The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-30

tinction between a spiriist and a spirit
| ualist Is very narrow. the terms are
| almost synonymous. Everything OF a
| psychlcal nature has its relation TO spirit
ualism, therefore. spiritualsts are very
much interested In the result OF the
| Psychical Congress in Chicago. The dele
| gates 10 this congress come from all
| parts of the world. many Of them are
| scientific men, and some are religious
teachers and ministers OF the gospel.
Some of them have been making psychicai
| investigations from the scientific stand
| point. Delegates are selected TO present
| some paper to the congress, which, having
! been shown 20 some representatives before
hand. they will come prepared to dis
cuss IT, ! have been selected TO present
paper on the subject Of MOlie Fancher.
OF Brooklyn. whose peculiar powers have
long made her subject OF psychological
| Interest
1T is my belief that nearly everything
has been done which spritualists claim
10 hase been done. that is TO say. 1 be-
lieve in the possibility OF all of the phe-
nomcna claimed by the spirltualists Bun
90 not admit that anything like such
actual phenomena occurs as the most
credulous of the sprituuists claim There
Is deception and fraud connected with
spirtuaism which cones from the desire
OF the people TO turn il to mouey-inaking
advantage. l have seen, however, what
70 my mind. was an unmistakable mani
festatiOn OF nearly every phase of phe-
nomena claimed by spiritualists | have
seen independent slaie-wrting Mir. KEEL
lar and Mr.. Hermann. the maeicians
may eriticise this phenomena as they see
NJ, but l undertake TO say that II is alb
sOlutely impossible for them TO initiate
IL, or produce anything Ike ii under the
same conditions. If they will come here
and allow me 10 take my own States and
put them down on that table one on ton
Of the other, a piece Of slate pencil be-
tween the two, the states held together
with my hand on top--if they will write
on those states while am holding Them
there / will give them 5000 but they
must not touch them. l have seen slate-
writing done under such conditions. Once
the writing was over the name OF my
father, and another time over the sigma
ture OF deceased sister of my wife.
There were two separate hand-wrltings.
Ny father had been dead for about thirty
years, aud died long distance from the
place where this phenomenon presented
Itself. My wifes sister had been dead
fifteen years. ana II was utterly impossl-
bic for the medium In this case to have
known the name OF either. Then I have
seen a hand produced in the broad sun
light, without the aid of a cabinet, in a
room containing five windows. the blinds
being open. On that occasion / was sit
ting at the table with two other persons
have seen naked hand, without an
arm TO 1t, produced before me- In the
presence OF nve persons / have seen. un- |
expectedly. right close by my side. With |
out any cabinet or any preparation, or !
any idea that there was going 10 be any, |
thing Ike that phenomena presented |
while we were sitting at table. ! have |
seen the form of a human being slowly |
shape itself from sort OF etherized SUBJ |
stance OF lightest color until IL took on the |
form Of person, with u body. iimhs
and head. finally disappearing with the
rapidity Of lightning.
have seen that done FIVE times. once
IN the evening when the light was sui.