The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-07-18

Absurditiss of spirinalism.
The sensation for some time since ii Lon:
don has been the Katie King all.sd.a Il.
as the spirit test that convinced M ws,,...
the naturalist How spirit came q re,;s,,
the elimpses Of twilight room is Tins tola /:
Among the persons in England possess.
ing mediumistic powers is young eifl d,
fifteen years of age, Miss Florence Cook.
Mr. Crookes vouches emphaticalIy for hes
responsibility and her ingenuousness Her
2cWers have been submitted 10 the sever.
est tests at Ms. Cookies own house and
under conditions which be has himself die
tated, and he does not seem to have :
doubt that they arc genuine. While IN
the trance state about three years ago q
luminous form began 70 appear noar her
person. This has in the course or time
developed into fnll-grown woman. and
not merely the form Of woman, but ilesh
and . blood one, which appears suddenly,
walks, talks, permits itself to be touched
and embraced, and melts away into moth.
ingness before the eyes Of the company
This spirit says that her name IN Annie
Owen, that she died hundred years aco
IN Wales and that her nickname Is ssKatie
King She is described as very beauti-
fal in face and figure, wearing long hair
Of light auburn, which hangs in ringlets
down her back and each side Of her head,
reaching nearly to her waist. On the &C.
casion Of her later appearances she was
dressed in pure white, with low neck and
short sleeves. She wore long white veil
but this was drawn over her face but sel-
dom.
After the testimony Of Mr. Wallace and
Mr. Crookes, the next witness must be Mrs.
Ross-Church, the novelist.
On the evening ofthe 9th of May. Ka-
tie King led me, at my own request. into
the room with her beyond the curtain.
which was not 80 dark but that / could
distinguish surrounding objects, and then
made me kueel down by Miss Cook : pros
trate form and feel her hands, face and head
of curls,whilst she (the spirit)heId my other
hand in hers and leaned against my shoul-
der, with one arm around my neck. /
have not the slightest doubt that upon that
occasion there were present with me two
living, breathing intelligences, perfectly
distinct from each other, 50 far at least as
their bodies were concerned. If nv
senses deceived me, Il was misled by i'm
agination or mesmeric influence into be.
lieving that | touched and felt two bodies
instead of one; if @Katie King who
grasped and embraced and spoke to me, is
. projection Of thought only-a will-power,
an instance Of unknown force then twill
be no longer possible to know who's who
in 1874, and We should hesitate to turn
up the gas incautiously, lest half our
friends should be but projections Of thought
and melt away beneath its glare.
Whatever Katie King was on the even
ing Of the 9th Of May she was not Miss
Cook To that fact / am ready to take
my most solemn oath. Katie was very
busy that evening 70 each Of her friends
assembled to say good-by she gave bou
quet Of flowers tied up with ribbon, D piece
Of her dress and veil, and a lock Of her
hair and note, which she wrote with her
pencil before us. Mine was as follows
From Annie Owen de Morgan alias Ka-
tie King to her friend, Florence Marry
att Ross Church, with love. Psnses MOI.
May q, 1874" must not forget To re-
late what appeared to me one Of the most
convincing proofs Of Katie's more than
natural power, namely, that when she had
cut, before our eyes, twelve or fifteen diff
farent pieces Of cloth from the front of her
white tunic as souvenirs for her friends,
there was not hole to be seen In 1t, ex-
anime il which way you would. 1t was
the same with her veil, and i have seen
her do the same thing several times.
Whatever the reader may think Of Spirit.
ualism. il must be admitted that this Miss
Cook has brought about very singular aud
curious state Of things, If they accepted As
true.