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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."
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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
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