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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.
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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