Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-12

vi IL tESt. llS LGCAlQul, WHO DS1 com
pl.iaeI II being unpleasauty afTscte,
E ~ ,he light while these preparation
q we're being made, row directed the light
o tD be- TUNED down, ani requested th,
4 au8icnce 10 join in singing, ia order tC
r perfect the conditions" The gas wa.
d ps.rtIslIy turned off, leaving
G LIGHT ENOUGH
= FOR the audience to distinguish the faces
9 0t each other, and there were several
q feeble and rather inhaTmOniOus attempts
3 st singing; but there was nothing satis.
@ factory in this line until Mr.. Jacob
E | ReCht was induced to open his tuneful
throat and favor the audience with some
| operatic airs in good style. This seemed
p ! to be pleasing t. the spirits 8s well as to
| those Who still inhabited teuements Of
clay, for certain noisy demonstrations,
: which had been taking place inside OF
, tie cabinet, csme to an end, ana all
grew hopeful that the promised msteri-
sitzatiou would really take place. Less
light and more music waa the command
from the interior of the cabinet, unmis-
tsksbly in the voice Of Mr.. Clark, who
Ess satisfied to the extent Of the ability
Of the audience. Something over half
an hour had elapsed since the medium
was shut Up in the box and the prepara-
tons were completed, when the curtain
that shaded the aperture was suddenly
drawn aside, and
THE MANIFESTATION CAME.
Something appeared at the aperture,
cloudy and iudistinct at first; but gradu-
ally taking the shape Of the face.
"ShO0tw was shouted from the Interior;
but Mr.. Tgckett, doubtless, mistaking
the nature OF the demand, turned oE
more light and tie face bec8ms dis
! tincIy visible TO thy entire sudieucs. It
was q gi5i's face, and the face of pretty
! girl At That; but it was neither corpse
like nor lifeless. On the contrary, it
! had the appearance of s. painted face,
! and was such picture as one would not
| nGtuTsiiy have mistake for the cOun.
teDanCe Of ghost. All had hsd lair
! view Cf it, when the order to shoot again
| came trOn the cabinet, and the trigger
OF the rifle was pulled.
THE DEADLY WEAPON
was discharged, with q report consideya-
bly, louder than that OF q pOpgun, one
| man declaring that lie sew the buIst
stiis9 the faCa, and another imagine
that a sardOnic smile iilumined that
lovely cGuntenaTCs at the useiessness Of
the attempt TO shoot it out of share,
IDe lace was in view few seconds after !
the shot was fived,and then disappeared. |
More music and more light were then |
in order, and after The lapse Of about |
fifteen minutes the door Of ike cabinet |
w. opened, auG the medium was found |
seated and tied SIS when he had been |
s1u. up. He besought Mr.. Timken TO |
cut his bonds, without stopping to unite |
them. His request was complied with |
AM hs got OF; II Inc cabinet a. speedily |
as possible, declaring that nothing would |
induce him to go through such per-
t0rm2nca again.
SUCH WAS THE RESULT
o. TIE shotgun test, and IL If was not |
fairly conducted, without leaving any
visible opening for fraud or collusion,
then several pretty sensible people are
strangely mistaken. Il seems impOsai-
be for MI. Clark TO have extriGated
himself from his bonds. Supposing him
to have succeeded in doing go, how
could he ever have got inside OF them
again? Admitting the possibility Of
both these sUppositiOns, we are ct 2 loss
10 imagine how he could have got hold
OF any mask or other article with which
to manufacture the face that was visible
81 tie aperture, That face, in fact. is
entirely Unacc0untsble, and it must re-
main a wonder.
Not that twas anything rich or rare,
Eui how the C-l ii got there.
Whatever it may bsve been, it was
certainly Of such a texture that powder
and l5sd could not harm it. The bullet
passed through the back Of the cabinet
and lufiej i.self in an oak plank which
had been placed to receive ii. 1t was
visible and
PALPABLE BULLET,
ana there can be no mistake ia the
that il must have passed .
through the face at the aperture. Mr..
Clark declares that he was not in
trance during this NATURALIZATION, BE-
ing supported by the spirit OF his moth &
eT. Altogether, the shotgun test, as ap- {
Piled in st. Louis, in its freedom f!om i
fraud and collusjOn, and in the practical
Of its application, is one Of the Z
most interesting developments yet re-
corded OF the so-caIied science OF spirit
Ialism. t
ALONE WITH THE SPIRITS.
This was precisely at twenty minutes
after nine in the evening In about !
hree minutes there wss a succession Of
APPS from considerable portion of the
Interior Of the box. Then il was still a
little time, after which there was a sus
'iciOus creaking Of cords. The lights. OF
'0uEse, were turned down and the still
less became so oppressive that if was Il
eliei when small boy was heard !
Tnlstling out on the street. Somebody Il
q the audience started song in q feeble, Z
lusvering voice, and quite s chorus z
gradually Joined in. A German vocal {
st favored the seance with g tremendous 4
,ass solo, in the midst of which al d"
mpIsb street Arab that had lodged the L
.o0rkeeper, fetched piercing shrek :,
nd fled. Without any eXaggerati0n il y
an safely be said that the musical per L
last night was quite enough to =
aise spirits anywhere. AT fifty minutes
asU nine the audience had Warbled .
hemselv=s into mild excitement bv .
John Browns soul onward Il
OwaId some underlined destination, and =
ad just struck the refrain "Glory Halle u
ush!Y when suddenly the curtain u
moved aside and II
THE FACE APPEARED. a
There j was. A pale, ghOstiy cOIn- d
ansUce that looked as though it might y;
ave belonged to girl Of seventeen al q,
JmG previous time in the worlds his -,
)Ty. 1t didn't lCok a bit like actual -
esh sud blood. Had it been possible 20 -,
amove the front Of the cabinet suddenly 81
nc never would hsYe expected to see Il
NJ piRneG-b8ck gear about the neither 90
0stiOu Of the ma erializatioD, Ii was nj
face that might have belonged to some or
reek maiden two thousand years ago, y
I'd reminded one Of the marble Clun- 40
nance Of some statue. So much OF -
le figure as was visible was strongly n
lggestive Of q lost c0llar-buttOn little bs
,Wer down. All who saw were f.irly -
aDsiEed with aslonishmeut. The a.
atuEes were perfectly clear and dis hi
net, Icing illul mated by a soft light. =,
here was not the slightest movement =.
muscie Or an eyeiid that could De ar
While al were eagerly 81.
sing a. the vision, there was an ex- n,
osion that caused g rude interruption -
the Imaginative reveTits the more hi
had fallen into foI
NERVE. an
As soon IS the face appeared, HIr. A. fiji
. Cunningham, at Mr.. Timkeu's re- III
Iest, had cody sighted small rife at ru
The wide-Open eyes looked almost M
TO the mUzzle OF the gun without any 81.
gn Of fInchingi without the tremor Of pa