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rtiV; NfVvRMRRR 14 nin.MSHftA MEDIUM’S CONFESSIONTHE WOftLO-FAMED 'MSB, PIPES DJ8CL08E8 STARTLING FACTS-Sglrit wi,h Tram Ik* ItooH VVrraK.t of K.p...r 1 ■ Origin, Uwt Allilbuli TJ»»ju I*• - T*fo|N»lby. and HypWuilaor.N«W, York -He raid:. liberated from the society; for-BisychicaI ilebearth no longer the ‘automaton of ihul organl-,'tAllon, Mra'l'ipe rorutea ihe theory of the Eplrltlgt.B who -accepted - tier, utterances an eupernatuial, ami declares thiit trance scaur f-s furnish ho cvldeace whatever of-1ht possibility of communicating ' with “iiiis .other world. She ■frankly attributes - 'the . hrswlMSrlng phenomena to t(-|ciiiiliiy .nini hypnotism. - ■/ .., It tii an extraordinary’ statement which the He raid print* over-Mrs.- Piper's tier stun— that her famous Spirit meesascs from the-dead were not of Bupefjiatural- orJgln-lhal she -Ima decided to withdraw from ihe Society o( Psychical Research.''The - profound ulgnlileinca of this statement will ins understood, for On f!m , Piper’s .spirit, ■ mc-ssascs. glvcri while la 0 state of .trance. Ibis grom rectify of England. eupported by men of international fume, has bstscd .itsclaim of turn mu nlcu lion with those beyond the grave.. ■■.■,;. Aftei- twenty years nf research It hae oinclally- publish id ■ tills miraculous claim, which Sira. Piper.' Its world famed medium, now sealiera to the v.inde.Her,action,- of emirne, does not affect the origin,it dignified 'purpose, of this widely, wild cl I was. announced at Its Inception,-,nearly LwrnLy years ago, to he -an orgunlred'atieiopl- io investigate ilie debatable piiir.omtna deals-i|nt»d ; hi-- Each i forms ..ip mesmeric,-,psych lea i and spiritual fell;-, .:' 1. Research- In.this1 brunch of n’iyc-ha. loss’ has.been more active In England than in this country. ...and-profoetfor» of,philosophy recogntre the interest pan pi.-iribk- . usefulness of the., laic Frederic, Myers' conception of the ex-■tenslvrnejs'.or the. subliminal self. -PSycholngy has - admitted,the.; existence of iinrnnnclaits • cercbrri i tail, b iit, as '.Prof.' Wm. Janiej..1 the recognised head of I he Society, for Psychical .Research, profeseor.of-philosophy at Harvard urIvcrelty. said in,his incrnrirral on Myers, the’-present'problem In Ihi; science' of psychology;;Is the problem of r Myers, What , |s the proc Iso constitution. lit Ihe eubltTntn'.ll -: - Profecsor-. Ja m'os. t s still asking' tli'e questlDn,. still: la the attitude'of-sclen-- tin? .Inquiry. _-The follow tog £ (;j 'em ente nre by I*e-onora-B.-Piper... '.-:•The. : time.’ having-.', presented itself when-;it-seems'possible lor me to be liberated,1 from. the -Society -for Psv-cWnil Research, I desire to stole a fewi-iwlll liegln. h)'. saying. Ihat publicity has .always been distiiaielnt'to me. My borne - duties 'have- been ’« nd are tb achief-source,'of^ihiy greatest: pleasure, But.:tfl:iiiy* riam*.'luu,; been before: the public :for. fourteen ; years., while . iny case him beeii studied, and as the subject of.’ phichle ph'eiiomenrihas, especially of late,'.'aroused public attention; I believe H la.right for hie, in resigning from theservire of the Psychical. Research-. society. , to: ; speak frankly to the'ptihllc' tri my own individuality,'.in. reapnnye - to the reuuest of the; N*ir. York. Herald:In the; service’ df the society: T bare act ed: elm ply.au a h automaton,'- goi ng Inlo ivMtils' balled-a trance condition to be studied,fyr; purposes of ieiehtlffoinvestigation, ana nin fortbaocwDfurt and- hciii of many. 6urf«rlog souls who have accepted' thi;ep)rttlstic ■; es*lahu- ■ tlonof the .words’which flinconEcloiis-' lr- Bpoke .while-in .this dreamy ctate:H’ is. undeh Inbly. I rue that hiahybe-r^ved people: huvc; been in leful 1cm-poraylK.^mforted.'lh'-spn-ow.-Thl* Vi.B scJr n'vcoirpeiiShfloh .for Inng-.'tfe-in- tn; Ihla wgrk Apart ’from .this,.net.; feel • t hat .the tvorlil at large • .derived . a eufflcienl. henefit -from many, yearn' Inyt-itiralion of m'y' .romaiTant iiij-.oontlhuing' In It.t. these In other -ot'dU-.of the opinion i - which.‘It may..be' the.bach door into heaven, but I Vvtsnl to'go in by thn front dour.. I mlro prefer to go |n by the; front door. If I fortunq ic eneuKh (o. enter.' T 1 ttin-t [ do.,notI must :truthEullybelleve. tljib SBlflts .'of tie dead'have rpokah through.'crie-when'I have been in the. trab'oe'state,'as-investigated by sclenllflc' bien’.of. jtoston,,and . Cam-', brlJK-t nnd thiAp of the; Krigiisb Research: soctely,. when- 1‘Was taken :to England 1o.be.aindteil. II may be that they have, but-r do nDt iffinn ir...In Icayfbg-the.servlre of the Psichl-cal Research-aieiety. i wish lb state us Clearly., arid ’..definitely as powlble my trpe r-osUlor. lr regard to my relations with the society-and my own view* on tbCsuMr%t,- wh!ch baa arouh'cd to much public-pUcr,tlon during the last few years,'.;1..;- r rii.Oniy by the 'nierejl chancc did I dls-cover’that l pooscCfcd a power whoily unevpJataobJe .to-myself and mystifying'to ms ramtly. Qiid friends. It was on ttcoiir.t of. rtiy' desire to understand the phenomenon.:an,!.prcve 1ih nature that.'I gave myself .up. to rdentlQc ln-vestigs lion .'and willingly placed myself In- th*' hands • of' the • honored «tenttllo .jvhu'.exprctsed.'the-wish for meto do eol'wdh - the'full under standingof both aides'.that I should submit to any loww.o.r tost they might «e lit fo Miply. In ’ doing..this, however, • the thought-of .Waking r a Tern'unerstive occupation never.once occurred to me although since.then ] have-as a ma'u ter. of. fact.done so,.I mupt'say that after having been aesociated with the.-jOclety for about fourteen years I have- more. Heflr.Ue knowledge concerning the subject thanwhen ! .began.fturi'n*;the experience of these fourteen years Innumerable cuesllong have bee.-i asjted regarding my belief. 60m= “t -Wblch t will, susirer here and now' .- Are you c. splrltuallit?'* , d No. I have never considered myedf; ’’Have, you never had any convl ncirtg proof of the possibility ot pnlrit return?- r \ ■ .I lt;a nr A ;tTutbfulIy; say that X have ;;y«* j,®u'ever thrown In company with . mediums. or spirituallili before you took , up this worXtI r.tvtr knew enylhing about mediums or epfrtuiAHsm. In fact, the subject-never had any at tractions far me ’Then why. have you remained with the.society so longl -- - -. IIscaur* M u ,' deritc ■-» asrertain IfVARICOCELE.. 'Hid a tlcprostiiiig oiToct upon tEio lainiti antj evoryonu auUeriug with if, confin. ally tliiiikH of it. Wu euro tltis nonlady quickly nt the oiiicos or by Homo Trunite anf,IVcolco Cura Ncrvo-Bexo'd Debility, Blrlcinrc,Ryi'lillltlo Blood l'olfon, Rupture, to Stay Cured,Kidney and Urlusry Diseases.NOTE—in seeking a'specialist go to one In whom you have’implicit conililencc, place yourself under'his care apd treatmeut and follow his'instructions nnd directions lo the letter an 1 you will never have -cause to rf-gret it or grlci e frr ‘he money spenl. We cure all diseases of rnen, «vm ' after every om- else hae fulled. Wo h.tve been Ja specially office practice for many years, and our reputation Is welt established throughout-Iowa and the Northwest, for he no ruble straight.forward dealing and quick cures, In . Just such troubles as yours. Our IlomC' Trratnicnt .for tlioeo living at a dletaiice Is Betit by mail or express, And dots the work.' Write if you cannot eall. . . ..DUB. FELLOWS FELLOWS, 305 West fourth 8b, Dos Kota**, I4\ V.^ !*• 1 * • ItSUu, £iniu»l VimiliL»m “n.re»u+ M|TSOS C . BY HcARJJIOS OWS CO., 605 WUM SFSEEF.possible .whether I-were posjcjjciI or obsessed. , ■/Wh a I. position do you consider that you. I|uve fllleii with ibe:society?” .You pay yun are not a believer in spiritual inn.- V’hiLl, then Isj'oiir apin-Ipn In. regnM lo the utterance,* made by.yauradf while In a Btato.of trancet'*I have often thought' that It I -could set myself as ethers see me. und hem my own uit ora sees. 1 ehculd be better able Lb .form nn opinion.. . \ :Many wIm and good.people have bad. sittings .with me under the auspices of the -Psychical'Research' society, and seme of thein i have' aeked ' for, aii ux-n’.loii when I caihe.otit of the .condition. But I have ii«yerhe:T»f any ex/ planntlon riven, which;1 seems-.to'me conclusive.'For. my oivn pari T cannot see bow It' can lie sclihinitially proved that we can - fcokl coniiiiiinlca t(on . witti the so -' called'spirit world.'As St. Pn'ul. siys. . spirit uc] tfclnjja can only be spiritually iHsccrasd, much':less handled. . ... On the other1 hand,'I confidently b'c-Hevelliat there is a grind, although mysterious n.-ility In the pbenunenon-whlcli has.arreafed the.attention df so many profound and brilliant intellobta, arid to W-ttch they-have given so muchlimb and.thousht. .llowove, (his.maybe,.I am glad that It b,is been of n»y comfort to peoiile In farrow. --'Hut l believe that truth Is a higher and deeper comfort than any such anb-There have been mflriy'f-iirious .SnclJ dents connected with.-toy; Fittings .for-th» Psychical Research’society. They. (Irat iionrd of me la.the ein-plest' fashion: My ];OT.e Is In Atllngibn heights, iti what was onto tYcsi.Curr.'mldpe, not' far from, Harvard university. I Was then living tn Boston: .My uiald.of all In-' (he household of - Pluf. Wllllath In: the hou.Eehold of Pruf - Wllllahi Jntiic-9 of -.Harvard Ihn't' I went Into ‘Iqtiecr sleeps, In which T said many strange .ihtngB.', Prof. .Jamfe recbg-nired (hat I was Whnt .ls called a psychic, and took steps In'.make my ac-■lualiitance. -' 1- ■Heat once etpfrsseil a wish for trie; to connect myself with 'Ihd'.Psychical flceearrn eoclety, rind'that'Is the way my .work'began:;..At f.rit .When f a at In'iny chair arid leaned triy head back .and tvoiit into the'trance stale. the 'aptloii. was •; atr tended tft»h something of a struggle.’! always felt as if I was undergo!tig-an anicathetir,: hut of late .years. I hjrs slipped easily into the condition, .leanr lug- the head Iqrward,; On ctenlhi; out of: If. f, Celt; stupid and rather’ ilaied. At:flreL;I qiild disconnected thin ini li vvua all gibberish,: nothing but gibber-.TSeii I'began In speak sriuie-broken Freiih phruaee. I illiif studied French two veura. but I did not'speuk It well..1 ,-After. a.-ii-hllo rnj-. autematlt: utterance announced the personality of onertr. rhtriuil, said to' be a physician of Fraiire who'tied a lotic l tmc ago;' This so-called “coil I rot returned for several years, and' mil Ihi* one • tonsil)ted turn any people and'Hr?t: studied' hy- thePsychical-Rcsaircli society. ...■ All at once this went.. It was gone like'the soappIns of the flnercra. Then for a time'a literary tririit who had died —Ihe one cull'il ■'Pclbirr' In the reports el the Soclely for Psychical Tte-4-c.ircri—n-OK-liupcreonhtcd. Friends ofhis felt assured that lie talked to .them by using my voice, or t-y auto,untie writing, rwhile I was. In (ho trades-slate, and, to many of. them these ex-.perfeitcrs eeeated a- sicrid, revelation.In. deciding to release..myself .from tntperotor” I do. not -.tlsli to antagonize any student of psychlral.pl-icnti-mcna, either..here or .In Europe, but i do not believe, (hat (be rfonriimv spirit or science can be antagonlzeil. nor any of those who humbly Irtvc 'science an I’mfcsfior ArujsI* . loved it. are over ready lb “spjual to. nature,’’, and’, like him, look through nature up to na. tnre’s god.Because the spiritistic theory do^ not appeal to'me after 'iny' experience I do not deny to. any mortal a perfect right to aecej.T It, It II seems eoasfctenC.1 have never beard of anything being said by inyseli while in a trance state which might not have been latent in lll .riiy own mind. (2i in the irilnd of the person In charge of the-Eliting, (3) In .the mind of the person who was trV-Ing to, get commnntcatlon ' with some one’ Sn another «tite: of existence, or some .companion present with such person, or.lt;l In the ralrid of some ah-*cni. person 'Olive somewhere else in this worhl.Not one of us present-tray have been conscious, of any knowledge of facia elated, yet •oroeiyhrry In my myster-I ou 5 ; sub! I til hi.l I rbnsclousncss,' ■ which was In abnormal activity; when I was In condl(ton, the knowledge might hive rested unknown' to myself in' nty waking life,...It might to the same manner have been-latent to Hr irJnd of one of those.present, and hare-been trana-ffrfed .by; unconscious telepathy from one of-.their minds to pi y-own..The wonders of / vlfelefs. teleer.tphy Bt)d the uoc .o.f the X-ray it«ve:opia o’t late years in the realm of physical science maito me feci that It wutd not be becoming for mo to My wfcrit moy or'may not bo passible to (fteeransfor-ence of hou5ht in U.a subjective mind law* not yet formulated. My reading has r.ot shown me that all ihi laws or the Ol'fcctlve mind are 'understoodI have said }»at - If the, knowledge of, facte stated by me ah owed the condition: wae not latent with. or with Spy of those present In. me room wlih ere at the time of the . tinir. It might .still here been in ti-V mlnrt of Jorr.e nlher person alive aum-wbcrc to the world. If might have been latent, or it moght have been active knowledge, and I have been trrinj forte,i ,0 the mind of one of those |n the room Ihcn to my snbjccllve mind, then auiolU thought could be tmconselou'tv’SSL fdS*. mC ttlt;,M 11'^oo n therwua r do not see any reason why perwn could nol have recelred ! thought ineaMge from JOmchndvL, long alilarji'c ^tid'then» ihSi’I^w-If telepathy Is poszlbit between i“ipcop•)!• not among tbtce just fbo r.t-.t.)» » .11,' toll graph)-;i:v’rr If!;, lal'siniurir with the com-OIOP c.'ftfldrm* of foil era caw.rug be-lira ,-:.’0|i!.. of a hsd not wrlrti-n for a lom: t.rne and who tf..r, w«ie to cavil o-.l..r j: tire s-Mre time n,f, ia-.:« dlt;/4 u»t sevin to wake any fir. fervr^e nt.nil, mnh nrvetlngs lit, ger. hafe tfco »;.-!rlc; die re are «:..r.y In- ■ r.i.-.nin ct I hi; tori or hu.r.en wlreietA rcfoRi jptiy; toc'c arc afoo |:.-;:tnc;s of ■ a tfr.r pcrein hairing by Hie. sarrt-rr.cat.s .of facto k*.r. lo t*y otn- r pvne:tsAn lot'rreiing case of wh.it .sctrrin 1-i.c J.rivt thought Ir.inelrrf rce in rh* fiii-hrii-.o n-ind w4B „-»n ; ev,e („.♦ t- II.’:M' ■ir'-of'f, Ir Engl eh, of lt;«Wse, :u COi:«2|flg:. inaekrd Of .r„ t a fc|;for Ir. Rjlfoi; ;t ‘la”K0.i2e t do r.ot und-ifcr.d. All the cc. -.i lur.h jtion seemed to bo crill-vly : bilv.-en die subibhln.il thoosht of the v . 3’* 'f=v*-:ff. I MT.etimcs tl.mk i.. »l may ho the').(1v we (.halt tl. talk .In csrh v.het - Inn |-. (ft* iuibrcmate.It ho* micchnit- I-3pri:«t rh:«{hfop* ! have *.,(,( at .• sltm.g were r.o’. at al. vonsolinp or lm,-.orlHrt 13 ' tsca: »h were lty|nK to sadely r-relr 14 Jy fiy bi'Al ex- :1 „4w o;' fics:c phitKfonhad 1 MIU-.K with .re it teems thit I talked muni a;;ji a pencil whu-h *cs Put Into my hand*, u hav|n*.b«c: thsr.-cpercy of a do.-caftd friend, wet., a ;-j~e cot ef th: lt;-lt;m'lt;l:(lan he drew ■ fcimalf rip.in ms chatr urid.siia. with pxeusatate .grrilfiiocsi '?. “What .made you tnik about, riothing but the top of nn.okl -psrictl?.:;'WhyaIf»e?s?^V •*** a^'S'-t ■ a,i^ ‘V:“Wliat do .you, know: aboiil Grid and* / the ungels?'* I. could not help retbrting. Hv -on -jnod *;.uug!. 10 S.-il’.e, for of . .»u»»e the i’«u:.l -A.n part of the e: cn-lifm icsl ond the othrr talk w mud-net InVo been.Cr.:c when unother. and mill aoro fiir.'cu-i Bettor, doctor came to nee cm, ■ he e-.l.» fiftc.-n.-ioi jh.,; j.c --found Jira , I’tpe* hulfy. bat gc; nn the good side'of hrr hy e.vre^olr.y nn-rn'J,,,,- .A .Itcruty tnan «.W: 1 k-aw Mr* 1’toe; t» fone.-Inns. hceaiiw she I'stci,-; u-lji'i 1!:v door IfoH long. fine sit', 'askt-i uie If f had the tore of my c'oul. ■ n:^, tr.sieJ no (hot 1 could know when the him,- i(. ar I did »„( make 11n priftice to refrain in tin, vondktun for more tour, an Iir-ur ul a tgjic. It hoe. however, a; timer been much longer. .fn rivjied people have .pfien been : nt first meetlnKs that I d-.l ;nr.;-pecukar or onlike other wr.— .1-. I Mem- ef !ht:n expresse.) llreir -i c.'-it:Well 1 uus taken lo Ftog'iud the wife of c .e of.the le’elif.tie,' Er.gt:-V. men cf science «.«t me »Uh the ex:la. tun IP her hunband:’v thtu Mrs. Ptpeir Y.iu don’t r.(.ia ta to i me that th’r 16 Mrr. Viper!’- 1?i«n to I ir.aupht o« v-ouid be surero he tvr) f.tt. ami like magcr.ia raiotami wear it's. i.iiroi1'Tb.t* word* In It MCh KngiiV.i viire mnJr us tnth tnnll*. hut we i(i*r*aid ■btsj r.e jioint fifords.I have been'so. fortunate:as' to,make goad friend* and' ptcasanL1 acquato-, tapers through- iny work. Soriie .-of than.do and toms do rot believe .Brat spirits have jpeSea ihrougii cnc. 1 do not think that even those who do have liked to sec me mentioned in-print, as I have been, as the human Icic-pbose la the next world.’.1■ Puch npressiona were, of eoutoe, never used concerning .trig -ia. the;.re- ' porl5..ot the' Psycldc.vl Research to-clcly or. In ouch aHirbs'as those of Mr. tomg or of Professor Hyslop Sn tho t.lterary Digest,.the Arina, etc.'. In Mrs. Katherine Tl«niaa Bu it’3 b ttoic.i- to Harrer’a.insEnztoc last year, or lit,any similar articles published at home hr. abroad, l ain Erat«fu] for all thought, ful, profound or kjodly intenlfoncd articles.. 1 am aware that I run lhe rifk of .the disapprobation of some people'by' voluntarily ceasing to be a care” for Stud)'.. But JT.051 students arid .lovers of ailer,£B,nnlt;l-humanity will, '! hope, ui.iderstar.d.^j ■■■'1 -VP 10 N-A I. LIVE STlicK FV.^FMlt;*».toeluae« »i» iho2ir£SiaSr8,'hH'. reok« fori. Vlu')^rmauon apply'' to'•:II.Um}‘rcSr sireelj. IJea Mo'in?” ,Sg5'P^ ™««-■ CMean* Record-[tonId: A moi Is ShOilLy lo be Unveiled at Si : „„r,5 “omory of that tosrti i?’1 j «AdOFLla .Daurova, who,' th I J/JnY-JrfWMu* Ote ^olsff: .Though.bei .dt5!covered, soldiers « K?f V ?oaulrecJ to liioie stlrrini l?*l ?he was .allowed lo star onforested ii b« that h“rir’t *oV to St. Petersburg. He.wn (leusly pleased to. confer lt;m hir ails-'/iii ln a reklmcnt 61 hussars , her urgent TMurst. gave, her ihill. j under Trrilrb corttr.f'i??5’ ■i'aiisutshert herself ?*‘U| Pdfoarfi of the norod to j -wt und. aftrHie pursued her .tnllltary eafee ™..!'hen S*l* retired wl(h the r da,,'nat rioletly till herai ifte ripe old if- of'M. . Her * rfofolr military pa scan I, ri vlsh dreg was.tha y'fr1 f.th'V«Mt Of Itftppj-,' TlhealUit Simply keep nv tne-iHiw'JnTSS- *‘hdwllr, ^ kidri Wand active. Burdock Blood Bit(0 mstlAJr TBS1PERH-Jt l«i 'Y®nT«. TEX A 3,*ll'» annual convention ihi Wf*t«rn rtlltrij- ir||(„, ,3- 'I through' ext (Lois to Ft. We,th. 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