St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-22
SPIRIIUALlSM.

A strange phenomenon has occurred
in Portland, Me-, upon window of
house owned and occupied by two
ladies. A face has appeared as if
painted in water colors. The outline
is very distinct, and at times the whole
picture stands out from the glass. In
the presence of some persons it is more
apparent than with others. One OF the
ladies declares it to be an exact like
ness Of her departed mother, and says
she first discovered it by hearing loud
raps when she entered the room, which
ceased directly she perceived the por-
trait on the window pane. The modest
sum of 10 cents is charged for the un-
believing to view the sight, and hun
dredS have visited the house. In the
presence of some persons 1t is said to
fade out altogether, and at their de-
parture to reappear with greater brill
fancy.
The spiritualist and the theosophs are
not good friends any longer because
Nine BlavatSky once accepting the
ated the subject altogether, claiming to
have found higher revelation in the
order of which she is the high priestess.
This disturbs the faithful, and long
and somewhat denunciatOry article
from the pen of the president of the
Spiritual alliance is the result.
So
There is a man styled doctor in Bos-
ton who claims to be possessed of such
strong magnetism that he is able to i'm
part it to ordinary brown paper for the
cure of every known disease. Persons
ordering the paper are humbly requested
to lnclOSe 81. Otherwise there is nO ef-
fcacy in the magnetism whatever.
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After declaring that departed spirits
could telegraph their wishes and the
latest news from the city celestial, and
printing many articles supposed to EN-
anate from that source, through CleVe-
land medium, the igio-Philosophical
journal now declares the whole thing
a fraud and the telegraphy trick. 1t
does not say whether the news received
was 'fake" or not, but leaves that an
open question. The medium in turn
claims it all to be ''plot," and declares
himself genuine-of course.
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Charles Watkins, who used to be
spirit slate writer and telegrapher, is
now hotel clerk in Boston, Mass. He
says he has got to wait seven years now
before the ''spirits' bring him a new
development. Meanwhile he can de-
yelop lung power by "Frank' Ice water
for No. a."
Capt. Parker Shows, of England. de-
clares that he is one of the witnesses to
the fact of Lady Franklin having re-
ceived spirit message, which, if fol-
lowed, would have led to the rescue of
the survivors of the expedition. He is
writing pamphlet stating the "plain
facts" and has issued call for money
to print it.
1t is strange fact. but nearly all the
public mediums of note and ability are
leaving the movement for other avoca-
tions, not because of lack of support
from the general public, but because of
the treatment they receive from spirit
ualsts themselves. A man of note
among them, who has just entered the
medical field, gave in print as his reason
that prominent spiritualists had so
SlaShed him, that while he was as earn
est believer as ever he should no
longer be numbered among them" In
nearly all the liberal medical colleges
one or more mediums will be found do
ing their level best to win a diploma.
Boston, the hOtbed of spirituallSm,
graduated four last season, and many
more are to begin in the autumn.