ent
with both hands. The struggle was as real as though my antagonist
was another man. I succeeded in keeping it, but only by the most
strenuous efforts.

"On another occasion I was sitting with a 'medium.' I was too far
away for him to reach me, even had he tried, which he did not do;
for he sat perfectly quiet. My knees were not under the table, but
were where I could see them plainly. Suddenly my right knee was
grasped as by a hand. It was a firm grip. I could feel the print
and pressure of all the fingers. I said not a word of the strange
sensation, but quietly put my right hand down and clasped my knee
in order to see if I could feel anything on my hand. At once I
felt what seemed like the most delicate finger tips playing over
my own fingers and gradually rising in their touches toward my
wrist. When this was reached, I felt a series of clear, distinct,
and definite pats, as though made by a hand of fleshy vigor. I
made no motion to indicate what was going on, and said not a word
until the sensation had passed. All this while I was carefully
watching my hand, for it was plain daylight, and it was in full
view; but I saw nothing."

We need not multiply evidence on this point. A remark by T. J. Hudson
("Law of Psychic Phenomena," p. 206, McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1894) may
fitly close this division of the subject. He says:--

"I will not waste time, however, by attempting to prove by
experiments of my own, or of others, that such phenomena do occur.
It is too late for that. The facts are too well known to the
civilized world to require proof at this time. The man who denies
the phenomena of spiritism to-day is not entitled to be called a
skeptic, he is simply ignorant; and it would be a hopeless task to
attempt to enlighten him."

A Manifestation of Intelligence.

From the testimony already given it is evident that there is connected
with Spiritualism an agency that is able to manifest power and strength
beyond anything that human beings, unaided, are able to exert. It is just
as evident that the same agency possesses intelligence beyond the power of
human minds. Indeed, this was the very feature that first brought it to
the attention of the public. Spiritualism, as the reader is doubtless
aware, originated in the family of Mr. John D. Fox, in Hydesville, near
Rochester, N. Y., in the spring of 1