Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-24

NPIRITUALI6N.

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6PIRITUALI6IM.
Y MISS FLORENCE COOKE, THE wC1;UE1
. FUL LONDON MEDIUM.
{ MARY J. Holmes 1enaon Ccrrespoadraee::wi
Memphis Appeal.
!. Spiritualisrn seems to be goin
tnroc1,., = >sritical test now by the SC
4 fcati,:s of London Tho mediu,
, + so. yh0m tho exr c1iments al
mostly being made Is young lady {
+ about eighteen years Of agents
Florence Cooke. She is not publ
medium, but the manifestations tina
take place in her presence are of sucl
startling character that it has becl
quite impossible to confine the exhibi
tions Of them to her family and friend
only. Many persons of distinction AMI
celebrity have witnessed the same Il
her house. Iii seeing the phenomena
the first condition is tying Miss Cook.
firmly IN cabinet, and sealing tn,
knots. There is then 4 curtain drop
ped over the door between her and
those present, which, of course, places
her in the dark, while those in tho
room are in the light. In IA short space
Of time there comes from the cabinet
. female figure, draped in white, with
q white veil falling over the head, but
not covering the face. The feet are
naked. She walks around the room,
speaking to all; says her name is
Katie King; allows persons to feel OF
her dress and shake hands with her,
which are as tangible to the touch as
any other material thing on earth.
The size and form of the figure is much
like the medium, Miss Cooke, which
fact raised many skeptical doubts in
the minds of those who witnessed the
manifestations, thinking it might be
Miss Cooke who had freed herself from
her cords and dressed for the play.
However, in every instance after Katie
had returned to the cabinet, they had
raised the curtain and found Miss
Cooke in state of trance Or uncon-
sciOusness, securely tied and sealed as
when they left her. Here was a case
for Professors Crookes and Varley to
test the physical force question. Miss
Cooke very readily yielded herself for
them to experiment on the phenomena.
l will give their experiences as Profes-
sor Cr00kes gave them to me: He
took Miss Cooke first to his own house
that he might be sure Of all Ter sur
roundings. He then improvised dark
cabinet with curtain door. They
placed the medium inside and securely
tied her. Professor Varley then placed
. gold plate on the inside Of each wrist,
to which was attached insulated wires
leading out into the room to- a very
sensitive electrometer. They tried
every motion of her hands and arms,
and the placing of her arms together
to see the different forces of electricity
produced by the different positions,
Professor Crookes observing her ali
the time, while Professor Varley had
his eyes Oh the electrometer. After
thoroughly learning the effect pro-
duced by each movement of hers, they
placed the curtain before her, leaving |
her in the dark. Soon the figure call
ing herself Katie made her appearance,
the electr0meter not showing the LEAST
movement. She said: "What do You
want me to do with all these wires -
They told her nothing-only to come
into the room and make such motions
with her hands arms as her medium
had done. Katie at once threw her
hands around in q lively manner,
which did not effect the currents oil
electricity in the slightest degree.
Then Katie asked Professor Crookes
% bring lighted candle and hold it
o her face, and see if she looked like
Hiss Cooke. He tried it. and found
'he had fair ireomplexion and light hair,
vhile Miss Cooke is quite dark, with
lark hair. Professor Cr0okes saws
hat, as far as human tests arc con.
erned, nothing could be more conclu.
i've than that here was a genuine phe-
l0menOn outside of the conscious aid
f the medium. On the disappearance ]
t Katie into the cabinet, they at once /;
aised the curtain and found Miss ,
,ooke in the same condition as when !
hey had shut her in, only in an un. ]
Onsciaus state or trance. More than {
his, Mrs. .Cr00kes says she undressed t
liss Cooke after she came out of the i
abinet, and there was nothing about I
er that could by any possibility have t
FINISHED the drapery and veil for i
.atie, which disappeared with Katie ]
erself. Mr.. Wallace, the great natu- a
list, is bringing out an article in The q
0rtnightly Review, recognizing the 9
cts of Spiritualism, and stating cor. s
'borating proof of its being an un- 8
zen intelligence, and is what that in Il
lligence says it is-the spirits of our i,
eparted friends. So much for the n
bors of some Of the English scient- a
Is. We may soon expect to see para O.
apis in the scientific journals on I
'ycic force, together with mechanical
'pliances and inventions.
G
INClDENT.-FrOm o p
ivate letter recently received from il
iss0uri, we learn the following re- t.
arkabie incident: Some four years t.
ice . young man was arrested in a1
Ilmyra for deliberately numbering q RI
pauO 106v, IN whom hn ..,o.