Putnam patriot., 1909-11-19
Spooks at Sea and on Land

| Although spiftualism, as it K called, l but spifitism more correctly, has un-
 solved features which have puzzled sei- entisls, II continues to be accepted by
 a large eluss of people in all walks of life.
 The scientists have an association to l investigate the subject thoroughly, but after th!f;y of forty years of careful ex- | animation it's claims have not been ac- l eepted There are unexplained pheno- mena manifested by persons who are evidently honest in their belief that
 They have some supernatural power.
 But the great body Of what are called
 "mediums, are trieksters, who have
 taken up spifitisiu as business to
 make money and win notoriety. Time
 and again they have been exposed, even
 some who have deceived for time tue
 closest scrutiny. Hut so long as there are same she haee been tested in every
 way possible without being detected IS imrostors, they will have followers te implicitly put faith in them.
 An Itaian woman, named Signora
 tnsapia faIladino, ilitefate, arrived n this country last week, of whom suue astounding stories are told of her nagic powers, as related in the New
 York Tribune. On the steamer she gave seanees arranged by two of the ship,s officers. She did mol ask to have n dafkencd room and all the usual con eeailants to impress the mind with
 awe, bui in the room of one of the officers. The officer asker her to raise the spirit of his father. She went iuto a trance, and within a few minutes cold blasts blew through the room. A white hand was seen suddenly to come in through the curtains over the win dow that looked out to sea, and an arm encifcled the neck of the officer. The
 Slguora said some things in Italian,
 which the other officer, both being lia-
 lians, translated, and they were con.
 sisient with the spirit called for.
 small table, W hieh was screwed to the
 floor, then began jumping into the air,
 This was too much for one of the spec
 tators, young woman, who broke up the seance by going into mysteries. The signora gave three seances tn all in one of which the spirit of the father of the other Italian officer was conjurcd h., t.,I f.,r a tts form of recognition he got all embrace and a kiss on the cheek from two cold ! lips. As further evidence of good faith
 from the "departed, the sign of the
 cross was tapped on his forehead, his breast, and on both shoulders.
 No doubt nine-tenths Of the Tribune readers will gulp all down as if they
 had actually seen the incidents. Who | told the Tribunef The story is gotten up in the usual style of announcing l the coming of an opera singer or a beautiful dancer, to excite interest and
 win money.
 What Is human spiritg IL Is usual | N ttltN>NnkS0 Ns titot fSth oa Ast"' sa"s
 Is intangible, something opposite to I matter. But here tke spirit has swhite hand, an arm that encircles the neck and two cold lips that imprint kisses on the cheek. And the two Italian of
 iicers interpreted what the Signora re- realed to prove that it WAS true. "People love 10 be humhugged, said Barnam. ..so humbag them, i'--and died wealthy.
 Because phenomenon cannot be ex- plained IL does not follow that it will I never be in accordance with natural law. Anything that Is claimed 10 be done not in accordance with natural law Is deception-iniention or tn ignorance. Mesmefism that once was regarded as strange mystery, now Is understood as an effect of natural law. Ky it people can be made to see. taste,
 hear or travel, just as the operator sug- gesss, and the spiri.isis may he able to affect lae mind of whole company as