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:.'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.
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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
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'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..
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• 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."
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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'