Evening star., 1886-07-03
HOME, THE MEDIUN.
How He is Said f0 Have Fooled yanOs
leon HI.

srTTTNGs WITH QUEEN vrcroRrA-A BOTTLE
THAT BETRAYED THE SECRET OF THE LrM-
INoUs HANps-A WIDOW WHO WAS VICTIM
ICED.
Celia Logan has given I'm the New York
World an interesting account of Daniel Douglas
Home, the famous medium, who died last
week. EARLY manhood" she says, "found the
whilom penniless and barefoot boy q full
nedged medium, with money enough to try
his fate in other lands than ours. He aimed
high, his mark being naturally Louis Napoleon.
VINO was known to be almost as superstitious
And as confirmed fatalist as WAS his illustrious
uncle.
1t Is not to be doubted that Home had two sit
ungs with Napoleon III. Marvellous were the
events said to have occurred on these occasions.
Home himself told me that Louis, Eugene and
seVeral otgnitares OF the court we're present
each time. The first time the sitting accorded
MN was not long enough for him TO do more
tnan 10 materialize q few spirit fiowers-one of
greatly alarmed her. A lew shadowy forms APP
peared, which the emperor said he recognized
Is relatives of his.
At the next sitting Home said he was I'm full
power and materialized, or pretended TO materi-
aiize, number OF disembodied spirits. They
formed circle around the emperor TO his evil
dent amazement and terror. He recognized
anu called his mother by name. suddenly
Ihey all vanished, and one solitary figure APP
4 =
dressed as the pictures OF the Little Corporal,
aha faW,s was ,y easily recognizable as Napoleon
managed TO utter the words:
My fate:
In the same tone In which a person In life
would speak the reply was given, only low and
impressive: Like mine-discrown ned and death
In exile
AS the ghost spoke he placed both hands on
uls nephews shoulders.
Louis Tell back in his chair as If about to faint.
VIII Mn.n moan the Empress swooned, the spirit
~ torm vanished, and ia the alarm and confusion
vi resuscltating Eugene Home was hurried
from The Tuieries, nor could any entreaty OF
the medium ever induce their n.aJesties 10 ad-
mt nlm 10 their presence again.
This Is the account given by Home I'm 1862 of
the sittings that had taken place u short time
However strange Homes powers NAV have
Oeen before 1862, at this date almost the whole
Iasiiionable world OF London was sitting at the
:, Go,u ieet waiting ior his power 10 return.
~ haNins left him, according to his own COMES
to nim,
de had unbounded fame by this time. having
nau seances with almost every person OIL ols-
tihctlon In Europe from roya atty down.
sITrINGs WITH QUEEN VICTORIA.
queen Victoria had not long been widowed
and, reluctant to entirely lose her loved one.
was eagerly stretching ont TO spiritualism, hop
Ing that it might bridge over the terrible chasm
THAT separates life nom death.
nome was privately sent for, but whether
Douhu To secrecy or whether his powers tailed
AN.
Tor the medium, usually SO eloquent upon nis
own SPIRITUAL performances couId never be in
duced to reveal a Word OF what took place al
the seance with the queen.
ne aioWeo IL TO be inferred that what took
place IN the presence OIL royalty was OF too
mOrlalS.
But mat her majesty had received a medium
was suHncieHt To make blind, unQuestionin, be-
neNers OF more than hall the great and high
peVpte vi the realm, Conspicuous among
tnem being Sir Edward Lyttun Bulwer VINO
ABOUT TINS period wrote that blood-curdIing
Iale, "A Strange story
Among tue nrmest believers of the doctrine
OF spirltuallsm and the warme,t irieuds and
Fartisans OIL MIR. Home were "A Mr. VIII lam
W Iihlhson and his vile. MIR. lkinson Was a
distinguished lawyer, and resided near
hampstead Heath. MIR. Wilkinson useG to
itely beautiful but bore little resemblance TO
nowers OF the earth. From them was taken the
description Of spirit flowers which will be found
IN "A Strange Story Al The WIikinsoLs The
very pick and flower OF London society OF that
DAY and the lions of other countries frequently
Mel. nave sand that about this time Home
owned tnat he had lost temporarily his medi-
umlstlc power. l should have added Tor ,,ui-
pose oi genera! siitings. The reason ne gave for
IL was that The spirits had directe him TO re-
serve his influence entirely Tor the cure OF Mrs.
Jane Lyon, rich English widow W vi mature age
she httu been a great beauty in her day and
was stll when Home met her, a well-preseryed
and dashng society woman. In some way
which have now forgotten, she had lost her
lett hand, and always wore ialse hanu COW
band she becalne an inquirer into spiritualism
aud met the Scotch American medium VINO in
formed himself OF her enormous wealth. His
instincts as a professional medium scenting "A
lat goose to pick, he declined TO receive his
usual two-guinea sitIers and devoted uimself
entirely 10 her,"
LUMINOUS HANDS, =-ns
"On another OCCASION the writer continues.
home announced that he would produce balls
OF IRE and Illuminated hands. That evening
the elite OF London crowded every nook and
corner OF a nobiemans house where the ex-
hiDitlon was to take place.
Ihe evening was pretty far advanced and
people We're getting impatient before Home
made his appearance with the old widow
Lyons leaning on his arm. lie had persuaded
ner tLat III was Indispensable to her cure
that he should be continually with her so
that he was seldom seen abroad without the
WIDOWS S raise hand upon his arm. Generally
as she was silly, She had fitted up "a suit OF
apartments IN her own residence, where he
lived like a prince
After his arrival another half hour elapsed
during which he was occupied giving directions
as to the darkeniIg OF the rooms and strokiur
the widow S false hand
At length he made several attempts to nro
duce balls of fire, but falling declared that sthe
spirits were not strong enough Tor that tonight
ana SO he would nave 10 confine himseiI 10
showing the luminous hands
Inc house Was darkened and Home eroped
his way alone to The head of the broad staircase
Where every lew minutes a par of luminous
hands were thrown up. The audience was sat
lsfled generally. One lady, however, Was not
and whispered to Gle-sue was a h;,lt-neartel
spirituaist-that it looked to her as il ne had
rubbed his own hands over with Iuciter
Matches
The host stood near the manteipiece and had
seen Home abstractedly place a small bottle
upon II when he lett the room tor the staircase
Ihat bottle the host quietly slipped into his
pocket. Upon examination the next day AZ
Was found TO contain phosphoretted olive OIL or
some similar preparation.
lie host mad declared himself TO have seen
Home float hrough the air from one side OF
the room to the other, lin piano several feet
In AIR Dy simply placing "A finger upon il
and ha0 seen him materialize disenbodled
spirits; but alter the discovery OF the phos-
phorous trick he dropped Home at once This
was severe blow to the medium, but worse
Was to follow.
Home tIad at this time been trading on the
superstltlous creduiity OF Mrs. Lyons for al
least year, III which time he had obtained
from her the enormous sum OF 100000 She
began 10 be impatient, and demanded either "A
nVe hand or the return OF her money. Home
sought TO paciIy her by proposing marriage bur
relatives stepped in and stopped that The
WIDOW was induced To sue for her money.
she obtained "A verdict, and Home was ordered
to return the money. Ii remember rightly he
repaid her but $4,000, having squandered or
What Does it Matter?
From the Utica Herald.
Wealth and glory, and Mace and mower