The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02

Kane. DR. Kane left her small income
from his estate, which she drew FOR sew
eral years; but when she pubhshed III
1855 her book entitled, THE Love Lie OF
Dr. Kane" containing letters aud lac
SMILES. the Kane family were Indignant
and stoned her income In 1868 she com
menced legal proceedings to recover IT,
but failed in her endeaYor.
Retween the time Of DR.. kanes death
and the publication OF her book she re-
s11med more or less the practice OF splr-
ituallst. But when she instituted the law
suit she had become a Cathohc ana, tleIe-
fore was not permitted by the Calhohc
church TO practice spiritualsm. some
what later she relapsed and returned 10
snirituaHsm. partly because she was IN
needy circumstances and partly through
the incessant calls upon her
Nv spiritualists for seances ana
ao-called spirit communications. one
day l asked Maggie why she had gone
haclx "a spiritualism, when she repieu
sro had to do something for living, and
then added. with much disgust ne oiu
fools they win have it.
Kate Fox went TO England some Tune
obnIt 1871 and there married Mr.. Jenck-
an a barrister of the temple and an ac-
cororlished man, but sprltuahst; ne
became acquainted with her through hel
,,o,.eorrnances as a medium. In a letter
to me, ddted loiupi' - - e,,ita e,t
SAYS: 'Since my marriage p" w.
of sprituallsn." ,,,.u.,uu =
wien lean married Mr.. Underhiii a
-, ~ a GOOD position, and she was wei
,i,.C,,tded for she abandoned SplrltuahsH
ID n business Previous 70 hef mari las :,
however her sisters, amer they sI1" "
10 UonanhOod, quarreied with her anu
carried on the spirituallsuc pus!liesS iIi' =,
nondentIv. Maggie went 10 bhsidnu a. :,
'i,ar,tec 1916 In a letter 70 me, dat"a
1,l1an Dec. 6. 1877, referring to net
lIo'.tVi n-law NJ Jencken, with whom
" .ho ,oa ouarre'ed, and to some other spr-
it,,oliets Is the following Verpatih eA
tract: -,
..roroken withal. Is a fanatic and Of all
.bi,,ss on earth / detest fanatics the mos
tTa,,o YOU read OF the slaughter OF me
philadelphia Spiritual fanatics ohy mn ~
- tbor invented spirit names, as IN
1lsi,.tgra Billy the Bootblack, Red Cloud
srsrit water. etc, etc. They nad the
- ~ The Blessed Virgin. What old
80, ono of the faithful was a NAT. ,,
a,,o 81 the wealthiest men Of Philadelphia.
T1o had scent a hundred thousand dollars
~ Me great effort after Truth, ana al iast
bc had got it-aud as the hauShy n.y.
ho,.s in Inc street say, he has got II pal
pardon me for STOPPING so low as 10 quote
10 1oncuage Of che naughty street boys,
h,, - comes n so apropos that ! cannot
help IT, ....,,..,,
a, ,rother time she wrote humorous'y:
a,vl,,ra I'm sistcrly love, as the Old spirit
,,o,ists would say. AproDos how are you
nrogresslog in the faith? Do you believe
ns OF yore?' 49,. ,..,,o,.o 4, the
s,,,v fraud. and that J had al along beg
"a ~ her to repudiate ia; but this was
80 nav OF showing l was disbeleVer
and Of making fun of the old Spiritual
ISIS"
In the some humorous vein she Wro'e
on another occasion
"Imagine how happy I am to hear INA
,,or are su!l in the land Of the living
49, n tide fearful that you had passed
o,,o1, % and that perhaps you were giving
-n,oc startling manifestations through
come Spiritual medium.
81 could cite many other NC anu
humorous expressions, and also Of d.
an1st. both from Maggie and Kate, when
writing or speaking OF Spirituaiism and
sp.rltualists. an going TO show their dis
be.ief and contempt; but the above IN
stances are sufficient to convince any in
telligeut person.
When 1 first met Maggie II was at the
residence Of distinguished people, who
we're inquring into or gratifying their
curiosity about sprtualism. In the even
ing a seance was held, all sitting around