The sun., 1903-03-14
SPIRITS CAN'T SMOKE CIGARS.
THEY CAN MERELY ENJOY THE
lRONA or EARTHLY TOBACCO.
OtAer Facts Learned at the spirttuaiist
81 Conv ention - Trouble for 11nplate
- Men-Someboiy Wronged, but Hen
y Get Eycn-Conyention Over To-Day.

yeHterday al the SpHNuah-t ooh''"'D''
inS{,rosby Hall. Brooklyn. He is the spir1, l.
Who in life was carcless about paying ms
debts, according 10 the mediums nc mas
conversed with, and for the firtt TWO days
bee made himself prominent LOOKING lot
relatives who would square his conscience
Nc ono would own him, so he gave up trying
and Yesterday there wasn't menuon oi
Thomas made. He was missed many
pS4sons who have attended the sessions OF
tho convention regularly hoped that hls
rnS,sery might be cleared up. Maybe II
VIII be to-day.
There were plenty Of other spirits that
catne 10 the front last night, though Ira
Mrore Courli. was the medium through
whom they found their friends and they
kent him busy for more than half an hour
Ore OF them told right out in meeting that
bs1 wasn't treated right by the American
Tin Plate Company and that no foresees
a woman suing that Organization
Co,rlis is a man perhaps 35 years old
and somewhat bald. Last night he wore
n Prince Albert coat, white lawn DOW
necktie and bunch Of flowers in the button
hole Of his coat There wasn't any doubt
about his being a rcal-thing medium the
moment he began TO speak. -, =,
His voice was high pitched. but he talked
In a soothing, grooming mopotone. that
made every one think OF home and mother.
When he was having hard tinr' 70 uiius,-
stand some spirit which didn't talk loudly
enough he threw his head BACK, orusieo
his hands over his brow. ciapped MS pai'ns
together and snapped his fingers. he al,
vays did that before climax, and ~ seeH"o
TO Aid his hearing remarkably NO one
disputed what he said
He began little lecture on spir1tuailsm'
hut suddenly broke of. i see thin hazy
shirt slowly walking UP the aisle toward
me. he said in teary voice. 1t IL slender
and weak and is being led by tcnder m
f,uence: wanting TO come 10 some one whose
days are full Of sadness-ah. such sadness
But now the spirit goes to that gentleman.
that stranger. in front OF me.
aIe, me take your hand. Yes. You
have had some one who has gone from you
recently"
The man nodded
.Tbe influence says for you TO keep cheer
ful. II doesn't seem to talk the language
that I know ISnap, snap. went tho hngersl.
but il SAYS: ISnap. snapl Papa, dear, I've
prayed for you / want you TO come to
me and see the truth. Grandma Is here
and want you to hear what she has to
Ill ,o,,'r
,;,;,s ,hat followed said
oe'efai VI '"o p 7, .nor,o., tho,
about the same thinRs eu .'' a
the spirits didn't oother WIN any 'i,o VIZ
hadn't troubles OF some sort. and 1t was
,h.ir wish 10 communicate sthe truth to
III % si,h whom they spoke.
Tr I'D woman that he left the
v,,nev ali right and that he would tell her
wpere II is IL ehe would come to him. The
.nn,a sor, OF financial trouble. That
'o"m,sd ,n hiring him into the spirits finan-
sa.;
e'1i s;,uaJ b;s brow and then started
,,r Tho ha n on a bee line for O man before
~ uson, he =, ,pped sridenly. your hand
~ .a,d sYes some one L. talking to you.
ns a. sss" ssx. Al. / was TOO practical. If
ih.J INV life 10 live over again ! would
80, 20 cnnvince myself that / didn't know
su'
sI 900 TIA letters A. T. p. c. Here the
closed eyes and clouded brow
nnee"; riav ogain It's American
m, p,ats C6mnany see him rapping
Im .ssiS door hut no one comes Some
on In. ~ sa.s,,iting a LAWYER. l zee an office,
LA = da~k and A woman She is suing
~" shs co,nnsny To- make them pay. The
VII VI. sars 5rbr piace I'm trying to Ret
;In sp' ths mace which holds from my
a.vrhter her due resulting from my death.
GGssus, Nv. hsr dne -
That climax ended the seances. The
meoinin T,a ai non b,, The man who Tot the
p Ilnp.ae nJded and said il was all right
r. ,,nrn;ng ses.ion IL came out that
- W.. -, .ny c;gars' cigarettes or pipe,
~ a. ~, mo,ld and that fact makes
4, ,nr,;,,Iy ha I'd Tor some OF the poor VIC
- - ,ohacco habit who haven I begun
Lille W IN hsfoYo thew pas.ed on.
~ TN ~ p.ynoids m Troy aimed this
.,orv A. a warning 10 the reporters, who
,i,na ~ dsy. were the only man in
-. IL, g. saia that a certain man,
49,. IL. Ir. Ioyed tobsoco better than
~ ~" 49,, hins slse and that when he
49, bs ~as s,,-encd full Of nicotine. His
soul simply mad 10 have smoke. but there
s,.P Pyiri,,,ai i cisar store doins business
q ~. 80 sn,ri, rendered and then made
~ ina,,.nce fel, 10 a Young nephew Of
~ ~ha I,sd never smoked In his life
'"s r,sI, ~ hsS s',, ,bs vihrs,ion ali nsht and
Immediately b.camo a CONFIRMED cigar
.moker' while ,h. .pirit of his uncle. who
M. bln mn o. 4, hoyerrd cIo-e and bresthed
,hs sr,ms M, httl. by little the old
,n.n To-, bI. ,,,.l i,e for tobaoco and finally
,"aa s~sw ,is ds,ir. from the hoy. Then
hs cx,nm,,nics,sd .i,h the youaG.tsr and
oxn.d ,,p ,hs, no mad u.sd him for . good
,hsis' bu, thai hs wouldn ev~ do y again,
u spin,a.il.m Gao teach people thai ,he,,