Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-11-27


wind from the inside. The mask dis
appeared. bur the arm came dowr
from the curtain and seemed to cares
DR.. Jelten. who came near going into
spasms.
Messages From Spiritiand.
lis that the spirit of my father?
asked Or. JeIten. Three knocks an
nounced an affirmative answer. Are
you glad TO meet your SOM asked DIR
Jelten Then came three more knocks
on the side Of the table most distant
from the medium. At this DR.. Jelten
jumped up and would sit down no
more.
DIR. Oreti then took bis place in the
circle. He asked for his father, and
a CHASTITY half of a head came out OF
nothingness. One OF the women
screamed. The head seemed to drift
down across the right shoulder OF DR..
Oreti.
Are you contented with the ca
reer your son is followingY asked DR..
Oreti. Three affirmative knocks sound
ed upon the table"
AT this point the narrative was taken
up by the gray haired DR.. Oreti him
self
"'Salute me with a kissT | asked"
went on DR.. OretL II felt light en-
brace. but there was no kiss. My IA
Their. Is there spirit world? asked.
Three knocks said there was. is there
a future lifer | asked, and again there
were three knocks"
At this point, Mr.. Herman said, the
doctor was nearly overcome. Nine.
Palladino began to moan. there were
five knocks on the table, and some one
suggested that there was too much
light. One of the two electric light
globes was blanketed. DR.. Oreti men
toned that he would like to speak to a
departed daughter. He asked IL she
was satisfied In the spirit land. and
three knocks said yes.
I'VE again felt the cold wind" went
on DR.. Oreti, land saw the curtains of
the berth bullying. A black mask APP
peared about the middle OF the curtain.
Mrs. Bonfglio screamed
This was too much for DIR. Oreti,
Mr.. Herman said, and he quit the cir
Gle, Mr.. Smeraglio taking lis place.
Felt Sign of Cross PIaesd on Him.
Il called for my mother" said the
latter, taking up the story. land felt a
light embrace. | felt distinctly the
sign of the Gloss placed upon me, tap
hra y
and right and left shoulders. This was
repeated. Then / felt a kiss and two
slight pressures OF the cheeks as of a
pair of lips brushing me. Then a head
appeared over my shoulder"
AT this one of the young women
tainted and had to be carried from the
room. She had not been well, any
way, the ship doctor announced. 1t
was certain, other passengers said,
that she did not recover herself all the
rest of the voyage. Mrs. r. o. John
stone sat in her place.
Mime. Palladino began to moan more
loudly than ever at this point" said
MIR. Herman, taking up the story
again. "She wrenched her right hand
loose. waved it over the table, and,
though she did not touch 1t, the table
was raised two feet from the floor.
After lowering there second it fell
with a crash.
The seance was repeated the next
night in still another room, and here
the same things were done. We were
all skeptics In the beginning. | can't
say | am not still a skeptic, but pur-
pose never to witness such an exhibit
ton again. The passengers were
strained and intense 1t wasn't pleas
ant"
Conjured Faces Out of Air.
Nine Palladinu was induced TO come
to America by dereward Darlington
of New York. He was one of three
professional prestidigitators sent to Ma
pies some months ago by the English
Society For Psychical Research to test
Nine. Palladino. In their report they
said that Nine. Palladino had conjured
grinning faces out of air and that cold
currents of air issued from her fore
head and her left leg Tie medium
fell in her early youth ana Indicted a
deep wound in her Uranium. The re-
port TO the English Society For tsy-
chical Research said that the current
of cold air from that "craniai opening
was strong enough TO flutter a small
flag. while the current from her left
leg made her skirts bulge,
Nine. Palladino has mingled with
many people OF education and culture,
yet she remains distinctly illiterate and
uncultured. She Is fifty-6ve years old
she speaks no English and this is her
FIRST trip to America.