-bt-i/le (1) and wrote: 

'lVJthln twei day'; 116 will be dead.' 'Of what 

complaint?' 'An ulcer, wilh cnmpllcatlons, 

etc.' 'Wbat doctors attelld' him I" Names' 

given. Evenls proved all this to he the e,,· 

act trutb." Mr. It. having himself suffered 

fifteen years with the gout., and bad exhausted 

the wbole list of remedies, \Va. per.lUadod 

to aok tbe spirits concerning bis malady. 

"Shall 1 he' P"I'J,ctually condembcd to th1\! 

/lout?" he asked. "No," "Whai should 1 

do for i!.?" "Notblng:" "How Dlucb Junger, 

theil, am I to .uff"rl'" "WiUiln tbree we~"" 

you will he rid of It," "Shall I I,ave a return 

of it?" "I have said yon sball he free," 

At tlie end of three weeks be found himself 

well .•. ~ "Since' yon are. a clairvoyant." 

Mr. It ",,,id at allotbor time, "and call read 

our thoughts, you ought to he able 10 read a 

'closed book." "Yes." "Will you kindly, 

then, transcrihe the first lille of the 200th 

page or'-a lafJ:e book "n the,upper shelf of 

'his falher's IIbmry, of which' he kllew n()t 

even the title. "Immediately tbe c01'brille 

(1) wrote tl,e.e lilies: 'j} t6moi71 lUll, Card!· 

nal, de ef qu' illuy .... a~ait dit.' Jly tbe aid 

()f a I.ddet tbe book, .If"imbollru (IIistoire de .. 

la J.I!luej ...."" rcached, and the transcription 

fouud to be word for word as itl that work. 

'-' 

T ... L. throngh Mlle. Amelie, Paris, Franc~: 

In Its 8e.enth article on the mediumship 

of Mlle. Amelia, YOIIIlS inedlum ultder the 

direction of a colollel of artill .. ry, M. Devo. 

luot, tbe Rt1lU8 Spirite, of Paris for Janu· 

ary, atate. tbatahe of tell comprehend. the 

language of Ihe spirits it heing a kind of In· 

tuitiull which has Its .(>at somelime. III the 

stomach, or III tbe throat., alld sometimes 

direeLly III the ear, as word. spoken by the 

spirits. ,They have no lIeed to call 'hor air 

'telltioll to tbeir wan'ts by rapplllg upun the 

Wall or furniture, for they "pc>ak to ber as if' 

,ill thellesh, but in a low voiee. At a certain 

seancp. wiLh ber, "a ha.nd \Va." seen holding 

la mUll/que, whicb It played in epace. .80011 

'sbe annonnced, that near Mme. X. a cloud 

~ , , 

'appeared, wjlich increased to an indistinct 

form, but witb a' distinct hand, upon tbe 

thi .... fillger of whicb wa.. a rlng with a precious 

slol>.. Till!! fOnD s~al,.d Itself by IIIme. 

X., and embraCed her Iurn. By Lbe ring 

and ti,e manner of takillg ber arm, Mme. X. '. 

recbsnizet.l tbe spirit. A nothor lady was described 

a. ill, a"d about fifty Dr lifty·five 

year. of age, alld bahlled, in ratber ancient, 

costume, bllt p"';'illg her baud over ber lace, 

she seemed !rallsformed Illto a 10 •• ly woman 

of about thirty, ,vith lIaked arms and a su 

'perb hea.l of hair. She anllouuc_" heJ'!lelf 

a.~ Ii relnllvu of Mo"s. n., who recognized 

ber., }o'urtllerrDore, IlIaD., I>., taking tbe 

me~lum'.' hands ill bl., alld roquestln/,: tbo 

.plrlt to approach him, be lelt a face pressing 

I,is ,moustacbe, and ligbt fill!!ers, tsppilll\, 

upon his ballll.. 

' 

• Ahother Illcldeht connected witb &hIs se 

III1Ce Is ,vortllyof nola. Amelle 'saw som .. 

tbln~ developJ)lg upo,; a Ja~ge .heet of paper 

,lying oll'the table. Pres;",!ly elle was able 

to de.cribo it so accllrnu.ly Ihat MIDe. X. 

recognized it a.~ tbo ""hlld~" of her lillie pet 

'dog. 'rbe patt~rJhg of a dog's leet was al.o 

hearU, aJld a noise like t11i.t prnehlCP.d by a 

dog wbell rumplillg and leAring paper. Af· 

ter leapillg upon III me. X' •• h,)llhlcr and 

back ag.ll,,; h!s feel being f.lt by bi. mistress, 

the phantonl di.appeared; On making a 

light; it was f"lllle! Ihai, the paper Wl\8 

twlsled and toMl, Rlld bore tbe marks of the 

dogs claws. On tlle fulluwh,!! ntoMling, at 

Mme. X.'s, a d03 that bad had tbe greal~.t 

~re died of old age. 'rhe 'phils, belllg COIl 

.ulteel 

, 

about It, •• Id tbat tlley 

,n 

had brou"ht 

tho dpg the previous evening to CtJflsn)e the 

lady fur the Joss sbe was ouor, io suO'er, alld 

prove to uS' that allimals olirvlve afler their 

materia! dlB.nlutiulI. At a',other,galher".!:, 

direct writing w ... foulld UPOIl papt.t..l'llIced 

!,Il the table for the purpo.e. It was: "Pray 

fur us: prayers always hnpart to n. pleasure." 

w 

A TeBt qf Identitll. 

lIIary .'annlllg Barnes, of I.incolnvllle,' 

Illd., In tile J'.' p. j. feb. U, w/ltes: My only 

daughter, S""hie t'anlllllg ),nooclip, died in 

South ~~lIgll.h, Iowa, all tbe~th nrMay, iS70, 

aged 11 years. She had written b.r 0'\'0 

fUlleral .ermon the, Mare~ prevlnus, Blld told, , 

two young me" of the lact. The day of the 

funeral Ibey told me abnuL It., and J •• arched 

, tboroughly, alld no trace of it could be fbulld. 

On the 22d of Julr 10ilQ\VlnK, she came ~~r'

SPIRrrU.dL SCIENTIST. 

irelf nnd aided me In flDding It, and it Is a 18- 

mlU'kablo prodncUolI, speaking uf,lIet own 

death In a IJllilosophical man"er. lIer heallh, 

wa.. good at the time It WIL~ written. 

)o:L~VEN pehons in Ridgeway, Kan!'a..q, 

te6llfy to the geullin.me .. of the mti .. i.ge of 

lllram Reilly, u!ported in tllC b. I. of ~ov. 

17. 'I:bc daughter kllow. It to be fruDI tbe 

father. Tho letter appeared in tile b. I. of 

feb. 

' 

Ih:Nnv n. J~:lICK"'N, apromln('nt }~ng 

Ish barrister, tlle b"sb8l)11 of Kate lbd 

III tbi. hlstrument. 

.Allnali 1>ello SplriU.mo, of Turin; Italy, 

cont,."lius all account of a young wo~a:n 

dying, of consumptloo lObo u..rued the day 

and hour of her passing sway. 

)111-'1. Emma"Har4inge Britten p ... sed fonr 

lDonths In Mghly slIcceosfulleeturing to large 

audlt",ces, comprising 1IJany of tbe leading 

ellUlens of Sail lo'l'allci>c:o. She Bnd lier ,estllIIable 

husband are now In Australia. 

M. Sunderland, Cooper, is' reported as golug 

to Pari. ill Juno nex t. " 

'fUB Sal'atoga, N. Y., Sentinel. conlPllments 

highly,the lectures given by Mrs. Nellie 

J. 1'. Brigham, lop that placo. 

TUB \I;fant son of Cllarlrs Foster, the 

meclium, has passed to the hlgh6l' life. Jle 

save promise of baving Inllcrited the wonderflil 

Powers IlOssessed by bla flllber, ' 

TJII< liuroness von 'V"y, of Au.irla; who Is 

a wonderful and Illueh loved bealer as well 

as medium-says lhat .be see. and' Comers_ 

'os with elcmelltary or elmllelltal spl,rits; of 

COllrse tbe phennnl('Jla will bear other and 

equally a.. rel\5oll"ble all interpretation ... the 

claim that they arc olher than homall .plrlts 

A llY-TIItKI> colonei of artillery In I'arla. 

r'ranee, M. l).~OIlI"I, admits to bl •• eBo.&!' 

"II hone.' .oekers for 'spIritual knowledge, 

be bavlllglllllc. Amelle for a meiliUlD. 

'l'IIKII~ i. an l-:I'Crltero, of Atadrlel, Spaln, 

for Ileeembel', a long notice, hi flue prhit, of 

Mr. Slade' ruedium.bil~ taken from EI 

-A.enir. tbe liberal organ of Spa. 

MR_ SLAI>l~, who will 'in ,March 'Iext a~tRio 

hi. 40tll y~ar, gives th/? i1nprcssl,on of an 

amiable man, who Is not only convinced of 

Ibe Irulh of tl,e phenomena th!>t occ", 

throujlh biOI, bllt utterly overpowered b~ 

their wagnitil

• 

General Mention and Gossip'. 

Spirlt""'iBm in F.n!l/ruui. 

Say., J., J. ~o .. p., in tb~.l'rovillch~1 Spirit. 

ualistu is manifesting Romo oi U.s usual wjntor 

aClivl~y, aud .uce•••• ful m,"'tiug>! are 

beiug held in ,'arioUl! tOWI.S. The cause ~ 

1,lverpool is not at preseiit very aC~h'e, tl 0 

olle time public meeUng. being held In p 

vate. l' Newcastle, 1I[3nche.t~r, I1rmifon]" 

Keighley,. l~elper, Birmingham" WBsliow, 

Shiehls, Sunderland~tockton, .nd many. 

other u.wh~, up and down, Usings arc ruanifesting 

.. liveUIIPs •. that a,.,'ues a deal of 

vllality ill Spiritualism over hore yet. 

Erid and Aim of Mm. 

Say. Spil'it Jamos Nolan, tbrough hi. own 

lDat~rIBIi.~d organs of speech. in the pr""onco . 

of h,. medium, Mrs. lIollis Billin!,,,,, a.. re- 

.' ported in r. p. j., Feb. 9: My highest Idea 0 

Iho end .... nd aim of mall, is the greatest perle.tiou 

he call att.'ln, and" the greatest 

amount of good h. can perform 111 every pos., 

sible dlrecUulI; removillg superstition, dogmas, 

alld all tbings 1 .... h,g been a curse to 

,your earth; and, having tbe greatest charity 

for all. ' • 

'Splrltlla/I$/n and 1"",,nlty. 

Ono remarkable fpatu~e' of modenl lifc 

Spiritualism-bas been said to 1>I'Oduce all 

alarlDing amount of irl,sanity, ~.p.clally in 

America. It ha., becnrccently stated by au 

)o:lIgli~h ,writer that n~arly 10,000 persous 

have gOlle In,allo on tbe subject and are, 

confined In a..ylum. ill tlon United States; 

but careful inquiry. madc ill cunsequence, 

bas happily disproved tloe .tatem.llt, and we 

learn that tpe au.ount of h,5anity produecd 

from this cause i14 aJmost iUf\i(;;niflc&uL-mucb 

, leso tban tbat cau.ed by religious t'Xeitemcl1t.. 

,-Dr. 'luke, in I'opular Science Monthly. 

A methncl 11 U.e apparatns. 

One pCr- . ' 

son only, takinu a l,en and passing a bai'd 

(any) in the I,>op, letUng Ihe b"nd ",st there, 

the arm horizont"I, DOi. touching tbe tablo 

witbout stilIne,," in lial'd or arm, will see the 

""" (0.' pencil) tracing characters 00 a sbeet 

of paper placed on tbe tabl~, aud answor lLily 

questlull or thougbt ask,,1 by another party. 

It ~, not neee .. ary to ..peak to get answen, 

and most striking oi.es. 1t writes In all 

tongues, even unknown by the uuconscloias 

writer. A cloild can ao it. The only * 

mal-k'I mu.t add is that out of ten persons 

two or three may mect a flat ref .. sal of al'Y 

mmunlcaLioll. Ono must bear ill' mind 

tb one converse. with free spirits. I ad·' 

vi. you to try, and to bid yonr leaders do 

t e .aru.... My discovery may lead to aston· 

shing' re..ull.. If e~ peHmented on a largo 

scale. ' tn tbe beginning, the band not being 

used to yield freely to the impulse, commu· 

nlC&llons are more sl6w. In flve or ten 

minules ulle write. generally as f~t as usual. 

It Is 10 luble.,.appino wbat telegraph is to 

p().~ office a) stem. Tbe r. p. j. says, "tho 

• above experiment i, not new in this country. 

OD~ .uediuln.in partloliJar, whom WII know, 

g.::~ comrnunieation~ jn that rnnnner." 

Jte8mcr/",n 'and Spirliualism. Says the 

nevue Si'ir1t~' for Jal1u~ry, "All tbe mem, 

bers of the Parisiau Mesmeric Society are 

Spirhuali_ts (Spirit •• ), with very fewexceptions. 

Thor. are a.nlUlIg tbem mealnerlsts, 

alld medium.. All

• 


fled III ."tUng down tbis p:ribly be abla;lItd." His 

not necessary for liS to show Ihat mind may 

subsist Independently of, matler, but ollly of 

matter Q8 toe 1-now 'it; and evid~lIre. 1hat 

mental phenomena do f!'xil'ot dissociated (n)m' 

rpdfnarv matter, certainly }II•• beell furnl.b· 

ed uoder· pre.cnt coudltlou., If aI •• lItirely 

unexceptionable .cle.uUlc e~lllll'iUl""t"madu 

Feb. 19, 11:;11;, by l'rof. Wm. Crooks, be oi 

any value whalever. 

SU,?,LY no one call bave the hardibood 10 

·.say that all ti.e clen.eDts and cOlldlt\ons of 

matl.el" hav .. beell discovered; but unlil that 

can be said, no one i. compelent to prCllcribe 

the possibilities of knowledge. 

A SPllUTUALlST .ay.· tbat bo fancied at 

one time be knew what ·:';plrituaH.m was; 

but wbat witb the theories of Ihe elementa.. 

ries, diakkas, medium'.' own &plrit, tI.e 

double pruj"ctloll of' will'IN,wer, alld olher 

bm. IWd I ... ,too nllmerous "0 mention, he 

doubts If tbero IB, ever wa.o, lOr oug~t 10 be 

any such thlug as SplrlluallsDI or a Spirit.- 

ualist. . . 

. WllE~ we 'Iind, say. tbe Bristol ,Bng.) 

Tbnes, I'rof •• oor Ilarrett, of tbe Uoyal Col· 

lego of .ciellce of Dublin, vOllcbillg for th" 

occurrence of supcrnatural noi... In the 

pages of sucb a sober wGgllZine as tbe Dublin 

University, it I. IIlDe to Inquire serlou.ly 

whetber, after all, there Inay not. be U more 

thing>' In beaven alld earth tball are drea;".d 

of In our phllosopby." 

Jo'ROlll ILll account given by I.aura Ilrldgl' 

man, wbo was not only blind, but deaf aud 

dumb, by J>r. Howe, be infers the Important 

, __ ... theory .. tbat .. lhnughtdoes.QOLdepend upon. 

the sellSeB for its uuioldmellt. 

TRA~SFOIDIATIONS of .. nergy are com· 

ilion In ~alure; bellt becomea electricity, 

elrclrielty IIghl, ligbt chemical ~ ell on. A II 

forcl~ Cau be couvprtett into ctum.on mechallical 

hlotioll,-l'vpular Scio 

wbo Wihk him nolblng but a .·,arlatan. ,It 

b certain tbat If be bas prodllced ftowe ..· 

once by spirit agency l>e can do BO agaill. 

It I. easy for I,illl to "emulI,lrate bi. power 

.if be has it. It Is ,aid lhat Iho.e Intel'ested 

are \0 uudertako to get tbis evld 'lice. 

Slad~·. table, which was pro.luccd In bis 

I.olldon trial, wbon be was cba.ltcd witb he· . 

Ing a "&grlll.t. ISl'rcserved at· tbe Spiritual· 

lois' r~ading roomB III. tha~ city. A b' .... 

plate bas been placed upon i~, b ~nrillg all ill' ' 

scripllot. commemorative of tI.e ie,'ellts: 

Wt: Icam Il'ith regret Ibat l!/'t Iher Sam' 

uel W .. tso" ;. ill poor bealth; : e bas donr, 

-and ~. dolllS'; a .great work for ; plritualism; , 

let UB hope that be will be .pa cd for wany 

yea~ Ihat be may see tI.e fIVIU, n of W. un· 

IIling efiorls. . 

I

• 

GBNERAL MENTION AND (JOSS!'P. 

LECTUIU:RS' AND MEDlUlIS' NOTF.s. 

Top: life and writln~ of Selden J. ~'Inney, 

e

60 SPIRITUAL SCIENTIST. ' 

nevertheless quite surprllled a few weeks 

since to learn that two eminent, and distloinJohed 

Buddhiots bad sailed from Ceylon 

to Jo'ro.oce. 

Wby?.,for what purpese had 

they gone? w .... the cOmmon inqul.,. None 

of theso journalists seem to bBve been Cndowed 

with the gift of Interpretation.', Let 

me ,help them. Inqulrtng of a celebrated 

priest at lhe Uuddhist College, lloamed that 

the special work of one was to teach the 

I'allianguago in a French University; while 

the othor was to devote hlm"elf in a quiet 

, way to mission work. Both knowillg Uuddh 

.18m to be a much older, ze,doWily believe It, 

also to be a much pure!" and diviner sy.tem 

of religion U,an Christianity. I.earned 

priesta among tb"w go further, alld boldly 

affirm that all wbleb i. good alld true III the 

Jetter of Chri8tianity was borrowed from 

Buddhism. Believing this, as they conscielltiouely 

dQ, an(l belllli fired \yith aomothhlG of 

the martYNplrit, tlley aie desirous that 

France, and all west em , nations, should 

share,ln Its heavenly and saving benefits. 

SPONT Al'IEOIIII UiCNEaATlON. 'I'ror. Virchow, 

of BerUu says In Nature, Nov. 29: 

.. All fossil type of' a lower bum an developmenlo 

Is absolutely wantiog; ODe f088i1 monkey,skull, 

or man-ape skull, wblch maUy belonged 

to a human proprietor. haS ncver 

been found. lVe cannot teach, Ule cannot' 

designate' .t asa rellelalion of science, that 

man descends/rom the ape, qr from anll olher 

animal." (Author'S itaJiCII). Ho aloo says: 

"Nobody has even aeen spontaneous generation 

occurri,ng In reality" and everyone wbo 

maintained that he had seeu' It, has been re 

futA!d, not by the tlleologlans Indeed, but by 

, naturalists." ' 

A report of the qbsoqules of D. A. F.ddy, 

Esq., late of Cleveland, OWo, wUl be fouud 

In r. p. j. IWd b. 1. feb 9. 

DEFINlT10NS. In recent disc 1S910n8 some 

uasllli dE'6l1iUons have been given. Jo'orco 

Is capacity of motion. Enel'gl Is capaclly 

for dolug work. ('bange I'; a Bum of motion.. 

Jo'rederic Harrison says soul Is tho 

cJmbl""d f:u:uIUe. of the li.i.9 organIsm; 

l.onl m",,;;fonl says soul Is tho ~nsciouB belug 

wbieb eacb man call him,e1f. :Madam 

l!Iavabky says the so1l1 iscomloOsed of ner_ 

vous fluid and atma.;pJieric ellle! '. neallty I. 

persistence Irl't'Speclivo of paJ1lclllar condl· 

tions. Organization is life equllll.rating gravi· 

t~ and r"pulsion, or the ln'ler au, 1 dlslntergra 

. ting forces. In cosmic tivo)utior , nn St!ews to 

be integration; lllorgaflie evolu .1011, tile pbenomelll. 

of illtcgration and dis lolutioll sepm 

aCting togetb~r. I,aw; Miss ~ meox deflues 

a .latement of coll_tant relalio 118 posited by 

the Dature of thlugs. 

• ORGANIZATION. It i. proposed to effect 

tbo organlzatlon, or SpiritUal sts upon the 

rcpre.olltatlve system, by sendug delegates 

from Btate circles 10 a central (Ollvention, or 

congl'ea., whlcb shall perfect tie plan of ulIllleation. 

Nolhlng could be bel ter for tbe intensts 

of spiritualism eventual!;" atld nothing 

is more uccessary for Its inllneC ~ate and rapid 

a:dvimcement. BuL, wbat Isto;)8 the d .. Ouite 

TSOUGU Mies Harriet Martineau, the 

late deceased exponent at tbe Positive I'hI- 

1080pby 111 l-:ngland, denied a living eutlty 

after d~.atb, !.bE' constitution of be~ mind was 

plan of organization? 

so unblll$ed by ber own views !.bat Rho was 

able to Bay: "If 1 find myself conscious after 

the lapse of Ufe,-it will be' all right, of 

coune." If ber seu,te mind bad investigated 

the facts of splrltuaUstic science to the extent, 

that It did the proofs of posiUvism, how 

even and steady wo'uld sho have bold the 

scales of judgmeutl 

WllI the congress 

meet to write out a creed, an 1 lay down a 

form of worship, in response '.0 tbe behests 

of the religious .eniiment in Spiritualism; 

cir to provide lIIeans lor the plomulgation of 

spiritualistic facts, by tbe d.,.elopment 0 

mediuDlB and tbe support 01 a speCiali .. d 

press? 

It would seem tbat!.be ono •• bject, beyond 

.ill o!.ben of tbe snpremesl Iml ortance, is tho 

positive demolUltration of the future exisf,-' 

ence to Individual Inquiry. rbls ooce af,- , 

talaed, eacb Individual milld. should be 

allowed to draw its own COocl\ slouB .... to the 

qbsenance of the duUes aud r ,Iationa wbleb 

follow on such dcmouotration,-Com. 

Plfllckometl7l. 

It was In 1841 'that Profess)f B~chauan'8 

attention Was dlreeted to tbe faet that ce .... 

tain sensitive persons could I eel !.be wlluenee 

by touch from' varioll! metals, and 

describe !.bem without hav: ng been pre-. 

,iously blformcd of !.be nature of !.be substance. 

In a 'class at ble n ,edical school, 

nearly one-half of all who tried tbe esperiment 

dptected the luftuence 

distinctly as if they bad been 1 asted, by bold-

GENEBIJ.£ MEN7'10N AND GOS811'. 61 

Ing them between the hllnds en.eloped in 

p:lper, not knowing what"'"" the drug und~r 

expe,ilrieut. 110 oonellld~d that .. sub. 

tie aura ptoceeded from met Ills as woll a.s 

from the Jluman body. Jr u.e ~culiar 

"sphere" ~rtainloll 10 metal. could be ascertained, 

why II"t Ihat u(, hldivldual.l' 

'fhe experiment wa.~ made and $ucceeded; 

and l'rofessor Bnchanan called tbe new art 

,"l't;ychomctry" or .. soul.m ..... u'lng." Whenb...,r 

a portIon of magnetism ,or vital allra 

flows from Ii person, It cOlllai1l" an epitome 

of Ills whole developmeot. The psyehomo· 

,trlot cau the,,,fore read the.inlDost ehamcler 

of au Inw.ldllal by comlug ell rappOrt wltb 

hi. influence on a lock of hair, hand· writing, 

or photograph. 

ACCOBIl,JI'IG to the New York IIerald 

".,me .ollcltude exists ill Ihe l'r'p..., .... nda at 

Rome regarding church discipline in tbls 

country, diffiCUlties ariMiDg at Ijme.. between 

bisllOp8 aud pastors, New York elty, it I. 

.slated, bas a eluhollc popidatlo,u, of 600,000. 

IN the year 1731-2 and abput the time of 

the birth of Wa..llingtoll, the cOlnetery of St. 

M~dard In Paris w ..... hut by au order uf 

Louis XV. agaIn.t tbe crowd :0£ bysterical 

patients who persl,ted In having all su'rts of 

a time on the grave of Deacon, Jo'raJlcolse de 

l'aris, aDd ill finally leaping up apparently 

cur~d and walking away. Whereupon some 

unknown wit cribbled on the cemetory wall 

by tbe locked galC: 

DC:! par 111 RoJ: -t>ctenAe a Dtrll 

J)e raJ.ro mlraclo en Ce Ueul, 

'which may be Interpreted: "lil the king's 

llaDle :-Ueavell will please corumit DO miracle 

bere." .N. Y. World. 

, Rr;:v. FATIlEIl PRESTON, o~ St. Ann's 

Catholic Church In New York, thus .tates 

'tbe\authority?f his cburcb 'on ,the doctrine 

of bell. lleli is a locality from which Ule 

soul. of the damned can never I\Sc':~. It I. 

• r \~ 

WI> are 6lItremely sO'l'Y to learn !.hnt !.h02!O 

devoted Spiritualbts, Thomas Galea Forster 

and ..tlfe have bot Improved In !lealth by 

th ... ir voyage acro... the Atlantic; but we otill 

entortalu the hope that tbelr pilgrimage In 

the Old Worl.1 wJ\l bring them home III due 

time fully ""'tored, fa; we rannot at pres~.nt 

.pare such dc;'oled champions of our can_e. 

rbelr u.efu) services ani ... eed~d more than 

ever at this ti~e,-b, I .. Jo'eb. 16. 

Tn.: ~bratcd clarlvoyant, Alexis Sidlpr, 

referred to by 1Iou«lin, 'and made tho .ubject 

or mai,y a .kutch by olbrr authors, is now In 

l'ar", z,'mJ'ce. 

. 

AN iu1lele· in the ltevue Splrlte of Paris, 

January number, stille. that healing medl· 

ums an. multiplying everywhere, and olle of 

them ivas

62 SPIRITUAL SCIENTIST. •. 

THE VOICE OF TlIB pJUi;sS. 

Th\ Le.'IS01I8 qf the ilour. 

Ullder tile above 'tItle tile r. p. j. ,of Jo-ebru. 

ary, write. on Ule &Rvernl e"p".t!1't:l! wbicb 

it prillt.. In its coluwns. It says: 

uJust such occurrences as we tllis week 

publish. teacll 1 .... 0". fur u. all to beed." • 

• "~~very hone.t .medium w11l ,,~colld all' 

nl"a.~u...,. tbat may be ofIe",d for b,e beUer 

security 01 tbe public, as whah,v.r: Is lor tbe 

general ~ood I. of n."" •• ity ad,'anlaseou. 

~ themselve.. ' 

'.. The dallger of coulltenancing untrust 

,vortby persOJl:'l, who are medium~. has been 

rePeatetlly treated of (hcs~ columns, botb 

editorially and by SOrDe of the foremost Spiritllallsts 

of the cuulltry. Uad the.e "amings 

"""" more generally hee annoyance and dlstm.t, 

And inv..,Ugators must approach such 

exblbitioll. ",iU, a pnre and hOliest purpose. 

with mind. fre .. from deceit and receptive 

\0 the t"lth. Wltb tbese bamlOhlous COIIditiclIIS, 

.weet accord will pl'evall and sati. 

factory results become possible 

A rU,fence qf Physical M tdiums. 

'Vo have no "war to wage on mtdlums.'.; 

That would be .. strauge c"urse Illdeed for 

a journal devoted to Ihe advocacy of a phi. 

losopby fotllided on =dlum.hip I 011 tbe' 

cOlltrary wo are making every sacrifice in 

favor of geuuine mcdiutne; we are IRborilig 

dlUgelltly to I"otcet tbem by .waging war 011 

every lorm of deception and fraud. ln do 

Ing thi>, we urge every Splrltuali't and invesllgalor 

to demand condition. such .... aro 

knowu lIot to intcfera with manlfesLatio,,", 

but such a. will rendcr imposition impossi 

Iy galolng gronnd, and lecturea and 'seances' 

are ill order every week, at wbich clergymen 

alld ·plJla.. in the cburcbcs' lU'6 lou,,,,.ied" 

attend"n"'. One minister d .. cJ ...... that he 

is certain be talk('d with the spirit of bl. 

daugbter; and another Is sure th~t his se(,... 

ing over tweuly 'materialized fomis' i.t a ,i. 

cent sitting was "ot an 1Uu.,ion of the se"ses 

or a f"';ak of Ibe Itnaginatioll." 

CASUAL GnO&T8. Tb .... auffalo 1-:xpl'CAO 

of January 80, editorially commenls all tile 

bu.hless Of_ '~g.... bbing materialized .pi.rlL~;" 

and 61111. all '!L'p~rtllnity to ,write, a humor 

OtIS article on the receJlt:expo.ures of tricksters. 

Ito ironical .u~ge'Uon tbat' tbtl 

spirli. sbotlld d~f~lId themselves may at 

some time be acted npon. We ai-e lIot sure 

that they may 1I0t be hI Uie gClluine fami 

manifestation,. some' powerf~l f~rce. ' Cer .. 

uilnl)Oowliatcver Its "".1 "atu,.., triay be Is as 

yet only a IIlatter of speculatiun. 

FoA TN the l'hUad('lphl.. Tim ... of a recent 

date: UUeliry (). (~)rdon, brigu~ tqat-Prializcr, 

11'''"' ~rabbed. laot lIight, while playilll; 'r,lri\. 

Medium (;ordon, lie", to tl, .. lSl\.se~ •• the 

8lnaltest,,1nost hIICr.es:-ful ana mo.,,, audacious 

01 all "piritual bumbags. fii, ",if. I" a lugl· 

tlvefrolU ju.tic." with three bl1l~ of,illclictm.m t. 

hanging over her in tbe QU3tter St~8lii()ns.· 

Gurdon funnerly ti,ed Chlc~o, but hi. wif", 

to rid herself of him. bad Iilln pl.c~d III tb 0 

\':ook cuuut)· A.yhun for the I"oalle, and then 

ral) away witb another mall. At oue time 

she ""sided with the motller of. Josephlno 

Mall.field,Col. lo'i~k'. well-known companion. 

;,IIlH i. a relative of Ruyal Samni;', charged 

with being tbe priueipal' acj.or ill the'lerrible 

KclM"y outrage all I.ollg lsl,!ud. ,When our rauks tbe false, 'and the true tim ... he was so generally ace"p,ted, tbat be 

wlll gain tenfold Inf!uence,-r. p. j. lOeb. 16. was expected ,to Umateria1\z.c'~ "rhelJdore 

Parker upon tho M ... i. Hall platform, wbo 

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Dueno. AyM!S, the COlIsLanWa. 

, 'rUE researcbc.q of William Cronke>, P.R.S., 

bav", been tran"I~t.ed and pubU:'llt-d iD the 

ltaHan language. 

The ~"lIncb (Jovcmme"trhaving &I1ppr., .... d 

the Revue SpiritualMe, lb. publication of a 

new DlOlit"ly at Sainlrllaur to tak .. its place 

is announced. 

non. 'A. Ak.DIC'd 

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wIIUn.,. ,'hC' h ....' ('videDce uf Iht'lr poJlulurtty I. found 

In the r"cllbot 't', Ii, .Prtphton Be. Un,l.he", are th,' J'Qbo 

hAht;'l"Mnnd hOVD JHI·.,ioUMJy IMRbPli ""beo"'1\lId ·'Pn-uy 

I:luUy PrmbenoD," by Ib .. 811me aulhor t boLb 01 whJt'b 

we,p,..od, 1>ul tbl80ne I ... bet,~r ·'Knlhlc,'8II"I.'lIIuE'd 

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('op"",of lumt VOltt·IHo'..J, OlllllUhung fifty ceDlB to tho 

pul.dhlhrrt Il8 abov£l.. . . 

TuF. AMOURft n .. )lIIILLIPPJo:. by Octnve FUE'lIIef.t 

fA a 1I\·rtl"t of kHuly. drawn pICIUrf"R of "'r"ntb 8001a" 

Jilt!! by thl" drl'l1'»Dtiar. and IIO\'{>U." whu J1b~ht:. b w,,1t 

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ttloI8-·ln .he 'World l!;lol. he paJnlA, It tA" etroug aud 

('8rm'.l atory. and lOA"e none or Ita bMg:blDl'U lit the 

hnnd .. 011t.R tfonBlator, Mn. MQry- N~ .. w rtheMPood. 

uThD Arnoul'B of l'hJlUppe"' poued throutch 'hru e-dt. 

Ilona In r.hreo dn)'fdri I ..... H~vQtI df8 Dt-us MODtlt"8. JD 

l'Arht. bUI tbe.tory Ie. for Iba world IIa 'Welt nlf tur Pur1S, 

Dhd n. willlll('e, the BafDtf 1Ilvor hf're. .t I. II ""l'ellt"b 

IIff! that Ii m, neon" enn untlf'I"BIDnd. not 0' r.ba' 0 ... e1. 

"'I ought ~t·I .... o for('lgn. Ib tbe nDaurat ·a~mp.'11btM. 

Oound unltunn _U.h "KUlbl~n,""1"h("()' Dad olb""r 

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publhbere. AIld 8t'D\. b,ylbt'tD 10 an)' adtlre".Oon n.·ulpi 

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UrolhpN. 306 (:hutu.ut tn" VhUadP)phlo. 1'8. 'J'brl 

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(;barJea fA'v{'r. WOlin Collin., Ah·x. J)umQ.IJ. nnd. 

ruany olbC'r pop.dar 1\'111","" and tb, ,. wOllld ('All the 

nUenriun Df nU boole buy"n. 1u Ib.., tact. Ih .• , they Are 

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60 and '7b ('I'Dlllpv(Ole In Dew 111". ('O"t".. 'J"tuoy are 

IIl'W OhQ. ohfhtp f!dllJUQIt ofrbv ","oru. 01 mo.1. popular 

Engli8h alld AmerJcan aUlho",. Imd ore llrP."m"d In 

an .aturaCllte fIIt)·Je. prlntf'd!rum lC'J(tb'f' '1pe, oD guo4 

puplf"r, f'fpP('lally l\d..,pted fu1' H'f'D('htl ,....ndloll'. boteJ 

Aland8. ahd rtJllroQt\d auJH. oDd Arf! (urnl.bt'd fit 8uth 

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TUr.SI'IRITUALSCl>aiTIST bnoLdesigrier for It commends iis~!f at 

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It wlll be found, by ,',~"y pers,on ~bO 'ondert.akos It, th~t ii., I. a co~pllratlvely ,c""Y 

"mntter 'after sbowiug tl~e ,S~'IR'TUAL SciEliTIST, ,either to i.Cqual .. tan~lI or ~tr.uig~l'S 

"alld uplainh.g Its peculinrlyaitractlve and Iljtercsting laaLur;";,to",~btslu thelr'Dam';:' as' 

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CONTENTS. 

. MANIFESTATIONS' Jll ,UO(:m,..... 

"TER, N, II •• U. S .. A.' THE 

·lI1l':DIllM IN' SIGUT '. .ANI> 'rum". 1o'ORlUS . WElOJD!D. 

TlIt' EI>lTOI.'S J,;xrp.IU&NC~, • . ' 65. 

PIlll,QSOl'ny 010' 'rnE llWlH:N Sl'lIUTUAL!SciJ,fNCES. "Jl\" .~. \~. 'MACKI1"~(;9, 

TilE OTIIER: SIDE. \"110 ~All& C:)~IPEn:NT wlT.NESim.5(> . ': . ': .'71. 

NOTinNG NJo:W.. A'N ·OBJECTION. . TO SPJR'lTUAI,jSM .··ANSW1o:~:D.· . 

. ." . D\' IIlJI>SON TUn'Ll!:; '. :. " '. ., . • ..... . , •. 

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. A; l'R()1'J1ECY· CON CJo:RNlNG:, ~nESlD~NT ~A.n;s •.·.. '. . " ... ~ •. 

AN IlIIPOR1'ANT U:TTlm JUST' .RECEIVED l'ROM . Tllfo:I.Jo:ARNED. 

. GJ-;m.lA.N PHlJ,OSOl'Ulm ·FRA.NZ nO~FMA~ 01" :wurumulUi.·.. . 'i6. 

TIn: GREA.T. PYJlf:~l1b m' CHEOl'S: . ~. .' '. -.' ': '. . 

'EDITOR'S NOTES' A~D' COM·MEm. . .",' . . . .::" .. 

Snb.crlptlon. Expirlng.-A 1o'cw InC.,,'. 'TO .' .' . • 

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1', M,!l"OOnee1.lPR a .~all, Rl-:-'cf .,...~th ~ fWllneb I!nd 

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...•. F~1II0VTJI ·:AND. NEWl'O'RT., .. ' 

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J!RI1Y'. :06fct", Nc, 3~ld SLAw lJoUH. cor. WuIDg1t1D 

"d~n·~t.alo "Lr~~ pu ~~ (~~d. Colony ])epo~., " , 

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Jo'onM ;UAXH'F.S'r'\TIO~S· J~ ,11OCUEsn:H, N. n., U.,8: A. 'rlt": :u:,,;mu)t 

l~ SIGB'.!' ANI> 'rn:I}. 

Our ~~p(lri.('ucc nt nO('JI~~tm', N:. H., with 

iiI" ;,)rm lIIiUJife~f~tiulI"l uf llrs .• Jolm It Pit'k-· 

crillg has:\\\'akc.·lIC'f! nllich iJlhH'el'ot,lt '\'p IIIny 

jud:;e f .. om t he h!th!~ -We Jla\'(! I'rc.'h·,."cl, :nul 

till! con\'elltatiom' \\'0 have h:ui with SJ)jtituaHst.::I 

~h)("p Jt wa.~ JHlblh,hclJ in tbel ~1.1I'l"Il 

numbel' u( the Spiritual :;~it·JIU!'lt. . 

AtU()Il~ I)JC)~(, whu hn\'(,.' tn'Im 1iJ(>fJllhmt of lilt.· 

~n·,.cllutU bt.!ing, at. wurk, a.~ the cauf'oC prnclllC·. 

jl);{ the 1JJ8J1ifl·sl:itjnlJ~,.t1~(·I·c 'arC' I>OJlI(! wia(), 

, lIIlht."~itatill~ly dc,'cJ:\rc lhut. it Is Mn;, ptU :uul m:m)' of them. 

tt'cuguizP"I, wllth! .thc~ I.ower pe'Jl'fiou' oC the 

uh~llillUl "':\JoI,t1l !"i~ht the \\'IJnlc tilJlc'~; ~)Hly , 

IJl~r iuc(~ und fohu to "the \\'ai~t l)('iH:~ (,.'Q\,tH'(I'll 

'wit!i a cc;mtJloli J:ICC clULain •. j.'lII'llJprlnOrp. 

tll:lt ~ho Was ~;~CUI't!f~ flolll h-egilmlng to til" 

. ('I,d of tIl'! M.?:llleH oy a cord to n rmmt('J, bh.: . 

1c('t. {1i~t:I,1Jt. 1\. l':t,rty from (;pof'~t!t6~\'IJ'ha~J 

il :-illlllar (':\:PC'I iCIlCl!' uucl'l.'r the> ~:l1ne ('OlllJit\UJH~. 

St!\'t'rai r.;:entlt~rnall, WhOH! n:lIt1{1:~ :Il'e 

r.llllili!l.r a.CI Uo~tOIl SpiJ·ltll3.lh,I.OI, on n. ~uo~(". 

. qucut c\'clliug were much oissatih1imJ. Que of 

whulU is said to.h:l.Wl ~",prr.ssc(l J.inlsolf that" 

"Iu! had S(~P.I.I IJt!U{~J' frath)'" th:lU ih:~t." 'r,vo. 

('\"millg~ CHt:u\\'ilJ~ lhL-t tho whuln circle 

pl:WI·.1 them"it!lvl'" un r~Cn .. d nO) 'v~!11 plca ... 'ictl 

:\1111 th()~HII~hJy' ~atisjjet!, no physj(~~ai. ~p~ak: 

ill~ ill ~.,'\tilt to a fOl'm which PIIrJIOI'tt!11 to 

'han" bt'l!1I \~ j)h):!'IiuM. The 

ahu\'(~ tltJVCI'bI! critici.'!oI!1'; ai·c. lJ1~tltlollcd fur 

,thc,J(!:I,.U tflat \\'t o Mwk t f ) ~h'(' our rcndc!r'S 

the 11('lO,~, :1I1~) try to IlIal .. (! the .sJ)irilu'aJ Sci .. 

'''(>~'I!I''l :111 im')~tlLi:\1 '~:'IIS; z.:vJ .. 

dm,{'c' IlIny ttl:lIIg(~ l11e (1);lltolllt vi the forn~(,I'; 

hut allJtlilg' ihc hIU(!I; al't.' m:lIJY ;,vho arc 

firm III a~'wl'lill~ th:"~t what tilt!)' h.wu bl!CU 

\\"t.·J:e not pcr!'o01l3tiCJIh c~f .ll11i. Pick(H11:g. III 

tllO In~':tl1tinw; ill\'clitir.alC)r~ who JHl\'~ a refn·," 

li~~n to the pulJlic, hy I'Ca~()1I .of .'jnibHl'Ihiug 

what tlacy ~cc, ~hf)uJtl ha.\'c ill illlwl tho.oi). 

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We bllove found Mrs. Pickering to be alway. 

ready to enter fully ioto tbe spirit of any e,,· 

periment we bave suggeoted or attempted to 

carry out. That sbe is as .u~e",Jul a' 

abe has beeo we wonder; lor we do not hesi· 

tate to say tbat Mrs. Plckeriug's surround· 

Ings In Rochester are uot what th,y .hould 

be, for a seosillve. . Uuless they are cbanged, ' 

and tbot speedily, her power will be greally. 

weakened. The' 1n6uenccs surroundiug a 

medlom will determIne the cbaracter of tbe 

manifestations. When InhanoollY attraCl-', 

as 1t BUrely will, carel_, unpro~res.cd and 

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malicious splrlt..~, then, if tbe medium .ta",!.. 

1\9 promloently before the public a.o M ... 

Pickering· 6ge., Splrltoallsm may bave to 

suirer for a time from !he resolts. 

. Deslrlog to witness wbat would occur If a 

circle were preseot wl!hout the Inner circle, 

,as It Is called, Whicb it m~y be here observed 

has cbanged Its msk":up' within a few 

month., we wrote Mr. and :Mrs. l'lckerlng 

alld obtained a favorable auswer. Tberefore, 

00 Monday evening, a party coo.lstlng of 

n. S. Williams, president of Ooset Bay Association, 

and George Hosnier, vlcc'pr""ideut 

of the same, Dr. Beroo of Salem, and·three 

lIidles arrived in Rochester. We recommend 

In'eI'tigators wbo go tbel'!' to nodg.'. hotel;: 

not that we are uuder the slightest ubllgatlon 

to do so other than the fact that It i. a.o cosey 

a hotel as we ever cars to filld, 'and with 

abuudance of everything necessary fur com· 

for!. It b In 8\riklng contrast to the. old 

quarters at the J.;ddy'8, Cblttendon, 'VI. 

Mrs. I'lckering was not in 'good b~alth. 

lIer mental condltioo seemed greatly cbanged 

Bloco our last meeting. Sbe' soon felt ac· 

qualnted witb tbe whole parlY. M. ,II.' 

Fletcher and wife of We.tford, and Mr.' 

Weotworth Uld wife; wbo were knowo to u. 

were also preSent. 

We bad "btalned a platform scale and it 

was placed near the cabinet and wbere Mrs. 

Pickering was to sit. '\Vol thougbt it possible 

to get the weight of some of tbe furm •• 

At the .eance, wbicb was, described laSt 

month, M n. Pickering was In the cabinet, 

the curtains couceallu~ btlr from consteot 

view, although tblrteen persons gave lIle their 

Lculmony lha! ahe was s.,':u at the oOllle time 

that a f"'rin-w~ivlolble On !hreedifrerent Oc- . 

casluus. Therefore, on this eveolng ohe Bat 

outolde of tbls cabillet, her face alld form 

to the waiat being covered wltb a wbite lace 

cW't8io, 00 ODe portion c:>f wbleb was a piece' 

of black, covering and more completely COII 

, cealillg tbe face. The lower portloo of her 

dreSs wa.~ lu full vi.,w. 'l'he cabille! referred 

to was formed, by h.elosillg, with a blllck Tel· 

vet curtain, two sIdes of une eon .." 01 s 

room. Either ooc 01 tbe..e sIdes was a dead 

wall, tbree fcet wide and .even feet higb. 

Th~ waUs above Lbi. height, and .... 0 the 

ceiling of the room, were oot COl)cealed from 

view. Tbe choir occupied by Mrs. Pick_ 

Ing was pl8ced by the .Ide of=d adjacen~ to 

the vel.et curtain; on \.he same boop from 

whlcb tbls curtain was suspended bUDS also 

the lace curtain that covered ber face. 

fl.. the medium took ber .eat 1 produced a 

white tape, J>8S$ed It around ber waist a.od 

LIed a square knot, making a belt; !.be two 

I'rlds were brought outside the lace curtalo 

\.ha\ covered ber wall!t, carried througb tbe 

bracket of a mantel piece, arid there tied. 

A measurement of the tape from tbe brackot 

to the medium's waist shows tbe dl.tance 

to have been four feet aud !hree Incbes. 

It wa.< Dot left slack, but drawn taut 

through t.lIo bracket, where It was secured. 

Here It wos within from four to live feet of 

my efea during Lhe evening,lllid the medium 

was about eigb.t feet dis, ant. . 

1 cbose a position on Lhe side of \.he circle, 

rirotbcr tbao in the centre, where 1 sat during 

tbe other s.a'tce, to ""certain how the form. 

n,lttht appear from lhat angle of vlsloD. Tbe 

scale was In froot of me, the beam being near 

tho chair. 

Tbe above diagram gives. an Idea of the 

relal'-. POSItIOD of !he, medium aud circle. 

The liGht w!'" In the alcove made by tbe 

chimncy. 

At 8.30 lbe circle was seated.' Three of 

the party tlxed their eyes on tbe dre .. of the 

medium w see If the .ligbte5t movement 

. could. be_dete.c.ted up to !he, Umo 01 the appearallce 

of tbe forms. :>t.e..rore': blnek 

dre.ss, buttoned up In front, oot beblnd. Tbe' 

condltJoo. were Dew and tbe manifestations 

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mDvement Df the medinm'. hlllld In front of 

the curtain, freqne.oc e:aclamat!on. of "Ob 

dellr I" or .Igb, aud deep b""'tbiug, occupied 

tbe time for 20 mhlUte.., There was then a 

change 10 the circle, one of Ibe gentleman 

movlog near the cabinet. Raps asked for a 

slate, apd one with a pendl ,having been sUd 

Into the cabinet, It was iustanUy wriU"n 

upon by some one Inside, atld, In less than a 

mInute. thrown out. The writing was 10 tbe 

. eBect Ibat the medium bad very little 

strength and needed friends, 

IIp to 9.20 ouly three form. bad been 

sbown, and tbe.-e were iodisUuct and remalnl'd 

bot a Mort time. . 

At 9.23 a young lady form, taller than that 

of the medium, made ilo appearance. It was 

enveloped In white, the race oot very distinct., 

although it advanced to n,e gentleman and 

lady at my lell, both of. whOm asbed if It 

knew'them and It nOdded' assent. It retired 

and blade anotber appearance. tbi. time the 

. feature. were more dl.tillct, eliciting Crom 

the gentle'DaIJ the rem .... k, "tI,at acts just as . 

Uzzle did." It kl"ed Its hand twice, wa~· 

Ing It to them aud retired. The klsse9 Were 

decidedly "atural and could bave been beard 

in any part of tbe room •.. 

Tbe moment It bad retired the medium 

coughed; III Cact h$r voice was frequenUy 

beard at intervals during the evening. 

At 9.~ the hand. of tI,e medium were in 

fron~ or the lace curtaln. 

At 9.33 tbe form of an Indian girl, dark. 

face. wearing wbite mantle wltb red border 

o.er Its sboulders, and drab dre.. trimmed 

with red, jumped from b.hind tbe curtaiu' 

It carried In its haud eome long Ceatbers, 

with wblch .be _Ionally 9witched some 

roem ber of tbe circle In tbe face, and finally 

drifted around and Inspect the seal.".. Wben 

. ""ked to step up"n tbem It nodded ""'ent. 

retired Into the cabi"et, reappeared, and four 

times attempted It. The fifth tilDe, while 

it was there. I attempted to catch tho 

weight., a1loCr recci~l"g a switch iu the face 

from t!le fealbe .... and got 80 pouu~ ••. then 

75. Ihen 90, It being a varying. quick weight, 

as U,ougb only a portion of Ibe lorm W3.lf up 

Oil them. 

Severnl points of a Dature .slmilar to thl. I 

.:. : checked iumy note book during the e.eniu~ 

... suspicious, but subsequent events over· 

·ruled tbem. I feel conscieu\Jowly bound to 

record tbese little malters, tor tbey may be 

of Inter.,.t In the future to 'eltber weakeD or 

strengtheo "bllt may be then recorded, Precl.ely 

the same eBect mlgbt hllve beeD caused 

by a pc_n placiDg ODe foot upon the scnt. 

and bearin!: It down. It mlgbt have heen 

caused by the vnrying weight at whatever 

the fonn was composed. 1 note Ibe fact. 

At 9.48 a tall furm. dark halr and moustache. 

clotbed In a wbite .blrt and pantn· 

10011', parted tbe curtnin.. It wbl.pered 

severa) times, "St.-s/t or oM near as th~e combinations 

will express tbe sound, and Pointed 

to a gendeman near me. lIe a..ked If the 

name Wll$ Stetson, and received by a nod, 

tbe inCormotion that it wa.. Also, In the 

same manner, that it was blo brotber·ln·law 

Charlo.. "Were you drowned?" be a..ked. 

and rap. said "Nu." "Did yoo die on the 

water?'t and the rap1 came uYes t " which 

tbe gentlema .. said wa. comct; his brotherin·la1' 

dyh,g by beart disease whllo batblng, . 

It appeal1!d twice.' The gentlemaD &aid the 

features were nol correet; but the sbape of 

the form and information given Was quite 

accurate. • 

At 9.50 a lady form wblapered "Mary." 

A member of tbo circle said. "If It Is Pamelia, 

come with a star." The form came 

out. dres.ed In white, a band around tbe 

waist; from the sboulder. down was wreatbed 

In white . lace. On the bcsd was a wblte 

crescent, probably au imitation oC fto;wers, 

and on the forehead a golden slar, about au 

Inch In size. Tbls also gave audible klases 

on retiring. 

At 9.58 a very lail fetnllie lorm came on t.. 

Two sbeets, one wrnpped under tbe sboulders 

and dropplug to tDe door. alld anotber cov· 

erlllg the shoulders, would create about the 

same eBect. A. it stepped back It polntOO to 

. a geDtlcrultn fell .... "ain.t tbe wail of tbe room 

behind tbe cabinet.' In.tnully, appearing 

again, be ... ked,. "L! It for rue?" and It wblspered, 

"SIoter," and retired. The gentle· 

wan told me aCter the seance t.hat there was 

a resemblance. 

At 10.0;; I beai-d tbe medlum'a cougb, saw 

the handR. and again fixed my attention In 

.Ibat direction, 

At 10.08 a race showed at tbe cabinet. 

At 10.10 a form B\epped out.. It bad JlgM 

hair, .lIgbtly. curling •. the features not very' . 

'distinct." It wore vest and pantaloOns.· 

l'olnUng to me. 1 saw In It" resemblance to 

a cousiu. and asked. "]a It a cousin?" It 

nodded "Yeo." and rellred •. Wblle.lt wu 

Debwd the curtain' I Said. "Was that really

68. SPIRITUAL SCIENTIST. 

Geo~P" 1'I1e",po came loud clear, "No." bottom"bllt seemingly tho medium's chair 

This waa quito correct. 1 hnd llUrposely was upon it and prevented. 

given the wrong lIame .. all experimcnt. At 1 I. I'.! "sIMO w ... w,itten upon. It wa.~ 

hJs It Gus ?, I ... It be,' weight at 122 poUnds. ]0'11- 

wblsper. Sbe Vl8> upon Ihem lull, and c1~ar tern minute. later, ",beu sbe h3d lully re- . 

from any $upport. It weigbed but 72 ·pounds. ~ov~red, l ... ked her to again stand llpon U.em, 

I asked .. tlte gCIIU.,mau whose daugbter she a..1 Ile.ired 10 be sur. of ber w"lght. Sh~ 

purported to be, how mucb. sh .. weigbed in then weighed 120 pounc!... During tbi. time 

earth life; b~ replied "lIS pOIll"l.... Tbis she had noL 1.,1t the ronm or been out of tbe 

weigM w .... entl .. ely diife,ent {rom 'Ihat 00- sight of Ihe party. The recognized forms 

talned wben Lite Indian girl form was there. were tboAe .bown to members "f my party 

It wa>< steady, even and balanced at the point mentlonl't tbey ."w •• illced .. perlect willingne •• to he examined 

three forms be.ide the tall Olle, 1 could not. alter tbe seallce, but Ilone of the ladies of 

do so, beesu.e I oat on the sldc, and aile was 'the p,\rly would'dn so •. 'fhey claimed \l,nt 

bidden, If there, by t be curtain. Several .ho bad .at ullder conditio". that wouldrentimes 

the curtains wen'parted, and the light d~r it unneceosary. 

was fair. The tall fon" stooped down, and 

endeavored to lilt up thoC:Ul't:l.in Irom the l'i.F.AlI& renew your 8ubscribtion, II due.

69 

l'IIlLOSOJ'llY OF· Tln~ 

nIDm:N SPIRITUAL S~IJo:'''CF.s. 

lit ~. 

W. llJACKltr. 

So"h bp thy portion J tbp bUM '0 tOok .. 

Whh n r,"~rrcnd I'plrlt.1hr-ouAh Nu\un'. booB, 

By roun ... by fo"""t. by r,.,cor'A UIIE'~ 

'ro 1ruck thp pnlh of love "ivlne; " I 

'ro r''1ld II .. dl't'JI meanlnp-lolIJ>e nnd bear 

God Ib ",:anb'. gu"Nen-·Dnd no' 10 ft'or. 

. -M H..,. ".&lIANa. 

l.f''t me.1ht'n .... l.pt m(l drf'Am . 

'"hnt tov" g04'i\ \\ Ilh'ue In the abort tinkriowDi 

-So o'er II .. burning 1('8n. A hf'a,"pply glt'am 

In mt"1CY sbnU be 8bownl-l.aJo. 

. Jl~cau.c the church has ever been. tbe ·oy. 

I"malic and ever co"olant erielny of Inde:: 

pendent thougbt, 80 thlllkers· -free tl.h,ker.. 

-have learlled !o h.te the cburch and il~ 

teaching', and thlo has bet'n more lI,ark.d 

.ince the great schl.m ill the church which 

dofied and denied the "\lthorit~ of Ihe Pope 

and the Churcb. of· nOlDe. ·ThclI modern 

. thl"k~rs elljoyed the 1);";t -. frul;. 01 menIAl 

liberty, an euj"yru

'10 SJ>IHlTU.4L SOIENTIST. 

~UA philosophy WIUI reeardlng ber victories 

over dogma, creed and su jlerstltious faith; 

while science, supported' by pbllosophy, was 

supplanting ~beology and forcing tbe cburcb 

to drift from' ber ancient moorin",,; while 

the churcb In ber dotage Ima.glned thst to 

I.er tho world w .... ludobillj) for civilization 

and 'prngre•., and as.lmilatlng modem 

thou!;l.t '0 thorougbly that tI •• re exlsled a 

probability tba~ Inaterlalism in C8JlOJiical. 

would become tbe churcb oC the future, 

anotber Cactor In tbe grand batUe field of 

liberty and thought W89 .lIeD~ly growlug and 

tralnltig for tbe gladlatotl .. 1 toumamen to 

Religion e'ltered the field ag~h.st the 

Church; like tbe warm cbeerlng rayo of the 

Bun It penetrated tbe Ileart of m .. n and lov. 

like a beautiful lIower grew upon bl. bosom. 

Uellglon. pur,C ,and undel'lled, the highest 

aud bulle..t Idea of mall, tbough pro.tituted 

by priests, debased by ehurebe" and tL,ed by' 

tbe un.crupulolls as a cloak fo~ tbelr villaiuies 

Is ever tbo truest friend of man; hi. protector 

from tyranny and guilte aud' con soler 

in dlotres.. It. ,;tUl oman yulee can accumpllsh 

,more than the combined storms of Science 

and l'hilosoplly. Theso three in ono 

ar~ a blessed Trinity. 

F.ver since man became a reasoning animal, 

wherever be b ... elll.ted, It I. almost eertalll 

that wltb but rare exception. be ba. endeavored 

to solve the problem of hi. origin 

aud destiny. lIe bas rarely been content to 

believe' himself R tranAitory pbenomenon; 

'Irom blrtb to' deatb eating alld drhl~lng, 

sleeping and waklllg and maturing only to 

die and Ic",.e others bebind togo througb tbo 

same proee... It I.as seldom \weu enteMlncd 

a., other than an 'orrolleoUM alld purpo,e 

I"". w~tc oC vital energy. 

The buman mllnl 

stal'tll back at the Bugge.tion, exclaiming In 

tbe language of ~'Ichte: "Ney~r can this be 

my destiny, or tbat oC the world. 80mething 

tl.at I;' to endure mllst bo brvught forth ill 

all tbe.e cbange. oC tbe trallRitory and the 

perl.llable-sonlelblng wblcb may be carried 

forward safc' lUld IlIvlolate on tbe waves of 

time." 

Ante-natal origin and po • .,.mortBDI deotlny 

!laye exerelsc to opeculaUve fancies, and 

bave been from age to ago encouraged by 

pbenomella ..... ulugly extra mundauc hi 

cbaracter, aud sllAA""tive 01 U;e poAsibllity of 

Illvlslble ["rms of life, forms o[ lIfc wbletj 

mlgbt be the invi.ibleUve. of tlleu III anotber 

state. Tbese psychological, pbenol»en" 

~a"" ,ever IAmpted tbe aspiring fancl .... ~f 

mao to 80lve the problem Of destiny, wblch 

~as alao ever eluded bl. gra'P, iun'. JaJ.uI. 

leading bini away from the prosaic facts of 

~very day liCe, to the poetic fancies of dreamlalld, 

Into tbe P"1cbic mysteries oC bl. own 

being and the life beyond, Occa..lollallyex 

~pl\onal ."periences develop tbe bard, tile 

poet and tho seer; and lDell uplifted by Lbo 

IIgll~reftecled from tbese bjgh prlcstll of Na 

~ure, won.bipped tbe power they Celt but 

could not comprehend. 'Power gathered 

around tbe.,o nuclei and religion. arose, 

prlestboodJl were organized and .burcbes 

formed to govern tbe dc.tlnieo of natlous.' 

A.. cburches became cornlpt., as tbey luevltably 

mWl~ always become till tb .. Un;'ena1 

religion and cburch oC bUlDanlty has uDly.rbat 

tsway,. SO propbeu and reformers ar.ose t 

schisms were created alld DP.W' churebeo 

camo illlo IJelng better adapted to the grow.' ' ' 

Ing \vantil of man. 

But'indepelldeully of cbureb government 

tbere bas beell III tbo world a peculiar "plr- ' 

hlla\ power, Itself the ere.tor of cburches 

and roliglons and never beld ill allegl.ncB to 

any .oclety or goven.mollt, yet alw"y~ persecuted 

and dreaded by priestboods. In 

Helf:Consclou" supe"ority to all f"rms of organic 

Calth' It bas' laugbed at every threat 

and .mlled at the conceited Ignorance of Its 

own cblldren. Protean III chara"ter It bas 

a~ay$ adapted ltoelf to the state,aud cundlt!c'>I\ 

oC its reeJpicnLs. , With the" Chaldean 

philosopher It watcb"d the comBes of tbe 

stars alld assisted the Kaball.~ in b!s nomendaturc 

oC tbe allgeilc ho.ls; it ellcouragtd 

tha Essen~ .. in tbelr devotiolls, dl.cipllne 

aud self..aerlfice; sustained tbo C\lrlsUans 

under perseclltloll; ill8pir,d tbe Sybil. aud 

~xeited the frenzy of the l'ythonc ...; under 

its luOuen,,", Mohamn.ed preached tbe unity 

of the n"ity and in~plred bls followers witb 

hi. genius; It provoked a .pir!t of Inquiry 

au" endeavor 10 COOllllune wltb tbe cOllt1'l- ' 

lug pow ... of Nature wblch ,were believed to 

be expre.. lons of the \Vi11 of tbe Rods I 

and cverYlb Ing which movea In earlb, 

'water~ air, firc 3lid·ether was converted into 

a .ymbolic alphabet tbrougb whlcb tbe god. 

might C9mmuulcate, reudering .. priesthood 

of dh'lnes for divination' necessary, readen 

uf .()meollEi t tloothsayere and maglciaU8; aDd 

every form of religloll ancient and modern, 

,Quakers, Sw~denbcrglau$, Spiritualists, ev· 

en the Mormon devotee, are all under It ..

TUE II1DDEN SPIRITUAL SClIaiCf:S. 71 

" i 

control arid I;nidaoce. The prophets o~ ev· this prin'dple la. by removing laier after lay. 

ery koligion claim its power aud iutiut'Dce as er of ,$!lOiiiiice, reaching torwarc; to tba' 

proOf of Ibe di .. inity of their mi .. ion; Ihey knowledge whicb' cnn emau.:ipate WI froID 

hesi\.ale noc to aftirm tht! promi!lE' thut your every evil and bring us inlo a IIl1ioD wltb Ihe 

sons alld your daugble", .bl>ll prophesy, g",st hi-an of Nature; alld more e.pecially 

your old mell .. ball, dream dreams, your relatillg to the p"y.:hlc woode", of ~he age 

young men .hall ~ee vbioll!; to deelare Ihal whieb so much puzzle 'llie judgment while 

if auy mao' .bl>li follow the I('achiugs Iliv .." 

Ihey io"pire Ihe hope of life bt>yo/ld the 

be sh.1i kllow wbethcr it be of God, 'alld ifo grave. For religiou doe. e",i.I in spile of 

acceptance would be followed by signs. Aud 'fbrology alld churcbes ; in "pile of the m .... 

th~ir promi"" i. fulfilled. ' ,tske of Science and l'hilosopby wbieb oees 

As the .lIb' of I,hy,,'cal foN:l's i8 called Na- Hellgion ill tJ." Killy alld ms.'qul'radillg of 

lm;e 00 Ibi. prineiple tbis sum of psychic Ihose who claim to represent it; In .plLe of 

forces has been call1·d God; It i. the spirIt all opposition i't still exists alld manifests Itwhich 

I .. a.leth unto all truth, lh,1I geulus of I .elf a,ver alld above e .... ry ollKtacle. cropping 

inspiralion and the Soul of the World. out 8ven ill tbtl lives alld tbougbts of those 

1, .... t us endeavor together to dlSl\Over wllat who i~ words deny Its exiate.uce. 

-- - -~-........... -.. -. 

THE OTHIm SIDE. WHO ARI

. 12 .. SJ'Il'ITUA.L SOlENTIST • 

PMf. YOllmans took the trouble, and did 

me tbe bonor, to answer my communication 

with hi. own band. 1I0wl",.r de\'Uted be 

Inay be to hi. own IInc of study, hi. cOllrt"'Y 

antllove of fair--deaJlng" are ()b· t ioU9; nol ruonc, 

in ·this une jl)~t ..\uee of cou!;idt1ratlou !::Il)Qwrl 

. to all ob~\1re writer, bllt In admhtin~ llPrcto'- 

lor~' to the columns of tIle })upnlar SC'ienc~' 

h1ontllly. pape .... 011 a sQbj.,c~ oppo .. d to hi. 

own vleW~t in order that light JDigbt be 

tbrow .. upon a ,Ioubtful que.lion. 1 shAh 

. not apolo~ize· 10 1),of. Youmans .fur thu1t 

making public" matter which C'''lIIot bllt 010 

'hIm I!.finlte .r"oIil, eopcclally at a time wh~" 

an arrogaslt :t.Ssertion of authority on the one 

band, and' the re»etlon of ·nnbelld nn die 

otber, rendcr the .tataloent of trull. excccdi~gly 

dlffie.ult. . 

The ,followinllis l'rn£. ·yollmans' leUer: 

"&lne of the fact thus supposed to ha.ve been 

dCmOllSl.rRted. "Uoncsty," that bl. vemeitYt 

or respect for truth. calloot he out of placA 

to tho in Y\'stigatlon of any quc')tioll of human 

h,Jtt'n!St; but "capacity" l~ tJurcly indilipeu .. 

~abl •• whether It be to ,,"certain that a raet 

Is) or to a,'Jl"ign it it.~ special position iu the 

categories of· knowk..tgc. It i~ equally "ca. 

pacity" III either ca. •• ; though In the ODe it 

1& oldanary or common sense, au\! ill tlie other 

educated sense, or science. '7'" 

TJlIlt a.ecrtain condition of the atmosphere 

produc,", the change called m'in. L. a maher 

(if cummon observation; how that condition' 

produces mill. i ... inaltcr of oeientl6c ob".,r. 

vaHon; and It I. perfectl; competeot for a. 

scientific ob,.rver, with the n"""""ary data at 

hand of variation of temperature, relative 

humidity, barometric pressure, direction and 

velocity of wind, to predict the time and man- . 

.'. . New York, J~II, 23, 1818. 

·lIer vf atmospherIc clltlng"". whilst jt I. for 

J)ell~ Slr:-i relurn your comlDnnicaHon 

cOlUmon oboervat.loll to say whether such· 

with thank.. Wo ~ball publish a pap''' t>cfore 

long by Dr.

Tim OTIll!.'n SIDE. WllO .. U;E COMl'A'TENT WITNESSES? '13 

of Pierre Cnzot, an "pileptie, .1Iperhnen!ed 8cions or unconscioWl cerebrul action (nnl_ 

011 rur six m" .. Ul. 111 .me or tbe buspllals of cerebral action can litl b .... vy bodies wlUlout 

]>aris, In whom the conoul.lu"8 Were sue- bands) breaks duwn III view of Lbe more lmceed.d 

by trallce, III whieb colldl:lou he fre-. portanl seriu. "lIorbld eerebral action may 

qllt'ntly foretold tbe huur alld moment when causo ils victim to see pbantoms, ·bnt eaunol 

bb next attack would occur, wbicb. was aI- endue him witb Lbe power of mahing othera 

. way. verified to tbe m;'meut; and be •..ates .ee tbem." lie gives bl. own view of the 

that the committee reporting !be correlatillg Intelligence, wby 

tory passed vl ... ally before him; and are we the ncce.",Uy of postulating dl.order In Ibe 

theu to be toM tbot tbl. exerci.e of a facultY nervous system l' . Mr., Jo'airOeld, blro.elf, Is 

worklllg to Inlumgeut end. i. a stage of "Ia... UC Ibe ophilo· .. tbat Z.cbokke'. esse obonld 

vated epllepsy?H A. 10 the lady mentioIJed remuve the pbenomena, of wblcb It Is so reo 

In tbe above corte.pondoneD, sbe bas lIever lharkahlQ lUI 'hl.tRuce, "froID Ihe clrele of 

bad by."'rla or epJlepUCunq convail.lolls, aud oplrituall.tic specuiatloll to tloat of .clentific 

wso lIevcrln the state known as trSlICo; while p..ycllolugy." And tbl. I. cerlalnly wbat tbe 

ber mantal cOIlS.ltulioll Is knuwlI to all her more roree of evente Is sluwly but 8u""ly doacquaintances 

to be of tilt! firme., charact Cacta being demonstrated. thana 

lIr. Fairfield, an oppoucnt of 15plrltuaUbln, will deservedly bo his wbo shall "".Ign Ihem 

opeaklng ·of Ihe two series of spiritualistic· Ib.lr true value among. the treasures of 

pbenomena, 'the mental and the pby.lcal, buman ku"wledge. 

oay. tbat the theory th.at they are due to cou' I . . 

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NOTlUNG NEW. 

, 

GEORGE WE.Yl"Z. 

AN OBJECTION TOSPllUT(1ALlSM ANSWERED. 

BY DUDSON TUTTLE:; 

There can be nothing new In tbe sense of On tbe contrary tbe .tacts . 01 to-day have 

creation, rur to suppose thaI anything absD- been always facta, and Splrltuall.m pene-· 

lu",l, new should occur; would be to suppose Irates like a goillen tbread the aUllals of hls~ 

.ometblllg could be created out of uothing. tory.· When we prov. a bUlnan being pu, 

Jo:'.ry event I. correlated with wbat goes be' .e.. ed of an IlIllbortal spirit now, we prove 

fore and comes aiter. No now elemellts of all hUIDBD belugs Imlllortal, aud tbat Ihey 

.ub"tance Or Corce ; no new method of pro- have boenln tbe p.... Tb. mo.t illustrious 

cellure kuown .._ law; no new attribute or men of p ... t agoa were SphlluaU.ts, and 

principle can be· c .... ated or arise. Tbe pres' drank draugbts uf In8plratlon from the lount 

ent rests on alld is tbe 'rultlon of the pas.. oC luoplralion. Brahma, Bnddba, Pythago 

'Nature Ia etenla), not In special expr&o$lons, ras, Socrates, Plain, Cicero, Marcus Aurebut 

In the sum of all expresslolls and pos.l- lJus, sucb is tbe grand palenllty of splrilual 

billlie8; a ullity composed ul Infinite diver- heroo., and &boUld we not be wilhug to be 

shy. Hence alacL In this unity 19a fact fur called 1001. In 'such compSlIY? . 

all time and· space. Whatever is true, I. Tbe ·old Catbollc definition of !nuh Is, 

eteri,ally true. and the same laws sound tbe wbat bas been believed In all times, in all 

the depLbs oC Ibe univerae, "'!!1. reaci! Its elll- places, by all mell : always, sUlpe.!i!!!!>,b., ,,_.:~ 

Pelion:., ....., .: • .. ,. .,., -- ",'-,. -everybodY. SplrliuaU'ni I. ouch·' a catholic 

Wheu It Is said Spiritualism brings no new trutb; always e~erywbere believed, and In 

truths into the world. we· &dmlL, for that tbl. becomes tbe nnhereal religluus faith. 

_ould be Impo .. lble. Trulh Is neither l";W Jo'rom the cave· maD of the ante·dlluvlan age 

Dor olt!. H know. DO paSt, preseot 9r future. to the present ; from Ill. rude PQtagou\an

74 SPIPITUAL SCIENTIST. 

savage aDd Do&jesrnan Co tbe mo.t cnltured wblch stand. the le.t. It Is ever Ibe eame, 

phllosopl,er, it i. received as tbe crowninG and i> In II .. fundamentnl espre •• lon .. ulllt. 

fallh and hope. 

Y.velY p,ut and Plillclple Included In II,.. hili.' 

U we make uui~ and universality of c"",d. "Ite cl",lu lIarmonlzes wilb all otllel'll, and 

alld .Clon volunte('n, and advised I're.ident LiDcoIn 

10 callout the p('ople (black and white) 

10 ssvc the nation'R life. I Ilave publicly de •. 

nouneed the wIcked advisers of Mr. Lil/coln, 

and warned hlro of dang.r. I am the .. IDe' 

person 'Who lold hIm of his unlimely death (.s 

'publiBhed by the pr('ss). 1 am the same who 

foretold thelrouble tl. S, Grant would bring 

upon tbe eDunlry, and who ga.e to Andrew 

J ohnRon a timel" warning of Grant', tr.aeh. 

e\-y, etc.' 'I am tho' .ame who, in 1870, pre· 

. dieted 01U" approaching War and how it would 

~ome upon UB, and In 1f174 publiolwd th.e rol. 

I"wlng, viz. : 

"ID 1874 tbi. nation will be very poor; in 

1876 onr gOvemnrent 'can. hardly: Bunive; .i!, 

1816 thia "ation will be in a terrible !I:s; hi 

18T'/ thenen,ocratB to d~.pair will be driven; 

in 1878 tbe Republics"s will have a sure defeat; 

in IS71l tllia nation "ill beflurel, thine 

.... d mine. We migbt mn up toa mgherdate, 

'. 

though God alone knows the nlltion's fate_ 

We arc the instruments in his hand. 10 do His 

will and obey ellmlnand .... 

llclieve me we arc on Ille very eve of trou· 

,ble. and a time tbat will show men in public 

office their utter heiple.o"e... The peopl. lIf 

lI,i. nation nre terribly exasperated alld will 

very Roon be beyond control, 1 oee but v('ry 

little hope ror Ihe salvation of this nation un· 

der lts piesent rulers, 1 s.' Journal of &.pt. 2nd, 1871. 

ie a lett'lr of mine upon il.e subject of our 

coming war'- 'In tli.SpiriIU'" Scientist 'of 

this monlh ] road aD article on the .. Aboli· 

tlon or Slavery In the lJnlted Stales," all of 

whieh, and. rno",. 1 know 10 bo trur.. 1 .... 

tb~re, in Washington, and knew every persoo

• 

AN IMPORTANT LSTT~'R. 76 

nB med, and DC whom I know Inore, than any 

oth.r now Ii.iog, nuL v.~y Jlttl. i. y," 

kno"n of the mysterious PO\vcrS which were 

then brought to bear upon the mind aUf) IlCtions 

of lfr. I,inrolh. lie coUld nO' help doing 

as he did, any HIOro than I"i could BYoid 

••• 1I0g hi. go"d acts with hi. lif ..'s blood, aod, 

of 'which I know he had tionuly warning. 

Yes, Uthe-spint worJd I&'3 \varld of CRuses," 

and we hfre CRDnot controL tln·ro. 

My own 

exp~ri()nce during the war and, id. \VashiDgloo 

would fill volulD(>s, of inten.'8t and \\'ondr-r8, 

but for the pn.·senL 1 am not i,ernlitted to publi.h 

th"m, , 

··We must work out our own s:.:ivntion with 

fear and trembllog." But.l b,·Ii.>:. our 

work Is all given us to do, B.lieve me, th"re 

is no design without a )}e8igru~r" and, we arc 

not all here lor nothing. 'rhoagh I am DOW 

I.e .... in the body, I feel ... U: I live in Qnothpr 

world daily. I am here to do aU the good I 

can. to (,'xpose frauds, dl"obunce ~VH8. h("aJ 

the sick An~ cast out d!:".ilo.: "A. Ireely as I 

receive, I ,;ball freely give" to all tbat ask for 

help, ligbt and know ledge. 

I believe in th ... just law of componsatioD, I 

reaSOD from caUBe to eaect. , I th~refo", am 

con"iD,,~d Il,at war is now in",itable between 

the rich thai't rob and tbe poo~ that 8ull'er. 

Should yon .ee fit to publi~ this, 1 shall be 

proJ>Bl't'd 10 Rnower all pertinent que1ltiona 

touching the subject, as it is, one thAt must 

v~ry 80pn ir~lerc8t c\"(~ry pefRQD in this nation. 

'Yo=w.., ~c., it. 1>. GOC)DWllI, M. J>; 

. 8&. I.e.u)K. Mo., March 25,1878. 

~. ~ • - ~- - • :-•• ;'> --- 

AN IlfPOlnANT 1.~;Tn!1l 

, ' 

JUST ngGEIVED FROl\!, TIrE I.EARNED GERMAN 

l'IllLQSOl'IU!R }o'Jt.'\ ~z lJO}'FMAN OI>' 'VUnZBURG. 

" - . . . i :. 

One oj O1lr.ilbocrl~ers In llenis'IO, Te:ra.., lunliko tho llicheml.ts, wbo trying 10 trallsto 

.ettle a di.cussioll relative 10 Ibe position f,orm copper into gold alld thereby made Lbe 

take .. by some of tI,p' more prominent sa- beneficial discoveries. A lari;e "umber of 

vantS, .cieutisL. aud Ilteroti; wnile to l'rof. Illcdiumi.tic writings 'at lea.t., can ooly pro 

,Dr. Jo'ranz 1I0ffman for a .. exposhion of hi. ceed from doparted .pidta alldprove., cons .. 

vIew. un inoden. Spirltuali'm. alld whether 'Iueutly, the \,ontiuuation of llIall beyond tbls 

or not he cOllsidered the fnrc,", ur powel" IIr,,; although tbe .ontinuatido, the Immoremallatingfrom 

.• u-Clllledmedlu .... anoccuittality.ca .. and has b ...n proven phllosophl 

Dlauitesta.tlun of 80nie natural la,,,, or phen· c~l1y, rur iI •• lAllce by tlel!der, lJelnricb Hitler, 

omelia "aned IlIto' ~lCl;'tence by t1CpattL'Il "plr- lI

po,'" 

' ' 

'16 Sl'IHlTUAL SCIENTIST. 

opl!ers. DSlde from myself (M.... l'el1y I. 

more naturalh,) J. U. FiSchte. the it.ge"lu, 

son of the great J. G, FL the present five volumes of my, pbilosophlcAl 

works118OS-1S78 Y.rlang~n Deichert) 

have appeared, The rem .. i .. ln!; half sball 

101l0w,II sufficient h.terest of tile pJulic will 

permit. 

yours. 

------....-.----_. 

Ucspectlully anu mo.t huu\bly' 

DII. Jo'RANZ ROFFMAN, 

• 1'rof. of I'hUo""I,by, 

Wurzbufg, o(,rDlDn),. ~~b. 2O.l8'18.. 

TIlE GREAT PYRAMID OF em,oI'S. ' '\ dlm .. "oion the ark of the Cov~nant and that 

This i~men8c. &tructure, cQvt"ring about the a'tr~~omica1 81gniticancc of 1hc'ent~nce 

twehe acre. and tieing to the b 'ight of al. Rnd pO'"lon 01 the ~nornrOU8 ~iructure .ndl, 

, '. catc a d~gr.e 01 knowledge wblr ",lib \bfO nberal 

ltone coffer in ODe or its cbam'···- equals m' (ommSlUlllon weoffrr. OURM, 10 make n, eMJ' for 1,DOI 

.. '.... \\'tf cannot ,nil hut. lJ)() mOllY' 

LKr... ~ ~~,"'a aubleripu\JoI rupial" .

I 

Editor's Notices and Comments 

S P'I R IT U A L SCI E N TIS T. 

PUBI.I!hn:n 1If0IlTIJLY. 

A Scientific Rkord of c..,.,.ent Ro'",/." 

with ~']1irit"aJj. ..... 'J'oyelher with 

Articles 01; il~ l'hlle •• r requ.sted tbe prjyilpge of 10yc:oU· 

gating In any other direeUon th:m tbat nam- . 

cd by the medium 10'"" for •• er arter 'ct asidea. 

unworthy to enter Ihe oacred waUs. It 

creat"d InllarmOlIY I It dl.tur""d tbe enndl· 

tlOlls' These d'iubUnl! milld •• nu.t bt>lIev& 

beforo tI,ey could wUOI.'$S sucll won"erful 

mallilestlitiou'H J 

Ah. ..elll The fatal day came at la..t. 

'fI,..,,,, perfom.ahee, wpre demOllslrated be· 

YOlld a doubt 10 have been cr .... 1 'IIId OUlra· 

!!f!

'i8 


her geoulnenp... It I. amusing to hear tha 

very portl .. who ullbe.ltalinglv and unrc •• r· 

vedlyelldorsed a medium who would h"bmit 

to DO te.ts of allY kind at allY Urn., now d\>" 

nounelJlg Mrs. Pickellng who bas h. tbe past 

been the .icUm of all manner of ex""ri. 

m.nlJl and even DOW holds be .... lf ready to 

prove ber I!"n·lill~n .... 

llAIWONT .~1I0NO SPIRITIIALIJITS. 

Tbere would be more harmony amah!: 

Spiritual",,,, II they were more frank III tl.el, 

conduct and oUlspoken In tbeir ~"llIiun5. 

. There are too mRlly bypocrites. It 18 well 

to ha.e·a regl\rd rur tbe feelings of others 

alld lIut .to wlllnlly and lIceGlessly cauoe 

them palll; one can "" o"topoken and still 

not tran'grt'O. th""" boullds. We reler to 

the double,deallng pulicy that' pretends to be 

'What It really I. IIot. It seek. to fraterllize 

·WIr.b men and women with wbom It ba.. not 

one sentiment In ·colDlDon. It I. wmply u ... 

le~. to Iry to be harmonlouo willI IU' IlIdlvid· 

ual wl.o I. nut burmollivu. witb blmsell. 

Uall a dozell harruunlous people being united 

on IDallY topl .., and baving an obj~ct In 

commoll as t'be ba-Is of an organi;o..tiol1 will 

get a19ng well en"ugh wt;ether UIIW theyae 

. copt an Inharmonious mem ber-ne wbo i. 

not warmly and boneotly "'elcoDled byall. 

Theu cum .. Ihe trouble. /:Iume will try 10 

o.erlook hi. laulw-be "eharill\ble" tbey 

say •. Oth .. n wl1l prer.ud a frlcndsblpthat 

thPy do not feel. t:ach one i. at alice placed 

10 a false position. alld the natural re.ult f.,l· 

lowe. 1'bp,re Is lin ulliuu without harmony, 

BI.d Ihere call be 110 harmuny where there 

are hypoc.ltps •. 

, 

INDIA-NuBBER AIIVEBTlSINO. 

. Some people unde ... tand tbe art of IndIa. 

TUbbe, atlv.rU.lng preLly well. We h .. ve In 

miud an ludlvldual wbo USe8 the prellK "Dr." 

and perhaps I •• bas a nght to do .0, who of th ... e P3peni lor .. d· 

vehi,lng-amalnly we have n .... r seim "bis 

card" 10 the columns eet apart for thi. pOl' 

poSe. Whim tho Sclentis. first started .everal 

years ago, we constantly recel.ed lette .. of a· 

similar ehilraeter. NoDe of them were ever 

pUhlisllt'd or alluded to. So our readers bave 

never fleen hls name in our. columns, nor do 

we now 11I,"'nd to give 111m thebellellt of this 

arilele. We dpslre only to eommertL UP~D 

tbe fset that many medium'. aud doCtors are 

ptiAbed i1,lo notori~ty by thl9 aami. ('beap 

Indla',ubber advertising, \\'hile those who 

are Inllnitely Ih .. lr superiors remalll.!n the 

back-ground becawe of their modesty. They 

never get beyund the advertising column., 

. evell if thoy get Into It, beeause they woulll 

nctask. for tbat wbleb others virtually d .. 

milnd by their· ehee:'. Tbere are many who 

bave noU

EnlTOR'.'l _'-OTIC'ES ..Jl'i'D COJlMEl\7.

SD 

SPIRITUAL SOIEN·fIST. 

medium to meet bim nt lUly hall; be. we 

profeS8ur. claImlug tha\ be would dUl'licllte' 

all the manifestations IlDd ~bow bow they 

we'" perforuied. The profesSor bad engaged 

the ball of the Y. JII. C. A. wbo had let It to 

IJlnr Oil runner occasions for his e:lposure 

exhibitluns. Wbon tbe med"lIn accepted the 

~halleuge, bowever .. tbey cancelled the en' 

gagement.. The trial WIIS a triumph for tbe 

medium. lie obtalued manlf~t,,1ion. wbile 

be was beld band. and fout; tbe professor 

under th .. e coudlUon9 absolutely failed. 

Tug R. I'. Joumal recolved over Olle bUIIdred 

artlelh on tbe subjec~ uf a leadensbip in 

Spiritualism, to say nothing uf private leiters 

and posta.! eiu'ds. . Would Splrituali ..., take 

. thp same In\er""t In 80me project that was 

for the beuefit of bu ......"lry. e.'pecially if it 

involved the Ilecesalty of fluimcial aid? 

TilE munien'r of Josle Langmald at l'em' 

broke. N. n .• was b\Ulg on tbe ltith inst.. 

The day before. the executlun be confessed 

the crime, aud al80 etated tbat I.e prevlou..ly 

murdered Maria llall 011 SI. Albans Uill. In 

Vermont. lIe also stated' in bl. cOIII,,8100 

tbat., althougb be waS ouly sU'pected of tbe 

murda of lit .. lIall,yettbeclalrvoyant from 

Benulngton "told It just all it w .... exactly; 

told my buuae. tbe number 01 my cblldnm; 

Ibe house was a big black ODe; told about the 

small bouse, toO," etc. . 

bas been to New Orlean. lately. 1111.1. Dote. 

of trovel be refe." to SOWI' of the good peD. 

pie were. abd we noUce Ibe familiar nawe.. 

of Mrs.. E. 1.. Saxon BlId M ..... • SereDa . 

Milnor. Col. llundy speaks of .bis vi.i~·118 

I1D enjoyable one; we can well Imagine that 

it. WM &0. 

COMPAs& the prices of farming 

prOdoc. 

nuw with 1.110 •• of fiftl yo ..... ago. and 

yon will aeo thai 1JllinGtbe ground I. not ~o 

bad a bwilueoS alter all. Theil pota~ 

were 1:1 C811\.9 Per bmbel, nu" 'b. Thon 

buuer was .12 ctlD18 per pouud, uuw 32: then 

eggs were 10 cel.,," per dozen. 1I0W 2U; Ib~D 

hay w ... 10 dullaro per ton. J'ow 24. Why 

&hould the farmer complaill of bls lot., or our 

young meu object to eDgage In farruing? 

S"I'!AK well. or Dot at all •. of yoor poor' 

neighbor. Ue has troubles that you know 

. not of. Show him a pleasant face. give him 

a kindly nord. 8S you way chance to meet 

him. t:JIqulre for the we!fan of hi;' family. 

Jo:ncourage, him \0 keep .up .. boydul beart 

through these hard times. Wait patiently lor. 

the debt 111, owe. you. ]~ut the b •• t .onstril•• 

Uon po.siblc upon bi. condoct. Tim will 

not impoverl.b yoo; bUL make hi. lot more 

tol.",bl. and your own more b\e .. ed. 

Tn .. Ne,w lIaven Joun.a\ of the 218t, Wlls 

.. 8tory that a laborer. di(llJing post bol .. 

THE "Ethics of Spiritualism" by Hndson . aroUlld the Trowbridge b\llldlllg on Orailge 

Tuttle, no.w being publl.be.J 111 instalments Street. "became my.terlously ImprHSed" to 

h. the r p j io creatiDg profuund Inter ...\ buth dig a bole.deeper than tbree feet, bavlng tbe 

in and out of the milks of Spirituallsin. 'It jdea tbat be could find'a treasure. He Con, 

is beh.& republbhed In limnan Nature (I.ondun, 

Eng.) an ... translated \lIto GermaD. ward the center of tbe earth 'about elsht 

tlnued dlgglug until be had proceeded I .... 

feet, and eame upon a pitcher wblch. UjxlO 

1'1 'l'uE Lite and Writings of Selden J. Fin- esaminst\ou. 17"" f"und to contain a quanti· 

ney, edlwd aud compiled by Hudoo •• TULtle ty of .i1ver coin. The pieces "ereut Spanloh 

and Giles B. Stebbills. will wake an lntere •.,. .. origin of varloua denomlnaUuno. There were 

lug work •. It I. 1I0W being pUblbbed In serial five Spaulsli dullare of da\e9 rangiug from 

form by the R. I'. Journal. 17S3 to 1781. Mr. Trowbridge bought tbe 

B. N. F. I.&WIB, Eoq •• wrote a spicy note . 

to we Inter·Ocean of Cblcago,. romplalnlng 

. of Ita unjust treatment of Spiritualism, 

wbereupou .... Id paper bi!eolllee somewbat 

rational, hidlcatiJig that it will In·tbe future 

treat the llarmonlal Philosophy with proper 

respect. . 

COL. BODdy; editor of !.he R. I'. JOUl"nal, 

pltcber for a.,. and also secured a rew coins. 

/Some of these are dated abont 80 years IIIlO. 

Tbe pitcber la an Object of antiquarian In. 

terest, as it 10 enllrely unlike anything in 

tbe way ul ceramics with whlcb.thu .... wbo 

bave aeen It are fam.llar. It bas a full, owell 

Ing body. but a very small neck, and a baudie 

like allY pllCber. II i. qulle an an curl· 

oslty. Subsequent scratching and dlggwg 

bas revealed no further discoveries.

EIJ1TOR'B NOTICES :AND COMMENTS., 81 

now SPUUTUAIJST9 ARE MAD&. 

"I would hot have been a Spirllualist "ore 

it not for mediulllllhip in my oWn family," I. 

an exJ,res~loD often beard by Spirltnall.t.. iu 

listening to tbe e"Periences of others, Prob. 

abiy four-fiftbS of tbe earn~st worke .. and 

believers would date tbeir tllrning poi lit f .. om 

tbe time tha. they made a discovery of tbis 

nature, or were led to e.amine tbe pheriolD' 

ena afeer being c(lnvinced of the 'rea,onable· 

ness of the ."iri:u,.) pbil""opby, ' And yet, 

beretofore, tbe lal'ge body oC Splritualls,s 

have been extremely sensitive ul"lD tbc questlou 

oC testing I'ubUe medium.. They would 

overlook outrageous condllct and glaring 

fraud In all individual wbo might bappen to 

possess some aUght mediumistic power" 

We 

would Jlot discountenance tbat cbarity wblcb 

seeks to eKcuoe tbe medium wbo may. be a 

victim of circumstances aud Intluenees; we 

k!'ow too w .. 11 the t~mptatlqns "nd suflerings 

to whlcb pubi!c roediulDship is exposed: but 

tbis charlty has been toe broad. Kind.heart,. 

'ed Spirlruallsts have been imposed upon and 

made l.Ools of de.lgnlng trlckste... wbose 

principal stock In trade was tb!'9o very gen· 

erous dispo.slUom that believed everyone to 

be as bonest a.. themselves. Let Us bope that 

in the future thl. confiding faltb will be set 

. aside when dellling' with tbe manifestations 

that aro said to be caused by spirit agency. 

As Spiritualists, we need no further demonstration.of 

tbe fact of. furure existence aDd 

opirit communion, Wbat w~ now waut is 

knowledge of Spiritual laws. . 

. 1f tbe manlfeJIt.ations are to cOllvlncc oth· 

e"" then truly must they occur IInder sucb 

. conditions that they, nol we, will be satisfied 

tbat neltber medium nor confederates are at 

work to produce tbe _ults tbat tbey may 

witn .. s.. The SpiritualM who Is oncb bocaus. 

orulnediutlll!blp In the family" bad 

tbis _uJ'IInce. Thcre was no faith there; It 

w""' knowledge, JIow criUeaI was tbe ex· 

amioation and bow of tell doubt bad tbe up· 

per hand when dealina: with friends and .... 1· 

ativesl Tbe Spirituaiist Imo".; as well as 

bellevea, and baving d,-mallded kllowledlle 

ror bllnsei!. sball he.reCuse It to otben ? I..ct 

the 1Il0tiv. that prompt.. Inve.U&8tion' be a 

desire for Inore IIgbt, ror knowledge, and 

tbere will stlDn be many more !>pu:ltuallsts III 

-tbe full sense of ilia word; . 

.--,-- 

. AN Al 

SclenU.t, (n.it.. pre.eot form, Is destined to 

b!. 

It was just what Was needed, Others have 

t~tlfied their appreclallon In a moresubstantlal 

manner by souding oile, two or more, In 

some case. as mallYas teo, additional subaerl 

~.... Tbis Is Indeed en.:oul'Sging, It Is 

gratlfyh'g to perceive U,ese Incllcations of a 

pettnallent 'ucecs." It induces renewed 1lJJ: 

ertions to pleaso, We bope otu friends will 

continue to exert themselves In our behalf. 

We are grateful for tb~.e favors The more 

support W'l receive the better we can Jabor. 

W., desire more time for experiment, study, 

and observation, and-In this way only can we 

obtain It. 

AOI!:NTS WAIITEIJ.-We want agents. Can 

. any of our. roaders recommend 10 uS suitable' 

persona wbo will canvaas· to Increase tbe 

subscription list of tbe Spiritual Scientist? 

We will give a liberal compensation. 

• 

AN hU'OSTOR SROWN UP •. 

. The CaPe Ann, M_., Advertiser of March 

22nd, coubins aI, account of Ii fellow wbo, 

und'or the name of C. A, Msrl~tleld, advertised 

to do great wondon"'; a medlum,wblch, 

It Is needless to say, was not ful611ed, . U he' 

ie Ii short, very etollt, ebubby hand, red 

cheeked, dark haired cbap, bls name Is I.ln. 

coin, alias Warren, ·etc., etc. We have In. 

troduced' tbis fellow to our readers several 

tlmea,-at Ica..t we bave no doubt It Is the 

same onP.. Give bim lbe go-by. ~IS first 

appearance before tbe publlo was n",\rly ~ . 

years ago, as one of the Oarbenell brotbers 

.xposing Spiritualism. If Splritua.li8te bad a 

state organizatiOn tbeae tello... would soon 

. be weeded out. The Advertiser 88)'R; "n 

was a fraud or the grossest cbaracter. We 

do not presume to go .0 lar as to SAy tbat 

there Is no trurh in Spiritualism, in Ito vari 

OU8 I!hasea, as U,ere aro too Dlany ta.cte evelJ' 

lIay manifested, by able minds, 'lhd tbe cause 

has progres.ed altogetbe. too ta" and lived 

through too mucb opposition and tribulation 

for ar.y oane man

caose; and Us friends are content to have It 

live or ,lie on its own merits. Mansfield 

made soine mODey by bis fral>d, and that wao 

probably aU he wa.. after. lie may, however, 

!.hauk his atam thDt be got away with it 

withouheriou9 difficulty, as our people are 

Dot ovor fond of being humbugged. 11'; I. 

eonaluly a p ..... tty speeimen to be travolling 

about the country, and it ioth" duty of tho 

Pf'C$' everywbere to sbow hiJO.llp." 

·TIIE .dit;", of the 1.0ndon' Spiritualist doc1area 

that be bas never .~n SDY 6exible featore. 

Iil material forma tbllt wore unUke tbe 

medium 10 the lin~a 

SPIRITUAL SCI1:~VTIST. 

of the eyea ana nose. 

Mr. Charl.s Ulaekburo thinks dilIe",ntly, and 

lells him: "No", in the fac. of all thi. e.iden~, 

I trust you will believe Dr. N •• the 

Re •• Mr. Colley, Sil!. Rondi, and mys.lf.,aU 

oyewitne"cf, and don't go 100l'Scif Inlo A. 

·.caoce lliko Prof. Tyndall) with a mlod 10 a 

al·a", of suspicloua confusion on that point 

of non·6exibiUty of f.atores, otherwise YOII or 

Olhers may get a bard knock by a mischievous 

spirit, which ;. often done 10: those persisting 

10 ODe groove of thollght," . 

TnE Evening Chronicle. of Virginia City, 

Nsvada, tells the story of an. exposed im· 

postor named Cummings, wbo claimed to be 

a medlnm for form manl.festations. 

A correspondent who bas read" A ~lcthod· 

of Obtaining CommuDlcaUoll.," ao de.cril!ed 

on page 57 iIi the Marcb Scientist, Illforms . 

Us that the experiment was tried in bis (amlly 

of tbree without succesi. but with just eDough 

eccentrlcllY of result to excite cunosity. A 

laws, and the shocli thllt would ."sue ID ....... 

of graspiDg the 'pirit, could not "'suit other· 

wllle than di .... trously.-o'. p.j. Mch. Ill. 

VOlCE OF Till': I'RF.~: 

JDle11lgent ,Spiritualists haye for the laot 

thlrly yea!':! w"med iuvesUgatoro against !bu 

danger to wbicb they are exposed in giving 

them.elve. up to the dictation of spirl\.s. 

That mueb mischief may)}e dOne throQ-gb 

too great reliaMe on sopposed spirit communications, 

we bave alway. tatigbt. 'fhat 

spi~te·a .... but fallible e.eatures, like mortals, 

Is a les.ou we have . lost nO opPortunity of 

cnfordog. It Is nol tbo experienced 5pirlloo 

ualist who Is in dauger from tbis liability. 

It Is tho Ignorant Dovice, rejecUbg the expel'ience 

of othe ...., and b •.gk'Cting their warn 

Ings, wbois likely to be fooled.-B. I' .. TOIlrnal 

Marcb :/. . 

lady to whom planebelte b .. Ilover granted 

any lavom bad her hand moved to make . We bave adop"'d Ibo policy of declining to 

lines but no writing, OD Olle evening and on notice any of tbe pbenuroella purporting u> 

tho next there was no movement at all. He occur iu tho presencB of mediwns for phy'\' 

aoks for Individual testimony on U.ls matter 

and if It nlakes any ditrereucc what kind of 

cal manlfe.talions, iu Ibis cily, wbo refu

Edi tor's Record. 

Form Manifestations. 

. DB. FRANCIS M01'lCK, ENOLA.ND. 

• 

. The energy Dod streogth of this tempora. . 

A M~ Jo"orm Enacts a Death ScenJ!. rily cartb-clotbed spirit Is a..toundlng. I 

Tl!e Rev. Thomas Colley, M. A., late of Deed not.n give instances of bls power as 

tbo Royal Navy, writes in !.be 1. m., 41], repeated thi. e.oohlg; somee it to say, bis 

"Agaio 1 muet write. !.bls time but brlelJy, vitality. volition, ludepend(ut actJon, grace 

and ?nly to answer last objection. that may of, movement, ~nd courr.e.y of demeanor 

be urged against tbe full acceptance of the wore more than fnlly demonstrated; and In 

astotlndlng facts I bave reported, and, a. a Mrs. Craostouo'. drawing.~m thi. Bastern 

clergyman of !.be Cbureh of England, pledg. Mystery frum tbe view I ... beyond, witb ease 

cd m)' word fo~ the truth of. rega.rdlDI( la .... , o.f manner and quiet dignity oC beauty, tar· 

materialization seances witb Dr. Monck. rltd long with US to !.be dnmb astonishment 

. This evenlog tbe inner circle met at Mr. of the two Austrlao servants, not e'en dis 

ClIUUltqUO'. honse, 23 Catbeart road, South turblng the repose of the pet dog that ene of 

Keo.ington. The medium was Ilever ont 'of them had in chalgo. ' . 

bur 81gbt i ·and In ~d, light, s0100timCS '. Dnring tbis visit of ':The' MAhedl".I felt' 

!unled' up to tlJo full, we ;'a"" tbree form. his pw.e, and foruld It natural, but rather 

SlIcces.lvely grow from Dr. Monck, and take wtak, wberes. Dr. Monck's was feverish. 

lifo in our midst. For ten minutes, twent.y 1 also tested the warmth and living nature of 

minutes, and fuit'half an hour respectivoly, tbe Egyptian'., breatbon tbe back oC my 

1;I10y companied with us as D.,ual. 

baud, and experimented ou tbe force of hIs 

, ~be O .... t form was tbator tbe splr\t knoWn expiration. Agaln,l examined !.be foot, an: 

~ "Alice," wbo clapped ber hauds, alld kle and calf of tbe leg, haods and armo, and 

greeted us witbgirUsh salutations (not spoak. regarded with wondering Interest !.be grave 

i~lg), ber medium standing far away that slle east.ern face of our mysterious friend. 

might the better give proofs of her own wili Then "The Mahedl" sat down with lIB at 

and separate existence. When tbls fono wai! !.be table natnrally. and composedly, and 

reabsorbed In th way!lO often described, an. wro.e (nnder control) bis name in F.ogUsh 

other psycbic figure, ratbcr under tho beight while Dr. Monck stood opposite him 80me te~ 

of Dr. ,Monck. ext.ruded Crom him In IIko feet distant. I call tho attention to tbe fact 

manner, and no one hearing t.hl. new visitor that "The Mahedl" Wrote under control' 

speak, ae we did, .and .... bo also may' have tbus sitting with lIB at !.be table as any orlll: 

beard and known him tlirough' Dr. MODck, nary mortal would do, we leaning over him 

could fall to recognize "Samuel Wheeler." clo.ely to wateb overy movement. For jllBt • 

"Wbeo he also In turn bad worked his way as one in writing medlllJllBblp Is coutrolled 

back into tbe medium (Dr. Monck beld ~ sometimes to write In a language not no .... 

, b~l.f cootrol during "Samuel's;' 'coming and mally understood, so the Egyptian (the gol· 

going by "Alice," but during hi. friend's den 0IDBlD8nts of wbose bead-dress quivered 

"Lily with lIB, in bis normal condition, elljoy~ under my breath 88 r stood bending over 

ing fellowsbip once again wlt.h hi. old fel~ him) was manifestly lofluenced by "Samuel" 

low student and brother minister), lhe well; (wbo stated as milch) to write, bls band 

, known form of "The Mahedi" took blrtb writing In 8tyle and cbaracter, as to certal~ 

, f.ro~ towards tbe mediwo's feet, and grow. lettel'll being reproduced througb !.be band of 

109 up to the 'belgbt of a cbUd was left by 

"The Mabedl." , 

. 

Dr. Monck to complete alone bls evolution, Aod now, after walking about' the roo~ In 

development and vertical progress towards the moSt unapprebeo8ive way, wl!.b bl. CUB 

,the filII stature of'a'man; and thus left "The tomary curloslty regardl.llg the things be 

__,:Malted I" ill pJ'0CC38 of growth; 'i>.dvaric~ to'" .. came ill-contact with; and leisurely survey.' ,-,;' 

Lb. table, and staodlng between two of our log uo as be moved round, touching each of 

number rapidly towered upwards to bis com. us, and pennittiug blmself and bIB garments 

mallding belgbt. and built blll1Self Into vlg. In turn to be felt and touched, "The Mahe· 

oroUs and mu.cular life at our .• Ide.. ' dl" was In a m08t wonderlnl way ~ntrolled,


both as to ~ and action by one pur· 

porting but I't'Cently to bave pasofd ,aw"'!. I 

held the medium'. do.,ed lips to my fOr

• 

EDITOR'S RECORD. FORM 21ANIFESTATIONS. 

.e~ II mere round beap of wblte, sudden· 

ty rose ,out of tho centre I,n tbe s!lape of Abdulla, 

the wbole white .ubstance being drawn 

upward.. Into tbe sbape of the aocending 

/lgul'e. The idcnUt.Y of JOey wao IbUll merg· 

od into tbe bodily preslinee of Abdulla, wbo 

tb~m rctiN'd beblnd a cllrlain, wbeoce, im· 

mediately, I'' 

poared abeut medium heigbt, then it would 

rai,e Itseif as high as the ceilIng, alld descend 

~to, .. the, door" .whleb', it, apparently l'as.;'d: 

Ihrough, then i •• ued again from ih. Cabl· 

net. u Ne:ct this .form brullgha. J"ound his 

lomp for the cumpany t.o ill'peel. :All they 

conld see was tile front of what al'pcared 10 

be a self-illuminated lamp, with "JOEY" lu 

bright letters 00 It; this al-o l'etunied to tbe 

, cabinet., and afler a obon pause th,ere came 

lIoadng around the room, without the slight. 

c..t ilolse, a bcautifnl oelf,lIIuminBted cross, 

In ,,12e about three lilcbes by two Incbc. •• 

Wblle these things were proc('eding a little 

coo.croatlon with "Jo.y," who Is .ery joculBJ' 

and comlounlcati.e. seemed to strengthen 

tbe manifestation .... 

'-, 

O.E.~~AMS,LoNDONtENG. 

Jo'cmn8 ReCQgnized. 

Mr. Williams Is ba.lng some wonderful 

seauces. Spirits that are known to the sit.' 

leI'S mnterlallzo wbell conditions are favora·' 

ble. The physical pbenomena continue Unabated. 

At a recent seaneo tbe fairy bells, 

were carrIed into tbe other room, and then 

1,Inccd QPtsidc 011 the stairs,througb closed 

doors. Materlall .. ation8 took place in Ule 

cenler of the table. The.plrit. do "bat they 

can to can.ince sitters of the reality of splrit,.. 

life, and the power of _phit ovcr mattor.-I. 

m. d., 409. 

A correspondent lu the same journal. 411, 

gl.es his esperience at a private ... a,lee wltb 

the same medium. Nothing otber (ljan that " 

comprised In the·abe •• _lalement is slated. 

Floating Form&. 

The cdlwr of tbe I. s. 286, gives biB expe. 

lience at a ecance, in Mr. William'. roome, ' 

}o'eb. 9. ,Conditions: locked doors, interlink· 

ed .hands and dlU'kness. Four times a light 

f1asbed up, reveaUng the livIng materialized 

form of the spirit calliug bimself Peter, reb· 

ed In white, Boating over Ihe table. lIe was 

visible to tb~ waist, but was too qUIck In his 

motions, and tbe Ugbt was too' evanescent, 

for his features to be critically observed; 

they were, bowever, 1I.lng featllres. He appeared 

tllree of the four time. over the op· 

posite .ide of the table to that at wbleh Mr. 

Williame was beld, and bls bead ....:. from 

three to four feet abeve the surface of tbe table. 

His bust WaR partially Inclined In tbe 

direction of the medlum,and the Illumina· 

,Uon did not extend to where biB drapery 

ended. One' of Ihe .Iucre was asked t.o 

,tand Oil the top of .the table, and Ws' hand., 

:were gr-.... ·p.'l'near the'ceiliug by IIviug'inai". 

riallzed halld., while Ihe haud. of MI'. WII· 

JialU14 \\,c,·~ hdtl bt!Juw. A t the KCCUU() ))art. 

of the DInt!! ~t'allc~Jhe f11,,·diUllI tm.lcr ... cJ the 

c"lIlt",!. This w,," at tbe ex treme end of one

86 SPIRITUAL SC/f:NTlST. 

of two roO\llll whicb we~ separat.ed by foldiog 

doors. The circle ext.ended to the~e 

f(.lding doors •. A pbospborcscen~ kiud (>f 

Ilght flashed· within tbe cabinet, from whlcb 

emergt>d "Jobn Kiug," robed in wblte. A~ 

different pBI'UI of the room, and .... rtlcally 

over tbe beads ohome of tho sittOlrsbe'floalr 

tid steadily up to the ceiling, and bls head 

• could be 8een touching It; bo then two or 

three times, at roque.t, struck the ceiling 

with the bard luminous substanee be hcld In 

hi> hand.; biB face could be scon di.tlnetly 

now and then, and the fe:>.tures were living .. 

Sometimes be came "" far from th~ cabinet 

as tho folding doo", at the otber eud of tbe 

room~ 'rhe ligM only made the upper port 

Ion of Ilis form visible, but from the way in 

wbieh be moved over the1ieads of the sitt.ers 

h. appeared to be ma ... rlaliwd only to the 

wai.t. .. 

Emdenc. o/the Reality 0/ lJIe Direct Voice. 

Speaking of a feauee witb C. F.. William., 

tbo editor of the I. s., In 286 oay.: ."Onee 

one of tbese "1.lriIB (Pet"r) stood by the cab- 

· inet, and the other (wbo call. hlm.elf Irresistible, 

perhaps from the. beauty of bis 

voice). 8tood I\t the otber, end of tbe room, 

~nd by request they then not oDly sPoke 

loudly a~ the same time, bUt'; wbile 8peaklng 

. the olle .truck tbo cabinet door and the other 

the folding doors at the opposite eDd of tbe 

room, UII tbey rang with the vlbratluns. 

~III was goo.\ evidence to the clrele, tbat 

these voices, 'wbicb follow Mr. William. everywhere 

were oot produced by ventrilo· 

quism. 

TI1E CAnnIFF eIBCLF-. 

;Materiate FornuJ under T",' Cond1(wn .•• 

William Stotl, 103 llre.on Uoad, Merthyr 

Tyfdil, in writing to. the South Wales 1)ally 

,-,Vews, a secular paper, says: "lIa~ing had 

ocrasiun to visit CardiJf,art.erbaving read the 

corrcapond~tlce on Spi~tua1i8m in your paper, 

J called the' .arne "vl.'Ding on Mr. Lewis, 

· Roath, and aakrd him if be would kindl,. al~ 

. low me-to attend one of hisscancE's.' lIcc-on 

•• nted to D',. doiog so OD the following Thu,... •. 

day, at si" o'clock r.M. On entering tho 

et~ltncc room 1 W8.fI, in1roduce" In ~C'vcrS\1 pc-r .. 

8on9~ all &trangl'n, with 'the (lxct'ption of the" 

WOrthy host. ] WRe H~k,·d to bNl.Tch lh,. me.' 

dium. who is ad€'1icatc fUld unill4~illning young 

m'ln .. I r('l~_.a deH':acy in duing tit); how ("vcr, 

on 'th€'ir hisisting I a'''l'''ul'd to their requ~8tt 

Bnd found nothioG' 00 him bot his ordinary 

wearillg apparel. I also ........ fully searchod 

tbe cabinet, wbicb is a 'kind of cio~et tit the 

baCk of the roOm in which .. e snt. At the 

8ame time, J was far from mi.trni.tlDI! any_ 

thing tbat '1'188 &anctlooed under the roof of 

Bueh a C"ntJ.maD, whose honesty, oprighlr 

ne88, and loye; of truth 18 UDqu~9tionable. 

'Ve sat with the ga8 boming sulllcienOy to 

enabll.' Boyone to read. Aft.r lb. v.ual ..... 

vic. ,.inging and reading B prayer), th. medium 

"as entran

EI)JTOli'S Rl.;GORD. Jo'ORM MA.NIFJ.o:STATION.~. 87 

Petty. Prior to tbe commencempnt of the 

• eance. tho medium \fa> takon by Mr. Elliott 

and big 80n inlo another room, and In tbei. 

pre.once divetcd hlm&Cl( "f all bi. olothillg, 

alld tbe follo\\ inc arllcl ..... were substJtuted: 

A pair of black .lockinG", dark blue f1Knnel 

~Ilirt, dark tweed !rOUSC'" (unllll~d), with a 

dark brown .. vercoat. 'l'hUll attired, willi 

nllt one article of bl. own, be entered tllo 

" 

, 

cabillet. Tb •• Was formed by a piece of rod· 

iron be .. t ill ,shape of a ... ml~ircle, fastened 

to staple., alld placed' aero •• ono corner of 

the room: }

as 

81'lRIT£lAL SCIENTIST., 

pa. •• ed around her ,vi-I.t and attached to .. 

bracket uud ... tb. m;lIIlel piece, six feet or 

more from ber; tbat we saw t.he lower part 

of ber form all the time during lbe 8.allCO 

aud three times .aw ber full form expo.ed to' 

view, tbe curtain being removed by lbe forms 

apP"aring; and'taw tile me.lIliol durlngtbo 

wbole lime .he \Vas recOvering from ber trance 

conditiun. 

Dllriug the time she' was Biltlng in thL. 

couditlon and position; iwentyor more form., 

males and (em ale., and a cblld appeared, 

coming out fronl behind tbe dark curtain. 

and moved about the room ~itli varying de· 

grees of strcllgtb; and WEI were fully COil" 

vineed by the evidence t1cfore us tbat ,be 

manifestations wero bonest, , ... d entirely de· 

void of any trickery or colhislou with otber 

parties, or personation 'by the medium. 

Ambrose Lawrence, Boston; A. II. l'lymp.. 

ton, Z, Gn\Vard,' Lowell j ~. l'. Bill. Haverbill; 

M. n. lo'Jetober, welitfbrd; ~'ranci8 

Goward,N. S. Greenleaf, Lowell; 1>. 1-:. 

lliood, Greenville, N. n.; Abbie };. J.'letehor, 

W .. tfordj Marth .. ' A. a.;ward, Marline A. 

Abbot, Sarah A. Goward, lAwell; Sarab W. 

lIU1ller, Topsham, Me.; MI'll., Wingate of 

lloston, BDd Mrs. GOOdwin (,f Tnftonboro.' 

"lIon. Ambrose I,awrenc~. who beads tllls 

testimonial," {wriLes Mr. llill in continua· 

tlon,j "w,," fomlerly MaYor of tbe city of 

J.ow"II, and Is professionally ,a dentist, at 

preseDt residing h. Bo'ston, and Is well known 

to'lbatprofessloll as a lecturer upon the den· 

tsl science. The other gentleman from 

I,owell alld vicinity arc! well known bu.in."" 

men, and one or mOl'c.l~ n"ow itl official posi'. 

tlOII under tbtl l..owell City GovaMlmeDt. 

. Tbo ladies are well kllowu In the communltie8 

wbere tbey re.lde, alld wltb tbe other .Iguers 

only desire to resJ!Cct facts in rdation to these 

wonderful Dlaulfe.latlons. 

No! 8a.l~d. 

John Welltherbee, wbo was one of lbe 

patty luvited from the Bllnner of I,igbt, gi.es 

111. esperiellce,whieh Is a ball a ColUIOII, of 

, tl'ylng to say somethlDg withouteaylngjit. III 

short It IDeallS that Mr. Weatherbee WI1S not 

'.atislied. l'robably th. conditions were not 

good. 

$(000 If The Mani(.s,aUo;'$ Are Fraudulmt! 

A sentl.mall frOID llrooklyn In tbe b I 

March 23 dcscrib"s his eaprrlence, Baying 

tbot It was much the same as tbat d~ .. crlbed 

In lbe In..t number of the !leientlst. Judging' 

frOID the a(COunt written, the minuteuess of 

bis observations In minor. ye~ ellc:eecllngly 

lruport''''t p3l'ticull!rs, we sbnuld pronounce 

bim a earelullnv~si.igator and olle not easily 

deceived. 110 had two private seances, s .... 

cunng Mrs. I'lckerlng In a manner slioillU' to 

that described in our experience in this num· 

ber. III closing be sllys "Tbe eortain was 

drawn aside seyeral Uwes du~ring lbe even. 

'ing and revealed the DledillUl sitting tbere as 

I believe alld lblnk I saw.' After the seance 

1 cut wilb my own hand th~ cord off lbo door' 

knob and cxamilled the kilO'" at the waist 

and found they were just as I bad tied them. 

I cut it 011 myself, 80 that I can Ray tbat I 

k,IOW tbat tbtl figures tbat appe..red could 

Dot have been tbat of the medium. To sbow 

my collvlction lbat I"e conditions 1 Imposed 

011 the medium were effective, and precluded 

Ihe pe»slbUity of ber, personating, I bereby 

offer to any juggler or imy otber Person Dot 

a medlUIn, a gift o[ five hundred' dollars, If 

under'lI~e conditions lbey call produce like 

results, allowing me' to tie lbem as I please, 

wblch was allowed In lbls ca.e." 

T¥ gentleman signs himself "W. n. T," 

but we have bls full name. 

, lIENSLElO1l WItDO ..... OOD, J. P., writ •• in 

I. s. 289 of,,, seance wilb Mr. lIasby, medluw ' 

'at a private r •• id.nce. A handkercbief whieb 

had been taken from hiD' al a previous seance 

was produced by ODe of the materiate 10rDIo. 

Mr. Wedgewortb' aeked that it might be 

pla~ed in hi. coal pock,ct. The form cried 

out, lilt ia done! look in 'yoW' COA.t. pocket." 

It was found there underneatb hi. own hand. 

kel"Chief, altbough Ihe form bad nol been 

within eight or nine fe.t 'of him. 

AT a private _eance with Mr. };glinloD, 1. e. 

2$9, :,jergeant Coa, who was one of the memo 

bers of ttle circle, waa raised rapidly In tb~ 

air aud placed, chair and all, on the Centre 01 

the tabl.. Wbe" tbo IIghl WI\S .truck he w.a8 

found there, .till bolding lbe Ilarids of bis 

ueighbors ill tbe circle • 

.. 

"II!' a youthful 'medium anywbere can 011 

his own premise'8 prC8ent the mswnalited 

Ii.ing, wriDkled face of an old man, In .. good 

~ight, in the prcSE',DCC of responsible witncsses~· 

we shall be glad to give any aUlollnl of liwe 

and care to the ob.enation of the ph.nowo. 

non." So 

,. 

oays tile LOlldon 

. 

Spiritl!alut.

,.... .. -~. 

Editor's Reco~d. ~hysical Manifestations. , 

~~ 

Organ Pla;i.g at Selif, Alglen. 

Tho most remarknblo phennmenon of II 

pbjllical 1II',ture, 10 Ihnt rela""d b,. M Gres 

Ipz. of S~tI', ,Algiers, In the ne,'ue Sp!rite. 

This i;elltll!mnn, having felt for some time 

tue dl.nd,'4I1ta;;e of pnrsning Spiriluallsm 

.01~ly by mea ... of ,nU IllS m~iulU.hlp, suggesLetl 

to I,i~ splrlL friend. to nnerllpl n mus 

Ical maIlUe;,:.Uun. lid WIIS directed 10 611d 

1100 phyoieal medium_, RIIII to plnce olle tr. 

fore tbe keyb.'lI'ti of the orgall al,ld the other 

at the bellow.. Tho medium'. h:uIII. were 

\0 be olver 1.100 keys, a1lhought' she did II0t 

know tlow 1'0' ... 0 Ibem, 'I'bere 6~t cnllle a 

rolllug ,sollnd from wlthlt,' Ibe OI'S"II, Ihell, 

nOICS were ,,,Iturk, oflen quite dlstat!tJrom 

t.be h,uld. of Iho medillm, who wns 80 o,'or' 

,come a~ Ibl. o\'ent th"t sbe began weeping. 

~, 'believing hOnelf bewitcheil. III conrse of 

\ limo, 'it appeared"" If v4rlotl. music.'\1 oplrits 

were OpeTalillg, nnd whell tbp.se relireu 

quite Inlerior cotnposhlon. wero somellmea 

played, Tho .e3UCC9 took placo by dnylighl, 

a'lel stnmgers were occ""!onQlly luvlled to 

allend, with ,'nrlous reo1l119. Oil aile occasionlbe 

orgnn·blowlug medlnlD tell a.leep; 

Ihere was 110 m(lvemt'llt of tho ~ell"lVo, alld 

, yet lite mnslc proceeded, althongh 110 8011lld 

could' b6 pr.\duced whtll ConU\ct with tbo 

keys W3S tried by persons In tI,e circle. 

, , 

PictlU'CS nraicn in I1alla Mlnuu. 

T. L. Nici,OI., M. D., III I s 2E8, "SItting 

'a few dRYS ago wltb tOllr prl'>Un8 wlto nto alt 

more or 1_ mediums 811JUlltl" 8111411 Inlole, n 

eard of I bree (,y fonr illChes, nnd n lend pen 

Cil, "'ere laid upon It. I eSlIlI)lnt'd tho c.'\rd, 

to Identiry It" put Q corner torn off Into my 

WQI.lcDnL pocket. Tho g3S WM Ihell tllme.1 

on, nlld han us Joinetlronlld Ibe lable. It W3S 

perleet .I:nkncs., .. hleh ItO ono will oloject to 

'tben tbey rea

The BelDing Test. 

At" aeance for IDqulrers, gI".~ by the JI. 

N. A. of Spiritualists, in l.ondon, I. e., 2SI', ' 

Ute medium ,,·"s secured by sewing, acoorcl· 

ing to Ihe .methoc1 of "ne"rly nbSoIule \ellIs... 

~very penion In·the circle had an opJlOrtlml. 

ty to 8tep Into tbe cabinet imml.'dlately alter 

~ band '\Vos shown, 10 remove a~ly doubts 

from their mind. as to the agency of tbe me 

. OIl,!", In producluS Ibe manifeststloos. 

PolnUn!! and DralDill!!. , 

. Towanda, Penn" 11,,01 nn old lady' 7 ~ yeRrs 

of age," rellll\fkablo medium for p."\lntlllg 

and " .... wlllg. So';'o five years ago sbe became 

atllicted with a nervons a/II.'CUon, so 

that her bands sllake and I remble like One 

with the paloy; yoit, wbell tbe bBnd I. plnced 

on paper, Iloldlns either a brush or penell, 

It become, firm and Heady, and rapidly pro· 

duces a palnUng or drawlns. Tit" lady II a 

widow of a well· known general of tbat plaee- 

, ..vas born In Phlladelpbla, bas travelled much 

In Ellrope, and ,Is of 6ue cllltlll'll and pleasing 

address. 

- 

WrfUng Mediumslllp. 

In France, Spain and the other contl-. 

nental countries, the study of Splrlluallsm Is 

punu.etl almost excl"o"'ely by meane of "rlr,. 

Ing medlumshlp, c\llelly of an Indirect cbar· 

acler, alld In tbls manner the dOctrlnps of 

the erraticlty of spirits, and of their r.lncar; 

atlon In earthly bod!cs; I,Bye been .Iabo .... ted. 

Iu fact, the worln of AI1Ml Kardee are com· 

posl.'d almost wlldlly from tea.chlng\l received 

, through a vast number of Wrltlug mediums 

In all part. of Fiance. .' 

Ilead of being nwake wrui fonnd to be In 11 

kind of fit, whlcb proved to be cntllieplic, fot . 

ahe remained in that uncoDscious sl"te for 

nearly three day. befon' .lie was sufficiently 

recovered from lhe .bock 1.0 be able to apenk 

nnel fully six week. elapaed before she TfH>O,'. 

ered her normal state. , 

A t a .eance with Hr.; A rtbur Coleman 

D1~um, at a private resideu,.." In Loudon: 

Eng"I. s. 289, Mr. ColemaD produced Borne 

pieces of white paper. The comera "ere 

tom off in the'light, afler .wllicb, iu Ibe dark, 

In from fI vo to ten scconds, SD elaborate and 

.?listie likene.s of Napol.!>D I., "sa drnwD in 

peDcil upon one of the ple"es of paper; it wu 

.uch a drnwing as migbthave beeD quickly 

ex.eutl.'d In fifteen or t"enty minute., iu the 

light, by a clever aud experleucl.'d mortal 

artist. The torn~ff comer was foond by the 

aiUer who had reto.ined :it to 6t exactly the 

piece of paper un wbicb the drawing had been 

. eSl.'Culed. 

A FloID""l!ediwn ill B!1:mlngham, En!!. 

A. correspondent In tile I. 01. d. 411, ~. 

ports a ... ccessful .eance with John Snm. 

merfleld of H1rmlnghnm, ,who under test con. 

dltlon. nbtalned the flowers III a cabinet. 

AT a .• eance with Hr; WIJlJiun., reported 

In I. m. d., 410, a sitter desired Ihe splrU 

form to rcad a nlimber on a bank note In 

the dark. A paper was .Ihen put In \lIe sIr,. 

lers lap upon which the uumber ... as correctly 

written. 

MRS. ADELlA B. W;nEELl1.n of Spring •. 

vilie, N. Y., Is spoken of by her friends as to 

prlvat. medium for physical aud form m:ml· 

testations. 

DtTRlNO ono o~ a serit's of experimenl. in'S. V. IIALLER, of &Odn.ky, Ohio, form· 

Form Manife.tnllons In England" while Ihe cd a developing circle six week. ago, and 

form "a. tl'lllkhig ahout and doing snndry' now obtains raps tbat give Intelligence, and 

things will. the furniture, a bell .uddt'nly ,lights that increiSe· lu brightness with each 

rang, which the janitor thought was (rom the .iulng. '.'. 

profe.sor, and h~rrI.d to his room,. and thc M. GODlN, who was !i. member of the Nadoor 

unfnrtun"tl.'!y having bCl.'n le(tuulocked, 11011,,1 A80emblv. from .18il to 178:1, hI tbe 

he entl.'red .udeienly wllb bla light; wbich Revue Spirito gives an' acCOUllt of ee'ven pabrigbt\y 

iIlumin.atcd 11\c partially 'Ugbted 'ges ill length of his experleoces with Dr • 

. room, and cau.cd a fearful perturb"lioD, for Slade ID Uruaaele. . 

no .?oner wa. tb~ door ~en~d anI! 1100 Ught The phenomenon of a,materiat. form ealing 

.. ' admitted, thaD tho medIum gave n feaTful cake or otber food, and drinking 1Yaler or 

::..... --.cre~i:the :\igu~,atthe.~~c!imo.m~klrig·,a: _wine, ~.reppt'!It~.!!~.o~tlr.iug In a nnmberof· 

l'II4il !or. the curt~lD •.. On ''!BtanlaneouBly ClC~ in.tari ....... througb difl'erent"me.n_"'1n 'r;o.,:;: 

amloUlg tbe ml'?:'um, Bb~ wsa fOUDd !e\fed up 490. No traCe of the food Ie 4U\covered after 

IIJld lnapendod Just lUI they left her, but in- the form diaappeara.


The Trance. 

TIlE BA:NNER OFLIGIIT MES~AGE I Clyde. Eunice A •• BangOr. Me.. 17 y old. 

DEPARTME!IIT. 

dropolcal consumpliull. Has mel Grand· 

, uta Munroe, and Aunt Nancy Clyde,- 

In 1111. d~pnrtmen' we 1'e

\l2 

oood Llzzlo V., from C1,atle9t1on, S. C., 

O:,eed III ~>D'1II0b 3\111 again \11 

);'1'11""'uri, JU yuill, J'"eu,uunh.. Tell 

Lluie .l,u bas lnet G,'Orge. lias aIao 

m~t ADO ... lillll Lizzle,-mur O. 

Jackso;', 'fIoOIll,,", Georgelown, 81 y oltl. 

V~nlh " ,,'clcUine u ..:~~ell~·r; 

kn,,\y tbllt. 

bi:t bpirit. wou!tI lhoe,-wllr 2. 

Jacobs, Lorenzo, of 1'- collnly, GO y 0101, 

buL ~eu Gunu loug,-l1uu· :l. 

JODe., George I,., 110110, Me., &e"oIs lellcrs to 

llcllry 1,. V. o( lJ~II""r l;lly,:-,uat 2:1. 

Erel".liooll, CIoDrlie, Cairo, Ul.-wnr 23. 

L: au "dllte.9,-mar 2.'3. ' 

Le FIl~ur, Jame9, 011 alldrcs',-mnr II. ' 

Lou;;, lIerbert., Sail b'rRllcisco, S:! y 0101, gone 

4 y Uhrl.tID:u. bhot th.uugh tho ll."d, 

war II. 

Lore, ~:"11lS D., ot One lime look hold of the 

Ch,lbUol\ Advocale, Illllldllre.!9,-w .... II. 

McClusler, Alexander, po.&scd out III So.nn· 

nab, Ga., 65 yuIll, ,uoiller, );1I;;II.h, 

namell ll4rh"v,' laLlier, ~culch, hamed 

Jam.... l:iulI~red (,"Ow nil hl\\'lml dllll·' 

culty, \VIIS a tr .. dcr, hu" •• Minnie, wife 

o( lob frielld y" will lie glad to hClll' frow 

hiw,-Iullr 23. , 

Mclntyre, Julin, from Ncw York CII)" pneu- 

011' .. 10,24 Y old, been GOlle 4 ,y ID January. 

'J'ello James 10 gil to .. wedlum 

III New Y urk Cily IWd bile will briug uucle 

JUIIlI,-lUar II. 

McDermott., AllnD. 1iv~d on Coucord street, 

lInlliooore,-lIIar :la. , 

M-II, Samuel, 1",,11 Ill>cr, will soon send 

mc~ .. as" tu futller, luutuel' twd &i~ter 

Sarull,-lUar UJ.' " 

McDeVitt \\·l!liam. Atbinla, GI\., of fever. 

'1'" l.;s lnOlluH' Ebeu nud hh~ ~btcr SUtnH. 

, 11 IIIpy,-mar 2. 

McNeil, William lle ..." l..r~ Victoria, V,on 

, co.cr's hlllu". nearly a yrs ag, des"e.; 

to reach fl'leutl., hIlS lIeell bclur ••-28. 

Munroe WealtllY, WC)Rloulb, Bpca1hh'l:loII,-mor 2. 

Tbomp.on, Anna Etllll" lived on Cathedral 

81. llallhnore, 21 y 0101, palnful sickness; 

eldest daughler uf WIUilWllWd Darrlct 

Tbompsun,-mol' O. 

ThompsulI, JOhll, Baltimore, Dolphin s1, 41 y 

-JUar Ill. ' 

\V-, U. M., dllln', bclleve In Splrllllall,m, 

10 Cota, 101. ol.ler wl,o Is a ",Is.hlllary 

in n fllr ulI 1""",, thh.ks ""ele 1':d. will 

ulI)lc"'I~11t1 Ihllt It I. I,im, ",r~rs 10 G::I' 

"Iu III Iho 0:11'110 m", and Gralillmulbcr 

who Is wllh III",.-mnr 2. 

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Wello. Walter, dmwncd on on his Jl:lSsage 

II"OID New YOlk 10 the 'W.. st Indle'. 

sevell )'cnrs ngo lRSt sprllll1, has .. frleud 

In New Yurk who askcd ulm to return, 

m .. r 6. 

Whitney. WIlliam 'Wallace, once 01 New 

YOl'k Slate, all address,-mnr 16. , 

Wllco". l)r. Jolin, wcnt out In UOSIOD, to 

hi. (rlenol$,-1II3r 16. 

Wilcoxson. Jo.,epbllle, Sncramnlo, Cal .• 

, 4:~ Y 0101, wellt Ollt 7 y .. ors ago In Jallu, 

OI'Y, 6elld. tn_age to alster J!llza, 

, IUlir 28. 

iVllII .. ,nsoll, old Jim, an addrees,-mar 2. 

WIllis, SlImh M" Sacramento. Cnl., lraubl l 

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III Ihe heaol, ... ·"d. lIIeA

Ear1u HlsImy of SplrUuaUsm ;/1 .dml'l'ica. 

J.:> Roy SUIldl>rlnotl soys Tbe Spirit World 

De .... paper. publi.hed 3nd edited by myself 

In Bostou, III Is;:.;l, IV ... tbc first per cdll"Ol 

ever' lesued ill America devoled to SplrilulIl 

Ism. Tbe Tdegrnph 1\''''' 1I0t started UII 

sO,me years ofler. 

GENER.AL MENTION AND GOSSIP. 

The Spirit lIe.

LECTURERS' AND MFDruM~' NOTES. 

IN Meriden, Conn., lin. J. Fran.kowklls 

nsed lIS .. lest medium,lIIld Mrs. A. G. DII· 

lllway lIS a c!wrvoynnt and w,,"tIelie pbys\. 

cion. . . 

TUB seeOIM p"""; Is en\bustastlc o.er the 

drnmatie reading'> 01 Mrs.. Jo;iuma Tuttle. 

ner IlOwe,;, 01 delineation and Impersonation 

I\l'e ,wd to be simply marvelous, and she succeeds 

equally ,we11ln tl'8/ledy and comedy. 


NEW ORLEANS, LAo, lias at present but 

few public mediums, tbuugb there are laid 

to be many private ones. 

WATKINS, who Is said to be a medlom lor 

slate, writing, a1thuugh a few years ago be 

was d~tected In ao Imposture, Is just DOW 

l'n;al:ed In a que.rrel "I words with Bi&!Jop, 

who needs no IntroducUon to our readers. 

As far as the quarrel ha.s progreSsed, It 

."oulU seem Ibat Bishop desll'ed Watkilis' 

. aid 10 giving the olate. writing exposore, 

wblc~ phenom'enon,

MEETINGS. 

wnER Al'D 1VIIEnB RF.l.D, SOC1Elhts, ~C. 

We hAft In ~YJ) ..' A 11111 whl~h tft 1MI ~ if'Omr.ltht D.8 

U wllllw In dll~fu'Dro. "-18 houl nddnwed ~ ""ttlnf'fl 

for ,he pll~e or nltlkl"_ eorh-eUon- nnd nddl'lohlll. 

bill ~"le ot Ihe rt'pJte,.. hi Id "0' ~eh,..t ua up to .be 

Urne of 8'Oin'g 10 P1\u, ,V.. ill'&Ollrl'O mOt .. " 1ull mid 

nllnblet And oak 'he aid 0' lhOIAo who ~II Milt" 0' in 

lbl. dlreetlon. for Splri1,Qolllll8 who Qre ,nan'U,nR ftnd 

t~ d.fDt'Qll to gt'l 'nlormn,l«Jn coDC"t.'mlnfr,m"tU"1rI th~ 

G", bt'llIln Mme locnlllh .. Ihf'J' mQV happen to bo In. 

)o"or woo, ol,PAC'O nnd.Q dee.ro 11) ..... "rum MEWS tbe 

pft'lel"l:oeet We omSi the II" "bls mouth. 

II. N. nOTJllk 

will be special day. ror picnics and lectures. 

The Association I. lu a. lIoilrlsblng condllion, 

and tbe prospect.s for a very large alleudance 

are already .... ured. 

TilE Splrltuallst.s and Llberall.t., or Brleksburg, 

N. J., b-:.ld meetings every Suuday at 

the residence oC Dr. E. Marsron, (onne,I,. of 

Camlorldgp, Ma's. F. M. Marston Is presl. 

dent of tbe society. 

FaoM Rolland, Vt., comes the report tbat 

~thero Is a grea\.er Interest manifesteliin Si>l, 

huallsm. at tbe present lime U,an tbere has 

been since l811 •. Meeth'g9 are beld every 

Sabbal,b at tbeSplrltuAlbta'· Hall, and circles 

for developmen& two evenings 0. :

6PIIUTUAL SCIENTIST. 

COl. DSVOLlrnT. of Paris, continues In 

tbe Revue Spirits his monthly n~r"'theo, 

now IlmouuUlIg to uine in ''''Plber" of nmni .. 

feomllous occurrlns Ihrougl. the mC'dlnm91.ip 

of a slrl'"llmetl Amelle. The 9t':lllCOS have 

been IIhvnys co .. O .. et1 to !.be 1:Iml1y circle of 

Cui. Devoillet, lU.d 1\ sradual dCTelnl'mellt 

of tho medium's rowen 11M u.ken )lInc", 

from mps An'ltbe Imn'poJ1.lltloll of objt'Cts, 

"'Jl6"lnlly flnwe ..... Ibmll~l. cl ...,,11 .Inn.... In " 

I.illhly .. lftvelnreol clnlrvnynnt vl.inn, IIy 

meRit,. IIf whie). mnny te .. t... elf i.lentILY, eou 

olden!d pcrf''Illly 9:>.1l.rnClnTY by Iho .Ilters, 

IIAV" \)eell !lIven. A speC!imen of th .. nnlllNl 

of theoe llarrnUvcs was siveu In the Scielltbt 

of .... t month. 

Mn. ,BRICKS JlUTcnlNSOll' writes frotn 

Cape Town. South Afdca: "The Mnlay 

priests In this place .. se n klml of In~~ic, af. 

ter the,style of tllO ludl:", F,.kl ....:' 

r'A"(O 1'IN\l'll\ln r.EAR~T IN' It. nAT. Slrnngn n.a it. 

rnn)' .!!'('m. I, ''''nlr. "bo ,,·olub·,'.11 n'lnchln" ,."lIl.. 1 

)1",011',. .'hrut,onnhle. "flO w1u) knn\vlt IlI1lht·.1I' or 

nlu .. la io 'PIny fn n tin)'. MOllla ·11.."01,,,", tb,,"m", h'('..c 

aakntlwlefiU't' h w \)0 I btl gI"CDll'tlot h)\'outJou of thu 19,h 

COllluJ),,-Adv. .. . 

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From Colby .t Rich. U08loti, lIIn.-s. 

TUJl '..A"''' "1' Br,l:'\:o. by ,'lm\m Khll1. lZ'l' I'J'I. 81. 

Thill houok h ..." fur II .ub IIU.·, "",-),,·hoIO.lll·' lb', In. 

tnrnnUn ... t-luulnnd h,. .."III1.Itlnll." ,,1.nwh'M' lit.> nc-tnlt 

fU1C't'8 tnmnu, 1hlll!. 1 ..'1 IIhr"lu:,-, mllllltc.ll whhuQl tt'lt. 

tt'rlnl.tUld HI" ",Ollt 'n)I"trt.llIl th.lI8"M In kllt)\Y. "nle 

aUlhur .. n)"!'.: ·'Tt.t" \\O'rJ4 I .. 1'1''1I1C'"" uto 11K' culhtht· 

~nllwlIl nf hum,Hdl), all 8nmC' n' lh,' UlCI't Impnnlll.t 

euhJ'·C!tl' of h,'Iull, On,· or \ho tb' .. 'lIbU&I.,UftIiB wo 'I""" 

n"tn,,"nl holn",. I_ ,n h·IUI., t .. Gur f. I:ow lUnD III!! 

muoh lot II'O'NI t\.d (I.,mo,. "hM" nur I'"""'r '" tr.nn'mh. 

111,1 \,110 hne fh't d 10' II1ntnn' IIf". on.l hu" f.llh'1\10 lo,-,,. 

",",II hili f« .. I!"w mono h ,.. l·or1nlul)' 11\,,'d In \410, null 

will tOtl)u lIMt: dl.Ct.I\'~ .. r 1.1 .. aln ot omlu'ou," . 

From ,James Dun)s, I .. oudon, :fi:ng. 

J.f"A\'rll FRro. an J.ln:: A No.rmU,,'o or rotlOne. 

K~J.wrll'l't,,"Jt by J. J, M",r.so. 

NQlwllh_hlndln" th~ lmt.1 t ImrA lhl. 'tnd,.fntllMhlo 

,",nrk.r, Jnnll"J UUII'" k,"t'pll nl wnrk Iruhll .. l1l""" lI.e 

MedIum lIud I ..)·"""",, ""''1'kl'·.lIlIIt 11 ... 111111 II.nl'111 

If''11If\' n.1I.-1 "" Ol.&' lll1ulr, .. li~'·1hl. I",(t,,,. "". )t 11l,lhl". 

trllt..·,l ,vllh I \TO 1".olo.:,nl.I", i nnt" .. t lho nutho" A."t 

th., IIlh.·, nf 1111_ ifilidu ··",'II·n eol'n Tic· ... In wltnm ,0 

mAli)' lI"II.'hl'11 wllh .0 it'D'·"" pl,'n-rtf" \vllt'n M J'. MorN) 

.,..In Ihl .. enllnlr),. 'rhn.-o tmn,o ndllfl",,,I.,. U1"I' r.d. 

"I-d. 'I'h" ...·ulllmt,t will nN);o R wclwmt1 olldhh,)U to 

. tho IIbnl')" uf noy t1~lrltunl"t.. 

RormnlSH A1I0 CURlTIA:tITT FAC"F. TO FAf!:, by 

J, M. ' ..... ·bt,.,., U, 1)4 . .' 

\\""h("n 1ho Alll-hor wqa nt. rAnfnm. C«'"r'on. n nn,l. 

dh •• , )trl,'8L nh tin or.I' dclJfttf' Ihu Ho\', 11,. 811\'n, t\ 

< \V'11I'T"n'mtllt_tl , -·~·I"hft·dlll(:tl .... kJn 1;,,,tcd·1.wo ,111.\ Ai ~ 

Anfl \VII" IIlh'nll,·d by nn ItlUUOIiCO of (min fho In 

-.0"('11 1I'ton-ntlc1 pt'Oplo, ,'h", P1mllhh·t nf 99 I1nCl"" 18. 

I' H'ran" Ihnl hne """,,11 ravlard by Iho "",pr('Llvu rlla.' 

1'""'1118 AO Ihnl i' mar bo won o.a a I;OttoOt. aCCOUD'L 

01 "hi>, pAUOd. 

From W. H. Unmoon, Lotldon. Eng. 

lhfTll' 1:1 .. 11ft VrIL: A. CoUee'toD or InsplnaUon,Q) 

l'O"m- nm) E~,)·... . . ~ 

T1t1. t. ,ho lhlr of n ralh:-oifoo 0' ""nelC'S on $pttlt. 

nnH .. m i'rnn, \'nrlnn. nnlhOr'llt Amnii" Ok! l.tllle'l\t Rrmrm· 

l.rr ~ 'l ho l'h"!\lIll'Im "-,-ddl",:r, '''h,' fo~lml Ihl.ll"'11, 

Th., Ot.1 ('rnnt·'.. f:.lnrY4 ]u",Idr. 'rho ~'~""ol')·. 1bo 

l~'nntlr'll a'.Ie>roo • .j\;r. It I ... , "tnry .ot Ih,Ull.1·11; In' 

"'""". lin" I" ","rUIM\ In th., ~lIti 0"" mo·, "lIrllclh-o 

.n I,·. ]11 I"ldl1'nn 10·1hl_ ,h,T)' til' n' ,. nplh"ndl41a 

roU,·eltnnnf Iorh' nn,1 tllll'r"'HtulC toh,. b~ »n. DudcD, 

:. _I.l,·r uf M N, tluuthWot1h, 

Jnq.r.pl' nAt,."N(); 1_), Alrsnnd('r 'Ol1mn•• 

TM .. Ie rr~1ItJl'lI thr #1',,:.1"11' nf Ihl_ fnmOll8 ro1T'Dn. 

(fir'.. Illuu,'r01IU',,'nrk_. nlllt 1, .JA II'oO,IKltlAl "'0'3" rro fit 

","I,'h Ib,' pl"'~' IIf 1111' ~nRlO IlIIm., by h'8lOn I. ',1'"1"1'111' 

Iin'd. ~t h,~ J.n., .. nt rdln"". t.tI r","'r (On\" "'", C"O'II"I ... 

IUu ... r:t110"" ur nlllhl' ,·lulr~'I.·h·r'M II bntlllh4' ...... mltnrD 

nlld th" pln)'. ·.lollqlh UIII,"lmll -""JlA nhvn,.. rq,cl1l1trd 

hy ',a Am1l.,r .'. hb bPl'I )1C'rr.."nn"t't'. It. I." hl •• nrl"'" 

,"'mnnc('. tb" ",·,,,Ih'tl 0' whh h 1 .. It"" PIlI-,t", tlorollqb 

1\ ).,. " ltu1te-1')' nO\\'ll,'" whh tho pnnrnl1,!:l of dblill. 

Mul.lud 'n,....."' •• Th" '.",u·" I''"Inl,,·,'' 0111)" J11'(llhrr 

for 'ho r"I.nuUI·d Count l:O.:lntll.tII. Iho n, ... mM·e'. 

.., n,-cromr1nrt'1'~ ·nll·hC'ml.. l· nonll .. poIUI"lnn. Khl{tl1. ·prt"" 

ea"'.,,,,, dnk. 8. "harllclC'f'II' Uk" I(~II. Mp1ft' ftr"ld 

(~rlu'''' C ..,dQ)· IIJ'lJ!t'lI" .Inft dl.nl'ponf." o(OlI~nl11 

mo\lug ('Qln1IAlly. ') he Atnr,)' nrl'1l nOI ~ nl'BI)'&td. 

E'V~r)' ona '\"rbo tw fODd of I'Cnl rOlDADco wW bo e. 

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CONTENTS. 

RELEASING ~"I' EARTH UOUN() SPIRIT. TilE STORY TnA 1 WAS 

TOLD. TOE EDll'OR'S EXPJe!lal'lment.-A Wamlog Dream.-Savetl From . 

. . Starvation by a Splrit.-Tbe Sliallows of SpiriLualism.-Smclde of Rev. Jobn ' . 

. Marplee.-Snddiln Death and Singular Pleseul1mBbt..-8plrlt Warning of Dan. 

. ge::.-Evidence of ,Identlty.-No~ .' , .' . . . llIM24 • 

GENERAL MENTION ANDGOSSJr.' .'. . .. .,' ... 

'The Myth or the ImmBC1lla'~ cooceptlob.-Mesmertam.-Materiallzlo~ a Sew- 

. IDa Machlnc Stilch.-I'taylntli for !laln.-An Impartial OplDlDo.-lndian Mye- , 

Uclsm.s.-A Fiourisbl.ng Socie1)'.~Leetllter'. BOd Medlnlll'. Nows,-Llt.era-' . 

IUN.-Notes. . '. . '. 126-128;· 

FALl-. RiVER- LI N-e 'TO 

NEW YOH.K," 

ALL POI ITS SOUTH 'AND )'£Sl 

Fare tv· New York..· , ' , 

" , '. $0 1'1_ Cia •• ' . '$~" 

. . 0' Eft1l .... 0D ncketa. ' yo 

Traina lean Old Colony Depot, 'wr. kUE'1'la;d and 

South etJ'N"'. daJl)' (BnndOora 'l."SCCPled). at ".30 and 0 

~~. M., oO'Dtu:etlng at. Vall RI\"sr 'With Lhe . 

MammothP.alacc 

Steamships, 

'BRiStOL" PROVIDENCE. 

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~unday Trips.,June 23 to Sept. 8. 

tncl,usive• at· 7 p. M· . Onty .Line 

having Bro.oklyn Oonnection. ' 

. rue9~re aDd 'baggage to aDd from Brooklin 

traD8ferred free. '. . '. . 

. Tlckeu. ILGterOolDS and ber1h. aeeQred at lhv'Corn 

. p~. O1I1ce, No. SOld t;.tA&e Uouse.cor. WUI08\OO 

and 8t.at.e 8\.1'c't'I.8, ADd at ~ht Colo~, Depo&. . 

'r.. B. PAimta. AIIl. J. lL' KENl)IUCK.·. 

a 014 S~~ 110.... " BUI"" 

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PH:OT.OGRAPHI.t 

STUDIO, 

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ImU:ASING AN Jo:ARTU nOUNJ) SPJUIT. 

THE STORY TIIAT WAS 

TOLD. AN EXPERIENCJo: IN A flAUNTEI> nous~. 

I.ongfcllow says: ".All houses wherein being troubled in thls mannOJ' IUId desired io 

mell have lived are baunted." However this to solve the mystery.", " , 

;o;y be, whether' poet's fsnc; or a m'atter vf 'Mr. Marsb i. an Engllshullm and bla wife' 

fact; It Is quite cerlalll that III a majority of ie a Roman Catholic. }O'rom wbat baa been 

cases, tbe oceupan .... are not alIeeted. at least above stated It will be seen that sbe was the ' 

.0 far as they can discover. It I. equally cer- medium and ber pow~r enabled the spirit 

lalli, If humau testimony call be accepted as force to' make ItHelf manliest. The clrel •• 

evidellce tbat In eome cases thefe ...... IIl1seen beld had served to'render ber more sensitive 

ful'Ce8 that can mako themselves manIfest. to their presence, and hence their ability to 

)'or ages it bas been hinted, Those who have make themselves heard and eeen by her, even 

.een believed; tho.e who heard ouly the elat.. when elie wa. In ber normal elate. 

menlS of those who bad seen, disbeUeved and The houSe Is sald te haye bad the repllla' 

ridiculed the idea as,absW'd. :Io/ay, It Was Im- tion of being baunted many years. The 

possible that 8nch thiDgB, could be; science origin of tbe reports concerning It cannot 

,al~ It was a superstition, and wben science now be traced. So far as the appearance of 

.llUke it volero tbe popular belief. And thus tho bouse is concerned, there Ia nothing 

it bas alwaye been a matter of dl.cuoslon; about It that wonld mark It as a hannte'd 

oU the one .Ide, 80me who know ,that tbMe house, any more than dozens of othen tbat 

thiogs do and eon occur, simply, becanse tbey ca'n be passed on any of our sl1burban roads 

are forced 10 admit the evidence of the sen- In IU. afternoon'. drive. There are pine, 

••"; on U,e other side, those wbo know ,"it trees in front, and ... small grove in the rear 


dlii:orated tho walls. It had been unoccupIed 

tbree ,erus when :IIr. Marsh' took po""e .. ioll 

about one year ago. 

Althougb not a believer in bQUnl~d bouses; 

and thluklng the dl.turbanC

REI,EASING AN EARTll ROllND SI'IR1T. 00 

Them ·1 •• omelhiDg decidedly OillllUIllf 

about the npI",aranee hf thi. ellilcl lind the 

nAture .. r the dbe"".. From all that we 

could Jearn by enquiry we bave no he.itallcy 

In "" .... eelng "'Itb the opinion ach'allcerl by one 

of 11 .... Wildes' collt~ol •• that tbe child i. 

obo .... ed; I" reality dying by· bavlng its life 

force. eilhau.ted by spirits, wbo, Ih •. >u~b out 

of the eartb lorID, are stili attempting to live 

III cartb cOlldltlons. 11 Inherit. a delicate 

neJ"VOlis tcmperalDetlt from ita parents, and. 

. belllgnegRtive, Is Ihn.lerribly affiicted. I'hys. 

ieia .." are doctoring It with Ibeir poison_ and 

ba.,tenlng Ihe evellt wllieh M.... Wilde. bllS' 

pl'f'dieled; no Intellig~nt Spiriluall.t can 

doubt til at it will be fllifillee!. When will 

Snme practical piau be dillC.tod wberehy Spiritualism 

can attempt to heal it.. own die .... ",? 

We Isee no sign of pro.nl.e IInle .. it lay ill 

tbe organization of Sp(ri:uali.ts with a will· 

i ,;ghe,. to contribute. for tb. good of bumAII' 

ity, or III' the benefl.ellc~ of some Spiritualist 

of m€!ans. who will endow aD cxporimental 

Institution. \Vben Spiritualism tim' embodies 

Its system of treatlngs, guod-byc to the old 

school of medicine. 

To ,etum 10 our lIa"allve. Sloppln~ sl,d· 

donly !lire. Wildes said: "Why d" you feR". 

. palcf~ce? YOII willllotbnbarn,.c1? Now, 

won't 101liell me wbat it W8.'. that pa.. ~d ill 

fronLof you jnst tbis ",inule 1" In the meantime 

M ..... Mar.h begai. to ~bake like an 

aspen, h~r lip. quivered and her eyeballs b .... 

gan to roll in their sock.1.. very mll.it as tbey 

would It ~he w,," dyi;.g; "Ob, don't bring 

.. her back !" sbe ellclaimed, tb" teare starting 

t.1) her eyes,' uI'eau't tJear to bave her como 

back." "1Iul.," said tI,'; medium, ".be will 

uot burt you. Tell me wbat it WR.q that 

I'a.sed before 10U." Not stopping f ... a reply 

she immediately turned to Mr. Marsh, wbo 

wa. sitting at tbe other end of the room. and 

sale!: "))0 you know that you were compelled 

to come bere In spile of youree If? Tbe Inftu· 

. ences at work around you Dlade yon come, 

and Ibolr w .... gooe! reasOIl for their doing 60'" 

Thon, .... iI recalled 10 tiereelf by some un 

'seen po~er, a convulslve movement was 

visible III ber wboJe body, sbe rose from her 

chair, a low moan escapiug from ber tlgbtly 

clellcbed 111'0, and, with ber band clo.ely 

pr ....'ed to ber forebead, etaggered aerou the 

-.- room, and walked into a small .Ide room, lu· 

which tbere bave aho been maDifeslAtions, 

notably !.he raislug aud lowering of a window 

• ash with a JODd crash, as Doted above.. Tal

100 SPIRITUAL SCIBNTIST. 

and, while contlnuiug her eiforts with orie 

hlllld to remove !.he J'reosure of 1.be Imag· 

Inary band upon her throa1. she poiDl.ed 

810wly to the lIoor, all the time repeatlng.lJie 

'Words, "There, there, I was drngged along 

tbere." 

Jll8t at this time, Mrs. Wildes, who had 

been trying hard to art.lculate a mime, fell 

back helpless Into the arms 01 ooe of tJio 

persoD8 present. A private medium; howevor, 

who was preseot at !.he time, was,Buddonly 

controlled, and in a loud voice be said, 

"My name 10 Her-ber Stu"strut,.ar,-"Stoughton," 

sald some one in .... onquiring voice 

and his bead nodded assent. , 

Tbla seemed to relieve Mrs. Wildes Rome. 

what, and ahe walked inw the ~om In which 

the seance was commenced, pas.ed out Into 

tho entry, down the froot otalrs, along tile 

entry, and stopped deliberately h,.front or" ,a 

clOlle1. built under 1.be .tah.,. aud In . wblch 

the gentleman of tho house 8ayolle ha..'fre- . 

queutly hean! the disbes rattlo violently. 

Openlog the door, sbe went through tho metiona 

of milling' and swallowing powders, all 

!.he time' sobbing and mOBlllllg in a pitiful 

manDor. Again was the march taken 'up, , 

Mrs. Wildes leadlog the way, although sho 

had never been In the hou..e before. SUlpping 

In front 01 the room which Mr. and Mrs. 

Marsh occupy as a chamber, she moaned 

"there, there. He came from tbere. Oh, 1 

did not mean to do any wrong. " After a 

little time hed beon spent here, sho walked 

along tho entry, out through the kileh~n, IlDd 

down·the ~..,\Iar .'ops, all thQ lime giving ut. 

teranco to the most blood-curdling moans, and 

repea.wg tho words: • .. .fbi. way. tbi. way; 1 

CalDe thiJo way." Then, as if recoUecting horoclf, 

she said: "Ob,. Not thlo way I Not this 

way I I)lease don't take me Ihis 'way r' I...,auwg 

,beavily against one of' Ibe genlleman, 

"i!.h her eyeballs dlstonded, and wilh every 

manifestatien of e,,'remo lerror, sbe said, 

pointing towards a partition: "Thoro, tbere; 

but please don't m¥o me go in there agalo, 

will you 1" Tbe gentleman assured her Ihat 

no barm should come to her, and, finally she 

consented to accompany tile party 10 tbe $ubcellar. 

' . 

Reascending Iho cellar' .teps, and passing 

througb tbe kilCllen and out WID an I., Ihe' 

medium suddenly stopped in front of a dark 

hole, and trembling in every limb, said in a 

busky voice: "1)leaec don't 'make me go in 

the", I Ohi please dou't, .ir I Nothing could 

Induce her to go into Ihe hul", and a.o u last 

resorl, th ...... of the geollemllD IlDd Mr. Marsh 

modo the d.scent. ,II "lUI, indeed, .. gloomy 

place, .boul3 ft'et high by 12 lect wide, and 

with Ihat dan.p, u,DL'Owfurtable smen always 

10 be found In ouhlerrauellD vaulll!. IIt"88 

as dark as Ereh"", an.1 a placo b.~ler adapled 

for a brutal murder canoot be found :in Ihis 

or any olher cily ib Ihe Stllte. 1;' Oil(' com~r 

"'III a bole about Iwo icct deep. whic:b bad 

been €!3:c8vah.·d to tix water pipt's. ,In another 

comer was a pHe of dirt, "hile nround 

In all directiono .,oo .... nd rocks were Selllle,...d, 

A ,kerosene lamp gave wbat little light 

illuminated tho al'arlment. The spot indio 

cat.d by ,the "Ihe,e, lb.,...," of the medium, 

&Ingularly enongn happened to be Iho very 

spot from which .IIIr • .IIIarsb beard'lhtl voice 

A CURIOUS CARB OF OBSESSION. ]01 

womon ..,ho introduced ber to her betmler, be meat bon ••, although ho snid one of them 

hi. Dam., the time WId place tbat sho Dlade rni(lbt be a lJUman boDO, 1'hey .. ere Dot 8ubhis 

acrovideDce ))epot and waa driven could not o.flord Ibe expense, bowever small 

iD the ev.nhig 10 tbe haunled bouse, so-iranco. 

Now II mal' be .... ked 'l,ow far do material 

facls tit epirilu8J theorie.. The Boalon ne .... 

a!d bonCled the houoe for fnrty .... ight houra 

aml cOalmencea invesligatioD~ The cellar is 

••, one tbat can be ~a ... ly ~ug ov~r, being 

only Ihroe fe~t high; but Ihe b •• t that could 

J,o done ";80 done by the attach~" of Ihat va· 

,per, assi.t"d by prof"'sional gravc-dlggera •. 

It was not prOperly done, but ... numbor of 

boO(,8 were cx1IUnlt~d. 

lin Ihe midst of all the excitement and public 

lalk ob"ut the matler " rcprespntntlve of the 

IJr..,ld .ubmille~ n few of .the.",b0neslo 'I 

coroaor, and, q£ couro., h. Ibougbt them 10 

. A9 Ihe result of uther inv".~gation. it may 

be said Ihat such a man docs live where he 

was ssjd to; h(l' did 'once JiyC in tho )iouse; he 

did once .. sid. In Ihe .ame cily Where the ,.;irl 

said abe had boen fur 'Bnme limp; ho "8Id,·d 

I here at a dale Ihat co.,..,.ponds with her story; 

hi. habit., Ihe \Vhewnboul. of hi. family In a 

ceMab ,Year. and olh.r Iitt!e clue. all happen 

10 fit together 10 make a peculiar and remarkable 

eMe. ' 

lo'rom all the evidence that has been presenled 

and oblained we fully believe that 

murder has beeD conlmitted In that bouse. 

Jo'urthermore Ihat with a JIIII. time the CBse 

could be worked down and' Ihe . informal ion 

that has been oblal"ed be demon.trnted 10 be ' 

of practical,' value. 11 cannot b. upecled 

that work whicli would take prof.s.ional deteoUveR 

months, to fiDish cuD!d be accompli.hNl 

by 8IJ1ati"l1'8 in R. few days. A. it sland. DOW 

it i. decid"dly unsatisfnclory lu everyone who 

baa bad any eonnectlon with • 

. - .. -.~-!. ..... _._-. 

A cumous CASE ()to' ODSF.sl:!ION. A SPIRIT llA T·rI,E. 

In the March numher of Ihe nevue Spirite, 

o/Parie, Ibere i ... Iated a CUriOUR caoe of 01> 

..... iOD, apparently by partisan spirits. It' 

"Y"- 

M. J-, at Duuai. haa'lwen eubj~cl &> a 

tingular obBeS&\oD~ . which was dj~contioupd 

for eutne time, ~ut reappearf'd in l)(I'cen.bpr, 

1~77. This gentleman, the head of a cirel" of 

Spirilu:ilists, develops many mediuma of every 

' 

kind. lIe also furms olb.r circle. in the' . 

neighborhood, aad moralizes with oulI"ring 

splrilS; COIl8.qu~ntli, .pirite of a certain 

el""s have cODceived extraordinary ill· .... ilI 

lowards him, of which you lDay judge. 

, ,. 

M, ' J - oblain., through his mediums, 

. p8y~hic eight, somnambulis1U, viSjOD8 iD tun.blora 

of water. the .. arly lrair. of rn


Due thi~ ciTcl~, 1\0 united in intention, bC'('nnto 

.ud.l_nly I roubl~d by B .aoc of al'IIII"'1I1 oh. 

.... ion. :II. J-- 8lnppo" all Ihi .... idod by 

hi. Dcw"'rpe, a nU."sml·riz£'r of JJcJ'('ulran 

power, who came to his assistanco -to driv(> 

olT, this'bad i"Hu"ne

TilE l'Hn.OSOl'IIY OIo' 

TilE' MYSTlG SCU:NCJo:S. 

BY 

J. W. MACKIE. 

\VO ore \oo~P' to 'ron' as Impo.su"", «>1C"C"pllonnl 

~1I"QII()"8 \vbleb we hqvCl )ObQ' ('t'A.'SPd to bo 'ubh, to 

lIudcnttund. bu'whlc:b~8"(> olwR)'. blti'ft WI·UkIIPwn 

luuu'gJclDIiR Dlld funun(' t,)Jereln the 8U1gv of fetich. 

born. _CU~T.&ts l'ObITJY~ l'UI1,.OtIOPUY. 

1 wilsl,. the~plrlt 00 tbe lAud's du,Y.-JonN,TIIE 

lh.v£LATOR. , .. 

Scl.llce and l'hllbsopby-Mawriallsm and 

Infidelity-Iulve m:l,d .. a great ml.take In ill' 

1I0rillll the claims of religiun to a seriow., .clentific 

and philo,o(>I'lcal examinatiun. True, 

Ihoy have weighed lbe' selellllfie and philo. 

sophlcal clalm. of what i. ""lied Divine Revelalion, 

have \eSled Ihem iu Ih. crucible of 

lfl\I>Oll, and hnve'foulld UlClII wllOUng. SIIII 

Roliglon remains UIUt~ledt for tbet-e Is a difference 

between ThculoP'Y and Rellgloll t be 

IlYeell u,~ Churel",s alld rellgiuus experleDoe. 

Experimental' ilellglon bas not 

iK".Il';ubri'lllC~ to lho cruclai teaL Ibat 

Cbnrchcs t Bables alld' Theologies have 

with Ibe same re.ult. Tile .ame power and 

oharaeter of JleligiOli- pure an~ Ulldefile~is 

beyond tbe crillcl.in of Science and Philo& 

ophy. It i. Ibe brigl'l Olar,k lu the ~i.t.ahee 

"0 which they mu'st a.'plre to be perfect In 

their re.peetlve departments. 

Yonder Is a poor, Ignorant M'lho~lot.. 

Speak to him of SciellC" alld I'h1l0.ophy, and 

be kllows not evcn tl,e meaning of Ih.'lenDs. 

Ask him about Ihe .~Ivallou of bi. soul, and 

his eye bl'iglltcns, and a warm glow of 

peaceful o";U.fact!n cllnobl~. hi. enunlcb3uoe, 

tbe ludex to tho peace wllhiu which 

p""'!h ,II und."'tanoing, Ihe' prouf Ihat he 

L .. 1'888,-d from darkne •• iuw I1ght. You 

rnay 'demonotrate to blm tbe conlradictorv 

~haracwr of tb. Scrlpwr.,., provo by .verY 

prillclple of logic that Je..IIS \Va.. a myth ai,d 

t;hru.Uauily a delll.Hm. In hls simplicity 

he will reply: I know nOI. One thing I 

\now, 'hat wbt'rea.~ 1 \\'a..~ bUnd, lU1W I see. 

ilo.e

104 SPJRITU.4.L SCIENTIST. 

'than's mateh for all Ille wise counsellbrs of 

the Court of ~'rance; ber millUU'Y genius 

greater than the combined skill' of the victorious 

generals of .:ngland I There 'vas a 

power In her 8upentltlbn which led. to vietory. 

Wbat was It? 

Can you tell the Q';akcr that the Inner 

IIght:"'tbe still small voice Is a delu.lon? 110 

has experienced Its monltlon8 too of len to 

beed you. Wo ha •., .eell powers produced 

by Mesmcrlsm in tho pe",on of an Ignorant 

lad, latent or acquired, by which in lillClllgellee, 

dleLion arid "ctlbn he would rise im· 

measureably above hi. ordinary normal condition 

and experience. 

' 

_ What wore thcy? 

• Can the combloed fore,co of Scieuce Blld 

l'hll08ophy persdade I.he Splrltuali.t that 0ccult 

'orces l.a,·c not beeo at work in his p ....... 

ence? No one doubts that a va.t amount of 

spirit wondcrs can be mimicked aud caricatured. 

/l large proportion' Is subject to raf,. 

lonal explanation wltbin the limits oC lIhy.l. 

cal law. Tbere is a1.'O an overv.'helo.h,g 

quantity of deceit Bimulating SpirituaJl.m, 

objeetivc aud subjective, to be encoUlitered 

by. luve.tlgat.onqJyet there Is a re.idue re· 

mainlng untollch~d. Intelligences are Ininvoked 

wbich no trickery or .elf Impo'ltlon, 

or any pbyslcal law, as ordinarily tiuder 

.lOod, can explain' ur .Imulate. 

What are tbey? 

, l>ld witcheralt and sorccry have no foun· 

dation In fact? What hideuu8 spell so bOclouded 

tb~ Intellect of thG b .. t men lit that 

age ot'8orcery to lead them to t .. tlfy ,In all 

Bolcmnity before a court oC justice, tbat they 

bad seco tbe victim. of witebc, aft Iloat :n the 

air alld Ily around tbe room, and tbat III 

spite of every precaution pin., knives and 

otber potty in.t.mmen .... of torture were to be 

found on tbeir persall.? What was th~ foundation 

of witchcraft? 

' 

lL Is u""Ie.... to dwell on tbe oft rc~ated 

explanat.on: 80perstitlou and Ignorallc~, and 

... bleh probably covered as much of Witchcraft 

as dece.t and bum bug covers Spi\iiual. 

,Ism al.d .Mesmeri"lD. The cry of delu_ion 

and balluclnatiol1 ollly DIak". the darkuess 

darker and brings us fl\Ce to face with other 

more insoluble problem •• 

Dr. Carpenter ha.s been lauded to the .kics 

,by Christian .ortbodoxy. ,U~. bas cheated 

tbem into prol.ing the harde.,t blow that 

tbeir Scripture.' has ever ",.stainl'd. l( thr.y 

accept his ccoclu..iobS ,Balam'8 Ass never 

.... w an an!l8lllor was ber tongue moved to 

.peak. Mary labored nnder a ballucina. 

tion wben Gabriel annoullced tbe coming 

conception. The whole net-work of spiritual 

•• perlence aud .piritual blstory of t1.e Bible, 

and the Christian'. bope of salvation is ef. 

fectually demolished by Dr., Carpeuter's battle 

as. Anything ~o beat Spiritualls'D I 

Tbis occult power bas manifested ItselC in 

mallY varied form., in many degrees of bean. 

ty, utility and aspiraUollaJ dort., leaving 

nothing ulltun.cd, breaking IDto the most sacred 

place" 8urprlslo; us by Its utter Con_ 

tempt for conventionalities, the conservation 

of science, philosophy and tbeology. When 

olle form i. de.troyed It b replaced by anotiler 

more my.terlou. and potent tban its pr ... 

dec""",,r., It i. h,.tinct!n thlliower' animal., 

It is Inspiration In man. It Is the key whlcb 

wlll uulock all the roy.!lC31 words of evolution, 

biology and psychology. It I. In oue 

word-Itelii:!on, Not a ·creed·bolln,' v ..... al· 

age to a. cburch. or the mere rippon,ltag. of II 

priesthoud. ' Not un'Deanlng forms that fetter 

the Boul, but the free spontaneuus ouf,. 

bursts of tb~ 

spirit as it r.scbes forward to 

tbe heaven, which It instinctively, insl,ira' 

tlonally feel. must be Its destiny. No church, 

n" party, no creed C311 monopolize this 0ccult 

prlrielple, tbis terribly prostituted prln· 

clple, called religion. It I. 811 free as tbe air 

of b.laven. It is tbe commou property of all 

mankind. It caUDot be confined' within tbe 

lids of a. book nor be" feuced In by the JOost 

.acred enclusures. It Is yours, it I. miDC. 

The bihI. "f the air slog IL, pralses, alld by 

Its aid tbe ants prepare Cor the enmivc win- ' 

ler.lt Is the b .... i. and tbe eud of' every 

form of life, and eve.·y thought J. but dn ex- • 

p ..... lon of Its e""!.ellce. lt i8 not confined ' 

to the pure and .Inl_. TI .. barbarous ellief 

of a barbarollil !';\C/o III abarbarous age, gnilty 

of crime •• bocking eVen to tbose rude times, 

attuntd hi. beart and barp under Its influ· 

ence, alld gave to tbe ages a p.almody wbicb 

bas been a perrenulal oonrce of conoolatlon 

tc tbe weary travelers tbrough life'. pllgrl· 

mage. 

' 

We know not tbe full pow.. and plaotlc 

capacity of tbl. mystic principle, by Its protean 

character; it elud ... the grasp uf thosc 

who would monopolize 11 .. power. ills equ· 

ally at borne ill Occultism as in Spiritualism. 

It enCOl.rages tbo idolator and losplres the 

..illt.. .By Ita aid all thiQg>! arc pos.lble. "For· 

In truth. 1 say Ullto you, if ye b3VO faith as a 

grain of mustard oeed, ye s.y uuto this' 

mGulltain, ·nemove hence·to yonder. place,' 

and It Mhall relQQvc; and IIothlugsbali be im· 

1"",.ibI6 III you.'~

• 

'rIlE DlGUTON ROCK. 

Anlericn Is rich In plWIllghton Rock In this state, aad other objectS scattered in difrerent 

pai-t" gf tbe country; all indlcal.e that people either than tbe Indltllls onC

106 . SPIRITUAL SCIENTIST. 

ferenCe with spirllB communicating by these kinds of stoues, plants, and mlnerab bas 

means. And, wbalis mOn!, not only is It a been loug euspeeted, and that they have penew 

and pecnllar world, but it Is one of law, cullar elJecl,nlpon pa.rtI~ular sensitives, both 

, of order, of bleran:blcal development, as dis· male and female, bas been proved by Mr. 

tinct In l\eel! ail any stale or soclety, worldly Jobn Enmon! Jones, of J'eckbam, in a work 

or spiritual, can bf,-a world, moreover, not on "Man," published some twenty years ago, 

, contradlcllng our preoent world, but su~plc- and that work I would earnesr.ly nleOmmend 

mooting and cpmpletlng aU other investiga- 10 yonr auentlon. Bnl tho beryl seems to 

Uons of a IIko ~ature everywbere. h Is also have ever maintained Its pla.ee as the most 

chron%gic.>lly consistent., It 1 may use the Impbrtant of these naturaJ objects. In the 

term. Tbe cryetsl spirits of Dr. Dee, and I,ouvre at Paris Is preserved one, if not 

those of the unknown crystallomaneer of tbe more, of these crystal orbs belonging to Chlltime 

of WlIIlam III. In the British Museiun, perie. one of the lII1c1eut kbigs of lo'rance, 

say the same or similar things to thOlle pro-' and it In all respects resemble» those In use 

"claimed hy them In the reign ot George III. at the present day for the evocation of spl, 

and Qlleen Victoria. Nor do these spirits 11.8. But as lusignla of anthorlty do not., as 

profess an undue superiority; they never de- blstory proves, appertain iIolely - to one 

clare themselves as final beings beyond wbom class of beings , we lind it adopted by tbe mathere 

Is no advance. Eilher by indirect state- gicl""" of the middle ages, by tbe physician .. 

mools or open assurance they proclaim tbat astrologers, and occult studeilts. Tbo. Parabeyond 

their own sphere of action there are eelslls Is . said to bave imprisoned w!lbln a 

higher forms of 1nl

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If1Io ABDBEVIATION!I. ... 

To aV~fd ... Ung I'paC.e by eontlDuf'd Tep!Utlooa or 

'be loog ,DamN ot our WGlI·kno\'lnl esthanRee ta 

tull, we bave coloed abb~atJone thlll win Uke 

, the Ita.et poa.eible flPDII!e wbll. NIVIDg ,be purpose 

of olf-all, tndleallo8 trom ·wb&n~ 'be lnfoi'mat1oc 

fa denyro. "fbey are aa tonowe:- 

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Y. t.. Volee 01 Trutb. Mempbla. Tenn. 

The name&ottbou tOTelg.. Journal.} IM.8 lrequl/loU, 

quoted tro~ aod DO&' 80 Rl'Oerall,Y Ano.o, 'France, 

Spain, Belgium, Gel'D:lany. ltal,. Tarke" MeaiCfo, 

SOuLb Aroerlea. e'Le .. w!U be glveo tu fuU. 

.~ 

TnB OUTJ.OOK. 

Ca.n yoti perceive tbe gr.lIId a:wailenlng on 

the subjeCt of Spiritualism in this country 

and allover the world? Have you noticed 

. tbe spoutBneoUII maoUestatlobS· occurrlu g 

amoug people who knsw notblng of the philosophy 

and believed Jess uolll the evldenc .. 

of their seilsea forced a conviction? Is It not 

Ii sign of a healthy growth that Impostors are 

being cxpOsed everywhere while geuuine me' 

dlums are permitting the most absolute tests 

and astonishing even .Splritualists by the 

. m-ength of the manlfcsla!lona under these 

condjUous? Ob, there Is cause for general 

. rejoicing •. ~Tbe Morning J.lgbt is breaking,. 

tbedarknee, disappears." As we have glanced 

over the leading papors.of the Uuil.ed Slates 

that come to hand we have been astonl8hed 

with the experiences thQt nre therein re 

Corded. It needs no .,19ld ImaglnatJon to 

·plcture the .other world forcing Itself Into 

connectJon with this spbere of existence. 

Tbe wall that separates the twOgtOW8 weaker. 

Every day It Is crumbling and tho spirit force 

rusbcs through triumphant, determined to 

make itselC seen, heard and Celt. 

TSE TJlu~ RI'!LIOIOI'l • 

It Is oftentimes difficult to a.certaIn if the 

stories appearing hi the secular press ",Iatlng 

to spirit Interference In tM all"alrs 01 this 

world are true or merely Imaginative. In 

the majority of cases It Is evident that the 

author I. famlHar with the subject of Spirit. 

pruism and· valnable InformaUon concern 

Ing the pbllooophy Is dessembial.ed. In our 

department for ".Mental Phases" of the pben· 

.omena, we publish a story· that comes from 

~t. Louis of a spirit bUsband, by bls dlrectln 

~uencie. sending aid to.hIs sl.l\rVing wife. It III 

claimed that tbe man who bad be.en lollu· . 

cneed was a member of the chnrch and 

dreaded to have anythlng·to do with Spirit. 

uallsm; bllt was bidueed by 8. friend to visit 

II private medium. Sbe· 800n booamo con· 

trolled by a spirit, who said, "My oalbe is 

S. God bl .... you my noblo friend. [lIere 

the lady arose and sbook hands with the gen· 

tleman we havetreferred to. J This may 88em 

strange to you, and I ask your pardon for the 

trouble I have been to YOD. 

You were the 

oply person I could coutrol to save the life of 

the woman I love and my daughter. I saw 

somethbig must be done and done quickly. 

I read your mind aod saw tbat you were of a 

nohle, philanthropic nature, and that I ·mllSt 

. loJluence you aud Induce you to help them 11 

Possible. While your mind was on your bbB! 

Dess I tQok control of yonr hand and wrote 

what you saw. Rest assured, kind friend, I 

.11a11 trouble you no more. From my hean, 

o how I thank youl. ,Yon have relieved the 

anguish of a spirit, and eaved those I loved 

fivm pain and deatb. U I can assist yon at . 

any time I will be oue of your guardian augels, 

to ever be near to help In Ume of need •. 

W hen you are passlrig to this shore I· will • 

help you over. I wUl thrill you with love. 1 

win lull your Iilind with sweet repose as you 

, .

ptlss from your shore, and gmop rou' wben 

Derosa IUId bl""" you. Ufe here to the good 

,18 D ml",lon of love, to I.elp bumlUlity from 

We lower to the blgher condition of life .... 

The church member bere remarked: '.'Can 

yon tell me which I. tbe true rellgloo ?" 

,"1 c:ao. It Is the one that gives you the 

moat'happiness, by teacblng the moot lovo to 

yOur fellow,man. farewell, farewell; but 

not gone." 

spmITU.A.L SCIENTIST. 

. A THEE J8 KNoWN BY ITS :to'BUm!. 

It· Is worthy. of comment that the pcrpe- , 

t.$tors of maoy of the cmbezzlcment.$ and 

forgeries tbat bave lately been brought to 

IIgbt are spoken of 88 "pillars of the cburch." 

There Is a notlceahle absence of :>pirltuallsts 

and Liberalists In this catalogue. To eschange 

the customed Beat ill front or the 

IIl1nlster for a ticket In the cuovlcts gaog in 

tbe State J'rI8on Is'nt a strong rec,oimlll",datlon 

for tbe practical valllB of, .... Ilgloo. The 

wOl'8hlpprs In tho galleries are nut apt to 

move forward to fill up Ihe vacaot seat ullder 

We pressure of the I'llmem hrance of the one 

, who once occupled.lt. The doubtr IS arm~ 

with an argument that will weaken the elo- • 

qUooce of a revivalist. , . 

The majority of congregation. of so-

" 

.. , 

EDITOR'S NOTICES .AND COMMENT.~. 109 

the snrronndlngs of tho medlom, nnd shows. 

conelusl""ly thni. there co.lId ,be 110 confederates 

at work, and then In addition to this demo 

onstrates that the medlnm could 1I0t have 

pe",onated the fonns, the eVidence becoml!B 

strong and valuable. 

• 

Genuine lIledlums can obtliln the manlfestatiolls 

under these conditionS. Whoever requires 

conditions thai will adrili& of fraud, 

and w\ll permit no ~.ts, sbould be set aside. 

In no other way can imposte", and tricksLe'" 

be driven out of the spiritual .novement. Tho 

day for seot hnent bas passed. Thero 19 no 

neces.lty for abu>llIg a medium or injuring 

bla or her self·respect. U 19 not difficult to 

I detect Imposture.ot determine upon tbe gen· 

ulneneos of manlf .. tatio.... We have found 

that tbe medium .. ho bas nothing to conceal 

does uot fe3r a most rigid examination. They 

have tbo consd~u.ness 

tbat tbe manlfesta· 

tlons a.t~ canse.t by a pow ... iudependent of 

their physical agency. . , 

Genuine medio.ims should be supported by 

havlng'the enco"ragement ahd sYOIpatby of 

every Splritnallst; but let Us be sure that 

tbel'e are genuine. J£ they are, tbey can dem" 

onslnte It; If tlN!y canuot, fet the .upport 

and patronage go \0 those who can. Doytou. 

, to·day has severa! vbQ hav.a flourisbed as 

mediums for form.manifestatlous for 8Elv~ral 

yea",' Are tbey genuine? The Ilanner or 

I.lgbt eirele or some other ~mpe~ntpeMlOns 

should be pennltted to apply these tests. 

They have had their o,,"n couditlons' long 

eooogh; it i. Ume now for tbe otber side. It 

is ol no use for these doubtful medium. to 

tell wilDt can or wbat caD not be done. . It Is 

8umeleet Ibat tbe manifestations have been. 

obtained under . these coudltioll8. 'I.et u. 

have ""act investigation. Uplll recently It' 

has been impossible to obtain test 'condltioll$; 

now let I1B make it Impossible· for mediums 

'to pra.cUee fraud. Apply the coudltions to 

these duubtful cbaracters, aud see what the 

reoult will be. 

UIlvlne Heing. lie alSo thought 

It extremely probable tba. tbe spirits of those 

. departed had the pw_r to revl.1I those upon 

tbe earth whom they had left. behind. In 

this conllectlon Mr. Deceher said, "With all 

my benrl. I wish I could believe In Spiritual' 

Ism, and I wonld if it was not oovered up 

with so much of 1I0nsenss; the pbllosophy of 

the tblog L. all right. Do yon suppGlOe my 

fatber or my' mOlher dOIl't remember me? 

Why should not thoso ,yho are nearest to· uo 

bere be nearolll to u. there? 80 far as the 

general Idea' of Spfrltuall.m b concerned I 

believe 111 It;' but so far as the practical ..... 

.oullo arc concerned-that wblch 18 peddled 

thrtlugb the country-thaI 1 do not believe 

In.'' Mr. Deecber continued 'by !riving hi. 

"lIpetie.nec and illustrating his meaning. It 

mBY he Bummed up in .bol't by .aying tbat 

IIlr. lIeecher belioves just as mucb as It Is 

popular to believe; enough to saUsfy lhe Splr. 

Ituall.1S In bls congregation, and Dot enougb 

be dlsple3Slug tbo.e wbo know nothlog .,f 

the subject. 

PllAcMCAL fh'illITUALlSU;' 

Said Prof. J. R. Bllchanan In thle anniyer 

.ary addreso, "I would now call upon Splri~ 

Ilualbls, as men whose minds are open to 

to tbe Iigbt from above, to whom the spirit 

world and Its Divine ruler are not remote 

historic things reached by tlieologlc .peculatI!,n, 

but ever preoOJlt aud penetrating reall· 

ties, to embod, In tholrlloes tbls,law. oflove. 

and tbllB provo the sincerity of tbelr convictions. 

If tbe demonstrated reality of eternal 

life and Its respolI.lbllllles does not produce 

In u. that eam .. t activity of r"Uglou8.lIfe, 

and duty whlcb has been produced In others 

by a religion wltbout living evlllence, based 

solely on bistorle records, tbe conclusion Is 

h,evltable that we are ourselves inferior In 

our moral natureo, and that our highest enlightenment 

will pro(jl us little, eltber h. tbis 

world Or tbe next. 

It Is not tho amount or 

truth which a man knows, but the amoullt 

oC trutb upon .. hleh he aci.., tbat determines 

hi. destluy; and if tliose wbo have been fore· 

most 111 tho recognition of spiritual trutb are 

not also foremost Iii Teduclng it to practice, 

they .. III be ranked herealter as Ihe Intellee. 

leetual Idle ... and .hlrUess vagrtans who ram· 

ble Ibrough a lIew country making no settle· 

ments, and building no bonseB, and merely 

preceding a more permauell~ and respectaOie 

populaUQIl. 

'''Whetber tbe presonL Apirllual movement·· .. 

Is a mere gypsy ramble .. f eurlous Blght-seera 

and idle excursionists, or tetnpo, .. ry squat-


t.e~ In !.be Wlldemeso, or 10 !.be commenc& 

ment of sometblng perms.nent, Is n quesr.io,n 

!.bnt Boston SplrituaUots .hould answer as 

soon as poaalble." 

PUOTOOBAHINO TnR l'NIIBBN. 

The following Is from an Miele In the ScIentlllc 

American on the "Solentiflc Application 

of l'hotOgrapby" : 

' 

"An odd circum.tance Is !hat pboto-, 

graphy sometimes reveals tbinl!" totally invisible 

to tho eye. InllCTlptiobs on ancient 

manuscripts bavo thlL' been brougbt to IIgh!. 

The Ink cO~lalnlnlllg peroxide of Iron, bad 

faded.o thai it was no lun:;er vblble. bllt ,it 

bad affeeted 'tho pbotogenlc power of the 9urface, 

so !.bat in the pkotographlc print Ule 

cbaracters alIce more appealed III 'tbeir orl~lnal 

blackno •• s. 

Vogel mentlo"s a case 

wbere tbe fat.e of a .itter appeared In the portrait 

covered with spc,ts, although none were 

viaible on the skin. Oh tbe follOWing day on 

wbleb tbe Portrait was taken. an eruption 

did appear. aDd Ibo person afterwards dh;d 

of varioloid. Tbe visible yellow of tho InCipient 

pustuletl bad evidently affected the •• b 

slUzed surfaCe. and tl,e disease had shown it,. 

, self te !.be c",,,,era' before It had been ret»g· 

bizet! by the doeturs." 

The bearing of these Cacts upon tbe subject 

of splrlt,.photography Is obvious. 

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,- 

TIDBTIETII AIINlVEJl"qABY. 

The thirtieth annlv~rsary 

EDITOR'S NOTICES .AND COMl1ENTS. 

was very generally 

observed by appropriate "",,,rei.os, and 

almost every city and town nnted as a centre 

for Spiritualists bad a credltabhi gathering. 

In our small spaCe lVe can not make a record 

of all. uor Is Ihere auyone \.hat i,. particularlv 

noticcable above tbe rest. Tbe wet!kly ~- 

, pers have fnll reports. 

I,ABT month we _onlel! aBerle.. of oxperiments 

with Ml$. Jobn R. l>lckerlng of 

Roc:hester, N. It. A few days be(ore _ 

held tbat seance; a clrcle from th~ lIanner of 

, Light had been tbere and expressed themselves 

dissatisfied: We felt sure tbat the time 

would-come when they would have dillerent 

opinions. and It lias already arrived. In the 

department for fonn manifestations will be 

found a noUce of ,their laot experllmce, They 

applied conditions which may be deemed absolute. 

and obtained strong manifestations. 

, -' 

'Henry Ward lIeccher h';'llow .. ald publicly 

that he believes Inl)plrltualisru.' 110 has often 

sald It privately_ 

,,-I' 

- OUR tbanks are' dlie those kind friends 

who assist us by' seudlng ,U8 cuttings from' 

socular par:ers allUding to Splrltuallsm. ' 

, Splritualiats nOtice, tbat psyChical pbe-, 

nomena are stronger In the spring months of 

tbe year. 

THEY bavo es,tabllsbed a society of Splrituallsts 

lu Copenbagen. wblch Is the first 

of which we 'bave bad any uotlce in nell.- 

marL 

' 

TUE J.'ree Religion Society of Springfield 

!Ia••.• has elected n. E. iJuddlngtou presl~ 

d!!nt and Josiah Jordan treasUrer. Both 

~enUemen are earnest SplritualMs. 

TuK Cal'80n. Nevada, Tribune reports that 

quite a revival is taking pl,,\,e among the Spiritualists 

01 tbat part of the Stale. and particularly 

In Carson; that nlgbtly seances occur 

tbere and the mos~ extraordinary pbenomena 

are obtained. 

" TilE Boston Dally Trabscrlpt for April 

18tb. coo'alns an able artie)e from tbe pen of 

Epee Sargent, Etq •• In which the ne .. testimony 

from hlgb quarters 10 Europe concern- 

, Ing tbe reliability of IIenry Slade'a mediumsblp 

receives a cleilr and cOgent rebearsal_ 

- 

To DAVII: faith lo'A medium and take wbat 

comes 118 genuine is sO Hazard-I. 

AT tbe Chureb of 5t. Andrews. Tavfstook 

place, London. Eng., last mo.itb, Dr. Mau. 

rico l.)avi~ •• an Anglican priest. pubUcly and 

authoritatively declared that tbe Spiritual 

I.tlc cr~ed Ie In harmony with Scripture and 

primitive Ch,iatlanlty. The text was tsken 

from 1 John. Iv., 3. wbicb be beld to be as 

applicable 10 communion with disembodIed 

spirits of to,day as with tbe embodied ones 

originally intended. This Is tbe tinot time that 

s\lcb .entiIDenL' bave been ad'fBlIced 11\ a con; 

... rated bulldillg. 

---. 

Tnll: pulee-beat travels with a rapldlty of 

about 86 fect per second. according to experi. 

ments made by Weber In 1850. 

TBB magnetic pbenomena are now' generally 

supposed to be the effect of strong 

thermo-electric currents p ..... log from east to 

. weot, between tbe tropics. aloDg the appMellt 

~th of Ill!! ,,!!,,-,Jllehard Owen.

]12 8PIBlTUA:L SCIENTIST. 

TIrE Advent Review IIdmlts thIIt Splritunllem 

Is making wonderful progrt'SlI, but sees In 

thlll only 0 confirmaUon af Its belief lbnt the 

"llllter dllY" Is about to dnwn and tbe devil I. 

Ilt hand to c1nlm bls owo. At tbe .ame rate 

of progress thllt It has made the past80 yea"" 

if tile devil bllS a little mare timo It Is difficult 

to predict what the result may be: 'in the 

meantime If the Advent Review will continue 

to pllbllsb .... many facl.s concerning Spiritualism 

as It bag done, they a;e weleome to 

their deducllo1l8. We will be content with 

the publlcatloo of the facts. Th.y speak 

ror themselves. ' 

' 

Several ministers In the West, coonected 

wltb different denominations, bave expressed ' 

a belief In the genulnene .. of tbe pbenomena 

they have witnessed, while two have preached 

a course of 8ermons wbicll lire' nothing 'Dore 

nor leBS than Spiritualistic lecture.. The 

churcbes have taken no notice of their CODduct. 

• 

VOICE OF TJlE PID;SS. 

REv. JOElBPD COOK did nol tell bl. hearere 

In Tremont Temple. or his readers In tbe 

Advertl8er, that'thesenlor and leading editor 

, of ?.eltschrilt. Prnf. Ficlite, \a an open and 

avowed Spiritualist, (as recorded In tbe tblrd 

edition of Fichte'. Anthropology,) and tbat 

others of Its sta1f are more or less Interested 

In tbe pbllosophy and pbenomena of the 

New Dlspen8atlon. !lr. Cook Is willing to 

get facts wbere he can, IIvldenUy, but 18 also 

"Ullog to leave to olbers tbe giving of credit 

. wbere credit Isdue.-[Dauner of Llgbt, Apr. 

27. 

WE '.\liB by on meaDs dcslrous 01 giving 

the pbenonlena a name; It I. enougb tor the 

pre.ent to attA8L.to their reality, leavlnr: It 

for Iclentlsts to Investigate aud theologian. 

and skeptics to gaze upon with wonder and 

astonlsbment. Jt Is 01 no use lor any man, 

8tnndlng alar of( or near, LA> call It a cb~at or 

a sbam; as well mlgbt It tie said that the 

peaUog tbunder Is "f the Imagination and the 

flasblng IIgbtnlng a visual IlIusln. Whatever 

they may prove to be, !be pbenomena. 

are real; aod the eternity of the paat, the 

elernlty af the present, and tbe eternity of 

the future, making one rolling, end 1_ cycle, 

wlllllot be loog enougb to undo that lact. 

Of neceaslty this dlscorered power must up. 

root old theories, but what is a theory 1Dthe' 

fnco af It. 

Apr. 27. 

Inct? -(Hllverh1ll Pub1lsber, 

EVERY Ume a Cathallc clergyman r",lmlnlltes 

bls rays of Ire against the swelllng,flood 

of Spiritualism, ooel:lUl say that our cause Is 

p1'08perlng. In fact It Is a sign af on 1m po ... 

tnnt triumpb wben tbe Roman clergy are 

-obliged to break. their sUence an &COOunt of 

the progresS of Ule doctrines of All .... Kar- , 

dec.-(lUll!l&raclon Mexico. ' 

• THAT a designing, unscrupulous pefllon 

'may, througb lotolmation obtnlnetJ. by hh 

own medial powers, or otherwise, with cleverly 

performed trldlll and deceptive representations, 

so work upon the credulity of intelligent 

peaple as to cause tbem to firmly bebelieve 

they have witnessed a genuine .plrlt 

'Iorm mate~lallzatlon, I'; liemonstrated In 

hundreds of Instaoces. To the collfldlng and 

credulous observer the prUllfAjacie evidence 

In 8Upport of the gelluh,enes8 o~ tho fraudulent 

maolf~tatlon8 I. equally as good, and 

Irequeutiy beuer, than the evidence In support 

of, the truly geoulne. Tbat there are 

genuine forlo manifestations scems, from Irrefraglble 

evidence, to be fnUy established; • 

and It Is eq\lally certain that most .&Called 

form mal.l>riallzations ale counterfeit. There 

Is, then, nO,alternatlve left buL for u. to 10- 

alst on crucial test coodlUone in every case. 

IR. P. Journal, Apr. 20. 

WE A.RE perfectly aware how sensitive 

mediums are, and bence bave been wIDing to' 

be as lenlellt as possible toward them; but 

we agree fu\ly with the R. P.' JOW'llal that 

tbere Is a point where patience ceases to ~ a. 

virtue, alld iliat the time has come to rebuke 

such vacWaUoo. (Banoer 0; Ught AprU 21. 

OI1B FBI\l:NDs 01 the dally preas (with a 

lew noble exceptions) dOD" like 9nr facts, ' 

and 80 they hope to stamp them ont by Ignoriug 

tbem, andpreveptiug their readers 

from. becoming aequalD~d with wbat I. ac 

Ing on In tbe world, so lar as Spiritualism Is 

concerned. "It mov .., gentieman, notwith· 

atnndlng."-(R. 1'. Jourr oJ. 

-' 

'MAruFK8TA.TlOI'IB wblch I 

utterly valueless 1.(\ Spiritual! 

be .0 considered hy all Splri' 

Is euough that Is genulnu, w . 

are strlppeli' oil', to colOJOlWd I 

coniideDCe ot the wo;ld.-18 ..... _-. ' 

. 'ful are 

uld 

..

Phenomenology. physical Manifestations.- 

• 

Mrs. John R. Pitk~:ilbsolute COIIdUiOR8. 

On tbe 18th of April II circle from the Ban·· 

ner of J.lgbt held a seallce with Mrs. John 

R. Pickering al' Rochester, N. IL Tbe ~I. 

tOr In the Issue of April 27, de.crlbes . the 

room and cnblnet, a clear Idea of which bas 

already bet>u given h. the Sclent.lsL He •. 1>)'11' 

further.-"We went IUIA! tbe cellar, dl.rectly 

under the loeality of th~ cabin." and critIcally 

ellamlnP.Ci the under lIooring of the 

room above, to a..certaln. if trap doors coold 

De fouod, (as' 8everal of OUI' party were ex· 

U-emely skopUcaI.1 and ~cerlalned that ey· 

erythlng was Intact, no .Indicat.loDs exlst,lng 

of trap door. or maeh.lnery of ally BOrt, but 

eyerythlng being as It ought-,on tho .qu....... 

We 8ubsequenU,- uamlned tbe Boorlng In 

tbe _uce room. Mr. l i lckerlng ripping up 

,lbe carpet for tbat purJooao dl~lIl' wb .. re 

tbe medium was to elt. In faet the e""Diln' 

aUoD of the premises waS conclnslve, clearly 

proving thepubllsbed statements of otbeni In 

this reopeel to be correer.. The ladles of our 

party were delegated. pre.lous to' the 8eance, 

. 10 critically examine the. medium'. clotblng 

In order to be sure 'Ibat nO COIItumes were 

tbereln hidden, after wblcb preliminary the 

lady was eoconed by them 10 the cabinet. 

Their report was tbat· tbey bad Ihorougbly 

e,-amlned Mrs. Pickering, tbat ber clolhlng 

, Was of dark color, (not a parUcle of wblte 

c).oth entering into the ';um total of her sparel,) 

and that there was .not tbe I .... t oppol" 

ttlhlty for the concealment of CQAllIDle •• 

Under tb .. e condlt.loDlI tbe edllAlr recorda 

the appearance of 80IDe twelve or more forriut. 

ADiollg tbem was olle recognized by M .... 

Jellnt. S. Rudd as her muther, ghlng tbe 

name'of "IIo.

11,\ SPIRITUAL SOIF..NTI8T. 

'" they 1mve beeD oocustomed to do, nnd Slit 

to be:>., "'e. GDd NOOIve, .... 1mt migbt be 

grnntcd to them. One of the sitters Is a 

young womQD OOout nineteen yellJ"9 of age, 

through wbom, on this OCCllSlon. the wonderinl 

events took plzu:e. Alter bavlng passed 

Into the trance state, sbe went direct. to 

the red.bot fire and dellbemtely pti~ her baDd 

In nnd tOOk out a handful 01 red bot cinders, 

aDd held, them In her band for ,evera! minutee, 

aDd n1so !>andled the top bar, whlcb 

was at the fire, with as mucb ease as If It bad 

been cold. Sbe also rubbed tbe red-hot coals 

coa/B between ber band&, and also conveyed 

the same to ber face, 8J\d bead, and balr, 

aDd rub1led them with the red·bot cinders, as 

1f In the act of wuhll.g berself, 8J\d ber hair 

9aS not slDged In the smallest degree, nor 

the mlnntest mark on ber face or bands visible. 

Sbe also stood for a period of forty 

minutes within two or three inebes of the 

'tire-grate where the fire was" and the lire, 

bad no more effect on ber clot.\IJD& than If 

sbe had been three yards away. 

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The Knot '1'uing Phenomenon. 

T. L. Nichols, M. D., contrlblllcM liD article 

to the I. s. 294, OD "nemarkablB Physical 

Manltestatlon8," closing wIth the following 

Import.atlt statement: "Your readers may be 

glad 10 know that, on the nlgbt of April 7th, 

we bad repeated, In my bouse, In the 'presence 

01 slz persons, IncludiDg Mr. W. EglIntou 

and Mr. A. Colman, l'rof. 7..ollncr's 

marvel of t) Ing knots In a cord, tlie ends of 

wblcb were tied and sealed together. 1 bave 

the sealed cord, whlcb 1. prepared myself, 

with tbe knotted ends 6rmly sealed to my 

card, on wbleb the lingers of every person' 

rested,wbUe live knots were lied, about a foot 

apart, In the celltral portiOIl of tbe cord. 1 

bave no doubt that tbls splendid manUe.ta· 

tion can be repeated at any time under like 

conditlonB.'1 

the bell II..slf. Under these condItions, as 

reported In I. 8.,204, the I1gbt being estlngul,..,ed, 

the electric bel~ rallg vlolonl.l1, and 

W88 carried about for a fe.... •...... nds In the 

air, rllIglng at Interval&, tbU9 sbowlng that 

bell and conllecUns wire were beld In two 

bancht. J\ Will> laid on the table, a II111e tllne 

Lapped out wltb It, stili ringing tbe bCll, and 

several qllestlons were' auswered upon It.. 

Afterwaro.q It was taken off the table, and 

laid on the manl.l&-plece, below the' nail from 

wblch It bad IIrst been taken. 

A beavy musloi! 

bo" wa9 nezt wonnd IlP, and placed on 

tbe beads of several silleTS; bells. 'tambourines, 

and tubes moved about fref"ly, and 

spIrit b",ds 'were felt by se.eml of the sItters. 

The actual manlfesLations were I .... 

than forty m!nutes. 

-, 

n-anSporlaUon qf Oldeeta and Le1ritathm. 

St.. George W. Stock, M. A., In I. s. 2M. 

describes a seance In hi. bousa at O,,(ord 

with Mr. Williams, medium. There was a 

cIrcle o( elgbt. The manlfestatlolls were In 

the dark. Volees were beard and bell. rung. 

A sudden noise was beard, and' medium, 

ebalr and all, were dl.covered to be on the 

table. Shortly after this thel' I1gbted up. 

The bind lell'l of the cbalr wero ezactly on 

the edge of tbe table, and the medium's head 

just escaped breaking the globe of the gas. 

Mr. Williams seemed to be In a trance wbeD 

be W88 lifted on to tbe table; 

A Cabinet Seance. 

,T. H. Edmllllds, member of the Beanee committee, 

report. Iha.t the Inquirer's seaJ)ee given 

by Ihe, Brltisb National Association of 

Spiritualist>, wilh Mr. }:gllnton mediulD, on 

tbe 20tb of February, was RBliafaetory. 

Slrsn~l"8 were allowed 10 secure the medium 

and make wbat eumioaUon>' they Msirtd, 

yet bands were seen, me8SBgt'8 wtllteD; 'Voice. 

beard 8Ild irultrumenl8 played upon., ' 

The Medium Held During MtIII(feslation8. 

11:. Hunter 01 Jesus College, and A. Xelghtlyof 

Pemb. Coil. Cambridge, Eng., cerr.lfy 

and declare Uiat tbe bands or lIr. Egllnton, 

medium; were firmly held by them, 8Ild tbelr 

1mel\!! re.'ted agalnot bl. during the wbole of 

II seance beld at 10 Xing's Parade, March 21. 

An el.,.,tr\c bell was lI"ed on the wall, a yard 

fro';' 1.be medium's seat, on'e' wIre being con· 

neeted with tbe bell ; the other bung over a 

nail bed In the waU within about a foot of 

E;rperlments WltAllen,"" SlaGe at Leipzig. 

Under tbe above title, say. the Dally (lo:ng.) 

TelellfBph of apr. 2.187S;lheQuarterly Journal 

of Sclonce publ;'bes a remarkable article, 

giviog a curious Illustration of tbe idea that 

has recently beeo developed In ~no8oy, that 

space has lIIIother dimension bey ond tbe 

longth breadth and thlckn... reeognized in 

georueliy .. F:?.oUlier,prof ... or of phyaical 

aelrOnomy at lA'ipzig, I. ' the author. 11. doscribe. 

some eltperiments which be made In

PHENO~tENOLOGY. PHYSICAL HANIFRSTATIONS. 116 

thot city in December, lS71. with Mr. HeDl'Y this ""'t,deduced by me on the ground of DB 

Sbde, tbe Amerienn. The.. esperlm.nts enJIlI'ged conception of ap:>ee, should be denied, 

only 000 other kind of .Xp)JlllQtiOD 

w ...... he 88Y", only the prnclical application 

of Gao ..•• and KlUlt'. theory of ap""", which woald remllin, wing from tI morn! mode of 

tb~.e two eminent men imngined migbt contain 

more Ibl1n ,three dimensions. Thii coo 

qnile COBtOmory. Thia ezplAnntion wonld 

eoooiderntion tbn, nt p ......""t, it is Lroe, is 

ception cannot be easily olOpWnod withoot coosiat In the presumption tbat I myself and 

the Ulle of diagrams and resort to lIIghly abstract 

conccptions; bot nerr Zollner eumin- ' whose presence several of thcso cords were 

the hODomble lIIen and eitizens of Leipzig, in 

ed the subject in Its simpl •• t form, the kn~' ;'ealed. ,were eitber impostors or were 'oot in 

ling of ao codle ••

]16 BPIB1TU.AL SClf:NT18T. 

bop teD 'secondS, wblle he T7llS DpoD It. TII8 

bnDde of the sitters were upon the upper 

surface. 

- 

A Medi ..... Cam€d out qf "Clo.'Jed Room_ 

A most remarkable ~llI1ce """urred In 

London, Eog •• at the residence of :drs. Makdougall 

G~ory. 21 Green .treet, Gronenor 

.quare, In presence 01 tbe medium. Mr. Eg 

llntnn, and a eel..ct party. The l..obdon Spir 

Itualist I. resPonSible for tbe f:\ minute. li'rom the time' Mr.' 

F.gllnton dl.joilled bands, to tbd time tI.e 

fDil In the room Above w"" beard, was probably 

les. tb811 ten second.; sowe of' the .Ittel'll. 

a few minutes after tbe event occnm.I, 

cstimnted It 1>' Ove ..ecoDd.. 

Wben the IIg11t 

was struck, JIlr. F..glllltun was 1I0t In the room, ' 

Mr. George ::Sutherland ulliocked the door by 

turning the koy wbicb was In tbe lock, I>nd 

It was then nollcyd lhot the .,....age outsld" 

wasre..bly illuminated by .... Heeted IIgbl from 

tbe gas In the hall below. Mrs. G~ry and 

several sitters proeeeded up.tal .... and fonlld 

,Mr. ~:gllnton lyllIg In a dep trance on the 

Ooor, with hi. arms extended. This was 

'abou,' two minutes after he dl"joilled haDd. 

io the room below. In two or three minutes 

he revived,' and complained of the back of 

his bead belRg hurt, &' if by a blow; beyond 

thi. there wa.. nOlhlllg tbe matter with blm, 

aud be wll8 M well as eVer ,In a fow mh'\ltes. 

The .Itters were all satl.8ed that the phenomenoll 

w"" genuine, and that the door cOuld 

noL bave been opened, closed aud locked uu 

the In.lde hy allY of tbe mortal. pNl:!enL wltbout 

their knowing It. 

This case Is paralleled by otbers In the bl .. 

tory of Modern ::Spiritualism, a. well as by 

ancient cburch legend.. Mr. Eglll.ton telJo 

U8 that be bas had the sarue manifeotatloD 

twice before-once at the houss of hi. frl'snd, 

Mr. Davl8, where be .tatee that It loa.' given 

nnder teet condition., some of tbose Present 

having their back. &gablst "'" door at the 

time. Tbe production of manlfeotations In 

response to the sudden suggestlou of .omebody 

pre""DI I. not uncommon. Tbe late 

Mr. Ouppy used to apoak of It as a remarkable 

Lblng that wbon Mr. Benjamltt Coleman, 

of Upper Norwood, was preseDtat Mrs. 

Guppy's .eaMes, the .plrlU! were almo&! Bure 

to do whatev.r he .... ked. Tbe facts bereln 

recorded cannot In any degree be paralleled 

by any experiments knOWD to pby.lcblts, 

and are at present foreign botb in deg_ 

aDd In klnd to tbeIr experience and their 

theories. 

CYBUS MUNBOR of WobnrD, M ..... , records 

the Interesting Incldeut that Mrs. . 

YOUDg&. the plano medium, de8ed Biohop to 

~upllcate the manlfe&tatlone occurring In her, 

presence at a public seance In New York, 

Bishop helng preaeot. It """! a trlumpb tor 

the medlnlD, and Bisbop WBII coafonoded.

, 

PIlBNOAfENOLOGY. PHYSICAL MANU'SLSTATlON8. 117 

Munl!'estatlons in lStl1. 

[The following oecllrrell""" took place before 

the adventul Modem Sph Itullll.m. Tbe 

reader will be .,bl~ to ghe them t1Jelr full 

slh'1liftcance. The C\lrUd~ate below ILDd nn 

IlCCODlpn.llylog, story erubodY!Il!: the lacts 

th."'III. Willi widely clrcula\eiI at \.I1t.Ume 

!.bruullb tbe pape"'.-~;I). J 

We. !.be ullderslgued. dePoso and say, tbal 

Gil SUllday "'ellll.g, Julie 1:1, A. D .• 1&12, 

w~ cn.Ued toiv .. lCh wltb Mr. Samuel MaUll. 

our neigbbor of North J~llton. 

Olle of us 

hBd beeD witli blm U,e' Jo'rlday nlgbt Wore, 

to watcb, and bad stupped !.bere at the I&W· 

111'. requ""t, l$ .. tunlay. Mr. Whltcber came 

to \Vatcb about U o'cloek ill U.e ever.lng, Blld 

tb. family soot. afttor retl""d to ..."t, aud lelt 

u.' wltb tbe .Iek wan, In a aon"'l rooln,!.be 

bedo", tbe IIOrt.il ~Idc, lb~ door-way 10 the 

kltchell 011 the eaot, alld a door leading to tbe 

bed·room 011 the weat elld or lbe rovm, and a 

set of draweni on tbe east side of \.I,e room 

near tho fnol IIf lhe bell. al.d a wlmlp19 by 

the foot, on lbe lJortb olde. The willdow 

wes rafsed froin fourto.h, 10cbe8. Tbe door 

Illto !.be kitchen w .... Opell, aud Mr. Gw,.ge 

W.· Maon .Iept tb."". 'l'he d!>"r IlIto tbe 

bed.room w&., slaut, and Mrs. l'eter Howe 

. sn'd MI'!!. Maull s ..,pt tbe,e. lL wao saip"""ed 

be 1'188 dylllg Friday l.lgbt; bi. ~lItremetle8 

were cold, and yet be lingered on; be seemed 

much distressed, but tlot In88l1e, ...,d Satur. 

day aDd Sunday remained still alive, and appareutly 

baseuslble. Wlleu all was .till !;WI' 

day night, 8114 Mr. Wbltllbe, waa standing at 

'-:be foot of the bed. close to the drawers by 

the open window. atld Mr. Norrie waa sltllng 

, 80Uth of the bOO, 801De four or lIye paces from 

the bead of U.e bed on !.be west elde of tbe' 

, room. and the caDdie was .blolng, and staod. 

IlIg on tlJe mantel o.er tbe fire place, wben 

we both dlstluctly heard a groall-to Mr. 

Wbltcher it _med 00 the soutb-east of, and 

near him and tbe drawers, and to Mr. Norris 

It seemed oort.il"""t ILDd oear U,e dra,,~re. 

We &re both p.,,1\.Iv .. that It could DOt come 

from the sick maD, oor the bed wbereon be 

waa. 1)or from aoothur room. It Wao a deep, 

lengtheoed paD, aDd .tartled U8 both. Mr. 

. Whitcher stepped from the foot of !.be bed 

where be 19118 standing by the ope.ll wlodow 

to see what the noloe was and whM caused 

It. As be took tbe light and turued roUlid 

toward the bed. we both oaw the room IIgbted 

u'p all at oile.i with ... , uneaMbly crlmsoo cui. 

ored Ugbt. It almost e1\.1ngulsbed tbe IIgbt 

of the candle, 80 !.bat its ligbt waa very feeble. 

oppnrsntly nimo..t onf,-'ood Immedl0tf.y _ 

""'" a etrnnge looklDg m!ln betweeo U8 IlDd 

the bed, looking appareotly lOt Mr. MlUlnbl. 

dress we ClUlnot describe, bl. wbole face 

we did IIOt see. Ills clotbes were do.rk. bu\ 

we C8\1l1ot gI>'o the fa..bloll or mnke. Dor 

"betber he bad Oil shoe.. or bouts, or baL or 

Oot. Both stood side by side, lran.Uxed, 

Norris bad rl.en up. Wbltcber etlll boldlng 

the call .. le 10 bls hand, I ... d 110 lire III tbe lire 

place, 'al I,,""t 00110 tbat save allY 11gb!., atld 

as tbe strallge man .lood before U8. bill back 

!Oward.1I3 8JId his face toward Mr. Maon, 

Mr. Manll appeared very mucb elicited and 

"!tltated. he rolled 011 the bed alld tbrew blA 

arlDs about. Rlid upe,.ell bls eyes wide, he ap 

",'ared frightell.1I alld colltlUued to gaze ou 

the apparilloll; tbeD i.e ~rled fA. cover up bl.· 

h~, thell I,e .puke, Slid bl. word. were. 

according to our be.t rccullectlon. aa fol· 

low9:- 

' 

"I am.a lost man, and going to bell, and 1 

call see hell I and the de~lIl. walllllg for me; 

Ob I 1 hav'; belped nll.ke way wltb a mao 

lorty-f"ur yee.re ago \.1,1•• ummer on Jockey 

lilli, wh"l1 I lived In Llllldaii. The man 1 , 

workea for I. now dead, and 1 .... 1Bt.ed t.o 

make way with blm. alld we c..rritM him up 

1I0rtheast of tbe bOIl.e, wbere w ... then a 

secolld growth of wood, Oil 1\ swampy, flattlsb 

piece. now cleared up, :lod burleu blm. 1 

bave tbougbt of It mucb slnee, alld was of leo 

warucd about It, but 1 tried to bear It as well 

as 1 could." 

• 

lIe tried to ssy something more, aDd we 

both tbluk that be uoed th~ name of FAwardll. ' 

bllt In what conooc\.lon we canoot oay. He 

called no other lIame, and we niay be mls· 

taken 10 this olle. but t1Jiuk we ate not. He 

then sunk dow1l. after turning OVer oncs or 

r,wlce, and throwlllg his armo abou!., groaned 

and died. Wb know we were frlgbtened, 

aDd clluld not .peak, or did not, nor did tbe 

stranger, and ao soon as Mann bad flnlsbed 

collfesslllg and was dying aw.y, he (tbe 

stranger) wao gone. Uow he got In or DOt, 

We know not; ono door waa opeo. but we did 

oo~ see' blm come 10 or go oul., nor cao we 

belle.e tbat be did. Wben we I1l1!t saw blm, 

be stood at lbe bead of tbe bed or near It, 

hlJo race partJy turned away from Whltcller 

towards the bed alId bla back to'Norris. We 

call not dt!Acribe bl. looks,llor can we hlB 

dress. We bave' abo.e given the truth ao It 

appen.red to us, and for tbe sllke of the survivorB. 

a •• moothly ao we couJd-Md aa near


us we. eM recoUe'" ii, aDd nlthougb we were 

shocked atld somewbat confn,ed, yel we .both 

remember, alld fear we alwaya .11:>11 too 

'vividly, tbe scencs' of t.bnt 111gb!., lind whell 

'We ,pDke to 6QCb other of It at 6 ... t, we bot.b 

3f:l\"'Cd ,lIS above, Neither of WI had ever 

benrd of a man being ... be told u., and we 

have been up to-day to •• c tbe grouud be 

descrlbed"and found It as be told. 110 made 

no confe •• lon of auy other crlmo tbat we lin· 

derst.ool:l. alld we feel f.leudly to tbe family 

and aloo t.n him, aud have no other "La'w III 

giving tbio, bul to savo fals" reporla, alld do 

our solemll duty. 

JlAZI'll.! WIIITClIF.R, 

DA VJD lII. NoRIUS. 

Grqflun, 88. Jllly 8, 1842. -l'beu' tb4 .aid 

lIazen IVbitcber alld David M. Norris, the 

signers of the above affidavit mAd" by them 

algned, I. true, and I. ~11 u .. i trnt.b acconllng 

to, our Jast. recolle.ctiou, b"rort· mtt. 

" lll.A GOODALL, Justice of roace. 

SEVItRAL Interesting seance. with lIIaud 

Eo J.or.! 

,. 

are de.cribed ill b. I. apr 27. 

lII8.~. JOliN R. J>ICSItRINO, ihe llouhc.>.ter 

m.dlum, 

. 

In in Snlem givIng oeal'Ceo. 

. . 

A OI!NTJ.ltMAN In San lo'raneisco sende to 

tbe editor a small portrait, that was, drawn 

wltb a pellcll at a seance In tbat city in a 

rew seo 110 Po~lbil1ty,of tbe 

pllper being exellB.lIged for anotber. It Is ,,' 

sluguhir pn>ducUon. 

' 

SAyiI T. C. NIchol., lII. D., In tho 1. s. 294 

"I then beld the hand of lIIr. E"lintoll a.~ 

, D 

firmly as pooslble In mine, and In an instant 

tI,e chair, one, of our cane bOttoms with 'bent 

b1\ck'" WIIS hanging 011 tny arm. Thl. 

beyond all doubt, was matter p .... lng tbrough 

matter; but wllether the woOO pa-ud througb 

fI ... b aitd bOlle, or flesb a,.d bone througb 

wood, 1 bave not yet been able to determine." 

SOME few yenre ago, the secular press of 

Sail J"raneloco w .... much Interested In tbe 

manlfc.-tations oecurring III the bouse of a 

lIIr. Clark, a gentleman of respeetable social 

, s~ndlng. A eom,nlttee of luve..tigatlon was 

appointed. and were tbe unwilling voucbers 

of the geuninell .... of the phenolDena, al. 

though u.. tny.te.y w ... as great as ever. In 

tbi. coudltluu the matter r ... ted. A cor ..... 

pOlldent send. the editor an account of a Be. 

, 

anee beld there IlISt mon\h, whlrh WIIS remarkable 

(or the etretlgth of the Jp&nifesta. 

tiOrls. 

...' 

SoME o( the monlf.Btations obtruned 

througb ,slnd.,in Russia are enul'

. 

Rhenomenology. Mental .Rhase. 

TnE lJA.NNl'~ OF LIGllT MESSAGE 

l)F.P ARTMENT. 

tn \bt& depAJ1D'lenl 'WO I'E'C'Ord tD a'pbnbrdent OMU 

the PlUDeA Riven wllb lbe commonlnnloD8 IV("t'h'l",1 0' 

'Ille elrel .... or tbe Ban •• Fr 01 JJllbL, in l~tOD And Bal- 

· Uml}re; nltto,whQ\n,'" loformatJon h'totea '0 'denUtYt 

.ueb ca t.hne place ODd eDuae or ~ln.R _owoy. nUu. 

alonll '0 f'O.r&b anDes, aud nlD1Jnoe or~endlll "Ilh"r 

in etn1h'or .plnt-lite. 1\ 18 urged lbo' IdenUty ,eDn 

oft .. o be 1rnied Sn the language or ~cDIin.r tonn of 

upft>88lol) ; bolo lbIB of COUI"88 lgbt.on, Mass., got qui&'raZler, Sarah. wife of Jobn· lo',uler, Columbia 

Avenue, Uallimore. '79 y old, 

IOllg and tedious .Icklle...-apr 2'7. 

Garfield, Jo:dwil', a nallve 01 Newton, pas8ed 

";way til lIarltord, conne1lted wlt.b nlLroadlng 

over , .. eoty year&.-apr .21. 

George, Grandfather. anulversary address,- 

apr 20.. '. 

Genld. Alice 1>i., N. Y •• paren'" came frolll 

l'ortlalld. Me., 12 y old, dlpbtber1a.. 1Iee11 

gOlle 4 Y,-apr 1:1: 

_. 

Goward, George ll .. JlalTi.burg, Peu ..., '0 

bls wile, cbildren ..ud brothera,-· 

mar 30. . 

G·rabam, AlMon., an accident, 8 y tlgO lao .. 

Augu.t 011 Ibe road t.o No .. Orloa".. To 

a friend In Cblcago aud aooUIer In :Montreal, 

-apr 21. 

Gray, WUliam. Wletl to be miEd. "Billy," 

Hoston. "" addte$o,-apr 1S, 

Gunnll\On. Sarah A., Worcester. Maslh, 36, 

old been gone 3 y. 

Dale.· Dattie B., to U-- to iake more Int.cre&t 

in boy Willie alld. daU&hler Nellie. 

Try. 1.0 oLtengtben Fanuie. Speaks.o(. 

uncle George-apr 13. 

Daley, JalDes, Monlgome,?" Ala., 3'.1 y old~

120 SPlJUTU.AL SOlENTlST. 

been goM II 'J. mnlnrlcl fever. lIad i> 

sister Lucy who 11M gOllo "'''''t, mnrrled 

to Joseph Smitb.-npr 1!l. 

,Bann,ah. to MlooWl Ma'rgarcLiu l'bOadelpbia, 

apr 20. 

HenMer. M~ Wbllford ••'alrfax Co., Vr;;., 

wifa of (,f'Orge alld daughter of (leol'lte 

llooper. who died before sbe dId alld formerly 

lived In DorcbeSter Co .•-mar 30. 

Hous~, Joel 1>., Jeife,"on City. was 49 y old. 

been gone 13 y. ,Seuds word to friends 

III Lltlle Uoel

PllENOMENOLOGY. MENTAL PHASE. 121 

SUI"", Jlorace.-< left at home wllb 

tbo babies. had to thank tbal wRruing dream 

'for his life." 

Sane4 From Staroallon by a t~pirit. 

A correopOndenl 01 tbe Globe l>emocrat of 

St. l.oui., III a letter dated April 20, tell. a 

.tory frum wblch tbe following points are 

,ab.tr~eted. The pbilo.opblc4J explanatioll8 

are con'cot, bnt are nol new to any of our 

readers. 

A gentleman connecled with a large mercantile 

'hol15e, whilo btandbig at bls desk 

maklng'out a bill of, goods'to be .hlpped. lit 

having been partly made out), his b .... d was 

Budd.niy controlled by an InvUolbJe power, 

and iu !.he .. ext line, where the price of ~e

BPIBITUALBC1E.NT1BT. 

nrUcle shonld ba.e been millen, be was 

mnde to wIllet '''Go to Mrs. S!s, on C" 

atreet. I •• ar tbe Shot Tower." I .. stantly tbe 

power le!t blm. lie read tho line and th.u 

clumpled up the luvoice alld put It inlO bis 

pocket, taking up another bil,l-head alld requesting 

lbe calling· clerk to call again, Kay 

Ing. "I have m"de a mlotake." Commenc 

Ing to write again, hL. band Wall immediately 

sslzed as before, and he wrote a Becond tlm .., 

"Go to Mrs. S.'s, on C. street, neat tbe Shot 

Tower." 110 Impatiently Bnatebed up thl. 

also aud put it 1111.0 bi. pocket wit.h tbe other, 

asking a clRrk to take bis place. and'relUarklng 

tbat he felt "very que.r, and must 

go bom.... IUs burror at being eOlllpelled 

to write against hi. will made bim f,..,1 quito 

sick. lie tbougbt that ho must be "olllg out 

of bl. mh.d, but tbere nev.r. b;"villG beeo a 

casee of Insanity in bls' family. tbe faet conyoled 

blml10l n 1I1\1e. nll~ be tbought he 

would be better lIe1t day. lIe mentloned 

the ea..e to a bosom friend of bis. and tho result 

was tbey vi>ltcd the place named. whe.·o 

they found and relloved a starv!pg womatl. 

She bad known good circumstanceS, but ber 

busband died and revsrses bad reduced hgr 

to tbls state. She re\Darked. that she "knew 

Goo would belp tbem. for sbo dreamed lbe 

nlgbt b.fore sbe saW her hUl'baltd rolling up 

a barrel of ftour alld bringIng In som .. other 

things; and b.,..ald to bert 'I ha.vo had bard 

work to get tbis to you.'" Ottler h,ve,Uga· 

tlon Itldlcated ~baL the busba.nd bad eon trullcd 

tb" mali's hand, he being a writlng medh.nI 

wilbout koowing it. Tho account oays that 

bo La a member of 000 of· our most co.tly and 

f ... bloo3oble cburch .... alld tba.t a spirit should 

control blm .~med perfectly dreadful to him. 

as be bad .. Datural (~dllc.wd) borror of Spiritualism 

and thought It one of tllo great humbut>" 

of the age. . 

bls cbnract.er, bQwever, bnd been of the supeTllcial 

or ,.orldly nature, bo wore n troubl· 

ed BlIl>cct. . The bewildered BIelv!"a Spellt 

largo .umo of mo"oy!n the cbnreb, for tbe 

repOlie of 1110 oOnl, but without nvall. Rnd 

she ~n a Spbitllrulot all would ha.e been 

ninde clear aud shown 10 be natural; but 

these appariUollS oC the adored GlI$tave 

proved ber rllin. At the It.BllsaUou of ber 

confessor, to appease a suffering BOlli, ~he entered 

a cOII.ent. The priest bnd only In 

viow ber immense !O'tUDe. But III beCIIming 

tbe "bride of tbe :t..rd" tire ""bit of ber 

buSband became' more and Inore lrrltat.e

.' 

PITENOMENOLOGY. MENTAI.. PHASE • 

Into the tlU'eet., bnt found no one. She felt 

ulnch llIo.rmed, "",d, though no word of the 

fi'1tII oecummce b"d re...:bed her, sh" took 

,the lint triun next morning to G:!.la&hiels, 

wured Unit ootllething dre:ulrul bad bappen· 

e(J, and, of courae, [ound hllr wont fears 

realized. 

.8tridenC8 o( IdenUty. 

A remarko.ble incident occnrred in the circle 

at the haunted bouse spokeD of in the 

opening pages of this number. 

As the circle 

Willi about breaking np, Mrs. C. 11. Wildes 

was SUddenly controlled as a gentlerulUl 

stepped up to bid ber goOd.bye. The intel. 

llgence Roatebed a bundle of papers from bis 

pucket, i08tantly selected one of severallpgal 

envelopes, alld, although tbere was nothing 

to dbtingtlisb one from the other. '.aid, "in 

this package i8.a mortgage; I made it; my 

name is John Smith; yOU were going tbi. af· 

, n

spirit r,ra:rn.lng qf Da7llJt;T. 

A corre'pond.nt of the Bc.oner of i.igbl, 

.. riting from Georgi", says :-"Dr. Knorr, an 

eminent homeopalhlc physician, who was formerly 

a pupil of Eunemose. in a Germ"" Univenity, 

ha.d always beeo a IDate-iialist, 

, , 

Spm1'l'UAL SCIENTI8T. 

.,tbough a believer in mesmerism. But hi. 

fine ioteUectual and .piritual orga~lion 

conld not re.t in tbat, and four years since he 

became inte,...,.r.ed in Spirilualism throuilb th~ 

mediumshlp of Dr. Webster. Afler Ilie loss 

of a son in thelale yellow fever epidemic, he' 

. began a home circle, at whlcb his de .... one 

.oon commuoicated. . 

A few months ago a conductor on th~ Central 

Railroad began to be Inle .. sted, through 

~. . p ... onsl alHlclion and' experience, and tbi. 

famili .. united their eircle., at which every 

fourth day tbey receive communications irom 

those gone helore by table-tipping and rap:.. 

• 

ping. They 8eem inspirod by sncb eame.t, 

loy!ng, devoted interesl, that it is a pleasurO 

to 8ee Ihem: ' . 

Conductor W-, wbo is aJarge, maltneti.c 

man, haa had 80me wonderfnl es .. pes from 

Budden d.ath tbrougb .pirit inlervenlion. 

Twice Rn overpowering presentiment ot danger 

ealli.d bis procipitatc retreat to the rear 

of hi. train, and twice, immedialely after 80 

doing, Ihe scat be bad just vacated was de' 

stroyed by a sudden crash. Tbe third time 

warning came, and uDderslanding no'w its 

meanmg, h~ stopped bis train withoni an; 

otber warrant for 80 doing than that inD~r 

·~oice. and. hurrying forward on Ibe track h~ 

met nnother train cOllling loward him at full 

sp.ed, "bicb be 8ucceeded in .Iopping only a 

few rods from hie own .Ollin.... 

l!,;,idence ~r Identity. 

Say. John Wciherbee in tbt' Bonn.. or 

I,igbl, "A sew days ago I bad a .iltini\ wilh· 

M ... Wildes, 62 Oak 8t...,,,I, pasIon. I do 

not think ahc knew me, first J from ob9.~l"\'a:" 

tion of her remarks; Rt'Cond t she said Bile did . 

pot know me; 'and third, it ohe bad it would 

have mad. no dilIerenee •. Tb. wbole iitling 

W88 inl."'.tiDg and full of te810: name of 8;s:. 

wr and a favorite aunt, and a fl"latioD ~ith .. 

very mal ked peeuliariti •• 01.0, and many oth~ 

ers who a", of len wilh me, and dI"n ohe .aid~ 

'nero is an old man, rather a .mall man: with 

gray hair; he i. no blood r"lallon of ;ours~ 

but a mall wbo likes you very mach and baa 

bueine., with yo a.' I lietened without ·appa. 

rentJ.y _ogni>.Jng. him, and' the e~traD""d, 

cilntiDaing, wd; 'His nlllDe iB RnJph-RaIpb 

Uantington.' I W88 very glad, for I "lIS expeeling 

Ilim, and be 8IIw 1 10 .. without my 

saying BO, and then look poaansion-that is tho 

~.d1um talked in the llrat person singular, 

nnd tben put ber Ihi.11l1md . inlo my side 

pOcket, took out my pocket·book, and among 

·flfty or more dIlIel't'nt !hingo picked out BD 

envelope with conlents of a speeial cbaracter, 

and whieb bad Borne b.aring in CODDeedon 

with bim as ODe of my familiars, and 

said that was It, and seem.d to know th .. 

whole .tory and loc~lIon of the contenls. . 

I need not go. furtber inlo partiiiul...... 1 

havp "';d thus mucb to 9how tbat Ihi. was nO 

indellnite inl.rview on Ralph'. part, and 10 

bring out tile point 01 iDte~.t for "hich I am 

wrillna Ibl. artiCle. Mr. III\Dtlngton-that is, 

the spirit-said; 'Jobn, you we'" at Maud 

l..ord'. ci"'le the other nlghl, and you l'

General ~cntion and Gossip. 

The Myth qf tile Immaculote Conception. 

BY G)tBAI.J> lIf,uSEY. 

Spiritualism bas 00 ioterest In violating 

oatural Jaw. Scienco can accept lIolhiug 

that i. In violation of the laws of nature, and 

. wyLbology, when read, will be found .tick· 

iug at. closely to tile natural" law as thc 1i1B 

~t to Ihe rock. )jut to read those 8yrubo," 

as actual facts and direct occurences, Implies 

all ~orr.. of violaUon 01 lIaturai law, and mytb 

becomes miracle. The miracles of the liebrew~ 

call be shDwn to be ~:gyptiall m) th. I 

HeC8use spiritual cOIumunlcauolI be a fact 

wii.hln the sphero of natural Jaw, the hIlOISCumte 

conception i.. 1I0t, tberefore, a fact. 

Aud its mythical, io tills ill:ltallce, solar ori_· 

gin aud meaning, 1."proyabJe. T!le Qllly vi .... 

gin motber who .,er bore a chUd without a 

natural faliler beJungs to tbo s!)lar allegory. 

It was 1I0t onlY.II l mythi

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by COnC9ntmUng Ita f&cnltie&. The first condition 

for metmerlsing I~ a .tronll will, the 

second Is conlldence, the tbird Is benevolence. 

The acUon of mesmerism Is, in Its principle, 

spiritual; bu~ It I" pby.ical in It.~ elleet9. 

Tbe strengw of will does not eom~ entirely 

from tbe bead, bllt oblelly from \.he b~Rrt. 

The m ... merlc fluid I. ollly lleallng wllefl Lbe 

beart I. pure alld strong In .falth. 

The mesmeric proceo. wblcb 1 bave employed 

Is simple. Uerure Inosmer.izlng 1 I.n 

'ale myself as much as po ... ible. Illeilher 

see 1I0r b"ar Rnytbing tbad. paning ar"ulld 

me. 1 make a mental prayer that God may. 

bleso .my eaorts. M! tboughts Ollce IIxed, 1 

mesmerize. 

Materializing a Si'tl>ing Mflchine BtiCch. 

TI,e R. P. Journal tells a siory: 'A certain 

amiable lady b88 beeu for a 1,,"[\ tlmo III we 

babit of visiting DaaUan and Taylor'S sean- 

, .., :' cell, wbere .be felnbahlle bad Ibo exquisite 

p",asure of seeing and a.ft'ecUonately greeting 

tile malerlallzed spirit lIt a very dear female 

relative. Upon one ~'Ion sbe reqnested 

a piece of the draper)" of the spirit to tetaln 

&8 a 80uvenlr of IbC$e bappy reunions; \.be 

opirlt complied wltb alacrity, and Revered a 

plere of the robe, including a portiou of tho 

hem. The precious relic was carefully p .... 

&erved, and, upon examluation and plcklol! 

out the tbread, the Roalll waR found to have 

bP.en .ewed with a lock·~tltch sewinS rna· 

el.lno. Tbis circum.tance was ratber " 'tunner 

to sume of tbe famllv. but thc 8000 old 

lady readily .tralghtell~ tlle seeming crookedness 

by explaining wat .be had been 

taug!'t, that In tbe spirit world tbey bave everything 

as wo bave here, and, therefore, 

. must of necessity bave loc:k .. Utcb sewing 

macblnel. . 

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Pre/ling Jor Raln~ 

A nangalore, IndIa, paper 8aJO : "Owing 

to Ibe great draught and' consequent f"llure 

of crops. tbo·M;'bamedatu Dlot In a body, In 

n maldan, a mile OUt of town, and offered 

prayers for f"lo. Stmuge to say, frOID \.hat 

very momen' the sky began to be overeaot 

witb tblck clouds, aud It bas been raining 

since wen." The MIId..a. and Bonibay papers 

also coutaln notices of a .Imilar tenor. 

Tbe Rev. J. M. Peebles, In a d""erlptlou of 

the ceremonies above Alluded lO, sbows Will. 

• \.bere was a method lu their praying. 

BPnuTUAL SCLE~8~ 

.4n Impartuil OpinIon. 

In May last tbe Rigbt Uonorable W. E. 

Gllldatone ploCi!d on record In a I.lverpool 

journal, one of we most Imp:inlal and 00- 

bl~ opInions ever uttered ~ 011 outBlder; 

and from wbicb we extract the following 

. word.: "1 know of no rule whlcb forblolA a 

Cbrlstlan to examine fnto tbe signs of pretprnatural 

~ncy 10 tlie system cnlled Spl .. 

ItuallAm. II tbe .... vlews and fado of the day 

bave in any way sbaken !.he st.l\Ddlng ground 

of a CbrlsUan, I. It not bls ftnlt and most 

obvious duty to make an bnmble4>ut searcb. 

In~ .eruth.y of tbe foundations? I speak as 

one who I. deeply convinced tbat Ibey will 

~at It, and Wat God haa ye~ many a fait 

plant to rear In Ibl. pllrtlon of lIi. garde.," 

Suel. ",e· some of thn thoughts of we great 

PSt of living orators and statesinan •. 

In dian Mysticisms. 

'l'.:. S. G. In an ·article under tile above he.ad 

in the I." s. 29.~ Ray. that a p:1/cLi.ed eye wi I 

readily detect tbe way In wblcb every trick 

10 done. 'I'he m"ngo tree I .. simply the sub- 

8111u\.lon of several lree. of differeDt growth 

from the ReOO. It Is true Unit they bave no 

confederatca, bnt they have a little bag, a 

~p Into wblcb tell, the 810ry. 

. A Jo'/OUriBhing Socielll. 

Tho society over wblch Mra. Cora 1 •. V. 

Rlcbmond presides In Chicago, bas reoled 

tho Third Unitarian Cburcb; comer of Monroe 

an.! I.aIIln Btreeta, and ,took possession 

tbe lI';'t Sunday In )fay. Thl8 edillce cost 

originally over forty' thousa:nd dollars, and 

contain8 one of tbe flnest 'organs In the city. 

It Is a place where all can meet ·wltb pleaa, 

urO. Thl. chango o;>f baae will lIIark a ne ... 

era In the progress of Spiritualism In tha 

city. 

The real The080phiats date from the y·.a 

XVI or tbereaboulS, and begin witb I'ara",,! 

os. Thoy are divided into two parts, !.he on 

iliOn: popular and mvstle Iban leam"d, I 

whom belong J. Boi!hm, S"edenborg, Ma 

tinrz l'asquaU., an'd MI. Martin; the olb, 

branch is more Bcientitlc, philo80pbical at 

theological and includes Parceleu8, «;oro 

liu. Agri Pl'a, .'Indd, ..... d Von lIelmonl. 

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Tbe may·pole and ibe churcb spire wi 

Ihe wenth.·r-cock alop are the nalural biel 

glypb of !.be re.umction. 

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GENERAL MF.NTION .AND GOSSIP. 

I.ECTURERS' AND MEDIUMS' NOTF,s. 

Mro M. C. Gal .. of nyroll, )llrh., b"" been 

.... eenLly developed "". a Lranen .peaker. 

Lou M. Kern. I. ,;ivillg prlute 8e,mre., a.. 

well lIS the public halloH •• t In Wasbh.gtoD, 

D. C., wlLb rem.lfkablo succe ••. 

. Mr. W. Fol:libton ."Y' be bopes 10 leave 

. England (or Lbe Cape of Good Hope 00 July 

9. lie may tbon pl"OC>'ed II> Au..tralia ROd 

India, returning to Jo:ngland by way of Gibraltar. 

Andrew Jaelc!on Davis bas been lecturing 

In Wa..blngtoll, I). C. 

The ReVUd Splrite of J'al i. tells of n family 

at Aolcbe ill the North of Ionnce, the fatl.er 

of whicb I. a bealing medium and tbe .everal 

chlldreo have differellt pb""e, of mediumship. 

Tbe medium, Mrs. Markee, baving 'been 

fined $50 at Roehp.sl.er, N. Y., .olDo.time BgO, . 

. for oot taklog out a Iieen.o as a sbowman, 

appealed tb. cas., and now, a.o a finality, the 

Supremo Court bas reve ... ed the deci.ioD, 

leaving the city witb a large bUi of costs td 

.pay. 

Mrs. Mary J. UolIIs-l!II1iDg, 'he renowned 

'pirltual medlulO, who fur the past y"ar I ..... 

bliell a re.ldent 1 Chicago, where she has 

been holding seance. wbich ha_e give" grea~ 

.ati.facti~I1, is about to take a mueb 11e:a!>IIl.\JlB.'!.!!dothera. 

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.' ,'. A' cOllaMl'ininENT 11l"Jroll,"d .ende·to- . We find· the-IndIa,,·Gnostie!.sme revived ·b,.. .. , .. _. 

Ibe London Medlom a colD1Duul::ation re- I Boehm, .. bou' the YOM 1700, and spin in 

eelved from St. Patrick.. lIe denl .. that be 1800 hy Pasquale. and otbera.

128 BPrBITU.lJ.L SCIENTIST. 

, " 'A ~ew spirituall9lie jaunlal is to be i .. ued, 

at tbe lIague, to be etlited by Mme. Vau Cal· 

dar, :0 be called the Op do Grenzen Van ta,'ce 

\Verelden. 

Mr. E. Ros,i de .!u"tiulanl, 01 Smyrna, 

Asia Minor, has ju.t published a parupblet 

enllcd ,the "nemon uf Socrates." 

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Among tlto later works In connecUon ,.Ith 

Spiritualism ~e I.es Dogroes Nouve3u,,', by' 

,Eugene Nus; • l1ango Cun.olatour, by M. 

Marebal; I.a'Vi.lon Uu Prophete, by Mlkael, 

and hI the German langnage, ll"" Klerrlk'"lismus, 

Unfeilibarc, ,UeberWlnderin, which 

bAS for ita' objecL the refutation of all tbe 

errore 8P,re:ul abroad ",spectii'g Spiritualism. 

Tho Italian splrltuali,tic journal Anna1i 

n.lIo SpitiU.mo of Turin, ha.. eniered upon 

Its fifteenth ye3r. The Spanish' journal, EI 

Crlterlo Jo:.piriti.ta of M3drld eommene~. Its 

tenthyear. 

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Theosopbists and theas"plty and the rep~c 

~entativ~8 of the Theosophical Society of Ne\v 

York are the·.ubjeets ofobarp criticisms Bnd 

~ndor.em.nt. in the J.olldon Spirituau.i dur- 

, Ing ihe PMt mOllth. ' ' 

Tho Acad~mie l>n~umatologique of lolor· 

~nc~ 1188 publishC!'d a volume of '. trnnsactioDs, 

containing reporls of discussion meetings eon~ . 

vcncd b.1 th .. lIaron (l';'ittcra dB Buzzi. 

Till': no.tie 81'~8k. of a new journAl found 

~tI at Guadnlajara, Me.ieo, entitled l.a 1)18- 

cue-ion, and of a ~jfty at Santiago, ('hili, 

which i.suea a monlhly reolew. ' 

IN coru .. qu~nee of the denth of Dr. Dupui., 

the founder of the G .. lilccn al Oatend., and a 

most active worker in tbo cause in Bt"lgium, 

a fusion of this and I,e Cherehour of J.icg~, 

ha. tsken place, undor the title of the Revue 

llel,:o du Splritisme. 

th ... post. All attempts to guln an explanatioi. , 

or 10 obtain I't'd ...... were uS"I.... M. J'it'lnit 

Ihp" 'etit an R""oont of th.se arbitrary pro. 

ceedloll" on the part of the Go .... rnmpnt I" 

the principal ilopublicao journal.. Not one 

;nsclti.>d it. lIe bus now I't'sohed to bring 

out hi. journal UDder a new name, not caleu· 

Is'ted to excite suspicion. H i. 10 be called 

I.e ncn~diction de Saint·Mallr, and will b. in 

the 8amO fonn na the R .... ue Spirituallste. 

A new magazine comes to hand from I.elgc, 

Bolgl\lID. It Is called tbe llevue Helge dll 

Splrlt!smo, Is the fusion of the Galileen and 

tho eh.rebeu" sud il( to be publishciJ 

monthly. 

Jo:iiza Van Calcar, 'S standard be, .. er of 

Spiritualism in Holland, is about to pub 

Ii,b a paper In tbe intere.t of spiritual progre~~. 

Jo'rob\, lIoughton, O~sood 6:. Co" BO"toll., 

1IIa.'.. ,,' ' 

Kl:RAUOS; The new volume or I,Qngfellow's 

poems, just published by Hought\,n, Oogooii 

&: Co., cOlltaln" KIt»AU()9, whicb rnnk. with 

the be.t and mo't popular of bi. IOllge! 

poems, and glyo. title to the volume; SI,d ~I 

of bls later poems and sonnets, many of them 

alreally known through the mag.uln •• and 

newspapers, and hcartily weleomo 1,1 tI,e 

more peMuancnt anti cOI~\'el1ic· .. t. book form. 

Among the uJUrdsof J>assage/' as Mr. Lon;!· 

foUow calls bis .horter poems, arc "TI,e 

lIr.rons of :t:lmwond t " an affectionate poem 

to Mr. Loweli; tbe.triklug "Dutch I'ielure ;~' 

"Tho llallad of tho ~'retlch Pleet." In which 

tbe He •. M ,', }'rinea of tho Old Soutb tell. of 

tbe tampestllous answer '10 his palrl"ti" 

prayer In, October, 1746; and tbe charming 

poem which re,late" "The I.eap of Housbait . 

Beg." Tbere are al"o nineteen ~lOnlleL", 11' .. 

eluding 'olle, of Sillgular beauty to Parker 

Cleaveland, alld one called "The Brokell 

Oar;" translation. from Virgil, Ovid, and 

concluding with seven sonnets and acanzone 

from the Italic of Michael AllseJo. It is a 

dell(!htrlll ,"olume, either to bo rpad at a sit,. 

ting, or to be turned to tillle 3l.d agaill. 

AN important annonncement comes frnm 

Mr. l'i~rart, wbo c,l.ted the l!c~ue Spiritunl~ Tilt: lIiblc Ulat. "'u written many years' 

isle from the .1ear 18118 to tbe yrar ISO\l, Ihe af;o,'lold one fact, that nat!.",s will be'cou· . 

,\York of which he virtually continued in the vrrtcd in'a day; if they ""e their friend., and: 

~ ~",!~ciJe ,~e: I~ ;~.Ib!!l: J.'~n~~:: .~h"'~'1.;'~ ',.~~.; ~ 1io!rart were aciaea whUe pa.s.ing through lied.-ISpiri~ J8/lle& NolD.n, r. p. ,j. apr 20.

SllSIE N'ItKEBSON-WDITfl, 

TmDce. T8t aDd ltIN!c3J lXlEDIUM, 

'tso ;;Vest ~e /i&., So. &l1li0, smlo I,:so. 

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lIIElllllJl1,. Teat. -Medical IIB

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It is' unlver80lly populor for U commends itseU ot· 

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It. will· be' fouud, by ooy Person· who 'Q'Qderbkea' It. tbot It Ie a eomp:i.ml.,ely ~y 

matter 'after sbowlng the SPJRrr~Ai. ~, elthe~to:acqualntances 'or elraDger8.· 

"tid explaining Its peculiarlY eUnlCtlv6 and·interestlng 

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yearly. sU!Jscribe,,!, •. They will be glod·to bave their attention drawn tA? il publication 

thai makes a recanl of 011 tbe" impOrtant events constantly occurring In every part-of 

the wo~ld In connection Willi mcxlem Splrltualls;", and which. preeems ail thnt Is' nr 

markab Iy InteresUng. 

jbose wbo would be. willing to engage In tbls easy pllfSui& will be-amply repaid r~r the 

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at once. SrUUTOAL SclISN'DST. Bos'.on,Maes.· . 

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FLOWER ~D BARD~N .~EtDS,: 

Strawberries. Peaches. etc .. 

.' :New Sorlli b)' ~talJ.· '. 

" Flail" ott.be 08198111\ 'ant' 6n~fI' Improved AOrta oa.re. 

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. 'rln: l'IWI'Ht:CIES (W 'I'm,; III~AIIAN, s~:r:I!, 

A book by·Mr, Alc~andcr hla',kell?ie,oll It w, .. foretold that II'heli Normall, II", thil:_ 

The Prophecies of the Urahrul 'Se'er, has just Norrimu, the son or" the hal'll iov(~d Jt:nglis) 

heell "uhli,bl') by iUeSl;rs. A. 111111 W. ~lnc' ·I.rt'Scllt, and 1 a..'\kt~ci p(~rtnis:!l.l~n to that efl'ec_t 

reGardillG the Hreadalballc. f,,".i1y a. y"t lin' of MI', Buchanan! Mac!,cod', 'man of bu,i" 

fulfined,' l\'hicli"I hope -may rCIDaiu :)0. 'fh~ 1JI~5s) who r,r .... 1Jt,·d lUu)cavc 011 condnlon that. 

· present Marquis of nrcn~)a)ban'c is fully 1 ~ho·uld not tHf.oem •;U1Y one of' the' name of 

3.\vare or it, a~ art,·thany of 'the COI.1IlCCtJolI~· .Mar.J.(!od·that burl. W.Lb inltmdt.!d,alld :1rlOul~ 

., of til.· f~mlly .. , ,Of til(!· Mae 1..",1. f,nn 1I)',·ir· ,.k CI'P 'it"I(' prClfollilil ' "oCI"r ·frolll-·th'"" chief: 

w~ l>ropl;t!sicd at Im1St n IllJlU1r(!d )fars prlur- . 'fhi!) 1 pmmhcd, alld m()~t· faithfully aclcti 

to·the circuuu,tancc I am about to r~!';\w.· lit on: NI~xt 111Urlliuir .we procet:ded to ,the 

the. proph~cy to which 1 run aboilt U, allude, .. chamber. ill t lie ca~t. cl~alnltcrJ W,lUrf! was. tht!-

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Iron cbest thai coutaiDed the falDQUS !lag, 

nbout wbicb there r.. nn inlereoLlng tradition. 

With great violence th~ smltb tore u{)eli the 

lid of thh, Iron @e.or., but III dolDg so .. kpy 

was found under pm of lbe covering, wbleb 

"lould bave opened the eb.,.t If it had been 

found In Ume. There was an 10ller caoe, III 

wbich WIIS found the flag, inclosed ill .. wood· 

eD box of .Irollgly SCBllted wood. 'rhe flag 

cOllai,ted uf a. .qua~ piece of very rich silk, 

.wlth crosses wrougbt wi:b gold thread, aud 

several elf spo1.o .Uelle 

fa\.bcr of four fair SODS, all of wbom he will 

f·,llow to tb. tomb. • • Afler lamentinl! over 

Ibe I&.t and most' promising ,·f his 90".,)1e 

himself shall sink· illto the grave, and tbe 

remnalli. of his pos.. ssiolls shall be Inberlted 

by a wbit.e-coifed (or wblte-hooded) lassie 

from tho, cast, an

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TH1:: P1WPIlJ:CU:S OF 'rln: nIUll.l~ Sf:ER. lll] 

ra..\..· lA.rd ~af,'rlh·. ~Id .... t .nrrl~ill~ 

dau~htt'r baU mnrrl ... 1 Adiulral "'ir ::;amltPI 

H.~, who. d)'lh~ about Ihe S!1me tim" as 

Seaforth .... b))~ III Ill .. Indian ....... hI. wldmT 

retui-n!'ll' ill the IIIgh. 

lands, atld Its tardy ·fulfilmcnt was marked 

curiously and anxiously by an en tim • dan, 

and a whole count.ry.'· H 

':'Tlle parisb clergyman (In a 1I'lrt.hcm di.· 

trict IIf Skye) on hi. rounds, visited tbe mil., 

ler'. 1101160; and met thtl miller', wife evi· 

dently in a very cxclted .tate standing 011 tho 

'klicbell 1I00r. In that part of the islaud 

great qualltltle.- of timber wero frequlmtly 

found 011 tit" 8e;' sitore, drifted thitbor from 

wrecked vessel.. On tbl •. Ilccaoion the mil· 

, ler'~ kitehen wao benched all around with 

,batto'n. and planks of umber, in ordcr to be 

seasoned by tbe htlat of the fire. whlcb i~ 

placed i;. tb""ll dwellinss III Ihe middle of the 

1I00r. The clergy mall bad scarcely timo to 

, speak, wben tbe gOlld wife, a very r

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SPIPITU.AL SCIENTIST. 

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RJo::MARKABJ..E FULFII.TI1ENT OF A DREAM. 

, Tbe following very remarkable dream I. 

related in tbe IAndon Times newspaper of 

the 16th of August, 1828: 

"In the nlgbt of May lItb, ISH!, Mr. WIl· 

Iiams, of Scorrier hOWIe, Dear Re

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stood ",beD be fuoed, DoDd whieb Mr. Perce- I "The Times o~tes that \Mr. Wlllimns m>s 

val bnd rea.cbed wheD be was .truck by tbe lloben alive, QIld tbat tho witDeslIeA to .. born 

ball, and wbere and bo .. be fell, Tbe dres. be mnde known tbe ~eulllr9 of bls dream 

of both Mr. l'ercioval and Bellingbam &jlreed were al80 living. and that the P.dltor bad rewith 

the description given by Mr. Wllliam. •• I ceived the statement from a eorre..ponder.t 

ev"" to the most minute particular. 

of unquestionable veracity." 

A 

DI.;MANI) FOR 1I0NJo;'-;T INVJo:STIGATION. 

The following lIrtIcle appeared as an edito· 

rial in n. P. Journal Of May 18. We trans· 

fer It to our column. fo. Ihe reeoon U.at '1'1,,' 

unqualifiedly ~ndorse every sentiment therein 

expre.sed. Since tbe inl~lal uumber of tbe 

Spiritual Scielltlst we bave taklln the ... mc 

po.ition. We truly bope tbat It will be weI· 

comed anil approved by every Spiritualist 

wbo read. I~ • ' 

Tbe J oumal .. not tbe enemy of tme IDe· 

diuUlS. but is. and, bas been, their steadfast. 

abiding frlelld. It bas never uttered a .ingle 

word against any ,true ruedium wbo refrain. 

from "at.slstlng" the spirits; olllbe contrary;' 

it b&.. 80ugbt by every legitimate mean. to 

ad'tancc Ihelr intere-t9, feeling Ihat oueb ad· 

nncement ialdentical wltb Ihat of Spiritual. 

Ism. 

'(I 18 true tbat tJje Journal bas waged un~ 

comproruu.ln~ war' on tbe frauds alld sbams 

whu bave sougbt \0 pas. under tb" name of 

Spirltualls.lI. borrowing the livery of heaven 

to furtber tbe enrl. of oelll.hne •• and f'8.'\CB1· 

ity, Wben It probed Ibis matter we well 

knew tbe storm that would follow; we were 

prepared lor It. and expected tbe unmltlgQled 

abuse of tbose wbose occupation we destroy. 

ed. alld equally' the cooperation' and ..... 1.· 

tallce of tbat large cl.... of Splritualisl-O 

wbose faith rests on 80mewhat more tball 

Ihe clever tricks of mountebank.. We ex· 

pected al"o tbe ur/qualified appro·val .. f the' 

.ph Itual pre.s. and witb sligbt' exceptions 

, tbe latter has been anowered. 

. WILil our venerable contelDpo .... ry. '1'be 

Ballner of I,lght. we are compelled 10 take 

oppo'lug grounds. We think Ibe parag"apb 

. we quote. was written without due cunsider· 

atlon of the vital qucstlon,it dllOCu...... We 

have a few queatiolaB to ask thoso who claim 

to be Spiritualists. and yet """,,ult UH. liaS 

It 1I0t been lor ,U.!rty years the .tandlng 

clahu lor I:lplrltuallsm that it dcmonolraua, 

by lacts tbe e:&i.tence of mau al.er death? 

Now, if tbe focts 8:'e Dot Buch as tho reason 

admits ;"if the "eoridltlous" are'those' of 

fraud and Impo,lure; If fair .... d bonl!.t In· 

vesLigatJon is deale6, of what value are the 

facts, and bow is immortality proved? We 

claim ,lhat every manifestation to be of any 

value a.. evidence, mURt be given under 

strictly teAt condi !Jono. Jo:very true and g6D' 

uine medium. 90 flir from refusing this. will 

demand it, so that he niay .taIJd unimpeach. 

able. The opposers of sueb teots fOrgElt that 

Ihey are urging on the attentlou of the world 

a class of pbenome ..... which are regarded as 

In the nature of tblnG" impossible, alld con· 

.equently tbe burden of proof lall. On tbem. 

,They forget that If they refu8e to give ract~ 

III tbe form dClQalld~d •. tbe whole moyement 

fails to accomplish tho purpe.e for wbich it 

wae designed, 

But tbe Banner 01 I,igbt would have us 

~li.ve that the Splrit.-world were deceived 

and bad precipitated the movement entirely 

ton >oon. aud bopes It will withdraw Its efforL,. 

We ,'egarrl this a most unw;'e prayer, 

b&..ed

134 SPIJlJTUA.L SCIENTIST. 

And fUTtber, mnat not the mlUlif~Dtron. be 

of such a character ". to convince, lable be 

WOrse t.ban "oel.. 8? 

Then bow Me "'e to understaod o'nr reopeclt persccuUld by 

proper test.. which can only etIect decelvera. 

It i. ~he latter who are "alued by tbe rigid 

conditions whleb prevellt their tricks of jng~ 

glery. 

If It Is desirable for the spiritual jonrnal' 

to constantly ",,-,ist repnted .mediums lutO 

notOriety by pubilohing weeK after week narrations 

of wonders seen in their presence; iII 

tbe end to bo compelled to publillb lbeir 0:ath. We, howev: 

or, bell~ve onr duty Is somewhat bigber than 

thlo. The Journal has from tbe beginning, 

made tbe phonomena the foundation, lIut 

subservient to the ilIustrat:on of a Ilew phi: 

losophy of ilfe, and has too much luterest it! 

tbe latter IA> till ilB column. with ph. nome' 

nal matter, uole •• that matter has Intrinsic 

value as evidence, wblch It can ouly have by 

accurate oh..r.rvatlon. 

TilE ro:AI,ITY OF FOUM 

MANIFl-:STATlONS., 

T. Iu Nicbob, M,D., of 3!i)'op.tone-wad, from head to foot In pure wbite,.tood bcfo~ 

I,oodon, In tho I,ondon Spirituall.t 298, add. U8 In tbe opening of the curtain. 

valu .. ble. testlmolly to" the visible, tauglble Miss Cook, I lDay observe, W88 dre •• pd en· 

and individual characte.· of a matorlal\zation. tirely in black, In the usual elaborato fasblon; 

'rhe SE'allce took place May 3 at tbe stndio of sbe WOre, high beots, clo.ely buttonea. Cbange 

:Signor HOlldiin Montagu pl,ac~; Signor llondi of c""'tume In tbe time Was impossible. J,ily, 

18 an Italian artist, frank and genial, a was clothed III tbe most graceful white drilpalnterol 

cOllsiderable power and lemarkable pery, wbich she allowed me to handle and 

versatility. 

examine. The drapery aronnd ber bead and 

Our IitOe party cun.i.ted of only 5eveu of cbest Wll' fine, .ofl, wondor/lllly el .... Uc, like 

lhe IIAual I"habitanl.ll of this, world; M.... tbe most delicate Indian muslins. The skli1 

Cook, MI •• COOk, and'lIer )'oullg oi".er, two wali of a tbiekcr, beavler kind, like linen. 

ladi ••, Signor lloodi, and myself. T.vo other r;lIy was Introduced to those of U9 wbo 

IlUpsts were expected, but telegr.llhed their w,ere strangers to ber. to wbom she spoke in 

dlsappolotmel1L 0' 0 a loud whisper. It was her only voice, in a 

Tbe studio 010 .imply a second fiorir front, 10llg ... nvefOation, but every word' was dh· 

wltb lit1.le furniture anel many pictur6' 'A 0 !incUy beard. At first she .cemed vexed lit 

green cnrtaln hUllS a~ros~ the cornel' of tho tho :\bsen('~ of flome expected vi .. dtOn. 

r:lOm, behind which wa.q an Rrm.chair .. D"a"y· 1 u.R~ndit Jam. croS1'J," .. be said; ."~ .am.. vetj 

light was sbul out Rnd the gas lighted. MI,. ero ••. " "Why, l.ily?·' "~use...,. 

Cook went bPblnd tbe cllrtAin. and in the I did n·ot come. lIe promloed to bring m< 

spoco of three breath. a young IOOy, dre •• ",\ I .om. flowers, allll 1 am very fond of flowers."

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TIIB Rl·;ALITY· OF F01U1 MANIFESTATIONS. 

lSi) 

The d'oor wa.. locked. Lily hud no~ come 

by any !.rap door or sliding p:Wel. I.Ily. Q.!I I 

""cert.oined l.rter, was no~ the medium. Sbe 

~e ou~ from the curtain mid Inviled me 00 

come 10 ber. Sbe took my blwd nod p ......

136 8PIBITU.dL SCIE]VTl8T. 

"Theopesole of sOli lived ot lIn1t very prod· 

19u1ly IlJId profilgateJy; but aftor'l'tard, wben 

he 11M sPent nil 1/1. property, oeceoolty ioduced 

bim to hove· ncourse to the b3Sest 

methods for a 8ubsl~lenc:e. There VIas DOth 

",ug, bowever vile, wbich he ab.talned from, 

If It only brought blm In money; and tbu. be 

agnIo am"".ed a cllnsiderable 9um, bur. feU 

at tbe slime lime lI.tu tbe WUnlt repute for 

bls vllliaoy. TbnL whIch coutrlbuted the 

most to tbls was a prediction of the god Ampbiloohus; 

for bavlng applied to this diety to 

know wbether he wGald spend Ihe rest of bis 

life In a better madoer, be rec..ived for answer 

'thai be would never mend till be died.' 

And so it really bappened In a certaln sellse; 

for not 10Dg afterward, be reU .down froD\ 80 

eminence UPOIl bls neck, tbougb be received 

no wouod, yet be died iu cou.equence of hi. 

fall; but tbree days afterward, wbeu be was 

about to be Interred, be reCeived ~t.rcngtb and 

camo to hil11~olf. 

Ii wondQrful cbaogll llOI7 

took place In hi. cOnduct, for Ihe (:ilicia .. s 

knew no ODe who at that time was more coo' 

sclentlous in buslDess, de~out towards God, 

terrible to bls toes, or faithful to bls friends; 

so that tho ... wbo ae.soclated with blm wlsbed 

.to learn the cause of this change, justly supposlDg 

that ouch an alteratloo ot cODduct., 

from the greatest baseDess to se~tlmcDts ·so 

Doble, could Dot bave COme of Itself. And eo 

. It really was, .... be bllll8elf 

. 

related 10 Proto- 

. 

geDus, and other judlciou. frieDds. 

Wben bl. raUooi.! .oul left the body, he 

felt like a pilot hurle.J· out of Ili~ vessel Into' 

the depths ot tbe .01.. He then raised blm~ 

self up, and hJe wbole being seemed OD a 

suddeo to breathe, aud to look about it 011 

every aide, as If the 80ul bad beeD all eye. 

He saw· uothill!; of the previous objects, but 

bebeld the eDormous st.ars at &11 immense 

dilltanee from each Otber, eDdowed witb admirable 

radiance aDd uttering w

Tbe oommon Ide:> tbn' Jesus tn0sbt relIg 

Ion In 11.8 true divlue >rd.e. I. ""'~lIIt'OWI, FJo 

underetond too well the '"n" oI commllDIC:ItloD 

to do all)'!.hlns '0 a~urd. Jle 14agbt the 

way by wblcb mlln might approocb unto tbe 

Father. 80 thot b .. mlllbt be "taugbtof Ood." 

It will do for hlreliogs to leacb men 1.0 climb 

up 80me o!.h,r wny-to endeavor to attain to 

o knowle

ISS 


.\ 

t1aolty to little purpose: I1I1d he wbe) mIstakes 

th00l8 rules, etc., for religion Itself, and thus 

attempts teachit,g another religion, wlllpl'Ov8 

to be a "blind lender of the blind." lie will 

find himself atUm.ptlng to t'1!'ch that about 

wblcb be knows nothing. • , 

Tbe esperlence of Jeaus wiLh bls disciples 

Illustrates this JMllnt. So far as teaching the 

way to bls attainments was' concerned, be 

had no dtflicnlty. De conld mllke them nilderslalld 

that tbey were to cultivate a spirit, 

of love and kindness; that they were not to 

smite back wben .mitten; \.bat \.bey were to 

be meek, gentle and pure, etc. ; but be could 

not make \.bam I"iderstalld the nature of the 

kingdom of hea;'an; be could 110t commnlll· 

cate to the,m tbe doctrlhcs of that klngdum; 

be could not make them understand bow or 

wben It was to come. Tbese tblnge could 

, 'only be commdnicated by the 1I0ly lt, 

, the emnforlcr, tbe /SpLrlt, of Truth. lienee 

he told tb~m I,,! bad niany thing. to commulIicate, 

but tbey could not under.ltal1d tbem 

untll tbe Spirit of Tru\.b sbould come. 

A careful and critical Investlgatiou of \.bo 

teacblng

Tbey bElve not believed In bim as "the 1'Ia)" • 

to ntlaln unto these gifls; thoy bllvenot kept 

bis 8S.yings, ond con&equefjt!Jo they hnve not 

attalDed unto the beriefits of bL. 8yoten.; 

they bave not brough' tllemRelvea wltbln Ihe 

promise, for thn~ WIllI only to those who "kept 

bis ."ylngs." 

· Orthodosy Itself admits its own Teel'elUlcy 

In cbaracler. It does jlot profess to be obedient 

to the teacblngs of Jesus. It aftlrm. 

an almost Inlinlte remove

l40 

8PIB1TU.A.L SCIBNTIST. 

o 

IrrilOtlOb ~~ the l'ellBnnble IIlId reopeeUul g80t conditions fo~ lo.mllllll' phenomena, bnl 

euctlona of Investlgntol'8, be shoW!! uuless not lor auy new on .... 

he CIUI ghe roJr reasOIU' to tbe contmry, tbat P; It L. haro to .tate generally the ObBO 

be 18 noteo-operoting .... Ith the trutbseekers, lute \elL conditiun. for all ensea We ~av' 

IIlId becomes justly an objeet of distrust. glveo two elllunple. for pnrtIcular pbenom 

8wopeet that medium I ' eoa. luvestlgator. must exerclse their rea 

3. Phenomena occurlng In tho'dark ,1I0uld ,0u,1n fixing absolute conditions. 

ah,aY8 be accepted with caution; but there 10. W bere .e"eralln vesUgators are preaeu 

ore conditions wblch even dlU'kness dOOR uot It often bappens that the .... ponlbillty 0 

, vitiate; for IUS&anC8, \"here the medium scrutinizing closelv, 18 80 divided tbat n' 

comes nnatl.eDded, and while bls band. and onl! person gives, to the medium's move 

feet are held, musical Instrumenb are 10- ruehta all Ib" attention required. Eac: 

_ telilgently played on and Independent nand. Ihii,ka tbat bie neighbor Will, make up f( 

are felL Dut the hands and feet sbould be bl. owu dellcieocies, and that in.. the aggn 

grasped before the room is darkened, and If gate there will bo certaloty. Tbls I. a de 

releastughly tested, take nothing fe 

6. A medium knowlI to, be unscrupulous, gnlnted. Trust not to smooth words or fa 

,_ mendaCious, or trlcky,,8hould be trusted looks. Some of tbe deepest vUlalns bM 

only where tbe phenomenon Is of _,uch a the art of a~pearlng fraok, openhearted, ao 

character that. It would be nnreasonable guileless. Impose sucb conditions' tliat 

even for .be most unbendlnll: skeptic w deny sh.\11 matter not io you whether the medlw 

Ito occurrence. For Instance, If the Inves- Is hun ..' or dlsbonest. 

tlgator is allowed to take bls own lockt.t always let you chO( 

Tbe penalty whlcb Imposters must pay is 10 your own place for a sitting, provided thE 

have It kuown generally tbat tb~y have are no obvious objectlous to It. Invealll 

cbeattd once and are likely to cbeat again: In," .hnold carrY with them the m.,.t b; 

and tbe salest way Is to avoid sucb medlum..- monlnus ~~rsona\ condition. possible, a 

a1toge~er. • appruach tbe pr~.nce of the medium wlU 

'I. ,Coudilloll9, however, ougbt t-> be so feeling of lIindl. Inte ..... t. Absolute" 

stringent tbat 1I0tblllg I. left to depend OD c,indhlons may i.e Impoeed upon medln: 

the assumed good cha, acter ur feS\?eetabllity for physical manifestations withoot subj. 

of tbe, me.llum. The phenomena are' of a hig Aucb medlUlns 10 physical Injury, PI 

scieutlfic cbaracter, and as oucb cannot bo or discomfort. 

established as authentic by mere "oplnlon, 14. (:ut ont tliese blnts, submit them 

but oply by petuel knowledge. ~'altb cau- tbe medillm. and lean. from blm or.J 

no\ become a factor in llIe problem..", '_ ' wbat objeciloos; If any, he or she may hi 

8. Where n medium ba. been repeatedly tO:my part of therr,-.' Give not' too mt 

tested by all tbe Ipv.otlgal"", preseut, 01 credence to ellcu!IeR for modifying 8U 

llOurse there can be no reluatton df Btrin- cODdltlons • 

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Editor's Notices and Comments. 


PUBLISHED MONTUJ.Y'. 

4 Bcienttlic Be

142 8PIB1TUilL SCnJNT1ST. 

• 

life nnd you bn:"e no Ide" of the utent of its 

Inlloence. 

PLEASE JlECOMMJ~ tile Scientist to your 

frieodS. Show them ilB meri~' and advise 

them to subscribe. A, little personal effort on 

tbe P""' of our reade.. would give U8 pat 

, encouragement by eoiarging our sub=iptJon 

list_ 

ExA(''TINO CONDITJON8. 

The Banner of Ligbt, May 21>, saYs: "We 

do not thlok tIIat tile ,,",til can \:>c best served 

by vloleoce, or by el!lIl1Uog condlt.loos, wblcb, 

thougb they ulI.y seeau vers reasonable to 

tIIooe Dot yet acqualoted with all tile phen' 

omena, are 10 trutll opposed to successful' 

manifestation." 

But bow dOe. tile, Banner know tbat exacting 

condlU~ns 

opPoses successf,,1 manifestations? 

It I. quite time that this fallacy, 

sbould be lald,aslde for the faCta u-o agaln.t 

tbis theors_ The,'8 Is not a meilium who bas 

been demonst.fate!.l ~ be geoul/,e, who Is not 

!.CHiay wllJlll~ to ha~e condltlone Imposed, 

and who has not under the strletest condltiona 

obtained the 8troogestof manlfestatiQlls. , 

Unlesa tile demon8tratlon Is ab~olnte tIIat tile 

producing cause 0' these phenomena Is spiritforce, 

as Spiritualists assume It to be, then 

the lDanllestal.loD8 are wortbless and a wasta 

6f lime; Cor they are sald to 00 give" lor tIIi. 

purpose alone_ If the eJld and aim of tile 

Spiritualist movement la to support all person8 

who Claim to be medluin. In tIIeir endeavora 

\0 make doilars, tben ~he }K>lohion 01 

the Banner I., a correct one. If tbe end and 

aim of tbe Splrltuall\lt movement Is to spread 

tile trUth before bnmanlty, to alleviate Its 

sufferings and Improve ita ""o~itlon, to Iaacb 

the way that a true lUe shoulclbe lived, then 

the 000 clnllnlng '0 have bad evidence or ber 

genuloeuesS, tII~ otller decloring tlillt tIIey 

bave detei:ti!d fraud. The vlllue of tile evl~ 

deuce 00 ellher side I. ueutrllli2.ed by that of 

tIIs otller; lias tIIere beeD any tiling exact; I. 

obe willing to bave tes, condition. Im~? 

We,bnve attended a number of Sl:MOO8 and 

came aWBY without tile conviction that we 

bad witnessed genulue form·manitestatlol,s. 

A rew slj"ple tests or a Blight In .. est.lgatlon 

that would determine tile questlon Is not pe"," 

willed. This M .... Boothby Orst came prominently 

btifore the pubUc, as a pbysil!aJ medium, 

In '73 or '74. At tIIa~ 

l.ime ahe gave 

8ean""" "Imllar to those given by Ml's. 'Maud 

Lord, wHich were tIIen vers much the rage. 

By the 8alne process that we obtailled evidence 

fa"irable tD ltrs. l..ord, we becawe 

fully 8"U.fied tIIat Mrs, Bootbby, In thlo role, 

was a decided fallnre, and that abe slm~ated 

the manlfestatlous wblch Mrs. lArd obtained 

outside of her own exertions. Mrs. Bootllby 

800n gave up thlo husin .. s and came ont as 

a materializing medium wben the wonder 

Beekers were demandlnl1: mateTlallzatioDS. 

From all that ~e bave BeeD we are of the 

opinion tliat abe needs no spirit aid 10 go 

through her performancee. Prof. Webater, 

ber control ao-called, Is no better educated 

Iban Mn. Bonthby berself; we mention thl! 

because ~ome have claimed his superior glfu 

as evideoce tIIat It I. not Mre. Boot!iby. N01l 

If sbe I. nota true medium the public shoule 

know It, aDd the same is lrue uf olb..... II 

I. not enoUgh to be sUent, to let tIIem alone 

\0 act on i.he defensive-but to wage an as 

gresslve war against tIIem uotO they pro .. 

lbelr rigllt to be called medlWlll! and to hi 

entitled 10 the protection and support of Splr 

Itualhots. I.et us have prOof and tIIen thel' 

will be DO mOre exposures., 

the claim tIIat condlUon. sbould not be e,, 

acted, or that medln,ms should not be rigidly How TO INVESTIGATE . 

tested Is a wroog one. So fat as lays In Our A correspondent asks If we are III favor 0 

power we will opt endorse a p,cdlum witll- seizlog forms at a seance lor 'lonD maolf'" 

out laying beloN our readers the'reasons why tallons?, We anower "tlla' depends" If 

we do so; If anyone can point out wherein medl~ "ffers lovestlgators every opportunit 

our reaaonlng io delectlv( w.! shall deelD it to sat.l.1y, themselves that there are no tral 

incumbent upOn us to remedy it. Perfection doors, Coucealed masks, eloC., and permll 

Is only measured by uperleoce. 

competen,' person, to Impose proper oond 

, - tJODS, then. we say tIIat we should be the fil'1 

. MRS. I3oOTBBY. ,.' to grapple with anyone wbo would undel"tlll! 

Doe.s Mrs. Bootllby posseSs, tbe,power to tos.i2.. One of the forma that shonld app'" 

produce malerillte splrlt-foruls? At present at tile cabinet. On \be eontral'y, where tl 

tills seems to be an open qu~tlon. One asys I medium ,8o-erulcd refnae.s to permlt any e: 

yes; the other, no. Both 8ldes..., positive; amlDatioll or to aUow anyone to obtain BOm

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EDITOR'S NOTICES AND COMMENTS • 148 

thing 

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In the Dntu", of "proof of bls or ber 

genuloeness, we wonld demon.tmte the mat· 

fer to our O\VD snUafacUon if we bnd an op 

Portunity to discover wbether 1& WIIS the 

medium or confederate mMquerndinR before 

us. We bope our poolUonla tbus made pll>in. 

We ndvoeate an Inve.UgaUoo tbat .ballglve 

knowledge. To the exlent of our power 

",e shall be a true friend to every lrIJe medium. 

ONSET BAY GBOVE. 

Notice that the op< niug day' at Onsct Bay 

GrOve is Jnly 12. We Rdvi." those who can 

10 make the trip to this cbanning Bummer ...,. 

80rt. The day is Rot lar distant wheu it will 

.upenede Oak BhlilB aud the Vineyard. 

Ther(' _ uo east w indB, and it can he reaehed 

without the aid of a 8t~am"r. When thore 

tbe waler ror batbing is many degrea worm· 

er than at·any other poinl on the CRPO •. For 

lioating IIIld aailingono call baye tbe choi"" of 

the OpeD bay or the land· locked inlet.. It 

should be a matter of pride 10' Spiritualists 

tbat this enterprise hRS made so rapid .. 

g...,wth witbin a year. The p""sent year "ill 

lie even more rapid, a half a dozen cotto.gos 

are even now bnilding. l,ots bave chonged 

handa at double the prices cb .. r~ IRSt year, 

and some are held enn at this advance. The 

A..sociation bas many to sell, and can suit 

anyono who desires to purchaoo. There bave 

lIiso be.n many impronment. this year. Tbe 

Itrettte can be driven overt the grove. bave 

thinned ont, new wbarf and bridg., bnilt, a 

sto.llon e&to.bllabed one half mile or les. trom 

the ground, etc. Mako a trip June 12, and 

eo. tor yonraelf. 

8END us your orden tor books if YOD de· 

SiN any. We can •• nd you th. books 01 any 

p;'blisher at their pubUshed price., and the 

commisaioD is a source of lacomo. 

THE VALUE OF Jo:VIDENCE }o'XOIol ENOLAND. 

The poet baa eung, ·~di8taoce J~nd8 enchant.. 

ment to tbe vie-w," 

and tb, quotation .eema 

pi-culiarly apt wb~n ~urveying tb. evidence 

tbat is furnioh.d by tho •• who are inv •• tlp..t,. 

ing Spiritoaiiam in ~:nglnnd. It is a matlet' 

of common CODvCnsatioiJ in HostOD, that weak 

...... Al!l('rican medium. have. only. to go 10 Lon· 

don or England to bl'COme full !ledged'" ;"Oll, 

dorfnl mediums. Not long Ilgo a medium for 

phol'aicaJ mani1'e.to.tions wemt there and ..... 

received with open arms, warmly welcomed, 

nod retoml.'

144 

. 

THE 'LA8T .Australian mall brought tbe or materialized .plrit, .... d if 10, did It appear 

newa that. Spiritualism is incn'Ming in under whot you call ab,ol.tely 'proof condi. 

tions.' We ... k Ihis qUl'ation In itOod faith of 

atreDglh and "'~iting a growing Intere,1 intlie th •• ditor of the Journal. for we bcliev~ b. i. 

colonie.. M~lbOume illbe head-ccnt .. of tile not ODe 10 be humbu~ or to magnify the 

rno •• menl. IIere lIlr. T~rry publish". til" ph.noru ..... be mayiha" witnessed. The In· 

J!aTbiDger of Light, and hero i. a "Children'. le .. O •• au will be'lliad to print his reply if he 

kindly choooe. to make 00.," .' 

I'ro!ir0,,. nomed. 

of bablt. Spiritualists would do better to 

ENGI'!"'" 

train uDder tbel.own flag than to ally tbem 

Sr'sRITIIALU!M has 110& a more 

HIv .. with LlberaJlst& ·of the Inv .. Ugator abl .. and indefatigable worker lhan J..mea 

.tamp. 

UW"IIB, rbe editOr of tbe J.ondon Medium and 

Daybreak. nil bM done more tban any 000 

CAW' ~h:"'TUIOf!. 

we can .allio mind in any pm of- the world 

Oamp meet.IDg.i will be held tbls summer to publi.h ebl'''p edition. of SpiritnaliBt litera· 

In M~usetts ... follows :-JIIgbland Lake ature and is endeavoring to. di8Bcmminate iD .. 

July 1'1lb. 10 Augu..t litb. illclusive. I.~ke formation broadca.t by publishing his paper 

Waldl\n, Coocord, July 16th, 10 Aug. 9tb. al sn e>e""dinSly low rate. 

Lake Pleasant., Mon'ague, 'Mass.• dnring the 

'month of Auguat. Ouset Uay Grove, Ea.ot IT "." curiou. fact ihat an astrological al· 

WarcbaJD, ,M....; commoncing AUglldt 6tb, 

lIarwlch Cape Cod, commelicillil July 2Otb, 

manac pub1iftbcd in London at tho beginhinl! 

of the p"",e,l!t y.ar by l'.adklel or Rap~8

'" 

AN ARDUOUB TASk. 

EDITOR'S NOTICES AND COMMF.NT8. 145 

The editor of the R. 1'. JOlll'Dll.l llt:l9 taken 

o lorge-slzed C!OIit.rDct on his bands. 'We 

think he bos DlreQdy cliseovered that fact; 11 

be hIlS not he 800D will. Wlthoui 0 desire 

to cast l1li1 ~eCtJon we COD 841 that. we 

look back some tour yann, ODd at 'that time 

the Spiritual Sch;nUst. was the only eplrituQ)., 

I.Ue ""per that. odvocoted the position which 

Is now so obly Dlalotalned by the editor of 

of the R. P. JournaL Jt COBl lUI thoDSallds 

of do"a~ besides many weary months of toll 

wben there was _Iy a gleam of sunshloe, 

except the encouragement of doillg our duty 

and the conviction ~at. the policy fouod a, 

fa"orable echo 10 tbe minds of muir prominent 

Spiritualists.' It was a hard fight that 

ended 10 lOS8 of beallh. But at thl8 ~ery time 

atraogely enougb, a change came lD the R. 

1'. Journal. Bro. Jones passed out at the 

hands of an assassin, and Col. Blmdy became 

the manager and editor. From Ihls moment 

we became less anxious coucerll.lng the (ate 

of the weekly ScIentist, for U was evident 

that the work was to be more ably Performed 

by the R. P. JOl1l'llai. We Imagined that. 

our work In Spiritualism was then'done, and 

tJie weekly was diseontlnued. A few mont.h8 

opene;J the way thal forced US to publish the, 

Dlonthly Sclentlet In Its' prese/lt fonD. It 'f8 

10 reality a record of events bot It bas an 

opinion on this question, and that baa thus 

far been voiced' by the R. 1'. Journ&!. We 

hope that Its posllion will not be ababdoned. 

To our uilnd It Is a question ot the activity 

or apaLby ot Modem Spiritualism. There Ie 

only one way to rid OUl'llelves of fraud; and 

that. is to render It Imposalble. Drlveont the, 

qoacks and Impostors who have for the past 

ten years been sucking the very lite-blood qL 

, the movement. The closer they are pressed 

to the wall the louder will be tbe wlll, and' 

the maddening bowls of all who are to be at- 

detn.nent:iJ to Ioclivldnll.ls aDd to thb move 

ment. Spirits of this clDS3 QI'O n017 dlling 

their otm03t to:cpn1S3 Ule asltatlou thot 19 

snte to rob them 01 thalr power if left to II 

natural growth. We uulonsly _tell ,the 

conftlct as it thickens. Moy the splrlt of ' 

trUth and the higher IotalllgeuCles plde aDd 

guard the editor of the R. P. Journal, and 

snstaill him 10 the course be ,bas taken. 

8pmrru.AL SC1:ENT187'. 

nt!Ainmcnts of Prof. lI

Phenomenology. Physical Manifestations.' 

• Tesl8 of IdcntUII at a Seance /(}'f' Jqrm Mm," 

jOslatlonB .. 

The Great Falls. N. B .• Journal tor May 

10, In speaklDg of a seance glveu to a parly 

trom Lowell. by M .... Pickering, says, ''Theu 

appeared th. form of a man wbich seemed 

\0 desIre Ihe attention of 8 gentleman present, 

a1tbough Beveral present ~ked the auentlOD 

of the .o.called spIrit form, but cODld 

Dot attract It. Not uDtil tbe gentleman d .... 

sired stood 00 bl. teet did tbe "spirit" oeem 

sBtI.Oed. ' It aoom. that the gentleman bad 

entered tbe seance ""pectlng II> 8ee a departed 

frIend, and, uubeknown to anyone pre .. 

ent, was familiar wIth i.be Spanish dh"ec!. 

lie said, "10:8 c!erlo '1U6 .. usle, ay," moan 

Ing In Engll,b, .... It really you. (;y1" Tho 

form at once bowed aoseut, as thuUgh tbe 

question Was utiderslood, 8nd a '01.... was 

heard to Bpl'ak as ttiough It came from tbis 

form, Bounding very much like the Spanish 

tongne, tbough It Wa~ 1I0L understood by the 

questluner. The fonn disappeared, but 

sbortly appeared again, wbeu It Was asked, 

U1)uedel'ener poco mas ci.col" meaning. "em 

you «Ime a little nearer?" Tbe furm, slngolarly 

enougb, advanced Beveral slepe In 

Lile direction of tbe speaker at once. lie 

Lilen a..ked, "l'uede WItt I1\OIIlrarme como ... ~ 

ibo !h ".,...,te," whlcb In English would, 

be, "Can ,011 ihow me bow you received 

,our deatb P" The fonn raised one hand to , 

Its bead aud toncbed the very place where 

the friend receIved bls death· blow. The 

form could not be recognized as bavlug any 

resemblance to Mr. Cyrus Cummingg, wbo 

was a master-mechanic ou the Coplapo Rail· 

road In Chili, aud w .... kllled In 1!!76 by being 

Lilruwo from a railroad ear, hil bcad striking 

a rail, wbich caused hi. death. How tbe 

question. were ao readily understood, ..... m. 

very mysterious to the gentlemau who naked 

them." 

., 

himself of tbo absence of itnp08tttre for hls 

o.rllclo ill the DubUn Unlnrsi!1 .MQ~e be 

eay.:- 

Now cnme 8 very Btoggt'rin~ a.tid mlln'cl 

.lOW! allair--rt Bondin eaid of a somewba! similar DC 

CUfJ'\'DC ..... IU'e simply stupefyiDiI, i~""mui:b as 

Liley dcfy 80y ordinary e:rplaru!tloD. I found 

my request to have a certalll Dumber ot 

knocks W88 obeyed, and thiB. tOo. when 1 

made tbe roque.t more and more iDaudibly. 

At .Ia.t, I mentally aoked for a eorf.aln DUmber 

of knock.: they were elowly aDd correctly 

given I To choek any tendeDCY ,to bias or 

delusioD aD my part, I LilrtUlI my handa in 

my coat-pocliet., and said, "knock the uumiwr 

of 6ngtlrB I baye opeD." Tbe re.ponse 

was at 6ret merely a loud scratching, but I 

inoolsled on my 1'(>'I008t ht>lng .o8wored. and to 

my am ..... m.nt three .Iow, loud knocks ,wore 

g!"en,-tbi. "DB perfectly comet. Tile 

cbance. of COU'S., ... re 1 iD' 10 of its being 

rigbt if trlc1!e,.,. were at wo~k. AgaiD, 1 

opened other f1ogere, and bid it tell me Ihe 

number opeD; five was knOCked. , This, too . 

was right, and tbe cbanc •• ot botb time. ht>iug 

right we ... 1 in 100 •• Again, I, op.n~d otber 

lingers, and tbe uumiwr waseonectly rapped; 

tbe chanc.s were be"'.1 ill 1000. Again I 

tried, and six "88 knocked, which 8180 was 

right; and bere the cbances for all foW' case. 

being correct were as but I In 10.000. After 

Lile last oum,,"r bad ht>ou "omelly rapped, 

and I oxpres .. o! aloud my great surprise Ibe 

knocko Increaud ill vigour and In varietl of 

character. A loud rattling "III beard like 

Lile beating of a dnim. tbe pattering on the 

bed-clothes was ince6seot, and YioteDt ICNtcbiIlg 

and teariDg sounds added to the diabolical 

buUnbaloo. 

8pont4neou.t Phenomena in ITeiand. 

A correspondent of tbe Oork ezamlner 

leila tile foll .... IDg .Ingul~r atory:.,.. 

About a fort.nlgbteJuc:e \lie Ref. Mr Dea, 

Prot.estant curate iu ~l1l11&1look. wbo resldeo 

What a Prof_ Regards

148 SPTBITUAL SCIF.NTIBT. 

room and osked whDt W!l8 wnDllng. GeUing no 

reply be retired. lind in a sbort time the knock 

was repeoted. De ogaIn opened the wiodo ..... 

bnt with I) Uke result. 

The neSt nlgbt the 

knocklng was again beonl. IlDd :Mr. Dea then 

made 0 report to the police thot some po'" 

&DOlI Wen! annoying blm. 00 the third 

night, two policemen woot to the, areoe, and 

Ja,. In ambush near the boWie, they beard 

nothing until Mr. Deo rabed tho .... Iodo ..... 

and asked did !.bey bear anythlog. addlog 

thet he hew the knocklng goIDg on at a 

fearful raJe. The poUce entered the bouse, 

and they also plalnl,. heard the nolBe. They 

returned to barracks. but the Iionstable la 

Pxoteatant) could not be convinced of ihe 

noise being In the h01l8e. On th~ nest night 

'he went tbere. and a1ao waited In ambtiah. 

bot heard notblng upUl be entered the house, 

wben there was the noiBe,· riSing from a 

•'df'lld" knock I:Inllllt reubed tbe rumbling 

nolBe Uke that made by a heavily.welgbted 

cart. After tbls man,. Protestants of the 

• town, areompanled by Mr. Weldon. J. P •• 

went to the hollSO. and ,they all beard the 

, JlolBe as described, and explored every room 

and corner. even an old garret In the house 

(tbxoogh wbleb ODe of the exploring parly 

fall) •. When they went to the room where 

the nolBe W81 au pposed to be heard. It WIllI 

then heard in ""other. 'ODe or two persons 

were then pot In eacb room. and the nolBe 

tben leemed as U pl'OI:eedlog from the walle 

The nolBe at.1U continues to be heard. com 

"IIlenc1ng aometimes 118 early as 9 P. M •• and 

at others not until about 12, and cootinues 

unUl about 4 o'clock. Many are the sur· 

.. mIBes as to the nature of the affair. but, of 

course. no opinion on th8'matter can. be .ad. 

vanced. Therefore,I merely state facts ae I 

know them . 

A. Lock Qf 11Gb' Bwu/lht 1)00"," C~. 

"Viator," said to be a prominent man. In 

the Clnclnnati Commercial, spea"" of a se· 

ance with a private medium In his own realdence. 

Under the foll blaze of the gas-Ugbt, 

leat in a raclLlng-ehalr. conversing unconcern_ 

edl,. with the frlands wbUe the writing was 

being performed. tho slate was brought Dot 

and . bad. written on It: ·Vlat.or; '\ve have 

, _sho_you lOme ~C!D~ertnl .. _~I~gs. b,u~ 1\'!1. 

. will astonish yoo st.1U more.' Ezpreaalng a 

wl\llngn""" to be astonl.hed, after Bfew momente' 

delay there WIlS written. 'Keep this as 

II memento for me.' As there was nomlBg 

ou tho .10,10 but the writing, 1 &liked. 'Keep 

wbut?' The reply CIUllO, 'The lock of hp.!r 

thot fell 00 the floor lIS the slate was withdmwo.' 

We looked, and, sure enoogb, there 

was Q lock of hair I I osked wboae It was. 

The repl, came. 'Your mOlher's.' 'M, . 

mother'sP I exclaimed; "It CBIIUOt be. She 

~8b bee" dtad nine years, BIId there Is oone 

in existence.' , 

Again there was written, 'My eon, I tcll 

thee it is a lock of my balr.jnst brooght.from 

my co/lln In Spring Grove. Keep It as a memento 

for me;' signed In fuJI with_my mother's 

name. It ~rtalul,. looked marvelJou,sly 

like hers; bnt what all Impoaalbilltyl Spring 

Grove, soven mUes distant, wltb lhe proba 

, bllity that thero was nothing left of her m,ortal 

remalos; yet here was the hab>-a very 

dark brown. heavily streaked with gray-c:ertalnly 

the very Image of that 1 kn.w 80 well. 

Wb9nce came I\? Why and how eo close II 

l'IlBemblaoce It'U Was not 11' bat 1\ purported 

to 'be? Thorougbly aronsed. I determined 

to test tho matter. and next da, submitted 

It to a wen.lwown pbyslclan and poychometrlat. 

wbo Immediately pronounced It to be 

my mother>.·halr, and ga,e ali accurate .delineation 

of ber mental cbaraeterlstica and 

person. and finally said. 'She atands beIIIde 

you.' 

SUII dlssat!sfied, I called on a professlooa 

psyebometrlst, without telllog any of the particulars. 

She gave me a description almost 

In the precise language of the Doctor, ~d 

fioally sald, 'The spirit shows me that It Ie 

your mother's balr r I now Immedlatel,. 

wrote to my sister In lodiana, inquiring If 

abe had prese"ed aoy treese., and by retjU'D 

mall I received a lock of hair that she had 

cut and kept unbelwown to me. On close 

comparlsou the, proved to be the Jamo, I 

now took both locka. to one of our oldest, 

moat prominent and practical dealers and 

workers In human hair. and submitted them 

to him and his assoclates for uamloatJon, 

and 8f~r 

close In.pect.lon they p:onouneed 

the .. precisely the 1IBIIle, and tbus confirmed 

the statement aod raet thaI.. It was brought 

from the cemelery wbile we were quietly 

seated In the room. 11 Is certel.nJy the most 

remarkable aod aotoundlng pbenomenon thot 

.eve~came wlthlo'the range.of. my e"~rlen~ 

. and can b8 atte8tedby tiie . ten persons pre.;.' • - 

ent, plo,ID!; psychometry to be true, that 

splrltll ofteu bovar near 11&, and that tbelr 

power Is greater tban 0' er dreamed of In our 

phll~pby.'·

PllENOMENOLOGY. PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS. 149 

Eztroordinmv Dnelopmmt. 

A correspondent ;'f llIe Clnelnn:>&l EnquIrer, 

enid to be a notable moo, writes, "Willlin 

the p;.st few daya 1 haye bnd the opportunity 

of witnessing mMY 01 llIe pheoomena giveo 

10 llIe presence of a youog lady, Mrs. Laura 

Mosser,oI Newpol1, residing willi ber-rela 

&l008, alld not a professional medium; In 

fact, she sbunned the name"" a synonym tor 

cbarlatan, and oCten refll.9ed to exorcise IlIb 

power for fear of tbe cootumely tbat would 

be heaped upon ber. She finlt discovered 

that she had IlIls gift about a year ago, while 

'playing' .lat&-wriUog, " la Pratt, wltb oilier 

young ladles. To ber amazement and bo ... 

hor, independent wrltlog came 00 the elate 

whcu sbe held It, and abe dropped tbe slate 

aod tied from llIe room, be\levlog It to be the 

work of llIe devil, although, I~ W'I'Ote her 

molll"r'. name In her owo handWriting. 

nl',I' relatiooe and frlen~. tin ally prevailed 

"n her to try It again,' when llIe names of 

friends a.nd strangers, ''fere written In dUIer. 

ent waya by llIe professed controlling powers 

or spirits. Not ooly do theae ooseen intell\· 

gepces wrlle. but hands are Inaterlallzed., 

and come out from Doderthe table and shake 

hands 'with persons present. All tbese man 

Ifestations occur In Ibe foil light, where tbere 

Is no opponuolty for fraud, even sboDld sbe 

desire to resort to IL Many remarkable tests 

of spirit Ideo 'jty bave beeo given IlIrougb 

her, and on f"or dUIerellt _ occasloc8 I have 

absolutely proved the writing to be Indepeudent 

by putting the slate under ~be teble 

cover, wblle she held It outside, making It 

Impossible for her 10 toucb It. 

In each ID' 

stance WritiDg occurred wblle sho thus held 

it. 

Law-a Morgan, qf T ..... " Haute, Ind. 

Lau .... Morgan, oC T~rra naute, Ind., is ad· 

yerd,.d aa a maleriallzhig medium, and ac· 

r.Jun\a OC pbtnom"'8 e.zblblted in ber p ...... 

sence, arc .omctimea· eent US ror publlcation.. 

This youulI woman once gayO a ~eriel 01 .... 

ance.in IlIlaelly. Wepatieotly and 1lI0rough 

Iy IClted bor claims; .. btu we commenced we 

bad bu~ lI~tie doubt of tbe gt'nwueness of ber 

medlumsblp. After lome four or live seaute., 

w" found that not a single manifeelatlou 

"_!ould,~ bad"beD~be condltlona "ere fraud· 

proof. We then informed ber Catber. who 

"'as also ber manager.,that wben they conld 

produce a hand at the aperture WIder cou· 

dldone whicb pl'\'Cluded llIe poo.utmyM tbe 

",odium'. getting ber o",n hood there, TIe 

.• honld be moot hoppy to wlIM" it, muI \0 

give the f ..... usc Of oor columns 10 publish 

the reaultll. It is l!ufJieJent to say. wo were 

neVer called upon to wilDesa tbe pbeDomenoD, 

and llIe pordo, _n "'turned to Terre Boute. 

In new of tho fact IlInt they fruled to sub· 

otantiale llIe claims of thie medium when _put 

to the .tast under ,our own Bupervision, we 

mllSt dbtalned alight raps, aud 

now, alter sitting regularly for IlIree 

months. they bnve very strong manifestations. 

TIlR Tablet, an ,F-oRUsh Catbollc journal, 

snys that, Augustos Philip Belhell. tel'liary 

of St. Francis, retllliog In a vllla at Syden. 

ham, lost a rosary. It had beeD .toleo by a 

vagrant. Ue prayed at. AUlhony 01 Padua

160 8PIBlTllAL se/ENTIST. 

to ge\'lt back lor him, BJld the nut day bntk 

~.ame the vagni.n& with the ro'lap'. 

A CORRB.n>oNDRNT o{ tbe LoI.don Spirit,. 

,, , jlalbt .... y8 thai a materialized form took ber 

'by the b .... d. threaded ber throngb the chairs 

In tbe pltcb darkness, and, leadlug her Into 

the cabinet, threw a brilliant IIgbt over himself, 

displaying bis features Bnd biB drus 

from head to fOOl. He then threw bls 1I11bt 

over tbe entranced medium, not only giving 

ber a full view of him, but dClllrcd ber to 

p .... ber hand over blm, wblcb sbe did, and, 

,therefore, bears testimony that the, medium 

was there. 

Mas. l'lCK£/UI'/G of Roch."ter, N. II., ha.. 

given three sUIlC 

pounds. " 

-' 

LECTURERS' AN 0 lIFDIUMS' NOTES. 

TnOl>U.8 GALE!;, FOSTER and wife \lave 

Ielt LOlldon for tbe Couilnent, to be absent 

.. three months. 

Do D. 110MB, the medium, ls In RuaBla 

'again. lie I. with TIlr. Aksnkoff, 6 Nevsky 

ProSpective, St. Petenburg. 

1IIR. and IIIrs. Emma IJardlnge Britten 

bave arrived at Melbourne, AWltraila. 

Sbe 

b",\ given severall.ctures at Sydney. 

A BIOORAI'U"l of' Kate Fos, now Mrs. 

Jencken, is being written. It gives a full 

accOunt of ber esperieuces alnee the RochestU 

knocklngs. ' , 

j. III. l'ltI!:HLES'S farewell meeting in Londou 

was made the occasion for numRTOUS 

presentatlous, among wbleb was .. puna of 

sold 01 the value uf £60. ' - 

DR. Jo'KANCIB MONCE'S bealth does not 

lm,prove luSwiUerlaltd. lIesuffen frUm fever, 

and b unable to bold any eeances. 

PROFESSOK S. B. Brittan says that the 

.t.aitementcoucen,lng Mrs. llrlttan being attaCked 

with paraly.1s Is without ally foundatlo 

.. In fact. 

WORC&8TBB SpIritualists hold two pnblic 

clN!les a week. and also 80nices on Sunday, 

afternoon and evenlug at Gorbam'. llall, 4li6 

Main eueet. 

fdA. Eglinton, the Eogbsh medium intends 

leaving I.ondon for Cap" Town, South Africa, 

Oft the 11th, of July •• From Cape Town be 

will go to AustraUa and other plaCe., and retnrn 

bome by the Suez Canal route. 

DR. J. III. P.ebl.o was hi 5t. Jolm, N. B. 

during the past monlh. 

, TuE II P. Journal- .peakB of Dr. G. E. 

Rogt re, of Ohio, Ba a floe magnetic bealer 

and ouc..,.oful practilioner. 

No CI.UE has as yet been obtained of tb. 

whereaboUI$ 0114 ... Maud E. Lord. AL last 

accounts it W88 rcportcdshe was seen to en .. 

ter a back on Tromont St., opposite tbe I'ark 

~t. Church, at the time of her dlsappeanmee, 

but no lorther information baa been obtained 

,by 111. police or public. 

The ,city of Rocheeter N. Y., baa to pay the 

cosl of ov.r· •• alouo, bigoted olllvlalo. 10 the 

case of Mr. Markee, Ihe busband of tbe medium 

who was fined 150, a year or more since" 

for bolding spiritual .eances withont takiPl! 

0111 a showman" liccn ••' the Supreme Court, 

in general leno, bas lstely re.ersed the judgemeDt 

of the lower coort with CO>I8. • 

THE widow of the leader, of tbe crowd that 

broke ibe Dvsenport boy.' cablne' and drove 

them from Liverpool I. 'now conducting at 

ber espense a .. rlesof Splrltuali.t meet.lDgs 

at Mey.rbeer lIaU In that city.

", 

Phenomenology) Mental Phase •. 

I 

I. 

..4 7\n'/tWi Cl~ 

N~mBDCt>rs, Bt'erB and aee1"e8Sp.8. who pro 

'.s. 10 commuDc wllb tbe Bpirils of Ihe dead. 

are 10 be 'ound among I be ocenlt .clentlsls of 

Stambonl. One of these was said 10 be an 

, ..... taUc medium of lI"'at power. Shc was 

'but IS, and mQ,..,;ed. and bad just ffiloverod 

from a serious iUneila wben I heard U,at eome 

Khanums of iny I\Cq uaintanco were going to 

vl81t het. Attacbing myself 10 them, we 

found the Eulu Faldje Kare In a lonely 

wioding Btree& of a poor neighborhood of 

, . 

StambouL A crowd of all sorIA of womeo, 

rich and, poor. filled her little sanded anleroom. 

Thero were mothers with eiclr. iDfRnlB 

in their laps, come, for a'''coret' tht'fe were 

dainlily dre •• ed sla yeo from tbe S Bbabby "eradjis; there were 

married Kahnllms with tho throat of divoree 

hanj!iDg over theil beada. There they potlently 

awaite~ for bOUfB their turn, 10 be admitted 

10 tbe Inoer room. 

This W,," as poor 

8B tbe otber. Tho """ ....... 8eated on a low 

aiool io the rlU

162 SPIRITUAL SCUlNT18T. " 

, 

• b.nd n bnlf mlDute) p:lSt 'welve; but by !.be 

Clock In !.be ban It was fifleen mlnutes p:lSt 

t"elve. aDd Ulis 1 foulld BUbseqlleDtly to be 

l-aIlwny time. What argument by Dr. C ..... 

penter or IIOY other person 19ooraot of facts 

Uke Ulls c:>D de::t our knowledge of !.be subhme 

tro!.b of spiritual 1011 ueoce. 

• 

A Warning Dream. 

The VIrginia City (Nev.) Enterprise relates 

Ule following as a receot veritable occurrence: 

"About a week or ten day. since 

a mao In this elty dreamed Lbat be saw biB 

nest door neigbbor btougbt bome dead from 

the mlue In ~blcb,he worked. He !.Old bla 

wife of the dream next morning, and during 

tbe day they talked a good deai about II. 

On the oecond day tbe man who bad esperienced 

Ule dream, looked from Lbe window 

and .aw the neigbbor on bls own doorotep 

about to leave for tile mine. lie &ald to hl8 

wife, 'I ba.e a great mind to go aod ~ Ulat 

man not to go to work. my dream lIaUllIs ma 

80.' The wife answered tbat It was a foollsb 

tbougbt., whlcb would ooly annoy tha 

man, and was 'not wortb mentioning, as It 

'Was tbe neighbor'. last day In tb. mine. 

Witbln two bours from that momeDt tila 

nelgbbor'a body, CM1l!bed out of sbape aod 

qulte dead, was brousht bomo." 

::Man(f... taUo1l8 in a Jail. 

Writing 10 J. M. Peebles, Lbe Rev. J. n. 

Uarter, ... y.: Our couoty (Cayuga, N. Y.) 

hung a colored man In our City about a year 

ago. 1 was opposed to hanging blm, as I am 

opposed to banging anybody. 1 did all 1 

could to save bls lite, but all In vain. I visited 

him 10 jail. and on one occasion l"Iked him 

what.ber b,e believed 10 a lite beyoUd t.bl •• 

lie replied 10 tbe aflirmative. 1 asked for 

bls reasons. lie sald, "My moUler I. dead, 

but sbe often visits me In my cell, sO I know 

abe is alive." "Now Thomas," I said to 

hhu, "after lOU are executed and have been 

In .plrlt-llfe e. spell, will yon 'come back' to 

tbl. ja.lland Fo.Ule aud bczng and Ihundoo-, and 

do anything elae In your power, to couvlnce 

the sheri II, jailor, and otilers of the fac~ of 

your continued ""I.teuce:>" lie promised 10 

comply w1tb my requesl 11 able to do &0. I 

kep~ .tlli In relatlou 10 this matter for a nnmber 

of weeks. wben reportB were In circulation 

In regard to "strange uolses" that wera 

h~ard In the jail, etc. 1 called on the jailor 

,to milke luqulrles. lie said ibnt often In tbe 

nlgb~ eeIl doors slammed, b3lll;ed, opened, 

IIJId sbut, !liter he hOO lce1ted tilem, IlIId hod 

the keys ID bls pocket& Disbes were blWd 

to fail from the dining room tobl'\ lIS Ulough 

broken 10 piecea, but on entering with n light, 

fouod everything In order. Tin palls would 

jUmp from the panU'y sbelf, and wben be 

went In, found all things iu order. lIe snld 

to me: "Harter, the&e t.blnganrefllCla, but 1 

don't kIIow wbat In Ule devil does II." So 

you Bee from this that even aecuted men are 

BtllI amoDg us. I willuo& enlarge.' When 

YOIl return 10 America 1 want"" see you. 1 

want yoo to help to organize our forces. 

Loud flappIng. ill a Large Audience. 

At tbe anolversary celebration In Loudon, 

presided over by J. Enmore Jones, In tbe 

p .... ence On the plaiform of Ule .Ioters Katie 

;,j,d Maggie 10'0& (now'Mrs. Jenckeo alld Mrs. 

Kane), tbe original mediums In wbo.e faLbai's 

house at lIydesvllle, New York State, in 

April, 1848, avldeuees of Intelllgeut &plrlt-' ' 

&ttlon on pbyslcal substances were given. 

During the speeches tbe tappings, or rather 

kuocklngs, were very frequent and loud; Uley 

c9uld be beard clear and dlstluct througbout 

the hall, The 1I0we"" arranged on futms, 

were &e~n sbaklng vigorously aud contlnnously; 

several persons In tbe ball asserted 

they saw one of tbo ceotre 1I0wor pots raised' 

to ao angle of about forty,lIve degre~.; of 

couroe DO person was Dear Ule 1I0wers. 

Spll'il Seen at Time III De4th. 

Lieu~nant-Geoeral Albert F'ytche, C. S .. 

1., In bie boak, "llunnah, Past and l'I'l'.ent," 

just pnbUsbed in England, say.: ". bad an 

old BDhoolfellow, who was afterwards a college 

fricnd, ,with wbom 1 bad Jived in tbe 

dosc8t intlmacy. Years, bowe .... r. pa88ed 

away witbout our eeciDg each other, One 

moming I had just got out of bed and was 

dresBing myself, wbe" suddenly myoid friend 

.,,"'red Lbe room. I greeted him wBrO.ly; 

lold him 10 call for a cup of tea in tbe verandah, 

and promitwd to be witb him Immediate. 

Iy. I dreosed myself in haste, (llld W.llt Ollt 

\Dlo tbe nraodnh, but found no one there. 

1 could not believe my eyea. I called to th • 

• entry, who was posted at Ibe iF:ut of tbo 

hoose, but be bad seen 110 straoge gentleman. 

A fortnigbt afterwards Dews arrived that h. 

had dled. 600 milc. 011, aboDt tbe .ery time 1 

saw him at Mulmaln.

lJPJ1UTUAL SCIENTIST. 

loS 

THE BANNER OF LIGHT .MESSAGE 

DEPARTMENT. 

II) Sb1e deptu1m8U\ ve reobnllD AJ,phAbelJCGI order 

.£18 1WZIe& gtve.D ~th Iha OO~1DonlCIWOIUI reuSftd as 

\be alrcle3 of tbe B.'UW("r of lJgbt. to BostoD nod Bo)· 

"lDon' 0130 wb:l.&ever haf'orixaAllon n'J.a&.e to JdPDdl1. 

80eb u'tJme plaae ADd c:wae at P~D8' Away, allu. 

aloal \0 e:u-tb e:ceaa, and nlodyt:9 or frieDds ttlthe, 

10 e:u1.b or "PI"t ut.. l' tit arpd \hal Ideo"l,. caD 

aAP be uaoed la \he la.n,aage or pHOUAr form of 

ftbJOD • bot Ulb of ft>1UU taD be det.en:oJoN 

o by ft.iDDdl or J't!latJva. We p,"sno 0 reconl 

~ 01 e a'la1.fod luIS. I\.au, be a.aetb.l \0 \bose wbo 

ma110 \be fatul'lt da1re t.o relitt to BOy ID~ ; "". 

dale a' the don ot each OJIe 1Ddlca&a t.be po,ptr in 

.. blob .. appeored. 

A--, J. T., an add.res.8,-may 4. 

• AIlen, JIllIA M., Boston, 1800, was shut ap 

ouce iu Won:ester and once In &mervIlle,-may 

4. 

Allen, Mary, London, Ji:n~.,-may 4. 

Andros, Lucy A., bom In Albany, died of 

consumpdon In New York, 18'18. Uas a 

slater Jeannette wbose name Is MUes 

noW. Speaka of her boy Charlie and 

aunt MiDDie,-may 2&. 

AnonymoDB.Rpeaks of lIenri Montague} aant 

Abbie, hll .. brot.her It. D. \V. and 1I11.11er 

R. II. W.,-may 20. 

August"" to Sarah B.,-may 2&. 

8-C., lUI addreas,-may 11. 

Babcock, .:dward N., New Orleans, cancer 

• of the stomach, 46 y old, 1868. &rn in 

the State of Maine aDd wae a traveler. 

Sends message to sister SlIsan. Has me' 

fsther, mother, sisters and brothers,- 

may 21\. . . 

Bailey, Thomas Fox, a graduate of llarvard, 

may 4- 

B88.et!., William, WUmingtoo, to hi. wife 

and cblldreo.-may 4. 

Beebe, James M., an addreos,·-may 18. 

Blgelo,!z Darius N., Utica, N. Y., 76 Y old, 

to \J nele N athan,-may 4. 

Blanchard, Winthrop, Boston, May 29, '76. 

Mother's name Grace, fathe"s name 

William, nearly 17 y old,-may 11. 

Bogy, Senator, St. Lollis, 8ep' 2O,-may 11. 

BosweU, W1Uiam. Fonda, lowa,-may 18. 

Boyd, William, lIarriaburg, 48 y old, typboid 

fever, lulIammaUoa of tbe brain, desires 

to meet sister I,ydi ...-may 11. • 

BUl'ko, James T., 1hI1fu, N. S., to bls two 

cbildren, James and WUliam,-may 2,;. 

Clarke, Alonzo, Albany, N. Y., 47 Y old, lit, 

dlrecta m""""Ge to D. W. :a.,-may 4. 

CoDaIOore, Rachel, an old ladylDO y old, Jan 

o. Speabofher husband F.Doch, ~rge, 

Horace, Mariette and Boxy. Directs lelr 

tel' to Roekland,-may It. . 

Daly, Eliza M., Charl""town," good many 

yeat'8 ago, consumpllon,-'Ilay 20. 

Darllng, HeDI" Bucksport, Me., ov~r 80 y 

. old,-in'1 4- 

·navls, George W., Indianapolls, Dec 23,1860, 

consnmpllon, M y old,--may 4. 

Din",,,, mIWs nlUM White, lived In Rich· 

. DlODd,···mo1 4. 

Dorsey, no oddre .. ,-moy 11. 

Doogh.), I1l1Dllnb, PbUodelpbla, Intlnmm ... 

UOD oftba bMlin, eQ y old, to ber huob:>nd 

Amos lind child Cborlee,-may 4. 

Dunc.w, J4artbolome ... , MWedgvUle, paenmoula, 

April 2&, 1860. To bls nieces 

Jane aDd lI1aria,-may 4- 

Dund, James, l'ennsylyanla avenue, Bait!- 

. lIJore,-mny 11. 

~:ddy; Uavla, no adoreSs,-may ll. 

Father to daugbter,-mny 18. 

Father 10 lIenry R.,-niay 18. 

Frau., an Bddreos,-mlly IS • 

'Freethan, George D., San Francisco, March 

6~ 1869; Brigbt's disease, 07 y old, seDds 

nl_agll to eioter Eliza, Albany, and 

brother George, Fre.Jonla,-may 4. 

Frink, FraDk, New lIaven, an accident., a 

brakeman,-may 4. 

Greene; William C., Quincy, 1Il.,-may~. 

Grey, William~ an address, nicknamed 

"Bllly,"-may 18. 

Hall, William, to 8 friend In Brooklyn, N. Y., 

Hattie, sends lo.e to father and mother and 

hi looking after brother 1& Europe,- 

may 20; . 

IIl11ai'd, Elias, 1I0lllston, Nov. 2, 1876,~ 

n.ay 18; , 

!toibrook, Abner. Ealit Weymouth, M ..... , 

Sept 23, '11-may 18. . 

Ingrabam, Jam .. W., Indianapolis, consumption, 

wa. sick 8 '1, .peaka of father and 

motber,--may 4. 

Jenckes, Thomas A., l'ro.idence, R. 1., 

may 4. 

Jou";, lieorge P., )lilw.aukee, acdden' 1868. 

to an uncle In the eao ... 

Kemp Jobn, S ... Charles, Ill., bom in East 

Kent, Eng., 60 y old,-may 4. 

Landergan, James, Auburn, a warnlog, 

may 11. 

I,yon; Mary, Brooklyn, Jan. 11170, debility, 

2& y old, Dlother Mary died 1871, apeek. 

of George aud Josel'h,-may 18. 

MamIe, an address,·-may 2&. 

Mann, William a, New Orleans, 1868, &1 Y 

old to a friend "Jim,"-may 11. 

. MasOn, Emily B., Ithaca, N. Y., June. '73, 

t.rouble with the luug!!, 14 y old, speaks 

ot little Pbebe, Georgie aod uncle Uenry, 

may 11. 

Mayaard, Mary E1izabtltb, MUwAukee to J~ 

•• pb Jooe.l,-may J8. 

Mend.um, ~ New Orleans, Aug 2!'. '07, 

fQnberly(of Medway, M..... '10 bIa 

flieuds,-1iIay 4- 

Merriam, Jobn, of New Orleans, p .. sed out 

iii 8 •• I..ouis. Juue 22, '13, 41 Y old, con~ 

" g""llon of lung!!. Lo.6 \0 KItty, Georgie· 

abd Mary,-may 4- 

MitclieU. Mary, Cambridge, Md., 80 y old,-. 

may 4.

1M 

lllitcholl, William Ill., Chlc:lS0' 1810, 70 Y 

old, F.ogll8h by birth, bas 0. do.ughter liv 

Ing neM Bostoo,-mny 23. 

Osborne, Chnrles M., of Uoston, dIed In Cal\: 

fomln in 1813, to a brother In New 

Hnm""bIre an!ls1sler In New York State, 

may 18. 

SPIRITUAL SOl1:JNT1ST. 

• 

l'em, ~rge P., PorUand, Me.,-may 4. 

Poole, Sarah J .• South WeymOIlt.b, Mas .. , 

JUne 1866,-may.'4. 

Presbrey, Simeon 11., to Hellry A.. l'resbrey, 

may 11. . 

Plltllam, Rufus, Danvers, November IS'l5, 

76 y old,-may 18- 

Ranney, l'hebe l-:., TolNo,Oblo, Feb IS'l'I, 

name was formerly Jo:ldrldge. 68 y old. 

Sends me .. age to John B. PJdridge, Han 

'ord,-.may U. 

Ray, Santa Cruz, Cal., ApriJ,-may 23. 

Rende, Rebecca T., Calcutta, 28 y old-Dame 

• Bussen, before marriago,--may 21). 

Richardson, George, Bosuin, In spirit 'Iile 

mallY years, consumption, to his wife and 

chlldren,-may 26. 

SaffOld, Daniel, an address,-m&y 11. 

sarah to A., an address;-may 11. 

ShanDOn, Patrick, Brooklyn, pneumonia, 

left seveD cbildren and a wife, through 

~ Major Schroder became an a1dermao In 

Brooklyn,-may IS. 

Smith,

General'Mention and Gossip. 

MI'IJ. John 1L Pickenng. 

medium. Quite often the form would 11ft 

III company with a numbtir of SpirltuallSt9 the cnrtaln thnt all mJllbt see; but 118 it muet 

9f Boston we vtalted Mrs. l'1ckering Dt sli- n.-cessarlly stand in front of the medium 

lelD, Olle afte~oon during the past ,moriui, someone's'Vlslon was obscnred. 

arid beld D seance, commencing at 8.30. We It haS beeu said that the sllgbtest expreshave 

not tbe spaCe to ellter .illto the details. sian' of donbt "destroys colldltlons." We 

SuJlice It 10 say that like ol.bera we bave ar,. bave not found It so In onr investigations 

tended It was deCidedly sati3factory. with Mrs. J>lckerlng. If we bave bad Dolly 

We 1I0te sever&! l~portaDt features. FOr donbt It bas been expl't'SSed, and subsequent 

th,s purpose of inore closely viewing and etlON on the part of the forms IIOOn removcrlUca1ly 

ezaminlng the fOrDas DoIId feature';, ' ed it. Collsequently we were pleased to bAal' 

'w~ previoualy bail obtained an exceedingly 'J)r. n. B. Storer, one of tbe party, say to the 

9t1-ong, glass, adjusted to the, distance at intelllgences-"Splrlt, J IHII tiotcaptioUll; but, 

. wblch the forms were to be seen. Thus we I cannot bonestly say that I ba.....een the 

were enabled to 81'.8 mnch t!.Iat before bas es.. medluol; \I appeare like a mass of clothing. 

caped onr noUce. The cOmpo.iUon of tb~ Can yon sbow me yonr medillm more plalnform 

appel\nl to be In a state of moUon every l,Yl'" A euccesslon of land raps foUowed. 

moment, and yet the sbap.. of the form 'rli-' We pugge9ted that the lckerlng In the chair. 

eo'mplU'l'd Cor the purpose ot conveylDg BOme It asked for more Iigbt. J)r. Storer expressed 

Idea of Ita Dature. The fitting 01 the bair and hlms.IC saUslied and tbe load raps came 

m9ustacbo was as Datural rJ.s UPOD any mor- agaln~' 

tal. ID number and variety there were over To our mind this Is a pleasing Ceature. 

a dozen of these fOnDll appei.red. Many were Should not we seek to remove bODest doubls 

reeogolzed; certainly th~ faces were plain from ow minds In vlewlDg the pbenomena 

enough for one to recognize them If the,Y bad of Spiritualism? U tbe manifestations are 

ever Been the counterpart. 

given for the Instruction of the sitters sbould 

iof the party was Mnl. SUllie NlckersoD they not be as forcible as to respoDd to rea 

Wblte, one of oor Boston mediums. To ber sDnablo requelIt.s of this nature? 

came a most perfect boy form that appeared We be.'I'e ever claimed \hat tho spirit-world 

many times l!l answer to entreatiee. The Is as anllons to demoDBU'ate Its presence &II 

light was turned up 80 tbat every portion of any iDvetlUgator can possibly be to have It. 

the dre88 and. features could be ~Ined:. They come to convince ns of their ezlstence 

Mts. White recognized the form and bad andlfwehavcboueetdoubl8tbeystrlvetoreabundant 

opportunity to assure berself of move them. Wben impostors simulate tbe 

It.s genuiDeness.· 

phenomena ~n commences \he trouble. 

We had forme sborter tllon the medio.nl Tbey want just the conditioll8 that. will ail. 

DoIId forms very mnch taller. • They came In~ ablo them to prosecute their business without 

to tbe centre of the room. We scruUDized detection. Tbere bave been 80 many of these 

the raiment. There was no tligu of a bell! tricksters that they bave actually succee4ed 

or button. No trace of caretesBDessas mlgM ID engraftlng upon honest mlDds tbe bellef 

be detected from a basty dressing. The more that candid InvestlgatioD iDterferes with tbe 

, mlDute the 6lIamlnat.ion the greater the won~ condlUoDS. We'do not believe It; dmply 1J&. 

det.· 

eause all the lacI.. ID our experience are 

Another fact In our ezpeiieDC8 Is worthy against this theory. With honest mediums 

of meDUoD. Each and ever,. time that the we bave bad DO dUBcuJty In obtaining convlnclDg 

manifestations. With trlcll8ters we 

. cahaln parted our DoIIgle of .,\alon ~nabled us 

to see the medium at the sa.me time. As It are always at loggerbead&, DoIId the large majority 

entered and as It dlsappe~ 

: . 

there eat the 

of these have been already espose4.

156 SPIB1TUAL SCIENTIST. 

• 

Aindenee qf the DIrect Voice. 

SpeAking of a seaslI:e with Mnud Lord on 

April " 14, the b. 1. Ilpr 21 8Ilys: "A yonng 

Jo-rench lIldy present was lrequelltly addrWled 

in her natlve tongue, and wben &be replied 

In Jo:ugllab tbe splrlf...'lfoice refUlied to answer 

In any other than the French language. A 

, Norwegian present was also 'accosted in that 

tol:lgue by one oltha Independent .volces; In_ 

deed atone time In tho8eance tAr:ee /a7Iguagll$ 

",ere being BPoken at one a71d the same ;..... tont, 

'lfl~: Mm. Lord was, In Engllsb, de'ICribing 

spirits seen by ber near varlous parties before 

ber. wblle behind and at one side of ber the 

In,dependent' v.,lces were conversing with 

friends In Frencb and Norwegian, The 

. ~kepUc mWit bear In mind that this ststement 

i. not one of irresponsible hearsay, but 

b:l.sed upon the evidence of wiLncsses residing 

in' lloston, and wbo represent tbemselves as 

pl6!l'led bnyoud moasore wi!.!a lb~ te,ta thu.s 

rec:eived, the fact that Mrs, Lord h ... q no 

,kiJowledge \Wbatever of either the French or 

}rorweglan dialect being ~o them added proof 

oC the reliability of the me-.sages they then 

Bnd there received. . 

We can add our IP.stimony to that given by 

tbe Banner. We ha .. e beard as maoy voire,; 

_peaking at one and the same tlmc at Bome ol 

her seances. 

' 

M. Beeque>'el and Eleelro (''hemi8try,' 

,III. Becqoerel, the dlstingulsbed Jo'rencla' 

pb~iclst., who died In Jannary last, at the 

advanced sA" of ninety years, was the foun· 

der 'of ahe _deuce of electro-chemlsLry. Ho 

Was tbe fin/!. to discover that eleclrlcity is one 

of the results of cbemlcal combination, and 

that it I. produced by the action of acids on 

metals, and the fint to construct clcmeuts 'of 

twoliquldeseparated by a partitl~u, tbualnv~htlng 

a battery posse$SIng 1\ constancy and 

reguJarity of action bltham unknown. lIe 

invented the electric·thermometer, by wblch 

from a distance the temperature of tho interior 

of adlmal. and vegetables, as well as that 

"f plevated regions of the atmosphere, may 

be determined, and aleo the electro-magnetic 

balance and the dift'erentlir.l galvanometer. 

ne also made Investigations of great ImportiIoce 

In meterology, notably 10 the climatic 

, .; i ,changes dne to forests.· Be was a most Indo 

' 

f.Wgable worker, contlnulngbis elaborate re 

. oearebes, despite his great· age, np to the period 

of bls deadl. 

• 

A i1ho!.r NO'IIeS without I'hysieal Contact. 

T. L. NIchola, M. D., stly8 10 the I. e. 294, 

Mr. Fglluton being the medium: "Looking, 

we !III saw a IIgbt cane-boUOmed chair about 

six feet from the table, tlltlng Itself upon two 

legs, rocking backw~rd lUld forn8l'll, U1t1Dg 

back and balaocln~ on its binder legs, 110- 

8werlnll our questions with Its,movements; 

and finally, at our ftq ueot, It walked fornard 

on two of Its legs and placed !tsell at the ta. 

ble, pr_ed against my ~ee cnressi!lldy, and 

bebaved 10 all, respects Uke a chair glfts

18 it a Mere (~ddence? 

Spenking of EdlBOlI's pbOllOgroph, the New 

York Hemld relW>l"ke thot "the AmeriCllDll 

ore the ment inventive people in the world, 

lUId bt>sideB 11 mnllitude of minor inventions 

of more or lcas alility they blln contributed 

more than their shore to those greater couquesta 

of m .... over nature wbleb outrank aU 

the other intellectual achievements of our 

time. Even in the early beginninga of oW" 

blstory, at 110 time wben our population had 

not J:('aebed two milliOns, Franklin's discover- 

, ies in electricity ga.e b1m a p...,....minenee iu 

that froltfol braneb of scieoce whleh willne ..- 

er be eclipsed. Wben be announced his capita! 

discovery of fbe identity of lightning and 

electricity the Royal Society laughed at his 

theory, bot the langbers were soon subdued 

by the cogeoey of his t'xperiments, aud the 

Royal Society in 1763 made amende by conferring 

on him, unsolicited, Its highest honor, 

the Copley medal. It was thUB an AmericaD 

. who sct in motion ihe train of dbcoveries 

whose most important practical reBDlt is the 

electric telegrapb. It was our Morse who 

made the final application and established the 

Iirat telegrapb. It wu our Fulton that made 

- the fi1'IIt Bucces.rul application of steam to 

navigation. Our Draper preceded Daguerre 

in making SUD pictures, a1thougb the I-"rcncbman 

got ahead of bim io turning the discovery . 

to use. That m08t beneficent discovery of 

tbe age, the usc of 8D11&stbctica in medicine 

-and surgery r is of American origin. All ths 

thingo 00 whlcb we have now toucbed, as 

well 88 tbe latest lo,!,eotion of Edison, de.ene 

a place in tb~ highest ranks of succ_ful' 

pbysical research. Of inventions which con 

.ist in pnrely mechanical applications of well 

known principle. Americana have distanced 

aU competition in multitude, in va.riety, and 

in importance. A catalogue even of the moet 

usefnl and noteworthy would be tiresome by 

it. length. To' My not!>ing of Whitney's cotton 

gin and other early inventiollll, enongb 

has been done in the lifetime of person's .till 

, young to confer lUIlteron American ingenuity. 

The sewing machine, the mowing and reaping 

macblnes, the machines for planting seede 

and thrasbing grain, are a few amoug the 

maDy wbicb are as the leave. of the fore.t 

for mwtilllde. Witbont dwelling on achinemente 

wbleb have gnne into bistory we may 

. oately challenge ell Europe to show an in· 

ventive geuillll wbo deaerves to stand by.tbe 

, 8 ide of Edison." 

GENEB.t1L MENTION .iJND GOSSIP. 1r,7 

In connection with the nooVe comes the 

thought to lIS thnt there n.re more medium8 in 

the UDited Stoles, nnd their Pfreentnge, in 

propori.ion 10 the popDlntiou, Is mneb lD.rger 

thnn in any other country hi the world. Is 

there not n Ipgitimnle deduction between thls 

fnet anI! the observntion of the Herald "thot 

the ADlericana are the most inventive people 

in the world? 

Mrs. Em 10 l1anUnge Britten. 

Mrs. Britten 8aY': "J am IIot present In 

MelboUrne, where I bave been for nearly a 

week, and wbere I have lectured once to a 

very huge audience. The secular pt'ellS, despite 

all reports alld anticipa tiOUll to tho contrary, 

bave given me most complimentary 

notices, and wben my busband can seeure 

ballo, and make arrangemonts for me to give 

m~re leetlU'e8 weekly th .... the single one provided 

tor by' the Victorian Association of 

Spirli.u8Jists, by wbom 1 am engaged-I bope 

, I may be able.to do my sbare toward. the 

work 8Q mneb needed in MelbourDo, as tho 

only otber cantre of Australl .... SplrltuaU.m 

besides Sydney.'" 

TwI: RKv. MB, CLARK, of Xenia, Ohio, 

startled his congregatlob' a. few Sunday" ago 

by declaring In one uf biB sermons, that It 

was a precious doctrine with blm to ~lle'e 

and know that all (".od'. people bad mlnlsterlog 

angels, wbo bad' power to come back to 

tbls world and encourage and comfort all 

Sneb as put their trust 10 Him; and that 

these ministering angels were nnqnestionably 

those who bad once lived with them, and 

taken an earthly interest In them. He claim· 

ed that he had' a right, though a Methodist 

minister, to tble faith; claiming that Jobn 

We.ley aud Adam Clarke, two of Ibe great· 

est e:xponento of . the eburcb, bad long ago 

taken ttlls positlon.-!Independent Age. 

. Tim Duke Nicolas of ~uchtenbeJ'g, one of . 

the fi ve or Biz European princes annoUDced to 

take part in the official opening of, the .Paris 

EzposiuoD, is a 6rm and .erlollS Spiritualist. 

beiogan bon orary member of the Britisb National 

Association of Spiritualists. He is the 

eldest sOD of tbe recently deceased Orand 

Duchess Mary (aisIP.r of the Emperor of R_ 

sia) aud of !heDoke Mumilian of J,enchU!n. 

berg, SOD of the Prince Eugene I1eaubarnai8, 

nepbew of Qnl't'n RortellSe, and grandBon of 

the Emprese Josephine, first wife of Napo. 

lean I. . 

•

Jo'onn Manifes!at1om, lV. JI,gUntfm. 

A. J. Rlko, Oude Mol.traal. 8 A, The 

Hagae, ~tes to the I. s. 298, "Mr. F.gIioton 

. retJred In a goOd light, and under !!plrlt eon· 

troI, Into tbe cabinet, and jU8t the same ...... 

ment a full fOnD, came out and PBowed beraelf 

In a light sn1licient to let us seo o"or the 

wbole room. A apirlt maoifellted who aeem· 

ed to be a relation of a gentleman present 

wbo realded in India. ·The spirit bad a dark 

complexion, and wore a black beard. The 

gentleman named addressed It In negro-}o~"g. 

lisb, and It gave signs as Indians do, which 

wore perfectly reeogn\led. We saw also the 

name of Joey ftoatlng round in lumloollS let,. 

ters. The latter good epirit more tban ooce 

at different sittings amused the Bitten with 

his word. of wit and wl.dom." 

A Nell) Spiritua.l!Btic SIhl"y. 

"Nora Ray, the Cblld Medium," is the title 

of a now 8piritualistic etory, to be issued from 

. the Cape ·Anu Advertiser office, ·June 1st. A 

fri~nd, wbo has sceu the manuscript,. informs· 

us that 1\ la a fine production, abounding in 

pleaaing inelBenl3; portraying the wonderful 

powers of mediumsbip as developed In tho 

child N ora. There is. m ueb in tbe book 10 

awaken thought. Thorougbly spiritual and· 

appealing· to tbe bigher natnre. Send 50 

cen1310 Proctor BrcI , Publisllel'8, Gloucester, . 

Mass., and receive a copy of tbia work. 

Speoking Medlums. 

. As we go to preM tbe llanner of Juno lst, 

re~ebe8 us, and if, it is an articlo on "speak. 

ing mcdiuDl8" by C; O. Poole. It is unusual· 

ly refreshing. We congra'lulate tbe nanner 

upon having &Uch a correspondeD ••.. A good 

many have thougbt ·wbat Mr. Poole bas said. 

NClI:t month we sball transfcr thlll artiCle te 

our columns. 

A.' C. NeIl)ton. 

This well known author and able 'writer bas 

been secured by tho Banner of IJght,. as one 

01 its correBpondcDts for a sbort bnle. ' 

G.,n. ADSBEAD, Derby, England, reports 

In tho I. m. 42'l tbat through tbe mediumship 

of Miss Wood, at NewcaaUe, two saUd 

\rn rings were laid upon tile table, 0110 of 

",blch was pasaed on to bls wrists wblle be 

firmly beld tile medium's band; the same 

teat '19M obtained by anolher·gelitleman later 

OD In the evening. Tho Rltting was a dark 

One. ,~ 

BPIBITUAL SCIENTIST. 

SIXTY· FIVE :years ago, io I.el p31c, ....... Rich· 

ard Wogner hOm. At 8 be played prett.ily 

on the pianoforte; at 2tI be &!lSayed bl1D8eif 

in a tragedy wherein be killed all bla cb~ 

acters in the firSt four acts, and carrled it on 

in tho fifth with their gbosl3. At 26 be m ..... 

ried an actresa, soon after wont to Paris, 

where nobody woold listen to his m1llllc. 

, Dreaden accepting bls Rienzi and Flying 

Dutchman,' he toddles off thore, becomes 

popular, receives court favor, and Is made 

Kapellmeloter. Tannbauser, bl. fint new 

work of bis oWn new kind, only ronsed all , 

men and critics, and bis ecores were returned; 

tben ha threw'bhmelf into the completion 

of JAlhongrin as into a havon of refuge from 

his trouble... In 18&5 be 6nda himAel1 conducting 

concert. in I.ondon, wbere he left 

beblnd him the reputation of a tremendous 

IUDaJlc. Daring the .Ixtlcs Barirta'. King 

took blm in hand' and suggested the Bayrenth 

)o'I'.st.lval, ,wblch was a fillanclal fallare • 

That W~er Is ODe of U,e greatest· Uvlug 

com~el'8 is sufficiently proved by the war 

cry b,. name product's. " 

THOMAS A. }~dlaon'. atartling and acientific 

diacovery in acOwtice, has taken the world by 

surprise. Tha~ a macbln.e without electricity' 

or magnetism can be Dlade to talk, sing, bowl, 

cry, bark, etc., Bee"", simply incredible. This 

strange instrument performs ILlI this and mucb 

more, and is so .imple that a child can understand 

it.. workings. It is entirely mechanical 

in its construction. and yet ·contains very lit. 

Ue mCchanisni: Its adaptation to mUBic 

sllow. the wonderful range of this mlU'Velous 

invention. One voice, a duet or a quartette, 

are equally weU and perfectly rendered a 

clarionet, comet, violin· 8010, or orcbe8t~. 

combination i.distinctly given. 

Indeed tbere 

seem. to b. no limit to its practical application 

wben it i. dl'8irable to preserve spoken 

·worda or .oUD~ for future use or reference • 

• "But, PaUl, bow can tile Spirit. be In us 

aDd we In tho Spirit at the same time?" s.ud 

the young mal' to a venerable darkey. "0, 

dar's no puzzle 'bout dOlt.. It'o Ii ke dat paker; 

I pul3 iUD de Ill" and it get.8, red bot. 

Now, do poker's In de fire an' the fue'b in tile 

poker." 

Forney, of the l'hiladelpbla Press, etaws, 

as an instance of the enormouS wealth of. 

}o:njtland, that there is $1,500,000,000 on de- ' 

posit in the various banks in London-aU of 

wbichi. drawing little or no intcreot.

, GENE1U1L MENTION AND Q088lP. 169 

CAtllLLl': FllLDlIOwiou, the French aaCrouOo 

nomer, after expressing his belief in apiritualism, 

8OYS: "This Spiritual bypothesis, liy 

which alone certain categori~a of thfSO pbenomeno 

would.eem to be ezplicable, bo.s tlffn 

adopted by many of oW' most esteemed sa· 

vlUlts, among o!.bera by ])r. Boeme, tbe lean... 

ed lIu!.b"Or of the 'llistory of Cbemlstry" aJid 

.. Oon ..... l EncycJopmdia i" and by tbe diligent 

laborer in the field of astronomic di!' 

covery, wbose death we bave recently bad to 

deplore, M. Berman Goldschmidt, !.be olliseoverer 

of fourteen planets." 

mediums, bas obrained proof that tbe man,i 

,fe,eatlons can oecur under oonditlollll that 

rendor It impossible for II to be supposed thllt 

either the medinm or 'oonicderate Is at work. 

It is time that all bum bug and imposture 

shonld be eliminated from Spiritualism, and 

Spiritualists would do, that work. 

IT is said that Simmons, Slade's agont, bl\ 

arrived in New York. ,He was to bave leit 

Berlin !.be 21.t of laSt month, no 6ays tbat 

Slade received handsome presents in tbe 

sbape 01 diamond buttons, rings, I~ket, and 

watcb eet with diamonds, ete, The dOllor is 

,UIlknOwn. 

l'BOF,'Y..oU.N11:l1 . and Herr von 1I0lIman 

bav .. been lurtborlnvestlgat.lng spiritual plui .. 

Domena with a private medium at Welssbadell. 

There will he more 'about the phenomena 

lu tbe second volume of I"'of, Zollner's 

bock. 

Tbe Grand I)uke Constantine of Russia I. 

at the p .... ent time critically, and with In, 

creasing Interest, InvestigatinG tho c\alms of 

Splrltual18m. It is also a fact. tbat a number 

01 crowned head& of Europe regularly consult 

mediums. 

TBE managers of the Revue Spirite ot 

Paris rbave decided to open a reading room 

for Spiritualists In the be.,t qWlrwr o.f l'arie 

during the El!:po$ltlon. It Is lnteuded that Ii 

di.play of SpmtuoJlstie literature .ball be 

made. 

SLADE is ooginning to tnlk of comiDg borne, 

SinC01lel1ving Eoglnud bo b"" b""n to Leip.cig, 

wb~ he gun .~LUlC01S to the profc!Sore nt thb 

university. At Berlin be guve a. s"""ce to 

the chief of police.J].Dd ,the court conjurer to 

the Jo::mpcror, who made oath that t1i1' phenomena 

Were not tricks, At 51. l'etersbnrg 

be bas jpven seances to the Grand Duke, 

Constantine and other notable personages. 

Now he goes to Auslraua, and from thel'Ol 

comes bome by way of San }'ranaisco, 

MKLBOU~It, A ustralia, has' a medium, 

Mr, Arthur Doabin, thro.ugh wbom it is said 

that John Blwyan haS manifested, for the 

pnrpOBC 01 writing a book called the "New 

THE topic of conversatiOn is tho disappoar.. 

ance of )(no. Maud Jo:. I..ord. While tbere 

are many speculations cqneemlng her wher& Pilgrim's Progress." It ,hss aln>ady been 

aboulS, the general oplDion is that she Is pnblished in that city. - Emma !Jardlnge 

allve and w~lJ, and will come to IIgbt at DO 

distant day. She bas travelled too m'uch to 

be abducted by any stranget. 

COIIB&SPONDEl'lTS of tbe Banner of Light 

, are endorsing Mrs.Boo!.bby and Mrs. 1o'lynD. 

Thoro Is DoUling III the pubUsbe\l aceUIli.s, 

to indleate tbat any te&ts were applied at 

tbese soances. Tbe Banner, through other 

Uritten writes she ieelB confident ss she cau 

be that the spirit of John Bunyan breathes 

throngh every line of the more modern 'rem on 

of tbe "l'ilgrim's Progress'" 

, !JERMAN S~OW of San FrausiBco, Cal" 

form"r1y a· UniversalJat. minister of Massachnsetts, 

bas written a akotch describiDg the release 

of a spirit long imprisoned in a tilton" 

burial case, as given through a medlwu. The' 

intelligence sa:ys tbat iill elIorts to preserve 

the mortal body from decay are uDnatnral, 

and no indeSLn1ctiblo material sbould be used 

as rec~ptaclca; but, if the rule should not be 

followed, the nunost clro sbould be taken to 

make it sure that the apirit has enti.Nly left 

tbe body. If there is Ii sligbt liogering of tbo 

vital connection, there ,can bo no eseape until 

the air doee its true and most important work_ 

Mrs. Mackdougall Gregory, widow of p~ 

fessor G ... gory of EtlinbW'ah University, is a 

prom;nent English Spiritualist; and ss snch, 

frequently· jpyes ~ptiOD8. Among tbe 

gueats present May I, was the vcoerahle 

Archdeacon Dunbar, ill whose church ot St. 

Andrews, 'l'avistock 8Qlmre, a cburch of Enll' 

land clergyman, Dr. Maurice Davies, ,dared 

for ,be Brst time to cnd~rse tbo reallty of the 

pbenomena of modem Spiritualism from t!le' 

pulpit. ' .. " 

DR. J: M. l'ggllLES was in St. Jobn, N. 

11., May .16, and lectured in Dockrillllall on 

Ihe jJhinese, 

MEETINGS arc regulArly held at Ellat Dennis 

twice a mODdl,' under tbe auspicea ot tbe 

~ Religious Sodety, 

A.. B. Plympton of Lowell, Mas .. , writes 

to the b. J. May ,20th, thnt he recognized 

tonus at Mrs. Pickerinis.

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160 SPllUTUAL BClENTIST. 

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From Colby & Rlcb, 9 Montgomery PI ... ce, 

Boslon, ' 

Tiu: PSYClIG-I'HYBJOr.QGIOAL SClII:NCItS 

AND TIIBIR ASSAILENTB.-The volutne embodle. 

the respoll8ea of l'rof. Alfred R. Wallace; 

of };ngland, l'rof. Joseph nodes Buchanan, 

of New York, DarilDl· I..yman, Esq., 

of W ... lilngtoo, and h'pes Sargent, }:&q.,. of 

DORion, to the singularly fallacious and bigot. 

ed 8triCtures regarding the New Gospel of the 

Nineteenth Century to wbicb Prof. W. 13, 

CIlrPenwr and other of the "scientists" . of 

Great Britain h .... o given vent. )Iucb additional 

matter of intere.8t bas been added to 

the work by l'rof. Bucbanan .lDee the inlti ... 1 

pnbUcaj.!on, and the book has .bcen brought 

out with a Wgh order of typographic· excellenc", 

by the pubUshere. : 

PlIeOn:ll· BROS., Glonc~.ter, 1IIass., have 

in pre ...... new volume entitled "Nor... Ray," 

which is soon to be u,8ucd. It is a remarkable 

book anti ~ill create ... sensation. 

In tb" U. I'. Journ·ai of Chicago is anartiele, 

over tMee columns in length, de.cribing the 

inwrior of tbe earth as viewed by a 8pirit wbo 

Btili Illllabita tbo mortaf frame. It is claimed 

that the explor ... tlon was made by tbo spiritual· 

$igbt, or Clairvoyance_ . There i. an account of 

ihe descent, a description of tbe .cen~ry, the 

two openings, degree8 of beat, ctc, TWa is 

th" hollow globe theory. 

One of the attrac1,ioDB at the Spirituali8ts' 

c ... mp Bronud at Onsct Hay Grove this summer 

is a yacht regatta. It will p,robably eOlltlllue 

at le ... t three day.. Prizes arc to be 

offered, and yacht8 arc cxpeeted from all 

p..Hs

TO AGE N TS . 

'I"m:8x>lrDl"l1!I.£So::lI".N'D&1.' i>notll.;'~'_wiIIg r.t:e SI'UU'l'11!llo SolZ!lTlST. ·.e1th

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JULY NUMBER . 

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Edited by 

E. Gerry Brown. 

A Monthly, Scientific Reeord of 

Import~nt Current E~ents Connected with 

: . Mode;n SpirituaUsm, 

. 

Together with 'Original and Selected 

Articles ()n its Philosophy • 

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"olume VII. 

No.6 • 

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Boston, Mass., ·U. S. A . 

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CONTENTS. 

TIU~ l1ISTORY 01:' OXSET BAT OROVl-:. 

now TO LJVI-: TUl: 'l'lml'! I.l~'F.. 

SI>EAKI~i(; MEDIUMS. . 

Sl'IruTUAL l'll~:N()AIENA TWO uTJNDlU:[) n:ARS AGO. 

TIlE VALU& Olo' ~ SPIRIT'S .OJ'INION. 

SIlAU, Sl'lRlTUAUSTS PROSEI,YTJ.:? 

INFERIOR Sl'IRIT cmCJ.F~

• 

E. Gerry Brown""Editor and Publisher. 

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O)(!\r:1.' HAY GllOVE ITS llJST 1'HO(lIU·:SS. 

, 

'On Wcdll(>',,'ay, the 12th of tbe p".t ter April 11th. althom;li tho t(>nlporal'y work· 

month, OUJl.ct I),\y Grovo A~s()ci:\ti()n had an ilig buard of ui~t.ors ha\1 nlrfln.,ly .. uapped 

C"Cill'l;ioll "lid ,iicllic to tbeir ~n>lllltl~ ill COil' Ollt a pl,a" of nctlon for tlevell",jll/; tI,. pmI'" 

ti n uatlou of Ihe' custom or having an optmill"g crty. Tha capital ~'~I)ck W!\.."10 fixt!u at $~.;{10, 

day a."" the cOIluuencemcnt of tho seasun. lhe mlilitnum allnwt!d by the romil1cHl1y maximum being $2:',.,1l00. It i~ d,vit)ctl iuto 

brfuT" tho ImbUe a,,,, the !i.ea·!'Ibclre home uf ~hnre~ of $',0 rRch, 31111 thU1'e a;f~ C'lver"'O 

the Splriluallst... 11..' r""itl growth amI !In. ,tookhohl..... Tho cal'it..ll h"vlllg h,UlU 1 ... 10\ 

vcloplncllt. arc rtHnnrkahle. A '. few lI1f)hth~ ill, tho ~r'Jtllu]~ were surveYelJ, buiJ.1il1~ lots, 

morn thall a y.~ar ago several, who had bl"ell rt"~mrv(! catnp·mut!t-~f-Ig-g-FOve~, Mtn·ehi a1ll1 avidclllitiml 

with Spiritl1alh;t Caml) mt!cting~, enUe~ 1:~id out, autl tnap.q or Ute salut: dis .. 

COlUtllt~nc,~d tu t~xamlne tlu~ shores wilh tho trilmletl. 

idea of I'lIrrh'~,ing a suitahle phce fur thi. 'rhe ,fir.t vi.it of the stuckholders IV". 

1"''1''''.' It .,ndec! willI the selecUon of" 11I3d., May 1, Urli, at which UllIe not .. lot 

. tract of Janel, ]£'»0 acres In extent, UpO~l 11m had bcpuu sold. }I"()rt.y Qr morc were cli ... po~ .. 

• hol'es of O,,'ot Hay, a portion or the hc .. d "'luf lhi. day at goo

16.9 SPIRrTUAL SCU:NTIST. 

'i>b:U1, epak(>T8' et:md nod coo:;re;:otion 

el':l~ p:lvtllon for donclng, elc. J.'or 0 fe\? 

,.,eeli. tho coullge. '\"lent np as though by 

D lonch of the mogic '\illnd. Some '\Vere 

frnuitd ODd bun~ 10 the cl1lt'3 of Worc:coler, 

Fllchbl1l'G ODd Boverblll, nnd thom rrelgbled 

to the grove. Cnmp meeting commenl.'t:d 

Jnly 8, ODd ten _~ were linlehed. even 

to the p3lnUng. 3IId were oec:1:IplE'd. Fifty 

tentS were also brougb~ 

Into requlsltloh to 

IlCtlOmmodate those wllo wlsbed·to encrunp. 

The meeting closed July 24, and was entirely 

eticceseful, not only financially, but In lIB 

.. encltll fentures, the qunlJo4t of the addresses, 

and tbe general Indorsement It received In 

the Blntlmcnt of those who had al.teDded. I~ 

gave OD Impetus to the sale of 10IB, and 100 

were dlspoet'd of. 

TIle IIDnuaJ meetlng of thtt Assoclatlon 

'WlI8 beld Jan. 9, 18'18: Ae the reslllt of nine 

month's work, tho' 1J'e»urer's repc>rt 

showed It to be free from debt, and with 

money In the \.seasury; $6000 had been spont 

In iDlprovemanta. A 1\ percenL dividend W88 

declared. It W8S voted to build a p8mlanent 

wbaH, at an expense of $1200, layout $1000 

on the roads and grounds, and expend several 

hundred dollars In other improvements. The 

c.'ILpltal 8tD\:k was Increased from 82GOO to 

,0000 to ralBe the fund.. necee.'W')' for thlB 

purpose, ODd almost the wbolo of this new 

soock WII9 a~ once Bubscrlbeoi for. 

In A prll of the present year, a tract of 100 

acres, .eparated from the original purcbase 

by a email arm of the bav,.aDd extending 

directly to the Old Colony Railroad, came Iu. 

to possesslou of the enterprise, thereby briog- 

. IDg llIe camp gronud .. I !.bID balf a mile of 

tbe track. The dlrec~rs voted to build a 

bridge coDoectlDg the two, and It was com· 

menced at once, an~ 18 now finlsbed. The 

Old Colony, recognl1.lng the Importance of 

the ruove, dl8CODtinUed LIIe old camp station 

and establlsbed a new Bag staliOD at this 

point, blllldlng an extemlve platform and 

layloB down a sIde track for lumber, and 

other frelgb\ and excunlon care •. 

The new approach is over blgb land on the 

sbores "f the bay, and along 118 eDtll'O length 

eau be obtalued vlewe of th.e numeroue fresh 

'Water streams, coves IIDd eatnarlee of the bay, 

and the cabioB, teu"', cottages, sea-.bore 

bOuSes, club bouses, bOle'" and summer colonie, 

that dot the shores and lalands in tbo 

Imu!edlnto vicinity or far dlBtalJcc. These 

bead \Vatere are protected by law ngalnet the 

sdne. af tlIo menbod .. ri 011 rattorl~.. The 

Boft, brnclllsb WOIN ... upon the norm, s:lJldy, 

abnllowe nre supplied wllb aYBle,a ODd "the!' 

shellfisb, ODd DIe tbe nntnroll breeding 1'\" 

ce3 of blS.3, seup, t~lIIO:;; 82:. perch olld otber 

voluable fIlIbes. The fnlne of tbe30 Ii.b~rips 

oltrocts mony sportsmen, BOd duriug the 

p!~t doys, bo::.ts nnll yntCbs nre present 

tn l:uge numbers, either darting tbrou~b tho 

chlllUlels llbout Ibe Islands for blue Ii.h or 

onchored lor smlllier Ii.h. 

The eottn:;e>, lOnny of them, are already 

occupied, alld others are being put in order. 

Of those built last year may be mentiolled 

the following: On.et avenne, W. lV. Currier 

of lIoverbill; Albert norry of South Yarmouth; 

Oscar C. PerklDs of Bridgewater; 

Loring Baker of Cob .... eL South Boulevard, 

A. W. Wilcox of Worcester; S. H. Sibley of 

Warcester; Nelson Huckins of Brockton; S. 

S. Applin, Fitcbburg; II. H. Brlgbam, Jo'itcb· 

borg. J'lensant avenue, Jo~pb Wblttemol't'-_ 

of lIamstablo. Pr08pt!ct avenne, O. D. lIlarcy 

of Boston. 'Vest Cerltral avenue, Simeon 

Butterfield of BOston an~ alBO ~ cottage built 

by one of the direc~rs that baa been sold the 

pl'(!l!ent season ~ Mrs. lIlelyle A. Clayton of 

Auburn, Cayu,.na county, N. Y., wbo will occnpy 

I~ this year. Sluce camp-meeting laot 

year, or during the present Beason, there baa 

been built 00 ~be Sonth Boulevard a cottage 

for L P. Greenleaf oJ Boswu aud anotber 

for Captain Alfred Naab of Cbplsea. West 

Central avenue, Ira O. Blackburn of Uosoon. 

Uulon street, U.8. lJInd.; Tbomaa WIlliams 

of Sandwlcb; Mrs. (''base of Fall rover. Onset 

avenne, Albert Berry baa ralserl bls cot. 

tage and added an I., as well 119 made other 

Improvements. Prospect. avenue, C. M. HoI>bins 

of Fitcbburg, and, one otber no~ yet 

comple!ed. NeI.on Hncklns of Brockton baa 

commenced a I .... ge bundlng on the Sontb 

Boulevard. Thames Griffith of Carver I. to 

build on Prospect avenue. Many others 

b~ve announced an intention to build, and It 

Is stated that conl.raCts have heen closed for 

several of them, but the above are, with but 

two exceptlone, completed, and for these two 

ground baa already been broken. 

C~':l ... tIDg tbls year will be one month 

later 18st ,ear, commencing the 4tb of 

Augw.t and continuing dnring tbe tuonth. 

One of tho featu~s of Intel\sSt will be a yacbi 

race. The conroe to be sailed baa often been 

used for the purpose. From the second b3l 

CODY oJ the cOttages on the Boulevard and

HOT'; TO LIVE A Tlirrr: LlF1·;. 

West Ceutrol nv~nDe tbe progreS3 of tlie bo:;ts 

c:m Ire •.ren, (rom the b~lnning to the end of 

the moo. . 

The members of the nswciOtiOIl polDt with 

pride to the ropld growth of Ibeir eoterprlss. 

They 8:lylt 10 the Dilly !l&IociDuOI\ of Splr 

Ituall8ts ~JDrly Illld properly orgru,iz.ed 

under the IStDte lllw who have DD acre DC 

ground that they c:>Jl c..u their OWII. OilS of 

them Ope""8 oC II as the ··b:lck· bone of New 

Engllllld ISplrltaaUsm," ond 8ny8 ~lIit some 

of the phenomena t.\Iat nre 800n to occur here 

will QStunl&h the world. It would seem that 

IllS 

where flO m::iny procUc:ll SJ/lrltn lli.ts IlrO 0: 

mil soon 00 i;::>tliored I,,:;c:llcr p.om;) Q)ov:' 

ment for tho (;t'llernl goll1l oq Illo c:;n.;e wonld 

develop itself.. ThIs, ho\vover, I.>l a thlll,.1 of 

the fatnre. .Tho ODe r:ICt thot Is DPp:II"8Dt h 

that the 8plriturulsts hllvo ~t!m exceedingly 

~lIutlCul trnet of lood, fllvored by DIItW'O both 

from ItS l0C3tion lind form~on. They tire 

free from debt, nnd hllve thus fllr:exblblted n 

mnnngement thnt wonld be credltDble to !mY 

body of Wen ca.lIed together UI!der eJ.mIlar clr 

CUDlst3nas. 

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HOW TO LIVE Til): TRUE LIl"E. 

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It Is certain that all can not understand I DO matter If Introduced hy 11 "thus eaUh the 

alike any .... Ie or oteudard of judgment out- Lord," lind concluded by a "he that bellevaide 

of their own

lOi 

SPl1UTUAL SCIL'IVTIST. 

"mv". The 60nl is 8D f""bloned and constl· 

tut~ tb:>lllio never .,..lmmPd to be I,ure :md 

true. Ai:cardin~ 10 th" I"lruble of Adam nud 

Eve In U,e Garden, their PUlb:u-r ..... menl alld 

cons~queDI ott! Slid seutlmenls of ~Oll' 

uewu3liun. 1 say ~Ilin, ruan it:! never 

a.qbwlled of bi. nece .. llies wbeo Ibey do not 

arl.e from bl" OWII blame wort by conduct. 

If Iha. seaffohJillg llpon 'Whleb ) .IAnd gives 

away, and lets lue fall to tbe eanh, I do noL 

blusb at that u"".,.,.lIy, which caused me 10' 

bll. If by the la ... of w""te my phyoico.l 

body r"qul...... food, n,lId I tbe",by becollle 

hungry, 1 Dever think uf belllg .... bamed to

SPEIJRIN(; 

lJL·DllIlJS. 

enl to supply my 1lN'd.. I QQI Il" .. r IISb:llllcd 

of that l{;llomnce wbicb J bB\'e never po" 

8""1'l 

faith may I!t.. Por as Bure us ma" i •• iot 

... baDled of tbat wbich ho (nollOt culltrol, 

and (1('n and are n privi- 

10I\l·t! cia ••, claiming to b. Got! ordained, all~1 

sl,)'led in Iheti. doyo millistcr. of thu gU81",I, 

cJcrgym(llJ, prit'81.9, hb.hops, cardinals Dond 

PI'Jll·&. Under Ih.ir biW",'d nOli crul'! d .... 

minion, cl"f'\lpin~, lirnpinl(, f;\tumhliog hUlUnri~ 

ity has moue Lut. slo\T and painful pro"n.'8~, 

""IVing bloody and inddibl~ IIUCk& in UI" .plral 

path wily of d~v~lov,"'·nt. • 

hOnJuin('d of (1011'' is the holy commission 

11.111 mak". lI.e eIl'.i •• 1 dlicftain and wllrrior 

invuluersbl. and unapproachahle. j'roll'CI"U 

by this armor and proclua.ning, "'Thuu lIuith 

the Lord,'" th~"8C wen have Ic.:d and of'tll"'mJiug 

Ihe bcwiltl.r('d mn •••• iUlo Ih. cObllllUuJ I' ..... 

rormanc~ or 

ItNu('h fonlaMllo trt .. se bc-tOft" hlgb b~D"Otl 

,,&8 mukC' lh\t u.GSt'la Wf't'p.'J 

Is I h. hioltlry of lIuddhi.rn, Pagani_Rl, Mo.~ 

hOQlflonia.m anti (;hritllianily 10 ~1)CQt irsctf 

III :o;piril OS1i8l!! ? 

All! we nl80 (0 hnvc spirituol wnnioN., or':' 

dllinet! by (iod and th~ spirit. world ? 

b COnUllult 6CDB~ 11111..1 r('.Qt10n &0 I.w 8moth('r~ 

cd I>y the iruOOlil" cry of "Thus SlIilh tile' 

81,i,ri,&1" 

h m~dium8hlv 111.0 '0 \I(' used in cl't'ntlng 

on IInthon!."ivo lind privile":,,d el ... o? 

A", we '0 cr,slalllze iOIO a sect of spiritworsl.il'p.rs 

? 

11010 many ieDeralion. longor lethe old. 01

lea 

SPIRITUAL SCWNTIST. 

btl,'r clO'3 U.e\r mooth. for " period of 

WO\1tb? 

Inlt'Ue1 Dod oplrilonl colturt' moot ond 

,vii) be lUlon dt'~ded of Ihe persoo (mPdium 

or olher" ise) ",",uming 10 te:wh; if nol, Ihe 

field mlly a. ..ell be abandoned 1,0 Orth ... 

dozy ond ita IpJlI"IlI'd Ihtough misdi!'\-cted 

koOOl·nt. 

If tweoly y"ors' fn>,nctJ and, inapimtionlll 

Apl'nkio~ will Dot edoenl" and .. Ievolo Ibe 

medium inlo 0 spU..,.,ntrt'd exponeni.flf irolb, 

tbeo splf juslice demoodslhot tht> ml'dinmship 

be nbQlldonw Dod normn1 condilioD8 relied 

upon for •• U·improvement. 

Aaaociation, prop.slflo ond developmeot 

ore cardinal priocipl"., and ltoPy ~hould be 

"l'Ieeti • .,I)' manifesled in tbe speaking IIIl'di· 

UIIl. The coreful studeot of tht' Unnnooini 

Philosophy enooot fnillO disco.er 10 tbe dis· 

eours"of M .... Richmood a wanl of knowledge 

of thcbe I.rinciplea aod a fnilure 10 comprehend 

Ihe 'COIIO lind mngnilud., "f Ihis phil· 

oooph)' and the Inws of .piriloal illumination. 

Hence this most indu.trious arid d"voled 

ai8\l", afler near a qu"rter of a century of al· 

most cunslant pUblic "rato,y, slill 1"8ch .. a 

only a ..... peaking medium I Rea.90 and ex· 

pl'rieoce d"mo08Iml" Ihat tbere Is no kind 

of mt·l1ium.bip Ihat, in itseU alone, will promol" 

80ul growth and true' culture in tho medium. 

The briUi.-mt und \lS~rnl C.:lfl'~?, no on omlor 

IIDd pb.iloJophcr. of th~ ):;1 .. S ... ld?n J. l>'ion~y. 

is n strit.inC ezomple of educalioo of d"vl'l. 

opmeot throullh IlIId out of mwiumwip. 

Comm .... i:ing "" n ap;.>:lking m .... ium, hut 

IlIdPd by npplie:ltion nod study, he soon be. 

CQme inRpin.d ,vith the spirit of lruth aDd l'10- 

qutme-e. 

• • • • 

If Ibe prioclpl~R of tho Hnrmonial Philoso· 

phy (which trent d..ductively. ioductivelynnd 

objectively, upeeiaUy of the germin"l "spir 

Itual fo""e8" of th., uoive ...... nad insistl>ntly 

maintaln "thot the orgaoic function. of 1Dn0" 

are not "the "'01 producers of spirit.,") fnillo 

impress oor ~peakiog modioln io Ihe light of 

trotb, ought Dot .uch mwium. to be relegnted 

to the etudy alld 110., private cirel~? On Ihe 

roslrum they a .... giving no evidenee of direct 

spirir,.influi.nce. 

The exaltation and genoml i081,imtion of 

the Ihinkiog facultie., with oCC4tiional exercis. 

of clairvoyant power, splain the pre •• nt 

pheuom.,"nn of speaking mE'diumBhlp DB ex· 

hlbired before the public. Therefore tbe pre· 

leoCe of pnrticular spirit control ought 10 be 

abandoned. For this claim baa beeome no 

"Jnl8 /atuU8 luring untbinking SpirituaU.", 

into the belief of m"ny of Ihe wild and un· 

rt'88ounhle doctrio.,a and I'!Ylhs of bygooe 

age •• 

~-.. ......-. ............ --_ .... 

SI'lIUTUAI, PHENOMENA TWO lIlJNDREI> YE\!t'! AU:). 

The f,,\Iowillg eztractR are from tbe writ,. ranee'lnd recklessn.,a.. of as.ertion. That 

lug8 "f J".eph Hlaovll, published ,at J..oudou I the.e things do take place, we know. We 

III the ye.... I6&>. Tb" volume Is prepared b .. vc bad every evidellce tll"t can be 

wltb great eare, and \.he' evidenCes demon· I furni_lied many tim.... repeated. Othe .... 

Btraling the actuality of !.be Occurrences bave bB.! tbe like e:apcrlt'nce. Read tbe fol· 

\.herein narow, are abuoda.ut. In peruolng lowing extraet lro'll Glanvll'. wrlUngs above 

tlJi. ancient work we bave been forcibly alluded t", entitled "Saduclsmus Trlumphanruck 

wi\.h thtl .. sact earuene>a of the pbe- tus," p. 4;18. . 

nomella of twolhundred years ago with Ihe "The relation of James Shcrring, inkeD 

phenomella of to-day. Not ouly the same collumlng tbe mntter at Old (;... t's bonse, 

In character, but likewise tho .... me cuodi· of L.ttJe Bartoli, June 23, 1611, as follo ..... o:- 

UOn8 which fnvored the manlfestauons theu, '''The IIl"$t nigbt that 1 was there with 

IIkewl .... favor them to-d .. y. , Hugh Mcllmore and F.dward Smitb, they 

That pbyslcal objllCts may be trau&ported beard 0.' It wllre the ......... blog 10 water over 

wit bout bands, or phy.lcaI COlltac,t, iR knuwn tbelr bead9. Then taking a candl~ and ";0' 

to tbouOlWd. aud ten9 of tbouSllnd. wbo bave Ing up .""Irs. them W

Sl'lBITt'AL PIU'lWl1I:NA TWO lIUNDRL'D rl·:ARS ",teO, 

lui 

I nte the ch:l.lD~r th~N 

stc1ld n 00\71 of mlter. 

Roma of It .prlnlilPd OVntly hdpcd. 

Th\?n th('y mn up the sl--.l1"8 nnd th,,1'I) 

I'las nbund:mC3 uf r .."lbG1'S plllcl;c:'d out of 

the b->Istcr U,:lL I"y und". th .. lr he:"ld., ond 

som. tbrust Into Ibelrmouth. th:!t tboy wers 

Dlmost choked. The ,.others were fbro,",u 

Dlillbout tbe room. Tbey wo.o plucked out 

lit a hole no bigger thon the VIp or ono's little 

Dnger. Sometimes they were vext'II wltb a. 

very bldeou. knock III!! at their be;u19 as Ih8Y 

lay on the bed. Then Jomes Sbenlog Oond 

Tholll,," Hillary took Ibe candle :Iud went.up 

.tnl.... and.1ood at the bed'. feeL, alld tbe 

kuocking continued. TbeD tbey SIIW " bnnd 

with an arm· wrist holding tbe bamme., 

wblch kept Oil knocking a.,.""ill.t the bed.tead. 

Tben James Sherrillll gulng \award_ the bed's 

hend, the band and ha.mmer fell dowu behind 

tbe bolster. and could not bs fuund. for 

they lumed up the bed-elothes to search for 

the hamm.r; bllt as sOOIl as Ibey wellt 

down stal ... the bammer was tbrown Into tbe 

mlddlo of Ihe chaln~r. The..a w .. re Ule 

moot feloarkable thiUb'9 that were dOlle that 

nlgbL 

"Tbere was a saddle In the bouse, of tbelr 

Uncle Warren's of Lelgb, wbleo It sbould 

seem they d.lalned wrongfully from tho rh;bt 

owner; thaI as it did ballg "POD a pili ill tbe 

eulry, 'Yould come off and colne Into the 

bouse, Blld, as tbey termed It, bop aoout Ibe 

huus. froID one place to another. and upon 

tbe lable and so te anotber, wbleb stood ou 

the olber side of the house. J aile O .... t and 

her kinswomen took tbe s3ddle and carried 

It to Leigh, and as they were going aloug 

the broad com mOD there woold be sticks alld 

otones tbrown at th!'m, wblcb road.. them 

very much afraid, and goIng Dear together •. 

tbelr wbltt!eo, wblch were 00 tbelr shoulders, 

were knit together. Tbey carried the saddle 

to tbe house whicb was old Waneu's, and 

tbere Idt It alld returned IImne very quiet. 

Dut belnl! Roue to bed at nlgbt tb .. s3ddle . 

w.... brought back from LUlgh. wblch Is a 

mile and a balf Bt least frum Old C;a.ot·" 

bouse, and Ibruwtl upon tIle bell wb .. e the 

maid. lay. After that tbe saddle Wall very 

troublesome until tbey broke It In small pieces 

and threw It ODt Into tbe blgbway. 

"Tbere was a pole whlcb ,Iood In tbe 

back side about 14 or Jr> teet 10 length, 

wblcb W:LS brought Into tbe bou~e and ('8r 

.Ied up IlIlu the cbamber alld thm ... n on Ille 

bed: but all tbe wit tbey had I:ollld not ji:et 

It out 01 the chamber, bec .... e of Its Jells:th, 

until tbey touk down a IIgb~ u1 tbo .. IIId .. w. 

Tbey ""port tbOot the tblng. III Ib" buUJoe 

were thruw about and brokeu to \lIeir grut 

dllUl3S C ." 

•

TilE VA-Un:: OF A SPIRIT'S OPINION. 

On 1'PC~lpt o,r n copy of U,e Cb1ca:l" TiI06.9, 

In "hidl "p~t>r..d the rrport of Ilo protest lltt"red 

Ibrough, tole orgnolsm of Mrs. Itieh· 

mOl.d ~olll.t the ,.".olutlori. ooopted by C:hlc::>gu 

Spirllualisl.~. cOlieemlng Uo..lian &. Tay- 

. lur, we felt obligt!, whicb 

ap~ared In Its columns; for some re""oo 

tbey struck otil 0. sel.tenC8, in wbleb wo en· 

d" ... d tbe polley of tbe H. I'. Journal. 

'1'0 \he Edllor CI,I_ Tim .. : 

I bave watcbed your columns for ROme 

w"ek. p,..t, Illid noted your suecCA' In dpal· 

Ing wllh Imp9'tors wbo tilmulate tbe phen 

.. m.nB of Spirituall.m for the "loaves and' 

Ii.h ..... I have euecpt.'ded i,n repres.lng uniil 

lui. time, bul ,cannnl remain quie! under tbe 

I't!markq of Mrs. Cora J .. V, Ricbmolld be. 

fore Ibe First Society of SplrhuaJl.t., as reported 

In Tbo Time.. Y nu comm.1I1 \.; splr. 

Its who IncU. to lust and Intemperance; 

spIrits wbo imB!:lne thllt tbey bave tbe euct 

koowledge wblcb Is especi .. lly needed by tbe 

world; nnd spirits wbo _omo the dictatorship 

of what the ~pirits wllnt tuld wbat they 

do 1I0t WBnt. Thereforl' It Is not 8urprl,ing 

tbat we'liod the organl.m of Mrs. Richmond 

saying thnt "humnn beings cannot dictate 

mnnifjlSlations or declare 1lI1der what clrcUmsl.-mC30 

mnoifMutions .bcll comt'." Tb" 

£a.CL"J are nr,ain-st such no thoory; o11,l ~::;n'n~t 

a fact, tha opinion 01 .. bllInan beln:::, "veo If 

he be 11 spirit, IlVllil$ 1I0tllln::;. Tile mo.nlf ••• 

taU!)II. ~n be obl.l1lnlld uoder !lOy re:lSonablo 

conditlo"s. 1 me:in' conditlous that will 

eliminate the po. .. lbllity of the modium or 

confed .. rates produciog whn.t .. re Apnen.lly 

sllppo.ed to be the pbenomena of spi.it-foret!. 

Spirits claim tll .. t the manlfestetlong :,.e ~iven 

to .lemonstrate tbelr existence .. nd ability 

to c~muoiC:tte. It mu.t, then. be :l matter 

of kllowled:..-e. not faitb.' M,.". Ricbmond'. 

ndvieu concerning tbe h .. rmuny with tbe Hplr 

It i. very pretty talk, bnt Spirituall.m b". 

blid too .nnch of It In the p3.'lt, aut! we Me 

reaping tbe oatural harvest 10 the .h"p" of 

harmless lunatic!!' I;ldividuals wbo are the 

~ict ims of all ob-!essinn. and gO abnut d.,.l .. r· 

illg their Intimate relations wil b Cbri.I., tbe 

Apostle Paul, etc,; Itnpo.qturs wbo t.r:ldQ III 

Ille credulity of buman nature; quack_ who 

"lay hands au" anything 111 the sbape 01 11 

dolla" and 8n on ad na'Ulenm. Spirit lotelll· 

gence a. an lllf1nenclllg fore, bas alway. ex· 

I.ted. Its reception hB.. wen dlffere"t in 

different I\ges. Mrs. Uichmolld's ",Uu.lon to 

Ihe pe ... ecutioo tb"t bun:; mediums a huodred 

years 0:.:0 bo not all IIpt Olle for ber. It 

.bo..... simply tbat the spirits whD attomptlld 

to mallifest at tbat time were either Ignorallt 

Df tbe fact that tbelr pre"'ll1ee was uot well· 

timed, or ehe the sacrifice of tbose medium.' 

Iiv8ll wa.. In some way beneliclal to the obj"c~ 

Ihey bl1tl In view. Men act according to 

tbelr judgment, Bnd this Ie aff ..'Cted by their 

8Ilncation. TIle man wbo t

SliALL SJ>lRlTllALISTS PROl{£Ll"TE? 

l(i!) 

on.!.mtlon wM ab.olllte-Io doubt e"erythinr. 

rn.'!.h~r tbDD let an error get posset.'Iion of my 

mind. Witb tbls my rule and !;ulde I 1I .."e 

."toblisbed coudltions and obWned manlf".- 

lj L"ltiOn.. To advocnte fmud-proof conditions 

J esbbll.bed a p:l""r fonr years ago. I ben .... 

1 tiJy endorse the sentiments of the. Cblcl1gD 

Times. IUId itone!!nn with fmudulent mediums. 

If Spiritunl;'m bl19 no merit to recommend 

It, lot It fall. SplritunJism bllS elllered 

upon a new era. and Investigo.tlo,n will be 

ita watcb-word. It Is n(llol'(\l th"t sume medium 

•• bould qllQke ... ben invesUGllllon L'lk"s 

u pructical'tum. us i.t be.' In tbo mesLlng al. 

luded to by Mrs. ~cbmond, tho dOWls of 

whlcb bave been publlsbed In your columns. 

I.et'the good work go on. All true SplrilullIists 

will \hank you for assisting In the 

work of 8Xposlng tricksters. 

Truly yours. 

E. G&BBY BROWN. 

Bo8toD, M ..... MAl' :!Ii, 1878. 

._ . . -~--~--. 

SIIALL SPIIUTllAI.ISTS PROS}:Z.YTE? 

Yes, leader. If you are a Spiritualist. you 

have enougb to do to regulate your own life. 

in BC1:ordance with tbe teaching. of Spirit· 

uo.U.m. witbout volunteering to convince I 

others that their religious faith I. wrong and 

youro is righL It is, nevertbelcs.., rigbt and 

""pedl.. nt for you It:> u~" all rational "nd 

proper arguments to prove tbe trntb oC YOllr 

religious faitb, wben it I. arraigned by others 

who condemn It IgnoranUy, 1I0t balling 

made them.elve. acqualllted wltb the evl. 

dence. by wbich tbe trutb is snstalned. It 

Is right aud expedient to give to .Incere In, 

qulrers all tbe Ii;:bt you are po.se&lt>d of. 

tbat tbey may be enabled to judge wbetber 

It i., or is lIot advjsable (or them to seek the 

truth by invesllgRtion. It is sl90 proper for 

th",. wbo p, •• e... competent quallfiC

1'70 SPtRITUAL SCn:NTI8T. 

, 

• 

. , 

( . 

nod tbo N~eptlon Md fclthfnl ob.?rvc.nc;) a 

splritunl te~blnll"', nre two thlnr,9 enUrely. 

J.'a.ith doe. but ndd to t.he convert's condemnntlon, 

if, nfter being convinced of hi' own 

imrnoncilty, and of tbe contlnnru eltorts of • 

spirit friends to redeem bim from the tbl'lll· 

dam of vice, he mllke it a mere motter of 

amusement or speculiltion, Inulriorily by 

tbeir teacblngl'. 

Supposing tbat SpirituaJlsm could be made 

in ".slngle month-nay, in a single yp.ar-tbe 

mOllt popular of all the rellglQn8 ~f tbe age, 

what wonld be tbe consequence? Even now, 

we bave many-ruas! too many, 'wbo regard 

it In tbe IIl;bt of mere Oml18ement, and attend 

eircll!.'l nightly, to gratify a morbid ap· 

petite for o.:eltoment. And all Sp'ritual\Sts 

who know anything of tbe spiritual pbiloso· 

pby. Bre aware that there are tboUsand. and 

million. of undeveloped spirits, 

-----_ 

wbo are attmeted 

to sucll pfSOIle by mom! nffiDlty Md 

'7ho ore "':lIIy ot rul times to gratify \lIUO 

"Ith 8ucb mnulfestotlon. D8 Gult tb .. lr vicious 

propemiltips. It Is belter thn! belle"..,. mtly 

be multiplied only !lSfas!!IS tbey CIUI ~me 

true Spjritiullists. rother tbnn to bave tbem 

come like nn ovrulUlche, in nil the emden ...... 

a\>d Inbnrmony of uncultivated miuds. The 

tronble Is not wltb the quantity but the 

quaJity. 

Dome ciMes, witb acce&aions of neighbor 

Ing frlend~. nre the moot proOtnble to the prop· 

BgatJon of spIritual truth. 'Nor ahould these 

be rulowed t{l Interfere with tbe Decessary 

~"OOIltiOD. and dutles of life. Th .... ia aI· 

ways leI.nra enoDgb to attend to .piritual 

matiere. In the Interval& of necessary atteD' 

tion to business. Lot every thing be daDe 

rationally, and we shall ProgreJls the faster. 

and bave hothlnll to regret or be asbamed of. 

.. -- 

I'NI-'ERIOR SPIRIT ClRCJ.ES • 

A f.ow yeare aince the discoT~ry of tbe 

method by which these pages ate w~tI"n. have 

.. l"p.ed. During tbe Oret yeBl'S of It. gro\9th. 

but few demon.trotlon. were made, and tbos .. 

of a disconnect"d character. The concentrated 

action at certain pointe hod elicit ...! public at. 

tention. and drawn out much curiosity IUId 

mirth. A. mo~ dlffnsed "ction 800n b .. gan to 

take the place of concentretion. 1..ncb spirit 

wisbed to hold spccial communication witb ita 

friend., and bence strove to imp~&8 those 

friend. to form circles and obey certain condi. 

tions, tbat they migbt commurtlcate with 

them. 1:he awful subject. bringing on its 

",ings so mncb joy, w .... perverted. and, in 

mony ca.es. brought to ridicule. There Pl'l'· 

vailed an almost totsl ignorance of spiritual 

la .... Bnd a blind .e'at in tbe beli .. f of spiritnal 

infallibility. A dense mas. of crude .piritual 

• l .. ment. ennloped the rudimenull .phere in 

the darkness of night. Drenry doubt. cold 

IICeptlcl.m. Bnd unbounded credollty, strove 

for the maili(Ory. Perverted I'('ason looked 

through imp~rf"ct medium •• ~nd SB" every. 

ti'ing di.tort,'d. blurred amI imperfect. A few 

Dctive thinkW"8 only !,gitDted the lllll ••• lUI I 

f .. arle.'ly gave their truth. to the world. So"", 

then wag tbe slole of tbings. 

1I"'''e wiU go to earth," ~zclaimed the Sage, 

"n~d, for B while, "jlnP•• Ihe errore and mis. 

tIIk ... of our brothen, inform oonelve. in their 

pl'('B .. nt ide .... and then endeavor to tcIWh tbem 

arigbt." So saying. tbt> Society' depBrted 

from Iheir bright home, down. down. to wit· 

ri .... th .. crudities of earth. 

It was cvening 

when tbey amved, IlDd Bueh a beautlfnl even· 

inl! I The .ilvl.'fy-orbed moon had just arose 

from beneath the eaatrrn curtain of tree., and 

~oured ita 600d of mellow light o.er the 8C('ne. 

The blue.aky ... ith its lofty arch above. 

was I'('dolent "ith gem. a.od gUttering dia· 

monds. 

"Oh, how beautifull" t>xclaimed nero; "I 

am on ear.h again IlDd •• em an inhabitont of 

tbe lo .. er sphere." 

"Y~s, nature i. bcaetiful; but man i. cnr· 

rupt, because he Ie noL trne to tbat na' 

ture;" spoke tbe Pbilosopher in 80rrowfol 

accents . 

N ear by a "circle" bad convened to witness 

tbe manifestDtioDS made by thosc wbo dwelled 

00 tbe otber .id .. of Jorooo's terrible .trl'am. 

A miacellaneouB crowd bad "oUeL'Ied, with 

cnriooity on tip·toe, a.od all esciled into a 

t ".(Or of expectation. Two or three ·'medi. 

nma" were there. with minds as cloudy II!' a 

stOrlDY night. unenltlvQte

j,>iiOPltr!Cl1:S OF NOSTRAD~ll.1US. 

Iit 

Ow. tll~.", tlBsrmbled n gronp of 'pints, full 

oC fun IWd mischief, thoogb tbey bed no b

1'12 BPIBITVAL SCIENTIST. 

ence. Noturo1ly POSSlllsell of mora tbllD ordlnnry 

ment.cl po\7erB, nod industriously applying 

himself to stndy during the yC:>n! of 

bls youth, he Iliternnrd be~o.me distinguished 

(or leMIlin!;, I1IId for ,bla skill In thG proctlce 

of medicine. But loaing his wife nt no early 

nge, and In _Bin esSaying to dlsolp:lte bls 

grief by t.rovel, nod bdng. moreover, "nnoyed 

by the perelBtent nolmOlllty of proCe3Slonni 

rlvWs, be retired into solltude, nod Iliternnrd 

"eve loped !.be Bileged propbetlc faculty wbich 

bas glveu blm bis historlCIII distinction. lIe 

wrote hie predictions in obscure vene, and 

colleet.ed and publlsbed tbem In the year 

16M>, UDder the Utle of "]'ropheUc Centurles;" 

and the subsequent fulllllmen t o( BOlne 

\hem mnde blm the centre of attraCtion to 

many illustrIous pe';'onagea.' This book of 

Nostradamus afterWard rell Into obscurity; 

but was regarded with much interest by cer: 

tain minds during lobe fore part of the pres7 

ent centurY, and by Napoleon blmself aDlOng 

the Dumber, on account of its evident for&. 

ahadowlng of evenl~ tben transpiring. In 

1840, It was republished by Mone. Baresti', 

The following translatioD is of that portion 

ollbe propbecies wbich is J'eIllU'ded as relat· 

log to the events of l

Editor's Notices and Comments. 

SPIRITUAL &CIENTIST 

- , 

I'UBI.!SU}:D &.IOHTnLY. 

A 8cientific Rerl1l'd of OUrTent }.~ent1J 

Cannectai with Spirit1J~ TogeUter ,,,UA 

A,.tieles .,n its J>hlIo8O'jlllll. 

30 Bromfield 1i1., Room 6. 

8W1SC1UPT1o. Ps.CJ"_ O.e y..v L 

Sl.lIO. """taae 

rr.e to 8aboGriben '" lob. UDlted.......... OD. Y.M 

to 1U17 Fo .. ljtD \,rieDce, there 

, . 

would be lilt Ie cause 10 regret \vhBt hIt. Ill. 

",adj occl1lTl1d. There is room for improvemeDt 

in !.his matter of formiDg drcl". WId Ile· 

velopiJ;lg mediums. Some attelQJlt ShODld bo 

made, to develop mediums prop~rJy. Go iato 

o.Imost auy part. of tbe cODotr,)' and, by CD' 

qairy, IDBDY mediums can be touDd who hD"" 

b""" developed by sitllDg iD circle. wldeb 

knew Dolhing of Ihe law. governing tho BUbject. 

Other penon. can be fouDd alliIering 

• from "mcDIllI diseases, .. it "ill be .Bid, bUIlD 

realit,)' tbe,. ore ob.t'88ed. 1'bl'Y are the .iclipJ8 

of no undev

114 BPl1UTU~L SCIENTIST. 

... iih Dr. SJOO~. II .. s!.:lf •• in the 'MIl, nom· 

b~t of Ps;ycbl""he StudieD, pnblishl'llllt Lpipzig. 

thot he is no" l'lulhori2cd 10 divulse the 

DOD.es of the other three genUemen .. ho in 

common mth them were present lit twelve 

seances. held "ith Dr. Slnde. These nnmps 

be b!18 hitherto withheld. from moUves of 

son 'e. t.tv del", unIe~9 it t... th"t enb.crib~rs 

""" DOt prep:lJ't'd to remit or do DOt "jab 10 

canUDu. the mngnzine. In either ense it 

'I'1oDld toke ouly a few moments time to send 

us " postW cnrd in "".wer to the bill. Will 

tbose of our J't'Qde,.;llw whom this notiel' np· 

plies ple8lle govern them.elv .... IIccordingl,. 

Ileiicncy. IlIId their mention in this conn...,. 

t.iciD Willll8tODish ('ven more thQD the coDver- VOLUMES 0.' TUX Wl'll:XLY St:Jl'lNTlBT. 

sifin of Zoellner hiJlU!elf. Th.y are no leos Oecn&ioDally fte have an eDquiry for bound 

tbnn J.· .. hner. Scheibt>r and Welllants; The TSE TRUl!! ANI) TaX FAUIE. 

Zenda"".ta, or the tbings of tbe lo'utW'C; 'Elc- There ill DO war against trance or physical 

m~Dts of l>syebC)opbyeica; The l>roblem of the mediumsbip, but therll ;s a movement to •• p 

S~ul. ant) about the Life Hereafter. 

arar.e the .true from the false. not only in 

• Scbeiber is a rellowDed professor of matb· traDce ond pb,&lcaI medlnDlllhlp bnt ID 'ever;y 

eu.aties in the lI&IDe univenity. William ot.her plaCe. Nor 'Will the wave of criticism be 

Edward Weber. born 1804. is 4 professor of confined to medlufJlsbipalone; It w1l19l11011d 

, pb)'.ic •• IUld knowo as the founder. in com. even to the conduct of your public leachers 

mon with bl. brother, of the doctrine of the aud lecturets. There is much liIat Is oilreli· 

vibration of for"".. Be alao made profound able 10 trance and pbyslcal mediumsbip; to 

reBearehes into tbe domain of el .. triclty. He Heek for 8.0 .lote1ligeDt explanaUon is a Iebaa 

published an exbauative .... ork 00 the eub- gitlmate subject of eoqulr;y. B~ore this ie 

jcct of EI4. 

must be driven out. Tbere is nO danger of 

These m ... n, aU emineDt in physical Ici· IDjurloggenuine mediums. Every step In 

etice, prejudiced against Spiritualism. train- the direction of an exact investigation i. ben· 

e~ by a loog life time of

EDITOR'S NbTIC1:S AND COMNI:.:NTS • 

• 

port.. The plea of "~eeutlDg mediums," • It Is DO disgroce to SpiriltuUism to r.lnmin~t" 

noything sentifuenlnl tbnt susge31s pqS3iblo r"""d or 10 imtilute 0 rrform for tlult pu .... 

injury to mediums I. sweet!!r tbon music to pos.. .~glish S,Pirilunlista no~d d,o neU 10 

their e:D'S. Tbey llIld tbeir friends llIld BUp- be more strict iD tMir inve&tigntioDs/Uld exporters, 

bOlVever, mny as TVeit undel'litnnd 

thot n movement for reform, Inaugul'l\ted by 

the spirit-world, commenced IODg ago nod 

bo.' gro'WD StroDger no the month. nod 

years IIdvnneed. It CaDnol be checked •. The' 

I>/!Itntion Increnses I.he fermentntioD; tbe 

scum i. risiDg to the surface; It may IIns:er 

there for a sbort time, but the eud b not far 

distant. Spiritualism is freeing Itself of tbe 

lolld that has dragged ;t In the dust, and 

true Spiritunllsts sbould rejoice for tbe pros· 

peets of the future. 

Tuum RATE WITNESSES. 

The London Spiritualist 301, under the title 

of "EnthD8ias~ic American Altestors of 

Spiritunlism," publ;shes th~ luUowiDg edltn· 

rial:- 

, '''The American S~iritual pel'iodlcaJs ha'e 

of late contained mucb about the puWic exposure 

of fraudulent mediums. Tbe names of, 

some of these medlulli. hue been conn

176 8 P IB.ITU.AL 8CIENT.JST. 

Md just Rto.nd,Drd of cbDroClAr, "bieb, iu It.. 

Dpplic,~tion, ..,iII "ep:u':lte tbe fnls'. from tbe 

true p.nd render deception Impossi~le. 

'Ve rejoice, lor we balle.e SplrituDII_m i. 

taking Its true pOsition. 

I.£AI>INO PoiNTs IN THE SPJBlTliAL PJlll,. 

OSOPHY. 

Spiritualism aflirms that Immediately after 

phy.iClll death, tile .pirlt entero upon a state 

or con.cloos e"'i~tence, possessing and exercising 

all tbe spirit,.faculUes it had IV"ilc in 

the body, 

It affirms tba~ the spin'" so "xlsting, can 

and do manifest tbem,elves,.J9.,!ndlviduals in 

the pbysical form, in the !ilaoY'\tays known 

to the world,'Bucll ,a." rapping, tipping, writing, 

exerting pbyslcal force, oboes!.ing indl 

.iduals, impressing them "Ith thou~hts, feel. 

Ing aQd sentiments, and pIlrforming workB of 

beallng. " , 

It a/Ilrme that that In the transition from 

Ihls to tbesplrit-world, tbe &plntual ~baracter 

uodorgoea no change. 

That there are in the spirIt-world, varlons 

.tales and conditions enrre'ponding to tbe 

like etates of spiri\.9 In the physical body, 

from tbo lowest plane of lust, to th~ bigbest 

plane of purity and holiness; .and that gen· 

eral as.oeialion betweeo the two worlds, i. 

according to &oareellleni of slAtes between 

them. 

That all persons.arc subject more or les. 

t.f in the Americ.-w 

ond foreign p:lpers devoted to Splrltu:>l. 

i8m, lIS \7ell .... Ibo fu:;iti\·", pi~cu thut oec.~ • 

. slonnlly find Ibelr =y into the seculor pre.s, 

Anybody wbo bos tried the business of buntlng' 

up an article, moklng ~be ellort at discovery 

80me weeks Dlter he bllli read It, will 

probably ~ft bad an,experience In rnmmugiDg 

througb back Illes, com,parnble only to 

the pro.erblal senrch for a needle io a bay 

"tack; to keep a scrop book of all tho imporumt 

itelDll or arUcles that please the 

fQllcy or 0;" considered .. allIable "for refe .... 

ence destroys.6lps tbat woul~ otberwise be 

valuable, and if ~mpleted, wbich is seldom 

the ca..e, does not give satisfaction. Tbe, 

Spiritual Scientist InleJJds to ba an index to 

everything of .a1ue, showIng at ODce where' 

full infol'Dlatiou relating to a~y eubject may 

be obwned. Jo,very metbod "Ill be used 

to make the record in our conntry, as well 

as in foreign lands,' fuJi, accurate and complete. 

To TJtJt PRESS. Any dally or weekly 

journal that desires to receive a copy of tbe 

Spiritual Scientist regularly, can bave It by 

sending a paper containing a notice of it. 

re'ceipL It alms to state the "Acrs of 

modern Spiritualism 8o~ brlc1ly as possible. 

It Is the only periodical of i\.9 kind in' the 

world. 

EACII ONE of Ihe 8p !ritualistic papers COntains 

inIRrestiDg items and articles tha' the· 

otbe .. do not. t>:aeh one contains an account 

of Rome manifestation. which the olbers do 

not. Ali of them publisb articles, tbe pur. 

port 01 wbich cau be given in a few words. 

The Spiritual Scientist wiil glean the good 

tblngs from tbem all, and condense tbe oro. 

dillary into a few wol'ds. In addition to this 

It wlii bave all tbe news from its correspond, 

ents, friends and Becular journals, besides 

original articles frpm \\.9 CDntributon. Isn't 

eucb a paper ellceedlngly ebeap at $1.&0 a 

year? 

Tbe .pirlt-.... orld ba.a inaugurated a mo.e- 

9UR JOUJiN AL ie 1I0t desil:ned to take tbe m~llt, and it i. DOw beginning to hi' .~.n and 

placo of any olbenpiritualiotic paper, It 18 felt, whe .... by theorgnnized ellort which Ibey 

ratber 8upplementary to them all. It ba.. a I"cgao on earth thirty yeano ago .ball be 

field that i. peculiarly lis own. Ita purpose cielllU!ed of the COl'l'llptiou whi~.h b""grown 

I. to preserve evenlb and new Ideas related to up:witb ils IP:"wth. Tho spirit-w,orld bas 80 

. . ' gIIlded the mlDd of man 88 to brUlg .boot " 

our CAuse as they come Into exl.tence. To 

uniVPI'8JlI staw of aiJnil'8 which ..... nd.rs the 

gather up aodreproduce lu a permanent and I discovery of fraod practiC4blc, and its continuconveDlent 

form tbe mest conspi.;:uous nod MC8 impossible. IN. 1'. Jourunl.

, 

lWITOR'S 

NOTICES AND COJ111R TS. In 

Tnt' V.\I.L'E O~· HII>J"~ 1'.:"TI\IO~T. 

\V,th'Hlt n. d~ .. ire tu I'w .•"e a mountain ont 

of a 10· .ltttllll;' it IOAy nut iJv ,Iut ul pl .. cu at 

thp p~!'tellt. lillie lfl ",.\"itHV n p.)r.loll tlf tilt") 

te-iliruulIY thoil 1t ...."1 b~!'tl1l pn:'!o~n.l~ in r..lvor 

of ~nt. I·iet~dring. \V.; tbrow n .. i,h, lV)Ht b4.'S 

be~1I ... id bylh"cditur of til" lI"v"rlllll I'ub. 

H",hcr baring devuted a fel? para:;ral)bs tn 

lIim in olloth.r artiel... lie Ilvid .. lllly d"",,,'t 

kilo,? "'hal he did or did nut see or hear. 

Wo: n:fer to him In thi. connl'clillD becau.e 

bp WU .. "I t perhal!'4, une of tb,):te tno~t active to 

Introduc. h .. r to the public. At Ihat time 

Un'! ~Irunge~t wonti of the Etlgli~h Jan~uage 

wore u.e~ to couvey .the idea Ihat he had 

le·ted her by tying "ith strillg_ "rutllld tbe 

w",h,t.; se\villg ber III ba~"'; pas·ang a thread 

through he,. e;:ar and beaU ..:; il. &.c) tbe ,vall, 

elc. I" ,hort. he b •• d every opportunity fvr 

jn~esligatiu .. and kf)e\v ber to be gelluine. 

lInt ClU'lIetltlw~s attracted IrIBnY--UuNelf 

alU1mg the DUlUber. III tho Spiritual Scieutbt 

fur March wo pnblbhrul oOl' Illperiellco 

with her. }t:verycircurn~tatlce, 9u~pici()U9 or 

othdrwi.e. I. thero recorded. A. a re.ulL of 

Ihe wbole we f"IL .atl,O.d that It wa.- not 

1\Ir". I'ickring p~ .... o .. atiu!l thn f"tlus. Thl~ 

the,.ry had been advallced. and we paid att.,,,Uon 

to tlli. point.. W. al.o obtaln .. d n"d 

have in our pU"tte5t:1ion a certilicate signed by 

all pre.,\enl. thirtet'n iu llu1ubt'r, Ihat :hpy 

likewi~e had the flame npiulun; OT, in other 

W\Jfds.lhat tllt"y had &ceu and rt'coguized 

Mr.!. !';ckcrll'/l wbil"a[uriD was .bibl" bend: 

jll~ oYer her. 

In Ibe April ScienU.t we ~ald: "It is certain 

that the int-ere~t illcre~es, aud '.hat the 

line i. bell.r. sha'ply drawn. 0 .. ib" olle 

6iue, lhu~e who bcHevc it to be trickery; on 

tb .. otll"r, Ibose wlltl seo In Mr •. I'ickedllg 

0 ... uf tile t~\V lII~dlum.l .. the lJui,ed Stale~ 

whu cat) produce, under satibfACtory cuudi· 

tluus. gelltlltlo furlU lUa1IUe.~tati()ul5. t-:vi .., 

dOllce D,ay ch~,,~e Ihe opinion. IIf tbe Jor. 

mer; but alllvlIg the lalter ore 'many 1\'110 

are finn in .... erU"g tbM what lb~y have 

seeu \YUle nlft. per~ouaLivua of hlrs. Picker· 

crill';_ In t.h~ nwautlmc, invt!8tigators who 

hnv .. a relah"n to Ihe public, by r':L~O" o{ 

pnbli.hing wbat th~y Ree, ~h,,"ld Ira •• In 

mind the objeetioll8 tilld ('aU'lJt>H of complaiut 

of th()~e \",ho have been dl!fl'tati:.fied, and !5l'C 

110 w far th~y are "8llhtainpli ur flPt a.... de by 

pu .. ith'c alld UJ.d.ct oU'1!f'falivu auu eJ.amiuu .. 

tin ... )' 

It was iD thi. {rame of mind tbM we al.- 

l("luielr :lnother S,t:l.tlce. nnd ()bt.all\~d 

t.he 

wei;;billg .. ·.L.. willi lI,e Indian girl (."111 

thert! w~re v.,r~·.ug quick ,veighltl, in l'UlU· 

IInmting upnu \\'hich ".~ ~3id!- 

uS~~Y~rdl puint:i of ., nature lthoil:'Lr to 1hll!! 

I cllt~ckt:u 111 my. IIOW uouk durin'!.; the ~vehing 

Q."f au~picious. ~ut. sllbs~quent bventa" 

o,prruled tbern. 1 feel cOlisci""Uou.ly boull,1 

to "",ord tbe,e nttr.r m"u" .... for they may 

b" of int~"""t ill th. {utute to either weak"n 

or 9trt'n~lh'lD whal may be lb",. recurded .• 

Preci"ely the .ame eiJ"ct lOigbt have beeu 

callride o{ tho 

dark CUria; .., with only a I""e curtain droppIng 

b~fore her eye. .."d uPrer porli"n of' 

her body; tl,at she w.... tied whh 11 slrong 

twille pa. ••• il around ber wai-t and att.ached 

to a bracket 1I1111.r the m"n\elvi~ce, .is teet 

ur mure frum her; tha.t \Ve 8Q,lV the lower 

part "r ber form 1111 tbo time durin:: Ih. se· 

ance, Gild three thDe .. tl3W her full tonn ox· 

po.od tu view, tbe cUr!.a11l 1I.1ng removed by

J78 

SPJlU77J.A.L SCIENTIST. 

I be form. opP":;ring; o.lId 001'1 the mpdium 

Ilurlug the wbole time sbe roIlS 1'Pt'O\'~ring 

from h~r trnnee condition. 

During tlle thua bhe \"/38 "Ittin~ in 11119 

coudUJon ntJd position, tweuty or ,more furms, 

1D:llcs alld r"malps, oud II cbild appeared, 

","ning out from bebind tho d'lfk cUM.Dln •. 

..... d mo.~ about tile room witb varying degrees 

of 'In!nglb ; aud we were fully COli' 

vluced by the evhlellce lIafore U8 lhat tbe 

m:u,ife..laliollo were bonest, lllId enUrely 

devoid of :my trickery or "ullusion with otber 

p3l'tles, or peJ'!'ouaUolI by the medium. 

Ambrose I.awrence, Booton; A. B. Plimpton, 

Z. Goward, l.owell; E. I'. 11111, naver· 

bill; M. n. Jo·I~teber. Weslford ; Francis 

GowQJ'd, N. R. Greenleaf; Lowell; I>. It. 

Ulood. Gr.,..nvill~. N. II.; ~ble E. }'Idcl'er, 

Wesdord ; Martba A. (loward. Marline d. 

Abbott, Sarah A. Gow:u'd, Lo"'oU ; S~ 

W, HUDter, Topsbpm, Me, ; M .... Wh'gate 

of Boston, and M .... (loudwio of Tuftonboro'. 

Now tb~re Is an Impurtant pn!nt Involved 

in !.he publieation of lhb cerl.illcate. It b 

this: 

Wbat value cau we attacb to buman testl· 

mony ID matte ... of this nalure? Mr. Io'rall' 

cle Goward kllew 1.er too be Ued, oaw !.he 

lowe. part of ber form all tbe time. three 

times saw ber lull form and Is "fully con· 

villceil that lbe manife.tatlon~ WAre bOllP .... 

and were not peroODation& by tbe medium." 

Four montbs later, just four month. to a 

dny. be tblllks be bWl dl.covered sufficient 

evldellce to drive the party out of bl. house 

wltb only Ilfteen lOIIIuIP.s te pack their 

trullks; at least tbe Hnverhlll PubH.her says 

80. Wblcb """ltlOD of Mr. Goward Is !.he 

Impartial judge to take? Both, eitllcr or 

nel~ber. 

A Brooklyn, N. Y •• IlCntlemaD. perfectly 

..... poDslble. wbose name we bave hi fuil. 

said. after havlllll .everal private seances and 

huposlnll bhl own condltions:- 

"After tile seance I cut witb my own band 

the cord oil !.he door·koob and e:cawlned the 

kllots at the wal.t alld found they were jast 

as 1 bnd tied tbem. ·1 ellt it off my.elf. 80 

that 1 can say tbat 1 know tbat the Ilgur~.B 

tb"t appeared could not bave beell tbat of 

the medium. To sbow my conviction that 

the conJitlons I Imposed on tho medium 

wero effecLive. and p""c!uded the possibllhy 

of ber peroonatlng. I beroby offer to aoy jug· 

gler or Bny other person bot a medium. a gift 

of live huucir ... ) dull ...... If uudar like cODdl· 

r 

tlons ~b.y MD prodDce lIle. ,.,.ulls. ollo, .. lnr. 

me to tie tb"m "" 1 ple:>ae, which "'... oJlowei.\ 

in thiN ei'e.'; 

II •..., i. an opportunity fQ)' thboe wbo kDOW 

bow II I. dObe. 

Next Ib order. ond perb".". tIle mo.1 im· , 

partnnt a9 bt>"rlllll upon the questiull Ilt "iKue, 

I. th. ~tateml'n'" of tile Banlle, of I.i~bt ei .... 

cl ... rePotled In Ibat P:lP

- 

EDITOR'S NOTICES AND COJll1El't·TS. IjD 

thp,,, m"t~ni? Cnce was ll,.,"lII ... t 

her.' On the contl'll'Y, she .ubmltt~d to 

... hate.er \'In.~ propo.ed. We had ru. sed maoiieotlltions wblob we then tbougbt 

werell"lcalUted by Mr.I.);ICkeri"g. Weslo/U.d 

by wbat we have seen olld ~rdt'll. We 

were "ot mu.t'II by our "",otinno, but enlmly 

obse"ed alld nn~d every ract for or lIItalll.t 

ber. III looking over thi. esperlf'.nce we see 

DO rt'8Ron to cbange our oplnlono. 

We do not wish to be ulldentood as cllllm 

Ing Lbat It w .... Impossible for us to be de 

Ceived. }o'ar from II. Blit as yet we Bre not 

con~lncNl that we were d~l.ed. The future'wlll 

decide. Mrs. Piderlnll announces 

that she oland. ready no.i., as in tbe past, to 

be tested under any reaoul.able condltluns by 

ilny hone..t penon. 11 .lie means wbat sbe 

~ays, It can ea._ily be determined whether or 

i.ut .he posa""ses the power ahe clalme. So 

tbell we bold our judgmeqt in suspense. We 

k"ow wliat ill due olir read en and Ibe public. 

We have never vet ralte~ in wbat we eon· 

.• Idered onr duty; nor shall we in this Instance. 

monLb.' 

We .ball refer to thlll matter oext 

THl: WEAKNESS OF THP: IIAVEBBILL PUB 

LISHER. 

Wben .\.atemen!._ of all exposure of Mrs. 

Pickering we .... publlsbed we expected to see 

80me pe,"oos eommence to "bedge" but we 

were not prepared for tbe groui,d and luny 

tumbnllg of tbe Haverblll I'abU,ber. It 

commpnct!d wllb a 8!:1temcmt 01 tbe ease, Its 

Interview wlLb lir. Gowatd 10 whose houae 

tbe trouble occurred, and condemns the seance 

... an ImJlO'lture. 

By inference It then 

looks upon AI.I. tbe mQ •• lfe.tatlonB as frau· 

~"Ient, fnr it iashe. about, .... um •• tbe clr· 

ele at Roch".IPr, Mr. Pickering, Miss Mose"e, 

Dr. Bart"n and olhen to be knowing 

"to the metb"d ill wblch the resulls wero 

produced." It talk, abnnt crime, attempts 

to dpf .... d itself, and end. by Baying that It 

Llnequl.ocally Gild 8bnrpJy do"ount'Og Ibe lato 

s,ball', Thi. 1M B most weak exhibition. Why 

d""" not Ib .... writer stand by what ,,,, b,.,. 

M'en, or IIot lea:.t by wbat be bllS Bni.j that ho 

b .... &l'eo. ·lJc has written moro strong :I-:ng-

]81> SPIRITUAL SC1ElI' TIS T. 

Ii,h ill favor ot !\I",. I)i .. llcrln~ 

tb:m nnyone 

we ":>'11 call to minll. lIe h ... ever taxed bls 

ingelluity for ne", te.ts, nlways obl:>.IJled 

Ibem. only to be more verbose In bl. 11", 

r,uQse. Ite blla 11I1~rfe .... d wilb cOmpetellt 

inve.tigators who could bDve oblD·iued evidCllee 

wbicb would bave sail. fled tllem eith 

~r OIlC wily or Il,e other, bll~ for his Illterterfemllee. 

lIe ha.. bad tbe freedom of tbe 

dreieR, hoen p ..... enl more oflcn than nny 

olber p decelv~d. 

TilE BIBLE, J.dBtaLU.JTl', TOTAL bIU'RAV 

JT"i t }~TC. 

Tbe edll.ol of the Voice of Truth spoke favorably 

of Ibe IIib'e, and .aid that "liber:l. 

might flnd III It:; IIfgl..cltd pa,?9 trPIIOIlrt>8 of 

wi.dom and knowlpdge UU' It> be ligbtly c ... t 

away." The SI,irilual Oll'erlllg take. IImbrage 

at the proposition alld procted. 10 I.cture 

about Spirlluallns and 1.1 bpral, failing 

10 6nd tbereln tbe'l! If""""r.,,, &.lId therefore 

bDve pillted it BOlde wllb olber ""ok... The 

Vuice of Trlllb replied b, do"ylng thallhere 

I. a spirit of 11I1.o1 .. rauee III It:; r~wa.rk8. We 

bnve ollly this mucb 10 .ay. Tb"t Splritual 

I.m uf>ut fear of art""t. If sucb a man. 

b. be a llberall.t or a Spirit uali.t call Hlld 

lIo'tre .. u""9 of k'IIowledge alld wi-dom in 

Ibe Ilible we adVUlO biOI tt> sludy it mOl ... 

.... refully, anll btl may Ihere /llid a hl/:hcr 

rille alld guide Iball lIlat slGPdllrd whieb 

I~Qd8 him to become amenable to th~ law. 

'1'he corrul'lioll In Sp!rllu:lli.m I. Dot eOlllin· 

I,d to II. mediume. !:iome l:ipi.il uall ........, 

gr.:>ter hurnl.usa. owlndle.. thOll ha.e e.-er 

SODS. 

CONTROLLINO 

SrlRlTS t:RIT.t'IZJ:D AND 

AUVISE.D. 

C. W. I'eorce. Devon lIonse. Acre L:ml', 

S. W., wriLeHI.o lbe I, Ill. 4211, dn artirle. fn,m 

wbich we wakes. Ibe foU"",lllg eXlruet~. 

Spenking 'Of orauous b, .plrit-eolllrol., be 

yet IIPell espo •..d. 

It may, or way not devol>. 

upon u. 1.0 te .... away tbe ma..k from 

oome of Ibi. cll188; but it Is cerlaill Ihot at 

pome lime .0DlPUlla will do II. Unlil thell 

we enn dist.ru.t the .Iuccrlty of all .ueb l",r 

b&)'tI:- 

"But lbelle orations are aomptim.s mnrrl'd 

by the Inlerpolalion of .1.. i~DlPIIls 80 OU' of 

b..,.,"on1 wilb tbe body of Ibe di.""u .... e. Illld 

80 lIePdlpt$ly alllaj;Ollbti" to Ibe f~plillW' .. lid 

beli .. r. ol Dllll1y wbu are Inter"'It'd ilL:;pirl!. 

uaiis-Ill t 811d whose illtt'H!~1 We wl!oob to ~ee 

depl","ed. Iball' app·"'" to i.e Ibe .ueldeD 

Irrupliun ut a .piril IIPIlI UpOII di.eutd. Dnd 

1I0t lhe baraDlmiou. 1I0wof Ihe medilln.'H 

"control.') Tlu!s8 h,t~nuptiuns are uut, 

bnwcyer) p~cnliar to topirit~

Phenomo.nology. Physical Manifestations. 

A Mold 'If a. lIand Obtal~rd. 

Tbe I ••• 300 alld b. I. JUlie 22 pubU.h a 

copy frum * I'I",tllgraph of the r"st uf n hUlld 

ill ph,""r of Paris. frum a muld m.d" by a 

materi .. liz"'l 'pirll"form c .. llIug berself Lilly, 

011 A I'ril 11 th; 18711. uuder circum_Julie"," ill 

which lIlr. \\' UII,,"u Oxley of lIl .."cb""t..·r. 

Jt;U!( .• tJlly!'i, ·'tr4.iud Wa.."" simply impo~\'!oibh~. 

Ur. lIlulIek wn.. tb" medium. who. after requ~.till!! 

to be,earched (which W3S complied 

wltbl: ""lit iuto 0 o.biuet iu.pruvl.ed by my· 

self. "lid formed by dra"'iug the ~uttoi ... 

aelo'. the t""" .. ot a bay window. ,he IIgbt 

bell'!! On tbe wbole time of the ~f\ce. 

d",,,J,,, table was pu.bed cl'l8e up to the 

eu~t.ah.st round which "cveu of u-a-saL Suo .. 

two fuminil,e figures kllown to U~ 8:i Bertie 

sud J.illy ""pelued at tbe opelling lu thl! curtal" 

•• nlld tbel' Ur. M"""k. pUllillg his budy 

out.id .. the ourtllin •• tbe twu 111\"' ..... appea.red 

at tlw tup openillg. and t,yO other m .. le 

figu,,,, (lUke a .... 1 Hicbardl drew the curtaiu. 

and :showell Ibtun~lve3. Thus at the tlBSUe 

in.wlt we saw tb .. medh .. 11 .. ud four epll'ilfur",o. 

all havlng .peclal cba,actetl.lI"" of 

their UWll as dl.tiul!ulbhable aud w"lI·kuewn 

a..'i iudivhJualzt iu th~ 6tt:-.h. 

It I. ""...tIe." t oay that all pro~r p .... tau· 

lioll!' w~re taken, au.d that we Were qu i te 

"ul" tu d"tectirlll>o,ilion il ~ueh bad beeu a.t,. 

t~II'I.ted; but the 1Il0id aud tbe ca.t fl'o,u the 

nivltl .pt'ak for them.el~e •• all the fihe cuticl .. 

ruark. ....e di~th.c(ly d.Jlu .... ted. and Lbe 

Cll/Ve. of tbe Huge ... how tba, tbey could 

nut be drawlI out by ordinary ruean. wltbuut 

ruptu,iug the lIluld .... Ih~ wriol i. ollly 2 by 

It iIlCht>s, "'hile t.he ,,-'Idth frvm ()U~Hje of 

Ihe thumb \,Q Ii llie /i..".. i. ~ ",che•• I took 

'he muld to " Dlodell"r, wllu ClUIl tbe b,,"d 

l,llu •• lf. 

1 hatl p ..... pared !l.e paraffino wax. 'lIld 

ph".'ed it ill thecabinet. 1' ..... 1 U .. r1ie gave :.J r. 

Hduu.!J"S a muJd vf her hQud, aUlI oue of bc-r 

tuut t my, .. If, aftcr which J.llly ... ked If 1 

wUllld lihc one "f hor b:Uld. to 'Which I repll· 

f>d III tht3! affirlhal h'e ; she tb .. ,u "Ioi:l("\'d her 

h,,"d III tho p"raffi"" (j1l.IS"d by the .,,\llItI 

of t-pl:t.bhiug hi 1b\" cu;d water which we 

I.ea.dl. alld ill :ibuut mi.-in:le 

which cumpa.-st!d the cabinet., 80 thnt illll""" ' 

or t'grf"P'8 \\'n~ in~pom.ib.e withnut bt-illS titan, 

... the ligb! W:IS 8ufticiellt tor U8 10 see e,'''')' 

object in the roum q.1i1e di~tlllctJr. All the 

.even wltne"""o will, if lIeed be. corroborato 

the truth 01 this narrat! ve." 

AIr. J1cabu. Forma App~or L1fter he i. 

~earcJ..t!. 

!lensleigb W.dr. ... ood. J. J>., 31 Queen 

Anne sL, Cavendish kq .• J .. ondnn, "°ritE"tJ to 

tbe I .•. 301. .'or Ibe purro!!e of "".Ihlg the 

qnestlon whether the white drapery cum· 

monly I\'oru by the DluterlDlized spirit mny 

not be 8l1rrel'titlull.ly intruduced by tbe ml! 

dlulD Into the cabinet. I appuinled a sittin!! 

wllh IIlr. Ballby 1 ... 1, lIl .."d"y. WIthout PII' 

tering the r()fln} in which the cabinet was 

plac .. d J tllok lum. at IllS uw" reque:4t, iutri a 

tire$sll1g ruu1n, wh(lre he complr.tA-tly un .. 

d .....,,) belofll CaptAi" J~me. aod me. We 

.ow tllat h. had " .. thlo.!: CUlle.al.d III allY of 

bl, dutl", •• lillie .. It w"'" III 1,1. p.oeket8, 

which it wa.~ Uhnece!'l!lary tu examine, lw. 

IS!! 

SPIRITrJilL SCIENTIST. 

bl:;b. I sbould 8.:ly, with tho dark .kin of M 

IlIIlhm, cam. 10 lbe openiol:. owd let me look 

CloSE'ly at bim. 

Tb.re wnfl bO po.&ibiliiy of the wbile dr:>· 

perY won. by all the figure.- beillJ: brought by 

the m",lIum. Wbether the body of the medluln 

i. u.~d in Ibe I'xhibilioll h I> diflt'"",t 

qlle .• llo .. ; but If it I.., II. i9 trDn.Ii,."Urud III 

ouch a mn11uer 08 Is CIPBtly Impu.olbl., for 

Ihe medium IIlm •• ll to ~1ll"t"1 by allY jugsl"ry. 

1111' Ii:" ......"" exhibiled were of very .hfl"rent 

8'zeo, .. nd in Olle of them the .kln flf the face 

W08 Ilf 80 dark .. clllor "" could lint concelv 

I>bl1 have bf,en produced ,,"d ""moved In Ibe 

cou"'. of a f.w mill utes behjnd tbe clJltain, 

ulwuys l'e\I1emberillg Ihat th~ mediulD bad no 

.oppf.rlullity tif .muggIi1.~ in allY material. 

with him. 

W. Eglintem, Form nl'co!Tnizpd. 

A eorre~ponde .. t of • L •• 200. ~rord. tbat 

be atlellded a •• allC. glvell by W. F.glllllon. 

ThIlt he wa.. a perfect .!ian,::.. r to Mr ••:gUn 

ton; wbo .. 1UI wholly ullaCqnahll .. d witb even 

tbe ""me' of hi. relatlons wbo have I'a","ed 

from eoarlh·llfe. 011. 01 Ih .. forms ibat ap· 

peared purported to be bls eOUllin. n. oay.9 

fUrlher:- 

"1' muot leave to olbore a de.crlptlnn of 

the wonderful materializations ill tbis .. ery 

Illt.reolillg •• allce,.but 1 wi.b 10 point out the 

lollnwlug factR:- 

1~t. Mr. Egllnloll'. de.enpllon of my eouoln, 

name gi\clI, etc., were aC'Curalf'. I was 

not thi .. klllg of him, and did noi. know 

Ihai. tbe Dumber of tbe regin",ut waS 011 the 

e:ll'" 

21.d. Hi. me •• age was a fnrt!ler proof of 

1,1& IdpIlllty. M it Illdical.m an Inlh;late acquaintance 

with my family alld afJa;..... Tbe 

maller ",refl'E'd to b .. d ne.er one03

]'}U:NO!,JENOLOG1". PIlt'SlCAL lJANJI.·L'STATIONS. 1S3 

the s:une family, If nothing elsa bod Ilcy~r • test" tbe r:'lhlnet ,,~, vi.lted ,.,blle tho fonn 

oecurred th.:>u wbat we k,'u", b.>yond ' 

't.!o.. po .. ,lbi:ity of D duuhl, it ","uitl fur. "' .... out, ~Ild MI$9 Wood 51"n "lid f~lt to be 

ever h.ttle tbe· qu .. tio), tbot spirits ti~ ill her eliolr. Two form. "'ero pl"IIIly ,1.lbla 

ruat,o,rillll"" "lid .huw th~Ul,elv... 11011' Q9 :>t one tiint"~ whllp Ihe in.dluln \'In.. "I." In 

tbo liIble hi.tory rec:onJ. th"y did IU .. Ideo .igbt nllrl ~i, the ."me time tho cbnlrs nlld 

tim"". It,.trulll~nl,." w~re mo.ed about. 'Tbo rilln 

Mr. Rita'8 l'hyricol and 1;0.."; Manifestotio"", 

A. J. Riko write! to tbe I. m. 428 coneern. 

ing n nuu-professional Jo;n~lbh medium, Mr. 

){1Ia, thruullb whuwa number uf ,uallife.ta. 

tiolJ'" w.:ro wi~np~ed Knots ·weru tied io a 

.trillg Ibe two elld, of . wbieb were b.ld by 

ul.,uhp. ... of Lhe citde. A t a ee:&l.c .. f ... form 

IU""il",,lIoIIO all weI'S allowed to toucb tbe 

mediulII .and see the spirit at the ...,ue moment. 

All of tbem 11100 telt of tbe spirit 

lamp ill their balld$. 

le.t I. nl.n Cerlllh:d to by " I! .. utl .. m~ wbo 

beld ber nMD, 

Apples nd lo'low ... nrour/ht in Au.trtllia. 

From Ii pl:iva,,, letter from AII.t~lia, the 

I. m. 426.edracts" record of pb)·olc •• 1 phe. 

sOIllell:>, the IIG'ues 01 tbe .ittetK nnrl n,rtlilllO 

belli!! .uppre •• ed. A slOne . weighing 21 

pnunds. n shuwer of appl .. twonty·three In 

number, iln.1 an abullduice of 61nvers were 

amon!: tile articl"" broll:;bt. The appl.q were 

.... cognlzed as coming from a farm .Ix mllos 

d6tant. Ttib otolle w .... also Identified. 

M138 Wood qf NewCtJ,:J/k-un-7'gne. 

'rbe edl!."r of tbe I. In. 428 l't'Cord. his ex. 

periellCO wlth M.s. Wood I" a •• a ...:.. whicb 

be comlders .,ral"htfurw.. rd alld CUIlV'"Cill" 

" '" 

tbe variely of figu ..... ot variow. alzp. b.>IIIg 

very striking. n .. oa,s al.o r.bnt Ihere i. 110 

muti.e't .. r impo"ure. Tbe eircl"" e.re, for 

tbe lIIuol parI, private; wbile 1\ Ia IIOt a muu· 

ey makiug pu .... ult fur I.he medium. 

Hobert RruT/MCk, (:ock/ield, Eng., Form 

Manife.talicm.s. 

C. G. Oyoton, lIullwick. Durham, in I. m. 

426, writes of a lDedium 118 ..,ed f( .. lwrt Ilntlls, 

wick, recenlly .... mo •• d to Ibat place frolll 

High (Jran~e. The llIhn walked oUI of tbe 

cabin.t tbree tim ..., robed III liuwillg white, 

alld 111 turll wrapped ('acb Olle III biB rube 

three times. A few ale form led out au h.lall!. 

child. 

The Bing TPBt, Mi88 1V000d. 

Tbe editor of tbe I m. 426 record. bi. ex· 

peri.llco with Mi"" Wo.tt1, Newcasue, alld 

c. ..... lde .. It a genuine Illolance uf tbe riog 

""t. iii. hand ha..! lIot parltd from tbat of 

tbe luediuru but tbe rillg was p"""ed Oll hl$ 

afUl, 

ThB Cabinet VISited Willie For71llDo, Out." 

51" penollS .ign a ... port In I. Ill. 4;U; en· 

d ..",lug the et:>lemenlo there ill COllceruiug a 

"""nee" hit IIlIAs Wood. givell by tbn New· 

ea.tl .. PoychulU;;ICIU :Society. AII'UIlj; other 

Spiril HapP/nll in John IYes1"ll'a Family. 

A II tbe princlpIlI sound. produc.d by .pi.... 

Itual agency in onr Ume were h~RtrI In Ibe 

buuoe of Rev. J~hn Weoley. at Lillcoh,.hlre, 

England, In the .. arly part 01 lI,e l3Bt eell" 

t .. ry. Tli ... e 1II11"rations of Ihe pr ..... nce 

Blld power cif splrl ... JI .... t occurred ill 17111, 

nne bUlldred and sixty-two years ago. A pa,... 

tial "nlllne,S:II"n of Ibe dlll.rent pbM ... uf 

the JlbelloD.ena .. mbr..ce~ the following:": 

Myol.erjoll." kllncklll!:" at the don ... alld else. 

whpre iu the dill .. rent ap~rtruell""; the ruDY· 

IlIg of pOI.tlorabl.. bodies i upenillg and clog. 

IlIg of doors; sounds fir fonl_leps ill tbe Ionll. 

and tbe r09tUug of 1I.,wlllg ganneu,"; beavy 

foutfall. 01. Ihe .1&1 ... -"" if persons' wpre """ 

cellding and de,cendlng-3CCOmpallled by a 

tremuluus m()tion of the whole hnusa. Th'undering 

80u,"I$ wbenever IIlr. We,I ..), prayed 

fdr th~ kh'g; oound •• ucb ,.... "re produced by 

shifting til" oai!. of a windmill; the "!,purent 

fallins of lO"t"lIIc balls "inOIlS gla •• ware ur 

fine pUlcelal", alld uf bllge P'OC"" of coal. 

whlcb appO,ared tn be bruken IlIto 'oallY frllgmeuu 

a.nd ttcauercd over th~ 

floor; rocking 

tlte .r"tlle. alltl li!UIIII the brd witb Nallcy 

W ... lpy Oil II i alld th~ raullllg of .U.. er colli. 

which app .. a,ed tu be ""u,ed over Mrs. We.· 

ky, aud td f.lIl at ber feet. 

" 

b England eritlcl.m I. tUMled &g:linst the 

"."'.pap........... 11 3B ";edlu,".. William 

Howllt bll.~ gi.veo tho Lull ..... 11 1:I1.lrlluall.t ,,~ 

do.,o ",,,I}I;, DolW..oU Uvgero luUOW8 it with 

auolhcr.

IS1 

SI'l1UTUAL SCIJ:NTIST. 

VOIet: 01-" TIH~ PR~:SS. 

\Ve or .. in ",('Pipl of B communication for 

publicalion {...,m S~W York, "itb tht' .iW"'· 

. tUIVS of 8t.:'1'f"ral gt>nth,·tnl·n ~t1ncll(·d, ('ndun" 

jllg GO .. Iwit'·" 10DIpriolizing medium.in thnl 

city. \Ve h,,~p nn f,}ilh "hDI..... r io the me· 

diumship of th£" Pt"rsoD nnl1\l·d, hence we fit ... 

cline to comply' wili>. Ih .. I't'qUt'HI 01 tbe ,?rile. 

of tbe slolement.. -.{ Ilonnor of (.ighl. 

'If ou. ..BIM-med 'colltempo.... ry hAi "'DO 

taith .. hnle ... r in the medlunillbipol Iht-lI"rson 

nnn'l(l'd" would it not be b'Ptt~r to Rive the 

public ~he name of thtl pt-f'lIon \vho, b\~ing UD· 

worlhyof the eon6dooce of oUf oxppri .. n.,..d 

fri .. nd., muet of nec ..... ily be d ... frauding the 

puUtic ODd injuring Spiriluali8In.-' 11'- 1'. 

Joumnl. 

IA~d.ing Spiritllo,listA. who aTe in clo8P pri. 

vatlo t:ommuninn with the .ppirit world, assure 

u. thnL I"~y tllleu recr.'ive meaSagC8 jlUi'jlur!' 

in"" to come Croln 80me of the spiril~ who'!lc 

no"meti ere D.$t!ueiated with M1'8;. Uicbmond's 

mediumBhip Dnd Ih .. t the leachings they receive 

fran, them un th .. subjN't no"! in con·, 

tro~t' .. y. arP .. nOrel, a~ variance wilh thos ... 

t4ught Ihrough Mrs. Richmond; \Vhere Rueh 

cOIl.Oil!t of 8t4temcnt exiets. it would S(,E"m to 

bE" h('8t ror rvery pl"fSOn tn exercise" tht ir 0"" 

. 1' A Ib:cORD. 

Olle niay t.~ke .. 1\ thp. Spiritual p3pers, but 

Ihe, neeith. lIplriural !ldellli.t &" an IlItI~x: 

Tho,e who sub-crib. earty om obtaI" a cnm· 

p!"le volume dating from lo'"bruary I .... t. Vol~ 

VII .• No.1. 

---- 

771e Mediumship qf the J..,.ckcn CMd. 

Kale Fox Jellcken hi tbe r. p. j. Junf' 15; 

.ay.:- hi Ira.e ROInelhlnj; 01 a startling 

character to tell YOIl. To d .. y my ;ol'ler, m~ 

children, lhelr nn .... e III.d lOy.elt .. ent to Ihe 

park.; my t",o little boys had eaclr a blue' 

pencil, whirb hBlI beell givell 10 IhelO, llld 

by way lJf amu~illg them. we told them to 

take Ibeir pencil_In their Utile p"c~et •• Ihh.kill'; 

no rnore nf it. (hi returnihg. my liitre 

lIenry, ollly tbree y~a ... and a hall old. a'l· 

"uyed me "roatly hy cOII.tantly kneallng 

dU"1l to m~l'k witb hi. pencil 011 lhe st",,& 

walk. 1 _cold... l. the im ...... compl.lnpd tl,,':t 

she ~ould 11

P henomenolog y, 

Mental 

Phase. 

TilE BANNER OF "l./GlIT MESSAUF! 

})I-~PA RTlIIRNT. 

In Ult. dfot>U"I.IDent W.fI I'ftOrd In a)phabeUcoal on1,,1' 

.no nam_IJ1.'f'tlQ wlLh iii. I:OfDfDunteauona ",,",11'", &1 

the fJI"OIe. OJ the Ran".., of Lilbl .. fa Koatoa and U..J· 

limoN; alao WbBWft'rtDfoJ'lDa\Son ",1.,61'0 IdrnLll$t 

BDeb ... lime plaCe and eaule of p .... na •• ay. allu. 

.Iaua 10 ~..anb .wo1lN, and n-laUvae OIIr1t'ot1. al\h., 

10 eanh 01' .plrl' Ut.. u. Ie urpd \hat td~hU'y eaa 

-ol\ea be lrared In &be JaDRUAIre or pt'ealiu form of 

UpJ'H.a\Jou ; hOI lid. or C"Oune CAD be dt'1(trmtnPd 

onl" by ftleod.- or ""la1Jv.... Wfl PI"afIJ'Ye. J'ft'Urd 

of lbe.l&Wd faria. JL will be u ... rul to thorce who 

may In &lip. fctu",dNlrel.Q retu 1.0 any PlfIIaUi'e; the 

dak!! ... Ole ~jo.e of each ODe ht41catea lbe ,apt'1' In 

• blab !' appeMOd. - 

Aodprson: Uieh&nl C •• an addro .. ,-june I!. 

Angell, LuI1,l •. Providence, R. 1., pas_cd aot 

with Cevl';-, a relapse, ),apa died witb 

" hean wSl'ase.-june l!: ". 

Armig.-r, Juhn, passl'd out in Now ()rlcaJUl, 

8.1 y old.-june 15. 

Babcook, Josophine. Allrod (~olre, N. Y .• 82 

Y ohl. OOeb gone ooly a few week., hUll- " 

• band'. name Uenry.-juoe lu. . 

. neal, George E., Npw York Citl, a llallot. 

Beeser, Joho, Cahokia; IIOt out ·hlm •• /f,- 

" Juo·b8. "". . 

I1eoja, Cousio, an add\"(>ss,-jllne S. 

lliackbum, I.uke P., Sf.. J.OwB,-june 1 •. 

Boscawen,. Julia, Louisiana, bee~ gone only a 

" fe ... weeki, grandfather I. Judge'Qlark,- 

juoe 29. . 

nrooks, Natha~iel, to hi. daughter Eloira, 

his wife I~b.cca, alBo bill lirst wife Cha .... 

10100, and little boy Zekie come with him. 

Speaks of hi. wife in the form, and of tlie 

old piace,-juno 29. "," . 

Browolog, I.e.~s n., IUchroond, Va., 10 .Jo 

. aepb Hrowniog,-june ), . .... . 

Bunting. Alexan.. der, J308tOll, apr 8, '77, 26y 

old,-june :l2. .' . 

Oald.r, Andrew, J'rovideoce, n. I .• ash';" 

dealer on No. Main .t.! apeak. of brother 

• William and Albert, hl8 wif" diop';.ed· to 

be liberal. but govl'mcd by tbo_e around, 

" Iter. Is an Orthodox chrilLian.-juoo 15 •. 

Carpenter. Ella M., Pawtucket, It I., to her 

brother, carne with her mothp'.-juoe S." 

. Case. 'William, Jersey City,3.'i 1 old,-june. 

15, . , . 

Cates, WilliAm. Gloucester. IS y old, ups"1 in 

. a bnat and drowned 10 May '711, two with 

him. one· Qved,-june 29. . . 

Cb~proan., Chari .... formerly of Ilrooklyn and 

WaslnnRton, but hume W88 io New Ua· 

.. en. Buried from the homo of his brotb· 

er·ln,law in llrooklyn,-juno 29. • 

ninnamood, Rooort,.24 y old, moth~r1s name 

,:c,., ~:. A,.oanda. fathe~s G!'orge.-jWlel! .. "c·· .... 

.. Coggeshal., )0;11. Norwalk, Con,! .. ; died bi poisont· 

..·Junt a 22. . 

''--.' 

enl. WillialD P., '52 y old-jun,. S. 

/)a1"l., ., .. hn W •• (:linton. Mo.,-june S. 

Davis, William, N~ .. York Cil)" 001, a young 

00),,- .juop 15. ' . 

DimnlOck, Uenrietta Maria F., Virginia, 'III y 

nld. husband a gt'oeral, bel'o gone oin"" 

F~bnJar'y.~juoe I. 

Dison, Amy, Brooklyo, N. Y., 441 old, dlphthoria,-jun~ 

I:'. . 

Imp .. r. Mias Catherine, Hartford, Conn.,- 

june 22. . 

Jo:., Amy S , an addro.e.-june 22 • 

Elsie. IJ--:, Bostoo, ammonia, 10010 Il1lr own 

lifl',-jWlo 15. . 

1-:001 •• J. I. A., Birmingham. 0.,)00 y old, 

lelt .. ito aod childron,-june 29. 

Jo:van8. Emma. Hartford Co., Md.,41 Y old, 10 

Edward Evana,-juoe 22. 

Faulke., Jamee,Wiscooain, 09 y old,·-june J. 

}'l'ulkl!8, JalI!"8, an l:.'nglishman hl birth,. but 

an Amencan by llfe.lefl Monlrme, I)aoe 

Co., Wis.,som~whcre about March 12,5\1 

y old,-jone 29 • 

Fisb"r, Joho, l'hUadelphia; 00 y old,-juoe 

. 29. 

Foster, Charles, an old man past. three .Core 

and len, to biB daoght"r~lo·law Rutb; of ' 

" Cben gooe • few mooth., iw 

. " addresl,-juoo 2 .. Chicago, called by lueral 

name. io. bie life, send. advice to Cbarlie, 

june 7. 

Jlamliri. Dora. Portland, Oregoo, conlump.. 

tion; 10), old,"a grval .uffenlr,-june 1. 

Hayes, 1I0sa. haan', been gone but a few 

wel'ks, 161 old, ."odt love to mOlber, .... 

, m~t fa(her.-jUD~ I.. ". ' 

· Uirim'mn. William ·ll., Fall.' Village, ConD.,·' ." 

a ~plritualist, direct me ... ge to Anll~,';" 

june Ii. , .. 

.'

no!".m.'r, RiiDS D., of SD Winl.r. who 

Ii.('c! in N.,. lo:ngland, .Ist.r Emmll Wood. 

worth, who has gone 10 Jo'mDkfort, and 

broth.r Jom .... wbo "P'8 lu Obicago 2 y 

ngo,-june 1. 

Joy, Mary M., Muntpeli.r, Vt.,--jun. S. 

Ko.n. Rebeccn, nOYIOD, 0., died from dl.· 

ease of lbe hean.-june 211. 

Lord, JOllO, Phllndclpbia.-june 1. 

"),ittlt'-Chick," an addrt'ss,-=-june 22. 

Lnn •• Michael. Soutb BOSIOD. au add .... s.-.:. 

JUDe 22_ 

Mnr,. nIl addre8.,-june S. 

Mnson, F.llza Daniels, N.... York, jan 6, '7a, 

one of .. lneD chlld .... n, .peaks of molh ... , 

oiel.r nnd falber, and uncle James, 

june 1. 

Mnun, Sarah ADDe, to h.r D~iCt' Snrah, Uncle 

tak •• ht'r wilb mm,-jUDe I~. 

McDonald, AnD, BOBlol\. consumption, 4S y 

01 S. 

Sh~baD, Evt>Unf', 1..e\1'l&ton,. h!C"., mnidtl'n 

nam" AU .. n, bu.bund's· nQUje Oeor!!". 

iw"o gone but a fo,. w('"ks, 40 y old.- 

june lID. 

• 

Sh.ppard, Jo'.,rdinnnd. N... Oll~aii., be .. o 

gooe only" few mODthe.-juDe 1. 

Si.gt'I, Chari .... (,.'indono.t1. 0., 2\1 y old. 

JUDe 8. 

Small .. ,)', Sarno.! T., l.ouis"ille,-.JW!e 8. 

Smitb, Elize, St. IAUi., Mo" dnughl."'s name 

Mn. llenry So,ilh, \l'~,)' old.~jone I. 

Sprague, Ach." W., no orldr(>., 10 Jo'annie 

Loumis,-june 8. 

Sprague. CatlianDe If., Milwaukee, Dot 'luiCe 

" year OROt-juno ~~. 

Strong. Dllvid. NalchitQflhe., 1'& ... 1;' y 0111. 

falh.r's name WooIeo!, Motl\"r'. name 

FJiznbelh. heeD gone onl,)' a few ... eks, 

-june lb. 

Sutliff, Thomas. CoddingtoD, O .. --:june I. 

Tbompson. l'b.be. Rinll"ville, Cl .• wif.. of 

J ......... DC" Thomp""n. dl"d a! house of 

.. ",·iD·law Albion, 80 y old.-june 29. 

Walkin.. Alice J., Woree.t ••• Mass .• 26 y 

olll.-june 2"l. . 

Wellington, Laura B .. Utica. N. Y .. c ... n' 

sumptioD, 18113. sp."ks of aunl Mary aDd 

cousin SQI'&b who live iQ Q~ineJ', 111., 

june ~. 

Welle. William n., Han· Jo'ranr-iaeo. brain Ie 

• ver fmm an nc.ident,-june :t9. 

Whitcomb. Cborl.. D.. lorm('rly of Ml'B&a 

..h "SPtts, more recRnlly of Ne .. Orleans 

nnd Sacramf't}to,--june 22. 

Wood, John, 1.owell. aD Bddrl'\lS,.-·juDe lb. 

Worthington, lIIaDchl', lIalliDlDnl Co.,-~'9 y 

·--june I. 

Terrible ReallZalltm of "In-eam. . 

Tbe fBmily of M... McConnell, ot thl. 

town, ba.e 8ullercd in a beart..reildillg man. 

ner during Ibe p ... t furtulght. JC!»8e MOo 

Conn .. II, brakeman. \VB!! killell lim days ago 

lit lIar .. lell by f"lIill!! between tbe ears, an" 

Ws bruugbt bnme terribly mangled. Tbe 

mOlber tonk It 10 beart, arid It w"" le~red. 

she would 10-'. ber rea."OD. After partially 

recoveri"l!. she dreamed .h" 'I>W two coffi"s, 

lu wlti~lIlY"re I>fr 1 .. 0 SOIl9, and fearing for 

the &1I1.ty nf the olber, alS., a br .... em nil, sl,o 

tele&ro')h~1i \JIm to tume bome. H~ teplied

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I'IIENO!1RNOLOGY. lJl:NT.~L J>HA.Sn, Isa 

th",t b!l nil ril:ht "nd ,.,ould ba home in 

tho mon,llIl;. nlld I~t"ntled to quit ...lilru:ld· 

iug. On bi. ,~toru trllt he W:l>O cru.bed to 

Ii .... the,n •• lve9 do 

not baJlo98 In hnposin:.; ttcouditluu$ on thu 

'pirito,"-but lu.l.old. geller411y ape"~mg. 

circle·bnhl • ..,. constltllte a pick"t guc.nI ba· 

tween the sk"pUcs bebilld Ilnd the cabinet 

.xblbition' iu fronrr-tbu. In Ilearly all illotanCO'..s 

problbitin!! Ibe p~s.'lbility uf impo. 

illg test esp.rlmen ..... 

6. Becau.e. 61131ly, YOUT plRn would neces· 

sitate the In.Utlltlon of' absolute te.t couditions 

.. I. ev"ry se •• lon of a circle for phy.lcal 

,u"nire.bUuos; IU1lSlDuch as, if yun shouid 

relax !.be•• crucial couditions, It may buppen 

tbat the suppo.ed "reliable medium" wuul

181 BPIlUTl1.4L BCU:BTlST. 

I""".'. Joo~p" R~.od"" Bcchanrm, on Co •• d! 

tUm... 

In the R. P. Joun."I, June 22, Prof. Jo- 

8eph Rrxl ... UUChllJlUD espre.. .... bim.elf 011 

lUulium.hlp "lid Te.t.. lie BKY":- 

"'fo 80!.i.uy nI' p: .... le ••• ~ .. nc:el! .bould be 

l'ouducted In Buch Q ,vay tbat the cbnrncler 

or hon .... ty of Ibo medium .hDuld not be ally 

p ... 1 01 tbe e.ldence. nnd precautions ~n.t 

!mud SbOllld btl mnde unneees.ary. 10 ..... ellample, 

in msleritUil'.lltion .eance. if the m ..- 

dium' cau be In full vIew of tb" fipeclat·,n at 

tbe 8ame time as tbe rnaleri31lzed .piritH, or 

If the materl3lized spirits 8b .. 11 w.aolv .. luto 

air In full .iew of the company. no other 

teab would be necessary. 

if thlo eaJlnot be 

done •• ome one of the .~tato .... should be 

allowed 10 see or teel the medium in the cabinet. 

wblle the materialized .plrll.

• 

\ GeneJ'81 Mention and Gossip. 

TDI;: Spirilual Floporl .. r. a ....... kly .pi.itulIl 

I~tl" pap~r .llIrll"!! in Nt''' York oity, IiTod 

813 wHlla. 

THE C....,ad .. UOD ••• Cascadp, :ICY.• haa 

be .. n sold, but M ... And ...". relDaill3 the ... aa 

usual; gh'iog fI('anC(>I. 

THE Bann .., of Light trw circle room h •• 

be .. D ~lOSnt do •• oot m.k" itaelf hpard. 

TilE edilor of the T.ondoo M .. dium ecosid- ' 

ers that While 10 .. bu beld the band of a medium, 

Mies Wood of N"wcaatt.oo-Tyoe, • 

soUd iron ring .... pa88ed 00 to hi. arm. 

THE'ReV. CharI •• Deeche. of Geo'If(,>IOWn, 

who, it is uid, i8 to publi.h a work on Spirit_ 

ualism. "'ill have an opportuoily, eo lell what 

he koow. about Ihe Pick .!range"" h ••" .ctonded tbe 

leauee8 for inquirers. 

1I1H. .nd M ... Blip., who w~re delected in 

th

J. M. l'&F.BI.f'1l nan,.. th.· .-.lil.'r .. f ,l\~ R. 

I>. In"n>al nf ('blcn!:" .'h~ "})i,'im' nur"" .. 

,t~r:' it .n"tI.t'!..)"ran~. having mom. for conf.·rene.· •• ", •• t· 

.. - ings, InnstigalionB, a lillrary, etc. nuring 

the pxposiliou it will be o""u from' I to 10 

I'. hr. . 

REGtly .... R physlcjl11)9 ii. San Autonio. Tu •• 

calls .. d tbe a""'8t of a man who claim~d 10 

. ·pos..... the power of h .. llllng by laying on of 

hands. When th.· m .. tter came' inlo court 

IhMe .. a~ no p .... of of hi. having made use of 

medl~irie to eltect hi. cure., and ho was dis· 

cbarged. ." " 

MORK tban 500 pe;"on8 were present a! OD' 

s'et liay . Grove.' on th~ t.c.aoion of the Open· 

Ing day. About one-hidf of tb" number .came 

by railroad.· Among the guo.ts ..... Colonel 

John C. \lundy, editor of thp I~ P. Joinn"lof 

Chicago, who was in Uoston tlurl'ng a few day. 

la8t .... k. 

.' 

T&8TIMo!(Y 'in favor of the ""alit)' of.·form 

manif(l'stations i, recor(l(~d in the .. I.ondon 

Spiritualist, 10'lho effect Ihat the medium. a 

IDan, was thoroughly •• arcbed and giveD a 

change of da~k clolhi~g. HDder th ••• conditione 

female forms with an abundance of white 

drsp~ry app .. a",d imnl 

• and from~abln"t.i arranged . under !>haker 

. ...' .' 8I\perv"~Qli,.thcre. proc~.~d~d. "e~y;many .evl. 

,.~: ~d.""ce •. of m.a.t'll iali..at\o"s liy' th~ .pirlt-' ot' 

whilom. life· long companio"s, wh ... e repre· 

se"t!llllln. and c"nversatlon_ forbad .. Ihe 

Ide" of f .... udnlcut Irripo.ltlon.'· 

l'hil .. d.'lphi" "m.. trri:>l. 

llt"fort'! 

V"II'rnn vindkaln .. Im .. e 

UUO$, Ibr "~I''''rd 

LwT'." \!' (>"id,'ntl,. pn-r!lrinJt to- c(\n·.~ 

Ib .. I'ubllr agajn. 

"l>mm~D""''II to HI'~"" an (ll'inioll that !IIrs . 

1111 ... 10 a pow('dul mrdium. Th~y Rlaks a 

wuk _h""iog in ..t,nlparlson 10 Ih •• tmnll

Gl:NERIJL l1ENTION liND GOSSIP. 

leo 

DIL (;1:01101: ,snxTUN, tonnerly ~ilor of 

Ihe F.nlllisb ,Spiritunl Mai:nzin., cor .... cta !I •• 

nOli"" th"t nppPllJ't'd io n ........ nt num""r of 

Tbe Hock, to tho .O'ect thilt b~ p",.lded Ilt " 

m ... tiDll bl Spintunli.I.. lie ""y' be I.ft the 

mov"m.nl bE1:n"". of ita Dnli·Christlnn chDr. 

aC!Pf, 3nd in Ibis n>BJ1PCt it hue, os fnr AB ht'" 

ClIO judg • .,.... n gradD~lIy gt'tting 1V0ro. in. 

• t(>OO of beltl'r. n" i. no', likely. the .. fo.", 

aguin to I",.e DDything to do with it. 

A COJlRF..PONl)l!!lT of lbe Voice of Trulb 

of Mempbell. Tenn., Indoroed by the editor 

of that paper, writes of a gean,-e beld III II 

prl .... te residence III Philadelphia IVlIb a p.lrate 

medium. Four forDlo were '

191 SPllUTUAL SCiENTIST. 

.. 

IN TDl> WII.DEItIIP_~S. By Obarlell I>udl!', 

Wan.er. n.,.,ton: lIoughton, Osgood.« 

Company. 1878. " 

Mr. Cbarle" l~uclley Warner's Adirondack 

sketcb .... which were recently l'ublisbeclln 

tbe AII:lntlc Munthly and wble~ w.re 110 generally 

commended lor the admirable man· 

ner In wbi~b Ihey raiolA'd tI.e.humorous 0." 

pecLs of eamping out., are her. collected In 

book form. Thes~ pleasant "nd amusing de· 

scrlptions of animate and Inanimate life will 

be welcomed bv all wbo enjoy tbe p"""en!4· 

tlon of tbe ludlcrou.. side of a .• ubject, wblle 

the smile Ihat '8 lOkin t.o t.eru'II will bP excited 

by the "ketch emitled A·Huntlug of tile 

D~oer. ThoAe who have not Yilt rend Bow 

I killed a Bear. A Fight Wilb a Trout. 

Camping Out, A Cb"rocte, Study. and otber 

sketcb .. III U .. s volumE', bave a gOllulne literary 

treat ill .tore for them. "'pUe those wbo 

have will doubtless most willingly renew a 

mnst agreeable acquaintance, Tbe papero 

relating to the Adirondacks are .upplomelllr 

ed by aile entitled 1I0w Spring Came in New 

England. wulcb many readero of current lit,. 

eratur. wlli remember ao a mosj, .. ntertalnlng 

Rnd trull.ful p .... entation 01 th .. subject. 

The bonk I. of a cOII.elllellt.furm to tlOke into 

tbe Wlld.rncs.·-or anywhere else out of 

toWD. 

HENRY GaKVIl.LE'" New Book, "Gabrille; 

or The IItlu •• of M"ureze," I, lu pre ••, and 

",1\1 be publl.lled In a few days by T. B. Peteroob 

& Brothe ... l'hilad~ll'hla. It Is 8 

Rtory of tbe tltoe of I.oui. XIV .• fuli. too. of 

lbe splendor of Its court, Is ;\.ell \t,ld, belllg 

pure, fresh. >larlling, alld hi&t.urlcaliy true., 

and Is nlOn beautifully tranolatcd from lbe 

Frellrb of lIelll'1 (i1'm"llIe. Rnd will prove 8 

treat 10 all love", of all e~ci,llIg, absorbillg. 

and eell.alioll,,1 novb.d by 

tbe Bam" firm. . 

leading G"tm:Ul pDpi'I' In this e

srslE nC'iERSOl-WBITE. 

Tl-ant:'P;'l"f"Jl1 and MC"tU('81 ::UI-:Dll·l\It 

, , 

ISO " .. ~t )truokUnl' ,!l.~., Sr. l-~I~" ~ull," 1. Ho,,,,", 

HAZELTON"S 

PHOT~GJU.PH Ie STUDIO, 

942 WASHINGTON....-ST •• 

-_._-_ ..... - _. __ ... _.'!!!'''-- ---.. 

Tn~ WONDF.RFUJ. , 

Bealer aDd 

.'0; lll"i"'0.10 -rod Iu

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TO 

AG E,N 1 S • 

'- ,. '. ~. , . . , 

. TIJESI'UIITUAL !;t"~;"TI!'>T. I~ llot,\l·.I/lllf,l.to take tI,e pl"ce of -'\Dy journal. but· is 

r:ithe.· ~\'i>pl"!llli1n!.t\~r. to thtl.i~ all. 'a is. 11111""I" ... lIy· pOI;II)ar for It culllmcnds it~elr at,· 

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