The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-13

spoken Of, but Dr.. Miller was declare,
eiected.~~A Knot Of friends applanrld5e,,
Elm as he stepped on the PLATFORM. bu
the adherents of the defeated Tom Coi
Inns shouted derisively: ''Hallo, old Rus
sian bath,' abiding to speciality of tn,
Inspectors practice.
DIR. Miller examined the knots and RI
ported that he was positive that ther.
were ropes, and the ropes were tied. bu1
that he was not satisfied that the medium
could not hoodwink King Phillip and
Slip his hands through the loops that the
confiding spirit had tied.
"Oh, fiddlesticks - said Mr.. Alline.
lust give this medium a chance. He
Will show you finn in the dark, and lots
OF fua in the light. By George! - added
me- with confident slap on his thigh,
you people are going to have lots of fun
here tonight The curtain was drawn
and bell was rung inside the cabinet.
ana then was hurled out upon the plat
form, after which DR.. Miller again ex.
ahmed the ropes and asked permission
to bind them toy ether with a bit of
thread; Mr.. Alline objected to this, and
accused the doctor Of being a spiritual.
ISL. lie suggested, too, that the audience
would probably agree with him that Dr..
Miller was not acting in satisfac torv
manner, and that an out and out skeptic
would better inspire confidence. A red
whlskered skeptic offered himself. and
the doctor was dismissed.
"Everything now will be lovely, said
MIR. Alline. "What we arc going to show
now. we call spirits. You may call them
humbugs, but then so long as you have
your fun-and there's piles Of It coming
for you-.there's no use quarreling about
names: - The cabinet was closed, and
King Phillip took off the mediums coat.
played solemn air on guitar and then
put the coat on.
A pair of handouts, provided by
young man " no stood in the flies, and
who just by accident happened to have
them In his pocket, were locked on the
mediums wrists by Mr.. Alline, and un-
locked by King Philip. ''The king is
working like trump tonight said the
lecturer, with gratified look at about
three thousand ticket buyers; ''and it is
possible that he can be induced to per-
form the convincing feat of tying a knot
n handkerchief and then untyinc it.
ealways cage our medium for this feat.
Tor if King Philip ever smells anyth;nr
Ike fraud ne never shows himself. lie is
IN honorable old fellow, he is, and makes
very few conditions.''
The conditions, though not numerous,
seemed to &c we'll considered and funda-
mental, for when two of the audience
vent to cage the medium, King Philip
allowed them to bind him fast in the |
chair, and to tie the cages for his hands
lose to hls sides, but he would permit no
of the arms that might in.
;erte1e with the circulation of the blood.
n that would prevent the medium from
lifting his hands from the cages.
IL regret said Mr.. Alline, that King
Philip has taken such notion, but it
you'd not be wise to oppose him, for
here is insanity in the family, and if he
sets excited there's always trouble.
Butt, continued he, after the handker-
chief had been knottcd and the ropes that
pound the medium had been severed, 1--WE
AVE come to the second part of our pro-
,ramme, the revelations Of the lady me-
ilums who act independently of King
Philip. Please stand one side and let
'lr. Willis pass out, for his protracted
rance has weakened him. He really
reeds fresh air.
Mr.. Willis walked out through the
'rowd to the door, and Mr.. Alline sim.
lltaneous}y disappeared through the
ear of the stage. There was moments
cause, and then a young man, to whom
lr. Alline owes $40 for bill distributing.
topped forward to say that he would
conduct the second part Of the entertain
nent. He requested the lady mediums
o come on the. platform. He paced the
tage from end to end, and then repeated
lis speech, but no lady medium arose.
oh, what skin!'' shouted twenty
lve.cent boy in the gallery, and in
mother moment there was on the plat
orm hundred men, who tore the cloth
overed cabinet into bits, and then, with
lubs made from the framework in their
lands, explored the dark hall through
which lecturer Alline disappeared. The
reat audience was in good-humored
proar; policemen drove the people from
he stage, the lights were turned low,
nd King Phillips spirit returned to the
Apply hunting ground as the hall was
mptied.