Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-24

I ton which he held Tor many years, lie
| is now rector of Stockton, near Rugby.
and perhaps the most generally beloved
man in that section of England.
Arehdeacon Colley has been expert
menting with supernatural phenomena
| for more than 30 years. OF all the ex-
traordinary experiences which he
claims to have had in that time, how
| ever, perhaps none Is more amazing
| than that with what he himself de-
scribes lightly as the psychic parcels
post Here is the story OF the hap
| penlng' which, for greater accuracy,
| | give In the archdeacon's own words.
THE MYSTERIOUS MUSLIN.
Eat Southsea, some years ago, with
| no little discomfort wore all day under
my clothes and next the skin several
yards of white muslin. In the evening
stu wearing It, | cycled TO Chichester
| for a surprise visit TO young lady
medium of my own developing. Max
ing there an unwrapped- small bum
die of the attire and loosely pnning
my card to II with no other address,
and friend and the young lady's sis
ter saw the muslin fade away. dis
appear, and melt like vapor from the
lap of the little medium II was then
nearly midnight and I had wiled the
muslin to go to London to a friend
Next day came a telegram from my
friend quickly followed BY letter to
the effect that at the first hotel he had
CHANGED on-having been to the opera
and missed the last train that would
have taken my friend TO his home out
of London-the muslip and card so In.
securely pinned to II had fallen upon
his face just as he had gotten into bed,
"a 4
wired TO me first thing IN the morning
He afterwards found that II had taken
less than Ave minutes by aerial flight
of about 20 miles from Chichester &c
secure midnight delivery of the goods IN
London somewhere ut a chance hotel
by Psychic Parcels POST
OTHER CONGRATULATIONS"
This astounding story. told and
vouched for by respected pillar OF the
church, Is. however, little less surpris-
ing than many of the accounts OF extra
ordinary "materiali2atlons' witnessed
by him IN London and elsewhere given
to me by Archdeacon Colley. According
TO him, the scene OF these generally has
been his drawing room during the even
ing with gas lights fiaring from many
chandeliers, while the coming of the
psychic bodies has been as follows.
'As a column Of support. standing at
his right side, | with my left arm at the
back usually upheld our entranced me-
dium, having thus the best opportunity
that could be desired for closely observ-
ing what took place. Then was seen
steaming, as from kettle spout
through the texture ana substance of
the mediums black coat, little below
the left breast, toward the side, a va
porous filament, which would be al
most invisible until when an inch OF
two inches OF our friends body. Then
II grew In density to cloudy some
thing, which would step forth timidly
or occasionally boldly and naturally. t.
companion with US mortals. ENhaling
again to invisibillty IN a cloud Sucked
back into his body were they with.
drawn from us wlstfully gazing on
their mysterious departure. and noting
this or that particular phase OF II With
In a few inches of the point OF their In
scrutiable disappearance and evanish-
ment."
Thus, according to the archdeacon
came the most remarkable of all his
psychic visitors" whom he named
"the Mohedi."
From my own knowledge ~ and
travels In Egypt" says the archdeacun.
materalized form we had 10 do with
an ancient denizen of the valley of the
Nile, who IN stature reminded me- Of a
mummy OF gigantic proportions once
saw IN some museum at Milan or Rome.
| He was. however. by no means a mum
my now. though as 10 his dead body. 1t
| may be that his earthly remains. yet
| In some mummy case, are slowly crum.
: bling into dust.
ABNORMAL VISITOR.
| 1.-The bronze hued skin of our abnor-
| mai visitor which | was suffered very
closely to scrutlnize with my stanhope
| lens, and observe the flesh markings
the finger nails and toe nails, the small
| hands, wrist. feet and ankles. the
| swarthy. hairy arms aud neither limbs
| to the knee; the features mobile with
| life, yet at times with a sphlnx-ll Ike
| cast of expression: the naughty. pro<n.
| inent. black. piercing, but not unklndly
| eyes; hair lank and jet, with rnustaches
| and beard; long and dropping limbs.
wiry and muscular, and height some six
feet eight inches
1.-THE Mahedi was Interested IN