Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-11


age human being OF to-day 20 under
stand, is apparent 90 every thinking TO-
diVidual, and Il is quite as probable that
q means Of communication between the
material and spiritual worlds will be
established SO plain and direct as not %
admit OF a dispute or question. The
discovery Of steam and electricity, the
marvsls wrought 0y Edison, the wizard,
and the wonderful discoveries made by
inedicai scientists Ia the last few years
are enough % convince even the most
skepticaRthat We know very lite Of
what Is IN this world OF ours and the
atmosphere than surrounds &C.. Now,
without So ling that spiritual manifesto
ti0ns are an caused by methods cesCri0-
ed In the f0NOwiDg paragraphs, desire
20 show howl many of the most mysteri-
Gus maniie.t a;i0ns secured by bogus
mediums una n be done with q combinS-
tiou of tric5ery aud mechanical appu-
snces.
One OF tho favorite experiments OF
the travelling show spiritual medium is
the reading OF sealed letters aud the
writing d0w1 OF answers 60 then be-
fore breaking the seal or apparently
disturbing it 10 any way. The per
formers assistant goes through the au-
dience With 4 pad OF blank paper, a
very hard n nted pencil aud a package
Of strong, II Elk envelopes. The pad
will be handeS 20 some Que 10 the audi
encs 20 write question. The auditor
Is instructed % write plainly in order
that the writing may be easily read,
and when the Question is finished 90
tear of the psDer on which 10 Is writ
ten, fold it no and place 10 in the eu-
velope securely This performance IS
reCeated a number Of times unit. the
professor has lat least a half dozen
envelopes, esth one of which
contains Question written on
niece of lsper. These let
tars are uress,h 90 the forehead. and
after the usual fance business, or with
ont q. as the pei ormer may choose, the
question IS slow read out 90 the euti-
ence and answ kred according 20 the
wbim OF the I'll rator. The man who
vvrota the Ouestb is then called for
he rises. raceives bis envelope, inSpects
n carefully 20 set that it has not been
hammered wits, opens it and displays The
ouesti7n. which, OF course, is the one
lust read and ausFered by the periOrw-
Or Now. this slems truly wonderful,
but when 10 is knl wu that the pads are
rorafulIv prepared with a sheet OF car
hon pqDer concea 81 inside, some three
or four sheets be W the one on which
Aha ouestion is kritton. ADD that the
writing plainly with the hard pencil
leaving az lndisthct line. SO that al the
operator has 20 dc when the pads are
returned 20 him IS 90 tear C6 the hrst
three or four leaves aud read each one
OF the Questions LaiuIy written by the
carbon uaderrs at, tas mystery diSap-
pears. The same pad rs never used
twice. and the tion OF the audience
being riveted on tie envelopes, which
are placed in a b pr basket, the in
spsctlon Of the pad is not detected or
even thought Of
Another favorite trik is 90 collect a
number OF watches on q tray, tae per.
former declaring that tie clairvoyant
whom be Is assisting wlilread toe nun
hers Of tbess watches correctly without
ononipv the case or handlint she time
Diace. All that is necessary fr the sue
cesslul performances OF thls trcE is the
knowledge of the number OF o,s watch
on the tray. This watch Is supplied by
a confederate in the audiences, anGWhsn
the first watch is picked up the number
on the inside OF the case Of the coHsd.
crates watch is read of, the audie,cs
Is requested TO pencil the numb,rs
down. and when the watches are ~
turned 60 the owners they are found 4
be correct In every case, IS the possess
sion of the first number enables the
performer TO apparently read 10 out Of
another watch, and when this watch is
opened be gets another 0um0er and
so proceeds until the collection is ex-
hausted This unexplained Is one Of
the most wonderful tricks in second
sight.
Another form OF 50 I'D sight business
is By Two perform, usually male
and q female, Who : Dpear upon the
stage. The iema - care -
mssmerized, SaSleC
folded and a