The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-15

utbeCJlOll. WHllc tHo ic'' -.
ment is thus filed with a gush OF most
circulating harmony, the CABINET De
comes for the nonce q d~ressing-roT,
Possibly the medium is a woman: Inc
doleful sounds without may strike OH
her ears, but the fair being needs them
not. Like Jezebel, she is firing her head
A rocket. handkerchief, or a simple stripe
of muslin, bound around the face, alters
it NO as to render recognition almost I'M
possible in the dim light which is religi'
ously preserved.
"If the spirit form displayed be
masculine, some hair on the face iS' o,
course. desirable. And whiskers and
mustaches may be cunningly concealed;
One person confessed to me that he had
carried them fastened in the hollow
under his ann. So with other %parapher-
malta of naturalization The exceed,
ingly fine India-rubber masks employed
when it is desired to exhibit a variety OF
faces, females may hide in the gathers Oh
their dresses, or even in their mar: IN
deed, should the audience be sufficiently
enthusiastic, and countenancesoniyoht
programme, those countenances may DC
furnished by 50 simple a means as a rev
epgravings. Though the likeness heia
M to the cabinet aperture be that OF
wellington, one excited beholder Will
recognize in it his much-loved grand
mother. and another dispute the claim
bv pronouncing it the face of her equally
venerated aunt. | have witnessed these
sad exhibitions, and know, therefore, OF
what l speak" .l
flowers, he narrates these experiences
al recall an instance in which ABOUT
half a pint of gooseberries were thrown
on the table in the dark. There crie1
the medium, is not that q beautiiui
manifestation p A burst of indignation
ensued when the other two persons pres
emf could find nothing astonishing III
~ WHAT said the wonder, you
think | had the berries in my pocket, 90
YOU? And, to prove the honesty OF al,
this wrath, the said pocket was turned
inside out. Alas for the result! me
medium had forgotten those little
withered ends (the botanical name es-
canes me) which adhere to the gooseberry,.
Al least a dozen of these were entomeed
! from the depths of that pocket"
"A gentleman known to me afrlveu
one evening too late for Ambulance 10 Cht
mystic chamber, where wall or windows
, were being demateriallzed to alIow o
! the massage of flowers and leaves Inc
r circle administrative floral trophies
we're t%riumphantly e~xhiblted-and tn
dear medium was complimented II
| most honeyed terms. An aunt OF th'
gentleman / have mentioned gave hin
One of the little 'spirit-brought
( branches to examine. Just at that mo
f ment the dear medium turned to SOM
one. As she did 50 the attention OF TN
: gentleman was drawn to a Leaf hanging
p. from the lower part of the red opera
n cloak she wore. 1t correspondent exaCti.
q with the leaves on the twig he held II
n his hand. He caught at it, held up TIT
cloak, and showed to all present thaI IN
r spirit productions had been conceale'
d in the lining. 1t was then remembers,
d that the medium (no longer dear
v had, after being well searched, CON
t plained of feeling chilly, and had r'
& nuested permission to put on the red OF
a era-cloak which she had left quite pre-
miscuously of course, in thehall'" p,
The parafine moldsl of hands was tai
of ricated by a similar device: MIR: HON
y ouotes from the report of an invest
ct eating committee of sp%iritualists the'
s. facts: ~ r
"a packet of paratfine designed Il
,e use at the evenings seance was receive
w bv Mr.. NJ. Taking it to an apoth.
Sc cary near by, he had it ~accuratel
he we;yhed. and the weight, which WI
of eleven rounds four ounces, ayoldupol
i, MARKED on the wrapper. Mr., VI
90 and Mrs. s. kept this pack
if sacredlv until the evening, VINE
lie. it was shaved up IN theif pre-
ID, ence, and before them Mr.. vi !
,er and others, was placed in a pal ana n N
water poured upon it; " 81
en- lights were rendered so low as to be Oh
mt avail in the back parlor, at the extrel
nm rear of which sat the medium facing II
ed audience. No one was allowed with
los a semi-circle of five or six feet from I
IN. table, The mold was soon declared Il
ted ;sned, and on being quickly examln
nv . novice, as it happened), anott
Iii of dry cotton wool was found VIII
~ the oriice of the wrist, which MIR. A
has with the first, in his possessl'
he. Tbirtv-fve people were present.
de- "The parafine in the pail was ca
fullv collected. Mr.. NJ took t
q package. and had it weighed on
end same scales, when it balanced eXac'iy
bile eleven pounds and four ounces.
rits also received the paraffine mold or gl'
,me from Mrs. H and Mrs. S., Q
fonnd its weight to be two and one-f
ounces. ayoirdupois. The druggist 7
formed the weighing in both instan'
Ila, wNrs. A was u"naccountaoly
the moved bv bits of cotton wool about
,hic carpets, while the medium n he1
ple. band were with her.
tier Upon Sunday, the 10Th, Mrs. A
saw the mediums stockings, worn
'cia. nrevious evening at Mrs. IS sean
at about two inches below the toe /
were cut across the sole and lett ope
riot THE means of producing spirit pm
craphs is described at length, and
'r;ts The way in which bells are rung, mus
and instruments played on, and the OF
ncv manifestations obtained with which
lie nnblic is familiar. On the top OF
con- This Mr.. Home wishes us to believe
the marvels he accompanies are not
k is result of trickery, but the genuine v
it of departed spirits. go
linn The book concludes with exit
r was from a poem which Mr.. Home pro't
NJ 70 believe was dictated by the splrl
the poet Chatterton, and in which
sbo 6nds great literary merit. 1t opens
dress these lines
l;,tle one shadow still upon my life is cast
ltlle o ous fragment of the sorrows of the past,