The sun., 1885-02-08
sP1R1ts on Crrvr1 xxAvrs,
TIE Ustversitv or Pernsvivnnis 1avsstieas.
srH tie Mediums.


the late Henry Soy bert u commission 10 imvos.
jury b sais sn Inc
his ssiate-wriing trick. In doing this ho takes
sm wh sersp o sss les
tween and holds them under the table. After
sHa M.n 81 s s sh., Is
found covered with writing.
After the. periormanco at which the learned
ished. slala was asked II ne could. or would.
s1pla,n sin..a II The phenomena which had Just been
No" he said nonohalantiy. pulling at hi.
s.d Srs sSon ssSn tT, ao
. One Of the members then arose. and. thank
ing Or. slade for making the trip At the special
out to him $500 II crisp new new Bills Without any
attempt to turn tho notes into blank paper with
and returned to New York. iio had given six
private s6ances. each OF twenty minutes dura.
the sum, mentioned. During his stay here hs
remained In Q private house. and every effort
was made to keep his WHEREABOUTS secret.
IN pursuing the investigations. and much vnlu-
able material has been collected. Nearly al!
even California has been reached In tho effort
to & sueidate " tho truth Kellar. tlie magician
mission. and possibly Europe will be ransacked
to ar furnish II Us IN mediums. IL necessary." said
Kamscha ka. Our laburs viii probably occupy 1 ~
us three years longer. and at the conclusion
y,i, We snaiI punlish lnrge volume containing 4
tull report OF all that We have accomplished
KELLAR's EXPLANATION.
Kellar. the magician. who Ia to appear before
the mission. is not a Splri .uaist He
laughs at the NOTION. and ASSERTS that evory-
thing hs does Ia by sheer trcKery and nothing
else. He undertakes TO duplicate any perform
ance gwen by mediums. OF whatever nature
after he has been allowed to see IL done three
times. He makes no secret Of the way In which
b. Hccomp ishss stat. writing
said Yesterday to Press reporter. as the
commission did not think it necessary TO pub.
about It don't mind r1 s,vins YOU 1.-THE the Ia facts. "
have mado arrapgelnenis TO appear before the
wanK ag1 and iii n @ saae WAS here
to see his manifestations. i don't know much
about him. but. from what am told. he is not
There is nothing that he cnn DO that l cant"
rSnir!'nalists r M - say thai You are medium. Mr..
assisted ut your performances by the spiritN"
Nonsense; the magrinn exclaimed. laugh
,nS That r, s all rubbish as fur as my con
! an going to show them how al my tricks are
done. and they will be able to do them them
solves niter little practice. There rs
many different methods oi slate writing nova
days as there are OF rolling of II log. Tho meii-
with them. One slate writer Hoored me once
iora lltt!r time. put soon caught with him.
way before eomnS NJ f 10 tho san"s hs s"s wrote ts
out sentence on a slate In tar carbon. O ma-
ter,nl that on dark surfaee is invisible and
VIII bear any amount of washing without COM
nR away. When he put tho sHtes together hc
9nrst between them Il i!ttlI cupsnle OF pure hy-
drogen AMI then quickly closed them. The gas
combining with the tar carbon made the writ
"Slnde holda the slate In his hands under the
table. Now. If his fingers nrs in contact with
1t. and there Ia no suaervsion over the hand,
som ',sy "ver s see the %t nn DIG
Tne Exporter Admitted that ha never had.
M Mr.. k.Ilar Lar M Mtherengon produced ,himble
the gu; side top Of the thimb!e there was Sc
curely nNed u small piere Of slate pencil The
tic to the inside Of his sleeve about four inches
from the cnN. u,Tne .thimble sprang up tho
writer's. with little practice, could adjust the
,hi,nhi. ,,,a to finer, While their hands were
we're through with the thimbe and pencil. thSy y
let it 20. anl It disappeared. Then the writing
TnIcKsTEn BY TRADE.
Pm, a trckster by trade" Ksllar went on.
,w,and have learned to deceive the public.
What mediums do is always exaggerated By
Twas travelling with tho Duv.npor, brothers
The brothers were securely. As people thought,
mit're wer" examining The knots to make sure.
Suddenly on" OF them dsengnged his hand
over the sye. and rapidly replaced I it. S"at day
Dion Bomcicanlt. who was one OF the number.
wrote lot @ Of 9osh shin in the papers about how tho
into tho cabinet; do the slappins, and vnnlsh
Anu those gentlemen actually believed that
Kellar said, that all his clairyoyant- results
We're We're reached hr system 9, key words. and
hy the medium having n good memory and the
liberal III e. use q !, ,nnsmopics. have committed
and snres For nstancs ean .af the 2 pns
IN moment OF any horse that ever won tho
Derby, ! have tamil,arized myself with de-
seance 10 turn the minds Of your aud ence In n
particular drtt. 80 thu, YOU may b, on familiar
ground. This you do in n way 30 that they are
totally unconscious OF II"
THE ShYDERr BEQvEsT.
The endowment OF u chair Of mental and
moral phllosophy at tn, university By Henry
should 10 investigated In all ita branches
caused wldesprea interest at the time the pro.
tor left An estate valued at Sl,3OO.0OO. Large
sums OF money were beuueai he'd To various
Which was % to prnyas for tse ssw e su M
learning was 500 GoU. 1t was to be called the
Adam Seybert chair after the father Of The de-
ceMsed. who WAS u chemist and minerRloglst.
The story Of Mr.. Seyberts connection with
spiritnalism is an absorbing one. When he
was only 23 years Of age h. found himself an
orphan with u fortune of $500 900. and without
ties Of any kind; He was absolutely free. BY
noteworthy additions TO the sum OF kno eige
in connection with the same sciences that his
father nursuea The influx OF money, however.
finding that there WAS no ono to encourage
him to stick 10 laboratory work. lapeed into
ngo"d deal Ut Paris. At middle age hc con-
ceived the idea that hs had mission upon
this earth in regard 10 spiritnalism. This WAS
after some association with mediums Latterly
he was very much aGitatod over the portions Of
Scripture which say that rich men shall not
enter ~. kingdom of hraven. He thought 1t
applied to himself and took great pains 20 be
convinced t. the contrary. but somehow or
other he retained tho idea. ani it had strong
Influence over mis- whole life. 1t Was tns more
than anything else. that led to his leaving so
much OF his estate to soclet es and 10 charity.
Ths notion also possessrd him that lie Ought
not to spend much money upon himself.
MANY philnhthroIic notions possessed him.
Al one time he tried to arouse II sentiment in
the community that soda and other mineral
waters were preferable to alcoholic drinks.
This did not meet with much enthusiasm al
though Mr.. Snyhert spent both heath and
wsnth IA trying - impress II upon thu public
At tanother tin- he really did succeed In rails
ing the standard Of bakers bread 1t was he
who CAV, the city the clock and bell now in the
staepe OF Independence Hnll.
THE KATIE KING TRICK.
Mr. Seybert WAS one OF the principal visitors
OF the Bliss spirituali-tic tricksters who were
81 completely exposed in this city, He was