San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17

of these qualifications. Then again,
some mediums can produce manifes-
tations at their will, while some can
| not, aud IL is arising out NJ the desire
to produce manifestations at their
! will, that mediums who are unable to
do, so often resort to fraud.
Talking of the travelling mediums
an old locsl spiritualist said to the
reporter: II do not bank much Oh
the mediums that travel from one
point to another. Some times good
one comes down this way, while dOz-
ems Of frauds drop in. the balance of
the time Some of the best mediums
that have ever met, 1 found
in private families, who had
gathered around them circles of
friends. There were at one time sew
eral such mediums among our resi-
dents. but of late have lost track of
them"
DIR. Slade, famous spiritual me-
dunn was in this city several years
ago, and gave number of sittings to
local spiritualists.
The reporter was shown some slate
writing obtained through DR.. Slade,
by one of our oldest inhabitants. The
particulars, as told are. that some
years since brother of this citizen
came to Texas for his health, but
died almost immeG lately upon his
arrival here, and the San AntOnian
anxious to obtain some private lntOr-
nation from his dead brother, had q
sitting by DR.. Slade. The San An
tonian is perfectly assured that was
no possibility tor the medium to have
possibly learned anything concerning
him or his brother. He proceeded to
obtain his Information by sealing his
questions and laying the same
on double slate, which he
had bought for the pur-
pose, and then had DR.. Slade to drop
bit of slate pencil between the
states After some remarkable &C
tions of the sealed questions, by pass
ing through the air and returning on
the slate again, which our citizen held
against his shoulder, well under his
eyes, the writing between the states
began. Three raps indicated that it
was finished, and when the slate was
opened. 10 and behold! In the very
handwriting of the deceased brother,
was satisfactory reply to the ques
tions propounded A letter written
by the brother twelve years before,
was obtained and compared, and the
hsndwI iting on the slate showed a
remarkable similarity This all oc.
Cured In the Office of the citizen, and
the slate and writing can still be seen
in the place.
til certainly interesting to hear
some of the experienced spiritualists
string out their experiences and man.
81 tot nd
ically of q group of drummers around
the glowing hotel stove on Christmas
night. telling snake stories and i'm
billing in the antldote.
Heie Is another experience given by
one of the local adherents Of spiritual
ism, which he vouches to be the
truth.
az had brother in law some years
since, who was sheriff of Lavaca
county. In that county there was
also q judge named B. X. Foster, but
who had died some years before the
incident [ refer to. had occurred. This
brother. in-law of mine had number
Of men in Jail atone time, W hen sudden
ly an uneasiness came over HIM and
sv. drove him from his sleep. 1t
was an unquenchable desire to write
something he knew not what. Fin
ally he took pencil and paper, and
directly his arm quieted down and
the following words were found upon
the paper.
"Dear K-Go to the prison at once,
or he law will be out.
[Signedl B. X. FOSTER
Well, he awoke a room mate and
the latter suggested that they 60 to
the prison aud see what this IN can't.
i 80 they went, when to their astonish
ment after investigating the place
they found that eight prisoners had
narrowed under the wall ara were
within some eighteen inches of the
outside world. So there was some
thing in that. and it is the truth.
No sleight of hand about that" were
the narrator's closing words.
And so run the different experien.
ces and spirit manifestations of the
different spiritualists whose honesty
can not be impeached or questioned,
but whose tales we would rather
nevertheless personally verify, before
swallowing entire.
| A good medium will almost without
fail, give some true history of your
past or present, without knowing q
thing about You, and give some re-
marRabIe but honest manifestation Of
her peculiar phase of mediumship
OiIeu mediums tind their business
owing to the unpopularity of spirit.
ualisu, Improbable and they sail
under the guise of q fortune teller,
hence whenever you find a fortune
teller that knows nothing of you at
all, but judges you correctly, and