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Also, on the nesolutiou Of AID. McRoy ordering
ths city RsIlxsy Company 70 taks up IL chs.sns-
reported s d!s, as1sse'5 e. ti;,pps t1 IT, psssage
AID. kniekcrboeker moved to Adjourn until next
Monday night, to take mp business whess it II len
The modon prevailed and the Council adjourned.
4 MEDIUM NoEPLUssED.
Scenes In 4 Spirit Circle Among the
Powers Of Darkness.
Tho freaks Of so-called Spiritual mediums hare
often formed the subject Of newspaper comment,
and have been alternately the subjects Of wonder
and ndicule amo1g the falthfui. "PhyBlcal mani
fstatiors" ere generally referred to BY Spirtuaists
furnishing the strongest proof that spfr1ts can
and do exercise the power Of ccmmuut1g with mot-
tails, brt every now and then trick is exposed
which casts doubt eTcr the whole theory and gives
eeept:cs ground for laughing ut the whole as bald
The question Of spirit iutescourse1 nc leave a. an
open one simply SAYING that 1t u Father 1nfortu-
mode NOD % proof ia. lie eass 6fSseus f1s
those 'ttests insist, as sine qua non, on room
darkcned to the utnost-sho falntesl nay Of light
aae FEE ssrsnns = q 81 ths esee. ~
% the believer to connde in either The honesty Ok
the medium, Or hts inability 10 perform the trick
sas1se ghsn Il, win a sa.s sss5 rSs f.
u, mos. t'' deplose ills ditheuisy. IL # would T
be SO al convincing II the spirits could oaly act IN
selves 1hat the medium had nothing TO do with Il
There is ono other consideration to which they %
not Eeem to nttach 70 mneh importance That ths
alleged inability Of The spirits 10 work in the day
lie "powers Of da1iness,'' il they b entities of
Rcshsps It You'd be unfair to Insist TINT because
fetsed non-mcdiunas, in open day, therefore he
avowed mediums perform their feats without the
aid OF spirit power The objection Il, however, too
s,sGns oae apa a,a has TOO u nsh Of the tnh of
usually right thinking people. But the objection
has double weight when - lat week, N impos-.
TOR Il exposed. and the a,Iedsed man1fs.tstion Of
ops manipulation o. the part 81 the medium.
For come time past one Of these mediuuas has
en hcSDF f'9 n G5h'es st nf6t3y
o-dfnar5 audiences, will not eay spectators This
medium has introduced one feature In bis perform
ance remarkably different from any IN the roe Of
fewcd CAST 10 the carpet by what Punch kouoc called
the uuwhispt1atles, and then the room being dark
ened, the nsrsl psnnls were gone through. A few
ntchts nl: ago H during % The prevalence or storm,
a faint ny Of explanation over The
scene II Is 70 be presumed that the nithf closed
- u u @ 70 &c ~aat haa neen !ol-
G,acen @ ~ & ne sPts " & out one note enfao9a man
something which slightly shook what littIe faith be
had previously, and made Up plsa with two friends
a cv ~ at H. ~ us 11, s.S,oh 81, on .ne
to lhe door, the Lights put out and The ghostly per-
totmancc began. Tne eecpsic, who was sitting be-
siess II H. h.2Js ~ r. hae 70
hnndf joined. forming continuous chain, for tue
eToiuton q lhs eshstn hula supposed 70 be cssen-
"a 10 apM. ~ 1h I, +, Me sa Sa a9
article o. elo.pins empty tore n N iso@ he eapst
iEat tie whole afa.r vas a tHck. that thc medium
had lett bis labillments to 60 1onnd ihs room, and
tonch the attendant wooderer, Gor the spirits, and
Mas inicnolnS 70 resume MS elotoang before Inc
;iniIs nnS NIL wsas the aenopement At Inst If
came. They heard se-aplde II nc centre Of Tie
room, % as ol one feek1ng something, % then & dead
silence, INC medlum vas n tnonght, taxing con
next. A few seconds resolved this tonbt: The
the walters heard one article Of clothing ang into
their bends struck the door. The raan :, who
had the pants in hie potfession said nothing,
blt m. been since wicked enough i 70
eaium e cover BIZ defect: Presently he me-
lesre the room be did 20 forthwith. and ran "
tionables, and then srcsppsased below. Ths nc
dLm aio as We. e. eo1la s ease pSen espeStea m m
DER the cIcumslancee 10 hae 1is con1a;lons bn
The Amir got wind, aud tie spirit world i ii
| faithful ,,x
!he paniseons a o. ~ ws1s tssn RON ~ hin by tas spits
Ae caimeo tnat ln tne caIG,e. ana tne nnlGAeseta
Wanfed hin to snit there I'LL the spirits broaght
ttc11 back but ne *ouia not. donhtess tai1klhg i