The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-31

ton TO Katio King. and received the fol. |
lowing emphatic opinion Of that young |
lsdy; Katie King is b bad young woman,
who goes about the country In the com
psDy Of her mother, making money out
of tho credualty Of those who are foolish
enough 10 pay 60 see her perform her
tricks. There Is no MISTAKE about IT, She
is simply and purely humbug as are
mcst professional mediums. Prof. Herr
man, tho msgicisn, performs more won
derful tricks 10 the full blaze OF gaslight
before thousands Of witnesses. II any
spirit could materislizc, those results
could De accomplished ms well By Daylight,
in tho open air, before thousands Of per-
sons.
'ihen, said the scientist, tell me some
simple test that will demonstrate eonclu-
lively whether she is n humbug or not.
you will not be allowed TO make any
fair test, you may rest assured. Noy can
satisfy yourself Of the very mortal nature
of Katie by ,imply clasping her arm ana
refusing To- release her. Do YOU suppose
that spirit could b. restrained b, any
thing mortal Hut you will be made t.
promise that you will not DO this and
30 tho easiest ties, will be rendered una
vuiling to you
Il am not familiar with the achieve
ments of the EJdy bfoth,rs, tut II tLey
profess to say tia. any slirn can actually
, ofm to itself q material body and can ap.
pear therein, they are uumlstably impOst-
ers H. nihiio nil it, SpiriIs cannot
create. That Is the work Of the Almighty
! alone. Aud whence are the atous to be
gathered Remember, that to produce u
human body. there must not only be all
2 aggregate vi atoms there must be nn Or
i. gained unlan Of them. II takes she Al.
mighty working by natural laws, ,ay
twcnty-three years 10 build I'm ,neb =,
body as that ia which Katie King makes
her appearance. DO YOU think any spir-
it can do SO much in five minutetY You
were not present at Crookes experiments,
! and might have seen a reason 10 doubt
the validity OF the deductions from them
, had you been there. but OF this 1 am per-
J fectly confident. there il no such thing "a
: naturalization IN the sense that word il
commonly usod. There are appearances
which seem 20 indicate the actual presence
! OF material body, but these are
either subjective entirely, or are The
result OF certain manipulations or ether
which spirits-cerlain of thcm--hAye the
power to control go ~ 10 produce these
elects. 1 arn In higher plane than you
A and have learied In this life some things
wbich.sre not known on earth, nor in
deed, which can DO inteligibly conmupi
Gated. Tho lines between spirit and mat
ter ere distinctly drawn. Spirit. by II,
control of physical forces, can coniro
b.. matter 1t directs the operations of ,l
one 10 elect notifications OF the olbor
but the effects required for the production
of all organized body nrs ~ great aud 10
quire such length Of time a. a uoce..ar,
u element. that they are beyond the pJuen
Of spirits, 'crede experto. What iltLa
a produces pho ograph? II is The nr,iU.
Z" Of rays OF light upon The chemical com
:, pcsity On the plate, and light. Is yol
know l. motion, is waya' Of cher
: have said that spirits can control the.
y wave motions, and, therefore, can produc
- both the appearances Of body, snd ale
q photograph .. such appearance, withou
there being any actual body present.
, you now have the correct view Of th
10 matter. There certainly IL such di.,urt
snee OF tue other waves AS shall produc
upon the retins the appearance Of a b d
q in such phenomena of character as ar
AZ genuine.
o. "Please excuse mo now. | am tired
. and so is-lshe medium) Good might
as aud goodbye ell"
u 1t is bu. fair too add tina. the audience
IS though silenced BY this logi
j. cal discourse. remained, like S,
70 Anihony's fishes, ''of the same Opinion
~ STILL My friends, who gave me this =.
. port are far from convinced that ID,
. communications they saw written wer
i dictated by spirts, though they are s,il
u further from inputinr guile to the medi
a um, who Is close friend Of their own
Il the scientist still believes In Katie King
l. and rs for the medium, he has not We. re-
, ceived the gift Of tongues which he de
d nands as convincing proof Of Bis owl
o powers But none of them can account 70
y the phenomena by natural laws, and so
give them ss they were given Il me
. without Offering explanation Of hypo
IS thesis.