The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-06

around him by the spirits I knew that
something had to be done
me outcome was, that I went to
medlu1n, person whom I did not
know at all, and she told me wonderful
things Among other things, she told
me that the papers would expire in
SIX weeks The papers she referred to
were some that were held by nv faith
er before he died and related to some
land My father was a native of Eng
land, and died in New Zealand. and we
supposed that the secret of the papers
was buried with him. That made me a
firm believer in spiritualism and the
mediums afterwards informed me that
L was medium myself. I started to
practice the art, and finally mastered
it, and am competent now to write the
messages given me by spirits. a per-
son must be a born medium to do it.
but even if persons are born mediums,
they may never ind out that they pos
sess the art unless it is revealed to
them by some other medium. After
was told by medium that I possessed
the power, it was some time before I
could cultivate the negative power
sat in several meetings before / could
even make a beginning. Finally I felt
the power come to me, and I could hold
a pencil and it would make a few
marks. Later the art of allowing my
hand to be used by the spirits mani
Tested itself, and I could do these writ
ings- When this power came to me I
was able to throw off the spirits that
showed themselves in my boy and
caused him to be seized with the spells
at night, and saved his life. An uncle
of mine was subject to these fits for
years. and finally died from the effects
of them. I did not want my boy to
suffer with them. The fact that an
uncle of mine died from the effects of
these spells was told me by a medium
that really never knew whether I had
an uncle or not.
Mrs. TaHey was asked for a message
from some one of. the well known engi-
neers who were killed in the Lang
wreck; messages that would be of in
terest to railroad men in general. Mrs.
Talley consented, but said that after
each writing she was always in an ex-
hausted state.
Mrs. Talley brought a tab of writing
paper and lap board. She seated
herself in rocking chair and laid the
board upon her lap. She placed the pa
per before her, and the PENCIL in her
hand Mrs. Talley then threw her head
back and looked towards the ceiling.
Her eyes seemed looking into space, and
she took no notice of what was going
and forward, and turned her head
quickly from side to side. Her hand
holding the pencil commenced to trem-
bic and then to strike the lap board
with considerable force. Her hand
seemed to be under some other control
than hers. 1t grasped the pencil more
firmly, and the hand moved in a sort
of circle as if it were wishing to write.
Finally the pencil rested on the paper
Then Nj. Taney laid the tips of his
fingers on the back of her hand and
said:
Nate, the boys want a message from
you
Mrs. Talley's hand moved across the
paper, the pencil never leaving the
paper except at the end of the line
The words in each line were connected
and at first glance the words seemed
illegible. but, upon closer examination,
the message read as follows, an exact
reproduction of which appears here
with:
"Olm came through a medium here
in town and she notified me. but I
would not listen. Y es, she told Bill Rain